The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-28
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| Tho British Government has qibsor;hoy
for 1000 copies Of Dr. FallOn's new IIndoostane g.
| lish dictionary.
The whole OF Bayard Taylor's Centen.
NAL ode was published s,n Of Jul, nv tho tI
don Times among ts cable dispatches
| "A private despatch from Tampn. Fla
announces that yellow fever IL In aayana n, ,no
malignant form than for many years past
1t Is said that the Turks are carrvina
about cart loads OF women's and girls ids In the ds
tric Of Bazrdjx. IN order to terry the Inhabitants
-Alphonse Karr, the French novelist
has flower and vegetab, garden AZ Nice. from whcn
he realizes more per annum than from his pen
"A philosopher in Paris has learned that
people who have extraor narily long Joint on
their thumbs born with hon ioidsl Instincts.
Mr.. George Wick OF Orillia, Canada
West. writes that fishing the lakes and rivers In has
vicinity s better this than for many years.
The women of a travelling show at Osi-l
kosh, wis, broke up tableau In which they were,
and fought each other until the police arrested them.
In France, out of population OF 36,-l
100000. only 2ooO,oOo live the of accumu.
lated wealth, the balance depending the produce
Of labor
The amount OF damage done by tho
inundaon along the Arkansas river is said to-
be incalcusoc. Corn and cotton were swept away IN
hundreds Of acres.
The popularity of the Wimbledon prize
Of entries for the Queens prize high 23e3 fou
the 81. George prize ie43.
The practice OF electing ooroners has
been condemnedin the House OF Commons By a unani-
A bl for the reform VI the once Of cor-l
oner Is soon to be brought In.
Along the st. Johns river, in Florida,
the estimates Of the orange have been reduced
one.half the young trees said TO be dying W
scores on account OF the dry season.
During the French races at Amlens
lately on Sunday, which for the principal
prize and started fsvorte at TO at the critical point
Of the suddenly stopped and dropped down dead
A gentleman proposes to buy the sunk
en- British ironciad Vanguard she lies at the bottom
Of on the Irish coast. He THINKS he raise
her but will a contract with the Government
to do so.
In the medical department of the Unis
veisity Of Maryland there Is recess Of some hva
minutes and a change for the Students at thd
end OF each lecture, and the vacated Is thed
| properly aired.
On the 9TH of August there will be a
competitive drill at Norfolk. which the Petersburg
Guard, Virginia Gu rds OF Portsmouth, Attuck Guards
nd Virginia Grsys OF Richmond, Langston Guards %
Norfolk, and Union Guards of Manchester win particle
| pate.
"A New Bedford man IL going TO paddle
his own canoe the Centennial Exposition. The canoa
is fourteen feet six inches long, twehyseven inches
vide. nine inches deep IN the centre. and weighs hfy
pounds 1t 10 decked over, with the exception Of hole
| 10 sit In.
| The German musical papers think the
artistic success OF the Wagner festival at Bsvreuh viii
surpass the most sanguine expectations They judge
from the rehearsas. No free press tickets bs
issued The applications for paving adm ssiOns already
exceed the number which can be granted.
| The official report gives the strength
" the French army at 45b 500 and 15s horses.
Of i6,o7e and 1887 horses last
There has also been great increase In the
penditures, bat In spite OF all this the last rvew in
Paris ~ss very unsatfsctory aud IL Is eaiu that Mar
shai MseMabon Is not at all pleased with the rdly.
"A maniac got possession OF locomo-
| i've at Saratoga, and with knife threatened ~ Kill
/ anybody who inerfered with hlm. messenger was
for help. aud 10 the time BLOCKS OF wood
fastened tho rails. that, SHOULD the maniac
persist his Intention to "ride 10 the moon" the loco
| motive would be hrown on the track He was nnaly
captured after hard struggle.
| The deepest perpendicular mining shaft
10 the world Ia In Prlzibram, Bohemia and measures
$3.50 feet II In lead NINE, aad Is supposed TO have
begun aoout $50 In other places great
depths have reached but Ut ny straight lines
ROCK salt bore Beriu Is 4175 feet deep and Q
| coal mine IN Belgium S5i2. The deepest hole ever
aresian WE'LL Of 5000 feet at POtsdam Mo.
| Fanny Davenport is described as bath
| ing at Far B)ckaway In "shortsieevei, sQure-out
| necked suit OF navy blue dAnnei, embroidered with
white braid, Rnckerbocker trousers, aud blue sandals
making JauRtier and sseeter picture Of the woman
the gorgeous that sarony just done OF her
In the lsaind boy s." Adi then OF course. the
tells story OF the saving somebody from
| drowning in the surf.
| james Hitler, an elderly man, was
recently charged at the Thames Ponce Court. London.
with the novel offence OF hanging his sou Johu aged
nye years. out OF the wndos. Tls mother, afraid VI
Killers violence had out OF the and sOughA
refuge VITA neighOor Returning soon after she waD
norrined her child susDen lei by line out OF the
| -econd-n1or WINDOW. When rescued, the little one
was exhausted. and there re marks ITS throas
aud beneath Its arnplts, where the coro had been.
| Oatmeal in water, in the proportion or
quarter OF pound OF oatm al TO three quarts OF
water. is recommended as a refreshing drink. The
| meal should be well boiled, the mixture cooled, ana
water added TO Keep up the proportion With o OF ics
his said not only TO quench the thirst bat To keep up
strength. Without Ice when ice cannot be had, y IA
s paai able II entirely cool II is sad that 1t IL used
IN many founires AMI Inutlctoriss IN En- iland-
| The meal should be well shaken through the water
| before drinking.
The bridges crossing the Thames for
general purposes London proper the following;
Battersea, vsuxhall Lambeth, Westminster, Ciarns-
| cross, sterloo, Bac sffars Southwark and L0ldon
| Bridge, which /. last toward ali ocean
steamers ndlarge vessels beIns competed ancnor
| below. II Is proposed to build another bridge
across the river. just the Tower. and so5ui
quarter Of ml,e below London Bridge, at cDs estl-
mated at nearly e. 100000 Hamptol Court BrlSe tie
last the Thames ON which tolls were levied, has 1esn
thrown open free to the public the tolls hayins been
e1tinguished )rever by public outlay OF t2)oOp).
The Bravo poisoning case, or Bilham
mystery is being reinvestgated IN England by tie cor-
who presi led At the nrst inquest yet ou tte
evidence OF interest has been produced the clrOuer
taking nrst the evidence as 10 Mi Braves ram u
mind before his seizure and next that OF the doctors en'
gagged. On former question tue testimony goes 10
prove that Mr.. Bravo was min OF Nigh spirits ana
| quick temper quite unemDlrrlsscd In his circum'
stances, and very unlikely TO have swallowed hlrh
A dose OF irrl,ant poison. On latter, the m i''i
opni that he died from such poison Is s'Nu'''S
butte question Of its administration hss SIN DC AP
. | preached.
A little girl, child of parents living ID
p healthy locality OF the ridges near PeusaeolN
had an attack Of yellow fever which much puzzled hN
phy- icians, there then no yellow fever In nc
city haa she paymalcs been IN contact WIZ
any from there. Alter her recovery she dcscfbte
game Of hide aud seek where she hld under 4
cunningy that she could not he found. Inc an
had been imported from New Orleans durHg nc
epidemic OF previous Sc son. young man going a
sea sent trunk full OF clothes for safe keen ~ "a