St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-01
MISCELLANEOUS,

izeQ lOf the past year DIV fn1lauelpma
society. has left between two days, leav-
ing $4,000 of miscellaneous debts and
many bleeding hearts.-Phitadelptie
Press.
Sunlight has been put to odd u.s.
at Brussels. Falling on small shaft
the rays cause an upward draught OF
air which sets fan in motion, and that
in turn starts machinery that winds
clock.
Massachusetts added only 81 miles
fast wear to its previous 1878 miles OF
railway. This mileage is owned by 6S
corporations. whose aggregate stock is
over 1928. OOo. 900, and net debt nearly
$75. 900. 900. There are 80. 600 employees.
Boston Globe.
The Atlanta Constitution notes the
fact that 1.-The plain girl has mysterlously
disappeared from the columns OF con-
temporaneous journalism. Anew years
back it was a common thing to read OF
an accident happening to plain glri.
Such an item never appears IN PRINT
nowadays"
A correspondent in the Chicagt
Ncps suggests that the origin OF inc
slang. Takes the cake, may be founc
in Macaulay's criticism on Rooer'
Montgomery poems, in which he uses
the expression, Hold the pastry. IN
referring to the ..well-puffed fashion,
able novels" of that day.
In this State there are 76,313 more
females than males. How many of the
excess come under the late Governor
Andrews category of ''anxious and
aimless.'' we don't know. We are quite
sure Massachusetts, does not want tc
part with any of them-New BEDFORD
f.Nass.) Mercury.
In the course of a late pathological
dissertation, Captain Cavanaugh said
there were about two thousand people
in Buffalo who could speak the Irish
| language s7tfss.- Tie cid felix's have handed
| it down to the children. But though
so many can speak the ancient tongue,
there were not twenty-five in the city
who could read it.-Bntato Express.
DIR. Peter Burnett. of New York,
dropped dead the other day. He was
good sample of the average Amer
lean. At one time he was worth half a
million and had an annual practice of
twenty thousand dollars. He lost his
fortune in speculation. Then he made
it again and re-lost it on Brooklyn
CITY lot scheme. Once more he made
large fortune and then died poor
MANY. y Times.
An inquisitive American in England
askt d a member of the Prince OF Wales
household what the Prince read.
Nothing" was the answer. The
American was incredulous. but the En-
glishman went on to say that the Prince
never opened Il book or newspaper,
competent secretaries read everything
that the Prince should know and the
result is related to him in condensed
form.
The total annual consumption Of
| tea, it is now estimated. is 5000. OOO,0 OO
pounds: of coffee, 1000. 000. 600 pounds;
cocoa and chocolate. 1000. 900 pounds;
while similar drinks are used by less
civilized nations and tribes. 1t is the
favorite drink of Russia, Holland and
England. the last country annually inn
porting 100. 100000 pounds. or seven
pounds to each man, woman and child.
Boston Budget.
A Simple, Certain Way
Up and down his store he strobe
With sad and sorry face.
On his mind there lay load,
For no buyer ever showed
Himself within the place.
Then he found a simple way
To sell OF his large SUPPLIES,
And thus to make his business pay,
Now if you question him, he'll say
Il always advertise"
-Nem Haren Nems.
Libel laws bid fair to be bettered in
| japan at least Saws the San Francisco
| Chronicle, i'm its Yokohama notes: "a
| revision of the press law now in force
| is expected to be effected shortly. In
the present law the writer of any de-
| famatory note or article in a news
paper is punished, no matter whether
| his note or article is founded on fact or
not: but in the expected revision he
will be made punishable only when he
/ can not prove the truth of what he has
published. ;"
I'VE feel. SAYS an Illinois exchange,
..that an apology is due to Widow
Grimes. In our issue of last week we
stated that she had eloped with an
eirhteen-year-old man. The truth is
| she was thrown from an eight-year-old
mare which she was riding in lope.
and which slipped and fell. Mistakes
will happen in the best regulated news.
paper Offices, and we are confident that
when we state the item was sent over 9
telephone wire no other apology will
be needed. Chicago Tribune.
Speaking of superstitions writer
says the old notion that there is luck
in horseshoe finds support in one case
at least. When Maud 5. did her first
really fast mile in Cleveland in 2:1O4,
Captain Stone, of Cincinnati, who
owned her, pulled off her shoes and
stored them in his desk, and sold the
mare to Vanderbilt for 4 snug price.
He has been making money ever since,
! and capturing the best things of life.
The Captain kept only one Of the shoes.
He gave one to Mrs. Swain, and she
gave it to her larger brother. He
hadn't had it week before he was
| married to one of the most charming
ladies in New York. He has been pros
pering like green bay tree ever since
| N. T. Mail.
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