The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-08

| entered on sN't1 year 10 February.
Florida has no asylum for tho insane.
who are. in consequence, sent to the tcniuntarv
1t speaks well for the Turks as marks-
men mathis estimated that Russian in every six ba,
| been KILLED or wounded. ,
A Chlnaman about TO die lies with hs
feet toward the door in order that his soul on leaving
the body may have free Kit on it' way to Elysum
- Henry Campbell killed himself in Greene.
Y, lew days ago. because he had been unsucccssuI
In hi, apple alton Tor pension and other alter.
| native but the almshousc
In 1877 there were 2,9O9677 electors in
Great Britain and ireland than one in twelve
Of tic population There are about nine million qualified
voters in this country in I'VE Of the population
"A. B. Robson has probably the largest
poultry yard. in this state lie keeps 600 ducks 4VJ1
turkeys, and 200 hens They consume sixty bushels Of
corn two barrels Of potatoes and other daily His
| fowl house cost s7OD.
The Car has amcliOratcd the condition
Of the Jews in his domnons account Of the services
they have rendered to the army Foreign jews trading
IN Russia are allowed to become merchants Of tho
nrst guild. acquiring all the rights native traders
A J. COshow, while gathering pccans i'm
Gonzales county, Texas recently saw from his place
the limb thing gitcring on the ground
below. II was Mexican silver dollar lie dug at the
root Of the tree aud unearthed 500 worth the coins
The number Of fires happening in Paris
during 1877 iO1 OF these, iDl were accidental
l,'Vf from negligence or imptudcncc llJ IRON faulty
construction i75 unknown, aud nccndary. The total
approximate loss wassi7iiO3 The average loss per
only s2i7.
Mr. Gladstone has minated to Greene
witch that he does not intend to seek its again.
It no Joke representing great metropolitan consuu-
ency. Somebody is always wanting something Lord
Pamerston fully understood this and sat halt ms life for
a snug little Devonshirc borough.
The Journal of Rio Janciro says POSI-
lively that ammonia will cure yellow fever The gene
raj treatment Is the sae as now pursued but
the presence OF abum,n is detected in the sccrctons
doses Of Ave grammcs of ammonia In klass Of water
given with astonishing results
The first congregation Of Scandinavian
Luthorans the United States organized about "a
years ago Now there oes consrcg ,'ons. with s32
ministers and HOOD communicates. They have cstab.
hshed Z theological scninanes, colleges orphan
homes, 10 newspapers aud bookstores
M. Villemessant OF the FigdrO explains
that lie Of money to the brother OF the
Descee, imprisoned for offences under the Com
mune because when he was Missed and insulted In
theatre, she made her way toward him. and seating her
self at his side said Let Us who'll hiss now
Two young men, twins, of Hart county,
Ga, worked their fathers debts in compliance with
his request They were thirteen years Of ago
when they began aud attained their majority before m
shing Although frequently told that they were neither
legally morally bound to do So they persisted until
the last cent was paid
1t Is a wonder that a plague has not
broken out in Constannople The deaths OF refugees In
the mosques have averaged seventy n day. Those who
have passed the last three months there will carry tho
recollection Of them to their graves they i've "a hun
dred such the charms Of war for which 30 many IN
England now clamorng
A Californian who arrived in Melbourne,
Australia last February. took with HIM shoe backing
stand in the American style with chair iootrest.
&C. ON application to the corporation for permission %
erect it in Russell street prominent thoroughsre he
was refused-hrs because he was not cripple and
ondly. because the apparatus might Brighten horses
The Duchess of Dorset invited the Rev.
Mr. Lewis to dinner and the reverend gentleman arCtg
| ed the invitation Us follows:
| Your compliments. lady. pray you iortear
| Our old English custom Is much more sincere
So give INC heart and burn tOther nine.
| The invitation was on the back Of playing card
From the reign Of Edward the Confessor
until the reign OF George power Of healing diseases
by touch claimed by the sovereigns oi England
made pretcnsons to this miraculous siit and
1t mas never been claimed by his successors James l.
not SUPPOSED possess this royal virtue when King
scotland but the power is said to have come to him
Immediately after his accession to the English throne.
A little girl in ST. Louis is n kind OF
natural bank having propensity for swallowing
coins and other metallic substances even pins which do
ordinarily to di aree with her Tile other day.
| however. she taken sick, and the sum o fll5.
mostly in dimes, elected from her stomach II IS
prc.umcd. no evidence being furnished to the co1FsIy.
that at this pon, the bank suspended specie Iynent@
According To the CdcHse Of Cara, Bra
z tie suffering famine in that part o the eniirO
continues undated The state OF the popu,auou@ Ara
cAty is simply horrible over 5000 persons dy Nth
hunscr are there coc ted. Twins the greatest ~
it j. feared that the d'ath rate which now an'fit,s
10 persons per day viii increase with lrihtl
rapiity The famine has spread into the uclshtorirs
province OF riauchv an the starving poIuIauea arc
leaving the ccuutr, iu large numbers