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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-11-14
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

1T is estimated that sixty-eight
churches in Paris possess works of art
valued at 81. 1.6l5.71
The Baptists IN Louisville. Ky,
have undertaken to raise @2O, 900 for
church extension in that city.
The Sunday School Times prints Q
letter advocating the formation of an
American Church Library Association.
for the improvement Of church and
Sunday school libraries.
In the Colorado Methodist Confer.
ence the ministers voted to do no work
or travelling on the Sabbath that is not
strictly necessary; to take no Sunday
papers. and to request the members Of
the Conference to give no items Of
news to such papers.
"A gospel boat was recently launched
at Portland, Ore. It was named the
Kotsie, and will be taken to Alaska and
used for missionary purposes among the
Indians by the Presbyterian Missionary
Society. 1t is q neat little craft and II
well adapted to the purposes for which
it is intended.-SGn francisco CRron-
icle.
That . layman can do effective
Christian work on the frontier is shown
by the record of . Congregational dea-
con in Wisconsin. who. in the last
thirty years. has fathered the building
of six meeting houses and organized
several churches. He has home mis-
sionary commission. and has covered
territory uncared for by Protestant min
isters. Congregation0list.
The colored people have three well
organized colleges in Atlanta and are
building fourth. One thousand
young negroes attended the three col
leges during the last term. Besides
there were 1000 negro children in the
public schools of the city. A high stand
ard of scholarship has been established
at the colleges. says the Atlanta Consti-
tuition. and the average proficiency Of
the students is fine.
THE gold and scarlet of the sun"
is rivalled in the cupolas of St. Peters
Cathedral. just finished at Moscow.
There are five of the cupolas, and NO
less than 900 pounds of gold were used
in overlaying them. The doors Of the
temple cost $4,000. and upon the
marble floors were expended 81, 500. 900.
Ten thousand worshipers can be COM
Portable, If their souls let them, within
this sl2. 800. 900 temple.
From a compilation of statistics Just
made. the rapid development of popu-
lar education during the fourteen years
1S70-84 may be compared. In England
and Wales the number Of schools in
spected in.1870 was 1921; in 1884. 49,
873. Accommodation was provided in
1870 for 1.878.584 scholars. figures
which in 1884 had risen to 1896. .738
In 1870 the average attendance at day
and night schools was, 1.225, 764. while
1884 showed an average Of 3.273,124.
In 1884 the number of schools in Scot.
land was 3.131, with 587. .945 names on
the rolls. the average attendance being
AS, 242.-N T. Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-11-14
VALUE OF THOUGHT.

Deep Reasoning on the Strength OF Which
. Colored Gentleman Obtained Useful
Implement.
Let that wheelbarrow alone" cried
Colonel Matterson, as he stepped to the
end of the gallery and called to an old
negro who had entered the backyard.
"Sah?"
Il say put down that wheelbarrow or
Ill send for q policeman"
'Oh, ken put it down. sab, an sabe
yer all dat trouble. l neber wants er
pusson ter 60 outen his way ter
'commodate me-"
..All right. Now get out of this lot.
First thing I know you'll steal"
'.Nov, look heah. mister. doan
know whut yer name is, but I wants
yer to look heah jes' Ge same Iwan't
thinkin erbout takin' dis thing. l
makes desc imperments. sab, an I
'peered ter be er new 'vention, but,
sab. ef yer's so easy skeered, I'll bid
yer good mawnin'.'
"You must excuse me il I have
wrongfully accused you"
'Oh, neber mine. De ole saints
wuz 'cuzed an pussycuted. sab. Ef da
could stan it widout 'plainin' / ough-
tenter grumble."
Shortly after the Colonel went into
the house, the old negro, after quietly
lifting the wheelbarrow over the fence,
mused: Folks is gittin' so 'spicious
desc days dat somebody is gwine ter git
inter trouble. Dat man amt got no
use fur dis 'borrer. Whut do be Bible
say bout de pusson whut buried his
talen's an didn' make nothin' outen
'em? Folks oughter think erbout desc
things. ."-ArkanSdU IrdreLer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-11-14
THOROUGHLY COMPETENT.

A Steamboat Mate Who Displayed Re-
markable Courage In Drowning Out In.
cipient Flames.
The mate of the steamer was showing
me over the boat as we rushed along
down the great Father of Waters. The
one particular thing he wanted me to
take notice of was the fact that the boat
was as near fire-proof as q steamboat
could be made. Fire hose was coiled
up all along the various decks, nozzles
all ready to play. and buckets of water
were kept standing in various localities
to drown out incipient fires.
Its all right if you have a SYSTEM"
I said. as we finally halted.
System is dead perfect" he replied.
"At the cry of Fire l tap the bell. That
calls all the crew to the spot. There
isn't spot on the boat which we can't
reach with three streams of water, and
l rather guess I'm competent to take
charge. I'm an old fireman of twenty
years experience.
Well, l went off to bed BY and BY,
but hadn't turned in yet, when some
body shouted "ffreI' as loud as he
COuAO AuSACu Oul. "0 WcTc
bowling along within fifty feet OF the
shore. and away aft there was bright
blaze of fame and rush of smoke. l
started that way, but somebody ran
over me, sprawled out. sprang up and I
heard splash in the water. A negro
ran past me and rang the bell. and a
second got down coil of hose. opened
fight on the fire, and directed matters
so sensibiy that the flames were soon
subdued. Then the Captain came aft
and roared out:
johnson! johnson! Where in blazes
is the mate?'
Nobody knew. We hunted for him
but he was not found. He was the old
fireman of twenty years experience
who went overheard and struck out for
shore at the first alarm. leaving the
negro deck-hands to save the boat and
one hundred and eighty lives.-Detroa
Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-11-14
College Endowments.

The Commissioner of Education
reports that the 145 theological schools
and colleges in the country have . pro-
ductive property of $780, 900, from
which an income of 5000, 600 is derived,
while the eighty-seven medical colleges
have only income-bearing funds to the
amount Of $3.50, 900. yielding but $2O.-
600. This leads the Independent to
suggest that in this fact may be found
the reason why so many medical
students 60 abroad to find instruction.
In view. however, of the immense
number of students attending American
medical colleges. it would appear that
the various faculties were able to carry
out very satisfactorily their curricula
despite the obvious disadvantage of
lack of means.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-11-14
PUNoENT PARAGRAPHS.

1t has been discovered that the
farmer who sued q man for libel, for
saying that his milk was watered,"
had spring on his farm.
An old grist-mill near Manor Sta
ton. Pa, twenty-three miles east Of
Pittsburgh. celebrated its centennial
anniversary the other day.
The Chinese have q proverb that
every man who rules himself is . King.
Any man can be q King-if his wife viii
let him.-Philadelphia Call.
Stanley says the native African can
sing himself to sleep. We have lots of
people in America who can do better
than that They can sing . crowd to
death.-Detroit Free Press.
The meanest man on record sent
through postofiice presided over by .
woman postal card on which was
written: "Dear Jack: Here's the de-
tails of that scandal" And then the
rest was in Greek.-E1chonge.
Smith. did you see my wife 60
down this street?" ''Yes. she passed
about an hour ago." wonder what
my chances are for overtaking herr"
Good. The sidewalk is just lined with
show-windows.-C Chicago Herald.
is there any glue or anything that
will keep the wild waves from break
ing. or the magnificent mountain seem
cry from bursting on ones viewl-
Lynn Saturday Union. Yes. certainly
an empty pocketbook.-Detrois Post.
1t has been said that what We
learn with pleasure we never forget"
Were it so it were well; but we fear
that sometimes . man learns with
pleasure that . womas loves him, and
then after marriage forgets it-LovsU
Citizen.
"A lightning artist has secured Q
photograph of . pistol bullet in ID
fight He will next try to catch .
shadow of . mans weeks salary when
his wife, desirous Of . new bonnet has
got the wealth in her possession.
cinnati Commercial Gazette.
-Bromley-I bought little painting
yesterday-quite q gcm-cost me GOO
Pretty steep. wasn'tft? Perkins-Rath-
er; still, not very steep. Your son.in-
law, De Baggs, has 2 painting that
must have cost him 5000. Goodness
gracious! never knew that ! must
have . look ct it." "Well the next
time you meet him take . good look q
his nose. Chicago Tribune.
-Bobbins Ito . friend
comes jackson. He's owed me i've
dollars for two years. Jackson-Hello,
Bobbins. By the way. owe you 1--WE
dollars. Here's your money. Bobbins
(taking the money with . show Of re-
luctance)-L that 80? Jackson-Yes.
I borrowed it some time ago. Bobbins
Well. well I never would have
thought Of il again -A~t"ssow Trev.
sier.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-11-14

-Sugarsand-'Good morning. Mr.
Bassett. You're quite a stranger" Bas-
sett--"Yes. ! don't often pass along this
street. that's fact" Sugarsand-"I
would like to have your custom. Mr..
Bassett. You know have just started
. grocery store around the corner" !"
Bassett-"I wasn't aware of it. and. in
fact. generally buy my groceries at
Browns" Sugarsand - Browns!
Good gracious. sir. don't 60 there to be
cheated; come around to my store."-
Philadelphia Call.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-11-14

"A contemporary tells of Virginia
babe who mimcs every tune he hears.
and huns himself to sleep. But if the
parents ever take the youngster to .
minstrel show they will be willing to go
back to the old reliable paregoric.-
San francisco Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-11-14
THE HARNESS-MAkER'S WOO.
ING.

.Inever went to school. Miss May,
And sew I'm nc horse collar,
But I'm as harnessed ~ the day,
And not strapped for dollar"
She guessed his spur-pose, and at once
Said to the harness-maker:
"YOu show no traces Of Ounce
In being heart-breaker."
Then he got harness knees. Sighed he:
Your sweet words stirrup in me
A hope that you my bride be-
o TRY bit to win me"
20, no. surcingle will / stay,
Ere do that, dear Walter"
''Then, darling, won't you name the day
To meet me at the halter?''
"No maiden names the day" she said,
A blushing in her beauty,
"But il you're hitching soon to wed.
You'll buckle to that duty
STll name tomorrow, then" he cried,
Lest saddle be our marriage"
"And, if it reins." the maiden sighed,
N'Whip better have q carriage.
H c. Dodge, in Detroit Free Pscss.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-11-14

1t was customary in England to ap-
plaud the preachers in the pulpit two
hundred years ago.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-02-11
VARIETIES.

A hesvenwsrd pointed tack is no respscter
of soles.
Robert Burns, the Scottish bard, was born
125 years ago. But he is dead.
There are 452 women editors in England
and 800 fem ale photographers.
Ladies are not supposed to swear but they
have often been known to darn" things.
Arfansas is anxious to know whether
Cleveland's Cabinet will be decorated with q
Garland.
The earliest stable government was that
of the Roman Emperor who made his horse
q Consul.
In one of the Indian languages woman is
"Kew-kew.Jaw-jaw." 1t is sometimes the
same in English.
A gun and bank cashier are alike in one
respect at least. There is always danger of
their going off prematurly.
Corn, rice, potatoes and wheat -four are all
cheap and abundant: poor people therefore,
need not dread nor apprehend hunger.
No matter how careful the Chicago girl
has to be in the choice of a subject of con-
versation, she can always talk about a small
shoe with impunity, because she will never
put her foot in il"
Some people imagine that because a man
is a plumber, he is NECESSARILY swlndler.
This is al wrong and is not true. A plum.
Der msy be perfectly honest-betore be
learns the bushes.
To counteract the effect of dose of poison
accidentally administered to q man near
Bettyville, Ry.. there being no emetic rem
edy on hand, woman thought the nicotine
found in pipe stem would answer the pur-
poEe. She broke an old stem, scraped out
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-02-11

rest in The thatch. bat his friend wanted to
60 10 the house, because there was q pea
quite ripe there on the wall. Next came a
n 9th, al after the moth a golden hv aud
IhIte gnsts, and a mouse ran along the dry
ground with q curious smiling rustic close
TO Guido A shrill cry came down out OF
The air. and looking up he saw two sxifts
turning circles, and as they passed each
other they shrieke d-their voices were so
sbrill they shrieked.
They were only saying that in a month
their little s9ifts in the slates would be able
to tiy. While be sar 20 quiet on the gr yund
al hidden by The wheat he hesri CUCKOO
such q long way of it sounded like watch
when il is covered up. Cuckoo" did not
come full and distinct-ir was such tiny
little cuckoo caught in The hollow of
GuidOs ear. The cuckoo must have been a
mile away. Suddenly he thought some
thing went over, and yet he did not see it
perhaps ii YVES the shsdow-and he looked
up and saw q large bird net very far up not
rowe. and the bird was futteriDg his wings
but did net move awav farther as If he had
been tied in The air. The hawk was staying
there to see Ii there WAS a mouse or a little
bird in the wheat. After q minute the hawk
stopped huttering and lifted his wings 10.
eetber as butterfly does when be shuts bis
and down the hawk came straight into the
corn. Go away" shouted Guido, jumping
up and fingiDg his cap, and the hawk dread
fully frightened and terribly cross, checked
bimself and rose again with an angry rush.
And so the mouse escaped.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-02-11

be thinks q wonderful man in ways Of which
the public has never heard. Joseph Bell OF
Kentucky had q rich experience with him.
Bell was sent at the head of q delegation
from the Kentucky legislature TO represent
certain facts to Lincoln, and secure some de-
sired action from the executive. The bonn
mittee was admitted to the White House,
where Bell, who was an able man aud strong
speaker, made q powerful representation OF
his case. At its close Lincoln got up and
came among the KentHckisns He began to
talk with one and the other about old Ken
lucky friends Then he linked arms with
Bell and walked back aud forth with him
for an hour, chatting and talking. aud es.
pecislly telling funny stories. Finally other
visitors pressed for his attention, aud the
Kentuckians withdrew and started for home,
They got as far as Cincinnati before it &C.
cured to Bell that they had not secured a
single expression from Lincoln concerning
the object of their visit.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-02-11
WIT AND PLEAsANTRY.

There is such thing as true, warm love
existing between man and wife, and plenty
of it in the world, too. The little SQUAD
bles and quarrels of matrimonial life are
only the sandpsper used to keep love
bright.
do you love solitude, Miss Smith," he
asked. 81 do, indeed" she replied. (After
few moments silence.) al think IN be
going" "Oh. don't go yet, Mr.. Brown"
''Bst thought you liked to be alone?' "So
] do, but that need not hurry you"
Here is an advertisement that interests
me good deal" said Mrs. Bsscom, thought
fully. why, its the advertisement Of q
I'm awfully bothered lately about keeping
my back hair up, and 1 believe I'll call in
and look at it.
Mr.. Francis n. Bangs, who has been pay.
ing his compliments 10 the terrors of the
press, once said to reporter of daily paper,
Thank God there will be no reporters in
Hesveni' "You are mistaken" the en-
will oe recording angel"
Young wife-I never knew my husband to
lose bis presence of mind but once, and that
vas when we were married. 1t was too alb
eUTd. He was as pale as sheet, and it took
him nearly five minutes to find the ring.
Old bachelor (grimly)-Possibly he realized
his imminent danger, madame.
driver of jsunting car in which they were
rolling over road in Southern Ireland,
s'whT is il that the crows ia this country are
90 tame? Sure, your honor" answered
Pat, "thim's the crows do know roight
well that Oirishmen be not allowed to carry
ghuns."
There is q time in every mans life when
the softly breathed Yes" of q pretty woman
sounds ~ loud to his ears as the notes of
6abrisl's trumpet Afterwards there comes
a time when she has TO yell at the too of her
voice, John, John. get up; the fire is out"
seventeen times before he becomes aroused
enough to hear her.
"There are q great many Christians who
are very conceited over the fact" remarked
Mr. Beecher in the course of his Friday
night talk at Plymouth church. sit sticks
out all over them. l remember that woman
once came TO my sister and said, Mrs
Stove, / presume you have heard of me,
and if you have you know that am an en-
inent Christian, to which she responded.
81 never heard of you'-and that ended that
conversation
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-02-11
RELIGIOUs INTELLIGENCE AND IN
CtDENT,

God repented that he made man, but
never that he redeemed him.
Deacon Wilcox, of Livertou, r. l., has
been made insane by religious excitement.
Pray, pray, praY-there is no help but prayer;
A breath that fleets beyond this iron world,
And touches Him who made 1t.
as your father a Christian, Johnny"
asked the new minirter. "Oh, yes. SIR" said
Johnny, "but he doesn't work at it much"
Buffalo Express.
At recent book sale in London, q copy
of the Mszarin Bible brought SIS. 500; which
is said to be the largest price ever paid for q
printed book.
The Lutherans Of Chicago have thirty.
three churches wiih 20 600 members, in the
city. There are three branches of them
the Norv eSian, the Swedish, and the Ger
man.
Professor G. F. Wright says in his new
book that there are in the New Testament
more than six hundred instances in which
expressions have been incorpora ed into it
from the Old Testament"
Let our Lords sweet hand square us and
hammer us and strike off all kinds of pride.
self-love, worid-worship and infidelity, SO
that He makes us stones and pillars in His
Fathers house.-Samuel Rutherford.
Since Mr.. Surgeons Stockwell Orphan
age was opened, nine hundred and twenty
four fatherless children have been sheltFed
and cared for in Its cottage homes. Each
home has its own family under the direction
of its matron.
Theology, of the old.fashioned kind, is
having hand time of it at the hands of Mr..
Bob Ingersoll, Rev. K. Heber Newton and
Henry Ward Beecher. By the time they get
through with the Westminster Catechism
there won't be much of it left.
Christ Church, Madison, Ind, has secured
Rector, the Rev. John Moncure, of the
Diocese of Southern Ohio. who will enter
upon his work on Sexagesims Sunday. He
will find faithful people to work among,
and will be cordially welcomed to the Do
cese.
NO" said a Vermont Deacon, ST don't
approve Of boss rscin but when another
member of the Church becomes so goddess as
from meetin' feel it my duty to let out
little on the reins, Just to keep him from
putin his trust in earthly things"
A new Michigan meeting house is to have
arm chairs of cherry wood, mahogany fin.
isbed, with fitting backs, each chair being
provided with hat, shawl, cloak, book, UNI
brells and cane rack and foot rest. Moth
| ing else seems needed to make a model
| church." remarks the Christian Union, Eek
| cept sound doctrine, live Christianity, and
| pastor capable of keeping the occupants
| OF the luxu,i ous chairs wide awake all the
| time"
| Bishop Warren. in his Philadelphia Gen.
tennial address, made the following state
ment in regard to the UNCONVENTIONAL edu-
cational institutions of this country. The
Protestant Episcopal Church has twelve
colleges, with s. zoe, 600 endowment; Con-
erePatioDalists, twenty eight colleges, with
S9(00000; Presbyterians, forty-one colleges,
with 81 100000 Baptists, forty.six colleges,
| with $40 800 900; Methodists, ffty-two col
| leges, with $11 O00, 600 endowment.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-02-11
A Bad Omen.

We should be heedful Of warnings. Nature gives
us such. Inactivity OF the kidneys and bladder is
an omen of danger. The diseases which attack
those organs are among the most fatal and obstin.
ate, an are usually preceded by the above symp-
tom of growing weakness. The best invigorant
under such circumstances is Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters. safe as well as active remedy. The
proper degree of energy is impaired to the opera
tons Of these important secreting and discharging
glands, without overslimuIatlon by the Bitters.
In that respect, in others. 1t surpasses and is
preferable to diuretics which overact. The arti-
Gle is also a remedy for and preventive OF chills
and fever and bilious remittent, and cures rheu-
matte ailments, dyspepsia, debility and nervous
ness. Don't delay If YOU experience the we'll
known symptoms OF any OF these ailments, but
use the Bitters at once.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-02-11
HO, WINTER.
By MARIA. BARRETT BUTLER.
Hal Winter, hol Winter,

Hal Winter, hol Winter,
King OF the northern blastl
You meet US all, you greet us all.
With grip that freezes fast.
In regal p0mp you've gathered up
Your royal robes OF snow,
And by their trailing men shall trace
Whatever ways you go-
Your grim retainers all, alacki
Make but q cruel train
OF biting sleet and singing winds
And ice and frOz n rain.
The rich with furs and blazing hearths
Your carnival may scorn,
While mirth and cheer may reign supreme
From WassaiI eve till nom.
But nal Winter, no. Winter,
What about the Poor?
Aho've no stronghold against the cold,
No orlbe or sinecure
To set at bay the singing day,
Or soften down the night
VINO note the thfckening window-panes
with sinking hearts affrfght-
Who draw their babies close and sing
Their shivering lullabys,
Then sleep and dream of steaming feasts
That hunger-sleep supplies
To wake at morn with shuddering sense
OF heightened fast and cold,
And find that gaunt-eyed Want hath wrought
It's trace within the fold.
Ha! Winter, hol Winter,
Hard your reign on these;
God pity SUCH and send warm hearts
To all who starve and freeze.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-02-11
WHY rHr EDITOR swoRE.

With ststrific cold In his head
And his eye.1ds heavy and sore.
The editor sat In his broken chair,
Ana bitterly, earnestly swere.
A youth had dropped In with q poem,
And = was there with q dun,
And a chap ad entered to tell him
How the paper ought to be run.
An irate subscriber had told him
That his sheet wasn't fit TO be read,
While another had carefully promised
To punch the editors head.
The foreman was yelling for copy,
And the wind whistled in at the door,
And this, with few other reasons.
Was why the editor swore.
But the angel who took II to heaven
Recorded this verdict there:
1.-THE jury find in the present case
Twas lustifable swear"
-AuOu