The sun., 1879-01-08

its Jewish population every year
California has n profitable and growing
cheese trade with China Australia and South America
There are great complaints OF poverty
In Liverpool but the Poor law do show ex.
cepuona distress as compared with former years
Temperance societies have lately been
formed at Hanover and G6ttngen with view reduce
ing the consumption Of beer to moderate proportions
An official return shows that tho num-
ber of condemnatons for crimes In Prussia was In 1878
n Ve2 In 1874 1854 In 1873 ~ Iso In Is7e lslert
and in 1877, 1880.
-Diphthera has for two years ragged in
districts Of Hungary In one town 2ia5 persons
out Of 2oOoO have lately been attacked and o27 have
died. The malady also prevails In Vienna. ,
Cora Tappan Richmond, the spiritualist,
has introduced In her Boston lecturos the feature
OF impromptu poetry She invites the audience to sug
gest topics each Of which she makes
Among the attractions offered for a
charity entertainment in Virginia City New variety
theatre we're boxing match between ballet girls pio
eating contest by newsboys and an attempt by n dtg
to hill twenty.four cats
The Egyptian correspondent OF the LON
don Standard reports rctrcnchment In the Khedive's
harem. Some twenty or thirty women have been sen,
Of lately. LADIES' thus discarded receive OF from
$500 to 5000 and with this find husbands specially
among Government clerks
The following is an advertisement In Q
Richmond ewspaper:
A cARD.-Asmy former husband VIM J scenlon, has
ms,hd Of PrYno9qe,ms .hs tsg2rt I,sc and to let my
HEtES scAELoE
Fanny Davenport gives this description
Of Irving the London lie is like an ugly caricA-
ture Of Booth. with little bits Of twnthng eyes dark
skin, and one leg much shorter than the other he
walks with decided halt almost dreaded 10 him
A. HiRi but. do you know his acting was 20 wonder.
mi that could think Of his looks
Tho volcano OF Santa Ana, in San Saliva
dor has teen for time In a state Of eruption and
the clouds OF IRE dust aud ashes which Nsue ara
the those OF aco which gives to the sup
position that the two are connected The dust very
fine calcincd powder found peculiar medical
properties, particularly In the cure OF wounds.
The new biblical drama, Saul; or the
Witch OF Endor. did not rcmunerauvo audiences
In Boston, although 1t presented the story with dignity
excellent musical features. and good acting and wAs
orally approved by the Society for the Elevation the
tage. At the time. "Unce Toms Cabin" The Dan
ties" and Pinafore Milling the other theatres
The Duke OF Buckingham, in the reign
Of James /, had many windows to his dwelling that
II was known in London as the Glass House. NumerouI
scotchmen came to London with the King who were
obnoxious the Duke aud he organized parties break
their windows Some scotchmen. In return broke his
windows. aud the King remarked 10 the Duke. "spcne
those who live In glass houses should be cau how they
fling stanes," and thus the wellknown provcrb
California is experiencing the coldest
weather known In that State since The tcmpera-
turc during the winter has most frequently ranged
between 4o' and e5o Fahrenheit This winter ia
has fallen to i5e and in places even lower To the
residents on the Pacific coast this is much trying
than II would be In the East In san Diego, where
bananas and oranges grow the thermometer has fallen
to 22' There fears that the will be injured and
that the next crops may be materially affected.
Literary tasks are appalling TO somo
folks as several attempted suicides within weeks
illustrate school girl In PaAune H. tried TO drown
aN. 49,.
ston A politician In Lansing. Mich became exceed
ingy nervous before sitting down write speech and
before the work was done he insane. lie stabbed
himself with the paper cutter that he had using
Baltimore medical student depressed by prospect
preparing thesis, swallowed laudanum.
Fanny Louise Buckingham played Ma
tTT'r in Philadelphia theatre last week A deputy
sheriff went behind the to levy her wardrobe.
but there little it that he also attached the
fiery, untaned stoed" used the play. Nl.e,Fa
begged him to permit her ride the horse once moro
over the seppes OF rartry that the audience mght
not be disappointed lie nted and was conducted
10 private box TO wait The curtain raised but no
horse was there At the instant he heard the ciat
ter Of hoofs In the back the box lie ran out
and was justin time to the seed with groom On ita
back. dashing down the street
A miner In Austin. New, on going homa
for dinner found neither meal nor wife neighbor told
him that his wife had away in the morning across
the fields There was hereditary insanity In her family.
ktNs ana ne tufiniscd that shc hhd wandered on
while dcmentcd although he had never aeeeed In her
any symptoms of brain disease lie found her foot
prints Ia the snow and, mounting horse he hastily
out on hor trail He followed the tracks easily for mile
Then he came to spot whore the footprints aud
the traces Of horse and sleigh hegan lie went mile
further and stepped alta tavern There he told that
his wife and strange man had dinner In short
she had eopei The miner abandoned the trail
There is trouble in Blairvilc Iowa.
about ball hNtwas to have been given by the propre
uF NNa INttau Is.s. A.
called "hishtoncd" ssscmblaee but could not make
up his mind how to draw the lines At nrst he thought
OF inviting only wealthy families but turned out that
some OF the weathest OF the residents were very dis
reputable lie next adopted the plan Of including only
the old families OF the place but that would hayo
counted in cx.conyct The idea Of restricting the at
tendance 10 the families OF professional was re-
eeted because would limit the company about forty
persons Finally. the hotel man offered the tickets for
sale to whoever had the money buy aud 30 few were
sold In consequence OF the bad feeling already excited
that the project was giyenup.
Tho November number OF the official
Ctai Jorna ion the Ei4caiipHal Aiu6r,ah, IN Prussia
publishes the usual the educ Auonal status Of
the recruits selected In Prussia during the year s77s
Tor the army and marine services According to this
the province Of Posen has the unenvabe distinction Of
furnishing the highest proportion OF uneduoaed
OF Its 5S7l recruits, 669, II cent, were unedu
Gated In the two provinces Of East and West Prussia
e29 out Of iisoi or per cent, the same cate
cory Whlle IN sllesa there Sl3 out l4tr4
per cent The percentage diminishos then notably:
Pomerania. 0ois; westphaha. O525; Hanover. "a;
Brandenhurg, al scheswig- -olsten 4UT, the Rhine
Province. o3i5; saxony q 2o9, Hesscn.Nassau I7s.
Among the old provinces OF the kingdom, saAony cun-
hnues 10 hold tie foremost place IN the gene diffusion
OF education amons its people. OF 1877 recruits
only 2l were classed as without education"
-" Fifteen million French people learn
only through their amanacs the desunes of Europc tho
laws OF their country the OF sciences arts IN.
duslry, their duties and their rights" SO says one of
those almanacs, which ought to be authority on such
subject provided It's both well informed and truthful
certainly French almanacs large ground social
aud scientific, eosmc and comic There are the Cooks
CuluNatorh Lady's Lawyers Joker's. sportsnan's
songsters, Nnedressers almanacs, Ananacs ol Dolls
Dances, Dreams, Drinking, and Dining Almanacs of
New Songs, Old Songs, Comic Songs Painuye
Songs, Patriotic Songs, aud Wedding Songs alma.
macs of the Garden, the Church, the Rostau-
rant the Theatre, the Drawing Room alma.
macs OF Games Riddles, Puns. Jests Drueries Parlor
Magic almanacs OF Health, History, and Contemporaries
Gus Celebrity Now, though such almauacs as the Pro-
phetc and the Astrological do what they can toou.hLu
fifteen millions OF Frcnchmeuo the dcsunies Of Hurope
and though almanacs OF Card Tricks and the LANGUAGE