The sun., 1895-05-09

Corney Grain left $50 900 of personal property
French lawyers are forbidden by the statutes Of
their Bar Association from riding in omnibuses they
must either take n cab or walk
Fanny Burney. the author or "Evelina." lies buried
in Walcot Churchyard, near Bath, with no stone OF
any kind to mark her grave. says the Ath'nGum.
Berlin's Imperial Library is for tho first time to
have catalogue OF Its books. II will lie modelled on
that OF the British Museum. and will cost $4,000,
Visconnt Valenia. who has Just been elected to Par
lament from oxford City in place OF the Sir
George Chesney, makes the eighteenth titled member
OF the House OF Commons One OF them is a Liberal.
Two steamer londs OF 900 Don Cossacks each have
already left Odessa for the Ussur tord In Siberia
Of which Nladivostock is the port and others 10
follow They go as emigrants. and receive from tho
Government free passage and free grants OF land.
Next June the poyglot petition for circulation by
the British Women's Temperance Association. asking
for the prohibition Of the sale OF alcohol and opium,
will be presented to Parliament 1t has the sigma
lures OF 7.600.0oO women belonging to nifty dTcrens
na'ionalities.
Andreas Iaftns. the last veteran of tho Greek wars
of liberty OF 1921 died In Athens lately at the age OF
no Ono Of the streets in Athens is named after him.
and his funeral was public one. He had often eI'
pressed tho wish to live TIL 1901. in order TO be abs
to say that he had seen three centuries.
Every year the bravcst deed done in saving iifc in
the British domnions Is marked by the award Of inc
Stauhope gold medal by the Royal Humane Sori"'y.
II was given this year to william Mugford OF Torgn@y,
who was caught In n sewer wher" he was at WORK
Win three companions when the sewer WBt Hh""hi
by sudden thunder storm and saved two OF the mrn
by holding them up by main strength for hours
until relief came.
OF the .G2l $50 square miles that Africa COM
priscs England now holds 3l84 $40. according 10 the
latest figures compiled by Dir. Ravensten "f the
Geographical Society. France has 1929. 100 square
miles including Algeria Tunis. and a large part OF tho
Sahara; Germany SSt.sl0, the greater part acquired
since 1854; Portugal, which at time had amoS
monopoly Of Africa. now owns only S26.7So square
Cr.pI hpJIa
and Italy 54sssO. The Congo Free state contains
VO5,O9O square miles, and the Boer Republic 7f71o
Europe, that IT, has already seized upon more than
three fGurihs OF tho continent.
Gilbert Whites autograph manuscript of the Nat
ural History Of selhorne sold recently In I"nI'n
for sla7O IL had never been OF the possession of
his family. and contains many passages NOT In 'hs
printed copy. At the s1me sale a number Of interest
nyson Poems 10y Two Brothers," 1877. uncut
brought s75; Tcnnysons Poems. Chiefly Lvrral.
1898 the first edition in which Ids ram" app""fra
S53: his Tho Window; or the T. 8rioS ~ the Wr=H,
privately printed 1897 $3.50: tho first edition Of ROD
inson Cusoe." l7i0-20 sold for $3.50; OF "lh"Nlrn
OF Wakefield" 1850, for $3.50; OF Millions Poems
l6iJ for S2lO; of Chapmans Homer" 1910 fnr5lEf
Bacon's "EsSaies Religious Medltations, etc. l''S
the hrst edition with the MeditAtons translated mo
English brought Slb2; Charles Lambs " Ella and L's'
Essays OF Ella" 1928 S3 SS5 Buffers "Hudhras tEi
Sterne's " TrIstram Shandy," S75: Edmund spensers
complaints" 1891, 500; Ben Jonsou's volpone'.
S77. and Richard Crashaws "strps to the Temple
$50. George Cruikahank's The HumorSt." foar 'o|
umes. with forty colored plates fetched Ssv5 sud ~
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