St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-09-27

"A paper recently started OF Julian.
Idaho. hes for its motto. Grasp for all
In sight and rustic for more"
-Miss Abigail Dodge ('Gail Hsmil-
TONI teaches Sunday-school class that
meets every Sunday at Secretary
Blaine's residence.
Tho largest single dock in the world
was opened on March IL last to the
waters Of Port Jackson, In Sydney har-
Dor. in New South Wales. It has taken
in one steamer Of $500 tons, and had
room to spare.
"A Chicago huckster endeavored to
make his sick horse haul . heavy load
BY rubbing blue vitriol In the animals
eye& He WAS fined to the full extent
Of the law. and the Judge said he re-
gretted he could not make IL moro.
There are thirty different religious
oastes in India and when the railroads
were f|rst established NO two castles
would ride In the same coach. The na-
tves found IL inconvenient, however.
and now all sorts Of castles mix mp for .
journey.
After two Brooklyn pugilists had
fought five rounds the other night and
were both BADLY used up" the mother
Of one Of them (so 1t is stated) appeared
on tho scene, knocked down few Of
the spectators with club and scattered
the others"
John and Jacob Weber arc still
teaching . school which they opened in
New Orleans in May, 1s4o. at which
they have taught continuously. without
. vacation, and with only fifteen days
intermission in hfty years to permit Of
the repair Of the building.
Tho sand along the banks Of tho
Columbia river in Oregon IL An obstacle
to railway traffic almost as dihicult to
overcome Is the snow blockades during
the winter. Nearly every train il de-
lsyed on account Of tho ever-shifting
sand hills covering tho track.
-Mild-mannered Cinnamon Who run
laundries in New York arc found to be
the most successful opium smugglers.
One Chinaman had twenty-five pounds
Of the odious stun in his possession. He
said that some Of his countrymen had
put It there to get him into trouble.
Tho Detroit Free Press thinks it
has solved the problem Of ''how to
marry on Sls . week" Its plan IL to is-
sue 900 invitations to tho wedding, &C.
cure 600 presents from 900 victim& and
sell OF about 800 to secure capital to
run the house on for the next i've years.
Adam Clark, In returning thanks ut
the table Of another. made use Of the
following significant and pertinent
words: 'Lotd, bless these vegetables
and this fruit and bread; and II Thou
eanst bless under the Gospel what
Thou didst curse under the Law, bless
this swinc's flesh also"
Another North Polar expedition 10
about to set forth under tho auspices Of
the Norwegian Government and Of pri-
vaAe individuals who have subscribed to
the fund. Two articles, one . relic OF
the Jeanette expedition. the other an
Alaska bow. have been found on the
west coast OF Greenland. Hence the in.
ference-an open Polar sea, an easterly
Polar current and new route ITO the
Indies" Curiosity, adventure. courage
and endurance are all enlisted In this
new enterprise Of the vikinga
1T may come to pass. said Brit
ish lecturer lately, that some African
may, in centuries to come, point out
how . race of Englishmen once DOM
mated tho West Indies and were i'm
proved OF the face Of the land" Such
fears are real enough. In 1858 there
were in those islands $500 Europeans
20 1900 Africans. In 1900 the numbers
were 90. 900 Europeans and 800. 900 Afri-
cana In the last census the figures
were 14.4sS Europeans. 100. o46 colored
or mulattoes, ~. 1856 Africans and a.
80 AsiaticA
-Laxssroni 10 from laxsaro. Spanish
for . psuper or leper. . term applied BY
the Spanish viceroys TO the degraded b.
ings in Naples, hslf-clothed and house
less No man was born . laxzaro; and
he who turned to . trade ceased 70 be
one. The viceroy permitted the laszar-
oni 70 elect . chief with whom he con-
ferred respecting the imports on the
goods brought to the markets. In 1647,
Masaniello held the ONCE, and made an
see Naples In 17oS.
Ferdinand Nv. enrolled several thousand
lsszaroni - pikemen (spontoneers), who
favored the court party; on
May Is. lS4A they were permitted, on
the Kings behalf, to commit fearful
ravages on the ill-fated city.
-.sLemonade and buttermilk are -
rood - any thing drinkable that you
can hnd for this weather. said . physi-
clan to . Cincinnati Times-Star reporter.
'They both are great things to q1ench
thirst They both cot - . pleasant
tonic 10 the stomach and they have Q
quality. But they should
not b drank ice cold-that Il, bits Of
loo should not b In the goblet Let
them be - cold - the ice-chest or re-
frigerator can mako them. but not moro
than that When you pour down your
throat pint or 20 Of fluid that 10 fresh
from the ice, temporary paralysis Of the
stomach follows II man happens to
b very hot such . thing not infre-
quently Is .: fatal - . stroke Of light
ming" an
A Humaa Dlvln1ng RoA
A lad Of fifteen has been found In
Newcastle who IL In himself . divininR
rod. A description Of him says: "He
Vas first taken into the vicinity Of sew
sral known veins and indicated correct
y their position; then he WAS taken
over An untried district and found sew
nal new veinA giving the exact bear
n9s of one for distance Of three-quar.
|sfs Of . mile A trial has since been
naAs Of this vein. which proves that
he boy II correct for the vein IL both
,fronR and ueomisinR. Taking hold OF