The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-24
SUM- IA MS,

land was recently caught by gypses, stripped OF air.,
clothing, aud sent home unhurt
The London Farriers' Company offor a
prze for the best Say on The veterin,rv rro,,
| and Practical Shoelng of Hor e."
"A workman fell from roof sixtv foo.
high IN Dublin, but. after descending twentv ,oo,
caught an iron bar. aud escaped worse intnrv 80
broken rib.
AT the general meeting Of the suea
Canal Company in Paris recently, NJ. de Lessen, -,
ported that dividend would be paid Of 1 franc "a
centimcs per share.
There seems to be mania for picture
stealing In England. Recently all the picture, in .
mansion at South Kensington were cut from theil
frame aud carried OF.
The English tract distributors are earlv
birds. One recently arrested In Lambeth for dis.
turong the Inhabitants by knocking at their doors at
| O'Clock In the morning.
"A little boy was attacked by three
water snakes In Vountown, Conn., the other day, and
when his father who rescued him, came up, all thu
snakes we're wound around the child's body
The Royal Society for the Protection
OF Life from Fire commenced It's labors in London
with only six escapes forty ago. II has now 13a
escapes and saved 7i1 lives curing the last ten years.
The Bank of England clips every light
sovereign that The Weighing Is done verv
quickly 5000 an hour being weighed by one machine.
In 1876 the BANK weighed G22 100000 worth OF coin
and rejected fSl0,000.
The bark True Love, just arrived Al
Edinburgh from Norway with q cargo OF ice IL one OF
he Oldest vessels anoat. She built In Philadephs
an l78t and has been active service SINCE At one
time she was successful whaler.
Prof. Marsh, Of Yale College, has oou>
tactsd with Dr. Field OF Springfield Mass for the use
OF certain lands that city and has workmeu as
work engaged in auarryins out "bird tracks" soms
excellent specimens Of which have been secured.
Edward TImmona fafbar nf T.0t.faA
Hawthorne the actress VINO killed by falling from
hotel window in Chicago has committed suicide IN
Middletown, Conn. lie was greatly depressed BY his
daughters death, and at length became demented.
They've got the mustang fever In Eng.
land. London paper advertises a remarkable
m tch against time" In which "Leon, famous Mexi.
can borsoman. lasso thrower. aud ranger" would
endeavor to ride ten mustangs 100 miles Ave hours.
An Iowa mother set her three months
old baby under tree the house. while she went
into garden for o moment. The child's screams
brought her 70 It immediately when she found that
pet pig had eaten OF both the baby hands part OF
Its face.
Mr.. Gage, who lectures on the electric
telegraph. EXHIBITS Pile sing experiment. He con.
meets the wires OF his battery upon hs lecture deak
with piano, In some house remote from the hail. and
the music is sent the wires, and audible to the
assemblage.
"A horseman passed through Lafayette,
NO. the other day, his way from Texas Michigan.
He was mounted on mustang which had carried him
all the way 1900 miles, with nothing to cxcepG
what It picked up along the roadside The mans en-,
tire baggage consisted Ola blanket and Iarat.
The exhibition of newspapers and
manuscripts to be opened at Prague, will contain
much Of interest. Seven thousand articles already
been contributed. many them curious Among
them Lords Payer IN 32l languages from the Impe-
rial Academy Of ST. Petersburg. There also very
valuable collection OF autographs.
The most CONSPICUOUS church in tho
neghborhood Of New YORK is et. MichAel's Church
Jersey City Heights. AT Its site Is the monastery Of thu
Pasonst Fathers probably the ascetic order Of
the Roman Catholic priests OF America The church 10
very large and beautiful. and be seen distinctly
from almost any pau of Mani tim Island.
The library Of the bibliophle Franz
Hardinger. who died at Vienna In January last, 10
shortly to be sold. IL consists Of 2l.000 volumes,
chiefly Of dramatic literature, relating archeol-
ogy. Among them Is q rare, II not unique complete
collection of the playbis OF the venna theatres from
the beginning Of the last century to the present time
"A writer from Constantinople says that
the Sultan spends the greater part ais time az
Yilds Kiosk, 1.-The Palace of the Stars which Is sur
rounded by delightful garden and is CHI irmingy cool
quiet Here his Ministers transact business with
him. and on moonlight evenings he wsnaers through
the garden with his mother, wife and children. and
seems to enjoy himself wonderful ly well.
"A bad boys father at Mile End. LON
don. fined for his sons truancy from school, anf
imprisoned for three days because he poor TO
pay the one. The boy repeated the offence whereupon
the unfortunate parent hearing he waste DC summoned
once more. declared be would rather make hole 10 thu
water than be imprisoned again for his sraceess ea.
and drowned hnnsef In the Resents Canal
The Thibodaux Iouisiana) Sentinel
says: "Nhile three hunting young grosbeSkE
In the swamp at chouplc. last week. OF them
seized by an alligator. which Indicted two severe
wounds. the calf Of his leg aud another hid
thigh. He was rescued by his companions, who were
luckily near hun. Attacks Of this KIND except
In and unfrequented oeAues. and the pr0bAbs
exclamation of the unusual ferocty Of tae alligator "
that Its nest was near"
Miss Antoinette Sterling, the contralto.
tells the following anecdote Of Charles Kingsley; She
was invited by the canon to Eversley vicarage and
while there sang his ballad, "rbs Three Fishers"
He had never seen me before" she says. but whenT
came to That OF the song which expresses the
pense OF the we ping women, heard him say, Go onx
that's right And when the suspense and the
bodies were lying on the sand. missing his excamb.
tons. looked and saw him .ittins with his fAeel
his hands, crying At mis- own pathetic story"
The Rev. Philip Berry of Belchertowu,
Mas will soon publish romaucs OF missionary life.
giving the history OF young from Ma sachusetu.
but native Of New YORK, named Randall. who wAs
taken from party of young while travelling from
Damascus Jerusalem forced marry the laush%
ter Of Bedouin sheik. Young Randall could not IS.
cape from the Arabs as his tent guarded by nghs
anu his watched by day so he concluded to sub
NIT, his wife was attractive. H. acquired the
Arabic language and his wife the English, their chill
dren learned both. and the result rainfall be
came powerful man among the Arabic tribes.
-Esmeralda Cervantes, court harp player
for Dom Pedro, is In this country professional
tour She barganed with an amusement manager 10
play In the Philsiephia AcadamY OF Music three
nights In concerts that being given on odd cone
dtons. She to get pay Tor the nrst Two nishs
but the third, II sue induced the Brazilian Emperor
to attend she to onehalf OF the receipts oil INT
over part OF the audltOriu n. Dom rs1ro c1nseated
for the sake Of his court musician 70 have his attendance
advertised, ana the result was that the Academy o.
Music crowded. slx hundred persons we're given
the The manager, IN settling VITA Is
merada refused pay her half OF the money paid ~
who had been given seats the stage and
aquarrel ensuing, the facts are made public
Moses w. Fiske, the comedian, has for
several years a"Mrs JarieyS WixworSs slOS,'in
which his pretty daughter ami others represent tina
figures The fun consists In the grotesqueness u hs
representations. and the humorous speech IN WHOM
MIR. Fske explains them. Aftor travelling throughout
this country he decided TO his enterprise TO tho
West Indies few days ago ne returned u tnls city.
Tha cd " "a IA IA H.