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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-15
AUTOMATIC BEAR CATCHING.
Tho Way Chuckchee Indians Take Huge
fcrOcl0us kamtchatkan Beasts.

Tho Way Chuckchee Indians Take Huge,
fcrocious kamtchatkan Beasts.
Landing at OlutorslS, little trad
ing station on the northwest coast OF
Siberia, during my last trip to the
Arctic" said Capt. Avery Of the whale.
ship Grampus, ''some Chuckchee Indi.
ans from inland came in bringing rein
deer meat and peltries for sale. Among
the skins they brought was a huge bear
skin which / tried to buy, but l could
not agree with the owner as to the
price. Through an interpreter learned
the curious way in which these Indi-
ans kill the bear. The Kamtchatkan
bear is huge brown fellow often
weighing over Zone thousand pounds,
and is very ferocious and hard to kill.
Such an animal is invulnerablc to the
small darts which are the Chuckchee's 8
missile weapons, and it is necessary to
cripple him before closing in with
spears.
"These bears inhabit ground which
is covered with dense thickets, through
which they have paths and rnnaways.
The latter are impenetrable to man
except he crawl on hands and knees.
To circumvent the bear the Chuckshee
takes two pieces of board about six
inches long and three inches wide
through which he bores numerous
holes. Through the holes in each
piece he puts long iron nails with their
points sharpened. Then placing the
backs of the pieces of the wood to-
gether he lashes them with thongs,
thus leaving the sharp ends of the
nails projecting on either side. This
curious implement of hunting he lays
in the runway where the bear tracks
are thickest, lightly covering it from
view.
Presently the bear comes along. his
great forepaws covering each nearly a
square foot of surface. and almost to a
certainty he plants one forcpaw upon
the nails, which penetrate and hurt
him. Rising upon his hind legs he
raises the paw to which the boards are
fastened by the nails. looks at it, and,
seeing the thing that has hurt him, he
strikes at it with his other paw to
knock it off. thereby driving the nails
from the side he hits into that paw.
Thoroughly angry. he now hauls
off and strikes with the first paw that
was pierced and the nails again pene-
trate that. So he goes on striking
with one paw and the other, driving
the nails deeper and deeper into the
flesh, until exhausted with pam and
rage. he sinks to the ground. His
paws are now so sore that he can not
travel far, and as far as he goes he
leaves a trail of blood behind him.
Discovering this the Indians follow
him up, and with their spears dispatch
him. Y. Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-15

EVERY ONE or THEM.
any longer, sat down in the woods
an bellered like a baby. Yes. actu'lly
did! When I got back to the clearin'
it was broad daylight. 1t was some
comfort to me to see seven dead wolves
stretched round that cow pen, m IL
was a leetle consolin' to feel that If the
COW had only stayed in her pen I'd .
saved her. II there'd ben twict IS many
wolves!
"When got into the cabin l begun
to feel kind O. weak, an then see fer
the first that was blood pooty much
all over me. an tn at my hands an arms
an chist was tore considerable, an
that my clothes was slit an ripped an
tattered most amazin'. But took .
good pull at Susan's jug o elderberry
wine she'd fetched all the way from
York state, an went to the creek an
washed Then l felt more nat'ral like,
an sot down in the cabin, waitin' for
Susan. an 'shamed to see her, fer let
tin her cow an calf be run away by
wolves.
"'Long In the forenoon I zee her
comm out o the woods, jist on the
edge Of our clea rim, on the side o. the
cabin, way from the COW pen, so she
couldn't see that it was empty till she
turned round the cabin. / tried to git
up an go meet her. but my feet
wouldn't let me, somehow. / see her
turn the cabin. an s'pected to see her
jist flop right down an carry on terri
bic the minute she sot her eyes on that
empty pen. But didn't know Susan
yet. She gave little start and . gulp
or two, an then actu'lly stood still an,
raisin' her finger, counted cv'ry one o
them wolves over. Then she hurried
into the cabin. had got MP by this
time.
"'Susan,' I says, 'they'm gomez
"Can't be helped. Noses says she,
kissin' OF me. You amt gone, an
there's seven less wolves in the woods.'
Then she just sot to work bandagin'
Of me up,an' all / could do was to say to
myself: 'Astoundin! Most astound-
In.
"Arter Susan had me all done up, an
was hustlin' round settin' things to
rights, suddenly she says. an her eyes
was twinklin':
"'Ye had hard night, Moses. But
think o poor Joe Parks! You was only
dghtin' wolves, but think o. what POOR
Joe went through, an he stood it like
. mani
"'What in under the blue can opy has
happened to Joe?' says
There's twins on his clearin'v savs
Susan, an ye orter heerd her lauRhr-
II. Y. Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-15


esr She alluz called me Moses, cause
Cuthbert want no sort of name to Be
in the wildernest with. 'Nothi1' 'cept
news from home could be better news
than that, Moses. but fore you fetch
'em over. you jest shake up . barn o
some kind to put EN- in. There's too
MANY bars an wolves an painters
loolrin' fer setch meat as that to hev 1t
layin' right open fore their eyes:'
..Susand. . said that, or sumpin' like
It. sures yer born, cause she was 90
.sroundin', but wanted to sprise her
with the COW an the calf, an was 50
anxious to git 'em that ! never thought
nothin' bout no barn, nor no bars. nor
no wolves. nor no painters. I was just
th;nkin' bout Susan. an how glad
sh-,d he. An she was. too! She cried.
n, huored me, an said:
..Now IL jist had only . little news
from homo don't think Heaven could
- much nicer'n this here clearin'.
..1usan want homesick, mind ye:
MA her uothsr was old and poorly.
r sesv1y gsssu hsd = 'osEia' Bah
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-15
THE ROYAL JELLY.
How Democratic Bees Not Only Elect, Bu
Raise Their Own Queen.

How Democratic Bess Not Only Elect, hut
Raise Their Own Queen.
Apicuiture has proved one Of the fas-
cinating pursuits in the animal world.
The habits Of bees have furnished
columns of interesting matter, and yet
much fine knowledge of the ugly little
honey makers, their quaint customs
and mode of living, belongs to a prim-
tive race of country folk, who dwell
remote from the cities and have neither
sufficient intellect nor energy to tell
half the interesting anecdotes of the
cell makers that have become theirs by
Inheritance and observation.
do you know how they train a
queen?" asked bonnetted old country
woman one day, as she changed the
position of her snuff stick from one
side of the mouth to the other. "You
know that they have a woman ruler
and won't allow NO other?" she con-
tinued.
WELL" she continued, "the throne
doesn't come down from mother to
daughter. rs in Kingdoms, but the
working bees elect their own queen"
"They are very democratic. then, as
we are. and have their say as to whom
shall govern them"
That's so," she responded, "but
they don't 20 shout it in the same way.
You see when this hive gets too full,
the working bees know that it's time
to look about for another queen. They
must have . new hive, and SO put one
up for them. They understand and go
about training . queen that shall. be
royal enough to lead them"
$50 they make a robe of honey er.
mine and put it on the shoulders of
the prettiest girl bee who receives the
popular vote?"
They don't do any such thing"
with gesture of disgust. 'They
pick out larvae and begin to feed it
with the queerest food you ever saw.
They get it from certain flowers and
never use it in the making of honey
comb. Only once do they seek such
sweetness and then It's on an occasion
like this. They put the little living
germ OF To itself AMI nourish it on
this food. We bee tenders call it the
royal jelly
whenever we see this performance
going on we know that very soon the
old queen will be the dowager and
that the new hive is to be occupied.
As soon as the larvae reaches its
proper strength it is carried by the
bees to their new home as ruler and
the throne and scepter is given her.
This royal jelly never makes its ap-
pearance again until = like occasion
calls for it We call this feeding q
queen. boston Globe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-15

glad rs she was, she was put ,u: 'caus'
we didn't hev no place to keep the Gov
an the calf safe. an it happened jes
then that my time was so all-firet
took up that it'd be a couple O week
fore could go to THROWN up sumpin
to keep EN- in wat'd he bar an vol
an painter proof, though it VAN
much Of job. i could a-done it on /,
Sunday, but Susan wouldn't hear 4
that.
1T amt no less sunday she says
cause it's way back here in the vii
dernest,' she says.
so what do you think we took K
doin'? Fust made q three-cornerei
pen by THROWN up logs two or thres
rods from the cabin. This was to keer
the cow from wanderin'. Then me
and Susan d set mp nights watchin' the
cow an the calf. with my oil flint loci
gun layin' handy, so cz to tumble the
fust thing that came nosin' around that
live stock Of our'n. Susan d set up
part O. the night an I'd set up t'othel
part SOS we'd both ketch some sleep.
We'd ben watchin' In this way for Z
week an more, an never . wunst had
q bar or a wolf or . painter give even
ez much ez a sign that they had their
eve on our COW an calf. An do you
know why? Cause Susan was therel
Nothin' else, sir. They knowed that ez
long ez Susan was In that cabin there
want no more use O their tryin' to
git our COW an calf than there would
q ben o their tryin' to lug on drove o
wild elephants! That's what believe,
an tn ere ain't no doubt Of it. Cause
see what happened the minute Susan
want there? The las words she said
to me when she went t. Parks that
day was:
"'Now keep yer eye peeled, Moses,
an don't let nothin' git away
Don't you worry, Susanr sayA
Don't you worry!'
II browsed the COW down that night,
smoked q pipe or two in the ca bin door,
watched the sun go down hind the
hills on one side o. the clearin'. seen
the moon come up from hind the hills
On t'other side. an felt lonesome, I tell
vel BY an by l went in, shut up me
cabin, got OIL fint-lock, sot down by
the little hole we called the winder.
an watched, an watched, an thought
o. Susan. It must ben som'ers long
to'ard mornin', fer the moon had got
way past our clearin' an we was In the
but, anyhow, I dropped
asleep. Yes, sir! Actu'lly slep' on tho
post o duty! was walked by . snappins
an q snarlin' an battin' m q bel
lerin'. The wolves was arter our cow
m calf! I don't know how ever got
out there, but was there in less than
no time. / let 60 with OF fiint-lock,
an one wolf was gone. Then clubbed
the gun an at with hands an feet. I
an l cholsed an clutched,
but the COW broke over the logs, and,
the calf follerin' her. away they went
fer the woods. all that was left O. the
pack follerin' 'em, bowling like de-
mons! Like q wild man I follered- I
follered, thinkin' o Susan . nussin' Of
. sick neighbor, an me lettin' wolves
come an run her cow m calf awayi
I'm 'shamed to say 1t. but by an by,
there wasn't no use o. chasin'
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-15

Fer cows was cows in them days.
an. But, Lord. what be l a-saytn'?
"Twa'n't Susan that got the wust OF it,
cause Susan want home that night
She was down to Parks clearin', five
mile, Parks havin' come up a tearin'
that day. an asst her If she wouldn't 60
back with him, his Sally Ann befn'
sick, an Susan jest went, warnin' me
to keep an eye on things an not to let
anything git away. So twas me, an
not me an Susan That got the wust OF
it that night. Why, there ain't no
more doubt than there is that I'm .
twistin' this willer twig this minute
that If Susan had ben home nobody'd
got the wust Of it but the wolves!
'Stoundin', woman! 'Stoundinl
''Yes, sir. Cows was cows in those
days in the wildernest The highest
neighbor we had was the Parks, five
mile, an the next was Benson's, seven
mile, with nothin' but woods an bar
an wolves an painters betwixt us
That cow of our'n was one Benson had
got way down on the West Branch, an
he had led her more'n forty miles
through the woods to git her to his
clearin', which was a big un an old un
for them days, Benson havin' ben
there five years when me an Susan
come down from York state, chopped
hole in the woods, and put up our
log cabin. That was our weddin'
trip, too, mind We! That cow that Bon
SON fetched up from the West Branch
made three cows for him, an that was
an amazin' drove fer one man to hsv.
He was a reg'lar cattle king.
i.Bcnson was a good man, an you
better b'lieve that there was . reficin'
time on that little clearin' OF Our'n
when l made dicker with him in the
way o. chopin now an then fer him,
/ led her home. Not only the cow, but
q new calf at her side! Now mAbbee
we want rich! A cow an q calf. : log
cabin We could see through most any
where, an three-acre clearin' Rich?
/ should say so! Richer, bet you,
than many a one is nowadays cx has
farms they can't walk around in = day,
nm cattle on a thousan' hills! Cause
we was happy, me an Susan was, down
there ia the wildernest! We didn'te
hev no pastur', an we didn't hcv no
feed nor fodder fer our cow 'cept
browse cut from the trees, but we KEEP
her goin' fust rate on that.
s.Now, IL I'd a toll Susan l was goin
20 git the COW an calf from Benson,
she'd a up an said:
s. .Nothin' 'ccpt news from home
could be better news than that, Mos
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-15
A RUSTIC PRESIDENT.
An Untralned hut Remarkably Succeoof,
African Ruler and DIplOmat.

An UntrAlned hut Remarkably Successful
African Ruler and Diplomat.
His honor. the president of the
South African Republic, is one of If
not the most remarkable characters at
present occupying the political stage
of South Africa. The Transvaar, over
whose destinies President Kruger
watches. is the richest gold-bearing
region in South Africa, il not in the
world-an independent Dutch republic
founded by the Beers who were ousted
from the Cape Colony by what they
were pleased to term English misrule.
Their bitter antipathy to British mis-
appropriation of territory colonized
and conquered by their fathers drove
them further afield to the unexplored
tracts beyond the vaal river, where rs
Gods chosen people they could read
their Bibles and harass the natives far
away from cape ofiicialism.
Unlike his neighbor president, Mr..
Reitz of the Orange Free state (anoth-
er thriving offshot of Dutch secession),
who is man of academic and forensic
standing. Mr.. Kruger's marvellous ad-
ministrative capacity is based solely
on his native and unframed talents.
He is sixty-eight years of age, . Boer
of the Beers, shrewd, obstinate, COM
bining the gaucheries of an English
rustic with an amazing aStuteness
which would become many . skilled
diplomat. Ungainly of figure. n South
African James the First, he is gifted
with far more caution than the Stuart
monarch. He shines more at the coun-
Gil than the social board; In fact, he
detests social functions, and many are
the true anecdotes of his solecisms and
eccentricities.
When visiting the neighboring colony
of Natal on one occasion he and Mrs.
Kruger firmly refused . sumptuous
lunch prepared by . loyal township en-
route, and, to the CONSERVATION of the
caterer. proceeded to discuss . chunk
of dried beef-'biltong"-and equally
dry bread which was produced from
the presidential pocket! When at Gov
ernment house in Natal his honor was
asked to take Lady in to dinner.
With rural simplicity and imperfect
English-for the president is no En-
E lish scholar-he addressed her thus:
Come along with mel" and preceded
her ladyship to dinner. But the presi-
dency, Pretoria, is not Mayfair, and
even ut Government house, Natal,
presidents may and do disdain forks,
misuse serviettes. and fail to grasp the
true import of . fin9er-bowl.
At . recent conference on the vexed
question Of Swaziland between Sir
Henry Loch and his honor. the latter,
when dining with the high commits
sioner of our gracious majesty. stoutly
refused Perier and Jouet, pressrring
the charms OF = mixture Of milk and
water remnant OF his patriarchal
upbyinginG. And cigars! Unesnny
things for . Hoer president. who
swessd ! sapscieUs pipe charged With
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-15

Then not only al the learned. but
all the educated. were familiar with
Latin. Whoever read. indeed. must
read Latin; for there was little else to
read. Theology. history. philosophy.
al were In Latin. The national liter
atures were only in their cradles
Nearly . century after the time of
Erasmus, Bacon deliberately buried his
greater works in Latin in the hope Of
securing his fame; and even Milton
chose Latin - the vehicle Of some Of
the best Of his early poetry, and did
not abandon it without hesitation.
To Erasmus it was everything; the
language Of his tongue as well a.
Of his pen. He travelled everywhere,
in Italy, France. England. Germany.
but he certainly knew no English or
German, and appsrentlv made his
Latin carry him through wherever he
went And whstevsr difficulties Of
Language he found with innkeepers,
and servants, and officers Of customs,
he found none among the clergy Or the
mobiles, at whose houses bis introduc-
tiOns made him everywhere welcome.
Temple Bar. -
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-15
SCIENCE RENEWING YOUTH.
Read This and Stop Croaking Aboat Z
generacy Of the Times.

k000 I0u ana Stop Cf00X108 A0O0S ~
gensraey Of the Timss.
At q recent meeting of . medical as-
ISOLATION in Philadelphia one of the
speakers drew attention to the signifi-
cant facts that the average length Of
life is increasing, and that the period
of activity, in which the best work is
accomplished, with both men and wom-
en-, is extending. The advance of san
itary and hygienic science has offered
fair prospect to the average man and
woman for increase of days, and mod
ern invention, by lessening the wear
and tear entailed by the discomforts
of former generations, has still fur
ther prevented the waste of vitality
and nervous energy. LIZ is also
heightened in another way. by the
fact that time is minimized, and that
travel and all necessary communica-
tion now take up . marvelously short
space Of modern life, leaving SO much
more time to devote to other objects.
that the practical effect ID to add more
days to ones account
With this increase of life and this ex-
tension of activity . man is far younger
given age. The magic Of modern
science has literally performed that
impossible miracle of olden times and
legends-the renewal of youth. The
wearing drudgery of labor has been
vastly 'lightened ON the one hand.
while broader interests ON the other
keep the modern brain from the rust
ing process of age, narrow lives and
restricted ideas formerly brought ON
it, a. q time when that brain is now in
its prime.
Yet we hear all about us complaints
that the rush and wear of modern life
is hurrying men into premature graves
at increasing rate. 1t is sadly true
that the great virtue Of temperance,
Of moderation in all things, has
not been assigned its due i'm
portance in this vast scientific devel-
opment. It is in spite of the advan-
tages of the times, not because of
them, that this longer life is not the
lot of more. We appreciate the stores
of vitality laid up by them for us, but
will not resist the temptation to be
intemperate in its use. The youth
and strength of the brain and body ara
drawn upon too frequently. We will
not be content to live within our vast
means of vitality. but draw recklessly
upon the fund. till nature refuses to
honor our drafts and we find ourselves
bankrupt The business men of to-day
puts into his career of comparatively
few years the energy, the thought, the
h0 - hA
enterprise of centuries We speculate
with our vital energies, and sometimes
we stake all on . single throw. Buff
we do not make . safe investment OF
youth and health it is not for lack OF
the opportunities of the times.-Balts.
more American.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-15
PiTh AND POINT.

Mamma" said little Elsie. - the
family circle was discussing acQusint-
ancc, II know two men. one is > gentle
man, and the other il papa Adams
Freeman.
As . little tot trying to hug its
shadow ontAAHsll 80 is the young man
who's Ae1ln etion in life is the
gqG lAnshe Ais honor.-Young
IA do you suppose
JUST - represented as .
won n - Houser-"Because she
never gets her work dome.
phia Inquirer.
s-Buggins-.Why all this talk about
the new womsn?" Muggins-.I sup
pose becsuse It isn't safe TO refer to
any woman - the old woman. Phil
adolphia Record. =
"A certain amount of distrust is
wholesome, but not 80 much Of others
n Of ourselveA Neither vanity nor
conceit can exist in the same atmos-
phere with it-Mme. Nsckar.
First Nighter-"whAt Every seat
tsken?" Ticket Seller-"Evsry one;
but don't be discouraged. There will
b room enough after the first act I
was 1T tho rehearsal. l."-Tammany
Times
-Circumstantial Evidence.
MY dear, there's Grape ON the Dobbs'
door. Some one must have died"
Maude - impossible. I'm sure the
doctor hasn't been there for weeks
Har1oun Lite
-Tommy-"Pop. what's the differ
ence between = bon mot and = joker
Tommy's Pop-'.A bon mot is some
thing you tell . friend, and joke is
something . friend tells You. ."-Phila-
delphia Record.
DE man Wit er hghtin' nature"
said Uncle Eben. 'orter b kyahful
how he handles his own weapons. Hit
am pow'ful hah'd ter sympathize wit
er bee dat's stung by its own singer"
Washington Star.
-First-born with English instincts)
II want to 70 abroad. father. the 1st
Of April. and see the world Wise
Parent-"No objection to your seeing
the world, but do object to the world
seeing you- Life.
Mrs xStrongmind-''If women would
only stand shoulder to shoulder, they
would soon win the suffrage" DR..
Guffy-"But, madam. .thst is some
thing they can't do. with the present
styles in nsleeves."-Tit-Bits.
A Direct SugeestioE.-Jonsa-'sThe
fire alarm came in FROM the box o ny
block this morning aud alm0st raa
my legs on trying to get mp 70 ny
house." Brown-"Wnya don't yon have
it insuredY'-Detrois Free PrsaA
Please. ma'an." said the cook.
I'D like to give on . weeks n.t1c..
."'Why. Mary. this Is great surpeias.
Do you hope to better yourself?'
''Well. NO, not exactly that" answered
Mary. with blush; ''Im going to get
married. Christian Register.
-Cholly-'What's mp, deah boy7"
Gus-.,O, I'm in such distwess. Heah
I've been speaking Of Anna Gould's
husband Is Castellane fer the lawst
month, and I've just discovered that
his name is pwonounced Cas-teIl-aw-
may. doncherknowP-Brooklyn Eagle.
.-He-'I have to take you in to dim
ner, you know, and I'm rather afraid
Of you, you know! Our hostess tells
me you're awfully clever, you know"
She (highly amused )-"How absurd!
I'm not bit clever" He with . sigh
of relieD-"Well. do you know.
thought you weren't. you know!"-
Household Words.