The sun., 1896-08-09
FOREIGN xorEs OF REAL 1xrEREsr


''in remembrance OF happy married life'
N. Moulin, q pupil OF B6useresu, OF Olivier Luo
Merson, and @. Ferf7sT took the Grand PTfx de
Rome in painting in the late Besux.Arts competi.
ton in Paris. The second prize went 20 n. oaiand
AdelinA Patti will not sing for the swansea
Hospital this year, she has usually done, pe-
cause the hospital people set the admission price
TO the concert at half guinea instead of guinea.
Leprosy is slowly but steadily spreading In the
district of Memel, in East Prussia, some of the pa.
tients being very young. As the disease sooms to
be chronic and Indigenous the Government In about
TO establish a leper asylum there.
London has walked up TO the fact that u has no
volunteer cavalry corps corresponding to the Bos-
ton Lancers the Phradelphia City Troop. The
stock brokers in the city have accordingly cot TO
work to raise 'yeomanry hussar regiment"
William r. o'Byrne, the o'Byrne of Cabfnteeiy.
who died recently at South Remington, was the
nifty fourth in direct descent from father 20 son
OF tho o'Byrnes, chieftains Of county wicklow.
who were not slbdued I'LL the time OF the Btuarts.
Paris has been unfortunate In floating fts bonds
lately. OF the 80 900. 900 francs worth Of lottery
bonds for the Exhibition OF 1900. only between
thirty ave and thirty six million were subscribed
for. Their par value is 20 francs. but they
quoted on the Bourse at from 1925 to IL francs
Lordon professional philanthropist
Gently convicted in the Maryleoono Police Court
OF brutally beating his VIE. He DRAGGED her about
by the hair, kicked her. gave her Q black eye. and
would have inflicted further chastisemsnt n his
had not interfered. He was let OF with . nne
OF %.
Pavements made OF sranulsted cork mixed
with asphalt have proved successful after two
years trial in London and Vienna. They arc
never siippery, are odorless, and do not absorb
moisture, besides being cean elastic, and lasting.
Near the Great Eastern station in London, the
wear in two yea,o amounts to about one-eishth OF;
inch
nuk It'll hn - of
age on Sept. Q, when, n L. believed throughout
the Grand Duchy. he will assume the title OF
King. The Grand Duchy was Q creation of Tapo-
leon rs. The present Grand Duke, Frederick,
married the Princess Louise of Prussia only sister
OF Emperor Frederick III. and daughter OF Emperor
William I. he has reisned Just forty years.
RembrauQt's STANDARD Bearer" one Of the giories
OF Warwick Castle. has been cold By the Earl Of
Warwick 20 Mr.. wertheimer on private terms-
The Earl is said TO be trying to raise money In var
ous ways because he has loss in speculation and
because the Counteass tastes very expensive. ,
Tho Countess Is the Lady Brooke who was mixed
up In the Prince of wales's Tranby Croft mess.
An elaborately bound copy OF Cowiey's workn
1881, brought $3.50 at Q recent London sale. being
the highest price ever paid for an Engliah binderS
work, nrst edition of the sams book, with the
authors autogr aph. selling for f33. The rcd mo-
rocco is covered with . ola.e OF gtlt toolins In
panels with designs of flowers, fruits, stars, and
crescents. with centre and corner ornaments In
yellow and blue.
De wortuts M NTH bonun" 10 how tho London
pugy Nous seriously leads up to this description
OF the Marquis de Moress recovered skeicsoni Tho
body OF the Due do vaomorosa's II described
as having melted away, either owing TO the sun,
the dryness of the desert, insects, birds OF
prey. Not a hair ief, his head. He was
recognized solely by plaster cast OF his teeth
sent by his Paris dentist"
By the building OF the last stretoh OF railroad BE-
tween Naples aud Reggto the line along the west
coast OF Italy has been completed. The construc-
ton has been very costly. there being . hundred
bridges of some length and eighty.two tunnels,
two OF them three miles long, two two miles, and
fifteen Of over half Q mile. Just below
scylla the ferried across the Faro 70 Mes
s,na. W here they connect with the siciian rvads.
Ii Hung Chang is attended by Q remarkably At
tentive servant, who lately was addressed by
English oficer in public with '.Good day, com.
mAndsr." ~ am longer commander" he re-
Piled II am II Hung Chans's boy" He had been
q Chinese naval commander. but, having lost his
vessel IN the with Japan. had been degraded
and condemned TO death. His reprieve was
ditional on his becoming the servant OF some high
State ofncial. Il Hung Chana had taken him into
his service.
A rtry.year.old widow of Gloucester. England,
who has Just lost Q breach OF promise suit against
q farmer OF sixty put In bri for 100 teaa thirty
suppers. several plum puddings. and some pills
Herr Heinrich Won Levay, the only Jewish mem
Der OF the Hungarian House OF Magnates. has be-
como g Christian and will resign his position.
When the Hungarian Cpper House was formed II
thought proper to appoint one Jew TO IT. and
Herr Levay was the Jew selected. He feels that he
has lost hts right to the seat.
Cornbury Park in oxfordshire. with the histori-
cal mansion and o,ll7 acres of land. including
part OF the ancieut royal forest OF wychwood Is
offered for sale in London. The place gave Q title
,ba atIa oF fha "a arts ~ h,y
ing been given 1851 the nrst earl, Lord Chan
cellor Clarendon, by Charles IL Tho name has an
evil notorety in American history. through the
ChAnceIor's grandson, Lord Cornbury. who was
royal Governor OF New York and New Jersey
from l7oa to l7os. and was the worst Governor
the province ever had.
When ArchdeAcon Farrar rector OF ST. Mar.
garet's Church. Westminster, he allowed the colors
presented by George III. to the Westminster Vol.
unteers TO be set up IN tho chancel with q memo
rial tablet rec!tins the history OF the banners.
Canon Eyton. his successor, had the coors
moved on the ground that they cut on part OF tho
light of o stained-el window, and that they
had been presented to the church he had . right
TO put them wherever he pleased. These reasons
he gave IN a suit which the othcers OF the regi-
ment have brought against him in the consistory
OF the diocese OF London to compel him TO
restore the coors TO their place IN the chAncei.
small but valuable collection OF Limoges
brought in S524s5 for thirty three lots when
sold lately at auction in London Four pictures
In gr,sa,lle enamel by Leonard Limousin. illus.
trating the fable OF Cupid and Psyche, inches
by o. fetched e2,2o5; elliptical dish signed j. O.
Jean Court, 81 .sS5; q ever with q representa-.
ton OF Israelites crossing the Red Sea- 81 o5o
circular dish, showing them gathering mama,
81 ,9e5, a pair of candIesticks, representing the
Iabors Of Hercules. e+.l5oi ever aud dish In
translucent enamel, $500. A sixteenth century
pair Of stirrups OF iron inAid with gold and
silver was sold for e7.t55
Russian peasants are emigrating to Siberia IN
numbers that alarm the Government. The pas OF
the siberian Railroad opened has been blocked by
the rush. $4,000 persons being encamped at
rcheyahursk in the middle OF May waiting for
transportation. So far this year 1000 have
emigra;eh. whole villages heins left without IN
hah!tants, to the great embarassment OF the elder
who is responsible for the payment OF taxes and
finds only deserted farms on which TO levy Plcn.
tiful, cheap land Is the attraction 20 Siberia u
ts reported that the Government will stop ban.