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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16
COURAGE.

Where crowds rushed in at noon to eat.
The clerks, the scribes and all the others.
He came and hunted for a seat
And jostled with the hungry brothers
His hands were large and red and rough,
His coat was frayed along the border.
A bowl of soup he deemed enough,
Apparently, for him to order.
There, where the hungry hundreds sat.
With elbows touching as they hurried
The tall, the short, the thin. the fat,
The unconcerned and those that Worried
There. where the hard-faced infidel
Partook beside the mild agnostic,
And f1outed Heaven and laughed at hell
And flung out grim remarks and caust!c-
There, crowded in among them, he
Whose hands betrayed the marks Of
labor
Not caring who might turn to see,
And elbowed by his thoughtless neigh.
There, in the noise that they who ate
And they that fed the crowd were max.
ing,
He closed his eyes above his plate
And bowed his head before partaking.
His hands were rough, he was not blessed
With greatness an we think we know it.:
But oh. that I such faith possessed
And dared as he could dare to show 1t.
S. e. kiser, in Chicago Record-Herald.
General Opinion.
A man who expresses himself con-
tented is looked upon o. lacking in am-
bition.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16

unique Structure That Was Built Hun
dreds of Years Ago.
served Aztec masters for centuries be-
fore Cortez appeared on the scene to
impose a worse slavery upon them, for
they are not of the superior race OF
which SO many reminders in the shape
of gold and silver ornaments, stone idols
and curious specimens of pottery have
been unearthed in quantities in several
of the Central American states, and be-
ing the opposite of warlike, they could
easily be held in bondage.
They are not idolaters in any sense of
the word, nor do they profess religion or
hold public worship of any nature,
though their belief tends more to fear
of an evil spirit than faith in good
one; in fact, the Talamancans present
an instance of a nation without doctor.
lawyer or priest, the ''sokee," corre-
spending to the medicine man of the
North American tribes, usually comhin-
ing the functions of all three. Polygamy
is the most important feature of their
domestic relations, few it any of the
members of the different tribes being
content with less than three to half a
dozen wives, while his Talamancan
majesty might well exclaim with
Launcelot: Alas! Fifteen wives is
nothinge." His seraglio is usually bet
ter provided in point Of numbers.
The government of this Indian nation
is entirely hereditary, and it is aston
ishing to learn of the many points OF the
doctrine of primogeniture as practiced
by the reigning families of Europe, with
which they are familiar. Their laws
are naturally few in number, both the
legislative and judicial power, as is
usually the case where no fixed princi-
pies of either have been acquired, be-
ing vested exclusively in the king. In
common with others in his position the
world over, he is despot, and rules
according to royal within where this does
not conflict with long established Gus
tom. The marital relation is held sa-
cred. The engagement of girl begins
within few hours of her birth, the
bridegroom-to-be making a contract
with the parents at that time 1t is
usually consummated when she reaches
the age of ten or twelve, custom that
is responsible for great disparity in the
age and longevity Of the sexes.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16
NEW CAVALRY TRAINING.
Novel System of Instruction to BE In
troduced for Benefit of the
e. British Horse Soldier.

BRITISH Horse Soldier.
Apparently as the result of the ad-
mirable experiments in cavalry train
ing made by Lieut.. Col. de Lisle at
Hounslow, the new system of instruc-
ton is to be introduced into the First
British army corps, writes an Alder
shot correspondent.
The innovation win do away with
much of the useless routine work
which in the past has occupied so
much of the cavalryman's time From
will be to develop the cavalryman's
power of initiative and resource and
general intelligence in the field. One
of his first lessons will be to catch
his horse when turned loose, to train
it. and ride it across country instead
of around the riding school.
The care of horses is also TO be
taught. Men are to be instructed in
the treatment of minor horse mala-
dies, how to judge and treat lame
ness, and to tell good forage from
bad.
OUTPOST and advance guard duties,
reconnaissance duties and map reading
are to be taught thoroughly. Parties
OF men are to be sent out to find their
way to fixed points entirely by the
map. The art of scouting will be in
stilled by the flag stealing" game and
practical trials of scouting. in which
special stress is to be laid on intercept
ing moves of the enemy, learning his
strength without being seen. dispatch
riding and making Ineligible verbal
and written reports.
More attention is to be paid to firing,
the proper appreciation of cover, rapid
shooting, natural rests, and the effects
of wind.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16
SUN AS HEALTH RESORT.
The Great Luminary Il Not q Molten
Sphere, But q Shining
Sanitarium.

The western astronomer who an
Eounces that the sun is not molten
| mass, but, on the contrary, a delightful
place to inhabit, will receive more re-
spectful attention than would have been
possible ten years ago, says the Phlla-
delphia Inquirer. That the sun is the
source of practically all the light and
| heat we receive is undoubted, but the
nature of these two forces is not only
| mystery to us, but the theories which
| have from time to time been advanced
concerning them have been found I'M
| tenable. Although we have immeasur-
| ably increased our knowledge concern
ing the universes and some OF Its laws
in the last four centuries, we are not
much nearer any appreciation OF the
causes underlying them.
The ignorant talk glibly about the
Subtle ether" gravitation, light, heat
and electricity, but the wisest admit
that mighty little can be positively as
serted about any of them aside from OBJ
served phenomena. No reasonable ex-
PLANTATION has ever been given that ex-
plains the law of gravitation, which
alone of al these in the universe seems
to work exactly the same at all times
| and under all condition. No one can
explain how the rays of the sun pass
through the f-inged space for 10000, 900
ct miles and yield us the warmth and
| light without which life is impossible.
Very plasible theories have been adj
vanced to explain how the sun main
tains its volume of heat in spite of the
constant loss through emanation, but
they are theories only.
The atomic theory was used for
decades to explain many things, but
since that has been destroyed or made
tendent upon the Hertzian waves and
the emanation of ions, scientists are at
sea where once they felt secure. Radi-
UNI exhibits phenomena that are thus
far inexplicable, and it is probable that
the western astronomer has arranged
his theory of an inhabitable sun largely
because OF these recent discoveries,
which have done much more to destroy
former views than to construct new
| ones. He thinks that the sun is the
great dynamo of our system, and that
light and heat are mere effects of cleo
tricity as locally manifested when in con-
tact with matter. This sounds well, but
1t means little. 1t does not dispose of
the difficulties attendant upon the the
DRY afforded by other known condi-
tions
What can be said is that no one with
any intelligence will at once categorical
ly disput the theory. That period has
gone by. What is demanded is that he
who propounds this or any other by
pothesis shall back it up with reason
able proof of scientific nature. We
are unlearning many things just now,
aud are preparing to learn new ones,
and we must all approach any subject
with an open mind, devoid of prejudice.
The sun may or may not be inhabitable.
It is going to be difficult to establish
either proposition.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16

FURTHER CONVERSATION.
downward career until it reached the
space between the first and second
floors; there it stopped.
At the sight of her fellow passenger
Katherine turned pink with embarrass-
ment. The man had muttered some
thing under his breath and bowed frig-
idly, for, before counting disaster, he
had courted Katherine it
had amounted to the same thing. They
had parted forever only the evening be-
fore, and the ring she had worn for three
months was at that moment in West
colts vest pocket, where he had thrust
it savagely at the end of their quarrel.
why are we stopping here?" asked
Of cherubic countenance.
"'Cause we can't go on returned the
boy, producing bag of nuts and comic
paper and proceeding to make himself
comfortable. 'The powers off again"
HAS it ever-does it often go of like
this?"
"Oh, yes,'' replied the boy, cheerfully.
There's nothing to be scared of. Some
times she runs all right for as much as
week; then, again, she won't bulge for
six or seven hours at a stretch"
"Six or seven hours!" gasped Rather
inc.
"Yes," replied the boy, settling him
self more comfortably on his stool.
"Once it was longer. but gin'rally they
get her going in an hour or two. There's
no danger at all miss"
The boy gently discouraged further
conversation by burying himself in his
paper. Katherine moved to the end of
the long, leather-covered seat West.
colt, at the extreme other end, stared
gloomily at the wall.
Katherine looked al her watch; it was
already past luncheon time, and she had
been too miserable to eat much break
fast. Still-she frightened at the
thought-she should not starve for she
had with her a box of chocolates she was
taking home to her sisters children.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16
MISSPELL WINDOW SIGNS.
New Trick in Advertising Which a
New York 1Ierchant Says
f+ Works Wonders.

Zone of the tricks of the trade during
the next year." said the window dresser
for big department store, according
to the New York Sun, lis going to be
the misspelling of words in window
signs. It works wonderfully. You
know, at one time, great trick was to
put picture in your window, upside
down. People would come in droves
to tell you about the mistake, and it
gave business boom for time.
But this misspelling of words beats
all the other old devices. Why? Be-
cause it is human nature to love to cor
rect other folks. It's the same spirit
that animates the man, woman and
child, who go blocks out of their way
to show stranger where he wants to
60
ut pleases people to know that they
know something you don't, and after
they have corrected you they go on
their way inwardly pleased with them
selves, or else they are so brim full of
geniality that you can sell them goods
that they never dreamed of buying.
I'VE tried the new trick two weeks
ago. l had sign made to go in our
white window It read: Thanksgiven
Linens Well, that sign had hardly
been in the window Is minutes before
a gray-haired man wearing spectacles
stepped in. The floorwalker at that
door caught him. He was beamiEg.
He had noticed an odd error in spelling
In the window, and if the floorwalker
would only step outside he would show
it to him.
The floorwalker went out, of course,
with the old fellow, who pointed with
his cane at the carefully misspelled
sign. The floorwalker thanked him
profusely and, they chatted until the
old chap got asking questions about the
price Of some of the handkerchiefs in
the window. Then the floorwalker took
him inside and turned him over to one
of the counter girls.
after that they came thick and fast
In two hours the floorwalker sent for
me and said he couldn't stand it. He
wasn't engaged as barker and some
body'd have to be put on the job; he was
neglecting his business. So we got a
man to do nothing else but attend to that
misspelled sign.
1T worked we'll all that week and last
week, too. Persons who did not want
white goods got inside in trying to cor
rect that Thanksgiving error, and saw
something else that interested them, SO
it was just the same.
"But last Friday we took the sign
down and spelled Thanksgiving in the
good old-fashioned way. Pretty soon
I expect We'll have to spring another
one. There's no reason why we should
MT take all honest advantage of the
frailties of the human race"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16
HOW WE CATCH COLDS.
The Old Notion About Exposure to
Drau8hts Has Been
Abandoned.

The London Hospital, a medical maya
zine, maintains that colds are caught, the
colds that have nasal catarrh for their
chief symptom, in the same way that
other infectious diseases are caught
by the lodgment of germ, says the Bos-
ton Herald. The character of the germ
is not specified. This is no new dis
covery or theory. Knowing persons have
long been careful about exposing them
selves to infection by persons who have
a cold, lest they "catch" it. The old no.
ton that cold is the result of exposure
to draught or to cold air or getting the
feet wet has been abandoned, although
it is true that one may get chill in that
way which will afford some of the symp-
toms and sensations of the nasal catarrh
caused by noxious germ. 1t is safer to
avoid close contact and all unnecessary
contact with person who has this cold.
A horse that has been wintered out Of
ten catches cold upon being brought
into the Stable in the spring. Expert
ments with disinfectants have shown
that it is not the warmth of the stable
that induces the cold. Arctic voyagers
are frequently free Of colds until their
return to community where they pre-
vail. In the small rocky island of St
KiIda, one of the western Hebrides.
colds are unknown except when it is Wis
tied by some vessel, and 1t is said the in
habitants can. distinguish between the
different kinds of colds brought by diff
ferent ships There is much similar evil
dence relating to the subject, and the
Hospital declares that "some source of
infection must be present before it is
possible to catch cold" What appears
to be needed is specific germicide which
may be used for prevention or cure.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16

Skill at arms is not 10 be forgotten.
and mounted combats and competi-
lions are to be instituted.
To render charging little more SCI
entific, an interesting game, somewhat
after the idea INDUCED in by the Ger
man infantry, will be practiced. A
squadron of dummies in line will form
the objective, and the squadron bowl
ing over the greatest number of the
enemy will be declared the winner.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16
Found After Many Years.

A pocketbook containing $50 in gold
was lost eight years ago by Mrs. Davolt,
of New Boston, Mo. She never heard
from it until the other day. when the
money was found in peculiar way. A
young man rode up to the Davolt home
and tied his horse to tree near the
house. When he returned for the horse
he found that it had paved pocketbook
out of the earth. 1t was the one Mrs
Davolt had lost eight years before.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16
BISMARCK OF JAPAN.
Marquis Ito, Whose Death II Alleged
to Have Been Planned by q
Toxic Assassin.

Marquis Ito, a plot against whose life
has just been disclosed, is a statesman
of great renown, and also an able naval
and military officer. He commanded
the fleet in 1894 when the Japanese
ships, though considerably fewer in
number, destroyed the Chinese navy.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16
Rnt-shaped Kites.

The bat-shaped kite invented by s. F.
Cody, F. r. M. S., has been adopted by
the British admiralty. The kite is made
from bambo and silk and will carry a
man. It may be used for accommodating
on land or sea, and will be able to haul
a sledge over Arctic ice with but one
man to steer it.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16

(Japan's Greatest Statesman and One Of
the Worlds Cleverest Diplomats.)
Ito has been prime minister on two or
three occasions, and for Is years has
been the close adviser Of the mikado.
He has travelled extensively in Europe
and America, has studied political sci
ence with the utmost care, and at times
has been called by his admirers the Bis
marck and the Gladstone OF Japan.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16
Pig with Elephant. Head.

A remarkable animal was lately born
ct Rye, England. 1t is a boar pig, with
the head and features of an elephant
One ear is Of immense proportions, and
a tr'ink protrudes from the forehead
Between the trunk and the snout there
is huge eyeball containing two pupils
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16
Retort Sarcastic

Spartacus-Whatw would you advise as
assume for the masked ball tonight?
Smarticuss-You might put on an in
telligent look.-Baltimore American.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16
Superiority Of W2omen's clubs
By MRS. CHARLES HENROTIN,
President Of Chicago Woman's Club.

WOMANS club is little than school to teach her
many things for the advancement of the home While
at their clubs spend their drinking, smoking, telling
stories, perhaps gambling planning in their
CARNATIONS for the establishment of kndergartens and for
caring for their unfortunate sisters
The general idea that wonans club carses her to neg
1ect her home disregard maternal Duties and forget the OBJ
legations of married have originated with
+l,oee tn consider part the natural
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16
The First stem

A failure to start often saves mis-
cradle fi1ish.-Chicago Daily News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16

Fifty and their own
hundred they made their cooking uten
sis from clay.
made everything for home Now the es"
abn of factories for the manufacture OF home necessities mas
find that time to
educational projects and endeavors to make her nome
brighter and pleasant and the members of her family better
Hence the clubs
wonan offers the only opportunity to woman for post
clubs literature and Gull
ue learns much that directly benefits her home IN
teaching her to care them properly and
some clubs cooking schools and instruction sewing and house
keeping taught Instead its causing deterioration revea
ton good only be eckoned by comparison of the
| of yesterday and the woman Of to-day -
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16

Factories In Hungary.
Hungary has 2,6i2 factories. which
employ 259,46 persons,
Evening journal., 1904-03-22
THE NEWSPAPER WONDER.

Recently the newspapers have been
giving space to an attack on the meth
DDS Of modern journalism by Editor
Box Of the Ladies' Home Journal. In
the belief that all news is entitled to
publication there has been no hesitancy
in publishing this criticism.
But the Philadelphia Ledger today
publishes a remark from a clergyman
showing a different vew This gentle
man says:
Il am stirred TO admiration often
when ! look at the vast work that is
done In the newspaper offices. with the
knowledge that 1t Is only for one day.
Anybody familiar with the moderr
newspaper is aware that the founda.
tlon must be honesty. The fundamen.
tai teaching Of a worker Is that hc
must not betray a confidence. nor write
fake" copy. Occasionally there are
errors % fact due to the limited time
in which copy is prepared. but every
reputable paper is eager to rectify such
mistakes.
Then there are exaggerations, and
this is probably the greatest fault of
modern journalism; but these exag-
gerations rarely concern essentials.
There is a tendency on the part Of the
reading public to criticise the errors of
omission and Of commission. but the
marvel Is that each newspaper plant
can issue volume Of reading matter,
intelligent. grammatical and instruct
i've, every twenty-four hours, equal to
fair-sized book.
1t may be said, too. that whatever
faults these papers have are directly
due to the demand Of their clientele.
No paper wants to fake" No jour
nalist delights in wild exaggeration;
and all the papers which are guilty
OF these derelictions have simply yield
ed to pressure from the outside.
When the stress under which the
work Of preparing a newspaper is done
Is considered. Il is surprising that there
are not more errors Of judgment and OF
fact. An article may be conceived,
written and sent TO the type-settins
machines all within a few minutes,
just as this article was prepared, the
motive back Of 1t being a demand for
copy"
Evening journal., 1904-03-22
LIE ANIMAL IN us.

The people OF the United stated pay
their physicians every year the tidy
sum OF 5o.ooo.o 900. They probably pay
an equal amount for drugs and patent
medicines. Three hundred millions for
keeping well, and still we have our
aches and pains. and we don't seem
to reduce the death rate very material
".
The trouble is that we have learned
everything else but how to live-or II
we understand that simple problem we
make little use OF our knowledge. Men
III their systems with Nicotine and I'LL
their stomachs with alcoholic bever-
ages. They even argue that these
things do them good, but they know
better. Then they eat at all hours the
richest and most indigestible foods
without taking sufficient exercise to aid
digestion.
They die, oftentimes prematurely, and
we proclaim their virtues, and attribute
their untimely taking off to a mysteri-
GUS Providence; but the doctor knows
better He has Latin name for the
disease, but in his mind he sets It
down TO some unchecked appetite. We
imagine that this happens pretty often.
wouldn't the confessions Of a physi-
clan" make interesting reading2
Physicians tell us that the average
American eats from a fifth to a fourth
too much. That which is not required
isa clog to the system and a poison.
The vital organs are over-taxed. and
the time comes when the weakest of
them collapse.
Why, no man OF sense would feed
his livestock as he feeds himself. II
wouldn't pay. It Is true that pigs are
fattened by giving them all they will
eat, but your razor-back that has TO
forage for himself Is among the most
active animals and II not brought into
touch with enlightened pig ways. lives
10 a green old age. Men can take a les
son from the pigs.
Evening journal., 1904-03-22
MUCH INTEREST
IN VARSITY PLAY
Patronesses for the Mask and
Wig Clubs Clever New
Play
WILL BEAT OPERA HOUSE APRILl5

Much interest is taken in the Mask and
Wig Clubs play. "Alice in Anotherland, %
which VIII be given in the Opera House on
April Is. The sale OF seats will open on
wednesday. April 10. The lis: OF patron
esses follow;
Mrs. Ferdinand L. Giipin, Mrs. Charles
G. Rumford. Miss Alice e. Johnston, Miss
Anna T. Candy. Miss S. CorneHa Bow
man, Mrs Henry c. Jones' Mrs. willard
II. Porter, Mrs. Henry b. Jones, Mrs.
William r. Sellers, Mrs. James A. Hart.
Mrs. F. B. +. Miller, Mrs. William G..
Mendlnhal. Mrs. John Bancroft. Miss
Anna Lee. Mrs. Ellwood c. Jackson.
Miss Mary Larerty. Miss Elizabeth A.
Bringhurst Mrs. Lewis y. Bush. Mrs.
Charles r. Miller. Mrs. Alfred 1. Du-
Pont.
Alice in Anotherand" is the product
OF William Ernest. who has contributed
several Of the Mask and Wig plays. The
stage work IS in charge OF Charles s.
Morgan. Jr., and he has devised and ar
ranged an the dances and manoeuvers.
Clayton f.. McMichael. Albert r. Bart
lott, ]. W. Coulston. Jr.. Howard X.
Mohr and Charles Gipin comprise the
committee on production. under whose
supervision tho sixteenth season will be
carried through. The "wigSers" bcgin az
u4cal In Atlantic city. whore they wi
give two performances on satuiaay Apri
?. Alice In Anotherand" will then b
soen in Philadelphia during the whole Of