The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-22
Foreign Notes or Real Interest.


Five young archduchesses. and with them Princess
Mario Louise Of Cumberland. made their nrst appear
ance In society together ~ o recent court ball IN
Vienna
A curious dihloulty has closed navigation on the
Danube Canal between orsova and Turn SEVERN. The
current is so strong that tugs are unable to draw shipa
through 10.
Mozart's note book Of first draugbts Of oompost
lions, made when he was o boy OF 8, has been discov
cred in Berlin. and will be published soon BY tho Ber
lin Mozart Society. 1t consists Of f~orty.two octave
leaves bound together.
Berlin landlords have for Q long time kept o blacA
List of undesirable tenants. Now an association Of
tenants has been formed which has drawn up O li4
Of unpleasant landlords. including all those Wild
mako use OF the black list
Carl Weiss, an actor In the Coburg Court Theatre,
has completed the seventeen year of his professional
career. He appeared as william Tells son In sohiIS
ler's play in 1927 and has never been Q single DAP
without an engagement since.
Engiand's chief defenders In the far East, Sir Rob.
ert Hart. Chief Commissioner Of Chinese Customst
Mr.. McLeavy Brown. Chief Commissioner in Corea,
and Mr.. Jordan. Consul-General ct Seoul, arc oil three
Irishmen and graduates OF Queens College, Belfast.
Sir John Gilbert. the late President Of the Royal
Water Color Society, left . personal estate OF 81. 1901
900. Lord Leighton left S240. 900. and Sir J E. NIL,
lais S4S5.00 Mr.. E. Armitage. r. A., who died In
Prof. Dorpfeld OF the German school at Athens
thinks he has discovered the complete ancient system
OF drainage OF the city in the excavations he has been
making between the Pnyx and the Areopagus. The
pipes are we'll preserved. and the drains high enough
for q man to walk In them upright.
Germany, having exhausted her national legends.
seems to have turned for good to the nursery foy
dramatic materia After "HRnsel und Gretel" and
the "Konigs Kinder" comes ter. - made
into n ballet by ". Leon. with muRic nv HpuharueP-
which Is about to DO brought out at Vienna.
Queen Victoria 10 setting hor house In order She
has ordered the old palace at Kew to be made into .
public museum and the grounds surrounding toe
"QueCn's Cottage" TO be Joined TO the botanical gar
dcns. Moreover. the state rooms in KensIngton Pal
ace ara to be renovated and opened to the public.
American salmon trour have niade their appear.
ance In the river Spree at Berlin, probably having rs
capped from the fisheries exhibition. As they are be-
lieved to live In clean water only. people In berlin
are In doubt as to whether their eyes deceive them
when they look at their river or whether the trout
has changed Its habits.
Corea's Emperor. now that he has buried the ashes
OF his late consort. Is looking about for a new wifs.
The Corean people do not care whom he selects.
hut wish him 10 marry soon so that they NAV have
lawful marriages again. all marrying aud giving IN
marriage Throughout tho country having come to an
end according to custom the moment tho late queen
was murdered. more than two years ago.
In the twcnty.three libraries OF Berlin which ara
either public or Delong TO onicIRl bodies there nrs
over 100000 volumes. Tho royal library COM
tains over l 900. 600 volumes. the university library
10000. that OF the royal statistical bureau l3I. 900.
The War Academy collection consists OF $4,000 vol.
unies, that OF the general stan OF SO. 700, and that ~
the rOya al chancery Of ~. 600 volumes. The twenty.
seven city libraries have only 10000 volumes he-
tween them.
Jnba, King OF Mauritania. no longer holds tho
a. IA ,IHaa "a 4 - A. --E a.
years. leaving = posthuUous sou. A German pro.
lessor has discovered that Frcihcrr bernhard Won
Psrraririni Of Schloss Ruudeck. near Mcran. in Tyrui,
married for the fourth time al The age Of So yoRr,.
lived 10 be l0I. and had seven children, Of whom ~"
last was p~osihumnur. iiis eldest daughter was -
years OF age at her fathers death.
What TO do with converts In heather Lands tnHt
have two wives is one OF the problems az Christian
missions on which authorities dIrcr. MS sometimes
solved IN a curious way. For example. al X asar, con
nnctTd with the Presbyterian mission IN the PuulRh.
one Gandu had long been waiting aud Ioul!uR fur
baptism; but III missionaries would moi admit liH
because he had two wives. At last the difficulty has
been solved by the caud giving up the second
wife 10 an unmarried brother. and then Dr.. L. l. New.
ton baptized him. his wife. aud his three GhildEoA.
The ethics Of the case Is confusing.