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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-01
QUEEN v,c1oR,A's GUARDS.
Precautions Taken When She Goes ON .
Journey.

Precax.scns Taken When She Goes ON .
Journey.
The Importance of the queens life to
the nation renders it necessary that
every precaution should be taken to
avert any possibility of collision when
she is travelling on the railway. The
gone into by her trusted private secre-
tary. Sir Henry Ponsonby, with the as
sistance of the responsible managers
of the various lines over which her
majesty travels in the course Of her
journeys, and an elaborate sys-
tenn has been evolved which prac-
tically precludcs any possibility
of an accident, provided the
orders issued to the subordinates on
the railway are properly carried out
and no gross error is committed. The
system is now stcreotyped, but. for all
that, whenever the queen signifies her
intention of using the railway, Sir
Henry Ponsonby puts himself in COM
munication with the managers of the
line concerned several days before
hand, and the private wire at the pal
uCe Ii hCpL III dCtNS W ~
the very moment when her majesty
has started from the palace. This
event is chronicled by wire to the sta
ton, and from the moment of her maj
csty's arrival there the responsibility
of her safety rests with the manager
and his assistants.
That the companies are fully con-
scious of the responsibility placed on
them may be gathered from their
scheme of precautions. All traffic is
stopped on the line and the points are
locked in front of the royal train for q
certain period before it's actual arrival
at any one spot, and this period is reg
ulatcd by telegraphic advices from va
rious stations announcing the approach
of the train. The result is that the
line is entirely free, all traffic being
stopped at certain stations ahead and
run into sidings until the royal train
has actually passed. Moreover, pilot
engine runs in front of the royal train to
clear the wny, SO that if any extraordi-
nary accident any traffic should have
escaped on to the line or any obstacle
should have been placed there by
malicious design, the pilot engine will
act as n scout. either to stop and turn
back the vagrant engine or to bring
the royal procession behind to an inn
mediate standstill by timely signals.
An additional precaution for the Sc
curity of the line itself is found in the
guard of pointsmen and signalmen who
arc posted within signal distance Of
one another, and whose duty it is to
notify from hand to hand on the one
side that the line is free within their
control, and on the other that
the royal train is approaching.
Supposing, therefore, that some
runaway train escaped the em-
barge laid at the functions.
and the pilot engine WAS rendered
helpless by running of the line. the
safety of the queen would still be Sc
cure by the rule that no signalman is
to allow the royal train to pass his box
unless it has been signaled from the
box immediately ahead Of him that the
line is clear.
Some fifty copies Of n complete way
book. containing full particulars with
regard to the times OF starting. pass
Ing or erriving at stations. the list OF
passenger, together With \ shaded d.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-01
A THRIFTY YANKEE.

fook Q HALF Dollar Fee fer R1ndlag Hlna-
self.
1.-THE thrifticst citizen I have yet
seen," remarked the drummer to the
hotel clerk, II met last week."
'.Who was he? A Yankee" asked
the clerk. s
'.Not exactly, but half Yankee. He
lived down In one of those towns in
that part of Ohio called the Western
Reserve. and which was settled by New
Englanders."
''What did he do? Invite you TO be
his guest during your visit and bring
in bill?"
.'Worse. You see, was looking
around the town for . man named
James Wiggler. who owed ~ . bill. and
/ couldn't find his house. was di.
rected to several places and IL was al
ways the wrong mans house. At last
l got mad and the next man met on
the way went Ut directly"
Excuse me- said ]. do you know
where James Wiggler lives
YES said he, looking ut me kind
Of funny. ~ 1'7
".Well.' said /, I've been looking
for him all morning, and il you'll take
me to his house I'll give You half . dol
lar
All right said he and he took No
around . square or two and stopped at
. gate with big tree in front Of II.
'That's the place. said he. nodding
toward to house.
Good enough" said ]. I'll 90 in
and see, and If you are right, I'll give
you the money
''My guide leaned mp against the
tree ON the far side from the house
and / weuN in. It was the right place.
but Mr.. w. wasn't 1t home, so came
out.
-.I guess you found I was right. didn't
you?' he asked with grin when re-
joined him..
"'Yes, but he wasn't st home. Here's
your half dollar. Ill come back after
swhile,' said I.
"'You don't have TO- said he pocket
ing the coin.
Why not?" said in surprise.
Because I'm him. What do you
want to see me aboutT And he smiled
with such . satisfied air that I wanted
to knock him down."-Detroit Free
Press. -
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-01
S. R. Crockett, the Scotch writ

IS. R. Crockett, the ScotchN writer.
is an early riser. Every morning.
summer and winter, he says, I've had
my cold tub and am ready to begin
work at half-past four. should feel
I'd missed one of the keenest pleasures
of life in missing the sunrise. I Ialways
20 ont to look 1t il, NO matter how busy
l may be. seem to see the world re.
created then, and to share In the sense
of being newly born myself Perhaps
I've gone to bed discouraged. feeling il
II not-never can be-in me to do the
work / would do. Hut in the dawn
everything seems possible to me. Six
hours sleep Is ell ! take. BECAUSE is'a
all I pscd.S,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-01
Arctic Birds Found In Eusl.nd.

Some extraordinary captures Of arc
tic and other rare birds have been made
in the Cambridgeshire fens. A speci-
men of the arctic bird Brunnich's gull
lemot was found near Wisbech st.
Mary's, not far from the frozen waters
of the, River Meme. 1t is stated that
probably this is the first specimen Of
this bird ever captured in Great Bri-
tain, and was na doubt driven
southwark by the severity of the
weather. No fewer than four speci-
mems of the little aux have also been
captured in the same district.-London
Telegraph.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-01
VIA DOLOROsA.


Tho Road TfavefSed by Jesus On HIS way
to Calvary.
It is not necessary to tell here the
rest of the awful story. They mocked,
buffeted, insulted and abused Him.
A robber was preferred to Him, and
was released. And SO they led Him out
and crucified Him.
The Via Dolorosa, the way He trod
street, but a continuation of sections
of streets marked by the faithful, no.
body knows how many years ago. with
the fourteen stations of the church
of Rome. More than once we followed
Him from the so-called chapel of
the scouraging to the supposed
place Of crucifxion- Everything, in
the course of ages, has been al
tered; the level of the roadway, if it is
the roadway, has undoubtedly been
raised many feet; of all the traditions
Of Jerusalem the present Via Dolorosa
is the most vague and the most inn
probable; but nevertheless ! followed
his footsteps; put my shoulder in the
hole where his shoulder is supposed to
have rested; placed my hand upon
the alleged prints of his hand when
the weight of the tree was too great
for him and he fell against the wall,
and, for the time, l believed it all. 1t
may be all tradition, and all false; but
to a man brought up on the teachings
of the New Testament as accepted by q
good father and good mother, it was
awfully real. And believed it all!
The so-called calvary and tomb. and
every sacred spot connected with the
awful events of the crucifixion, are con.
taincd under one vast, irregular roof,
in a series of churches and chapels
called the Church of the Holy Sepul-
chre. Within its precincts no Jews
are admitted, and no Jew probably
ever seeks or cares for admission. The
Greeks, the Copts. the Syrians. the
Roman Catholics, have each their own
particular place of worship. and the
PrOtestants have none at all The lion
and lamb live not in harmony together
here, and the disciples Of the Prince Of
Peace are kept from violent warfare
with each other only by the presence
of an armed Mohammetlan guards in
the Church of the Holy Sepulchre it.
self. Oh. Jerusalem! Jerusalem!-
Laurence Hutton, in Harper's Maga-
zinc
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-01
COMING HOME.

Ay snip ID coming home. beside the breaker,
That roll incessantly
Acatch the futser in the evening twilight
or sails across the sea, u
Ana as l watch them drawing nearer and
nearer,
with onward course and straight
wonder II the angels with such pleasure
Fer souls immortal wait
On 90 they stand there at the port of Heaven
In high expectancy,
heaay TO hail each home-returning vessel
That comes across life's sea:
What pleasure, then, In sunsets glow and
beauty.
With dropping sails to come
And hear those angels singing In the harbor:
welcome, oh, welcome home.'
Anna Temple. in S. S Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-01

Many mean things are done in the
family for which moods are Put for.
ward as the excuse. A man " woman
has no moral right 10 indulge in an I'M.
pleasan. raooA-1. Y Aoilsna.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-01

An old time darlky butler, such q
may Be found oeeasionally in Phila-
delphia. used grander expression the
older he grew. He was Aelpin9 . Wis
itor the other day 70 doa her waking.
jacket. and - he noticed that she WAS
still struggling - push h her rebel.
lioso biR aDssv@ lAe@sneRss4sa ~
spsctfsllJs 'sFEApsyooaswill Aab Dc
1oodnes - allow No 70 suppress dem
Vu&A uadasa."-&y. TyjhupA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-01

Lucy (siDeleeDo You think it b
wrong TO smoke, dear?
Fanny (married}- dear. I'm sure
Il isn'k
why arc you sure?
because my husband doesn't sunole;
and II It were wrong I'm sure he wsuld
% tn. y. World
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-01
THE wIcKEoEsT KING.
Cruelty and Psrnsy u PhllID III. oR
Spala.

Cruelty and PeT00y q PHILIP He q
SPaia.
The figure of Philip II. may truly be
said during the whole of his long reign
to have hung like dark shadow over
Europe. He crushed out the life Of
Spain, where the deadly terror of the
InquisitiOn barred all free thought or
speech, and reduced the Spanish mind
to such level that il is even now far
behind that Of any other country in
the west. No sovereign had sreh
splendid opportunities, and NO sover-
eign ever SO wantonly and so wickedly
threw them aside. The wisest minds
that have come to the consideration Of
his life and times have all concurred
in estimating Philip III. 1t what
mist now be held to be his true
value. They have had ample opportu.
mites Of late years to enable them to
pass true judgments, and the moro
fully the old archives are inspected the
more thoroughly do these bear ont ths
opinions that have been formed Of this
despot's character.
Suspicious Of everyone. gloomy, stern
and bigoted, he was false to his closest
allies and was bound by NO oaths or
treaties, and seemed to actually do.
light in deeds of unrelenting cruelty.
Motley. summing up his character.
says Of him: There have been few
men known in history who have been
able to accomplish by their own exer-
tions so vast an amount of evil.
The only plausible explanation-fos
palliation there Ii none-of his infa.
nous career Is that the man really b.
lieved himself mot . king. but = rod.
Sismondi. in judging Of his career.
speaks in . similar strain, in words
which may ftly close this paper: "No
scruple stopped him. his conscience re
coiled from no cruelty, no perfidy; he
went straight toward his object
through more blood and more crimea
than were ever lavished by any other
monarch. His pestilentiaa
breath dispeoplsd the kingdoms that
were subject to him. Temple Bar.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-01
4 WooAasful Gift,

Fortune-Teller-You may n tine
make . good income. bat you will
never be rich.
Young Man-Eh? Why not7
"You are not saving. You are waste
full"
my! my! I'm afraid that Il true.
You have . wonderful gift. How did
you know was wasteful?"
lyon have just wasted . dollar hav.
tnG your fortune told IN. Y. Weekly.
The Irish standard., 1895-07-06

Ex-Gov. Merriam says 1t is only through
the Republican party that financial legis-
iation can be properly shaped for this
country. His ex-excellency either forgets
or lays himself open to the charge Of decep-
ton in making such a statement. What
ever isvicious in financial legislatio in this
country has come through the Republi-
cans. The greenbaeks which the ex-goy-
srnsr cond emns are a product Of Repub-
.sfilican legislation. All the. pernicious leg
islation relating to silver is the work Of
that party. ~. VI
!. When Governor Merriam talks FOR pub
location he should carefully revise hisrlan-
uscript, The Democrats have made many
mistakes in legislation but they have done
not thing in the matter Of finance to injure
/ the people. ThatWas done by the Repub-
t5licans and yet they step up in smiling
way and thar God they are not as those
wicked Democrats are. Every practical
Republican politician is capable Of edu-
eating the people In Cheek q
The Irish standard., 1895-07-06

6 Lord Rosebery, the retiring prime min
lister, in addressing the Eighty Club In
4 London Monday evening, said that the
Liberals were defeated but were not dis
.con1ated and not disgraced. He did not
propose to lament their position. for to
him there was no comp parish between the
position Of i party united and facing the
constituencies from which alone 1t could
\ draw its Pow q, and the position Of d party
engaged IN tile arduons, II not impossible
stask, OF forcing through q reluetantt house
i of commons, with q marrow ma ority,
4 NE sures which it would have to forge
Y across The imp ssab1 d rampant that faced
al great measures He had never tasted
the sweets with pose but HIS experiences
5et place without power was 5 atory, Il
\ Snot a He'll. The great feature Ga he situa.
non, he odd ~as finally dlsapp ear ancs of
/ so.oal1ed Liberals l,oi. - Liberal
MI Slss., INC Gcnsery hsd
S,absnr thu Libsrl nce.
\ tSrt d Is
TORIES ana Gu
4 OH IN Il
|f tey ga s sasI, I'm; g
Sssh,s 81 h q 4. 80 8 sgs
~ M 1fIS l y ~ 3 q 1is g. 29
The Irish standard., 1895-07-06
Daughters OF Erin, st. Paul.

Daughters Of Erin, Division No. g. Of
Ramsey County, gave a literary enter
tainment Wednesday evening, June .26
which was a great success and reflects
much credit on the committee in charge
for their able management and those Whc
took part in the entertainment for the
choice selections rend Tered, which were al
follows: NTH BE- 81 ri:
4. Master Of ceremonies, r. ]. Clark.
Address oftWelcome, Mrs. James Haley
~ Song, .Abbie McGoey. n. Sjss, .-,4 81 y
Recitation, Edna CorEigan.
Address, L. j. Tierney.
Il Song, Master John Moroney. 81. IA. s
Piano solo, Miss Celia Corrigan.
Recitation, Anna Kennedy. s
Reading, Mrs. A. Smith. ri u.
i. Song, d. w. Sullivan. &. - Il
Piano solo, Mrs. q. w. Mccoy.
Recitation, Miss Anna Kelly.
Song, Fl. j. McYay. 5l1 .ss.58 Il
Division No. 2 was rganized by County
President Z. j.. Tierney, May u, with 81
charter members and has been growing
rapidly ever since and gives promise 81
being a successful division. Officers
elected for the ensuing term were: .S
President, Mrs. james Haley; vice pres
ident, Mrs. r. J. Clark; recording sec.
rotary, Miss Anna Kelly; financial seere.
tary, Miss Lizzie Hogan; treasurer, Mrs
p. Sexton sergeant at arms, Miss Mary
Hartnett; sentinel, Miss Nellie Milan.
The Irish standard., 1895-07-06
NEW YORK, AND YORK.

We don't object to the amputation Of
the word New from the name Of New
York. Time would be saved by chop
ping 1t off. It ts useless and It is out Of
place in the name of q city that is as OLD
as New York. Let our : citizens who
want to getrid Of II speak OF our place as
York henceforward, and let the old adj
jectiye sNew'' sleep In the grave in which
it has been buried by lots OF other Amer
lean cities After. a while the word.
would be remembered only by antiquar-
ians. Plenty Of people who 1--we in the
outer regions have always, called us York.
and everybody knows what place IS thus
spoken of without looking IN. the geogra-
ply for the weat her-woTn English city
ON the river Ouse. ~ ork State is much
heard OF In other states. We do not need
any law to authorize the amputation un-
TIL after everybody has performed it;5Sand
then the Legislature can enact a law APP
proving IT Lots Of laws. are made that
way. The best OF them are thus made
We shall not urge people TO cut off the
| New and call its Y orl: but everybody
who does SO will save a. breath. nc all the
time wasted In the utterahce Fof the word
New by the millions OF people who are
constantIy talking OF New 81 OrlS were de.
voted to the study OF the classics, ancaerit
literature would be better known than
1T fs lew York Sun hi 81 $s3s ri. as8
The Irish standard., 1895-07-06
TEA lNT0xI | c / !.

Indigestion, Headache and Other DAN.
gers Lurk in tstl1e Cup That Cheers =
To speak of tea as .the cup that cheers
but not inebriates," must be regarded as
an instance Of poetic license if what is re-
ported through the columns of '''The Medi-
cal News be true. M
We are Informed that Of the 1000 con-
secttive cases applying for general treas
ment at a large dispensary, 10 per cent
We're found to be liberal indulgers in tea
and suffering from Its deleterious effects,
yet no one Of them came for treatment
of the tea habit, but for various other
complaints. They were loathe when APP
praised Of the cause Of their illness, to be
lieye that such a harmless household COM
modify ever produced any bad effects. OF
these 100 cases, 20 per cent complained Of
persistent dizziness, 10 per cent of indi-
gestion, As per cent of headache. 20 per
cent of dependency, 10 per cent Of spalpi-
tation Of the heart and is per cent Of in
somnia. 5ss sssSg:s II }554sS .sSs M .!
We are assured by the authority quoted
that when tea has been used for con-
siderable period in excess and it's detri-
| mental action has been constant, welI-de-
fined symptoms supervene, a few Of which
are vertigo, mental confusion, sensible
palpitation Of the heart, restlessness, in
sOrnnia, hallucihations, nightmare, nau-
sea, neuralgia, anorexia, constipation,
prOstration and anxiety, and a peculiar
kind Of intoXication ending after hours Of
vigil in a torpor from exhaustions gy4
The Irish standard., 1895-07-06

Mr.. Ingalls,, the gentleman with vitri-
Ollie tendencies, who at one time repre-
sented Kansas in the United States sen
ATE, is puzzled to think that a man like
the presidency. But while Ingalls, is a
very brilliant man it did not take the
people OF Kansas long to- tell him that he
must step down and out. He may know
great deal and may have a cutting and
sarcastic way of telling what he knows,
but in looking over the list of presidetial
possibilities his name somehow seems to
be missing.
The Irish standard., 1895-07-06

|hiss IN ndf atlisr n hs dloe
trns but ~ in senses at
iApll IS sreat more
|clleHerSh than His grandfa ever
The cry offi and hers Hat
Was gotte sup the because
eoulld n't invent any ching inst
Give the devil HIS due, be
(Repub iicalls have invented wicked lies
about the Democrats and the Democrats
had tto u, get even someho yis md the worst
thing q ey could say about Harrison was
e5randf ather s J me-
While AL this is said in Harrispn's
praise he IL sas foxy as the rest them.
He knows q hawk from q henshaws Az
though he IS q deac ION In q Presbyte terrain
church. and, like 4 q king can dos 30
wrong, he has ever had am eye on the
things that count in this world 's makeup.
Harrison is modest and mild and speni-
tential, and no doubt thanks hts Coz, for
his supremacy in morals, but If those
who are nearest to him VIII keen d
steady eye upon his face they will dis
cover that he has one eye shut while the
other is proclaiming Innocence Of politi-
cal 4 advancement. Churchmen n and
Statesmen sometimes wink ait each other
with mutual effect and benefit ,Sy I'D
And now we come to Mckinley, He
wants to sit in the presidential chair.
Nobody can blame him for that. But
there is one thing the American people
should understand about Mckinley.
Tens Of thousands Of people thinkfhe is
q great god for the benefit OF humanity.
He is nothing Of the kind. He never or
iginate0 an idea He scarcely ever
studied the wants q. the people. He has
caught the public fancy In certain quar-
ters and made the most Of it. His init
mate friends say he is d free trader at
heart but that ne adopts the protection
idea because 1t is the shibboleth OF his
party. However that may be and how
yer true it may be that the more a man
is taxed the richer he becomes and that a
GllGGp CO0L a AAA6l1 ttAAld tl&S1t
the people arc willing to be taxed half
a cent Il on q tin cup for the glory Of
the country, the fact still remains that
everyday evidence bellies the position
taken by Mr.. Mckinley. But this gentle
man, nevertheless all that has been said
about him, wants to occupy the presi-
Dental chair for the purpose, Of course,
Of reforming athe nation and making
everybody rich and prosperous by giving
away everything he earns to the national
government that 1t may be stolen in a
diplomatic and Legitimate way for the
II :. -. BIZ . r~ .i5# igi.s
benefit Of the country. #
It's a lofty ambition to become presi-
dent of the United States but a man
should reach 1t in some way other than
BY hypocrisy. \.