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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-29
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.
One man makes a fortune to eight

One man makes a fortune to eight
that become bankrupt in England.
Among civilized nations four per
cent. of the men and one per cent.
of the women are color-blind. The
Chinese are the only people free
from color-blindness
After 40 years. experience as a
gambler, Peter F. Delacy, the noted
New York sport, advises everybody
to leave games of chance alone. He
says he can count on the fingers of
one hand the men he has known to
make money by gambling.
A San Francisco rabbi gives a new
Interpretation of the design of the
American flag. To an audience of inn
migrants, largely Russian, the other
day, he said: "Do you know why the
Stars and Stripes are in the flag? l
will tell you why. They show that
America has stars for those who be-
have themselves, and stripes for those
who do not
When the gun club of Carlisle, Pa,
turned out one day recently for a
match at clay pigeons some of the
younger members looked on with good
natured amusement as William Cauf-
man, IS years old, lined up to take part.
The old gentleman calmly proceeded
to shoot all around the others, "kill-
:ng' 25 out of a possible 25, and Win
ming the medal.
James r. Keene, the millionaire turf
man, declares that in his opinion there
is too much gambling and too little
sentiment in connection with Amer
lean horse racing. SIN heavy specula-
ton on horses" says Mr.. Keene, "there
is menace to the best interests of the
turf. Race courses should be places OF
recreation, not seething caldrons of
money-mad gamblers. Horse racing
should be sport, not a business"
There are two John Smiths in the
little town of Prella, Kan, one very
stout and the other very thin, and they
were good friends until one day last
week, when the thin John gave the
thick John a severe thrashing. The
neighbors were much astonished at the
row, but laughed when they learned
the reason. A green goods letter came
to town addressed to John Smith. It
was delivered by chance to stout John,
who read it and, seeing a chance for
joke on his namesake. marked it
"Opened by mistake" and put it in thin
Johns mail box. The latter resented
the implication and lost no time in
hunting up the joker. Then the trou-
BILE began.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-29
THE LEG AS AN ORGAN.
Scientific Explanation of the Use of
the Foreleg ~ an Auditory
Member in Insects

Writing upon the subject Of s'Fore-
legs and Their Uses," E. A. Butler OBJ
serves. in knowledge, that "the COM
mon lobster furnishes one of the best
possible illustrations of a curious
principle that finds expression in the
organiza ton of animals whose bodies,
like it's own, are composed of sue
cession of segments with jointed ap-
pendages, or in other words, animals
belonging to the great sub-kingdom
of arthropoda. The principle in
question is that the paired append
ages of the different segments,
though all constructed upon the same
plan, may become so modified in
form as to be adapted to the dis
charge of the most diverse functions.
"One of the strangest and most nm
expected of the uses to which we
could imagine a leg as being put is
that of an organ of hearing. Yet
such seems to be one at least of the
functions of the forelegs in the crick-
ct and some other allied insects. On
the outer side of the tibia a small
oval space may be seen in which the
strong srmature which covers the
rest of the body is reduced to thin
and mcmbraneous condition, making
thus sort of window or drumhead.
Communicating with this, inside the
leg, are the ends of nerve, and it
can hardly be doubted, therefore,
that the whole apparatus constitutes
an auditory organ, so that if these
legs were amputated, the insect
would become deaf.
When one remembers that crickets
are among the noisiest of insects,
their incessant .chirrup being a most
shrill and penetrating souid, it can
not be considered strange that dis
tinct organs of hearing should also
be present; the sound-producer i'm
plies the sound-perceiver; the two
functions are complementary; but
still It is remarkable that the fore
leg should have been selected as the
most suitable site for this important
sense"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-29
"A Registered
letter

I T was Tuesday morning. The head
/ copy reader came hustling into the
office and g1ared about him savagely.
Half dozen Office boys, unused to any
thing but mildness itself from Street,
beat a hasty exit,
'The new book must have been
thrown down good and hard, re-
marked one of them as he hustled out
of sight.
The head copy reader sat down, and
apparently allowed his badly ruftied
temper to cool off for few minutes.
Then he arose and walked over to the
city editors desk and in confidential
tone said:
Mywife and are not on good terms.
It's all off-and to think that the whole
thing was caused by blankety-blank
old registered letter."
The unexpected announcement that
Street had had trouble with his charm
ing little wife was startling in itself.
For II years he had been married, and
SO far as the world knew not one cross
work had ever marred the happiness of
his little home.
''Why, what's it all about?" asked a
number of men who had overheard the
remark. At first he was non-commit-
tai, but finally he unbosomed himself
as follows:
''It's this way" he said. "Only few
weeks ago I completed my new book.
1t was in the publishers hands, and
naturally both my wife and l were
rather anxious. One day last week a
friend of mine who has country place
near Orange invited me to come out
and visit him. I spoke of it to my wife
and she agreed with me that days
outing would do us both good.
well, Saturday last was my day of,
so my wife and hied ourselves Orange
ward. We had a rafting fine time up
in the Orange mountains, and we did
not return home until late Saturday
evening.
"As we were going up to our apart
ments the elevator boy said: DE mail
man hab dun been here twice to-day
lookin' for you-an. He had registered
letter and dun say it was important.
All dun tole him I'd take it and glib it
to you-all when you cum home, but he
saw dat de letter was for Massa Street
and he dun could'n glib it to anybody
else
4You can imagine our feelings. We
were naturally anxious to know what
was in that letter. We went upstairs
and talked the matter over. The best
conclusion we could arrive at was that
it was from my publisher friend. FL
nally we retired for the night. did not
sleep we'll, aud I don't think Mrs. s.
did, either.
son Sunday worked. and I did not
have much time to think about the
letter, but just the same would have
been willing to part with ten-spot if
could have had it. Ny wife had lots
of time to think the thing over on Sun
day, and I guess she did some good
work in that line.
"When I arrived home on Sunday
evening we talked about the matter
some more. She had an idea that it
might be from an uncle of hers-a rich
old man with whom she is great fav-
or;te. All sorts of conjectures were
indulged in by us until, finally, we went
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-29
A LITTLE NONSENSE.

Beryl-"He declares he will go crazy
if I don't marry him" Sibyl-"Ah!
Then there's no hope either way
Baltimore Herald
"The trouble with me-" said parrot
that was taken on tour, and had its
tail feathers pulled, sis that 1 talk too
much.'-Town Topics.
''What makes the lady pull such a
bad face when she sings, map 'Hush
Willie" "Does it. hurt her worse than
it does us?"-London Tit-Bits.
An Eavesdropper.-'Here's some
thing about fellow who was killed
eavesdropping." Nye-'Eavesdrop.
ping?" Hook-"Yes; he fell from a
roof" -Philadelphia Record.
One of Woman, Jobs.-''It is good
thing for man that woman is not a
logical being" "What now?" eff she
were he could never get her to tackle
the job of keeping up appearances and
keeping down expenses -Indianap-
oils News.
II believe" said Miss Oldun, sharp
ly, 'that there should be law against
bachelors 'Nonsense!" exclaimed
Pepprey, "why, the only hope of some
women are the bachelors, for the wild.
overs are too particular "-Phiiadel-
phia Press.
Il understand that you serve good
substantial dishes here" said the
stranger to the waiter. "Dat's what
we does, boss" replied the colored gen
tleman. Il th'owed plate at dat fool
niger in de cohner de odder night and
never even Clipped t!'-Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-29

TO bed. will confess passed most
restless night, and don't believe that
my wife got more rest than the law
allowed.
''Well, Monday morning came. Twas
up first and waited around as long as I
could before going to the office. The
letter carrier, however, did not turn
up. You may have noticed that was
like man who was a little off his
feed around here yesterday
"About noon my wife's patience be-
came exhausted, and she went out and
inquired Of the colored boy whether
the postman had been to the house.
".Mos' sure, he hab,' replied Sam.
He dun been here and gone again. He
say he went up to you-al's apartment
and rang the bell, but he couldn't get
no answer. He toted the letter away
with him ag'in.'
Mrs. s. was mad clean through.
You know she is usually mild-tem-
pered woman, but this was an excep-
ton. It seems that the letter carrier
had rung the wrong bell. Tired of the
battling mystery, she decided to find
out just what had become of that let
ter, so she put on her wraps and trot-
ted off down to the post Office.
"She went to the registered letter
| department and asked clerk if he
had registered letter for Street. The
clerk waded through big bundle of
| letters and then replied that he had
no such letter. Then my wife was
| furious.
Swell, mister she said, somebody
is getting real funny in this depart
nent. There was letter carrier came
to my house twice on Saturday and
once to-day who said he had regis
tered letter for Street. I want that
letter. But maybe it's special de-
livery letter. Please look
1.-The clerk did as requested. Sure
| enough, there was a special delivery
letter for me.
swell, give it to me- demanded my
wife.
| "'Can't do it, answered the clerk,
| suavely, the letter is addressed to Mr..
| Street-Mr. Charles Street.
"'But Pm his wife, snapped my wife,
and want the letter.
Cant help that replied the clerk,
Jelly, and I can't give you the letter.
We have got into too much trouble al
ready by giving special delivery letters
addressed to men to their wives. Sor-
~, madam, but can't break the rules.
Besides, the carrier has the letter out
with him now
II don't think my wife ever was as
mad as she was just at that moment.
10 make matters worse, she met the
letter carrier just as she was going in
the door of our apartment. He con-
descendingly allowed her to look at the
address on the letter, but he would not
allow her to open it.
"Now, this letter, unfortunately for
me, was addressed in what apparent
ly was feminine hand. That settled
the whole business for me. A couple
of hours later I arrived home, and the
real trouble began. Hysterical sobs
greeted me. Try as I would, I could
get little or no explanation. A flood
of briny tears was everywhere. Final
" the oratorical storm broke.
"'What did mean by having young
women write to me. and special deliy-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-29
in Grenada, St. Vincent, Martinique,
Dominica and other islands running

in Grenada, St. Vincent, Martinique,
Dominica and other islands running
from north to south. The east to west
ridge slope steeply from the north into
the water, which, north of Porto Rico,
attained depth of 1000 fathoms, and
south of that same island, into the wa
ter 1850 fathoms. The north to south
ridge slope to the west over short
distance like IL miles is 1000 feet per
mile, while to the eastward it is COM
paratively gentle.
It was further shown that the dis
tricts from which large earth.
quakes originated or earthquakes
which were accompanied by molar dis
placements. were those in which geo.
logical observations indicated that the
land surfaces exhibited as ridges had
recently been elevated, and where his
tory indicated that the elevation was
yet in progress. The history of earth
quakes in the West Indies for the last
200 years displayed tendency to re-
lieve the volcanic strain, and it is con-
cluded that every volcanic eruption in
the West Antilles has been connected
with some sudden geotectonic change
in its own or in neighboring ridge.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-29
HIS wATcHwoRD's "wAiT."

Great Deeds" said Uncle Hiram, 1--WE
observed, tween me an you,
Fer every man that does EN- there are ten
agoin' to do;
There's lots O. men can sit aroun' an enter
With how they're goin' to plant field
they've likely never plowed';
Bill Jones was such feller an + used t.
hear him tell
Of scheme he had fer KILN weeds that
sounded mighty veil;
Machinery could do the work-a man need
never sweat
But I find that William hasn't set the
world atire yet.
When Simpsons boy from college came,
the family prophesied
Within year or two the world would, view
him open-eyed,
And marvel at the wonders of improve
ment he'd advance
In scientific methods, if he had but half a
chance.
He stayed around the town awhile an
WORKED quite hard. jnks,
At poundin little rubber balls DER what he
called the links
We've scientific problems still that make
professors sweat,
But l note young Simpson hasn't set the
world afire yet!
"An' so,' said Uncle Hiram, future action
does not count
Toward betterin' of our present state to any
great amount;
A million 'goin't'-do-its' wouldn't balance
one 'has-done.'
An pound of right this-minute' S worth
to-morrow's,' half ton.
I've noticed in my lifetime scores of fellers,
sad to state,
Who'd, have prospered If they hadn't for
their watchword taken Watt
FeNers sure to do great wonders ere the
next days sun had set
But I've noticed none of them has set the
world afire YETI
Farrell Greene, in Success.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-29
ORIGIN OF EARTHQUAKES.
Are Traced by speciaA Co"' x" ''' -
Sent Out to the Various Cehtefs
nj Disturbances.

1mnortant results Of the 1nvest1ga-
,;on NV the chronological commission
are reported from SO stations which
ara now established. Two intruments
we're carried by the Discovery to the
An+arctic and others to Perth, in west
~ Australia, and the Azores. A study
ef tho nosition of the earthquake cen
t ~ from the records obtained from
.r;ons stations has demonstrated the
sac+ that there is a connection be-
4ween the distribution OF the origins
~ large earthquakes. and the pro-
nonnced Irregularities OF the surface
- the earth, says London report.
An attempt has been made to group
4,.se seismic centers, and the great
~ number has been collected into Il
eenarate regions, each marked oy no
+;neable characteristics. particularly
N the matter Of steep gradients. SIX
teen earthquakes have been traced to
the neighborhood OF the Antilles
.rhere two ridges, well pronounced
.rere found in Cuba, Hayti and Porto
Rico. running from east to west, and
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-29
A BALLOON FARM.
Unique Business Csrriea On 1t Z
Place Near the CITY % Utica,
New York. ~

There is at present general inter.
est in airships, for which the late ex-
periments of Santos umont are large
II responsible, and in view Of this many
will read with more than ordinary in
terest the clever description of the
great balloon farm of Carl E. Myers.
written by Chauncey McGoyern for
Pearson's. "You would be inclined to
think you were dreaming" says MI.
McGovern, "were You to walk through
the farm of Carl E. Myers, nine miles
from the city Of Utica, state Of New
York Here can be seen, on constant
view, in summer time, q large variety
of aerial craft airships that actually
fly, just as they do in the story books,
doing strange things that you had sup
posed could never happen il reality.
Besides the array Of new kinds OF
air craft, Il is fact little known that
every Ame-ican-made hydrogen bal
loon in use in the United States
whether by the government 81 BY pri.
vate individuals-is a product Of this
one farm.
4Most striking among. the things86
be seen at the balloon farm Isl ANY ing
machine that really flies, not merely q
working model of an airship that
flies few feet along a track on the
ground, but fully completed flying
machine that scars into the actual
skies as high as any bird-a machine
that ascends, that turns and dives as
readily as an eagle does.
MANY other curious aerial vessels
have been turned out from the Myers
balloon farm, and some greater won-
#ders are in course Of construction. It
is not only his own inventions that
Mr.. Myers constructs on his balloon
farm. He makes all sorts of aerial con-
trivances scientific kites, freak bal.
looms, air vessels-for other inventors.
The greatest number Of the balloon
farm products, however, are big hydro
gen balloons"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-29
ENGLAND,S WAR TAX.
rour In south Africs shows vChesss
Much Money Wm sDent ~
the Array. ~

Journey once across the Karroo =
distinctly interesting. Just now Y nas
more than usual interest for an EngT
Iishman, says correspondent OF tne
Boston Transcript. AS he traveis.
north of Matjesfontein, and even more
SO when north of Beaufort West, ne
can see where good proper ton o1 t il'E
income tax at q shilling and fourpence
in the pound has gone. From Mates
fontein to De Aar it is represented py
empty tin cans and bottles which have ai
been thrown out OF the transport
trains by Atkins & Co. on their way
from Cape Town to the scene OF the re-.
cent unpleasantness. It the railroad
tracks were torn up, and every eva-
dence Of their having been 9 railway
were obliterated, 1t would still be cas-
lily possible to make ones way across
the 300 miles of Karroo by steering
between the two well-marked Lines Of
empty tin cans and bottles. There
would be no danger Of going ten feet
astray.
There are cans and bottles Of all ma
tionalities. Continental Europe is rep
resented by bottles which, when
shipped from their place Of origin,
were neatly done up in straw. Atkins
superior in khaki is, of course, respon-
sible for these Atkins himself is rep
resented chiefly by meat cams most
Of them with Chicago or Kansas City
brand. For hundreds Of miles the
northward movement Of British troops
is marked by these cana ghich will
continue to advertise the meat pa ~
industry Of America until their labels
are slowly washed out Of recognition.
by the scanty rainfall Of the Karroo.
There are so many 81 these cans that
one wonders how armies were fed be-
fore Chicago and Kansas City came
into existence and the process OF meat
packing was invented. One fact is
obvious: No country can hope to 60
to war in the future unless its credit
stands high in Chicago and Kansas
City. AT worst, a country which eis
pressed for men can resort to the draft
Or to CONSUMPTION, but the largest
army which can be put in the field
would soon be useless If it were not
well supported by the Big Four.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-29
IApAN's GIRL ENTERTAINERS.
Some Interesting Information About
the "Geishas" and Their Stand-
ing Among the People.

"Geisha," the professional girl en-
tertainer of Japan, is by no means to
be COMPOUNDED with ''Geinin," says
Japan and America. The word
Geisha really means actor, "gei'
meaning play or entertainment of
any sort, and 'sha'' means a person.
For instance, i-sha means physician,
and so on. The word really means
what "actor" does in English, but it
has come to mean only those in Japan
who are trained to entertain by dane
ing and singing to the shamisen and
koto, the usual musical instruments
for light Entertainments, and they also
are trained to converse agreeably on
topics of the day. "Geinin," on the
other hand, while it really means the
same thing as 'Geisha," has now come
to be applied to artists, in higher
sense.
The name thus given to class Of
women, though it seems a perfectly
respectable one, does in fact sound
otherwise to the ears of japanese.
It is not in their occupation, in le-
gitimate sense, that Geisha are unde-
sirable to have in well disciplined
home, but in a certain unpleasant rep
utation that is naturally due to the
circumstances of their calling.
The Geisha are trained to enter
tain men, and not their own sex. They
are the professional entertainers of
ha Of oil
paid for their services. The women
of Japan, unlike those of western
countries, have little part in social
functions, and the enjoyments of the
men are not shared by their wives and
daughters. When a man or a party
of men wish to arrange some social
entertainment they expect thf
amusement of the occasion to be fur
nished by pretty and altogether
charming Geisha. Generally these af-
fairs are held in tea houses, and it is
customary to engage certain Geisha,
who are generally known by what
would be called in the western world
their stage names. These are names
Of flowers, gems, seasons, or indeed
anything Of great beauty and attract
iveness, and are generally known as
slower names.' Such names are,
0 Kiku San, which means the Honor
able Miss Chrysanthemum; or 0 Tama
San, which is the Honorable Miss jew
ell; or o Haru San, the Honorable Miss
Spring. The 0. which means honor
able, is used only before words of one
or two syllables. Miss Camellia, for in
stance, would be Tsubaki San, merely.
These girls are possessessed of Won
derful charm and play havoc with the
hearts of the young men of Tokyo and
other cities. Many of them marry dis
tinguished men, and the wives of some
of the most prominent men in Japan
to-day were Geisha. They are especial
ly alluring to the young college man
of Japan. Some of the universities
have found it necessary to make very
strict rules in regard to the students
consorting with Geisha and some for
bid it entirely.
The Geisha make very pretty show
in the gay life Of the cities, as they
are trained to bear themselves we'll
and to be vivacious at all times, and as
they dress 1uxuriously and in exqui-
site style. They have the principal
boxes at the theaters and at all pub
lie places. But they have no social
rank. They do rot form, as is too
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-29
AN INCID

The Indian raids which Gov Berkeley refused to attempt to put
rebellion Virginia buided The coons had suffered much from
n which founded in 1860 and election OF new mem
the fire the raids Of the Indians had created and 1875 Bacon
and punish Indians At the head Of small force
marched without After Bacon had left jamestown Be1
followed his lead and drove Berkeley from
and