The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-31
Foreign Notos of Real Intere,t.

French alcoholic patient the Keeper Of a P.r,a
wine shop. tho doctors the following statemens
about his drinking habits:
church clock ut Harborne near Birmingham.
England was found to have stopped. on account Of
bees swarming in It and filling tho works with honey.
It took two days to got the honey out.
Swiss hotels now offer their guests alcohol FREQ"
wines. under the same names as the intoxicating
brands. The prices also the same.
Inquiries by an English boys Newspaper brought
out the fact that of all the British possessions most
of tho boys wanted to sec India next New Zealand
and Canada. and then Australia, South Africa and
the Soudan.
Heidelberg students do their best to enliven the
town. In four weeks in July 1o2 students were ar
rested for disorderly conduct which several 90.
casons amounted to . riot" in which DOZEN or
more students were engaged.
beacon Light IL to DO erected OF Quart Point on
the Isle Of Null. Q memorial to william Black.
the novelist. Quart Point IL the Of the stoy
Of Macleod Of Dare"
Pickpockets In tho strand have grown 90 bold that
one recently snatched tho wstcA,.of Q Master in
Chancery he was walking into the court building
Tho Strand 10 now patrolled by detectives in plain
clothes.
Herr Rggenbach who introduced the cog wheel
railroads that have enabled tourists In switzerland
to do their mountain climbing without effort died
recently.
Hungary has been observing the nftieth anniver.
died in the struggle against Austria by erecting
monuments to him in Budapest and other towns
Since 1900 the Catholic church has canoniAsd %
saints and beatihed 500 other persons. OF the xIo
only 90 were women: 10 In all were Italians, 90
Spanards. 87 Portuguese. IA French IS Dutch 4
Belgtans, Poles and Il ermana.
Hveen. . little Danish island In the Sound. half
way between seelAnd and the Swedish ooast and
only fifteen miles from Copenhagen, 10 being
bargainod for by German syndicate which wishes
to turn the island into gambling resort like Monte
Carlo.
Ill luck Sill clngs to the name of castlereash. rhs
present bearer Of the name the heir of the Marquis
Of Londonderry. was thrown from his horse on the
morning Of his coming of age celebration and Ia suf
fering from conclusion Of the brain.
A bronze statue Of the Virgin has been set up
through the Efforts Of Queen Margherta OF italy on
the Rocciameone Teik near susa. ~ 900 feet above
the sea. Pope Leo has written . Latin inscription
for the monument.
Agitation against. poisonous ingredients used In
pottery has drawn ont order from the British
Once OF Works that all articles supplied under con-
tract to the Public Departments the Houses Of Par
Lament and tho royal palaces shall be made with
leadless glaze.
Coquolin the elders quarrel with the Comadls
FRANCHISE has been s,ttled at last. The Coincide
Leaves him free to act where he peasss and gives up
lis rights to the 100. 900 francs forfeit It is eI.
planned in Par that the difficulty found in inducing
had formerly belonged TO Coqueln. made this the
only solution possible.
On Sunium's marble step the eIcavators have laid
bare the foundations Of the thirteen marble columns
that give the promontory its modern name Cane
Colonua, and have found inscriptions showing that
the temple was dedicated to Poseidon and not to
Athene. as was supposed. It corresponds to the
temple of Poseidon tho island of gina opposite
BY . recent uksse q standard OF Russian weights
and measures has been fixed. The unit OF weight 10
tho Russian pound. equal to 4o9.5I2 grammes
vedro pail must hold 80 pounds OF distilled water
at 1uSS degrees Celsius. while the garnetz must ,
equal pounds OF water The unit OF length IL the
arshin equal to Zip centlmotres. Tho metric
tenn may be used by the side OF this.
Japan. not to be behind European states in civil.
zaton. is going to send out an Arctic expedition.
Tine given is that II Japan is ever to compete
with England on the seas. 1t must develop In the
Japanese the spirit of adventure and Of discovery
which has made tho English powerful. The only
places left to be discovered the North and South
poles.
Marseiles, in preparing to celebrate tho approach.
Ing twenty hfth centenary OF the foundation Of the
city by the Phoceans sent an invitation TO tho mag.
istrates OF Athensto be present. This has brought
out protest from the modern Phoceans who assert
that their city. called Karaaja Fokia has never
ceased to eIiPt and that II is they who should be in
vited by their colony.
In Arecent publishers catalogue Tho Archbishop's
DECISION as to the Lturgical Use OF Incense anu tho
L"Wful'hesS Of Carrying Lights In Procession is
followed b. The Light that Failed
Kusslas putting the on students In
future all students who create or instr,,c dis
order whether In the university out will be- sent
into the army to serve from one to three years.
The rgulaton applies also to those who persstently
refuse to continue their studies. Another rerul0.
ton orders the removal from the lists Of all married
students. as improyident marriages. arc cause OF