The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-12
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A writer on Cyprus i'm 1776 complains NJ
It's bcirg terribly infested by asps
Seventeen sculptors and eighteen paint
from the United states residing in Rome
A school fight, quite fairly conducted.
fatal to delicate boy at sheffield England. lately
-Signor Cont OF Verona claims ~ have
discovered powder removing all explosive power from
petroleum.
Throughout the north Of Ireland the
crops in splendid condition In Ulster the potatoes
have generally escaped blight
1t Is estimated that tho whole OF the
Turkish dominions cannot produce than a million
horses while Russia has not IS than twentyone million
Five hundred and thirty-one firms Of
nearly all nations have contributed toward the Inter
national Paper Exhibition at erin opened last month
Paper OF every description and machinery for making
are exhibited
The Emperor OF Morocco was, at last &C.
counts dangerously ILL., As 'esult OF the famine now
raging in part Of his dUninons instruction
has broken out In two provinces One Of tile Emperors
nehews sent at the head Oi troops to que It, waskied
During his entire career, Lord Bcacons-
field has encountered n steady hostility from certain Or.
Of the London press On the recent
exploits and tumphs the its attacks by
designating him the clanlpon mountebankn In English
polite.
The coin examiner OF the Treasury at
Washington can detect counterfeit coin In II heap Of
money while blindfoded. lie runs his fingers through
the mass aud in few moments each coin Is tested.
This remarkable power OF touch has been perfected only
by the practice OF many years.
The warm weather does not seem to
with the searinc statues Of the Paris
position One figure OF searine goddess Is spoken Of
the right arm Of which stretched forth with
perial gesture II has gradually dropped. until 1t
appears to be scratching the Esddesss knees
A prize fight between women took place
at Cobrdge. near Ianey. England, few weeks ago
lasl., a
their hair aud ring formed each having
ner partisans Teeth well nsis freely used
and three rounds Of the wre,ches severely
bitten and retired
The pilloI was used In Scotland within
the present century Its last in GLASGOW only
received the obauons Of crowd but when relieved
from the crib violently assacd and tossed about
aud at length cast headlong into the police manure
wagon. Except for perjury, abolished IN Isle
and altogether In 1897.
Some OF the country magistrates at
Beaumaris Wales have been severely reprimanded
by Lord Justice BramwelL These worthless had SEN
fenced man to six months hard labor for an alleged
assault upon constable. the warrant Of arrest being
granted on the latters testimony. The Judge
limited that was good case Tor acton Of false i
prisonmcnt
1t is good thing for Egypt that iti
thress ruler has summoned Nubar Pasha from Para
to help him set his house order Nubar the
ghtcned Minister the KheGivc ever had and II his COZ a.
sells had prevailed doubtless half the difficulties which
now involve Egypt would never have occurred He
man Ut about %. and speaks English aud French
readily a. his own language.
M Melsens, n member Of the Belgian
Academy, has received the priSe founded In Belgium by
DR.. Guinard. and also one Of the Monthyon przesin
France. Tor discovery oi extraordinary Nauco~ u
prevent the dcctcrous effects produced by the
tons OF poisonous metals by ioddc OF potassium This
will add years the lives thousands OF sders look
nsglsss makers. painters. sc.
There is senior fellow OF an Oxford
college who enjoys reputation shot He WIS being
examined lately with reference ponchin. ,se
being asked his name. &C.. scri,ed himse as the
Rev. Dr. Ne appeared In the costume of q game.
keeper. and therefore 1t is not surprising that pre-.
siding magistrate should have once exclaimed. III
yon SAY that again. sir, shall commit you
OF court"
| Capt. Blackcnbury an English army
officer who served spondent Of the Lon don nna
throughout the FrancoGc rman and Turko nan wars
mas invented plan OF protecting gunners and Rnnonees
while working hcd artillery by vi iron shields
portable and put into position by sections lie contends
that his plan Increase the destructive power Of light
ullcry enormously. rendering II proportion itey the SD
| peror arm OF the military service .
| -" There Is little doubt" says the London
LHc'L that many Of the reports quoted as To the un
healthiness OF the climate OF Cyprus much exag
ecrated There marshes parts q. the island
AM, of COURSE their inevitable Accomplishment inter-
mitient fever OF somewhat severe typ. The success
that asatended the planting OF the Eucaiypt Globuus
In Algeria should induce the authorities al Cyprus uy
| the experiment IN that island also
The Nice-Chancellorship OF the Univer.
sy Of oxford has recently gone begging The present
occupant. DR. sewe OF New College having vacated al,
post II was offered to the head Line ou College MARI
| faitson Being refused by him. was then odersa
to DR. Evans OF Pembroke College, and lie was unMu
linz to accept the responsibility the oae red "
Dr Joweu OF Bulhol, by whom 1t will. in all probability,
be accepted curious thrill will probably run through
certain portion OF the interested ~ bhc when the cels
brated Master OF Baio adds his many tiles ~ fame
| that ot Nce-ChAncellor.
In n Venetian village last month uhs
celebration OF the iete OF It's patron saint raised quite
row An iunerant photographer tsk into his head to
photograph the ocession doing honor around the
OF TIE SAINT whereupon popular cry went to the bal
e"hy On which the apparatus had been located the
feet that the saints likeness should be taken strangers
would no longer have TO visit the village to catch
glimpse OF tito the serious loss trade Hut the ast
refused TO suspend operations and his parsRns backing
lin NJ general hsht cnsucd resulting in many bruiss
Tor 10th sides though the villagers trinmphed BY con.
| Pletcly covering the statue up with sheet.
Some interesting experiments to demcn.
str"te the non poisonous character o copper have Gsa
made an Parts by DR. Gaippe In order prove his be.
ei IN tile hamlcssness o copper pounds he did st
limit hts experiments Ia the bodies lower animals
but tried them upon himself ami a select number dsst
pies For 1nny mouths past hc has made II habit -
eat food prepared IN vinegar aud lett Tor twenty fog
hours IN copper vessels. mixing up the Nerdigns thai
made its appearance with the food. A. he ana thoss
his friends who took part IN thes suffer
ed no evil effects from their strange diet Dr. Galpp
claims 10 have dsproyed the calumny hitherto pon
salts OF copper
| According to the recently published
work of Herr F0lsch. nearly every theatre In London
and Pau, has been burnt down IN ITS turn The athoi
has been able % collect exact data with regard asa
theatres ui these there have been burnt down thea
tcs before opening 20 in the nrst years OPP ning
- m from 90 10 after opening, ~ ia II 20
years after opening ~ In nom ~ 80 years AFTER open
ing u IA om 81 to ~ years opening in from a
Ia 90 years after opening " IN from 81 80 years after
opening In nom 81 10 ~ years alter opening; in from
~ 10 lon years after opening and upward u year,
ater opening The above figures show the average
a-e OF those theatres destroyed by fire amounts to about
twenty-five years and three quarters
The Choya Shmbt1i, an official journal Of
the Chinese empire, Indicates that the example Vi th.
Christian missionaries in China has hnally sug !estedN
the Monaghan mind that better way to resist the In
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