The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-01-06
FOREIGN GOSSIP.


? There are few stranded actors i,
, Russia, and they, rarely have to coun
, railroad ties on their heuieward fotte
, When manager takes troupe on tn
road, he must first deposit ''cautiol
money" with the government, so tina
in case of the venture proving fail
ure, the caution money" can be use,
to convey the actors to their homes.
4. Safety matches that can be uset
!. without box are to be placed on the
English market by a German inventor
The idea is to tin the two ends of tn,
wood separately with those compost
tions which in the ordinary way &c
one on the box and the other on the
match. To Use, break the wood across
the middle and rub the end together.
The greatest whirlpool is the mael
strom of the Norway coast 1t is an
eddy between the main land and an
island, and when the current is in one
direction and the wind in an another
no ship can Withstand the furry of the
waves. Whales and sharks have been
cast ashore and killed. The current is
estimated to run thirty miles an hour.
| The very newest fashion among
the ladies of st. Petersburg is to arm
themselves with long canes when they
, go abroad. Some of these canes meas
ure six feet to seven feet in length
/ and as the ladies stalk along they seem
at distance stalwart amazons who
have supplied themselves with small
scaffolding poles or plucked up young
, trees.
Praying by machinery is usual
among the inha bitants of central Asia.
A large, hollow, cylinder-like drum is
erected, and in it are ihclosed the
prayers that anyone may wish to Of
fer, written out neatly. The cylinder
is then made to revolve by wind or wa
ter-rower, and every time that it goes
round the devotee imagines to be
equivalent to a verbal repetition of all
the prayers it contains.
There has been a relative decrease
of the Jewish contingent in Germany
in recent years. According to the latest
statistical year book of the German
empire, there are now 6,277 Professionals.
1875 Catholics, 80 other Christians, lis
Jews and % other rcligionists in every
10000 inhabitants. Ten years ago the
proportions were 6,a63 Professionals, s.
$50 Catholics, II other Christians. 1874
Jews ard 56.S adherents of other re-
ligions
The English papers tell the follow
ing story of badly-uniformed lamb:
w. Hewitt, of Harrington Mills, has a |
eve which this spring yeaned lamb !
that is certainly curiously and won
drously made. 1t has two eyes, both in
the center of the forehead and in a
single socket. both covered with one
eyelid. One ear is situated at the back
of she head and the other directly under
the lower jaw, near the hinge. 1t has
no tail, but in the place of that very
necessary appendage fifth leg, almost
rs long as the other four. fully equipped
With hair, hoofs, etc. 1t was living at
asst accounts, being almost three
months old
The Rosetta Stone is a piece of
black basalt, the most valuable exist
ng relic of Egyptian history, inscribed
y Il. 4 u | d
ound by Boussard, French officer,
lear Rosetta, in Egypt, in 1893. 1t is
low in the British museum, London.
The stone is a trillingual slab or tablet.
'earing an inscription in honor of one
+ the Ptolemies, written in Greek !,
ieroglyphic and demotic characters.
! comparison of the Greek letters with
he other characters unon tho ctoro J
nabled DIR. Young and Champollion to
cad the whole inscription, thus giving
ne clew to the deciphering of the an
lent sacred writings of the Egyptians.
he Rosetta Stone is fragmentary.
Berlin newspapers publish the new ),
necdote of the late Duke Ernst of !.
AXE Coburg-Gotha and Prince Bis
'arck. One evening when the Ger !,
ian troops were before Paris the duke
cyan grumbling in Bismarck's pres :
ace because the Iron Cross of the :
irst Class, given for bravery in the :,
ed of battle, had been distributed !.
10 Unfortunately. Bismarck re- =
led that the distribution of such I
,corations was always delicate and
fficult task; for, said he, conspicuous a
ere has TO be rewarded, but in some y
ses conspicuous position, with or .
ithout merit, can not well be over q
oked. See. now" he added, .'Moltke :,
is it; Room has it; Blumenthal has it. % >,
xcellent. But then-your highness :.
i'd have it. too-and surely it is not !, =,
us to grumble!" VI