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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-14
HOME FOR FoRLoRN CATS.
Women Have Formed "The Cat Club
in Washington.

Washington Is to have a home fol
stray and disabled cats. An organiza
ton has been formed, of which Mrs
H. L. West, wife of Commissioner
West, is president The name of the
organization is the Cat club.
The purpose of the club is to fur
nish home for the keeping of cats
which have no one to care for them. A
number of ladies prominent in the so
cial circles of the capital city are
members Of the club, among them
Nine. de Bus of the Persian legation
Miss Mary Petit, Miss Susan Robinson
Miss L. Andrews and Miss Louise Rob
inson.
A valuable painting has been do
mated by one of the members, to be
sold, the proceeds to go toward the
building fund. A committee has been
appointed to select site for the
erection of the home, and it is rumored
that an option has been taken on a lot
of Chevy Chase, one of Washington E
most fashionable suburbs, which will
cost $4,000. A meeting will shortly
be called at the New Willard hotel tc
discuss these matters.
Justice Harlan is the owner of per
haps one of the most valuable cats in
this country, known as the Sacred
cat" which was secured in BurmaE
and is said to be worth $1,000.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-14
"The cuteness of W."

His Excellency WI, beloved al
Hong Kong for kindness and wit, is
enjoying himself at Washington. He
has blandly stated that he expects to
live 200 years by the simple expedient
of not smoking, not drinking, refrain.
ing from meat and not overeating OF
OVERRIDING anything. This is the "sim.
pie life" over again, and will be in.
dorsed by those who aim at counter
acting artifciality in ordinary life
We do not propose to enroll ourselves
in the ranks of Wu's adherents on the
! question of longevity, but we desire tc
chuckle-chuck1e now accomplished
at the delightful way in which H. E.
WI Ting-fang introduces the simple
life as an alternative to discussing
Chinese affairs. The heights and hol
lows of kindly Chinese diplomacy are
unfathomed by westerners, and we
can only rejoice that the Chinese min
lister has escaped querists by climbing
on the simple life" platform. Live
forever, Wu!-South China Morning
Post
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-14
The Sailors PRAYER Book.

This is what you call the sailors
prayer book" a seaman said bitterly,
as he kicked a holystone out of the
way. "Why is it called that? Well, in
the first place it is called that because
in using it, in holystoning the deck,
the sailor has to kneel down, and in
the second place, because all holy
stoning is done on Sunday. Don't
YOU know the chantey?-
Six days shalt thou work and do all that
thou art able,
And on the seventh holystone the decks
and scrape the cable.
"The stone is called holystone be.
cause the first hNlystones were bits
of tombs stolen from cemeteries. It's
got a pious, religious sound-holy, and
prayer book, and Sunday and all that
but it is when he is using this stone
that the seaman is most profane."
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-14
But One Tragedy in Capital.

There have been scores and hun
dreds-maybe thousands-of TRACE
dies in the capitol building at Wash
ington. But they have been unknown,
and therefore unwritten-the TRACE
dies of the thwarted ambitions of men
who aimed high, sought the presiden-
cy, and came short of their purposes
But the only deeds of violence that
were ever done were the attempt up
on the life of President Jackson and
the killing of Representative Taulbee
of Kentucky, and let us hope that no
others may occur, or even be contem-
plated, under any circumstances. But
for the deed of Kincaid the history
of the capitol would be, as it forever
forth should be, bloodless and stain
less
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-14
Remembered Mamma's orders.

A very cfrcumspect and conscien.
tious young miss of four was sent in,
to the parlor of a certain Philadelphia
household to entertain a caller for q
few minutes until her mother should
appear.
The conversation drifted to discus
sion of the youngsters intellectual &C
quirements, and the visitor asked:
do you know the alphabet, Marie?'
Eyes, ma am"
'Will you say it for me?"
Marie began glibly enough; but, aft
er she had given three or four letters
she stopped short, saying: IF yor
please, ma'am, don't think I better
say any more"
"And why not?" asked the caller
surprised.
Those are not all I know" ex
planned the youngster, "but, you know
mamma says mustn't tell all knowr
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-14
CAN'T BRING THEM TOGETHER.
People of Washington Unable to Agree
on What They Need.

Every now and then we ara told that
if the people of Washington ever could
manage to agree upon any one thing
in the way of public improvement
that had acknowledged prominence,
they would get it from congress in
short order. I've had senators and
representatives tell me-with tears in
their eyes at that-and they insisted,
with the greatest appearance of SINGER
ity, that real public spirit in Washing
ton was negligible quantity.
l never really believed that until re-
Gently, after l had looked over some
thousands of replies to the question:
What is the most imperative need Of
Washington" which had been submit
ted to local merchants, big and little.
The result was astonishing. The an
swers did not reveal any public spirit
worthy Of the name. In fact, peru
sal of them was calculated to fill the
thoughtful reader with gloom. Most
Of the folks who answered the ques
ton stuck close to the personal equa-
ton. II there was a square foot of
sidewalk in front of Bill Jones' place
of business that had sunk an inch or
two below the level of the rest, Bill
Jones was certain to mention the re-
pair of that as Washington's greatest
need. Was there an awning pole out
of alignment in front of Sam Smiths
place of business? Then the straight
ening of that awning pole was the
most pressing need in the whole Dis
trict of Columbia, and, in Sam Smiths
opinion, would do more than anything
else to beautify the city.
A member of congress who looked
over these Illuminating answers said
1atfootedly that when the people of
Washington were able to get together
on any one great project Of improve
ment there was some chance for that
project to go through.
But until them" he said, you
haven't show, save when people in
terested disinterestedly in Washing
ton and it's Identification take pity on
you and put something through"
To my mind that's rather much Of
an Observation-Disclosures Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-14
THE STORY.
ktTHoU speakest falsely"

kCTHOU speakest falsely"
Like the keen blade Of a knife
the words cut through to the very
depths of Jeremiah's heart. Silently,
but with look upon his face which
told of the depth of agony which
surged within, the prophet turned
from the group of men standing be-
fore him and walked away. Further
protest or pleading on his part were
useless. 1t was very plain that Jo-
hanan, the governor Of Jerusalem, and
the band of men with him, had not
wanted Gods message, but rather in
dorsement of the course which they
had determined to follow, and when
the word of God had been directly
counter to these plans, they had
turned upon the prophet, fiercely de-
nouncing him as false prophet, and
declaring vehemently:
"The Lord our God hath not sent
thee to say, Go not into Egypt to So
iourn there But Baruch, the son Of
Neriah, setteth thee on against us,
for to deliver us into the hand of the
/ Chaldeans, that they might put us to
death, and carry us away captives
into Babylon
Ten days before the scene with
which our story opens there had come
to jeremiah deputation headed by
Johanan earnestly beseeching him
that he, the prophet, should seek the
presence of their God and learn his
Will concel ming the remnant which
stili>Samained in Jerusalem. And when
he had assented to do this thing for
them they had solemnly pledged to
obey, saying:
whether it be good or evil, we
will obey the voice of the Lord our
God, to whom we send thee; that 1t
may be we'll with us, when we obey
the voice Of the Lord our God"
And with these reassuring words
ringing in his EARS, jeremiah had
withdrawn TO anuiet retreat outside
the ,sars ct JeAsalem, whittier he
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-14
His Time Was Un.

st Gamma get over it, a Scotch farm
er remarked to his wife, Il put tvs
shillfn' piece in ia plate at kirk this
morn instead O. ma usual penny"
The beadle had noticed the mistake
and also the frightened face of his ole
friend, who had not the courage to re
take the coin as the old-fashioneC
ladle-like spoon was carefully passed
over the head to the next pew, ant
one penny after another was dropped
into the bowl.
The old farmer sat III silence ant
said nothing. The old beadle allowet
him to miss the plate for "a consecu
tive Sundays.
On the twenty-fifth Sunday the farm
er again ignored the collection plate
but the old beadle steadied the lad.s
in front of him, and in loud, tragit
whisper, said. hoarsely:
Your times up moo, Sandy"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-14
Copyright, l908, by the Author. v. 8, Edison, :,

Prophecies Of Jeremiah-They are not
n chronological order, but seem to have
oeen rearranged according to their sub
iects, viz: l. Warning to the Jews. 2. Sur
Vey of all nations, with a historical ap-
pendix. 3. Prediction of brighter days to
come, with similar appendix. 4. Prophe-
cles regarding Egypt. The concluding
chapters from 51:34 are supposed to have
been compiled from the latter portions of
Kings, and may have been added by
Ezra. jeremiah was contemporary with
Lephaniah, Habakkuk, Ezekiel and Dan
Iel. He foretold the precise date of the
Captivity, the fate Of Zedekiah, the re-
turn of the Jews from Babylon, and the
decay of that city. Tradition credits him
with burying the ark. He predicted the
abrogation of the Law and the Inaugural
ton of a spiritual worship Centering
around Christ He pictured the bless
Ings of the atonement, the call of the
dentiles through the gospel, and the final
acceptance of the Jews. jeremiah has
been called the weeping prophet because
Of his nlournfu1 prophecies over the fate
Of Jerusalem and the Jewish nation, but
there is note of triumph running all
through for his vision is clear and bright
Of better future which gives to him as
fully as to Isaiah the character of
prophet of the gospel.
Scripture Authority-Jeremiah, chap
ters AZ, 49,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-14
Copyright. by shortstory Pub, Co.,

II ! X
at that time was wooden wa4ar
trough, leading rom his well ~ INA
brick shed. Most 81 the day and an
OF the night he locked himself in that
shed with his secret. Those who
passed in the rear Of the place de-
clared that they could hear him grind.
ing something, and because Of 4 pool
of red water which had accumulated
near the shed they thought ii must
be the bricks.
Now, Fred Richie was one Of those
who regarded Pierre's conduct as
most suspicious. He gave good deal
of thought to the mystery Of the sized
and the tearing down of McGinn's sa-
loon, and finally he recalled having
seen Succotash grab that piece OF
brick and make off with IL. Then it
occurred to him also that ii was Pr
ere who had caused all the trouble
between Pikey and Slanteye by steal
ing the chimney And one day when
Succotash was down In town buying
provisions Fred sneaked out the back
way of his shop with bit and stock
and bored hole In the mortar pc
tween the bricks of Pierre's shed e
discover what his secret might Pc a.
Pierre worked that night Fred mao ms
eye glued to this hole and noted Wnae
he was doing.
Next morning his neighbors Were
surprised at finding that RlIcnie
chimney had fallen during the nlghs,
and they were astonished to see FTeu
carrying the bricks into his DarBo.
shop and piiing them ssNz1Sa gT go
care. He wasn't going to have them
stolen, as Ptkey's were, he told them.
And as they passed by the shop later
in the day and looked in they saw him
pounding away at the bricks, breaking
them into bits and scanning each piece
carefully.
One of his customers was let into
the secret, and another chimney fell.
This man passed the secret on to q
bosom friend, and then there was an
other crash OF brick. Within "a hours
every man, woman and child In the
town was pulverizing brick as If life
depended upon 1t.
The secret was secret no longer.
Succotash had found gold in the piece
of brick that Richie had seen him
dart forward to pick up, and he had
found more in the bricks he had stol-
en- from Pikey. With the proceeds he
had set up an arastra in the shed,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-14
Two Bachelor Ministers.

The two bachelor ministers in Wash
ingtcn are DR.. Leo Vogel, accredited
from Switzerland, and Viscount de
Ate, from Portugal DR.. Vogel is a
well-preserved cavalier of so and a
charming member of society. He is
popular in all circles, appears to enjoy
life in our country although he has
passed the summer abroad-and is es-
teemed an excellent parti Viscount
de Ate, while very rich, acquiesces
somewhat in tho Spanish prejudice
against American wives.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-14
SERMONETTE.

After Nebuchadnezzar had
) stripped Jerusalem of her treas
ure, and had taken the best of
} the people captive to Babylon,
he placed Gedaliah over the few
{ who had been left to care for
) the land and dress the vine
yards. A few months after this
IshmaeI formed plot, MUIR
dered GedaIiah and assumed
control, and then entered into
an agreement to deliver all the
people inSo the hands of the
Ammonites. Johanan and
s band of men who had escaped
) IshmaeIs murderous hand, bold
Iy attacked the latter as he was
on his way to the Ammonites,
recovering the spoil and the
people and returning with them
to Jerusalem. Johanan then
became governor over the city,
and fearing the wrath of Neb-
uchadnezzar because of the
5 things which had been hap
pening at Jerusalem, he de-
termined to flee into Egypt.
But before doing SO he and the
5 people sought the advice of the
Prophet Jeremiah, declaring SOL
EMMY: awe will obey the voice
of the Lord our God, to whom
we send thee" Ten days later
Jeremiah brings them Gods
} message, commanding them to
: remain in Jerusalem and prom.
{ isine to protect and prosper
them, but warning them that if
they went into Egypt, they
} should perish by the sword,
famine and pestiIence. Then
{ Johanan and the people repu-
dated the prophet, charging
: that he had spoken lie and
|, not Gods message, and forth
( with they seized him and forced
{ him to accompany them into
Egypt.
: Such was the apparent re-
( ward for standing with God and
{ speaking his message. Did it
pay?
! Temporarily, perhaps, no.
From the standpoint of eternity,
yes.
/ Hesitate, then, not to speak
Gods word, because you feel or
! know it will not be received.
Speak il because it is Gods
truth, and must finally pre-.
: vail.
How many Johanans there
are in the world to-day. Con-
I scious they are of the need Of
Divine wisdom and guidance,
: but wiIIfuI. Pretending to be
DESTROYS of knowing Gods mes
sage until that message runs
counter to their own purposes
or ambitions, and then ready to
s Justify their point of view by
regulating Gods message. To
such there remains but one re-
! suit. Human failure, and Di-
vine judgment.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-14

and in this he was grinding gold out
of the bricks Of Pikey's dismantIed
saloon.
Richie and the others found scales
and grains and specks Of gold. When
the chimney bricks had been ground
up the wall bricks followed. and III 3
short space Of time BrickVille Was b
town of tents again.
Then it was announced suddenly
that Succotash and Richie had
patched up their trouble ana that Pi-
ere had sold his arastra to Fred. This
was followed by Pierre's departure
from town. He has made his pile, =.
the Brickvillians said to one another.
The coal pits had been abandoned
for this new method Of gold nIining.
and there wasn't whole brick build
ing in the place when freight brake
man one day brought startling. piece
of news into the town.
Succotash had bought claybank
in Basin, and a brickyard as well; ana
he had astonished the good people Of
that nook in the mountains BY con-
verting this claybank into d gold mine
and this brickyard into i mill iii
which to treat his rich clay, for the
gold could not be freed by ordinary
process of placer washing.
Then Brickville collectively kicked
itself for not having thought Ia trace
out this briekyard before the man
from Canada; and the Brickvillians
folded their tents and went scurrying
away to the mountains to search there
for other claybanks that were studded
with nuggets of gold.
And SO 1t was that the fire IN Pikey
McG1nns chimney happened to do.
stroy the town.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-14
Not Falr.


Look here. Abraham, said the
judge, its been proved right here inI
court that instead Of doing something
70 help support your wife and children
you spend your whole time hunting
'possum." s
The old negro hung his head.
Now, Abe, You love Your wife!
don't your"
"Ah suttinly does."
"And your children?n
"Yas. suh!"
And you love them both better
Better ev'ry day, iedge.s Abo
broke in.
sum-" 7auu R0'
look hyah, ledge, exclaimed Abe
with widening eyes, OATS fakin, j
coon at a pow'ful disadvantages -
Bohemian Magazine.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-14

A 15-year-old bride in Washington,
after a week of married life, wants a
divorce. 1t is no wonder that mar
riage is a failure when children are
allowed to make playthings of the OBJ
legations held most sacred by church
and state. Needless to say, the mar
riage in question was a romantic"
one, the kind of romance which gener.
ally fails to out1ive its novelty.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-14

American flying machines have
beaten records made in the. air, and
American submarines are surprising
the achievements of all others under
the water. 1t turns out that vessel
of this type tested in Buzzard's bay
was Unanswered for an hour and a
half at depth which at no time was
less than 107 feet, something which
had not been done before.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-14

!, calamity ike the August
Even = ,eIons compensations, and
floods aeVelop revealed in the heroism
one sut sa,ennone operator, Mrs. S. F.
Of q 'e relates the Youths compan-
Rookie, eoasonably notified that rising
Ion. Se .,sraatened the little town of
waters New Mexico, she put aside
Folsom. opportunity to escape, and
her own yaet hour in life in warning
speh saving her subscribers Mnaf '1 icy.
ost IN p They gained. they and the
mateIla1t,h the abiding inspiration OF q
T sesS # unselhsh devotion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-14
A Married Man.

Station Sergeant-Are you married!
Prisoner-No, sir.
Offieer-Beggin' your pardon, sarge,
he's wrong. When we searched him
we found in his pockets, clipped
recipe for curin' Group, sample Of
silk, an two unposted letters in a
woman's handwritin' a week Old
London Tit-Bits.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-14

those great men
W b o net only
founded their ma
ton, but laid the
foundations of the
capital in which
they live, writes a
correspondent.
They still are
here-those man.
sions of days gone
byyet few there
are W h o give
them a passing
thought. But what
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-14
RootIess Cactus in Desert.

A rootless cactus is to be found in
the deserts of California. It is a round,
compact growth, and rolls about the
level floor of the desert for eight Or
nine months
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-14

Prussian women are to have better
opportunities for higher education
The suspicion is spreading over there
that the three ks are not of neces
sity quite all Of woman's sphere.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-14

Somebody has made the interesting
discovery that the blonde criminals
outnumber the brunettes who go
wrong. It may be, however, that the
brunettes who bleach are counted as
blondes.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-14

The greatest heat is never found on
the equator, but some ten degrees to
the north, while more severe cold has
been registered in northern Siberia
than has been found near the pole.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-14

1t would be interesting to know the
feelings of the men who make battle
ships and big guns as they read of the
honors heaped upon the Wright broth
ers in the sacred name of peace.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-14

Speaking of Standard Oil politics,
Bryan's campaign treasurer appears
to be fairly well creased himself, from
the days of Calvin S. Brice down to
date.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-14

German interests in Argentina and
Brazil are SO great that German cap
italists have decided it is worth while
investing s6,500,000 in a new tele-
graph cable connecting the fatherland
with South America The imperial
government. will nrotect the inuasters.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-14

Now comes a student of criminology
who asserts that blonde criminals
largely outnumber the criminal bru
nettes This puts an entirely different
face on the matter.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-14

If that Yellowstone park highway.
man who held up II coaches has
head for business he will Incorporate
in New Jersey.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-14

King Edward is absolutely free from
personal debt. This will seem almost
unprofessional to number of neigh.
boring rulers.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-14

That report about flies carrying
typhoid germs is true enough, though
some revengeful baldheaded man may
have started it.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-14

New York slipper makers are about
to go on strike, but the small boy will
no doubt be happy so long as the slip,
per wearer doesn't.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-14

The colleges of the country turn out
$4,000 new lawyers every year, but
then the trust demand is also big,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-14

Hudson bay is reported to be al.
ready almost frozen over. The hay
fever season must be very short in
that region.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-14

The science of navigating the air is
OF slow growth. 1t is a century old
and still in it's infancy.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-14

If a man tells woman she is pref.
ty, she believes him. If he tells her
the same thing about another woman,
she thinks he's Imaginative.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-14

Ihe hshhook cactus is the compass
OF the desert, for it always points to
the south.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-14

Chewing gum, it is said, will prevent
seasickness. On the other hand, sea.
sickness often serves the useful pur.
pose Of preventing gum chewing.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-14

The government is going to conduct
a sham battle for submarines, this
being one set of maneuvers that won't
interfere with the farmers fences.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-14

It's better to have loved and lost
than never to have enjoyed her moth.
er's good cooking.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-14
THEIR GLORY GONE.
HOMES OF FORMER GREAT MEN
IN WASHINGTON.
Mansions That Remain as Monuments
to the Decades of the Past Now
Scarce Receive More Than
Passing Thought.

There are but few Washingtonians
who could point out the homes Of