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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-06-12
SKIRT DANCES NOT IN FAVOR.

Audiences Want Exhibitions Oh the
powers That Move the world.
It is interesting to notice what pic
lures are the popular favorites IN the
exhibition Of the biograph, vitascope'
cinematograph and similar instru-
mepts. The serpentine dances and high
kicking get a moderate amount OF ap-
piause; the military scenes get good
deal more; the march of procession
down, apparently, into the very teeth OF
the audience, is almost startling; but
these are not the things which receive
an encore. At two recent exhibitions oil
this sort there were only two encores.
One of these was burst of enthusiasm
over q view of the surf breaking on ore
of the piers at Manhattan Beach. The
other was from an audience that want
ed to see again the onward rush OF the
Empire State express.
The surf picture seemed fairly to
bring the smell Of the sea into the
smoke-clouded theatcr. As the wave
tegan to gather, form and get an edge.
the audience drew on expectant breath.
And as the water hurried on and ON,
until it finally broke at the crest, and
flung itself forward with q force thai
sent up cloud Of spray, the spectators
gave a great '"Ah-h-h!" The view Of the
Empire State express was even more
thrilling. At first there was only the
long line OF railroad coming straight
down the picture. and curving on to ore
side at the front. Some section hands
were at work on the track. There was \
spot in the distance with fine line OF
smoke streaming away from it. ItgEew
with every second until it was . athrob-
bing engine pounding its way right to-
ward the audience. People held their
breath as the train swept toward them,
and it seemed IN actual escape when it
swung of on the curve and out Of sight.
Next to these scenes, which portray
the working of some tremendous natur-
al force. the most popular ones are the
homely, everyday ones. One OF the most
delightful Of these is . pillow fight
among four little girls. They are in two
cribs with railings around them One
Of the children lifts herself up and, TAX
ing her pillow, mischievously bangs it
down on the head Of her bedfellow. At
this the two in the other crib are highly
delighted and promptly sit up in bed.
holding on one rail at the side. The
unfortunate one, who has just been
whacked, emerges from under the pill
low and is 50 angry when she sees the
other two laughing at her that she
snatches up pillow and knocks them
both out of sight with one fell swoop.
Then she turns her attention to the
original offender and hostilities are
general until one Of the pillows bursts,
and the whole picture is full Of feathers.
IN. Y. Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-06-12
CHAlRLEsS JAPAN.


with Furniture Made to Order.
"One Of the funniest experiences !
had in Japan" said q woman recently.
who has been connected with mission
ary work in that country, twas with
chairs. 1t had never entered my mind
that what is with US such y common ar
ticle of household furniture should be
am unknown quantity to any of the SUBJ
iccts of the mikado, and it was with dis
may that I discovered the house was
to occupy was quite chairless. 1imme-
dintely summoned . native carpenter,
end tried to explain to him what !
wished him to make for me. 1t was an
extremely difficult task. for he was evil
IDENTIFY unable to comprehend why any
one should desire to sit otherwise than
cross-legged upon the floor. Unfor-
tunately. my talent for drawing II
strictly limited. I realized that fact,
but until had made several Intellectual
attempts to portray . chair-about AZ
easy subject as could have bad
had never really appreciated the extent
OF my incapacity. The drawings which
the poor carpenter finally carried OH
with him as models were such
that my heart misgave me. That
had good reason for my fears
was shown when the chairs were
sent home. With the proverbial
oriental faithfulness, the man had made
precise copies Of his patterns WheRe
the chairs of my sketches had weakly
balanced backs, slanting seats and
crooked legs, 50 their wooden counter
parts exhibited the same peculiarities-
They were moro difficult to sit on than
l should ever have imagined chairs
could possibly be. Some Of them need
cd the mural support of friendly wall
cess of standing on their legs
1T was . little after this that gave
a small reception to few Of the people
whose acquaintance had made. One
OF the first TO arrive Nas . city official
of high rank. Anxious. apparently. to
do the correct thing in my eyes, he seat
ed himself on one Of tho chairs, very
eiEgerly. it must be confessed, for he
confined himself to the extreme front
edge. and looked IS il he expected some
accident to happen at any moment
When l handed him the tea and cako
which comprised the refreshments. he
took the cup in one hand and tho plate
in the other. Then he sat there.
with his hands full, not know
ing what to do in order to be
free TO eat. and looking thorough
" miserable. After = minute or two Of
this suspense. which must say I was
enjoying, he begged me in . most dep
rocating manner for permission to sit
in the fashion Of his country. OF fcoursc
i hastened to grant 1t, and I shall nos
soon forget the look Of relief with which
he slid gently and gracefully to tho
floor. There he disposed his cup on
one side Of him and his plate Of cako
on the other, and proceeded to eat and
drink in comfort. The later callers
took their cue from him and fought shy
Of the foreign innovations also. Con-
sidering how the chairs looked. ! don't
know that can blame them, but am
afraid that they would have treated
even the finest specimens Of American
workmanship with the same distFust.. !.
N. Y. Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-06-12

DR.. Powder-Ahl How are you to-
day, Mr.. Glimp7
Glimp-Do you ask - m inqufring
friend or AZ my family physicianf-
PhiIsdelphia North American.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-06-12

Tommy, did your father blow mp
that bicycle tire after you drove = pin
through it,"
-No. he blew me up.--Detro;t Fres
Pres.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-02-19
HILo NOTES.
(Hilo Herald. Feb. Id

Sections of the Kaumana road as far
as five miles are completed and the
rest is well under way.
Mr.. Wise of Hitchcock & Wise is
carrying out his scheme for stocking
our streams with fish, and has Sc
cured enough money by subscription
to enable him to send for about one
thousand which will be sent down by
sailing vessel in tanks fitted to that
the water can be kept constantly cold
with ice. In this way Mr.. Wise hopes
to successfully accomplish this by no
means easy matter.
During the past eighteen years there
have been entered at the Custom
House of Hilo, thirty-three cargoes OF
lumber from Puget Sound ports The
length of voyages has varied in time
from sixteen to forty-one days. The
best records have been made by the
bark Excelsior in 1881, sixteen days,
while the old bark Atlantic found
forty-one days, none too many to
make the voyage in 1879. The aver
age for the trip has been twenty-four
and half days.
Monday night the cane fields of the
Kehala plantation were fired in three
different places and so dry were the
fields on account of the recent long
continued drought that the fires were
not extinguished until from thirty to
forty acres of cane had been con-
sumed. he fires, of course, were set
for the sake of revenge. Seven Japs
ar now on trial charged with the
crime.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-02-19
Jury in Morris Case Dis.
agreed and Discharged.
Lawyer Davis Fined by Judge
Perry-cIvn Cases Dis
posed Of.

The A. L. Morris case, smuggling,
was resumed in Judge Perry's Court
at 100 yesterday afternoon. AT 4:S0
the prosecution rested. Mr.. Davis, at
torney for defendant, moved to dis
miss. Denied. Defendant was called to
the stand and was submitted to a short,
direct examination Thereupon the
court took a recess to 7:30 p. m.
AT that hour the attorneys submit
quested the Court to charge the jury
on a number of points. Some were ad-
mitted and some denied. The Court
submitted lengthy charge, and at
$3.50 the jury retired to consider it's
verdict.
After the jury had retired the Court
srraigned Mr.. Davis for contempt, on
account of a remark he made in an
objection to certain evidence of the aft
ernoon. Mr.. Dole, in 10-minute
speech, made an earnest plea in behalf
of his opposing counsel in the case
The Court adjudged Mr.. Davis guilty of
contempt and sentenced him to pay a
fine of $25. He promptly stepped over
and paid the fine, but withdrew it and
noted an appeal to the Supreme Court.
The Judge prepared a mitimus and in
structed the Marshal to carry out the
law governing the case.
At this juncture the Judge retired
and the contempt matter remained in
allegiance.
At 10:47 the jury returned into court
and reported a hopeless disagreement
the vote standing Z to 5. 1t was stated
that they could reach no agreement
The jury was thereupon discharged
Bail in the premises will be fixed this
morning. If possible, the case will be
reached at this term; but as the panel
was exhausted for the first hearing il
is almost certain that it will have to &C
over.
The Davis contempt matter came VI
again. Mr.. Davis outlined his position
and then apologized to the Court. The
Court declined to recede from the rul-
ing and Mr.. Davis paid the fine. Al
11;20 the court adjourned to 9 O'Clock
this morning.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-02-19

Fire wood at SIP a cord
means a lot of money in a
year to the man who keeps
house--so does gasoline as
a fuel becauseit burnsquick-
ly and cooks hired cooks
are apt to be extravaganza.
Kerosene is so cheap that
people don't mind the burn
ing of it. Oil stoves have
been in use for years, but
perfection was reached only
when the New Process
Blue Flame" was invented.
1t is economical of fuel and
bakes as well as a coal stove.
The odor of the oil cannot
be detected and they are in
expensive. We've had four
lots of them--this is the
fifth and they have given
y
perfect satisfaction wherever
used. Perhaps you want
one. It's here for the ask
Iing--and the price.
Golden Anvil Steel Ranges
have been in use here for
ten years. For wood and
coal no better range was
ever made. We are selling
the last of them for $50 each
I'VE have had $50 for the
same size before. Unequal
ed baker for wood or coal.
Pansy Stovesare cheapand
Servicable. No better iron
stove was ever introduced
to the Honolulu public. We
have three sizes, 6-7-8. They
cook well and wear well.
Rivals concede their quality
and customers will have no
other cheap stove. Fifteen
hundred of them from our
stock are in use on the ISL
|ands and they are as good as
when first set up.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-02-19
SHORT DISCUSSION.
Pertaining to Wholesale Death of
Hogs in the City.

HOGS III me lily.
At the Board of Health meeting yes
terday afternoon a matter of intercst
outside of the regular proceedings
came up for discussion The meat re-
port of DR.. Monsarrat had just come
up for discussion, and upon coming to
the part bearing upon hogs, Mr. c. A.
Brown asked if it was not fact that
a large number of hogs mad died il the
city quite recently. Dr. Monsarrat an
swered that such was fact
Messrs. Brown and Lansing ex-
pressed the opinion that DR.. Monsarrat
should include in, or rather, append to
his weekly reports facts for the infor-
nation of the board.
DR.. Monsarrat replied that such mat
tiers were not within his province His
work was the examination OF meat
and did not pertain to the livestock IN
the city. This came directly under the
jurisdiction of the Interior Depart
ment. He had notified the veterinary
surgeon, whose business it was to look
after such matters.
When the matter was put in this
fight and Messrs. Brown and Lansing
saw how things stood they expressed
the opinion that all matters of the
kind should come under the jurisdie-
tion of the Board of Health.
Dr. Monsarrat offered, however, to
furnish the board with any information
of the kind that may crop up in the
future.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-02-19
A Veteran Quite III.

William Hose, coffee planter near
Hookena. Hawaii. was brought down
by the Mauna Loa yesterday in criti-
cal conditions of health. He was
stricken with paralysis few days ago
and came down for attention in the
Queens hospital. He was taken in
hand by Consul Ellis Mills and will
have every comport at the hospital.
Mr.. Hose is an old man and veteran
of the American Civil War He has
been in the country about six years.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-02-19
THE POWER THAT PULLS DOWN

1 want to present single idea in
the fewest and clearest words at my
command. Here goes for a try at it.
From the time you are first able 10
stand on your feet, up to the time you
can stand no longer, there is always a
power pulling you backward and down
ward. You resist, and it persists IL
wins partial victories over you every
day, and finally it lays you by the
heels. Now, what is the name of that
power? Don't be too quick with your
answer. 1t is the over-confdent crick-
eter who gets bowled out. Perhaps the
of these letters may help you
In the spring of 1891" says a wo-
man. my health, previously good, be-
gan to fail. am naturally as energetic
as most persons and enjoy being up
and doing, but now for some reason /
felt low, weak, and tired l had no
relish for food of any kind, and what
/ ate gave me pain at the chest and a
feeling Of tightness and oppression
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-02-19

There are 200 kinds of trees in Flor
ida, being AZ per cent of the trees of the
United States, and half more than any
other State.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-18

the Kansas legislature of 1891 assem-
bled Lutte A. Lyle was the successful
candidate for engrossing clerk, posi-
ton she filled with eminent satisfaction
to all concerned. The position, while
Offering substantial rewards, also af-
forded this girl opportunity to form the
acquaintance of the leading men of the
state, and she was not long in coming
to the conclusion that if she were prop
erly equipped for the battle she could
hold her own with the stoutest of her
compeers.
Therefore, when her term in the legis-
lature was over, this girl used the money
she had earned to meet the expenses of
her instruction in the law. She came to
Nashville, Tenn, where is situated the
Central college, an institution for the
higher education of the colored people.
She applied herself to the law course.
She was the only woman in that depart
ment of the college. There were any
number of young men studying beside
her, but she held her own with them all.
Though she studied hard, she did not
shut herself out from the enjoyment
of the society of her fellow students.
She was a member of the college glee
club, and at the numerous musical en-
tertainments given by the students she
was invariably relied upon to accom-
puny on the piano.
At the recent commencement of the
Central college of Tennessee, among
the graduates of the law department
was Lutte A. Lyle. She was chosen the
valedictorian of her class, in which ca
pacity she acquitted herself with great
credit. Besides the certificate of gradu-
alton the young woman was furnished
with diploma licensing her to prac-
tice in any of the courts of Tennessee,
for the Central college is, by the terms
Of its charter, authorized to grant such
license. Another prerequisite for ad-
mission to the bar in that state is that
the applicant shall have certificate of
good moral character from county
court, and Lutte Lyle applied to the
county court of Davidson and obtained
the necessary certificate.
There next remained for her to be
enrolled upon the minutes of some
court as a practicing lawyer. She at
first thought of being enrolled atNash-
vile, but Judge Anderson, to whom she
applied, ruled that, inasmuch as the su-
preme court of the state had held that
no woman could be a notary public in
the state. it followed that no woman
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-18
IMMUNITY FROM SNAKE POISON.
Experiment on Animals Who Pro-
duce Antitoxic Serums.


The task of artifcially rendering ami
mails immune from snake poison was
not an easy one, for the process depends
upon training the animals to gradually
Withstand larger and larger doses oi
the venom, and considering the intense.
" toxic character of the substance
which had to be handled the danger
was ever present of the animal succumb
ing to venom poison before its serum
had acquired the requisite pitch of pro-
tective power to render it of service as
an antitoxin.
DIR. Calmette tells us that he carried
out very large number of experiments
before he met with success. But it is
not necessary here to discuss his vari'
Gus efforts, suffice it to say that al
length his labors were rewarded, and
the following extract from one of his
memoirs describes the methods which
he now adopts for the purpose:
"The best method of procedure for
the purpose of vaccinating large ami
mails destined to produce antivenom.
Gus serum consists in injecting them
from the outset with gradually in.
creasing quantities of the venom of the
cobra mixed with diminishing quaint.
ties of a one in sixty solution of hypo.
chlorite of lime. The condition and the
variations in the weights of the animal
are carefully followed, in order that the
injections may be made less frequent
" if the animals do not thrive well.
Quantities of stronger and stronger ven
ON are in turn injected, first considera-
bly, diluted, and then more concen-
trated, and when the animals have al.
ready acquired a sufficiently perfect i'm.
munity the venom derived from as large
a number of different species of snakes
as possible are injected. The duration
of the treatment is of considerable
length-at least is months-before the
serum is sufficiently active to be used
for the purpose of treatment"
During the past three years an i'm
mense number of animals have been
vaccinated by this method of the Pas
teur institute at Lille, where DR.. Cal.
mette is now director, and in paper
published a few weeks ago we are told
that they have horses there which
have yielded for the past IS months
serum extremely active against venom.
These horses receive in a single innocu-
lation, without suffering the least in
convenience, doses of venom sufficient
to kill so horses fresh to the treatment.
--Longman's Magazine.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-18

gether for mutual protection and a few
days ago, armed with axes, brooms and
other fayorite feminine implements of
warfare, they visited every saloon and
joint in the city and completely demol-
ished the interiors of the gilded pal
aces of sin. They did the work so COM
pletely that nothing was saved from
the wreck, and then they quietly dis
banded and returned to their homes.
Things in jamestown at present are
quiet, but it may be the lull before the
storm, and an outbreak is expected at
almost any time. The men certainly
have not given in, but are simply laying
low, and the women never will give in,
so there you are.
Mrs. Anna NJ. Strain has written to
the Press stating that she will put
down all manner of lawbreaking in
jamestown, and that as long as women
are at the head of public affairs in the
city the town will be conducted in a
clean and peaceful manner.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-18
4 Rnrnynrd Phenomenon.

The changed conditions of modern So
ciety seem to have struck some of the
lower orders of animal life. The report
comes from the national military home
at Marion, Ind, that "a common
Shanghai rooster has taken it upon
himself to hatch out a brood of chicks
and act as mother and protector to
them. He set on a nest of eggs the
requisite three weeks and Matched out
the fluffy chicks in regular fashion, and
now he seems to be very proud of his
accomplishment. He fondles and pro-
tects them after the fashion of loving
and jealous mother. The story of this
queer ROSTERS peculiar act has brought
many people to the barns to observe the
barnyard phenomenon"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-18

NO, we don't permit our names to
go in the directory, don't you know
"And why not?" $50 deuced common,
don't you know. Why, last yeah my
name was sandwiched in between a gar.
bage collectah and city councilman.
It's a fact, pom honah. "-Cleveland
Plain Leader.
The Evening After the Reunion
Miss Ethel (innocently)-"Why, Mr..
Brown, how sober you are tonight
Rev. Brown lin some alarm, absent.
mindedly)-''To-night, yes; but" re-
covering himself, and with much dig.
nity-"have you ever seen me other
wise, Miss hel?"-Harlem Life.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-18

(Mayor Of the Town of jamestown. Kan.)
TO say the least. 1t has p-eciplta;ed
a quarrel of no mean proportions be-
tween the entire male and female popu-
lation of this formerly peaceful little
village.
1t has now arrived at that stage, says
the Philadelphia Press. where husbands
have banded together against wives and
wives against their better halves. Since
the election the men have been active
in placing as many obstacles in the
women's way as possible. They sit
up nights planning aud drawing long
and intricate petitions to the honorable
city council for certain and diverse
changes in the conduct of the city's
affairs, and it keeps the members of
the council hustling and at their wits
ends to read all these petitions and
pass upon them.
And lately new style of warfare has
sprung up. jamestown has always
been noted for its piety and general
peacefulness and scarcity of "ioints" of
all kinds. But since the election of the
women saloons have been started. cock
and dog fights are frequent, while crap
shooting and poker playing flourish.
And as soon as all these institutions
were in a fourishing condition the men
rose up in body and sent in a lengthy
petition to the honorable city council
asking that a reform be instituted.
They even went so far as to call an in
dignation meeting, to which all hus-
bands and fathers were urgently re.
quested to attend. All women, of
course, were religiously barred from at.
tending. AT this meeting the seeming
surrender to the law-defying class OF
citizens by the female city officials was
decried and public protest made.
The eloquent speakers on this occa,
sion said: Shall our fair city be turned
over to the lawbreakers by the gang Of
ringsters now administering our publ,
affairs? Shall our children be giver
such horrible example of open law
lessness and SHINING as these women Of
ficials are allowing?" And of cours,
they were applauded and shouts O.
'tNever! never!" were loud and fire.
quent.
But the women were not idle all THU
time; far from it. Thew banded IN