St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-10-16
MISCELLANEOUS.

the past four years.
A foul ball knocked into a crow,
of men at Topeka hit negro in tn,
eve with such force that his eyesigh
was destroyed.
| Sweet lemons are a favorite Mexi
can dainty. They are the shape. colol
and size of the lemons of commerce
but are sweeter than bananas
| -Ona- Ma-Dul-Ha-N a Moiave In
dian medicine man, was dubbed t,
death, beheaded and cremated recent,
for allowing too many of his patients t
die
No. my son. they are not Gale.
grasswidows because they are so green
it's because they are SO fresh. Ant
then. beside. she's not exactly in the
moved. Savvy, son?-Bariette.
Too many medical books i'm family
will keep a nervous mother and all tht
children in anxiety and on the verge
of severe illness seven days in the
week.-Lynm Bee.
The acquaintances of lady in
Philadelphia. who hurried to her houS4
with words of consolation on seain .
Grape on the door. were informed that
the Late lamented' was her pet dog.
" Y Post.
DIR. J. 5. II. Fogg. of South Bos,
ton. Mass, has complete set of the
autographs of the signerS of the Dec
larat on Of Independence. having. il
is said, paid sixty dollars for one
scrawling signature cut from the ily-
leaf of a book.
As nearly II can be ascertained.
twenty-five years have elapsed since
the first modest beginnings of the UNI
versal craze for collecting cancelled
postage stamps. How large the bust
ness of the dealers in this article has
grown is evident from the fact that a
single house in Nuremberg disposed
last year of 23,o00,0 900 stamps.--N. Y
Post
When Judge Deming. of New
Haven. sentenced Terence Butler to
jail for sixty days for wife beating, he
said: 81 have always advocated the
establishment of whipping-post for
the benefit of such men as Butler. If
he could be taken out on the green and
given twenty good sharp lashes. he
would 90 home and be a man. "-Hart-
ford COardnt.
JOHN Dcnncy, of Whitfield's Gross
ing. Ga. says that his brood of Guinea
chicks disappeared suddenly one day.
The hen ted queerly. walking around
and continually clucking, as if coaxing
them to follow her. He investigated.
and found that the chicks had been
charmed by large chicken snake, and
were sitting unharmeI in his coils.
The first African city lighted by
electricity was Kimberley. with forty
two lamps, each of two thousand
candle power. The current is also
ut lizcd there for the killing of dogs, Il
step suggesting the execution of death
sentences by the same means, rs pro-
posed in America and in France by NJ.
Charson, member of the French
Senate.
The unicvcle record has been beaten
and it is to be hoped that prosperity
will now reign supreme. A unicycle,
however. although a vehicle with but
single wheel, should not be COMPOUNDED
with the wheelbarr ow. wheelbarrow
is good enough for drudgery, but when
SO important Il matter as the breaking
of 4 record is concerned, one is forced
to resort to the un:cycle. Boston Tran.
script
The use of thick glass instead OF
wood for floors. especially where
basement room underneath is occupied
for offices. is on the increase in Paris.
the first cost is considerably
more than that of wood. it is found tc
be an economy in the long run, because
the room below can often dispense
with artificial light, there is far less fire
risk, and glass will many times outwear
wood.
1t is said that competition is the
life of trade. 1t sometimes makes re.-
elat:ons. A few years ago We were
told here in Chicago that gas could not
be furnished for less than s. per thou
sand feet 1t is now sold on the West
Side for $3.50. and quarrel among
rival companies has recently cxtorteu
the confession from one of them that
It can be furnished at % cents per thou.
sand and fair profit still be made
.4drocate.
William Adams. boy of seven
cen, who was sent to the Detroit
House of Correction from Idaho in
1888. having been sentenced to prison
or life for mail robbery. has had his
sentence committed to Imprisonment
o seven years from the date of his
irst commitment The boy, who has
,een model convict. broke down
when told the good news.
Il won't notice the time I've got to
ervc." he said. 81 suppose deserve
! good big punishment for being
.aught in such bad company. DE
rot Tribune
The St Paul Chamber of Com
nerce has taken steps to stop the sale |
If ice taken from the Miss issppi river
n any of its lakes. sloughs or bayous, |
IN examination of the ice sold at St. J
PAUL showing that much of it was
rozcn sewage, or, rs 4 western paper !,
concentrated typhoid fever. |
The use of impure ice is no doubt !
fruitful cause of sickness. and it was in
his belief that the Massachusetts, Leg
stature at its last session passed an act ;
preventing its sale. |
A farmer in Crawford County never
years hath any sort of weather. even
Turing the coolest months of the year. |
'ome Years ago he started on a visit to
elatives i'm Kentucky. His wife induced
lin to purchase hat t. wear while |