St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-12-05
MISCELLANEOUS,

-Thirty-one families of Smiths &c,
their letters at the Williamsburg Post.
Office. Pa.
Chill has control of the Straits Of
Magellan. and the country called Pata.
gonia is wiped off the map.
The American Social Science As
sociation, at its recent session, felicitated
itself upon the fact that within the pas,
few years it had succeeded in making
the teaching of social science feature
of many colleges of the land.-N Y.
Graphic.
"A wealthy New York lady's viii
provides that her numerous dogs. cat.
and birds shall be cremated, and that
their ashes shall be scattered upon hel
grave. The neighbors are eager fol-
the provisions of the will to be carried
out at once.-N. J. Sun.
Our whole land area, exclusive o
Alaska, is l, $50. 070. 400 acres. of which
444.900, 900 acres is forest, and the farm
being comprised under the head of un
improved and waste lands.-Chi Gag
journal.
"A Belgian has invented coffin tina
makes it impossible for any one to b,
buried alive. The pressure of the
earth thrown upon the lid of the coffil
Eberates sort of stiletto, which is S,
placed that upon being d;sengaged
p.erces the heart of the occupant.
Will the English language becom
UNIVERSAL The question is decided il
the affirmative by Candolie, Genev,
scientist, who reasons from the rapit
spread of English-speaking peopl,
throughout the world. and their almos
inyariable retention of their nativ,
tongue.
A story that "a ship recently sa;let
from Boston to Western Africa. carry
ing $4,000 gallons of rum and thre,
missionaries. is now on its rounds. |
was an old joke in 1885. and as sucl
appears in collection of Local Hit
and Cuts, published that year.-Bos
ton Record.
A large rattlesnake hid itself in !,
school-boy's dinner basket in countr,
school at Utah recently. and when tn,
lad went for his lunch at noon tim,
there was stampede of teachers ant
scholars. His snakeship held possession
of the school-room for some time, but i,
passing teamster finally killed it,
chicago Herald.
We know of a tortoise. says tn,
Rerue Scientifque, which, when called
aloud by its name, "Laideron," would
run toward the voice. Another Learned
to come when called by kissing sound
followed its master like a little dog
relished caresses bestowed on its heat
and neck, gave gentle bites to show it
affection. and would climb up on it.
masters boot or pull at his clothes t.
draw his attention.
Professor Humphrey, in his adj
dress to the London Medical Society
says that women are longer-lived thar
men. Out 81 eighty-nine who died a
about one hundred. ten only wer.
males, and insurance offices usual,
give women longer lives than men
More boys are born than girls. but
more boys die. SO that girls at puberty
are in majority, and their relative
number is steadily increasing.
A citizen of Tuscarora one day re
Gently became intoxicated and then lay
down on the railroad track to rest Al
Sonyea- The engineer of the first train
coming along discovered him and
stopped in time. and the man was re
moved. When the next train came i,
had a similar experience. and the mar
was removed a second time. A person
was then sent to look after him and ar
rived just in time to take him from al
most under the wheels of third train
Appearances indicate that he wanted
to be run over.-Geneseo Republican.
A peculiarly marked family named
Calvin is on exhibition in New York
Mr.. Galvin's left arm is six niche:
longer than his right arm. Mrs. Gal
vim was born with only one eye. which
is very singular freak of nature. A
son has an arm which is large and vel
formed and reaches nearly to his feet
making him look as though he had
three legs. Two girls. aged seven and
nine years respectively, have left arms
that are about nine inches longer than
their right arms. The youngest. a DO,
of four years. inherits the peculiaritie:
of both parents. He has two eyes, but
one is very small, VIII lie the other il
full sized. Ike his mothers one eye
a. Y. Tribune.