The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-11-26
SUNBEAM.
The japanese Government still tortr

The Japanese Government still tortutea
prisoners to eStort confession.
The trade between France and Italy has
been increased twenty Ave per cent since tn. opening Of
tnc Mont Ceui. nuunl. he september 1871.
May Fjskc performs with her British
Bnm, Burlc.upcrs' s,s evenings iu the wces int.
Nr., ai.I on SUNDAY lectures on ", sduic nntic,"
Baroness Mary Itulak Artynuwska. d
wears ui age and niu,u. thc best Bu.ian society la,
lust been banished Siberia Tor iurscry fraud and
bribery leaving debts to the smount nj 2OO1on rouhca
A man committed suicide in st. Clair
H. by drowning himself in four inches Of water but the
local newspaper thinks he would not have succeeded
his wife had not obisingly sat on his head
A Connecticut wife wants n divorce be-
her husband bound her with rope. poured kero
oil her threatened 10 burn her up lie 70
Plies that he was only On orcing proper obedience.
Daniel and Derrick Creviston, brothers
fought with knives In Sparta. Wis Their mother i'm
pored them to stop aud then tried by main strength %
part them tut they kept Att Until Daniel Killed
Jack Campbell, who killed his wife in
cincinnati. was IN an advanced stage Of consumption
He had often SAID that he did not desire Mrs Canpnto
outive hin. for she had considerable meney. and he
feared t,at .he woul soon get SECOND husband.
Bertha Won Hllern, who for several
years performed remarkable ean IN pedesranisn AMI
thereby acc unulatcd considerable money has settled
down to the study aud practice o; sculpture in Boston
She says that the walking that she has done has Ia
any way injured her health.
Don Carlos ends his letter OF congratu-
ation 10 Queen Isabella on hor sous escape You Know
how much love you. Your anecuonate nephew Hh
affection did not however prevent his doing his best "
Keep his beloved aun, aud her Of the throne BY car
Iyiug on civil war Tor years
The authorities at Milan have taken
measures TO prevent the German Iniernaiunetss who
are at present emigraung from Germany IRON making
OF urouagnudn. anal m
Of the societyvik two Germans, one Frenchman and
two Austrians-have been expelled from the city
One Of the most pleasing features about
Japanese progress the attention paid 10 female educl
ton The Empress who Is said To be a able woman
spends both time and money In fostering everything
which looks toward the elevation OF her country women
Recently she invited q humber Of prls to the psaesk
make an exhibition of their needlework
| Mrs. McBeath's son returned 10 Cleve-
land alIer Of work as boatman the lakSl
snd she very happy to him at home again. de
told her that he had signed the total abstne pledge
and had saved money enough TO keep the family con.
fortably through the winter At that her joy became %
overpowerng that she tell down dead from heart disease
| The Breckenridge (KyJ Nelrs says: "A
rnmor has reached our town that IN Grayson Counya
serious difficulty occurred between the two Bapua
preachers Thomas }. Robcrtson and Gun Buchanan. In
which both were Killed" The editor observes that be
has been unable 10 get confirmation Of the rumof but
| gentlemen have long been bitter cnen.ics
| A Western evangelist has an outfit con.
dsing Of four horses ae covered wagon like crcus
van tent that can be packed conpacty. and appliances
for cooking AMI secpine lie il clever exhorter AMI
| his wife. who travels with him. does the singing He
goes place To place. Stain IN long q, HE
meetings are successful lie sells hymn books but
claims that the proati only sufficient TO pay hseSpena
| The sales Of one of the largest firms "
| hair merchants Ia Germany have ialen Oh 25 va
cent in bulk. and lpto ~ per ccut in value within The
last three years, entirely through The increased demand
for chinese. japanese and other cheap hairs In 1871
tie exports Of hair from the treaty ports 80 tons
IN 1874 33n. In ISsJ d7o rhis in degree
explain the pi-iul ro5bing which has been rife. and
which also said to have been prevalent at the pernka
| period. 100 years a-o
The Order Of Foresters, being a secret
society, il under Tie ban OF the Roman Catholic church.
| A Forester named Sress was his deathbed in sSrs
and sent Tor Father solier 10 administer The rite
extreme uncton but the prizes. refused to ofaciae IN
less the diving would renounce the society and ava
upIts secrets Kress refused to comply with Tie cond
uons AMI. altar IL aih declared from burial IN the
Roman Catholic cemetery. Tie matter has bsen Aken
~ BY other Roman catholic Forester and the prisshAs
| appealed To his Bishop for support
Mr.. Seward, the American Minister TO
China. il beiug holly assaulted BY The Pacific coast
for his assertion that more Cinnamon have LEFT Calnot
mia than have into 1t In tie past two years" Hi
! said mat the excess Of Chinese immigration over ne
number that returned TO China was 500 TO 10000
that period. The total Chinese population Of California
today l. estimated about iOoO,o to 10000 whteA
The thnese nearly all me-, but Of the whites ne
adult makes probably number less than 1900. making
at least one Chinaman to every two white men
The prices Of mining stocks have been
tumhIus IA san Francisco alta rate tat must <su
tr.shtul 10 Their unlucNy holders. many Of whom are
small tradesmen and other comparatively persons
Tae for the sudden TALL has been the nads
by te c1,oa, whereby appears that the shares Of TIE
various Coms,ock mines have been selling at figures that
make their total market value not less than 81 ooQ1o
yet not OF these has been paying dollar Of div
dend fog some time past On the contrary. they have
been leVyine assessments with remarkable punetualty
Il was also shown that numerous workmen ompoysdia
the Consolidated Virginia unne had been discharged,
In AN article in the November CJrIhA
on Marks. Minister'S, AMI Monk. We read "Gtneraib
speaking. GOis acre IL decpny tended AMI that Il Al
that can be sa.d There the family bur,nl places
OF two alrds and PROBABLY ia corner stands roof
less little building shattered nau.osuuu that recalls
the eats OF the Burkes ANA The Hsres TIC resurrection
stN Ola people will tell you still hoM In the days VI
their hoyhe.f regular guard was mounted Tor masy
days the corpse ot the acgiainianoe the! bad CON
| mittrd 10 the dust GA the death OF popular laird no
tenant, aud dependents eagerly volunteered for The Outs
ami dreary work must have been in winter Alihou:a
supper and plcnt, ol whi.ksy were provided
At Zabrzc in Upper Silcsa letter DE-
roctcd uan named Pclka to Doe delivered into hi
own hands was gwen up To lis vile Bong very lAIes
ard thick and fastened with tape, teAciiei her tlH
o,ty. On pulAng OF the ems OF tie taps Tor Tie pAf
pose opening the letter there was tri.huu sr2@
Nou. Frau Polka was thrown down AND severely M
iurcd, AMI all the windows IN the huse we're broken ~
far a. has been discovered from the fragments ale"Aa
picked up IL appears that the letter contained some eh
posiye substance, e.ther dynamite or uif' -1e'ihs'
and cap aud needle or i's'gn,uon with Which H' '1ps
commune taN Tie author OF the lrAf nav N'F 80