The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-07-14
FOREIGN NOTES.

Sicilian Press Association has MADE
arrangements for taking the to"e!gr
guests on free excursion to Palermo
and tho points Of interest in Sicily.
August Schmidt, of Woigast in Fom-
erania, now los years OF age, is be-
lieved to be the last survivor Of the
Prussian war OF liberation OF 1Sl3-l5.
Kaiser Wilhelm sent him photograph
Of the old Emperor and telegram OF
congratulation on his birthday.
After the ball given by the Paris
Municipal Council to their electors and
friends at the Hotel de Vile, 1t was
found that six dozen silver spoons and
| csc other articles, such rs Plates. mus
tard pots and flower vases. had been
taken away, while many Of the dancers
| had helped themselves to bottles OF
champagne for home consumption.
When Lord Kitchener went to Cam
bridge University TO receive his degree
Of Doctor of Laws the undergraduates
| celebrated the occasion with bonfires
and good deal 'of rDwdyism. The
University Senate now recommends
that rule be passed that henceforth
NO undergraduate shall take part in the
public proceedings Of the university.
At Cape Grfsnez, on the French
coast of the British Channel, a new
| lighthouse has been erected. The light
is of 1900 0O0-candle power at urdi-
nary times, but of 5000, ,00O-candle
| power in thick weather, and can be
4 seen forty-eight miles of on clear
night. II sends five successive white
flashes instead of the three white fol-
lowed by a red of the old light.
John Ruskin's entering on his eigh-
ty-first year has called forth many
kind notices in England. They cannot
disguise. however, the sad fact that
his mental powers are already gone.
He is described as sitting for bUurs at
his window looking at the hills, as
rarely going out Of doors, even into
his garden, and as keeping silent, even
when spoken to. A proposal to have
his portrait painted by Holman Hunt
has been declined by his family on the
ground that he is too feeble to sit.
Don Lorenzo Perosi, the priest COM
poser, is more sensitive than Lieut..
Hobson. Milan went wild over him
after the performance of his "Resur-
rection Of Lazarus in the church OF
SAINT Ambrogio, and the Lombardia,
in describing the scene, stated that a
number of ladies of the aristocracy
made rush at the composer and
kissed him. This statement Perosi de-
clares to be false and an offense TO his
| dignity as a priest. He has therefore
brought suit against the Lombardia for
libel
Vienna has opened its new municipal
saloon. the Rattiskeller, in the base
ment of the City Hall. The place has
been decorated by the foremost artists
of the city and in it only the vintages
| of Austria proper will be sold, foreign
and even Hungarian wines being eX-
cluded. The Rattiskeller is conducted
by the municipal authorities; its es-
tablshment has reused the wrath Of
the restaurant keepers Of the city, who
have been among the most useful sup-
porters of the present anti-Semitic
mayor, DR.. Lueger.
| Bonn on the Rhine has been investi-
eating the uor-drinking habits OF
| its small school children. Out of 247
children, seven or eight years of age,
| in the primary schools, there was not
one that had not tasted beer or wine,
and but a quarter Of them had not
| tasted brandy. Beer or wine was
drunk regularly every day by 25 per
| cent. of the children. while s per cert.
including more girls than boys, re-
ceived a daily glass of cognac
| from their parents to make them
strong, and 16 per cent. would not
drink milk because it had no taste.
Biddenden, a quiet country village in
Kent, was recently the scene OF re-
markable murder. The rector's daugh-
| ter, a middle-aged spinster, had quar-
relied with several parishioners and
| wrote to six of them to meet her at
church on a certain Sunday, as she
wished to make up. 1t happened to
rain, SO that only one of the persons
addressed, a Sunday school teacher,
attended church. After the COM
| munion, OF which both partook, the
| woman invited him into the ves'ry
and asked the curate to be a witness TO
the reconciliation. She then drew
revolver and shot the teacher dead.
She had several spare cartridges on
her person, SO it is inferred that she
had intended to shoot all the persons
| to whom she had written. She was
| perfectly calm after her act and has
| kept silent about 1t.
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