Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-06-24
Foreign Notes.

rupees Gel ,00O) has been found in Cey-
Ion, which, it is stated, will be present.
ed to the Duchess of Edinburg.
IHE English Government has oft
cally thanked the Swiss Government
for the services rendered during the
recent Ashantee campaign by the Basic
missionaries on the Gold coast.
The Swiss Times says the price of
wine has recently been much reduced
in many parts of Switzerland. The ia
vorable prospects for the forthcoming
vintage in France has been in great
part the cause. The reduction in the lat
ter country is now telling in the neigh
boring ones.
A PARLIAMENTARY return shows tha-
during the year ending with September
1873, 1876, 131 cwt. of foreign hops we're
imported into England, chiefly from
Germany and Belgium. During the
same time 6,450 cwt. of foreign hops
and Al 1853 cwt. CT British hops were ex-
ported.
A WANT long felt by Londoners is
about to be supplied by the placing on
the Thames, at Charing Cross, Of o
floating bath, the first of several which
are to be built The bath j. 1T feet
long by 80 feet wide over the hull, and
has bathing areaof 1876 feet by p feet,
the water varying IN depth from to
feet.
GREAT efforts are being made to in
prove cottage accommodations on the
Prince of Wales Sandringham estate.
Some double houses have been erected
at a cost Of G3OO, and they are let at
a rent of "a 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 81 900, OOO,O 900 sterling worth Of pro-
perty, roughly speaking, since the
year 1901 ; and within 5the ten years
only, between 1861 and 1871, we have
built dwelling houses to the value of
more than e220, 100000 sterling.
The collection of Chinese coins in
the museum of the Paris mint con-
sists of nearly eight hundred specimens,
some of solid gold and silver. One of the
pieces dates from one thousand seven
y II
fact worthy ofnotice is that the Chinese
observe the decimal system in the di-
vision of their money. There are gold
and silver ingots, covered with regular
control marks.
The value of printed books exported
from England in the year 1873 was
9912, 534. The late Charles Knight com
puted that the whole people Of England
1870 years ago 1744) did not e1pend more.
than 9l00 600 a year in the purchases of
books, papers and publications Of every
kind; IAN 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
ist, has been engaged for four years
preparing 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 ofpapers, 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. It appears that
some lucifer matches lying On the desk
we're ignited by the sun and set fire
to the manuscripts.
EARLY tourists are III eztacies 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: Choking out
from the window of the hotel, be-
meath which few PAGES off the Aare
flows into the lake, its banks one
tangled mass of blossoning trees
and flowers, the mountains rising in
the distance, it seems almost too beau
tiful to realize without seeing it. Per-
haps Oh the continent another spot
could not be found so fully combining
the picturesque and grand.
ACCORDING to Rochard, French vet
Urinary surgeon, simple method Of
preventing flies from annoying horses
consists in painting the inside of the
ears or any other part especially trou-
bled, with a few drops of empyreamatic
oil of juniger It is said that the odor
OF this sustance is uncomfortable to dies,
and that they will keep at q distance
from the parts so anointed. IF this
treatment should accomplish the alleged
result it may perhaps be applicable inre-
polling mosquitoes from the faces and
hands Of tourists and sportsmen, when
passing through woods and meadows.
In his letter on Forester's Dickens,
Edmund Yates tells the following story
of Dickens reconciliation with Douglas
Jerrold, when he was present: Mr..
Dickens. who was member Of the Gar
rick Club, was entertaining some friends
in the strangers room, while Jerold, as a
stranger, was dining with another
member AS it happened the tables
were contiguous, and after little while
Jerrold suddenly wheeled round his
chair to the other table, and cried, I
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"