St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-10-30
MISCELLANEOUS.


without irrigation.
in a museum In an Arizona town
arr preserved the heads of seventeen
| Apaches.
A yearling colt in Turnberry, Can,
was walking into its stable when
it suddenly jcrked itself back. catching
| its head between the door and the
/ lamb. where it struggled until it dis.
! located its neck.
In using the ragged-edgc writing
paper. which is now .'the thing" large
! envelopes must be used to b. In tho
fashion. sealed with sealing-wax. On
| the paper must be the writer's initials
in raised gold or silver and in fac smile
OF the writer's handwriting.
The late Sir John Anderson in.
vented for the British Governmen,
machinery which reduced the cost OF
making bullets from Sl.s5 to IL cents
| per 1000. and of bayonets from Sl.S7
i t. 62 cents each, but never made any,
thing out of it beyond his salary OF
$1,000 year.
Some one has discovered that one
side of the body tends to outwalk the
other; with the eyes shut person in
variably walks 10 the right. If this be
| true it mi ght be a good thing for bank
cashiers to always keep their eyes shut
But it is Away. we'll for the directors
to keep their eyes open.-Shoe and
Leather Reporter.
A little boy playing in an old log
hou c at Richwoods, Mo-, lost 3 marble
through the floor and crawled under
the house to get it. He found there q
tin pail full of gold and silver coin.
The amount proved to be $1,000. It
WAS the property of an old gentleman
of the place, who had hidden it there
in 1864 and afterward, not finding il
readily. thought it had been stolen.
1t is easy enough to have water
melons of any flavor you choose. All
Won have to do is to have watermelon
patch. and before the melon ripens,
cut slit in the stem and pour in drop
or two of your favOrite flavor every
M rning. This receipt is given b. a
Georgia man who has tried it and is
now luxur.aiing in lemon. vanilla,
pineapple and strawberry melons.
"A Brooklyn policeman has been
presented with \ new club. which he
does not dare to carry. 1t was meant
for use among the gangs. As he
twirlcd it at the end of the leather
thong it was neat looking stick, not
easily distinguished from the ordinary
club. but if a tough took hold Of it to
wrest it away, four short, sharp, two.
edged knife blades could BE- thrown out
on four sides OF the club.
A man named Goring, who lived
al Kingston. N. j., was working in a
cornfel when he scratched his arm
against cornstalk. He paid no atten-
ton to his wound until his arm began
10 swell. and then he called in a phy-
stefan. who, however, could do nothing
to alleviate Goring's sutferings. The
man. who was large, strong and in
good health before, died in horrible
agony.
All White. Chinaman, of Van
couver, b. C., was considerably sur
prised. recently. when, after going
around to several legal gentlemen, he
was told that he could not secure a war
rant for the arrest of another China
man named Jongs Lee, who had agreed
to sell him Chinese female and had,
after receiving part payment of the
money. refused to carry out his con-
tract.
A wcak-minded youth of North
cumberland, Can, was recently told
that his grave was in cemetery near
the town. He visited the place and,
O. h., a. -
Fred" he concluded that that meant
him, and began opening the grave to
extlicatc his body. A policeman dis
covered him in the act and took him to
jail. where he was kept until the proper
authorities sent him to an asylum.
The Philadelphia Record says.
"Twenty-five years ago there was prob
ably not a woman in Philadelphia
worth S5O0,OOO, and even a man mil
lionaire was curiosity. NOWADAYS
estates footing up $l,OOO.OO and more
ale being settled up almost every week
or two, and the list of women who own
is by no means insignificant"
This simply measures the growth in
prosperity of all American cities
The sheriff at New Castle, Pa, re.
Gently left the door of the Jail open and
a prisoner escaped. He then offered
one of the remaining prisoners five
dollars if he would capture the fugitive.
The criminal gave chase, but failed to
capture the man, and. strange to re-
late, returned to his prison quarters.
He could easily have escaped, but he
chose to serve out the remainder of his
term. only eight days, rather than
undergo the fatigue of IN exciting
flight.
The Sdnitaridn relates q case in
which rat had died under the floor of
A large drawing-room and was giving
great offence to the owner Of the house,
who had had the carpets and furniture
preparatory to taking up the
1oor. An ingenious friend drops in,
suggests that the doors and windows
be shut, steps out to the stable and
.raps a couple of blue-bottlc flies, and
returning, sets them free in the apart.
nent. The flies, after little unde-
ermined buzzing, settle pertinaciously
IN certain crack in the floor, and on
he removal of one plank at this point
he cause of offence was readily re.
moved.
The frost bell is doubtless the means
# saving many tons Of grapes in the
northern portions of California, where
he frost sometimes does so much dam
ge. 1t consists of wire running from |
lifferent parts of the vineyard to the
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