The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-03-22
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The use Of nursing bottles for chill
dren is strictly prohibited at the Paris
Maternity Hospital.
The people OF London, it is said,
pay 800, 0O0 every year for water sold
as milk.
There is modiste in Paris who
cuts and t inns for dogs only. In her
establ shment mats and rugs ON
which the animals repose while waiting
to try on their garments.
MIR. Casatta, the eminent Neapoli-
tan coral dealer who gained the first
prize at the fisheries Exhibition), esti-
mates the value Of the coral exported
from Naples by sea last year at nearly
$1,000, 900.
Much of France, nearly all of Spain
and large port ons Of Italy are entirely
desti ute of fores S. The tourist can
travel day after day in these countries
without seeing standing timber enough
to make decent-sized barn.
1T is related Of President Grevy, Of
France, who is we'll known to be a skill
full billiard player, that he recently in
vited the famous professional player
men played together. Rumors are now
aiioat that the President actually beat
the professional player.
The Hungarian Ministry of Inter.
nal Communication has issued orders
that only officials Of the rank OF min.
ister;al councillor shall be allowed tC
step on the staircase carpets, and thai
all officials below that rank must mount
or descend on the uncarpeted strips o.
the staircases. These important orders
are intended to save the state carpets.
According to the statement OF the
Vice Director OF the Rio Janeiro Facul.
ty of Medicine, in Brazil, where all the
inhabitants take coffee many times a
day, alcoholism. Is unknown; it is fur
Their stated that immigrants contract
little by little the fondness Of the Bra.
zilians for drinking coffee, and Their
aversion for liquors; and as the chill.
dren of these immigrants never con.
tract the fatal habits known to theiI
parents, it would seem that the number
OF drunkards in the country is in in.
verse ratio to the amount of coffee con.
sumed. ASouth American co respond
ent of the Medical Times confirms the
above.
Singers are most superstition
race, and most of them have some pan
a.ea of their own t. which they attacl
imph it faith. Herr Stockhausen, the
great German bar tone. partakes abso
lutely of no solid food on the days wher
he has to sing. A famous tenor takes
sips OF champagne in the intervals O
acting agreat lady artist believed IL
the efficacy Of Guinness's stout; oysters
raw egg beaten with sugar and slicel
OF cucl mber are named among the in
hume able eccentr remedies resorteC
to by our numerous Lucas and Manri
cos, Lohengrins and Elsas.
lin letter to the London Times OF
'Genuine and False Inscriptionsin Pal
estine," NJ Clermont Ganneau say.
there a only seven Inscriptions which
certainly belong to the historical pas
Of the country, and he adds, with grea'
comDla ency, 'by piece Of good luck
six of these have allen to my share. >
He also says that, TO remedy the deartt
of ancient monuments, ''there were es
tablishcd at Jerusalem several years
ago certain manufactures for the fabri
cation of antiquities ut prices sometimes
moderate. sometimes fairly remunera
tive, not only for the benefit Of tot r
lists, but also Of sGgdsts, which Is NOR;
serious