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The state herald., 1898-07-22

Within the past month the first iron
bridge erected in the state of Ohio has
been removed. This bridge was over
Salt Creek, on the Central Ohio di-
vision OF the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road, In Muskingum county, and was
built in 1851. 1t was a single span, II
feet in length. and was known as
"Bollman deck truss bridge with plate
girders." Bollman was at that time
chief engineer of construction of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
The state herald., 1898-07-22
TOTAL CASUALTIES IN CUBA.
killed $40. Wounded ,.ss,. M,..,ns =,

%h's
General Skaters Headquarters, July
II. via Kingston, jamaica, July II.
$3.50 y. m.-Thc final report of casual,
ties In the army since II landed In
Cuba three weeks ngo has been for.
wnrdcd TO Washington. II shows an
aggregate Of l,Dli officers and men
killed. wounded and missing. The
killed number 2iG. OF whom twenty.
one Were officers: wounded. 1.5si, OF
whom nincty-elgbt We're officers, aud
missing. cighiy-four, OF whom none
We're officers. or the wounded only
clghiy-clght have died.
Colonel Pope. the surgcon-ln-chicf
says this Is n remarkably small mum
her OF fatalities, considering the larg,
number Of wounded.
In the Held hospitals there hay,
been remarkably small number OF
septic wounds and hut two eases ol
gangrcnc have developed. one of whlcl
resulted fatally.
The state herald., 1898-07-22

Real foresight consists In rescrylnr
our own forces. II We labor with anS-
ic,y about the future, We destroy the
strength which will enable Us to meet
the future. II We take more In hand
now than We can do we'll. we break up.
and the world IL broken up with ua.
The state herald., 1898-07-22

About 10000 pounds Of ciderdown nic
collected annually In Iceland, 1000 be.
Ing exported to foreign countries.
Formerly the peasants used TO receive
over q shllllngH q pound for Il. bnt The
price has now fallen to half that
amount
The state herald., 1898-07-22

A good understanding. meaning by
that term servlceable foot-gear. is pro-
nounced by the foremost military au-
thorities to be more essential to an
army than either courage or accllma,I-
zation. and details OF material. work
manship, size and shape are being
urged upon the commissary depart
ment, The agitation win do double
service II II affects the individual as
well as the governmental purchaser. A
prominent oculist to whom young
woman recently went for consultation.
refused to examine her eyes unless she
would forthwith adopt lowcr-heeled
shoes, saying that what she wore were
sufficient In themselves TO have occa.
stoned the need Of spcc,aclcs: while
general practitioners attribute diseases
OF the spine. lungs. throat and brain 10
shoes too thin. too narrow. or other
wise lll-ntting. "ln that day when all
secrets shall be revealed" cxclaims n
witty Engllshman, I'VE shall doubtless
know why shoes arc always made too
tight In the day when common sense
prevails on earth, We shall no longer
imperil our health and happiness by
buying shocs which are too tight.
The state herald., 1898-07-22

The large Steamer city Of Her.
In. secured hy the govern.
mcnt for transport purposes, hhH left
New York for Nrw Orleans There she
VIII take on bonrd the two regiments
If "immunrs." which, II il understood.
nr" tn do permanent garrison duty NJ
Santiago.
The state herald., 1898-07-22

To those who contemplate taking a
first-class normal or business course
this fall we would recommend the
Stanberry Normal School. See their
ad in another column.
The state herald., 1898-07-22

Tho ocean tugs cladsfrn and iyrna,
each towing ihrcr burgess, lcft New
York on the lIih. for Snntinro. Tho
hnrgrs were linden with structural iron
nui other mnicrlnl for the docks Ia be-
built by the government AT Santiago.
The state herald., 1898-07-22

According to an article in the Ger.
man Medical Weekly. there are more
blind people In Spain In proportion to
the population than In my other coun-
try OF Europe. BllndncHa seems TO be
n national disease In Spain. fact
which was never more apparent than at
present.
The state herald., 1898-07-22
Wheat 40 Ccnts N uu,bcI.

How to grow wheat with big profit Mt 40
cents and samples of Salzers Red Cross $50
Bushels per acre. Winter Wheat, Rye, Oats,
Clovers, etc, with Farm Seed Catalogue
for 4 cents postage. JOHN A. SALZER
SEED CO., La Crosse, Wis w.n.u.
The state herald., 1898-07-22

The wise ones toll us that all prop
crty. n rightly held and used. Is IAN
extension OF our natural powers" Who
knows this better than the one-icgged
knife grinder OF Philadelphia, who has
taught his dog to turn his grind.btono7
The state herald., 1898-07-22

The man who wears linen duster on
boat excursion may not be insane,
but his ideas of the eternal fitness of
things are seriously tangled.
The state herald., 1898-07-22

1t is generally the man who is striv-
ing to do right 10 is amazed at the
opportunities to do wrong.
The state herald., 1898-07-22

Creeds are evaporated graces. Cate
chisms are the dried theological fruit
Of salvation.
The state herald., 1898-07-22

Lose minute. and the chase OF q
lifetime will not catch 1t.
The state herald., 1898-07-22

''What do you think? Mrs. Bodger went
to a picnic the day after her husband was
buried" What OF 1t? Picnics are not
pleasure, goodness knows
The state herald., 1898-07-22

what Is n non-combatant Uncle ABB
nery "A non-combatant ia man who
thinks he would 20 to war II his wife
would let him.
The state herald., 1898-07-22

Rumors of war are less interesting
to landladies than roomers who pay
In advance.
The state herald., 1898-07-22

FITS Permanently Cured ts or nervousness after
first day of DIR. klnc's Great Nerve Restorcr.
send for FREE: ss.OO trial bottle and treatise.
DE- " IL KLINE. Id. p3l Arch ST.. philndolphia "a
The state herald., 1898-07-22

To please man, find out what he
wants-what he needs is of minor i'm
portance.
The state herald., 1898-07-22

'Dr. Piker must - hard up for surgical
practice" what makes YOU think so?''
He has bought his own children a billy
poat."
The state herald., 1898-07-22
rorpi's i,.s,y i.,..s.

Santiago. July GaGcnctui Tlrni
The whlir.lnirrd commander OF ihe
Hrnnlsh forces. was present through.
The state herald., 1898-07-22

what is n parvenu?" That's what
the man who got rich ten years ago calls
the man who got rich yesterday"
The state herald., 1898-07-22

The obstinate man is usually too
weak-minded to give up.
The state herald., 1898-07-22

Il should like to see n real princess"
That's easy: move out to our suburb and
get q cook who threatens to leave every
day."
The state herald., 1898-07-22
Ihn arrnn,i inil.

Washington, July ~. Nearly 10000
" the io,vn volunteers nskrd FOR hy
tho President In his mcunh cali fdr
ttu1ps hhve been recruited nnd most Uf
The state herald., 1898-07-22

any more why not?" when one of
them gets to acting badly the others
court martial him
The state herald., 1898-07-22

The farther men wander from the
truth. the nearer the false may ap-
proach without rebuke.
The state herald., 1898-07-22
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Lie Away.

To quit tobacco easily and forever be mag
netic. full OF life nerve and vigor, take No-To-
Bnc, the wonder-worker, that makes veal, men
strong. All druggists, b0c, or u. Cure guaran-
teed. Booklet and sample free Address
Sterling Remedy Co.. Chicago or New York
The state herald., 1898-07-22
Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price, 15c.

Are you in favor OF an alliance with
England? Not unless that nation calls
homo the English spnrroM."
The state herald., 1898-07-22

Remember the Maine" did she put
up another one?,' "Yes-'Don't Forget
Your Board Bill'"
The state herald., 1898-07-22

The pearl of patience comes from the
Irritating grain of persecution.
The state herald., 1898-07-22
''ToE-GUM CURES CORNS
Or money hnck &c Mt all lruggists

Did your daughter make good record
nt collegey Yes: she came away with
out getting engaged to Professor
The state herald., 1898-07-22

One tear covers an acre of hardened
soil.
The state herald., 1898-07-22

For lung nhd chest diseases. piso's Cure Is
the best medicine we have used.-Mrs. J. l..
Sorihcott. Windsor. Ont. Canada.
The state herald., 1898-07-22

Educate Your bowels with Casearets.
Candy Cathnrtc, cure constipation forever.
toe. sc. uC e. &. fail. druggists refund money.
The state herald., 1898-07-22

The man who boasts of being cynic
is usually more foolish than dangerous,
The state herald., 1898-07-22

what Is n nowery speech?" "onc In
which the speaker throws bouquets at
himself"
The state herald., 1898-07-22

The spnnlnrds are talking of sending
some more war ships over TO nttncl,
our coast
The state herald., 1898-07-22

A bath with CoSMO BUTTERMILK
SOAP, exquisitely scented, is soothing and
beneficial. Sold everywhere.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-03-26

Rupture. Surecure Book free. Write for Il
toS.J Sherman, Specialist. Mt Vernon,N. Y.
1t is astonishing how many people criticiss
things they know nothing about Washing
ton Democrat.
We wonder why preachers always pray
longest when we are standing.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-03-26
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

--Racine, Wis.,, has been selected by
the United Danish Evangelical Luth-
eran churches of America rs the place
for locating the Danish-American col
lege.
Miss Parrish, the seventh round
the-world temperance evangelist, is
now in Japan, where she is pushing the
Gospel temperance work with much
vigor and earnestness.
Sixty young men are pursuing a
course of study in the Y. NJ. C. A. train
ing school at Springfield. Mass, in
work in the Y. NJ. c. A.
Rev. DR.. David P. Breed, late pastor
of the First Presbyterian church, of
Pittsburgh, has accepted the chair of
sacred rhetoric and elocuticn in Wes-
tern Theological seminary.
The Homestead is the name of the
rescue home for women in st. Louis.
1t is a roomy old mansion and was re-
Gently given by James Stewart to the
Salvation Army of that city.
The Christian Endeavor society OF
the Abingdon Qll.) Christian church
provides carriages for invalids and
aged people, taking them to religious
services. This society also supports two
children in India.
Rev. John Robertson, the famous
Scotch preacher, has resigned the pas
torate of the City Temple, Glasgow,
Scotland, and will make lecture tour
in America. He will reside in the VI
cinity of New York.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-03-26

others little closer in fit for calling
and for evening wear-there is way
to put them on. If there is anything
that mars woman's appearance it is
a glove with the seams twisted and all
the fingers awry.
The first trying on of glove is the
most important. because this gives the
glove its set. First shake some powder
into each finger of the glove. Then
place your elbow firmly on table, with
the hand upright and the thumb ex-
tended toward the palm. Draw the body
Of the glove over the fingers, and after
seeing that each seam of the. glove is
straight with the line of the finger, coax
each finger into the finger of the glove.
BE sure in the meantime that the stitch
ing on the back of the glove is also
straight. Now insert the thumb, and
look once again to see if the seams are
all straight. If not. pull the glove off
and begin again. The seam at the tip
of the thumb should be in line with the
middle of the thumb nail. Smooth the
wrist neatly and fasten the second but
ton before the top one. for then the top
one will not suddenly burst off.
A man who was real dandy of the old
school declared that women should put
on their gloves. the first time. in not less
than three-quarters of an hour.-Phil-
adelphia Record.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-03-26
SELECTING GLOVES.
A Task Upon Which Too Much Care
Cannot BE BestOwed.

A Task Upon Which Too Much Care
Cannot Be Bestowed.
The French woman's idea d dress is,
of course, to accomplish perfection in
all its details, but If she must practice
economy she never neglects her shoes
and her gloves. Her gloves are proven
bal. She chooses them with art, she
puts them on with art, she carries them
with art, and she mends them with art
She always puts on her gloves in the
house and buttons them as carefully as
any other article of dress. She never
would be guilty of putting on her gloves
rudely in the street or in street car,
or of squeezing her hands into gloves
several sizes too small and buttoning
them with hairpin. This would be
considered great improperly. Many
people cram their hands into gloves
which are so small that the gloves look
stuffed, and yellow kid on pudgy
hand reminds one of nothing more
poetic than a ham in its yellow bag.
People, especially girls, with large
hands ought to buy gloves which are
larger than seems necessary, for tight
gloves always make the hands swell and
increase in size by years of such inju
dicious treatment.
Now, after choosing gloves-nice.
stout, loose ones for street wear and
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-03-26
beauty in Women.

Beauty in women depends in part
upon the proper carriage of the body,
and this can only be secured by the cor
rect action of the limbs. III they are
not well developed and properly trained
there is proportional loss of beauty.
So, too. if the body is unsymmetrically
developed the carriage cannot be even
and graceful, but uneven and ungrace-
full. Almost al. women have some slight
curvature of the spine. This causes one
shoulder TO be lower than the other. and
the result is that the whole body is
more or less deformed. Ore remedy for
this is the corset. but this Only hides
the deformity-does not cure it. The
body should be kept straight by its
muscles-by its own strength, not by
that of steel or whalebone. Beauty is,
in part, at least. the result of fullness OF
physical life, and she who has this will
be in good health and happy, and far
more beautiful. III health is the great
foe to b;auty.-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
Graf
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-03-26
sofa Pillow.

The latest thing in sofa pillow COW
ers is the old-fashioned worsted worked
canvas cover. The patterns vary. but
the SWEETEST design is the monogram
or crest of the family which may be
sketched by an artist in the proper
colors. and those colors worked out in
the woods. Those who do not have the
right to use coat-of-arms may use
their monograms; or, if the pillow is
for the college boy, the college pennant
and yell may be portrayed in the proper
colors in the same manner. The edges
of these pillows are finished with an
immense rope made TO order, containing
the coioTs used in the central design.
Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-03-26
nae TRUTHFUL HUSBAND.
he ws.lAn't steer = Lie ASest

Un WoulAn't steep - L1e About
Measly Letter.
AGeorre," said Mrs. Wildwood, Il am
xoine to ask you something, and l want
you to cross your heart and tell me the
truth"
his arms, you know !! never tell you any
thing but the truth. Why VIII you 20 On
mistrusting me?'
an said, "if I have panied you know
you always tell me the truth. 1ou are
the dearest old fellow in the world. Inn
sorry for what said, and you needn't cross
your heart if you don't want to. III believe
you without that"
After he had kissed her, she continued:
"You know that letter to mother which
| gave You last week-the one inviting her
to come here and visit u.s." :,
"Well, she nsver received it. thought
it was queer sac didn't answer, and so
wrote again, and her reply came to-day.
George, mail-that letter."
Yes, darling, cross my heart"
There" she exclaimed, throwing her
arms around his neck, and standing on
tiptoe to kiss him, Il knew you did. be-
lieve you when you look at me that way
and say yes. suppose it was lost in the
mails, some way. You have made me so
happy, dear. You don't know how mis-
cradle | have been ever since the horrible
thought that you might do such thing
first occurred to me-
'No," George Wildwood said to himself
when he was alone, there's no use max
ing it necessary to lie about thing like
stamp and still be able to tell the truth. =
Cleveland T0sder
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-03-26
A QUEER RAILROAD.



mia RedwOods.
In these days of advanced en- gineering,
railroads have sought and conquered
many remarkable places. Here in the
United States we can ride up and down
mountains just as if they were little
hills, and hurry along the brink OF
gorges that make us SILVER when we
lcck down. From California, however,
comes the strangest railroad story and
picture for long time. 1t tells of and
Slows train that actually runs over
tree tops.
What a singular sensation it must
be to realize that one is following a
Tuning, splitting locomotive over the
very places where kind nature intended
birds should nest and that delightful
quiet found among dense foliage reigns
supreme. This railroad down in Sono-
ma county, CAL, between the Clipper
mills and Stewart Point, is not exactly
passenger line, but it is railroad in
every sense of the word.
1t so happens that when the railroad
comes to a place about equi-distant
from the two points mentioned, a huge
ravine is encountered, the sides acd
bottom of which are heavily wooded,
two giant redwood monarchs of the
forest towering far above the less pre-
tentious growth and imparting an air
Of almost regal impressiveness.
Now, it was very necessary that the
railroad should cross this ravine. 1t
was also true that the building of a
regulation railroad bridge would hard
ly pay, and this is where real genius
came to the rescue. If the reader could
stand either at the edge of this ravine
or on one of its sloping sides, he would
see that strangely enough the growth
of the trees and their position is such
that their tops can be cut off and an al
mcst level surface of stumps be Sc
cured.
This is what genius saw, and hence
the railroad across the tree tops. In
the first place, the big redwoods were
sawed off rs feet from The ground, this
being the exact height from the not-
tom Of the ravine to the level of the
tops of the trees. Next. trees on either
side were sawed off of sufficient length
to render their tops in direct line
with the tops of The redwoods, as well
as of the edges of the banks.
In this fashion was nature made to
provide the piers and superstructure of
the desired bridge. To the lumbermen.
even the California veterans, the project
seemed almost chimerical, but the
builders pushed ahead and presently,
one day, with snort of triumph, lit
tie logging engine pulled four fiat cars
and a caboose over the tree tops.
Nobody ever heard of such thing
before. We have all been told of the
rope bridge. have read of the great steel
structures that span several famous
livers, and many Of Us have seen these
triumphs of engineering genius, but
who il there that ever heard anywhere
else Of railroad bridge over the tops
of trees? 1t is by long odds the queer
est of the whole iot.-PhiladeIphia
Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-03-26

color. All around the muff there are
heavy shirrfngs, so that when COM
pleted it looks like thickly shirred
mass of silk-which indeed il is.
There come beautiful artificial Amer
lean Beauty roses for fastening upon
these muffs, and rose of this descrip-
ton can be placed on one side. There
is also an artificial perfume which is
sprinkled over these roses and which
keeps its odor long time.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-03-26
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

To prevent mildew in apple trees,
trim out well
Thoroughly cultivate all newly
planted trees.
Keeping tree thrifty tends materi-
ally to lessen the liability to disease.
Now is good time to apply the poul-
try manure around the strawberry
plants.
After tree is pruned it is more i'm
portant to have it heal well than
quickly.
In taking up a tree it is an item to
take with it all of the healthy roots
possible.
The cherry, after once well started
to growing. requires very little if any
pruning.
One advantage with low-limbed trees
is that they are not so liable to be
blown over.
Do not prune the peach until after
the danger of freezing is over in the
spring. and then prune severely.-St.
Louis Republic.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-03-26

A writer who claims to know says:
"Bagging grapes cannot but bring
pleasure to the owner, especially when
but a few vines are owned and the
fruit used wholly on the home table.
But the bagging Of grapes has an eco
uomical -as well as pleasurable feature
to the owner, as it produces choice,
clean fruit. Bagging fruit is sure
preventative of grape rot. Again,
when the newly formed, small grape
clusters are covered with bag and Sc
cnrely fastened, the depredations Of
birds and insects will be almost, if not
wholly avoided. The latter sting many
Of the berries and make thess woEmy.s
-Oklahoma Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-03-26

meesapota it will not endure frost, and
under favorable conditions, also like
the sapodula and German (Monsters
deliciosa) it is everbearing, being fire.
quently loaded with three successive
crops at the same time. This ever
bearing quality must always mark the
limits of it's profitable culture. In its
soil, it strangely resembles the mango
The tree is much smaller than the
mango while the leaves have a marked
family resemblance to the mammee-
sapota, of which the fruit has been
called "small edition" The pulp of the
fruit resembles the yolk of hard
boiled egg, tasting as one might i'm
agine the egg would taste if well sweet
eIed. The fruit is evidently very rich
in nourishment. One caution should be
observed by those investigating this
fruit for the first time, that is, that in
an unripe state the fruit is unpleas-
antly bitter. The taste of some people
not all-will need cultivation in the
use of the Canitel, as is true of many
other valuable fruits of the tropics
This fruit always sells well in the Key
West market. 1t will always be in de.
mand with those who know what it is.
The tree fruits at three or four years
old, and is manifcstly at home in dry
and sandy soil. growing with little care
and fruiting abundantly, without irri-
Cation, and surrounded on all sides by
fruiting pineapples. The fruit is as yet
so little known that few people outside
of the tropics have learned it's real
value. Its intrinsic merit as nourish-
ing food, its firmness and reasonable
keeping qualities and the ease with
which it can be grown, all conspire to
its more general introduction
and culture wherever the mango, avo-
cado pear and the sapodilla can be sue
cessfully grown. Its introduction and
general use is only question of time.
The ingenious and enterprising house
keeper. as soon as the fruit can be
furnished in sufficient quantities to her
hand, will find many ways to profita-
bly, dispose of its rich and buttery pulp
The foliage is large. glossy, dark
green. and the entire tree is very beau
tiful and ornamental. As a greenhouse
and conservatory plant, for colder
climates. it presents highly pleasing
appearance.-Elbridge Gale, in Ameri-
can Agriculturist.