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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-23
LIBRARIES OF EUROPE.

Nuuaber Of v0luMes I'm the Book COales'
tions Of the Old World.
The European country which pO:.
sesses the largest number Of public
libraries Is Austria In Austria there
are no fewer than 577 public libraries
containing 5.475. 900, without reckon
ing maps and manuscripts total
which comes out at 26 volumes per 100
Of the population. France possesses
500 public libraries. containing, 4,59S.-
600 volumes and 135, 900 manuscripts.
or II volumes per 100 of the inhab-
itants; Italy ranking next with 1873
libraries, 4,349, 900 volumes and $780,
900 manuscripts, or l6 volumes per 100.
In Germany the public libraries num-
Der 500, containing 2.640.OOO volumes
and 50. 900 manuscripts, or IL volumes
per 100 OF the population. Great
Britain possesses only 200 public libra
ries according to these statistics. the
volumes numbering 2,87l,OOO and the
manuscripts $4,000. There are lis
libraries in Russia, with 952, 900 vol
umeS anu Sf,OUU manuscripts. OE a
fraction over one volume to 100 per-
sons. ...s
It is noteworthy that in Bavaria
alone the public libraries number 1863.
with 1865, 900 volumes and $4,000
manuscripts Reviewing the princi-
pal libraries separately, it appears that
the most considerable in Europe is the
Bibllotheque Rationale in Paris. with
2.O7S. OOO volumes. while the British
Museum. with its million OF books, as
sumes the next place. Then comes the
Munich Royal Library containing $780,
900 volumes; the Berlin. Dresden and
Vienna libraries taking rank as fol-
lows in the same order. 100000. 100000
and 42O, coo volumes. The Oxford and
Heidelberg universities each possess
about 800, 600 books. At the Vatican
the manuscripts attain almost rs large
total rs the printed works. The lat
ter number 10000. while the manu-
scripts are returned ut Is, OOO.-Library
Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-23

loo much grain is moro detri'
mental to breeding stock than moi
enough. The food should be bulky.
with small allowance OF grain.
"A dairy writer says that II COW
just pays for her feed in milk and but
ter she Is kept at loss. and that this
loss is greater with every succeeding
year.
Horses and oxen should be fed
upon n fair maintenance and not al
lowed to run down. Those which are
quite idle will do well on hay alone.
but all animals kept at work should
have moderate feeds Of grain.
A daily growth in swine Of little
more than o pound is more profitable
than less or more. This daily growth
increases with age until the maturing
period is nearly reached.-American
Agriculturist.
Plants require their food in q sOlu-
BILE condition. No matter how much
manure is added to the soil. only the
soluble portions are used. The solids
can not be of benefit until they de-
compose and are dissolved by the
moisture.
Poultry need n good. dry busting
place. They like it better on u level
with she floor of the pOultry-house
than 10 climb into Q box. Over-feed-
ing or keeping ON corn and other fat
tening food is quito as frequent cause
for hens failing to lay as lack OF food.
DO roots and tubers (lrish pota-
toes, sweet potatoes. yans. artichOkes
etc. } incl ease in the ground after the
vines are dead? is a question which Is
exciting considerable interest among
farmers in all sections Of the country.
There is a popular belief that II the
tubers are left in the ground till
spring. they will continue to grow in
size all winter; but the question has
not been satisfactorily tested.
Bees will come out Of their lives
on warm days. In SO doing they clean
the hives and carry out the dead bees.
Every day some Of the bees die. and
advantage is taken Of all favorable OPP
portunities by the survivors TO put the
hive in the best condition for winter.
The hives should not be placed in per
manent winter quarters until the
weather becomes cold.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-23
TO-DAY IN NAZARETH


The Site Of Jossph's Csrpoater.Shop ana
Other Historical Points.
One Of the best views Of the city II
to be had from the campanile OF tho
Church OF the Annunciation. In the
distance is the brow of the hill to
which Jesus was led by the enraged
multitude who attempted to throw him
from it. A modern house in the fore
ground brings to mind the time when
they uncovered . roof and let down the
bed whereon the sick OF the palsy lay.
This must be very much the same kind
Of house as that historical one OF
Capernaum. There is the peculiar
roof, and there are the outside stairs
leading to the roof. The Eastern
house. holder makes his roof serve for
more than protection from the
weather. It is the piazza. the quiet
place Of the dweller, and sometimes IL
becomes his summer rcsiAeaoe. As a
rule it is not very heavy or very
strong. RRfters are thrown acrdss
from wall t. wall. say . 04apar4i
then the whole space % covoGo4 With
twigs such as we saw, the women I'll
Ing in the markct-placs. On theses he
slender limbs Of trees are thrown and
thickly coated with mortar. Lastly. q
thick spread OF earth is thrown On.
rolled to = level, and ottentimes sown
with grass-seed. Thus by care many
of the roofs become rs smooth and soft
MS machine-mown lawn. They may
be easily broken up and any thing low.
cred inside from above. BY some such
process the four bearers Of the poor
palsied man managed to enlist the at
tention OF the Great Physician in be-
half Of their friend. 1t is not hard to
understand it all when viewing such a
house rs this one Mt Nazareth. 1t
would not be difficult for four men to
carry lame friend in a hammock by
the outer stairway up to the roof. and.
breaking through, let him down into
the apartment or court below. Not far
from this same house, in narrow
street. is little chapel erected upon
the site of JOseph's carpenter.
shop. Over the altar is pict-
ure representing Mary and Joseph
instructing Jesus, and finding that He
knew more than they. Another paint
ing represents the lad Jesus assisting
His father Mt work. 1t contains no ac-
cessories Of the carpenters shop. but
there are enough Of them in the shops
close by. The web-saw, the glue-pOt.
the plane, and the hammer are the
principal tools used in such shops. all
without the modern Improvements.
Yet whatever the Palestine carpenter
produces is from the fragrant cedars
| Of Lebanon or from the eccentrically
knotted and gnarled olive-wOOd. The
operation Of beginning and waiting
for any article OF wood to come from q
Palestine carpenters shop is lengthy
one. Articles Of wood are a luxury
there. and when the carpenter receives
an order for one he usually employs
the next three days of his life in so
Letting the congratulations Of hi,
friends upon his wonderful good fort
une in receiving Ian order for some
thing made Of wood. Century.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-23

Fourteen years ago q lady OF Cieve'
land. o., received in the course OF .
thunderstorm m electric shock 50
powerful that she was partly paralyzed.
Since then. whenever there y . tnes-
der-storm. though she retains sPescn
and consciousness and suffers no pain.
she loses all muscular power. AID re-
y,;ns Il only when the weather Gle ars
up. The only relief is 10 shut asrseis
in a room completely closed and light
Cd by gas Even tkea II tie storm
lasts . few. hours she y overcome by It
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-23

The su1Reringof women certainly aw1kens
the sympethy Of every true petl11tnaToP,ns s
Their beet friend, however, = b y. =. (Do-
tanic Blood Balm.J Send TO Blood Baum "a,
Atlanta, Ga, for proofs.
b. l. Cassidy, Kennesaw, Ga, VIZ:
" Three bottles Of b. B. B. cured my wifeoi
Nh. r n Laws, Zalaba, Fla, writes: ;!
have never used any thing TO equals. = y"
Nrs. G. q. Gay, Rocky Mount, n. =, wntes
ssNoe Q day for Is years was 1ree IRON
headache. b. B. b. entirely relieved me. J
feel like another person"
James W. Lancaster, Hawkincviile. "a,
writes: any wife was in bod health for
eieht years. Five doctors and many patent
medicines bad done her no good. Six bottles
Of b. b. B. cured her."
Miss b. Tomlinson, Atlanta, Ga, eayS:
"For years l suffered with rheumatism,
caused by kidney trouble and indigestion
I also was feeble and nervous. b. b b re-
leved me 1t once, although several other
medicines had failed"
Rev. J. NJ Richardson, Garrison, Ark,
writes: my vito suffered twelve years
with rheumatism and female complaint A
lady member Of my church had been cured
BY b. D. =. She persuaded ny win to Try
il, who now says there 10 nothing like b. b.
B., as it quickly gave her relief"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-23
A DUKE In DISGUISE.
The Good Fortune That Befell q
Young Lover.

Philip the Good, Duke OF Burgundy.
was in the habit of throwing on his
court costume at times. and in various
DISCUSSES going forth to seek such adj
ventures as might present themselves
On one occasion. being overtaken by .
storm. he took refuge in a small house
lust on the outskirts of the City of
Eruses. The house was neatly fur
nished, but still in plain. inexpensive
manner The door was opened by a
misunderstanding woman to whom the
Dake addressed his petition:
MY good dame, l have been sud-
denly ovcrtaken by the storm-wiil
You. in your kindness, allow me to
la,ry with you until it is over?"
With pleasure" was the reply.
Yet. rs there are those who 60 about
with evil designs. should feel the
more willing if knew your name and
condition"
You may judge from my dress. !"
said the Duke, evasively. that am q
n ,rchant. and for my name, you may
C;;li NE t,hlllp Frendrau.
do you do business here in Burgess?
A.,,,hini,s l have never heard of that
ZANE"
Here and elsewhere. My business
calls me to different parts of the king
Gcin."
You should carry on an extensive
f..z;no-s fhcvcS
so. So" said the Duke. '.At any
re, managed to gain a comfortable
sup,ort. You are a widow"
Alas. yes. sir. My husband died
!. rear or more since"
..I,ave you any children"
.-One-a son of twenty-One."
What business does he follow"
Il fear me ne will never follow any,"
And wherefore not?"
..isccause, sir, he is Mt this moment
violently in love, and his suit does not
prosper.
The lady does not smile upon him.
.hcn?"
Not So" said the widow. a little
proudly. ..She must indeed be blind
no, 10 love my boy, but it is the father
who objects"
And what Is the ground of his OBJ
j.ction?"
He is wealthy and we are not"
Perhaps he thinks your SON a fort
uaa hunter"
lie knows better: but the worst Of
i, is. that, but for his evil practices.
my son would be rich as himself"
..Ha!' said the Duke. growing more
attentive. LET me know how that is.
if you have no objection.
You must know then, fair sir. that
NJ. Gaspar and my husband were part
rers up to the time when my husband
died. They were engaged in a pros
nervous trade, aud We're both thought to
be rich-cqually so. for both began
with the same capital. and he exi'end-
ed as much for living rs we. But
when my poor husband died suddenly.
end lief, NJ. Gaspar 10 settle up his az
fairs. il was found that oniy.one-tenth
ri tie whole establishment belonged
10 him. while n. Gaspar c's.'ned tho
rest"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-23

DISEASES Of IN exhaustive nature thet
have tendency to create IN unnatural feel.
ing such as fatigue, lassitude and great
weakness throughout the system owe their
origin to q lack Of iron in the blood. Browns
Iron Bitters will restore the blood TO its
natural healthy condition. Get the blood
pure by using this remedy and disease viii
be quickly vanQuished.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-23

II charity funds were always really
when wanted . great many more people
would feel ENCOURAGED TO 20 into the pauper
business.-N. O. Picayune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-23

"YoU'LL never miss the water till tn.
well runs dry" says An old maxim 4
genuine Kentucky Colonel wouldn't nis'
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-23

WITHOUT consulting the market reports
one would naturally expect "rehned
sugar to be "quiet and steady. Pitts
burgh Chronicle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-23

THeArER managers say that bald headed
men are never bMshful or over MODEST
They are always very willing to como "a
the front-Rochester Post
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-23

A CLOCK that is one hour behind time up
to noon and one hour ahead of time the
rest Of the day would be extremely poru-
lar with most clerka-JewelerS' Weekly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-23

WHEN a girl slams the front door IN 9
suitor's face she has certainly been guilty
OF contempt Of courk-Dansville Breeze.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-23

II 10 said that tobacco can not be cured
in California. 1t is presumed, however,
that what can not be cured must DC en-
dured, the same in California as elsewhere.
Boston Transcript
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-23

ALI. tho pawn. shop patron wants 10 TO
be let a loaA Hotel NAL.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-23

"NARK how plain . tale shall put you
down." said the cow to the milkmaid, aa
she switched her on tho milk stool intl
thu mud
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-23

In ancient times every body played the
Tyre Nowadays the liar plays every body.
Merchant Traveller
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-23

How Mr. THROAT HuRTs! Why don't you
lse Halcs Honey Of Horehound and Tarl
Pike TOOthachc Drops Cure in one minute.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-23

Ir you are tired taking the large old-fesh-
ioned gripping pills, try Carter's Little Liver
Pills and take some comfort. A man can't
stand every thing. One pill dose. Try them.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-23

A ROMANCE Of the middle ages-an old
maids love affair.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-23

TIE letter "X'' Il like person In doubt
because il 10 alWays In perplexity.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-23

Swt,r's Specific cured Of malignant Blood Poison
aSserI had been tire with old called reno
dies u Mercury and Potash 4 not only cured the
Blood Poison but relieved the Rheumattsn which Wae
GEO. BOWEL, ~ SdAvenue. 1T.
Nina years seo Scrufu'a Of my ohfdren,
and they badly ai,c;ed nth that disease ynea
persuaded S~ift's Specific by seeing eeeoune
Of cures IN my cs.nsy paper. The tn!seve0seeS 80
my children cured. and still sound and we'll
JOHN WILIIAASs Lexington. We.
8wI1fs SPRcsVIc entirely veZeta BILE rsfne0y, 49,
b the only medicine which permanently cures Scrof@
Ia Rood uumors. and Cent aGious Blood folooa
send for books Blood and Skin mailed fEoA
TIE SWIFT SrECITlCCO.
DRAWER ;. ATLANTA. "a.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-23
Prr mn for q blind--a window-shutter.

WHEN stock fails to pay dividend the
holder loses his intcrest-Yonkers States
man.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-23

a Singular Fern q W0Wouaan1a.
There il aclass of people, rational enough
In other respects, who are certainly mono
maniacs in dosing themselves. They arc
constantly trying experiments upon their
stomachs, their bowels, their hvers and
their kidneys with trashy nostrums. When
these organs are really out Of order, il they
would only use Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
they would, II not h0peiessly insane per.
ceive its superiority.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-23

Ir,s cdd, but . femi SHINE" ~ gener
ally cfYcmin .eight. "-Dansviile breeze.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-23

ARE q small - homeopathic pellets, ana
a eaav To take e sugar. Everybody likes
them. Carriers Little Liver Pills. Try them
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-23

THBRR are NO rounds Of drinks In the
ladder Of succesA-Sk Paul Globe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-23

A POLITICIAN may be ever % good .
grammarian, but he dnds Il hard % de-
cline an ofacoL-Wostern PloWman.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-23

TIE first building with recorded Hen
vas the tower Of Pisa.-Toled0 Blade
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-23

Tus mariner II always glad p -
lighthouse, but this can not DO saao q me
aofoe.-Bo0ton Gasett4 --.@
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-23

TENACIOUS memory-a creditors
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-11-29
A Peculiar Duel.

A very peculiar preliminary to
death sentence that deserves to be put
on record was that in vogue in Fran
coma in the Fifteenth century-that
is, in the days of the ordeal, in which
heaven itself was supposed to take a
hand in the distribution of justice.
In case woman had been made to
suffer in reputation by man she was
at liberty to challenge him TO combat,
which took place in the following
way:
A regular ring was formed for spec
tators and chairs were placed for the
Judges. In the middle of the ring was
a hole about three feet deep, in which
the man, armed only with club, had
to defend himself against the woman,
who was armed with stone weighing
a pound tied up in handkerchief and
attached to a slender willowy stick.
The lady had space measuring ten
feet in diameter in which to evolute
and to attack.
The rules were as follows:
If the man in attempting to strike
the woman touched the ground with
arm or hand he made one error. If he
made three such, or if the woman
succeeded in disarming him, he was de.
clared defeated, and was then delivered
over to the executioner to be put to
death, which was by being buried in
the same hole in which he had vainly
attempted to defend himself. But if the
man succeeded in thwarting the at
tacks of the woman or in disarmins
her, he was declared the victor, ant
the woman herself was then the vic
tim, and was sentenced to death ans
buried alive.-New York World.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-11-29
A Queer Mine of Valuable Wood.

Forty miles above New Orleans is
the old bed of the Bonnet Carrie Gre
vase. Fifteen years ago the Father
Of Waters burst his bonds and swept
through there to Lake Pontchartrain.
Five years ago the state of Louisiana,
with the assistance of the Mississippi
Valley railroad, rebuilt the Bonnet
Carre levee, but it could not restore
altogether the conditions prevailing
antecedent to the crevasse. The river
in the ten years it passed through the
swamp piled up its sands against the
big cypress forests there. 1t has left
behind buried forest. The piled up
sand has deadened nearly all the trees,
and a Single mill is now at work
there manufacturing them into shin
giles with all the rapidity with which
that machine works. New Orleans
J Times Democrat
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-11-29
PRICE 5 CENTS.
NAPLES IN 1850 AND 1889.
Changes That Took Place

Wonderful Changes That Took Place I'm
the City During Thirty-nine Years.
I visited Naples, exclusively for
reasons connected with the health OF
nv family, in the winter of 1o50-51:.
I saw it no more until the winter OF
1889. The change which has passed
upon the city during these thirty-n nine
wears may, without eXaggeratlon, be
called enormous. At the earlier epoch
the reaction which followed the abor-
tive efforts of 1859 for national de-
liverance, was celebrating not only
its trium ph but it's saturnalia. Per-
sonal liberty was deprived OF every
guarantee, and the trial OF P1la ana
his associates, who had assisted the
king eighteen months before In estao-
fishing, as he solemnly swore, by his
own free will and deliberate convlc-
ton, a free constitution, was proceed
ing under a government OF perjury.
and violence, to its predetermined
issues in the judicial condemnation OF
the patriot culprits.
But at the later period there lay
upon the surface every sign not only
of change, but of Transformation.
There was a free press, free speech,
free worship and freedom OF person,
with every sign of a vigorous NUM-
cipal life, replacing the stagnant uni
formity of despotism, both local and
central. The notes, indeed, of ma
terial progress surpassed everything
which could have been expected. The
basking, lettering, lolling, loafing
population, so peculiarly Neapolitan,
seemed to have become extinct. The
filth, which formerly made the city
offensive to eye and nostril, had
disappeared in great measure. In all
the frequented parts of the city the
population was well clad.
made it my business to look for
stockingless and shoeless feet; and l
found them, between young and old, In
four cases only during my whole stay
An excellent service had been organ.
lied, through the main streets, OF
omnibuses, trans and steam trans
and it was largely used, not only by
the middle, but by the working class.
Of the butchers shops, as the meas
ure of the consumption OF animal
food by the people, cannot speak LII
the exact language of statistics; but
from the evidence of the eye should
say that they were multiplied In some
proportion, approaching five to one
Mendicity, forn.e.'y amounting to
public nuisance. had become compare
lively rare; the most importunate beg
, gar that | encountered was Sister OF
, Charity.
A supply of water, faulty alike in
quality and quantity, had been re
placed at great cost by, one
of first rate purity and abundance
and, as result, typhoid fever, former
: ly endemic, had been expelled from
the place. In the old quarter, or citt'
vecchia, another vast operation wa
about it's beginning. Lying below
the level of the sea, it was still con
slant or frequent nest of disease. Blu
municipal enterprise had the remed
prepared in great evisceratior
, The peccant part was sentenced to oil:
appear altogether; and partly wit
change of levels, partly with a sy'
tenn of powerful pumping, ne'
quarter was to rise. -Gladstone III Th
Nineteenth Century.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1889-07-18
sTREET-oAR HoRRoRa

a Brake-Bsr Breaking on Gable Car, n
Panic Ensues--one fer-on Killed and
Five scfiousIy InJared- Remarkable rs
cape From Death Of an Electric Cars
rnsxenRer@
CiSciSNATI, July I5.-A brake on n
train on the Vine street cablo road broke
yesterday afternoon. near Eichlcr's Gar
den, and the ears became unmanngcable.
a panic eDsucd among the passengers.
and. although tho cars were going at the
rate Of ten miles an hour, they leaped
from the train. Mrs. Fronio Telgate
was instantly killed; Mrs. stephen Kel-
lcr received severe contusions about tho
head and body; Thos. +, conboy. left
arm brokon, cut on chin and contnsions;
unknown young lady. eye gcuged
out bruises on head and body;
Mortoman Leutz. badly wrenched
back; Jane Ilyndnal badly cut by
glass: several others wore slightly in
jurcd. Yesterday morning at the head
Of the Main street Inclined Plane five
persons were on the new electric car on
the Mt. Auburn electric road. While
running tho car upon the truck OF the
inclined plane to lower IL 70 the Main
street track, by somo disarrangement
OF tho machinery the car run of the
truck and dropped to the track below, a
distance OF fifteen feet. and stood on
end. Strange TO relate no one was hurt.
Their escape was most miraculous.