St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-10-23
MISCELLANEOUS.

SUh says II u wholesome.
-Four honiing pigeons released in
New York reached New Haven, Conn,
eighty-seven miles distant; In sixty
seven minutes.
The Elizabeth (N. j. young man
who knew how to row but not to swim
was drowned within seventy-tive feet
Of the boat-house.
-Leprosy is not contagious disease.
according to DIR. George l.. Fitch. who
has been for five years in charge of the
lepers of the Sandwich Islands.
The steamship Bothnia's chief
pastry cook jumped into the sea in
mid-ocean during tn. last voyage. He
is the third seafaring cook who has
done so within year.-N y Sun.
The Union Pacific Base Ball Club,
OF Omaha. has a mascot in the shape
Of a biz, fat colored man. whose chief
dirty is to Sleep i'm the ball park the
night before game Of ball.-CAicdao
Herald.
The Jeufh Messenger saws that
Palestine is recommended as an appro-
pirate residence for consumptircs, as
MANY sufferers have been perfectly
cured by the pure air of the Holy Land.
A Western paper drscr biny a re-
cent storm sa d: 1.-The metal roof that
was blown off the Watts block was
| dyed upon the Office of a lawyer, who
the day before had begun foreclosure
on the block"
A peculiar case of poisoning &C.
Cured the other day near New Bruins
wick, n. Y. A farmer was walking
through his corn-fcld. when his arm
was scratched i'm SO ne way by a corn
stalk. The arm swellcd up and the
farmer died the next day.
Whenever the finishing touches are
beng put upon an important building.
before it is opened to the pubic. there
is always IAN army of painters AMI
decorators" ut work on it: You never
knew of anything smaller than ian
army to be thus employed
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"A man named Simon Goulet was
taken to the general hospital last night
suiferingfrom dislocated jaw. Goulet,
who is 4 prominent Rouge politician,
was relating the triumphs of the recent
Chambly election, when he lau yhed so
heartily that he dislocated his jaw
Montreal Gazette.
Cotton was cultivated in India 40
years before Christ, and was gathered
from the field by hand, exactly as it is
being done to day. The seed was then
separated from the fibre by hand, until
the invention of the cotton-gin by
Whitney, and this invention revolu-
tionized the culture of cotton through
out the world.
S. A. Wilson and wife, of Waltham.
Mass. narrowly escaped sutfocation
one night recently The sneezing of
cat awokc Mr.. Wilson. and he found
the room full of smoke. An alarm was
given. and it was found that fire had
been started in the basement by an in
cendiary. If it had not been for pussy's
sneeze the family would have met
terrible death.-Boston Herald.
A novel conflict took place recently
near St. AIMS. B. G., between Il cali
and grown bull. During the battle
the young bovine was caught between
the horns of its opponent, and, says the
ioStl
marched Of in triumph with his con-
sancu neous and believing crown"
The ca was extricated only by cutting
off third of the other animals horns.
The unique idea Of Concord
philosopher: NO mere COLLECTIVELY
can be a self. No aggregate, unless
pervadcd in every part by a continuous
whole, can possibly attain any indie
pendent selfhood. A self is one which
is separately alive. In this form it may
exist without knowing it exists. The
self can know itself only by discrim-
mating itself from itself through self.
related distinctions i'm ITSELF
--..Gcntlcmen," he said to the re-
porters, as the sheriff put the knot
where it would do the most good, Twill
You grant me one last request before l
dep The reporters. to man. said
they would. Then write ME down as
having been simply hanged not
launched into eternity I'm no dude"
This request caused some consterna-
ton among the younger reporters. but
they all kept their word.-N Y. Sun.
A scientist. discoursing on snakes,
said: Il am told that out in Kansas
there are snakes that catch hold Of the
legs of land turtles. or .tortles, as they
call them here, A snake will swallow
the hind leg of the 'tortle, and. of
course, can not swallow any more.
Then the 'tortle' goes tramping about
with the snake attached to his leg. and
using the snake pretty roughly. The
cnacn lat for It's fnntI
which are turned back or inward. are
locked fast. 1t keeps its hold until the
leg becomes SO dc .ompos al that it
drops off. That fact accounts for the
great number of lame 'tortles' found
in that country. "-Ch;cago II raid.
A two-foot ALI .ator and two bio
artificial swans are in Il fountain basin
i'm Macon, Ga, The other day it was
noticed that the alligator was not to be
seen and that one of the swans seemed
to be anchored close to the fountain
Investigation showed that SOM bows
had tied the alligator to the swan to
see him drag it around the basin, and
that the gator had wound himself up
around the fountain and coull not
come to the surface, and no. only that.
but had wound the string tightly around
his mouth. When released he showed
great pleasure. opening his jaws to
their full extent, lashing the water
with his tail and barking like a dog.
The amount of matter in solution
annually poured into the Gulf of Mexico
by the Mississippi is estimated at 49,
900, 600 tons. at which rate one foot of
land over the whole basin would be re-