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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-04

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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-04
SPECIAL.

Ask to see our line Of Extra Tight-Rc
and gentlemen.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-05
IT'S DESTRUCTIVE WEAPONS.
A Description Of the Gums which
Find q Place On the Modern
Dattlenhip.

A 12 inch rifle is IS feet long, with
four feet external diameter at the
breech, and weighs 4S tons. Its $50
pound shot driven by q 430-pound
charge Of brown prismatic powder
leaves the muzzle with velocity eN-
ceeding l,40o miles per hour and would
reach target at its effective range of
5H miles in "a seconds, while it would
take the report Of its discharge 81
seconds to traverse the same distance.
At range of w miles this shot would
perforate 10 inches of solid steel. The
250-pound projectile of the eight-inch
rifle will penetrate foot of armor at
the range of one mile. The six four
inch rapid-fire guns within the super
structure each delivers eight 40 pound
projectiles in a minute, while the 90
Founders distributed over the vessel
can be relied upon TO clear an enemy's
decks or to disable torpedo boats by
maintaining terrific hail OF explosive
shell capable of destroying any un.
nrmored position. The final offensive
resources of the citadel, writes Rich
ard Lee Fearn, in the Chautauquan,
are the four torpedo tubes, each pre-
Eared to launch automatic and dirigi-
BILE destroycrs containing $50 pounds
OF gun cotton.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-05

thrive n the foothills, and tho
proprietors or the finest fruit planta-
tions OF the western hemisphere
might make their homes in the alturas,
and reach temperate climate as easily
rs the well-to-do business men of Chat
tanooga, Tenn, who pass the summer
on the summit level of Lookout noun
tain, instead of taking refuge on the
bleak shores Of Nova Scotia.
Puerto Rico thus combines all the adj
vantages of the tropics with exception
from their worst plaques. "Bush-
whacker lazZaroni," as Capt. McPher-
son calls the chronic insurgents Of
Cuba, have never found congenial
habitat in the little island that prided
itself on its freedom from the nuisance
of race feuds and pronunciamentos. at
a time when all the other Spanish
American colonies were in a state OF
more or less open revolt.
Hacendados grandes, or real estate
monopoiists, were always scarce, and
the owners of small coast farms treat
ed their slaves mercifully enough
to avoid servile instructions. Beg
gnrs exist. as in all Spanish set
Elements, bnt the rural parishes
are not burdened with poor rates,
and famines are as unknown as
in Java. where zone working day to
six days Of rest" is sufficient to make
the generous soil guarantee the sur
viyal of its cultivator.
Puerto Rico, indeed, bids fair to be-
come the true Pearl Of the Antilles,
while the two main islands Of the arch
ipelago will probably be classed with
the lost Edens of our planet. Eastern
Cuba, with its rowing herds of savage
mongrels. is as completely lost to civili-
zation as any portion of San Domingo
or Sumatra, and only the extreme west
has a chance Of recovering from the
agony of the civil war. Havana will
become an American city. There is
no doubt that the best seaport of East
America will attract Yankees enough
to develop into a modern Carthage, q
queen of the summer seas, and the
merchant princes OF that emporium
will find means to strangle anarchy IN
their immediate neighborhood. The
province Of Havana itself, Pinar del Rio,
and possibly Matanzas, will purge
themselves of bushwhacker guerrillas,
and line drawn north and south
through the geographical center OF the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-05
That naturally evoked the question:
What do you mean BY spatting?" and

That naturally evoked the questio1i
what do you mean by spatting?" and
he said:
This system il purely . system Of
spat culture to rear oysters for plaEt-
ing. or seed oysters rs they are called.
BY the time the spawning season il
over, or at the end of 80 days, the
spats arc ready to be taken out with
the shells 10 which they are attached
and transferred to the bed, where they
will be allowed to stay until ready for
the market. The spawning season il
over in 80 days. The oyster will double
its bulk every year, and in four years
be ready for the table.
''In France and other countries oya-
ter cultivation has been carried on for
a long time. and, in fact. there is reason
to believe that in the days of the
CaSsars attention was given to this
matter. The French government in
1851 made experiments in spat culture
by strewing shells ON the bottom.
"Oyster culture by this method II
now carried on in Long Island sound,
where a Mr.. Rowe has $4,000 acres un-
der cultivation.
''The term fry. as used by me. means
free swimming embryo. The existence
of the embryo is divided up into three
stages. First, there is the egg, which
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-05

IA and represent the origin Of the n
teries from the ventricle: au Is the auricie
from the Eiils to the auricle OF the heart;
bt. outline OF organ Of Bojanus.. the So
called kidney: bp. pore, from which ,s ths
after passing through the gills: q: cioaca,
Two S se Ean.ils q * the ' nervous sf system: 8
folds: +. hinge: j, iigament; N, adductoi
rows show the direction Of currents pro-
oSssa oSse eSl BY es of ff aRs P. Rnsscs Us
1shs 1iEhs .ae: SesnSs W. Sentflele q he.rs
when fertilized passes through ito
early stage from three to ten hourA,
and then becomes fry. The next stage
is when the fry settles and fastens 1T
self to some object. makes its home
for life. and then it becomes spat. The
fry swims until 1t finally meets some
object to which it can attach itself.
Once fixed, its wandering existence
is at an end.
"You see these Shells" said the sci
enlist, taking up a number OF small
oyster shells. "These ! took from
buoy poles at Cohasset. There you see
these little specks," he continued.
pointing out tiny little dots on the
shells-so small as hardly to be visible.
"They are little oysters, or spats. !
will show them to you under the mi
croscope."
One of the shells was adjusted under
the glass. and the specks at once ap-
peared TO the eye as mollusks Of quite
respectable size.
"You could range 500 Of the eggs or
fry in the space OF an inch" said the
scientist. The oyster lives "a hours
as free swimming embryo. Then 1t
begins TO form its valves. and. il it has
not attached itself, sinks to the bot
tom and perishes there"
''Is not the loss or waste OF the fry,
when left to natures processes. very
large?" asked the reporter.
1.-The losses prior to fiNation are very
great. by enroomusly increasing the
cultch or spatting surface. however.
we can reduce the loss to the mini.
mum. Prof. Moebius made a calcula-
tion as to the oysters of Europe. that
only one egg out OF .40o.o 900 ever comes
to maturity As the American oyster
is fully four times as prolific, the losses
under natural conditions, are rela.
lively much greater. The oyster has
great many enemies, such as the
drills and star fishes. Then they are
often SO crowded that thousands are
killed."
"Has observation shown that there
is need of recourse TO artificial cul-
ture to keep up the supply?"
"The results of last years investiga-
tious by the Fish Hawk showed that.
We found that nearly all the oysters
were undersized. The beds were by
no means exhausted, but they were
so closely fished that they were not
given time TO recuperate. We exam
ined oysters 1t over 80 different points
in the Chesapeake"
The next time you eat an oyster
stew, think of the amount of scientific
work which is required to keep our
tables supplied with this popular food
product. SMITH d. FRY.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-05
PUERTO RICO.
te . ebe Gem Of All Our New Possession
Home Seekers.

recorded, ard oranges can be win
tered in the open air even on the
north slope and in the keenest draught
of the sea wind.
In December nights the mercury
may sink to IS degrees f., but an hour
sfter sunrise tropical butterflies are
again on the wing, and hummingbirds
dart about as on the brightest mid
summer morning of our gulf states.
The thickets resound with the screams
Of the crested blackbirds, paroquets
shrek about the hollow stems of wild
fig trees. and in the fens the boom of
tropical herons may happen to min
gle with the distant ringing of Christ
mas bells. All in all, winter climate
so far superior to that of southern Eu-
rope that the first Spanish explorers
fancicd themselves on the threshold
Of the terrestrial Eden.
Yet on the western half Of that Ar
cadian foothill plateau land can still
be bought at four dollars per acre.
And many of the eastern villas will
soon be for sale or lease. The Span
iards are preparing to leave. With
all their protestations of acquies-
cence in the prospects of a new po-
litical era they cannot reconcile them
selves to their loss of prestige, and
hundreds of families are on the point
of transferring their household saints
to Spain or one of the Spanish-Amer-
lean republics that manifested pro-
nounced sympathies with the birth
land Of their Caucasian colonies.
A considerable number of Spanish
creoles have already left. frightened
by the portents of vendetta insnr-
rection, and the newspapers of Ponce
and San Juan now advertise "Estan-
cias muy baratas en- Ia Vega y Villas
en- las Alturas"-''farms in the Vega
1.-THE coast plain) and summer houses
in the uplands, at very low prices" "
Those who cannot sell will lease. or
get trustworthy tenants on almost
any terms, and it is more than prob
able that the reports of the first
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-05

Fisheries.)
sters, which will cover at least four
acres. | would not think Of planting
more than ESQ bushels to an acre."
"Have you yet practically demon
strated the advantage OF the SYSTEM"
my method was devised too late to
put in operation this year. but it has
been demonstrated by the different ex-
periments made. by my own expert
men,s in 1852, BY Mather's experiments
this year at Cold Springs. where water
was pumped through the shells or
cultch, and by the results of Brooks
work. Brooks suspended his collectors
on the surface and got shells thickly
covered with spat. In my own expert
ments in 1882, in conjunction with Nc
Donald. in apparatus not more than
square yard. in - hours. we obtained
100000 spat. My present conclusions
are based on observations l made at
different places. The observations, on
which my conclusions as to three di-
mcnsions are mainly based, were made
upon the work in the Chesapeake re-
gion. where found that. on the brush
used as collectors, the spat would
catch from a point bout the middle
clear to the top ofthe twigs. am
hopeful now Of having chance to try
it at several points. The government
will make experiments, think, at ST.
Jeromc's creek and Woods Holl. and
then ii is likely can get private con-
Germ 10 attempt experiments"
Noting at once the scientific ability
Of this student of oyster-ology. the
correspondent asked his name. and he
replied: My name is Reiter; but that
has nothing to do with the case. Ii
you are interested in oyster culture
just look at the subject, and don't pay
any attention to me. am not an oys-
ter. Look at these little fellows who
are growing in their little ways. solely
to become food for the big animal,
Man. who rules the world. We are de
veloping oysters according TO scien-
tific system"
Yes. but what is your system doing
to produce results?"
I'VE are spattirg. Do you pnder.
Stand thats We are spatting."
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-05
Lion of Chaeronea.

Greece is about to set up again the
Lion of Chaeronea, erected rs y monu-
ment to the Thebans who fell in the
sht against King Philip of Macedon.
The lion had been kept intact in place
till the war OF liberation against the
Turks in this century, when It was
broken into pieces by the Creeks The
pedestal containing the bones Of the
fallen heroes was discovered again 20
years ago. Now, says the New York
Sun, the pieces. Of the lion will be put
together by the Archaeological So
ciety and set up once more on the
pedestal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-05
Trepiaatlon.

II never saw anybody so frightened
as that American soldier was!" ex-
claimed the Spaniard.
"Were you the cause of his fright p
81 shonld say so! As soon as he
caught sight of me and my men he was
scared half to death for fear we'd run
so fast he couldn't capture us."-Wash-
ippton Star
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-05
g0ne scents.

"What a horrid lot OF perfume Miss
Fathers uses"
Doesn't she, now? ! think she must
belong to some cclogneal danghters'
organization or something. g."-Cincin-
nati Enquirer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-05
PROBING SUPERSEDED.
his PaInful and CnsatiafactOry Meth.
I'd Of Searching for Hidden Bull
lets Has Become Obsolete.

The report of DR.. Sem on the nature
Of the wounds inflicted upon our sol
diers in the Santiago campaign con-
tains a large amount of information
which should be interesting to the sur
geon and the layman alike. Perhaps
nothing will more interest the layman
than the surgeons announcement
that the probe as an instrument for
locating bullets has become practical
" obsolete. says the New York Times.
The amount of suffering and of irrita-
tion of wounds which is thus obviated
is incalculable. For this we have to
thank the beneficent X-ray. which
finds bullets without infiicting more
misery upon the wounded. Nothing
is more inspiring than the readiness
and skill with which the medical pro-
fession utilities the revelations of sci
ence for the elimination Of human
suffering.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-05
Open to CoaEratslasions.

James-Hurray! Ny brother is home
from the Kiondike.
Nimson-You don't say sol What did
he get that you rejoice so?
James-Why. he got back, Of course.
That's more than the most of them are
getting.-N. Y. Evening Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-05
why Archie ssoe Mad.

.Then nothing that l can say. Archi-
bald, will prevent you from going to
this cruel war;"
..Serry. little one. but you know
And you've decided absolutely 70
Join the navy
That's right
"Then. Archibald, win you make mo
. solemn promise?'
promise any old thing"
sWeHs want you to promise me that
before you begin TO fight the Spaniards
you,n take AL the navy buttons on
your uniforms and pack them away,
with directions that they be sent to
me. Navy buttons make such lovely
hatpins, Observation-Disclosures
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-05
A Little Chllly.

II the earth Uere not envcloped with
atmosphere. the temperature on the
surface would be about $40 degrees
below zero Fahrenheit.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-05
To Look Brainy.

She wears q pair Of glAsses-
Her purpose II II plain
To magnify small objects.
Anu especially her brain.
Detroit Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-05
He Asked One Question.

The lecturer had been defending his
theory that the food one eats deter
mines the character of the eater.
When he announced his willingness TO
answer questions on the subject one
Of his auditors said:
"Horse flesh is consumed in Paris, il
it not?"
"Yes, sir"
"Well. are the French people partic-
ularls noted for horse sense?"-Judge.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-05
n Rural Parts.

Molly-I wonder why those chickens
arc called ieghorus.
Doily-Dou't you see the little horns
on their ankles?-Rrookly1 Life.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-05

island will divide the region of social
class and mosstrooper sierras from the
region Of Americanized cities and pres
porous agriculture.
The Delta independent., 1898-11-25

OF taste. are as rule just as wholesou .
a. the more expensive brands, the only
difference being that the latter are made
from large good sized apples. 1t Is only
fair that this truth should be generally
known, for the factories are rapidly in
ereasing the market demand for our
apples.
Pure apple syrup is made at these fac
tories and put on the market under var
ious names The syrup. when favored
little, has a richer taste than q good
deal OF the diluted and artificial maple
syrup. 1t is certainly far more whole
some. Much Of this syrup is used as the
foundation for other fruit syrups that
are far more expensive Thus quart Of
pure apple syrup. properly diluted and
filavored with little pine apple, makes
an excellent and harmless substitute for
the pineapple syrup for soda water and
Ice cream. Similarly little orange fiav-
or will be sufficient TO change il into
good orange syrup. Thus We have the
fouudaiion Of pure. wholesome fruit syr-
up produced at little cost and in = way
that benefits the farmers and fruit grow
ers.-Boston Transcript.
The Delta independent., 1898-11-25
900 Pretty Homes asd Gardens.

How general the use OF photography
10 coming to be adopted by the modern
magazine as means CT illustration 10
shown in the announcement by The
Ladies' Home Journal that it u about to
publish six new, distinct series Of artic-
les which will include pot less than 400
photographs, The idea OF the magazine
is to present one hundred Of the prst-
tiest country homes in America, to On.
courage artistic architecture; one hum
dred OF the prettiest gardens, to encour-
age taste in Horticulture; seventy church.
% decorated for festal occasions Of all
kinds. such - weddings, Christians and
Easter services, etc some forty oe the
prettiest girls rooms in this country:
twenty five floral porches and viss clad
houses; snd the story Of the native Wild
GoueEs in America, told in ssveaty- 6ve
pbosogrspAa 0sse eeoo. .SAsesupeQAaseu
In every part Of the country, were sm-
ployed by the magazine to get these pic.
tures, and several thousands OF dollars
were paid in prize awards for the bese
photographs. The choice was made out
OF over 10000 photographs received By
the magazine.
The Delta independent., 1898-11-25
lmpsstatioas Of Gold.

The importatious Of gold into the
United States in the year 1898 are by
far the largest in the history OF the
country, aud the expectations are the
smallest 10 many yeaas. while the pro
duction OF gold from American mines
will prove the largest in many years il
not the largest in the couutry's annals.
The October statement OF imports and
exports, just issued by the treasury bu-
reau OF statistics, shows that the otal
imports OF gold in the ten months end
ing October 81, 1898. are Gas 5.6os! COS.
which is more than 50 per cent in excess
OF the amount imported in the CORE
spending period Of any preceding year.
The exports in that time have been only
eli.o $40. which is less than in the cor
responding months OF any previous year
for more than . decade. This gives the
enormous balance OF sl3l 596, ,246 in ex-
cess Of expectations. In only one other
year in the decade have the ten months
ending with October shown an excess OF
imports Of gold over the exports. that
occasion being in ls96. when the excess
OF in ports vas sSTOe5.s5l. Ia all Other
years from 1883 to 1893, the October re-
turns showed for the ten months OF the
calender year an exc-ss OF exports OF
gold over the imports Of that article.
that OF 1895 being s43.2lI 800. and in
1894 So sos. .322
This unprecedented flow OF gold into
the United States is accounted for in
part at least by the enormous balance Of
trade in this country'e favor which the
ten months OF the year have afforded.
In these ten months the total imports OF
merchandise amounted TO only so21,-
s9sI .a5i. .316. a favorable balance OF ade
OF s46O. .2O6. .So, The total exports OF
merchandise for the month OF October.
1898. amounted to ellis, ,6S6. 30, q sum
larger than in any preceding October in
the history OF the country. the figures
for October, 1897. being Ell, ,14i,ol1. and
those for October. 1896, sll3.5l6.5S6.
The enormous importation OF gold in
excess OF the expectation is plainly per
ceptib!e in the increased circulation
shown by the figures Of the treasury
department. The latest statement OF
the gold in the treasury shows q balance
OF s242. sos .6Oi. while the gold in circu-
lation on November was s6ie. .s4' .'2i.
being sllo.Oo.ooo greater than November
1 OF last year. and nearly sNo.oo.ooo
more than on July /. 1896. in which
month it touched the lowest point in
several years.
The total money in circulation at the
beginning OF the present month is shown
by the treasury figures TO have been
sl .s66.575.Is2, against sl.io6,'S2,% at
the corresponding date last year, and
81 yJoa. -. 100 on July l. 1896. the in
crease in circulation in the last year
having been slaa. .s42.s1s. and since July
/, 1886. $3.50. .Syo.5S
The Delta independent., 1898-11-25

Tho people Of this state are fortunate
iu that the mcet direct route by which
they can reach the great exposition d
one justly famed for the sHcelleocs os
iss equipueut and servics. the courtesy
Of iss oolcials and employees. and the at-
srsct;veoes q the coantsy through
which IL peasA We rsfse 10 ths bse-
lingtu0 no0to.
The Delta independent., 1898-11-25

Tho public schools were closed Mon
day for q week owing to % many Of the
children having been exposed to diptherl
il and to prevent spread OF the dread.
Cd disease. The school house sill befu.
migsted and other necessary precautions
taken for the health OF the pupils.
The Delta independent., 1898-11-25
Catholic Notice.

Service at Q a. IN. on Nov. 21th. In
s,ructiou at 1880 a. N. for all who have
not been confirmed. Bishop MaiI will
give confirmation at ST. lsidore church
on Moodsy Nov asth at ll.S a IN.
Rev. Chas N. Ferrari.
The Delta independent., 1898-11-25

along the Hudson river fruit region
~ In the western part OF the state the
gFeen with the fruit OF another crop. and
IL growers are anxiously asking them
es3es If the low values Of two seasons
- are going to prevail again this year.
E~ry one at all familiar with the fruit
ineustry will remember the heavy de-
DsFsion that obtained throughout the
E4t IN 1886 when the tremendous crop
q epples almost annihilated values in
oapy regions. Along the seaboard Of
4osachusetts the writer remembe .
es9ng plscards hung frou trees Offering
~ eapples at 10 cents per barrel, cider
astes 10 and 20 cents delivered at the
mes and fine hand-picked Bsldwins
dsUEered at the cars at 40 cents barrel
Cuesidering that the average cost OF
ptaking apples is from l6 to IL cents per
es-!, sorting. heading and getting 10
IL railroad cost cents more. and the
evorsge cost OF barrels is II cents, il does
noesake much figuring to estimate the
peqfit and loss to the grower who is fore
~ dispose OF his crop at 40 or 5Ocents
- barrel.
lt since the exceptional season o.
- prices. "hen all The markets Al nome
abroad were giut'ed with apples
vn even good vinegar vas selling al
ssiion' ana cidef couio De mao
srosi Tor the az ing al any ois CIDER
~ changes OF great importance nave
eaec'eu 10 tne apple marker. be
tSss that esenttoi year the growers OF
upon inc eAP','ers 70 'sAe "os' o'
sneH surplus crop. out IN that season
sssy suddenly aSose 10 mo tact that
ss 'hs marae' was oe'ng c,osea 10
ses@' OF nereeiy u'spated' oy 'ne yves
apple growers Inc "es, mao De
ene an in nPo'an' Iactor 10 the apple
psooiem. ihey hAa oeen quietiy plant
sne otehafos uown IN hansas' missouri
~ Nsofssxa' ana iike al otnef phases
ss.ern iarmins' they were on a large
~ i~enty' th'tts my, one nunoreu
-. -. o..P1.
~. ~. ~. 80 'e-e
~ toss toe markets we're ssampeo oy
n
-ppS " VIC 80 ."1 ~ T.
- , "on Dp
49, ~ "'''
80.
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The Delta independent., 1898-11-25

Pore aresh sailk aaA ereoo DE-
DivereA daily In Delta - u. ..
nlenA~
The Delta independent., 1898-11-25

FoR SALE-A good double work har
uess. Enquire OF H. ]. Webb. Howard
house. near corner Of 4th st. on Palmer
Al 1T