The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-09
FOHEI NOTES.


Moore was born Ia now a eandy-shop.
In China one Of tho delicaeles ut the tables
Of the rich consists Of haIF.hatched eggs.
A sapphire weighing two pounds, and
valued at $50. 900. was recently found In Ceylon
by two boys.
Switzerland. which formerly sent "a, 100000
worth of silk ribbon 10 this country, now
sends but 81 900 worth
The propretors Of the London Teif0raph
print several copies cf that journal on special
paper for the royal palaces.
There arc but two printing establishments
In the whole country oil siberia. Ii has prob
ably population OF four OF five millions.
Dol. Percy Wyndham. who served with
Garlbald and also In the United States Army
during the war, has Just been killed In India
while attempting n balloon ascent.
The oldest member Of her Majesty's prvy
council Is yiscount Stratford de Radcliffe.
aged 81 the youngest II II. Ii. Prince Leo
opold. aged %.
An agent Of the government Of Portugal
will soon arrive In the City Of Mexico for the
purpose OF establishing diplomatic rela-
lions between Mexico and Portugal
When an Austrian Cavalryman falls from
his horse and breaks his leg he Is sent to the
hospital until he Is cured and then sentenced
to Imprisonment for u year for his careless
ness.
The Bourse Mt Vienna ID n handsomer build
ing than the EmperOr's palace, and was put
10 by Jewish capitalists. who own 1t. The
Viennese call 1t the Temple Of Solomon on the
Danube.
A German paper says that the repeater
rifle, the invention Of an Austrian captain, is
tho best military weapon In existence, and
hints ut It's adoption In the German army In
place of tho Mauser
Ostrich feathers arc down. At Grahams-
town In South Africa, perfect white feathers
can DO had for S725 pound, fine white plumes
for 5000, black ones for about SO, aud drab
and fancy colors for $40.
The late Prince Henry OF Holland left an
estate of ut least Sal 900 900, and 1t Is under
stood that the stipulations OF the marriage
settlement were very favorable Tor the inter-
ests OF his young widow.
Fifty three per cent of the population Of
France are engaged in agriculture, 20 per
cent in manufacturing and other Industries,
IA per cent In trade and per cent In the lib
eral professions, the remainder being returned
MS Of no occupation.
Last September u census was taken Of the
Japanese islands. The total population Of the
empire was 1888 404. OF these, 103677i
dwell In YeGdo. or, as the Inhabitants name
it, Toxic In 236,06i houses, being about 4,3T
occupants for each house.
Mnufair states that the Earl Carrick Is en-
pnped to be married to Miss Remington, of
Limerick, whose father made n fortune In
trade. Mr.. Remington gives his daughter
Gao 600. Lord Richard Grosvenor is about TO
marry Miss Ella Stubber.
The elderly King of Holland delivered this
somewhat enthusi istic address Of welcome to
his young wife when they first arrived Mt
Dutch territory tho other day: "Your
Majesty may rest assured that no queen on
earth Ia at this moment richer than you are
i'm love, In honDrs. and In attachment from
famous. honorable and faithful people,
The Duke OF Edinburgh has been gazetted
a rear admiral, and ore long his flag will be
flying Mt the head of the largest ship In the
British navy He has been good deal afloat.
and has seen service In the Mediterranean,
Australia and Canada. He is looked on as q
smart officer, though much Of q martinez,
like his grandfather, the Duke of Kent.
It Is announced that the following English
men will be included In n forthcoming list Of
now peers: Sir Ivor Guest Sir William Hart
Dyke, Mr. Holford Col. Lloyd Lindsay, V g..
MIR. Henry Chaplin, Mr.. John Malcolm, Of
POtalloch. and Mr. Baillie Cochrane. and that
Lord harrington will be raised to the Eng
lish peerage.
Marshal Canrobert feels very sore over his
defeat for the Senate, and writes to a friend
thus: "The majority of the electors have not
thought 1t fitting that the senior Marshal Of
France should occupy seat In the Senate.
They considered that my rivals would carry
with them more intelligence more experience,
and greater authority. | pray Heaven that
this may prove to be tho case.
A clock made entirely Of bread has lately
been received In Milan, Italy, from Peru. 1t
was constructed by an Indian, who, having
no means of purchasing material, saved a
portion OF the soft part Of his daily bread for
the purpose. He solidfied IT with a certain
salt which rendered it very hard and insoluble
In water. The clock keeps good time, and the
case, also Of hardened bread, displays arsistic
talent.
A cooperative store has been established In
rio htyE nnIiob rituIiata which m
about ninety persons, and deals In almost
everything required By housekeepers. The
capital Is 100000. The London cooperative
societies report handsome profits. One con-
Germ, upon sales of S., 200 ,000 Is said to have
| realized 100000 clear OF expenses, though
selling about 20 per cent below the ordinary
retail prices.
No queen OF England has lived to see her
great-grandchildren, but Victoria Is In fair
way OF seeing great-great-granchtld. She
| IL only sixty, and next month the Princess OF
SAKE Meiningen, daughter OF the Princess
Royal, expects to be confined. Royalty usually
marrieS early, and II the queen lives twenty
years longer, as quite likely she may, she
will probably see great-great-gre
child.
Newfoundland will get 1915, 900 OF the Hall
fax fisheries award money and Canada s.,
387, 500, the remaining $137,500 being retained
| by England till the expense accounts are set
tied. Prince Edward Island will claim 81 ,000,-
900 and possibly half OF the Dominion's share,
! on the ground that it was shown at Halifax
that the island fisheries were more valuable
than those Of any other province, or Of all Of
| them combined.
The circulation Of all the newspapers and
periodicals at st. Petersburg is 257,000 copies
| The NeeUd tor C0rnfetdl, an illustrated weekly,
containing the fashions and a novel, leads
with 1888 subscribers; cheap and unin-
| fluential daily, the Sean OHechestUd, comes
next, with 1880; the Nopoe Vremya has
1887, and the Gotos, the leading Russian
journal, has 1898. Fashion and illustrated
papers succeed, and monthly reviews prosper
greatly.
The French authorities in Algiers pay $40
| for every lion or panther that is killed, and
about 371a cents for every iackal Under this
system wild animals are rapidly disappear
ing from the colony. In 1871 rewards were
paid on SO lions, 40 lionesses, cubs, $50 pan
theirs, 45 young panthers, 1912 hyenas and IA,
1884 iackals. Lions and panthers abound
most in the woody province of Constantine;
| hyenas are most numerous in that of 0ran !;
jackals in that of Algiers.
| The revelations of corruption among Rus
| sian military officials that have baan made