The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-17
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mcnot'war have been made in Germany which now con
sdcrs herself entirely Mt Of orea nune, ,
On the Moscow and Raizan line. in Rms.
ne' NEW locomotive has been provided which s heated
| by condensed petroleum. II promises to be economical,
| The French Government has under c,n.
sdcrauon grand project for the irrigation Of the wan
dcrully fertile southeast departments by means of m,
| waters Of the Rhonc
Tho dearest hyacinth bulbs from Hol-
land 70 to England and the United States the snal,,
and cheapest to France Holland does biz business in
| hyacnth and tulip bulbs
| The immense ironclad the Quito.
launched by the Italian Government la year. proves A
partial failure The not yet applied and tia
vessel sinks below the line intended for it,
The oyster fisheries of Ireland have been
so overdrdgcd that the total produce OF the beds is now
less than s2oO0o year, and single Ens-h fishery
although thes have very greatly decnued-is NOR, pro
ducuve than the whole of the Irish fisheries
--Germany Is the greatest potato grow.
ing country OF Europe. Her annual crop i more than
double that O either France the United KtncIon h,
Is not exported unless the price be obtained rise,
above the rate which the crop yields when made into
| spirits
The Empress Eugene has made arrange
mcnts to take steephi Castle Nentnor IN the -e Of
wight Tor the winter This Is IN que nee OF an
eminent physician having recommended that France
Louis Napoleon should spend the winter Ia miii DRY
southern climate.
The Lancet has heard IL remarked bv
very eminent ad that when he has engaged
In any the smell the crowded rocking
with humanity. was to him as the smell nj battle
war horse and afforded that stimulus which was neces
sary to lc, loose the bonds OF his cloqucucc.
The venerable John j. Brown. well
known by his bronchial troches is the oldest druggist
in Boston, having celebrated his eighty seventh birthday
on oct 81 lie went to Boston In isU5 apprentice
In the store which he purchased In 1872 aad condueiet
on the same site until his rcurcmcnta few years ago
Mr. il hnar anI
| sixty.
A we'll snker at Conches. near Rouen. In
France IL years Of age. has been exrcatcd from well
after twenty DAYS imprisonment caused by the giving
way Of smsss Of Garth Food supplied him duriug
that time, and his spirits remained good that he ire
quenty played cards with Of the men engaged In
hbcraiing him. task effected by sinking another we'll at
short distance and makns communication between.
The last French Chamber of Deputies
contained thirty nine DOCTORS all of whom. with
ccrtion. Republicans Six Of them have not been
reelected but upon the other hand. three OF the newly
elected deputies belong u the medic profe Two
OF the three are Republicans the third being Bona
partist Thus 1t will he seen that the Chamber
comprises thirtysix medical men, whom all but two
are Republicans
The Household troops in England expe-
much difficulty in ning up their ranks The Lie
Guards formerly would not accept any recruit under six
feet. and neither Roman Cath olics Irshmen
mitted into the Now they have lowered their min
linun stAtiard To uNc icet ten inches ana thftN
inches round the chest and asrcady TO accept Irish
men and Roman Catholics any other recruits The
Scots Guards also accept Irishmon
The family OF one of the wealthiest dry
goods erchants in IN city two mornings Ago ION
Nulscd bv the dreadu udngs that the dan tho
house, girl OF nineteen had elopcd with the floor
| walkers, Of hity. what renders the matter the
more exaspcrang In paternal eyes is that the young
lady can't be cut "a with dollar inasmuch she hasa
large fortune through her mother who dcccascd The
lover fastened to put the broad Atlantic between them
and an indignant parent
The range at Ddlmen, in Wcstphalia
belonging to Herr Krupps establishment. having become
too short Tor the satisfactory conduct with
the heavy and long range ordnance now manufactured
there alsger piece ground been recently converted
noa range at Meppen. The old about ~ msi
long the l. ipi, miles in length. and can
essary, he yet further extended Its therefore, the long
est In existence and will suffice for the trial the
| largest guns at present made.
-" Barclay OF Ury," says Nimrod in his
Northern Tour" had some doubts whe r. II he
in for Scotch earldom. to which he had claim, no
could he on the bench as driving termed 70 no
consulted the Duke OF Gordon. who replied The Mar.
quis Of W drives the Brighton " Defiance aud
don't see why an earl should not drive the Aberdeen
Do nanec -, while Lord Panmure WROTE Dear Barclay.
see objection To your driving the " Defiance when
you Earl OF MUntritl and Ayr, and will be Your
guard"
M. Cochut has made a startling cOmmu-
ncauon 10 the French scicty Political Economy The
whole OF chilli he says, isina state OF the utmost
motion owing IN the ,c0ycry made there by Asauan
oi the name Of Parad according which three percent
OF pure gold eau be extracted the copper Of Chill
The experiments made by the ofcal assayer- said to
| be satisfactory Parsn has erected smelling works
large scale and Processes that year he viii he rch
enough to buy back Alsace and Lorraine from the Ger
mans He is probably fraud
AT the competition for the Royal Mill.
I'm IA tI,o
In English literature VIII be limited Spenscr-" Faery
Queen Book ?; Shakespeare" King Lear "Cono
lanusi" Dryden-"StanzAs on Cromwell" "Astrsa Re.
| dux" "Annus hirsbiiis,' "Absalom and AchtoIhe"
| Locke" Essay on Human UNDERSTANDING Book o. On
Words; Johnsons LiNes-Drydcn. Addison Pope, Burke
REDUCTIONS the French Rev olution Byron-"Chido
| Harold" The examination IN English history viii he
limited 10 the period A d. i7s9 TO A ID. $40. with
| special reference the Penin-usr War.
Just after the dreadful fire nj the South.
ern Hotel, st Louis, there exhibited IN thus city
model " beauuiu invention Tor making elevator shaft
perfectly safe the aperture being opened closed
the car as assembled and descended The cost apply
| ing this invention was very small compared with tho
value in saving property not to mention ' hut It has
not yet been applied in single hotel IN this city Or
far ms the public knows, in single warehons" Perhaps
when u few more hundred thousand dolars worth Of
property has been destroyed, and dozen corpsci
taken from tho ruins. 1t Will be thought WORTH while
| testit
On Oct Is IA Paris wine seller. named
Her,eux sent his servant into the cellar sie
was 50 long getting 1t that his wife went airr her ud
wife didn't return either ana HerNieuN went U look
after her ~ Hervirux DIDN'T come back aru.t0ncr f
lowed and a. he IA turn didn't return h. companior
| gave an alarm, and summoned doctor. lie quickly
questioned the cook the only available member o ue
household. and learning that there was icrucning wine
in the cellar nj concluded that cahonc acid ga'
was the trouble with great difficulty he drew out Her
VicuS, who quite UNCONSCIOUS and by the AID
eral persons the rest brought up but the maid dt
A photographer Of Bologna, by dint Of
importantly obtained tho signal favor OF the Pope snn
| To him Alter two unsuccessful attempts his holiness
was waxing impatient, hut the artist besou-ht ham
| give him third tial The trial allowed. ami he
| result was a good likeness few days laor me pho
tosraphor reappearcd before the Holy Father with ne
specimens Oi his skill but the Pope was suu .ouoN
angry and said You tried my patience too hard huih
will be the last time Then lac took 40 ilv photo
graphs and wrote under II q" Lulumo mic utrauo. NV
last Portrait Plo TX" French uuau,H ufuD on'ra
S''oor the negative u the photo, but tie ausi we4'l
not part with 1t at any price.
| concerning those Cottage Homes Z"
England" VI whose picuuesiucs heaut, Nj. II mans"