The sun., 1907-11-17


plies tao cars Admlts thaf the appointments
Of female chauffeur cauUsd him &C first
grave mihgivinRs. but Frau Won Papp's
expert knowlsdKp aud real soon dispersed
all doubts ~ bo the advisRbility Of letting
her run a car. '"Women." he said. will
take much greater care Of car thnn men,
and although naturally they cannot UNDER
take repairs a man oAn do, that is hardly
essential in town, because repairing gafages
are plentiful. IL iR different in the case Of a
private car. A woman will never be a sue
cess there, because long journeys have 30
be undertaken and repairs effected ON the
spot for which a woman is physically un-
Iittcd. But she In all right as a ohauffeuAe
In town. and am confident that Frau vVn
Papp has opened up a new field for wOman's
activity
A male tAxioab driver whose station is
at the corner of Inter den Linden and the
Eriedrichserasse was asked what he thought
OF the innovation. "She won't do us men
any HARM" he said. -and il will benelit
business. Timid and slderly people will
prefer a woman driver
Meanwhile Frau Won Papp's clients are
anything but timid and elderly. but she
Possesses In a large measure that valuable
asset, a keen sense OF humOr.
The TerOcity Of the southern Italian when
q blood feud ls involved was never better
illustrated than by a anguinary encounter
which took place last week at Comitini.
In the 0irgenti district. Sicily. In order
10 terminate long standing vendetta be-
tween them the heads of che families Of
Conti and Alessi had agreed to let three
seiected members of each family fight IL
out between them, in full daylight. the
scene 70 be the market place Of Comitinh
the terms--to the death.
At the appointed time the parties appeared
fully armed; Cont with his two SONS and
Alessi with two brothers. The affair being
public property, almost the entire popu-
lsfiOn Of the village had turned out to watch
the fray. At word Of command pevolvers
were drawn and the fight commenced.
After a few moments Cont and the two
brothers AIessi fell down dead and the three
others were severely wounded.
The police force Of Comitini consists Of two
carabineers, who were prudent enough TO
keep ont Of the way until all was over.
Then they removed the dead bodies and
transported the dying survivors 20 the
nearest hospital
Polish nswsl,apers announce tho discovery
In an ozOkerite pit at Stsrunia. near Mad
worna. GHficia. Of the remains OF what is
believed 10 be a prehistoric animal Of
enormous size. The first bones TO he un-
earthed were two huge black tUsks. each
nearly seven feet long. They were fol-
lowed by a iawbone containing a lack
tooth measuring ga by inches and a paw
49, feet long Portions OF skin next ap-
peared. nenrly an inch thick and covered
in parts with bristly hairs an inch long.
Naturaiists from Lemberg University
who have paid visit TO the SPOT have so
far been unable to determine whether the
animal in question is a prehistoric man.
moth or an ancestor OF the elephant. Ele-
phas antquus, but 50 much is certain.
that the find equals in Importance the
famous discovery of mammoth remains at
KOlymsk. Siberia. with this difference.
however, that in the present case pieces Of
flesh in n remarkable state VI preservation
have been brought to light. That con-
dition In due to the nature Of the sol. In
which the animal has been imbedded. II
IN saturated with naphtha and other earth
oils. This also caused the bones to b. cken
and gave them a peculiar brilliance. At
the same place wonderfully preserved inn
prints have been found OF insects and leaves
Of the pOst-tertiaTy period; among them a
species Of dragon f1y with wings completely
preserved in the earth wax.
NJ L.essar. who has long been known as a
partisan Of an Anglo Russian rapprOche-
ment, has a project for railway to India
which, IL Il il carried out. means that the
journey from London 20 Karachi via Baku.
KrasnOvOdsk. Merv. Kushka, NewchaInan.
and SukhoDa could be accomplished in ~
days The section from kushka 10 New
chaman a % miles, alone remains TO be
constructed.
The NOpoe Vremya dwells on the political
and economic ad dvantages for both Great
Britain and Russia, pointing. out that the
Bagdad Railway. IL the Germans succeed in
completing il. will reduce the journey from
Vienna TO Bombay 10 ~ days. VII ich would
vitality menace British interests
Informal intimation has bean conveyed
by the Birmingham assay authorities that
they propose shortly to limit the hallmark
to silver goods Of not less than Torty-eight
tsn.thouss ndths Of an inch In thickness.
The news has caused conservation among
the makers Of shadow silver" as 1t will
greatly affect their trade. 1t has been
customary Of late years TO decorate hair
brushes. mirrors and the like with the
thinnest possible covering Of silver. and
an enormous trade in such articles has been
done.
The 1907 vintage. taking il az a whole.
il a failure. Port. owing to the unprec-
edented bad weather prevailing Just at
tho picking Of the grapes. will he very
poor indeed. The same may almost DO
said of champagne; the yield is small and
the quality but moderate. Only half an
average crop of good wines is expected
from the Hook and Moselle districts. but
connoisseurs will be glad to learn that claret
viii be light. delicate and very smooth.
and will certainly have a good bouquet.
The interment OF the remains OF the
late Lord NunburnhOlme in the middle OF
the lawn Of the Italian garden has not
had parallel since the body Of Mr.. Charles
WatertOn (l7s2-ls6S) the celebrated natural
igf. was laid TO rest between two oak trees
in Walton Park, Yorkshire; while in the