The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-22

Tho c. c. c., which stands for Cham.
pion Centennial Cucumber is In swinton, VT IL 1,
I'VE feet two inches long and still growing.
III you crook your finger nj me will
kll you tail farrto Grah'm at Kirsvnr, Mo. Ora.
ham crooked his finger, and Farr kept mis- promi,e
In 1852 the English Parliament voted
for educ itlon, art and appro ,rt,to, ~
t2,35S,siO This year the amount wa, $40 $50 los.
A Holyoke boy, whose spine has boon
weakened by illness, all fours ixca do, tl,,
health good, and he hops the er ound at l,e,
rate.
The King of tho Delgians has invite,
all The Governments to send deicgat,s to an Intefnt
tonll ngress OF Geography. to DO held at Bruised,
| Sept. IL.
The 1900 breweries in the Unii,a
statcs produce yearly 2s5,o)O0oo gallons of mat
liquor Most Of them have been built WITHIN the 10,
twenty I'VE years.
The "Lnpwiug," Daniel Wcbsftrs
Pleasure Yacht. Is stun In existence An old man ~
Marsine a. named DOhcrty owns her anu her tst
1shng ana mOssins
Although greensboro. KY, has now
twenty five mammoth tobacco stcnmercs n operau r.
three more are to be built Immediately to .ccouiior
date the Increased trans.
Tile entire list of SChIller's PLAYS are to
be produced at the Curt Theatre In Munich In thi
coming season, beginning with 1.-THE Robbers" and
ending wi " Dcmclrius."
"A cotton spool scemsa slight thing, but
many them arc needed that thousands cords Of
timber are annuity used for the trade 50 ne Ot tao
best timber for the purpose Is found IN Maine, shcrS
the mil at sebee lake Just turned 900
The Rev. Il. Mcneil, son of the Bishop
OF pon who has been appointed to the curty Of 81.
Paul, Pr ce's ParS. Liverpool, Is perfectly ohni H1
reads the from raised" prayer booS aad ni
delivery is said to be OF the most impressive CHI racter
M. Mouchots "marmite solaire" ~ "a
plna Cd IA tha Of "A Al
mirror. In this you can boil potatoes, IN iat fruit oe
anything. SO If picnickers can only secure tweatT
minutes sunshine, they need not he condemned ~ cal
cold lunch.
DIR. Richardson's proposal for CITY
OF ucaitn," announced last fall IA about be trisl
practically. site has been secured tlc co.stot
Sussex, England, where the city viii be Hand cut
The South has really more furnaces ia
blast in proportion to her number Of innaD siaa
the North has. and very few are losing money Is
serted ia Il the only mil in the United states running
exc usives railroad iron, wnich declared ieslii-
mate dividend foris75 was the one IN Chotanoog,.
There have been put into the Brighton
(Engsnd) Aquarium SOM queer ash, called "tclc-
scope ASH" on account Of ths curious formltioa OF
their eyes, which project consi erible 1it
their heads In the larger specimens the eys are AZ
the extremity OF cylindrsu tuoe inch IN length
They are natives Of Clina.
Nj de Pounat, who recently died in
Paris wa called the most scientific carver IN France,
lie was often engaged for months In advance for ata
dinners snoo once Gskcd him II he learned Ia, art
at the kings table or kitchen. AT neither" replied
the at wac from having 30 often to slice ID
The ears OF lnsolent puppies tnat acquredlt. You
now see how can cut up goose"
Mary Clemmer says of Senator Booth
| Of California; No MN shall display within sight Of
the gallery every day such exquisite sllken sc With
| out my doing them ample Ju zee. rhe world sian
| know what lovely stockings he wears. No Senator
shall sit the middle aisle with foot alOfl. display.
Ing a faut ess anNlc, faultlessly ATTIRE In hose,
with cerucan stripes, aad not that there Is such
senator, II but one"
| -" We receive" SAYS the Paris Journal
the news Of the marriage of Count de Fcr.ani Wta
| Mile. Marie Poirson. The bridegroom a sub- u
tenant u artillery during the last war, ana hat both hi
legs earned on at Sedan by cannon BAL. Tie youni
people sanoeO in their Infancy. and the lady In
sisted upon keeping her word. She Ia the daughter OF
very wealthy ship owner, while her husband hal
only the cross OF the Legion OF Honor"
| Italy possesses now seventeen univer.
sites kept up the Of the State. four free
universities mantiined by the respective munlcp ,li
ties, and academic institute maintained at the cost
OF the provinces. Tue seventeen State uniyer lite,
Turin. Genoa, Caglari. ssssar Pavii P4dul Parma
| Mcdens, Bologna, Pisa. Sienna, Maccrata, Rome Ma
ple'. Palermo. Caiaaa, ana Messina. Toe four freq
| universities are tho.e of Perugio. Urbno. Gamer.
Ferrara and the academic institute Is at orencO
Laura c. Redden. or Howard Gym
don't The lady whose MARI eclast week coupled
In the newspapers with account U h,r learning "a
tails after being deaf mute until sixteen ycarl OF age
! publishes a new poem Ia the HotNeidtHL pouDtiess
It was written curing The honeymoon. Tor 1t cont ini
THIS verse;
There beautiful country that CLEANS from the de
ExcccaiGs the country that Moses looked on
Nlcu H. lad Dying lth pathetic ~ t-tencc,
! From fiseah's high COP sought the tar uOrI
lis he and lat ov OF s JAS las, ne 'an. OVER
For ne s.a e never airs "a he sweet crnied clover
In Ia Sweet BY and 80!
An English commission OF inquiry hav.
ing Changed Capt. pric1enstcn, Of the lost steamer
Deutschland, with cupabe neglect. the Bremen Prose-
cutoi caused the case TO be investigated. with e "a
the arrangement Of the sed criminal The commii
sion appointed hy The nren OF Court included p.
tam OF the Imperial navy, two captains OF Goru.au
steam navigation companies, enc merchant captain,
ana professor of navigation. In report cd Juy
"a the commission declare that cart. RricKensfom 10
the squay night which preceded the morilne on winch
he was wrecSed, had no means Of tXac,y d. terminn
the position Of the vessc uugh he might have u IL
Of the possibility Of displacement ana ta,tn suu 4
ings accordingly. After the vessel struck. ant rpk
ensein's behavior was exemplary. Upon the siIustl
OF this report the Court has quashed the case.
The French Chambers are entering INTO
the liss with that redoubtaoe enemy OF France me
| phyloxcra, whose ravagcs constitute a ultoaal "a
made Il appearance IA the year 1895, comug uU ~
knows whence ana since that date has man g.l ic
destroy third of the French vineyards to ia,seo
supcrncies Of Go1oo0 Hectares C acres clcn un clt
sumo 1891 COO hcctorrcs Of wine OF twenty tao-.
Ions each The damage done his.Ytar Is peg GlAu al
l39775.0oo francs. and this annual damage 90
Increasing unless Parliament succeed hotter ta4u
science ana NJ Dumas In arfesung the pr -lcs, a ga
minute scourge. The only wonder Is 40 N..r 10
niaius as cheap as It is, ANA that In -pte 20 h. -
dues, really gool ordinary wiAc can ue oh, iuel &c
Parl- Tor franc bottle. a reward Of Al2.ool sl4
open TO any one who shall discover an ,iD,al melnI
OF destroying the phylloxera, wilh who's, ,uu Anl
customs science Is now Intimately acqunlt o,
Tho old pilgrimage Of N6zclHy Nonud
was revived IN France ON JAY e.. TIE f,t.N.. 2 -
Mary Magdaenc. portion 4 tre relies of ul. -aiai
onoe belonged to the MONKS of Ntle,sY, who mtirt
Pre- sent OF them 10 Pope Martin ", ~ the year ISL
Ills HON ess WAC was Frenchm4n, aud dd not 90 -
c4ently appreciate the vau' of such gf.- rale ts
bones over 10 the Cathedral OF scus ll,rr iarJ 70
NAMED MI the revolution, wucu Mcy were Aeu Dn
ana scattered TO the four Winds by desc1 rate o'
Somebody, however is presumed To have ll-s~d o. =
up and now Monslenor Bcruadou, Arcuoi. bop"i 8