The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-18
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

Toledo, O., has ''Peeping. Tom. ''t'~s.e
Turf is used quite extensively for fuel
in Ireland.
The winter days in Sweden are only
six hours long. ----- ~v~-r--.-.--s-ar.
-lndia In it's Bo trees has the Oldest
trees in the world
In 15t;+ pair of shoes made in Eng.
land cost 20 cents. ~>,osvs.ssassa'esss~sess
-l.ondon's population increases ut the
rate of 1O5.NO Il year., . ~>e,... 80, 800. ~~ss.
Enormous numbers of robins congre-
gate nightly in marsh near St. Louis.
The ALB, SO often mentioned as 4
cned with belt. e ~
years old. cast her vote for school com.
mittee last week. d
-Ehe leather apron worn by the
blacksmith is mentioned by Pliny as il
use in his time. ~
-Gally -gaScoynes. commonly corrupted
+" EallySaskins, We're u combination
hrertheS and hose, -
lis that of Il depenlent." He spoke from
personal experience.
Someone has tgurd out that 10000
900 hairpins are used annually us pipe
cleaners ami button hooks
Cardinal Wolsey's career best proved
the truth of the saying when pride
rometh, then cometh shame"
The citizens of Dedham, Mass. will
celebrate on New Years day the estah-
liShment of the first free school in that
borough. January 1, 1A4.
Out Of Il family of nine at Newcastle.
England. eight are still living: The eldest
is ~ and the youngest IS. The average
az. of the family is -
"A new railroad is causing the building
of bonn towns in the Aroostook region of
Maine. Island Falls. which had eighteen
houses one year ago. now has us.
-Manufacture of paper in Corea's lead
ing industry. In China and Japan there
is an especial demand for this paper,
winch Is uSel for many manufactures.
In Haverhill, Mass. some days ago,
twin sisters met who hadn't seen each
other for eighteen years and hadn't known
each others whereabouts for fourteen
years.
The statement made on medical
authority that red flannel is no more
healthy than white sweeps away be-
lief fondly cherised by many people for
years.
The sheriff of Oklahoma county. Ok.
Is naMtu FightmaSttr. and he has the
reputation for living w to his name in
that hoiSterouS section of the wild West.
1t Is estimated that the number of
cats III the lniteu Kingdom is fully T.
'h"lthD. although Il remarkable decrease
owing to expectation has been noted of
late.
Mrs. Blackwood, the Indiana woman
whose matrimonial versatility has been
the subject of public comment from time
t. time. Is about to marry her twelfth hus-
band.
-ftter Cline waS wanted for three
years IN Iowa for crime he had COM
m'ttei before he was identified as the
daShing young lady in corsets who passed
as old man Cline's daughter.
Harry Spies. Il Cincinnati timer, es-
capped death recently by having a very
heavy watch chain. which caught a
Scantlins and held him from pitching off
high Scaffolding to the street.
Edward Whymper has for years
climbed high mountains like Chimboraz 20
and the Matterhorn without accident, hut
steps of lecture platform.
A London editor received commr-
nirat!on recently from Chill asking
whether i man starting the year with
$1,000 aud ending with $1,000 has made
30 or 100 per cent. n wager of $50 de-
ponds on the reply.
Over 13,OOO,OOO visits are paid every
year to London pawnbrokerS. The exac,
figures are Oh an average $4,000 Il day
Throughout the whole country the mum,
Der of pledges is said to amount to 1870
100000 per annum.
No one drives horses in Russia with,
olt having Il thin cord with a, running
Moose around the necks of the team
When an animal bolts this cord is pulled
and the horse stops as soon as it feels
the pressure on it's windpipe.
The fruit of the mangasteen tree, I,
native of the Mo!uccaS. is regarded by
many as the most delicious. The fruit
in shape and size is not unlike an orange
the flavor is delicate. with delightful
mixture Of sweetness and acidity.
The battle of Brandywine was one
of the worst of Washington's numerous
defeats. The name originated it is said
from Il Dutch brandy distillery on tho
banks of the stream Brentwine, various
ly spelled. being a Dutch name for bran
dy, or burned wine"