St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-10-09
MISCELLANEOUS.


the air.
1t is stated that the citizens of Tue
son, A. L.. have passed more resolu-
tions during the last twenty years than
all the cities in the United States have
done. and got less benefit from the
same.
-Mangum has been selected as the
county seat of Greer County, Tex, the
county which has been the subject of
SO mu'h interest of late, because of the
attempt of several persons to have it
declared Government land and opened
to settlers.
The common milk-wced may be-
come a profitable staple, as thread is
now made from its blossom that has
the tenacity of imported flax or linen
thread. The fiber is long and easily
carded and spun and has the smooth
ness and luster of sill. y Mail.
A big irrigation enterprise is
mooted i'm the vicinity OF Oroville, Cal,
involving the diversion of one-third OF
the water of Feather river. 1t is pro-
posed. to commence with, to irrigate
and render productive thirty thousand
acres of land. now dry and worthlessin
the vicinity of the foothills.
Probably the largest rock in the
known world is the south dome of the
Yosemite, which rears itself, 4 solid
rocky leaf, six thousand feet above the
ground, a sheer precipice over mile
i'm height. No man ever trod the top
of this dome until last year: then, how
ever. after thousands of dollars had
been expended. several persons found
their way to the cop.
When a word is taken from some
other language and cmbalmed in tn,
English tongue the original spelling is
preserved, though the pronunciation
may be altered. 1t is different with the
French. with whom becfsteak becomes
..biftek." and roast beef '.rosbif. The
letter C in pocket is dropped or rather
transferred to poker Uhe g:ame), the
words looking odd when they appear
respectively as pocket and ''pocker."
Chicago Herald.
In weight the salmon of the Cana
and twenty-five pounds. A thirty
pound salmon is very large. anda forty
pound fish will be talked of throughout
the season, although it is said that sal
mon weighing fifty pounds have been
caught in the Restigouche-one. in
deed, was said to weigh fifty-four
pounds. Chicago Tribune.
A young tornado went through a
Danbury Comm hay field the other
day. 1t was only about eight feet in
diameter, hut it caught a young man
on its outer edge. carried him several
feet and dashed him to the ground.
Then it seized good-sized haycock
fairly in its clutches. turned it upside
down, and then carried it, spinning
like top. at least Is feet into the air,
landing it on an adjacent hill.-Hart-
ford Courant.
The blind men of Brooklyn are in
the main self-supporting. All are en-
gagged either i'm commercial pursuits or
else work at trades. Piano-tuning is
their favorite pursuit. Nearly all are
married and have families None have
married wives similarly affected, and
the total number of blind men in the
city. which is less than one hundred.
are friendly and aid each other in time
of need. One of them is worth $780,
600 and Il dozen more are worth half
that amount-N Y. Sun.
The following unique list Of we'd
ding presents appears in an exchange:
From father and mother of the bride,
one Jersey calf; from bride to groom,
hair wreath made from hair of her
entire family; also. six fine shirts: from
brother Elias, one book of poems, one
dream book, one Polite Letter Writer
and dog: from Aunt Harriet, six hens
and rooster; also, one jar tomato cat
sup; from Cousin Sarah, one poem
made up by herself on bride and groom,
fifteen verses in all. Boston Herald.
Cork is the bark, not the wood, OF
the cork-oak. The bark comes from
Spain and Portugal. where they keep
cork woods. 1t doesn't kill the tree to
take its bark away, and it can be
skinned every six or eight years. About
s., 100000 worth of the raw bark is
brought to this country every yeer.
The cork is steamed before it is cut.
Cork shoppers are made in thousands
of sizes and grades, six hundred sizes
being kept in stock. None of the bark
goes to waste. In graduated state it
IS used as roof-packing.
They were pairing the elephants
toe nails when dropped into the circus
yesterday morning. At motion of
Prof. Newman one of the huge brutes
would be loosened and come forward.
At a word Of command it would roll
over on its side. Then keeper would
straddlc one of its feet and begin opera
items with a draw shave. The sharp
edge cut through the tough, callous
substance rs it would through cheese.
The chips show light yellow color.
with pinkish tints. 1t is three or four
inches thick on some parts OF the foot.
The animals seem to enjoy the opera
ton. 1t has to be performed two or
three times year.-Chicago NcUs.
The Governor of Algeria has dis.
covered a use for standing armies in
time of peace. The greater part of the
grain crop, he reports, has just been
saved by turning the military loose on
the locusts aud crickets. No less than
go cubic meters of locusts' eggs and
stroyed. The forced labor employed
for this purpose. adds the report. repre-
SCENTS a days work of 1.70o,0 900 natives
"a sad commentary on the son of the
deserts capacity for work.
A citizen of Yates. N. Y, has in
vented q machine for picking raspber-
ries. 1t consists of long tray made
of cloth affixed to light frame. This
tray is carried from bush TO bush very
easily. and with large hook in one
hand the operator draws the bush over
the tray while with the other hand he