The sun., 1899-12-07
Foreign Notes of Real Interest.

Awoman. Signora RIva Monti. has been appcintsA
professor OF comparative anatomy in the University
ofpiva.
A AGf;cenyear.ol English S!rl tried to drown her
self IN wlmbe don pond because her moths. in-
sisted on her wearing corsc;s.
Germany has added a twop',nnig postage stamp
to its is.uc for 1900 II IS light gray In color.
the design bting tho same rs for the other low.
value stamps and will b used for printed matter
and postal cards in city delivery.
Tarautnlas are being raised iu Australia for the
sake Of their webs. the fisments of wh!oh msds
into thread FOR balloons. They ara lighter than
silk and. when woven, lighter than canvas. Each
tarantula yields from twenty 20 forty yards OF Ma
ment. OF which eight twisted together form single
thread.
curloug point in insurance law is troubling the
Vienna courts. surgeon in trimming his nails
before performing an operation cut his Anger bus
went with the operation and h.s finger was
infected so that he had to call in a doctor fog
himself. lie claimed compensation on an accident
policy. but tho company r,tUsod to pay on the
ground that operations performed by doctors on
themselves expressly excluded in Its policy.
The courts must decide whether nail cutting is
Eical operation.
Under the corn r of room in the House of tho
Yestal. which is b,n; cAcavatcd Ia tho Roman
Forum, workman lately turned up q spadetul OF
gold coins They arc aTo in number all stamped
with tho head OF the emperor Authemius who was
killed by the emperor.mskrr Rlcimer when he plun-
detcd Rome In 4. d. Az, Another and OF CONS
has been made at ossero, in the Austrian island of
Cherso, south OF Fume tho AHriN,ic. 1t seems TO
be tho collection OF numismatst OF classical times
and comprises AS coins ranging from the year 25G
to the year before Christ.
strange Hight is thrown on the condition Of Ital.
ian art by the official report on paintings and sculp-
ture exported. At Naples S,oAo paintings, too large
to be packed in with baggage. were sold TO for
egners for an average price OF $500 1904 peg of
statuary sold for $50 each. on the average Ab
Rome 60c0 pictures were sold for 2,7s2 900 lire an
average Of $50. and l,24s p'eccs of sculptare for
l,llI,iuO lirc, IN average " Sl7s. Florence sold
4,2os pictures for l,29t4SO lire and 5,oI2 pieces Of
statuary for ,S21,O lire. Tho figures for Venice
pictures and d2i pieces Of sold for
100000 lire and for Milan LAO palniin - and I4o
pieces OF sculpture for 100 lire Tho total sum OBJ
tainod for works of art exported including IAN.
tques." was 100000 lire, or about g., 400 900.
PhiI's original drawings tAr David CopperAcll"
brought $2,25o a. the sale OF Lord Rsndlcsham's
books in London; the drawings for Bleak House"
went for sl,soo, and those for "Domboy and Son"
for si,72o. Queen Nictoria's presentation copy TO
Charles Dickens Of Leaves from the journal OF Our
Life in the Highlands" with her autograph was sold
for $500, There wore some earl, WORKS of Rudyard
Kipiing IN the collection, "The Seven NIGHTS ~
Creation" poem ON four pages, brought stp.
three copio4 Of ''SchOolboy Lyrics" $3.50 s9Oh and
sl45, respectively; Echoes, by Two Writer'S" $50;
"Departmentll Dtties, 1896 Sp2; The Weeks NepI
Allahabad. from Jan. to Sept. Iii. 1888 each mum.
Der containing complete story by Kplng 500,
''rurnoyers." from the Cira aud Mhtdry GGIcit,
January to June. 1888, sb4 first edition OF crave
'6isgy In Country churchyArd" fetched s2se.