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Morris tribune., 1886-11-10
How Many an Old Maid Does as Much Good as
Twenty Married Women.

From the Contemporary Review.
Every girl who is entirely dependent
on her male reIations-a position
which, considering all the ups and
downs OF life, the sooner she gets out
of the better-ought by the time
she IS old enough to possess any
money to know exactly how much she
has, where it is invested and what it
ought yearly to bring in. BY this
time also she should have acquired
some knowledge of business-bank
business, referring to checks, dividends
and so on--and as much OF ordinary
business as she can. To her mfor-
nation of q practical kind never
comes amiss, especially the thresgold-
EN- rules, which have very rare ex-
ceptions: No investment OF over five
per cent. is really safe; trust no one
with your money without security,
which ought to he as strict between
the nearest and dearest friends as be-
tween strangers; and, lastly, keep all
your affairs from day 20 day in as &C.
curate order rs if you had to die to-
morrow. The mention of dying sug-
gests another necessity-as soon as
you are 81 years OF age make your
will. You will not die day the SOON
err: you can alterit whenever you like,
while the ease of mindi it will be to you
and the trouble it may save to those
that come after you is beyond telling.
1t cannot be too strongly impressed
upon every girl who has or expects
that not undesirable thing, "a little
income of her own" what an exceed.
ingly fortunate responsibility this
is. and how useful she may make
it to others. Happier than the lot OF
many married women is that OF the
"unappropriated blessing" as have
heard an old maid called, who has her
money, less or more, in her own hands,
and can use it as she chooses, gener-
ously as wisely, without asking any
body's leave and being accountable
for it to no one. But then she must
have learned from her youth upward
how to use it; she must not spare any
amount of trouble in the using OF 1t,
and she must console herselffor many
lonely regret-we are but human,
all OF us-with the thought that she
has been trusted to be steward OF
the Great Master. Such an old mail
often does as much good in her genera
ton as twenty married woman!
Morris tribune., 1886-11-10
New York by COmparison.

carp" of the Cleveland Leader, Just
re turned to New York from Europe
says: New York city will compare
very favorably with the great CAPT,
tails of Europe. 1t is not so beauti.
full as Paris, nor has it the fine build
ings of London. 1t has not the gave
ty OF Vienna, nor the antiquities OF
Rome. But it is good all-around
city, and its people are the most pros.
porous looking of those of any city on
the globe. New Workers dress better
than any people in the world and the
Broadway tailor can put finishing
style upon his clothes which you can
not find on Bond street or Piccadilly.
About five years ago bought a hun
dred dollars worth of clothes in Lon
don and had them made to order by
d IeUIiOr HnO had a soou rrp"s--
ton. They cost me just about
one-fifth of the amount the same
clothes would have cost in America,
and when / wore them in London |
thought they looked very well. AS
soon as got to New York l saw my
mistake. They had no style whatever
about them. They fitted me, as the
dude says, like the paper on the wall,
but they entirely lacked that style
which makes up the art OF American
tailors. | had them re-made but the
investment as a whole was neither
satisfactory nor profitable. All Amer
leans who go to London buy clothes
there, and a tailor told me that Jay
Gould takes back about So, 500 worth
every time he crosses the big pond.
The difference in price is very great.
A suit OF Scotch tweed which noted
tailor of Glasgow made me this year
for $17.5O, Devlin & Co., ofNew York,
told me they could not reproduce for
less than $45, and Isuppose, as a rule,
clothes in London are three times as
cheap as in America.
Morris tribune., 1886-11-10

A Paris cable says: A CHASTITY PAN
tomime, recalling to mind Poe's mar
rative of the galvanizing of a mummy,
was enacted q short time ago at the
Practical School OF Surgery, where
the bodies of Frey and Riviere were
placed at the disposal of the surgeons
to experiment on. A number of ex-
periments were made, among them
the following, to re-estabish circula-
ton in the severed heads: The veins
were injected with blood taken from
living animal. The skin of the
face, previously livid, became charg-
ed with color. The lips recover
ed their natural red and the cheeks
filled out. Irregular movements ag-
itated the skin and the faces resumed
the appearance of life Electric cur
rents were passed through the facial
nerves and the contractions of the
face was noted. There were, however,
no results in the slightest degree indie
alive of any restoration to life or
consciousness. The nerves shortly
ceased to betray any sensibility, and
it was evident that all perception and
sensation was at On end.
Morris tribune., 1886-11-10
Europeau Education of Girls.
Correspondence OF the Buffalo Courier.

Correspondence OF the Buffalo Courier.
The system carried out in Vienna
for educating girls is entirely worthy
of notice. They are kept at thier stud
les until they are Is years of age:
Then they 70 through a course OF
taching in the pantry and the kitchen
under some member OF the family,
sometimes under trained cooks, for a
year or two years. TIL 5 they learn
to do everything themselves and to
know the value of things long before
they commence housekeeping on their
own account, and though they may
never be required to cook a dinner,
they become independent OF cooks
and servants. The Austrian women
are most affectionate wives and moth
ers. They are as accomplished as an
English governeSs, are as witty in So
ciety as Partisan, and are among
the most beautiful women in Europe.
Morris tribune., 1886-11-10

Paris has the largest number OF
public libraries of any city In the
world. Without counting the Nation
al Library-the largest in existence,
with three million volumes, about as
many prints and engravings and a
aundred thousand manuscripts, with.
out counting q dozen others which
have from 100000 to 100000 vol.
umes, and many Others upon special
subjects, there are in Paris fifty free
public libraries managed directly by
the Town Council and eighteen popu.
lar semi subscription libraries sub.
Mentioned by the town,
Morris tribune., 1886-11-10

Sam Small, the Southern 'Evangel-
ist, discoursing on what he and his
Brother Sam Jones have done Tor the
Lord, declares that during his ecclesi-
asticaI year ending September Is,
they have addressed audiences 1000
times, the congregations aggregatina
5000, 900 people, and they havetrav'
eled together 10000 miles. Further,
their engagements this year take them
from Boston to San Francisco, and
from Canada to the Gulf, and there
will be certain percentage OF increase
from the above figures.
Morris tribune., 1886-11-10
Currants.

Fall is the time to set out new cur
rant sprouts. E. P. Roe writes: Cur
rants are but half appreciated by the
world. People rush around in July in
search of health. Let me recommend
the currant cure. If any one is Ian
guild, depressed in spirits, inclined to
headaches sss and generally .ys 9as Of
daily for a month with dish offresh-
ly picked currants. He will soon al
most doubt his own identity and may
even think that he is becoming a good
man. He will be more gallant to his
wife, nder to his children, friendlier
to his neighbors, and more open hand
ed to every good cause. Work will
soon seem play, and play fun. In brief
the truth of the ancient pen will be
verified, ''That the power to live 81
good life depends largely upon the
liver" Out upon the nonsense OF tai
ing medicine and nostrums during the
currant season. Let it be taught at
the theological seminaries that the cur
rant is q ''mea2s of grace" 1t Is q
corrective, ard that is what average
humanity mot needs. They are fast
growers; every cutting of young wood
six inches long will make a new plant
in a single season. And they will
thrive almost anywhere.
Morris tribune., 1886-11-10
Stone that is quarried one day and

Stone that is quarried one day and
built into wall the next day is in q
green state and unfit for durability.
1t is at its weakest point ofendurance
either of pressure or of atmospheric
influences. Its pores are open and
ready to absorb not only moisture,
but all the gaseous and disfguring ln-
fiuences which tend to its destruction.
Every stone mason knows that to get
a polished surface on q stone the same
must have lain for some time out OF
the quarry and exposed to the drying
influences of the sun and weather.
This is g. sufficient hint to the builder
to see to it that the stone OF which he
would rear a permanent structure
must be thoroughly seasoned psfWelt
is placed into q wall,
Morris tribune., 1886-11-10
THE OLD STORY.

Oh yesl am married man,
have wife, and when | sought her
Some years ago for mine. and brought her
Home as bride lie first began
To be worth living just thought her
An angei,and thanked Heaven d caught
her.
And do so still-and yet, and yet,
There is another-one who's wrought her
Shy witchcraft DER me till there's haught
her
Fair face may not n, Axe me forget;
And to this day I've never fought her
Soft sway, although you say "oughter."
know you think it's not quite right,
But she loves me, too. Oh, I've taught
her
The old sweet lesson! and bought her
My first love gift but yesternighti
Twas but a trhe--cost Il quarter
1t was n dolly-ehe'e my daughter.
Lille
Morris tribune., 1886-11-10

The death rate in New York city in
1885 was 1858 to the 1000, consid-
erably less than any previous year
for a long time back, and showing a
gratifying result over 1881, when the
rate was Bios to the 1000. And
the indications are from the decreased
mortality in 1886, that the record OF
the year will show a considerable inn
provement over 1885. Sanitarians
say that the general decrease in deaths
is due to the improved sanitary con-
dition OF the tenement houses.
Morris tribune., 1886-11-10

Newspapers begin to protest against
the introduction of the drug CO.
caine as likely to bring disaster
in its tram. 1t is declared to be
more deadly in its effects than opium,
morphine, choral hydrate or any
other article of its class, and already
the newspapers begin to furnish par
ticulars of cases where total wreck,
both PHYSICAL and mental, has been
caused by the drug, cases where death
would be welcomed as relief not on
ly~ by the victim himself but by his
friends and relatives.
Morris tribune., 1886-11-10
Bessemer and His Bonanza.

What is Bessemer steel? Our news
papers are full OF it, and people have
vague idea that it's manufacture Will
do as much as any other one thing to
enrich the south. Yet very few OF our
readers know anything about Besse'
mer, and fewer still know how his
wonderful steel is made, and how the
process by which it is manufactured
was discovered.
Sir Henry Bessemer is an English in
ventor of French descent. His great
est success came to him late III lie.
He was experimenting with metals
with view to securing a stronger
material for guns. Knowing nothing
of metalurgy he visited various iron
works. seeking for ductile malleable
cast steel. He set up his crucibles
and worked industriously, but at
first without result. One day while
on sick bed his great idea came
to him. Why not try the effect
of cold air blast through the bot
tom of the vessel filled with the mol
ten mass? He shook off his illness.
pulled himself together, and proceed.
ed to carry out his idea. A suitable
vessel with pipes was constructed,
with an engine for blowing a strong
blast of air through the bottom OF
the crucible: The dissolved metal was
poured in, and the air blast was turn
ed on. Such a fiery fury and Internal
glory as had never been seen instantly
blazed out OF the pot: Gradually tho
dazzling corruscations subsidized The
glowing mass had received new spir.
it from the air, and when it quietly
sank to rest it was transformed into
steel. This discovery reduced the
price of steel one-half. Bessemer at
once took his place among the great,
est men of the age, and wealth rolled
in upon him from every quarter.-At,
lanta Constitution.
Morris tribune., 1886-11-10

According to Felix A. Reeve, q cor.
respondent of the November North
American Review, the southern and
border slave states furnished over
$4,000 white volunteer soldiers for
the Union army in the war of the re-
bellion, and nearly 100000 colored
troops for the same service.
Morris tribune., 1886-11-10

The Railway Age publishes Stats
tics showing that 5,439 miles of main
track have been added to the railway
system OF the United States since Jan.
I. 1t is now estimated that the total
new railroad mileage tor 1886 will be
not less than 1000 miles, surprising
any other in the history of the coun-
try, excepting two years OF extrao rdi-
nary and unhealthy activity-1691
and 1890
Morris tribune., 1886-11-10

Carrie Welton, somewhat eccen-
trio lady, OF Waterbury, Ct, who
was frozen to death while ascending
Pixies Peak two years ago. left $780,
600 to the Society for the Prevention
OF Cruelty to Animals. Her relatives
contested the will, but the case has
just been decided in favor OF Henry
Bergh, representing the society.
Morris tribune., 1886-11-10

The late Samuel Johnson, a Chicago
millionaire, left $4,000 for q statue
OF Shakespeare in Lincoln Park. PEG.
pie still continue to regard William
Shakespeare as the author of the in.
comparable works that bear his
name.
Morris tribune., 1886-11-10

A report made to the United States
Labor Bureau about labor strikes in
Cincinnati contains some significant
facts. Of PIP strikes which have oc-
Cured in that city during the past
five years, only three succeeded; the
effect OF all the others was to depress
wages and to entail loss and suffering
upon the strikers.
Morris tribune., 1886-11-10

California will have its Arbor Day on
Nov. p. There will be a public tree
planting on the Preside reservation
given for the purpose by General How
ard. Adoiph Sutgo will provide 40
900 trees. and 10000 school children
OF San Francisco will plant one apiece.
The people are going in for trees and
they ale determined to have them.
Morris tribune., 1886-11-10

Harvard College has had great
time celebrating its quarter milleni,
um" or 25th birthday. Three thou
sand graduates were present, and the
presence OF President and Mrs. Cleve~
land added interest to the occasion.
Morris tribune., 1886-11-10

limited, save it all. It viii pay. II
there is not enough to induce clover
huller to visit your farm, store away
carefully the hay with the seed In it.
And when the time comes, scatter the
hay where you want clover. Clover
will make the farm rich. and the own
err richer, and the stock on the farm
the richest.
Morris tribune., 1886-11-10
''Some idea of the immense resourc

"Some idea of the immense resourc-
es OF this country" says the Wash
ington Post, may be gained from the
fact that since 1855 the Government
has paid in pensions, in round num-
bers, 1926, 100000, and of this
enormous sum all except $25, 100000
was paid since the civil war. In 1867
the interest on the national debt was
S114,OOO,OOO, and in those thirty
one years s1,315, 100000 has been
paid to the holders of Government
bonds"
Morris tribune., 1886-11-10

According to the receipts OF which
the internal revenue bereau has
knowledge, the income to the govern
ment from the tax on oleomargarine
for tie full fiscal year will not be less
than S1,OOO,OOD, and is most likely
to amount to 81, 100000. This rev.
enue is nearly all OF it net revenue to
the government, for congress appro-
priated only SIS, 900 to put the law
in operation,
Morris tribune., 1886-11-10

The opinion which has prevailed in
Canada since last spring that gener-
al election would be ordered in the
course OF the year is gaining new
strength.
Morris tribune., 1886-11-10

He (tenderly)--And what do you
think of the engagement ring sent
you, Jennief She tdelightedly oh!
it is beautiful; in fact the handsomest
one ] ever had given me,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-07-03
PRESENCE OF MIND.

How Dean Stanley Rid Himself OF a
Crazy Visitor.
Dean Stanley had great respect fol
presence of mind, and used with great
delight to tell a story Of presence OF
mind by which he had liberared himself
from dangerous visitor. Since he
was willing to see almost any one who
asked for him, he once told servant
to usher into his study gentleman
who had called, and who happened to
bear a name which was familiar to HIM.
When the gentleman appeared, he
proved to be an entire stranger. 1t
was evident there had been some mis-
take. This became still more evident
when. advancing with an air of great
excitement, the gentleman exclaimed:
''Sir, have a message to the Queen
from the Most High. I beg that you
will deliver it instantly" .'In that
case" said the Dean, taking up his hat,
'sthere is not moment to be lost. Let
Us 90 at once" They went down stairs
into the hall; and. opening the door.
the Dean requested his visitor to step
out No sooner had he done so than
the Dean shut the door behind the lu-
uatic.- CHristi0n Union.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-07-03
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

"A dried apple pie is greatly i'm
proved by adding well-beaten egg
Boston Globe.
Cottage Pudding: One pint flour,
one-half cup sugar, one egg, one cup
sweet milk, teaspoonful soda, two
teaspoonfuls cream of tartar.-Tht
Household.
The longer you keep eggs the less
likely they are to hatch. About a
fortnight is the longest we advise.
Keep them in bran or oats and turn
them occasionally.-Albany Journal.
For late potatoes it is very doubt
full if it is ever good policy to plant the
same field in succession. The crop
should be changed to some other hoed
crop, or laid down to Western
Rural.
Salt mired with the eggs prevents
them from rising. and when used the
omelet will look flabby; yet without
salt it will taste insipid. Add little
salt to it just before folding it and turn
ing out on the dish.-7he Caterer.
The careful poultry keeper should
take view of the fowls at night, after
they have gone to rooSt and see that
they are comfortable, not too crowded,
with room enough for the weak ones
to get away from the strong. who are
apt to tyranize. Boston Transcript.
Orange Omelet: Two eggs, yelks
and whites beaten separately. two
tablespoonfuls orange juice. two tea
spoonfuls powdered sugar, pinch OF
salt; add all this to beaten yelks; put in
the beaten whites; place in well buttered
omelet pan, then place in oven or CRATE
till cooked through.-Boston Bulletin.
1t is wasteful policy, that of ex-
hausting the soil so it will no longer
pay the cost of cultivation. The feed
ing of stock, carting the manure on the
land, and proper rotation will keep the
soil intact Hence it is more profitable
everywhere to feed all the coarse grains
on the farm than to sell. Once the ex-
haustive process is begun it becomes
every year more difficult to make 4
change for the better.-N. Y. Mail.
Indian Custard Pudding: One quart
Of milk, two tablespoonful of meal.
pour over the meal. Let stand to cool.
In few minutes add the balance of
the milk and one-half teacupful more
to make good measure; then add the
yelks of two eggs beaten with one-half
cupful of sugar. When ready to bake
add the whites of the eggs, well beat
en-, and bake one-half hour.-TOledo
Blade.
Beef Pie: Line tin can with pie.
crust half inch thick, put in a layer of
cooked potatoes sliced. then layer of
cold beef cut into inch pieces; sprinkle
salt and pepper to suit the taste: put
in potatoes and meat alternate layers,
till the basin is full, then fill up with
gravy or water, with a tablespoonful
Of butter mixed in; put a crust on the
top, cut four or five places in it, put in
the oven and bake till done. The meat
should be cooked before it is put in the
pie.-Chicd1O Journal
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-07-03
SEED TESTS.
Results OF Experiments With Old an
New Vegetable Seeds.

Results OF Experiments With Old and
New Vegetable Seeds.
The following are some of the re.
suits of the experiments made at the
New York Experiment Station to de-
termine the influence of age on the
terminating property of seeds. The
seeds used were obtained from reputa-
BILE seedsmen. Among those which re-
tanned their terminating power longest,
or for several years, were tomato, brOc-
coli, beet, pea, cucumber, muskmelon.
eggplant, lettuce, turnip and yellow
locust. About half of the locust seeds
terminated at ten years, and one-eighth
at twenty-seven years. Turnip seed
scarcely deteriorated in seven or eight
years, and half grew at twelve years.
Tomatoes showed slight change at
fourteen years, and very little at differ
erent lesser periods. Lettuce was
good at four or five years. Musk
melon seed lost nothing at ten years,
and cucumber endured nearly as well.
At thirteen years half of the cucumber
seed grew, and at nineteen years seven
per cent. Beets began to lose slightly
at six years, and from a tenth to = third
grew at fourteen years.
Among the seeds which begin to
deteriorate largely in two or three
years, were asparagus. thyme, endive,
eggplant, corn. cabbage, carrot. cauli-
flower, celery. parsnip, squash and
some others. As general rule, seeds
of the cabbage tribe appear to be inter-
mediate between the longest keepers
and those which quickly deteriorate.
and broccoli and kale retain their quality
some years.
In all experiments Of this character
it should not be forgotten that external
influences often have a controlling
effect, and the temperature of the soil.
moisture, pulverization. etc., may
variously alter the periods of germina-
ton. The experiments performed at
the station are incomplete, fresh seeds
only having been obtained of many
sorts, and the report claims nothing
more than progress toward conclusions.
Country Gentleman.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-07-03
An Artistic Modern Mosaic.

There has lately been placed in the
American Church in the Via Nazionale,
Rome, a mosaic which, according to
the unanimous testimony of the Ital-
Inns themselves, is the most important
example of this form of Art that recent
times have produced. 1t has been ex-
ecuted by the Venice and Murano Glass
Company from cartoons by Mr.. Burne-
Jones, and it covers the whole of the
roof of the apse, space of not less
than eight hundred square feet. The
subject may be briefly described as
Christ enthroned in the center of the
Now Jerusalem, with mysterious angel
forms around and about him, and, on
either hand. keeping watch over the
gates of the heavenly city, the arch.
angels Michael and his peers.-N r
Rns&.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-07-03
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