The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1890-03-01
or GENERAL INTEREST.

-The.samel is used successfully as
pack-anl,3al in Australia, and is consid-
cred superior to the mule for that region.
A regfon where bufraloes are increas-
ing, and shat at a rapid rate, is North
Australia Specimens of the wild buff
falo were introduced in 1929, and vast
herds afyssaid to be now wandering over
the country.
-Soms. doctors at the Pawnee agency
recentlytested the pulse of an Indian
who had fun mile. and it had increased
only one beat. Another ran up hill
side foA.tfve hundred feet and down
again afa, the increase was two beats.
A railroad dog, who travels steadily
with his master in the cab of Denver Il
Rio Grandc locomotive, is said to DO
highly valuable in many ways. lie can
sent catfe on the track when they can
not be seen, and drives them off when
they areindisposed to get off.
--CongFning the sale of roses with
out thosas on the streets of London,
Truth says: The poor women who
sat at crrners selling them carefully
strip Off al the prickles so as to encour-
age customers to buy. There is some
thing little touching in seeing the
vendersyS hose lives are so full Of thorns,
clearing them away for the purchasers.
The United Brethren church at Fall
mouth, Wear Lancaster. Pa, is built
directly on the ground without cellar
and in to floor just in front Of the pull
pit is a knot hole, through which
small spicewood tree has grown to tho
height OF three feet. 1t is full of green
leaves and thrivcs without any atten-
ton. The members of the congregation
christened it The Tree of Life" and
will not allow it to be removed.
There are twenty-seycn colorcd
churchesin Philadelphia, a branch of
the Yoeag Mems Christian Association
and three amateur dramatic societies
There is. a colorci Working Mons Club,
witha kindergarten attached, and two
infiaential race papers are published.
There4sare twelve colored Masonic
lodges, SIX coored lodges of the Knights
of Pythias and twenty cslased OldFel-
lows LODGES. There is;aA sfeat deal of
wealth asa refncmegtsamong. the coll
ored pcoph of Philadelphia.
For me removal of foreign bodies
from thr.sAr4aeh che slightest authori-
ties are now recommending the eating
of potatoes only. in large quantities,
cooked in different ways to stimulate
the arnss,te. Cases are cited in which
articles Of jewnlry, brass weights, nails,
pins, etc, were successfully elected
after few days Of the potato diet
Nothing should be eaten but potatoes
during the time required, which varies
from two to nine days.
Tho Snr,crvf1la m, j Tiuos l.nova
a girl who made last year ten bales of
cotton. worked two acres in potatoes.
MIXED three cows. did the churuing.
did all the Washing and ironing. worked
the garden. made lis gallon, Of sirup.
raised TWENTY-FIVE bushels of pnaS. and
sold them for s33, She sold her DO
tatoos for SD her cotton brought her
St5l she made So taking in sewing.
making in the aggregate Si4l She did
most all the work herself. and only paid
out a few dollars for extra work.
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