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

| Hot water at the depth OF elgnt |
hundred feet has been discovered in
an artesian well at Sierra Valley, Cal |
Fifteen hundred telephone instru-
ments in Buffalo, N. Y, are supplied
with electricity made by the water
power of Niagara Falls.
Gin building the main drainage
works in Boston $4,000. 100000 bricks
and $50, 600 casks Of cement were used,
The total cost of these works was
So, 213,00
1t is estimated that New Workers
mer recreation every year. OF this,
81, 900, 900 goes to Newport and another
100000 to Long Branch.
England does one-third of the
banking business of the world. The
Bank of England holds one-seventeenth
of all the deposits of Great Britain.
The total amount held is, in round
numbers, 1927, 000, 100000.
"A report of baseball game says:
"Larkins knocked Fulton, the new
pitcher, all over the field This must
have been an agreeable change for the
umpire. 1t is a long lane that has no
turn in it.-M Y. Independent.
Over two thousand business men
in New York City have been swindled
by map-publisher who went around
gathering up five dollar bills and prom
ising to insert pictures of business
houses in a map which was never is
sued.
Big tassels were put by Memphis
woman on the ears of her horse, and
broad ribbon bow on his tail, in order
to decorate him to her satisfaction for
equestrian use; but he liked the adorn-
ments so little that he ran away and
threw her of. nearly killing her.
One of the best colored BARRIERS in
PHILADELPHIA is said to be q oolarad
woman who works in her husbanu's
shop. She is an octoroon, with large
black ewes, and she has pleasant
smile for all her customers She keeps
her razors in the very best condition
4 and has many regular customers
THE worthlessness of the murdered
man was nhe only plea made ny 9 wy
oming lawyef<in defense OF his client,
who had deliberately shot bar-room
bully for merely annoying him, Inc
/, Judge said that the argument was UNI
sound in law, but the jury let u lustiy'
TO their minds, verdict oftacqulttai'
"A iot for the thousands who sci
and the thousands who buy thd taori'
, mentioned herewith appears; 'Salpac'
goats have been discovered inNA ASH
Minor whose hair excels that ON TN
South American alpaca, and q Vter.
silky, soft alpaca fabric results fro Y
} its manufacture. H. Philadelphia Press
/ A Vancouver schoolma'am visited
Portland, Oregon, some time since to
have some dental work done. She
{ acted so queerly after taking some
: chloroform that she was accused of
, being insane, and was held in coniine-
ment for a considerable period as a
( lunatc, until she could prove the facts
) in the case
, "A few days ago Mrs. j. w. Mad
: dox, of Wilkes County, Georgia, found
3 silver thimble in the gizzard of a
i frying sized chicken. The thimble was
9 as bright as when in came from the
s ieweler The chicken seemed to suf-
fer no inconvenience. and was as game
1 as if it had nothing but grit and plenty
: of it in its gizzard.
u There was submitted to the Com
Il missioner of Indian Affairs request
: from q Kiowa Indian studying at Lin,
e coin University, Pennsylvania, to be
Q admitted to citizenship. He was in
Q formed in reply that it could be done
4 only by some act of the general Gov.
{ eminent. The fact that Indians are
a born in the country does not make
them citizens.
:, "A new food fraud has recently beer
4 detected by French chemist. On ex
: aiming a sample of preserved to-
n mato, he found that it contained but
e little of that vegetable, the remainde
r being chiefly composed of carrots ant
= pumpkins, colored with some analin
~ dye We should think it would b.
quite as cheap to put up the genuine al
4. ticle.-M. Y. Examiner.
The phrase "a wheel within
Wheel undoubtedly had its origin i
the Bible. In Eek. |. 16 we find tn
expression, "a wheel in the middle of
20 wheel" The revisers of the Bibl
g have adopted the popular phrase g
~ wheel within Wheel" whether as
as more correct transcript of the origins
=. or in Difference to the common phras
. is known only to themselves.
.. For years Americans have been
ar tne naDlG Wnen durOau Oh DuyIHR sun
n of clothes, thereby saving from ten I
rs forty per cent. Now, it is said, tf
a. importation to New York of Englisl
d. made suits on private orders is bi
Of business. The clothes are delivered I
10 the door of the purchaser. who is pr
v TO no trouble at the custom house, an
u the price is generally two-thirds thi
to charged by American tailors A
q agent takes the measure, and satisfa
an ton is guaranteed Boston transcript
he -"Sing Song of Sixpence" is
nd old as the sixteenth century. "Thr'
on Blind Mice is found in a music boo
an dated 1909. 1.-THE Frog and Il
* Mouse" was licensed in 1880. ''Thr
er Children Sliding on the Ice dat
of from 1888 "London Bridge is Brokl
Of Down is of unfathomed antiquit
Girls and Boys Come out to Play
is certainly old as the reign of Charl
zee H.; as is also Lucy Locket Lost b
tn Pocket to the tune of which t
I'D American song of Yankee Doodl
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