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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-01-30

night-then, II not before. was the No.
BILE work Of this society recognized.
and it received the support Of all the
principal citizens Of Florence. enabling
| it TO enter upon . wider field of useful
ness, which has gone ON widening all
down the centurieA
Its present meeting.place Il not far
from the old one, but instead of cellar
the society occupies an imposing build
ing opposite the campanile Of the
Duomo. and IL includes among the mem-
bers persons Of all ranks. Although con-
stantly enlarging its work as the growth
Of the city requires it. the society does
not relinquish the old traditions of the
house. Amid all the changes and vary
ing fortunes which have nsformed
the city it has retained with surprising
tenacity all the peculiar medieval Gus
toms and practices. The sick or dead
are still carried on the primitive litter
covered with black pail and supported
by four men, and the brethren when ON
duty clothe themselves in the remark
able dress worn by early members Of
the society. .a
The original adoption of this costume
was perhaps necessary as n means Of
disguise, it being thought expedicnt in
those troubled times when any chart
BILE work of this kind was undertaken
to hide alike the identity of Guelph and
Ghibellina. The dress referred to con-
sists of q black gown with q cowl COW
erinX the head; the face is covered also.
a o,>or% ,,roe l,u;vrv 1afI R<>, <ho ovrs sl1,n
brethren when on duty walk as Il keep
ing time to q funeral dirge, and at
night carry torches. which add to their
weird. unearthly appearance. Process
siOns of them may be daily seen march
ing through the streets of Florence.
intent upon some crrand of mercy,
but It is rather startling for . stranger
to unexpectedly encounter one Of these
professions, particularly after night
fall. in one of the winding. narrow
streets in the old quarter of the city.
l believe the society has now about
forty men on duty daily. These name
. director, whose orders are implicitly
obeyed. When needed. they are SUM
moncd bv the toll of their great bell,
when all, however they may be en-
gagged, assemble at q moments notice.
The institution has added other chari-
ties to its earlier ones. and now under
takes to relieve those families who have
been deprived Of theis breadwinner by
illness or death. 1t ala0 gives annually
q certain number Of marriage portions
to young women. This has always
been fsvorite charity with the people
Of Tuscany. During the last terrible
visitation Of cholera in Florence the
services rendered by the brotherhood
were invaluable. So from q very hum
BILE origin grew this society, which be-
came SO celebrated in Florence and has
lasted over six hundred and fifty years.
and to-day is one of the most pictur-
csque fragments of that old medi@val
life remaining to uS-N. Y. Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-01-30

There is q sign in front of . cigar
store on lower Wall street which reads:
DON'T USE BIG wOKDa
''ln promulgating esoteric cogita'
tions or articulating superficial senti-
men,alities and philosophical or psy-
Geological observations beware OF
platitudinous ponderosity. Let your
statements possess . clarified concise
ness. compacted comprehensibleness.
coalescent consistency and . concen-
trated cogency. Eschew all conglom-
erations of natulcnt garrulity. jejune
babblement and asinine a6ectatson.
Let your cxtemporaueous dcscantings
and unprecedented cxpatiations have
intelligibility and vorscious vivacity
without rhodomontade or thrasonical
bombast; sedulously avoid all pollysyl-
Liable profundity, psittaceous vacuity,
ventrilOquial verbosity and grandilo-
quent vspidity; shun double entendre&
prurient jocosity and pestiferous pro-
family. whether obscureut or apparent
In other words. talk plainly. senst-
bly, and truthfully."
Not many people who start to read
it finish the job. but those who do are
grateful to the last line, whsch gives
them the meaning intended and also
tells them that the - cigar 10 the best
made.-Omaha World-Herald
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-01-30
Owned By the Grown.

In China all the land belongs to the
state. and . trifling sum per acre. never
altered through long centuries, is paid
for IL by the occupier rs rent The soil
in China il 50 rich that the holdings are
generally very small. and IL has been
estimated that square mile is capable
of supporting s.s4o persons In this
country, nOminally, owners of the land
hold it Of the crown. Although, how
ever, rs admitted by Lord Bramwell,
shis is technically true. yet il is most
misleading. a owners of . fee simple
estate in land in this country have for
all practical purposes an absolute owl
ership in the land they hold II -
owner dies intestate without heirs his
land reverts to the crown. though the
owner had the power Of disposal had he
30 wished. Under similar circumstances
q mans personal property, as we'll a.
his land. il he dies intestate with NO
next Of kin, goes to the crown.-Lan-
caster (Eng.) Newa
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-01-30

Judicious praise is both right and use-
full. There are families in which Il
would do . world of good. There are
faithful wives whose fidelity their hus-
bands appreciate. but they neglect to
tell them 20. There are children who.
If not better. would be happier II their
parents eheered them now and then
with hearty ''well done" There are
excellent ministers who would preach
better and Be better pastors II their
people were more like the Lord in the
parable. Many Of MS may learn . Lea,
son that we greatly need from tho -
vine words: .'wen done, thou good aad
faithful servant"-Detroit Free PSesA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-01-30

-iushlcy-'.As they roamea ovef
the ballroom her liquid eyes mel mine. :"
Sympathetic Friend-"And asla1 'esa
to take . drink. suppose. *-Gsw
York Telegram.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-01-30

While . large Are log was being
sawed at the West Shore mills one dag
recently one of the men noticed some
thing very singular. Tho outside slap
and one board had been cut OF, ahd
the men were turning the log over pry-
paratory to squaring it. when they
were surprised to see . large tosd
poke his head out Of . hole where IL
was embedded. and where he had bare.
" escaped being cut up BY the sac.
He was completely eneased in tEs
wood. with NO possible menus Of iS-
gress or eRresA As the log was tie
third up from the butt Of the tree. he
position must have been about eixly
feet from The ground. There b bat
one way Of accounting for the fact that
he was found in the position nameAl
He had grown up with tho tree frosn
infancy. and was probably hundresls
OF years old when the saw swoko hcn
from his long ssR-AsAoriaR
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-01-30
woRSHiPERS OF ALLAH.


The Women Believe Jhcy WIN Have .
Place In Paradise. "a
The ceremony Of the prayer on this
occasion was singularly impressive. To
witness it we descended . wide stair
case. at the foot Of which was another
long. bare. spacious apartment. the low
ceiling supported by pillars 1t was
dimly lighted from above by sparsely-
hung lamps
About thirty or forty women, in their
house attire. but wearing the long white
veil drapcd round the head, face and
shoulders, wives, daughters sisters
servants, slaves and children-white.
brown, bronzed and black-were ranged
in kneeling rows. their foreheads touch
ing the ground, their attitude the en-
bodiment of establishment, in pres
ence of the one indivisible God they
adore.
In the dim light these PROSTATE
heaps, shrouded in their white wells.
looked ghostly enough. The whole
scene was mute and silent rs dream
Only 1t intervals, from behind .
screen. the voice of the priest broke
the stiffness, and proclaimed in n weird.
nasal. monotonous chant that Allah
was the one and only God.
Sometimes the veiled figures rose to
their feet with one accord--eastern
women arc very supple IL they are very
fat-then, rs the name of Allah fell
upon their ears. they flung themselves
down in the same uniform manner, and
rocking themselves TO and fro. after.
the manner Of worshipers in . mosque.
laid their faces in the dust.
My friend, the pasha's daughter. was,
good enough to sit upon the staircase
by my side and act a. chorus. instead
of joining in the performance.
After che had explained that "Moise",
and "Jcsu Christ" and ''Mahomet",
were all acknowledged by her faith to-
have been divinely inspired. but not.
divinely born. she proceeded to ex-.
pound the Mahometan theory of para,
disc.
But" interrupted her, II have been
told that there il NO paradise for the
souls Of Mahomctan women. Y0un
husbands are to have houris to console
them for your loss" .
II did one good to see the scorn Of
the pasha's daughter at this suggestion.
She impaired it in Turkish TO the bland,
ly smiling Mira Djevdet Pasha. and tho
pair laughed until the blue robe of the
latter slipped of her broad shoulder
for the twentieth time. -s.t !,
When they had done laughing they
informed me that there was NO creates
mistake than to suppose that MahOmet
excluded women from paradise. That
his own daughter. Fatma. hao been the
great cxpoundcr of the koran. whice
was written to guide women TO para
disc by the same path - the one the
men were to follow.
That their husbands had better juss
90 in search of the houris. Only les
them try! Their wives would soon bS
even with them: for were there ,noi
Observation-Disclosures - the
archangels themselves, and was MOI
(only the pasha's daughter did not put y
in this form) sauce for the goose sauce
for the & ander as well?-Ternple Bas.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-01-30

"Hsve you ever read The Last Of the
Nohicans,' NrA Boodlerox?" asked the
young man who he'd been making him
self agreeable.
'.No. ~sAe replied in : tone Of a6sbae
enAdencs; II must oafeas that I
haven't read ony Of them."-JudgA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-01-30
About the 0ame.

watts-I've got the best revolver q
man ever owned, think
Potts-Yes. heard about yoa shoot
ing ct that burglar the other night and
missing him yard
Watts-I dl miss the burglar, that's
%. Int plugged the gas meter square
n the eeuteg.vyedienapolis JouEnsk
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-01-30

II you are to sleep in . strange bed,
says IN exchange, and entertain . sus-
picion Of dampness Of the sheets. lay
your watch between them and either
smoke or read awhile. Then take out
tho watch and II there u any mist
on the glass do not 20 TO bed. or II you
do sleep between the blankets. which
are. never damp. Hundreds of drum
merA especially men past middle age,
take this precaution and profit thereby.
-Jeweler's Weekly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-01-30

The oddest eat In coausetjeut -
longs TO A. C. Wood. barbor a H.rA.
ford. Coan. II i . pretty Hf&la hwnvn
and white fellow, three months cjd -
very Pl.yfal. although It has % soro-
legs and NO tail 1t was bosn withoeH
those thinxA The queer kitten ~.
over the ground b taaping lfse :
kangaroo. and Il travels Eapidly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-01-30

"Spell wrong" said the teacher.
''R-o-n-g." spelled the boy.
Wrong" said the teacher. ''spell Il
agIin-"
"A-g-a-[n," spelled the boy.
''See here" said the teacher severely,
''Whaa do you mean BY spelling wrong
agsin?"
''You told me to spell it again whim-
pered the boy. And the teacher was 20
mixed up che had 70 dismiss the clasA
Detroit Free PresA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-01-30
"eALLus" TOMS RJN.

In Spite oe BIs InGerual Dso6A Gnd the
Police He Gsvea l3ls JeA.
A chase for . jo&A4 g. monD4
around the Scdgwiek GnGno la1Gn g
. chase nadeAnn useln 1~11
! 80 laTlwsnIsS .
TOR 141r1 = 0l5oo sveuie. two
6eolmG1 half from she Uusn. ana
drives nm early car. BY the rigid rules
OF the company II drivers and conduct
ors are not on time at the Aarnson the
dot OF the clock the extra men who are
hanging around are given the places
and the tardy driver or conductor h nat
at the foot Of the extra list, from which
it may take him two years to regain his
former good position. so the induce
ment to appear ut the barn On time b
very great
Well. ''Gallus" Ton overslept him.
self ono morning. II was bns little
past daylight He sprang out of bed.
grabbed his reliable Wsterbury, and
saw he had bat . minute aud . half to
reach the barn. He cleared the stair.
way at two bounds. He waited not
for clothing. but burst open the door
and dashed into the street his leRs
41lH fviag . n chased toward tn
k1nlG liis en1V nsunenf evne1o So
2: 3; -
was crazy. As he turned the corner IL
reach the barn two policeman were
collided with. They grabbed q
him. but he swung away from
them and few ahead. The M.
licemen called halt" and dew
their revolverA but he kept On.
Uncertain Is to whether he was lun.
attic or . criminal they lowered their
revolvers and gave chase. The street
full Of people joined in the race. When
Tom neared the barn the policeman
had gained ON him and were at hia
heels As he dove into the buildin1 h
threw mp his hand to the tin1skeepsr
and yelled: 'Number ~ the number
by which he was known On u lines.
The officers and crowd tDured ID s1ter
him. Tom poutingly aat Aewa ande
planned 10 the officers the onnsas q ~
chase and every body laughed
He had reached the barn In tima a
save his job. but he lost that days run.
for his car went rolling out just a ~
came flying in.-Chicago Trjhune.
4
Skaffaren. (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1885-1895, 1892-07-27
w is co N ST N.

George B.,Shaw fran Eau Claire
har af republikanerna det sjunde di-
striktet bifvit nominerad som kon-
grcssmannakandidat. S. har tvenne
tcrminer varit borgmastare Eau
Claire.
Afiden skolman. DR.. A. L. Cha
pin, f. d. president for Beloit College
har anidit den framskridna aldern af
IS iir. Han stod i spetsen for namda
liiroverk fran 1850 till 1886 SAINT var
vida kAnd sasom skolman och f6rfat-
tarc.
sorglig olyckshandelse. Den
1O:ariga Rosa Olson, dotter till G. G.
Olson, bosatt trakten af Black River
Falls, blcf under det vagsamma f0rs0-
kct att CORA upp cid med tillhjelp af
fotogen, sa lila BRAND att hon kort der
pa allied.
Likortrafiken erkand. F6renin-
gen Catholic knights f6rkastade vid
slit mote Ashland f6l liden vecka en-
inlcmnad resolution, g;iende ut pa att
hfO5dic CCll tLIulI ilOA A1hOL VI iuhCu
fGrcnado pcrsoner skulle utestangas
fran siillskapet fraga.
En- hel koping lagd aska. Iron
River, som ligger 40 mil 6ster fran
West Superior, ladies' s6ndags efter-
middag aska. Eden uppkom Ell
handelsbutik' och ALA f6rs0k att ham-
ma cldens framfart voro fruktl6sa. De
800 invanarne voro smart pa bar bac-
kc. Jernv;igsbolaget beordrade provi-
ant till platsen. F6rlusten anslas till
100000. Platsen var ny, men vaxte
med raska steg.
West Superior-nyheter: M. G.
Burke har atagit sig att mot en- ersatt-
ming af $l3, 5000 bygga kloak mellan
Howards Pocket Bridge och Superior
vixen. - Kolinf6rseln till hiirvarande
hamnar bel6per sig tills dato till $685.
716 tons. Pa grund af det h0ga priset
pa harda kol reqvirera landsortshand-
lare helt lite. - Den f0rut omnamde
G. Phillips, hvilken blifvit lags6kt for
brutet aktenskapsl0fte, har .nu, sasom
det sages, uppgjort saken med den for
f6rdelade fastm6n. Hennes namn Dir
Ettie Stevens, och stallet for brud-
gumme erhaller hon S1o0 keptant SAINT
100 acres land, Manga lyckas samre
i'm Ettie.
Skaffaren. (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1885-1895, 1892-07-27

Observation-Disclosures. Da satte ko.
miten sig ned att rakna - icke efte1
kommunikantanta = utan sd der fritz
och har stalt en- fraga till hvarje for
samling, ON den fore den l november
d. a. kunde genomskollekt, offer o. S. v,
astadkomma ett sd kbslopp. Det al
ingen taxering VITA eS5st, en- vanlig
fraga: Manga f6rsa1 hafva re-
dan svarat ia och lofvS an belop.
pet, endast fyra hafva 40 SsS sestamdt
rorande tiden, ingen endS afs5aa aiffsl5andrat
f0retaget, manga hafva; ono sas,. lyc.
ka till med det valbeh0Aigs n Il pod
vandiga f0retaget. Tvenne ~ Min.
gar hafva redan lofvat bidae med
800 hvardera. Fyra forsamlingar haf-
va redan insandt kontant. Ifran nagra
f0rsamlingar har svar annu Ell ingatt.
vi bedja pa det entragnaste ON svar
med det allra f0rsta, huru an delta
svar ma komma att LYDIA.
vi hoppas och bedja att delta fore
tag ej ma hindra insamlingskomitens
arbete host. Gifven oss ett offer eller
en- bra kollekt, lat det bli hvad det kan,
resten skola vi tysthet samla och in
gen skall bli besvarad med nagon skuld-
b6rda hvarken pa EFT eller annat satt.
Mar apparaten ar betald skall full redo
visning ske. Till dess skicka vi endast
qvitto till hvarje f0rsamling som bidra-
git.
Jag skulle omnamna att hera enskil-
da personer skrifvit och utlofvat cit
visst belopp. Delta har jag velat med
della, pa det en- hvar ma ha klart for
sig hur saken star, och delta sa myclet
mer som styrelsens beslut synes sta
strid med konferensens beslut denna
fraga. Jag amnade icke, da jag b0rja-
de skrifva, att sjunga nagon klagovisa.
ON det skett, ir det blott ON det for
flutna, ej det n5rvarande eller tillkom-
mande.
Sa mycket ar redan klart, att Warm
apparaten blir en- verkligheti host.
st. Peter, den % juli 1892
NJ. Wahlstrone..
Skaffaren. (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1885-1895, 1892-07-27
ID A K O II A.

N. Dakotas demokratiaka stats
konvent kommer att hallas i Fargo
den september.
Grodan star lofvande N. Dakota,
dock torde afkastningen icke komma
att Cd upp till hvad den var f6rlidet ar.
Rymd. Frank M. Welhaven, an
stald National Bank Fargo rymde
harom dagen med $500, som han fatt
uppdrag att f0rsiinda med express pa
Northern Pacitic-b banan.
Tropisk hetta. F0rliden onsdag
var den varmaste dag man pa manga ar
upplefvat Yankton, S. Da. Termo-
metern F6renta Staternas signalbyr;i
visade 6fver 100 grader Fahrenheit
skuggan.
S. D. republikanska statskon-
vent hollis torsdags Madison, hvar-
vid G. r. Sheldon nominerades f3r gu.
vern0r c.. N. Herricd for v. guvcrnUr,
| Thomas Thorson for statssekrcterare
och w. V. Lucas for kongressen.
I OcksG en- skottaha. En- konduk.
tor pa cit Northern Pacific-banans tag
sk0t i onsdags morgon narhoten a
Valley City, N. Da., tva personor pa ia
ket af expressvagnen. Den enc dOda
dcs 6gonblickligcn och den andre BILE
d0dligt s;trad. Dc voro f0rmodligcr
rOfvarc. ..
For litet anslag. Styrelsemedlem
marnc af N. Dakotas kommission f0l
verldsutstallningen ha resigncrat, d;
de $37, 900, som legislaturen beviljat f6l
statens deltagande anses icke ricka til
for att kunna astadkomma nagot till
fredsstallande resultat Handelskam
maren Grand Forks f6rsUker att sam
la $50, 900, hvilka med de beviljade S37,
900 tros blifva tillrackligt for att be-
t;icka dc med statens deltagande
verldsutstallningen f0rbundne utgif-
tcrna.
En- valdsam storm, atf6ljd af blixt
och dunder rasade den 20 dcnncs 6fvel
en- stor del af S.. Dakota, hvarvid be
tydlig skada f0rorsakades pa gr6dan
utom det elevatorer och byggnadel
blefyo lilo f6rst6rda Afven spildc.
hera menniskolif. I Gettysburg BILE
en- qvinna vid namn Henon d6dad oct
hcnnes barn bardt saradt. I Huron
blefvo manga bygnader lila rampone
rade, deribland First National Bank
och flera elevatorer langs Northwestern
banan. I trakten af Glendale triffa
des Mrs Il. K. Bunker af blixten ocf
d6dades 6gonblickligen. Afven sloe
blixten ned w. Ueckers ladugard
hvilken nedbrande jemte sex hastar.
Aberdeen f6rst0rdes hera byggnader
deribland gasverket. Gr6dan slogs ned
men den reser sig igen. Stor skada an
stalde stormen Watertown. Intel
menniskolif spildes, mer fera kreatul
] ldodades.
Skaffaren. (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1885-1895, 1892-07-27

Langvarig somn. I trakten af
Quincy boz en- Herman Harms, hvilken
siges hafva tillbringat det mesta af de
sista II aren s0mn. Han f6rtar helt
ringa f0da. Flera lakare hafva under
senare tiden bes0kt mannen SAINT for
klara hans tillstand mycket egendoms
ligt.- FOrs0k ha blifvit gjorda att er.
halla den sofvande mannen sasom fore
visningsf0remal a museer, men den
trogna hustrun har af latt begripliga
skill satt sig deremot. Familjen bein-
ner sig i fattiga omstandigheter.-
Linds eftertr&dare. Professor J.
Il. McCleary fran Mankato blef vid re-
publikanska konventet Mankato for
lldcn torsdag nominerad till kongress-
man Linds eftertradare Flere kandi-
datcr voro fjiltet, men de som visade sig
ega storsta underst6det voro McCleary
och G. r.. Davis. Redan vid f0rsta om-
r6stningen visade sig den f5rstnamde
vara langt framom sin medtaflare. Sa-
val senator G. X. Davis som kongress-
man Lind egnades hyllning for sina
stora f0rtienster som lagstiftare.
Fran Gotah olm skrifver pastor L.
j. Lundquist: Det ir ON en- underbap
tilldragclse jag denna gang will berat-
ta Det hande sig nemligen att askan
slog ner presthuset den Is DIS klockan
5.45 pa. morgonen. Askstralen synes
hafva slagit ned uti eller invid skorste-
non. Afven den 10 pa morgonen reg
made och askade det hardt, sa att vi
fruktade att den skulle sla ned igen.
Mir Herren uppenbarar sig sd MAZE
stiitiskt inf0r vara Ogon, sd kunna vi Ell
annat iin k;inna en- hclig bafvan, ON vi
ock fatt den MAIDEN att tro oss vara
hans hand, och att ej cit hir skall falla
af vara hufvuden hans villa f6rutan.
Att intet hander utan hans villa, bevi-
SADIE han nogsamt genom hvad som in
triitfade v;irt hus den 10 pa morgonen.
Stopparen r0rhalet var sangkamma-
re slungades ut och blef hangande pa
siingstammen Diver min hustrus huff
vud, och askstralen gick smart sagdt
ALA rigtningar Diver hela huset genom
pappcr och andra latt antandliga am
npn, men utan att ant;inda och utan att
skada nagon af oss. Att vi, liggande
i hard s0mn, blefvo uppskakade af den
valdiga knallen, som kom hela huset
att skaka pa sina grundvalar, sager sig
sjelft. Sangen, hvari vi lago, 5fver-
h0ljdes af sot och huset blef fullt af
svafvelrolS; ALT delta gjorde oss sd for
vanade, att vi knappt' kommo oss for
att tacka Gud for var underbara radd-
ming. Jag sprang gonast upp andra
vaningen for att SO ON det var cid ni-
gonstides, och de enda ord jag f0rm;ld-
de uttala voro: ''Du code Gud, ack,
du code Gud.9 Val torde vi hafva va
rit lika mira d6den f0rr, fastdn vi ej
markt det, mon hHr kunde man Ell und-
ga att Sc huru Mira dUden man var. O,
huru godt att vara Herrens hand ba-
dc dag och matt och kunna saga med
aposteln. "Lefva vi, sd lefva vi Her.
rcn, och do vi, sd d0 vi Herren, ehvad
vi nu lefva eller do, sd h6ra vi Herren
till'. Huru stor skadan ar kan jag ej
saga. Rappningen mitt embetsrum
lf skadad pa manga stallen; tva talk
81 sparror iiro totalt ts0ndersplittrade och
takspanen ir upprifven pa ett par stal-
len. Herrcn varo evigt lof for hans
trofasta omvardnad ON dem, som Ho-
nom frukta.