The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-04
FOREIGN Notes or Real Interest


The last British survivor OF the battle Of Waterloo
Samuel Gibson. is dead at the age Of 1Ol.
torpedo boat 1870 feet long built for Victoria by
Yarrow made 22H knots hour for three hours
trial trip.
pianist named Luttsr Is the las, to appear in Lon
don. lie is pupil of Liszt. plays with brilliancy. and
extremely well
The latest calculation OF the earths distance from
the sum- based upon the transit Of Venus in 1882 puts
It at 92o43O74 miles
The official figures for the French vintage show 30
hectoitres nearly 900 more than in 1890.
The cider crop was OOO. 600 less than in 1880.
The gold medal given to Virchow on his SEVENTEEN
birthday 10 tho largest made. 1t weighs nearly
six pounds. and the metal alone IL worth SLIGO
There 10 to DO . new Prussan throne Frederick L
had one but Napoleon took 1t of and melted IT, and
there are only now two small chairs OF small value.
Several large Vienna bankers and manufacturers
that they will prohibit all their employees from
going to the during the coming spring season.
The high priests OF Persia who 10 babe smoking In
order to break up tho tobacco monopoly. have tri.
umphed. The monopoly has been officially abolished.
The 8sth birthday OF Waterloo veteran n. soufhot,
WAS celebrated little while ago In Paris. Soufot is
hearty and confident Of seeing the end OF his century
Mr. Charles Booth proposes that every In Eng.
land over no years age shall from the State
i've shiilngs week. That be done for seventeen
millions sterling annually.
Mascagnrs second opera. AMIGO Fritz" 10 to be fol-
lowed by third" Les Rantzau founded on the drama
on q sketch by ueine. entitled Radcliffe"
The hermit Of the Sonnblick." Peter Lechner who
last year passed the winter the highest observatory
IN Europe refuses to there again. unless accom-.
panied by a wife. or II must be. by male compa ION
On Dec. i at midnight. by . new law, Vienna sud.
denly expanded from an area OF Go square kometi
square Kilometres or half the size London and
three times large ~ Berlin, with = population Uf
100000.
German authors have petitioned tho Rechsag to ar.
1oyed by French, British, Belgian and Swiss authors
The petitioners urge the Government to make at once
the declaration. required by our Copyright law, that
hereafter American authors viii enjoy the same rshts
In Germany As will German authors.
The railway dog Of England. known as Help" has
died. lie wore silver collar inscribed ~ am Help.
the railway dog of England and travelling agent for the
orphans OF railway men killed on duty. My Office is 55
Colebrook row. where subscriptions will be thankfully
received and duly acknowledged" lie brought more
than u thousand pounds into the fund.
raris courts likely 10 hear the echo OF tho
recent contact In Chit Last February three admirers
OF Bslmac ordered in Paris three umbrellas TOR HIM
and his family. Each umbrella was TO have solid.
massive gold handle and was to cost $500 All three
shipped in August that they might be presented
this Christmas When they arrived NJ Santiago with
about 500 in freight and tariff charges due hrin.
ceda star had faded that ms three friends
decided mako presents To his family and refused
TO pay the bill The manufacturer will sue for 81 tV
Apresbytery IN tho west Of scotland Is ngiiated with
the problem whether 1t ID lawful TO sell milk to =
duchess on sunday Robert keso. farmer and el Ter
OF the Free KIRK IN the Isles OF Arran was in the habit
OF carrying such trade His minister remonst
against Dissertation In tho camp OF Israel satur-
days supply OF mamma was alwAys made to serve on
sunday aud there should be no exception la tho
OF duchess The ARK session supported the minister
and admonished the elder The latter refused TO
nit appealed the presb, and that body while
yyAspg the zeal VI ths session. forbade the adnsaop.