Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-01-15
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Foreign Gossip.

The Duchess OF Aosta, VIE OF ex-
King Amadeus of Spain, has the con-
sumption.
The new Sultan of Morocco has
broken up the harem of his father, and
viii keep only one wife.
Under the new coin system of the
German Empire, silver is no longer legal
tender, except for very small amounts.
The monument which Disraeli has
erected to the memory of his wife bears
the simple epitaph, 80 dulcis conjnx."
"A purilistic Irishman in England,
being bound over To keep the peace on
all British subjects, remarked, The Lord
help the first foreigner ! meet"
--Bazaine,s " seclusion" will be of very
short duration. His health is failing SO
rapidly that in the ordinary course OF
events he can survive but a few months.
"A man has been sentenced TO forty
lashes and five years penal servitude in
England, for throwing snuff in the eyes
of ieweler and then stealing three
diamond rings.
The rector of the Glasgow University
Chapel, in a recent sermon, said: 40, for
light, more light" The janiior thought
that he really meant ii, and turned on the
gas TO full head.
The works for the submarine tunnel
under the English channel are 10 be be-
gun Immediately. Shafts are TO be sunk
at Dover and Cape Girls Nez, and tun-
nels are 10 be run for mile in each direc.
ton under the sea.
Roses arc precious in Germany. Doc
uments exist TO prove that nearly one
thousand years ago the stone roof OF Hill
deshiem Cathedral. in Germany, was
raised, IN order 10 protect ana give room
to a growing rosebush. 1t still grows
and flouTishes,
The ratcatchers in Paris are earning,
on an average, eight TO ten francs day.
The supply is at present fully equal to the
demand, the late war with Germany hav-
ing afforded an opportunity for the rats
to multiply, particularly at the time when
their enemies, the dogs and cats, were
being served up as rare dishes on Partisan
tables.
The Montreal firemen are 10 have
new kind of respirator, consisting of
metal cssq filed with glycerine and pow
dered charcoal. These will not only
preserve the men from sufiocation, but
also effectually prevent them from yell
ing, which all firemen seem 10 think is
particularly efilcacious in extinguishing
fires.
The noxious effects Of mercury on the
health of workmen in factories where this
metal Is used, have often been discussed
with view to a remedy. Ammonia neu-
tralizes its vapors and in looking. glass
mandatory in France where the work.
shops are sprinkled every evening with
ammonia, the health of the workpeople
does not suffer.
Mourning in the South Pacific is car
ried on in a manner which TO us would
seem very curious. A widow will lay
aside her bonnet and wear the hat Of her
late husband; sometimes widower will
go about in loose gown of his departed
wife, worn over his own proper dress.
Instead of shawl, a mother will place
on her back pair Of trousers belonging
70 a little boy just laid In his grave.
The new French Minister to the Uni.
ted States, Jean Francois Charles Barth-
oldy, has had long diplomatic career.
He Is a lawyer by profession, bet has serv-
ed as translator in the Department of For.
eign Affairs, Secretary of the Legation to
Berlin, Special Agent to Turin, Vienna
and Mexico, and also as Secretary to the
French Embassy at st. Petersburg. He
has been Jealous Bonapartist, but is now
n good enough Republican for McMahon's
purposes.
Sir Henry Thompson, the British
surgeon, feels that il is not proper for him
at present to refute the court charges that
have been made against him of improper
treatment Of the late Emperor Napoleon.
After remarking 10 this effect at recent
supper of the Midland Medical Society in
Birmingham, Sir Henry said that he was
ready TO rest any reputation he might
have upon everything he did in that case,
and he might venture to say, in connec-
ton Herewith, tllSt he did not look back
with regret upon anything he counseled
or did, and that ne should be able to
prove its propriety when the time came.
Germany is acquiring reputation
for adulterating cigars. A writer in that
country says all sorts Of solid substances
may be found rolled up in the leaf of the
fragrant weed. The following have been
found; Bristles, hair wood, bits of linen
and of leather, needles, shirt buttons, and
teeth. These substances glowing In the
smoker's cigar must astonish him
Through the middle Of one goose's
feather was drawn from point to end in
another was cord, and in a third
match. But far worse and more danger
Gus are those which conceal exploding
materials. These are the so-called EEK.
plosive cigars" manufactured as "jokes,"
and not intrequently the cause Of severe
accidents. Cases have been reported
where sight has been totally destroyed.
Religious and Educational.
There are ten Baptist churches in
Delaware, with S58 members
On an average, male school teachers
in Iowa are paid two and a third times as