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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-30

my re m e n, =
brance all Mt
dead wrong 1
never did tell
you Brit Fos-
ter's Christmas
storyin regards
to his little
steer by the
name of Brin-
die, his red
leather 3 b o e Q
and his long
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-30

Tho 1SansDlassoa ~ Power By Electricity
- Naval veseela.
There can be no question that cleo
trio transmission of power will in the
rear future largely displace the objec-
tionable steampiping. Of which such q
great amount is now necessary in our
modern naval vessels in order to supply
steam to much Of the auxiliary ma
chinery. It is easy to see that such pip
ing II Objectionable to many ways. It
y bulky and takes up valuable space
when protected, a. it must be, from nom
conducting covering. The covering II
subject to more or less deterioration
with the vibration Of the ship and the
machinery. The heat from the pipes Is
Objectionable in every closed space.
while the necessity Of providing for the
exhaust and of keeping the pipes
drained Of water Of condensation il .
constant source of trouble. More
serious still il the danger which such
steampipes threaten in time Of action,
since the cutting Of any one Of them by
. proiectile would result in severe in
jury to Ill within reach. To meet these
objections suggestions have been made
advocating the substitution Of hydraulic
power, while others again point to the
advantages which compressed air pos
eesses under these particular condi-
tions. AZ to what can be done in the
latter direction is shown by the very
complete installation with which the
United States monitor Terror has been
equipper. On this vessel compressed
air Is used for performing al the various
mechanical operations on board, from
moving the rudder to hosting ammuni-
uon. This il far superior to system Of
steampipe distribution or to the scat
tering Of donkey boilers over various
parts Of the vessel, and, as we have said.
the only system that promises even bet
ter results il electrical power distribu-
ton. It would appear that compressed
air would be superior to this In sim
plicity for direct hosting. while where
. rotary motion = required tho electric
motor would have the advantage. So
far q injury during action Is concerned.
Il il, however, clear that the electrical
system has tho advantage, since injury
to the air pipes might easily occur,
while II would be far more dimcult to
make them good than would be the case
with an electric cable.-Nechanical
World.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-30

Dick-And how did you proceed?
Fred-Why, I just went up to her and
asked her Il a6e would marry me.
without first telling her how much
you loved her and all that sort Of
thing:"
'Of course; did not want to preju-
dice her judgment"
my dear boy. don't you know that
when folks fan In love they don't have
any judgment?'-Boston Transcript.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-30
WINTER MOTHS
Carry - Their Rav.ges h steao Hsaeo6
UO0Dla

Carry - Their Ranges II 0tooo Booso0
uoaseA
AZ every cloud is said to have its
silver lining. SO every blessing seems
| to have its shadow. No sooner has every
one discovered the blessing of steam
heated houses than it is found that
these homes, where the heat u kept
ut wholesome and uniformst<MpeTa-
ture during the cold weather, ere
places where the clothes moth luxuri-
ates.
Under ordinary conditions the winter
puts an end to tlD ravages Of the moth.
He il usually frozen out by the cold OF
winter. and even in houses thoroughly
heated by furnaces or by stoves he is
never known to affect much activity.
but remains quiescent until the warm
days Of April.
In our steam-heated houses we have
an atmosphere most favorable to ami
NAL and plant life. and it is discovered
that the common clothes moth. and es-
pccially the buffalo moth. that pest Of
recent importation, continue their
ravagcs. They do not die ut their sp-
pointed time. and they even hatch out
fresh generations under tho favorable
influence of the heat. 20 that their work
of destruction goes on without inter-
ruption.
Sometimes under such conditi0es it
may be necessary to fumigate with sui
phur q closet where this moth" has
taken up his quarters. There are some
portions of the country where the
buffalo beetle has not yet arrived, or n
just taking up quarters. For the bene-
At Of such localities we give his descrip-
ton. The grub which II the only crea-
ture that II likely to be seen about the
house IS hairy little creature not over
an eighth of an inch long or 20 large as
a common lady bug. It moves very fast.
Denzine poured freely around the edges
Of any carpet that has been attacked
remedy. The creature seems especially
fond Of certain colors. Il has been
known to eat all the red figures and
stripes in the border of q carpet and leave
the rest alone. One housekeeper, taking
advantage Of this popularity, placed
bits Of red flannel in the corner of .
closet inhabited by buffalo moths, and
each day destroyed al abe found coll
lected on the flannel. Finally they
ceased to appear. The peculiarity Of
this moth IL that it may be introduced
with hardware, china, straw or in al
most anything. In one new house II was
discovered that buffalo bugs were In
troduced before the house was In
habited in box Of window weights.
All the crevices Of the floor around the
weights had become Inhabited and
large numbers were found In the box
Of weights.
There is no remedy 80 e6ectual a.
prompt upheaval Of the carpet where
this pest has become established, with
q thorough scrubbing Of the floor. BEN
zine must then he poured around tho
edges Of the room and in the cracks Of
the floor. It can be purchased at an oil
store or . paint store at 10 low .
price that it can be freely used around
the edges of the floor and in any crack
where this bug may lodge. II the room
is well aired afterward there n NO
danger from its use.-N. r. Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-30

One % tAe PFsesy Ceaesate b tAs Dan-
nse Riag.
The ruby IL the favorite stone this
winter. The engagement ring il Of
diamonds, largely, but there are rubies
alternating with the other stones. The
effect Of red and white stones IL beauti-
ful. - every girl knows. and, from the
point Of taste, no one can find fault
with the maiden for prefesring her ring
frightened by the ruby.
Among tho jewels worn by society
buds this winter win be amethysts,
cpals and the topax. These stones havc
passed through % many vicissitudcs
In the favor Of women within the last 50
years that . girl II not sure to-day
whether she Is invoking some supersti-
tious fate or not in wearing them. She
has general idea that the opal used to
be unluclky, but seems TO have emerged
from its hoo<loo, and that the amethyst
and the topaz ore more At for gouty old
men who cling to old style than for
An-de-siecle American maid; but she
wears them, nevertheless, II she can get
them. and will even take them from her
old grandfather-if he viii give them 70
her-which usually he went
One of the particular conceits in
rings for this winter win be the dinner
ring" This n . portentous AFFAIR, that
covers the whole finger 70 the first
joint, like brilliant finger stall. Ono
design il diamond snake curving up
the finger. almost up to the root Of the
nail, and another 10 . diamond band
from which ferns branch in an airy
manner. Suggesting conservatory Of
jewelry.
It is well known that the ordinary
~marquise" ring makes . hand look
slender and graceful. These new dinner
rings, which are like exaggerated mar
quise rings will. therefore, be sure to
retain their hold ON the affections Of
women, because that will make the hand
more beautiful than ever. Not that
women are vain, but that they feel
they owe IL to their husbands and IA
thers and brothers to be ~ attractive
n nature will allow; and when nature
viii net do enough in this direction.
why, they can call ON Art to lend q
hand.
AZ to ring settings. IL II noticeable
that the antique. dull gold band II dis
placing the airy wire that has h.ld
sway for years. What the woman Of to-
day wants II heavy gold setting.
several diamonds, = few rubics. m
amethyst or two. . topaz, and psrhaps
N opal. With these worked into nm
up-to-dats pattern. ihs b ready to 60 to
dinner. to Be engaged. or to Be married.
Her new ring b good form for al three.
~. 7. Preas.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-30

Stories I have told now and then
stories on top Of stories - but II
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-30

Tho cobra II aid to be the only seT.
pent that emits . cry. which resemhles
- squeak e{ . ysk
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-30
ON HUCKLEBERRY RIDGE.
The Story Of One sad and Orfor'
Christmas Day.

trials and Tribulatlons That DefeI . Pm
ther Greek BOY = Little Steer l:ria-
die, Red Leather Shoes and Long
Tau Winchester Coat.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-30
~rha. s.A ..A ors.l Day.

THAT Sod ooA ORf0l Day..
With that laughed M had laughed
. hundred times before ut Brit Foster
and his Christmas story. And - for
them Texas fellows, they laughed and
laughed till they jest naturally had to
lay down and roll over in It. But Brit
never could find where the laughin
part come in, and there was 4 far-away
solemcholy look on his face - he
breshed the tears from his eyes and
went on with the story:
"When got back home up and told
my Uncle Grifiin-which you remem-
Der, Rufe. my own dear father was
dead and gone then, and me and moth
or we had went to live with Uncle Grif
Il told him what had como to pass
and bantercd him to buy my little steer
Drindle. He laughed at me till It was
, Gin and q scandalation. but / finally at
last harnsnoggled him into . trade and
cold him Brindle for seven dollars and
six bits ($7.25), spot cash.
THAT night I packed up little wal
let which helt all had In the way Of
this worlds goods exceptin the torn
and tattered remains Of that burned in
fernal old long tail Winchester coat,
slipped out of the back window and
down through the orchard and run
away from home. The next day made
II to Bellies Landin down on the Ala
bama river and there / struck . steam
boat goin to Mobile. Iup and told the
captain all about the orful time had
the day before over on Huckleberry
Ridge. and soon as he could stop laugh
In long enough he told me II would
promise to tell my troubles to the crowd
on the boat he would let me ride with
him to Mobile free gratis for nothin.
That was . sad and terrible thing for
me to tell. but money was money then.
and the captain was traded with on
the spot.
'When I struck The city ! was .
plum show to them town folks, and
somehow the gamblers they took to me
- quick and natural q siclk kitten to
. pan OF sweet milk. In the run at
time / fell in and learnt the game and
went to gallopin with the gang. Some
times the documents have come my
way. Rufe. and sometimes they have
run from me like shot. But accorain
to what the Scripture sayA everything
that goea up ppst come down. S
RUFUS QANpER4
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-30

what . self-coutained man Plat isl
He never rejoices publicly over his VIC
tories"
sNo. He gets enough satisfaction
ont Of the aoyEow ef etaes people, es-N,
4 4S1th.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-30

W1eo BAo ~8s88a0o O0s~
by this time some OF the women
eslls ~ Ansus bad axsd ~ up With 8
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-30

tail Winchester coat. Many and manys
the time I have heard Brit tell that
story. which at the same time, you un-
derstand, it was the unwashed truth
and have laughed and laughed till by
gracious I would ache all over in spots
as big as q saddle blanket.
But Brit he never could find where
the laughin part come in. With him
It was "a passle Of most hellatious sad
and solemcholy facts In history"
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-25
ADVANCE POSTPONED.
Gen. Lockhart VIII Not Attack the
Afrfdis Until October.

SIMLA, Sept. 24.-Owing to the pro-
tracted campaign against the Moh-
mands, Gen. Sir William Lockhart,
commander of the Punjab frontier
forces. and in supreme control of the
punitive operations, has decided to
postpone the general advance against
tine Afridis at Tirah, their summer
headquarters, until Oct. g.. The Afridis
arc encamped in strong position on
a rugged plateau which it will be
most difficult to scale. and they are as
sembled there in great force. According
to intelligence received from Samana,
an advance body of over 1000 of the
enemy has arrived in the Khanti val
ley and is watching the movements of
the British troops. The Afridis are
spreading report that the Ameer of
AfghaniStan has demanded hostages
from them and will help them if hos
tages are given. The news from the
Mohmand expedition is very satisfac-
tory. Gen. Jeffreys. who is meeting
with little opposition, is destroying the
enemy's fortifcations and villages.
The tribesmen appear cowed; and
overtures of surrender are expected
very shortly. 1t appears that they lost
over seventy killed and a large
number wounded during the night
attack on Sir Bindon Blood's
column, their heavy defeat de-
stroying their faith in the Mullahs,
who had promised to close the muzzle
of the British guns by divine means.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-25
THE MINNEAPOLIS TIMES IN
DICTED.

1t is not pleasant to have to chronicle
either the apprehension or the disgrace
of one who assumes, with much or lit
tie reason, the title of your own calling.
For this reason the indictment OF the
publisher and editor Of the Minneai-
oils Times for criminal Hbef.is an event
which no newspaper man cares to
bruit abroad. Yet it is in the interest
of public morality and of decent jour
nalism that the offender should be
brought to book. The Times seems to
have determined, some time ago, to
adopt a deliberate policy of advertising
itself by violent and brutal personal
attacks upon institutions and individ-
uals prominent in the Northwest. En-
couraged by immunity it carried this
at last to the length told In these IN
dictments and in our news columns;
and openly proclaimed that number
of the most reputable and foremost cit
liens of Minneapolis were thieves. This
was based upon charge that had al
ready been through the courts and been
declared by them to be baseless. The
issue raised is so grave on either side
that it must be fought to a finish.
There has been a remarkable similar
ity between the career of the Times
and that of the would-be leader of Ia
Dor, who resorts to personal vitupera-
ton and finally to talk of revolution to
strengthen his weak and waning in
1uence. In a vain endeavor to pose as
sincere and as the peoples friend, it
has found no better method than that
which even the ignorant have learned
to repudiate. Not only in the libel COM
planned of, but in all it's policy, it has
catered to passion and substituted
abuse for argument This becomes
presently a passion and a necessity;
and, like the appetite for stimuiants,
demands a fuller and grosser satisfac-
ton So we have finally the Times
bringing itself within the reach Of the
law. 1t must prove some Of it's Wild
assertions or suffer the consequences.
The satisfaction which accompanies
the punishment of the habitual Of
fender is tempered by sympathy for the
craft and the community that have suf-
fered from the exploiting in the North
west of one of the least creditable
forms of what has come to be known
as yellow journalism"
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-25

try" All we have to say is that II
Mower county is not symmetry de-
pressed" after reading this circular,
written by the doctor thinking in his
best ability" it is incapable of being
moved, and the hog cholera should be
allowed to roam and ravage unquaran-
tined and un-D. V. sd But the doctor
is confident that the county will be
Symmetry depressed" and takes oc-
casion modestly to append to his cir
cular a statement, couehed in unpro-
fessional language, that he has a spe-
cifie remedy to counteract all diseases
pertaining to the affections OF hogs.
This win cover the case Of cholera
infected hog because that disease is in
testinally located, and everyone knows
that that is also the seat of the "af-
fections" of a hog.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-25
FATAL GAS EXPLOSION.
One Killed and Three Fatally In
jured In an Illinois Mine.

MARION, Ill. Sept 24-One man
was killed, three were fatally injured
and six were seriously burned and
bruised by an explosion Of gas in the
Williamson county coal mines today.
An unknown miner is still imprisoned
in the shaft and was undoubtedly in
stantly killed. The dead are: Frank
Farraro, Italian miner, asphyxiated.
Missing: Unknown miner, imprisoned,
probably instantly killed. The injured:
G. Griettf burned by explosion, will
die; Peter Casper, burned internally,
will die; Joe Barlow, driver boys.
bruised about head, will die; Robert
Rritton; M. Owens; Dave Richmond;
Robert Richmond; H. Smith and J. H.
Higgins, miners; all badly burned and
bruised, but will recover.
The gas which caused the explosion
accumulated during the night near the
mouth of the main shaft. A shift of
forty-five men went down in the cage
at o'clock They had proceeded only
a short distance up the main gangway
when the lamp on the leaders, cap
rible explosion resulted. Faro and
the unknown miner were knocked
down, the latter being buried under
mass of broken timber and rock.
Those who were able to crawl back to
the foot of the shaft signalled for the
cage which had been blown to. the
surface by the force of the explosion.
Rescuers descended and soon all the
injured men were raised to the surface
After damp followed the explosion and
put stop to the search for the body
of the unknown miner who was no
doubt instantly killed.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-25
SHEEP RAISING GOES WESTWARD.

Textile America for August contains
a table prepared by Jacob Schoenhof-
until last month an assistant appraiser
for the port of New York, but relnov ed
because of his prominence as an econ
omist of the school farthest removed
from that of the president-for the SEN
ate finance committee, giving the MUM
Der of sheep in the United States ar
ranged by groups, from 1855 to 1897.
1t indicates the fall of that industry
in some and it's rise in other states.
Thus we find in the groUo north Of
Virginia and the Ohio river ana east
of the Mississippi river, excepting Wis
consin, that the high water mark was
reached in 1858, when they had IS 5G4,-
900 sheep. By 1881 She number had
fallen to 14,7l7000 or nearly SO per cent;
diminishing to 12.593,O0O in 1891, and to
100000 by 1S96-97, or to a little more
than one-fourth of what they had
tWenty-nine years before.
The group of states south Of Mary
land and east of the Mississippi river
have shown no such tluctuation, hay
ing now about" the same number as in
1865 Their greatest number was 2,7G4,-
600 in 1881, with 2,S07 900 in 1861 Mis-
souri,, Texas and California had 4,404,-
900 in 1868 and touched the highest fig
ure in 1881 with Is, 135,G00 frons which
they fell to 1901 900 in 1891, and are
credited with 6,O63,0OO in 1861 Kan
sas Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota had
their palmy days in 1885, when their
f1ocks numbered 4,70300 falling to p
10000 by 1884, rising to 2,zS7,G00 by 1895,
and lowering to 100000 ty 1S1s-97.
Meantime the group classed as the "far
Western" including the remaining
states and territories west Of the Mis-
sissippi and Missouri rivers, show a re-
markable growth. From 2,642,c0o in
| 1870 they doubled by 1886, and doubled
that by 1888, reaching 10,961,00 Two
million more were added by 1855, and
this had increased to Is, coo by 1861.
Free wool did not check the increase,
which had reached a total of 17,141G90
| by 1885, and numbered 17,S60,G0O by
1861
These figures show that other and
vaster forces than tariffs were at work
| all these years. The Eastern group
have lost three-fourths of their hocks,
with a loss of four-sevenths occurring
between the first imposition of wool
tariff in 1867 and 1891. AS the number
diminished in those states, they grew
at first in the Southwestern group, and,
as land ranges became less available
there. the increase went to the states
where ranges were free and wide, an
increase which they have held under
extreme protection and free trade. 1t
was not the competition Of foreign
wool with that of the Eastern group
of states that made their focks shrink
so enormously, but it was the competi-
tion of the ranges of the Western
states. where pasturage cost nothing,
and a man and his dogs. tended focks
of from 1000 to 5000 sheep. TO this
was added the vast increase of foreign
woods from Australia, the Argentine
and elsewhere, producing an increase
in supply that outran the increase in
nopulation, that diminished prices and
made sheep raising comparatively Tn
profitable except where land was cheap
and pasturage free. We cannot for
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-25
RUNAWAY FIRE ENGINE.
Small Boy Killed and Seven Men
Seriously Injured.

TORONTO, Ont. Sept. 24.-Fire orig
mating in woodshed in the rear of
the Musee theater on Yonges street to-
night communicated to a large ware
house adjoining and to the theater. The
actors in the theater were preparing
at the time for a performance, and
there was a wild scramble to get out
of the building. The theater was bad
ly damaged by fire and smoke. A fire
engine, stationed at the corner of Ade-
laide and Victoria streets, was left
with the horses hitched to it. A jet OF
steam shot out of the safety valve
of the engine with a loud explosion.
This frightened the horses and they
ian away down the street. The en-
gine ran over BERTHE E. Scott, eleven
years old, killing him instantly. Seven
fremen were so badly crushed between
the engine and a wall that they had
to be removed in an ambulance to the
hospital. Half a dozen citizens were
also more or less injured.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-25
NATIONAL DEMOCRATS.
Caucuses Held in the Cities of Mas
sochusetts

boston, Mass, Sept 24-In this
and in many cities and towns in this
section the. National Democratic party
held caucGses tonight These gather
ings seemed to be well attended and
enthusiastic and as a rule one dele
cation fer all conventions were chosen.
In several places the delegations were
instructed for Dr. William Everett, of
Quincy, as a gubernatorial candidate
In Lynn resolutions were adopted de-
nouncing the administration, repudiat-
ing "the spirit Of communism, mani
tested by those in the last Chicago con-
yention, and reaffirming allegiance 10
the Democracy which honors itself
when it honors those faithful expound-
ers of it's principles, Jefferson and
Cleveland"
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-25
AUSTRIAN UPROAR.
sitting of the Unter Haus Suspended
by the President.

'AAnS OI the inter HauS Suspended
by the President.
VIENNA, Sept. 24.-There was renew
ed uproar in the unter haus today when
the president of the house, DR.. Kathrin,
replying to the question of a member
yesterday, if it was true that there
were sixteen policemen disguised as
attendants in the unter haus. said
that no policemen were present and
that only few of the attendants
who had formerly been policemen, were
in the house. The motion of the pres
ident to proceed tomorrow to the cleo
ton of Austrian representatives on
the delegation was adopted by a vote
of 206 to ITO, after a long tumult, in
which Herr Schonerer's party, the
Pan-Gernanic wing of the opposition,
endeavored to bring about the post
ponement of the matter until the pro-
portions of the common expenditures
of Austria and Hungary are fixed.
The tumult being renewed, the presi-
dent closed the sitting, declaring it
impossible for the house to transact
business, and adding that he would
communicate in writing the order OF
the day for the next sitting.