The sun., 1890-07-29
Foreign Notes or Reul 1uteres..


sAintssenNs "AScAno has scoreda great success in
Paris
There about half million bicycles and tr1cyces
turning In Great Britain.
Parsian dandies pink. blue or red shirts In
tho evening, with regular low evening wastcoata
SILK from paper pulp is male smooth and brilliant
with about thirds the strength ordinary silk and
about tho Same elasticity.
large mass of De Quncey's correspondence has
been lately found, throwing light his character
and career. and generally to his credit
The arms OF Italy have been altered the national
seal and flags Tho email flags left out and the
collars OF rAnnoneiad aud several other orders arc
added.
Tho International Association for tho Suppression Of
Gambling at Monte Carlo has scored success by a
side movement upon the Casino OF TAnKiora Il has
shut up
M. Ritt has offered to spend half million francs in
redsoor Ating tho Paris opera House. on condition of
bng made director for seven years and an officer OF
the Legion OF Honor
Tho owner of now tire made Of hollow spring st col
circular. oval square, thinks that 1t win succeed
rubber tires for wagons bicycles be fixed on
30 that 1t can never come off,
The kingdom OF Italy has unique library In tho
books OF travel Of its princes each Italian prince being
bound to write complete account of his foreign tray.
elS even with such minute details as hotel bills
There are thirty ave men in suffolk still employed In
making ninta or nintknappinR. as tbey call It
for the OF tho remote savages who have
to the long discarded rint guns and pisto OF eiyLa
ton.
Among tho largo estates three advertised for sale in
Queensland may be considered The Grst has an area
OF 454 square miles of which the Is 81 6ol Tho
second has 64s square miles and the third The one
most advantageousy situated is within 100 miles of
railroad"
In the district of sheing Teh Canton there are vari
Gus secret societies of young women bAndei for cell
bacy known for example as the All Pure Siserhood"
or tho Never To Be Married siSterhood" A member
Of of them tho boi al to
break the rules of her society by marriage, and in
order to prevent It the entire band tho girl included
went and drowned themselves
6yearold child in West Camel is of the following
Dimensions: Height feet; weight lit pounds, cir.
cumferenCe OF abdomen 42 inc hes waist 37% inches
chest 81 inches: neck, IA inches; head 22a inches
thigh. 23 inches; calf l5S inches: arm IN inches:
forearm lO inches lie Is very healthy eats all he can
get and is fairly Intelligent The parents are by no
means corpulent and their other children of ordi
nary size.
For a year drauRhtsman named Hazen. aged 49, |
with his wife and six children had lived in Paris in
great difficulty. Finally they resolved commi, sui
eide and take the children with them They sent The
latter out buy charcoal and with the windows closed
HaIen lighted the whole family lay down
the floor TO die tho mother caSping tho youngest
child In hor ArmL They were found two days after.
ward AL dead but the mother. Upon her recovery she
said that when asphyxaton began the eldest daughter
began to cry but lest she should excite tho neighbors
her father throw himself face and they were
found in that position
Tho hog claims oven the Historically polite France
for his own. At discussion by the Town Council OF
HAyrs upon the rsEu Atons for city car lines ono mem
ber complained that In these days sitting in car
thought OF giving their places to women even
though the latter might have 10 stand outside tho
platforms In tho rain. lie moved the adoption OF
bylaw empowering conductors to compel mon seated
In the interior to surrender their places women out
sda Several other Councillors gAAn,y supported tho
motion, but tho majority concluded that tho temper OF
the would not permit any such social evolution
Tho episode has excited considerable attention In ariS
whore there general mourning the deoAdenco Of
French manners.
NJ. Got the doven of tho French Theatre sheds soma
originEi light upon his profession He says: You ask
me II comedian requires intellect in order to succeed
None whatever would 90 even further and say that
tho less int tSlloct ho has tho better hs will rot on
Actors without inteect-aud heaven knows there are
plenty OF them-rush forward without fear fun OF self
reliance, while II they were intellectual they would bo
continually afraid that their Interpretation OF such and
such character was wrong, and, fearful OF having |
made mistake, would loso their confidence speak.
ing broadly therefore 1t s best that thu actor should
not bo possessed OF great intellect Many artists arc
In exactly tho same position For my part know
many Souptor and painters OF real talent who outside
their own line are rs foolish as geese"
An International congress OF biOllophiles prlnterL
publishers, and booksellers will be hold In Antwerp on
next Aug. T. 4 and o. The date OF tho opening Of
the congress whS selected TO agree In time with
The 3Idth anniversary OF the birthday OF Christopher
PAntin, tho famous printer and the founder OF the
Ohcina PIdHunidnd or tho PiAntn Morstus museum Of
modern Antwerp. Conference du Lrre IL the Diplomatic
name under which the congress has been GunInonsd
The work OF the will be done three sectisnA
iTst for tho pure bblophes and second for tho prao
icR mon. Tho nrst section will discuss mostly technE
,al matters, the size and binding OF books the az.
anRemsnt OF the contents tho numbering OF pages
he illustrations and The type This section Will also
ndsAVSr to settle all questions on basis OF interna-
ionA agreement and TO take measures 10 seyats the
'Tt OF bookbndinR TO its old-time rank The second
ecuon OF tho congress will consider the trAnspOr.
alton OF books and tho hook trade proper
ThO third section will be occupied with the question:
How tho great hbrarieS OF a nations bc enabled
secure copies OF the number books which arc
'sinE published annually r. Tho problem was suggested
" German librarians who put to their wis ends to
sep account OF tho huge overproducou of all sorts
4 literature In their country 1t is expected that
no third section will recommend that the Govern.
nsnt OF OysTy civilized country snail appoint com
Mission to cooperate with like commissions in all other
In securing for libraries ali foreign
orkS OF value and in furnishing to foreign ubTAriss
oDiSS OF Al ,pSrtouSuS domestic bOokL