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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-06-23
SIGNALS eY TELEGRAPH.
Oo0a1AG TbO0 Over 1000 Ai10o - VIE
In Erocsloa OG . Second.

OsaAlns fAsn Over 1000 Miles Il WIRE
In . Eracsioa oG . Sscoad.
The ced claim OF .
telegraphic circuit Of ever ton thon.
sand miles. surprising all previous
experiments. is somewhat mislead aiding.
Many efforts At long-circuit work have
occurred during tho past few years.
the distance varying from 1000 to
q. 100 n,ileA rr s...
It is a matter Of considerable pride
to tho old operators Of the wes,ern
Union Telegraph Company in I. San
Francisco that the feat of transmitting
clock signals through Z. 200 miles Of
line and talking directly through thas
same line has never been equaled. Tho
occasion of this feat was tho tele-
graphic determination Of the differ
ence Of longitude in time between the
United States Coast Survey Station in
San Francisco and the observatory Of
the Harvard University At Cambridge
In the year 1869. In order to deter.
mine tho time of transmission Of q sig.
nal either from the clock (or from the
operators key) over tho given length
Of tho line of 8. 600 miles. three diff.
ferent methods were devised
One Of these was original with Prof.
George Davidson. who had charge Of
tho observations Through tho libcr.
ality q the management OF tho West.
ern Onion Telegraph Company. .
double circuit Of line was looped at
Cambridg1 so that there extended
from the San Francisco Observatory
3. 600 miles to Cambridge. and the re-
turn from Cambridge by . somewhat
different route Of nearly equal length.
The two ''earths" were under tie San
Francisco Observatory. Distant from
each other not more than tea feet.
The line was first opened by ant oper-
ator in the observatory. and when the
last connection was made at: Cam
bridge the San Francisco operator was
considerably astonished to get his own
message back within one second Of
time
Then the astronomical break-eircuit
clock was thrown into line and made
its Hrst break ON pen recording upon
= revolving cylinder Of paper in tho
San Francisco Observatory. and aftcf
this break had traversed the limo to
Cambridge it returned and made .
break upon second pen moving par
allel with tho former in about eight
tenths Of Q second OF time. This Was
continued every second for several
minutes. and was repeated upon ssv.
eral nights. and when one Of the
twelve batteries in this long circuit
was removed the wave length timc
was reduced to only sixty-live hun-
dredths of . second Conversation
was Of course. carried on at the samc
rate Of speed. This feat over line
Z. 200 miles in length has boon un-
rivaled up to the present time. both as
practical working exhibit and =
scientific success San Francisco Alto.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-06-23

Landlady TO attic hoor. back, Q
newspaper humorisD D-Wnl you have
another piece Of the liver. Me- Burr.
Mr.. Burr more. thanks.
Landlady-Mr. Burr. ! see so much
In tho newspapers about chestnuta
Please tell me what . chestnut is?
Mr.. Burr-A chestnut Mrs Hem
bricks is any thing that has been re.
peated % often that It becomes aged
and stale-er. liver for instance
Y SMM
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-06-23

All the boys in the school but one
had stepped up on the platform and
read their compositions. and every
composition was briefly descriptive ol
some beast Of the field or forest be.
ginning with the assertion that the
beast in question was very useful
animal" t.
Johnny Biggs was The last boy to
take the stand. and every body won
dered what his composition could be.
rs the stock Of useful animals''
seemed 10 have been exhausted by his
associates u -.i.lIf
Johnny was equal to the occasion.
His composition WAS on the subject ol
'.man." and this was the way it read:
.'Man is very usfull anymull to
hisself; butt the other anymuls don't
never have mutch use fur him.
Dr0fe's A0Q0SinE
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-06-23
FASHION IN FUNERALS.


Brooklyn and New York.
'.Yes, indeed. there has been de.
cided improvement in the manner Of
conducting funerals in the last few
weekS". said . fashionable UNDER
taker Some folks will stick to old
time customs when It comes TO bury
ing ,tlsir dead. but must say that
the rising generation is willing to ex.
pertinent with any thing. lrefer to
the idea Of issuing written Invitations
for funerals Just tho same as for wcd-
dinga OF course the custom has pre-.
vailed in the cases Of great men where
thousands Of persons attend from
patriotic motives. but q new linnova-
ton is to issue invitations 10 funerals
Of private individuals. Just TIE same
rs Mrs. Jones, might invite Mrs.
Smith. in q politely -wordcd note to
come In and take tea
- This was first inauguratssf . Few
weeks ago whea . German 9eitlsman
lied in Brooklyn He was IAosssssed
Of considerable wealth. but. neither
mixed In social nor political circlea
His son. however. who inhertts most
Of his wealth. wanted to give bis father
q good send-oG As he put it. in order
to show his grief
E He wanted to work up largo
funeral regardless Of expense; There
Is nothing new in the system ssf hiring
professional pall-bearers. but the
scheme Of this poor orphan rather sur.
prised uA He took the directory and
picked out the names Of all the folks
residing in his vicinity. He even went
80 far as to got from the sections Of
several churches in tho Immediate
neighbor hood the names and addresses
Of the parishionerA This done. he
hired q young lady typewriter TO ad-
dress invitations to all hands. couched
in the following terms:
TAe pleasure Of your COMPANY ID earnestly
requested 1t the funeral Of my father. John
-. March 1854 at his late -hdme, No. -
- street. Brooklyn. Carriages t., the come
Truly, 90 =.
Enclosed IN each envelope was .
ticket admitting bearer to seat in car
riaga' Every old woman attended.
all the young folks anxious for free
carriage ride. were there. add several
matrons gave their tickets: to their
Youngsters OF course this was too
promiscnouA but II insusurated .
much-needed system. and since then
half dozen funerals in this. city and
Brooklyn have been managed in tho
same manner. bat with moro circuni-
speciion. 1t does sway with the bosse
Of mourning being filled with thieves
or disagreeable persona Every one
invited Is happy At tho prospect Of ,
ride. and there is not the customary
gloonl"-N r. Tele1v0m. .
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-06-23

The Ichtucknee river: in Flor ida
Is said to be remarkably rich in mas.
todon rcmainA In no other spot on
the globs are they so numerous. Not
less than six skeletons have been
found Within the space of two miles.
anong them one Of the largest known.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-06-23
GRANDPARENTS ADVICE

eenember how my gYandsirc,
When was little lad.
Ssw me whiting with my Barlow,
The first knife ever had.
was only making litter,
whiting sticks and time avn.
and he shook his old head wisely:
Don't do that my boy. pray.
.,,
II you've got Yankee notion
TO make something of your life,
working out your plans is easy.
With the aid OF stick and knife.
when You whittie, whittle sometaiag:
Take this, sonny, for your rule,
II us only match or toothpIck,
1t will show that you're no fool.
Some men whiftle for lifetime,
And when Death shuts their old knife,
Nothing but heap OF litter
Represents their useless life"
-7tras Sifsings.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-06-23

;t. ness q The HuDaa 1s1ssy. u
'.Man is an unreasonable animal
when you cum 70 hggcr him down."
said Brother Gasdncr. when The meet
ing quietly opened ask 1EustsePull-
back finally got seated. when J go
to trade horses Mid . man I expect he
will pint out all the rinebones an
spavins on, his beast. AN let. me con-
ceal all de ailments in my own.
..lf my naybur haint got sugar to
lend de- facktriles my hun fannily II
havn't .. hoe to lend him, I calmly ad-
wise him to buy one Of his own.
1--WE git together an' agree dat do
kentry ar gwine toAe dogs on account
of dishonest hoe1eussaa On. Dcck-
shun day we turn out an 10fk. bard
for u rascally eandydats bekase he has
proahised US STAT 'rnamenAsHT
I'VE sec de need ofla strihgaut law
an we 'lect our best lawyers to the
Legislacher to make Il. De law coches
'us whaf' de- har' ar shoft. and we go
to dose same ilswycrs an ofG '&m .
bribe 70 lind . loop1hole. s..:s gss3
..waydown Bebee buys . boss. He
schrimps on de hay in order 10 buy mo-
plug tob.cker fur himself. and 1ekase
de horse begins to show hid ribs Brud-
der BebGs howls about de dishonesty
OF de farmers. - s.sw ihIa =
1--WE sot on. de fence an injoy do
Sunshine an count DIP how many BUSH
els Of turnips orser grow while we are
of fishin,. II We ar shortioa tarnips
We excuse, ourselves but blame do
Lawd. 1900. .....,,s a .,sa7
I'VE kin see whar' de man mex doah
c1n't afford to keep two hired gals an
buy his wife . sealskin cloak. brt it's
all right fur " TO buy . pianer an put
up lightnin' rods on q good deal less
wages .,..
''De man who gifts up in Jinuary an
howls fur spring kin 'allus be found
cussin' de hot weather bout Do middle
Of July. -.e,1.
If Samuel Shin lends Pickles Smith
| q couple Of dollars he can't slecpnights
fur fear he won't git it back. II de CON-
trary ar de case. Samuel kin sleep till
nine O'Clock in the maWnin' an Loaf all
do rest Of dc day. =, $50 IT SCI:
Let friend cum to Us wild de tpof-
ache an We kin calmly give him dreck-
shuns how to reach de highest dentist.
Let us have an achin. molaR an' Wgex-
peck ehery pnsaen. 70 hEeak his back
huniin' up some remedy an-feelin sor-
~. Take us an in All. an We ar .
selfish, unreasonable, Inconsistent lot.
an dc only yxason de Lsed Dessiu6 lib
ON il bekase He hain't got 10 iPRce
to bury Us all 70 once. ."-Detrois Free
| Press
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-06-23
VOL. XIV.-NO. &.t
DANGER IN cELLUL0Io.


-s-ss.es ssrfFSpf
ne Ms.ufAet.rs a.d varssd Csss es : PeD-
ular Oabseooce.- = 81.
"I-ook out!' -
- The reporter dodgsd .haak - il hs
had inadvertently touched an electric
coil. e. cTf Z tHT
:.Grest .heaveps man! Doyep want
to burn your hnsers?" continued the
merchaat exciteday. ~ /;
whats the matter?"
-Matter enoush. those Eyeglasses
Of yours are framed in cellplpid. and
Il you keep stwirlinS them afodnd in
your fingers too near, that gas jet You
you will have an explosiQp."..
The reporter placed the dangerous
contrivance astride his nose. and the
merchant, who is ono Of th6 largest
dealers in celluloid goods in the city.
continued his conversation where this
incident had interrupted ii.
'.N0st celluloid is made ia France.
Would you like to know hows Then
listen: A roll Of paper is slowly un-
wound. and at the same time Is satu-
rated with a mixture of 1--WE parts Of
sulphuric acid and two parts of nitric
acid, which falls upon the paper in a
fine spray. This changes the cellulose
Of the paper into pyroxyline (gun cot
tony. The excess Of the acid having
been expelled by pressure. the paper is
washed with plenty Of water until all
traces Of acid have been removed. II
is then reduced to pulp. and passes on
to the bleaching though. 1t is this gun
cotton which gives it its explosive M
ture. ...e...s .s..n,
..Most Of the water having been got
rid of by means Of strainer, the pulp
is mixed with from twenty to forty per
cent. of its weight Of camphor. and the
mixture thoroughly triturated under
millstones. The necessary coiorins
having been added in the form Of pow
der, . second mixing and grinding fol-
lows This pulp Is spread out in thin
slabs. which are squeezed in hydrau-
lie press until they are as dry as chips
Thcn they are rolled in heated rollers
and ccmc out in elastic sheetA They
are from that point worked up into
every conceivable form. You cap get
celluloid collars, cuifs, hairpins. shirt
fronts. crxvats. Penhoblera brushes
and combs. inkstapds. knife handles.
jewelry- and every thing else. almost.
that you can imagine. I have seen in
Paris a room almost completely fur
nished with celluloid. The curtains.
the furniture. the door-knobs and even
the mating we're made Of this maseriaL
You may be sure no matches were ever
carried there. Indeed. the room was
never used. II was only curiosity.
and the man who owned it Owned the
factory where it was made These
rooms win never be popular. Few
men. even in. this rapid age. care about
being blown into the kingdom come in
small fragments, scorched and scat
tered, and that would Be the fasef II the
man Who let . lighted match fell in
such, = room."-Ea y Nal and Ex'
DfeS&.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-06-23

Tho astronomical director of he
aristocratic Capital City Cub Of At
lanta. Ga. IL . colored woman who Is
noted far and near Tor her kill She
Is psid q salary Of 81. 500 , yesy and
allowed o. coo for IN assistant
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-06-23

Soup or fish. sir!" asked the
waiter. Neither" replied the guest
THAT was = superficial question.
wasn't it?" said the guests friend. -
PAt!odslphis zInsA- sh
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-06-23

"A worn-out society belle j. Ike old
maple sugar. 1t has certain kind os
sweetness. but has to be laid on The
sheh'when'the' nsv crop eqnes = =
" O. Rc6ywns.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-06-23

lit IL proven BY statistics thatmors
monG igsxpsadal loes sggs than for
0ouE
The Press., 1888-08-23
LOCAL TOPICs-PENN'D AND sCIssORED

A case which has excited considerable interest in the town of Mansfield and among mill owners generally has just been decided in the supreme court. The case is entitled Charles T. Mason ct al. vs. James Hoyle. The plaintiff, Mason, and D. B. Smith and W. E. Williams, are own CTS of small mill privileges on Fenton river, in the town of Mansfield, below Hoyle, whose mill is in Wilmington on the same stream. The correspondent of the Courant gives these particulars of the case. In 1881 the defendant constructed & reser- voir which retained the water above his dam, and having steam engine, he would collect the water, and in the meantime run by steam for five days, and on the sixth run by water, and let the water down in 8 body on the lower mills, which caused great waste of the water and practically interfered with the use of the lower mills during the dry season. The lower mill owners joined in an action praying for a permanent injunction to restrain the de- fendant from this unreasonable use of the stream. The case was heard ct Holland in May, 1887, and reserved for the advice of the supreme court. The court are divided in opinion, Chief Justice Park, Loomis and Beardsley being for plaintiff, and Par dee and Carpenter for defendant. Judge Loomis wrote the opinion of the court, which is learned and exhaustive. The court held that to justify detention of the water by an upper mill owner long enough to make advantageous use of 1t, his machinery, or so much of 1t as he op- crates, must be adapted to the fixed char acter of the stream, as to deficiency of wa ter during dry seasons. That an immem- orial custom upon the stream down to the time of certain mill owners Interpretation to let the water flow to the lower mills without any long or injurious detention, has an important bearing upon the ques- tion whether the detention of the water by such mill owner complained of is reasona- ble. And that, where detention of water in an upper mill owners reservoir long enough to operate the mill for five days in the dry season, (which occurred with regu- larity for three months of the year), caused the lower owners mills to lie idle for five days at time, such use of the water by the upper owner was unreasonable and should be enioined; hence, judgment was rendered for the plaintiff. John M. Hall, Esq, for plaintiff, and J. l.. Hunter, Esq. for defendant.
The Press., 1888-08-23

in laundering tones of his populrity -290 to 99. It was we'll to make it unanimous, as was done with loud acclaim. The Cour ant and Post both speak of the great es- teem in which MT. Henry is everywhere held, of his high integrity and fitness. He will make an admirable treasurer. The prediction of the Journal that if nominated he would receive a big vote in his own town bids fair to be verified, as every dem- ocrat we have interviewed on the subject, without exception, say they shall vote for him. It is an honor to the town to have one of it's citizens elected to a state or na. tional office in either party. Then let every son of old Vernon cast his ballot for MT. Henry, and show the state at large that he is a man thoroughly endorsed at hnrna
The Press., 1888-08-23

The Rockville Journal says of the story told by the Hartford Post of the donation by MT. Pease in aid of the get ting of an organ for the 1st Rockville church, (given in this paper last week.:
 "The above story reads very nicely, only 1t is not strictly according to fact. Mir Pease did visit Rockville as related above. He appeared to be in funds, and deposited some $15 900 in the Rockville bank, paid the old debts of his father and mother with interest, entertained his old acquaint ances sumptuously, and made big spread and cutea very wide swath generally. The First Church at that time had a pipe or. gan, but Pease gave the cnurch the old yellow cabinet organ still in the church. Among other grand schemes of his he pro- posed to pay the bills for raising the First Church, fitting up stores underneath, and otherwise improving and beautifying 1t. Sitting with him in the hotel office one day, Father Coggswen suggested that the Second Church was in need of a pipe or. gan, as they had only a small cabinet or. gan to lead the singing. Pease said, "You go to Capt. Hammond and I'll double any amount he will subscribe" MT. Ham. mond headed the paper with $500, and Pease followed with his name and check for $1 900. Pease's funds began to run low about this time, and sight draft on his bankers in England was met with the response, Don't know any such man. He must be fraud. Look out for him. Pease's $1 900 check exhausted the balance in bank, and he soon after vanished. It if the generally accepted theory that Pease had served in the double capacity of spy for both north and south, and that the money he brought with him was obtained in such dual service"
The Press., 1888-08-23

"A terrible disaster at sea" is a fitting caption for the collision of the Geiser and the Thingyalla, both of the Thingvalla line, running between New York and Copen- hagen, off the coast of Nova Scotia, last Tuesday morning. The Geiser sank al- most instantly, and of her 93 passengers, and crew numbering e, but IA of the crew and 16 passengers were saved.
 The story of this collision is one of the most remarkable in ocean records. Both vessels were under full headway. The night had been dark and stormy, and i { was raining occasionally, but there does not appear to have been any fog or an ex- ceptionally heavy sea. Both steamers were in charge of their first officers, who were old and experienced seamen. On whom the blame rests, neither the officers nor the passengers on either vessel were able to state. Few passengem were on the decks of the steamers at that hour of the morning.
 When the steamers came in view of each other in the gray of the dawn they were ships lengths apart, and the crash came in
 
 Thingvalla struck the Geiser amidships on the starboard side, tearing it's way half through the side of the unfortunate steam. CT. Passengers and crew of the ill.fated vessel who were reused by the shock, and who escaped injury had not time to realize what had happened. Many who were sleeping on the side of the vessel which was struck were crushed in their berths as they slept and carried dead and mangled to the bottom of the sea.
 Those who succeeded in reaching the deck of the Geiser were hardly less forth nate. In the binding rain that was now beating on the deck of the vessel some of the officers were shouting vainly and run. ming wildly about. There was no time for explanation, and Captain Moller, who had come on deck just before the collision, endeavored hastily to obtain an idea of the extent of the accident, to arouse the pas sengers and crew, and to lower the boats. In the midst of these hurried preparations, the steamer began to settle, and with a lurch she went down stern foremost. The next instant dull, heavy explosion agi. tated the waters as they closed over the Geiser. The boats and life rafts were all carried down with the Geiser and a few of the passengers were left in the water cling ing to the spars and the wreckage. The
The Press., 1888-08-23
4 HYMNS INFLUENCE.

No hymn in our language is more dear to greater number of hearts than is that hymn of Pheby Cary's, "Nearer Home, '' Mary l.. Burtis, the daughter of a dear friend of Miss Carys, sends Miss Cary 8 letter to her mother, relating the following incident in connection with the singing of the hymn, to the Brooklyn Eagle:
 "I inclose the hymn and story for you, not because I am vain of tho notice, but because thought you would feel pe- culiar interest in them when you know that the hymn was written eighteen years ago (1S52), during my visit in your house in West Fourteenth street. composed it in the little back second story bedroom next to yours, one Sunday morning after coming from church and 1t makes me very happy to think that any word I could say has done a little good in the world"
 The following is copy of this hymn as Miss Gary wrote 1t, the last three verses of which differ considerably from those print cd in some of the hymn-books. also transcribe the story to which Miss Gary alludes, thinking it may be new to some of your readers