New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-12
GENERAL NOTES.

The latest additions to Madame Tussand',
realistic collection portrait models Of Lord greder
Cavendish and Mr. Burke, which have been placed Ia
side the oges OF Lord Harrington and Earl GranvnI.
and opposite those of Mr. Parnel and Mr. Dsvitt The
the sailor princess" the sons Of the Prince Of Waes
A remarkable flower the largest but one q,
floral giants recently exhibited In bloom in the Ion
don Botanic Gardens The plant Itself tAnstolochi,
Goldcanal, native OF Old Calabar, Is not peculiar Thu
flower, which may be mpared TO o French horn On .
large conch she'll requires six weeks to maturity
then bursts open and expands and dr0ops In hours
The plant seldom blooms In England
Dynamogen is the name Of q new explosive
invented by NJ. Petr, Vienna engineer. II the en-
thusiastic claims OF the inventor exaTgera
ton OF its merits it Will certainly prove daneerou,
rival Of gunpowder. According 10 his description Il
contains neither sulphuric acid, nitric acid nor nitro
gycerne and cannot njure in any way either gun or
cartridge The charge OF dynamogen is in the form oi
solid cylinder which caE be increased In quantity
without being increased in SIZE by compression. The
rebound OF the guns with which the explosive
has been tried Is said TO have been very slight 1t
the coolest hottest weather and that IL Dc made
at 40 per cent less cost than gunpowder.
The jury in the case of Thomas Stools, In
dcted Cor horsestealing at Zanesle Ohio having re-
tired consider their verdict ss Monday presently re-
entered the courtroom and asked the judge to interpret
n clause in the indictment which puzzled them. The
Judge glad TO ossst them and thereupon
the foreman read the definition OF the crime follows
Thomas Stools sorrel geding did steal take and
lead away" He then turned the Judge and grayey
asked the jury TO understand the indictment az re-
ferring to Thomas Shoots o sorrel gedingi" Tho
Court was too much astonished to make immediate
reply but as soon he recovered his breath ordered
the jury back TO their saying that he 10th
believe they intended to penetrate Joke and that he
thought such to be their design be would send them 70
prison The real ioke Is that nobody seems 20 know
whether or not joke was intended.
The Rugby enterprise still has stannch friends
among Mr. Hughess cOlonists One OF them, in reply to
statement which said have appeared in The
pool C0urierhat Mr.. Hughes ruined by the failure
Of the enterprise into which he beguiled by Ameri
sharpers--wr1tes TO The Clerednd Herald ave
Rugbelans are OF all sorts. Some OF have come
those Cumberland highlands from the old country
from varons parts Of the new; but nearly all 81
stock that isn't easily beaen-otherwise 1t would
have managed in few centuries TO grab two thirds
fthe most habitabe part of this planet Failure Let
those Of the old maids who remain In the year 1900 come
along to Rugby then and II aud those who af
ter us haven't by that time made pleasant and profit
able place to live IN, let them write US down failure
II they will-but meanwhile hands off! As to Mr..
Thomas Hughes having been dipped and fattered into
the enterprise and having been financially ruined by
pure unauthorized bOsb The Intense Interest which
Mr. Hughes has always had in the Of the settle
ment has led him invest in the enterprise, directly
and Indirectly a which IL would doubt be incon-
veuent TO him ose and the absence Of any immediate
return on which may very probably him present
inconvenience lie and his friends may have given
it was worth at the tme and may have under
estimated the required for its development but
believe their property be worth every cent pad
for 1t and LAID il, and to require only time,
though perhaps along time to return it with interest,"