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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-12-09
The Mails.
SHORT STOPS.

Iry Sc0mlQG DOCtleu peer.
Parish warrants for sale at this
Office.
Ice an inch thick yesterday
morning.
Fine rains during the first part
of the week.
Grinding was finished at Sulphur
Springs Plantation yesterday.
Our log men are complaining of
hard times. Plenty of fine logs
and no sale for them.
District Court, civil term. will
convene in Covington on Monday
after next, the 18th inst.
Judge Thompson has gone to
Opelousas, to attend the field trials,
to be held in that place next Mon
day.
Rev. DIR. West. Presiding Elder,
preached a very interesting sermon
at the Methodist Church last We'd
nesday night.
Mr.. Purvis, an old and highly
respected citizen of st. Tammany
parish, died at his residence on
Pearl River last Saturday.
Judge Thompson and Mr.. Daven-
port went hunting last Tuesday.
and killed IS cartridges. That
was doing tolerable good, coGsid-
erin.
The price Of cotton in the New
Orleans market, last Wednesday.
was as follows: Ordinary &c.,
Good Ordinary 81, Low Middling
9ac., Middling 9zc.
LosT.-Tuesday evening, Dec. 5,
a gold penholder, pen, slate pencil
and lead pencil. The finder will be
suitably rewarded by leaving the
same at this office.
Capt. Frank Kellar, of the sold
reliable" schooner F. NJ. Pippo. has
recently been seriously i'll with ma
larial fever. We are happy to see
that be has SO far recovered as to
be able to appear on the stree.
again.
The fine new tug-boat, &c. ".
Stockton, paid visit to Covington |
last Tuesday. She was built at
Madisonville, at cost of about
$4,000, and is fine specimen of the
handicraft of our st. Tammany
boat-builders.
Quite q large concourse of our
citizens evinced their respect and
esteem for the late Mrs. Hannah
Palmer, by following her remains
to the grave last Monday evening.
The services were conducted by
Rev. G. T. Vickers.
The transit of Venus was not
visible in this region, on account OF
the clouds. The next transit of
this star over the suns disc will o.
chr in the year 1904. We hope it
will be q clear day. SO that none of
d will bssdieep pointed as we were
last Wednesday,:
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-12-09

ELECTION ORDERED. = Governor
McEnery has issued his proclama-
ton. ordering an election to be held
in this, the Sixth District, on Thurs
day, the sth day of February, 1888,
to elect Congressman to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of
Gen. Andrew S. Heron.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-12-09
The Safest WaY.

The safest and snrest way to re-
store the youthful color of the hair
is furnished by Parkers Hair Bal
sam, which is deserve'lly popular
from It's superior cleanliness.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-12-09

We learn wisdom from failure,
more than from success. We often
discover what will do by finding
out what will not do, and he who
never made mistake never made
discovery.-Er.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-12-09

Congressman Kellogg has re-
ceived his certificate of election
from Gov. McEnery, the protest of
Mr.. Acklen proving untenable.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-12-09

Cavington. December 8. 1882
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-12
- - Cd. .------=-H---- SQUALLY.

We are not surprised that the winter should have been very squally so far. It is only a month old-PhilddeLphiG Neaos.
 There is an East Indian lady in Paris who can talk in twelve languages. Fortunately she is not married.-B0st0n Post.
 Although the electric light is used in all of the large cities, yet Washington is celebrated for it's scandals.--N. r. Commercial AdUea'- tiSer.
 The prophet who thinks rything will turn out according to his expectations should try turning out molasses from a cold jug Nelc Orleans PicGyoGne.
 "Why is a young man like a kernel of corn?" asked young lady. Because" |" said another, 'he turns white when he pops. ."-B0ston Saturday E0ening Gdsette.
 Russian women, it is said, never jealous of their servant girls, and those who have seen the servant girls declare they'd be in- fernal fools if they were,-Boston Post.
 Twenty thousand dollars appropriated for lighting Hell Gate! This seems like waste of money The majority of travellers have no difficulty in finding their way thither without alight.-Boston Transcript.
 lie was pretty close man, without doubt At breakfast he cut an egg in two and gave the new hired man one half of it. The help ate it, and held out his plate for more. What :" gasped the host, want 6 hull egg!" 'Of course I do," said the man. The boss stared blankly at him moment and then pushing the half egg across the table, snappishly cried: ''Take it, eat it and kill 1 yourself! !'' Tho man ate it, and Is still alive 1 -Baity's Dudget.
 | Be good, fair maid and lst who will be clever Cut your bang even, and be ever gay
 And you will get a watch with patent lever Doub e-jeweled action from papa eome day. -fJORL h2n1SLeH, mtOueT7llZed, Puck.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-12
Tuesday. Dec. 12. 1882.

THE LOWELL BANKRUPTCY BILL.
 The Senate yesterday, by vote of 34 yeas to 30 nays, adopted the Lowell bankruptcy bill, introduced by Senator Hoar, sub. stitute for the one reported by Senator h. gals from the Judiciary committee, (known as the Equity bill, ) and it was sent to the Ju- dietary committee for revision.
 The Lowell bill has met with much approy- al from Boards of Trade and Chambers of Commerce. A special committee of the New York Board of Trade reported strongly in favor of it, as preferable to the other in i'm portant respects. Some of these are:
 1. That it is B codified system, prescribing and limiting the power of judges, while the Equity bill begins and ends with the judge as supreme.
 ?. The creditors select their own assignee, while under the other system the court ap. points receiver
 3. At least three creditors have to file pe- tition for involuntary bankruptcy. Under the Equity bill the old evil is revived of al- lowing single creditor to file petition and procure an adjudication In this way it was not unusual for a single ugly creditor to use the law to compel the payment of his own debt, to the disadvantage of the bankrupt and of other creditors.
 4. The amount of property to be exempted is mado uniform throughout the country, while the Equity bill preserves State exemp- tions with their glaring inequalities, which can be used in some States to defeat the en : tire purpose of the law. 5. The rights of creditors are guarded by requiring at least three fourths majority to accept compromises instead of considering 8 bare majority sufficient
 G. The honest debtor is discharged by the law. By the Equity scheme the debtor is held at the discretion of the court. 7. Fraudulent conveyanoes are prevented, crimes are designated and adequete penalties provided.
 s. The intent and scope of the Lowell bill are to expedite business, secure the speediest 1 as we'll as most equitable settlement. The Equity bill by adding bankruptcy cases to the already crowded dockets of the district courts would inevitably occasion delay and the evil of nasty trials
 It is claimed for tho Lowell bill that it is plain, unequivocal, just law for the whole country. It is certain that very few law makers better fitted to draft bankrupt cy law than Judge Lowell.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-12

funny, and some are very sentimental. but all are full of Parisian vivacity and vigor Even the little cuts are capital. Published by James R. Osgood x Co.,, Boston, and for sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 'Fage, Squire and Knight A Romance of the Days of Chivalry" edited by w. H. Da- venport Adams, is a free adaptation of Mmo Co1omb's ''Franchise, " in which q youth In Aquitaine, in the reign of King Henry H., advances through the several stages of social and military progress from varlet to knight. The story itself, in which the King and Rich ard Coeur-de Lion play conspicuous parts, is subordinate to the descriptions of banquets, jousts, battles and every peculiarty of feudal life in that period of it's prime. The book is intere ,ting and stimulating, and ought to be appreciated by the boys, for whom 1t is es pecially intended. It has one hundred and thirteen illustrations. Published by Estes &5 Lauriat, Boston, and for sale in this city by H. II. Peck
 One of the beautiful holiday books is '',Ihe Poetical Works of T. Buchanan Read" pub Iished by J. B. Lippincott & Co.,, Philadel- phia The illustrations, which very fue, are from drawings by Dielman, Fenn, Hum phrey, Murphy and others, The printing and binding elegant. For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 'Little People of Asia,'' by Olive Thorn Miller, author of Little Folks in Feathers and Fur, ''Queer Pets at Marcy's," etc, is an entertaining book. It contains none of those dry details that make the reading of history such hard work for little people, but tells just what the children of America would like to know about the children of Turkey, China, Japan, Siberia and other strange countries; just how they live, how they dress, what they eat, drink and wear, what games they play and so on. The whole is told in that same easy, pleasant style that has made the authors other books so popu- lar. Published by E. P. Dutton & Co.,, New York, and for sale in this city by Judd the l bookseller.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-12

|
 physical development of the girls by moder-
 ate labor in the field.
 The New York E0ening Post answers Sec
 retary Teller's objection to the allotment of
 land in severalty to Indians and his proposi- ton to vest the title in the tribe as follows : As long as the reservation system is in ex- istence, even if tie reservations be somewhat
 reduced in area, the cry that the Indians keep in a state of waste large tracts of land which
 ought to be opened ''to the progress of civ
 ilization,' and with it the danger of con- fict, will never cease. What this means Mr.
 Teller, as a citizen of Colorado, must be aware of. Only when the Indian is settled like white man, with the same title to his land and under the protection of tue same laws, may he hope to be in his
 DO session as white man is; and legal provision making his lan inalienable for 8 period of 25 years ought to protect him
 against his own improvidence until he is suf, ficiently advanced in civilization to take in. teliigent of himself. MT. Teller himself recognized this when in letter to tho com
 missioner of Indian atfairs published to day. he wisely says: ''The value of property as an agent of civilization ought not to be over- looked. When Indian acquires property, with disposition to retain the free from tribal or individual interference, he has
 made step forward in the road to civiliza-
 tion.' If this applies to movable property,
 it applies with much greater force to tho homestead
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-12
EDITORIAL NOTES.

There is some question as to the constitu- tionality of Maryland's new whipping post law, and a test case has been made up for the courts.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-12

The telephone is appreciated in Honolulu. There gre over two hundred instruments in private houses there and one or two in the kings palace, but every subscriber cannot demand to be 'connected' with the king
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-12

In ruling upon the respective liability of landlord and tenant for the negligent con- struction bad condition of building Chief Justice Brigham of Boston that the landlord alone is responsible for the bad construction, but the tenant may be made to pay any damages caused by the negligent use of it. For instance, the landlord is liable for injuries caused by defective trap door, but the tenant is liable for injuries caused by g trap door left open.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-12
, toward falling instead of rising.

The peasantry l. Northumberland county,
 England, are very prosperous and tespecta-
 b(e, but much field work is done there by
 women. 4 government commissi1.a .ar who
 has visited the county to investigate the con dition of agricultural lAhorere was g.r0ngiy pTojudiced against field labor for womon, but
 came away with altered views. He saw wo~ men we'll dressed, with strong boots and gloves and sun bonnets, working m the hay fields or among the corn. Thore was no ap- pearance of the fatigue attending long hours,
 but the women, young and middle aged
 worked cheerfully for a limited time He found them D decent, sober and religious
 people, with an unusually high standard of education. The Presbyterian minister at Bellinghanl, market town, told the comnlis sioner "A few shepherds on the hills keep
 schoolmasteT among them, and they lately commissioned me to procure copies of Virgil l Horace and Csssar." They are remarkably
 sober raco, and bear high character for
 honesty. Crime of a serious character may
 be said hardly to exist among them, as is
 shown by the statistics of the division. It
 may be added that tEese Northumbrians are
 splendid men and women physically, 8 fact
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-12

Tho general impression is that there is 8
 constant tendency to increase ip price for the neccssaries of life in ''good tinoes" and
 that nothing but serious depression in
 wages will make them cheap. That this is
 not always the case is shown by carefully
 compiled and interesting table of wholesale
 prices in @ recent number of the Boston J0u7W0I. The table compares the prices of the present time with those of May, 1882, 1 and November 1881 they are given for beef, butter, beans, coal codish, coffee, cot ton, corn, flour, iron, pork, potatoes, leath. er sugar and wool. It is shown that the
 prices were uniformly higher in May than
 thoy were in the preceding November the difference being on tho average over ten per
 cent, while in beef, butter, corn and pota- 1 toes it was nearly thirty per cent. The prices
 for last month, however, show an average
 decrease of ten per cent. in comparison with 1 those of last year. There are three excep-
 tions, beef, butter and pork, all of which arc l higher than year ago. but all other staples
 of food are less. There is marked reduc- 1 tion in the price of all the materials of cloth 1 ing, and altogether the price of living is less l than it was year ago, with the further en-
 os.,:vuuy vi ti,v 4ua. n o i is toward fjtiiug instead of rising
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-12
SZRONG
 FACTS! !

A great many people are 2sl,i': what particular troubles BROW - IRON BITTERs is good for.
 It will cure Heart Disease, Par ysis, Dropsy, Kidney Disease, Co., sumption, Dyspepsia, Rheumatisn2 Neuralgia, and all similar diseas@>,
 Its wonderful curative power is simply because it purihes and ell riches the blood, thus beginning at the foundation, and by building up the system, drives out all disease.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-12
, COMMUNICATIONS.

PertinemtoConun To the Editor of the JOURNAL. ANcSegR1ER: Has the Townsend Savings bank gone into ''Eip Van Wrinkle" sleep :? is the question asked by the mourners in WEST HAVEN
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-12

Jobbers and retailers of tobacco in the
 western States are circulating petition for
 signatures, which they intend to submit to
 Congress, asking that body to allow 8 rebate
 ''equal to the amount of the reduction'' of the tax on tobacco, which may be made at this action of Congress. They ask in their petition, also, that Congress act with all pos sible promptness in regard to reducing the tax, as the delay and agitation of the subject are causing them severe loss. A similar re- quest for swift action will soon be made to Congress by the tobacco dealers of Virginia.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-12
A Lady Cured of Rheumatism.

Baltimore, Md, May -7,1aso:
 My health was much shattered by Rheumatism when l commenced taking Browns Iron Bitters, and l scarcely had strength enough to at tend to my daily household duties. lam now using the third bottle and l am regaining strength daily, and l cheerfully recommend it to all.
 cannot say too much in praise of it. Mrs. MARY E. BRAsHEAR,
 172 PreStmanst
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-12

There is at least one wise and generous Russian. He lives in Odessa and bis name is Samuel Abrahamavitch. He likes Wag- 1 ner's music and during the festival at Bey-
 reuth he gave himself up entirely to his pas
 sion and neglected his wife, Russian beau ty, to an extent that flesh and blood could
 not endure. While he was staying in Paris,
 not having gone back from Beyreuth to Odessa he learned that his wife had fallen in love with her cousin He hurried back to
 Odessa, procured @ divorce quickly as pos sible, announced to his whilom wife that she
 was free, urged on her marriage with her
 cousin, one of the witnesses of the core
 mony and gave the pair wedding present of 2OO,000 roubles. Perhaps he has the best of l the bargain after all.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-12
Kidney Disease Cured.

Christiansburg, Va, 1887. Suffering from kidney disease, from which could get no relief, l tried Browns Iron Bitters, which cured me completely. A child of mine, recovering from scarlet fcverr- had no appetite and did not scen to be able to eat at all. Igave him Iron Bittcrs with the happiest results.
 J. KYLE MONTAGUE.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-12
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Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-12

probably in large degree due to the healthy physical development of the girls by moder. ate labor in the field.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-12
Heart Disease.

Vine St., Harrisburg, Pa.
 Dec. 2, 1881. After trying different physicians and many remedies for palpitation of the heart without receiving any benefit, was advised otry Browns Iron Bitters. I have used two bot ties and never found anything that gave me so much relief
 Mrs. JENNIE HESS. For the peculiar troubles to which ladies are subject, BROWNS IRON BITTERs is invaluable. Try it. Be sure and get the Genuine.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1882-10-13
Scab In Sheep.

For the information of those who
have never met with any scab in
sheep, and who may wish to pur-
chase, tAe following are infallible
indications of the disease: Badly dis
eased sheep are easily detected by
the wool dropping off, and hanging
in rags, while along the edges of the
denuded skin is a crusty scurf, but
where an animal is but recently in
fected it shows no such signs. It
would be well to visit the flock early
in the morning before they stir about,
and observe them closely as they get
up. Ifupon getting up you notice
that any of the sheep reach around
and scratch on the shoulder and hip,
and that these places show clean rub
bed spots in the wool, the sheep has
undoubtedly contracted scab, and
you should act on that knowledge.
No one ought to purchase sheep
without first making this close ex-
animation, as even this may not pro-
tect you against buying freshly in
fected sheep.-Ex.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1882-10-13
A FATAL MISTAKE.
How A Blundering Judgement May Be Re-
spon sible for the Most Serious Results

How Blundering Judgement May Be Re-
sponsible for the Most Serious Results.
Mr.. Edwin Booth said recently
that he supposed his lungs were
affected, having a persistent cough
until he saw Mr.. Mackenzie, of Lon
don, who found that this symptom
arose from a disturbance Of the liver.
N. Y. Herald
The above item, which has been
going the rounds of the press, is OF
no special significance other than to
the personal friends of Mr.. Booth,
except that it brings to light truth
of the greatest importance to the
world. Few people pass through
life without the af11iction of cough
at some point in their career. In
most cases this is considered the re-
suit of cold or the beginning OF
consumption, and thousands have
become terrified at the revelation
and have sought by a change OF air
and the use Of cough medicines to
avert the impending disaster. 1t
may safely be said that more than
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1882-10-13
When the Frost 1s on the Punk1n.

When the frost is on the punkin and the folders in
the shock,
And you hear the kyouck and gobbe of the struttin
turkey cock,
And the cackin' OF the guineys and the cuckin' Of
the hens,
And the ROSTERS halylooyer as he tiptoes on the
fence.
O it's thens the time feller is feclin' at his
best,
With the risin' sun to greet him from night of
gracious rest,
AS he leaves the house bareheaded and goes out to
feed the stock,
When the frost Is the punkin and the folders in
the shock.
Theys somepln kindo' hearty Ike abou he mos
phere,
When the heat of summers over and the coolin' fall
OF course we miss the flowers and the blossoms of
the trees,
And the munipe Of the hunmin' birds and buzzin'
of the bees;
But the airs SO appertisin and the landscape
through the haze
OF a crisp and sunny morning of the early autumn
days
Is picture that painter has the colorin' to
mock,
When the frost is the punkin and the folders in
the shock.
The husky, rusty rustic of the tossos of the corn
And the reapin of the tangled leaves as golden as
the morn.
The stubble in the furries kindo' lonesome like but
A-preachn sermons to us of the barns they growed
to fill;
The strawstack in the medder and the reaper in the
shed;
The hosses in stalls below the clover overhead
o it sets my heart a-clickin' like the tickn of a
clock
When the frost is the punkn and the folders in
the shock.
Indianapolis Journal
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1882-10-13
The RumselIer Proposal to the Devil.

Dear Sir:-I have opened apart
ments, fitted up with all the entice-
ments of luxury, for the sale ofrum,
gin, wine, beer, and all their compounds.
Our objects, though different,
can be best attained by united &C
tions. ], therefore, propose a CO.
partne rsbip. All I want of men is
their money. All else shall be yours
Bring me the industrious, the sober,
and the respectable, and I will return
them to you drunkards, paupers and
beggars.
Bring the child, and I will dash to
earth, the dearest hopes of the ia
ther and mother.
Bring me the father and mother,
and I will plant discord between
them, and make them a curse and a
repre- ach to their children.
Bring me the young man, and l
will ruin bis caracter, destroy his
health, shorten his life, and blot out
the highest and purest hopes Of
youth.
Bring the memechanic or the labor
er and his own money, the hard
earned fruits of all his toll, shall be
made to bring proverty, vice, and
ignorance to his once happy home.
Bring me the warm-hearted sail
or, and I will send him on lee shore,
and make shipwreck of all his fond
hopes forever.
Bring me the professed follower
of Christ, and I will blight and withe
every devotional feeling of his heart.
l will corrupt the ministers of relig
ion, and defile the purity of the
church.
Bring me the patronage OF the city
and of the courts of justice; let the
magistrates of the States of the Un.
ION become my patrons; let the law
makers themselves meet at my tables
and participate in violations of the
laws, and the name of law shall be-
come a Kissing and byword in the
streets.
Bring me, above all, the moral
respectable man. 1fpossible, bring
the moderate temperance man;
though he may not drink, yet his
presence will countenance the p:etexts
under which our business must be
masked. Bring him to our stores
oyster-saloons, eating-houses, and
hotels and the more timid OF our
victims will then enter without al
arm.-Erchange.