St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-09
OF GENERAL INTEREST

OF GENERAL INTEREST
Over $4,000. 900 was invested
In roller sksting r1nks during the
craze. and most Of it proved total
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"A Romeo of Othello's hue In
Smithfield. Va, proposed to his girl
at Portsmouth by telephone She
said "ycs."
"A little waif In New York under
the care of the Society for tho Preven-
tiou Of Cruelty to Children. lately fell
heir to 1900. 600.
"A Texan. who is blind. deaf, Grip
pied and savage. c6ered 500 to any
woman who would marry him. and he
received nine applicants id two weeks.
"A Brooklyn fireman who was
buried under falling wall says tAas
his only thought was Of his landlady.
He owed her for two weeks board.
and he vas afraid she'd lose it
An Iowa man. married . second
wife two days after the death Of the
first. and it took him just eighty-three
days to remove the last remnant OF the
tarry wardrobe presented Sy admiring
neighbors.
The fragrant and savOry nutmeg
is placed on the list Of active poisons
by the Hospital. OF London. because .
boy Of eight years, after eating two
whole nutmegs. fell into a cOmctose
state and died within twelve hours.
The people Of Wapella. H.. re-
GENTLY saw the little town Of Midland
City. twelve miles distant. suspended
in the clouds.. The mirage was 50
vivid that the observer could sec
train Of cars approach and leSve the
Midland station. .'e
MOT long ago q mercantile firm In
Boston. wishing to ascertain the finan-
cial standing Of . customer in New
Hampshire. addressed . letter to the
town clerk asking for q rating 1t 80
happened the country merchant and
the town clerk were the same person.
and the reply returned was interesting
readinA and must have surprised the
party who made the inquiry.
"A new scheme for harbor defense
is soon to be tried. Perforated iron
pipes will be sunk in the water. and
through them petroleum will be
forced. In this way fierce stream Of
blazing oil could Be sent down on the
enemy's feet to drive it away. Iron
vessels could not pass through this
lake Of fire. Because it could be made
to extend many miles along the river.
Indians reckon time by the return
OF snow or the springing up of flow
crs. and the fight OF birds announces
the progress Of the seasons The mo-
ton Of the sun marks the hour Of the
day. and these distinctions Of time arc
not noted in numbers, but in language
and illustrations Of highly poetical
character. There Is NO word In the
Red Indian language for the word
year"
"A Chicago man was lately arrested
for swindling young boys 6y what il
known ~ the "cow-boy trick" He
advertised for young men who wished
to become cowboys and got . number
Of answers from youthful would-be i'm
itators of Buffalo Bill A IN evidence
Of good faith he extracted two dollars
apiece from the boys At last they
saw through the scheme and about
6fty of the victims chased him to
pelios Headquarters. whore hs wac
held for trial -@.
. "A resident OF New Haven. Conn.
awakened one morning recently. after
having worn . new set Of teeth the
night before. with his tongue swollen
to three times its natural size. This
svelliig disappeared. and vas fol-
lowed by swellings in different parts
Of his sody. He had suffered intensely.
and ono night suddenly became blind
Tor . while The teeth plate was
made ci red rubber. and medical men
attribr ID his suffering to, mercury
used II the making Of the plate.
TIP pronunciation match promises
10 be d e Of the coming diversions in 90
ciety. II is even moro exciting than
The spelling match and rather more
to the lines of combatants.
A matlh held in n city Of learning wac
taken part in BY professors, students,
and Journalistic. none Of whom
were able to. pronounce more than
.hree pords correctly. The majority
vent eswn with decided rapidity. II
,eemek that tho simplest words wore
he most difficult TO pronOunee. and
,uch words a. gaseous" .'obsolete."
luxury" Luxurious" and ''allopathy"
'ound seady victims. ''|
"A +omantic case Of disappointment
n love is reported from Whisssboro.
Tex. a young man from Tennessee.
Who v5nt there . year ago. corre-
'pondA with . young lady whom he
eft behind and became engaged 70 her.
Not loag since hs paid her . visit, and
also VISITED his father. who was . Wild
,wer with several children Tho
young man returned to Whitesboro.
having arranged TO marry the girl dur
ing thb coming spring. A few days
later be received two letters. one from
his fsther and one from the young
womsh. telling him they had been
the day the letters were writ
len. I ~
Convenient to Have on Hand.
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Dakots Lady (about TO give . grasd