The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-06-20
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

publishes two columns of names of
American women who have married
foreign titles.
An Andersonville (Ga) physician
boasts of having watch two hundred
and thirteen years old and a clock
over one hundred and fifty years old,
both running and keeping good time.
An Oregon citizen, although hurled
one hundred feet over q precipice by
an avalanche and buried in ten feet of
snow, succeeded in digging himself out
in an exhausted but uninjured condi-
ton.
In New York the other night
man was knocked down by cab and
one of his legs run over, but he quickly
relieved the anxiety of the bystanders
by explaining that the fractured leg
was wooden one.
For ten Americans who visited
Europe fifty years ago, athousand have
done so within the last ten years. In
the early days Americans went, In the
main, for instruction; now they go for
styles sake, and come back with snob-
bish notions of their increased import
ance.-N. Y. Tribune.
The following order for block Of
teeth has been received by dentist of
Triangle, New York: "My mouth is
three inches acrost, five-eighths inch
through the jaw; some humocky on the
edge; shaped like horseshoe, toe for
ward. If you want me to be more par
tik lar, shell hav to cum thar. Yours
truly, -."-Bu6alo Express.
"A singular hole has been discovered
in the solid granite lodge on Star Is
land, Isle of Shoals. 1t is five feet six
inches deep and two feet three inches
in diameter, and perfectly circular 1t
is situated just above high water mark,
and when discovered was packed full
pebbles and gravel. 1t has been chris
tened "Neptune's Punch Bowl"
"A popularity of some of the Paris
papers is that they rent out the iinap-
cial column by the year to any person
who desires it and will pay handsomely
for the privilege. A well known bank
ing house is said to pay the Figaro one
hundred and sixty thousand francs a
year for the use of their financial col
umn, and puts in whatever it pleases.
1t has ten years contract.
There is said to be no living thing
that will compare with the common
flea in strength and agility. A flea,
one-siXteenth of an inch in length, can
! jump distance of twenty inches. This
is three hundred and twenty times his
length. If we should require six
foot man to jump three hundred and
twenty times his length, he would be
obliged to land one thousand nine hun
dred and twenty feet from where he
left the ground.
One of the most curious cases on
record is that of man in Memphis
who can't live without noise. Silence
nearly dement's him. His mania at
one time was rather expensive, as he
was constantly travelling on steam
boats, going into sawmills, visiting
boiler repairing shops and the like.
But his friends will be pleased to hear
that he is on the point of getting mar
ried, and will stay at home from now
on.--Memphis Tenn. AUalanche.
Steamers going through the Suez
Canal must stop wherever the pilot
/ gives the word, and when the sun has
gone down, no matter where the YES
sci is, whether at Station or not, il
must tie up at the bank. There is no
risk in this, as no other steamer will
attempt to go on after shutdown. The
pilots are fine set of men, of different
nations, English, French, Greek, Ital.
ian, etc. They dress in a simple uni.
form, something like naval officers in
undress.
The Chinese take their history back
to the time of Noah. The Empire ha,
borne in its time many names, for il
was a custom when a new dynasty
assembled the throne to give another
name to the empire, as Hai-que, Chum
| que, Han-que, etc, according to the
name of the ruling monarch. The
true name is said to be Chumque, "tht
center kingdom of the world Thii
term was by usage corrupted to Chin
! que, and from this word the Portuguese
gave it the name of China.
The Spanish masters of Cubs
maintain an iron rule. Every man, il
is said, who expresses sentiment moi
strictly loyal to the Spanish authority
is arrested and imprisoned. Con.
spiracy is punished by dungeon con.
finement or death, and this practice
has gone very far to encourage people
not to talk politics. OF frequent notice
in cafes and other public places is a
conspicuous placard bearing the sig
nificant legend: "Please do not talk
politics here" and whenever you meet
him, whether at home or abroad, the
prudent Cuban, if he value his life OF
liberty, or is possessed of confiscatible
property, keeps his political opinions
to himself
"A railroad company ran two cars
between Memphis and Covington, one
of them for white persons and the
other for negroes. The one assigned
to blacks was practically the smoking
car, to which the blacks and whites
were alike in the habit of resorting for
smoking and drinking Ida Wells, a
colored teacher, took her seat in the
white car and was forcibly removed.
She sued the company and the court
held that she was wrongfully elected,
because she was refused the first-class
accommodations for which she had
paid in the purchase of her ticket, and
to which she was entitled under the
law. The jury gave her judgment to
the amount OF five hundred dollars. 49,