St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14
MISCELLANEOUS.

i was opened to trayel.-3rooklyr
Union.
The last revolutionary pensione,
died at Clarendon, N. Y, in 1866,
sighty-four years after the close of the
war.-Bwealo Express,
According to recent estimate there
are $50, ooao0) cocoanut trees in the
world. They produce about 10000
oVo,ooO nuts every year.
The Queen Regent of Spain win
MAINTAIN and educate at her private
expense the children of those who per-
ished IN the recent tornado at Mairid.
The knocking birds are so numer-
GUS IN Dry Valley, Nevada. this season
that during the night they drown the
yelp of the cayotes with their songs.
-Colored depositors in Charleston,
according b the Ne,rs and Courie-,
have Sl2i.936 on deposit in five savin @.
banks, the largestsam belonging to one
pers 1n BEING s,541, and the smallest
one dollar.
The Riverside (Cal) Press makes
the statement that four hundred crl1.
nist> in southern California occuDy
less than twelve acres each. and vet
they clear up from $500 to $500 net
on their small tracts. and meantime
live in real elcgarce.
1t has Just been discovered that the
cemeteries 10 WAYNE county, N. Y,
have during the past two years been
systematically robbie |. At least one
half of the no lies inferred have been
stolen.-Bugaio Express.
"A member of Georgia grand iury
! said: I'VE can hardly be expected tc
indict men for carrying concealed
/ weapons when the major par. of the
| jury themselves arc bailasted to their
>ats during the elaboration bv the
weight of pistol in their hip-pocket."
One inning of recent game OF
base ball in Atlanta, GA. presented
! curious feature. Atlanta had three men
to bat. zach one of them was given
his base on balls. and each one thrown
out while stealing bases. There was
, not ball struck in the innings. and yet
every base was filled and no run was
scored.
Little John Alexander and COM
panion OF Newport. Va, thought to
lave lots of fun by soaring clerk who
slept in store. SO they scraped on
the door with a bit of iron, and the
clerk thought burglars were trying TO
get i'll and fired his revolver, and a ball
went through the door and entered
Johnny head, hurting him very badly.
Young girls have taken a sudden
craze for donkey carts this season, the
donkey, for some reason. having
awakened to find himself fashionable,
no doubt greatly to his own astonish-
ment. The small ponies are no longer
in demand. but in their stead the
donkey is sought after with a persist
cncy that bespcaks him moro popular
than he will perhaps be when the fair
purchasers become more familiar with
his tricks and manners. albany (N.
~ Journal.
Frederick Barkman. of Whining.
ton, Del. owns dog. Recently while
this canine was busily scratching out
something from the ground Mr.. Bark
nun thought it would be good joke
to crawl up behind. give snarling
| ark and suddenly grab the industrious
animal by one of his hind legs. Mr.
Bakman did so. Quick as thought the
dog turned and grabbed his iocular
master by the proboscis, making his
teeth meet through that prominent
feature before he saw his mistake Mr..
Barkman sensibly acquitted the dog of
all blame and did not punish him
n. Y. Tribune.
An Indian funeral procession in
Eastern Oregon is thus described:
"The defunct had been set upon
horse, and stick had been dashed
along either side of his body to keep it
in an upright position The head was
not supported in any way, and as the
horse trotted along the body seemed
bowling in every direction and the head
shaking in Il horribly groteSque man.
ner. The widow. dressed in her mourn
ing paint; trottcd along behind on
lazy mule. to which she kept vigorously
the whip"
The Gcnesce river, in New York.
IS surprising manufacturers along
Is banks by its increasing volumes of
water from year to year. Some years
tgo, in common with other streams OF
the State, the water diminished and
he mills and factories that had de-
scnded on its power were obliged to
lSe steam. The Rochester Democrat
avs that mills who have not used their
wheels for years are getting back to
hem, much to their financial advan-
age. No explanation is given for this
condition Of the river.
-Pah-playcrs in Pittsburgh are talk. ,,
ne about the smart young catcher o:
IN amateur club. who was remarkable
or catching batsmen out on foul tips
ven VIII, n the bat didn't seem to strike !,
within three or four inches of the ball. !.
I'm Investigation revealed that the ..
atchcr had gum band attached to .
is glove, and when he desired to foul /.
ut a man he would raise the band with
ne finger. and when the ball passed !
ndcr the bat released it. The band :
73uld snap against the glove and all ;,
iithin hearing would hear a supposed
mi tin - p,Hstur,L Past