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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-06-01
THE CHINESE WALL



~ Structure.
Ihave just returned from trip to
the Chinese wall, and / have seen
enough to say there is no doubt OF its
existence and greatness Built 1.1OO
years before America vas discovered.
when our ancestors, half-naked and al
together savage. wandered throughout
France, Germany and England, when
Rome was in the height Of her Repub-
lican form of government. and when
the Roman empire had not yet begun
o be, these massive towers still crown
she parapets. and the 1.GoO miles OF
wall still stand. It is two
days ride by donkey from Pekin.
and one goes through the north
ern edge OF the great plain Of China
and meets it In the great chain OF
mountains which separate China from
Mongolia and Manchuria Manchuria
and Mongolia lie directly north OF
China. =
They are both subject to and gov
crned by China. and they equal in size
about one-half the whole territory OF
the United States. Above them lies
Siberia. and south Of their western
edge is Thibet and Iii. which are also
Chinese countries rs to govern
ment All are sparsely settled.
and Mongolia has less than
two people to the square mile.
while its whole population is not
greater than the city OF New York.
Manchuria has 10000 900 people. and
both countries are far more savage
than the Chinese. and the MongOlians
live largely in tents. The trade Of all
these people. however. comes north
from Pekin and passes over the
mountains and through the great wall
at the gate which l visited. The wall
was built originally to keep them out.
but they have swarmed through in
hOrdes again and again. and /: is q
Manchurian emperor that now sits
upon the Chinese throne.
What q wonderful structure it is!
As l stood upon its ramparts / could
see it climbing the mountains and GO
Ing down the valleys as far as my eyes
could reach. It did not diminish in
strlDgth nor size ut the various points
l visited. and its masonry would have
been good work for the American
builders Of to-day. 1t is about twen-
ty-five feet high, and at the top it is
80 wide that two carriages could drive
abreast along it and the hubs Of one
would not touch those Of the other. Its
exterior walls are of blue brick OF such
. size that they look like massive
stones. and these arc filed in with
earth and paved with brick at the top.
The grass and the moss have now
grown oyer the top Of this great wall.
No archers now guard it. and it stands
amid the snowy mountains a monument
OF the almOnd-eyed men who thus,
1000 years ago. sought to protect their
homes and those Of their descendants
for all time to GOMEZ. G. Carpenter.
in Boston Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-06-01

The native aristocracy Is largely
mixed with English, Scotch and Ameri-
can blood. The husband Of the ''Prin-
cess Lailioukalini, heir-apparent to the
throne" the Hon. John o. Dominus," p"
Is . white man. The Hon. A. S. Cleg-
horn, . Frenchman. is the father Of
the next heir. her Royal Highness
Princess Victoria Kawekiu Kamluni
Lunalilo Kalaninuiuhilapalapa Il had
TO get the ofhcial directory to see how
to spell 1t ally in honor Of whose thir
teenth birthday . royal reception
has just been given at the palace Of her
father in Waikiki. which reception
was attended by the King aud all the
royal family. officers Of the British and
American navies. the Cabinet, the
Judges Of the Supreme Court Govern
ment oficials and their wives. as well
a. tho entire society Of the capital.
Very few OF tho higher officials are
pure Kanakas. while many are pure
white. In society ono meets every
grade of color and nationality. A
brown skin. beautiful Dyes and mag-
nificent teeth proclaim . mixture Of
native blood Elegantly dressed. we'll
educated, sweet faced, gentleman
neeed ladies, half white and half ma
tive, are married to Chinese gentle
men, and their children are bred in all
the refnements OF civilization. The
descendants Of the first missionaries
occupy important political positions
and are almost all wealthy.-Honolulu
Cor Chicago Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-06-01

goes On we'll enough on dry feed
with plenty OF exercise). but lactation
demands moro succulent nourishmeLI
A week or ten days before lambing te'
gins clover. hay and bran should b
supplied. the latter at the rate OF
bushel or moro per hundred. miynd
with thirty pounds Of eats or shellej
corn. II roots are given. they are bet
ter pulped. though ewes will soon
learn to eat them whole when thrown
into the hay-racks ON the orts. 1t II
not safe to give pregnant ewes all they
will consume Of such cold watery feed
as turnips or potatoes; 1t Is liable to
produce abortion. After lambing 10
over there is no danger II the ration 10
increased gradually.-Western Rural
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-06-01
HERE AND THERE.

The Tennessee Senate voted
against bill making it q felony for q
tenant to dispose of the crop on rented
land without the consent Of the own
er.
Bronson. Fla. has ono Of the
most-highly educated cows in tho
State. native OF Tallahassee. There
is not gate OF door that she can not
open.
MIR. Goodpasture. Of Montgomery
County. Tenn, introduced . bill In the
lower House OF the Legislature ihak-
ing the erection and maintaining Of
barb-wire fences unlawful
If you have . good farm where
you are, stay on 1t and be contented
II you have no farm. and no prospect
of getting one to an advantage where
land is high. 60 out on the free lands
and develop q farm.
Secretary Of Agriculture Rusk 10
said to be worth 81. .OOO, ,000 Who says
farming does not pay? Write the sec.
retary for instructions how 70 60 to
work to make something like that Il
is his sworn duty to tell you.
Have you dogp Keep him a
home. Know that he stays 1t home.
never guess at it Your neighbor. II
he knows that you know that your dog
is at home. will not feel like telling
what he thinks. when his sheep are
killed.
Plant onions freely and put them
on the market when grown. It has
been demonstrated to be one Of the
best crops Of Tennessee. A thousand
bushels have been raised on an acre
and were sold for 81. 900. -Gallatin Ex.
aminer.
j. NJ. Frost, Of Houston. Tex. 10.
Gently sold to q Mexican Senator all
of this years crop Of Brahmin bull
calves at so per head. They will cost
the Senator $3.50 each laid down on his
rancho at chihuahua, - he has to
pay duty on them.
"A good average dairy COW ought to
give at least 1900 pounds Of milk in .
year, which should return the farmer.
whether sold or made into butter and
cheese. at least cent q pound. % that
such cows ought to bring In at least
forty dollars q year per head-Stock,
Farm and Home
Colonel q. T. Stephens. Of Honey
Grove, Tex. q breeder Of Jersey cat
tie. had q fine COW to drop . calf Feb
ruary IL, which had eight well-devel-
oped teats. instead Of the usual COM
plement of four. Tho mother Of the
calf was one Of pair Of twins The
calf was sired by bull which took the
premium at the Dallas fair last fall.
"A v ritter in the Southern Planter.
Virginia. agrees t0 pay 500 70 any
one who gives the following . fair
trial and it does not prevent hog
cholera. Take . sack Of salt and .
barrel Of hard wood ashes (hickory OF
oak preferred); mix the salt and ashes
thoroughly; prepare box Of any con.
venient size; put it under cover whers
the hogs can have free access to it at
all times, and keep q supply Of the
mixture in il. This mixture will cost
one dollar and some trouble. but viii
be sufficient for several hogs f0v enc
year.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-06-01
Fastening the Growth Of Plants.

As soon as the plants become
square" i. e., have four leaves. you
may begin to force their growth IL
necessary. Nothing is better ut this
stage Of their growth than to apply
dry stable manure. rubbed fine, and
sowed over the bed. applying ut tha
rate Of five bushels to every one hum
dred square yards. Be sure to have
it dry and fine, and apply when the
plants are dry. This Is . favorable
time to apply . good fertilizer. and
the best time to apply 1t is during .
shower. or when 1t is apparent that
one is impending. Nothing IL better
than compost for . tOp-dressing on
plants to promote rapid. vigorous.
stocky growth. defying ravages Of the
flea beetle and Fastening their prepa-
ration for transplanting.
II the "Ay." rs it is called. begins to
devour the young plants. apply plaster.
in which rags. saturated with kero.
sene oil. have lain for a few hours,
covering with the plaster II necessary.
to keep the little pests from devcuring
them. Repeat the application after
every rain unless the flies have 1T.
A covering Of green cedar brush
has driven OF the ny when other
remedies failed. and saved the
plants. II the dies arc numerous
the planter can save his plants only BY
vigilant and constant attention. Hard
burning early, and thick sowing. lib
eral and frequent applications Of ma
nure. are the best safeguards, which
rarely fail to reward the planter with
an early and full supply Of stocky
plants. and with some left for his less
prOvident neighb0rs. Some planters.
If such they may be called. always
fail. some never. Follow the latter.
and you will always be right
Canvas-covered beds are the suresl
protection. and seem the best every
way.-Major Ragland. In Farmer
Home Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-06-01

DIR. Chaille. the well-knOwn statis.
tician, states that the average life Oi
woman Is longer than that OF man. and
in most parts OF the United States
woman's expectation Of life is grester
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-06-01

One reason Why the waltz has
usurped the place Of the squaD dance
is that the mental effort requisite te
keep the run Of the figures Is too much
for the dudes. They can waltz. how.
ever. without thinking OF any thing IL
particular. r.-Sprins6eld Union
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-06-01

AT one Of tho recent Moody revival
meetings on the Pacific coast. the Gus
tomary reque st was made that those
suffering from any particularly heavy
burden should stand up and ask for the
prayers Of the assembled multitude.
After . few moments silence . tall.
meek-looking man arOse. and In voice
choked with emotion. asked that the
prayers Of the congregation might be
offered for his mother-in-law. Instead
Of praying. the congregation first be-
gan to litter. and finally roared with
laughter.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-06-01

While . man at Carlisle. Pa. was
running planer his coat tail got tam
gled and was fortunately torn o6. A
bit Of wood in his pocket blocked a cog
wheel and saved his life. The wood
was . piece Of Johl Browns scatyuld
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-06-01
The Ounce Of Prevention.

Under the above heading the New York
Wor;d Of Feb. 10Th. contains an editorial,
Of which the following are . few extracts:
physicians and unprufessional mcn OF
sense agree that IL people would take = little
Of the pslns 70 prevent disease that they do
70 have il cured that the civilized world
would be much less like . vast hospital than
it is now But the idea Of . regular
and stated physical examination, even OF
persons who are apparently well, Is aa ex-
ceuent one. Tho approaches Of pulmonary
complaints, kidney troubles, and many OF
the other ills that flesh is heir to are so in
sidious ~ not 70 be apparent to their victim.
In nothing Is it truer than in dis
ease that AN ounse Of prevention - worth
pound Of cure"
There Is o great dealoY wisdom in what the
World reEirks. Individuals, rs q rule. do
not give their physical welfare attention,
and It il only when alarmed by the presence
Of disease ltself-the consciousness Of fail-
ing strcngth-that attention II given tosuch
matterA
Much has been said and written in recent
years concerning the extreme and often
times fatal danger which results from de-
lay in the treatment Of kidney diseases.
Physicians admit that they can not control
doubtful whether they can control it in any
stage without the assistance Of Warmers
Safe Cure, which 10 established - tho only
known means which will reliably prevent
and cure this class Of disease.
Bcsiaes, Il has been definitely ascertaincd
that kidney disease is the real cause of i'll
health in most cases where consumption,
heart, brain or nervous disorders are sup
posed TO exist, and in consequence Of such
belief many fatal mistakes have been COM
mitted by our best physicians in treating
such disorders, which are but the symp-
toms Of tho disease, whilst they have ai-
lowed the real disease-disease Of the kid
neys, TO escape their notice until too late.
There ID NO safer or surer way BY which
health csn be preserved and disease averted
than the occasional use Of Warmers . Safe
Cure, which will bcncfl: the .'engines Of
nSe,"-the kidneys, even If they are in .
normally healthy state; while the good that
will result in case disease il threatened, or
u already present, cannot be overestimated.
The most careful examination made by q
skillful physician sometimes is unreliable,
since this class q disease II extremely de-
ccptivc, and seldom openly manifests itself
until the unsuspecting sufferer 10 beyond
assistance.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-06-01

Tho subscriber to q religious paper
writes: stop my paper. You talk too
much about foreign. heather. Better
convert the pagans at home first. "
Whereupon the editor says; IAN right;
We will begin on you. il you will read
our paper" Pretty good idea
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-06-01

Tho face Is . perfect index Of
character. Learn 70 read it The
man who can read men can tell what
sort Of . man Is carrying . face a.
soon - he sees . face. The hypocrite
deceives nobody but those Who viii
not read . book that Is - open q
human nature.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-12-25
STARTING OUT RIGHT.
A Lesson for Girls Who Are Compelled to
Earn Their Own Living.

A Lesson for Girls Who Are Compelled to
Earn Their Own Living.
A young girl who occupies minor po-
sition in the clerical department Of
large railroad com, any declared one day
in passionate tone: SD give any
thing in the world if were out of the
X, Y and offices!"
"Why?" asked her friend, knowing
that the position was fully as good as
she could expect to hold.
because I've started out wrong and
I can't get right.
81 thought when / began that could
be on friendly, sociable terms with the
men in the office, and have nice, easy
times with them as we worked together
day by day. But, oh! it hasn't turned
out as thought it would at all! They
treat me in familiar, slap-you-on-the-
back kind of way that humiliates me
constantly.
when come in in the morning they
say: Jennie, what have you got that
thing around your neck for?' or they ask
if didn't forget some of my hair-pins.
And when try to resent it they only
laugh at me. am fairly degraded in
my own eyes, and can't help it, be-
cause I've started out wrong"
There is lesson here for the vast
army of girls and young women who are
privileged, under our liberal social re-
quirements, to go out into the world and
earn their own livings.
1t is hard for girl who has lived a
free and unconstrained life at home, en-
tertaining her male friends, usually in
her mothers presence, and always with
her sanction, to realize that the same
unstudied atmosphere should not pre-
vail in public office.
She does not take into account that
she has not the accustomed background
Of home and parents to countenance her
innocent gayety. The proverbial inch
is given, and the ell taken. and often
when it is too late she finds that the
charmed circle of womanly sanctity,
which is every girls birthright, is trod.
den down and obliterated.
Her name is banded from one pair OF
masculine lips to another, her actions
orenly commented on, the details of her
dress discussed. She finds herself
treated as a sort of anomalous ere allure,
not man, and not commanding the re
spect and Difference due woman. 1t i.
monstrous and humiliating, and once al.
lowed, is nearly irremed liable.
Girls, earn your independence if you
must, or will; go. as wage-earner into
the Office or the shop, but carry with you
that sweet and womanly reserve which
is at once your charm and your safe
guard. Be sure that you start on,
right. Youths Companion.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-12-25

thin and watery; but the crimson life
that flowed upon Calvary had in it the
health of immortal God.
Tell it now to all the earth, and to all
the heavens-Jesus, our king, is sick
with His last sickness. Let couriers
carry the swift dispatch. His pains are
worse; He is breathing a last groan,
through His body quivers the last an
guish; the king is dying; the king is
dead. 1t is royal blood. 1t is said that
some religionists make too much of the
humanity of Christ. l respond that we
make too little. II some Roman sur,
geon, standing under the cross, had
caught one drop of the blood on his
hand and analysed it, it would have been
found to have the same plasma, the same
disc, the same fibrin, the same albumen.
1t was Enthusiastically human blood. 1t is
a man that haugs there. His bones are
of the same material as ours. His nerves
are sensitive like ours. II it were an
angel being despoiled would not feel it
SO much, for it belongs to Il different Or
der of beings. But my Saviour is man,
and my whole sympathy is aroused. l
can imagine how the spikes felt-how
hot the temples burned-what deathly
sickness seized his heart-how noun
tain, and city, and mob swan away from
his dying something Of the
meaning of that cry for help that
makes the blood of all the ages curdle
with horror: "My God! my God! why
hast thou fOrsaken me?''
Forever with all these scenes of a
Saviour's suffering will this city be as
ISOLATED. Here his unjust trial and here
His death. o, Jerusalem, Jerusalem!
But finally am thrilled with the fact
that this city is symbol of Heaven
which is only another Jerusalem, "The
New Jerusalem!" And this thought has
kindled the imagination of all the sa-
cred poets. am glad that Horatio b.
mar, the Scotch hymnist, rummaged
among old manuscripts of the British
museum until he found that hymn in
ancient spelling, parts of which we have
in mntilated form in our modern hymn
"oon'' 'uO ono 4""AhO Po"oi VI "Ao
we 90 not get In our modern versions:
t1;eruso,er INV horrv boroe,
When snaii come 10 ,hee'
Wnen shaii my sorrows nave an onI'
Thy ioyes when shall sect
Ma ao,,r,s, vic. ,s sooro T., .,o.
Noe colde nor darksome night;
Inere eVerie soule SHINES as INC Sunhe,
There Goa Hlmsele gives hgnt.
,ch,. ,r,,,s 49,, r,,oao -, xroo,os s.,,os
my Dulwarkes diamonds square,
my gates are OF rlght orient pearie,
EXceedlhge rlche ana rare.
mr., .,o.. en-, ,r.,o
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-12-25

The Bible exhorts Christians to b
followers or imitators Of Gods love 70
them as dear children. To be Gods
dear children, and yet to be not like the
loving Father in this respect, is an IN
consistency and contradiction. The
children should initiate the example Of
their Heavenly Father, and thus show
that they are His children.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-12-25

PREACH every day, everywhere, By
letting Christ shine out Of every chink
and crevicc of your character; SO shall
your whole life be full Of light. IT,
sermons in shoes are the sermons 10
convert an ungodly world. -Christisn
Helper
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-12-25

PERPETUAL prayerfulness and per
petual ioyfulness in God are naturally
allied together. Theirconnection is In
innate and direct and neither will exist
in the soul without the other. Both
suppose God to be present to the eye Of
thought as the object Of supreme aflec-
ton, and so present that both naturally
exist.-N. Y. Independent.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-12-25

-Cheerfulness is an excellent wear
ing quality. 1t has been call ed the fair
weather of tho eeart-Smiles.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-07-04
SAMPLE FREE.
Mention The National Tribune.

second term tho waters of the Mediterranean
were flowing through the Isthmus, and on the
10th of November, 1869, tho canal was opened.
The ceremonies of the opening cost the Khe-
dive of Egypt more than $20000,000, and the
canal itself cost about $100,000,000. The traffic
of the Suez Canal is steadily increasing, and it
is now so great that there is talk of building q
second canal in order to carry the extra ship
ping. As it is now ships in passing each other
have to run out into little pools, or water side
tracks, and the passing is regulated by tele-
graph, as are the trains and switches of single
track railroad. AT the chief Office of the canal
diagrams are kept showing the exact position
OF each ship in the canal at a certain time. The
ships are allowed to go only five miles an hour,
and there arc dozons of ships in different parts
of the canal at the same time For long time
ships were not able to go through at night, but
by means of the electric light they now turn
the night into day, and the Manila will go on
its way at sunset. 1t takes about IL hours to
go through If they go without stopping, but tho
stoppages are such that it requires often as long
as 80 hours, and If the canal were wide enough
for them to go at full speed they would be able
to pass through in from eight TO 10 hours. In
1870 only 4S6 vessels passed through the canal,
and in 1885 this number was increased by more
than 900. The canal now brings in more than
$10,000000 year of receipts, and the total
dividends paid TO the shareholders in 1885, the
only figures have, was about $8,00O.000. 1t
costs very little to run the canal and the profits
are enormous. l shall pass through the canal
in going from Egypt to Palestine. / will post
this letter at Suez and my next will be writ
ten at Cairo. FRANK G.. CARPENTER.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-07-04

I am told that the Arabian horse is fast
dying out. Senator Palmer, whom tho President
has nominated us Minister TO Spain, sent a
man 10 Jerusalem and Arabia to buy some
Arabian horses, which he intended TO cross
with the Percheron horses of his large stock
farm near Detroit The man found that nearly
all of the Arab horses were diseased, and that
only the fewest of them were worth considera-
ton. The original Arabian horse which is ga
priced Is only Ii or IA hands high, and the
best OF them have pedigree running back for
thousands of years, and dating their grand
fathers from the stud of Solomon.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-07-04
Read Better than Pension " on page 5.
Gen. stanuard,s Monument Unyailed,

A monument to the memory Of Gen. George
J. Stannard was unvailed at Burlington, VT,
June 20. The city was filled with Grand Army
men and distinguished citizons. The morn
ing was devoted to Reunions of the ID, 5th
and 9th Vt. The afternoon program opened
with the grand parade to Lake View Gene
terry. The monument was unvailed by AdTt
T. s. Peck. and presented by Gen. Henry in
behalf of the trustees. The acceptance was
by Col. George w. Hooker. At the conclusion
OF the ceremonies the column returned to the
City Hall, where tho Grafton by Col. w. G..
Yeasy, Of Rutland, was delivered.
Read "Better than Pension on page 5.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-07-04

but from first to last not one of the survivors
had suffered from anything like cold"
They felt chilly, but were never troubled with
coughs, and had not even caught :" cold in
the head" The Michigan lumbermen, too,
would be able to attest from personal expe-
rience that work in rain cannot be included
among the causes Of catarrh.
Ito be continuedl