The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-18
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

In the Argentine Republic golf is
taking Il strong hold.
Perfumes were introduced into Eng
land in the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
Sheffield. England. expects to hold a
great musical festival in the near future.
"A locomotive consumes on an aver
"gt torty-tirc gallons of water for every
mile it runs.
oscar Wille's play, "Salome." is to
this winter.
been formed for the preservation of wild
flowers
The Portrait of norien Gray" has
reached a seventh edition in Paris, and
IS still selling fast.
"A proposal is on foot in London for
the construction of an overhead railway
from Waterloo station to the city.
1T is reported that preparations are
being made in .AhySSinia for Il war
against the Italians on the Red sea after
the rainy season.
DO not diStigure the hands with
cauStlc t" remove warts, but touch them
with strong soda water several times Il
day. They will disappear
The champion collie, "Southlurt Per
lection. Was sold in England recently
for $5o25. This is said to be the highest
price over paid for collie.
THE latest calculation is that 1885,
taN passengers crossed the Atlantic to
t.ur"l" tins year. and that they spent
tl2.NA.ulO during the time they were
there.
WE wear away two inches of shoe
leather in Il year. \ pair of boots that
would last lifetimr." would, conse-
qurntly have to IL. fitted with suleS from,
tlght t" nine feet thick.
A Bordeaux inventor claims to have
invented an explosive more powerful
than mtllnlte. the adoption of which will
rsN"iutlon,ze the art of war. He has
named the new substance pyritine.
-Nolte is said to have written The
burial of Sir John Moore in one evening
DIRECTLY after the news had been brought
or the defeat at Corunna and the death
OF the gallant British officer.
-t!lboons devoted over twenty years
of his life to the labor of reading and
writing ''rhe Decline and Fail" 1t is
one ct the most stupcndous literary feats
ever accomplished by the labor of one
man.
Scott is said to have written "Waver-
ley III less than six weeks He wrote
very rapidly. seldom revised, and as II
consequence his novels are full of blum
.uerS. inaccuracies and anachronisms.
Thomas Moore often wrote short
poem almost impromptu. He consumed
over two years III reading and preparing
material for 'Lallah Rookh," and two
years more i'll writing that inimitable.
poem.
BURNS committed his poems to MEM
DRY as he composed them. and when he
sat down To write he had before him
II" labor OF composition but only the task
ut writing down what he had already fin~
iShed.
Not less than ten new vessels were
l:.unrhct by firms on the banks of the
Nne during the month Of August. and
this is the largest number of ShiuA
launched there in one month during the
present year.
-lceland is preparing tn compete for
the tourist business. An association has
been formed at Rcikia to spread in.
formation about tn. island. and the Al
thing has decided to buy Il steamer to
establish direct communication with Eng.
land for mails and passengers
With all her studied restraint of man.
her. Gtnry" Eliot had Il large amount OF
what the French call temperament. As
a lover she was both jealous and exact
ing. and the ''farfallonc amoroso" whom
she had captured was brought pretty
faulty to his bearings.
A company has been formed in Co,
prnhasen with Il preliminary capital OF
1N'Hb crowns to erect in all the public
squares i'll that city telephone kiosks, in
witch, besides the Use of the telephones
the citizens will find the daily ,,apers-
be able to write letters. have their boots
blackened, receive messages. etc
An old man named Barber. who was
gardener to Charles Dickens. has died in
the Essex county lunatic ASYLUM at
brentwood. England. Barber is said to
have been III possession of interesting rel
les of his late master, including !; gold
watch and autograph letters. and the
guardians have decided to sell these
"A Miss Kerr of Cunninghamhead
kilnamock. Scotland met death under
peculiar circumstances recently. While
arranging flowers Il wasp Stuny her on
the neck. Sh" pulled out the sting and
applied ammonia. Notwithstanding these
precautions her neck and face swelled
ami breathing became difficult Faint
ness supcryered and the young lady
passed away within fifteen minutes.
The London Lancet publishes a sol
t'nn warming on the subject of timed
foods. There is. indeed, it says, no
ground for doubling their wholesome
ness. and in many instances they supply
real need: but consumers of these
vlandS. who belong mostly to the poorer
classes, must be warned of the very real
danger which may result from eating
them after Il day or longer of exposure
to the air.
According to Villalpandus. the tai
'ntS of gold, silver and brass used in the
construction of Solomon's temple were
valued ut the enormous sum. of $780,
S22nH'. The worth of the jewels is gen
.raliy placed at a figure equally as high
The vessels Of gold, according to .Jo-
s"phuS. were valued at 10000 talents.
which. REDUCED to English money las
mas been shown by Chapels reduction
tabies', WAS equal to E5775,29G, 2O3.