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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-09-28
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

-Cowpcr was devotedly attached to
his mother, and cften mentions or al
ludes to her in his writings. One of
his most charming poems was written
in her honor.
Fanny Mozart was petite beauty,
Of exceedingly pleasing address. Her
manners were very fascinating and she
had confding, sympathetic way that
won all hearts
Leopold Sehefer. the German
writer. had q good mother, rs we'll as
good wife. He said of both: ''Rut
one thing on earth is better that the
wife; that is the mother"
Cleopatra was not IN Egyptian.
but q Greek beauty, with perfectly
white skin, tawny hair and blue eyes
Her chief fascination was her voice,
which is described as low. we'll modu-
lated. and singularly sweet in tone.
Col. Switsler, the nestor of Mis-.
souri, journalism, still . vigorous and
capable newspaper man, wrote his first
editorial for his own paper in 1s4l.
The Sedalia Capital claims for him the
distinction of being the oldest editor
in the United States.
Walter Besant's most recent book.
"In Deacon's Orders" is rather Of the
dismal variety. Mr.. Besant's heroes in
this work are selected, it is said, ''from
among a grewsome crew of conscience
less reprobates, dipsomaniac felons,
swindling company promoters, moral
towards, treacherous friends and self
tormenting hallucines."
Harry {. Evans, of Ottumwa, Ia. &.
has during the last two years worked
in the treasury department and studied
law at night. He has been graduated
as No. 3 in class of III, and was one
of the six who received honorable
mention by the faculty for scholar
ship. For excellence in debate he won
the first prize-a set of law books cost
ing 500.
AT last u. Andre, the Swedish
aeronaut, and man of science, who
proposes to reach the north pole by
balloon. has secured companion IN
the person of Mr.. Elkholm, of the
Stockholm Meteorological bureau. Mr..
Elkholm has recently devised scheme
Of determining the velocity of the up
per current of air by observing the
clouds
--Mascagni and Leoncavallo have
quarreled fiercely. The latter wrote
an article attacking "Cavalleria Rus
ticana," giving long list of passages
which he said were not original, with
the sources frou which they were
taken. Mascagni retorts that he is pre-
pairing an account of what is original
in Leoncavallo's work, and that it will
be very short one.
-Nazr' Ullah Khan, the Afghan
ameer's son. is rather light Of COM
plexion for an oriental. His face is
not darker than the shah's. He is
rather a gorgeous figure in his uni
form, with its gold embroidered coat.
blue sash. and blue and black astra-
khan caftan. Gold stripes set of his
trousers, and he wears gold spurs on
his patent leather boots
Mrs. Elizabeth E Hunter. wht
died at Philadelphia recently, wa.
highly esteemed by Lincoln and Grant
for services in caring for the wounded
in the late war. She was the first
woman to go to Gettysburg after the
great fight, receiving permission from
President Lincoln and going in spe
cial car. She founded the Northern
Home for Friendless Children in Phila-
delphia.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-09-28

A woman noted for the good food
provided for her family at compare
lively small cost says: Il found The
outlay for meats tho largest weekly
item. and SO ] paid special attention to
oil those dishes made from meats that
do not require the most expensive
cutsAI buy oysters by the bushel. and
open them myself; they will keep .
long time In cool weather il you learn
how to lay them on the cellar-bo.,am.
can my own fruits and suc!, ssp-,a
tles ss cosp and tomatoes.s-N. Y
Pest ~
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-09-28
RACE FEDERATION.

The Probable Result Of Bringing All the
Eaglish-sPeekin9 People Together.
If it is possible to solidify the Eng
disappearing people on some such lines
as you indicate, the final question lei
What would be the gain to them and
to mankind?
To all intents and purposes war
would by degrees die out from the facs
of the earth-it would become impos.
sible. The armed camp. which burdens
the old world, enslaves the nations and
impedes progress, would disappear. II
you had the Anglo-Saxon race acting
on a common ground they could deter
mine the balance of power for fully
peopled earth. Such . moral force
would l,e irresistible, and argument
would take the place Of war in the set
tlement of International disputes
Why. If there was . race great enough
10y single word to prevent II. should
any two nations throw the world into
disorder. by fighting with each other?
If the arbitrament of reason takes the
place OF the arbitrament OF war. it
will at once be seen what = new and
noble world is unveiled.
Substantially the fighting machinery
Of the old world-the arsenals and the
battaIions-have been kept out Of the
new. Put mutterings sometimes
threaten. which excite the young ma
tions of the new world to think they
must prepare means for their own de-
fense against some Of the nations Of
the old. Therefore. unless Anglo
Saxon union is realized, the doubt
arises whether war can long be kept
out of the new world: SO, you see.
unity makes for the prevention Of war
in the old, and obviates sny proba ble
causes of WAT in the new. An element
not fully dreamed Of. which is being
introduced, will immensely strengthen
the federation idea The influence O.
womas, now coming to be . real factor
in the world, will tend, probably =,
much Is any other cause, to make nar
tions unwilling to plunge into scenes
of bloodshed and useless destruction ot
life and property. That will be a
blessed assistance toward the peace Of
the world in this time of excitement.
and SO bulwark Tor federation. whic |,
e the eseatse q paaeG-Ceetsm smpasass
Rsvisw.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-09-28
PASSED THE AGE OF LIMIT.

Esther EoRxBAcK (colored) died at
Centerville, Tenn, recently at the ago
Of one hundred and nineteen ycar.i
The local newspaper says the records d
her age are practically unimpeachable
Moses AMBROSE, . colored man, died
at Salem, OcOnee county, Ga, . few
days since at the apparently authenti.
Gated age of ono hundred and -four
years. His son says the old man Was
tho father Of more than . huEdsed
ehilaycn,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-09-28
ATTRACTIONS OF the LAW.

6acrinees That Youag Men Mako - th0
Hope Of Fame and FWrtune.
Considerably over two hundred young
men are graduated annually from the
law schools Of this city. The grad
yates include not only the usual num-
Der of well-schooled young men with
friends to help them and perhaps
means at command, but rs well q con-
siderable percentage of men who come
to their law studies without the advan-
tage of . good grounding in English.
Latin, and the sciences, without money
or financial friends. and with wives
and children dependent upon them for
support. Some of these latter finish
their law studies at an age when most
lawyers have been from three to ten
years in practice. .a 49,
Persons acquainted with the difficult
ties that beset the yOnng lawyer in
New York wonder what the new grad
yates in law Of this sort are to do.
They are earning in various occups-
tions from seven hundred and fifty to
fifteen hundred dollars year. Few
Of them can hope to earn Immediately
ut the law above six hundred dollars .
year. and almost none can hope within
four or Ave years to earn by his prac-
tice IS much rs the most successful
now earn by their present occupations
Most of such graduates in law hope to
find law clerkships at five, hundred to
six hundred dollars year. but for
these they must compete with the
cleverest and hest educated men from
the most famous law schools in the
country. Those who take the alterna.
tive of setting up Offices for themselves
must sacrifice ordinarily all of their
present income for an uncertainty that
may not yield three hundred dollars in
the first year. and may yield less than
ono Thousand dollars in the third or
fourth or fifth year. Some never get
hey ond law clerkships; some never find
themselves able to give up the trade
that earns their bread in order to be-
gin that by which they hoped to earn
both bread and fame. Enough succeed
| to insare full classes in the law schools
year after year.
As matter OF fact the Law continues
| to attract men here and elsewhere. in
| spite Of statistics that prove the aver
age earnings Of lawyers to b below
| those Of skilled mechanics. Men with
families to support work all dav and
pay from ten to twenty-five percent
of their incomes annually for the op.
portunity of studying law Mt night.
Other men work all night for the op.
portunity Of studying law by day.
| Naval officers stationed here sometimes
squeeze in law lectures along with
their duties to the government Ste
nographers, oAlce boys. newsboys and
all sorts of hard-working people share
the belief that chance TO PRACTICE
law is worth almost any sacrifice Of
time and energy. Country folk still
say Of any bright lad. He ought to
be . lawyer" and the same belief in
the law - . profession seems to be
held by . great msuy New Workers. of
all sorts. It is still held - be the pro-
fession that leads to dignities and hon.
ors. to political success. and esen to
wealth.-N. Y. Sum-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-09-28
ALoeteni l,eAsessea.

Bobby-Mamma, do the streets Of
Heaven dow with milk and honey?
Mother-SO the Bible says, dear.
Bobby-Aud is that why the angels
have wings. cause the walkiagk %
boa?-tuck.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-09-28

Neighbor-I hear your master has
married again and b taking . bridal
tour.
Uncle Mose-Don't know bout him
takin' . bride to dis one, boss, but he
did tuck . paddle to his fust wife.
shure.-Texas SiftinRs-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-09-28
AN OPEN COMMISSION.

LORD I.INKsHIRE. l1-,.
Mr. VERNON sH<uoSa-
Mr. WILKINS, OF Messrs. Bond Marks Coin
Dealers and AntiQuarians
ActioneeE
Sccne-A Coin Sale at Sothebya
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-09-28

MT. NernOn-NO,
came back last night. And you? iou
are back sooner than you intended?
Lord Linkshire-Yes, l only ran up
for this sale. return tonight
Mr.. Vernon (suspiciOusly)-T il
nothing very particular here-nothing
in your line. that is?
Lord Linkshire-No. there is nothing
Byzantine. but there is a rather out
of-the-way aureus. want you to look
at it
Mr.. Vernon-An aureus?
Lord Linkshire-Yes, . lovely little
piece; in the highest condition. too.
It's a-what's the woman's name? Lot
l6, think. (Consults catalogue.)
Mr.. Vernon-Not the Plotina. Jack.
Don't say you've come to buy that:
Lord Linkshire-Yes. that's it. the
Plotina- looking up) Scott, man!
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-09-28

Sweden has deaf and dumb eorps
ofthe Salvation Army. rour neetinYa
AZ bed weekln
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-09-28

-lIenrictta Maria had large mole
ON her neck. She WAS often solicited
20 have II removed. but alwaysrefnsed,
from snpesstisious motive, to hsvs
sl.r operation psri0rms4
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-09-28

ORD LINKSHIRE
You here, Yer
non? How lucky.
l wanted a good
OPT Mon. But 1
thought You were
still whipping the
Avon?
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-09-28
WATER POWER.

| A0SRoSo0
It In . Large Way.
The standard American method of
utilizing . large amount of water pow
er has hitherto been to distribute the
water to the several consumers or mill
owners by means OF . system Of head
races. SO called, with facilities for its
discharge ut . lower level, to be util-
lied rs the owner or lessee saw fit, and
generally ON his own premises. This
led to long head canals, and to insig-
nificant tail-races, whereas the Niagara
plant consists of q common tail-race, .
mile and half long, with comparative
" Insignificant head-raceA The old
time water power company sold or
leased the right to draw q definite
quantity of water ut defined times,
with the privilege of discharging it at
. lower level. and the mill owner did
the rest: whereas at Niagara falls the
right is leased to discharge o definite
quantity of water into the tail-race
tunnel. with the privilege Of drawing
this quantity from The head canal, or
from the river. But over and above
this the product-power-may be con-
tracted for At Niagara falls. delivered
ON the shaft.
To create = large group Of mill sites
of the older sort there was necessary,
in the first instance, . large, continu-
ous body Of land. properly located for
the purpose. II this could not be
bought up secretly, and in large blocks.
the whole water-power enterprise
would fail to come to fruitiou. In Eu-
rope, however. several such enterprises
came into being in spite of the in
ability Of the projectors to primarily
buy tracts of land such rs have been
described. This was done by estab-
fishing central power stations near the
dam. or head canal. and then trans
mitting the power produced. instead
Of the water to produce it. to the con-
sumers or mill owners Up TO within,
say, five years. this had always been
accomplished BY means OF wire-rope
transmissions of power. and it is easy
to see that the invention Of the cleo
trical Transmission of power would give
this form Of the utilization of = large
water power . great impetus Many
such plants are. therefore, already in
existence, many are building. but
among them all no one is probably SO
celebrated and is attracting the atten-
ton of all Intelligent men IS this st
Niagara falls.-Cass;er's Magazine.
Wee Wood0 Eisg.
Little Jack-Where are you goin' this
summer, Mr.. Softchapp?-
Mr. Softchspp-Um-why doyou ask:
Little Jack-Sis said when she found
out where you was goin' she'd know
where to 20, snd was wonderin' where
Sis wasn't goin'.
Mr.. Softchapp-Is your sister still in
the city?
Little Jack-Yes, but she is goin
away for the summer n soon - she
finds out where you're goin'.
Indeed! So she wishes 10 20 where
| I do:"
"NO. She wants to 60 somewhert
| else. IN. Y. Weekly.
l lf~--s~Ht~ Ne ~vs~ h~A q 1~vs>~ un<>1H
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-09-28

00OulO Oe turned OH IuStAuCCT.
And here is the silver question that
has been the subject Of more exaggera-
ton than will ever be forgiven in the
day .of jud0ment-more elimination
aud slander and suppression OF the
truth. And nothing is yet settled abou.
Il. Who knows what is best? When
We SEQ such statesmen rs Morgan and
Vest and Harris and Daniel and George
md Blackburn and Crisp and Black
md McLaurin and . host of others on
,ne side and IS many notable men on
the other side. what right has . com
mon man to jump up and swear that he
knows all about it and that those who
aon't think with him are fools. But I
reckon the next election will settle 1t,
and wish it was over. for the people
are getting mighty tired of the whole
business.
And there is another question that
ZONES up periodically and has recently
,ome up again. Does education lessen
rhine? Some philanthropists are get
ing concerned about this, Snd well
they may; for the statistics OF every
,tate in the union establish the fact
that education of the kind the pupils
sre getting increases crime-not lit
tie, but immensely. and yet We go on
with it and the clamor comes for more
and more. Just look over the 6aily pa
pers and see how the record OF crime is
increasiug--not misdemeanors. but the
most awful crimes-not only away Oh
il Ohio. bat right here in Georgia. But
forbear. wrote this all up two yesrs
sxo aud gave the figures from tie aP
,roved reports Of the penitentiary and
tAe prisons and the jails and the cork
houses from Massachusetts, to TexaA
and they were al alike. % far rs in
crease was concerned. Hadent we bet
ter stop and think about this and take
lesson from Prussia Is to the kind Of
>ducetion that will diminish crime
Who shall the god and virtuous girls
marry nowadays? Where are the young
~ea Who sre worthy Of thslp7 There
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1895-08-09

The flood that visited Socorro
last week demolished fifty buildings
and damaged one hundred more.
Six members of the Duran family
were drowned, and the infant son of
L. Baca died from effects of being
chilled by water from which it was
rescued. Several miles of the Mag
dalena railroad was destroyed.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1895-08-09

-Four Missouri Thoughts, Werney
Taylor, Bill White, Enos Williams and
Tom Williams, recently sent a let.
ter to the sheriff at Carrollton, Mo.
saying that they were the murder.
ers Of the Meeks family for which
Bill and George Taylor were being
tried, and the gang went on to- say
that they were on their way to
New Mexico. This play was nc
doubt intended to weaken the tolls
that enveloped the Taylor brothers
but it didn't pan ont. The brothers
were found guilty of murder in the
first degree.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1895-08-09

The American who goes abroad
seems to be a choice subject for vii
famous persecution by foreigners
who are disposed to commit such
outranges which they perpetrate with
impunity, 50 far as the present adj
miuistration is concerned. From
Spain comes the intelligence that
the property Of an American citizen
has been destroyed and his wife
thrown into prison; that mission
aries have been massacred at Shang-
hal and one American woman mis-
sionary wounded; that an American
citizen has been cast in a French
prison for a term of twenty years;
that a young German, a n~aturalized
American citizen, has just returned
from Germany where he had gone
on a visit. his passport was taken
from him and he was thrown in Jail
because he had not served in the
German army. These are only a
few instances of the many insults
and Outrages to American citizens
abroad. This is what becomes of
having a democratic president and a
democratic administration that runs
the affairs of this country in the
interest of foreigners and foreign
countries.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1895-08-09

AS the case now stands, the demo
Gratis can not hope to carry a single
northern state next year, and the stu
alton Is likely to grow worse rather
than better for them, on the theory
that they have not yet exhausted their
capacity for doing the wrong thing at
the right time."-St. Louis Globe De-
mocrat.
The opportunities which the de.
mocrats have let slip ought to con.
9ign them to oblivion. There is not
the slightest excuse for the exis-
tence even of such a horde of ire
formers' as styles itself the demo,
cratic party.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1895-08-09

The administration cuekoos are
telling the democrats that Mr.,
Cleveland does not want another
nomination, that he simply wants
the honor of declining such proffered
pleasure. This SLY trick is known
as the "Cleveland confidence game"
If the trick can be made to work
all right, no doubt, through due
courtesy to such an honored &C.
caslon, Mir. Cleveland would be very
ungrateful to democratic principles
if he did not accept the nomina-
ton with profuse thanks, and leave
the suckers be may have caught
stranded on the Shiny banks of the
dismal democratic swamp.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1895-08-09

1t is reported that Grover Cleve-
land is pushing his plans to secure
a fourth nomination. BY the aid of
his cabinet officers who are in the
field as opponents of sound money"
and with Wall street money sharks
at his back to furnish the Doodle to
control the convention, Mr.. Cleve-
land undoubtedly expects to be the
next democratic presidential nominee,
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1895-08-09

THE appearance of Gail Hamllton's
biography Of Blaine serves to empha-
size the fact that his fame was much
like that of an actor, and that when be
departed he took most of it with him.
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The goldite Globe Democrat car.
ries its spitefulness against all sill
yerites even beyond the grave, at
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1895-08-09

The administration has made a for
NAL demand on France to give full
explanation why Waller, the Ameri-
can citizen is confined in a French
prison, and should France refuse to
fully comply with the request, the
administration has made the terrible
threat to take it that the French de-
ny justice. Gee whiz!
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1895-08-09
Highest Of all in Leayenng POwsrr-Latest U.S. Govt Report
RA!:.!I! RsMdRs
ABSOLUTELY PURE

The production of mercury reaches
about ffty-ive to sixty thousand francs
per annum. The frascos r enormous
bottles of cast iron, which contain four
arrobes of about twenty-five pounds
each. Each bottle, which measures
twenty-five centimeters in height by
six in width, weighs, when filed, about
one hundred pounds. The workmen at
present employed number about two
thousand. There are also one thou
sand workmen who are employed out
of the mines with machinery, furnaces,
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1895-08-09

Many persons who claim to want
silver restored to its proper place
insist that it is necessary that there
should be an international bimetallic
agreement, and that this country can
not support the free coinage of sill
yer without the cooperation of 9th
er countries. w notice that a great
many silver republicans are affected
with this international bimetallic
disease which Is as fatal to the
health of our financial system as is
the foreign Asiatic cholera to our
sanitary conditions. 1t is all wrong;
it is simply a side issue of the
single gold standard humbug. If
the people Of the United States wait
for England to agree to such a
proposition they will wait many
long years; the money sharks of
England have this country by the
throat and to enter into such an
agreement would loosen their grip
and this they will not do until
the American people arise up in
unity and strength and throw them
off. There Is no country on earth
that can relieve the Initiated States
OF single gold standard tyranny and
Rothschilds d~espotism quicker or
more effectually than can the Unit
ed States by independent action to
restore free coinage Of silver at the
ratio of 10 to 1. The London Times,
in a recent financial article, discuss
ing the possibility of an interna-
tional monetary agreement. gives
the following reason why England
will not act; Not France, whose
monetary position is secure, but
America, would be the first to take
advantage of it should we be fool
ish enough to enter into such an
agreement. America is the only
great country which would really
gain by such an agreement. She
would try to dispose of her silver
here for gold. But the mere hint
that We would enter into an inter
national bimetallic agreement would
cause such a scramble for gold that
it is very doubtful if any would be
left in the Bank of England by the
time the agreement was signed"
The Times, by making the above
remarks, distinctly defines its po-
sition as purely gold standard which
it stoutly maintains, but it never ut
tered a stronger truth than when it
said ''but America. would be the
frst to take advantage of it should
we be foolish enough to enter into
such an agreement. America is the
A
only great country which would
really gain by such an agreement"
With these cold facts 81 frankly adj
mitted by a British gold standard
organ, is it not time the wild hobby
of International bimetallic agreement
be thrown aside, and a purely indie
pendent American movement for
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1895-08-09

"Only four survivors of the battle of
Waterloo are now to be found in Eu-
rope. The vast armies of Napoleon,
Wellington and Butcher are gone, and
it is not on record that in their declin-
ing years they ever came in contact
with an official like Hoke Smith."-St.
Louis Globe Democrat.
The bigoted secretary of the inter-
ior, who vents his spite against the
brave defenders of the Union, will
have to fly south with the other
cuckoos, after the veterans vote and
the patriotic citizens votes are count
ed at the next general election.