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Show FOREIGN SCRAPS. Another d'sastron- fire at. Drinkipn, near Gonttn'inople. lias de-troyed upward up-ward of 150 houp and shops. Belgium, a 'iti'e kinglom of 11 382 square tndes about the size nf Mary land fives comfortable support- to over 5 000.000 people, or about 500 to the square mile The Khedive has ordered, in France, two larire iron lichth msi; for the Etrvptian coast, one ISO feet in height, to be erected at Somk'n, and the 0 her of 150 feet, at Ras Garib The Hawaiian Wislature ha fixed the salaries of thejndnes ol that kingdom king-dom upon a liberal basis. The chief ju-tice receives 10,0"0 per annum. nd the two . associate justices receive each SS.000. In Queen Victoria's crown tipre are 1 363 brilliant diamonds. 1,273 rose oianion Is. snd 147 table diamonds 1 laree ruby. 17 sapphires, H emeralds. 4 sni 'U ni'MPo an J 277 pearls a total of 3. 1 13 preciou stones. M. Fhilipp" Tacl:oni. father of the celebrated dancer. i in Paris. The author of the ' Svlphi'l"."the "Revo'te an Ser il." and the' l'i'l" du Danube ' boars his 01 years verv liuhtly. He is s'roncr on foot an 1 his eye is bright. His nrdinarv residence is a villa Lear the Lake of Como. At Aulnoye. in Belchim. a profifa-use profifa-use has b"en found forth'' flat: fro ii 'he larre iron works there e-t-ab-li-hed. It is cast into slabs for pavement pave-ment snd piving purposes generally, into rarden rollers and posts and pillar, and in some of its forms is described artificial porphyry. |