St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-03-12
FOREicN GOSSIP.

I F0REicN GOSSIP.
I'm the southern portion Of Formoea
tho natives arc of the Malay type
fierce, warlike and cannibals in theiI
habits No white man has ever been
among them, andPno one knows theil
numbers It would be a much as hia
life is worth to 60 among them.
"A German resident on the isthmus
OF Panama claims to have discovered
large beds Of pearl oysters in the Car.
ribean sea, on the coast above Colon.
He is arranging for expert pearl divers
to do some experimental fishing. and he
expects to develop with the beds the
fact that he has something more valua.
BILE than gold mine.
The French baker 10 not only 70
quired TO conform to laws regarding
| weight, but ho is also told at what price
he must sell his bread He is further
required to deposit . certain sum OF
money IN the hands of the municipal
authorities as . surety Of good behavior.
In the large fortified cities he has TO
keep specified quantity on hand to
provide fOr warlike emergencies
-Parssian dairymen and grocers have
q sel' dispensing system Of selling milk,
etc, siSnilar to the nickel-in-the-slot
plan, except that it requires some one
to see that the money il honestly paid.
Cans with taps are placed on table or
shelf outside the store, with measure
holeing: about half . pint The Gus
toner helps himself, puts down his coin
and gaes, 50 there is no tedious waiting
TO be served.
The French government has been
experimenting with several patents
submitted for the purpose Of making
army overcoa,s waterproof. A solution
Of acetate Of alumina seems to produce
the desired effect 1t . moderate ex-
pense, but the question remains il
clothing thus prepared will not be lia-
ble to che Questionable popularity OF
rubber coats, viz: The tendency to OBJ
struct eerspirntion.
"A f1rtunate farm laborer in Kent,
England, has attained to considerable
skill ID the very difficult business of
catching stoats alive. These animals
are similar tc the ferret and weasel,
and are particularly fond of killing rab-
bitr. The man receives el.s0 from an
Australian agent acting for the gov
ernmept of New South Wales for each
stoat the animals being in great de-
mand TOR thinning of the rabbits.
The railroads Of India are extend
ed pretty steadily, but not what would
be called rapidly, in this country; s7&
miles were opened in 1890. and the ad-
dition in the last ten years has been
between 5000 aud 5000 miles. which
nearly doubled the mileage of the
country. bringing it up to II, SD miles
ut the close of last year. which 10 about
equal to thst of Illinois and Pennsyl-
vania combined. The two states. how
ever. have but about 100. 900 square
miles :of arena and 1900. 900 inhab-
miles and 26S 0O0. 600 inha bitantA-Rail-
road Gazette.
Explores Buttikoffer says that . |
clock Is rarely seen in the farm-houses
Of Liberia, aud many Of the town resi-
dents have no timcpiece of any sort.
He adds thIt there are few civilized |
counties where timepiece can be dis
pensed with 80 conveniently. The sun
rises It 8 .. m. and sets 1t Q p N. al |
most 10 the minute the year round. and |
at noon il is vertically overhead. Many |
Of thepcople become SO expert in telling |
time by the sun that they are rarely |
more than q quarter of IN hour out Of |
the way. In place of alarm clocks they
depend upon the Growing chanticleer to
arouse them in the morning.
-Since the mixado Of Japan permit
ted his subjects to emigrate to other
counties nearly 100. 900 of them have
left their native land. There are about
70. 00osof them in Hawaii and more of
Them arrive there every month. There !
b large number of them in Australia
They arc to be found in various coun-
tries If the Asiatic continent, and some
of them are in Europe. There are
about. :, 900 Of them in California, and
others are constantly arriving there to
worhin the vineyards In the city Of
New York there may be 800 japanese,
and there are few of them in many
,ther American cities Wherever they
70 they have the reputation of being
and ino6ensive. The pop
alation Of Japan Is ~. 600. 900.