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

The turquoise. has been found in New
Mexico and 4Arihcnse.~-
Lahradorite has been found in North
Carolina and Michigan.
jasper is found ahun,lantly in the
lake regions ansl elsewhere -
The largest diamond found in this
country weighed over twenty three carats
- 1t is estimated that only one wage
.arusr in lo'uU III this. country is Al MILL
iruairr. s Il. 49, J
In 1850 over $4,000, 0OOfuN worth of
property in this country wasSlcgally OK
cmpt from taSatirn.a<f !
1t is said tha there gre thirteen fam
lilies in New York e,,ch of which has over
S'(m'Hm invested i'll diamonds.
Every mineral and metal of value in
the arts or industries is found, within the
limits of the United Suites.
The spinel. often sold for the oriental
ruby. has been found in New England.
Virginia AMI North Carolina.
khn,lc Island, in proportion to size
and population. Is among the richest of
our commemorative. being assessed ut
S3.,.:s;G,i13 - -
An authority ON jewelry estimates
that there are at least $ouNOOO,NN in
vested i'll this county in various kinds Of
gold and silver ornaments.
\ species Of minute brazilian spider
Si'iHS Il wen SO me tlEtt IL taxes fNVNl II
them twisted together to equal the lii
am ter rt a human hair.
The MANUFACTURES of typewritiny ma>
chimes has i'll hate years grown to very
large proportions. This is one Of the
newest of our manufactures.
The Orthodox Hebrew Congregations
i'll this tuuutry number :'1G. They have
~ <ynaS"sn':s and a!So use 1n3 halls.
They claim 4 membership OF III07.
p.E 2 : I.,I> =;
in the lnited STATES number 217 They
own 10 churches and use 81 halls.
Their membership is set down ut l2,Sp.
During the YEARS between 1850 and
1870 the wealth IF the Northern states
ally an,cl St. per cent, while that of the
Southern diminished 81 per cent
The people of the United States use
ON an average lo.WW,OON postage stamps
nf al kinds each and every day of tho
NUM-.
About 81 per cent of the clerks AMI
>ki'lrl lalnrrrs own less than $1,000
worth Of property, while the other half
II" rt'l"vlru as having only FROM S1'HN
~ Sln,NM.
Tie. German Evangelical Synod OF
North America, has $50 societies. with y
II ,,nh.r>hip rf Isl, 49,. This lenuml~
nation owns ~ churches. valued at ST..
III t.. 800
"A Boston syndicate has purchased
for $3.Mn.nn everything in Morse: Wis, -
t,\,ept the SchonlhouSe. 1T is thes inteif>
ti"n t. establish there the largest tanncry
in thr state.
Ground squirrels are so thick in the
state Of Washington that lllrin the sea-
son farmers had to POISON them whole
sale with >trvchninr IN unler to protcc;
TIM il crops.
Cur exports form Il comparatively in
significant portion Of our natural wealth:
Ivy tar the greater portion ~ofaour MANN
fartur> and farm products is consumed
at home.
The lock in tn. tower of st. paul~
ratht ,lral. London, is the largeStSin the
British, isles, the dialS. three, in, num-
Der. are each II feet in diameter. and iht
figures on them are two feet long.
1t is practically impossible in Eng
liant to get an appointment rs Il public
>''h""lmaStrr unless Il man has a univer-
>ity degree which means that he has
prolonged his education to the age of -
or -; years.
In Switzerland it is generally consid-
trtNl that COWS which are Shol and kept
in regular exercise. such as blowing and
rartiny, keep more healthy. and. conSe-
uurn'ly give il better quality of milk.
The longest Egyptian railroad now
extends to tiirsnh, Bog miles from Cairo.
1t is soon to be extended to the first cata-
rart. 40 miles from the coast. This
means an ultimate railroad connection
with the British possessions in South
Africa.
The extent to which 4, chimney can
poison the atmosphere has been scfen-
tificaHy determined by test made in
Berlin. The SCOT which comrs>Out of the
chimney Of Il single sugar refinery was
gathered for SIX nayS and found tn
weigh 1900 pounds.
Herbert Spencer reminds his readers
of the origin Of the English laure:t eship
when he says that among the FOolahS in
Africa Their" is "A set of people called
singing meIl who travel about the co,1n-
try singing the praises of those who
chno>;" t. purchase arenown''
1t is the custom in the Argentine Re
public for the milk man to take his COW
round with him and draw off the milk
as required by each householder. The
streets being paved with badly trimmed
stones. the hoofs of COW that is unshod
would be. badly cut hy the sharp pro
jpcting edges. = =
Scott believed that .'Waverly" was
his hest novel and the .'I.ady of the
Lake. his best poem He and the Bal
lantyneS had more than one lively dis
cu>>ion on the subject, but he would
never admit a. change Of opinion. He
knew the Lady of the Lake. by heart,
and once repeated the whole to prove
the fact.