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THE DUST QUESTION.
What . Damp Cloth JudiciousIy Used 10
Able to Accomplish.

What . Damp Cloth Judiciously Used 10
Able to Accomplish.
A housekeeper, whose rooms were as
nearly speckless as modern convent
ences admit, a furnace being always
dust distributor for the entire house.
long ago settled to her own satisfac-
ton that damp cloth was the key to
the difficulty. Not wet cloth, for
wet i. the Interpretation that the Celtic
mind will instantly put upon damp.
but a soft cloth, sprinkled in slight
degree, enough to make dust cling till
it can be shaken off. holdings, base
boards and all corners should be wiped
in this way, and whoever tries the ex-
pertinent will be amazed to see now
the necessity for what is known as .
general cleaning diminishes-
Sweeping is far less frequent need
than is supposed. and when 1t must be
done the damp cloth system Is OF equal
avail. Put spoonful OF ammonia IN
half q pail of warm water and wipe
the carpet with q cloth wrung out
from this water. The dust is removed,
the colors freshened, and any stray
moth-a possibility everywhere IN
these days of furnaces-finds a sudden
end. Fluff, insinuous and unconquer-
able, forming itself in mysterious rolls
under beds and in corners, is reduced
TO its lowest terms, sinks into almost
impalpable unpleasantness before the
damn cloth instead of sailing triumph
antly before the broom. The broom
will still be an essential, but as servant,
not monarch, and even where one can
not afford a carpet-sweeper need never
again involve the amount OF hard work
associated with it-Good Housekeepinqs
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-11-13
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

A good point is church steeple
It always points upwards.-GoodaHs
sam.
Its wife's duty to be pleasant,
says an exchange. Yes. and it's the
husbands duty to make her duty easy.
Philadelphia Call.
The bravest boy will quail when
he appears in public for the first time
after he has had his hair cut by his
mother.-Ne,D H1ren NeUs.
Now that creased pants and rough
edged paper are fashionable. the only
thing needful to complete the editors
happiness is craze for frayed cuffs
Burlington Free Press.
1.-THE woman is the enemy of free
dom." remarks an authority. Correct
The army of married men who have
been deprived of their latchkeys il .
monument to the sad truth of the as
sertion. Ndshrille Union.
Clerk Ito employer)-"What shall
mark that new lot of black silk at?"
Employer.-"Mark the selling price at
three dollars a yard" Clerk-"But it
only cost one dollar yard" En-
rloyer-.I don't care what itGost. I
am selling off regardless of cost" ."-S.
Paul Globe.
-Maud-"Yes, I have sent him
back his letters; given him back his
ring" Edith -"And are you hap
Nv? mo, I am miserable" "Then
why do you do it?'' ..Well. pa and
ma were so pleased with him l was
afraid we weren' suited to each other"
Omaha World.
-Antiquary-.'Here is something
very rare; the identical Colts pistols
worn by thesgreat Roland, who was
slain at Roncesvalles by the Turks" p"
Customer-"But there were no pistols
in that day." Antiquary-'I know
that, my dear sir; that's what makes
them so rare. IN. T. Ledger.
A small child was kept from doing
evil by being told by his mother thai
the booman would catch him, and BY
his father that the devil was after him.
In time the child's curiosity became
excited. and on again being warned he
answered.: "Papa, I'd just like to see
the booman and the devil after each
other. Albany Journal.
Let it never be believed that humol
is dead. Two friends. arguing in
railway carriage on political matters.
fell, as is not uncommon under such
circumstances, into quarrel. "You
must be a fool" said one. "You ara
. liar" >retorted the other. "Now,
gentlemen. that we are dealing with
facts" said cynical passenger, "le:
us 60 on with the discussion. "-Msso
York Herald,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-11-13
FIX THE ROADS.
How Highways Can Re Made . Blessing t.
Farming Communities.

How Highways Can He Made Blessing t.
Farming Communities.
What is to be done about the roads
in your township this year? Are they
good or bad. and what do the people
propose to do about them? Too many
Of our country roads are in very bad
condition. Most of the work on them
is done in the fall, and in very half
hearted manner. ..Working on the
road is generally disagreeable task,
and the workers are ever ready to
s.kill time" The usual system of road
mending is to scrape the earth at the
side on the crown of the road, or to
dump a great mass of gravel into every
bad place. The work is all done at
one season, and for few weeks the
roads are about impossible; until they
can be .worn down" there is little
comfort for man or beast. Then the
work is dropped for the year, the same
practice to be gone through with the
following fall. If each little leak or
washout could be taken in time. the
roads could be kept in fair condition
all through the year at q moderate er.
pense, but the money gives out after
the fall work, and there is nothing left
for repairs. Many towns-people spend
too little money upon their roads, and
what they do spend is poorlx applied.
In some localities the system of hiring
a man to make business of keeping
the roads in order has been very sue
cessful. II man takes . contract to
keep the roads Of township in order,
he is bound to do it, and he will have
to watch them carefully. In the cities
and larger towns repairing is constant
" going on. Every little defect and
failure in the road is corrected at once
The streets never become impossible,
because bad places are not allowed to
grow. Something of this system should
be employed in the country. Farmers
are busy men, and can not always
leave their work to give half day to
road-making. If some man could be
made responsible for the performance
of the work. and paid for doingit, there
would be a difference. No arguments
are needed to prove that good roads
are blessing. They add to the value
of property. Increase the social features
Of any neighborhood and promote the
welfare of the people in every way
Rural Ne,D Yorker.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-11-13
THE ARKANSAW WAY,

Valuable Information Wanted by . North
ern Man From an Ex-Bushwhacker.
A Northern man, while on a pros.
pecting tour in Arkansaw, stopped in
the woods one day and thus addressed
an old fellow whom he found digging
among the bushes:
MY friend, can you give me any in
formation concerning your neighbor-
hood?'
The old fellow stopped digging. and.
leaning back against tree. said:
"Yas. Nat Sarver is dead"
Il don't mean neighborhood news,
but want to know something about
the country. What is the surest crop
you raise"
"Chillun."
81 dare say. but. joking aside, what
is your largest average crop?"
''Chillun."
"Have you always lived here?''
"No; amt but fifty-five years old.
an fifty-five years, 'cording to the
Bible, amt alters, by er blame sight. :"
"You don't understand me. Imear
were you born here"
"Not entirely"
81 don't understand you"
"Well, l didn't understand you jest
now, an we're about even at the pres
eut."
"They tell me that this is sort of
malarial district. How are the chills
around here?"
"Ain't hearn none NV 'em complain.
They air able to be shakin', reckon"
Il dare say"
$50 do ]"
"What are you digging?"
'.Dirt.'
"What for?''
"Airter snake root"
"What do you do with it?'
"Take it to the cross roads an swap
it fur whisky
Il dare say"
$50 do L"
"Did the war hurt this part Of the
country very much?"
mo, but the bushwhackers played
Wild"
"Were you not afraid of them?"
"Not much. wuz one Nv 'em my
se'f."
Il wouldn't be surprised but that you
have been pretty tough citizen in your
life."
"Yas, an amt so mighty tender
yit."
Il dare say"
$50 do l."
"Say, I've been out of civilization
for some time, and Ineed clean shirt.
Can you tell me of place in this
neighborhood where there is any wash
ing done?'
Eyes, right over yander in the bend
nv the creek. Been washin' ole Tur-
ner's bottom field away fur some time.
Worst washin' 1 know Nv"
II don't believe that I'll settle in this
neighborhood."
IAN right; much obleeged ter yer.
So rough in yer manners yer mout
skeer the deer an turkeys"
"Well, good-dav.
'Same to yerse'f."
He took up his hoe and lazily stuck
it into the ground. Nothing could have
induced him to become an immigration.
agent. TrureLer.
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last!" SAID the poor beast, who only
waited for the daylight to die; and she
her beautiful white fur that was all
dabbied with blood. Then the wolf
threw himself upon the little goat and
ate her up.
Goodbye, Grlngoire. The story l
have just told you is not tale of my
own invention. If you ever come to
Provence our householders will often
speak to you of 1.-THE goat of Monsieur
Seguin. who fought all night long with
the wolf, and in the morning the wolf
devoured her."
You understand, Gringoire? "And
in the morning the wolf devoured her. :"
N o. Iimes-Democrdt Translation
from the French.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-11-13
FOB OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
THE STORY OF MISS SELF.

A long time ago-runs the tale
There was young girl-u Miss Self,
Who lived in beautiful vale,
Then haunted by fairy and elf.
She never took part in the play
OF other young girls i'm the town,
But stood in the haughtiest way.
And answered their words with a frown-
She never gave help to the poor.
She never the sick would attend,
She cared not friend to secure,
She borrowed but never would lend.
She pored over books about Kings
And Queens in their grandeur and statos
With diamonds and laces and rings.
Till she grew her poor cottage 70 hato.
She read how King left his throne
And wooed in disguise poor maid:
She wished such n chance were her own,
And prayed for it, too, when she prayed.
One day she had wandered alone
Afar from her home to wood.
And nobody cared she had gone,
For she never did any one good.
While deep in the forest she strolled.
She came to wonderful gate,
Ali shining with silver and gold,
And within it Iordly estate
The place looked so charming and bright
And nobody being in sight,
She gathered bouquet OF howerA
Then, hastily turning TO 70.
She saw at the gate fierce guard;
"And who may you be, would know,
Said he, as her exit he barred.
Then quick, with liz on her tongue,
She haughtily said: .'Stand aside!
I'm the Princess De Self" but he swung
The gate tightly shut rs he cried:
"Ho. hol Then It's here YOU should stay,
For am the EmperorMe:
To take but not give 10 my way
My gate opens inward, you see.
'rll make you an elf and my Queen
You've earned well the honor, own:
Devoted to self as you We been.
'Tis right you should share in my throne :
Then placing his crown on her head.
A glittering ring on her hand,
"Now this is your empire, he said,
The Queen of the Never-give LandF
But alas for her empire and throne.
Alas for its DONORS so grand!
That moment its glamour had flown,
DispeIled by the touch Of his hand.
The crown was a fools paper thing;
The Jewels were fragments of glass:
The gold was but tinsel: the ring
Was only . circlet Of brass!
The flowers in the garden SO fair
No longer were lovely or sweet:
No fragrance exhaled on the air:
The whole was horrible chcatl
And never again to the town
Came she, but passes the hours
At Castle De Me, with her crown
Of tinsel and odorless flowers.
But pptl may Queen be indeed,
With riches that never can fly:
You can win it, if you will take heed
And the charm that give you apply.
Don't follow Miss Self, who was blind,
But make this your motto in youth:
Most queenly is she who is kind
Most royal of graces is TRUTH
Golden Rule.
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DONE FOR A DIME.

Inc lecture done they crowded round
10 take m by the hand
Inc man whose eloquent al words
had sounded through the land.
Mhen. undismayed by man or place,
came up boy W tn daring face.
VINO held within his dirty hand
A dwindling pencils half.
Mister, said he. Il wish you'd please
mme your autograph"
u Will. the great man X ndly said,
ana lightly touched the urchin's head.
Ihen wrote wild chirography,
And unused that this was fame.
when little lads from of the street
Desieed his written name.
~ nat Will you," asked he with laugh.
MY child, do with my autograph"
Ice coming voter viewed the man
with something like surprise,
And answered with business look
About his sharp young eyes:
why, Sir, / sells EN- don't you see,
gifts ten cents for yourn" said he.
IN. Y World
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-11-13
LAWRlE'S COURAGE.
The ..Good Care" Which He Took Of His
Little Sister.

The ..Good Care" Which He Took Of His
Little Sister.
Were there ever two such handsome
children? Mrs. Graham felt sure that
this query could be answered in the
negative, as, on that bright June morn
ing, she gave Elsie the last kiss, and
Lawrence the oft-rereated injunction:
'.Take good care of your little sister,
dear"
Lawrie looked fully equal to the
charge if bravery alone were necessary
to its fulfillment. The sun never shone
upon curls that were tossed back with
bolder air; while his hands were
thrust into his trousers pockets rith .
jaunty defiance before which the
mightiest foe must have trembled.
.sOh, I'll take care of her, mamma;
never you fear. I'll bring her back
SAFELY"
..very well, Sir Launcelot," said
mamma, with a smile which would
look the least bit proud in spite of her
self. .sonly remember that bravery con-
sisteth not in boasting."
Very gayly the little lad and lassie
started forth. 1t was Susie Browns
birthday, and they were to have the
honor of going. all alone, to the party.
1t was such an unusual distinction that
Lawrie began casting about in his
small mind what he could do to i'm
press Elsie with the fact that he was
.taking care of her, just at the foot
of their broad grounds ran the rail-
road track. and they were hardly out
of mammals sight before . brilliant
idea flashed upon Lawrie's mind.
"Come on, Elsie. Turn around; I II
show you a new way to Susie's." he
cried. seizing the little girls hand, and
hurrying her, painting and breathless,
to the steep bank which led to the
track.
All! if mamma had only been upon
that side of the house. But she was in
her own room, getting ready for trip
into town, and her windows faced the
other way. / wonder If Lawrie re-
membeIed that fact.
"Oh, no, no. Lawrier' cried Elsie,
shrinking back. "I'm 'fraid of the
cars. Don't let's 60 on the track"
"Oh, pshaw! Girls is SO scarf" said
Sir Launcelot, scornfully; "'fraid Of
their own shadows. I'm glad amt
one. / thought, though, you was diff
ferent from the rest Now where's the
harm of our walkin' on the track? !?
Well get to Shsie's as quick again,
and you heard mamma say we'd be
late"
.Y-e-s-but she didn't say we could
go on the track, and l most know she
wouldn't let u.s. 1t amt safe How
do you know which track to take"
"Pooh! you goosie! That's easy
enough. When you see train comm
jump on the other track of course. !"
"But s'pose there's two trains?'
"Well there won't be; but even il
there is can't We run up the bank? Sec
herer' And our hero was half way
down and back again in twin king.
"Oh, Lawrie! How dirty you've
got your shoes, and goin' to party
toor'
Never mind the shoes. Are you
goin' this way or not?'
"But, Lawrie, there's the big rocks.
Sposin'-'
Il shan't stay here all day a-sposin
things I shall go on the track. !
| you want to go round the road al
alone, you can. But mamma said
should take care of you. II You won
let me, all right can't help it" And
the young knight turned away with
that deeply injured air which his eldel
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-11-20
The COMING ONE.

JESUS, as the "ruler of the kings of the
EARTH" was about to manifest his divine au-
thority, and reveal himself in his kingdom
in a most signal manner, that should be eff
fective, rejoicing his friends and distressing
his enemies, even those who crucifed him.
:'Yes, Amen" says John. ga consumma-
ton devouily to be wished" he encourages
his brethren to hopefully look for his glorious
appearing He was to come with the clouds,
symbols of divine power. Even Jehovah
himself ''maketh the clouds his chariot
psalms eli. 81. His coming was not a per-
sonal one, but as described by himself MAT
thew xiv. 28) was coming in power and
great glory,"-even the 'glory of the Fa-
ther,"-and "with his angels" messengers
who accomplished the Divine purpose), when
his kingdom should be established, and all
who biudered its progress and oppressed those
who looked for its appearance should be
overthrown. The language of the Revelator
is evidently adopted from that of JESUS him
self, who as evidently employed the scene of
the prophet Daniel (vii. -, 14), and applied
il TO himself and the overthrow of the Jewish
commonwealth and religion and the destruc-
ton of its capital city with its Holy Temple,
and the establishment of his own kingdom OF
Righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy
Spirit" during the lifetime, or generation of
those whom he taught.
The reader who shall carefully study the
words of our Lord in Matthew xiv. 1881,
and xvi. q, % and K. % and in kindred pas
sages also, will readily see that John here
Verse II refers TO these declarations. using
the same words, and therefore doubtless in
the same sense. Here we have. "cometh
with clouds" there, "they fall the tribes of
the earth shall see the Son of man coming;"
here "all the kindreds of the earth or landl
shall wall becau e of him." there ''then shall
all the tribes of the earth mourn" "Verily
| say unto you, this generation shall not pass
till all these things be fulfilled" Matt. xiv.
34) "Verily l say unto you, there be some
standing here who shall not taste of death till
they see the Son of man coming in his king
dom" Matt xvi. 49,. Eye shall not have
gone over the cities of Israel tillthe Son of
man be come" Matt. K. 23). "If will that
he tarry till 1 come, what is that to theeT'
John xxi. D. These limitations are entirely
ecisiye. They compel us to admit that
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-11-20
I'l1e Sunday gehool.
BY REV. G. L. DEMAREsT, DID.
LESSON FOR NOVEMBER 90, 1886.
THE VISION OF CHRIST.
VERSION.
Revelation i. -Js.I

4 John to the seven assemblies that are in
Asia; favor to you and peace from him who
is and was and is to come, and from the
seven spirits which are before his throne; b
and from JESUS CHRIST, the faithful witness,
the frstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the
kings of the earth. TO him who loves US, and
set rs free from our sins by his blood, and
he made us reign,- priests to his GOD and
Father: to him [bel the glory and the might
TO the icons. Amen. Beholdl he comes
with the clouds, and every eye shall see MN,
even those who pierced hun; and all the tribes
of the earth shall mourn over him. yes,
amen. 8 81 am the alpha and the omega"
says [the] LORD GoD, he who was anu is 10
come,-the Almighty. -,
q T John. your brother and partaker with
Won in affection, and reign, and patience of
JESUS, who was in the island called Patmos,
for the word of GOD and the testimony OF
JESUS 10 | was in the spirit on the Lord
day. and heard behind me voice as OF
trumpet, IL saying, VIVA thou seest, S ME-
TO EphesGs, and to Smyrna, and to Perga-
mos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardls, and 10
Philadelphia, and to Laodlcea.
IL And turned to see the voice that spoke
To me. and having turned, saw seven golden
candeiabra, 10 and in [the] midst OF the can
deIabra one like son of man, clothed WIN
garment reaching to thel foot, ana glrueo
about the DTedsJ Will q Soi"S.
And his head and hair were white, as WhlIe
wool. as the snow; and his eyes were like
flame of fire, Is and bis feet like FURNISHED
brass, glowing with fire, as in furnace; and
bis voice as a voice of many waters. 10 AND
he had in his right hand seven stars; and out
of his mouth proceeded sharp, two edged
sword, and his face [glowed as the sun
shines in his power. II And when saw him
/ fell at his feet as dead; and he placed his
right hand on me saying, Fear not; | am
the First and the Last, 18 and the Living One;
I was dead, and behold, | am alive to the
aeons of the icons; and have the keys OF
death and Hades. 1.-THE NelC Covenant.
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4 Ug.,,..,. Mrs f. OATS, of ShumlCq III writes: "When
90 EuMhE IL had used Dr. Pierces
a. zone week, could walk overt the dOor-yard
fEnAItTiE Eand could get
nelghbofs. had
out in the dooryard months After using
the 'Favorite Prescription two weeks
miles, neghbors were all surprised
about and helping do homework
with thirteen best ph ysic MS we could get
and the last told my husband that
to do my housewo any thankful to God that
wrote to you for had suffered from Female Weakness until
L had almost given up in despair"
1 T...,-, Mrs. f. E. WILCOX, Friendship, z. writes:
EkRlnE 4" For five six had badly troubled
- with female weakness and terrible pains
PAIN the small of my back and pit of the stomach.
Hin. Three bottles of DR.. Peroe's Favore Prescrp
Es.'Hz'ss ton acted like charm, and cured COM
petely, to my great joy"
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which some of it is applied Xxi. 2. 8, 49,. But
Jerusalem and its Holy Temple were de-
stroyed and trodden under foot By the Gen
tiles A. d. 20. The things condemned in the
messages to the several churches Chapters
H. iii, are the same things condemned by
| Paul in his epistles Paul suffered martyr
| dom under Nero. We conclude, therefore,
that John wrote his Revelation before A. d.
| TO- and that he was an exile at Patmos during
the persecution under Nero. He may have
been exiled in both prosecutions. as he lived
| through both.
| The Apocalypse was written, at the
| very latest, soon after the the death of Nero,
| and before the destruction of Jerusalem-A.
d. 68. An overwhelming weight of evidence,
external and internal, demonstrate this. Such
is the opinion of the most, the best, and
nearly all modern critics. It originated in
the Neronian persecution and Jewish War
ReU. j. W. Hanson, ID. d., in "The New
Covenant"
While the date may be fixed with much
probability, it cannot be fixed with certainty.
All that can be asserted is that the book was
written before the destruction of Jerusalem
and the burning of the Temple. This Is clear
from the beginning of the eleventh chapter.
-"The Early Days Of Christianity" T. w.
Farrar.
The conclusion to which I am brought
after much investigation is that the historic
testimony for the Domitian date is largely
founded on misconception of the passage
from Ireneus, and as whole, is by no means
so harmonious, SO ancient and so decisive, as
to override and set aside the strong internal
evidence for the earlier date. | am COM
PEELED to accept the age of Nero as the true
date of this writing COloles.
The preponderance of evidence found in
the book itself is so great, iii favor of the be-
lief that it was written before the destruction
of Jerusalem, that in our mind not single
doubt remains. This supposition, thus sub
sequently established, agrees entirely with
the divine character of the book 1t weakens
not our confidence in its authenticity. 1t
places the writing of it nearer to the day of
Christ. . 1t enables us to interpret what
is said in the Apocalypse of the coming of
CHRIST, the day of the Lord, the Judgment of
the nations, the establishment of his king
dom, and the descent of the New Jerusalem,
in harmony with the Specification which those
subjects unquestionably bear in the Gospels
and the Epistles. Rev. Thomas Whittenore,
d. D., in introduction to commentary"