The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-25
SUNDEhMS.


with alot In FAeh 'leie was of the gifts proo.,
to popular actress IN Paris this month,
A school for the ballet consisting Of aon
children gathered from the sums has been oprr.1 -
London, for the supply Of the opera House
The works now In progress at Chatham
England will make the dockynrd there the finest ma
world. The work i, chiefly done by
Sir G.. Reed, Chairman of the London
School Board speaking Liverpool said that the a,.
parity between the fic and the poor had really becou,
achasm.
A resolution has been introduced into
the Virginia House OF Delegates to amend the rcvenue
laws as to impose OH every cigar sold
in the state
The British Mail, q monthly financial
publication. says In review OF the general commercial
depression that up the present time the United state,
seems to have suffered mos, aud France least
The Australian colonies show an extra
ordinary love OF botany. The botanical gardens area
delightful feature all the great cities and no amount II
money is gruiged 10 bring them to perfection
There has been so much complaint in
Paris OF late OF aduleraed wine that orders have been
gwen to the Captains OF the different police districts to
visit tho chief wine stores and scl1c sample, for analysis
Facility of communication is having
great eject ON the people Of British India Those who
never went ten miles from their native villages 70
all the country nnd their minds become bcralied
and freed from caste prejudice.
The Philadelphia Times remarks that ID
Ia neither important nor remarkable that JAY loud
always seems To got the wrong side OF every public
question: and adds uatitis probably not remarkable
that the Nee iorh Tirpa always gets ON the same side
with jay Gould"
The Chairman OF the London School
Board said lately that he believed that the working
unOppoed to religion Tor In London OF
itpOp children. not my had been withdrawn from
hgious instruction in Schools while istnp voluntarily
went into examination religious knowledge
The censorship Of the press is actively
carried Madud Most OF the Pans papers and tho
IadIsttue, By. stopped one day last month. and
the kilograms give much intelligence rs the uovern
ment thinks proper nnd no more How much did Spain
gain by its last revolution which cost millions OF money
In one way or another. and thousands OF hvesf
Mrs Pickering has started material
iHa,ionr show IN Rochester n H. aud the arc
more puzzng hsu those Of the Eddys She sits outside
the cabinet which seems to be inaccessible eNcep,by
tile visible door YET great number and variety OF c'ns
It, The lRht ia the room is very dim, hove
ever. and thorough nyc siigeton is not allowed
The North Carolina Conference Of the
African Methodist Episcopal church declare IN report
on hc state OF the country that there he- not
tranquility In that STATE 1851 durins the pAt
year OF Democratic administration. and that have
the colored folks been socncouragcd 10 build themselves
comfortable home. and be happy in The country
day The port compliments Gov Vance Tor hs suc.
cessul lead.rshi the WORK OF clevatns the people
On Monday morning last the police in
the neghborhood surfing and Chase street.. sau-
more. excited by frequent discharges ct revolver.
Rushing to the corner they found eolorei man 9s
the pavement unconscious with an cmi;y seven shOOt.
er caspcd in ms hand ON removing him TO the station
he recovered and stated that he was accuson,i to
nts and feeling coming had braced him against
tree aud summoned assistance IN this novel manner
One of the star prima donnas Of the
Imperial Opera - Petersburg. recently toA her enht
calcd the 2pl 3oh time before N.
she advanced to the footishts and addressing tho
ina tu aNo hgr
gratitude by singing national Russian song The sona
was received with enthusiastic applause but he prms
donna much DIS usted when the management .ub.
scqueuty fined her aouO Tor addressing the audience
| without permission
New Years gifts were as much the order
o the day IN imperial Rome as PARIS the present
month Casula had way OF limiting at tie close Of tho
year that he to receive gifts from hs people.
Tie palace consequently crammed w.th new hines,
an the Emperor d.h-hted to literally roll IN the sold
brought him TDci.us abolished the custom because
he wouldn't accep, unless lac could give something
and that lac SAID he couldn't AFFORD ,aieuls.
tie other hand Of those happy beings neves
troubled by scrup,s OF this kind The French Anssgas
gorgeous Ncw Years urcsents In 1879 Louis NV rave
Mime de Nonc.pan. one Of his n'st'c''es 'wosooiea
with covers salyer Of embossed gold studded with
diamonds and emcralis
The Figaro has long been famous for tho
| ingenuity o A., writers, who always know vast d Al
what j. pas,ins IN other lands than de- the nhAb
iianis Of those countries themselves some time axe
astonishtl London by the announcement that there
a certain establishment IN that metropolis, where they
kept supply OF the 'oh OF different hunt, countess
the place. Ing f,,ortc ny rams e'f WHO d sirei 10
have the prestige cot hunting without the cAlens' ana
who had merol, 20 drive down and hfr,ches ana
get spa.hei with the mrc of Buck Hcrts or k,>,Nad
then the evening to dazzle an adninns circle
the club with account Of their exploits Lately tho
fvuo has made another notable discoNcry-ths paes
party In England, We learn, wear silk hnis, the var
party felt
The correspondent Of French paper
relates remarkable contest which he witne-.o IN lilo
Isle Of Java between parrot aud gigantic spider Tho
spider whose body a. large small bird dropped
down upon young parrot whose mamma from home.
and spreading It's huge claws over the nest b"u suck
my is blood when the mother returned she naturally
"wentfor" the enemy, and seized hold al one OF his
legs but whether It he that legs not sensitive por'
ton OF spider, ORGANIZATIONS VI that tn, rarueula IN
sect had ovcrpowsrins penchhnt for the hlo~i u
young parrots he wuuldn let untl is pain coming
too intense tor endurance he turned Oh the mother ana
twiung all IN, legs rnly around her neck Wa n'l ~
ranging Tor good long suck IN that quarter when sAs
INN awful d. IA the bely with her heak "btre
upon he tell over dragging her to the ground With hl
The maturai, then shot him and released the parrot
-O'DOnovan Rosa announces in the HtSh
Word that the -krnhi fund for the liberation u Ire
land amounts 10 nearly si6OD The following m's'
terous hints To the manner IN which ue unh - a. 10
employed from his pen "Thisis the a-e ol dynamite
and torpedoes-as,ucies with which nature has como
forward 10 aui the weak the poor AMI tue 'n'ed mo
shortest swnest ami cheapest wariArethAi winch Dies
the greatest maternal damage tie enemy with The D st
loss u life 10 either sidc-is uc most humane safl'e.
Three men and Anew pounds Of dynamite are more 'n
match for the miguucst rgate Months o pre- parauon.
h"ndreds oi men, the biggest guns and all ' Attest l'
pro,cmens down before the apparently nsls An "no
assAianL the roncad drove OF existence Tie od'
fashioned wooden ships so the torpedo wi dave out no
| ironclad The ncets Europe and Au,e rica ara
al the mercy OF the sbaith> little enemy