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Delta chief., 1885-08-19
The Hest Of Butter.

There IL but one best color for butter, and
that that 10 Wells Richardson & Co q Improved
Butter Color. no candid investigator doubts.
II IA the btst butter color in the world; Ia free
from sediment or inpurity, always ready for
instant use, and It imparts to butter that rich
dnndcl!on yellow, without tinRe Of red, which
Ia the acme of desirability In ANY butter color.
Delta chief., 1885-08-19

For several years / have suffered greatly
from periodical returns OF HAy Fever At the
.ugrcstion OF COVERT CnEKvER, Druggists,
obtained Eiy's Cream Balm and used nor.
tion Of II during q severe attack. l can cheer
fully testify ~ To the immediate and continued
relief obtained by Its use. heartily recon-
mend It TO those suffering from this or kindred
complaints.
tRev.) II. A. SMITH, Clinton, Wis.
Delta chief., 1885-08-19

IT is believed that Chicago will have
its monument to Gen. Grant completed
and mortgnged before New York has
its committees appointed.
Delta chief., 1885-08-19

Poets are born, not made" The
difficulty, then. seems TO be in their
ancestry and not in their bringing up.
Instead. thercfore, Of killing the poet
you must murder his great-grandfath-
er.
Delta chief., 1885-08-19

1t is fun to stand on street corner
on fine afternoon and watch the men
all rushing around trying to make
money, and the women all floating
around trying to spend it.
Delta chief., 1885-08-19

"Xerxcs could walk full many a
league" says a writer. This shows
tho superiority Of the ancients. Very
few nowadays can walk half mile
when they are full.
Delta chief., 1885-08-19
woman.

the Diamond Dyes more coloring is given than
in any known Dyes, and they give faster and
more brilliant colors. 10c. AZ all druggists.
They are 4 great success. Wells, Richardson
& Co., Burlington, Vt
Delta chief., 1885-08-19

First Gentleman--"I beg your par
don. sir. but is not your name Smvthep''
Second Gentleman-"No,s sir. my name
Is Smith. You have evidently mistak-
On me for my son.
Delta chief., 1885-08-19

~ ssts f'ow ha,bsd Eirs fence. so~s sAssifs,s,
Afsts and spes sores on animals. use stssa,t's
HsaHse PoadsS. IS aaS so cts Der
Delta chief., 1885-08-19

Tested by Time. For Throat Dis
eases, Colds, And Coughs, BRowN's BRoN
cHIAL TRocHEs have prcSed their efficacy by
test OF many years- Price IS cts.
Delta chief., 1885-08-19

How can l find out all about the
young lady to whom I am engaged"
asked q prospective Benedict. The
simplest way would be to marry her.
Delta chief., 1885-08-19

A local newspaper reported the case
Of . young lady who was stolen away
in the night by her lover rs . Mister
ious disappearance.
Delta chief., 1885-08-19

Whsn Baby was ssck, " gave hsr c.ssoriA
When abe w.s Chnd. she cried for CassorsA
"hso she became Mis-, abe ciung 70 C.atnrsA,
Whso she hsd Children, she gavs than Cas.or.A
Delta chief., 1885-08-19

Young men and women who attend
Elliot's Business College, Burlington.
Ia, receive thorough preparation for
life's work, hence are very successful.
Delta chief., 1885-08-19

The Revolution Cigar sold by Harvey & Pa
ker, Wholesale cigar merchants, Denver,
raising furore among smokers AL 6rs,
class dealers keep them.
Delta chief., 1885-08-19

Some one wants to know how to
deaden the sound of piano. One
good plan would be to kill the player
Delta chief., 1885-08-19

Bar.holdi, 1t is said. modelled his
statue Of Liberty after his own mother.
Mrs Bartholdi must have been large
woman,
Delta chief., 1885-08-19

II afiicted with Sore Eyes, use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell It 25c.
Delta chief., 1885-08-19

What the women think--"The pro-
per study Of mankind is woman"
Delta chief., 1885-08-19

''It is not always May" sings poet.
You arc very right; it is sometimes
Mustn
Delta chief., 1885-08-19

INFLAMMArroN OF THE EYES.
Jas L. Clapp. Nilston, Wis, after being nearly
blind for yeafa was entirely cured by the use Of
Coles Carbolisalvo, and now roAds hne print with
sass. . aAd 80. ai Dru ugyists.
Delta chief., 1885-08-19

ltsa poor mule that doesn't. work
both ways.
Delta chief., 1885-08-19

A man tired to piccolo note out of a
piccolo, but IL flute to his head
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-09-05
BAALBEC.

Description OF the Ruins OF the Ancient
Damascene City.
The ruins of the ancient city of Baal-
bee. situated on the plain forty-three
miles northwest of Damascus, are the
wonder of modern architects.
Everything is colossal. The area is
larger than that Of the temple at Jeru-
salem. We may begin with the walls.
which are half mile around, and of
such height and depth as are rarely at
tanned in the most tremendous fortress.
Where from within l climbed to the
top. it made me giddy to look over the
perilous edge to the depth below; and
when from without the walls looked
up at them, they rose high in the air.
Some of the stones seem as if they had
been reared in place, not by Titans. but
by the gods. There are nine stones
thirty feet long and ten feet thick,
which is larger than the foundation
stones Of the temple at Jerusalem.
dating from the time of Solomon, or
any blocks in the great Pyramid
But even these are pygmies compared
with the three giants of the western
wall. sixty-two feet, sixty-three and a
half feet, sixty-four feet long. These
are said to be the largest stones ever
used in any construction. They weigh
hundreds of tons. and instead of being
merely hewn out of quarry. which
might have been on the site, and left to
lie where they were before. they have
been lifted nineteen feet from the
ground. and there embedded in the wall.
Never was there such cyclopean archi-
lecture. How such masses could have
been moved is problem with modern
engineers.
Sir Charles Wilson. whom met in
Jerusalem, is at this moment in Baal-
bee. Standing in the grounds of the
temple. he tells me that in the British
Museum there is an ancient tablet
which reveals the way such stones were
moved. The mechanics were very sim.
pie: rollers were put under them, and
they were drawn up inclined planes by
sheer human muscle-the united
strength of great numbers of men. In
the rude design on the tablet the whole
scene is pictured to the eye.
There are battalions of men, hun
dreds to single roller. with the task
masters standing over them. lash in
hand. which was freely applied to make
them pull together. and the king sitting
on high to give the signal for this put
ting forth of human strength en- masse
as if an army were moving to battle.
A battle it was in the waste of human
life it caused. These temples of Baal-
bee must have been q whole generation
in building, and have consumed the
population of province and the wealth
of an empire.-Reu. Henry N. Field, in
ErdA0eliSt,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-09-05
COVINGTON, ST TAMMANY PARISH, La. SEPTEMBER 1885,

If she feels within herself the spirit OF
both hero and martyr. she may venture
to assume this cross, hoping for the
crown that in the end awaits faithful
endeavor and pious sacrifice. 1t may
be given to her to perform that miracle
possible but to few step-mothers-to
win the entire love and confidence OF
the children contided to her care.
When she. too. lies beneath the sod.
they may cherish her memory as that of a
ministering angel who came to them in
life's sorest need and desolation to re.
place the angel they had lost. And
when light lips profane the name of
step-motba:. these step-children, bur-
dened We, with an unpaid debt of affec-
ton and gratitude. may attest that next
to the name of own mother it is tho
most sacred word on earth.-FrGncss
Il. Shaw, in Chicago interior.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-09-05
CHEAP MONEY.

The Woman Who Mistook the Character
Of . Brokers' Shop.
She pushed her way through the little
crowd of ex-capitalists that was con-
gregated about the ticker" and set her
shopping-bag down upon the counter
with slam.
Il see by the papers that money is
cheap, she began.
Never so cheap as at present." re-
piled the broker, affably.
"How are you selling tens?" she con-
tinued.
Items, MADAME" said the broker in
surprise.
.'Yes, ten-dollar bills. Where do you
keep them? This doesn't look at all
like bankrupt sale. / expected to find
them in little baskets ticketed: ANY
thing in this basket S5,' and so on.
Have you any remnants quarters,
halves. and all that-at great sacri-
flee? What is the cause of this fearful
reduction. anyhow? Must you close out
your entire stock of money within the
next thirty days. regardless of cost. to
make room for fresh goods? Or is your
stock damaged by fire"
1--WE have some stocks that are dam
aged by water that we can let you have
at q very low figure, said the broker.
..Yes? BY the way. you didn't tell
me what you get for the ten-dollar bills.
20. wine and cigars and theater
tickets" said the broker. absent mind
edly.
Il mean, how much do you sell them
for?''
Ten dollars"
"Do you call that cheapp"
Eyes. do," growled the financier
'I've seen the time when had to pay
S15 for the use of ten on my personal
note at thirty days, and it was dirt
cheap. too. considering the security.
What did you expect to pay?"
20. not more than five. I'm look
ing for bargains. Good morning.
Detroit Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-09-05
HER LITTLE MAN.

The Nearest Approach to Heaven the
Love of an Honest, Faithful Heart.
..Here comes my little man." The
voice sounded pleasantly on my ear,
and turned to look at the speaker.
She was a ruddy checked woman of
some forty years, plainly but neatly
dressed; q clean, comfortable looking
body. She was standing at the garden
gate of a small house. and the words
spoken were not spoken to any visible
person. l then looked ahead, and 10
and behold! her little man was ap-
preaching. He was little, feeble look
ing body. rather shabbily dressed. with
little round red nose and little twink
ling eyes. should put him down as q
clerk with by no means gigantic sal
ary. There was nothing romantic or
particularly lovable in his appearance.
but at the moment the face of the
woman was beautiful to look upon by
reason of the pleasant and strong atfec.
ton that beamed from it. Her little
man." He ought to have been proud
of it, and 1 dare say he was.
1t is good to be somebody's little
man, or big man, if you like that better
to feel that your heart is filled. and
not empty and withering for want Of
the glory of the warmth and light OF
true love. II. as many of the poets have
sung. the nearest approach to heaven is
true and honest love of one dearer than
all, love that never wavers and is re-
turned in all its satisfying fullness. what
a long way from Heaven must an old
bachelor be, with his heart full of moth
ing but missing shirt buttons, smoky
club rooms, cherries lodgings and
vixenish landladies.
We laugh at the pictures OF those old
bachelors sewing on buttons and making
their own Cruel. but some of these pict-
ures darken into very somber back.
ground. as the weary and uucared fol
old fellows gradually drop into petulanf
decay.
Nobody's little men. know some Of
them by sight. Day after day they may
be seen YEARLY plodding through the
same streets, with the same pipe and
the same umbrella, and the same look
of grim dissatisfaction on their faces.
Deeper down dip the corners of THEN
mouths. higher up 60 their shoulders
and thinner grow their noses and
cheeks. They 60 home and there's
never q kindly soul with q pleasant
smile or kiss or word of love. Nobody
little man.-Detroit Free Press,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-09-05
THEY WON'T STAND IT.
A Michigan Farmer Who Complains

A Michigan Farmer Who Complains Of
the lEsthetic Ways of His Hired Men.
'.Yes, l come in after a hired man."
said the old farmer as he slipped his
root beer on the market yesterday, "but
I've got disgusted and shan't try very
hard TO find one"
whats the matter with hired men?"
''Too hgh-toned and important.
Why, 1 had one last spring who rugged
up an umbrella over the plow. so as not
to get tanned, and he refused to eat
with the family because we stuck our
knives in our mouths! At the end of a
week he quit. Said that labor was en-
nobling, and so forth. but the land
scape in that vicinity offended his
taste"
Yes"
..Wall, took on another. and he put
on cuffs and polished his boots before
going to work and he quit at the end of
a fortnight, because we didn't have a
pianner in the house. Why, that chap
never got up till seven o'clock and he
insisted on going to the village to get
shaved and perfumed up every other
evening.
1.-The third one quit me yesterday. He
wanted stained glass in his bedroom
winder. He wanted me to buy
him a guitar. He wanted to paint all
the roofs red and put pea-green
on the corn-cribs- He suggested hog
pen with aparlor to it, and he spent two
days of my time trying to arrange way
for the wind mill to milk the cows. I
found him writing poetry in the corn
field. and because l spoke up sharply he
quit the job, polished up his boots and
sent for a coupay to bring him to the
city. ."-DetroI Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-09-05
w. G. KENTZEL, Editor.
NO MORE TO NE.

Alone and silent sit in my room.
when the earIsh light has fled,
AND wait to hear, through the gathering
gloom.
The footsteps of the dead.
BUT no sound hear, and no sight see,
for my love comes back no more to me.
HOW soft the light of her tender eyes,
As she smiled in her sad, sweet way:
AS we stood beneath the glowing skies
AT the close of that blsSful day.
Ihat smile, when / close my eyes, I see,
But my love Genes back no more to me.
loo fond for kisses or warm embrace
What could we do but stand.
And give and take, with tender grace,
The thrill of a clasping hand?
Ihat hand no more in mine shall be,
For my love comes back no more to me-
Ii love and pity go hand in hand,
How quickly they may learn
What grief remains for those who stand,
And wait their loves return.
Ihat grief in my heart must always be,
FOR my love comes back no more to me.
Henry SeheU Lobingier, in Current.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-09-05
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

"A Boston young lady has married .
German Baron with an unpronounce-
able name. Her maiden name was to
capture him. y. Sun.
-'.Is the man honest?" asked old
Hyson. Honest as the day is long"
"Ye-es." said old Hyson; "but then he
won't do at all. Iwant him for night
watchman. IN Y. Independent.
Il wonder. uncle" said q little girl.
'.if men will ever live to be five hundred
or a thousand years old?" mo. my
child; that was tried once, and the race
grew so bad that the world had to b
drowned. ."-NeU York Citizen.
Somehow or other everybody some
time or other wants to sing '.Auld
Lang Syne," and only one man in q
million knows the words. And he only
knows the first verse. and he doesn't
sing it right.-Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette.
-"Waiterr' cried Fogg. "bring me .
quail on toast" ''Sorry. sir" replied
the waiter; .but we are all out of quail"
well, then. bring me the toast. I'm
not the man to make fuss about such
little thing as quail. ."-Boston 7rars-
cript.
-APennsylvania girl recently jumped
rope two hundred times, and then died.
The moral of this event would seem to
be that a young woman should confine
her jumping to jumping at the first
offer. and offer to jump no more.-Phil-
adelphia Call.
The Good-natured Girl:
do not sigh for the stately maid.
Though her face be e'er SO fair.
For the truth to tell, I'm half afraid
OF the girl with the naughty air.
There's . sweeter charm, rarer grace.
That homage will always win;
'Tis found in the bright and smiling face
OF the girl with the double chin.
Boston Courier.
-"What makes you look so down in
de mouf?" asked Uncle Nose Of Jim
Webster. my wife done broke anud-
der plate dis mawning." Oats muffin.
DE plate don't cost you more den .
dime. Dat don't hurt much" Hit
don't hurt! l reckon yer don't know
dat hits my head she busts de dishes
on" "Yes. dat's rough on de crock
ery."-Teras Siftings.
First funny fellow-"l saw some
horses run away to-day, and they
knocked the wagon speechless. Sec
ond funny fellow-'Knocked the wag-
on speechless! How absurd! A wagon
can't be knocked speechless. First
funny fellow-"That's where you're
mistaken-they Knocked the tongue out
of the wagon. and 50 Isay it was speech
less. ."-Goiden Days.
Miss Betty was remarkable young
and handsome-looking woman for her
wears. and she never told anyone how
old she was. GRACIOUS me, Miss Bet
ty," said an old acquaintance admiring-
ly one day, ..how well you keep your
age" Thanks" she replied with .
smile. "How do you ever manage to do
it?" 20. easy enough; never give it
away Merchant Traveller.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-09-05
A New Kind Of Bank Note.

An entirely new kind of bank note,
printed in colors instead of the black
and white of the Bank of England
notes, is being prepared for issue by the
Bank of Scotland. The promise to pay
in the body of the note is surrounded
on two of its sides by broad orna-
mental band. and on the other two
sides by a border in which the value of
the note is printed great number of
times. On one border the seal and
counter seal of King William ii. Of
Scotland are printed in brown on a yell
low ground, and between them are the
royal arms on blue ground. On the
upper border are the arms of the bank
in brown on a yellow ground. with the
date of the establishment of the bank,
1896. The chief novelty of the new
note is in its colors. which will, of
course. make reproduction by photo
graphy impossible. and it is believed
will prevent forgery. The paper on
which the new note is printed is made
by the same firm as produces the Bank
of England note paper.-M y Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-09-05
A Mannerism.

Billings ought to be ashamed Of him
self" said ALI Rainey.
-Why?" Spoilers asked.
He knocked me down."
He did?''
'Yes, he did"
what for?'
Because disputed his word"
"Was that the only cause?"
"Yes."
Didn't you say something elseF'
'.Not . word"
Perhaps he did not like your man
ner."
MAY be he did find fault with my
manner-isms.
What did you saye"
''TOld him that he was . blamed lisI.
-ArkansGU Traveller.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-09-05
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Atlanta has raised $500 for the
erection of building for the Young
Mems Christian Association.
The common school system of New
Orleans was established in 1Si3. 1t was
modelled exactly after that of Boston.
"A church in Jersey City, N. j., has
been decided to trustees on condition
that instrumental music shall not be al
lowed in the services.-N Y Sun.
DIR. McCosh. of Princeton. is of the
opinion that child's mind is best fitted
for the beginning of school education
when the child is twelve years old
NeWark Register.
The annual report of Commissioner
of Education Eaton shows that the
school population of the thirty-eight
States is IA. 4.227.784 Of this number
there are in daily attendance 4,9l9. 4OS.
A recent report Of the French Min
lister of Public Instruction shows that in
January last %, 222 schools had school
savings bank. and that 4S8, ,624 school
boys were depositors in these banks,
and possessed there the sum total OF
IL. 285, ,0i6 francs.
"A young Japanese nobleman has
graduated from the Rutgers College
grammar school, at New Brunswick, N.
J., receiving the prize for the best ora
ton, and another for the cleverest work
done in history during the past year.
The Southern Baptist Convention
does not believe in rotation in Office
when the best men are once in position.
At the meeting in Augusta, it reelected
as President, DR.. P. II. Nell, Who has
filled the chair for SO many years, and
who. among other works. has written a
convenient manual of parliamentary
usage.-M. Y. Examiner.
Although a state of war exists be-
tween France and Madagascar the
Malagasy Government have in no respect
relaxed their efforts in the cause of edu-
cation. Two Malagasy youths of con-
siderable promise, who have been
educated in London during the last four
years. will return to their own country
in q few days in order to occupy posi-
tion as teachers in the public schools.
Since the war there has been no inter-
ruption of educational work in MAZDA.
gascar.
In Germany teaching Is evidently
regarded as its own reward. At Easter
the schoolmaster Schnell, in Fleeth.
aged seventy-six years, was put on the
retired list. with the grant of an annual
pension of IA marks 1886 United States
currency and seven metres (measure-
ment) of firewood, after having faith
fully and conscientiously served for over
fifty-two years. and for nearly three
years supported from his own means an
assistant. to whom he was obliged to
furnish free board and lodging. inclu-
sive of light and washing.
When Rev. Mr.. Rainsford. of Cam
bridge University. England. was offered.
in 1883. the rectorship of st. Georges
Church. New York. on the retirement
of DR.. Tying. ST.. he accepted on one
the seats should be
made absolutely free. This was acceded
to. and during the year 1884 the church
raised over $4,000. The congregations
fill the church at every service. Mr..
Rainsford said recently that 1.-THE way
to hold people to the church is to give
them work to do. and not to try and
hold them by the tie of seat or the tie
of fashionable associations. IN y
Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-09-05

A horse should neither be watered
nor fed solid food when tired out. Pre-
pare four quarts of warm Cruel. and
after he has taken that in half an hour
he may be fed. first allowing him half a
bucket of water to drink.-Ch Chicago
Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-09-05

Professor James d. Dana. of Yale
College, has been made an honorary
member of the Royal Society of En-
gland. Professor Asa Gray. of Harvard
College. is the only other American
who enjoys this distinction IL Boston
journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-09-05

Cheese, when excessively acid, is
likely to produce alarming CASTRO
intestinal irritation.-N. y Tribune.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1885-01-08
Observation-Disclosures.

VLyANTED--A PLACE BY GOOD AND
w tidy colored girl 10 cook or do house
work In small family; Will stay at night.
Address 1715 2Uth IT. u. W. las
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1885-01-08
MIIe. Rben,a Now p NV.

BOSTON, Jan. S.-The 1rst complete re-
hearaal OF "rho American Countess" tho play
written by Howard Carroll for Rhea, and IN re-
CORD 70 which there has already been 80 much
discussion, occurred at the Park Theatre, B)e-
ton, yesterday. Colonel Mapleson, OF Her
Majesty'e opera Company; Slgnor Arditl, who
has arranged the Incidental music for the
play; MIR. Charles Mapleson, Nine. Oavalla2zi
and number OF other artistic and Journal
istic friends OF the author were present They
united In praise OF the play and In the judg-
ment that II could not fall to prove perma-
nent success. AS has already been announced
the plot OF the play deals with the trials OF an
American heirees who marries an Italian
Uount.
The heroine, personated by Rhea, is the re.
suit OF this union. She loves young Amori-
can, bu is pursued By one OF her fathers
former associates and is forced into an on.
gagemont OF marriage with him, which en-
gagement 10 about 10 be carried into effect
denouement. The first, third and fourth acts
OF the play are especially strong, and the In
terest In the story 10 sustained TO the last mo-
ment. The rebeareal was conducted with the
best judgment and eject by Mr.. Ben Teal, late
stage manager Of the California Theatre.
MIR. George Learock, who imperaonates the
hero, and Mr.. Edward J. Henley, recently con-
nected with Wallack's Theatre, who Ia TO as
sumo the role of the Count in Mr.. CAROLS
play, have both been especially engaged by
Mr.. James W. Morrisseyy Rheas manager.
Both gentlemen express themselves as de
lighted with their roles. II 10 now definitely
announced that the flrst production OF "The
American Countess" will take place at the Ma
tiOnal Theatre, In Washington, on Wednesday,
January Ia. President Arthur and many
other distinguished persons Will DO present.