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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-18
DEGENERATE BEARS.
In tho Adirondacks They Have De-
a4me . Race Of Mere Camp
Followers.

Inc tameneSS ana 1mpudence OF
the bears id Yellowstone park have
been commented on great deal OF
late by the newspapers" said ma
tive Adirondack dweller, according to
the New York Sun, 'sbut doubt
if those bears can beat our AdirOn-
dack bears much in that respect.
There was time when the Adj
rondack bear was as wild and shy
and fierce as his Pennsylvania or Sui
Ivan county brethren are reported
to be, but, as a rule, he has got
over it, and degenerated into THEW
ing camp follower and hanger-on
around club houses and hotel and
camp grounds, a pensioner on the
garbage pail and the refuse sup
plies.
AT camps or club houses where
they have not been disturbed, bears
have in many instances forgotten
their shyness and fear of danger to
such a degree that they come swag-
gering to the very kitchen doors,
and, if not chased from there, do not
hesitate to enter the camp itself and
nose around for choicer morsels than
the garbage pail contains. Bears be-
came such q nuisance in this way at
Garry Benson's place, in the Peseco
lake region, last season, that he
pitched into one impudent old chap
one day with horsewhip. The bear
went back to the woods. stopping
every few steps to rub himself, look
ing back at Garry each time in EVIL
dent surprise at the reception he had
received.
Nobody at Benson's camp would
think of killing one Of these shaggy
intruders any more than he would
think OF killing a woodchuck. Garry
Benson says that kicking them of
the premises and stoning them is
only a temporarily relief, but the
horsewhip once laid well over
bear, he finds, causes that bear to
give that place wide berth there
after. 4
"At the district school at Sanders
Mill, on the Mad river, q big bear
came slouching out Of the woods ono
day, a week or so ago, and advanced
on the schoolhouse. Some
of the children had eaten their lunch
con on the grass in front OF the
building.
1.-THE year stopped and licked up
the crumbs and remnants of the re-
past, and then stuck his head in at
the school house door. The screams
Of. the pupils and the school ma'am
frightened Bruin, and he hurried into
the woods.
.The next day the bear came to
the schoolhouse at about the same
hour, and ate the crumbs and crusts
he found on the grass. He didn't
venture to the schoolhouse door
again, though, and after he had
up the remnants Of the
school lunch he went slowly back to
the woods.
His visits became Of daily regular
ity. and. it being evident that he
came with no evil intent, the teach |
er, and now and then pupil. took
to tossing him an apple or other bit
Of luncheon, and finally ITO, feeding |
him out Of hand, until now, so it is |
that bear has almost quar-
tered himself in that school district,
and lunches regularly with the Sand
er's Mill school children and teacher"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-18
Prompt lae.ttoa.

The auctioneer was closing out the
effects of a bankrupt athlete.
WELL" he said. there's a football.
good as new. Take it and look at it.
What am I offered to start II? 81
A college boy in the crowd grabbed
it, started it with kick, and when
last heard from it was still going, go-
ing. Chicago Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-18
A Favorable Verdfct.

The old gentleman steadily regard
Cd him.
SWELL" he said, sit is evident that
my daughter did not pick You out for
your personal attractions. Hence I
must conclude that you have some
practical points that arc Of value.
Take her, my boy, she's youra"-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-18


which, according the Captain Admiral schley
because believed the minister sided with
apology
lilies of the ed andf thosew
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-18
HIS PDeference.

Wife-John, I wish you would mind
the baby for an hour or two. I'm going
downtown to have tooth pulled.
Husband (inspired) You mind the
baby, my dear, and I'll go downtown
and ger couple Of teeth pulled. CHI
cago Daily News
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-18

The vaca marina is the largest Of
fresh-water fish. It weighs up to 1890
pounds. It is found only in the Anna.
zon and Orinoco.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-18
Az Explained.

Mrs. Enpeck-I don't see why mar
ried men should want to join club.
Enpeck On, that's easily explained.
Misery loves company, you know.Chi-
cago Daily News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-18
TIE BertilIon Sxsten.

Since the introduction Of the Ber-
tillon system in France 10000 persons
who have committed crimes and who
were concealing their identity, have,
by means of the system. been identi-
fed and brought to justice; and
among all these not one mistake is
known to have been made.-N. 7.
Sum.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-18
Tough Microbes.

That the microbes which cause dis
ease cannot be killed by firing them
out Of gun has been proved in off,
cial government experiments. MI
crobes of malignant pustule, of alb
scesses and of the intestines were
smeared upon the face of the gun
wad, put next the powder, and fred
into sterile gelatin in agar-agar. In
each case the microbes developed,
each after its kind, in the medium re-
ceiving the wad.-Science.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-18
Great FlOPaafs.

japanese florists have succeeded
in cultivating rose which looks red
In the sunlight and white in the
ehade.-N. r. Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-18
Novel Charity Event.

A lady in Buda- Pesth recently gave
q charitable luncheon party to the
poor of her district. She placed no
limit on the number of invitations,
and the result was that 1000 people
arrived, all eager for the treat.
Eventually the police he'd to draw
their sabers to keep order among
the jewellers. There were no two
opinions about the success Of the
function. The guests to man de-
clared that they had never assisted
at so immense and exciting lunch
con before in their lives. They were
quite cut up when the time came to
9o.-London Mail.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-18
WOMAN WHO COULD SHOOT.
Demonstrated Her skill with the
Rine without Having to
Hurt Anybody.

A story told in the New York Evening
Post by wife of factor of the Hue so1
Bay fur trading company shows that
ability to do a thing well sometimes
makes the actual doing. unnecessary
The woman had been brought up in the
post. where her father was chief fac.
tor, and, like all the children and wom-
en-, had learned to use firearms with
ease and accuracy.
"My father and the men had gone
away to conference with the Indians,
who had been hostile for some time, :
she says. "They had left orders not
to open the gates of the fort.
ut was a blistering day and the
water in the stockade grew warm. So
it was suggested that some one go TO
the river and get fresh pailful. My
aunt agreed to go, and marched out
alone with pail in one hand and a rifle
in the other.
I'VE stood behind the loopho1es Of
the closed gate, saw her disappear
down the bank, come up again with a
dripping pail Of fresh water, and set
1t down as if to rest. She had barely
picked it up again when she stopped
abruptly, gazing straight at the high
grasses on the right Of the path be-
tween herself and the fort All eyesat
the loopho1es turned in that direction,
too, and there, stealing through the
grasses with their war feathers and
war paint on, we saw two young MAJ
rauding warriors plainly bent on mis-
chief. They evidently knew that the
men were all out and only women in
the fort.
1--WE could not possibly shoot in my
aunt's defense without great risk Of
hitting her. If we unfastened the gate,
one OF the Indians could easily have
forced an entrance while the other
stopped her.
But my aunt, instead of rushing in,
set down the pail. She looked again
where the Indians had now risen boldly
up directly under solitary tree.
'.On the topmost branch of that tree
sat 'whisky-jack'-a bird Of the jay
family which is common round camps
in the northern woods. Quick as
fash she aimed her. rifle, picked Off
that jay as coolly as II she had been at
target practice, and then, as calmly
lifting the pailof water, came slowly to
the gate, where we received her with
open arms.
''As for the Indians-well, there was
. flourish of greasy shoulders through
the long grass and the two braves had
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-18
DRESS FIVE. TIMES A DAY.
Result Of Recent Order That Array
OMcers Must Wear Uniforns
on Duty.

Officers Of the army on duty in. the
war department wear uniforms the
same as if they were on duty at mill
tary posts. Occasionally an officer is
found who does not appear in uniform,
but it is only for day or two at most,
says the Washington Post. The prac-
tice has resulted in, masking nearly
every room occupied by officers dress
ing room, where wardrobes are kept.
Most officers dislike very much to APP
pear on the street in uniform; it makes
them too conspicuous. Uniforms for
use in the department are kept in a
wardrobe, and the officers put them
on when they arrive in the morning,
take them OF and don civilian dress to
go to luncheon, and upon their return
in the afternoon and departure for
home later go through the same proc
ess. They don't like it, but it Is IN
order. For people doing business at
the department it is much better, for
stranger knows whether he is talking
with an officer or 9 clerk, and il. fa-s
miliar with the emblems can tell the
rank Of the officer.
Several attempts have been made to
have an order issued in the navy de-
partment which would direct officers
on duty, there to wear their uniforms,
but the officers have always made It
plain that such an order would not be
best.
ut is all very well said an officer Of
the army, $50 far as discipline is con-
cerned, but uniforms are not needed in
the department or about headquarters
in city. In garrisons where the uni
form is worn all the time, and where
all men are soldiers, it is of course, q
good practice and essential, but it is
great annoyance in other places where
only few men are in uniform out of
several hundred thousand"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-18
Moral Courage.

Moral Course.
Psrke-Peterkin has lot Of moral
courage, hasn't he?
Lane-How do you know2
Why ! got half way through :
story I was telling him when I asked
him II he had heard It, and he said
he had. "-Detroit Free Press.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-15

than in recent years. What Mr.. Hamil
ton Wright Mabie says of southern poetry
in general international Monthly, Feb.
1902 applies also to the work of North
Carolina poets: There is the charm of
the southern temperament-warm
grace, power of abandon, generosity OF
spirit; qualities which re-enforced by
adequate artistic training and adequate
ideas promise rich fruitage in the poetry
of the future
Then let our verse-writers catch the
inspiration of the hour. Let them pig
eon-hole or burn all sickly rhymes and
yalueless verse. Let them coin at their
minis only the precious metal of lofty
| thought and it will become widely cur
rent in human life. Let the bees of Hy
mettus with buster hum gather genuine
honey from the flowers of fancy blooming
in our midst Then our poets now living
as we'll as bards unborn will verify our
prophecy of Carolina poets that bright
as the past has been the best is yet to
be.
HIGHT c. MOORE.
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interesting volumes have lately come from
his pen. From Cliff and Scaur" appeared
in 1879 from the presses of the Putnam's.
New York and London. Revising the vol
ume in the Biblical Recorder Editor j. ".
Bailey said: "His lines are marble like
in finish, in refinement, and in purity.
Whether he plays upon some soulful in
strument or draws the picture in the
minds eye or touches the silverv strings
of the Tyre of love or sends forth to God
a prayer from LIES deeps, there is ever
that same genuineness, refinement, deli
oacy, and simplicity which mark the
artist" Mr.. Sledds second volume was
published by the Girham Press of Boston
as number one of the Arcadlan Library
AS its titlc--"Watchers of the Hearth
Indicates, it centers around the fire
side with its chlld-treasures, though
there is genuine sympathy with nature,
few touches of national interest, and
poems reminiscent BY competent critics
this second volume is regarded as regis
tering a distant advance upon the first
''as regards both workmanship and out
look upon life" Reviewing it in the
News and Observer Prof w. l.. Poteat
says: In the dainty volume before US
genuine poet heart finds utteranca
These poems are not echoes, but the un-
constrained and free outpourlngs of a
singularly delicate and tender soul which
sings it's own song and not anothers.
and sings truly because 1t has lived
| deeply" Another reviewer says: "One
| is invariably impressed with two quail
ties in Prof. Sledd's poems: the crUes
purity of their form, perfect to ~ IL :,
word and note; and the utter gspninenes
of his sentiments"
Henry Jerome Stockard IS a native b
| Alamance county and has given his IF
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-15

to the cause of culture. AS educa tor he
has held important positions at Graham,
Chapel Hill, Monroe, Fredericksburg Va,
and now at Raleigh. For years he has
been writing verse for such magazines as
the Century Cosmopolitan, BIelford's
Harper's Kate Fields Washington,
Ladies' Home Journal, and the Sunday
School Times He has also beer repre-
scented in collections of poetry nt nth and
south; Select Poetry of North Carolina"
for example, having more poems from his
pen than from any other writer. In 1897
his Fugitive Lines" appeared, the Put
mans being the publishers. Many are
the golden opinions won by bis verse.
The Washington Post some wears ago
said: North Carolina has promising
poet In Henry Jerome StockarQl. He has
written some notable verses. Edmund
Clarence Stedman declares his sonnets
good, intellectual, and with effective
diction." The Charlotte Observer con-
slders che IS perhaps the best writer OF
verse in the State" DIT. B. Kings
bury says of the poems he has read
They are replete With tender and NOV
ing and exalted Thought, as with melt
ing harmonies." Frank L. Stanton il
Atlanta Constitution mentioning Mr.
stockard's vislT to the exposition there
a lew years 9Eo added: 1--WE repeat thai
10 one todEy is writing better sonnet
than thoS1 which bear Mr.. Stockard
slgnatlEe-if indeed he is equaled II
/ TO- the most difficult form of verses
There are laurels for this poet of the OlC
North State; the bays are blooming TO
him from far away
THE BEST is YET TO BE.
Az final word we are clad to not
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lima. 1t is safe to say that more chaste
and elegant verse is now appearing than
at any period hitherto in our history.
Professors Stockard and Sledd are just
in the prime of their manhood, both 10
Gated in congenial chairs of literature,
and both widely recognized as poets of
real ability; and from them We may ex-
poet even sweeter notes than those al
ready sung A constellation of younger
roets has arisen and is already brighten
ing our literary sky. For example, Join
Charles Mcneil has been lately appear
ing in the Century and other prominent
periodicals The pen of Leonard Charles
Van Noppen is also rich with promise.
The same may be said OF Miss Sue NJ.
Whitaker whose poem on Fins is SUI
fcient to entitle her to distinction. Misses
Dickson and Armfield have each III dainty
volumes given US the earliest buds OF
their poetic genius which promise still
richer fragrance in the ensuing days
others also are striking melodies from
their Tyres; after awhile we may listen
for a chorus of undiscordant song.
The educational revival in the multi
tude of it's blessings is sure TO strengthen
and spread the wings OF poetic fancy
our lofty souls will better learn the Wha
and how of the poetic art. The easier
industrial conditions will permit then
time to feel deeply and express nobly. TIL
day of keener criticism and more diserl
minating appreciation is quite at han'
and with it a stronger stimulus to tn
production of purer, sweeter verse. TIL
much-taked-of provincialism which |
credited with wet-blanketing Tar Het
genius, if it ever existed at all, is be
coming thing of the past. The liter
AIRY atmosphere is more bracing, tulle
! of intellectual ozone, more invigoratln:
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simply entitled Poems" end was pub
lished by Hurd and Houghton New York.
His third volume-"Passio Flower and
Other Poems and the only one of his
works not out of print, l beleve-was
published in 1888 by P. w. Wiley of Raj
elgh. The closing days of his lille were
spent | have heard, in final revision OF
such of his poetical writings as he cs-
teemed worthy of preservation. 1t is
much to be regretted 'hav ne was I'M
able to complete his work as did lis dear
friend Mr.. Boner. Perhaps a fitting col
lection may yet be made, for generous
as has been the reception of his verse
1T Is entitled to yet wider recognition
1t Is marked by stateliness and rever
ence and every piece is manifestly the
product not only of the poets soul but
OF his intellect as we'll. His lines on Sun
set reveal him as a sympathetic observer
and painter of nature. The memorial
verses entitled willie" are remarkably
sweet and tender. THE Star above the
Manger" has become a recitation classic
III almost every school room i'll the State.
His work throughout bears the stamp
of a fine nature. Shortly before his death
June 80, 1901, he wrote his last poem,
"At Eventde.' the closing stanza of which
ittingly and rcpresentatively crowns a
worthy poetic career:
| AS of old, ever new the sweet story
| OF Christ the Redeemer of men;
When grave is TRANSPORTED to glory
| May We sing it together again.
| BENJAMIN Sledd, Professor of English
| in Wake Forest College. though native
! or Virginia, has produced his poetry o.
North Carolina soil where he married
and where the main part of his profes
sional life has thus far been spent. Twc
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THE BEST is YET TO BE

AS a final word we are glad to note
the present poetic revival in North Caro-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-15

Henry Jerome Stockard IS native of
Alamance county and has given his life
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-05
G

Archbishop William Henry Elder. the third
Oldest Catholic prelate In the world. cele-
brated the saith anniversary OF his birth last
Sunday.
Rev. DR.. William Burt. head Of the Amer
lean mission among Italians, has oeen
knighted by King Victor Emmanuel in
recognition OF his successful effort for the
~educaton Of Italian children.
Archbishop Katzer of Milwaukee is at st.
Agnes hospital in Fond du Lac for medical
treatement and a much-needed rest from
the duties of his office. His physician, DR..
ness Is not OF a serious nature.
Rev. 7. II. McMichael, pastor OF the First
Presbyterian church OF Cleveland, has been
chosen president of Monmouth college.
Monmouth, Ill, of which institution his
father was president for nineteen years he
graduated from the institution in 1855
Information has been received from Rome
that the installation OF Mgr. O'Conneu as
president OF the Catholic university OF
America, In succession TO Bishop Conaty,
will not b. held on April p. as had been
arranged
| 100000 Russian peasants. LIBERATED by
Alexander ii In 1851 Is TO be celebrated
hereafter In the orthodox churches by
elaborate thanksgiving services instead OF
by a single requiem mass.
The Baptist temple, Brooklyn. has a re-
hfty-four OF the members had a perfect
record OF attendance, and the average OF
the entire chorus was over 50 per cent. Tn
chorus has an organization OF Its own. Thii
chorus has done me work for a number o.
years.
over 1900 railroad men, members Of tn,
Young Mems Christian association, are 4
hold a four days conference at Topeka
Kan, In April. The railroad association a
1 Topeka II spending 10000 for a new build
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-05

than the large vessels congress has Just
authorized.
For every 10000 inhabitants OF Germany
10 acres Of potatoes are planted, as against
liz acres In Austria, IS acres In France, IS
acres in the United States and 81 acres In
Great Britain and Ireland.
Pelham, n. H.. with a total population OF
463 has eighteen octogenarians. A long life
and a sober one, varied only by the annual
Pelham sing" Better eighty years OF Pei
ham than a decade OF New York.
The state Of Washington has the most
gigantic lumber resources In the world.
One acre of Washington timber will fur
nish in its lumber as many carloads OF
freight as 100 years of wheat product from
a Dakota farm.
A German photographer. Kunwald, says
Photography, when taking a picture OF a
woman OF doubtful age. places sheets OF
eelluloid between the negative and the
printing paper, thus producing a very soft
ening effect, which hides the discrepancies
OF age.
Among the pogtonhces OF this great re-
public there are seven Pterces, hfteeu
Roosevelts. seventeen McKlnleya, twenty e
twenty-nine Adamses and a. many Jefter.
! sons. hAdisons, JackSohs. JohnsonS, Greats
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-05
Precision In EnEineerIng.

No more striking example of the pre-
cision required IN engineering undertake
lngs can be found than the boring Of the
famous 81. Gothard tunnel through the
Alps. Work was begun simultaneously at
both ends, nearly ten miles apart. Foot
by foot the rock was blasted out under
the guidance OF men who relied primarily
on instruments which they carried with
them as the work proceeded. When the
last sheet Of rock was brokn through and
the men Of each end shook hands II was
found that there was a difference OF level
Of only four inches and hat The true line
had been sweryed from only eight inches.
stu more remarkable accuracy may be
expected OF the engineers who are now
boring the simplon tunnel through the
AlDA