St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-01-26

parties half-brother, Joseph Fesch
Charles himself was the owner Of the
lands in the interior, but they were
heavily mortgaged, and he could con-
tribute but little to the support of his
family. His uncle, . wealthy land
lord, had died childless, leaving his
domains to the Jesuits. and they had
promptly entered into possession. Ac-
cording to the terms of his GRANDPA
theirs will, the bequest was void. for
the fortune was to fall in such a case
to Charles mother. and on her death to
Charles himself. Joseph, his father,
had wasted many years and most of his
fortune in weary litigation to recover
the property. Nothing daunted, Charles
settled down to pursue the same phan-
tom. virtually depending for liveli-
hood on his wife's small patrimony.
He became an officer of the highest
court as assessor, and was made in 1772
a member, and later, . deputy of the
council of Corsican mobiles.
Tho peasant mother was most pro
life. Her eldest child, born in 1865,
was q son. who died in infancy; in l767
was born a daughter, Marie-Anne, des.
tined to the same fate; in 1865 a son,
known later IS Joseph. but baptized As
Nabulione; in 1860 the great son, Ma
poleone. Nine other children were the
fruit of the same wedlock, and six Of
them-three sons, Lucien, Louis and
Jerome, and three daughters, Elise,
Pauline and Caroline-survived to
share their brothers greatness. Charles
himself. like his short-lived ancestors
of whom FIVE had died within CEN
tury-reached only early middle age,
dying in his thirty-ninth year. Letitia,
like the stout Corsican that she was,
lived to the ripe age of eighty-six in
the full enjoyment of her faculties,
known to the world by the sobriqust Of
Madame Mere.-Prof. William NJ.
Sloane, in Century.
THE WOMAN BACHELOR.
Two Glasses Of Girls Who stay single
Through False Motions.
Why are there SO ma ny bachelors and
old maids nowadays? Perhaps one
reason lies in the education of our
modern young girls, and the blame
must rest with their mothers. Con.
slider the life of a girl belonging to the
upper middle class from the age Of
eighteen to twenty-eight. 1t is q care.
less, selfish. irresponsible epoch. in
which the daughter studies her own
convenience and pleasure solely, and
the mother, by foolish indulgence, aids
and abets her.
Once a girl is free from the trammels
of the school-room and is fully fedged
in society nothing is denied her. She
may lie in bed, perchance take her
breakfast there the while she skins a
novel belonging to the new" order Of
fiction. Her day is comprised with nc
single duty save to look her best and
enjoy her life. There is time in such
an existence for the ugly weeds Of
jealousy, thoughtless and unkind clat.
ter to take root and flourish.
Then, perhaps. some young man Of
modest means comes along and offers
his heart and hand to the daughter
As q single girl she is free from all re.
sponsibility. She has not to consider
ways and means, paterfamilias never
refuses to make the dress check bigger
if desired, and she has few wishes un.
gratified.
If she marries her sutton can only Of
fer her a much smaller home than that
to which she has been accustomed, a
restricted income, probably; and the
sweet, vet solemn duties of wife. and
later oftentimes those of mother. The
prospect doses not appeal very keenly
to the egotistical maiden, and as tie
life she is living only teaches her to
love herself before anyone else, the
would-be lover receives her congo.
Another class Of girl, fed by the
.'new" play and the new" novel, can
not make up her mind to wed. because
of the grisly skeletons for which she
has been tutored to seek in q mans
past. We take it that the parents of q
girl whose position and experience give
them a much better chance of Judging,
will certainly ascertain whether the
man is worthy sutton, and. if they
deem him so, surely it is unwise for q
girl to ply into every past episode.
But, with an imagination that has
been unhealthy reared, that has been
taught to look for evil even where it
may not be, the modern girl rushes in
where angels fear to tread, and the
pure. warm love which, coming from a
fresh, innocent heart, is safeguard to
many man, is denied her lover.
Meanwhile the happy years of early
womanhood, when all the world is
kind, roll by. and the Rubicon of thirty
is crossed. Then it is that the sim
gle girl awakes to the knowledge of
what she has lost or is losing. If the
daughter sees her mistake in time, and
is able to rectify it, happy and use
full life may await her. But what is
needed to render girls desirable wives
should be taught them from their ear
lest yearS.-ChicarO Inter- Ocean