The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-16
SUNBEiMS.

1900 'Ou'"e' ITO
Galveston, Texas is becoming the port
OF expectation for the productions OF tho Mexican
| mines.
"A beautiful new station has been built
In most charming architecture on the New Jer,ev
| Central Railroad at Netherwood, near Piainncid
"A poor shoemaker ut Mort, in France.
ia the father Of fortynv children all Of whom are .tl
living Each of his three successive wives presented
| him with fifteen children.
| The Sultan of Zanzibar has received in
state. made his wife. in contradisuncon from the
sixty inmates OF his harcm. the divorced wife Of his
| brother. the Prince Of Muscst
| Lord de In Zouohe has commenced a
suit In London against his wife, for dissolution u
marriage. the ground OF her alleged nndelltY The
| Earl Of Mayo Is ono Of the correspondents.
| The other day a Black Hills STAGE
driver undertook to horsewhp his passengers into
| ting out and pushing up hill. but the Toldseekers
held aCoroners Inquest and found that he died Of
monfa.
| "A hotel in Kansas has the following
notice displayed IN the bedrooms "Gentleme Wishing
to commit suicide will please take the centre OF tho
room, to staining the bed aen walls. and furn-
| turo with blood"
There Is a lady living In Richmond,
Ind, who married twelve years Of age. When
hfteen years old she tue mother of children.
and when thirty her children numbered ten. Eight Of
her children are now living.
"A skating rink accident is thus de-
| scribed by a Kentucky reporter; She struck out
couldn't turn-stlrted for the celling-shouted dont
you ookv-turned handspring, and then sat down.
| Tue stripes were brown and red
"A Cincinnati scientist, who allowed
himself TO be stunR day three weeks by bees
To ascertain the effect of the bites that after about
the tentn time the pain aud swelling were si sht tas
body seeming become lnocailtsd with the poison.
According to IA French statistician,
more tnsn THOUSAND people have persisted Ares In
theatres from begnaiag of nineteenth century
up the present dae WINE the peeulsry loss by
class OF oonnIgratlons snOuats to ABOUT sky
| million dollars.
| As the morning train reached Jersey
nats on Monday very pert youn man leaned forward
ami addressed adY who he h I'd never before seen.
these the celebrated Jersey nats, Madam" Then
there two Of YOU en-" sac promptly replied "Ah.
| yes twins, Isec."
According to the London Athenpum,
children At stratlor lon-Avon generally believe thas
shakesp the writer Of everything that
printed, down to the picardi on the walls while few
Of the more Intelligent doubt his being the author Of
the bills and newspapers but nrmy hold that he
| wrote the Bible from Genesti TO Revelation.
commodore Vanderbilt's birthday, ths
| eth OF May. will observe annual holiday by
the officers and students of Vanderbilt University,
Nashville. Tenn. To aud interest to the occasion
prize for oratory to he competed on that day, ana
| Calieu tue OundeTs frlLe, mas Osen Established
There are two hot springs in Preside
county, Texas, the Rio Grlnde. each about ten
feet in diameter enclosed In natural circular rim three
feet ngh. Ihe water Gle aud Of unknown 9th,
attempts to sound ~ 100 feet OF line having fail led
In one spring there a temperature VI 10 degrees.
The United States troops stationed at
Port Gibson, Mss volunteered as nremen at q recent
re, snd through their efforts the city escaped general
connisratioa. The people were so pleased with their
conduct that they held puolic meeting adopted
iuuons OF high regard, aud invited them " picuic
The latest nuisance in the shape of q
juvenile TOY consists Of ealen ball. OF the size
English walnut with a nipple surface on which
percussion cap may b. placed. The oAll Is held BY
string attached the Dali dropped up
the pavement the cap exploded II Is an admirable
contrivan for frightening aud chlldren and
becoming quite popular with tne youth of this city
| "A popular preacher recently quoted
the dream VI . seer, Y "a a torment
every limo except his right foot. lie asked why
vas released. THIS man." was the answer - being
pun he'd for lis selnshless and fIdolelce, ana
never known to do good decI, except that ne once
kicked tuft OF ftesG r4ss to ethereI standing In
the hot and for THIS act foot saved from
torment"
AT the recent conferences in Rome be,
tween certain dlpomlsts ana Cardinals reference
made by the former 10 tue pos,Dty OF the election VI
anew Pope favorable " cOncihltory policy toward
the Governments with which Vatican now az va
II ,nce Tue Cardinal, are SAID. however, 70 have
evaded The subject owing 10 the good health OF Plus
IN there seemed prospect y: The Papa See speedily
becoming vacant.
The Paris MOntteUr has an article OF
sngu ar bitterness aga nst speech of Professor
MJmmsen gOrfyInS GerlaI above Freaca science.
II remi"ds the speaker that German saw paid
twcnty thou ami thiiers a rlsIl IN for pretended
Moabte pottery, confessed to be OF modern
tctare, anu AYERS tuat honest Germans admit tlat
ter science Ia lence, suffering from two grAyo
ma.Ailes. namely. superncanty aGd me liocrS.
While Niscount Helmsley's brougham
was standing in front Of his ST. James street,
London, the other nlgh horses became frightened
ana ran away. knocSing Gowh Surgeon Mijor Linton
their niglt. throwing tne from the Dox
dashing the carnage To pieces. Dr. Linton and the
coachnan died from the Injuries received. Wnie
former was lying In the stree. after having been
over. he was ROBBED OF mis- gold watch and his purse
containing 1l5.
| After several years Of patient waiting,
the PLACED table FORK which had been swallowed by \
Young man In PARIS has been successfully extracted
| from his stomach BY Surgeon LibD6. IL removed
| by making an incision Ia the stomach At recent
meeting VI the Partisan Academy oi ScieDces, both
forH and the pateat perfectly cured, were present.
Tue surgeon states that the esson u be drawn from
his success ia the possibility Of acting directly
ccred stomachs by inclslous.
ALI the Popos robes are made either Of
white coth or Of rel cloth. Plus TX uses ave white
IN tue OF year. owing to his being
al hNcterate suuH taker hs dIscOOrs his outer
garment. kacn cassock costs So. Tue red mantle
which he renews once year 500 The silk stock
nss are furnished bYa Belgian house for SO pair.
but his slpp rs, which Oh inged every month
furnished by Roman nrm An ordinary pair emuroid-
cred with the crOss is worh go out of the papai
slippers cost as much 500, the being inlsid
with diamonds Tue DID cast N ciotnlns OF the ropo
is hsy priced BY the faithful, who eagerly buy Il 10
agrtat price.