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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-18
Italians on Southern Farms.

Italians are industrious and thrifty
and are as rule excellent farmers,
market gardeners and tradesmen. In
the parts Of the south where the Ital-
ians have settled they have achieved
a decided success as truck growers and
in other employments, and their con-
dition in comparison with, many of
their compatriots who have remained
in the great cities as day laborers
under the guidance Of the exacting
padrones is striking If this work can
be done on large scale for all classes
and races of immigrants the gain for
the country will be tremendous. The
congestion in the cities will be re-
lieved, the slums curtailed, many bur
dens lifted from the charities. the
criminal class reduced and the Jail
population NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Ledger.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-18
cHlcxAsAW GOVERNMENT e
s, nara+ed Into Three Divisions, the
Legislature, Executive ana
judicial.

The Chickasaw government Is dlnio'
., oxact renlica of the administrator
affairs in the state OF MISSISSIPPI -
former home of the tribes The Cnlcha
saws. saws the Kansas City journal
nroudlv assert that their laws are ln'
most perfect found among lhulan7
Their lawmaking body is callea LIZ
Chickasaw legislature, and It's ORGAN
cation is an exact pattern OF the aVeras'
state legislature. There is the mouse o
representatives and the senate, WIFI
sneaker of the former and president O.
the latter. Martin Van B. Cheadle, a vet
eran leader in the nation, is presiden
of the senate. The head of the natlon l.
Gov. johnson, a most able man, VINO De
fore the Intervention of the Unltet
States would have possessed all OF tnt
powers of a governor OF a state.
The Chickasaw government is sep
arated into three divisions, the leslsia'
tive. executive and judicial. The n ma Or
is divided into counties and each has It's
county seat, Tishomingo being the
county seat Of Tishomingo county
There are four judicial districts, ane
county, probate and supreme courts
These courts have been shorn Of most OF
their power by the United States, Du.
are still in existence sse
Each county had its sheriff and a
jail, where prisoners were kept. Execu-
tions were made by hanging on galloWs.
modelled after those used in thesstates'
Murder and larceny, after a third Of
tense, was punishable by death.
Martin v. B. Cheadle, president Of the
senate, says there are two political par
ties in the Chickasaw nation, the pro-
gressives and the nationalist The pro-
gressives oppose the policy of the gov
eminent in allotting lands and are 10th
to give up their government. The ma
tional party, of which Mr. Cheadle is
leader, believes that the nation should
assis. the United States government in
every way in settling tribal affairs in
lire with its present policy. 1t favors
the sale of all tribal property. Including
surplus lands, to the government, and
the division of the proceeds among the
Indian citizens. When asked II most OF
the members OF the national party do not
favor the policy Of the republican party
Mr.. Cheadle said :: I'VE will not desert
the ship that has carried us safely over,
and I believe that most of the nationals
will be republicans Mr.. Cheadle says
that the national party represents the
majority element in the Chickasaw ma
ton.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-18
REVIViNG. THEIR LANGUAGE
Matchmaking Work of Gaelic League
includes Return to the e.,
Old Tongue.

+. In study of contemporary conditions
In Ireland Seumas MacManus shows that
the Irish are returning to their native
tongue, says the Worlds Work. The
Gaelic league has not only arrested the
decay of the language, but it has made
startling progress in restoring it. 1t
has fought and overcome the hostile ma
tional board of education, with the re-
sui. that 5000 of the national schools
are teaching the language to-day to 95,-
900 pupils, as against a few schools that
taught it to 313 pupils ID years ago. In
addition to this, Gaelic is taught to about
100000 others in the remaining primary
schools, night schools, intermediate
schools. and colleges. The big CONNER
cial concerns are finding it to their adj
vantage to keep Irish-speaking en-
Toyes, who can attend customers that
insist on giving their orders, whether
spoken or written, in Gaelic. The rail-
ways, the banks and the post Office, after
struggling sorely against the crusade,
very soon required a knowledge Of the
language both spoken and literary
from all candidates for clerkships.
1t is a pity for Ireland that more of
her girls do not return. Emigration is
the greatest evil that Ireland labors I'M
der to-day. The country is being de-
pleted by this drain, which, for $50
years, has not once ceased flowing and
which has been running with fearful
rapidity during the last 60 years. The
government returns show that in the
last SO years 100000 Irish people emil
grated. During the 40, for which we
have no record, and especially during the
famine years, the outflow in coffin ships
Of famine-driven, fever-stricken fugi-
tives-tens of thousands of whose whit
ening bones on the sea floor still link
Ireland to America by terrible chain
was tremendous.
The census returns for the decade
1841-51 show that Ireland had net loss
In those ten years of $4,000 people, or
one-fifth Of its population. In 1841 Ire
land had population Of 100000; in
1901 the population, which at the nat
ural rate Of Irish increase, should have
been more than 100000, had fallen to
4,460, 600! In ga years Ireland has sent
out more emigrants than there are peo-
pie in the island to-day. Now the birth
rate is decreasing, because the per-,
centage of unmarried adults has been
increasing and because the average
marrying age has been growing higher.
So the people, who at one time were pro-
verbally prolific, will soon have lost
that character. AS the great birth rate,
which tended to moderate the effects of !
emigration, lessons, the emigration evil
year by year assumes more and more
alarming aspect.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-18
TRAINED JAP SWORDSMEN;
Revival of the Samurai Tradition in
the War with Russian,
Forces

Japan has taken leaf from its own
romantic past in sending specially
trained bodies Of sWorGsmen," led by
forts at Port Arthur. says the New York
Mail. OF old the soldiers duty was en-
tirely committed in Japan, as once in
India, to a warrior caste, and its gen
erals led their men to the fight sword in
hand. Now the general stays back in a
of Office where telegraph instruments
and typewriters click and telephone
bells ring. But the siege of Port Arthur
has given an opportunity to revive some
thing of the Samurai tradition in con-
junction with other measures which are
as modern as telephones and typewrit-
ers.
+ Machinery and the latest things in
civil engineering have enabled the Jap
ense to dig their way in close to the Port
Arthur works. Now for a rush! The
Russians are few and weakened. Bay
onets coming over the parapets must
be a serious matter. But for encoun-
tiers so close that firearms cannot be
used-so close that the revolver becomes
a better weapon used as club than as
firearm-a stout and sharp sword may
be more serviceable than a bayonet at
the end of a rife.
The bayonet is after all only sword
clumsily. placed at the end of a musket.
It has always been more or less an awk-
ward implement. The English lost the
battle of Killiecrankie because the
Scotch rushed on their men with their
claymores. before the Englishmen could
get their bayonets fixed Here at Port
Arthur the Japanese are seeking the ad-
vantage which the claymore gave the
Scotch; but they will not catch the Rus
SLAMS with unfixed bayonets, for the rea-
son that the Russians bayonets are
permanently joined to their rifles.
Russian troops are thoroughly trained
in the use OF the bayonet, but it is easy
to see that a rank of advancing japanese
swordsmen. fresh and eager for the
fray, crowding them so closely that the
Russians long rifie-pikes were Of no
avail, would put the defenders Of Port
Arthur at disadvantage. Presumably,
these swordsmen also carry reyolvers
If these weapons are strictly up-to-date,
the fighting now at Port Arthur NAV be
a mingling of ancient and modern meth
DDS of the most picturesque and signifi-s
cant sort.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-18
A.nachrOni9m.

Rev. l. K. Funk, who has written a
book upon the marvels of clairvoyance,
was born in Ohio, in the town of
Clifton, and a Clifton man said of him
recently: I'VE are proud here of the
success DR.. Funk has made in life.
We treasure. a number of stories OF
his childhood It seems that even as
a little boy he had an unusual and
subtle mind. A clergyman put to him
one day a number of questions about
Biblical history and he answered them
all very well. Finally the clergyman
said: -
What commandment. my lad, did
Adam break when he ate the apple?''
II you please, SIR was the reply.
there were. t any commandments al
that time. IN. Y. Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-18

That's the way with sisters-they
always object to people their brothers
choose. - 81
lyon can choose anybody you like, y
! she seid.
4Hea took his programme from his
pocket, and said reaectively, 81 don't
think I'll make another shot tonight,
! though! Let's SEC who I've got" He
ran his eye down the list and licked
off two or three names. What do you
say to Miss Vanning. But l don't think
| know her quite well enough to sug-
gest it. There's Enid Stafford, OF
course. l think love her very much.
Isn't she charming girl?"
% Eyes" said Eva. SO. ''"+'~1' 'T -
as DO you happen to know" he said,
anxiously, whether she has nice out
look?'
Eva did not reply; she was still fam
ming herself. 4 ..
Its worse than choosing a motor
ear he sighed. why can't one hire
an expert to choose a wife? And yet
Imust, must 80 r.. s.f+,
Why in such a hurry" asked Eva.
II should take day or two to look
round" . So - - a:E@sF
But, it's SO uncomfortable to feel
| oneself hanging about loose and liable
to be snapped up at any moment.
Other men, when they meet some sud-
den and terrible disaster, fly to drink.
Drink is SO vulgar; l fly to matri-
mony." @~ ~*H
And have you had a disaster?" she
asked. with sisterly interest, still fam
ming herself.
Disaster he said dolefully. lis
ten! For three months had been en-
gagged to the perfectest, beautifulest,
sweetest darling in the whole world
er--you don't mind my confiding to
you my personal affairs like this?"
Did she die?'' asked Eva, with SYM
patty. please don't brush my nose
with the fcathers?"
No. she didn't exactly die She
drew herself erect, with a flashing
eye, looking magnifcent-pardon an
unhappy mans "reminiscences, won't
you?-and she said, Go! Out into
blank, dismal, dreary darkness Now,
why? Because l was a murderer? Not
a bit of It, Because I was sunkind TO
mysaged parents? No. Because was
already married? Not even that. You
won't believe it, but it was simply and
solely because there was something
gone groggy in my outl-"
T think I hear the next dance be-
ginning" said Eva, rising:
Eyes? BY the way, just put this
ring or, will you? I shall lose It if ]
keep it in my pocket" .s-
So she put it on. a.-..
''This is our dance?" said BERTHE.
Il think so," she replied.
"And all the rest?" H., Eg
eff You like ..
Including ex:ras?'
Including the extras. And l hope"
she added, that I've taught you a les
son. dear"
you've taught me a 1esson?" he
said, puzzled. And then, repentantly.
"Ah, O! Yes, of course! I am very
sorry--I will never do it again.
London Sketch.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-18
HumoRous VARIATIONS.

..,,,;ne to some OF his political
..;ands the other day William Hepburn
nnseell who is known as the Sunny Jim
~ notifies, emitted a statement 'nae
should put him in the Solomon class o.
visdom. Good advice, SAID ne. ~
.,ne Of those injuries which good man
ought if possible. to forgive. out at al
events to forget at once.
The president gets good many let
tiers from the men who served unoel
him in the rough riders. This one came
recently from New Mexico: Dear,
Colonel: am in a heap OF trouble, ana
: write to see If you can help me out
Ias+ week when was shooting at my
wife another lady stepped in range ana
hit her. It was an accident. wasn't
shooting at her at all. l hope you VIA
write to the judge and tell MN 70 le'
me CO."
ADMIRERS OF Mark Twain will recall
bis famous letter to Queen Victoria
According to his own account ne once
wrote: Il don't know you personally
Int I have met your son. He was az
the head of procession In the strand
and | was on q bus" During late
visit to London Mark Twain was pre-
sented to King Edward, who showed
his appreciation of the American hu-
morist by remarting: Il have met you
before. You must remember. 1t was
=, the Strand and you we're riding on
q bus"
Senator Depew tells the following sea
story. In addition to the genial doctors
word, the story has internal evidences
of being genuine: Several men In the
smoking-room of liner were discuss
ing the wonders of navigation. All
agreed that the accuracy of the readings
was marvellous At this point very
heavy-lookng Englishman interrupted.
81 say" he drawled, ''it's deuced strange,
you know, how they ever find their way
over-deuced strange! Now. of course,
going back it's awfully simple. They've
only to follow the straight white limo
the ship has made"
Senator Carmack tells this story OF
colored man who called on him for
legal advice at Columbia, Tenn: Tho
elder OF his church had advised his
wife to get divorce from him, and the
negro asked: IF a elder come foolin'
'roun' you all's house mixin' up trou-
ble advisin' yo' wife f'r to git divorce,
whatd you do?" Take shotgun and
kill him. most likely" replied young
Carmack Kill him-kill elder! Den
what de law do?" exclaimed the client
'.Oh, hang you, probably" For full
minute the negro was silent. Then in
great disgust he turned to go. AS he
shufled along down the steps he turned
a perplexed eye on the lawyer and
said: For the Lawd's sake, Mr.. Car
mack. what soft 'torney is you. amy
howl"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-18
sssports" for the Kaiser.

The dispatches recently have told the
world much about the German emperor
and his shooting party. We do not re-
emperor himself brought down, but the
episode reminded one of slaughter. To
the American sportsman it would not be
exciting to stand comfortably by while
a dozen servitors load and pass guns to
the shooter and an army Of men beat
tom-toms and drive unsuspecting birds
within range of the guns. This sort OF
sport is comparable to sticking pigs in a
Observation-Disclosures News
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-18
Dangerous Fare

For all those who fear appendicitis
and are willing to do anything which
will keep them immune from disease.
Sir Frederick Treves has prepared a
list of eatables which cannot be taken
with safety. Foremost on the list is
preserved ginger, that deadliest of
sweetmeats, but pineapple, either fresh
or preserved, Is equally dangerous.
Oranges, figs and raspberries should
never be INDUCED in. To limit still
further our diet, there are number
of things which may not be eaten by
those who fear typhoid fever. The
oyster has led to suspicion of all other
shellfish, not only Holsters and crabs.
but even shrimps and prawns. Smells
and whitehall are now regarded with
awe rather than admiration on a menu.
News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-18
Socialist Millionaire Broker.

Maurice Bordeaux, the socialist mil
lionaire stockbroker deputy, who has
just succeeded Gen. Andre as minister
Of war, is something of a novelty in
that capacity. There have been social
list ministers before, notably Millerand,
minister of commerce, in the Waldeck-
Rousseau cabinet, and Pelletan, min
lister of marine, in the present cabinet
But there has never before been a
stock broker minister in France, and
few civilians have been minister Of
war. A
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-18
A GREAT SUFFERER
LAY HELPLESS AND SPEECHLEss
s,;. FOB HOURS AT A TINE.
Sinking Spells. Headaches. Rheumatism,
All Caused by Poor Blood-Cured by
DIR. William Pink Pills.

Sinking Spells. Headaches. Rheumatism,
All Caused by Poor Blood-Cured by
DIR. Williams Pink Pills.
When Mrs. Williams was asked 70,
some details Of the fearful illness from
which she had SO long suffered, she spoke
Is follows:
Ever since I had nervous prostration,
about thirteen years ago, I have had
periodical spells Of complete exhaustion.
Any excitement or unusual activity
would throw me into state Of lifeless-
ness. At the beginning my strength
would come back in moderate time,
but the period Of weakness kept length.
ening until at last would lie helpless
as many as three hours at stretch"
You were under medical treatment,
Of course?'
Eyes, when became 80 bad that ]
had to give up my homework, in May Of
1903, ! was being treated for kidney
trouble, aud later the doctor thought my
difficulties came from change Of life.
was not only weak, but I had dizzy
feelings, palpitation of the heart, misery
after eating, hot flashes, nervous head.
aches, rheumatic pains in the back and
hips. The doctor did me SO little good
that gave up his treatment. aud really
feared that my case was incurable."
"What saved you from your state Of
hopelessness?
In July Of 1908 had a very bad
spell, and my husband came in one day
with little book which told of remark
able cures effected by remedy for the
blood aud the nerves, DR.. Williams Pink
Pills. He bought box for me. and
that was the beginning of my return to
health. My appetite grew keen, my food
no longer distressed me, my nerves were
Quoted, and my strength began to 70.
vive."
''How long did you take this remedy"
!" For two months only. At the end
Of that time I had regained my health
aud cheerfulness, and my friends say
that l am looking better than have
done for the past fifteen years."
Mrs. Lizzie Williams is now living 81
No. 416 Cedar street. Quincy, illinois.
The pills which she praises 80 highly,
cure all diseases that come from i'm.
poverished blood. II your system is all
run down, DR.. Williams Pink Pills arr
the very best remedy to take. Any drug
gast can supply them.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-18
Not So Lovely.

Young Jones drawing a little near
er)-Such a beautiful moonlight eve
ming as this, Miss Jude, is enough to
make anybody love everybody. So =.
Jude (moving little farther away
Yes; but it isn't quite enough to
make everybody love anybody!-Tit-
Bits.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-18
MODEST IDEA OF LUXURY.
Woman of the Southern Mountains
Puts Nuts and Raisins in
That Class.

There are many stories OF the mar
row and barren lives Of the North Car
DINA mountaineers. The following, told
in the New York Sun, stirs ones SYM
pathies for people so completely shut
away from comfort and progress. The
incident is related by a man who was
| Investigating timber lands in remote
region of the state. He and his guide
had penetrated to lonely spot, bro
ken by no road save cow-path, where
stood cabin surrounded by the prim-
eval forest. r,
IA woman in an old homespun dress,
with half a dozen children at her heels,
responded to our; .Hello!" Her stock
of household utensils afforded only one
tin cup, out of which we drank the wa
ter and milk she gave us. ! askal a few
questions, and the answers revealed a
state of affairs really pathetic 5s'
1t was about the time of tte Dewey
celebration, and I had an Illustrated
New York paper containing ps-:sures Ct
the event. I spread this out for the
amusement of the family, but. while
the children displayed the liveliest in
terest.t the mother hardly looked at it.
What are them picters about?" she
asked, listlessly. ''%
"The Dewey celebration. %
whats that?"
why didn't you ever hear of Dew
ey?'' I asked, in genuine surprise.
II reckon not. He don't live round
these parts nowhars, does he?"
ooh, no. He lives in Washington -
''Whar's that, down in the settle
mints?" s., T. ,-..,-
washington is the capital of the
country. @@g y 'sss -. seas S p
ss.'sY You mean whar McGinty is the head
.man?'' - & ,A1efefz.sf,fs
Mckinley, yen mean," ventured.
.7a well, McGinty or Mckinley, er
whatever yer cell Him; it's all one to
me-" ,,
Wouldn't you IL to go to Wash
ington?" asked. The utter hopeless
ness of the idea brought the shadows
into her dull black eyes.
I'D ruther have the money to spend.
I'd get us some fowery caliker dresses
and some shoes for my old man. Then,
if there was any left, I'd like to buy
some nuts and reezins. amt stuck
a tooth in reezin sence was little
gal, at Christmas-time. I fairly do
have a gnawing for luxury some
times"
When / went back that way, two
weeks later. I had all the spare places
in my bag filed with nuts and raisins,
and that woman actually cried as
poured them out on the table She had
her luxury"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-18
Autos to Climb Pixies Peak.

An automobile climbing contest, en-
tries to which will be open to the world,
has been announced by the Overland
Racing association, Of Denver. The
event will occur next August, and Pixies
peak will be the scene. The actual climb
will be approximately 5000 feet, and the
road distance about IA miles, The steep
est grade will approach As degrees.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-18
Forced to It.

Neighbour hear you are doing ayour
own work.
Mrs. Portleigh-Yes; I tried living
the simple life for awhile, and I got so
fat sitting around doing nothing that
had to start in working to reduce my
flesh.-Detroit Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-18
What the Hand Symbolizes.

Look where We will, we find the hand
In time and history, working, building,
tnventjng, bringing civilization out Of
barbarism. The hand symbolizes power
and the excellence of work. The me-
chanic's hand, that minister of elemen-
tai forces, the hand that hews, saws, cuts,
builds, is useful in the world equally
with the delicate hand that paints wild
flower or molds Grecian urn, or the
hand of statesman that writes q law.
The eye cannot say to the hand: "Ihaye
no need of thee" Blessed be the hand!
Thrice blessed be the hands that work.
Hlen Keller, in Century.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-18
AFTER WE LEAVE.

lore Sim Skies left Perkinstown
oseo 70 run the "old burg down.
n 1,ut after he had moved away
praised his native. place, they saw.
re- ne hked the climate that it had,
o' en- once he'd thought that 1t was
''5..'-7a tafa. agsraass .a'sas ,,asysyrss e
re e Dragged about the people there,
nc splendid men" and women fair"
Ihough once he had despised them all
1>'o called them slow and cold and small.
we think the worlds poor old place e
ana cali It hard names to its face,
But like Sim Skies, we may some day
LOOK oack from far and far away, e@
~, think more kindly Of the sphere
we rail at SO while we are here.
.. 4. kiser, in Chicago Record-HeraId.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-18
Daily Thought.

No one who has not a complete
knowledge of himself will ever have &
true understanding Of another
Eovalis.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-18

The Parson-Young man, suppose I
should spend my time fishing on Sun
day?
The Kid-You would only waste 1t,
old pal, If dey didn't bite any better
for you dan dey are bitin' for me-
Chicago Journal.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-26
Real Estate and
Classified Section
oF BPS LOTS

will take place in pr surveyn
beauying being pushed to completion fast
human accomplish.