Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-07-07
FOREIGN NOTES OF INTEREST.

Thomas Hardy, it is pleasant to learn
from the Academy, has dropped sex prob
lens and returned to the methods of his
earlier stories.
-Brion, in the department of the In
Dire, has elected its cure, M. Hugenot
queer name for a Catholic, as mayor. 1t
is stated that seven other French COM
munes have selected the village priest for
mayor this year.
Walter SCOTS original manuscript
of the Lady of the Lake" will be sold
at auction this month in London, together
with the manuscripts of the Tales of a
Grandfather" or ''Old Mortality and Of
Castle Dangerous"
Slams army is to be reorganized by
Russian army officers, over 100 officers
having volunteered as instructors in an
sWer to circular from the war depart
ment The King Of Siam will select
fifty from among them.
An avalanche in Kashmir. involving
the loss of life of several English Of
ticers, which has been paining many peo-
pie in England, turns out to be the in
vention of native servant who had run
away from one Of the officers.
An Arctic expedition led by II. J.
Pearson and two other English gentle
men has started for the Barents sea. It
will explore Novaya Zemble and the isl
and of Waigats, as well as the great
L
mountains to the Plethora river.
-Bavaria's representative at Queen
Victoria's celebration will be Prince
Ruprecht, eldest son and heir of Arch
duchess Maria Theresa Of MOdena-Este,
who, according to the Legitimist Kalen-
dar, should by rights be in Victoria 3
place.
Novelette, writing and the consequent
neglect of her service did not prevent
Shoreditch servant girl, who declared
that she would outvie Marie COrelli,
from recovering months wages from
an employer who summarily dismissed
her on account of her literary pursuits.
An extraordinarily severe sentence
was imposed rec, atty on a lawyer con-
victed of forgery, conspiracy and perjury
at Liverpool by Justice Wills. The man.
who is SO years of age, was sentenced
to penal servitude for life. His frauds
were particularly heartless ones on poor
people.
Quarter Latin walters are now
wearing the dress coats in which the late
M. LIE Roger presided over the French
Senate. The late presidents wardrobe,
according to the French custom, was
sold at auction with his other effects,
and three dress coats as good as new
were bought for 1920 by a speculative
waiter. &
"A moving staircase for passengers, in
the shape of an endless leather belt trans
ferring them from one story to another.
is now in use in some of the great de-
partment stores of Paris. 1t is called a
transporting carpet. Endless belts Of
canvas have been used for some time
to convey packages from place to place
within the stores. /
Jean de Reszke's victory in the War
saw Derby this year with Claude Froll0
Sc WrnOo nd
the imperial prize last year. In twelve
months the tenor has won $4,000 in
stakes. His stud farm at BorOvno is In
charge of his younger brother. Victor,
who is said to have finer voice than
Jean, but will not cultivate it.
COL Davidson of Edinburgh, who,
besides being the inventor Of the elon-
gated bullet with conatures, Of telescope
sights for sporting guns, and of the
method for laying guns and mortars by
the collimatOr, was an officer OF dlStlnc-
ton in the East India service and the
father of the Edinburgh Rifle volun-
teers, has had to wait till he was 81
years Of age before receiving a K, O. =,
college oarsmen will give a remark
able dinner soon in London. Their
who have attained high judicial rank.
Lord Macnaghten, lord of appeal in or
binary: Lord fISher, master of the rolls,
and Lord Justices Of Appeal A. L. Smith
and Chitty-the last three constituting
one-half Of the British court of appeals
The provost of Elton, also an old Blue,
will preside.
French nerve. unappreciated, has
put an end to Paris engagement, ac-
cording to the English newspapers. A
young woman who was at the Bazaar de
la Charlie with the young man she had
accepted when the fire broke out. He
ran at the first alarm, leaving her alone,
but she managed to get out and go home.
There she found the young man, who
had politely called to see if she was safe.
He was shown to the door.