The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-09-07

su0 ~ VI8Ofoub. nealtny. enO eperReNc, rtd6s
stakes. plays tennis. and delights In physical
hand. declares emphatically that English
women are forgetting how to sew. and that the
miraculously small and neat stitches Of oldsn
DAYS are gone.
A controversy has ct last been decided by the
sculptors in Berlin as to whether Gen. Won
Goehen should have the spectacles which In
life were part Of his whole appearance. The
spectacles have been omitted as unsuitable for
statuary.
Anecdotes still abound in tho papers OF the
late Duke Of Wellington. and tho last claim for
him is that he inherited the iron nerves OF his
father. rs when he went.through the operation
OF having his eye taken out the moment 1t was
condemned. and then pointed IL out coolly to
visitor In the glass where It had boon do
posted with the question. Would you like to
see it?"
Gen. Booth Of the Salvation Army has APP
piled for trade mark on design OF which
the principal features are cross and crown
and the words Blood and Fire." Tho trado
mark is to be used In cutlery and edge tools. In
furniture and upholstery. and finally In prop
arations for tho teeth and hair and aosp.
The latest statement about Mr.. Wnans and
the other great game preservers OF Scotland Is
that each deer costs about ESQ.
Auo oOSI0tJ php0Eb are HilSu III Wuut VI rOIu0
news. with gossip from tho different pleasure
resorts. Miss Chamberlain Is ut Homburg. and
never shows herself at seaside resort. In
Denmark two Englishmen maintained the ma
tional reputation for eccentricity by rowing
through rough sen, and at great risk to their
lives. to get back favorite walking stick.
Victor Hugo is at the Quellenhof.,a at Ragatz tho
same kptel that was recently patronEed by
Moltke. He gets up at o'clock in tho morn
Ing. writes and reads until luncheon. ana then
gives himself up to enjoyment.
Tho literary world il waking up after tho
dead season. in which only tho cheapest and
silliest novels could sell. and there IL quite q
cluster OF announcements. Robert Buchanan
will be represented by a novel called Fox
glove Manor" Henry ]. Jennings is writing a
biography OF Tennyson. new history OF Mo-
manned. described as filling u very important
place in Mohammedan literature. has been
published at Leipzig. Herr Richard Buchta
has published "reminiscences OF a visit to tho
country OF the Mahdl in 1878. when tho Mahdi
was only known as pious fakir. The False
Prophet is described Rs tall we'll formed. OF
dark brown complexion. and genuine Nubian.
not Of Arab blood The reproduction OF Amer
lean books goes on apace. and George Parson
Lathrop's Echo OF Passion" Frank Stock
toms :" The Lady or the Tiger" and George W.
| duced. An antauary has utilized the dis
cusslon about Greely's party to unearth a
medical book OF the time OF Charles H.. In
| which the eating Of the flesh OF young man
| appears frequently In the prescriptions. In per-
feet good faith and absolute unconscio usness
Of wrongdoing or even grotesQueness.
The Moscow Gazette has Just given some In
| ter-sting particulars OF the development Of
manufactures in central Asia under Russian
rule. Distieries we're first erected because
the transport Of spirits to the army was so ex-
pensive. Breweries and soap works followed
then brickyards. tanyards. pottery match. and
cigar works. The soil is described as full Of
wealth. including cotton. silk. tobacco. brass.
lead. iron. naphthah nd superabundance Of
grain and fruit. Nevertheless. the budget still
leaves the Russian exchequer an annual charge
| Of 81. 900. 900.
The latest cause given for Indian famines Is
! the existence OF an excessive number OF goats.
The theory Is that the goaus destroy tho trees.
and the consequent decay Of forests decreases
the average rainfall. There are 14.OO0.0 900
goats In the Medras Presidency alone.
A recent Parliamentary return shows that an
appeal which cost a good deal Of money in the
Irish land courts resulted in the rent OF the
tenant being raised from six pounds two shil-
lings and eleven pence yearly to six pounds
three shillings.
Pauline Lucca has been very much enraged
by the business Of some admirers In Vienna
who. celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary
OF her artistic career. drew attention to the un-
welcome fact that the still extremely lively
young lady is within six years Of SO.
The English papers are themselves making
merry over tho fact that pcherds are being
sent in myriuds to the Continent to be trans
ported back again to England as sardines.
The shrewd EnGllshmnn prefers buying them
at double the price when passed of as foreign.
Scarlet fever is being spread through our
laundresses; asavant has discovered an animal
with 1900 eyes. and Cooks tourists. accord
ing to a recent arrangement. wind up their tour
In Paris with visit to the Morgue.