The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-29
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS ~a~
Mexico is ,oW enforcing her new law
requiring the use of the metric system of
weights and measures.
"A now block of flats in the west end
Of London displays the announcement,
no Let, for Lady Bachelors Only" !
While sorting rags at papcrs{mill
in Otsego. Mich. Il woman found among
The lot before her'an envelope containing
500.
1T is stated that $50, 200, 900 have
been lost in attempting co start daily
papers in New York during the last fifty
years. F~~@ -
They make ~theis own. ,hicycles in
Japan now and call them jin-tel-sha,
which means literally, man-whccl-vc-
hiclc.
1T is said that one OF the colorctl
Kings of Bcrneo has just placed an or
der in this country for IL 14-inch search
light. -
There have been $4,000 lambs
shipped to the Eastern market this fall
from Reno, New. netting the shippers
about $GO,OtM.
In Norway girls are Ineligible for
matrimony until they have earned certiti-
Gates for proficiency in baking. knitting
and spinning. 49,
School children of Missouri are rails
ing money for u Eugene Field 2lnonu-
ment on the campus of the State univer-
sity at Columbia.
Herr krupp, the gun manufacturer.
has dismissed all foreign workmen and
officials from his employ, OH the ground
Of the betrayal of secrets.
The Dynamite factories of Enslan nd
and Germany are organized in Il trust
and all the DETAILS of manu- eacture and
trade Nrc exceedingly secret.
During; the year 1896 the number of
arrests made by the police of Atlanta
was more than 12.UM and one arrest
in every five was for drunkenness.
1t is said that Sundpy labor in the
Rand gold fields in South Africa is per-
mittt,' for the first fine ~nolS>7 by Il re-
cent vote ef the TranSvaal NolkSrand.
a Bildeford tMe.I man. while in the
country the other day, found tree
growing through a milstone, and the tree
had lifted the stone from the ground:
The bridal veil of japan woman
is most carefully preserved after the
ceremony. and is not used again until
the death of the owner. when it is used
as 4 shroud.
-Onc British writer spent $1,000 in
advertising his book. and never sold /,
copy. Another spent $50 in calling at
tention to a little 81 book. and sold So
900 copies within 4 year.
Nothing SO strikes Il stranger visit
ing Grrn,any as the outward evidences
Of mercantile and manufacturing devel-
opment. Everywhere one sees new mills
in course of construction.
The well-known head of better,
known financial institution in Boston
said. Il few years ago: that he would
never loan Il cent Of money OH Il theater
!; hotel or a church.
Among, the books recently translated
into Japanese are Darwin's "Origin of
Speeches. WeStermark' History of
Marriage" and Rants 'Critique Of Pure
Reason"
The Swedish bride fills her pockets
with bread. which she lispenses to every
one she meets on her way to the church.
every piece she disposes of averting, as
she believes, a misfortune. IN
The linotype machine is making its
way around the world. Within few
days eleven linotypcs were shipped tic
Melbourne. Australia. Honolulu has or.
,lcred one, and four will soongo to Lima
Peru.
Eli Henderson Of Mint Hill ~ c.
had Il strange experience recently. Sont
negroes stole Il lot of cotton from him
then returned and sold him his own cot
fore he found out the theft
The merit system of appointment Is
to prevail in the police and fire depart
ments of indianapolis after january
But there will be two lists of eligibleS
one Republican and one Democratic. ant
appointments will be made from each il
turn.
The Humanitarian league Of London
now invites tender-hearted Britons, ell
cn,i,,S nf f.r;,nlfv tn nltStoi1 from, TN, l.
soup, boiled or broiled lobster, crab, friet
eel and pork, unless they know for a fac
that the creatures were dead before they
were put Oh to cook.
The money value. of tho lead or,
product of Missouri the past year wa,
$l,2S! .l33, and of the zinc ore product
81 .S31 500. or u total for both ores OF
$3.S19,011. The increase in value of tho
product this year over that of last veal
amounts to S2jS,946.:-;.
According to the hallway returns, fol
last year. ~. 1:i3.GtW gallons of milk were
brought to Paris, or u times more thai
the volume of water in the great reser
ago exclusively suprliiI the north side Of
the city with drinking water.
France has OH the German from
tier. three tirst-class DEMONSTRATION
Eerdun and BriancOn; on the Belgian
frontier. Lille, .Dunkirk. Arras and Don
ay: OIL the Italian, Lyon. Grenoble ant
Besancon, and on the Atlantic coast
Rochcfort, Lorient and Brest. .-u.--,
In one of the Canary islands there
is a tree that as evening comes ON quite
frequently rains down Il copious shuNel
Of water from its t,Hted foliage. Fiji:
forms a pool at the base of the tree
which the natives use as drinking water
it being absolutely pure and fresh.
An adequate effort lis at last to- b,
mad" to prevent the extinction Of the
elephant. The government of India h;,:
ing of these animals i'll Il reserve whicI
extends from Sheikh pass to the Abys
snian frontier The area is. approx
mately, 300 miles by 50.
Medical students in Vermont who
according to their own confession. Wrr,
guilty Of grave robbing. have been made
an example Of \ few days since, be-
fore Judge Munson Of the Supreme
court, one was fined $500 and the Other
$1,000, and in default of payment the for
mcr was committed to Jail.
The people of Paris are hippoD!lagu
to remarkable degree. consuming on al
average over 10000 horses and donkey!
annually. Last year, according to he re
turns, the Parisians ate 1896 horses
439 donkeys and So mules. This horse
donkey and mule flesh dressed ready fo
the butchers block weighed $3.50 tons
and was sold at prices varying from ::
sous to l frame per pound. the latter
being the price paid for the best horse
steaks.
Shows Her Authority.
The English mistress, says Table Talk
whom convinced Of the advisa bility Of /:
method in governing her domestic affairs
institutes it at once with great inlcpcn,l.
cncc. The servant who questions, how,