The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-04-16
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

No rulers head was impressed OH
coins until after the death of Alexander
the Great. All images before that ,ime
were of deities.
The sword and belt of Latour t.'Au-
,vergne, the first grenadier Of France,
have Just been presented to the Paris
musee Carnavalet.
Russia have to supply their own mat
tresSes, and place them in any convent
ent corner-usually in the kitchen.
1t has been discovered that most
precious stones. such as the ruby, sap>
phire and the emerald, can readily be
told from their imitations by means of
The Roentgen rays.
The Turkish court pianist receives
5000 year for his services, but he is
temporarily suspended every time he plays
tune the Sultan does not care to hear
A single bee, with all it's industry,
energy and the innumerahle journeys it
has to perform. will not collect much
more than Il teaSpoontul of honey in Il
single season.
Only about two minutes are required
for the blood to course through the heart
thence to the lungs, back to the heart
and then through the entire body and re-
turn to the heart.
Spades and shovels. together with
SS""l'>. aFe 1ouuu ut'pitteu vi inc ""AS VI
Egyptian catacombs, and all three are
frequently mentioned by Roman ami
Greek agricultural writer's.
The specie room on ocean steamships
is usually IL feet long, 10 feet wide and
$ feet high. 1t is formed of steel plates
quarter of an inch thick, with a steel
door. which has Il burglar-proof combna-
ton lock.
In the West India islands and in
makes an excellent lather and is used to
wash clothes. The bark of tree which
grows in Peru, and of another which
grows in the Malay islands, yields Il fine
soap.
The Lend-a-Hand society of Boston
is preparing to celebrate the seventy
fifth birthday of Rev. Edward Everett
Hale on SATURDAY, April 3, by presentins
to tn, Ten Times One society the Hale
endowment fund of s25.otlO. Both socie-
ties originated with DR.. Hale.
"A method of photographing the
sounds of the heart has been communi-
Gated to the Academy of Science by NJ.
he HolowinSki. The sounds are trans
,nitted by Il sensitive microphone to an
optical telephone. the diaphragm OF which
produces Eewton's rings, which are then
photographed.
The extraordinary rainfall of last
the vineyards of Italy. The Wine had to
be- doctore,l with alcohol and coloring
matter to such an extent that it became
injurious to health and large quantities
have been destroyed by the sanitary in
S>ecturS.
In India in one tw,lvemonth snakes
killed no less than 19.7-iO persons. Ii
gers killed 1868 persons and 23,5l7 head
of cattle: hears. 126 persons and 80
head of cattle: wolves. LII persons and
1857 cattle: hyenaS. II persons and 214S
cattle; elephants. IS persons and t cat
tie: while other wild beasts, such as
jarkalS. buffaloeS. bears and crocotliles,
were responsible for the deaths of G96
persons and 2165 cattle.
In Berlin there are iron posts or
stanchions fixed on the curb, at convcn-
lent distances, marked ''halting place
for omnibus or tramcar. At these places
the passengers wait and the drivers are
not allowed to pull W at any other spot.
When an omnibus approaches one of
these posts, 1he conductor calls out,
"Haltins place." and if a passenger
wants to get out. or if any passengers
arc waiting to get in. the driver pulls u:
If not, he passes on.