The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-11

hll Dresenth, OF tnclr worth In
Lady Smith, widow Of Sir James Smith.
President Of the Linnean Society Of London ha -.
tered her 104tn year In perfect health.
Lord Brougham once defined n 1auro~
thusi "A learned gentleman who rescues your ,.,s,,
from your enemies. and keeps It himself"
The faculty of the University OF lena
state that of fortythree BnglIshmen styling tbemseva
graduates OF jena, only four really were co. snce the
year 1874.
"A pair of canaries at New Castle. Pa.
are fed by little wren, which daily to their
SIDE and, sltng on their cage drops into 10 the seed
has managed to gather.
1t Is now proposed TO send an amateur
brass band Montana, and thus make the Indians "a
II It has not this effect at any rate II viii produce
discord among the gentle savages.
The directors of the Westminster Aqua
rum have COMPLETED the purchase, for $500, Of tho
whole collection OF etchngs and other works by Mr.
George Crukshank bel nglng to that artist and
senting the labor Of lifetime.
Mark Hopkins, the venerable ex-Presi-
dent Of Williams College, with his family and few
friends are having sort OF private camp meeting at
BAH Mountain. Mass They live In fonts, do their OVID
cooking, and have religious services every day.
This is from the latest song Of the rink
ere In England;
"GlIdlns Ger the asphalt at a furious rate,
TH ,,g Il for i zee to9 faGcyiai shsy skate,
Oh ,hs rosy Si riekSSs Filing soaaa the !ias
Chorus sing song Of rlnsers, &C"
Sir Randall Roberts, an English baro-
net. arrived in this city few and has beeu
introduced at several clubs Recently he went ON tha
stage 10 England appearing In the principal cities eS.
cept London. without remarkable success lie desires
to act IN this country. lie formerly In the British
army.
During tho last twenty years the Brit
ish Government had added 573 ships TO the navy bY
building and has purchased a. more. II has sold ITO,
nd lost. Tho number "
Calling guns In use is beng rapidly increased The
large ironciads are all med with them, and sevs
eral have Lately been sent to Malta.
"A correspondent describes Albert
Grant the English Spectator, as small man, 90 years
oid with JauntY air. His whskers nov out ON each
tide OF his face and his hair is brushed wavingy Dick
His very small eyes are inbedded In puffy chteke Ills
nose wants to be aqune but IL cut short Hts fsceh
marked deeply with the lines Of care and nard WORK.
The annual contest for prizes for reel.
tstion IN tragedy aad comedy lately took place at thu
Paris Conservatoire. The number OF competitors Ia
comedy much 10 excess OF the number competing
In the department OF tragedy. The composition Al
ways affair Of great interest to all theatrical people
ia France Two OF engagements at the Fran
| Gals and the odeon Immediately result from It,
| An Erie merchant who settled with hif
| cheek an amount he owed n Pittsburgh arm, and wa
reminded by the latter that there remained ten cent?
Que as they could the exchange" got even
with his tormentors by getting together ten OF thu
| IargestsiEed coppers he could and sending them
on by express Pittsburgh, vlng to their recipients
the duty OF paying twenty-five cents for charges.
AT meeting of the English bar, at
which all the circuits were represented II has been
agreed special fees for counsel going OF their cir,
cut shall In future be aterod-that any junior can so
of his circuit either side for bQ guinels. and AM
silk gown for 100. The old rule previous TO this ar.
rangement that no junior could hold BRIEF on
another Circuit than his under 100, and seuior
under 800 guineas.
There is no truth in the STE tement,
which has appeared in many English papers that
number Of members Of the British House OF CommOni
were going In body 10 the Philadelphia ExhDi
uon and that steamer had been placed at their dis
posa py the White Line The story arose out Of
practical Joke the part OF few members One mem
Der being asked whether 1t was true that Paramen
tary depuaton going out by the White Star Line
I. | 49, - .Ns C-~srd"'
"A Berlin correspondent OF the journal
dAisdce saws that Captain Boyton the champion swim
, mer will soon undertake swimming trip around Tho
world, which he proposes TO accomp sh 10 Ave year
He VIII visit Vienna oenoa 81. Petersburg Denmark
Sweden VIII pass along the northern coast OF France
spain ana AFTER rounding the OF Portugal VIII
enter the Mediterranean After visiting Italy hs
will cross the suez Canal aud visit Calcutta Bomb,y
China Java Australia, and thea the Pacific to
California, whence he viii navigate to Panama and
along the Atlantic coast to New YORK
About two miles from tho City of Mex,
leo Is remarkable old cypress tree gnared and
cd In wonderful way. Iii thousand years Old AND
ten feet IN diameter Its base. AT ten feet from t
ground II Is fourteen feet In diameter and al twent
feet It divides into two immense trunks Ii IL the old
Tree OF Noche Irste under VIII oh, according 70 Pres
colt, Cortez gathered his when driven by the
tees rom the eiIy. II was once nred very much
Injured but the trunk and shell viii live for aaes III,
Mexican Government have put handsome fence Oh
stone and iron around IT, that vandaI may disturb IL
"A mysterious excavation has Just been
made by some unknown persons IN a sand bank a.
North hauley, Mass, about an eighth Of mile FROM
the connecticut river, ana II "a supposed that some a
the treasure from the NorthamJ BANK robbery wac
concealed there. and has now been taken away Ap.
peirances indicate that the stringers excavaei ths
sand 10 oeph OF about feet for space Of Der.
hsps dozen feet square, and then With ron
bar had pierced do Into h- IN various pios
as II to ascertain the exact where abouts some hid
den treasure. and then, II striking the coveted
goods, dug down considerably deeper. Detectives have
been on the spot measuring tracks, &C. Dut ~ Tar Ia
clue 20 the mystery h rs been found.
1t has puzzled manv people TO decide
why the dark wood so highly valued for furniture
s"oui" oe eaiel rosewood. Its color certainly does
ho' 'ook mnch IKE rose, 40 we must LOOK f,r sons
other reason Upon asking are told that when ths
tree Il nrs cut tho fresh wood possesses very strong
rose Ike fragrance The name There are h,lf
dozen more kinds ~ rosewood trees. The varieties
are found In South America ana In the East In,io.
| helihhoflng Islands Some lines the trees e..uv IN
large that planGs four feet broad and ten fec, I'm
can be cut from them. These broa blanks are nrin.
cipa'y used to make the topS OF pianofortes. wnea
growing In the forest the rosewood tree /, rem,rKsho
ors beauty hut Sch It, value In m lnuficre. ss
an Ornamental wood that OF the forests where
once gre" aoundantly have scarcely single specl
men, In Maaras the Government has prudently had
great plantations Of this tree set out.
Shadows in poriraiture are often an In.
scru'Able mystery TO many herwise well eduea,oI
persons. When Queen III IN eth to Zucchero s, {
desired to be painted, "neiher with shades 70 tbt
| right nor to the left but In open garden night" Ia
other words her Majesty for having her coua,e.
nance depicted In the simllitude OF a MUM A for
| trait Of George III sent TO China under me- m.
bassy Of I'd Amherst Ia which the features e. Il
half shadow II was destined for gift for tne Eu.
peror OF China. but Celestial critic inquired uhT ih6
King OF England had one side OF his covered Ela
art Oliver Cromwell warned the artist who pautcI
him that he would not him single penny n ssgs
pressed "a plmple or modified single wrinkle M p d
rough vsage; but Charles H. took Sir Peter Lelg a
tasx and said; "Ods nsh II that's like me mu.f i.
monstrons lllfavored fellow. "a nobleman bott sss
aud ugly refused TO pay Hogarh Tor his portrait
ground that 1t was not good likeness. Whertu,c1
M arm nj ntfa