The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-12
STNBEfNS.



her of pins maiein rnrud home use and cxport was
2AptsD. Now tits iJu1ltup
The names OF Lord and Lady MnndevilIo
do not occur among the the puhe Of Mnuche,ter
dnn. the recent visit o the Prince waesto the latter
Costume balls Of II curious kind are In
vogue in raris-ordnnry dress but fancy head dress
The men thus arrayed look guys" than the
women.
The English Society for the Prevention
Of Cruelty Animals obtained during the year is7s
2is convictions This does include tons OBJ
nincd by the police.
The narrow gauge roads are gaining
favor rapidly several are bens built out OF Cincinnati.
and ninety miles already surveyed and viii be
built this year in Indiana.
1t is expected that the coming London
season will be very gay asst is said To be the intention OF
Queen to spend two or three days m each week aer
Easter at Buckingham Palace She has not done this
since the death OF the Prince Consort
A little girl OF twelve recently drowned
herself at Bcsscgc France because her mother scoded
her several days for giving the sausage The ehih
told playmate that ii she heard any more about uilfal
waste she would commit suicide. and kep her word
A cheerful temperament * a good thing
out in the grasshoppcr district A man writes to the
Sblcy (NevJ GaSrs. As SIT by bright hay nra
aud think OF men back the tmbored country who arc
obliged 10 haul wood in the cold weather were glad wo
escaped such dog's len
A Boston lawyer named Robinson thinks
it necdul to seed by all waters and has note
paper branded with scripture texts The other day he
had occasion to write for favor from chief Justice Gray.
and he unluckiy used a sheet headed "Ye are all
bought with price" lie didn't setit
A citizen of Indiana having occasion to
go home rather unexpectedly nghts since caught
ontlenan acquaintance In the kissing his wife.
ON relating the circumstance To friend he asked
he punished the guilty couple, and repled' No. not
exactly, but they must the way slammed
the door that was not satisfied"
Cpullu't Won iyiVe m sonnet hing IN dom
asked poor boy at Michigan shinzlc factory the other
day NO" said the owner, I'VE all ull now" Tho
boy looked sad and about to away when bright
thought seized upon him. and turning to the he
inquired, Don't you need abOy " test shingles onr
Butt oven then the lad could get position, or the man
had boy OF his own.
The experiment tried in Liverpool Of
opening cheap coffee houses the sale OF cocoa. coffee,
tea, and bread the influence Of the gros
shops, is proving very successful Eighteen have already
been established. and though of the sales for
only half penny they only expenses but will
pay good dividend the outlay. Thoy considered
"A most effective weapon AGAINST in,emperance.
The Countess Waleuski, the widow OF tho
wcllknown Minister for Foreign Affairs under Louis Ma
poleon is about to wed NJ Avssandro young Neapol.
tan many years her junior. She has three grOwnup
children and adopted French Consul at Car.
the result Of Count Walcuskis intrigue with tho
great Rachel The Countess has been authorized to
sumo her marriage the title OF Marquise Reet
d 'Alessandro.
The Princess Ida Wrcde, u handsome
81. whose ancestral castle j. on e Groteneo
in Germany, recently married u n woodcuiter
who neither read nor write The Princess Is are.
markaby intelligent woman. who speaks six language
and very cultivated. She is living little place
on the Sazburg T-chl road with her husband. She has
donncd peasant garb and goes with him to the country
church every sunday
The use of chloroform In dentistry L.
said by the xoiori Hcri be always dangerous mo
. mo Tor 10
sbiity of giving chlooiorm unless he knows that tho
stomach OF the patient empty that the cireulaory APP
paratus Is in good condition. aud the lungs nee IRON dis
ease previous inquiry into these conditions is much
part OF tie administration Vi any aneshctic as is tho
| PLACING Of the napkin TO the nose"
That two circus performers should con-
sent to be married in the ring and thus be used as an at
acuun 10 the show i not remarkable hut that cer-
gynan could be found to take part ia tile exhibition is as
tonshng Such thing took place In ihad,l hia. thu
parsons being Miss Ella Stokes. rider Rudolph Meue,
an athlete and the Rev :. Han Episcopal pastor
The bride and the appeared usual ia the regular
entertainments and then the marriage ceremony wM
performed. 10 the great diversion OF the assembly
1t is said that diamonds have lately
declined in market value Tile decline - attributed to
the large numbers recently found in Brazil AMI In tho
south African diamond fields Paris Jewoier says that
trade in diamonds H. all very limited owing "a
the very who them; and that they Keep passing
In rotation from hand 10 hand on Any persons who buy
diamonds forty purchase sell again, buy to givo
away, and four only actually keep and the gemL
They pass he asserts from the hair o the fine lady to TIA
neck OF the bellies OF the demi-lnouie. and vice versa
A terrible explosion recently occurred at
Fort Lormont near Ponlrler, 40 friucc. 100 Che conf
mand Of the Due d Aumae. II socn- uiat 6"r pounds
ui the substance called mataLcttr. which Is mola
dangerous than dynamic, and manufactured al fabry.
ia switzerland, aui Is prohibited IN France, was sized
at the Custom House. whore attempt wa. made "a
pass Il as manure For sale custody taken 70 the
l1rt month aco. and. from planed cause,
poied with such force to destroy the tort almost en-
urey, and 10 throw down the bsrrack walls upon uis
PuniarIer Railway. which is blocked up sccnunc mes
that there - yet danger OF further ilOsion
clearing the line. sin men were Killed.
Mrs. Harriet Beechcr Stowe, sister Of
rymouus pastor and ogihor of the Byron story. hm
found scandal down IN Florida 70 cNposo She wriei
asioows TO IN. thpn ini,s " Two pairs OF red birds
have set mp establishments in orchard, the mailed
flaming and Haunting in the best Chinese yermon coats.
and the ladies diniily alfred in reddish
brown. with scarlet beaks and claws Yesterday ny
gay lord and Lady were making love ia The most approvet
style, another lady red bird aishwd On nci-huorua
bough and began singing her little Of Birdie, birdie
lirlie' Instantly my lady number one dew at her ike
little red hot doni and drove her ont sight nni hear
ing Idon't know that my lord rcd cardinal had esci
looked at the intruder, tits possible hc may have casi
indiscrcc eye that way aud remarked What sweet
voice that lady has' Ii he did, hc soon aushtbet
ter than tat No nee love mons, list among bri,'
-Adulph Il. is young, not unprepos7e,onS,
AMI clerk IN wealthy bankers o,ncc IL rtr-. Ont
salary OF s'oa year The banker ha, pretty 300 gh''i
OF Is Adoph Ia. not cent bat that 'oc- deter hu
rom WAITING upon his emf luArr morning ami ~
ing sir. have the honor OF asAns your dtushtri
hand in MARRIAGE The banker, a,lon,hcl rang M
bell, and told the waiter to throw Atoirh ontr te win
dow " A. you please calmly SAID 'iv young r,ik "bai
before uatis done learn that ana about 10 become
partner IN the London house of Batlui.tA Go" At ud
the banker sonenS "rhe proof, sir. thc proof ,' wat
YOU say "GiNe me- inriyfieht hour. 300 N'0.' 'Ns"