The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-03
Foreign Notes of Real Interest.

new woman's club is to be started in London to
which no one under six feet in height will be ad.
nitted.
German army officers arc ordered by imperial do
cree to wear reddish brown dogskin gloves during
tho man9uvres.
Robert Stephenson Co.. Newcastle. the most
famous of engineering Arms. has Just been tuIned
into limited liability company.
Maros-Ujvar in Hungary. q manufacturing town
OF $500 inhabitants may be expected to grow rap.
idly. Hungarian singer. who undertook to give Q
concert there found 1t impossible as there was not
single piano in the town. and he had not brou :ht
one with him.
Asienalman at Slough was discharged sum- arily
for stopping a special train on which the Prince of
Wales was travelling recently. On his explaining.
FIRST. that he didn't know the Prince was on the
train. and second that the track was not clear he
was put back again.
Hldesheims famous thousand year old rose bush
which II had been feared in the last two years was
dying. has sent out new shoots and runners from q
thick root stock this and now to be safe
TO last Tor good many years to come. The plant
has not blossomed this summer
Whales are thick on the Scottish coast this sum.
mer. At Sand in the shetands a ahoal OF seventy.
one bottle whales was driven ashore and cap.
t"reo IN one day IL was the first time in forytouF
years that whales had appeared there though in
former times they stranded frequently
Mr.. Harry Farjeon. eldest son of the novel.t ana
grandson OF Joe Jefferson has composed The ru.to
Tor tWo'act opera. "Floretta," for which his
younger sister. Eleanor, wrote tho book, which
has been performed with success In London Youry
fAre"n Is 81 years Of age and his sister s 49, but
she had completed the play whom sne was ia
cherrapunii in Assam, northeast Of Calcutta hiss
the reputation of being the wettest place IN thu
oarth. the average annual rainfall being 4a3.l5
incheH while 1t has tho record of one month In which
17l7 inches fell. This year II seems bound 10 heat
all previous records 267 a. inches OF rain having
fallen between Jan. and tho middle OF June. hvs
months and half. while 10 10 inches over six feet
OF water. fell in single week
reward Of 900 marks la offered for the c.ptur,
""r"erer named 6oencZ, who murdered Q
Tido" and her stepdauRhter two years ago He 10
wanted not merely for punisbment hut IN ords,
that he may give information as to which woman h.
AiiIed nrst' Each had made q will leaving every.
'iHR 'ho owned TO tho other and il turns out that
n p,"peHy amounts to moro than million marh-.
eo"'u 40 10 one or two unrelated sets Of heirs.
Inc German COURTS have been unwilling 10 solyc ,ns
puzzle by any presumption. Of law ,h.n ,,o ,,,l
lacts may be asccrtained at any time br the cap.
'"'e o' 'he murderer. and arc holding the none,
proceedinR whose legality seems 10 he consicr.i
doubtful "
Lipton's Limited tho tea. rroceri.. and ,r,-,,,
business In which the ownor OF the Shamrock made
~" ,"o"e' mas oeen IN hot water of late The a.
contormists started to boycott it when the comp,y
suuea "hiskey and wines to the goods it advor.,!,
niue while ago it was fined heavily for sellin. 80
u. test case being made on the prar''rs
VI "e'Shihg tho paper bags with the tea and 80
"e"'' showing that in soms instances even e "A
'ne nag the packages were underweight Nv
CARLOAD" OF fruit. which were about - be dsltysrd
!" inc oomDbny to he made into Jam. have lem
seized and condemned in court as being unnt fr
nu"sh rood Lp'ons protest that the fruit hsd
NOT oeen accepted by them, and tina, they would
have rejected it; but Jam OF whA,.y.r m,t. :. l..y
" os viewed with suspicion in Ensiand Tor time