St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-04-02
or GENERAL INTEREST.

-Weddiug rings were used By tie
ancients and put upon the wedding
finger: from . supposed connection
With . vein there with the heart Ae.
cortling 70 Pliny they were Dads Of
iron. and in the time OF Teetullia. of
gold .sAsfs srs
The tooal valuation Of al property
in North Carolina. by returns recently
made for The current year. b $ss7, ,oss. :
90. showing N increase Of about $751;.
81. 100 over lseo Tho incrsaas in the
valuation Of railways alone this year
over last Is -. 900 O00
While seeing the sights Of St Louis.
some days sgN Mr.. T. Julian. Of
Washington. Ind, visited the morgue.
There . painful shock awaited him.
On one II the tables he unexpectedly
saw the body Of his brother. whom he
had not seen O. heard Of for many
yeasA
Tho latest fad IN the west II said
70 be . shoe party. They stitch . sheet
across the room aud the ladies stand
behind Il and stick their feet under IL
20 you can only zee their shoeA Then
you 60 along and pick out . pair Of
shoes and the lady who IL in them you
take down to supper.
Perhaps the most novel craft ever
called on San Diego bay was the one
launched BY house mover. the other
day. Tho craft in question was . i've
room cottage which he had taken .
contract 70 move to South San Diego
It was loaded on two bsrges and drawn
By naphtha launch
Calvary, the hill near Jerusalem
where the cruci6xion Of Jesus &C.
CURED. Is formed Of limestone. The
shores Of the Dead see are lined with
puniee stone, showered ont Of some
volcano that destroyed Sodom and
Gomorrah. which cities Anally sank be-
meath the waters Of the Dead sea
Take . pencil and multiply-twice
two are four, twice four are eight etc,
and you viii dnd that In the twentieth
generation yoa had LOSS SO ancestoeA
without counting the intermediate gem
eratsons. and that In the thirtieth gen
Grafton You had over 1,eoo. ooQ 600 an
eestora without counting those be-
tween yourself and the thireieth
An experimental sidewalk II now
In operation in Chicago Il consists of
two movable platforms three hundred
aud sixty feet long. moving side By side
In the same direction, one at speed Of
three, the other st six miles per hour.
II has carried 1--WE hundred persons as
one time, and seems 70 be . success
It viii b used aa the worlds fair.
There are" says La Nature.
''about l,s0o. .ooo. 900 people in the world,
with very nearly an equal division Of the
rex One-fourth dies before the 18th
year, aud the average duration Of life
IS about s3 years; Ss.osa 900 people die
raeh year. making . total Of 9l. sol
eseh day. A77o each hour. 81 each |
minute and about one essh second
Tighten years ago . 6rc broke oat
In . coal mine near Lansford, Pa lt
has been burning, ever since and b in |
The heart of . bed Of coal q 00o feet
long, $50 feet deep and 80 feet wide. |
The heat from It warns the surface Of |
The earth 50 feet shove and makes the |
rocks and pebbles thereon % warm
hat . parlor match placed on them will
At once ignite. II
Tho Spsniaris ere the most expert |
lmolcrs in the world A Spauiard |
takes n heavy pull 1t his cigarette. in.
halcs it takes up . wine skin Or wine
bottle. pours . halt pint down his
lhrokt holding the weasel . foot from
his mouth and not splitting drop. and
hen with . sigh Of satisfaction closes
his eyes and exhales the smoke from |
his nose and mouth in clouds He will
llso inhalc the smoke, converse for
lew minutes in . natural manner. and |
hen blow out the smoke.
"A cool bridal trip was lately ex-
perienced by John Conman and Minnie |
OF Casey county. Ky.,
.ho had decided to elopa With the
lid pf his brother. Coffmsn stole the
bride by lantern light The party then |
rodc all night long 10 reach the nearest
,ailway, but had to stop q number Of
lines to build fires to keep the bride
',om pcrishing with cod When they
lrrived in Je6ersonville. Ind, they
vcre completely ". rn ont and the
Iroo:a was 20 exhausted that he forgot |
he name Of the bride when asking for
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