St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-29
MISCELLANEOUS,

Over Twenty-Five million Holsters
were captured and canned on Prince
Edward Island last year.
A Chinaman who was asked il he
liked the people of California, said: Il
like the Americans; not many Ameri-
cans here. mostly something else.
Americans good men,"
When the West Shore railroad was
being built one of the workmen had
two fine st. Bernard dogs, which he
kept at a shanty at Pegs Point, near
Observation-Disclosures. He went
away unexpectedly in 1881, and never
returned. The dogs remained. and
now there is quite large pack of them.
They are fine, large fellows, very shv
but savage, and are known all along
the river as the ''Wild Dogs of Pegs
Point.-N Y Sun.
The United States is the only coun-
try in which women may be regularly
educated for medical careers. OF their
advantages i'm this country women have
made good use. The proportion Of
men TO women in the medical profess
sion, is th!rty-five to one. There ale
now $500 women holding first-class
diplomas from duly Incorporated medi-
cal colleges. This is what has been
accomplished since 1S50.-N r. En-
Gniiner.
1t is a curious thing that, generally
speaking. those who are least fitted to
stand exposure take the greatest risks
i'm that direction. Who wear the thin
nest shoes and oftenest complain OF
wet, cold feeta Men or women? 1t is
always better to err on the safe side
and to act upon the maxim that pre-
vention is better than cure. Preven-
ton is always practicable. but cure 10
frequently impossible. In too many
cases wisdom comes too late to be of
any benefit. Montreal Witness.
During the year 1885 we expended
nearly S47 900, 900 for about sos, OOO.-
coo pounds of coffee. In 1884 our cof-
fee bill was about $50. 900, 900. we re-
ceiving therefor about $50. 900. 900
pounds. From this showing it would
appear that coffee to the people of the
United States is no longer luxury but
a necessary of life, and very generally
used. while the people of Great Britain
spend nearly four times as much for
tea as for coffee. With us the proper
tions are revcrsed.-Chrtstian Union.
-Agen;ieman writing IRONY okohama
says: The Japanese have acquired
such passion for being tattoocd that
a law has been passed forbidding the
marking of natives. The law does not
apply to foreigners. 1t is quite the
thing now to be tattooed, and elabor-
ate designs are traced on many travel
ers as an indelible "reminiscences OF
their sojourn in the East. The sons OF
years ago, were tattoocd, and several
Russian dukes and sprigs of nobility
have undergone the process.
Charles Girard, chemist of Paris,
recently amused himself by in
vestigation of the ingredients Of beau
tiful red currant jelly charmingly put
up for export to the United States.
There was not an atom of fruit in the
mass, as was demonstrated by the add
ing to it of methylated alcohol, which
would have turned it green had it con-
tanned any fruit acid. 1t was found to
consist of gelatine, sweetened with
glycerinc residue. colored with pichsine
"a poisonous mineral extract). and
favored with no one knows what A
great many people in this country i'm
agine no currant jelly so good as that
which is imported from France.
The hero of the Oregon seems to
have been a little sailor named Jack" |
When the stokcrs made their rush for /
the boats he clapped one of them over
the head with spike and held them all |
back till he got assistance. When the |
baby fell overheard Jack jumped into |
the water and saved her. He dived |
down several times to help stop the
leak by choking up the hole with mat
resses. He was down so long one time
that everybody gave him up for lost.
He got his legs badly cut by the edges |
N. Y Tribune.
A correspondent writes that in
North Carolina there is mountain
very closely resembling the
Sphinx. 1t is called the pilot Knob"
and is in Surrey County. in the north
western part Of the State, just east of
the Blue Ridge; its position prone on
the Piedmont plain. like gigantic lion;
its body at right angles to the precipi-
tons ridge. and with head reared aloft,
rs if in the act of rising. The head is
Of solid rock several hundred feet in
height. The shoulders and breast are
finely proportional, and at the distance
Of few miles it looks like thing of
life and intelligence. 1t rises about
fifteen hundred feet above the plain. 1t
Is seen at the distance of fifty miles.
out as Yet no railroad approaches it
nearer than twelty mles.- IEashiag-
on Star.