St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-10-22

!; -, FOREIGN GOSSIP. r.t.
i-~rLe;re i pre:el;ved in Trinity col.
/, lege. Dublin the harp whose notes
were heard in Taxa's .h4ll VIXEN Brian
,Boru was king. and the sight Of which
inspired Thomas Moore when he was
studying 1t old Trinity TO write his
. famous song. ,s - el.;
The Chinese, notwithstanding the
fact that they eat the flesh Of the dog
and esteem It a great delicacy. honor
their dogs inors highly and take better
care Of them than any other race ol
people. In, eveyy large Chinese city
there is . workman whose sole trade ID
that Of making collins for departed c.
mines.
Ono Of the largest camellia trees
in Europe Is that which Is Just now n
full bloom It rillnitx. netr Dresden.
/. and fos1xssoae SSthe sights Of The dir
trict.-. It .Was imported from Japan
/, about one hundred and fifty years ago,
is about seventeen yards high, and has
IN annual average OF forty thousand
| The follsving adssrtisement recent
INappearel in the Western Mercury, IN
English newspaper: II, William Vivian,
South Brent, hereby give notice that
my wife. BESSIE Peters Vivian q tall.
slight person), has cloped with . mar
ri0d man who has one wooden leg and
eight children. Public beware: NO re-
sponsibility for debts"
"A Zulu chief, wlasn Hou enter his
hOvel, remains silent for some moments
and seems quite unconscious Of your
presence. At length he says, in . tone
ofgrave dignity, 't;e Saku bona" II see
foul, tssvhich you reply in The same
way. The longer he takes to ''see you"
the greater man you are supposed to
be; AID until you are thus ''seen" you
must keep silence and apneas ss mueh
rs possible NOT to be there 1t all.
AT recent drawing-roo In Buck
ingham palaee. London. Mn. Catlin
ssifc Of the United States consul at
Munich, wore, by the queens especial
permission, high-necked gown. Al
though this nsy seem trivial to N, Il
is matter of tremendous import to our
fair cousins across the pond. The court
etiquette 'hss always demanded the
decollete costume. and while some few
have raised their voices in mild protest,
ithas ever been vigorously observed.
/ The Marquis de LacAze. Of Paris.
has . portrait Of George washington,
made.b by StewaIt, an American painter.
which he offers to lend to the Worlds
fair at Chicago. II Mas taken 70 France
by his. wi1e's grandfather, 1T one time
minister,to the United States. As the
portrait Is BY an Auiericsn artist It can
not be exhibited in ths Freneh section
but Marquis de Lscaxe o6crs to send it
over if the government will pay. the
Charges, which it undoubtedly wiz do. \
IN theistranee little country Of Hol-
dand. the three principal cities are Am
sterylam, Rotterdam and The Hague.
These 'eit3es aie 1 peculiar medley a
cenalse and stReetA .t~n and .Uaasts.
bridgea and boAtA Amid their -ap-
parent disorder there Is more Or less Of
symmsafy. AmsteedAm-is a&emi-eirde,
Rottsrdam IN eqailAteral triangle. and
The Hague square. The difference
between the thfee cities socially has
becn 1ptlys put: "At Rottefdam. for
tunes are, made; Ut. Amsterdam. they
afc consolidated; 1t The Hague, they
are spent "a IS '-t'~
The piece Of eingerbreaA that was
thrown 1t Mr.. Gladstone recently, dam
aging his eve and causing . vast amount
of indignation. has been bought for .
considerable sum by an enthusiastic ad-
mirer Of the grand old man. The GIN
gerhread is what is known rs q ''nut,"
. rovnded cracker the size Of quarter.
The proud posessor viii have it mount
ed in gold and gems. It has been dis
covered. by the way, that the woman
who threw it II . very warn sdmirer OF
Mr.. Gladstope4 She simply. threw It in
. frenzy Of enthusiasm, and was very
nuch terrified by the result. ~" F" 10