The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-12
v. E. HANNAF0RD. Publisher
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.


now stands at f2S,fGO,OOO, compared
with Ed ,921 900 last year.
The sum of t;i::.. I'll, not is the year.
~ expenditure Of the English civil-service
and revenue departments.
1t is asserted that the French iron
clad hattleShipS are nearly all tol-heavy,
and dangerous IN sea way.
"A Chinese proverb says: "a hundred
men may make an encampment, but it
takes II woman to make a home
--FNrmoSa is extremely rich in mineral
resources; having huge, coal fields. sugar
came brakes and camphor forests.
The wooden factories of this country
are MOSTLY located in New York. New
England. Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
The shadow .Iahatma or spiritually
h" has devoted himself specially to Mrs.
Resant goes by the name of Morya.
"A fishing schooner with freezing
plant on board to freeze the fish a. fast
as caught is now plying from Gloucester.
Race horses We're priced on account
OF their breed III the time of Queen Eliz-
abe tn, as appears from one of Bishop
Halls SatirtS.
Cats and several other animals have
false ey.lid, which can be drawn over
the eyehall, either to cleanse it or to pro-
ttEt IT from too strong light.
The lime production in 1891 was esti>
matted at m.NoO. 200 barrels, equal to one
To each inhahitant. male and female, old
and young, aud was valued at $1,000
NN,
July Is is the eighteth anniversary
of the battle of Waterloo and it has
been decided by the English to celebrate
the event 10y a luncheon on the field of
battle.
In experimenting to- find the effect of
sunlight on disease germs it has been dis
covered! that such spores are killed by the
blue and violet rays of sunlight in few
hnurS.
A German man IF science who lives
at Fl"rence states that the insane occu-
pants of San Salvi howled and screamed
tor days before the recent earthquake.
Nj. peihler. the French eNecutioner
has hetn threatened with summons on
:; char=. Of librliny Il publican, who
served him with wine alleged to be in
different.
A London restaurant is said to use an
electrically heated plate to keep ones
food warm. There is no danger of re-
rtising Il shock from touching the plate.
Nearly all the smart women in Lon
don society at present Wear IL curl drawn
down the middle of the forehead. the rest
"t the fringe being very light and soft.
china, to pay off the indemnity, will
have t" pay to Japan money ut the ay-
rraSt rate OF more than $tE5 il minute,
day and night, during the next five years.
--On May Is i; pure white crow was
picked up near Shtrburn Colliery Sta
ton. England. The bird. which is II
young one. has the bill. feet and legs
white.
The lorr If LondonerS for flowers is
universal. so great is the demand that
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constitutes one Of the most thriving indus
tries of the day.
Running horses are frequently NEIL
toned in the registers of the royal expen>
,liturr. and King John was SO fond Of
swift horses and dogs that he received
many of his fines in one or the other.
Plants growing near the sea have
thicker leaves than those growing inland
Apparently the seasat is the cause of
this phenomenon, as plants cultivated in
Artificial y Salteu soil yield thicker leaves.
Amongst the latest additions to the
collection If the Geological society, Lon.
don. are two Arabian balloons. one large
rcd squirrel. two Indian pythons, two Ply
rtnean nevis. one naketl-footed owl and
one Japanese ape.
-Hne dancing mistress in England is
said to- make Il living counting into thou
sands. This lady was the nstructress of
is now teaching the little Battenberg chill
'rrn. She has Il most aristocratic con,
nectinn.
-tiround oyster shells were given by
mr'iarv;,l doctors to children suffering
from ricketts, and scrofula. The shells
contain lime. nitrogen. iron. sulphur,
manganese. magnesia. flour BROMIDE
phusphoric acid and iodine, all excellent
for feeble children.
Edward II. and Edward ILL., inn
ported horses from the continent. Sir
Thomas Chaloner. who wrote in the early
part of Eliza leth's time. mentions Henry
VIII. as having imported some from
Turkey, Naples. Spain and Flanders to
improve the breed.
1T is said that Queen Victoria has
hail Il chair constructed which will sup
port her in IL standing position while re-
ceiviDg visitors. The chair is cunningly
with regal draperies and report says it
would deceive anyone who didn't know
it was there.
After a fatal runaway accident in
Polk county. Ia, the coroner was per-
sualed by several of the leading citizens
that there was no necessity for an in
quest as to the cause Of death. They
wished. as taxpayers. to avoid expense
to the county. but the coroner has now
In Frankfort there is a restaurant
the walters of which have just received
what must assuredly be the largest tip
on record. Among their customers for
many years was gentleman of indie
pendent means, Herr Wilhelm Pentzel.
Recently this gentleman went on Il trip
t" Egypt. and died while there, at Port
Said. BY his will it is found he has left
1'.Wn marks to the fortunate walters
III question.
High prices for pictures were again
realized at Christies rooms, London,
"rh"vy.' exhibited at the Royal acad,
envy in 1868. brought no less than 500
v,lineaS. and 1900 guineas was given for
thr "Early Career of Murillo,' by J.
Philips
The captive balloon which the French
expect to employ at the Worlds fair of
$500 will he IA feet in diameter, and
is to ascend to an elevation of 1850 feet.
This is twice as high as the Eiffel tower.
The balloon is to be managed by wire
cable. varying in diameter from 3.03 to
Ill inches. and will probably be capable
Of taking up 1850 passengers at once
Prof. Crooks considers that, had the
electric light been universal at the present
day. the candle. if suddenly introduced,
would be thought wonderful invention,
as IL tnibles person TO OBTAIN light in
its simplest and most portable form, and
without the use of cumbrous machinery
or til" necessity of attaching the lamp to
any fixed point by means of wire before
it could he lighted
In the midst Of the volcanoes of Mex
leo is the Lake Of Ink which covers
about an acre of ground The body of
water, or ink. or whatever it is, is so Gov
cred with ashes from the adjacent vol
canoes as to appear a part of the sur
rounding ground. which is all of the same
dull gray tint. Where this liquid comes
from. what it's chemical properties may
be- where or what the supply is. are mat
tcrs Of onjecture.