St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-11-29
MISCELLANEOUS,

During the year 1883 London had
974 hours of sunshine out of possible
4,456, an average of 2.40 per day.
When Sarah Scheuer, of New
York, eloped with Henry Friedman, the
other day. she left behind her ITO
dresses, many of which had never been
worn. This is loves greatest sacrifice.
indeed.-N. Y. Graphic.
AT a recent funeral of a deceased
free thinker at South Beach, Conn.,, the
church was brilliantly illuminated, q
scientific poem was read and the serv-
vices were conducted without prayer
or the mention of q Supreme Being
Hartford Post.
While the business of canal boat
navigation has been very largely over
Swallowed in this country by the intro
duction of and development of railroads,
it is still of sufficient importance to
support q population estimated at
10000, number about equal to that of
the persons engaged in our cOasting
trade.
There are over $4,000 men and
boys employed all the year round in
the North Sea fisheries, 1t is said they
dtc Idplslly UCCOIAluS uCLAoi oiLCu W
the presence of ''coopers," or floating
grog-shops, that accompany the fish
ing fleets. and missionary efforts are
being made to counterfeit the growing
evil.
China is about one-third larger thar
the United States and its territories,
and has eight times the population Of
this country-say, in round numbers,
over 40O,0OO,00 Records there date
back from beyond the time of the No
achian flood, and printing was known.
of a Chinese sort, 1000 years ago.-N.
y. Sun.
Miss Sarah Simpson. Philadelphia's
eccentric Mrs. Toodles," is dead, at
the age of eighty-one. During all the
years that she has listened to the knock
ing down to the highest bidder of every
thing from flat-iron to q magnificent
wardrobe, she has been a daily visitor
to the auction rooms, and has probably
witnessed the selling out of more fam
lilies of high and low degree than any
person in that city or probably in Amer
ica.-Riladelphia Press.
An American microscopic VINO has
been investigating the causes of certain
frantic movements of the common house
fly under the stimulant of strong light,
has discovered that the fly is often the
victim of disease of the brain arising
from the presence of myriads of minute
insects. These parasites, though per-
feet insects, are so small that ten
thousand can be packed in fly's era
MUM. The disease sometimes becomes
epidemic, and millions of flies perish of
it in a Chicago Times.
They are progressing in railroad
management in England. An inno-
walton on the Brighton Line is set forth
in the advertisements: I'm addition to
the ordinary refreshments that may be
had at most railways, passengers will
in the future be able to procure cool
and fresh water at the rate of penny
per glass. At certain stations the water
will be carried along the platform, so
that thirsty travellers may be supplied
with the cooling beverage without
leaving their seats"
Henry Irving says that of all the
people on earth the American people
eat with the most intelligence. 1t is
plain to be seen that MIR. Irving means
well, but it can't be possible that he
has ever watched our people paralyze
sixty minute meal in twenty minutes
at a railroad saloon or he never would
have made that remark When Ameri-
cans partake of twenty minute rail-
road dinner intelligence takes vaca-
ton. Everything is done on the get
there-Eli plan. and he who eats the
most is considered the best man.
Peck'S Sun.