The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-03
srNBEANs,


Queen Isabella Of Spain has ordered from
one OF the princip, jewellers Of PARIS splcndod adem
OF brlhants Tor her son intended bride Mercedes
The journal dcs Dfbdfs announces that
IN May next when the Astronomers say that Mercury
will pass over the special scientific commission viii
be sent from Paris to Francisco to study the phe-
nomcnon
Last years wheat crop is estimated at
three hundred milton, oi bushels aud Is said To- be tgo
largest grown the mtod OF tins
hundred and ten million bushels can b., spared Tor
expectation
During a recent week in England the
duration registered sunshine was, according to the
RcgisrarGeneral. 40 hours, the being above tho
horizon 80 hours The duration was, Therefore butts
per cent OF its possible amount
During the late crisis at Paris the fol-
lowing enigma was current what is the height %
patience 80 Answer To- explain something to the Mar
shall and then till lac has understood 1t Another
" lie is George III without the lucid intervals"
The very latest Turkish atrocity" is to
be in cheap'dc in London where peripaste VEN
dor Of penny wares l. carrying about trayu Buga
ears" made flesh colorcd india rubber. and Uni.
tatng. with frighuu ndclitv human severed from
human head
Capt. BoytOn has achieved another great
feat In swimming having descended the Loire from Or
leans to Nantes where he received by enthusiastic
crowd assembled to Greet his arrival He seemed quite
ont from OF fatigue, and his wrists were
swcllcd and painful
From 1870 To 1874 the profits to the Gov
crnncnt from public lotteries in Austria amounted 10
nearly s;nOpDtoo The prizes won by ticket b, ders in
the same period amounted to sI65ooUD. In Italy the
net receipts OF The Government from lotteries IN three
years reached SiujOoCD while the sum by tie pee.
pie wa ~. jOoopl
In the last volume of his :" Life OF the
Prince Consort" Mr. iarun states that the Prince Con
sort. excellent a. business though he wa, could
never save ont OF his income-$lJOOOo year Tho
queen was bitterly annoyed that 1t was not 100000
Prince George OF Denmark queen Anne's dull husband
had TAR larger income when the purchasing rover u
money much greater
The following advertisement lately APP
pcarod IN the Iludder.ncd north OF England Dnis Al
rpher. wanted for the sorting Of a rag ware.
house, active man with thorough. practical know.
edge cotton and woocn rags and capable o managing
about eighty 10 suitable party very liberal
,sltry will be given" And 50 there ous to be- 10
Pa,eh', comment Increment
A San Francisco correspondent says that
gold Is carried around there much lead Is carried
New York Boys carry canvas bags OF gold through tho
streets. Kegs and bag OF gold are thrown int cartsAs
though they kegs Of nails In the Bank of Nevada
trays Of gold rest the counter not Gagged and wired IN
in the East but with little guard thrown
around silks IN dry goods store
Recent returns show that the National
Library OF Paris contains SOFA volumes ou Catholic
Theology; 4I,692 volumes ON the science oi language,
2-gGp volumes law. os,Jss volumes ON medicine;
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