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Show FARMINQ IN FOREIGN LANDS. A piiuiT-onowEHB' convention is to bo held at Mllditra, Australia, July next, lo secure a uniform nomcnclnturo for tho utandnrd fruits of Australia. Tins Aclimatizatlon society of Auckland, Auck-land, Now -Zealand, Is Introducing opossums Into tha district. A consignment consign-ment of twelve has been received nnd distributed, nnd mora nro to follow. In reply to an Inquiry In tlio Hrltit.li house of commons, It was onicinfly stated by Mr. Herbert Olaiistono that anthrax had considerably Increased in llrent llrlttiln during tho last year. Ol' all tho dairy cows slaughtered in IMiiiburgh during tho plcurn-pneu-monin scare, not less than twenty-two lcr cent, wcro found by tho odlclnl In-bpection In-bpection to bo moro or less affected with tuberculosis. Tho fact is nn mi-pleasant mi-pleasant revelation of tho extent to which tho disease prevailed uiibiis-pected. uiibiis-pected. Hosk culture Is increasing in Ilul-gnria Ilul-gnria to meb nn extent thnt mnny of tho peasants hnvo abandoned grain culture to raise roses. This is brought about by tho Inereaso in tho price of tho perf umu, nttar of roua, n ayudlcato In Turkey having bought up tho bulk of nil thero wns in tho market and then raised tlio price. A Painted lllography. Thu most extraordinary biography In existence In neither written nor prlnt-od. prlnt-od. It It painted. It coutnlns tho llfo nud ttdvctiluri'H of (halloa Mngnos, a uoblo Vi netlnii. Having boon cul-miiinteil cul-miiinteil ho ditenniucd to net himself right in tho cyesof hiscontemiorarion, nud employed Paul Veronesa to paint his biography. Tlio volumo ban eighteen pageti of ellcim, each hni n largo con-trnl con-trnl picture mn rounded by Ion smaller, each having lUnpproprlalo Inscription, tho wholo recounting tlio most notable scenes in lila life. |