Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-05-12
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The London E.do states it as "tno
certain" that Dean Stanley's life "wIs
sacrificed 10 the bad drainage in the
deanery."
The London WI says that the
English essentially constitute nation Of
snobs, and that snohbishne>s daily in
creaScS among them.
-MentZ has found documents show
Ing that Joan dare was not burned at
the stake, but in 1856 married NJ. de
Hermoise of Lorraine, and lived to a
good old matronly age.
In Palestine of late years the rain
fall has increased wonderfully. In Beirut
there are fifty educational institutions.
In Jerusalem twenty years ago, there
We're few hundred Jews; now 10000
out OF A 800 inhabitants are Jews.
Prom returns just issued in Athens
it appears that the population Of the
new territory of the Greek kingdom
amounts to 29;.s1S souls. These will
be represented in the chamber by thirty
five members. The whole population
Of the kingdom is now estimated Il;
2,U22,G jU.
In India the spoken languages are
said TO be 2i3; including dialects there
are 80. The Bible is partly translated
in 20 or 81. There is Christian lit
erature in not more than half a dozen
leading languages. The use of English
is rapidly gaining ground. When edu
Gated llindOOs meet or correspond they
prefer English.
The cultivation of the vine in thu
Crimea has been very successful-a
least it would seem SO from the rapi(
rise in the value of land. A few year
ago the common price for land wa
from $50 to $50 per deSiatina (two ant
half acres), but land which was SOLE
at those prices then is now fetching
from $3.50 to 800.
During the past year there occurred
in England - explosions in mines, /:
Of which were fatal, with total loss O
81 lives. In addition, there have been
deaths from suffocation, making a tota
of SO. Within the last thirty years Onl
two yearS-1S6j and 1813-show such
small number of lives lost, the averag
annual loss being about two hundred
Of forty-twO warnings issued twenty-si
were justified by subsequent events, ant
two accidents, with the loss of one life
occurred before u warning was issued
Queen Margherita never lets any
thing hinder q royal duty, and has 8
won the heart of the Kingdom tina
where the royal family were once as
saulted, she and her little son can no,
walk alone. She obeys all the olde
customs of kings, is always gracious
simpatica, digniiied and charming. A
one time, when she sat on tn
balcony of the Pitt Palace swathed i
white lace and glistening with diamond
under the electric light, the whole cit
went wild with enthusiastic admiratio
at SO queenly a representation of
queen.
Queen Victoria is generally SUI
posed to have saved great deal
money, and acting on this suppositior
it is asked why she cannot provide fC
her family. AS q matter of fact, 81
has not. When Prince Albert die,
many of the state departments were
debt. These debts have been paid of
Some of them-such as that of the Ma
ter of the Horse, for which 100000 pr
annum is allowed-always have to bo
row from the other departments {
from the privy purse. Although tt
court does not entertain largely, I'll
mise-en-scene is pretty much the san
as if it did. The Queen really does n,
put by rs much as 100000 per annul
on an average of years. Her saving
have been CONSIDERABLY drained b
gifts of 100000 which she has alwa,
made to her daughters at their ma
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