The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-11
Foreign Notes OF Real Interest.

Verdi. according to the London Daily Chronicle,
is amusing himself at Montecatini by writing the
requiem for his own funeral.
signor Nicolini's health has improved enough for
Adelina Patti to begin entertaining again at Cra,g.y-
Nos. She has now the Prince aad Princess OF Monaco
and Mr.. Isidor de Lara, the composer, as her guests.
In Puerto Rico recently a candidate who had
reached the age of 55 years without taking his bache-
lors degree. dropped dead when the examiners told
him he had passed the first part OF the examination.
Klondike reports were not believed in England AZ
first and the newspapers for a week spoke OF the al
legged discoveries in Alaska. They changed at once 10
1.-THE gold fnds in Canada when they became con-
WINGED OF the truth.
Lord justice OF Appeal Macnaghten had his watch
snatched from his pocket by n thief in London one
evening recently. Though nearly 20 years OF age. he
sprinted, caught him within a couple of blocks. and
got his watch back,
As the English upper classes do not object to theiH
boys being birchcd, II is only royal princes and tho
sons OF noblcmru who receive corporal punishment
in the great English schools. So at least says the
h~eadmaster Of Harrow
Rrummagcn French is dangerous, A birmingham
citizen passing two policemen on the street In the
evening said Bon jour, monsieur. to them. They at
once arrested him, charging him with being drunk
and swearing at them in a foreign language.
L.arrikln. n famous Australian steeplechaser. fell In
the Grand National Hurdle Race near Melbourne.
breaking hts neck. As soon "a the race was over the
crowd broke In and began to cut up the deaa morse
for relics. one man took his tail, another the ears,
and others the teeth and hoOfs.
MateIotes and other stcws OF which rabbit is sup
posed TO form q part are being Stunned by ParisiAns
sine the rabbits inocuiated with miscellaneous dis
ease germs were stolen from the Aubervilliers lebora'
tory. The police say that they have traced the lost
rabbits, and that all were eaten by Aubervill!en
people, who, as yet, have shown no bad effects,
Queen Victoria has paid $500 for the walking stick
Prince Charlie forgot by his bedside at Cullodcn Cas-
tie when he went out to fight the battle. 1t has a
handle with two heads carved on II representing
Folly and " isdom, The bed on which the last OF tho
stuarts slept for three nights brought s3,75o, and "A
lieutenant's commission for a Macintosh, slgued and
sealed by the Prince, Si75.
Two men in Elbcrfeld quarrelled recently over pol'
itics. and one called the other a udtcriunds lose
gcseI "a fellow with no fatherIand). The insulied
man thereupon brought suit. AS the phrase had Just
been used by Kaiser Wilhelm to describe the mem
bill. the Magistrate may he hauled up for lGse maJtSiS
whichever way he decides the case.
Grand Duke Adolf OF uXemburg who is now ~
years OF age. is the oldest temporal sovereign IN Eu'
rope. Hu WA formerly Duke OF Nassau, ami after .
reign OF twenty. seven years was turned out by the
PrussianS in 1868. Seven years ago he found another
throne on the death OF King william III. OF HollAnss
whose next male heir he was. as the LuLembuTG NV
Of inheritance does not admit women.