The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-30
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their mustsohOs. not by order but at the strongly
expressed wish Of their Bishop.
wait q While. . railroad station in New South
Wales, has Just won a hght TO retain its name. which
the railroad company wished TO change.
PortuEal's port wine Drop 10 the smallest on record
owing to the heat and drought Of last summer. The
quality Of the wine. however. promises 10 be nne.
London has taken up the experiment OF municipal
street railroads. Tho South London trAmways have
bean bought by the County Council for p4,2Bo.ooo.
Aliquour and cigar cabinet in the shape of . conn
with ''skull, bonos. dice, hourglAss. soythe. snakeS
frogs. spade, and other nttngs' IL offered for sale
in London. 'EHa .rt
Prof. Won Esmaroh. the Kiel SURGEON who IL uncle
by marriage Of the German Empress. has iust oele-
brated the hftieth anniversary Of receiving his doc
tors degree.
Leghorn has lost it, Mayor. Commentators Cos
tellA. who has abttbnded with $4,000 lire from the
city treasury and 20, 900 lire belonging TO the Cham
Der Of Commerce. ~
German university students have increased in
number from about 1000 twenty-five years ago to
82.7Allast year. The increase n out OF proportion
to the population.
In the churchyard Of Santa croce In Florence the
grave Of Lorenzo GILBERT. who made the bronze
after long searching.
Aluy WIG OE bI hONNAuu Dlbuu0IS
hasset, Bart, has received the honorary degree Of
doctor Of philosophy from the University Of Munich
for her work in literature.
Dunmow. famous for the fitch Of bacon, has an
old lady OF 93 who recently bought . bicycle. docs
all her shopping and visiting on II. and says that she
feels better for the exercise.
A German trial for swindling with forged auto
graphs Of Martin Luther brought out the fact that
the ink used by Luther $50 years ago II 20 good that
copies can still be taken from II.
A rainbow appearance is now presented By the
Eifel tower in Paris, which 10 being painted. The
undercoats of paint vary in color for the different
stories: the anal coat will be deep blue.
Free libraries are not wanted in some parts Of
London. The three adjoining parishes of I~slington.
st.Pancras and MarTlebone have refused to establish
them even where the books were offered as q gift.
Russia ia going to turn the harbor Of Libsu on the
Baltic, near Riga, into q hrstclAss naval station and
fortress. The port will be closed TO merchantmen
and foreigner. for whom the harbor Of windsu IL
being fitted up.
Lightning recently brought aboutthe discovery Of
an Etruscan tomb near volterra. It struck an old
pine tree on q. hillock. and in cutting down the ROM
nants of the tree the workmen found thetop Of the
sepulchre under the roots.
Abicyclne lawyer Of Potsdam, who presented him.
self In court with hts Witnesses. all in knee breeches
and cycling stockings, Was hned 10 marks for gross
improperly. and the sentence has been confirmed
on appeal by the Prussian courts.
Swiss steamboat companies. to avoid disputes 90
TO the age Of children. have established measure
ment rules. Under two feetin length ride FREQ: chill
dren under 4 feet 4 and dogs pay half fare. Trav-
cling mothers do not like the rule.
Ex-Presidcnt Pretorlus Of the Transvaal IL. Q new
instance OF the inRratitude of republics. He recently
petitioned the Town Council of Pretoria to hire his
cart and team Of mules to cart gravel, on the ground
that he is growing old and needs money.
Vienna telephone girls are required to change their
dresses and wear n uniform when on duty, as the
dirt they brought in from the streets affected the In
struments. Their costume is a dark skirt and waist,
with sleeves striped black and yellow. the Austrian
national colors.
Paris has lost q curious institution. the last Of the
cabinets de lecture" in the Passage do lop6ra hav-
ing been closed. For n small fee people could enter
and read the magazines and latest books. The bust
ness was killed by the increased publication of
"feuilletons' In the daily newspapers.
New Zealsnd's House Of Representatives has
passed. the Old Ago Pensions bill. Every person
of the age ofeb years and of good moral character.
who has lived for twenty-five years IN the colony
whose income does not exceed $17o . year. be-
comes entitled to apension Of 500 q year.
Sir Henry Dryden. Bart. who is 90 years Of age,
and has held his title for 81 years. recently climbed
outside the high spire OF Kings Sutton Church in
Northamptonshire without help. using the steeple-
Jacks ladders, in order to measure and draw the
tracery on the spire. There was a strong wind.
By order of the Berlin BARRIERS. Hairdressors and
wigmakers' Union. apprentices are forbidden 10
wear their hair cut short, because the practice ia I'M
professional. The union decided that 1.-THE appren-
tees hair should be t~astefully and carefully dressed
in order to act as inspiration for the business and
for stomers.
A Dresden young woman. FrRulein Emmy Ridden
Won Spillner. and three male poets from Leipzig.
Dresden and Charlottenburg won the four prizes Of
500 bottles OF wine each for Moselle wine songs Of
fered by the Trarbach-Trabeue Casino. Alike prize
is now offered TO the composer who sets any Of these
songs to music best.
George Frederick Watts proposes to have an open
gallery. like an italian logeiA. built around tho
churchyard Of st. Botolph's. Aldersgate. in London.
and to erect in It memorials to heroes in humble
life" He is preparing a monument to Alice Ayres.a
young girl who In 4 Are In 1885 saved the lives of
three children. but lost her own.
A catalogue Of Edouard Manet's portraits, exhib-
tied in 1884, the year before the impressionist pain
ter's death. has been discovered by Le Figaro to be @
Dreyfus case curiosity. Among the pictures arc
mo. AZ, Portrait OF Emile Zolai No. 1os. Por-
trait of Henri Rochefort; No. 14o. Portrait Of Mime.
D. A.. tho. property of Nine. Du Patty; No. $50,
Yelled Lady" s
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the time of his execution. stained with several blood
spots. is to be sold at auction In London soon. Tho
certificate attached states that the shirt was obtained
by DR.. Hobbe. the physician who attended the King
on the scaffold. and passed. by tho marriage Of his
daughter into the possession OF the family which is
about to sell 1t,
Bright red spsctaclcs accompanied by internal
doses Of calomel form q new German specific against
Reaslckross. It Is deduced from Epstein's ~investiga-
lions on tho influence Of color on the blood vessels
in tho brain. seasickness is due to lack of blood in
tho brain. while rod sends blood TO the brain with a
rush. By looking at one point for some time through
the red glasses the patient is cured radically.
81. Helena has been the scene of a curious pooh
Bah performance. II possesses a Bishop and also
q Governor, who Is likewise Chief Justice. Tho
Bishop disregarded an Injunction of tho court and
was hned fbo for contempt Of court. He appealed
to the Colonial Secretary. who ordered tho Governor
to remit the nne. The Bishop is still in contempt
and the Governor has been compelled as Governor to
override his own action as Chief Justice.
King Alexander of servia's long stay in Vienna has
been due not TO his health but to his efforts to OBJ