The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-31
Fere,En Notes or Real z.seress.

Paris IA full OF mosquitoes this summer.
George Grossmith is said to be very I'll. the wassss
of HomburE having given him no relief.
Urbino. Raphael's birthplace. has collected Iao. ooo
francs for the monument Il Is going to erect 20 his
memory, but wants more.
Verdi has handed over to his friend Boito Q box,
containing the complete score of an opera. which 10
not to be opened till he Is dead.
All Menelek's power cannot make the Abyssinians
take to the new dollars with his image. They still
want the enngy of Maria Theresa on their coins.
Ludwig Fulda. the author of 1.-THE m has
written q four.ac comedy called Friends" which
will DO brought out At the Berlin Deutches Theater.
Ten judges of the English Supreme Court continue
on the bench, though they have passed the period 40
which they arc by law entitled to retire on . pension.
There is a great deal Of sickness in the British Med.
iterranean feet. tho Malta naval hospitals being full.
One storeship from Crete brought seventy men sick
with dysentery.
Light opera Is no longer TO be given At vienna's
Theater an der Wien. grand opera taking its place.
A beginning will be made with PuccinrS " La Bo-
heme" and Q new opera by Ignaz Brdel.
EnglAnd's thirty.knot torpedo boat destroyers fall
far below their trial speed in actual servioet go, 2T,
and 90 knots was all three OF them could make when
tried after being put into commission recently.
Austria. with Hungary. had b.7S7 miles of railroad
at the end OF 1895. The gross revenue was S5P, 0O0..
900. the working expenses S3b. 900. 900. and the net
revenue / 7.ooo.o 900 on an invested capital Of
$3.50. 900. 900.
Anew Rotten Row for London horseback riders 10
proposed in the Regents Park. skirting the eastern
side OF the Botanical Gardens. Tho ride is about .
mile long and part of the way passes through an ex.
isting avenue of trees.
Fremiet's statue OF the Archangel Michael tramp
ing on the dragon has been placed on the highest
steeple OF the church at Mont st. Michel. 1t takes
the place of . similar statue that was torn down dur.
ing the French revolution.
For the Augustus harris memorial Gil 800 has
been collected. A bed for actors or musicians has
been established in the Charing Cross Hospital with
part of the money the rest will be used for . drink.
ing fountain near prury Lane TIL atre.
Sir John Mowbray. Bart. NJ. p. for oxford Univer.
sity, has Just celebrated his golden wedding. Roth
his parents and grandparents lived to celebrate
the rs. the common married life continuing in ono
case for nifty. nine. and In tho other for nfty.seven
years.
King Leopold OF Belgium offes . prize OF $1,000
for the best military history OF Belgium from tho
Roman invasion to the present day. 1t may be writ
ten In English. French. German. Italian. Spanish, or
Flemish, and manuscripts must roach Belgium before
Jan. 7. 1901.
Dr'gands In tho Roman Campagna have no lurkI
they held up Prince Francesca Borghese. Duke of
Bomarzo. and his agent recently. but the two had
S
Duke OF SAKE Meiningen was robbed he had just SO
on his person.
Tho HISTORIAN Christians have resolved. according
to the London Daily Chronicle. to adopt the doctrine
and discipline OF the Russian Orthodox Church.
There are 100000 OF them living on the borders ~
Turkey and Persia and they have determined ON this
step to secure Russia's protection.
A plan for connecting south and west Australia ny
railroad is under consideration. Tho d!staucc between
the ends or their railroad systems Is only $50 miles
nut the country TO be tgayersed is an arid desert, AMI
reservoirs must he built at twenty-five mile Intervals
along the whole line. The cost Will be "u"1'
$40. 900. 1000.
Sir Robert MepZies OF MenIies. at 50 years ~
age an still shoot. on two days recently Le hrn's"
down t~hirty'one and twenty,siK brace Of groH.c h'
lowing II up by starting from his shooting hos N'
O'Clock one morning, rowing fourteen miles l"Nh
Loch Errocha in a dreHching rain, and then ta,,ts .
long railroad Journey In order 10 open a nataar
henclcE OF Abygsinia is running Kaiser "!.h"tw
close In the variety OF his accomplishment IL"
showed tho French envoy, NJ. LGgarIr, the p9aa' 40
had drawn with his own hand FOR his E'N ,"''el'
Adds Adaha. When the first sewing mu'.i"' 4' A'
seen came TO him out OF order the Nrsus .'.@"i
over found out what waS wrong. aud repaired
himself.