The Philipsburg mail., 1898-07-22

Vienna just now, says correspondent
Of the London Daily News, and she is
much admired. Miss Maja" has an ex-
quisite bicycle, which she rides to per-
fection, initiating to nicely all the
movements of cyclists. She jumps into
he saddle without touching the pedal
kisses her hand to everybody while she
waits for the signal. then flies off at a
splendid pace. From the wheel she
jumps on trapeze, and then on the
wheel again before it can fall. When
she has shown all her arts and graces
she claps her hands, calling upon the
public to applaud. She thanks prettily
for applause, by bowing and putting
her hand to her heart The monkey has
not been trained at all--Only made to
look on while men and women cycled.
She has taught herself everything with
out any ones help. When money is
given to her she runs to her nurse,
takes her purse and puts it in. 1t has
been proposed to let her have one Of
the many cycling medals distributed in
Vienna, but the societies refuse to give
it to her.
Another case of madness resulting
from the Hispano-A War has
occurred in Paris. On this occasion
the mania manifested itself in a dis
agreeable manner for pedestrians in
the Rue de Tolbiac who had to pass the
house of M. Leon Normand, man of
some fifty years of age. Leaning out Of
first story window, M. Normand ad
dressed passer-by in tone Of interro
cation, "Vive L Espagne, Monsieur
AS he held revolver in each hand the
larger number of persons replied with
deep conviction. "Certainly. Long
Live Spain; Sir" and departed
with some precipitation. Two passers-
by, less accommodating than the others,
requested M Normand to hold his
peace, adding that they were on the
side of the United States. The result
was that the mad man fired with both
revolvers until they were empty. He,
however, only killed cab horse. After
the fusilade he began to sing at the top
of his voice, and continued until two
policemen also appeared at the win
dow, and after a struggle secured him.
A woman dressed in rags has been
arrested in Paris for begging on the
Grand Boulevard. At the police sta
ton she gave the name of Adelaide
Berger. her age as 49 years, and an ad-
dress in an aristocratic quarter of Pas
sy. The policeman who went to make
iyio hot bo &c, hug
band occupied a large house at the ad-
dress given. The Boulevard beggar
was found to be the possessor Of large
fortune, and the mother of two chill
dren. For a long time she has been
a victim of the vice Of intoXication, and
has been in the habit, when under the
influence Of liquor, of dressing herself
in rags and begging on the streets.
Next day. as penance, she visits the
poor persons recommended by chari-
table associations and distributes large
sums In charity. The family of the
eccentric person, who was at once re-
leased by the Commissioner of Police,
'efuses to place her in an asylum.
The missionary zeal of Prince Ber-
nadotte, the second son of the King of
Sweden, does not seem to find favor
with all his compatriots. It is not that
they object to his travelling about the
country to spread the doctrines of mys-
tical tendency and to predict the
speedy end of the world. What strikes
them as incongruous is the combna-
tions Of these functions with rank of
Commodore in the Navy. The prince
never goes to sea, and from his reli-
gious views, would probably object to
firing gun or launch torpedo King
Oscar is said to have offered his son
the Governorship of Gothland in the
event of his retiring from the Navy.
But the inhabitants of the island ex-
press much discomfort with this ar
rangement, and suggest that H. r. H.
might be more acceptable as a bishop.
Supplying work people with cycles
is spreading in Germany. The latest
example in that direction has been
given by the Portland cement works OF
Karlstadt in Bavaria, which has pur-
chased tWenty-six machines at a cost
of f169, and distributed them among
some of the hands. The latter
are charged 5s to los month
FOR repayment Of same, but as the
workpeople pay matter of As
4 month on the average for railway
fare, which their machines save them
once for all, besides allowing them to
get home in twenty minutes, instead of
having sometimes to wait an hour for
train, this measure of the firm al
most amounts to gift.
May has been made musically notable
lere, writes Belfast correspondent. by
the Feis CeOil, a new association which
held it's initial meeting last year in
Dublin. The object of the Fcis is to
cultivate distinctively Irish music and
to present it to the public in the most
artistic manner possible, and, in gen.
eral, to foster musical education in Ire
land, so as to regain for the island
its old pre-eminence in musical art"
Perhaps the most marked feature Of