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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-10-11
The Isle Of Shoals.

The shoals were long q bone of
contention between New Hampshire
and Maine, being on the State line, but
now they have been divided up. They
number seven from our cross-trees;
namely, Duck, where in the dim past a
duck was seen. The most dangerous
of the group. Hog Island. now known
as Appledore, Smutty Nose or Haley's.
These. with Cedar Island, belong to
Maine; while the others, Star, White,
Londoners, belong to New Hampshire.
On a former visit the writer's Yacht was
anchored and swung SO that we caught
fish for'ard in the State of Maine and
ate them in the cabin in New Hamp-
shire.
Although the shoals look extremely
small from distance. they take up
quite little space. Star Island, ac-
cording to q measurement taken re-
Gently, is nearly mile long and half q
mile wide. White Island is three
fourths of mile long, Haley's is
mile long; the entire group comprises
about six hundred acres. In rambles
about the rocks many interesting points
are to be seen. On Star Island is an
old burying ground that would provide
material for volume in itself. The
inscription on one of the stones reads:
''Undernealh are the remains of the
Rev. John Tucke, A. NJ He graduated
at Harvard College A. d. 1723, was Or
dained here July 26, 1892, and died
August y, 1913, ;et ~. He was afable
and polite in his manner. amiable in
his disposition, of great piety and in
tegrity. given to- hospitality, diligent
and faithful in his pastoral office, well
learned in history and geography, as
well as general science, and a careful
physician both to the bodies and the
souls of his people. Erected 1900. In
to the just"
Here is also monument to the mem.
Dry OF Captain John Smith, an angular
marble shaft about twelve feet in
height. 1t was erected in ls64.-Cor.
Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-10-11
i" Working tile Press"

"What sort OF season did you
have?" asked the old oyster of the little
strawberry.
Pretty fair. l thank you, SIR" po-
litely replied the strawberry.
"Did you get many press notices."
20. yes. sir; any number of them. ~
"Not as many as ice cream, though.
That fellow hogs the whole press.
Why. he is disgusting the people with
his pufis that 1 don't suppose I'll be
able to get single line in for my SUM-
day-school festival stews next season
without paying for it" growled the old
oyster.
"ies, sir; l perfectly agree with
YOU" responded the little strawberry.
1.-The way some of them work the press
is perfectly disgusting. There is the
little green apple -
20, don't mention him!" cried the
old oyster. "He's too low. I never
saw q notice Of him in q better
role than small boys stomach,"-
th,lastelphia ChroHicis- Telegraph.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-10-11
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Church bells are going out of use
IN every considerable American CITY,
". 7. Herald.
According to the returns for 1883.
recently issued, there were in Ireland
at the close of that year 1852 schools
under the jurisdiction of the National
Educational Commission.
-SiNty-nine years ago q missionary
bore for the first time the standard of
Presbyterianism beyond the borders of
Indiana into the wilds of Missouri.
Now the Presbyterians report in the
region then opened. ten synods, 1,7OO
ministers. 1000 churches, and $50, 900
communicants.-Troy Times.
The Bishop of Liverpool is helping
to solve the question: .How to reach
the Masses" He breaches in the open
air; in the great ship-building yards at
the noon intermis>iOn. and among the
$4,000 carriers. with their wives, chill
dren and babies. and to the men of the
great goods stations, oftentimes from
1000 to 5000 in one assembly.
There is an association in London,
just year old, organized to place texts
of Scripture in the street cars and ON
nibuses. The street car routes alone
number more than 400. and it is es,i-
mated that the passenger traffic, which
is steadily increasing, is 1900, 600 an
nually. Texts have been placed in
fifty of the cars, at cost of two dollars
and half each for the year, and some
good results are claimed
just think of it. During the past
year the young ladies or Vassar College
ate "a. .l5S pounds of meat, which cost
S15, 5,556.52, and used 1851 quarts Of
milk, worth 81. I.644.O5. They also made
away with 80, 600pounds of flour, 14,567
pounds of butter, 2,638 pounds of cof-
fee, 1,SO0 bushels of potatoes, $4,000
eggs. $4,000 clans, 219 bottles of
pickles. and vast quantities of other
food supplies. Pancakes are . very
favorite dish. and griddle ten feet
long by three feet wide is used to bake
the 400 pancakes that are consumed
at single breakfast. The milk used
at the college comes from a dairy or
from 40 to 80 grade cows, which are
kept on the college property.-N 7.
Sun.
Rev. Mr.. Beecher's recent informal
address before the Storrs Agricultural
School at Mansfield, Conn.,, contained
this pleasant reference to the Storrs
family: Il had learned something about
Mansfield through my friends the
StOrrses. Old DR.. StOrrs. of Braintree,
was one of my earliest memories, and
his genuine elOqnence was the first that
really reused and held me. His son is
my neighbOr, DIR. Storrs. of Brooklyn.
Charles Storrs is my neighbor aud
sreat friend of mine. And last, Au-
gustus Storrs, here, is the treasurer of
my church. All my revenue is in his
hands. When he asked me to come to
his place knew too much OF human
nature to refuse. Our income is from
$40. 900 to s6O, ,OOO-it all passes through
lis hands, and that stupid man never
tOle 3 cent of it..
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-10-11
COcOa.Nut Culture In Florida.

An enthusiastic New Jersey capital
ist has started An extensive plantation
OF cocoa nut trees in Dade County,
along the southern coast of Florida.
The seed nuts were brought from
South Carolina. They were germi-
mated. and about 100000 plants have
been set out, at 3 cost of nearly S4O,-
900. Next winter the number will be
largely increased. 1t requires six years
for the trees to begin to yield returns,
but it is estimated that the grove will
pay ten per. cent on = valuation Of
$1,000. 900. A full-grown tree will pro-
duce sixty npts yearly.-M J: Com
s,ercip .adrer:ser.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-10-11
Rye.

One acre of fall sown rye will keep
one COW and calf in winter pasture where
the winters are open enough to permit
pasturing the greater part of that sea-
son. and will also carry the stock along
until the grass is well advanced in the
spring. As the fall and winter will
supply enough moisture to keep the
heroage in growth. this crop may be
sown over large portion of the South
and West with much advantage, and
in many places the remains of it, after
it has been fed down, will afford val
liable quantity of fertilizing matter,
which may be plowed in for corn to
follow it. twill also be useful in many
places where the winter is close sea-
son for its supply of late fall and early
spring pasture. but for this purpose it
must be sown in August and twice the
usual quantity Of seed used,-N. y
Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-10-11
Pawnbr0kers' Signs.

The pawnbrokers' insignia is under-
stood to have its foundation in the arms
of the Medici family, a representative
of which went from LOmbardy to Lon
don in the Middle Ages, and, being very
rich, set up business as banker or
money lender. The arms of his family
consisted of three gilded pills, which
had direct allusion to their profession
of medicine. Beside being "doctors"
they were the richest merchants in Flor
ence and the greatest money lenders.
The branch of the family which settled
in London commenced business in Lom.
bard Street. Whether the family arms
were used as a sign to attract has not
been stated. but there seems to be no
question that this was the origin of the
three golden balls now used to indicate
the presence of pawn-broking. estab-
lishments. 1t is observed that the busi-
ness of lending money on pawns was
carried on in England by Italian mer-
chants or bankers as early. at least, as
the reign of Richard ]. BY the II Ed
ward L., messuage was confirmed to
these traders. where Lombard Street
now stands, but the trade was first rec
ognizedin in law by James I. The name
Lombard, according to Stow. is con-
traction of Longobards. The Lombard
bankers exercised a monopoly of pawn
broking till the reign of Queen Eliza
beth. Another Interpretation of the
three balls signs is that it indicates that
the pawn-broker exacts two-thirds col
lateral as security for the one-third
which he lends to the borrower. 1t has
been otherwise dubbed s.the two to one''
business.-Brooklyn Eagle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-10-11
The Clerk Saw the Point.

On one of the excursion steamer:
| running out of Detroit the other day
the clerk found a passenger who had
neither ticket or money He began tc
berate the man for a dead beat, telling
him he ought to be ashamed of himself,
ETC., but the strapped passenger held
up his finger and said:
Have l been among the passengers
and thrown out hints that the boilers
of this boat were rather old and liable
to explode?"
"Not that I know Of"
'.Have | been around predicting a
storm, and thus detracting from the
pleasure OF the trip"
Haven't heard of your doing So"
''Have l slipped up to this one and
that one to slur your boat for beino
slow. and have | said that you were
carrying at least ninety people more
than your license allows? Twice thus
far this boat has neglected to answer
the signals of vessels coming down.
Have / said / would make complaint
under the law? Have l counted your
life preservers and found the compile
ment short? Have i overhauled your
small boats and found that none of them
could be launched?"
80, see, An old steamboat man
shaker stammered the clerk. ..Excuse
me for not identifying yon. Just make
yourself at home and ride as far rs YOU
please. If You happen downstairs come
to the office and try some of my cigars"
Detroit Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-10-11
Hen Ignorant Of Fire.

do not know of any but a sino!,
record where natives of newly dis
covered country did not know the use
OF lire; that one case was on ISlanC
Fauna Loa, or Bodwitch's Island, dis
covered on the 9th of January, 1871,
by the L. ). S. Peacock, commanded
by Captain w. II. Hudson, of the United
States South Sea Surveying and Ex-
ploring Expedition.
Captain Hudson relates: 1.-The natives
were at first very shy of the boats; but
the Hawaiians who were in them soon
induced them to approach, and to enter
into trade, and finally enticed them
alongside the ships. On coming near
they began song or chant, holding up
their paddles and mats, and shouting
'kaiilou tamatau.' They resembled the
natives of Oatafu, or Duke of York 8
Island, wore the same kind of mats,
eye shades and ornaments, and some
were tattooed in the same manner,
some, however, were tattooed in a
different style. being ornamented with
variety OF arrows on the forehead and
cheeks. They were all finely formed
and manly in appearance. with pleasing
countenances that expressed good na-
ture.
''They were eager enough for trade,
and soon disposed of all they had to ex-
change; few presents were made them,
but all the inducements failed to entice
them on board. They appeared cheer.
full, laughing heartily at anything that
struck them as ridiculous.
1.-The population of the island is esti-
mated to be about six hundred souls,
most of whom dwell in the town.
There were no signs of places for
cooking, nor any appearance of fire,
and it Is believed that all their provis-
ions are eaten raw. What strengthened
this opinion was the alarm the natives
felt when they saw the sparks emana-
ting from the flint and steel, and the
emission of smoke from the mouths of
those who were smoking cigars"
The writer of this article was on
board the Peacock, and can v,lch for
the verify of Captain HudSon's account
of our interviews with the natives, and
also that they eat their entire food with
ont cooking, but also had the greatest
dread of lire in any form. We saw no
trace of charcoal or ashes i'm their vii
lage or town. and we fully understood
them as to their food and how it was
taken. 1t consisted entirely of cocoa
nuts and pandanus fruits, fish, echini
and other products of the sea; the few
sea birds mostly seen there were not
regarded as food, and even if they were
could not have been easily obtained or
relied on for supplies, the population
being large in proportion to the islands
Naturalist.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-10-11
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

| "A hotel for dogs has been estab.
lished at Mount Washington, near Pitts
burgh.-Iittsburgh Post.
-keely, the motor man, has now
guarded his ''secret" nine years, and
the stockholders are getting tired. ~.
y. Times.
Trust men and they will trus,
you," said Ralph Waldo Emerson.
'Trust men and they will bust You, y
says an ordinary, everyday business
man.
-DlO Lewis says consumption is
found in every cline, but he is wrong.
The very best preventive of consump-
tion is found in mountain climb.
Detroit Post.
A man arrived in New York q few
days ago with 1920 tiddles. And vet
England makes great fuss if little
dynamite happens to 60 off on the
island.-N T. MaH.
Alcohol is said to be an antidote
for snake bite poison only when the pa
tient is not addicted to drink and his
system already saturated with alcohol.
Chicago Herald.
Mamma, is papa bull or a bear9'
''He's af--Odear, Willie, don't ask so
many questions! 20 and ride your re-
locipede" 'Well, l just wanted to
know whether 1 was a cub or calf,
'cause--."-OI City Derrick.
Smart boy Ito Sam, the mail car
rierl: ''Heigho! you've got only one
spur. How do you expect TO get the
mule along with . spur on but one
side?" "Well, honey, you see, ef
gifts that side of the mule along. amt
the other side a-goin to keep up?''-
Golden Days.
-"You are very late sending your
evening male out" said the editor tn
his daughter when he came home at
two in the morning and met . timid,
young man between the front
door and the gate, 'Not at ALL"
answered the thoughtful girl. Charles
Henry is now morning edition"
-''It seems to me-" said Vermont
Judge to his daughter, that your
young man calls good many times q
week. My court.doesn't sit anywhere
near as often as yours does.s' 80,
we'll, papa" was the blushing reply.
II am engaged to him. you know, and
that entities us to . court of special ses-
sions. "-Burlington Free Press.
"A woman will calmly leave tho
cover OF . jar containing ground coffee
open when she knows the air will take
the strength out Of It. But she will
never leave the stopper out OF bottle
perfume she bought in Paris
ast summer. Any ono sending US q
correct solution Of the whyforeness Of
The thusly will receive, by return mail.
he cOrnet used by WashinRton to blow
1ls tire At Valley foEga-pssk
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-10-11
EPIGRinS.

h Eh TO Els CLIENT MR. MORSE
nTpbe ! sha i not fall from grace
NJ aeci:ne to plead your case
40 a"yyer should pursue q conrsa
"h nc must docket In Re .ugrsc.
oNA SLOW WAITER
iney caii You waiter but VOW
Ihat no mistake is greater:
so singgishly you move about,
lis who am the irditcr.
A VISITOR.
And t.pln uis IapplnR heard at my door,
Gnu trembed for fear of Il dun or n bore.
put found that had been mistaken for nnc,
Il wasn't dun, it was only-d Ounce.
on FASHIONABLE WIFE
Thought her a beautiful creature
AM dearly bought her with gold:
But there's one disagreeablc featlIre-
Twas and not she that was solI.
len Wood Ddris, in Tie Continent
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-10-11

The best backing young man can
cave Is . good backbone Of bis Own.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-12-07
DOn't be in n Hurry.

At the last session OF Congress Mr.. RAN
DALI. Mr.. HOLMAN, and other Democrats
opposed further appropriations Tor more So
| called commerce dcstroyers OF the sort which
Mr.. JollN ROACH Is now engaged in con-
structlns nj his interesting sLipyard on tho
Delaware.
We may need cruisers in our navy. but we
certainly do no. need many new ships which
cannot cruise through half tho length OF
Long Island Sound without breaking down
into hclplrssness. Despatch boats which
cannot complete short voyage without the
aid Of steam tugs are not desirable element
in a new navy. There may be occasions
when commerce dcstroyers will be valuable
To the country. but they ought to be con-
sidorubly faster than canal boats. For an
aggressive campaign against an rnemy's
commerce on the high seas, Fort Lafayette
or the round castle on Governors Island
would be about as useful as ships which are
too slow to overhaul anything worth catching.
Apart from II few fcathcr-hcadcd navy
builders who are anxious to ascertain whether
til" Treasury surplus will float or sink if it
l. lung into the ocean, and few hard headed
contractors who want profitable jobs, no.
body, we think, will now question the wis
dom of the policy which postponed further
appropriations until it should be seen how
the Roach cruisers turned out.
So far, tn" results of the experiment arc
not encouraging. II We ncccp, the opinions
OF unprecedented authorities on naval archi-
lecture, here and abroad, the country may
congratulate itself that no moro vessels like
the Boston, the Atlanta, and tho Dolphin
were ordered last spring.
In building navcs, as in other affairs Of
moment 1t is well To be sure you are right
before you 80 ahead.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-12-07
utilize. Another important fact. mentioned

utilize. Another important fact. mentioned
by CAMERON. IL that the systems OF the
Congo and the Zlmbosi Rivers lock into each
other in such n manner that by some i'm
| prnvoninnt In tho existing condition OF the
| rlvrrs, and by cutting canal about twont y
| mics through level )untry, they might 10
connected. and Internal navigation DO es,ab-
| llsli"d from tho west to the east coast.
The now State also Includes Nyangwc. the
large native trade centre Of the upper Congo
in wilosc markets STANLEY saw daily from
1000 TO 3,0)o people exchanging some sixty
different sorts OF merchandise, such rs food
supplies, animals. pottery. ivory fuel, war
aud agricultural implements. tobacco pipes.
and slaves. Il embraces tho grca. Lake
Tanganylka. and the ten rather cntcrpris-
ing tribes whose farms. iron works and fish
"rins lie along Tauganyika's nine hundred
miles oi cOasts L. also includes The Kpndn
country north of Lake Nyassa. whi,h Consul
ELroN declared was the iinNst tract OF Africa
II" hrd seen. Tho now Congo STATE. in brief
is very rich in undcvrlnpci RESOURCES. and
Is p'pplcd to largo extent by tribes that
have made considerable pro, gross in a!.rirul-
turc. pottery, and iron working. and are
among til" best specimens of the African
races Much of the country is elevated from
1000 70 5000 foot above the sea and is COM
pnrntiv'ly hralth,ul.
II will takc many year. 10 realize in this
country thn hopes of the African ln,erna-
tional Association for the development of
trade" Whom it is ousidnrrd. however. that
in the infancy of wail-.lirnc.ri commercial
enterprise III This region. Liverpool alone is
! NJ 4 80. In,
Congo distrlc', there seem to be good
grounds for the belief that the Congo NAV
become II considerable market. Several hum
dr"! miles up the river STANLEY found Delft
ware, British crockcry cotton cloth, and guns
among natives who hardly knew of the ecn
The imports had been passed from tribe to
tribe NJ the river.
W" know that many of til" native tribes in
the Congo State are great traders; that they
gather from long distances to Ujiji
Nyangwe. and other markets To sell their
ivory and exchange tn" products of their
farms. pot'crles, and snithios. Will TIA" al
tcrprlars which civilized nation, are pushing
forward among these people stimulate their
business instinct, and So favorably affect
their character and habits "a To make their
country "A source of valuable trade?
The experience Of traders. explorers. and
missionaries in the past five years is GER
tainly encouraging. The natives in many
places are beginning to accept coin in pay
nrnt for labor or food, and are anxious to
obtain our manufactures. One Of the most
encouraging facts is that the millions who
inhabit tn" pIatcaus Of the new Congo State
and the tribes Of South Africa that have adj
vtnccd fuithcst from savage lite have IL
common lineage. They all belong To the
Bantu or kallr stock, which. in physical,
mental, and social development, is far s,-
perior To the true negro. This tact has an
important bearing on the prospects Of de-
vclop.ng the country.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-12-07
What the Secretary %. state Can Do

Tn" office nt Secretary ui STATE in spite of
lis ~p."u iid tra!irluns and the great names
wh.csl hav" Illustrated II, no longer presents
tn" opportunities for usefulness or distinc-
tIuu winch II once did. There arc no more
vas. territories t. be acquired bv tn" United
States, uu great treaties to he noro'iatcI no
important question of boundaries j. to hn
decided. In peace" which i, the normal con-
dit!un NJ ia" country, the Lu.i"s Of the Src-
rotary al sta" arn not often Of grcn, i'm
portancc. The alleged diplomatic service
which looks 10 him for orders, is an al surd-
- and n sup"itluty, and the dispatches
which it is hi. duty to send aud to receive
are generally of small account.
In fact, humdrum and ea.y-yoinl, Secra-
tary Of State such rs Mr.. FEELISGHuYsEN
has been is about type of what any Anlrli-
can Secretary of State must be in time Of
peace. II he tries to stir W things and make
himself talked about. he is liable to go. both
himself aud the country into trouble, as Sec
rotary BLAINE did so ngcniously.
Fora wclI-bohavcd and conservative person
ambitious To become President of the United
states it may be doubted whether the State
Department is now As congenial and fortu-
nate place as it was once. But il tho next
o'c''Iuiy VI o'a', whoever No may be-,
minds his own business and the cnuntrv's.
hc will, perhaps, have II chance of distinction
such "a even the Treasury or the Interior
Department uEdcr IL reforming Secretary
might not offer.
Tier" is II widespread belief, not confined
to me Democratic party, that recent Rcpui-
lean Administrations have by no means
done their duty toward citizens Of the United
States abroad. Tho next Secretary Of State
should, without buster but firmly, interfere
whenever interference" is proper in behalf Of
every American citizen imprisoned by for
eign Government, and should do all that can
be done " see that no American citizen tray.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-12-07

Each now mystery, like that of the Carlc-
ton House cellar, emphasizes the value of tho
newspaper for the detection of crime and
criminals. The prompt publication Of facts
ut first inexplainablo leads to the develop
ment OF others, SO that recognittons of lost
persons or OF property through the news
papers are of daily occurrence. The old time
police methods OF keeping things quiet have
become obsolete. When person disappears,
the family, instead Of secrecy welcome the
reporter. aud the chances are that the missing
one will be traced in n few days.
The reporter is n Woodworking wel-mean-
ing man. Take him in aud treat him well.
We shall all be happier for it.