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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-01
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Since Madagascar was taken by
France, Malagassy has been on the cur
riculum of the Paris school Of oriental
languages with two professors, one a
native, to teach it. This year there is
class of seven students.
Sir John Mowbray, Bart, NJ. p.
for Oxford university, has just celebrat-
ed his golden wedding. Both his pa
rents and grandparents lived to cele-
brate theirs, the common married life
continuing in one case for 50, and in the
other for 81 years
The HISTORIAN Christians have re-
solved, according to the London Daily
Chronicle, to adopt the doctrine and
discipline of the Russian Orthodox
church. There are 400, 900 of them living
on the borders of Turkey and Persia
and they have determined on this step
to secure Russia's protection. -
Baden Baden, having given up It's
gambling tables, is offering stringent
Sunday laws as an attraction to visitors.
The police stopped two old gentlemen
who were buying flowers on Sunday
recently. One was the Oberburger-
meister, Of Frankfort, the other Prince
Hohenlohe, the chancellor Of the en-
pire.
Mime. du Bos d'Elbecq is believed to
be the oldest writer in France, as she
Is the oldest member of the Societe de
Gems Lettres. She is 90 years of age.
began to write for the press so years
ago, and has belonged to the society for
So years. She wrote many novels. of
which one, lie Pere Fargeau," still
sells.
-Pilgrimages through the public
streets are being revived by English
Catholics. In st. Mary's church at
Kings Lynn, Norfolk, replica of the
House of Loretto, the statues carved by
Ober-Ammergan peasants, has been set
up in a side chapel, and to this pro-
cession, with women in white wells and
priests in their robes, was recently
made through the streets. 1t is intend
ed to repeat the procession annually.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-01

Ormsby heard the hollow sound OF their
passage over wooden bridges, and felt
the careening of the big vehicle rs it
he caught dizzy glimpses of night
lamps in the outlying houses whicn
shot past them as they progressed; ne
heard the yelping of the dogs, whicA,
reused from contemplation o. the
moon, tailed behind the wagon, bark
ing new frenzy into the unwearied
horses. He heard the challenge of the
sentry at the gate of the fort, and al
most before the hail was uttered the
wagon with its attendant clamor was
inside the lines OF the garrison, and
was over ditch and across sidewalk
and out into the parade ground, and,
crashing against tree, was shattered
trappings of the horses, which, with
last bombardment of kicking at
space, broke away and disappeared
down Officers row, changing and clat-
tering as the singletrees and the at
tached fragments of the vehicle struck
the fiagstores.
Ormsby and his herculean prisoner
were thrown cut by indescribable twin
somersaults. remaining strangely close
together through it all. The officer of
the guard came rushing, and found
them CORY and tattercd where they had
f~iien, the big man unconscious from
i,ie conclusion and Ormsby grinning
weakly through blood as the lamplight
| f1tl on him.
"What's this?" said the military n an.
haffer the policeman had briefly told Of
the adventure. you're handcuffed"
"Yes." said Ormsby. "You see, / Was
| afraid he might get a gun to my Lead
and make me let him go. and to be cure
that he couldn't get away, no matter
how he licked me, snapped the mons
| on him and me when saw he was doing
me. But in the hurry l got his left
| hand locked to my right. and he kept
right on putting up too much fight for
me- Still. il didn't worry me much. for
l knew that even if was killed he
couldn't get away. I threw the Eeys
away with my gum"
The officer of the guard, who was a
| captain ard who had been through
4 nearly 80 years of fighting, looked adj
nliringly at the little scrub ofsa police
n:an.
| ssvr,,,ld x,,,, r,,;nd svapfuret1 Orms nv
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-01
IN MEMORY OF TWO SLAVES.

Two monuments Erected In the Wilds
of the kittatinny Mountains.
Nine miles northeast of Harrisburg,
in the solitude of the Kittatinny range
OF mountains, stand two unique monu-
ments. The spot is far from any human
habitation, amid curiously shaped and
massive bowlders, and on the very crest
Of the ridge. fhe wanderer who by
chance strays into this region may well
pause in astonishment before rough
ly hewn rock upon which stand two
carved headstones of white marble
bearing the following inscriptions:
UNKNOWN.
Here in the solitude of Gods Acre lies
one whose life was filled with pathos and
suffering and who had a tragic end. He
took the North Star as guide to liberty.
yet in a fitful moment, for fear of betrayal.
he took the deadly cup to save himself
from bondage by his fellow men,.
DONNIE DIRGE NOS
GEORGE WASHINGTON,
Died April s. 1868.
An honest colored man, who lived and
died on this mountain. He is buried on the
site of his former home. His virtues are
related by all who knew him.
REQUIESCAT IN PACE.
Friend, pause and think of the Brother
hood of God. One may have few more
grains of pigment beneath his skin. Look
ing into the portals of eternity teaches us
that the Brotherhood of Man is inspired
by Gods Word. There all prejudice of race
yanishes away.
The story of the two monuments
dates to the days of the underground
railroad. when escaped slaves were pur-
sued by their southern masters. In
1851 George Washington made his es-
cape from a Virginia plantation and
after months of adventure reached the
spot where the monuments stand.
Choosing to live in freedom here in
the mountain businesses, he built for
himself rude hut and lived the life
of hermit for period of IL years.
Gray and bent with years, he finally
passed away to his reward. alone, as
he had lived. After many days the
body was found in kneeling position
hinder giant pine overlooking the val
ley.
The elements of deeper tragedy en-
ter into the story of the unknown.
Four years after Washington had taken
up his abode on the mountain the un-
known, also a fugitive slave, reached
the spot in safety and found shelter
in the hermit's hut. For two years they
| lived together in peace and safety, but
one day word reached the unknown
That the agents of his former master
were on his track and were but q few
miles distant. Choosing death rather
to slavery or the betrayal
Eef his friends hiding place. the un-
stole away anid the rocks and
&{kere died by his own Land.
few years ago the remains Of the
ses sInves were buried sider by side.
go their cabin. Al = f9nelal serv-
- leid In the pt6eene5 - j larHs
~ q psorl< 5le - ltl
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-01
DANGERS or LuMBERlNe.


Death II Always Near mt Hand, ond
UsuaIly In . Dreadfal Form.
The train draws the logs to the land
ing, which may be 100 miles from the
place where our pine was felled. The
landing is the bank and surface of q
large river. the Mississippi in its upper
course affording fine landings.
Death is near at hand at the landing;
indeed, it is near at hand always among
the lumbermen from the time the tree
il selected by the under-cutter until it
gets the last touch or the picaroon and
is piled up in the lumber-yard of city
or town. In telling the trees, in loading
them upon the big sledges, in rolling
them down the esk;dways at the landing,
on the drive down the river. in the mills,
death comes oftens and usually in q
dreadful form. The landing is par
ticularly dangerous place When the
train loads Of logs: :AEednmped from the
wide cars, they nshHe down an i'm
mense skidway. perhaps 60 feet long
an incline reaching to the ice-covered
river. Load after load Of logs i
thrown down upon the ice, until the
river is covered for city square in
width, and tho logssxtend perhaps a
quarter of mile away. There is thus
IN immense weight upon the ice, and
the logs frequently press down so heav-
lily that they crush through it, and at
last rest upon the bottom of the river
bed. The logs may be piled up perhaps
twice as high as an ordinary city
dwelling-house, over 100 feet.
While the men are unloading the logs
from the trains there is great danger
that '-chaser" may get after them
that is. a log which suddenly springs
down from the load, where it has been
held by chain, and. without warning,
tumbles down the declivity of the skid
way at tremendous rate of speed.
Woe to the logger who stands in the
way Of the chaser! Once in awhile it
may be necessary to dislodge log
which has become wedged in such. a
way among the other logs in the mass
on the skidway that it must be released
TO allow the others to move Getting
out this log is called killing the
Dutchman." The men who Chamber
down the skidway. aided by their sharp
pointed peavies and cant-hooks, take
their lives in their hands many time
when they go to dislodge this log-the
key to the situation. Oftentimes when
such log is wedged into great jam
in the middle Of the river after the
spring has begun, dynamite must be
used in dislodging it, so great is the
pressure of the thousands of logs
above it. "Killing the Dntchman" un-
der euch circumstances is novel as
well as dangerous act.-W. 8. Har-
wood, in ST. Nicholas
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-01

letting me put this fellow in yots
suardhouse till our chief comes out To
get us? I'll have to go with him on
account of the cuffs"
"You won't as long as there's black
smiths tool in this post" said the
military man. And although the hos
pital was convenient he insisted that
Ormsby be carried to his own quarters
for stitching, bandaging and tying up.
Record.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-01
COSTLY PIPES.


Meerschaums with Gold MOuntfm4u
and Some Set with Jewels.
Among the pipes shown at a jewelry
establishment was one Of meerschaum,
with an amber mouthpiece, the bowl
being crowned with gold mounting
that covered the rim around the top AMI
extended down the sides c.$ka. depth
of perhaps quarter of an:inGhl below
the edge. On top the monptipH;was fat
and smooth: below the e9ges oh The
sides, it was etched. The price of this
pipe was $110. The owner OFF pipe
with gold rim around the top might
smoke it, or it might be that he would
let it lie on his table.
Jeweled pipes are not an article Of
common sale, but they are NOT SO un-
common as to be remarkable. Such
pipes are usually mounted to order, and
they are probably always bought for
gifts. They are variously mounted,
sometimes with band of diamonds and
rubies around the bowl at the top,
sometimes diamonds are set around the
stem where the mouthpiece joins it. A
jeweled pe may cost $3.50.
Silyer-mounted meerschaum pipes at
$50 are an article Of regular sale; there
are pipes of this sort at prices ranging
from $50 to SIS. These are not carved
pipes, but usually perfectly plain. They
are of the finest materials and work
manship and Of fine designs
There are perfectly simple little briar
pipes with plain silver mounting and
amber mouthpiece that sells at SIS; but
the briar is the very choicest and hand
soonest, the amber mouthpiece of the
finest quality and joined to the pipe by
a lock stem, and all the workmanship
Oh the pipe is of the best; they are the
verv finest of briar pipcs.-N. Y. Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-01
QUEER THINGS IN THE MAIL


Revelations Mado@by the Man Who
Handles Unstnmped Matter.
The man in the general delivery win
dow, when he had asked for letter for
q certain man, had made mysterious
sign to muscular Individual who had
been shelling peanuts or nearby
bench and who told the owner Of the
letter that he was under arrest. The
latter had protested and made threats
for the Outrage" but had accompanied
the man with detectives star under
his coat. The spectators had become ex-
cited, bnt the general Dc livery man had
assured him that it was the regular way
of catching criminals, and was evident
" much more interested in the actions
Of the man who handles letters that are
received unstamped
"What is it now, Tom
"Horse lung" gasped the clerk, who
was working on the rs Of the "miscel-
laneous list" having entered the score
Of bicycle parts.- '.Had lot Of stuff
in the Cs," he added; .cuff buttons,
clocks, compass, creosotc aud 4 curling
iron. But here is man who is mailing
the lung Of a horse! know what it il.
because 1 attended !. the autopsy OF
fathers old gray mare during my boy
hood.
Il had q canary bird yesterday with
4 plaintive note from mother to her.
little son Rufus. telling him poor BiIlie
died on the train. Bury him in the
back yard The postage was omitted.
but forwarded II G.. D. d.. and this
morning 1t was returned. Rufus dear
was not going to monkey with the old
thing
The mud turtles, minnows, hornets
nests and ammunition that come
through here would stock museum,
but aside from box containing some
cartridges that exploded in the cancfl~
ing machine we have had no internal
machine worse than the big black
spider that was en- route to . girtr-
Chicago Times-Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-01
Inns PLUCK,

Supposition tndt q
er is never, never on
Is wanted and that the
is his signal of retreat
q shock when the story
as chase after the muir
s published a few days
BIC papers, with their
ons, the dialogue-writ-
lhe others have taught
b look upon the police
nchy and pusillanimous
nss and shrinker from
bich Is Nrcng in a great
q. with two loads liz his
hing on one side of a
the other side of which
aped murderer, with
and unlimited ammuni-
8 first officer who has
"a eyes into danger and
linst great peril for the
Indeed, this was not
the kind in which this
0Neeman figured.
lory Of his conduct in the
Is enough without raking
Iast old stories of his cour-
ntures. Other wearers of
kave performed similarly
and have made the silver
|pf valor.
etance, Tom Ormsby.
kas a patrolman in the days
oiice department of the city
ras first gladdened by the
wagon" Nowadays the
in has its own crew just the
kilrcad train-its conductor
khe prisoner to the station
! kdecorum-but at that time
|ty for a conductor was not
an arresting officer rode to
with the culprit and helped
the desk to book the often
by one night arrested some
who was wanted for a
bus offense elsewhere, 8
of a man big enough to eat
e ordinary policemen. The
g under way, the prisoner
it him, and, seeing the man.
with whom he was travelling
small-sized individual. who
(ably unable TO help himself
charge and thunder of such
as he-turned upon Orsmby,
oment that patrol wagon was
acle of a most magnificent
. noise of the onslaught
e horses and caused them to
of their course. The jerk
O'Brien, the driver, to the
ming him, and as the loos-
over the launches of
already nervous because of
1 clamor behind thep. they
iously. Weaving across and
back along the wide street
lered on. dragging the sway-
load of fight after them.
other policeman, seeing the
$ it flashed under theigas-
hen fitted into the darkness
. corners, tried to stops the
before they could get to the
the street the madde1ed
{ far away.
re FASTENED on their fugitive
the eyer-inereasing noise he
which they were fleeing, bat
a they seemed unable 70
Fiercer, fiercer the battle
ae two men ragged in the mar.
les between the seats Of the
gon, the huge bulk of the
o9k meeting the stanch grit
eof Ormsby, the lesser man.
e battered upon the face Of
'ling policeman, but still he
The prisoner tried to throw
the whirling and swinging
. the ufficer fought back and
imseif closer. With his own
SysNss beaten, and the g:zan-
e cen1ered every effort On
ne policeman's revolver. lii
9 already been lost over
caaEht q fieeting grasp upon
grasp which was enough to
y lying atsrandom through
earring Ofnsby's leg in III
Z increasing the fear Of the
ITS cl1eharge;; but the polices
snlzllE his own inferiority il
nth ! Jerk e his wrist threw
I out nom lin. tfen On The
zaent md fngther explosion
of eAe hosses.
+. & & town I'D
~ elils Il
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-01
why the Ben Rang.

The citizens of Georgia town were
greatly annoyed by the incessant ring
Ing of the bell Of schoolhonse where
colored children were taught. A com
mittee waited ON the principal and en-
tered vigorous protest.
rs it absolutely necessary that you
should ring that bell all day long?''
asked the spokesman of the committee.
Oats what it is, sir" replied the
principal; 'hit's one er de regulations
er de school"
"Will you please explain?"
Certainly, sir. You see, when a new
pupil comes in we rings de bell accord
in ter age. Ef he's nine years old we
rings her nine times; ef he's 20, she
rings 20, en- SO on uPter 60. Den, when
scholar gifts up to spell his lesson we
rings his age for to encourage him, en- ef
he doan make miss we rings her twice
de number Of his age for to celebrate
him. Yes, sir. hits one er de regulations
of de school, en-. as you say. hits abso-
lutely necessary. Good mawnin!'-
Atlanta Constitution.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-01

The sea otter, it was stated recently
ut the Smithsonian institution, is an
animal which is fast becoming extinct.
So precious are their skins that the
otter has been hunted with vengeance,
and only q few, comparatively, remain.
There is one fine specimen in the Ma
tional museum which is mounted in .
most lifelike manner. The institution
bought the skin and paid $3.50 for it,
which is not deemed an extraordinary
price. In few years, it is thought,
they will have disappeared altogether.
-WashinRton Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-01


The steady ines ase Of insanity in Eng
land has longp attracting attention.
but it seems Honi recent German OH
cial return that in this respect Prussia
is not q whit behind, il, indeed, It is
not tending to Ill its lunatic asylums
at a more rapid rate than this country.
In 1871 the total number Of lunatics in
Prussia was 55,063, in 1880 it had risen
to 66,345, while in 1896 it had gone up
to s2.ss0. It il euriously interesting
to note also that. while the growth Of
insanity is general, it is more marked
among men than among women OF
100000 Prussian males it seems 278 are
found insane, but in a like number Of
women only 243. From figures given in
the same return, it would. seem that
blindness is diminishing, while the
number Of deaf mutes Is rather increas-
lnG.-Chicago Chronicle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-01
hv BOYS WHISTLE.

/ b talk Of the pleasure that opera
kes,
e thrills 30 .cstatic it grandly
kakes.
ere Is no music to give me Joy
be hght-hearted whistle Of my bonnie
oy.
"a tune. but tumble galore
1.-the notes in the musical score,
While to another it's nothing bu'
sDoise.
= Il conveys = hearts volume of joys.
u ttnes in the day am straining my
66-door or the window that whistle to
Hear,
when from the distance comes foat-
Ing the sound.
,0u that my boy on his homeWay IS
hound.
=! = 81 81 u1H ong before he's in
II h6!f6 Sa ppy h childhood's de-
vi .s.- and nearer, ! see
u - wave q welcome to
= z - her lesson no'
= Ila pl.r he comes whistiins
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-01
couRTsHlP IN zuNlLAND.
Women DO the Lovemal<inE and POI
the AIl-Importamt Question.

Women DO the LoyemakinE and POp
the All-Important Question.
The powers freely extended the wom-
en- of Zuni are many, being particularly
favorable to them in domestic matters,
and in everything pertaining to the
home. These peculiar liberties are
manifest before marriage as well AZ
after, for the alleged privileges Of leap
year hold rule continuously in Zuni-
land. When one of the daughters Of
the tribe takes an amored liking for
young man, she very frankly confesses
1t. and her parents are informed Of her
choice of o prospective husband. II
they approve, the interesting Informs
ton is impaired, in due time, to his
family; and if the as yet perhaps un-
suspecting subject Of the selection Is
suited, in turn he makes, through the
mutual parents, an engagement to Wis
it his admirer at her home. He is re-
ceived somewhat formally by the maid
en- and her family, when something like
the following laconic conversation en-
sues between the young people, while
the father and mother, with the e:her
members Of the household, sit apart,
amiabiy pretending not to listen:
'sThou comest," she says.
"Yes; how be ye these many days?"
he answers.
Happy. Gather and SIT" and she
motions him to seat near her.
As never-failing hospitality on the
part of hostess, when visitor enters
Zuni home she places food before him
and bids him ''loosen his belt and les
sen his hunger" But he appears pre-
occupied. and partakes quite sparing-
ly, to give the polite impression that he
is light eater-an important point in
the favor Of a prospective husband.
Thanks; / am satisfied he says,
after dining Oh little more than a birds
rations.
Eat enough. You must have come
thinking Of something. What have you
to say?" she asks, encouragingly.
II don't know"
.Oh, yes, you do; tell me. !" she coyly
persists.
I'm thinking Of you." in a whisper.
"Indeed! You must be mistaken"
"No."
"Then do you love me?"
II love you!"
''Truly?"
"Truly."
Possibly We shall see. What think
you, father?" as she turns in apparent
perplexity to the family group.
AS you wish, my child" her parent
replies.
She then appears to ponder the mat
ter for the first time, and after due con-
sideration of the momentous question,
consents to become his yi-lu-kiani-ha,
or "his-to-be," and from that time on
they are as devoted to each other as
are lovers in any clime.-Edward Page
Castor, in Woman's Home Companion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-01
st.nx - csetss rl..ts.

Several men employed about Horti-
cultural hall, in Fairmount park, are
nursing very sore hands, and one a.
them il just sure that he II out Of dan
ger from blood poisoning from stings
received In handling prickly cactus
plants All summer the tall, slender
cacti have stood with soldierly erect
ness in bed at the east end Of the hnll
When frost threatened the head gar
dener gave orders for their removal
into winter quarters, and the men hav-
ing the job went about II without the
usual precaution Of wearing buckakin
gloves. They were stung in many plsees
by the needles that bristled from the,
stalks. but as the pain at the time wss
not great, they kept At work until n
the cacti had been housed. A few hour
later their hands beoqnrtePun M III
soon ewelled to nngafnlY Ne1 i
AZ the poison Of the stipf
They suffered intensely
days, and even now, aft4 = ~
elapsed, have to use ~ +
very gingerly nian1fx
deiphia Record.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-01-17
Floral Brevities.

The requirements Of spring blooming
bulbs are much alike, whether tulip,
hyacinth. narcissus, crocus or snowdrop.
The forcing Of the Easter lily has be-
come an important industry in the
United States.
No new plant Of recent introduction
has attained such widespread popularity
In short time as has the Crimson
Rambler rose.
Bougainvillea glabra Sunderland is
popular as pot plant because of its
prosusion of blooms and long period of
blooming.
A Massachusetts, florist says, "Of the
hybrid polyantha roses Marie Faive
is by far the best of all, blooming free
ly through the season, and Is, valuable
for florists work, producing large clus-
ters of good sized, pure white flowers. ="
William Agrew is a new dahlia of
large size, fine shape and deep scarlet
color.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-01-17

A recent Uulletin of the school Of Gc
riculture of Scandicci, Italy, describ,
made by Professor Marcel
Tor the keeping of grapes fresh duriu
the winter A certain quantity {
grapes Comprising different quRlitic
we're hung up in cool and dry play
al damaged berries having been prey
ously removed. a second lot was paclil
III dry, pulyerized peat i'll wooden DO
es. at the end of four months the crap.
that had been hung up had become dc
caycd and had dropped oil. On the 9th
er hand, those that had been packed il
the boxes were found to be in fine cor
dition. This is. therefore, Il simple anC
economical method.
Another one consists in gathering tn,
punches with good bit of stem attach
ed and immersing their tips in bottles
containing water and pulverized char
coal.