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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-06-05
ARMIES OF GREECE AND TURKEY

The Turkish artillery forces co.,
sist ef GIT guns Of al sizes.
The total war footing Of the Turkish
army - o22. 117 omcers. men. guns and
horses.
Tho total war footing Of the Greek
army II III, $50 officers and men.
There are $500 officers Of al ranks
In the Greek army.
The number Of Officers In the Turkiah
army II o,s12.
Greece has . better. though much
smaller navy than Turkey. Her total
number Of war vessels, including the
torpedo boats. II q, while the total
number Of war vessels Of the Turkish
navy - 126. The Turkish navy r poor.
" manned.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-06-05

Piso's Cure cured me Of Throat and
Lung trouble of three years standing.-E.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-06-05

Il is mot the women who look at the lneel
dry eocds. who buy the most
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-06-05

Overwork u thief of time.-Ram's Horn.
that they are the ones who worry about it.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-06-05

When . man gets . mean tat his wifa
won't live with him, be says marriage = Z
Observation-Disclosures Democrat.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-06-05

Charity robs herself whea rs howm
while bestowing gift.-Ram's Horn
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-06-05

He-"I love you better than my life" She
Considering the life you lead. cannot say
that ! am surprised. '-Indianapolis Jour
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-06-05

One Of the most pitiable things in tha
world ID the mutual disappointment Of Z
man and vife.-N. Y. Weekly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-06-05

Yes, you could,
"How could I become Hindoo?"
by doing IS the Hindoos do
From the walls Of one of their muse
ums 1t Jeyporc had translated for me
these beautiful sentiments:
THE wise make failure equal to sue
cess"
Like threads Of silver seen through
crystal beads, let love thu ough good
deeds show" M;
DO not 70 Others that which If done
to thee would cause thee pain And
this is the sum Of duty" !.
"A man obtains : proper rule Of &C
ton by looking on his neighbor IS him
SELF
Oh, it is hard to Be hungry in : world
where there is enough grain, and fruit,
and meat. to fill al the hungry mouths
on tie planet; but, alas! that the suf-
ferer and the supply can not Be brought
together. There stands I0dla today!
Look It her! Her face dusky from the
hot suns Of many centuries; under her
turban. such settings Of brow IS only
. dying nation feels; her eyes hollow
with Vulnerable woe; tie tears roll
ing down her sunken cheek; her bHeil
bent with more agonies than she
knows how to carry; her ovens con
tanning nothing but ashes Gaunt.
CHASTITY, wasted, the dew Of death upon
her forehead and : pallor such e. the
last honr h-inga. she stretches forth her
trembling hand toward m, and with
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-06-05

and abelmO6k and palm tree. The eth
nologist going their will find endless
entertainment in the study Of the races
now living there and the races Of
whose blood they are = commingling.
The historian going there will find his
theory of Warren Hastings govern
ment in India the reverse from that
which Edmund Burke gave him in the
most famous address ever made in .
courtroom, its two characteristics
matchless eloquence and one-sidedness
OF statement The archsDOlogist will
be thrown into . frenzy Of delight =
hS visits Delhi Of India and digs down
and finds seven dead cities underneath
the now-livina city. All success to the
hunters and the botanists and the eth
biologists and the historiSdsSand the
psychologists who visit India. each one
on his or her errand!
hut we to-day visit India IS Christian
women and men to hear the full mean
ing Of groan Of hunger that has
travelled. 4, 600 miles. yet gets louder
and more agonizinG Is the days 60 by.
But why have any interest in people 20
far away that it is evening there when
It is morning here. their complexion
darker, their language TO rs : jargon,
their attire unlike that found in any
American wardrobe, their memory and
their ambition unlike anything thst We
recall or hope for? With more emphAr
sis than you put into the interrogatory
ssWhy," I answer. first: Because our
Christ Hss IN ASiatics Egypt gave g
rs its monuments. Rome gave to rs it.
law, Germany gave to rs its philosophy.
but Asia gave to ~ it, Christ His
mother n Asiatic; the mountains that
looked down ppes hin, Aslatie; ~
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-17
A New Book or Proverbs.

Since the Rev. Walter Cotton wrote his La
con" which made him famous the world over
years ago. there has been no book OF laconics
equal in merit to the little volume entitled,
Darts. Sparks and Fragments" by Henry
Sutphin. just issued in the beautiful type OF the
Knickerbocker Press. The author. who de-
scribes himself as "A writer. philosopher. and
'Tounder.' " gives evidence in every line that he
has lived to learn. Here are u few OF the
" Darts, &c:
"A muzlled press Ia a sure indication of a ~tottering
government.
man who CANDLES when he continues TO lose is a
colossal fool.
The woman who is independent of her husband is
already divorced.
"'Tis not the size or grandeur OF the structure, but
the contentment that Roides within, that insures q
happy home.
More lives are shortened by taking too much
medicine than are saved by taking medicine. Pure
air. moderate exercise. and regulated diet are natures
prescriptions.
The man who becomes a benefsctor to his poor
friend and after~ard steals the affections OF his
friends wife stands with one foot in heaven and one
In he'll.
Capital and labor. like the head and hand, arc
strong only when united into a partnership"
These proverbs make a valuable as we'll as
facinating book.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-17
Tennessee Is All Right.

1t has been made manifest at Nashville
within a week that the language of ami
mostly against the veterans of the Union
army which was contained in a resolution
recently adopted by a Confederate post in
Tennessee did not express the sentiments
of the people of that loyal State. When
WILLIAM MCKINLEY, a veteran of the
Union army, entered the city of Nashville,
for the purpose of visiting the Exposition
there, he received a popular welcome of the
most enthusiastic character. Wherever he
went in Tennessee he was greeted by multi
tudes who thronged to see him and sought
to Undue him to speak to them. We could
wish that he had made a visit to the Con-
federate post which passed the unkind res
olution about the G. A. r.: for we do not
doubt that, If he had done 30, that post
would have given him a welcome warm as
the one received from the people at the
Exposition, plenty of whom were Confcd-
crate veterans. The posts foolish resolu-
tion would have been forgotten in the pres.
ence of the Union veteran who is now the
President of the United States.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-17

Of indemnity for the faithful discharge Of
their duty by some duly Incorporated and
responsible surety company to be selected
by the Executive Committee, and the cost
of such bond to be betrayed by the order.
1t appears that, since the last convention
OF the Free Sons, two OF It's active member
nave been elected to judicial posts Of i'm.
portance. one Of the Executive Committee,
PHILIP STEIN, being TO- n Judge Of the Su.
perior Court in Chicago, and another mem.
Der OF the Executive Committee, JOSEPH Il.
N~EwBURGER, having been elected in 1895
n Judge OF the Court Of General Sessions In
this city. The concluding paragraph of the
address read in Chicago on Tuesday was a
quotation, opportune to the occasion Of the
convention, from an address delivered by
GEORGE WASHINGTON to a Jewish congre-
cation in Newport, II. l., In 1890:
May the children of the stock Of ABRAHAM who
dwell in this land continue to merit and enjoy the
good will OF the other Inhabitants, while every one
shall sit In safety under his own vine and ng tree and
there shall 10 none 10 make him afraid"
These patriotic words are applicable to
Hebrew fratcrnal orders generally in The
United States, Of which the Free Sons Is
one. June Is the month for such conven.
tions generally, and a preference appears to
be given in holding them in Western cities,
on account of their superior railroad con-
n~ection. 1t Is to be supposed, for at no tim
is the city of New York moro agreeable to
visitors than in summer time.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-17
All Hail, Hawaii |,

The treaty for the annexation Of Hawaii
has been signed. and undoubtedly will be
ratified by the Senate. Tit introduction Of
the Hawaiian Islands into our American
political system Is therefore assured.
Thus will be accomplished q scheme Of
annexation which was made a conspicuous
feature Of Democratic policy long ago, and
would already lave been carried out IL 1t
had not been for tho obstruction Of
the un.Democratic Cleveland Admin
istration. Mr.. CLEVELAND. with a per.
versity and a defiance Of Democratic
tradition which exceeded even the bounds
OF impudence. broke through the rule of
continuity in our diplomatic policy, and
withdrew from the Senate a treaty for the
annexation Of Hawaii framed by his
predecessor. He withdrew 1t In order to
bring about the overthrow Of the Hawaiian
republic and to restore to her barbarous
throne n monstrous Queenl
1t was an episode in our history which
would have been wholly infamous II 1t had
not also been ludicrous.
Truer Americanism now dominates the
White House, and the day approaches when
with joyful and proud acclaim we shall
welcome Hawaii as an outpost Of American
power and civilization in the Pacific.
All hail, Hawaii! All honor to Presi.
dent MCKINLEY!
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-17
Coastins-Bicycle Instructors.

Curious, indeed, are the views of some per-
sons regarding the wheel. For example, an
alleged wheel instructor made this remark
to a group of wheelwomen: "No human
being ever becomes a sufficiently expert
bicyclist to take his feet off the pedals and
retain control of the wheel"
More people die in bed than anywhere
else; but does that fact argue against ones
going to bed when he likes2 The author of
the above quotation missed the point.
Coasting is one of the most delightful prac.
tices known; it beats tobogganing. 1t is
easier TO coast than to wheel on n level
road. Cyclists have enjoyed coasting
from the time the first bicycle made its
appearance and probably not more than
one coaster in Ave thousand has been Sc
rious!y injured by his fun. OF course,
coasting in a busy city is dangerous, for the
same reason that fast riding, under any
conditions, is dangerous but on a smooth,
clear country hill it is as safe to coast with
a bicycle in summer as with a sled in
winter and If the wheel is provided with
a good brake, the former exercise is safer.
Regarding brakes, this alleged instructor
quoted above say 6: ~ do not have much
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-17
A Medical Opinion on scotch wn,.nsy.

from me Idhc<I.
Tho following results of analyses OF whiske5S
Of varying ages are interesting in illustrating to
some extent the influences OF keeping" upon
the composition OF spirits. Whisky six years
old gave the following results: Alcohol by
weight, 1905 per cent; by volume, 49.55 per
cent: equal 10 proof spirit, 1854 per cent;
acidity reckoned as acetic acid, o.036 per cent;
eXtraCtives. 0.65 per cent; mineral matter. nil.
Whisky. ten years, old: Alcohol by weight;
1905 per cent. by volume, 1885 per cent equal
TO proof spirit, 1854 per cent: acidity, o.oS6 per
cent. cNtractivcs. o;6s5 per cent; mineral mat
ter, nil. Whisky, fifteen years old: Alcohol by
weight $3.50 per cent, by volume. 47.l3 per
cent. equal to proof spirit, 81 50 per cent; acid.
ity. o.o36 per cent; extractives. 0.sl5 per cent;
mineral matter, nil. 1t will be seen from these
results that with increasing age, as might be an.
ticipated. the amount of extractives Increases.
This is. of course, derived from storage In sherry
casks which contain more or less resinous mai.
ter. There is practically no difference in the
alcoholic strength between the dve-year and ten
year.old samples, but in the hfteen.year-old sam
pie the spurious strength is decidedly lower,
owing, doubtless, TO the evaporation OF spirit
during storage in wood. To the taste all wero
satisfactorily mellow. the Oldest sample being
particularly mild and soft.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-17

To THE EDITOR OF THE SCS-Sir Some time ago THE
suS published some lines about the Boston Ancient
and Honorables that did the military record Of its
members an injustice. Capt. Walker and Lieut..
Hedges had some difficulties. whereupon THE srS's
poet remarked:
"As Walker didn't hedge and Hedges didn't walk.
They clinched and they ut at the end OF their talk.
"Rah. rah for the Ancients; let's give them three
cheers.
IT'S the nrst lighting they've done for three hundred
years"
As n matter OF fact. most OF the present Ancients
and Eonorables served in the war with credit to
themselves and 10 BOSTON. Both Capt. Walker and
Lieut.. Hedges did so. Capt. J. Payson Bradley. the
new Commander. is probably the youngest soldier
who Is now living. who served from 1881 TO 1894,
when he was disabled and was Obliged TO return
home. He went out a. a drummer for the regiment
in which his father was Captain. and was only IL
when he passed muster and only 10 when he received
an honorable discharge.
II Is never THE SrS's habit to do injustice to any.
body. | trust, therefore. that in your own time and
way you will correct u mistake that does injustice to
brave and worthy veterans. MONROE.
BOSTON, Mas,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-17
Fraternal Orc

There are z, $50, 900 members of fraternal
and benevolent orders in the United States,
and when it Is considered that at the last
Presidential election, after a campaign of
great vigor and intensity, the total vote
cast-in all the States of the country was
1900, 900, it is to be seen that these or
ders, admission to which is usually limited
to citizens and is practically restricted to
those in good health and capable under the
law of entering into contracts, constitute a
very important portion of the population of
the country.
There are now nearly 100000 Free.
masons in the United States, more than
100000 Odd Fellows, and fully 100000
member of that extensive organization,
the knights of Pythias. The development
Of fraternal organizations has been greatly
stimulated of late by the extension of u
system of "sick benefits" or weekly pay
ments to INDECENT members during i'll.
ness and by the application of all improve
ments in life insurance. In this way the
insurance business of these societies has
been vastly increased, and the payment of
endowments and guarantees made prompt
and certain, which was not always the rule
with some companies in the early stages of
the development of life insurance.
Still another reason for the increase of
these orders is the fact that, profiting by
the experience of other times, their leaders
ave s~edulously kept them tout of politics.
and away from conflicts arising from poll.
tics or religion. They have been run on a
strictly business principle, with the gen.
eral aim Of enabling thrifty members
to be OF financial service TO each other.
The Ancient Order of Foresters, for in.
stance, which two years & celebrated the
one hundred and hftieth anniversary of its
establishment, had a fund of $2S,O 900, 900,
and the Ancient Order of United Workmen,
which has a membership in excess OF
10000, disbursed last year more than
$7.OO0,OO without curtailment of Its
credit.
Among the Jewish orders of the United
States there has been a large increase botl
In number and membership, and this
was shown at the convention of the Free
Sons, or the Free Sons of Israel, as they
are more technically called, at the Audi
torium in Chicago. This Jewish benevolent
order, established in 1S49, holds a con
vention each fifth year for the election
Vi ohicers' anu as appears irom thc re
port of the Grand Master, Mr.. HAIR
BURGER, the order has now 1O2 lodges
distributed throughout those States II
which the Jewish-American population il
large, and it has disbursed in all the sum o
$4,000 900 and has now a surplus fund o
$l,O00,O0 in addition. AS a guarantee
for honest administration Of so vast a fun,
1t Is suggested that hereafter their Gus
todiAnS shall be required to furnish bond
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-17
The Test OF Popocracy.

The Silver Democrats of Ohio lave pub
lished a call for their State Convention,
and in that call they give al exact and un-
nistakable description Of what a Silver
Democrat, Popocrat, or Democrat in good
and regular standing under the present
management is. The Ohio Democrats say
that those men are Democrats and entitled
to be represented in a Democratic State
Convention who voted for BRYAN in
1896 and are still loyal to the Chicago
platform, or who, for whatever candi
date they may have voted in 1896, do
now believe in n support the Chicago
platform. Anybody who fulfls either of
these conditions is a Democrat and nobody
else is a Democrat or can be until he de-
clares himself ready to stand on the Chi
cago platform. Are you for that platform .
Then you are a Democrat, as the Democratic
party Is now constituted. Are you opposed
to that platform2 Then you are not a
Democrat, and will not be until you have a
change of heart.
Elementary definitions these, plain as a
pikestafr and yet they need to be repeated
for the benefit of some of the Popocratic
magniicoes in this part Of the country.
Observe that any Democratic organization
which refuses or omits to reaffirm the Chica-
go platform thereby loses its indispensable
credentials of Democratic orthodoxy. Tam
many Hall, for instance, is Democratic if 1t
sticks to the Chicago platform. If it seeks
to escape or slur over that platform, it is nc
longer Democratic, and its nominations are
simply those of an Independent organiza-
ton like the Citizens Union. To bind it's
voters, it must bind itself. If 1t cuts loose
from the Chicago platform, it has no more
claim upon the allegiance of Democrats of
the silver school than any other concern
got up to buccaneer it's way through the
municipal fight.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-17
BEES As WEAPONS IN WAR.
I've Instances In HistorJ In witch rhey were
Hmpioyed.

From the London 4thenGum.
History records two instances, according TO
Whitley Stokes. in which bees have been used in
warfare rs weapons against besiceing forces.
The first is related by Appian OF the siege OF
Thcmiscyra, In Pontus. by Lucullus in his war
against Mithridatcs. Turrets were brought UP.
mounds were built, and huge mines wero made
by the Romans. The people of Themiscyra dug
open these mines above. and through the holes
cast down upon tho workmen bears and other
wild animals and hives or swarms of bees.
The second instance Is recorded in an Irish
manuscript in the Bibliotheque Royalc al Brus.
sells. and tells how the Danes and NorweRians
attacked Chester, which was defended BY tho
were worsted by a stratagem; but the Nor.
wegians, sheltered by hurdles. tried 10 pierce tho
walls OF the town-when what the Saxons and
the Gaedhil. who were among them. did was 10
throw down large rocks, by which they broke
down the hurdles over their heads. What tho
others did to check this was to place large posts
under the hurdles"
What the Saxons did next was TO put all the
beer and water of the town into the caldrons OF
the town, to boil them and spill them down upon
those who were under the hurdles, 80 that their
skins were peeled of. The remedy which the
Locbeans applied TO this was to place hides out
side on the hurdles. What the SANons did next
was TO throw down all the beehives In the town
upon the besiegers. which prevented them from
moving their hands or legs from the number OF
bees which stunR them. They afterward de-
sisted and left the city.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-17
SCHOOL MEN FIGHT HARING.
Commissioners Say \ stable In West Eighty.
ninth Street Would BE an Outrage.

Commissioners Say n stable in West Eighty.
ninth street Would BE an Outrage.
Col Warnings plan of establishing a street
cleaning stable in West Eighty.ninth street
raised a breeze at the meeting of the Board OF
Education yesterday. Commissioner Little,
Chairman of the Finance Committee, objected
strenuously to the proposition on the ground
that the board c~ontemplates erecting a new
school building, costing between So, 600, 900 and
81, 00o, 900, opposite the site of the proposed
stable. He offered a resolution in reply to an
inquiry from the Board of Estimate and Appor-
tionnlent declaring that mo large public stable
ought to be erected opposite or adjacent to a
public school, and that such n stable will be
more Objectionable than q private stable or
livery stable similarly situated"
Commissioner Little insisted that the location
Of the stable as proposed would seriously affect
the value of the school property. He said that
his investigation Of stable G OF the Street Clean
ing Department in Monroe street, which was a
fair sample, proved that West Eighty-ninth
street would be crowded with employees and
blocked with carts at the noon hour.
1t would be an outrage TO establish this
stable opposite the proposed new school" he
said. Dirt and NTH are inseparable from such
a gathering OF the carts, and it would impcril
the health and welfare OF the school children"
Commissioner Peaslce defended Commissioner
Warnings plan, and offered a substitute resoiu.
missioner Moutant protested vigorously against
the adoption of this substitute. He declared
that 1t would be tantanlount to the sanctioning
of the creation OF a nuisance. He spoke OF his
own experience with the street stable.
Commissioners Adams also objected TO the pro-
posed stable. Commissioner ,Prentiss urged
After a discussion that lasted over an hour tho
board finally lhii III whole matter on the table,
and resolved, before taking. further action. to
investigate all the stables OF Col. Warnings dc.
pArtMent.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-17
Good soe,ety-A Correction or nr. stone. Views.


TIC THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir: I read
with interest in the Sunday Sun Of tho 18th inst.
the very timely remarks Of w. L. Stone on the
Mutual Admiration Society" known as the
-Four Hundred" He was. however, incorrect
in the statement that about sixty years ago a
wealthy tobacconist might be seen riding
through the streets Of New York with the motto
'quid rides" on the panels of his carriage. The
correct version is this: The well-known snuff
manufacturer uundyfoot) Of Dublin. having be-
come wealthy and being DESTROYS OF a motto for
his carriage. asked the celebrated wit, Curran.
for one. II have it," said the latter. and in
two languages-Quid tobacco, rides. and the
Latin meaning. Who laughs 7" His Lundy-
foot's, son afterward joined a crack Brit
ish cavalry regiment 1.-THE Tenth Hussars.
! believed. and was subjected to n good deal
of annoyance on account OF his fathers bust
ness. At the mess each evening the officers
were accustomed to hand their snuff boxes across
the table to one another and ask what brand
they uscd-the answer being frequently " Irish
This became such a nuisance that young Lundy-
foot came to the conclusion that he had to stop
II or quit the regiment. So he came to tho
mess with a magnificent sold box, and when the
pretended SNUFF takers produced their boxes he
produced his. and placing II on the centre Of the
table. opened 1t. and told them that II any one
OF them would take a pinch he would take an.
other. The box was full OF pistol bullets. and
mono wished for a pinch. From that time for.
ward there was no allusion to snuf, and the
young man had no more trouble.
W~AsHISGTON, ID. {. C.. J. FALLoN.