The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-11-21
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

banks, thus securing both cheap and
comfortable dwellings.
Eighteen bumble-bees, twenty-five
wasps or thirty-eight ordinary honey
bees contain enough poison to kill an
adult just remember these figures as
you playfully kick up your heels in the
vicinity ola bee foundry Detroit Free
Press.
There are indications that the wide
trousers will not be permanent fash
ion among the alleged ''lords of crea-
ton" more especially as the Prince of
Wales, who is English, YOU know"
is stated to have gone back to tight
pants. IN. Y. Mdii.
"A Texas girl accidentally fell into
the water and was so nearly drowned
that resuscitation was difficult She
declared that her sensations had been
delightful, and she blamed her friends
for reviving her. A few days later
she deliberately drowned herself.
Less than fifty years ago it cost fol-
a single letter carried not over thirty
miles, six and half cents; less thar
eighty miles, ten cents; less than o
hundred and fifty miles, eighteen and
three-quarters cents; four hundred
miles. fifteen cents Chicago Herald.
The first published report of any
legislative debate made in America
was that of Matthew Carey of the dis
cussion in the Pennsylvania Legisla.
ture, at the beginning of the present
century, over the bill to repeal the
charter of the Bank of North America
Philadelphia Press.
We grasp this opportunity, as we
halt for an instant beside the rushing
waters Of life, to intimate to our Rir
Van Wrinkle half-dead and Motive citi
zens that we have pressing need OF
communication with Aspen by one OF
those ancient and very useful inven.
tons called wagon road.-Eib Noun
lain (Cot.) Pilot
The murdered Rose Gilbert write.
to Boston paper: Saw an account
of my death in paper. Wish to correct
it. Am on my way West with my com
pany. Am alive and well. and never
was waitress in restaurant. Husband
never was butcher, and my folks are
respectable, All stories of my death
are false, for am alive and well. y
Detroit Free Press.
Swimming manGuvers are now prac.
tised by some of the French regiments
in order to accustom the troops to ford
river in the face Of the enemy. Thus,
at Limoges, the dragons in garrison
cross the Vienne on horseback, fully
armed, and carrying the ammunition on
their heads to keep it dry. On landing
they Immediately draw their sabres and
charge an imaginary foe.
Amenities of Western journalism:
ave sincerely regret that Mr.. c. A.
Ward has severed his connection with
the Tin-Horn Poster. and trust that he
will find job burning charcoal, shov-
cling sand, barking cross-ties, or
washing dishes. Mr.. Ward is about
the worst case of ass that has ever been
visited upon frontier journalism since
the discovery of the country. "-Ourdy
(Cot.) Solid liaIdoon.
"A unique dedication of a monu
ment ut Green Castle, Pa, took place
recently, he occasion being the unveil-
ing of monument commemorative
the massacre by Indians of school
children, July 26, 1864. About two
thousand dollars was raised by Sunday
school collections in the vicinity.
Hartman, the historian, says it was the
most ruthless massacre ever committed.
"A table submitted to the recent an
nual meeting of the paper-makers in
Saratoga makes the showing that the
daily capacity in pounds of the paper
mills OF the country, according to
States, and separated into twenty-four
varieties, amounts to grand total OF
eight million one hundred and thirty
nine thousand and sixty pounds, or two
hundred and seventy-one thousand
three hundred and thirty more than
the estimate of year ago, gan of
six and two-fifths per cent. - Troy
Times.
An ingenious burglars ladder was
recently taken from negro thief in
Washington. II was constructed OF
light but strong rope. and at one end
had two sharp hooks fitted to fasten on
window sill. These were attached to
an iron rod capable of being extended
thirty or forty feet. The whole could
be wrapped in a bundle about the size
of an ordinary umbrella. As the appa-
ratus had hooked handle, and was
inclosed in case, the owner could
carry it along the streets without at.
tracing attention, while in two min
utes it could be turned into rope lad
der and securely fastened to an unbolted
window, giving burglar easy means
of entrance to a house. Boston Jour
nal.
"A correspondent of the london
Times, writing from Sicily, says the
people delight in witnessing pain. The
common way of putting trapped rat
to death is to throw some petroleum
over it and than set it alight; the trap
is then q ned, and the poor animal
runs in agony about the streets until il
dies, amid the admiring shouts of the
people. The usual way of transporting
fowls is to tie all the legs together in
bunch, hang them head downward,
split the bunch IN two, and throw il
over the back of an ass or across a
mans shoulders. The poor birds utter
screams of pain until they are ex.
hausted. Twelve and fifteen hours OF
this kind of suffering is often inflicted.
Mules and horses are harnessed in such
a way that they are constantly suffer
ing from raw and bleeding wounds
naIlse1 Ev chafing