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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-09-08

the adjective little" was not meant to
describe his physical proportions;
rather handsome of face, richly but
carelessly dressed, and apparently OBJ
livious to everything and everybody in
the rooms. II was one of the men
had observed, and about whom had
meant to center the evenings talk.
s.Stuyve was q nice lad when first
knew him, and when he Joined the
club" resumed the Old Beau; ''he was
irving to do some painting. He worked
hard, and 1 really think he might have
succeeded, II he had stayed poor. But
he was foolish enough to fall in love,
n al artists will. and. Of course, with
= rich girl Wandering"
He paused, and looked 1t me to see
II the name conveyed any meaning.
.tof cpurse," I nodded; ''heiress to al
the vanderling millions. Enough
money to spoil any artist"
1 Ind no doubt how the story would
end, and was rather provoked that It
nhould be 20 tame. Ny companion A.
fected not to notice my remark, and
went o. s>AA ss-,
well. Stuyvs was proud Is well IS
poor. So he kspt, on painting, and
vorshiping thA girl st an unsafe dis
Aistane1AaE3 wis always near enough
No ret mere -aad more scorched in the
Aame, until, 1t last, his courage and
enduranasswere all gone. So then he
vent TO M Aunt rutherford (neither
had any HlAtive IN tho whole world
except the other1, and said:
az have been = fool long enough.
Amt Rutherford. shall never make
nash q . painter. Il you stun want
= e3pe - rev @aaey, I WI lakel
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WELL DONE, JOHN.
The Shameful Wrong Committed Upon .
Faithful Dog.

The Shameful Wrong Committed Upon .
Faithful Dog.
j. A. Owen tells q touching story Of
shameful wrong done in a moment of
passion to \ faithful dog. The Incl
dent is given in tie words of . friend
Of old John, the keeper. He was =
rare 'un for shootin' was the squire.
an the best pointers that could be had
for money he'd have in his kennels.
But Cyrus was the finest dog of the lot,
both rs regards size an looks an work
in the field.
He'd never made . miss. all the time
the squire shot over him. Well, one day
when they was partridge-shootin', the
birds went out Of one field, and dropped
over . bank into another. There was
. gate ut one end o. the bank, an twas
halfway open like.
''On they comes after the dog, the
squire an John. An how it come
about no one knows: the dog might
ha' been jealous, for there was another
dog out with 'em, an he might ha'
been thinkin' about him. Anyway, in
stead o. drawin' through rs usual, he
cantered through, jest IS if he'd been
rangin'
up got the covey; they was behind
that bank. Cyrus turned round an
stopped dead still. He knowed, poor
fellow, he'd make . blunder for once
in hs life, an old John told me he
looked mp 1T him real pitiful-like. Be-
fore he could say q word, the squire
swung his gun up to his shoulder, an
shot Cyrus dead, an then turnin' round
to old John. he says to him quiet, very
quiet, though his face was white with
temper:
"'You broke that dog in, or tried to;
now break me in another that will not
make mistake
1T was quite enough for the old fel-
Ter. an too much. Layin' the gun
down. an takin' the game-bag from
his shoulders, he says:
esquire, I've been In your fathers
service an yours for many years, an
served We faithful to the best o. my
means an ways, such rs they are; but
as long as I live. Ill never break an
other dog for YOU
"The squire looked at him for full .
minute. and then he said, soft like:
John. take my gun, an carry it
home. shall shoot no more to-day.
An get Cyrus buried
"An' then he walked away from the
place. The old Teller said he knowed
he was sorry for what he done: but he
never mentioned Cyrus after that, nor
John didn't to the squire neither
Youths Companion.
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BIG SNAKE STORIES.
These, However. Afo Better Thaa 400
for They Are True.

These. However. Afo Better Thaa 00oA
for They Are True.
Nearly all the snakes you see in mu-
seums and circus exhibitions wcrc sent
70 this country from Africa or South
America. The boa constructor comes
from Africa and some very large speci-
mems come from Brazil. 1t is very sell
dom that we can secure an anaconda
In both Africa and South America
the snakes are captured by the ma
tives, who very often. however, are
afraid of them, and do not undertake
to secure them unless they are accom-
panied by m American or European,
who will take the lead in the expedi-
tion.
In Brazil the large snakes are some
times captured with nets, which are
thrown over them. The smaller ones
are caught with big stick, shaped 1t
one end like two-pronged pitchfork.
The man approaches the snake soon
after the animal has partaken of good
meal and when he feels heavy and
sleepy. The fork is placed over tho
snakes head, and he is thus pinned to
the ground. Then he coils himself
around the stick, and in that way il
carried away and put in strong box,
ready to be shipped to some foreign
country. Even large snakes are often
captured in this way.
Boa constructors are obtained in the
forests near the Amazon and Platte
rivers They arc sometimes twenty
feet in length and weigh from fifty to
one hundred pounds. Tree boas arc
captured from twelve to fourteen feet
long, but the majority Of them are sew
en- or eight feet long. The Indians
Of Brazil capture this variety of snake
while they are engaged in their regu-
lar vocation of gathering rubber.
They put the rubber and . lot Of
snakes in canoes, take them about
four thousand miles mp the Amazon
river, where they sell them to tho
traders, who in turn ship them in
steamers which take the raw rubber
to the coast.
They are highly priced because they
are SO Handsomely marked, but the
specimens we are able to get here are
smaller than the boas-
Snakes will not eat dead food. We
feed them on birds, chickens, pigeons,
rabbits and white mice. But the large
snakes will not be content with meal
of mice; the bait is entirely too small
for them, and the little creatures could
run around their cage with
ont being armed. Large snakes de-
mand . chicken, . rabbit, or = largo
rat, and they take particular delight in
killing the food they are to eat. They
do not eat 30 much in captivity. and
consequently are not 50 long lived.
Some of them will not live over . year,
while = snake who il . good feeder
will live for ten or twelve years. This
question of food would be = very ex-
pensive item in keeping = snake If it
were not for the fact that he only eats
once . month and sometimes not that
often. It is rare to find one that will
eat oftener than once . week. Snakes
are very quiet and docile after they
have been fed. The fat in .. snake is
in layers and is found in greater guam
tity than in any other animal know
of. One reason, I suppose, why they.
can go without eating fcr such long
periods is because they can hveoG kheir
own fat.-N. Y. Advertiser. =. ,-,.
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the KINo OF sEAsTs.


4 Few Intoro0o1n9 Ihe1D Co0eogn1n1 ~
sersagsA ~ sAs Asa.
II is the opinion Of tanners that the
tiger is more 10 be feored than !ho
lion. One will kill man with - much
case ~ the other; but the lion gives
fair warning of his murderous inten-
tion by rushing at HIS victim with .
roar, whereas the tiger. true repre-
sentative of the cat tribe, comes sneak.
ing mp with the semblance Of IN aAec-
tionate purr, only to set his fangs.
with sudden spring, into the very lie
greater muscular power than the tiger.
but the latter has greetsr quickne0.
In intelligence they are about equal;
and in general IL may b said that .
full-9rown Nubiaa HON and . FULL
grown royal Bengal tiger teach, say,
four years old) are . fair match Il
would be an even guess which would
kill the other.
A lion can drag . carcass weighing
one thousand pounds with his fangs-
The strength Of the muscles of
the back il wonderful II . lion
and . strong horse were to pull
in opposite directions the horse would
pull the lion backwards with compar-
ative ease; but II the lion were hitched
behind the horse and facing in the
same direction and were allowed to
exert his strength in backing he
could eAsily pull the horse down
upon his haunches, 20 much greater
il his strength when exerted
- - L.
forward pulling. A lion springing
through the air from . distance of six
feet would knock down . horse or
bullock with single blow Of his fore
arm, backed by the momentum Of his
three hundred pounds weight A full
grown lion In the jungles will jump
twenty-five or thirty feet o. ths level
from = running start. In captivity the
same lion would clear . distance Of
shout half a great A lion caA jump
over . fence eight or tan feet high, hut
not 1t bound. He catches first with
his fore legs and drags his body after
him.
Tigers win jump = tri1le higher than
this. But Of all wild animals the
leopsrds are the greatest Jumpers, be-
ing able to hurl their 1.-THE and beauti-
full bodies, curled mp almost into . hall,
Extraordinary heightA They bound
with ease, for instance, froa the Aoor
Of the cage 20 - 70 touch ceiling
twelve feet high.
For . short distance . lion or tiger
speed Of . fast horse bat they lose their
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-09-08
That Dear One.

There is . clerk in . Harlem store
who Is very susceptible, and 10 deeply
in love with Miss Esmerelda Longcofan
who. however, fails and refuses to 70.
ciprocate- She was buying some good.
from him last Tuesday, and she com.
planned Of the high prices
I'VE buy all our goods 1t your store,
and yet you charge us more than you
do others. ! hnd you dearer than any
one else, she observed.
The clerk sighed, shook his head, and
said:
Il only wish il were o."
THAT what wss sop
THAT was dcarer to you thsn any.
body slse"~Tsxas esltiAeA
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MISS WANDERING THREW HIM OVER"
Old Beau had tender spot in his heart
for the girl who had been true to her
ideal, and loved him none the less for
it. have come to know that one not
infrequently finds a touch of sentiment
way down ut the bottom of these fell
lows who have seen the world, and
when you find it there, you have the
true article. The stories of the other
men who were under the ban of their
fellows, hope to get later on, and,
when I do, shall tell you them. The
Beau does not like to uncover the
human foibles of his associates-yet,
he is but human himself. And he un-
derstands perfectly, by this time, that
shall print whatever he tells me.
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SALtSHA ". ohoN, 81. -
nant to the customs of the galleries for
correspondents to make applications
for work to newspapers already repre-
sented in Washington, as shown by the
list.
The rules of the senate ard house re-
quire that every person desiring adj
mission to the press galleries shall
make application to the speaker of the
house Of representatives. in writing,
and shall state for what paper or
papers he is Employed: and shall fur
ther state that he is not engaged in
the prosecution Of claims pending be-
fore congress or the departments, and
will not become SO engaged while al
lowed admission to the gallery: and
that he is not in any sense the agent or
representative Of persons or corpora
tions having legislation before con-
gress. and will not become either while
retaining his place in the gallery.
A standing committee of five cOrre-
spondents. elected annually by a mass
meeting of correspondents, performs
the duty of supervising all applica-
tions, and prevents occupation of the
gallery by any other than bona fide
telegraphic correspondents of repu-
table standing in their business, who
represent daily newspapers.
Clerks in executive departments and
persons engaged in other occupations,
whose chief attention is not given to
newspaper correspondence. are not en-
titled to admission to the galleries.
This rule is made necessary by reason
of the fact that there are hundreds OF
literary men in the executive depart
interfere with the wage earners in the
legitimate news-gathcring business,
If they were not excluded from tho
press gallery by the rules of the house
of representatives. the senate and the
standing committee of newspaper cor
respondents
Members of the families Of corre-
spondents are not entitled to admission
to the galleries, nor can they secure adj
mission for their friends at any time.
The press galleries are not taristocratic,
but they are exceedingly exclusive,
solely as a matter of business. for the
protection Of the men who earn their
bread and butter as chroniclers of tho
daily news in both houses Of congress-
Every newspaper in the United States
ought to have q copy of the Con-
gressional Directory. Senators and
representatives are each entitled to
limited number of these handy and
valuable little books, but they do not
receive sufficient number to supply
all Of the editors in their districts or
in their states If the newspaper men,
however, were to urgently request cop
les Of the Congressional Directory ev-
cry year, the congress would soon Be
induced to make . liberal appropria-
tion fox the printing of q few thousand
additional copies. so that every editor
might have one upon his desk, not only
for his own convenience. but for the
information of the general public In
each community. SMITH d. FRY.
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A LAW GRADUATE.

he has just come out OF college.
With his head crammed full or knowledge
So he thinks, SO he thinks,
He will surely make hit.
With his arguments and wit,
So he thinks. So he thinksi
Ae Will argue like . sage,
Though but twenty years OF age.
So he thinks, So he thinks,
he has cLme the courts to alter,
In his work he'll never falter.
So he thinks, So he thinks.
but he II run against stump
Ana receive q great big bump,
So we think, So we think.
He viii learn he's sometimes wrong,
AND his points not always strong,
50 we think! So we think,
he VIII learn life's hard and dreary,
That courts don't run by theory,
So Ne think. So we think.
And he'll say: Il have very oft
Been very green and very soft"
So we think. So we think.
N. Y. Sun.
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4 FINANCIAL scnEME,-.S; =

lGR. Blllus HEADS or . Possible Draf1 80
"What have you got there?" asked
Mr.. Billus, encountering boy 1t his
front door as he stepped out for tho
purpose Of starting downtown.
"Handbills," replied the boy. ''Goin.
to be IN auction over here in tn next
street. Household furnicher, carpets,
kitchen utensils, an bedclothes, and
various other kinds o. truck. Atten-
tion Of the women p'tic'larly invited" !"
Mr.. Billus' hair rose. Also his gorge.
"You needn't leave any here" )" he
said, sharply, seizing the one that had
been wrapped about the door knob.
crushing It in his hand, and thrusting
it into his coat pocket.
Got to leave one Ut every house, :"
said the boy. .'Them's my orders."
II tell you don't want any of them
left here. Do you understand that?"
"Yes, SIR"
"well, got down from here and &c
along"
I'm get down." grumbled the boy.
proceeding reluctantly down the steps,
''but won't go along. Tllwsit round
here till your out O. sight and I'll come
back and scatter these bills all over
your yard"
''I'll just stay here and see if you do,
you impudent little
That's all right. I'll be hangin'
round not fur on. I'm paid by the
week and my times cheaper'n your'n.
ain't in no hurry. Besides" expostu-
lated the lad, lit wouldn't be honest
fur me to slight my work. I'm hired
to leave these bills ut every house an
I'm going to do it, by jocksr'
Mr.. Billus reflected. He had got tho
worst of the argument thus far.
"Bub," he said, ''let's compromise.
I have special reasons for not wanting
any Of these handbills left At my house,
and If this will be any inducement for
you not leaving sny"-here he drew .
silver dollar from his pocket-''I'll give
it to You rs reward and in recogni-
tion Of your sterling honesty"
"Now ye're tallrin' business" " replied
the incompatible youth, pocketing the
coin. ''I'll skip the whole block"
And he wiped his nose ON his coat
sleeve and ran down the street-Chi-
cago Tribune.
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THE GOLDEN FLEECE.


fAo Most Highly RFaDoa u An TIE 00HveW
ing Orders q Chivnlsy.
OF all the orders of medieval chivai
~ which have survived the shock Of
successive revolutions ON the continent
Of Europe since the great cataclysm Of
1859, that Of the Golden Fleece Is per
haps the most distinguished and the
most highly coveted by personages Of
royal birth or Of illustrious patrician
lineage. Students of the history Of
the art or science of heraldry will learn
with interest and pleasure that the Or.
der of Toison dor, Of Spain, having
been conferred ON the duke Of York.
his royal highness was recently invest
ed, ut Marlborough house, with the in.
sigma Of the order BY the prince Of
Wales, himself . knight of the order.
acting in the name Of the queen regent
and ON behalf Of the young king Of
Spain. The secretary Of the Spanish
embassy, rs chancellor Of the order.
read the royal commission creating the
duke . knight, and the august cere
mony was also attended by the duke Of
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and the Duo d'Au-
AAsoACs - AuIk nun "a t1C VkOCIs onu "
the Spanish ambassador and the earl OF
Kimberley, her majesty's secretary Of
state for foreign anaira
The duke of York only received the
badge Of the order, in the shape of the
figure of . sheep in embossed gold sus-
pended from heavy chain of gold, bat
ut . chapter Of the order or at great
court functions at Madrid he would be
entitled to wear the full robes, consist
ing of = long mantle of crimson velvet,
cut in the fashion of . sacerdotal cope.
richly embroidered At the borders with
emblematic devices of stars, half-moona
and heeces in gold and lined with
white satin, over doublet and hose Of
crimson damask. The full robes also
comprise . ''chaperen," or hood, with
. long flowing stresmer Of black satin:
but this headgear has in modern times
been generally dispensed with
Originally the robes Of the order,
which was founded in 1929 by Philip
the Good. duke Of Burgundy. were Of
crimson cloth, lined with white lambs
wool; and this circumstance has some
what strengthened the theory that the
golden fleece was instituted by Philip
the Good in grateful recognition Of the
immense treasures which the duke Of
Burgundy had acquired from the wool
of the flocks bred on his vast estates in
Flanders. Be it Is it may, the woolen
costume was changed in 1873 ut = chap
ter held 1t valenciennes for the more
costly materials Of velvet, taffeta, da.
mask and gold embroidery.-London
Telegraph.
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When the train made its first stop
after leaving home Mr.. Simpkins> who
had been in brown study for several
minutes. raised his eyes, which had
troubled look in them, and remarked:
''My dear, are you sure we haven't for
gotten anything:" "Of course we
haven't" responded the good lady,
sheertully. would have thought Of
4 the minute the trslu had started
pettoat NSwtT Tytbv1a
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There Is in New Orleans . ease
which illustrates the love existing be-
tween the old time slaves and their
masters. Many years ego there lived in
Mississippi . planter named Bradford.
who owned many slaves At the time
Of the war the planter was killed, and
his son, . wild. harum-scarum boy,
after settling mp the estate dissp-
peared. Ten years ago . man was ar.
rested upon the streets Of New Orlean
for drunkenness He was . repulsiv.
looking object, his face was coveres
with . matted beard and his clothes
tattered and torn. At the police sta
tfon some papers revealed that thi.
tramp was Harry Bradford. The news
papers mentioned the case and some
one told Aunt Hannah, his old blasl
nanny, then nearly eighty years Of
age. She had . little home Of her own,
and was still able 70 make . living ~
. housekeeper. When she heard that
Master Harry" was in trouble she
took her little savings. paid his Ans;
carried him to her cabin and there for
the past ten years she has cared for
and supported this wreck Of humanity.
-CincinnaN Enquirer.
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nrphe ~ New. Gently.

The Rich Uncle Ito his physiciane
There - hope for me. then?
Physician-I think 20. >
The Rich uaele--Wcll. please break
\ ssntlY te nv p0ef w.--Life.
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less for the perfect congeniality of its
members, and for their unfailing re-
gard for, and courtesy toward each
other, than for its esprit de corps. The
personal entente cordiale between the
members was hardly less in evidence;
still l could not help observing that
there were one or two notable ex-
ceptions to this-one or two men who
seemed to have no especial friendships.
and to be regarded with general air
OF coldness, IS IL their presence was not
welcome. do not think any Of the
other club members were ever discour-
teoua toward these; that their sense of
fair play would not allow them to be,
30 long - they remained in the sacred
circle. And it appears there was no
tangible reason why they should not
remain. II they had been guilty of
any overt act Of conduct "unbecoming
gentleman" As the bylaws put it.
they would soon have been read out of
the club. There was certain aloof-
ness from fellowship with these men.
mentioned to the Old Beau one night
that had seen this
"Yes. you are quite right" he said.
with . sigh, after q brief pause; 81 had
hoped you would not notice it. l did
not think the feeling was 50 plainly
shown on the very surface of things.
But 1t exists. It is quite true. can
not deny that, much as would like you
10 think our circle above reproach. 1
know the men You mean, without ask
ing. / may tell you that they have no
connection with each other, although
I see you have classed them together
In your mind. They are:
The Man Who Changed His Name
The Man Who Was Alone and
The Man Who Lived in Tomb"
To learn that they were picked out
by such sounding appellations rather
staggered me at first. But / quickly
reflected that the better the name the
better the story, at least thus far in
my experience with the Old Beau. and
30 I let no time be wasted in getting
into our curtained corner. nor in hav-
ing Sammy Ak us up the necessary ac-
cessories Of an evenings talk.
I've will begin," said my compan-
aon, after he. had carefully examined
the label on his bottle to make certain
the steward had not palmed Of some
poor French imitation for the pure
American vintage, which he had or
dered-''we will begin with little
6tuyve Rutherford-'The Man Who
Changed his Name Yonder he sits
by himself-in the further corner of
the smoking room"
i, l>>-H R<,v~,,>,.d 80 <he% r oo,,1l go
the portion Of the room indicated.
There sat man of perhaps thirty-five
years, SO well put up that / could see
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Curssas OsA CAassA Nevo - BA01ao1-
The nave Of the church at Green
stead, or Grsenstead 0ngar. one Of the
most ancient churches Of Great Britain.
ID extrsmely curious. being composed
Of the half-trunks Of oalks, set upright
and close 70 one another. The trunks,
about oae and ooe-hah feet IN dame
ter. have bssn split thr0agh The cshter
and thoroughly hsw1 st eaeA ed 70
into plank q the top, where thsy are
fastened BY wooden psgA TIE nsvs il
twenty-ains 1sst MIA inshss long by
fourtson lett wide, and = believsd to
have boen erected oAout lol3 e
shxins for The rseeptioo Of tAe body Of
st. Edmund. kiAgaad 2axtyr.-Garden
and Forrest.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-09-08

MrA Robinsoa-Whas do you thinh
Of the new miniUter7
Robinson = He's good man, No
doubt; but he's quite visionary in his
0eoa.
Ma Rohinsoa-viaienAsy?
1ubinson-ysas - tslka NJ paying
- ~ negtga0a~euelt