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The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1899-10-14
Education.

When Dionysius said that
the Foundation of every state
is the education of it's youth, :"
he wrote untold volumes in
one sentence, and gave the
world a motto to be cherished
and perpetuated till the end
of time. D. Porfirio Diaz,
president of the Mexican Re
public, has taken the sentence
quoted for his motto, and is
now known as the father of
the public school, which is
doing so much to lift up and
elevate the people of his re-
public, and in fifteen years
he has brought Mexico out OF
a state of darkness, disturb
ance and ignorance into one
Of peace, commerce, educa-
ton and security. Thus we
see that Dionysius wrote we'll
and those Of us who pay little
attention to the education of
ouryouth are sadly neglecting
the very foundation of our
gOvernment-both state and
national.
This reference to President
Diaz is made because of his
recent intention to visit this
country, but who was pre-
vented by the illness Of Seno-
70 Diaz, his young and beau
tiful second wife and who the
Mexican people love to idolize, |
t h erefore Vice-President|
Mariscal Of Mexico, who is
also Ambassador to Washing
ton, is representing President
Diaz in Chicago this week,
along with President McKin-
ley, and Premier Laurier of
Of Canada, who are represent
ing the United States and
Canada respectfully.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-03-25
MONUMENTS v1c1ss1TUDEs.
Maxtcrpiece Cobwebbed for Thirt,
Years In at Last to BE
Erected.

Monuments have had their ups and
downs. Among the unfortunate il
would perhaps be difficult to find one
more so than that destined to honor
Napoleon III. in Italy. 1t was decided
10 erect one after the war of 1889. when
the French emperor crossed the Alps
with his army to fight for Italian unity
and independence. ard. addressing the
people. pronounced the famous phrase:
"You must to-day be all soldiers in or
der to be tomorrow the free citizens
of a great nation" After the cam.
paign there was great enthusiasm
throughout tine country. and especially
in Milan. to subscribe to fund for
n monument 10 the victor of Magenta
ard Solferino. The monument. which
took the form Of magnificent eques-
trian statue, the masterpiece Of Bar.
zaghi, was completely finished. but.
when il was on the point of being pu;
up. popular feeling had 10 large en-
tent changed. the liberal and radical
element insisted On the inappropriate.
ness of Italy raising memorial to the
man of the coup d'etat. They forgot
that Italy owed to him the liberation
of Lombardy, without which the unity
Of the country might not perhaps hav.
been accomplished.
So the bronze statue of the last EN-.
Ieror of the French was hidden away il
the courtyard ofa palace in Milan. where
il has lain about 30 years, apparently
forgotten by all. and covered by dust
and spiders webs. Now that, with the
reestablishment of commercial rela-
eions between France and Italy, the
political intercourse between the two
countries is daily becoming more friend
~. an agitation is on foot to unearth
and set up the monument-not as an
apotheosis Of the second empire. but as
an expression of the everlasting graf
itude of Italy for the help received from
her Latin sister.
Although we are still far from see
ing this an accomplished fact, the ques-
iion of the most appropriate site ia
being warmly discussed. The choice
seems to be between Milan, where Ma.
poleon Ill. made his triumphal entry
ut the side of Victor Emanuel, and the
battlefield of Solferino. the scene o.
the greatest French victory of that.pe-
riod.-Nome Cor. London Pail Mail Ca
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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-03-25
THE BIGGEST WEDDING.
Was That In Which Alexander the
Great Figured ax the Dride-
groom.

On the day that Alexander the Grea,
was married no fewer than 20.2U2 per-
sons in one ceremony were made hus.
bands and wives. This seems impos.
sible, but the event really took place
as historical records tell US. This mon.
ster wedding occurred upon the con-
quest by Alexander the Great Of Per.
sia, which was then ruled over by King
Darius.
Alexander married Statira, the
daughter of the conquered king. and
decreed that 1G0 of his chief officers
should be married to 100 ladies from
the noblest Persian and Medean fami-
lies. In addition to this. he stipulated
that 10000 of his Greek soldiers should
marry 10000 Asiatic women.
When everything was settled vast
pavilion was erected, the pillars OF
which We're six feet high. One hundred
gorgeous chambers adjoined this fol
the 100 noble bridegrooms, while for
the remaining 10000 an outer court
was inclosed. outside of which tables
were spread for the multitude. Each
pair had seats. and ranged themselves
in semicircles round the royal throne
Of course the priests could not marry
this vast number Of couples in the or
binary way. so Alexander the Great de-
vised very simple ceremony. He
gave his hand TO Statira and kissed her
an example that all the bridegrooms
followed.
Thus ended the ceremony, and that
vast number were married. Then fol-
lowed the festival, which lasted five
days. the grandeur of which has never
been equaled since.-Cincinnati En-.
quirer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-03-25
New Use for Cata.h.

In Portland, Ore, the familiar catfish
figures as hardy pioneer and a valued
adjunct to the street department, ali
because the terra Gotta sewers and
drains, especially those in the lower
part of the city. frequently get choked.
If the sewer is not broken. it can be
cleaned by passing rope through it, to
be pulled backward ard forward until
the obstruction is loosened and re-
moved. The deputy superintendent of
streets has had great deal of such
work to look after. and the worry con-
nected with getting the rope through
has gone far toward thinning his hair.
He has at last discovered quick, sure
and easy method. He goes TO the river,
catches catfish, ties a string to its tail,
drops it down a manhole into the sewer.
and it at once stars for the river, and
forces its way through any obstruction
rot as solid as brick. dragging the
string after il. Then the deputy goes
as far down the sewer as he deems nec-
essary. and picks up the string. which
he uses to draw wire through the
sewer, and with this a rope is pulled
through. aud the sewer is soon cleared.
Portland Oregonian.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-03-25
INDIAN NAMES
rhey Are Generally Descriptive ~
the Places to Which They
Are Attached.

The most Of our Indian names of riv-
so altered and disguised by the English
spelling of them that it is very diff
ficult to recover their original forms
and to be quite sure of the meaning
that was attached to them by the In
dians. In all Of those cases in which
their significance can be clearly made
out they are found to lie simply de-
,criptive words, as, indeed, all names
were originally. the object being named
from some notable feature of it. and
we are perfectly safe. as rule. in re-
jecting as fanciful all of those poctical
meanings which have been attached to
many Of our Indian names. For exam
pie. the name of Winnipiseogee has
been said to mean 'Smile of the Great
Spirit" Yet this is one Of the en- siest
names TO. decipher. 1t is pure Algon'
quin--Win-nipe-s-au-kee-a and means
simply "Beautiful-lake-place." Winni-
peg has the same meaning-"At the
beautiful lake." Winnepegoes i di-
rinutive of this name, and means Lit
tie Winnipeg"
This word niche "great." enters into
several other Irdian names. Missi-ouri
is the .Great Muddy" Michigan is the
'Great Sea-" Michi-le-mackinac--n
shortened into Mackinac or Mackinaw
is the "Great Turtle" name given
to the island probably because of its
resemblance to a turtle.
Connecticut means ''long rivei," &C.
cording to Roger Williams. the first
part of it being the indian word guni
'long."
Wisconsin. called by Father Joliet
Miskonsing. is said to mean turbulent
river" Ohio is AZ lroquois name. apd
was translated by the French beYle
riviere. "beautiful river"
Massachusetts appears originally to
have been Mos-wetuset. The last part
of this name means hill" The mean.
ing of .mos" is not so certain. Some
have rendered the name Arrowhead
hill.' and have supposed il to have beer
given originally to certain hill On one
side of the islands in Boston harbor.
Roger Williams, however, an excellent
authority. says that the name means
"Blue hills" and it is worthy CT note
that there is range of hills not far
from Boston which still bears this
name.
Passamaquoddy means s"Place-fIll-of.
bears" from mawka, bear. This
word enters into town in Peansyl-
vania. Mauch Chunk, which means
''bear hill"
Piscataqua is the ''many deer place
from attuck. deer. The Schoodic
lakes. in Maine. are the "trout lakes
ST. Louis Post-Dispatch.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-03-25
w. G. KENTZEL, Editor.
SONG OF THE TRAMP.


With garments tattered and torn,
with eyes that were blear and red.
"emnants of shoes en- his feet,
ana the ghost of hat on his head.
on through the sursaa:ne and rain.
xear In and year out he strode,
ana anon as he strayed by meadow and
glade.
He sang this song OF the road:
Tramp, tramp. tramp,
why will folks try to be good.
tramp. tramp, tramp,
Why. l would not work if could;
Tramp. tramp, tramp.
Oh, this is the life for me,
Tramp. tramp. tramp.
Toward the shore of eternity.
Tramp. tramp, tramp.
The appet tite never flags,
Though know that they call me a scamp,
And look with disdain on my rags.
Tramp. tramp. tramp,
What do care for their jeers?
Give me the barn for a camp,
And what care fer their sneers
Tramp. tramp. tramp,
BY the farmhouse thrifty and white;
Tramp right up
To the back door and ask for bite.
Tramp. tramp. tramp,
Comes the farmer and hands me kick,
Says that unless tramp,
heu mellow my head with brick
Tramp. tramp, tramp,
With q heart that is light as air;
Tramp, tramp, tramp,
And never a worry or care,
All that want have
so Let them call me scamp,
Riches and honor for some,
But for me the life of tramp.
III. Tins. in Minneapolis Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-03-25
Getting Even

1t is not always easy 10 punish .
boor without losing ones temper, but
a London paper tells how a boatioad
Of sailors, on shore leave from man.
of-war, did it good-naturedly and with
cut violence. As they journeyed Up the
roadway into the Cornish village gem
tleman's wagonette passed. One sf the
tars 'houghtlessly jumped on the step
behind. .'Git orf there!" shouted the
coachman, and being churlish sort Of
fellow he lashed the sailor viciously
across the face with his whip. That
was enough. In an instant the other IL
blues had closed round and stopped the
trap, the boatswain's mate in command.
Tention." cried he. and 'tention
there was. ''Dismount the gun!. he
shouted. and it seemed as If every blue
jacket carried whole carpenters out.
fit. In three minutes they had taken
the wagonette into l72 pieces, and that
without so much as scratching one bit
OF paint or losing n solitary screw.
They laid them all out neatly on the
stony road. and the boatswain's mate.
after inspecting the job. cried: ..Goodi
Dismiss:"-Youtht. Companion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-03-25
THE ..D1psEY cHANTEY."
Where Rudyard Kiplinx Got the Pc
culiar Name Of His POpu.
lar Poem.

LandlubbeIs sometimes wondered at
the name of Kipling's poem, THE Dip
sey Chantey." When sailors are going
to do any work which needs concerted
action they sing. There are different
chanteys. one for each kind OF work.
A man sits On the capstan and roars
out the chantey. and at certain words
all the rest come in as chorus, and all
push or pul! together. "The Dipsey
Chantey" is for heaving the lead. The
officers of ship like to hear the men
roaring out their chantey well, for it
means that they are contented. WheL
they are ediscontented they barely growl
it out; and when they do not sing at all,
then look out for trouble.
The chantey is used even when the
wind is blowing so hard that the words
are indistinguishable. When reefiing
down the foresail of a square-rigged
vessel-and the fcresail is not reefed
till the wind is howling-the men will
all sing: whisky is the lift of man."
though the gale tears the song from
their lips so that they cannot hear
their own words; but the rhythm is SO
well known that they all pull on the
sail together almost as well rs If they
could hear.
The man who sings the chantey often
improvises, especially when he has a
grudge against any of the officers. He
will sing about a brass-bound pirate
Of mate, naming no names. but the
mate knowing all the time who is
meant. That is about the only chance
the sailorman has of freeing his mind
about his officers y6thout getting put
in irons. There is, one other way.
When an order is given. the man to
whom it is directed has to repeat it
word for word, adding. "sir" at the end.
If the captain roars at him in tones
anything but rolite: 'Come aft there
you" the sailor may repeat in exact
" the same surly tones: Come aft
there. you-sir." and feel more COM
Portable in his mind than il he had
made no noise himself: for it is eti-
lGette in the merchant marine that the
officers are not to take offense at their
own tones reproduced. no matter how
insulting those tones may be.-N. Y.
Commercial Advertiser.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-03-25
Mrs. C.-Tes, poor child. quite for

Mrs. C.-Ies, poor child! Iquite for
got.
1lil-rm so sorry. and I heard YOU
danced 50 well. too.
Flor.-Why weren't you there?
ni,.-Because l don't care for dane
ing now. Mr.. Romer dances we'll
doesn't he?
Flor.-Pretty well.
Mrs. C.-Now that's rot fair, Florrie
You never dance second time with .
bad dancer. and with Mr.. Romer you
Flor.-Mother, there's spider in
your hair.
Mrs. ca spider! o!
Hill don't see it.
Flor.-It's off now.
Hil.-Mrs. Crushington, I want you
10 do me favor.
Mrs. Cit is granted.
Hil.-It may seem a great liberty 10
take on SO short an acquaintance.
Mrs. Glad not Florence better
leave the room?
HiI.-Why should sbeo MY favor
concerns her as much as yourself.
Flor. (aside)-I said so!
Mrs. c. (asiGe)-I knew it!
Hil.-Do you love this kitten very
much?
Mrs. CAS- if one would be so foolish
IS TO love kitten!
Flor-Of course not. It's a pretty
plaything. that's all.
Tit.-Mew, NEW,
HILL know some one who is diving
10 possess such a kitten as this.
MIS-. Gle may have this one with
pleasure.
Hil.-Then you would really not mind
parting with it?
Mrs. c. (aside)-What has this to dc
with il? (Aloud) Not in the least
Anything to oblige you, dear Mr.. Hill
ton.
IIil.-How delightful Of you! Then
will send Tittums out to Australia. if ]
may, by the very next boat. hope you
won't mind the voyage, Tittums.
Tit.-Mew. NEW!
Mrs. C.-Send her wherever you like
TO the north pole or the equator.
And now. what is your favor? l am
dying to grant it.
1Iil.-You have granted it.
Flor.-What. Tittums?
Hil.-Yes. Tiftums! Don't you think
that's quite enough to ask for one after
noon, you generous beings?
Mrs. Csc that's all?
Hil.-Quite.
4 strained and desultory converse
tion follows for about five minutes.
Hilton rises to 60.
Mrs. Good day, Mr.. Hilton.
Flor.-Would ii be too inquisitive to
ask who is your Australian friend?
Hil.-Not at all. hope to introduce
her to you both some day.
Mrs. C.-Her.
Hil.-Yes, Miss Calthorpe-my fan
Gee.
Mrs C.-Yonr fancce!
Hil.-Didn't you know was en-
gagged? Well, it is rather secret.
But l don't mind telling you. She's
the sweetest girl in the world, and I'm
the luckiest man!
Mrs. c. Gcily)-How charming. Good
afternoon.
Flor.-Heally. Mr.. Hilton. it seems
terribly ungracious. but don't think
l could part with Tittums. She is my
own little kitten, and has wound her
self round my heart. Haven't you.
darling?
Tit-Mew, NEW!
Hil.-As you please. Miss Crushing
ton; but / wish you hadn't raised my
hopes 10 dash them. Good afternoon.
(Exit.)
Flor--Raised his hopes to dash them,
indeed!
Mrs. C.-My dear. the mans beast!
Tit.-Mew, mew!-Black and White.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-03-25

At the beginning of Queen victoria's
reign it was the rule that either Lord
Melbourne or one of the secretaries
of state should be in attendance upon
her majesty. except when the court was
at Buckingham palace or at Claremont.
This custom prevailed during the first
16 years of the reign. Then il was
conceded that Windsor castle was with
in such close touch of London that the
personal attendance of minister
might be dispensed with. As railways
advanced in speed and the telegraph
wire spread. cObweb-like, over the land,
Osborne was placed in the same cate
CORY. But the queen has always had
minister in attendance IT BaImoral.-
Chicago Inter OeeyR.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-03-25
WONDERFUL FORCES.
Many New Powers In Nature Are
Being: Uncovered In
This Day.

New forces in nature are being con-
s:antly discovered, and nobody but an
expert attempts to describe them with
accuracy. Some of the experiments
border on the miraculous. There IS
that one. for instance. with liquefied air
in which quicksilver is frozen. The
mercury is poured into mold having
a hammer shape, and is subjected to the
temperature of liquid air 240 degrees
below zero, from which it comes in so
solid form that it can be used to drive
nails. For an hour its solidity of form
is preserved. Then there is another ex-
pertinent, seemingly still more marvel
Gus. Liquefied aid is brought into con-
tact with lump of ice, and the latent
heat in the ice boils the liquefied air.
Yet water freezes at 30.
Compressed air has been developed as
a great power, and is soon to be put
into practical operation on certain rail-
roads. Two cross-town car lines are to
be run by it within few weeks, and be-
tween One Hundred and Twenty-fifth
street and Yonkers a locomotive run by
compressed air is to be started.
Think OF all the dirt and dust that
would be saved the summer traveller
were cars to be operated altogether by
this force! Private street carriages
may also ultimately be run by it. The
cost is said to be slight. and the power
enormous. Even without Keely's Sc
crets, therefore, we can DO very well for
a decade or two, and by that time some
one else will be on the track of his spe-
cial and well-guartled discovery. For
Nature is nothing if not prodigal with
her favors. and her secrets are never
intended for the special few. So soon
as the majority can understand the lat
est of them she yields it over, and she
is not half as reluctant about revealing
herself as we are slow in perceiving
what she extends TO us. II is interest
ing to remember that the hitherto in
visible and immaterial forces are those
which within the century have been
put to the highest use, and that while
men have been mourning the decadence
of those crafts which made the glory of
other times, they have been steadily
progressing into the realm of higher
revelations and to excellence on . diff
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-03-25

I She-lou only know the worst side Of
my husband.
lle-Why. certainly yOn cannot deny
that know his better aaif?-ienkeTs
Statesman.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-03-25
Hla Reason.

Hooley-Oi don't see any rayson fol
yure wearin' yure hair SO short dis cold
weather?
McLubberty-Naw; yez don't know
me woife!-N. Y. Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-03-25
a mo-. Isrn of H.un,ne...

Nothing makes q mau happier than
10 come hone after an absence Of
several years and put up al the best
hotel in .own.-Washinsson ua.) Dem-
ocrat,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-08-15

This year the women of Minnesota
are taking a larger interest in the
State Fair than ever before. The
State Federation of Women's clubs
will have headquarters in a large
building on the grounds, known as
the club house of the Minnesota
Driving club and will keep "open
house." there, and the women's
Christian Temperance Union will
have a building of their own on the
grounds, where they expect to
check babies for tired mothers and
provide a rest and q reception rool4
for the ladies who belong to the or
ganization in different portions of
the state. These two organizations
will undoubtedly interest fifteen or
twenty thousand Of the best women
of the state in the State Fair and
various interests.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-08-15
Minneapolis Lumberman: A lac

Minneapolis Lumberman: A lack
of men still charactizes the labor
market everywhere throughout the
northwest. Railroad construction
in Minnesota is paying the highest
rate of wages for common labor in
the United States. Common labor
ers at the Minnesota iron mines are
getting So per day. The harvest in
the spring wheat states is drawing
men, not only from the lumber mills,
but even from we'll paid railway
construction. The saw mills
through out the Duluth district have
this week raised wages in order to
keep their men, while lake carriers
are short of men, and dock help and
deck hands are receiving advanced
wages. AS a result Of the rise in la
Dor, men are drifting about much
more than usual, looking for the bet
ter wages rumor tells of just a little
farther on.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-08-15
Bound for Manila.

One train load of cavalarymen and
horzes passed through the city
about 1880 p, m. Thursday and another
later in the night. They consisted
Of three companies OF the Third U. S.
Regulars.
The first train was in charge OF
Major Steever. 1t carried companies
A and M, which consisted of 5
officers, 227 men and 24O horses.
The second train was in charge OF
Major Swigert. 1t consisted OF 12O
men and the same number OF horses.
The Regulars will sail from Seattle
between Aug. II and 20. They will
use three steamers, two for the
horses and one for the men and
officers. They will first go to
OMAHA, Alaska, where they. will
stop and unload the horses to let
them Craze for three or four days.
From there they will steam to
Oagasaki, Japan, where they will
again give the horses the benefit OF
two or three days feeding on land
From there they will proceed direct
" to Manila. About two months
will be consumed in making the
trip.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-08-15

+ At the recent teachers examina-
ton held by J. H. Seal in Royaltion
and Little Falls there were in all
twenty-four applicants for certifi-
Gates. In Royalton one made
application for a first grade
certificate, four for a second grade
and one for third grade. In Little
Falls twelve made application for
second grade certificates and six for
third grade certificates. There were
no first grade applicants. All of the
above twenty-four were simply re-
newals of certificates with the ex-
ception of three in Royalton which
were new ones. The examination
papert are sent st. Paul, where cor
rection committee, appointed by the
state superintendent Of schools, looks
them over. There are about one
hundred thousand papers to correct
so it will be between two and three
weeks before the averages are re-
turned.