The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-18
SUM- EMS.

ot a'y men Der Of the Garrick club, L. ndop
"A writer I'm the English Mechanic suo-
'ne use o' ad'S'point thernlmster a. means OF
determining whether house is suGciently FREQ from
moisture to be inniDttabie.
anna Dicklnson's four stage dresses
cost $4,000 In cash. n she fails a. an ac,,css !, IN
take her about eighty seven yeara voreing =, 40 a.
week, to ply for the dresses alone.
| In rlhIng house at Asmeres two
DurRlars hndngas set OF domlnOe cooly sat down ana
had game marking their points piece u paper
which was about the only IN vaDle thing they iett
When a California woman defeated a
lion in q hsnd-to-hand combat, the ne,shbors wer.
greatly asouishod. but her husband que ~ remarked
"oh, that's nothng that woman could lick the devil-
lie Petit Journal of Paris says that
Mr. Stewart the richest Americln niu,trel" should
have left to the Luxembourg Museum the picture by
Meissonier, which he bought last year for $1,000
francs.
The rice paper plant OF China, with
pamae leaves, beng cultivated do yard a ,rn
ment In the warm parts Of cJuntry. It from the
plth OF this that tao Chinese Axe sort OF drav.
Ing paper.
We learn from the Kalam azoo Gazette
that Kalamazoo county. Mich for the nomination Of
Samuel J. Tilden as Democratic canoids Tor Pres-
dent. The County Convention passed resolutions last
Saturday to that effect.
Somebody asked a young lady the
other evening II she don't think serial literature Of
the country was Ut It's best Just She said ehe did
decidedly there were the loyeest patterns In Hdrper
Bdsdr she had seen.
Fond mamma about to get into her
carriage to email boy IN the house door NOW Fred
die, are you not going TO kiss m ?" Freddie; ct
haven't time to come down. memma. (To fOotman)
John, you kiss mamma for me-"
when the Hon. s. 4. Cox was looking
at the great Cores engine Centennial last week
he asked the guard standing near what horsc
engine hadp The repy came, Win snirzed look.
"why you ID fool, you 1t don't by horses,
they use steam"
When Charlotte Cushman played
Mrs.. Halter in a Southern city. many years ego, she
was horror.sruck IN the last act ut beholding two
veritabe htte daKes led the stage her children.
The audience did not manifest ions either of
sion or dlspleasure.
Two young ladies in the library were
discussing preference expressed by OF them for
clean shaver men, when the other wa heard TO
mark, 81 don't object TO man with reasonable
quantity of hair on his face, but wouldn't ike 70
marry buffalo robe"
Mrs. Gitup of Davenport remarked to
neighDor the other day "My husband the hardest
man to reason with that lived. had 10 smash up
my calna teapot ana throw mix pitcher through tho
looking ells before could make him promise /" taxa
me to The Cent, nnial."
Sarah Bernhardt is a sculptor as wellas
. great actress. All last winter the cod 81 mJrniny
found her In her studio at seyel where she WORKED
tll rehearsal. As she alsj well. tn Frcn Jour
nails al her combna u Moiee Micnaei Angelo.
and NJ dame d. Seviyl6.
| Teresa, once the darling of the
Parslans lacy apps ired Ia AfrgJt 70 Ited OF
Aimee. During the nrst act sue was very cjiiY TO
ceived. but in the se,onl reused the aui;nci to tho
| wnIes enthusiasm by slSlug war solS led. We
| are Three Hu DR. ID Women
Mrs. Dipper ito Jonesy, who is deeply
| tn fnr IN ZONES wont "a
the paIIor for moment2 l wish to SPEAK vita you"
Jontty-" Really, Mrs.. Dipper. should ike to accom-
modate u, tut what will the boardes say at seeing u
alone2 Oh, no. excuse me-"
The second night after her first hus-
pand ded she by III open chamber wniow eve
hours waiting for the cats TO begin ngnng In he back
yard. She said; This thnS gong to sic p without
quarrel of some kind Is 70 thlt cant sand IL
Let alone iii he, begin thea can dozi III gently
A lady, near Whitehall, recently ran
into closet to a nslgIbJr va walkel into the
house ,niouiy. Alter IN nelShoor gone.
the lady found horror tn tue Oor Of the closet
was fast the sprng lOck having snapped. At evenlnz
the husband found her the door OF the closet insen
siDe.
In horse car, the other day. an OLD
lady seated opposite sharplooking genteu an kept
eyes him lol time, and hualy asked. Mister
are you a pickpocket2" "Mhy. no, madam I'm
tredesmin" he inswered. rs that o. ?" she slgned
swell. I'm awfully disappointed wan ed to try anl
see n could reform you"
The popular belief that china clay Is
prime paly used Tor the m,nlficture OF porceai1b
erroneou Lnrg' quantities ar employ ID by bleach
for nling up tue pores Of ctuc Ir,,silg.
sull more Dy pap miKrrs give olly All We "a to
their paper especially priAtlns paper aid It
over used for many other manut ctIrng tnd chemical
purposes, including the aiulteratiol OF nour
Some Arabs, gging among the ruins
OF The great lemoe of rnac, Ely It, January last,
came upon sandstone est ou'e In tie I6ln INSIDE
Of which ths ptursl ngIre Of fen le hip9o-
putAinus In gr en- UIstt Tue monument. ia uding
the slab, is three feet nigh. and Is inr ,by carved aud
polished. long Inscription In hesog Ihc, runs
along III back aud another Is Gu, the -iD in front
OF the ngurc. Tue inscrlau, contain the names OF
Psaumet caus l. and his QIeea AMI dtusler AID also
OF al hitherto uaknuwi kns.
An elaborate monument has been
erected a. the Chatham Do kya-d IN England 10 com
memOrate The French VII oners OF who died there
In tue early part OF tue cen Toe monument beau
tins inscription; Here gathered t,gether tne
mains OF many brave soldiers and sailors, ho, having
on oeen the foes and aft rward the cap ~ Eng.
Land, noN ind rest In her soil, remembe lug no more
the animoit Of or their sorrows IN Ia pr son.
ment They were depr we'd the consolation 4 clos
Ing their Eyes among heir countrym they loved hut
they have teen lad IN an honorable erAye by nation
which knows how ~ respect yalOr anG 10 ympathlzs
with misfortune"
Lord Inchiquin's Irish Pecrage bill,
which was recently introduced In the Hou OF Lords,
after much Cuiting down, promises on 70 tecome q
law Its most i'm ortant provision Is that abOshinR
the power Of creating any more peers of Ireland LIS
tnan two years ago some British nobCmen regarded
this ptoposuon Interference with the royal pro-
rogauy, tut low has passed H. the House OF Lorfs
unanimously. There are now one hundre Iii.h peers.
ycirht Of whom tbc idcs ur spiruii rcers) ira
elected b, their associates sii m the Briusn Upper
House. Lord lnollqun proposes To incr"as the nun