The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-01-03
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

mules, and no horses in the county,
\ Chica9o Herald. i'tsAA
The Populds Science MoahIy says
Q man can endure fatigue in hot weather
better on putter-milk than on any diet
drink he can use. - sdn9 ssre = -
-.Atraveling agent of the National
| Museum saw in Nicaragua a, kind of
blTd that indIlges In a song and dance
act apparently just for the 9ufi'o it.
i--.A. Mississippian satedpnsrhUn
iSgpod7sized peaches the qthegaSay, just
| 10 sec how many no could devour, and
tWosdays later he Was cAfrietf 70 the
cemeterg. -iSt. Lessisl &lahaa essa ae
= "A. Yankee who. was. recently in
Halifax, Nova Scotia, heard great deal
about q wonderful itiisho called rodneyg
that was baked N, a jar. Al last be
tried it, and found that he. had tasted it
before. Itwas hRsh!1tl sfeiiio re~'
-TAvH Cincinnati girl married her best
| young man after quite, time of it She
broke the engagement, and was en-
gagged to- three separate fellows, one af-
ter the other, and ended hy going back
to her first love. = Cincinnati Times
aCholera is raging In Italy, and ev-
y Italian organrgrinder who comes to
america in these times should be soaked
in carbolic acid. His organ should be
thrown into the sea. 1t NAV have mi
crobes in it--or something worse.
Chicago Herald.
A Japanese lady of the nobility
lately buried her favorite cat in snow
white coffin covered with a gorgeous
RS Fcfl Ia \ =
large contingent of female mourners
followed the remains. Priests chanting
a solemn litany met the bier and es-
,corteh it to the grave. %
|: "A passenger on a New York rail-.
way train met with singular accident
recently. His arm was resting on the
lIwindow-sill of the car, the elbow out
side, and as the train passed station
the door bf 4 ifiovihg freight car on tho
opposite track swung open and crushed
the, passengers elbow. NJ X Herald.
The Russian Government has
sought, thus far in vain, to bring about
the general use of coal In that country
instead of wood, in order to save the
forests. As though no such thing as q
good stove oisiheater'wa5, known, prize
has been offered for the best apparatus
flor utilizing coal in Government offices.
Ian AhgIo-Indian gentleman, whose
mind has apparently been mitch exer-
cisedl for many years upon the subject.
sof cholera, sends TO London journal
sthe following prescription, which he
says he has taken fes~ferty years-and
survives; Powdered opiunl, assafmtida,
,eavanne pepper of each one grain. to,
I!be made into 4 pill, bh6 to be taken
every four hours. Y iS0m6 would pr9feiA
fthe cholera. mis- lo ,lgoaW IA haIgotA
; The peanut crop this years promises
atqlbe four million bnshelsj against 1atee
,miili9n bushels jialJaS bo which is,ithes
largest eyer yet grown, The bulk Of
this crop will be raised ia Humphreys,
Perry, Wayne, Benton, Decatur. Hiek-
sman andlDitksjni Counties, Tenn, and
am Southampton, iNansemond, Isle Of
Wight. Surry. Hrince George, Glouces-
teg, PRINCESS Anne and ,Norfolk, Vaa---i
ioAffcqg9, J9g'y1'asa SD dlgea ri I'D
-, IA GermantoWn nprEespondentof the
M lfec9ra Fys that forty years
lagp, Erasmus Pierce, who lived at Mount,
Airy and did business at Third and Mar
.ket Streets Philadelphia, wrote a pam |
ypbleto predicting that s''st6am' H6sseIS
,wppld cross the ocean, In six daysiinsitie,
of forty years.'i Mr7Pierce was nom.
,sidered crazy, and. his, predictions imrs
possible of yeriiicatioD, but 1t now turns
'Out that he was not far out Of the way. \
Z Pressure, ON the. ears Is to be avoided.
Iby persons Who wish TO nftserve their
sense of heafiHg.i N ai4i6Wiha of the
auditory fby the pressdfe or q !
handkeEchief' worn over the head and
tied under the chin, as X, Is commonly
ADJUSTED by the, peasant, women aQid
Europe, often causes deafness; aud The
,cOr'sette of the rhns. pressing lightly
against the pavilion of the ear, frdy
Aquently produces ting same selfsct,fS-
BoSto1 Journal. 1870, !, n
,AA ifnohHhents to the Indian Rcd
jacket, whose native name was $500. 4
.yeswat-ha, will be erected iih Buifatdl
.oyer4he ichiefisl remains, which AfB to
be. lpinterredo Surviving alascHndantsl
of the warrior, viii, sheapresehk ,sEha
Buffalo Historicall Society, Fhioh Isl,
lcaTt1hg on the, work, has recovered
,ahtp positively Identified the remains ..oi
n idbsenl ichisfs, all Of Which win be-
buried together beuoatAltHe moifuneht.. ~
- Buffalo Express.
4+MrA HeFrick, wife q th5 lfect6t 81
the pretty Episcopal Church at Fortress
Monroe, has dressed tlireeD thOashhd
dolls within, the, last two; $eaas, which
she sold at one dollar each Tor varioh1I
ecclesiastical and charitable purposes,
The baby dol; the. colored nurse. and
the plantati0nh tol0ted woman IRE .the,
tbr4,e stylea ARA n y ok, ett, N ~ Hlt