The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-03-12
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.-"Artanus Ward died :. South Hamp,
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The Austrian Government has prohibi-
ted the sale of, and ordered the police to
seize, . new work which has appeared under
the title Of "Twelve Champions 81 Revolu>
tion," containing the biographies Of Robert
Blum, Karl Blind, Mazzini, Count Cavour,
Louis Blanc, and others.
Miss Martineau is reprintiug for private
circulation among her friends and the friends
of the families most nearly concerned, her
memoirs Of the late Lord Canning and the
late Lord Elgin, from Once a Week and The
Daily Nescs respectively.
AT the end Of 1867, according to . new
copyright Law passed some years since by the
German Diet and agreed to by all the sepa-
rate Governments, all copyright which had
up to that time been prolonged by special
privileges ceases and becomes public proper
~. The works Of Schiller, Goethe, Wieland,
Herder, Korner, and many other German
classics that have up to the present year been
the copyright Of certain publishers, or the
families OF the Fauthors, can then be pub
lished by any one, and already the an
nouncements of cheap reprints are being adj
vertised
Mr. John Stuart Mill was inaugurated as
Rector Of st. Andrews University on the 1st
inst. He delivered long and interesting
address, which was very we'll received. !,
vas review Of the whole territory Of the
higher education, and included cordial de-
Tense of classical culture (minus the verse
makingl, on the ground that to estimate
words for what they are-the counters
representing thought-you must know init.
mately other languages and literatures beside
your own; and that those particular languages
and literatures are of such curious perfection,
such artistic completeness. Mr.. Mill ex.
cluded none of the great cultivating studies
from the University cur riculum pleading not
only for classics u sth ematice, logic, ethics
rather historically than 5ogmasicall7
isight-exp experimental science, and physiol6s
M, but even for ecelesias,ical history FROM an
undogmatic point of view. On all he said
some fine things. On ell be gave curious
impression of mind Of the most sensitive
snsceptbilities, casting out fbres into every
branch Of human culture, aud yet shrinking
on every sue rom tue assertion Of ultimate
principles or roots The definite, eradualiy
springing into shape out Of the indefinite
that is Mr.. Mills conception Of almost every
hranca Of human knowledge.
The Bacon Fire arms Company, Of Nor.
wich, are manufacturing new pattern Of al
elegant pocket Eve shooter, which they cal
'the ladies' companion" The dividends G.
the company for the last three years havt
amounted to 200 per cent. 4tT
A remarkable and perhaps unparalel' ed
coincidence is recorded in the civil registry
Of Bar sur Aabe. in France. In 1896 Their,
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hundred and six deaths, and one hundred anc
isx marriages.
"A contested will case at Newington, n
h., has been so long in court that the law
yers bills have consumed the entire estats
in controversy. AS the principle involved
was not worth quarrelng about, the case hal
been withdrawn from litigation
In the steel rail mills, at the Cyclops
steel works, Sheffield mass of iron weigh
ing one ton is dropped from heighth of Sel
feet apon the middle of the rail, placed upor
supports as a test of its strength. The rail-
rarely break, but occasionally bend, unde
this tremendous trial.
The New York papers announce that sew
erai ct the large dry goods establishments il
that city have established a detective force
which is employed to look after the clerks
The detectives visit all sorts OF places, and |
clerk is seen where be should not be, suie
dismissal, and mo reasons given, follows q
once.
Notices were posted in all the leadinI
manufactures in Rhode Island, on Saturday
that the WAGES Of the employees would ts re
duced 10 per cent, on the l4th. Not NOR
than half the wooden machinery 10 the Stat
il now running, and, unless some relic
appears, the other half will be compelled u
suspend operations also.
These are "hard times for Boston
More people are now ont Of employment il
that city than ct any prev Gus time for man
years, many manufacturing establishment
are idle. aud all building enterprises are al
stsnd still.
1T is said that the wedding of Jane
Gordon Bennett, Jr., to Miss Dix, viii tax
place in Paris, early next April.