St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-11-28
MISCELLANEOUS.

Observation-Disclosures
The council Of the University Col.
lege of London have created q profes
sorship of electrical engineering.
The Supreme Court of British Co
lumbia is the only place in Ameries
where the Judges and lawyers wear the
wigs and gowns of English usage.
The popularity Of Southern Califor
mia as sanitarium is such that there
are over 200 cottages. worth from $500
to g. 500 apiece, in course of construc
ton in Los Angeles and suburbs.
"A man in Franklin County. Tenn.
wears q beard six feet nine inches in
length. He keeps about four-fifths OF
it wound about . cardboard and car
ries it in his coat pocket.-Louisrith
Courier-Journdl.
"A druggist of Lancaster. Mass, has
taken contract to keep the stately old
elms of that town free from canker
worms for a year at twenty-five cents
per tree. There are about four hundred
of the trees in all, and if he does moi
succeed he is to get no money.-Boston
Herald.
"A society paper in describing the
order in which bridal party passed
down the church aisle, SAYS: The
bride walked on the arm of her father. "
This may be all right, but it seems to
us that church was hardly the place
for her to display her acrobatic accom-.
DliShmentS- CHICAGO SIM
The growth OF American public Ii.
braries since the revolution has beer
something phenomenal. There were in
the country in 1776 but twenty of these
institutions. with an aggregate Of As.
623 volumes. At the present time thSre
are nearly 4, 200, containing more thar
Is, 0OO, 900 volumes.-N. y Tribune.
The Misses Green. of Atlanta. ladies
of literary talent and artistic culture,
are making collection of negro songs
and setting them to music. The music
is composed as the songs are sung by
old-fashioned darkies. and will perpetu.
ate accurately the strange and weird
melody of the old plaatation.-Atlanh
Constitution.
1t was hoped at least that these Uni
ted States might claim the invention Of
the great American game of poker, but
now turns up a mythial MIR. Ben.
jamin," fresh from Persia, who assert:
that from time immemorial the game
has been known in Oriental lands, anG
that it was played in Persia centuries
before Columbus discovered America
N. y Tribune.
Mrs. Rider, whose name has beef
widely mentioned in this State as . re-
markable instance of the faith cure
died recently at Grass Valley, and s
post-mortem showed the presence of {
large tumor in the abdominal cavity
and badly diseased condition of both
heart and lungs.-San francisco Chron
icLc.
In the ancient graves in Tennessee
are found human skulls that are some
inches larger than any modern human
head. Within the last forty years there
has been very marked diminut:on in
the size of heads in Philadelphia. Old
and experienced hatters in this city and
New York. says the Ledger, will cor.
AooCAoC euiS StohCLACut. AOhOooVAy
writes to an exchange to ask: rs there
asimilar change taking place elsewhere,
and what will be the RESULT"
"A fresh aesthetic movement has
broken out in Dresden. German artists
have been lamenting over the pictur-
que costumes of the Middle Ages
being replaced by practical modern
garb; so the Dresden painters have
formed society to promote return tc
medieval attire. Over eighty of the
members have adopted the medieval
German artist costume-black over.
dress. with tight velvet-trimmed sleeves
over white under-sleeves lined with red
satin, and black wooden close-fittine
neither garments reaching down to low
shoes.
Ut is customary" says the Scien
tifc american, Ito use ammonia fol
the purpose of neutralizing acids that
have accidentally or otherwise de-
stroyed the color of fabrics. This must
be applied Immediately or the color is
usually imperfectly restored. After
careful use an application of chloroforn
will bring out the colors as bright as
ever. Plush goods and all articles
dyed with aniline colors faded from ex.
posure to light. will look as bright a
ever after sponging with chloroform.
The commercial chloroform will answer
the purpose very well.