The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-05-20
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

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The following are the slang words
for money used in England: A half
rennv Is a meg" fourpenny a Joey
sixpence a "tanner, shilling bob
. sh;ll;nps and sixpense shalt pull
sh,ll,ngs .sbull," 81 ''quid," R25
s.nonv.r $500 monkey" an accom-
mediation note kite" copper OF
bronze money 'browns," and money
generally "tin. or ''blunt."
President Diaz of Mexico is one OF |
the bardest-worked men In the repuc'
lie. He is sixty-two years old, put ms
life has been SO temperate that ne
looks much younger. His daily routine
Z. one of democratic simplicity. ana ne
frequently rides in the street cars
When he does make use OF carriage u
"a one of the plainest in the capital ana
the driver is not in livery.
The chestnut crop in France is
valued at ten million dollars one
! third of the area that in 1880 was waste
! land has since been reclaimed. NC
French peasant is mechanic as wen
| as husbandman, it being nothing UNI
common to find peasants who nave
mastered q dozen handicrafts. IN
manv localities it is the unmarried
daughters duty to guide the plow.
| A Chinese anecdote of Buddha, to
illustrate his observance OF the tirst OF
"the ten precepts," thou shalt not
kin anv living creature," relates that
in the winter he hid louise In the hole
Of a tree. wrapped it in silk and regu'
l,rv fed Il: that he filtered his water,
. not for his own sake, but IN oroer 70
prevent swallowing and thus destroy
ing any living thing in it. This SHOWS
that there may be too much OF a good
: tb;ru even in observance OF moral pre-
: cepts.
Pharaoh, who drove the Jews ou'
: OF Egypt. 1900 B. c., was not aware
that a Jew would be the premier o.
Eovnt 1893 A. d. The Jewish Klaz
. Pasha is now the prime minister O.
:, Evvpt's ruler, even as Joseph, the Sol
of Jacob. was the prime minister OF an
= other of Egypt's rulers. From the sea
a of his power, Riaz behoids tine Pyra
mids which his ancestors helped U
= build for the mummies of the Pharaons
= The fellaheen OF Egypt are under tn
Jewish Posha as the Jewish bricklayel
were once under Pharaoh.
4 During twelve months endin
!. June 20, 1891, Abs shipping casuaitie
"a occurred on the coasts of the Uplte
20 Kingdom. There was a heavy II
crease in the number of lives lost a
ID compared with the previous twei'
- months, the number being o23 again
he 400. The cases of total loss rose ITO
a. psl to s44. and the serious casuaiti
,,v from 500 to S57. One thousand 1o'
~ hundred and seventy-four collisions Q
10 cprred in the year. OF the Abs casus
"a tics 1904 befell British and coloni
sh,ps. and 4s7 of the 52S lives lost we
:. from these ships. In the past thlr
80. wears 4,s97 vessels have been lost
" the shores of the United Kingdom,
vs. volviup the loss of 81. $40 lives.
--Thunderstorms are more freque
al In Java than in any other part OF
IN. world, there being an average OF
On DAYS in each year upon which they
,bt cur. Next to Java comes Sumat
IN. which never has less than 81 "thunt
III. DAVIS" per year. Then comes Hlno'
.tsn with So. Borneo. with "a, the Al
"a can rold coast with SO, and the reg
~ around Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with
the The European list is headed by lta
with So thunder days out OF the 800
,rd an average. Austria has %; Bad
ac, Wurtemburg and Hungary each az
th. noe %; Silesia, Bavaria and Belgi
,wn have 81; Holland and Saxony,
ew, France. Austria auo '..1",.nd ~,
j he Great britain a"u - d..
anne At Cairo. Egyptsand in north Rus
! n and in Sweden and Norway the aver
emit. is only per year, In Finland and
He Turkestan thunderstorms are wh'
ain. unknown.