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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-09-14
BEASTS AND BIRDS.

Animals VIII Hereafter be utilized In MIL.
tary Campaigns In Europe.
When the next European war comes
it will have a novel and picturesque
point Of military interest about it in
the employment of animals who will
play quite as important part in the
campaigns. in their way, as the gem
erals and soldiers.
France, during the times OF the
Franco-German conflict. brought the
science of carrier pigeons up to = high
standard of efficiency. Then it was
thought that no superior to this little
bird could be found as a carrier of dis
patches. But the French military au.
thorities are beginning to think differ
emily now. Experiments have been
made with the swallow, and he has
proved to be a swifter. surer and alto
gether more satisfactory. There is
the great probability. therefore, that
swallows will be part Of the army
equipment for the next campaign.
A new idea has sprung up in French
military circles, nevertheless, that,
after all, it is rather imprudent for a
great army to intrust its messages.
frequently of great Importance, to such
small birds. so subject to attacks from
the great birds SO continually on tho
outlook for such rs they. It has been
proposed that storks be trained for dis
patch service, the theory being that
the ''nest instinct" in these birds, their
swift, certain fight, their tremendous
wing and leg power, and their strength
to meet any attack whatsoever in the
air would render them ideal messen.
gers of war.
The stork certainly would combat
successfully any hawk and almost any
eagle. Besides, his splendid strength
would make it possible for a great
bundle Of dispatches, of a weight and
size that a dozen carrier pigeons or
swallows would be unable to convey,
to be sent at once under one cover.
In Russia = theory a good deal like
this has already been put into prac,
tice, and a number of falcons have this
past year been put into training for
the Russian army dispatch service, and
have proved eminently satisfactory.
The falcon himself is a most warlike
bird, and ardently rcsists every attack
made upon him. Warsaw and Brest>
Iitewski, ON the western frontier,
have been the seats of these expert
mentS
It has been reserved for Germany to
bring forward dogs as war animals
An exhibition of war dogs" has re-
Gently been held in Dresden, and some
splendid specimens of canine warriors
shown. As an attacking column these
dogs will show formidable front
against the soldiery of any other ma
tion. and as discouragers of hes;tancy
during the retreat of an enemy will
prove invaluable to the regiment pos
sessing them. Brigades of dragons
and hussars will doubtless be super
seded by dog platoons.-Tolcdo Blade
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-09-14
MODERN ARMoR FOR SOLDIERS.
How the Soldier Of To-Day Protects Him.
self from Injury.

How the Soldier Of To-Day Protects Him.
self from Injury.
Setting aside at once all talk about
proof, said a celebrated service" &C.
coutrement maker in speaking of the
Chitral war, l give you my assurance
that an immense number of the officers
of our army and navy who go on for
eign service. especially when one Of
our little wars" is expected. provide
themselves with certain easily-recog-
nized projections.
These, mind you, are well-known ar
ticles of trade to the services. The
commonest and most usual type of
these projections consist Of fine but
beautifully y-tempered single chains, i'm
closed in soft leather, which run along
the shoulders, down the outer side Of
the arms, and over certain parts of the
body. These can either be sewn into
particular tunic, or they can be ad
justed separately and put on like har
ness. Take it absolutely that hum
drcds upon hundreds of sets are sold.
The most valuable of all chains, in
connection with accoutrements, are
those which guard the head. and in
cases where the regulation cap or he'll
met is not sufficiently protected in this
way specially made chains are sewn
inside the same and covered by the
lining.
Only those who have been in actual
conflict know how valuable all the
chains mentioned are in minimizing
the effects of sword cuts As regards
protection, both from sword and bull
let. the general belief of officers nova.
days seems to be in thoroughly tanned
leather. and great quantities of tight
fitting leather under tunics are made
for officers, the favorite pattern-said
to be the invention OF the late Sir
Richard Burton-being that which
forms a not too prominent ridge down
the center of the chest l have
heard innumerable stories from officers
of bullets which have been diverted in
some degree by these leather tunics,
some of which are lined with woven
steel wire. Of course none of these
things is supposed to be an absolute
protection, but only = sort Of pallia-
tive.
A west end gunsmith who sells .
great many chain mail body protectors,
which fit almost like an ordinary vest
and are very expensive, sells large
number of them to army men. and he
not long ago sent gross, as many as
lie could get made in time, to Japan.
where they were snapped uP like Wild
fire, he tells me. have had made, on
behalf of individual officers who have
themselves drawn the design, variety
of different, patterns of what you
might call armor, but fine. flexible
chains and leather have entered into
nearly all Of them.-Tit- Bits
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-09-14
W. G. KENTZEL, Editor.
NY JENNY.

Hy Jenny hasn't penny
But that matters not to mo;
Soe has two fine eyes,
as soft as the skies.
And deep as the tranquil sea
There's nothing of art
In her true-blue heart:
Saes Just like morn i'm May,
When the young years song
Is tripping along.
And winter Is far away.
NY Jenny hasn't penny
Her dress is ginyham gown;
You wouldn't look at
Her old felt hat
And her shoes are all run down.
She hasn't glove
On her hands: but love
has dressed them with many a kies;
And we envy none
Meath the rolling sun.
In hne old world like this
nay Jenny hasn't = penny
The truth is, neither have II
We're burdened with health.
But not with the wealth
That makes our poor neighbors sigh.
We never need groan
With holding our own.
For our own is rs light as air;
But from spring to spring
We whistle and sing
It's folly to care for care.
John Ernest McCana. in McClure's Mag.
zine.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-09-14

Citizen Tin drug store)-Please give
me ten cents worth of nux populi
Druggist-Sir?
Ten cents worth of vox vumics-I
mean vumuli-that is, pux vopics-T
should say yum popuii-er-er-nux
vomica-"
Certainly. sir! But, pardon me.
that was . rather peculiar mistake Of
yours"
81 am . regular contributor to the
Weekly Whooper. over the nom de
plume of '.Vox Populi," and seem
somehow to have gotten my nom aud
the name of the tonic mixed. Puck
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-09-14

For once in his career the ineor
ruptible alderman from the 'Steentt
ward lost his temper.
II can lick you," he roared, with
one hand tied behind mel"
lyon can fight better with one hand
behind you." vociferated the high
minded alderman from the U mpty.
second ward, "than you can any other
way. It's your customary position.
b'goshy'
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-09-14

What do you publish \ paper for,
I'd like to know" inquired q politician
of = country editor.
For one dollar year in advance,
and you owe me for four years. was
the rsply.-Texas SittingS
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-09-14
rl.e New ~.

1T seems to me. John. that y0u
might take the oars for little while
now"
mo. my dear. The new man ought
not to attempt to perform the arduous
duties OF . woman Besides. don't
want 70 ret my nose freekled. d."-HaE-
pey's Np1azine.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-09-14

II Observe said the musical hoard
er, that man on the south side Is
suing the proprietors Of = boiler shop
for making SO much noise IS 10 drive
all his boefders away"
81 hardly think he will win.~ SAID
the Cheerful Idiot "Why didn't he
get . few boarders who thought they
could play the clarionet, and drive tho
boiler-shop pswsyT'-Indianapolis Jour
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-06-15
WISE WORDS.

We should quietly hear both sides.
Goethe.
He scatters enjoyment who enjoys
much. -Lavater.
Life has no blessing like q prudent
friend. -Euripides.
Who gives a rifle meanly is meaner
than the trife. -Lavnter.
Present fears are less than horrible
imasinings. Shakespeare.
Every man is volume if you know
how to read him. Charming.
Love looks not with the eyes, but
with the mind. Shakespeare,
There can be no high civility with
out deep morality. Emerson.
A crowd always thinks with its sym
pathy, never with its reason. w. r.
Alger
Frlgality is founded on the prin-
ciple that all riches have limits. -
Burke.
When the State is most corrupt,
then the laws are most multiplied -
Tacitus,
He who has health has hope; and
he who has hope has everything. -
Arabian.
Fear nothing so mNch rs sin and
YOU moral herolsm is complete. C.
Simmons.
Prodigallty is the vice of weak
nature, as avarice is of strong one.
H. Taylor.
He hazardeth much who depends
upon learning for his experience. -
Roger Aschan.
To be happy is of far less conse
quence to the worshipers of fashion
than to appear so.-Colton.
! By gambling we lose both our time
and treasure, two things most precious
to the life of a man. -Lavater.
Blessed is the man that has fount
his work. One monster there is IL
the world, the idle man. Carlyle.
Commend fool for his wit, or q
knave for his honesty, and he will re-
ceive you into his bosom. Fielding
The most happy man is he who
knows how to bring into religion the
end and the beginning OF his life.--
| Goethe.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-06-15

had or unwise marriages Oh, ! re.
member everything you have said.
everything"
"But what has this"
"And you know you have thought
me frivolous" she continued.
"Surely-"
son, you have not rebuked me in
words, | know she went on, inter-
rupting hin again, relentlessly, "bnt
your manner. As if u girl ought not
to be happy and careless and free as
long AS she can be. Troubles and
cares come soon enough
"Ethel, for heavens sake do let me
speak | nm trying to understand. "
"Well?"
'Do you mean to say that that is
why You declined? That you refused
me because you thought it would be
better for me?"
"Well--oh, don't! You will
brighten my horse. "
"Oh, bother your horse" Gray
said, warmly. "There is only one
thing ought to do and want to do. !"
Sand that?" Miss Leigh asked, as
she tried to soothe her horse, which
had started and become restless rs
Gray had come closer to them.
Simply take you, and keep you. "
GLOW that would look" she re-
sponded, and continued: SIT is very
fortunate that | am up here and out
OF your reach --now.
Then she gave her horse his head
and, urging him forward, began again
her long-interrupted ride; but before
she came even to where her groom
was waiting she changed her intention
and turned toward the city. As she
passed Gray, who still stood where
she had left him, she called to him !:
at is so late | should go homeland |
am going" And with long, easy
stride her horse soon carried her out
of Gray's sight
As the sun had risen higher haze
had come, softening the outlines OF
the distant trees, and giving promise
that the day was to be a warm one.
1t was indeed already much warmer,
int, nevertheless, as Gray retraced his
steps toward the entrance he walked
rapidly and far more vigorously than
he had in the invigorating air of the
earlier morning. -Leslie's Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-06-15
An American Flag Over Lafayette.

"While in Paris a short time ago,
said II traveller recently, sit occurred
to me that it was fitting act to make
pilgrimage to the tomb of that illus.
trious Frenchman, dear to the hearts
OF American patriots, Marquis de La
fayette. ] asked a number of people
before 1 could find anyone to en-
tighten met as to the spot, but after
repeated inquiry ascertained the loca.
ton. The grave is situated IN old
Paris, within the grounds of convent
that the ancestors of Lafayette found
ed, and where repose the remains OF
many of the French nobility. The
first thing that attracted my atten'
ton with the hero's tomb was that
above it was hoated silken flag bear
ing the stars and stripes.
st seems that good many years
ago an American gentleman left in his
will sum of money to be used for the
special purpose of keeping an Ameri'
can flag forever flying over the grave
OF Lafayette. 1t has done so without
intermission from the day the vii
went into effect, and whenever
through the wear of the elements,
one flag becomes unserviceable, new
one straightway takes its place
Through untold centuries the EN-
blem of the country which in its early
struggles for liberty had his ben
efcent aid, will wave above his ashes.
-Washington Post.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-06-15

An old friend, the ornithorynchus
paradoxus, otherwise known rs the
platypus, or duckbill, not content
with the distinctions Of being the only
animal with bill like Il bird and the
only animal but one which lays eggs
(the other being the echidna, or Aus
tralian porcuplne ant-entcrl, has de-
veloped, it wonld seem, new
idiosyncrasy in the shape of spur,
hollow like the fang of serpent, and
duly provided with poison-gland MS
deadly as the deadIiest of snakes.
During all my years Of residence in
Australia I never heard of his using it
or even possessing it. But Scotch
scientist year or two back was
scratched by it while handling long
dead specimen carelessly, and died in
short time with the usual symptoms
of snuke-bite
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-06-15
Manufacture OF Wild Men.

There are many curious trades in
the world, but the most strange must
surely be the artificial manufacture
of wild men," Yet we'll known doc.
tor in China has just certified from his
own personal experience that this art
is regularly practiced in the flowery
kingdom,
First youth Is kidnapped, then bit
by bit he is hayed alive, and the skin
of a dog or bear grated, piece by
piece, upon him. His vocal chords
are next destroyed by the action of
charcoal to make him dumb; and the
double purpose of causing "etiola-
ton" of the skin and utter degrade
ton of the mental faculties is effected
by keeping him immured in per.
fectly dark hole for number of years.
In fact, by treating him like brute
for sufficiently long time he is made
into one.
At last he is exhibited to the en-.
tirely credulous Chinese as wild man
of the woods, and his possessors rear
rich harvest.
The priests, it seems, are adopts al
the art. When kidnapper, however
is caught by the people he is torn to
pieces, and when the authorities get
him they torture him and promptly
behead him. Such is life under the
rule of the son of heaven.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-06-15
Artificial Pearls.

American ingenuity has Mtely turned
its attention to the reproduction OF pearls
bva 'naturap' process. Ii Is well known
that the substance which forms pearl
is thin, transparent finn secrcted by
certain marine and fresh water mOllNScs
on the inner surface of their shells, and
also upon some foreign body which has
obtained access to their Interior In
this way grain of sand, n minute
parasite. or the siliceous frustule
of datom entering the shell may
become encrusted with the secre-
ton. Around this foreign body
successive layers of substance, called
by biologists "nacrc," are deposited
and n pearl is formed. From the re-
port of the Smithsonian Institution
at Washington it appears that expert
ments have been conducted with some
species OF fresh water mussels, into
the shells of which small particles
of beeswaX had been thrust. In course
of time the heeswaX becomes covered
with secretion and true pearls were
formed. One of the specimens thus
obtained is said to have equaled a
pigeons egg in size.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-06-15
NIisappliea Missionary Work.

She was Il thin, narrow, darkyisaged
woman with specs" on, and she car
ried package Of tractets and leaflets,
which she scattered broadcast among
the sinners In the Cass avenue car On
which she rode, says the Detroit sun,
When only one or two of the pamph-
lets We're left Il man got In. lie was on
his way to the depot, countryman go
Ing home. evidently. He had Il big tur-
key which he disposed tenderly on the
seat next to him, and glass flask with
II rubber cork stuck boldly out of his
coat pocket.
"Heughw he exclaimed, as he stuffed
his fare in the box. Colder than
blazes up here, amt it,
Everybody looked cold disapproval at
him, us good, polite Christian people do
when spoken to in Il street car, all but
the woman with the tracts" She had
tished out one and extended 1t to him.
"Thankce.' he said, receiving II In
brown paw. Comic almanac, heyf'
NO, SIR" said the woman, firmly, In
high falsetto voice. ut Is to save
your immortal soul. Touch not, taste
not, handle not the wine And she
pointed with Il crooked foretinger to
the glass flask protruding from his
breast pocket.
"Oh, l see," said the man, smiling
good humoredly ON his sour-visaged
vis.a-vis; "but this bottle amt for me,
ma'am"
Woe unto him that giveth his neigh
Dor drink" quoted the woman, tiercely.
He amt eggsactly my neighbor,
eyther,' said the man. You see, It's
the new baby, and wife calculates TO
fetch him up by hand, and this bottles
for him, bless his pOotsy tootsy.
Where's the rigging Of it?' And diving
into another pocket he tlshed out some
india rubber tubing, etc.
The woman didn't wait to finish her
dissertation on temperance, hut got out
without asking the driver to stop.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-06-15

The Queen of Madagascar-whose
kingdom is just now the object OF en-
barrOssingly solicitors attention on the
part of the French-is always dressed
in European fashion. She wears a
purple costume with train on great
occasions, and sometimes assumes a
golden crown. She is very vain of her
personal beauty, and has three times
refused to accept coin struck 10 her
order in Paris because she did not
consider her likeness sufficiently
handsome for circulation. Her Mnjes-
ty is thirty-six years of age; her hus-
band is siXty-tive.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-06-15
A Giant SQuid.

Many enormous specimens OF the
cnIamary, or squid, have been capt
ured. even around the British coasts,
One canmary met with off the coast
Of Connemara in 1879 Ind tentncu-
lar arms 80 feet long. Portions
of the creature are now III the
Dublin Museum A single arm
of cephalopod Of the same kind,
preserved in the British Museum,
is nine feet long this being one Of
the shorter or pedal arms Of the Gala
mary to which it belonged,) and has
about 800 suckers placed alternately
in two rows. The length Of the ten
tNcuar arms of similar specimens il
estimated Mt 36 feet, aud that Of the
body at 10 feet, the total length being
AZ feet. The creature possesses
n horny beak, and swims tail
foremost, the supposed "head' being
really the tail, which has two protect
ing fiat fins, this end of the body re-.
srmblug II broad arrow. The tail be-
lUR THlS'l lllI't ltfl VI llVlN lI'lii INV
water and preceding the rest of the
body, moving ut the rate of several
miles an hour, naturally gives the
idea of "head' to an onlooker. Be-
hind the creatures elongated, tubu-
lar- looking body eight arms trail on
the surface of the water, moving with
an undulotory motion, as the animal
swims by ejecting stream of water
from tube pointed in contrary dl.
recton to that in which it is proceed
ing. Here, then, we have II yeritnbio
creature, known TO naturalists, which
is capable of upsatting II boat, or OF
hauling II man out of her and drag
/ cling him under water. The supple
tentacIes, shot ont with rapidity,
would he able to reach an object at n
~Lo2en yards distance.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-06-15
THE GUNMAKER OF ILI0N.
JEFFERSON NJ. CLOUGH REFUSES A
TEMPTING OFFER FROS THE
CHINESE GOVERNMENT.

His Health was too Poor 10 Permit Atten-
ton to Business. A Great Sufferer
for Many Years But Has Now
Recovered.
From ne Springfield, Mass, Union.)
There isn't u gun manufacturer in the
United States who does not know Jefferson
NJ. Clough, and whyi Because he has been
intimately associated ali his life with the de-
NeIopment OF the two best American rihes,
the Remington and Winchester For years
he was Superintendent Of the l.. Remington
Sons great factory at llion, ~ Y. Alter
eaying there he refused tempting offer OF
the Chinese Government TO 70 10 China to
Supcrlntend their government factories -
ana accepted instead the SUPERINTENDENT VI
the Wlnchsster-Arms Co., at New Haven ut
Il salary Of $500 year.
II was after TINS long term Of active labor
a. business man that he found himself in
capacithted for further service by the em-
barge which rheumatism had laid upon him
and resigned his position more than two
years ago, and returned tu Belchertown,
Mass, where he aow lives ana owns the
Phelps farm. u retired SPOT where pc ha. five
hundred acr-s of land
Being "A man OF means he did not sunrr the
cost and was treated by leading vhysiclaps
and by baths ut celebrated springs without
receiving any benefit worth mott, ., During
,hc .uun,r Of 1893 and the winter Of ISgi
Mr.. Cluugh was confined 10 hi. house in
Relcherown. being unable 10 rise from hjs
ed w,lhnut ,s.,.t,p,a ,,uJ u, tF,.ri,,,, .,,,,,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-06-15
Hoods Pill; f tiSn ' FScS:5 cents SS"s''
Rise of the Medical Profession,

During early medieval times the
monasteries, serving ns centers OF m
struction, gave some embodiment to
the medical profession like that which
our colleges give. In Italy there later
arose institutions for educating physi-
clans, as the medical school ofSaIerno
in 1l40. In France before the end
of the thirteenth century, the sur
geons had become inc rporHted into u
distinct college, following, III this
way, the incorporated medical faculty,
and while thus integrnting thems elves
they excluded from their class the
BARRIERS, who, forbidden to perform
operations, were allowed only to
dress wounds, etc. In orr own coun-
try there have been successive consol-
idatons. The barbcr-surgoOns OF
London We're incorporated by Edward
~, and in the fifteenth century the
College of Physicians was founded,
and received power to grant licenses
to practice medicine-a power
which had previously been
confined to the bishops. PROCESS in
defniteness of Indignation was shown
when, in Charles rs time, persons
were forbidden to exercise surgery IN
London and within seven miles, until
they had been examined 10y the com
pany of BARRIERS and surgeons; and
also when, by the 18th Of George II,
excluding the BARRIERS, the Royal Col
lege of Surgeons was formed. AT the
same time there have grown up medl-
cal achools i'll various places which
prepare students for examinations by
these incorporated medical bodies;
further integrations being implied
Hospitals, too, scattered throughout
the kingdom, have become places OF
clinical instruction, some united to
colleges and some not Another spe-
cies of Indignation has been achieved
by medical journals, weekly and quar-
terly, which serve to bring into com
municntiOn educational institutions,
incorporated bodies and the whole
profession Popular Science Monthly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-06-15
This Will Interest Many.

F. W. Purkhurst, the Boston publish
er, says that if any one who is afflicted
with rheumatism in any form, or
neuralgia, will send their address to
him, at Box 1901 Boston, Mass he
will direct them to perfect cure. lie
has nothing to sell or give; only tells
YOU how he was cured. Hundreds
have tested it with success.