The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-26
Foreign Notcs of Real Intere.t.

A dasuerrotype OF Louis Philippe. taken IN 1870 ny
paguerre himself. has been presented to the Car
navalet Museum in Paris.
Pilgrims to the shrine of Maria Radna, at Temesvar
In Hungary. have received permission from tho
Bishop to make the journey on bicycles.
Paris is trying the experiment OF closing the store,
at noon on Saturday this summer. Many haps hsvs
closed regularly on Sunday for some years past.
Bulwer's "Richelieu' 10 to be performed at ths
Paris odeon next season. N. Ginisty announces 4
long list OF new play by young authors. and a series
OF matin6es, at which old French and foreign PLAYS
will be given.
Bicycles are used for smuggling on the frontier Of.
France and Belgium. The customs onirers at Torr-
Going took to pieces the machine ridden by a uaa
they suspected and found that all the hollow tul!aI
was stuffed with pepper.
Though the proposal to dissolve the Richard wag.
nr Association was voted down at RayreutA, rg'
statement was made that a thousand member, hal
dropped out during the year, the present mcntr-.
ship being s.l4s. Tho annual dues for each member
will be reduced to 80 cents.
Sarah BernhArdt's Renaissance led all the Par,
theatres In receipts last year. save three subsidized
by the Government. the Opera, Coincide FranCaise.
and Opera Comique Her own season brought IN
l.2@s'o74 francs. the puse performances l05,95A
francs. ana the Dumas benent 81 Az francs.
An awkward slip was made by the ~coadjutor OF tho
Archbishop OF Cambrai. who preached a beautiful
sermon over the body OF his vicar-General praisirx
the great charity OF the man. who had outcrcd ~,
priesthood poor and had died still poorer. The next
day the Vicar'dcneral's will was made public; after
dividing 600. 900 francs among his brothers and
nephews he left 45o. 900 francs to the Archbishop tho
money being his savings while in orlcc.
English Judges are showing a disinclination 10 en-.
force the Sunday laws on the statute book. A person
named Williams brought suit against tho Times for
advertising a sunday concert contrary 10 the act e.,
1881 Tn r,prt ha ,IIpa o., ,b -, NJ, a.. -.-u..
that he had no religious belief and stated that he Oh.
Jectcd to the law himself. The Judge squirmed Of,
OF the difficulty by ruling that the statute had ~.
been violated, tnasnuch as = admission" TO the ron.
cert was free. although the seats had 10 he paid for.
Baliol. the most exclusive OF oxford colleges. hal
among Its undergraduates a married Lancashire MI
hand 28 years OF age. who worked his way into 49,,
university by studying after factory hoars. wltA IN
help or free libraries and university extension lrc.
lures. He passed his Greek examination eighteen
months after learning the alphabet. and within So.
weeks after admission 10 college won the Bra,k.
enbury history scholarship. worth $500 a year fr
four years' He is trying for an honor degree In history.
Emperor Francis Joseph OF Austria has given M,
consent TO tho union Of the two great imI.nl
libraries at Vienna, the Hofbibliothck and ~,
haiseriiche Observation-Disclosures. Ih"F'.p
Is taken In order 10 do away with the pur La.,
or duplicate books, but ono result will lie the throw.
ing open TO students OF the private family liNra2.
winch hitherto has been reserN ed for the usr ~ m,..
hers OF the imperial household. The lhr.ry i D.. tel
Tor lis enormous collection Of portraits. ia ~ innuI.t
the collection begun by ArChdukr Frauris Of Tu.urrr
IN 1908 which now contains no. 900 portrait, t-.I'J
ehSraVings from the collection of Laralcr. 10
physiosnomist. and 100. 900 portraits detached froa
printed books. ,