The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-13
Foreign Notes OF Real Interest.

A boiler with the plates welded together. no rivets
being used, Sc feet by Ga. has been built at Gleiwitz.
in Saxony.
Bibles and prayer books are necessities according
to an English county court decision, and must BE-
paid for by the husband when the wife obtains them
on credit.
$4,000 orchid from Venezuela 10 on exhibition In
the Temple gardens. In London. It has q white flower
shaped like n sea gull with outspread wings, and Q
gold and vermilion heart.
Gabriel Darbon. the Perigueux centenartan, has
died at the age Of l05 years. When in the service Of
Baron dc Damas, the Count de Chambord's tutor. he
used to carry :" Henry W about in his arms.
Bicycling in excess and the use OF hard saddles By
women are asserted to be direct causes Of dim.
Guilty in childbirth. by a surgeon writing to the Lancet.
He describes two recent cases to prove his point.
One direct cause OF the loss of the Alden on the
coast of sokotra. according to English technical news-
papers. is the obstinacy with which the PeninsulaP
and Oriental Company cliuss to the singie-screw sys.
tenn in Its mailboats.
After forty.eight years the Arundel Society. estab-
lished TO reproduce in color and popularire the mas.
%terpieces OF painting. has come to an end. the i'm
proved and cheapcned methods OF reproduction hav-
ing made its work unnecessary.
Hungary has taken the King OF Slams fancy. He
says 1t ia the only country in Europe he would care to
live In. The gala dress OF the mobiles he declared was
the most splendid he had ever seen. and before leAv.
ing Budapest he went into the hotel kitchen and found
out for himself how paprika sauce is made.
Over l4O. 900 persons travelled through Switzerland
In Government post.chaises and diligences last year.
OF these II. 730 went into the EngAdine by the schyn
Julier, Albula. Flucla, and Bernina passes. 1900
were transported over the ober Alp. 4.l73 over tho
Splugen. 500 over the Bernardin. and z, 6O2 over the
simpion.
Another fragment OF the famous Parian chronicle.
part OF which Is In the Ashmolean Museum at oxford.
has been found ON tho island of Paros. II Is very i'm.
portant, as 1t contains the chronology OF the years
from 3aC 10 200 before Christ. the period Of Aiexan.
der OF Macedon. and OF the Diadochi, the Generals
who divided his empire among themselves.
stirened cement has been used successfully in the
construction of a boat by an italian named GabelIini.
Tho frame is OF steel bars. a third OF an inch In III.
ametor. over which Is spread a wire netting. On this
the cement is laid. and the outer surface is polished.
The boat is heavier than one built OF wood would tH.
but is cheaper and slips better through the water.
Experiments have proved its strength.
Live heroes, when they serve in the ranks. eau
always count on shabby treatment from the British
authorities. When the transport ship Warren Hast
ings, with l.2+8 souls on board, went ashore on the
rocks OF the island OF Reunion Last January. In a
pitch dark night with a heavy sea running. all Eng
land rang with praise OF the bravery and discipline Of
the troops. who stood drawn up In companies on tho
d'oS I'll the women and children were saved, and
then went ashore a. they were told on. Many OF tho
omcers were then mentioned In orders and some wefo
promoted. The soldiers and their families lost all
their baggage. After six months the War Departments
allows each man % 70 renew his kit and each family
l sz'oo ~ compensation for lost property.