The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-15
BRIEF NOTES OF NOTABLES,

Zen. Thomas II. Hubbard of New
York has given $13O,OGO to Bowdoin col.
lego, at Brunswick. Me-, for the construc-
ton of new library building.
Not many people are aware that tho
l'rlncc OF Wales is Il member Of the legal
profess on. having been chosen Il hrnchrl
Of the Midi q Tempe Il number Of years
ago.
Mrs. Russell Sage says she wasn't Il
''good-fellow girl yet she had good
time. She finds that women as well as
men can ovcrdo the ''soAd-fellow" bust
ness.
II never felt so happy rs row that |
am plain Mrs. FrecrickSon.' wrote
Princess Charles OF Denmark recently to
her mother soon after arriving incuynito
at Monte Carlo.
-I.icut.-Col. Stacpolc. who has super-
intended nearly every cmbarkation of
troops for South Africa, has been pro
NOTED to brevct colonel in RECOGNITION of
his zeal and energy.
Count Won Bulow, who recently ccle-
hratrd his fiftytirst birthday has re-
,tivr,l from the German Emperor pres
rnt "f set of china manufactured in the
royal porcelain works.
Robert Il. Whi,eSitcS of Duluth,
who bought the CalaveraS Sruuoia grove
in California recently for SlnO.OuO asks
:@-.".V"' from me government Tor II.
Experts value the timber at that figure.
-Richard Croker, the TamnHny boss,
has Il vast collection OF the caricaturcS
made of him during his political career.
and occasionally spends Il more or less en-
joyab!c hour looking over the late audi-
tnnS.
Mrs. Francena l.'IIotc of Havana. is
in New York collecting funds for her
plan to establish free library in 1Ia-
vana. Guvern"rt'cnrral Wood has
promised her 1000 volumes and Suita
rooms.
The plan of COL William \. Gle of
Worcester for having the Daniel Webster
property i'll Marshheld bought 10y the
state aud made Il public park has encoun-
tered a hostile report in the MaS>achu-
sets House.
When George r. NJ Harvey. the edi
tor of the North American Review, WAS
Il rrlnrter on Il New York daily his dec
laration that he would some time edit IL
large magazine was Il joke among his
c"mirlnnnS
Mrs. D,spart. sister of Gen.
French, Lord Roberts wcll-known cayal-
ry leader. is Il strong adhcrcnt in SYM
lathy Of the Rncr cause. and has writ
ten several magazine articles supporting
her position.
The real mother vi his majesty. the
Emperor of Japan. has been very i'll with
inu. MA. She is in her S;Xty-SiXth year
She is known DIS Eilnn-TS'l-bnne, and be-
l'nSS t" one Of the great families Of the
court nobility.
B sides the "weco.nc home" to Gen
OTIS in Rochester next month the return
ing soldier will he the guest of Lafayette
p ST. 6. \. H.. of New York. at Il BAN
U'nt t. which many persons of national
reputation have hc.n Invited.
bishop Rcmero OF the Rnnan Catho-
liz, church in Argentina is advocating the
plan Of sending divinity students from
that country to III" United States to he
educated in North American atu,,s-
lhrrr and in North American ideas.
The. largest sturgeon on record was,
caught III the North sea. 1t weighed
81 pounds. hut the delight of the fish
rrm"n was tempered hy the fact that it
did 500 worth Of damage to the nets
before II Wa> given the coup De grace.
Senator Jones cf Nevada is Il strong
believer i'll diet which he has himself
devised. His breakfast never varies. 1t
is always eaten ut $ clock, and invara-
bly, consists rnIy Of on" cup OF black cuf-
fee and Il large piece NJ cinnamon bun.
DE La Roche Eernat. second Secr.'-
tary IF the French embassy in Berlin,
has been recalled by his government he
cause he made some remarks liSpleaS:ny
to the German Emperor during the re-
cent visit Of Emperor Francis Joseph.
A friend OF William NJ Evarts re-
ports him as being much amused by hay
ing read a neutrality-suspicious. account of
himself. This says | am gradually fad
ing away like an old photograph" he re-
marked, but | fancy you can still make
out the features.
A New York paper is authority for
tn" statement that Thomas &. Reed is
growing llrre partly. aud that he uses
the fact as the basis fer Il claim of rX-
tllnrlinary politencS.:. because he is able
t" give two ladies IL seat by standing up
in !; crowded car.
Miss Alice G. Fletcher. whose In
dian Song and Story Of North America"
is one If the most interesting Of the new
h' nkS Is Il Wril-knnWn student of Indian
character and customs and The holder IF
The Shaw frlh w>hl at the ptally lnu-
$, unl, CalnbriL%r.
- Herbert Spencer always BEGINS his
days work by having tn" lnurniny pa
i, rs read to him. Then h., ATTENDS to his
',rre>m nl'n"r and reads his proofs. In
the Afternoon he reads magazines. listens
t" good music. and takes Il drive, and at
10 clock he rrtrc$.
--1"un" Alfred &. Vanderbilt, whose
engagement was recently annunce,l, has
seen very little of secretly. and does not
care fur it. He WAS always a close still
dent at st. PaulS school. Concord. y.
tl' rs went out but little
- President Eliot of Harvard cansed Il
sensation by appearing in the university
yard the other day in Il soft hat. Here
tn1ort ne had never been seen abroad in
any but stiff one. and now the college
rhymerS are rejoicing accordingly. much
t" President Eliot'S amusement.
M. lola has left Paris for his coun-
try house at Mcdan. where he is to apply
s[I tr,f h.,
new work Of fiction, which is to be q
sequel to ''Fvc"nlite." The novelist has
net yet decided upon the title which he
Will give to his new social study.
Jules Verne does not care for notor-
city and lion-huntcrS. and that is enc rca-
son why he does not live in Paris but
at AmienS. There he has fine villa,
with large garden, in the uuietest
street. He is - years old, and his chief
am,lSelnentS are going to the theatcr and
taking an occasional walk.
Prof George Holly Gilbert of the
chicago congregational Theological sem
mary has been granted years leave of
standing that he will write another book
which shall eNculpate him from the
charge Of teaching Injurious doctrines.
Though barely Of age Frank jaw
t'ould has been elected first vice-pres-
dent Of the Missouri Pacific railroad and
u! itHoiution HI inc BOARD Of directors
at their last meeting has been put in
charge of the company's affairs in the
East under direction of the president.
The late Duke of Argyll was devoted
TO his home at 1nverary, and his last
hours were vcXcd with the Illusion that
nc was dying away from it. His friends
showed him the place from the window
the ioch. the hills, the garden and the
woods. 1T is very like said he; take
lie home'
Prof. Mahaify in letter to the Lon
don Athenaeum points out that among
the yet unpublished curiosities of the
Petrle papyri is list Of names connected
with the manufacture Of beer These
names are oddly unlike either Greek or
Egyptian names and are suspected to be
authorizations.
Representative Lentz of Ohio is the
only member of Congress, says a Wash
ington correspondent, who has a press