St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-02-02
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

or GENERAL INTEREST.
1t Il said that less than . year is
the average professional life Of q good
looking school teacher in Merced
Comfy. Cal.
.-Jt was an old woman In Indians
who invented the whisk broom. and
millions Of them arg whisking from
daylight to dark without bsr having
made cent out of the invention.
"A prisoner In a Delaware Jail had
only caseknife and a brickbat as tools
to reach the outer world. but ho got
out in just sixty-nine minutes after be'
ginning operations, and he lost nine
minutes in reflection at that.
Warner. Cal. pays bounty on
coyote scalps, and some inhuman hum
ter. after scalping several Of the
animals. again set them at liberty.
The fact was brought to light by the
recapture of two Of the tortured
beings.
"A Nebraska man has settled the
question of how prairie dogs obtain
the water they drink. He says they
dig their own wells, each village hav-
ing one with q concealed opening.
He knows of one such we'll 200 feet
deep. having a circular staircase lead
ing down to the water.
"A Rutland. VT, family. while eat
ing dinner. discovered small tin box
in the center of the butter. 1t wac
opened and found to contain a ''re-
minder to some unmarried Christian
gentleman of his duty" The note was
from ''a girl, eighteen years OF age.
good looking, and an excellent house
keeper" ~
"A passenger in sleeping-car on .
Michigan railroad pulled the bell-rope
and stopped the train. When found
and questioned BY the conductor. he
only wanted to know il the train had
An engineer, conductor and brakeman.
or was running wild without them.
The conductor did not mako q very
polite answer.
"A Philadelphia newspaper says
that the prevailing impression that
.'the old-time, broad-brimmed. sugar
scoop Quakers" are dying out is erro
neous at least as far as Philadelphia
is concerned. Twenty-Five years age
the same impression prevailed. but to-
day the benches in the mcctins-houses
are AZ full as then.
"A Manistce, Mich, baby which ate
an eight-grain dose Of morphine was
given several antidotes, but it became
unconscious. and was given up for
dead. About sixteen hours later.
however. while the friends stoOo
around and silently admired the beau
ty of the corpse. the baby awOke and
smilingly demanded drink Of milk.
As regards the familiar term
"corn," 90 frequently referred to ir
the European journals. it usually de-
notes in each country such grain as is
the most prominent production. Thus.
in Central Europe the ''cOrn" is rye.
in France and England wheat. in
America maize, and in some countries
oats The term ''pulse" is also fro
quently used in England, and has
reference to beans and peas.
Atlanta, Ga, has paper house.
No wood, brick iron or other material
is used about the building. 1t is g
neat little store painted sky-b!ue. and
was erected by a Frenchman who is
agent for the paper Of which it is con-
structed. The rafters, the weather
boarding, the roof and the flooring are
all made Of thick. compressed paper
boards, impervious to water and as
durable as wood. The house can not
catch on fire as easily rs . wooden
building. because the surface OF the
paper is smooth and hard.
A California miner says that miners
are a very superstitiOus class, and he
tells of dreams and other forms OF
warning they have received. notifying
them Of danger. which proved very
timely. He says: II know Of u vastly
rich mine in the San Gabriel Mountains.
Los Angeles County. that has caused
the death of every man who has tried
to carry ore away from it. You may
call this superstition also, but there
are dozen miners besides myself who
know of the millions that could be
taken from this mine, and yet are
afraid to 60 near it. Some half
dozen men had been killed by caves.
ETC."