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Show THROUGH EUROPE. Spain produced 640,000,000 gallons ol wine last year. Therk are 4,822 cluba in France, with a total membership ot 9,277,155. A bird in the London Zoo, a shell-drake, shell-drake, has apparently committed sui- cide on account of the death 01 its maw. Denmajrk allows every subject, male or female, who is Bixty years of &ge, a small pension. Only criminals are excepted. ex-cepted. ( Telephone operators in Belgium are required to pass an examination in ' French, German, English and Flemish ( and to be able to draw a map of Europe. The profits of the Paris post office, ' which last, year amounted to $10,000,- j 000, have moved the pOBt office clerks to consider what steps they should take for getting their salaries raised. ! German piano manufacturers are re- 1 ported to be in grant distress. Formerly Former-ly they sold many instruments in Rua-sia, Rua-sia, but the present duty of $100 on a grand piano and $00 on an upright has almost put an end to the export of pianos. It is stated that a new departure is about to be taken by the Bank of France with regard to the material of of its paper issues. The notes have hitherto been made from the best rags, but ramie fiber is now used, and it is not only stronger, but lighter. |