Huntsville gazette., 1883-03-03
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

-Prof, Lemaire reports the discovery
&of; rich and extensive coal and iron
nnifes in Albania, on the shores OF the
NAdriatic.
I'm Germany no building may De
erected near an existing windmill at 9
less distance than twelve times the height
and breadth of the building, otherwise
the owner of the mill may claim DANA
ges for obstruction of wind.
The vaulting ambition which
o'erleaps itself is illustrated in Lyons,
where the manufacture of black silk has
been ruined because the manufacturers
resorted to adulteration to such an ex-
tent that consumers gave over buying
silks.
"A Roman writer in the Paris VOt-
taire says the only devoted friend the
Pope has is his brother, the Cardinal
Pecci, who tastes of all the food pre-
pared for the Pope who, fearing poison,
awaits its action upon his brother be-
fore he partakes.
Probably one of the costliest gar
ments extantis coat made for an East
Indian native merchant now deceased.
Itwas made of the finest silk, hand
embroidered with gold lace, and
studded with real pearls. 1t cost 5000
rupees, or nearly $500.
Austria has adopted the system OF
postal savings banks. In Germany the
depositors receive card divided into
twenty squares, and each time they de-
post 3 certain very small amount they
receive stamp, which is placed on one
+, of the SQUARES. When the card is full
they exchange it at the bank for GER
tificate of the amount deposited. By
this system the very smallest sums are
saved.
Queen Victoria has at length con-
sented to admit that 'sshe is growing
DID, for the new Egyptian medal that
she recently distributed represents her
with the face of 1882, and not of 1912,
as it has appeared on stamps, coins and
medals. In her own time she has
distributed medals for six Indian
campaigns, three for South African
affairs, and one each for the Crimean,
y Chinese, Abyssinian and Ashantee con-
+. ficts.l Z Akf Ets
- Louis .Blanc's wife was ignorant Of
French, imperfectly acquainted with her
own language, the German, and incur
ably consumptive, and he was more
than fifty when he married her. But he
prided himself on her beauty, and spoke
OF her as resembling the Empress Jose
phine. She was the daughter Of his
landlord during his residence in London,
and won his affection because, while
busting his room, she respected his
papers, and allowed his table to remain
in all the litter that he loved.
One would scarcely expect, says the
London World, to meet any one in these
days who had been the intimate friend
~ of Nine. de Stael, much less Of Nine.
sRecamier ibid they not say that no
portrait was ever painted of her that
was as beautiful as the originally; yet
.up to the other day there lived at Lyons
an old lady who had been the friend OF
both during the revolution, when she
was "a young girl. Her name was
Lacine, and she was a sister-in-law OF
Camille Jordan, and she died in her
105th year. h
The gradual emancipation of the
slaves in Brazil has not only permitted
the country to prepare itself for the
adoption of free labor. hut its infi.,n,, O
on immigration has also been most
marked. From 1864 to 1872 the aver.
age yearly number of immigrants was
under 5000. In 1872 a law was passed
in favor of gradual emancipation, and
from that date to 1879 the immigrants
averaged very nearly %, 600 annually
almost three times the average before
the enactment. The next two years
showed nearly the same results; but
then anotable increase was. observed
and from the 1st of January to the 31sl
of December, 1881, 39,1St immigrants
landed in Brazil