St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-10-25

or GENERAL INTEREST,

OF GENERAL lNIgReoTsi
America has 200, 900 telephoiie.a
moro than the rest Of the world CON.
hined. u" -!
1T is said that the postage stamps Of
half tho nations o. the world arc on
graved and printed in New York
Tho first locomotive was built by
Richard Tfevithiok in 1904, but the first
locomotive after. the modern idea was
built by George Stephenson in 1929; the
idea of the construction of . locomotive
was given to the world by James Watt
in 1909, and paten.ed by him in l7s4
Beaver lake, in Yellowstone park.
has been created by the Industrious lii
tic animal after which IL is named. A
colony have here built q series Of thirty
dams thus forming . sheet of water
half mile in width and two miles IL
length. The dams have falls Of from
three to six feet each. -s... ..s I.. Z
"A dumb woman at Martha's Vine.
yard owns and manages small schooner.
living in it with . kitten and huge
Newfoundland dog for company. She
supports herself by fishing and her lob
stcr-pots, and by peddling thread and
buttons and such small wares along the
coast when the fishing season IL over: ID
PROT Gee, Of Paris, is one mors'.t to
conclude from. Psychological ,experi'
ments that the nutritive value Of coffee
In fact amounts to nothing, that it is
merely stimulant in that it acts on
the human system as \ blower on . fire,
to increase tho rate Of activity Of vital
functions, TO increase heat production
and heat dissipation. 70 use It is, in
short, to dissipate, to put on unnatural
steam pressure and wear out tho vital
machinery too fast-Foote's Health
Monthly. t...s4 ...spt1 ST.. y,s,
lit is a most peculiar sight to see the
canal boats which are burdencd with ice
coming down tho river. There are hun.
dreds upon hundreds OF them now being
hurried to the metropolis The whole
deck Of the boats is covered with earth
several inches in thickness to protect as
far as possible, the precious commodity
from the ravages Of the sun. On several
OF the boats which passed this city few
days ago grass was luxuriantly growing
from the earth which covered the decks
Albany Argus.
Tho low language Of . parrot in
Kansas City led to the arrest Of the bird
and its owner. The parrot belongs to .
barber. and 1t singled out, IS an especial
object for Its abuse. Colonel w. J. Mel.
son. whose Office is across the street
For several days As the journalist en-.
tered or left his Office, he heard from the
bird expressions like these:-''Look At
old paste-pot!" SOAK his head.' Get
your hair cutv' When the bird was
brought into court, 1t amused the spec
tators by scrceching: Johnny, get you,
gunv' Hs 80. H 8,i u
No saying is more common among
physicians than tho declaration that q
Strong physical constitution and good
health arc necessary to success in lile;.
yet there have been many instances in
which this rule does not seem to have
been true. Darwin, the greatest natu.
ralist Of his time. was always an invalid.
and Sir Andrew Clark, one Of the most
eminent men Of tho present day, tells
us that be was SO sickly that his life
was not deemed worth years purchase
when he began the active work Of his
singularly successful careeE-N. Y. Sun.
Tho recent great fire in tho Western
Union Telegraph building. in New York.
destroyed instruments and machinery oi
great value, which It will require much
time to replace. Tho great switch
board was especially valuable. It was
almost magical pieco OF mechanical
construction. Into 1t went all the wires
leading from the batteries. and from II
radiated the wires extending to every
part Of the country. It was the center
OF system OF combinations almost as
innumerable as those Of an arithmetical
series It was an instrument which re-
quired many months to construct and
wh ch cost whom completed, ss5o 900. II
will be At least six months before
another one can be built and meanwhile
the company will be subjected to delays
and annOyances which this machine
was constructed to obviate.