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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-09-24
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Cork Bricks.

Bricks made of cork now constitute one Of
tbe German industries. The usual size is ten
mfou and three-fourths and two and half
inches. They are prepared from small corks,
zsfase and cement, and have not only been
used for certain building purposes on account
cf their lighness and isolating properties, but
are also employed as covering for boile' I
prtyeptjng the radiation OF heat.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-09-24
Foreign.

The Chinese government is reported to
have made a declaration of war against
France in the form of a manifesto from the
emperor to the people.
MORE than three hundred deaths by cholera
took place in Naples in one day.
Hon. JOHN A. KAssoN, the new United
States minister to Germany, presented his
credentials to the emperor at Berlin.
GREAT crowds of Europeans and natives
welcomed General Wolseey upon his arrival
at Cairo. Egypt, from England, 70 take charge
OF the military operatjons apainS' 'N' 'a''
Prophet ~
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-09-24

...H
e'sa'' freely is of the opinion that his men,
~ proyisioned, could not have continued
3" AZ Fort Conger more than five years.
'ols''tution OF the average American is
epable Of prolonged continuous adjust
% more than zero cold and such accli-
q >s'lon could only come about after
q generations where the law Of survival
y n'test should operate, and in cores
ucc With radical change in organiza-
~ which nutritive and muscular develop
mould predominato over cerebral devel-
my IN other words, nature has shown us
mentally dwarfed but physically hardy
nacx, the type of organization best fit
'o9 ilslng in those septentronal latitudes.
o!evfr, Is no less matter of fact that the
ANS OF the meridianal climes admira.
<>p' themselves temporarily to the most
af cold. In the retreat from Moscow, in
Wy Italian regiments stood the cold bet
An The Germans, and notably better than
''s'ans, who were accustomed to the eli
The Turks presented the same relative
ss!sF atthe siege Of sebastopol, Longet
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-09-24

from whom these facts are taken, remarks that
tho aptitude to resist inclement Temperature ia
acquired and lost in turn; that people nur-
tured in temperate or cold climates who 20 to
the torrid zone to live, are much less sensitive
TO the cold for time after their return to
their native country, though this lessenod sus.
ceptibility disappears after year or two.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-09-24

THE Alaska exploring expedition, under
Lieutenant Stonsy, in the schooner Gun
alaska, has been heard from Tleexplorations
are progressing lavorably.
KING HuMBERr, of Italy, has contributed
sGO.UJ0 tor the relief OF the Naples cholera
sufferers The American minister subicrbe |
81, 900 to the relief fund. In two days there
was total of 75S deaths from cholera III
Naples.
MIR. JonN NJ. FRANCIS, the new American
Minister TO Austria, presented bis eredeptas"
to Emperor Francis Joseph.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-05-17
The Worth Of Their Money.

An amusing incident occurred last
night at the Arch Street Theater. The
doors of the theater had just been
opened when there appeared at the box
office two middle-aged men, who asked
the price of good front seats. The pc.
culiarity of their attire bore a striking
resemblance to the wonderful suit OF
..store Clothes which Barney McAuley
wears in the last act of the Jerseyman.
That they were from the country was
self-evident: that they were specially
gotten up for a visit to the theater
was apparent. and their demand
for two front saats exhibited disre-
gard for expense sometimes seen in the
young man from the country who has
come to town for the purpose of making
night of it.
1.-The cost will be-," began the
ticket seller.
20. blow the cost Let's have the
cards." one of them interrupted.
Taking their tickets, they were
shown to seats on the first row in the
orchestra. The green curtain ordinari-
lily used at the theater being away for
repairs the drop-curtain-an elaborate
representation of Diana and her
nymphs on the Island of Delos-had
been lowered in place of it. The two
visitors gazed upon the curtain for a
few minutes and then began a discus.
sion as to its merits from their idea Of
art.
Il swan, Jabez,' said one, .sef that
amt the pootiest picter ever seed"
'.It's big thing" replied the other.
"A nice gal is the big one"
Yes, but look at the one blowing the
horn for dinner.
capable Of saying.
Silently they inspected the curtain
for while. and then the first speaker
broke out with the remark:
Il calkilate we've had the wuth of
our cash-let's 60"
They arose to leave the theater On
their way out they came across Mr..
Samuel Ruhe, the veteran usher, to
whom they expressed the opinion that
the painting was great thing, but a
triie expensive Ruhe saw the mistake
and told them the performance had not
yet begun.
Dew tellr' exclaimed one. "Hev
you got anything to show sides that
big picter?"
More in sorrow than in anger did
Ruhe remove the veil of ignorance from
the eyes of the rural visitors. Back to
their seats they repaired, and during
the performance of lie Voyage en-
Suesse" they attracted the greatest at
tention BY the heartiness of their laugh
ter and the strength of their applause.
As they arose to depart one of them re-
marked:
"Well, thar. That knocks cats and
logs clean out o. the circas and gives
Squire Tums's yarns the push. Can't
beat that in York, I'm thinkin'. It's
this town shows the big sights, eh?"-
Philadelphia Bulletin.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-05-17
Mistaken Identity.

Ptolemaius Jackson, an observing
citizen, dropped into the Star editorial
rooms yesterday and expressed himself
rs follows:
don't keep an eye on fate. but fate
does me that honor, and crowds me into
dudedom at least once a week. The
few fine days of last week brought that
native from his lair" in numbers, and
the agonies I suffered by the prevalence
were unspeakable. One experience,
however, can be told.
Twas standing in front ofa bill board
trying to decide which theater to take
in, when heard the unmistakable:
"Ah, Chawlie, me baw."
They were dudes Of the equine per-
suation, crutch and toothpick, single
glass, horseshoe scarfpin and horse
head buttons on their exaggerated New
markets coach ar six.
.'Hawwy medeahfel."
"Chawley, aw. that was a magnifi-
cent cweachure you were on the avenue
with yesterday"
"Ah, dye think so?''
"High-bred, too, and splendid
steppah.''
.:Youah wight, quite wight, Chawley,
perfectly splendid.
..TriHe tendah about the mouth, I
should say, eh? and worth powah of
money"
.Yaas."
"How old dye think, and worth how
much?'
about twenty, and the figure is
SOmewhpre'S near a million and a
half
The deuce You say; l didn't think
she was more than foul"
"What'r'ye tawking about?'
The chestnut mare You drove yes
tahday mawning."
20! thawt you alluded to the girl l
was walking with in the awfternOOn. y
Y Y STIR.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-05-17
COvINGTON, ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La, MAY IL, 1884.

But they will come back and cannot
bear it, and so shall be driven from
here. wonder if she looks as l used
to. If she did, ever so little. and l
could know that that was what drew
him. how it would comfort me"'
II have met many wives since died.
wives that lived with their husbands
nearly a lifetime, and vet within a year
their places were filled. They tell Inc
that it is to be expected and that shall
grow used to it
at can not last forever, l know; but
oh. wan: TO see him so"
bent my head to hide the tears that
gathered as the monotonous voice ended
in this plaintive cry When l raised
my eyes, sat alone: the armchair was
empty and there was nothing to remind
me Of my guest except chill in the
air, as if the wind had swept through
the room. | sat still, thinking, think
ing. until fell asleep. In the gray of
the morning, awoke.
Was it a dream? l asked myself, but
the two chairs stood there together to
convince me that it was not.-lNdry w.
Hummer, in Current
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-05-17
The Wrong Leg.

II leaf my son Shake in der shtore
while come down town. he began
as he halted patrolman, ''und pooty
queek a man vhalks in und looks all
aroundt und says:
"'Poy, has got some badt news for
you.'
...How vos dot?' asks Shake.
".Vell, your fadder falls down on der
shtreet und preaks his leg, und vhas
here to get dollar to pay for hack to
bring him home
".Nor
"'Dot vhas so.
wheel, dot makes my poy Shake
feel like load of hay falls on him, but
he doan' 60 quite gray. He thinks it
all oafer und asks:
ESQ my fadder proke his leg?'
EYES
".Vhich leg vas it?'
".Der left leg
"'Are you sure?'
"'Of course, l help to carry him into
der City Hail.
den my poy Shake he laughs all
in his poots, like dis -; und den he
plOwS DOliCc NHiStlc Iult dll Ills Aixut,
und dot schwindler runs away"
80 Jake doubted his story, eh ?"
"Of course"
"Whyp'
"Vell, You look here few times.
He reached down and pulled up the left
pant leg, and the officer saw a neat and
handy wooden limb.
"You don't fool my poy Shake on
wooden legs, und don't you forget
him!" chuckled the old man, as he
waved his hand for a street>car to take
him aboard.-Detr0H Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-05-17
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Mime. Modjesks supports at her
own expense school for Polish chill
iren in New York;. Y. Sun.
All knowledge, if timely anu
adapted to the capacity of pupils. may
be made As interesting as objects and
'tories.--Journal Of Education.
A Dakota paper is authority for the
statement that there is not q Baptist
Church in the Black Hills country.
though every other religious denOmina-
ion is in some way represented.
AT the celebration of the twentieth
anniversary of Methodist Church in
New York, recently-a church named
after certain Bishop Janes-the cradle
in which the Bishop was rocked to sleep
seventy-six years ago occupied corner
Of the church.
The International Sunday School
Lesson Committee is composed of Drs.
John H. Vincent and John Hall. of
New York: Newton and Worden, of
Pennsylvania; Randolph. of Rhode
Island: BOUCHER. of Washington; Cum
ningham, of Nashville; MaeVicar and
Potts. of Montreal; Gillett, of Illinois,
l.. Fairbanks, of Vermont, and B.
Jacobs, of Chicago Chicago Tribune.
Rev j. A. Register, pastor of the
Central Nj. E. Church at Baltimore.
arose in the conference recently and
stated, to the amaZement of the as
sembly, that he had decided to leave
his church and people and become
member of the Protestant Episcopal de-
nomination. After being pressed to
further consider the subject, he said his
decision was unalterable, and amid
solemn stiffness quilted the church,
Baltimore Sun.
At a recent Monday meeting of the
Presbyterian ministers of Chicago, the
subject of church music was discussed.
A paper was read strongly favoring
congregational singing. led by chorus
choir, and the placing of the music of
the church under the control of the
spiritual officers of the church. Most of
the pastors present favored this view of
the subject. The drift of sentiment was
against the system of quartette leader
ship of the praise Of the sanctuary.
The London Baptist says: .'Since
1910 the Baptists in the United States
have doubled their number every ten
years. They now number 2.3O0,OO0.
This is a record which should not be
without its lessons for u.s." And is not
one of the lessons just this-that bap-
tism is the orderly Scriptural way to
the Lords table, and that any other
way introduces weakness and con-
fusion?. Fidelity to principle is one Of
the strong grounds of Baptist success
in this country.
General Francis A. Walker ad-
dressed the meeting of the Massachu-
sets Society for the University Educa-
ton of Women recently in Boston on
the subject of Industrial Education in
Our Common Schools" He conceived
the use of mechanical instruction to be
to develop perception and observation
on the part of all the pupils, and not to
train mechanics; that it should not
limit but rather enlarge the sphere of
avocations by developing an insight
into relations and space.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-05-17
A Deserved Compliment.

zone of the most wonderful ins,itu.
tons in this country is our post-ofiice
and mail system" remarks leading
Chicago merchant. Il receive in the
course of the year about fifteen hun
dred business letters from all over the
country, and it is . very remarkable
fact that never yet while l have been
in business has single letter l have
sent out or that has been sent to our
house missed to reach its destination.
1t is wonderfully successful institu-
ton. managed with the regularity and
accuracy of clock-work, and l never
open my daily mail without feeling like
patting our old Uncle Sam on the back
with hearty bravo"
The compliment is deserved. The
postal system of this country is as near
perfection as possible, and where there
are irregularities the fault is, in nearly
every case, with the careless senders Of
letters and papers-hardly ever with
the Governments postal officers or en-
ployes. Chicago Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-05-17
An IrrecOncilable Enemy.

France is shenceforth vast entrenched
camp. which can be defended in a week
by one million and in month by three
millions of men. know that all is not
yet perfect in this immense organiza-
tion, but l also know that each day a
great step in advance is made. "Well,
then," it will be asked, "what is there
to be anxious about? So much the bet
ter if you are strongly armed; no one
will think of attacking YOU" Yes, no
doubt; but YOU must understand that
France (and herein lies the gravity of
the present state of things) desires, with
ardor proportioned to the growth of her
strength, to be formally set free from
the night-mare-dread of possible in
vasion. Her defensive power is only
partially reassuring, and her immense
armament is heavy burden; there is
a fragrant contradiction between the in
stitution of universal barracks and those
republican aspirations which are be-
coming more and more democratic day
by day. The simplest solution would
be to fling ourselves at all hazards upon
Germany, to take back from her our
former frontiers, and to disarm her
That being done. we, too. might lay
down our arms. This is what is called
Ia reranehe. Many people enormously
imagine that the French cherish the
idea of it, but nothing of the sort is true.
There is not within my knowledge a
single politician who dreams of such a
thing, and among the people it would
be most unpopular. This terrible game.
in which our fate as a nation would be
the stake, would depend upon the haz-
ard of a battle lost or won, and we will
not play it except in the last extremity.
But it remains none the less certain that
we continually confront Germany AS an
irreconcilable enemy, more on account
of the harm she could still do US than on
account of the harm she has done; and
that enemy is certainly not one to be
despised. If Germany is our bugbear
we assuredly give her illustrious chief,
the Chancellor of the Empire. many
sleepless nights. He knows right well
that the moment an enemy of his up
rises anywhere he may count two-us
and that other. Unless he should re-
duce us to absolute impotence, we, al
though conquered, shall present an
eternally insuperable barrier to his ambi-
tion.-T Coiani, in Fortniyhtly RerieU
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-05-17
THE DRUMMER.

A drummer stood on the corner.
His work in that city was done;
He d two hours left to wait for n train,
Ahd was quietly looking for fun
maiden came out of store
With packages larger than small:
The drummer braccd up to the daisy
And offered to carry them all.
The daisy objects to such action
On the part of the drummer SD bold.
Who bc-s some thousands of parf1ons.
But thought h. had known her of old.
The daisy's papa in the distance
Is seen coming swift along:
Ia tn, my eie -ant drummer.
viii! change your beautiful song
BID. bang, and the gay festive drummer
Thinks he's shot with a gatiing gun;
But twas only the foot of ner papa,
Starting him toward the sun.
He returns quite early and sudden.
And. striking the walk with a crash,
Thinks of his mother. and Heaven.
And thinks of his failure to mash.
Gone from his sight is the daisy.
Gone from his rear is her dad:
But all OF the people who saw him
viii always think drummers are bad.
Burlington HdHLcyc.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-05-17
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

The hit of the SeasOn-pOunding the
pepper box Too deep water makes q
ships crew can't anchor us.-Marathon
Independent.
After the hotels were full a paI
applied to one and said he'd become
guest of the house for day or two.
The landlord said he guessed not
~ o. Picayune.
Such is the advancement of science
that vegetables and fruits can now be
grown without the light Of the sun.
honey made without bees, and butter
without cows.-N. y Commercial Id
Uertiser.
In the town Of Manchester, N. H.,
. wee lass of three summers was crying
for an absent aunt. Her mother, know
ing her fOndness for figs, offered her one
if she would stop crying. She took the
fig, but, upon thinking it over, handed
it back, with the remark: I'D rather
cry for Auntie Brown. ."-Boston Post.
The modest maiden:
o! and o! cried a Densive maid,
To-day am twenty-One:
Affairs are looking gloomy now,
Something will have to be done!
think I almost could marry
A man of some lower rank
A millionaire, or viscount,
Or the owner OF \ bank.
Life.
-s.What is q pharmaceutical associ-
atom" asked little damsel who had
carefully spelled out the long name in
the paper, and the old gentleman,
aroused from perusal of the stock list,
answered: Farmer cuticle assOcia-
ton? Some of those fellows who go
around skinning the farmer, suppose.
Why don't you read something easier.
nv dear?''-BostoR Commercial BuLke-
Tin.
Daniel Webster once proved that he
was the handsomest man in New En-
gland. boston, said he. ..is the hand
somest town in New England, fremont
is the handsOmest street in Boston.
Scollay's the handsomest building in
fremont street, Christopher Cores Of
flee is the handsomest room in Scollays
building. and / am (now) the handsom-
est man in Christopher Cores Office
ergo, am the handsomest man in New
England. .'-Boston Post.
Then you love me truly, Elvirs?'
Eyes, yes, my darling; truly, most tru-
ly." "And in spite of my poverty"
.'What matters mere wealth when COM
pared to the bliss of your noble love?'
Thanks. thanks, my beloved; You
have rendered me unspeakably happy"
Il would rather be your wife and live
in a cottage than dwell in the palace Of
Prince" ''Bless You. bless you. my
own---but -" .'But what?
haven't the cottagsr'
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-05-17

An exchange tells us that one Chi
cago cigar factory is manned entirely
by women. As an offset to this we will
state that one Partisan dressmaking es-
tablishment is womaned entirely by
men.-Bisnldrck Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-05-17

After the recent accident On the
Erie Railroad q Wabash special ran the
McCaull Opera Company from Detroit
to Auburn Junction, 126 miles, in 177
minutes. CHICAGO Herdld.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-05-17
"A certain NJ. Bibbero is reported I

A certain NJ. Bibbero is reported to
be in training on Tyneside, in England.
with the intention of committing suicide
next summer Undeterred by the pain
full fate of Captain Webb. this foolhardy
foreigner is deliberately preparing him
self for an attempt to sAim across the
Niagara rapids.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-05-17

"A number of regular boarders in .
San Francisco hotel felt insulted and
went away because Johnny Sullivan
snd his gang of pugilists were received
IS Ruests.-CAicaoO Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-05-17

Eighty-seven persons in York
County. South Carolina, bear the name
Of jackson,
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-03-06
DIED..

In Wichita, February 20, 1884, Edward X.
Dennison, aged 43 years 10 months and Il
days.
The subject OF this notice was born q,
Milford, Clearmont county, Ohio. His IA
Their was a minister in the NJ. L. Church,
and his mother q woman of decided faith
and piety. In 1864 he came to Missouri and
was married to Miss Agnes Coquill. In 1879
he came to Wichita, and enjoyed good health
until October last, when symptoms of dis
ease appeared. In December be had hem
orrhage, and for six weeks before his death
he was closely confined TO his bed. Early
in his sickness he began to feel that "afilic-
ton cometh not forth of the dust, neither
doth trouble spring out of the ground"
As the scriptures were read ut his bedside
tears were noticed stealing down his checks
and he humbly resolved that if he got well
he would lead a different life. He began to
look up to the Lord and call upon His name.
Memories of the past also came back: the
prayers of his parents and the hymns OF his
youth. Especially refreshing how was his
favorite hymn: "There'll be no more sor-
row there" He derived much comfort from
the word Of G cd, and prayed without ceas-
ing. As the end approached, he became
more and more reconciled to the will of God
and finally seemed able to commit the keep.
ing of his soul into His hands. And 50 he
departed this life In the hope of the better
life to come.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-03-06
A RESPONSIBLE FIRM.

Owing to the reprehensible practices o
certain parties who have shipped to and sole
in Southern Kansas, as thoroughbred short
horns, cattle that were little better than low
grades, buyers will, Of course, want to know
full particulars as to the firm of Garth &
Co., and the cattle they will sell at Wichita
on the l4th. or the gentlemen themselves,
the following certificate will tell the story
well:
COLUMBIA. NO., February 20, 1884.
To Whom it Nay Concern;
We take pleasure in stating that the gen.
tlemen composing the firm of Garth & Co.,
mentioned in their catalogue, were all born
and raised in this county. They are men OF
integrity, thoroughly reliable and response
BILE in every way.
JNo. HINTON, Judge of Probate.
W. J. RABB, Public Administrator.
J. W. STONE, Clerk Circuit Court.
W. w. BATTERToN, Clerk County Court.
II. b. PRICE, Pres. Boone Co. NATL Bank.
J.H. WAUGH, Pres. Exchange Natl Bank.
JAS. G. ORR, Collector of Revenue.
c. c. SEBASTIAN, Prosecuting Attorney.
G.. III. BURCKHARTT, Judge Circuit Court.
As to the cattle, certificates of each ami
mails pedigree being already recorded, or
having been entered for record in the next
volume of the American Herd-Book, will be
and the fullest scrutiny request
ed. Any one having any serious doubts
about everything being all straight, would
DO well to obtain one of the catalogues and
send it to the editor of the Herd-Book, Mon
aux Building, Chicago, with request to
know il any thing is wrong.