The sun., 1897-05-31

Wonersh parish 10 England has braced up for the
Queens jubaa and means 70 celebrate Il by buying
its frSt aust cart.
French iyc6ens have been crushed by n. Ram.
baud. who has refusad their petition to DO ao wed
to smoke openly at recess.
A hotel at Umtali. in MashonaIand. is being Ad.
vertised already In South African newspapers az
"this old d-establiShed hotel"
Scottish golf women vigorous. A horse struck
by . golf ball during ladies' tournament at Burn
tisland fell as though shot dead.
Cardinal Vaughan will have been . Bishop twen.
ty i've years next October. when the Catholics Of
England will celebrate the event.
A "verminous Persons" bill is under considrra-
tton in the House OF Commons. Tho Attorney Gen
eral describes It as grandmotherly legislation.
A Scotch collie has jumped from church tows'
in Norfolk. eighty feet to the ground. unharmed.
save for q shaking up. II was the rector dog.
Great Sampson in the scilly I.iands is being
strongly fortified by the British Government under
tho preteAt that seIIIy IL to be coaling station
Father Agostino di Montefeitro. q Franciscan
preacher. has aroused clerical Italy by publicly
praying for King Humbert during tho Lentsn ser.
vices In the Frascau Cathedral.
Speaker Gully OF tho British House Of Commons
has Just cast his deciding vote for the nrst time
since assuming once. there being tie vote for the
years since . Speaker has voted.
Four generations took part in q christening al
Tockholes. near Darwen. England. recently. While
the baby was being baptized his father played the
organ, his grandfather sang as choristsr, and his
great grandfather looked from the church war
dsn's pew. They had all belonged TO the same
church all their lives.
Russia's population. according to the reports OF
the nrst general census. lately taken. l27
exclusive OF the Grand Duchy OF FINLAND, which
has Just taken census OF its own. and OF some re-
mote distrcts OF Siberia and OF the Caucasus. and
the wandering tribos OF the steppes. the reports Of
which have been delayed.
Manz has decided 70 celebrate the birth OF duten'
berg on midsummer day, 1900. IN ordsr-not to In
terfere with IepEigs celebration OF the Iame event
in 1899. As the exact year OF tho Inventor OF
printing's birth is not known the difference OF =
year two In the observance OF the six sundredth
anniversary will not shock historical accuracy.
On her last trip to Europe the cunarder Cam
pAnla beat tho Queenstown Liverpool record by
covering the 23a miles to the Mersey bar light'hip
In hours and 81 minutes. at rate. that Is OF 2ot
knots o 2osl miles hour which would make
twenty. .fourhou OF $50 knots. The days
record belongs 20 tho Lucanla, which in 1873 made
500 miles between noon and noon, going west. the
actual time being about - hours and 80 minutes
Static electricity modines the human voice seri'
ouSiy, as NM. Nourtier and Grauier report to tho
Paris Acsdemie de Medicine. A singer sitting upon
an isolated stool coupled TO tho negative pole OF
static machine was made breathe the atmos.
phere which was electrified by means OF . brush
slectrode; after short time the voice became full
and clear. the quality much more agreeable. and
the voice leSS rapidly tired. For some singers
. dynamic current OF 1000 voitI connecting wtaA
the electric chair IL the only remedy