The sun., 1872-05-24
SUNB Eh M n.

They have Dolly Nhruen' cnllls III
Georgia The sufferer all sorts Of color, and 10
terribly bumped up
A wyoming papers fees for marriage
notices are high the ecstacy and liberallty Of the
bridegroom may prompt"
The old whipping-post in the Virginia
Penentisry has Just been sold for tS the money to
be expended In the distribution Of tracts.
Forty thousand Bibles were burned in
81 the eh4sseo hre,Aat e~Iss tshs'- not bepS ii,'sd
before, It has Just come out as an item Of news.
A citizen Of indianapolis who died re-
Gently beQueathcd t5UO to purchase ammunition" to
Kentuckan who had frequently threatened to shoot
him.
-Archbishop Manning, of London, has
forbidden the employment Of female yocalsts In Ro'
man Catholic churches under his Jurisdiction after sep
teuiber next.
"A Russian Prince who died lately is
supposed have been hurried to his end by broodns
over breach Of etiquette In having forgotten post
poned rubber Of whist.
Here is the last witticism from the min
ttrel ha 81 say Billy, Gen. Grant plays big game Of
billiards" "what game does he play, BackusP"
why, he plays the pocket game, Of course"
All he could do, Lafayette Und.) man
couldn't light the lamp though he used every tooth in
his wifes hair comb for matches But there was an ex
poson next morning that the kerosene wasn't respon
iibie for.
Scene: Recitation in metaphysics. Pro-
fessor- Which Is the most delicate Of the senses2 Sc
nior-The sense O. touch. Professor-GNe an exam
pie. senior--My chum feel his moustache, but no
one can see 1t.
-Guest--" Shtrikesh me-in theshe Albam
n'gosh' 'atonsh tactish Gov'mcnt been anything but
ju idioush !" Host-Jucdioush good My dear bov,
you meant to shay duJshous,' shposhc? Letsh Join
The ladiesh !'-PHHh.
An Iowa man recently died from swal-
lowing pocketknke and injurious medical treatment
lie gut YER nicely II long the
knife was closed but when the doctor gave him open
Ing medicine II killed him.
Somebody in Wisconsin having, FOR
some unexplained reason occasion to look into geo
graphy, has discovered striking likeness between the
northwest boundary line Of that State and the three
cent postage portrait Of Gen. Washington.
If the court martial in the case of Mar
,hal Bazaine should result IN conviction It Is said
that similar tribunal will undertake to inquire what
Louis Vcrhucl knows about fighting. 1t Is not antic
patcd that the exEmperor will attend In person.
A man in Florida whose creditors were
numerous In the habit Of carrying his unpaid bills
In the brcastpocket Of his coat. few days ago a
rufan tried to stab him, but the bundle of unpaid bills
Intercepted the knife, and saved his life. Moral Don't
pay your bils but keep them In your breast pocket.
A lady living in Van Zant avenue.
South Norvalk, Conn recently set hen for the pur
pose Of Matching brood Of chickens The hen left In
her nest two eggs Unmatched The lady put the In
her BOSOM aud In three hours the shells ppped,
and two chickens forth, and are now thriving.
A French wife called OH nm apothecary
In Paris for medicine for her husband, who Was H.
The prescription was put up and handed to the lady
with a smile. 1T will be three francs" Three
fr nee 20 she exclaimed "n costs much that per.
hps you had better keep IT, for be may perhaps be dead
when return"
...--..rs" NaY. cIlslrep said q aSundny school
gentienian ,s,or WhV lad been talking tbs ecaOls"s
about good" people and bad people. " now chill
dren. when walking In the street speak TO some
persons meet and don't speak to Others aud what
the reason ?" He expected the reply would be, Be-
good and others are bad" but to his
dscomnture the general shout was Because some are
rich and Others are poor !"
AT Il funeral, lately, there stood in the
house OF the dcfunct an old.fashioncd clock, which
when II finished the announcement OF the meridian
hour. made to play tune The oneiating minister
was In tho midst of his sermon when. noon having ar
rived the clock commenced striking twelve. Ia avery
s06nd cone iIpresrt kedrtrs 3e iEsv,ssSs
flight Of time; but the exhortaton was evidently ine
tectye as the clock instantly followed with the CHEEKY
old notes OF " Take your time Miss Lucy"
The Car of Russia is reported TO be
again subject to ns Of profound melancholy Durins
his recent visit to sNadia, the Emperor lived very
solitary life, and constantly sombre and taclturn
For hours together he would occupy himself In SOLITARY
walks remain shut up in his room, where he saw nc
pne The mystical ideas by which he has for some year.
been possessed have obtained great influence h
mind and, according to the testimony Of individual
itr mn -srIsss,s, - 5ss,sss, - s~sst-l
srs art seriously affected.
A man in Delaware having heard that
the earth reyoyes at the rate OF about housant
miles an hour has arranged plan for going NJ n bal
loon and remaining stationary while the earth Is permit
ted to slide away beneath He thinks that by this meant
he can reach California In couple Of hours merely by
shooting up from Wilmington In his balloon and thcr
dropping down again as soon as the Rocky Mountain
are observed TO go past. He has the whole thing ar
ranged In perfect ordcrthe balloon and the place
TO start from, and his map, ahd so fouh-so that th
scheme cannot possibly fail; and all he wants TO maxi
the thing complete Is to ind something to tie the bal
loon to in order to hold II st while Il Is up II
the air.
A scientist has at last solved the an
client conundrum, Can Ethiopian change his skin p
This Ia the way he proposes to do The candldat
will be nrst subjected bath Of alkaline water HaN
Ing been well elcsus,d, he is placed in room where
reliable Thermometer indicates 10 degrees of fahrer
het After fifteen minutes baking the PARTIAL
cooked victim t0diuCced 20 abatG OF chlorine Hd,er
1t the ordinary temperature. The heat has opened al
he pores 50 tho chlorine Aows IA and reaches tn
sooring matter To keep It In the pores must be closed
To close the pores the subject must he introduced int
IN ice cellar where he spends ten minutes In absolute
Igony but relative bliss for the next step is TO drop hi
Exhausted form into water heated 10 is0 degrees. Il
err 2, '.-.- -s.f.> ls .-.IS.s
natter and departs with H. and our colored brother 1
tolored no more.