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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-07-21

For a good black silk buy satin
duchesse or taffeta, with dotted de-
signs, at one dollar and = quarter to
three dollars yard, or bsngaline At
one dollar and q quarter up. Moire
antique in the large waves is very
stylish for accessories or entire gowns,
but it is heavy for the latter. and .
neeting fancy. besides being expensive.
Do not nay less than two dollars for it.
and it would be better to pay
three dollars Until this spring
it has always been imported. but
now domestic firm has sue
ceeded in making the piece goods
and ribbon in black. which may bring
down the very stiff prices The moire
Renaissance shows in colors . looking
glass or reflect ground, and figures
shaded in contrast. belonging to the
evening goods Of q high price. Black
waterproof japanese silk 10 cool for
summer wear for gowns or dust cloakss
and really sheds water. This IL tweu-
ty-four and twenty-seven inches wide.
like all Japanese silks, and from
eighty-five cents tO one dollar and =
quarter. Ladies Home Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-07-21

One Of the oldest seats of learning
in Europe. the University of valladc.
lid. celebrated recently its sixth cen.
tennial as an established university.
In 1898 King SAucho ". of CASTLE and
Leon gave charter To this school. Isut
It had been in existence long bc.s,ry the
Christian erA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-07-21
FARM PHILOSOPHY.

TIE short road 70 wealth y ssldon
safe TO travel
Nor every man he's the strength -
lift . farm mortgage
RHClPnocArR the milk Of kline with
the milk Of human kindnsaA
A CEMENT Aoor in your poultry house
will prove . good investment
SoME isrmeys are hard run beeause
their wives have forgotten how 70
patch.
Sons church people enjoy - msstr
ing 70 poorly ~ meeting The payment
Of debt
On. for some kind Of felt boot 10 pat
on mems hsaFts TO keep thea fron
freezing!
A LOOK into tie swill pail viii Often
reveal the rsason why some nortgagn
are fosscloeed
Hs that works always With his
hands and never With his beain, VIII
ever Be . poor man.
IN. man who never speaks gently
70 his hoesss h the sams man wh0nevor
speaks kindly 70 his wife Or 70 his
children AgEiculturisG
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-07-21
FARM AND GARDEN.
CHEAP FARM BARN.

Hullt In Nebraska ut . Cost ef About Eight
Hundlrea 1lollsrs
Our illustration u of . cheap Nebras-
ka farm barn. II Is "a feet wide, ~
feet long. and 10 feet from the ground
to the eaveA The cut in the upper part
Of the illustration shows the elevation
and the general appearance OF the
structure. The lower cut represents
the ground plan. q is large granary
running the full length Of the barn and
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-07-21

Johnny-What made you run away
from Bill Slutthers! You was afraid of
him, that's what's the matter.
Tommy-No. I wasn't neither. II
we'd fought. I'D Z. licked him. and theE
my mad licked me. ThaG's what /
run away for, so!-Boston Transcript.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-07-21
IMPROVE THE FLOCK.

LAohs fer Bresasrs.
As the improvement Of the dock can
be better made from within than BY
giving the sole attention to bringing
new blood from without. It will bs
very important 70 select the best
lambs, both Of rams and ewes. for
breederA The selection should b
made chiefly In reference 70 the pur-
poses for which the dock Is kept and
strength Of constitution, rapidity Of
growth, size. tepdsncy to tat; Aneness,
length or quality Of wool, and pro-
lificness and certainty Of breeding, in
the parents - well - % far - can be
judged OF, in the lambs themselves,
should be made the tests by which the
selection Il detsrmined II the pro-
duction Of early lambs for market II
the. object, the produce OF those ewes
which bring single lambs Of large size
Ind quick growth will be chosen to in
crease the flock; II the production Of
mutton sheep. then those lambs from
ewes which drop twins and are good
nurses ought to be kept; and IL wool Of
any particular kind II desired. then the
selection should be made chiefly in
reference to that On NO account
should weakly lambs. or those ewes
which are poor nurses. or fail to breed.
or which exhibit tenderness of consti-
tuition, or are wanderers. or Of uneasy.
restless dispositions. be retained; but
such Improbable animals should b
closely weeded out and fattened for
sale or slaughter. The choice Of ram
lambs Is Of chief Importance; for the
influence Of theram runs through the
hock. while that of the eve is con-
lined to her produce alone. To select
Q lamb for . stock ram i . matter re-
quiring = knowledge Of tho principles
of breeding and some tact and expert
ence. The latter qualifications can
not be scquired from books, but must
be gained BY practica-Farmers'
Voice
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-07-21

Strength 10 mot al that Is required in
. work h0rsA One that has . fast
walking gait aud moves OF rapidly
with load will always be in demand.
There il . large field open for the in
PRODUCTION Of breed Of fast walkers.
with pedigrees that permit Of tracing
them 70 selected families Size will al
% be desirable, but size can also BE-
occurred 1t the came time. Some draft
horses are too slow and clumsy for gen
eral work.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-07-21
OLD eARANoFF CASTLE.

An Alaskan stroaghold That Was the
Scene Of Many Festivities.
Baranoff castle was in Sitka, and
was built upon an emineuce command
ing IN excellent view of the town and
harbor. In appearance it bore no re.
semblance to . castle, but looked very
much like country hotel.
BaranofR castle, and the island upon
which it was built, derived its name
from the Russian governor Baranoff,
who, in the early part of the century,
lived there and ruled the people with
= tyranny similar to that enforced in
Siberia
Under Barano6's rule and that of his
predecessors the island and the old cas-
tie were the scenes of many contests
for supremacy. rs we'll as festivities, in
which persons Of royal blood partici-
pated.
The governorship Of that portion Of
all Russia was considered great re-
ward. and in turn many mobiles ruled
and were provided with plenty to make
their life one of luxury. The old ban
quet hail of the castle was the scene of
many entertainments given in extrava-
CANT style in honor Of visiting celebri-
ties.
Twenty years ago Lady Franklin,
then eighty years old, visited the is
land. searching for some trace Of her
missing husband, Sir John. william
H. Seward, upon his retirement rs Sec
retsry of state. also spent several days
upon the island, viewing with his own
eyes the great territory which through
his and Senator Charles Summers ei-
forts secured for this country by peace
able means
It the fall of 1857 many noted per-
sonages stood upon the balcony of the
old castle, and witnessed the replac-
ing of the eagles of the czar with the
Stars and Stripes. BY that act Eve
hundred and eighty thousand square
miles Of territory became the property
of the United States, the consideration
being two cents per scre.-Ssn Fran.
cisco Chronicle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-07-21

Grandpa Ito little Mabel. who has ~
tended church for the first time)-And
how did you like the services. my dear?
Msbel-Oh, very well. The music
was nice; and they had relteshme ats
Judge.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-07-21

cared little more than for the headaches
and burning eyes that followed her
long nights OF reading. Each ster
brought her net.rer Ferris level. and
some day when they met once moro he
would be surprised, and proud OF hex
Improvement II nc had loved her In
the old days. even while she WAS ig-
norant. what would he think of her
now?
Spring came again, and summer. A
travel-sts,ned theatr;cal troupe boarded
q Il. L O. train. taGing almost com.
plete possession of oNe of the cara A
pale girl came down the aisle, and, e
she passed . man rose and, with . half.
doubtful look, stopped her.
Excuse me-" he said. ''but-you are
Marguerite Gray. aren't you: You have
changed so much that was not sure at
first"
The m6u was FerriA and Marguerite
Gray felt the blood surge to her face ~
the sudden joy Of seeing him. So they
had met at last, and now they need
never part again.
Won't you sit here?" he went on.
I'VE have time for . good. long talk.
I'm going as far Is Baltimore"
WY, 40 are we." said the girl. I'VE
come. won't you?'
'Thaaks. :. answered Ferris. . little
embarrassed. as thought struck him
"But { never 20 to the theater nova
days-except with NY wife"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-07-21
LEPROSY IN NORTH AMERICA.
Cases which Tend to Show the Liability
to C00tagioo.

C0oeO " 01c0 Ie00 TO SNOW t00 k1oOe11ty
to Contagioa.
In North America, leprosy seems to
have acquired such Small hold that
the limited number of cases which
have occurred there are we'll suited 20
study this question of contagion. !
extract notes of few of these cases
from . book which I have recently
published, and to which refer for fur
ther details of these and many other
cases.
In July, 1878. DR.. Robe ian authori-
" on the slbject) stated that there
were only three cases of leprosy in
Maryland. Two Of these cases had
the following relation to each other: A
man named Brown. in Baltimore, was
leper. His next door neighbor, = ma--
ried woman with . large family, and
whose husband was in good health.
became . leper. She had been some
years in the neighborhood, and the
families were intimate.
At one time there were some lepers
in Louisiana, but they have almost en-
tirely disappeared. In 1850 = Mime.
Ourblanc, whose father came from the
south Of France, developed leprosy.
She died in 1870, leaving four sons and
two daughters The first. second and
fourth sons and daughter became
lepers. They had all lived with the
mother. A nephew, who lived IN the
neighborhood, and q young woman not
related to the family, who had nursed
the mother. became leprous. rs we'll
as young man, also not related. who
had often slept with the fourth SON. in
1875.
Since 1920 there has been q small
leper colony in New Brunswick. which
frst appeared in that year in the per.
son of certain Crsule Landry. From
that case the disease extended, and il
1888 there were in the lazaretto twen-
ty-four leper patients These cases
have been referred to in most recent
works on leprosy. The brief account
which have given in my book is taken
from a paper by DIR. Graham, Of Toron-
TO. a reliable authority. which was
published in 1855. I can not refer ut
greater length to the circumstances
here. but have, in the work referred
to, shown how, in New Brunswick, en-
demic influences and heredity must be
excluded, and note the frequent mem
ton Of the fact that leprosy developed
in healthy individuals after they had
slept with leperx Re-
view.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-07-21
A Noble Ain.

Parker Poor old Brownley! He's be-
come insane, hear, working at that
telephone invention.
Barker-Whst was ne trying to in
vent?
Parker-A device for preventing peo-
pie from calling you up when you don't
want to talk with them.-Puck.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-07-21

"That man must be terrible mur,
derer."
'.What makes you think that
why. he has had dozen bouquets
ent in tod ". Judge
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-07-21

tCopyr;Rht, 1894. by
the Author.
ICK FER RIS. of
the Goth am
Planet. was in
the W o1t of
hu m ora He
: was . newspa-
per man, and
used to assign
ments of all
sorts; but the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-07-21

One hears . new story every now
and then to illustrate how IN author's
fame may be held in . state Of sus-
pended animation BY the magazines
One of the most notable recent maga-
zine stories, perhsps on the whole It,
authors best literary work. was pub
lishsd ct least three years after il was
accepted and paid for. II was N essay
in . style of writing hitherto unat-
tempted BY the author. and whatever
repata&ina shall aoerue to hiA from
success IN . di@eultt undertaking has
besa postponed while the story lay
plgeoaholed- The daring originality
of The conception doubtless acc0UAta
:or ~ delay Il pablieatioa
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-07-21
Accident, WIN Bsppea.

That's the most lifelike wax figure
! ever saw" said somebody in the
crowd that had gathered in front Of
the display window. 1T winks its
eyes"
1T has genuine eye-lashes. too" }" said
another.
Its hair is jute." )" observed third.
'Jute nothing! That's real hair.
But its mouth il too large and its
cheeks are . little too red. They al.
ways overdo il when they attempt to
initiate nature"
Its . good imitation" said IN old
gentleman. surveying the figure exit
iczlly through his glass; ''the best I
ever saw. But the movement of the
eyes is too mechanical. and one Of them
Is trihe ont Of focus"
At this juncture the wax figure, after
. brief preliminary paroxysm. sneezed
violently. and the procession moved on.
Chicago Tribune.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-10-27
Interesting Correspondence.

Mining superintendent Randolph re-
Gently received Il petition, quite
numerously and respectfully signed,
asking HIM to re-employ the miners at
Ocean who lost their places last spring
by listening to the tales of woe told by
the strange gods of the Knights of
Labor sent here by the United Mine
American Workers.
The Homecoming detachment of the
memorial began with the name of j.
J. Bell the Frostburg paper with the
name of Joseph Bear.
The JOURNAL has been permitted to
copy both the memorial and Mr.. Ran
dolph's reply. as follows:
b. S. RANDOLPH Esq, General Superntend-
ent of Consolidation Coal Company:
Dear Sir-We, the undersigned citizens Of
Allegany county, recognize the critical con-
dition of affairs existing among the unem-
ployed of your former employees, and deem
it our duty to ask you in the name of human
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-10-27

is due is anytime after the courage and
wisdom of official conduct is verified
by the results. Indeed, it cannot be
done eract1y at the time, because the
public cannot fully knoD the exigencies
arising nor the policies devised to
meet them.
The Ne,oS' remark implies, too, that
some change of circumstances make
reference to the matter inexpedient at
this time.
But with that the JOURNAL has no
concern.
Honor and shame from no condition rise
Act weH your part-there all the honor lies.
It was the JOURNALS first unsought
opportunity to do what had not been
done before at anytime by anybody, and
it used it.
SO all justification of the officers
while the delirium of suspension was
rampant would have been whistling
against the wind.
Hence, any attempt that ever was
made at at any time, proper or i'm
proper, to ''induce'' it to defend Messrs.
Sloan and King must be still Turk
ing unexpended in the Ne,cs' vivid
Imagination.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-10-27
What One Cent Did.

The growing end" of Frostburg is
IN ferment.
A prominent citizen down there
sued the town for neglect of duty in
not passing an ordinance compelling
him to keep his gutter clean, and he
won one cent damages.
Under the moral scare occasioned by
that one cent, Council passed the
needed ordinance, compelling, not
only the prominent citizen but his
nelghbers on higher ground, to tear
up old cutters, curbs and pavements,
and re lay them in accordance with a
grade warrante d to make cutters self
cleansing. The first of these has been
completed. The JOURNAL viewed it
Thursday evening after nightfall
Under the sad, uncertain flicker of the
too widely separared ares the new
gutter appears to be prismed chasm
apparently three feet deep. Instead
of being "a thing of beauty and a joy
forever it promises 20 grow in depth
and danger, and by the time it reaches
the gentleman whose premises won the
cent it will be ten feet deep aud
deadly menace to the limb of beast and
life of man.
Seeing the situation, number of the
residents on higher ground decline to
take up their pavements, curbs and
cutters.
Meanwhile, what is to be done
The gutter is pretty, but it is sure to
turn out naughty.
If it could be turned across the street
and covered, it would make the cutest
culvert in town.
Later-Joe Bear contemplates erect
ing a danger-sign at each end of his
pavement:
Look OUT For GUTTER.
Don't fall in-you'll not be able to holler
for help.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-10-27
To BE Divided.

Judge Stake has appointed MessrS.
Joshua johnson, Bernard Stern, ID. j.
Betz, Marx Win land and George G..
Townsend commissioners to lay off
the dover of Lydia Paynei in and to the
lands and tenements of Peter Payne,
deceased. AS soon as the commission
ers have made their report to the court
and the same is ratified, the trustees
will offer at public sale the balance of
the real estate, consisting of seve al
valuable properties located on Union
street. The application for the di-
vision was made by DeWarren H.
Reynolds and David w. Sloan. trus-
tees, in the case of Laura Parker and
Amos F. Parker rs. Lydia Payne et
al, No. 1913 Equity.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-10-27
Married

In St. Michael's church, Tuesday
morning, October %, 1891, by Rev.
S. J Clarke, Miss Ellen Murray to
Mr.. James Cain, both of Vale Summit.
Miss Mary Mossfeld, of Homecoming.
and William Murray, brother of the
bride. were the attendants. Mr.. and
Mrs. Murray are in the west making
their bridal tour.
Miss Juno Thomas, of Washington,
D. c., was married to DR.. William G..
Hooking, of Duquesne. Pa, at the lat
ter place Thursday evening, October
%, 1891. The doctor and his bride
are guests of the formers parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. H. Hooking, of
this place. N. 7. Hooking, brother
of the groom, attended the wedding.
There are few more promising young
men than the doctor, and the JOUR
NAL wishes him and his abundant
success and happiness.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-10-27
CORRESPONDENTS.
4 Valuable Suggestion.
FRosTBURG, MD, Oct. %, 1891.


FRosTBURG, MD, Oct. %, 1894.
To the MINING JOURNAL,
The town Council should go in body
and view that very fine piece of
thoroughfare known as depot road
from Union street down to railroad
station. After doing so they will be
obliged to confess its superior points
as a specimen of good ad-making.
Broadway, from Percy's corner to
Public school No. |, is not much longer,
and certainly not so wide street as
depot road"
Now, the suggestion | wish to make
ls-that Council shape up that street a
little and have a layer of that same
material put on Broadway. Certainly
there is no street in the whole town
more neglected, both in attention to
street and pavements in some parts.
Let the JOURNAL keep up its fire on
Council until something is done.
Next June, when the Firemen's con-
vention meets here. Il great many
people are expected here. In anticipa-
ton of that important event, the
streets ought to be put in the best
possible condition, so as to give good
impression to the visitors to carry
home and circulate among acquaint-
ances.
East Main street has made good
start by taking up and relaying their
pavements according to the establish
ed grade.
One of the peculiar things about
Frostburg one finds is-that the further
he goes out of the town, the better
pavements he finds, Surely such II
thing ought not to exist i'll Il town of
its size. RESIDENT.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-10-27

it there, nor is it to be found in Herndon's
biography.
Then the Post goes to illustrating:
What Mr.. Lincoln is reported to have said
in this paragraph is not true When we buy
a ton of iron abroad we do not pay for ii ,cith
money. We pay for it with goods, the
products of our labor. II is only the balance
| Of trade that is settled wiM money. Sometimes
this balance is for us and sometimes it is
against us. Therefore, the real question is
whether we get more for the products of our
labor by buying a particular thing abroad
than we could by making it at home. Of
course this glib paragraph Is equally APP
plicable to all other articles of import as to
iron. Let us see how it would read as to
some of the others:
If the United States has SO and needs a
chest of tea and buys it in China, it has the
chest of tea but it has parted with the
money. If that sum Of money is spent for
chest of tea grown in this country, then we
have both the tea and the $40.
The growing of tea in this country is only
matter of expense. The same may be said
of coffee. 1t is only question Of lighthouses
and labor.
Then the Post makes its argument
conclusive by quitting itself in the
other fellows place."
This principle Is equally applicable to other
countries also. We have no patent on it.
British philosophers might say, and in fact
did say before the repeal of the corn laws:
If Great Britain has el0 and needs ton of
wheat and buys it in America, it has the ton
of wheat, but has parted with the money
If that sum of money is spent for ton OF
wheat grown in this country, then we have
both the wheat and the go.
Its poor rule that doesn't work
both ways" And the rule laid down
In that plausible paragraph for this
country has driven Great Britain to
raising its own wheat in India and
developed the cereal fruitfulness of
Argentina.
But the Post concludes
In short, the idea embodied in the para
graph quoted would put an end to commerce
and tie up all mercantile shipping in the
world. 1t would show that mankind, from
the dawn Of history till now, has been labor
ing under tremendous delusion on the
subject of trade, and that the great COM
mercial cities of the world-Tyre, Carthage,
Venice, Amsterdam, London and New York,
were and are making great mistake in not
filling up their harbors and stopping all
ingress and egress, except, perhaps, for
passengers with the very smallest allowance
of baggage.
1t is more than likely, therefore, that
the gentlemen who are aseribing
the authorship of that mercenary and
infeasible proposition to Mr.. Lincoln
are doing the memory of a great and
good man an unconscious but colossal
injustice.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-10-27
TOWN AND VICINITY
Coming Events.

An exhibition Of living pictures
will be made at Ravenscraft's Opera
House Tuesday evening, October 30.
Proceeds will benefit the First Baptist
church, Rev. Henry Thomas, pastor.
C. o. Towles, artist, will arrange the
pictures, which, severally and collect
lively, are very pretty. Other new
features will be presented. All are
expected 20 attend. There is more in
formation in "New Business Local"
elsewhere printed.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-10-27
COUNTY NEWS.

Don { I;
for help!

Some time ago "Philip's Boy" told
Col. John Williams Avirett that the
Cumberland Times had two elephants
on its hands in the shape of poets, both
named "Charlie.' And now Avirett
seems to have three to contend with,
the boy" himself blossoming into a
bard in Thursdays AUeganian. In
proof whereof see ''there's tidal wave
a-coming," IA lyric of two stanzas and
six commissions. Wellington demo-
Gratis think it the worst thing that has
come out since they took the oath.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-10-27

Miss Grace H. Dando, teacher at
Piney Grove, Md, is at home, her
school having closed temporarily on
account of the prevalence of typhoid
fever.
Miss Fannie A Dixon, of Iona
coming, is the guest of Miss Jennie
Scott.
Miss Nellie Deetz, of Cumberland,
is visiting Miss Sarah + Dando.
Miss Amelia Phillips. of Cum Der
land, is visiting Miss Edith Spill.