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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-01-18
Mrs. Cleveland'a New Home.

Mrs. Cleveland's new abiding place,
which Mr.. Francis Lathrop is decorat-
ing, is to contain great deal Of antique
mahogany furniture, which is with its
young mistress quite . hobby. As op-
portunity offered she has purchased old
chairs. tables and chests of drawers
which might have formed the furnish
ings of stately colonial mansions with
their yellow and brown walls, their i'm
mense mirrors, reaching from floor to
ceiling, their sconces with twinkling
candle lights. their white marble man.
telpieces with frieze of acanthus and
decorated with heads crowned with
amaranth, and their heavy mahogany
staircases, which responded to the light.
ly flying feet Of the fair danes of one
hundred years ago. To buy mahogany
is an expensive fancy, for all that i,
really old and good is being snapped up
at fancy prices by the Vanderbilts and
people who aim at sOlidity As we'll as
show. Mrs. Cleveland has purchased
xith a great deal of discretion. and the
house Of the ex-President will be yery
atusctive.-N. Y. Letter,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-01-18
FOND OF ORIGINALITY.

ALady Who Sets n Fashion Of Her Own
When Riding or Driving.
Mrs. Westinghouse is a clever horse
woman and rides frequently beautiful
blOOded mare whose pedigree rivals the
Plantagenets. Whenever she took her
rides abroad last summer she got her
self up in the most perfect of London
cut, QuOrnclOth habits with . silk nat
and dOgskin gloves of the approved
type, but she invariably hooked into the
belt of her habit skirt . large silver
chatelaine with twenty or more belong
ings. 50 that she tintinnabulated upon
her way much after the fashion Of the
celebrated lady who wore rings on her
fingers and bells on her toes. To COM
plete tho picture she carried over her
head an expensive and expansive white
lace parasol, whose carved ivory handle
fluttered with white satin ribbons.
When she appeared with these
little additions to her toilet upon the IA
vorite drives the LennOx cottagers did
not hesitate to openly stare and COM
ment, and girls in correct driving cos
tune who were going about in their
own chapel carts would even go SO far
as to draw rein and stand still in the
road as this queer figure went by.
Her toilet on the drive, when she ap.
peared in her own handsome London
built equipage for an afternoon airing,
was equally peculiar. Her dress might
be the most perfect creation Of Partisan
couturieres, and yet with it she would
wear large white knitted hood tied un-
der her chin, with long pink ostrich
feather thrust into its meshes with the
end waving in the wind. Some as
tonishing eccentricity Of the sort made
every costume noticeable and her ap-
pearance was always anticipated with
interest, for it was known that she would
not disappo:nt the public Of some nov
city impossible to fOrecast.|Chicago
News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-01-18
FRENCH COLONIZATION.

A. Far as 1t Relates to Se1f-Deve1OUmens
1t Has History Of Failure.
The history of French colonization, as
far as it relates to self-develOpment,
self-depcndence and self-government, is
which results inevitably from running
counter to race characteristics. In the
days of the French occupation, France
was under Bourbon rule, and she had
nothing wherewith to fit out her depart
ing children but the husks and shriveled
kernels and tares of old despotisms. OF
life-giving seed she had none to bestow,
and her sons might we'll reprOach her
with the bitter taunt Of AntOniO:
Gonzalo-Had plantation OF this isle. my
lord
Antonio-He'd SOW it with nettle seed.
If, after all the philosophizings
revolutions and AnglO-manias Of the
past century, Algiers and Guiana have
nothing further to show to-day than the
inevitable garrison accompanied by .
bureaucracy or penal colony. or both,
then the rench-in- Canada were, after
all, not SO very far behind the times.
The only difference discernible between
the Richelieu and the Louis Napoleon
notions of a colony is, that the formers
conception was garrison beyond seas,
with q church, but no people; and the
latter's, a garrison beyond seas, with
bureau or a penal settlement, but NO
people.
One can hardly be accused Of unbecom.
ing haste in at once expressing the con-
viction that, Of the two systems" the
one with the church is preferable to the
one that offers nothing but bureau or
a penitentiary. Nevertheless. it must
not be overlooked that in neither is
there to be seen what the political OBJ
server would call people; the scat
tered. unorganized. and institutionlcss
habitans and vOyageurs being no more
people in the eyes of social science than
are the clerks of the bureau or the men,
bers of the penal settlement. Each con.
stitutes population. but neither peO-
ple.-Eben GreenOugh Scott, in Atlantic.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-01-18
DRUNKEN MEMS LUCK.


WY They Escape from What Would Ap'
pear to he Certain Injury.
A few days ago a man was knocked
from trestle work on the Cleveland,
Canton & Southern railway, near Cross
street, by locomotive. The train was
stopped and the victim was tenderly
picked up and taken to the depot. He
was intoxicated and paid little attention
to the efforts being made in his behalf.
At the depot he denied that he had been
on the trestle, and demanded to know
who had taken his hat. Shortly after
ward he was arrested on Ontario street
for being drunk. He gave no evidence
Of pain until several hours later, and
then DIR. Cole was called to attend him.
The man seemed to have escaped with
station it was regarded as another in
stance of drunken mans luck"
While the subject was up for discussion
. patrolman related the circumstances
of an affair that occurred on Canal
street. A drunken man had stumbled
along q dark passage way between two
buildings and finally fell about twenty
five feet down steep flight Of stairs to
the Valley railway tracks. He was fin.
ally discovered and carried back to
Canal street to await transportation in
the patrol wagon. His pulse could
scarcely be detected, and the only ques-
ton with those gathered about him was
whether the man was already dead or
would die within the next ten minutes.
When landed at the station he demand
cd to be released, and asked whose busi-
ness 1t was if 10 chose to drink little
bccr. He had apparently sustained no
injury by the fall. DIR. Cole related .
River street case where a man fell from
. three-story window upon woman
seated in front of a saloon. The doctor
had been summoned in hot haste by the
mans friends. but upon his arrival the
victim Of the fall said very Indignantly
that he had not sent for a physician,
and had no need for his services.
When asked whether there was any
explanation for the uniform good fortune
Of drunken men by escaping injury by
accident, DIR. Cole said that it was due to
. lack of interest in their fate. In fall
ing the body is limp and lifeless. while
that of sober man would probably he
very nearly rigid. In the case Of the
latter blow upon any part of the body
would be followed by an instantaneous
contraction of the muscles, having, per-
haps, nearly as much force as the blow
itself. 1t was stated by the physician
that often the sudden and violent con-
traction of the muscles caused by blow,
furnished nearly half the force exertcd
to produce the fracture of q bone. A
drunken mans muscles, it was ex-
planned, would not respond in similar
way to the shock of blow, and he would
naturally escape that element OF danger
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-01-18
FULL OF FUN.

Files are fond of xeet things, but
yOung men as q rule are agreed that
there are NO flies on . sweet girl.-Boe
ton Courier.
Indian listening 10 phonograph)-
''Chin-box heap better than Injun agent
Talk-talk, all same don't steal.
WOugh?"-Puck.
-''HOw shall we move the masses?'
asked the temperance orator. just then
somebody in the outskirts Of the crowd
remarked: ''COmc take a drink, fel.
lows, and the masses overwhelmingly
Weekly.
John, bring me . glass Of hot
punch" Servant (bringing it'll think
this is not quite hot enough, SIR" slow
do you know that? You must have tast-
ed it." Indeed, no, sir, would not do
such thing; tried it with my finger"
-Fliegende Blatter.
-Indistinct but Reliable.
lin Chinese laundry)-''Why do you say
Friday, John, when you mean FridayT'
Chinaman-'I say Fli-day 'caase l mean
Friday: not like Mclean man, who slay
next!'-Texas Siftings.
-Ethel-"Did you 60 to Italy?" Har-
riet-''O. my, yes! We staid there two
months" Ethel-''What do you think
of the lazzarOni?" Harriet-'O, it's
awful. l tried some the first night
was there, but it doesn't suit my taste
1t all."-Life.
-'Ferment means to work" said the
teacher to the language class. "Now
each of you write . sentence containing
the word" This is what Tommy Cumso
who reads the papers, wrote: ''TPamps
do not like to ferment Time.
Farmer Hayseed ito greatest living
skeleton at dime museum)-"Hello!
Who be you? You amt wOrkin' here,
air you?" Living Skeleton with dignity
~ am engaged here" 'Wall. do tell
Say, my friend. you amt lOOkin' we'll,
and eff was you Id change my bOardin'
place."-N. Y. Weekly.
Indignant Physician-''Man. what
have you done? You sent my patient the
wrong prescription, and it killed him. !"
Druggist-.Vell, what vas der matter
init you? Last week l send your Odder
patient der right berscribtion, and dot
killed him. How can somebody blease
sooch a man?"-Springfield Republican.
-"Beg pahdon, mum, but you dropped
your vail in the-the lift," said the
bell-boy to the departing guest, narrow
ly watching the effect Of his words.
James" said the pleased New York
lady to her husband, ''give the boy two
shillings. He takes us for English peO-
pie. e."LChicago Tribune.
-"Well, Dennis" said . gentleman
TO his gardner, 'I'm told you have fallen
into bad habits" ''lIow is that, sOr?"
81 hear that you have gotten to be a
hard drinker" ''Harrud dhrinker. is it?''
eyes" ''Begorra, its few people IS
drinks aisier than mezelf. f."-Merchant
Traveller.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-01-18
Figures for Builders.

Three and half barrels of lime win
do 100 square yards Of plastering. using
two coats. Two barrels of lime will do
the same amount Of plastering with one
coat. One and . half bushels OF hair
will do 100 square yards of plastering
One and quarter yards Of good sand
will do 100 square yards Of plastering
One barrel Of lime will lay 1000 bricks.
Two barrels Of lime will lay one perch
of rubble stone. One thousand shingles
laid four inches to the weather will
cover 100 square feet OF surface. and :
pounds of shingle nails will fasten them
on. One-fifth more siding and flooring
q needed than the number Of square
:cet of surface to be c0vered--St. Loub
Republic.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-01-18

THE MIKADO'S WIFE.
According to Reports She h f~ss1ent1y .
Clever. Kind Little Woman.

According to Reports She n Evidently
Clever. Kind Little Woman.
Her Imperial Majesty is not quite on
the crest Of the wave that is bearing
her humber sisters onward in Japan.
She was not educated abroad. or accord
ing to foreign ideals, and she knows only
few words Of English. Her culture is
highly and perfectly Japanese. The
culture of Japanese lady is very like
minute and wonderful growth Of flowers
within the compass Of a finger-ring. She
can play a tender strain ON her favOrite
musical instrument. She can paint with
grace and elegance. She can read the
Chinese-writtea character, and she is
perfect repository Of social and cere-
monial tradition. She can write that
wonderful Japanese poetry which 1t
takes so many years to learn. One OF
her ladies-in-waiting is styled the chief
poetess. The duties of the chief pOetcss
are not strictly defined, but it is under
stood that she is sort Of lightning con-
ductOr for introducing inspired ideas to
her imperial mistress. and shc enjoys
the privilege of correcting the proofs OF
Her Majesty's poetical effusiOns.
Whatever may be thought Of the real
personal quality of the Empress sym
pathy with Western civilization there is
no doubt of her desire to help its prog
ress in Japan, especially those move
ments which affect the softer sex. She
encourages the education Of the ''cOI-
ing women" who are beginning to
higher mathematics and materia medica,
and she listens with exemplary incOm-
pretending patience to essays upon the
genius Of Browning in academies with
imported instructresses. She takes an
interest in the new arts and the new
music which the West is 50 kindly try
ing to teach Japan. She is q devOut be-
lever in her Shinto faith, but she looks
with pleased tolerance on the efforts
Of Christian missionaries. She often
goes to the hospitals and watches with
keen attention even tho surgical opera
tions, while many stories are told Of her
kindness to the sufferers there.
Ten years ago, under the customs then
prevailing, the Empress stared impas-
sivcly into the SPACE Immediately sur.
rounding the prostrate figure Of the per-
son enjoying the honor Of presentation
to her, like Japanese doll ON exhibi-
ton for its ability to wink. Now she
smiles and bows, and to certain priv
ilegcd people she gives her hand. Two
chamberlains and the court physician
still sit at the door of the state dining
room to taste the dishes and to expire
first in polite indication to their impe-
rial majesties that the cook has put
strychine in them: but the official BAN
quets now begin with soup and end with
sweets, in total subversiOn of the old
Japanese system, which began with
sweets and ended with soup. Their inn
perial highnesses occasionally go out to
dine with some Of their subjects Of suf-
ficiently exalted rank. but even on these
occasions tho chamberlains and the
court physician accompany their majes-
ties to act as tastcrs Of the dishes pre-
pared in the entertainers Kitchen
London Queen.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-01-18

Horse Thief-Mr. Chairman! After
this little ceremony is concluded will
you oblige me by collecting this insur.
ance policy and handing the cash to my
widow?
Chairman of Lynching Party-Certain-
Horse Thief-The Arizona Mutual
Life.
Chairman (hurriedly) - Gentlemen
We had better not act hastily in :his
matter. Taking mans life is serious
thing, and IS l am hea\esident and
treasurer CT the Arizona Mutual Life, ]
don't care to take any risks Of this kind
I move tha. this business Ike indsAsnitel
postponcd.-LowcllC CitizeI-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-01-18
RELICS OF wITcHCRAFT.
A Few Mem entOes Still Preserved Of th<
Prosecutions Of 1902.

A Few Mem entoes Still Preserved Of the
Prosecutions OF 1902.
In the busy little city Of Salem arc
preserved a few relics of the horrible
year of 1892. when number of the best
citizens of the town were hanged on the
accusation Of some poor, deluded per-
sons, mostly girls in their teens. who
asserted that they had been bewitched
and tortured by the prisoners. The rel
les are displayed on large stand in the
center of the main Office Of the register
of deeds. The first thing that attracts
attention is . bottle containing half
dozen witch pins. These implements
arc nothing more than the ordinary pins
used two centuries ago. when pins were
still manufactured by hand. The inter
est attaching to these specimens comes
from the fact that they are the very pins
that were used at Salem to stick into
the accused persons to see whether they
were witches. II the unfortunates were
hurt by this treatment it was sure
sign that they were witches unfit to live.
Beside the bottle of witch pins is the
official seal of the Court Of Oyer and
Terminer, before which the prisoners
were tried. 1t is little iron stamp fit
ted with black wooden handle, and its
impress is seen upon the only warrant
for the hanging of one Of the prisoners
that has been preserved. This warrant,
rs it was written out by the clerk of the
court, fills the greater part of sheet Of
paper about foOlscap size. 1t is written
in grabbed hand. but is quite legible.
1t is addressed to the sheriff, recites the
crime for which one of the female pris-
Oners had been tried and convicted, and
orders the sheriff to hang her on a GER
tain day. On the lower part Of the page
appears the sheriff's return, written in .
round. bold hand, certifying that he has
carried out the mandate of the court.
Photographs Of this interesting docu.
ment are on sale.
But tho most interesting relic is the
court record of the trials Of these un-
fortunate prisoners. These papers are
kept in large volume SO arranged that
every document may be read without
being touched. Here are the affidavits
of the ignorant girls and boys who tell
of the tortures the alleged witches made
them suffer. Here is the detailed ex.
animation Of the prisoners, giving ques-
tiOn and answer. The record was neatly
written. and is still as legible as though
it were recently committed to paper. 1t
was doubtless written out each day by
the clerk from his notes after the ad.
iOurnment of the court. 1t tells the story
of q great delusion, and probably no
original documents that have come down
from our forefathers are so replete with
.raSi: interest.-N. Y. Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-01-18
PROVERBS ABOUT RAIN.

A Number OF Those Current In All Harte
of the United States.
When there is unusual clearness in the
atmosphere, and objects are seen very
distinctly, there will probably be rain.
When clouds are gathering toward tho
sun at setting, with a rosy hue, they
fOretell rain.
Evening gray and morning red
Pat on your hat, or you'll wet your he al.
II rain commences before day, it will
stop before eight a. m; if it begins
about noon, it will continue through the
afternoon; il not till five p. m. it will
rain through the night; il it clears of
in the night, it will rain the next day.
II it rains before seven,
1t will clear before eleven.
II it rains before sunrise. expect fair
afternoon. If it rains when the sun
shines, it will rain the next day. II
clouds appear suddenly in the south. ex.
pect rain.
Rain from the south prevents the drought,
But rain FROM the west is always best.
When rain comes from the west. it will
mot continue long. If rain falls during
an east wind, it will continue full day.
II an assemblage Of small clouds spread
out or become thicker and darker, ex-
pect rain. Small inky clouds foretell
rain. Dark clouds in the west at sun
rise indicate rain on that day. If the
sky after 6ne weather becomes heavy
with small clouds expect rain.
Evening red and morning gray
Will set the traveller on his way;
Evening gray and morning red
Will bring down rain upon his head.
II there be a fleecy sky, unless driving
northwest, expect rain. Clouds floating
low enough to cast shadows on the
ground are usually followed by rain.
viii not leave the earth long dry.
II clouds open and close rain will
continue.
Two currents of clouds indicate ap-
preaching rain. A pale yellow sky at
sunset presagcs rain. II clouds float at
different heights and rates, but gener-
ally in opposite directions. expect heavy
rains. Amirage in New England is fol-
lowed by rain.
mackerel sky,
Not twenty -four hours dry.
When a general cloudiness covers the
eky, and swall black fragments fly un
derneath. they indicate rain. and prob
ably it will be lasting. Rain is indi
Gated when
Low DER the grass the swallows wing,
And crckets. too. how sharp they sing.
If waterfowl scream more than usual
and plunge into water, it Is sure sign
that rain may be expected.-Bostou
journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-01-18
SHETLAND PONIES.


Their Picturesque AppeoroAco 49, -
variable Powers 0f Eaduranco.
Away far beyond the north Of Scot
land, in the bleak, wind-swept Shetland
Isles, is the home Of the Shetland pony
or Sheltie. 1t is the product Of its en-
vironment, which necessarily makes II
small and hardy. OF the 100 Shetlands,
comprising about $50 square miles and
scantily supporting population OF about
30, 900. not more than One-fOurth arc in
habited. Their bold and precipitous
coasts vary in height from 500 to 1900
feet. Tho rugged, rocky interior is much
higher, and is generally covered with
scanty heritage, or more commonly
with thick coating of moss, the only
tOlerably fertile soil being in few val
leys opening on the bays in the larger
islands. A northern trend Of the gulf
stream tempers somewhat tho extreme
cold of the islands due to their far
northern latitude, but for . largo part
Of the year the weather is wet and wild.
~ tempestuous and fogs are heavy and
inclement climate and sparse means OF
subsistence, all the livestock of the
group are very diminutive, and of them
the Shelties are much the most impor-
tant. Great numbers of these are bred
on the heaths and niggardly pastures Of
the interior, their rough. shaggy coats
and vigorous constitutions enabling
them to withstand all the severi-
ties of the long, bleak, dark,
IL. xAu th<S ot f~
When the depth Of snow ON the uplands
prevents them from picking up meager
subsistence from the withered pastures,
they make their way down to the sea-
shore and manage to make a. good
livelihood on the kelp and sea weed
tossed upon the tempest-beaten beach.
So large has been the demand for these
diminutive ponies of late that much
more attention than was formerly given
to the matter has been recently bestowed
on breeding and rearing them; but the
conditions of the climate and vegetation
of their birthplace still keep them
stunted and hardy. When captured and
tanned, they require little feed or care.
They are the smallest variety Of tho
horse, their height varying from thirty
four to forty-fOur inches, few reachine:
the latter size.
The endurance Of Shelties is great,
and their strength is vastly dispropor-
toned to their size. Indeed, they can
easily carry q man upward of $50 pounds
in weight if he can only arrange his legs
SO as to keep them of the ground. They
can be easily trained, and are Affection
ate and very good-temperea Their
amiability and size we'll adapt them for
the use Of children, with whom they arc
prime favorites. For years large mum:
bers have been imported into England
for the use of her aristocratic little ones,
and Of late years considerable impOrta-
tions have been made into this country
where they have brought remunerstive
prices. The exported animal. however,
nicely clipped, neatly trimmed and we'll
fed, presents q vastly more handsome,
though less picturesque, appearance
than did. erstwhile, the same spare-boned
animal with coarse, shaggy coat, long,
tossing name, and sweeping, bushy tail
in its inclement northern home.-Rural
New Yorker.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-01-18

A recent Pekin Gazettee contains .
q memorial from the Chancellor Of the
Hanlin or Imperial College on the ne
cessity for rc-editing the great encyclo-
pedia compiled Ole hundred years ago
in the reign of Kienlung. and Of which
only four copies in manuscript are now
supposed to exist This work, the index
alone to which consists of fourteen large
volumes. contains a complete compen-
dunn of the classics, and includes also
collection Of every thing written and
revised b. the Emperors themselves or
published under imperial authority. IL
embraces. says the Chancellor, all knowl-
edge under Heaven. and reflects. - !"
. mirror. the past and present