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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-10-05
CLOTHES MAKE sAvAGEs SICK
Even the Wearing of Pajamas Has
Caused Serious Nervous
Disorders.

Does the introduction of civilized
clothing among savages breed disease
and infrmities?
It has been observed recently in the
Philippines that the savages who have
adopted civilized clothing have suf'
fered in their general health. The
wearing of high silk hat, for exam.
pie, has produced brain trouble, while
even the strain of wearing pajamas
has caused serious nervous disorders,
says the New York World.
So serious have been the results IN
some cases that the physicians sens
out to care for the soldiers have men-
toned the new dangers in their re-
ports.
The United States troops in Guam
and in Samoa have in one way and an
other distributed considerable cloth
ing among the natives. In many cases
the natives who had gone naked all
their lives were dressed up in smart
suits to make them presentable AZ
servants.
The sudden wrapping Of their bodies
enfeebled them. In many cases their
systems soon showed the effects and
they fell prey to lung and pulmonary
diseases.
Before the coming of the white men
these diseases had been practically nn-
known in these regions.
The introduction of the Mother Hub
bard wrapper for women by the mis-
sionaries in the South Pacific has also
had very serious effect upon the gem
eral health of whole tribes of natives.
A still more remarkable instance Of
the i'll effects Of civilized clothing upon
people unused to it has been observed
in the case Of the japanese. The haste
which they have made to adopt west
ern civilization is said to have had .
national facilitating effect. As prom
inent an authority as Prof. Starr, OF
the University Of Chicago, states that
the japanese as a nation are suffering
from brain troubles as the result OF
too much dressing.
Japan, as all the world knows, was .
barbarian country 50 years ago, com.
pared with America. The awakening
of the japanese nation did not come
until the Chinese-Japanese war. Since
then Japan has progressed with leaps
and bounds. The case of her soldiers
and their choice Of uniforms is put
forward as an example Of the injurious
effect of too much clothing. Thou
sands of men accustomed to the light
oriental garb have adopted the heavy
uniforms of the German army, even
to the great Hessian boots. As a di-
rect result the general health of the
army has suffered.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-10-05
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HANDY THING TO HAVE
e'E~" ana Hay barrow That Will Re
Found Genuine Time and
Labor Saver.

When straw is stacked outside tn.
Darn and some of it is wanted in the
stable for feeding or bedding pur-
poses, the usual plan is to carry
IN a little at time ON fork
or In rope or strap sling. This,
IN the use OF fork, is anything but
a speedy operation, next to impos-
slole On windy day, and with sling
a very unpleasant job in cold weather.
Inc illustration shows an easily and
cheaply made convenience to facilitate
moving the straw, which may also be
useful for transporting small guam
titles OF hay from place to place. To
made it, procure first some light lath,
say three-quarters by inches, and
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-10-05
PROGRESS IN ENGLAND.
, seho>l for women Farmers Cen.
Quoted Under the Auspices 81
the Countess Of Warwick.

In Woman's Home Companion Miss
Knobe tells about 1.-THE Lady War
wick School for Women Farmers"
.'In this rural spot, on the outskirts
of Reading, only an hours run from
London, the beautiful and accom-
plished countess of Warwick is spon-
soring most original scheme where
by English girls may be coached IN
agriculture. There are agricultural
colleges, to be sure, wherein limited
instruction is given the wrongly named
weaker sex; but in this singularly in
terestine school in England exclusive
" for women-the only one in Eng
land. if not in the worlds thor
ouph poetico-practical course, II 1t
may be SO called, from the raising OF
cabbages and chrysanthemums to the
building of a pig-sty and the making
Of a hay-mound. These sturdy daugh-
tiers Of Ceres, in other words, are Mt
ted to run a farm.
"This unique school was opened IN
October. 1898. The minimum period
of training is two years, and at the
end of that time certificate is award
ed. The theoretical part OF the course
10 systematically pursued in the agrl-
cultural department Of the adjacent
Reading college. Many OF the lee
+,res occur in the winter. with rigid
examinations at the end OF each term
,u,,;le the practical demonstration is
done at the hostel by the girls. Inere
ia only one man about the place. .
hort;cnltural instructor, who comes
+hree times q week. A registry de-
n.-tment has been opened. Some OF
r.. students have already secured
GOOD positions, while others nave
eet.rted independently. In the mean
time the students are gaining q snug
income by tho sale OF their produce.
These girl students are RECEIVING
o.. than n scientific course, for the
social and athletic side is not TO De
oosrlooked. Though some OF the stu
dsn+s are up With the lark-and At
1varv;ck hostel the lark is scheduled
- soar at precisely four-thirty-a'.
tending to tasks in the field there are
ho,,rs during the day and evening SET
no o:as for recreation. Lively con-
+ssts in boating, tennis and hockey are
arranged. .o,,.,. from the
"That this work is excellen r. ilom ,n .I
competitive standpoint OF the woa; ;a
1 -ar h. acknowledged when it is SAID
these fair farmers dote on enterlns -
the bir agricultural exhibits 1ne re-
~. 49, and carving OF string OF the
:,rizes, moreover.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-10-05
Slow.

Towne-Isn't he the most tiresome
talker you ever heard?
Browne-Yes, he reminds me Of .
woman sharpening pencil.
t'Sets your nerves on edge, eh?''
"Not only that, but it takes him
no long to get to the point. "--Phila-
delphia Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-10-05

one, unless cognizant of the method
employed, would suspect the decep-
ton. He spread the names about to
call attention to his invention, expect
ing to use it for advertising purposes.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-10-05
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HOMEMADE CORN KNIFE.

HOMEMADE CORN KNIFE.
lines. The blade is cut partly across,
two feet, and part hammered back
eight inches, to use as handle. It is
then inclosed with two pieces Of hick-
DRY or other hard wood, which may be
held in place with wire bands.-Farm
and Home.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-10-05
CORN CUTTING KNIFE.
blade In Made from an Old scyths
and Inclosed with Two Pieces
of Hard Wood.

For cutting corn the homemade
knife, portrayed herewith, has been
found very useful. The blade is cut
from an old scythe. as shown by dotted
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-10-05
biggest Pumps.

The biggest pumps ever used were
made to pump out Lake Harlem, in
Holland. They pumped 100000 tons
daily for II years.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-10-05
QUEER FORM OF HYsTERIA.
Manifestations by Won
EN- In O Turkish Town In
Asia Minor.

DR.. Dimopoulos, medical practi-
TONER of the town of Kutahia, in Asia
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-10-05

trains
will photographed
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-15
MEDAL ON IT'S TRAVELS.
Chicago Tribune.

Chicago Tribune.
AS one of the elevators in the big office
building touched bottom and the door
erened to ietrits load OF passengers out
a short, du1rpy, perspiring man with a
cropped beard and a protuberant stom-
aclr tried to crowd his way in, regard
less of the fifteen or twenty persons that
were trying to mako their exit.
Don't lie in hurry" said the elevator
boy
But I am in "a hurry! impatienly ex-
claimed he of the squat figure. I've been
waiting here five minutes
@Yeu haven't been waiting five SEC
ends, sretorted the elevator, boy. If you
had been. you know, you could have gone
up in one of the other cars.
That's all right, said the other, still
pushing and elbowing his way in. May
be you know.
81 think 1 do
why is it," asked the man who had
been fattened up against the s de of the
elevator that it's always somebody of
his build and atmospheric displacement
that acts the pork in a place of this
kind?"
Nobody seemed to know. The general
ization may have been too sweeping
There are hogs of all degrees of obesity
and tenunity.
The imprisoned passengers succeeded
finally in eXtricating themselves.
The man with the stomach took possess
sion of the corner furthest from the door.
In few moments the elevator started
upward with a full list of passengers.
Second foor!' shouted one of them.
1t was the parsonage with the stomach.
With series of commissions he fought
his way out and stepped off at second
He was followed by man who looked
as if some secret grief was prey.ng upon
his naind.
''Co1nrade.' said the latter, I'D like to
speak a word with you"
The other turned around
Il had intended to go to the eleventh
floor" resumed the man OF funeral as
pect "but my business is with YOU"
What do you want?'
It'll take me only about a minute to
tell you. Several DAYS ago, when I was
setting cat-a- cornered IN a crowded street
car. a man gave me a medal. He said
X was given to him by q stranger be-
cause. he had monopolized the narrow
strip of shade at the left edge of the
sidewalk on a hot day. And now -
What's all that got to do with me?"
Nothing. only that medal belongs to
the rleanest man in Chicago. have car
RED it three Or four days without hav-
ing any right to it. It belongs to you,
sir"
With a dexterous motion he slipred into
the waistcoat pocket of the sauattv per
sonage fiat, round piece of galvanized
iron with an inscription stamped upon it
and bolted down the nearest stairway,
looking immensely relieved
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-15
HOW DIFFERENT!

In the progress of labor agitation and
the strike movement in the United States
for the past twenty years or so a con
siderable number of men have appeared
as labor leaders at one time or other
whose very names were unknown within
a year OF their appearance Yet these
men, during their brief hours of national
prominence, welded almost absolute
power in their spheres of action during
the periods, more or less prolonged, of
their greatest activity
In England, on the other hand. through
out the same period, labor leaders have
come into national prominence. have en-
joyed the power and prestige almost as
great as that which their brethren in the
United States welded, and yet have con-
tinued to enjoy the confidence and good
will of those whom they have led. as well
in lesser measure, the respect and. con-
fidence of the British public These men
have held seats in the British parliament
for long periods and have outHved gov
eminent after government Men like Al
exander Macdonald, Thomas Burt Rich
ard Pell. BENJAMIN Pickard and Charles
Fenwick, all at one time or other the
leading executive officers of their trades
unions. have served continuously in par
lament.
What is the difference in the personnel
OF the British and the American trades
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-15

plans of those, however high in official
or political power, that SAVIOR in the
slightest measure of individual gain at
the expense of the national interest Or
honor.
The Democratic party can make no
reckoning on the blunders of the new ma
tional executive. To the policies of his
party and his administration it may o.
fer an effective opposition as running
counter to the true welfare of the coun-
try; but there will remain sense Of Of
fetal accountability behind each and
every act of President Roosevelt such
as, combined with the mans own judg-
ment of men and events. viii surely &C.
stroy any calculations that may be mace
on his possible mistakes.
Whatever the future may reveal in
conduct or character in the new national
executive, let it be frankly owned at the
outset that no man ever entered upon
the eXacting duties&of his office with a
larger measure of popular good will than
viii President Roosevelt.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-15

esced in, or will they, as Goodwin Smith
intimates. be certain to result in advanc-
ing the decentralizing influences which
are operating?
1t is unfortunate for the new fedora
ton that such question as this should
come up so soon in its career. But
whatever the result of the submission OF
the measure to imperial sanction may be,
1t Is highly unlikely that the Australians
will accept the British theory as theirs
unless it accords with their views, which
as we say is quite unlikely, or that they
will lay aside their purposes to settle
the race question in their own way
The oascome OF the issue thus raised
can be looked forward to with great
deal of interest, as it will greatly affect
the strength of the federative principle
in English colonial affairs and the future
status in the antipodes of the question OF
the races which is forcing itself for
adjustment on every nation affected by
it.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-15
NEGRnEs rN AUsrR.4Lr4.


The government of Australia has re-
| Gently adopted measure which pro-
hibits the employment of negroes as Ia
borers on the mail. steamers The Aus
tralian premier in giving his approval to
the measure took occasion to sayathat he
was convinced that it would meet with
an imperial Veto
This incident, while in itself apparently
insignificant, is not unlikely to De fol-
lowed by the most serious consequences.
1t involves two questions which must find
final answer sooner or later in the new
commonwealth. One is, whether the
representatives of the races other than,
the Caucasian who come into the FEEDER
alton are to be allowed coequal civil ana
political rights, and whether Australia
will be content, and for how long a time,
to accept an imperial veto on subjects of
overpowering local interest and concern
Goodwin Smith in a recent article in
the political situation in England, avows
his entire disbelief in the theory of Brit
ish Imperial Federation. He declares
that tbs people of Canada know little or
nothing about British politics or politf-
clans, and that the British people know
equally little about Canadian politics or
politicians The same he claims to re
| true regarding Australia and Australians
He adds:
The completion of Australian Feder-
alton, instead of, being a step toward
! federation of the empire in which char
acter it is hailed, is really step the 9TH
er way. 1t tends to the consolidation of
local nationality, and to the strength
ening of local separatist feeling. A fed
Grafton of declarations would indeed be
political edifice requiring master hand
for its construction, and still more, per-
haps for it's maintenance"
Assuming, as the Australian premier
assumes, that the imperial veto is affixed
to this apparently settled purpose of the
Australians to declare against the black
race and to establish a color line, will
that veto tend to lessen the strength of
the federative principle recognized in the
Australian constitution and in the i'm
perial assent to the organization. of the
1 Federation? On the other hand, should
the veto be made, will it turn the Aus
traiians from any purpose they may have
to discriminate against Other races tbon
! the white?
1t is difficult to see how the imperial
authorities can at this stage of the re-
lations of the two sections of the British
empire pass this form of enactment by
without veto. To do so would be in
antagonism of all the professed public
sentiment of the country on the race
question-a public sentiment, which finds
| frequent expression whenever the anti
negro feeling is manifested in the United
States.
Mr.. Chamberlain scheme of an i'm
perial court of appeal is not likely to be
realized; and such questions as these
must find settlement through the naked
interference or non-inference Of the
English government and the English
governing politicians Will such settle
| ments, when not in accoyd with the
strongly marked preferences. prejudices
| or self-interest of the colonies afrected
be accepted by them and quietly acoui-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-15
THE WONDER OF THE WORLD.

rr -,
When Artemisa and Mausolos rode
Out of the Carian gate, their chariot
wheels
o'ercane the world, till it's great spaces
fioW'd ea
Like air away; while on their horses.
Like the one cloud of whftest fire
That brings the god again,
Thelr .charlot hdrl d. to match their
And so went quickly from those Ca
rian men.
Went, but not all; it left pale radiance
Loves perfect apparition cannot fade.
Their passionate chariot still upon the
Hung like q cloud. and swaying by.
AS if each chang'd and fading ray
Retook it's fervency-
Retook their splendor, till their train,
That gave it fire, still rode by radiant.
~
For tSrtenlisia when her dead lord died
Drank his burnt ash, solv'd in "a cup of
And turned their chariot into stone, for
OF their undying Love, and cast a
The worlds last wonder, on the air.
To tell in marble rhyme
What Artemisia and Mausolos were,
Who Death so'ersway, though dead
and conquer time,
This. the worlds wonder, ArtemisIa
gave;
Because she loved MausoIes deathlessiy.
So come. all Loversl to MausoIos' grave,
And say: "All fades; but Love the Mys-
terry
(Since spirits master Time) fares UNI
afraid
TO IFS supreme abode.
Past Fate, and Night, and Death, the
+ darker shade
As Artemisia and Mausoios rode!'
Ernest Rhys In Harper's Magazine.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-15
CONSERVATIVES JOURNALISM.

1t has been only a few years since
the birth of yellow Journalism. but al
ready there are unmistakable signs of
the return swing of the pendulum to-
ward common sense and conservatism
Every dog has his day and certainly Re
yellow journals have had theirs. TO deny
that they were, and are popular, woulo
be stating palpable untruth But, like
all fads, they are passing Like the
gaudy street walker they have managed
to attract attention for a time, but owing
to the absence of intrinsic worth the
ability to attract attention does not carry
with it the power to retain the interest
The famboyant headlines followed by
fantastic mixture of fact and fiction;
the frantic attempt to catch the eye, by
barbaTous art in still more barbarous
color mixture; the extravagant use of the
half-tone and the total absence of ed
itorial sseharacter are the characteristics
which mark the acme of yellow jour-
nalism, which has been reached by
number OF metropolitan journals. The
financial success of these journalistic
takers has brought out many initators
among the feebler folk in the smaller
cities. That they have caught the eye
Of the masses and are financially sue
cessful, there is Sno doubt. They bear
the same relation to the legitimate news-
paper that the spectacular melodrama,
the farce and the vaudeville do to the
legitimate drama. The people want them
now but from the very nature of things
they cannot be enduring
Recognizing. the ephemerai nature OF
this yellow craze, the better class OF
papers have ,steadfastly refused to cater
to evident popular demand for show
and sensation. The New York Sun, Post
ard Times, the Brooklyn Eagle, the Bal
timore Sun and the Chicago Record-Her
aid have so far pursued the even tenor
of their way. giving to the public news
sand information instead of sensation and
pictures.
We mention the above papers only as
examples; there are others as dignilied
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-15
THE BURIAL OF THE MONK.

Gentlemens Magazine.
IT was Sultry day. Not leaf stirred
and the sea did not even ripple. There
was silence in nature that made the
slightest sound almost painfully distinct
The thought OF the dead monk in the
church never left me. I seemed to see
him lying there. with his hands folded on
his breast, in the awful rigidity of death.
and the two figures almost as motionless
kneeling at his head. AS night came on
it brought no cooling breeze; the mystic
riouS stiffness seemed to deepen It-Was
too oppressive to sleep. and when at
O'Clock the solemn monastery bell broke
the silence it was welcome relief. After
the last echo had died away, the heavy
suspense seemed more unbearabIe by
contrast. At last we rose and wandsr-
ed GstleSsly about the island Just as
we neared the cloture, a IamentabIe
wall, beginning on high note and COM
Ing down the chrom9tjc scale. rent the
air. l shivered with emotion; 1 knew
what it waS-they We're bUrying the dead
monk. They had lowered the corpse,
clad in the cOwl into the grave, with no
coffin; the infirmier had laid the body on
look had drawn the cowl over the still,
white face. Then the abbot had thrown
Shovelful of earth into the grave, and
the freres -cOnXers had begun to fill it up
Just as the body had ceased to be visible
the monks had fallen en- their knees, with
their faces to the earth, the chantre cry
ing, in the wailing tones we had Just
heard ''Domine~ The monks replied
lower down in the scale "Miserere super
peccatorem.' Then the cantre again
uttered that heartrending cry, Dom
incl" and the monks replied Yet a
third time that piteOus call as of a soul
on the confines OF despair, 'DOminer7
and once more the response, which
for a poor sinner. was thrilled
through and through.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-15
MIDAIR DINING CLUBS.
The Century.

The Century.
What wonderful thing ii is truly to be
able thus by a word and without an eff
fort to fly away from the fume and worry
of jostling crowds, from the noise and
smell of the streets, up, up over roofs
and domes and steeples into the silent
skies, where the ledge of your window
Look Here comes a man out into
actually scTapes the sky, as they say!
Broadway through door in o. y of the
great stone hives. 1t is past noon The
man is weary with strife and strain.
Where shall he go for a brief respite and
the strengthening of his body? A few
years back it must have been to some
gathering. busting restaurant level with
the roaring pavement, where was no
respite at all, but crowds always, noise
always Now he walks a few block
turns in at another door and takes an
express elevator for the fifteenth. the
eighteenth. the twentieth floor. and in ten
seconds is as much out of New York as
If he made an hours journey into the
country The dir dies away. He is far
above the dust and changing cars He
can breathe pure air, And ss.iKT.S back
in the arms of a hospitable leather chair,
he looks down over the city as a tired
traveller might look down from a noun
tain crag