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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-05-18
CHINESE ADVERTISING.
n Romantic and Wordy Specimen An
nouncement of an Oriental Pat.
ent Medicine Maker.

Advertising in Chinese newspapers is
done in much more enticing language
than in this country. Perhaps this is
necessary in order to make an impress
sion on the Chinese readers, who are
inclined to be rather phlegmatic, says
Fourth Estate.
Here, for instance, is the announce
ment of the maker of quack medicine:
sour recipe has come to us from a
physician of the Ming dynasty. A
certain mandarin was journeying in
the hill country, when he saw wom-
an passing southwark over the noun
tains, as though flying. In her hand
she held stick. and she was pursuing
an old fellow of hundred years. The
mandarin asked:
"'Why do you beat that old man?'
She answered.: He is my grandson,
for 1 am 500 years old and he is ia.
He will not purify himself BY taking
his medicine, and SO / am beating
him.
~The mandarin alighted from his
horse and knelt down and did
obeisance to her, saying: Give me, 1
pray you, this drug, that 1 may hand
it down to posterity for the salvation
of mankind
"Hence it got its name: Fairy
Recipe for Lengthening Life Take
it for five days and the body will feel
light, take it for ten days and your
spirits will become brisk. for 90 days
and the voice will be strong and clear
and the hands and feet supple, for one
year and white hairs will become
black again, and you move as though
flying.
"Tske it constantly and all troubles
viii vanish, and you will pass long
life without growing old. Two dollars
q bottle"
An announcement inserted by a
fitted swain, whose lady love eloped
with Chu Ling, closes with these heart
felt words:
81 cannot control my wrath and bit
terness. My loved one has, it is plain,
been enticed away by this rascars de-
ceit. How, i wonder, can a mere tai
lor's dummy like this succeed in win
ming her?
"Surely he has not law or justice be-
fore his eyes. 1t is on this account
that I am advertising. Should any
gentleman give me infor-
nation of her whereabouts by letter, 1
wfil reward him with $50. Should he
bring her back to her parents, I will
joyfully give him $40.
81 will most certainly not eat my
words. His kindness and benevolence
for a myriad of generations, to all
eternity, shall not be forgotten"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-05-18
TIE IRISH LANGUAGE.
Native Lecturer Gives Reasons Why
Erse Has Fallen Into Disuse and
Should BE Revived.

At q meeting of the Irish Literary
society Mr.. F. A. Fahy gave an inter-
esting lecture on "The Irish Language
Movement" reports the Londo1
Chronicle.
The Irish language, he said, be-
ionged to the Celtic group of Ian
guages, and had been spoken for more
than 1000 years. 1t had vocabulary
of about $4,000 words, nearly all home
made. and was extremely rich in ma
tive idioms. 1t f1ourished until the
commencement of the nineteenth cen
tury, when the process of decay set
IN. The so-called national system of
education founded in Ireland in 1881
was opposed to the speaking and teach
ing of Irish in schools-in fact. the
national schools had been declared the
grave of the Irish language. The fam
inc of 1867 and the rush Of immi-
grants from Ireland to the United
States and other parts of the world
lad also contributed to the ruin of
the old tongue. The result was that.
while in 1881 some 2.0OO. 900 persons in
ireland spoke the native language. in
1891 only about 100000 persons. or one
fifth of the population, were able to
DO SO. During the last century there
had been steady growth in Ireland
OF English thoughts, manners, Gus
toms and ideas. and the Irish people
mad abandoned the ways of their fore
fathers and taken to their hearts those
Of the Saxon.
Several objections had been raised
10 the proposal to revive Erse, one be-
ng that it was no use trying to re-
vive dead language. His answer was
that If Irish was dead it was the only
lead language that was alive. CHEERS
and laughter.) Others said that if
Erse was spoken in Ireland their un-
fortunate country would be cut off |
from civilization. He was afraid that |
those VIE took that view were un-
aware that IrelaId was never better
known to Europe than wifsr her peo-
pie spoke and wrote in Erse. I-s3s |
further asked if the Irish language
would put penny into an Irishman's
pocket. Uaughter.) He maintained
that the acquisition of a second lar
guage would improve the Irish,nan in
mind, character, shrewdness and ma
.erial capacity.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-05-18
W. G. KENTZEL, Editor,
APRIL WEATHER.

soon. ah, soon the April weather
With the sunshine at the door.
And the mellow melting rain-wind
sweeping from the south once more:
Soon the rosy naples budding.
And the willows putting forth,
Misty crimson and soft yellow
In the valleys of the North;
6oon the hazy purple distance,
Where the cabined heart takes wing,
Eager for the old migration
In the magic of the spring:
Soon. ah, soon the budding wfndflowers
Through the forest white and frail
And the odorous wild cherry
Cleaning in her ghostly veil:
Soon about the waking upland.
The hepaticas in blue
Children of the first warm sunlight
In their sober Quaker hue
All our shining little sisters
OF the forest and the field,
Lifting up their quiet faces
With the secret half revealed;
Soon across the folding twilight
OF the round earth husheG to hear,
The first robin at his vespers
Calling far, serene and clear
Extract from Bliss Carman's poem N
Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-05-18
Duchess Trouble.

The duchess of Fife is one of the
most quiet and retiring of all the
king of England's daughters. She
takes the greatest interest in the
bringing up of her little daughters.
Some years since society was very
much disturbed by the case of lit
tie child of high birth, who was ac-
cidentally found to be covered with
bruises inflicted by brutal nurse.
The duchess of Fife said to a lady
who was visiting her: mo nurse
would be able to Systematically
bruise my children's bodies, for not
many days go by that do not bathe
them myself" The lady misunder-
stood and remarked: do you trou-
BILE to stay in the nursery to watch
their toilets?" 81 did not say /
watch" said the duchess, emphatic
ally. Il said bathe them myself
Chicago Times-Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-05-18
suited +ctt.-.r

be needed around New York; and
those materials are quite thin enough
to do duty in the tropics. The colors
are quite dainty, the designs most
varied. 1t is going to be most dis
cult matter for the woman VIII Prides
herself upon dressing he<seh exclu-
sively according to color scheme to
resist the fascinc.fons of the many ex-
auisite color:4gs she will see displayed,
says Harper's Bazaar.
Blasks and whites are the rage
tl.a.t is, white with black figures, or
vice versa. There are muslins, cam
brics. grenadines, bareges. silk mus
Inns and numbers of materials for
which the name is not known, but
which are on the order Of gauzes, thai
are woven with a transparent white
ground, covered thick with sfnalf
polka dots. These gowns are supposed
to be trimmed with black lace. and.
not being intended entirely for second
are enlivened with trim
mings of bright panne velvet, satin or
taffeta ribbon in belt, collar. and often
in vest front. Entire deux of black Lace
is used for trimming and yards and
yards OF it are required.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-05-18
The Rehearsed weddinx.

Inc weudlng was, upon the whole, an
artistic success.
The bride. particularly, evinced un-
mistakable talent. She trembled with
all the technical accuracy of an aspen
leaf, and the emotional intensity of a
startled fawn. Her trembling, indeed.
was irreproachable. If she cast down
her eyes with something of amateur
ish gawkishness the fact is easily at
tributable to her inexperience-this
being her first wedding-rather than
to an essentially defective method.
She was fairly well supported.
The groom rose from his knees too
soon and had to be knocked down by
The Prompter, but otherwise the
minor parts were carried creditably.-
Detroit Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-05-18
GREAT POWER.
Manifested In and Around the
Grand Canyon Of Arizona.
The Most Wonderful Panorama Pre-
sented to Human Eyes by the
Grace Of the Grand Artia-
Ger of the Universe.
Especial Correspondence.l

Especial Correspondence.l
|THAT Americans are beginning
to take q genuine interest in
the natural wonders of their
own country is one of the most pleas
ing signs of the times. 1t proves that
We are beginning to realize that pa
triotism consists not merely in bonn
bastic Fourth of July outbursts or
in hurrahing for this or that hero
of the hour; but, to be genuine,
must be based upon a true under
Standing of the moral and material
resources of the nation and the gran
deur of its scenic, Typographical and
historical monuments.
1t has been said by historians that
mountains breed freemen and give
birth to the noblest impulses and
highest thoughts. How true this
statement may be, the reader can de-
eide for himself. Certain it is, how
ever, that in every age and country,
sometimes against most fearful odds,
mountain tribes and peoples have
fought for their liberty, and usually
with success. For centuries the un-
couth natives of Albania kept the vic
torious Turks in check, and the
Swiss maintained their independence
when mighty powers all around them
succumbed to gigantic armies led by
world-conquering generals.
To the dweller in the plains moth
ing is more stimulating than the
sight of mountain range; and dull
indeed must be the intellect, and cal
lous the heart, of the man who is
not exalted by looking for the first
time upon the indescribable grandeur
of our Colorado mountains or whose
reverence for the Grand Artificer of
the Universe is not deepened when
beholding such stupendous marvel
as the Grand Canyon of Arizona.
Those of us who take even a super
fetal interest in the rational develop
ment of true patriotism have viewed
with delight tendency on the part
of eastern Americans to visit the
country of the west, be-
cause such visits are calculated to
enlarge the mind and produce an
Americanism entirely devoid of pro-
and sectionalism. Ameri-
can scholars, travellers and scientists
have for years labored to direct trav-
el from the older communities in the
eastern and central states to the
country of the far west,
to divert it from Europe to the older
of the Pueblo Indians
which, in many respects is more in
teresting and presents more peculiar
phases than that of any other people
now in existence.
Among those who have been most
successful in this effort to induce
to study their own land
none is entitled to greater credit than
Prof. George Wharton James, of Pas
adena, Cal, who for ten years or
more has been exploring the many
wild and picturesque trails Of the
Grand Canyon and has become the
trusted friend of the various tribes
Of Pueblo Indians, such as the Zunis,
Hopis, Havasupais, etc. The informa-
lion thus gained Prof James has
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-05-18

shared with the people of the east,
and his lectures on the American
southwest have been annual features
of the BrookEp iussat:t'pte: the Frank
lin and Drexel institutes OF "si'adel-
phia; Princeton university; Colua-
bia university; st. Johns college, An
napolis, Nd, and other prominent
seats of learning.
At the earnest solicitation of his
friends, Prof. James has recently
consented to embody the result of
his researches in Arizona in q book
entitled I'm and Around the Grand
Canyon" In it he tells how he fol-
lowed all possible traces Of the early
explorers and relates, often in their
own fresh, vivid words, the records
of their thrilling adventures and hair
breadth escapes-adventures so wild
that they rival those we read in. the
most sensational fiction. The author
experiences, and tells them well. He
finds the scenery magnificent beyond
description. the Indians and their
legends and customs picturesque, and
the life of the traveller and explorer
fascinating in spite of its hardships.
The Illustrations, consisting of 30 full
page plates and 20 smaller pictures,
are reproduced from photographs
taken on the spot; and the publish
ers, Little, Brown & Co., of Boston,
have provided the volume with one
of the most artistic covers Of the
year.
Prof. James detailed description
Of the Grand Canyon carries out
the impression Of the late Charles
Dudley Warner. who was quite
carried away by the vastness of
the view and its translucent beau
~. I'VE had" he wrote. expect
ed . canyon - two lines Of per
pendicular walls 5000 feet high, with
the ribbon Of q river tthe Colorado)
at the bottom; but the reader may
dismiss all his notions of . canyon,
inde.d of any sort of mountain or
gorge scenery with which he is IA
miliar. We had come into = new world.
ygbAtHe saw was not = canyons = :
EAelms ~ : gorge. but - vast 49,
RAfch ia break - 4Ae pletea1 4foN
SheFesS atood q W. = anlle9Ads0
q - ~ i s I -
- a3SeAeG10f Ii H176f1
~ ~ = (3Sle}&v - Nte 1tSsfl
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-05-18
Marked Difference

Willie-Pa, what's meant by the
prime Of life?"
Pa-Well, when a man reaches 40
II SO he is said to be in the prime Of
life.
"And is it the same with a wom-
AMI"
Why. SON. you would insult wom-
an By telling her she was in the prime
5f- life- She's always younger."-
Philaaelphia Presa. - !.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-05-18
AN ANCIENT PROPHECY.



A prophecy OF the development and
progress OF this country, commifte9:
10 paper nearly century and he1;
ago. has recently been unearthed' ~
y Y. simpson, OF this city ~ y COZ
tanned IN an Almanack. pnbhsned
ny,N Natnaniei Ames, as Boston, NeW
England. IN the Year OF our LORD
christ. 1913, being the second yeak
after bissextiie or Leap-Year, ~ the
slst fear OF the Reign Of King Ge0fUe
Il
Inc prophecy reads:
Here we md 2 vast stock Of proper
Materials for the Art and ngeDnity
OF Man to work uls9@lreasQres ets
immense worth; coneeafd Eum the
poor aboriginal Nativesl The Curiouss
have oDservsd that the Progress e.
humane Literature CikG the Su11 l1s
from the East n the West; JhNe ~
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-05-18
Pith3 Points.

If you would mend your ways you
must take stitch i'm time.
Entertaining hope is never q dis
interested act of hospitality.
What the average school boy wants
is history that will repeat itself.
No true woman will abide long in
a rented house where she can't drive
nails in the plastering.
A small boy defines lady as a
grown-up girl who isn't saucy.
When a man looks upon the per-
formance of duty as a task the
chances are it will not be well done.
The letter up" is IKE selfish
friend-the first in pity but the last
in Chicago Daily News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-05-18
SPRING AND SUMNER STYLES
Blacks and Whites to BE tn
when the Saname-
CAW.

Getting a.
or rather a :
robe, is really
of business, pr.
in the middle @
lection being t.
winter there a.
to be done that
tied. But the
ed as later, anG
so rushed with
ger over the cE
ors without the
else is waiting
This season tho
fabrics are unuss
though the terri
mer had made pc
Suited ~ ~ .tr
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-05-18
She Captured a Count
by D. A. Chauncey.

: !. ! ! !, I, So,
Copyright, 1901. by Authors syndicate.)
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-05-18

vate secretary, Schwartz, has been Law
ing down the law to the count! Bot
are ma6der than blazes, and / beliey
the trouble is over Fannie. The frs
we know there will be melodram
right here on the veranda I'll bet
collar that it's tempest in a teapot
and Schwartz simply proposes to tel
FANNIE that the count hasn't a RET
cent, and is courting her for her money
Here comes Schwartz now. I'm of
Can't catch me in a scene"
Sure enough out marched Schwartz
flushed of face and stiff Of manner.
Miss Curtin" he began, formally
addressing Fannie. 81 owe it to yor
10 make you informed regarding &
matter upon which 1 have remained
silent too long already. +" ~. "A
is it with regard to Count vor
Schimmielheimer?" she interrupted.
ME.
"It is" replied Schwartz.
linen you must excuse me. l pre-
fer not to hear it," and Fannie swept
into the hotel like an insulted
princess.
That afternoon Schwartz asked
Mary to ride, and when they haG
reached bit Of quiet road he turned
to her and said:
Il tried to make a confession to
your cousin this afternoon. She re.
fused to listen. l now desire to make
the same confession to you, but for
different purpose. Win you listen?'
Il don't see how / can stop it,
she replied. 81 cannot rise and sweeI
into the house."
First l want to tell that I love
you and would make you my wife
L would speak to your father an6
make known to him that l am s
proper person to sue for your hand
but l do not desire to do so until
| know if your feelings toward me are
such as to make it of use. / had moi
intended to be so abrupt, but it il
necessary for me to explain to-day"
She had grown pale. She knew
that she had become very fond OF
the handsome secretary, but she hac
scarcely thought of marriage.
should / not hear the confession
first?'' she asked.
"No, believe me, you should not
he replied, with an air so masterfu
that she looked at him with surprise
81 ask no promise; only hint that
you think enough of me to let me
talk to your father. May I, may I
fraulein? VIII you trust me?' FH
II will,'' she whispered, and he
raised her hand to his lips with ali
the courtesy of prince of the blood
"My confession is this" he said,
81 am an impostor. 1 am not Mr.
Schwartz. l am Count Won Schim.
and my friend is Mr.
Schwartz. Your cousin, Mr.. Curtin
got us mixed in the introduction anc
we decided to let it go as a joke. Ny
secretary is not acting honorably with
your cousin and is taking advantage
of the mistake to attempt a marriage
to secure her fortune. There is
thought of an elopement tonight"
When Mary recovered from her sur.
prise she set her keen senses to work
md the elopement was prevented. al
though Fannie's humiliation could not
be saved.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-05-18

Emperor William = I IndOlen mt Talismau
The emperor of Germany is always
meeting with accidents, although on
the middle finger of his left hand he
wears a famous talisman which for
centuries has been credited with a
supernatural power 10 protect the
wearer from evil and injury of al
kinds. 1t is dark-colored, square
shaped stone, set in massive gold
ring. and originally belonged to Sa-
ladin. from whom it was captured by
a German knight under the walls OF
Jerusalem during the crusades. II
afterward came into the possession
of Ulrich, the margrave of Nurem-
burg. who was the founder of the
Hohenzollern family. This ring has
been passed down from generation to
generation, one Of the most highly
priced and interesting heirlooms OF
the dynasty. but the kings of Prus-
sia of late generations have seldom
worn it until it was Inherited by the
present kaiser. 1t is a matter of dis
cussion whether he wears it from
or ordinary interest. II
has never left his finger since he
came to the throne, although by this
time he must have lost confidence in
the protective power of the jewell
Chicago Record.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-11-15
COLD INCREASES SMALLPOX
Report of Board of Health Shows Many
New Cases.

NEW GdSeS.
st. Paul. Nov. S.-The ortnightly
report of small pox in Minnesota, is
sued by the state board of health,
shows IA new cases, compared with
1877 new cases for the previous two
weeks. The disease is reported from
forty-two localities, compared with
thirty five localities fortnight ago.
This is about the normal increase
as cold weather approaches. The doc
tors say that in winter, when people
wear more clothing and keep indoors
sunshine and air cannot so readily
kill the bacilli.
Small pox is now worst in the vi
cinity of Crookston and Moorhead.
Clay county reports twenty-six cases.
Polk county twenty-four cases and
Otter Tail county twenty-one cases.
Fillmore county with thirteen cases,
Norman county with twelve cases and
Murray county with eight cases come
next. The remain der OF the cases
are scattered through fourteen coun'
ties.
DR.. Bracken, secretary of the state
board Of health, has gone to Luverne
where a travelling theatrical company
had been placed under quarantine by
the local health officer.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-11-15
AFTER MILLIONS.
Minnesota's Claim Against U. S.
Homes to Win.

st. Paul, Nov. 9.-Former Attorney
General b. W. Childs, who, with F.
B. Kellogg, represented the state in its
case against the secretary Of the in
terror and the commissioner of the
general land Office in the United States
supreme court, expects the state to
win in the. most important case in
which it has been interested.
Gen. Childs returned from Washing
ton Wednesday after finishing the ar
gument and submitting the states
claim to the allotted school lands in the
Red Lake Indian reservation. The
states share in the reservation lands
is 100, 900 acres of rich agricultural
lands and proportionate share in the
timber, which is valued at from $50,
200, 600 to $50, 900, 900. Gen. Childs
said last night that while there is, as
in all cases. an element of uncertainty,
all the indications in the supreme
court trial were favorable to the state.
Under congressional act of 1867 the
state of Minnesota was given by the
federal government sections 18 and sc
in every township for schools. The
state claims that the so-called Red
Lake reservation was never a ceded re-
servation, but was set aside for Indian
occupation, and the states claim to the
school lands obtained. The lands
claimed by the state are among the
best in Minnesota, and based on the
prices secured at the last state land sale
are worth between So, 600, 600 and So,
600, 600. The government cruisers es-
timated the timber value of the re-
servation at..from 500, 600, OOO' to 500,
600, 000 which will make the state &
share from 81, 500, 900 to $3, 600, 900.
A decision in the case is not ex-
pected ssfor. several months.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-11-15
SAVED SOME, MONEY.
Expense of State Grain Department
Cut about $4,000.

:: st. Paul, Nov. 9.-The state grain
inspection department, under the new
administration controlling it for the
larger portion of the years 19O0-1901,
made saving of $14, 277 in expenses,
although the movement of grain under
it's supervision was heavier than dur
ing the year before. The department s
annual report. has. been made public.
The total amount of grain inspected
at ST. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth and
st. Cloud ''on arrival was 1873, 692
cars, Of which 124, 6O2 were wheat.
"Out o. store" inspection for the year
included 81, 715 cars of wheat. and
%, 121, sos bushels into vessels. 10, SAG
cars of coarse grain with 81, 176. 300
bushels into vessels, 6, 1856 cars of flax
and 6, 1853, O57 bushels into vessels.
The state received from weighing
and inspection department fees $780,
642, and the cost of the service was
$2O7, 14s. The profits from the years
W
surplus, making total surplus of cash
on hand amounting to $25, 70S.
Net average dockage increased dur
ing the year from 1877 ounces to 90. 5
ounces, accounted for by more strict
inspection and also by the slightly
poorer quality of grain moving. Re-
inspections were ordered on "a, 627, out
of the total of 261,279 cars received,
resulting in approval of the original
grades in 10, 1886 cases. Grades were
raised on 7,424 cars, lowered upon
1, 4S9 cars, and upon 3,479 cars the
dockage was changed
The boardsof appeals, which cost the
state $14,279, reviewed inspections
upon 1908 cars, making changes in
the grades reported in but 1896 cases.