Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-07-21
Foreign Items.

Cabs are now TO be seen in the streets
of Paris, arranged with an indicator that
tells accurately the distance run and the
time occupied .N
An English reverend advertises "to
instruct Members of Parliament in English
composition, public reading, and extern
poraneous speaking Is. ..,..t..f
"A Pharmaceutical Congress, to which
all civilized nations are invited to send rep
resentatives, is to take place at Vienna in
September. as B .t..
The French iron-clad Beliquense has
just circumnavigated the globe, being the
first vessel of her class that ever accom-
plished the feat.
{ Admiral Sir George Lambert, of the
British Navy, died suddenly few weeks
ago in billiard saloon in Pail Mall, while
watching the progress of q game. va.
"A letter has been received from Tahiti
stating that Tom, the Greek sailor, set
ahoat in open boat, near Eastern Island,
by Capt. Weiser, had arrived there. ~
? The uncoined gold in the vaults Of the
Bank of England on January LIST last
amounted to 96, 760,397. OF uncoined silver
are assessed to the poor rate for S37, $40.
The Eberfeld Gazette states that an
ophthalmia Of contagious character pre-
walls in Berlin, and which medical men be.
lieve to be of the same nature as the terri
BILE Egyptian disease. oar d
"A working stove filter of Chateau
Thierry (France), aged about 40, o a,married
man and father of family was found
recently in his garret, lying on cross
| which he had himself constructed out Of
old rafters. and to which he had actually
nailed his two feet and one Of his hands.
He was removed to the hospital.
= Sugar, it is announced, is made from
the common field pumpkin in Hungary,
whore several large factories have been in
operation since 1887. The juice yields
about 80 per cent Of molasses, and 4 per
cent of sugar. The process is the same
as that by which sugar it extracted from
beets. I,ta a8,
"A submarine diver who has been oper-
ating in the Thames river, at Norwich,
Conn, says there is cave under the banks
of considerable size, the hidden beauties
and strange formations of which, could the
water be drawn off 30 as to make it acces.
sible, would form one ofthe wonders of the
world. .-.,.. b
| Among recent additions to the British
Museum are large number Of inscriptions
and other antiquities from the temple of
Diana at Ephesus. Some of the inscrip-
tionsl confer citizenship on various per-
sons for distinguished services to the city
Of Ephesus t'q s'1 tsa'h A"s
IA Paris letter, describing the recent
election disturbances in that city, says
among tho arrests was that of O young man
who had on him $50 needle-breech- loading
musket ball cartridges. He acknowledges
they were given him to throw on the Bou-
levard; it was hoped the horse shoes would
make the percussion caps explode and q
scene Of terrible confusion ensue. a8s se
Sir Robert Clifton, who recently died
at the age of forty-three, left policies of in
surance on his life to the amount Of nearly,
or quite, o quarter of million pounds.
Most Of them are mortgaged, however. Sir
Robert had for fifteen years carried red
bag given him by fortune-teller with in
structions to look upon il whenever he was
in any financial embarrassment and he
would discover the way out Of the difficulty.
Sir Robert believed in the bag as firmly as
Fortunatus in his purse, and often resorted
to II for inspiration, with, as he was con.
pinced, satisfactory results nv be,I ~