The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-10-04
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

a00, 900, 900 tins of canned goods are
annually packed in this country
1t is said that locomotives which
formerly sold for $4,000 can now be
had for $4,000. No well regulated
family will be without locomotive
after this Darlington HnWkeye.
"A fashionable lady ordered bath
ing suit of the latest style. 1t came to
her in letter, in which was also en-
closed stamp for reply. She wrote
back to ask which was the suit and
which was the stamp.-N Y, MdI.
A Vermont man has q hen thirty
nine wears old. The other day a hawk
stole it, but after an hour came back
with q broken bill and three claws gone,
put down the hen and took an old rub
Der boot in place of it.-BoSton Tran
script.
The New York men of fashion have
q iewelrv craze, it is said, and it is moi
rare to see u fop with bangles on his
wrists. watch chains, charms, three |
rings, numerous buttons and studs, and |
u ieweled cane. Such specimens OF
human nature have been born after
their age. N Y. Times.
AT Salisbury, Md, lately q man
undertook to beat his wife. She Knocked
him down. He picked himself up. and
saving that he had nothing to live for
after being vanquished by n woman,
went to a pond and stood in water up to
his neck for an hour. Finding this did
not kill him he went home Chicago
Herald.
In England the mails are used for
the transmission of nearly every species
! of merchandise. Fish, game, meat,
butter, eggs, fruit, cream, and all other
| farm products are transmitted through
the English parcels post at very cheap
rates. In word, the British post-oilice
really does the express business of the
country.
1t is against flag etiquette not to
take it down at night. The colors
should be raised to meet the sun and
lowered when he disappears under the
horizon. Besides, bunting soon rots
when so improperly exposed; and,
moreover, to leave flag out over night
is declared by the superstitious to be an
invitation to ill-luek.
The Saturday afternoon holiday is
one of the fixed institutions of the
South. In the days of slavery the
lenient masters were accustomed to
reward the industrious field hands by
letting them leave their work at noon
on Saturday to 90 hunting and fishing,
much to the envy of those who be-
longed to harder owners. Now that all
are free, the half holiday is always
taken, and business and worldly affairs
!, are forgotten. -LOatiSUilte C0urter-JoWr-
J nal.
Friends of nature have been
: troubled by the disappearance OF some
rare specimens of plants in the Alpine
! regions. In order to prevent the eN
tinction of certain species, o garden o
acclimation had been founded ut &c
neva, in which Alpine plants are cul
tivated and sold The result OF tina
. propaganda has been thus far quite
! satisfactory. The garden of acclima
! ton ut Geneva, and the sale of IL
products on the market finds many Gus
! toners. ..=5. f-
= Mrs. Henry Walcott, of Water
! bury, Conn. ripped open for renova
ton one old feather pillow which sh
!, had. She found thatthe feathers nd
: hered to the interior of the case, an
. deied the closest application of tn
! brush On examination she found tn
y whole pillow-case coated with til
y feather down, and it mad all the mp
= penranee of having been woven int
:, the fabric by the most cunning artisan
= What was the inside of the tick has til
= appearance of the finest plush, the ma
- being delicate down instead of silk
- Hartford Post.
Tho latest monstrosity that has a.
70 rived in this country is a young Germa
If girl, about six years old, with a bear
Il nearly half an inch long, with dar
n color. and fully developed mustacht
a A year ago the child had no hirsute al
"A pendage, and was to all appearance
nj like other children OF her age. A fe
is months later a fine down began to sho
,o on her cheeks and chin, and this II;
,tSe gradually developed. The beard on Il
a lace of such small child, who has q
is almost infantile expression, gives her
peculiar appearance. She resides
Trenton, N. in. Y Nail
1t is difficult to realize in this cou
49, try that questions relating to so pract
~ cal and commonplace matter as Il
nv price and supply of bread and me
IN can become political questions; but In
nre in England. Not enough IS pr
=" duced at home to supply the populatio
W and an enormous surplus must be II
10 ported from abroad; hence a
'ui question of governmental policy viii
~ seems likely to affect this supply n
s.s raise or lower the price of food to {
~. i masses at once assumes the importan
~, ,to md engages an attention which diva
~ all others GeUtld1sd Leader.
nj Speaking of the blessings Of su
he mer holidays, the Providence Or.
re- Jomnd says: .'From these golden di
try of rest we must exclude those spent
IAN the slaves of fashion in their expens
in resorts. There are many who fly fr'
ISL the crowded cities only to double 81
lew where their follies and vices. III
ons never withdraw from their jewels
ted display of STYLES to be for a season
he. simple children of the air and liz
they never draw near to the dc
les. blessed earth. but go where they n
is take with them their bondage, and
was ist, and sigh, and languish and die W
ale. ont having seen any world except
J, made by the architect and milliner