The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-02-09
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

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-Engfand is reported to have bought
go krupp cannon from Italy.
The average amount of sickness in
human life is ten days per annum.
The great Napoleon once applied for
permission to enter the British navy.
.-switze1land has 1893 hotels for tour
In China the members of a mans
family are held responsible for his debts.
A needle factory in Redditch, Eng
land, makes 100000 needles every
week
"A statue of George Washington is
erected in the public park in Caracas,
Venezuela.
The arrests for drunkenness in Bos,
ton last year averaged sixty-fve per day,
or per cent. of the population.
Hickory nuts are an American prod
net, and we export them in large numbers
to Europe. Pecans belong to the hickory
family.
"A steamship was loading at Phila-
delphia last week with coal for Genoa.
This is said to be the first coal shipment
to Italy.
Africa is the last of the five great
continents to be opened up to modern civ.
ilization. 1t lies at the doors of Europe,
and claims the oldest civilization known
The depopulation of Peru is illustrat-
ed by the fact that the valley of Santa,
which in the days of the Incas had a
population of 100000, now has only 5000.
-Vienna's great municipal street rail-
way system is now in perfect running or
der. 1t cost $40, 0eQ, 900, and it is est
mated that it will pay for itself within
ten years.
New York's fashionable society has
been enriched several hundred million
dollars within the last FIVE years by rich
men who have gone from the West to re-
side there.
An association has been organized by
the business men of Asheville. n. c..
to preserve n large part of that still we'll
fOrested region from the ravages of the
lumberman.
There were thirty weight emigrants for
every 1000 persons in Germany last year,
against forty-three in 1897 and 232 in
1891. Bremen and Hamburg furnished
most Of these.
The ancient frigate Franklin, relic
of the old wooden navy, which has been
used for many years as receiving ship
at the Norfolk navy yards, is soon to be
a deserted hulk.
Probably the top is the oldest toy in
the world. 1t has been used for thou
sands of years in all parts of the globe
and some savage tribes use 1t in the per
VI IcIl&lOuS AncS.
The number Of French newspapers
and periodicals. continues to grow stead
lily. For Paris the figures have now
reached 1855, of which 142 are dailies,
726 appear weekly and SS4 monthly.
The board of education and the po-
lice department Of New York are the
two most expensive departments of the
municipal governme sn Goliectlvely their
maintenance costs $25.OOO,OOO year.
The athletes of Greece in ancient
times, when training for physical con-
tests, were fed on new cheese. figs and
boiled grain. Their drink was warm wa
ter. and they were not allowed to eat
meat.
A physician declares that Il person
in robust health walks with his toes
pointed to the front, while one with his
health on the wane gradually turns his
toes to the side, and bend is percepti-
bic in his knees.
Just where the large crowds which
suddenly fill the galleries of the Senate
and House when a notable speech is be-
ing made come from is puzzle. fhey
spring up. however, and as strangely dis
appear into nothingness.
1T is suggested that the real reason
why England's war Office declines to use
officers on the reserve list is that it would
be necessary to provide every man with
f1OO, upon calling him out for service.
From June to December 4, 296
cases Of the plague and 1O7 deaths are
reported to have occurred in Portugal,
and of these 293 cases and Jog deaths
happened in the Oporto district, which
includes the town and adjoining country.
Herman L. Emmerichs, for the past
fifteen years we'll and favorably known
to the drug trade, latterly with John A.
Dadd Il Son, has purchased the drug
store of r. Best, 1893 Third street The
prescription department will have his per-
sonal supervision.
The golden eagle has been so success
fully preserved in RoSsshirc, Scotland,
that the city council has at last been
forced to withdraw its protection. OF
late years it has increased so rapidly
that hdres, rabbits and ptarmigan are no
longer sufficient to supply it's needs.
The Beers are very much afraid of
the searchlight. They asked an English
man who has since arrived at Kimberley
many questions about it, especially
whether it penetrated kopjes. They also
inquired whether the British had guns
which fred shells round corners of rocks
and hills