The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-12-17
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.


ments.
What is "the oldest village in the
world!' A writer in one of the Noven,-
Der magazines gives the honor to xii
car, i'll County Donegal.
The oldest cyclist in Vermont is II.
NJ. Harvey of North Troy, who is 70
Years old. but is as enthusiastic over the
sport rs any younger rider.
A horse astonished the diners in Il
Newark IN. j. restaurant the other day
by jumping through the show windows
and landing in the dining room.
In England more than 10000, 900 oil
lamps are used nightly. They cause 800
deaths annually, and in London alone
loa hires in year have been traced to
them.
Pew ladies consider that they carry
some forty or fifty miles of hair ON their
head: the fair-haired may even have to
dress seventy miles of threads of gold
every morning.
In the jailyarl Of Mexican prison
the warden has caused Il monograph to
be placed which repeats to the convicts
the charges made against them in the
voices of their victims
Five acres of land at Cha ring Cross.
now owned by the Marquis of Salisbury,
were bought $50 years ago by his ances-
tors for grazing purposes. at ground
rent OF 10 ShillingS an acre for 500 years.
The public school children of Wash
lnston are to celebrate admission day"
ON Thursday, November II. that date be-
ing the eighth anniversary of the admis-
sion of the Evergreen state, as they style
1t. into the Union
AS Il general rule. Nine. Sarah Bern
harut holds that an actor or actress
should retire from the stage 1T the age
OF %. although she confeSses that she
has seen many who should have disap-
ptared ut the age of %.
Pierre Lofts Roman dun Spahi"
turned into an opera lihretto. with music
by NJ. Louis Lambert has just been
brought out at the Paris Opera ComiQue
1t had very moderate success, as there is
very little action in the story.
Since the Queen assembled to the
throne It has been reckoned that over 800
grants have been mad, to the charita-
bic donation of SIS. which her majesty
usually hestoWS on mothers of living trip
stances.
The Russian ministry of finance has
decided upon establishing commercial
agents in the states of Central Asia and
the extreme East. where hitherto Rus
STA 5 commercial interests have been rep.
resented by consuls
THE spot ON Long Island where
Nathan Hale. the martyr spy of the Rev
"utlon, was captured by the British. has
recently been marked by huge boWitler,
with Il suitable Inscription. 1t was quiet
~ decorated on Decoration day.
Hansen. the engineer of the excursion
train that was wrecked near Copenhagen
last summer. having been held response
bic for the disaster. has been sentenced
TO tour months imprisonment and to Il
fine of 44,S75 crowns, or $12,O26.jO.
A newly designed bust for dressnlak-
ers, use is made of a series of nonto-
iapslhle, rigid. vertical stays, with adj
Unstable cross bands attached by means
OF clamps. so they can be expanded until
the proper shape and size are obtained
While repairing the Heidelberg castle
ruins the other day some workmen came
across window group, the style of
which revealed the fact that that fam
GUS castle was not begun in 1411. as here
tofore believed, but about POO years ear
lier.
The Waynesboro Centennial associa-
ton. which has Il surplus of about $1,000
in its treasury. will publish a history of
the town from its inception. The volume
is to be purely historical and will contain
pictures of the factories. public places and
churches.
Emperor Menelek has ordered a
Bisss and it rs bttftt aris.
The frame will be of solid oak. with gold
encrusted geegaWs. and draped with silk
The old man evidently reckons that the
best of thrones is none too good for the
yanQusher of Italy.
The German Emperor carries with
him a small but servceable revolver,
either in his pocket or in his belt, when
he is in uniform His majesty is ex-
tremely skillful in the use of the weapon
which is inspected every morning, to make
sure that it is i'll working order.
The nails of the Chinese nobility
sometimes attain the length of Is inches,
and the Siamese bellies wear long silver
cases at the ends of their fingers, to pro-
tect the nails if they are long enough to
need it, or to make people believe that
they are there even if they are not
-Elberfeld's Oberbuergmeister aston
shed the distinguished guests invited to
the opening of the new Remscheid-Soln-
gen bridge by driving to- the railroad sta
ton in the ''Black Maria" He had
been unable to find a cab, and had used
the only official conveyance that was
ready.
According to an account of ''fres at
theaters' published in the Revue Bleue
of Paris every theater in Paris has at
one time or another been burned down.
except the Coincide Franchise. 1t adds
The the Coincide Franchise is the only
theater which has not adopted electric
lamps for the footlights.
Joseph l.. Mum of East Orange tried
to assist young woman to alight from
trolley car, but she slipped and her hat
pin went through his finger. Blood poi
soning set in with serious results The
incident. however. will not deter young
women from wearing hat pins, nor young
men from acting with gallantry.
The growth of the naphtha industry
IN Russia has been ranid one. In 1870
the output of naphtha for the whole of
Russia did not exceed 10000 pools: in
1882 the yield was already more than
o,W)OWD pools: ten years later, about
:O.OWO0O pools. and in 1894. $4,000.
600 pools, of which 300 100000 were OBJ
tanned in the Baku government
4 recommends ton has gone before
the Presbyterian board to the effect that
women be forbidden .the use of DulDits
TOR public addresses to mixed audiences,
and that it be- considered Improper to give
notices Of such meetings from the pulpit.
Women. however. are still to be permitted
to give public testimony for the benefit
and in the presence of the privileged sex.
Sam Knight an authority on bees
says: eff singing insect ever lights
on you hold your breath until you can
brush it away. If you don't breathe the
insect can't sting. l wouldn't mind
walking into the biggest yellow jacket
nest in the world. I can hold my breath
for Il minute. and in that time could kill
the most Of them and scare the others
away
"A New London Comm man thought
he knew the best way to kill cat. He
loaded seven-shOt revolver and then
caught the cat. He held her by the scr,ff
of the neck in his left hand and aimed the
revolver with his right. The revolver
kicked, and instead of hitting the cat he
sent bullet through his hand. The cat
jumped, and, as she smoothed her ruff.
fled fur with a ''never-touched-me smile,
he ran to a doctor.
The 'Kihin-Kai." or Society TO,
Welcoming Foreigners of Japan, has for
it's object to provide strangers with every
facility for transacting their business OF
pursuing their pleasure without discom-
fort or eXorbitant expense On applica.
ton ut an office which has been OPENED
IN the chief hotel a visitor can procure all
the information he requires. Introduc.