The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-08
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

--folitencSs is Il national trait in Jap
Zine flour composes about 20 per
cent Of the grain.
lin India the cultivation of rico ant,
dates history.
"A bed of Greek inn in A. d, 1927
cost two pence.
In Rome. Il. &. Is, roses were half
penny dozen.
--tNperimentS prove that snakes will
not cross hair rNpes
Tho union of Berlin manufacturers
IN lS;ef placed more than 1920 persons
Wh" had applied for work.
,i'ariry is found mentioned on the
earliest Egyptian monuments.
In l'+2 Italian oranges were sold in
N"H" 1or ten pence Il thousand.
A Japanese pillow is Il mere board,
f"rr inches wide. set cdyrwise.
-foppaea, Nero's wife paid , pence
quart for asses milk to battle in.
-"rrihe of God" is the name of an u.s.
SovlAtion .f teachers at Larnet, Kas.
hen Japanese oranges have the
skin removed the sections fall apart nat
urally.
-~tctuhrr 81. the day on which Nevada,
was admitted to the Union, is il legal
holiday in that state.
NINETEEN ships, Of an estimated value
Ut So,Ssu,OUu, are said to be now under
Contract iii the shipyar,ls of the great
lakes.
The cherry blossom, instead of the
rhrySanthemuln. is the favorite flower of
japan. In its season ceremonies in it's
praise arr held.
The Japanes. alphabet of forty
'iSht letters IS written in four different
characters. Words of science are writ
ten in Chinese characters.
Students of Stanford university have
subscribed S:hN for Il "noiSe-makins ma
chine t" use at athletic meets 1t is Il
steam horn blower.
-~Reuhtn :. Hunt of Winnegance, Me-,
WAS the leader in Il movement for Il new
r"i'i to the cemetery. His was the first
funeral that PASSED over it.
1.-Two MuSkrEon ,Michl lads while in
the woods found St;N in gold under Il
l"n" stump. The stump was on fire and
the boys were poking it when the money
rolled out.
~IHe black ostrich stands I feet high.
The speed is that of Il horse and it can
carry Il nan. The caSsowary is as large
but has Il shorter neck and feeds on yest-
tables.
There are practically no oaths in the
.'al'aneS' language. About the most en-
lilatir remark available for use, even
i'y JnrlkiSna men in Il street blockade, is
Sil!nkSn. or beast.
d. V. Tallent, mail-carrier between
ruth, ri"r'tt"n anu Columbus, y. c., walks
iWrnt!-onc miles each day, carrying the
maillmN Oil his shoulders. His compens;-
tinn is $500 Il year
There are at E;lssar two beautiful
Vases sent from Japan by Il former
s:raduatr. who is how the wife of Count
uynma. who led the successful land
forces Ill the capture of Port Arthur.
San Antonio ,rex.y councils have
PASSED an ordinances which prohibits
physicians from charging more than 81
Il visit 1t WAS passed ut the soicita-
ton of the leading physicians of the
city.
The whitc-capped cone Of Fugi San
towers 12,WD feet above the sea and
,lWarfS all other sights between Hong
Kong and Yokohama. 1t is considered
the most beautiful mountain in the world
As in China, the Japanese theater is
open all day. and the preSent TIA ton of Il
hrr''i'. national! play occupies IL very long
time. Devotion to duty is almost the ull-
'aryin" them" of dramatic representation.
baggage cars running out of the
GRAND Central station, New York, wheth-
cr aciusS the continent or on short local
runs, usually have strong iroll-ciad doors,
to guard against the still possible train
rohber.
The Japanese baby, always riding
p:ck-aback. early learns to use his own
les and arms in clinging to his perch
This early training. with the freedom
from restraint provided by Japanese gar
ment> makes the people strong and wiry.
The German Emperor has lately pre-
scented t. the Berlin Natural History mu-
scum is Il very fine specimen of Il Plesio-
suuru> skeleton 1.-THE first ever found in
Germany. III which part Of the outline of
the. ,rt:l tllrp preserved on the rock
chiefly about the tail.
The people of Port Huron witnessed
Il remarkable mirage on December -.
showing the Canadian bank of the st.
tiair river for about eighteen miles. and
both banks from Marysyille to what is
known as MctiregOrS point, mile below
the Oakland house.
The extent to which industries are
now specialized was illustrated by the
arrest in Paris of Il Mime. Bidc. whose
Speciality was the stealing of pipes. She
had accumulated Il magnificent collection
of 1000 pipes, including 80 finely -colored
m"crSrhaumS. She got eight months in
prison for them.
TIL" experiment Of cooking dinner for
1910 men belonging to the guards in a
single field kitchen at the Muncheberg
station. near Berlin. took place the other
day. Mfnr" the troops left for their
Headquarters. The affair was complete
~ successful. Thirty-fye hundred
pounds Of beef and 1900 pounds of ham
were. cooked.