The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-09-12
EVENTS LIZ BRAZIL.
A Stroke of Lightning Made
to Order. aq
Escape Of q Gay Lothario Caught in Flagrante
Delicto-The Problem Of the American Prim-
tive Language-A Thick-skulled Ger.
man Drives a Hail Into His Head
The Horse Races and the Ar
ray ofHrazilian Beauties.
RIO JANEIRo, August o, 1877.

Rio JANEIRo, August Q, 1872
remarkable case OF lightning stroke occurred
OF late In the province of Rio Grande do Sui Some
men were jollifying in hotel during a thunder
storm, and one called out In jest that he wished a
bolt would strike the house and upset them ALL
His words were Immediately followed by q ire
mendous report, and when the party recovered
from their fright five men were lying senseless on
the ground, one OF whom, whose head had been
against wall was dead. During the fash one
who was supping at a table was surrounded
with flames. He was Immediately stripped, and
was found uninjured, but his inside clothing was
all slnged, the lining of waistcoat pocket burned
and gold coin melted that was in it with another.
His shoes were also burned.
GAY LOTHARIo
furnished an exciting scene few nights ago In q
quiet street OF arstocratc quarter this deeply
religious and inenably moral city of st. Sebastian
the Targeted. bereaved, but ardent merchant,
had otimes played the nightly trespasser In o not
fardistant house, and with impunity, until an en-
vious neighbor lady revealed the secret of the
nightly visits The result OF the disclosure was the
placing OF two policemen In ambush and when the
gallant merchant had applied the tasman to the
postern gate aud had entered into tho palace Of
10y the two Dragons entered by the front TO seize
him and bear him OF to the barred cage Of igno-
miny and law. But LOthario was spry. Dlsdaining
to don his daily garments he rushed to the postern
opened 1t ana fed, swiftly pursued but vainly, for
ere they could oyerake him he had gained his cas-.
tie and escaped their ken, leaving them lamenting.
And sounds OF lamentation were heard that night
and morn from that neighboring house, and the
| postern gate has never more been known to open
since that night.
AMERICAN PRIMITIVE LANGUAGE.
The originator OF the American primitive language
theory working hard upon the proofs of It, and 1t
would seem, Is arrivn at results which go beyond
| his primary anticipatons As is well known, the re-
searches OF modern philologists indicate that Kel-
as formerly aU thought derivatives Of sanscrt; but
are, with it, branches of more primary language.
The American language, to which the author OF the
theory refers is considered by him the dlrectest
descendant OF the supposititious primitive tongue,a
descendant very little changed, owing to its exist
ing in secluded region, freed by natural nsuper-
able boundaries from foreign inrOads, and there
haT ea FROM such s
rations, as well as from internal evidence, he be:
lleyes that the American language will
s sSTSS as the Ay RGy and Semitic languages
and perhaps In the Chinese and other Iuranian
in the latter appears to render Identification really
hopeless in their case. Indeed the American Ian
most reconcile indian and other Aryan myths, In
Guiding the mythology OF Homer, besides the early
which had no known signlhcation, and, by It's aid
it appears possible to trace several migrations into
| Eastern ana SOuJncfn ASIA ITOm AHcTlCdS DuJ, dI
present the author is chiefly engaged on the forma-
ton of tables Of the language. with some applica-
tons Of It IN support OF MS theory to lay thsm In
guage is familiar and who therefore, are capacitated
upon the value 81 t tne t Snecr Sae
language is worthy OF the highest attention
and study OF philologsts one approaching, ifnot
attaining the perfection of scientific structure
simple in its construction, regular in all Its forma-
ton and able by large number Of suiliXes to ex.
! press the incest shades Of concrete and abstract
| conceptions with accuracy. ] understand the au-
thor expects In about couple of months-that Is,
after submitting his tables to native experts and
learned men, to bring the matter to the cognizance
OF European phologsts and the general public.
is still In the statu quo OF uncertainty as far as the
public Is concerned. General Mtrc fell sick few
days ago but is up again. Meantime the Illustrated
| men and things, and the latest from Buen0s Ayres
represents General Mite in RIO surrounded a by
spective dacs in his lace, whereat the Brazilian
| press Is naturally very wroth
| ATTEMPTED SUICIDE WITH NAIL.
| man up IN the ancient Germanic settlement OF
PetropolIs, the diplomatic Olympus whence the
the busy workers OF the city, has tried, but unsuc
cessfully, to commit suicide by driving q longish
The nail was consclentiously buried up to the head
in his skull yet the doctors say he Will recover ana
in medical i the
reason for the failure OF the suicide that the doctors
ag Is that the ma Is ' Ba
the limps, for 1t rather seems to have been,
not the want or softness of skull, but the want OF
brains, that saved the man.
| AN ARRAY
occurred yesterday on board the American ship
Baltic, bound from Mejillones to England. The
mate and one OF the seamen had quarrel but,
after an amount OF jawing on both sides, the
matter seemed at an end and the mate walked
towards the cabin. Accidentally turning round,
however he found the man was following him with
the mate received e severe cut in the face Some
the other mariners rushed up ana seized anu ais
armed the man, who was then taken ashore 70 the
| mi aud I'm DrtGOn
THE HORSE RACES 80. Ii
on the 2sth ult. commanded fur more OF the sym.
pathies the population OF Rio and its suburbs than
@ for the e ySts ana mat the
public nOcked In great numbers, the show OF Brazil
Ian ladies' demonstrating that horseraclng is being
considered perfectly chic and atogether tonish now
Janero society, despite foreign example, is still
mainly composed. The ladies even gave silver
breakfast service for amateur Jockeys to break
their necks for, and have really reached the length
OF betting car tickets and sweets upon the events,
Kisses too, to be paid upon the sly Thus the world
wags on; Brazil IS moving with It's SWING, anu per
haps in another Olymp.ad Brazilian ladies may be
actually seen crossing the street without their
Dinah behind to play proprety:
has fallen on this region Of late in politics.;
diplomacy and commerce. Even the daily fires.
which usually furnish material Tor the eloquent
his Victories over the devouring element, have
suffered the same fate and have succumbed igno-
mniOusly before the bucket OF Susannah or the
incident for, although the primary elections are to
take place this month"; no one outside OF the
| official circles marshang the forces for the vote
for the official candidates, appears to care an tota
about q matter which the experience Of many
foregone years has shown is foreseen conclusion.
The republicans have abandoned all idea OF putting
up candidates, ana the liberals have generally re-
solved on abstention leaving the conservatives
! almost to walk over.
Accounts from the River Plate tell OF the COM
petion OF the transandine telegraph between
| Buenos Ayres and Valparaiso. Here In Rio com.
pany Is about to lay cable from Rio, to connecs
| with the River Plate lines.
SHOCKING BRUTALITY IN JERSEY.