The Morning herald., 1877-04-11
Here and There.

Here and There. 4'-itif,
The Paris Figaro announces that Nj
Haves u, ! lineal descendant of Robel
Bruce. This makes the fact Of Robert
President Hayes will attend the openin
Of the permanent exhibition in Philadel
phia, on the 10th Of May, if his public du
ties will permit. sds *s.3l5tfa'
An estimate Of damage to French pro
pertv and to France through the late Ger
man invasion places the figures at 886,957
755 francs, or about 1921, ,7a9,439. IN
A disease has shown itself in India ane
Ceylon among the leaves Of coffee plants
Il does not actually destroy the plant bu
weakens it, and thus imperiIs the crop.
Since Huyghens introduced the clocl,
pendulum, there has been nothing discov-
cred that can oseillate between two given
points more regularly than Mr. Hayes'a
mind between what he'd like to do and
what he's allowed to do. II. m.
The Duke of Wellington was once told
that the late George Jones, R. A., looked
so much like him as to be often stopped in
| the street in mistake for the Duke. "In.
Decd" was the Dukes grim answer, "that
is odd; was never stopped in the street
for Mr.. Jones.'
Great efforts are being made by the
Chinese to improve the administration
and develop the resources and trade of
Formosa The coal mines of Keeling are
now fitted with foreign machinery, and it
is said that telegraph is 10 be erected to
connect the important towns on the west
coast.
death all the easier to bear. No admirer
Of the Scottish hero could wish him the
sorrow and modification of knowing that
any member ofhis kingly line would con-
sent to WELD sceptre.
N. Emile Guitare submitted lately to
the Councilo the Agricultural Exhibi-
ton, at Paris, an invention, which BY the
means of the exhaust steam from the loco
motive,w be able to distribute through a
train Of cars comfortable degree of heat.
The plan is likely to be adopted in Eng
land as we'll as France.
The ears Of the line between Modane-
station on the Swiss side of the Mon
Cenis tunnel-and Turin are lit by gas on
IN ingenious system devised by NJ. Cam
brelin, chief Of the lighting department of
the Belgian lines, who has for many years
+ applied it to these lines with very salts
factory results. Our railroads are behind
in this respect.
The young alligator in the Brighton
aquarium was missing the other day as
mysteriously as Oakley Hall. 1t was at
last discovered in much more alarming
situation than the ex-Mayor's, viz: in the |
big alligator's mouth. 1t may have been
mere playfulness, but henceforth they will
occupy separate beds.
Capt. Cooks monument on the shore of
Aealakekua bay, Sandwich Islands, has
been surrounded with chain fence,
dozen old 32-pounders serving as posts.
flowers and shrubs have been planted in
the enclosure; also seeds of the algarobe
Tree. The ground was given by the Prin.
cess Llkelike, now Mrs. CleshorD.
.0' oI''o!Apt w rival LnSllSn jour-
nalism in India by paper in Hindo-
stance is soon to be made in Bombay. It
Is to be edited by native Mahommedans
though probably a European will be en-
ployed as an associate.
The man who threw an egg at the En-.
s'lsl Vice Chancellor lately, and of which
wa. luhctlonary made an example by COM
ha,''llng MN for contempt, proves to have
oeen an American and is supposed to be as
unsound as his egg. " y"
AT the close Of last month the mountains ;
around @ Mcssina, Sicily, were covered with !
|nuo"' a very rare event in that country.
ne winter in Europe has been mild. but
|.ne weather last mouth, almost everywhere, i
was teo!pestuous and severe. III
among the many objects of interest 1t !
i"neid House, the seat of Lord Sails.
||oury, is the bed occupied by Queen Eliza
|Te1h % when she visited his ancestors Lord
n;ufle'gE, her Prime Minister. The fur ,
''ufe OF the room. including the carpet .
'pon which she 'rod, is also preserved. q
During the siege of Paris 1868 carrier .
.lReons were sent out in balloons. of y
nna ulcl' nut 73 returned. But that small t
'amner u nHa brought to the beleaguered city f
ao,oOo public and private dispatches, t
pelns an average of 1875 per bird-a re- s
1." uls achieved by the aid of microphoto- c