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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-05-30

MISCELLANEOUS ,rEMs.

Alabama has % national banks
with a combined capital Of $3,694. 900.
The state banks number IL.
All the members Of the Vanceboro
(Ne.) board of health arc quarantined
on account of scarlet fever in their fam
lilies.
OF the eighteen peoplc who died
1T Norwich, VT, during 1895 ten were
more than t3 years old. and Of these
ten five were more than 90 years old.
"A box of earth has been sent from
the grave Of Gen. Lafayette to the
Daughters Of the American Republic
at San Francisco, in which to plaEt .
tree of liberty.
"A hunter in Bracken county, ky.,
last week cut down tree to get at .
'possum, and when the tree came down
he found it contained four 'possums.
two coons. five young squirrels and
about 100 pounds of honey.
An authority on deaf-mutes says
that the ratio of dcaf-mutes to hear
ing is about one to each 1900. accord
ing to which there are about 10000
such persons in the United States and
about 1.NO0, 600 in the worlds entire
population.
The oldest postmaster in New
England. in point of continuous serv-
ice, is believed to be Samue; S. Fuller,
of Mansfield, Conn. He has been post
master in that place during the past
As years. He is q democrat. but his
place has never been threatened by
political considerations.
The Norwegians are supposed to
have been the first who attempted the
perilous enterprise of killing the
whale. The Biscayans engaged in 9
regular whale fishery in the twelfth
century, but the whales then caught
were of a small size and were employed
as food. Whalebone appears to havs
been then used for the first time.
The boundary line between Cana
da and the United States is marked
with posts at mile intervals for great
part of its length. Cairns. eartf
mounds and timber posts are also used
and through the forests and swamp:
line rod wide, clear of trees and un
derwood. has been cut. Across ths
lake artificial islands have been Pu
to support the cairns, which rise about
eight feet above the high water mark
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-05-30

Prof. Wilder. Of Cornell university,
Il the founder Of the most unique asso-
ciation In the world. It in known -
ssThe Cornell Brain Association" ," and II
seeks to induce educated and eminent
persons to bequeath At death their
brains for scientific examination for
the benefit Of mankind. Up to date
eight brains have been secured and 25
peFsons Of note have promised the 90
eiety their brains when the owners have
10 further use for them. Among these
Is are Mrs. NcGee. daughter Of Simon
Newcomb, the astronomer. and Rev.
Thomas X. Beecher, Of Elmira. Blank
forms Of bequest ore constantly sent
out. with circulars explaining the cb-
jects. to the mem aud women who are
acknowledged leaders in the literary.
artistic and scientific world.-C Chicago
Inter Ocean.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-05-30
A HISTORIC BUILDING.
The Old Post Once at Charleston Ha
Seen Famous Men.

AA00
Seen Famous Men.
among the quaint old structures of
Charleston our old post Office build
ing takes the lead in historic interest," y
said Mr.. James S. Murdock, a leading
wholesale merchant of the Carolina me-
tropolis. Mr.. Murdock is here with a
delegation of his townsmen to ask con-
gress to make a modest appropriation
so as to donate the aforesaid antiqu.
edifice to the city.
"Thc old post Office" said he, twas
Luilt of brick imported from England
in 1867 under the direction of u COM
mittee of the colonial assembly. Its
leading members were John Rutiedge.
Henry Laurens and Thomas Lynch.
who later took prominent part in the
formation of the republic, aud whose
names will be found among the signers
Of the Declaration of Independence.
During the occupation of Charleston by
the British it was used as n prison. and
between GO and 20 Of the best citizens
were confined there before their re-
moval to St. Augustine. Fla. In the
number was Col. Isaac Haynes, of the
celebrated family of that name. In
revenge for the execution Of Maj. Andre
Haynes was taken out from prison and
suffered the death penalty by orders oi
Col. Balfour, then in command, with
out the formality of trial.
I'm 1890, when Gen. Washington Wis
tied Charleston, it was the same old
building that he was entertained. and
splendid ball was given in his homo,
by the wealthy planters of the state
cooperating with the town people
With such historic associations sur.
rounding 1t our people naturally take
q deep interest in their old post Office
and the idea is to keep it in its orig
inal condition as sacred memento Ol
tle Dast st".WaShinvtOn Post
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-05-30
SPRING WRAPS.

Capee and Jackets WIN Roth Be W0sn.
with the Latter In the Lead.
1t is too early for genuine novelties in
spring wraps which can be accepted as
the reigning style Of the season. but q
few models which are at least new may
serve as suggestions Of things to come
Capes and jackets will both be worn
and the latter, cut with loose fronts and
sack back. seem destined to lead the
styles in coats. They are made In
smooth-faced cloths and in velvet a
well, when the yoke is usually trimmed
with Jet. The plated back il much
more graceful than the straight cut
and the yoke Of the velvet coat is COW
cred with colored silk passementerie
while accordion-plaited chiffon forms
the epaulets and full neck ruche.
Another coat of black cloth is slightly
curved at the side seam TO At in to the
figure, and the fullness In arranged In
two decided box plaits. The epauleta
are Of white satin. closely beaded with
black. Capes are cut reasonably ful
and more sloping ON the shoulder t.
hang gracefully over the dropping
sleeves, and finished at the neck with ,
ruche Of ribbon and chiffon, unless
made Of cloth, when they have higl
standing collar. One model II carriet
out in black duchess satin, decorated
with applique figures Of colored passe
menterie, and has v of black velve
down the hack and front, edged will
a frill Of black killed chiffon.
The second cape II decidedly . sum
mer garment, and is made Of gauz,
black grenadine over n black glace sill
lining. Chine silk flowers are applie<
ut intervals with opal colored bead
and black paillettes, and the RUNE 81
the edge and ruche around the neck ar'
double, Of black chiffon over white
Tailor-made capes are in all the shades
of fawn cloth. stitched around will
white silk, and . stylish high collar i
cut out in squares around the edge
where it is faced with velvet.-N. Y
Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-05-30
A PRETTY GIRLS PROBLEM.

Tried to Buy Postage stamps ut Less
Than the Market Price.
The sad event chronicled in the fol-
lowing lines occurred several days ago
in the small and Notwithstanding
structure on f street between Four
tcenth and Fifteenth, which the United
States government uses rs . branch
post Office.
She was an extremely pretty girl.
with the brightest eyes, the pinkest
cheeks, the rcddlcst lips, the cutest nose
and the sunshiniest face that had been
seen In that locality in years.
So pretty was she that the suscep-
tible clerk at the stamp window gulped
as il he had swallowed something MS
she came tripping up to the window
and spoke to him.
Have you postage stamps? she
asked, as innocently as ii government
post Offices usually dealt in haystacks
and grindstones.
But the clerk never noticed that. He
didn't notice anything but the spark
ling vision before him with three un-
stamped letters in its soft, white hand.
Eyes, MISS" he responded, making a
herculean effort 10 suppress his emo
ton.
Can I get three for nickel?'
Now, this clerk loved his little joke.
and n man who will joke on a sacred
subject is fit for treason, strategy and
<poils.
Eyes. MISS" he answered. and quite
tenderly, too.
"Oh, how nice" she twittered. "Mam-
ina said they never sold them any less.
no matter how many we wanted. But
said l was sure they would, and now
won't mamma be surprised when l
tell her that 1 got three for nickel?''
The coy, arch smile she sent flutter-
ing through the window to the clerk
was something to be treasured in the
Ecart of any man IN his dying day.
II nan sure she WILL" he murmured,
rmiling back at her as best he could
under the circumstances.
'Will you give me three. please" and
she laid nickel down in the window
before him.
He did not dare to look ut her, but
kept his eyes on the drawer where the
stamps are confined.
As he picked out two twos and . one
and laid them beside that soft, little
hand waiting for th>m on the window
sill, there came into her beautiful
eyes such a look of tender reprooch
that he went right over to the registry
clerk and registered a solemn VOW that
lever. no, never again. would he per
nit his sense of duty to dull the finer
faculties Of his fecling.-Washingtor
1 Star
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-05-30
ROLLED CAKES.
Easily Prepared II Yea Only Know nsw
. ProoeoA

ERGD0I0O
- Proceed.
There are several species of rolled
cakes which require special treatmem.
The best known Of these are the rolled
sponge cakes. which are usually spread
with jelly, custard, soft chocolate or
some filings rolled up while warm.
and when cooled cut on in slices from
the end. These cakes are easily pre-
pared. although the amateur is often un-
successful because Of her failure to OBJ
serve two or three simple things neces-
sary to success.
Beat the yolks of four eggs with two
thirds of cup of powdered sugar. This
portion of the work can be done effec-
tually with q patent beater, because all
that is necessary is vigorous stirring.
Beat the whites Of four eggs to stiff
froth with an egg whip, add table
spoonful Of lemon juice to the yolks and
sugar. Stir il in. Fold in the beaten
whites Of the eggs, being careful not
to stir or you would break down the
whites. Sift two-thiriis of q cup Ut
pastry -four with half a teaspoonful of
baking powder twice. then sift it into
the other ingredients. Mix it in care
fully with an egg whip. Spread the
cake batter evenly on fiat biscuit:
tin and bake IL Is minutes. Take it out
OF the oven and spread it while warm
with jelly. The edges of the cake are
apt to be dry and hard; trim these ont
evenly. Begin rolling little firmly at
first and continue until the roll is
formed. Pin it in compact form in .
napkin or 4 strip Of clean cotton. when
it will stay in place. Cut of slices half
an inch thick from the ends. Curran.
or crab-apple makes excellent jelly.
When the cake is favored with vanilla
use q soft chocolate to spread on 1t.
Soak q tablespoonful of gelatine in
three tablespo0nfuls of cold water for
two hours. Add quarter Of cup Of
boiling water and one and two-thirsl
cups Of powdered sugar. Scrape fine
two ounces of chocolate and melt IL
over the fire with two tablespoonfuls
of water. and stir il with the other in.
gradients until a smooth paste is formed.
Spread it ON the cake and roll it up
rapidly. This cake is very nice spread
with a boiled icing in which cup OF
grated cocoanut has been stirred.
Flavor this cocoanut cake with orange
extract-N. Y. Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-05-30
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
-Arizona's gold output in 1895 was

-Af1zOnaS SOlO Output IN 1879 W0a
SA,260, 900.
The lower part of the nose does not
perceive the sensation of smell: the
power of perceiving odors resides IN
NE upper part of the nasal cavity.
China supplies Europe with hum
dreds OF tons Of human hair annually.
Last year the Chinese shipped over
$40, 600 worth of that staple out Of the
kingdom.
White or Irish potatoes are now ex-
tensively used in the manufacture oi
buttons, says a London exchange. BY
means of certain acids potatoes can
be hardened to almost the resistance Of
stone.
Many insects in their perfect state
are provided with compound eyes; that
is, eyes composed of numerous facets
covered with q common cornea. 1t Is
not known whether each facet gives a
different impression or whether all the
images are combined into one.
The moisture of the eye is genti.
inc solvent. Many persons have gone
to bed troubled with foreign sub
stance in the eye and have walked in
the morning to find it gone. In many
cases of this kind the foreign matter
has been dissolved by the moisture oi
the eye.
Southern California is experiencing
. considerable oil boom. A number u
oil wells developed recently in Santa
Barbara and Los Angeles counties have
proved profitable. and borings are be
ing made in adjoining counties will
satisfactory results. A new town, Oh
City, sprung up in Fresno county som'
two weeks ago, and it is thought th'
region will prove very profitable. Ont
somewhat unsatisfactory result ha.
been the boring of many wells in tn
residence districts of Los Angeles. som'
of the wells being the most productive
in the whole region.
If the total heat of the sun wer'
valued at SEQ, ,OOO. 600, the proportion o
it's genial warmth utilized by the eartl
would he worth about one cent. say
Sir Robert Ball, in McClure's. Tn
balance of the suns heat is wasted II
space, SO far as science knows. II al
the coal in the earth were to be uset
for sun fuel. the heat produced woult
be only equal to that shed in the tentl
part Of one second by Old Sol. Th'
great gaseous mass, which is large
than the moons orbit. is burned up -
that the great luminary is ten inches
smaller each day than it was the da.
before
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-05-30
SMUGGLING ev RAILWAY.
Appliances ~ Carriers OF
CoutEahand Goods.

S0UtB000U0 0OV0A
There is q story of several years
standing to the effect that at one time
a locomotive ON one Of the lines run
ming across the German-R Russian fron-
tier was used most successfully as q
carrier of contraband goods, and that
the fraud, so long practiced, was dis.
covered only while overhauling the en-
CINE in the repair shops. The exact cir
cumstances cannot now be called to
mind, though the essential facts OF
such illegal use having been made Of
q legitimate piece of engineering work
is brought back to memory by . re-
Gently published item which chronicles
a somewhat similar bit of deception.
The Belgian customs authorities, 1t
appears, knew for q long time that
large quantities of jewelry were SNUG
gled over the French border, but how
it was done puzzled them. In the lug
gage van of the express which runs
between Paris snd Brussels is . cas-.
which holds the accumulat0rs when
the train is electrically lighted. A key
of the case is held by the conductor
of the express, foreman porter and m
excise official of the border station
hut none of these ever appear to use
it. The other day, as the train ran into
Quevy. the border town, customs in.
spector took it into his head. more
through ofiiciousness than suspicion
tc open the chest. To his amazement
it was filled to the lid with watches
chains, rings. bracelets and all kinds
of dntiable jewelry. 1t was found that
the foreman porter at Quevy had. fol
a long period. been carrying on a con
traband traffic for well-known Paris
ieweler, who, it is said, had had to dis
gorge heavily, both in jewelry and hard
cash. in consequence OF the disclosures
of his frauds.-Carrier's Magazine.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-05-30

In recent medical report Of Prof.
Celli IL Is stated that in the rice fields
around RavenRa, Italy, the workers,
mostly females, are bowed nearly
double, emaciated, with sshen-gray
compilations. all to gain II cents day,
and their children are anaeInic. tym-
panitic and under-sized. = st. Louis
Globe-D
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-05-30

around in this
vain and feetin
world nigh or
to 80 ye a r $.
"And I have al.
ways took no
tice, Rufus" /"
says she, "that
along q b o u t
this season of
the year we
most ingeneral-
ly always have
some sort at
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-05-30

He Who opposes his own judsmest
against the consent Of the times ought
to - hacked with unansWeFable tEuths;
be that has truth q his side il ! Nool,
. well . : coward, if - + afrata -
own e heeause Of fhe enFseney = mplti.
t1de of etAsr nes's orinioqs.-De Foe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-05-30

sBe mine?" he implored.
sNo," she answered.
Il won't take NO for an answer" be
Sbrieked.
.Nit, them" she responded
And he took his hat aud sadly ueet.
--Bogton Courier,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-05-30

m II were, oNC was uuuUCE tuASGs
YOU understand, and oncst more Sol
Simpkins was left . 'pore lonesome
widdower" in this cold and naughty
world below.
So consequentiaily II want no ways
surprisin to me that nornin when the
old man come ridin along by our house
with them same blue breeches on.
Right then at that time couldn't say
fer certain where old man Sol was goin.
but 1 knowcd good and well what he
was goin after.
'.Yonder goes old man Simpkins with
his blue breeches on" says l to
mother as he rid by. And by gracious.
she got SO foamin, fightin mad with the
whole he division of the human race till
I thought in my soul she would jump ON
me.
ats a plupcrfect scandelation on the
settlement" says she. 'The green
spring grass amt SO much as sprouted
on his last wife's grave. I'll lay you
could 90 over to the Simpkins place this
mornin and find Aunt Milly's track out
in the cow pen and around the potato
bank. And yet here he goes-the wick
ed old scapegrace-with his blue
breeches on. SO bad off to git married
till he could taste it with his eyes shet. "
Well, I didn't have anything in psr-
ticular to say right along there. Mother
is woman. you understand, with all OF
q woman's soft and gentle and tender
ways. She never has learnt one cold
and stubborn fact, which is that when a
man us old as Sol Simpkins takes up a
notion to git married, it amt the right
time of year for him to weep and wall
and grit his teeth over the sad and
buried past.
ANYHOW, it turned out that the old
man was on his way down to the Flat
Woods to the Widder Watkins. 1t like
wise also come to pass that when So
Simpkins returned back home the ncx'
day he had them same blue breeches on
and the widder she went with him.
~Nothln But . Man.
But finally Mt last we are all plain
human flesh and blood and bones
weak and wayward worms of the dus
with the reglar human proneness t
stray and straggle of into forbidde;
grounds and eat of the forbidden fruit
And it raley amt SO tremendous strang,
that somethin comes to pass now an.
then in the Rocky Creek settlement.
Oncst upon q time-in the dea,
hours of night landed in the town o
Tcxarkana-whichi is either in Texas
Arkansas or Louisiana. The next morn
in there was reglar drove of boys hang
in round the boardin house where l ha:
put up to pass off the time.
In bruisin around the town that da,
saw a yearlin boy, with a red head am
a freckly face, come chargin down TIN
street, screamin with every jump at tn
top of his voice:
20, NAV! nav! m-a-w."
A fine-looking lady run out on tn
front steps and wanted to know of tn
boy what in all the round create,
world was the matter with him.
II have saw Rufe Sanders" tn
boy-"I have saw Rufe Sanders! ii
amt nothin but a man, and not we!
dressed at that"
Maybe that boy didn't know it at tn
time. But right then and there h
spoke forth a great COB of human trut
and sobcrness. When returned bac
home sent him a pocket knife that ha
three blades, with my double-breastc
compliments. RUFUS SANDERS.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-05-30

Oncst upon time old Misses Stringer
told me that she had Oeen perusin
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-05-30
RUFUS SANDERS.
Sage OF Rocky Creek Tells About
the Hiu Country.

1alo Nabors and Steve Goodman Mako Z
Trip to 6lloam-Sal Sampklus' y
~Blue Jeans Breeches''
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-05-30

weather" Well, the longer live and the
deeper I 60 into this vale of years and
tears the more palmer can sec wherein
the good old lady was right, touchin
the great question of weather. We
have had some sort of weather-in
fact, we have had all sorts Of weather
here lately-and as usual the fruit crop
got caught out in the cold snap.
The true northerner., 1896-10-21
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The herald., 1896-09-27
WALSH VS.. HARRISON

Ex-President Harrison, only the other
day m New York. ridiculed the idea of
a change in the value Of the gold dollar.
He spoke Of 1t as being stable, like the
yard measure Of length, or the bushel as
a measure of quantity. But here is what
Archbishop Walsh says upon the subject.
After arguing the matter fully he pro-
ceeds as follows: 1T Is an obvious infer
ence that our gold coinage, however
useful as . medium of exchange, does
not furnish us with a standard of value.
fixed and unalterable. 1t does not fur
nish US, for example. with such stand
ard rs the yard is Of length, or as the
pound troy is of weight"
This disagreement between the arch
bishop and the ex-president Is so strik-
Ing that 1t will lead intelligent people to
inquire which is right; whether 1t is a
yardstick dollar or a dollar different in
value at different times, or whether 1t
Is always the same or whether 1t va
ries In value like everything else In
which mankind deals. Was its value at
all interfered with by the quantities pro-
duced In California and in Australia
forty or fifty years ago? Was gold no
more valuable during the dark
ages than 1t is now? Was gold made
worth no more by the decentralization of
silver and the reduction of the standard
money to about half it's normal guam
tity? These are questions which ex-
President Harrison or any other gold
plated philosopher will have considera-
BILE difficulty in answering satisfactor-
tIxv
The herald., 1896-09-27

The Times does not hasten to meet
The Herald's challenge for a compare
tive circulation exhibit. Its manage
mont 10 naturally averse to the investi-
cation and exposure of the secrets of
it, inflated circulation statements. The
Herald Is willing to publish the results
Of the proposed investigation by COM
mittee Of the Merchants association,
regardless Of what such results may
be. or, II the management Of the Times
has any fearsoms scruples as to such
. committee, The Herald will consent
to the management Of the Times nam
lng their own committee of three ad-
vertissrs in Los Angeles. be they bank
erS, merchants doctors or lawyers. Or
any fair and reasonable method of in
vestigation that the Times may sug-
gsst viii be cheerfully accepted by The
Herald. The Herald believes that the
Times claim to the largest paid circu-
lation Of any paper in Los Angeles is
fAloa, and advertisers are anxious and
have the right to know that such a
statement can be confirmed, which is
only possible by the Times having the
courage to submit to the Hroposed in
VAntigation.