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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-12-08

-AChliloenia psaoh ssenaFa q -
trees Yields . avssaGo q aneea -
q fruis . ysar.
Tho railroad sandwich has oeeo
analysed and disseCted and fcuna =
contain ninety-seven Per cenk q nutEr
meuk-Desyois xvss Press.
-A.Michiean woman By aOeual eoons
ssught 1900 aies on hy paper IN n'ne
dsyA Tho hies like dy paper; In f.cs'
they a.s 'ssnck" on it-ca'esso de'-
ald. (.
-"Little boy;" said IN old lady.
"why sze you not playing ball with
the other lftsls boyss" "'Cose ise 90
manager Of the club" Was the hAugnty
explanation.-M T. Sss.
They tell us that ''wah" IL an In
dams most common expression Oh
pleasure. And hero we've besu THINK
ing that an Indian wah-hoop neans
bloodshed.-Binghonston Republican /
-Tommy-"You ought to sec how
much butter my stepmother puts ON
INV bresdr Johnny-'I guess te
some Of this bogus butter. and she u
jcst trying it on you before she eass
any of IL herself. f."-Zs1os S3s'ngs.
-Coldly-"Why is 1t. Orson. that
every time you meet Trombly you ask
him, How's every tfIlag?" Orson-
..Why, didn't you know thss Iromoiy
thinks he owns the earthT~Oses q
Week.
Young wife-"Yes. father alwrys
gives expensive things when he makes
presents" Husband-'SO l discov-
cred when he gave you away" And
then he went to his library TO draw .
check for She monthly millinery bill
Pension Agsat-''So you lost your
voice during the wsrs" Applicant
..Yessir." Pension Ageut--''Was IL
through general exposure. Or tho no
suit Of an accidentr Applicant
..Gin'ral exposure. After I'd PAID ior
my substitoot, me an nav used ter2t
ON the porch an sing: just Before the
Battle, Mother "-PsAck.
Old Mrs. Bently-"What makes
you SO late TO dinner. JOsiah3 Old
Mr.. Bently-''I've been TO the ball
game, an sot on the bleachin boards
fer two hours. an there was nOshln'
but goose eggs" Old Mrs. Bens2y
with vexation)-"Now. Josiah Bens-
ly, hope to goodness ye haven't gone
and cit goose eggs and spilled yer din
ner."-Epoch.
Henry" said his wife. I'm Q ve4eo
tone, why do you 60 out between each
acta' Because the play II 90 dry,
said Henry. putting another Glove in
his mouth. ''Well. then. " returned th<
vuzzled woman, "why don't you keel
your sees md let the play 60 out. II I
Is 20 dryw Henry evasively replied
aiming his opers glass At the stage
that he thought the hustle worn by the
"star" was frightfully exaggerated
Noyriseo,cw Herald
i -"Now, Willie," said the Sunday
school teacher. ''you may tell me why
Noah went into the ark Cant,
ma.Sss." why, Willie. you ought u
be able to ssscss that; remember there
was a great flood coming" II know
now" well. wig was it3 'Some
BODY had borrowed his umbrella
-NerchaDt 1r0relsr.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-12-08
PERSIAN NOTIONS



the Sha1l's lsomlnlons.
An inquisitive turn of mind does not
of necessity make a scholar. Mr.
O'DOnOvan, for instance, in his travels
in Persia. found no end Of curiosity.
but very low degree Of intelligence.
The hospitality met with was with
out bounds; SO great and so minute in
its details rs to he embarrassing. but
interspersed with singular ques-
tiOns which made me doubt my
own sanity or that Of my quest,Oners.
One gentleman wanted to know II all
Franks wore long boots like mine. and
il took them of when l went to bed.
A young officer begged for some in
structiou in the French language; and
subsequently growing enthusiastic on
the subject, asked me to dictate for
him a love-lettcr to his sweetheart in
that language.
Iexplained that was not sufficient
ly acquainted with Eastern phrase
ology to take the initiative. and asked
him for a specimen, SO that l might
get at the nature of the desired
epistle. Hereupon my companion
favored me with some sentences, 50
replete with bulbuls. roses, gazelles
and other agreeable plants and ami
mails, that Franco-Persian lexicon Of
natural history would have been abso-
lutely requisite in order that ! might
do Justice to his effusion.
At another time. happened. in the
course of conversation, to mention
Australia. Tho General turned to his
secretary and asked where that coun'
try was. The secretary hesitated fol
a moment, but Immediately said thai
he was not sure whether it was in thu
Sea OF Marmora or the Sea Of AzOfP
but that he knew it was somewhere il
the neighborhood Of AmericA-Yosste'
C0mDQnion
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-12-08
LIONS wrrn WHlsKeR2


esv.eS - bsssAs aaA How 1AU Aso0n0e
ttfsa ~ 0alless.
Eleven sea lions were delivered =
the railroad depot receuey by Cspeaaa
Thor0ld for shipment to various muse
ums East. They were captured shout
the Farallones. The hous come up On
thS beach and rocks to bask IN The sum-
and while they are asleep the sailors
crawl up as ne.i:s W them as possible.
Almost invariably the ser hons wake
up when the sailors get withir sen Or
twelve feet OF them. and lift up they
heads to fight Then Is the sailors
opportunity.
Quick As fash no throws heavy
canvas sack Over the animals head
and twists the slack shout its powerful
laws. The next thing to b. done h to
get a r0pc about the hons fiippers.
which renders him helpless either 70
fight or fly. The process ~ capturing
see lions alive is simple enough 10 de-
scribe, 6t..s y rs dangerous and difficu.t
in practice. The ayst morning OF the
hunt. and after three Or for:r sea lions
had been captured. one Of the sailohrs'
Karl Hansen, discoved q lion whose
gray whiskers and enormous size testi-
fed to his great age.
The sailor managed 70 get back tho
sack over the head Of the beast, but
its strength wa. sd great and It's sfrug-
giles so violent that II vas only with
the greatest difficulty that he could get
the rope ever ono fiipper. He succeed
| ed finally. but as he attempted to tie
the other the sack was thrown of the
animals head. and with yelling :'aF
turned and made vicious snap at his
captor. The lion just managed to catch
the thumb and first finger Of his left
hand, tearing the thumb, with its ten
dons. from the hand and taking the
first Joint Of the finger. The bleeding
sailor ran few steps. screaming. and
fell. The sea lion. now thoroughly
enragcd. freed himself from the rope
and sack. and advanced with open
| Jaws on the PROSTATE sailor. He would
undoubtedly have torn the man tG
pieces had not the mate, attracted by
the seaman's screams, come up and
ehot the animal through the neck.
Even then 1t managed TO escape into
the sea again. This was th'
only serious accident that market
the expedition. Among the sail
ors was an ex-cowboy. He attempt
ed to use his familiar lasso ON the SC.
lions. but with very poor success. a
the sca lions head is 50 small and necl
SO large and smooth that the noos'
usually slipped oss- their heads On
la reddish-colored. rather smal
lioness-he did catch with his riata-
Fourteen sea lions were captured il
all. Among these were two super
males.
These two were freed in the hold ant
almost Immediately began 70 fight
The smaller Of the two was killed. Hi
hide was torn aid p1nctured in dozen:
of places by his adversafy's teeth. ant
the adversary himself showed thai tn
Egh. was hard one. In landing tn
seals at the r.sherman's wharf two go
loose. They looked SC dangerous witt
their upraised heads and shining teetl
that the men hesitated to tackle them
They dived on the wharf boat In q few
seconds and thus escaped.
The eleven are consigned to Nev
Jersey. They will be shipped in tank
of sea water.-San francisco Ez0ns
iucy.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-12-08
THE HUSBANDS PART.

How q Nan should Assist HI Wl1s In HsS
housekeeping Work.
A man should first Of all help his
wife In planning her work. Let every
husband give his wife the benefit Of his
practical business experience. and adj
wise with her how sho msy best arrange
and time her several duties that they
may least conflict
In tho second place tho husband
should give the wife the full amountof
money necessary properly to care Tor
the home.
Third. he should see that she has the
best tools that can be had 70 Tighten
her labor.
Fourth, he should by every possible
means shorten her hours OF labor. -
he finds that she is obliged to work
earlier and later than he. then he
should at once give or procure for her
such assistance as will make their
working hours equal.
Fifth. realizing that for her labor she
receives no direct compensation. he
should, Mt least, be careful to give con-
tinually that reward of cordial praise,
which costs him nothing and SO much
pleases her.
Finally, the man must recognize that
many of the domestic duties are es-
sentially proper to him. and not TO the
woman; such are all that require great
physical exertiOn- Therefore. not
only should proper implements be gen.
orally furnished for the w0man's use.
but all the materials she must use
should be provided and made easily
accessible. Plenty Of coal. wood and
kindlings should be kept near the place
| where they are to be burned. water
should be supplied 50 as to bo handy
and abundant. plenty Of hooks. shelves.
closets, ETC.. should be arranged 70 the
best advantage.
At house-cleaning time the man
should move or get moved the heavier
articles of furniture; he .should attend
Ito cleaning and putting down Of ser'
pets, the setting up Of stoves. and ths
like; In q word, he should assume the
responsibility for all the heavier and
more disagreeable duties conneoeeo
with good housekeeping. and be Will
ing. on occasion. to take . hand In
those which are lighter.
But il he won't do these things whicn
he ought to do. let him ut least nave
| grace enough 70 keep out Of the wom'
| ans way while she is doing them Tor
| him, and refrain. when they are done,
from rewarding his 0verworked help.
mate with cross and complaining
spsech.-Good Housekeeping.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-12-08
"A clergyman. being recently absent

"A clergyman. being recently absent
from home on business, his little son
calmly folded his hands and asked the
blessing usually pronounced by his
father at their morning meal. At
lunch, being asked to pronounce the
blessing. he replied. with grave face:
No; ] don't like the looks u them
taters."-1r0y Times,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-12-08
KICKS AND KlCKERS.


Sharp ThOrns In the Professional Body Of
the Average Editor.
One thing that makes the life Of a
newspaper man unpleasant is that he
hears SO much kicking. Nearly every
man has a large. illustrated grievance
with velvet binding and gold clasp.
and when he feels that it needs airing
he at once hunts up the most con-
venient reporter and delivers n cor
pulent lecture on his favorite theme.
Some Of these kicks are of public inter-
est and gladly received, but there are
many viii III concern only the kicker.
Only yesterday gentleman whose
name is a household word thought ii
would be good scheme for the Journal
to publish a whitening and scathing
editorial because his neighbOrs'
chickens roost on his fence.
This paper is always willing
to wither and seattle until the cows
come home when the public interests
will thereby be promoted. but 1t hardly
pays to pour out a torrent OF wrath
ueiGusclCSS HCstuS vi u lcW
well-meaning but misguided hens. An
other citizen is being corroded by sor.
row because a young lady next door
persists in playing the piano late in
the evening. In a case of this kind the
aggrieved party should take the law in
his own hands and come down on the
offender like "A wolf on the fold. II
would not be seemly for a great moral
newspaper to launch into sarcasm and
invective in his behalf. A good
wholesome. well-directed kick very
frequently has n salutary effect on so
ciety, but the indiscriminate kick is tt
be avoided. II frequently involves the
pursuit Of very small game and is liza
BILE to do the boomerang act with un.
pleasant results. As David said in hi.
haste. all men arc kickers.-LincoiN
journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-12-08

An American visitor to the last
meeting of the Browning Society in
London writes to her friends in this
country that she was both surprised
and shocked at the lack of politeness
and even rudeness shown at the pro-
ceedings While lady was reading
a paper before the society scant atten-
tion was shown by many Of its MEM
bers. some Of whom took their seats
noisily during the reading. The dis
cussion, however. aroused the most
vivid attention. II took a theological
turn and had q violent. controversial
character. in which there was no con.
.ijaration for personal feelings.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-12-08

There is q granite house in Rowan
County. Va, built in 1766. and is still
owned and occupied by the descend
ants of the man who built it. The fire.
place is eight feet wide, five feet high
and five feet deep; the house is in q
good state of preservation.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-12-08

In Michigan citizen one day was
enthused by the news that he had be
come an heir 70 part Of his grand
fathers property. In . few days
afterwards he received an envelope
containing seventeen cents.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-12-08

Queen Victoria's longtime fond
ness for the opal has almost dispeled
the superstition concerning its bad
luck. which has clung to that hand.
some jewel for generations.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-06-15
To Avoid contagIon.

Modern science attributes most oi
the contagious and infectious dis.
eases to the propagation In che
human system of microscopic living
growths. The disease may be escaped
if the germs of disease can be avoided.
Whether the theory IS absolutely cor.
rect or not, there is no question that
by observing the following rules, which
We cut from an exchange, the interests
of health may be greatly promoted:
See that all members Of the family
are successfully vaccinated. Keep
away from any house in which dis
ease Is present, unless your services
are needed. In cases Of epidemics,
children should be kept from school
and from all assemblies. Be sure your
drinking water is pure; we'll water is
always to be suspected; when there Is
any doubt about the water, 1t IS all
ways safer to use boiled water.
One who nurses a person sick with
a CONTAGIOUS disease should be regular
in eating, sleeping, and in taking daily
exercise in the open air, and should
not become over-anxiOus respecting
the danger OF cOntagiOn. Avoid TAX
ing the breath OF the sick person.
Keep the hands free from sores and
scratches. Avoid getting the hands
sOiled with discharges from the pa
tient, and If soied, cleanse as soon as
possible. Do not touch the lips to
any thing that has been used by or
about the patient, especially spoons.
cups and glasses. Do not wipe your
face or hands with any cloth that has
been on or near the sick person. The
articles of clothing that q person has
worn just before, during or Just after
Illness should not he worn by another.
The expectOratIOn of cOnsump5iVss
should be received in n vessel contain
ing a disinfectlng SOLUTION, or upon
rags, which should be burnedIt should
IN no case be deposited where it can
be reached by chickens or other do
nestle animals. which have been
known to become diseased by eating
it. and carry contagiOn to those eat
ing their flesh.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-06-15
on Shaking Hands.

A pretty good index to q mans
character is the way in which he
shakes hands, says the Chicago JOurn-
al. There Is your ever.cordial and
beaming friend who grabs your help
less fingers in his great fist and almost
wrings them OF In a grasp far mors
violent than the torturer's sentiments
are sincere. This sort Of q man viii
wiring in this way the hand OF an &C
quaintance whom he doesn't care &
jot about. isn't likely to see again for
a year, and don't care Il he doesn't,
Then there Is your limp, lifeIess hand
shaker. who responds TO your own
honest and moderate grasp with q set
OF digits thai contain as much vim
and friendship as q link OF cold saus-
ages IN a pork butchers shop. Z You
may, too, have run across the languid,
lackadaisiCal wight who insults your
well-meanng cOrdiaiity by calmly
prOhering you his left hand as be lOlls
back in mis- chair. This was a prac-
tice greatly affected By railroad men
IN the old days when you could call
on them for a pass without having
f'Inter- State Commerce law baWled
INTO your earl But OF allhand-shak-
ing horrors, preserve me from the
man who possesses himself of your
fist AM fondles It aIrctionately in his
own, wrapling it in his long, 1.-the 6ug-
ers and pressing and stroking st for all
the way from one TO nine minutes.
YOu don't know what to dc with such
a man,dO you? You can't draw your
hand away without offending him, and
you cant submit o the application
without cold chiilst craving down
your spine. On your choice betWiEt
the two evils viii depend Cha length ol
the torture You endure when you
ulest the afsctionalte man egain.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-06-15

very pleasant place. and have made up
my mind to enjoy myself aa much as possi'
hiei So as could not console you, and
you. with the ideas you express, would
make me miserable. / think you had much
better look Tor somebody whose tsmDera-
meEt is more ike your own I suppose
you mean me to understand that
you have been much more in love with
which, to say the least, is not very flattsr-
ing No! must have an undivided heart,
or none at ALI Your sincere friend, D.S.'i
There IS a desperate fight between
Mrs Dalton and Dolly before the lat
ter can be persuaded to copy and for
ward what she considers q heartiess
and hippant missive. In the end
Marian triumphs Mr.. Lascellss does
not appear at breakfast. and Dolly,
though her soul Quakes within her,
laughs and talks to Dick.
Later in the morning, when they
were playing laWn-tennis, Clement
Lacelles, feeling much smaller than he
has ever done in his life, seeks counsel
from Mrs. Dalton. With an angelic
smile she alternately prIcks him with
daggers and makes him guip down
bowls OF poison; but she does him an
excellent turn by taking a good deal
Of the nonsense out Of him. He con
-CI>7CS DA4cgL no t-lOEGS DOllYs now Oh
how, IS he to win her? Has he the
ghost of a chance2
Mrs. Dalton looked solemn, declares
her inability to reply to this. She
hints at DOlly's youth and love of
amusement. She hints, too, at Dick 8
unhagging good spirits and temper.
And the upshOt of it is that when
Dick returns crestfaIlen from his after
noon ride with Dolly, having spoken
and received his answer, Clement Las
Celles carried of the young lady to her
bOudOir on preCence OF wanting to be
shown something, and, replacing the
melancholy Of Hamlet by the con-
querIng airs Of young Lovelace, takes
her IN his arms, swears he has been q
IDOL, and has never loved any one but
her sweet SELF and that if she accepts
him her life shall be one round Of
pleasure.
Twenty minutes later, Dolly has
passed on all his embraces and more
to Marian.
How clever you are darling!" she
says, admiringly.
To which Mrs. Dalton replies, NOV
you know how to manage him, make
GOOD use OF your knowledge. Lon
don World.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-06-15
q Ronstar -


Captain John Gray has presented
TO the Left-Handed Fishing Club the
skeleton Of a shark which. accordina
to the Houston TEX Post, is sai6
to have been the largest ever seen on
the coast OF the Gulf Of Mexico. The
bones of his immense fish we're sent
to Captain Gray by DR.. e. J. McFar-
land, of Pass Cavallo. The doctor,
in his letter to Captain Gray, gives
an interesting account of how the
N Onster was captured. The shark.
it seems, had been hovering about
the quarantine station at Pass Cav
alio for some days last summer, and
his continued presence in tbs pass
made the men about the quarantine
station uneasy about bathing in the
surf. The captain of the State quar-.
antine schooner dstsrmind to catch
the monster of the deep. and securing
an immense steel hook, ne attached
1t to tree chain and q rope 20 the
chain. The rope was then tied 20 the
mast OF the vessel. Ii took the
combined strength of two men
to haul the fish to the side of she
boat, working with the aid Of q block
and tackle. His head was pulled out
of the water, and several welI-diFeCted
blows with an axe killed him. He was
then hauled upon the beach. He
measured fourteen feet in length. The
backbone and head now adOrn the
walls of the club-rOom of the Left.
Handed Club, being suspended Just in
the rear of the desk OF the chief shark,
who is the presiding officer Ofthe club.
The mouth is thirty inches in diane
ter. 1t made no difference to this
monster of the deep whether it was e
small boy, a dog or q hog that he
caught padding in the water. Some
weeks before he had caught a mule
Wading out into the water, and the
shark swan to him and bit OF his left
hind leg, and swallowed leg, loot, iroB
shoe and all without an apparent eff.
fort. After the fish was caught the
hind leg of the mule was rescued, but
too late to be Of use to the mule, he
recOnCited himself to three legs for the
rest of his life. The shoe was taken
from the hOOf, and now hangs over
the door of the room of the Left
Club.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-06-15
10 Eortune. 81 q vic.

From the Philadelphia Times.
Henry Lega6. the HaddOnfield bar
Der, who recently gained considerable
notOriety through newspaper reports
that be had fallen heir to a large
estate IN Germany, is in trouble
through the story. Recently ne was
locked up in the Camden county Jail
on q writ Of ne exeat issued by the
Court Of Chancery at the suit of Mrs
Mary Rosine Legal OF 726 Quincy
place, Brooklyn who claims to be his
wife.
Mrs. Legat made affidavit that she
was married to Barber Legat in
Brooklyn, Dec. ID, 1885, by the Rev.
Theodore Fleischman, pastor OF the
German Lutheran Church. She claims
that soon after the marriage Legat
deserted her and went to New Haven
and subsequently to HaddOnfeld.
She tried to find him, but in vain, and
had almost given up hope Of seeing
him again, when she read Of his wind
fall, by which b would come IN pos
session Of a large estate in Germany.
Mrs. Legat Immediately had suit COM
menced in the New Jersey Court Of
ChanCery to compel her husband to
provide for her support in accordance
with his means. Barber LIegat will
have TO lie in jail until he can furnish
81 900 as security that ne will not
leave the State until the completion
of the trial.