St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-03-26
FoREloM GOSSIP.

The beautiful ChsAooa d Malma1.
son. once the loved home Of Empress
Josephine, and which still contains some
iraee Of her fine taste In the rich beda
sf purple violets which blossom amid
10 ruins. h to be sold and the estate
eat up in email lots. ITO suit the pur.
chaser" 2 t.;s'
The so-called military sone" which
epcircles Paris. 10 . strip Of ground two
thousand i've hundred feet in width.
which receives its name from the fact
that It lies just beyond the outer base
Of the old fortiflcatioas Of, the city.
This strip can never Be used for build
ing purposes. and il now mostly given
up TO market gardens. which supply the
city with vegetables.
The natchalnik (chief Of police) Of
81 Petersburg has prohibited all fac
tory owners and contractors settling
accounts with the lsborers they employ
in . saloon or any place where spiritu-
eos drinks are sold. Jt was found that
many contractors had made it . prac-
tice TO pay their laborers 1t such places,
where laborers get inebriated and are
cheated out Of . large portion Of their
wages. .
Among the curious taxes lived on
tradespeople in Cores, according TO
Col. Rockhill. was one on sorceresses
Striving at the capital, whore they had
"a pay the board of revenue . certain
number of lo9s or sticks Of wood. for
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tsinly not to burn them with later on,
for they are an influential class in the
community. The tax ID no longer
levied.
-Achilleion, the fiery-likc abode Of
the empress of Austria. at Corfu, il .
model Of Pompeian architecture. each
room being decorated after the myth
ical designs found in the patrician
villas of the ruined city. The entire
palaces and gardens arc lighted by
electricity, placed beneath delicately-
tinted globek while hosts Of electrical
wires connect with the town and the
royal yacht Miramar anchored at the
rort
The treasurer-general Of Cape Col
Gny. South Africa, states that the value
cf breadstuffs imported into that colony
last year was over one million two hun.
dred and fifty thousand dollars, and yet
many parts of South Africa are highly
favorable to the cultivation of grain,
and only await development In fact.
there h enough Of this excellent grain
band in the colony to supply all home
wants and leave large surplus for ex.
port II II were taken mp and cultivated.
I'm Greece there are 50. 600 hives,
producing 5000. 900 pounds of honey:
in Denmark 60. 600, producing 2, 00O. 900;
in Russia 10000, producing the same;
in Belgium eoo. 900. producing 5000. 900:
in Holland 80. 900, producing 9. o0o. 900;
in France oso. 500. producing 81 000. 900;
in Germany l.45o. 600. and In Austria
!. $50. .0c0, each producing 10000. 900
pounds of honey. But ia the United
States there are 3. 900. 900 hives belong
Ing To 10000 beekeepers and producing
G.. .ooo. 100 pounds Of honey yearly.
The prise Of patents. according to
, German industrial paper, is not the
same in all European countries A
German imperial patent costs from $50
10 800 per annum; in Denmark the
annual price is from S45 to SIS; in BEL
Rium, $50 to $S5; in France. $50 to &75;
in Luxembourg, $40 to $50; in Norway.
Ei5 to $40: in Portugal, $50 to $3.50 for
fifteen years; in Russia, $50 for three
years; in Spain. SIS 70 S75 annually; in
Sweden, 80 to SIS; in Italy, $50 to $50
per annum; in Great Britain. $3.50 for
fourteen yearA-Jewish Messenger.