Show unofficial an official return just published shows that the number of foreigners who were expelled from france in 1888 was made up as follows spaniards 1576 1575 men and 37 women belgians 1296 men and women Lier germans mans men and 69 women swiss men and 22 women dutch and Luxem burgers 75 men and 18 women Aust austrian rians 53 men and 4 women english 45 men and 7 women united states subjects 30 men and 2 women russians 20 men and 2 women and turkish subjects 19 men and 3 women london public opinion there are in france associations of employers of workingmen and of farmers the working mens associations which were formerly political eions have become for the most moett part purely mutual benefit societies of late years the agricultural associations do not agitate politically like our gron gr angers gers they are to a large extent operative cooperative co and Jech technical the farmers association near fontainebleau taine bleau for instance owns a slaughterhouse slaughter house at which every member has his bis cattle killed at very low prices this and other similar operative cooperative co devices of the french farmers 4 associations show that the french peasant is not dot so stupid and helpless as s he is generally supposed to be A now new mineral oil having the consistency of butter has recently been introduced to the manufacturing public by bv la Comp compagnie agule francaise des graisser Grais Orals ses minerals Mine Mind rales con si the new substance is not acid and is free from resinous matter and drying oils it is very stable in character and does not undergo any change when exposed to the air its buttery consistency does not appear to be due to the addition of vaseline or wax toa toa liquid oil as it has a definite melting point at 84 degrees celsius and does not inflame at a temperature lower than degrees C in color it resembles butter and it has no appreciable odor these properties 92 give it t an especial value as a lubricator c and as it has no chemical action on metals dy namine is likely to be extensively used for this purpose |