The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-08-04

hired at II cents each. so that full lists
may be returned to Pekin and years
pay obtained for the larger number.
According to New York physician,
women who enter hospitals there to learn
the profession of nurses look upon the
hospital as 4 matrimonial hunting
ground, where young physicians are the
Quarry; that flirting with the doctors
comes first, and taking care of the pa
TENTS second.
The educational census which has
just been taken of the French UNIVERSE
ties shows that out of 22,2G1 students
women. In Paris the proportion is scarce
ly so high, for there are but 325 women
among the 11,S27 students, and Ct these
129 are foreigners.
-~Men exposed to the rigors Of the
Alaskan winter never wear mustac hes.
They wear full boards to protect the
throat and face, but keep the upper lips
clean shaytn. The moisture from the
breath congeals so quickly that a MUS
tachr becomes embedded III Il solid cake
of ice and the face is frozen in Il short
time.
-Evtry year the treasurer of the Unit.
cd States is called upon to redeem mil
lions of bAnknoteS which have become
badly worn as Il result of constant hand
ling. During the fiscal year recently
closed Treasurer Roberts gave new bills
in exchange for old to the amount of
$500. 100000. breaking the record of the
last six years.
Few of the million passengers or
more who make their daily journey in a
London bus or street car know that the
ways American or Canadian. Great Brit
ain, the "horsiest' country in the world.
buys more than 10000 horses from the
United States every year. Nearly all of
these are heavy draught horses.
A London capitalist has offered to
construct ut Southend Il huge sea wall,
at cost of $3O0O,000. and asks in re-
turn permission to use the tidal force for
working generating plant to supply
London with electricity. He guarantees
there shall never be less than three and
one-half feet Of water ON the beach; in
fact, it will be huge marine lake.
DR.. Koveos of Amorgos. Greece, tells
of relative of his who died recently
aged 80. He had never been i'll in his
life, but the hair of his head and face
had become prematnrely white. Six
months before his death, however, his
beard and mustache suddenly became
dark. the color continually deepening, ito
the curiosity and stupefaction of ALL
representing England abroad. The seven
great powers entitled to receive them are
France, Austria. Germany, Italy, Rus
STA, the United States and Turkey. Their
salaries range from $4,000 to $4,000,
the British ambassador at Paris receiv-
ing the highest sum. and holding the
most coveted post in the diplomatic scrv-
ice abroad.
1t has been decided to establish
meteorological observatory at the top of
the great cathedral spire in Uln, Ger
many The Tim cathedral is one of the
most extraordinary in existence, on ac
count Of the great size and height of it's
single spire which reaches an elevation
of 52S feet. Although the great church
was begun more than 500 years ago,
the spire was not completed until 1890.
We call it icecream. To the English
it is known as cream ice. Just when
or where it was invented is the question
many people have tried to solve. In the
beginning Of the century it was almost
unknown in England, though we'll known
in Naples and Sicily, where the cream
was artfully made into copies of peaches,
apples, apriccts and such dainties, much
as we have them today made in molds.