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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-03-21
A sHREWD REOsklN.

for The Indlan. -
Talking about the Indians not hav.
ing thriftincss or idea Of business mat
ters," said . man from Lawrence, Kas.
II think it is Q mistake. The other day
. student At Haskell Institute, . young
Indian, who is soon 10 graduate, came
10 see friend Of mine with whom he Is
acquainted and desired 70 form . part
nership with him to 60 into the cattle
business. The young buck talked busi-
ness like . Yankee. His proposition
was like this: He wanted my friend t.
put up the money TO buy the cattle. He
then proposed to drive the cattle into
the Indian country in small bunehes
and graze them there. He said that
% . member of the tribe he bad
. right to Craze cattle, and II he
did not drive the cattle in q drove Sd
large that every body would know Il
did not belong to him, the matter would
excite no attention. He sdded further
thst it va, being done right along, an1
many Of the young men were making
money that way. When the cattle had
the sdvantaee Of the free range, he
proposes to drive them to Ar]ansss
City, and there go through the form of
selling them to my friend, who was IN
turn to ship them to Kansas City and
sell them there. and divide the profits
with the Indian. . .,s-..
There seemed 20 be . great deal de-
pending ON the Indian honesty 70 make
the scheme profitable, and the partner
ship has not been formed. The scheme
h being worked right along though, i
guess. and for young institute Indiah,
I thought the young fellow showed .
pretty fair aptitude for business
caro- Post. j. - ="
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-03-21

me VOseo - ExposSeoeos
II can't help feeling depressed since
ny .wife hes decided to return houas
With h~ mother"
I'D Il TIE 6rst timer"
"Yea" s,r .1:-aae -.ii - a
"poor fellow! Than it's worse than
yca tslaf.. is.. .i's'' - -..i's
'.She'll' be back to-morrow.-Lite.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-03-21
.Too Much Gun.~

The Indian is willing to take his
chances with . soldiers muslet or car
hine; knowing that they shoot all over
~ eoantry, hut when the boys get to
wosk with . HotehkiB o. Calling gun
then thss redskin takes . trip. The
scream o&a shell m@kes all his teeth
Uore, and when one bursts and lets .
hundred bullets loose at once he can't
ten which way 70 dodge.-Detroit Free
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-03-21
REo-N0SEO WOMEN.
In Nlne Cases Oat ef Tea Thsy Are vlo.
Tins Of Tight Laslng.


IN Nine Cases O1t % Tea TAsy Are vls.
tims Of Tight Issing.
"When," as q quaint little dealer In
eorsets expresses it, - woman is get
ting too much complexion ON her nose.
just where she doesn't want IL, and too
much development upon her abdomen.
just where she abominates il, ak
through tight lacing, then and not until
then will she let out her cOrsets and wear
them as she should. You see, the
philosophy Of It is this: Tight corsets
produce just the internal arrangements
which result In undue redness of the
nose, and. besides, they retard the
circulation. Any thing which tends to
send the blood to the head in undue
quantities affects the circulation of the
face. and the nose, being the most
hang out the danger signal, to the
distress Of its owner. The multitudin-
GUS and infinitesimal veins and cells,
distended in IN unnatural manner the
greater part Of the time, ultimately go
of on . strike, with the unreasonable.
ness of other hard laborers, and refuse
to perform their work of contraction
even when all obstacles are removed
and hours are shortened to their liking,
and this results in a permanently glow
ing member causing great annoyance
and vexation. OF course in q fieshy
nose the result is most disastrous, rs
the circulation is more apparent, while
il the feature is cartilaginous there is
little or no blood circulation. and the
effect is not quite SO palpable and dis
tressing." Christian at Work.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-03-21

Nra Downton-who Is that horrible.
looking creature st tie door, Send her
away. ...yls 49, f.s =; E~fs -
Maid-She says she heard y'r hushand.
was in want Of typewriter, md shs'd
like the plAce. ryr- .rs ~
Mm Dewnton-Ask her in-0osd
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-03-21

-Katri4a ,(spApiciously )r'How. vss
aik Hans; I hid dot Addie loa d Aoor
ais nothing NIT de pridge prcle. Vat
;dine, yoA COON himc last night. Hans?-
'HuAs (lo66ng -injured)-"Katrina, dot
pEid9s DISASTER vas . solemn ting: I
sAtooA a dot. Pridge st.nidAkht. ~
West Shore. 80 - ~s-is,s n. ~ -
! 1.-THE Ola state House IS boston vas
hs,eaH n n9la. -..s-. su~~H set~'s
A Sas.S
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-03-21
Weaght q the EaEth.

W0B0B q t0O 0m8t0s % "a
As mstter.of fac4 the earth has no
weight weigAt = t11s pun q gravity
toward center andwAen speaking q
the weight Of TIE earn 70 Hnst con-
sidH the pun .Pf gravity towash the
equally poised, Al paFts Of the leaEfh
pressing toward he earth's center
equali1e each other, 50 that tow line.
would pull the earth tho1sandS o. mile9
ont 81 itx orbit Rather than penetrate
snsatmosphere of aso1lsss bsay So thlh
fnse no animal life coahNxfst a ~ our
Garth wonla maAe,a grsaG eirssie - got
seospd ~ !; The almost .imnercsptihAs
Of one of the pther. plapetsf
palls ottf earth thcukAnds Of miles ont .
ofta sskuaat pitH 1St JdeepA HsssA
50 .u--:s' 'sH -; ~ :.
-. ,~.,u. ...:1s -I.-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-03-21

There is such a thing ms carrying
things too far. Not long ago . man in
= Maine village went the way of all
flesh. A party of very much-alive friends
of the deceased assembled at the late
respected ones house to ''sit mp with"
and otherwise honor the departed.
Shortly after midnight q tremendous
uproar attracted the night watchman
down to the vicinity in . hurry. The
front room in the house of mourning
was brilliantly illuminated, and gazing
in at the window, the watchman beheld
ghastly spectacle. The dead man had
been removed from the coffin. and.
propped bolt upright in one corner Of
the room, WAS regarding the dem
onstrations with the horrible placidity
Of death. His narrow tenement, tipped
bottom-side up across two chairs. held
bottle. glass and pack of cards.
Around about this layout the drunken
visitors were dancing q spirited cam
can. The watchman, with the assist-
ance of the undertaken. finally managed
to get the corpse away from its
desecrators, but it was evident that the
men reluctantly submitted with the firm
opinion that the defunct was being rob
bed of his just dues.-Lewiston Journal
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-10-02
BITS FOR MADAM.

A child recently born at Wabash, Ind,
has four grandparents and seven great
grandparents to nurse.
Some medical men have risen to say that
too much alum finds its way into the vi
emma bread to make it wholesome.
The cannibal tribes near the Niger delta,
in Angola, and in the Congo basin, are
probably the only natives of Africa who
habitually eat human flesh. They, how
ever, are numbered by millions.
From Beloit, Wis: j. A Cowles, aged
ninety years has presented his wife
with coffin, made by himself, in honor
of her eighty-ninth birthday. The couple
have been married seventy years.
This from young New York woman:
II always keep bottle of vinegar on my
toilet shelf A teaspooonful taken as
am leaving my room to receive caller or
to go out to some social event has an ex-
cellent effect on my voice, clearing and
softening it."
In New York women who teach cooking
to private classes or lecture and give dem
onstration lessons charge So per pupil for
a course of twelve lectures. Single adj
missions are fifty cents. A woman who
gives a private lesson TO u single pupil
charges her 81. In Boston teachers of
cooking in the public schools receive from
$3.50 to $744 a year. In Philadelphia
teachers receive from $3.50 TO $3.50. In
Pratt institute, Brooklyn, one teacher OF
cookery receives 81, 600.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-10-02
MISUNDERSTANDING GHOST.
How superstitlous Bohsmians Rid Them
selves OF Vampire.

selves OK "A vampire.
The people of Bohemia (tho most
superstitious in all Europe). were
formerly great believers in muronies
vampires and other uncanny appari-
tions. The most terrible vampire and
perhaps, the most popular one in the
annals OF that country. made its APP
pearance in the year 1706. In that
year Hans Blow herdsman. died and
Was buried, says the St Louis Repub-
lie. For years before his death Blow
was suspected of being n murony, or
living vampire. lie was buried near
Kadam, Bohemia, and within a short
time after several deaths had occurred
within the immediate 2.2inity each
victim being left with the characters
tic vampire marEs upon the neck
which consisted OF blueish raised
wound directly over the left jugular
vein. Having been suspected of being
murony during life. the deceased
herdsman was OF course, given the
credit OF causing all this mischief; the
locks were beginning to die off at a rap
id rate-a misfortune also accorded to
the grave of the lead herdsman was
opened preparatory to exercising the
vampire, although he had lain in the
ground nine weeks, he sat bolt up
right in the coffin, and with placid
smile confessed that he was vampire
and that he was keeping himself alive
on the blood of those with whose muir
der he was charged: he cursed the
villagers for disturbing him. and
openly defied them to prevent him
from making his midnight raids. A
large stake was then driven through
the coffin and the body of the herds
man far into the solid earth. This
being done the vampire thanked them
ironically and then closed his eyes as
If in sleep. Phe grave was then re.
filed and several tons of stones piled
upon it and guard set to wait devel-
opments. That very night Blows
vampire was again abroad in the viii
lage. and besides killing three of his
tormentors, sadly depleted the herds
near the graveyard. The following
day the grave was again opened, the
body dismembered and burned in
plain sight of all the villagers and
people of the surrounding country.
Blood is said to have gushed from the
corpse. and frightful cries and curses
to have issued from the lips OF the
vampire while these superstitious bar
barians were separating the limbs
from the body.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-10-02
Keep Moving.

dislike TO hear that n man has re-
tired from business, says Rev. Myrop
w. Reed, unless l hear at the same
time that he has taken TO travel Or
something that will keep body and
mind on the move. Never wait for
Death, simply be ready for him.
Occupy till come" says the Lord.
i am an eight hour man. No more,
and no less. Make it compulsory up
on men and women, and at once we
will have a happier world. Did you
ever hear a stone cutter enquire, lis
life worth livingp" His wages are
enough, his appetite is good, his
sleep is sweet. The question lis life
worth living?" is only asked by two
one an overworked toiler and the other
some idler some prince of Denmark
with nothing to do. If he had worked
himself tired and gone TO sleep he
would have seen no ghost. But he
prowled around at midnight and made
himself and others q great deal of
trouble. l read with delight The
Cotter's Saturday Night" 1t is n
picture of rest and content. The
children are all at home. That Satur-
day night has been preceded by six
days of solid work; otherwise those
children would all want to go some
where.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-10-02
IustL Like Some People.

A story comes from across the water
that a young lady in an English church
accidentally let her handkerchief fall.
BY repeatedly STOPPING to reach it
furtively she attracted the notice Of a
gentlemen in the pew behind, who
thought she was about to faint. With
the best of motives, therefore, he took
her gently under the arms and raised
her up, greatly to her surprise. AS
she tried to release herself another
gentleman went to his assistance, and
before the lady knew what was the
matter they were moving her out into
the aisle, and, indeed carried her into
the vestibule before she could recover
from her establishment sufficiently to
find words for protest The finale, of
course, was ludicrous in the extreme.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-10-02
SHOES AND LACES.
They Were Looking for Customer and
Took Much for Granted.

They Were Looking for n Customer and
Took Much for Granted.
The store had only been open a day
or two and the clerks were sitting
around with practically nothing to do.
They hadn't sold shoe in three hours
NOT because they weren't willing and
even anxious, but because the great
Chicago public seemed to have all the
shoes it wanted. says the Tribune.
The windows had been dressed
twice during the afternoon. and the
proprietor said he'd have them ''dress-
ed" again If it were necessary to Sc
cure customer.
Suddenly a man entered. He was
well dressed, and he came in in bust
ness-like way. Instinctively the pro-
prietor and the two clerks glanced al
his feet. The shoes were shabby.
There was hole in one of them. aSd
they evidently hadn't seen any black
ing for several days They contrasted
strikingly with his clothes.
The proprietor and his two clerks
hurried forward
Pm in somewhat of hurry" said
the man, giving quick glance around
the shop.
Yes, sir. We can fit you out in no
time. sir" said the proprietor, waiv-
ing the clerks back.
Il wear a rather peculiar shoe -
continued the man. 1T has a high
top"
Yes sir. All right sir" said the
proprietor.
Second shelf to the left" suggest
ed one of the clerks.
What size?" asked the other.
Hurt my leg once. you know" ex-
planned the customer ''and the high
tops are necessary"
He pulled up one of his trousers
legs and showed high topped shoe.
I'VE keep EN- said the proprietor
''All right" I was afraid you didn't.
| want a pair of laces long enough foI
them.
The two clerks suddenly had bust.
ness in the back part Of the store. and
the proprietor Hoped down on q
bench.
Willie" he called TO a boy who
was opening boxes. get the gentle.
man pair Of long shoe laces."
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-10-02
QUITE READABLE.

Over 500 patents have been granted by
the United States Patent Office on electric
storage batteries and their details.
A woman who solicited aims at an ele
waited railroad station in New York ont
night received S37l9 in thee hours
The fact was brought out in police court
The Connecticut parsou who was said "a
own a Shanghai rooster that could sing
the doxology has been so pestered by dime
museum managers that he has had to de-
nounce the story as fowl lie.
Human life is valued as that of an ami
mails in some parts of the world. In On
tario dog killed a sheep, the owner of
the sheep killed the dog, and the owner OF
the dog killed the owner of the sheep.
A French bookseller reports that his.
torians are gaining ground over the novel;
lists as favorites with readers, and the
Publishers Circular of London confirms
this TO the extent of saying that novels do
not sell as well as they once did.
Charles Day, of Grand Rapids, Mich, is
suffering under Authorization that he is
hypnotized and is under the influence Of
some unknown person, and at certain
times performs all manner of odd tricks
without having the power in himself to
stop it.
There is a Chicago ordinance that no
vehicle can be run on the Chicago boule-
wards unless there be a lady on board.
Hence the new company organized to run
Columbian coaches ON these thoroughfares.
say they win have a lady conductor on
each vehicle, so as not to run the risk of
violating the law.
Frederick Baily fought in the English
army against jackson and was wounded at
New Orleans in 1915 and afterward he en-
tered the Prussian army, participating in
the great campaign of that year against
Napoleon. He is now heard from in his
retirement in an English town because he
has reached the age of 100
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-10-02
DREAMS.

dreamed had hard words with you
Last night, dear love, know not why;
Some trivial word or act of yours
Had reused my anger, and when
Awoke at lastmy heart and brain
We're snarting with the wrong and pain.
dreamed your eyes-those tender eyes
Looked coldly, sternly, into mine,
And in the accents of your voice
Was no oenciliating sign.
And yet tbs strange l do not know
What twas that chafed and vexed me so.
Forgive me, Lowell i had forgot;
Dreams are as treacherous as our joys,
And, dreaming, l remembered not
That for three years your blessed voice
Had silent been, and daisies white
Had hid your sweet eyes from my sight
American Cultivator
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-10-02
ue Can Afford IL.

In his time Lord Byron scorned the
'lords and ladies" of England, and
that country has really never forgiven
him. An item from London says:
Sixty years ago the world couldn't
find means enough TO do honor to the
memory of Lord Byron; to-day scarcely
fifty people visit his grave in the
course of a year. But Byron can stand
that sort of neglect better than the
people. The man who wrote ''Childe
Harold" is secure against times
decay"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-10-02
The Reverse.

Formerly it was impossible for re-
cruiting agents to find farmers sons
willing TO join the army. Now tho
reverse is true. The present depres-
sion in the agricultural industry is
doubtless the cause.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-10-02
"PIDfn@ HOt.o

This expression, according to a
dictionary published in 1888, is taken
from the custom OF a bakers blowing
his pipe or horn in villages to let the
people know his bread is just drawn,
and consequently hot and light
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-10-02
Two Falls.

The Somcrville Journal says: A
woman can always understand why a
man should fall in love with her, bat
she finds it diiLcult TO explain why kc
zhould fall out.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-11-17
The South Bound Railroad,

The mail service of the South Bound
railroad will be put in operation by the
government November Is. Tho mails
which heretofore went to oSavannahfrom
Columbia and vicinity via the Port
Royal and Western division of the Cen
tral will be turned to the South Bound,
because an immense saving of time
will result. 1t will not be at all i'm
profable II the Augusta mail Is sent by
the' ,uth Bound for the same reasc n.
Instead OF arriving in Savannah in the
afternoon, as is now the case, it would
get there at IL 30 o'clock in the morn
ing. The morning trains each way will
carry the mails. The express companies
have already transferred their business
to the South Bound. The distance
from Savannah to Augusta by the Mag
nolia route is 1913 miles, while by the
Central is 1872. The rate there until
Nov. 20 is $50 for the round trip.
After that date the Central's rate of
1886 will be met by the South Bound
and the Central will meet the South
Bounds Columbia rate of $497. South
Carolina allows railroads to charge 4
cents mile for passengers, but the
South Bound has adopted 315 cents as
its standard. 1t Is now making con-
nections at Columbia for the north
with the Richmond and Danville. Gen
eral Freight and Passenger Agent Bah
bitt says that the South bounds earn.
ings, both in freight and passenger
traffic so far have been highly satisfac-
tory. and the outlook for steady in
crease In this direction is very promis.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-11-17
There'd be Il Fight Then.

SANTIAGO, Chilli, Nov. 6.-Newspa-
peis here haye for several days been
publishing wild stories about con-
spiracy formed among the refugees at
the American legation to kill General
Canto. Notice was circulated to-day
calling for meeting OF the people In
the plaza, to deEounce the conspiracy.
Egan, the United States Minister, in
formed the Junta that threats had been
made to attack the United States lega-
ton and capture the refugees, and he
warned the Junta that it would be held
responsible for such action. Later in
the day several thousand men assem-
hled in the plaza and applauded several
incendiary speeches in which the sup.
posed conspiracy and the United States
legation were denounced. The Junta
upon receiving Egan's letter, sent a
troop of cavalry to guard the United
States legation, and as the meeting in
the plaza closed, the Intendente pub
llshed notice saying that the stories
OF conspiracy were devoid of founda-
tion. Serious trouble was doubtless
averted by this notice.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-11-17
Guides Commit suicide.

VICTORIA, b. c., Nov. 6.--The steam
er Sussex, just arrived from Japan,
brings word that live English naval Of
ficers on leave, met with Americans
all brothers-named Casileton, from
Philadelphia, and together formed a
plan to climb to the top of the Fujio,
Yami, sacred mountain of Japan TAX
ing with them rockets and few fire.
works, which they intended to explode
when they reached it. Having secured
two guides they started ON their jour
ney. from among a group Of astounded
natives OF tho village of Katusho on
the west side Of the mountain. The
guides at the end of two days signilied
their intention of committing suicide
IL the party did not turn back, and find
ing their threats had not the desired eff
feet, cody walked in front of the tour
lists and each with the stroke of sharp
knife disembo weled himself before
their Mortified eyes. Both died instant
ly, and the.youngest of the Castleton's, 8,
a boy Of 18, Immediately pulled out a
revolver and blew out his own brains.
Sickened by this fearful scene, the rest
OF the party turned back and descended
the mountain,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-11-17
An Insolent Speech.

CINCINNATI, Nov. 5.-The Times
Stars Canton, Ohio, special says Major
Mckinley said to-day, speaking of the
Ohio elections:
81 am convinced that the Judgment
OF our citizens does not approve the
constant agitation of the tariff issue in
face of the fact that it can accomplish
nothing. 1t must surely be apparent
to all alike that the conditions, without
which effective legislation is impossi-
BILE, do not exist. The Repr blican SEN
ate and Republican President are bull
Warks against which the free trade
forces dash powerless, and, with no i'm
mediate prospect of a change in these
conditions, the only result of continued
agitation is to disturb business and re-
tard the enterprises which the new law
Is designed to encourage. In spite of
all the bill is working its way, and
from being on the defensive year ago
we are now on the aggressive. When
business Is already good our people will
not long tolerate movements which dis.
turb it in the face of the condition
have named, and you will find that Re-
publicans and Democrats alike will
call d halt on men whose stock in trade
Is not fair, square argument, but Jug
Cling misrepresentations Ohio has
gone Republican and l accept the re-
suit as indicating that this State stands
by the Republican party with full faith
In its protective principles as em-
bodied in the tariff law, and more than
this, Ohio stands. as she always has, in
favor of full dollar and sound cur.
rency."