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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-17
WATCHED PINS FOR HOURS.
Then the Detective Poand Oct IL Was
Only . Little Deception Of the
WatehRan,s.

1T was all of ten years ago." said an
old detective the other day, that was
walking down Magazine street very
carly one winter morning, when hap
pened to notice a pin stuck in the door
casing of a store and another pin stuck
in the edge of the door itself, with bit
of thread connecting the two. The
thread was tied to each pin, just behind
the head, and. of course, if anybody
had opened the door, the little contriv-
ance would have been pulled out. "Now,
what's the meaning of all that? said
to myself, and the next minute the ex-
PLANTATION came to me as plain as print.
You see, somebody evidently wanted to
find out whether anyone went into the
place between closing time in the even
ing and opening time in the morning,
and instead of sitting up all night to
watch. had put that simple little indi-
rator on the door. l argued to myself
that the only sort of person VINO could
POSSIBLY value information of that kind
vas burglar, and it dawned on me that
had made a very interesting discov-
cry. II seemed NO more than right that
/ should reap the reward of my sagacity
so quickly made arrangements to be
on hand when the crib was cracked.
Early next evening planted myself in
n big box across the way and glued my
eyes on the door. The hours went by
and nothing happened, and toward
morning it occurred to me all of a sud-
den that the people i was looking for
had probably broken in at the rear.
rushed around in the alley and found
everything quiet and, moreover, 1 could
see watchman through window sit
ting by stove smoking a pipe. Irattled
the door and he got up and opened it.
Everything all right?' said !. Sure
said he. why" oh. just wanted to
know said /. and with that he invited
me in to warm and have a nip Of whisky.
was cold and glad to accept, and while
was tbawing out by the stove told
him confidentially about the two pias.
He heard me through and then fell back
in his chair and howIed. / never heard
a man laugh so. oh. that's too bad.
too bad.' he gasped. when he was able
to talk. and then he owned up that he
had slipped off to ball the night be-
fore and had put on the pins himself to
see whether anyone of the bosses had
looked in while he was gone.-N. O.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-17
UNIQUE INDIAN BIBLES
rhey Reveal the Religious Beliefs Of
the Yaqai Indians Of
Mexico.

Two of the most peculiar volumes
ever compiled in the name of religion
have passed from Indian possession
into the keeping of San Francisco
man, Mr.. Luis Loaiza. They were
taken from the dead body of Yaqui
Indian, an unordained priest, or
maestro" who was shot by Mexican
regulars during the last insurrection
of his tribe.
These sacred books reveal the reli-
gious beliefs and ceremonies of the
Yaquis. The maestro to whom they
belonged was one of a band of 1ndi:n
marauders that had been devastating
the country as they passed through it
and committing all kinds of atrocities
while on their way to join the remain
der OF the tribe. The maestro had ap-
parently forgotten his priestly call
Ing, for he was fighting with the ut
most ferocity when killed. After he
fell the Holy Scriptures were found by
"A soldier next to his murtler-loving
heart.
The maestro was an artist of consid-
erable Imagination and technique all
his own, as his conception of Christ
on the cross, st. Gregory and the Deity
show. His idealization of the ascen-
sion, the victory of the cross over sin
and doomsday is pathetic in its crudi-
ty. A draped cloth over the cross to
repisssst the wrapping of the body OF
Jesus in mtrtle and olive leaves be-
fore laying Him in the Sepulcher, ac,,
cording to st. John 19:40, proves that
the maestro must have been a stu
dent. 1t is to be hoped that If he
has reached Heaven the archangels
Michael. Gabriel and Raphael have for
given him for his outlandish portraits
of them.
Father Demasini. Of the Jesuit
church, to whom these books were
submitted for inspection, says that
such drawings were never authorized
by the head of the church, and that
unless one knew the Latin mass By
heart it would be almost impossible
10 attempt q translation or interpre-
;ation of the book containing it. The
mass seems to him to have been taken
down while listening to the priest; the
words are disconnected, syllables be-
ing joined to the wrong words, and
producing curious tumble.
The Spanish book is a little better,
but occasionally a word occurs which
is known only to the understanding of
the Yaquis.
Both volumes are put together with
infinite neatness and painstaking care,
are written and printed with pea,
every stroke of which evidences la
Dor Of love and reverence for the
task. The frontispiece, in red and
black ink, is "fearfully and wonder
fully made" The cover Of one il Of
gaudy red calico, bound with black
and red cotton skirt braid.-San Fran
cisco Examiner.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-17
Enrolment Enrolment Per cent

Latin heads the list with the enor-
nous increase of 174 per cent, q rate
double the s6 per cent. which represents
the increase in the total enrolment OF
pupils in our secondary schools. The
number studying Latin, as may be
seen In the list above, is also absolutely
greater than the number pursuing any
other single study except algebra. It
is also almost exactly double the en-
rollment in French and German COM
bined.
A fifth fact worthy of notice il that
Greek has increased from 1850 to a.
994, gain Of "a per cent. In other
words, the Greek enrolment was near
" doubled in eight years. Although
this rate of gain is very moderate when
compared with that Of Latin, history.
algebra, geometry or German, it =,
nevertheless, to be remembered that
the gain in Greek (94 per cent?, COM
pared with the gain. in general enroll
ment (s6 per cent. J. shows that Greek
is not only holdizg Its own, but doing
a little better. Moreover, the enormous
increase in Latin can hardly fail to tell
favorably on the enrolment in Greek
during the next two years.
Thus again does history repeat itself.
The two classical languages, so many
times pronounced dead" by certain
educational doctors, and consequently,
with fine inconsistency, diagnosed al
dying" are now-sfen to be more alive
than ever before. Surely the persist
ent report Of their death, If we may
borrow the words of Mark Twain. has
been "grektly exaggerated" But per-
haps they are immortal after all. Quasi
morientes ct ecce vNimus.
A sixth fact of interest is that of
all the studies with statistics running
through the eight years mentioned,
physics ar d chemistry alone fall below
the Sc per cent. of increase in the total
enrolment. This relative loss seems
to be due not alone to the growing
interest in other studies, but also to
the growing conviction in some quar-
tiers that II is not desirable to teach
elementary physics and chemistry In
schools to pupils intending to go to
college, inasmuch as all colleges either
prescribe Introductory courses in these
sciences or provide them a. elective
studies.--Andrew r. West, in n. Y.
Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-17
RuIning HI. Bu.ines.,

The young practitioner was naturally
angry.
II shall move" he said to the pro-
prietor of the building in which his
Office was located.
'What's the trouble?" asked the
owner.
"You have no consideration for me at
ALL" was the reply. "You want to rob
me of good share Of my business"
"Why do you say that?"
Just at the beginning of winter
when there will be snow and ice you
have had that smooth and rounded
coal-hole cover replaced by one that's
rough enough to save so per cent. of
the people who might otherwise have
been injured. Chicago Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-17

A correspondent tells curious story
of mare which was accustomed, while
feeding in field, to stand under q low.
spreading branch Of m elm tree which
just touched her back, and to sway her
body to and fro in order TO enjoy the
brushing. One winter the branch was
removed, but the next spring, when the
mare was turned into the field. she
placed herself day after day on the
same spot and swayed backward and
forward, apparently It : loss to under
stand what had become stAe 9sps-
Knowledge. - g - 3 $
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-17
Government Pawnsh cps.

Pawnshops in Germany had their
origin in the seventeenth and eight
eenth centuries and were chiefly public
undertakings conducted by the state or
community. Some of these state insti-
ntions in the German empire are the
Royal lending house in Berlin, the
Grand Ducal lending houses inSWei-
mar and Eisenach and the Ducal lend
ing house i'm Gctha. OF course, these
are run by the government. The cap
itsl for carving on business by the
IN inicipal authorities is derived either
rom the treasury or the city savings
bark. which is usually operated in con-
ncction with the pawnshops. The prin-
cipal cities can get money from private
persons at from three to four per cent.
In Eerlin there was invested during the
year 1895 in these municipal pawn
.Iops se2a ,Ooo. The year showed a profit
If sl0,7e0. or something more than one
s,er ceut.-N. Y. Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-17
THE ..DEAD" LANGUAGES
A Princeton University Man 0oys
They Are Not So Dead A. Sone
Believe Then to he.

At special session held in Philadei
phia, December, 1894, the American
Pathological association appointed its
committee of IL to investigate and re-
port on the question of Latin and
Greek In our secondary schools After
. long and laborious investigation the
committee has completed its work and
submitted its report, which was adopted
by the Pathological association at the
recent meeting held in the New Yors
university. The conclusions presented
in this report, though of the greatest
interest to friends of classical educa-
tion generally, need not be dwelt upon
here.
Accordingly, without asking hear.
ing for the report at this time, may
1 take enough space to present as
matter Of news few plain and impor-
tant facts which have been furnished
our committee by the United States
commissioner of education? The fig.
ures and percentages given are brought
down to the school year 1s97-9S, year
later than the statistics given in his
last published report The period COW
cred is the eight years from 1ss9-s0 to
1s97-98.
The first fact il that the total enroll.
ment of pupils in the secondary schools
of the United States hos risen from
297, 1874 = 5000 to 554,s14 in 1s97-9s,
gain of cent. This extraordinary
rate ~ S.ase il probably five times
~ of s~sr a-aeese in population. and
.hs1 n ss4 ualed or approached
in the his{6fS SAGour country.
The second fact is that this remarks
BILE increase is found mainly in the pub
lie high schools, notably those OF the
middle west, while the increase of en-
rollment in private secondary schools
differs very little from the rate Of in
crease in population.
A third fact Is that In the perio4
mentioned marked progress has been
made toward the concentration oi
school work on few leading studies,
in place Of the tendency toward scat.
tering, which was formerly manifest.
The rate of increas. IN the number of
pupils pursuing algebra, ge,s-e4ry, his
tory, Latin and German far exceed the
rate Of increase in the total enrolment.
This fact indicates that studies of lead
ing Importance are receiving recogni-
tion of their proper place, and that
we are happily escaping from the mis-
cellany of loosely related subjects-or,
rather, scraps of subjects-so embar.
rassipg to our schools in the past. May
we not hope the time is now near when
all our schools will be ruled by the con-
viction that the best education is at
tanned only by studying continuously
a few well-related subjects Of central
importancef
A fourth fact il one that will sur.
prise many. It II that Latin is gain
ing faster than any other study In our
secondary schools. A possible but
scarcely probable exception to this
statement is the group Of studies that
may be labeled English. For these
studies the figures are incomplete, but,
20 far as given, do not indicate rapid
ity of growth equal to Latin The stud
les for which figures are given for the
eight years are as follows:
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-17
AMBITIOUS PORTO RICANS
ligent and Anxious t. Learn
from Books.

The Puerto Rican is mentally acute.
The children learn with surprising ease
and quickness. Boys and girls eight
and ten years of age will do a sum in
long division on the board without
showing the process; doing the multi
plying and subtracting mentally, and
only setting down the figures of the
quotient with the remainder. I have
talked with men and women in the poor
quarters of several cities and towns.
have seen the peasant in the field and in
the market place, and did not find one
with slow wits or dense ignorance OF or
dinary affairs. A workingman told me
of a class of laborers he had formed in
Arecibo who studied at night to prepare
themselves for the educational test re-
quired for the franchise. He said they
made rapid progress in learning to
read.
The fact of illiteracy is not due to
lack of intelligence, but rather to lack
Of opportunity, and the lack, also, of q
stimulus. The peasant has not been
able to see how he could improve his
condition by education. The mercan-
tile and the banking business were al
most exclusively in the hands of the
Peninsular Spaniards. 1t was next to
impossible for native to get position
of any kind in one of these houses.
They preferred young men from Spain,
relatives if they had them. These
young men would begin at the lowest
round in the ladder, sleep in the store,
live in the most economical fashion, and
trust to experience and opportunity for
which seldom failed to
come, When the heads of the house re-
turned to Spain with competency, to
live the rest Of their days in "Gracia. :"
the newer part of Barcelona, the clerks
would succeed to the business.-Forum.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-17
Yankee Thrift.

A guest with an irascible temper
at q hotel in New England town
found that the dinner was not to his
liking and he had no hesitancy i'm tell
ing the waiter so. Finally he threw
down his knife and fork.
WELL" he exclaimed. ''tfIere's no
use in talking. ! can't eat this stuff"
I'm sorry. sir" rrsporced the
waiter. but you might as well. for
you'll have to pay for it, anyhow.
Detroit Free Press,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-17
The Main DiNerenee.

Fuddy-Some folks hold that plated
ware is as good as solid silver, while
others will have only the real article.
Duddy--I know. The main differ
ence between plated ware and solid
silver is that one is made for use and
the other to be handed down to ones
heirs Boston Transcript
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-17
Not Particular.

,ropnd for new quarters.
Smith-Oh. guess he isn't part.c-
lar a6o,i their rewness. He borrowed
j I'd one frnm me this morning.-Ch.-
axo Evening News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-17
Perpet..l Night 1. the Ocean.


Sir John Murray recently summed up
the latest discoveries concerning the
ocean. The deep sea, he says, is a re-
yion OF darkness, as well as Of low tenn
perature. because the rays of the sun
are wholly absorbed by the superficial
layers of water. Plant life is absent,
but animal life is abundant in those
night-haunted depths. The majority
of the deep-sea animals live by eating
mud and by catching the minute par
t:cles of organic matter which descend
from above. Many of the indicating
animals are Of gigantic size compared
with their allies in shsllower waters,
hut they are the prey Of rapacious enc
mics armed with peculiar prehensible
organs. Some deep-sea fishes are blind
while others have very large eyes. Phos-
phorescent light plays an important
role in the great deeps. Sometimes the
animals are furnished with phosphor-
escent organs which recall the use OF
buli's-eye lanterns.-Youth's Compan-
inn
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-17
The Probabilities,

When a man does you favor behind
your back he il apt to let you know of
II immediately.-CAicago Daily News
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-17

In China an inferior upon horseback
meeting q superior dismounts and waits
till the other has passed.-N. Y. Sun.
Arizona republican., 1900-10-14

List your real estate with The Evans Loan & Investment Co.
Arizona republican., 1900-10-14
RINGLING DAY TOMORROW
The Visit of the Worlds Greatest
 Shows Rapidly Approaching.

Ringing G5y is almost here. The coming of Ringing Brothers famous big circus tomorrow C}Ianday), Oc- toDer T.. is tho one subject of conversa- dion. Expecta- ion has been aroused as never before. The publiA- confidently leoks forward to seeing a gT,at show, and it will not ba Gisapl tinted. The IIllde which inIusUatss circus cay would be sufficient yo s-1mp tEr snow as the monarch of all tent amU5e- meuts. T ais ztEQgGIOUs display en- Glges the services of oy=T a thousand men, women and children. and fully five hundred thoroughbred horses There are over d hundred magnificent ly carved and sold illuminated cages, d5ns and t8bi5du floats. Each of the thirty great sections in which the pa lade is divided would be lavish dis play for any other oirouz. The pro- Cession will leave the snow grounds at 10 o'clock, and the route will he the usual one over the principal downtown streets. To nol miss .. It will he the spectacle of d lifetime. The maguitude oc .;ae parade will prepare tLa public in s1me measure fer tEt wonders of the exhibition. And il i= indeed q wonderful exhibition. Imagine vast hippodloma pavilion, with seats for 1S,OCO persons. .I'iiI his great amrEi- theater W.,h rings and stages, and a beWild5ring maze of aerial aglIIaIus. SurGouEI the rings With d great fourth mile racing track. &1i nil rings and stag5s, tracI. ana mid-air with an end less array oi a-,iai.=,- and a-Iobats, riders and racers, all at.i"ei in the mCs- beautiful silks and cloth of gold. and each Vieing with tAe others in grace, GeEcerijy and darng-imagina all this, and you will sill fall far short ur the reality The performance opens with the beautiful spectacle "The Last Days of c1e Century, noble in troduction n a noble show. The areaic surprises that follow include O'Bgien's famous SiEJy-uue horse act: three tcrupls uf remarkably trained cl- ephants. embracing Lpei.halts cIe- phanJ comedians, Souders sensa- tiOnal elephant brass hand and 4IIrcEInds pu&ilis,ic prabrslidians; all international horSe exhibit irro- duc!ng beautifully effective nigh class menage liIinE by 2ims. Noble and Miss Allie Jackson: a complete com pauy cf aerial artists headed by the great Fishers; the WJfit greatest possible acIorIts. the naJmpJ.lO.e Da Comas, d seoye of famous bareback riders, including NioEJe! and John Rooney. Edward Shipp. Julia LGWande, Elena Ryland Olga Reed and Albert CranGaU, whose sensational act of eques-riauisIu IS performed upon the back of q mule; and scores of others equally famous The meu9gerie is the finest collection of rare wild animals to be found within the boundaries Of civ ilizatioa, and the snow in is entirety is revelation of what managerial ubilt.y. progressive originality and un- limited capital can dp in creating d grea,l public amusement.
 Reserved numbered sals and admis- sion show day at r. GoodmIn.s drug store at the same priea as charged at ticket wagon on the show grounds.
Arizona republican., 1900-10-14

HUmERTs HEAVY INSURANCE
Arizona republican., 1900-10-14

The Aiarquise de Fontenoy now states, on what she calls official au- ihorisy. that the life of -he late King Humbert Was insurei Tor 36.o00.00o lire, or about $7.0oo.0O0, ana of this amount $f.o00.C3 was represented in policies in companies in this coun- t.y. Nevertheless. it is believed the marquiSe has been srotesqualy i'm l5sad upon in this matter.
Arizona republican., 1900-10-14
GanG2rS and Tuners Curad
 W1TH2YT T2TFa: THE DR. HIBBhRD

removes eNterUsl grOwths by local medication. lis method is safe, suUc and successful, mum cUoUs testimonials and specimens removed can
 be seen a office. The doctor makes SUccialty ot chrnuir diseases and TeuOvg' Ol abnormal growths. The knife is a failure in q large per cent Ul cases. pr. Hibburd's method IS d sue cess. Hi, system is rational and scicnti hc.
 Thousands die unEualIy in the United States because ph~yciHu> as r'ilc do not understand the disease. They call it uucur;JhIc and if they do any thing they resort to the knife. There iS a remedy a treatment without severe measures
Arizona republican., 1900-10-14

wings, but soon discovered an elegant lady flaming herself in one of the boxes close by. EUlow fixed his eyes on the offender in a manner which meant re- proof. The lady. not needing this, was suddenly surprised by the leader dropping his stick and turning towards her. Madam he cried. if fan you must please, 8t least keep time with your internal nuisance. "-Indianapolis Press.
Arizona republican., 1900-10-14


 and a method whereby Cancer can be cured and with little pain and complete satrty. Do not be deceived il you have growth no matter how small whether painless og not it. is suspicious and shoriI hc hcirumtd5stgIy Iy rcmov-d d before it's too late. Judge the doctor by the cures he makes The ordinary Go. tor tries 10 do too much He SCuttcTs his faculties and becomes prohcien, iu no particular branch. Like Jack of all trades he IS masier ol none. The skin, experience sud scientific ability O. Dr. Hubbard are UugucStiOucd ueSidcs he does by others as L- would like tO be done by Consultation free. Call or address IIibbard binding, zG fS South Second Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona. Hours 1Q-l2 l-5 e..
Arizona republican., 1900-10-14
DISTURBED THE CONDUCTOR

While Hans von BuloW was leading
 the orchestra at Hanover peculiar noise pervaded the theater. At first he thought it resembled the nutter If
Arizona republican., 1900-10-14

It is said of an Atchizon woman who WAS formerly well-t0-do, but who now sells milk, that she has nothing left ex- c-Et her pride and four cows.
Arizona republican., 1900-10-14

Whenever d widow dros anything at which the Dropl.etiss would shriei,, she tries t. explain it by saying it was his wish"
Arizona republican., 1900-10-14

FIRST AND FOREMOST in the field of medicine is Hoods SlIsaparilla. T. possesses unequalled merit and cures all diseases caused OF promoted by inn pure or impoverished blood. including Rheumatism. dysne,zia. catarrh.
Arizona republican., 1900-10-14
39 North FlFsE Eve.
FIGURE. l ! UE9!y ,

If We give you the same carpet for Gjc per yard that other dealers ask you Soc for, how much will you save?
Arizona republican., 1900-10-14

IS an aCkuOWlei gcG
 leading Specialist in C D hrOuic, Nervous, KiEna aN. UrlrlHwX
Arizona republican., 1900-10-14
Dr. Hubbard

and Bladder diseases. His prc-e5niueut suC- cess is du. to exceptional ability, long e-c- perience and absolute reliability. His methods are always the latest and best. He treats scientifically Sexual Debility and Seminal Wealtness, completely restoring their terrible undcrmiuing conditions. Spec lal and Private disorders with their pOisOu- ous and destructive effects speedily and perm aUently cured. Ho matter who has failed Dr. Hubbard will cure you i. your ease be curable. Cancers, UIccrs and External Growths positively removed without the knife or severe measures. Testimonials Ut office. Delay is dangerous. Do not wait until too late II pOssibIc always ba exam iEed by en expert. Talk with him and judge yourself tD his integrity and ability
 COusuitatiOuFree Hours 10 tO r, to 8, 6 10 2. OWce and lahore tory. 2G2s South Second Avenue, Hubbard Building, Phoenix, Arizona.