The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-10

mind IL 90 phsnomenally like mine that he
agree 10 hair with everything have said
how IL II that he has not the islntest suspicion
Of an agreement much less coincidence. with
that part Of my work which remains unpub-
lished. II the Duke is able. let him now pro-
duce the second part By himself"
An English court decided yesterday that
newspaper has a right to prohibit Rarbled ex-
tracts from It's columns. The London Times
sought an Injunction against secondhand
bookseller Of Birmingham for printing In
catalogue what purported to be extracts from
the Times warning people that auction sales
were little better than frauds asa means OF
dIsposinR Of east on libraries Dillgent search
revealed In the Times OF 1860 sleadlnR article
Illuminating against the Knockout system at
auctions Two Isolated extracts from this
article we're the pretended authority, so ar
ranged as to express disapproval OF book auc-
ton sales in general The Injunction was
granted. with costs
The prize ring has found an ardent de-
fender in Conan Doyle. He believes 1t has
done much for England. =" It has bred" he
says in q letter to-day. "a race OF men OF In
domitable courage and energy. II
must be borne In mind that fewer men have
lost their lives through the ring In q whole
generation than are killed by football or hunt
ing In one season. During the whole time
when the ring was at its height can only re-
call one fatal lsht-that between Curtis and
Ned Turner.
"On the other hand the exhibition Of sys-
tematic. fair play must have been an object
lesson to hundreds who saw and thousands
who read Of IT, It is time enough to discourage
any instinct when It has ceased to be OF use
to the community With all Europe one armed
camp. the fighting instinct is az necessary to
this country now as II has ever been, and the
day may be coming whom we shall find that
our ancestors had reason for lite systematic
announcement. II was really the ring side
betting ruflantsm which killed tho ring; but
the puellists themselves were, I think. men
who had much Of the heroic In their naturea"
The new explosive discovered by the Swiss
engineer Piotet. about which recently oabled
to THE Sun. Is attracting much attention. 1t
has been named fulgurite. It is smok eless and
equal in power to dynamite. Though the ma
terinls composing It are simple, 1t can only be
made with costly. complicated utensils. The
quantity these utensils turn out Is automatic
cally recorded. This will enable governments
to ascertain how much has been so Id and
trace Il. The manufacture Ia absolutely safe
and so is the handling and transport. There
are three sorts OF fulRurite. which differ In the
proportions in which the elements are mixed.
No. 3 is LIQUID and for firearms. and Nos and
are for blasting. All have the common prop
erty OF exploding only at q temperature OF S00'
Centigrade.
The question OF the beauty OF English
women is being vigorously debated. Grant
Allen records his observations now compared
with twenty Ave years ago. whom he 6rst went
to France. He says:
81 was struck By the extreme plafnness OF
the French peasant girls. the visible unlntel-
ligence ofthe bourg eolse. and the mere spright-
ill., tha,, - tha al.
women. In England. Judged By American
standards. I thought the women OF the lower
classes heavy and dumpy. OF the middle
classes often dull looking. though frequently
pretty; Of the upper classes cold. but hand
some.
After twenty-five years see little change
In France. but much change In England.
Beauty. to my eve. is distinctly more frequent.
Intelligent beauty Is immensely commoner.
Bright, pretty girls now abound here and there
In the lower class. The upper class rem aims
much where 1t was. but In the middle classes
the Improvement 10 unspeakable Prettiness
is general. and real beauty Is much lore FREE
auent than formerly. Girls are better grown.
have finer figures. look much more intelligent
and possess better-ohiselled features on an
average than their mothers"
Anarchists threaten a more determined
demonstration In Trafalgar square to- m orrow
than on last Sunday. Since the news was re-
ceived Of the dynamite outrage In the French
Chamber Of Deputies this afternoon. 1t is
doubtful II the plan will be attempted The
London Anarchists are all towards and dare
not face the harsh measures which the latest
outrage will bring upon them. The indigna-
ton OF London over the Paris affair to-day is
Intense II any Anarchist dares to brag OF
this last exploit tomorrow In London. he will
receive no mercy from the police.
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