St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-07

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placing Wallaces name on its ticket.
Now it is claimed that if Wallace had
been on the city's ballot he would have
been elected over Parker.
After the election Parker was pro-
posed by his friends for the presidency
There was quick response from the
south. Democrats down that way
seemed to feel that New York was the
key to the situation, and that with
Parker to lead they could carry the state.
His name has since been taken up in
other sections.
The wisdom of saying nothing abides
with Judge Parker. Taking refuge in
the fact that he is on the bench he has
kept aloof from all discussions of his
candidacy. He has refused to be inter-
viewed because he is on the bench, and
he has refused to make speeches or
travel because he is on the bench.
A silent man is always wise one, and
so the judges boom grows. -.. a..
Judge Parker is devoted to the law
and scientific farming. He has a place
of several hundred acres at Esopus, on
the west bank of the Hudson, near
Kingston, N. Y. His home is colonial
mansion situated on hill and overlooks
the Hudson valley. sY q
When court is not in session at Al
bany the judge spends all his time at
the farm. It is managed under his per-
sonal supervision. | - fft3E
According to a Chicago Journal cor
respondent ne is constantly engaged in
the effort to devise improved methods
for coaxing greater harvests from the
soil. He takes pride in the fact that he
secures larger crops than his neighbors.
Days on the farm are followed by
nights in his library. He is fond of his
books and has collection that rivals
the great library of Samuel J. Tilden.
Mrs. Parker is member of the
schoonmaker family, which figures
among the early Dutch settlers of the
Hudson valley. They have one child,
daughter. who is the wife of minister
at Kingston. - 81 #&&
Judge Parker served as surrogate or
probate judge of Ulster. county from
1877 to 1885. He was delegate to the
national democratic convention in 1884.
In the next year he was chairman of the
democratic state committee and man
aged the campaign that made Hill gov
ernor. @ F $50 4
Cleveland offered him the place of
first assistant postmaster general, but
he declined. He was elected Judge of
the supreme court in 1885, and held
various judicial positions until 1897,
when he won his present place in the
court of appeals.
A Jap's Different Names.
Every European child can answer
the question, What is your name?"
without hesitation unless he is dumb,
but the Japanese boy must think lit
tie to make sure, for at various peri
DDS in his life he is called by different
names He receives his first when he |
is just month old. Then three differ
ent names are written on three slips |
of paper and thrown into the air in the
temple while prayers are addressed to
the family diety. That which falls |
first to the ground bears the name the |
child is called till he is three years old.
At Is the Japanese boy receives new
name in honor or his. coming Of age.
His name IS changed again on the oc-
casion Of his marriage and on any adj I
vance in his position.
Well Supplied with Eyes.
Two sets of eyes are the natural al |
lotment Of the lantern fly of Surinam,
South America. These enable it to
catch the light from all directions. The
which glows from it's head
i 50 brilliant Ii IL easy to read by It.