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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-03-26
BRITISH COLUMBIA. INDIANS.


they Are 0p1o06lo N01l0eo o04 Iago0bo0a
You will find that seven In ten among
tho more intelligent British Colum-
bians conclude these Indians to be OF
japanese origin. Tho Japanese cur
rent Is neighborly TO the province. and
IL has drifted japanese junlrs to these
shorea When the first traders visited
the neighborhood Of the mouth of the
Columbia they found beeswax in the
sand near the vestiRes Of . wreck. and
Il is said that one wreck of . junk was
met with, and twelve thousand pounds
Of this wax was found on her. Whal.
ers arc said TO have frequently encoun.
tered wrecked and drifting junks
n the eastern Pacific, and . local
legend has It that in 1884 remnants Of Q
Junk with three japanese and . cargo
d pottery were found on the coast
south cf Cape Flattery. Nothing less
than ali this should excuse even . rud-
terless ethnologist for 20 cruel reflec-
ticn upon the japanese. for these In
dams are so far from pretty that all
who zee them agree with Captain But
ler. the traveller. who wrote that III
they are OF the Mongolian type. the
sooner the Mongolisus change their
type the better"
: The coast Indians are splendid sailors,
and their dugouts do mot always come
OH second best in racing with the boats
Of white men,. With . primitive yet
iogeniously made tool, like IN adse. il
the construction Of which blade il tied
fast TO bent handle Of bone. these No
sives laboriously pick out the heart Of .
great cedar log, and shape its outer sides
into the form Of . bost When the log
= PROPERLY followed. they 6ll IL with
water. and then drop in stones which
they have heated In . fire. Thus they
steam the beat that they may spread
the sides and nt In the crossbars which
keep Il strong and preserve it, shape.
Theses dugouts are sometimes sixty
feet long. and arc used for whaling and
long voyages in rough seas They arc
capable Of carrying tons Of the salmon
or ,oolachan or herring. Of which these
ueople. who live as their fathers did.
cstch sufficient in = few days for their
throughout . whole year.
one gets IN idea Of the swsrms Of fish
that infest those waters BY the knovvl-
edxe that before nets were used the
herrine and the oolachan or candle
0sA, were swept into these boats
~ IN implement formed By stud
ding . sen-foot pole with spikes
nr: nails This was swept among
khe Ash in the water. and the hosts
we're speedily filled with the creatures
that were impsled upon the spilGea
salmon. sea-otter. otter. beaver. mar
ten, bear and deer (or caribou or
lnpoae) were and still are the chief re-
aoarees of most Of the Indians Onos
they sold the iish and the peltry 70 the
Nudson Bay company. .and ate what
1arts or surplus they did not cell Nov
tney work in the caaneries or 6sh
Aur them in summer. and Aunt trap o.
lu9S the rest Of the time. n0wever.
while they still Ash and ssll fars. and
sshile some are yet - their fathers
1ere. nearly III the coast Indians are
ss0i-civilissa They have st least the
white mans clothes and hymns
Sad vicsA They have churches;
ftsy live Il houses; they work
q eannerie& What little there was that
was piet1Eseqps aboat then has vanr
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-03-26

r "A horse Jockey 10 Aroostock county,
Me-. repented his sharp practical joined
the church, and announeed that Il he
hsd taken unfair advantage Of any one
jn.a horse trkd6 be would Be glad 70
square thin0 b paying the di4ersncs
n eaiG y weS scarcely daylight TIE
next nssling when . nsighbor. who
considered that he had been ''roasted'
in . swap with the newly-eonverted
jockey, made his appearance at the lat
ter's door. remarhing that he ksd
''come early 10 avoid TIE rush" Tho
Jockey pronptly settled he eaeA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-03-26
COvNGTON, PARISH,

ished only . 1sw degrees faster thas
their own extinction - . pure race.
and they are now lot of long-shore-
men. What Mr.. Duncan did for them
IN Metlakahtla-especially In housing
the families separately-hsa not been
arrived at even in the reservation a
Victoria, where one may still see one
Of the hugo low shed-like houses they
prefer: ornamented with totem poles.
and arranged for eight families. and
consequently for . laxity of mora!s'for
which no one can hold the white man
responsible.
They are tractable people. and
take - kindly 70 the rudiments Of
civilization. TO work, and 70 co-opera-
ton with the whites a. the plains In
dian does to tea, tobacco. and whisky.
They arc physically but not mem
tally inferior to the plainsman. They
carve bowls and spoons Of stone and
bone. and their 'heraldic totem poles
are clsverly shapen. however grotesque
they may be. They still make them.
but they oftener carve httle ones for
white people. Just ~ they make more
silver bracelets for sale than for wear.
They are clever at weaving rushes and
cedar bark into mats, baskets. floor
cloths. and cargo covers. In . word,
they were more prone to work at the
outset than most Indiana. 90 that the
present lougshore career Of most Of
them il not greatly to b wondered At
Julian Ralph, In Harper's Magazine
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-03-26

Z Il b MOI we'll TO copy after ourselves
o. our productA Whenever . fruit
grower takes his pattern wholly from
his own orchard be Is in danger Of
achieving less than he would II he
locked over the fence ct MS neighbor's
methodA Our neighbor's methods. in
so0e psrtic1laEs at least. may b. 81
perioS 70 ouEA When child brings 70
the parent his eopybook the flrst line
under the copy line = written prsen<
well The next line is not so =
and BY the time he gets to the bol
Of tbs paGe his writinO may - . =
ri6ae., The reason II that the Drs6 III
was made from perfect eopy. ~
next was made after his own writl
and 20 q. getting worse Ill Tie til
Jt y bstterto look 70 others for anoxs
ampae than to patteFn after ourselves
Western Rural f-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-03-26
IMPROVEMENT IN PHONooRAPS.


A Ribooa useA instead Of . CyliaAee - Z
Recorder.
The principal objection to the use oi
the phonograph for regular CONNER
cial work is the limited amount Of mat
ter that can be recorded on . single
cylinder. A dictation Of considerable
length, such n IN article, . lecture o.
q sermon involves the use Of . number
Of cylinders, which is very obvious
inconvenience. To remove this din.
Guilty device, consisting essentially oi
. continuous recording. surface, has
been invented and patented.
In this machine the record 10 made on
q continuous ribbon, the upper surface
Of which is coated with q film of wax
composition; thus the thick cylindef
is entirely done away with. The
advantages to be derived from
the use Of ribbon in place
Of cylinder as . recording
medium are many. II il safe to say
that the use of ribbon allows Of
greater simplicity Of construction than
is possible where a cylinder Is en-
ploted. The use of the cylinder neees-
states both q circular and linear mo-
ton relatively between the stylus and
the recording medium; whereas with
the ribbon . linear motion IL only
necessary. =
The recording ribbon is lighter and
less bulky than the cylinder. It q
therefore preferable for transportation
by mail or otherwise. It allows Of .
longer continuous record what is meant
by a continuous record 10 . record neces-
stating . comparatively long time f0e
its delivery, such as lecture. speech.
or musical performancs) than II prae-
ticable with . single cylinder. In tsh-
ing . long record with cylinders the
machine must be stopped. the cylin-
der removed. and 4 fresh one substitated,
which neeessitates readjustment Of
the various parts. all occupying time
and causing loss Of record. Tho ma
chine would not be berecordin9 during the
time occupied in making, the adtust-
ments. consequently during that time
part Of the record would be wanting.
In order to obtsin . continuous record
with the cylinder phonograph il il nee:
cssary to have two machines in opera
ton. using each one alternately. -ne''
On the ordinary cylinder now geneF.
ally employed in Photographs the
greatest length of record. expressed in
time, is considerably less than eight
minutea With machine employing .
recording ribbon IN almost unlimited
length of record could be made. A RIB
bon IN not liable to Be affected BY varia-
tions in temperature. which tend 20
make the ordinary cylinders untrue and
more or less imperative and defective.
-E1~~N Nri,iNv ....t -
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-03-26

"A missionary who has just returned
TO England from Central Africa says
English ladies have gone 70 Tan9anyika
with the most inadequate notions Of
the sort Of existesee they must lead
there. He says they arc fairly die
mayed when the truth st last dawns
upon them that they must do without
afternoon teas. that they csn not amuse
themselves in society. and that they
must eat their breakfast without the
mogning newspaper. Some American
missionaries have gone 70 Africa with
out the slightest notion apparently
that . good deal Of that land b not re-
,gasded - very salubrioua
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-03-26

The ''National Guard" WAS frst o..
ganized in Paris in l7So BY the revolu-
,tionary committee Of safety. There
ives $1,000 in Paris, 800. 900 in France.
ana the whole were under Lafsyette
and carried the tsi-eolor nag. In l7sa
they were defeated and broken mp BY
Napoleon, were reorRsnised BY him in
1914. dissolved BY Charles x. b lo9z.
again. .reor9anized In ls9e and again q
IesL. They fell away fro0 Laail
Philippe in lele. were remodeled In
l0sa. served sgsinst the Germans in the
war Of 1e7o-71. and II the latter year Q
Part Of them took . share IN the com
munist struggle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-03-26
cALF.FEEolpso TEsTa

aai0uDoa n1uk go HlnI 8eoa Cs0pas01
with Whoao nno.
Al the Iowa station, experiments
have been in progress . determine the
feeding vslne Of ground Aax ssed fos
lyoqng ealveA A bull and . heifer cali
~ kGUr11o11Bnaa6- ehdEShrve bsosds
80 - - - }olnel p
J! s
l. TIA Z .naE7 ~
ground AAx sesa sou15f]
with . nsw milk Es1IG ~ I
ealvcA
& The skim milk and hax SD zeal
fed calves were Iess intsrrupeed in
their growth By weanin9. than wsg0
the whole milk calvoA
Z A saving value of butter fat alone
Of Sill per noath On each ealf. was
effected By sahstisuting The ground
Gag sesd
=. The cost of produeipg . posna Of
gain, estimatinG new milk e o5H esats
per hundred pounds, skim nilk - ~
cents per hundred poands. grain eeat
per pound. hay . par tan (ths latter
two being fee alike 70 both loss). and
1ax seed meal ok cents per pound.
was - eeuts Per poand inereass WITH
the fresh milk ration. and only 8 esats
with the skim milk ration. M
lt aPpears from this that Whero
there are proper facilities for eeavest-
ing the batter fat into buttssy
much more eeonomieal 70 iced enlves
skim milk and aax ssed than whols
milk
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-03-26

TgE experinent Of burning old
stFawberry beds over while the ground
b froeen he's given good rssnlts
. tbose Who have praeticed 4 The
plants co0e out thick snd stsoa9 =
the sprtnWs and sOms 9rowess naio,
tain that Il + equivalent - having Z
new bed of young plantA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-03-26

A. A. SGos.A Of Rsndelph. W, ~.
ports that March - be weighed two
pi9s: No I. l2S pounds. and No 4 10s
poundA He ted them 100 days al the
butterpilk from his crssmery they
would take. also $40 pounds Of corn
neal and sbout 100 pounds Aae feed
and tran. They wefe then killed. and
No weighed alive a7s poundA . gain
Of S7s pounds IN 100 dsyA OF sbout ~
pounds Per day; and No 4 80 poanda.
- - In ~ dsy2 He sells his surplus
but4eeDilk for twenty-five eeoAD per
barrel (larRe sise), o. sboat sevea
esnts pr ~ poundA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-03-26
HOW IT SAVED Hmm.

l
With the M0oov. g. ..-
A hot-tempered old gentleman ones
purchased Of . peddler . bottle Of
patent medicine warranted 70 cure al
inarnities. When taken. Of course Il
failed to produce the promised result.
Some time after, CHANGING to spy the
Same peddler on the street. the old fel-
low hailed him and exclaimed irately:
$50 you claim that the internal stun
| you sell ut . dollar bottle - . sure
cure for al diseaseA do your -...,s
Certainly, Il. properly used. replied
the peddler.
"And you claim still that Il ones
cured you?" .rl.r,-. .1-.,. =.
"Yea. sirsI do. was % i'll that
could not do whole days work to savs
my life, but this medicine which carry
produced . permanent cure"
II believe. SIR" hotly returned the
old gentleman. II believe. sir, that you
lie. 1t has not had the least effect on
me-"
..Perhsps. /" said the peddler. 'you did
not use it properly. -. =
''How did you use it?"
''Sold il, I" coolly replied the peddler.
''and employed . regular ptscticinG
physieisn with tho sprooeedA
maceutical Ere.
ssssA slsepsrs.
Two men on Long Island were In .
wagon when it was run down By .
train. The wagon waa demolished, the
horses attached to It were killed. and
the two men. when picked out from unr
der several hundred pounds Of oystsrA
were sound asleep. II . railroad col
lision. . slower Of oysters rained on
bodies and the general uproer and sx-
element Of such IN accident can NOT
wsken two men, what in the world
cant Dynamite can have no terror for
men Of this stamp. and n IN earth.
quake were to shake Long Island into
the ocean, or . volcano were 70 have IN
eruption like vesuv ius. these two oys-
termen would probably hsvs sweet
dreams and smile in their slumbers like
children in their cradles. thinking they
were being gently rocked Tho deep.
ing beauty in the enohantsd palaca =
not to Be mentioped in the same breath
with the sleeping oysternen in the rail-
road collilion.-N. Y. Tribune
4 Wasp's Neoe.
The fe,nsls wasp spends the winter
In . torpid eoaditioo. aNd when spsing
arrives che hunts mp some sort ce ahel-
tered spot appropriate for nest Hav-
ing aslecsedehe sesEsat che proceeds b
lay within e tie foundation Of . home.
For this object earth will not serve her
turu. IAs sabstsDce Of which tAe
walls and chambers Of the house are
70 be composed must be none other
than the finest pape.. made Of wood
paln mixed with . sort Of sizing.
worked to paste and 6nely speeaA Into
oheetA-N Y. Sun
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-09-18
Gle JOLT NEGRI."

The Son of P~re Hyacinthe Much Pleased
with "a Negro Minstrel.
Kate Fields Washington.
Madam Hyacinthe Loyson's presence In
New York recalls some interesting reminis-
cence of her last visit to this country. some
seven or eight years ago, when, with her
son Paul, she spent some time in Washing
ton. Madam Loyson was q firm believer IN
the hygiene OF Turkish baths, and during
her stay In this city was II regular patron
Of the leading establishment at which the
luxury of u steam bath can be enjoyed.
When the process was complete and Madam
comfortably stretched upon Q couch for the
hours rest generally taken before ventur-
Ing again into the outer air. she related
many interesting Incidents of the hfewOrk
to which she and Pere H%yacinthe have
given themselves up since their marriage.
One which / remember with great vivid.
ness 10 in regard To Paul., now a fine young
fellow OF eighteen.
Several years prior to the visit to Wash.
inRton. when Master Paul was quite q
small lad, he was taken TO witness the per-
Torrance of q certain jubilee minstrel
troupe. which, after PLAYING before the
Queen, gave a series OF public entertain
ments throughout Europe: Paul had never
before looked upon q black face, and ap-
peared fascinated by the row of
shining ebony cOuntenances. So marked
was the child's wondering absorb
ton of the strange scene hat it was
noticed by one of the mInstrels. the largest,
ugliest, most grotesQue of the troupe.
Leaning forward from the stage he held
out his hand TO Paul, which action was i'm
mediately followed by the whole troupe at
the conclusion of a ,rollicking chorus.
Come! Gomez they shouted in English,
little thinking that the child of an Ameri-
cen mother did not up to that time under
stand u word of any but the French Ian
Quage. In sheer amazement Paul looked
first at thu row of smlling black faces, then
at the 0utstretched hands. and gravely
shook his head.
"Venez. venez." ventured the big min
strel, with magical result, for straight as
an arrow from the bow the child left his
mothers side for the outstretched arms of
the staiwart minstrel, and to the delight
of the audience nestled down to remain
throughout the entire performance. lie
Joli Negro was the name given by Paul to
his new-foupd friend, with whom he kept
ND q warm friendship for years. Wherever
LIE Joli Negre went he wrote to his young
admirer. carefully detailing every Incident
he thought likely to interest his small
friend.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-09-18
A Drink-Crazed Eu..,an,s Crime.

with Homer. Gnatus Gnstnson a yonng
sailor, tonight fatally shot Mary Koch,
eighteen years ola. and slightly wounded
her father, Charles Koch, after which
hc turned the revolver oil his own
head. and pulling the trigger; then leapcd
out or q thiri-story window, dashing
out his brains before q crowd Of
Mortified spectators OF the pavement be-
low. Gustuson is a Russian and has
boarded with the Koch family during four
years past. OF late he had been paving
attention to Miss Koch. but she had given
him little encouragement. rs DO was known
to be a heavy drinker. Tonight che re-
fused his attentions and tho tragedy re-
suited.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-09-18
The Tsmescai I'm Mines.

Los ANGELES. CAL. Sept. 17.-Gervaise
WAS asked by al Evening Express reporter
to-day repairing the report from Riverside
hat the tin mines had shut down because
of lack OF funds. 1t Is true." said Purcell,
that work has been suspended at the
mines. i have not. however. been author
lied TO say the future 20 of
the company will be. but il is not true that
the company is unable To- pay any demands
against 1t. There were tEirty-five men
working in the mines when work was
stopped on the 18th inst, and all claims
will be paid in this CITY by me on Tuesday
next. You may sag the future will show
that the mines are very aluable property"
Purcell declined to say whether work
would be resumed or to give any ~explana-
tion OF the stoppaze of operations
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-09-18
Alleged Cholera Vessel at Baltimore.
Special 20 the Indianapolis Journal.
THE EPIDEMIC IN GERMANY.

General Collapse of Business at Hamburg
Trade Diverted to Other Cities.
IcopyIisht. Issz. By the New York Associated Press-l
BERLIN. Sept. 1.-THE residents Of Ham,
burg feel very sore over the lack of sym
patty and the abundance OF hostile feeling
with which they have been treated
by most of the German authorities,
the press and the people during the
present troubles. The leading Hamburg
papers, the Borsenballe and the Ham,
burger ZeitunG. and others. go so far
as TO advocate o commercial boycott OF
the towns and watering places which have
refused asy lum to residents who had fled
from Hamburg during the epide mic. Many
of the great Hamburg hotels. which were
dong q large business prior to the break
ing out of the plague, ore now closed. Yes
terday in all the hotels there were lists OF
only fifty guests. They were chiefly English
and Americans. This IS an index of col
lapse OF business. Commercial agents. IN
etead OF trsDsacting their business through
Hamburg. as they did before the epidemic.
now deal through Bremen or Stettin. Tn
current OF the day Is thus diverted, and it
will be long before 1t resumes its former
course. Among the physicians IN Ham,
burg who are aiding the hospital doctors
is DR.. Meekle, of Boston, Mass, who. the
authorities say. has rendered yaluable
service throughout the progress of the cpl
demic.
The Berlin hotels and pensions. which
Tor some time stood empty In consequences
OF the prevalence OF cholera, are now I'LL
ing with guests. The prompt action of
Chancellor Won Capriyi In appointing an
Imperial health commission for the whole
Elbe territory. and the no less prompt
action OF Herr RIchtshoflen in supporting
the commission through his officers, have
done much TO establish a feeling Of secur-
ity among the masses. Within o day after
the ediet creating the commission
was published naval and military
surgeons had taken their posts
along the Elbe and were working hard TO
i'm prove tue sanitary condition of the
river districts. Since the panicky feeling
has somewhat abated. a more humane senti-
ment towards the people of Hamburg 10
becoming apparent. During the past week
six of the largest banks IN Berlin have
opened subs cription lists for the relief of
the cholera sufferers in Hamburg. the En-
peIor heading them with q subscription of
1000 marks. This sum does not include
what he has already gwen privately.
Asked to report on the prospects of the
epidemic in Hamburg. Professor Koch
states that it's rapid subsidence is proba-
promises well as q future defense against
the temperance of the disease.
Among the first bills to be introduced in
the Relchstag will be one giving the In
perial Health Office control or the sanitary
regulations of the whole of Germany. The
different law now existing in each of the
federated states makes joint action impos-
able. The epidemic of cholera has shown
the necessity for q central authority con-
trolling the sanitation of the en- pire. The
Eeiehstag Will adopt the bill without much
debate.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-09-18
Eriyhffui Rotler ExDlosion.

TORONTO. Ont. Sept. ia terrible boiler
explosion occurred this morning In Force
x Dnekinson's stave-mill at Staples. by
which seven men were instantly killed.
one fatally injured and abont twenty hurt.
The dead are: John Ewing. Michael Dn-
puis, Joseph papineau and Isaiah Chauvin.
Jrroms Chauvin, ". i. Daust. Maise On
Iette and j. Boone are fatally scaid-d. The
cause of the ex explosion ia not definitely
known. Some contend the exploded boiler
WAS nld and unit for Use. The boiler was
carried fully two hundred feet. passing In
it's hight. etwee tive residences, The two
Chauvins were brothers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-09-18
Passenger Train and Engine Collide

W~HKEsBARRE. Pa, Sept. 17.-An engine
collided with p passenger train on the Le-
high Valley roar this morning. in a deep
cut near Penobscot. Both engines aud the
baggage cur were derailei. Anderson
Brown. of this city. engineer of the pas-
senger tram, was scalded seriously. Harry
Ristay, his fireman, was bruised in the heyd.
William Determine. conductor, had a finger
broken and head injured. William +. Deter
line, baggagemaster. was hurled 10 one end
of the car and badly bruised. Joseph ga.
engineer on the light engine, escaped with
slight bruises, and his fireman. II. X. Ryan,
was not hurt. The only passenger in.
jured was = woman named Anna Saviak.
Of Matauoy City. Her injuries are in-
ternal, bG. not fatal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-09-18
Obituary.

MONTGOMERY. Ala, Sept. 16.-Ex-Gov-
ernor Thomas III. Watts died suddenly at
his home this morning. lie was on the
streets ) yesterday. He wa encouragement
in the confederate Cabinet and was Gov
ernor of Alabama during the civil war.
LONDON, Sept. Is. Announcement 10
made of the death of Euaene Gonow, the
%ty-eighth year.
. POKAN FALLS, Sept. B-Cspt. X. B.
Brown. Fourth Infantry. L. ;. A. is dead.
at Wallace, Idaho, Of pneumonia. He
leaves a wife.
LnNppN, Sept III. Cardinal Edward
Howard died at brighton to-day OF pneu-
nlppla.