The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-06-27
Foreign Notes.


he Bombay Gazette says that a mag
TENT sapphire, valued at 10000
ees (fl ,000) has been found in Cey-
which, 1t is stated, will be present
70 the Duchess of Edinburg.
He English Government has oft
thanked the Swiss Government
the services rendered during the
ent Ashantee campaign by the Basic
ssionaries on the Gold coast.
HE Swiss Times says the price of
le has recently been much reduced
many parts of Switzerland The ia
rable prospects for the Forthcoming
ltage III France has been in great
TT the cause. The reductionin the lat
country is now telling in the neigh
ring ones.
A PARLIAMENTARY return shows tha-
lring the year ending with September
|13, 135, 131 cwt. of foreign hops were
lported into England, chiefly from
ermany and Belgium. During the
5 me time 6,450 cwt. of foreign hops
hd fl l63 cwt of British hops were ex-
,Ited.
a WANT long felt by Londoners is
bout to be supplied by the placing on
e Thames, at Charlng Cross, Of a
- batting bath, the first of several which
are to be built. The bath IL III feet
long by 30 feet wide over the hull. and
has a bathing areaof 135 feet by % feet,
the water varying in depth from 3 to Z
feet.
GREAT efforts are being made to i'm
prove cottage accommodations on the
Prince of Wales Sardringlfam estate.
Some double houses have been erected
ut IA cost of f300, and they are let mt
a rent of CA year each. They have
separate gardens, and great attention
has been paid to the bedroom accom-
mOdatiOnS.
The London Builder says: eve have
built in England and Wales, in the
way of dwelling houses alone, upward
of Fl 900, 100000 sterling worth of pro-
perty, roughly speaking, since the
year 1901 and within .the ten years
only, between 1861 and 1871, we have
built dwelling houses to the value of
more than e220, 900, 900 sterling.
The collection of Chinese con In
the museum of the Paris mint con
sists of nearly eight hundred specimens,
some of solid gold ana silver. One of the
pieces dates from one thousand seven
hundred years before Jesus Christ a
fact worthy ofnotice is that the Chinese
observe the decimal system III tie di-
vision of their money. There are gold
and silver lngots, covered with regular
control marks.
THE value of printed books exported
from England III the year 1873 was
1912 ,53I. The late Charles knight com
puted that the whole people of England
1870 years ago 174D did notexpend more.
than G100, 900 year i'll the purchase of
books, papers and publications of every
kind, an astounding comparison between
now and then, and indicating one of the
main sources of the increased consump-
ton Of paper.
A VALUABLE work has been lost to the
world by an extraordinary accident.
Prof. Bunien, of Heidleburg, the chem
list, has been engaged for four years
preparing a new book, whose appear
ance was looked forward to with great
interest The professor recently, in
starting for a short walk. left the man
uscript, both the rough copy, notes,
and the copy for the printer, lying on
the desk. On his return he found both
sets otpapers, together with some others,
in flames and before he could put out
the fire they were burnt to ashes. Not
a leaf had been left 1t appears that
some lucifer matches lying ON the desk
were ignited by the sun and set fire
to the manuscripts.
EARLY tourists are in extacies this
season over the charms presented by,
Switzerland in May. Excursions are
of course, confined to the low lands
and the Lake districts. The vicinity OF
Lake Thun is particularly favored by
one tourist who writes Looking out
from the window of the hotel, be
flows into the lake, its banks one
tangled mass of blossoming trees
and flowers, the mountains rising in
the distance. it seems almost too beau
titul to realize without seeing it. Per
haps on the continent another spot
could not be found SO fully combining
the picturesque and grand.
ACCORDING to Rochard, a French vet
Urinary surgeon, simple method OF
preventing flies from annoying horses
consists i'll painting the inside of the
ears or anyother part especially trou-
blcd, with a few drops of empyreamatic
oil Of juniger. 1t is SAID that the odor
Of this s,lstauce is uncomfortable to flies,
and that they will keep at a distance
from the parts 50 anUinted. If this
treatment should accomplish the alleged
result 1T ayrcrhaps be applicable Inre-
pelling mosquitoes from the faces and
hands Of tourists aud sportsmen, when
passing through woods and meadows.
In his letter on Foresters Dickens,
Edmund Yates tells the following story
of Dickens reconciliation with Douglas
Jerrold, when he was present: Mr.
Dickens, who was a member of the Gar
rick Club, was entertaining some friends
in the strangers room, while JerOld, as {
stranger, was dining with another
member. As it happened the tables
were contiguous, and after a little while
Jerrold suddenly wheeled round bis
chair to the other table, and cried, j
can't listen to your voice as a stranger
any longer. For Gods sake shake
hands Dickens instantly complied
and the old intimacy was as firm as
ever.
Centenary of Samuel Owen.
Stockholm has been celebrating the
centenary of Samuel Owen, mar