The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-15
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| Don Carlos feels more comfortable In Eng
| land than anywhere else, and ut present
| staying near Windsor.
| Japan has iron coins worth about one hun
dredth Of one cent. They are alleged to bt
| chiefly used for aims and offerings to gods.
The King OF Siam has directed that Queer
| Victoria and the Prince OF Wales be invested
with the Order OF the White Elephant.
The German Emperor has ordered that the
| fund OF more than 100000, collected on tht
occasion OF his golden wedding, be exclusively
devoted to the relief of the famine-stricken
| Slesians.
According to the official statistics of Russia
| there were In the empire In the years 1877 anC
| 1878 nearly 10000 cases OF fire, which caused
the loss OF property to the amount OF $40 ,000.'
600. In the year 1879 there were by far more
| cases Of fire than In either of the two previous
years, and the loss of property is estimated
In rough, at about $50 0,000,00O.
The Duchess of Abercorn, to encourage the
popin trade OF Ireland, ordered some gold
and black tissue to be made for her, and 1t is
pronounced an exquisite fabric. American
ladies who want TO help Ireland and get u
pretty thing at the same time had better
send their orders to Dublin The duchess IL
renowned for her good taste.
Some idea OF the amount expended annually
In patent medicines Iii England may be drawn
from the accounts published of the last finan-
Cial year, which show that no less than
1871, ,669 stamps were affixed TO these medi-
cinee, the duty amounting to Else, a55 19s 419i
AS the duty at It's highest rate is only IA in
the shilling, tt follows that more than mil
lion pounds must have been paid by the pub
lie for patent pills and other compounds.
The recent fairs of Nijni-Novgorod and
Charkoff showed n considerable activity in
both Russian and foreign manufactures At
the former fair, reckoning the rouble Mt "a,
over eli. 100000 sterling value OF goods We're
brought to market, and in ffty-seven days
fh.A toc nhnan uyly utnEIt
1t must be remembered that Just now Russia
s suffering from an iniiation OF tho currency,
which develops initiation in trade, likely to
end sooner or later in collapse.
A feminine brigand infests the neighbor-
hood Of Cantauzaro, In Calabria, and alarms
the wealthier Inhabitants by burning farms,
carrying off cattle and laying contributions.
She Is q beautiful girl, who was betrothed to
a bandit, and on her lover being killed In u
skirmish she took possession Of bis carbfne
band acknowledging her as their chief. Such,
ut least, is the assertion OF the London
Graphic.
discussion is now going on In Canada
about the number Of French Canadians. lie
Canada asserts that they double in number
every twenty-eight years. In 1765 they num-
bered 81 900; In 1877, 100000 and they are
still increasing. The English natives do not
increase In anything like the same proper
tion. and the number OF immigrants barely
Offset the number who emigrate to this cOun-
try. So by degrees Canada may be all
French before 1t is realized.
Ex-Queen Isabella Is very popular In Ma
drid. The priests and nuns are, with reason,
attached to her. for she was their generous
patron, and the people entertain the convic-
tion that In her love for her children she has
redeemed the habits of dissipation she had
been encouraged during her minority to con
tract. On her arrival from Paris she was
heartily welcomed by all Madrid, and she
was immensely cheered at the wedding, In
| which she appeared In the character OF the
"heavy mother blessing the young people
! and stripping herself OF her Jewels to I'LL the
caskets OF the bride, who wore diadem
which was the gift Of Isabella.
Skating costumes are the gowns In which
there Is the greatest call for novelty In Eng
land just now. The wraps worn are either
ulsters or cloth Jackets, with hoods lined with
gay handkerchiefs. and beneath them is "
jersey Of red silk, with velvet sleeves and
skirt, and ru1les OF yellow lace; or u poppy
coIored silk skirt with fur-trimmed mantles
and with n tunic OF black cashmere lined with
red, or something equally gorgeous. red
velvet muff trimmed with yellow lace and
gold braid and black brocade muff lined with
red and trimmed with spray of red berries
completed these two costumes.
A German journal publishes curious list
Of the decorations conferred upon Prince
Bismarck, tifty-seyen In number. Among
them may be mentioned the star Of the Grand
Commander Of the House OF Hohenzolern
with brilIiantS: the cross OF the Knights OF
st. John; the Order of Fidelity OF the Grand
Duchy OF Baden. with brllliauts and chain
Of gold; the grand cross OF the Hanoverian
Order OF Guephs the grand cross, with
brlliants, OF the Austrian Order OF St
Etienne; the Order of the Annuneation Of
Italy; the grand cross OF the Legion of Hon
or, the Order OF the Seraphins OF Sweden;
the Lion and Sun OF Persia; the White Ele-
phant OF Siam; the O5manie, with brliiauts,
and the Toison dor.
They have peculiar way Of carrying on
journalism in Paris. A printer leases q large
building. in which he puts down steam
engine and several presses. A caDacious
compositors, and offices in various parts of
the establishment are placed at the disposal
Of the editorial staffs OF the journals that are
printed on the premises. Some of these pa
pers may have their own compOSitorS and
their own types-that Is q matter of arrange
ment-but everything Is set up In the com
mon room and printed In the landlord print
er's presses. AS the eompositorS OF the
various journals are only separated from earh
other by imaginary divisions, awkward acci-
dents occasionally befall. In the hurry Of
going to press or In the dim light (French
rooms being rarely fitted up with
gas 1T sometimes happens that copy" goes
astray, or paragraphs get mixed; and the
readers OF Clerical LegitimiSt organ may be
Mortified at seeing in the columns of their
fayorite and highly respectable paper part OF
a ranting Republican or gibing VoltairIan
article, originally written for Its free thinking
which, though at the opposite
pole OF politics and theology, Is edited In the
next room and printed on the same press.
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