The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-11-03

a tube, and passes rough metal piate luii
of little holes. Many jets are thus lotnsu, tin'1
which, after being driven through, nne s!ssuo
of platinum wire, are lighted. Inc .iati.uau .Iat
soon becomes white hot, anG 80 VI E,.o sat ~
tn. eve can hardly bear 1t. lnlrtl-n'e ioe' VI
gas is consumed per hour.
Russell writes the London Times that pub-
Lie security ut Madrid is at the dlscretlon OF an
armed mob, and thinks the prnspecO IS not 1aT
orable for peace. There is the prospect OF SUI
ferine, il not of famine, as the winter advanc-
es, and all the volunteer sodiery prefer militia
ry life to work Of o more useful sort. Inc gov
eminent has offered to find employment for
such us wish to leave the ranks, but out OF q
host of fifteen thousand only eight have ac-
cepted the offer. It is unfortunate that, when
the energies of The nation are needed to pro-
cure comfortable existence. the prevailing DIS
organization should render this almost lmpos-
sible.
"A London paper says that it is not gene.
rally understood how the a!l-a!lve 1ull-slzeu
train passes along the stage in the new sensa-
tional scene. The other night, at the Surrey
Theatre, the audience were enlightened. INC
engine met with an obstruction in the middle
of the stage, stopped dead, and the following
carriages and tender rushed on with lhe mo-
mentuIn. and shot one after the other INTO lle
engine and closed up like a telescope; - Mas
yerv effective, and. as railway acciden', was
quite as remarkable as the RAINING o'er ous'-
ness.
Northern india is again threatened with
famine that may revive the recent terrible
scenes in Orissa, where two millions OF people
died of starvation. There was scarcely any
hot weather IN May and June, and the rains,
which began month before the usual time,
have done immense damage. The rice crops,
second time, are ruined. Orissa and all the
district between Calcutta and the sea have
been deluged. Yet, while this superabundance
of moisture has fallen on the coast, the GEN.
tral districts are suffering still more from
drought. The price OF bread has greatly ad-
vanced already.
The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein, Hor-
tense Schneider, was fortunate in Baden-Baden.
One day she wes promenading all alone IN the
shady walks near the old castle OF Baden. AN
English Lord calls at her house, and hears that
she will not return until four hours afierward.
The Lord hastens to jeweller ana mas Ills
name set ic diamonds on a bracelet. In TWO
hours the bracelet was ready. The Lord paid
rs 600 francs for it and gave it to the porter at
the house of tho Grand Duchess. When Hor-
tense came homo and saw the name on the
bracelet set in damon ds, she exclaimed, "What
a pity that he is not Spaniard. His name
would have then been great deal longer"
The recent burning of the steamer Jacnth,
off the coast OF Scotland, affurds another llIus-
the transportation of ccal oil. The rolling OF
the vessel caused u number OF barrels OF )etro-
leum which were on the deck to leak-one OF
them was STAYED in, the oil, floating on the top
of the water on deck, ignited at the galley ire;
and in few moments the centre part OF the
steamer was one great sheet OF flame, cutting
off all communication between the fore and afG
parts of the vessel. Fin ing their eff rts to
extinguish the flames unayaillng, the captain
and crew hurredly abandoned the steamer,
which soon after burned to the waters edge
and went down. Fortunately no passengers
we're on board, or the disaster in all probability
would have resulted in considerable loss OF life.
"A German orresoondent Of the Freischuet
saws "What pity that the beautiful Danish
princesses should be married to such men us
the Prince OF Wales and the Grand Duke here
ditary of Russia-the former an incorrgiblc
rake, and the latter o scrofulous youth. There
are no finer, nicer, and better educated young
ladies' in Europe than The daughters OF King
Christian TX. Look at tho way in which youGg
Frederick OF Wales is pining away In London.
Six years ago she was the embodiment OF health
and beauty, and now sho is but o wreck Of her
former self, and not yet twenty-five! And
that sweet, bright glrl, Dagmar, who was ad-
mired by everybody who saw her in Copen-
hagen, is reported to be consumptive, o prey
to the miserable climate of st. Petersburg, and
perhaps also to disappointed hopes OF happi-
ness. The good mother Of those girls is said
to bo profoundly melancholy, and well she may
be when she LOOKS upon the fato that has be-
fallen her lovely daughters, linkedas they are
to men to whom, il they were OF private eX-
traction, no b jnorable man would intru5t his
dnuuhoro