The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-20
sun BEf MS.

Two grand jurors are on trial In Rattt-
more ior ATTEMPTING 10 uiacKmai man against whom
the District Attorney had asked for an indictment,
| students ut the Wesleyan Universitv
decided. Monday evening to Withdraw from tho In
tercocgate Rowing Association and Join the New
Eng and Association
| Temperance has been marked featuf :
| OF the Moody and sankey revival In Chicago. Ma
drunkards professed, being converted, to lose ali
trace Of appetite for stlmulants. e,@
In Springfield, Mass, tramps who get
lodging breakfast at the citys expense are put To
work In the streets four day One morning
nfeen Of party Of twenty broke and ran, thus eGcap
ing the work.
"A religious conflict is in progress in
Thompsonville. Conn. Mrs. Greenbalch, Methodist.
battered her Unitarian sons because he would nos
acknowledge the truth Of the doctrine ofsanet atom
| He mad her arrested, ard the end is not yet ~
"A San Francisco man went to n mas
querade In the guise OF giraffe and got drunk thas
on the way home he fell in gutter. policeman sup
posing that beast had escaped from the menagerie
got rope approached cautiously. lassoed the uddled
matquerader and tied him to tree before the mistake
| was discovered. - D
The new Sultan has fixed nj the fol-
lowing figures the monthly allowances TO be paid to
the families OF his predecessors The family OF the
Abdul Askto receive IN the aggregate an average Of
$1,000 piastres, and that Of the exsultan Murad
900 piastres. Turkish pasre Is equal to four and
one third cents.
Since the establishment of the oin-
chona in India, the Royal Botanical Gardens at Calcutta
have become the centre from which other useful plants
have been distributed for accmstizaton. The ipeoa.
cuanha has proepered to attain high commercial
value, anu the Introduction OF caoutchouc. rubber
yielding plants, has been attended with very gratifying
results. . I
Lord Beaconsfleld's father, Isaac Dis
raeli withdrew from the Jewish comm union IN 1916
and so determined the future Of his gifted In that
year Isaac nned $40 for refusing to serve as
warden In synagogue, and. refusing to pay, was de-
MED by two three votes the immunity he
lie then cut loose from the religious body In which DO
was born and never after affiliated with t.
"A promising youth Of only seven sum-
mers, who had been accused Of not always telling tho
truth, cross-e1amined his father. Father. did you
use to lie when you was boy ?" No, my son." said
the parental who did recall the with any
tnctncss Nor mother either ?" persisted the young
lawyer. mo; but why ?" "oh, because l don't 500
how tS people who told lie could have q poy
that tells as many as do"
Lafayette Grover. Governor of Oregon
Il Of the late Dr. John Grover OF Bethel Me- and
a graduate Of Bowdoin College lie emigrated TO tho
Territory of Oregon In 1850 served several tho
Legislature, and became the first Representative In
Congress after the Territory had been admitted
State At the time no 10 completing second
term q Governor. and the 4th OF March Will epter
the United States senate for the long term. -
The business Of theatres throughout
the country, SAYS the Dramatic kepS, s unfavoraby
affected by the Brooklyn disaster. The same paper
says Spectators IRE having hard time at the city
theatres. People who used TO call them with tho
greatest anxiety for seats In the front manly
want places the last the door The specu-
lstors have had to change their base of operations
the choice seats Of theatre have changed their loa-
tion."
"A few months ago an elegantly dressed
woman, the wife Of rich merchant. was drunk IN
Baltimore street that she could not stand. and a po
liceman arrested her Her husband secured her re.
lease. and the incident made q secret She prom.
hed never TO drink intoxicating oucr again Lately
she was found lying drunk IN gutter. this tmo
the husband would do nothing to hide her shame sha
was publicly fined IN police court. and discarded by
her family
"A Baltimore policeman found a family
In an awful plight. Every member had been stricken
with scarlet fever children had died. not Of
the disease. but Of starvation There mOrsel
Of food in the garrett and every available article Of
furniture clothing had long before been pawned
The wife was abed unconscious and the nus band had
stretched himself on the door TO die THIS In.
cited an organized effort to the destitute per
sons or that city
A dealer advertises miniature grottoes
representing Our Lldy OF Lourdes appearing to tho
peasant Bernadete." lie says; This grotto. which
can be- easy made BY any ordinarily skllful lady or
gentleman when properly placed has proved source
OF great Pront to the managers Of fairs char
iaulc eAulD4tohs, VINO nhl thnt people not only
happy 10 be edited by sight sympathetic. but are
always willing TO expend something In charity Tor the
privilege OF beholiing 50 striking model Of the place
and occasion u the greatest miracles % modern tines
The great Swedish University of Upsala
will celebrate the aooth anniversary Of rs Institution
next year. Already preparations are being made for
the event, but the hope Of unveilng statue of stem
sturc. the monarch IN whose reign the University was
born Qi77) will not be gratned. the fund for that
purpose Is Insufficient The University is not only thu
Oldest but the richest In Scandinavia, having received
valuable estates from Gustayus Nasa aud GustavuG
Adolpnus H. II has 30 professors, % a .slstant
professors and so tutors with 1900 mariculated stu
dents.
An engineer in the employ of the
lIhehish Railway Company had narrow escape from
death 'he other day. aud owed his life his pes-
ence OF mind. AS he walking around sharp curva
near the machine at Dusseldorf. he heard tha
Nervcrs train numbering along just behind him. and
saw the Cologne tram coming up rapidly from the op-
positc direction. As there time 20 cross tue
other track he threw himself FIAT the ground tut be-
tween the two TRACKS, and Just grdzel 10y The bot
tom OF tue oosrds which run along The railway car
riages.
The King Of Greece aud the royal fam
iy on returning to Athens after SIX months absence
IN Denmark, we're Warmly welcomed. Tne harbJr and
tue streets were gayiy decSel with gs torchlight
procession Of the students testify tncir loyalty took
place in tne evening II was Joined by thousand %
the cizeus. when they reached the palace the King
appeared on the balcony response to ih deafen
ilg cLceIs said: 81 thank you from full heart Sucha
reception We snail never forget long as We 1--we.
nope tha 1t will please Goa to let Us attain that foT
which We are all so earnestly striving.
A question has arisen among whale
men a. to the possible early determination OF the wal
rus. Probably not less than nfty thousand walrusce
win their young were last killed aud destroyed
10y onr A. cite wAalemen. Since the whale has been
driven NORTH the walrus has become the main lance
OF the natives for their food cOtulng boots aAd dwell