The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-01-10
FOREIGN NOTES OF INTEREST.

SAINT SaenS will not appear again in
public as pianist. He gave up prac-
tirins two years ago for lack of time
He says that in him 1.-THE composer has
= killed the pianist
When King Thelaw of Burma was
hroned the English left him an estate
his own country for his maintenance.
rN now propose to seize on the income
it in order to pay his creditors.
-Grorg Henschel has just had new
II" made from his own designs by
adwrod. The case is of solid oak,
exact shape OF 4 harp: it rests on six
Nns connected by horizontal beams,
he pedal rods are concealed between
tolumns.
uigi -Ar,liti, the III Bacio'' Arditi
conducted Italian opera at Castle
en- in 1850 before becoming the
";ucr ut Convent garden, has written
his "reminiscences, which will be edited
by the Baroness Won Zedlitz, and pub
lishet soon.
There is great scarcity Of breadstuffs
IN South Africa at present, the crops
rates on imported grain have been re-
dured and the Trausvaal government has
hetn asked to remit duties until the
emergency is past.
-ilucinum. or beryllium. the metal
found i'll beryl and emerald, is ceasing
I" become Il chemical rarity. and prom
i>eS TO come into practical use before
long. 1t is lighter and stronger than
aluminium. but it's chief value lies in
its electrical con,luctivity being as high
as that Of silver. Its value now is SIT 81
pound.
Nj. l.ugne Poe is going to try new
form of theatrical entertainment in Paris
this winter. 1t is guignol. or pupoet
show. in which living actors will take
the part Of the puppets and make the
gestures, while the text is recited by
the sh"wnan. The living guignol has
been given with success at Lyons, where
the puDlet show originated.
--t'arihal.ii's monument in Milan looks
better than was expected. Wearing a
Hungarian cap and poncho. he sits on
magnificent horse. unsheathins his
sword. On one side is IL group of Revo-
lut!un. leaning ON Il lion: on the other is
Liberty. Sheathing her sword and stand
ln= on the pr"strate tiger Tyranny The
inScrlnti"n is "A Giuseppe Garibaldi.
Niian".'
4 manuscript of the original libretto
ct "l."hensrin is for sale in Berlin
1t Is written by. a secretary. but there
are many alterations and notes in Wag-
ner'> own hand. Among the lines be
struck out are long solo by Ortrud
deScrlblnS the manner in which she
turned the young prince into IL swan
AMI a short solo for the swan when it
Resumes its original shape.
-iatented artificial skin is now pro-
""tt'l III Germany. 1t is made by re-
moving the outer and inner mucous mem
hraneS OF the lntestines of animals and
partly ,liyeSting them in Il peDsin solu-
'lon. The thers are then treated with
tannin and gallic acid. the result being
il TISSUE which can be applied to wounds
like natural skin and is entirely alb
S"rhed III the process of healing.
,-ReSuluS is outdone by man from
t'yl"n. who Is now performing at the
London Alhambra. Besides climbing
with bare feet a ladder whose runys
arr, sharp sword edges. and lying on a
bed OF nail points with four men seated
ulon him, he curls himself IN in Il bar
rel. through whose inner sides nails pro-
Ject. and is rolled about the stage at
rapid rate. The exhibition: however, is
described as being curious rather than
interesting to the spectators.
For $1,000 France has obtained
eNcavatc for antiquities in his Kingdom,
I" the exclusion of all other Europeans.
obJects OF gold and silver and jewelry
found Will belong to the Persian govern
meht' ont France can buy half of these
at a valuation and will have a first re-
1uSal OF the other half. 1t will have the
riSht to take casts of all sculpture and
OF half the originals.
-Ioistois Master and Man" has lust
been translated into Turkish by Nine
i-thedeva. who had previously translated
mt" that language the greater part of
me works Of Pushkin and Lermontoff
She is now enga ged in turning Seid Emir
nus Life and Teachings of No
manned INTO Russian. in order to en-
courage the Russian Tartars to read
Russian.
80 consistent is the Berlin Tages-
zeitung, the organ of the Agriculturists
IN m IT'S opposition to the Jews, that
1t Will not even notice Jewish composers
ANA artists. One critic left the Danar
because it would give no account of the
kubinsteln memorial celebration, and
another has just gone because he was
not allowed to report performance of
Mendelssohn's ''St. Paul"
Thieves lately broke into the Church
of Santa Maria in Trastevere at Rome,
CARRYING off the communion plate and
tearing off the gold ornaments and yotiye
offerings from the image of the Virgin.
whose head they broke off and threw in
corner. For days afterward the
chnrch was crowed with people who
went to kiss the nutilated image and
pray for pardon for the sacrilege COM
mitted
\ jasper vase presented by the Car
Of Russia to the city of Paris has just
arrived at Havre. 1t is made of the
most perfect block of jasper ever known,
is eight feet high. with the Russian arms
on one side and those of the city of
Paris on the other; the handles are fe-
male heads. one with the Russian ma.
tional head-dress. representing St. Pc.
ttrsburg, the other with Phrygian cap,
the French. republic: on the base arc
carved the words, "Cronstadt, Toulon
Paris"
Took. it with Them