The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-05-24
Foreign Findings.

The Countess Teresa Spaur in whose
company, i'll l848, Plus / n fled III disguise
from Rome to Gaeta, died some DAYS ago
AT Vienna
The International Conference to discuss
the question Of a uniform rate Of tonnage
to be adopted for vessels passing through
the Suez Canal will meet shortly at Con
stantmople.
THE late Prof Goldstucker has left his
manuscript Sanskrit Dictionary 70 the
India Office, with the condition that it was
not u lie published till 1920 The reason
IS believed to be that the Professor wishes
his work to he Judged On its own merits,
not hy contemporary critics.
VERY rare occurrence has lust taken
place &C the PARIS Faculty Of Medicine
Mime Brcs passed. last week, her exami-
nation As a doctor. The lady is married
and tine mother u two children, Ali has
for long time practlced her profession.
During the two sieges Of Paris, she eXhIb-
tted IN the anhulauces AS much ability AS
ieyutedness.
CONDOR, caught iu the mountains Of
the Andes. for the London geological Gar
drns was landel At st Ives last week from
the ship Slntona. Captain Richard Rodda
John. II M Ives, from Tome a port IA
the Pacific, south oi Valparaiso and sent
uu Up London Tw" were shipped but one
iIri un the passage
Another discovery ut archaeological in
terrst has Just been made at SCISSORS,
where Roman tomb was opened and
several antiquities found The skeleton "
adj infant had a copper band or crown upon
the skull enc or two vases and ARTICLES
nj pottery, With medal il Al excellent
state Of preservation were al, found.
TINS British ship Jealous has returned
to England, after cruise round the world,
dnring which she has voyaged over % 900
miles. and has been 400 days at sea She
left Plymouth IN December 1866 and has
been flagship III the Pacific Ocean until
relieved ~ TIE Repulse The Jealous is
TIE largest ship that ever passed the Straits
"i Magellan
THt German Admiralty proposes t. con
>trict some new movable torpedoes similar
DIV those lately introduced IN England.
The proposed German torpedo boat totilla
Will consist vi twenty eight vessels of
various sizes. ten of which will be stationed
III the North Sea and the rest IN the Baltic
Four viii W. placed at the mouth Of the
Elbe, four at that Of the Jade, two at that
y the oder, rwo at that " the Nesrr, four
AZ Suuderburg Duppel, slN ia the Gulf VI
bautLlc, and slN III that ~ Neustadt
IA>u.Lu,htu Berlin has just closed au
exhibition "f everything pertaining tu the
breeding. sustenaucc and capture of fish
The affair was accompanied by general
meeting Vt the German Fishery Society at
which General Walker, Of the British En-
bas~y, theoretically fought the cause II the
salmon, a suffering 81 innocent, It appears.
greatly mIm,l w the present state " the
Fishery laws The amendments proposed
TAI tbs British sportsman, and gratefully
approved hy the society, are likely "a be
shortly adopted BY Parliament.
THr publication of VI Flammariun' ;
conclusions As To the height Of the atmos-
phyre has led to considerable discussion
among scientific men The experiments
upon the duration Of twilight and the laws
II compression Ia gases the one dating
from kepler, the other from Marlotte
have generally been regarded As too vague.
even when assisted by the laws Of baromet-
rcal pressure. NJ LIais observations,
taken during an Atlantic voyage. Weld AS
a minimum of $50 miles, and as a probable
height 2O4 miles Those Of NJ Bravais.
from the summit Of Faulhorn. give ia
miles. NJ Qu-telet's conclusion is that
thirty eight miles represent the lower
strata, and that the upper strata are ether
cal ana highly rarihed Flammarion has
endeavored To verify tins theory.