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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-11-30

We received some mammoth tur-
nips, this week, from Tine Little
Farm Well ri;led," which is located
about nine miles north Ut COving-
ton. Sweet potatoes there are
Welding half hushel to the hill.
This shows what intelligent ltiva-
ton can accomplish in the p:ny
woods.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-11-30

The woods are full Of candidates
for ward offices, SD We hear. but
only one has had the grit to al
nuunce his intention. just C 'me
right along, gentlemen. it only costs
s. 80 to make your wants known.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-11-30

Bring in your subscription II you
want to continue receiving the
rAExER. The year is drawing t. q
close, aud we do not propose tn
carry over any delinquents. Our
list Of cash subscribers is steadily
increasing, especially since the
State campaign has opened.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-11-30

+. B MARTINDALE.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-11-30

An eloquent appeal for the en-
DlOyment of Confederate Veterans
or their families will be found in
another column. They do not ask
for charity, but seek employment,
and all who desire help Of any
kind should give them an oppoltun-
ity to better their condition.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-11-30

n Prices Cream Baking Powder
lsoet Perfect Mode.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-11-30

It. Gaan.aav farmer.
ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY
LOCAL ITEMS.
DR.. Prices Cream E1king Powder
worad's Fur Highest Medelanl DiDas0a.
Pratt's Food IS a positive pre-
yentative of Hog Cholera.
Congress will assemble in
Washington City next Monday,
Dec. ?.
Every parish in the State that has
elected delegates to the State Con-
yen,ion has indorsed Gov. Foster.
The cold wave that arrived last
Tuesday was all right. A little
continued, cold bright weather is
what the planters want.
Our groceries are always flesh.
No cd stock on hand. detailed nj
New Orleans prices at Frederick
Bros.
We had heavy white frost and ice
last Wednesday morning, and the
pumps and cisterns were choked
up with > ba / cold.
Mr. Ii. S. Strain presented us With
some three-pound sweet potatoes
last SATURDAY.. which were very fine.
Nany thanks for tae same.
NOTICE.-The Mito Party that
vas to have taken placo at the
Garden District Schoulhpuse, to-
night, has besn indefinitely post
poned
Live Oak Rye, Pinetop Bourbon,
and Wine of tatwood, we learn,
are leading bcverag- S in the prohi
bition distsic.s of st. Tammany aud
and Washington Parishes.
Mr.. b. Field, the dealer i'm watches
and jewelry, will be in Covington
about the middle of December, y it'll
a fine assortment from which to Sc
lect your Christmas presnts.
Only % days till Christmas, AM
the little ones are beginni g to lie
on the r GOO! behavior. Our mer-
charts are already receiving Their
Christmas TOYS anl CONNECTIONS.
MARRlEp.-Thurstlay. Nov. p,
1895. by Rev. +. Mat,hies, at the
residence Of tie groom. Mr.. John
/. Fitzgerald aud Mrs. Mar, Bar
ker, all Vt st Tammany Parish, La.
Our announcement column Is
growing right along Come up and
give us your name, and your cash
for the same, if YOU want the vote
of the people.
An eloquent appeal for the en-
plOymemt of Confederate Veterans
or their families will be found il
another column. They do not ash
for charity, but seek employment
and all who desire help Of any
kind should give them an oppoltun'
ity to better their condition.
We received some mammoth tur'
nips, this week, from the Little
Farm Nell riiled," which is located
about nine miles north Ut Coving
ton. Sweet potatoes there are
yielding half bushel to tho hill
This shows what intelligent cult iva
ton can accomplish in the pm,
woods.
WANrED.-A man and wife X
take charge Of place in Mande
vile, on the beach.
$. EscOFFIEE.
BOX 664. New Orleans, La.
\ mass meeting Of white Demo
Gratis will lie held at the Court
house. in Covington. ON Thursday
December IL, for tue purpose o
elec,ing four delegates TO represen
tins parish in the State Nomi"at'n!
Convention. All white Democrat
are invited u participate in tn
meeting.
Judge j. S. Bossier paid US
short visit last Tuesday. In repl,
TO our inquiry, the Judge said tia
he was not candidate f"r any Ollie
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-16


sa'her rom .he pupi,sheu summary
VI Dr. nopi"Son m sermon. ias' Sunuay
eNen'ns ,ia. ne .Lesuius, as iack'hs III
mora, VA, pa,hpoi,e 'ne younB ocrantoiian'
n'eh',oie" recei''y III ,his paper VINO coi-
iesseu INA. ne Ireiiue".eo sa'oohs because
ne I'au homne,e eise W ~ Let TINS ne
sral.eu. pul is l,ot 'horai pacNpohe au''e
as nnuon as Pnys,eu' uuan'y, u n,atter "r
nereul'y anu eally ENVIRONMENT II tne
souhs nan man u, uues.,oh nau not iacheu the
auVah'ases ot cultured nome, IN which
wealth. hau proVioeu ,he rnateriai ana
iiorai co'niorts howauays necessary 10
the ueVeiopiheht Oh what Is called the
proper young man. the cnahces are that
ne would nor De conpeiied 10 WORK nara
ior nVing III uay ume anu at night
either remain III cheeriess ana sparseiy
iurhisheu at,c room OF coihfnlnsie WIN
the human 'iue OF kihureu spirits which
graVitates, seeIh'hs,y asa nna''eroi course
INTO the saioo,,; pu, II Is iact that ne
was NOT mus piesseu' anu 'hat there are
many IKE hlm IN every community, who'
even VI they De moral cowaros, IN the
opinion OF those 10 Whorn IL comes natural
TO he pinks OF propriety' are at least rae
tors IN society Una, nave 10 pe taken into
account wheh one Is ehdeavorlhg TO solve
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-16
SHAkESPEAREAN OPERA.
Why the Masters of Music Have Failed
to Create Great Works Ont Of the In.
comparable Dramas Of the Playwright.

Apropos of the recent Gotham first
production of Verdfs "Falstaff," it is
interesting to note the fact that of the
great number of operas founded on
Shakespeare's dramas, none has ever
taken root in popular favor among the
masses in England and America, and
only very limited number had
short-lived success. even in the coun-
tries where they were first produced on
the continent of Europe.
OF the Romeo ct Juliettes," by Zin-
garelli Q796), Dalairac Q793), Vaccai
QS2O, Bellini QSS9), Marchette QS65),
and Gounod QS60, nothing remains on
the repertoire but the waltz song by
Gounod, written rather to show the
fiexibility of Nine. Carvalhfo's voice
than to describe in music the character
of Shakespeares heroine. OF the differ
ent 'Hamlets," by Mercalante QSS2),
Faccio QS65). and Ambrose Thomas
QS6S), only the Swedish folk lore intro
duced by Thomas in Ophelias last
scene is yet sung in concerto. Who re-
members anything about Purcelrs
Tempest" QS70, or of Halvey's QS5O)?
Sir Henry Bishops 0Summer Nights
and his 1.-TWO Gentlemen of Verona"
We're dismal failures. Ambrose
Thomas Songs dune Mutt d'Ete"
0S50). is recorded as only a success d'es-
time. Verdi's Macbeth" had only a
short run in Italy. Pinsuti's "Mer-
chant of Venice" was a complete fiasco.
OF the two "Othellos," by Rossini and
Verdi, the ave Maria" interpolated
by Verdi has become popular but both
these operas have never been any great
attraction in London or in New York.
The "Falstaffs," by Salieri Q79S), Balfe
GS3S), and Adolf Adam QS50, have
been judged and condemned, while
Nicolai's Merry Wives of Windsor"
QS49) had a successful career, largely
in Germany.
The best explanation for this, says
the New York Herald is to be found in
the intimate knowledge every educated
Englishman or American has of
Shakespeare's dramas. 1t Is not aston
ishing, therefore, that in England and
America q ridiculous mutilated plot of
a Shakespearean drama, transformed
into an everyday opera libretto, should
appear grotesque, ludicrous and some
times even pitiful. If you add to this
that the majority of the librettists have
never understood the spirit of Shakes
peare and most of the composers have
never even read their librettos in the
original, it is not difficult to understand
why the operate Romeos, Juliets.
Hamlets, Othellos and Macbeths have
not found sympathy with English or
American publics.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-16
Hoists the Reed Banner.

From the Springfield Union.
The signs of the times point to but ono
result in the presidential campaign of 1885,,
the nomination and election of Thomas b.
Reed. He Is today head and shoulders
above any other man In political life in
this country. During the two years past,
when the Democratic party. has been I'm
full power. he has fought the battle of the
people whose interests and rights were be-
ing trampled upon by the hosts of the
Democracy, and In the congress which Is
about to come into power, he will again
be the leading spirit Of the majority as he
was during the administration of Presi-
lent Harrison. Reeds name, as did
Blaine's in years gone by, starts the en-
thusiasm of all the people. He is loved by
al Republicans and respected and feared
by all Democrats. On all the great issues
of the day, he favors a moderate policy
that will work the greatest good to the
greatest number. Although noted for his
liberal Views. he Is at the same time IA
nous for his courage to stand up and fight
to the last ditch for what he believes is
right,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-16

Church Work." or "How Shall the Church
Carry It's Message to the Masses?' The
church door Is open, to be sure; but the
people are not going in--the people, mean,
who stand most In need of practical evan
gelization, who are furthest away from
practical and helpful Christian life. We
have lately seen, in New York the effort
of several pious clergymen-notable
among them DIR. Rainsford-to establish
"church saloons" This effort provoked "A
storm of criticism. not far different from
that which sreets the Chicago home sa-
loom idea, Yet II Satan Is to be routed
in the daily battle, will II be by the
churchs sitting back. in placid content-in
an attitude, we may almost say, of deli
cate criticisn-while His Satanic Majesty
Is capturing numerous victims; or will 1t
be by an aggressive and militant policy
on the part OF the church, n policy which
will not scruplc. If IN consequence good
may result, to fight fire with llre, and to
match Satanic cunning with harmless
artifices of II similar semblance?
Lest II should be thought, however, thht
l am merely criticizing fancied defects
without, pointing out cure, | viii suggest
that n social feature be added TO the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-16

ed, more delicate. more ideal than th,.
long romance; that is, when 1t is excel
lently well done. But the short story IL
only adapted to pathos; when humorous
1t Is odious: and 1t never could replace
the long romance If intricate events, com
plicated characters or the portrature Of
contemporary society is to be under
taken"
The largest Bible in the world is in the
vatican. 1t IL a manuscript Bible, and
written In Hebrew. The book weighs 800
pounds, and there is a history connected
with 1t. Some Italian Jews obtained n
view of the precious volume, and told
their co-religionists of Venice of 1t. The
consequence was that Il syndicate Of Vene
tian Jews endeavored to purchase 1t, of
fering the pope the weight of the book II
gold as the price. Pope julius III. how.
ever. refused the offer. At the presen'
price of gold the offer was one of no les.
than $780, 900 francs (s360,0O0).
A new lot of manuscripts, believed to b6
genuine. Of Napoleon l has recently turned
up. The papers We're arranged by Napo
leon himself for the private use OF his
uncle Cardinal Fesch, We're sold by the
notorious Libre to Lord Ashburnham. anc
found their way to the Laurentian library
at Florence Among them are u large
VI Written ny IdOll, tne IA
nous Corsican patriot. to Napoleon. and
u paper on Corsican history dictated by
Napoleon himself. In some of the docu-
ments Napoleon expresses his regret at
leaving his native island, and his disgust
that 1t Is occupied by the French.
DIR. Matthew Woods of Philadelphia,
says he has discovered that Poe did not
write THE Raven" That poem which
gave Poe such great literary fame Dr.
Woods asserts, was written by Charles
Beck Hrst u Philadelphia poet, and a
friend of Poe, alienated by a quarrel DR..
Woods story is that Hirst wrote "The
Raven" and claimed it, that Hirst loved
birds and understood them, and Poe did
not, and therefore Poe couldn't have de-
picted raven as that bird Is described
in the poem; that Hirst's ''Eleanore" was
the suggestion of the Lost Lenore;" that
flirst used the rhythm of THE Raven" in
| II poem eight years before The Raven
appeared. 1t is strange, however. that
Hirst, who claimed the poem after 1t was
printed, did not expose the steal.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-16
BRAINS AND COLD WEATHER.
Extreme Low Temperature Weakens the
Intellect.

Extreme Low Temperature Weakcns the
Intellect.
Extreme cold as Is well know, exerts
a benumbling influence upon the mental
faculties. Almost every one who has
been exposed for a longer or a shorter
period, to a very low Temperature, has
noted a diminution in will power, and
often a temporary weakening of the
memory. Perhaps the largest scale
upon which this action has ever been
studied was during the retreat of the
French from Moscow. The troops suf
fered extremely from hunger, fatigue
and cold-from the latter perhaps most
of all. A German physician who accom-
panied detachment Of his countrymen
has left an interesting account Of their
trials during this retreat.
From an abstract of this paper by
DR.. Rose, in the 'Medicnsche Monat-
Schrift," we find that of the earliest
symptoms referable to the cold was "A
loss of memory. This was noted in the
strong as well as those who We're al
ready suffering from the effects of the
hardships to which they had been ex-
posed. With the first appearance Of
moderately low temperature about 3
degrees above zero FahrenheiU, many
Of the soldiers We're found to have for
gotten the names of the most ordinary
things about them, as well as those of
the articles of food for which they were
perishing Many forgot their own
names, and those OF their comrades.
Others showed pronounced symptoms
of mental disturbance, and not a few
became incurably insane, the type of
their insanity resembling very closely
senile dementia.
The cold was probably alone not res
ponsible for these Effects, for u zero
temperature Is rather stimulating than
paralyzing in its action upon the we'll
fed and the healthy. These men We're
half-starved poorly clad, worn out with
long marching, many already weakened
by dysentery and other diseases, and all
mentally depressed, as an army in de-
feat always is. 1t needed, therefore, no
very unusual degree of cold to produce
the phychic effects observed under other
circumstances only as a consequence Of
exposure to an extreme low temperature.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-16
Saturday Reflections.

sociation hail. light their cigars, and dis
cuss the interesting topics of the day,
man fashion, It would not be three min
utes before the custodian at either place
would request them to leave, instantly.
The population of the world IL not made
up wholly of moral heroes, who, when
poor. can burn the midnight oil In search
of wisdom and rest content on one meal
u day. And II II were, what credit would
there he In being u hero? The essential
point to my young mans complaint, 1t
seems to me. has not yet been answered.
Young man, be a moral hero" says DR..
Robinson. "Sit, sto!c-wise, In your attic
room II YOU fear the temptations of the
street; or, better still 20 to the public IL
brary." "But," replies the young man,
81 am not a moral hero, was not trained
for one and perhaps will never be one.
read a good deal as II II, without having to
sit in owl-lke silence hour after hour, IN
the repressed atmosphere of library.
And then, one cannot live on books alone.
If the plan you prescribe IL worse than the
disease. why should l take tt?' And
there you are, back again at the beginning
of the discussion. ! confess that my SYM
pathes are somewhat with the young
The impulses of his nature, If any fault
Ia to be found with them, are too frank
rather than too hypocritical. He could
easily dissemble. He could go to church.
court church society, win the favor Of
good and eminent people and yet visit the
saloons on the sly. There are many who
do this, successfully, year in and year out.
! Shall we. then, censure him, shun him
| and doom him to present and eternal de-
struction for being simply what he is
with no effort at sham or make-beleve?
Bear In mind, while I sympathlze with
| this young man do not condone his fault.
But how II that fault TO be corrected?
That Is the real point to all this talk
What is society going to do, what are good
men and women going to do, to help this
young man out OF his dilemma and up
| ward to the dry rock OF good and moral
| citizenship? DO 1 hear some one say that
the Church door Is open?" All, my friend.
| It In indeed open-rto The few. But il II
reaching the ciaskrof whom our young
man In a type2 l need only cite, In reply,
| the fact that In one week. saw In each OF
three church periodicals that regularly
peruse, editorials and contributions on the
subject 'Yow May We Popularize
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-16
WILL SKIRT THE STATES.
Thomas w. Winder Planning a Bicvcle
Ride Of 2I 900 Miles.

a La Porte, Ind, special says:
Thomas w. Winder, a well known
newspaper man, will start Feb. 2S for
his tour on bicycle around the United
States, to decide a bet and make u
record. Mr.. Winder intends to make
a trip along the coast and border line
of the United States by circuitous coun-
try roads, a journey estimated to be
21,6O0 miles. This trip he is to complete
in 800 consecutive days, which requires
that he shall ride at least y miles a
day. He will cross SO states and terri
tories and 22O counties, visit 1884 cities,
towns and villages and register at 76
points on the way.
The start will be from New Orleans,
going west SO that the entire trip can
be made in warm weather, enabling
him to cross the great plains of the
northwest during the early summer.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-16
EurOncan Languages.

English heads the list of the European
languages spoken in the world, with no.
600, 900 persons who use 1t. OF these $1,000
900. more than half live in the United
States, while SS,5O0,O00 only live in the
British isles. Only eighty years earlier,
in 1901 the total number of English-speak-
ing perons in the world was 2O,5o0,OOJ
Those speaking French have Increased iii
that time from 3l,5000oo to 5l,0OO,0OO, those
German from 30.000,000 to 75,Oo0,oO0, Rus
sian the same; Spanish, 100000 900 to 43,OOO,-
600. Italian from 100000 TO 13,OOO,Oo0 out
of the 81 100000 speakers of the French,
45, ,O0OO 900 live in Europe; of the 15,OW,cO
Germans, though 100000 live In the
United States there is only another 50O,O 900
to be found outside of Europe; while of
the $4,000, 600 speakers of Spanish. 2j,5O0, 900
live in non European countries.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-16

fourth-class office draws about $3.50 a
year and is obliged to handle 1900
letters day and hire an extra clerk.
The only one who seems to be making
anything out of the scheme is Uncle
Sam, who is receiving from 5000 to $500
a day postage on the letters sent to
Edna Brown, Kaneville, And the
worst feature of the whole business
is that Edna Brown is by no means a
cripple but a healthy young married
woman who started the stamp racket
just for a lark, and is now getting very
weary of 1t all.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-16
Frozen.

From the New York Weekly.
Hospital Physician-This man seems TO
be half dead, and yet ! cannot find any
thing the matter with him. Where is he
from?
Ambulance Driver-I got him at the
door of the ST. Fashion Assembly hall.
There is ball going on there.
Physican-Ah, l see. He probably
stepped ON n lady's dress and she said
sir
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-16
TO CURE DIPHTHERIA.

The Carbondale Leader gives this recipe
for diphtheria: Battle the feet in warm
water with ground mustard in 1t, twice
day, morning and evening. For a garglo
take one teaspoonful cayenne pepper,
three teaspoonfuls salt, one cup water and
vinegar. Put on stove and cool for use.
Use every two hours. Also lemon cut IN
two and filled with sugar to eat OCCASION
ally will cleanse the throat For drink,
cold tea, lemonade or milk.
Put on the outside of the neck fam
mel wrung out of hot salt water. and re-
peat this as often as II gets cold, for the
first three or four days, keeping dry
flannel on the outside to retain the heat
Grease occasionally with chicken grease
or something similar and In severe cases
the flannel wrung out of warm camphor
Is very good
For scarlet fever the feet and neck to
be treated the same as in diphtheria,
with u warm bath at night in salt or
saleratus water Rub with n dry towel
and grease all over the body with piece
of salt bacon heated In the oven. The pa
tient must be kept warm. No medicine
of any kind needed, only a mild physic.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-16
A Brigadicr.

From the Detroit Free Press.
Mrs. Captain-Is hel major general?
Captain-No, my dear; a minor general.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-16
Animal Coloring Matter.

The colors of pure ocean water and the
varying shades, observed where impuri-
ties are met with, are still further DIVERSE
fed by the coloring effects of the enor-
nous multitudes of various forms of or
ganlzed life, which sometimes mask tho
natural color of the surface OF the sea and
tinge extensive areas with remarkable
colors.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-10-30
BARBER COUNTY PLATFORM.

RESOLVED, That we renew our allegiance to
the Omaha platform, but at the same time we
recognize the fact that I'm the present condi-
ton of political agitation and under the
pressing necessities of the hour, that plank
OF our platform which demands the free and
unlimited coinage of silver at a ratio of Is to
l is the one around which the coming politi-
cal battle must be fought, and we further
consider that the plank demanding the aboli-
ton of national banks and the substitution
of postal savings banks, should be joined with
for monetary and industrial reform; and
while this falls campaign is more or less To-
cal in it's nature we consider it in part a prep
aration for the battle of 1895 on the lines
herein set forth.
We arraign the present state administra-
ton for its wilfulneglect of every promise
made to the people of this state; for its ma
licious partisan and groundless investiga-
tons at a cost of tens of thousands of dollars
wrung from an already tax burdened popu-
lace; for its criminal violation of existing
law, in creating without cause deficiencies to
be provided for by future legislatures; for its
payment of private and personal obligations
out of the public monies; for its refusal to in
vestfgate grave charges against it's own men,
bers made by prominent men and journals
within its own ranks, and we assert that the
high functions of government is being pros
tituted by the present administration to the
base purpose of building up the managers of
the republican party of this state.