St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-07-14

OF GENERAL INTEREST.

OF GENERAL INTEREST.
AT least SOC. 900 orange trees have
been set out in California the past year
and their cultivation il constantly cx-
tending.
Tho largest vaccine virus farm in
the country is at Marietta. Pa, which
turns out between $1,000 and 10000
'.points' daily.
AT Augusta, Ga. . tramp in the
police station astonished the officers
by repeating from memory several
chapters from the Bible.
Norfolk. Va. claims the distinction
Of being the worlds great peanut
market II disposes every year OF
1000, 900 bushels Of peanuts. most oa
which arc grown in Virginia
The word Birmingham. so common
in naming towns and cities. is conf
posed Of three words which together
mean "thc hill which is the home OF
the broom" a small English tree.
"A Kansas man in revenge stole \
child of a woman who refused to tfiarry
him; and has grown so attached to it
that he refused to give it up to the
mother, even under threat Of legal pro-
ceedings.
Two large firms of Japanese
nurserymen are introducing into Cali
fornia the unshin or dwarf orange tree.
and find many customers fer the tree
because it can be grown IN = very
small space.
"A woman's invention Is baby
wagon for the house, thoroughly
padded. in which the baby can not he
hurt, even if it tips over. The wagon
can be turned into q cradle and made
into a swing.
"A farmer near Flint. Mich. is
mourning the death Of two geese that
he had kept for fifty years. They quit
raising go.lings twenty-five years ago.
and after that he kept them to hoip
take care of the bro0ds Of other geese.
The young folks of .Tacna. Ariz-.
do not intend being behind she North.
erners in tobogganing. They go sand
toboggnning-that is. sliding down
said hill, and they manage to have a.
much sport without the discomforts Of
snowy country.
"A Charlotte Harbor. Fla. lady las
small green frog with its home in the
calyx Of lily in her room. The fel-
low Is quite pet and pcrches high on
the pistil of the flower to receive his
dinner. consisting of flies fed to him
from the point Of pin.
An Indian elephant. lately &c
quired at Central Park. New York. is
nine feet high though quite young. and
bids fair to Outgrow Jumbo. 1t daily
consumes about two and one-half
trusses of hay and two hundred pounds
Of vegetables. washed down with
eighty gallons Of water.
"A shoe dealer of Canton. o.. re-
Gently paid gypsy three hundred and
fourteen dollars for charm that was
warranted to remove large wart from
his face. After the woman had left
he was curious enough to open the bag
that contained the charm and found
therein only a few bits of brown paper.
Major Sinclair, who is in charge Of
the Mount Vernon Barracks Ala. has
in his care two hundred and fifty
Apache prisoners who belong to Gcro-
nimO's band. Under Sinclair manage
ment they are becoming partially civ
ilized. They have learned the use Of
brooms and wash tubs. and few of the
more progressive squaws even iron
their own clothing.
Two tombstones in Greenwood
Cemetery. New York. located on diff.
ferent lots, bear the name of John f.
Mason with the record: '.Died January
80. 1888. aged sixty-seven years" A
family quarrel explains the double
memorial, Mr.. Mason being really
buried in only one gaave. His widow
erected one of the gravcstones and his
children by his first wife the other.
"A New York book agent had mild
attack Of smallpox. and went about
his business disseminating books and
probably smallpox germs at the same
time in place of chromos. during ten
days. 1t was not until he applied 1T
one Of the clinics for treatment Of a
supposed skin disease. that the real
nature Of his trouble was discovered.
This shows how little. nowadays. pco-
pie are familiar with the appearance Of
smallpox.
The Left-Handed Club OF Houston.
Tex. has hanging over one Of the
doors Of its house . horseshoe. or
rather a muleshoe. with q history.
One day last summer at Pass Cavallo
mule wadcd out into deep water. First
he knew one Of his hind legs disap-
pearcd in the big mouth Of a passing
shark. A few days afterwarSl the shark
was caught by the crew of the State
Quarantine schooner. and the leg of
the mule was found in the interior. Of
the big fish. The shoe was taken from
the hoof. and now keeps of the witches
in the home Of the aforementioned
Left-Handed Club.
Saved by . Little Dog.
l hear the following from friend in
Buda-Pesth. A few days ago the new
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