St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-02-18
MISCELLANEOUS.


Frozen oranges are light in weight,
. fact which. II you will remember.
will keep you from being swindled BY
fruit venderA
An English engineer proposes by
means of electricity to condense the
solid part Of smoke. and send the solid
flied portion back to the furnace.
Mrs Mary Coy. of Covode. Pa.
during the twelve months last past
wove l,759 yards Of carpeting and $40
yards of cloth with An ordinary hand
loom.
"A bit of soft paper is recommended
by an English doctor for dropping
medicine into the eve as being equally
effective Is brushes. glass troopers.
ETC.. and far less likely to introduce
foreign substances
You may be one Of the heirs to
vast estate i'm Europe. but il you have
reason to suspect that such is the case
keep still about it. II you admit it
you'll be taken for either q crank or .
swindler. Detroit Erec Press.
"A tree that was cut down in the
Little Shookum Valley. near Whatcom.
w. T.. yielded $1,000 feet of lumber.
which. 1t $3.50 per thousand. makes
the tree worth 3262 The Whatcom
Rcreillc says that the timber lands in
the county will average ten such trees
to an acre.
While using stove backing on her
kitchen range the other day. Mrs. Mar
garet Twibell. of Montpelier. Ind. got
. small quantity of the polish in cut
on her hand. Blood poisoning ensued.
the hand swelled to great size. and it
is thought that it will be necessary to
amputate it.
willie Walters" said the tc~cher,
whic is the shortest day in the year,"
Twenty Of December" replied
Willie. who was correct IS far rs tho
writer knows. "And Tommy Turf may
tell us which is the longest day." said
the teacher. indulgently. Sunday"
shouted Tommy. Philadelphia Chroni-
Gle.
"A drunken laborer named John
Davies. At Dowlais. Eng. on his way
home lay down beside the railroad
track so close to the rails that, train
coming along. the engine ran over and
cut OF the heel of his boot When the
train stopped and backed up the man
was still asleep and was indignant At
being made to get up and go home.
"A cat in r. Pearson's feed store at
Burlington. Kan. attacked its master
the other day and bit him severely in
the leg. He ran out for assistance and
brought back two men, who charged
the enraged animal. but were routed
and driven out after being badly bitten.
The cat held the promises until the
marshal came along with his revolver
and shot it.
"A New York clergyman. who went
to preach in . neighboring city. aston
ished the congregation BY saying: Il
must take the first train home. after tn .
service. n have wife and three chill
dren there. and have never seen one Of
then" The people were greatly relieved
on learning that the lone" that the
clergyman had never seen had been born
since hs left home the day before
N T. Ledger.
Carefully prepared statistics show
that there are $4,000 criminals in this
country. only $4,000 Of whom are
incarcerated. OF the 100000 it is
estimated that one-third are under
twenty years Of age. one-half under
twenty-one years of ago. and . fraction
under twenty-five years OF age. and
the chances arc that all Of them will
continue criminals through the rest Of
their lives.
Blacksmith Miller, Of Louisville.
was shooting . mule the other day. and
drove . nail through the hoof 20 that
the point projected an inch and half.
He was about TO twist off the nail and
clinch it. when the mule gave his hooi
. tremendous jerk and the nail caught
Miller's arm and completely severed
the muscles and arteries Of the left fore.
arm. Miller's life was saved with
difficulty.
Tomato Mustard: Four tablespoon
fuls of salt. two tablespoonfuls OF black
pepper, one-half tablespoonful allspice.
three tablespoonfuls -four Of mustard.
one tablespoonful cloves. six pods red
pepper, one gallon skinned tomatoes. or
four cans Of canned tomatoes. four
chopped onions. one quart vinegar. Boil
tho mixture thirty minutes. then strain
through . sieve and bottle. Good
Cheer.
Cheese cloth makes the best dust
ers. A wide-meshed kind Is sold for
the purpose-five cents yard-and ID
AZ soft ~ silk. You want duster to
hold the dust not merely to push IL o6
into the air Of the room. Shake II
from an open window after using.
Dust the walls and ceilings Of rooms
with . square Of Canton flannel. nap
outside, tied around the mop OF long.
handled window brush. Chicago Josr.
pak
Notwithstanding the winter is up
on rs north here. rattlesnako stories
continue to come In from tho sunny
south. These serpcnts are very abund-
ant this year near Wsukeenah. Fla.
The other day one was discovered carry
ing OF a half-grown turkey. Two dogs
were set on" it. Il struck both BE-
fore it was killed. and both died. The
turkey was released unframed. which
shows that the rattlers do not poison
their own food. This particular snake