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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-01-13
CASUALTY ROLL OF PEACE.
The Modern Mans Chances Of In
jury or Death by Ac-
cident.

The ordinary citizen who works for
his bread and has a family to sup
port takes it for granted that, when
his time arrives, he will die in his
bed. Why not, indeed, when the ac-
cidents of existence have been re-
duced to a minimum by the expedients
of humane and ingenious civiliza-
ton? People do not perish nova
days, or get hurt, by many Of the
chances which formerly threatened the
safety, and even the survival, of the
individual. Each person is safe
guarded by the entire community.
which is organized to defend Its MEM
bers against harm of every imaginable
kind
Nevertheless, and in spite of this fiat
tering view of the advantages of our
modern civilization, says Pearson's
Magazine, a study of the facts in the
case shows that the actual state OF
affairs is far less satisfactory. This,
to begin with, is the mechanical age,
and with modern Improvements have
arrived hundreds of hitherto-unknown
contrivances for killing and manning.
The railroads of this country alone
kill 5000 employees every year, and Sc
riously injure 10000 more. Machinery
claims more victims annually than fell
in any battle of our civil war. The
civilization of which we are so proud
may be in some respects humane, but
it is undeniably murderous.
How surprising it seems to learn
that each year one man out OF every
seven meets with disabling acct
dent! Women are not nearly SO much
exposed to mischances, for obvious
reasons, and not more than one out
of every IL persons of the gentler sex
suffers like misfortune in twelve
month. But it appears that, it you
are an everyday citizen Of voting age,
you have only six chances out OF
seven of getting through the coming
year without being disabled in one
way or another. You have one chance
in 1900 of being killed during that pc
Rod.
Nearly one-half of all disabling ac-
cidents happen incidentally in bust
ness occupations. Hence, it is we'll
worth while to take this question into
consideration when picking out vo-
cation. The safest of all employments,
oddly enough, seems to be that OF
the commercial traveller fact proved
by the circumstance that he is re-
garded by all insurance companies as
the best possible risk, standing at the
top of the "select" class. Indeed, from
an insurance standpoint he is SO far
preferable to anybody else that he
may be said almost to constitute
class by himself. He is twice as
good a risk as clergyman.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-01-13

light" and only on rare occasions does
he put on his evening clothes and at
tend a dinner or other society func-
ton.
Senator Pettus is almost connect
ing link between revolutionary times
and the present. His grandfather, on
his mothers side, was Capt Anthony
Winston, of Virginia, revolutionary
soldier of distinction. The senator's
own activities extend over two-thirds
of a century. He began the study OF
law about 66 years age and was admit
ted to the bar GA years ago and has
practiced ever since except for the
item he served as lieutenant in the
Mexican war and as an officer OF the
confederacy In the civil war, which
he entered as lieutenant colonel and
came out as brigadier general. Mr..
Pettus has over three years to serve
and the prospects are that at the end
of the term he will be vigorous enough
to seek reelection.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-01-13
Prosperity and Posteritv.


Chicago's superintendent of educa-
ton tersely sums up the evil social
situations of that and other large
cities in the phrase, Too much pros
perity for the rich and too much DOS.
terity for the poor" He is, perhaps,
correct as well as clever-an unusual
combination-though it may require
some thought to unrayel the exact
meaning OF his epigram. With the
burden OF the rich, remarks the St.
Louis Globe-Democrat, we have no
concsrn-they will doubtless be able to
Dear it with fortitude-but the poor
must be sustained and comforted and
advised in their affection. The whole
trouble with the poor seems to- be that
their superabundance Of posterity il
100 immediate For this state of af-
fairs the poor are themselves to blame.
Iney are paupers in judgment as well
as IN material wealth. Did they man
age posterity rightly, it would be q
blessing rather thaa the reverse. As
the Feet says: Sweet ire the uses OF
poster.ty" If he Gid not, he should
have, for it is a true thing. Posterity
can be made an asset rather than a
liability, by reversing the ordinary
modes. OF procedure High-minded
men end women often spend theil
lives and persuade others to join them
In working for posterity." This is
not as it should be- Posterity should
work Cor US. And the poor, being q
majority in society, could compel pos
terity to do this. They could initiate
and carry out programs for free things
free homes. free theaters, free food
and issue bonds to pay for them:
bonds which would To saddled upon
posterity. 1t is one of the glorious
blessings Of civilization that it can run
its descendants in debt. We should
take advantage OF the privilege. Then
We could afford much immediate pos
terity, and insure SO much of 1t when
the bonds became due that the per
capita" would be quite small. 1t is
beautiful system, and we are surprised
that no great economist or other
great economist, we may in modesty
say-has never thought of it before.
Naturally, it seems to be taking some
undue liberties with posterity, but In
the language Of an eminent statesman,
What has posterity ever done for
u.s." And let posterity render what
verdict Of us it chooses. Life's statute
Of limitations will have released us
from jeopardy.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-01-13

which is Mr.. Samson, and which is my.
| self"
She laid two dainty fingers on two
ugly blurs.
There you are-both Of you"
But we've no heads" l objected.
"Oh, well, you might know yourself
by the way you wear your watch
chain
Its certainly a unique photograph
If somewhat vague" observed after
q moment.
Il think it splendid for beginner, % ,
she returned.
"Glad you're pleased, Madge. Per-
sonally, consider you've been vast
ing your time as well as your plates. y
How disagreeable you are.
Its all very WELL" said, sulkily.
'but this is the last Of my three hard
earned holidays-I do work occasion
ally, you know-and I've had scarcely
five minutes Of your company
I'm sorry you don't care for photog-
raphy," she remarked.
II haven't expressed my objection to
photography. But this" held up the
offending piece of glass, language fail
ing me.
well? What have you to say about
it? Mr. Samson says it's quite good
much better than any first attempt he
ever saw 49, as
81. don't quite see what NJ. Samson
has got to do with it, / said, with ir-
ritation. ~
"Mr. Samson has been exceedingly
kind in explaining and arranging
things. I asked you to come and see
the dark room he has fitted uD for me,
but you only jeered.
Did you ask him to fit up your
dark rcom?"
Certainly not. He offered-which
was more than you did,
. II confess it never occurred to me
to OFFER" retorted. Il came here to
see you in daylight" Madge was ST.
lent.
Couldn't you have kept Samson away
till tomorrow? He'll be here all the
month, and must leave in the morn
ing-no, I'd better go tonight"
At that moment, through the open
door, I caught sight of Samson COM
ing downstairs. He must have though:
Nadge was alone, for he called out:
success! You've come out beauti-
fully
He was little taken aback when he
found US together. but quickly recov-
cred and handed Madge negative.
This is your own he said. "Ill
take some prints presently. I'll just
run upstairs again and get one Or two
things ready
When he had gone, l turned to
Madge.
Hasn't he heard we are engaged?"
I asked her.
"Oh, suppose SO. Everybody has.
Bad news-you know"
II tell you, Madge, I'm not going to
submit to this sort of thing. Samson's
q good enough sort; he's your visitor
and friend OF the family and all that
but he is not to monopolize you on
the mere excuse of some wretched
photographs. II he has forgotten that
we are engaged, / must remind him.
In the meantime I wish you'd come up
the glen with me-"
In the meantime I've got to do
some developing" she replied, without
moving, however.
/ temporized
Every we'll. dear. Having waited
upon you for two days and halt. !
daresay can have patience for an
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-01-13
MADGE AND,
THE CAMERA
BY J. J. BELL
(Author of Wee MacGregor," etc.)
By J. J. BELL,
Copyright, 'aos, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
(Author of "Wee MacGregor, etc.)

Copyright, '2o5, by Joseph B. Bowles.l
On Madge's last birthday her uncle
presented her with a token of his love
in the shape of very fine camera, to-
gether with all the appliances and
chemicals necessary for successful
amateur photography.
isn't it jolly" cried Madge, coming
out of the house on the third after
noon, to find me lying on the lawn,
alone and in no very good temper.
isn't it jolly!" she repeated, gleeful-
ly; 1--WE got one right at last!"
Lets have look, DEAR" said I,
endeavoring to be pleasant in spite OF
myself,
She handed me the negative, and
seated herself beside me.
You'll see it if you hold it against
your sleeve" she kindly explained.
isn't it splendid?"
gazed at it for fully minute, and
could make nothing of it; but l was
not ill-natured enough to say so.
ran over in my mind the 20 odd photo
graphs l had seen her take, and then
I plunged.
Indeed, Madge, this is good! The
steamer comes out So"
ITO begin with, dearest, you're hold
ing it upside down." she said; land
besides"
$50 am. Oh, see it now!
Why, it's the old churchyard we saw
on Sunday afternoon. It's capital,
Madge!"
When Madge spoke it was trifle
coldly.
Excuse me mentioning it. Hugh;
but it is a group of father and mother
and Mr.. Samson and yourself
There was not a great deal for me to
say under the circumstances. felt
rather foolish, and that did not help
my ruffled temper. Moving the mega
tive, saw it in another light.
Yes; l can distinguish your father
and mother, Madge," I admitted; ''but
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-01-13

has no idea of allowing four score and
two years to bar him from tie most
active participation IN the legislation
OF the country. He has come prepared
to debate all the important questions
that will be before congress. He Is
giving particular attention to the rail-
way rate question and has the indie
pendence to hold views that are con-
trary to those OF majority Of his
democratic colleagues.
Senator Morgan was always noted
for bis independence of action This
he demonstrated most effectively dur
ing President Cleveland's last admins
tration, when he, as one Of the demo-
cratic leaders in the senate, caused a
good deal of establishment by opposing
many of the administration policies.
It was he who made famous the term
cuckoo statesman" One day in an
swering Senator Villas Of Wisconsin,
who was the administration spokes-
man on the floor, Senator Morgan re-
ferred to those who answered cuckoo"
every time the white house clock
struck. The application was so perth
nent and humorous that the senate
fairly roared, especially as Mr.: Morgan
seldom INDUCED in wit or humor.
The Alabama senator proposes to
have voice in public affairs as long
as his brain is able to conceive ideas
and his tongue to utter them. His
speeches and his statements in the
public press are usually Of a very H.
Illuminating character and the young
men of the senate are ready to accord
Mr.. Morgan hearing, although it re-
quires good deal of patience to sit
out his speeches, which sometimes
last for days.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-01-13

Gratis some IL or is places. in order to
accommodate the increased republican
membership. In the last house there
were 210 republicans and 176 demo-
Gratis. With q membership OF 81 per
cent. the republicans enjoyed 81 per
cent. of the committee appointments,
numbering all told 759.
Speaker Cannon has figured out that
in the present house the republicans
have nearly Ga per cent. of the MEM
bership, and il they were given the
same proportion OF committee assign
ments as In the last house they would
receive 70 per cent. OF the total COM
mittee membership. This is too much
and would require too great reduc-
ton of the democratic membership to
appear absolutely fair So the speaker
has taken another basis for. committee
assignments. He finds that while
there win be- 66 new republican mem
bers to be taken care Of in the COM
ing congress there will be but is new
democratic members There were va
Gated by the republicans SO places on
committees, while the democrats va
Gated "a. In a spirit of generosity the
speaker decided to take only Is OF the
places vacated by democrats and give
them to republicans.
Under this plan he has been conn
PEELED to disappoint great many re-
publicans, and democrats are kicking
because they have lost dozen COM
mittee places. The speaker advises
Mr.. John Sharp Williams, OF Missis-
sippi, the minority leader on the floor.
to take out his pencil and do q little
figuring. He says he believes that
John Sharp as he anectionately
calls his democratic friend, will ind
that the democrats have been most
generously treated when they learn
that only IL Of their places have been
taken to distribute among 66 new re-
publicans. The democrats are in a
hopeless minority, but they would like
to haze good committee assignments,
for the prestige it will give them in
case political fortune should bring i'm
democratic house.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-01-13

protests come, which he must answer
in way to placate all parties. Mr..
De Graw is great, big man, physical
". with a wonderful fund OF good ma
ture and the very happy faculty OF
denying applications and requests in
way that gives no offense, but rather
tickles the pride and humor OF the
congressman or postmaster.
AS the official who mas in charge the
rural free delivery service, Mr.. De
Graw comes in contact with some odd
people and hears some very unique ex-5
periences. He is looked on as the
patron saint OF the rural mail carrier.
and they relate to him all their trials
and tribulations. The life OF the rural
carrier Is full of unique experiences,
and all is not 'beer and skittles" in
their daily existence. They unfortu-
nately make enemies on their routes,
who try to interfere with their per-
Torrance of duty. A carrier up In
Pennsylvania wrote to Mr.. ed Graw
the other day, detailing his recent ex-
perience as follows:
''As l was on my way from Lerays-
VILE to Rummerfeld with the mail
they had lot Of sticks in the road
way, and one stuck in one Of my wagr
on wheels. got out to remove it and
found one end fast with wire and,
somewhat vexed, removed it, and be-
gan to remove the others. John Blanks
wife ran from the house with large
dipper full of water and threw 1t on
me, also the second one. and then hit
me on the back with the dipper and
then grabbed up a hoe which was on
the yard fence, or near it, and hit me
across my back three times. and the
last time she hit she broke the handle.
BY :hat time / had removed all the
sticks could get loose"
Mr.. De Graw could send no great
comfort to this badly misused mail car
rier.
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TEST WAS A FAILURE.
An Illustrative Instance Of the Folly
Of INDUCING Morbid
Curiosity.

Somebody had told Mr.. Finkenbind-
er that tallow candle, placed in the
barrel of a shotgun, could be fired
through q barn door as easily as If it
were bolt OF steel.
Having little leisure OF his hands.
he determined to put the matter to
the test, relates Charles w. Taylor, In
the Chicago Tribune.
Procuring, with some difficulty, a
tallow candle-the kind your grand
mother used to make-he brought
down from the attic of his dwelling an
old, single--barreled, Misunderstanding
shotgun that had descended to him
from former generation. he poured
a generous charge of powder into 1t,
added paper wad, and carefully
slipped the candle into the barrel,
blunt end downward. It only re-
NAMED to put a &c. D." percussion
cap on the tube. and the old gun was
ready for business.
Then he went out to the back yard.
Taking position q few feet from
his barn, he cooked the gun, aimed at
the center of the pine door, pulled the
trigger, and the gun went of with a
deafening roar.
The result was startling.
It is painful to have to record the
fact that the candle did not pierce the
door.
All it did was to make horrible
smear of tallow over the door and
everything else in the immediate
neighborhood, Mr. Finkenbinder in
cluded.
How his wife came screaming out OF
the house to learn what dreadful thing
had happened, how he told her, sulk-
lily, while scraping the soft tallow of
his clothing, to go back and attend
to her own business, and how she In
sisted on helping him-ail this, per-
haps, should be left to the imagina-
ton, as belonging to the domain OF
the home, whose sacred precincts no
man has right to invade for the pur-
pose OF dragging the intimate details
of It's daily life into the cold, pitiless
light Of publicity.
It remains true, nevertheless, that
you can shoot tallow candle through
a barn door.
II you keep the door open.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-01-13
"obvious" When Done.

The federal courts have several times
inyalidated Edison's patents on the
ground that the Improvements made by
his devices were obvious solutions OF
the mechanical problems and therefore
not patentable. AS in many problems
that require hard study, the solutions did
seem obvious enough afterward Not
long ago Mr.. Edison was trying to work
ont q new piece Of mechanism. 1t
seemed q simple enough problem when
he began it, but it proved to be extreme
w difficult. After several days exas-
peratingly futile work his attorney hap
nened to ask him how It was coming
along. mo good yet" replied Mr.. Ed
ison. '.But, Of course, the thing is per-
sectly obvious. I wish you'd bring z
committee OF those federal judges down
hare that are always saying that. 1fthts
thing is SO almighty obvious, perhaps
thew can tell me how to make it."
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-01-13
Senator Pettus Of Alabama.


of Alabama, q col
league OF Senator
M or gan, contin-
ues to be probably
the most pictur-
csque character In
public life. He Is
now in his eighty
fifth year, and is
r e q lily possessed
OF more physical
vigor than hts col
league. although
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-01-13
Up Against It.

$50 your old bachelor friend really
decided to get married.
Yes, and he says, now that he has
taken the leap, he is going to sift mar
ried life to the bottom
"And he has started?"
yes, the first day they returned
from the honeymoon his wife started
him Sitting ashes. Chicago Daily
News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-01-13
Topo,s Religion.

While dispute xas going ON lii
London as to whether Admiral Togo,
while a cadet at Gravesend, was bap-
tized Catholic or Protestant, Togo
was visiting the temple at Ise to
thank the spirits Of his ancestors for
hi. success in the war.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-01-13
A Regular Pioneer

DIR. Heber Jones, to whom the citi-
zens Of Memphis recently presented .
purse Of $4,000 for his care of the
quarantine this year, has weathered
five epidemics in the city and yet it
is recorded that he was greatly
embarrassed when the leading wom-
an who presented the check kissed him
full upon the lips. Il ss
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-01-13

Down on Long Island it is said the
deer are so scarce that there are about
/. dozen hunters to every one of the
,r;m..Is that can be scared up in the
hnnting season. But over In Connecti-
-. some Of the farmers are complain
10 tfat. owing to the protection at
,,-dad nv the game laws, deer have
become so numerous and so bold that
thew come into the fields and eat the
,,,ons and drive the owlers away. An
..,,culturist who was chased to his
homa Nv one OF the deer thinks the
.tive has come to get gun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-01-13

The city mans working hours are
~horter, than were those Of his father;
he il taken 70 and from his work with
= e.se no income could command 50
.,..ra ago: he lives more in the open
IL reioices In twice as much holiday,
re immeasurably more suitable clothes
a more wholesome and varied disf
th.n his ancestors, and probably in
hahits d far better built house; while
!. hundred and one appliances are at his
...,,,rmand for getting him through his
e1airs without discomfort and with
5sxpsditior
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-01-13
Every Bit as Good.

"Have you belt that will go about
my waist?" asked the young lady with
a smile, as she entered the dry goods
store.
No, but l have something just as
good" replied the young man who for
merly worked in drug store.-Yonker
Statesman.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-01-13
Merely a Choice of Evils.

Merely Choice OF Evils.
why do you ask that woman's young
est child to recite?"
Because" answered Miss Cayenne,
sit was the only way to keep the eldest
child from playing the piano. Wash
ington Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-01-13

gan Of Alabama
is now in his
twenty-ninth year
of service in con-
gress, and in the
eighty-second year
of his age. He
comes to this con-
gress with a vigor
and determination
that might charac-
terize a man 20
years youn & e r
than he Ia He
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-01-13
Opposes college Athletics1.

Rev. David Hillhouse Buell., the new
president Of Georgetown university. 3
is one OF the pronounced opponents OF ]
the present methods Of football and says
one OF the greatest drawbacks college
has to combat is that the public too
often judges Of the strength Of college
BY Its strength in the line Of athletics.'
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-01-13

non has his hands
full nowadays try
ing to find places
fer all the new
members fof the
present house Of
r q pr e sentatives.
He has been COM
PEELED to take
from the demo-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-01-13
WHAT BOOKS TO READ.
DO NOT DEPEND UPON ACCIDENT
TO GET THEM.

The Luxury of Library Read Your
Favorite Books Many Times-The
Bible as a Literary Work-The
Book Lover Per Sc Cares Little
for Bindings-If You Wish to Be
Keen-Edged, Read the Newspapers
Newspapers Give Us Things to
Talk About-They Make Our Boys
and Girls Politically Intelligent.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-01-13

the placing of flowers in the senate
chamber. Speaker Cannon took the
matter into his own hands SO far as
the house is concerned this year and
instructed the employees not to allow
any floral display on the floor of the
house.
The giving Of flowers had been car
ried to a ridiculous extent. The desks
of members were so piled up with
floral pieces that nothing else could be
seen and the crowded hall looked more
like floral exhibit than legislative
chamber. 1t got to he SO that the
friends of various statesmen attempted
to Guido each other in the size and
gorgeousness of the floral gifts that
were sent in on the first day of the.
session.
It became common practice that
secretaries to members and senators
would institute a regular campaign for
funds from clerks in the departments
who were from tho district or state,
and these contributions were in small
way sort of blackmail. The poor
clerks believed they could improve
their standing with the senator or
member by giving up from their hard
earned stipends one to five dollars for
flowers. This practice became known
to leaders in congress and they deter
mined to put a stop to it, and there
will be no more ostentatious display of
flowers on the members desks. The
exhibit always detracted from the dig
nifty of congress, and it was common
remark that men Of the least promi-
hence and ability usually secured the
biggest bouquet.