The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-15
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IN NoNellDcr, lfNl, tncre died In phila.
delph0. aged iO,. Edward Drinkcr. who had tccr ,
lect o seven sovereigns and died citizen OF the R
public.
! Most large country houses In Great Brit.
ain anl ireland now brilliantly 1T by gas mad. nj,
the premises and several large country hou.e,in
| this country.
Mile. Massabic, an old maiden aunt n,
Gomtcuo. died lately at the of a. She had ken,
house Tor him from his first settlement in Paris, AMI he
feels her loss greatly.
Mr. II. A. Arnold estimates In an articlo
In Nn,,esh C,a'ny That the Church OF England
dl.csAbished 1t would retain surplus OF fi2oOnUD
after all claims had been met
Several rooms at Versailles hitherto
closed to the public to he opened from May They
contain ~ many iND historic portraits dating from
the foundation Of the Monarchy to 1870
| They have passed an act In British
Guiana by which amy killing or selling birds with
fine plumagc VIII he heavily fined There would soon
have been handsome birds lett at the rate tney ers
going.
The last new remedy for hydrophobia ia
Chinese plant called DihUn stdmopipN. violent moi
son. IT'S asserted that Chinaman who drank some NJ
the water In which icw leaves vi this plant had been
stecped completely recovered.
The old steward who Is holding up his
hands IN plate H. Of Hngarth's Marriage Ia Mode i,
portrait II Edward swallow butler to Archbishop Her
ring Of Canterbury Hogarth had been greatly struck
with the honesty and simplicity OF the old fellows face
-Calus College, Cambridge, England, IL
pronounced Keys, and Magdaene, oxford. Miudlim 81
Mary Hail Is disrcspectuly styled sSimaiy" In undct
graduate language Streets at oxford not spok,nd
ns High street Broad street, &c. hut the 1ligh
"the Broad" &C.
A solicitor at Manchester, England, has
been sentenced to five years penal servitude He de
Tended client who had stolen portmantcou from Mt
Parnel NJ. T.. and was convicted ot taking payment
from his client derived from the stolen goods knowing
the money to have been thus obtained.
If Lord Bcaconsied thought war i'm.
mlnent he must have extraordinary confidence In the
ability OF cot stanley, Lord Derby's brother, to appoint
him secretary Of State Tor War Col Stancys
In military matters sof the slightest AMI his ministerial
experience has been confined to subordinate offices quite
foreign tn military affairs
A large number Of German spectators
buying up In Russia. where owingto
the succession bad harvests and the recent blocafe
family property i goins Tor mere tribe. An immenv
estate has been acquired IN saraton ior Count ltuAo
Won Donncsnor, Governor OF Alsacc The price paddy
' his agent did not exceed sixty cents an acre.
About twenty years ago the Bank Of
Finland purchased. tor COON. the splcnli residence
known as rXhrdgc House. OF the Marquis Anglc.c,
and established West End branch Tie ballroom con
tanned AZ exquisite aiaha.icr mattel piece. Tor which
customers of the hank have Oh ,rcd NJ much rs Eup
but the directors have lately put II up IN the paror
"ihs old Lady NJ Thrcadnccdic street"
Tea Is beginning to take q place almost
side hy side with coffee Ia Crylon AMI samples of Crll
trown leaf have been received and invorHhN rclnrri
| In London The cultivation NJ the plant b. eirttr
aged hy The offer ut prize Mt the colonial agtirUtuIa
exhibitions nud experienced planters have given
favorable opinion nj the canrhilirrs wi the soil aud clse
o part' OF ccyion tor ho production Of hch casst-s
In an article on the straw Int trade an
Eneii-h paper that art has guincd mmcnsr ,ai
from the presence at straw hat adding much sddi
tonal beauty amt grace To Dolly Warden. when painted
by Maclise that Ipl1 euinras not onsirrcd
much tu give The almost fabulous sum realized tor the
celebrated picture ~ Gninshorongh derived an mex
rrcssblc charm from the graceful form OF hat worn by
the Duchess Of Dcvomshrc "
There are still upward Of 2so, 900 people
Government relief In 1niln either employed public
works being fed in camps ami hospitals and the pros
ects OF any speedy decline Of distress are getting more
remote as the adynncrs Practically the effects
famine will pres the Government resources At
least another year With regard To- The area nj existing
distrs. in southern India certain parts OF the Mysoe
State are undoubtedly the worst OF an
80 Pope Leo MIL has sanctioned plan for
the conversion Central Africa. which prepared by
Cardinal franchi while Protect ot the Propaganda The
missionary work has been inttusted cunarcgAtionrl
tehhshcd some ten ago by NJ Lnvigcre at Apier.
Twelve missionaries have ALREADY lett Tor Zanzibar and
tscSpccicd that they will be- able 10 into the int.
rlor during the present month. The missionaries have
been instructed in the use ri scientific instruments
The South African diamond fields con-
within the past few months, changed hands at high
prices while new disrns- from time li.cov.
cred Some large stones have been found weighing nny
carats others weighing 1855 carat hirytwo carats,
aud twenty carats the last being perfect water
In loor Mans Gully again stone weighing MY three
carats has been found. Machinery l.. being adopted IN
many Of the fields thu reducing the labor AMI increasing
the speed At which the ground can he worked
At a recent meeting Of the North Wales
branch OF the British Medical Association there
discussion which showed much divergence of medical
opinion rs 10 the Use VI stimulant In the treatment Il
pneumonia Dr. Eyton jonr, said he had used smulant
with success pr Turnerwcll remembered case 10
which complete hat been effected IN Tort, eisht
hours without the use o stimulauts Mr. Roberts nliei
that he never used smunnts and IN hls varied ami
tcnsvc practice he had rarely lost case Mr. Jane'
Dolgcy, IN the other hand. said he always usoi siab
lants and had scarcely ostR Tor twcnt. s'ar'
The millinery Tade Rorier gives an a.
count OF eth Marie. waitress ut her fathers rcsarrat
IN this city. establishment much paton2cd rs 'r
men IN that trade The Empress Eugene, when tfHa-
IN Paris. Marie with her nurse AMI was aurarsfp
the child. She stopped the carragc, took Marie 30
and asked the about her AMI told hefp cii
AZ the Tuileres From that time Marie became srt
pet at the palace, and before quitting France In l>lte
Empress offered make provision Tor her bu, Mans
parents strict republicans ami the offer acci'#l
letter, however occasionally reaches h,r from CAs.
! hurst
, Some experiments have been made ~
Brussels in breaking IN horses by Of an ceeiie
birdie The apparatus called the Engstom hnl'v arr
it, inventor consists simply IN couple Of rrin- i
which run electric wires At the eni OF tie Runs s1a
electric battery Is attached which curck inttr Ios-
cr Of the eNpcrmcnier. ny pressing n little kratrN
electric current acs the corner, o the horse a1a
and after lew consecutive of ntcrmiitng shocS' mo
animal becomes perfectly docilc. A very iurarale
mare was broken IN ater one experiment with the N''
The inventor asserts that runaway horses ram lmh'lE
p ! aiey be- brought To sinud,til 10y this apparatus
=, A new explosive agent has been dlscov-
cred 10y Prot Emerson Re, nods IN IN, laboratory ~
Trinity College, Dublin It's mixture ct - per cent
elorar OF potassium wi - per cent nfa body called
sulrhurca II i,H white powder, which J. very easily
prepared by rhc mixture OF the materials the above.
named proportions. The new powder be igmtsi 1t
rather lower temperature than ordinary guupoNdcr.
while the cncot,it produces are even more remarkable
than those caHscd 10y the usual mixture II has been us
with success in small cannon but its dscovcrrr consl
cred that its chie would be for blasting for shells
for torpcirs, and Tor similar purposes Dr. Re, nHii
pointed out that one OF the advantage, this powder p
Seses IL that can be- produced moments notice Y