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St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23
POLITICS IN HUNGARY.
Coalition Parties and Emperor Are
at Variance or Use Of the
Language.

An extraordinary political situation
exists in Hungary by reason of the
refusal of the coalition parties, which
are in the majority, to accept the re-
sponsibilities Of government. At the re-
opening Of the diet, September Is, states
Youths Companion, Premier Fejer-
vray announced the resignation of the
cabinet and the propagation of parlia-
ment until October 10, whereupon the
lower house adopted a resolution pro-
testing against the prorogation as un-
constitutional. The coalition parties
insist upon the use Of the Hungarian
language in the Hungarian regiments.
The emperor of Austria Hungary will
rot sanction the change, on the ground
that there must be only one language
fer the whole imperial army. Mean
while the recruiting system of the
country is checked, and under the or
Gers of the coalition leaders there is 4
widespread passive resistance to the
payment of taxes. 1t is intimated
that the emperor will seek to solve the
difficulty by proclaiming a wide ex-
isnsion of suffrage, the effect of which
would be greatly to increase the num-
her of Slav votes, and thus to diminish
or destroy the present Magyar ma
lority.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23

more the edge line approximates the
vertical, the more marked does the il.
lusion become; and the lines may be
curved up rather high over the hips
with further advantage. It is clear
that, on the contrary, low-necked
bodice will detract from the height.
because it supplies a dominant hori-
zontal line around the shoulders. This
effect has been particularly noted upon
the ladies presented at the British
court, where the decollete dress rules
de rigueur. But seen in profile the
same ladies would seem taller thar
actually the case, by reason of the long
train worn on these occasions
Finally, whatever size or shape OF
collar or neck band imparts slightness
and affords length to the neck, there
by enhances correct carriage of the
head and displays the neck, member,
the placing and character of which is
one of the distinguishing narks
of man.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23
NOBILITY NOTES.

King Victor OF italy Is one OF Eu.
ropes many monarchs who delight
in little incognito trips into the coun-
try.
The latest royal convert to the au-
tomobile is the sultan of Turkey, VINO
has hitherto expressed the greatest
horror Of the "devil wagons" OF any
and all kinds.
The kaiser has sent a medal to q
Brandenburg woman. who has had
twins three times. She herself IS
twin, and her mother gave birth 70
four sets Of twins.
The emperor and empress OF Ger.
many have let it be understood thas
they will not receive presents OF any
kind on the twenty fifth anniversary
Of their wedding, which will occur
next year.
The khedive OF Egypt has amassed
an enormous private fortune. Nos
only is he monogamist and a tee
totalcr, but it is said that he does not
smoke-even an Egyptian cigarette!l
He gets up at six every morning, ana
can talk in six languages.
Prizes amounting to $4,000. offered
by the king of Italy to exhibitors at
the Milan exhibition next year. In
clude one OF $4,000 for the best type
Of popular dwelling house adapted to
the climate of northern Italy, and one
for $1,000 for motor boats.
The first public statue OF Queen
Alexandra has just been commissioned.
George w. Wade, the well-known
sculptor, has been chosen to do the
work. The destination OF the statue
is Hong-Kong, which has already
given commissions for statues OF King
Edward and the prince OF Wales.
The earl Of Cranbrook, the Oldest
surviving British ex-cabinet minister,
is 81. Lord Cranbrook was better
known to . former generation under
his name OF Gathorne-Hardy. He
was one of Lord Beaconsfeld's stanch-
est supporters. Within the last few
years the veteran earl has done some
AhOOting.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23

Then, that evening. She paused in
her neditations and tried to remem'
Der how it had happened. She was
forced to confess that she did not
know. He had taken her by surprise,
he had frightened her, and bewildered
her, and-yes-fascinated her. That
was the word. He was SO terribly in
earnest, SO terribly alive, and human,
and-of course-so madly in love with
her. The duke-well, this was quite
different from the duke. The white
goddess, in her pedestal, looked down
and trembled with vague unrest.
And then, quite suddenly, it came
the revolt, the inevitable revolt
from this frozen, unnatural life which
she had lived for so long; the desire
for freedom, for that freedom which
had never been hers. She remem.
bered once seeing lark in a cage
beating passionate wings against the
bars. For moment she understood
the mad, blind longing of the birds
heart and the terrible meaning Of
captivity.
For a moment, Just while St.
Charles influence was upon her, ST.
Charles voice sounded in her ear, ST.
Charles touch woke her to life. Oh,
it was very mad and bad, no doubt
but just while it lasted she felt i'm.
measurably superior to the prim,
beautiful being whose empty eyes
smiled at her each morning from her
mirror.
And now, tomorrow
She sat very still. Under her eyes
the play was going on. A little
scornful smile crept across her lips.
Oh, it was all playa make-believe,
a pretense! She herself
Sitting there, cool and quiet, she
saw suddenly the folly Of her brief
excursion in romance. She did not
love st. Charles. For moment, per.
haps, she had been in love, as she un-
derstood the word-not with st.
Charles, but with liberty, with youth.
with the scent of the roses on the ter.
race, and the warm air of spring. st.
Charles was merely the medium
through which momentary madness
had affected her. And the madness
had passed.
She looked down, with eyes grown
oddly wistful, at the lighted stage.
Why was nothing real? she asked
herself. Was il the world which was
a pretense, or she? Was it ST.
Charles, or the duke, or the audience
or the players?
The little shopgirl was staring at
her still. How beautiful she was! 1t
must be like fairy-tale to look like
that!
The woman who looked like fairy.
tale drew her cloak up suddenly over
her white shoulders. To-morrow-no.
there would be no tomorrow. With
a shiver, she realized the futility ot
her folly, and understood the cold
ness Of her own heart.-London
Sketch.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23
s.Hello Girls, y Strike

What the Melbourne (Australia) pa
pers call Gilbertian situation was re-
Gently created in that city by the tele-
phone girls of the central exchange.
They suspended all telephone work in
the busiest hour of the day in order to
have themselves photographed in a
group. They were allowed five min
utes for the purpose by the head of the
department, but the operation lasted
for nearly half an hour, during which
numerous fussy subscribers were ring
ing up'' in vain The Metropolitan fro
brigade, failing to get any response.
dashed at full speed to the exchange,
and retired disgusted on learning the
true state of affairs. The Melbourne
papers are flooded with letters calling
for the abolition Of the lady telephon-
lists. A board is inquiring into the in
cident,
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23
There Is Still Room.

Charles M. Schwab's reply to the
declaration OF Prof. Nathaniel Butle,
that the day; of the self-made man is
over is valuable as coming from one
who, having made his own way in the
world, is as well informed on condi
ttons existing to-day as any man in
the country. Mr. Schwab, comments
the Detroit Free Press, takes strong
exceptions to such statement, insist
Ing that opportunities for young men
were never more plentiful, and thai
there is every chance for the one de
termined to come to the front to win
success. A glance at the situation
lends color to Mr.. Schwab's argument
There Is growing tendency to decry
the limitations which corporations
place about individual effort and the
difficulty experienced by those de
prived of extended educational ad
vantages in gaining recognition when
pitted against more fortunate individ.
uals. AS matter Of fact, there never
was time when merit commanded the
compensation it now receives. Cor
porations are reaching out for bright
young men and paying we'll for theil
services when they find them. Chances
for advancement are as numerous az
ever, in spite of the increased exac
tions imposed by the requirements Of
modern commercial life. The young
man made Of the right stuff will come
to the front if he asserts himself
The one disinclined to exert himself
will continue to remain in the back
ground and lament the lack of oppor
tunity. It has always been so, anc
will continue to be, the assertions oil
Prof. Butler and others Of his class
to the contrary notwithstanding.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23
Rnsinees Strain

The Chicago board of health has
compiled some interesting statistics
which show that deaths from nervous
disorders have materially decreased
In the Windy City of late years. This
IS not at all because the business pace
has slackened or because we are less
burdened with affairs declares the Sat.
urday Evening Post. It is because gol1
and country clubs have come into
vogue, and as rule, business men
are conducting themselves more sensi.
bly, when away from their desks. The
dragon Of overwork, which is repre-
sented as annually devouring the dow-
er of our commercial manhood in the
great centers, is in sober fact hardly
more deadly than his papier-mache
brother in the opera of Siegfried
Ninety-nine times out of hundred il
isn't what you do when in the Office, but
what you do when away from it, that
determines the state of your nervous
system. The bartender and other
servitors Of the lower nature could
throw = great flood Of light on those
horrifying stories about the devasta-
tion wrought by business strain. Not
long ago the builder of large com
mercial enterprise was gathered to his
fathers in middle age and in very
shattered condition. The fact fur
nished text for various preachments
about the deadliness of modern busi-
ness-in which, however. no mention
was made of the two pints Of whisky.
the 20 black cigars and the several
hours devotion to the poker-table
which figured in the daily regimen Of
the deceased, and which presumably
had something to do with the wreck
of his nerves.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23
Women in Banking.

On capital stock of $4,000 the Bank
OF Joplin, in Missouri, reports $250,00C
in surplus funds; deposits, $476,579;
interest and exchange, $5,311. The
banks cashier, assistant cashier and
three. bookkeepers are women. In
the state of Iowa, states the New York
World, are at present IA women bank
cashiers and IS women assistant cash
ters. Two-thirds Of these officials
started as bookkeepers. No Iowa bank
directed by a woman has ever failed,
end no woman placed in bank posi-
ton OF trust has proved unfaithful.
And this in a state which has seen &c
hank failures in five years, leading
to six suicides and six convictions in
the criminal courts. 1t has been said
that in the small things Of life-par-
ticularly in trifling social emergencies
women are more readily dishonest
than men. So far as the evidence OF
two states goes. the ratio of reliability
in large fduciary affairs seems to turn
the other way The returns from
iowa and Missouri should not be lost
upon depositors and policy holders
elsewhere. It may be necessary to de-
mand for the common good that bank
ing and insurance affairs in general
shall pass to the control Of the safer
seq.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23
Etiquette and Illness.

Haparanda, a little town in Sweden.
has suddenly sprung into renown
through rare act of thoughtfulness
IN the part of its womankind. Hav-
ing learned from medical statistics that
tr winter colds, neuralgia, toothache
and Influenza aer much more prevalent
among men than women, the ladies Of
the place decided to relieve the men Of
the necessity Of dofiing their hats to
them during the cold weather. It was
announced that during the winter the
women would require only 1 military
salute.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23
Appropriate.

+ A chaplain of the English navy was
giving a stereopticon lecture on the
subject, Scenes from the Bible He
arranged with a sailor who had q
phonograph to accompany the lecture
with musical selections. The first pic
ture shown, naturally enough, was
Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.
The saf1or couldn't think Of anything
appropriate. Play whispered the
chaplain. The sailor suddenly had an
i6ea. To the delight OF the audience
the phonograph emitted the familiar
strain, There's Only One Girl in the
World for Me-
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23
ODD PLEAS FOR DIVORCE.

A Cleveland man is suing his wife for
divorce because she threw seashell at
him when he read aloud. Obviously she
was in the wrong. A seashell is not very
hard.
A Pennsylvania woman who is suing
for divorce finds no consolation in be-
Ing the wife OF q nan who has broken all
records in one line, he having deserted
her So times in A months.
A Trenton IN. j. woman wants de
vorce because her husband, whose name
is Finnegan. won't ask the legislature to
change it. When a woman marries it is
time she ceased trying to change her
name.
A woman In Logansport is suing for
divorce, one OF her complaints being that
her husband is too loving and hugs her
with too great constancy and exuber-
ance. She should have tackling dunn.
my rigged up and make her spouse try
out his energy on it before being admit
ted to the house.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23
Football Slaughter.

Forty-five deaths and hundreds OF
serious injuries is the record of foot
hall for the last five years, according to
a canvass raade by the New York Her.
aid. Sixteen died as result of inter-
nal injuries, four from broken necks
six from cohcussion Of the brain, eigh:
from broken backs, three from paraly
sis, two from heart failure, one froE
iockjaw, one from blood poisoning, ons
from hemorrhages and two from men
ingitis. The injuries included ten Leg
and IA collarbones broken and four
skulls fractured.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23

When Commissioner Garfield went
70 the Chicago packers and asked per.
mission to inspect their books, the con-
dition was made that no information
he might obtain therefrom would be
used in court proceedings against
them.
Mr. Garfield gave this pledge, it is
stated, and the packers allowed him
to study their business in all its de-
tails from the inside.
Now, 1t is announced, the results OF
his study have been turned over to the
government department Of justice to
be employed in legal prosecution Of
the packers.
Commissioner Garfield would not
have ventured to give the pledge taat
was demanded by the packers. without
instructions from Washington. He
pledged, not his own word, but the
governments. It is not his good faith.
but the governments, that is IN ques-
ton now.
The Journal has no concern for the
packers, except as they are citizens OF
Chicago. II 1t can be proved that they
are guilty of engaging in conspiracy
IN restraint Of trade, they ought to be-
punished.
But their guilt, II they are guilty,
must be fairly proved. They must bo-
given square deal.
Since the government has elevated
Its vision to such height as to over
look the nest Of defiant criminal trusts
in New Jersey. almost within the
shadow Of the capitol dome, in order
to fasten itself thousand miles away
upon Chicago, the government and the
President cannot be too careful tdk
avoid suspicion that they are more
anxious to prosecute western offenders.
than offenders in the east.
Some OF the methods already em~
ployed In this case have not been par
ticularly distinguished for decency-
When the government breaks into q,
mans house and steals his private pa
pers, when It drags the wives Of pack
ing-house employees into court and
puts them under heavy bonds, it 10
hardly dignified, not to say honorable.
nor even respectable From the Chi
cago Journal, Nov. s, 1906.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23
Mutton IN Hebrew Diet.

The, fact of the preponderance OF
mutton In the meat diet Of the Hebrews
from the earliest times accounts in
mart for the character Of their civiliza-
ton, and their persistence as race.
The dread Of tuberculosis and p1euro.
pneumonia in some countries, and OF
trtchina in others, has led to the sub
stitution OF mutton for other meats.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23
PRoFlT.sHARINc ON FARMS
Depopulation Of English Villages
Has Been Prevented by
This Means.

With view to placing check upon
the depopulation of Kentish villages,
which is reaching alarming proper
tions, several large land owners have
decided upon a system of profit sharing
with their agricultural laborers, hoping
by this means to stimulate Hodge" to
take greater interest in his employment,
says London paper.
The system of sharing farm profits
was initiated by E. w. Hussey, a large
estate owner, of Scotney castle. Every
year the hands are called together and
each receives share of the profits made
on the working of the farms. On the
last occasion Of the profit-sharing each
man received $13.13, while a youths
share amounted to $S.75. In cases where
several members of family are en-
gagged on farm sums approaching
$48.66 have been taken home.
The system has had such successful
results that Mr.. Hussey has received
numerous inquiries asking for details as
to the working of the scheme, with the
consequence that other farmers in the
country have expressed their intention
of working OH similar lines.
All the employees on Mr. Hussey's
Lamberhurst estate now take such 3
keen interest in their work that they
exhibit no inclination whatever to mi
CRATE to the towns. Lamberhurst,
though very small place, has long been
looked upon as a model village, every
thing being done to encourage the in
habitants to remain within its bound
aries. The wealthy residents in the
nelghborhood have established num-
Der of up-to-date recreative institutions
and the village is unaffected by the
problem of the unemployed
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23

More than passing interest attaches
ii the announcement that a railroad
nomnany has placed orders for 1,50o
dressed steel passenger coaches, in
solving an expenditure Of over 81
N, 900. II marks the first step by the
,ailroads iii the country toward abol-
luhing wooden passenger cars. The
s.nser from coaches Of the patterns
nnws IN common use has Ions been
.n,,.reat ia the event of wreck loss
= l1 .l,fe has usually been attributable
i. I'M aase with which they were
|Ser,,shed and burned.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23
Girls Wanted.

Girls are at a great premium at Mus
kogee, !. T. In fact, they enjoy the
ratio Of about one to five unmarried
men. They have, Of course, many call
ers, several every evening, and. ona
Muskogee girl is said to have life
size picture OF herself in the parlor, tc
which young men pay their deYot.ons
when she is 10. at home
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23
Good Hidr.

Hicks-My wife is very methodical
She's always got place for every.
thing, and everything in its place.
& Wicks-So has mine, but can never
find the place. Chicago journal.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23

The yestrymen of old Trinity
church, on Broadway opposite Wall
street New York, recently refused
"a. 600. 900 for the site, which was want.
ed for sky scraper office buildings.
This is not the first time that large
sum has been offered for the property,
init the vestrymen steadfastly turn
their backs on all such prospects,
mindful. Of the historical associations
connected with the old place, and per
hans rejecting that the Trinity cor
noration. already enormously wealthy.
does not need the money.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23
TOBACCO RULES WORLD.
Belgians Are the Heaviest Users.
with Americans Close
Second.

The universally Of the use of tobac.
CO is once more emphasized by the ia.
bles showing the consumption Of the
commodity in many districts, just pub
lished by the department of commerce
and labor. Despite edicts, ukases,
counterblasts, sermons, tracts and
proclamations, my Lady Nicotine has
not been deposed. Long ago an Eng
lish writer lamented that the new
and strange habit had been acquired
with rapidity to which the history
of no other luxury afforded parallel.
Rated among the luxuries, tobacco is
an easy mark for the tax gatherer, and
yields a tremendous revenue to tie
treasury of every nation. The anti
tobacco propaganda remains appalled,
by the bewildering number of devotees
of the weed and the billions of dollars
that go up annually in the world in
tobacco smoke.
It requires nearly 100000, 900 pounds
of tobacco to meet the consumption of
a single year in the United States. If
this huge consumption were equally
distributed among the entire popula-
ton every person would dispose of five
and half pounds of the product en-
nually. Eliminating those who are un-
der 15 constituting third of the pop
ulation, the per capita consumption
would be about 16 pounds. No census
report has undertaken to exhibit what
is the per capita of consumption
among the actual users of tobacco.
The statistics place Belgium in the
first place with respect to the per c. =
ita consumption. The United States
is close second. No other countries
can be regarded as rivals of Belgium
and the United States in devotion to
the tobacco habit. The Belgians are,
hopeless smokers. Americans are the
most versatile tobacco users. The va
rieties Of cigars. smoking and chewing
tobacco and snuff thrown on the mar
ket here every year are infinite
In the production of tobacco the
United States outruns all competitors.
1t is estimated that this country grows
yearly one-half of the worlds supply.
There was an increase of nearly 60
per cent. in the area devoted to the
tobacco crop from 1890 to 1900. The
total value of our tobacco manufac-
lures in 1900 was $2S3,O76, SAG. The
revenue derived by the federal govern
ment the last year from tobacco was
SCI, 1892, ,102, greater tnan that derived
by any other country from this source,
save France, whose total gross revenue
from tobacco government monopoly
was $81 1.063,000. It is not disclosed
whether the customs and excise taxes
on tobacco have had any effect upon
the per capita consumption of the arti-
Gle in the United States. In Great
Britain the per capita consumption,
1.95 pounds, is low. This is attributed
to the high duties, the average rate per
pound being five times as high as in
the United States.
The theory that the smoker will
smoke to the same extent, no matter
how much the cost of his favorite to.
bacco may be increased by customs
or an excise tax, seems to be set aside
in the case of the English. One of the
deductions of the American Stats
ticians is that, on the whole, the coun.
tries with the highest taxation show
the lowest consumption, certainly a
diminished consumption of the more
expensive grades Of tobacco.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23
Easy Enough.
HARVEST TIME IN GEORGIA.

Hear the drivers whistle
To the teams that draw the load!
There's music in the rumble
OF the wagon down the road.
'tMy love is Nancy
She fergits me not;
Cotton come ter town now,
So keep my supper not!
"Oh, the cool wind is a-singin'
The best you ever knowed;
There's music in the rumble
OF the wagon down the road!"
Atlanta Constitution.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23
Art in Woman's
Dress
MOST OF ONES OPPORTUNITIES
By EDMUND BUCKLEY, ph. D.
(Of the University Of chicaeo.)
lCopyright. 1906. by J. B. Bowles.l
(Of the University of chicaeo.)

The Slim Waist Natural and Beautiful
-Wasp-Waisted Woman as Pre-
posterous as Dock-Tailed Horse
Breadth Of Decorative Arrange
ment Should Be Greater at Hips
Than at Shoulders-Small Women
May Increase Their Height by Yer
teal Decoration - Plaids for the
Petite -Necked Bodice
Detracts from Height.