The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-02
rore,.u Not. or Re., Interest.

Miss sibyl sanderson ami Van Dyek, the tenor.
have been received coldiy At ST. Petersburg. their
voices not being strong enough 20 al! the Imperial
Marie Theatre.
G~vdAlming. Surrey. has . remarkable black and
white CAT. which. after being taken TO Leeds NJ
railroad. returned TO Its former home on foot. TAX
ing ak weeks to make the Journey OF 200 miles.
Russia summoned s7i.c:- .nen for CONSUMPTION
ir the or ny last year. OF whom c7T,ol2 were taken
Among them we're 1881 Jews. Thirteen tiDaes
more Jews are reported as escaping military service
than persons OF all other faiths.
France seems to be bent on conquest IN AbysstniA
Besides Prince Henri OF orleans's expeditions. tive
ot,ers. one headed by N. houvaiot, the other sent
out by the French Upper Nile Company. have fuss
left France for Meneiek's country.
hansen asserts that scurvy can easily be avoided
In Arctic expeditions by the use or properly pre-.
Der we'd meat and nsh. supporting the theory OF Prof.
Torup Of cnri'risnia that the disease Is due 70
poisoning from bad meat. Scurvy WAS not so long
ago the usual attendan; OF all long sea voyages
A four year-oid infant prodigy was exhibited re-
Gently before the Berlin AnIhropolosicAl Society.
He Is the son OF a butcher. and at two years OF age
learned to ieid without assistance. He knows Ito
dates OF the birth and death OF all the German En-
perors ana many other noted persons. and their
b,rthpiacea. the chief ciIies Of the world. and all the
great battles. He can read anything In print and
can talk inteiltgently about II. but rnds Il hard TO
learn TO write and draw. dis!Ikes music. and hates
piauotortes. The boy is ply stcaily well developed
though not robust.
France seems determined TO drive out foreigner.
Last year laws were passed putting dintcuIties in
the way OF foreign doctors wishing to practise In
France. and OF foreign students desiring to study
In French universities. This year one bill before
the Chamber OF Deputies proposes TO tax foreign
residents on the same scale as Frenchmen exempted
from military service. with the addition OF 8 Ter
cent OF their incomes. Another proposes 20 eE.
clude all foreign professors ana teachers from pub.
lie and private schools. the penalty for violating the
law being nne and imprisonment. An attempt TO
refuse bounties TO French sugar manufactured by
foreign workman recently failed.
The Berlin Directory for 1897 tells US that cesar
supplies the newspapers with the latest news and
quotations on Change. while Augustus is a letter
carrier. One Marius Is n b~rassworker. Ciaudius 10
a masseur. cassius earns an honest living as a book
binder. Valerlus Is employed In the shoe trade, and
Cicero alone has an appropriate calling. oeing chan
cellor At the italian Embassy. wilhelm Tell is Q
simple ta1idermist, walIeastein is a stock broker,
ani Martin Luther su yplles beer - the thirsty nj
his well, known restaurant. The personAScs OF WaS
n.r's operas are also represented, but Tannhauscr
Is only a domestic servant. and Hagen Is busy "S'nG
stoves. white ~siegtried is occupied In scientific
Wuiies. The famous royal families Of France ala not
die out altogether. at least not In Berlin. u. capet
is a carpenter. Herr Nnlois acts as an Insurance
agent. while VI, GGisc Ia an expert blacksmith
The SApolronic wars are recalled 10y one Butcher,
employed at the Post ONCE; by Herr Licthen. a deal
err In nour. ami by one schArnhorst who works with
his needle. The Immortal Plato is a night Waterman
In the service OF the town. Soho ?enhaueri is a porter
Leibnitz deals in india rubber, aud Kant no longer
ponders on the Hottest problems OF life. but simply
supplies society with servants. Goethe Is now .
iAbofer, Schiller a ~glassmaker. and Heinrich Hsi.s
. rife manufactures :