St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27
MISCELLANEOUS.


The first brick buildino in Cinc,n.
natl was the St. Clair House. bu;it in
ieoo. OF brick brought from Pittsburgh,
ana Is still standing upon Main Street
between Seventh and Eighth.
matt Times.
-Southey records in his Common
place Book that 4 physician who had
seen more than 40,0O0 cases of small.
pox said he had never met with the dis.
ease in person with red or light tlayep
hair.
-Geologists assert that if the CONT
nents and the bottom of the ocean
were graded down to uniform level.
the whole world would be covered with
water mile deep. 1t is to be hoped
that this theory will be accented with.
OUT attempting any practical demon
s'ration OF Its truth.-Cticago Times.
bio Lewis reaches the conclusion
That consumption is found in every eli.
mate, Inhabitants of the frozen regions
and those who live under the equator
die OF consumption. As to the United
States, there is no doubt that New En-.
gland has the largest ration of mortal.
ity from consumption. But the differ.
ence is slight.
The reasons for Hindoo LOYALTY to
the British Government are set forth
by native journal, which thus ex.
plains why English is to be preferred
to Russian rule: when the Enrli sh
came into India they first began to
plumber the country, but now they are
satlated. If the Russians now come.
they must come very hungry. The
Hindoos are an intelligent race, and
they would prefer boa which is sati-
ated to hungry black snake, though
the former may be the larger.
Mary Howell. aged nineteen, owns
the stage route between Warwick. n
T., and Bellvale, N. j.. AMI drives the
stage herself. A few days ago, on her
way to Warwick. her horses were con-
fronted by large rattlesnake that Law
colied in the road and showed no dis.
position to retreat. Miss Howell stopped
her team, jumped from her seat on the
stage, and beat the ugly serpent to
death with her whip. She then tore of
the rattles and brought them TO War.
wick as trophy.-N. Y. Star.
1t is preSumptuous even for hardy
good swimmers to strike out in cold
water on a hot day for a long swim.
This is frequently done, and friends are
all amazed to see their good swimmer
suddenly become powerless and &C
down. The secret of this sudden disa-
bility and death is that the long chill
sends the surface blood inward and
maintains it there so long that conges
ton OF some vital organ takes place,
and the swimmer becomes paralvzed.
faint, powerless and sinks.-Erchange
There is circular railway at At.
lantic City, with very steep and abrupt
grades. SO that the passengers expert
ence the ups and downs of travel over
the Rocky Mountains condensed into
few rods. 1t is in the form of an ellipse,
reaching from the street down to the
surf. ''Only five cents for ride to the
beach" says the solicitor. But when |
the tourist arrives ut the shore end OF |
the route he is told that he must pay a |
nickel more for getting back, or walk |
through the sand.-N. Y. Sun.
The story is told that while General
Sherman was accompanying President |
Hayes on visit to New England he at
tended a reception in certain town. and |
a good old lady, who i'm her simple way
was doing what she could to make i;
pleasant for everybody. ambled up to
him and, after few formal common
place remarks, suddenly asked in most
cOmplacent way: care you the General
who was in the army during the WARP"
Old Tecumseh was astounded, and,
looking at the woman for a moment.
and, seeing that she was serene and in
nocent of any attempt at impertinence,
responded quietly: "Read history,
read history" -Atbany Jour
nal.
William Anderson, of Schenectady,
N. T., while walking along street liz
that city, was surprised to hear a boy
shouting Papa" and to see a woman
hurry from house in the vicinity and
run toward himself. Anderson aston
ishment was complete when the wo.
man, reaching him, threw her arms
about his neck and between shower
Of kisses exclaimed: "My darling
William! My dear husband" He
finally convinced the excited female
hat she had made a mistake, which
she reluctantly admitted. The woman
,welve years ago married William The
an. who enlisted in the army, and had
since been missing. Anderson bears
,lose resemblance to Thelan. and she
he was her long lost husband.
Troy Times.