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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-07-27
FOR THE WOMAN CYCLlST.

Sugg cations That May Prove Of Great
Value to Her.
No less a person than an observant
physician offers word of well-meant
counsel to feminine cyclists.
livery other woman one meets,- he
says, towns or is saving for the pur-
chase Of a safety, exercise on which
there is none better to be found. The
wheel takes its rider into the open air,
where American. women can scracely
spend too much time. and anyhow will
notice. to their honor, how erect these
petticoa ted cyclists sit in their saddles,
q direct reproach to their hump-shoul-
iered brethren. But there is another
side to this picture. 1t is beginners
particularly who are tempted to for
get the virtues of taking things easily
and in their excited interest make tho
first mistakes.
mo woman. however strong or
eager to learn. should take = cycle
lesson over half an hour long, and she
should stop frequently in the course
OF it TO rest and pull some long
breaths. The girl who is not very
strong and the least bit uncertain rs
to the cause of her weakness will be
the happier and better for asking .
physicians advice before putting her
foot to the pedal. In ninety-nine cases
out of hundred he will send her At
once to the cycle school.
ut is the anemic, weak-l unged, mar
row w-chested, dyspcptic woman to
whom the bicycle is . very tonic, but
she, If having NO directions from .
doctor, must follow common sense in
her practice, and II in the first lesson
of half hour seems to have exhausted
her strength, should cut it in half.
taking fifteen minutes twice in one
day."
II possible learn to ride in ONE OF the
good cycle schools where one learns in
half the usual time and the instructor
shows a would-be wheel woman how
to use her strength ON the pedals Is to
save half the muscular effort . poorly.
taught person puts forth.
A great deal has been said as to what
constitutes the dress graceful and con-
venient for cycling, but little as to the
obee6 uc1ltu1ul. Now WuctucI = WO0>
an chooses to wear trousers, . short
skirt or long one, let her Be sure not
to have her stays tight. and il she is
slender and can afford the extra. ex-
penditure, use . buttoned corded waist
or . pair of short riding corsets in
place Of the long, heavily-boned stays
Of daily use. There 10 NO gain of grace
or beauty in small waist for bicycling.
but much danger TO Heart and diGss-
ton from . tightly-sased body whsa
wheeling.
A woman who rides much In aummer
ought to wear with her loose stays the
thinnest Of wool under vests. whjeh
slMorbs the moisture of the body. Pre-.
vents one from tskiAg eold, and b tAe
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-07-27
Conssrvine SOU AFo,sturs.
Prof. Roberts calls attention to ex

Prof. Roberts calls attention to ex
periments in soil tillage which show
that plants cultivated lIS inches deep
evaporated 1000 pounds less OF water
daily than plants having no cultiva-
tion. On q heavy clay soil this differ
ence amounted to 1000 pounds per day
per acre. On a light garden soil it
amounted to $500 pounds daily per
acre. Referring to the influence Of
salt and plaster on the evaporation Of
water from the soil, he says:
"A mixture of equal parts by weight
Of salt and plaster, applied to the land
at the rate Of 1000 pounds per acre,
conserved the moisture of the first four
inches to the amount of fifteen tons Of
water per acre; that is to say, the soil
which had been treated with this mix
ture contained, about two weeks after
the mixture had been sown, fifteen tons
of water per acre in the first four inches
more than the adjoining plats which
were not treated. This amount Of
water. it is true is not large, but il
was large enough during . drought,
when the experiments were conducted,
to furnish enough extra moisture to
the growing oats to be easily discerni-
BILE by the growth of the plant. There
is not the slightest doubt that week.
ly surface cultivation Of orchards.
from June until the last Of August.
greatly conserves the water in the
soil, while at the same time culture
sets free plant food, keeps the lower
strata of the soil cool and moist
Wherever the conditions do not forbid
surface cultivation it should be prac-
ticed extensively in orchards, for the
three-fold purpose of conserving moist
ure, preparing plant food and shading
that portion of the soil which is occu.
pied by the roots of growing plant.
Rural World.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-07-27
HERE AND THERE.

DO not expect that corn planted
upon wet. undrained land can hold its
own.
There are great quantities of beans
raised in this country. but not enough
to supply the demand.
A mixture of oats and cow peas,
ground together. forms an excellent
food for stock of all kinds We do not
use as much peas as we ought, either
for animal or human food.
AS people become more civilized.
and cultivate the intellect more, they
will eat less grease and more lean flesh
and vegetables and fruits Then it will
become necessary for beef producers,
mutton producers and pork producers
to govern themselves accordingly.
The first blowing OF corn is the
most important, and it should be done
with good Judgment and care. Subse.
quent plowings should be directed
mainly to keeping the surface soil
loose and clear of weeds and grass,
and should not be deep enough to dis
turb the feeding roots of the plant.
We believe in the efficacy of per
sistent industry, but many farmers
work SO hard with their hands that
they have neither time nor inclination
to do much thinking. and the result is.
that much OF the work is done at the
wrong time, at the wrong place. or in
the wrong way.
Might work is more trying to a
horse than q human. The man can, to
some extent, obviate the bad effects Of
late hours by various artifices: the
horse can not He may ba a. reason
able. but he 10 not as resourceful as ais
master.
1t is estimated by the British CON
sui 1t Buenos Ayres that the cost OF
producing bushel of whest in Argen.
tina does not exceed thirteen ccntA
The yield ranges from twelve to fifteen
bushels per acre, and the land can ba
had for IN annual rental Of forty cents
per sere.
No milking machine has yet been
invented which keeps the cow up tn
her now OF milk like the hands Al
sure as . machine Is depended on this
COW ceases to give her usnsl quantity
OF milk 10. whatsver h gained by ma,
chine milking IN couAtsrbalaueed "
~ lses n iajasy p ~ eew
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-07-27
MODEST.

brownstone house In town,
Al ieast four stories high
One mats been bought with cash nnid Aow>
NO mortgages. say L
also need q summer place
AT tNewport-Somethiny fine
sor II I'm In the social race
"a move in the front line
The vulgar herd is not for me:
In travel near and far,
much prefer. you know, to be
within my private car
VI course my purse must carry gold;
An income Id prefer
u. say. hundred thousand cold,
Al this I'D not demur
hundred head of horse or So
Some yachts. say three or four
Id be surrounded as 60
With menials galore
mats oil For nothing else sigh
Within this mundane xhirl;
III be content. you see. forI
Already have the girl
Tom Mason in Puck
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-07-27
AUSTRALIAN RIvALITies.
Changes Effected by the Introduction oi
Railways.

Change Effected BY the Intr0dluction Of
Railways.
As we look away from the cliff. dazcd
with color and drunk with ozone, the
eye rests gratefully on placid, undu
lating landscape spread out in varied
tints of green. Sleek horses are rolling
on verdant slopes that kiss the blue
waves; dark coral" trees, spreading
like cedars, crown the heights here and
there; while cleaning villas and cot
tages. clustered amid luxuriant foliage,
indefinably suggest . Normandy viii
lage. Down in the hollow lies the little
town proper, trim. white, about the
size of tablecloth. Yet the minia-
ture place has pretensions of its
own. and justifies them by sup
porting three doctors, seven dentists.
half dozen well-appointed hotels,
and an imposing post Office which is an
attempt at Italian architecture-all
tangible consequences of those great
expectations" which Kama and its
railway have so far failed to realize.
That railway was to have made the
fortune of the Kiamese.
they looked with profound disdain on
the tiny harbOr and diminutive steam
ers which had hitherto brought them
in contact with the outer world: they
proposed to cut q dash. become fash
ionable, and excite the envy of adjoin-
ing townsh. ps by their commercial
prosperity. Hitherto the prosperity
had been Of the quietly picturesque
order: fat farmers, jog-trotting down
the hillside on sleek nags, and leading
other horses, pannier-laden. deposited
pats of sweet butter and snowy eggs
on the Sydney steamer, and then, feel
ing that lie, with q bi-weekly packet to
rejoice over, was full of zest, gath
cred in groups to interview stray ar
rivals, and discuss city news-greatly
to the advantage of the obsequious
publican. But the railway was to
change all this; the railway was to
make kisma its terminus, to shower
daily papers and gay visitors on the
little town, and turn Sleepy Hollow
into = scene Of bustling activity.
As it happened. the railway did
nothing of the kind; it shot ahead to
its present terminus, Nowra, utterly
ignoring the rival claims of Sleepy
Hollow. The farmers ceased to amble
down with their market baskets, but
the visitors came not, nor the hustle.
and the day is far distant when the
Sydney paterfsmilias shall bring his
olive branches, with their spades and
pitchers, to the sore discomfort Of the
dreamy idler. Meanwhile Kiama
makes the most of its weekly auction,
where horses and buggies are sold ut
the foot of the lighthouse hill. and
of its one yearly dissipation, the agri.
cultural show held on the heights be-
hind the town.-Westminster Review.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-07-27
A Very smart lD0g.

"Speakin' of smart dogs" said Mr..
Stretchit. reminds me of q dog |
owned t'other year. That ere dog
knowed when it was Sunday. an went
to church reg'lar. an wouldn't chase
rabbit to save your life on that day il
one went skippin' by right under his
nose. He was the best rabbit dog in
the country, too. an loved sport amaz,
in'ly. He knowed God Save the Queen,
from Rule Britannia an would keep
time with his tail on the floor when
was playin' of 'em on my fiddle. That
pup could just do anything you told
him. never seed his equal. l was in
hopes Of teaching him to talk when he
met his death; he had already learned
to howl two or three tunes. an knowed
his alphabet But one mornin' the
poor pup was practicin' new trick he
intended to astonish us with. and come
to his death very unexpected. He was
behind the barn when it happened. I
seed him with my eyes curlin' his tail
over his back, an jumpin' through the
curl. In one Of his leaps he broke his
back and died."-London Paper.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-07-27
Count Eugene Zichy has sta

Count Eugene Zichy has started
from Vienna to discover the original
home Of the Magyars In Asia. He takes
with him philologist.a . historian. and
IN archeologist. The Magyars sp-
peared in Hungary in 800. and the
count hopes to hnd ont where they
came fTo@ before the ,oo0th anuiver.
aaTy.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-07-27
PEAS BETWEEN CORN ROWS.
A Valuable Salsidisry Crop That Deserves
More Attention.

A Valuable Subsidiary Crop That Deserve
More Attention.
If the farmers of the south would
universally adop: the plan of planting
or sowing peas between the rows of
corn, valuable subsidiary crop would
result and the fertility Of the soil be
better maintained by the protection
afforded by the vines from injurious
evaporation and washing. and by the
vegetable matter thus restored for the
amelioration OF the physical condition
of the soil, and amendment of the sup
ply of plant food available for succeed
ing crops.
If the rows are four or more feet
apart upon comparatively thin land
the hest plan is to plant . row Of peas
at the second plowing between the
rows. The third blowing will then
cultivate both peas and corn. II .
running variety ofpeas is thus planted
the vines will completely cover the
ground before frost, and produce from
four to eight bushels of peas per acre.
stored for winter feeding or may be
depastured by stock in the fall. In
the latter case they will be the means
Of carrying the stock into winter
quarters in fine condition. il they are
eaten by store stock, or those intended
for slaughter may be fattened upon
them.
Some prefer to drop the peas either
by the side Of the corn At the second
plowing or between the hills in the
row. If the rows are sufficiently wide
(and they should be upon thin uplands)
it is best to plant between the rows. II
the land is reasonably fertile the peas
may be sown broadcast before the
plows at the second plowing--one
bushel per acre. In this case no fur
ther cultivation OF the corn will be
necessary. since the peas will shade out
other vegetation. except perhaps chick
en- corn.
Since the corn roots occupy the land
quite fully before the peas come up,
they do not make rapid growth until
the corn approximates maturity, when
they develop very rapidly and soon oc-
eupy the ground.
AS we cultivate. the crop Of peas costs
nothing except one furrow in which to
plant them and the seed. In advance
the scrapes we open = shallow furrow
in the centers between the rows, drop
the seed and cover with the scrapes in
cultivating the corn. Try \ part Of
your corn crop in peas. and note the
benefit to the land as shown in the
crop which follows-SOuthern Farm.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-07-27

Henry Clay had voice Of mediam
strength. but Of singular purity. He
spoke with strong southern accent.
and In pleasant. sympathetic tons
that carried the andisnee with hiS
Srow The start
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-07-27

-Ooleridge was 20 absent minded
hat he Often paassd hia most intimate
friends IN ~ stlset without reeogais
- shsA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-07-27

"A good crop year ahould carry with
\ strict economy u esdss to resp tho
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-07-21
SITUATION IN THE COAL FIELDS.
1t is Generally Believed Most OF the Miner
Will Soon Resume Worn.

1t is Generally Believed Most OF the Miners
Will Soon Resume Worn.
The Bluefield Telegraph of yesterday
says: Thirsy-three companies were at
work yesterday and loaded total of 800
cars, an average of ten for each opera
ton.
The falling of was mostly with the
larger companies, which were charging
ovens and loading lump and nut coal
during the forenoon.
Since the reports went into circula-
ton that there would be conferences
embracing the whole field Saturday and
Sunday the operators are making less
effort to import new men, for there Is @
general belief that after this week the
miners will quite generally ask for
work, whether released from the
union or not. The operators are Civ
ing their old men all the chance they
can, and large proportion Of them can
get back ii they are ready to go to work
the fore part Of tho coming week.
Mr.. Cooper has steadily declined to
employ new men, and this accounts for
the slow progress at his operations. He
wants his old hands to have the work.
II they continue to hold out after next
week he will put on new force and get
the works into regular running order.
Conferences will be hold st various
points to-day and tomorrow. with a
view TO winding up the strike.
The Shawnee mine got a number of
It's old men back yesterday and came
to the scratch with six cars. Keystone
came up with four cars, Angola with
fifteen, Norfolk with twenty and 80 on.
Lawlees Ia still moving about the fold,
but he receives little attention and the
miners are going to take the matter of
rehuming work into their own hands.
they are in no way molesting the nom
union workers.
Goal and coke were loaded yesterday
90 follows: Southwest. 100 coal. 81 coke;
Browning, 10; Croker, AZ GOAL. II coke;
Upland. 90 ooal, coke; Houston, 90
coal, coke; Powhatan, 0 coal, coke,
Lynchburg, IL; Elk Ridge, 8; Algoms,
Is; Gillian, 1; Rolfe, l; Roanoke, 8;
Indian Ridge, 1; Arlington, j.; Green
brier, 2; Mcdowell, S; Norfolk, 90; Sha-
moktn, 2; Lick Branch, 10: Turkey Gap
+ 8; Mill Creek, 2; Caswell Creek, 6; Booth
Bowen, a; Buckeye. s; Goodwill, L
Louisville, S: Coaldale, 1: Empire, 4
keystone, 4; Pulaski Is coal. / coke
Eureka, 6; Seawnee, g.; Peerless, 3.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-07-21
Claim.itis Islackmnil

AsHEvILLE. N. G, July 2o.-A real
sensation in political circles occurred
here to day when it became known tn st
j. w. Starnes, nominee of citizens"
against the straightout Democratic
ticket in the State municipal election,
had been arrested for buying votes. Mr.
Starnes is Democrat. having repre-
sented that party in the Legislature OF
this State. He was at one time super.
and ia highly respected Christian gen.
tleman. Many denominste the arrest
as an outrage. Mr.. Starnes says II is 8
plain case of blackmail Two OF three ar
rested yesterday on this charge were
discharged TO. day In a preliminary
trial before the magistrate. Other in-
dictments will follow next week.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-07-21
n ! 4 :: w horfo|ksHeslerBaa RI.

SCHEDULE IN EFFECT MAY ~, 1898.
westbound Lenve Roanoke Daily.
$40 b. m. Washington snd Chattanooga
Nmited) for Bristol and the South and
West. Stops 1t principal stations west
OF Radford. Pullman sleepsrs to New
Orlesns and Memphis, dining oar at
tached.
o5 a. m. Tor Radford. Blueaeld ana
Pocahontas
LES p. n. the Chicago Express for Rad
ford, Blueield, Pocahontas, Kenova,
Cincinnati, Indianapolis, ST. Louis,
Kansas Uity, Columbus and Chicago.
Pullman Suret Sleeper Roanoke
TO Columbus. Also for Pulaski,
W?tbev.lle, Bristol, Knoxville. Chat
ianoogs ana intermediate points.
Sorth snd Esstbouud, Leave RoanoEn
Daily.
l:40 p. II. for Petersburg, Richmond
and Norfolk.
i:4o p. n. for Washington. Hagerstown,
Philadelphia and New York.
i040 p. IN. for Richmond and Norfolk
pullman sleeper Roanoke to Norfolk
and Lynchburg to Richmond.
SOS p. n. Washington and Chatts-
nooya limited) Tor Washington,
Hage.stown, Philadelphia and New
York. Pullman sleepers to Washing.
ion, Philadelphia and New v,rk VIA
Shenandoah Junction and BalAmore
end Ohio railroad. Stops only at
principal stations.
Durham Division-Leave Lynchburg
union station daily S:45 .. NJ. tor
South Rostol and Durham aud inter-
mediate utationn.
Winston S,len Divlslon-Leave Roa--
noke (Uniou station) daily 2:10 p. DC .
tor Re ky Mount, Martinsville. Win
btoD-Salem and intermediate stations
Fer all additional information apply
ticker omce or to W. B. BEVILL
tsneral Passenger Agent. Roanoke, Va,
M. r. BRAGG,
Travelling Passenger Agsc
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-07-21
Umbrellas

Just received 200 Ladies' UNI
brellas that we will sell at 25 per
cent cheaper than you can buy at
any other store.
A 26 inch fine gloria silk paragon
frame Umbrella you cannot buy any
where for less than $l.25, our prics
csc.
A 26 inch gloria silk, paragon
frame Umbrella with rubber or cell
luloid loop handles; price them any
where and you will be told. sl.39,
our price $1.25.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-07-21
FOREIGN GOSSIP.
--latest News of Interest From Across the
Ocean.

LONDON. July 20.-The many Amer
loan politiciaos here are deeply inter-
ested in the English elections. They
have been astonished at seeing laborers
driven to the polls in elegant eq uipages,
with coachmen and footmen In liverles,
and also amazed at the brutality dis
played by the English crowds 81 differ,
emit places.
For instance. as Lord and Lady
Mountmores we're entering their carr
rage at the Mile End road, after the
declaration of the poll. man rushed
forward, calling out: "She's the one
that done it," and struck Lady Mount
pores in the face with his flst, knock
ing her down. So great was the force
OF the blow that her ladyship remained
unconscious for some time.
Prince Francis Of Teck. whose reck-
less plunging on the turf had long been
notorious, has finally landed into a
scrape. Although he and his family
are poor he recently bet $4,000 to SIS
with a we'll known bookmaker on a
horse which was generally regarded as
an absolute certainty. But the horse
lost, and the prince was unable to pay.
A great scandal followed in olubdom
and finally the prince of Wales, the
duke Of York and prince Adolpus OF
duke of Westminster paid the $4,000
and Prince Francis will be sent to
India.
The salaries of the Marquis of Sails
bury's nineteen cabinet ministers
amounts to $4,000 pounds. a movement
10 on foot, headed by Andrew F. White
and other prominent Cornell men, to
get Trinity Hall, Cambridge. to enter
crew to compete in the race arranged
between Cornell and Harvard for 1895.
The prospects are that the efforts will
be successful.
Nat Goodwin started to-day upon a
five weeks bicycle tour OF England.
just before his departure Mr.. Good win
read the play I'm Missouri" to VIM.
ferries, who decided 1t unsuitable for
English production. Mr.. Goodwin sold:
II have given up all hope Of acting in
London. The English do not want
American acting and 1t ia the height Of
folly TO go against those wishes. Eng
land ia delightful place for Americans
to visit and spend money but not to act
| in"
Henry E. Abbey, who sails for New
York to-day, is also inclined to the same
| opinion as Goodwin. No American
manager has had such q thorough ex.
| perlsuce In London as MI Abbey and
| yet he declares that although he has
| been bringing attractions here for flf
teen years he is not much more than
even. If 1t had not been for Mary An
| derson's success he would have been GU
of pocket money.
Mr.. Croker's attention WAS called to 8
recent speculation in New York news
papers regarding the leadership of the
Tammany hall. He said: So far as
/ 10 IL
ership is necessary fer Tsmmsny Hall
to win. All that is necessary Ia to get
the tickets in the hands OF the voters
and Tammany can win single- hande d. !"
Although MIR. Dryer expec.s to sail for
home about the first of August, Mr..
Croker will wait to tros Sly Wllkns OF
| the Dublin horse show.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-07-21
THE DEFENDER VICTORIOUS.
Exciting Trial Race Betwoen the viEilant
and the New Yacht.

Exciting Trial Race Betwo cen the visilant
and the New Yacht.
NEW YORK, July 90 Defender has
met Vigilant and vanquished her, over
course OF fifteen miles to windward
and return in the same waters that cup
races will take place in September.
The course WAS one OF those kind
wherein Valkyrie III will meet the cup
defender aud that the Defender Is
clearly proven. The new boat not only
outpointed the old champion to re-
markable extent, but she outfooted her
as we'll when sailing to windward.
Moreover, on the run home before the
wind with Vigilant's center board hauled
up. she gained on the champion, an
advantage that her est enthusiastic
admirers did not anticipate.
The weather WAS about what is to be
exps cted during the season in which
the cup races are to take place. There
WAS good breezs OF from twelve to
fifteen knots an hour blowing through
out the day and the sea was smooth.
Taking everything into consideration
the trial was everything that could have
bsen asked for in its results II is be-
lieved that the Vigilans has been ims
proved from five to ten minutes over q
course Of thirty miles over her 1893
| form, and II this is the case the De.
fender must be marvel. About $40, OoC
was expended on the Vigilant to get
her ready for the trial.
On the run home IL looked as though
the Vigilant with centre board hauled
up WAS gaining, bu. the Defender went
over the line first by . minutes As sec
onds, having increased her lead on tha at
run by Al seconds.