The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-21

Titled King Poppy"
spelling for the drinks is the popular
pastime ia Vrgna CITY saloons.
The Mormons propose to have a Cen.
tennia u their own In Salt Lake city.
Carl Schur4 is to deliver a centennial
Grafton at Council Bluffs IN the I,h Of July next
A ship loaded with gifts received by
the Prince Of walcs In India 10 its way to Eu.aai
a pair of japanese coolies will travel
from forty 70 tixy mics day and draw full.grown
man. In those two.wheeled gigs they call "jyurick.
isha."
"A Frenchman has written n book on
" Dandylsm and George Brummen." which contains Gu
rious and hitherto unpublished facts about the great
beau"
Piper, the convicted murderer OF Mabel
Young IN Boston, his appetite and part OF the iimo
his hands kept fastened behind his back prevent
tefdestruction.
The father of the Leland family Of
hotel keepers simon Leland drove nst stage over
the Green Mountains and established the Green Noun
tdnCo House at L.ndgrovc almost century ago.
British officers pride themselves upon
never wearing their uniforms except whcn on duty.
The Duke Of Cambridge has Just directed youn. IA.
ccr who got drunk and was noisy. to wear his uniform
constantly for one year.
The unique library OF Franz Hardin
ger. the great Vienna book collector who died recently,
Is TO be sold II consists Of 81 600 volumes and rich in
German pays Of the sixteenth century and in the Ger
man classics. every edition Of which II contains
M. Guillaumc Guizot IN n lecture nc
the College de France, discussed the fertile suD ct
Who wrote Shakespeare" and traced the origin o. he
theory that Bacon was the man to American woman
named Bacon. who was anxious to glorify her name
sake.
"A young American lady who has en-
Joyed the privilege OF taxing stron with the poet
Tenny on, incidentally mentions In letter TO friead
that "t seriously affected tho of the situation
when he paused during the walls " scratch HIS back
against gate post"
The Welsh colonists I'm Patagonia are
almost In starving condition. Tho colony u Tho
rvcr Cnupat, and the and ike that OF Egypt depends
for It's fertility the rising Of the river. The past
the Chupat dd not rise and there was 10 crop 1t
Is expected that the Argentine Government will hep
thecolonis,s to tide over their troubles.
The colorod Christians of Augusta, Ga.
have religious ceremony which they call Marching
out Of Egypt" The worshppers meet about nine in the
evening snd, amid solemn chanting march around ina
circle hour after hour Those who hold out until Day
break considered the chosen ones. destined for
heavens but those who faI hy The wayside not IN
state Of grace.
The nth ana concluding volume of
Mr. Frecman's History OF the Norman Conquest"
will be published Besides chapters tie effects
OF the Conquest ami full examination Of nomeslny,
1t will contain the history Of the rigns OF william Ru-
fus Henry l. ana Stephen mainly with rrgtrd - the
fuson ~ Normsns aud English and short sketches OF
succeeding relgns down 10 Edward III 1872.
That the English are not above picking
mp good thing IL proved by the fact that SIR charles
Reed Chairman Of the London school Board, presided
- spelling hoe het~een % ladies' and % gentlemen.
Sir Charles remarked that Il stu gular tact that
educated English people were often denclent in sps-
Ing. He hoped to good results from these match
England he had in America. ami suggested
geographic n aud historical public competitions.
The ridiculous statement by Warden
Chamberlain OF the Massachusetts state prison. TO the
effect that there is regularly organized society or
criminals n Boston, contradicted by lawyers and de-
tectves familiar with the workings OF those who prey
upon the community. The thieves also deny H. one %
them saying that such organization would be most
dangerous the thieves themselves; for you know
We wouldn't trust each other, and would Oe all
bagged together"
-Thcpetty kind ofpresents distributed by
the Prince OF wales ia India exciting astonishment and
dissatisfaction In that land Of magnnccnce and pomp
Among the articles in return for presents which
Impoverished princes were clasp knives, drinking horns.
opera glasses. aud pencil cases An Indian newspaper
thinks that the puryeyOr OF this extraordinary
has apparently been guided In deciding what The Indians
would probably IKE by the works of Fennore Cooper
and rcininiscencos OF catlin's exhibition"
The British Empire Is So immense and
includes many barbarous nations that there al
ways two or three wars going on Within the Queens
mni0ns The latest outbreak II In Feelec, where
eral powerful tribes have renowned Christianity and
assallel the frontier settlements. The trouble haG its
origin IN the irghtful spread q measles among the
native population less than 35 900 having
prisht from the plague the introduction OF which tie
| FeeieeaEs attribute TO British carclessncss.
A virulent and heretofore unknown
malady has broken out Ragged Harbor. Trinity hay
Newfoundland SIX strong men were carried % ny it
within few hours after the beginning OF the stack.
The usher people Call It black death. and appears 10
be som form Of blood poison. The symptoms are an
II tint M.rg An a..
the cali atNolhus aud darkening OF the nssh IN the
neehborhood Of the pam. gradual spreading - TIE
Inflammation upward, vomiting, loss Of consciousness,
aud finally death
According to q Brazilian correspondent,
that empire must be the paradise OF criminals. Mur
drers and robbers cannot he arrested unless sNeu IN
the act and It Is not iomect with going at
large who known 10 have kicd number Of people.
Shouida man be murdered, hts relatives must pro
cute, II they have money enough the authorities viii
not act Of their accord. or sovcntytwo prisoners
IN the House of Detention m Pernambuco twcntyulae
were ia Prison for murder. and thiryone for stabb,g
and attempting ~ kl.
Although the Rev. T.. ID. Winslow was
noted for hs At Methods, reyyas it Is imps
sblc 10 nld any OF his converts. It hat while
board the Rotterdam steamer Jut before his departure
| for Europe, Nius ow wrote 10 the Rev Lorenzo r..
Thaycr, of the Vast Meridian Church. where tc
forscr had recently converted one hundred and SKY
persons to the effect that he wished every one rs
converts 70 be readnittei he ic that his work lad
not been cloanly done. meeting called to cae,t
| the object but not wiusiow convert vas ready 20
| stand Up and be counted
| "A gentleman in Great Darlington. Mass,
has geography published f. London IN 17i9 In VIII n
California Is described as an island, aud nap lie SIS
showing It 70 he eaurclY surrounded bY water Ths
book tells Of tree IA Fiori, the leaves Of which, q
brusod ant thrown into large poud Of water. all nc
beasts which drak thereof VIII swell up and hurst
asnnd,r" II says that the afr Of Pennsylvania Is gn-
orally granted 10 be clear ana sweet the heavens being
seldom oycrc tst with clouds" and tilt the length u
days and ng.ts Is much the same As "a Sow Jersey"
There chapter devoted to l,artes OF Vow lora'
IN which It Is said that IA divers parts OF NeN YORK
ESPECIALLY those nigh unto and u9on the blnhs Of tho
| River Connccucuu grows sor OF snake.veed, whose
root much esteemed Of for the biting Of the rattle
snake"
Last Christmas Eve the family of
Berlin radcsm,n, who had formerly been pro-p rous
| but was then bankrupt were sitting sorrovfu,ly
around tncir open nrcplcc The househ been nearly
emptled Of it, furniture to meet the exccuuous OF
ju ignent creditors, ana pronissory note for COO
| marAs was overdue Suddenly thc door bell rang, ani
| ssH.. g q.