The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-21

"A Connecticut druggist received n pre-
scrption calling for eight inches Of blood.root
IF n tenth part OF the eggs deposited
hatch out there will he greashoppefs enough o aavour
every green III. In the State OF Minnesota ne year
Two actors and IN actress are travel
ling In the South the "walack Theatrical Troupe'
Tney perform play in which each takes two chsrsc-
! tiers.
The grain imports into Great Britain
for the wear ending August 81 1875. 1is.7ptIls
cwt. an increase Of nearly 22,OoO00o cwt. over thu
preceding year.
The negroes of South Carolina are led
BY fanatic named P3msr who claims TO De the
OF Christ by the Father to rasc the backs out OF
poverty and lead them to riches.
AT Steeten, Nassau. have lately been
discovered Ia calcarrous cavern perfect bones OF
lion. rhinoceros, elephant, and other animals now IN
known to Europe In a Wild state.
On the first of this month new reg
ulation OF the British Board Of Trade came into
force comp hing every ship to carry inextusushsbe
| lights adapted to be afnxed TO life Ouoys
The colony Of Punta Arenas, or sandy
Pom, In the straits Of Magellan the most southern
| civilized community on tho globe. The population In
1893 was 1876 and IN 1870 Liza not including the
natives Of the urroundng county.
"A Vienna journal has invented the
story that Russia made treaty with United states.
IN August, by which the cedcd oKhotsk, with
adjacent territories to the latter In exchange for sey
| eral ironclads and 10 100000 roubles.
| The trip of Sir Sdar Jung TO England
having only the trinng Of $500 600 the Iy.
deraDad Government has thrown out half miIlion
the Minister'S expenses the great Delhi
Durhar, when Victoria IL to be proclaimed Emprc's.
The Marine Insurance Company of
Geteburg have awarded 4 reward TO swedish boy OF
twelve. through whose intelligence mainly vessel was
brought safely from South America TO England. when
captain other officers ey I'LL
ness
Horse cars are making great progress
In France. Msrsees the urst city to employ them
extensively They It's leading thorOughfares-
French newspaper anticipates that they VIII lesd to
the improvement Of the omnibuses and reduction OF
| the fares " CABS.
| "A lady suggests in the Nevada Tort
tOriuI EnerbtHe that punccmen be armed WITH cords
instead Of cuos She says that "a rope could
be quickly tnrown the offenders head OF shout
ders pinonng his arms, and thus preventing suy re-
sstance ON his pert"
| The cultivation of Mocha coffee at
Cayenne has been practically abandoned during the
past few years. Thousands Of fee trees averaging
sixteen feet In height. sun flourish In the forests Of tue
inhabable part Of the colony. aud although rich In
| foliage. no longer bear blossoms.
| A very useful addition has just been
made to ordinary warnings By the Dr sh Adlni-
raltY It consists IN nrng explosive charge Of half
pound Of gun cotton at nseryAs OF fifteen minutes
| ounug togo When there - little wind, a. Il usual IN
| fOgs, the sound IA heard three niles on.
| "A poet has died, leaving property
enough 10 ueqdoah nan. ome sum to university for
scholarships. The poet was AnastAsius GRIN, the
money 30 900 gu n, and he had earned II all BY
his literary labors. lie has bequeatned 20 the same
purpose also the fu urc income from his worSs.
-Vscount Gornanstown, who has late
ly died In Ireland voted against the aolisnment
| OF the Protestant state Church, although Roman
Catholic lie respected Of all parties The
present vscount received the Telegram Of his fathers
| death while travelling In this country fortnight asD.
There are ITO hle-saving stations on
from Maine to Florida. thirty on the lAhes.
anu eishi the Pacific. employing LOO mon. Tho
Is OF New jersey Long Island, and North Carolina
the dangerous Each keeper gets 500 year.
they have saved 3i6s lives In the last four years
The VolkS-Zcuung OF Berlin tells OF
two wealthy ladies OF that city belonging TO highly re-
spectacle circles who have been sentenced 10 fourteen
days imprisonment IN the common jail for stealing
| pot o. flowers which poor woman had placed upon
the Of her cld and removing 1t to the Cemetery
| VI the Geotgen kIrohe.
The life OF an Australian squatter 10
struggle twxt drought aud hood. He s now terribly
distressed by the former. The rvers are choked By
the cArcasses OF sheep ana oxen which have dlsd OF
thirst, and they Obliged to Kil the lambs 10
the sheep. ON station eOOo head Of cattle have
persisted, and ON another TO- 900 sheep.
Many French words have crept into
German to which bismarck objects. They
uhtu III ttTuhn fOat Oucebt Wncfc inc Norub rfot,
returned" charged" &C, are 1t mped In French
Bismarck has ordered tue substitution Of German words
IN these and IN all other Government onaces where
Galic phrases have insinusted themselves.
The desire for engagements In New
YORK dramatic companies strong. Mr., Meyicker adj
Nertised Tor actors and actresses for the Lyceum
pany. and now he says in second advertisement
The numerous applicants over 800 In numDer) Who
have not received replies to their letters HEREBY
tined that their services this time be made
available"
Sandy Melville, horse thief, was SEN
fenced III Council Bluns, to nve years imprisonment
He had long been = notorious rascal Just before his
start for tie penentary, he was married to woman
who hac good home aud respectable connections
She haa fallen IN love with him while nursing him dur
ing his recovery from wound that he had received
an encounter with officers.
The buildings OF the Paris Exhibition
OF 1873 will cover space OF 1350OO0 square yards.
They are to be OF iron nled with brrk work, aud
VIII have tue form OF PJ thagorean table e. II
passed through direction the sln ~ PROD uctons
OF different countries may be inspected. while
IN the ohr dirett the product. of any oua
county may be passed IN review.
| According to the Dramatic Neius, the
actor James oNeil has a photograph OF Adelaide
Nelson, Inscribed In her handwriting To the mos
adm Irabe OF HOmS0s." She gave him the picture at
the ose OF All engagement with her In the West a.
compliment TO his good acungI but Lewis Morrison
hsa -iniar pi ure, similarly Inscribed and preeeute
under similar circumstances There are several no
Iseos yet 10 hear irom.
The magnificent revelations of Chan.
tiy, In progress at the expense OF is pos-essor
the Due dAumae. are rapidly approaching completion,
the more 30 that tho Bishop Of tho
ed TO The masons employed working on Sundays. A
large portion Of the paac" destroyed IN the nrst
revout On, aud the remainder became so all pidated
that when the Prluce dc Condo received the CIar thera
IN lSlA they had 10 put up thcir umbrellas In the gal,
lerier. During the Second Empire Chantiy was held
nominay by an Eng ish banking house who bought IA
Tor the Duke
In the late sittings OF the Working
mems Congress IN Paris, Madame Raout presented q
report u1on the wretehedy paid labor OF women.
Many made chemises al ra1cs $50 ceut) Dozen half
= dozen day being the average amount completed
Other worE was IN proportion. Tho report recon.
mende that ~or&women should associate COD peratiyely
in Urge Establishments where they could not only re-
ceye " ges, but snare the pronts now accruine Ia
employers unul women found way Of doing tha
successfully NJ chance existed OF aneliorating their
condition. The worklngmcu's associations OF Paris
represented At the Congress by 253 deeeates ana