British and Foreign Briefs.

Bush Advocate, Volume XI, Issue 869, 9 December 1893, Page 6

British and Foreign Briefs.

A duel has been fought in Parisbetween 11. Laffon. the Governor of New Caledonia, who is at present on a visib to Prance, and the editor of tiejournal '"Libre Parole." The latter wa» Beriously wounded. President Cleveland is drafting a nie*» sage to Congress respecting the position, of affairs in Hawaii. He recommends the restoration of the monarchy, which wasf abolished at the beginning of the year, when Queon Liliuokalani was deposed* Ie is stated that the prevailing depression In industrial pursuits has led to » great incrtaas in enlistments in the United States army. ' > • The remains of as many aa 3,000 bodies have been removed from the ■ ancient city church of St. Mary-at-Hill, and re-interred at Norwood. In "Bengal, India, there are three harvests reaped every yeav— peas and .oil. seeds in April,. die early rice -crop in September, and the (jreat rice crop in December. . ■ In Grosswardein, Hungary, a duel was fought recently with pistols between M. Oerley, a student, and M. Joseph ■ Kalmarm, a journalist, tha latter beingr killed. A Turkish mother loads her child witb amulets as soon as it is born, and a small bit of mud, steeped in hot water prepared by previous charms, is stuck on its forehead. ■ . Greek and Roman doora alwaysopened outwards, and when a man was passing out of a house, he knooked on the door, so us not to open it in the face of a passer-by. The flags to be hoisted at one time insignalling at sea never exesed four. It is an interesting arithmetical fact that with eightenn variously colored flags, »net never more than four at a time, no fewer' than 78,642 signals can bo given. The Corean does not have the troubleof carrying his umbrella in his hand. It is like au ordinary umbrella in shape, only it is smaller and hus no handle. Ifc is made of oiled paper, aud is worn onthe head over the hat. Many deep-sea fish arc covered with phosphorescent spots, which act as portable lamps. These lish live at a depth of two or five miles. Their soft bodies are made firm by the tremendous pressure of tho surrounding water. • ' The Rothschild family in Vienna have a charming custom of presenting every daughter with sU pearls on each birthday, so that at the age of twenty-one theyoung lady is the possessor of a splendid and costly necklace of pearls. The chief distinction between the appearance of tho male and tho female Japanese lies in the hair. The men share nearly tho whole of the head, while the women all wait to gtow, and even add to it by nrt when required. The Flax Supply Association at Belfast has issued a circular regarding the comparative acreage under flax in Ireland this year and last year. In 1892 theacreage was 70,047, and in 1803, 67,444,. being a decrease this year of 3,203 acres.In Samoa the King's adviser lives in a naudsonio house, and the King in a shed alongside- The adviser receives a salary of LI, OOO a year, and the King LBO. Tho chief of police even gets L 350. Dr Joseph Troll, an Austrian explorer, has arrived at Shanghai after having crossed Aaia by land. Ho travelled through Xashgnr, Central Asia, Siberia and Mongolia, and thencn to Pekiai< mostly by new and untried routes. In a small town in Baden a minister cloaed his sermon tiie other day with these words: "We should bo pleased, moreover, to have tho young man whois now standing outside the door come in imd make certain whether she is here or not*" A fire has occurred at Peshawur. in the Punjab, by which tho buildings containing tho Commissariat Styrns and Field Hoauital wore destroyed. Tha loss is estimated at two lakhs of rupees L 20.000. The fire was tho work ot an incendiary The Rev, Newman Hall began life as a printer. He prides himself on the pleasing fact that during the long period of- 1 years covering his labors at Surrey Chapel, . Southwark, nnd afterwards at •Christ' Church, Lambeth, he was invalided only - thrc« Sundays. ■