St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-11-07
WHEN COMING TO AMERICA.

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Documents Like Old French Pass
ports Are Filled for English
Passengers.
Every person going to America by the
American line sailing from SOuthamp-
ton is required to fill up paper remind
ing us of France in the old passport
days. There are 81 questions to be an
swered on the printed form, emitting
little or nothing. First, the proposed
passenger has to state his or her name.
then age in years and months, then sex,
then whether married or single. An
other dip of the pen, and we come to call
ing or occupation, and ability to read
or write. This is followed by national
ity, then by race or people-race or peo-
pie to be determined by the stock from
which they spring, and the language
they speak. The last residence" prov
ince, city or town. has then to be stated.
Then follows final destination" to be
reached by ticket or otherwise, says the
Pail Mall Gazette.
A rather rude question is asked in the
interrogatory: "By whom was passage
paid?" This is followed by the ques-
ton which appears to be equally rude:
whether In possession of $50, and If
less, how much?" A statement has next
to be made whether the traveller was
ever before in the United States, and, If
50, when and where? The next state
ment requires the traveller to state
whether he or she is going to join a
relative or friend, and, If so, what rela-
tive or friend, and his name and COM
plete address.
We then come to series of very rude
questions, which probably are some
times fenced" with "Were you ever in
prison? In an almshouse? In mad
house?. Or supported by charity? If
so, which? Are you polygamist? Are
you an anarchist? Are you coming to
the United States by reason of any offer,
solicitation, promise, or agreement, ex-
press or implied. to earn your living? Is
your health good-mental and physical?
Are you deformed or crippled? If so, for
how long, and state the cause.
After this, the query about the straw
berry mark on the left arm might have
been added. The stowaways on board
the Mayflower evidently included the
tapsworm-Ruby variety.
Weather Wisdom.
A very curious method of making
weather predictions has been discov-
cred by an old French farmer. ION
Christmas eve," he says. when the bells
begin to ring for midnight mass, take
IL onions and place them in a row on
q table. The first onion will represent
January, the second February, and SO on.
Next make large slit in each onion
and pour some salt in it. II at the end
of an hour you find that the salt in the
March onion has melted, you will know
that there will be much rain in March,
and. on the other hand, If the salt in the
April onion is not melted, you may be
certain that April will be dry month.
Moreover, il the salt in any onion is
melted at the top, but not at the bottom,
the first fortnight of the month will be
wet and the second fortnight dry"
EiRel Tower Out Of Favor.
Parisians have become tired Of the
Eiffel tower, once their pride and the
grand attraction of the exposition of
1889, and are clamoring for its re-
moval. Experts have been called upon
to say how long the tower. II left to
itself, will stand, and, with the usual
diversity of opinion that character
ICES experts in all lines, they fix the
time at from 50 to 200 years. In order
to gain time and quiet clamor upon the
matter the authorities have extended
the concession of the company that
owns it ten years, or until 1919, the
present concession not expiring until
1909.