The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-20
Foreign Notes OF Real Interest.

Central Asian railroad managers try to meet the
desires Of their public. harem with lattioed
windows has been constructed for the Emir Of Box
hara.
To balance the finances OF tho island OF 81.
Helena Mr.. Cham berlain. tho Colonial Secretary,
has authorized the sale Of $50. 900 worth OF old
| sues Of postage stamps.
Thurso In Caithness shire has made q poor bar
gain Of its catch Of whales The 1ob bottlenoses
driven ashore were sold in lump for $3.50. After .
week the people glad DO rid Of them ct any
price.
At the sale Of = collection Of early imprsssionst
pictures in Paris MaDets "Paveurs do Ia Rue dc
Berne" brought 1880 francs. Monsts "ArRen-
teuil' 11,5oo francs and Renoirs "a Ia Gre
nouillere' 20. 900 francs.
Tho old Alaska. which once held tho transatlantic
record is being used by Messrs. vlckers and Maxim
at tho Barrow docks foatinR boarding house for
400 workmen. there not being houses enough for
the men in tho town.
France 10 trying hard to surpAss Germany IN the
matter OF red tape. Advertising posters must bear
revenue stamps varying in value according 70 ne
size Of the poster. man who af1Ied . nfteen-oen-
time stamp poster which should have had only
q sir-oentime stamp has Just been hned 1875 franoa,
or $25. for the offence.
In Frances navy there 46 Admirals 10 l. TOO Of
ncers and IL $50 men. In the army there ars 500
Generals 10 81. <ss officers and $4,000 men While
the marines have IT Generals 70 2,1o6 officers and
81. 800 mon. The marines complain Of tho Unequal.
fly in the proportion Of Generals they hsvtng but
ono to about 124 Officers while the army has ons
to SO.
Queen Victoria has revived tho extinct barony Of
Dorchester in tho person Of the elder daughter Of
the third baron. who died in 1875. The barony va
rst ranted to Gen. Sir Guy Carleton for his ser.
vices against the Americans in tho Revolutionary
War. 1t became extinct two year, ago by the death
4, Lad la.A
baroness
nized natural daughter whom he had neglected
throughout his life and left her large part of hia
fortune. The will attacked by other relativsa.
but has inst been declared TO bs valid. His bequss
OF his art collections to the city of Paris on COZ.
dtion that they be kept mp In his house museum.
may be declined. as tho intrinsic value Of the col
lections 10 very doubtful
Congo Free State negroes are being Chrlsttanixsd
by hand organ. Capt Becker. Free State otnacaal
thoughtfully took ono with him to his post. And
hnding that She natives enjoyed tho music. ana
being also DESTROYS that they should marry In Chris
tAn fashion. he announced that the organ would b
played at every Christian wedding. Tho result was
that weddings took place almost daily. and IL was
discovered that many couples got married more
than once in order to procure the muse.
Sir Alexander Armstrong. X. C. b.. who died re-
Gently at the ago OF 81 years. Of the very
few men left who had crcumnaygated the Ameri-
can continent. He was surgeon OF Capt. McClure's
ship Investigator which worked its way TO BAnks-
land from the northwest. and whose crew was roc.
cued by tho Resolute and lator taken back by tho
North Star through the northeast approGch to the
Arctic. Or. Armstrong succeeded In keeping his
ship free from scurvy for two years and three
months, at that time record. lie rose ~ be Dreo-
tor-General in the British Navy.
Thousands OF little apple trees some already eve
inches high. have beor found growing on the west.
ern shores u the Islands OF Null aud Iona on tie
Scottish west coast, just above high water mark
and the croiters are Manipulating them to their
gardens. The seedlings have grown from the apples
cast ashore from the Dominion limo steamer LAbrG-
dor. wrecked last fall. Tho London Daiv CarOstels
calls this "a practical demonstration OF tho hArdl-
ness and vitality Of apple pips." but whether the
hardness consists IN resisting tho water OF In
enduring the climate OF Scotland It does not say
Kaiser wilhelms restlessusss has brought Abou,
the retirement in disgrace OF the chief magistrate Of
the Metz district When tho Kaiser visited Meta
lately programme was arranged according to which
he was to bd entertained at lunch at certain houF
and was then 10 make triuHphal progress through
number Of villages. whore school children and 90.
cetirs of all kinds were to be Arrayed on either aide
10 greet him Tho Kaiser insisted on getting up
from the lunch an hour before the appointed tine
which upset the arrangements, 20 nAA he eCunA o.
streets deserted On hhDSourosyS EhSaaASaEt.zAohaA
10 DAytor the 1Edsl