The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-09-21
Foreign Gossip.

Foreign Gossip
An exchange accounts for the rapid dis.
Indignation of the Austrian Empire during
the present European war, by considers
ion Of the great dissolving power Of Prus.
sic acid.
When Brazil was first discovered, gold
was in such common use that the habit.
ants made fish hooks of that metal, no iron
being used, although the country abounded
with it.
The great European chess match be.
tween Steinitz and Andersen has resulted
in the victory Of the former. Score An
derssen, 6; Steinitz, &. A return match
will be played.
a horse belonging to the Street Rail.
way Company, Of Toronto, which had been
taken to the island opposite the city in order
to recruit, swan three miles with deter
mination to get to the city again.
AS an instance Of extraordinary humil-
ity. Punch says there is among the Ritualist
party an Anglo Catholic curate of extraor-
binary sanctity, who is 50 humble that when
ever he writes in the first person he employs
a small l..
1t is stated that nearly every German
prince has at least $4,000 invested in
American securities, and the King of Han
over, who has been notified that he cannot
return to his throne, has half million in
our loans. So there is little danger Of their
actual starvation if they do become private
citizens.
During the past few weeks numbers Of
families have left the iron and coal districts
of South Wales for the United States, and,
It is reported, this mania for emigration has
taken such q permanent hold of the miners
and iron workers that the exodus is ex-
pected to continue for some time, notwith-
standing the improved prospects of the
staple trades Of the district
Queen Victoria has five daughters The
oldest is the wife of the Crown Prince Of
Prussia. She is destined to become the
future Queen Of Prussia. The second,
Alice, is the wife of the Prince of Hesse-
Darmstadt, whose principally Las been
lately absorbed by Prussia. The third,
Helena, became recently the wife Of the
Prince of Teck, who is Q Prince without .
principally. Two remain unmarried
Louise, who is in her 18th year, and Bea-
trice, who is in her 9th year. What is to be
done with Louise, now that the most of the
Protestant German princes have been ousted
from their petty thrones by Prussia There
is only one Protestant prince now available
for royal conjugal purposes, and he is the
brother Of the Princess Of Wales, King
George Of Greece. Mr.. Gladstone is, con-
sequently, to proceed to Athens to enter
upon this delicate negotiation.
Every one has heard Of the great stone
face, the profile in the Franconia mountains,
which stands out from q rocky precipice
towering 1000 feet above the beautiful lake
near the Profile house. The sharp cut
features of this wonderful statue could
scarcely be improved by human art. The
forehead. nose, mouth, chin, and even
Adams apple on the neck, all are perfect.
Many man can be seen whose face resem-
bles it. The strange fact about this profile,
however, not generally known, is that the
effect is produced, not by the edge Of one
rock, but simply by the accidental grouping
of various rocks. some more distant than
others. In fact, the front of the top Of the
precipice is group Of rocks about 80 feet
high by 100 in breadth. The nose is 40
feet west Of the forehead. The mouth,
which seems mere opening Of two thin
lips, is a sidelong chasm or break Of so feet
in extent. Viewed from the front, the face
vanishes, while the rocks seem inac cessible
as they hang in the air over the precipitous
descent below them.
Personal and Literary.
GUsTAvE DoRE, at last accounts, was bust
" studying . cage Of twenty rats to help
his illustrations.
GENERAL GRANT Is expected to assist in
the reinauguration Of Washington's statue
at Lexington, Virginia, next week.
DR. HoRArIo STONE, the sculptor, has
gone to Rome to execute, under an order Of
Congress, statue Of Alexander Hamilton.
JAMES STEVENS, G. o. l. R., is now in New
York. He is in constant receipt Of invita-
tions from all parts Of the country, but says
his next trip will be to Ireland.
THE Vicksburg Clarion Of the It'll, says:
"Joseph E. Davis. the venerable brother Of
our ex Confederate President, has been par
doned by President Johnson"
A REPORT in q California paper states
that Edwin Forrest will become = resident
Of California and procure divorce from
his wife under the accommodating laws Of
that State
IT is rumored that Hon. Charles Sumner
is about to be married to young, handsome
and accomplished widew, the daug
law Of . Member Of Congre from Massa-
chusetts. Mr.. Sumner has been travelling
in the White Mountaina an horsahe ~, A,,,;r !,