The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-03-22


is about to appear at Yeddo
President Gr6vy being asked recently fo
write something in ladys album indcd the following.
Life Is like game Of chess each holds his rors
according TO his quality, but when the game Is over
kings queens knights and all the rest are thrown ip
one common box
Prof. Virchow, in n recent address on thu
Oriental plague to the Berlin Medical soctatv dr,,v ,a
attention Of his hearers to method of di,inccs ayo
Gated by Bulard who asserts that infected articles are
plunged into cold water during some hours the conta
gious germs will Invariably be- destroyed
The new Colorado mining town. Land
Vile, has had It's first murder. morose dcsperaao
Killed Joker who provoked him In barroom In.tsn,
preparations were made for a lvnching but several
officers fought the mob successfully. aud 1t seems proba
bic that Judge Lynch will not geta temporary scar
In Leadvilic.
An honest man Is wanted for trrasurcr
Of Brown County. Wis Van Stracin elected bv The
Republicans although his record was bad and he stole
eDO0o. Burkhart Democrat. abscondcd next with
fGoOOO Then Republicans aud Democrat. united q,
elect Ellis whose probty nobody doubted; and an In
vosugatng committee figures up his THEFT at slop
A man was found dead at Fifteen Mile
Bayou. near st. Francis River. jury held an inquest
and brought in verdict in accordance with the facts.
after which the Squire noticing pistol the person M
the dead man again called the jury together who aun
him guilty Of carrying concealed weapons and him
t25, aud stock Of the dead was then sold 10
pay the fine.
Mrs. Anderson tho pedestrian, has con-
cluded long walk in chicago Her undertaking was 10
2oGl quarter miles In 2O6l ten minute
periods Aynxeyed reporter detected her in three dir
crcnt maps OF about hour each and found that the
scorer often credited her with laps that she did not
make She the fraud but claims that the track
was eight inches too long
The large lecture room Of the British
Museum lately Illuminated by eight electric lights
which made the rooms lighted by gas look dim by
uast In future the new light will be used throughout
the building and the public will he admitted At night
lhthcrtoi it has been open only during the day ac
count Of the risk Of theft arising from the imperfect
Illuminating power Of gas.
Mr.. Quaritch the well-known London
bookseller aud antiquarian. is about to publish cata
logue Of English literature which will be acunosiy In
it, way. II embraces 1--WE Cations several books by
other early English printers the four folio shakespeare
fourteen Of the early quartos Of single plays and the
volume Of poems " 1870 well editions many
Of the poets and dramatsts
The French Geographical Society has
determined TO appoint committee with view Of pro-
noting exploration in Africa. tho main object being to
despatch three expeditions simultaneously from Algeria
the Senegal and the Niger. which would all AZ
rmbuktu. tits hoped that all the other geographical
societies will cooperate by appointing delegates repre-
sent them on the committee
The gold production OF Victoria Aus
uaia last year only 1874 ounces. being falling
on from 1877 of 44Olo ounces between Ave AID six
per cent The decrease the yield Of the Victorian
mines for long series q years has been and
considerable. In 1870, for example the product
i2227 ounces. which shows In the interval dminu
ton OF 4G7 OoO ounces more than third.
Lord Chelmsford has said he had no idea
what dnicult country Zuuland all he cot into H.
II looks indeed like a miniature Aighanisan All along
the west side Of the narrow Amatonsa plain rises steep
ridge OF mountain Of from 900 700 sinking grad.
uallv In the west to rough and broken table land OF
about 2ooo feet which is again bounded toward Trans
vaal by another range Of from 800 to 1000 feet
--Signor Alcssaudro Castellani, who. to-
geher with his father and brother Augusta has been.
cwolry 10 tho markets Of the world has just made
his official report to the Italian Government upon tho
jcwery exhibited last year. at Paris particularly thai
from England France and italy which took nrst rank
In his opinion lie advocates the fTination in all
tries Of artistic industrial museums educating the
public taste and encouraging Young workers IN gold
AT the first public reception given by tho
President the French republic his daughter Mile
Grtvy an object u especial notice She is brunette
with rich black hair TIL but slight In figure. and quito
good looking She has been IN the habit Of devong three
months every year 10 fox and boar hunting. She is
nguist nne amateur musician and painter. aud gives
much Of her tune 10 scliimprovement Her chamhoris
carpeted with the skins OF lions tigers and foxes and
the walls COLLECTIONS OF arms medals cngrayings
cases Of brilliant insects and other objects Of fancy.
--Schllers Robbers" has lately boon
translated into the dialect Of the Jutpo spanish colony
IN coustanunonlc Tie descendants Of those spanish
Jews who found an asylum IN Turkey when necng from
ihc persecution OF Christian Kings form not ncon-ider
able part OF the population OF the Turkish capital They
uu retain the dress the manucrs and the lanruege
fl,ir ancestors. This language is spanish Kind In.
i'lshie only Co themselves spanish, Hebrew, Turkish
Greek. ami Italian the cict constituents 1t uis
culiar composite dialect into which The Robbers has
Just been translated
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