The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-09-12
OF GENERAL INTEREST,

Inc pearl nSnefleS OH bne LOWol
California coast are said to have pro-
duced fifteen million dollars last year,
The juice of the Bartlett pear, in
some mSdical cases, is used in Califor-
mia, both as food and drink At first |
the invalid grows thin upon the diet,
but in few weeks gains strength.
Last year 3,457, S09,017 cigars and
994, 334, 900 cigarettes were manufac-
tured in the United States, requiring
over 81, 900, 900 pounds of leaf. In 1872
not 10000 pounds were used.-M
Y. Sun.
The Irish iaunting car, which has
been under the ban since the Phoenix
Park tragedy, has again come into IA
vor, the Prince of Wales having used
one on his recent visit to the Lakes OF
Killarney.
Nearly all the sheep-shearers of
California come from Santa Rosa and
travel in bands during the shearing
season, many hands making quick
work even with the largo flocks. --SGn
Francisco Call,
Mr. Arthur l.. Shumway writes to
the Cleveland Piaindealer that fifteen
mines of magnetic iron have been
opened in Cuba within the past six
months, by Cubans, Spaniards and
second American syndicate.
Last autumn the loggers OF the
Northwest adopted rule pledging a
reduction in the log supply. The result
shows decrease of 1913, 1888, 900 the fig
ures for 1884 standing 3,23S, 900, 600
against 1864, 1852, 900 for 1885. Chicago
Inter Ocean.
A prominent New England farmer
predicts that Massachusetts, farms,
which were titled by the Pilgrims
and their immediate progeny, are
tending toward wildness, and may
some day form q proper field for the
new settler. Boston Iost.
The city of Los Angeles, Cal, has
population of about 80, 900, Its streets
are lined with eucalyptus and pepper
trees, and with handsome business
blocks, which are more numerous and
costly than in most American cities OF
five times the population.
"A wonderful man has been devel'
oped in Los Angeles, Cal. L. w. He'll.
man, to whom large estate was re
Gently bequeathed, proposes to deed II
to the two orphan asylums of that city
He saws he has as much money as hi
[ needs, and that he will not accept gift'
from any one.
, A child with two tongues is said tC
l be living at Yonkers, N. Y. The secont
has grown from the root and on top o
the first. The mother first noticed j
, when the child was three days old i
| was then quite small, but now that tn
child is two years old it is nearly a
large as the real tongue.--M Y. Post.
The house or sobbing wren is
bird peculiar to Southwestern Texas
It's melancholy note is described a
: very impressive. II begins in q high
, clear key, like the tinklng Of silye
: bells, and descending gradually iron
: one chime to another, it suddenly fal
: tiers, breaks off and sobs like a child
= the song dying away in a gasp. Tn
:, song is heard only in the opening ligll
: of dawn, and is repeated but fey
- times The singer is rarely seen dun
= ing the day.-M Y Sun
- Upon one occasion when Artemu
Ward was in London a children's part
). was arranged by the great humoris
% and to which one of the sons of job
y Bright was invited, The boy returnc
/, home aglow with delight. "Well, sa
!, the English statesman to his son, I'd
r. you enjoy yourself, my boyP" 20, j
ts deed did" exclaimed the little Brigh
- land Mr.. Ward gave me such nit
! name for you, papa ''What WI
- thatPn inquired the father. "Why,
# asked me how that gay and festi'
~ cuss, the governor, wasf' replied Il
If child.-BrootlYn Magazine.
Up at the Grand Central static
the other day, says New York pape
there was an agitated young man al
an agitated young woman. Bride al
RS groom they were and it was weddil
tour they were taking. In big Sar
toga trunk they had packed their sill
and their broadcloths, along with
IN toilet set with which some genera
friend had equipped them. That toll
>, set was of celluloid, and in its rouI
; Journey the celluloid had ignited, t
nd good big trunk and its contents we
ne in ashes, and wedding tour W
k brought to sharp termination.
We "A house can not be kept for ma
Id generations in one family in this cot
- try. James Fennimore Cooper's hol
~ was burned down a few years ago, a
We the growth of Cooperstown has led
W. the opening of a street through
OF grounds. William Cullen Bryan
no favoritc residence at Roslyn is n
IN abandoned by the family, and Idlew
We Nathaniel Parker Willis country s
les on the Hudson, is now, for the sect
,er time, offered for sale. Bayard Taylt
,se farm at Cedar Croft has been sold,
~; the proceeds are almost all the fan
nu has for its support. Boston Budget
JOS Near Astoria, Ore, there is a
ow post of clam-shells which cover
Is area of over four acres, and is pile
.n' places to depth of over four
CT The amount of shells is incalcula
Over one thousand loads have |
II, hauled away to make roads, but
Vi amount is hardly noticed in the d
M mutton of the immense heap. +
'@h time to time relics of the old clam,
"a a ing tribes that made that place I
WI headquarters are found. A party
Gently found clam-opener. 1t
ol made from a whales tooth, is a
80 eight inches long, and is ground s.
'iul at the end. There are some six
nay inahas Of coil m, tor, Of tbasa i'm M