The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-03-01
SUNBh1US.

NlNN fhft huatla viii IhNN oVNsVQpoJ ~ tuHabauts in
| nifty years
Tho labors OF Elder Waite at revival
meetings in Portsmouth, n H. have been nnlow,a nv
two cases OF insanity caused by religious excitement
1t is proposed to celebrate Mt pompcii
this summer the eighteen hundrcdta annlvcr.ery g ,t
destruction 90 that city by eruption ve.nv.u.
-Bodic is town OF California. Six months
ago it had 500 to CO. buildings and population of In
Now IL has 400 buildings and population II i'm
The American Consul Mt Florcnce In.
forms Mr. Evarts that American manufacturers comb
ssfuly furnish steel wheels the Italian rnwnv
Tho pious Scotch, though only number.
| ing some lOD1Olo spend sIjOOUn year In duut
which proves how unfounded the charges nggard
| illness 50 oncn brought against them.
A German socialist in Chicago publicly
that the she'll which is to explode the despt,
Of Bismarck has already been cast and during the pre-.
cnt year will ulnl It's bcucnccn mission.
Since Feb. 20, 1873, eight Cardinals havo
died one has become Pope. ard there only MY.
nve In all present In the Consstory Pope Leo
Kill viii ni ihe vacancies In the college.
The beautiful castle Of Miramar near
Trieste. which Macmillan built and lived In before M,
departure Tor Mexico is still splcnddly kept up BY tho
Emperor Francis Joscphs orders souvenir Of his un
| fortunate brother
-Caviare Is among tho articles taboood
by the Russian authorities possible vehicle Of rage
and the Bcrlincrs avoiding IT, obnvous the TACT
that most Of what they get from further than
| the Elbe or Danube
The st. Gcthard tunnel beneath the Aims
has been bored than seven miles and half which
about seventy feet than the length the Mon,
Gems Unexpected that the two gangs Of workmenwnl
meet In january next
Mr.. jacob Bedcll, n man OF G5 at Bald.
wins Long Island is said to have asscd over eight week,
without sleeping moment, or feeling inclined to do So
The soporincs he has taken have had effect on him
IL. al. ss.1 NatfH
Police surveillance In Berlin has become
stringent that nasqucradcrs who Assume the attire Of
knights bandits and similar characters forbidden to
carry the or and other weapons belong to their
costumes, without special permit
--"Oh, I'm good for another twenty
wears" was the laughing rejondcr Of Prince Heaw Of
the Netherlands when urged 20 make his will lie has
died interstate and his vast salons will probably pas,
Just where he didn't want them to 20
The Oxford University calendar for 1919
gives the mbcr OF UNDERGRADUATES 27Gs. against
207e last year but the names Of many undergraduacs
are retained the hooks who have ef without taking
degree that considerable reduction must be made
IRON these figures
The sleeping hours OF plant were
chanred recently by French chemist by exposing
bright light ut night and placing 1t In dark dur.
ins the daytime At first the leaves opened and closed
irrcgulary but at length submitted to the change unfold
ing at night AMI closing In the morning.
introduce the lcni food are not meeting
with success owing 10 the ignorance and prejudice
the subject one waited at Gloucester two years
for purchaser. ana another old at Liverpool for
pg feed the purchaser not venturns to give the lonus
10 his horses
On the last Monday I'm January, the King
AMI Queen Of 1aly gave the first ball they have
eiyen at the Quirinal. when the magnificent staN
apartments were thrown open for the first time Tie
Queen dressed In white and several beauuit
Mtgueutcs IN her hair Her Majesty danced but tic
King never does.
The Emperor OF Brazil keeps up q regu-
lar spondcnco with the savans artists and literary
men OF the principal European centres He compliments
notable by asking for copy it, aud In this
way he has secured at Rio quite collection Of books
and pictures. compromising the donors, in return win
Jewels and orders
Tho Franc C0mtOise tolls OF boar hunt
lately where wounded boar rushing between the legs
Of hunter who had turned aside avoid him. aud who
happened to be Mayor OF neighborng village carried
linn on the Mayor hanging by tie beasts After
going disaLce his Honor coutrvcd 10 slip OF tile
brute's back unhurt TWAS subsequently killed and il
head presented to the Mayor.
Owing to the continued and marked sue
OF republican institutions in France serious appre.
hcnson is gaining ground Italy that civil will
break out IN behalf OF an Italian republic. The Mazh
mans would have 10 strike the blow but they are iew
numbers and could soon he put down by the royal
NnuNN iHt more lWuclNu~ n tlt nhunUhl papers au-
NIT that the peninsula Is not vet ripe Tor republic.
The Governor of South Carolina Is bur-
dened with letters from natives OF the State who emf
graed West and southwe and anxious to to
it Many complain bitterly that they have been dsap
pointed IN their plansand expectations and make earnest
appeals Tor help or promise Of work their arrival
The Ner' Ud C'Hr of Charleston asks whether the Leg
islaturc would not be justified in providing for the
Of all suffering sclteNied citizens OF South Carolina
Near Ashland. Oregon early one morn
Ing recently forest OF pine trees bending down
as though bowed by terrific gale Of wind. Al the
same time not heath Of air in motion During the
previous night furious storm had passed the forest
accompanied by rain ana snow and the steady u
the wind had bent the trees and held them IN that posi-
ton until the falling snow and the freezing rain had
fastened them In unyicdns bonds OF ice and they
manned until the sun set them free
Louis Schneider, the late amanuensls OF
the German Emperor. was man OF Odd notions Tie
pillow on which, his head rested IN his coffin work
o his own hands and he had been engaged making
Tor thirty years It was stated with his hair. which
he had preserved from the clippings OF his lifetime In
color it varied from the light brown OF youth 10 tie
snowy white OF In his will. schneider described in
detail the way In which he wished TO he buried and
wrote ont the cpaph that he desired to have placed
upon his tombstone.
Under date OF Jan II, special corre-
spondent writes from cyprus that the continued drought
u causing great anxiety and though plenty Of prayers
have been offered Tor rain both by the Mohummcdan AMI
Greek congregations It shows sign OF comins This
the heathicst season yet the mortality has kept ny
seven per cent Chils ana fever abound TIE military
have every possible hospital accommodation. ami there
isnow good drug store Mr. Iepwor,h Dixon, who has
spent weeks at Cyprus has come to tile conclusion that
It not usually unhealthy hut that the past and
autumn have teen exceptionally So
Tho workingmcn Of New Zealand have
peuuoncd the Assembly Of that province to have the ma.
mrrauon Of he Chinese checked They say that tho