The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-12-19

he d like to see the sort of weather that
could beat him.
How to boom business:
No man can make his business boom
By grievous grumbling in the gloom,
But he who'd reap crop surprising
Must SOW the seed by advertising.
Nov, who will give us horsep"
writes the editor of the Pioneer (Fla.)
Eagle in an eloquent leader, acknowl-
edging the receipt from q few admir-
ing friends of cow and calf.
Among the ''curiosities of com.
merce," none perhaps is more curious
than that the major portion of the
produce exported from South Africa is
simply used for the adornment of la
dies.-M Y Tribune.
Gold table services are very rare,
especially in this country. Mrs. Cath
crime Aston possesses one, and others
are said to own them, but for obvious
reasons are unwilling to have the fact
widely known. Such a service costs
at least sixteen thousand dollars.-N
!. Sun,
"A lady from New York who was
OH board the steamer Ticonderoga, on
Lake George, at the time of the recent
accident was so agitated that she rushed
| up to the Captain, and, throwing her
asked him If there was telephone on
board.-Glens Falls Times.
There is actual proof that wood
can be charred by steam pipes, and by
the slow but long-continued action of
moderately-heated steam. Charcoal
thus formed is said to be liable to alb
sorb oxygen suddenly, and break out
into spontaneous combustion. 1t is
wisdom to have an eye upon the sur
roundings of the steam register.-Phit-
adelphiG Press.
1t seems from the reports which
are constantly being received that this
solid ground on which we live is but
crust of mineral matter inclosing a
stupendous volume of gas. The nat
ural gas which is being so extensively
and practically used in parts of Penn
sylvania is no longer considered won
der, for gas is being 'struck" in all
parts of the country. Chtcdgo Inter-
Ocean,
An outdoor Carnival of Litera.
ture'' was recently held in one of the
Southern States Those who attended
| WCI6 GAUCCUCA W COLlb UESShtl W IGI-
resent some standard book or depart
ment of literature. During the even
ing tramp shuffled inte, the gayly-
dressed assemblage, and when an at
tempt was made to hustle him out he
vigorously resisted, declaring that he
represented Summer Idle" He
was allowed to stay. = Chicago journal.
The total energy stored up in gun
powder is about three hundred
and forty thousand kilogramme-
metres per kilogramme of powder, or,
in English measure, little under five
hundred foot-tons per pound of pow
der. The potential energy of one
pound of gunpowder is as nearly as
possible one-tenth of that of one
pound of coal, and one-fortieth of that
Of one pound of hydrogen. 1t is not
even equal to the energy stored up in
the carbon which forms one Of its own
constituents.
"A gentleman stopping at the Kill
kenny Hotel, Tramore, Ireland, got
out of bed between two and three
o'clock the other morning while in q
state of somnambulism, and lighted a
candle, after which he opened and
dropped out of the window Of his room
into the road, falling some eighteen
minutes as If stunned, he proceeded to
the police station of the town, and de-
manded admittance. 1t is stated that
he was greatly embarrassed when re-
stored to consciousness.
When Vestryman Green bowed bis
head to read the responses of the litany
last Sunday he was very drowsy in
deed, and he had repeated Lord have
mercy upon us miserable Sinners but
three times when he fell asleep. His
wife nudged him with her parasol with
out success. When the preacher
reached, "And now seventeentbly. my
beloved brethren" Vestryman Green
awoke, and being unconscious of the
lapse of time responded in sonorous
and fervent voice: Lord have mercy
upon us miserable sinners. IN y
Times
4-0 course, on such a bright morn
ing she couldn't resist calling arouut
to see how many Of her friends bas
returned from vacation. why. Ciee
ly, dear" she exclaimed $50 Won, too
have returnedp'' ..Ye-es, II-tha
is, l haven't been away. :" lsBut yos
have beautiful tan on your complies
ion." "Oh. yes. That cost me twsn
ty-five cents, while aVaeation Wonls
have cost hundred and twenty-ilvi
dollars. III have anew CLOAK this fall
and you'll have 10 fx up your Of,
one" It was cool tncugh to put th
cloaks on immDa lafal Hartford Post
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