Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-11
FOREIGN NOTES
OF REAL INTEREST.

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OF REAL INTEREST.
In a golf match at Raynes Park, En-
gland, recently, lark flying across the
grounds was hit by a golf ball and de-
capitated.
Amsterdam's celebration of Queen
Wilhelminas coronation is threatened
by strike of the carpenters engaged
TO build the grand stands,
Hans Richter has taken the oath as
an honorary citizen Of Vienna, accepts
ing the freedom of the city. which was
presented to him some time ago,
Agents from the Congo Free State
are securing Siam and the far East for
10000 coolies TO be shipped to, the Con-
go by the end of the year.
Bicycles have made their way into
the British museum, the authorities
having established a cycle stable in
the basement, for as many as hum
ored cycles day had been left unpro-
tected against the ratings
Two lives for one cent is a recent
Siciian record. A saloon keeper in {
Palermo drove a knife into the heart
Of l5-year-old boy who was unable to
pay the cent he owed for his drinks
The boys three brothers shot down the
assassin before the police got on hts
track, and are row under arrest.
Lava streams that have flowed out
of Vesuvius during the last three years
have deposited l05 900 900 cubic metres
of lava on the sides of the mountain.
A cone of lava $50 feet high has been
formal oY which fra1h gfr rao
flowing. The valleys on either side of
the observatory peak have been COM
pletely filled UP. ii
most part psasss4llVI!l Illl
their husbands. The preV ye9llSf the
crime is believed to be duo to the Gus
tom of marrying off girls long before
the age of puberty. To this is also as
cribed the excessive number of deaths
among very young children. the NOR
tality under one year of age in Russia
being q per cent, whereas the Euro
pean average is is per cent.
Scotch thrift is commemorated in
the caps worn by the presiding officer
at the graduation exercises Of the uni
yersities of Edinburgh and of st. An
drew's At the former the cap is made
out of the seat of an old pair of breeks
that once belonged to George Buchan-
an, while the latter makes use OF
cast-off pair of John Knox's. Prof
Chiene, president Of the Royal College
Of Surgeons at Edinburgh, is authority
for the statement,
Frances society for the reformation
of spelling. the Association Orthogra-
phique, has received a very large be-
quest from a FTenChman who died re-
Gently In Buencs Ayres. II consists
Of 270 coo acres Of land In Argentina,
the income from which Is already s2O,-
600. CT this $l1,C00 a year and one
half Of the residue 90 to the society
for its purposes; the rest is to be d.
yided up into prizes to persons who
have done good to mankind.
Beer is apparently the Germans
first thought whenever anything hap
pens. No sooner was 1t known that
Bismarck was dead than the students
of the Berlin University sent cut
summons 10 beer feast Of mourning
in his honor. The "Trauer commers'
was held in the hall Of a large brew
cry. decorated with banners and coli
or5 Of the student corps. The rector
university were present, while the gall
leries were filed with ladies' Tina
proceedings began with the playing Of
a funeral march and the singing Of
the choral What God Hath Done IL
Well Done" followed by "Gaudeamus
igiur| aud an address on Bismarck.
The presiding student then gave the
word for the "Trauer salamaDder,'
after which there were more songs.
Experiments with sugar rations fol-
soldiers we're tried during the las.
German manoeuvres Ten men were
subjected TO the sugar diet, while an
other ten received exactly the same
rations as the rest OF the army. The
men chosen fer the special diet were
weak corporeally. According to the
official report, the weight OF the sugar
men increased during the manoeuvres
more than that OF the men on the or
binary ration. 1T was proved that
during long marches the feelings OF
hunger could be kept down for long
er time by the use OF sugar. that the
sugar people suffered less from thirst
than the Others, and that a few pieces
Ct sugar guffic6d 10 still thirst for
considerable time. Il was also OBJ
served that symptoms Of exhaustion
or OF sunstroke were quickly over
come by a small ration OF sugar"
The authorities now recommend that
sugar be considered regular article
Of goldiera' food. and that, above ~
soldiers on the march should have
supply Of it.