St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-11

t.r.es uf Heaven and sarth snd the NJ 81
ere we strain our thoughts noNf
=. q -each the reu,otest Planet and wonrs
d a. What Is away beyond, and whers
- armament ends. VERY year r.
80. - ,,ew wonders hare that werS
go. na.ar dreamed Of by our fathers
Tsssc newton said: II have solved
Han, It'll near the shore, but the vast oceaaE
of mystery hes beyond we are enm1s
ine higher and higher ana = = -
duty Of every one to climb % nlgn -
= nossible SO as to have good start
- The next life-otherwise we will T. 4
ass;pned to the first grade or perhaps
~ Foot. 4 have thought that Moses
and Elijah were chosen to witness In
because OF their hlgA
~anL IN heavenly attainments. It viii
be all right for little children 70 Degans
at the bottom, but it will be mortlfy-A
inc to old people, however good they
NV he. to have to go into an lnfant
class Yes. / believe there will e.
sahao,e there. and teachers whose de-
l;aht will be to educate and elevate the
willing spirits of their pupils ana Wit
ness their extension, as, one by one
~ mysteries Of Heavens arcana are
nnfolded to them. What supreme de-
lipht will woman have in growing now
ars into new colors and forms, in maxi
mo nearls and rubies and sapphires
from Heavens elements. in singing the
songs of the angels and adornlng ne
temples of God.
Yes. / heard Jenny Lind sing onee.
and I hope to hear her sing again. 81
heard George Pearce preach once, ana
I hope to hear him again. used TO lis
ten with rapture to DR.. Means as ~
scared among the stars and Lifted our
Young minds up higher and higher un-s
III we almost feared he could not come d
down without fall. He is up among
the stars now, and Is happy. Yes, \
hone tn see John Milton there and hear
him tell of Paradise regained. But this
is enough, for I am not preaching now
Il wish was. If there we're no other
inducements to draw US heavenWaro
- is enough that we will meet all the
great and good men of whom we have
read. And now, turning from things
heavenly to those that are OF "earth
earthly" and dirty, too, it is amusing t0
see our legislature having mighty
controversy about redistricting the
state. They don't seem to know thats
congress wi1T soon save them tnAol
trouble, for the resolution Is already
prepared to reduce our repre- sentatlons
from ii to five districts. The AZ III
laid at the root Of the tree. The New;
York Press says that congress VIII
only wait for the census report to -
presented and this report will show
that five states have DISTINGUISHED ths|
negroes by law and three Georgia.
Florida and Arkansas) disfranchisedl
them in fact By other methods
Georgia is put down at ZIG, 600 negroes
practically dfsfranchised. The pro-
| posed cut will reduce the represents
ton of eight states from So to 80 repre'5
sentatives. Alabama will lose fours
Arkansas, two; Florida, one; Georgia,
six; Louisiana, four; Mississippi, hve5S
South Carolina, four, and Virginia, two.
The other southern states have not yet
been sentenced. The Press says that
the house is bound by no rules OF court,
and it is not necessary to find that the
negroes have been denied by law; but
It is only necessary to find that their
rights have been denied, and the census
returns will prove this, and the cut VIII
certainly be made. 1t is about time
now for the blue and the gray TO en-
brace again.-Bil Arp.