The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-03-07
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

There are but two living species OF
Elephants, the African and the Asiatic.
M Y. Sun.
China is the largest consumer OF
pig tin. 1t is chiefly used for the manu-
acture of idols.
Twenty thousand tons of coke are
shipped every month from Alabama to
Arizona, where it is used in smelling
silver ores.
--Mulhall, the great English au-
lhority, gives London, New York and
liverpool as the three most important
ports in the world.
A horse-thief who got into barn
In Knoxville, Tenn, after trotting,
horse had his leg broken by akick, and
now wants to sue the owner Of the
horse for damages.
"A Bridgeport Comm concern has
shipped to the New Orleans Exposition
cabinet showing every style of lock
ever used by the United States Post
office Department from 1900 to date.
Colonel Ingersoll says that when q
man loves a woman she never grows
old to him, but through the wrinkles OF
age and the mask of time he still sees
the sweet maiden face that he wooed
and won.
One dry goods firm in New York
estimates that it is put to an annual ex-
pense of from $4,000 to $4,000 for
samples of fabrics, with the postage,
sent all over the country in answer to
requests.--M y. Star.
An English physician warns
mothers against allowing babies to suck
their thumbs, because it results in a
peculiar deformity of tho chest, q de-
preston of the thorax by pressure from
the arm of the infant as 1t lies with its
thumb in its mouth.
Peter Dosen, of Sc. Louis, wrapped
five dollar bill around roll of paper
and went around showing what was
taken for roll of thousand or SOL
Next thing he knew he had cracked
skull, and two policemen were taking
him to a hospital.-St. Louis PosG
The biggest exaggeration the
Boston Herald has seen lately is that
made by a man in Minnesota during
the late cold spell. He said: "ColdH
Well, should say so. We had to give
the stove four doses of quinine yester@
day, to keep 1t from shaking the lids
off, Z
Writing from Lynn, Mass, q cor
respondent reminds the Scientifd
American that, as an instance of re-
markahle fight of an exploded boiler,
about two years ago boiler exploded
in that city and the flying portion, de-
scribing circle high in the air, landed
nine hundred feet from where it
started. 4
Beautiful fans are made entirely OF
| - NV.AVNian1 htrHa IN THAR
natural colors. A web of feather cloth
is formed by gluing the plumage, each
tiny feather separately, upon silk fabric.
This giyes the texture tho precise APP
pearance of q living bird, The tops
are tipped with ostrich feathers.-M.
!. Bazaar.
--Crematoriums are not the innova1
tons many people seem to SUPPOSE
, Cremation societies have been In exist
ence in London for twenty years. The
corpse of Lady Dixie was burned in o
, crematory in Dresden, Germany, on
, October 10, 1874, and her husband, Sir
! Charles Dixie, is President of one of the
! English cremation societies.
! House rents in Arabia are nearly
' MS low as in deserted Pennsylvania
oil town. A French traveller mentions
, his taking comfortable dwelling at
i Bereydah, consisting of two large
: rooms on the ground floor and three
= smaller ones, besides spacious court
! yard surrounded by high walls, for all
. of which he paid thirty-six cents per
. month.
4 "A tiger in the act Of eating a
n buffalo has been accidentally photo
graphed in India. The poor creature,
which was tied to O stump in field
= had just been focused, when out
= popped the tiger from q neighboring
: wood. The artist released the spring
n shutter of the instrument just as the
!. buffalo was laid low by the beasts
= paw, and the "sun pictureo was taken
! before the dying moment occurred. Il
:. is said to be most tragic tableau, ant
y r. great achievementin the art Of photo
graphy.
-Dumley was giving little Dime
2 and everything was going on smoothly
" Dumley is very hospitable man, bu
I; lacks self-possession. 81 believe, Mr.
u Dumley," said one of his guests, al
old lady, "that you may help me ono
= more to the oysters. I've eaten YER
% heartily of them already, but they ar
TX simply delicious" "Certainly, m
Z dear madam" replied Dumley, wit
O. excess of hospitality. 81 hope yo
will eat all you want of them. W
r, have a fresh barrel in the cellar, and
~ that isn't enough we know where W
~ can get--Jane, pass Mrs. Lighteate
Id the celery "-Detrot Post.
ar The extraordinary proficiency c
ny the Dutch Beers of South Africa i
at craftsmanship makes them dreade
&c enemies An Englishman who ha
- been hunting among them lately say
:" that he saw one fire hastily at a bustar
which was flying about two hundre
ed yards distant and send rife ba
k: through its body; but as this did nj
- wholly stop the bird, which fappe
W. rapidly along the ground, the Boer fire
if a second time and cut off his hea'
lst British soldiers dread with good reasc
81 to face these sharpshooting bui
y fighters, animated by the idea that th'
at. are defending their firesides.-T