Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-07-28
Foreign Miscellany.

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AN engine has been invented in Pari,
which Is driven by the alternate expan-
sion and contraction of oil, or some
other liquid, contained in cylinders.
The Allgemeine Zeitung states that
the chair of chemistry at the University
OF Munich, vacant since the death of
Liebig, has been accepted by Prof.
Breyer, of Stras5urg.
A CURIOUS coincidence is noted by the
Paris Moniteur-that the steamship
Schiller was wrecked on the anniversary
of the death, in 1906, of the German
poet whose name it bore.
A CORRESPONDENT writes to the Pail
Mall Gazette: cit is a curious fact that
the first regatta held in England was
held on the Thames on the 23d of June,
l775. century to a day before this
years meeting at Henley"
IT is stated that the contract accepted
by Sir W. Armstrong, of the Elswick
Engine Works, for fitting the t,lrrets of
the iron clad infexible with hydraulic
gear for the 81-ton guns, amounts to not
less than EOS, $50.
A MARKET for the sale of old clothes
was opened the other day in Glasgow
by the municipal authorities. The
market is the largest of the kind in
Great Britain. The rent is $4,000. and
the receipts amount to 10000 per
anlaum. The trade is chiefly in the
hands OF Irish people.
THE busiest man in Russia is Prince
Gortschakoff. He rises at six A. NJ,
reads letters until eight; his secretary
reads or analyses to him the more i'm
portant articles Of intelligence in the
daily papers of Europe; he lunches at
noon, walks an hour, receives visits
from one to four, answers letters from
four to eight, dimes and spends the
evening at the Empress of Germanys
cottage.
DR. LIVINGSTONE once made the fol-
lowing entry in his journal, while in the
heart of South Africa: Z" Ny daughter
Agnes says, Much as I wish you to
finished your work to your own salts
faction than return merely to crafty
me- Rightly and nobiy said, my dar-
ling Mamie. Vanity whispers pretty
loudly, She is chip of the old block
My blessing on her and all the rest
AN interesting attempt is being made
at the present time on the Swedish coast
to recover the cargo of the East India
man which foundered near the fortress
of Elfsborg, in 1712. Thus far the
diving operations are reported to have
been signally successful, large quanti-
ty of old Chinese porcelain having sl-
ready been recovered in so perfect a
condition that individual pieces have
been eagerly sought for by collectors,
ard have realized high prices.
A LONDON writer says: It is evident
that Turkey is on the brink of national
bankruptcy. The total revenue of the
country amounts to ELS, 0O0,0 year.
Of this ELS, 100000 year is swallowed
up in payments on account of the debt
already incurred. Of the G3, 900, 900
which remain for the public service of
the country, the Sultan appropriates
So, C0O,OO0 to his own use. A round
million per anuum is therefore the
whole amount applicable to the mainte
nance of the army, navy. and public ser
vice.
A STRANGE case OF poisoning is re-
ported from Stettin. A gentleman had
bought hat in shop there, and, after
having worn it for one Or two days, was
troubled with unbearable headache; at
the same time little ulcers formed upon
his forehead, his eyes were infamed,
and the whole of the upper part OF his
head was much swollen. TWAS evident
that these symptoms were caused by the
hat, and upon examination by a chem
e. - b.
in the inside of the hat was colored with
a poisonous aniline dye.
ALL sorts of extravagant tastes are to
be found in nature. The other day a
young and well-dressed man hailed a
voiture in the Place Breda, (the naughty
quarter of Paris, entered the vehicle,
and forthwith smashed two panes of
glass. Coacher descended in wrath, but
the gentleman gravely bowed, handed
him Napoleon, and stepped out. He
entered another vehicle and did the
same thing, and then third, with a
similar result. At this juncture he was
arrested by the police, when it was
found he W not in his right senses.
He had, 'from domestic troubles"
gone out of his mind, and on being
asked the reason of his extraordinary
conduct explained that he fancied he
saw the features of his wife in the glass.
THE Academy draws attention to the
fact that the most ancient manufactures
extant are the glass works, of Venice and
Murano. They have uninterruptedly
survived over the period Of twelve CEN
turtles, before and since st. Benedict,
who engaged Venetian artists to fur
nish the windows of Wearmouth Abbey,
A. D. 674. In the fourteenth century
this fabric reused the jealousy of
France. In 1863 the Duke Of Buck
inghsm petitioned Charles II. for the
renewal of patent for making crystal
looking glasses, coach glasses, &C.,
which he claimed to have brought, after
much expense in finding out the mys-
terry, to as great perfection as those
made in Venice, from whence, he said,
they were then forbidden to be exported.
unless wrought and polished.
A Dogs Sagacity.
The London Times of the 18th of
June saws: yesterday afternoon three