St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-01
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

-kev. wyatt Gill, Tor many years y
missionary at the IIervcy group, de-
scribes the songs of the Polynesians rs
full of pathos and poctical feeling.
Their stories were exciting, replete
with incidents relating to slaughter.
trcachery, revenge, friendship. heroism
and self-sacrifice.
Hot milk is a regularly recognized
drink in some of the German cafes. 1t
is served in a cup with saucer, and
two Jumps of sugar always accompany
it. The drink has several things to
commend it, since it has none OF the
dangerous qualities of tea, coffee or al
coholic drinks. and it is actually an ex-
cellent remedy for disorders Of the
stomach arising from certain forms of
indigestion.
-Jacobites still exist in England.
On the 3Oth of January, the anniver-
sary of the execution of King Charles
J., they held a memorial service and
decorated his statue at Charing Cross
with flowers. On a card was the in
scrip.ion: Remember, o king and
martyr. we have not forgotten. God
save Queen Mary" Queen Mary" is
the niece of the last duke of Modena.
who is the oldest lincal descendant Of
King Charles l.
"A gang of international safe burg
lars was captured recently by the Hum
garian police. They were well-dressed,
educated men, two of them engineers
by profession, and had worked in all
Al ~e VpnSvs
namcs-Pcrikies Assendakis, Demc-
trios Papakosta and Matthias Szallo-
make a queer tumble Of classical asso-
Citations with burglary. Vassili Ristic,
arrested with them, was recently an
aide de camp of the prince of Monte
negro.
I'm thirty years the consumption OF
tobacco in England has risen from 60
600, 600 TO 6a.OOO,OOO pounds, and from
an average of 10 ounces head to &c
ounces In the same time the consump-
tion of non-alcohOlic drinks has grown
far in excess of alcoholic drinks. In
1861, la5. .OOO. 600 pounds Of tea, coffee,
cocoa and chicory were imported, to
2G5. .OOO, 900 pounds in 1898, while the
III NIACS anu SPiIitS was AAOsAA
s5.OOO,OOO to 5l,OOO,OOO gallons. Beer
rose from "a gallons head in 1861 to
3SS gallons in 1874, but has fallen on
again to 2915 gallons.
-Archdullc Johann Salvador of Aus
tria's disappearance becomes the sub
ject of judicial investigation by the
suit of a woman in RovigO, Italy, who
n,,,,1fnl 20 tho nrtS tn A0.
clare her husband legally dead. The
man was a sailor who shipped ut VAL
paraiso i'm 1890 on the Santa Marghcrita,
commanded by Capt. John Orth, tho
name assumed by the archduke on re-
nouncing his rank and privileges.
The Santa Margherita sailed from VAL
paraiso for Bucnos Ayres in August.
1890, and has never been heard from
since. 1t is believed that she foundcrcd
in a storm.
Hinton st. George, the Somerset
shire estate of Earl Poulett, is offered
for sale. The earl is the lineal repre-
sentative of Sir Amias Paulet. the jailcr
of Mary, queen of Scots, and is father
TO Viscount Hinton, who grinds the or
gan in the London streets. The estate
comprises over 10000 acres; the old
castellated manor house lies in park
of 1900 acres. 1t contains a picture
gallery with 500 paintings, some BY
Rubens, Corrcggio, Mnrillo, Rembrandt
and vandyke. Everything on the estate
is in perfect order, and for it all, pic
lures, furniture and heirlooms in.
cluded. 81. 900. 600 are asked,