St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-11-13
THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD.

1t Is estimated that lS, S,UUU.UUU pairs
Of boots and shoes are annually manu-
tactured in prisons.-M Y Sun.
The Auburn On. W Axle Works.
which are moving to Wilkesbarre, Pa.
will employ about one thousand men.
Paper roofs, because of their light
ness and other advantages, are recon-
mended by the Manufacturers Gazette
as being superior to slate.
The total amount of track laid in
the United States from January to
September l, 1886, is 3.475 miles, di-
vided between 163 lines. During the
whole of 1885 only 3.1S1 miles were
built.-N Y Post.
The greatest balloon in tho world
mas been constructed in San Francisco.
1t will hold 10000 cubic feet of gas
and was made to traverse the American
Continent from ocean to ocean.-San
francisco Chronicle.
-Rutland's marble quarries give
employment to more than 5000 men,
who were paid $4,000 last year.
when over l, 500, 900 cubic feet of mar
BILE was produced More than Sc, 0OO,-
600 is invested.-Rutland Herald.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen is divided into 335 lodges, To-
Gated in all parts of the United States
and in Canada and Mexico, and has a
total membership of seventeen thou
sand. Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Dure Car Company's Works
in Wilmington, Del, have been sold to
the Pullman Car Company for 81, 200.
The Pullman Company intends making
its new shops the eastern headquarters
for repairs, and new work will also be
done there.-N Y. Tribune.
Hired girls get very low wages in
Canada, judging from recent sermon
of . Kingston preacher, in which he
pleaded for more pay for domestics.
saying that many girls work hard,
month. when they should receive ten
dollars.
Straw will soon be used for build
ing purposes. 1t is claimed that straw
NAV be closely pressed into bales 14x16
inches. or of any size desired. and the
bales be used for building walls. The
walls can be plastered over, or be ar
ranged to suit the convenience of the
builder.-Troy Times.
A mammoth well is being dug on
Breaker Island. near Albany. N. Y. 1t
is over twenty feet in diameter and will
be sunk below the bed of the river a
distance of several hundred feet, so that
the water will be of the purest quality
that can be secured. About four mil
lion gallons will be consumed ON the
island every day when the blast fur
naces are in operation.-Albany Jour
nal
A new industry for women in large
cities is announced-that of campers. J"
These hampers 60 from house to house
each morning to fill and trim lamps.
Practice makes perfect. and they
are able to guarantee perfect light,
well-cared for lamps. and highly
polished chimneys. These hampers are
a comfort to many a housekeeper, and
their charges are not texcessiye.-Boston
Post.
The New York Lumber Trade Jour-
nal predicts that cherry will hold its
own and continue to be favorite cabi-
net and finishing wood because there is
50 little good cherry left; it will not have
a chance of becoming too common.
There is none worth mentioning north
of Pennsylvania. and in that State its
owners knok its value. There is q good
deal left in West Virginia, Kentucky.
Tennessee. and North Carolina, but most
of it is where it will cost great deal to
get it to market.