The sun., 1895-12-27
Foreign Notes OF Real Interest.

OIL Is to be tried fuel for the torpedo,boat do
| stroyer Daring during tho coming mobilization
maneuvres.
Ilka Won PaImay. the celebrated Hungarian sou.
brette. will play part written in broken English in
Gilbert and suliiyans OPERA when 1t 10 brought
| out in London.
Princess Marie of Nav Orleans. wife OF Prince
waldemar Of Denmark has Just startled her relatives
by having her photograph taken in Q nreman's uni
form. helmet and an.
LecocQ. the composer OF LA File dc aadame An.
got" is trying to get divorce from the wfe TO whom
he has been married twenty years the ground
OF incom patibility of temper
Paris intends revive the carnival and Mnrdi Gras
festivities this winter with procession that shall bo
really artistic proposal to raise esO.00o for the
purpose by lottery IL dader confederation by the
Municipal Council
brings back the days OF the corsais 30 read
that the Cardinal Prefect of the Propaganda dstrb
uted 600 francs last for the Of slaves
from captivity. The money was spent by Catholic
missionaries In the interior OF Africa.
Enough money has already boon subscribed to the
Corney Grain memorial fund not only to establish
In the Childrens Hospital was proposed but to
leave large balance. the interest of which will bs
used every year to provide the children with toys
Count Dante Serego Alighieri Mayor Of Venice who
died In offce recently, was descendant OF the poet
In the female line. The male line became extinct In
l547 with the poets son. Piefo di Dante but q
daughter married Count serego OF Verona, . family
that is now very wealthy.
At Blackwell the largest battle ship In tho world 10
nearly ready for launching. 1t built for the
Japanese Government and will be called the Full
stead OF Fusi Yama. originally intended. II 10 Q
battle ship with Harveyized steel armor. 400 feet
long, rs feet broad, and ~ feet deep
DR.. Caster has discovered In heap OF torn papers
sent TO him from Yemen. in Arabia, an ancient book
OF magic called The Sword of Moses" II IA written
in a Syrian hand. the first part in Hebrew and the
last In Aramaic II will be published with transa,
ton and facsimes In the transactions OF the Royal
As'atic Society.
Nosent sur Marne has town clerk who has tried
To commit suicide seventeen times without success
His latest exploit to throw the oce furniture at
his fellow officials fight tho people he met In tho
street. and try to murder his wife, when wound up
by drinking corrosive subllmate. The doctors coun.
teractea this, and he Is ready to begin again.
LITTLE Grand Duchess Olga OF Russia was taken from
the Alexander Palace to be chrscned at Zarskoe Seo
In state carriage built In 1909 for Catherine II 10
heavily gilt decorated with the Empress's monogram
and Lined with red velvet The harness is studded
with diamonds The coach was rscd at the corona.
tion OF Alexander H. In 1856 ana at that OF Alexander
III. in 1889.
A cable Will soon be laid between Iceland and tho
shetland Is ands, the northernmost point of the
Brli!sh telegraph system. The money has been sue
scribed. Great Britain Iceland. and Denmark Jointly
guaranteeing six per cent interest for number Of
years. TelegraphIc communication with stations In
Iceland lying aS IL docs In the middle OF the North At
antc. Will be OF great value TO meteorologIsts
When the Magnificent and Majestic. England's new
battle SHIPS wern put into commission the other day,
crews had To DO taken from two other that Of
the Empress OF India going TO tho Magnificent while
the Majestic received tho men from the ROYAL Soy.
creiSn AS al the vessels needed right away the
Empress Of India tnkes the crew OF the cruiser axe.
and new crew hns been scraped together for the
Royal Sovereign
Mgr Merry del Val the PopaS private chamberlain
denies that book oI Pope Leo'i Is In the Indsp
Eur9atoTfus The author OF the book on the sanctl.