The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-21

Irish alone was spoken by 1890 persons IN
county Galway out OF Q population Of aI4. 7ls IN
1891. while LOT. $40 persons spoke both Irish and
English.
China has determined 3, establish q naval sta
ton ut Kisochao. south OF tho Snan.tuns prom.
ontory, commanding tho southern approach to the
gulf or Chill. Russia has already received per.
mission by treaty to use tho port as a.winter sts-
ton. g.
Synthetic animal extracts arc being experiment.
Cd with in European hospitals with marked sue.
cess. AZ Budapest an eighteen.year-old girl has
been cured OF epilepsy by doses OF ovariin in tab
loids, while ak cases of malignant syphilis were
cured by Injections of spermin.
A woman having passed IN examination in vet.
Urinary surgery in England. the Royal College Of
Veterinary Surgeons refuses to grant her a eertin.
cate until the courts have decided that It is legal
for women to be horse dostora. She Ia a scotch
woman and a graduate OF q Scotch college.
Cambridge University. England, having ceased to
defeat Oxford in tho boat race, Is engaged in an
elaborate explanation of the causes OF defeat, in
the university periodicals. A bite. controversy
over the relative merits of the First Trinity and
Trinity Hall styles or rowing has arisen. and trouble
club 10 elected.
A systematic account OF all living animals, the
first attempted since Linneus's ''Sysiema Sarurn"
has been undertaken by the German Geological
Society. It IL estimated that $50. 900 sper!es-ot
living animals have been described 30 far in all
kinds OF scattered publications.. Tho list. which IS
to DO edited by Prof. F. Z. schulze. Will consist OF
at least lso volumes of 1000 pages each.
J. Theodore Bent. a wealthy Engllshman who has
achieved some notoriety by Wishing our.of the way
places ana writing books about them. has Just died
on his return from tho ISLAND OF Socotra. from the
consequences OF Q fever contracted there. His
nrst book was on the republic of San Mar!noi he
then visited the Cyclades and the Greek towns OF
Asia Minor. tho ruins OF ZImbabwe In MaShonl'
land. aud moro recently the south coast OF ARABIA
and the shores of the Red Sea.
Railroad connection with India is again under lis
cussion in England. A route now proposed runs
from Port Said eastward across the pe"i"s4Ia OK
Sinai to the Gulf OF Fl Akabah. and thence. follow
ing the thirtieth parallel OF latitude. 10 BussaFah.
From BusSorah the main line crosses tho Snato H.
Arab and karun rivers by swing bridges. ami '''
lows the coast tine OF the Persian Gulf and Marian
TO Kurrachss. Such a line would reduce the Time
between London and Kurrachee TO eiSht days. ana
would run through regions where Britisl influence
is predominant and political complications atiacA'
ing to lines passing through the Russian sphere OF
innusnce are avoided.
A portrait OF a Man" by Hans Holbeln, belong
ing TO the lac Sir John z. Millais. was sold in Lon
don recently for $4,000 TO the Berlin Ha''"ry.
Van Dykes thine Clipping the Wines % Love
brought $500: Miliais's own THE NaturaU'''
%. 1925; 1.-THE Moon is Up and Yet II Is Sot Ss-o'''
So.olo: ''The GIrlhood OF ST. Theresa st'i'o'
'The Empty Cage" S3.67o. Breton EV.rI"a
'circe and the Companions OF Ulysses was SOFA
for e4,4oO. Burne. Jones's - Pan and Psrche' ''
$500. his Sowing for az. 1888. George frede'''t
watts'S Hope for 1890. AMI TWO portraits o'
Gainsborough that had belonged 10 the lave %.
Richmond. r. A.. for 1880 and $685. re''so'
tively.
What a Diddlesbury vicar may b" and what ms
duties are remain All unSnlved mystery o"lhE "
tho English Court OF Appeals's failure I" Gear .
up. The Dean and Chapter OF Hereford Cathe'f'
had required ono OF the minor canons TO taSe wa
turn in conducting services and informing the i'1'y
as . Vicar Choral. He declined on Tho Gr"Nhn 'h"
he was Q DiddleSbury Vicar and bound only 70 I'''
from the duties OF that ONCE. He objected 3" zoe
ing tried by an ecclesiastical court for dls"'' -
ence. aud it came out during the trial 'Na'' ~
though holding . canVLry In an Engilsh came "''
no was not . member OF the Church Of EnGlau'"
ali. and denied that II had authority over h'h' .
he belonged TO the Episcopal church OF srot'A'''
The court held that no had vowed obedience WHOM
he accepted his canOnry and must no bouhd ~ ~
promise. thereby leaving several seslsSiaS1icA ~
alSs unexplained.