The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-29
FOREIGN ITEMS.


larger than ever.
-Rochcfort has signed the circular he addressed
to the voters Of Paris Revolutionary and Com.
munistical Candidates"
AT the personal request Of the Crown Prince OF
Prussia, the Sultan has ceded to the King of Prus-
sia the entire territory of the ancient church Of
the Knights ofSt. John at Jerusalem.
1t has been decided in the Vatican that Pere
Hyacinthe shall not be admitted to state his case
and expose his ideas before the Ecumenical
Council. II he presents himself he will be Or
dered back to the Pontifcal frontiers, and If he
insists the gendarmes will escort him beyond the
lines.
AT a court ball in Berlin, Bismarck was much
pleased with the wife OF foreign diplomatic who
was present With characteristic audacity the
count reached out his hand to pluck, without
leave, flower from the splendid bouquet which
the lady carried. She raped his knuckles with
her fan. saving pardon, Monsieur lie Comte but
that flower Is not a German State; you must ask
for it.n
The Catholic priests Of the diocese Of Galway
Ireland, have recently resolved "that the chief
cause of discomfort and unhappiness which gen.
orally prevail throughout this country, Is mainly
traceabe to the unsatisfactory relations existing
between landlords and tenants, and that we can
never reasonably hope for peace, happiness and
contentment without an equitable adjustment Of
these relations"
"A French chemist has invented q method Of
rendering the numbers Of houses, and tile names
Of shops, as easily visible by night as by day. 1t
consists in rubbing the figures and letters with
certain phospheric paste, which, though not dis
cernibe in the daylight, will, in the dark, shine
with perfect distnctness. The application would
only need to be renewed once month, and re-
quires very trihing outlay.
The proposed introduction OF the system OF
short service In the Russian army meets with
much opposition from Russian writer's. A. n.
Solltor says that at would destroy the feeling
that the soldier belonged to ''n army body and
soul: that his home and religion were concen-
trated In one idea-the army. 1t is the unity and
compactness which flow from the present system
that made the troops an inexpugnable defence to
the throne"
An English writer, Colonel F. Fltzwygram,
has been makiag some extended researches as to
the minimum quantity OF fresh air required by
horses IN stables. He arrives at the conclusion,
rather novel for liverystable Keepers that, with
good ventilation, good drainage and paving,
light and cleanliness, 1900 cubic feet, with
ground area OF about.s 81 feet per horse, are sui-
cient, though probably the minimum required for
the maintenance Of health"
The garrulity Of hair dressers has produced a
rebellion In London. At several West End estab-
lshments the operators are now forbidden to
open their mouths unless spoken to; while the
system OF fparadng whole cellars OF oil bottles and
scent cases before the customer for sale is also
done away with. For this reform an additional
charge is made which covers the losses entailed
by the change. American BARRIERS ought to adopt
so much of this reform as pertains to the oil bot
tie business.
The English, who, owing to their better roads,
are enabled to make more use OF the velocipede
than we are, have invented new bicycle. In
this machine the old system OF working with the
feet Is dispensed with; the weight OF the body be-
ing thrown alternately on the saddle and on the
footboard becomes the moving power, and the
machine glides forward with ease and rapidty.
Elegance is not wanting in the new machine, the
rider rising and falling gracefully in the saddle.
Ladies also can ride with the same ease as on
horseback.
"A Paris paper says that Traupmann, pressed
BY questions and wearIed, perhaps, with strug-
Cling with the crushing charges that pressed
upon him, has made full confession. He had
no accompllce. He killed the father (Kink) on
the 25th Of August, near Gwebwilles, in Alsace,
where he was nicely inferred. He then enticed
the eldest son to Paris, thence to Pantin, where,
on the 18th Of September, he. killed him. Two
days afterwards he entlced the mother and five
young children to the same place, where and
when he butchered them.