The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-24
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SATURDAY, AUGUST "a, 1872.
NEWS OF THE D1Y.

The French artillery service intends dis
carding the mitrailleuse.-
There are four colored senators in the new
senate of North Carolina.
-Rocheiort, the promoter of revolution
and disorder, Is desirous of changing bis
place of exile to the United States.
Judah Benjamin has received "patent o.
precedence" at the London bar. and now
takes rank next alter Mr.. HerschelI, z. y.
Mrs. Carl Schurz and family are making o
tour of the German watering-paces, ana are
everywhere the recipients OF distinguished go
cial courtesies.
1t is stated that the Grand Duke of Hesse'
narmstadt Is about to contract q morgana'lc
marriage with an opera dancer. His alghness
is slxty-four years old.
--Epeland alone uses no less than $4,000
tons of old rags every year In the manufacture
of paper, representing money value OF about
$500, 600.
The fall dry goods trade, according to the
New York, Bulletin, is not what 1t ought TO oe'
One of the most serious drawbacks, it says,
hes been with The holders OF cotton goods, In
cllnging so tenaciously to prices when every
indication favored decline.
A Frenchman Is engaged In getting up
whathe calls e universal caravan. He wants
to enlist an army of pilgrims, willing to pay
HOO francs q month into q Joint fund, ior the
i. purpose of making q tour of the world 10
three years. He proposes "rests" of three
months each in Athens, Yeddo and Paris, es-
peclally Paris.,
"A swan recently died at the Tulleries gar
dens, In Paris, at an age so advanced as TO
give some credit to the common belief that
the bird Is capable OF living century. The
swan in:question was brought 10 the Tulleries
byLolis XVIII ,on his accession to The throne
OF France 10 1914. and had belonged to the
Countess Diana Maurepas, from whom the
bird had received Its name. Diana. The skin
has been stuffed, and will be kept at the gar
dens. 81: :sH.;i
The new postal cards are TO be light am.
Der color, Eve einches, by three and one-eighth
Inches In size, and weight about ono and q.
quarter drains. On one eide there will be
vignette; head of the Goddess of Liberty, with
the words siUnl,ed States Postal Card" en-
graved; and printed In the highest style of the
ART. This side also contains the directions:
write the superscrlption on this side, and
the communication on The other" and Is ruled
for the name, State, county, postoff1ce, number
and street.
An apparatus for obtaining water from the
depths of the ocean has been invented in Ger
many. An open vessel of suitable form and
size is lowered by means of a rope, aud when
the desIre. depth has been reached an cleo
trical current is transmitted through wire
that accompanied the lowering rope, and this
carrent, inducing activity la an electro,maSnet
attached to the apparatus, releases powerful
springs, which act upon stop-cocks, thus en-
closing the water at any degree of depth.
Some useful experiments In the determination
Of the carbonic acid in sea water have been
made through the agency of this apparatus.
Dental surgery has added new achieve
ment to its skill and discovery. They now
take out tooth, remove the nerve, cleanse,
scrspe and purify 1t, and then replace 1t, in
stead of putting In false ooe. case is re-
ported In, London where sufferer from
toothache had the disturber Of his quiet taken
out and replaced, and in this manner got rid
of the pain. 1t Is said that this experiment
has also been successfully tried in Boston.
This may be an Important discovery, yet 1t Is
difficult to see how 1t can become very popu.
lar. Most people are only too glad to be rid
of an aching tooth, and are little inclined TO
restore!it to It's former usefulness.
The advocates Of woman's rights have won
a victory in England. The time-honored re-
lation of circus clown has heretofore belonged
exclusively to the male sex. 1t is true that OF
late years the clown has been guilty of the
weakness OF being ashamed of his professional
title aud has ambltlously styled himself q
.Hhakespearean JESTER or s'classical humor-
ist" Nevertheless he has never shown any
disposition to abandon the ring, and no one
fancled that he could be drawn out of it. Now.
however, It seems that at least one woman
has succeeded in dethronlns the masculine
clown of an English circus. renowned
lady lester" now wears the motley in an
Eogllsh travelling circus, aud goes through
the traditional business Of the profession.
After ttls no business. or profession can hope
to hold out against the Intrusive ambition of
the strong-willed advocates of their sex's
rights.
New York begins to sniff the breeze OF o
brisk fall trade, and the merchants of that ciy
are sweeping and garnishlng their establish
ments, pulling down the old and putting in
the new, in anticipation of a thIjVing business
during the ensuing season. Their anticipa-
tlons are based mainly upon the reports of
excellent crops which come In from all sides,
and tend to promote feeling of mutual
security between country and city traders.
The dry goods merchants are especially active,
and are making preparations for an increased
demand from the South. The same is true, in
a smaller degree, of the hat aud cap and boot
and shoe dealers, and the clothiers are also
receiving large orders and expect to receive
still larger. The jewellers, fancy goods deal
ers and booksellers all predict good season.
All classes of merchants look, nevertheless,
with great anxiety to the result OF the Presi-
dental election.
The fact that two Eoglish Archbishops
have promised to endeavor 10 make the read
ing ct the Athanasian creed optional in the
churches, greatly lrritated some of the church
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