The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-14
FOFsEHGN NEWS.

employers having agreed to the
mne-hour system, to be carried into
effect after January ID, 1872.
Twenty professors in the univer-
sity refused to take the oath re-
qurred by the Italian Government.
y collision occurred at Cork, Ire
land, Get. I'd, between the police
and a company OF Fenians, causing
tremendous excitement. The latter
being we'll armed, a most desperate
struggle ensued. Revolvers were
freely used, and many received
wounds, whether serious or not, was
not ascertained. The superior num-
bers of the police soon dispersed
them, arresting five.
Hon. Foster 1:radford, in ali ad-
dress October ID, ir London, advo-
Gated tie passage Of an Act requir-
ing compulsory education.
In \ iern.a it is forbidden to pub
lish matrimonial advertisements in
the newspapers.
The number OF horses in Russia
is greater in proportion to the popu-
lation than it is i'll our greatest
horse region--kentucky. Russia
has one horse to every three per-
sons. Kentucky has ore horse to
about four and a half OF its popu-
lation.
A London telegram of Septem-
Der 23d, says, the birmingham Lib
eral ASS citation las addressed a
circular to tie liberal members for
Parliamentary burroughs on tie
subject Of reform in tie House Of
Lords. Tie circular says, 1--WE be-
lieve tt at the time has arrived
when an hereditary principle, which
neither insures wisdom in the iiidi-
vidual nor patriotism i'll the body,
must be abolished when the Sec
ond Chamber must be brought into
union with popular sympathies, and
when the right of the House of
Commons to carry the will OF the
people into action over all opposing
interests ard authorities must be Sc
cured.''
The kingdom Of Bavaria is about
to recall its Ambassadors from for
eign states, and will in future be
represented OILY as portion OF the
German Empire
Insanity seems to be on the in
crease iii the Kingdom Of Queen
Y ictoria. In 1859, when the pop
ulation amounted to 19,0S6,7O1,
there were 36,762 luLatics, or 10
out of every 10000. In 1871, with
a population of 22,704, ,10s, there
were 56,755-25 out of every 1O,-
900. Out of this number-26,9 ,956
&c, 10 are private patients, so, 1856
paupers, aid AGO in prisons.
The Polish Jews have the repu-
tation of being among the longest
lived people III Europe. One Of
their number, Lesser l.amenower,
died recently i'll Prussian Poland,
near Iamotschau, iii his 117th year.
lie is said to have two brothers
still living, aged respectively 105
and 100 years.
The Roman Censors frequently
imposed taxes OH unmarried men,
and men of full age were obliged to
marry, unless mentally or pllysi-
cally disqualified. The Spartan
women, at certain games, laid hold
of all tie old bachelors they could
get their hands on, aid inflicted on
them every mark OF intamy and dis
grace, dragging item around their
nitars, and handling them very
roughly. In 1896 the English Par
lament laid tax on bachelors over
twenty-five years of age, of twelve
pounds ten shilling for a Duke,
which was graduated down to one
shilling for common man. Uncle
Sam has been very lenient to his
unmarried nephews at all times, but
he might do a good thing for tie
heavy war debt by laying a revenue
aa cttpittt~ tax Oh them just now.
Recently mad elephant entered
the Mundia district i'll India, at the
village Of Tarraj, where he killed
a woman and child. He then
passed on to other villages, enter
ing about a dozen in succession,
frightening the Inhabitants and kill
ing one OF two in each place. The
total of his victims, between .Iauu-
ary 9th, and February 10Th, were
twenty-one persons killed, besides
several wounded. The most horri-
BILE and almost incredible circum-
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