The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1883-10-13
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that sweeps the ground. Rochester IN.
W Erpress A'ii
"a new idea at Newport Is to serve 4
watermelon in the middle of dinner
instead of at the end. II fills the guests
ohock full, and they can't eat so much.
Providence (R. l. Journal. 4f.s
The Utica IN. ~ Observer says
that when Boston girls get lost in the
woods theydont shrek for "helpV
indeed. They. exclaim in a high pitch,
Three ladies in this direction are in
urgent need of assistanceV'
When Oscar Wilde comes to this
country the Pittsburgh Despatch thinks It
would be philosophical enterprise to
| induce him to emulate the example of
the other English importation by sliding
| gracefully and esthetically down the
rapids at Niagara.
john Holman, of Lexington, Pa,
stood in the hail cleaning his ear with
the but-end of small, stiff switch. A
screen door was opened suddenly against
him, which thrust the switch inside the
ear, broke the drun, caused the most
intense suffering, and made Holman
maniac.
"A Cincinnati firm had for years kept
in drawer all the counterfeit money
received in the course of business, and
the other night burglar got in and
took every cent. 1t is supposed the
burglar will write an indignant commu
nication to the press upon the subject rs
soon as he Gains sufficiently to handle
pen. Chicago Herald. t
"A Reno saloonkeeper kept bottle
of pitch-pine splinters soaked in spirits
of turpentine for the use of customers
who tell the barkeeper to hang itup, but
the beverage became so popular in Reno
that 1t was considered too good for that
class of customers, who are now RECALLED
4 with a decoction of Truckee River water
in which old gum boots have been
I soaked -ADenVer Tribune.
4 air~-Acoording to Mr.. John Bright, in
the city Of Glasgow, Scotland, forty-one
families out of every ono hundred fami-
lies live in homes having only one room,
and an additional 81 per cent in homes
of only two rooms. Yet, according to
Mr.. Bret Harte, American Consul at
Glasgow, 'there is less destitutlon. yless
absolute deprivation, less misery and
want in Glasgow than in her sister
cities. :" Hrf l4ef i{r H.a 1854
"A train boy may be happy. The
peanut crop of Virginia is set down this
year at 100000 bushels, and Virginia
is generous State, There is nothing
about it of the man 'who hath peanuts
and giveth his neighbor none Ten
nessee expects TO raise 100000 bushels,
and North Carolina 10000 Peanut
pastry is coming into fashion down
i South, the pastry being made of peanuts
ground up, .g.e...-,...
!. -"Cricket stands on a very different
footing in England from baseball in
this country, remarks the Philadelphia
Ledger livery county, shire, school,
and village has its cricket club, COM
posed of amateur players, whose
Z matches are reported in all the papers,
and whose games have local interest
that can never attach to club formed
of professional players gathered from
all parts of the country, and engaged to
! play under a name they do not repre-
sent. e
At the recent ball in Paris, Million
aire Mackey hired the King of Sweden
to dance with the American ladies, pay
ing him 81 900 an hour for the work.
The Prince of Wales telegraphed for an
invitation, but was refused Several
descendants Of the Bonaparte family
who attempted to climb in through the
windows were thrown into the basin OF
the fountain. This information is from
an account in the Nevada appeal, chased
on reasonableness and an intimate
knowledge of Mackey."
7Steubenville, O., has had a series OF
eatastrophies. A COW got her tail
caught in gate, and in her efforts to
free herself tore poor mans whole
front fence down. The following night
a mule got tangled up in streak OF
| lightning, and by the time he kicked
, himself loose the stable in which he was
/ quartered looked like it had been inter-
viewed by cyclone. Subsequently
there was collision between o bicycle
and wheelbarrow, in which the bicycle
and the gallant rider met with most
{ crushing defeat Cleveland Leader.
1T gives us great pleasure to &C.
/ knowledge receipt. of the drawings oi
Mr.. Thomas A. Edison's automatic re-
| versible fox, for which letters patent
have Just been issued. The invention
t consists of the skin of a real fox, stuffed
with anise and caramels, which, by aiC
of powerful electro motor, concealed
. in the hind legs, will lead the hounds /
: chase Of exactly six miles and then lie
, down and curl up. A streamer of pull
: in imitation of "a real tail, is screwed il
: appropriately, and may be detached ant
D given away as trophy. The retail
8 price of the animal is sixteen dollars
Q forty extra tails included. Four Of thes
r automatic foxes are now used by tn
J, Queens County Hunt. IN. 7. Sun.
S -Twoyoung men were clerks in thei
!, fathers store. One lived in the parenta
' house free Of expense, and the other wa
i paid a salary. The former sued 70
s compensation, and offered to prove tn
9 value of his services by the amount pal
to bis brother. In this case the Suprem
, Courtof the District of Columbia dc
d cided in favor of the father, saying tha
a unless there is an express contract I
l. pay son for services where he work
h for his father, who is boarding an
a lodging him without charge, he cannC
% recover compensation. The law wi
y not imply promise to pay him, and,
d a recovery could be had, what was pal
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