The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-29
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS,

: Nearly c500 convicts are annually
discharged on ticket-of-eave in England
The largest pure diamond, that be-
longing to the Rajah of NATHAN. weighs
367 carats. The one of the next greatest
Weight, the Orloof, or Orloff, weighs 1913
cafats.
A metal workers magazine says that
platinum wires have been drawn 50 fine
that two of them twisted together could
hair.
"A small unmounted pocketbook of
elephants leather costs about $40. \
small satchel made from the same
leather would probably cost SO much as
500.
Theodore \. Havemeycr is to build a
splendid structure for DelmonicO on
Fifth avenue and Fortyfourth street,
New York. It will be completed in
about two years.
The discovery of human skull in
good state of preservation by We'll dig
gers at Il depth of 40 feet beneath a
solid. -4-foot rein of coal. is attracting a
good deal of attention at Dickinson,
The seven Bibles of the world are
the Koran of the Mohammedans. the 'Tri
Pixies of the Buddhists, the Five Kings
OF the Chinese. the Three NedaS OF the
HindooS. the Zent- .Avesta of 1.-THE Per
slams, the Mormon and the Scriptures of
the Christians.
- In mineral pro lurtion last year was
a remarkably g,u,! one for the United
Mates. The total reached secs SS1 sos,
an increase over 1904 of $S4.411. AT.
The aggregate yield of metals WAS $40,
WN,OOO. an increase of $4OUlO,OOO. The
production of hituminous coal increased
from sos. 75S9G7 to 1925, 4S3,4SS.
There are now $50 tents at the Sheep
camp. on the Yukon trail, occupied by
over 800 pro>prtors waiting for warmer
YEA Their to cross the mountains. Indian
packers. including Chilkats, Chilkoots
and Sticl.S.. fEom the interior are there
in large numbers, but horses are scarce
and the rates high.
The results Of the excessive bowling is
that Paris hatters do a larger business
than those Of any other city. Nothing
ruins y h"t so quickly as constant bows
with it. In London. where men ar, less
polite. hat lasts twice us long, usually
giving way first at the crown. instead Of
1T the HI, e or hrim, as do French hats.
1t costs more TO send Il ton of goods
from London to the West of Ireland than
t" Japan \ ton of wooden goods can be
forwarded from London to New York
for Dos; to Chicago, Il thousand miles in
land. for :'Js. and to japan for sos. The
same goods sent from Derry to London
cost los. and from Gweedore, so miles
inland 12Os.
The Hilton Armstrong gun has an
extreme range of fourteen miles. firing a
shot weighing 1900 pounds, and rccuir-
ing 900 pounds of powder. The enorm-
GUS expense of these large guns has led
to their being practically abandoned, for
besides the actual cost of each shot the
gun itself was unable to bear the strain
of even being fired 100 times.
An old man, Il resident Of England
who recently died at the age of 81. at
tracted considera bic attention in the com
munity in which he lived on account of
Il phenomenal growth of hair which APP
peared on his head just before his death.
and then, in some inexplica BILE way, a
heavy growth of hair suddenly appeared.
like that Of an infant.
The little town of Nasso, in Sweden.
has feminine department. $50 strong,
in it's fire brigade. The waterworks of
the village consist simply of four great
tubs, and it is the duty of the women
"hremen to keep these full in case of
fire. They stand i'll two continuous lines
from the tubs to the lake, about three
streets away. one line passing the full
buckets and the other sending them back.
"A belated romance has just come to
an end in Paris y girl of II wrote a
love letter directed to whoever should
find it. put it in blue satin bag and shut
it in the secret drawer of a writing desk.
The writing desk was bought at auction
by colonel on the retired list, who
found the letter and spent some time in
hunting up the writer. He found at last
that she was Grey Sister and was now
over 70 years of age, but induced her to
leave the:order and marry him.