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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-02-02

excellent quality. To these. articles
Of diet may be added the wild onion.
rhubarb and parsnip. which formed an
agreeable change from our daily
rations. The Indians are very fond OF
the wild parsnip. and adopt q sbrewd
plan for getting supply without the
trouble OF collecting it. The field
mouse is very common in this region.
and before the winter sets In has con-
structed for himself . house, aud filled
it with the desirable root Now all
the Indian has to do is-to use the
words of any Misrepresentation for
mouse-house; bimeby see little hill;
Injun dig up little hill; ketchum plenty
root; very goOd!"
To be fully appreciated BY the ma
tive gourmand. it must be first boiled
with fish or seal oil, and il mOlasses or
sugar is Obtainable. it is sweetened by
the addition of one or both Of these in
gradients. With the native fondness
of sugar. and, in fact, all saccharine
substances. it is remarkable that they
have never acquired the taste for salt
The river Indians do not eat salt with
their food. and object to it with man.
ifest repugnance when forced to eat
such articles as bacon and ham,
YOufh's COnaDdn ion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-02-02
"A LITTLE NONSENSE"

old lady Tin shoe store)-"Havt
you felt slippers?" Small boy clerl
(solemnly)-"Yes. ma'am. many q
time. ."-7errc HaMtc EIpress.
Greedy barber-'.Hair cut, STRIP
Curt customer-"No, SIR" Greedy
barber-''Loug. sir; reaches your coa1
collar" Curt customer-''Well, il il
annoys you much I'll have my tailor
cut my clothes decollete. ."-Torx
Topics.
Young man, entering stOre-'l
see, sir. you have q card in your
window-.Help wanted" Proprietor
(not liking the looks of applicant)- =
"Ah, a mistake! keep that card foz
use in case Of burglars. ."-BMrlington
Free Press.
-'Detectives are no good" said
Tommy, who was reading newspaper.
'Why not?n asked his father. ''It
says there are a number OF Congress.
men at large. II the detectives were
any good they would run 'em in
Golden Days.
$50 you found the clock ticking
SO loud that you couldn't sleep?" said
the Jew elcr to the customer who re.
turned clock. "You ought moi
growl when you have your bed tick.
ing under you all night" The man
took the clock home again.-LJs.
Cautious customer - ''Is this q
handmade cigar?" Indignant cab.
bage factor-"Hand-made? Is it hand.
made? LoOky here. Gull. do you think
we got time in dis shop to make see
gars wild our feet? We amt no freaks
you take us fer a dime muscum?"-
brooklyn Eagle.
Mrs. HOOligan-':Arrah! Pat, il
that yersilf or your ghost! Phats
allen yez?" Mr.. H.-..Sure Oh fell nv
the scaffold twenty fate hoigh." Mrs.
H-''Wuz ycz bad hurted?" Mr.. H
"'Dade Oi wuz; Oi wuz jist able to till
the p'laccman that Oi wuz insense.
able. ."-.inscric0.
MY little boy" said a agentleman,
'.you ought not to eat those green
apples. They are not good for little
boys" They hain't. eh?" the boy
replied with his mouth full. '.Guess
you don't know much about 'em, mister.
Three Of these apples'll keep me out Ol
school for a week. ~ T. Times.
Shoe dealer Ito clerky
Why did you insist upon selling to that
old gentleman who just went out a pair
OF small. soft shoes when he called for
large cowhide boots?" '.Well-er-'
81 insist upon knowing." THE fact
is. / call on mis- daughter quite fro,
quently in <ths evenings. s."-LsseoIa
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-02-02
ROMAN PLANK ROADS.


The Ponies Longi Used by the Romans II
Their Retreat From Germany.
The Prussian Minister Of Education,
Won Gossler. having learned that Prof.
F. Knokc had lately found traces OF
old Roman plank roads on the moor
between Mehrholz and Bragel. not far
from Dicpholz, in Lower Hanover, in
vited tina: gentleman to fully investi-
gate the matter. He was able to trace
the lines of two parallel plank roads
right across the moor. presenting all
those distinctive features which are
found in Roman works Of this kind.
One of them shows evident signs Of
having been demolished by force. the
boards, which were originally fastened
with pegs to the bearers. having been
violently torn away and buried in the
bog to the right and left Of the track.
The other road seems to have fallen
into decay. but there are signs OF re-
pairs executed even during the Roman
period. For in places boards have
been found fastened over the original
planks. the fashion of both being the
same. Those repairs seem to have
been carried out hastily. for in one
place a mallet. employed probably u
drive home the pegs. was found on the
track, forgotten. NO doubt. by the
w0rkmen. The local archeologists
feel assured that they have here the
poncs longi which were used A. ID. l.
by the Roman commander. A. C9cina
in his retreat from Germany 70 ths
EnR-LOnd0N zjnees.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-02-02
personal AND iMpERsopsAL.

Sidney Dillon, the late president
Of the Union Pacific railroad. is worth
$25. 100000. He began life as = brake
man. H
"A Milwaukee woman earns liv.
ing teaching the game Of whist. 1t is
claimed that she is ono Of tho most
brilliant players In the country.
Miles w. Standish, Of WsldOboro.
Me-, is q direct descendant Of Captain
Miles Standish, who came over in the
Mayfower in 1870. and he has son
named Miles.
Mrs. Ada NJ. Bittenbcnder has
been admitted TO the Supreme Court Of
the United States. being the third
lady to achieve this standing in the
legal profession.
The wife of a New York banker
has invented a machine for making
wire rope. the patent Of which she has
sold to San Francisco firm for $25. 600
cash and a royalty. The way she
came to hit upon this was from de-
vice she used to twist her wOrstcd
MIR. Gladstone computes that the
habitual speakers of English have in
creased from 5000. 600 to 1O5, ,OOO. 600
during the last 100 years. that they
will number l2O.OOO.OO0 by the year
1900, and that at that rate of increase.
seven times in century. they will in
clude $40, 0OO. .OOO of people by the year
1000.
Richard Francis, q colored bar
keeper in Washinston forty years. died
recently. During that period he had
met nearly every prominent man in
public life. At one time he counted
among his closest friends and best GUS
toners Clay. Calhoun, Webster and
Benton. and there has been a warm
friendship of many years. standing be-
tween him and Senator Edmunds.
The famous French physician Char.
cot. the specialist in nervous diseases.
has royal income from his practice.
His fec from the Emperor of Bgazil
alone amounted to $1,000. His recep-
sAOh-iOOhAs wuCAC PutAcueS ""Ae sAASAA
turn. is filled with costly paintings and
statuary and carved furniture. while
stained glass fills the windows and
GObclin tapestry covers the walls.
The Bismarck Of to-day is thin and
bOny. and the doctor has. it is we'll
known, disincumbercd him of the un-
healthy fat merely by preventing him
drinking Mt his meals. He is looking
remarkably we'll; his gait is swift and
denotes real vigor. his complexion Is
clear and almost pink. The features
are softened down; you scan them in
vain to discover that harshncss. not to
say ferocity. which is SO apparent in
his photographs.
Mrs. Fisk. wife of General Clinton
B. Fisk. organized the first relief So
ciety in war times, opened the first
school for freedmen in the Mississippi.
Valley. and taught it herself in Arkan-
sas. dividing hor time between hos
pital and school. She worked and
jOurneyed, and nursed the sick and
wounded all through the war. She
was one of the chief spirits in organiz-
ing the Fisk school at Nashville, which
grew into the Fisk University.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-02-02
JAPANESE FARMERS,


Skilled Manipulators Of Ivory and Wood
Working for = Mere Pittance.
An ivory carver sat in his little
room. open to his little garden. chisel-
ling upon a magnificent tusk from
which the form OF graceful female
figure was st emerging. The ivory
he held between his knees, while his
tools were all spread out by his side.
..IIow long will this take you?" asked
the correspondent. ''AbOut four
MONTHS" he replied. And what is the
proportion between the value Of the
material and the value of the labor in
such work as this when completed?''
II paid $40 for this piece Of ivory.
and four months work at $50 month
is 500. Total cost about $3.50"
. Fancy one of the most skillful and
original artificers in the world-fOr
this mans ivories are admired every.
interestingly estimating his own
labor at fifty silver dollars month.
while at home our great painters do
not hesitate to ask n thousand guineas
for a picture covering few square
feet! Is there doubt which is the true
temperament of the artist? 'Are you
not very sorry sometimes to part
with one OF those works that
has been your companion and part of
your life for so long?" He looked up
for moment at a big white lily nodding
above him in the garden and then
gently shook his head. NO." he said;
Condo no watto migOto no tsumori dc
gozaimasu-I expect the next will be
more beautiful"
The wood carver. seated with a
dozen apprentices among his fragrant
litter, knew that we were coming. and
presented us each with a large sugar.
figured cake in q pretty box. Yet Il
am very poor:"' he said with a smile.
'.for wood carving is out of tho
fashion now. Nobody builds beautiful
Japanese houses any more" He had
just been so fortunate, however, as to
get a commission for q number Of
pierced ventilating friezes for the new
palace, the one of these he showed to
us nearly completed-an exquisitely
graceful design Of flowers and flying
storks. If rich English and Americans
only knew for what trifling sums such
a man as this would produce for them
carved woodwork for their mansions.
far more beautiful than they could get
elsewhere for ten times-yes fifty
times the cost-he would not be poor
lOng.-Tokio Cor. Philadelphia Ne,cs.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-02-02
,ElIoIous AND EDUCATIONAL

DANIEL Hand. of Guilord. Conn.
gave q .O00, 900 to the American mis-
sionary Association. the interest 70 oe
used for the education Of negroes In the
South.
Tho japanese Gazette says that
Buddhism can not long hold its
ground, and Christianity must finally
prevail throughout all Japan. Japan
ESQ Buddhism and western science can
not stand together. They are incon-
sistent tho one with the other.
1t is . popularity Of sin that it
makes the sinner insensible to its evils.
As a surgeon administers chloroform TO
his patient and then amp:'tatesa q limb.
90 Satan deadens the sinner and taxes
away the best part of his m;snhood:
and the sinner knows it not-L"'set'
Presbyterian.
Tho popular preacher who draws
his sermons from fiction may Tor
time draw people to listen to his fan
cies. But the preacher who draws his
sermons from tho Book Of books u the
one whc draws souls to the Saviour and
salvation. - resolves itself into the
question: What Is the preacher after.
crowds or converts, Grne or faith. rep
utation or regeneration?-Ss0"dd'd.
No man is kept from study by lack
Of time; yet no excuse for q failure 10
study is more common than that OF ldck
n
time he can study. often wants more
time than there is; and il there were
moro time, he would use it. But the
man who refuses to study because nc
has no time, would not study II he had
nothing to do but to s:udy.-S. O.
Times.
What the Bible viii be to ones soul
depends on the attitude Of his soul 70,
ward the Book divine. II he believes
it to be the Word of God, and devoutly
reads and studies it rs such, it will be
to him the Book OF books. II. on the
other hand. he is a caviler or y skeptic.
he will not be charmed with the Bible.
and viii hardly read it at all. There Is
a vast difference between these two at
titudes of the mind and heart-M I.
Independent
Success in tho Christian life n
quires absolute promptness. Prompt
ness in performing any religious duty
makes 1t easy; while delay makes ! q
cross, and the longer the delay the
heavier the cross. Promptness Is also
a remedy for idleness. and idleness u
one Of the Christians most dangerous
foes. In no place is promptness more
needed than in resisting temptation. for
unless we firmly Withstand the tempter
at the very outset. We arc almost Ger.
tain NJ defeat
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-02-02
WIT AND WISDOM.

--Ons OF the first impulses Of human
nature is to pull down. instead Of build
ing up.
Tho passionate are like men stand
ing on their heads. They see all things
the wrong way.-RIoto.
NO human being can come into this
world without increasing or diminish
ing the sum total Of human happiness.
Good sense should be the test Of all
rule, whether ancient or modern; what
ever is incompatible with good sense u
false.
There are many hours in every
mans life which arc not spent in any
thing important; but 1t Is necessary
that they should not be passed idly.
Ordinary work will be well done
only whom conscience is put into it. A
high regard for the moral sense is not
equivalent Of genius, but it comes pretty
near il.
-Irresolution on the schemes Of lie
which offer themselves TO our choice,
and Inconsistency in pursuing them. arc
the greatest causes Of all our unhappi-
nessL-Adtiis0n.
"A man does not compliment you
when he gives you some slandcrous,
disagreeable information and says: II
thought you would like to know it,
N T. Picaynne.
For the best results there needs be
the longest waiting. The true harvest
is tho longest in being reached The
failures come first, the success last
The unsatisfactory Is generally soonest
seen.
1t is q great thing to know that
there is a Power and Wisdom which
guides US and the world; and to feel
that there is q Justice immense. inn
measurable, irresistible. which sways
the ocean OF human forces. Theodore
Parker.
Virtue and talents, though allowed
their due consideration, yet are not
enough to procure man . welcome
wherever he comes. Nobody contents
himself with rough diamonds. or wears
them so. When polished and set, then
they give q lustre.-Locke.
Tho advice Of Thomas Jefferson to
every one in anger is that he should
stop and silently and slowly count ten
before he opens his mouth TO say
word. The probability is that by this
process he will cool of and hence speak
more advisedly with his lips. Men often
say in anger what they have occasion
afterward to regret
-Bismarck's speeches are full Of such
weighty words and proverbial philoso-
ply as these political aphorisms: Com
promise Is everywhere the basis Of con-
stitutional life;" "A great State Is not
to be ruled according to party views;
..He who has his hand on tho money
bag has the power" Freedom is . lux
ury which every man can not allow
himself" I'm year and . half much
evil may be done. but not much go0d
lone is willing enough to Be protected.
bu. not 10 pay for the projections" "A
place never fulhls all wishes. and b
never just TO all rights" LET ~ learn
TO respect fidelity to conviction In opPo.
nents."
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-02-02
A CLEVER SWINDLE.


Two Tradesmen.
An ingenious stroke Of business has
been done by q swindler who is now
being sought for by the Moscow police.
A young man of respectable appear
ance recently entered jewelers. shop,
selected 1900 roubles' worth Of triuk-
cts, paid down a sum of 500 roubles on
account, took the jewelry and ex-
planned that il an assistant would &C
company him to the neighboring Office
of a well-knOwn wholesale baker the
balance Of the sum due would be at
once handed over. The baker in
question was in the habit Of contract
ing for supplying large establishments
with bread; and rs he was nOtoriously
a wealthy man. an assistant was al
lowed to accompany the adventurcr to
his house. or course the swindler
had already visited the baker and
made him an innocent accomplica On
entering the Office the adventurcr said
to the baker in an off-hand way:
This man will take the $500
that you have arranged to let me
have. He has had 500 roubles from
me. Please take his receipt and
oblige me by attending to him quickly.
l must be of. Good day!" The ba-
ker's reply was q respectful Certain
ly. sir; good day." He told the as
sistant to sit down a few minutes. and
in the meantime the swindler van
ishcd. When at last the baker, after
listening at various tubes and making
his replies. announced: The bread is
ready for you now. How many carts
have you to carry it. imp" for the first
time it dawned upon the victim that in
certain circumstances $500 might
allude not to roubles. but to loavcs.
The swindler had. in fact, pretended to
be the director of IN orphanage. and
had intimated that twice . week until
further notice no should require $500
loaves. and that the man who would
call for them would also
pay for them in ready money.-CAi-
cogo Journal
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-02-02
ABOUT CHEAP LIVING.

Hzamples Of Housshold Economy Which
Enable People 20 PrOsper.
DR.. Dio Lewis became famous some
years ago as dress and food refOrmer.
and he presented practical example
Of the value Of his theory in the shape
Of well-known young lady ut West
Seventh street. whom he educated at
his school. A healthier. happier girl
didn't live. nor a more popular one.
Yet she was clad and fed simply and
inexpensively. bio Lewis states that
he himself once lived on fifty-twO cents
. week for his food. and he maintained
perfect health. Probably not one in a
thousand has the courage to initiate
him, yet there arc many sensible, eco
nomical. hale and hearty men and
women in this city who do live on one
dollar q week for their stOmachs, and
they are not ashamed to say so. 1t is
from this class that our future capital
lists will spring. They are all living
within their income. and practical
self-denial for .he glorious privilege Of
being independent.
How is that done?
There is a baker living near Burnet
woods who dweils in very cOmfOrta-
BILE house of his own. which he has
bought and paid for out of his own
earnings.
lie was working for $12 a week and
labored for twenty-three out of twenty
four hours, his ncighbors said. In re-
ality he worked but an ordinary work.
ing day of ten hours. Before he was
married he boarded. and his whole ex-
penses were 81 per week, with some
thing extra for clothes. When he had
accumulated a little cash he invested
in a $500 lot On this he borrowed
some money from a building associa-
tion and put up 1850 house. He
watched his opportunity. saved every
nickel and improved his place. He
sold of a portion Of his lot. and with
the cash he got and the improved
value Of his premises found himself
worth g.. 800. He has been adding to
his little pile right along and can
easily figure his wealth at $500. He
is married, has his house paid for and
manages to live very nicely of the
proceeds of a small bakery which he
now owns and manages. The point
at which he saved most was in his
food bill. He is positive that four
persons can flourish finely on 81 n
week for meat. milk. bread, butter
and eggs and all table neccssarics and
luxuries.
There arc some wood working ma
chinists in Cincinnati who earn as
high as *li a week and got work for
eleven months in the year. But these
arc rarc exceptions. An A No. man
can count on $l2 week. but a good
figure is $40, with work for about
forty-five weeks. There are large
number of men in the city working at
these wages. They occupy three
rooms if necessary. but generally only
two. Here is an inside view of the
household management Of = $lO-a-
week man:
There are six of us in our family
myself and wife and four children. We
have three rooms; one for myself and
wife. one for two boys and one for the
two girls. We cook in my bed room.
We pay fl1 month for rent. My wife
supplies our table out of these articles:
Navy beans. dried peas. lintcls, onions.
potatoes. bread and soup. She can get
us up a substantial dinner for twenty
five cents and good supper or break
fast for less than that. Here would
be the cost of dinner:
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-02-02
A QUESTION OF sALARV.

..% oe my wife," the young man urged
iou are ny hearts desire"
..,,rI rIs.ocn coidiy heard. and asked:
wen, win you build the frev'
~ course. my own, surely wiu,~
Inc young man promptly said.
~. 'nen tne maiden asked again:
ana viii you eat my breadY'
Even it kills. mean I will"
he said with eagemess.
eVefy tnree months may bsve,~
Sne asked. - brand new dressr.
lou may. said he. but in his look
concealed dismay she read:
TS. ~ sne asked how much he earned-
inose two viii never we'd
.-IA0snaAseaa;la u
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-02-02

1--WE buy barley by the half-dOzen
pounds. potatoes by the bushel. beans
by the quart. onions by the peck and
turnips by the half-bushel. We save
about five per cent thus. Among the
very cheap dishes we cat are liver pud-
ding stew. boiled hominy and oat meal
mush with pepper and salt"-Cincin-
matt Post
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-02-02

A woman's motto: There's always
room at the bottom-!or . postscript
or two"
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-03-30

On "Wednesday the Oregon land
company placed an ad Of their Riv-
erside addition in the JOURNAL.
At that time their bost was that
already during the month of March
they had sold eighteen lots in this
tract. To-day the request comes to
change the eighteen" to "fifty-one," "
This ls a fact, and yet there are per-
sons who claim that advertising
don't pay.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-03-30

Sunday evening, Rev. p. S. Knight
was lecturing in the Congregational
church, on the ninth chapter of the
book Of Ecclesiastes, aud had read
the verse closing with the sentence
ga live dog Is better than II dead
lion," and was just ready to make
some remarks on the passage, when
a large black dog walked lelsurely
up the aisle t1 the pulpit, put his
foe-paws on the steps, and looked
the speaker square in the face. Mr..
X. thought he didn't want living
example to illustrate the subject, and
the dog was taken out; not how
ever, before many Of the audience
smiled.-Salem Daily Unionist of
May 9Th, 1869,
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-03-30
The Agricultural College.

The board of regents of the state
agricultural college met at Corvallis
Wednesday and held an informal
session. All the members were pres
ent: Governor Pennoyer, Superin.
tendent McElroy, State Secretary
Mcbride II. T.. Hayes, eX-of1icio
members, and Messrs. Grim, Ready,
Weatherford, Bailey, Cauthorn
Nash, Apperson, Ladd and Emmett.
The members went out and inspect
ed the land around the college.
There We're two principal tracts:
The land of Sol King, and that of
Farra, Graham and Lee. After dis
cussion it was finally decid d to buy
ll0 acres Of the Farra land twenty
five acres from Mr., Joseph Johnson
and five from Prof, Arnold. The
first mentioned costs 800 per acre,
the Johnson tract $50 per acre and
the Arnold tract $500 per acre. The
last mentioned piece lies directly
west of the college and has been
chosen for the erection of the build
ings to be erected.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-03-30
A Rich Treat Promised.

Sol Smith Russell, with hls cele-
brated comedy company OF fourteen
people, will give the Salem theater
goers rare treat ON the evening
of Tuesday, April 9th. On that
evening will be presented the laugh
able new piece, entitled "Bewitch-
ed" 1t has been five years since
Russell visited the coast, but all
through the east his name is the
household word for fun.