St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-12-14

AT Gibraltar. during the mod
1A0ous Of its siezes, the French con.
Rander, learning that Elliott's mea
were suffering from scurvy, sent them
- . present boat load Of carrotA
The Jspanese living on the Paciac
coast are all a-bubble with patriotic
1ervor since the events Of the recent
war elevated their nation to such 4
notable altitude, and they seize every
opportunity for celebrating" in gem.
eral way. and for spellbinding, about
patriotism, liberty, freedom, aud other
interesting generalitie&
The historic city Of GEORGETOWN,
d C., il no moro. Under authority Of
IN act passed by congress in February
last it Is annexed TO Washington, and
. few days ago the consolida ton wa.
completed and the identity of the
former city wholly snnihilstea by re.
naming its streets and squares to con.
form TO the system in vogue 1t Wash
ington.
"A felt hat il now made by . pncu.
matte process A conical cup perforat-
cd with holes Is provided; the an
beneath il exhausted, while by . curi-
Gus device the felt is forced evenly 70
al parts Of the outside of the receiver,
and, by the strong pressure and rush
of the air, is thrown upon the frame
and distributed, thus forming the
basis for the hat tF
Only American draughtsmen are
hereafter to be employed in the
drsuRhting rooms of the navy depart
meDt ut Washington. D. c. The cause
of this decision is said to be the sus
picion that some Of the draughtsmen
previously employed were either in
the service Of foreign governments OF
were disposed TO sell to these govern
ments valuable plans coming into their
departments
AT Mile End in London there il .
serious outbreak of smallpox, but the
vestry and guardians, being opposed
to vaccination. refuse to exercise tho
power placed in their hands BY law to
make it compulsory. In the district
there are from twelve to fourteen thou.
sand unvaccinated children. The
guardians assert that the smallpox
has como from the neighboring dis.
tricts, where the law Is enforced.
LIN Texas it is held that where the
evidence shows that the defendant had
given reasonable publicity to reguls
ton forbidding the taking Of pas.
sengers on freight trains, though there
+ evidence tending to show that con.
ductors had at various times violated
such regulation, II it appears that the
company has used reasonable effort to
enforce obedience thereto it is not lia.
BILE for the death Of one riding in viola.
ton Of the rule.
I'm Tsganroz in Russia . company
Of Barishaiks, or small traders. End
ing they could not reach their destina-
ton ono night, decided to sleep in tho
open air. One of them, however, re-
fused, and went to . cottage not f.,
OF. In the morning he found his nine
companions had been murdered in
their sleep and $1,000 roubles which
they had were stolen. Tho murderer
was found soon after; he had Joined
the band disguised rs trader. had
drugged them with morphine, and then
killed them.
jacob Holgate, of Corvallis. Orc,
started out to capture . sea lion re-
Gently and found in = very brief period
that it was IN elephant he had ON his
hands The sea lion was lying ON the
beach. along which Mr.. Holgate was
driving in his buggy. drawn BY .
healthy young horse. Mr.. Hol0ate
lassoed the lion. and. tying the rope to
his buggy axle. whipped up his horse
with the intention of hauling tho lion
back to town. After being dragged
along few yards the lion decided to
60 home to sea, and started toward the
breakers Despite all the efforts Of
Mr.. Holgate and his horse the lion got
the better Of the tug Of war, and in .
few minutes the bind wheels Of tho
wagon were in the surf Then Mr..
Holgate cut the rope. and was glad to
ret home alone and alive.