St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-02-27
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The Grand falls Of Labrador are
said to be more than twice as high Is
Niagara falls being $50 feet high
against Niagara l64 feet. The river u
but 200 feet wide where It falls over the
rocks, and for lsS feet above the cata-
ract il descends in rapids at IN angle OF
50 degrees
The recent census in France showed
q foreign population in the country
(outsidc OF Paris) Of "a, eSo Germans.
s7l, 500 Belgiana, 29s. TAI Italians, SO. SS7
Swisa IS, 100 Luxemburgians. 81, 7Os
Spaniards, 25. ss4 English and Irishmen,
II. 7o4 Russians and 4.9lo citizens Of the
United States.
Continental rules for lawn tennis.
which is becoming popular, are very
rigid in regard TO costume. At Weis-
baden . man can not play without .
collar to his skirt. Rare arms are looked
upon with disfavor. and . ball that &C.
cidentally flies out Of ground and hits .
spectator is sure TO raise tremendous
indignation.
-COrea has its seven wonders, among
which is . hot mineral spring believed
to cure all diseases; two springs one of
which 10 full and the other empty and
vice versa; cavern from which . win
try wind perpetually blows; . forest
that can not be destroyed. and . drop
Of the sweat of Buddha. No plants
grow within thirty PAGES Of this drop.
Tho ancient cubit varied among
different peoples. It Is the length Of
the human arm from the elbow to the
tip Of the middle finger. According to
the most recent Investigations the
Roman cubit was ~ inches In length.
the Greek 1s. 90 and the Hebrew from
90 - to e. SS, the variations being due
to the age and the locality in which the
measure was employed.
AT the grand receptions Of Presi-
dent Carnot in Paris. the president does
not shake hands with the guests. but
bows TO them in . solemn way as their
names are announced while they pass
by. The functionary who announces
the names 1t the Elysee wears court
dress. with . sword ut his side and .
steel chain around his neck which falls
to his waist President Carnot is al
ways dignified and impressive In his
manner.
Many persons look upon Brazil a.
. small affair and think . revolution
there could be easily encompassed. It
is true that the population Is compare
lively small. being only about 12,0O0.-
900 al told. but in territory it Is about
equal to the whole Of Europe, or about
zoo. 900 square miles larger than the
United States. Brazil has few rail-
roads and poor telegraph service, SO
that IL sometimes takes months to COM
municate with remote states or prov
inceA
1t il said that fully $1,000 deaths
occurred In one Of The recent epidemics
Of smallpox in Guatemala, but not
withstanding this friRhtful mortality
and the frequency of smallpox
scourges. the government has taken no
pains to introduce any scheme of vac
cination. and the state is without any
vaccination laws n all. In this respect
Guatemala il far behind some of the
neighboring Central American coun-
tries. A medical society in Guatemala
has taken mp the subject and will en-
deavor to persuade the government to
adopt proper sanitary laws
"A strange custom among the Bayan-
ii. who live along the upper Congo. has
been described by explorers Brass
rings sometimes weighing thirty
pounds. are welded around the necks of
the wivea At first the pcck becomes
raw by the chatting Of the ring. but after
awhile it becomes calloused, although
. woman has to hold the ring up fire.
quently to get relief from the weight
The ring is never put around woman's
neck until she has attained her full de-
velopment The women are proud of
the ornament believing that 1t enhances
their importance and bcauty.i
During the nine years and six
months preceding December. 1884. there
had occurred in Japan. according to
statements published in the illustrated
American, 55S earthquakes. averaging
one earthquake for every six days and
ak hours. Prot. Milne was able to
make the Average even greater than
this He could trace IN average of an
earthquake per day in Nagssski in the
extreme south Of. the japanese archi-
pelsgo. Probably the Official statistics
were compiled from the returns Of ofa-
cials from ali over the country, In which
case only those shocks which caused
loss Of life or damage to property would