The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-24
FOREIGN NOTES.

France produces an annual average OF 3d..
6O4 900 hectolitres of wine; Italy, 81, 500, 900
Spain, 2O,000,000; Portugal, 100000; Austro-
Hungary, 12,64o,0oo; Germany, 1901, 200;
Turkey 1,134,00O; Greece 1115o0O; Rou-
mania, 667,571. Altogether, the European an
nual average yield OF wine Is 146, 121, GAG hec-
tOlitres. The yearly average IL France since
by 100000 hectolitres. A heetolitre Is
equivalent to about twenty-five gallons.
/ The cattle plague ID becoming more and
more formidable In Bohemia. Several hun
bred places have been attacked by the dis
ease. They are surrounded by military
Gordon, and as far as possible prevented from
carrying on intercourse beyond Its bounda-
RES The loss to the inhabitants of the dis
| trct ID very considerable, and Is not totally
represented by that OF the cattle slaughtered
| Agriculture Is in many places at q standstilI,
the cattle which serve as beasts Of burden
being locked up wherever the disease appears.
The plague is believed to have been intro
duced by several head OF Russian cattle i'm
ported by o Gallcian dealer.
Apropos OF the hidden treasures hereafter
to be fished out of the Tiber. Ridolfo Lanci-
att, and eminent Roman archRologist, writes
to the London ANenEnn,: II have often
thought and written that the existence of
objects Of value In the bed Of the river was
not probable because either they must have
sunk to an enormous depth through the light
"
the violence of the stream / am glad to con-
frss my mistake; and state that the bed of the
Tiber contains immense quantities of things
of value, especially coins In regular strata,
which begin fron Plus TX g age and end with
the flint implements Of prehistoric times"
At one point dredgers, operating over small
area and at q depth OF only twelve feet under
the surface OF the water, have recently
brought to light an immense stock Of coins
and other curiOSities.
to Central Asia, which is proposed for the
approaching summer, has been just issued
from the office Of the Grand Duke Nicholas
Constantinovitch. The route to be followed
is from the Urai to the Anu Darya by way
OF Karatuga, up the Syr-Darya to Tashkend
and Samarcand, down the Amu-Darya, and
thence to the Caspian Sea. The mission OF
the party will be to collect information as to |
the resources available for the construction of |
Q railway; to ascertain the swiftness, depth, |
and fall on the ANU. and obtain information |
the country, and the towns and /
ruins on Its banks; to survey the dry courses
Of the river In the oasis OF Khiva and of the
steppes, and to examine the bars
and rapids OF the Uzboi and the ruins and |
traces 81 irrigation canals along Its banks;
and, finally, to make barometrical, thermo-
and astronomical observations, and |
geological, meteorological and botanical col
lections.
Mr.. Rogerson, the son OF a gentleman OF
large IOGtuUe Ill EuRlaHu, alter receiving an
excellent education was sent abroad to make
the grand tour. In this journey, young
Rogerson attended to nothing but the various
modes of cookery, and the methods of eating
and drinking luxuriOusly Before his return
his father died, when he entered into the pos
session OF a very large fortune He Was now
able to look over his notes Of epicurism, and
% discover where the most exquisite ishes
Ind best cooks were to be procured. He had
10 servants but men cooks. Footman, but
er, housekeeper. coachman and grooms were
I'll cooks. Among those more professionally
70 were one from Florence, another
rom Vienna, and another from Viterbo,
Who was employed for the special
purpose OF dressing one particular dish
,nly, the "docce picante' OF Florence. He
lad also German cook for dressing the
ivers OF turkeys, and the rest were all
french. Mr.. Rogerson had a messenger con-
SANITY travelling between Brittany and Lon
lon, to bring him the eggs Of certain sort
II plover near st. Male; and single dinner,
consisting of two dishes only, sometimes
'ost him upward Of fifty guineas. He counted
he minutes between his meals, and was
Wholly absorbed In devisng means to indulge
lis appetite. In the course of nine years he
ound his table dreadfulIy abridged by the
uin OF his fortune, and he was verging fast
0 poverty. When lie had spent fortune of
100000, and was totally ruined, friend
ave him guinea to keep him from starving,
nut q short time after he was found dressing
n ortolan for himself. few days later he
led by his own hands.