St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-03-29
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Returns show Dublin sill to b
what Lady Morgan described it in her
day, the ''tay-drinkingest" city in the
world.
Several smokers swore off in Lis
bon, d. T., on New Years day. and
pledged themselves to give the church
t25 every time they smoked this year.
Chicago Herald.
There are thirty three custom
houses in the United States whose re-
ceipts are less than the cost of collect
ing, and thirteen of them are in New
England.--M Y. Herald.
Thomas Hardin, arrested on the
streets of Cincinnati when blind drunk,
had q marriage license in his pocket,
but could not remember whether he got
Cincinnati Times
-"Boil down this stuff about for
ests, said the managing editor, hand
ing bundle of manuscript to a re-
porter. A few seconds later the editor
received the following: 1.-The way to
preserve our forests-don't cut them
down. Chicago Inter- Ocean.
A New York World reporter SUBJ
mitted these tritling questions to jay
Gould: How much are You WORTH
How is your money investede What is
your income9 How much does it cost
you to live9 Strange to relate, Mr..
Gould sent word that he was mot in"
-Garnets of considerable size and
beauty are found in the Santa Catali-
nus, Arizona. In the canyons and
aroyos which run out into the table
lands this side numerous small speci-
can be obtained. One little girl the
other day gathered an ounce bottle full
in a few hours.
The editor of an English scientific
paper satisfies correspondent as to
why he does not print his article: 1.
Your original theory was propounded
a quarter of a century since, and prob
ably not for the first time. =. It
has been refuted over and over, and
proved logically unsound and physio-
logically impossible. 3. We have no
room for it.
There is quite good deal of ro-
nance connected with the recent mar
rage of Bishop Warren and Mrs. Tiff.
of Colorado. 1t is said that before the
Bishop met his bride her late husband
appeared to her in dream and advised
\ union with person whom he de-
scribed When Mrs Tiff met Bishop
Warren she at once recognized him as
the very image Of her dream Chicago
Tribune.
-Barnum's new white elephant is
reported to be q magnificent specimen
of its kind, of a pale ash color. with
livid markings There is no such thing
As a white elephant pure and simple.
The present specimen is as near an ap-
proach to the color as has yet been met
with, and even King Theebaw had
some reluctance in parting with his
sacred treasure, despite the amount of
money paid for it.-Boston Transcript.
Marshal Gray. of Baltimore. re-
ceived six hundred dollars from "A
Lady for the poor. The Marshal Ie-
ceived polite note asking him to call
on the writer. He did so, and WAS sur
prised when the lady gave him twelve
fifty-dollar notes, which she requested
the Marshal to use in relieving the
wants of the distressed. She refused
to allow her name to be published and
exacted a promise from the Marshal
that he would not make it known
Baltimore Sun.
The people of the town of Niagara,
Canada, suffer so much Inconvenience
by delay of letters, kilograms and goods
through confusion arising from the
number of towns bearing the name that
they propose to call their town Newark
or Fort George, by both of which names
it was once honorably known. There
are now postOtlices known as Niagara,
Niagara Falls, Niagara Falls South on
the Canadian side, and Niagara Falls
and Niagara City on the American
side.-Butalo Express.
IA pretty little story is told" SAYS
q Newport correspondent. .'of the Earl
and Countess of Rosebery, who were
here short time since. A day or two
before their wedding took place Miss
ROthschild asked the young Earl what
he would like for q wedding present
from her. o, he replied, suppose YOU
give me box of gloves. The box of
gloves was sent enclosed in an elegant
Iuuau S1se. vi opening tHc DOA the
Earl discovered an envelope addressed
to him in well-known hand. He ex-
pected it contained dainty little note.
1t did. but not the sort of note he i'm
agined. The contents of the envelope
was q check written out and signed by
Miss Rothschild, and in favor of the
Earl, and was for the modest little sum
of f2O0, OO0." IN. r. Graphic.
A Ravens Amusement.