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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-02

Buchanan, and all of the complications
which kxaving men saw were leading
up to the civil war, and so the n.ws-
papers began to send correspondents
here, until now the press galleries at
the capitol will not hold half of them.
Trey al look at me as sort OF relic
of the past, l guess, but am as hard
Al work to-day gathering news and
sending it to my paper as was gen.
eration ago.
~ sent the first message ever nent
from Washington over the electric
wires. 1t was by the old Morse sys-
tenn. The operators at that time could
no. tell the letters by sound, but read
them as they recorded dots on long slips
of white paper. BY the way. when the
Banks speakership fight was ON, Hor-
ace Greeley came over here to look into
.he matter himself. | was In the tele-
graph office in the old National hotel
about eight o'clock one evening, when
Old Greeley came in, handed some copy
TO the operator and hurried out to
join a friend. i heard him say some
thing that indicated that he was gu-
ing to the theater, but ! do not now
remember his exact words.
"Well, I was writing dispatch on the
speakership situation, when the tele-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-02
Wren,. Great Genius.

ST. Paul's cathedral, though inferior
in size and richness to ST. Peters, is a
magnificent structure. This mighty
fabric,'' the second church for grandeur
in Europe, was in the space of 35 years
begun and finished by one architect,
Sir Christopher Wren. This great archi-
tect was compelled by the duke of
York, afterwards James H., to add side
oratories to his original plan, which de-
stroyed much of its beauty. Sir Chris,
topher, aware of the injury it would do
to the whole. could not refrain from
shedding tears in discussing II; but all
in vain-the duke insisted and he was
obliged to comply. In addition to St.
Panl's. this indefatigable genius built
the noblest temple. the largest palace,
and the most sumptuous hospital in
Great Britain, besides erecting so
churches and designing the great mon
ument of Charles Ii. He died at the age
of-91 and was buried under the dome of
ST. Paul's.-Detroit Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-02
NOTHING is AS 1T USED TO BE

berry, and / quit the messenger boy
business.
Il understand that the messenger
boys have gradually been cut down un-
til now they get only three dollars per
week; but if they are extra good boys
they may get $3.50 or four. dollars a
week, and go to the cemetary on Sum
day to amuse themselves. l was a
very active, ambitious, haru-working
messenger boy, and was saving my
money, expecting to go into some kind
OF business, when the company under
took to hog it all, and simply went
on strike. In winter, and in all dis
agreeable weather, when | see the poor
little underpaid boys trudging along
the streets, think of my own expert
ences, and many a dime | have spen.
buying coffee and pie for them. It
gives me great pleasure to be able to
Eeip them, for the majority of them
are worthy and deserving"
II have been here as a Washington
correspondent for 46 years." says the
Nestor of the press. Il was at work
il the government printing office in
1852, as compositor, but my eyes be-
came affected by the lead and the poor
light we had in those days, end there
was lots of night work then, SO l had
70 give up typesetting, and went to
writing letters for newspapers. II was
not very good paying business, and
! had a hard time keeping body and
soul together; but | finally got work
or the New York Herald at three dol
lars per column, and then | was all
right. When ! also got chance to do
space work on the Tribune, / felt that
! was rapidly becoming millionaire,
for made in the aggregate about SIS
per week, and that was dig money in
those days. was pioneer here as
special correspondent, but soon had
company. The political excitement Of
1856. when the Black republicans nomi-
mated John C. Fremsnt for the presi-
d<Lcy. and made such q great cam
psigE for him. caused all eyes TO turn
to Washington. as they had never done
before. Then came the Inauguration Of
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-02
FASHION NOTES.
The Latest In the Department or In.
dies Dress,

i
Newmarkets and ulsters, such -
were worn years ago, figure among the
newest creations, and they are certain
| " bringing forth new ideas in long
cloaks, not of any particular length or
design, but in nearly all lengths. Ex-
ceedingly smart are some of the redin-
gotes.
made longer, and the sleeves are mate
rally smaller. The rough cloth is used
quite as much as the smooth. The only
marked difference is that the fronts are
not tight-fitting, but the jackets are
well fitted in at the darts and do not
look exactly like the regular loose
fronted styles.
black velvet, with a very short basque.
and trimmed with soutache, passe-
Esnenterie and fur. Some are made to
Eclose along bias line, reaching from
the shoulder to the center of the front.
and the sleeves are quite tight and
trimmed with soutache or PASSENGER
terie.
Il
black velvet, richly decorated with jet
applique bands, and ornaments both
front and back, with very high-stand-
ing colors, and sleeves finished with
fiaring mousquetaire cuffs, are really
very handsome. These also appear in
cloths of Russian green, Danish blue,
brown and tan.
Capes are still fashionable. Many Of
the expensive styles are both lined and
bordered with fur, and the outer fabric
of fine beautiful cloth. The palmer
models. braided or strapped, are very
stylish.
The newest styles in sealskin coats
are knee-length, while other uItra-fash-
ionable models are extremely short,
some in Russian blouse style, with full
ness beltet; in at the waist, or they are
in fitted jackct-shape with only few
inches in depth. The box-coat in seal
skin is very stylish
Very high-standing collars appear on
al! out-of-door capes, jackets, coats and
cloaks. There are several styles of col
lars. The Klondike is very high cir
cufar shape, anu HeaTiy tue sdinC HidlH
all around. The Norwegian crosses un-
der the chin and fastens with loop OF
braid. The Napoleon is slashed and has
wide revers.
There is little or no flare to the cores
on the front and sides; the effect re-
mains sheath-like over the hips, and
the fullness is carried well to the back.
A very narrow half-cloth facing Is still
used to prevent limp effect about the
hem of the skirt, and the majority Of
winter dress skirts are trimmed around
the bottom, if only with three or five
rows of narrow Milan or soutache braid.
Ladies' World.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-02
A GOOD SAMARITAN.

Lay him away,
1t matters not where;
Dig hole in the ground.
And deposit him there:
-Efll be useless to raise
A shaft DER his head.
For Heavens aware
OF the fact that he's dead!
Lowly his lot.
And humble his sphere:
The worid-the big. busy world knew not
That he ever was sent 10 minister here;
He gathered no millions. he built up nc
Cornered no markets, robbed no one Of
bread:
His raiment was ragged. he lived upon
crusts-
But Heavens aware of the fact that he's
dead.
Did he worship in church
In the orthodox way?
Did the rafters ring when
1t was his turn to pray?
Alas. / know not
But let Ii be said
That Heavens aware
OF the fact that he's deaGl
The orphan he famed
Through feverish days
May live or may not
To cherish his praise;
The sick that he nourished when stricken
himself,
The starving that, when he was hungry,
he fed,
May pray for him now or may not, as
they list
But Heavens aware Of the fact that he's
dead!
Lay him away,
1t matters not where:
Dig a hole in the earth
And deposit him ther..
When the last trumpet sounds
lie will hear, he will hear
As well as the man
Ger whose head people rear
The highest Of columns
Aye. put him to bed.
If there is God He will not forget
That this lowly man lived-and is dead.
s. E. kiser, in Cleveland Leader.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-02

| man was game. He was a lot calmer
| than me and the other man who sided
up to him to do the throwing act. One.
mony of movement we 1tossed him out.
| 4 heartbeat after the moment We did
| so that chain broke and the brakeshnes
| flew off the wheels. But the half-sec-
| ond was valuable. for it allowed him
| 10 get the lay of things, and he bent
| over and was away like blue and brass
buttonef. streak The release of these
| brakeshoes gave that runaway coach a
fresh start and after him we flew. and
| for the first half-mile or so it seemed
| we were drawing closer to him. but that
was because he hadn't got fully and
evenly poised yet. We watched with our
hearts in our mouths as we climbed up
closer to him, and, oh, it was horrible
suspense. But when we had about
counted he was going to get under us
for sure he seemed to strike his gait
and inch by inch he crawled away.
Then it was foot by foot and pretty soon
he was going good three car lengths
ahead.
eve were going little bit ourselves,
as you can guess. Imagine runaway
coach, without brake, on a 17-mi.e
grade. Why, sirs, we were going so fast
that to breathe we had to turn to the
rear and breathe backward into space.
If we tried to breathe facing cut side
ways the respiration would be cut
right square off. as with knife, and
leave a man choking and gasp.ng with
sort of bob-tailed breath between his
lips-half a breath-not enough for
anybody-child's size. can't conceive
how that brakeman made his breathing
against the wind, for recollect that
one man who didn't know any better
tried to take breath while facing for
ward, and it went away back in lis
head, penetrating like bayonet and
leaving hole or depression there near
ly an inch deep. As say, just as though
he'd had his mouth open when boiler
blew up and wagon spoke or an iron
casting or something had sailed along
and shot into .he chasm.
well, of course, you're none of you
interested in any depression like that
You want to know about the brake
man. We could see that he was pulling
away from US: now he was a good
quarter-mile off-now mile, and go
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-02
A Hastx Journex,

Anxious Wife-know where my hus-
band is, sir?
kiondike Karl-Th' last time / seen
your husband, mum, he was goin' over
tn Mountain.
Anxious Wife-ln what direction?
Klondike Karl (sadly)-In all direc-
tions, mum. You see. he got q can Of
dynamite mixed in with the canned
corned beef he was thawing out. poor
man!-Judge.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-02

| ing-oh, my friends. how he was going!
We began to get interested in the sub
ject of his being able to stop. but a
mountain man who was aboard said it
was easy He could give a kind of
| gouge and it'd be as though he had
slapped on air-brakes - just little
| wriggle and the check-up would be
swift but easy. Three minutes after
| we had started him off he was clear out
| of view around curve about two miles
away. We continued on the boom and
| were feeling pretty well, when suddenly
one of MS, looking forward, said:
".Holy Moses! We're lost! There.
amt any snow worth talking about
ahead. It's been getting thinner and
thinner, and now You can see the ties
between the rails. He's probably been
thrown off back somewhere by striking
the gravel and being somersaulted.'
"But the mountaineer looked out.
Nothing of the kind. Don't you see
that thaw is in two parallel streaks?
He's thawed the snow from the friction.
Don't be an ass. That thaw followed
him-didn't go ahead of him. He's all
right
"Yes, sirs; and he was. We streaked
into the valley and covered those miles
to that Old Tom Switch. Then we clat-
tered over the switch and rushed on
uphill again. Soon we began to ease
off, and finally we came to stop. Then
we rolled back down. and having no
brake kept going backward and for
ward for lessening distances for an
hour and 10 minutes. That shows how
we had been running. But at length
we stopped there at that switch, where
the brakeman stood patiently waiting.
Plugging along across the valley TO-
ward us we could see that belated fol-
lowing train, too.
'Now, I'll tell you the most peculiar
part of that thing. We found the brake
man with only one ski. The last two
miles had been made one-legged. The
other ski had been fairly burned of
his foot-blazed up. you know, and was
consumed. He said he reckoned it was
made of inferior material; Chicago
Record
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-02
The Old and the New.

We live in an age when there IS q
clamor for everything new. among
these cries being one for a new Gospel.
Some say that education is all that is
necessary. The little red schoolhouse
in every village. and the bigger one in
every city is all we want. Others
would substitute for the church and
the cross a new environment. The old
Gospel. ever new. is the need of the
hours.-Rev. A. J. Rowland. Baptist,
Philadelphia, Pa
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-02
The Physician.

There is always something myster:-
Gus in knowledge to the ignorant, an1
of all the professors of science the doc
tor has succeeded in remaining the
greatest exoterist. There is thic-s
wall of mystery that hides his schools
from the world; the halo of mystifica-
tion hangs over the dissecting room and
the laboratory. No one but the initiated
can read the hieroglyphics of his pre-
scriptions. and he is bound to his craft
by hippocratic oath. When the doc
tor enters the sick room the profane
are excludcd.-Rev. DIR. voorsanger,
Hebrew, San Francisco, Cal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-02
S1geptlcism.

What is skepticism in its many glar-
ing FERNS, il it is not the human choice
supreme and depriving God of His
choice concerni ng us? There would
be no such thing as skepticism in all
the world if men would only believe
that God is interested in them and
able to work greater advantages than
any puny choice of their own can accom-
plish.-kev. Robert Macdonald, Baptist,
BROOKLYN. N. Y.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-02
Party spolls.

The treatment of public places as
spoils to be parcelcd ont by victorious
leaders among their henchlnen, is .
source of scandal and corruption. An
attempt has been made to check this
process by legal regulations, by what
is known as the civil service rules: bus
the men, whose trade is politics, are do
termined to overthrow this system
Rev. Washington GLADDEN., Columbus,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-02

She-When yon go to ask papa. the
first thing he viii do will be to accuse
you of seeking my hand merely to be
come his son-in-law.
He-Yes? And then
And then you must agree with him
He's lot prouder of himself than he is
Of me-" c."-Indianapolis Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-02

graph operator asked me to help him
read Greeley's dispatch. 1t was a hor-
r:biy-written manuscript, but, being an
old typesetter, / was able to help the
boy piece it out and make sensible
dispatch of it. Moreover, incidentally,
found out that old Greeley had got
ten some inside facts which l had not
learned; SO tore up what had writ
ten and wrote for my paper different
dispatch. 1t turned out the next day
that Greeley and were both right in
our prognosticatious, but If had moi
seen that dispatch l would have been
awfully wrong in my news matter.
"As matter of precaution, to pre-
vent others from getting on the in
side, / gave that telegraph operator
fatherly talk. / told him that while
it was all right for me to help him
ont in reading that dispatch, he must
be very careful not to let any other
newspaper man see any dispatch. un-
der any circumstances, because he
might lose his place if he did. Thus,
with a clean conscience, had helped
Old Greeley by helping the boy read
his manuscript; had helped, the boy
with some well-meant advice, and |
had helped myself at the same time by
keeping ON the right side Of the news
market.
The messenger boys and the news
paper correspondents have very close
relations in Washington in modern
times. The correspondents seldom &c
to the telegraph offices with their dis
patches. They write their news in
their offices, then ring for a messenger
boy, who promptly responds and car
ries each dispatch to the telegraph Of
fee. In the press galleries Of the cap
itol the correspondents write their
brief kilograms to afternoon papers,
and. although the telegraph Office is not
more than ten or fifteen feet from the
table where the dispatches are writ
ten, the messenger boys are there to
carry the news from writer to sender
The successful Washington correspond
ents are pampered in many ways.
The position of Washington CORE
spondcnt has become so desirable that
there is an ambitious reporter in every
large newspaper Office who longs and
hopes for the day when he may be sent
to the national capital. As result Of
this ambition and consequent intrigue
some OF the best and most successful
correspondents have been supplanted
by new men during the past ten years,
because of the home influence cxcrted
on the managing editors. Consequent
~ there are scores of new faces in the
press galleries, and the old-timers do
not know one-half Of them. They are
MI bright fellows. for the managing ed
itor of good newspaper would not, un-
der any circumstances, send to this city
anyone who did not possess superior
ability and education. Therefore, it il
not an exaggeration to say that in the
press gallery of the house of represent
ntives there is fully as high an order
Of intelligence as there is upon the floor
Of the house; and the average Wash
Ington correspondent need not take Oh
his hat nor bow too low to the average
In the senate it is differ
ent- The members OF that body are el-
aerly, experienced. learned, grave, dig
nified, and command the respect of all
newspaper men, SMITH d. FRY.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-02
A. Sh~ ENA~1~tOnS1

Miss AIillington-I declare, that Mr..
Hartman hasn't even the first attribute
of gentleman.
Miss Upham-Indeed. Why, some
enc told me he was rich.-Chicago Daily
News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-02
The Res.lf.

IF you had four apples" said the
teacher, land your father gave you four
more. what would you have p
.Colic." replied Bobby.-N. Y. Jour
nal
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-02
Classifytnx II

''Wha: kind of cat is this. Browser? ?
doE't believe / ever saw one just like
IT.
sort II lIsltefe cross. should
think -"-Detrc;s E1ee Presa.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-02

In the new Polychrome Bible the
name Of the Deity is given rs Jhvh. this
vowelless form being as near the origi-
nal Hebrew As the English alphabet cas
express L.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-02


Some persons do look and act differ
emily in evening clothes and fine
clothes They are persons with whom
care in dress is not pseessary part and
expression Of refiBad nature: they
dress solely to wrR consideration, and
they are the dressed-up persons. not the
well-dxessed ones. Dressed-up me and
women are going olsi OF fashion and
well-dressed ones are taking their
places. No matter hoN limited amat.4
or .wonan's income. he or She can al,
ways be well dressed and their clothes
won't affect their minds or their man-
ners, either-y. r. Sum-
MIS- Rorer.s Receipt for Oyster Pie
Put strip Of light paste across the
bottom of deep pie or baking dish
Fill the dish with oysters that have been
drained ard washed: to each 50 oysters
allow teaspoonful Of butter. level
tcaspoonful Of salt and dash OF red
pepper. Cover with light crust and
bake in a quick oven for 20 minutes.
Serve plain or with cream dressing
made Of oysters--Ladies' Heme Jour1s
nal
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-02
THE woRklNe-eIRL.s CHANCE.


Domestic Service Comfortable and
i Remunerative Occupation.
| The average home holds out far
more comfortable time, a more leisure
" life, healthier existence. and bet
| ter wages, than does the Office, store
or factory to an intelligent girl or
| woman. The same time devoted, for
example, to the study of shorthand
or typewriting. if given to the study
OF nursing or domestic service, would
mean twice the income to a bright.
steady girl Unfortunately, girls viii
not see this, and thousands of them
who are to-day struggling through an
existence in the outer world. could
have far more comfortable lives and
better wages in excellent homes How,
the average girl can deliberately shut
her eyes to the opportunity which fair
" glares upon her as good maid,
nurse, companion or domestic OF any
sort, passes average comprehension.
There has never been a time when
mistresses were reader or more will
ing to pay good wages for good do
mestic service-wages compared to
which the pittance paid in shops or
factories sinks Unto insignidcance.
And, on the other hand, the salaries OF
women in business, as recent statistics
plainly show. are gradually on the de-
crease because of the willingness Of
hundreds Of girls to work for mere
pistance. Every business house has
to-day waiting lists of scores OF hum
dreds of applicants, while hundreds Of
hcmes cry out for intelligent domestic
service.-Edward w. Box. in I.adiea'
Home journal.
KeepinG warm Preserves Beauty.
It is the advice Of an authority to
those who would grow plump and pre-
serve their compilations to keep warm.
Many woman has gone through life
shivering and plain, when she might
have been comfortable and pretty If she
had only known it. There is mistaken
notion, which obtains considerable
credence, that the lightest underwear
and bed covering that one can get along
with contributes toughening effect
the reverse practice is carried to ex-
tremes. a skin specialist says that the
permanent roughness of some wnmen's
pecks and arms came in the beginning
from continued chillness- What Il
known as goose flesh condition Of the
skin existed so constantly that 1t be-
came permanent. II You belong to the
thin. pinched sisterhood. make II
business TO wear warm. light cTotfiag
ard keep yourself in bic. luxurious
chairs. or in nest of Gosvuy Pillows
n Y. Post.