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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-03-28


It is not difficult to imagine that the
Goddess of Liberty smiled gently and
indulgently rs they made their way up
the walk 70 the Capitol. And when
they entered the hall where the whis-
pering gallery il the sight-seers all
seemed to pause Is if they had heard
Cupid flap his wings. The points of in
terest didn't seem to attract them much,
and at last they found . cozy nook BE-
hind in . corner where the crowd could
not jostle them, and where they were
safe from even the stare of the stair.
ways marble eyes.
Darling" he whispered. I'VE are at
last alone. You have told me often,
but want to hear it again. Tell me
that you love me-"
Her lips parted, but rs he awaited
her reply there came the words in Q
hoarse, british voice:
"You can bet your life do"
They looked once into each others
startled faces and Ned.
They had struck the whispering gal.
lery and there was IN audience at the
other end of the line.-WashinRto
Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-03-28

To measure corn In cFib-multipay the
length in inches by the breadth in
inches, and that again by the height in
: inches and divide the product BY s,47s-
the number of cubic inches in . heaped
bushel-and the quotient win be the
number of heaped bushels in the crib.
that is of corn ON the cob. II the crib
is Aaring at the sides proceed to get the
dimensions by the rule for measuring
land, given in previous article. This
will give the average height and breadth
and length, then proceed to divide -
with the square or straight crib-Farm.
Field and Stockman.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-03-28
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Stanley refused his autograph - th'
eutograph-collecting pages Of tn
United States Senate.
-Sar1ou Is ap advocate Of cremation
He says: Burned! Burned! It will a1
ford me great pleasure to be burned"
Scott received H27o e.. ~ his shar'
OF profits Of the Lay" and then h
sold the copyright for e500. As many
as a, 900 copies were disposed Of befor>
1880, when the edition Of his work.
with biographical introduction was pre-
pared.
The late General Terry was ono oa
the few civilian commanders who w0r
the respect and admiration Of the West
Pointers. That Is to say, his soldierly
qualities were SO pronounced and effect
i've that his lack Of military educatios
was never spoken Of to his disparage.
ment.
1t is said that once . certain person
asked Robert Browning a. to the mean
ing of onnnu( his poemA Tho poet
started to explain and said its meaning
was 20 and 50. Then he stopped eE
planning and said: 81 am not certain
what l meant. Ask the Browning 20
ciety. 1t knows"
To-day Stanley looks like . flne,
dashing English General, white-haired
and with the warmth of tropical climea
in his face-a General still in middle
life-and good for . dozen moro cam.
paigns- His manners arc grave dis
tinguished, and he has the air of com.
mand, which is not astonishing, for he
is born commander.
The Home Reading Union has mors
than 5000 members scattered about the
world. some of them in Turkey. They
take certificates, not of knowledge ac-
quired, but of books read, and the
courses of reading which the union a.
ranges seem to be very pleasurable ex-
ercises rs well ~ productive Of IN &C
quaintance with the best things IN En-
glish literature.
Miss Lillian Baird, aged nine years,
is becoming famous rs the youngest
problem composer in the world. She
has fine instinct for chess, which has
been cultivated by much practice and
an hereditary talent for problem COM
posing. Her first problem, composed
before she was eight, has been printed
in about twenty chess columns in En-
gland, Germany and America!
Great care has to be taken now
about Queen Victoria's movements
Not only are stairs ascended backward
and very slowly with the ebony stick
In constant demand, but even in her
own apartments Her Majesty moves
about rs little ~ possible. An alert
devoted Scotchman il her personal az
tendant and Is never out Of the hearing
of the little table-gong which the Queen
strikes whenever she requires his serv.
ICES. Her Majesty does not walk . sin
gle yard unnecessarily.
-Rudyard Kipling ID not yet five and |
twenty. In appearance he is Short
stout, pale-faced, brown-mustached, In |
lian-born man, with keen blue eyes
md . resolute face, on which time and |
Incident have prematurely traced many |
ell-tale marks, though . boyish smile |
It times breaks through his almost |
expression. He wears q
,air Of spectacles with divided lens,
which, together with . scarlet fez, give
linn . somewhat cynical look, and calls !;
himself 1.-THE man who came from mo-
vhere." In manner he Il somewhat
hy.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-03-28

When the ladies ofthe Chinese LeRa-
ton at Washington 60 out on the street
for . walk, they are objects Of univer-
sal attention. says the New York
Ledger. Their poor little feet are
mere scraps, and they can not walk,
but hobble along like cripples, clinging
to . friendly fence or post II they are
jostled, and sometimes tumblinR all to-
gcther like q row of bricks. They
never 60 singly, and rarely extend their
walk beyond sight of their own home.
A servant stands in the front OF the
Legation house-he is an Irishman, by
the way-and keeps . watchful eye On
all their movements % long as they are
in the street They do not walk
abreast lest one should fall and upset
the Others They are ruddy Of cheek,
and bright and pleasant to look upon,
and they appear to be cracking stupend-
GUS Chinese jokes about the passers BY
who stare 1t thom too rudely. These
aristocratic ladies are 50 clumsy, with
their fat hands and little feet, that they
are quite unable to dress themselves,
but require the constant service of .
maid. They appear to greatly enjoy
the freedom Of their American life.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-03-28

1e Has . Prototype n - Ancisas Rooas
Apparatus.

Apparatus.
| When the little instrument known q
. pcdometer was invented, it was sup
posed that its chief practical use would
be the determination Of the distance
traversed by pedestrian or q vehicle. II
appears, however, that its application
to this purpose is by no means trust.
worthy If we may judge from the evil
dence elected in the recent trial Of q
lawsuit in London.
There was q dispute between the
driver OF cab and his passenger as
to the amount of fare payable, the
controversy turning on the question
whether the distance accomplished
did or did not exceed three miles.
An officer Of the court testified that he
had measured the length of street gone
over by the vehicle with q pedometer
which had long been used in the court,
and that he found the distance consid-
crably more than three miles. On the
other hand, the defendant had caused
the ground traversed to be measured
with chain by the superintendent Of
the ordnance survey, who found the dis
tance to be under three miles, The de-
fendant's case was strengthened by the
record OF a second pcdometer, which
also was carried over the ground, and
by which the distance was made only
two and . half miles. Finally,
an expert in pedometers was called
In. who. upon examining the in
strument on which the court had been
accustomed to rely, pronounced it
"shaky." and said that It registered ten
yards too long in every mile.
Notwithstanding this conflict of testi.
mony. the magistrate gave judgment in
favor of the cab-driver, a decision which
has been severely criticised in the Lon
don newspapers. The knowledge, more.
over, that two instruments may vary
more than half q mile in three miles
has not tended to encourage the sale of
pedometers, which are plainly worth
less If not accurate.
1t Is fact not generally known that
the pcdomcter had q prototype in the
''odometer." which was in use
in ancient Rome. The apparatus could
be attached to the wheel of q vehicle,
and by means of its machinery, at the
end of each mile . pebble was made to
fall into bronze receptacle, which was
opened at the end Of the journey. The
odometor is said to have been remark
ably accurate. and il any one could now
rediscover its principle, he would have
a fair chance of winning the prize long
offered by the Paris municipality for .
trustworthy self-acting machine which
will register the number Of kilometers
travcrscd by cabs.-N. Y. Ledger.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-03-28

Germany is the classical land Of sui.
eides and Saxony is its most suicidal
province. To every 1000. 900 of Saxons
there arc 400 suicides, although the rest
of the. empire has an average of only
$50 to 100 to 1000, 900. In Leipsic the
ratio Is the highest in the civilized
world. $50 70 1.000, 900, or 50 more than
In Paris. In London the number per
1.ooo, 900 is IS; in St Petersburg, 100;
IN Berlin. sto; In Vienna, 9ss. In Prus-
sia the number Of suicides increased BE-
tween 1850 and 1879 from l,l36 to A6eo.
In France. fifty years ago. the annual
number Of suicides was l,7So. In 1873
e had increased to 9. .l@4, and In 1855 70
Als7. OF the suicides Of 1883, l,sso were
committed BY men bstween fifty and
dxty years Of age and ~ By men b.
tween 5oEy and 6fty.-Chicago Newa
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-03-28
GOOD SAW HORSE.

J1se the Thlng Needed BY Farmers II
Timber CO1ptrles.
One of the best saw horses I have
ever seen is made of . log six to eight
feet long 4nd eight inches in diameter.
Four legs are put into it with an inch
and-a-half auger and SIX pins set in tho
top in the same manner. These are to
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-03-28

Farmer Yoemsn-Doe., that quiuine
and whsky d0nt do me and my wife
no good The ague has got ahold of
both ON NJ yet
Doetor-Do you take Il accoriing 70
directions? 7S
. FsEmer Yoeman-Yep. Mother takes
The quinine and take Tie whislu.-
ledge.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-03-28
REFERENCE TABLE.

ThingS which Every Wlde-Awake Farmer
Should Remenber.
The following table shows the square
feet and feet square of the fractions of
m arrp.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-03-28
BOARDING THE LION.

A Case where 0an Woo Micro ThAn BQuaA
% Master.
A good story i told Of the general
manager Of one Of the biggest railroads
that run out Of Boston. The gentleman
in question ID . man Of the greatest in
tegrity, but that he II not only blunt
and brusque, but profane - well. i
well known.
A gentleman who had started Q
wooden mill in . town through which
the railroad runs called on Mr.. Blank,
with view TO getting some reduction
In freight rates. for he knew that he
should have occasion to use the road -
. means Of transportation for his wares
, great deal. He found the general
manager in his Office and said, introduc-
ing himself:
II have called 70 see about getting .
reduction in freight rates, Mr.. Blank,
and think ought 70 get IL, for intend
shipping"
'Blankety dash your dog blamed old
freightr' interrupted Mr.. Blank. "Who
wants the double dashed-to-blazes-and-
back-again stun, any way? It's NO use
70 the road, and we don't want the blue
blanhed freight! Nyou can't pay regu-
lar rates you cam"
''Is that so7' inquired the manufact-
urer; and then seeing what sort Of
man he had 70 deal with he continued,
departing altogether from the polite
language he had used at first: ''Who
wants to ship freight over your blim-
whanged old dasA-be-blixzard Of .
whang elanksty railroad any way9
Your cars are nothing but . string Of
ash-all-double-leaded GONNA and
wouldn't trust . blue-strealed. e-pluri-
bus-unum. bsnkety- blue -blimmed cent
with il! You can take The" Here he
was interrupted BY the general man
ager. who calmly and quietly said:
''Sit right down. Mr.. -! Wen talk
this thing over!'' In less than Ten min
utes the manufactures had got what -
wanted. and when he LEFT tie o6ee had
made . friend Of The general manager.
The latter had 1ound . 1saA who could
outswear htm.-Bostoa TEsveller.
A Inssssis1Ass cana
Il h little lard sonstimee to teAeA
small chaldTen 10 b humane. A little
girl stepped puzposely upon . bsaatifnl
caterpillar On tie porch end esuahed it
TO death Her anAt took her n hanA
Dorothy, dear" sed this relaAivs.
holding her byi the arm, don't you-
know thkt God made that caterpfllar7"
"Well," said the >child, looking -
srchly, don't you think He could naks
AnOther oueS'-O6 Ho0satead
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-03-28

An acre of land is contained in .
plot
SxsSk rods.
lxlO
ox20x
1x067
0x9O
oxl7 -
l0xlo
llxll6-ll
l2x1Sx
Capacity of boxes or bins, supposing
them to have sides and ends Of equal
lengths:
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-12-24

The coverings Of the Egyptian num-
mics testify that the linen mentioned
by the most ancient writers was the
product OF the flax plant. The seeds
furnish linseed oil; ami of the residue,
after this is expressed. Is made the
oil cake which is SO extensively used
for feeding and fattening hogs and cat
tie. The Oil cake has IL wonderfully
healing and soothing effect In cases OF
diseases OF the lungs and inlestines OF
domestic animals and is pronounced by
those who have used it us u specific
for the prevention and cure of hog
cholera. From Egyptian mummies to
hog cholera covers u period OF about
four thousand years. We live in an
age OF steam, electricity and wonder.
The only plant that could furnish q
suitable covering for Il dead Egyptian
King, now produces .Oil Cake. - which
fattens our cattle and furnishes u spe-
cific for hog cholera.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-12-24

Syrup

Martinsville, NJ, Methodist Par
sonage. my acquaintance with
your remedy, Boschee's German
Syrup, was made about fourteen
years ago, when I contracted a Cold
which resulted in a Hoarseness and
a Cough which disabled me from
filing my pulpit for a number of
Sabbaths. After trying a Physician,
without obtaining relief cannot
say now what remedy he prescribed
Il saw the advertisement Of your
remedy and obtained a bottle. 1
received such quick and permanent
help from it that whenever we have
had Throat or Bronchial troubles
since in our family, Boschee's Ger
man Syrup has been our favorite
remedy and always with favorable
results. l have never hesitated to
report my experience of its use to
others when I have found them
troubled in like manner" REV.
W. H. HAGGARry,
Of the Newark, New A Safe
Jersey, ME. Confer
ence, April IS, go. Remedy.
GIG. GREEN, Sole Man'fr, WOodbury,N N. ].
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-12-24
GENERAL GRANT
Aioase to His Noble Cha,.,.
Henry Watter.or

ms NOME Character fror,
Henry watterson.
never allowed myself tn moks
MS acquaintance until he had or;..oS
lhe white house. The period Of h;s
political activity was full of nnco,,h
ana unsparing partisan contention IT,
was a Kind OF civil war. had INV d,tv
10 do and did not dare trust mvsait
10 the subduing influence of what 7
was sure must follow friendly relations
oeIween such man as he was and
such man as knew myself to be. In
'his was not mistaken, as the seouel
proved. l met him for the first time
beneath my own vine and fig tree and
happy series of accidents thereafter
gave me the opportunity to meet
MN often and to know him
well. he was the embodiment
OF simplicity, and int egrity and cour.
age; every inch a general. a soldier
aid a man; but in the circum.
stances of his last illness, a figure Of
heroic proportions for the contempla-
ton OF the ages. recall nothing in
history as sublime as the spectacle of
mat brave spirit broken in fortune
ana IN health, with the hand of the
DARK angel clutched about his throa4.
struggling with every breath to hold
the clumsy. unfamiliar weapon with
which he sought 10 wrest from the
Jaws OF death little something for
the support OF wife and children when
he was gone! II he had done nothing
else, that would have made his exit
from the world an immortal epoch.
"A little while after l came home
from the last scene of all / found that
woman's hand had collected the in.
sigma had worn in the magnificent
melancholy pageant-the orders as.
signing me to duty and the funeral
scarfs and badges-and had grouped
and framed them; unbidden, silently.
tenderly; and when | reflected that
the hands that did this were those of
loving southern woman, whose
father had fallen on the confederate
side in the battle l said: The war, in
deed. is over: let us have peace!'
Gentlemen. soldiers. comrades. the
silken folds that twine about us here.
for all their soft and careless grace
are yet as strong as hooks OF steel!
They hold together u united people
and great nation; for. realizing the
truth at last with no wounds to be
healed and no stings OF defeat to re-
member-the south says to the north,
as simply and as truly as was said
1000 years ago in that far away
meadow upon the margin of the mys.
tic sea: Whittier thou goest will go
and where thou lodgest l will lodge
thy people shall be my people. and
thy God my God"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-12-24
THE LOWELL SAFETY.

"A New Bicycle Which the Public Likes.
While thousands within the last decade
have enjoyed the sport OF cycling. the fact
Is nevertheless obvious that many thous.
ands more have been deferred from enjoy.
ing it in consequence OF the high prices de-
manded for really good wheel.
it remained for the John 7. Lowell Arms
Company of Boston 10 change this state of
affairs. 1t was last year that the public first
became aware that there was . new low.
priced safety bicycle OIL the market, wheel
strictly high grade, and equal in every par.
ticular to any manufactured in America or
Europe. AS previous to this all manufac-
turers had charged very large price for
first-class wheel. the John r. Lowell Arms
Company Is therefore the first house that
has ever offered the public such q wheel at
Q price that does not place IL beyond the
reacll of the average persons purse. The
company that man fractures this wheel (the
Lowell Diamond Safety IL one OF the Oldest
of all the man ufacturing AMI mercantile
houses in New England, having been cstah.
lishei in 1910.
Besides being now one of the leading b.
cycle firms in the United States, the John
7. Lowell Arms Company is and has been
for years well.knOwn manufacturer ana
dealer In firearms and sporting goods Of
every description.
ON June IL Of last year, the firm cele-
brated its half-century anniversary. Inc
founder OF this enterprising house. Mr..
John =. Lowell. although over 20 years OF
age. is etill an important and active member
Of this w0rld.famed house.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-12-24
A Strange Case.

A physician in ST. Louis says: Il
recall case OF a young man. person
ally known to me, who had been dumb
for five years. One day he was out
hunting. and in the excitement OF the
chase he yelled with his companions
till the air resounded with the echo
for mile away. After considerable
yelling he surprised his friends by call
ing upon them with perfect articuia-
ton. From that day forward his voice
remained and was as natural as that
of any man in the community. There
are several such cases on record.
though in most OF them. unlike the
one / have mentioned, the cure has
been effected by medical treatment
Electricity is the best and sures' means
by which to bring about the happy re-
suit.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-12-24
THE INTRUDINC TURK.
The Turkish Government an Organized
System of Brigandaye.

The Turkish Government an Organized
System of Brixanda.e.
The Turkey of diplomatists and
map-makers means. not the land OF the
Turk but those lands-Greek, Bulga-
rian, Servian, and Albian-in which
their enemy the Turk is still en-
camped On no spot OF Europe, on no
spot of the coast of Asia, is the Turk
really at home. He is everywhere a
foreign intruder Il burglar who has
thrust himself into the houses OF other
men. While other conquests have in
time changed into lawful possessions
either by the conquerors assimilating
the conquered, or the conquered as
similating the conquerors, the Turk re-
mains as much stranger in Europe
as he was when he first came in, more
than five hundred years back. And
so it must be ever SO long as the
Turk remains Turk; for no MahOm-
etan ruler can, without casting aside
the precepts of his own law. become
what ruler is bound to be towards
the subjects OF other religions. 1t is
his first duty as MahOmetan to keep
men of all other creeds-the Christian
in Europe, the Fire. Worshipper in
Persia, the Hindoo in indian bond
age to the men of the dominant faith.
He therefore cannot reform; promises
of reform made by the Turk are in
their own nature worthless. They are
nowhere carried out unless where the
Turk is afraid to break them under
the eye of more powerful Europeans.
10 talk of Turkish government is
therefore a mere diplomatic conven-
tionality. There is no Turkish gov
eminent" The object of govern
ment" is the protection Of its subjects;
and tina: the Turk does not give. The
so-called Turkish government" is an
organized system of brigandage with
chief brigand called 'sultan" at
its head. Edward Freeman in the
Forum.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-12-24
Good Health Of the Queen.

The queen. it is said. has not been
in such good spirits for years-in fact
according to one more or less high
authority, one OF the ladies at court
expects her Ito be as girlish as the
youngest of u.s." / do not of course.
know how girlish 1.-The youngest OF
U.S. may be, but the interest which her
majesty has lately taken in dramatic
entertainments is, perhaps. n renewal
Of her youth. 1t is just possible that,
in spite of her adherence OF London.
she may yet appear in the royal box
ut the Lyceum or the Haymarke,
theater while she is on the sunny side
OF eighty. London Figaro.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-12-24
a Ribbon Harness.

An English notion OF the moment is
TO tie six inch sash ribbon just be-
low the waist crossing it ut the back
ana bringing it around to the front
just below the bust to finally tie be-
mind in fat bow between the shoul-
'iers and reach in long ends to the hem
OF the dress. OF course. this harness
arrangement is used to relieve an un-
trimmed bodice ana skirt. Sometimes
the ribbons have beaded fringes at the
ends. They should be of stiff satin. -
Exchange.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-12-24

A feeling Of dullness,
languor, and depression means that
your liver isn't doing its part. That
means impure blood, to begin with,
and all kinds of ailments in the
end.
But you can stop them in advance.
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry invigorates the liver, purifies and
cnriches the blood, and rouses every
organ into healthy action. It pre-
vents and cures all diseases arising
from o torpid liver or from impure
blood. Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Bill
iousness, Scrofulous, Skin and Scalp
Diseases - even Consumption { or
Lung-scrofula) }, in it's earlier stages,
all yield to it.
The makers of the "Discovery =
claim for it only what it viii do.
They guarantee that it soiN do it.
If It fails to benefit or cure, in
any case, they'll return the money.
Nothing else that claims to purify
the blood is sold in this way ;
which proves, no matter what
dealers may offer, that nothing else
can be "just as good" Therefore,
don't accept substitute.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-12-24
Another Myth Exposed.

Jabn Fiske says that the word 'vik-
ing should be pronounced to rhyme
with picking" the latest edition OF
Webster still gives the i" Its long
sound. As a matter of fact the word
is grandiloquent lingual fraud.
There is nothing OF the king about
it in reality, and it meant simply a
man who dwelt on vik. or bay. and
made predatory excursions therefrom
"a pirate. in fact. Much OF the ro-
nance attaching to the word is attrib-
utable to Longfellow's lines in the
skeleton in Armor:"
'tShe was princes child.
/ but a viking wild. y