St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-17
GENERAL.

-Tamerlape's mother began the
training of her SON in military matters
before he could speak. The first toy
she gave him was tiny sword. He II
said to have attributed his love of war
to this, his first plaything.
Little is known of Shakespeare
mother, but she must have been q good
woman. He makes one Of his charac-
tiers say: II had not SO much of man
in me; but all my mother came into
my eyes and gave me up to tears"
Omaha has two-story sewer con-
trived to accommodate those whose
houses stand thirty-six feet above the
main sewer. The second-story sewer
is connected at each end with the main
sewer, and there is device for flush
ing that insures proper sanitary condi-
tions.
The scuteness of the wild Indians
in following q trail was almost mirac-
ulous. After following it for few
miles they were generally able to tell
exactly how many persons were of the
party. together with numerous per-
sonal peculiarities of the individuals
composing it.
1t is only the best and the poorest
wood engraving that can find place
in the world of illustration since photo
engraving has reached its present per-
fection. The best wood engraving still
has some fne qualities that photo-en-
craving can not reach, while the poor
est wood engraving is cheaper, and
therefore more suitable for some pur-
poses than good photo-engraving.
Mime. Scarron, afterwards the IA
nous Mime. de Maintcnon. the wife of
Louis XIV, was. in her girlhood. re-
markably beautiful. She was dark,
with piercing black eyes and wavy
hair. In middle life her gravity Of
countenance and Of department was
considered quite extraordinary, in that
age Of gayety. One of her contempo-
raries said that she did not smile once
= year, and yet she was not gloomy.
but only of = sedate habit of mind.
The Indian pharmscopoeia COM
prised thorouRhwort. spurge and In
dian hemp. used as emetics; the bark
of the horse-chestnut and butternut,
used rs cathartics. They were also
acquainted with many poisons. most
of which were used on their weapons
For asthma, they employed tobacco
and sassafras; for coughs, slippery
elm; for dropsy. the wild gooseberry;
for wounds, powdered puff balls. They
treated boils with onion poulticeA
French books, standard and 9TH
erwise. were much cheaper in New
York city formerly than now. New
French book shops are springing mp
and old ones are enlar9ing their stock.
until At length one may buy . great
variety of French literature in those
agreeably printed paper bound vol
umes for which the French are IA
nous 1t really looks rs il . French
bookseller's estimate that 100, 600 New
Workers read French were not too
high.
Stephen b. Elkins. of New York
city, and half dozen states is one of
several men whose civil relations are .
curious outgrowth Of modern condi-
tions. There waa time mot long ago
when every man Of prominence was
identified with some one state and no
other. To-day there scores of men
who are rs much at home in any one
OF half dozen states and cities - in
that where they have legal residence.
Most Of them have = sort Of second
home in New York because that city l.
the clearinghouse and exchange Of
almost every sort Of large business
Men from New Orleans, from San Fran
cisco. from Denver, from St Paul.
from Chicago. Cleveland, Boston and
Buffalo have Offices and clubs in New
York city.