St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-05-11
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

FOREIGN GOSSIP.
South America has the greatest
unbroken extent Of level surface of any
country in the world. The llanos of
the Orinoco are 50 fiat that the motion
OF the rivers can scarcely be detected
over an area Of :0O,0O0 square miles.
In the sixteenth century there was
. curious enactment in England where
by street hawkers were forbidden to
sell plumbs and apples, for the reason
that servants and apprentices were un-
able to resist the sight of them, and
were consequently tempted to steal
their employers money in order to en-
JOY the costly delicacies-
In Manchester, England. the town
council is about to put sl.a5O. 900 into
clearing the slums. An overcrowded
and unhealthy space of five acres in
the center of the city will be taken,
the buildings torn down and new
model workmcn's dwellings erected in
their stead, with large areas for play
grounds, and trees and flowers planted
in the open spaces.
-"Bullier," the students ball, in
Paris, is doomed; the ground is needed
for new buildings. 1t succeeded the
''Closerie au Lilas" as q resort for the
students of the Latin quarter, but of
late years has been frequented by a
much lower class. Like the Jardin
Mabille, it continued rs one Of the
sights of Paris for foreigners long after
the Parisians themselves abandoned it.
There is q dispute between the
mayors Of Winchester and Truro, in
England, as to which is the senior
The mayor of Winchester is the seven
hundred and eleventh mayor in sue
cession in that city, and is generally
considered the most ancient mayor in
England. The mayor of Truro claims
to be the seven hundred and fifty-sixth
Of his order. The Herald's college is
investigating the question.
A tubular boiler 1.sOo years old has
been discovered at Pompeii. 1t is made
Of sheet metal, probabl copper. in the
shape of large amphora or twO-han-
died jar, with q hollow space running
half way up the center of the jar. In
this space was placed . cylindrical fire.
box resting on five firebars, which are
tubes sthrce-quarters of an inch in diam
eter, connecting with the water space.
The fuel seems to have been charcoal.
According to return of the min
istry of public works. France stands
third in the mileage of European rail-
ways in proportion to population.
Sweden is credited with le. 3 kilometers
per 10000 inhabitants, and Switzerland
with l1.9, while France has 1913. Then
como Denmark with 81, Germany with
So, and Great Britain and Ireland and
Belgium with IS; while Mt the bottom
Of the list stand Turkey, Bulgaria and
Roumania with kilometcrs.
Football in the form of the Rugby
game has taken q strong hold on
France. Some twenty clubs belong to
the Union des Societies Franchises des
sports Athletiques. There are dozen
clubs in Paris, and others in bordeaux,
Marseilles. Lyons and Havre. The
-lycees in Paris and the provinces have
Rugby fifteens. The association game
is confined to Paris and q few places in
the north Of France. the clubs being
composed mainly of English residents.
One day recently. in q Dundee
school-so we read in q local journal
the teacher was examining the class in
history. and asked one of the boys:
How did Charles the First die?" The
boy paused for a moment, and one of
the other lads, by way Of prompting
him, put his arm up to his collar, to
signify dccapitation. Boy number one
ut once grasped, as he thought, his
friends meaning. and exclaimed, to the
class. "Pleasc, sir, he died of the chol-
era"
Louis Philippe knew that Marshal
SOult clung TO power, and that his fall
would be bitter to him. But when the
time came the future ministers, with
Theirs At their head, were assembled
at the Tuilerics, while in the next room
Louis Philippe broke the news to Soult.
The interview took long time. and
the new ministers were not without
some apprehension. Finally the door
was opened just enough to allow the
kings queer pear-shaped head to pass,
and he whispered: "A little patience.
just . little patience-we1
are weeping together"