The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-18
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

1t is estimated that the removals of
the Wesleyan Methodist ministers and
their families and luggage this year in
England have cost not less than Ma
900
lifts aggregating $1.Ssla, 600 have
been received by Princeton university, OF
which 100000, from donor whose
btary.
The new army helmet to be issued
for all branches of the British service,
Household brigade excepted, is much
lighter than the old kind, and has other
advantages.
-"Come in and get your soul saved
while YOU wait" is the notice that Il
Glasgow man relates he saw at the Sal
walton army meeting during his recent
stay in Chicago.
The ancient copper mines Of Sinai
have just been r-eNplored. These were
worked by the Egyptians, OF their slaves,
1000 years ago. and are believed to have
been abandoned about 5000 years-ago.
One successful venture which has
come of the Manchester Ship canal is the
steamship service between the cotton
METROPOLIS and London. 1t is Il long way
round but the saving in freight dues is
enormous.
The new etlifce of the Presbyterian
Board of Publication and Sabbath School
work. to he known as the Witherspoon
building. is i'll course of erection at the
northwest corner of Walnut and jumper
streets, Philadelphia.
One of the features of California life
which is not often noticed in print is the
large decrease of the Chinese laboring
population of the state. San Francisco 5
Chinatown has fallen off almost one-half
during the last three years.
The province of Armenia has a popu-
lation of. roughly speaking. five and a
half millions Of souls, of which the pro
Tossing ChriStians-t9regorians (691 $40.
ants t79,t;SM-number only II per cent.
Hebrew doctors will be admitted into
Russia to attend the twelfth interna-
tional congress of Medicine at Moscow.
They must, like all the other doctors,
have passports, with the wise of the
Russian consul for the district in which
they live.
1t is said that the first Sunday school
in this country was held by the Dunkers,
in PENNSYLVANIA. in 1I4O. This claim,
however. is disputed, and the assertion is
made that Sunday instruction to children
was given by the Puritans in New Eng
land long before this date.
When Princess Mary went Oh Il pill
grimage to Canterbury in 1871 she con-
soled herself for any trials she may
have endured the road with several
pounds Of sugar ia bets and rose sugar of
honey Other ancient sweetmeats We're
preserved ginger and citron candy.
The Great Tun of Heidelberg is one
of the most remarkable "curos" N the
world. 1t is the largest caSk ever made.
and holds 49,WW gallons. 1t is thirty
four feet long and the diameter in the
middle is twentyfour feet. The Fun is
probably also the oldest existing ask, as
it WAS built in 1I1l.
The Second battalion of the Lincoln
shire regiment. which has been at Malta
since February of last year, is to be
moved to Egypt early next year. reliev-
ing in the army of occupation the Sec
nnd Connaught rangers, who are to go to
Iu,lia to be stationed at Meerut. The
Lincolnshire battalion will be followed at
Malta by the First Seaforth Highlanders
from Aldershot.
A learned scientist has recently been
investigating the effect of food, particu-
iarly vegetables, on the human character
He finds that Il diet of carrots aueliorates
harShnesS of character and reduces nerv-
Gus irritahility: peas create fatty tissue
and encourage Joyousness: while turnips
have Il depressing influence. Cabbage is
good for pulmonary complaints; while
lettuce acts as a sedative upon the human
frame: owing to the opium contained in
its milky juice.
The uniforms Of the Scottish regular
and militia regiments now wearing the
kilt. as per the statement of the under
s"nrot"rr of state for whr-~cnst S75. 600
more than the uniforms OF the Same
number OF infantry regiments wearing
trousers and if that amount in addition
to the amounts as paid by the regiments
wearing trousers. has in whole. or even
in part. to be deducted from the pay of
the regiments wearing kits. then it is
considered that the latter have a griev-
ance strongly calling for redress.