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Connecticut western news., 1885-06-17

l wreckage in the Gulf.
 The earthquake shocks at Serinagur and other points in the Vale of Cashmere continue at intervals, averag ing three hours in length. Whole villages have been engulfed, and ter ribe subterranean n oises are heard, driving the people frantic W ith fear. The horrors of approaching famine are added to the other re- l suits of the disaster, as many thousand bushels of grain in storage have been swallowed up in the chasms which are constantly opening. The islander case of Charles w. Adams against Lord Coleridge has been compromised. It is stated that the compromise or settlement requires that Lord Coleridge shall give to Mr. Adams E6, 600 on the occasion of the marriage of MT. Adams and Mildred, the daughter of Lord Coeridge.
 The British Resident of Cashmere reports that the shocks of earthquake continue The earth has opened in several places, swallowing a number of houses. Hot water and clouds of sulphurous dust have been elected from the chasms. These phenomena are accompanied by loud rumblings.
 Three hundred houses, fifty shops, and three mosques in the Stamboul quarter of Constantinople were destroyed by fire. One person was killed, and many were injured.
 The Imperial War Minister of Germany is drafting plan for a large increase of the army, based upon calculated results of the coming general census. The peace effective will be raised from 4l8,0O0 to 480,0OO.
 -General Slr RedVerS Butler telegraphs from Egypt that the whole British force has reached the Dongola; that all the stations south of that place have been evacuated, and that 7,225 refugees have gone north.
 It is reported that grave political disturb ances have occurred in Crete. No details have reached Athens and the reason assigned is that the malcontents have cut the wires.
 Eleven cases Of cholera and two deaths from the disease were reported in Madrid, Spain. At Castellon de Ia Plaua, forty miles from Valencia, Al cases were reported. The out break of cholera ill Madrid has created stam- pede.
 The gas which generated in the coal bunk CTS of the British iron turret ship Inhexible, at anchor of Portsmouth, Eng, exploded. Eff teen of the crew were severely injured, three of them fatally. The vessel itself was some- what damaged.
Connecticut western news., 1885-06-17


 on the verge of starvation.
 Almost the entire business portion of the town of Suffolk, Va, was destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at over $500, ,000.
 MT. and Mrs. Osterholz, of Charleston. s. o., died from drinking water drawn from an impure cistern.
 Charges of subiecting Louis Riel to bar barous treatment in prison were made in the Dominion Parliament.
 Tho asylum for the insane at Williams burg, Va, was partially destroyed by fire One of the female inmates wandered away un- noticed, and was afterward found drowned.
 -Pleuro-pnuemonis has appeared in a shorthorn herd at Day toI, Ohio.
 -Canker worms have appeared in large numbers about Medway, Mass, and threaten serious damage to fruit.
 Mrs. J. Wonch and four children were burned to death in bed ill their house in Bar rie, Ontario.
 Forty members of the Independent Order Of the New York Schuetzen Corps, with their families, making party of 200, sailed for ther Fatherland on the steamship Servia. They Will be gone two months, and the Schuet- zen will take part in the festival at Bingen on on the Rhine, on July 4th and 9th.
 -myriads of young grasshoppers have made their appearance on the south side of the Arkansas river. An area probably of 200 acres IS literally filled with young grasshop- perr. It is said that these insects are not dreaded as much as locusts, and will be inca pable of doing much damage.
 It is reported that Chief Justice Dorian. of the Province of Quebec, Chief Justice Haggerty, of the Province of Ontario, and Chief Justice 'Wallbridge, of Manitoba, will compose the commission to try Riel.
 The schooner Nellie Winlack and her crew of five men were lost in Tuesday nights storm on Lake Michigan, off Chicago.
 A serious epidemic of glanders has broken out among the horses in Montreal.
 -Ex- Governor Hale, of New Hampshire, has failed for nearly $1, ,000, 900, and attach ments aggregating $277, ,OO0 have been filed against his property.
 William s. Dorrance, for many years second teller in q Providence, R. l., bank, is charged with embedding $30, 900.
 Three boys. aged sixteen, seventeen and olneteen years, are in jail at Fond du Lac, Wis, for robbing passenger on railroad
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-08-29
A Queer Superstition.

Abram Reed, a farmer living in
Beaver township. Pa, cut down large
oak tree on his farm. and in cutting it
up he found, imbedded in the trunk,
seven or eight feet from the ground. 4
small glass bottle and what had the
appearance of a lock of hair. The
bottle had been inserted in hole in the
tree made by an auger. then a pine
plug was driven into the hole over the
bottle, the hair also being held in the
hole by the plug. The bottle was
corked and contained colorless liquid.
Over the plug had grown six solid rings
of wood. besides thick bark. There
was a superstition among the early
settlers, and it is held by many of their
descendants, that asthma and other
affections could be cured by the victim
standing against the tree and having a
lock of his hair plugged in it while the
hair was still attached to his head. It
must then be cut off close to his head.
and the afflicted person walk away
without looking at it or ever passing by
the tree again. While the use Of a
bottle was not included in this treat.
ment, it is believed that the one with
the hair discovered in the heart of the
oak tree was put there in the early days
of the settlement by some believer in
the superstition to cure an ailment oi
some kind.-Lumber World.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-08-29
Composing Under Difficulties.

In October. 1887, after his return to
Vienna. Mozart produced his greatest
opera. ..Don Giovanni" As late as the
night before the performance the over
ture had not been copied. Mozart
wrote on until late into the night. and
his wife could only keep him awake by
telling him the old fairy tales. such as
he loved when child; at times he
would break from laughter to tears. un-
til. growing more and more weary. he
fell asleep. At seven the next morning.
he arose and finished the score, the ink
in some parts being scarcely dry when
the copies were placed on the musicians
desks. The musicians had to play the
overture at sight. but its beauties
aroused the greatest enthusiasm both in
the players and the audience. Mozart
superintended all the rehearsals, and
inspired the singers with his own ideas
and feeling. He taught the hero to-
dance minuet, and when one of the sing
ers failed to conquer his score, Mozart
altered it on the spot At last the
Emperor bestowed court position on
Mozart, but the salary was so meager-
it was less than S50O-that it was OF
little help to him, while his duty. to
compose dance music for the court. was
humiliating. Well could he reply.
when asked his income by the tax.
satherer. TOO much fol what do;" tor
little for what 1 could do. "-Agatha
IUniS, in st. Nicholas.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-08-29
NE6Ul.OUS PHILOSOPHY.

one Rsan eame from Concord's classic shades, on
Ana igaS g.. .ons throne she sat,
ja Jve intricate arguments TO prove, in
rn Aguage pat
Ane Whchness OF the Wherefore, and the
Ih0sness of the That
one scorned ignoble subjects-eaoh groyel-
nut turned her lofty soul to prove the Airi-
ness of Air,
And twisted skeins of logic round the What.
10 lower natures leaving the dollars, and the
sense,
She scared above the level of commonn,ace
pretenSe,
And moulded trcatises which prove the That
ness Of the Thence.
her glorious purpose to reveal the Think
1uhcss of Thought.
10 trace each line by Somewhat on the Some
- now surface wrought.
=" picture forms of Whynot's from the
Whatnots meaning caught:
To cultivate our spirits with the whyforss
of the How.
To food the dark with radiance from the
Thisness of the Now.
what good has she accomplished?" o.
never doubt her thus.
1t saost be useful to reveal the Plusness Of
the Plus,
To illustrate with corkscrew words the
Whichness of the Us.
Mock not, poor common mortal, when
thoughts like these appear,
illuminating our labor with the Howness of
the Here -
And blazing like a comet through the Now
ness of the Near
Some day in Realms Eternal such grand
misthaunted souls
lnscribe their words of Whichness on Where
fore antic scroll.
In that great world of Muchness which
through the May be rolls
ihen shall we each acknowledge the WHY.
ness of the Whence
Each unoerstand completely with SeneefuI-
ness of Sense
ihe Ihusness of the Therefore the Thatness
of the Thence.
Il. Edgar Jeacs. II Chicago Current
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-08-29
HE WAS WANTED At HOME.
The Government Not Neediin: Recruits to
Clean Out Indians.

The Government Not Needin: Recruits tu
Clean Out Indians.
He called himself Colorado Jack. and
he looked as if he might be bad man
to handle. He was up for drunkenness.
'.Do you plead guilty or not guilty?''
asked the Recorder of the Dallas Police
Court.
'.You don't try . man for murder be.
fore the inquests are held. do your
Don't you take me around first to the
undertaker's shop to identify the re-
mains? That is what I have been ac-
customed to in Colorado. LAM always
asked to identify my corpses."
What remains? What inquests"
asked the Recorder.
tried to arrest me-" said the desperado.
.'You are laboring under some hallu-
cination, my friend.' remarked the Re-
corder. You didn't kill any police
man last night"
Then he isn't dead yet. Take me
to the hospital where his life is ebbing
away. In Colorado they always take
me to the bedside of the dying police
man who has tried to arrest me, so he
can identify me as the cyclone that
devastated him. Have YOU taken the
ante mortem of the policeman l par
TALLY destroyed last night?"
Il don't know what you are talking
about" said the Recorder; "you were
arrested and brought to the lookup by
a little sick tai ilor who couldn't sleep on
account of the racket you made"
$50 l was arrested by a civilian. was
1? q. well. that's all right. At first l
was afraid had disgraced myself l
was afraid had allowed squad of
policemen to take me. Any citizen can
arrest me with impunity. Civilians are
beneath my resentment. A civilian
can kick me and I'll not lay my hand
on him. You can't make me destroy
one. When want fight want some
two or three policemen to tackle
me as an inducement 1t takes five
able bodied policemen to make it in
teresting enough for me to let myself
out. never fish for sardines. In Col
orado they usually bring out battery
on me and a company of infantry. and
then the carnage begins. but here in
Texas, as long as you keep your police
force out of my way when 1 am drunk.
they are safe. If a squad of policemen
had tried to arrest me last night they
would now be nesting in some silent
tomb, but when . civilian, and particu-
larly ia; ;lor, comes at me l weaken
right Off Let me off this time. Judge.
l want to leave town right away. l
want to Offer my services to the United
States Government to clean up those
Apaches in New Mexico. l am the kind
Of man they need"
NO." replied the Recorder. "Uncle
Sam has got lots of just such officers as
YOU after those Indians. You will stay
here in Dallas, and help clean up the
streets.
Judge, please let me help the Gov
srnment to kill of Geronimo and his
band first.
His Honor refused to relent, and now
the would-be Apache destroyer is chop
ping down weeds with hoe in the
streets of Dallas.-Ieras SiftingS.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-08-29
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

A new county in Dakota. Brown BY
name, has 109 schools and ninety-seveD
school houses.
General Eaton estimated that there
are now 1S,O61 young women students
in the colleges Of the United States
Chicago journal.
The first Protestant Episcopal ordi-
nation in America was held by Bishop
Seabury, in Christ Church. Middletown.
Conn, ON August 5, 1785.-Har!ford
Post.
The Law Department of the Univer-
sity of irginia has ninety-one students
the present session. Last year there
we're thirty-one graduates.
During the last nine years France
has spent nearly forty-five millions OF
dollars in increasing and reorganizing
her university institutions.
The pupils of the Sandwich (Mass.)
High School recently dedicated two elm
trees of their own planting to the honor
of Dr. Oliver w. Holmes and John G.
Whittier.
A New Testament, of 1913, con-
tanning notes in Baxter's handwriting.
was lately presented to the corporation
of Kidderminster. England. where
Richard Baxter was settled in 1910.
Despite the approaching publication
of the Revised Version. the British Bible
Society last year issued no less than A.
16l, ,O32 Bibles, Testaments and portions.
Chicago Current.
In late sermon. Sam Jones. the
Southern wonder. said: "A man needn't
burn down churches and curse preach
ers in order to stay out of Heaven. All
he has to do is to refuse to 90 on the
gospel train."
The benediction of the Hospital OF
St. Barnabas. and the celebration of the
one hundredth anniversary of the or
ganization of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in the State of New Jersey.
took place recently. The Bishop and
large numbers of the clergy and laity
were in attendance.
The University Of New Mexico has
for one of its departments an Indian In
dustrial School. The American Mis-
sionary Association has voted it an an
nual appropriation Of $4,000 for the
support of teachers. Congress has voted
$25, 900 for the erection of buildings.
Considerable amounts have been given
BY private persons.
in an article in the Journal of Edu-
cation it is stated that the City of Mexi-
CO has a system of municipal schools for
both sexes. with a course of study ex-
tending to preparation for professional
study. The schools occupy in great part
old converts and other ecclesiastical
edifices which have been secularized.
The salaries of teachers range from five
hundred to two thousand dollars a year.
In the highest institution there are
eleven hundred pupils.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-08-29
A BURGLARS BACK-DOWN.
How He Began by Demanding Much and
Ended by Accepting Little.

How He Began by Demanding Much and
Ended by Accepting Little.
1t was night-midnight. This indi-
Gates that there is going to be some
thing goreful about this story. But
there isn't. Wait.
The soft murmur of sou sou west
zephyr was audible in the interst;ces of
the darkness. Mr.. Bucephalus X.
Smock did not hear it. He was wrapped
in the arms of slumber.
Beside tho bed stood solemn figure.
1t was man clad in mystery. paper
mask. and ten-dollar suit of clothes.
The man was a burglar.
He had entered the palatial residence
of B. X. Smock by means of a skeleton
kew, and he carried in his hand = gilt
tering stiletto.
While he was preparing to toss up .
cent to see whether he should murder
b. X. Smock or not, b. K. awoke.
"What do you want?" he asked.
Your money or your lifer replied
the burglar. in a CHASTITY, corpse-like,
tombstone. Arizona. whisper.
WELL" said B. X. Smock: ''this ID
where you don't get either"
And he drew a forty-four caliber
navy revolver from beneath his pillow
and pointed it at the burglars soul.
Hold on!" exclaimed the burglar;
Il don't want all your money. I'll
take three dollars, and let it 60 at
that"
No three" said Smock.
''Make it two-fifty."
..No."
IN take thirty-seven cents" said
the burglar. desperately.
Not thirty-seven. said SmOck.
.Now, see here" said the burglar,
persuasively: ''you aren't going to send
me away without anything, are yOu?"
Yes, sir; am.
"Well. hold on; let's talk this thing
over. I've come all the way down here
from Saratoga County to get something
or other. and don't want to go back
empty-handed. l should die of morti-
fication. My mother and sister would
blush at my want of success. and nv
little brother would call me a blamed
big chump. I've got a girl up there, and
she'd marry the other fellow. sure, if l
went back without anything. Don't
send me away like that. Think of my
future. I'm new in this business. l
want to get fair start. There's no
hope of success fora man in any call
ing if he doesn't get a fair start. You
don't want to ruin my prospects now,
do you?'
Il. X. Smock was touched. He dis
liked to admit it, but bis sympathy was
aroused.
What will you take?" he asked.
Ill take sheet of paper with your
autograph on it" said the burglar.
'.All right" said B. r.; but tell me
first how it is that yon can begin by de-
manding so much. and then go away
contented with so little
well" said the burglar, wiping away
a warm. salt tear; Il began life as an
office seeker. Puck.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-08-29
DIDN'T KNOW HER.

Reasons why An Arkansaw Negro Couldn't
Swear That He Was Well Acquainted
with His Wife.
..Do you know this woman?" asked q
lawyer Of negro who had been sum-
moned to testify before court.
..Yas, sab, l knows her.
do you know here very Intimately"
mo, sab, KANT say dat l do
..How long have you known her?''
..Wall. got er 'quainted wild her er
short time before married her,
She's your wife. e.then'''
.'Yas. sab, sorter."
Thought you did not know her init
mately?"
"Dat's whut l jackerlated.
Il don't understand. then. how she
can be your w'fe."
..Wall. Yer see, sab, she longs ter de
church. de singin' s'ciety. de Sisters O. de
Sacred Broom. de Daughters O. Ham
an two or three little side shows Er
oman whut is KEEP so busy, sab. amt
got no time ter fool er roun' home" ~
drkansdU Irareier.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-08-29
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

The log drives ON the Mattawaum-
keag River, in Maine, aggregate TO-
100000 feet.
The. private path of elopement
generally leads to the public highway
Of the divorce court.-N. Y. Journal.
The Dark Ages:
In those old days when wrangling men
Flung down their changing cages
There were so many knights since then,
Life.
-Judge-How old are you. madam?
Witness-I have no personal knowledge
of my age. and hearsay testimony. 1
understand. is not accepted in this
court.-Boston Beacon.
Arabs use the expression, my
shoe at you," as q token of contempt
The same thing occurs frequently in
this country. only the shoe is used in
stead of the expression.-Buriingion
Free Press.
1t is said that there can be found
people in this country who never saw q
postage stamp. This may be true, but
no one ever saw q woman who could
not tell how another made her new
basque.-Boston Transcript.
"A successful dentist in q Western
,ity is named Leggo. When he began
to pull, the other day. the owner of the
tooth which had been hunted down
cried out Hold on Chicago Cur
rent.
A Bridgeport druggist claims to
have discovered q compound which. ap-
piled to . base ball, will make it lumin-
Gus. Such compound will fill long
felt want. for with its help base ballists
can play all night long.-Boston Globe.
"A Burlington boy. who can initiate
. cat to the life, has secured quite
number of boots and shoes, besides other
br;c-a-brac. by the exercise of his talents
under peoples windows after dark. He
supplies the whole family with footwear.
-Burlington Free Press.
AT the Museum of Fine Arts. FASH
ionable Young Woman: '.Is that good
picture?" Fashionable Young Man:
I'm sure l don't know. If they had
any sense they would mark 'em. at least
In the catalogue. G might stand for
good. B for bad. and so on. you know.
Would help visitors immensely."-M
Y Sun.
Gone to the Bad Place. Good
mornin'. Mrs. Murphy" Good
mornin', Mrs. Gilhooly." "Hev yer
heard the news. Mrs. Murphy?' "Phat
news, Mrs Gilhooly." 1.-The O'Lanni-
hans has gone ter Chicago" Ter
Chicago?" Yes" Och hone. och
hone! always thought that family
wud come to some bad ind. ."-Toronio
Mail.
w. F. Andross, Of Hartford, Conn,
believes that potato. bugs do . service
for the farmer in pruning the vines. il
they are not allowed to 60 too far.
That's just cur opinion exactly. but
when the bugs get into our potato field
We consider that they are going too far.
So long as they confine their operations
to- our neighbor's premises we haven't
. word to say against them:-Boston!
Transcript.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-08-29
MEXICO.
Some Incidents Of Life in the Neighb0r-
Ing Republic.

Some Incidents OF Life in the NeiEhbor-
Ing Republic.
A Pittsburgh gentleman, who visited
the Land of the Montezumas" a few
years ago, related to the writer in q
recent conversation some of the strange
scenes and incidents which he witnessed
while there The Mexican cart, as he
described it. is, or was. probably. the
most singular vehicle that ever was
evolved since the barbarous ages.
Neither iron nor steel enters into its
composition, nor does the workman use
spokeshave, plane. or augur in its con-
struct:on. The only materials he re-
quires are cottonwood and rawhide. and
the only tool an axe. Two blocks. round
or oblong, it makes but little difference
which. form the wheels. Through these
he burns holes for the axletree The
body of the cart cons SITS of poles or flat
strips of timber, fastened together with
rawhide. A rough pole serves for .
tongue. When in motion the wheels
wabble in every direction but the right
one, and for want of grease groan 50 Is
to be heard for miles. Breakdowns are
so frequent that the roads are lined
with the wrecks Of these primitive
vehicles.
Near a spring or water-hole in the
State of Durango. many years ago, was
found large stone, the only one in tho
vicinity. 1t was very heavy. but q
muleteer came along who had strength
enough to lift it and throw it over his
head. 1t fell in the direction of the City of
Mexico. Since then every able-bodied
native regards it religious duty to
give the stone q toss toward the capital.
When our informant was there he was
told that the stone had been advanced
forty or fifty miles on its journey. II
the same rate of progression is main
tanned, the stone may reach its journeys
end by the beginning of the next
century.
Hoop poles were alegal tender in one
or two of the southern counties of In
diana-Posey County for one-before the
war. Soap served like purpose in
Queretaro when our informant was
there. He bought some fruit from
little girl, and handed her dollar from
which to take her pay She counted
out q number of cakes of soap.
wrapped them in brown paper. and
passed them over as change for the
dollar. Protest was useless. 1t was
the recognized currencyof the place. The
cakes were probably two inches long by
oneand a halt wide, bore the official stamp
of the town where issued, and also the
name of the manufacturer. They were
good for their face value as long as the
stamp was visible. Dispatch
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-08-29

Eight hundred short-horn cattle,
bred in the province of Ontar o. Canada,
were recently shipped from Montreal to
Great Britain,