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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-03-12

the adjutant left tlre table and met
NE with a wave Of his hand for me
to stop where was. "Make no noiss,
Please" he said, "Gen. Jackson las
fallen asleep upon the straw, and we
are dining over him in silence. He il
exhausted and must have Sleep" II
was a scene never to be forgotten-a
scene fit for the painters highest art,
and would be a treasure for the mod
ern camera. Delivering my dispatches
l xilently awaited reply. and when
i: was given / rode away, but turned
in my saddle to take one more view OF
the impressive scene.
4. But this is enough. Let us not fail to
commemorate the eminent virtues and
nable deeds OF this great man. and
tc commend them to our children
and our children's children. Thou
sands Of good people have the same
birthday and should feel proud Of the
coincidence and be inspired by it to
virtuous life. If was not too modest
to speak of it, would whisper that
know an unreconstructed rebel moth
e. who is proud that on the 10th day
of January she observed not only Gen.
Lees birthday, but that Of two Of her
children. With prophetic inspiration
she did her best to honor his coming
fame. What mother could do more?-
Bill Arp, in Atlanta Constitution.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-03-12

Two miles west of Van Buren, il the
"syndicate" fruit farm, probably the
largest strawberry farm in the United
States. At the time of the organiza-
tion but 10 acres had been cleared and
put in cultivation, the remainder Of the
tract being covered with timber OF
heavy growth. To-day there are lis
acres Of land set to strawberries that
are expected to yield $4,000 crates of
strawberries the first season, which at
last seasons prices will return to the in
vestors SGT 800. 1t has cost a great deal
to change the forest into productive
field, yet with first crop this will all
be repaid and handsome profit left
for those enterprising men who were
willing to invest their money In the en-
terprise. On the 135 acres of the new
ground a most excellent stand has been
secured. and the vines are healthy and
well matted The old ground vas not
80 well set in vines, but would compare
favorably with any Of the berry farms
in the state. An expert, a man whose
business it is to keep thoroughly posted
on the fruit prospects of the south. says
that the farm in question IS the finest
In the state. and that the vines are in
better condition tnan any others he
has examined.-LittleR Rock (Ark.) DEM
ocrat.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-03-12

II was lookin' fur an old oyster bed
when a whale riz right up under my
boat and sent the hull outfit so feet
high"
Gracious, but you must hev bin
skeeredl" sez the stranger.
"Yes, | was q bit skeered, but only
fur a mint. ! got my nerve back
while was up in the air, and jest
twisted myself around SO as to light
on the whale when struck. knowcd
the boat was busted all to smash, but
figgered that ] could drive that whale
up the creek and land him on the
marsh"
"Brave and noble fishermanl" gasps
the stranger. as he pats Abner on the
back.
"When l struck the whale digs him
with my knife and thumps him with
my heels, and arter a leetle gifts him
headed fur the creek. lie was goin'
all right, and was countin' on seventy
bar'l o. lie and 4 ton O. whalebone. when
he struck spar buoy No. and was
turned fur Cat island. ] couldn't turn
him agin. and he went ashore"
.And you had him safe?"
81 thought l had, but hadn't. That
whale Jest went to work with bis fiukes
and throwed mud till he damned up
the channel behind him and Gu, new
one right across the island and es-
capped. Ill take you down thar sum
day and let ye see whar' he cut
through a hill II feet high and moved
down about hundred trees as big
as my body. While he was wallerin'
about end wrenchin' hisself he spit
up this ere relic, which ] got hold OF
aud preserved"
And Abner showed the stranger an
cid tin terbacker box he had bin car
ryin' around fur 20 y'ars. and looked
as innercent as lamb on green hill
side. The man took the box and looked
il over, and when he handed it back be
said Abner Green was noble man and
q hero. He hadn't much money jest
then. but in the course of a couple of
weeks he'd be ready TO give up $50 fur
that relic. He jest believed that story
from start to finish, and he said he had
no doubt that ii had added hui!
month to his life. He wanted to hear
from others, and fur the next two
weeks sum one OF the crowd was with
him most of the time. He never doubt
ed anythin' they said, and when they
had finished he called them poets and
statesmen and heroes and made 'em
feel that life was wuth the livin'. Meb-
be il was three weeks from the time
he cum when sunthin' happened to
Abner Green. He was comm over the
marsh from the boathouse one night
when ghost suddenly riz up afore
him. II was . tall. white ghost. and
the fust thing 1t die was to cuff Abner
on the ear in way to make his head
ache fur month. Then II said:
.Abpss Gseea. GIT dowo on yer knees
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-03-12
THESQUAN CREEK FOLKS
Old Jep Jones Tolls of q Tall
White Ghost.
u Undertook to Reform the village
Liars and Succeeded for .
Time The Stranger
with q Cough.
copyright. 1881

lCOpyrlSht. loso
Ore day there appeared at Squan
Creek a stranger, who said he'd bin
ordered by the doctor TO take board
down by the sea in order to cure his
consumshun. lie was big, tall man.
and looked rs stout as an OK, but he
had a terrible cough on him, and you
had only to listen to that cough to
know that all the doctors in the land
couldn't cure him. He got room and
board with the Widder Hatch, and
when we got to know him Abner
Green seq TO the rest of us:
Boys. that stranger ar not long fur
this cold world. He's lonely and he's
dy in. and it's our dooty TO go at it and
cheer him up and make his few days
oc airth as cheerful as possible"
How'll we do it?" asked Moses
Green.
Easy 'nuff. What we wants to do
to him is to take turns tellin' him
bright and cheerful lies. lie may hev
heard few lies in his lifetime, but no
sich lies as we tell here in Squan
Creek. ! don't expect we kin save him
from the grave, fur one of his lungs is
most gone and the t'other is ailin'. but
we kin proIong his life by several
weeks and help him to die happy. Ill
lead of with that lie O. mine about the
whale runnin' ashore in the bay, and
sum of you will foller."
After considerable discussion it was
decided to follow Abner's programme,
and that same evenin' Abner called
upon the stranger at his boardin' house
and interduced himself and said:
"Bein' us you was never down to
the seashore afore mebbe you was in
terested in whales?"
"Mightily interested" sez the
stranger. whose name was Harding.
as he coughs long and lonesome
cough.
IL had a leetle adventure with one
the t'othcr day down in the bay" seq
Abner as be braces up to begin lynn.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-03-12

and begin to pray, fur you haven't
nni hui five minis to liYei"

and begin to pray, fur you haven't
got but five minits to live!"
"What hev l dJnl" walls Abner n
lie gi.s down.
"You lied about that whalel"
ayes. I know l did. and own 1t up.
I'm one Of the biggest liars in Sguan
Creek, but I'm wiilin' TO reform. Lem
me go and I'll stick to the truth all the
rest Of my life!"
The ghost cuffed his other ear and
gave him three or four kicks and start
ed him of. and the fun Of the thing
was that nobody would believe Alb
ner's yarn. Everybody thought it was
new lie. and even as the tears stood
in his eyes they winked at each other.
1t was only night or two later that
Phi!etus Springweil met up with that
same ghost. lie was walkin' over the
marsh. whistlin' as he went, when the
ghost riz up and grabbed him and
shook him around until his jints
cracked and he beilered fur mercy.
"philetus Springwell!" sez the ghost,
"you lied about seein' a shark 70 feet
longl"
81 know I did," seq Philetus, "and
I'm sorry fur it. That shark was only
so feet long. but had to lie to match
the other liars"
The stranger pranced him around
sum more. and Phi!etus got the length
of that shark down to Is feet. Arter
bein' kicked be owned up that he didn't
see no shark tall. and was allowed to
go. Then Aaron Stuben met the ghost
and got thamped around till he owned
up to all his lies and promised to tell
the truth thereafter. and he was. fol-
Tered by Jonns White, Simon isebee
and Caesar Davis. Nobody believed the
fust two or three, but when five or six
men set in to tell the same story 1t ap-
peared there might be sunthin' in it.
A public meetin' was called, and Jacob
Spooner got up'n said:
"My friends, six of the biggest liars
in Squan Creek hev met a ghost on the
marsh and bin thumped half to death
and made to promise that they wouldn't
lie no more. II this keeps on-if all
the liars hev got to cease lyiu'-we
might as well give away our property
and walk out of town. What ar the
sense of the meetin'?"
Thar was a good deal Of talk. and
it was finally decided to lay fur the
ghost. He was laid for night arter
night. but he never showed up. Dime
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-03-12
THE DRAMA AND LITERATURE.
DiAefeAce Between Spoken and
Written Literature.

Written Literature.
The painters have long protested
against any judgment of their work in
accordance with the principles of an
other art, and at last they have succeed
ed in convincing the more open-minded
If US that what is of prime Importance
in . picture is the way in which it is
painted, and that its merely literary
merit is quite secondary. They are not
unreasonable when they insist that the
chief duty of picture is to represent
visible world, and not to point moral
or adorn tale, and that in the appre-
citation Of a picture we must first weigh
all of its pictorial beauty. Nor are the
sculptors asking too much when in a
statue they want us to consider chiefly
its plastic beauty.
Now, the orator and the dramatist
ask for themselves what has been grant
ed the painter and the sculptor-they
request that an Grafton or a drama
shall be judged not as literature only,
but in accordance with the principles
of its own art. And here the literary
critic il even less willing to yield. He
may acknowledge his own Ignorance
Of perspective and Of pigments, of COM
position and Of modelling; he may con-
fess that here the painter and the
sculptor have him at disadvantage,
but he is not ready to admit that he
is not to apply his own standards to the
works Of the orator and of the dra-
matist. On the contrary, he maintains
that the speech and the play, If they be-
long to literature at all, are by that very
fact, absolutely within the province OF
the literary critic. He cannot see why
that which the orator and dramatist
may write 10 not to be read and criti-
cised exactly as that which is written
by the novelist and the essayist and the
poet. Indeed, ii is almost misrepre-
sentation of the literary critics atti-
tude to suggest that he has need to
maintain this position, for il is rarely
even hinted to him that he is not fully
justified in employing the same tests in
every department of literature.
Yet nothing ought to be clearer than
the distinction between the written
word and the spoken - between the
literature which is addressed to the
eye alone and that which is intended
primarily for the ear, and only second
arily for the eye. 1t is the difference
between words written once for all and
words first spoken and then written
or at least written SO that they may be
spoken. When this distinction is seized
1t follows that oral discourse il not
necessarily to be measured on the same
scale as written discourse. It follows
also that the speech and the play may
be very good, indeed, each in its kind,
although they may fail to attain the
standard of strictly literary merit
which we should demand in an essay.
story or a poem.-Prof. Brander Mat.
thews, in Forum.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-03-12

"Women must find il hardship some
times net to be able TO swear"
20, don't know. They have their
own ways. When they want TO be par
ticularly nasty about another woman
they say she means WE'LL and it really
comes to the same thing."-Pick-Me-
I'm
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-03-12
shows Her Strength.

There are 81 muscles used in car
ry;ng on an ordinary conversation" /"
she said. looking upfrom the book she
was reading.
And yet woman is supposed to be \
weak creature" he said. thoughtfulIy.
And then he dodged.-Ch,cago Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-03-12
Peor Thing.

Miss Elder with q sigh)-I heard
Miss Fosdick say that she had an en-
gagement for every night next week.
Miss Tommy-What Of that?
Miss Elder--Why. some girls can't get
engaged st sll.-Louisv!sls Courier
IouTpsl
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-03-12

by somebody axed about the stranger.
and il was found that he disappeared
the day OF the public meetin'. 1t didn't
take long to put two and two together.
and it was Abncr Green who throwed
down his hat and jumped on it and
yelled:
"lsy the great pewter spoon. but that
feller was no consumptive! He jest
cum here to git US to lie and to thump
MS fur it, and he's mighty nigh broke
up high society and knocked the price
of real estate down so per cent?"
Then them six liars who had prom
ised the ghost to go out Of bizncss and
jine the church went to lyin' agin hard
er'n ever. and the other liars told new
lies. and bctwixt and between us all
Squan Greek slowly rekivered her lost
prestige and lodged the calamity which
most of the winen predicted.
She Took the Hint.
At home stations the private soldiers
washing is actually done by the married
soldiers wives. who are expected to
sew on missing buttons and do repairs,
for which small sum is deducted from
the private's pay. Pat Mctiinnis had a
good deal of trouble with his laundress:
Sunday after Sunday had his shirt come
down with the neck button of. or else
hanging by a thread. lie had spoken TO
her on the subject, and she had prom
ised TO see to ii, but the button was not
On nrODerlv He rot out of Datience
one Sunday when the missing button
had made him late for parade. and ex-
claimed: Bother the woman! Ill see
il l can't give her hint this time. any
how" lie then took the lid CT tin
backing box. about three inches in d.
ameter, drilled two holes in it with q
fork, and sewed 1t on to the neck of
the shirt that was next to be washed.
When his washing came back he found
that she had taken the hint; she had
made buttonhole to fit it.-Detroit
Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-03-12

The Mother-Who was here. tonight
dear?
The Daughter-Nr. Huggins. mann
ma.
ibid you turn the gas ont when he
left?''
"No, mamma. turned it ont when
he came."-Yonkers Statesman.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-03-12
Clie.t Aayises Hie Lawxer.

'What do you think Of that bill?"
asked the lawyer.
ut isn't big enough" the impecuni-
Gus client replied. considering the
trouble you're going to have in getting
your money. you ought to charge at
least 25 per cent. more."-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-03-12
An Expedfent Anenament.

Mrs. Enpeck treading) = Another
mysterious suicide - unknown man
throws himself from cliff
Mr.. Enpeck (thoughtlessly) bet his
wife was ut the bottom Of it.
"Sir-r-r!"
(Hurriedly.) OF the clih, my love;
not the suicide."-Tit-B Bits.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-03-12
Hopeleas Case.

Eacon-To what do you attribute old
Jones' success?
Eybert-To kis failures. : Youkess
Statesman.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-03-12
How He Aesea.

Algy-So you asked old Crusty for
his daughters hand? How did he act?
Reggy-Why. when I tried to reason
with him he wanted to eat me. aud
ended by kicking me downstairs
'Oh. then it was feast Of reason and
! Aow Of sole, 80 to speak.-Judee.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-15
GOING TO THE LAKE SHORE
GREAT NORTHERN TO. LOSE
VICE PRESIDENT NEWMAN

1t Is Reported That He Has Accented
the Presidency of the Big Trunk
Line-Is Now In the East Con-
ferring With the Directors of the
Road - Takes MIR. CaIlawny's
Place.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-15
VOTING ON THE CHARTER.
City officials Who Hope for Re-eIec
ton Are Opposed to It's Pas

City officials Who Hope for Re-eIec-
ton Are Opposed to It's Pas
sage.
The question of the number of votes it will
take to adopt the new charter Is again being
fcials who are deluding themselves with the
idea that they will be reelected are opposed
to the charter for the reason that it reduces
salaries.
One of the officials was in consultation with
Assistant Corporation Attorney Phillips yes
terday over the number Of votes which it
would take to pass the charter.
The constitutional amendment adopted by
the voters in 1896 relating to the charter for
cities and villages contains the following
clause:
Such charter shall be submitted to the
qualified voters of such city CT village at
the next election thereafter and if four
seventies of the qualified voters voting at
such election shall ratify the same 1t shall
ct the end Of thirty days thereafter become
the charter Of such city or village
Chapter 255 of the General Laws passed
by the last legislature en- the same subject
says:
Such charter shall be submitted to the
qualified voters OF such city or village at the
next election thereafter Or SPECIAL election
called for that purpose. and if four-sevenths
of the qualified voters voting upon its
adoption at such election shall ratify the
same it SHALL at the end of thirty days, be-
come the charter of such city or village
Assistant Corporation Attorney Philips is
OF the opinion that the constitutional amend
ment and the Law passed by the legislature
mean the same. but admits that If there is
quires four-sevenths of those voting at the
election or four-sevenths of those voting on
the question to carry it the constitutional
amendment will take precedence.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-15
DIAMOND DAsHEs.

1t looks as though Connie Mack was play
ing Fred Barnes at third base with view of
keeping him there in place of Myers. Or
course if another good man is secured Barnes
will be retained for the box. but there are
worse men playing third base than Barnes.
Mack has always been of the opinion that
Freddie would make star infielder, and he
may spring him on the public sooner than he
Observation-Disclosures Wisconsin
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-15
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HEALTH CATECHISM.
To Be Committed to Memory by All Dys-
peptics, fnUdHds, Con sun2tiUes,

What is the first cause of nine-tenths
of all disease?
Imperfect digestion of food
Why does imperfect digestion cause
disease of other organs?
Because blood, nerves, muscles, bone
and flesh are derived from the food we
eat and digest. If digestion is perfect,
the blood is pure, nerves and muscles
strong. flesh firm. If the digestion is
poor. tie blood is supplied from half
digested. fermenting food, irritating
every nerve and organ. The result is,
sooner or later. organic disease, be-
cause. every organ being poorly not,r-
ished the weakest gives way first and
we have liver troHtpfe. kidney com
plants, heart disease or consumption.
Is not dieting the usual and best
treatment to cure indigestion?za
No, because the dyspeptic has been
starved long enough: what is needed is
abundant nourisnment, not the lack of
it. The stomach and blood demand
nutriment. not bran crackers.
What is the best method of cure?
Plenty Of wholesome food we'll di-
gested.
plenty of wholesome food?
By taking with the food after each
meal certain harmless remedies which
are known to digest food and thus
nourish the blood and rest the weak
stomach.
What are these harmless remedies ?
The most valuable are vegetable fer
ments, pure pepsin. Golden Seal and
fruit salts All Of these are now COM
hined in the form of pleasant tasting
tablets sold by druggists under the
name of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets.
Are these tablets superior to the
various liquid preparations SO called
dyspepsia cures?
Most decidedly, because all LIQUID
medicines become stale with age and
lose whatever good qualities they may
have had originally, while the tablet
retains it's properties Indefinitely. Stu
arts Dyspepsia Tablets can be carried
in the pocket, always at hand ready
for use when travelling or at daily oc-
cupation. They cost but 30 cts. and
should be kept In every family. They
keep the digestion perfect and save
doctors bills by warding off disease.
Are Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
adapted to all forms of dyspepsia?
Yes, because in all cases the trouble
results from indigested, fermenting
food. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets cause
the food to be digested before it has
time to ferment
Ifsyou wish to know more about them
ask your druggist for a package and
try them.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-15
WHAT HE KNOWS ABOUT BOYS
Once Gov. Peck Tells St. Paul Pes-
pie About Rad Good Boys and
Good BAD Boys

Once Coy. Peck. of Wisconsin, who has
t written columns about Peaks Fad Bow
Metropolitan last evening on the subject OF
Good Bad Boys ard Bad Good Boys" -
III The Il lecturer. introduced by c. D. o'Briea.
said. among other things:
TIE average boy is like trolley line, he
only needs to be connected to make him
"A boy, is like a sed;itz powder; one is
calm and cuiet, but two together make
trouble and bubble over.
No one knows where to find boy II
around
Between the ages of 10 and Is boy will
give him credi. for
"a bad boy becomes good boy in time.
after the coating of the bad boy has worn
off,
mo subject is of more vital Importance
than the raising of boys
eff boy plays thirteen hours and works
makes his legs ache
You may, convince him he is wrong. but
you can't whip him into believing it.
"A boy must have sunshine and he should
have plenty of it at home, bes des wha. he
gets out doors. The boy who has nothing to
do at home but chores morning. icon, and
night will soon get so he can't sirg with any
JUNCTION there's no place like home -
The boy. who has the legs-ache, is apt
to grow up rich, prosperous and sick Most
boys who grow IN rich are sick
"A coed parent ought to be rs good to a
boy good trainer Is to COLT
Don't discourage his liking for sports If
he likes football let him play. 1t Is no
worse for him to die from football than from
pneumonia contracted from holding a young
girl up in conservatory after Dance
''If he develops a taste for oratory let MIN
alone. Each state needs one orator; some
lave two
Parents of boys between 10 and 20 years
must he prepared for anything from broken
leg to broken heart. A broken leg will
lay him up for six weeks; broken heart will
| mend in some cases over night"
Boys have early love affairs. They are
like horses in a race: they have to scol
several times before they are off and at Il
they generally decide there is nothing in T."
! "a boy, before he reaches 20 years, is going
to do mean things enough to last him all the
| rest of his life."
THE worst kind of boy at Is may be The
! superintendent of a Sunday school at 80. end
! Lord Fauntleroy at Is, so guiltless that
butter will not melt in his mouth. may at
| 80 be running faro bank"
Good boys always resemble their mothers
! and bad boys their fathers
| "a boy will initiate his father unless he
! knows too much about him.
1.-The day is not far distant when honest
women will suDplant dishonest men in the
! halls of legislation
"All boys cannot be ministers and many
| of them don't want to be-