The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-04
Foreign xo,e. or Re., 1u,ere.t.

Transylvsn'an railroad employees have been mott.
fed by the Hungarian Government that unless they
Magy arizc their names they will be discharged.
San Marino. the little republic in the Apprentices.
has proved that It Is up to date by having a bank fail.
ue and ~arrestins all the directors for fraud.
Costs for the appeal in Earl Russell's divorce case
have been apportioned by the Court. They amount
to $4,000 for the two sides, of courss not counting
counsel fees.
Fufnne an Lde-pronounced "fawn ye in lay and
moaning the "Dnwn Of Dsy''-is tho title OF a new
weekly printed in Irish that appears at Ath Clia;h.
the original name OF Dublin.
Pschorr. the brewer. las offered a million marks to
the city OF Munich on condition that the bust OF his
grandfather. the founder OF tho Pschorr brdu bust.
ness. be placed in the Hall OF Glory of the Bavaria
monument.
Liverpool has just found It impossible TO float .
loan for 81. 500. 900. as the Stock Exchange refused
to list 1T. This is due to sharp practice on the part OF
the corporation with the brokers when It issued .
small loan three year, ago.
Osiris has lost his divinity and turns out to have
Leen a mere mortal. NJ. Amellneau. the French
Psychologist. announces that he has discovered his
grave at Abydos. Mariette Bey hunted for the tomb
without success for nineteen years.
Lake Rikwa, or Leopold. between Lakes Taugan-
yiks and Nyassa. In Central Africa, which when nrst
discovered. forty years ago. was $50 miles long by
thirty broad. IS reported by recent travellers to have
closed up completely. The bed Of the lake 10 now Q
plain covered with thick woods.
Love me-" Make me merry.""warm me up"
and you don't expect it, have been registered by
the German Patent once as trademarks for nco-
holic drinks. "Sdius sfonachi' is accepted only he.
cause It is Latin. while lone before breaking oH''
and Tho very last are rejected as being express
sions in too common use.
yellow light has been obtained with incandescent
gas burners by q German inventor at Krefeld, He
alters the burners SO that ths gas Is supplied ata
pressure OF three anu a half atmospheres, A single
Jet of ordinary size then emits a light OF more than
1000 candle power, by which hne print may be read
at a distance OF 100 feet from the light.
william Bonny. the army medical steward who s"'
companied Stanley In his expedition for the relief OF
Emin Pa'ha, is dying OF consumption In . London
poorhouse. benny was left with the rear guard I'M
der Major Barttelot. being the only white man len
after the lutter's death. and remained for a year and
a half in camp while the rear guard starved.
Par.s's Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty TO
Animals has received q legacy OF 1000. 900 francs
from Nine. ChasBcgros. who was n noted deminioh'
ddine under the second empire. The conditions az
tachsd are that precautions shall DO taken TO prevent
the I'll treatment OF horses, and an EFFORT made 10
improve tho condition OF the public pounds.
Russia is Fastening the building OF the railroad rS'
tween Merry and the military post OF KuShk on tho
Afghan frontier. which will then be In direct con'
munication with the Caspian and European Russia.
The line is called the Murghab branch; IL is 100 miles
long. will cost & ZOO. 900 rubles. and will be ready
within three years. The samarkand-AndiJan line
with branches 10 Tashkend and MarGhilan. will to
opened this year.
Venice has asserted the right OF ownership over the
famous pigeons OF 81. Mark. Some enterprsing
street boys who had made a business OF killing tho
b.rdS when brought up In court pleaded that the
pigeons had no legal owners. as they were fed by ths
public on the Piazza San Marco. The city authorities
maintained that the pigeons were the wards OF the
old republic and therefore OF the present municiDAk-
~. . view that wI adopted By the court