The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-26
Foreign Notes OF Hpal Interest.

silk is likely 10 20 ny in price, as there is an cpl.
demic among the Italian and French silkworma.
They refuse to eat and are dying by myrials on their
mulberry leaves.
After the elephant Charlie had been shot for
killing the keeper who maltreatcd him. the keepers
companion, who had helped torture the animal. was
sentenced TO a weeks imprisonment for his cruelty
Prof. David Edward Hughes. the inventor of tho
printing telegraph snd Of the microphone, has lo't
his fortune ~ s., 600, OoDtp four hospitals, the Md.
dlesex, London. KINGS College and Charing Cross
s'rattord on.Avon celebrated the relief Of Lad
smith by smashing the windows of the shop, and
houses belonging to sympathizer- with tho Boer..
In Cornwall enthusiastic used tar and feathers N
them,
An emu : egg omeletie was the treat provided by a
London naturalist Tor his FIR ends. The contents -.
the egs, which was found in Australia some tims
| ago. weighed two pounds. Crocodiles eggs were ais,
served.
Queen yictor'a's chocolate boxes have already
saved one life. At Estcour, a Mauser bullet stru Z
the box which a private IN the Second Lauca hire
carried IN his hsyersack and remained Embedded in
the chocolate,
Rudvard Kipling's mothers COPY " IS hoolhoy
lyrics was sold lately m London for sos. her
Echoes, b. Two Writer" for sn2. and p par,
wv lNll'N ~ W. lllU Wy VI sNuDllH
boy Lyrics broughtsI52.
OF the British Generals in south AREA Lord
Roberts, Lord Kitchener, Lord Dundonald, French
and Macdonald never passed The final examinations
at the Sta1 Collie 20, %. a critical NJ. = r,rentl1
pointed ont la the Hous " Commons.
Londoners are pulling over wha' Sir Rcdyers
Butler meant. IN his despatch announcing the relief
of Ladysmith. by the words the relieving force
had 10 force It's way through an Unknown country"
Butler is still in the British colony Of Natal.
Montenegro's Crown Prince and his bride. Princes.
JUtta II Mccklenburg -Strelit7. are havini a LONG.
drawn.ou honeymoon. They have visited all Their
relatives aud are doing Paris thoroughly. bat neither
seem anxious to get down to housekeeping in
GETTING.
Fire broke out III the headquarters of the Russian
General STAFF at 81. Petersburg a. nearly tho same
time that the Theatre Francois was burning IN Paris
Part Of the library was burned, including many
manuscripts that cannot be replaced. and tho
building was much damaged
Iel1cn on 'hc Iuneburg heath in Prussia has
magistrates who combine hrmnc.s with mlincss.
They have iu-t issuei this notice Where's laiel,
agalu MANY Complaints have cHm. IN about the
length OF time guests remain sitting IN several tav.
crns. and particularly wives have again and again
complained that their husbands have been thereby
led TO keep DIR hiking TIL morning in these taverns.
we see ur.rlNr-compelle 10 call 90 mind the regl.
la'ions about tho hour Of closing and to point 10 the
fact that The police authorities have been notified 10
keep a sharp eye on having the re citations oheved
strictly. We especially call tho attention ~ tavern
keepers, In their own interest, to the fat that re-.
peated punishment for permittin nc guests 70 reman
beyond the police hour NAV result in the loss Of
their licenses"
Isaac Gordon =" the most notorious money lender
in England. died of consumption recently IN Biz.
mingham at the age OF - years. He was a Russian
jew. whose real name had not vet been found out.
Gordon being only one ~ a dozen slla-es under
which he traded He charged oitortionato interest,
AMI pursued his debtors relentlds-ly. In ono case,
testified to before a Parliamentary committee, a man
who had borrowed s25, 900 from HIM pad him back
10000 before being forced by him into hunkruptcy.
lie was cas-: ont ~ the Birmingham Synagogue. tho
hanks refused t. handle his money and tho British
Government rejected his arplicat on for uaturaliza.
ton, His sharp practices gOt him INTO jail for a
term a dozen wears ago. Where his money il no one
seems to know, nor how much he let. A. his will Ia,
not been found, About f2O.OoO VA found on his
person and %sl3i,OOO at his Birmingham ofice. the
newspapers guess al a fortune ~ o.. 900. 900. and a.
the Government IA after the death duty, \ good deai
about his money aud the tranSac ions in which he
vas engaged Is likely TO come 10 light. He dealt
with all classes OF society. hut farmers and clseU.
men seemed TO fall into his hands mos, sNly.