St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-12-08
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

Zen. q. w. Curtis Lee has presented
10 the Washington and Lee university
the piano that belonged to his father,
Gen. Robert +. Lee. The piano has
not been opened except on one or two
occasions since the death of its illus
trious owner.
The British post ,eftice has recently
introduced . new Sykem of notation
for its date stamps. Tho letters from
A to NJ are used to represent the hourt
and also twelve intervals Of 1--WE min
utes each; thus A A means los, A b
1:lO. and 30 on. A. NJ. and p. NJ. are
expressed by A and p after an asterisk;
thus NJ c "A means 1918 q. m.
"A severe electric storm in st. Louis
deprived many aquariums, both in
residences and show windows. of THEN
silver and gold fish. Thunder and
lightning are judged by old fishermen.
to be the cause of the death Of the fish
which were found hosting ON their
backs for several mornings after the
electric storm. A st. Louis electrician
gives it rs his opinion that conclusion
of the thunder breaks the air chambers
which, bv compression. cause the fish
to sink. and, by expansion, to rise tc
the surface.
Negotiations are said to be in prog.
ress for . combined advance OF the
British and Italian forces upon the
upper Nile. The plan is for the Ital-
ians TO advance from Kassala to khar-
toum, supported by the Abyssinian
army, while the English and Egyptian
troops march upon Berber from Sua-
kim. drive out the remnant of Osman
Digna's dervishes at Berber. and then.
following the course of the Nile, join
the Italians ut Khartoum. Both pow
ers fear that they may he forestalled
If the advance on khartoum is delayed
much longer.
Vienna will have . novel exhibition
in the winter of 1855, the arrange
ments for which have Just been made.
II is to be . collection of all objects OF
interest connected with the congress
Of Vienna in ls14-l5 which redivided
Europe after the fall of Napoleon. II
will include portraits Of the persons
who took part in the congress-Metter.
Mich, Talleyrand, Wellington. Castle
resgh-and other distinguished men Of
the time; paintings of the chief occur
rences during the session OF the con-
gress. and reproductions of the
fashions, uniforms, court dresses. and
furniture of the day.
Mr.. Rudyard Kipling, being inter
viewed by the st. James Gazette, reg
listers his approval of Vermont climate,
which on the whole he thinks - good
one for q foreigner. Whether it is
Just the sort to build up tough
race is another question. 1t is toe
dry-the air is too highly oxygen
ated. It makes brain better than
muscle. and nerves more than either
Our moist gray English weather is the
thing after all to keep the blood in the
veins and the gastric juices in work.
Now the Yankee does not seem to b<
able to sleep o. nights, or laugh out
loud. or assimilate his food in peace"
The war in Cores has brought out
prominently the control which England
has over the Submarine cable system
of the world. English companies OWE
lines having q length of more than
$50. 600 miles. which cost over E3O, ,0OO.'
600 and produce = revenue of more
than ~, ,OOO. 900. The government has
done everything in its power to facili.
tate the laying of these cables By sub
ventions and patronage, and the pre-
liminary surveys have been nearly al'
made by the naval authorities. In re-
turn the companies are obliged to give
priority to the dispatches of the impe.
rial and colonial governments over all
others, to employ no foreigners and
allow no wire to be under the control
of foreign governments. and. in case OF
war, to replace their servants by gov
ernment officials when required.