The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-02-17
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

line keeper Oh THO ABHenouSo ~
Bonafacio, named Donzella, who has
Just died, was commissioned by Gam
beta to carry instructions to Bazaine
while shut up in Metz. He swan the
Moselle under heavy fire from the
German outposts, and returned in the
same way he went, for which service
he was appointed lighthouse keeper.
The Gaulois laments . crisis in the
culinary art of France One of the
two chief reasons for this is the cor
rupting influence of foreigners that
makes too much for simplicity and for
the abandonment of the more compli-
Gated elegancies of the chefs profess
sion. The second cause is the decline
in practical knowledge displayed by
the young French menagere.
1t is probably not generally known
that there are gold fields in Scotland.
There are however, some old workings
known as the Kildonan gold fields, in
the county of Sutherland. in the north
of Scotland. The county council OF
this shire have recently approached the
owner of the ground and asked him to
allow the fields to be worked by the
resident population for fair surface
rent.
Roman tribunes had both q civil
and military function. Tribunes of
the people were invested with the pow
err of vetoing the proceedings OF the
senate and even of the courts Mill
tary tribunes were officers elected in
place of the consuls. The legionary
tribunes were the colonies of the le-
gion. There were six, and each in
turn commanded the legion. In bat
tie each led cohort, or 1000 men.
AT an inquest held the other day in
England the evidence brought to light
the queer fact that the dead mans life
had been insured for one hundred dol
+. lars by the liquor dealer whose bar he
chiefly patronized. No secret was made
about the matter, it being perfectly
| fair and above board, the liquor dealer
only wishing to insure himself against
the loss of business consequent on the
death of valuable customer. The
practice is stated to be quite frequent.
The French governments moncp-
oily of cigarette selling has produced an
/ interesting question. 1t has been a
common industry in Paris to roll and
sell cigarettes, the tobacco being
| bought from the state. Recently the
small fry were prosecuted on the ground
that they were defrauding the govern
ment, and a high court has sustained
the claim that although a man may
| buy his tobacco from the government,
he has not, therefore, the right to do
with it afterward as he likes
The Berlin Anthropological socie.
ty has recently completed some curious
fluctuations on the average size of fam
lilies in the various countries of Eu-
rope. According to these statistics the
average number Of persons in families
In the different European countries
iare as follows: France 3.03; Denmark,
sol; Hungary, $40; Switzerland, !. a.;
Austria and Belgium, 405; England.
LOS: Germany, 40; Sweden and Nor
way, 4.12; Holland. Az: Scotland,
40; Italy, 4.54; Spain, 4.65; Russia,
4ss, and Ireland, $50.
The protection given the Hungarian
coal operators does not seem to have
worked for the benefit of consumers in
that country, since complaint is made
that the best coal is exported, and is
|. moreover sold to foreign consumers at
!, a lower price than is charged for in.
, fcrior coal consumed at home. The
. Hungarian coal is not of very good
!. quality, and it is only the best which
|. can compete with foreign coal in tho
! general market The government is
urged to permit the importation Of
coal from Germany and to decrease the
railroad rates, in order to break down
the present com bination and give con
sumers reasonable prices.
. 1t would seem that la grippe should
have completed its travels long before
! this, but news comes from Onnalaski
: one of the largest and most importan
/ of the Aleutian islands, that tn,
! strange disease only reached there |
! few weeks ago. Two-thirds of thu
! population have been down with it
: but the epidemic was not of virulcn
type, and the only deaths from it wer,
!. Of old, feeble people. More than hal
of the crew of the United States rev
4 enue cutter Bear were Frustrated b.
the grip while she was at the island
> and she had barely enough well mel
. to work the ship when she was starte,
On her last visit of the season to tn
: islands of st Paul and st. George
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