St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-09-19
MISCELLANEOUS,

MISCELLANEOUS.
"A dog supposed to be rabid gnawed
a plum tree in Georgia recently, and
the owner, being somewhat timid about
eating or selling the fruit, had it shaken
to the ground.
Seven hundred thousand quilts are
sent from Connecticut quilt manufac-
tory each year to warm the Southern
and Western States. Mexico, Canada,
the West Indies, and even the different
cities of the South American States
Hartford Post.
1t has been decided in Ohio that the
husband is the legal owner of his wife s
clothes. So absolutely is the power in
vested in the husband that one man,
who wished to deed his wife's clothes tc
her. could not legally make the transfer.
-CleUetand Leader.
In the largest library in the world,
in Paris, there is Chinese chart of the
heavens made about 600 years before
Christ. In this chart 1,46O stars ara
found to be correctly inserted, as cor
roborated by the scientists of the present
day.
Recently Government transport,
with full crew, many wounded soldiers
and valuable horses, was kept waiting
In Suez Harbor three full days for a
mule which somebody or other had pre-
sented to Queen Victoria, and without
which the ship had orders not to sail.
Two new type-wrlters have recently
been brought out in England. Each is
about eight inches square. and weighs
not to exceed six pounds. They can
be carried in a sachel. and are afforded
at so low price as to be within the
reach OF almost any person. Chicago
Times.
Boys. as rule, are nuisance, but
there is always something about our
own that makes them little superior
to others. They are of finer quality
of material, and the noise that they
make is not the harsh, and nerve-de-
stroying kind that other boys make
Burdete.
MIR. Sanford Pullen, of Oakland,
Me-. Lightweight years of age, has re-
sided on the farm in that town which is
now his home for eightY-four years, yet
he has lived in two States, three coun-
ties and three towns. That is. the
names of the State, county and town OF
his home have been changed that mum.
Der of times.-Boston Globe.
The only countries upon the globe
to which cholera has not been carried
are the islands of the South Pacific,
Australia, the Cape Of Good Hope. the
islands of the North Atlantic, and the
western coast of South America. These
countries are all separated from India
by a wide expanse of ocean, and have
no commercial intercourse with that
country.-N. Y. Herald.
The following admonitory notice
was recently published by a French
editor in his paper: THE wine mer-
chant who last week sold me bottle Of
lemonade favored with vitriol for a
bottle of champagne is requested to
send me within twenty-four hours q
bottle of genuine champagne, failing
which his name and address will be
made public The result was that he
forthwith received almost unlimited
contributions of first-class wine.
Some persons are apt to look upon
Mexico as half-civilized nation. Jour
nalism in that section varies from the
sensational work put into some Ameri-
can papers. A murder is briefly an.
nounced, with only the leading facts
and names, and with no artistic elabora.
ton of details. The taste of the Mexi.
can reader does not incline toward
crimes. Still less does he delight in the
miseries of unfortunate families. The
family circle is the last place the re-
porter invades. The rattle of the family
skeleton is rarely heard, and when it is,
truth is rarely lost sight of in an un.
seemly scramble to be the first to ex.
hibit it.-Phitadeiphia Press.
How many people," inquired a
Buffalo philosopher, "begin reading
their daily newspaper at the beginning?'
The question excited considerable dis
cussion. The result of comparison OF
ideas and experiences on the subject
was that quite as many people opened
their dailies and began at the middle of
the last page as there were readers who
started at the beginning of page. Said
participant in the discussion: IF you
observe dozen men who take up news
papers you will hardly find two who be-
gin to read at the same place. Go into
a restaurant. a hotel Office or club
room and make a few notes on the
methods of newspaper perusal. Buy.
fdl0 Courier.