The sun., 1893-07-16
Foreign Notes or Real Interest.

Atom OF gold recently taken from the South African
mines was on exhibition at Pretoria lately.
The Duke OF Westminster has spent over million
pounds in rebuilding Eaton Hall, which is now con-
sdered to rival Chatsworth as Englands finest house
Over q ton OF tobacco and cigars was burned some
two weeks ago u Portsmouth in the furnace known
| "the Queens Pipe" where all contraband tobacco
seized In Great Britain Is destroyed.
Mrs Hannah Davies. wife OF q laborer living near
Cardigan. is candidate for the Queens bounty"
She birth to four children three girls and boy,
three weeks ago. and all are doing we'll
A tiny elephant. three years old. thrtysix inches
high three feet long. and weighing 1888 pounds is
exhibition in Berlin The dwarf phenomenon Is from
sumatra Its normal kin weigh at the same age from
three to three and half tons
Tho Oldest actor in England 10 believed to be Mr.
James Doel 90 years old. who played Fa Graredgger
| to Edmund Keans Hnnio. and has played with Ma.
cready Sheridan Knowles Blackstone Mss Cushman.
Miss Fanny Kemble. and Mrs. Keeley.
The hyloxera has appeared In tho vineyards of the
province OF Trapani Sicily In which MarAala situated
This the only province Of the island which has hth
erto been exempt from tho visitation. Government
commission has been sent 10 combat tho scourge
The contract between the Portuguese Government
and British company for laying and maintaining q
cable between Lisbon and the Azores with power to
extend the communication to England and America
was signed by tho King ami ratified two weeks ago.
aud tho cable will be laid for tn with.
Alaw Is to be promulgated in Russia this summer
prohibiting the transfer OF land in tho possession Of
rural communities or individual peasants to persons
not belonging to the rural population The law will be
made applicable to the whole OF European Russia with
the exception OF the Baltic and Vistula provinces
Mormonisin has taken a considerable hold In New
Zealand manly among tho Maoris. tho latest statis
tics showing the sect to have lTj members in New
Zealand. of whom but .3o are Europeans The annual
conference was held recently. and hundreds OF Maori
memberS including several leading chiefs. attended
Twenty Mormon elders are at present in New Zealand
trying to spread the faith.
Ono of tho many expedients escorted to by British
farmers In tho effort thrr crops which have
suffered badly from the pheno nne weather, 10
to water them by the aid Il fire engines In the fen
districts several powerful eRtnes have been work
pumping the fcns and discharging In tho
air through special nozzles so that II falls on the
reids Ike hne The results have been excellent
Six German soldiers. including . sergeant ana cor
poraL all In full unifor aighted Don from tho train
from Bsfort soe Two weeks and asked to bo taken
to the military cOmmandant. To him they explained
that they had deserted from the German army in order
to escape the cruel treatment to which they sub
jected by their Ofcers They asked to be enlisted In
the French army signed papers for admission to the
Foreign Legion and were sent to Marseiles route
for Africa,
The latest ohcal cholera bulletin issued by the Rus
sian Government under date OF June la 10 very
suring and hopeful. 1t states that twelve deaths 90
Cured from cholera in four provinces during the
ten days OF May. No suspicious cases had occurred
else where In Russia The provinces feared
Podola and Bessaraba. "on the whole" sums up tho
London Baiv T'iSraphI correspondent 'the fears
tsrtaned OF severe outbreak this year not likely
to be realized"
The inevitable consequences OF the aggression OF the
Womsn's Rights movement arc becoming apparent IN
England. Half dozen or more cases OF suing
women for breach OF promise OF marriage have come
mp in English courts recently. Two weeks ago
tion OF this kind by Mr. Bourne against Lady CowAn
was called in London but the lady had In tho mean
time compromised the matter with the injured swain
and it was withdrawn
new monument. Of remark able character. TO
Alexander H. has been begun on the Kremn II III "
Moscow It Is 10 DO like the Kremlin In the byzantine
Russian style The outer shell OF tho rdAce is to form
Kind OF imperial forum in the centre OF whch will
BE- placed green bronze statue Of Alexander H. under
. oupoiS The building will be lighted by electricity
The principal attraction is to consist OF two losgias
which will a kind OF promenade, ahd will com
mAnd magnificent views Of Moscow. with its winding
river. It's oonvents churches and innpme able domss
and towers