The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-12-30
BRIEF NOTES OF NOTABLES.

Senator Fairbanks of Indiana is a
lover of whist and plays it every evening.
William Waldorf Astor's favorite
breakfast consists merely of Il couple of
"bluaterS.'
Mrs Victoria Blanchard, So years
old. of Holyoke, Mass. is the youngest
living daughter of Revolutionary SOL
,lier.
The Rev. August f. Karfhage of
Kansas City, whose death is announced,
was a pioneer circuit rider and mission
AIRY Of the Methodist church. In his
earlier years he often took part in revival
meetings with Peter Cartwright, the ia
NOUS frontier evangelist.
Sir Thomas Upton. challenger for
the America cup, has offered to come to
the relief of the distressed English col
ony of Barbados. He is prepared to
invest $5,OOO,0OO in the sugar industry
Of that island and has named to the
English government few easily filled
conditions
The Journal Otficiel lately contained
in list Of pensions granted to widows of
French officers, the name of Berthe Anne
lie Rertineourt, widow of the late Col!
after having confessed that the Dreyfu
hordereau was Il forgery. She gets 1867
francs year. or about 1888.
-tseorge Walter Prothero, at present
professor Of modern history in the Uni
Nersity at Edinburgh. who has accented
the post Of editor of the Quarterly Re
view; vacated by his brother, Rowland E.
t'rother". was born in 1S4S, and the eld-
est son Of the late Rev. Canon Prothero
Of Whippingham, Isle of Wight.
AT Gresham the Oldest royal postboy
IN nSland-Jonas Miles-has just died.
The deceased. who was 93 years of age.
acted as position to four sovereigns-
George Ill. George ~. William ".
and Queen Victoria. He entered the
royal service at the age of Ii, and has
for some years lived in retirement.
Amherst college was unique this wear
IN the possession of center rush ON her
tame is Herbert X. Larkin of Worces-
ter, Mass; Three years ago his left arm
was crushed and had to be amputated
1hree inches above the wrist. Despite
his loss of hand he was L good football
player.
Marriage is booming in the Lambeth
district Of London. One of the registers
having advertised that he would perform
the civil ceremony for 8 shillinss and 7
pence. the vicar of Lambeth church an
HounceS that. in order to encourage mar
riase III church. he will perform the cere-
mony for shilings and 8 pence, includ-
ing publishing the banns. the fees until
then having been IL shillings and 6
pence.
After the assassination of her hus-
band. the President of the French re-
public, Nine. Carnot established a foun-
'iation of 11.OGO francs, the income to be-
voted to aiding workingmen's widows
with children. At her death she be-
4ueathea an additional sum of $4,000
francs for the same purpose, and proyid-
,le,e.thSt her diamonds should be sold to
d
done in Paris at auction.
Two remarkable surgical operations
tor the purpose Of stopping internal hem
,rrhage have been performed by DR.. Ha-
bart Of Vienna. In the case Of a younp
man who had fired four slugs into him
self, the surgeon cut into the thoracic
cavity. removing one of the ribs. and
stuffed yard and half of iodoform
EauZe between the heart and the lungs
he other case that of man stabbed
through the armpit. was treated in the
saline way. Both patients recovered and
are now perfectly well.
The Car Nj :holas II. has the repu-
tation of being the most liberal of SOW
:re9sns, particularly in regard to tips, and
1t is stated that when on visit his small
est porbOire' to the domestics is never
less than 25 francs, even to servants who
have but rendered him the slightest of
services. while to the coachmen and serv-
ants in attendance upon his royal person
the tip often cxreetis eco francs. The
German Kaiser is just the opposite of
inns. and although he travels perhaps
more than any other sovereign. he is VERY
careful with his gratuities which seldom
exceed , or 3 marks.
The examination of the bodies of Car
Poy and All Ben. two Chinese who died
ut Barooga, New South Wales, about ten
years ago, has taken place by the authori-
ty of the colonial secretary. Two Chinese
came from Deniliquin for the purpose
Proceedings commenced by placing light
ed tapers and Il baked fowl and other
TODD on the graves, with a bowl of whis-
ky, into which the Chinese dipped with
small cups and drank as they RECALLED
themselves with food. Each skeleton was
taken up, and the bones carefully scraped
ana separately sewn up in calico and la
heled with the names of deceased for de-
porta ton to China.