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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-10-25

Hooray!. Fresh meat IN market
this morning. Great excitement.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-10-25

We think its abuu. time an oys
ter boat was coming along.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-10-25

The FARMER will contain each week
choice variety of select reading matter,
suitable alike for all classes of rea ters.
Mailed to any address, postage paid. for
the small sum OF
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-10-25

The choicest of Wines, Liquors and
Cigars constantly on hand, and the best
and coolest Beer in the city. Customers
carefully attended to. sep27
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-10-25

An unequaled Advertising Medium. hav-
ing large and increasing eircu-
ton in st. Tammany
and Washington
Parishes
The Newtown bee., 1879-07-02
A Terrible Fall In an Elevator.

Rather than walk down six flights of stairs in a New York hotel four servant girls attached to the place determined to ride down the slender trunk elevator. The four managed to squeeze into the dummy and one of them started the ele- vator. As it reached the fifth story something snapped with a report like a pistol, and the dummy with it's heavy load shot down the shaft with whirr that did not seem to occupy seconds time. The cooks rushed to the kitchen door, which is opposite the mouth ofthe shaft in the basement, and were just in time to see the dummy strike the stone floor with noise like the stroke of a trip hammer. Katy Callaghan and Annie Fogarty were thrown out on their faces, and in such a manner that when the dummy rebounded their legs fell under it. The great wooden box bounded ten feet into the air. then the rope snapped, and the box fell again with a heavy noise, this time upon the limbs of the prostrate women. Nellie Brown and Mary Jane McGinnis were thrown out upon the bodies of their mangled companions when the dummy fell the second time.
 The proprietor, Mir. Carpenter, heard the whirr and crash of the falling box, and hastened down stairs. He ordered beds brought down, and the women were laid upon them, two of them in the laundry and two in the servants dining room. Mrs. Carpenter did whatever could be done for the suffering women, and her husband ran to the New York Hospital and notified the surgeon of what had occurred. In ten minutes Dr. pital, reached the hotel with his as- sistants and an ambulance. The frac- tured limbs were put in splints, and the other injuries were attended to before the patients were removed to the hos pital All four were terribly injured, two of them dying on the third day after the accident.
The Newtown bee., 1879-07-02
Why Don't He Come?

This question has been asked audibly and inaudibly quite frequently.
 His answer is:
 Business. Gle is clerk in a dry goods store at S8 per week.)
 He promised to take her out in a mo- ment of weakness, and the exchequer only holds twenty cents.
 He owes her a philopena.
 There is another red-headed fellow going there.
 The old man isn't real cordial
 It's pretty nearly reached the popping point. He'll have to sour on it a little while. Kind a put back the clock a lit tie, so to speak.
 She took strawberries last time at a dollar and half plate.
 At Jones' party she was mashed on that long-legged spider, Jones.
 He ain't going to stand any more of her frills.
 She don't like Lulu Smith, and he is going to see her out of spite.
 He don't think she is much, anyhow
 He-well-may drop around late-but he'll chill her.
 Her answer is:
 Poor fellow; he is dreadfully tired He works so hard.
 Perhaps he is sick.
 He's so good to his mother, Perhaps she is sick. He was to take me out. It can't be no, of course not. It is getting late He ought to have sent me word, at least, if he couldn't come.
 I'm wicked. Perhaes he has been run over, or hurt on the elevated road.
 He is real mean. It's awfully hot. But he doesn't like cream. I wonder
 Do you suppose those straw berries but no, he couldn't Can anything have happened to him He wouldn't mind pa-but wasn't pa mad?
 He is-that philopena-that's it; he is shopping for that-but Le needn't be all night about it.
 What? you saw himP with Lulu Smith? Oh! looked like him! The idea! he wouldn't look at-yet-oh! ii it was-ma, don't believe it.
 That Lulu Smith is the meanest, ug- liest--and he did go on a picnic with her -ohi
 He never stayed away before and he pretended to be angry because l thought Mir Jones splendid-and so he is. (Now I think of it, none of these req sons ever kept him away before.)
 She would like to know why he treats her this way-and MT. Jones is splen- | did-better looking-and more stylish what can be the matter?
 It's too bad-I won't speak to him il he does come now-halfpast nine. There he is now-oh, the darling!-no l won't go to the door-I'm going to know about that Lulu Smith. h.-NsWdrk | Sunday CaU.
The Newtown bee., 1879-07-02
Leap Years.

Probably few persons are aware that the year 1900 will not be a leap year. The Scieaatitic American tells an inquir- ing correspondent that the year 1900 is not a leap year because it is not divided by 400, and then, in further ex planation, tells all about leap years as follows The earth makes the circuit of the sun in 365 days i've hours forty-eight min utes and 49 O62 seconds. This is called the solar year. The civil year Is ordi- narily 365 days, the excess Give hours, forty-eight minutes, 49,062 seconds) amounting in four years to very nearly a day. Accordingly each fourth year is given 366 days But this. counts little too much, the excess amounting in a century to nearly day. So, instead of calling the even hundred years leap years, they are made ordinary years of 365 days. This approximate correction involves an error of little over one fourth of day every century, which is nearly set right by counting each 400th year as leap year. By these leap years and intercalated days (every fourth year except the hundreds not diyisible by 400) the civil and solar years are closely re- conciled, the object being to make the seasons permanently accord with the calendar. By making a further correc- tion of one day every 400Oth year. count ing each 400Oth year as not a leap year the error is so small that 2l,600 years must elapse before it will amount to a full day.
The Newtown bee., 1879-07-02
The Champion Advertiser.

An unique incident occurred at Bald wins Theater the other evening which was not down in the bills, and which sharply illustrates the proverbial push and ingenuity of certain San Francisco advertisers. It appears that the adver- Using agent of a well-known Kearney street auction-house had engaged one of the upper stage boxes for Thursday evening, and few minutes after the doors opened the ushers were paralyzed at behOldlng large canvas transparency being expeditiously and quietly erected in said box, and bearing on its surface in two-foot letters the familiar legend, ''Try Guffey's Condensed Chowder!" They at once hurried to the Tox and terprising individual simply shrugged his shoulders and went calmly on light ing wax tapers for his illumination. The manager himself rushed breathlessly to the spot and ordered the agent to leave the house.
 Not if I know it," replied that indi- vidual, cheerfully. II paid S2O rent for this box until eleven o clock, and in- tend to do what 1 please with it, bet your life"
 In vain the manager stormed, pleaded and offered to return the money-to pay twice the amount, even. At last, as the etuNlCIiSC hfti oCS ui Io 9'eoliCls IiC oi hClCtl the ushers to remove the sign by force At this the agent deliberately drew his revolver, and backing the whole crowd ut,of the box, locked the door. In this emergency coupe was dispatched for the man's principal, Mir. Guffey,. who arrived in a few moments post haste. He was hugely amused at his employees persistency, and at once ordered the re- moval of the bone of contention. As the much disgusted advertiser struck his tent bright idea illumined his disap- pointed visage. Taking Mir. Guffey aside he said, eagerly:
 'Well, if I've got to quit, wouldn't it be better to have them put me out by forceP'
 Why SOP"
 Because, you see, that would make it splendid assault-and-battery ease; be in all the morning papers. Magnifi- cent 'ad.' Don't you seep"
 But it was not to be, and the cham pion advertiser furled his banners and sadly filed out to slow music by the ofchestra.-jSuaa FTanciSco Post.
The Newtown bee., 1879-07-02
Enterprising Correspondents.

The Washington correspondent of the Louisville Coatricr-JOatr7aGt says: Mem bers of Congress are constantly puzzled as to how correspondents get hold of their secret proceedings in caucus. After the last caucus there was pretty cor rect report given in one paper of the sub jects reported from one of the committees and presented for discussion. It was afterward learned that the chairman of the committee had made some notes in regard to the subjects presented to the caucus. When they adjourned he tore the paper to pieces and threw them in the waste-paper basket. When all had departed an enterprising reporter entered the hall and began a search for items. He saw the bits of paper and carefully collected all of them, then he retired and skillfully fitted the particles together. Next he visited committeeman and asked the clerk if that was the hand writing of the chairman, He went from one to the other, until he fixed upon the member whose writing he held. Next morning his paper had pretty correct report of the proceedings in secret eau GUS. Many think it would be better if the caucus would give correct news to the papers, and thereby avoid the many imaginary reports which correspondents send out as news. A prominent paper published a sensational report which. am told, had not shadow of truth for a foundation When the correspondent was taken to task about it, he said, < was obliged to send something to my paper, and, if you will not give me news. there is nothing to do but invent. l would nrofar the truth, but you leave me no alternative"
The Newtown bee., 1879-07-02
A Big Meteorite Found.

A correspondent of the Chicago Trt btt'le writes from Baskerville, Ia., as fol- lows: Something of a sensation was caused here on the 10th, at or near five o'clock, by the falling of a meteor. The sun was shining, and only occasionally a 1eecy cloud visible, when all at once, far up in mid-air. there was n loud report resembling the discharge of cannon, only louder, followed soon by another resembling heavy blast, which was followed by one or two more reports that might have been the echo from the first; then, for a minute or so, there was a rumbling sound, seemingly passing from northeast to southwest, as near as I could judge from the location was in. About two miles north Mir. Charles Ega was at work planting corn when the explosion came. Looking in the di- rection of the report, he could not see anything on account of the sum- but. following with his eye the direction of the roaring sound that followed, he saw dirt thrown up to some height in the edge of a rayine a hundred rods or so to the north-northeast of where he was at work. Mir. John Barber also reports a similar appearance hundred rods or so further in the same direction. Further observations were made by $. W. Brown, who lives three-fourths ofa mile nOfIn or nere- lie was Tn the edge Of the timber, looking in a northwesterly direction into the tops of some oaks. to see if there were going to be any acorns, the direction being quartering to the sun; he saw n red streak, and was look ing attentively at it when the explosion came. He claims that it was passing from. west to east, and that when it burst there was a cloud of smoke at the head of the red streak. which rushed forth like the smoke from a cannon's mouth and then spread in every direction
 Upon examining the edge of the rayine a hole was found twelve feet in diane
 ter and about six feet deep. which was full of water. Parties have since. by un- tiring labor and search, found numerous pieces varying in size from one to eight ounces, also four pieces about four pounds, and one weighing thirty-two pounds and two ounces; but the targets was found bedded eight feet in blue clay and fully fourteen feet from the surface Its weight was 43l pounds, and I should judge it was two feet long by one and one-haif wide, and one foot or so thick, with ragged, uneven surface. 1t is com posed. apparently, of nearly pure metal of some kind, piece of which has been ! made into a ring by fiattsning out a small piece. A hole was then drilled in it. It was then drawn over round iron, and makes n very pretty ring, resembling silver somewhat, but a trifie darker in color.
The Newtown bee., 1879-07-02
A Radish Feast,

At Levens Hall, in Westmoreland.
 curious celebration took place on Mon
 day last. For time ito which the mem
 ory of man runneth not to the contrary 1t has been the custom on the 18th of May to hold a radish feast in the grounds of that old English mansion. How it ori- ginated nobody knows exactly: but some
 of its attendant circumstances suggest
 that il sprang out of those habits of pro
 fuse hospitality which were character istic of the fine old English gentleman in the olden time. The radish feast is associated with the opening of an annual
 fair at Milnthorpe, in the same neigh
 borhood, by the mayor and corporation of Kendall. That worshipful body hay ing discharged the duty of proclaiming the ancient fair in due form in the morn- ing. repair to Levens Hall to assist at the radish feast Upon the bowling-green q table is set apart for them, upon which they find a liberal supply of radishes. oat-bread and butter for their refresh- ment, and at a second table close by all corners provided with free tickets take their turns and enjoy the feast. Radishes. oat bread and butter, however. would probably not suffice to attract so many risitors were they not supplemented by coPio'1s flow of peculiar old ale of great potency cai'ed .' Morocco Indeed, one
 NAAS hfsb4fs events of tnp day is associated with that puSSerfI,l bever, age According to the traditions. of inc feast. or the custom of the country, y;si~ tors who make their first appearanca there must prove their fitness bva pro- cess which is calculated at once fo Ie- monstrate the potency of the ..morocco'' and the drinking power of the stranger. The newcomer is pulled into the rE-s, and there and then, in the nidst of a crowd of experts, he is reun;sed to stand upon one leg. An ofd-fashioned glass, containing a pint of the morocco" is then placed in his hand, and it becomes his duty first of all to repeat the toast: '' Luck to Levens, as long as Kent flows," and then drain the goblet in one draught without losing his equilibrium during any part of the process If he should succeed in the feat he is free of the place; failure entails the modest fine of a shil- ling. which goes to the gardeners. Ath- letic sports follow, and it seems not i'm probable that in the "good old times when the capacity for heavy drinking was considered manly accomplishment this morocco !" test was looked upon as not the least important of the trials of strength " which had to be undergone. London Pull AaH Gazette.
The Newtown bee., 1879-07-02
Scenes on Lake Tahoe.

Lake Tahoe is a great fresh water body twelve miles south of Truckee. It lies in two States-California and Ne vada; three-quarters in California and the remainder in Nevada. Tahoe is an Indian name. meaning big water or deep water. Here, at an elevation of a mile and a quarter above the ocean, sheltered in its rock-bound basin, rests this inland sea, twenty-five miles long and ten wide. Its blue waters are en- circled by hills mosaiced with trees of evergreen and patches of pure white snow Pebbles may be counted. and trout may be seen sporting at q depth of eighty feet, so clear and smooth is the water It changes color according to the depth, from beautiful pea green at the shore to an indigo blue
 It has been sounded to depth of ], 900 feet and is so cold, even in summer, that the water, when taken from below the surface. is near to the freezing point, although it never freezes in the soldest weather. Fish abound in the waters near the shore, among which are four varieties of trout. The silver trout IS considered the finest. and IS always taken in deep water, sometimes weighing thirty-two pounds
 On account of the rarity of the atmos- phere. the waters arc not very buoyant. objects sinking like lead. Nothing ever floats on the surface. Great logs which have escaped from the hands of the log gers. Soon sink and are seen no more. ] At times the lake is calm and peaceful as a smiling babe. again it is in a moment ! dashed to fury and beaten to foam by the , winds that spring up Tn the canons and sweep across its waters. But look at the lake when and where you will, it is & scene of beautiful grandeur which pen and pencil have striven in vain to DOT tray. You must see 1t to be satisfied
The Newtown bee., 1879-07-02
News and Notes for Women.

Women are to be admitted to medi- cal instruction in the Harvard Medical School under certain restrictions.
 A training school is being established in England in order to provide trained nurses for the sick in private families.
 At Leghorn more than 1000 women are employed in the manufacture of coral beads for necklaces, which promise to be fashionable.
 A ball at which all the guests were compelled to wear the costumes of work ingmen and workingwomen was re- gently given in Paris.
 The late Mrs. Hale was active in many excellent public undertakings. She had much to do with the completion of the Bunker Hill Monument; for thirty years she labored to have Thanksgiving day made a national holiday and she greatly influenced her old friend Matthew Vas sar in the organization of Vassar College.
 A fiower-girl brigade has been started in London, by the Baroness Burdett- Coutts and others, with the intention of enabling the flower-sellers to earn more by aching them how to arrange their wares and securing regular customers for them. The flowers are bought for the girls at Covent Garden and made up at q central depot.
 Miss Sarah Leggett has succeeded in establishing "Home for Business Women in New York. To give to working girls home, such as !good women deserved, and at the same time bring it within reach of their income, was the problem she took on herself. She has more than fulfilled her expecta- tions, and the home has sixty inmates. She is of Quaker descent and educated in all the graces of wealth and refine ment, and is not only young but also a beautiful women.
The Newtown bee., 1879-07-02
The American Eagle.

Monarch of the realms supernal, Ranging over land and sea; Symbol of the great republic,
 Who so noble and so free! Thine the boundless lci-!s of ether, Heavens abyss uniathom'd thine, Far beyond our feeble vision, On thy bars it's sunbeams shine Borne on iron-banded pinion, On from pole to pole you sweep; Ger sea islands, craggy mountains, Ger the hoarse resounding deep. Now, thy flaming plumes o'ershadow Northern cliff and iceberg grim; Now, OCT Southern, soft savannahs, With unfagging circuits skim. He that feeds the tender raven And the sea bird of the rock, Tempers the inclement breezes To the shorn and bleating flock. Leads thee OCT the wastes of ocean, Guides OCT savage flood and wood, And from bounteous natures storehouse Feeds thy clamoring hungry brood. Ger the mountains of Caucasus; Over Appenine and Alp; Over Rocky mounts, Cordilleras; Over the Andes herbless scalp; High above those snowy summits, Where no living thing abides, He, that notes the falling sparrow, Feeds thee, fosters thee and guides. Thou wingest where tropic sky Bends OCT thee it's celestial dome; Where sparkling waters greet the eye, And gentlest breezes fan the foam; Where spicy breath from groves of palm, Laden with aromatic balm, Blows ever, mingled with perfume Of luscious fruit and honeyed bloom; Green shores, adorned with dropping
 woods;
 Gay grottoes, island solitudes; Savannahs, where palmettoes screen The Indian hut with living green, Behold thy pinions as they sweep, Careering in the upper deep.
 Isaac Mcclellan.
The Newtown bee., 1879-07-02

Temper in a woman is such a good thing that she should never lose 1t.
The Newtown bee., 1879-07-02

Connecticut has l,e4s public schools.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-06-25

C. IT. Curry our popular watch maker has returned from visit to the Tip Top country. He reports much activity in that section and mentions many new discoveries of q rich nature.
 4 Sergeant having some soldiers in charge en ronte to Aicatraz from Camp Verde. stopped in Phoenix Monday night, and during the even ing. strolled into the theatre, taking with him his prisoners and while the Sereeant's atteDtion was occupied one of the prisoners escaped He has not been captured A Mexican was tried before Judge Bolan this forenoon for attempting 10 shoo; man last night in front of Jones theatre
 C. Clark arrived from San Francis co yesterday morning and left last night by private conveyance for the Tip-Top and Tiger mines Of which he is Preside
The Phoenix herald., 1879-06-25
INTOXICATED INDIANS.
James Barry Arrested for Selling
 Whisky to the Red Man.
[conREsPoNDENcE OF THE HEHALD.l

CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD.
 MARIcoPA, June 34th.
 Our usu ally quiet town has been somewhat on the qme DjCe today, the selling of whisky to the Indians be ing at the bottom of it. IL appears that several parties have been dealing out fire water" to the noble red man, and as that is against Uncle Sam's wishes, our Sheriff investigated the matter, and found one Henry Rob stock willing to swear that he had seen an old gentleman known as Jas. Barry, selling whisky 10 some Indi- ans several days ago. Barry obtained for counsel, Dr. F S. Grny, and of course, the Judge pleaded for the people. Ae there was nothing but circumstantiai evidence, and that very poor, the Doctor had no trouble clearing his client. believe the people are agoiug to drive these par ties out of town, perhaps send them tO Phoenix. where they will have the benefit of the Salt River Valley hos pitaiity.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-06-25

Milk Punch ..t the Bank Ex- change
The Phoenix herald., 1879-06-25
LATE ARIZONA NEWS.
Railroad Building from Guaymas
 Northward Stopped.
SPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE HERALD
,sext.o Opposed to RaiIroads.E

Mexico Opposed to Railroads. B
 TUCSON, June 23-A letter from a well informed person, dated at Quay mas, June 18th, says that the com mencement of the building of the Guaymas Railroad by the Atchison, Topeka < Santa Fe, awaits the ap- proval of certain notifications in concessions heretofore made; and that the Mexican Congress is opposed to railways in the frontier States, hence early building on the Quay mas read to Fl Paso or elsewhere, is unlikely
 Yuma Matters.
 YUMA, June 25.-A printing press for the Arizona .star, passed through yesterday. Weight; 1900 pounds.
 A photographer arrived here yes terday. He will take views along the line of the s. P R. R. from Los Angeles to Tucson.
 A grand picnic was held yesterday, San Juan's Day, at the San Ysidro ranch. Nearly all of our Mexican population participated
 Items from Washington
 WASHINGTON, June 24th-The President signed the Army Bill, this morning and transmitted it to the Senate
 WASHINGTON, June 25.-Among the list of army officers that will be re tired, under the pew law General AIeiggs, Quartermaster, Chief of En gineers, Humphreys, Adjutant Gen eral Townsend Inspector Gen. Marcy, and Judge Advocate Dunn.
 WASHINGTON, June 24.-The Appro- priation bill was signed by the Presi- dent this moring.