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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14
WHITE ANTS.
A Farmers BafldfnEs Attacked and Do
4 stroyed BY These Insects.

1 stroyed BY These Insects.
| IBloomington Gill Dispatch
Prof. s. A. Forbes, State Entoinologfss,
was in this city to-day, returning from
Mount Palatine, Putnam County, where
he was summoned to view the work Of
damaging insects. He visited the farm OF
John Wilson, near Mount Palatine, and
found that his premises had been almost
completely destroyed by white ants, .
species very uncommon in Americs, but
very siIii..f to the white ants of India and
Africa. The insects Arst attacked an out.
door cellar, working on the under.
side Of the roof and the inside Of
the walls. Their working is confined
to the wood work, and they so
followed CIT She roof and sides Of
the cellar that it coi,Ssped. From the cell
lar they spread to the reside.ee. and have
completely ruined great part OF the
building. Here they worked through the
sills, in the. studding, in the weather.
boarding, window and door castings and
the rafters and shingles. They also laid
hold of the gfanary, which was built Of
hard wood, and so worked on the sills and
oak plank floor that the floor of its own
weight fell in. Tho cellar is completely
ruined; part of the house win be liable
to be torn down, as will also the gfaaary.
The loss entailed is several hundred dol
lars. The professor advised that all the
wood affected be destroyed, and the re-
mainder saturated with gasoline. He
says that he has known ants to work in
rotten logs and in culverts and bridges,
but he never knew them to attack build
ings. He says that the light is offensive
to them. and that their work is not easily
detected. He suggests that railroad men
should exercise great care that these ants
do not get in their bridges. Wilson'S
premises are in the midst of large
prairie. Prof. Forbes says the ants have
been there four or five years, but their
presence there he can not account for, UNI
less they were conveyed from the woods
in log that they were working. He says
they are very prolific and difficult to de.
stroy.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14
JAIL ARISIOCRACY.
The Distinct Classification of Society Pre-
vailing i'm Jails and Prisons.

The Distinct Clas sifcation of Society Pre-
vailing in Jails and Prisons.
There is no place in the world where
there is such a distinct classification oil
society as in Jail. found that GU,
when was cultivating Mr.. MAXWELL
society and pumping confession out
of him. The aristocracy are the fellows
in for murder. They. rs a rule. main
tain dignified reserve and are ad,
dressed IS Mr.. So-and-So by the other
prisoners. On the other hand. they
call their fellow-prisoners John or Bill
The next grade are the professional
crooked men. There is great rivalry
between them and the murderers as to
which really form the creme de la
creme and the consequence is q cold
ness exists. They speak of each Others
crimes in sighting manner and de.
preciate one another's Sillainv. The
lower classes are represented by the
sneak-thieves, the tramp crooks and
amateurs. they are looked upon with
contempt by those who have progressed
further in crime. and not associated
with. On their part they recognize
their unworthiness and are meek ana
lowly, esteeming it a great favor to do
the boss criminals some little service.
There is an unwritten law establishing
these grades and it is never violated.
Detectirc Mccullough, in st. Loui:
Globe Democrat
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14
CONFEDERATE COATS.
History of the One Recently Placed In tn
National Museum.

AststOTy Vi the one Recently fIlceu the
National Museum.
A gray coat has been hung in case
1T the National Museum near the col
lection of relics of the Confederacy
This coat was a Confederate officers
coat, and though such garments were
worn by thousands of men less than
twenty-five years ago, they are regarded
as rare curiosties. What became of all
the old gray and butternut suits after
Appomattox is one of the mysteries
which those only can explain who have
made deep study of the average life
and the final destiny of suit of clothes.
This coat was presented to the museum
by o. w. Barron. of Danvilie. Va,
formerly Captain of Company II. Tween.
ty-fourth regiment Virginia infantry.
1t is the coat of a Captain of infantry.
and is in a fair state of preservation.
Captain Barron, in a note which he
sent with the coat. said: Il bought
this coat early in the year 1868 in
Petersburg, Va. for $3.50 in Confederate
currency, and kept the coat constantly
in the army with me i'm Pickett's divis.
ion until that command was nearly all
captured at Five Forks. just short
time before the final surrender, and nv
cOlOred servant, who took care of nv
clothes, thinking l was killed, burned
the remainder of my baggage and car
ricd this coat home to my father in
Henry County, this State, where l got
it on my return from prison at John
sons Island. seldom used the coat
except on occasions of dress parade
and reviews, or when sitting on courts
martial. !" The cloth, which is gray, is
not of very fine texture. 1t is frock
coat, with cuffs and military collar
faced with blue. The sleeves are en-
broidered with gold braid. There are
no shOulder-straps, but instead three
bars on the collar indicate the rank of
the wearsr. The buttons are similar
to United States buttons. except there
is no lettering upon them. They have
embossed upon them the American
spread eagle, with the union shield
upon its breast, and surrounded bv
galaxy of stars. Mr.. Howard Clark,
who has charge of the historical collec.
ton, expects soon to obtain possession
of coat of an engineer officer in the
service Washington Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14
WOOD POWDER.
0aw-Dust Treated With Acids More Pow
erful Than Dynamite.

erful Than Dynamite.
Dynamite, long used as an explosiv,
in the engineer corps of the Belgian
army, has lately, on account of the
numerous difficulties attending its Use,
beet replaced By wood powder made,
at Canbille, near Peer, in the PROVING,
of Limburg, Belgium.
The. powder is simply saw-dust
treated with mixture of nitric and
sulphuric acids, and afterward formed
under powerful pressure into cylindri-
cal or prismatic cartridges. These cart
ridges are prepared for commercial use
by covering them with parafiined paper,
which protects them from moisture.
The instantaneous production Of the
gases Arising ffoni the primer and the
explosive; and the simultaneous action
OF these gases in every direction, cause
the air in contact with the face surface
of the cartridge to act to some extent
as light tamping. and the power of
the explosion is directed to the other
face.
In comparative experiments made
upon a rail with wood powder and dyn-
m te with cellulose. it was ascertaincd
that for equal weights charges of the
first sdbstailce We're at least as pc wer-
full as those of the second, and that tile
results were more constant, more
regular.
In the experiments of rupturine
doubled beams. the maximum effects
were produced when the cartridges
were placed in the angles upon one
face of the BEAM
Below are the results of the different
experiments in the rupture of double I
beams of wrought iron, with equal
weights of wood powder. Of dynamite
with cellulose. of gun cotton and of
paleine of forty per cent:
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14
SWEEPING DAY.
TOW 1t Can lie Robbed OF Some OF It's
Most DiSagrceabie Features.

TOW 1t Can I:c Robbed OF Some OF Ita
Most DiSaErceabie Features.
If you look at your house-work as
the means to a delightful home. it will
not seem hard or hateful; even the
dreaded sweeping day, which own to
liking worse than wash day, leads to
the rcpose of fresh, fragrant rooms,
and a sanctity from dust and deface-
ment. 1t need not be quite SO much a
penance if you have proper aids.
(Thcse are covers of glazed cambria
for large furniture, carpet sweeper,
brushes, patience, care, etc.)
If you sweep with broom, use
damp tea leaves. bran. coarse meal.
saw-dust or dry snow, to keep down
the dust, REM mbering to have these
things damp. not wet; to sprinkle only
yard or two where you mean
to sweep at once, and to take it up
with the sweep;ngs before you go to
the next place. Brushing damp
mass of dust and trash over a whole
CARPET is not the way t, improve it.
Fine carpets like Wilton or Moquette
should be swept with the pile to keep
them from wearing; and dealers say
that Brussels should be swept only one
way. 1t is good rule always to begin
at the ccrner farthest from the door.
taking up the dust every yard or two.
Take rugs up, bringing opposite sides
together. not to spill the dust; lay
them face down on green sward. or
hang them SO out of windows, and
beat the backs till all the dust is out.
Beating on the face send, the dust into
the firm woven ground Of the rugs
Gsptist Weekly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14
A Monster Eagle Tries to Capture q Calf.
But Is Made a Prisoner Instead.
Iolean IN. " Special

Fl. C. Blakeslee's farm is near this city.
A number of calves have been running
about in piece of woods on the farm for
q week or SO past. One day last week E.
NJ. johnson, hired man on the farm,
heard great bleating by one CT the
calves. Hurrying to the woods FROM which
the noise came, he discovered that an
enormous eagle had swooped down on
the calf and was trying to carry it away.
The size of the calf made this an i'm.
possible task. But the eagle persisted
gamely in its efforts, in spite of the pres
ence Of the hired man. The latter ran
back to the house and got a shotgun, and,
returning, fired a charge into the eagle,
which was still tearing at the calf with its
talons and beak. The shot broke one of
the eagles wings, and the bird res
linquished its hold on the calf, and turned
On Johnson. The cries of the calf, the re-.
port of the gun, and the shouts of tho
hired man brought others to the spot, and
the great bird was captured alive after a
desperate struggle. 1t was imprisoned in
an outbuilding. This eagle is one of the
largest specimens ever captured, As it
measures over nine and q half feet from
tip to tip of its wings.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14
Zone wholly failed to explode.

'One wholly failed to explode.
But it is especially with reference to
transportation with an army that wood
powder possesses remarkable advan-
tages. 1t is well known what precau-
tons are essential in order to protect
dynamite cartridges in pack trains from
projectiles which might strike them
and cause explosion. With cartridges
of wood powder this danger need not
be feared. since when they are placed
against iron plates. and struck by
bullets fired at distance of fifty
metres. they do not explode. Quar-
terky journal Of the U. S. Military Serr-
ire
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14
A Princess MarrieS Her Equerry.
London World.1

A great sensation has been created IN
court circles at Berlin by rumor which
has arrived from Naples, via Vienna, that
the widowed Princess Frederick Charles
of Prussia has contracted a morganatio
marriage with Captain Won Wagenheim,
one of her equerries. The Princess, who is
now in her forty ninth year, is the young
est sister Of the Duke Of Anhalt and the
Duchess Of Saxe-Altenberg. She was
married at the age of seventeen to the late
Prince Frederick Charles, and has four
children, one of them the Duchess of Con-
oaught. The Princess is very clever and
charming woman, highly accomplished.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14
WOmAHs Face.

'sWhat furniture can give such finish to
q room, as q tender woman's face" asks
George Elliott Not any, we are happy to
answer, provided the glow of health
tempers the tender expression. The pale
anxious, bioodless face of the consumptive,
or the evident sufferings of the dyspeptic,
induce feelings of sorrow and grief on our
part and compel us to tell them of DIR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery" the
sovereign remedy for consumption and
other diseases of the respiratory system as
we'll as dyspepsia and other digestive
troubles. Sold everywhere.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14
Saved by Proof Readers Error.

The Texas Court Of Appeals, the
criminal branch of the Supreme Court.
has rendered an important decision in
case against Knights of Labor. Two
knights during the Southwestern strike
went down the Missouri Pacific road
from Alvarado to Waco, and deliber.
ateiy disabled an engine. They were
convicted under the section of the
penal code. which provides a punish.
ment IF any person shall wilfully and
mschlerously injure or destroy any
growing fruit. corn, grain, or other
agricultural product or property. real
or personal, etc. The court holds that
owing to the lack of comma after
!. product, the offense of the Knichts
Il not covered BY the law.-N r Post
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14

A strange accident happened to a
consignment of heavy cattle sold for
shipment to England. Rough weather
was encountered on the voyage. and
the stanchions to which the cattle were
tied gave way, forcing the stock to the
other side of the ship and causing it to
careen SO much that to tighten the
vessel the cattle were thrown overheard,
q loss Of $4,000,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14
). Carroll Brewster, an emine

F. Carroll Brewster, an eminent
Philadelphia lawyer, in a recent letter
says: '.For ten years to come no man
should dream of studying law unless he
sees directly before him certain open
ing As partner. helper or successor to
% established and lucrative practice"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14
EIY'S
CREAM BALM

I haze used tro
bottles of Ely's
Cream Balm, and
consider myselt' cur
ed. I suffered 2
years from edtarTh
and catarrhal had
ache and this is ths
first remedy that AZ
torded lasting reIcf.
ID. T. Hgginsoa.
rs Lake Street, Chi
eago, III.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14

A NAN should be allowed to laugh at hi
own jokes. Others may not see where thu
laugh comes in.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14

A HoNELY woman has some advantag
over . beautiful one. 1t is possible 10
other women to love her-Chica1o Tritum
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14

Gas bills should be carefully filed; moi
necessarily for preservation, but in ordel
to reduce their size-Jud1e.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14

YoUNG man, never say to your sire
You might go, father, and fare worse."-
Detroit Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14

Best Goods arc Put In Smallest Parcels
The old proyerb is certainly true in the
case of DR.. Pierce's pleasant Purgative
Pellets" which are little, sugar-wrapped
parcels, scarcely larger than mustard seeds,
containing as much cathartic power as is
ing pill. Unlike the big pills, however,
they are mild and pleasant in their opera
tion-do not produce gripping pains, nor
render the bowels costive after using
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14

NAN proposes; woman discloses, and the
the whole world says Il told you so. BIS,
Gngtor Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14

A BACHELOR e1itor, who had pretty I'M
married sister, lately wrote to one similar.
" circnmstanccd; please exchanged
u J. zasgvsm,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14

WHEEL never tire of entertaining the cy
clists. Let them axle they want and they
shall have it-Bostoa Posi-.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14

MEN who think they mold public
opinion say to the world: '.Please ask ns
when you wish to think.n-Y o. Pica,g,tns.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14

"A WRITER says: "What quaint head wa
Carlyle's-" Were you . quaint head wit
him!-Tezas SJtings.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14

For restoring faded and gray hair to IL,
original color, use Halls Hair REVIEWER,
Sufferers from malarial disorders will find
a specific in Ayers AgLe Cure. Try it.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14

He covered tbs whole point-The maj
who sat down on . carpet tack.-Life
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14

"A LAWYER is not q cat; but he can b
placed In the fee-line category.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14

IT is not patriotism which leads doctor.
70 go to war. It's Pittsburgh
Chronicle
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14

WAS the drum beaten because it calle
the harp a lyreP'-Tszas Sytiags.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14

Dr,ycArE diseases of either sex, however
induced. radically cured. Address, with Id
cents in stamps for book, Worlds DispeH
sarv Medical Association, Buffalo, N. T.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14

The small boy now dreams Of "marbll
haulA "-Boston Commercial.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14
UfsrDR down-A feather bed.-Zifa

A NEW York paper says the milk sold i
that city il q white ien
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14

Ir afflicted with Sore Eyes use DIR. lsnao
Thompson's Eve " alter. Druggists sell 1t. &c
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14

"srrcx to It." as the fy-paper Observes
70 the az.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14

P1so's Remedy for Catarrh Is agreeable
to uss, 1t is not a liquid or snuff. eoc- /,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14

THE best thing yet discovered Tor 500
sickness is port.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14

TALK is cheap-except through the seis-
pbone.-yec Brunstricst FredoHI1'
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14

BACK PAY-Kicking book agent out Of
your office.-Aerchdnt Trareier.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14

The skeleton man travels on his shsp~-
Indianapolis Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14

BOLD again-Second-hand articles.-Bss
kagton FIRES Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14
Best Goods are Put In Smallest parce

Nusr your kitchen fire be Of dissipated
disposition because it goes out every night
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-14

p,rAsx remember that GLENN's SULrHu
3oaY presents all the advantages Of Sui
phur Baths at q cheap rate. HILLS HAR
eNp WHIsKEK DIE, Rack or Brown, 5Oc-
The Irish standard., 1886-11-27
The following gentlemen are autho~
rized agents for TIE IRISH STANDARD
ixY t.hAr resnectiYe localities
TO OUR PATRONS .

Every subscriber of THE IRISH
STANDARD in this city is sent q copy Of
the paper each week with perfect regu-
Rarity and should receive it On Saturday.
Nevertheless, complaint comes in to
she of1ics--from t}le East Side in par
ticular--tllat goes to show That al? isnot
hight in the mail service. We want to
near frorn parties who do not receive
s:alrN1la STANDARD on Saturday in this city,
ard we desire TO hear fron those who
receive it On Saturday one week and On
Monday the next. We want you to
GONE to this Office and make youa com
p]aints direct. Irregularities have CO.
e,iarred and are still occurring, and we
a1ow propose to sift this matter to the
very bottom. Subscribers are some
shines at fault in failing to give their
correct number, or in notifying the OF
Eice when 5liey change place OF resi-
elsnce. Do not blame us on the mail
service il, under such conditions, you
fail to receive your paper: You vine
have grievances, good and Legitimate,
}e5 us hear from You at once. We are
as anxious as you are that you be not
gwyongel.
The Irish standard., 1886-11-27

last legs; his hackers are III despair;
one short, fierce rally and the sponge
goes up, and the fight is over-forever,
The Irish tenant has had bad time OF
it in the past. His enemy has fought
foul and struck beneath the belt. He
has borne terrible punishment in his
daY, and borne it like man. The time
for patient endurance is over the time
for square standup fighting, for hard
hitting, straight out from the shoulder,
has come at last, thank God. He has
got the ball at his own hop Let him
kick it," Under the existing condition
of things and the outlook for the future
this advice is certainly justidable. The
ouietude which has characterized the
actions of the patriotic Irish people
during the past year in the face of
every provocation has been miscon-
strued into feeling OF fear, and from
the present aspect of. affairs it would
seem that the time had now arrived
when they must put Or bold front and
meet the aggressors face to face They
must now show Lord Salisbury that they
mean to have freedom on death.
The Irish standard., 1886-11-27
THANKSGIVING DAY.

Thanksgiving Day was celebrated
throughout the United States With be-
coming solemniJy, The origin of this
festival is somewhat shrouded IN mys-
terry, but we believe it to be purely
Puritan. In Elliott7s $ New England
History it is stated that in 1923, after
the harvest, Governor Bradstreet sent
out company TO shoot game tofurnish
d dainty feast Of rejoicing after the
labors OF the colony. Having fulfilled
the directions Of the governor, and tue
principle of the excellent Mrs. Glass,
they cooked their game and invited
Massasoit and some ninety other saw
ages, and all fell to and devoured the
feast, thanking God for the good
world and the good things in it." But
no matter what the origin of the feast
was. one thing is certain that it can be
recognized by pious people irrespective
ct religious denomination.
The Irish standard., 1886-11-27

II must be confessed OH all sides that
one good the Richmond Labor conyen-
tion has done, at all events, is the ap-
preparation Of SUM of money for ali
experiment in cooperation. There is
nothing like experimenting II the
workingmen find On trial that they can
do without the resources OF the guid-
ance Of the capitalist, and divide among
themselves that which is now paid him
as interest on his capital and salary for
his snperintendence, it will certainly
prove much more beneficial than the
present system. If they do not succeed,
it will have to be admitted that there is
8 necessity forthe existing condition OF
things. For our part, We most heartily
wish the experiment success, as we wish
success to every experiment, either III
cooperation strictly so-called, OF i'll as
socjating the interests of the working
men, by whatever method, more closely
with those of the employer The eX-
pertinent will be watched with keen i'll,
terest by many who will be exceedingly
gratified if the condition Of the work
ingman is benefited thereby.