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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-10-27

eoneoI Il shan miss her more than
those poor arms OF mine But I must
do it Tell her. madam. what evil has
befallen me. and tell her that I release
her from her engagement That will
be all; you can put It in what words
you please upon tho paper; only let
her know how dear she is and always
has been to me; and beg her some
times to think Of one who had far
better be dead. since life can only be .
living death to him hereafter"
The nurse trembled. She dropped
the pen and hid her face in her hands.
Then she arose and came swiftly be-
hind the bed. "Why write to her
thus. II you love her still." she whis.
pered. do you think she Il he&rt.
less?"
Il know her to b pure, and good.
and loving" said the soldier. ':But I
have no right to hold her bound to
one so altered. And now. though she
might pity me. she would find it inn
possible to love hideous deformity."
''She knew what . soldiers chances
were when she bade you 60" said the
nurse. ''Can she turn from you now
because you have given more than
most men for your country?" xs:
''She will pity and weep for me-"
said the soldier. Il know that she
would be as kind to me as you are.
But. madam. there could be no excuse
for me should I presume on the ten
derness Of her heart and selfishly seek
to claim her. / am not poor, but I
could not protect her-could do moth.
ing for her. She would do all for me
I would not be 80 cowardly II I could.
l must give her up. Write for me.
please"
Then the nurse came to tho side
Of the bed and sunk upon her knees.
LET me tell you my story"
she said. Il also loved . soldier,
whom I gave to my country, as he
gave himself. ! knew what were
wars chances, and shrunk from mono
Of them He lies MANNED and wound
ID in this hospital, and that Is why
came hereto nurse him a. no other
would. I love him better for his pain
and helplessness. I will marry him
IS gladly as though he were the hand
some man who won my heart Is your
Nellie worse than II"
Owen Gilbert's heart was beating
wildly. He strove in vain to see the
face bowed down upon his pillow. A
hand crept up and rested against his
cheek; the hood fell back. and Nellie's
lace. bathed in tears. bent over the
'oldier. Il love you better than I
svcr loved you, Owen!" she said.
Tell me that the knowledge makes
vou little happier" And the soldier
lropped his poor head upon her breast.
md they wept together.
And soon he claimed her for his
vife. and the two now dwell together
for this is very truth. and no fancy
'ketch) In quiet little home not
many miles from New York. They
are happier than many upon whom no
Misfortune has fallen. for true love
an ding halo around life. whatever
ire its sorrows-Aary Kyle Dallas,
% st. Louis Magazine.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-10-27
GLASS.6OTTlE MACHINE.
1Ae Ingenious Appsratas Nbe Aeehanloa
IL MoldlnG and Blowing Bottles.

IAe Ingenious Apparatss ~ Mechanical.
ly Moldlng and Blowing Bottles.
An important innovation in the
glass-bottle-making trade has been
perfected. 1t is an ingenious appar-
atus for mechanically molding and
blowing glass bottles.
The molding II done mechanically
and the blowing by means of COM
pressed air, thus relieving the glass
blower and his unhealthy and life-
shortening occupation. Each pair Of
machines Is fed with molten glass by
one youth known as q ''gatherer." and
each machine is worked by boy who
molds and blows the bottle. and places
1t on a stand. whence It Is removed by
another boy called the ''taker-in," to
the annealing furnace. Each
pair Of machines Is thus
served by four hands. three Of
whom are boys. Upon the occasion
Of our visit one pair Of machines were
running upon soda water bottles. and
the other pair upon pint beer bottles.
which were tarned out at the rate OF
one hundred and twenty per hour per
machine, very perfect bottles being
produced.
The repeating machine consists of
circular turn-table revOlved by ma
chinery around a central pillar. The
whole apparatus is seven feet in diam
eter by five feet over all. and at four
points around its circumference are
placed ut equal distances four molding
machines. Each of these is similar in
principle to the single machine, al.
though, Of course, slightly different in
detail and construction. As the ap-
paratus revolves each machine In turn
passes before the gatherer. who
charges it with molten glass. Tho
charged mold then passes on q quarter
of circle TO the next point, where the
mold is automatically turned upside
down and the interior of the neck of
the bottle is formed. the process Of
blowing being at tho same time au-
tomatically commenced. Passing round
0uOSAIST 4usATtcE VI u ClTClS, Tic ulOlQ
reaches q point where it is closed. the
air pressure put fully on. and the bot
tie completed. The third quarter of a
circle brings the perfectly finished bot
tie to point at which it is automat-
ically discharged on to a carrier. by
which it is conveyed to the annealins
oven, into which it is placed by boy.
The cycle Of operations will thus be
seen rs follows: While the first bot
tie is being automatically discharged.
a second bottle is being finished, .
third one being reversed and having
its neck punched. while the fourth is
being cast-that is, the molten metal
is being filled into, the mold. With
regard to the saving: the actual output
to one factory before the introduction
of the machinery was 2sO gross Of bot
ties per day OF ten hours. the actual
Of the works being 4gO gross
per day. There is a very large saving
in the cost OF labor.-Loadou Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-10-27
Boston Not HE Center.

A party Of summer tourists In tho
White Mountains of New HampShire in
their rambles the other day came eacrosa
an old hermit He gave the payty IND
formation concerning tho mountains{
then asked them where they had como
from.
I'VE arc from HeQton." said one o(
the party. s-s-vcsa<
..Boston." said the old1QR s4aDUoA
heerd o that place. How Ab6 4 -
Boston?"
"About two hundred miles, )" woo ~
reply. ce
.Good Lordr' exclaimed th401d herS
NIT, .'How can you bear % uve % fua
o6y-Dstroit Efes Pres.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-10-27
FULL OF FUN.l

Married printers should tread tA,
backyard gingerly on washing day u
order to avoid ''head lines"
Mistress of the House-'.Did 70,
tell the lady was out. Blivins?
Blivins-''Yis, mum" did she seen
to doubt it?" mo. mum. She sale
she knew you wasn't t"-7eras Syt
ings.
did her father actually thrus
you of the stoop. Mr.. Noodlep" sale
the lawyer. 'Yes, sir. 1t broke my
heart" "Well. you have my sym
pathy. II he had broken your leg in
stead Of your heart. you could have
sued him. Some men never have any
luck. ."-Harper's Bdzar.
-POst-0ffice Clerk TO financee)-"l
received . very curious letter ut the
post-ofice this morning. It was ad.
dressed: To the Prettiest Girl in New
York." Fiancee (eagerly)-"Oh. give
it to me; it must be for me-" Clerk
II showed it to my grandmother, and
she opened it"-Tine.
Mrs. Hayseed (perplexed) -
''What's the meanin' OF MDCCCLXX-
XVIII on that new school building.
John?" Mr.. Hayseed-..Durned if
know. l suppose it's some of this new
tangled language called Volapuk.
hear they're teaching it in the schools.
Epoch.
Johnny was the SON Of paragraph
ist. and when he saw his mothers
sister, Of uncertain age. freshening up
her appearance by rouging her cheeks.
he said: "Aunt Jennie. you're deco
rating an antique mug. amt YOUR
brakes Magazine.
We are told that in PHILADELPHIA
the tonsorial artists have their ceilings
decorated with scriptural subjects. the
figures being properly clothed, Of
course. and have a first-class lecturer
to expOund, SO that the moments for
merly wasted in gazing vacantly aloft
are now passed in the most agreeable
manner.-Lite.
Wages No Object.-Woman Ito
Iramp)-'Can't ye get any work to
do?" Tramp-.Yes. ma'am; was Of
fered steady job by the old agricult-
ural expert who lives just beyond the
forks of the road" WOman-.'That's
Mr.. Hayseed. What did he want you
to dol" .Ma'am. he wanted
me to get up at four o'clock in the
and milk seventeen cows,
feed, water and rub down four horses,
clean the stables. and then saw wood
until it was time to begin the days
work" WOman-s.How much did he
want to pay YEP" Tramp dunno:
didn't stop to ask. ."-Epoch.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-10-27
ORIGIN or 20. K"

The verslo0 Given By Ex-senator David
n. Armstrong.
Some one has started . paragraph
over the country that the familiar let
ters, 20. K" used by telegraphers,
railroad men and others, originated on
the Wing banners of 1910. The true
origin Of D. X. is this: Very early in
the thirties talented newspaper man,
Seba Smith by name, was connected
with weekly newspaper Of largo cir
culation published at Portland, Me.
A feature Of the paper was . letter
purporting to come from Washington.
D.. c., but really written by Smith.
which was signed 'Jack Downing"
This Downing" ewas supposed to be
an intimate friend of President Jack.
son. whom he always referred to a.
'the General" and made Old Hickory
appear to be IN uncouth and an illit-
crate man. In one of tho letters Jack
Downing tells how he noticed bundle
Of papers upon Jackson's desk. tied
with . string and conspicuously mark
ed 20. x" "What do these letters
mean?" says Jack to .the General?"
''They mean." says ''the General"
''that I have been through them all.
and that they are all correct-O. K.
don't you see?" II is strange how
those letters gave to the world an i'm
preston that jackson was an litter
ate man. There never was . greater
/ have seen . hundred letters
written by him. and there are several
in this city now, that show him not to
be correct speller. but his penman-
ship shows familiarity with the pen.
and his language is terse, carefully
chosen. and his sentences a. gram
constructed as those
Of any public men OF his day. It is
also true that the symbolic letters
were used BY the Wings in October,
1870. to express their satisfaction
after Governor Ritner was elected by
81. 900 in Pennsylvania, Tom Corwin |
In Ohio BY 10000. and W. H. Seward |
In New York BY $1,000 majority.
when they concluded this was D. K,
- IL satisfied them that Old Tip
would b elected in November follow.
lns.-& Losis Globe Densoersk
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-10-27

-Matthew's mother took him on her
lap to impress upon him the duty Of
obeying his parents and being kind to
his little brother. While receiving
these instructions Matthew gazed at
her with 20 much earnestness that she
felt such deep impression was being
made upon his young mind. But when
she got through the pleasing illusion
was dissipated BY his remarking drily:
''Your chin goes up and down 20 funny
Ill the tine you're r !kin'."
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-10-27
A HOTEL IMPROVEMENT.

Story Of BonifAce Who was Wllllng t.
Oblige His Guesta.
At ono OF the country hotels. after
the fourth or fifth execrable meal.
determined to speak to the landlord.
He was q mild-mannered man. and
beckoned him out behind the house
and began with:
Say, do you realize that you are
keeping one of the poorest. mcauest
hotels in all Tennessee7"
'Why. no!" he exclaimed in great
surprise.
"You have the poorest beds I ever
slept in, and I've slept in q h0g-pen
once or twice."
"You don't say!"
"Your cook ought TO be killed with
club. and your cross-eyed waiter
should have been in the grave long
ago"
"Well! WeHr'
"How you have managed to get
along and keep the place beats me.
/ don't want to be mean, but / want
to ask you il you can't improve things
a littlee"
81 can. and I'll cheerfully do it, sir"
''It's for your benefit to please your
guests, of course?"
''Of course it is, and I'm bound to do
It I'll make an improvement in lese
than half an hour"
In about twenty minutes he came
around to me on the veranda, smiling
and rubbing his hands, and said:
''Well, I've made it. I've cut the
cooks wages down one dollar q month
and swapped that eross-eyed niger
waiter of for lame wench! Bet your
life things have got to 60 different
here, If it costs every cent take in.
Can you suggest any thing else?"-
.-DetroI Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-10-27

Tho pitcher had little ball. and
It was white a. snow. and where the
striker thought it was. that ball It
wouldn't 60. 1t had q sudden in-shoot
curve. it had a fearful drop. and when
the striker wildly struck. that ball it
didn't stop. ''Why does the oall fool
strikers so?" the children Ill did cry.
The pitcher twirls the ball, you
know" the teacher did reply.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-10-27
LONDON'S GROWTH.

1ne Remarkable Increase In the Popula.
tion of tho Worlds Metropolis.
When the population Of England in
1901 was under 1900. 900 that OF Lon.
don was 95S,S63. The capital and the
kingdom have grown together. hut the
former has always grown faster; SO
that while England Qncluding Lon
don) mounted from nearly 5000, 600 in
1901 to nearly $4,000, 900 in 1881 Lon
don grew from 95S, 1868 to S,Sl6. 4SS in
1881. London more than quadrupled
its people. while England Gncluding
London) did not quite triple it; En-
gland Excluding London) advanced in
. still smaller proportion; and it will
be seen that England. excluding all it's
big towns. exhibits a still feebler ad-
vance. But note this point about Lon
don. Its limits increase. II we had
a series Of maps shaded so as show the
population we should see the black
central spot Of London getting bigger
and bigger-the wen which Cob
bett detested and denounced growing
more and more portentious in size
but though the black spot grew bigger,
yet its center grew lighter and lighter;
and by the center is not meant that
strictly limited area called the city,
but something more like what London
was when the century began. Take,
in fact, the area occupied by the mass
of those 958, 1868 who constituted the
population of London in 1901, and
fewer persons will be found living
upon it. while around it lies widen
ing ring. growing blacker as the CEN
ter whitens. While, however, London
has grown so enormously in pOpula-
tion and in SO great proportion COM
pared with the rest of the kingdom, its
rate Of increase has not been at all
commemorate with that Of many pro-
vincial towns. nor has it been equal to
that Of the towns Of England as a
whole. Speaking Of these towns as a
whole, it seems a fair estimate to say
that of the 5000. 900 living in England
and Wales in 1901, 100000 lived in
towns This errs, il at all, in maxi
ing the town population too large
q proportion Of the whole. OF the
26. .0OO. 900 of 1881 nearly 1880. 600
lived in towns; or, If we follow the
Register-General in ranking as towns
people all who live in urban sanitary
districts, more than 1850. 900 were
townsmen. The inhabitants Of towns
have increased ut least fivefold; the
Of the country at the most
By IS per cent The town population
vas one-third Of the whole; the Regis
er-General's calculation would make
{ two-thirds. Diverging for moment
rom the proper order Of inquiry, it
nay be remarked that this phenom-
mon Of the relative increase Of the
own population is not confined to En-
gland. It may not have reached the
ame proportion Of the whole in any
'ther country. but 1t has grown at IN
wen greater rate elsewhere. Two ex-
IMPLIES may suffice. In Norway the
own population was 9 per cent in
S0l; this had grown to la1 per cent
q 1878. and it isnnow % per cent In
he United States the proportion was
My 80 per cent. Of the whole in 1900; |
was 22.5 per cent in l8S0.-Njwe-
ssN&A Century.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-10-27
COLLECTING BUTTERFLIES


How 70 Catch. Pin aAd MO0no tAo 0pooos
mems worth Ksspi.e.
1t does not require . very extensive
outfit for collecting butterflies, the
necessary articles being . net and .
cyanide bottle. Tho frame Of the
former may be obtained Of . timer.
the hoop portion being about twelve
inches in diameter. Tho net Is made
Of cheese-cloth, or Swiss muslin. For
the cyanide bottle, get five or ten
cents worth Of potassium cyanide.
and drop in . few Jumps on the bottom
of q wide-mouthed bottle or jar. Pour
on this enough plaster Of Paris. mixed
with water. to cover the cyanide and
let the plaster dry. when it will form
. smooth floor. the deadly fumes from
which will soon kill any insect placed
upon 1t.
II is unnecessary to say that the but.
ter6ies are caught In the net and trans
ferred to the bottle, where they soon
expire.
Never let your bottle be crowded. as
the specimens will be injured by rub.
bing against each other. When they
are dead. take them out and fold them
in little paper triansles. which is done
by taking square piece Of paper and
folding two of the opposite corners to.
gethcr. the butterfly reposing between
the folds. The edges are then turned
down to prevent the paper coming un-
folded, and on the outside is marked .
number, which refers to a little book.
In which. opposite the same number.
you should set down the locality and
date of capture. with any additional
remarks.
Now. tho question which arises 10
''How can they.be pruned and mount
ed?"
You can obtain insect pins at any
natural-history store, Nos. s and 5 be.
ing the best adapted to ordinary use.
The pin is thrust through the center Of
the thorax. A gauge should be made
to keep all specimens at the same dis
tance from the top Of the pin. Now.
In order to spread the wings setting
board Is necessary, which Is made by
mailing two strips Of board to end
pieces, leaving q narrow slit between
the boards from third to half an inch
wide. On one side nail strip Of cork
over the slit; then. on the other side,
the pin bearing the butterfly can be
stuck and the wings spread over the
Aat board ON each side. The front
pair of wings should be pushed for
ward until their back margins are in .
straight line and the rear wings
brought up to meet them. Lay
over them q strip Of paper and pin
them there. Let them stay a week or
ten days. when they will have dried.
and when the papers arc removed the
wings will still retain the position they
have been adjusted to. They are now
ready for the cabinet
II the specimens are not placed on
the setting board for some days or
weeks after their capture it will be
necessary to soften the joints. or the
wings will break when you attempt to
mOvc them Steaming them. with .
paper between the steam and the in
sect. is a simple method Of doing away
with the stiffness Of joints. On the pin
below each specimen should be, in ad-
dition to the label, little piece Of card
with the number referring to your
record book, 30 that you can tell just
where each butterfly came from. and
the time it was captured.-N H. E6cr-
hart. Rh. d.. IN Chicago Inter- Ocean.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-10-27
ESOP REVISED.


4 Modern version Of the Fable q ths BOY
and the Wolf
Once there vas 4 Boy left to tend q
flock Of Sheep. and being impeled BY
tho spirit Of mischief in the absence oi
spirits of another variety, he amused
himself by crying ''W0lfm when NO
Wolf was nigh.
The people Of the neighborhood
were greatly terrified. and hastily arm
ing themselves with whatever weapons
they could command. rushed to the
spot to defend the Sheep from the
ruthless invader.
When they discovered the April fool
that was played upon them they were
mad. but the Boy moeked them and
laughed and called them '.Rubes," a
term that he picked up at the circus.
He fooled them several times that
way. but at length the Wolf did come.
and when he cried out no one believed
him and no one hurried to his assist
ance. You may expect to read that
the Boy was torn in pieces and
jevOured, and you are doubtless pre-
pared to say it served him right, but
nothing OF the kind happened. He
wasn't that kind of Boy.
He had made arrangements with one
Of Barnum's agents whose business it
was to secure animals for the Greatest
Show on Earth, and when the Wolf
put in an appearance with an appetite
q week old. expecting to make q meal
Of the Boy, a. had been usual in all
previous versions of this fable, he was
ensnared by the agents men and
shipped to Bridgeport for identifica-
ton. classification and moral instruc-
tion. preparatory to being put on the
road. The boy was rewarded with q
position % candy butcher with the
Show. where he amassed handsome
fortune in single season by dexter
ously counting both ends Of dollar
bills in making change to customers.
The Boy became q Wolf himself
Texas SiJ7ings.l
The Washington critic., 1888-04-11
NOTES AND GOSSIP.

LoTTA CLAIMS TO HAVE MADE $4,000 this
season.
RoPE, MADE FROM the hair of Japanese
women, is used in building the great
Buddhist temple at Kioto.
A MAN NAMED Hanson Grover Cleveland
Willis has been arrested in West Virginia
for committing seven murders.
THE METHODIST Book concern, which
started in 1889 with 5000 borrowed
money, now has net capital of s2,302,
3G6.
AN ILLINOIS FARMER has an ear-trumpet
permanently attached to a deaf OK. Con-
ductors and herdic drivers please take
notice.
NINE BROTHERS AND SISTERS from fam
lily of ten attend the same school in
Clarence, Mich. The oldest is 20 and the
youngest years old.
UNDER GERMANY's new army bill there
will be million of soldiers on guard
against Russia and an equal number
against France.
REV. RICHARD HARLAN of the First
Presbyterian Church, New York, and son
ofJustice Harlan, is the youngest settled
pastor in New York.
PHILIIPoTEAUx, the cyclorama painter
has just opened for exhibition in London
his picture of"Niagara Falls" 1t is 80
feet high, 400 feet in circumference and
said to equal the finest Of the artists
works.
Mr.. SAMUEL FLEMING, aged 55 and
blind, and Miss Sallie Autman, aged 1S,
were married recently in Atlanta. They
had been acquainted only three weeks.
Mr.. Flemming's income is $15, 900 year.
This explains 1t.
EDWIN CowLEs, editor of the Cleveland
Leader, was taken i'll in October last and
went to Europe for medical aid. He is
now at Nice. but is going soon to Carlsbad,
and will come home in July. He is
greatly improved in health.
THE WIDOW of the late Judge Dayid
Davis ofthe United States Supreme Court,
and his niece. Miss Green, daughter of
Congressman Green of North Carolina,
are at Barnum's, Baltimore. Mrs. Davis's
home is now in North Carolina.
THERE is A WEALTHY young man in this
city, worth $150,OO0 who is content to
drive an ice wagon for 50 week, and
when he gets his salary he blows it in in
one night and goes to work the next
morning as steady as Lord.-[Cincinnati
Enquirer.
The MASSACHUSETTS CLUB banquet in
honor of General Grants birthday, will
take place at the Hotel Vendome. Each
New England State is expected to be rep
resented by its Governor, and among
other invited guests are Senator Hawley
| and eX-Secretary Boutwell,
The Washington critic., 1888-04-11
pRnpnshls.
MIsCELLASEous sUprLIEs.
posrorrIcE ErrAnrNENr.


WAsHISor0N. d. O., April 5, 1858.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at
this Department until Saturday, the 10Th day
Of May, 1883, at IL O'Clock noon, at which
time and place they will be opened In the
presence OF bidders or their authorized agents
or attorneys for doing the necessary painting
In tho Department; for winding and keeping
the clocks IN repair, and for furnishing such
coal, wood, ice, carpets, chairs cotton cloth
flor map-mounting), soap, closet paper,
matches, busters, whisk and corn-brooms,
desk and waste-paper baskets and forage, as
may be ordered during the fiscal year begin
ming July 1, 1888 and ending June 80, 1889
Bids are also invited for the purchase Of tho
wastepaper from the Postoffioe Department,
Money.Order Building Topographers ONCE
and Marlni's Hall.
Blanks for proposals., with specifications
giving detailed statement Of the requirements
to be met In respect to each article, and also
the estimated quantities probably TO be re-
quired OF each, and giving full instructions as
TO the manner Of bidding and conditions to
be observed by bidders, will bo furnished on
application 70 the superintendent and Dis.
bursting Clerk, Postofico Department, Wash
ington, ID. q.
The Postmaster General reserves the right
TO reject any or all bids, TO waive technical
defects and to accept any part OF any bid
and reject the other part.
DON NJ. DICKINSON,
pogtmas or. General.