The sun., 1898-02-24
Foreign Notes or Real 1utsres..

Father Kneipp left 900 marks for the contn-
uanoe of the various Kneipp Institutions at worsh.
hofen.
Punch is obliged to move. the old house in Bcu.
vere street. which has boon Its editorial homo from
the beginning. is about to be torn down.
Lady Murray. mother OF tho lato writer Ceoil Mur.
ray. has bought q country house at the Cap dan
tibes Cor q home Of rest for newspaper men,
Joan of Arcs trial preliminary her admission TO
santship is near at hand Signor Minetti has been
appointed to plead her case. while Mgr. Lugan will
be the advocdtus diaboh
Albert Edward Prince OF Wales. has beaten ono
record OF his predecessor George w. He s about TO
be elected Grand Master OF the English Free Masons
for the twenty fourth time
There has been steady deorease during tho last
ten years OF candidates for holy orders In England
and among them the proportion OF oxford and Cam
bridge graduates is also diminishing. The number
ordained in 1897 was .296 which is the lowest In
twenty two years.
A 38 8year.od hermaphrodite. born in Tunls. wn
recently exhibited by Berlin doctor to the Berlin
Medical Society. According to the B6rsenietfunO It
distinctly ia of both sexes. was brought up as girl
and has been married for ten years TO man. TN
on show at a Berlin variety theatre.
Clerks in the House OF Commons will have their
morals looked after henceforth. No one under 2t
years OF will be admitted to the civil service eI
animation unless no lives at home his parents pro
vide him with such place OF residence "sha n"e'
with the approve OF the Clerk the House OF Com
mons"
An Ingenious stage waterfall devised by Ga'
hard has attract attention at tho Parts opera balls
II Is made of tule stretched frames Initiating tho
curves OF fall. behind IL little streams OF wafer
are discharged through perforated pipes against
metal plate. TO throw a spray upon tho tul'r'
When the electric light Is played on this the enect
is magical
The Princess of Montenegro. the beautiful mother
OF the Crown Princess OF Italy, has been Vi'itINE
Rome and startling the Romans by wearing her ii''
turesque national costume. When driving sh" wraH
bright scarlet silk cloak thickly cmbrOicrei Win
gold. and on her head dadcm Of black vcivri CIV
tening with gold coins and gems For the opera mo
dresses in cloth OF gold
Lord Caringfurd, who held Cabinet po''oH' r.
peatedly IN Mr.. GladstOne's MIni'ri,s, and dfd
recently. was an Irishman. lie was the fur'h
husband OF tho famous Countess NalicgfHy", if'
beautiful daughter OF the singer John lirahan.
When, as Mr.. Chichester Fortescuc he held th' l"''
OF Chief Secretary for Ireland ho went TO the opera
at Dublin one night accompanied by bis wife voice
from the gallery called down. Lady Wald"Sfdf'
which Of the four did you like the best ITO
Countess rose cried out, "Why, the Ir!shmSn' q"
course'" and brought down the house.
Amerigo vespucci's certificate OF baptism has ju"
been discovered In the registers Of the church ~ "a"
Giovanni for 10000 II reads "Luhrdi a d. -
Mars l462. Amerf0h0 II MG:tCO, di Messero Nd'idg'
di Ncssere AmerfDhO TcspUcci, popoiO Sc LHch ~
nfSsdntG" Monday, March ~, ll69 Amerigo ana
Matteo. Of u. Saatasio, Of NJ AmeriGo Hesrurri'
parish OF Santa Lucia, osnlssanu." This seems =
show that Amerigo wasA twin. In the church N
san Giovanni oGni Santi, they have also rocenhE
found his portrait Ina "Pieta" BY Donlenico CT "
Ian tajo. which. though described by vasagl. was ~
lleved for over 900 years to have been lost In Y
freSco members Of the veSpucci family are kneslil a.
ON either side OF the MSdonnA; one OF them h Ansa
90 at the Ass Of about % ySAp.