The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-15
Foreign Notes of Rea, Interest.

Guy de Maupassants yacht Bel Ami. on which ~
novelist wrote many Of his stories. after being kepe
for some years by friends Of his, has been sold to
Cannes nshermen for S24o.
Ceylon 10 alarmed at the news that the world win
end next year. and that the beginning vii DO the
submergence Of Ceylon. Tho villagers on the island
are trying to atone for their sins by acts of charity
and by hocking to the temples.
After the private performance Of RoquelAure's
LErreur Judicisre' at tho Theatre Mondain In
Paris. which is q yelled justification of Dreyfus. the
audience was mobbed by q crowd assembled outside.
shouting "A bds Dret1usi A bds les JHfsr
Sarah BernhHrdt is to visit India at the invitation
of the Maharajah of Kapurthala. who has been visit.
ing Paris. Besides acting In his palace she will give
performances at Bombay, Calcutta. Colombo. and
Pondicherry, and means to see q tiger hunt before
her return.
Lucerne does not propose to let the tourist business
slip away. The city has provided sites for an English
and 4 Russian church and for q jewish synARo9ue.
The English and American Ministers at Berne Joined
in laying the cornerstone for the English church o
few days ago.
Queen WilhelminA's coronation medals have ap.
peared. On one side is her bust, with inscriptions In
Dutch. "WilhelminA. Queen OF the Netherlands"
and The crown of q queen is the love of her peo-
pie" On the reverse is a figure of peace, with the
royal palace at Amsterdam in the background.
A bronze column. inscribed with q treaty between
the Rtolians and Acarnanians made In the third cen.
fury before Christ. has been found IN ths Dorio
temple discovered at Thermos by the Greek ArchRo-
logical Society. The terra Gotta groups that adorned
the gable ends of the temple have also been found.
George Romney's paintings continue bringing high
prices in England. A portrait of the Marchioness
Townshend has Just been sold in London for S2s, 900
and one of Nine. Susan Jouenne for SIS. 800. Van
Dyck's Prince Rupert once belonging to Joseph
Addison. brought 300 and his Prince Maurice"
$1,000.
Gen. Ralli. . lively old Greek. who. at the age OF OF
years. was in active service in the commissanat de.
partment. was a well-known man about town in
Athens. a skilled horseman and an inyeterate dancer.
recently shot himself. leaving a note with the words,
my God. l have sinned. sinned. sinned. am tired
Of fife"
Mile. couedon and her angel Gabriel have come M
on top again. She predicted that NJ. M6line would he
defeated at the late election. and when tho returns
came In was abandoned by her most devoted ad-
herents. The fall OF the M9line Ministry, however,
showed that she had guessed right, and the prophet
ess is now rehAbilitated.
Bavaria has an educational scandal on its hands.
The State sets the examination papers for the INIT
telschule." q kind of upper grammar school. Pupils
have been caught at these examinations with pro-
pared answers to the questions in their possession,
and an investigation has shown that An oncial in the
Government printing once has been selling the eH-
animation papers for some years past.
food strike Ia going on at the London General
Post Once. 5000 Of the clerks refusing TO patroniEO
the ofaciAl caterer and taking their lunch in with
them in parcels. They object to the quality and
price and to the long waits. Formerly the clerks
dubbed together and managed their own catering,
but the Government took the matter out Of their
hands. They are not allowed to leave the buildings
during once hours.
Berlin is going TO adopt strict regulations against
foreign workmen who go TO the city for work. The
nnlica will exanipa tha AnfecadaDta ~ al Nsx.ona
and will refuse residence cards To any who have COM
mitted misdemeanors against property or have been
bankrupt. Others must show that they have money
enough 70 support them for . time, or must ma
work within a fortnight after their arrival; otherwise
tbAV will receive notice to quit Berlin at once.
Mr. Poppe of Germany. with his wife and Q friend,
went to Monte Carlo recently to win . fortune on .
sure system OF betting devised by the friend. They
lost 81 900. and determined TO commit suicide. The
three sat on the beach At Antilles. then walked into
the water up TO their necks; each held . revolver,
and at word from Poppe held It to his head and
hred. The PoppeS were killed instantly, but the
friend survived long enough to tell the story.
Bicycle tourists in Switzerland will have to pay
duty on their machines unless they belong to clubs
that have made arrangements with the Swiss customs
authorities. In that case they must be provided with
q card bearing the bicyclist's photograph. the seal of
the club and the signature Of the President, the
bearers name. address. profession. signature and
registered club number. and . description of the
machine. It's number aud the trademark a els 49,
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