The sun., 1901-06-02

ST. Peersburg's cabs charge half the iarefos vomsa
that they do for men. g.. . :..s
Bananas with purple l~a and seedless fruf havo
been introduced into British conservatories. 49,
Dolly Tester. towager Of the scapegrace Marquis
OF Ailesbury. was Married recently TO q Scoschmans
named We bstsr, az Shanghai SO. -
| Geneva is trying to attract sinful tourists. n ~
announced that baccarat may he played for unlinr
| tied stakes In the kur Sasl hereafter 20 -tr~
oxford University has voted 70 do AWAY with the
Sunday afternoon 1hs last will be preached
on June II by Dr, Merry. rector Of Lincoln. g
| Among the victims Of the French Associations
bill Is the monastery OF the Grande Charreuse. where
the green and yellow chartre,se iiqueurs are msde.
| Zurich In Switzerland seems to have more clubs
in proportion to Its population than any other city.
In 1898 the number was 534, but this had increased
! 70 III In 1901.
| Mr.. George AcDermott, the last OF the lion com
| iQues" died recently In London, 1t was he who In
sroduced the song I'VE Don't Wan, to Fight but ~ q
| lingo II We Do" --
Although the value Of the LAT. Mspuis OF Bu,el .
| properly exceeded SIS 900 the amount which
inheritance duty could be levied was only sAs4oOo0.
! The TAX was $4,000.
| Several hitherto unknown poems by King Jsmss ,
|. have been discovered in the Bodelan library ~
Oxford. They viii be edited for the CLARENDON Press
| by Mr., RAFT Scotsman = :
| Londons Stock Exchange has Just celebrated IL
hundredth anniversary. The celebration came con- :
! veniently in the middle Of the American nurry op
| May IS. when the exchange took day on .
France probably has the smsles, conssripa on
record Emile MayOi Of Cune IN the canton Of Mont
faucon measures feet . !, inches In his stocking
! feet and weighs 42 pounds. he was accepted "
German army ofrcetS have grown sensitive. The,
| psrli
"De woche" on account Of tale by Ernst wchert in
which some Of the oric,rs mIsdecds are related
Six children. thr,e toys and tarre sirs. ver. pre-
sened 10 her husband, THE C,,rk priest OF DellgIad
In Seryia by Nine AfangyeL according 10 the Pssihsr
LOUD. Eighteen months ago she bore him rlpeis. "
| DR.. Charles Hose OF Ssnwsk after many raperi- .
nents has formed the theory that the disease beIi
bert arises In tropical req oDs trom the consumption
OF mouldy rice. Dr SVangewsys Pigg OF Cambridge ,
! has eApounded the theon In England
An Austrian orrc.r, the Marchese Tacofi, declined
challenge on account Of religious sCruples years
ago, he no, only degraded from his rank but
has been ordered to serve out his time as prlsat. IN
| the ranks.
The Tsntalon Castle, troop ship, that recently
was wrecked on Cape Town. was the vessel In which
| Mr.. Gladstone visited K1el at The opening OF the
/ North Sea canal In 1898. when he was the guest of
! Sir Donald Currie -.
Frau Cosma Wagner has protested against the
proposed Prussian copyright Law limiting an au.
thors rights In musical compositions 10 thirty years
after his death. She wants the copyright OF her nus
bands compositions 10 hs extended 10 rfiy yesu.-
Al the Noon sale OF coins in inndon silver Oxford
| crown OF King Charles brought s745: an .Olfves .
| Cromwell pattern sod nfty-sIlling piece, 800: .
petition" crown Of Charles In s yer. si.575 pat.
tern crown in gold OF george III. 1917. s720 and Q
| double sovereign Of Edward Va t,275. ..-,..
An Ellsabctnan cup. parcel gilt OF the year 1877:
eight high. was sold In London lately for sso87
or at the rate OF i2aS ounce A, the same time an
old Irish potato ring ~ inches In diameter was sold
for aie7 and william Ill plain tsnkard for Ss2l.
| Prink Raprcht Of Bavaria. grandson OF the Prince
Regent. now has son. th~ first greats grandson Of
| Prince Lutpold. Prince Ruprcht according to
the strict order OF desrtn, should he Prince Of walea,
as bis mother Ia the leTitms, Queen Mary "" OF
! Great Britain,
| Oh fuel was recently tried on the Yarrow torpedo
boat ophlr, With coal alone the spe,d obtained wss
| 2ih knots, with coal and oil "a, knots an hour.
Twen'y-eght hundred pounds Of coal and 700 pounds
| Of oil an hour werr used With 500 pounds Of oil
| alone speed OF Il knots was easily obtained
Count Alexandra sintoutn de Pi.rrecour Who
died recently at the age Of IS years len $4,000 10
his native city Rouen. one condition Is that $40 600.
shall be given each To the biggest and best built
couple married in RoutD, $4,000 zach 10 the husband
and to the wife. The Counts desire was 10 improve
the French race.
| pr. A. Donaldson Smith Of Phladelphia received
tho Patrons medal oi the Royal Geographical Society
for bis Journey 10 Lake Rudolf, south OF AbyasniA-
A. the meeting the Duke OF tho Abrurh received
the Founders gold medal for his Of Mount 81.
Blias, and for his attainment OF the farhest nora
In his polar expedition.
Al
invented means OF checking the force Of waves by
means OF nets made OF waterproof hemp One re-
emily tried with success az Hhyre $50 feet LONG
BY 90 feet wide with msShes II inches apart. TIE
nets will break the waves At and will also b
| buiwark for hydraulic works asans, heavy surf.
A recent Judgment OF IN. Rrf,lsh Court Of Appeah
In the NJ the CampAna against the bark Empletn
has d-clded that nine knots is moderate spesl
In fog within the meaning of the Admiralty regu. :
latons In the Of lines There ques-
,ion asoufthe Campanlas having slowed down. but.
the court held that he speed wss excessive. :,
Count p d. Ktrs,ry informs the Pan. Maifr that .
his grandfather was born In 1894 and his father In
i7Sa he himself b~ng torn IN 1899, so that thrss
generations nave lived in the seventeenth, ,ighteenthl
nineteenth and twentieth centuries The KTatry
family Imbers only twelve generations from I1oT
10 tn- present time on average OF two gsnsrauoos
70 8 century.
Hish prices may be expected from the forthcoming
sale of vin.s from the royal cellars, Five thousanA
bottles OF sherry from buckingham Palace indsof
Castle ~ Ism,s's Palace. Marlborough Hous. and
SandrD CHAM. all labssd ~ to show their orgins
will be sold III, ior tbs sale is that nowadays
whlskey and soda is puftrTsd aS drink. and. moIe-
over hat King Edward hss dsc!dsd to cut OF nun
Der Of the former court perquls'es IA vy>
a bas r,isf By Clodlon. representing fawns nympAs
and cupiisa play. has heen dscossredn ina Paris
nsry The rrlrt carved tot the Princess Louise Of
Condtint the eighteenth century and when she became
q nun the rgurrs srte covered With plaster Prus.
sian cannon bail al the ms o' The siege ofPars Clipped
Of the plaster. showing N. sculpture t<neath. A =:
French Antiquarian society in,snds 70 present -
the carnAvale, Museum. though Ins price asked foe
II Ia $4,000
Very high prices hst. been obtained for ,nsrav.
ings at recent London sales ~ the R,iss sale ~
engmvinss from Tuners "ibeI Studlorum- brought '
snioo; Mauetnss "-rbe rnr-la,ion.- si.s7e. and :.
IRA Angehco's The rs, Juds nlert- si,0e5. ~ q.