St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-12-21
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The British government otee4 .
year or two Of hesitation. has finally
decided to raise Uganda and the re
gion lying between Victoria Nysnxa
and the east coast to the estate Of .
protectorate, has voted . snug sum for
the maintenance Of order. and In due
season is likely to construct . railroad.
Montenegro !s 70 have standing
army. Hitherto. though every man b
liable to serve in time of war, the
princes body guard of one hundred
men has been the only organized force
kept up during peace. Now the whole
population will gradually be drilled in
the use Of the new arms provided by
Russia, one section following another
in continuous service for three montha
Sir William Vernon Hafcourt has
been elected . trustee Of the British
museum. The museum II governed by
board Of 6fty members. only dfteen
Of whom are elective. Nine. called
family trustees, are hereditary; one,
the royal trustee. Is nominated by the
crown, and twenty-five arc ohicial
trustees These tiirty-ave all fifteen
other places, as vacancies occur. BY
election for life.
Italy will issue new postage stamp
to commemorate the twenty-dfth an
niversary of tho taking of Rome. In
the upper half is figure Of Italy. with
the iron crown; below Victor Emau.
uel's saying. "In Rome We are sn1 In
Rome we stay" and Umberto's. Rome
is intangible" There arc also . num-
Der Of symbols-the she wolf Of Rome.
the eagle of Savoy. proliles OF King
Victor and King Humbert, the Italian
crown, and the dates Is7o-ls9A
The Western railroad Of France
has adopted plan BY which person
notifies the St. Laxare station In Paris
Of his intention to take train to any
send to his address for his trunk, take
It to the station. register It for its des-
tination. inclose the receipt (answer-
ing precisely to our check) In IN en-.
velopc with the ticket for destination.
and hold It 1t the station till the pas
senRer applies and pays for It.
The railroad from Deyrout to
Damascus, 90 miles. was opened for
traffic early last June. There ARE Is
miles of it with grades % steep n $40
feet per mile. and curves ~ sharp -
400 feet radius. on which the Abt cob
wheel system is used. The line passes
the crest of the Lebanon mountains in
the Mezar pass 1t = height OF 4, 900 feet
above sea level only 20 miles from
Beyrout 1t then descends about 2. 800
feet to the plateau, and again climbs
the opposite chain of Aute-Lebanon
and descends to the plain of Damascus.
Defects in development of the body
OF English city children are more COM
mon among the boys than girls, &C
cortling TO DIR: Warmers report to the
British association. the proportion be-
ing 81 of boys to 6s Of girls. Girls
skulls. however. are more apt to be ab-
normally small, especially in the neigh
borhood OF large buildingA Thirty
six per cent. Of tho boys and IS per
cent. Of the girls were dull. Defective
skulls are much more frequent among
Irish children than among any Of the
other natiOnalities found in English
towns
The Chateau Of Amboiso has been
bought from the executors Of the
comte de Paris by the Due d'Aumale.
who intends making It . home for the
soldiers that fought under him In
Africa. after which it will become .
state museum like Chantilly. Charles
Will was born and died In the
it was the scene Of the bloody
massacre following the Conjuration
d'Amboisc in 1850; Leonardo do vinci
is buried in the chapel. and Add el
Kader was imprisoned there for two
years In ls4S the chateau was con.
but 1t was given back to the
Comte de Paris In lS72 BY the national
with the other domain lands
that had belonged to Louis Philippe.
The restoration OF the chateau was b.
gun twenty years ago BY Violet 10
Due.