The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-03-13
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

The Sultan of Turkey is enabled to
buy new bonnets for the ladies of his
harem frequently, us his daily income
is S2OOOU.
In Arizona, which has an Indian pop
ulation Of 81 900. not Il single white man
has been killed by an Indian during the
past year.
The Illinois supervisors have started
Il fund with which to build monument
t" Gen. Clarke, the hero of Fort Gage
Perhaps one Of the hest conducted,
although not one Of the best known, OF
botanic gardens in Great Britain is the
royal garden, at Glasnevin, Dublin.
The floods of the Nile are so regular
in their coming that for hundreds Of
Years they have not varied ten days in
the date of their arrival at Il given point.
Mass. live on forty-onc square miles.
The city is very rich for its size, being
valued at $50: ,OO5, while the public
debt is only $2,650,+M.
In the reign of Canute, no guardian
could compel Il ward to marry Il man she
diSliked. and the money paid for her was
to he Il voluntary gift. and not Il compul~
sorry payment.
The parchments and papyrus used by
the ancientS seem to have had Il special
prrpa ration. 10y virtue of which they alb
ing 20 be almost inueliblc.
In Tartarw onions, leeks and garlic
are regarded as perfumes. y Tartar
lady will make herself agreeable by rub
hing pieces of freShlycut onion on her
hands and over her cuuntenance.
"A Clergyman Of Murray county. Ga.
who WAS recently convicted of selling
whisky without 4 license. and sentenced
to serve Il year in prison. has just been
rartoned by Coy. Atkinson.
Lowell. Mass. is about the same
size. SO fars as population is concerned,
rs Fall River, having 5000 people, who
live on 12l. square miles: the city owes
S:iNi. 21t and its assessed valuation is
>G9,uS+.24l.
This open winter is expensive bust
ness for the lumbermen. In some parts
If Maine and New Hampshire men and
teams are coming out of the woods. with
the determination of remaining out until
>no"' falls
The French State railroads are about
I" build passenger cars in which the
parts usually made of copper and iron
will be made of aluminium. The axles
"ll'l wheels, however, will continue to be
uaue of steel.
Serious thought seems to be enter
tanned i'll Wyoming Of running Il woman
for governor this year, or ut least of
placing her name before the convention.
The woman is Miss Estelle Reel, the
state superintendent of education.
The big 13-inch mortar which was
mounted on Il car and used by the First
CONNECTICUT Heavy Artillery at the siege
If Petersburg. Va, is soon to come into
The possession of the survivors of the
regiment. and will be put on the Com
mons in Hartford
New York has more Germans in its
population than any city of the German
empire except II: more French than any
city "t France except Is: more Italians
than live in any city of Italy except 3
and mere Irish than live in any city in
Ireland except >.
The three largest counties in Eng
land are Yorkshire. having an area of
3,S22.So1 statute acres; Lincolnshire,
LOO 81? acres. and Devonshirc. 1861
2''S acres. The three counties having
the largest population are Lancashire,
;'.l3l,H1; Mildicscx, 1870 S5, and
York shire. o.SS6,N;4.
The eye will bear high temperature
Up TO Il certain limit. but above that the
difference is very marked. For instances,
workers in smelling houses can look at
the molten metal without trouble until
il reaches 1000 degrees Fahrenheit. but
above that they are obliged to wear col
Or.,l glasses