The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-03-14
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as with the other.
King County, Washington Terri
tory, has one woman Justice of the
Peace and one woman Constable.
--Deroe, the weather prophet, says
that if a potato is left in the ground
after the vines are dry it will lose its
flavor.
The Western Union Telegraph
Company has three thousand, eight
hundred and forty-nine Stockholders
~ Y. Sam.
Pm no other city in the country do
~ many women make their living by
keeping boarders as in Washington
Washington Star.
A horse at Cleburne, Tex, got into
bis masters poultry-yard and devoured
thirteen young chickens, which he
found in a box there, feathers and ALL
If you have any oyster plates in
the house throw them into the alley at
once. They are no longer in fashion.
You must eat your oyster soup from q
bowl. Detroit Post.
Idaho claims population of
lightweight thousand and shows an
assessment roll of nine million dollars
as an evidence that she is able to main
tain State Government.
Mr.. Thomas Meehan, who has been
visiting the Alaska glaciers, reports u
torrent hundred feet wide and three
or four feet deep flowing winter and
summer from under tho Muir Glacier
there.
"A lady in Nashville, Tenn, keeps
five eats, two dogs, two canaries, u
monkey and swearing parrot, and
yet she is very indignant at her neigh
bors because they think that this do
nestle menagerie is o nuisance.
Captain Chetwynd, of the British
Navy, who has been pouring oil on
troubled waters, concludes that al
though it may be of great use to ships in
an open sea, it is of no practical advan-
tage to lifeboats having to pass through
large breakers.
The advertisements of furnished
houses to let in Washington paper in"
dictate that the lowest price desirable
house can be procured for is seventy
five dollars month and the highest
three thousand, seven hundred and
thirty-three dollars.
There are now about one million
and two hundred thousand domestic
servants in this country, who annually
earn about two hundred and sixteen
million dollars. In England the same
number of servants would earn only
ninety million dollars.
The interesting fact has been
demonstrated by Mr.. Arthur Searle
that the Milky Way is about two
magnitudes brighter than the mean
brightness of the sky, and a square de-
gree of the Milky Way must give be-
tween five and six times as much light
as an average square degree of the rest
of the sky.-BoSton Budget.
One scarcely thinks of coral as
growing under the iee-swept and foggy
seas of the Newfoundland banks. Yet
on the eastern slope of Banquereau is
nm area of bottom, several miles in ex-
tent, so covered with q growth OF
coral that travis set upon it are rarely
recovered. The fishermen call it the
''stone fence" and avoid it as far MS
possible.
"A boy was caught stealing cur.
rants, and was locked up in q dark
closet by the grocer. The boy com.
menced begging most pathetieally to
be released, and after much persuasion
suggested "Now, if you will let me
out and send for my father, he'll pay
you for the currants and lick me be-
sides, The grocer could not with.
stand this appeal. L. Chicago Herald.
The body of the elephant Is nearly
naked, but the mammoth, an extinct
species, had covering of long, woolly
hair. Elephants live in large herds,
and subsist on foliage and grass. There
are but two living species, the Asiatic,
with long head, coneave forehead,
small ears and short tusks; and the
African, with round head, convex fore
head, large ears and long tusks.
DIR. Marcy, of Paris, has succeeded
in measuring the motive power of the
human body as developed in every
movement. As one of the results Of
his studies he shows that something il
gained in the power of walking by
quickening the pace from forty to sew
enty-fve steps per minute. But tht
latter number is the extreme limit; will
greater number of steps power is los
instead of gained.
Until recently only pearls ant
diamonds were considered consisten
with the spotless purity of the bride
attire, and in France even diamond
are interdicted as too glaring ant
snowy, pearls being considered tn
only suitable jewelry for young cir
TO wear at the altar. But an Earl
daughter, recently married in England
wore magnificent parure of sapphire
and diamonds, which, of course, open
the door to any innovation upon oil
and unwritten iaws.-N y. Tribune.
Sheriff Bishop, of Cloverdale, Cal.
recently started to Guerniville, to cap
ture prisoner. On the way he met
person who asked for ride. He as
sented, and in short time was con
tiding his mission to the stranger, an
wound up by asking him if he woul
get the prisoner drunk. The strange
agreed, and after tapping the Sheri
for five dollars for expenses in securin
the required drunk, took his depar
ure, with the understanding that
would meet the Sheriff at an appointe
time and place. ThesSheriff was thei
at the appointed time, but the strange
was not and a very good reason /