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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-10-03
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Rev. Thomas Spurgeon, son OF the
great London divine, is pastor OF 2
fourishing Baptist Church in Auckland
New Zealand.
About twenty per cent. OF the grad
nating class at Williams are six feet
high or over, or. to be exact, eleven in
class of sixty.-Troy Times.
Christian. make note of this: The
net gain in communicates the past year
was nine times greater in foreign mis-
sions than in Christi0n
Union.
1t has been decided to rebuild the
Roman Catholic Cathedral at Charles
ton. S. c.. which was burned in tho
great fire of 1861, and at that time con-
sidered the finest ecclesiastical building
in the South.
There are over one thousand mem
bers in the three Congregational
churches in Scranton, Pa Between
two and three hundred of this number
have been admitted since the 1st of JAN
uary.
The avarage Sunday plate collec-
tions of Rev. Newman Halls church. in
Westminster Bridge Road, London. is
$l75, and of Rev. c. II. Surgeons
congregation in the great Tabernacle,
$345.
A Boston Courier reporter asked
the Superintendent of Schools the other
day: 'How does it happen that there
are so many old maids among the
school teachers?" and he replied: BE
cause school teachers are as Sule.
women of sense, and no sensible woman
will give up sixty-dollar position for .
forty-dollar man."
The journals of the English Society
for the Propagation of the Gospel in
Foreign Parts are to be printed. It
may not be generally known that those
journals contain the earliest historical
records of the Church in America.
Canada, and the West Indies. They
will fill five octave volumes of about
200 pages each. and the cost of the set
will be six guineas. Only 250 copies
will be printed. unless the number of
subscribers who come forward will
warrant the issue of 500 copies. in
which case the price will be five guineas
q set.
There is a church in Milton County.
Georgia, that is badly split up on the
subject of cyclone pits. 1t seems that
a goodly number of members of the
church have dug cyclone pits. which is
considered by majority of the church
as fragrant violation of their doctrines
and a temptation to God to wipe them
off the face of the earth. As the pit
diggers were more fearful of cyclones
than of the wrath of the majority. they
have been turned out of the church.
They Immediately organized themselves
into q church, under the name of Cy-
clone Primitives.- Chicago Journal
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-10-03
The Water Supply.

It should never be forgotten that
water is of more importance to animals
than solid food. Every drop of water
taken into the stomach is absorbed into
the blood and passes through the sys-
tenn, leaving behind it in the blood
whatever injurious impurities it may
have contained. Moreover, tire water
swallowed by an animal goes at once
into the stomach and is absorbed into
the blood in few minutes. II the water
is icy cold it takes from the stomach
and blood large amount of heat and
chills the system dangerously. Most
of the ailments and diseases of cattle,
sheep and horses at this season are due
to improperly in the water supply;
either it is impure, or scant, or is too
cold; and all these defects should be
carefully guarded against. In the
dairy the water supply is the most i'm
portant part of the whole business.-M
Y. Times
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-10-03
CONVICTION. ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. OCTOBER 1885.

iloiu lIccLiiS. blo yOu uOtiCC tuoI i
limp little? Ishall walk lame as long
as live. Sometimes there was splash
in the black water below. as some poor
fellows stiflened hold relaxed and he
fell from his place in the rigging. There
was not breath of wind, nothing but
: the bitter, bitter fog. How long could
we hold out? Where were we? How
long would the ship be before she broke
up9 Would it be by drowning or by
freeing? We asked ourselves these
questions again and again, but there
was no answer. Death stared us in the
face; we seemed to live ages of agony
in every minute-and yet, will you be-
lieve me. that all seemed little in COM
parison to the thought that after all the
struggles and the sorrows. after all
those ten long weary years, held my
girl in my arms at last!
She had pulled one corner of the
cloak around my neck Il stood on a
level just below herr and her hand lay
there with tit was the hand that
warmed me more than the cloak-and
her cheek rested against my own. Often
thought its coldness was the GOODNESS
of death, and almost exulted in the
thought that we should die together.
And then l would catch the murmur OF
the prayers she was uttering for us both.
and know that life was there still, and
hope lived. too.
Well. we'll! Why should 1 dwell Oh
such horrors, except to thank the
Mercy that brought us through them
all? Day dawned at last; and there
was the shore near by, and soon rockets
were fired, and ropes secured, and one
by one the half-dead living were drawn
from their awful suspension between
sky and sea, and landed safe on shore.
They had to take Winny and me to-
gether. Just as we were. and even then
they had hard work to undo the clasp OF
my stiffened arms about her. I knew
nothing then. nor for long after; and it
is wonderful that Winny was the first
to recover. and that it was she who
nursed me back to life and reason.
And how did l ask her to marry me?
Upon my word, now you ask. can't
remember that ever did. That seemed
utterly unnecessary, somehow. Caste
distinctions look small enough when
you have been staring death in the face
for few hours; and words were not
much needed after we had been together
in the rigging that night. Somehow |
was glad it was so; glad my girl had
taken me in my cap and jersey. for a
common sailor, and yet loved the old
Dick through it all; glad she never
dreamed was owner of Indian Creek
farm. and the richest man in that end
of Ontario, and had wealth and posi-
ton higher than Mr.. Lotus, the young
Squire at home. The people she was
with had all gone down on that awful
night; she had no one in the world but
me. We were married at Montreal
the Captain of the Antartic gave her
away-and then brought her home to
Indian Creek. To see her face when
she saw the rocking-chair, and the work
basket and the thimble! Heaven bless
her!
There she comes. with her baby on
her shoulder. Come into dinner, friend,
and you shall see the sweetest wife in
the new country or the old; the girl I
won amid the oceans surges.-Brigh,
Ddys.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-10-03
THE GREAT MAJORITY.
A Michigan Farmers Experience with
Strapped Theatrical Companies.

A Michigan Farmers Experience with
Strapped Theatrical Companies.
mo, it isn't the tramps l complain
Of" said a Wayne County farmer, as he
called for ginger ale yesterday. Il can
drive a tramp off by simply bringing
out my shotgun, but with this other
class it's different"
What class?"
"Why. these busted theatrical people
who are hoofing it back to Detroit.
They come along at all hours of the day
and night, and in all sorts Of shapes.
When chap turns into your gate and
announces that he is Damon. and that
Pythias is in fence-corner half mile
back, too far gone to foot it another
rod, and he backs this up by quoting
Shakespeare and giving you the route of
his company for four weeks, why, you've
got to do something"
'.Of course"
Romeo came along the other night
and reused me up. and l went to find
Juliet on the grass under q pear tree,
resting after walk of twenty-five
miles. They had to have something to
stay their stomachs and put new life
into 'em, and thought thev'd eat me
out of house and home. I'd had lead
ing men, leading ladies. Williams. lovers,
chambermaids and property men walk
in on me singly and by droves, and l
wish the season was over. Gurus how
they all tell the same story"
What is it?n
'Why, they had the boss play and the
keenest manager. Everything was cal
culated right down to a cent, company
was the best on the road. and there
couldn't be no such thing as failure.
But there was. The treasurer skipped
with the funds-weather too hot-too
MANY roller rinks-allus some good rea.
son for busting up. Poor critters!
Whenever l am woke up at night by =
voice calling out: Me noble lord. a
stranger begs a glass of buttermilk of
thee l get into my clothes and 20
down. feeling as if all the cold meat in
the house likewise belonged to him.
Detroit Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-10-03
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

"A man is always wanting some one
to tell him how handsome he is. A
woman will Just stand before the glass
and see for self-Springfeld Regis
ter.
Scientists claim that cigarette-smok-
ing leads to idiocy. We do not know
how true this is, but are satisfied that
idiocy leads to cigarette-smoking.-
TEXAS Sittings.
"A scientific journal says ''few fishes
die a natural death" That is not our
fault just as many die q natural
death as if we didn't 60 a-fishing.-Nor-
ristoUn Herald.
The worm is not the most despised
thing in the world when it can sleep IN
flowers. travel in peaches and rest for
the winter in the pious chestnut.-NeD
Orleans Picayune.
An Ohio court decides that hus-
band is the legal owner of his wife's
clothes. It is to be hoped that in the
future he will take off his high hat while
he and she are at the theater.
Olive Logan says that the Raphael
for which the British Government paid
$3.50, 600 is bad picture. This recon-
Giles us in part TO the disappointment in
not securing it for our private collection
Oil City Derrick.
This is the way the ladies convey
their meaning: Mrs. Brown-''How IS
that dear little baby of yours. Mrs
Smith?' ut was dreadfully sick last
week; thought it would die. but it's
nearly well now" says Mrs. Smith.
70. + IN 50 sorry, = says Mrs. Brown
Pittsburgh Chronicle.
A New York lady wants . receipt
'.for making daisy mats from rickrack
braid" If this lady will tell us how to
make rickrack braid and what it Is like
after it is made, we shall be pleased to
send receipt for the mat. 1t will be .
daisy.-Boston Transcript
Hadn't yet occurred:
"Win you walk into ny Pariorx
Who, clad in corkscrew trousers
And an Anglo-maniac mood.
Said, "Why weally I would like TO.
But the beard longing wait for
Somehow hasn't yet occurred
An exchange says that 1.-THE first
nure monkey ever born in America saw
the light of day recently in New York."
II these Italian Counts who go around
the country disguised as members OF the
Handle Musical Association are foisting
an adulterated article of monkey on the
American people it is about time to cry
..Haltr, There is too much adultera-
ton in our food and amusements.-Nor
ristOun Herald.
You should have . thermometer
to ascertain the proper temperature Of
the water" said fond mother to the
colored nurse who was giving the baby
a bath. .'Whaffor?' ITO tell when
the water is too hot or too cold. !"
/ Don't need no sich dockerment Ef de
chile turns blue de water am too cold:
an ef hit turns red den hit am too hot.
And now the colored lady ID opsn % a
o6er.-Tez0s SiftinQs.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-10-03
CHOLERA.
The Theory That the Disease May be Rem
dered Harmless by Inoculation.

The Theory That the Disease AIay be Rem
dered Harmless by Inoculation.
People are much more willing to &C
cept DIR. Ferran's theory that cholera
may be prevented by incubation than
they were DR.. Jenner's positive demon
stration of the efficacy of vaccination.
One is the complement of the other; and
belief in the one is likely to be followed
by willingness to be convinced of the
worthiness of the other, but as yet DIR.
Ferran refuses to reveal the secret pro-
cess which he uses, and the world must
be permitted to express certain degree
of incredulity until 1t knows the cause
which produces the effects claimed by
him. Jenner discovery was so simple
that the dullest mind could comprehend
it, yet the learned scoffed at it for years,
and the ignorant even now have super
stitious horror of being operated
upon. Had he possessed some
secret device which he would not
reveal even to scientists. the BEN
efcial effects of vaccination would
not have been known when they
were. il at all. DR.. Ferran lives in
q very different age. as is proved by the
fact that, although no one but himself
knows exactly what his process is. he
finds many people who are willing to
be operated on.
The report of the experiments in the
town of Alcira. Spain, as made by him-
self, are of great importance, if true.
OF the 90, 600 inhabitants he inoculated
9,1OO and of the 130 deaths from
cholera only ten were of persons who
had been thus treated. This record is
convincing enough on its face, but it
may be that the persons inocuiated
were ones not exposed to the full rigors
of the plague. and if so the mortality
might be considered sufficiently large.
The doctor will have to reveal his secret
and give others an opportunity to eN-
pertinent with it before the world will
be prepared to acknowledge him as a
second Jenner. The American medical
journals query that since one attack Of
the cholera itself is no safeguard against
another one, how can inoculation be
expected to accomplish anything? will
also haunt q great many people, profes-
sionals as well as laymen.-Chicdgs
Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-10-03
BABY DESTROYING.

The Many Deaths of Children Caused by
Ignorance and Neglect OF Parents or
Attendants.
1t has come to be gospel with young
married folk that the second summer is
the destroyer of the baby. 1t is fate
kismet. That the second summer costs
more lives than it ought is not the fault
of the summer; it is the fault of the
heat and the parents. The summer
heat is dangerous to all young children;
it is in connection with the bad diet of
tie second summer that it is fatal. 1t
is well-established fact that nearly all
the mortality of second-summer babies
is from diseases of the digestive organs,
and these come from irrational artificial
feeding. Children come to the table.
eat pickles, unmashed or fried Jumps of
potatoes. beets, radishes, and the like.
and the trouble begins. The stereotyped
answer to the question; "What does
the child eat2" is: 20. it eats at the
table with the rest of the family"
The result is enteric diseases and
death, and the cause of death is
ascrlbed to the second summer" The
first summer the baby stays at home,
has its natural food, and pulls through
fairly well. But the second sammer it
must show off. 1t is trundled down
town through the heat of July or Au-
gust day, is overheated. excited, and its
nervous system put to the strain. Keep
the yearlings at home; give them a
grass plat and a sand-pile. Do not let
them come to the table, give wholesome
food-milk, oat meal ground very fine
and stirred and cooked for twenty min
utes. Put them to bed at dark with a
garment they can not kick off when the
nights are cool. Battle them in tepid
water night and morning. Stay at home
with them aud take care Of them your
self. for it is not 1.-The second summer
which kills the children. but the ignor-
ance or negligence of those who attend.
or rather do not attend. them. Colds
and calves get through their second
summers quite as well as their first, and
there is no reason that the human ami
NAL should not live quite as close to ma
ture and do quite As well.-Indianap-
oils Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-10-03
Why He Didn't Go to Dakota.

$50 you've given up the idea Of
going to Dakota to settle DOWN." said a
Gotham bachelor to Brooklyn Bene.
dick.
"Yes, forever" he replied with
sigh.
"What's the reason?'
"Shr,' he Kissed, as he glanced
nervously at his wife. but seeing that
she was occupied he whispered:
81 am told that out there the atmos-
phere is so dry and clear that talking
can be heard for more than mile. -
n. Y. Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-10-03
w. G. KENTZEL, Editor.
CONDENSED ROMANCE.

"Duck? Dove!"
Young love.
Die cast:
Clings fast
"Nuff sed;"
Must wed.
Parents kick,
Lovers stick.
.'Can not be, :"
I'VE shall see.!!"
Bright night;
Seek flight.
Church found;
Grist ground.
Folks come:
Struck dumb.
"Too late"'
Fixed fate.
First year.
Skies clear.
Years two,
Rather blue.
Years three,
Jamboree.
Spats: sport:
Divorce court,
Groom, bride ..
United.
Hearts crack,
Jill. Jack
Trot back.
Il. E. Jones. tn Judge.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-10-03

The tribal government of the Cher
okees is democratic in form, with an
elective chief magistrate and an upper
and lower house of representatives.
The judiciary is also elective, and Grim.
inals are punished after the manner of
the whites. Chicago Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-10-03

"A deaf mute was recently ordained
. olerryman of the Church OF England
by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-10-03

The last blow to the roller-skating
rink has been given by Philadelphia
physician. who says that roller-skatlng
enlarpes the feet.
Smyrna times., 1885-11-18

used as greens, Is excellent for the same
trouble asparagus purifes the blood
celery acts admirably upon the nervous
system and is q sure cure for rheuma-
tism and neuralgia tomatoes act upon
the liver beets and turnips are excel
lent appetizers lettuce and cucumbers
are cooling in their effects upon the sys-
tenn; beans are a very nutritious and
strengthening vegetable white onions,
garlic, leeBs, chives and shallots, all of
which are similar, possess medical vir-
tues of marked character, stimulating
the circulatory system and the cOnse-
quent increase of the saliva and the gas
trio juices promoting digestion. Red
onions are an excellent diuretic and the
white ones are recommended eaten raw
as a remedy for insomnia They are
tonic and nutritious. A soup made
from onions is regarded by the French as
an excellent restorative IA debility of the
digestive organs. We night go through
the entire list and fl I'd each vegetable
possessing its especisl mission of care,
and it will be plain to every hOusskeeper
that vegetable diet should be partly
adopted at this period of the year, and
will prove of great al an tage to the
health of the family.
Smyrna times., 1885-11-18
NEURALGIC HEADACHE OF WOMEN.

Says the London Lancet: The in.
creased, and apparently increasing fire.
quency of neural Iic headache among
women must needs have cause There
is one OF singular simplicity and quite
obvious which has been overlooked, and
to which it is worth while to draw atten-
ton. The pain experienced is generally
located in one or more of the branches
of the second cervical nerve, very COM
monty those terminating in the scalp at
the Occiput AS matter of fact, the
nerves of the scalp are irritated by the
hair being drawn tightly back and put
on the strain, no5 as a whole, in which
case the strain would be spread over the
large area of the surface, but by small
bundles of hair which are pulled back
and held i'll place by hairpins. Relief is
often consciously experienced as result
of removing the hairpins, but this has
only temporary and partial effect.
The injury done is lasting, if not perma-
nent in its consequences. The present
style of dressing the hair should be dis
continued, as it probably, in part at
least, accounts for the extreme preYa-
lenee of a form of suffering which is
both intractable and distressing.
Smyrna times., 1885-11-18

smyrna BRANCH TRAINS.-Leave smvrna
for Clayton 723 S33 9 so and II O7 A. NJ al a09 I1
s.4U, a.lo ana l43 ?. N. Leave Clayton Tor
$50, 5.26 and 754 P NJ. -''' ''-O'
=, NEW YoRK, PHILADELPHIA K NORFOLK RAuRo.n
EXPRESSES.-Leave Philadelphia s Sc a mn VOL
days and lilo p. m. daily. Leave baltimore = S5
a. m, S5 p. m. Wilmington $40 a m ,yeet Ia, oCo
ana ll.0O ?. m. daily, stopping Mt Dover ana Dsl
mar regularly and at Middletown, CLAYTON
harrington, and SeafOrd to leave paSSengerS fro,,,
Wilmington and points North 10 taSe ~ raSo Ssor
gers for points south OF Delmar f-Ne
, Inc 500 m. train also stops at Laurel. and tho
I fl p ~; train at New Castle 10 leave passengers
from wilmington and points North or take nsS
Sehgers for points south of Delmar F'
North bound trains leave DelInar 10 IOa N, aop,.
anu anu o'4U p m. weekdays. Dover sc A. m ana
S5y SS IN nprn,vslng at Wilmington $40 a M, and
3;S9 p. m, Baltimore 645 a. m, and Sb5 n m and
fhladelphia 90 q. III , and 7lO d mn Tbco o ~
p IN. train also stops at Harrington DoveT
Seae,r5 am1 anu GHlayt9h regularly; and at Laurel
SSeaIoIu Ahd MiddletOwn, % leave passenecrS
from points south of Delmar or take pssso,, Sels
for Wilmington and points North. se'S
- The l2.4O m train also stopS M Seac,ra
Harrington, Clayton and Middleinwn ~ ioa,.d,
passengers from points South of nelmsr " o. iSaEe
On passengers for Wilmington and points North
NeIg Cdsae Accommodation TFains.-Ieave wy.
hinstoh u at zoo p N. Leave New Castle nj : m
DELAWARE MARYLAND A. v,po,,,, p...
lkAlNs-Leave Harrington for iewps II ~ M y,
9;ia and $50 p m. for franklin nnd ,yav s1si,i III
10 10 u, IN, ketnrntng. trains leave ieweS fnp
harrington 6.30, $50 a. m and SI5 n ~, @ ioI
franklin GAO and 500 a. m " ~ Leave
CoNSSihCrloNS-At me-. Porter with Newark 4 Della.
WaIe City Railroad. At Townsend. with Onoa,,
Annes& Kent Railroad AtClayton viii IN IN, queen
NJ 84OheSsPeake Railroad and Baltimore 4 DeSvsreS
Nay hIailr9ad AZ Harrington, with Delawsree
MAryland Virginia Railroad AtSaa fNrt s, "ate,
Cambridge Seaford Railroad. A. DelNno' win WITH
poo, ao[k, Fhiladelphia Il Norfolk, Wieomicoi q
FOcomOke, and Peninsula Railroad ONnioo q
CHAS. E. PUGH. General AfsDoo
!. R. WOOD, General PASSENGER Agsn, Sa,haeer.
Smyrna times., 1885-11-18
LOTS GIVEN AWAY!
Palma SOIa,FIOrida

The paradise of invalidSl The home of tropical
fruits! Climate unsurpassed! No frost! No ex-
tremes of heat or cold! No malaria Ground
high and dry Plenty of pine and the finest
hunting and fishing in America
PALMA SOLA has the name of being the
largest, prettiest and youngest town in Florida
Is beautifully located on the Gulf Coast two
miles above the mouth Of the Manatee River
Already the iron horse is vending its way to
Palma Soda and soon the tourist will arrive at its
first class hotel, where he can get a meal to suit
his epicure tastes.
Palma Sola possesses the largest store in South
ern Florida, with sawmi.l, furniture manulactOry
packing houses warehouses, churches, school
house, pOStolice. stores, beautiful residences and
IL large wharf at which ocean steamers arrive
daily from Tampa
WARREN LELAND, JR, Of LONG BRANCH"
fame, has secured location at Palma Sola for the
erection of winter resort. The prediction is a
safe one, based as il is upon the natural advant
ages aud ATTRACTIONS of the place, that he will
make this the Long Branch " Of Flor{da
and other large notels will be built.
With the completion of the railroad this will
be the terminus and the direct route to Havana
Cuba. Lots will double and Quadrupe their
present prices Now is the time To buy
Lots lOOx300 feet, S45 to 5000 per
and as an inducement TO the public and to
thoroughly advertise this beautiful place WE
WILL GIVE AWAY a LIMITED number ONLY
OF our lots, giving lots ALTERNATELY as thew
come CORNERS eXcepted) charging applicants the
expense Of deed, transfer, etc. which will NOT
exceed SOD Applicants can send postal money
order with application to insure promptneSs
otherwise deeds will be sent c. q. d. Applicants
must not lie surprised at the return of their
money as being LIMITED the first come will be
first served. Title perfect. Full warranty deed.
Send for pamphlet. Address
PALMA SOLA LAND COMANY.
80 south william St, New York, n Y
REFERENCES -
i. 5. Henning, Esq. PreSt Fla R. r. and Nav Co.
II. Is. Plant Esq, preSt Southern Express Co
Postmaster, Palma SOla Florida
John 5, Beach, Esq, Prest Prairie City Bank,
Terre Haute, Ind
Jas; G. McGregor, Esq, Capitalist Cincinnati.
Ohio
Bank, n. Y, NY.
VIM. DrySdale, Esq, New York Times New
York, aud q host Of others, oct - I'm