St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-02-28
MISCELLANEOUS.

4 large rug of seal fur, a relic of her
husbands Arctic life. = Ptiladelnhia
Press. '''''
.-Girl grape-pickers in the Californi:.
vineyards are tempting Providence by
putting their names and addresses in
the boxes which are shipped East. Their
idea is doubles, to catch a husband.
San Francisco Chronicle,
Women in Paraguay have exsctl,
the same rights as men. They farm,
manufacture, buy, sell. and, in fact. dc
all the work. Paraguay has popula-
ton OF 100000, of which 10000 are
women and $4,000 are men.
The Portland Oregonian saws: "The
vote Of Washington Territory was about
$4,000. of which number the women
contributed perhaps one-third. It was
found mistake to say that women
would not vote. Very few omitted to
do SOL
A lecturer said to a BOSTON audi
ence that he twas surprised to observe
that New Englanders were rapidly
rapidly growing obese;" and he was
still more surprised the next morning to
md that the reporters made him say
that ''New Englanders were rapidly be.
coming old beasts.-N. Y. Ledger.
Hon. Frederick T. Frelinghuysen,
United States Secretary of State, has
been elected President of the American
Bible Society, in the place of the late S.
Wells Williams, LID. Mr.. Freling-
huysen is the nephew and adopted son
of former president of the society,
Hon. Theodore Frelinghuysen. He is q
member of the Reformed Church.
In the year 1884 theatrical mana
gers were arbitrary. A theatrical pla-
card contained the decree: 1--WE hereby
command for the comfort of the public
that persons occupying the first row of
seats have to lie down, the second to
kneel, the third to sit and the fourth to
stand" More advice said: THE public
is forbidden to laugh. because the play
is tragedy"
Colonization schemes are cropping
out. As during the last industrial de-
preston, so during the present will
large numbers be driven out from
manufacturing centers. A New Jersey
company has purchased 1000 acres of
land in Florida, and saw-mills are being
erected. The best machinery is being
contracted for. Laborers are wanted
who can put iii few hundred dollars.
N Y Sun.
Probably the largest real estate
transaction ever brought about by a
club was the purchase of their grounds
by the Boston Baseball Club, at a cost
of over 100000. They were obliged to
either purchase or allow the grounds to
be sold at auction in lots. 1t is gener-
ally considered to have been an excellent
investment. The Boston and Providence
Railroad desired to secure portion of
the property for turn-outs, ETC.. but
were unsuccessful.
determination of the wolf notis
considered possible on the continent of
Europe. Many neighborhoods have
been cleared at one time or another, but
after some years of quiet it is found that
the wolves have gathered from all
quarters. There is, in fact, a steady
migration of the brute from Siberia upon
Europe. Asiatic species are constantly
identified in the Vosges and in the
pyrenees. The eradication of this
plague must be begun in China.
A scientific journal reports that a
composition of sand. cork and lime,
nodded into blocks, is now on trial in
Germany for building light partitions.
1t is said to have the advantage of ex-
Guiding sound better than ordinary
brickwork, while being light and good
non-conductor. But a composition of
hardwood sawdust applied on lath like
common plaster, is cheaper than the
German method of constructing parti-
tons, is much lighter, and has other
desirable qualities.
The aggregate length of submarine
cables in existence is no less than &c, 600
geographical miles. or nearly three
times as much as the circumference of
the earth. Each of these cables con-
sis;s on an average. of forty wires, core
and Jacket together; therefore it may
be said that the length of iron and cop
per wire by which telegraphic commu-
nications are carried on at the bottom
of the sea is no less than 25,OOO,0 600
miles, or ten times the distance of the
earth from the moon.-Progressire Age.
Last week DR.. johnson, who was
stopping in Vienna with a drove of
mules, had pistol stolen from his room
at the hotel, and the evidence against
the colored porter as being the thief
was so strong that he was forced to
his guilt He was given
the choice of standing trial or taking
hundred lashes on his barred back, put
on with drover's whip. He preferred
the whip and got it. The doctor being
a nonresident of Dooly he did not be-
lieve in imposing upon her people the
expense of trial.-Dooly (Ga.J Vindi-
Gator.
The new Schuylkill Valley Railroad
in Pennsylvania is remarkable for the
number and costliness of its bridges.
Besides thirteen large iron structures it
has many others which span small
streams and ravines. The largest bridge,
that at Manayunk, is l, 400 feet in length.
has five spans with plate girders and
stands eighty-five feet above the level Of
the water. The bridge over the Union
canal at Reading is 700 feet in length, |
with a through truss. In addition to |
he expense Of the various bridges is
hat of the tunnel near PhGnixville.
which. with its approaches. was formed
,ut of the solid rock. The tunnel is
800 feet long by "a feet wide.-Rsss- ,