St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-11-15
MISCELLANEOUS.

Underground telegraph conduits
become dangerous when struck by light
ming. A heavy current is suddenly
started that in several instances has de-
stroyed switch-boaris and injured BY
ISLANDERS in the operating room.-M Y
Sun.
According to the Chemist and Drug
gust the substance which gives to Rus
STA leather its peculiar aromatic and
lasting qualities is the oil of white
birch bark. Dissolved in alcohol, it is
said to render fabrics proof against
water, acid and insects and renders
them more lasting.
A young lady from New York, who
was visiting friends at Weathertield,
was MORALLY afraid of cows; and
coming on one suddenly one day, she
was too frightened to run. So poking
her parasol at the beast, she suffered
out: "Lie down, sir! lie downr'-N
Y. Graphic.
An English chemist who has ana.
1yzed all sorts of canned goods comes
to the conclusion that there is no dan
ger from metallic poison. Any metallic
salt present in sufficient quantities to
be poisonous would render the contents
SO unpalatable that they would not be
eaten.
General Booth, of the Salvation
Army, has applied for trade mark on
a design of which the principal features
are cross and crown, and the words
BLOOD and Fire" The trademark is
to be used in cutlery and edge tools. in
furniture and upholstery, and finally in
preparations for the teeth, and hair,
and soap.
Loco, a western weed, acts upon
horses and cattle just as alcohol does
on man. They lo-e all appetite for
normal food. become apparently intox-
icated at times. and finally die from a
disease strangely like delirium tremens.
From the vice comes the California ex-
preston: LAS bad as = locoed horse.
Chicago Times
"A Western man at one of our
hotels, where the bill of fare was in
French, after sorely puzzling himself
with descriptions which he could not
comprehend, coteletteS q la Mdinten0n,
and GutS a la braise, exclaimed: Il
shall 60 back to first principles; give
me some mutton chops and boiled
eggs."-N Y. Caterer.
The New York Commercial Bulletin
says that from the organization of the
first fire insurance company on this
continent down to this present, more
money has been paid out for losses and
management expenses by American
fire insurance companies than the same
companies have actually received from
fire premiums.
The first brewers of tea were often
sorely perplexed with its preparation.
1t is related of party to whom was
sent. rs a present, pound of tea, that
they boiled the whole at once in y ket-
tie. and sat down to eat the leaves with
butter and salt. and wondered how any
person could like such diet.-Chicdgo
journal.
The Atlanta Constitution, specula.
ting upon the fact that the patent upon
paper collars and shirt-bosoms has ex.
pred, is of opinion that we may soon
expect to see paper garments of every
variety manufactured and sold. But il
fears opposition to the general use OF
such material for clothing on the ground
that no man would care to wear a sui,
of clothes liable at any moment to melt
away if he is caught in a shower, or to
be torn into shreds when he is passing
through a crowd. Nobody would risk
going to picnic in a paper suit, as thu
a ecident of sudden shower might leave
him entirely unprotected and compel
him to take shelter in the woods.