The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-29
Foreign Notes of Real interest.

In o golf match ct RSynes Park, England, recently
9 lark flying across the grounds was hit by . golf bali
and decapitated.
Amsterdam's celebration Of Queen w~ilhelmins'S
coronation In threatened by o strike of the carpon.
tiers engaged to build the grand stands.
HAnS Richter has taken the oath rs an honorary
citizen of Vienna. accepting the freedom Of the city.
which was presented to him some time ago.
Agents from the Congo Free State arc securing
Siam and the far East for $4,000 coolies to be
shipped to tho Congo by the end Of the year.
Bicycles have made their way into the British mu.
scum, the authorities having established o cycle
stable in the basement. for az many as q hundred
cycles Q day had been left unprotected Against the
rallingB.
Two lives for ono cent 10 . recent siciliAn record.
saloon keeper in Palermo drove Q knife into the
heart of q 15-yearold boy who was unable to pay the
cent he owed for his drinks. The boys three broth
ers shot down the assassin before the police got on
his track, and are now under arrest.
Lava streams that have flowed out Of Vesuyius dur
ing the last three years have deposited LOG. 900. 900
cubic metres OF lava on the sides Of the mountain.
A conc of lava $50 feet high has been formed. out OF
which fresh streams are flowing. The valleys on
either side Of the observatory peak have been COM
pletely filled up.
RussiR'B women criminals arc for the most part
peasants who have murdered their husbands. The
prevalence of the crime lie believed to be duo to the
custom Of marrying of girls long before the age Of
puberty. To this is also ascribed tho excessive num-
Der of deaths among very young children. the NOR.
tality under 1 year of age in Russia being ~ per
cent, whereas the European average is 10 per cent.
Scotch thrift is COMMUNICATED in the caps worn By
the presiding oficer at the graduation exercises Of
the universities of Edinburgh and Of 81. Andrews.
At the former the cap 10 made out of the seat Of an
old pair OF breeks that once belonged TO George Blu
chAnan. while the latter makes use OF a cast-of pair
Of John Knox's. Prof. Chiene, President of the Royal
College of Surgeons at Edinburgh. is authority for
the statement.
Frances society for tho reformation OF spelling.
the Association orthographique. has received a very
large bequest from q FrenchmRn who died recently
In Buenos Ayres. II consists Of 1000 acres of land
In Argentina. the income from which is already $780,
600. OF this $Il 600 y year and one-half OF the resi-
due 20 TO the society for Its purposes the rest ia to
be divided up into prizes TO persons who have done
good to mankind.
Beer is apparently the Germans first thought
whenever anything happens, No sooner was 10
known that Bismarck was dead than the students OF
the Berlin University sent ont a summons to a beer
feast OF mourning In his honor. The "Trauer COM
mers" was held IN the hall of a large brewery.
decorated with the banners and cOlors Of the stndent
corps. The rector and many Of the professors OF the
university wero present. while the galleries were
hled with ladies. The proceedings began with the
playing of a funeral march and the singing OF the
choral What God hath done is we'll dorc." roL
lowed by "Gaudeamus iGitur." and an address on
Bismarck. Tho presiding student then gave the
word for the "Trauer Salamander." after which there
were more songs.
Experiments with sugar raiions for soldiers were
tried during the last German manmuvres Ten men
were subjected to the sugar diet. while another ten
received exactly the same rations as the rest Of the
army. The men chosen for tho special diet were
weak corporsally. According TO the official report.
the weight of tho sugar men increg sed during tho
man~uvres moro than that Of the men on the or
binary ration. 1T WAS proved that during long
marches the feelings of hunger could lac kept down
for a longer time by the use Of sugar. that the sugar
people suffered less from thirst than tho others. and
that a few pieces OF sugar sufHeed to still thirst for
q considerable time. 1t was also observed that symp-
toms Of exhaustion or Of sunstIpka were quickly
overcome by q ANAL ration Of sugar The authors
ties now that sugar be considered . re-.
ular article OF soldiers food. and that. above all. -
aAaGS On tho march should have . supply Ola