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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-07-13
Everv Hor,e Ite Own Doctor.

A striking instance Of animal i'm
stinct or horse sense" was recently
revealed by the actions of an old horse
owned by Henry Root, . prosperous
farmer OF -WissahickOn. Mr.. Roots
horse had been troubled for months
with rheumatism Of the entire body
and all the treatment OF learned
veterinarians failed to relieve the sui
fering animal. One day. upon being
turned into the meadow. the horse
paved up the loose earth with its hoof
and stopped down TO lick up the dirt
Almost Immediately the beneficial ct.
fects were noticeable and ever since
the srheumatic horse has taken hia
daily dose of mud TO the extent oi
nearly . half peck per day. He~is ii.
most entirely cured.-Philadelphia In
Quirer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-07-13
SENDING cAsLE MESSAGES.


fhD AeehQa 81 TFnaonleoso0 Ds9os0 ff0o
LaaA Service - Day frs0 Night.
The manner in which messages are
sent and received over The transatlan-
tic cables between this country and
America Is very different from that in
which kilograms are transmitted.
The two systems Of submarine and
overland telegraphy, although but two
departments Of the one sciences. and In
many ways closely connected, are yet
entirely different from the other.
Tie apparatus, the methods Of sig
Mailing. and even the teleRrsphic char.
acters that form the alphabet, sre alto
9ether dissimilar. and the most expert
land line operator would be as much
It Z loss in an attempt to send mes
saoe over the cable as would . lOc0mO-
tive engineer.
Instead Of the loud clatter and din.
and the incessant clicking OF brass
saunders, so familiar to everyone rs
the distinctive Characteristic OF tele-
graph office. there is in the cable ONCE
absolute silence. 10 far ~ the manipu-
lation of the instruments is concerned.
Instead of the message being ratified
noisily on the tongue of . brass
sounder into the ear Of the operator.
they are silently written by slender
mysterious finger ON . ribbon of white
paper, which passes quickly before his
eyes. The paper ribbon, which IS
about half IN inch wide, is unwound
from . roll and drawn by noiaeless
clockwork over . shelf-like desk In
front of the operator.
A delicate glass tube, NO thicker
than IN ordinary needle. and crooked
like . bent forefinger. which is sus-
pended between the poles Of large
upright magnet. moves nervously to
the right and left on the ribbon being
drawn beneath il. and traces in thin
line of blue ink characters that look
something like the markings ON
! barometer chart. or the quotation
board Of . stock broker.
II the comparatively clumsy instru-
ments used for land telegraphy were
used ON the Atlantic cables, scarcely
one word . minute could be trans
mitted, while with the recorder =
speed of from fifteen to twenty. Ave
words . minute is regularly main
tained.
The mirror, which is still used on
some cables, is the most delicate and
perfect telegraph instrument ever In
vented. 1t is simply small needle
suspended in = magnetic coil. delicate
and fragile as . feather caught in .
spiders web.
The needle is . piece Of watch
spring. three-eighths Of IN inch long-
suspended by = short thread Of ooeoon
silk. and having ! small piece Of siS-
vered glass affixed to it with shellac.
The whole thing weighs but one and Z
half grains
The instrument is placed in dark
room, and . ray Of light from lamp
is focused through lens on the mir
ror, and reflected back on to grsdu-
ated scale. The currents Of electricity
sent through the cable enter the mag.
netic coil, and cause the needle to be
detected from side to side, motions be
ing made to form telegraphic charac-
ters.
The minute vibrations are read on
by m operator, who calls ont each
word rs he receives it to copyist, US
ually in IN adjoining lighted room
Pearson's Weekly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-07-13

"Nhat, then, would become of these
poor fellows? They have been doing
it all their lives"
There is curious undertone OF dis
satisfaction touching Great Britain
among the colonists. They feel that
their best friends are the people
Of the United States, who
buy their products and pay well
for the privilege of few weeks
recreation. Great Britain, however.
looks upon the place merely as mill
tary station, and there is q probable
exaggerated notion that the queens
government would prefer to see fewer
Americans visit the Bermudas. The
soldiers dislike the group, and the sta
tion is sometimes used rs place OF
exile for disorderly regiments Some
visitors get the impression that . good
many of the officers are not exactly
the flower of the British army, and
while they are courted by many Amer
lean girls they are Stunned by others
and disapproved of by some parents
One finds in some of the simplest
Bermudan houses, evidently occupied
by persons of very small means, beau
tiful old mahogany furniture, heir
looms carefully treasured, but freely
used because there is no other furni-
ture in the house. When stress OF
weather or accident drives the stran-
ger to seek shelter In such houses, he
is received with the greatest courtesy.
This courtesy, from white and black,
delights and surprises the visitor.
There are kindly salutations wherever
one goes, and the people show the
softening influence on Britiah man
ners of long residence under southern
skies.
1t is said that many of the people
living on one of the smaller islands
have never visited the town of Hamil-
ton, though it is only few miles dis
tant by road; in fact, within easy walk
ing distance. No other place of like
population and topography is worse
of for public conveyances- The man
without his own conveyance must hire
. carriage or = boat. There is no street
car line and there are no regular line:
of water conveyance reaching all the
inhabited parts of the group Such
community in the United States woule
have . trolley line that would carry
passengers from one end of the grouI
to the other in less than two hours
There seems to be in the Bermuda
| somewhat of the British Indian preju
dice against the country born"-tha
| is. native whites that have not We
been sent abroad to be educated. A
any rate. young people are sent to En-
gland for that purpose very early upo1
the theory that the climate is un
wholesome for children. Infant MOI
tality is said to be large, and carefu
persons keep children bundled in fan
nels when they are out of doors, morn
ing or evening. The fannels are
necessity to persons of rheumatic ten
dency, whether children or adults.-N
Y. Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-07-13
A wise Young Ma.

That was very wise Cambridge
student of whom the London story.
tellers were talking some time ago.
One Of his college friends finding him
self without funds went to this Solo
mon of students to borrow He found
him in bed Seizing him by the shoul-
der he shook him.
Il say he said, ARE you asleep?-
..Why do you ask?a quericd ~
other, sleepily.
Il want to borrow 4 SOW ereign.s
Yes said the other, turning over
and closing his eyes. lin aslssps"-
Harper's Young Psopas-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-07-13
FARMER AND PLANTER.
FARM MANAGEMENT.

6Ons Cogent ObjectIons to Hle.and- -Aliss
Business Methods.
In these days OF sharp competition.
narrow margins Of profit. close calcu-
lation and the application of mathe-
matical accuracy to the conduct Of al
most all human occupation, it is as
tonishing that the business of farming
is still carried on in such . loose way.
In many cases it is largely guess
work.
Every merchant and manufacturer
knows that to escape bankruptcy he
must clearly observe business princi-
pies, and must at least keep &C
counts, simple perhaps, but complete
and accurate. On the contrary,
many farmers don't even keep = cash
account; they know how much money
is in the wallet. but beyond this their
financial affairs are very misty, and
the income and outgo judged only by
guessing. more or less shrewd. Yet
farming is business; indeed, it is the
business of the country. upon the gem
eral success of which all others depend.
The farmer is = manufacturer, and .
merchant, and much more. OF ali per-
sons he is the one who should conduct
his affairs on the strictest business
principles. The very fact that farm
ers who often utterly disregard funda-
mental business maxims and methods,
without utter ruin, is in itself the
strongest evidence that it is business
offering unusual security and . wide
margin OF profit when properly man
aged.
Every farmers boy knows all the
tables of weights and measures 'by
heart" but how little these are used on
the farm. Even the size of the farm
itself is = matter of uncertainty, de-
pendent upon an old and unverified
deed or the books of the assessor.
There is no accurate knowledge Of the
size of the various fields or their
actual product; it is all guess work.
The farmer gusses which COW gives the
most. and guesses which is losing
weight and which gaining, and guesses
which gives the most milk in a
year. and guesses which milk is
the richest, and SO guesses at the
merits and profits of all his stock,
with very little actual knowledge rs
to any, and making frequent serious
mistakes which are never known. And
in the house they guess the cream is
just warm enough to churn, and guess
it won't pay to become patrons of the
creamery. 1t is wonder that clocks
and watches are ever used in sucl,
places, instead of depending upon the
sun and guessing At the time Of the
dAy in cloudy weather.
A tape line, or = surveyors chain
in foot lengths is an inexpen-
sive article, and every farm should
have one and use it, that the
size of every field may be &C.
curatly measured and recorded, and the
exact average Of every crop known. no,
guessed ut. And to apply the ordinary
prudence and system to ones business
affairs, the farm equipment should in
clnde scales Of such capacity and va
riety as to enable . complete record oi
everything going into the barn o.
storehouse, and of everything con
sumed or sold. In place of estimate.
and rough guesses there should be Z
correct record Of almost every occur
renee on the farm which involves tim,
or quantity; product, purchase or sale
Southern Farm.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-07-13
ssrs ssgs.

It was in = geography lesson 70
Standard ]. in IN elementary school.
After speaking about boundaries Of
countries, the teacher said:
Now. suppose was in France
(pointing to that country and went
into Germany, how could ! tell when
had left France and entered Germany?7
One youngster, aged seven. immedi-
ately anAwered: "You would hear the
German bands. please.'-Lond0n Tit
Hits.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-07-13
AsA Gets HIN. Tee

Bobby-Ps, Is there any Office that,
has TO seek the man?
Pa-Yes, Bobby; the police Office
Judge.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-07-13

1T + right TO fast. but it is wrong
70 look leaR Rams Horn
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-11-28
MINERAL WORTH MILLIONS.
Very Rich Gold Mines Discovered at
~ Vancouver, b. C.

Very Rich Gold Mines Discovered at
~ Vancouver, b. C.
& SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. pa special
from Victoria, B. c., says that Van
couver, the terminus Of the Canadian
Pacific, has come to the front as rich
gold field. One quartz vein is said to
be the largest on record, being not less
than 80 feet wide. This property is one
Of the groups Of claims lately taken up
at the head Of Seymour creek by Benja-
min Springer, president of the Vancou-
yer board of trade, Henry Herring and
Postmaster Jonathan Miller, and is
less than ten miles from the latter's
office" Herring, who is the expert OF
the trio, has been quietly prospecting
ever since the first discovery of the first
gold vein about year ago, and now he
and his associates, are convinced they
have a mineral property worth many
millions,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-11-28
"A LIGHT CONTINENT.
WHAT HENRY m. STANLEY CALLS
THIS HEMISPHERE. 4. 5s H

Proud OF Boing an NJ. P.-His First Period
Of Real Rest Cansda Rediscovered.
Finds Fsult with our Railroads Our
Splendid BuildinEs. !, .s
Henry NJ. Stanley, once the greatest
Of newspaper correspond then first
among explorers and now q member Of
parliament in England, Is now on q
visit to America exploring the flight
continent" as he calls 1t. He looks in
splendid health. His cheeks are plump,
his eyes are bright, and his physique is
robust. The only traces Of his African
hardsbips are in his hair. It and Ills
mustache are white, ind only his eye
brows retain their original brown hue:
Asked ii he could imagine himself
going to Africa again, he said it was
possible that he might so upon a com
mercial errand, but as an explorer never
again. II have wife now" said he,
"and she has something-everything, in
fact-to say about that. - S,... -.
He had to attend parliament into the
hot autumn, and the extraordinary habit
parliament has of sitting up all night
wore on him, SO that he was glad to got
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-11-28
LUMBERMEN ARE STIRRING.
Preparations for tho Annual Harvest in
tho Woods. !;

Preparations for the Annual Harvest in
tho Woods. +;
MARsHF1ELD, Wis, Nov. 25.-Lum.
bermen are bestirring themselves pre-
paratory to their annual harvest in the
woods. The John Arpin Lumber COM
pany intends hauling by rail 5000, 900
feet of logs from the vicinity of Cedar
hurst to their mill at Arpin. The Hat
teberg Veneer company has con-
tracted for e4OO, 900, feet of hard wood
at point near Greenwood, and will
transport the same over the Wisconsin
Central to their plant here. The John
Stadt Lumber company Of Stratford has
commenced skidding logs under favor
able conditions. This company contem-
plates banking 1000, 900 feet this sea-
son. They are located in a fine hard
wood belt,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-11-28
SIGNED By MARTINEZ De CAMP0e

!. X Ii q VA
Reasons For Not Rccozn cling Cubans .
Bslligerents.
i NEW York, Nov. 25.-The World
publishes special cable from Santa
Clara, Cuba, signed by Martinez de
Campos, governor general Of Cuba.
General Campos says among other
things:
II think the Cuban belligerents' po-
sition at present gives them no claim on
the United States for recognition.
There is an active rebellion in Cuba,
but the insurgents hold no seaport, no
interior town. ..@ .fI<
"There are numerous villages named
on the map, which consist Of five or ten
huts. Sometimes the insurgents re-
main for period Of time in one Of
these hamlets. When I send column
Of troops to it, they disappear in the
wild, painless country that exists in the
only districts in which they operate.
Precedent Set by General Grant.
''The great North American soldier.
General Grant. ably covered the sub
ject Of the recognition Of the belliger-
ency Of the rebels in tho former revolu-
ton. He stated in public document,
with which am familiar, that there
was no ground for him to recognize
Cuban belligerency when the people
who sought recognition held no port or
town. . r.. 49, 49,. ...., -."s.. u
.'President Grant created q precedent,
and I hear now from Madrid that the
government does not anticipate any
overt acts Of any unfriendliness on the
part of the United States" g.;
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-11-28
W.. ~ Inoendiary Fire.

CoKATo, Mimi, Nov. @.-The stable
belonging to A. Holmgren, living about
10 miles southwest of this place, was
burned, together with three horses.
seven cows, farm machinery and feed.
che origin Of the fire was incendiary.
Marie Jensen Led the Strike.
New YoRx, Nov. 21.-Marie Jansen
led in strike at the Garrick theater
Wednesday night. The members Of
the Merry Countess" company claim
that they have not been paid 70 the past
month or more. The owners Of the
company, Miss Jansen claims, prom
ised &c pay back salaries Wednesday,
but they failed to appear and the strike
resulted.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-11-28
Tramns Killed a Comratle.

BE1o1r, Wis, Nov. 25.-A tramp
giving the name Of George Singer died
at the lookup from wounds inflicted by
companions, who claim he was trying,
while temporarily insane, to kill them.
Two tramps are arrested on the charge
of murder. All are believed to be hard
criminals
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-11-28
Failed to Kill Himself.

NEENAH, Wis, Nov. 25.-Fred Thalke,
80 years old, threw himself in front of q
Wisconsin Central train and received
serious injuries. The mans shoes were
jerked off by the force of the blow and
found on the opposite side of the track
from the body. Thalke and his wife
parted last spring, and she would not
allow him to i've brought home.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-11-28
Alask.'s Gold Output for 1895.

SEATTLE, WASH, Nov. 25.-Alaska's
gold output for 1896 is estimated by G..
II. Swinehart, editor Of the Alaska Min.
ing Record of Juneau to be So, 900, 00O
Of this amount fully $500, GOO has been
obtained from placer mining alone,
chiefly along the Yukon river. Mr.:
Swinehart says there are 10 mills, with
q total capacity Of 500 stamps, in opera
EiOn
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-11-28
John KLEIN g. 90
LARGEST and Most Complete
House Furnishing and Carpet
Els abishment in the Northwest

5 p. :. rs
When in want of anything in our line
please give US a call rs it has always been
our pride to prevent anyone from going to
the Twin Cities to buy ANYTHING q
as long as we sell the same goods for the same
prices and &@2~' .-..'. n
Pay THE FREIGHT
To Your Town!
We also have the largest and best stock
of Undertaking Supplies and are practlcai \
Embolmers.
Mankat0, Minnesota. /.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-11-28

New YORK, Nov. 21.-The cold wave
that has been general throughout the
West and Northwest for the past SO
hours has reached here. At IL O'Clock
the weather bureau reported q drop to
81 dogs. accompanied by breeze Of 4S
miles an hour from the northwest. -
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-11-28
Ordered - Railroad Sold.

MILWAUKEE, Nov. 2O.-Judge Sea.
man in the United States court granted
the application of the Farmers Loan
and Trust company of New York for a
decree ordering the sale Of the Green
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-11-28
To Build a County Jail.

~ To Build u County Jail. .-...
PRAIRIE DU CHEN, Wis. Nov. 20.-The
board of supervisors pissed q resolution
appropriating the sum Of 5000 to build
a new county Jail. The vote was IL to 2.
The state board of control condemned
the old jail nearly year ago. -
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-18

since July. 1894. and Charles B. Cogill,
clerk for the Comptroller. testified as to
the arrival of the furniture from Mullins
& Co. and the State then rested.
Judge Chancey H. Beasley. in open
the alleged conspiracy was entered into
in 1890, and is barred by the Statute of
Limitations. He also asked for insuruc-
tons to acquit Bernard J.. Ford. Us no
proof nor even a suspicion had been pre-
sented against him. Both motions were
Mr.. ~vredenburgh Immediately began
his address to the jury. He explained
the law governing the crime and said
t was not conspiracy to sell goods at
the ihlghest eiptainable prices. He
claimed there would have been no legal
Mullins n charged the State ten times
as much. as he had for the goods.
Ford. however. wa an officer of the
State. and if he permitted the State to
be swindled he is guilty not of conspiracy
but of embeZZlement. 1t had not been
thority to buy goods for the. State. nor
without the authority of the Governor,
had not even the right to buy a spittoon
for the State.
Ford, he said. assumed the duty to
endorse the bills as correct, and this act
was the only one which could be con
strued as criminal, but he claimed that
the stamping the bills correct" iii not
signify that they were "just and cor
A. R.. V%redenburgh the read the law
concerning the duties of the Comptroller
and claimed that it was that officials
duty to inquire into the value of the
goods delivered n that he had not been
miSled by Ford.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-18
O0LoRED LADIES ROBBED.
ssPos White Trasae Stole Their
wraps mt a R~echerche Cake w ak.

Mamie and Katie Stout, sisters, aged
sixteen and seventeen years, respective
ly, attended a cake walk at New Dur
ham on September "a. When the ~festivi-
ties ended several of the dusky bellies
who participated in it discovered hat
their wraps were missing. The follow
ing day Mamie Stout was seen by Will
lam Conway wearing a pair of shoes and
hat lost by Miss Ada See, a colored
lady. The Stout girls are white. They
were both arrested and were tried in the
Court of Sessions yesterday. They en-
deavored to place the blame on their
cousin. whose name is Mamie Stout also.
When the two girls were adjudged
guilty their mother created a scene by
going, into mysteries. She Rugged and
kissed her daughters and had to be car
ried from the court room. In sentence
ing the girls to the Industrial school
that you girls are entering upon a GRIM
inal life; not only that, but an immoral
life, and the Court is going to try and
redeem yo4 by sending yoo e the IN
opportunity to become better girls"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-18
POLICE RECORDS PROVE AN ALIBI
Moran Was in jail, the Day He Was
accused of Murder.

Michael Moran, known to the police of
this CITY as the tramp railroad burglar"
who has been wanted for the robberies
which terrorized the residents of subur-
ban towns during the summer is in Gus
tody. He has been located in the Jail
at Hackensack, where he is awaiting
trial on a charge of murder. The Hack
ensack authorities know him as Frank
Howard. They will doubtless feel dis
appointed when they learn that Chief of
Police Murphy Of this city is prepared
to show thai he was in Jail in this city
the day the murder IL is held for was
committed.
On July 26 a well-to-do resident of
Hackensack was sandbagged and robbed.
He died from the injuries. Michael Mo-
ran, alias Frank Howard, was arrested
for the crime. Prosecutor Stagg ana
his assistants have been collecting evil
dence against The prisoner and felt con-
ident. it is said, of securing a convic-
ton. For the purpose of getting How
ards police record, Detective McKenna
of Hackensack came to this city with a
picture of the prisoner. Sergeant Bat
tersby and Patrolman Mcclure after
looking at it said it was Mike Moran"
To MAKE the Identification positive the
officers were sent to Hackensack. The
prisoner at first denied that he was Mo-
ran, but finally admitted it.
Up to this time the Hackensack sleuth
thought the case against the prisoner was
being improved. He felt very sad, how
ever, when ChiefvMurphy produced the
bIotter of the Third precinct station
house and showed him that the day the
sandbagging crime was committed, Mo-
ran was in the County jail. He was ar
rested with George Inness. the self
confessed eader of the gang of thieves
who plundered the houses of Irvington,
Kearny, Arlington, Englewood, Harrison
n Morristown. They were detained at
the County Jail for thirty days and were
finally released because no evidence couiG
be obtained against them.
Moran is under indictmsht for the rob-
berries he took part in and as soon as
practicable will be turned over to the
Kearny authorities, who already have
Inness, by Prosecutor Stagg of Bergen
county. The Hackensack officials are
now more at sea than ever as to what
course to pursue in trying to find the
murderer of the old resident.