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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-12-27

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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-12-27
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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-12-27

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Nervous and physi-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-04-12
SINGULAR ASSAULT.


A Violin Maker Fastened to Floor with
Ccnter-I3it.
One Of the most extraordinary cases
on record has just come before the po-
lice court of the Seine. In July last .
man named Dubois took a room in the
Rue Traversiere, and one Of his first
acts was to put up . swing-lamp. In
order to fix it he began boring hole in
the ceiling with a center-bit, and was
hard at work when the concierge and
some of the tenants rushed into the
room and called upon him to stop. as.
serting that he had pierced the ceiling
and impaled the tenant who occupied
the room above. He went upstairs
with them and found the tenant in ques.
tion. . violin-malcer, sitting fixed to the
floor and writhing in agony.
The instrument was cautiously with.
drawn from his flesh, but the injury in.
fiicted was so serious that he was con.
fined to his bed for three months. Tho
case caused . great deal Of amusement
in court to every one but the poor violin
maker, who Was only awarded $50 francs
compensation for three months loss Of
work, while Dubois WAS fined sixteen
francs for negligence. That . man
should have been sitting on the door
exactly above the spot where the hole
was being bored is extraordinary. But
that his cries should no. have been
heard by his tormentor is still more -
marksble.-Galigani's .Messenges.s
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-04-12
SHE GOT THE VASE.
An Auction Sale which Was ~ Funny
Minstrel show.

An Auction Sale which Was ~ Funny ~
Minstrel show.
There was . large crowd present at an
auction sale of Japanese goods in a
store on Woodward avenue the other
evening, and some goods were selling
cheap, while others brought more than
the price Of similar articles in neighbor-
ing bazars.
"How much am ! bid for this exquisite
yase?" asked the auctiOneer, holding it
above his head.
1.-Two dollars and a half" responded
an elderly lady. sitting in one OF the
front seats.
That's shame" cried the man with
the mallet. This vase, as . work OF
art, is worth four times the sum. Why,
look at it. Will an intelligent audience
allow such sacrifice?"
Two seventy-five," came in the same
woman's voice.
swell, we'll. we'll! Can't you see that
this is a treasure. and you stand there
and allow it to be given away sor such .
paltry sum-
Three dollars" Again it was the
same bidder speaking.
Three dollars. The very idea."
calculated the auctioneer. Il never
saw the like. Come, good people. what
is the meaning of this? One of the
Mikado's especial designs slighted in
such a manner! 1t is a reflection on
your taste!"
Three and quarter" said the soli-
tary bidder.
Il can't let it go for that" was the
mans answer. 1T is too costly, too
precious and too rare in pattern. Wake
up and take some action on the sale. or
! I'll mt il back in the box"
"Three and half" the woman said.
"Well, it doesn't seem as il can get
any more, SO here it goes. Three and q
| half-once. twice, three times! Sold q
the LADY there at . shameful figure"
The lady stepped up. paid for and re-
ceived her parcel, and departed, ap'
parently without noticing the smiles Of
the sudiepce.-DetrOit Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-04-12
PROUD AND FOOLISH:
The GrievOus Mistakes Of . Famous RI
OlutiOnary Gene rails Wife.

The GrievOus Mistakes Of . Famous Rev
Olutionary Gene ral's wife.
The wife Of General Henry Knox was
brilliant woman in society. much ad
mired and deferred to by General and
Mrs. Washington, but = person of . very
naughty and worldly temper. When
her husband resigned his Office as Sec
retary Of War under Washington, no re.
moved to Thomaston, Me-. where he had
acquired an extensive property, and
where he now proceeded TO build man.
sion at cost Of fifty thousand dollars.
The General himself was Of . social
disposition, and not above mingling
with the poorest Of his worthy neigh
bors: hut his wife made no visits. and
exchanged no civilities. As the histo-
rian says. she used to ride out in her
coach, the only one in the neighbor-
hood, but always returned home without
alighting, like Noah's dove"
General Knox habitually went to
church. and one day invited the preach
er-an ''cxchange'-home to dine with
him. As they entered the dining room
they T. md Mrs. Knox seated at the ta-
BILE.
Rise. my dear" said General Knox,
''and the parson will ask blessing"
She took no notice, but remained
seated.
lie repeated his request in a more en-
phatic manner. Still she did not move.
Then, with something Of that stentOrian
voice which at the battle of Trenton
had risen above the tempest, he said
once more:
''Rise. my dear! the parson is going 70
ask a blessing!"
But this time, too, tho lady sat un-
moved in all her statclincss, and the
blessing was asked and dinner pro-
ceeded with, as il nothing had hap
pened.
The ill-assorted couple had one son,
whom the mother petted and spoiled.
At one time she was visiting at house
in Massachusetts, and the little boy
amused himself by disarranging every
thing in the room, especially the books.
His mother, in answer to look Of re-
monstrance from the mistress Of the
house, simply remarked:
''Oh, Henry mustn't he restrained; We
never think Of crossing him in any
thing"
But can not have my Looks spoiled"
said the lady, las my husband is not
boOk-binder."
This reference to the early occupation
of General Knox was so distasteful to
Mrs. Knox that she took an immediate
and unceremonious leave.
1t is little to he wondered at that this
grief and disgrace to his parents. Short
ly before he died he came under the in
fuencc Of religion, and was SO ashamed
of his misdeeds that he begged not to be
buried in the family inclosure, among
those whom he had disgraced, but in
some out-Of-the-way corner, with no
stone to mark the spot.-YOuth's Com
paniOn
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-04-12
FALLING FROM BALLOONS.

The Proportioa Of Accideats to Succeesful
Ascents.
The proportion Of balloon accidents to
successful ascents has, on the whole,
however, been probably smaller than
should have been anticipated. Blanch-
ard, the first to take up ballooning IS .
vocation, died in bed in 1909. after
having made 66 ascents without acci.
dent Many ascents have been made in
the cause of science; and the names
Of Green, who made over I, 400 ascents;
of John Wise, who made the distance
from St Louis, Mo-, to Jefferson County,
N. Y, 1,2OO miles. in 20 hours; of Gay
Lussac and Blot, who, in 1904, made a
most valuable series of meteorological
and physical observations 1T the height
of ~, 600 feet; Of Glaisher, who rose to
81, 900 feet with the eronaut COxwell /;
and especially, recently, Of the Brothers
Tissandier-al these are familiar to
every one.
In 1874 the balloon was used for mill
tary purposes by General JOurdan. who
secured continued observation Of the
Austrian movements, and thus gained
the battle Of Fleury. The French are
also reported to have used the same
method in the battle Of Solferino. A
balloon corps was organized by General
Mcclellan at the outbreak of our own
civil war. 1861; and the use Of balloons
was one of the regular and daily means
of obtaining information Of the move
ments Of the enemy. During the
siege of Paris the balloon became the
only means of sending dispatches out of
the beleagured city. and proved to be
very reliable. OF all the balloons sent
out from Paris, over sixty in number,
but three were lost; and they, probably,
simply because they were dispatched at
night to avoid the risk from the fire Of
the enemy; which as the event proved.
was far less dangerous than darkness.
Every government probably now has .
balloon corps.-F0rum.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-04-12
SCIENTIFIC NOTES.


The Latest Achievements Of Savants An
Over the World.
NJ. JablochkOff has recently lectured
on the desirability Of utilizing the 10
cal currents and polarization in bat
teries. instead of their elimination. To
this effect he uses three-electrOde bat
terry, one electrode being metal capa-
BILE of being consumed, the other an un-
oxidizable metal, such as platinum. and
the third porous carbon.
Tho '.lady bug is being propagated
for dissemination among the orange
groves infested with what is called the
white scale. This pest seems the most
difficult to cope with and. had no remedy
been found, the industry in the sections
affected by it would probably have been
destroyed.
The great resurvey Of Spain has just
been completed, and the results are held
TO be extremely satisfactory. The rela-
tive position of Paris and Madrid may
be regarded as now definitely ascer-
tanned, the latter place being. as to
time, twenty-four minutes and six sec
onds later than the former.
The latest style Of rotating magnetic
field, as it appears in France, is formed
by two Ruhmkorff coils. An accumu-
lator current is sent through the pri.
mary of one coil, the secondary Of which
is connected with that of the other coil.
The insulating compound most in
favor in France consists Of one part OF
Greek pitch and two parts Of burned
plaster, by weight, the latter being pure
gypsum raised to . high temperature
and plunged into water.
The Empress Frederick has given or.
ders 70 have her castle in CrOmburg put
in telephone connection with the Opera
house at Frankfort, so that she may hear
the music in her own home.
Lacquer has been proved . most EN-
cient anti-fouling composition for the
bottom of steel vessels, ON which ma
terial it gives much greater satisfaction
than when applied to zinc.
1t is held tat steam jackets are de-
creasing in u. l'ty as engines are ad
vancing toward -fection, and should
they ever attain {; ideal the jacket
would te wholly usele-i.
A m.cro-organism has recently beer
discovered which possesses the power o
conferring luminosity Of phosphores
cence upon different crustaceans-
The opacity Of steam issuing from
nozzle is greatly increased by bringing
electrified points near 1t, and its colo
il changed to orange brown--N. 4
Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-04-12
FULL OF FUN.

-Jaggs-''Pawnbrokers arc oRnery
eusses." Bsggs-"Yes. but you have 70
mt up with them."-Philadelphi In
quirer.
-Dentist-"Do you want to take
laughing rgas?" VisitOr-"NOt till
after de- toof is out boss-reckoa I'D
feel mo- like laughin' den!"-Puck.
Visitor Ito Prisoner)-"I noticed tho
warden called you Procrastinstion-'
Isn't that . queer name?" Prisoner
'.Y'see, sir. l was sent up fur liftin' .
lot Of watches"-Munsey's Weekly.
Overheard in our Pocket-Old Let
ter, You don't know much about trav-
cling; do you?" New Letter-"NO. but
I expect to get posted shortly
brakes Magazine.
Lady lin furniture store. to now
clerk)-''Where are those handsome
sideboards that you had last week?"
Clerk (embarrassed)-''Oh, I--er-I
shaved them of day sfore yesterday,
ma'am."-Life.
-Teacher-'.All things which can b
seen through are called transparent
Fanny, mention something which Is
transparent" Fanny-"Apaneo Of glass"
Teacher-'Quite correct Now, Fanny,
mention some other object through
which you can see." Fanny-"A key
hole."-Texas Siftings.
--A.-''So you are married. How in
the world did that come about?" B.
''YOu know how love sauerkraut and
bacon?" "Yes." "Well, my landlady
gave them to me every day. and out Of
gratitude proposed to the daughter.
Texas Siftings.
MIR. O'F'latthery-"An' how arc yez
this marnin', miss?" Miss FirstseasOn
-"Well, l thank you, excepting that
my eyes cause me . great deal Of troub-
le." Mr.. O'Flatthery-"Ah, miss, ye
should be reconciled whin ye think
what power o throuble yer eyes cause
to other people.-America.
Aunt Miranda-"Wal, I never.
These modern ways be too much for me.
1t dew seem that there Is no liberty in
this world arter ALL" M0llie-"What
is it now, auntie?" II was jest . read
ing, child. that five American girls. all
as hansum as picturs, were presented to
the King Of Sweden. Enter.
prise.
look here, my friend" said trav-
cling man to the hotel clerk. II want to
ask you something" "What is it,"
''Why is it that you people always hOl-
ler front whenever you want bell
boy?" "Why do We holler front? Why.
because-er-simply because its-lOoky
here. young feller, do you want to know
more about this business than DOR
Merchant Traveller.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-04-12
uFE's BETTER INFLUENCES.

Beeter the song and the smile, my dear,
Better the song and the smile.
0ltef Is the time we may linger here,
Little avails either sigh or tear;
setter the song and the smile, my dear,
Better the song and the smile.
BETTER the laugh and the jest, my dear.
Better the laugh and the test.
sunshine Of heart and of merry cheer;
Chasing the shadows that oft appear;
Better the langh and the Jest, ms dear,
Better the laugh and tie Jest.
Better the word that is kind. my deaf.
Better the word that is kind.
speech that is cold and perchance severe
Weil may be spared as We journey here;
Better the word that is kind. my DEAR
Better the worsi that is kind.
Lies but a day at the best. my dear,
Life's but q day at the best.
Be your endcavor to brighten each year,
Making less frequent the sigh and the tear
Lies but day at the best. my dear,
Lies but day at the best
~. Y. Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-04-12
PARENT AND CHILD.


| HE COuAAenes Of Children Necessary -
Their Proper Government.
Rebellion and insubordinstlOn on the
part Of children frequently result from
lack Of confidencs on the part Of parents.
Children are dependent creatures and
like advice better than they appear TO;
but when timid child realizes that its
confession of fault will be repeled by
harshness or ridicule, the heart is hard
ened and shuts upon thoughts and i'm
pulses which are dangerous tenants
Occasionally . child seems to have An
abnormal inclination to lie, but any one
who has had long experience in dealing
with all sorts of character and DISPOSE
tiOn can testify that where there Is ono
liar by defective moral nature, there ara
ability to endure punishment This il
particularly true Of delicate children.
Every nerve in the frail body recOils
from the blow which will follow upon
the confession OF misconduct.
The super-sensitive imagination
which goes with such temperament peo-
pies the darkness to which the offender
is banished with horrors that chill tho
blood. Half that they suffer can never
average intelligence once said that in
all her after life, she had never suffered
as when she was sent to bed in the dark,
thirsting for the faintest glimmer Of
light that might have dispeled the hOr-
rible fancies which took possession OF
her brain. She had read Pope's talo Of
premature burial, and it haunted her
for months. Yet she dared not go to
her parents, confess it and feel that
they would comprehend that her suffer.
ing was actual and real.
IF ever have children Of my own" "
she said, ''they shall have . light in
their room At night, if they ask for it,
and, beside this, shall encourage them
to tell me of their troublesome fancies,
] shall treat them with respect how.
ever absurd the fancies may be-"
There is another point upon which
parents do not always take care to in
form themselves, and that is the asso-
ciates whom their children have chosen.
The tendency Of tho times is to level all
social distinctions, whatever labor agi-
tators may say to the contrary. No
where is this SO apparent as in the pub
lie schools, where boys neighbor may
be Of the lowest or Of the highest char
acter. One week of bad association will
taint sympathetic and retentive mind
for life. Habits will be inculcated that
the most careful aftertraining can never
overcome, and tendencies developed
which can never be checked. II is .
strange and Oft-repeated axiom that
disease and not health, is contagious,
and evil examples are apparently much
more readily followed than the good.
Children should be encouraged to talk
to their parents freely and unreservedly
of what they think and what they do.
The morally weak should have aid and
sympathy. No punishment should ever
follow tho confession of . fault, how
ever grevious. the effort which it prob
ably took to tell the truth should be
recognized and the moral sense strength
ened by cOmmendatiOn put into wise
and tender words ds-Chicago Inter Ocean.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-04-12

The Cuban houses in Havana are one
or two stories high, rs rule, and are of
various shapes-long, square or oblong.
They are mostly built around an open
garden or courtyard, the front and side
portions being divided up into parlor.
dining and bedrooms, and the rear into
servants quarters and kitchen. The
rooms are simply immense. The tiled
ceilings are lofty in extreme, the win
dows, which reach midway from floor to
ceiling, averaging twelve feet in height
The latter are barred on the outside
with iron, and closed within by heavy
wooden shutters, which open inward.
When it rains, which it does frequently
and abundantly, the sill being ON the
outside. the water often half floods tbs
rooms.-Scribner's Magazine.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-04-12
One of the indications OF the gre

-One of the indications OF the great
improvement In social manners and in
Christian influence is the decline and
almost extinction Of profanity in polite
circles. A hundred years ago nearly
every body swore. just As almost every
body gsmbled and drank. Now it IL
rare to find . public man that sins in
this way; and in private circles oaths
are regarded as vulgar and oilensive
uow.-Indepepdeut
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-04-12

President Harrison has been pre-
sented BY Southern admirers . unique
relic Of the ls4O campaign. tits Rourd.
which was used to dip cider fiom the
barrels that were used as emblews along
with coonskins and log cabins
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-04-12

Miss McFlimsy (who wants TO get .
pair Of gloves for . male friend)-Havs
you any gentlemen's gloves7
New Clerk (glancing at her hand(-
No, miss; but think can ind ladisS
sise that viii At you.-N. Y. Weekly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-04-12
IJberality and Frusalitv.

There is a loose way Of handling
money. without thinking OF the pur-
nose It ought 70 serve. which some oeo-
ple mistake for liberality. but which is
nothing but wastefulness. There is
also a grasping way Of Withholding il
which is taken for frugality. which is
only miserlinesS The wise man values
money for certain ends which it will
serve, and, striving to promote these
ends, ne is too intelligent to be either
miserly or wasseful. lie systemizes his
means, whatever they may be. and by
wasting nothing in Improbable ways
he can afford to be liberal, while in be-
ing wisely liberal in the right direetion
he is most truly frugaL-N. Y. Ledger.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-04-12
WElCHSEL STICKS.

Tho Latest style Of Cane. Recently Isn-
ported from Germany.
A well-known club man stood in front
Of the Hotel brunswick yesterday after
noon. swinging cane which attracted
the attention Of almost every passer-by.
The cane had been received from Bcr-
lin few days ago. and is considered =
fOrerunner of what will be the rage
here in the fall. The cane in question
was made of weichsel wood, with an
elaborate handle, though the stick was
quite slender in comparison with the
canes of q few months ago.
The knot which formed the handle
seemed . rope tied in . sailors knot
thickly covered with silver, which was
tied in the most artistic design, with
here and there pieces cut out, through
which the natural wood could Ike seen.
There were seven knots sticking out in
the handle, and on each one Of these
was . fly or huge mosquito. . honey
bee, q potato-bug, miniature rat or .
wee bit of an opera hat. The coating
OF silver extended several inches down
the stick and looked decidedly odd.
A Broadway dealer in canes said, on
being told about the ornamented stick,
that before the cold weather arrived
New York would be filled with just such
canes. ''They are quite the thing
abroad, and on almost every transat-
lantic steamer few are brought over.
They are very expensive just at present,
but as soon as the public becomes infat-
uated with them the price will decline.
"Weichsel-wOod canes have always
been considered comparatively rare in
this country, though men who make
canes their hobby always have bought
a variety of them. Weichsel wood comes
from Germany, near the famous Black
forest. 1t is used in the manufacture Of
Kirschwasser, and is made into pipes as
we'll as canes. 1t is light reddish brown
in color and has pleasing odOr, which
perfumes the hand when held. WEIGH
sel-wOod cultivation has become quite
an industry in Germany. the greatest
care being taken in orchards in which
the wood is grown to use for canes
''While the trees are growing the
wood is trained into all sorts OF odd
twists, which make the handles. A
plain stick, without ornamentation and
nothing particularly odd about the
handle. is worth two dollars. The stick
is usually bought unadorned. and the
buycr can take it to his jeweler and
spend just as much money as he pleases
having it fixed up. l have no doubt
that before the craze draws to close
some men about town, who always go to
extremes. will astonish Broadway and
Fifth avenue with handles either ex-
auisitely hideous or exquisitely beauti
ful."-N. Y. Mail and Express.
I.ibcrality and Frusalitv.