St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-11-04

OF GENERAL INTEREST.
.-0h bills Of sale oe negroes 80
very common relics of slavery dsys
hut . bill Of sale a IN 'Indian woncn
Il . rare article among collections Of
antiquarianA One Of the latter. how.
ever. b IN the possession of J. b Bald.
Of Harwintou. Ct The document
which il dated l7l7. records the selling
Of ''squaw" for fifteen shfllinga
The earliest chest was simply ~
trank Of an oak tree seoopsd ont and
cut down the middle. one-half serving
a . lid, which was at flrst kept closed
by . strap of leather. and later by ono
made Of iron Aslate - the fourtennth
century the oak chest In edition to
being . repository for valuables, served
- seat, and sometimes n table.
The latest reljc claimed TO Be h the
possession of eolleceor is the skull Of
Sophocles, the great master Of Greek
tragedy. The relic Is 4t present owned
by DR.. Herman Mynter,of Buffalo. n r..
to whom IL WAS recently sent BY his
brother. Prof. Ludwig Mynter, direct
or-gencral Of the royal possessions Of
Greece, for exhibition at the worid's
fair. t.f,s 4
Travellers in Arctic regions say the
physical effects there are about as fol-
lows: Fifteen degrees above, unpless'
antly warm; zero. mild: ten degrees
below, bracing; twenty degrees below,
sharp but not severely cold; thirty
degrees below, very cold: forty degrees
below. intensely cold; Fifty degrees BE-
low. . struggle for life-N. o. Plea
yune.
Every railway should have ~ s1r-
geon. He is . necessity - much - its
lawyer, its president or even its super-
intendent Both professions Of l3w
and medicine arc now . necessity for
the proper management and eonduceod
. railway. The railway surgeon came.
perhaps, last, but he has come TO stay.
and no railway Of importance can now
dispense with this ohcec.-MedicO-
Legal Journal
-Sterilized milk Is . very modern de-
vice for infants and invalidA II cells
as high Is fifty cents . quart, and Il
bought sometimes in quantities to last
the individual consumer year. It II
even sent to customers in Europe. It
II shipped in hcrmetic.lly sealed vea-
sels and may be kept like any other
preserve. Specimens have been found
sweet and wholesome two years after
leaving the COW.
Those Oriental balls Of crystal that
most persons take for glass greatly IN
crease in value with each inch Of dr.
ameter. While one-hslf IN inch In di-
ameter may be worth not more than .
few dollars. hall eight inches in
diameter Is worth, Thousands There
are few of these crystal balls ut the
Metropolitan museum, and some deal
ere in Oriental goods usually have half
. dozen on hand The japanese cali
then sleepy slobeA because Of the
aspect Of obJects % seen
through the crystal lrrs7 -FE7 .ss =
"A cheap subatitsto toe lay Agures
now popular with small shopkeepers Is
the photographic head printed ON paste
board and then cut into outline 1gureA
These heads are csrefully attsehsd 20
rude lay busts over which Moansnt
gowns are draped, and sfhe, ,Ezsq3tia .
highly effective show window decoE1-.
ton The lithogsaphic hesd9A3e'aAlh
more human in appearance thaaAhslsy''
figures Of wax, wood or paper p1lpk kqpn-
mouly in use for years. and a1tiSs u,
some superficial ability arc eidfnbyed
in making the designs. at
in northern New England tAe VaO.;
farer b often surprised BY coming upsa
Q big tomb, directly beside the road
and unconnected with . cemetery. O..
casioually the door Is open showing ..
bier, coffin. boxes and other appuxten-
suce2 and, very likely, stones and ap-'
pie cores tossed in BY the prevalent
boy. These tombs arc notintended for
sepulture& Thsrs are Aere-
" receiving vaults for use in winter.
when the cemetery On distant hillsides'
are covered with two feet Of SNOW and
the roads to them are impassable.
Many New Workers who live mp
town wait for their breakfasts until
they reach the lower part Of town.
Several downtown restaurants find
that it pays TO open early for such Gus
tomer& One big restaurant opens its
doors at four O'Clock every morning
and begins to serve meals at six. Some
of the customers walk down for tho
exercise, and even those who ride seen
20 believe in the theory that Il = whole
some TO move about before breakfast
A reporter watched some Of them tie
other morning. and noticed that nearly
al had excellent appetite& ahas
When rings are sent 70 . jewelsf
for repair he always cleans the stones
and surprises the oWnefs By their
The accumulation Of dirt
ON the under side 81 . diamond o.
other Transparent gem = % dow that
the dulling Of The stone n hardly mo-
ticed. Usually they arc cleaned, with
ont removal from their settings With
the chewed ends Of wooden toothpielrs.
bat they cannot Be made. entirely
bright without taking them out Of
their clasp& The dirt that RetD into
tie spoee between the ring and Tie
stone u often a hard q clay.
il fho Vn1ng oAlp2
The mystery Of the viking aAips =
now passing away, owing 70 the disr
covery Of their remains during this eer.
tary. In 1851 . Good-sissd ship vas
discovered near 6arpsborg. while IN
lss9 there was dug out Of . murisl-
mound ct 0olEstad, near Christiania.
the entire remains of . viking chip
with most Of her equipnents'ins . good
state Of peesesva&ioa Ths chip was
svidsatly the b1rial-to0b of ~ great
captain. for The bo0es of hi Aosass and'
dogs lay hsside it; and, stsangsst thinR
e all 70 relate. the bones Of the
vi1rin1 himsalf = nan of rant Si1e. six