The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-11-14
OF GENERAL INTEREST.


Lightning struck Chnaman in
Montana and changed his complexion
from yellow to black. -DeRCer Tribune.
The Governor of Massachusetts
gets salary of five thousand dollars a
year, and the Mayor of Boston ten
thousand dollars. = Boston Post.
The cigar tester in the New York
Custom House says that simple way
to ease heartburn from smoking is to
touch some of the ashes to the tongue.
How many women know that in
the revised version, Psalm lviii. IL,
reads: THE Lord giveth the word:
The women that publish the tidings are
great host!''
The writer and the schoolmaster
might find it advantageous to go to
Abyssinia hand and hand, as the pres
ent literature of the country consists of
only one hundred volumes. Current.
When man offers to sell chickens
for ten cents each in Southwest Geor-
gia he is suspected of theft. When
man asks more than that in Northwest
Georgia he is suspected of lunacy.-
augusta (Ga,) Chronicle.
Over seven thousand cigars were
found by revenue officers aboard a
steamer which arrived in New York a
few days ago The cigars were found
in the ice-boxes, the water tanks, under
the coal and other out-of-the-way
places.-N Y Tribune.
"A philosophic farmer in New Jer-
sey says "there amt no cause for q
deal of frettin' in the world 1t always
evens up about so. When the grass is
thin, the winter is open, SO that when
the hay crop is poor we don't need
nigh so much tirewood."
"A lady living in Naugatuck, Mass,
while looking over the old family Bible
recently, found an old Colonial six
: pound note, dated 1853, The note was
good for seventeen ounces ten penny
weights of silver IN New Jersey. On
one side was printed: ITO counfeit
this is death. H--BoS,on Journal.
"A prominent Mexican says that
Mexico owes less per capita than any
other nation on the globe-only about
Sly per head In this country Gov
eminent officials are paid monthly; in
Mexico, every fifteen days, and the
, Treasury is behind now only one and
one-half payments, or three weeks.
/, The Atlanta (Ga) Constitution
says: 1.-The first coffee ever produced
: in the United States was grown by
: Madame Atzeroth, near Manatee, Fla.
in 1880. Madame is now seyenty-eigh
years old. She has twenty-five coffee
trees on her plantation, and has sue
cessfully demonstrated the fact tina
Il under proper culture coffee may be
made to flourish in the latitude o
$ Florida.
s "A Texas man, already aware tina
Q his boy was dull of apprehension, OBJ
: served during heavy shower that thu
!. youngster actually did not know
enough to come in when it rained
L Much impressed with the result of thi
IS proverbial test he applied to the cour
r to have the little fellow adiudged i'd
"a otto and committed to an asylum. tn,
\ motion was denied, however, no othe
y evidence being presented to sustain it
y Chicago Times.
IT "A scientist states as net result o
v a number of observations that there !
a. an exhileration of the pulse rate and
ii slight elevating of temperature fron
le smoking. If the average temperatur
ia of non-smokers were represented b
h one thousand, that of moderate smoR
"a ers would be one thousand and eight
n while the heart in the former cas-
rs was making one thousand pulsation'
IL in the latter it would beat one thousan
Is one hundred and eighty times. Henc
a the harm of tobacco smoking. -PhttC
he delphia Press.
an Timber depredations on public dc
ly main are still carried on, with littl
4. M ST ba n1tp f tbn inf hnTiting 4
i'm check them. Among others the Chimes
ne cutting immense quantities of sugar
, I pine on Government land The tree
NO are cut by them to be made int
d. ''shooks." and if their grain is not pc
to fectly straight the trees are abandone
ID, and other trees cut down. BY tn
Id method great quantities of trees al
er, felled and spoiled for any purpose.
,ys San francisco Chronicle.
lid Ambrose Chapman, Waterbul
Try farmer, has discovered one way to Xxi
no snakes which has heretofore been u
cid known. He has for many years bee
'ur sheep raiser on the hills of Walcot
pc and he says that his sheep have nov
nd method of destroying their enemy, Il
rry rattlesnake. AS soon as one of Il
nd reptiles approaches Hook OF she'
lad they quickly but quietly form in a lii
eet and walk round and round the snak
ave breathing upon it as they pass, until
lille becomes stupefied and finally dies. NJ
me Chapman insists that he has seen t
tile operation performed by his sheep
us number of times, and always with ST
hat cess. Hartford Post.
r 1t Ten years ago. when Clarence
Posley, West Point graduate, MARI
the daughter of DIR. Sterling, N
York millionaire, his wedding prest
'ur. from his father-in-law was packa
ny. containing 100000 in United Sta
ors' bonds. The young people went aW
Gu on a wedding journey and left
ion money with the .doner, where it
tic ever since remained, they drawing
les, interest. DIR. Sterling died last j
re- uary, and his will leaves all his pr
not erty to the daughter, but does
1al, mention the 800 600, given to the S
'om in-law, and at his wife's suggest
the Mr. Posley began friendly suit to
rds, cover the money, which was deci;
lper in his favor by New York Judge
y. Herald.