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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10
THE FISH MAMMOTH
Description of the Probable Ancestor Of
the Sea-Srlpent.

Description of the Probable Ancestor Of
the sea->r1pe"t.
A Toongoosian fisherman named
Schumacher. about the Year 1899 was
proceeding. rs is the custom of fishermen
of those parts when fishing proves
failure. along the shores of the Lena in
quest of mammoth tusks, which have
been there found in considerable album
dance. During his rambles. having gone
further than he had done before, he
suddenly came face to face with a huge
mammoth imbedded in clear ice. This
extraordinary sight seemed to have
filled him with establishment and awe,
for instead of at once profiting by the
fortunate discovery. he allowed several
courage to approach it closely. although
it was his habit to make stealthy jour-
news occasionally to the object Of his
wonder At length. seeing, it is pre-
sumed. the terrible monster made no
signs of eating him up. and that its
tusks would bring him a considerable
sum of money. he allowed the hope Of
gain to overcome his superstitious
scruples. He boldly broke the barrier
of ice. chopped off the tusks and left
the carcass to the mercy of the wolves
and bears. who, finding it palatable,
soon reduced the huge creature to q
skeleton. Some years afterward a
man of science was on the scent, and
although SO late at the death. found the
huge skeleton with three legs, the eyes
sill in the orbits and the brain min.
iured in the skull. at York
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10
HANS WAGER.
What He Thought Of . Surprisingly sharp
Cold Wave.

What He Thought Of . Surprisingly sharp
Cold Wave.
Pretty cold weather we've been having
Mr.. Wager"
VA. We don'd only got vedder, but dey
got him away down Soudh. 1t vas peen
colder where it vas warm AS where it vas
eold.'
"Yes. wonder what was the cause OF
SO great phenomena"
"vhere you SIGH n crazy higafalutin'
name got for cold vedder like dot?"
Il mean the weather was very remarka
BILE"
Yes, dots SO. Most eferypodies got
remark on dot vedder.'
Il mean to say can't understand VIII,
it was colder at some places in the South
than ut some places in the North. Can You
explain?
You links was a. United Schtates we'd
der machine oder n Gentucky goose pOne
dot told dose tings before knows dem
meinselef vit?''
Swell. thought perhaps YOU had an
idea OF it.
II don'd got no idee fon it. got blenty
cold fon it: und dots genough.'
All"
VA. ali, Aber. mein frendt. dold you
som. dings: Deere vas peen doc many gravy
dings dose days in dot country, und it vas
no wonder der vedder gone crazy doc, und
got cold when it vas warm und warm when
it was old."-Kentucky Journal
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10
THE FROSTED RAIL.
Two Little Girls Lick an Icy Iron Rail and
Eecome Captives.


butte m t. Mserl
Last evening about supper time. while
the dining room was crowded. the guests
at the Centennial Hotel were thrown into
. state Of CONSERVATION and excitement
by hearing cries and shri-ks coming from
apparently an unknown quarter Some
thought the house was haunted and others
were satisfied that the cries We're human.
A speedy search was made. and il was
soon discovered that the balcony was the
point whence the sounds emanated, and
the voices belonged to two little pets
OF the household-Peariy Baseman aud
Rosa-the daughters of the housekeeper
When the crowd had reached the spot the
little ones were found prisoners in man.
ner that is familiar TO the older folks. hut
was somewhat new to them. Together
they had walked on the balcony, the rail
Of which is of iron. and as the frost looked
% tempting they had decided to lick it of.
The result was, or course. that both were
glued to the iron. and, luckily, instead Of
attempting to release themselves by force,
they began a series Of shrieks. DIR. Beall,
who was on hand. promptly procured .
pitcher of hot water. and soon. the iron
absorbing the heat, the youngsters were
released.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10
SANITARY PROBATION.
Whv Farmers should be Prepared fol
CONTAGIOUS Diseases.

Whv Farmers should be Prepared 70,
CONTAGIOUS Diseases.
Never before, in our history, ha. such
little care been bestowed upon the san
itary condition of our large cities, and
on the farms, as security seems to pos
sess all; nevertheless the cholera is
knocking at our doors for admittance.
No one can object to a class of persons
permitting this state of affairs If they
alone are to be the sufferers, but such
is not the case. Malarial fevers have
poisoned the inhabitants Of towns that
never knew its presence before; diph-
iberia has stalked into the households
and snatched the loveliest and dearest
OF the little ones from the family fire.
side. while the smallpox has held high
carnival over its victims to such degree
that human hands were unwilling to
deposit the fostering bodies away. The
foe lies hidden in the accumulations,
while we are nursing it in its feebleness
until it gains strength. At some time
we may pay the penalty with our lives,
for pe>tilence spares neither the young
nor the aged, the millionaire nor the
pauper. and may begin its deadly work
at any time.
In times of pestilence business be-
comes stagnant. and the farmer must
share the ill fortunes of his city friends.
The more dreadful its work, or quicker
its march. the greater the panic it
causes, whole communities being i'm
poverished, with death and misery
reigning supreme. If we do not stran-
Gle the foe now, it will be too powerful
for our suppression after awhile. Be-
meath the piles of deconnposing matter.
which are being augmented. turks dis
ease, which only awaits the warm
rays of the sun to spread and reach to
every home.-Farm. Field and Stock
man
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10


purse and the knowledge of the banking
account, and Of I'll he might could, would
and should do In the world. He holds the
impecunious crowd in contempt, like the
dust that he kicks before him. He has a
habit "f sticking up for his rights: even his
collar sticks up, and his hair, tocorrespond
with his inner self, is bristling up. but that
does not matter, for he can aifor. to wear
a crooked hat. He thinks he can buy any
thing-from Il picture, OF which he knows
nothing. to an rlertor. who knows not hing
oi him. At the front he might take us in
heart y-looking. giad-to-see-you sort of
man. But look at his back; he struts like
q bam-,ioor rock-and the cock is the
more estinable biped.
The purse-proui man will never hand
money out of that pocket for charity, I'M
less he is pretty sure that there shall be
printed list of subscribers Not SO the
wealthy man who has a heart above gold.
Look at him-a back view-as he stands
at a public meeting. called together at some
time Of calamity or need. He is sure to he
there. II the hall is ovcrcrow,led YOU can
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10

cling cells; he can press Others to hi VII,
too, as he presses his cane to a curve like
himself.
His spare form is not the thin-bent back
of the student. The back of a bookworm
is another kind of bend-a curve to be re-
spected. Nor is it the stoop OF old age.
And this reminds us that the back is an in
dex of age as well as of character. The
small child stands a square, upright, sturdy
atom of humanity. The man grows
straight to his full height; then his shadow
broadens; then his shoulders come forwa ri
and his head goes down. He is the dried
and shriveled leaf that bends toward itself
and curls to diminish size before it mingles
with the dust OF vanished summer.
But We must not grow melancholy
though We can never See a smile at the
back. Who is the individual that comes
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10
THE FRENCH PREMIER.
The Remarkable Political Career q u.
Ereycinet.

The Remarkable Political Career q u. de
Freyrinet.
Charles Louis de Saulces de Erev-
cinet was born at Folk (Aricge) on
November IA, 1923. He studied at the
Ecole Polytechnique, and upon his
graduation he practiced rs an engineer
and Director of the Service Of the
Southern of France Railway.
In August, 1870, he was gazetted an
officer of the Legion of Honor. and
after the fall of the Empire. on the 4th
of September of that year. he was
nominated by Gambetta Project of the
Department of Tarn and Garonne. On
October ohe became Chief of the Mill
tary Cabinet of the Government Of
National Defense ut Tours and acquitted
himself ably of his functions during this
trying time.
In 1876 he was returned TO the Senate
with comfortable majority in the De-
partment of the Seine. and on December
IA following he became Minister of
Public Works in the Dufaure Cabinet.
NJ. de Frevcinet retained his portfolio
as a member of the Washington Min
istry when NJ. Grevv succeeded Marshal
de MacMahon as President on February
1. 1879 In December. 1879. he became
Premier and Minister of Foreign At
fairs. Next September he gave place TO
to NJ. Jules Ferry. In 1882 he was again
made Prime Minister but fell in conSe-
qucnce of his unsatisfactory policy with
regard to the Egyptian question. Given
:he opportunity of cooperating with
England in its solution he failed to take
advantage of the opportunity. He was
chosen as Premier again upon the Ton
guin disaster of NJ. Ferry last March
but failed to form Cabinet. When the
Brisson Cabinet was formed. April 8.
he received the portfolio of Minister OF
Foreign Affairs. Chicago Inter Ocean
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10
A KISS STORY.
NOW A Noted Actor Put Two Feminial
Ad0rers to Shame.
tRerlIu Tnoblattl

berlin Tagblattl
One OF our most eminent stage heroes
was travelling by train in Switzerland .
few weeks ago. Opposite him sat couple
of handsome young ladies, who not only
fairly stared him out Of countenance. but
made him the topic of their whispered con-
versation. Flattered at first by this deli
cate attention, the actor spontaneously
submittedto il, but in the long run he be-
gan to grow tired of "this sort of thing"
and determined to put stop to it. When
In tho tunnel. before reaching
Lausanne, he imprinted few
audible kisses on the back Of his hand.
After the train emerged from
the tunnel the actor sat calm and impas-
sive as il nothing had happened. while
the ladies first stared at each other and
then began a series Of mutual recrimina-
tions on the enormity of their conduct
i'm taking such liberties with the hero OF
the footlights. OF course, each blamed
the other. and the dispute lasted until the
train stopped at Lausanne. Before leav-
ing the car the actor bowed to the la
dies, hat in hand, and said: "Ladies,
the great attention you bestowed on me
during the journey makes me naturally
anxious to learn which of you gave me
in the tunnel so striking proof Of your
Affection" He did not wait for a reply,
but left the ladies to their reflections.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10
Wants to Know His Professors.

Bill Yardlv is one of the most trifling
students at the University of Texas.
He rarely attends the lectures, and when
he does, as a general thing he is so much
under the influence Of liquor that he can't
distinguish one object from another.
Not long since he strolled into Marks
photograph gallery.
what are you doing here, Bill?" asked
Marks.
Il just want TO see the photographs OF
the professors ~ the university SO I'll
know 'em when meet them on the street.
We ought to know each other. Texas
,SIffjHpS
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10
An Array Of Old Names.
EBos.on Globe

Among the queer names found in . -
cent copy of the Congressional Record
were the following, many of which rival
the famous inventions and discoveries Of
Dickens and Thackery: Joicy Richwine
Zephaniah Crubaugh, Anna Nation, Mar.
earet Greathous, Simon Fought, Tunia
Swick, Sophia Gump, George Knopsnyder
Boston Fowler, Delilah Knill, Sasser Sui
Ivan, George Washington Waddle, ALDER
tine Cochrum, Elizabeth Geestesphan
Micajah Joyner, Hartford Motherly, Am
brose Chewbing, David Cornproost, r
Courtney Cochbower, c. c. Colclo, J. T
Quickhouse, Calvin L. Knick and J.
Snodd.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10
Afraid Of Being Partial.

Indignant Customer-Look here. What
do you call this
Proprietor of cheap restaurant (eAamin-
ing objects Looks like a shoe-string.
Customer-Well, sir. l found that in the
soup.
Proprietor lin alarm)-Not SO loud,
please.
Customer-You ought to be ASHAMED
Of
Proprietor Tin whisper Pray bequiet
That old gentleman at the table might
hear YOU. He has been coming here regn-
larry for six months and never got single
thing thrown in with the regular dinner.
1t might make him feel slighted.
delphis Press,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10
The Book-keeper was Right.

Use got complaint ter make, ;"
said Jim Webster to his employer, an
Austin merchant.
What is it"
DE book-keeper kicked me. sab. !
don't want no book-keeper ter kick me. !"
..Of course he kicked you. You
don't expect me to attend to every
thing. do you? can't look after all
the little details of the business ny
self. ''-IcrGs Siftss1s
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10

A fireman, employed by the Lehigh
Valley Railroad Company, whose capac-
ity for drinking enormous quantities OF
cold water made him famous along the
line, has died after short illness,
ascribed to his inordinate absorption. 1t
is said that he often drank two quarts
without taking the vessel from his lips,
and he had been known to drink as
much as eight gallons of water in one
day.-Pittsburgh Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10

"A reader writes TO the Nems asking
TO be informed what the small letter at
the bottom of silver money stands for.
The initial letter indicates the mint at
which the coin was struck. The Phila-
delphia Mint was the original money
mandatory of the country. and its
coinage bears no initial. The San Fran
cisco Mint stamps an S on its coins; the
Carson Mint uses C C, and New Or
leans coins are marked O.-BaltimOre
NeuS
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10
Il DO not like thee. DR.. Fell.
Tho reasnn why Tean nnf fell v

Tue ItHsUu NIiy, I CaI hut ttII-
It has often been wondered at, the bad
odor this oft-quoted doctor was in. Twas
probably because he, being one Of the old
school doctors, made up pills as large as
bullets, which nothing but an ostrich could
bolt without nausea. Hence the dislike
DIR. r. V. Pierce's pheasant Purgative Pei
lets.' are sugar-coated and no larger than
bird-shot, and are quick to do their work
For all arrangements of the liver, bowels
and stomach they are specific.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10
-..There was a quiet twinkle of fun,

There was aquiet twinkle OF fun,
says the Washington Cd. c. Post lover
the fact that one of the debutantes who
have lately visited here has enjoyed no
less than six debut parties already. but
whether in rs many different seasons or
not it is not clearly said. Her mother
has been very clever manager. and on
each or at least some of the festive occa-
sions invested round sum in floral IA
vors and congratulatory kilograms, pre-
sumably coming from admiring
friends"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10

shufHing by, knock
ing his knees and
dragging his shoes.
and losing his prop
erty from sheer ina
bility to remember
that he has got it,
There is an old say
ing,a significant one,
to describe a man OF
weak character -
that he has "nO
backbone in him. :"
We are afraid there
is not much back
bone in the man who
walks as if not quite
SURF where he is GO
ing to, who drops
l,,o Iatfaeo on.l p.,av
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10

DR.. SAMUEL K. Cox, Washington, after .
careful analysis, pronounced Red Star
Cough Cure purely vegetable and most ex-
cellent for throat troubles. Price, q cents .
bottle.
Hon. Thos. L. James, x-Postmaster-Gen-
eral, indorses st. Jacobs Oil as q pain-curA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10

Forthat matter, our
character comes out
all over us, willing or
unwilling, and even
in our handwriting.
Lavater. who was ST.
wondrous wise in the
looks of humankind.
said tina I from n single
finger We ought To be
able To guess n whole
individual. Perhaps
We ought, but We sell
dom do. except in no.
ticing the difference be-
tween the finger of re-
fnement and a nut
mcg-grater like the
foreiinger of the faith
~ DIT
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10

DR.. PIERcE's "Favorite Prescription" is
not extolled as "cure-all.r but admirably
fulfills a singleness Of purpose, being most
potent specific in those chronic weaknesses
peculiar to women. Particulars in DR..
Pierce's large treatise ON Diseases Peculiar
to Women, 100 pages, sent for 10 cents in
stamps. Address WORLDS DIsPENsARY
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, e3 Main Street.
Buffalo, n "
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10

see him standing, new
er complaining Of the
lack of seats; he is
there for the comfort
OF Others; ne forgets
his own. He is a large
hearted man: and
every thing about him
is large. The big hands
are only waiting be-
hind him to give free
~. The broad back
can bear a goodly
share of others bur
dens. The coat sits
loosely, but not more
loosely than fortune
sits upon him h 9
would slip it off for an
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10


the back-:,h, there is the whole individual.
an easy studv-the whole of him, his figure
and walk. his shoulders nodded by the hat-
it's of his life. the carriage of the head, the
wearing Of the clothing. Face To face we
see the man as he desires tn be seen by us,
but behind his back we take him by sur
prise and catch sight of his character.
Follow the thoughtful man as he wan
ders through the streets, seeing nothing.
He has polished his hat and frightened his
umbrella to the last degree, not because he
cared for the polish and the tightness. but
because his mind was elsewhere when he
risked brushing the nap off his hat and
splitting the umbrella. While he walks his
head and shoulders bend; one knows that
his ewes seek the ground, Just as one sees
his feet linger upon it. In this manner it
must have been that MacauIay walked in
his famous night wanderings, when he
traversed the London streets and saw
nothing-a contrast to those other night
walks of Charles Dickens, who trod the
same streets and saw every thing, with
head characteristicallv held back and
slightly to one side-an energetic observer
rather than a deep thinker.
Very different from what We may call the
refined and intellectual back is the back of
the broad and vulgar figure who struts
past us as if he owned the street, or n
least the footwalk, where he takes up half
the space between his striding feet and the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10

A lady asked a gentleman his age. He re-
piled: What you do in every thingr-X
L. So does Taylor's Cherokee Remedy OF
Sweet Gum and Mullen excel all other
medicines for coughs, Group and consump-
ton. Walter A. Taylor, Atlanta, Ga.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10

Europe: and ten thousand more varieties
from the welsher on the turf up to the
gentleman who ought to be a Raronet, and
who has lived for the last thirt V yeasupon
that statement and upon charitably col
Letting for the savages of Borrioboola. He
could straighteh his body If he liked. but
his mind is fixed on curves OF cunning. He
cd his principles AZ ~ crooked ~ wrig
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10

self-asserting
umbrella. His
glory is not in
his mind or
heart. butin his
po C k e I He
would be always
conscious OF his
purse, even il he
had not his
h a n d bullying
out of the peck
1T where it lives
OF course, one
knows by his
back that the
pocket il bulg-
ing with the
proud posses
sinns III q faf
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10

A letter awaiting claimant
in the West Point (Ga.) Post
office is thus addressed: ITO My
Papa. in West Point. Georgia,
America" The missive came from
Hanover, Germany. and is supposed to
have been written by a small child
Atlanta Constellation.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10
THE FOND pAPA.s LULLABY.

I.-ALLEGRETrO sCHERZASDO.
Come. baby dear,
The night is here,
lis time thou vert in slumber.
To close thine eyes
Sweet lullabies
I'll sing thee without number
Sleep. baby sleep.
Close watch keep;
Fear not, thy fathers near thee.
Safe in his care,
Whisper thy prayer,
The angels bend to hear thee
Rest, sweet one. rest
On papa's breast.
No one will dare to harm thee.
Hush while he sings
All sorts OF things
Into sweet sleep to charm thea
u-ALLEGRo con FUOc0.
Shut up. l say.
Come. can't stay
Up here all night and bOtherS
Don't yell like that.
ConfOund the brat.
Here, take him to his mother.
-SOmerrillc Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10
Was Welt Taken Care or.
London Truth

Muzzafer Eddin, the lately deceased
Emir of Bokhara, had two hundred ant
eighty wives, two hundred and ninety fs
male slaves, ten female BARRIERS, nine fe
male cooks, four midwives, twenty two
ueedlewomeu and fifty washerwomen.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10

Rupture, pile rumors, fistulR
and all diseases of the lower bowel Except
cancer), radically cured. Send 10 cents in
stamps for book. Address. Worlds Dis.
pensary Medical Association, 663 Main
Street Buffalo, Y. Y.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10

AS 1orihe back OF
the rogue himself, it
y of infinite variety.
II there were only
one sort. We might
all make what SOL
diers call a recon-
naissance to tn e
rear, and detect and
outwit him: but his
name is legion.
There is the sharp
dealerof the cuisines
world who is remark
ably spruce at the
back; and the ad-
venturer of society
who can bow like the
"a
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10

A MAN may have no ear for music, yet
have a mind to play. y. Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10

that denotes the
domestic ogre.
His bald head
shines:one knows
that in the front
the veins are
bursting. His
m ustache has
been twisted to
sharpness by an
CRY fingers. His
h "a n d 8 a r e
clenchetl orpush-
ing nightly
against his hard
set knee; he could
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10

PHYSICIANS prescribe Ayers Cherry Pect-
oral, on account of its great curative powers.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10

PIXIES TooTHACHE DROPS cure in minute. Ms
Gisnn's Sulphur Soap heals and beantifes. &c.
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Corns BunionA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10

No Opium in Piso's Cure for Consump
ton. Cures where other remedies fail 25c
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10

SELECTED miscellany-Mincep ie.-Dan-
rille Brsc-e.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10

HAVE you any old Roman weapons.'
Dealer-"We have none IN Just now, they
sre being-rusted"- HaIsruier Nochriekte,s.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10

THE most desirable hair dressing ever
offered to the public is Halls Hair Remover.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10
AskinR Ones Ace,

BILLIARDS resemble matrimony, mas
much as kisses and scratches are common
In both