The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-26
Fore,rn Note. OF Real 1ntcre.,.

Sandwich girls in attractive costumes now parade
the streets OF the west end Of London.
Prince RaujitsinhJI, the cricketer. ia putting his
mark on Australian English. They are selling Rauji
boots. Rauji tobacco. and RAUL ~squashes at the an
tipodes.
Queen Victoria has eccentric tastes in the arrange
mept of her bed. according TO the Whttehnii Revietc.
At CimieZ she uses two mattresses, the ono with the
springs on top
scarva, county Down. boasts q ll4-yearold Post.
master in R. Taylor. who. besides being the Oldest 30
tive postal servant in the United Kingdom. Is also the
oldest country storekoeper.
Twenty. two business men. who acted IS the coro-
per's Jury in the investigation Of the recent great fire.
In London and served for fourteen working days, re-
ceived -four pence, eight cents. zach AZ compensation.
Rome is not ripe for D'Annunzios plays. Tho
aspiring Mornings Dream was Kissed recently At
the Teatro Vale, though Duse was acting. while LA
Locandiera," which followed on the bill. was greeted
with shouts OF viva Goldoni.''
French railroad rules are strict. A bad accident. in
which several lives were lost, took place on the line
from Paris to Marseilles recently. When a lady. who
escaped u~ninjured from the wreck. applied for her
baggage the day after her arrival In Paris. she wa
charged 10 centimes for her delay.
Prince Albert of Monaco. who has just succeeded IN
driving . hard bargain with tho Monte Carlo syndi.
cate. IL the representative OF a good deal OF past
diplomacy. HIS dukedom OF Valentlnois comes from
Cessre Borgia; that OF MaLarin from Cardinal MazE
rim. His wife Is the widow Of Due de RIchelieu.
Pope Leo received gifts valued at 81. goo. 900 on the
occasion OF the sixtieth anniversary OF his ordain-
ment as a priest. Among the cash glfts were q check
for $40, 900 from the Duke OF Norfolk. 100000 In
gold from the Queen Regent OF Spain. $4,000 from
Kaiser Wilhelm, $40. 900 from tho Austrian Bishops,
and S40. 900 from the Hungarian primates
Marriage. according 70 DR.. Schwartz OF Berlin, is the
most important factor in longevity. or every 200
persons who reach tho ago OF 40 years 1875 are mar.
red and 10 unmarried. At 90 years the proportions
arc " to 29; at 20 years. 81 to IL, and at 90 years, 0
to Q. Fifty centenarians had all been married. The
doctor asserts that the rate of mortality for husbands
and wives between the ages OF 80 and 40 years 10 10
per cent, while that for unmarried persons u 70 per
cent.
Sweden will send two scientific expeditions 70
spitzbergen next summer. One. under Mr.. Jaderin.
will try 10 measure q degree OF longitude; the other.
under Prof. Nalhorst. the palRontologist will e.
anime the waters TO the west OF the Islands. Prof.
Eathorst has engaged the steamer Antarctic. and
takes q stan OF seven scientific men with him. He
will steam along the west coast OF spitLbeTsen, then
northeast tow ard King Karl'B Land and Gillisland,
taking deep-sea soundings and collecting natural his
tory specimens.
Fat men must be on their guard when travelling on
French railroads. A 3A0-pound citizen Of Lille who
had bought q third GLASS ticket. after failing 10 wedge
through tho doors Of a third class and of a second
class carriage. entered q hrstclASs compartment and
rodo TO his place OF destination. Tho railroad sued
him for the difference in the fare, to which his do
fence was that, having sold the ticket, the company
was bound TO provide doors TO the third.ciass car
Tiagas wide enough TO admit him. The Court, how
ever. held that he must have known his own girth
and the size of carriage doors. aud should have
bought a ticket admitting him to q wide enough oou.
partment. 1t rsfrainsd from making him DS ~
excess weight