The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-01
VIRGINIA. MINI.
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

Mexico has pulque famine.
Paper plates are used in some Ger
man restaurants. ~sss2ass
More than twenty villages in Italy
are in ruins owing to the recent earth
QuakeS
In certain prussian restaurants n
shilling is charged for the use of the
table cloth.
OF all the royal arms of Europe,
those Of Great Britain and Ireland are
the most complicated
In several European countries, in
Guiding France and Belgium, elections
are always held on Sunday.
There are furty-eight different mate
rails used i'll the construction Of Il piano
from no fewerSthan sixteen countries.
--RuSSian engineers are studying the
route for the waterway to connect the
tlte sea with the Baltic. = r
The lowest lctlrsea temperature ever
r'SlSttred was ~ degrees Fahrenheit, in
the Atlantic off Farce islands.
The Dutch and Spaniar,ls are the
people ct Europe presenting the greatest
contrast III national character.
The claim is made that Lake, Erie pro-
duteS more fish to the SQuar, mile than
any body Of water on the globe
"A radi>h : feet and s inches in length
ami - inches in circumference is ON exh-
bition at Winter Haven, Fla.
1t is estimated that about $4,000 900
has been invested in coffee. houses as an
antl!ote of the saloon in England.
1t can be- stated with almost literal cx-
a'theS> that not Il square yard of Holland
Is neglected by the sturdy people.
The most curious paper weight in thu.
W"r'l belongs to the Prince of Wales. 1t
Is the munihed hand of one of the daugh-
trr> of phal;,uh
In Berlin Il number of doctors have
:t;l t'd :: "warcrla,1S. or warehouse. for
ths supply of general merchandise, as we'll
rs medical stores.
Several Sarriticill knives have been
recovered from the Mexican pyramids.
They are pieces of flint fashioned into
the shape of Il butcher knife.
Over 400 diamonds are known to have
been recovered from the ruins of Babylon.
Many are uncut, but most are polished
on one or two sides only.
Many glass ornaments found in
EtruSran t"mhs contain small objects or
limoges i'll the interior. How the orna-
nrnt> We're made is still a mystery.
\ dr,apitat:d snail. kept in Il moist
place. Will IL Il few weeks grow Il new
head. quite as Srrviceuble and good look
in. as that which was taken away.
pne street in rompeii was called
Street of Dried Fruits" and in the
shops considerable quantities of figs
ral>ln$, plumS and other fruits were
found.
-Rurnns Ayrrs will soon witness the
''"m!'Irtinu of the largest opera. house in
tie world. 1t will scat 5000 PERSONS and
the stag" will hold 500 people.
= Dozens of bronze knives and spear
heads were found at MyctI.,e. showing
that the time of the Trojan war was con
ttmp"rantnuS with the bronze age
-S'ver:'l Egyptian harps have been re-
covered from the tombs. In some the
strings are intact and give forth distinct
sounds after Il silence of 3OtW years.
-Anatonlists, to separate the bones of
skull. frequently fill it with small beans
am, place the whole in a basin of water.
lhc beans swell and slowly split the
skull.
- he Japanese are fond of bathing.
In the city of Toxic there are 500 public
lighthouses, in which person can tak..
Il bath, hot or cold, for il sum equal to
one half-penny.
In many instances Dutch women
carry their entire fortune on their heads
Females in very humble circumstances
frequently wear headgear worth several
hundred dollars.
No watch keeps perfectly correct
tune. and even the best thermometers
used in ohsrrvatories and on board ships
must be regulated according to tables
Wlirh are kept to fix the variations to
which all watches are liable.
The reason why British patent speci-
hrat"nS are the most illiterate protluc-
irons for which any printers reader is
responsible" lies in the fact that the law
requires that no single word of the man
Hs'rint shall he misprinted.
i ntl the dissolution of the old Ger
nan Empire" the arms of Austria were
the most complicated of any in Europe,
for they contained those of Hungary,
H"hrmiI. Dalnatia. SIavo1ia. Avagon.
Sicily: Rrahnnt. Swabia. Antwerp, Elan
h"rS burgundy. Naples. Jerusalem, LON
hardy and Milan.
In the SixteefffF century there was
" 'nr"'"S enactment in England where
Ivy street hawkrrs were forbidden to sell
r''nS and apples. fDr the reason that
servants and apprentices were unable to
resist ~" sight at them. and were con-
S"1''"hfly tempted t" steal their employ
rrI money in order tr enjoy the costly
d"ljiHritS.