St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-06
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

FOREIGN GOSSIP.
There are few stranded actors In
Russia, and they rarely have 10 count
railroad ties oh their hdmewafd route.
When q manager takes . troupe on the
road. he must first deposit caution
money with the government, 50 that
in case of the venture proving fail
ure, the caution money" can be used
to convey the actors to their homes.
Safety matches that can be used
without q box are to be placed on the
English market by German inventor.
The idea is to tin the two ends of the
wood separately with those compost
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 dOiAOIC anu AAlICus uC VuIICht 10
estimated to run thirty miles m 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 a distance stalwart amazOns who
have supplied themselves with small
scaffolding poles or plucked up young
trees
Praying by machinery is usual
among the inhabitants 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-r,wer, and every time that it goes
round the devotee imagines to be
equivalent to verbal repetition of all
the prayers it contains
There has been q 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 6.377 Protestants,
1876 Catholics. - other Christians, lis
Jews and - other rcligionists in every
10, 900 inhabitants. Ten years ago the
proportions were Z. .a63 Protestants, s.
$50 Catholics, IL other Christians, 134
Jews ard SOS adherents of other re-
ligions.
The English papers tell the follow
ing story of a badly-uniformed lamb:
w. Hewitt, of Harrington Mills, has
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 q
single socket. both covered with one
eyelid. One ear is situated at the back
Of the 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
as long as the other four. fully equipped
with hair. hoofs, etc. 1t was living Ut
last accounts, being almost three
months old.
The Rosetta Stone is a piece of
black basalt. the most valuable exist
ing relic Of Egyptian history. inscribed
in hieroglyphics and in Greek. It was
found by Boussard. = French officer,
near Rosetta. in Egypt, in 1899. It is
now in the British museum, London.
The stone is . trillingual slab or tablet,
bearing IN inscription in honor of one
of the Ptolemies, written in Greek
hieroglyphic and demotic characters
A comparison Of the Greek letters with
the other characters upon the stone
enabled DR.. Young and Champollion to
read the whole inscription, thus giving
the clew to the dcciphering of the an
cient sacred writings of the Egyptians.
The Rosetta Stone is fragmentary.
-Berlinnewssapers publish the new
anecdote of the late Duke Ernst of
Sake. .Coburg-Gotha and Prince Bis
marck. One evening when the Ger
man troops were before Paris the duke
began grumbling in Bismarck's pres
ence because the Iron Cross of the
First Class, given for bravery in the
field of battle. had been distributed
too indiscriminately. Bismarck re-
plied that the distribution of such
decorations was always q delicate and
difficult task: for, said he, conspicuous
mcri has to be rewarded, but in some
cases conspicuous position. with or
without merit. can not well be over
looked. ..See. now," he added, .Moltke
has it: Room has it: Blumenthal has it.
Excellent! But then-your highness
and have it. too-and surely it is not
or US to grumble!"