Show sm joss says bays that if a solid cylinder of ice 45 miles in diameter and miles long were plunged end first into the sun it would melt in a second of time scientists have succeeded in measuring the thickness of soapy caterin wa terin a bubble when showing the shade of violet it was one fourth the thickness of a violet wave of light that is about 1 of an inch i postage stamp was issued by the italian post office on on the silver wedding day of the king im and queen bearing portraits of the king and queen THE sum of twelve cents has been received by the united states treasur er to be placed to the credit of the conscience fund from a man wh who says he violated the postal law in u g postage stamps twice miss only daughter 0 of f the ex minister to gormany Gan nany is engaged gag to be married to dr franz von rothenburg under secretary of state of germany op mrs mr 3 olney wife of the attorney general the reporters have been able to learn little except that she belongs belong s t to a fine old now new england family is exclusive and has two married daugh mas BIRS SUS Sua CHADWICK WICK of emporium pa is a revolutionary pensioner and receives twenty five dollars per month she is seventy four years of age and the daughter of elihu chadwick Chail wick who served in the new jer sev militia GEN gna gnant NT once declined to serve as president of the panama canal company with a salary af pf of because he be thought its scheme impracticable STERLING G MORTON js is a graduate of the university of michigan class of 1858 he was private secretary to lewis cass before moving to nebraska bomm r of smithfield township jefferson county 0 siev five years old has finished plowing thirty acres of land using a team of horses each of which is thirty years old the man and horses finished fresh t THE IVE position of the lamprey eels has neen reviewed by prof who minks inam that instead of being primitive forms I 1 the they are aberrant fishlike fish like arms abich ch have lost their lower jaw ar sucking mouth having been see bec on andary dary enquired quiren ired Foun TErm minor planets were discovered during april bringing the total total number of small planets known to PROP rays a powerful search light could project a bia beam in to mars in four minutes which could be seen and responded to if they have the apparatus we have davad mccoy of redlan badlands as cal has just celebrated his 0 one ne hundred and second barth birthday he was a soldier in the war of 1812 of col E R M johnsons first regiment of kentucky volunteers I 1 THE duke of connaughty Con promotion to the of full general has been received hiter after i a period of nearly awen ty fy five years active service ile he obtained his first commission as lieutenant in the royal engineers in june 1868 tim am flagship of the british squadron is named after robert kobert blake the famous ous admiral who fought for the commonwealth mon wealth under cromwell against the royalists and subsequently beat beal the dutch in a series 0 of f brilliant en f s re i binti ans in the United States ane largest gothic church in in the orld is colona cathedral its un dation stones were laid in 1243 nol nd tha edifice was wa completed in IESO ti tin emperor of germany asserts that lc ic bonit preachers are taking too ceh of his time and ordered that no rmon shall last more than six min tes N Y world T TT r lord bishop of chichester is tl the he oldest li bi hop in england tie ile is over ninety years of age and yet he attends attend to all the duties of chiq hi diocese without the aid of a coadjutor MRS B Coo COOPER pEat of san francisco has a sunday school class of more than three hundred intelligent men and women she has taught a bible class for more than forty years |