The Hickman courier., 1877-12-07
Foreign InfeIIirrnce

Foreign intelligence
In Sweden primary education is con
pulsory on all.
Adeiina Patti has received 3, 600, 90
for singing since her debut.
/ A favorite mode of introduction i
Brazil is said to be, "This is my friend
if he steals anything from you, am re
sponsible."
Kaiser William celebrates his COLDER
wedding at Berlin with great festivit.
next spring, and Queen Victoria, as wei
as many ether potentates, Is expected Il
be present.
The king of Burnsh Is erecting ma
I chinery at Rangoon to utilize the sbun
dant supply of mineral oil found il
Burmah. If the works are successful
! the whole OF India will be supplied with
parafine from this new source.
Sweden has consented to give up tc
France her only colony, the island Of St
Barthelemy. one OF the Antilles. The
island has already belonged to France,
and Sweden now finds it 10 her interest
to cede it at the price OF 10000 francs.
A China paper states that during an
outbreak of cholera on board the customs
cruiser Fei Hoo one of the crew was
saved, while in n dying state, by the
novel experiment of placing him between
the boilers of that vessel. This extern
porized Turkish bath completely cured
the patient.
The Westminster aquarium may be
said to possess the largest plate-glass tank
in the world, one having been lstely
erected one hundred and fifty feet long,
twenty feet wide, and proportionately
high. 1t will permit the display Of fish
OF the largest size prOcurable in the
British waters.
The French wheat crop of this year Is
below the average yield. Straw is plen-
tiful, ears are many, but the grain is
small and scanty, especially IN the plains,
valleys, and rich soils. France will have
to import breadstufs largely this year,
and its supplies from the Levant viii be
greatly curtailed.
The French chemist is said to hayesuc-
ceeded in producing a paint with which
to illuminate the numbers on street doors
at night. Figures traced with it are so
lustrous as to be read even on q dark
night, and the preparation OF the com
pound is said to be simple, inexpenive,
and not injurious.
In 1859 the total number of lunatics
in England and Wales was 36, 762, out of
a population of 1856, ,701, or one ont of
every 534, and on the Ist of January.
a population of 25, ,5f7 ,309, or one out of
every 369. The large majority Of these
lunatics are psdpers.
-. IL.
is to be eSked and about 10000 acres Of
submerged lands reclaimed. The eDgi-
neer who has charge of the works Is from
Ontario, and he not only promises to
have the dyking done next year, but he
mas formed a colony of ninety-six per
IONS from Ontario who will settle on the
reclaimed ground and bring with them
over 500, 900 in cash.
The Cossacks are remarkably fond OF
.ea, and they carry it on the march made
nto bricks, or rather tiles, which, before
hardening, are soaked in sleeps blood
ooiled in milk, to which flour, butter and
,alt have been added. A kind of soup is
made out of the mixture. Tea Is fre-
Iuently carried on the march in copper
AN and drunk cold. The tea cauldron,
from a tripod, is the first thing
et up during halt.
The khedive of Egypt has the first
,hOiCe of all the slaves that still are sold
RELY in his dominions, and has no pre-
erence for any particular hue, from Cir
;assian to Nubian. The war has ruined
he slave trade this year, and eight hun
lred Circassians were sold at two hun
lred dollars, and pretty SOmali girls at
Ill H.. toT-
heir owners preferring 10 realize on them
It any price rather than hold them for
uture delivery at possible advance.
The United States minister at the
Hague says there has not been q bank
allure in Holland for the last forty years,
While there is no such thing on record as
he failure of a fire insurance company.
The railroads grant no free passes, and
officials are scarcely even heard
IT, Dishonesty of any kind or failure in
business means public dishonOr. -Four
Millions of people live within an area of
&c, 900 square miles, 4 fact unprecedented
N any other country, and all appear to
be prosperous and happy.
The Chinese ambassador IN London,
who has greatly interested himself in the
of the opium traffic between
India and China, has said, in reply TO an
address made to him by the Friends:
. The total import duties collected ON
opium in China amount to but GI ,0OO,-
900. Thesum snot great and its collection
cannot have much effect on foreign trade.
The Chinese egovernmentnow contemplate
taking measures to prohibit opium
smoking in China, and thus it may be
hoped that the use of the drug NAV
diminish" This heathen am
bas ,ador thinks, also, that if the cultiva-
ton of grain in India were substituted
for the raising OF the poppy, India would
be more likely to have1an available sur
plus of food in time of famine.
The London correspondent of the Gin
cinnati Enquirer makes the following
statement: English capital and Eng
Iish people are going to Alabama, induced
by the large English interests in the nail
ways of that state. A very comprehen-
,ive programme locking to the transport
,f families hence to the railway lands of
Alabama is being publicly presented
lere. Already many persons well to do
N the world are leaving improbable
in England, where staguation,
'trikes and prejudice are doing most dan.
,erous work, and are on their way to the
-ich lands, both mineral and agricultural.
If Alabama This is but the initial step
n grand revived march of emigration
% America which the coming year will
witness. As of American manufacturers.
70 | cay OF American lands--let honesty
prevail and profits Will follow"