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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-04-07
AT THE CRADLE.

now still he sleepsI Tho morning sunlight
falls
Upon his downy head A song bird calls
without the window young. rejoicing leaves,
1eet gariand the new spring. . checkered
Upon the pillow throw. but his bright head Il
laid
a sunlight only: each soft cheek receives
Hne radiant kiss. Ono loving ray
Lies nightly on his parted lips where play
Ihe froltc graces OF . baby's dream
Inesc sporting curls have caught another
CLEAN;
golden gift II leaves IN every tress
4oo bless my baby. every sweet caress
That leaves clinging Joy about my heart,
Each loving hopc-a loving fear in part
Each whispered prayer. his little rcd beside,
Each fond cxulting pulse OF mothers pride,
All he has brought OF peace and guileless joy
Return in blessings On my darling boy.
Carrie Stern. in Babyhood
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-04-07
GRACEFUL FURNITURE.
The Light and Pretty Eject ~ Da0bs
Pieces In AlHoet Any Roo0.

The Light and Pretty Eject - Bamboo
Pieces In Alnoet Aoy Roo0.
It is small wonder that bamboo fur.
niture not only holds favor, but gains
in popularity 1t is graceful in appear
ance, beautiful in design and exquisite
ly finished. aii:-
The manufactured articles are char.
acterized by ightness and durability,
and include lovely tables. newspaper
racks, hat stands cabinets, flower
stands. writing tables. chairs, orna-
mental screens. brackets and other use-
full and ornamental pieces. They are
finished in lacquer and in gilt, and in
enamel.
We saw q room the other day that
was fitted up with rush effects"-any-
how. that is what the woman said
was her intention when she planned
the furnishing and then made
the demonstration. Tho floor Is
covered with very Anc mating,
so closely woven that. it has the ap
pearance of straw cloth, the color be.
ing plain yellow. Upon this mating
are placed two rugs woven in red
shades There is bamboo lounge in
one corner. standing bias-wsys. with ,
cushion of red plush and pillows with
pale yellow and red covers The bsm
boo cabinet shows yellow drspery, EN-
broidered in red, and the bamboo book
stand and brackets are decorated with
red ribbons and pale yellow silk scsrfs
Around the room 10 = dado in spill,
bamboo. The window drapery j,
cream Swiss. the sill being finished with
. bamboo rack.
These bamboo pieces are used with
other styles Of furniture snd in par
lors, libraries, bedrooms and otheI
apartments.- Y. World.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-04-07

II is not safe to tipany ofthe walters
in one Of the most frequented restau-
rants with anything less than .
quarter, rs = well-dresssd guest found
cut one day last week.
Here il dime for you," he said,
holding out coin.
Waiter (exanining the coin ecritic-
ally)-Thank you, sir. hut hope you
will excuse me.
Guest-Excuse you for what?
Excuse me for mistaking you for 4
gentlemxn mp to the very moment. sir,
that yoa gave me the beggarly ter
sest& --Texae SiftiugA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-04-07
PERSIAN CLIFF owELLgRs:


The Pr1m1t1Vo A0O00o OF q Boco OF bar.
The approach to Shiraz is = success
sion of surprises. The town, a com
pact and yellow mass Of crowded
dwellings, appears to rise abruptly and
close at hand above the level plain
which we are crossing. All at once .
profound ravinc opens in front Of us,
and perched high up on the summit Of
the yellow cliffs ON the other side are
the houses which we saw from the
plain. Descending stecply to the peb-
bly, floor of this ravine, which is an an
cient river-bed. We turn to the left and
ride along under the perpendicular
ledge. There arc filthy pools
along the bottom of it, and black
Shiny stains descend the rocky walt
from the rickcty wooden balconies
ana projecting windows Of the town
above us. If the people overhead are
dying Of cholera they are surely very
quiet about it, and there is no sign OF
life at any Of the windows We como
to the chapar khaneh Gnn) on the
other side of the ravine. II is locked
mp, and little further on the ravine
opens on to . broad river, which we
cross by q bridge, and enter IN impos-
ing caravansary of the time of Shah
Abbes.
In this way We avoid entering the
town. The river is b0rtercd on both
sides by vertical cliffs, and from the
gate of the caravansary, looking back
across the bridge, we get the most
striking view Of Yezdikhast The long
ledge on which it stands is pierced
by many caves and openings along
the top. and from distance it j.
diflcult to make ont just where
the town begins, where the caves be
come windows aud doors. They arr
accentcated in many places, by juttine
windows and crazy-looking bslconie,
p-opped by sticks, At . great heigh
| above the stream below. This Ion,
rock ends in thin wedge where th,
| ravine ON the other side enters TIN
river-bed. Separated ut the other en'
| from the main range Of cliffs by . spe
cies Of draw bridge. it can easily b
made as inaccessible ss vulture'
nest perched on . crag, and the darl
streaks which stain the cliffs below
heiehten the resemblance to a rooet
ing-place Of those scavengers of tn
desert-Edwin Lord Weeks, in Har
per's Magazine.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-04-07
SCHOOL AND cHURch.

The Chicago Christian Endesvof so
siety supports day school in India
About 60. 900 crowns were realized
by the Salvation Army in Sweden as
the result of denial week.
japan has II, 100 Presbyterians. TO-
78o Congregatioualists. 1859 Meth
odists, 1856 Episcopaliars. t.165 Zap
lists and 36S in other churcacs-a total
Of ID. 600 adult Christians.
The four most prominent non-eon-
formist churches in all London are Mr..
Spurgeon's among the Baptists, West
minister chapel and DIR. ParAers among
the Congrcgationalists. and Regent
Square among the Presbyterians.
In this time of breaking records n
prominent place should be given to the
rcctorship of Berlin university. The
present rector has at last been com
peeled to order = new oflicial mantle.
the one he has worn until now having
lasted one hundred and ninety-two
years: The cost will be six hundred
dollars. but in view of the long service
of its predecessor there will scarcely
be opposition.
The city council at Atlanta, Ga.
has elected ex-Gov- Joseph f. Brown
member of the city board Of education,
with the idea that his name shall ap-
pear ON the roll - long as he lives. lie
is in ill-health and unable to take
active part In the management Of the
schools. but it was due to his efforts
mainly that the public school system
was established in the city, and his
election is in greateful acknowledgment
of that fact.
Col. Albert A. Pope will soon issue
volume containing list Of all the
errors in school books. They number
thousands, and IL is said that some oi
the publishers whose books are hard
est hit are sighting hard to prevent
any further publication of the facts,
fearing that their business will be in
jured. The list of errors which has
been transmitted TO one schcOl-b book
publishing house aggregates over
eleven hundred.
1t is reported that the general
council of the university Of Edinburgh
has under consideration the question
of abolishing theological faculties in
Scottish universities and confining
their function to examinations and
the granting of degrees to such ont
side colleges ~ may, by special act oi
parliament, be affiliated with the uni
versities- This plan has already beer
approved by the subcommittee of tht
general council. and IL adopted It vii
place the dissenting colleges on ths
! same basis of those Of the established
| church.
| Probably the only copy extant o
the act of parliament of 1649. during
Cromwell's reign. Incorporating ana
charactcrizing the Society for Ins.itut
ing the Propagation Of the Gospe
Among the Indians Of New England
! is in the possession Of the Presbyterian
board of missions, and is on exhibition
/, in New York. None Of the person'
named in the act are known in history
but the society did much good work !,
New England, not only among tho In
dians, but also among the whites. j
: is reported to have been the first ms
sionary society to send agents to Amsr
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-04-07
Sena Petite Rerns.

A lady never extends her hand 70 z
man whose acquaintance she is max
ing. She may or may not shake hands
with lady who is introduced. but she
must not give her hand to . strange
man. A low bow 10 the elegant form
Of ssalutation. A cultivated woman
will not shake hands with any man,
no matter how long she 10 acquainted
with him, unless she respects and ad-
mires him. A gentleman never ex-
tends his hand tos lady Arst To do
SO would be presumptuous and subject
him to snubbing. A man shows his
breeding the way he eats his dinner;
. woman shows her breeding the way
che receives people.-N. 7. Post
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-04-07

Schubert was precociouA He learned
to play both piano and violin at 1vc
years OF age and was put under the
care Of the village orEanist, who soon
said: II can teach him nothing. When
ever ] wished to give him something
fresh, he knew it already" Schubert
wrote over twelve hundred songs and
~ enormous quantity Of other music.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-04-07

The uninformed would often mis.
take the cheapest amber when made
MP into commercial forms for the most
expensive. Many long and beautifully
clear pipe stems are made from amber
chips. the waste product Of amber carv.
ing. These are melted and nodded into
shapes that are seldom or never seen in
the costly-carved amber. These mold
Cd amber articles are extremely dura-
bic, and il is difficult to see why they
should not he esteemed by practical
persons as valuable - carved amber.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-04-07

Queer about Jaglets having e ss
q policeman 70 take hin home last
night. Everything was AL turned
round to him" Drunk, eh!' "Jupi.
ter. mo-. He was perfectly sober; that
was the tSouble. e.~-latsg-oele4
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-04-07

-Mendelssohn began to compose In
his twelfth year. and 20 methodicsl
were his habits even then that the
manuscript volumes containing his own
scores OF his works are in IN unbrokep
scries until his death. There ara
forty-four Of these great volumes. oil
written BY his own hand and now pre-
served in the imperial library in Berlin.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-04-07
FORMER DRAGONS.
Resemblance Of Modern Reptiles to Ex
tinct Creatures.

Resemblance of Modern Reptiles to Ex.
tinet Creatures.
1t must be admitted that the pterO-
dactyls were somewhat dragon-like, es-
pecially the larger species; for, though
most were of moderate size, not exceed
ing tha. of a crow or flying fox. and
some even no larger than sparrows. yet
the largest attained a spread Of wing
Of more than four fathoms. These
wings, though like those of the bats in
being expansions of the skin extending
10 the limbs, differed from them some
what in detail.
In the bat we have free thumb and
four immenscly-lengthened fingers; in
the pterodactyl the fingers were free
from the wing membrane, except t0at
corresponding to our little finger. This
in the volant reptile was the largest
Of ala long. tapering. jointed rod
of bone-and the main support Of the
wing, which was = long and narrow
one, something like that of q swallow
in outline. As the pterodactyrs hind
and more or less involved in tho wing
membrane, it is extremely unlikely
that IL could sit mp and perch or walk
like bird. as some have suggested; its
terrestrial or arboreal promenades,
therefore. more probably took the form
Of a batlike crawl on all fours. It's
head, however, was more like bird
than a bats. having a long snout,
armed with teeth, or q beak, or both,
and large eyes.
Feeding on insects, and probably
also on Ash, the pterodactyls must
have borne some mblance, when on
the wing, to the terms, or sea swal.
lows, of our own day. with their large
heads and long, narrow wings Wheth'
er, rs they wheeled and swooped ovel
| shoal of fish driven to the surface ol
the sea bv the rush of the great rep
titan whales Of the period. they in
dulged in the vocal performances Of
the modern sea bird, is, Of course. only
. matter for speculation. Probably
they were more gifted with voice thar
our modern reptiles.-chsmberS' Jour
| nal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-04-07
A DEATH-DEALlNG cRAwLER.
He Could Initiate the walk Of . CraWns
~ Well - That OF . TaraDtula.

He COuld Initiate the walk Of . T. ra W0 0sh
~ Well - That OF . TaraDtula.
Put your eye on me, young feller.
and don't monkey with fate!" said a
big man with a face full Of black
whiskers and his trousers in his boots,
as he came into the Red Ghost gu!ch
cafe, where the dapper little bartender
happened to be alone. ''l'm . death.
dealing crawlcr, am! I'm u crawlin'
t'rantuly from the -Syeery foothills an
thar's hair. on my claws foot long!
I've got two rows o. fangs, nineteen
fanSs to the row. an every fang loaded
with a pint O. p'ison. jist a-waitin' to
be socked into the first fcllcr-bcin', hu-
man or Iujin. that ! shove 'em mp
ar'inst! I'm a crawler from the foot
hills au' I'm a-crawlin' right fer you.
and thar amt nothin' that can stop
me but rum! Set it out, quickcr'n q
jack rabbit kin 20 two foot, young
feller, or I'll spill enough p'ison in you
10 lay out a hull tribe o Digger Injins,
from the head buck down to the
papoose. Put your eye on me. and
don't monkey with fate. for I'm a
death-dealin' crawler, ! am, an I'm
crawlin' right for you, an thar Amt
nothin' kin stop me but rum! You hear
me..'
'Bet your life hear you:" said the
bartender. coming from behind the
bar. You're u blessin' in disguise.
you are I've been pinin' away for
want o. t'rantuly juice. and Ill just
tap pint or two o yours for luck.
You're a death-dealin' cruwler. are
ycu? Well. now. crawl right on and
shoot your p'isonr'
lyon bet I'm q death-dealin' crawl
er.''o said the long-haired tarantuls
from the foothills, backing toward the
door. ..But I amt no hog! I'm Z
crawlin' crawfish rs well rs y crawhn
frantuly. an reckon I've got time t.
give the crawtish act a chance"
And the venomous terror backed out
of the door 50 quick that the bung
starter missed him by a foot.-N. Y
Sun. -
That Old Chestnut.
II wonder why il is" began the girl
with the inquiring mind-'I wonder
why il is that somebody is always res
urrectin4 that old 'Shsll-women-pro.
pose" question. Who wants to pro
pose: That's what I'd like to know;
When things get to that point want
70 80 TO some desert island and stay
there for the rest of my earthly ca
reer."
Now the social philosopher. who was
present, had decided not q moment BE-
fore that she was positively too tired
| to open her mouth. But she couldn't
!.resist speaking her mind when such N
Interesting subject was under discus
sion.
AS for women propossng." she said
.'it might not be such an nimpracticable
plan after all. How often have we
heard about the man who danced At
| tendance to girl for years and year
before he could get mp his courage sui
aciently to ask her to marry him?'
sYou don't hear about that sort o.
men these days. said the girl with ths
inuuiring mind. "Besides. think how
| very uuromantic il would he to proposs
/. 70 man. Chicago Record
Smyrna times., 1894-05-30
Prohibition Wins.

The special election was held in Cam
bridge last week, in accordance with
the act of 1894, TO decide whether high
license or total prohibition should pre-
vail. The result was a majority of 1856
votes for prohibition. The total num-
ber cast was $50. The number of votes
against the sale Of spiritu0us or fer
mented liquors was 343. The number
of votes cast for high license and the
sale of liquor was 507.
Cambridge has been prohibition
town for number of years, and this
was the third unsuccessful attempt
which has been made to lcgaliZe the
sale of liquor in the community The
many good points On both sides OF the
question have been ably discussed by
the respective leaders for several weeks
past. A large number who voted for
prohibition believed that high license
would be preferable TO the present sys-
TEN, known as Local Option" but
thought that it would be possible to
enforce strict prohibitory law and
voted accordingly. The result of the
election makes the present local option
law void and provides for total pro-
hibition in its stead, which will pre-
vent the sale of liquor even under a
physicians prescription.
The Prohibitionists, frightened by
the reports that money had been pro.
vided to influence voters for high IL
cense, posted circulars conspicuOusly
around the polls warning the vets thai
strict watch would be kept and any
one detected in bribery would b'
brought to justice. 1t is not likely tha
another effort will be made to legalizt
the sale of liquor in Cambridge foI
some time, as there seems to be a de
cided sentiment there against th'
| liquor traffic
Smyrna times., 1894-05-30
The Use and Abuse of Flattery.

Like many other things so much
abused that they get a bad name, fiat
terry has its uses, and is not to be in
Discriminatory condemned. Flattery
intended to caiole or hoOdwink an
other person for an evil purpose is
made evil by that purpose, but hattery
intended to encourage one to good
efforts, partakes of the quality of the
purpose and its commendable. But
lattery must be properly and discreetly
used if it is o produce any good results.
Extravagant tlattery pOisons the minds
of those who are week enough to listen
to it, and leads them into fantastic not
ions respecting their abilities or merits.
But flattery discreetly used may be
employed to stimulate and encourage
those who are to modest and retiring
for their own good. Highly talented
men and women are often super-sensi-
tive, as we'll as severely self critical.
They set for themselves high ideals,
scarcely attainable except by long ser
vice as apprentices, and unless en-
COuraged from time to time and tiattered
occasionally by their friends they are
liable to abandon the struggle before
they have gained all that they need to
! put them in the front rank-self-cOn-
! fidence. The idea that tlattery is
necessarily false is derived from its
secondary meaning. 1t apparently
comes from u word meaning to sOOthe,
to stroke gently, to smooth, and this is
all that the honest hatterer tries to do.
| There is no harm, but rather virtue, in
pleasing or gratifying ones friend by
praise it is only when tiattery is car
ried to excess for purposes of cajOle
ment or deceit that it is open to OBJ
lection. Fawning hypOcrites hav,
given tlattery a bad name and ont
that is not always deserved. They
flatter to deceive and deceive for {
bad purpose. 1t is quite ditIeren
when mother or teacher encourage:
the child to study by praise, evet
when it is undue praise. Here thu
purpose is true it is to smooth, tC
smooth over. The brutal truth teller
who never INDUCES in fattery, may
comfort himself by the thought tha
he has deceived no one, but he ha
done far greater damage ia other way
if by his truth-telling he has crushe'
the ambition of some modest aspiran
for fame But tlattery, even thong
intended, should be sparingly use,
lest it should give rise to false idea
and false hopes. Although the strug
Cling student should be encouraged b.
! judicious flattery to new efforts, h
should not be so far deceived as to hi
merits and abilities as to lead him t
an overestimate of his strength. Flat
tory That has such an effect If well In
tended, has failed of its purposes an
after all is said, the purpose and efleC
of our actions, no matter what name
we give them, measure their value 70
good or evil. When we datter to on
courage and effect our purpose W
! have done we'll; when we OvershOC
J the mask, only our intention remain
: good Flattery for any other purpos
y is, of course, to be condemned as Oh
. form of deceit.
Smyrna times., 1894-05-30
$4,000.
FIVE LUCKY HoBOKENITEs.

There is not happier quintet in the
city Of Hoboken, it is safe
to say, than the five lucky men upon
whom the tickle goddess bestowed the
first prize of SO, 900 in the April draw
ing of the Honduras National Lottery
Company Louisiana State Lottery Co..
now at Puerto Cortez, Honduras, G. A.
1t was last fall when Mr.. Oscar Han
ger, newsdealeT, who resides at No.
704 Garden street, HOboken, indu ced
four friends to join him in purchasing
a lottery ticket. Each of the men paid
one dollar, and as the drawing took
place monthly, the men continued pur-
chasing a s. ticket, until in the April
drawing the lucky number y, 121, won
the $751; 600 prize, the number held by
the lucky HobOkenites.
The news of the happy occurrence
spread rapidly, and shortly after a re-
porter visited the lucky winners, who
are mostly Germans, to get an inter-
view in respect to their plans.
Oscar Hanger was first seen. He
lives in a modest little house, No. 704
Garden street, HobOken.
"Well," Mr.. Hanger said who is a
man of about forty-eight years of age,
Il guess | can make good use of the
money. | have made a good living as
newsdealer for the last twenty-five
years and do not intend to give up
my business altogether. The money I
shall invest in real estate. l think it
safest nowadays"
John Il. Henchy, the second partici-
pant in the S75, 900 prize, is one of the
prOprietors Of the HObOken ECeRing
Meas, a very active and prosperous
newspaper.
The reporter found him in his cOZy
little residence, No. 1907 Bloomfield
street. Il am quite Il young man yet, "
said Mr.. Henchy, who IS about thirty
five years of age, land think this is a
chance to be used to the best advau-
tage. The Lottery Company paid the
money promptly and without making
any deductions, In fact, l have not
come to any conclusions yet how to
invest the money. l will certainly
work along for the NciUS as if | had
never played
The other parties interested are Al
bert kies elbach, barber, residing at
No. 504 Washington street; Harry
Matthews, n compositOr on the Erentn!
Nc,0s, and Mr.. Louis Piser of No. 2
Willow avenue.
The money has been divided, each o
the parties receiving $4,000 as hi
share. They are all Industrious, sober
men, and no doubt the possession of SC
large an amount of money will not bC
,, of any danger to them.-Nc1o York Dis
match. MdJ 6.
Smyrna times., 1894-05-30

Mrs. George Gould doubtless chuckles
over having gotten into the family before
the old mans will put up the bars,