The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-19
CURRENT MOTHS.

burgh University.
The number Of women studying medicine
~ tho University OF Zurich increases in geo.
metric progression. Four years ago Lhcro was
but oAc, tho next year two, then four, then
eight, and now there arc sixteen.
--Kertch, on the Sea Of Azof, has lately boon
nAde flrst-class fortress by Russia, and tho
works are nearly equal to those of Scbastopol.
One OF the remarkable features OF the fortress
10 tho largest cist0rn in tho world. twill hold
water supply for ten thousand mon for
whole year.
An immense bed of petriGed fossil shells has
been found near Saratoo, in Southeastern Rus
Sin. In a scicntlc point OF Wow this discovery
IL valuable, as many OF tho specimens arc in
sach y state Of preservation that the shape OF
no shcllnsh, their former occupants, can be
easily traced
The revenue on sugar and tobacco coming
fsm Cuba to tho United States Is annually
$75, 900, 900. In return we send goods to that
Island worth only s2o,oO0,o00 each year.
About half the sugar we receive In this cou,l-
try comes from the "Quecn of tho Antilles"
and General Cospedes proposes to equallizo our
trade by sett ne up q republic and inviting
emigration, thus creating o greater domand
for our manufactures.
The poor people or ireland arc beginning
TO 20 to Africa 10 live believing that they can
Do better thore than ut home, should even the
land bill pass. We believe that tho French
Government takes them out to Africa free OF
cost To what portion Of the world will the
Irish emgrant be stranger soon? Not one.
II is great plty-not to say ,hamc-that these
poor peuplc cannot be enabled to live In COM
fort upon tho soil OF their nativity
An ice and old-protluclng machine has
bsen invented by L. Windhanscn, Brunswick,
Germany. The action of the machine is based
on the principle OF producing cold and warmth
by the expansion and compression of atmos-
pherIc air, which is accomplished by means of
mechanical power. The machines require no
Notwithstanding being used in them but
water and atmospheric air. They produce
from 100 pounds to 1000 pounds of Ice per
hour, according to Size, ut a cost Of from ID
to 3D. per 100 pounds.
The Chinese, says French journal, arc
terrible gamblers. They play whether thoy
have money or not. During gambling S6ancc
the players have near them bowl Of peculiar
kind OF oil which they keep hot by lamp
placed underneath the bowl; and lying on tho
table between the players Is very sharp
hatchet. When the money has given out and
one Of the players wins he scizcs the hand of
the loser. places IL OIL stone, ard with q
blow Of the hatchet cuts or Il finger; the loser
Of the finger plungcs what is left of the mutt
lated member into the oil, which acts as
caustlc TO the wound Tho game thon proceeds
as before
The Germans, says the Pail Mall Gazette,
delight to honor heroes, and have at lust turn
ed their attention TO Baron Won Stein, who
solved the Prussian land question. A watch
tower to his memory has been Inauguratcd ut
Wettcr, In Wcstphala. The Prussian Govern
mcnt has undertaken memorial ut Berlin,
and near the ruins Of the ancestral castle of
Stein. In Nassau Gothic hall Is IN course of
construction Which Is to contain marble
statue Of Stein. The inscription at Wettcr,
punning upon his name, calls him the 1runtl-
stein Foundation stone) Of the good the eek
stein {curbstonc) OF the bad, and the sdels,ein
0swcD Of Germany.
Experiments have been made to test the
practlcabllity OF supplying the North German
army and navy with compressed or condensed
food The principal object was 10 ascertain
the best means Of furnishing q soldier In the
ncd with three days stock OF provisions re-
duced to minimum OF weight and bulk. 1t
has been found that sort Of meat-brcad 10 ad-
mrably adapted for this purpose, as 1t may
either be eaten dry in the form of cakes, or it
caa be converted into soup. Similar attempts
have been made TO compress hay and other
proyendcr Tor horses The cost of this pro-
pared food Is considerable, so that Its employ
in fn,n I,a or .
ton.
Recent Investigations have brought to
light several ancient maps, on which the Milo
is laid down MS running from two largo lakes
which correspond In position with those dis
covered by African travellers, and supposed
10 be the sources of the great river. On an
ancient manuscript globo Mt Venice, Lakes
Tsnnnika and Nyanza are dcllncatcd, and
veluAe printed In 1853, and entitled "Robort
Mordon's Geography" which gives similar In
brnstion, has recently been discovered In
Chicago, Ill. This geography, 1t Is stated, con-
Rins well executed map Of Africa, OIL which
two extensive surfaces of water are conspicu-
ously prere1ted under the names OF Lake Zairc
and Lal Zaplan, both communicating with
the Nile.
.-Ons Of tho most extraordinary passages
ever undertaken and performed has recently
been accomplished by the steamer Helen
Brooks. On the 5th day Of August, 1860, the
steamer Helen Brooks LEFT Baltimore, Nd, for
Bayou Teche, La. She left Baltimore by way
of the Chesapeake Bay, and passed through
he State Of Delaware by canal; up Delaware
Mysr to Trenton, n. j.; through the State OF
New Jersey by canal; down Tartan river to
Now York City; up Hudson River TO Troy;
through the State Of New York by the Eric
Cns to Buffalo; thence by way Of Lako Eric
70 Chicago; down through tho Illinois Canal to
ths Illinois River; and thence down the Missis-
Lppi River, arriving at Napoleon. Arkansas,
on Thursday morning, October "a, 1860, after
sIrcuitous Journey of over three thousand
miles.
Tho Peruvlans, 10000 in number, who
abandoned Lima and Callao, to tako refuge
In Me interior In consenuence Of tho oarth-