The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-25
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

Scarlet flowers stand drouth better
than any others. E "a
There are in London alone. accord
ing to the last census, all 800 Women
workers. ..
The value of the pearls exported
yearly from Macassar is estimated at
$4,000.
Sir Arthur Sullivan was content to
part with his first ballads for a few
pounds %'",
>,r:-Irfnce Bernard of SaXe-Weim is a
sNrst cousin, once removed, of Queen
Wilhelmina of Holland, whom it is said
he may marry.
The tallest trees are to be found in
the state forest of Victoria, Australia.
They belong to the eucalyptus family,
and range from $50 to 500 feet in height,
quite recently Edinburgh and Chris
tiania were, by competent medical au-
thority, coupled as the two healthiest
cities in Europe.
! smand $500 down for one song, while
from 1.-The Lost Chord" alone it is said
that he has realized over $4,000.
Sig. ToSti, the composer Of '.For
Ever and For Ever" whose first manu-
scripts We're declined with thanks" can
now command $3.50 for a song.
The outlay of capital for the canary
raising business is small and for an in
door employment few kinds of business
render more profit on the size of the in
veStment..
Queen Victoria has very expensive
clock. 1t has Il perpetual calendar that
alters for leap-year and has 14-inch
dial. The case is Of richly-carved wal
Tut.
Russell Il CO., shipbuilders, Port
Glasgow. have received orders for four
teen steamers. aggregating about 10000
tons. Several other orders have been
placed on the Clyde within the past few
days -
rRudyard kipliny is said to have r.-
ceived 5000 for the serial rights of his
new book, THE Seven Seas This
would be at the rate of nearly % cents
word. as the book contains about so
600 words.
Pearls are found in Finland lakes
i'll small quantity and of such inferior
quality that no systematic fishing is car
ried on. Pearls found in these lakes are
of small size. lacking the bright, white,
glossy appearance.
There is a home for women inebri-
All of whom the Brooklyn physicians
speak highly. The patients are not
treated hike prisoners, but are amused
and entertained in different ways, 60
ing to the theater and other places of
amusement.
Members of the House of Commons
are supplied, al lib. with stationery of
the very best quality. and Il general use
is made of it. During the session Just
closed 91O,oOO letters were posted at
the House of Commons, which gives an
average of over 600 per member.
In may parts of Germany, particu-
a a NtuSn ,l.o
Il good income solely Oh canaries. They
give up two or three rooms in the house
to them, and in one room sometimes
have as many as POO cages, each contain
ing a pair of birds busily engaged in
raising families.
If kept healthy a pair of canarics
will raise two or three families every
summer. and sometimes ten to fifteen
young birds are the result of one seasons
Matching from a single pair. As long
as women keep canaries as pets the de-
delicate and short-lived.
1t is said that one well-known Eng
lish wheeler has earned $4,000 in
prizes alone during the past seven months
apart from the heavy retainer which he
receives from the tire and bicycle manu-
facturers whose properties he uses.
Michael, it is well known, received $500
for one weeks riding at Olympia.
A great sensation has been created
in society circles at Budapest by the
announcement that the three young
daughters of Count Basquez, all of whom
are eountesses in thor own right have
decided to go on the music hall stage.
The young ladies are aged Is, IS and IL,
respectively, and are not yet out of the
schoolroom. They have already signed
articles.
M. Boguloboff, the Russian court
painter. who painted the picture of the
Russian fleet at Toulon, presented by
taire, has just died at the age of 70
years. He caught cold while making
sketches of the arrival of the Gar at
Cherbourg for picture which Nicholas
II. had ordered.