The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-04
Foreign Note. or Real Interest.

Foreign notes OF Heal Interest.
An II.yeur.old hunchback girl has had her back
Strengthened at st. Pol sur Ber, near Dunkirk, by
the application OF DR.. Caiots method.
Mr.. Balfour has assigned $3.50 OF the royal bounty
this year TO the two sur, living daughters of William
Carleton, the Irish novelist. who are In poverty.
Meneiik's capital will soon have ali the attrac-
tions OF Paris. The Segus has ordered from a Mein-
ingen artist u panorama Of the defeat of the Italians.
Several small Gainsboroughs. which had never
been Out of the possession OF the artists family. Z
have been presented to the National Gallery by the
Misses Lane. the painters great-grandnieces.
Norway's S%torthing has voted a lump sum OF 1000
kroner. 81 .os0, each to Nansen's twelve companions
ana 5000 kroner a year for nve years to Capt.
Svendrup. who is TO command the next expedition
in the FRAN. planned for 1895.
Japin is going to spend $40. 600 in putting twelve
young Japanese students through n three years
course Of study of naval architecture and marine
engineering IN England. They will work as gentle.
man apprentices with the great shipbuilding firms.
Though au Order in Council has recently been Is
sued permit ting Archoishops OF Canterbury to b
buried in the crypt OF the cathedral. the late Aroh-
bishop Benson's family refuse to allow his body 20
be placed there. as they cannot have it buried In
'Beckct's Crown
Russian doctors are hereafter to wear as q sign
that they are legally qualified to practice. q lityly
ruuk or badge, a silver oval plate an inch and a half
long by an inch wide. on which is a design of two
intertwined serpents. The object is TO Increase tho
safety OF tho wearer In the less civilized parts Of
the country
Father Bonifaoe N. Krug. whom Pope Leo has ap-
pointed abbot or Monte Casino. tine mother OF all
the Bened,ctine monasteries OF the world. though
born In Germany was brought up in The United
States, taking his vows at the Abbey of st. Vincent
in Pennsylvania. He entered che Monte Casino
convent during the civil war.
Another quick piece of railroad engineering has
been done in England, an old bridge at Loushbor.
nInh hnlup nV.ai n nnW ETpaI III "a n Iph
arches put In its place. and tranlc resumed within
thirteen hours. The bridge Is peculiar in that tho
arches are made of one piece OF steel and rest ON
steel pillars instead OF brIrkwork.
Tho Lancet announces that. Notwithstanding 70.
ports TO the contrary, the -noped-ror heir TO tho
crown may see the light in April II it is not a girl.
The health OF the Gear also is excellent. lie has notr-
Ing the matter with his brain. but Is keeping him.
self in training by getting up at daylight and rum
ming i've furIongs. a yerst. sdaiiy. timing himself.
He amuses himself by shooting crows while riding
q bicycle nj high speed.
Edmond dc Goncourt's Oriental china. for which
he and his brother spent 400. 900 francs. brought
297. O48 francs at the recent sale in Paris. His
eighteenth century drawings. however, were sold
for much more than no paid for them. So far the
collections have brought in ] .l62. $50 francs, and
there are four more sales 10 come. but the sum 10
much smaller than was expected. and the aoncourt
Academy wilt be poorly provided for, even II the
VIII is held valid by the courts.
=. ~ a, ,nou.n her s,n,. career l,st., on,v Az.
vars "a n tho most ,,,rous French soprano NJ tho
century, and Yukon Is still the technical name for .
dramatic soprano IN French theatres. She nrst ap.
pcarcd at the Grand Opera In 1882 ms thee In Mey-
,,noor.s ..pohor, Ia n,o,ie 4, on,-Iater ereated IN.
ror,s n, p,cb,I I'm UaIsv,,s .I, Juive." and ,e
Tol.n,n,, In 80, Huruenots" In 1917 .he ana.
AMY ,os, her voice. M, after resting for thrao
ycars tnouplI she had recovered IL. In 1870 6hA
rita, 70 sing In .Jui,, h,for. n crowded house eoper
70 on,,oua hsr. nrter the first few notes her voIca
r,urd ner and she never sauV again. SIX wears nao
she was seen ON the stage OF the op$ru with othsr
area, Fingers who had retired. at a MeyerDeer com.
memoratIop.
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