The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-21
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Since Canning's time there has been No
English Foreign Secretary not member noble family,
The Chinese have a saying that an I'M.
lucky word dropped IRON the tongue he brought
back again by coach and SIX horses
An eminent German traveller in Africa
speaks in the highest terms OF petroleum as protection
for men aud animals against mosquitoes
british Columbia contains about five
thousand Chinese most of them engaged in gold mining
1t said that they have crowded the white laborcrs OUT
Of employment
The variety hall in San Antonio, Texas.
has lost It's g dancer She received that she had
fallen hcrcS to sioDUo in Buffalo, and her Theatrical
ambition was Mt once gone.
Lord Beaconsfcld is taking recreation
after his abors the Congress The London papcrsn now
notice his movements as it he were royal parsonage
and the RAJ MtH Ga..re OF Aug says he to the
Comque the night before TO see IL w. :. Pnaforc"
George Rcinllng of Cincinnati, wishing
10 murder young woman went boldly TO drug store
aud offered sii for poison that would hill quick
The clerk refused to sell the desired article. but Rein.
king procured it elsewhere and used it with fatal effect
A boy lately died In Paris through eat
ing an nordnatc quantity Of peach pits which well
known to contain greater proportion OF Prusac acid
than Is found In the stones Of other fruits Tho boy wa,
found writing in agony. and survived but short time.
A mob poundedliwith slcdgcs all night
long the door Of the jail in Jennings county Ind to
NJ John schaccr. whom they desired TO hang but
could not force an entrance The excitement hope
and Frustrated the prisoner and IN the morning he
was nearly dead
High prices no longer rule in San Fran.
cisco Beef mutton, vegetables hsh and tea cheaper
than IN this city Rent servants and some kinds
Of groceries higher Clothing is dearer, and
laundering Is low. Car fare is i've cents, and onc-cont
coins now general use.
M. Bcrtillon of the Archaeological So
ciety Paris nnls that IN France there leo males
born alive u every iOp females while In Thorn chill
dren there I37nnlcs Ioprmal,s This applies only
TO legitimate children statistics show that hrstbori
children frequently sculinc than feminine.
At Tcignmouth. an English seaside re-.
sort one ot the ladies bans machines recently de-
tachcd from the rope which held IT, and noatcd 3,
with its three occupants The ladies fortunately
succeeded In leaving 1t Just before 1t toppcd one
ol them could SWIM and thus saved herself The other
two were rescued 10y a fishing boat
Lieut.. ZubOwitch who two or three
years rode from Pesh to Parsn fortnight is going
to England with the mare which he rode on that occa
sion. AMI Is Ia attempt to from Dover Calais
| upon her back lie has invented an apparatus which
will he fastened to the chest aud by means q
| which he expects To be able to keep her anoat
Charles Draper ClOpcd from Oswego
with woman. ring his wife and children Anrra
few months he returned. said that he was Icnot sol
lived year with his family Then he clopcd vl1
the woman only To return with fresh proo staten,
" repentance Ills brother took him IN, him en-
| roymcut and tried to reform him; but he has nav
| cloied with hi brothers wife
Among the orders just issued TO the
Boston polirc to regulate their duties places of f-ie
amusement Is the following Police officers az, note,
| interfere even on tho request Of managers heir
nscni. with person, who IN reasonable AMI dcco-ras
manner expires. their dissent by Kissing oiervis
| what &, presented on the stage"
| The pastor and the Sunday school SUI
rornicndcnt of Methodist church, in ohcrn. o ucre
at lcgscrhcads The latter had been formally voted
but he persisted in conducting the Sunday school
stood on the platform. the pastor ana salwart
tee entered took on heir coats and began cnrt
| cxpcl him. A lively faction nght ensucd. In which
women well men oinrd and clubs freely
| In 1896 the Duke OF Wellington was sent
10 81 Petersburg by Canning special mission rcla.
tive to Turkey AMI Greece OF these negotiations
came protocol containing the agreement mediation
between she Greeks ami Turks This protocol was sur
rclttiousy communicated 10 the Thn, Just rs that
the other day g. the Gip'~ Hcertany doesn't speak we'll
for the way they manage matters IN tho Foreign once.
Some civil service reform Is needed there. apparently.
One Of the leaders now melting rebellion
in Bosnia is nadh Lola OF seraJeva fanaucAl Dsrvsh
He is said to be the ttlcst In Bosnia. and ALWAYS
walks about m tnicrcd and fantastic attire. Summet
and winter he goes haefooicd and during the Ramazu
period becomes half naked His practice IA to beg aims
with which he feeds dogs around the mosques While
rapt in holy trance he has murdered many Chnstans
but has been brought, to book and punished Tor hi
crimes and maleiacuons
According To Lieut.. Gender, in his re-
Gently published Tent Work in Pale slime the world ID
In danger OF losing one Of its wonders The six
INK columns of Tho temple OF the sun at Baalbcc
nodding their tall The Turks have ALREADY sappei
them In seeking for TIE METAL cores into the Joints
every frost adds something the progress destruction
and amy winter may bring the destruction OF three
the six. These columns sevcnt,.nye feet high,
amous the noblcs architectural works the world
Tho hot t,.irg ttl, -. oil
We learn. ON the authority of the London
Noi,1H Eninin thattis proposed form Schosl ~
Beauty % In England in which the members. mali AMI
female. pledge Themselves to do all they can
| themselves comedy by natural means Prizes NJ @.
given to those ladies who with grace,
! aud afford evidence of the free of their limbs
while It viii he leading rule o the school that though
stays may he used ns means ol support they shall not
be deemed essential as An accessory beauty In Other
words, natural waist ana well.curycd back with
perfectly posed head will be at premium.
In his annual report, Sir Joseph Hooker.
Superintendent of the Royal Botanical Gardens At Kew
rcrrrng I" his recent visit 10 TINS country lean
not adequately express my lbcralitv with
winch travelling facilities and Inequalities OF all Rinis
were accorded To- me 10y public companies and prsais
individuals wherever went in America. The TACT ofmy
heing connected with Kew passport In the Ssrth
ern states o America the progress aud Of p.3
tnuons for the instruction the people In science o.
oumes prominent place in the cheap illustrated peroi
cal literature Of the and nowhere the globe ~
this literature better universally read as in the
States 1t is hence wonderful that progress Of
such establishments Kew. the South Kensngton Mu.
scum &c should he better known there than here
A new warlikc appliance Is about TO he
introduced into the British service. and will probably
known ms the hand torpedo Like the grenadcs Of
half century ago. they intended to he thrownby
the hand into the enemys boats or over parapc . aus
siockades hu, instead being a shell exploded sy
se as the grcnndes were they will consist entgev q