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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-04-19
HUMAN MECHANISM.
Movements Of Nerves and Muscles In Play.
Ing . Piece Of Music.

| Movements Of Nerves and Muscles In Play.
Ing . Piece Of Music.
Science, says Sir James Paget, will
supply the natural man with wonders
uncounted. The author had once heard
Mdlle. Janotha play presto by Mem
delssohn. She played 5,595 notes in four
| minutes and three seconds. Every one
of these notes involved certain move
| ments Of q finger, At least two. and
| many of them involved an additional
movement laterally as we'll as those up
and down. They also involved repeated
movements of the wrists, elbows and
arms, says . writer in the Popular
Science Monthly, altogether probably
not less than one movement for each
time.
Therefore there were three distinct
movements for each note. As there were
twenty-four notes per second, and each
Of these notes involved three distinct
musical movements, that amounted to
seventy-two movements in each second.
Moreover, each of these notes was de-
termioed by the will to chosen
place, with . certain force at
certain time, and with q certain
duration. Therefore, there were four
distinct qualities in each of the seventy
two movements in each second. Such
were the transmissions outward. And
all those were conditional on conscious
ness Of the position Of each hand and
finger before it was moved, and by NOV
ing it of the sound and the force Of each
touch. Therefore, there were three con.
scious sensations to every note.
There were seventy-two transmissions
. second, IA to and fro. and those with
constant change of quality. And then,
added to that. all the memory was re.
membering each note in its due time
and place and was exercised in the COM
parison Of it with others that came be-
fore. So that it would be fair to say
that there was not less than 200 trans
missions of nerve force to and from the
brain outward and inward every second,
and during the whole of that time judg-
ment was being exercised as to whether
the music was being played better or
worse than before, and the mind was
conscious of some of the motions which
the music was intended to inspire
Science Notes
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-04-19
FULL OF FUN.

-Irate Housewife-"You're always
breaking something" Servant-"Sure.
but amt tried it on your record fo'
Neutrality-suspicious. Sentinel
| in Spanish. liberty il '1ibertad."
and . liberty-pole is therefore hber'
tadpOle, which may account for the un-
popularity Of liberty in Spain.-Hish'
land Cadet
Assure Sign.-Two blind men arc ON
strain- Suddenly loud smacks are heard
all over the car. There" said one to
the other, ''that's the fourth tunnel We
have passed through to-day."-Judge.
The First and Only Chance.-First
Man (excitedly)-'1Our clearinghouse
is afire!' Second Man (calmly)-'Come.
then. hurry up. and perhaps We may b
able to get something ot"-Jury.
~ observe with regret, George"
said Georges father, ''that you arc still
ut the foot of your class. Is there NO
prospect Of your doing better?" 20.
yes. father; 1 expect to be second OF
third in the next class below next term"
IN. Y. Sun.
Yes" said the oldest inhabitAnt,
''this is a pretty mild winter, but 10
member q season that was much warm
er than this" ''dow long ago was
that?' queried his listeners. ''Only last
summer. -Norristown Herald.
The Musical DirectOr.-Mrs. Young.
husband-"Well, Aunt Jane, how did
you like the symphony concert?' Aunt
Jane-''Oh, pretty well. But it kind q
spoilt the effect to see that fool up In
front pretending to drum on nothin'."-
Burlington Free Press.
sister Efiie?" Efie's Steady Company
''Why, Willie, that is . queer question.
Why do you want to knOw?" Effie's
BrOther-''She said last night she would
give . dollar to know, and I'D like to
scoop it in."-Puck.
Careful Parent-"Before I can give
consent to your proposed marriage to
my daughter 1 must know something
about your character" Suitor-''Cer.
tainly, sir, certainly. Here II my bank
book" Careful Parent latter glance)
Take her, my son, and be happy
N. Y. Weekly.
-Collector-"When are you going 70
pay this bill? I can't be coming hero
every day in the week" Debtor
''Well, what day could you como ON,
conveniently" Il could call ON Satur-
day." '.All right; from now ON shall
expect you every Saturday."-Texas
Siftings.
Dull All Around.-'.rdl like to have
little money on your account" said the
barber as Mr.. Hardup settled himself
for another shave to be put ON the
tab" ''Well, am afraid you will have
to wait-this is the dull season, you
know. Great roots! But that razor
pulls! Don't you ever hone your
razors?" mot in the dull season.
Terre Haute Express.
-Brer Sargent (roading Of the con-
viction Of = fellow-citizen Of color)-
mo, sab! ef I'd a ben on dat jury
wouldn't . brung in no verdic' oh
guilty" Brer Moses lin surprise)-
But brer, dom you see de paper say
how as he done plead guilty for de
iedgo and de jury?" Brer Sargent
tscornfully)-"What diFrence dat goin'
make? He lie SO spec gwine believe
wat he say? No. sah!"-Detroit Fras
Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-04-19

Nothing in ones character 80 clearly
defines the true lady or gentleman as
courtesy. To be courteous requires
careful reflection and consideration for
otherA When one is At loss to know
what is the courteous thing tOd0, he on
ly needs 10 think what is the most re-
spectful and kindest action. The pref
erence Of others before self. thoughtful
ness for their comfort, pleasure and en-
tertainment is true courtesy. Courtesy
is plant of the heart, not Of the head;
its great foe is selflshness and love Of
self-indulgence. Kindness is simply
self-importance in action. Incivility is
deep self-conceit showing itself through
ones manners. Better than all the
printed rules Of etiquette is the simple
guide: Do what Is kindest to others
Boorishness is the result Of self-neglect,
where natural selfishness of disposi-
ton is permitted to run its course unre-
strained and uncultured. But true self
respect tends to respect for others.
Genuine courtesy Is simply just doing to
others what you would have others Dc
70 you.-Louisville Courier-Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-04-19
AN ILL-STARREO VENTURE.

Sad Fate II . Party OF Missionaries iG
| Terra del FuegO.
| The fate Of Captain Allen Gardiner and
his six companions, who. some forty
years ago. set out to convert the heather
tribes of Terra del Fuego. form one Oi
the tragic episodes of history. 1t is only
paralleled by some Of the frightful ex.
periences of exploring parties in the
arctic regions. Captain Gardiner was a
pious Christian, who gave up his sea-
faring life to become a missionary. On
returning from one of his voyages he
formed the project of sending out a
gospel ship to Terra del Fuego, and,
after much trouble, he succeeded in get
ting together q fund of $1,000, with
which he built two large launches and
two small boats. He secured surgeon,
a missionary and four Cornish boatmen
as companions. and in September, 1850,
the ship Ocean Queen took him and his
boats and companions from Liverpool to
Terra del FuegO. After their landing on
December they were never seen alive
by any civilized man, but the story Of
their snfferings and death was
gathered from papers subsequently
found on the spot where they died.
They were unfortunate from the start.
In iOurneying from island to island they
met with many mishaps. Their
small boats were lost in a storm, they
were robbed by the natives, or driven
away, and they found that their powder
had been left behind on the Ocean
Queen, SO that they had no means of
shooting birds or other animals for
food. One of their launches was wrecked
in a hurricane, and some of the men be-
came ill with the scurvy. From the
middle of May they were put on short
allowance, owing to the rapid disap-
pearance of their stores. In June Bah
cock, one of the Cornish boatmen, died
from the scurvy. The survivors were
obliged to subsist on mule. dead foxes
and such fish as happened to be thrown
up on the shore. In August the strength
Of nearly all the survivors was we'll
nigh exhausted. Cruel made from a
few garden seeds, mussel-broth and
kind of rock-weed formed their sole
diet In August two Of the boat
men died, and early in September
Maidment, the missionary. gave up the
fight Gardiner is supposed to have
succumbed on the 9Th of that month.
and the others shortly after him. As in
the Greedy expedition, some years ago
measures had been taken to send food
and other necessaries, but through vari
GUS misunderstanding they were for
warded too late. The bodies of the un.
fortunate men were found by the officers
and crew of II. NJ S. Dido. Jan. 81, 1852
The search for the missionaries had
nearly been given up when a direction.
rudely written on a rock, was discOv.
cred; then boat lying on the beach at
the mouth of a small river came to light;
then the searchers came successively
across the unburied bodies of Gardiner
and Maidment packet of papers and
books, the shattered remains of another
boat, two more dead bodies. and finally
the graves Of the rest of the party. Tho
of the seven dead men were col
lectcd and buried, the funeral service
read. and three vOlleys Of musketry
were fired over their lonely resting |
News |
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-04-19
THE MULE KICKED.

That In Why Headless Chickens Were
Picked Up In vlrgisi..
There has been considerable gold
found recently several miles north Of
the District line, and several shafts
have been sunk on various properties,
all Of which, to use the usual language
of the boom, exceed the most sanguine
expectations Of the promoters" Several
farmers out near the seat of disturbance
have been earning considerable money
hauling ore from the shaft to Senator
Sawyer's stamp mill few miles away.
The shafts are sunk and the ore extract
ed by the usual methods of drilling and
blasting. For the latter purpose nitro.
glycerine is used. One of the teamsters
put several empty nitro-glyoerine cans
in his cart and took them to his home,
near Takoma Park, intending to clean
them up and make pals Of them. He set
them down in the barn-yard while he
was putting up the mules. A half-grown
hog saw the cans, walked up and
nuzzled them around. About gill Of
the stuff had collected in tho bottom of
each, and the pig licked itdown. 1t has
. sweet flavor and is medicinal. Then
the farmer came out picked up the cans
and took them back into the house.
The pig chewed up . stray ear Of corn,
. dead rat some corn-husks and two or
three other delicacies and ambled into
the barn. Perhaps nothing would have
happened IL the ras0r-back had been
gifted with ordinary intelligence, but
what would possess him under the cir
cumstances TO 60 and scratch his hack
against the post Of the o6-mule's stall IL
past understanding. Now, mules arc
only human; they are not exempt from,
or above, the foibles Of mankind. When
things 60 wrong with them they mako
the welkin ring with their wild Homeric
''hee-aw! hee-aw! hee-aw!" and then
kick like . Queen Anne muskek So
when the off-mule looked around and
saw the pig scratching his back six inches
from his heels, he Strengthened his neck,
closed his eyes in brief and silent prayer,
swung his sinister limb over his shoul-
der, and then struck out like Kelly at
the bat The pig described . beautiful
parabola, screaming all the time like
three-hundred-pound shell from one of
Admiral Porter's mortars. sailed out
through the barn doors on . nat ira
jectory and struck on top Of the hen
house.
Then came . clap Of thunder sound;
the pig, oh, where WAS he? Ask Of the
winds which whistled around the
heavens and the sea- The nitro-ely-
cerine had exploded, slaying pie, hem
house and poultry into the middle Of
Ballyhack. There hasn't . piece q
that pig been found tbig enough 70 hold
An inquest on. nor piece Of hen-house
big enough for . hen TO pick her teeth
on. and . colored man WAS arrested the
other day for having in . bag some head
less chickens. which he confesses he
picked up over in virginia.-Washing-
ton Post
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-04-19
DlABOLICAL REVENGE.
How . Frenchman Got Even with . ves 2
Disagreeable Woman.

How . Frenchman Got Even with vei >
| Disagreeable Woman.
The train from Paris to Versailles was
to leave there in five minutes. An ele.
gantly-dressed gentleman enters the
first-class carriage. He has q burning
cigar in his mouth. He is about to take
his seat when he perceives an elderly
lady in the carriage. Being a gentle
man, he raises the window and is about
to throw out the cigar, when the old
lady says:
Don't you know that you are forbid
len to smoke in a frst-class carriage
when there are ladies in it?''
MY dear madame, you see I was just
about to anticipate your wish by throw
ing away my cigar. However. will not
disturb you further" and bowling very
stiffiy he left the car, and purchasing .
third-class ticket, he took his seat
among some peasants where he could
smoke undisturbed.
There was sitting near the gentleman
. wretched-looking tramp, who smelt
horribly of garlic, and who was about as
disagreeable q neighbor as can we'll be
imagined.
my good fellow" said the gentle
man, did you ever ride in . frst-class
carriage?"
Newer
swell, here's q ticket that l can't
Use. just you 20 into that frst-class
carriage. There is vacant seat next
to an old lady: just take it."
The man who was sadly in need of
disinfectants did as he was told. A few
minutes after he entered, the door of the
first-class carriage was closed, and of
went the train, which does not stop at
any of the stations between Paris and
Versailles You can imagine whether
or not the gentleman got even.-From
m EronCh
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-04-19

Little Girl (reading history)-This
brave nobleman left his home in Paris,
where he was Captain Of dragons,
and where he had been lately married,
to cross the water and fight for the
Americans
Teacher-Now can you tell me What
prompted the byave man to do this
''Please, ma'sm. no was lately mar.
Eied."-Time.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-04-19
VENERABLE BALL FACE.


Death Of . Forty-Year-Old Horse Whlcs
Had . History.
Ball Face is dead! An uncertain
aumber Of years before the war broke
out between the North and South Ball
Face was sucking colt frisking his
tail and punching the maternal udder
for all 1t was worth. His life was un.
eventful, SO far as the writer knows,
until he had arrived at the years of dis
cretion, had sown his wild oats, and be.
gan to understand that life WAS serious,
life was real. and that even three.year-
olds had duties incumbent upon them.
About this time he attracted the atten-
tion of a well-to-do baker, . Frenchman
named Peter Petal. living at Opelousas,
La. In consideration of certain quan.
tity of oats, bran and hay per diem,
Peter induced Ball Face to haul his
bakers wagon from door to door, deliv.
ering honest bread to honest patrons.
just how many years Peter and Ball
Face got together" in this way We are
unable to dcpose, but the war broke
out, and Peter broke out, and Ball Face
broke out Peter had patriotism, and
no less had Ball Face. Peter enlisted,
50 did Ball Face. Peter served through
the war, 50 did Ball Face. Peter came
safely home from the war, likewise Ball
Face. Peter resumed his honest CALI
ing, so did Ball Face, and Ike pit 1t up till
1870, when Peter and Ball Face parted
company, and Ball Face became tho
property Of G. Martinelli, now . grocer
ON the corner Of Twelfth and Mechanic
streets in this city. then . resident OF
Opelousas, La Mr.. Martinelli owned
the horse almost twenty years, and he
was supposed to be twenty years Of age
at the time the purchase was made, and
too old for use in . bakers wagon. This
fact proves the horses age TO have been
almost forty years, and up to ten days
ago he could have been seen ON tho
streets almost daily, bearing NO evil
dence of his extreme age. He was con-
sidered as lone Of the family" and
treated accordingly.
He was buried far down the island
with many expressions Of regret by his
owncr.-Galveston (Tex.) News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-04-19

own hardened ink that must have beer
nor thousands but several millions Of
years old, judging from geological time
and what we know Of il. Charles Fred
| erick Holder in ~ Y. Ledger
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-04-19
POPULAR PEOPLE
Why Adaptable Men and Women Are Ii
FavOriteo Of Society.

why Adaptable Men and women Are the
FavoFites Of Society.
The popular people, that is, the peo-
pie popular socially, are the adaptable
ones. Tho man who doesn't believe his
host is responsible for the weather, OF
his lack Of appetite, or the fact that
most Of the people are strangers to him.
or that his clothes are uncomfortable,
is the man who Is going to be invited
out often. The woman who doesn't ex-
pect her friends to be always at the
fever heat Of affection, who doesn't ex-
pect them to keep . day-book Of her
likes and dislikes, who doesn't want the
best seat in An opera box, and who
doesn't complain IL she has to entertain
somebody who isn't IS yet celebrity. il
the comfortable one and the one that
every body is glad to meet again. She
is certain to make even stupid people
bright. or, better still, to make them
think themselves bright and she is
equally certain to be . tolerably happy
person herself, for there is great deal
OF truth in what one Of the slum sisters
so funnily said: If you make other
people 'appy you've 'appiness in your
own art that cawn't come in any other
way"
II you ask man how you had better
dress to 60 to the theater, he'll say:
'Oh. wear . black frock and little
bonnet" Then, if you tell him you
haven't got black frock that is ft to
wear, he'll ask ''if you don't own some
quiet little brown thing?" Very young
men and very old men. those nearing
their second childhood, like to take out
women who are conspicuous by their
handsome gowning, but the real man,
the best type Of the man Of the world.
prefers that, while a woman is we'll, she
should still be quietly dressed. An OBJ
servant citizen, whose opinions of men
in general and women in particular arc
good, said he'd rather have, when he
took out q woman he cared for, . man
say to him the next day: Tommy, my
boy. who was that quiet little lady with
you last evenihg?' than to have him
rush up to him and say: ''Tom, you can't
keep that to yourself. You've got to
introduce that stunning creature to me.
Never saw such . beauty in my life.
What lucky fellow you are!' Men are
q hundred times more sensitive on the
subject of refinement in women than
women believe, and the young woman
who is given to cigarette smoking, who
'slings slang like q man, who talks
about the fellows, and who never
before mouse or COW. is apt in
time to be relegated by them to the
world in which she belongs. Men are
decidedly the best judges of what is de-
sirable in women. and they seldom have
= deep-seated admiration for the fast or
hOrsey One.-ChicagO Inter.Ocean.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-04-19
GOLD IN A CAVE.


when and Where the First Discovery oi
Il Was Made.
The first discovery Of gold in q cave
vas made two years ago by George Ben.
ton in the Rock of Ages which he was
developing. He struck a cave in the
quartzite, and crumbled in the bottom
of the cave was a rich collection of gold
matter. d. c. Hartwell, an ore buyer OF
Ouray, purchased the stuff which was
shoveled from the bottom of the cave
and paid IS, 500 for it. Considerable in.
terest was awakened by the discovery,
though one or two claims had been held
for three or four years by parties who
thought there was gold in the veins. but
were not nearly enough convinced to
develop the same. Finally prospectors
began to go over and look at the
Rock of Ages, and some Of them
at once said they knew where there was
other caves on the east side Of the
gulch. which led to the discovery of .
number of rich and extensive deposits.
1t is singular condition of affairs and
one new to every body in the district.
By mining men it is said to be . rare
feature in ore deposits and something
entirely new in Colorado. The ground
on the north side of the Uncompahgre
has been run over for years by pros.
pectors who were looking after fissure
veins. Finding little encouragement to
develop the few vertical veins found
there, that portion of the district was
virtually abandoned. A few localities,
however, were maintained by annual
assessments, but without any knowledge
of the ore values concealed in the caves,
though known to exist.-Denver Times.
Every Body satisfied.
Gregory is awful close" said a man
to friend.
"Yes, but he is not nearly 80 close Is
his father was. The old man was pretty
we'll of, and he did have . warm affec-
ton for dollar. He was taken i'll once,
and his physician tcld him that If he
did not 60 of to the springs he would
die. The old man replied: Let me see.
Id have to stay there about two months
1t an expense of at least dollar and a
half per day. can't stand the cost,
doctor. 1t would be cheaper to die >
He didn't 60. and after the funeral the
leading people Of the neighborhood ex.
pressed satisfaction st the result."-Ar.
kanssw Traveller.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-03
nAscuLISE AMERICAN GIRL
Change Appearing In the Most Lovabls
Thing ON Earth

Change Appearing In the Most Lovabls
Thing ON Earth
Elsstrased American
In New York tie effort OF women TO at-
tain masculine manner Is growing rap
idly. Ii Is phase OF our craze for aping
the English Net long SGD | stood II a
small snou IN Fifth avenue selecting some
gloves indiferenty, while the clerk
loGnged against the counter and laagusdIy
examined nis mails. Occasionally ne
yawneo. The 6rossy hush OF the place
Was accensualed by the purring OF lazy
cat TIE lefnsrgy OF spring peryaded it all
suddenly the door was flung open and in
il staiKed . gsri OF today, ner beautiful
head neld high IN the air, and her face suf-
fused with Inc ruddy glow OF perfect
health. bulldog tagged 81 her hee.s.
The entrance OF sae girl ~as ike bias. Of
curtains fiasfered.
4 ssy she said imperiousIy TO the sud-
denly aroused clerk, you really must
haze anotn an go 81 my shirts"
Yes. MICS. what's wrong7"
What's wrong? 0ai I say what's not
wrong? Bosom rumFly. sleeves TOO short,
and 10 end OF things. Upon my word. AS
wreicnea-u
she was q magnificent looking creature.
and tie prevaI-nE craze for masculine attire
had permeased me very depths OF her sou..
her nsir Was braided aaG laid 50 close 10
her head that the outline was as snug snd
Gear e. thai OF snori-cropped boy she
wore = shirt with . standing collar and
conventional crayat, and Ter IKo-outsUn
gloves were of q masculine cls. A DouIoa-
mere and the tip OF r2fnsr aOrsey-looxing
handkerchief decorated ner coWcie-brezssed
jacket Her strray little boots were COW
erred by white CATERS or -spaIs,n and she
swung sraa!i-Slzed umbrella n one hand.
SHIRTS have no sex, she said shortly.
. Ioa 1t ali IN men OF tn family per-
fsctiy. yet neither nay sister nor can get
satisfaction"
II Nay De remarked in passing that had
sznk Into the IlmpO OF the gaSL The bull
dog mad fallen asleep on the noor. the eat
had resumed her doze, and IieaHed against
the glove czse. ignoreG and saroaded IN
oblivion She was superb creature, but
how our grandmoihers would nave stared
aghast a. her sffectafIons Of nIsalshness as
sne stood there in pubic shoo fitting
Shirt SDe seemed aitog ether admirable 10
me-as FIRST. hen / lett uneasy. Then
Came the seasime Of regret sne SPOKE
In q louder tone. and the silly New YORK
sise. wilb is commanding note and the
afisctatsoa OF stap.e-ooy English. Jared
isGe Tie On my nerves. Her erf9Dd DeiDg
completed, she sE.saIea 10 her sarly cGIi-
cog and STROBE away with her head IN the
cir. / found myself thanking GOD unaer
rny breath shsE she had Tot isgnsed cigar
ellie. Uf course IL was no business OF mine.
but have We not ali q sort OF proprietary in
terest n that most stupendoas aad lovely
thing on earffs--tDe American girtt