The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-05-24
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

-Morocco~ has always been ~"the land
of the Moors"
-t;rcat Britain pays f10O,OOO,OOO
year for imported foods.
Boiled alligator flesh tastes much like
veal and is much eaten in India,
The Washington monument in Balti.
more, erected in 1929, is disinteyrating
with age.
Since the Zulu war of 1880 British
standards have moi been taken into the
field.
Vinegar is mentioned in the Egyptian
records as a medicine, in the Tenth cen
fury, Is. (.
-R"chtstsr, y. V, covers 1000 acres
Of land, has $500 buildings and popu-
lation of lI2.OOV.
1T is c.aimrd that fully 2ONW, 900
acres Of American land are owned by
great landowners in England and Scot
land
Japan has one of the best engineering
schools in the world. and is beginning to
manufacture creditable electrical ma
Chnery:
Gas from petroleum is very extern
sively made and used in Russia, Austria
and many parts Of Germany.
-Fhe l.umhtr of unmarried men in
England and Wales exceeds the number
Of unmarried women by oGO,OOO
1t has been computed that in Great
Britain there are 2uOU.UuO dog owners
and 10000 exhibitors and breeds of dogs
There are ten fruit schools in
France. where pupils are instructed prac-
tirallS how to cultivate and husband
fruits.
-tlevelan,l, the city of bridges, is to
have the first bridge operated by electric
ity and compressed air The bridge will
be poised on huge stone piers, and give Il
clear channel over the river of 11I feet.
The AIkado has instituted an I'm
perial Order of the Kite" to be sort of
Japanese equivalent of the British Vic
toria Cross.
The latest Vienna yarn is that the
missing Austrian archduke, John Nepo-
muk Salvador, is now Marshal Iamagata
of Japan.
Sea bathing. it is said. causes many
diseases of the ear. Cotton should he put
in the ear when it is the intention to
Suhntryc the head.
Peppermint is native TO Europe. but
it is said to he grown in several place.
in this country for the purpose of pre-
pairing the extract.
The new Siberian railway traverss's
regions where game is ST. abundant that
the project of establishing canncries is
being considered.
Lieut.. RerSier of the French navy
has invented Il compass which does away
with Il $trtrSnan, us the compass steers
the vessel itself
-Myrrh has been known from the earli-
est times, but only in the present CEN
fury has the tree from which it comes
been Identified in Arabia and Persia.
Most "f the ready made dresses for
girls are made. in Germany. where lahor
is cheaper and materials are less cxpen-
Slvs than they are III England.
The word "tlirtation.' according to
Lord theStrrtiel'l. was manufactured by
Lady Frances Shirley. who used it in the
exact sense attached to it today.
Horse rad h as a medicine and CON
himcnt is mentioned in the Egyptian ret>
or,l$. 1000 years 4. {. 1t is easily grown
i'll almost any part Of the world
The hyyienic congress at Budapest
brought out the fact that there are four
times as many men who stammer as
there are women who are so afflicted.
The Guinness millions have all come
from Il few hundred pounds and the en-
ergy of one Irish family. who three gen
tratiOnS ago were i'll what is called an
humble position.
-''F'i;sco means bottle or flask
W hen the Italian glassblOwers detected
flaws in the vases they were blowing they
made an ordinary bottle of the failure,
and hence the name.
Alum as Il medicine has been in com,
mon use for nearly 500 years 1t is found
in many quarters of the world, and sev,
eral varieties are known to commerce.
The expression Of rain cats and
hogs. indicating Il severe shower, is
."unl in Dean Swift. 1t is supposed to
h. of provt'rbal origin, and much older
than his time.
Hops were used as a medicine and as
q basis for an Intoxicating beverage in
Egypt as early as 2WW +. c. The plant
is represented on the Egyptian monu-
ments of that date
--Turmeric is extracted from plant
which is native in many parts of the
Past and grows particularly well in
India. Cochin China, Siam, Ceylon and
tn" Philippine islands.
Turn fuchsias out of the pot and re-
move all loose earth by rubbing with
Your hand. Procure fne new soil, with
which has been mixed a spoonful of bone
meal and rcpot.