St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-12-10
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

OF GENERAL INTEREST.
samuel Warner, Of Fermanah town
chip. near Mimingtou, Pa, traded hi
partially double-headed calf 70 . maj
named Boyer. from Snyder county, fol
. two-year-Old colt and some boo,
money. The calf had three horna
three eys and two sets Of nostrils, and
was a lively as . cricket Boyer in
tends to exhibit the freak.
Persons in Bombay, India, arc per
suaded that there will be considerable
profit in making varied display 1t the
worlds fair. They propose to send owe,
twelve elephauts. SO that visitors cal
take rides lin howdah with mahout";
to give exhibitions of suttee. cremation
jugglery, nadtch. wrestling. etc, and Il
sell tea At ten cents cup They expect
70 sell million cups
"A wine merchant in Cadiz, whos>
reputation is unimpeachable, makes the
astounding disclosure that IN imitatios
brandy Of sherry ID furnished in i'm
mense quantities to tone Of the largest
mail steamship companies in the world
At the low price of four and one-hal1
pence per bottle. This beverage, which
Is unfit to drink. Is sold to passenger
at twelve times its cost
Some Australian blacks. who were
imported for show purposes and are de.
tanned at San Francisco, are wonder
fully clever with the boomerang. One
Of their most interesting performances
rs the throwing of the boomerang SO -
70 describe the figure 8. One line
crosses tho other rs quick ~ . fash,
and the boomerang goes whistling
through space, and finally comes back,
after having proceeded many yardA
Its movements are faster than that Of .
flying fish, and it strikes 1t the end Of
its journey with tremendous force.
The mountaineer peasants Of north.
ern Italy and the Tyrol arc unusual
among the immigrants to this country,
but ono now and then encounters them
upon the streets of New York, whers
they are easily recognized by their
great stature. sturdy legs and shoulders.
hard dsun6rowned features, and felt hats,
creased in limitations of kossuth's head.
gear, and ornamentcd with the scimitar-
like cocks feather. Their footRear,
too, 10 distinctive, being coarse-legged
boots, with pointed toes, and high
tapering heels. such IN article OF sp-
parel n it seems no man would dare
venture out with in . region Of dif3calt
footing.
-lTindcostan is about twenty five
times as large IS the state Of New York.
and the Sahara desert has almost exactly
the number OF square miles ss the whole
of the United States The Mediter.
ranean sea would cut the United States
in two across its greatest breadth. max
ing an open sea from New York to Van
couver. Great Britain and Ireland have
about the same number Of square miles
rs Arizona. Madagascar is about a.
large as New Hampshire. Massachusetts,.
Vermont. Connecticut New York, Penn
sylvania, New Jersey, Virginis and
North Carolina combined. The area Of
England proper and that Of the state Of
Iowa are almost identical.
in countries where the price of pine.
apples are much higher than here, the
fruit isappreciated 1t something nearer
it's true merit Pineapple juice has
medicinal properties Of the highest or
der. In throat diseases and even in
IL has seldom failed to give
relief. and Is an anti-tlyspeptic IL is in
valuable. The unpleasant taste victims
of indigestion experience on rising in
the morning can be got rid Of by the
persistent use of this remedy. and n it
goes at once to the root of the trouble
and removes the cause, the cure is .
permanent one. Any dyspcptic who has
not tried the pineapple should lose NO
time in taking the advice Of one who
he's
The smooth raised edge running
about the face of modern coins and in
closing the device as frame incloses .
picture not only adds great deal to the
beauty Of the piecc. but serves double
purpose. first to protect the
design from wear. and second to afford
a horizontal surface SO that coins may
he piled mp vertically one on top Of an-
other without danger of toppling over.
As soon rs the raised edge Il worn from
, coin II loses its clear beauty of design
and fast degenerates into . mere char
Acterless disk of metal Owing to the
long rest which metallic currency had
in this country during the reign Of
ereenbacks and shinplasters United
States coins are remarkably clear cut
and we'll preserved. Even coins minted
before the war retain part of the mill
ing.
-Four men only have held the full
title of lieutenant-general in the Chitcd.
States army. These were Washington,
Grant, Sherman and Sheridan. Win
Iicld Scott was a lieutenant-general by
brevct only. from June. 1s41, to Novem-
Der. 1861. At the time when some sp-
prchension was felt lest we should have
! war with France Gen. Washington
Vas given command of the army, with
rank Of lieutenant-Reneral, July 3. 17oe,
md held the rank until his death, De-
,etnber IA, 1s9o. BY act of congress
;rant was made lieutenant-Reneral
March II, 1854, holding the commission
until July p, 1866, when he received
he higher rank Of general Of the army.
md Gen Sherman succeeded TO the
'ank Of lieutenant-generxL When
Zen. Grant became president March 4.
ls69, Sherman succeeded to the rank Of
general and Gen. Sheridan 10 that Of
On the retirement
II Sherman November /, 1883. the com.
nsnd Of the army fell 70 Gen. Sheridan,
,ut not the higher rank Of general
inee that, BY congressional enactment.
apsed when Sherman retired. How.
.ver. the rank was bestowed upon
during his last illness by
pecial act Of congress-
IN Chicago