St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-10-24
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

said to have been Morton, the bishop
of Ely. who in the reign Of Henry Will
constructed q cut for navigation b.
tween Petcrboro and the sea forty miles
long.
Between the years 1854 and lssA &C.
cording to Official statistics. 9A9 soldiers
of the Prussian army committed suicide.
The largest number Of suicides occurred
in the company stationed in the prov
iuce OF POsen, the next in that OF the
Berlin company.
The substitution Of csmel's hair.
cotton, paint and chemicals, for leath-
or in machinery betting. Is said 70
be meeting with some success In this
country. It was first invented in En-.
gland, aud it is claimed for the new
material that II is stronger than other
betting, more durable, more efficient
and as low priced.
"A jcweler at Akron, O., offered .
gold watch for sale on . novel plan.
The watch WAS offered st $40 and the
price reduced 81 each day until the
timepiece was purchased II not sold
at the expiration Of twenty days the
watch was to be given to the first per.
son entering the store ON the morning
Of the twenty-first day.
George Washington knew the value
of newspaper advertising. In repro
duction of fac-simile of its first num-
Der, printed 11S years ago. the Bslti-
more American displays . half-column
''ad" by the father of his country an
nouncing that he had bought 10000
acres of land which he divided into
homesteads and was ready to place
upon the market George was . great
man, but he had an eye to business
The great temperance apostle, Faith
er Mathew. was addressing an audience
of Irish cab-driverA aud had told them
that they should learn . lesson from
the brute creation. ''If," said he. II
were to set before one Of your horses .
bucket of water and . bucket Of whisky
you know which the wise beast would
take" Whereupon one Of the quick.
witted carmen replied: SWELL. father.
If 1 were to place before my horse .
truss of hay and sirloin Of beef you
know which the wise beast would
choose. But does it follow that the
hay is best for me?" !.
1T is stated on good authority that
North America has about 4l3 species OF
forest trees The distribution il -
follows: Atlantic region. 176; Pacific
region, 106; common to both, 10; Rocky
Mountain region. 46; Florida tropical
species, "a Europe has only 15S specieA
At least six of the North American
species are also indigenous in Europe.
The extremely rapid destruction OF
American forests is not only IN alarm
ing waste Of resources, but has resulted
in great loss from tho appalling floods
that are clearly traced to the removal
of the trees from the hillsideA
"A man in Bremen who was passing
an idle hour sat down In small park.
While there he saw . four-leaved clover
and at once picked it up as IN emblem
OF good luck. The next moment he
was arrested and taken before the au-
thorities for breaking rule forbidding
visitors to touch anything in the park.
In vain he protested that he was about
| to sail for America. that his baggage was
aboard the steamer and that It sailed
in two hours Before he could settle
the matter and pay his fine the steamer
had sailed The boat was wrecked and
| a number Of the passengers drowned,
but, thanks to the four-leaved clover.
our belated traveller was saved
Some years ago aD inventor thought
of the idea Of IN ''order board" TO Be
hung up in the kitchen Of private
| houses The boards bore columns Of
articles in the commonest use, with
hole opposite each name and . lot Of
movable pegs to put in the holes against
| whatever article the housewife needed
| to keep up . working supply. The In
vention may have sold or It may not
but now the grocers are buying them
| and distributing them to their custom
| ers, because, as ono grocer puts II,
''they save hours of waiting while
women try to think Of what they need.
Is well IS the extra trips which used to
follow the gradual working Of each
| customers memory"
This story comes from Stone Lake.
Ind: "a gentleman living on the banks
of the lake has small spaniel dog that
is the pet of the family. A neighbos
owned vicious English bulldog that
seemed anxious to fight and kill the
little spaniel at any opportunity.
Strenuous efforts were made to keep
the dogs apart, but through the thought
lessness Of some little children the dogs
met ON the banks Of the lake. and the
little spaniel began his fight for life.
He adroitly managed to get the bull
dog to the edge Of the water and then
got him where he had to swim. After
this display Of intelligence his battle
was . good deal more than half won.
for he had the bulldog at his mercy and
in q very short time had him drowned