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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-02-15
NOTWITHSTANDING MINES.

One Thst Yields . Produce q foaF TAos.
ssnd Tons per Year.
In the Copper Clin mine near Sud-
bury, Can, it IL said more nickel is
being produced than the entire market
Of the world calls for at current prices.
A little branch railway on the main line
Of the Canadian Pacific railway, four
miles in length, leads out to the mine,
which opens into the face Of a crag Of
the brown, oxidized Laurentian rock
Characteristic Of this region. The miners
are now At work 1t depth Of abor. 200
feet below the surface. As fast as the
nickel and copper-bearing rock Is h list
ed out it is broken up and piled upon
long beds or ricks of pine wood to be
calcined, or roasted, for the purpo..e of
driving out the sulphur which 1t con-
tains. The roasting process is Of the
nature Of lime-kilning or charcoal -turn-
ing. Each great bed Of ore requires from
one to two months 20 roast. When roast
ed the rock goes to the principal senelt-
er, powerful blast-furnace, '.jackvted'
in mining phrase running water
to enable 10 to sustain the great heat
TequlSIVo W EU0uC0 INC CEuO0s QUO 1t0Ue
mineral to huidity.
The dross Of the molten mass IN first
allowed to how on, and afterwspd the
nearly pure nickel and copper, blended
together In an alloy called the "mat,"
or matte, 10 drawn Of at the base III the
furnace: vat into .borrow-pots,i sad
wheeled away, still liquid and fiery hot,
to cool in the yard Of the smelter. The
mat contains shout 20 percent Of nickel,
the remaining 30 per cent hsing s.ainly
copper. When cool the, conicai pot
loaves Of mat can easily be cracl:ed in
pieces By gseanso Of heavy hammers. The
fragments are then packed IN barrels
and shipped in Swansea in Wales and to
Germany. where the two constituent
metals ara separated. 1sod a sE;S ~
So jsalopsly is the secret kept that 20
one in America has yet been able to
leAPn the process, although one young
nsssallpsGist. spens threa yeass II SwaA-@
hes, I'Srkipg . eomnon laborer, in the
factories, IN order to procure it. At
present there are produced daily st the
Copper sCaih. misersehspA. niaesy ~pot-1
1oavesl Of mat ,each, weighing near $50
possnds, an output which yields an ag-
erse1te'of nJsse'tSaA 4se6o 3onsp fSickel
. Ayeas1Iou,h's GomUsaieRs &. ref~ =.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-02-15
FULL OF FUN.

-"I will toss coppers With yoa." -.
marked one steer to another Is they
started for couple OF policemen.-Bos'
ton Globe. ......
--Theater-Goer-''Th love scene in
your play isn't half 50 natural IS it used
to be. The same people do it. too. +"
Msnager-"Yes; but the lovers were
married during their last vacation"
Tho boy who lost . portion Of his
trousers while surreptitiously getting
through . fence last summer, refers to
the mark Of repair as . watermelon
patch Traveller.
-Father-"why do you ask for the
hand OF my yonng daughter instead Of
that Of her elder sister?'' SuitOr-''Be.
cause think the elder sister would
more satisfactorily hll the position Of
aunt to my future children.
Siftings.
-Wife-"Georgc, didn't you say you
were the heaviest batter in the nine
last summer?" Husband-"Yes, dear.
swell, would you mind beating . car.
pet for me about half an hOur.-Time.
-"Well. my dear, how would Farmer
Brown suit You for . husband? He
seems uncommon sweet ON you lately"
''Perhaps, 50. father; but his hair is 80
red that" ''True, true, my child;
but you should recollect that he has
very little Of it"-Judge.
Miss Beacon, Of BOston-''Do you
ever feel IN insatiate craving for the
unattainable-a consuming desire to
transcend the limitations which hedge
mortality, and commune soul to soul,
With the spirits Of the Infinite?" Oma-
ha man-"Ye-es, kinder."-Harper's Ba.
Little Brother (whose sister 10 play.
ing cards with gentleman)-"Mr. Smil.
er, does Minnie play cards well?" Mr..
Smiler-''Yes; very we'll, indeed" Lit
tie Brother-'Then you had better look
out. Mamma said il she played her
cards well she would catch you."-N. Y.
Ledger. =
Fond Mother you think
Mary has learned TO play the piano n.
markably we'll considering the little
time she has been taking lessons?"
Fond Father - splendid! She has
learned it all now, hasn't she?' Fond
MOther-'I reckon she has" Fond Fa-
ther-"well, then, let's sell the piano,
we've got no more use forit"-America.
-"William." said lady to her foot
man, II desire that you shall treat the
society reporter properly when he calls
here" "Yes'm." '.And instead of
handing any victuals out to him by the
hack door, invite him into the kitchen
to eat 'em." "Yes'm." Il am not psr.
ticular about having my name in the
paper, but when society reporter
comes 10 the house TO obtain information
about my parties, I want you 70 take
care of him. Give him bite Of every
thing that comes down stairs and let
him have all the wine that 10 left In the
glasses when the gentlemen leave the
dining-r0om to join the ladies. s."@Bostoa
courier. - .-.-.-F ..---.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-02-15
THE uslouIToUs SPOON.

Ito Presence b IN Imperative Neeesslty "a
D0aestic Bllss.
What is the greatest need which faces
the newly-married At the very d0orsill
Of connubial bliss? Is it deep, abiding
love, or an armchair that will carry
double?
No; the voices Of their friends answer
in mighty chorus: -.a- n =
''Spoons!' -.ft .E ts- 80
Without spoons, the robe Of faillo
franchise Is the shroud Of departed
hopes. The "Lohengrin" march is .
wailing dirge, land the voice Of Rev.
Reredos Chasuble but sounding brass
and tnkling cymbal. .s. .ia. . e
Devoted to each other, and resolved
to sacrifice all on the altar of their love,
the happy pair may struggle along with
only thirty-six nutpicks apiece. They
discern the path Of duty by the feeble
glimmer Of six oxydized silver lamps.
For the simple tastes Of the lowly, seven
Lemonade sets in Venitian glass will
suffice. Let only Ave pairs Of bronze
negros with silver turbans smile benign
antly from the mantel, and the hum
BILE home is happy. -t- 80. ..sl. v..
Where King Cupid reigns. his scepter
is none the less potent because single
Mexican onyx cabinet, bearing twelve
royal Worcester mOlssses jugs adorm
the parlor. Instances are not wanting
Of happy welded life, where the high
contracting parties got less than . dozen
copies of ''Dsnte's Inferno" with Mr..
Dore's cheerful illustrations.
But spoons are imperatively necessary.
Humanity calls for them in tones Of
earnest pleading, and the brides uncle,
the maid Of honor and the best man, lead
the phalanx that hastens To the rescue.
These excellent people are resolved
that their young friends shall not 70
forth unprepared into . cold and spoon
less world.
The clerks in papa's ONCE, collective
ly, send spoons. The head bOok-keeper,
on his own personal hook, sends satin
lined box Of spoons. Papa's political
friends send spoons for after-dinncr
coffee. Mammals aunt, in Chicago,
can't come to the wedding. but sends her
loving congratulations and . berry
spoon. The bridegroom's elder brother
and his wife attach their card t6 . case
of spoons. In cleaning, shining rows
the spoons glitter in their blue, rcd and
oldgold beds. .4.-.r..,-...t-..-.,.. ,.. b,
To be sure, there are dolts who fail to
zee why spoons, and spoons only, should
Be sent to the newly welded. In every
couples acquaintance are between nine
to twenty seven persons who will make
the daring innovation Of pie-knives.
The eccentric old woman who will nako
herself conspicuous BY sending pict-
ure still lives: and the wrong-headed rel.
ative who thinks that no civilized home
h. complete without hooks, inflicts his
obsolete notions upon the long-sufRering
counle. -;lsfisS 4Eir--at fsUsf AK
As il This vale Of tears eonld b cheefed
6y any thing szcepe spsoasi a asDli al
-, Happily, tho picsuro snd beok-d0mt-y Z
Ing eranks are being osowled to the
Gsl, and the sanguine leaders Of So
uiety hope Sthe day Is nee Tar distant.
when ths dlspasl. a weddiag eifs villa
include only thelusafal. beautiful, shin.
MQnion-Sqqare made onA-JoseDb-
1ldSdge Esrsy. in Puck. -,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-02-15

The cremation furnace in Pere Ia
Chaise Cemetery. Paris, being now COM
plete. the inhabitants of the French
capital will for the future. have the op-
don of burying their dead a. before, OF
of having them cremated and their ashes
placed in funeral urns. The Prefect of
the Seine has just approved the scale Of
charges for incineration proposed by the
Municipal Council. The charges for
the use Of the cremation furnace Is to be
50 francs, which sum includes the keep.
ing in the columbarium of the funeral
urn containing the ashes for period OF
i've years. The urn will. however, have
to be provided by the family Of the de-
ceased person. A further charge. vary.
Ing from $50 to - francs, will Be made
fce the use Of the cremation buildings
for the funeral ceremony. The amount
charged will depend on the decorations
required. Psupers will, in certain cases,
have the right TO have their dead In
cinerated free Of cost.-London Tele
graph. Hs-i---- tt'sf ~
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-02-15

Il no grass 70 cut out. only little sur3
plus cotton. Tho cotton h never stunt.
Cd By the bruising Of tho hoo. Tho hee-
ing Of our entire cotton crop cost US
this year less than forty cents per acre.
We planted from April Ito 25. and In
August sold seven bales that brought u
in cash $S55, or ten and one-half cents
per pound.-Je6. Welborn. In Southern
CultivatOe. 80
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-02-15
NY CARRET HOME.

There 10 strength for the arm mid the tolls
OF the day, :
And content for the mind in the vi.ions !
OF lighted garnet room. down BY the
And the dear ones that share il with ma.
when At niehtfall sszn from my laboss and
cares.
There. : be.con tina. beeton. my hear. to
And the thought OF it quickens my step IN.
And shortens the distance for me.
Though il. walls may be guiltless Of picture.
Orpaint, -a '
And its rugged pine flooring NON carpet.
And its furniture meager and aged and
'Tis home and haven for me.
There Is peace in my garnet room. welded 10
ease, ~.
And grateful contentmcnt in hitting degree: :
And quick vitted sympathy added to these.
That are swectcr than riches 70 ne. -. .
There is truth in my garnet; an, Jewel %
Let the rich have their gold. our wealth Is
Lies frailties arc poiscnlees. thou being
Close companioned with mine. and with me.
Let the wealthy disdain US; what care We Tor
God smile. on our garret room down by
the sea; s ....
And even our trials arc tinctured with bliss,
In the home that's Heaven 70 me.
w. b. SesbrOok. In YOUTHS Companion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-02-15
A Feast Tor Literary Pirates.

The publishers Of cheap literature who
have hitherto given their attention to
the republication Of English novels and
poems are now getting = whack at old
American hooks on which copyrights are
running ont OAe Of the works On which
they have sscAnsIy -se1xeA II that Oh
.snd fascinating story. 1.-Two Years He.
lore the Mast, by Richard u >Dapas "A
o0pyright with the usaal laxtsnsiOa holds
Tor foray-syv years. Apd - -A,nssisGSs
segan making pretty good literstsrs
less than half ! century Ago. cheap pub
lishers Will hsss very pleasant ati
probably profitable time Of i with Ansp
Lean vorks from now 0p.-N. Y. Sun -,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-02-15

times - much grass, and mako eight
times IS much cror with his muscle
combined with mine, than can with
my muscle alone. s. l"f-
BY deep brsaking in the fall and win
ter. with Thorough surface preparation
in the spring, almost every cotton seed
planted will germinate quickly and
grow on fast BY selecting the best-ma,
tured bolls from the thriftiest well-peo,
portioned stalks Of an early, fast growing
variety, and the soil in the best condi.
ton possible, We need not plant more
than peck Of seed per acre. planted
afty acres with ten bushels this year,
and got good stand. With this thin
stand 1t h not necessary to thin out
until the cotton is from six to eieht
lnches high. We harrow on, II possible,
just before 1t comes up. Az soon q it d
weu up 20 around Is With double
shovel. In, another week 70 around
with the same stock, having . shovel
on froat 1oot and twelveineh solid
sweep on Irear. foot II this does
not get all the grass, we put on
two SOLD sweeps and 60 around again.
We get Il clean Of crab grass and
morning slorias before we, stop TO. Ae>
ef thin out. BY having smooth. we'll.
pulverixed song our drills are straight
and oar ,crspees vim NOT BE- Asdgims
bard places in the soil The winter
plowing converted all trash into fertil-
isess which, instead Of clogging. helps
t. liGhten up thesurface. With . shasp
racssperEe can almost thiA. the cotton
|. q : stand, il the stalks stand half inch
spaEtAAd not in line Of the dttI TAes6
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-02-15

Some one las sdkgested mat instead
OF initiating the lice of building = tower
higher thar my other Sur the WctdS
fsi, Of 1892. ths originsA Saes Be adeptAl
of excavating . deeper hole IN tie earth
than has yet been uaae. 20 , ..a-oRI
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-02-15

-Young Lady Ito young man who has
kissed herl-...That's very sineslar. sir. /"
Young Man-.Ah; Wei, Allow me r
|nske T plural Gdssos R6aset. !,
The Anaconda standard., 1890-02-25
1T is DECIDED.

Twice since October the district
court of Montana has announced it's
decision adverse to the action of the
Silver Bow returning board in the
matter of the count of the Iiomestake
tunnel vote.
The decision rendered yesterday by
Judge Mediation is printed i'm its full
text this morning. 1t is not easily
presented i'm summary. IL reviews all
the points that have been raised. 1t is
worthy of careful reading. 1t is as
concise as "a decision could be under
the circumstances. Every intellig gent
citizen can easily appreciate the courts
conclusions, and the merit of the issne
is put i'm II single sentence, in which
Judge Mediation says : Law requires
honesty in the conduct of elections, but
il excuses failures or Irregularities
which do not affect or change the legal
result
In behalf of the defeated contest
ant everything was done at the outset
of the trial tn embarrass hearing on
the merits of the contest. n request
was made that the case be tried before
another Judge. Then there was Il need
less demand for "a jury trial, then came
a proposition To carry the issue to the
United States court where il had no
business to be. All these requests were
properly put aside by Il Judge whose
title was in no sense involved. who did
| not allow his court to be brought into
disrepute by suggestive devices in
tended tn harm il i'm the eye of the
community. Judge Mediation had a
perfect right to hear the case. lie man.
fully addressed himself to IL manifest
duty. and the community that made
him Judge cannot he hoodwinked into
the belief that he lacks the moral quail
tiles or the professional training that
would insure an honest decision of the
ease.
The end of the tunnel precinct fight
is not yet. The decision rendered yes
terday will be taken to the supreme
court for review. There is something
exceedingly distasteful to honest public
opinion i'm the unwise talk of certain
jealous republicans in Butte, who
openly foretell what the supreme court
will be sure to do in this matter. IL
these men know what course is fore
ordained for that court, they ought at
least to keep their counsel tn them
selves. The dignity of the states
highest court is not enhanced by unof-
fetal declarations regarding what il
will do.
The Anaconda standard., 1890-02-25

financial obligation to outside capital,
which usually exacts the lions share.
Butte has the wealth, the resources
and the business to back mp all that It's
best citizens and its firmest friends
claim for il. 4 hurrah i'm real estate
dealing would do the city untold dam
age, and fictitious agitation that aims
to give prices an unnatural Hight
ought to be resisted by every property
owner and by every newspaper that
wishes the city permanent prosperity.
According to all accounts the Butte
capitalists have been prosperous in
their out side Investments, u fact which
should he regarded rs evidence that
they will know. i'm time, how to invest
i'm Butte. That city has never made an
effort to court the attention of foreign
capital. yet il welcomes the money
that comes. and il already feels the
benefit that followed the recent Organi-
ZatiOn of two ar three strong mining
and smelling companies.
In real estate the latest feature of the
Butte market is the dicker in extensive
suburban tracts. Ii the sale of these is
pushed, prices on inside property Will
doubtless advance at relatively slower
pace: and there may be no harm in
that. At any rate il will be Buttes
misfortune il everybody rushes in to
give that city's real estate pace that
cannot be steadily maintained: and we
imagine that some of the people about
whom complaint is made just now are
the ones whose wise conservatism VIII
keep prices i'm normal condition and
thus prove them to- be the safest men i'm
the city.
The Anaconda standard., 1890-02-25
ThE SAFE MEN

Some of the people in Butte who are
watching out for rapid movement in
real estate, complain because SO many
men i'm that city who have money for
investment, go To the coast or To salt
Lake and make their ventures there.
1t is true that considerable money
has gone from Butte for outside in
vestment. but there is nothing strange
i'm this. In every community the older
residents. who are usually the wealthy
class, are apt to be conservative about
the possibilities of the particular town
they live in. Hills are always green far
away. Capital wanders in an unac-
cOuntable way seeking investment.
Thomas T.. Platt, Il New Yorker. wants
TO 60 into the Alaskan seal fisheries
while millions of capital from San
Francisco has just been taken across
the continent to be put into Washing
ton city lots. 1t is said that within
eighteen months, a hundred millions Of
English capital have been invested in
tho United States, at the very time
when Americans have been venturing
uncounted millions in Mexico. Almost
without exception the remarkable
growth of American cities has had its
backing in outside capital. Boston put
it's millions in st. Paul, New England
invested largely in Duluth. Enter
prising people i'm Helena have scattered
the ownership of real estate i'm that city
broadcast. Millions of eastern savings
have sought investment i'm Tacoma,
Seattle, Spokane Falls and Salt Lake
and Anaconda has put it's trust in i'll.
managed loan associations many miles
away.
In Butte prices on real property have
been remarkably low. Its career has
been peculiar-it took the town long
time TO get confidence i'm itself. IL il
surely going to build up, and the ad
vantage il now enjoys is that its owr
people have ample funds to get a gen
erous share of the advance. The,
can enjoy the general prosperity
without putting themselves under
The Anaconda standard., 1890-02-25
MEN AND WOMEN.

Ex-senator Marston of New Hampshire
il recovering from his recent paralytic
stroke.
II was said of the late Judge Nicholas
Longworth of Cincinnati that he resigned
his seat on the Ohio supreme bench be-
cause ''it was too dull"
The heaviest taxpayer i'm Prussia is
Krupp, the gunmaker, who is assessed
this year upon an income of 81, 800, 600,
an increase of Ss,0O,OOo over 1889.
Robert Louis Stevenson has bouhgt IA
plantation of 400 or 600 acres near Apia,
where he intends to- make his future home.
He finds the climate of Samoa to he bet
ter for his health than any other place he
has visited.
..Niinerva Parker, architect and de-
sgucr." il n striking sign ON South Broad
street, Philadelphia. Miss Parker il the
only architect of her sex i'm the Quaker
City and one of very few in the country.
She is n pretty young women with dark
hair and eyes and handsome teeth.
There is n great deal of laughter in
Europe just now at the expense of NJ.
Trivier, the French explorer, who went
through all sorts OF danger in Central
Africa, and, coming home with his travels
all written out i'm manuscript, lost the va
lice containing them and his notes at the
depot at which he arrived i'm Paris.
Mr.. Herbert Spencer lives all tho year
round i'm boarding houses. Sometimes the
clatter and chatter grows unbearable but
the philosopher rises To the OCCASION. he
has two little buttons designed by an ar
tist and made exactly to- fit his ears.
When the noise grows too great he thrusts
them in. No noise can pass those buttons.
Carl Schurz does not appear tn change
a particle in appearance and he can be
recognized as easily to-day by the cartoons
Tom Mast drew of him i'm 1876 as he could
thcn. Mr.. Schurz is not a handsome man
either i'm figure face. He is lean and
catlaverous, with red w;liskers and a
sharp nose that is hai,itually elevated i'm
the air as il catching an unpleasant otlor.
James A. Bailey, Barnum's partner i'm
the greatest show ON earth business, is one
Of tho richest men i'm the United States
to-day and half owner of the biggest and
most successful show of all time. II
was Bailey who bred the FIRST elephant
and lion i'm captivity. who bought and
doomed Jumbo and bribcd King Thee
| baw to let the sacred white elephant leave
Siam.
An amateur artist of the gcntlcr sex
| sent as a birthday present tai William L
Gladstone a pretty sketch of the &. q. NJ
| sitting on the log of a. tree which he had
| lust fellesl, with Ariel. clothed n female
| sprite. lowering over him. Mr.. Gladstone
| sent the following acknowledgement
| '.Dcar Madam: Many thanks for you
| most pleasing drawing. had always CON
| sisiered Ariel masculine, but probabl,
\ you are right" etc.
The Anaconda standard., 1890-02-25
THE FOUR HUNDRED scANoALlzso

There is Il scandal in New Nork's
four hundred which agitates that select
assemblage to its foundations. Not
that scandal has never invaded The sac
red precinct of swelldom before: but all
previous scandals have been of the Pa
risian order. fashionable and aristocra-
tic to II degree. The present scandal is
distinctly base, vulgar and without the
smallest pretense to delicacy and refine
ment. Ii appears that Mrs. Calvin =.
l'rice, wife of Ohios new senator, at
tended Il dinner in New York the other
! night, SO select and exclusive that only
fourteen picked members of the four
hundred were at table. Mrs. Brice wore
n costly diamond ring. which her hus-
band had just given her. Its srlendor
was such as to make it the theme of
| universal admiration. even in n com
pany in which admiration comes very
close ~ being II vulgar, not to say a
| shockingly indecent emotion. Indeed,
the dinner party SO far unbent itself
| from the normal rigidity usually main
tanned on such occasions of state. that
one of the guests requested Mrs. Brice
to remove the ring from her finger and
| pass IL over for "a closer inspection of
it's manifold beauties.
Mrs. Brice cheerfully complied, and
the ring was passed around the board.
each guest taking the liberty of retain
ing it a few moments, or long enough
suitably to extol its merits. Presently
the conversation drifted to other topics.
i'm which Mrs. Brice heartily joined, al
though the ring had not yet completed
the circuit of the table and returned to
its owners. Time wore on, and the
courses disappeared i'm their order. but
still the ring did not arrive. Correctly
assuming that il would be the height
of ili-breeding to mention the disap-