The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-23
FOREIGN VOTES OF REAL INTEREST

Some Of the London papers are getting ready to pub
iish an early edition which may reach all important
places In the provinces in time for breakfast
Trade between France and Algeria, which in 1880
amounted TO $4,000, 900 francs and In 1850 to $4,000,
900. had risen to 44s. 900, 900 francs in1se3.
The Duke OF Argyle Is engaged TO be married again.
according to the Realm, of which Lady Colin Campbell
10 editor, this time to a canons daughter. His late
wife was the daughter o; q Bishop.
In a murder trial at Dusseldorf lately the jury, after
being locked up, made Its way out through q win.
dow and went to a beer saloon, where It agreed on .
verdict. Tho result IL m appeal for q new trial.
At tho Tooth performance Of wagner's "Meister.
singer at the Berlin Opera House, which occurred re-
Gently. Herr Betz, the Hans Sachs, was the only mem.
Der left OF the cast OF the opera when It was given for
the first time in 1870.
Golf, in the report OF the Chinese of1cias sent TO in
~vestlgate the game ne II has been taken up by the
English communities IN China. is the chase OF a little
magic bullet with clubs. The bullet, when the players
get power over 1t, disappears into a small hole.
Ristori's son, Msrchese Giorgio Capranica del arillo,
was recently married at Rome. II is twenty years
now since the actress, who Is "a years old, withdrew
from the stage, though she has occasionally reap
peared TO perform Lady Macbeth.
In six months Of bull fights this year in Madrid
alone. twelve men were dangerously wounded and two
killed, one OF them the famous ,spddd Espartero.
During the same period four other bull-fghters were
killed at Seville and other cities.
BehanzIn, the King Of Dahomey, who is imprisoned
in Martinique, was IN great terror when he heard OF
President Carnots death. He expected the French
to follow the custom or Dnhomey and put him and
his wives to death. with all other prisoners, fer the
inaugural OF the new President.
In koumania II Is n common superstition that II the
clay figure OF a child be thrown into the water II will
bring rain. Two boys OF bucharest recently, one .,
the other IL, determined to put an end to the drought,
and. having no clay figure. drowned a smaller child of
two years. The older boy was sent to prison.
In hitting the wires for electric lights In the hall Of
the Middle Temple in London recently. the workmen
nm. np m lnr ia N raraga af M val naar IA rpaf
which contained a skeleton in q perfect state OF pre-
servation, but from Its appearance at least 200 years
old. II has not yet been accounted for.
A son Of Sir James Ferguson. Bart, N. p. Postmaster
General in the Marquis Of Salisburys last Govern.
ment, was sent to Jail for a year lately for setting fra
twice to the school buildings at Glen Almond, where
he was studying. The boy, who Is III, pleaded guilty,
but his counsel tried to have him let on on the ground
OF arrested mental development.
Mascagnl has an original opening for "Ratclln.,
which is to have It's mrs! performance on any stage at
Berlin soon. Two taps are heard behind the scene,
the curtain goes up, and shows the crazy nurse OF the
heroine gazing into space throughout the whole over.
ture. This gl!des without a break into her song, as In
wagner's Flying Dutchman."
Every man has his price in England, as Is shown By
an advertisement that appeared recently In a news
paper. which read: "A beautiful boy for adoption.
Gentleman going abroad. Would give his boy TO lady
or gentleman for the sum OF R3OO." The Society for the
Prevention OF Cruelty To Children investigated the
matter, and found that a farmer who had lost his
wife and intended to eImigrate was actually trying TO
dispose OF his child.
Here Is q japanese students idea OF an English love
poem, from a university magazine in Tokyo:
THE purest fame, the hottest heat.
witch niisniyp BLACK and pale down beat,
And niade the Eden. place OF birth.
o what OF What, csnst thou telitno'
The station he dssisnsd Ior thee
At Essen. Germany, in the archives OF the Munster
kirche, a manuscript OF the Psalms has been discov-
cred, which, II IT belongs, as is believed. to the middle
OF the ninth century, Is the oldest Latin version OF the
Psalms we have. 1t contains nearly all the Psalms In
Latin In three columns. while In the fourth column Is
u Greek text written in Latin characters. The manu-
script seems To be written by the school Of scribes
established by Charlemagne.
Sarah Eernhsrdt has made a public declaration of
her religious faith. She volunteered her assistance
for a performance given by a Catholic students club
to obtain money for the public soup kitchens, where
upon la Libre idrOe attacked the club for allowing
a Jewess to aid a Christian charity. The President
declared that. while the club was ready to receive aid
for the poor from Jew and heather, IL happened that
Nine. Bernhardt was a Catholic. She then stated that
she was brought up In a convent at Grandchamp, that
she was baptized there, and took the first communion
when she was IL.
At Gaibanella, near Ferrara In Northern Italy, re-
Gently a band OF fifteen armed men In broad daylight
took possession OF the village, and statiOning men at
either end OF the one street to keep away assistance.
attacked a tobaeconists shop. The tobacconist bar
hhhllHti anu IT IL III lOF nearly du
hour, when the carbineers. who were summoned by
the sections frantic ringing OF the church bell, made
their appearance and drove on tho assallants- After
the raid In broad daylight made recently on the Sar-
dlnian town OF TOrtoli the chief of the brigands was
shot while retreatIng by the carbineers. and Ueheaded
by his companions To prevent recognition. lie now
turns out to have been the parish priest OF u neigh
boring village.
AT Fuchsmuehle. a village in Bavaria, a dispute over
commercial rights recently brought on a conflict be-
tween the peasants and the military authorities in
which two peasants were killed and many wounded.
From time immemOrial the villagers had been allowed
to take their wood from the land belonging TO the
lord OF the manor; but when the estate lately passed
TO a new proprietor he refused to continue the privt-
lege or recognize their rights, and an appeal TO the
courts resulted in a decision In his favor. Thereupon
the whole village, men, women, and children. marched
In a body TO the woods, armed with saws and axes,
and began 10 cut Il down. The civil authorities. md,
ing themselves powerless, called in the help OF the
nearest garrison. who drove out the peasants with
great violence, though they gave up all resistance
when the soldiers appeared.
N. de la Kethulle de Ryhoye. a Belgian Gardiner Of
ncer In the service Of the Congo State. has just com,
pleted an important exploration into an unknown
part OF Africa. Starting from the Ubangi- Uelli River
and establishing posts as he proceeded, he first fol
lowed To Its sources the river Chinko. where he found
the Sultan Rafay, one OF the most powerful chiefs OF
the Man Mans. who had formerly served under Lup-
ton hey. Governor for Egypt Of the Bahr eLGhazAl
province. With him he formed an alliance and, aided
BY him, crossed the watershed that divides the Congo
from the Nile, and established a post at Honrah-en-
NahAs, the city of copper noted for It's mines. and sit
uated north OF o. north latitude. 400 miles north Of
the Uelle, He was In a region where no European had
penetrated before. and with the help OF native cara,
vans which was offered him might have planted
the Belgian nag on the shores OF Lake Tchad. He had
reached, however. the boundary established by the
convention with England made last SIay and since
abandoned. and felt OOliged to turn back.
Following close upon the violent death OF his heir.
1 UiannunI nruutlauFiu anInH a darRaa nF divnrna
against the Marquis OF Queensberry In favor OF his
second wife, whom he married only a year ago. Ne
evidence had % be heard In camera, and the marriage
Was declared null and void Gb iRinO on statutory
grounds. Seven years ago the nrst wife OF the Mar
Quis. who had borne him nEe children, obtained =
divorce from him on the ground OF adultery. The
Marquis Is only 80: he has made himself notorious for
his free thinking views, which made the ScottlIh peers
refuse 10 reflect him As their representative In the