, 1870-08-06

The American merchants In China have SUBJ
senbed It,ooo 10 assist pfisste geological sur
reg OF PORTIONS OF China
"A resident OF East pr:dgewatcr, Mass, fund
aprtes bis trees baked, to tho depth Of half IN
inch, hy the Intense heat ot the SUI q few days
ASo.
"a pane o! Slass seventeen feet high ani ten
feet vide, just set up In Nev Yu1k, Is considered
the largest In the country.
An ohi1uafy notice Of q boy, 10 years old, In
the Wilmington Commercial, contains the follow
Ing statement: In hfs dying mo.nents he charged
mis- brulher William not ia dance or sing any more
sones- Funeral Services preached by The Rev.
En,- T. Tut..~
-chaucci,ns Zah,lskic, Of New Jersey, sa3s be
has granted more divorces since the war, than
we're 4rs1tcd previously s}uce the formation of
the state
-Thc Petersburg Jadr1 has Al article on the de-
cline n1 aue1ttng in Virginia, which concludes AZ
foltowH: q Upon the whole, IA its old age II had
become a nuisance and aIoore Let rs take
u our hats to The old thing for the LAST u1e, and
bury him dceehtiy out Of our aighI''
Every French soldier carries = piece Of can
vac about I've feet louR By four broad, and sucE:
when TWO Of these rirces Of canvas are Joined TO-
gethet they form shelter: when si1 arc built up
| they constitute 4 tent closctl At bo.h ends The
French soldier u thus for his house accommodation
Independent ct haggagc 2niuals.
-cosdova, In the Argentine Republic, contains
| the oldest university in the Western Hemisphere.
I III. B. A. Gould has Inst gone thest, At the ill.,
| stance Of Fresldent Sarniento, to establish an
Astronomical department He takes with him a
large eupply Of excellent instruments
! "A Fifth Avenue Hotel winter was dtschsrEed
on Friday. AMI vented his spite by advertising 10
Saturday New York papers for 800 Irishmen to
50 to France; application 10 be made at Room 6.
! Firth Avenue Hotel Result, the halls and eorr1.
,1o1s OF the hotel were died. BY 10 O'Clock, witt
hundreds Of Nsoesnlans, 80 crowdlug the guests
and tialtors o! the house, that there WIS . neces
siJ Of clearing the t1sfudeEs ont: and It 8Aa moi
until they were put out, that the rsoprirtors knew
70 what circumstance they were indebted for suca
| a visitation
ME- L. Troure1ot has been noticing the ten
dtncy OF trees to bend their branches In ceftal1
directions He saYs this is especially Observable
! In the chefTJ-tree, whose small branches 30 zen
vrally bend to the East that one can tell thereb,
the points Of the compass. THIS IL not due t
winds. as It Is equally chsevahle IN trees that a,
sheltered bJ wa1l6 or houses A. the che.rJ-ere,
is one especially aid1cult 70 make lire when trans
planted II several yeAts old, this gives color to I'll
notion OF farmers that trees must be set out Wit
The sane relation to the points Of the ccwp1s
ths, they hsd before being trAnsplautcd- ",
I1puvelot Knew case IN which twenty rsthe
1s.rc trees we're set out, al Of which were rfrtt
well bent Only the nFe DFed Walcn AAFStaeu
: bc set out with the beud toward the East
In the Kings Square st Berlin Is huge MOI
| unent upon which men are seen working dal
. with great diligence Bus snch IL tts magnltut
that. with ali possible Industry, II cannot he III
ished in trss .aAa three OF fo0E years 1th ,
: commcmorate I'rnsdAn victories Upon gre
o granite hase there bronze re1efs representa-
J. campaign incidents OF tue wlEr OF xi and
Prom the base rises Is granite pillars, forming
! sost Of arched nnA open chamber, And from Il
l. midst Of this 11aea = mighty sandstone colun
lie covered u about third of It's hight with frtst
Ia paintings, which commemorate Incidents illustr
= I've VI the spirit Of sacrifice 1hit
~ animated The nation during those wasA Trophl
Arc introduced In the shape Of twenty Danish II
le 20 Austs1au cznnon Cbrass} which arc festoon,
,f with bronze laurel wrcAthA It Is intended
% c1pxn the central pillar With Goddeas OF :,
C. tory htldlng wreath ID one hand and na1
thc Other. THIS nxurc, whtcn has been model
br Drake, is 10 he cast tu gun metal. Tho mon
= ueut will he 900 feet high. and the summit will
= rcAeh.sa b spiral staircase in the interior.
~ whole WIS designed W sEacS- Before this nj
ed umenI Is nn,theti, Prussia will probably have
re- casou,cac the x1ratcst Of all her Victories. OF
ia such defeat Il will make such monument
fernucus for the pFr5cut generation,