The herald., 1896-04-26
FOREIGN FACTS

Women letter carriers may be seen In parts
OF France.
Queen Victoria is a great tea drinher, and
Is SO particular about her favoritc beverage
that, when away from hcme, she always makes
it herself.
The manufacture Of carpets in Syria is car
ried on exclusively by women and children.
The trade. although important in its way. is
not large and power LOOMS do not exist In
the country.
Italian grape culturlss are now making
Illuminating oil from grape seeds, from which
they get a product of from 10 to 10 per cent.
1t Is clear. coorless and inoGorous, and burns
without smoke
Queen Victoria is said to attribute her gen.
eral good health 10 the fact that she has never
been victim OF insomnia. She always eats
light supper before retiring, and sleeps
soundly for seven hours
1t is matter of record that the Italians
used forks at all events as far back as 1911.
but the English were entirely unacquanted
with them. and even the finest court ladies
still fed with their fingers.
A society has recently been formed in
France. the members of which are bound un-
der penalty OF fine, never to shake hands
with any one unless with soyed hand, "as
the practice is contrary to health"
1t is curious thing that the authors of
two talked-of books OF the day, Her Celestial
Husband and "A Mans Foss'Daniel Wood
roffe and e.. II. Strain-are both of them
women though their names suggest men.
The Egyptians believed that the soul lived
only as long as the body endured, hence their
ieasoH iui eiHpuiiiiiiiS Tie Douy " MAKE IL last
as long as possible. 1t is estimated that alto
gether there are 400, 900 900 mummles in Egypt
An English lady, Mrs. Plumtre, has just
finished dictionary for the blind at Bralle
1t has been a great undertaking, and has
occupied her nearly two and a half years.
working at 1t four. five and often six hours
a day.
The flying mouse is a recent discovery in the
CAMERON country Of Africa. 1t Is link be-
tween the bat and the true mouse. has tail
like a mouse. and heavy gray fur, while its
-i,ur mot xra1
the bat.
The Queen Of Italy. who always takes great
interest in every new invention, has been
lately making use Of a horseess carriage in
her grounds at Monza, with which she has
been so much pleased that she has ordered
similar carriages for her other residences.
Tortoise shell cats are said to have come
originally from the Danish island, Langelan,
which Is also the home of the finest dogs,
the case of horses. display great fondness
for tortoise-shell cats, with whom they form
inseparable companiOnships.
Queen LiliuOkalani intends to take up her
residence in Austria. where she means to-
build villa on the Garda Lake for a country
home. and will pass the winter elsewhere.
She Is expected at Vienna in the autumn Of
1885. and will spend next spring in London,
with her niece, who is now with her father
on the Riviera.
From O foreign journal we learn that an
ingenious Swiss woman is the happy inventor
Of watch for the blind; and to them. so
limited in their enjoyments, this addition to
their list OF treasures must be regarded as
rare and most acceptable boon. On the dial
the hours are indicated by twelve projecting
pegs one Of which sinks every hour 90 ~ + \