St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-06-10
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The crops Of Europe present the
following average figures for 1892, .
middling crop beingrepresented BY 100.
4, wheat l03 per cent. rye 10a The crops
! Of 1891 were. wheat -. rye 63. These
figures are sufficient to explain the
downward tendency of prices during
the latter part of 1892.
"A London newspaper relates that a
few days ago Queen Victoria was great
ly charmed with piece Of music per
!; formed by the band playing in public
at Osborne. and sent one of her attend
ants to learn the name Of tho piece.
/ The attendant came back and reported,
with some embarrassment that it was
entitled Come Where the Booze ID
Cheaper"
An international fire brigade con.
gress and exhibition il to be held in
London from the eth to the l2th Of next
August The National Fire Brigades
union of London Is planning the con-
gress. and the lord mayor will be ita
patron. 1t is proposed to invite every
nation to be represented on the execu-
tive committee. and it il expected all
nations will take part
The sandwich IL not related In the
slightest degree to the islands Of the
same name. The name is supposed ia
he derived from one Of the habits OF
Lord Sandwich, an English aristoc-at
lie was such an invctcratc gambler
that he had slices Of meat placed be.
tween slices OF bread to be used rs
lunch, SO that It would be unnecessary
to leave the gaming table,.
The wedding ring of Luther's wife
has been discovered At Alma, near Co
burg, where It has been in the posses
sion Of family that has had no idea Of
its interest. An inscription upon il has
been deciphered to mean ''De MARITIME
Luthero-Catarina Won Borer-15 Juni,
1875" The ring II ornamcntcd with
religious emblems and is like Luther's
engagement ring, which is in the art
museum at Leipsic.
The monomaniac who. In 1880.
stopped Queen Victoria while she was
riding ON horseback in Hyde Park and
proposed marriage to her has recently
died in Bedlam, the celebrated insane
asylum Of London. He appeared to be
perfectly sound on every other subject,
was we'll educated. and wrote very sem
sible memoirs relating to insane asy-
lums and the reforms which might be
made in them. lie was 81 years old.
"A pcculiarity common to rain In
the Bcrmudas, the Windward islands,
the Hawaiian group and the Alaskan
waters is that it isn't very wet. In
none of these regions do the natives
fear the rain. and even foreigners soon
come to know that they take no harm
from being caught ont in . storm. 1t
was noted by men on the ships lately
patrollinQ BehrinR sea that y portion
of the deck. slightly protected, dried
out while even in the midst Of . show
or. and that wet clothing hung under .
slight shelter on deck dried in an at
mosphere apparently saturated by .
hard rain.
London policemen. or at least not
inconsiderable number of them, are try
ing to form labor union. About
twenty policemen. ''said to already be
members of . union" were present at n
meeting of trade unionists in that city
recently, and told Of the grievances Of
tho police and their desire to band
themselves in q union for the protection
OF their interests. 1t was said stringent
orders had been given that any police
man found attending this meeting
would be severely dealt with" 1t
was resolved to call q mass-mceting Of
the police. and aftcrwari . public meet
ing. and to invite the labor NJ. P.'s to
be present, in order to consider the
union project