The Leavenworth weekly times., 1875-07-29
FOREIGN ITEMS.

The Italian Parliament has passed law
to secure copyrights for eight years
Mr.. JOHN BRoUGHAN has been nomina-
ted for President of the new Figaro Ora
matte and Literary Club.
In Italy an idea is prevalent that the
United States have abolished paper money
and are swimming in gold and silver.
DoN CARLOs' father is on a pleasure trip
to Norway for the summer. The Don him
self is travelling in the mountains Of Spain
THE Duke Of Edinburgh is said to he
musical composer Of some merit. Some of
his productions are soon 10 be played in
public.
AN enormous cuttlefish was recently
captured off the coast OF Galway. The
eyes Of the animal were fifteen inches in
diameter.
THE Sultan Of Zanzibar was yer, much
interested in the specimens OF writing shown
him at Zanzibar. He has a gun factory Of
his own at Zanzibar.
NJ. THERs has given 1000 francs to the
sufferers by the floods in France The Pope
forwarded ten times that amount to the
Archbishop OF Toulouse.
The Sultan has eight hundred wives, and
deyotes to his own and their Use e2,000, 600
out of the s7,OOO,O 600 that constitute the
whole income Of the Turkish Empire
In Paris the manufacture of aurgical in
struments is somewhat deteriora,ing. Eng
land, Germany and the United States are
ahead in this line, as regards ingenuity and
quality.
TIE third volume Of VI. Jules Favre's
"HistOry OF the Government Of National
Defense in ISL which has been issued in
Paris, treats OF the Commune and the In
ternationale.
\ GREAT-NIECE of the poe, Goldsmith j.
living IN extreme poverty in Dublin. She
is eighty-five years of age, and fund is
being raised in her behalf by admirers Of
the great Oliver.
QUEEN VICTORIA will remain at Osborne
until about the middle OF next month and
then proceed directly to Scotland, as last
year. The Court will remain in the High
lands until November.
THE Grand Dukes Alexis and Constan-
tine, OF Russia, lately left England for
home, accompanied by the Duke and Duch-
ess OF Edinburgh. They are conveyed by
the royal yacht Osborne.
EMINENT English lawyers are advocating
the adoption of code in that country, on
the ground that the present bulk of Eng
lish law, is such Is to be almost beyond the
mastery Of any man.
THE Paris FfaaaeiR Journal is written up
by five editors, who send their copy from
their places of residence. In the number
Of June 10th the copy of each editor was
sent from Paris prison.
A MAN in Paris wants to light the CITY
by means of one big lamp suspended from
a balloon. The authorities have a preju-
dice against the plan because the inventor
boards in an insane asylum.
\ PROCLAMATION from English philan-
throphists against the Peruvian coolie
trade has been published and widely cir
culated in the Chinese language, as well as
advertised in native newspapers.
The success of the attempt to introduce |
trout in Australia and New Zealand has in
iuced a similar effort for the Cape Of Good |
Hope, and number of eggs, suitably |
packed, were shipped during the last win
ter from London.
The Byron Memorial Committee in Eng
and has resolved to place marble slab,
appropriately inscribed, over the spot in
.he chancel of Hucknoll Torkard Church.
where the poet is inferred. The Greek gov
ernment will furnish block of Pentalic
marble slab.
The Pail Nall Gazette says Of compulsory
in London: "The advantages OF
education do not appear to be
properly appreciated as yet by the poorer
,lasses, and the very name of the London
school Board is fast becoming terror in
'tead Of a household word.'"