The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-08-22
OF GENERAL INTEREST.
The walls of several of the British
war ships are constructed of paper.

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Iating furnaces has been invented by
Westiield (Mass,) individual. .-Bostoi
Post.
The production of coal in Belgium
in 1884 is Professionally put at Is, 500,
600 tons, against an ascertained pro
duction of 1S,177,754 tons in 1883.
1t is claimed that the stature O
race horses has increased an incl
every twenty-five years since 100
The height OF horses then was thirteen
hands two inches and in. 1870 il was
fifteen hands two inches.-N. Y. Her
aid.
Artificial cheese made of one par
oleomargarine and two parts SKINNED
milk, mixed to the consistency O
cream and subjected to the usual pro
cesses of manufacturing the genun,
article, is the latest edible commodit,
contributed by Germany to the world
Cincinnati Price Current.
The Bangor (Me.) Commercial re
lates that man in that section latel,
received several hundred dollars bacl
pension. He has quite large famil,
and had been very poor. The frs
thing he did after receiving his none,
was to buy a trotting horse, harness
wagon and the usual amount of boots
hoods and other horse trappings.
The newest thing which electricity
proposes is to steer vessels without any
attention on the part of the man at the
helm. The needle of an automatic
compass, by opening and closing the
circuit, keeps ship on the course laid
down without any Intervention. All
that is necessary is to set the compass,
and the good ship makes true line fol
port.-N Y. Herald.
The law of finding, says writer,
is this: The finder has u clear title
against the world, except the owner.
The proprietor of coach, or a rail.
road car, or a shop has no right tc
demand the property found on his
premises. Such proprietors may make
regulations in regard to lost property
which will bind their employees, but
they can not bind the public.
The decrease during the last tor
years in the value of fashionable furni,
ture is striking economical phenome.
non. More paint and less carving are
possibly the chief causes of the change.
Signing SWANS are informed that The
wooden portion of any matrimonial
venture they may have in view can now
be undertaken with fifty per cent. less
cash than would have been necessary
in 1870 Current.
High chimneys for factories are
now becoming unnecessary. by reason
of the Introduction of u new kind OF
oven. Any manufacturer, il is as
serted, can place one of these ovens in
his works and obtain. from every ton
OF slack he uses coke worth two dollars
tar and ammonia worth one dollar
aud Ia, 90 feet of gas to generate steam.
The coke, tar and ammonia will thus. il
is claimed, considerably more than pay
for slack, wear and tear, etc.--M. Y
Sun.
Prof. j. w. Sanborn, of the Mis-.
souri, State Agricultural College, and
also Secretary of the State Board OF
Agriculture, estimates the losses OF
stock in that State during the last
winter, from disease and exposure, nj
not less than four millions of dollars.
The principal loss by diseases has been
from cholera in hogs and from ex.
posure from want of proper shelter.
Loss from disease, he states, could
generally have been prevented by
proper attention to diet and from OK
posure wholly by providing suitable
shelter.
In nearly every railway station in
London is small box on legs, painted
crimson, which may be called an auto.
matte post-office. 1t is divided into two
compartments On the top are aper
lures admitting penny, one being for
postal cards and the other for enve.
Iopes. You drop penny through the
slot and open little drawer beneath,
and, presto, you find a postal card.
Drop two pennies in the right hand
slot, open a corresponding drawer, aud
you find q stamped envelope contain
ing dainty sheet of note paper. These
little conveniences are the property Of
a company.
"A Litchfield County Comm cor
of the Hartford Co4rant
writing of manners and customs in
that region fifty years ago, says that
common people didn't own stoves
then; they rented them of the rich for
twenty-five cents month. DIR. Catlin.
Of Litchfield, had quite number that
he rented. We well remember SEEING
him staff around for miles to collect
stove rent. There were no clocks in
school houses; the teachers had noon
marks on the window-sill; when the sun
struck the mark it was noon; il cloudy
they guessed noon. There were clocks
IN but families in those days
Several manageable Young men
Of Rochester, N. H., are in a terrible
pickle. They have heretofore given as
reason for not marrying that they
could not afford the luxury. About a
month ago several manageable young
ladies' put their heads together and
document proving conclu-
sively that families of from two to six
they provided fer the future. YOU see)
san hive we'll ON nine dollars week.
Having disposed of rents, fuel and pro-
visions, these artless girls turned their
attention to clothing, and the document
aforesaid states that the woman who
IAN not dress stylishly and save money
IN eighty dollars year is not worth
he marrying. Then these girls made
oopies OF the original and SsaS ore -