The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-27

mails. The Queen herself personally visits the
prisoners.
Queen Victoria is superstitious about pre-
cious stones. She invariably wears chryso..
phrase in one form or another. anu thlnks IL
brings her good luck.
The only ornament worn by the widowed
Archduchrss Stephanie OF Austria ia a locket
containing on one side the portrait OF her ut
tie daughter and on d IN. other that OIL her
In Austrian society it is tho custom to take a
partner for only one round OF dance. by
this means ladies' and ccntlemen change part
ners five or six times in single dance.
Miss Lillian Merritt. an EnGlish phenome-
non, has the power Of retaining in her mem
DRY hundreds Of complex figures. and OF null
tipying. deducting. and adding ut the same
time any OF the cross ngures.
Mrs. Magnussen OF Iceland one OF the dele
gates to the Suffrage Congress. snid in her
paper before the members OF that body that
the women OF Iceland did not claim the suf-
fraGc. but that 1t was being thrust upon them
by tho men.
Mrs Grafton Ross an English woman has
invented tool for killing obnoxious weeds In
gardens 1t is In the form OF hollow pi"rcer
through which poison is conveyed to the very
heart of the root OF Il stubborn weed causing
1t to shriyel up In very short time
Miss Laura NJ Uldcn OF Virginia CITY mas
been admitted to practice before the courts OF
Nevada by the Supreme Court. She passed
very credtable examination and was highly
omplmented by the Judge. who has never
admitted n woman before to the Nevada bar.
Miss Bertha Lamme of Springfield. o.. has
the honor to be tho lMt woman in the world
to receive the degree OF electrical engineer.
She has led her class all through the course in
the Ohio state univsf;ty ana nas nov nS
sps4 nqsfi0a at tns
Tho two daughters OF the banker. + T. Ber-
gamini OF New York, have surrendered their
private fortunes in order to ray the debts OF
| their fathers estate. They will he left ponni-
iess and will support themselves by, music
teaching and etenographic work. Besides ms
they devote their personni attention TO .hs
payment OF the claims OF the people. many 81
whom are Italians and unable to speak Engllsli'
Capt. Magnus Andersen claims that but for
his wife tho Viking would not have been built.
and he would not have sailed it across the At
| lautic. Whenever no was Discouraged and
| ready to abandon his plan her faith and enthu-
siasm still undaunted. encouraged him 20 Ia Q
gave it up, as many times she inspired him to
begin again.
As a companion story to the anecdotes OF
women who have posed as soldiers OF Prov
css. is a tale OF German youth who. In order
| to escape being q soldier at all put on petit
| coats and hired himself out as cook; When
| the youth was traced to his employers house
| his pursuers learned that no was quite Jewel
| among servants. He spent but little time over
| his toilet. the looking glass had no attractions
for him. and he was. moreover. good COOK
At McGin College, Montreal which is CO.
educational. out OF eleven students gradual
ing with honors six are women, and out Of
Ave medalsts three are women college
| statistician. In going over the figures, finds
| that in proportion TO their numbers. the
women have done three times as well as the
| men. Still 1t must be remembered that these
| figures are based upon averages. Only excep'
! tional girls are now to he found in the colleges
while all sorts and conditions OF boys Tor al
| manner Of reasons are sent into college one