The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-07-17
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

FOREIGN GOSSIP.
France is the greatest egg-pro-
ducing country in the world.
Berlin has 40 newspapers and
magazines. Forty-five are official, "a
political. 14S artistic and scientific, 60
commercial, 20 religious. and 60 liter
airy.
Every day the London postmen
walk a distance equal to twice the or
conference of the earth. There are
1880 OF them, AMI they average twelve
m les day each.
German coionsts in West Africa
have m nutely exam ned the district OF
Angra Peluena for minerals, and find
that the ground is rich in copper and
lead, while traces are also visible
of silver and gold
When YOU dine with the viceroy OF
India you present yourself in the re-
ception room in your regulation swal-
low-tail. but before you go to dinner
you change it for a nice. cool. white
linen jacket.
The King of Saxony is badly off for
money and offers to sell the Madonna
San Sisto" of Raphael for $3.50, 900.
When the people of Dresden objected
to the sale. he explained that he shared
with them their reluctance to have the
picture leave the city, but was obliged
to have money to live on.
The latest claimant to the French
throne, Antoine Dual. is timekeeper
in a Marseilles factory at a salary Of
&25 per month. He SAYS he is the last
of the Valois line, q descendant from
Francis, Duke d'Alencon-fourth SON
of Henry I.-who is popularity supposed
to have died without legitimate off
spring.
I'm Paris telephone ticket at half
y franc is issued at any of Post-offices.
which emf. ties the holder to a five min
utes' conversation with persons at any
other of the city Post-offices, or
of the Telephone Company's stations.
The Telephone Company offers. at the
same rate. conversations at any OF its
eleven stations with persons at any
other station, or at the residences OF
any of its members.
No English peer or peeress can be
arrested for debt, need serve on jur:es,
or be called out in the militia, and they
do not swear on oath. but on honor,
except when witnesses in any court.
They can sit in any court in England
with their hats on, can wear q sort OF
uniform as peers, can carry arms, but
not in their pockets, and, if they COM
NIT treason or felony, they must be
tried by their peers
The cost of the last Lord Mayors
pagent was s19. 200; $3.50 on dinners.
e5, l25 on the procession. 81, $50 on de-
corations, $500 on music, 1925 on
printing, and $l,675 on general ex-f
penses. OF this sum the new Lord
Mayor contributed $40. 600 and each of
the Sheriffs 5000. The figures lead
London Truth to remark that there
may possibly come time when Lord
Mayors and Sheriffs will be elected for
some other reason than that they are
prepared to spend money on such TOM
fOoler.es.
The fate of the crowned heads has
been infinitely studied by French
statistician, who gives 4 list of the nm
fortunate rulers of the world He
reckons that up to the present time
$50 Emperors and Kings have gov
erned g. nations. OF these soverigns
500 were driven from their thrones. 81
abdicated. "a committed suicide, IL
became insane, 100 fell dead in battle,
123 were made prisoners, Is died mar
tyrs, Isl were assass'nated. and 108
legally condemned to death and exc
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