The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-13
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poser has produced with Lepsc an opera on
the Piled Piper Of IIameln" legend forming the sub.
| ieet Of one OF Mr. Brownings short poems
| Another list OF the unclaimed prizes OF
the great French National Lottery has Just been pub.
| lished. No less than o.snO prizes valued nj g5oun
francs still remain In the hands of the authorities
| The physician told Thomas Smith OF
warrentown, Mo, that he must die within few hours
Are you sure Of THAR" Smith earnestly asked Tho
medical man said there could be no mistake aboutit
Then Smith confessed the murder Of Grecnbury CLARK
| forty years ago.
| That Turks are not altogether Incapable
Of good work is shown by Ahmed vefyk Pasha who has
in two month"; drained thousands OF acres Of swami
In the beautiful plains Of Broussa lie is employing
vast number Of the unfortunate Mussuman in
| planting and sowing this land.
1t turns out that Mother Sheptons re-
nowned poetic prophecies supposed to date from l44s
| and beginning
Carriages without horses shallro
Hrou SfiG Re World p .Soa MYt hall Mi y woe
In the twnkiing OF aneye,r
| were written by one still living.
-Monsignor Maret, the cure of vesinet.
one Of the Popes ehamberains tried days ago
at Versailles the charge Of immortality lie is hand.
some man Of co. and had great practice confcssor Of
ladies' Of rank The Court ordered the trial TO be con.
Quoted with closed doors II lasted all night and yer.
dict Of guilty delivered. The sentence was ten
years Of that severe imprisonment called recluson.
A singular arrest was made in St Pc
ersburg on April 10 lady and gentleman were walk.
ing arm inarm toward the vosncssensh Bridge followed
by another gentleman The lady looked round unoasly
several times and on arriving at the bridge leaned
the parapot TO look At the canal In doing this her hat
fell on Instantly she jumped in it. but was speed.
lily reoincd by her pursuer who after brief struggle
brought her shore II then appeared that the lady,
was young in disguise who belonged to the Nhil.
list conspiracy and that the who jumped into tho
water after him a member Of the secret police Tho
lady's companion was also arrested.
The Paris National publishes the details OF
wonderful astronomical feat performed the other day
by two ayti They beted 500 that they would
eat without stopping for six hours and easily sitting
down 10 table ut and rising before half past O.
In the long interval they succeeded in consuming eight
soles gratn twelve lamb outlets Joint Of roast veal
weighing eight pounds three kogrammes asparagus
and omeotte Of twelve eggs besides Dutch cheese
twelve pounds OF bread and fifteen bottles OF wine AZ
the conclusion Of the performance the two left
house with very satisfied expression Of countonnnce
dividing between them the fifty louis which they hoo
thus plcHsurnbly earned.
Mrs. Sarah W. Underwood OF Milwaukee
has been active wheat Spectator for years at time,
making money In large amounts and other times los
Ing ~ heavily. She is under arrest on a charge Of
forgery and while she admits that has been tricky
she that she good average grain gambler
and cannot be punished Her husband and her father.
| inlaw are both named Alvan g. Underwood but there
the similarity ends, for the former brokendown m.
mate OF an nehrate asylum. while the latter il a wealthy
resident OF Milford Mass Lately she raised $1,000 on
eight notes signed "Alvnn O. Underwood" The men
who lent the money supposed that her fathernaw was
the gner but turns out that the signatures thos
OF her cnness husband and she declares she ne
said they
The idea that port wine Is a strictly tee.
total beverage be held with curious nrmness by
the lower classes In England This singular notion leads
those who entertain 1t port wine or the de-
eocuon which goes by that name with great freedom;
1 uKlts
court cases few days ago man, who figured Liv.
erpool as prosecutor in charge OF robbery ainstA
woman told the magistrate that he was a teetotaer
He admitted however that he had glass OF wine with
the prisoner and the magistrate suggested that that wa.
luxury which altogether consistent with total
abstinence principles The prosecutor however avowcd
his m conviction that "A glass port wine would not
do CHAP any harm" and gentleman in court sa that
he believed that nearly all tceotars took that beverage
John A. Suffer, the discoverer of gold In
California, Is living In comparative poverty Liuz Pa
correspondent OF the Philadelphia 1ims' visited him
recently and found him hale old man fond OF relating
his Pacific coast experiences lie California IN
| 1889, became the Mexican agent. acquired immense
landed possessions and for while literally monarch
Of all he surveyed lie first gold there Ia the hands
Of playing children aud soon his land to which he had
no legal title. was taken by miners. Litigation com.
pleed his financial downfall and he came 10 the East
The man who hrs found gold IN arizona is equally un.
rewarded, according to correspondent OF the Chicago
Hme' who came across him At Horse Head He is an old
Spaniard. named Barario Treycs ami keeps miserable
tavern, but once he wealthy, the yield OF h. ar.t
Mud being $4,000 Rasoally companions robbed him
Tho rltualistic services In st. Clements
Episcopal Church Philadelphia. conducted usual
on Sunday last in spite OF the formal censure that had
been applied Many OF the worslppors made gcnunec.
tons in the aises ana crossed themselves ON cuicrng
the pows Upon the altar tho chalico covered with
an embroidered veil. Canlclabra were ON the snper.
altar at each end Of which the igure OF kneelna
In pros. lin fIa A..
in the chancel known the credence were a basin
napkin, and two cruets holding wine and water Four
banners were displayed bearing picture Of the Viz.
gin and CHI d. There was also golden crucidx and a
perpetual light Al the commencement OF the ser.
vices procession entered, composed Of robcd boys
bearing crosses and candles twcntyour boy chors,crs
IN cassoeks and surrlices twenty four chorstcrs
similarly dressed, two cornct players two Noniss and
hnay three cergymen These marched through all the
hlsles OF The church During the choir stood
in the chaucel the celehrant Kissed the altar several
times acolyos assisted and frequently knclt and tho
preacher was escorted tc the pulpit by two cross bearers
Alter the sermon the chalce uncovered ten candles
were lighted and the service was conduc ted
with moro than the usual forms
John j. Andrews, Philadelphia Nor
chant lost the sight OF his left eye twenty years ago and
physicians told him that there was no cure Tho useless
member gave him trouble until is77 but thereafter il
was occasionally 80 painful that he writhed on tho
floor unu the attack Many OF the best ocul,ts
made careful examinations, and were unable 10 a.c,r
tain the nature of the disease. Lately he put himself
into the hands of Philadelphia physician Of whose n.
vesusauon lac says lie b-torcd around the cy 10
draw out the Inflammation. and at last he said . SNOW
what II Is not 1t is not Inflammation. and thHtis one
point gained He drew out diseased tooth and out ,t
piece Of the Jaw bone and did some probne rual, 10
said. II does not from tooth nerve. and ratls
another point gained lie dosod me with qulu.ue utI
he was satisfied, and then he said. 1t is not nia,a
'h"'is another point gained Last rhur.day De ru,