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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-08
ECCENTRIC OSCAR WILDE.
SOME OF HIS PECULIAR OPINION
rom Kate Fields Washington.


called lately upon Oscar Wilde at his apart
ments In st. James Place. II is here he receives
those whom ne wants to spare the long drV evs 10
whose aesthetic penates Mrs Wilde, his oeautfui
Mr. Wilde. it is well known has abandoned his
"Fauntleroy" costumes. and now dresses. as he
imagines. in fn-de-siecle fashion. He wears a long
nearly to his knees. His cravat is enormous. His
a is s 9s @ oo on him and
with links. He wears golden chain bracelet ~; A.
tached to II is heart shaped locket. the little
finger OF his left hand is covered to the nail with
conspicuous rings .
America. lie said he had not decided Il had
fully INTENDED TO be present at performance OF
TSgh hGTe AZ the Fifth Avenue theatre said he
but the dislike l have to be interviewed by M
moods has kept me from making trips. shall
20 to France soon am content in its atmosphere.
| asked Mr. wilde how he works.
II not able to write line, he SAID. unless
slider worthy of myself. must feel that / am
possessed of my subject. | seldom write during
most to the writer. that the mind may soar above
earthly considerations In this follow the maxms
Does this apply to every one?" asked.
Il do not believe in equality. he replied: The
command and the masses reduced to slavery
In each Century only three or four men should
lowed to DO exactlysas they please"
"Because they have genius That is superior t to {.
ANYTHING human. II Is subtle something that IL
a spark Of divinity 1t should excuse vagaries'
faults weaknesses, even crimes
When asked whether he applied his theory to
women too Mr. Wilde said: II like TO detect In
telIIgence in men: do not like to find II In women
their mission In life is TO be beauful-that IL all!
Beautiful women. In Wdes mind, ought to have
the same privilege that OF genius would possess
i'm the ideal world he describes. That Is to say.
there should be no restraint put upon them. NO
laws of country conventions OF society or preudices
of class should harper them ~ .
With regard TO the drama, Wilde declares II
one OF the most wonderful achievements OF modern
civilization THE stage" he told me. should be
neither a battlefield mere place for amusement
All PLAYS should contain morals. The stage should
II ought hold before the public.s eyes all the
vices II should not stay there. IL should reveal
the consequences OF evil life. so that the audi
ence be thoroughly impressed and prevented from
doing likewise :, A.. ... 49,.
in,erpret n play should be true to life. Whether
they are types OF people the author has met in
different epochs OF his life or in different countries
he should be permitted to combine them In one
drama" H.. H.. L. . ,,., .~
book without supposing himself the person he makes
talk This applies with equal force. Of course; 70
Lord illIngworth or "A Woman Of No Importance"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-08
THE OLDEST GRAPEVINE.
Santa Barbi

Santa Barbara correspondence Of the Troy Times
THE oldest grapevine in the country was m
Al irterestine one growing near this. which was
Lnown 70 be more than eighty years Old died many
Of good old age and was purchased and Transported
o. o. e. entirety 10 the Chicago Fair last summer
Tb,s ono is to fifty years or age ana maze
and hearty vet At the base 1t Is ffty-tWo nches IN
at II grows straight up for about three
faat then divides into six branches ana az thlss
non, is five feet in circumference. AT height OF
over an immense arbor covering space oy aetua a.
~, s,ran,ent Of seventy-hve by sixtysx feet IL
irs IN one season $500 pounds of the purple mis-
o'nn srane of which no is made except as II ~
eaten and given away by It's owner 10 any o'e WIN
L.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-08
WEST SIDE ARCHITECTURE.
BUILDINGS UPTOWN ABOVE FIFTY
NINTH-ST.

A NEIGHBoRHOOD WHERE PRIVATE HOUSES
FLOURISH IN OPPOSITION TO FLATs-THE
BEAUTY OF WIDE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
STYLES AND OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
INTERIORs-WEST END-AYE AND
RIVERSIDE DRIVE.
People quarrel about the location Of Harlem"
Those who live south OF Fifty-nlnth-st are often
disposed to designate any neighborhood above that
thoroughfare Harlem. Dwellers beyond the
Plaza who still situated further downtown
than ne-hundrcd- a d-twenty-nfth-st prefer to
insist upon il that the latter marks the beginning
OF Harlem proper As matter OF fact Harlem has
technical existence at all any more. having been
absorbed within the limits Of New-York city;
and in far 1t persists colloquially so to speak
II begins in the vicinity Of the Nlnetes The point
however is trifing. What NEWCOMERS south Of
Fifty-ninth-st are driving when they talk about
Harlem lying just beyond that boundary IS that
the district tC which they refer is district by IT.
self a regor distinct from lower NewYork in
things other than geographical position This is
true. When you reach the end Of the long curve OF
the elevated It Fiftythird-st. and proceed up
Columbus-ave you are in a new city, and the i'm
preston is even more novel II you start up any of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-08
noe WITH A WOODEN LEG.


From The ST. Louis Globe emocrat
.pid you hear Of cog ha nga6sport Ind
, ,esi ,anng al know man near where I'VE VINO
has a small dog OF whose front iegS po %as
snmathine OF a surgeon. his master careiuny am.
nutated the crushed leg and when the wO d ,r"ne
Wooden leg In Of time the dog %hich Is
eny,h rest his weight upon this wooden eg aho
use It for ali ordinary purP Ss artificial NJ Imb but
trottn's s ncca sion 10 do any fast running or reap
IL ne he viii gracefully hold up the WOODEN reg anu
depend solely upon the other three 'o' '"e
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-08
NOT A LADY.

From The Gentlewoman.N
A boatman once carried one Of our little English
royaities on board @ yacht he carefully set her
down on the deck, he said: There you are, my
little LADY," The child. who had not much rel!:hsd
am not a little lady. I'm a princess. Her royal
mother. who overheard her small daughters speech:
who carried you that you are not . little lady yet
though you hope to be one some dayc'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-08
VOTE on WAKEFIELD.

From The Gentlewoman' rs.,-
,.u child of my acquain tance. VINO rs resu-
lar little bookworm, has lately been schooiroom
,aI work During the usuaI sc SEQ, Sat
w.acnsm the question was put to her e;or WIZ shs
r. wakefield fsmousr Wis I'D nappy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-08
HAIR REGENERATOR

Is a beautiful coloring in shades The REGEN-
EKAIOR restores hair the original and gives
color and lost vitality to beached spoiled hair
me Beard be coored successfully on account Of s
unique qualities Of CLEANIINESS Df'RABII.ITY and
NATVRALNESS. COLORS: anu
l. BLACK. z LIGHT C,urcTNr-T
2 DARK BROWN q GOT,D al ONTE
o. Midi NJ BROWN. 4 ASH BLONDE.
a. DHESTNtT PRICE 81 10.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-08
-2o2 sTH AVE.

take elevator where applications made and saunles
OF hair coored free Of charge Try IMpE,T{I I
SOC. and 81 90 9 '''''
lMPERIAL HAIR REMOVER. harmless and EN-
WE HAVE no BRANCH OFFICES IN Ny.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-08
NOBLESSE OBLIGE.
rNDrGENT PEOPLE OF TITLE.

WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH THEM-A PROPOSAL
% ESTABLISH A FUND AND LEND CASTLES
Az INTERESTING SOCIAL PROBLEM.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-08
THE CHRONICLE OF ARTS.
EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER TOPICS.

NEW THINGS IN PRosPEcr-scULPruRE AT
THE EXHIBITION OF THE SOCIETY OF
AMERICAN ARTIsrs-MR SMITHS DRAW
INGs OF VENICE AND MR. BoGERTs
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-10-06
WASHING THE BUTTER.
Objees Of the Operation and the hest Way
Of Performing 1t.

Objees Of the Operation and tho best Way
Of Performing 1t.
The object Of washing is to remove
buttermilk and to firm the butter be-
fore removing it from the churn.
Whether it shall be washed or not, tho
butter maker and the tastes of custo-
mers must decide. 1t will depend y
little on the kind of butter made and
the kind Of workroom used. II . sep
arator il used and sweet cream butter
made whether salted or not) for daily
delivery. il is better to finish of with
. brine wash, using about one pint of
water for every pound of butter and a
quarter ounce Of salt for every pound
Of butter in the churn. The cover
should be replaced and the churn
turned dozen times by hand.
It II not we'll TO have the water be-
low dfty nor above fifty-eight degrees
It any season Of the year. The posi-
tion and temperature of the workroom
will decide the temperature of the
wash water. Some makers of farm
butter who raise cream in the old,
shallow pans, and by the deep-set can.
and work on ripened cream may have
accustomed their friends to unwashed
butter. In the creameries of Denmark
the practice Is mixed. but know Of no
makers of creamery butter in this
country who pack their buffers with
out At least one washing. - James
Cheesman, in Homestead.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-10-06

A recent publication criticises the
notion that - cat sucks away . child's
breath" This is merely IN expression
erroneous in its form Of . physiological
fact. All the felidae possess poisonous
breaths, intended by nature to act as
IN an@sthetic on their prey. II per.
SON cares to experiment by inhaling,
for instance. . cats breath, they can
easily realize the truth of this state
ment. Carefully watch q cat playing
with q captured mouse. You will dis
cover that the mouse does not suffer,
but is sort Of stupefied, as il by chloro-
form. In the Life of Livingstone" !"
written by himself, he states that once
when he was seized by = lion and his
arm broken, the crunching of the
broken arm gave him no pain, so be.
numbered were his senses by the ami
mails breath. A cat seeks the child.
its soft bed and the warmth Of it's
body, and lies down on the chest of the
infant. Its weight impedes respira-
tion, its breath anasthetizes the child,
and death follows. This circumstance
has actually occurred and medical rec
ords conclusively prove it--Brooxlyn
Standard-U u MON.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-10-06
AGRICULTURAL HINTS
ROAD IMPROVEMENT.

what Wise Legislation Has Done for the
State Of New jersey.
The road question, writes John Gil
mer Speed, in Harper's Weekly. il
very old one, and was aRitated by both
Washington and Hamilton In the carly
days of the republic. And 1t has con-
tinued to be an important question
eve. since. though at times 1t has
seemed. so far rs the general public
knew or cared, much moro dead than
alive When the national government
had shout been committed to the pol
icy Of improving the highways. as
postal and military roads, the railway
came into being, and for something
like q generation and half we heard
nothing about the common roads. The
iron tracks and the steam engine filled
full the minds Of the people, and the
common roads, that seemed on the eve
of . rescue FROM the neglect o. the
local authorities. were forgotten. and
were suffered to remain In q worse
neglect than before. But the extern
sion Of the railroads has emphasized
the importance Of good roads, for now
time is of more value than it formerly
was, and every intelligent tiller OF the
soil knows how all-important 1t 10 to
have his products In the market at the
right moment The recent awakening
to the Importance of better. roads Is
not due, however, to the farmers them
selves. Unurged they would probably
have slept on for another generation.
but the bicycle-riders Of tho country
became active and vigilant road in
spectors and critics. We owe to these
men and women q debt Of gratitude
for their outspoken and ceassless de-
nunciation of the miserable highways
which are the rule In this country.
The farmers At first did not take kind
ly to this criticism, and legislators
from purely agricultural sections were
either merry or angry at what they
considered the interference of mere
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-10-06
,IsH, La, SATURDAY, OCTOBER s, 1894.

ohis cost need not be exceeded. though
It Is safer, perhaps, for those who may
be inspired by the example Of Moores-
town, to estimate that . good road
twelve feet wide will cost $1,000 per
mile 1t Is true that twelve feet OF
width is not always necessary. Ten
feet does very well in most country
neighborhoods, and In the Moores.
town section the narrow nine feet Of
pavement answers every purpose
Now. what has been the effect Of
borhood OF Moorestown? The I'M
provements have been too recently
made to answer this question with en-.
tire deflnitness. but that there has been
IN appreciation in the value of all
property Is certain. For years past, ]
was told by men Of affairs Of the To-
cality, It has been most difficult to set
tie estates owning farming lands
where there was q necessity to sell.
No purchasers were forthcoming At
anything like adequate prices and the
lands had to be held by the executors.
Now there is no such difficulty, as
lands are in demand, aud in evexy di.
rection. even in these dull times, ara
to be seen the evidences of spirit of
improvement. Here there will be .
splendid mansion in process OF build
ing; across the way the shabby old
house that has done service for hun.
dred years and more Is being burbishod
up and put in repair; lawns even to
farm houses are rolled and shaved
with the lawn mower, while the hide
ous front fences which deform the
ordinary village are being taken down
rs fast IS intelligence can overcome
the obstinacy Of prejudice.
Garden county. which adjoins But.
lington, has also taken advantage 81
the state aid law, and nearly fourteen
miles Of Telford pavement have been
laid. These Camden county roads are
excellent. though not ss good rs mac
adam. and they probably cost more
money than they should have done;
but neither taxpayers nor assessed
property owners grumble. Here Is a
resume Of the cost Of the Camden cour.
ty Telford roads:
Church road IL feet wide, ~ miles
white Horse road. il feet wide. ~ -
miles long ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 40 N1la
Gloucester road. .lIfeet wide. s,l miles
long l0.SSIsl
Total .ai:s.e7i :,
States proportion ........e Ao7<7,l
County's proportion 49,. !0sS!0
Property owners proportion l2.SN. IL
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-10-06

The same result could probably have
been obtained for very much less
money. but Camden county is blessed
with boss man who owns a race
track 1T Gloucester, and also serves in
the legislature at Trenton.
Reference has been made to the un.
certainty that a farmer felt when he
sent on load to market as to when
his team would return with the usual
load of manure. Now the time of re
turn can be depended on with entire
confidence. while two horses and one
man do more than three times as
much work rs it used to take four
horses and two men to accomplish.
There is plain mathematical problem
that those who have any doubts rs to
the benefits to be derived from better
roads would do well to ponder over.
One farmer In the neighborhood Of
which have been writing told me that
he now got twice as much manure every
year for 500 less money. In the old
times a wagon weighing 300 pounds.
with four horses and two men, could
take two and q half tons Of produce to
market and bring back the same weight
Of manure In one dsy-if the team had
good luck and escaped getting stuck.
Now one man, with two horses in a
wagon weighing 1900 pounds. carries
four tons forth xnc back, and makes
the Journey twice.
There is another interesting and in.
structive mathematical problem to
solve. The last statement is made
with the authority of n prominent
farmer in Camden county, and Is the
result of his own experience under
previous and present conditions. A
wheelwright in Burlington county told
me that he is kept busy building larger
wagons. Formerly four-horse wagons
werc built to carry fifty fvc-eighth
bushel baskets Now he is building
two-horse wagons with . capacity
varying from ninety to one hundred
and twenty-five baskets of the same
size. These are facts that even dull
people can comprehend, and therefore
there Is no excuse, after these prac-
tical demonstrations of the benefits to
be derived from better roads, for any
sensible opposition. The social adj
vantages Of good roads are felt at once
that Improvements have been made,
and there are no more Jealous advo
Gates of road-betterment In Burling-
ton county than the city men residing
there, who personally have only Sec
ondary interest in the economic ad-
vantages. With n good hard stone
road to drive over, = man who starts
out on pleasure bent has a feeling of
assurance that he will get back home
in decent season-therefore he goes
where he pleases. With the old roads
the uncertainty of getting back made
him STAY 1T home.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-10-06
VEGETABLE WHISKY SHOP.


Gun Of Death That Lures tAo CnWaFy Mug
70 DestructSea.
The most curious Of these freak
plants is what is commonly called the
''whlsky shop" but which Is labelled
more scientifically the 'NepentheA" "
This plant receives its nourishment
through large bulbs, resembling over
grown pea pods, growing ON its stalks,
rather than through roots It il .
carnivorous plant, very gluttonous in
its appetite for flies and other unfor-
tunate members Of the bug family
which happen within its reach. The
pods are half full of intoxicating iiq-
uor, calculated to give any poor crawl
er the most horrible jag" Of his life.
and when the plant has its Ii
cense," the top Of the bulb closes
over, disclosing the enticing fluid
within and . sugared lining leading
down to it, which immediately attracts
the passing insect, who puts the fatal
cup to his lips and drinks until he falls
head over heels into the digestive
organs of the dreadful Nepenthes, and
NO matter whether he be . hard-shelled
beetle or . tender mosquito, he is
gobbled up, bones and all. On the nm
der side of some of the lids grow long,
sharp pins, which stab the unfortunate
bugs trying to escape, and on others
nature has paved the way to ruin by
laying out = sort Of boulevard, fenced
in on either side with . hedge Of thorns
which leads to the mouth Of the cup.
To prevent adulteration of the liquor,
the lids close when q rainstOrm Is up
pretended, ahording in the wonderful
plant barometer Is we'll Is curiosity.
indianapolis News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-10-06
SOULS OF SECLUDED SPOTS.


Dim Temples Haunted by the Myetlo
Spirit Which Outlasts All Ages.
The genius loci of the ancients is not
altogether a myth. A truer mysticism
than their mythology teaches us that
places retain for ages something of the
lives that have been lived in them, an
echo of the voices that have made them
musical, heeting shadow Of the men
and women who found in them their
happiness or their sorrow. Those who
have spent much time in secluded spots
learn to feel that lonely places have
souls; and the soul of place is indeed
its genius loci, its familiar spirit.
its peculiar essence, as real .
thing as the scent of rose or
the smell Of the sea- There are rose
gardens in the east that are fair with
the accumulated happiness of past gen.
erations. There are shady lick groves
in Italy wherein still dwells the silent
spirit of contemplation; perhaps tho
phantasms of tragic loves sigh out their
little day beneath the ancient trees. In
Italy, in Greece, in Asia, in distant In
dian glens, dim temples stand to this
day, haunted or blessed, perhaps by the
presence of that mystic spirit which
outlasts all ages And the market
place has its familiar genius also, the
busy center of the crowded city, the
broad thoroughfare of the great me-
tropolis, silent for a few hours under
the summer moonlight or the winter
rain. Old castles, too, deserted villages,
uninhabited homes of dead populations
all have wraiths, the ghosts Of what
they have been, silent to the many, but
more eloquent to the few than any hu-
man speech can ever be. And besides all
these, there are spots where nature has
never been nodded by man, where she
is sovereign and he is subject-lonely
places by the sea, great sunlit silences
where man has not dared to dwell be-
cause nature there would give him
nothing, nor was he able to take any
thing from her. And the spirit Of
those places is more lonely, and grander,
and mightier, than the genius loci of
the market-place, or Of the deserted
italian villa, 'where the red-star cracks
the speechless statues" or even Of the
shady cloister or Of the wind-swept
temples of banished gods. The song
of songs is still unwritten, though ma
lures music makes mans grandest
symphonies ridiculous, and sounds
night and morning in the ears of him
who has ears to hear.-MariOn Craw-
ford, in Century.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-10-06

A delicious summer drink is mar.. Of
water. chopped icc and orange sirup.
The sirup should I've made and bottled
when, oranges ar. plentiful and cheap
as follows: Sqncce,. the juice through
= sieve. and To every quar-. add .hrce
pounds of powdercs. sugar. little
grated peel and the juice .,f ono icaacn.
boil fifteen minutes. ,kienniny ccu-
stsntly and strain alter removing f,nn
tho fire. ii the s;-,;p j. not pr
fectly clear. Seal IL, Js.> i:se any pre-
served fruit This :. us.fn. for fi:,vnr.
ing buildings. icrr-rsm. md cus,ay-!s
IS well as to a':slsc 4 =oo.iNx dr;ak >.
Philsdelphis lscss. ;-.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-10-06
ANEW NAUTICAL VOCABULARY.


Addlelo0s Made by Young WomGA F1oo
'Eresh Water" Regions.
The yachtsman's vocabulary is lam
guage in itself, and the landsman often
runs afoul of it. He doesn't see why
one rope should be called a sheet. an
other . halyard, = third downhaul
and q forth = clcwline. One boat
owner, whose hospitable deck is trod.
den by many of his friends, has modi-
fed his terms to confirm with the sug-
gestions or mistakes Of his guests who
ere not expert sailors
For instance. one landlubber who
had gone below for a drink of water
was asked what he had done with the
cup.
81 hung it on the post he said, in
nocently.
Everyone roared at the idea that he
could be so green" rs not to know
what the mast was called, but on that
yacht the mast is now known rs "the
post"
A pretty girl from a ''fresh water"
district was responsible for another
nautical word. The strips of canvas
used in tying up the sails are called
stops. Some one wanted the stops and
could not dnd them for the instant.
'What are you looking for?" asked
the young woman.
81 am looking for tho stops They
were here little while ago"
1.-The stops? Oh, you mean the tspes
They're under this rug"
And now the sails are bound with
''tapes."
Another young woman from an In.
terror state had read enough nautical
stories to have caught a few phrases
here and there. For one thing, she
knew that ''hard tack" was q staple
article of diet at sea. On visit to tho
east this damsel went sailing. She was
anxious to learn, and when she heard
the man at the wheel say ''hard q lee.
she asked some questions, and found
out what it meant.
A little later the steersman said tho
yacht was going about. Some OF the
guests were paying no attention. and
seemed in danger Of being struck by
the boom rs it swept over to the other
sike Of the yacht.
Hard tack, hard tack!" cried out the
young woman, excitedly.
All managed to duck their heads In
time to escape the spar, If they didn't
know what the maiden meant by ''hard
tack" and another joke was added to
the yachts store Of them. N. Y. Trib'
une,