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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-03
Marrow Escape OF wo Young Ladies'.

PErERsBURG. VA, July 2.-lSpeciai,
Miss Mittie Patteson and Miss Euge Pat
teson. sisters OF Captain Nelson Il: Pate
son. member of the City Council rom
Third ward. made a yeay narrow escape
this afternoon from being seriously injured.
They were enjoying an aiternoon's
drive in Prince George county, a
short distance from the corporate
limits, and while the carriage was Deins
driven over a bridge across creek, the
structure fell in. Miss Mittie Patteson
iumped out OF the carriage into cluster o.
bushes, while Miss Euge was thrown OUT
Fortunately, neither Of the young ladies' o'
driver was much injured.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-03

PoRr TowNsRNp, WASH, July The
Rush and C0rwin are ready TO san ~,
Behing Sea. They have orders 70 proceeu
at once 70 Ounalaska and tnen Rataw
Behring Sea, seiSe AL vessels tounu 'n ~ 49,
oea with seal etlue sooeW 81 wv ei ~
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-03

All along tie highway OF the cchturies ac
strewn the wrecks OF powers and principali-
ties that perished when liberty came
10 be measured by golden coin. shall
these examples teach America moth
ing. or shalt tuis people sell Them
selves into bondage from which
they may break at last through blood and
tears 10 attempt the desperate experiment
of discardlng all forms OF government? Who
shall say that II the pollution of our politics.
shall continue untii-bringing 10 one level
tbe bIiber and The bribed-it has poisoned
the sonl OF the citizen and shackled ms body
i'm the Limitation Of laws that daily increase
the bu, dens OF the poor and the splendors OF
fhe rich-who shall say that In the fuiness Of
time he will not rage against such govern
ment and society until q continent trembie
beneath the del,rium OF u people who take
anarchy f,r their god and for their deliver
crs giorify the men vino die upon the barri'
ras usE oS NoSxY.
s,s. continued AZ. Gordon. the uso Of
1nee1eV ~ (nc nGn10m0m1 a. DQW0<a NJ NJ
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-03

SUBSCRIBERS LEAVING TOWN
WILL RECEIVE "THE TIMES. BY
MAIL. UroN NOTIFYING THE
CARRIERS OR BUSINESS OFFICE.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-08-30
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Tho MotAodists In this country
number A.ooo. 600 actual communicants.
There are not far from 40 oommer.
cial and business colleges in this ooun-
Try, with about %. .0oo studentA
Tho women Of Greece have submit
I'D 10 the government petition. askin9
that as good educational opportunities
b given 70 the girls Of the nation - to
the boyA
Tho mission established in Cuba By
Alberto J. Diax continues 70 prosper.
Missionaries, 81; total membership.
l,70o. Twenty young men arc preper-
ing for the ministry. It has become
necessary to organize . school for their
instruction.
Tho Pope has written An appeal 70
tho German Bishops. urging them 70
begin at once . crusade In defense OF
society and civilization against the rev.
olutionaary forms Of Socialism. He
will send, II Is said. similar rescripts to
other nationA nA-Independent
According TO the Statistical Year.
Book Of Germany for 1859. the latest
data on the religious status Of the coun-
try are these: 20. S6e. .s47 Evangelicals.
10 7sS, 7S4 Catholics, rs. .67S other Chris
tans, 56S. .17a Jews. II. SIS confeesoeo OF
other religions or protesting no religion
at oil.
Two hundred progressive young
women Of New Zealand are banded to-
eether in . Young Woman's Christian
Temperance Union, two years old, that
has already met with signal success In
connection with various philanthropic
undertaking. It does hower-mission
work, hospital visiting, work among
children, sailors and cabmen. holds
singing, sewing and Bible classea-
Christian Weekly.
-Rev. Mr.. John Hall. Of New York.
at the recent jubilee anniversary Of the
Philadelphia Sabbath Association. In
his powerful plea for the sabbath. said:
The intelligent foreigners. whom We
arc daily receiving In our midst need
70 be influenced In the matter. Tho
truth Of Sabbath Observance must Be
brought home to their conscience and
judgments. Organization IL absolutely
necessary to generate this sentiment
and secure its practical enforcement"
What the world needs to-day Is not
\ nero continental or. intellectual. but
. more practical everyday religion-s
religion the farmer can take With him
into his field. the mechanic into his
shop, the merchant into his store or
counting-room. and the lawyer or doc
tor into his ONCE; . religion that will
make men honest and true, and indeed
moro Of that pure and unde6led reli9-
ion which Christ taught and exempli.
ned in His life whom here on earth
Morrill,.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-08-30

atoms. said I. resuning the analysis Of
Mrs. Johnson's stomach
"No7" I heard tho policeman remark
In deliberate Yankee tones. '.you don't
say sog'
The next moment I lay on my back.
gag in my mouth, terribly frightened
and sick at heart Over me stood the
policeman and the hrst thing that
functionary did was-looking me
straight in the fsce-to take OF his nose.
He then rid himself Of his eyebrows,
hair and cap. and became determined
looking fellow, with tho eyes Of hend
and the nose OF . Roman
$50 you think" said the metamor.
phosee. In the tones Of . gentleman,
shat nothing can save Joe johnson
from the rope? Poor fellow! II does
look like IT, But my dear professor.
Joe johnson Il fortunate enough to
havs in me devoted friend. - we'll -
brother. I have undertaken to save
him, and he shall b saved. In order 70
accomplish this end it will Be necessary
70 remove from the face Of the earth
not only the stomach Of his miserable
vito yonder. but also. my dear pro-
fessor-I Am sorry to b obliged to say
it for believe you were my brothers
eeacher and friend-youroelf - well.
I saw that he was in deadly earnest
''Your death must apparently result
from accident-at least 20 It must seem
70 the authoritica Ny brother IL In
Jail and they will not suspect him. and
thev certainly will not suspect me-"
What terrible deed was in this brain
hstching-was he going 70 murder me?
Was Il myself who was going 70 hang.
instead OF Johnson9 :.
No; yea He placed the line pulley
like over IN arm OF hanging gchandslier.
This wss altogether too slight support
evea for ono Of my tender frame. It
was not 10 b hanging, then. Under
The weight On the Aooe he placed . can
Of nitro-glycerine; recognized the
yellow string: IL was . fuse. aud It would
burn In sixty minutes. Il would run
across the marble slab; there was NO
hope OF igniting any substance that
would warn my frienda
DO you begin to SEQ through it9s
asked Joe Joh1son's brother.
Ibelieve cursed him with my eyea
I could only breathe through my nos
trils, and great veins wore swelling and
growing hot In my forehead. Drawing
. match from his pocket he lighted and
applied Il to the fusc; that little tyrant
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-08-30
AGRICULTURAEH HINTS.


= yhsUeP W1o 3Anns ~ Covsss A.
nsss l.AnsesasaAoe = Rps4sg % uay.
Hay say vsal 4 iats ussd the.
Tor several ysarA 80 wlpld ., ,eooa-
think oi gottjpe Aay v1th619a .QFiAe
aso times Wh4a they afe NOT SeSaed,
and. Of course. will not b ussa. but ne
farmer II fully equipped for haying
without them. In . season Ike last
year they wero found indispe1sablA
Hundreds and Thousands Of tons Of hay
will bo badly injured without them this
yoaf; and this, besides the delay Of
cutting the grass when IL ought - have
been cut and could have been secured
With tho needed protection. To b .
good Judge Of the weathee II . splendid
qualification, but few men can tell the
amount Of sunshine to b depended
upon when they enter their deldA With
the aid OF covers hsvo out 9 tono Of
hay and 80 tons Of rowen from - aores
Of land without getting Il wet st al.
and could but pity my brother farmers
all about me, to eco their delsy. with
hay spelling, simply for want OF pcotse-
ton. have seen acres OF nice grass
cut and allowed 10 rot On the ground for
want Of coverA 81 8 80 ..--s
Some may ask: via not the hay mold
and sour, even covered. through . long
storm? Certainly IL WILL II not put up
right Inever allow grass to b cat IN
dull day 80 - to Be ready when the
sun comes out Never Ont 1t unless yoa
srs sure Of one good day, and then
down with IL - early - possible. seyb By
10 o'clock; then, II not too heavy, put
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-08-30

s-''Yo eco MtsSus StookeY's drm0n'o
yit?'' Eyes; but b'lieves dey's paste. {"
'.Waal, l shouldn't wondah. Her mans
. bill-poster, anyhow, 70 know."-Har-
per's Bazaar.
-He-"Were you ever in love?" She
IL thought was once. but since
have read fcw Of these modern So
ciety novels I have concluded that
wasn't"-Terre Haute Expresa
-Irate Wife-'.Why, in the name Of
sense. do you come home 1t two o'clock
in tho morning?' High-rate Husband
'Well, fact is. It got 20 quiet down
street. I came homo for excitement"-
Light
-He-"I notice you have . piano.
Miss Clara?" She-'Oh. yes; but 1t Is
my sister who plays on it-not me!'
He (rapturously)-'Clar love you'll
will you Be my wife. ."-Exchange.
Ticket Collector Ito passenger in
drst-class carriage with second-class
ticket)-"Your ticket Is second-class.
sir. You must pay the difference. Pas
senger-'"The second-class carriages
were full" Collector-''Yes. but there
was plenty OF room third-clas&" Pas
senger-'Quits so.-Pay No the differ
snoe and I'll change"
-"Dennis, hear that you have been
drinking again; II you can't do better
shall have to let you Co." ''Sure. cir.
It WAS against mo will that I got OF this
time, SIR" ''Nonsense! no man can do
things against his will" Dennis grasp
ing ct . straw. Faith had brothef
who wint to prison against his will
Jury. q.
First Artist-'I received magnih-
cent tribute to my skill the other day
at the Exhibition" Second Artist-'.In-
deed. What WAS it," First Artist
'.You know my picture. "A Storm st
Scar Well, . man and his wife were
viewing it and overheard the fellow
say: Come away, my dear, that picture
makes me sick.'"-America.
Young Lady (st Bird storeeHaa
this parrot any sccomplishmentsT'
Proprietor-''He can speak little, but
he's too old 70 learn any thing now.
Young Lady (hesitatinsly)-"Would he
initiate any sounds he might hear. sach
q sneese, or . cough, or any thing oi
that kind?" P.opeietor-''No The
girls were trying the other day 70 teach
him to initiate the sound Of kiss. but
he wouldn't do It" Young Lady-''ru
take him."-Chicago Tribune.
Drummer (at Moonshinevilie. Ky. }
GOOD morning, Mr.. Crossroads; how'a
businessr' Store-keeper(d (disoonsolatsly)
''Mighty poor. mighty pooe. You go.
. new store started up In opposition q
me, and Of course I ooaldn't stand that.
% I lest give my frien's tn wink. IN
they commenced killin' on his custom
ers: but he had more trade than I kal.
kcrlaeed On, an wen his customers b.
esn to shoot back Il made . purity even
0ehk and both sides killed eaoh Other
q % fast that new there amt either q
y get say easteusFs"-A !. Weekly
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that gave . man an hour to live, to kill
him at the end OF it-that little irres-
ponsible terror that less merciful than
Providence told man the second no
MAS to die, II fright and horror spared
him to himself Slowly the flames
.erept snake-like around the twina
I'm one hour" said the prisoners
brother, ..you will b in Heaven or hell
I will watch with yos for half An hour.
and the other half you will spend
alone"
He sat down some minutes in chair,
watching the fame. Then he arose and
took . piece Of porcelain. with the
nurderer's name thereon. from the
table. and shook his head gloomily.
II am chemist enough to know IL Il
arsenic" he said. "Yes. those bright
metallic eyes, . betrayal Of tho guilty!
Science, thou wouldst kill my brother
thou shslt save him. Let mo eco in
whose hands thou arc most powerful"
The half hour wore slowly away. Oh.
heavens! What agony did su6er! Not
for myself, but for my child The
fuse burned on-on. Tho half hour Is
un The brother Of the murderer rises
to 70 Joy!
Commit your soul 70 Gods keeping. :"
he saA "You hold tho evidence Of
ny brothers guilt-nothing can save
you aow."
WITH that he turned to take his hat
from Oh tho table covered with the
crimson cloth beneath which hid my
priceless boy. Something attracted his
Attention? He held out his hands and
reached forward. I Thought he had dis
covered ny boy. No; he was liftiAG
eonethine in either hand-tAs wires Of
the electric battery. In another instant
my boy had leaped from under tho
es6ls, and was turning tho crank fast
aud fariously.
TAo murderees brother was In the
powsr Of my boy. He could not drop
the wires; he WAS helpless. How my
boy cried foe help! The old college
rane with his voice. Tho prisoners
brother added his voice to my boys In
his agony. In IN instant . great length
burned away. Il would just last hve
minutes and no more!
..rsther!" shouted my boy. 'if no A.
sistanoe comes, this villain must die
with M. I dare not free him Help!
help! help"
Alas! could not answer him.
Thank God! But some ono else did.
The fuse 10 burned up The rope = on
fre - the ,nitro-glycerine! The door
opens; Tom RichaEdA On midnight
visit TO the sick. has heard tho cry; he
compeehends all; seises the can In his
hand. the weight desosnds Indeed. but
not on the deathAealiAg oil No; down
Il goes through The olice noor-down.
down, like IN evil spirit 70 give back .
dull metallic echo fFo0 the stones o
the cellar beneath.
We arc saved.
Joe johnson, tie peisoner. Was
hanged, but his brother romans IN.
punished By the Law, for he stabbed
himself WITH katie and thus escaped
the haasnss's ssS&-At'aats csosts'
tvtioR
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Nh. GREKLKY ooos illastseteds . pDinA
in his political sxpesienoe with the.
story Of the droveF Who. obliged 70 dis
pose Of herd Of sWino st .. 1sow Sa4
asked what he got out Of the entespsiso. :
answered: II he'd the company q ~.
hoGA"
HAVE . pan partitionel = fss0 tee
nother sov, out into vhiSh tAA pigs go
20, whore you can iced them LITTLE
milk and oa&nesl o. good wheat bfsn.
by thsnsslves. says tho. Nosthvssessa
Aericulturist They win lsssa 70 est
a1A Il viii b better for then vhea
weanea -
I'm best way to .increese ~ 49,
tite q heeso, II such . hing Il neeeac:
sary. h - change his diet fEsqnsney.
ssys aa.exehanes. In thSspeing hosses
ofssa loss tAsir sppstitss whea vsseee
haea. Bran maahas. lAaP-Sso1. EN-,
nsks good Substitutes tsstssA satWO'
st s1eA uos.
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PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

-Koss Bouheur Is sixty-sever. She
Gays she still has work enough II hee
mind to hll two lifetimes. Shs sold her
latest picture for more than 3leo00.
More than twelve thousand letters
and manuscripts Of John Ericsson. the
great engineer, have been put In the
hands Of Colonel w. c. Church to use In
the preparation Of his biography.
-Browning's grave was dug cless to
the front Of Chaucer's monument ex.
actly between 1t and the monument OF
Cowley, in the east aisle Of the south
transept Of Westminster Abbey. known
- the Poets Corner.
Thomas Seymour Denton has In
vented the word ''manuprint" verb. ad-
iective and noun. for work done with .
typewriter. II Is at once moro accurate
and suggestive than manuscript" for
such work.
Tho Sultan Of Turkey recently sub.
mitted the manuscript Of . comedy to .
Partisan ms nager under . nom do
plume. Tho play was carefully exam
ined aud displayed certain marks Of
crude ability, but its motif was too
Oriental for even the Parisian stage.
"A new ietter-press machine for
printing simultaneously In various
colors IL now attracting attention In
France. 1t Is the invention Of Mr..
Stain, Of Paris, who has taken out
about forty patents for foreign coun.
tries. It il said to be the most prac.
tical apparatus Of tho kind yet devised
and likely to greatly reduce the cost Of
color work.
1t 10 said that Goethe was . victim
Of La Grippe. Loves, in his biography.
says Of the poets last illness that he
had taken cold. and the physician ON
arriving ''found him very feverish with
what is known in Weimer ~ the 'nerv-
Gus fever which acts almost like .
pestilence."
OF Zola's new novel, LA Bete Hu.
maine" (" Is, 900 copies were sold on the
day Of the issue, . record that has not
been equaled since the appearance Of
'Nana" The total number OF books
issued BY Charpetier. the publisher.
over Zola's signature Is now l.0Sl, 600
Besides the profits on these, Zola re-
ceives 81 900 for every novel published
in feuilleton form before the book IL is
sued.
The free public library established
in Baltimore five years ago by Enoch
Pratt, at an expense Of about 81. ESQ. 900.
Is accomplishing great work among
the reading class. Last year tho mum.
ber OF books Issued reached 46l, $40
The rooms are crowded daily, and 1t has
become . great educational force in tho
city. being especially valuable to tho
Door. Besides tho main library. there
sro Eve branches located 20 - to &C.
commodate all sections Of the city.
Tho smallest and daintiest prayer
book in the world 10 the 'Ffnger Prayer.
Book" which has just been issued by
the Oxford -UniyeEsity Press - It 10
printed in diamond and brilliant tyne ON
the famous India paper. 1t contains
$40 pages, ski inches, and weighs only
tbree-quarters Of IN. ounce. Il IL ar
ranged for 1.-THE chatelaine, the waist
coat pocket, or the purse" and ranges
in price from 50 cents TO s6.50 Though
the paper is exceedingly thin. 1t IL
entirely opaque, and the typo Is bosuti-
fully clear
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-08-30
CULTURE VS. CHEEK.

NJ. Oollehtly Talks Very LA9ht1y 1nAee4
On serssas Subject.
scene: A corner In . Murray Hnl draw.
ing-room.
Characters: Miss Bunker. . lady from the
classic corridors OF Boston.
Mr.. Golightly. . gentleman nom the
wind -swsps b0ulevards oe Chi.
ca&0.
Time: Evening.
Miss Bunker with refined smile)-
Charming evening, isn't Il?
Mr.. Golightly-O. ! didn't notice any
thing about the evening, except that 1t
was not raining.
Miss R-But the moon-so exception
ally fine.
MI. Go, yes; Of course. Fine moon!
Do You know, the finest moon ever
saw was one We used in some amateur
theatricals out In chicago-our club.
vou know. We made It out Of the bot
tom Of lard can Nothing like lard
can for almost any thing.
Miss R-O, you have been interested
in amateur theatricals, have your I
knew you were intelligently inclined.
Do you like poetry? 49,
Mr.. G.-Oh! some kinds
Miss Boz course. not all kinds. Nc
ono reads the old style Of poetry now.
Sad death, that Of Browning'A wasn't
it?
Mr.. G. Toying nervously with mus
tache)-Yes, very. Letssoe; he WAS
relative Of yours, wasn't he?
Miss R-(embarrassed)-Oh. no! Do
you-do you now.whcre they arc going
TO bury him?
Mr.. G. (making . desperate guess.
consummate sangfroid) d)-ln Chicago I
sAiak. At least that's what heard
Miss B.-ludeed3 That's singular.
Il must b 30 different there from his
beloved Venice.
Mr.. g. (blufnng maniully(-O. not 81
cary different
Miss b (suspiciously)-Hsvs you rsad
much Of Browning's poetry?
Mr.. G. (nonchalantly)-O, used to
read good deal Of It when / WAS boy;
but ono soon outgrows him. don't you
know. OF late I haven't been reading
much poetry. except what I SO in
Truck. Elegant poetry In Truck, doa't
you think? as
Miss B.-O. sry.
Mr. G. (becoming enthusiastic)-I 10.
member . thing they had last month,
called "A kiss in the KitchAn.n
Miss B. (sarcastically)-Must have
been something like Brownin9's "Lovs
in . Balcony" suppose.
Mr.. G.-Just about tho same. only bet.
Rn--R- - l.
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uoMB MADE PonrADlB .GrRAYH9
Aess y pasAsd sThess psnpsedo 1sto
throw . continuoss sYrsy, ed seApas0ls
of dve-eightinch heavy rubber .tpbiAG
10 fastened 70 . Vermoeel 1oezlo . aS
one end and the regular pump posals
at the eehsn BY windipg II lightly
With snail copper wiBa Ihe sw0no1aoe Z
afe then eoanected b q tUQ Aeavy.s
copper wires fastened by. Windin9
once around each noa1la The fol.
lewing prices, are quoesd .iAstAs DallepS'
tin. for articles sold n HaEtfos1 sd
New Haven: SulpAats of copper from
eH to 10 costa psr1h, according ~ the
an0unt sold: amDeoia iEUo sosAo 1o..
oeats; carbonate Of coppsR - aentD poR
III; rubber tuhlng 10 oontB per foot;
wasA hpileea 9&1e; 1eeeo punH eAeA-s
Popular 0aRdeninR. ,z.G tigc-
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uAY cara

.ss the rake and get II into beda II 80
heavy put on the tedder. and stir Il
lively until SPIN. Then put It into
cocks and have the covers al On By $50
p N. It is all right then for . Ave days
pull Of lowery weather II IL comes. and
NO storm can reach Il to spoil It Before
that time, - . rule. the sun will shine
enough to finish curing Il This rule /
have adhered to strictly and certainly
got we'll paid for it Some farmers say
it II luck. It 10 no such thing; it -
doing 1t by rule. Never leave one cate
position until you are sure Of reaching
another before itrsinA
Some inquire: Do you put On covers
whether 1t is going to rain OF nosf ~
Q rule. do. certainly on rowen; donse
1ogs will permeate IL - badly - .
shower, and the less fog comes In con-
tact with It the bettcr. II HeQuiros
como work and . little care 70 uas GOV.
ors, but in . rain storm Il II nke hav-
ing your buildings insured, when the
lightning IL wildly playing ahout thsm
At makes one feel much better to
know the hay II covered. The covers I
use most are made Of hsavy cotton arm.
90 inches wide. cut into 6l-inch piecoA
These are hemmed III round and have
. leather or mstalli6 ey6lst in each
corner with . heavy cotton card II
inches long. tied in It Attached to
this 10 pin 1nade Of any tough wood
Il - 10 inches ldag, dve-siGhths Of a
inch thick, and .three-foufths Of IN ineh
wide. It should b sharpened at oae
end and have . hole st the other end -
receive the cord. With such covers
tons Of hay can b wsll and ss1sly -
cured In catching weather. They can
b gotten mp st cost Of IS to % cents
each, and II taken care Of viii last
twenty years. I have used mine an
aually for nine years and they are good
for ten years more.-W. II. Wilkinsea,
in Home and Farm.