Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-06-19
Foreign Gossip.

ENehaND has borrowed the idea of
the American palace cars, and is elated
thereat
TaEaE are no less than 5000 canoes
in Tue museamj OF Florence, all relics
from Pompei:
At the annual nesting. of the Lon
come was stated at :2l53, 697.
Fl THE Paris Monde demands that
crosses and pious inscriptions be placed
upon all the public monuments in Paris.
The question Of compulsory educa
ton is again the subject OF debate in
| the various provincial assemblies in
France. i'l1 '1at "5a #1#ar ssi
TIE Burmese Embassy, which is
shortly expected to arrive at Brindisi,
will be solemnly received by the King
of Naples. au-s4- .H43E@ AaE
The Queen. of Holland is very liter
ary in her tastes and habits, expending
two-thirds of her income in this direc-
tion. SIT H fsiageH i .aIgE
A RUSSIAN Imperiar ukase increases
the police force of the Empire by three
officers, eighty-one sub-officers, and 375
prlvates. -ar[,v div eer.e-..f
PARIS is gradually assuming her pris-
tine architectural elegance once more,
and all record of the late devastation is
disappearing. -
BRTx1EaG, in the Tyrol, encouraged
by the success of the exhibition at
Ober-Ammergan, proposes to give
Passion Play this year.
A COMPETENT authority SAYS that
should the British Ballot bill pass, Ire
land will not return one member who
is not Home-ruler.
ENGLAND is short of horses, and in
case of an emergency would not. .be able
to fit out her artillery and mount her
cavalry regiments.
THE ignorance of the French peas
antry is said to be unparalleled in the
| civilized world. Not one ina hundred
can read or write.
| ANY number of books have been pub
lished in Germany founded on the
FrancoPrussian war, and now crop
of plays has commenced.
THE German mint. at Berlin, has
been driven for months in coming to
meet the orders of government and the
demands of business.
EDMOND ABOUT has become the edi-
tor-in chief of the new Paris journal,
the Nineteenth Century. Many noted
writer's are associated with him.
One of the special andpeculiar taxes
in Russia is known as the ''chimney
tax from which only churches and
ecclesiastical buildings are exempt.
AUSTRALIAN. preserved meats are still
largely imported into England from
her distant colony :; 100000 900 pounds
were received thence in twelve months
The Russian Imperial Council has
given a severe check to the movement
for system of professional schools in
Russia, by voting against the project,
20 to 10. sEae -sETt SD. III
IT is intended to rebuild rLuther's
/ cell in the Augustine monastery at Err
furt, destroyed by fire some months
ago. A general subscription is pub
licly invited for the purpose 10
+. GREAT numbers of Frenchmen are re-
turning to Europe from America this
season, and all seem uncertain as to
when they shall return. Are they going
to get vengeance!
THE conductors of charitable insti-
tuition in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England,
recently sought to get a successful
meeting by placardlng the walls with
the words. Cloves request. "9Sh
THE new international railroad over
the Alps-the ST. Gothard-is the
fourth, the most central of all, and for
directness IS the most important be-
tween Italy and Central Europe.
Excursions to the great battle-fields
around Paris are now the order of the
day. Coaches start from Versailles
daily, and make circuit of the Com
mune and Prussian fighting grounds.
IT is thought that the port of Genoa,
the early glory of Northern Italy, is
again to assume much of its former
maritime Importance, by reason Of the
Suez canal and the st. Gothard railway
The fire department at Florence,
Italy, according to the sculptor, Hiram
i Powers, consists of ten men, three
equipped with pipes, four with buck
cts, and three with small fire extin-
guishers.
THE German Ambassador at Athens,
receives 50, 900 year, the English Min
lister S25, the representative of
France Sl9, 900, the Russian Ambassa-
dor $1S, 900, and the Turkish Minister
$23, ,OOO Z" 5Ha"
THERE was fight the other day IN
the English Court of Chancery, over a
bequest made by lady for feeding her
favorite poodle. One party said the
dog was dead, but he was produced by
the other side
This present exhibition is the largest
that the British Royal Academy has
had. consisting of nearly 1900 works;
it is more than half as large again as
that of 1866, which comprised slightly
over a thousand
A STRIKE in the Leeds fax-trade has
Terminated in favor of the employers
The 1neratives demanded the nine
bours' system, but they have abandoned
tbe struggle, and work will be resumed
on the old terms. .@2
DURING the last three years England
has lost one iron-clad with all hands:
four have been on the rocks and rem
dered well-nigh useless; and many Of
fcers of the navy have been wrecked in
prospects.
One of the changes in the German
army is to be the wearing of the i'm
perial eagle as an ornament throughout
the service. Prussia has also deter
mined to establish stations in the from
tier fortresses for carrier pigeons.
The earliest tubular bridge-"The
bridge of the nose"