St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-11-08
"It's raw, then, under the side.'

II TdW, tncn. unueT tne sue.
''Do try it, Josie really think it is
delicious and here are some steaming
baked potatoes.
NO" said Josie resolutely, shaking
her head: 'my dinner is spoiled that 5
enough
And she walked out of the dining
room precisely as her husband had
done the night before. But Philo, less
philosophical than his wife, rose and
followed her.
''Josie, dear he said, hesitatingly,
as she ilounced down upon the sofa.
well"
Aren't you just little-a little
croSs?"
cam IL"
''And unreasonable? A trif1e SOP
''Do you really think SO, Philo?''
"Yes."
$50 do l. / am very cross and ou5-
rageously unreasonable,m
The dimpies had come back to Josie 5
lips and the sparkle in her eyes. Philo
looked bewildered.
but, my dear, what do YOU mean9"
''Philo. said Mrs. Mayburne, calmly,
''you have only been looking into p
looking glass"
.'lnto looking glass, my dear?"
Exactly so. During the last hour
you have seen yourself as YOU appear
to the world. How do you like the re-
tlection?h
She laid her hand lightly on his
shoulder as she spoke. Philo May
burne sat stroking his whiskers medita-
lively, without answering.
Am | really as disagreeable as
that?" he asked presently.
.'Yes, quite"
Il hadn't any idea of it"'
because you have never seen your
self rs others see YOU"
Another silence ensued, and then Mr..
Mayburne spoke again.
''Josie. nobody shall ever see me
again in that light
Philo Mayburne kept his word. and
to this day Mrs. Jonesbury has never
left off wondering what mysterious
agency wrought such marvellous
change in the spirit of Philip May
burne's dream.
'.For he amt like the same man. no
diu L. oD>clStu
Mrs. Jonesbury.-Boston Budget.
How the Chinese Prepare for Battle.
The following curious proclamation
is said to have been sent out rs a ''gen-
eral order of the day" some time before
a battle was expected between the
Chinese and French. 1t was the work
OF celebrated Chinese mandarin:
/. a mandarin and the chief captain
of the braves, order and it is hereby or
dained to all that follow me. Tremble
and obey!
Thirteen days before going into bat
tie the brave shall eat steaks of the wild
tiger in order that they may have the
agility and ferocity of this animal.
Twelve days before the battle the
braves shall eat the kidneys of the lion.
that they NAV acquire the intrepidity
natural to that king of the forests.
Eleven days before the battle the
braves shall eat of the brains of the SER
pent in order to have the subtleness of
this animal.
Ten days before the battle the braves
shall eat the cream of the chameleon in
stantly changing their colors.
Nine days before the battle the braves
shall take broth made from the flesh of
the crocodile in order to be able to fol-
low the enemy into the water and be
able to beat them both on land and wa
ter the same as the crocodile does.
Eight days before the battle the braves
shall eat the flesh of the panther in or
der to attack their enemies with furious
Seven days before the battle the
braves shall eat two eagle heads in or
der to acquire the strength of vision of
that noble bird, and distinguish in the
distance their adversarieS.
Six DAYS before the battle the braves
shall eat the intestines of the wild zebra
in order to acquire the terrible voice of
that untamable beast.
Five DAYS before the battle the braves
shall eat steaks cut from the hippota-
mus in order to communicate to their
skin the toughness that renders those
invulnerabie to balls.
Four days before the battle the braves
shall eat scorpions, SO that all wounds
made on their enemy shall he deadly
poisonous as the stings of those animals
are.
Three days before the hattie the
braves shall eat steaks of the monkey,
that they may become as agile as the
monkey.
On the eve of the battle the braves
shall eat panther's flesh and drink the
blood, in order to be cruel and feroci-
Gus towards their adversaries.
On the day Of battle the braves shall
eat the flesh and drink the blood of the
leopard, in order to crush the limbs
and break the bones of the enemy as
these animals do.-N. Y. Graphic.
A new danger threatens society,
and it comes in the shape Of the bicy-
Gle. The bicycle is almost noiseless on
a good road, and young men driving
their sweethearts would do well to keen
a sharp eye in the rear, as some very
funny things have been witnessed by
wheelmen riding behind buggies. /
heard how one wheelman rode behind
a buggy for some distance. quite un-
decided as to whether the pretty girl
in the buggy, all dressed in white, had
a black sash on or not. He tried the
of riding close up and blow
ing his whistle. and the black girdle
as if by magic. She was
wearing a coat sleeve with an arm in it.