The sun., 1890-01-15

The leading poet of Holland Ten Kate died the same
| time as Browning, aged 20.
sister of Keats the Fanny to whom he was 30 ten
dery attached. died in Madrid lately seora Lianoa
The oldest woman in Vienna is Frau MaGdalona
Ponza who celebrated her i1+th birthday last Christ
mas She is cared for by her soyeRr. old daughter,
An agitation has sprung up in Belgium for the re-
enactment of capital punishment in consequence Of tho
alarming increase of murders within the last few years
contrivanco has been applied to watches called
an appointment reminder" small dial Is set into
tho watchs face which set tho hands at
any hour required.
Tho statistics of wild beasts in India for 1899 show
that they do not grow any less deadly twenty-five
thousand nine hundred and seventy killed
In 1888. an increase Of coo
The Persian Prince Keykubah Dechman Mira a
cousin of the Shah has Just Been convicted OF
foiting in Moscow Russia AMI has been condemned to
lve years of hard labor in Siberia.
Sarah BsTnhardt finally decided to play Joan of
Arc wheh she received letter from the mother of
two daughters who hal oDged TO her act but had
been able account OF the nature OF her roles
The Vale of Avoca has been bought by English com
pany, and tho woods will be swept away in order to
make matches There Is great CONSERVATION the dis.
trici. where the memory OF Tom Moore is cherished
with fcrvency
The way tho Russian Minister OF the Interior moves
against unsympathetic journal can he seen from
Ministerial order which has lust been issued to the
following effect: where's the European Messenger
in whole series OF articles conducts Itself in no other
way than in spirit OF condemnation OF the most i'm.
portant acts OF the Government and that the articles
OF NJ. SOeyieI published In that periodical entitled
The History OF Russian Conscience and containing
exasperating criticisms directed against tile Eussian
Church and State. in their historical Development In.
culcate ideas the subject and shake respect
the principles OF their foundation and the prnci
pies OF Russian nationality in general tho Minister OF
the Interior announces frat warning to the editor OF
the European Messenger in the person OF the State
Councillor, Michael 81 RsoOlevich."
Tho German press is discussing atienGth tho merits Of
a new French repeating air rife calied tho miracle
gUn" The rle invented by NJ, Paul Gnard In Paris
the original protector OF the arisan pneumatic post
1t is described thus The weapon light much ligh
than any of tho army rihes in use. It resembles
the magazine In that steel cartridge about span
aud half long aud AS thick as mans thumb Is at
tAched to the barrel by of AScrew This
fridge contsins 800 shots which can DO discharged as
rapidly slowly a desires Since neither pow.
der nor any explosive but only compressed and
hquehed air supplies the expelling force no smoke and
no hAsh accompany the discharge only short sharI,
low report Is heard the ball leaves the cartridge At
tue recent trial the ball travelled with wonderful
curacy penetrated deep into the wall OF the shooting
room As soon cartridge is smpted Of It's 800
shots another cartridge be screwed tho gun in
the twinking of eye N. Ginard says that the 800
Shots In cartridge be produced at cost of about
two GAd half cent? The gun Itself can be mAnufAe-
tHSsd for about -" .-.s