The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-02-07
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

texas proposes 10 lay tax Ol A0u
on al unmarried men SO years old or
more unless they ran make oath tina,
they have tried tn marry and failed.
1t is said that the following sign is
posted in Il public park in England:
"Nutice-\ll persons are cautioned tn
keep of the grass. cattle and poultry
included.
The Great Western railway the oth.r
day brought to Pat!tidington, London,
been brought over from New York to
Plymouth.
The first tea ever raised for the mar
kt in Arkansas was offered for sale in
Memphis recently. The consignment
consisted of 300 pounds, and was of fine
quality. >
THE sea is infinitely more productive
than the land. 1t is estimated that an
acre of good fishing will yield more food
in n week than an acre of the best land
W ill yirld in n year.
Medical students at Athens are riot
Gus hcv,u$. women have been admitted
to tn. university. An Arcauian recent
~ shot Il student from Asia Minor IN
the chemical laboratory in Il dispute over
the question.
There are more than twenty species
Of fur-bearing animals known to inhabit
the Hudson hay country. ranging in size
sand rat to the caribou. musk OK, bison
and polar bear.
"A contract for $4,000 brace of live
Hungarian pheasants has just been
signed 10y Liverpool naturalist. All
these birds will he delivered this season.
This is the largest contract OF this ma
lurc ever made.
The longest time during which 4
note hes remained outside the Bank of
nj iS CshOr /
an.i it is computed that the compound
interest during that long period amount
e, - no less than tttkM.
In England the first day of the new
year is celebrated by particular drink.
II is Sniced ale. facetiously known as
''lamh'S WOOL" though how it acquired
such designation not even the philo-
l,,sStS ar. able to guess.
The costume o. Il Russian nurse con-
Si>tS nf u red velvet skirt, Il black velvet
bodice AND :, bright blue satin apron,
embroidered with grey flowers. and on
the head Il wondrous tiara of red vel
vet. with .audy gold ornaments.
Something Of new record was es-
,ahli>hel Ivy thieves in Adams county.
WASH. last week. They stolea big barn
belonging to the county auditor, pulling
II down during the night. loading it OIL
wagons and hauling it t. parts as yet
unknown. l.
The institution of knighthood was
intended Us - mark of distinction for
deeds of rennwn and merit. Knight"
property signifies y person who. by viz
III, of martial prowesS. is raised above
The rank of gentleman into higher
class Of dignity and honor.
A Greenfield tAIasS.J man has an
interesting old relic ON exhibition in the
courthouse there. Ii is large black
hotrlr which will hold about five gallons:
Of gin in 100 and has been kept i'll his
family for four generations.
What is probably the largest front
record, sealing ~ pounds. taken by
Lieut. .-'nl. Andrew HaEgar,l tbrother IF
Rider lIaygard. the novcliSt.} in Lake
Nrpiyrn. Canada. has just been added
t" the museum of stuffed fish belonging
I" the Pisrat"rial society of London
In England and Wales the average
yield of potatoes per acre is estimated al
about 81, tons: the average yield in Scot
land is rather less than {; tons per acre.
but in Ireland the estimates Shcw an
average yield per acre Of less than +
toms. against more than tons in Great
Rii+ain.
The California state hatchery on Bat
tie creek made Il phenomenal catch of
salmon eggs this season. They took
over 1O.WNUN eggs, and " ere catching
tnt'm III tnt rare vi b.tHHJ,sUo per NaN.
When the storage capacity became over
crowded and the work was abandoned
fol :his season. - .,
"A workman in Il limestone quarry a:
Maunoketa. Ia, the other day. found inn
bodied in the rock. Is feet below the
surface, Il fly. The fossil is perfect. The
frtltrS and legs and delicate Wings, as
we'll as the body. are as complete AS
" hen the insect alighted and stuck in the
'"'ze away back in the upper silurian
period ages ago.
"A London artist lays down the rule
that no cOlors should be worn save those
which have Il duplicate in the hair. eyes,
or complexion. and he claims that a
woman with blue gray eyes. and 4 thin,
neutral-tinted complexion, never looks so
Well as when dressed in blue shades,
which are mixed with gray. y brunette
should wear, cream color, as this pro-
'lureS the tntS of her skin; while horid
compilations look we'll in plum and hello
tropc, also in dove gray.
Robin Affair." was by Lady Caro-
line keppel. the daughter of the Earl
of Alhemarle. Robin was real char
arter. Il Young Irish doctor who had been
forced by u standalous adventure to leav
Ireland and seek his fortune in England.
Chance threw rich patient in his way.
u lady Of quality, and ut her house he
met Lady Caroline. and the result was
Il ease of love ut first 81 ght on both sides.
Her parents objected and sent her away,
and during her absence she produced the
song.