Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-06-27
FoREIsN AND sCIENTTrTC TTEsrs.

A foreign journal says that Sadowa is
i being disforested. Ii will be remen-
bered that this wood was the KEY to the
battle of -KOniggratz, on the holding OF
| which, for long time, hung victory or
defeat. 1t is now being stripped Of its
| timbers by Austrian wocdcutters. and
the writer believes that this is done to
destroy all traces Of a locality that must
forever remind them Of a great national
humiliation,
The municipal council Of Florence has
decided TO oder as wedding present to
the Princess Maria del BOzzO Della
Cisterna, the future duchess OF Aosta.
the table of FIorentine mosaic made by
Betti, and which carried Off first-elass
prize at the Paris exhibition.
At Cotton Park, a few miles from Gres-
ley, England, S wealthy com pany is now
sinking for coal at a point away from
any coalheld, and the geological maps
show that there is none In the neighbor-
hood. The work is exciting s great deal
OF interest among all connected with the
coal interests.
A letter from Rome saws that among
the nOtabilities now in that city is a
ritualist clergyman Of the Anglican
church who appears at all the Roman
4 catholic ceremonies attired in the full
dress of pilgrim or hermit, and assists
most devoutly at all the religious func-
tions Of the season.
The Inhabitants Of Saint Ismier. Dan
phine, France, were astonished the other
morning to see the bed Of the stream
which trayerses the village quite dry.
The L2bi, as it is called, takes its source
from the waters of cascade, and makes
its way to the IseFe, through a pretty
valley adorned with trees. The expla-
nation of the phenomenon appears to be
that the soil at the foot OF the rock from
which the cascade falls is somewhat
unstable, and from the constant moisture
a subsidence of the soil has taken place,
and the water now runs into the ground,
q considerable quantity of earth having
been washed into the valley.
A Paris correspondent writes: "The
American troupe of riders who have
just arrived in Paris filled two steam
vessels. Each one contained sufficient
Of men. women, children, beasts and
material 20 form complete company in
case the other went to the bottoms Gu
rious trait Of prudence, if a little cold
headed and hearted. The gigantic bills
which they have brought with them, in
gigantic chromolithography, have as
tonished the NATIVES. Ihe daily expense
of the troupes are reckOned at 800 q
A communication addressed to the
French institute declares that the in
crustration which covered the vaseIately
found at P0mpeii proves that the water
contained in the Vassel did not date from
the destruction of the town, as no water
contains sufficient lime and carbonate of
copper to form such deposit The con-
clusi0n Is that the water was several
times renewed, and that the porous
ashes, heated by the sun, permitted
evaporation, and at the same time al
lowed rain water TO filter through into
the vase.
The wOrkmel's society of Naples has
Just sent twenty delegates 70 the Baris
exhibition, at cost of 300 francs each,
travelling expenses included. Each, in
exchange Ior the advantages OF pleas
ure trip gratis, engages TO study the pOr-
ton Of The exhibition whien CONCERNS
his particular branch Of trade, to take
notes, and to draw up report on his re-
turn. Medals will be awarded to the
delegates who shall have the best aequit-
ted themselves Of tue task.
"A large iO1ol4 Vi tLlb lOhG tnAAll-
larry of a mammOth has been discovered
in Nottingham, England. A labOreT
was at work in st. Michael street, eXoa-
waiting sandstone rock, when he came
upon stone like substance; it was handed
over to the Nottingham Philosophical
society, by which it has been examined.
The center of the stump is greatly worn
by constant mastiestiOn, but the enamel
lines of the series Of grinders are very
bright ana clear. 4he tooth was lounq
in the sand drift, eight feet six inches
below the surface; it weighs about four
and half pounds.
A curious account is published Of a
japanese newspaper, which was estab-
lished ct ledGo at tha beginnipg Of the
pTeseltiEeaE. 4tis PRINTED on hllRy-Iook-
ing, yellOwish paper, contains fourteen
quartO pages, and is entitled Bon ROE
Shin Bun iShi The URiUersal Newspaper
The object Of the paper is stated in the
preliminary prospectus to be to furnish
bhe japanese with the Host imppgtsnt
foreign news, and it 10 10 appear rom two
to three times q month. In the opening
number there is dialogue between two
Japanese meeting in Hyde Park, who
discuss the relative advantages Of the
overland and the Panam9-~ 1San Fran-
cisco routes respectivel Ioy which each
has arrived in Iona anaThen follows an
elabokate 2rtieed a the Atlantic tele-
-ufaph-Pie' order 6 the advantages it Sc
a dismissed. perce and politics, espec-
e ! sT- decree. 'ar.