Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-10-18

Baron Arnold Thenard, the celebrated chem
ist, died at his chateau al Talmay on the Sth
of August from an attack of apoplexy, He
devoted his life and his fortune TO the service
Of science. His Investigations in agricultural
chemistry obtained for him in 1865 admission
to the Institute of France. In his laboratories
at Talmay and at Paris he devoted himself to
new methods Of organic analysis, and his in.
vestigation on the absorption Of oxygen during
life and the processes Of combustion were car
ried out with the most perfect apparatus, re-
gardless of cost.
The Duke Of Wellington, who recently
died at Brighton, was very fond Of animals,
and a, the park at Strath6eldsaye he kept
herd OF Angora goats, which he imported
from the East about ten years ago They
have been shorn every season, and the wool
was used for the Dukes coats and was,coates.
He also possessed number of very fine mules,
several llamas, and nice flock Of the small
Ardennes sheep, which produce the finest
mutton in the world. The Duke always liked
cover. shooting, and he reared a great number
Of pheasan,s at Straihfeldsaye. He also
carried on the culture Of trout in some ponds
which were connected with the Lodden by a
stream which flowed through them. He greatly
improved the fishing on the Lodden and its
tributary brooks Only year ago the prnc-
pal lake in the park, after being cleared Of
pike and roach, was thoroughly cleaned and
turned into trout preserve.
The death of Lord Ampthill, better known
as Odo Russell, is a great blow to British di-
plomacy, He was not man Of the highest
ability. In every department in which he was
conspicuous he has lett behind him superiors,
hui in his combination Of qualities and gifts,
and in his signal adaplability for particular
purpose, Lsri Ampthl was without rival.
lie was, in the first place, the member Of one
Of the two OF three great governing houses In
England whose patronymics are as much
national possessions as Planiaeene, OF Tudor,
Stuart OF Guelph. With this distinction oi
race, and the practical advantage which. as an
ambassador Of England, he derived from il,
he combined other qualifications Of more re
maIkable kind. lie was the exact opposite
Of the typical English Peer who lives in the
open air, who never reefs, and who speaks nc
language except his own. Odo Russell Was
not only the most selcniary Of mortals, bu, the
most un. English Of Englishmen-ifsu such an es
preston may be applied to one who, while he
preserved the patriotism and pride Of the stocl
from which he was sprung, had divesied him
self Of all It's prejudices. So far as the iaculI,
Of impartial judgment and intellectual lucidii,
is concerned, he was prominently cosmopol
iian.
One Of the most distinguished Of European
antiquariesh has passed awayinthe person Of Prof
Iiildebland, who died at Stockholm on tn.
goth Angus, after brief illness. BIoI Emi
iIildebrand was born on the 22nd u February
isob. at Fierahopp, in the parish Of Madrsj'
in Sweden. lie studied at the Universary o
Lund rose 10 local fame at very early age ana
{ was made an assisian, at the historical museum
, Of the university in 1890. The anangemen
Of the coins fell into his hands, and already u
, 1891 he had begun to publish the first Of hi
, works on this subject, his valuable "upplys
ningaI iill syeriges MYn,histosia," completes
in is3z. Tie was SON after this called Il