St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-04-12
MISCELLANEOUS.

"A large flint arrow head was found
| firmly imbedded in the back of a whale
captured off San Diego the other day.
Chicago Hcrall.
The cOmpilers of the Australian CEN
sus report that Australia could furnish
100000 men from twenty to forty, ca
pable of bearing arms.
The meanest man in the United
States lives in Pennsylvania. His wife
hit him with rolling pin, and he had
her arrested for stealing wood.-N Y.
Herald
Henry Ward Beecher says: There
are multitudes of men like dandelions;
at first they look like disks of gold, and
after few days puff will destroy
them, and no one knows where they
WERE"
I'm recent parade at Hartford one
of the drum-maiors gracefully tossed
his stick over an electric lamp wire,
thirty feet from the ground, and caught
it when it came down without losing
step or jostling his lordly bearing
Hartford Post.
Although flies have but one availa-
BILE pair of wings they are gifted with
the power of very rapid flight. While
bee moves its wings one hundred
and ninety times a second, and but
terliy nine times, the fly makes $40
strokes in the same period of time
Chicago journal.
The man who started the restau
rant in Paris at which workingman
can get good dinner for half franc
is NJ. Ruel. He began life by selling
matches, and later on became the
His wealth is estimated at 25,000,000
francs (S5.000,000).
The diamond is said to be an anti
dote to Satanic temptation. The ruby
makes its posSessor brave. The topaz
is 4 preservative against poison. The
amethyst is preventative against
drunkenness. The turquoise acts rs
charm against the evil eye and from
looks foreboding misfortune. The en-
erald promotes piety.-Detroh Post.
"A st. Louis doctor says that bon
bons, sweetmeats, ice cream ETC., cause
indigestion, headache, congestion of
the liver. and is great source of boils
and pimp!es. Cut this out and show
it to your girl. Philadelphia Gu. And
get turned out for limiting at such a
much!-N. !. Post.
-Apropos of the recent gloomy
weather in London, n correspondent
communicates the following stanzas to
the Pali- Mall Ga.ctte;
Old England is afraid of none.
She fears no focman's threats,
For on her mighty empire
The sun ii never sets.
He who retaiis this axiom in
His generation wise is:
The sun il never sets because
The sun ii never rises.
Two men were quarreling. Said
the first: Il would fight YOU instantly.
but it might not be fair fight Said
the second ''Why not?" Because"
returned the first, IF am stronger it
would not be fair for me to fight
weaker man. If You are stronger, it
would not be fair for You to fight
weaker. man. In any event the fight
could not possibly prove which is in
the right" Then" said the second,
''let us go and get cup of coffee"
So another murder was averted.-N.
Y. Times.
There is still much room for geo
logical investigation in Iceland; large
part of the island is, scientifically speak
ing. unexplored. and, in spite of the
researches of the late DIR. Hialtalin.
and the various foreign geologists who
have from time to time visited Iceland,
its mineral resources are but little
known and very partially developed
The sulphur deposits have of late years
been exploited by enterprising English
men. and are now being worked with
every prospect Of success by an English
company. But. besides sulphur, the
island contains other valuable minerals,
such as Iceland spar, coal, Ignite,
borax and copper, none of which is at
present worked to any practical extent.