The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-18
sun BEA MS.

DIR. Schliemann is now engaged With
nifty men in excsvatng the Of the Acropoin ana
| the Lion Gate of Mycene.
| Prof MazZoni, Cardinal Antonelli's
medical adviser declares that his patient may go cd
fairy until winter, but whom weather sets m liz
| life will be In great danger.
The Paris Jardn DIES Plantes has re.
Gently received Chinese plant hitherto unkDown N
Europe. IL changes color three times daily and natur.
| allsls have npmed II hibiscus mHsdbins
M. Sebrill, n French archi tect obviates
the danger arising from dampness IN brick building. bs
injecting brickf tiles and other earthen material win
the tarry the manufacture Of Illuminating
gas.
--On September 10. the sixty-sixth anni<
yerary of Mexican Independence the corner stone for
the bronze statue OF Juarez laid signor Gaeardo
san Francisco sculptor, the prize for tbe bcss
model
The Baptist Association at Ecbconee,j
Ca. have deferred the punishment Of members vhol
have joined the Grangers until year. order to-
give the horny nsted sinners time to wth-Iaw frou5
the society. |
The disciples Of Wagner in Europo
have adopted Wagner cravst" as sort Of partyi
badge. Il OF blaek silk with nat knot when
opens with spring disclosing medallion portrait Of
the Bayreuth m stcr 4
The two dwarfs brought by DR.. Schweius,
furth from Central Africa are beng educated ind
Verona They already read and pesE Italian nueuty
and making progress IN Latin The elder has a.
musical taste. but the younger Is surY aud peeylsh
The Prussian military medico authors
ties have discovered that the sansage which nass
formed principal part OF the campaign diet Of tba
army and the praises Of which loudly sounded
in lSo07O not satisfactory diet Tor growing young
mon.
The London manager of Colts Firo4
arm Company arrested few days for vioaungl
the provisions OF the which requires that every
nrearm offered for sale in. Great Britain snail be-
proved by Government officials. Nearly LOO uD-i
tested revolving rifles seized.
One of the signs of approaching winter
in Paris is the appearance In the markets Of ornngesy
They are supplied from Portugal and IL Is estimated
that ten milions Of orang eaten In Paris eyer1
winter Their present price Is ten cents each, hia
seasons crop Is said to he OF very inferior quality.
Sir George Elliot is interesting himselG
In raising Egyptian donkeys his estate in Giamops
ganshe alcs aud Il ID expected that these aLnaa,
which very ractabe as well As pretty TO the eve.
VIII soon be IN great request In the fash ionabe word
OF England for ladies' saddle and for use IN pony
carriages.
The French Radicals have asked vios
tor Hugo fraws cry during the forthcoming eec-l
tous. he has given them the word Amnesty" It
is delicate ubjcct. however, as ~ Xavier Raspaii
has just nned se00 condemned 10 ten months
imprisonment for publishing a pamphlet urging tho !
necessity OF an amnesty.
Baron Mundy. Chief Inspector OF
Hospitals in servia has invented several oontvsnces
for carrying the wounded on the battle Geld. The |
most satisfactory Of thcse Is an inclined arm chair
strapped TO the back OF burly soldier upon winch the
wounded are transported with gentle celebrity TO the
hospitals II works admirably In mountain warfare.
The British arch@ologists met this |
| year In Cornwall The event Of the meeting was the
| reception by Sir John ST. Aubyn at 81. Michael's
Mount, which has Tor centuries been by turns poet,
fort, and monastery. Sir John entertained the com
| pany IN his curious and very ancient castle which
| MOuut. can be a,
| by land at low tide
| The Jews of England contemplate mod
flying their prayer book According 70 the Taimud tno
ancient liturgy which Of peculiar beauty and sub.
Unity. was composed at the time Of the Babylonaus
captivity. During the Middle Aget II was enlarged ~
compositions and narratives OF and wonderful
deiverances. and the dminution OF these additional
ana restoration Of the services 70 their ancient form
| are what ID now desired.
The inquiry has been made whether
the return OF Queen Isabella TO Spain to be foowod
by resumption Of Inquisitoria methods. An English
Methodist minister has written TO Cardinal Naming 10
roqucs, for spanish Protestants the same tolerance
which Roman Catholics enjoy IN England. The Cardi.
mai replied that where the people Of country all
of one mind about religion only right that TIA
| latter should be vigorously supported BY laws.
The Copenhagen correspondent Of tho
Pan nan Gdsere mentions curious rumor that Kine,
George hns indefinitely postponed his TO Athens
and insists upon transfer Of crete 20 Greece for
pecunary consideration TO Turkey. ana the rectnca-
ton" Of tie frontiers In Thes-aly ana Eprus This Ia
| attributed 10 Russian influences. King George being
the second sou OF Christian TX OF Denmark aud hAy-
ing married The Grand Duchess Olga daughter OF the
Russian Grand DuAe Constantine. exactly nine years
| ago. They have four children.
| As TO the Washington correspondents
Of newspapers the Cincinnati Commercial seys that 10
the main they truthful the being few and well
known. As class they are the peers Of educated
gent any where In the world. Those VINO nave
long have haa IA
that which Is usual In even educated gentlemen They
grow into association with people from all parts OF tho
world They acquire familiarity with the affairs Of ~
people and have facilities for gaining culture that ara
not common TO men generally"
The high price OF provisions in Eng
land brings INTO the markets vast quantities Of food
unnt for use. The inspectors Of the Fishmongers
Company Of London seize upon an average every
month about nity tons OF nsh unnt for human food ;
aud at recent meeting OF tue London CoInmissioners
OF Sewers II was stated that prodigtous f. the ass
OF decomposd Australian meat constantly oeng CON-
demned at Deptford that the COMMISSIONER Iowers
are taxed TO Inc utmost to dlspoe " the horrible suG
II Is surmsed that some Of that material eventually
fnds s into the market IN the shape of Bologna
ssusages.
In the course OF n recent speech at
Andover Mass, Gen. Butler took occasion 10 re,c,no
his hearers that he subscribed for the repp.,d,ng %
Philips Academy, Of that toSn after y, bnro,nC A
letter TO the Boston Journal ~ever SAYS that tho
heV' o. H. lie beVose cailc.d on the General ana was
gwen an unsigned %aper. saying Five hundred dol.
~ 'o' sou" srship for the OF any Union soldier,
""''e s black" Ihinkins II a promise TO pay, the
, academys treasurer wrote Ben grateful letter and
told him the doors we're already open TO the BLACK
And that Is the last that herd OF Gen But.eta
contribution.
Two years ago some laborers digging
IN the soil neSr Dufort France. encountered number
OF fosstzcd bones The Paris Museum lost no time IN
obtaining possession Of the prize at length sue.
eeeded In setting the fragments together for permanent
Preservation. They were at nrst supposed to be tho
bones OF mammoth, but the structure OF their uoar
teeth identifies them as pertaining to prehistoric
animal known ~ the esDpds DietthOndhg which anto
dated both the mammoth and the mastodon. The sra-
tum IN which they we're found belongs the piocene,
or tertiary period 1he skeleton which, after two years
EFFORT has at length Just been put together meatureg
10 feet In height and 10 In length.
A subscription has just been raised at
Bougva Ia France for the purpose Of erecting monu-
ment 10 Francis De0crgue,s gardener Of mat
mune. who was shot 10y tie Prusslans the 2Gih 90
September, 1870 Some DAYS after rsrls had closed her
gates the Forty Sixth Regiment Of Prussian infantry