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Huntsville gazette., 1885-07-11
NOTICE.

For the convenience of the public l
desire to state that / will be found at
the Cemetery between the hours of 10
and IL O'Clock every morning. Sundays
included.
Respectfully,
CHARLES WOODSON,
Sexton ColOred Cemetery.
Pom.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-07-11

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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-06-27
COVINGTON, ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. JUNE n, 1885.
rive for six months. and have finished

drive for six months. and have finished
and been paid off. Then they are just
like any other body of men. they 90 in
for some fun, and on their lark ride
yelling through the streets of some lit
tie town, shoot few lamps out or get
into saloon row. 1t is no more than
a band of college boys ut Harvard. or
Cornell, or Princeton might do, and
frequently do, but some Imaginative
correspondent Immediately sends it to
some Eastern paper, where it comes
out headed Another Cowboy Outrage"
and giving wholly fictitious account
of the battle between the outlaws and
the citizens Now, know hundreds of
cowboys who never carry a revolver,
and if you should go among them to-
day your life and your pocketbook
would be as safe as it is in the city.
They have strict ideas of honor and
they stand upon their honor. You won't
find any of them who would be safe to
impose upon. nor will you find any of
them who viii attempt to impose on you.
They are off duty, a lot of big-hearted,
rough boys. rs ready for lark as any
other boys. but they are not outlaws or
outcasts. They are not the class of men
who rob trains or hold up people cross
ing the plains. and believe that, taken
for all in all. the American cowboy
will compare farorably in morals and
manliness with any similar number Of
citizens. taken as a class. Pittsburgh
DisDatcb.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-06-27
THE BREAD OF PERSIA,
Only Waiting for Some Ingenious Yankee
to be Used as u Newspaper.

Only Waiting for Some Ingenious Yankee
to be Used as n Newspaper.
Persian Bread" writes our CORES
pondent now in Afghanistan, sis a very
peculiar production; it is made in large
flaps, in some eases about yard long
If ever the Persians reach the advanced
state of morning newspapers they might
have them printed on their bread, so
that they could read the news while
they eat and swallow everything liter.
ally. On seeing these large flaps
have often thought that they must re-
se:nble the blacksmith's leather apron.
which was the old standard of Persia:
if the bread is not made after thai
model they have managed to pro-
duce an article very like it, not only in
size but in color and toughness at the
same time. We have had now nearly
two months experience of this material,
and it was a delight on coming here to
get to our breakfast the first morning
bread that was made on a somewhat
later model than an old leather
apron. The chances of finding
change in this detail of our daily
life on reaching the Indian camp
had often been discussed on the way,
particularly at breakfast. when we were
hard at work trying to masticate pieces
of the leather kind. One of our party
said he knew Major Rind. the commits
sariat officer of tie other camp, and
that he was not man likely to come
away without the means OF baking good
bread. but we had been so long used to
that Persian kind that these assurances
did not inspire much hope. There had
been doubts. but these were d;spelled at
our first breakfast. Butter actually APP
peared On the table with the bread. |
fear that for the moment we either
forgot or thought lightly of the splendid
pillaus in the breakfast prepared for us
by the Governor of khOrassan's cook at
Meshed. or the many delicacies Ali
Mardan treated us with at Sarakhs.
One man while munching Q great
mouthful of bread and butter--the
amount in his mouth slightly interfered
with his articulation-bu we made out
that he meant to say it was almost as
good as arriving at Dover. OF course
he meant to add that it was after having
been long time in the East away from
England. but at that moment, he had
not moment to spare. and left the
sentence in its incomplete form as here
recorded. '-Atghanistan Cor. London
l)qily News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-06-27
THE BLUEBIRD'S SONG.

The hluebird sings His trilI of hone
ZONES ringing down yon snowy slope
70 say; theer up: cheer up: it's spring,
Dear her greeting on my wing"
Iood-bye tn winter. stern and cold:
Good-bye TO sorrows. new and old;
mMeicome to hope and warmth and cheer,
e piuepifd : ngs ana spring is here.
HOW soon each frCst-bound field and WOOD
" III near his prophecy of good.
NoS puds 1naS swell. now sap may flow,
ana nappy brooks MAJ scaward go.
thousand thousand sleeping things
Nakcn when first the blueb;rd sings
ana ana meath the shelterng turf begin
win JOY their rainbow-robes to spin.
What hear l in this clear refrain?
~ Inc giaddening sound of April rain,
III Inc fow OF waves, the hum of bees,
The gossip of the woodland trees
shut my eyes and listen. Lo!
Sunshine above and bloom below.
no winds to yex, no rime to wrong
"A world of beauty and of song.
A prophets voice, so sweet, so strong.
though wait the glad fulfillment long,
Hope, ever trustful, trusts anew
And holds the blessed promise true.
The sun is hid. The clouds hang low
WITH Sullen threats of drifting snow,
AND in the leatiess boughS hear
The North Wind sound his bugle clear.
But since I've heard the bluebird sing,
NO matter what the days may bring;
me wintry winds may wake or sleep,
My heart with Spring her tryst will keep.
-Lueitd Clark, in Chicago Current.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-06-27
GRANTS LOVE FOR HORSES.
His Skill as a bareback Rider While a
BOY StIll Reml fnberetI.

Grants love for horses is matter OF
history. He was fine horseback rider
as a boy at his little country home in
Georgetown, O., through which he
loved to ride standing on his bare feet
on sheepskin tied to the back of his
horse. The only thing he really ex-
celled in atWest Point was his riding.
He was the most daring rider of the
school, and in jumping the bar the Off
GERS who were accustomed to hold the
bar over which the horses were to 90 rs
low as their waists for the others, put it
up even with and above their heads
when it was Grants turn to Jump. He
saved his life in Mexico by his riding
abilities by throwing himself at the side
instead of staying on the back of his
horse, and when he was in the White
House his horses were the wonder of
Washing gton.
Grants Arabian horses are. think.
On General Bears farm, near Washing
ton. They were given him by the Sui.
tan while he was in Turkey. in 1873.
The Sultan had taken him over his pal
aces and grounds. and finished up with
his stables. He had his attendants show
off his finest horses, and asked Grant
to pick out the finest for himself. telling
him he would make him a present of it.
Grant at first was reluctant to accept
so valuable present. but one of the
Sultan's officers interposed, telling him
he would offend His Majesty by refu-
sal. He then selected a dapple-gray
Arabian steed, and the Sultan formally
presented it to him. The Sultan after
ward sent it to him at New York, adding
to his present another Arabian as black
as jet, and as magnificent in form as
the one Grant had chosen The two
horses arrived in New York in the latter
part of the following year, and sporting
men admired them greatly. They were
taken to blacksmith shop to be shod,
and many persons came to see them.
trying to buy their old shoes. or even
the nails, as mementoes. When the
horses were taken from the boat to the
stable. one of them kicked spoke from
a carriage which they passed, and cost
Grant twelve dollars to pay damages.
"Carp," in Clereland Leader.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-06-27
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

1t is pleasant to see that the sanl-
.ary condition of the school-rooms is so
frequently matter OF discussion now.
And it is to be hoped that the discussion
will result in soms practical reforms. -
y. J. Tribune. =.
An application for the position OF
teacher in a school at Lawrence. Kan,
could not explain the difference between
horizontal and perpendicular and de-
clared that ''circular" meant fur-lined
cloak Chicago Herald.
Rev. Richard Hartley, of Ogden,
Utah. SAYS it is useless to send mission
aries to the great territories beyond the
Rocky Mountains unless We provide
means to build churches on the fields
they are to occnpy.
The Roman Catholic churches of
the diocese of Massachusetts,, under the
direction of the Bishop. will hereafter
sell seats at every mass. Free seats
will be given to those too poor to pay,
and ushers will protect those who do
pay.-Bost0n Post.
"A lad in the Cambrian deaf and
dumb institute. on being asked a ques-
ton he could not answer, thought for q
moment and then wrote ON his slate:
Short of Information on the subject"
Such candor is worthy of imitation
Chicago Times.
DR.. Philip Schaff states that, while
the change of text in the revised edition
of the old Testament will be found more
numerous than in that of the New Testa-
ment. they are less important. He
thinks a long time will elapse before
another revision is made, and that it
will take about generation for the
new revision to crowd out the old Bible
A new Christian church is about to
be built in Jerusalem. The Germans
have obtained possession of the site OF
the ancient hospital of the Knights OF
st. John, and arrangements have been
made for the erection of German Pro-
testant church. In this cradle center Of
Christianity are to be found Greeks.
Romanists and Protestants; and Jeru-
salem presents in miniature divided
Christendom.
The colored people of Philadelphia
have undertaken to raise funds for the
establishment of an industrial training
SShooi. AhcN Cisttlu tudt Nuiic tHttc 10
no lack of opportunity for the colored
youth to study Latin, Greek. astronomy,
theology, ETC., no provision is made
whereby he can learn to make boot or
perfect himself in any industrial avo-
cation. 1t is high time that something
should be done to give colored youth
these advantages. and it is especially
gratifying to observe that the colored
people are taking the matter into their
own hands.-Curren.
The eagerness of the Japanese for
the Scriptures the past year, writes DR..
Nathan Brown, from Yokohama. has
been astonishing. Four thousand Cos
pels We're disposed of and over 10000
smaller portions and tracts. DIR.
Browns principal colporteur has sold
and distributed over 1000 books and
tracts with his own hands He is. be-
side. an exhorter, and never goes among
the people without giving them an ex-
PLANTATION of his work and what is the
object of selling the books. All Japa-
nese Christians. Rev. E. H. Jones writes,
own Bibles and read them, always
to the passages referred to by
he preacher in his sermon-not a bad
habit for Christians of every race.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-06-27
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

-Buzzard's Roost. Ga, was a post
office. Postmaster General Villas hae
changed it to Westlake-
The sea-serpent has been seen at
San Francisco. His head was crowned
with two huge horns" II you will
notice it. there is always an intimate re-
serpent.-BOSton Post
Are you any relation to my sister,"
asked little Johnnie. He blushed and
stammered, until the young lady. taking
pity on him, solved the matter by
saying: mo. but you'd like to be
wouldn't you, Alfredo" Post.
The humorous market is dull. We
quote coachmen jokes prime, at five to
six cents per million; ice-cream jokes,
no demand; bank cashier jokes, weak
at one to one -and-a-half cents per ton;
choice plumber jokes in demand at one
dollar to two dollars per ton.-Lincoln
(N MI Golden Era.
An English lady recently gave q
whole ounce of tobacco to every soldier
of regiment about to start for the
Soudan. Here is chance for the men
who are always trying to borrow tobacco.
in Egypt.-BOstOn Courier.
-"Are you enjoying your dinnere'
asked Bobby of the new minister, who
was taking Sunday dinner with the
family. sYes, Bobby" responded the
minister pleasantly. Mamma said this
morning that she thought you would. as
she didn't suppose that with your small
salary and big family you got much to
eat from one weeks end to another. ~
N. Y. Times.
A negro brought suit in . Mitchell
County Justices court for possession of
two shoats and SOW and pigs, and
gained it. His lawyer. as soon as the
case was decided. settled the fees for
himself, Squire A., the lawyer ON the
other side, and the court. "Well. Joe,
Squire A. will take one of the shoats.
I'll take the other one. the Judge will
take the SOW and pigs, and you've
gained the case" Macon (G0.J Tele-
graph.
do You know" said . bashful
swain to his sweetheart. ''thst doctors
say there is danger of contracting dis
eases by kissing?" is that So" she
said. with an air Of interest. $50 they
say" he murmured. do you believe
it?" .Well, l haven't much faith in
DOCTORS" she replied. blushing furious
ly; "besides, I've been vaccinated."
If that young man ever contracts the
heart disease it won't be his fault.
N. Y. Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-06-27
NO FLAT-IRONS IN CHINA.


How the ChInaman Took to the Laundry
Business.
Many people believe that the average
Chinaman Of. New York comes over
from the Flowery Kingdom an adept
laundryman. Nothing is more opposed
to the truth. In China there are no
cuffs, collars or shirt-bosoms whatever
Ironingis an unknown art. Bleaching
is effected by leaving the cotton. linen
or silk in the sunshine. A fat-iron,
therefore, is in China q rdra auis. A
washing is purely physical labor, in
vOlying no intelligence whatever, the
social status of q laundryman in the
Middle Kingdom is the lowest possible.
His pay there averages about ten cents
a day. In the United States this con-
dition of affairs is reversed; laundry
work is a fine art, and the pay seldom
falls below $15 q week. The origin OF
the Chinese laundry in America is quite
odd. When gold was discovered in
California the news spread all over the
world, and in due time reached China
As told by gossips and as published in
the newspapers and magazines of that
land, there was far across the ocean q
country in which the mountains were
solid gold, and in which the
poorest laborer could easily earn
twenty taels (s2O q day. This
news to populace whose daily
toll brought in from eight to thirty
cents a day was revelation. All who
could beg or borrow the necessary cash
set sail for the Golden Gate. Upon
this came the contracts from the rail-
road builders of the West. They could
not obtain American laborers for less
than $5 day; but they could bring
over unlimited numbers of Chinese for
almost any price. Mongolians have
been imported from Hong Kong and
Canton time and again for s12 month
and board. This movement culmi-
mated in the building of the Union and
Central Pacific. These employed over
10000 Cinnamon. For several wears
mining and railroad construction gave
employment to the multitudes of Mon
gols who flocked to these shores. They
all did well and their letters to their
homes. and more especially their con-
tinual remittances served to increase
the desire to emigrate to the United
States. Then came . sudden change.
Mines and mining became unpopular
and to a certain extent improbable.
Railroad construction dropped off sew
enty-five per cent. As result tens OF
thousands of Chinese were thrown out
of employment. In . strange land.
confronted by a language and customs
whose genius was diametrically opposed
to their own, they were without warn
ing thrown on their own resources.
Many adapted themselves to their new
and became cooks, nurses,
domestics, street-sweepers and express
men. The majority. however. became
Wah Lung, of San Fran
cisco, noticed in 1852 that all Ameri-
cans who had money wore white
linen and paid enormous
prices to washerwomen for washing
and ironing. He opened up . laundry
in consequence, and by charging lower
rates than his competitors succeeded in
building up large and remunerative
business. His friends and relatives
soon followed his example and enjoyed
. similar success,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-06-27
AN ATLANTIC OASIS,
The Orange Groves of st. Michael's in II
Charming Azores.

The Orange Groves of st. MichaeIs in the
Charming Azores.
Out in the Atlantic, over /, 200 miles
from Lands End and about 600 miles
due west from Lisbon. lies the beautiful
island of st. Michael's, the largest of
nine islands forming the Archipelago Of
the Azores. 1t is beautiful in its variety
in the rich verdure of its cultivated
lands, its eqIable, mild climate and in
is wonderful thermal spring. The
principal commerce of St. Michael's is
the orange crop. The mode of picking
and packing remains unaltered since
early days. The city, Ponta Delgada,
the capital of the island is set in the
midst of orange gardens. and the air in
the early mornings or late in the even
ings comes laden to you with the fra
GRANGE of the orange blossoms
Either in the town or suburbs Ven see
the gates of many orange gardens in
vitingly open. and YOU will be politely
invited to walk in and help yourself to
flowers and fruit. If You are astranger
the ''cabeca' or head man of the garden
will bring you a bunch of lovely
camellias and a branch on which hang
clusters of ripe oranges. and invite you
to be seated on Il garden bench, for
though it is the month of February, you
can enjoy sitting out of doors. There
YOU can watch the Juvenile toilers sort
ing the fruit and dried leaves of the
Indian corn. The picker can eat as
many oranges as he pleases, and take
away every evening bag or basket
full of fruit that has fallen from the
trees, which he sells at thirty or forty
for penny.-Leisure Hours.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-06-27

1t is pleasant to see that the SAM
.ary condition of the school-rooms is so
frequently matter of discussion now.
And it is to be hoped that the discussion
will result in soms practical reforms.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-06-27

"A cow attached to the Gubernato
rial mansion at Jefferson City, Mo-,
having been MIXED for FIVE years by
convicts, now refuses to allow anybody
in citizens dress to approach her,-St
Louis Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-06-27

English officers are killed OF so
quickly that they seldom have time to
grow to be Generals. = Minneapolis
Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-06-27

During the various carnival festivi-
les at Vienna. the palm for eccentricity
was carried Off by ..beggars' ball !"
The guests were rugged out rs thieves,
pickpockets. coiners. defaulting CASH
iers, armed burglars, and rascals of the
lowest type. One of the most amusing
representations was group of men
quarrelling violently. their faces
scratched and noses bleeding-a parody
on the lively scenes that sometimes oc-
cur. Prizes were distributed for the
best dressed and sustained characters.
The first me ial was won by woman,
whose toilet bristied with tiny re-
volvers.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-11-04
cont die? You won't let it all end SO hor-

won't die? You won't let it all end SO hor-
| ribly?"
.tStein?"
"Yes. Stein, who asks forgiveness that his
hart was 90 full OF bitterness and revenge"
The woman looked at him q moment
| with eager questioning in her eyes.
"You will forgive me" pleaded Stein.
II am 80 dazed! Tell me what it all
| means"
"There was a tornado. 1t passed close
nv me and threw me down, but it struck
| spared as by q miracle"
"And-my husband!'
HE is dead"
She was silent a few moments and then
| said. tears glistening in her eyes, "Stein, l
| shali die, too. l feel it. know it. Such
wrong as we were guilty Of could not pros
| per. All that we stole from you is gone.
| I'm glad. l couldn't have stood it much
| longer. l was SO unhappy-so sorry. For
| give me, Stein, and let me die" ind she fee
| bly held out her hand.
He took it in both OF his own as he ex-
| claimed II do forgive you and entreat you
| to live"
She smiled. "Ah," she sighed. pain OF
body matters little when the pain has gone
out of the heart. / should have died-died
feeling that you hated and desp'sed me.
Now / can die quietly"
Her eyes closed and she again became un'
conscious.
But she did not die; strong men with Ian
terms came through the night. They
/ climbed over the wreck and debris OF the
cyclone and bore her gently away on a lit
ter to where a wagon was waiting. They
bore away another helpless form-the bro
ken remains OF one who would scheme no
more.
Annctte's foot was so crushed that it q
to be amputated. She was helpless woman
for life, but Farmer Warwick grew less bag
gard, although his hair had become snowy;
When, after more h a a year had passed
and Stein had brought order out OF chaos
wrought by the cyclone-when he came and
took Annette, manned, faded and devoured
with a bitter experience, to a new and bet
ter cabin. and made her a devoted husband,
Mother Warwick admitted that her daugh-
ter had done well at last.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-11-04
PICKINGS.
A Very Pleasant Party up on the Hill
The Knights of Pythias

The new church is rapidly approaching
completion.
John Cox has opened a new saloon in
Bopriel's building. 1t is neat and coy.
The arrangements for the complimentary
benefit to Mrs. Prisk, to be given on
Thanksgiving night, are fast being con-
summated. and a meeting will be held this
evening for the purpose OF arranging a pro-
gramme for the concert.
The Walkerville Social Club starts out
as an instantaneous success, and the
managers are determined to keep up their
lick. On Thursday evening the party given
by the club was largely attended, and a
most enjoyable social time vas had.
The pharaphernalia for the use oil the
new Knights of Pythias lodge has arrived,
and been inspected by the members OF the
order, who pronounce it to be first-class
and very attractive. A meeting for the
purpose OF completing the organization OF
the lodge will be held on Thursday evening,
and all brother members in good standing,
especially those of the Butte lodges, are
cordially invited to attend.