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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-18

he sat in his library and pondered rs h
had often pOndered before, and on the
same subject, viz. how to get wife
There were enough young ladies who
would bless their lucky stars for the
privilege of becoming mistress of his
: luxurious establishment, but he also
felt assured the home was all they
cared for.
Hang the money" he exclaimed; ''l
wish Id never had = penny. and then
but bother it, then l should have been
too poor to marry at all Why couldn't
have just wealth enough to satisfy
my wants and nothing more? BY Jove!
a fine idea I'll fool them-the mean
odventuresess"
A furious pull at the bell-rope
brought the housekeeper to the room
in hurry.
''Pack up your traps, Mrs. Bull" he
exclaimed, abruptly. '.for am 60
ing to close the house for the present
Meanwhile your wages can still 60 ON,
and that of such domestics rs you con-
slider indispensable"
A week later saw Mr.. Smith safely
domic;led in a quiet, second-rate lodg-
ing in Surrey Hills, and shortly after
ward he began to sell his diamond
rings, pins, seals. and other parspher-
MALTA of fashionable life
His grand clothes soon began to ap-
pear seedy and threadbare, and these
he replaced by cloth of rougher cut and
palmer hue.
A rumor soon got afloat that his
money and property HAD been lost
throagh unlucky mining speculations.
and as a natural consequence he lost
many friends nf
By twos and threes they ceased to
know him as he met them in the street
Fashionable dandies, who hitherto
were delighted to stop and shake hands
with him, turned inside rs he met them
s.doinc the block" or saw them riding
by.
Our hero only laughed and snapped
his fingers at them behind their backs,
though had his adversely been real he
would not have felt inclined to laugh.
Then came the time when of all his
former friends who had smoked his
cigars, drank his wine and borrowed
his cash only two still clung to him in
his adversity. It il no wonder that he
grew missnthropic.
In George street one day he met .
carriage containing some OF his former
friends, who had been absent from
town since he closed his house.
He thought they would not no
tice him. but each inmate OF the car
riaee bowed politely n OF old.
s.They have mot heard the news" he
muttered cynically.
he was mistaken. That night the
owner Of the carriage called to see
him.
.Rather close quarters, my friend. "
he said. rs he took . calm survey OF
Dudley's not very pretentious surround
.Pretty close. indeed" answered
Dudley, with IN icy smile; "but since l
lost INV property. of which suppose
Won have not heard. l have become
..Rut I have beard. my dear fellow"
.-;.d his auditor. abruptly. land
that Is why came. I knew you needed
s-;.nds now, il ever; and the fact is
~ d.nohter Rosa-that is. sir. I mean
c.me to Offer you the position OF head
c,erk in my business establishment
win you accept it,? :,
..Ahem. Well, I will think OF It
Rut il is . long way from my lodging
..Hsue your lodging-house! You can
live in my family as e-weli' Is . sot'
~ ouesk you know.
Dudley Smith looked keen'y q h''
visit0e.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-18

Piaas q One Large Eaough to Hold Fosty
Cows,

Plans q One Large Enough to Hold Forty
Cows.
A barn for holding forty cows. four
horses and sufficient hay TO last most
of the winter Is here shown. The di-
mensious of the barn are shown in tho
cut The whole appears to be under .
gable roof, the front gable end being
over the entrance TO the hay shed at A.
IL 10 81 feet from the ground TO the
ridge pole. The hay shed il open TO
the roof, but over the other eompart-
ments ore lofts which will hold from
ten to twelve tons Of hay. These lofts
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-18

"You inherited quite . nice little
fortune" said the lawyer.
"Yes," replied the fortunate youth.
81 suppose you will pay lot Of your
debts now?
II had thought Of it, but I concluded
to make no change in my manner OF
living. don't want to be accused Of
vulgar display."-Judge
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-18

then, You see. dear, it wasn't so-you
never lost your money"
Dudley Smith leaped from his chair
rs though he had been shot
''How did you find that out?" he
gasped.
II knew IL all the time. When ]
heard that you were penniless papa
went directly to your banker and
learned the contrary. think we man.
sged the game very shrewdly. dear
husband"
"Answer me one question, Rosa Do
you really love me?"
"Yes. really do. Dudley"
"Well, if you love me. we will drop
the subject"
II think we had better" said she.
quietly.-Chicago Post
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-18
AGRICULTURAL HINTS
FOR POULTRY RAisERS.

4 Device for Feeding Cracked Corn and
wheat 70 Chicks.
A self-feeder. for feeding cracked
corn and wheat to young chicks. is
given in this issue, being tho design Of
Mr.. A. p. Lose, New York. It can be
made of half.inch boards. Fig. shows
the feeder ready for use. II is the
hopper, two feet long. Eve inches deep.
four inches wide at the top and one
fourth of an inch wide ut the bottom. IL
holds from two to three quarts Of feed
II may be wider 1t the bottom, how
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-18

Mother-Arent your shoes wet
Little Dick-No'm.
weren't you out in the rainT'
"Yes'm."
ibid you we4r rubbers?"
"NO'm.
.'Then your shoes must be wet"
"Nom kept 'em dry"
"How?"
Left 'em In the house. Good Newa
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-18

"You don't love me for my money,
do you Jeannette?"
mo. Harry; since papa looked you mp
In Bradstreet / don't think that would
be possible Chicago News Record
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-18
How.

Candidate (explaining away his Dc.
feat)-Yes. gentlemen. have oeen de-
feated; but how have been defeated?
Voice in the Crowd-You didn't get
enough vote&-DemoEests MsgazinA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-18
SLAVE TRADE IN MOROCCO.

rhousauds Of Boys and Girls Sold 1t From
Fifty to Seventy Dollars Each.
The gentleman who furnishes the
following information is an old traveller
in Morocco and il known a one Of the
best known authorities on the internal
policy Of that barbarous country:
II must now tell you of the caravan
which arrived 1t Tendouf from Tim
buctoo at the end of March last II
brought scarcely any merchandise, but
there were four thousand slaves, prin-
cipally young girls and boyA So great
was the influx Of slaves at Marakesh
(Morocco City, that instead Of holding
the market twice . week, ~ b usual, It
was held daily from April Is to May II.
and the prices were comparatively low,
ranging from ten pounds to fourteen
pounds head. During the feast Of
Ramadan the KaidA who come to
Marakesh in order to present gifts to
the sultan's son, who i the khalifa Of
his father. agreed that .he most accept
able present would b some of these
young slaves from Timbuctoo. There
were forty-three KaidA and each Of
them gave this young man. only eigh-
teen years of age. three slave
girls and two slave boys - over
two hundred slaves in ALL Al
the khalifa had . bad reputation
for cruelty and other vices, IL u not
pleasant to think of the fate of these
young captiveA Il ID said that moro
than eight hundred slaves were sold at
this market in ten days to merchants
who had come from RiR. Tanlat and
other distant places to obtain . supply
of human chattels and besides this
many were sold privately. I was my.
self the witness of . sad scene in this
market where three little negreaseA
from eight to ten years old, who had
evidently come from . very distant part.
~ no ono there could speak their
language. were ruthlessly parted from
each other and sold TO different owners
amid tears pitiful cTies and such 70
sistance % the poor little creatures
could employ. Each had to 60 OF alone
among strange people. not one of whom
understood . word she said. I could
give you many particulars which would
shock you. respecting the purchase Of
male and female slaves simply for the
purpose Of increasing the stock.
This Is found to Be very profitable, -
the offspring Of this connection arc
carefully reared and fetch very high
prices as presents to men In authority.
Al you are aware, there are no ban les
in Morocco. Everyone who has money
that he wishes to take care Of buries Il
in the ground It h necessary that NO
one should know where this treasure
lies hidden. Therefore, incredible q it
may seem, old and worn out slaves,
male and female, are said to Be employ.
ed to dig large hole to hide the wealth
Of their master. and the unfortunate
Negr0 may almost be said to dig his
own grave. a he never sees the light Of
another sun. A cup Of coffee, tea or
some native drink contains the deadly
poison SO often administered in No.
rocco. where. it must be remembered,
coroners inquests are unknowne
London TimeA
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-11
TRACING ONES ANCESTRY.
Genealogy Appears to BE Ono Sided an
Partial Thing.

GenealoSy Appears to Be Ono Sided and
Partial Thing.
n conversation among group of peo-
pie the other day, all of whom were of
good New England families, brought out
some curious admissions. Only one of
the party could trace his descent, in the
line of mothers, farther than to his grand
mother. though several could trace it
very much farther in the paternal line.
and even in what they called the ma
ternal hne," which meant of course the
mothers fathers family. All present
could tell the maiden name of their moth
ers mother, but only one could tell tho
maiden name of her mother Of course
many IN New England among those GEN
ealogically careful people who can tell
you the names of all their 16 great great
grandfathers and grandmothers can do
this, but these are comparatively few.
ana those who cannot carry back the
line OF mothers more than three genera
lions include the representatives of some
OF the most aristocratic families in New
England, whose line of paternal descent
Is unbroken to the settlement and beyond.
Let us think for moment what this
question involves. Suppose you write
down your own name. Then write down
on one line just above it tho names of
your father and nother-the fathers
name first on the left. the mothers sec
ond on the right. You perceive that
these two people had au equal interest
In your being. There is aaaeasta chance
that you are like your mother in impor-
tant physical and mental respects.
Now, set down on line above these
two names the names of your grand
fathers and grandmothers, beginning
with your fathers father and ending
with your mothers mother. These two
couples again had as much interest i'm
Your father and your mother as your
father and mother had in you, and there
is in you as much of your mothers
mother as there is of your fathers ia
Their. Now above this line write down
the names of your eight grandparents
which you should surely be able to do if
you are Yankee. Each one of these
eight had an equal interest in you. Now
you perceive that you have pyramid
standing on its apex. You are the apex.
The left hand edge of it is your line of
fathers, and on the right hand of it is
your line of mothers.
In all likelihood you derive rather
more of your characteristics from the
right hand edge of the pyramid than you
DO from the left and while in all prob
ability. if you are from good New Eng
land family, you can go on stretching
out the left hand edge of the inverted
pyramid you cannot go on with the
right hand edge any farther. and this
means that your genealogy is one sided
and partial thing.-Boston Transcript.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-11
lie Rode the I,rnnchn.

Some one at the hotel told the fat man,
who had weeks holiday, that horse
back riding was the finest exercise in
the world for reducing the flesh, so the
gentleman with the surplus tissue rented
horse for Il week-a tough, wiry buck
skin broncho-and started in.
Every morning at o'clock precisely
he mounted his steed in front of the no
tel, but no one ever saw him come back.
He was never mt midday dinner, but he
appeared at the supper table, always
looking worn out and detected.
How are you making out!" asked,his
adviser one night.
"Oh, pretty fair. Lost 90 pounds"
That's good. Keep it up and You'll
have IL shape like the Apollo Belvidere. "
Cant keep it up. That's the trouble.
never was much at walking, or run
ming either, for that matter"
Walking? You don't need to walk
when You go riding"
Then the storm burst.
bronco, did you? Well. you want to try
that one, and you'll learn something. The
first day went ont on him he carried
me as tar as the bridge III the woods
Then he dumped ME off in the mud. |
chased him two miles. then gave it IN
and walked home. The next day he took
ME half a mile further before he set me
down Went to the stable and kicked
about it. The man asked me if | went
riding for my health. l told him yes.
He said that was just the horse WANTED
and that he kept him specially for that
purpose. Seventeen fat men had offered
TO buy him, but he wanted to be gener-
Gus and give every one chance
BE leaned his head on his hand wea-
rily.
I'll have to give it up, guess. Here
I've been crawling i'll the back door of
this hotel for four days. 1t has cost me
81 Il day to have my clothes cleaned, and
it'll take me a year to recuperate. It's
no use. I'm willing to stay fat if them
blistcrs on my feet will only let up.
Come inside and let me spend my last
night in wild hilarity.-New York Her
ald
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-11
One Way to See n Sun Spot.

The shutters of the observers house
happened to he closed, and through tiny
hole near the top of them beam of
sunlight found its way to the floor.
There it left an image, clear and round,
tinged at the circumference with fringe
of blue and orange. The whole appear
ance of the beam as projected reminded
the spectator of the image of the sun
taken on paper through telescope, and
he got sheet of white note paper in or
der to test his surmise. The result con-
tirmed it, A beautiful round image of
the sun fell on the paper. and near the
center thereof could be seen BLUSH
spot, which moved about with the i'm
age whenever the paper was shifted.
The BLUSH colored object was verita-
BILE sun spot, and the observer watched
it by the simple means described for sew
eral days until the revolution of the sun
had carried it out of sight. Boston Her
aid.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-11
: A RISING POET.
Owes His First Steps to Fame to MT.
Charles a. Dana.
Special Corrcspondence.1

Especial Correspondence.1
NEW YORK, Oct. In the summer of
1892 General d. p. Stanley of the United
States army, warm personal friend of Mr.
Charles A. Dana, called upon the distin-
guished editor and with something of pride,
as though he had made discovery which
was Of Importance, he showed Mr.. Dana
four short poems and awaited with interest
the EDITORS reading of them
General Stanley's opinion was that of the
best critics we have concerning Mr.. Dana's
capacity accurately to judge of poetic verse,
and the general was therefore rejoiced
when Mr.. Dana laid down the manuscript
of the first poem and said in u most en-
phatic way, THAT is good" and then
reading the second poem he said, VERY
good indeed" and those favorable com
ments he repeated as he finished reading
the other two. Then turning to General
Stanley he said: "Those are good, very good
will take them, and you may tell your
friend that we are prepared to take here rs
many poems having such merit as these as
he will send"
The following Sunday there appeared an
unusual thing in that issue of The Sun, for
the column of poetry contained four orig
1nal poems with the name of the poet sub.
scribed, q fact which of itself most forcibly
emphasized Mr.. Dana's Judgment of them
But IN addition to the printing of these
poems there was even more conspicuous in
dorsement, for in n leading editorial that
paper called attention to the poetry and
spoke with most complimentary reference
to this new poet whose work contained sin
cerity, much skill of prosody and breathed
the atmosphere of the mountains and that
distinctively American community in
which he lived-Colorado.
Since that time the poems of this new
writer, Cy Warman, have been made famil-
lar to the American people by many pub
lcations, and he is very rapidly gaining
such esteem as will, if his work continues as
meritorious as it has been, place him in the
galaxy of which Eugene Field and james
Whitcomb Riley are now the most brilliant
stars. Mr.. Dana's opinion is that he is al
ready of that galaxy, and only the time
which is necessary to maintain reputa-
ton will be needed for universal acknowl-
ment of his rank
Mr.. Warman is we'll fitted by experience
as well rs by native talent for his share in
this splendid work. He is of the prairies
OF the west, and is familiar with the tonic
OF the Colorado uplands, and has been in
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-11
N IL E : w MorfoIksWestern R.R

SCHEDULE IN EFFECT SEPTEMBER 3, 1898
wEsTBouHD LHAvB ROANOKE DAILY.
e:oJ g. m. washington and Chattanooga iimited)
for Bristol and beyond. Stops only at Chsis-
tiansburg and Radrord, also Mt principal
stations west of Radford. Pullman seepers
10 New Orleans and Memphis Dining car
attached
e-10a. m. for Rndford, Blueaeld, Pocahontas,
ElSho!n, Clnch Valley Division and Louis-
ass F. M THE CHICAGO EXPRESS 10
Blueheld, Pocahontas, Kenovay Columbus
and Chicago. Pullman Buffet Sleeper Norfolk
to Chicago without change.
NORTH AND KAsTBoUND. LEAVE ROANOKE DAILY
E45 .. m. for Petersburg, Richmond and
Norfolk.
9:45 g.. m. for Washington, Hagerstown, Phils
dclphia and New York.
LBS q. m. for Richmond and Norfolk. Pullman
sleeper Roanoke to Norfolk and Lynchburg
to Rtct mond.
i2:45 a. m. (Washington and Chattanooga lin.
ited) for Washington, Hagerstown, Philadel.
phia and New York. Pullman slecpers 10
washington via Shenandoah junction and
New York via Harrisburg Stops only at
principle stations.
Durham Division-Leavc Lynchburg Junior
staton) daily 7:10 a. m. for South Boston and
Durham and intermediate stations.
Wineton-Salem Division-Leave Roanoke Union
etation) daily 9:55 o. M for Rocky Mount
Martinsville, Winston-Salem and inferno.
date stations.
For all additional inform alton apply at ticket
ONCE or to w b. BEVIII,
General Passenger Agent, Roanoke, Va.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-11
Her Fears Aroused.

Mrs. Flyabout-Weren't you awfully
afraid that Sunday night you had that
little card party and it thunderel and
lightened SO?
Mrs. Gofrequent-Indeed | was.
told the girls it wasn't good form and
that somebody would be sure to hear Of
it.-Chicago Tribune.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-11
Especial Correspondence

SHERIDAN, Ark, Oct Il am lost in the
heart of Arkansas-lost in the heart of
vast, vague swamp country, where slaves
fled for refuge in the days "befo' the wah"
lost to the minuter details of modern re-
finement, but not lost to n hospitality
broad, splendid, perennial.
1t so happened in my wanderings-and
have been "a wanderer ON the face of the
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-11
IN A STRANGE LAND.
LOST IN THE HEART OF ARKANSAS
WIlOS.

Where the Details of Modern Refinement
Are Unknown, Yet Hospitality Is Peren-
nial-Bacls Country Lire AS Found In an
Old State-The Local Debate.
The state chronicle., 1893-05-27
New York Cotton Market.

New YORK, May 26.-The speculation
in cotton futures today was fairly ac-
tive, but prices show no change from
Thursdays closing. The market opened
steady at an advance Of l point on COW
ering Of shorts and an advance of 2-64
in prices in Liverpool. The market
seemed to have been over sold, and the
shorts became anxious buyers immedi-
ately after the call AS there was little
cotton offering except at higher prices,
the market hardened, and before noon
August sold up to 746. At that timeI the
market looked like going higher, but
the announcement of another large bank
failure in Australia and some additional
failures in the West, turned prices on
the downward course again. Those who
had bought in the forenoon threw their
cotton On the market and the advance
was soon lost. The market left off
quiet and barely steady.
Our advices on the condition of the
growing crop are not so favorable as
formerly. There is considerable com
plant that the nights are too cold fo1
the plant.
CLAP & Co.
The state chronicle., 1893-05-27
New York Cotton Market.

NEW YORK, May 26-Spot cotton
quiet; middlirg uplands ll-l6; Orleans
7 1916; good ordinary Is; low mid
ding II; sales 400 bales.
Cotton-Futures closed steady; sales
l22,9OO bales; May 1922; June 1923;
July 7.34; August 7.43; September Z 40;
October 1855: November 1852; December
1853; January TIA.
May 26-Cotton, middling: Galveston
quiet, 3-l6, l9 bales; Norfolk dull,
u, l9 bales; Baltimore nominal, 1916,
= bales; Boston quiet, 711-l6, 2S
bales; Wilmington steady, Il, 2l9 bales
Philadelphia dull, St, 1878 bales; Savan,
nah quiet, a, 20 bales; New Orleans
steady, II, 1872 bales; Mobile quiet
=, SO bales; Memphis steady, q, l3e
bales; Augusta quiet, 7s, II bales
Charleston quiet. II, 24l bales; Cincin
natl quiet, u, l79 bales; Louisville
nominal, s. bales; St. Louis quiet. u
% bales; Houston easy, u, - bales.
The state chronicle., 1893-05-27
Harris Lithia Water is for sale by
the druggists of Raleigh.
New YORK Produce Market.

New YORK, May 26.-Southern -four
dull ard weak, common to fair extra
S2.10a3.l0; good to choice dc. salsa
1925.
Wheat dull and lower; No. 2 red in
store and elevator 76i; afoat 1T; op-
tions-No- 2 red closed May IS; June
tot; July 78.
Cut meats quiet and firm; picked
bellies Il; shoulders 9a9t; hams l2s;
middles frmer; short clear Iii.
Lard-Quiet and higher; western
steam closed at $ll asked; city $1,000;
June Sll; July $11; September $ll 80;
refined quiet and firm; to the continent
Sll.l5; South America Sll .55; compound
81.
Pork-Quiet and frmer; old mess
S2l.5O; new mess $3.50; extra prime
nominal.
Rosin- Quiet and weak; strained com.
mon to good $l.25al.27i.
Peanuts-Quiet; fancy picked 81.
Rice-Quiet and steady; domestic
fair to extra 2sa54; Japan 4sa4s.
Wool-Quiet and firm; domestic fleece
27a32; pulled 26a37.
Cofee-Options opened steady and
unchanged to lOpoints up, and closed
firm; May SO points up, other months
to | 5 points up; May Sl61Oal6.5 SO; Au
gust $l5.55aI5.65; October Sl5.25s
1880; December Sl5O5al5.2O; spot R1e
frmer and quiet; No. 7, II.
Sugar-Raw quiet and firm; fair re
fning 81; centrlfugals, 96-test, At; re
fined quiet and firm; off A 413-l6a5!
standard A 3-l6; granulated 5 3-l6s
ST.
The state chronicle., 1893-05-27
Hotel Gordon North Wilkesboro N. G.

Hotel Gordon North Wilkesboro N. @.
This new hotel mas Just been ele-
gantly equipped and is most de-
lightful health and pleasure resort
Situated among the blue Ridge
mountains at the terminus of the
N. W. N. G. r. R., 1O3 miles west of
Greensboro. Train leaves Green's
boro at 1O:4O q. m. and arrives at
North Wilkesboro at 2 40 p. m. Re-
duced round trip tickets from all
points. Table supplied with Brushy
Mountains mineral water, good
mountain beef, chicken, duck, milk
butter and ice from our own farm.
No mosquitoes, cool nights, delight
full breezes, driving, fishing, music
and dancing. Rates $50 per month.
For analysis of mineral waite. and
other information, address.
W. F. TRoGDoN, Manager.