St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-10-01

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parrots from Brazil to dispose OF In
Paris An epidemic brolEe out among
the birds. from which all but two died.
The e0taeoa tim spFReal tOthe ipes.
sons who kept them and several have
mccamhsd to IN infectious paeumonia.
Arthur Bloche, valuer Of the French
ssowp aiaaeods Ind = expert On Me
subject Of eeu,s, statsk that q st66ns-
parent pearl Of twelve and . half carsta
3 owned by IN eastern potentate and
held 1t eeoo. 600. This must be the pearl
Of great price that II sometimes a.
luded To-
The emperor Of Germany. imme-
diately after reviewing some troops in
the Tempelhofes Field . fortnight ago.
discovered that his brown leather purse.
with hundred-mark note, some keys.
and gold ring. was missing from his
pockets. The most elaborate search of
the premises failed to find them
"A Harrisburg. Pa, boy sent up in
balloon, ON the Fourth of July last
year, . bottle with his name and sd-
dress In It. requesting the finder 70 re-
turn IL to him. Recently the bottle
was picked mp BY gentleman On the
shore of Lake Superior. near Duluth.
Mimi, who Immediately forwarded it
70 the lad
Five pounds OF candied violets were
the stake for which . young New York
man made and lost . bet with . young
lady Of his acquaintance The girl
knew and the young man discovered
too late that candied violeta. 1t first
class Broadway store. cost four dollars
. pound, and hereafter some other stake
viii be chosen when he makes bet
-Ex-Senstor George w. Jones. Of
Iowa. 20 whom . pension II likely 70
be granted BY the government for SER
vices in the war Of 1872 and in the Black
Hawk war, 10 IN interesting survivor Of
tho old-timc politician. He. i now
eighty-eight years old. bat remarkably
well preserved, and noted still for the
courtesy of manner that has always dis
tinguished him.
Prince Massimo. Of Rome, whose
palace was picked out - good one 70
blow up with IN anarchist bomb. does
mot claim 10 be decendant Of Fabius
Maximu& The family sentiment On this
subject was expressed BY Prince Msssimo
who was asked BY the hrst Napoleon
whether that was the family origin and
who answered. II do not know. All
I know about IL = that that tradition
has becn handed down in the family
for twenty centuries."
II bought typewriter" says . lit
ersry woman. ''to find thse I could not
learn to compose upon IL Then got
IN operator and tried Debating 70 her.
but that was - handicapping to the
workings Of my muse - 10 work the
machine myself Then had IN idea.
l sold the typewriter and learned
stenography. Now compose in short
hand with ease and rapidity, and send
my notes 70 . typswriting od1es and
have them copied out This may b .
suggestion 70 other women stupid In
spots like myself
"A certain married pair, each Messed
with Q strength Of will that some would
call obstinacy, found themselves the
happy parents sbout . year ago Of .
beautiful baby bsy. In due time .
christening was decided upon, bat.
alas, Il was impossible TO agree upon
the name. The mother was anxiouS to
call the boy Percy, while the father
favored plain john Neither would
yield nor permit . double name. and
after . spirited discussion at the last
moment. with no result, the elergymsn.
who was IN old friend Of the. family,
began the service. When the place
was reached where the name should be
instead, the minister went
On: 'Child Of The covenant baptise
thee," etc The baby = still nameless,
except 70 . wide circle Of relatives. who
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