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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-03-22
Confronted with His Villainy.

When Mr.. Popperman threw off his
overcoat last evening his wife said:
MY dear. this is your birthday.
Now, what kind of a present would YOU
prefer"
"Well. money"
That's just the kind of a present l
have for you." and Mrs. Popperman
took from beneath her apron plethoric
bag, and emptied upon the table pile
of lingling cons. There's your birth
dav present"
The husband looked at the coins in
amazement, and then said:
"Why, my dear. the money is no
good. There is nothing here but lead
quarters and dimes with holes in 'em.
Here's quarter with hole in it, and
the hole is bigger than the quarter.
Whist confounded rascal palmed that
money on you? Oh! the scoundrels
there are in the world"'
''Calm yourself, M dear" said Mrs.
Popperman. "That money must all be
good. That's what you've given me
for pin money since we've been mar.
ried. ~ Y. Morning Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-03-22
Grand Opera.

"tather," asked young man OF
his cynical parent, "what is grand
opera9"
Il don't know"
"Why are some operas called grand,
while others are not SO designated? 1t
seems to me that il a composer could
write grand opera he would never write
any other kind"
.'Well. you see it's only by experiment
that a composer can determine whether
or not an opera is grand Ii, upon first
production, the music is beyond the
abilities of the singers and bores the au-
dience, it is grand. The weary yawn
of man does more, my son, to deter
mine the value of an opera than the
highest recommendation from profess
sionai critic of music. If. though, the
singer can climb to the summit of
emergency, and if the audience is
pleased, the opera is not grand and the
composer goes away dissatisfied, disap-
pointed and disconsolate. Sometimes
the composer can correct the mictake
brought to light on the proof-sheet OF
first production. On one occasion Il
great composer produced an opera
which he hoped would be grand, but
there was so much music in it, the sing
ers did so we'll, and the audience went
into such fits of rapture and spasms OF
enjoyment, that the composer saw his
work doomed to Il wayward life of in
ferior appreciation. After the perform
ance he took the opera and sat up all
night crossing out the music and mark
ing in rasp flats and guinea hen sharps.
He went with high hope the next night
to get a revise. The audience became
restless. Men began to talk business.
A harness and buggy dealer from q
ncighboring town sold three buggies.
two sets of harness, and figured exten-
sively on an omnibus trade. Women
drew their cloaks around their shoul-
ders and shivered. The voices on the
stage broke and fell in shattered frag-
ments. The composer went away hap
py. His opera was grand.
.Did the people continue their pat
| ronage after the music was markell out
and the opera pronounced grand?
BLESS your ignorance, yes. Why
| the increase in attendance was wonder
full. Previous to an operas advent as
grand-that is. before the music is
crossed out--only people who really
loved the concord of sweet sounds
went to see it. but afterwards it was
alike to all. The man with the dullest
ear enjoyed it quite as much. or pre-
tended to. which is all the same, as the
person whose spirit was stirred by the
gentle touch of soul-born harmony.
.But, father, if there is really moth
ing sweet in the grand operas why do
YOU take mother to see them?'
because am a fool, son.
"Yes. but why does mother"
because she is 4 fool, my boy"
"Are all people thus actuated?'
"Yes; that is, all who are honest
enough to confess it."
Don't you believe there are people
who enjoy grand operas'?'
90 yes"
"Tney are highly cultivated, are they
uotP'
"No, not necessarily
"What kind of people are they?"
"Deaf people, young man. .'-Arkan-
| SaC Traveller
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-03-22
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Mrs. Tennvson writes and signs all
her husbands letters.
The Smith family occupies fifteen
closely printed pages OF the London d.
rectory this year.
DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes contra
diets the cable story that he is going to
England to lecture. and says he desires
to pass the remainder of his life il his
own country and by his own tireside.
Judge Tourgee says in his new
lecture that there are 81 900 newspapers
to publish the news of the day, and
there are 35O, ZOO reporters in this cSun-
try alone watching the world to record
its actions.
Not one of the six Congressman
from California was born iE that State
Tully is native of Tennessee, Glascock.
of Mississippi. Henley, of Indiana, Rose
Grams, of Ohio, Budd, of Wisconsin, and
Summer, of Massachusetts.
-Chief-Engineer George w. Melville
has received letter from the Governor
of Irkoutsk, couched in the most friend
ly terms. 1t says that the Car has re-
warded all those who aided MIR. Melville
and the other survivors of the Jeannette.
One of the most highly-prized artl-
cles in the collection of Hartford
Conn book lover is copy Of Princes
Chronological History from 1920 to
1885," giving daily account OF the
pilgrims for thirteen years. The volume
is not easily duplicated. even IN public
libraries of long standing and means
Boston Transcript.
j. NJ Hill, the theatrical manager,
is said to be so lucky that if he were to
leave his slippers ut q hotel they would
be forwarded to him TO the next town
wi h half dozen pairs of silk stockings
in them. The only time he ever fell
down he is said to have picked up
diamond pin.-M. Y. Graphic.
--Horatio King, though now an old
man, is still hale and hearty; his eye Is
as bright, his step as firm and his heart
as young as when he sat in Buchanan's
Cabinet as Postmaster-General. Mr..
King enjoys the distinction of having
entered the Post-office Department as
clerk and working his way up to the
top.-Chicago Tribune.
MIR. Joseph Hay. one of Boston's
most ~enerated citizens, celebrated re-
Gently the ninety-fourth anniversary of
his birth. in the house which he built in
| 1921, and where he has lived during
| sixty-three years. He was member OF
| Boston's Common Council in 1880, and
he has missed voting at only two cleo
tions in seventy years. Boston Herald.
| N. j. Morton. of the Boston Globe,
who lost his life in the City of Column
bus disaster, was one of the brightest
Journalists in New England. He was ON
his way to Florida to spend several
months to avoid the dreadful disease.
consumption. the symptoms of which
had begun to appear. Some OF the best
articles in the Globe in the last few
wears emanated from his brain. Chica-
| 40 Inter Ocean.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-03-22

children's winter dresses. Upon ribbed

children's winter dresses. Upon ribbed
velveteen are applied bands of un-
bleached embroidery, or better still.
deep lace borders worked in crotchet,
with unbleached cotton pockets, sleeve
revers. and deep collar matched to the
embroidery or lace-such are the only
trimmings becoming young child 5
dress.
Fashions are more varied than ever
this winter. Evening dresses are made
of either light or dark shades, with
train as often as not, but quite plain
one, without any sort of trimming. es-
pecially when the material is rich one.
This train. as has been already limited,
can be made top ut on and off at pleas
ure. Bodices are cut low in a round.
square. or oval shape. seldom in the
shape of heart: and generally peaked
in front. Sleeves to the elbow or of
light lace, if lace forms part of the
toilet. Gloves very long, of unglazed
kid, pale gray. or black with black
dresses; straw colored. white, pearl
gray. or golden crust, with light even
ing or ball toilets; bracelets, as bcauti-
full as possible, are worn over the
gloves. Brooklyn Eagle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-03-22
Health and Success.

A sound body has more to do with
success in life than most persons real
iZe. There are instances where men in
continued ill-Eealth have achieved en-
inence. but this is not the rule. Alex
ander Stephens, of Georgia. and Thad-
deus Stevens, of this State, our old
commoner, were considered remarkable
men, because, despite ill-health, they
impressed themselves on the Nation.
There are other cases in distant lands
enough to prove the rule. We do not.
of course, hear of the many failures in
life resulting from illhealth. The fall
ures, either in speculation or life. arc
not paraded. But there are examples
where momentary spasms of ill-health
have clouded the minds of men of gen
ius, and deranged their plans. Napo-
leon lost one of his great battles be-
cause of a fit of indigestion. And
when the mind must carry the ailments
of diseased body. and yet do its legit-
innate work, it evidently must perform
double duty. 1t can not always do this
and succeed. Hence healthy body has
much to do with success in life.
One of the first considerations then
in family training is that which relates
to health, and this is the more impor-
tant in our day. when SO much of
child's life is spent in close school
rooms and it is compelled to breathe n
vitiated, super-heated atmosphere.
Pure air and exercise are Natures
great restoratives, and these need to be
intelligently and regularly impaired.
The play-cure for children is far better
than summer resorts and medlcated
waters. Play supposes outdoor exer-
cises. 1t imparts buoyant spirits,
cheers the mind. gives healthy tone to
the thought and makes the blood pure
and strong. But play alone is not best
as all work is not. "All work and no
play makes Jack dull boy" is a true
adage. Still some work is needed for
its disciplinary influence, and to make
firm the muscles and nerves. This
work should be, so far as possible, out
of doors, But if this can not be given.
q saw and buck for wood in the cellar
is better than no work at all.
Another element favorable to good
health is pure air when sleeping. Ii
children are accustomed to ventilated
rooms, they will ultimately enjoy them.
and will feel oppressed in an unventilated
room. And they will sleep soundly and
healthfully when the cold air Of winter
is pouring in-so it does not blow on
them. Sleep under such conditions is
not affected by troubled dreams. nor is
it followed by nervous headache.
Healthful sleep is dreamless. And this
supposes pure air and not too much
heat. A cold room is better than an
overheated room. But one that is suf-
ticiently comfortable for preparations
for retiring to be made without chill
is best Children thus reared will grow
up healthfully; and this good health.
with intelligent, practical education
and self-reliance, will be of more value
than thousands Of unearned capital
Philadelphia CAL.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-03-22

"A bright little boy with black curly
hair, about twelve years of age, was
recently before Judge Gildersleeve on
the charge of stealing. He gave the
name of McGinnis. A little further on
in the examination the Judge asked him
if his name was not really Noonan. The
boy broke into whimper and said that
was his real name: that he was really
ashamed of it. Where is your father
now?" interrogated the Judge. "In the
State Prison at Sing Sing" replied the
boy with sob. Now who will not say
that this boy deserves the sympathy
rather than the condemnation of society?
1t has been our habit to treat offenders
pretty much alike, but perhaps the
time is coming when we shall discrim-
mate a little. The little fellow was
sent to the House of Refuge.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-03-22
HUMOROUS.

The burglars pride-If they hadn't
they could not have opened the window.
Chicago Tribune
The difference between a patent
non-tip-overabIe spittoon and an ed
itorial is said to be in the fact that the
one will right itself while the other
won't
-"When q man gets a stitch in his
side while at church he is apt to lose
the thread of the discourse. Of
course; and when he gets hemmed in
by crowd of pretty girls, it seams
good. d.-Yonkers Statesman.
A little child of Rutland, Vt, be-
coming wearied with the guarreling of
two Younger children over glass of
milk, exclaimed: "What's the use of
fighting forever over that milk? There
is a whole cowful out in the barn. y
Troy Times.
-"Fred, why do you call me your
duckie darling? Is-it because floated
into your affections so swimminglyP"
..Hardly that. my dear. It's because.
as rule, you rarely advance toward
me but you are holding out a big bill"
-CHcago Times.
lis that little man married." asked
Witherspoon. looking at a five foot-two
man helping q lady upon the cars.
"Yes. Why" Il shouldn't think it
was consistent for a short fellow like
him to enter the bonds of high-men."
N Y Mail.
A man who comes round every few
minutes begging for a match is rather .
nuisance, but when he slides into
crowd and asks: .sIs there anv man
here who is mean enough to refuse to
give me a match2" there is nothing to
do but to hand one over at once.--Bos-
ton Post
Not Subject
make me a pun" said merry kIng
To q Jolly joker mt his side.
Then give me a asubject-anything,
The pungent punstcr quickly replied.
!" Make II on me, then" chuekled the King,
As he gently stroked his robe of fur.
/" could make one that smi'es would bring,
But the King Is not a subject, sir.
In July and August last year each
United States Senator consumed ton
and half of ice. Altogether 100000
pounds were used up. When the next
polar expedition is organized, the crew
should be drafted from the United
States Senate. 1t would not only save
the country handsome sum of money,
but we should very soon have an open
polar sea.-Bostoa, Transcript.
"A Modest Little Girl:-.' Mamma"
asked little girl, "does the sun go to
bed when it sets in the EVENING" II
suppose so," "absent-mindedly replied
the mother. "What makes everything
so red? Does it blush because it has 60
go to bed right out where everybody
can see it?" =. shouldn't be surprised.
my dear" "Well,' continued the lit
tie girl. thoughtfully, "if / were in the
suns place would cover myself up
with the clouds. .''-Detroit Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-03-22
TO VENNOR.

NennOf, You IniSerahIp old fraWdI
A settin' down an writing lies.
An maxim out as how
That your q protfet,
You awt to be ashamed,
A purity proffet YOU air
A-maKin' 'onest farmers think.
In Minnesoty. that they
Could raise green meas an cabbig
In Janiyary. an Good feest
On cowcumbcrs an Ictris.
An sich like varfiin' sass.
An pIow. an bawI ma,urr.
An. in THAR shurt-sIeeyes.
Set around on fences
A within an a t,wkin' poIiytix
Awl winter. An her. the mertry
Has got way down so low
It's frose. an busted
Nv forty-cent thermometer,
You miserable. cnntemptibIc,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-03-22

''Fine morning, your honor" affably
remarked the man who was arrested the
night before for being drunk and disor-
derby. -
.'Yes, indeed" heartily responded
the Justice; .'9uite fine-morning; in
fact ten-dollar-fine morning"
After this little pleasantly thesSeutlo-
man was booked for the BLACK NSria.,'
and the business of the court went ON a.
usual. -HilGdelphi0 Col.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-03-22

The salary of Robert Harris as Pres
ident of the Northern Paci6 Road ID
1000 per annum. Chicago 3SssSnG.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-17

THE clergymen of Norwich, Conn, COM
plain that their hostility to Blaine has brought
upon them the distrust of their congregations,
and that they are being boycotted. In view
of the fact that the only persons who can boy
colt preachers are church members, the Nor
witch ministers must be guilty of something
that the best class of people condemn. We
are opposed to bOycotting but the preacher
who supported Cleveland in preference to
Blaine ought to be so thoroughly ashamed of
it as never to confess it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-17

OUR special from Boston gives an interest
ing interview had with Mr.. Blaine concerning
the recent election. No one is better able
than Mr.. Blaine himself to intelligently weigh
the influences that were exerted both for and
against him, andhis statements of the strength
as well as the weakness of his candidacy, will be
eagerly read and accepted expert testi
mony. When all the returns are in they
will be an interesting study; but this much
is now certain that Mr.. Blaines vote will
show wonderful increase in the
vitality and strength of the Republican party
since the elections of 1882, when the party
was Frustrated and torn into factions by the
distressful events of the first year of the ad-
ministration. The Republican States
have given almost their old-time ma
jorities, and that in the face of a
combination of circumstances and an opposi-
ton, active and passive, the forceand strength
of which can scarcely be estimated. In the
decisive State of New York, despite all the
parade and circumstance of the Independent
revolt, with the Democratic candidate the
Governor, the Democratic party in control of
all the State and city machinery,
and having the prestige of an
enormous majority of nearly 200, 900 only two
years ago, Mr.. Blaine is defeated by plural
ity of little over 1000, while $4,000 votes
were cast for third and fourth
candidates, leaving the boosted "reform"
Governor in minority of at least
49, 900 votes. With such result Mr.. Blaine
can well afford to leave his candidacy to the
impartial judgment of time. There is moth
ing in it. or in its defeat that should cause
him moments personal chagrin.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-17

and give his opinion as to the proper mode of
improving that harbor. The Emperor tells
Mr. Eads that an able Brazilian engineer and
Mr.. Hawkshaw, of Great Britain, have both
prepared plans for the works, but that the
government is unwilling to proceed without
first submitting the question to him. Mr..
Hawkshaw is the most prominent engineer in
England, and is now constructing the great
tunnel under the river Severn. The En-
peror of Brazil personally knows Captain
Eads, and wants his views upon the improve
ment of the port of Rio Grande before the
work is undertaken. It is great compliment
to our American engineer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-17

'GT is of rumor that Messrs. Whitsitt and
Nichols will probably join with Wright and
Smart in demanding recount of the ballots
cast in this county at the last election. These
recounts seldom amount to anything. Wit
ness the recount in New York of the vote of
Cleveland and Blaine"
The Saturday People should know that there
is no provision in New York for a recount, as
the ballots are Immediately destroyed. There
has been no recount" in New York; it has
been simply the canvass of the vote provided
for by law
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-17
To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal,

In yesterdays issue of your paper you state
that the national banking currency is taxable,
under the laws taxing other property, but of
course a State cannot make law conflicting
with the laws of the United States. How does
the following sound, taken from the Revised
Statutes of the United States relating to loans,
the currency and coinage" "Sec. 370l: All
stocks, bonds, treasury notes. and other obiga-
tons of the United States, shall be exempt from
taxation, by or under State or municipal or
local authority. Sec. Sab: The words obliga-
tons or other security of the United States,
shall be held to mean all bonds, certificates of
Indebtedness, national bank currency, coupons,
United States notes. certificates of deposit bills,
checks or drafts for money, drawn by or upon
authorized officers of the United States. stamps
and other representatives of value, of whatever
denomination. which have been or may be issued
under any act of Congress" S. G. REESE.
PARIS, ILL.,, Nov. To-
1t does not sound very well, because section
S. Alb of the Revised Statutes says no such thing.
1t says national currency" which is very
different thing from national bank currency"
1t is remarkable that any discussion should have
arisen npon the taxability of national bank
notes,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-17


In spite of the fact that the independents
seem to have got what they wanted after their
persistent campaign of lying and ISLANDERS, GER
tain of their number are not altogether happy.
A leading Philadelphia mugwump feels conf
dent that the rebuke "they" have admins
tered to the country will prove salutary, but
expresses the opinion that Cleveland's election
will cause "a slight business depression, F"
which will, however, be a good rather than a
bad sign, and ''healthy reaction" This
view is hardly consistent with the frantic as
sertions made previous to the election that
times were hard on account of Republican
rule, nor with the further belief of the same
able citizen that Blaines election would have
resulted in an "unhes lthy boom" When the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-17

A STARTLING story of juvenile depravity comes
from classic Boston. Itappears that gang of boys
boot blacks for the most part-had taken pos
session of an abandoned graveyard which has not
been in use, probably during the present century.
During the past half century a dense thicket
had grown in and around it, so that but few,
comparatively knew anything of its existence.
In this graveyard were several burial vaults.
The boys in question, imbued with desire to
emulate the deeds of Western outlaws, had
taken possession of one of these vaults, and had
gained entrance by breaking hole through the
brick wall. Once in, they established regular
quarters, and held high carnival among the de-
caying collins and skeletons. Recently they in
weighed strange boy to the place, after having
tinctured him with their wild desires to become
notorious if not famous. After introducing
him to the den, he became frightened by his
surroundings, which angered his abductors
that they compelled him to drink some kind of
narcotic, after which he soon lost consciousness.
Awakening he was Mortified to find that he
was abandoned to living death, for
all his companions had fled and drawn
up the ladder by which they made entrance,
so that he had way of escaping. By some
means the secret leaked" and police officer
visited the place, and attracted by the cries of
the lad discovered him. The lad was so terri
fed that he was almost insane, and the officer
oad difficulty in persuadng him that he meant
him no harm. When helped out and taken to
the highway he bounded off like deer, so thor.
oughly frightened that he never looked back.
The officer had the hole securely bricked up and
it is thought the youthful gang will hardly re-
sumo their tricks
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-17

THE same old story Of death comes up from
the works on the Panama canal. A Brooklyn
man, touched by the fever, has just returned,
and says that hundreds of the 40, 900 men en-
ployed die monthly. AS was said of the work
on the railway 'every tie marks grave" so
this man says of the canal, "every lineal foot
marks a death" The wages paid therefor
skilled labor $3.50 day, and for laborers SO
and Sis great temptation, but few from
this latitude can endure the climate and es-
cape the fatal malaria of that region