The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-10
SUNBEdMS.

The first prize in the last OratOrical con-
test at Wabash College won by fraud the oracn be-
ing plagiarism
Madrid papers report that Loo XIII. in
duccd Don Carlos during his late visit to the Vatican
rcnounce all claim to the crown Of Spain
The Prince OF Wales, as President OF tho
Society Of Arts is urging upon the Government the
cessty OF taking steps throughout England for better
supply Of water in towns and villages
Robert Held clopcd with Denver widow,
and his wife aided him in the exploit The object
the lieds was TO get the widows $1,000 aud after doing
that Held deserted the widow and returned home.
"A man retained his scat on the back OF a
kicking horse at Unionve New In spite of all efforts to
throw him. but fell on dead the beast had become
quiet The excitement had BROUGHT on heart disease
Mr.. Martyr very eminent independent
minister in the north England has lately Joined the
Episcopal church rcsignng valuable ptclcrmen There
have been many other nonconiormst secessons VI late
to the establishment
Tho sight of n young man with O gun
his shoulder, compelling = wcllknown physician
to march before him drew crowd In New Albany Ind
The physician had insuitcd young woman and was ON
his way, under compusion. TO apologize.
"A Boston wife slyly attached pedome-
ter to her husband whcn after supper he started To go
down TO the office and balance the books on his return
fifteen miles Of walking recorded lie had been stan
ping around n billiard table all the evening
As a letter deposited in the Morlsbur2
Whnouh fOst bHlco WAS struck with the cancCing
stamp loud explosion followed and the envelope was
In blaze II addressed to Mrs william sproule
lIoosac, and probably contained dominating paper.
--Freemans sacrifice OF his daughter ia
cited by the Boston H,rah as striking example Of faith
without reason that paper adding yet arc warned
from ten thousand pulps that human is b.
depended upon, aud that faith Is our onv salvation.
On Easter Monday the usual meeting In
favor Of the claimant took place in Hyde Park. Lon.
don. on n brougham containing Ave women ban
with the words o Queen. restore our brother Sir
Roger nchbcrne, the victim Of perjury and corruption"
Mrs. Anderson, whose Professionalism aud
pious speeches tie admiration Of BROOKLYN ladies
found yelling proancly Of house in Cinein-
natl a few nights She had come from hall DO
tween two Of her rhourly walks 10 gver her
ager a piece Of her mind.
The new liquor law in Massachusetts,
compels barroom keepers to get the written Of
their landlords and that provision Is causing dcRersa
greatdea Of roubc-propery generally disikng
to nut themselves in dangerous position with reference
10 the Civil Damage act
A poor settler I'm Kansas lacked the
build wooden house. and planned orc OF mud
BY n slow but excessive work he raised the walls
section by section letting them dry In the he at-
vAnced No sooner tile thAnit fell
heap. The builder then committed suicide
"A second trial Of the passion play In San
Francisco attended by unpeasantness for the
The attendance snail, and tho actor who
personated Jesus Christ nned s2jO for violating
ordinance that the Supervisors had passed The supreme
Court has sustained the legality Of the ordinance.
A mutiny lately took place on n Russian
vessel within the port Of Copenhagen In which two
officers losing their lives Two Of the mutt
condemned to be hanged from the yardarm,
but permission for the hanging refused by the
Danish Government II was therefore necessary TO post
ponc the hanging until the vessel had put to
Mrs. Mary Goodman OF Wilmington,
Del. stricken with paralysis, but lives long
enough disclose TO her family the hiding place Of
5000 In money which she had saved In very small
amounts for thirty years As they in needy
circumstances their qualification was unbounded. The
treasure found buried in Of the cellar
A Snowman in New England advertises
his evening performances by escaping from the village
Jail everYHnernoon. lie permits committee to tie him
firmly with ropes hAndcuh him. and lock him In cell
only supua,ng the lock shall be within his reach
Usually he emerges within ten minutes but sometimes 70
work hour, and unable to get at all
There were two suitors TO one girl Ia
Des Moines She married No l while No. out a
town, and No rs return he called her without
knowing what had happened There his rival In the
parlor buthe resolved sit him OUT The girl made
no explanation, and the hours passed until midnight
Then No said, Excuse me, sir but desire to 20 10
bed No was dumblounded.
On the 21st ult., as two carriages filled
with excursionists the ruins approach
ing the OF St Paul their 10 the city they
were stopped by -FOUR armed brgands ana the occupants
robbed OF all their lowery and money one Of the party
attempted hide his watch by handing IL the driver
but counting up the plumber the leader OF the brig
ands calmly remarked There is lacking one wateh-I
wantit" lie got 1t Immediately
From 1875 TO 1871 according 10 statistics
justpubshed by the French Ministry Interior only
| eleven thousand Frenchmen emgrated from France
while during the time sixty thousand foreigners
! crossed its territory In search Of homes in the
world The indispoSuon to emigrate and COLOMBO on the
part Of the French is set down to the low increase pop
uauon which allows them all live at home comfort
| ably under their own vine and ng tree.
A recent examination OF French black
silks in this city showed that they heavily aiulter
ated The weight Of dye In American silks is about
enteen per cent but the French SILKS showed weight
OF from thirtyIhrec to ity per cent The principal
article used In weighing is iron The six is repeatedly
inserted in solution Of nitrate Of iron then receives
blue TINT from prussiate Of potash, followed by several
baths In gambler ana treatment with acetate Of iron
1t is then made bright by logwood and soap. To make
the silk soft, little oil and soda added while to
make 1t sth and rusing acid Is used. The wearing
shiny is caused by the action OF the and alkah
which develop, under friction sort OF grease. The
cracking OF silk is owing 10 its inability carry the great
! load Of material used in the dyoing.
"A comparison Of the requirements for
admission to fortyiour American colleges, made by
| Principal Nightingale Of the Chicago High School,
shows that the differences not great He
| strongly advocates entire uniformity. that
| preparatory schools may be conducted on a uni
| form besis Mr.. Nightingale finds that Tin New Eng
land seventy five per cent OF the students in cOegei
take the classical in the Middle States hy foui
per cent and West and South so far investigated
forythree per cent" In the matter Of Latin pronunei
alton. he says that eighteen follow Yale IN clngng to the
English method. including Amherst Smith. and Tufts
twenty-five go with Harvard To the Roman method In
Guiding Cornell Nichisan. Boston. and Wellesley; Notre
Dame like all Catholic Institutions the continental
method; Williams has the English IN use. but the Latin
department prefers the Roman
DR. Draschc, who was sent by the Aus.
trian Government 10 investigate the plague IN Russia
has communicated some interesting facts 10 the medica
proie ssion since his return Vienna His Investigations
led him TO believe that the dangerous source u ne
plague is the Mesopommian Valley where It first ap
peared In 1867, and from whence IL was spread by
sohuts caravans carrying the dead bodies 10 the cata
combs of kerbclah and Vetsche Spreading further on
itHppearcd IN 1877 in Persia uctsch and then 1875 II
passed To- the Voga and appeared IN the village Of VT
lauka. ltWas brought from Asttakhau by wonaU WINK
fen the first victim the 18Th OF October oras year
Up to the 9Th u last February when the raVRgcs OF the
plague IN Russia appears TO have come end. NJ
actual deaths caused 10y it did not number more ihai