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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-05-18
POLITENESS DEFINED.

m Interesting Subject.
give Martins exercise on "POlite-
ness" colying it exactly from the lads
own writing: "POliteness is a rather
difficult thing. especially when you are
making q start. It means having the
sense to sometimes think Of others as
we'll as OF yourselves Many people
have not got it. l don't know why.
unless it's the start. 1t Is not polite
to fight little boys except they throw
stones at you. Then you can run
after them. and when you've caught
them just do little bit Mt them. that's
all. Remember that all little boys are
simpletons. or they wouldn't do it. Il
is not the thing to make fun OF q little
chap because he 10 poorer than you.
Let him alone II you don't want to play
with him. for he is as good as you
except in clothes When you are in
school and boy throws bit Of bread
or any thing at you over the desks it is
not polite to put your tongue out at
him or to twiddle your fingers in front
of your nose. Just wait till after
school. and then warn him what you'll
do next time; Or II you find you are
bound TO hit him. Be pretty easy with
him. Some boys are very rude over
their meals. Don't keep on eating
after you are tightening and yen win
be far happier. Never eat quickly or
you might get bones in your throat
MY father knows OF q boy Who got
killed over his Sunday dinner. The
greedy boy was picking a rabbits head
in . hurry and swallowed one jaw
OF it. and my father says he was
choked to death there and then. Be
very polite over your meals. then. es-
pecially when it's rabbits. S:-co ny
father told me that. I have always felt
rather queer over q rabbit dinner. I
don't talk much. and don't ask for
any more. It is not polite to leave
victnals on your plate. especially any
thing you dom: like. II you don't like
1t 10 better to eat we'll into
your turnips first while you arc
hungry. and you'll eat the meat and
potatoes easy enough after. This Is
much better than being impolite and
leaving lot of turnip on the edge. It
is MT polite to tell tales Of boys. When
a hoy tells a tale always cal! him Tell
tale tit. Your tongue shall be split.
All the dogs In town shall have q little
bit You'll see how red he will turn.
and can't look you and the other boys
in the face. Boys should always be
polite to the girls. however vexing
they may be. When anybody is giving
any thing away. always let the girls
have their turn first They like it.
Girls are not 50 strong as boys. their
hair is long. and their faces are pret-
tier; SO you should be gentle with
them. II girl scratches your cheek
or spits in your face. don't punch her.
and don't tell her mother. That would
be mean. Just hold her tight by her
arms for q minute or two. till she feels
YOU could give it her il you had mind
to. Then say to her kindly. Don't
you do it again. for it is wrong" give
h"r a shake or two. and let her 60.
This is far better than being unkind to
her, and she will thank you for your
politeness II she's any thing OF . girl"
Magazine
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-05-18

Wife (who has just been through
his pookets) -.'You wretch. you have
been playing the races again" :"
Hubby mo. my dear. I spent tho
evening at the ladies' bazaar. 7.
Sun
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-05-18

Tho man with the largest library
generally finds the least time 10 FeAat
-Somevillo Journal
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-05-18

"A good meat soup needs no thick
ening. but il moro body is liked nour
is the simplest addition Most impor-
taut of all additions 70 soup arc those
which need . little more time to pre-
nara. but arc worth the trouble il the
soup il TO be the principal part Jf the
dinner
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-14
The Power Of Simple Confidence.

A young man, distressed about his
soul. had confided his difficulties to q
friend, who discerned very quickly
that he was striving to obtain everlast.
ing life by great efforts. He spoke OF
''sincere prayers" and heartfelt de-
siresu after salvation, but continually
lamented that he did not "feel any diff
ferent i'm spite of it ALL"
His friend did not answer him at
first, but presently interrupted him
with the inquiry: 800,
"W,, did YOU ever learn to float"
"Yes, did," WIS the surprised re-
HAnd did you find it easy to learn ?"
"Not at first" he answered.
"What was the difficulty" his
friend pursued.
"WeIl, the fact was, I could not lie
still I could not believe or realize that
the water would hold me up without
any effort of my own, so always be-
gan to struggle, and, of course, down 1
went at once"
"And then?n
"Then T found out that I must give
up all the struggle, and just rest on the
strength of the water to bear me up.
It was easy enough after that; was
able to lie back in the fullest conf
dence that I should never sink"
"And is not Gods word more Wor-
thy of your trust than the changeable
sea? he does not bid you wait for
feelings; He cummands you just to
rest in Him, to believe His word, and
accept His gift. His message of life
reaches down to you in your place OF
ruin and death, and His word to you
now is: "The gift of God is eternal Life
through Jesus Christ our Lord" I"
(Rom. vi %. )-Occident.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-14
4 Solitary Way.

There is mystery in human hearts,
And though we were encircled by host
or those who love us well, and arc beloved,
To every one Of US, from time to time,
There comes sense of utter loneliness.
Our dearest friend is stranger" to our JOY.
And cannot realize our bitterness.
"There is not one who really understands,
Not one to enter In to all ] feel;''
Such Is the cry Of each of us in turn.
We wander In a SOLITARY way"
No matter what or where our lot may be;
Each heart, mysterious even to itself,
Must live its inner life in solitude.
And would you know the reason wny this isf
It Is because the Lord desires our love,
In every heart He wishes to be first,
He therefore keeps the secret-key himself
To open all its chambers, and to bless
With perfect sympathy, and holy peace,
Each solitary soul which comes to Him.
So when we feel this loneliness, 1t is
The voice Of Jesus saying, "Come to me!
And every time we are mot understood"
1t is a call to US to come again;
For Christ alone can satisfy the soul,
And those who walk with Him from day TO
Can never have "a solitary way"
And when beneath some heavy cross you
And say, s:I cannot bear this load Alone"
You say the truth. Christ made it purposely,
So heavy that you must return to Him.
The bitter grief, which mo one understands"
Conveys secret message from the King,
Entreating You to come to Him again..
The man OF sorrowS understands 1t well,
In all points tempted He can feel with You,
You cannot come too often, or too near.
The Son of God is infinite in grace.
His presence satisfies the longing soul,
And those who walk with Him from day to
Can never have ia solitary way"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-14
The True stepping Upward,

In all its teachings, says the New
York Evangelist, the New Testament
attests its divine source by arraying iS-
self boldly and persistenly against the
accepted maxims and opinions, of the
world. It is generally more positive
than polite in denouncing as sins what
the world often considers virtues, and
even highciass virtues. Itinsists upon
what the world ought never to have
forgotten, but which it made all posi-
BILE haste to forget as unwelcome truths
that righteous words are nothing, ex-
cept as they evidently indicate a cor
responding mind or purpose and that
acts which the world loudly commends
as evidences of rare Christian virtues,
amount to nothing in the sight of God
except as they are the outcome of a
heart filled with love to God and man
akin to that which the Saviour mani
tested in the days of his work and
teachings, and in the hours of his
scourgings and crucifixion suferings.
We do not mean that what are COM
monty known as good works, are not
better than bad ones. What we do say
is, that no one ever climbed to heaven
on any such ladder, or ever will. The
first rounds of the ladder may seem
safe and sure, but before q climber
fairly begins to get out of sight of this
world, the whole thing will collapse
and let him down. The inspired
Apostle Paul had, of course, a thorough
ly correct understanding of this sub
iect. He illustrated that understand
ing in what we have as Cor. xiii, 9
chapter which we can proftably read
q great deal oftener than we do.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-14
The Hard Problem.

Iknow of q boy who was preparing
to enter the Junior Class of the New
York University. He was studying
trigonometry, aud I gave him three
examples for his next lesson. The
following day he came into my room
to demonstrate his problems. Two. OF
them he understood bnt the third, "a
very difficult one,-he had not per-
formed. said to him, "Shall help
you?" :.
mo, sir! I can and will do it, if
you give me time"
I said, II will give you all the time
you wish"
The next day, he came into my
room to recite another lesson in the
same study.
"Well, Simon, have you worked that
example ?" .
"No, sir" he answered "but I can
andwil1 do it, if you give me a little
more time"
"Certainly, you shall have all the
time you DESIRE"
I always like these boys who are de-
termined to do their own work for
they make our best scholars, and m en-,
too. The third morning, you should
have seen Simon enter my room. l
knew he had it, for his whole face told
the story of his success. Yes, he had
it Notwithstanding it had cost him
many hours of the severest mental
labor. Not only had he solved the
problem, but, what was of infinitely
greater Importance to him, he had be-
gun to develop mathematical powers,
which, under the inspiration of II can
and l will" he has continued to cult.
vate, until to-day he is professor OF
mathematics in one of our largest
colleges, aud one of our ablest math-
ematicians of his years in our coun-
try.
My young friends, let your motto
ever be, eff I can, will"
NeaU England Evangelist.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-14
Practice is nine-tenths.


Never trust much to new friend.
Living only avails, not the having
lived.
Concentration is the secret of
strength.
Employ no one to do what you can
do yourself.
Trust thyself; every heart vibrates
to that iron string.
Better to die at the post of duty than
to live elsewhere.
Evil is talk d of, but good is taken
as matter of course.
Most things that are said to be smart
will not bear analysis.
No man was ever strong enough to
conquer his own prejudices.
Slander is q slime which envious
people throw on others better than
themselves.
Evil takers should be arrested for
carrying concealed weapons in their
tongues.
knowledge, like money, increases
our responsibility in proportion to the
amount obtained.
We build barriers against the flood
tide; we should place some restraints
to all prosperity. -.
The man who runs from humble
bee may show great courage when
fighting with a lion.
Flags, brass bands and fireworks
NAV influence weak minds, but they
are not real arguments.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-14
Josh Billings Philosophy.

fl waz called upon tew tell who
waz the bravest man that ever lived, j
would say it waz him who never told a
lie.
The meanest thing that eny man
ever followed for bizzness is making
money.
Everybody luvs tew feel that they
are ov sum Importance IN this world ;
even pauper looks forward teW the
day ov his phuneral as the time that
he haz got tew be notissed.
If yu hav spirited ana noble boy,
appeal to his generosity If yu hav q
heavy and sullen one, appel tew his
back.
A graf menny ov our people 60
abroad tew improve their minds who
hadn't got emmy minds when they wur
at home. knowledge, like charity,
should begin at home, and then spread.
Nobody but a phool will spend his
time trieing tew convince phool.
Time il like money; the less we hav
ov it tew spare the further we make 1T
go.
The tung il really very fasst MEM
ber ov the boldly politick; he duz all
the talking and two-thirds ov the
thinking.
Men who invade the province ov
wimmin are alwus jeered at; and who
kanEwimmin, when they invade the
province ov men, expekt tew eskape
the same kind ov treatment.
He who spends hiz younger days in
disapashum il mortgaging himself tew
disease and poverty, to inexorable
creditors, who are certain tew foreclose
at last, and take possession ov the
premises.
Thare il menny person who kan
set mouse trap tew perfeckshun but
not satisfied with sich small game,
they undertake tew trap for bears, and
git ketched bi the bears. Moral: Stud
dy yore genius, and stick tew mice.
Young man, don't marry abuve or
below yore rank; not that I think
thare liz evry virtew in rank, but there
il custom in it, and custom often out
ranks law and gospel.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-14
Don't Toss the Baby.

The throwing q baby into the all
and catching him again is always q
risky practice, certain though the toss.
er may be of his quickness of eye and
sureness of hand. A sudden and un.
expected movement of the child in his
mid air flight may result in q cruel fall.
A gay young father snatched up bis
baby boy one morning and tossed him
to the ceiling. Twice the little fellow
went flying through the air and came
down safely into the waiting arms.
The third time the excited child gave
a spring of delight as his fathers
hands released him, plunged forward
and, pitching over the fathers shoul-
der, fell head downward to the floor.
When the poor child came out of the
stupor in which he lay for hours, it
was found that, although no bones had
been broken, the brain had sustained
an injury that would in all probability
render the child an imbecile.
Another baby snatched from the
floor and tossed into the air received
a fatal wound in the top Of the head
from the pointed ornament of chan
delier. Still another child slipped be-
tween her fathers hands as he caught
at her in her downward flight, and, al
though his frenzied grasp on the baby's
arm saved her from falling to the
ground, it wrenched the muscles and
sinews so cruelty that the girls arm
was shrunken and practically useless
to her all her life. These are extreme
cases, but the fact of their occurring at
all should be enough to warn one from
the habit of relinquishing ones hold
on child when tossing it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-14

THE REASON WHY.-The question,
"Why is a dram-drinker's nose red 2,
is answered by DR.. J; B. Johnson OF
Washington, D. c., who says,
"The dram-drinker's heart beats
about thirteen times oftener in the
minute than the heart Of one who does
NOT drink alcohol. The arteries IN
consequence of this increased heart ac-
ton, carry the blood to the nose quilGc;k- iG;
er than the veins carry it back. me
blood therefore becomes congested II IN
the overflled vessels, and the ones,
and face as well, thus becomes habit
that when the dram-drinker,s nose
meets a sudden curreut OF cold air IL
Immediately turns purple, and so re,
mains until warm air restores the reu
color. So the red nose is caused 6y
Every organ in the pody
is in q similar state-a warning OF an
fate not to be avoided"
The stomach of drinker, says DIR. Sc
we'll, is in bad state also.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-14
Reflections.

Folly must hold its tongue while
wearing the wig of wisdom.
tits the foolish aim OF the athelst 10
scan infinitude with microscope.
When poverty comes in at the cot
tage door, true love goes at it with an
ak.
A vein of humor should be made Wis
ible without the help of reduction
mill.
The reformer becomes fanatic when
he begins to use his emotions as sub
stitute for his reasoning faculty.
Many an object in life must be at
tained by flank movements; it is the
zigzag road that leads to the mountain
top.
All the paths of life lead to the
grave, and the utmost that we can 40
is to avoid the short cuts.
The office should seek the man, but
it should inspect him thoroughly be-
fore taking him.
Humility is most serviceable in an
and should never be
worn as an overcoat.
The good Samaritan helps the unfor-
tunate way-farer without asking him
how he intends to vote.
j. Il. Macon, in Century.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-14

The poor old Pope of Rome is in ter
rible agony, and many of his followers
are in frenzy. Bruno, a philosopher,
was burned by order of the Inquisi-
ton in 1900. The Italians have re-
Gently reused to sense of what they
think was his worth. They erected q
monument to his memory, on which
they placed a statue of the philoso-
pher. 1t was unveiled with imposing
ceremonies in the presence OF thirty
thousand people on June g. This was
in Rome, and in hearing of the thun-
ders of the Vatican. The Pope pro-
tested and wept, refused to see any
body, and passed three days absorbed
in prayer-all to no purpose. The
people rejoiced. The statue was evl.
dence of better times than the days Of
the Inouisition, otherwise the leaders
themselves would have had the fag-
cots piled around them. The Pope
and his emissaries see in this demon
stration the hopelessness of the restor-
alton of the temporal power, and eVl.
dence of the weakening OF the idea OF
spiritual sovereignty in the minds OF
the people. The present ruler in the
Vatican expected to distinguish his
pontificate by securing temporal reign
over italy, thus re-opening the way
for universal reign; but his hopes are
gone. Poor old man!
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-14

Although changes may have taken
place in the outward appearance OF the
papacy, it Is the same In spirit as ~
was three hundred years ago. The
pope has convened Consistory to de.
nounce the action of the Italian peo-
ple in erecting statue to GIoRDAFo
bruno, and the Roman Catholic press
in this country sympathizes WITH ms
holiness in his hostility to this pro
ceeding. The head OF the Roman
Catholic Church burned this Italian
thinker merely, for holding heretcai
opinions, and the present Pope IN.
dorses the act, and the whole BODY OF
Catholics comedies. Would 1t be sale
TO trust the Church Of Rome with tem.
poral power while 1t continues to nold
such sentiments? 4.
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Wa, It a Brilliant victory. {.

Telegrams telling of the slaughter,
by British and Egyptian troops. OF
four hundred Arabs in one brief hall
hour. are not very gratifying prelude
to the Christmas bells, which are sup.
posed to sound forth the message Of
t'peace on earth, gaod-will to men,"
AS far as we have been able to grasp
the situation in the Soudan, it seems
clear that whatever differences have
arisen between the Dervishes and the
friendly tribes might easily have been
settled by peaceful negotiations, II
these had been entered on at the pro-
per time, and in the proper spirit. Ii
this be so, a very heavy burden OF
guilt rests on the British military au-
thorities in Egyt. as well as on the
Government at home. Well might
Sir Wilfrid Lawson e1claim in the
House of Commons:
"If this it Christianity and civiliza-
ton, then civilization is sham, and
Christianity is mockery, d delusion,
and a gnare."
We cannot help feeling that this
"brilliant victory" is, in reality,
one more dark stain on our national
escuteheon. Moreover, it brings, into
sharp relief the necessity that is laid
upon Great Britain as professedly
Christian country to carry the Gospel
message into these regions SO long de-
vastated by the slave trader, and the
cruel hand of war.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-14

ENGLISH NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ber-
gavenny is pronounced Abergenny.
Beauchamp is pronounced Beecham.
Bolingbroke is pronounced Bulllng-
brook.
Brougham is pronounced Broom.
Bulwer is pronounced Butler.
Cholmondeley is pronounced Chum'
ley.
Cirencester is pronounced Sissister.
Cockburn is pronounced Cobun.
Colquhoun is pronounced Cohoon.
Cowper is pronounced Cooper.
Grosvenor is pronounced Grovener.
Hawarden. Gladstone's residence is
pronounced Harden.
Holborn is pronounced Hobun.
Knollys is pronounced Knowles.
Marjoribanks is pronounced March
banks.
Marylebone is pronounced Maria
bun.
Norwich is pronounced Norridge.
Salisbury is pronounced Sawlsbry.
st. Leger is pronounced Sillinger.
Talbot is pronounced Torbut:
Taliaferro is pronounced Tolliver.
Thames is pronounced TENS.
Wemyss is pronounced Weems.
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Courtesy Between Husbands and
Wives.

I have often thought that one very
fertile cause of unhappy marriages
was the lack of courtesy between hus-
bands and wives. 1t is quite too much
the custom to regard conventional
etiquette as absurd between two people
so closely allied but I like to see the
man who takes his hat off as scru-
pulously on parting with his wife on
the street as if she were an acquaint-
ance of yesterday, who would no
more answer her brusquely than he
would reply carelessly to his hostess at
reception. will make a confession /:
we are very fond of fine manners, we
women, and of little graceful atten.
tons, and I am sadly afraid that the
worthiest of his sex, who had careless
and Indifferent way of treating us,
would stand small chance of holding
our hearts beside some easy-going sin
ner, far less valuable as citizen, who
said tender and pretty things to us and
never forgot when it was the anniver-
sary of his wedding-day. However
mildly and firmly" as Bret Harte
says, Mr.. Rawjester may throw bis
candlestick at our heads, we should
like him better if he politely lighted
our candle and held the door open for
US.
I believe it is so with men also, and
that the embodiment in one grand
creature of all the virtues of her sex
would stand less chance of lifelong
than some gentle, persua-
sive she, who cared for ribbons and
laces, and was just as assiduous to
please after years of matrimony as In
the days when her young lover came
to WOO. It is not too great a sacrifice
for loves sake, surely, to listen like a
lady when ones husband speaks, even
if the stories he tells have been heard
before, and like wine that has been
corked, have little lost their flavor.
Why, moreover, should we grudge
our words of praise to the one whom
in our hearts we best love?' I will
initiate the franknees of Jean Jacques
Rousseau in my confession of female
frailties, and it is one of them to love
dearly to be praised for what we do
well perhaps we even love to be prais.
ed for what we do i'll, but what would
be too much to expect of the most &C
of doing domestic courti-
ers. T do not think that this love of
is unwholesome. 1t seems to
me it is one of the motive powers by
which society is governed and I do
not believe that men possess it to one
shade less a degree than we do our
selves. Indeed, I am not advocating
insincerity. Flattery is poisonous
air in which no good growth can flour
ish; but while we are lavish in thanks
and compliments to others, why
should we withhold them from those
who are nearest and dearest to US ?
Louise Chandler MO,lltOze.