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A GROUP OF cHEMEHUEv1 INDIANS.

| the bear and made a culver for his
arrows from the skin. No! the fox
got all ready and the rattlesnake
made the culver, for he and the fox
| were relations.
'"Then the fox said: I'm going
| away tomorrow, down to the Yava-
pals, and I'm going to eat some prick.
ly pear: Don't do that counseled the
snake, at least, don't eat any until
you come into the middle of the
patch. Don't touch the first ones you
come to, and I beg of you do not, I'M
der any circumstances, but your bear
skin culver down on the ground!'
''The fox promised and set off.
'When he got into the middle of the
cactus patch he was so hungry for
the ripe fruit that he forgot all about
his promise and set his CULVER down,
and climbed up one of the trees. (The
cactus referred to is undoubtedly the
giant cactus, or suharo). As he ate
the fruit, he heard a sound from the
culver. He looked down, but could
see nothing, SO he went on eating.
Then the sound came again, and as
he looked he saw lizard creeping out.
Look at that fellow!" he exclaimed,
and, descending the tree, he caught
it and threw it away. Now he picked
up the culver and, walking to another
tree, deposited it at its foot, climbed
the tree and began to eat again. Again
he hard sound, and this time great
lizard, nearly as big as ella mon
ster, came out. He came down, caught
it and threw it away, and again placed
the culver on the ground in another
place, and again assembled another
tree. This time when he heard the
noise he refused to pay any attention
to it. He cared nothing for the lizards
and was angry at their fooling him
SO. But this time the noise increased,
and soon sounded strangely like a
roar, so, looking down the tree, mag
inc his fright at seeing there the Bear
shaking the tree he was on and VOW
ing he would kill him. Terrified all
most out of his wits, he sprang from
the tree and dashed away over the
foothills yonder, the Bear in hot pur-
suit. The world was young then and
the ground soft, SO at each great stride
he made the Bears feet squeezed into
the soft ground and made those tracks,
which, as the ground hardened, re-
main there until this day.
"The fox ran very fast, but he was
out of breath with fright, and the
bear was strong with his great anger,
so just as they reached the foot of the
Mills, the fox was caught and the
bear killed and ate him, and that was
the end of that silly and impertinent
fox. And that is why we call those
hills Chim-pa-pou-no-qui - the place
where the bear ram
GEORGE WHARTON JAMES.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-23
HE WANTED THEM TO THROW.
His Successfu1 Rival Was Going to
Get Something to Remem-
Der for Life.

The young man entered the boot
makers Establishment hastily, after
having glanced cautiously round to see
that no one was about. He hurried
past the assistant to the farther end
Of the shop, where he produced small
brown paper parcel from under his
coat.
"See these slippers?" he asked. II
want good pair of heels put on
''But-er-h'm!-these are very old
slippers, very much worm" objected
the man. "They will hardly stand
heeling."
II only want them for one OCCASION"
replied the young man. "Only for a
minute or two. But I want good,
solid pair of heels, hard leather"
"They will hardly be creditable
pair, continued the assistant, ''even If
you only wear them for few mill
utes. Certainly cheap new pair
would be"
"I'm not going to spend money on
a new pair for that" said the owner,
doggedly. Il want some good, thick.
nara heels on these-you can make
them of iron or stone or anything you
like, so long as they are hard"
The man stared at him, in doubt
whether his customer was in full pos
session of his senses: says the London
Tit-Bits.
"You don't understand" said the
customer, looking round the shop, and
speaking in a low voice. 'I'll tell YOU
what l want 'em for. I was counting IL
pretty girl, and Black cut me out. They
are going to be married tomorrow,
and I'm going to throw a pair of slip
pers at him-for luck, you know-and
if I don't give him something to re-
member his wedding day by, you can
set me down as a heather Chinee."
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-23

nences were: He and several of the old
men began to talk among themselves,
evidently settling what they should
tell me, when an elderly woman-not
by any means an old Indian hag-but
a well-preserved woman of, say, so
years Of age, broke in and said she
would tell me all about it after supper.
It was not many minutes before the
meal was concluded, and, taking out
a couple of packs of tobacco from my
overcoat pocket, 1 handed them around,
and in few minutes more the woman
began her story. It was wierd scene,
worthy the brush of great artist. "A
camp fire in rather narrow enclosure,
a tall and rude windbreak to the north,
dense growth of willows to the south.
To the east the steep bank descend
ing to mile-wide sandfat which led
to the lazily-howing Colorado, and to
the west the willow and mud exams"
of the Indians. Not more than ten
feet from the bank the campfire was
burning brightly, throwing its ever
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-23
BARBAR1C IDEALS.
The Spirit of Conflict That II EncouF-
aged in Literature and
Athletics.

Literature, journalism and art have
| all been aiding in this process of re-
barbarization. For long time, says
Herbert Spencer's Facts and Comments
there have fourished novel writer's
who have rung the changes on nara
tives of crime and stories of sanguin-
airy deeds. Others have been supply
ing boys and youths with tales full of
plotting and fighting and bloodshed,
millions of such having of late years
been circulated. AS indicating most
clearly the state of national feeling,
we have the immense popularity of
Mr.. Rudyard Kipling, in whose writ
ings one-tenth of nominal Christian
fly is joined with nine-tenths of real
paganism; who idealizes the soldier
and glories in the triumphs of brute
force, and who in depicting school life
brings to the front the barbarizing
activities and feelings and shows little
respect for civilizing culture.
More and more the spirit of conflict
has been exercised by athletic games,
interest in which has been actively
fostered, first by the weekly press and
now by the daily press, and with in
crease of the honors given to physical
proves there has been decrease of
the honors given to mental powers.
Meanwhile literature and art have
been aiding. Books treating of bat
ties, conquests and the men who con-
Quoted them have been widely diffused
and greedily read. Periodicals full
of stories made interesting by killing,
with accompanying illustrations, have
every month ministered to the love of
destruction, as have, too, the weekly
illustrated journals. In all places and
in all ways there has been going on
during the past so years a recrud-
escence of bara barrie ambitions, ideas
and sentiments, and an increasing cul-
ture of bloOdthirst
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-23

maintain these reservoirs as it does
other public works."
The committees on irrigation of
arid lands, in the senate and house
of representatives, proceeded prompt
Nv to consider the recommendations
of the president. The senate COM
mittee was the first to formulate
and report bill, and the measure
was passed and sent to the other
branch of the congress, so that it
was received in the house of repre-
sentatives on March 4. The senate
bill was reported to the house from
its committee on irrigation of arid
lands on April z, and placed on the
calendar. Speaker Henderson caused
June IL to be set apart for public
discussion of the measure, and it
was passed by the house of repre-
sentatiyes June 10. The bill, as
adopted, contained numerous amend
ments, but substantially all of them
were accepted by the senate
The enactment provides that all
,ro.;es received from the sale of
nublic lands Gin Arizona, California,
colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska,
Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota,
oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota,
TItah. Washington and Wyoming"
shall be set aside as a special fund
to be known as the reclamation
end" to be used for the storage,
diversion and development of waters
-. tho reclamation of arid and semi
arid lands in the said states and
territories"
The report of the house committee
.hovs that 535, 1885, 31 acres of land are
available for public entry in the states
and territories named in the bill.
Kansas and Nebraska contain no
.rid lands, although nearly one
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-23
VISION TOO RESTRICTED.
The EyeSight of City Residents suf-
fers from the Continuity of
Many Objects.

speaking Of the practice of wear
ing glasses said well-known opti-
clan in Canal street, "there is Curl
Gus thing about the human eye that
the average person is constantly over
looking. We talk great deal about
the influence of color, about glare and
all that sort of thing. Unquestion-
ably color has great deal to do with
the weakness of the human eye at this
time. Glare figures as an important
factor in the impairment of the hui
man sight. In the matter of color
there is SO much rioting in these lat
ter days that the eye is kept in an
almost constant strain.
"Red is violently red, green violently
green, and so on, until the eye is sim
ply strained beyond the normal in an
effort to visualize the hue, and hence
the optic nerves are in a measure
strained and injured. But this is not
the greatest danger when we come to
think of modern tendencies so far as
the human eye is concerned. There
are other conditions than the matter
of color. The glare is bad enough,
too. The electric and incandescent
lights are simply fearful on ones eye
sight. ,=E-.
"But the thing I quarrel with more
than any other influence is the con-
dition which limits the scope of ones
vision. The eye should have broad
range. One should have the oppor-
tunity of seeing a long distance. We
are denied this opportunity. We are
hemmed and hedged in until the dis
lance we are capable of seeing is very
short indeed. This is why 1 am
strong advocate of parks and prom
enades. Green is naturally restful
COLOR" said the optician in conclusion,
according to the New Orleans Times
Democrat, land if the city could be
provided with long avenues and splen-
did parks where ones eyes could
stretch out in long vista it would be
a great thing"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-23

changing light and shadow over score
or more of sitting and reclining forms.
The story teller sat on one side of the
fire, squatted on the sand, but with con-
siderable animation and gesture as
she told her story. sat on my grub
box opposite her, writing in the light
of the fire as she spoke.
'"It is for me to tell you that those
marks on the foothills are the tracks
Of running bear. In the long time
ago, when man and animals could all
talk and understand each other, bear
lived on one side of the Colorado river
and fox on the other. The fox was
an impertinent little fellow, and fond
of teasing the bear. He would stand
on the bank and call out: You great
clumsy bear! What are you good for?
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-23
third of the western norton o. each

third of the western portion o. each
state is semi-arid. and susceptible of
improvement by irrigation. More
than one-third of the public lands
within the states of North and South
Dakota are in the arid or semi-arid
belt. The portions of the states of
oregon and Washington east of the
Cascade range are either arid or
semi-arid. This condition exists
over two-thirds of California, fact
surprising to all who have not in
vestigated the subject. One-third OF
Oklahoma is arid.
All of the other states and ter
ritories are in the arid belt, and
can only be made agricultural by
scientific irrigation. 1t is estimated
that upwards of 50,OOO,O0O acres of
barren land may be made fertile.
The development of this empire will
prove not only beneficial to those
teeming millions of the future who
shall dwell thereon, but have an ef-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-23
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Shalecliffe church, Kent, England,
has communion chalice which dates
back to the time of Queen Elizab beth.
The present status of the work
OF medical missions is such as to en-
courage the prosecution of this form
of evangelism.
| DR.. NJ. E. Koonce, a missionary at
Rampant, Alaska, drove 1900 miles in
dog sled on his way to attend the
Presbyterian anniversaries held in New
York recently.
Prof. Michael I. Pupina of Columbia
university, inventor of the ocean tele-
phone, began his career in America AZ
an attendant in Turkish bath parloS
in Brooklyn.
There are, it appears, in British Co
luDbia, more Buddhists than Baptists,
more Confucians than Congregational
lists, and nearly as many pagans as
Lutherans.
New York city has school budget
of nearly $20,0OO,OOO this year-a larger
sum than is expended for purposes OF
education by any other city in the
world and very much larger than is ex-
pended by many countries.
Charles NJ. Schwab attended the COM
mencement exercises of the Pennsyl-
vania state college at Bellefontaine,
Pa, and was impressed by the address
of Daniel Webster Strayer, of York, ON
1.-THE Pennsylvania Germans" When
Mr.. Schwab learned that the pupil had
been compelled to decline a scholar
ship of $500, as he felt called upon to
make his living, the steel man went to
young Strayer and said: IF you will
stay and complete this postgraduate
course I will pay you $1,000" The
young man accepted the offer. He is
making special study of chemistry.
In the Roman Catholic church 23S
archbishops and bishops are members
of religious orders. Of these Al are
Franciscans (Friars Minor), besides IA
Capuchins and Conventual Francis
cans, % are Dominicans, and also %
Lazarists, 10 Jesuits, Is Benedictines,
IA Augustinians, IA Oblates of Mary Inn
9 Fathers of the Holy Ghost,
Marists, Carmelites, 6 Oratorians,6
Salesians, S Redemptorists, 4 Brazil
ians, Picputians, Fathers Of Issou-
dun (Sacred Hearty, Canons Regular,
Missionaries of St. Francis of Sales
2Antoninians, 2 Cistercians,2
of the Scuole Pie, 2
Priests of the Precious Blood, and,
finally, one each of the following: OBJ
ates of St. Francis of Sales (Troyes),
Priests of the Blessed Sacrament.
Priests of the Holy Cross, Society OF
he Sacred Heart (Verona).
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-23
PRESENT VOLCANIC ACTIVITY,
RegiOns Of the Western Hemisph re
That Are the Most Liable to
an Upheaval.

The active volcanic groups Of the
western hemisphere occur in five
widely separated regions, says Prof.
Robert T. Hill, in Century.
1. The Andean group of volcanoes
of the equatorial region of western
South America.
2. The chain of some rs great Gin
der cones which stretch east and
west across the south end of the
Mexican plateau. ...~
3. The Central American group,
with its 81 active craters, extending
diagonally across the western ends
of the east and west folds of the Car
ibbean corrugations, fringing the Pa
cifio side OF Guatemala, San Salvador
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-23
solicitude Misdirectea.

In a London safe deposit vault re-
Gently the renter of safe, anxious
for the spiritual welfare of one of
the janitors, said, while they were
in the vault together: Are you pre-
pared to die?" For answer the iani-
tor instantly pinned the questioner
to the wall by the throat. Assistance
arrived and the unfortunate renter
was carried out, half "throttled." Ex-
plantations ensued and it was then
discovered that an inquiry after his
spiritual welfare had been construed
by the janitor as the preliminary to
q murderous attack.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-23
Come across the river and eat me!' The

Come across the river and eat mel The
bear would grunt in his anger, but was
wise enough to make no reply. But
one day he got everything ready, and
built large bonfire in which to roast
the fox. Then, when the haunting lit
tie creature came out and began his
sneering, the bear quietly dropped
into the water, swan across and while
the fox was still shouting his rude
insults fell upon him, and, carrying
him in his arms, took him to the other
side. Then, laying the fox on his back.
he got ready to tear him to pieces.
wait moment said the terrified fox,
Don't kill me until have relieved my
SELF So the bear let the fox go, and
as he stepped behind the bushes-for
he was a modest fox-he ran away
and escaped. He travelled north until
he came to the home of the rattle
snake, to whom he told the story OF his
narrow escape. The rattlesnake hid
the fox in his dirthouse where he kept
his seeds (his tu-vi-kan). There was
every imaginable kind of seed, and
they were each in an OLA or jar, COW
cred up SO that the mice and other
vermin could not get to them. Tho
ola nearest to the door contained the
black-eyed peas, and in this the rattle
snake put the fox. For, said the wise
snake, the bear will never think of
looking in the ola nearest the door.
It was not long before the bear arrived,
having tracked the fox to the home Of
the rattlesnake. Where's the fox?' he
said. 4 don't know said the rattle.
snake.
"I must hunt for him them
"'All right!' responded the snake.
So the bear went into the tu-vi-kan
and, opening the ola farthest from the
door, said: is he in here?' and re.
peated the question as he took the lid
off each ola, one after another. To
every question the snake answered |
Mop until the bear came to the
last one, in which the fox was
hidden. Then, as if angry to be
asked so many questions, the
snake said: Don't look in there;
you've bothered me enough and as
the bear persisted in lifting the cover
the snake coiled and struck his fangs
deep into the bears leg and killed
him. In great glee the fox came out
Of his hiding place, skinned and tanned
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-23
and Costa RIGA. This is separated

and Costa RIGA. This is separated
from the Mexican group on the north
by large nonvolcanic area, the 18TH
mus of Tehuantepec, and Oh the
south from the Andean volcanoes by
the isthmus Of Panama. where no ac-
tive volcanoes are found.
4. The chain of volcanoes of, the
Windward islands, marking the east
ern gate of the Caribbean sea, stand
ing in line directly across the east
ern termini of the Caribbean noun
tains, trending east and west, and
parallel to the Central American
group similarly situated at their
western termini.
S. The volcanoes Of Alaska and the
Aleutian islands.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-23
THE BEARS TRACKS.
A Charming Bit of Chemehuevi In
dian Folklore.
Woman Story Teller Explains Pecu
liar Formation of Foot-Hiu
Country in q Genuinely
Poetic Manner.
Especial Arizona letter.

ESPECIAL Arizona Letter.
IN the Californian side of the Colo.
~ RADIO river l was camped one
night with band of Chemehuevi
Indians. l had rowed down about q
miles. and after visiting several
ranches on the Arizona side, as night
set in, saw large campfire mile or
SO down the river on the opposite side.
1t was with some difficulty that I
reached the camp, for it was back from
the river nearly mile. This mile
width of sand was bank deposited
by the sand-and-salt-laden water of
the river, and would be completely
washed away-so the Indians told me
when the summer floods came, only
to be deposited again when the tide
ran slowly. On the bank overlooking
this sand stretch the camp was formed.
There were several "kans" or houses,
and when the supper was served there
came score or more of men, women,
young men and maidens, and children,
who all evidently felt at home. An In
dian had helped me up with my cam
eras, bedding and grub-box, and as 1
contributed can of beef, some fruit
and other things to the commissary
department, l sat with the rest, help
ing myself mainly from my own sup
plies, while the meal was in progress.
Across the river the Chemehuevi
doomed up, purple and
grand, against the rapidly dark
ening sky. Southwark long
stretch of gently-sloping foothills
reached along down to the valley
and river, and at regular intervals on
the ridge of these foothills there were
to be seen peculiar circular promi-
nences, as if row of small craters had
once been active volcanoes. l called
the attention of one of the Indians to
these and asked what these nromi-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-23
Proposal Postponed.

II suppose you suspect what came
+for?" he said, as he prepared to ask
her father for her hand.
ooh, yes" replied the father; you
want to borrow money, but l haven't
penny to bless myself with"
And the young man deferred his pro
posal.-TitBits.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-23
Too Grasping.

II like to see people economical"
remarked Flimsicus, ''but when man
cuts his stogies in two in the middle
and gets ten smokes for five cents, as
Tyte-Phist does, think, by George,
he's little too penurious to liye!"-
Chicago Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-23
The Retort Courteous.

He-My dear, these biscuits don't
have the true ring.
She-Well, your teeth are false
n. Y. Times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-11
THIRTEEN-cENT STAMPS.
The New Denomination Is Soon to Be
 Issued.

Washington.-As soon as the die-proof of the first of the new series of United States postage stamps is approved by the postmaster general plates win be made and the stamp issued. Its denomi- nation Is IS cents. Benjamin Harrisons portrait occupies the center of the field.
 This will be the first Recent stamp ever issued by the United States. Up to 1873 a stamp of the denomination of I cents had been in use ten years but was discontinued when the rate of foreign postage was reduced to cents. The new Harrison stamp will be little used in domestic mails. It's issuance is the out growth of the increased foreign registra- tion service; 1t will cover the postage and registration fee upon a letter weigh ing one-haf ounce anywhere within the limits of the postal union, which now includes practically all of the organized nations of the world.
 When the stamp is issued there will be only three eligible ex-presidents who have not been honored with a place in the postal gallery of the union during the past forty years-Johnson, Hayes and Arthur. No living ex-president is, of course, eligible. President McKinleys portrait now appears on the new postal cards. It is understood that later a change will be made and his likeness will be placed on one of the principal denominations of postage stamps.