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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-01-23
FOR THE LADIES.
A Collection of Facts and Fancies Worth
Knowing.

Collection Of Facts and Fancies Worth
Knowing.
Loop-shell pins are much used in
dressing the hair.
Bridal cakes are now decorated with
wreaths of natural flowers.
Silk waterproof cloaks, very light
and very expensive, are also very de.
sirable.
Ladies have choice of the short vest
chain, or the Queen chain; the latter is
an exceedingly convenient arrangement
and is very popular,
Watches for ladies' wear is a Louis XIV.
design; in word, . fac-simile of the
watches carried during that period by
the court beauties.
For coming wear the hair is dressed
in fluffy curls in front, Pompadour
style, and the back hair in wavy loops,
not too large, but long, ending in two
or three graceful curls falling on the
neck. Fancy pins in gold and silver,
studied with brilliants or Rhine stones,
are much used as ornaments.
1t does not pay to buy gold thimble
less than fourteen karats fine, and it
ought to be of good medium weight to
wear well. There are thimblcs for
those who want them with heavily
chased bands set with small diamonds;
then there are thimbles with enamelled
bands that serve as background to
small turquoises, rubies and sapphires.
N. Y. World.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-01-23
Iron Telegraph Poles

A metallic telegraph pole has been
adopted by the Canadian Government
for its telegraph lines on the North
western prairies. The pole is con-
structed of malleable galvanized iron
and is II inches in diameter at the top
and q inches in diameter at the bot
tom. and weighs less than fifty pounds.
The bottom of the pole is set into claw
plate. upon which the earth is closely
packed to height of about two feet.
Then another plate is put into place
around the pole and the earth packed
upon it to the level of the ground. The
claw-plates take hold in the ground
at once. so that the pole becomes
solidly fixed immediately after being
set, which desideratum is only obtained
by the ordinary wooden pole after it
has been in the ground for at least a
year. A recent test is said to have
shown the great strength of the pole,
as heavy No. 6 government wire was
strung and the poles subjected to the
greatest possible strain, but without
moving them in the least.-N Y Post
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-01-23

of the first-class hotels, to nv ioy, I

of the first-class hotels, to my Joy, I
found Alice. She said that General
Randolph had gone out for few min
utes, and they were to leave that even
ing. He had taken her even to the
town where she had expected to go.
showed her the house of Mrs B., but
regretted to find that the lady was still
in the North on her summer trip. Alice
had been treated with perfect courtesy,
but rather by the power of his magnet
ism than any other way he had got her
on the cars and taken her to Buffalo.
We subsequently, concluded that his
purpose in taking her was to make her
of use in counterfeiting. She was a fine
penman and that was one of his diver.
sions.
She promised the officer to board the
train that evening, as had been agreed
upon and after it was in motion to point
out General Randolph. She did so and
thus was he delivered up to Justice. On
the return home he escaped once,
but was recaptured.
After he was fairly locked in the Jail
l went to see him. He looked hag-
gard, but met me with all his polished
ease of manner.
1T is all mistake" he said; ..all q
mistake. 1t will be righted soon. l
heard you were searching for me and
was travelling to find you"
Strange" l answered, 'that we
were looking so hard for each other
and couldn't come together. l hope
the matter may be righted as you say"
But it never was righted. He was
tried and sentenced to Charleston State
Prison for seven years. / have heard
since that he played insane and was re-
leased. and that he was feted in one of
our smaller cities as Governor of Ar
kansas
Perhaps one of the few truths that
General Randolph ever told was that
his brother had ''a felon on his hand"
The many questions that will arise in
the minds of my readers l can not
answer. l have given the facts; you
must form the theories. Chicago Inter
Ocean,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-01-23
ABO.Ul-HAMiO.
The Busiest and Most Careworn Man in
the Ottoman Empire.

The Busiest and Most Careworn Man fn
the Ottoman Empire.
His Majesty the Sultan of the Otto.
man Empire is most high and puis-
saint monarch. His will is law and his
nod is death. He has many palaces;
he rules despotically over a vast en-
pire; he makes quantities of Pashas
cross their fawning hands whenever he
looks at them; he has the power to do
anything to any one of his faithful SUBJ
jects-except recall him to life after he
has killed him. But social power he
has none. His life is passed in an end
less round of official drudgery. nay,
positive servitude. Each minutest de-
tail of business, from the highest WIS.,
ions of diplomacy down to the opening
of new. coffee house on the shores of
the Bosphorus, passes through his au-
gust hands; and each incident of every
transaction forms focus of intrigues
which. in their conglomerate mass, it
would take twenty Sultan's with hum
dred times Abd-ul-Hamid's power to
disarm and defeat. What time, there
fore, can he have to spare for society?
The commander of the Faithful may
be seen any week as he goes to his Fri
days prayer. Then, before the
gaze of an adoring populace,
through lines of splendid troops,
crowds of brilliant aides-de-camp and
Pashas. fair veiled ladies'. braying brass
bands and screaming dogs there passes
athin-faced. long-nosed. grizzled-beard-
ed pale man in Il half-closed carriage,
nervously fluttering his hand before his
face by way of salute. and receiving the
low salaams of all in return. He hur-
ries into the mosque, scarce giving HIM
glance round, and so is lost to view be-
fore he can well be seen. When one
considers why that face is so worn and
pale. why those hands are so nervous.
how the heart behind that blue military
coat mus: be beating like a roll of
drums. one feels grateful that one is
but private individual. and not his
Imperial Majesty. the Sultan Abdul
Hamid H.. living as he does in perpet-
ual fear of assassination. The head of
the State neither caring nor daring to
assume his position in society, no other
Turk ESSAYS the role of social leader
ship. Not only might such an attempt
cause him to be unfavorably regarded
by his sovereign, but the Turk has
neither by temperament nor custom
any inclination to mix in European So
ciety. 1t is. to say, too animated for
him. He is quiet. sober. reflective
creature, who, after his days work.
likes to return to his house. put on his
old slippers and his old coat, and, after
his eve1ing meal, devote himself to con-
templafive smoking among his women
folk and children. Or, if he is in
more social mood, he will perhaps in
vite some of his intimates to smoke, and
chuckle over childish stories with them
in the outer chamber. Again. he can
not return hospitality; the harem sys-
tenn puts that out of the question.
Finally. he likes to go to bed and to
rise early-habits incompatible with
social duties.-Fortnightiy Reriev.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-01-23
Cattle Lice.

All kinds of farm animals are more
liable to attacks of lice in winter than
in summer. because during the cold
weather they are usually crowded in
stables or yards that are not kept as
clean and well ventilated as they should
be. Colonel F. d. Curtis recommends
and it is probably as good as any of the
ointments made especially for this pur-
pose. Melt hogs lard, and in it dis
solve salt one-third of the bulk of the
grease; take as much of this grease as
will be required to smear the animal all
over, and into the mixture pour kero-
sene oil and stir it up. Two gills of
the kerosene would be sufficient for a
COW OF ordinary size. One application
will be sufficient to destroy the lice and
leave the skin smooth and soft.-N
T. SHn.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-01-23
How "Mister" Originated.

At time when men were generally
called by their Christian names and
surnames only, the word mister" was
PROBABLY applied as sort of title to
those who had learned mystery or
trade, and who would perhaps be
looked upon as of higher rank or posi-
ton than mere laborers or husband
men. The questionseo often met with
in old writers: What mister wight is
that9" meaning. what is that mans
employment and consequent condition
in life? seems to favor this view.
Smart, however, seems to think that
Mister was adopted, or at least pro-
NOTED. for the sake of analogy with
MISTRESS ..for mistress, among old
English WRITER'S" says Smart, soften
had the form of mastress in order to
suit with master, which was then used
where we now find mister" Walker
says, likewise, that 1.-The same process
of change which has corrupted master
into mister. has, when it is title of
civility only. contracted mistress into
missus. Toledo Blade.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-01-23
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The spiritualists of Atlanta, Ga,
contemplate building temple.
j. Pierrepont Morgan. Of New York.
will build $2OO,0 900 memorial parish
house for St. George Church in that
city.
Dartmouth College has received
from Levi p. Morton . gift of the val
liable Rood property adjoining the new
chapel.
The Onondaga IN. Y. Indians have
determined to have school for their
children, to be supported at their own
expense.
The only young lady student at the
Boston University Law School is called
appropriately by the men law students
their sister-in-law.
AT the recent meeting of Jewish
ministers in Baltimore. q committee
was appointed to compile and publish
an English prayer-book.
-Mohammedanism has made great
strides in Africa within the last fifty
years, and Christian missionaries freely
say they will soon have to deal with it
rather than with paganism. =. En-
Gminer
Hon. George H. Barnes promises
to give $4,000 towards q college at
Fargo, d. T., to be called Barnes Univer-
sity He is President of the Northern
Pacific elevator system.
"A royal decree has been promul-
gated in Spain ordering the corpora
tons of all towns whose population
$hn r~f fhn
local Educational Committee, to appoint
a Medical Inspector of schools. The
salary is to be fixed by the corporation.
The desks and chairs were taken
by the male pupils from a Reading, Pa,
school few days ago and made bon
fire Of An official on q visit to the
school some time since is reported to
have suggested that unless new furni-
ture be provided the old ought to be
carried out and burned. It is supposed
that this saying led them to pursue the
course they did-Philadelphia Press.
This is certainly the age of private
muniticence. A year ago the council
of Kings College, Windsor, N. S., re-
moved the principal and all the stan
of professors because the university did
not pay its way as a church institution.
Now its affairs are suddenly frightened
by the reversion of $32, 600, left it by
Rev. G. w. Hodgson, of Prince Ed
ward Island, one of its graduates
Chicago Inter Ocean.
"A missionary in Africa found a
heathen tribe worshiping a leather
bound and gilt-edged book which had
been given them by traveller. 1t was
much the worse for wear, but on ex-
amining it the missionary found that it
was an Episcopal prayer-book. The
heather had been quite as highly de-
lighted with it as if it were a wooden
image. The gliding on the edges was
the special attraction which inspired
them with sentiments of reverence for
the volume.
The venerable DR.. Won Dollinger,
now eighty-six years old, says of the
disestablishment of the English Church.
"Such measure should be firmly re-
sisted 1t would be q blow to Christi
anity. not only in England but through
out Europe. If such a measure were
adopted by the Legislature of country
with a history like that of England.
there could be no mistake as to its sig
nifcance. 1t would be well understood
alike by the friends and the foes Of
Christianity-in Germany, in France,
throughout the civilized world
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-01-23
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

"A Tilted chemist finds love to be
composed of fifteen parts of gold, three
Of fame and two of affection.-N. r.
Journal
Jean Ingelow has detected music
in the hoot of an owl, and will next
endeavor to extract q nocturne from a
sawbuck.- Philadelphia Call.
"A magazine poet has been writing
poem entitled 1.-The Tender Heart"
We will be hearing from the underdone
lung next.-S. Paul Herald.
swer without knowing it. What! kiss
such homely man as papa?" said the
mother in fun. 20, but papa is real
pretty in his heart" was the reply
N Y Post
1t costs ten cents tO,wash q mans
shirt, or to get him drink of whisky.
1t is needless to remark that a great
many men wear neckties which conceal
their shirt fronts from the public gaze.
oil City Derrick.
We see it stated in the papers that
women are going to wear their hair as
they did three hundred years ago. Un-
less they be on the stage. we have no
idea where such old ladies could be
found.-Chicago Tribune.
-Arabella-Now do tell me, dear,
why you broke your engagement with
Mr.. Golden. Julia-Well, found he
was too fond of drawing and painting.
Arabella-Why, should think that
would just suit you, with your artistic
tastes. Julia-But his taste ran to
drawing checks and painting the town.
-Harper's Bazar.
during a discussion of religious
topics young Brown said: II tell you
that If the other animals do not exist
after death neither will man. There is
no difference between man and beast"
And good old Jones mildly replied: 1T
anybody could convince me Of that 1t
would be you, Brown."-N r I"de-
pendent.
-Pompano-So, DR.. Hackemnp IL
about to retire from practice? Brom-
ley-Indeed! I was not aware OF It.
Il have the strongest reason Tor be-
lieving so from an act OF his this morn
ing" what was thatf" II saw him
kick banana peel of the sidewalk.
P&s,adelphta Cdu.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-01-23
WOULDN'T HAVE JUMPED.
A Tramp Who Couldn't See Why the Crowd
Stared at Him.

Tramp Who Couldn't See Why the Crowd
Stared at Him.
where's Senca Street ?'' inquired
the tramp.
'1ts"-but just then a terrific gust of
wind came scurrying up the street
and before he knew it blowed the
tramp head over heels into the street.
With labored assistance he was picked
up and his hat placed on his head.
Then. noticing the crowd which had
assembled around him, IA comical look
of dignity and drunken wisdom came
over his bloated face, and he gravely
inquired of him who had materially
aided him to regain his feet:
.sSploz'
NO" was the response.
"Hic) fire?"
mo"
"Earthquakeg'
"No."
Building fall down, eh?"
"No."
"Horzh run'way?"
No"
well" said he, with an air of grav-
ity. ''f knew That I-(hic) c)-would'n'
jumped out 'er way like that" and he
staggered off down Seneca Street.
Buffalo Courier
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-01-23
MAJOR GEN. RANDOLPH.
The Surprising Way in Which He
Turned Out.

was 3 young man of leisure. My
physician had prescribed a vacation,
and was taking it in summer board.
ing house among the hills, in company
with an uncle and aunt and some pref
ty cousins.
One of these cousins was Alice Brant-
ley. She was an orphan, my uncle's
ward. and she added to the attraction
of large, dark eyes and fair face that
of lovely disposition and a strong
character. This is not a story of my
courtship, or l might tell how the grape
vines were laden with their purple har-
vest, the apples were showing their
golden color through the leaves-in
short, how l had fingered far beyond
my convalescence, all for the joy of sit
ting in the light of Alice's eyes and lis
tening to her low voice
But the time was coming when we
must separate. She was poor. had
yet my name and fame to make in the
world. Wanting position as govern
ess, she had replied to an advertise
ment from lady in the South. Her
application had been accepted, money
had been sent for her outfit, and she
was busy:ahout her preparations.
Alice and l were together under a
big apple-tree one morning, she stitch
ing away on some numberless garments
, that women think they must have if
they are going to make journey I
iazly lying on the ground trying to
make her stop to eat the golden fruit
with which l was pelting her, when my
uncle came near with an open letter
which he threw into Alicc's lap.
Il am glad you will have company,
child" he said
Alice read it. and in answer to my
inquiries told me that DR.. B., WELL
known divine from one of the large
Eastern cities. who knew my uncle
well. had written, introducing Major
General Randolph, of the Confederate
army, who was to come through our
town and would accompany her to her
destination.
We thought no more of it except that
/ remember the inward curse l visited
on the poverty that compelled me to
allow stranger to do the task that
would have been so delightful to me.
Mrs. B., to whom. she had engaged
herself as governess, also sent letter
of introduction and we only awaited
his coming.
Well remember the morning that
he arrived, We were sitting on the
broad piazza in front of the house as
he walked up the drive with my uncle.
He was a man of about medium
height, rather slight, but giving the
impression of great activity. His
whole bearing was that Of a soldier.
He had a remarkable face, wavy. brown
hair brushed back from high fore
head, fair complexion, eyes that
changed with every changing motion.
now Laughing, now pathetic, now keen
and sharp, now earnest never really
sinister or wicked. His gray travelling
coat and handsome brown valise be-
came him well, and his slouch hat, of
the finest, softest felt, gave him dis
tinguished appearance.
With an air of good breeding worn
by = man Of the world he acknowledged
the introduction which my uncle gave
in passing, and went to his room to re-
move the dust of travel.
His coming marked an era in our
huiet life. II was the last week of Au-
Iust Many Of the summer boarders
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-01-23
KNITTING.

trandma sits in her easy chair,
Knitting stocking for baby Nav:
oiipplng the stitches with loving care,
Knitting and dream ng the time away:
thinking of other little feet
Gold and silent, at rest so long:
And. as she dreams of the old times sweet
der heart runs over in simple song:
~Narrow, and widen and slip, and bind,
Swift and silent the needles run;
Hands are willing and heart is kind:
Honest workers are hard to find;
babys stocking begun!"
5randma dreams Of glad spring day.
"nen her ha r was gold, now SO thin and gray,
and her faded cheeks wore q rosy glow;
ana nf saoln aaI1a comes @ @ to the farm yard gate.
And grandma sings. while the hour grows
The song she sung on her weddins-d.y:
Narrow. and widen, and slip, and bind!
Glck the needles and sing the song;
Hands are willing and heart is kind;
baoy stocking grows long!"
Bob and Charlie. and little Bess-
AlsPing prayers at her moe6er knee
Making music her life to bless
Usr her face comes shade of pain.
trembling voice breaks forth again,
The song runs on while the tear drops fow:
Narrow. and widen and Slip and bind!
Work and trust while the moments run;
Eyes with tears are often blind:
Hands are will ng and heart is kind;
Babys stocking half done!"
Grandmas hands have tired grown;
Poor old hands, that have worked 30 long!
Daylight swift from the earth has flown;
Almost silent has grown the song:
st II she kn:ts. as she sits and dreams
Hurryng onward to reach the toe;
Dcftly turning the even seams,
While she murmurs, in accents low:
Marrow, and widen, and slip. and bindl
Hands grow tired at set of sun:
Hands are willing and heart is kind:
Life grows short while the ske.ns unwind;
Baby's stocking most DONE"
Grandma stops, and her knitting falls
Idly down on the sanded floor:
Shining needles and half wound balls;
Grandmas s knitting. alas, is Ger.
So we found her at close of daT.
White head resting upon her breast:
Knitting finished and laid away;
Loving fingers for aye at rest.
Marrow. and widen, and slip, and bind!
Skein at last to the end has run;
Heart stops beating that once was kind;
Hands are folded that ne'er repined;
Babys stocking is donel
y. 5. Gutter, in Youths Com poniOn.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-01-23

If You detect any bitterness on our
editorial page this week You needn't be
surprised. We write while under the
dire pressure of the dengue. Every
thing tastes bitter; our head aches; our
bones ache; our stomach aches; and
there is an aching void in our pocket.
1t is hard matter to write ioseate
literature when one feels like his joints
we're having their teeth extracted
Gainesville fGa. ddcance.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-01-23

Several gentlemen were talking in
a saloon about absent-minded people.
Gilhooly said he thought that old Prof.
Snore. of the University of Texas, was
the most absent-minded man in the
business. He was on his way to the
train when he imagined that he had
left his watch at home What do you
suppose he dids" asked Gilhooly. Il
have no idea,' responded Kosciusko
Murphy. well. in his absent-minded-
ness he pulled out his watch to see if he
had time to go back home and get it :"
Tsyas Sittsnos,
Morris tribune., 1886-11-17

The remains of Davil Leo Ford, son oi
David III. Ford, of Chicago, were cremated
Friday at the Buffalo, n. Y, crematorium
the body being reduced to ashes in less than
an hour.
While attending meeting Of the w. G.
T. u, in the Baptist church at Delphi, Ind.
Thursday evening, Mrs. Dugan, relict Of the
banker, James p. Dugan, fell from her seal
and instantly expired.
The Western Farmer Publishing company
Ct. D. & C M. Plumb of Madison, Wis.
made an assignment Friday. The assets are
placed at 81, ,79S, with liabilities at 81, 500.
Chicago firms are interested.
The police have been instructed to collect
eviction statistics In Ireland, paying at
tention also to the respons. bi!ity of the Ma
tional league for the refusal of those who
are able to pay the rates demanded by land
lords
1t is reported as definitely settled that the
Baltimore & Ohio railway will establish q
line of steamers between Fairport, Ohio, and
Duluth, obviating the necessity Of a route
to the northwest via Chicago. The finest
vessels will be built.
P L. Moen, the millionaire wire manufact-
urer, was ON the stand ut Worcester, Mass.
Friday, and testified regarding the large
amounts of money he had given DOC" VIII
son. Notwithstanding he had paid the latter
$25O,0O0 Moen did not divulge the secret In
possession of Wilson hich is costing him SO
dearly. Wilson'S present suit is for Sis, ,OOC
for alleged breach of contract.
Morris tribune., 1886-11-17
Ingersoli and the Anarchists.

NEW York, Nov l5.-The kilograms
from Chicago announcing that Col Robert
G. Ingersoll had positively agreed to associ-
ate himself with the counsel for the Anarch-
lists and would make the argument before
the state supreme court are erroneous. Col
1ngersoll left for Philadelphia early Friday
morning and could not be seen. A reporter
met some of his personal friends and rela-
tiveS, and they most positively denied the
truth of the kilograms One of his relatives
said: 81 know that Col Ingersoll has not
become counsel in the Anarchist case. He
has some sympathy for them, though. He
thinks that there were some technica errors
in the trial, and believes the penalty too Sc
we're"
CHICAGO, Nov. 15.-State's Attorney
Grinnen and the counsel for the Anarchists
appeared before Judge Gary at the criminal
court building about o'clock Saturday and
submitted the bill of exceptions. The vol
luminous document was formally signed by
Judge Gary, filed and the record completed
for the supreme court