The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-07-18
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THURSDAY, JULY Is, 1872.
NEWS OF THE DAP.

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The rush of travel to Europe is now very
great.
Paper clothing from Japan is being intro.
ducsd.
"A New Jersey shifyard is building four
little propellers, to be used as pleasure boats
On the Potomsc. =, =
't--Itts estimated that in five years there will
be between Palatka and Lake Jessup, on the
st Johns, In Florida, five hundred thousand
fruitful orange trees. %
A.-esEf Louis has q Grand Central Hotel on
the EuropeanIplan, where three thousand per-
-sons feed daily.at an average cost Of twenty
i've, cents meal. ',a.'' .'..' : - - -
J-iKentncky sportsmen are using nitro-gly-
cerine to catch ash with. A pound of 1t e4-
p,oded below water recently, elevating e'gh-
ty-slx or the fnny tribe, weighing from half
to thirteen pounds each. rec .-Iyl
"A Chinaman in San Francisco who has
given himself up as the murderer OF Sun 10y,
happens. to be- named Ah Hung. "And Edo
not deny, in regard to the same, what the
name might imply"
Anew attachment is now being made at
Colts 'armory, Hartford, Conn, for the Cat
thing gum. Il Is known as the "drum-feeder,
by which four hundred shots are discharged
per minute. @-gl .
ZThe traffic in alligator skins is becoming
quite an item In commercial circles. During
the past five months, a gentleman OF Jackson
Vile, Fla, has shipped to parties In Boston
one, thousand four hundred and ninety alli'
gator skins.
"A Florida correspondent of the Savannah
Republican says that the Indians In the ever.
glades refuse to free their slaves, and swear
that sheridanwlll have to ''ride the tail of
every horse In the army before they give up
single nigger.7I f.a .rrg
During the year 1871 more English than
Irish emlgrants came to this country. The
emigration from the United Kingdom was:
English, 7l,s26; Irish, 65,5sl; Scotch, 1921.
Counting each of these to the value OF $1,000
to the country, It will be seen that the ma
tional wealth ls Increased $50, $4,000.
The Lydia Thompson troupe for its next
Amsr4osr tour ,.a -,aon- nal afa-Aa@ ts-o ..f
dition of Miss Patti Josephs and amy sherl-
dan, of the London burlesque stage The lat
tar lady ia said to be six feet high, straight as
an Indian girl, exquisltely finished features,
and altogether magnificent, but rather spirlt-
less.
. "A surprising report comes from Japan to
the effect that the Mlkado is going to Europe.
Since the empire entered upon Its path OF pro-
grass It has become nation of surprises, but
few Of Its examples of advancement have been
80 marked as this. No spiritual or temporal
chief ruler of Japan has yet gone outside the
boundaries of his empire.
Not long since, a dyspeptic was begalled
by an advertisement into sending to- New
York Individual a dollar, for which sum
cure for dyspepsia was promised. He re-
ceived printed slip, with these words: "stop
drinking and hoe In the garden" The man
was angry at first, then laughed, and finally
stopped. drinking and "hoed In the garden"
In short time he was as we'll as ever.
Some of the Paris journals lately an
nounced that the firm of Rothschild lately re-
ceived thirty-one wagons of gold by railway
from Germany. These consIgnments, the
Constitutional announces, arise from the re-
endorsement of the different war loans, rem
dered possible by the frs! distribution of the
French indemnity, and falling due for the
most part OF: July lst.
"A summer night in New York, says the
Express, presents peculiar characteristics.
The houses are comparatively deserted. and
men and women live In the streets. Merry
groups sit UPON the stoops of dwelling houses,
the benches IL the public parks are all occu-
pied, the streets are thronged, and there ap-
pears to be d general desire to get out into the
open air and fee from anything like local
habitation. This outdoor mania extends 30
far that people sleep upon the housetops, and
even the park benches find for their a,lnight
occupants not alone the vagrants, but others
of q moregespectable character.
--0f the Prusslan army General Sherman Is
teported to have said: 1t ls unQuestlonably the
finest army In thg world, and no wonder, If
We consider the years ir has taken them to-
makei it. It is aiperfect machine of war.
Eaevmost striking thing about 1t is the new
recognition it has given to Individuality in the
teldier. The army is an aggregate of local
lied aud therefore individuaized corps, and
every man In every corps is taught to COM
bine sense of personal responsibility and of
self.relIauce with the instinct of military
obedience. It is not only an army of thous-
ands. but an army Of units. France appeared
to him to be- In q transition state.
"A case of selfimmolation by Hindoo
widow has occurred In Brighton, England.
The woman was the widow of one Moses spl-
nsmann, rich merchant, who married her in
Msiabar; of which country she was native.
During her residence in England she always
retained her own religion and customs, and
caused to be; constructed on her husbands
estatsi in the Country Hindoo temple, into
which she went every day to offer up her de-
YotIons according to the rules OF her own faith.
When Splnemann died recently, she conduct
ed herselfin the most frantic manner, tearing
her halr and dishgurlng her beautiful features
with her nails. Her remains. consumed by
fire, were subsequently discovered by the ser
wants In the temple which she had built, and
their condition clearly revealed the fact that,
In accordance with the old Hindoo superstition
In such matters, she had burnt herself alive. |
A similar case occurred q few months ago In |
Naples, where woman, widow of Hfndoo |