St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-11-01

OF GENERAL INTEREST.
flames Yates killed an owl on Hawl
Mountain. Ga. which measured fou,
ioet seven inches 9rom tip to tip ol
WiAea l..
Tho tombstone Of the late Mrs. Anr
d Carter. cf Philadelphia bears th(
following lines cut In marble:
| Some have children and some have none
Bat here Hes the mother oe twenty lone.
| -Ono Of the dancers in . theater In
Berlin was found dead In her bed and II
was supposed that she had committed
suicide. but post-mortem examination
showed that she died from heart failure,
due to tight lacing. The liver OF the
unfortunate young woman was horribly
deformed and crushed ont Of shape.
Many parents arc apt to consider
their daughters worth their weight in
gold. but Scotch gentleman estimated
his two daughters value at even . higher
rate than this bequsthing TO each her
weight In 81 notea The elder seems "a
have beeA slimmer than her sister, for
she got only 2sl. s0Q while tho younger
received EST, ,sl4.
"A very miscellaneous cargo was
taken BY . Bangor vessel, the brig
Emma, which has just left that port for
Port Of Spain, Trinidad It consisted of
sss pounds Of ice. 200 feet pine boardA
oo0pounds butter. SSopounds new cheese,
various vegetables four half barrels
oysterA As pounds fresh fish, two half
barrels beef, as7s pounds hay.-Kenae-
bec (Me.) Journal a.
-One Of the peculiar industries Of
Kern County. California Is tho collec-
ton and shipment Of horned toads.
They are cold to the Chinese. who use
them for medicinal purposes They arc
considered especially valuable in tho
treatment ofrheumatism. Tho formula
u - follows: Two parts whisky and
ono part horned toad; mix and let Il
stand one year. It may then be taken
internally or applied externally to the
rheumatic parts.
"A queer history attached to . Port
land young woman. When but fve
years old, away on on ono Of the South
Sea Islands. she was sold by her own
people. who are csnnibalA to . Portland
oea captain, and the seller firmly BE-
lieved that she was bought to be eaten -
food She has BE- en- educated and treated
kindly and earns her living - . servant
in the captains family, realizing every
day. no doubt. how much better It 10 to
eat than 70 b eaten.
.-Lieutenant Seton Karr reports that
during his recent explorations in tho
mountains along the British Columbia
Alaskan boundary he killed tho largest
cinnamon bear ON record. He says:
Tho tape measurments Of the skin give
It IN area Of sixty-dvc square feet in
cluding head and paws; across tho mar
rowcst portion IL measures six feet and
In length nine without the head; the
claws Of the fore paws measure four
inches round the curve. and in fur. size.
and texture the hide strongly resembles
that Of Q buffalo"
"A whale thirty-five feet long got
stranded in shallow water in Manokin
river. Somerset County. Maryland, and
was killed BY the inhabitants The
creature. when discovered, was furiously
lashing tho water in efforts to escape. A
eolored man went out in . boat and tried
70 tie the tail Of his Whaleship with
rope While doing this the whale struck
tho boat with his tail upsetting the
craft and throwing the colored man
shout twenty feet In thu air. The be.
siegers afterward succeeded in killing
the monster with axes and clubs They
then hauled It up On the shore.
September q 1881, IL we'll remembered
in New England and parts Of New York
and Pennsylvania - the yellow day"
Southern Cansda took On some Of tho
characteristics noted in the States above
the yellow in the atmosphere
having . more greenisA cast which
accounts for the Canucks referring to it
- ''the green day" In the morning the
ky had the appearance Of being clouded,
but - the sun arose it WAS plainly visi.
BILE. and Of the color Of brass. About
midday . much darker yellow appear
Ance prevailed; every thing except
leaves and grass had the intense yellow
look, they appearing Of . rich, velvety
green. The cause Of the phenomenon,
which lasted but one day, has never
been satisfactorily explained
Recent investigations in Indian pris-
pms have revealed . curious physiolo-
gical condition induced by thieves for
The purpose Of secreting valuablea
TheyAllow . heavy lead bullet to slide
lown the throat and keep IL in position
for half IN hour 1T me. In about .
rear pouch 10 formed; into which any
hing under the size Of ten rupees may
b thrust, without interfering with
speech or breath. A really expert thief.
With some histriOnic power. is able to
nee the stolen contents Of his throat -
IN aid to IN appearance Of innocence
when he 10 being searched. At present ]
here are in Calcutta Jail twenty prison
NJ Who have successfully assimilated |
to monkeSA in order that |
hey might with profit take jewels and |
money. Petty larcenists do these things |
moro ingeniously in the East than in
Europe.
Clre1nvsatiag S0oksless Powder.
One Of the summers exercises at /
Aldershot has been what 10 called the |
smoke attack. An advanced
inc carries with It . certain material
'acked In caseA which, when lighted.
seates dense smoke. and under its
'over the main body goes forward,
creened from the exact aim OF the
nemy until within short range Of the
after. An antidote for one character.
Dtic feature Of smokeless powders 10
hus provided almost before they have
ONO into general use While the
'rench are said to consider the tactical