St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-06-07
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ally. eli ght bushels of wheat.
Ten thousand alligator skins are
tanned III New York every year.
Three Presidents lie buried III
Tennessee ~ jackson, Polk and
johnson.
American iron is considered bet
ter material for car-wueels than
Scotch or Eug,.sh.
Tie longer liiseed oil. used for
painting, is kept the better il be-
comes, both iii regard 10 It's drying
qualities and It's transparency.
4 dingy-!ooklng tavern on the
Bowery, New YORK. adyertises II
nights lodging, IL free lunch and a
handsome entertainment, Tor five
cents
TAs pineapple favor furnished
to ice-creain ana candy is reported
Us g,rouncel from bu'yric ether, o!
acetate Of butyle, both prodnced
The ,empie of Ypsambul, in
Nubia, is cut ont of 4. solid rock,
ANA Is OF vast dimensions. In 1t are
four colossal ligures s:xty-tiye feet
high, twenty-five feet across tie
shoulders. with faces seven feet
high, and cars about IA yard long.
III a recent trial before New
York court, it came ont III tie evil
dence that an ur;san grinder, with IL
common organ, coald earn Tor get
from 81 10 S, while those trunl-
ling ri;tno organs, mounted on
wheels through the streets, earned
ordinarily from s. u Sio Il day.
The inventor of ink has been
deiti-d nv the Chimes, and IS be
lievea by the cclestials to keep II
record Of III the evil ends to which
that nseEnl fllid is adapted. When
ever !, bad scntenre. wurI or joke
is written, black mark is scored
against the author IN the deity's
books.
A cigar, properly made and in
good condition. shnnld he elastic to
the pressure of the fingers, emitting
u slight. cracking sound. when SO
p;nched. This crepits,tion, heard
when pinching cigar close to the
ear, il, with many smokers, Il favor
able test of the character of Il cigar,
rs il certainly IS of its condition.
The real character Of The So-called
ape,v.f+d man Of Colorado las
been revealed. 1t WAS made at Elk
land. Il little mountain town of
Northern Pennsylvania, by George
Hull, the maker of the Crdiff
Giant. Tt was nude OF Portland
cement, human bones and various
substances being introduced into it.
When completed it was baked. then
buried III Colorado. and finally dug
mp and taken to New York City.
Previous to tie tenth century, al
buildings in England. with very
few exceptions, were butt of wood,
ana covered wlth tha.ch or straw.
and were consequently combustlble
and liable Ia destruction by tre ;
and to this fact may probably be
traced the origin OF the cnriew bell
or ir.-cover bell, which WAS rung
at eight O'Clock every evening". Wien
frs and lights were obliged to be
exsinsuishcd, under penalty of law.
There is no country which has SO
few old Ilaids as Russia. The great
ritticui. attached To tiIe title when
not bornc by II nun, has possibly
something 10 10 with the unwilling
ness OF ladies TO sport it. When a
girl bas reached the nge OF twenty
five without finding IL mate, she
generally sets out on what she calls
pilgrimage, if ponr-on ronn''
OF travels, If lich--and III either
case she turns up some years later,
MS i widow. Widows are as plent.-
! fut as old maids are scarce, and
widows whose husbands were revsl
seen are more numerous than the
rest. Etiquette forbids ANY alluslon
j 10 a iady's dead husband IN hen
presence, and this is perhaps soine-
times convenient.