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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-09-29

Harvest excursions
will be run via Mem
phis Extension Iron
Mountain Route, from
Memphis to Arkansas
and Texas at one fare
for the round trip, on
August 21st, Septem-
Der 18th and 25th, Oc-
tober 9th and 23d.
Tickets to be good for
80 days. Stop overs
allowed. Double daily
service with solid
trains between Mem
phis and Little Rock.
Pullman sleepers on
night trains.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-09-29
n0PKINSViLIE UIeN School,

eelect school for boys and -young men WI begin
1907, Az. 1!sh. 1859: lnssrucsic1 !:
Esshemssics and Bool.keeping. THOROUGH teach
ing and strict discipline eharsc.s.i:e the school
Terms for session Of % weeks: Tuition. 0oo.oos
T1iSaoa and Board. 0e16. Boarding Pspis are
required to board with The prncipel For faftheftn
formation address I. u. HRRBRIL. Hopktn0vlfe. ~.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-09-29

FABRICS and Cuticles arc rendered mar
velomsiy white by Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hurs Hair Dye, Black or Brown, SOC.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-09-29
the RESULT or USING
lACTATED
FOOD

0o03 G0c1i1AIHo AN ECONOMICAL % fcooA
80 Meals toe IN infant for 81
Easily pserarsd Al Druxsisss-4 ctA. % eta. a
GA valuable pamphlet On 81 he Nutrition q
Infants and Invalids. |" frse on application
WELLS, aicHARosou Z CO., Ovallnereu,vI.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-09-29

TINE gallops under tho spur Of the n
@ent
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-09-29

PHRNoMRNAL tenors can command more
than . nominal fee.-Pitt.burVh Chronicle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-09-29

Ms.ssWz::.s::$
q ~ 1U.1s -
90 90: go,
@eS~OoAs are
se.AanA v>iA
0ev me- loSIfa
- e snrA slvW.
go r. puwhaeD
SS.f lnvsnoo1 =
~ 80 Csioe0
~ ~>>Sa Are
I--A
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-09-29
ST. CECILIA !, ACADEMY I!'!! I',|'!

o6en every advantaee for the perfect developmene
moral mental and phi SEAL OF Anericsn Memanhood
Tor past ten .onths f~ensyave Acres Sc.Ss,f. nx
CSseeeo " aterS used. Spacious and wellveneuated
buldinen. inclu ling every modern :mprovemenS. S&
ICRG0lORfQQ. g. Ceeella, Iaahv1l1es Te0A
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-09-29
BETHLEHEM ACADEMY

Tn,c Institusion 10 conducted BY the Sisters g
Charity from Nasafeth. ~. Beautifully sitsaseS;
Inn me 6epoe. 0ethlehec. - open for the recoD
hon Of pupiIe e any tine Il .hs 3sss sor ps1oe%
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-09-29
Female COLLEGE

In our aim % over 10 Tennessee. and the adtacsns
Ststes . FEMALE COLLEGE second 70 none In
the whole South. We have secured . Faculty with.
out REGARD 10 expense. Brownsville p elevated ana
Sealthful. and the community most refined. Adj
dress TnOe. SMITH. A. NJ. Pres. Brownsville. Tenn
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-14
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.


Farms Of all sizes from r, II TO two hun
drcd and fifteen acres each, at prices
ranging from Thirty to Ninety dollars
per Acre.
One nice property well improved and
well located containing twenty four
Acres, with Blacksmith and Wheelwright
shops, in an excellent ncighborhood
three miles from Newark.
Also very desirable property contain
ing twelve Acres If No. / land. large
brick dwelling and good outbuildines.
with Blacksmith and Whtelwright and
Carriage Shops, in IN exec lent location
/ miles from Newark Will De sold, with
or without the sho -, or the shops will
be sold separately.
Also good bus mess sllnd on the
Main street in Newark comprising two
dwellings, stable and carria &c house, Ice
House and all nee, ssary outbuildings. a
well established Rrstauran Confection.
airy and Ice Cream saloon, and a first
class stand for Il b lkery.
Also two comic table Il yellings with
necessary outbuildings on the Main street
in the West End Of NeNnr (, all of which
will be sold at fair prices and on reason.
able terms.
l will take Pleasure in answering
any questions respecting any Of these
properties, or show ing them to persons
desiring to purchase.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-14
Tailless florida Cows.

l noticed some cattle at Jackson
vile, Florida, and thought that
aside from their lelnness and dim.
inutive size, there was something
else peculiar about them, and stu.
died until | suddenly discovered
that some were minus tails; Others
looked as though they had about
half of that useful appendagc cut
of. On one occasion | said
In country where flies all m Is
quitoes are so plentiful as they must
be here | should think it no less
than downright cruelty for people
to treat the poor creature in this
shameless manner.
My remarks were greeted with Il
loud roar of laughter.
"Bless your heart my young
friend, the people don't do tau; its
the alligators,"
"Alligators,' said |, astonished.
eyes the alligators."
GLOW can that be p
"Oh, they grab them when they
are feeding in the water"
"And bite off their tails, | sup
pose?"
ayes, they do. You see they
creep up so quietly that the cattle
do not notice their approach, and
the first thing the animal is aware OF
is jerk in the rear. He tries to
get away, but is Of no use !; the hard
er he pulls the tighter the alligator
holds on, until the appendage gives
away, and the conqueror swims of
in triumph"
Highly interesting sight, should
think"
"Well, rather, as the question of
ownership is often highly disputed,
though l never saw Il case yet in
which the cattle come off victorious.
1t is certainly pull Dick, pull devil
between them"
"Alligators must be fond of OK
tail p
"They are, Judging from the tail
less cattle round here, quite fond o.
it. 1t is probably as enjoyable tc
them as though it was served up in
SOUP
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-14

shall not be able to raise the figures
for next year any higher than they
are now-s1,20O."
you have been very kind to me,
MIR. Plummer,' replied the young
lady, "hut l have been offered ST.
300 by Swagg & Co. to take their
books next year"
"rhe underhanded sneaksl Try
to take my employees from me, are
they? Well, they can't do it. I'll
give you 81 400, Miss Florry, and
you can snap your fingers at Swagg
& Co."
Fourteen hundred dollars is a
liberal offer, Mr.. Plummer, and |
am Obliged to you, but Shroat &
Belknap sent me word yesterday
that they would pay me 81 800 if l
would go into their office as head
bookkeeper.'
"Shroat Il Belknap, heyl They're
pretty pair of sharks. They'll
give you 81 800, will they? I'll see
'em in Los Angeles first" exclaimed
Mr.. Plummer. "See here, Miss
Florry, I'll do better than that. I'll
take you into the firm. I'll marry
youl Tell Shroat & Belknap you
are engaged. Hal hal I'll marry
you. Florry."
"0h, Mr.. Plummer (demurely), l
thank you sincerely for your offer,
but l can never be anything more
than a daugh-"
"Wha-what," gasped the head OF
the firm.
81 have promised to marry your
son Harry, Mr.. Plummer.
Red fire and slow curtain
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-14
The Left Hand.

Why not train the left hand as
well as the right one, so that if either
be recipient of an injury, the other
may carry on all the functions pos
sibly for one hand to do unaided?
Such course would often save
lis from spending months of valua-
BILE time in the tedious task of educa-
ting muscles and bringing them I'M
der subjugation to the will after
they have become hard and stub
born by reason of age, training that
should have been and could easily
have been accomplished in child
hood.
I From home the child goes ia
school, and here the same senseless
prejudice awaits him.
Through the dictates of instinct
or caprice, he holds the pen or cray.
on IN the forbidden left hand, and
ms knuckles are sharply raped fol
it. 80
Why not let him learn to writ,
and draw with bota hands?
He would be free at any moment
to rest hand exhausted bv nro
tracted use without any interruption
of his work.
We have frequently seen an arti
san, whose ability to handle tool
with either hand as occasion de
manded gave him constant advon
tage over his one-handed fellows. no
only in the avoidance of fatigue, bu
IN the performance ofnice work an,
the overcoming of difficulties hare
10 come at by those restricted to III,
use of a single hand.
The right-hand man who can MS
a hammer or knife readily witt
the left hand, or can tie or unite
Knot when his right hand is other
wise engaged, will find frequent us
for his skill.
Indeed, the advantages we mis-
thorough the non-cultivation of tn
neglected member are infinite il
number and OF incessant occurrence,
Why should we pay such heav,
tribute to ridiculous custom?
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-14
The Way to Brooklyn.

A sun-burned old fellow, with an
oil-eloth travelling bag, was sitting on
bench in the Fulton ferry-house
the other day.
Suddenly he arose from his seat,
accosted a passing gentlemen, and
inquired
Eh-kin you tell me what time
the boat leaves?
Why, there's boat leaving every
few minutes or so, was the reply.
Every few minutes or so, hey ?
WI whuts the reason this boat don't
start then?
What boat ?
Wy this ere boat.
Man alive This amt the boat ;
this this the ferry house
Yew-don't-say so slowly ejac-
ulated the sun-burned old fellow.
The ferry house, he went on with a
foolish smile. An here I've been a.
waitin' three hours for the blamed
thing to start for Brooklyn.
And lie rubbed his chin reflective
ly an walked on.-Drake's Traveller
Magazine.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-14
What a Woman Can Do.

A. a wife and mother, woman can
make he fortune and happiness of
her CHI lren and husband and if
she did nothing else, surely this
would be sufficient destiny.
BY her thrift, prudence, and tact,
she can secure to her partner and to
herself a competence in old age, no
matter how small their beginning.
or how adverse fate may lie theirs
BY her cheerfulness she can re-
store her husbands spirits, shaken
by the anxiety of business.
By her tender care she can often
restore him to health, if disease has
ovcrtaskcd his powers.
BY her counsel and love she can
win him from bad company, if
temptation in an evil hour has led
him astray.
By her examples, her precepts,
and her sex's insight into character,
she can mold her children, however
adverse their dispositions, into
noble men and women.
And, by leading in all things a
true and beautiful life, she can re-
fine, elevate, and spiritualize all
who come within reach; so that,
with others of her sex.emulating and
assisting her, she can do more to re-
generate the world than all the
statesmen or reformers that ever
legislated
She can do much, alas perhaps
more, to degrade man fshe chooses
to do it.
Who can estimate the evils that
woman has the power to do?
As wife, she can ruin herself by
extravaganza, folly, or want of afiec-
ton.
She can make a demon or an out
cast ola man who might otherwise
become a good member Of society.
She can bring pickering, strife,
and discord into what has been a
happy home,
She can change the innocent bah
es into vile men and even into vile
women.
She can lower the moral tone Of
society itself, and thus pollute legis-
!, ion at the spring head.
he can in fine become an instru-
M of evil instead of an angel of
gooc
ms, nd OF making flowers Of
truth, purity, beauty, and spiritual
ity springing up in her footsteps, till
the earth smiles with loneliness
that is almost celestial, she can tran
form it into a black and arid desert,
covered with scorn Of all evil pas
sion and swept by the bitter blast Of
everlasting death.
This is what woman can do for
the wrong as well as for the right.
Is her mission a little one ?
Has she no worthy work, as ha:
become the cry of late
Man may have a harder task t.
perform, rodfher rouglcr road tc
tradel but he has none lofticr Of
more influential than woinans.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-14
Jumped a Marriage Engage
ment.

A woman who keeps boarding
house called at police headquarters
to complain that a gentleman board
er had skipped her house, leaving IL
bill unpaid.
HE owes me about S4S and |
want him caught" she added.
"What kind of a person was he?"
asked the sergeant.
"Well the day before he went
away he offered Sto marry me to
settle the bill. You can Judge what
cheek he has
"And you refused"
"Yes-no-no, 1 didn'tw she ex-
claimed, as she blushed clear back
of her ears. 1t was all settled that
we should be married, and that's
one reason why III pursue him to
the ends of the earth. A man who'll
jump board bill and a marriage
engagement too, is an outlaw, who
should be locked up"
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-14
Hunting Seals.


Seal hunting on the ice is a stand
ing source of amusement. During
the whole of the winter these ami
mails keep holes open through the
shore ice, but on account of the
depth of the snow they are not seen
until the mild weather exposes their
hiding places, The Esquimau, how
ever, has a way of finding them out
before this. He harnesses a dog
that has been trained for the work
and leads him out to the snow-cover-
ed field, where the two walk back
ward and forward, a zigzag course
over the ice. Probably before long
the dog catches the scent, and then
takes his master straight to the seals
house. Under the hard thick crust
of snow there is quite large room,
which at the time of discovery may
or may not be occupied; but if occu-
pied, will very soon be vacant on
the arrival of the hunters. In either
case, the Esquimau ascertains by
means of his spear the exact position
OF the hole, and then, placing little
pinnacle of snow, over it awaits the
arrival of his victim. The native
becomes aware of the seals return
by a peculiar blowing noise, and as
soon as this commences he thrusts
his spear down vertically through
the snow into the hole and secures
his prey. Sometimes when the
snow is very deep the dogs are not
able to find the holes. and then it is
that the poor Esquimau has his
hard times.
In the spring the snow disappear
ing from the ice, the seals are ex-
posed to view. Then the hunter
takes another way ofgetting at them.
First of all he notices the direction
of the wind. and then keeping the
seal in it walks to within four or five
hundred yards of him. From there
he begins to crouch down and to
advance only when the seal is not
looking. The wary animal is in the
habit of throwing up his head quick
ly every few seconds and looking
about, and so, when within about
two hundred yards the native lies
down flat upon the ice. 1t is only
now that the real sport commences.
The seal takes the Esquimau, who
IS able to talk seal perfectly, to be
one OF his brothers, and indeed there
Is great deal of resemblance be-
tween the species, for the genus
homo Is dressed in sealskin, and
living largely upon its flesh, is
similarly odorous. The two lay on
the ice for perhaps half an hour
keeping up sort Of broken CONVEX.
sation, part of which is conducted
IN the ordinary way, and until the
Esquimau has crept to within about
thirty yards of his outwitted com,
panion. The animals eye, Their
being clearly visible, is no sooner
turned from the hunter than he
presents his rife and fires. The
seal, is shot through the head. i.
killed instantly; but if hit in any
other place defeats his enemy by
disappearing through the ice.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-14
The Cure for LovesickGirls.

When a young girl gets lovesick
and "spoony,' and respondent let
her go to work and forget her trou-
bles in the duties Of everyday life.
If she cannot be a music teacher, or
a cashier, or an authorizes, let her do
chambcrwork or cook in the kitchen.
and if she cannot dress in satin and
diamonds let her wear calico. She
will find a cure in one as soon as in
another, and either is infinitely
superior to suicide.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-14
0utbid Every Time.

"NIiss Florry," said the employer,
"you have been in my establishment
as bookkeeper for five years, and |
have raised your salary each year
until now. l am paying you all |
can well afford, and Lam afraid /
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-14

Arrive Newark Centre Stntlon) from Phila. A
Wilmington s.Ol Il IN and q and 6.48 nm week
days. ~ "a VIVA
Peninsula express leaves Newark 0. Al q m, ar
riyesat Baltimore ll.1Oam.
Baltimore passenger leave phila. daily 10 40n
IN; Chester III y N; Wilmington ii .3s n m ar
irving Newark 1900 night, Baltimore L. am,
philadelphia and baltimore express, 2O9 n. M.
wilmington "a p. H.; Newark, 3.C3 o. m. and
Baltimore, 40 p. H., on week days 1888 w
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-14

QInul Rewarded are those who rend thisnnd
IllUIll | then act; they will find honornhle
-. -, employment that will not take Them
lIuiii their homes and families. The proflts
hre large and sure for every industri as ppr
SON many have made and are now maxim,
several hundred dollars n month ID il ensS
or hny one TO make g and upwards per sinv
on capital not needed we start YOU Evsrv
thlng new. No special ability reGuired vou
reader, can do II as well as aoy one Writ ~ ~.
US at once forfull particulars, which we mai
Maine. ' '"'''"hu'
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-14
Fire Insurance!
GEORGE W, WILLIAMS, AGENT.
Farmers Mutual
Fire In. Co. of Del.
Surplus Over$25O,0O
PERFECTLY SAFE AND RELIABLE.
LOSSES PAID PROMPTLY.

Six per cent. allowed on all bal
ances standing to credit of members
when said balance is Five Dollars
or more, thereby lessening the cost
OF insurance to members. dec30
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-14

1t is estimated that for the past
six years strikes have cost the coun-
try Sl7,O00,000 a year. And the
worst of it is they haven't benefited
even the men who engaged in them.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-14

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The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-14

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The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-14
1888.
Harper's Magazine.
ILLUSTRATED.

HAMPERS MAGAZINE is an organ OF progress
sive thought and movement In every depart
ment OF Life. Besides other attractions, 10
vii contain, during The coming ear, port
ant articles, superniy illustrated, on the
Great West; articles on Americ an and foreign
industry beautifully illustrated papers ON
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ular writers; and illustrated papers OF special
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liam Curtis Wilium Dean Howells, and
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The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-14
HIMpERCORMS.

NIANTED Immediately, Ladies' TO work for Il
wv Wholesale house on NeedlewOrk at their
III homes. sent any distanceA Good pay can
be made. Everything furnished. Particulars
free. Address Artistic Ncedlework CO.. 1856 sth
ST., New YORK city.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-14

french Creek Branch Trains,
week days and 'i1i ~ 10 Il ~ and 20 p IN on
.AlIIIlIc ST. Peters Il 10 a M and a ro, 90.
"G On s %ay1, 9Id anon sundays " ."
90 and % I'M only VII leave dupont station at
w on s i,lgl9n and all Intermediate ponts III
mlngtOn. "uns at SOO p m. for VIII
fOf connections at Wilp,in,,o, u a. =, -,
'1n, Ohadds FORD Junction. Ienane Coa,.s 1de-
so me1ynesDlrg Juntion. Blrdsboro, and Isesdins'
see me-lables all stations anu heaoihg'
A. o. heCAusLAND, supf >'' Il : S's' agent