The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-24
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palY used tOr p asked teacher OF pupil.
poses 81 exploration" was the reply. -
Tho high price OF meat in England has
brought light tho fact that there is at present lea,
live stock In that country than IN any other Europe
"A man has been sentenced to months
imprisonment At hard labor. IN Enniskillcn Ireland
for stealing sucks valued penny from Lord Bel
more's estate
Princes Fredericka. daughter OF ths
blind ex.Kns Of Hanover s ssid to be the most beau.
tful princess 10 Europe She 10 the and con,
slant companion Of her father.
Warren Parker OF Adrian, Mich, has
bid for distinction In eanness by forging the q
one sweetheart to note. and using the money 30 oh,
tained IN eoping with another.
Strict silence is not enforced IN all
rrapplst converts In that Quebec the inmates
are allowed the privilege OF saying fd moufr (we
must die) as often as they think proper
Mr.. Valentine, the sculptor, has nnisli-
ed the recumbcn statue Of Robert r. Lee and It viii
BE- placed in suitable structure above the Con-
federatc lenders grave at Lexington, Va.
Mr.. Gladstone invited the Jubilee Sing,
ers to take tea with him last month"; They sang John
Brown" much to the satisfaction Of their host who
said There is real inspiration in that song"
"A sure cure for pain In hollow tooth
ss mixture OF powdered alum and common salt apt
piled with ock Of cotton wool. sensation Of colds
follows the application after which the pain grad
ually subsidies.
The iucessant changes of ministers and
other high funcionares in Turkey explained ~ tho
fact that considerable goes sultans privy
purse at each change tho money having to b. paid ~
the Incoming officials
"A number OF visitors went to Wis
consn cemetery to dog that said to be watch-
ing faithfully the grave of his dead When
they got there he seen cha ing brinde cat up an
alley two blocks away.
Three men were shot in n row at n BAH
at Gaudaloupe Col one OF them refused to stop dane
ing until physician arrived, and then only long enough
to have the bullet extracted from his back but, upon
trying to dance again, he fell and died.
John Laight aged sevcuty-threc, and
Sarah Coons, aged seventy. we're married LACEY in,
Somerset, Ky. They had, in 1915 been husband ana
wife, nut had quarrc led ard separated by divorce and
subsequently each had b cn married twice.
M. Thome de Gamond, the well-Snowna
French engineer who the first to put forward In
any practical shape the scheme for the sunmlrfno
between France and England. and who devoted
thirty years Of his life to propagating his ideas, dea
In Paris on FEB. 4.
He entered n car door. When tho
brakeman inside and took key out of his peck.
ct. unlocked tho stove, put some wood and locked
the door az he asked him what no locked the stovo
door for The brakeman shut his left eye, end said ho
locked the door so the IRE couldn't go out
"A young lady residing in the West was
presented with handsome Bible Of the ny
leaves Of which were written the folio ling hnesfAf
truthful than poetcsl
"Ipressea! you with the only thing, dear Miss.
Mr.. Punch being asked his opinion Of
the present ladies' dress replied: e" highly approve or
the present fashion, comprehend as It does the high
est 81 the two most distinguished models Of fc-
male beauty having IN front tho Venus dc Medici, be-
hind the Venus de Gottcntot"
The Italian lotteries are n source of
great revenue to Victor Emanue.'s Government. IN
year spectators deposited sl5.OO0O0o In
the puonc treasury. and the paid out in prizes
&C., did not amount to $4,000 900. thaI
the Government nctied t5,0OO,Ooo.
"A country editor once received the fol-
lowingi Dear sir; have looked carefully and pa,
ieny your paper for six months for the death o.
some individual was acquainted with, but as yet not
sggle soul care anything about has dropped off, You
Will please TO have my name erased"
-Garibaldi receives visitors in an artr-
chair He Is supported by pillows, and Ia incapable 10
moving without crutches. The fingers OF both hancs
snened into utter rgdiiy, with tho exception on
the thumbs, His face, however. bears the hue %
health, and his mind remains as vigorous as ever.
DIR. Won Bulow said In Chicago: ~ tell
You the only why play Beethoven Mendeissohn.
ana these lis because the gigantic gnoramus with tho
Inevitable beer glass-the German music teacher Ru
America-has Interpreted so many Of these badly. y
would rather from choice play Wagner and Llsst.v
-Signor Cameo, a very old friend of Carl.
baldi, and bis comp inion in South America having
lately died without receiving extreme unotion tie 10.
Catholic church refuses Christian burial. aud thof
ia still above ground IN Florence. Garball has
written letter ADVISING the 0utn ng OF tho body,
which system he desires TO be app led to his ro
mains, he offers receive Cuneo's at Caprera
IA his family vault
"A Colorado paper, speaking OF a recen D.
wind says that the gale thckly freckcd wih
thlngs TO the eye, things living aud dead, that
fitted hither and thtAer gong and coming, appearing
and disappearing among the rolling pillows OF sce ana
dust. shingles barrels, coal buckets, aches and cinder
fragments % frame houses, horses mules and wagons,
while now and then human form scurried down tue
guch with the rush aud of the tempest.
A man who had just been reading Mark
Twain's Literary Nightmare" says the Austin, New,
Rere stepped into Main street saloon this
muttering, Punch brothers punch, with punch
In the presence Of the passenjire |" when retired
prize fighter who was snoozng In corner got up. and
accosting the nightmare fellow demanded. whose
you going to punch you bloody dufer2' Tho
other fellow tried to explain, but the lighter Dtisef
that he the other fellow had said Punch, brohers
punch punch that big Teller square tho
earl" The appearance VI the police prevented bloo1
shed.
Some curious and startling facts coma
corning the people who i've the canals glyen
In q recent English publication, entitled Our CAnaI
Population" IL appears that the canals and rivers
In England there not less than 400 many
wom and ~ 900 children; and that 10000 Of thesd
men ana women are living as HUSBANDS ana wives ia n
unmarried state, have 10000 Legitimate childrens
Mr.. Smith says Of these boamen and their families
"Nnoty1ye per cent. cannot read and write, ninety
per cent drunSards sixty cent. unmarried.
but living husbands and wives. Many OF the Doatera
their families have but home, lHtle more than
bed, and one SUIT OF clothes, and these not muck
better han Their cabin home ia scarcely the slEd
OF ash.box. but In this hole aud live to-
gcther. children born aud families are educatedl
| into vice and crime"
AT u masquerade ball recently given id
Atlanta young BeuedoK personated tho devil. Thoss
who saw him costume say he horrible TO beholds
During the evening, at time when the gay maskerU
were having their beat Joy this personAor requisite
ed TO go TO the door There he found summons frou
home run doctor. In tho excitement he forged
his mpersonatIon and rushed TO the Doctors ONCE and
rang the bell. The ringing was of such terrific yehe
that caused the doctor to get out Of bed and
rush In ne0h06 custom the door. He took one suds
den hasty glance 1T the dsturber OF his sumbers ana
| then ran Being important case, the young man
| rushed through the doorway and commenced vigor.
Gus search for tho fugitive physician. lie found him
under the bed with pistol In each hand II took Ions
tc convince the doctor that he wasn't really the