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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29
MANNERS OF GReA1 MEN.

Some Were Invariably Pollte--OtheFs
Fox would never stand covered in
the presence of ladies.
Calhoun was so absent-minded that
he often forgot he was in company.
Monroe was, even in his own time,
called "A gentleman Of the old school"
Bancroft was rather reserved than
otherwise with most persons whom he
met.
Henry Clay was said to make the
most engaging bow of any gentleman
Of his time.
Andrew Jackson was rough in his
manners, but could be polite when he
pleased. He was always courteous to
ladies.
The duke Of Marlborough said that
he owned his success rs much to his
elegant department Is to his talents.
Byron was affable to his equals aud
to those whom he wished to please. but
naughty and distant to most others.
Talleyrand owed his success in life,
to no small extent, to the uniforn
courtesy with which he treated every.
one.
Haydn was the personidcation OF
courtesy. He once said: 1T does not
pay to be impolite, even to dog"
Gen. Greene had the reputation of
being the most polite man in the revo-
lutionary army during the war for in
dependence.
Goethes manners were simple and
unaffected. He greeted all men as his
equals and delighted everyone whom
he met.
Chesterfield was so graceful that ono
of his contemporaries said it was worth
q journey across England to soc him
bow.
John Adams was SO reserved that he
generally gave the impression that he
was suspicious of those with whom no
was talking.
Raleigh's courtesy in throwing his
cloak in the mud for Queen Elizabeth
to step on was characteristic of his
usual behavior toward ladies'
Walter Scott was almost too polite.
His unwillingness to disoblige others.
even in small matters, often caused
him great Inconvenience.
Daniel Webster was lofty and digni-
fled. His abstraction sometimes created
the impression of incivility where no
discOurtesy was intended.
Gladstone is polite to everybody. At
his country home he knows everyone
in the vicinity, and has kindly word
for even the poorest farm laborer.
William PENIS formal but kindly
politeness impressed even the Indians
with whom he dealt. One of she names
given him by them was "The Good Big
Chief"
Madison made it point to touch his
hat to everyone who bowed to him, and
the front part Of his hat brim was al
ways worn threadbare in consequence
of this his.punctiliousness.
Cromwell. in spite of the position
which he attained, never departed
from the simplicity of life of an En-
glish country gentleman. In convcr-
sation he was quiet and unassuming.
George Washington had stately
inclined to pomposity, that
kept everyone at = distance. He al
ways wanted it clearly understood
that he was the father of his country.
Thomas jefferson had the digni6ed
Of an old-time gentleman. In
his manner he was generally cold. but
with friends would unbend his dignity
and be As sociable as anyone could DO.
sirc.-St Louis Globe-Democrat
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29
Unlike All utherp.

Several men were talking about how
they happened to marry.
Il married my wife," said one after
the others had all had their say. "be-
cause she was different from any wom-
IN had ever met"
How Was that?" chorused the otherA
''She was the only woman ever met
who would have me" and there was .
burst of applause. Free Pres&
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29
Cause fer Hle Claln,

Bleecker-Upptowne prides himself
on being one Of the old settlers Of Har.
lem?
Forthhoor tearnestly)-well, I know
it to be = fact that he's been living for
over = year and half in the same dat!
Puck.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29
He Preferred Death.

The vessel was going down and only
one man remained on board the ILL.,
fated craft.
"IIurry." cried the captain, ''or you
will be lost"
''Is my wife thcre?' the man asked.
"Yes, and she is crying for you"
''Say farewell to her for me. shall
q down with the boat"
What is the reason of this mad
ness?" csied the captain.
"W~l!: il I am saved, I'll have to ex.
plain il to my mother-in.law why ]
didn't have sense enough to take .
boat that would not sink, so i prefer
togo down. Farewell. ."-Syracuse Post
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29
The TGAflna.

1t is said tha the wife of the tsar,
when she was the princess Alix, could
cook q good dinner, sew long sean,
and knit warm stockings. 1t is not all
'.curds and whey" with all titled peo.
pie. as an exchange points out: Why.
il you will take the trouble to read the
history of the mother Of the young
Princess Alix, you will see that she
had to economic just IA does the wifa
of any clerk: that the baby's long
dresses were made into short ones, and
that the present of little money from
her mother was not only gladly &C.
cepted, but it was used to furnish the
dining-room with new chairs. The
history of this gentle lady makes good
reading for discontented women, for
they see then how. although she was
among the high and mighty of the
earth, she had to think and plan and
manage so that her own family might
make : proper appearance
Companion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29

Wife-The language you used whe.
you came home last night was soms-
thing dreadful.
Husbond-But-
Don't try 70 deny it. Am - posi-
tive ~ am that I sit here that when
said: who's therer you said: Me. -
Detroit Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29
She was N Observer

.You have brought new sunshine
into my life, ]" he said rapturously.
do you mean that?" she asked tim
idly.
.'Of course l mean it. Can you doubt
me?"
.'Oh. Of course, knew you wouldn't
Intentionally misrepresent But you
know . young man 50 often thinks .
girl has brought sunshine into his life
when, in reality. its only moonshine."
-Washington Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29
DAINTY SUMMER PILLOWS.
On which Hot and Tired Heads WIN Like
70 Rest.

20 Rest.
The first real hint of summer fur
nishinG is to be seen in sweet. most
fascinating pillows, all snowy, dainty
white. The materials are varied, some
being made from Anatolian curtains,
some from less expensive cotton stuffs,
but in all the frill shows to rare ad-
vantage and make . really ideal finish.
So far the display in confined to orien-
tai cloths, and includes only such and
similar materials to those mentioned
above. but there is NO reason why the
same idea might not be carried out in
q hundred ways.
These new pillows and cushions arc
made slip fashion. with buttons and
button-holes 1t one end, and can be
removed and laundered with perfect
ease. The striped Anatolian curtains
show. some of them, NO color, some .
hair-line of yellow. but all are
finished with . netted fringe. This
fringed edge becomes the friil of the
pillow, and il . perfect finish. Their
cost is by mo- means excessive when one
considers the wearing IS well ~ the
sesthetic value, although it may be
computed 1T six dollars or thereabouts,
but the crepe is far cheaper and really
almost rs effective, when made amply
and with fine frill.
Ordinary cotton crepon st fifteen
cents . yard can be and has been treat.
cd in like manner and developed into
slips ~ charming Is need be. In fact,
both the upholsterers' stock and the
materials sold for milady's gowns offer
. host Of opportunities All that il
needed is . wary, watchful eye and in
dependence enough to turn any suit
able material to . new use whenever
the conditions justify the experiment
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29

Editor-Youre sure you haven't sub
mitted this poem on spring anywhere
else?
Poet-Yes. sir.
Editor-Then how II it you have .
black sys and walk on crptchss?-
Judge.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29

Barber-Shall / 60 over the chin
once more, sir?
CnStomer-No: I'D heard it NIL before
You told mc.--Hayper's Weekly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29
.-..p. /, said n small how. "vhat

PA, said small boy, what arc
the penalties of Rreatness?" "Well,'
replied the eminent ofiice-holder. with
. sigh, lone of them is having the in
come-tax collector know. 0ff-hand. just
how much money you get , year.
Washington Stag.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29

tongue, and in 1867. at the age Of ic,.
ty-five, became the first black bishop
of that cOmmunion.-N.Y Y. Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29

\ my first trip
&C SIS the
great plains
in 1870. we
were. at two
d re a {
p O i n is on
Tho fnprnnv
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29
Net - VvooAag9ul
4 you saw Niagara"

"And you saw Niagara"
YEA"
"And did you not consider it wonder.
ful?"
mot 20 very. The water simply fell
over the rocks- II IL were tie other
way, now. and the water climbed ehan--
il would have bsen quite nayveIe1A
-usspsy'e bssss.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-16
A Fable of the Springtimc.

Once upon n time the Sun and the
Wind disputed as to which was the
stronger.
Presently a wayfarer approached,
and, to settle their differences, they
agreed that superiority should be con-
coded to that one who could produce
the most marked effect upon the man.
"Oh, l won't do n thing to him." re-
marked the Wind, and blew violently.
But the wayfarer only drew his coat
more closely about him and tossed
down Il ball or two of Medford.
Now, watch me-" said the Sun, and
shone feryidly, whereat the wayfarer
thought 1t was Spring and changed his
flannels.
Whenever thereafter the Wind be-
came boastful. the Sun had but to point
to Il little mound in the churchyard-
Detroit Tribune.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-16

think that this is exa ggerated in the least,
as there were over 400 of the machines.
and at the end Of q days work from
three to ten bushels could be taken out Of
each machine with shovel. Just about
one hopper in ten that dies does so in the
machine, so you can see that my estimate
is not large one by any means"
"What is the nature of the machineT'
he was asked.
1T is something of the nature of an
overgrown dustpan. and is made of tin.
1t is about eight feet long by two feet
wide. runs on three small runners, and
is drawn over the ground by q horse. At
the front of the machine is trough filled
with coal oil, and behind this, at right
angles, n piece of canvas rises to Il
height of three or four feet. AS this ma
chine Is drawn over the ground the hop
pers jump into it, the canvas preventing
them from jumping over. They fall into
the oil and that is the end.
''Some of them strike the oil head first
and die instantly. Others only touch it
with their feet or bodies and are able 10
jump out again. 1t makes little difference
in the end, however, as they cannot live
over three minutes if they have even the
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-16
Bows Essay on Cleanliness.

A London maya zine submits the fol-
lowing essay on Cleanliness" as the
product of a 12-year-old boy in a gram
mar grade:
do not go and say that you are
feared of making yourself clean, just
becose it is cold and it hurts to get the
dirt off. or becose the suds get in your
eye. For when you are clean people
do not edge away from you. never
mind about your clothes, but they say
unto you like our teacher that is next
to godlyness. Be thankful unto him
becose your mothers can afford soap,
and becoSe they make you use it. Also
when your mother puts her fingers
down your coat-neck afOre breakfast
and peeps TO see if there is any black
there. and then sends you back TO the
sink again to wash yourself better,
say unto her, yes mother. also smiling.
On Saturday night say also unto her,
mother. don't forget to get my bath-tub
reddy for me. and new pace of soap.
for | love to wash myself course OF
cleanliness for 1t Is next to godlyneSS.
Do not be same as them there Blacks,
and Amerikens, and IngoOs which just
splashes their faces with water and no
soap, and never gets inside Of a tub.
only 4 paddlin about bits Of rOvers.
When you say to dirty boy. Dirty
Dick wants the stick, only say it about
once, so as he can't say as YOU are
wicked. Say unto him, look at the
thOteful cat, which splits on its pores
just TO get a bit of lather for q fair
start, and then wipes its nose, and into
its eyes, also behind its ears not count
ing over. Then say unto him as 1t
will actshelly lick itself when 1t can't
get its pores. rather than be hitching
anyWheres round. Tell him to look at
the necks Of the masters and superin-
tendents and preachers. and he will
never find 4 ring, which is always q
sine as you have Lot gone far down"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-16
AS SUMNER GOES.

Now summer all her golden treasures
lays
Before us smiling that her work is
done:
And as we take the gift-lO, she is gone!
Withdrawing from us with her harvest
days,
Nor stops to hear our gratitude and praise.
And when l see her go, then l entreat
That it may be with me when l COM
plete
Hhs task Life sets, and vanish in the
haze,
30; let there be no parleying at the last,
But take the harvest, be it large or
small
Assured, oh, friend. that it is my great
all,
And let me join the summers of the past
As peacefully as drops the harvest
moon
Adown the sky lulled by the west winds
-Womankind.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-16
When irving Was Kissed.

Sir Henry Irving recently told the
following story about his early expe-
rience: "In my early days / accepted
a stock engagement at a provincial the
alter, and did not know until got there
that l had been put into the place Of
an actor who was locally very popular.
He had not left believe, on alto
gether good terms with the manage
ment; so the audience vented their
spleen upon his successor. l was that
unfortunate person, and for a whole
week or more Twas Kissed every night;
not for my bad acting, but out of love
for my predecessor. l remember how
every night l walked to my rooms.
some two miles out OF town, very
wretched. and walked in again the next
night no less miserable. To this day
never pass the place by railway with
out a shudder."
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-16
KILLS THE HOPPERS.
MACHINE THAT SLAUGHTERS
5000 BUSHELS A DAY.
Minnesota Scientists Tackle the
Farmers Terror in a New Way
Pests to Death.
"Hopper-DOzers.'

Minnesota scientists have tackled the
Erasshoppr pest in n new way. Canvas
and kerosene is the combination. before
which the tiny hoppers go down to their
death. Out there it is known as a hop
per-dozer" The State pays the expenses
of the slaughter, and the slaughter is
terrific. Think. il you can, of 5000 bush
ell baskets packed with hoppers. That
was the average record in a day of killed
and wounded insects at the height of the
scOurge.
DIR. Otto Lugger. Minnesota's expert
on bugs. is the man who utilized the GU
rious 'hopperdOzer, says the st. Louis
Post-Dispatch. Why he calls it by that
name it would be interesting to know.
Perhaps it is because it sends the hoppers
to their last sleep. He was invited TO do
something to rid the farms of their
voracious brigades of hoppers early this
summer. He found evidences of enough
of them to kill all the crops in Minnesota.
The rains helped to kill off some of them.
but science had to do its share in the
determination. In the neighbOrhood of
Taylor's Falls DR.. Lugger found a grass
hopper-infested district covering fifty or
sixty square miles. The insects were de-
scendants, he thought, of previous gen
GRAFTON which had made trouble in 1890.
They were of the so-called pellucid or
California variety.
There happened TO be State appro-
priation for killing hoppers, and this was
turned over to the executioner Il had
200 hopper-dozers built after the most
approved fashion" said DR.. Lugger to a
correspondent, land purchased sixty
barrels of kerosene oil. All we asked
of the farmers was that they run the ma
chimes. That they were anxious to do this
Is shown by the fact that there was Il
fight for the machines. Every farmer
in the section wanted one and wanted it
at once. We could not get them built fast
enough to supply the demand. The same
thing was done at Rush City, Duluth and
other points, although there were not as
many of them furnished at these places.
| estimate that these machines killed
about 5000 bushels Il day during the time
that they were all running. / do not
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-16
&E<Mu>v
2ERA

The English sales of .'Trilby," count
Ing all the editions, have reached thir-
ty-fOur thousand copies. The recently
tically exhausted by subscribers and
booksellers before it was published.
Mr.. Stead, for the better intoxicating
of public taste. is bringing out editions
OF the English poets at the low cost OF
one penny per volume. The first issue
was Macaulay's Lays" the second
'Marmion," the third ''Childe Harold
The fourth is to be Selected Poems
from Lowell" Longfellow will follow
soon.
A granduncle of Rudyard Kipling. an
ancient gentleman verging on 90 years.
has lately burst upon the world as a
poet His verse does not suggest the
powers of his honored relative. but il
is comparatively wellmeaning.
Dr. IbSen is to have a monument
erected in his honor during lifetime.
1t is to be by Well-knOWn sculptor,
Herr stephan Sinding. and will stand
in front of the Royal Theater at Chris
tiania
Steyenson's new story, ''St. Ives"
deals with the adventures of French
man captured in the Peninsular War
and shut up IN Edinburgh Castle, where
lie falls in love with a Scotch maiden
and has n duel over her with a fellow
prisoner. est Ives" 1t is said, was left
practically completed by Stevenson.
He had been at work on 1t for more than
a year when he died; the first half of it
had been entirely rewritten several
times. and many chapters had received
his final revision.
Nine. Lardin de Musset, sister of the
poet, has emphatically declared that she
has no intention of publishing any Of
the posthumOus works of her brother.
Nothing of the kind in her possession
IS calculated, she says, to add TO the
fame of Alfred de Musset as poet.
GOssips will be disappointed, no doubt.
to hear that Nine. Lardin de Musset
has likewise determined to keep secret
her brothers letters, and notably the
correspondence between him and
George Sand, with whom he was pas
sionately in love.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-16

smallest drop of the oil upon their bodies.
The fact that only those which get into
the oil head first die instantly is the rea-
son that such small percentage of them
are found in the pan at the close OF the
days work.
'Of course the Lopperdozers are only
makeshift. am conducting experiments
now which | hope will show me much
better way of getting rid of the pests than
the very clumsy one of gathering them
up on dustpan. "A little while ago l
read in some paper that in certain coun-
ties in Colorado the hoppers were dying
in great numbers with some sort of dis
ease. / sent to the postmasters of a num-
Der of towns in that State asking them
to send me some of the insects that were
diseased. ] received large number, and
there is no doubt in my mind that they
are really afflicted with disease that is
contagious in its nature. We are trying
to find out if the insects which we have
in this State are liable to this disease. If
30 we will then know how to deal with
them in n scientific manner"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-16
An Efrcctive Freight Carrier

4 conveyor erected at Bridgeport,
Ala, illustrates the facility which has
been attained in the handling of freight
by mechanical means. The convey or is
about 175 feet in length, and is design
ed to carry sacks of grain, boxes, pack
ages, bales. etc. to and from the boat
at the river landing and the warehouse
on the top of an adjacent hill. 1t Is
constructed OF two strands of roller
chain. each link having an attachment
to which wooden Stats are bolted, form
ing an endless apron. The roller chain
used In the conveyor makes it run
smoothly and with the minimum
amount of power. The carrier houses
a large cargo In short ORDER and fire.
quently handles 800 sacks in an hour.
The finest musician Is he who has q
fiddle In his heart
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-16

growth, cultivation and harvest, made by
the directors of the different State wealth
er services, say that the general outlook
for an exceptionally fine corn crop contin-
ues fiattering. Except in the Dakotas
and Minnesota where it is somewhat late
and in Indiana where il is maturing slow
~, the crop IS generally in advance of the
season and early corn is now practically
made over the southern portion of the
corn belt. Kansas and Missouri report
much OF the crop made, and in Missouri
the largest crop ever raised in that State
is promised. Six hundred Iowa reports,
all counties being represented, show the
condition OF corn as much above the aver
age in sixty he counties, above average
i'll eight counl IS. while thirty counties
promise crop below the average. In Ne
braSka corn is in excellent condition in
the southwestern part of the State and in
the counties along the Missouri River;
but has been much injured in the south
eastern section. except in the river coun-
ties. In Indiana. while corn is maturing
slowly, il is in good condition. In Ohio
the outlook is less favorable, being poor
III the uplands and on clay soils. Ken
lucky reports corn prospects unprecedent
Cd. No unfavorlble reports respecting corn
are received from the Southern States
except from portions Of Texas and the
Carolnas. where in some counties drought
is proving injurious. In Texas cotton is
needing rain on upland; and the south
west portion of the State, North Carolina,
Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louis
lana report improvement in the condition
of cotton over the previous week. while
the outlook in South Carolina is less
favorable. IN Missouri there has been
too much rain for cotton and the crop is
grassy and the outlook unfavorable in
Arkansas. Spring wheat harvest has be-
gun in North Dakota and continues else
where in the spring wheat region. Tobac-
co is in good condition in Virginia and
growing rapidly in Kentucky and con-
tinues in excellent condition in Mary
land. but in Ohio it is not doing well.
Light local frosts occurred in Northern
Indiana and in Northern Maryland and
in the mountains of West Virginia. No
damage reported except slight injury to
corn in Maryland. Drought continues
in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Southern Texas
and in portions of Maryland and the Car
olinas, where crops are being injuriously
affected.