St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-04-01
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

I'm June u, ldSSs congress PoSSeO
IN act authoizing all merchant vessels
to defend themselves against any
search, seizure or restraint on the part
of any vessel under French colors; and
to subduc and capture as good prize
any vessel attempting such search or
seizure; and to retake any vessel seized
by the French, with benefit Of salvage.
"A touching old rural custom pre-
walls in the west of France during the
harvest season. On the edge of the
field bordering the highway q sheaf of
grain is left standing, to which oil the
peasants of the village contribute.
and which is called Tho strangers
sheaf." as it is the property Of the first
tramp or other homeless wayfarer who
may care to carry it away and profit by
its price.
The first petition for the recall OF .
royal governor in colonial times came
from Massachusetts, This was in 176S
The Massachusetts, assembly, after de-
claring they would not rescind their
circular letter, adopted q petition to
the king. asking for the recall of Fran
els Bernard, the provincial governor.
that one more worthy TO represent so
great and good q kir.g might be seEt 70
preside over the province"
"A recent application Of aluminium
to the frames Of eyeglasses has attract
ed some attention. The weight Of the
frame is almost imperceptible, yet the
lenses are softer than without rims.
As the amount of aluminium used Is cx.
tremcly small, the difference in price
between such glasses and those with
steel frames is trifling. The fact that
aluminium does not corrode especially
recommends it for this use.
| "A railroad with q gauge of but q
inches is now building in North Caro-
lima It is to run from Hot Springs,
uear the Tennessee border, to Laurel
| river, a distance of3l miles Its course
Is through very mountainous country.
touching also fine farming section.
The main purpose of its construction Is
to get out the timber on about 10000
acres of land. A type Of mogul engine
Is being built for the little road.
"A watch is composed Of % pieces.
and over 2, 900 operations are used in its
manufacture. 1t takes sos, 900 of the
small screws which are used to weigh .
pound. The hair spring is . strip OF
steel about OK inches long, Tooth of IA
inch wide and o7-lO-O0Oth OK an inch
thick. A col ,OO0th part Of an inch's
difference in the thickness OF the strip
makes difference in the running of .
watch of about six minutes an hour.
Two prosrectors in the region south
east of Mount Rainier found recently IN
q wild, dcsolate spot the remains OF q
camp. with cooking utensils and canned
provisions scattered around about A
mile from the deserted camp they found
the bones and antlers of an elk and the
bones of . man mixed together and
scattered about, and near by the barrel
and half-decayed stock of q gun. The
supposi:ion was that the man was Z
solitary prospector who, out hunting,
had wounded an elk, which had turned
on him and killed him, and then died
beside his body.
One of the best arguments for good
roads is contained in . calculation re.
Gently published in one of the engin.
eering papers Il states that ON the
worst earth roads, not muddy, but
sandy, horse can draw only twice a
much as he can carry on his back; on Z
fair earth road, s1s times ~ much; on q
good macadamizcd road, Q times ..
much: on stone trackway, IS times n
much, and ON metal rails 81 times .:
much. The men who use the country
roads can therefore make money by i'm
proving the roads. rather than by buy
ing new hor>cs every year or two