The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-10-05
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

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.--Danish lighthouses are supplied will
OIL to pump ON the waves III case of
storm.
Street fairs are becoming Il summe
! ana fa!l feature in Southern cities. Sew
,ra nave already been held in Georgia
and .\iabama, and Virginia towns are
adopting the custom.
=, y regiment CT 1909 men c>uil rad
lily find shelter under a single banyan
| tree. In India there is one Of these
trees which has 400 main trunks and
ovci' 5000 smaller ones.
| 1T las been decided in England thai
II person keeps bees he does it at his
own RISK. and that he is liable in lani
| ages '! the insects revolt and invade the.
premises Of other people.
| over 3OOO,OOO Of our poDuiation are
IN annual need and actually receive some
Kind Of charitable assistance. In New
lork CITY there are on an average more
than 100000 unemployed persons.
M,trnm 1882 to the LIST OF january.
,%c!. there arrived in eastern Siberia L.
overland and 33,GOS by sea. From 1SS?
t" 1880, 1872 persons returned to Russia.
kansas City has now become ;he Sec
Nnu Hour-ma|sing point in the United
states. having made 4S,420 barrels IF
Hour IN one week. which rclpses a il reg.
! 'Iu> except lncSe or the Minneapolis
The University of California an.
n"unrpS course of instruction in JapanpSt.
and chinese. two Of the most IMPORTANT
Oh the languages which it has r,;'t ntlv
netomc dpSira bic for many Americans to
arm.
THE distances from New York to San
+ 'HnrlSro by water, around Cape Horr.
i; 13.GtO miles. by the ISthmian canai
1h' dlStance hetWern the same points
would be 1907 miles---a saving OF iO.753
! miles.
"A negro in jail at Freehold, y. j..
charged with murder, is Il "hcodoo." Ont
"f four Of thost. who have testified
against him three are dead and tn" ether
was recently knocked inscnsibe and
The postal-scrvicc establishments 90
the l'ni1ed States is the greatest huSi-
nesS concern in the world. The revenue
1T the poStotiice Of New York is more
than $S.WM,l)OO yearly, with net profit
Of $5.0OO,OGO.
--C'hloroform should not he admins
tered to the same subject twice within a
week if it can b. avoided, because. it hos
been shown that the elimination Of The tHi
drug Is not completely effected within Il
shorter period.
The state rf Georgia has AN eStimu;-
ed population Of 1.SOO.0OO and gives her
governor salary of $4,000, while New
Jersey has an estimated population of
l'4'"'F"' and gives her governor a SAL
AIRY OF $4,000.
An act for the prevention Of cruelty
to wild animals has just become law in
! England. 1t extends the provisions Of
| me '('ruclty to ldOmcStic) Animals ActS'
to all birds. fishes and reptiles not in
rludrd in that act.
| 1T has been observed that artes;2u
wells have daily period of ebb and flow,
as well as the ocean tides, ONLY the pr0-
cess is reversed. The time of greater
flow of an artesian we'll is the period of
low tide in the ocean.
bees are known to be excellent
weather prophets: There is a commoi
country. saying that "a bee was never
caught in shower When rain is COM
ing bees do not go far atield but buzz
about close to their hives.
An enormous mushroom was found in
the neshhorhooo of Rickmansworth,
England. 1t was perfectly round in
shape and measured 8 inches across am,
~ inches in circumference, and weighed
without the stem 10 ounces.
1T is now estimated that the urban
the new census-the population, that is,
of place. containing 5000 inhabitants or
over-will reach 33 per cent OF the total,
rs against 20 per cent in 1890.
In Mauritius they make tea of the
leaves of an orchid. In Peru they drink
mate, a tc. made from native specics
Of holly. The AbySsinians make 4 tea
from the leaves of catha edulis, Which
has strong. stimulating qualities
An lonia tMich) woman has reversed
the usual order Of things by inserting an
advertisement in the local papers warn
ing people against trusting her husband.
as she will not be responsible for the pay
ment OF any debts of his contracting
--HypnOtiSm as Il cure for the iur0r
and tobacco habits is being nut to nrar.
teal and scientific use by Rev. George
+. Iutten. pastor of the Howard Ayenur
Baptist church, New Haven. and former
~ ccntcr-rush on the Yale football! clcy-
en-.
-Konmania would appear to be the
most lIliterate country in Europe Thu.
last census shows that, in a population Of
nearly 100000. nearly 100000 can
ncither read nor write, and that only .
little over 100000 have any cducatioo
at ALL
SO successful has been incubation
against cholera among the coolies en-
ployed by tea planters in India that the
natives are n, now eager for the simple
operation. The planters have clauses in
their contracts calling for inocnlated
coolies.
--Ficld Marshal Won Waldersee's far
for the campaign in China is ii Uhlan's
dag. divided into four squares, two black
and two white, with red border, and n
bar running transversely across the de-
sign. The flag is attached to a Uhlan's
lance.
Scent farms furnish new occupation
for women, and profitable one. 1t has
already attracted number of women in
England, and it will only be short time
before American women fond of outdoor
life will turn to it as they have done to
violet farming.
This years apple crop in North Amer
lea is expected to be the largest ever
known. The horticultural statisticians
predict from SO,0O0,0OO to 100000, 900
barrels, which will be supply of more
than one barrel for every inhabitant of
the United States.
At the time Of the Roman occupation
Of Britain five distinct species of dogs
were there, most of which can with GER
tainty be identified with those Of the
present day. There were the houscdog.
the greyhound, the bulldog, the terrier
| and the .SlOWhOund.