The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-03-21
BEINS.

he has the most comfortable hcarsc in the country
| 1t was the within of n st. Paul man to 10
married in white aud he went to the church, on a cold
| day, clothed In a suit OF linen.
On the last day Of tho Carnival at Rome
newspapers published, journalists and printers
| having voted to take holiday.
| Among tho various species of oranges
raised in Florida is the small thnsknncd delicate
mandorino. the Island VI Malta highly priced en-
| European tables
According TO a census just taken, tho
city Of Genoa has i3iOoo inhabitants indicating slow
but steady annual increase in the population the
beginning OF the present century.
Parker Pilsbury is telling New England.
in alecturc that the church to-day ready aseyero
die and kill the sake its cause and would su crush
all inhdels and froc.thinkers " It had the power
--Clemenceau, the leader of the Radical
Len, in the Versailles Assembly, is small man. cold
looking aud lis speeches are pointed and
brilliant but he never rises to the crvor Of Gambcm
"A Texas farmer lately lost valuable
horse and offered reward for him Several days after.
ward he received from ncighborng town the following
note The horse is here come aud get him. The thief
has been hung
Foolish Miss Care went from Boston
TO Quincy. H. to meet with whom she had
been holding correspondence. with a view tomairi-
mony." but found that she had been trickcd, and
compelled to accept the protection Of the poormascr
A Mrs Peter Miller Of Helena, Ark, has
arrived In Louisville and though but feet six inches
high is asserted to weigh 4u3 pounds. She measures
three feet nine inches the back and is thus nearly
broad she is long Her is o. She married at
10 and then weighed but 100 pounds
The Minister OF Public Works at Rome
has given orders the engineers AMI contractors to he
gin and push the work Of improving the Tber
around the CITY especially ut the point Of the
crossed by the picturesque old Bridge Of St Angelo
| which. In n measure is TO be renovated
Mary Anderson played in HOlyoke,
Ma ma last n u A
hundred persons arrived from westhcd. half hour
late and, they had been told that the performance
would begin until they came, the first act Of Romeo
and Juliet" was repeated for their benefit
| Tho ingenious device OF a Boston ma
chinst proved worthless because somebody had already
patented the same invention. and the disappointment
crazcd him possessed by the hnllucinaton that
his brains taken to be repaired and have
been put back into his head That why he thinks that
| he cannot control his mind.
On the 81 inst. grand mass was celo-
braed In the sxne Chaocl In honor Of the anniversary
Of the Popes coronation. The entire papal court In M
trappiug the card nails archbshops pararehs
and other preates the diplomatic body In full uniform.
together with distinguished foreigners presented
| spectacle such only be At the Vatican.
| -McGrath Is nm amateur actor In North
Adams. Mas. and Ready is another in Ptshclh. Roth
have appeared with great applause Ny' in The Col
lcen Bawn" but there Is difference OF opinion as 10
their relative excellence. Mcdrath has challenged Ready
TO a competitive personaton OF Ngl, committee u
actors to award copy Of shakespeare as the prize.
--Elhu Burritt's will gives about 5000
relatives and charities. and concludes as follows;
q" Having thus disposed OF the property which Kind
| Providence has put In my possession, IN way which
hope may testify my gratitude for such et bequeath
to this my native town the undylug affection OF son
who held is and special token Of considerations
| above all the honor which he received elsewhere"
An old nickel mine has been discovered
In the town Of Dracut Mass. near Lowell, which was
| origf dabou ~ wear mo-
OF nickel to silver probably deceived the first workers
and the mine abandoned The value OF nickel was
not known before 1851. The old shaft forty three
| feet deer. A company has recently sunk II sixty one
and found nickel enough 10 pay, and proposes 70
| operate the mine.
1t Is generally supposed that "perique"
tobacco is peculiar psnt and only he grown In 81
James Parish. Louisiana This mistake. IL is merely
subjected TO n peculiar TIRE itment While the plant IL
growing tie smaller leaves the top stripped or
and the lower leaves attain proiigious size in conse-
quence. These then taken and pressed for somo
weeks without being allowed TO dry thoroughly Perquo
| is larrciy used in the manufacture Of cigarettes.
! One OF the most ruinous habits OF tho
Russian peasants is displayed at marriage celebrations.
pcasant 20 celebrate the marriage Of his
twenty Ave gallons OF whisky to get money for which
he sells his horse pss. ani Is ready To become
pauper lie resist the practice for custom
qures that the population Of the village. men. women,
and children. must got drunk. rich peasant ut the
marriage festival will procure one hundred gallons Of
WAskcy and the uoishborus villages invited to take
part in the carousaL
A Philadelphia audience has distin-
gushcd itself by sensible behavior when panic seemed
inevitable. The Chestnut Street Theatre dcnscy
crowded Smoke poured mp from the cellar hhng the
auditorium Somebody cried Fire" aud everybody
stood up The manager hurried In from his office and
shouted There can't be- danger for yuu could all
get out IN three minutes. Keep YOUR seats anl IN toll
vou there's IRE" several hundred persons near tho
doors went out but the rest STAYED and were soon todd
that The smoke came from some smoulicriug rubbish
At the close OF last month, during tor
rife Venice, the square Of St Marks, the paE
zetta and principal streets completely inundated
by the high tide. large number OF people held
captive in restaurants and small by elevated
To be covered by water while in the Hooded parts
masked jewellers wadng about bare legged noisy urchns
and portcrs conveying ON their back women fresh from
balls and dressed all sorts OF fnery AMI pre-.
soned an amusing spectacle. Travel on the canals
SUSPENDED NJ the roniots could pass under the
bridges and considerable DAMAGE caused all sdeA
There was great hue and cry over the
capture Of one poor fox Dayton ohio nearly 500
men and boys from all parts the county formed line
around an entire township In which Macy foxes were
known to dwell Tho arrangements had been carefully
made, and the Discharge OF heavy cannous at three
points was the signal for general movement toward
the centre Every person had horn or bell,
thing else with Which 10 make din. the idea being to
drive the foxes certain such. aud there despatch
them But division did not start promptly. and a
was lett IA the Hnc throu-h which all the foxes hut
escaped This lone victim hid in hollow tree and
was kiei by "A dog.
Under the heading Of " Unscicntiilo arc"
awriierm Ntnrerdcises Mr. Tcu.cl, drawings IN Paara
and riicuc. hcirmaccuracics Referring to Tho Man
AZ the Wheel In the number tor Feb ~. he says;
These steering wheels are wonderful productions and
how they serve for steering Is mystery" Again rfcr.
ring TO the electric machine which sonnet times makes Il,
appearance in PHh' pages. he The clever ana
fantastic sketch Mt the beginning OF the Almanac shows