St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-11-19
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

OF GENERAL INTEREST.
"A peculiar bo ycott b in progress as
Fargo. N. d. The business men Of the
town have boycotted the Northern Pa
cific rsilruad because the company wont
build . new station and hotel there.
They have issued . circular TO all their
business connections asking them to
ship their goods over other lines.
Alta public sale in the armory,
Westchester, PA, on August 4, Of the
effects Of . deceased old lady, the auc-
tioneer held up IN old collar box and
said: Here Is . pint Of human teeth.
What il bid for themT' The teeth were
mementoes. gathered from the mouths
of scores Of the old lady's relatives
They sold for one cent
"A man at Peaks Island, Nc,
dropped . nickel into the slot of .
phonograph one day last week, but the
machine failed to give out the promised
music Thereupon the man became
enraged. for nickels are highly esteemed
in the outlying neighborhoods Of Port
land. and smashed the deceitful phono-
graph into bits TO recover his money.
The largest sample of gold quartz
ever mined in Montana was taken out of
the Mcintyre lode. Its weight il I, ,7S5
pounds. 1t came from near the surface.
There are other large samples. which
came from the Shafer shaft At the depth
of ITO feet; one from the Musser shaft,
100 feet, and another from the working
shaft. 200 feet All arc destined for exhi-
bition At the worlds fair at Chicago
The young and the old are smart in
the Pine Tree state. Ida Gibbs, the ten
yesr-old daughter Of John Gibbs, Of
Brooks, Me-, has driven horse rake all
over one huodred acres of hay fields
this summer, rakin2 the hay up clean.
and has taken care of the horses be-
sides. The town of Cooper. Me-, boasts
of q lady of seyenty-three who rakes up
after a moving machine as well rs any
Of the men,
A London paper, mentioning a recent
anarchist meeting, says that speeches
term employed to designate the queer
mixture Of Hebrew. German and other
words that is called jargon in New
York. Jargon is SO extensively spoken
and read that it is profitable TO issue
several newspapers in that language.
The expression ''our esteemed jargon
contemporary" is found occasionally in
the Jewish papers of the higher class,
and its use does not imply any DISPOSE
ton to speak slightingly.
-'Marshall's gold nugget" will be
exhibited at the worlds fair by Califor-
mia, and it is safe to say that thousands
will consider it one of the most inter
esting Of the innumerable objects which
will be displayed ut the great exposi-
ton This is the identical nugget
which Marshall picked up in the Amer
lean river, February 16. 1Sls, when
selecting . site for Suffers mill, and
which constituted the first discovery Of
gold in California. The nugget is about
the size ofa lima bean, and, ON account
of its associations and the almost in
calculable wealth and development
which have resulted from its finding, il
regarded rs an almost priceless treas
urc.
The Hebrew intellect is displayed
to great advantage not only in finance,
but in chess Mr.. Blackburnc, the rep
resentative English player. was recent
" defeated by Herr Lasker, q Hebrew,
and it is said that . large proportion.
perhaps one-half. of the recognized
masters of chess in Europe are Of
Hebrew extraction. Roth in London
and ON the continent Jewish players Of
talent arc to he found in great num-
bers In the contest for . trophy late
~ offered by . London newspaper of
the four most successful players three
were Jews The power Of close and
accurate calculation, which is . charac-
teristic of the race, makes them skillful
in the game of chess
The streets and public grounds Of
Washington are shaded by o-er seventy
thousand trees, including eight hum
dred varieties and species. some Of
which arc to be found nowhere else in
America. These trees have been
planted by many industrious men, from
the first president to the present one.
There are in the city Ssl large and
small reservations, the latter being
formed by the intersection of the
avenues, which radiate from the capitol
and white house., with the regular
streets. In all, these cover an aggre-
gate Of 900 acres, all of which are COW
cred with trees. the care of which,
with the nurseries and propagating
gardens. costs t75, 900 annually.
"A New Yorker taking . Sunday
stroll not far beyond the city limita
was surprised at the conduct of two
score of sparrOws that futtered in the
air foot or SO above bare rock in the
midst of an empty pasture. Now and
then bird would light on the rock,
but most of the time the grayish-brown
flock poised uneasily just over the spot
Il looked at firs: Is IL the birds wefe
catching insects, though none were
visible On the human intruder's near
er approach tho birds still in the air
took flight. and almost - many more
sprang out Of the grass immediately
about the rock. At the same instant
the head and rapidly moving tongue Of
q large blaclksnake became visible Just
behind the rock. and he too made Of
II WAS apparently . clear case Of bird
charming BY the snake.
The Nowapopess Of Pefsla.
Recent travellers in Persia find the
newspapers OF that land . source of
perennial amusement There were none
till the shah returned from Europe two
years ago. While in Paris he saw the
cabmen with newspapers in their hands
when idle and naturally, it Is said, At
tributed their general intelligence TO
this fact As soon ss he arrived in
Teheran he established . ministry of