St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-08-08
MISCELLANEOUS.

A Pennsylvania court has decided
that. as elections are not under the
common law. bets thereon are not for.
felt. Philadelphia Press.
Enough land in the United States
is owned by foreign syndicates to fur
nish 100000 families with eighty acres
Of land apiece. Times.
The Odd Fellows of Maine have a
membership of 1866. and since their
organization in the State. in 1S43, have
paid for individual relief S477.323.
How can find out all about the
young lady to whom am engaged?"
asks prospective benedict. Has she q
younger brOther9 If so, consult him.
Boston Post.
Large quantities of timber are now
creosotcd at the West in a special
manner, for railroad purposes, the
effect being to increase the tenacity Of
the wood for holding spikes, ETC., as
well as its density. and its ability to re-
s:st mechanical wear.-Chicago Jour
nal.
"A gentleman who imagined that he
recognized lady friend. advanced cor
daily, and addressed her: Il beg par
DON" he said. .'but isn't this Miss
Greenleaf?' No, SIR" replied the
lady, my name is Redpate." "Ah.
excuse me, l must be color blind ~
Y. Sun.
The prose of war differs from the
poetry to the extent that martial music.
huzzas of victory and the cleaning Of
banners and the tramp of armed men,
differ from the groans of the wounded
and dying. the CHASTITY corpses. the
blood-soaked fields. and the weeping
and mourning Of those whose loved ones
have been laid in CORY graves.-N. y
Observer.
From some experiments made ut
the University of Kansas it appears that
the average person can taste the bitter
of quinine when one part is dissolved in
$4,000 of water. Salt was detected
with one part in $40 of water. sugar in
2SS of water, baking-soda in forty
eight of water. In nearly all cases fe.
males could detect . smaller quantity
than males.
during a very tedious ride on 6
railroad out of Memphis the passen
gers. tired. dirty and thirsty. all cussed
the company with the exception of one
single passenger. His fellow-passengers
commented on this and asked him why
he didn't cuss the road, too. 1T woulC
be hardly fair" he replied. las am
travelling on a free pass; but if they
don't do better pretty soon I'll go oui
and buy a ticket and join you. "-St
Louis Globe.
DIR. Backus, of Rochester, N. Y,
stepped out one spring morning to sur
vey his lawn, which he had neatly ter.
raced and sodded the day before. A
pair of swine had broken out of their
pen during the night and rooted the
fair surface until it looked like battle.
field where several nine-inch shells had
Just exploded. The doctor was too old
to cry and too pious to swear, and he
therefore observed with some emotion:
"Well you never can lay dirt to suit o
hogr'-dtbany Journal.
A farmer living near Howe's Cave
n. Y, had surprise recently. He was
blowing field about half mile from
the caves mouth. He stopped for a
few minutes to rest himself and his
horse under the spreading branches Of
a tree. Moving on little distance. he
turned, and looking back was dumb
founded to see that the large tree was
gone. He ran back and almost fell into
a great chasm, which had swallowed
the tree and a piece of land. 1t is be,
lieved that this will lead to the discov-
cry of an outlet from the rear of Howe's
Cave.-N. Y. Tribune.