The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-14


Tho hrst consignment Of ten from Natal has been sold
In Lon on.
The Society Of Friends has Q attributed more than
100000 to the Russian Sufferers.
There are at present forty thousand skilled workmen
out OF work in NeDna-one.afta Of all the worknen in
the city.
disease peculiar to Japan Is known as kal- which
is thought to be the result NJ Diet The disease il
slow degeneration of the nervous system and steadily
increasing weakness IF the patient.
Somembcrs OF the British Royal family are to attend
the Ascot this year. The Queen has given orders
that the Royal stand is to be Kept closed. with all tho
blinds drawn down. during the meeting
The Vienna t!fini G'."r adver,ses Tor a hangm an.
with the Offer OF salary OF 500 and $50 for lodging.
One hundred dollars will aiso be allowed for two
ants. Candidates must give certificates OF ability.
experience. aud good character.
The late w H. smith LETT g. .6O 400 Of personally
made from his book stalls. lie left to his wife some
houses and $4,000 year while she remnns unmnr
riei After various other benues.s he leaves the bulk
OF III" estate 20 his son. the Hon William Y. d. Smith
genuine old Roman circus pacard. a thin slab of
stone tn ee feet long has been acquired by the British
Museum. In the upper corner there holes for cords
TO pass through that II might be hung side the
theatre and It bears this inscription in Latin Circus
full linu ense applause. Doors shut
Tho Duke Of Connasht is the first ROYAL Duke to
come director in a dividend paying COMPANY. 1t "a
the Church Schools Company NImitcdl and although
its business IL semi 2haE'hropir. declares dividends
and the Duke Of connanglts election held M by
the Dean Of 81, raWls who IL also director prom.
Use Of larger dividends and further subscriptions.
Paris has been a,cd with the mora, Impulse. Tbs
editor OF the Cur- I'm francs for IN a..
tic,e headed Prostitution in Paris" Tho En-, Il, Ha
rnrd fined 5000 francs for an intrccr. engraving
and the artist fined TO the extent The au.
thor OF paragraph nnci 800 francs and the
OF pseudo N eica book Las been sentenced to three
months Imprisonment and 5000 francs Tine
One OF III ~ crlchrlt"d opera SINGERS Of the past
generation NJ whose feet haf OF Europe lay NJ on
time. buried last week as pauper In Vienna. o
Rosa CyillaR. Sh0 WAS Iaricularly great In The
Prophet" She died aged -. having lost her vOco
eighteen yen-s and having been for the last two
years u cripple. When quite Young She married Her
mann the conquer whose brother survives him.
Evidence increa that lie universal Language viii
bc English. II ,As already taken the pnrs Of French
In Germany and Russia. All tre deliberations OF me
recrn, Conference concerning Samoa w"fc ronipc,nh
in English instead %: French. gentleman in i.b"i n
sayr tina, English has driven out every other f IN
tongue from the west coast OF Africa. where on"e
Portuguese was dominant. THIS progress in India is
steady. As it isai,' in jannn.
In Paris elsewhere tho Libraries show that fully 30
per cent Of tho h"o.s loaned out are nnycs. Dumas
leads tho list or popnar authors with Eugene Sue
0nd Basac gpns ont or fashion M IL also George
Sand. OF contemporary hutho I0ih is most IN de-
ma nd and Second to him is Jules Verne. Detective
stories seem to have had their day. naborsu and 10
Non,epn now being comparatively neglected. Poets
are more read in proportion to moves IN Fran than
IN Eng amt ana victor hugo N til" head Of his class
Atatrial IA IuEIr, the pa ntin being the proprietor
OF an nbro sry business which Denounced In the
press as rayiny starvation wages witness said that
for a drugyvt upon which an average work woman
would be uccupci tlr ,e days WORKING ten hour. per
diem. Is 24d was pad Of which 8,3d. was deducted
for wool &c This meant q wage of 3]td. per day.
Another wi ness stated that she exceptionally
quick emhroderess. and could earn IL. ~. day;
Others however. oniy earning I'd lOl Another said
tat by working h,ri from seven in tho morning till
two the next morning she can:d can IS
The art OF singing WAS nournfuly described a. In its
decaGence in Rossin's day even. In OF his let.
ters Just published to francesca Fiorino for moro
than sixty yesrs librarian of tho Naples Royal Con
servatory OF MUsc and Gator OF q method Of singing
Eossini s-ys; To-day vocal art waits at the BARR.
csdss Tho ancient towery song Is replaced by The
nervous: the srcian by the howing (0nro called the
French method: aud lastly the al aud aHec.
ttn,nte hy apassIJnGt" hyhroohoba A. yoi See dear
friend tn. question nowadays IL solely question OF
iu.gl p.rrfri' song ana vocal luxury are prohibited.
Poor mankind" courage. my good tioriu,o; persist in
Your good priucpl"s and be that generations Viii
come that axe sensitive. more poetica and l. SIS
distracted than the present one and will understand
how TO pront by your bsuencsnt doctrine. which !
think capable Of revvins the beautiful art Of song Of
our common country. which win render yosr OK.
Gallant hook tWmoTtALr