The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-11-15
Sun BEAMS.

-'Dnly i've days separated the conviction
and the ingng OF Catchngs md Moore, Texas muir.
dereis. The law to prompt do wn there TO get
the start Of ynchers.
twenty-five Chicago drunkards 40
cepted Moodys invitation be talked to in a oy
themselves, and tive " four Of them subsequently,
nounced that they had been converted.
In Wyoming Territory the officers
wives ana aundesses attached to regiments vote,
not being sworn into the Unlied states service" but
neither officers soldiers can do 50. Altogether It
lie estimated that 1900 women vote.
A little girl In Lewiston, Me-, was or
dered by her stcpmoiher to gloves to school as
OF curing her OF biting nor nails. The child re-
turned home barchanded anu the stepmother not only
replaced the gloves but sewed them fastt the nesh At
the wrists
A Sunday-school teachcrwas giving q
lesson Ruth She wsnted to bring out tue Kindness
OF Bosz in commanding the re pers drop large hand
fuls Of wheat. "Now children" she said Boar did
another thing for Isuh can you tell me what 10
wN2" IN rried her ~ SAID one OF the boys
Travellers on the Metropolitan Rail-
way IN LONDON have oeen greatly annoyed recently BY
blowing sses" a party OF noisy gentlemen who
amuse themselves by yelling aud shouting fearfuly
whenever the tram they in enters atunnel Two OF
the gang were captured and given into custody, buf
got on by the payment Of three shllnRs each.
The patron OF n vacant benefice near
Frcisadt In Germany, Freherr Paul Dyherra, has
recently to the great " Ultramontanes be-
slowed the beuence Old Catholic priest. An sp.
peal % made to Berlin. but the authorities there de-
cned TO interfere the ground that the Fack church
laws of Prussia make no distinction between Catholics
snd oil Catholics.
The late Miss Martineau left in her will
Especial injunction against the publication OF any OF
her private lstters. London correspondent Of tho
Leeds Mercury also writes; Il under.tind TINT Miss
Martineau mad only completed her autobiography
hcr n he had A u A
and corrected All that 10 be done, 10 fact 10
20 have the sheets bound aud Issued by publisher
On the occasion Of the conservation OF
anew church at Maidstone IN Kent the other dav, ths
Archbishop of Canterbury ordered some Of now.
ers which asd been placed on the communion table &c
be removed. At the luncheon afterwari the Archesh
op SAID although the flowers perfectly harmless,
they not In legal sense, church ornaments aud
therefore ought not to have been put the comm
mon table.
If they do not have very good news
papers 10 Paris they have plenty of them. and new
frequently making their appearance. On
October IS. the Fen Pbrisfer. cheap evening jour
nal. and L> Rlsment with N. Toain as director. ver
issued. and little later. LHoinme Libre OF whose
principal editors Is Louis Banc started, and later
still. on November l. tue Reuolanon made Its nrst
appearance.
A peculiar horse transaction took place
at mschcid, in Germany, the other day. IL wa
less. the purchaser should pay nothing for him. but
that II he weighed 1909 pounds. 800 marks about
tl5 should be paid for each pound the 900 Tnt
horse, on being driven on the scales, was found Il
weigh LAS pounds which, under the agree tent, made
his price 400 MARKS. equal TO about $1,000.
Notwithstanding the suppression of tho
converts IN Ialv there are IN q prefecture Of Flor
ence alone a. the present time 123 cOnventu hsttu-
ton, with 100 nuns sisters aud $50 monks. In
other districts Ut Tuscany the istc institutions ara
sill hlurishng. Several canonical penalties are i'm.
posed by the authorize. of the Church upon all thu
members of the converts who become seoul rze "a aud
endeavor free themselves from their old Obligations.
Renowned rs the Egyptian ladies are
for the rchness OF their attire they would regard IL as
highly ndccorous to display upon the street the ms-
nincence OF their dress. When they 20 as.n.- Lhs
streets OF C'iro shopping expeii'ions tn cover
them elves with disma robe OF back. As general
rule. whatever they are compelled to exhibit TO the
puoc simplicity itself. while whist hc'
for private inspectIoni is gorgeou. IN tne extreme.
The London Ladies Educational Asso-
cation which opened It, Mn sess Of morning lee
lures Oct 49, had tendance last OF 39i ladies.
The lego has been irving the experiment
Of mixed classes the 'tures Jlrl-pruience.
Roman law, political economy. and geology.
open TO stu Tents Of both sexes Ia the department OF
nne arts the extraordinary exception Ide that only
men allowed to draw from the nude female model.
The fall of Juggernaut is being widely
last year from the the temp OF Pooree pro-
duced powerful sensation. The impression Ia widely
spread that IL betokened the end OF Juggernaut his
temple, and worship Those VINO have examined the
temple say that It must soon fail the walls being all
ready nteraced with the nbres branches OF trees
which Of time the whole structure
10 coll ipse.
What is known as the Lion Sermon"
preached Oct % by Dr. whit,emore the rector OF
st. Katherine In London. One Sir john Gayer. mer-
chant and Lord Mayor OF London In time Of Charles
l.. while traveinyin Africa. wonderfully delivered
from hon while praying earnestly to escape. on Lis
return home he deposited fLnd with the trustees Of
his parish. order that every year comnemoration
might be preached accon panled by distriou-
ton OF gifts TO the poor.
The Rev. DR.. Cattell tells his Methodist
fellow preachers, III one Of their Monday meetings,
that the PRAYING bands OF their denomination might
appropriately be called "braying bands" Now that
equivalent TO saying that number Of the most
active and represen atve Methodss state
ment that Brother Caite will nnd difcuit to prove,
Doubtless there asses among Mehodsts IN and out
OF pupus but W. do not believe that their number n
equal TO the membership Of the praying bands.
Il have a friend" writes the Whitehall
Rerie,c, who unable to leave london himself this
autumn. but whose wife children enjoying
the brecEes of their native Scotland for few weeks
wishing to say something civil 10 him. and know,
ing that he and his better haf got pretty well
toRetntr rcinarhfu ne must feel ratltr
~ without Mrs X. aud the little ones Yes,' ha
replied, / do; but the wind tenperel 10 the slorn
lamo; and you see, when my wife is away can smoKe
IN bed"
The island OF Valentia, the terminus Oh
the Atlantic cables In Ireland Is the property Mr..
Fitzgerald. Knight OF Kerry" and It's exre ne poAt
is the most extreme westerly point one easily
accessible, In Europe. The knight Is constant resi-
dent ana taxes great interest ia his which pre-
sents most favorable specimen of IRISH property.
The traveller nnds a neat ana comfortable inn, and
the scenery from Killarney Naentia ami thence via
Wsteryile ana Kenmare To Cork VIII amply repay him.
Naentia produces enormous 81 bs fsltte.
With reference to color blindness, or
the lack power distinguish coors It Is stated that
very few Of the persons affected conscious OF thu
defect IN their vision Many railway accidents ara
by the color blindness OF railway employees.
and the Swedish Halfway Direction has recently Or
dered examination to be made by ocusts Of all thu
men In its employ as to guard against the DANGER
Professor lilo mgren, who his Just examined the en
poyees of the Upsala Gene Railway. found that out Of
266 persons examined, eighteen were color blind, aud
so utterly united for the railway service.
A London correspondent who recently
visited the Empress Eugene describes her tht