St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-10-17

IN b stated BY Invent3o0 tha4 a
AEstriAn chemist Herr Ee1Iatein, he's
discovered . substitute for eellul0id,
named hyaline, that Is not inAammsblos
II n Rrainless. odorless. transparent
/ tenacious and may Be drawn into
threads Or rolled into alma Il = d.
, scribsd - conposed Of eolopAens, lae.
copal. Dammaxa rosin, essential oil of
turpentine and gun cotton.
The di6erence between Ne stand.
ard time and sun time still makes
trouble In eastern Maine, wAsre Il h
sbout thirty minutes. a party was ~
Gently made up In one Of the towns 70
60 to . neighboring village and hear .
popular preacheE. The party started
BY railroad time and the preacher b.
gan his service BY tho Lords time, and
the visitors arrived just - The good
man WAS pronouncing the benediction.
Tho Lewiston (Me.) Journal says
that an Auburn business man, one who
Il seen upon the streets Of that city
every day in the week, cuts and makes
his own clotheA And they are well
made and .hey fit like . good fitting
glove. The man isn't . tailor. either.
He has cut and made his own olothee
for years. and NO one can suit him -
we'll rs he can suit himself He does
his cutting and sewing after business
hours.
Capt Stephen A. Billa Of Toms
river, n. J.. has . very novel set Of
dominoes. which he prizes very highly.
They are made from pieces Of twenty
eight different wrecks which have come
ashore ON the Atlantic coast between
Bsrnegat Inlet and Point Pleasant
They were made by Capt Charles TIL
ton, Of the life saving service, who was
ten years in making the collection.
Every particular domino has . history,
and Capt Bills likes nothing- better
than . chance to relate It.
Tho highest railway in the world
has Just been completed mp the rugged
sidcs Of Pixies Peak from Manitou. Col.
Starting 1t N elevation Of &loo feet
above tho sea the line climbs up BY .
winding course. 7.75o feet TO the trs-
mendous height of II. l47 feet shove tho
sea. This requires . grade averaging s48
feet to the mile, with . maximum Of
1.So0 feet. or e5 per cen&-twenty or
more times sleeper than what may be
called the average steep Grade on IN
ordinary railwsy.-Railway Aga =
An old brindle cow belonging 70 IN
Indiana man broke into another's aeld.
and in court the owner Of ths Aeld
proved that the cow destroyed The fol-
lowing mentioned property, to-wit:
Two four.yea1-old cherry trees. seven
apple trees, I've pear treea. one plum
tree, one hundred head Of cabbage,
twelve rows of beans i've rods loag,
one row Of beats one and one-haH rods
long, fifty TO one hundred and fifty
sweet potato plants. one bed Of onions.
three Rrapevines and fourteen black
berry busheA
Tho new servant girl tried two
kinds Of furniture polish on The rose
wood dining table. She declared that
American furniture polish wss mo
good 1t all, 1t all" She got half .
pound Of white beeswax. two cakes Of
CASTLE soap and pint Of turpentine.
She boiled the soap and wax toGetheE-
that Il. she melted them until they ran
together. Then she poured In the
All the hard wood IN the
house shines like mirror glass now.
." 'Tis the way we make the bars shine
In Dublin, !" said she.
The National Observer (Londoo)
tells Of . French wine manufacturer
who has discovered that the vinous
bouquet il matter ROT Of original Con-
stituenta. but Of fermenting agents.
and who has succeeded In making
vintags4 both rcd and white,
10 say nothing Of irresistible beandies,
put Of barley. without % much - .
suspicion Of grape juice in them. The
consumers Of these beverages keep mp
bygone traditions BY still speaking
Of vintagss and bo1qusts
md aromas and styles and % On.
"A Berlin daily tells story which
has . local Significance. A young ON
Ger In horse ear gave young woman
his seat and she took Il without .
'.thank yod." The olIlcer stood On tAs
rear platform A few blocks further
md the young woman stepped iron The
car. The officer saluted and said:
Pardon ma, madan, bat you have for.
gotten something" The young woman
hurried back into the car, but found
none Of her property. She looked In
quiringly st the officer. who saluted
again and said: ''Oh, meant only that
ron had forgotten to thank me-"
Charlie Conner, Of Beaver Falls,
has on exhibition . monstrosity In the
shape Of . chicken formed with two
bealks, four legs, four wings and three
backs. II il fully developed IN every
respect and lived for quite awhile after
being hatched out The egg from
which the chicken was hatched waS one
,f eleven placed under . hen. She
brought out ten chicks and then left
he nest, taking her ten chickens with
her and abandoning the eleventh egE.
The egg was put under IN old goose
hat was setting. but - soon as IL was
hatched out and the goose saw The man
ner Of bird II was. she kicked Il out Of
Ehe nest and IL died
Inlasd Iaksa
Il II not generally realized that there
Ire in this country literally millions Of
lakes which are availshle for woAer.
farming; In size al the way from mere
ponds to the great inland seas Of fresh
wster. In Illinois alone there aFe tsns
Df thousands Of lakeA and hundreds Of
thousands more can be readily csssted
There are in Illinois many extinct
lakes. which can easily Be transferred
into sheets Of water By Tie siDplest
means. All the enormous fake plain"
- IL il known 70 geoloGistA sompgis3ng
Minnesota and Aiehigaa,
north Of the Ohio river. Il dotted with
countless sheets Of water. eonditions