The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-09-19


is to smoke Il. suColur has nothing to
do with it, Chicago Herald.
AS q rule not more than one letter.
out of twenty written to the President
reaches Its destinations Washington
Post
About one acre in q hundred OF
The arable land in the countryis oeeu-
pied by zigzag fences. = ashcstle Amer !
lean.
The Vermont State Prison con-
tains six persons serving life sentences
for murder and three serving ten,
twelve, and eighteen year sentences
for manslaughter. eh M
People Of violent temper, says
barber, have close, growing hair.
Coarse hair denotes ohstinacy, while
fine hair indicates refinement, and peO-
pile whose hair is harsh have amiable
but cold natures. - Philadelphia Press.
1T having been brought to the no.
tice of a tramp who was mentally en-
feebled that there were authenticated
instances Of weakness of the mind hav-
ing been cured by work, he smiled
idiotcally and inquired: "Who wants
to be curedp"-N. Y. Mail.
"A plant called by the Mexicans
gonagra, indigenous to the deserts and
uplands of Arizona, has been found to
possess superior tanning qualities and
is coming into extensive use for that
purpose. 1t is an annual growth and
has a root resembling beet.
Many a mistaken marriage and
- v.nnIluaa ord =, frf,r1 diunrOr
would be prevented, even among peo-
pie who have no real respect for relig-
ion, if the ministers of every denOmi-
nation would not only teach but act
upon the scriptural doctrine. -AItoona
(Pa.) Tribune. "
A twelve cent table d'hote dinner
supplied by a New York caterer con-
sists of soup, fish, one kind of meat to
be selected by the diner, with salad,
chow-ohow, coffee, DESSERT and plenty
of bread and butter. And the caterer
prospers with an average profit of forty
dollars per week. Y. Herald.
A patriotic Philadelphian sent to
the New York Worlds pedestal fund
the other day the handsome sum of one
hundred dollars, and with a modesty
equaled only by his munificence de-
clined to give his own name as the
donor, but desired that the contrihu-
ton should be credited to General
Grant, Philadelphia Times.
Whale shooting is growing bust
ness on the Maine coast. Several
steamers are engaged in the business,
another trying factory is to be built,
and the success which has attended the
operations thus far warrants the belief
that whale hunting will eventually be-
come one of the Important industries
of the State. Boston Herald.
-Delimit and delimitation are new
words to American readers. Webster
doesn't have them, and in the first part
of Worcester both words are marked
as rare Stormonth's English Die.
tionary defines delmitation: "The
boundary-line of a country; the fixing
the boundaries of a country, or coun-
tries, especially when Encouragement
of territory is to be effected. -LouiSviiLc
Courier-JOUrndI. ~ Ut
"A man talks to an assessor one
way and to a mercantile agency an
other. With the latter he wants to pul
his possessions at n value as high AZ
possible to get commercial standing
with the former he values them as low
as possible to escape taxation. HI
does not think that the mercantile
agencies verify his reports to them by
the amount he returns for taxation
Indianapolis Journal.
"A writer has been estimating what
it costs each individual for necessary
food of sufficient variety per day and
| year; and also the value of the tota
amount of food upon which the people
of the United States subsist for thai
time. He makes it $4,340, 900, 900 an
nually for the whole people, and fol
each individual 1861 per year; ant
only twenty-five cents and eight mill
per day for each person.--Detroit Post
"A recent visitor at Sanborn, d. IT,
was surprised to find thata cowboy
there was bright young miss Of thir
teen years. All last season she herdet
alone over fifty cattle, riding pc
Indian pony. At eight o'clock ever,
morning she jumps astride of the bare
back animal, drives the herd to tn
prairie and watches them all day. Sh
takes her books and spends her leisur
hours in reading and study. ChtcoQ
Times.
"A South Carolinian tells strang
story in natural history. While Gu
, hunting he killed the mother of som
, young squirrels and secured four of Oh
/ little ones unhurt. He carried ther
! home and gave them to a cat that ha
/ lost her kittens. She took chargs /
) them, and became exceedingly fond {
! them, and now they are frisky lit
, fellows running everywhere and gros
/ ing finely. They seem to like the
. 0tep-mother. . ~.
1T lis pity some of the poor pc,
0 pie on either side of the Atlantic ca
. not have the vast quantities of me-
annually thrown overheard from Ocea
vessels. From report Just issued
I the British Agricultural Department.
: appears that during 1884, of live al
mails imported from Canada, 65S CO
Q tie, Ito sheep and one pig I'VE
t thrown overheard, and 81 cattle hai
+ 1924 sheep landed dead. OF those il
o ported from the United Statesel,5
n cattle and S57 sheep were thrown oyt
: board. and 50 cattle and go she
: landed dead, or total loss Of as
Il animals, IN. y. Tribune : -