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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-22
photoxr.ph. Of Animals.

Among the scientific applications OF
photography, the value of which has
recently been pointed out. is the study
Of the natural attitudes of birds and
other animals. through instantaneous
photographs Of them. 1t is averred that
very erroneous impressions are often
conveyed, even in scientific treatises,
through the incorrect and sometimes
impossible attitudes in which animals
are represented. Not only could such
errors be avoided, but important char
acteristics of animals might be made
evident by applying photography to the
study. The case is analogous to that OF
the galloping horses, formerly 30 incof-
rectly represented by artists-f outn 9
Companion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-22
SURE SIGN OF PROSPERITY.


Old Clothes Cleaner Knows When
Everybody Elise IN nasy.
''Queer, isn't it?" said the clothes
cleaner to his customer, 'but my busi-
ness indicates the depression or pros
perity of trade. When times are BOOM
ing l do not have the same kind of Gus
tom that do when they are dull. Then
people bring their clothes in here and
ask me to make them look as good as
new"
"How does your business average this
season? p asked the customer.
'.It is very promising" said the clean
er, as he routed moth family from the
package before him, "but that does not
indicate hard winter, but that people
have learned lesson Of economy from
past reverses. The indications are that
the wearers of those garments IRE not
hard pressed. ! have found money,
handkerchiefs. gloves. theater checks.
lots Of stuff i'm pockets that last sea-
son came to me as empty as last years
nest. Do you want this opera glass
cleaned? ?"
"Great Scott. mol" said the customer
taking it back. II forgot all about it's
being in my pocket. Thanks"
Don't mention it. Another straw
that shows which way the winds blow
is this. Young men who bring their
garments here to be renovated are not
half so particular about the creases
| in their trousers as they were last sea.
son. Why? suppose they have a new
nair at home. Oh, yes, business signs
like those are very important. Here
is the check for your goods. ."-Chicags
Times-Herald
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-22
military Item.

A member of the awkward squad in
Z New York national guard armory per-
sisted in stepping with the wrong foot.
.Great Scott! you can't tell one leg
from the other, and you've only got
two. What would you do if you were
a mule or q COW ?"-N. Y. World.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-22
4. Eatinx Contest.

Hicks-I understand there was a
queer contest at your house last even
ing.
Wicks-Yes; there was fellow there
who has the reputation Of being rapid
enter. and he made bet with Placer
that he could swallow more biscuit in a
given time than Placer could. The chap
was ! terror, but Placer beat him all to
nothing.
~rhat muet have assonished you-
.It did. and il startled the cham
MON eater, too. You see Placer had q
verv generous mouth, and while the
other fellow had to eat tandem. Placer
took them in two abreast. st.-Bosfon
Transcrinf
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-22

them as long as can bear. and it seems
to me that will die il do not hear
from them. for they love me and my
heart is almost breaking" They are
happier now-the child and the parents
for they communicate through me.
I know of other cases where the wife
has followed her unfortunate husband
into voluntary exile and left behind her
sIl her kindred and the endearing
scenes of her childhood. Who knows
the silent grief OF woman-of wives
and mothers-wives whose husbands
have broken their marriage vows and
gone to the bad; mothers whose sons
are afar off in prison for some crime.
or at home drunkard. Oh,
the pity of it. the pity Of
it! Is there no way to reform this
world and make it better? II was .
young woman and longed for = mate
q young man. some ideal of my
thoughts and dreams, one who would
love me and cherish me and protect mo
all my life-I would hesitate and pom
der long before took the leap. A mis-
fit, mistake, is misery. Matrimony is
environed with perils, even when tho
husband and wife are mated as well
as married, for the children may bring
grief and sorrow. st. Paul enumerated
and boasted of his trials and tribula-
tions, but he was an old bachelor and
knew nothing of the perils of woman.
But this is the dark side-the shadow
and l only ruminate over it now
and then when some pitiful case is re-
corded in the daily papers. There il
brighter side. q sunshine that illu-
inmates and warns the heart, for mar
riage Is the natural state of man and
woman, and there is nothing more
beautiful on earth than the marriage
altar, where the bride is good and pure
and the groom is manly, devoted and
honorable. Love is the best thing upon
this sin-cursed earth. In fact, it is the
only thing worth living for. The love
of wife and husband, parents and chill
dren. I heard an aged mother say
the other day that her son-her baby
boy, as she called him-was away out
west somewhere, and she had not had a
letter from him for three long years.
There were tears in her eyes and some
came into mine. Oh, you boys. young
men, mercantile travellers. don't forget
your mothers.-Bill Arp. in Atlanta
Constitution.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-22
Accounting for 1t.

George Windrig is an enigma to me.
Being a preachers son, it would nat
urally seem that he ought to be wild
and worthless, but, as you know, he
is one of the finest fellows in this town"
"Still, it must not be forgotten that
the old gentleman isn't very good
prcachcr,-Chicapo News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-22

Darling" he cried, Il cannot live
without you."
"But." she replied, my father il
bankrupt"
.In that case" he despondentiy re-
piled, II guess I'll go and shoot myself"
Chicago News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-22
BEAUTY FROM A BACK VIEW.
Women with Good Figures DO Not Al
ways Have Good Looks.

Women with Good Figures DO Not Al.
ways Have Good Looks.
It is unwise to judge of young
woman's looks by view of her figure
from behind, as a Washington young
man found to his cost.
Two pedestrians were walking down
Pennsylvania avenue one afternoon re-
Gently. 4 fine-looking woman was
walking in front of them. She had
good figure, was well dressed, and from
the distance of probably so feet which
intervened between the two men and
the supposedly beautiful woman she
might have been taken for Diana.
'I1l wager the mysterious female is
as beautiful as Venus and as lovely as
Aphrodite," said one man to the other.
.Make it half dozen choice cigars
and I'll go you," said the other. Ear
from being pretty, am positive that
she is absolutely homely."
That's CO." said the man who had
first spoken, and both increased their
speed so as to overtake the object Of
their wager, who had been walking
ahead of them for probably block. As
she was passed the plotters turned and
looked al her, in such a manner. how
ever. as not to disconcert her, and then
passed on. The man acknowledged that
he had lost, without attempting in the
least to save his bet. There was no use.
for the lady was really ugly, there was
no doubt about that. She was terribly
plain. and the difference between the
appearance of her face and what might
have been expected from her figure and
general makeup was surprising.
"If you'll give me the secret by which
YOU found that out will throw in an
other half dozen cigars" is what the
man told his friend.
"That's the easiest thing in the world.
! if you just tumble to the fact once, said
the other. "If you had noticed, as did,
that although several men passed the
woman, coming in our direction, not
one of them took the trouble to more
than glance at her. Some of them did
not look at her at all. IT she had been
goodlooking these men would have
| given her more than glance. II she
had been pretty they would have let
their eyes rest upon her at least until
she had cotten past them. 1t she had
been as beautiful as you imagined they
would haveturned their heads to look I
her. noted this, and made my bet on
this conclusion. Just try it yourself,
and you will see that am correct
Chicago Chronicle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-22
ARabiliiy,

"You don't mind me leaving so many
Of these bills. do your said the col
lector with touch of sarcasm.
mo, indeed" replied the woman in
the door, I'VE rather like it. The chill
dren do their examples on the backs Of
em."-Washington Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-22

City Man-This must be very
healthy place, judging from the NUM-
Der of old people have seen here!
Native-Healthy? It's SO blamed
healthy that guess good many OF
'em will have to be shot on the judg-
ment day-Puck,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-22

.The coroner and six men sat on him
for two hours" read farmer Jones from
the newspaper.
"Well," exclaimed his wife. dropping
her knitting. IF he amt dead by this
time, he orter be."-Atlanta Constitu-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-22
Quite . Difference.

Algy-I just complimented Miss Ole
timer upon her looking SO young, and
she seemed offended supposed wom-
en- liked to be told that they looked
young.
Reggy-And SO they do. Algy; but
not complimented upon it.-Puck.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-22
what se..e o.ee.s weish.

1t is said that Queen Victoria weighs
more than the queen of Italy. An su-
thority has it that the queen sealed
Just over l54 pounds when she was
weighed this spring at Cimiez, and goes
on to observe that the queen Of Italy
weighs just about $40 pounds. the queen
regent Of Spain 133 pounds and the
empress OF Austria only 81 pounds. =
Philadelphia Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-22
Wouldn.t Hart Him.

smith, don't like to make any COM
plant to u neighbor, Mr.. Jones. but
your dog kept up terrible barking
about all night.
.'Oh, that's all right; he's used to it;
won't hurt him bit. Kind of you to
mention it. however."-Boston Tran
script.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-22
An Unknown ToDg1e

Johnpy-Pa, what does it mean BY
unknown tongues?
Pa-It is the tongue of the silent
woman, my son. By the way. you
needn't tell your mother ] told you
.Roston Transcript.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-22
IT CURED HIM.
One Instance Where Children's Poe.
try Served n PurpOse.

try Served q ParpOse.
The foreman on a Texas paper is ad-
dicted to sprees. He is a valuable man,
and, although the editor invariably dis
charges him whenever he has one Of his
'lapses," he always hires him again the
next day.
A few weeks ago the foreman came
in after a fh-e-days "whizz.' with a
wild look in his eyes. shaking hands.
and propensity to let his sight travel
round the room, following things that
were not there. The editor, as usual. de-
livered his lecture and told him to go
to work again. The foreman took a
handful of copy from the file on the
editors desk and went into the compos-
ing-room. Presently he returned with
"A frightened look, holding sheet OF
paper in his hand.
would you mind looking at this,
sir?' he said. "Tm not feeling very
well. ard I'd like to have you read few
lines of it out loud. If yon WILL"
The editor took the paper and glanced
over it. It was one of those 'non-
sense" verses for children that have be-
come popular Of late with the publish
ers of children's literature, and was a
particularly idiotic specimen of its kind.
The first verse ran this way:
1.-THE Winktum- W oojum in the land OF Skee
And the Boojum Of Crippity Crangle Cree
Met the Tumptytum Tumpty OF Boodledum
Boo.
And they danced to the tune of Di-dumpty.
di-doo."
The editor conceived an idea.
"Why, this is plain enough" he said.
"The handwriting is very good. II
goes:
"'The summer sun has sunk to rest.
The bee has ceased to ny.
The little birds are on their nests.
The stars are In the sky
81 don't see anything the matter with
it, Dan. Are your eyes failing?"
The foreman took the copy and read
it again earnestly, with bead or two OF
rerspiration standing on his fore
head.
"Are you sure" he said. anNiously
"that you read that right?"
"Of course" said the editor. ats a.
clean piece of poetry rs ever laid my
eyes on. Don't you read it the same
way as l Go?"
"Y-e-s." said the foreman, 81 make i,
about the same; but never expect Il
take another drink of whisky as long a.
] live"
The editor challenges the world te
cite another instance of a writer of this
Kind of verse accomplishing anything
that will serve as an excuse for his ex
| istence.-Detroit Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-22
The one Rewret.

.Of course" he said. as he handed a
nugget to the bootbiack and told him to
keep the change, Il am glad to be back
from the Klondike. And yet / some
times look back on my sojourn there
and draw comparisons unfavorable to
my present life."
"You miss the excitement"
sNo.. But I remember with longing
and regret how never had to fight tn =
clerk and bribe the bell boy in order to
have ice water in my room every morn
Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-22

Nother-You don't know how you
worry me, dear. Why. my hair is turn
ing gray.
Ficrrie--Ny! how ron must have
WoYr,e9 erandra. Her hats y I'll
|whtse~ 6e1nesvllle Jeossal
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-22
r. TIE Dry Goods Store.

rs anyone waiting on you. miss r
asked the clerk politely.
"les. sir" she slnpered. y have
bern engaged tAEst eacatht. 6oanef'
yiale JeayuAA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-22

Lack-My taacee has quite q dot.
Tcm-Ah! theu you'll saca cut quito
. daah.>N. y. Yyuak
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-22
no@ Dsx system.

All dit 'tA now so much worn
cold wit should never be blacked
- lic fessing, as the drying
mt at therein quickly cracks
as instead use brush pol
- 81 1en use. Better still is a
80 sing of neatsfoot oil,
hleh Ne soft.ns the leather, makes
np r,t to q lmpness and gives the
saic sull lack finish. To dress
I'D ns ub ' tn vaseline while the
hoe oe The Dot and the leather
81 = N. gf sping a strip of wooien
otn 1p In ther hand. rub brisk
has accomplished an ''oil
ie rel .dy squeaking shoes
TS iee Aot in tin plate covered
nn psf snoe tarpentine to reach
kha &c HI n inner sole without
kouc u,g pper" leather. Let il
soak Y ds two and then dry fol
ID tye - wearing. when it viii
- the soles are not only
nase eek aGEaterproof. and will
- simo e rs long. The turpen.
rden the leather with.
eh.ng Chicago Tilnes-Her-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-22
Poison Ivy.

just what it is that induces poison
ivy to play its injurious pranks on some
people at some times and not at others
is still profound mystery. One thing
is certain, that the number OF people
susceptible to the poisoning influence
must be extremely few. from the fact
that in the vicinity of Philadelphia the
highways and byways are overrun with
the plant to an enormous extent. It is
frequently impossible for people to 20
by without brushing against il. and
if il is the vapor or some exudation
from the plant which causes the trou-
BILE thousands of persons must he un-
der the influence to every one who
suffers from it. The writer OF this para
graph knows of tract of land on which
the plant grows rrofusely and on which
many scores of laborers are employed
These laborers are frequently set to
wedding and pulling out the plant by
the naked hand. and, so far as the
writer knows. none of these men were
ever poisoned by it. The cattle eat it
grectliiy whenever they get an oppor-
tunity. 1t seems to have no injurious
influence on thcm.-Mcehan's Monthly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-22

81 saw man knock down mule
to-day"
.He must have been a very strong
man."
..Oh. no: he was an auctioneer not
above the ordinary in size or strength"
-IIp-to-Dafe
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-22

"a wonaan'a place for key is 10 the
door. sf;er Il & unlocked. Waeaisetnp
pesnoesak
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-22
The Mean Thing.

Mrs. Wickwire-It seems queer that
one man should be fined $50 for kissing
his housekeper against her will and an
other be fined only three dollars for
beating his wife.
Mr.. Wickwire---I suppose the judges
took the provocation into considera-
tion. As general rule there is more
provocation for beating woman than
there is for kissing her.
"Henry Wickwire. if l thought you
meant that, I'd never speak to you
in."-Indianapoiis Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-22
II Worked,

Physician-How did the sedative
powder affect your wife last night.
Mr.. Lively?
Mr.. Live!y-Disastrously.
..Disastrously? Wasn't she able to
sleepy"
.SIeep? Why, the baby cried from
midnight unit. morning, and she slept
through it all."-Tit-Bits.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-22
Rare slxAt On Lake o.tar

Rare Sight On Lake Ontario.
A waterspout travelled down Lake On.
tario at the rate of probably ten miles
an hour one day lately. 1t was
first noticed by some gentlemen
who were in the board of
trade building. and was then about
mile out in the lake. on the center Of
the island. The heavy, black clouds
overhead had approached down close
to the surface of the lake, apparently,
and sucked the water up. The water
ascended in straight spiral column
right to the clouds and then spread out,
the clouds being blown rapidly down
the lake, carrying the waterspout with
them. When nearly opposite the east
ern gap the spout broke. and in an In
stant disappeared. while the clouds con-
tinued ON their course down the lake.
1t IN said to have been nearly 30 yenrs
since a waterspout has been seen on
Lake Ontario.-TorontoG Globe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-22

Jay Green-Lyman Sawyer Is the.
meanest man in the county, Golfrx
him, he's as0urned sight worse than
pirate! 80
Josh Medders-Is that so? Why, I
never knew him to do anything w0rke
than to be everlastin'ly fddlin'.
That's it! He asked me to give him
my honest opinion of his fitidlin'. an
when did so he had me arrested for
usin' profane language!"-N. r. jour
nal. x~-e
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-22
THANKSGIVING NOT IN ART.
ADeFlca's Distinctive Religious Fei
tival Thus Ear yhunnea.

i've religious festival of rejoicing. has
no place in art. Easter, Christmas. New
Years day. Fourth of July and almost
every other day of celebration have been
made themes for creative genius and
have furnished the world many Of its
choicest engravings, paintings and
sculptures. But Thanksgiving, though
in spirit and practice day of gladness,
stands gloomily apart with almost no
one to depict its significance and
glories.
This is the more remarkable from the
fact that in the east, which claims the
honor of originating the day and the
further honor Of being par excellence
the home of American art, the festival
takes precedence of Easter. and New
Years, and other days of celebration.
save the Fourth of July. The festival
is Puritan product and seems to have
repellcd the lovers of the beautiful. as
did the stern-visaged sticklers for
plainness who landed at Plymouth and
overran the adjacent territory.
The illustrated papers alone have
seen the day material for artistic dis
play, and have for many years presented
in pictorial form characteristic features
of the festival. In these for the most
part the turkey has been adopted as tie
symbol. if not the motive. as the lily
has been for Easter. and the holly and
mistletoe have been for Christmas.
Even in periodical pictures Of Thanks
giving church attendance and family
reunions there has usually been
turkey in the foreground or back
ground, with its suggestion of death
and dinner.
Indeed. it has been said that If il we're
not for the sorrows of the fowl. that
make them a mark for humor and carl
cature, Thanksgiving would scarcely
have broken into the illustrated jour-
nails. The serious pictures pertaining to
the day are declared to be a sentimental
modification of the humorous.
A canvass was made day or two ago
of the leading art stores Of the city. but
not Thanksgiving picture could be
found. At one store, the best they could
do was to "offcr a picture with y
turkey in it," At another ii was de-
clared that the festival had never been
made theme for art. and that quest
for Thanksgiving pictures would be.
fruitless. At the other stores the re-
port was similar.
"The day." said one art dealer, sis pc
culiarly and exclusively American. and
not universal in Christian communities.
like Easter, Christmas. and New Years.
Hence ii would fall outside of thea
pathies of English and continental art
lists. 1t is strange fact, though, that
American artists have ignored it. The
festival has nothing dramatic or tragic
about it, but it does offer an opportuni-
ty for the depletion of devotion and
family happiness, with fairly good
scope of humorous treatment. There
may be many Thanksgiving pictures
painted by artists for their own homes
or for individual patrons. but I have set
to see the first distinctirely Thankxgiy-
ing picture reproduced for the trade ard
finding its way into the art stores.-
l Chfcnno Trihuua
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-10-24

Most Of the large towns in Cuba
have good electric light and gas
plants, but beyond these but few
good public improvements exist.
Havana has excellent waterworks
and very good ice plants; the latter
are practically the only good ones
on the island. The ice plants at
Matanzas was installed by Ger
man firm and was a dismal failurei
the plant at Santiago is no better.
Havana is the only city with a
drainage system, which, however.
is utterly worthless. Horse cars
are found only in Havana and Puer-
to Principe.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-10-24

'tWhen you are ilck, what you like
best is to be chosen for q medicine
the first place; what experience tells
you best, to be chosen in the second
blace; what reason Il. a., Teory)
says is best to be chosen in the last
place. But il you can get DR.. In
clination, DR.. Experience and DIR.
Reason to hold q consultation to
gether, they will give you the best
advice that can be taken. u Benia-
min Franklin.
When you have bad cold DIR. In
clination would recommend Cham
berlin's Cough Remedy because ii
is pleasant and safe to take. DR..
Experience would recommend it be.
cause it never fails to affect a speedy
and permanent cure. DR.. Reason
would recommend it because it is
prepared on scientific principles, and
acts on NATURES plan in relieving the
lungs, opening the secretions and re-
storing the system t0 a natural and
healthy condition. For sale by City
Drug Store and T. N. Coleman.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-10-24

The Italian government one year
ago voted to spend $3.50, 900, 900
building warships, the operation to
extend over a series of years.
Hard times came and it was de-
cided to reduce the sum to So, 600,
600. What does that little one
horse kingdom want with warships
ANYHOW.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-10-24
American Divorces.

England's chancery court has refused
in recent case to recognize the validity
in England of legal American divorces.
A widow who applied for a dover was
shown to have been married four times
in eight years and to have three previous
husbands still living, from whom she
had been divorced. a Florida decree
was selected fer the test, and Mr.. JUS
tice Kekewich held that it was void in
England