The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-07-20
FOREIGN NOTES.
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Dies son aurOre
III tut Fauro.
1T tres forti

Americans manage to invent odd expressions. The
other day young American lady was at London
ball. Dancing heated her. IL feel a little dewy,"
she said to her partner she wiped the perspraton
from her brows.
Will freighls from America rule higher? asked Mr..
Chaplin ana the Times SAYS that they will IL trade
REEVES Now. this it seems, is the reverse of what
will occur. At present American vessels have to
return in ballast to America, because the exports
exceed the imports.
The receipts at the French fete in London
amounted to between $4,000 and S35, 00O The total
the first day made up from all sources was from
$4,000 to $4,000, and ON the second day about
$4,000. OF this the amount taken at the doors was
about 1000 on Monday and 1880 on Tuesday.
The Canadian rifle team defeated July at the
Altcar range, near Liverpool, by the Liverpool Vol
unteer Rifle brigade, after close contest. There
were twentyone on each side, and the distances
Canadians made total score of 1,4l4. but tnis
exceeded by the Liverpool Rife brigade whose total
was !, AL majority III favor OF Liverpool, Z.
A somewhat extraordinary story is at present 60
ing the round in medical circles. certain physician
states that ON the l1th of February last his wife,
while mixing some meal for her fowls, missed her
wedding ring. and after frutless search gave 1t up
as lost. On the Sth OF April, while eating egg at
breakfast she felt the spoon CRATE against something
fixed by membraneous adhesons to the bottom of
the egg The egg. is stated. was OF extra size. and
laid the day before. Nature is at all times dif-
cult to understand but freak of this kind, If true
even outshines the clever receptions OF Messrs.
Maskelyne and Cooke.
NJ. Thollon by the aid of his new spectroscope,
eecting much greater dispersion of light than pre-
viousy, has produced extraordinary and interest
ing map OF the solar spectrum. Prince Nicholas OF
Oldenburg, who has taken a lively interest in the
subject, provided NJ Thollon with small observa-
tory ut san Reno for his operations. The map
(which has been presented to the French Academy
ten metres ia length and is composed OF about four
Thousand lines. The well known map of Angstrom
contained 600 lines in length of three metres
M. Thollon has devoted great care to reproducing
the physiognomy of each line, and there many
new features revealed, which will doubtless be uti
lied for theory. The author offers elias shcaton of
tine solar lines which is as follows:-l. Lines
formed of nebu losity without q nucleus. 2. Lines
formed of nucleus without apparent nebulosity.
3. Lines composed of nucleus and ncbulosity,
but where tue uebulosity predomnates. 4. Lines
composed of nucleus and nebulosty where the
nucleus predominates.
One of the richest storehouses of unique rarties
in the whole world Is the famous treasury of the
Sultan of Morocco in the city OF Fee. IL is not inn
probably the Oldest, for 1T was founded in the
year sl5 by the sultan Edris Ben Edris, who was
also the founder of the city. During the middle
ages Fee, the then capital of the kingdom OF
Morocco, of the most splendid and populous
Mohammedan cities in the world; and though il de-
clihed after the removal OF the Sutans to Morocco,
IL is still place Of great Importance containing
| 100 mosques, and ranking with the Western Arabs
az their specially Holy city. Almost every Sultan
of the royal private museum which contains
magnificent spells from the various Christian
armies And territories which have been vanquished