The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-11-22
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

Setauket, N. Y, went home aud dropped
dead.--M Y. Sun.
The great Washington statue In
Union Square, New York, has new
crop Of hair green moss lately grown
on the honored crown.
"A summer resort waiter recently
committed suicide. 1t is supposed he
discovered that o guest left the hotel
with five dollars In his pocket
"A counterfeit dime is made of glass
mixed with base metal. It looks exactly
like q genuine piece, but when struck
with hammer breaks into pieces.
Prize fights in Colorado are carried
on with some degree Of style. The
Sheriff accompanies the excursion train,
disarms those ON board, and then allows
them to fight 1t out on the bare fist line
II 1t takes all summer.--C Chicago Herald.
The man who comes nearest to
person Of leisure is tho ono OF many
thoughts and occupations and social in
terruptions, who finds rest, in change
and liberty in method. HIS industry
invites repose, and 1t comes to him.
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
From Dublin is reported an extra
ordinary story of lioness eating her
own tail, One day she removed twelve
inches of it, and though efforts were
made to heal the bleeding stump, the
liopess continued to cat the tail until 1t
had almost entirely disappeared, and 1t
was believed that the operation would
end in self-destruction.
"A woman at Sheldon, d. T., was
very much disturbed by saloon-keeper
selling whisky TO her husband. She in
terviewed the liquor seller with seven
shooter and ordered him to close his
place, remarking that she had killed
one saloon-keeper and would soon
make him a fit subject for the under
taker if he didn't. He closed. -DenUer
Tribune.
There is something the matter this
summer with Philadelphia's rivers, the
Delaware and SchIylkill, says the Free
Press. Everybody who has fallen In
has gone to the bottom like stone, in
stead of rising three times. If it were
the Chicago River one could understand
1t, but II seems strange in the case of
rivers that have heretofore had decent
reputation.
Lord Chesterfield having on Ger.
tain occasion respectfully demonstrated
against an appointment which George
II. wished to make, the King, enraged,
exclaimed: "Vell, appoint To deffiA il
you like ''As your Majesty pleases,
replied Chesterfield; land shall the in
strument be filed up in the usual way;
TO our right trusty, well-beloyed cousin
and counsellorP'
"A correspondent who writes to the
Providence Journal of stroll Ia an
old-fashioned flower garden, says: 1.-THE
sunflower, so prolific and hardy, has
unwittingly once served the purpose of
guide across this continent. It Is said
that the Mormons in their journey from
Nauvoo to Utah, marked their trail for
those who were to follow by planting
sunflowers along the route.
The West Shore Railroad is called
on for damages by a passenger who got
more ride than he paid for. The train
he took did not stop at his station, and
the conductor compelled him to pay fare
| until the train did stop. Then he had
| to pay his fare back Altogether he
was considerably yexed, and he wants
the company TO appease him with
Eve thousand dollars. IN Y. Herald
AN animated controversy has been
| carried on for some time In the columns
| of q London paper as to whether vul-
lures discover their prey by means of
sight or smell. No two writers seem to
be able to agree upon the point. Many
| curious instances of the marvellous
power of the vulture for discovering
| carrion are quoted. These birds have
been known TO travel twenty miles after
the carcass of dead COW buried under
a heap~of leaves, while after battle In
the open desert the air is full of them.
Joachim, the celebrated violin
| player, tells good story about himself
He has heavy head of hair, except one
spot, which he can easily hide by not
cutting off q particular lock. One day
in London he went to the BARRIERS to
have his hair trimmed. The barber
wished to take this lock of, but Joachim
/ insisted ON it's remaining, whereupon
the barber exclaimedi "Let me cut II
off; 1t makes you look like one Of those
old Dutch fddlers.' The barber had,
of course, no idea whom he was shear
Ing.
"A precious carpet has been de
stroyed In San Francisco. IL. had GOV
cred the floor Of one Of the rooms in tha
Mint, and had been used fog five years
The dust of the precious metals used II
the coinage had during that period dali,
fallen upon it, and when it was takel
up the authorities had IL cut in small
pieces and burned in pans. The ashe
were subjected to the process employee,
with mining dust, and they realizes
twenty-five hundred dollars. Thus tn
carpet, after years of wear, was NOR
precious than when it was new.--Sa
Francisco Chronicle.
The word couple. q writer in th
Detroit Free Press objects, ismuch mil
used. "The root Of tho word"
says, ''is q Hebrew noun, meaning
sfetter, but we got it from the Lati
copula, joining, and it should never
used except in the sense OF Joined b
gether. A man and his wife are pro
erly 'couple;' 50 are two hounds VIII
strapped together; but two eggs are y
} couple: two pins are not a couple, n
are two days .eouplfof days. Foy
when alive and running about are !
couples, but when killed aud tied
saiyr tos sals they haoCnle pnpplth