St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-10-31

The success attend3ng the produ0
lion of the Passion Play 1t Obersna'
mergsu has indueed The residents Of
Neran to initiate Il A tAester h being
planned ON which '3olk-plays from
Tyrolese history and social HE" VIII
b prssented
Here i the prayer Il the uinistes
Of the CumbrayA two miserable blands
in the mouth Of the Clyde: 20 Lord.
bless and Be gracious 70 the greater
and the lesser CumhgAya and In Thy
mercy do not forget the adjaeent islands
Of Great Britain and Ireland"
The New Orleans Times Democrat
concludes. ON the basis Of Mr.. Porter's
census. that Of the populati Ion Of the
United States IS per cent b English; =
per cent IL German; Is per cent il
Irish; per cent Is Latin; 3 per cent
Scandinavian. and 5 per cent Slav.
-Vergennes. VT. Is the third oldest
city in the United States, having been
chartered in 15SS Hartford and New
Haven. Conn, were chartered In 1SsA
Vergennes il probably the smallest and
most quiet city in the country, having
. population Of I. .77s and covering only
1000 acres Nevertheless Il has .
mayor, . city council. . board Of alder
men, and oil other officers pertaining to
full-dedged city.
AT least 81. 900 Americans annually
20 to Europe to mako the grand tour.
This army of pleasure-seekeFs pay S1a-
O0O. 900 to the steamship companies and
$50, ,000, 900 in hotel bills, presents and
tips. the expenses Of the ordinary trav.
eler averaging 3 per day for forty dayA
Four million dollars may b safely
charged to presents. Il will thus Be
seen that the total amount expended 10
about $50. .ooo. 900.
The exports from Italy TO the
United States for the year ended June
80 amounted to SIS, $50 000. notwith-
standing the immense falling OF In the
shipment of raw silk on account Of the
depression Of tho silk industry In the
United States and in the shipments Of
fruit from Sicily. owing to deficient
crop Had the shipments Of silk and
fruit been equal to those Of the preced-
ing year the exports would have ex.
ceeded ss6. 000. 900.
used in the manufacture Of paper. In
some experiments. to test this use the
husks were thrown into rotary boiler.
and after being mixed with caustic soda
and thoroughly boiled. they formed .
kind Of spongy paste, full of glutinous
substance. This paste was then placed
in . hydraulic press, % rs 70 separate
the gluten from the hber; . compact
mass Of fiber was then obtained. which
is worked in various wavA
Few reflect when they are talking
about fat giooalex how small thing
globule is OF the largestof them, laid
along in q. row. IL would require I. $50
to measure an inch. OF the smallest Of
them, $1,000 laid In . line would NO
mous th,n;cover IN inch The largest
has 6Z times more diameter than the
smallest and ia times more volume.
In . drop Of milk the sizs Of . pins
head there arc from 1000 70 1000 fak
zlobules. The average number of fat
zlobules in . quart of milk h sstinated
at two thousand billions-A Oh. .000, 000,-
900.
Some experiments were recently
made at the Riverside iron worl1
Wheeling. w. Va, ON the comparative
liability to rust Of iron and sof& 1esse-
mer steel A piece Of iron plate and .
similar piece Of steel. both clean and
bright. were placed In .. mixture .oe
yellow loam and sand, with which had
been thoroughly incorporated=uome
carbonate Of soda, nitrate Of soda. am.
monium chloride and chloride Of mag.
nesium The earth a. prepared was
kept moist At the end Of thirty three
DAYS the pieces of metal were taken
out, cleaned and weighed. when the
iron was found TO have lost os4 per
cent of its weight and the steel O. = per
sent
As illustrating one of the causes
for the great cost Of EnGlish railways
as compared with those In nav eoun-
tries, IL Il interesting to note that the
proposed new Lancashire. Defbyshiro
& East Coast line i estimated - cost
GO, ESQ, 900, or about R4l, 500 per mile.
but of this total "a. .50o. .0oo. Or fee. 100
per mile win b required simply sDd
| solely for land purchase. leaving the
actual cost of construction at about
els, 400 per mile, which win compare
favorsbly with the cost Of similar an1
similarly equipped lines elsewhere.
Over here in America Il win Be thought
that s66. 900 per mile for construction
only. is pretty high. and yet IL il not r.
be supposed that the amount nameo
represents any ster."-Railway Re-
view. n
"A woman entered . London book.
store and asked for . spartieular recita-
ton, which the clerk found after sseorch
Of ftwenty minutes in . volume sold Tor .
shilling. She sat down and began 70
pore over II. The clerk supposed sAe
was going to commit It to memory, Bot
she mildly asked il shs might eoppy
part Of it. He said: Certainly" She
thercupou asked him IL he would
'.lend" her . piece Of paper That
'.lend" was dainty piaee Of euphem-
ism, and he handed over . Arst-class
pad 70 write on. Then she modestly
begged for . pencil, and when he had
produced . brand new one she sat down
and copied every word Of the recitation
from beginning 70 end When she had
finished she gathered herself ups snd
without . word walked OF with hsr
CODY and the assistants new pencil
shs wanted ~ Explassaisa
''Hubby."said The new wife. Il fesf
You have some family secrets which
you have kept from me. .ss.s,.,
"Fsmily seeretsT
"Yes, dear. Have you not - aant
who il not what she should be3 E. .
"I? An aunt? Why. what do you