The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-08-01
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above the sea is two thousand six hum
bred feet, and the average rainfall Is /
twenty inches. Chicago Herald.
1t is computed that seven hundred
and fifty thousand people go into Lon
don by rail every day to earn their
livelihood, and leave it and yet an acci-
dent rarely occurs.
The villa on the Island of Elba
which was occupied by Napoleon after |
his abdication in 1914, was recently |
purchased by the Jesuits, who intend
to convert it into college.
The oranges imported at New Y ork |
during 1884 were valued at about
81 800, 600 in total of $5,067, S5l or
green fruit received from abroad.
Lemons rank next to oranges, bananas
next, then cocoanuts, pineapples,
grapes and lines. The duty on tho
oranges and lemons amounted to $780,
SS2.-N Y. Tribune.
"A boy was recently before police
court in San Francisco on the charge
of having mahciously stabbed NUM-
Der of his playmates Upon investiga-
ton it was found that the promising
youth was in the habit of sticking
penknife into other children for the
fun of hearing them howl. His victims
numbered half-dozen or more.
April fool Jokes are not wholly a
bad thing, as Lawrence (Mass.),
man found, who lost on the street a
pocketbook containing forty-two dol
lars. Several passers-by winked know
ingly ut each other and carefully let it
alone, so that when the owner retraced
his steps half an hour later he found
it just where he had dropped it.'--Bos-
ton Herald.
There should be some uniformity
about the name of Aspinwall. The
native name is Colon (after Columbus),
but when it was made the eastern ter
minus of the Panama Railway 1t was
christened Aspinwall, in honor of the
eminent New York merchant of that
name. In Secretary Whitney's dispatch
to Admiral Jouett it is referred to by
both names. - Cleveland Leader.
Thomas johnson, of Adairsville,
has in his possession an old-fashioned
''skillet" which has been in use in his
family over one hundred years. His
grandmother, who lived near the battle
field of Guilford Courthouse, in North
Carolina, had the skillet in her house
when it was burned by the British In
1881. 1t has the marks of the burning
u Ion it to this day.--St. Louis Globe.
w Genuine Perique tobacco only
grows on ridge situated about one
mile from the Mississippi River, in st
James Parish, La, and that said ridge
is only about two miles wide and sever
miles in length. Tobacco will grow il
any part of the State, but it is on thi
patch only that the famous Perique i
cultivated The average crop is abou
seventy-fve thousand pounds. Chtcag
; Herald
-PostmasteE j. N. Sheldon, of Scio
, was taken deaf in April, 1874. Oh
April 2, 1884, as he was sitting in hi
, office, suddenly the song of canar.
/ bird and the conversation of people il
the room broke on his ear. His hear
ing had returned. A few days age
= while Mr.. Sheldon was talking to
; friend, his hearing suddenly left hir
again, and he is now as deaf as ever
1 Utica IN Y Herald.
Travellers in Dalmatia some yeal
) ago noticed large tracts of land COZ
= cred by wild flower, near which nj
v sign of insect life was visible. I'll
bloom was the pyrethrum, whose ode
n deals death to the lower forms OF lii
d and whose powdered leaves forms IL
Il basis of s'inseet powders. The see
of this flower has been distributed
l. the United States, and Dalmatian hi
a been growing it with great success
d Stockton, Cal.
is Thursday evening as No. l VI
is on the point of leaving the depot her
a Young man jumped off, and before
le young lady who stood there could 81
20 Jack Robinson" she was seized al
IT kissed by him, and the young man il
N mediately boarded the train and Il
II her to recover from her asto
ishment We have hesitated to pu
al fish this item, as we fear
81 that hereafter every time No.
comes the depot platform will
c. thronged with ladies. Wduerty {
v! ~ Free Press.
iy The frequent sinking of Flori
ng land and the disappearance OF lakes
that country is accounted for by
he Jasper Times in this way: The ST.
ne has a good many caves and subterri
S. can rivers. They are generally arch
ne over with rock, supported by huge re
pillars, but in some places veins
UP sand, varying in size, run through
III rock. During the wet seasons tn
he sand veins get filed with water, viii
ct, percolating through, sometimes eau
no the entire vein to fall through. WI
at the vein happens to be only few inc
or feet in diameter it is known a
tie natural well, but when 1t comprises
.he acre or two it Is called "sink."
lid "A trustee of the Providence Pu
am Library has gathered into scrapb
ler the adventures Of the boys who +
uld dime novels, and has made it his b
his ness to ask the boys one by one '
lad are interested in these stories to SIP
to an hour or two in reading, not the
o aginative story, but the way in wi
md the small boy has attempted to rea
ted how boys ought to live, and what
ought to be allowed to do. 1t is
aw that the dime novel boy usually r.
ian the scrapbook, which is rapidly
ted creasing in size as the fresh exploit
the the dime novel adventures are adde
ed, it, about two hours. He then lay
lad down in disgust, and nothing can
est duce him to return to those ste
-, oaain He asks the narsOn in oh,