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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-01-23
SOUTHERN "ARIsTocRAcv."

4 Popular Superstition Priclsea - Rics,
Planters Of l'lcbeian Origin.
II is the favorite theory of political
writers that there was in 1860 distinct
difference between northern and
southern character, arising out of the
fact that the dominant element in the
north has descended from the Puritan,
and in the south was descended from
the Cavalier. 1t is now established
that no such difference of origin can
be. proven. The Virginian and the
Maryland planters, the New Jersey
Quakers and the Connecticut and Mass
same elias. in ESslEftI fhe elements
chiefly represented in al the colonies
at the time Of their foundation were
the intelligent yeomanry. and small
land owners. The aristocrScy of which
the south boosted 20 much was not de-
.cended from the younger or the older
sons of Englishmen Of rank: it was
made mp of the sons and Es,andsons and
Of those planters who
were the first by their shrewdness and
energy to acquire large landed estates.
The climate had brought about some
changes, and in the south there had
been developed class of small land
owners. the so-called poor whites, who
had but little improved during the
century previous to the CIVIL war. Tho
original bases of the white population
were, however, the same.-AlberS
Bushnell Hart, in New England Mag
a7inc. -
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-01-23
" "GOOD.BY Z"

1oey pess upcn the crowded street
AND part anG part; with tireless feet
rhey sta2d and stand. their agile tongues
Props slled by potent, active lunca
Ihey kiss. they part; they backward ~
40 KISS and part and say: '1sood-by:~
well. ROod-by:'' Good by ~ .y3ood.hvp
We'll. sobdbyr'
The engine puffs, the whistle blova
ANA 70 and fro the truckman goes,
Al "Ail sbosrd!" the trav'lers rush
Except the two that ever gush.
And kiss and part and kiss ana cry
ADove all other roars: Good -by.-
Well good-oy.' Good ~ Good bv -
Well good-by."
With cultured pitch or common bavl
~ church or market hut or hall
Al least or funeral. still are heard
Ine pair Who speak one more last word
And start and wait and amplify
Their parting with swell, good. .by."
Well good-by:' Good by,- Good by r.
well, good-by.''
And Oh! when night comes dropping down
with gentle touch 70 hush the town
There's yet no respite; for below
Herchance It's Bridget and her bcan
Or dainty Kate and hers. who Sigh
10 part and wait and say: "Good-by:"
We'll, good-by." .1;ood-by." Good by ~
We'll good-by."
-Elmira Gazette.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-01-23
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

although France has long been q
peace. the funded debt Of the comtry
has grown during the past ten yetrs
from eight hundred and fifteen millions
TO over thousand millions sterling.
"A traveller ON the Ivory coast. West
Africa, says that for three kegs of pow
der and rifle he can buy . young
woman; that the sale Of girls il Is
common as that of any other merchan-
disc; that women live in condition Of
complete slavery, and he adds incident
ally that he had twenty-one women In
the caravan carrying baggage. .s'.~
-Fraulein Won Chauvin has the nost
perfect collection of butterflies in all
Germany, and although an invalid. has
made valuable discoveries I'M eonpec-
tion with plant and animal lie. which
reputation as q naturalist So thor
oughly does she understand the ways
of animals that she keeps . large avisry
in which birds and animals Of naturally
hostile disposition live together in har-
mony.
The greatest heiress In Rome at the
present moment is the eiehteen-yeaf.
old Princess Maria Barberina- COlonna,
who will bring to her future husband
not only fortune of ten million dol
lars, but also the title of prince of Pal-
estrini, duke of Castsl vecchio. the
hereditary priorship of the order of St
John of Jerusalem, and the hereditary
rank of lieutenant-general Of the papal
forces. She is the only child of the late
Prince Henri Barberini, the last male
representative Of the great Baiberini
family. fv+.g -tf'.s s
M. Raspail has lately called ateen.
tion. in the Geological Society Of
France, to the serious dimipution of
birds in that country through destruc-
ton of their nests. Some insectivOr-
ous species arc becoming very rare,
while the ravages. Of parasites on use.
full plants are extending. Boys.- Of
course. do great deal of the mischief;
and Of the various animals which At
tack nests (the squirrel. the hedgehog.
the dormouse. the magpie, etc) u.
Raspall regards the cat rs the worst
offender. Hsf
-POStmaster-Gcneral Wanamaher's
elaborate house mail box is found IN
England in primitive form, in which
the postman not only presses the but
ton. but does the rest. Every well-or-
dered house has slit in the front door
and knocker. in addition to the bell,
II there be one. The postman, after
pushing the mail through the slip from
which it falls into o box on the inside
Of the door, knocks twice. A distrib- 1
utor of advertising knocks once. The
consequently knows who's
dat knockin' at de do" and pays no at
tentiOn il there be no one at home to
whom to deliver the mail. In the lat
ter event, unobtrusive Americans who.
with the etiquette of the
kn0cker. content themselves with .
single. or. at most, . double zap. have
70 rap again before the door is opened.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-01-23

The child's skull was laid bare in
front Two tracks were cut from lit.
tie above the base ior top) Of the noss
up and over to the back Of the head.
One Of these tracks was cut on each
side. the surgeon explained. because il
would give equal expansion to the two
sides OF the brain, and because it would
cause death to cut through the middle
of the top of the head, where lies
''thc superior longitudinal sinus" lie
left, therefore. the solid track of bone
through the middle. and cut two grooves
or tracks Of bone, one on either side.
where nature (when she does not make
. mistakc) leaves soft or yielding edges,
BY which the normal skull expands
to fit the needs Of the brain within.
- The trench made displaced or cut
away one-quarter Of. an inch Of solid
bone all the way from near the base Of
the nose to the back of the head. In
the middle Of the top Of the head on
each side crosswise cut was made,
and one inch of bone divided. Another
cut was made on either side. slanting
toward the ears This was one and q
half inches long. The surgeon then
tendcrly inserted his forefingers. pressed
the internal mass loose from the bones
where it adhered. aud.pushed the bones
wider apart This process widencd the
trenches to one inch.
The wound was now dressed with
the wonderfully effective new ascptics,
and the flesh and skin closed over.
Tho operation had taken an hour and
q half. There was little bleeding.
The baby was, Of course, unconscious
during the entire time. Oh, the bles-
sings Of anasthetics! And now comes
the wonderful result Of this bold and
radical but tender and humane opera
ton. 'rlr. f
The baby rallied we'll. In three days
it showed improved intelligence. In
eight days this. improvement was
marked. From q creature that sat
listless, deformed. and unmindful of all
about it, it began to 'take notice, like
other children. From an 1T" il had
been transformed into ''he." It had
been given personality. It ale and
slept fairly well.
On the tenth day the wound was ex-
posed and dressed It had healed. or
united by first intention" as the doc
tors say; and again one can but ex-
claim: 'Oh, those wonderful aseptic
dressings! 1t had united without sup
puration. 1t was q clean wound, clean
ly healing.
One month after the operation the
feet and hands had Strengthened out.
aud lost their jerky, aimless move
ments. The child is. now a child. II
acts and thinks like other children,
laughs and coocs and makes glad the
hearts Of those who love it.-Helen II.
Gardener. in Harper's Magazine.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-01-23
"A WORD FoR the SHARK.


II laas a0ss0. Tine of &c. 1aks lt Yea<
IN a9d Yeas. Oat.
As n il 3 source of wonder how tl,a
fheS manages to exist in the sand ysI16era
his CHANCES Of obtaining . meal may
not occur once in . lifetime, So natur-
alists are puzzled as to how the sharf
maintains himself. The ocean r wide
and. the number of men who fan over
board small indeed in comparison 70 IT
area The vast proportion of the
sharkA then, must 60 through theiR
lives without remote chance OF OBJ
tanning q meal at the expense of the hu-
man kind There is no ground for THE
soppOeiti0u that the shark can live upon
air. liz, is not. like the whale. provided
with an apparatus that enables him
% sweep nP che tiny Inhabitants of the
sesA Ueis too slow in swimming, aAs
infinitely too slow in turning, TO catch
any fish that did not deliberstel ARiD
into hi0 mouth; and unless we suppooe
thai asst j. said Of the snake. he exer.
cises magnetic influence over fish and
enHses them to rush headlong to de-
sractionI between his jaws. It is impos-
sible to imagine how he obtains suf.
ticient supply Of food for his sustenance.
Indeed, It would appear that it is only
when he gets the good luck to Light
upon a dead or badly injured fish t1aA
the Alfnrle HAS 'ever the oppoftuniN Of
ualsing a really square meal His kro-'
longcd fasts certainly furnish an an6ple
explanation and excuse for his alleGeA
SavaGery Of disposition.
Man himself, when driven to dire.
traits by hunger, has often resortcd to-
the hideous expedient Of .cannibalism,
sn6rit Is not for him to- afIect indignae
tOn nt the unscrupulOusness Of st1s7s
ng shark. The immemorial eoQnitys
bet~eeh man and the snake on Lard =
wen lcss bitter and deep-seat& lhana
hat which the seaman c&1l6Aoa
sgainst the shark. In this caS hon.
ser, it is onc-sided, everythinlpaa
ing 10 the fact that. 50 far from having
any Hostile feeling for man. the sharle
has an excessive liking for him. 1t Is a
unjust To charge the shark with hostil-
ity toward man rs i would be to accuse
(, man of a savage animosity against
the OK or the sheep. He is food to be
.atch, that is all; and man. the almost
universal devOurer, is the last who 10
entitled 10 blame the shark ON this
yrOdnd. d.-London Standard.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-01-23

7" What can I do for your

4 SVss sueu my oelSnooFo 3V0o0o o000h
my ear.
"'what can I do for your
Mechanically, following bat the i'm.
pulse that had brought me up there.
told him of my trials and tribulations,
! due to his incessant piano playing In
the evening.
when had ended the man looked
n me with the expression of . hunted
dog whose last refuge is about to b
taken from him. He nodded his head.
Yes, yes he said, with a voice that
seemed full of unwept tears. I might
have known it. Somebody was sure tO
object And as hastily intezposesi
some remarks intended TO make ny In
trusion less painful to him, this neigh
Dor of mine with the sod mien slowly
turned his face to the light SO that
could study the features furrowed by
sorrow, notice the hair on the temples
and how it began to wax thin and gray
despite his thirty 1--WE yearA
"'You are quite right As mnr-
INJURED 4 know what good pl& ying
means, for my wife-she played well
and I've often enough listened to her
to know. Not that she was . per
feet performer. She generally only
played simple tunes. those that speak
to and touch the heart. But she played
them SO well and with so much tlseling.
Il saw tear in the mans eye.) But
what am to do? You see. am at the
bank all day long. Tile il cashier il
it) When my work is over I 60 home
Often have I meant to go To the thea
ter or some concert, or to On en-
tertainment 1T the house of . friend.
But cannot 1t is impossible These
rooms. the scene of our brief happiness.
draw me rs with hooks of steel. can.
not resist And what should do else.
where? The thought of my poor wife
follows me everywhere. And here
see her. feel her presence, And that
consoles me for her loss. That, too, has
driven me to the piano-her piano. II
know next to nothing of music. 1t is
true. But when I sat down ON he,
stool foe the first time and looked
through her sheets Of music the ire
sistible desire came over me 70 try and
play her favoritc pieces - those she
played SO well and which recall her
most vividly to me-and I've done It. !: /
play them. learned how without o|
teacher-iusensibly, BY degreca just
trusting to my poor knowledge of the |
notes and to my memory. I suppose-ip
TACT knOw-it must sound horrible t
others. especially neighbcrs, this. play.
ing of mine. But Il Is such happiness
TO me. l see her again, gracefully
bending over the piano and nodding r
me. giving me one of her sweet glanceA
And that is why I am playing at thiG |
piano during my leisure hours in the |
evening"
There was silence in that axsum. /
Then l rose. shook the hand of the |
man whom I had, m hour ago. wished |
n hades. and stole away. And now-1
hat is the queerest thing Of all -hh
no longer disturbs me at my
work. In fact, it inspires me. I sup.
nose a part of the fancies that come
'ver him are shared by me. and shall
iever disturb him agsin."
''Well" said Simpson. who had
cspicious moisture in his left his
weak, eye. that shows that even the
'iano is good for something. Let's go'
Chicago Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-01-23
WONDERFUL sSURcERY.

An Operation Cnheard Of In the Annals Of
Can you Shink of an operation that
would; creats . mind? Can you con-
eeive Of the meaning to humanity of .
discovery that would transform . con-
genital imbecile into ra1iOnal being?
Such an operation was the one I was
privileged tossee.
The patie,.t was . child about one
year old. OF good parentage and of
healthy bodily growth aside from the
fact that its skull was that of new
born child. and it had hardened and
solidified into that shape and size. Tho
soft spot" was not there. and the
sutures or eeams of the skull had
grown fast and solid. 90 that the brain
within was crampcd and compressed by
its unyielding bony covering.
The body could grow-did grow-but
the poor little compressed brain. the
director of the intelligent and volun-
tary actions :of the body. was kept at
its first estate. Even worse than this,
its struggle with its bony cage made's
pressure whsch caused distortion and
simless or uHmeaning movement The
arm and leg }urned in, in that helpless,
pathetic way that tells Of imbecility.
In short, thu baby was . physically
healthy limb ,cile-the most pathetic
object on this sad earth. Upon exam
ination. the surgeou, gentle, sweet
ncturest man; whose enthusiasm for his
profcssion-fDr the relief Of suffering
makes him !he object Of devotion of
many 70 whom he has given life and
health, and the inspirer and
final .appedl for many . broth
er prsctiones. discovered what he
believed b be the trouble.
Led By that most uncommon Of all
things; comnion-sense. he believed that
this little within Of natures mistake
might be chaqged from . condition far
worse than death to one Of comfort for
itself, sad to chose who now looked up
ON il oNly in anguish of soul.
After explaining to the parents and
the surgeons who had come to witness
the wonderful experiment flor. after
al. at this stSge it was but m expert
ment based npon eommon-sense) that
Il might fail; latter modest and simple
statement Of his reason for undertaking
50 dangerousssn operation. with NO pre-
cedent before him; after explaining
that tAs pare;,ts fully understood that
MT 70 Nv il 3aeant hopeless idioey. and
that the trisl might mean death-he |
began the 4ork. 4 viii try TO tell
what u was in language that b not
scientidc. and may seen - those ac-
customsd 70 surgical terms inadequate
aod untearuid: bat 70 thOse who are
n6e technical medical seadents b.
lisve tie leae eecacieal language VIII
y ~ tsssrse
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-01-23
sI.s Of the U.lss4l state. sspassr.

Statistics gathered by the United
States 9Uvernment In the latter part Of
:s0Q show that the enlisted soldiers of
the United States army vary in height
from . minimum Of four feet nine
inches 70 . maximum Of six feet four
snd half ineheA The giant Of the
army j. serving in the department Of
Arizona, and the dwarf in the depart
thset of.the Missouri In weieht the
range il even greater than Il il in height,
the minimum being ninety-seven
pounds and the maximum two hundred
and eighty; the average throughout the
srmy being one hundred and flfty-thrce
,and ons-half. and the average height
five feet seven inches. The youngest
soldier enlisted b sixteen years II age;
the oldest aiSty-six. the averaes bein9
about thirty yearA During our war
NTH MEXICO Gen Taylor's ao0mand
Toasted . soldier Of seven feat one and
e half inches in height and 90 Of sev.
enty-souF years Of ga-CAiesgo Ttib.
s.nP.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-01-23

-On the Mangishlak peninsula, in the
Caspian sea, there are i've small lakeA
One OF them Is covered with salt crys-
tails strong enough to allow man and
beast to cross the lake on foot; another
i - round - . circle. spd ol Q leYely
yoee esloR
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-01-23

LOT the may eurioua customs
which mark Brittany a an esrPcially
interesting Aeld for the traveller h the
one relating to marriage. At The cldse
Of the wedding ceremony the bride
groom gives the bride . boz on the ear.
saying: THAT u how IL feels when
yoa make me vexed." after which he
kisses hsr adding: ''ArS thsis when
ycu Wsss us well"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-01-23

oh. Vsnity.-Tom-"You ssy you
have succeeded in casting from yor,
mind all feelings Of pride?" Jack
"Yes, that il the truth. exactly, and ]
an proud at last 70 y olle Is saEjts
|-ventee Blode
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-01-23

@. @.xW.-NO.
1.1eAxINo A11o4 SAVING aeossex.
tl:v.p,,- 7.z< c.s.s.s.s -
II &b&7tHss d Ds.ss
1 sIt does not yeq(Ire . gsnius TO ~ ~
money. T1eeelfmpleAion Of we..s"
b, .ftcr an = sesy 1ntser. It 60
!. not requiso edaeltida. ding o. -
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i nothias % do esny = ~ - a. =
woDan may. bee shy, y :..o. ns
chs besias sEisAk ppporsunlus.
for gathesin& Tie na pllar are ~
uumsso1s IN thaofu1ai. But tnels
aso certain fun1n1noA1 4nles that mss
beossyed. So -
lies 6esl I'D a give yoa no
better-ss5Ap ,tkan thl given by poor
RiehaTsi: h6ave som BhinR each day
No matteShow little you earn" Cuiti.
! va>6 thrifty hDnAL Mako your toll
coSAt fok an ~ can Away: .ave
s. 3 IS ~ d .%sns Fl II yea
do this wiaely. your money viii bee,n
% sccemoAate' s!eoie' ."u ;,,;S,,.
years pernaP@ you may : '''--
x.. ,orr for.
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hesr m.d: !. r.., ..t.s. % ' ,b.n ~, ~
scr;d [ -sS ssts.... - - -. H. AZ | Sr.s
mortgage "a In u>1e cases out Of
ten. ssfe. Dut take advice ON the
s..biect before you invest Go TO sone
good conservative sman and get his
:. ..r<s aDusx ee1v nc '"e s.l.o cOu' ~
or bonds o rnifwav shares. In fact
should urge, before you invest . penny,
that Won uct The h..H crnrs.l IN tHe
:rb;est - 81 voS IN t.k;no ths, r,eht
CONF =.
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rcnr fort,n. ,,v rs;r,ss,;n. ,o,,~ -.
fits. -
efA.m.. who h.a o.iv h-rA-a
dollars left ont Of 4 fortune called ono
day q . banking house and asked 10
see sne manager. VINO was man on
conservative mind AID fully acquainted
WITH tae best and most proatsels IN
'es.. %,
notes: - Z 1Ale - -
Use l.(e ~ - EDz
goine - 8
OF S4e -. opo
dress with you, - - -
kn0w "hss yoa 40 -
Inc man walked ous end was 14s,
seen again Tor many months H.
money was 1udiciously invested on his =
CARTE blanche Ort1eP and heUnn Ho -.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-01-23

The. death Of Cayetapo. the fsmoua
Spanish torrero. renlldds M Of ! mas.
si6eent fsaswhich he onco performeS
not in the, arena. hqt oqt il the country
near Ssragsssa on an eltate whore I
was visiting st the time. He was strnlL
ing across . meadow WITH . eounIn ~
friends when their -9ssentiou wsa -
'ttscted y IN ola Ind infuriated bsSI
which was galloping toward them vi4s
lowered head ana esec4seail Cavet.,~
had NO weapon. not even . cane; but -
seized . dust coat which one q n.
friends was carrying Over his A.. a.
soon as the bull got close Is them c..
etsno bade his coshfAni0A6 make ~.
escape while he engaged the animeIs
attention Using tie e6at q : een,.
be drove tlss hill crazy with fury. sts,,'
ping aside with .thA deitaet aeility g
eech Of the animals e6aIxes. n -.
manner he caused iSS SulI % -
sharply in the h5dl1 ~ his onv...s
rushes. until finally an. osainou, -.
was heard and thS6Mf Ssll IN : -
Vim itg baekbone broken b che sudder
wrench il had been givqn b IL anL
malls abrupt swerve. III =
and diAscult fest oA' 'Shsspart q -
reros. and il was psobsbly yeke Arst -.
tkxS Il mad been peF1UgMgd oot q -
srens. IN. y. Beeorder.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-01-23
PlayIne cara f1xurSi.

Few people know the significance Of
the figures in playing cards In o:den
times hearts represented ''choirmen~
or ecclesiastics. and the early cards of
that suite have cape which in form
resembled heart The spade was
originally pikchead. typifyinx the
nobility of the soldiery. The artisans
were represented by stone tile. now
known as a diamond. Farmers were
represented by trefol or clover Leaf,
now called q club. The four kings
were originally David. Alexander,
Cesar and Charlemagne, representing
birth. fortitude, p;cty and wisdom.
The knaycs were either knights ~
servants to kuights.-Chicaeo Times.