St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-08-11
SHOT At THE HEAVY MAN.


We were playing in a small town
back in the '7O's. said a theatrical man,
when our leading heavy man had rath'
er a tough experience. All the miners
were in the theater. Well, the heavy
man had been prosecuting poor maid
en- through two acts. In the third act
he came to the powerful scene of the
play. At last he said:
II have you in my power and moth
ing on earth can save you. /. who was
the slave. am now the master"
So saying he advanced toward his
trembling victim.
Mercy" she moaned.
"Mercy?' he retorted. "You had nc
mercy for me, and will have none for
you"
At that moment a gruff voice wa.
heard from the gallery:
"You blamed varmint, Ill settle with
you"
There was the crack of pistol
and bullet whizzed near the heavy
man. So kk#&+
s.Plug the son Of gun, boys!" shout.
ed the voice, and q shower of bullets
saluted the stage villain.
He didn't stop long. In the wing he
met the stage manager. who was white
with anger. -
"You have broken mp the scene" he
said.
..Welle-
go back to the stage, sir, and wait
for your exit"
81 guess not. -------
Il tell you I won't have the man in
my company who is 50 easily discon.
certed. Go on with the scene. or you
leave the company Tomorrow"
That was serious. To be stranded in
that forsaken townswas calculated to
make the heavy man apprehensivs.
"rll 70 back" he said. a ~
He tore off his wig just before going
on, and stepping down to the foot
lights with an injured expression Of
countenance. he said: Sc
Ladies and gentlemen there were
no ladies there, but that didn't matter).
with your kind permission l will re-
sumo the scene. Before doing SO. how.
ever, l want to call your attention tc
the fact that the young lady and my
self are merely acting parts. In reali-
ty, we are the best of friends. I bear
no ill will for your display of heroic
chivalry. I trust. however. that you
will curb your generous sentiments. fol
if you should hit me the play will be In.
terrupted. If any Of the gentlemen
will meet me after the show they will
find ont l am not such a bad fellow
Loud cheers greeted this speech, and
the play was resumed. Toledo Blade.
The Distinction.
The difference between hand-wrought
needleworlS and that done by machine.
ry is regarded by most women as the
difference between an art and an in
dustry, and each is valued accordingly.
The machine work, of course. APP
proaches nearer to the model of exac-
ton in execution, but it entirely lacks
the impress of refinement ard ipdivid-
uality of its creator. to which htever
artistic value handwork MAJ ess is
due. There are vulgar soulsW14 value
such work solely because Of its greater
cost and because it can not be afforded
by nany, but there are IS: certainly
others, to whom the real quality OF
hand-wrought embroidery lac<s appeal
and to whom they give delight i'm
possible to machinery-made articles.
An engraving, if finely executed. is
beautiful in its way, but can never pos
sess quite the significance and value of
its personally wrought rs well rs per-
sonally conceived original-chicago
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The Ancient idee Of God.
,A;spseisAy tertstl{&3Hject occu.
pied the Victoria institute recently. Mr..
TIC. Pinches. ofthe oriental del artuent
of the British f6dseum. described some
results of his examination of the Baby
ionian tablets. He showed from one OF
these. Of about the period $50 b. G.,
that the king used the word God as .
monotheist would; and even so far back
as 5000 B. c. the tablets bore the same
expression in the same sense. Evidence
has, indeed. accumulated of late which
tends to show that the Babylonian
PsxthStA !: supposed tsfhclode thirteen
deities. wxs rkaliys monotheistic. n
the discussion which followed Mr.. Bias
sam. Maj Condor and Canon Girdle-
stone took part, and it was pointed out
that in the early Egyptian records also
there was evidence of primitive faith