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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14

fellow the tame one picks up his keep
er, sets him on his neck and walks back
and forth in sight of the astounded
stranger. being guided by the gentle
prod III the hook. And if you ever
doubted there was language between
animals then. as a rule, comes an ex-
hi5ition that will convince you other
wise. The wild animal is let loose in
corral along with tanned pachy-
dermS and the animal language be-
gins. have seen it again and again
that the trained elephant, when given
his own way. will strut over to the new
one and bring him away with himself,
walking along as if it were his own par
ticular business to give him wholesome
advice. Tanner and tanner the new fell
low becomes, until after seeing the ex-
ample of the trained brethren he takes
up his keeper at a word of command
and sets him on the massive neck.
'From then on the animal is tanned,
and il properly treated, unless he be-
comes 'musth,' will remain faithful
servant. The question now is whether
you want the beast broken for work
or for the circus. If it is question of
pulling tree stumps or of moving fiat
cars or of carrying lumber, all that is
necessary is to let him see the other
elephants at work. Y. Commercial
Advertiser.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
or Course He Got the job.

A Philadelphia merchant has become
very fond of an Office boy he engaged
last June. The boy entered very early
in the morning, when the merchant
was reading the paper. The latter
glanced up and went on reading with
out speaking. After three minutes
the boy said: Excuse me-but I'm
in a hurry" "What do you want?"
he was asked. "a job" you do?
Well" tsnorted the man of business,
.'why are you in such hurry?" Got
to bury replied the boy. 'Left
school yesterday to go to work, and
haven't struck anything yet. l can't
waste time. If you've got nothing for
me saw so, and I'll look elsewhere.
The only place can stop long is where
they pay me for it, ''When can you
Gomez" asked the surprised merchant.
..Don't have to come" he was told.
4I'n here now, and would have been
To work before this if you'd said So"
OF course he got the job.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
THIS MOUSE CAN SING.
Indiana Man Has q Rodent in His
House Which Can Make du-
steal Sounds.

A. H. Snyder, of South Bend, Ind,
has a singing mouse in his house, and
the mouse has a family of little ones.
The mother mouse makes a sound in
high key, a sound that is thin and
wiry, but not displeasing to the ear.
For years the house where Mr.. sny-
der lives had number of singing mice.
Their musical inclination was OBJ
served years ago when the late Albert
N. Baker lived in the house. He was
an inveterate player of a flute, and
when the mice heard the sound of the
flute they seemed to go into ecstasies
and showed the highest appreciation
of the players efforts.
But the singing mouse that lived at
the place when the snyders moved in
became a nuisance after the family
went to bed. The Snyders did not
want to kill it, and finally captured it
alive. It made its escape, but was soon
in captivity again, and since it became
a prisoner has not only continued its
musical notes, but has become the
mother of several mice, which the
Snyders are looking after carefully.
Mr.. Snyder thinks that the musica!
talent of the mother mouse may be
handed down to her little ones.
The singing rodent is about the size
of common mouse, but its fur is
somewhat darker. Indianapolis
News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
THE SUBURBAN G1GGLE.
1llrthless, Spdsmodic Cachinnation
Peculiar to Some Out.0f-
!! Town Residents.

s'There is no doubt about it, in my
opinion" remarked a fair subur banite,
according to the New York Tribune.
"People deteriorate by living in the
country. The men give up dressing
for dinner and become sloyenly in
their apparel and careless about their
manners, and the women acquire GER
tain rusticity, which is very recogniz-
able. Tie funny part of it, too" she
continued, sis that they all acquire
certain resemblance to each other in
appe arance and manners. This shows
itself especially among the young
women who have been born and bred
in genteel suburbs. [ do not mean
common people at ALL, she explained.
Il am talking of those of good social
class, who are well connected and rea-
sonsbly well off, but who, nevertheless,
are hopelessly provincial. As belong
to the species myself" she interpolat-
ed, Il suppose can say what please,
for ] make no doubt that / am as bad as
the rest. Have you ever noticed, by
the by, how many country women
have the same curious, nervous little
laugh? Now, / am sure that must be
due to suburban living, for I have
heard precisely the same giggle at
widely divergent places. 1t is Per
fectly mirthless. spasmodic cachinna-
ton, delivered either before or after
a sentence, as: How arc you, hee-hee-
hee?' or Z nearly missed my train.
Hee-hee!' And so on. One woman I
know has got so into the habit of pre-
missing everything she says with what
call the suburban giggle that not long
ago, when l met her wearing mourn
ing and spokeito her alphabetically,
she answered me: 'Hee-hee! Yes, my
poor aunt is dead, and 1 am going in
for the funeral!'"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
HOW WILD ANIMALS FIGHT.
When n Buffalo Bull and Lions Get
Together the Battle IL
Terrific.

In the pitched battles which some.
times take place between the great
carnivora and the largest and most
powerful of the OK tribe the forces
of animal courage, desperation and
bodily strength must be exhibited on
scale never elsewhere seen, says y
writer in Leslie's Weekly. Such COM
bats do occur, but have seldom been
witnessed, and still less frequently
described. Two or three lions some
times combine in such an attack, but
from the marks seen on buffalo it
is probable that sometimes there is Il
single combat, for it can hardly be
supposed that the buffalo could es-
cape from more than one lion.
The number of foot-pounds of en-
ergy put into such struggle mus
be something extraordinary. The eff
forts of lion, which can strike
mans arm from the shoulder and
leave it hanging by strip of skin,
or which can carry a cow over high
stockade, endeavoring unsuccessfully
in close grips, to drag down or disa-
BILE buffalo bull, must be on gi-
gantic scale, and the strength which
can shake him off, and, it is believed,
occasionally crush the lion after
ward, must be even more amazing.
A buffalo bull has been credited with
engaging three lions in mortal conf
bat, and making good fight before
he was disabled by one of the lions
hamstringing him by biting his legs
from behind.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14

Unless memory is unusually treach-
erous, it was in 1886 that a postmaster
was appointed for Kankakee, Ill,
whose nomination made the senate, IN
executive session, red hot. The enc
mics of the man appointed got SO busy
that they called him all sorts OF names,
and undertook to prove it. 1t the
stories told in executive session at that
time had been made public there would
havd been a lot of trouble in Kanka-
kee. Il
Then again, in 1894, when the nomi-
nation Of Alex. Charles to. be post
master at Cedar Rapids, Ia, was under
consideration, the senate had an awful
ly hot time over the charges that were
filed. Il was alleged that Mr.. Charles
had done everything on earth except
say his prayers and be q good citizen.
However, he was confirmed, in the long
run.
But to return to the supreme court
nominations. President Grant NOM
mated Mr.. Williams, of Oregon, to be
chief justice. and Senator Sumner made
such hot fight against confirmation
that the name was withdrawn. Then
Grant nominated Caleb Gushing to be
chief justice, but there was bitter OPP
position. Finally Secretary of State
Fish went personally to the senate and
begged for Cushing's confirmation.
The opposition was melting away
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
MEMORY SAVED HIM.
Prisoner in Australia Secured Re-
lease Through the Help of q
WOnde rful Witness.

An Australian paper reported, as
long ago as 1916, the following scene
which occurred in the supreme court
of Sydney, during a trial for robbery.
An alibi was pleaded for the prisoner.
At the time of the robbery he was in
his own hut, listening to the recital
of Horace Walpole's "Old English
Baron" which a man named Lane had,
with other novels, committed to men,
DRY. Lane was two hours and half
repeating the tale.
This statement seemed so incredible
that the attorney general, for the
prosecution, asked Lane if he really
meant to assert that he could occupy
two hours and half with his recita-
ton. II could" replied the witness,
''and will, if you please" "We'll have
a page or two" said the attorney gen.
eral, and to the great surprise, not less
of the learned gentleman than of the
court and auditory, the witness, after
a preliminary "Hem!" commenced:
''In the time of King Henry, when
the good Duke Humphrey returned
from the wars in the Holy Land, where
he had been sojourning for number
of years, there lived" and so he went
on for several minutes, in tone and
manner which showed that he knew
every word of the book, until he was
stopped by the attorney general, who
confessed he was satisfied.
But the counsel for the defense was
not; doubts had been cast upon Lanes
veracity, and he should be allowed to
prove it, with the time occupied in the
recitation, by speaking the whole
novel! The chief justice was in great
CONSERVATION at this, and exclaimed:
"But do you expect me to take it
down?''
At last the matter was compromised,
the man of memory giving the con-
Guiding portions of the story. AS a
consequence the prisoner was dis
charged.-Golden Penny.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
FUN IN A JUSTICE COURT.
Case In Which . Negro and an Italian
Figure with Considerable
PrOnainence.

A case was being tried at q down
town courtroom recently, in which an
Italian and number of negroes
were witnesses. The negroes were
first called upon to give their evil
dence. With the exception of a child
ish inclination to wander from the
main point at issue, a tendency
which in attempting to curb, afford
ed the attorneys in the case an OPP
portunity for strenuous effort. Their
testimony was finally given to the
entire satisfaction of all concerned,
says the Chicago Record-Herald.
Then came the Italian. His first
move brought an expression of dis
may and perplexity to the faces of
his legal inquisitors. Without pre-
lude or provocation he began in the
most excited manner to pour forth
perfect torrent Of Italian. The
perplexity of the attorneys was
clearly shared by the presiding mag
istrate, whose linguistic attachments
ended with knowledge Of his moth.
ter tongue. He was completely taken
aback, and SO plainly did his face ex-
press his feelings that one Of the
darkies, immensely tickled by the
oddity of the situation. burst into q
loud guffaw. Instantly the judicial ,
eye was bent upon the offender with
threatening severity and the magis-
terial voice fairly doomed through
the suddenly quiet room:
.'Stand up, sir! Stand up!"
Trembling from the consequences
probably attendant upon his want
Of respect, the culprit obeyed amid
an impressive silence.
Sir asked the judge, with an
ominous frown, "cans you designate
anyone here who speaks Italian?"
Half frightened out Of his wits by
the terrible possibilities which he
imagined to be consequent upon his
failure to point out such person.
the darby rolled his eyes fearfully in
the direction of the Italian and des.
ignating the latter with trembling
forefinger stammered in tremulous
tones:
''Yais. sub, jedge, youah honah, dat
man do"
Order was only restored aftes
three of the spectators who could
not. or would not, control their
mirth had been elected from the
crowded courtroom.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
DANCE OF TIE DEER.
Unus6al and Beautiful Sight VIII
messed by a Hunter Who Was
Charmed by 1t.

The first time I saw him was in the
company of his mother and a sister,
whom he much resembled, says Hugh
NJ. Warrand, in "Blackwood's Maya
zine" He was playing and nlbbllng
along the soft edge of a little tarn.
What dainty, nimble, unconcerned
looking little person he was! l sat
hidden on hillock about 200 yards dis
tant watching. the trio. His mother
was a very large old doe, whom had
known by sight for several seasons;
but this was the only one in which she
had been successful in rearing both
her infants to such an age of semi
independence.
1t might have been week later ere
I saw the old mother doe out again
with her family, when again found
her feeding by the little tarn in the
hollow. She appeared totally unaware
of my presence, and what she was
about could not imagine, for she
strolled backward and forward, as
man might who was making up his
mind about something.
Suddenly she sprang forward yard
or two into round open space in the
heather, hitherto unnoticed by me, and
began running round and round. AS
if from out of the very earth, and al
most at the same momeEt, into the
circle jumped Master Buck and his
sister, and before had time to guess
at what was going to happen I found
myself the solitary spectator of GER
tainly the most novel and graceful
circus had ever seen. or may ever
hope to see again.
Round went the old doc, faster and
faster, her children after her; then
she faced about, chasing the latter this
time; again, she turned and was fol-
lowed; and so the game went on.
Presently all three were out OF the
ring led by the doe, and bounding
away through the heather, over the
ridge and out of sight. l thought that
I had seen the last OF them for one
day; but not so; back beheld the per-
formers coming at full gallop, and this
time they had another performer with
them. Last years fawn had Joined the
troupe. On they all came without q
stop, and into the fairy ring, where l
was treated to another graceful per-
Torrance, which seemed rather more
complicated than the first. l wish l
had studied it Better, but was so sur
prised at the whole thing, and it was
over so quickly, that l really had not
a fair chance to grasp every detail
In a few 11iIutes the ring was empty,
the performers out of sight, and left
alone to wonder if what / saw was real
or imaginary. Real it certainly was,
for when my establishment had worn
off little I got up and went forward
to view the ~fairy circle, where found
abundant traces OF my fairies, and a
few yards away found another circle,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
ELEPHANTS IN INDIA.
1neS Are Trained to Lift Big Ttmbe RS
In Lumber Yards and to Push
Heavy Loads.

What the horse and even the dummy
engine are to other countries as a
source OF power, the elephant is to In
dla. The enormous strength and in
teillgence OF this brute are proverbial,
and this strength is employed in many
lines of work in India. The animal is
employee to push heavy loads, to move
big timbers and to do many other
Things requiring enormous strength.
says man who has had plenty of ex-
perience in this line:
The tanned elephant is brought in as
Q taskmaster. Within sight of the raw
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
POISONING AS A FINE ART.
s..,. NJ hhe Ingenious ways Of Civ
ing the Fatal Dose to Avoi0
dentiAcation.

The whole question of secret poison
ing is one OF the greatest interest, anc
one that is bound up with the romance
of past centuries, says London House
hold Words The word romance IS
used adyisedly, for it undoubtedly
played great part in the WEIRD taies
that have been handed down ana ac-
copied so readily by lovers OF the mys-
FERROUS. 1t is sad fact that modern
day science should reject the larger
part of these picturesque stores. Inc
drinking cup is so devised that harm
less wine poured into it was immedl-
ately transformed into death-deal-
ing potion, and the looking glass that
slew any one who Glanced to glance
into tit is hard, indeed, that both
Of these should be pronounced incom-
patible with our increased knowledge.
That rose, scented with insidious poi
son. which we have loved from schools
room days-it is q pity to consign it
to the realms Of fiction,
BY way of compensation for the 1e-
gends of which it has robbed us, mod
ern science has introduced us to or
ganic poisons undreamed of by the
artists of the renaissance. Consider
the possibility of the micro-organism
in capable hands. The student new to
the work shudders involuntarily when
those carefully sealed glass tubes
which contain "cultures" of this or
that deadly bacillus are handed round
for inspection. What if he were to
drop one and spread the germs round
among his fellows? Luckily these tox-
ms are not easily obtained, but in the
hands Of scientist why. modern
medici might destroy his enemies
wholesale and without fear of detec-
ton. A case was reported in the Eng
lish papers in 1S94-on the authority
OF DalziePs correspondent at Buenos
Ayres--which proves that the above
facts have not been overlooked. A
certain Prof. Beaurigard, an eminent
experlmentalist on pathological sub
Jects, was put on his trial for murder.
he appears to have given select din
ners, to which never more than three
guests were invited, and within "a
hours one or more of these guests
were attacked by what appeared to be
cholera or yellow fever After Is
deaths had thus occurred the profess
sor was arrested and put on his trial,
but the case against him was flimsy
one, and was about to break down,
when new witness appeared. During
short adjournment the professor
committed suicide by means of gold
capsule containing poison, which he
had concealed in a hollow tooth. At
ter his death the new witness-who
was the professors butler explained
the mannersof the crime. The murder
er was accustomed himself to bring
in and pound the ice which was used
for the liquor with which the banquet
terminated. This ice turned out to
be impregnated with cholera germs,
which, though frozen, had not lost
their poisonous qualities, for in the
human body they immediately be-
came active principles for i'll. What
would not the Borgias, Catherine de
Medici, or the Marquis de Brinvilliers
have given for knowledge such as this?
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14

which was evidently in use, and fur
Their on another, which appeared old
and disused. In one stood tree, in
another two stumps of trees cut down,
the latter being the one most in use,
to judge by the state of the ground.
l went home happy that evening, for
I felt that l had been a witness to a
spectacle few sportsmen have had an
opportunity of witnessing.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
,s,ce out Of Apple Seed.

with a fine needle draw black sew
,rg silk through the pointed end of a
good fat apple seed and clip it to
shout the proper length for ears.
Then with sharp penknife shave n
narrow strip from the under or fiat
-;aa IL the seed and turn it out at the
ather end for the tail. Now pass the
,s,aadle through a white card and
.hronph the seed near the tail, and
scain through the card, drawing it
down snugly. Repeat the same at the
ar era end you have a very realistic
ruaorsa.-American Boy.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
THE CHEERFUL CRICKET

or bow is drawn across the thickened
vein or string.
Mrs. Cricket looks very much like
her husband, except that, like the
katydid, she carries long, slender
spear at the end of her body, with
which to deposit her eggs. These are
laid in the ground, like those of the
grasshopper, and hatch out in the
spring.-N. Y. Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
Keep Doctors strai<ht.

Germany and China afford excel.
lent object lessons in the treatment
OF medical men. In Berlin the doc.
tors coachman wears a white hat.
The advantage of this in, say, a street
accident, is obvious. In China tho
doctor is paid only so long as YOU
keep well, and is by law comneiled
to illuminate the exterior of his ras;.
'dence by night with as many lamps.
as he has killed-that is, ..lost,,--na.
tients.-Medical Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
Good Health or No Marrying.

The first government to recommend
that good health should be prerequi-
site to the securing of marriage Ii
cense is that of Spain, whose minister
of Justice has just made the sugges-
ton. Unfortunately the diseases
most inimical to the marriage rela-
ton are not noticeable to the I'M
trained eye and often battle the dag
nostic powers of the most astute ply
sician during their interval of Ia
tency.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
Use Their Toes with r..,,,.,

A scientist connected with the lea.
body museum of Harvard nn;vss.;x..
who has been spending some time
among the Maya people Of Yucatan
says that they use their toes IN man,
klnds OF work as readily as thew uss
thear hngers.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
Nothinx in It.

Farmer Harrow-So Bill Perkins
had ter sell that brindle COW o. his?
Farmer Barnes-Yes. She'd run like
thunder every time she see a railroad
train. No use ever expecting ter col
lect damages on that Kind of a critter.
Puck.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
Geronimo and nis Daughter.

Geronimo, the famous old Apache
war chief, now prisoner at Fort Sill.
Oklahoma, has daughter who is q
pupil at the Mascalero Indian school,
in New Mexico. Her name is Lenna
Geronimo. She is J3 years old, and she
is quite handsome girl of the Indian
type. To her one-time blood-thirsty
father the girl is the apple OF his eye.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
Too Useful.

'My, FRIEND" said the fakir at the
street corner, II can sell you a salve
for ten cents that will cure that big
wart on the back of your hand"
81 don't want it cured" the hollow
eyed man in the crowd responded.
''The baby uses it to cut his teeth on
Chicago Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
The Philosophy of It.

81 can't git my min right Oh wha,
sort er fish hit wuz dat swallowed
JONAH" said the lay member.
'sYou don't have ter" replied Brother
Dickey. 'Des shet 20 min up, en-
thank God hit didn't swaller you!"-
Atlanta Constitution
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
a Blue Ribbon View.

First Marketman-I tell you, cant
understand why these high-priced
sausages fly SO fast.
Second-Marke tman.-Perhaps they
are made of greyhounds.-N. Z
Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-14
Pulpit Hypnot,sm.
"Papa?"
es, my son"

Ies, my sUH.
"What is hypnotist?"
''Why, hypnotist is man who puts
people to sleep, my boy"
us our minister hypnotist, pop?"
sWhy, no; what an ideal"
He always put you to sleep, pop
Yonkers Statesman.