St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-02-04
FOREIGN GOSSIP.


been begun. Two thousand men are
at work on it
"A Partisan mechanic has built
locomotive to accomplish speed of
ninety-three miles an hour.
The government of Spain has de-
cided 10 celebrate the fourth centenary
of the discovery of America.
Most of the London churches have
offered up prayer for the recovery of
the Crown Prince of Germany.
The carriages and engines OF the
express trains on several of the Rus
sian trunk lines are now lighted by
electricity.
The English Government is about
to establish electrical communication
with her light-ships, especially those
in the English Oh annei.
The British Government is MAX
ing efforts to cultivate oysters on the
shores of Tasmania. and is said to be
meeting with good success.
The Prince of Wales has started 8
subscription for memorial to the late
Colonel Valentine Baker. tits said that
the Queen had intended shortly to re-
store Baker to his rank in the army.
The Berlin beer drinkers are the
fastest in Europe. In acertain saloon
there a mechanical lion roars when a
new cask is tapped. and that incites
every one to finish his glass and order
q new one.
Queen Christine, of Spain. is said
to have voice which would have
earned her fame as a prima donna.
She is assiduously cultivating her gift
under masters, and intends to ssag at
an early date to select assemblage of
her court.
1t is believed that the Mexican
Government will place heavy ex-
port tax on ores Owning to the fail
ure of the United States to establish
reciprocal trade with Mexico, the
English are said to be gaining a
strong toothold there.
"A Belgian recently made bet
with some of his fellow countrymen
that he could swallow as many pam
cakes as they would pay for. and,
the bet being accepted. the party
went to an esta blishment noted for it's
pancakes. He swallowed cakes un-
til he was carried out corpse, hav-
ing choked himself.
In Paris there are numerous little
trunk shops to which you 60 to hire
trunk packer at two frances. or forty
cents, an hour to pack your trunks
scientifically. These packers are
artists. They fold up expensive
dresses neatly in tissue paper. and
pack away the most delicate bric-a-
brac with the utmost care.
"A correspondent writing from
Russia says that in the dining-room Of
one of the large cafes of Moscow there
is pool Of fresh water in which fish
of various kinds and sizes swim about.
Any patron Of the restaurant who
may wish course of fish for his din.
ner goes to the pool, picks out the par
ticular fish which strikes his fancy,
and in a .jiffy the waiter has captured
it with dip net and sent it out to the
chef
The Bolivian Government has Civ
Ell to an American the exclusive right
to navigate the River Desaguadero by
steam. Lake Titicaca is twelve thou
sand nine hundred feet above the
sea, and the River Desaguadero
is its only outlet. The river issues
from the southern extremity of the
lake, and flows through the mountains
one hundred and eighty miles to Lake
Aullogas, which is little lower than
Tticaca, aud has no outlet at all 1t
appears that the business Of working
the ancient mines i'm that country has
been developed, and it is perhaps to
bring to market ores from such mines
further in the Andes that the right to
use steam on the Desaguadero is de-
sired.