The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-12-27
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

The French are talking of holding
/ Congress in Paris to forever settle the
important question of what offenses de-
mand challenge to fight duel.
"a marble pump is to take the place
of the old#w6odefi one in Salem, when
HawthognS made the orator in his "Rilh
fs-.r,.a Town Pump. - Boston Post.
-ClnQlp TO have an odd monu-
ment, ~. tAe Xorm OF a ruin, built from
the hf6kehA pillars and fragments Of
the coutFt-house burned during the riot
"A preparation of finely shaved plug
tobacco and the inner bark of the red
willow, dried and pulverized, is the
favorite of the Indians for smoking
Chicago Times.
Henry Jeffries, nine years old. suici.
cided in Baltimore few days ago. He
felt bad because his parents had not
taken him with them on an excursion
Baltimore american.
-Pie-making is an art in New Eng
land, where it is encouraged by premi-
ums at county fairs. The trouble about
it is everybody wants to serve as one of
the judges. boston Journal
An Auburn lady had novel expert
ence in a sta.teroom on st. Lawrence
River boat recently. Looking through
a small hole in q stateroom adjoining,
from which proceeded loud voices, she
saw two men playing cards and drink
ing. Watching them she saw one OF
them drug his companions beer two or
three times, and later witnessed him
robbing the drugged mans valise and
clothing. Auburn IN ~ Advertiser.
The managers of the Century mag
azine say that their new dictionary,
while dropping some words as obsolete
and some participates as unnecessary,
will introduce thousands of words
which have never been in any diction-
airy, but which by use have demon
strated their right to adoption. Some
twenty thousand of these have been re
ceived. If it will define mugwump and
clirripoop it will certainly enjoy large
sale. - Detroit Post
1.-The "anti-gang'' war in New Yorl
| City continues. These organizations o
'Tstlghs have beensresponsible for mucl
III the thieving, disorder and violence
/ which have afflicted the metropolis
Here are the titles of some of the gangs
1.-The Potash" 1.-THE Thomas Street,
'Rotten Row." Lightning Charlcy's,
"The Push Alongs," THE Keel
NUNS" ''The Never Sweats,'' "Slin
FJim's Regulators, 1.-THE Merry Ram
blers," Forty Thieves" etc. = 2ro
Times.
1.-THE leper quarter of Jerusalem,
says traveller, sis just outside of Zio
Gate. We first saw woman withou
any nose, who was hanging clothe
upon line in her back yard. GoiNQ
4 little further, we. eanlHe ghts tht
A beggaf description. Stumps of arm
4 were held up to us, hands from whic
fingers were dripping away, face
wrapped about with cloths to keep th
parts together. Mute appeals for chat
ity gurgled through throats withol
palates.
The number of the varieties of con
non fruit seems astonishing to I'll
average purchaser of the limited stoc
of fruit on the stands. OF the pcs
shere arc as many as sixteen hundre
kinds named in some works of hort
eulture; over fifteen hundred differel
sorts of apples are grown; there are L
fewer than one hundred and fifty sor
of plums, over one hundred varieties
gooseberry, and about one hundred AT
twenty-five kinds of strawberry. Gu
sdqo Tribune.
"A lady of this city, now in her Sc
enty-third year, the wife of a retire
merchant, is about completing her 81
teenth silk quilt, These have been b
gun and finished since her sixtieth brit
! aay, beside which, from the silk refus
lhe same lady has made several lar,
; rugs and pillow covers. The quilts are {
. Of original and different designs. Tn,
average about seven thousand piec
E each and in the making of them not
U single stitch has been contributed by al
one but the lady herself, Those alrea'
finished have been distributed as pre-
ents among her children and gran
children. -PhilGdeLphiG Ledger.
! Bantam fowls are not as worthle
= rs is generally supposed. A little ba
;, lam rooster, near Norwich, Conn, h
y become quite a success in rat-killin
i. aud consequently raises that breed
= chickens from the Playground roc
! which they have SO long occupied.
: few days since wandering rode
: espied a brood of chickens which {
!, aforesaid rooster and their mann
!. were endeavoring to feed, and bolC
$ attempted to seize and carry away O
of the chicks. The little banti
I rooster did not like the raid on his flot
= and showed his rat-killing power
y Jumping ON the vermin's back, holdi
= = him down and pecking him to dea
= The most unnatural thing about the p
I seeding was his failure to crow over
n ictory. Hartford Post.