The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-08-05
SUNBEd MS.


army read and write.
There are 100 Tumvcrein associations in
the United states. with 10000 members.
-Sevcnty.fve brides sat down TO dinner ad
Sunday In one hotel at Niagara Fails.
Louisa Mnhlbach has just completed q novel
which she calls Eugene. Mistress and Empress"
Washington hotels have reduced their price.
TO t2.o day since the adj rurumem Of Congress.
Frederic Lcmaitre, the French actor, manages
to live with economy ON salary Of $4,000 year.
Nitro. glycerne has been in use but FIVE
years, yet LOO persons have been killed or
manned by H..
Madame Clara Schumann has been elected an
Honorary Fellow OF the ROYAL Academy OF Music Of
stockholm.
The Odd Fellows of the United States, ac-
cording to a late enumeration, are something over
10000 strong.
Modern German scholars assert that vergil
and not Virgil. s the correct spelling OF the great
Lat In poets name.
The French population Of Vermont nambers
1919 persons, OF whom upwards OF a5OO live in the
town OF Burlington.
Prank Bret Hartc editor Of the Orerland
Monthly. has completed a drama which will soon be
produced on the stage.
Maine has clergyman aged 81, who picked
half huhel OF blackberrcs last Saturday ard preach
ed several times Sunday.
The excitement caused by the war hos he'd TO
increase of between 80 and IS per the OF
| the London daily papers.
A negro policeman in jackson, Miss, the
other day, arrested horse which be found standing
on the pavement, and took II TO jail.
| Some parts Of the West overrun with
titled individuals A census taker in Wisconsin repors
| having met twenty Colonel'ln one day.
| Jefferson, the celebrated comedian, is expert
mentng what he knows about farming at Iobokns
AZ farmer he thought TO be about the equal ofRp
Van Wrinkle.
| Mr.. Middcmiss, Of Canada, desires IL to 10
distinctly understood that he does favor immediate
independence, but would like to enjoy II time
| the future.
| Cincinnati has base ball on the brain. Re-
| rently President Of Of her base ball clubs
signed and Cincinnati paper snys his resignation
such crisis ~ this is to be regarded anitiOnai
| lamity.
| Mr.. Belmont's drag was mistaken At New
port the other day for omnibus by sucated
stranger, who had nearly mounted 10 the roof beore
| he was undeccved. The turnout 10 now knSHns
| "Bemonts bus"
| Capt. Erhard, of the Bavarian army, has
pu blshcd the nrst volume of elaborate military hk-
tory oi the Paatinatc, Franconia swsba and Bavaria
Parts OF these countries least likely he again
| the battle-ground Of Europe.
The Grensb0ten, a German literary organ,
says that Dickenss " 'Pickwck Papers enancipstcd
the German mind from tie predominatnr Influence OF
French felton, and had most powerful and bcalthy
influence on German literature"
| -Signor Francesca Coletti, the best modc,l
writer ofIsllan farces, has Just publlshe ~ Nnan
collection OF his farce. in two volumes winch arord
the reader nearly as much amusement Ne AZ they
being acted before him such genuine fun and numoy
are to be found In these pages.
From manuscripts recently discovered, II
appears that Robert Fulton had ideas Of floating bat
terios propelled by steam. one document. dated
New London, January 8, 1914 shows that certain
des Of vessels to carry heavy supplied
been examined and appro, I'd by special committee
composed OF United State naval Officers.
The Bible revision movement in Earland is
Understood to be manly due to Drs. wilbcrorce and
Elcott, the Bishope OF Winchester and Gloucester.
BY hcr management the sudcct has been taken IN nv
aCoimittee OF Couvooaton with the express sanction
Of the Church. instead Of falling into the handle q the
state and being intrustei to Royal Comnission
A Frenchman who keeps a saloon a, White
Pine, Nevada, claims the 500 reward offered ~ his
patriotic counrymen OF sun francisco for e CAPTURE
of the nrst Puseian nag Noting his loquacity on the
subject OF the vaor Of the Fench army, mi sciey
Gus Americans procured Prussiau nag ana night
dung to the breeze from the flagstaff surmouptnE the
Frcnchman's saloon. On discovering the offensive
bunting the enraged Monsieur tote n to srrps, sod
now claims the reward as the captner VI the color
4 | OF the eucmy.
In Mobile and New Orleans they aIe about
10 street with Indla rubber mott, row-r Al
India rubber hnnd $50 feet natural length Is tretr
|
around one drum. tast as It unwluds 1t, rc,r.otne
power propels the car, anu. IN addition. az
around another drum as tightly Or md the
nrst drum, minus the power lost IN overcoming M
friction Of the So winds unwinds frst upon
one drum and then upon the other, until tue loss Of
power occasoned by the moving OF the renders
necsssaryto wind the thnE mp by renewed aEphea
= ton Of steam power
/ indianapolis is infested by highway ipbbors.
but brave girl OF that recently outui,lcd one
z of them She was returning home aoou' dr.s alone
IN buggy. Sac drove ous IeSnrely, her horse dsop
Ing his head in coutelted way, Alat onts Lman
jumped out from corn field near by. ANT took her
horse by the head She looked nj hin in turprse /
/ would like 10 ride with YOU miles," he said 70 bcl
4 Most an body would" she replied, serVcying Inn
steadily Taking the presence " miGd clt he
dropped rhe bride rein and took step ard he
carrase That Instant the brave girl touch. her hor'e
with the whip, giving the man sharp cut across No
tnce, and before he could recover himself he vHs
thrown down by the Whoek 81 the buggy, a." go. Vrh
his intended victim. fast disappeared
, A letter from FOOchOw say, they "rc -"
hlbtng Chinese criminal In wooden etSs where ne
II will stand unu death Hc 10 about twenty years OF
age, III. crime Is Kidnapping children " stand Ia
the CAGE with his head through hole In tho top MS
>, toes bargly ton -i1g the noprng Thousapds Fathe'
around him every day launching Hnd ic"ring at hin
. there he stands with his HnAs chained toectisr, snd
n h,s hands tied behind MIN. some one had pat lew
hs OF broken bricks Gaze, and At tiue' he would
t standing uptocs On o0e loot, 10 brug the broken
b.Das together with the other as he clull raise him
fup tle, and ease the weight ilom his neck. no
made rather poor work Of It. as he could the
pc''s and had TO direct his movements by the
touch only His sunerngs rust be great. he ha,
been standing more than seyenty hours. An
. that was Gagged up the same lived ahou. 40 oay,.
n Ply TIME.
r. Oh he nv the horrible rs!
" Iapp " at noe, ana mouth, and eye,
+ over Tho Celling. oY't flc neat.
= over al that people eat.
y | BuLLing.
1csng
, crawling about,
q Miserable Insect, GU 80 out.