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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-02-28
pUNoENr PARAGRAPHS.

An old maid in Nashville keeps a
parrot which swears, and . monkey
which chews tobacco. She says, be-
tween the two, she doesn't miss hus-
band very much.-Merchant Traveller.
1t is said that when the left ear
s'burns' somebody ID talking i'll about
you; and you may have noticed that the
left ear burns about ninety per cent.
oftener than the right ear.-M y
Herald.
"A young man who left homo in
Connecticut several years ago to seek
his fortune, recently wrote from Texas
saying: II have settled here" It has
since transpired that he was right. He
had settled at twenty cents on the dol
lar.
"A Pittsburgh woman shot and killed
q man in that town recently because she
.'.loved him." It is pleasant, NO doubt.
to be loved, but this business of having
1t shot into fellow il accompanied by
its Observation-Disclosures HaCk-
eye.
Can any one explain why . New
England school-marm walks around a
chair before she sits DOWN. Brooklyn
Times. Certainly. It is to get on the
other side. We never like to see any
one in doubt when it lies in our power
to relieve his anxiety.-Boston Post.
Some people make . mistake in
confounding the word '.pleasautries"
with humorous" There is . fine dis
tinction to be drawn. Many editors
have lost their positions by getting .
humorous paragraph in pleasantly
column.-Peck's San.
"A gentleman was telling . tale OF
deep distress to . Quaker, one day. and
concluded by saying: Il could not but
feel for him." .'Ver1y. friend" replied
the Quaker ''thou didst right in that
thou didst feel for thy neighbor; but
didst thou feel in tho right place-didst
thou feel in thy pocket?"
THE only serious mistake made
during my professional career" re-
marked . physician. was when cut
the wrong leg of . patient. Il resulted
in losing both legs, poor fellow" Il
suppose when he learned Of your mis-
take he became very indignant. and
made q great kick, didn't hes' We'll.
yes, he became very indignant, but he
didn't make . great kick. IN Y
Sun.
Now, SIR" said the Prosecuting
Attorney, spompously. you are rail-
road man, you say. Now, sir, let's see
how much you know about your busi-
ness, sir. What motive, sir. has your
company for running its trains through
the city faster than the ordinances de-
CREEP" "What motive9' Yes, sir, what
motive? Come sir!'' ''Why, locomo-
tive, should say" Tho witness was
fined for contempt Of court Chicago
Nctcs.
There is . story Of . man who was
tried for stealing . pair Of trousers- He
was ably defended and the jury brought
in verdict Of not guilty. The prisoner s
counsel collected his leo and then said
to the vindicated statesman: We'll, get
out. You're free. I'm wait ill he
goes returned the victim of Islander.
pointing to the plaintiff Il don't want
him to $50 me-" ''Why mott" ''Canso
Two cot them bseeeAes on."-Hek
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-02-28
VALUE OF LABOR.

How Labor May Increase the Value Of
Metal to More Than Forty Times Its First
Cost.
A school reading-book of the last
generation had an article on the me-
chanic arts in which was a remarkable
statement OF the immense increase of
value impaired to pound of iron when
manipulated and manufactured into
watch springs. The illustration was
misleading because it left out all the ex-
pense of conversion from crude iron to
spring steel, and took no account of the
inevitable enormous waste of material;
the idea conveyed was that the CONVEX
sion of single pound of iron into q
pound of watch springs was possible.
But the increased value of a product
of manufacture by labor can be Illus
trated by an example that is open to no
objection or overstatement. A piece of
steel bar, square, three-eighths of an
inch diameter and two inches long,
worth perhaps half . cent. can be in
creased to more than forty times its in
itial value by labor. A single blow of
a drop hammer on the heated steel
punches the central portion against the
sides and forms the steel into q hol-
lowed parallelogram; another blow
forms the outside, SO that the squared
ends become rounded or shaped
like the bows of q boat; q final
blow completes the shape into that
of . sewing shuttle. The forging
is then placed in . die under q pow
erful press to compact its substance,
is finished on 8 buff wheel, is drilled,
fitted with tension spring and is ready
for sale, bringing at wholesale from
twenty to thirty cents.-Scientifc Amer
icQu.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-02-28
The number of pupils attending the

The number of pupils attending the
public schools of the State of South
Carolina during the past year was
1868. The eagerness of the colored
people to secure an education for their
children is phenomenal. The Morris
Street School for colored children in
Charleston is the largest in the State.
containing more than 400 pupils. The
school is divided into three depart
ments, grammar, intermediate and
primary, and is governed by Princi-
pal, Vice Principal and twenty-four
assistants, the latter being ladies. The
teaching staff are all white, and are ma
tives of Charleston.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-02-28

"A New Orleans minister recently
married a colored couple, and at the
conclusion unnecessarily remarked:
''On such occasions as this it is custom
ary to kiss the bride, but in this case we
will omit it." The indignant BRIDE
groom very pertinently replied: .'On
such an occasion as dis It am customary
to glib de minister $40, but in dis case
we will omit it."-N. q. Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-02-28
QUEER THINGS IN PAWN.

False Teeth. Skeletons and Babies offered
by Impecunious Capitalists.
A well dressed man entered Market
street pawn shop last night, and quietly
putting his hand to his mouth took out
a full set of upper teeth, bound together
with plate of pure gold. After he had
rubbed them on his handkerchief he
handed them shyly to the clerk, and said
in stage whisper:
Five dollars"
The clerk handed the man the money
and ticket and he slipped quietly out
of the door.
THAT mans been here three times
to-day" said the clerk. ''The first time
he left his watch and chain. The Sec
ond time he left his diamond stud and
ring. I've advanced him money on his
false teeth before. He's poker player.
He'll be back for the teeth and the 9TH
er things Monday or Tuesday.
'.Do you usually loan money on false
teeth?' was asked.
mo, not often. Some pawnbrokers
do. A couple of medical students used
to come here who got hard up about
once month. Once they had pawned
alltheir spare clothing and all their jew
elry and books and instruments. A
couple of nights after they came here
with long bundle wrapped in gossa-
mer coat. They told me they wanted
ten dollars very badly. 1 opened the
long bundle and found q human skele-
ton. All the bones were strung on sill
yer wire. Knowing them well let them
have the money and carried the skele-
ton up stairs in the store room, where it
stood in a corner for . month before
they came after it. Several times have
had women try to pawn babies. It's q
common thing for men to come in here
on bitter cold days and take off their
overcoats and pawn them. A handsome
young woman walked in here this morn
ing, and, taking off a sealskin sacque,
pawned it for ten dollars. Philadel-
phiG Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-02-28

In a cemetery in France one reads:
"Here lies Gabrielle, my adored wife.
She was an angel. Never shall be
consoled for her loss" On the same
stone: Here lies Henrietta, my second
wife. She was also an angel.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-02-28

More than 5000 horses dle every
week in London. This is what makes
alligator leather SO chesp over there
PxIaaetphig fress,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-02-28

There are $500 compositors in
Paris. Their pay is about thirteen cents
IN hoar.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-10
AN EMBARRASSING QUESTION.
William Donahue Puts Some Very Pointed
I~nterrogatories at John G. Shoemaker.

William Donahue, who figured recently as one
of the defendants in the libel suit of ex-Judge
James E. Heller against the Sentinel, has broken
into the courts again, this time in a Numerically
opposite capacity. his late defendants, John c.
Shoemaker and the Sentinel Company, being the
persons against whom his present complaint is
directed. The papers were filed in Squire
Feibleman's court yesterday forenoon. and are
made especially interesting by reason of certain
questions propounded by the plaintiff. Donahue
claims to have been, until recently. in the en-
ploy of the Sentinel Company, and his claim is
for 5000 said TO be due for his alleged services in
obtaining for the defendants the contract
for doing the johnson county printing,
and furnishing its stationery. Adopting the
policy of Colonel Shoemaker in the recent Blaine
libel suit, the able Donahue put very promptly
the following interrogatorles:
"Mr. Shoemaker, do you not know that you
procured me to surreptitiously obtain the bids
and that you examined the said bids and made
your own accordingly, and that the, bids of the
said Burford were then returned in the same
manner in which they were obtained2
d you not further know that l was, at the
time alluded to, in the employ Of the Sentinel
Company
Mr.. Shoemaker filed a rejoinder to the effect
that he had no recollection of the occurrences re-
ferred to, and that he does not remember wheth-
er or not Donahue was at the time in the en-
ploy of the Sentinel Company.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-10
Harrison's Banks Affairs.

Judge Lamb, receiver of Harrison's bank.
despairs of being able to clear up the affairs of
that institution for a great many months, and
says until the litigation now in progress over
the property of the members of the late firm is
entirely settled there can be no idea formed of
the probability of a dividend. In order to pay
a dividend of even 5 per cent on the liabilities
of the concern, which amount to 5000, 900, $50,
600 in cash must be collected, and it is not at all
probable that this amount will ever be realized
from the assets in sight 1t is said to the credit
of Mrs. John G.. S. Harrison, that she has paid
over $40, 600 to the most needy of the depositors
of the bank since it's failure, the money
having been raised by the sale of some of her
personal effects, and which she was under no
obligation. legal or otherwise to do.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-10
Complimentary Mention.

In these times of almost universal complaint
OF corporate mismanagement and dishonesty,
SAYS the Boston Commercial Bulletin. it is re-
freshing to be able to point to q corporation that
is managed honestly aud for the benefit of the
stockholders. We refer to the Chicago & East
ern Illinois Railroad Company. the stock and
bonds of which are very largely owned in Bos-
ton. BY the figures recently published we notice
that during the six months ending Dee. 81. 1884.
a reduction of nearly $500. 900 has been made in
the floating Indebtedness of the company, and
we understand that negotiations are now in
progress that will still further reduce the float
ing liabilities and perhaps extinguish them, The
reduction mentioned has been accomplished by
using the net earnings and the proceeds o. sales
of the first consolidated mortgage bonds which
were issued last summer for that purpose. The
president of the company, Mr.. Horace H.. Stew
ems, of this city, is well known. He has the
confidence of the large stockholders, and under
his management the first mortgage bonds OF the
company have advanced from % to 10S
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-10

For months past it has been quite evident
that many of the roads were carrying the
economy hobby to extremes, discharging men
where it was unwise so to do, more especially
in their shops, and, as q result, their power,
when traffic begins to boom, is inadequate to
handle the business. Now there is a general
increase in business, and the condition of the
engines on the Wabash, the Decline. the 1. e.
st. L., and several other Indiana and Illinois
roads which might be named, proves the cor
~rectness of such position, and s~ustains the
remark, some time since made, that work
ing only a corporal's guard IL shops
where there should be 100 to 150 men
employed would, in the end, prove to be
bad policy and expensive to the company. 1t is
stated that 30 per cent. of the Decline and l., &
st. L. locomotives. and 40 per cent. of those of
the Wabash would by a master mechanic of the
Vandalia or Pennsylvania lines be considered
excellent subjects for the hospital. 1t costs
just as much to pay a train crew which goes
over the road with an engine which will haul
but twenty loaded cars as were the engine in
order and able to haul thirty cars. The c., l.,
ST l.. a. C. and the Vandalia set excellent ex-
amples in this respect. Saturday seventy seven
of the seventy-nine engines owned by the Big
Four were in shape to do full service, and the
Vandalia, of their large locomotive equipment,
have but three engines in the shop. and two Of
these are in the process Of remodeling.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-10
Trunk-Line Pool Matters.

A Western railroad official, who keeps we'll
posted in trunk line pool matters, saws the pool
IS in statu quo Just now rates are better
maintained than at any time for several months.
and there is no complaint of cutting anywhere.
The managers think that under these circum-
stances it is a great deal better to let we'll
enough aloLe, and wait till the trouble breaks
6ut again before taking any decisive action. Mr..
Fink says he is ali worn ont withsthe pool SQUAD
Ling. especially as he has been at work for
thirty five years withOut a rest. About go Of
hrs 800 clerks have been discharged. but proba-
by Deputy Commissioner Guildford will con
tinue in charge of the pool Office. Roads are
seeking an opportunity to advance rates, and
this is especially true of the Western roads.
which have discontinued fighting and are now in
entire harmony for the time being. at least
However. railway arrangements no longer look
forward to a peaceable settlement of the troubles
that are sure to come with the withdrawal of
the Chicago q Grand Trunk road from the
pool. Nor are they anticipating any act that
Rli cause that line to withdraw It's
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-10
Miscellaneous Notes.

Work on the Kansas City. Clinton & Spring
field is reported to be progressing rapidly.
An engine with six d~riving-whee,s and weigh
ing 100. 600 pounds has recently been turned out
of the Lehigh Valley shops at Hazleton, Pa.
The Mann boudoir cars are pronounced a de-
cided success on the roads between Cincinnati
and New Orleans, and the former city and Jack
sonville, Fla.
"Embarrass" is the name of a new station on
the Lake Shore 81 Western. A good many roads
have reached that station within a year, and some
have stopped there.
A monster locomotive, resting on eight driving
wheels, is en- route for California, and attracts the
attention Of railroad men. This engine weighs
fifty five tons, and IS furnished with a pneumatic
attachment from the rear of the tank to the
drivers by which, when it is found necessary, the
entire weight is placed on the drivers and the
slipping of the wheels then becomes almost inn
possible. 1t was built by the Rhode Island Lo-
connective Works.
Connecticut is in her annual squabble over the
Southern road. 1t is proposed to modify the
general railroad law, as was done in Massachu-
sets two or three years ago. so as to require the
Judgment of the Railroad Commissioners that an
exigency for a railroad exists before the cor
porators can take out a charter. This is a
necessary and reasonable safeguard, but in Com
nectlcut 1T is interpreted as a move of "the old
road to Strangle s'the parallel" and the old fight
wages in all its intensity.
The rumored contract between the Richmond
q Danville and Pennsylvania railroad COM
panies, making the latter the exclusive connec-
ton of the Southern road north of Washington,
for freight as we'll as passenger traffic, seems
premature. The tendency of the Southern
transportation lines-neretofore constituted part
" water ard partly rail--toward the establish
ment and maintenance of all-rail routes to the
North is growing stronger, however, and such an
arrangement as that indicated above seems high
| ly probable.
The Philadelphia g Reading Railroad Com
pany. in keeping with it's policy of retrenchment,
has commenced a reduction in the force en-.
pioyed in the roadway department The new
chief engineer is making a tour of the entire
line. Sections have been Zen gthened, and the
force reduced at the same time, doing away with
from seven to ten men on each section. The
dropping out of a few of the chief engineers
would be much more profitable to the company,
however, than the reduction of one-dollara "a day
| section men.
A freight car on the Boston & Providence rail
road has been equipped with the Beard
automatic momentum brake, and the tests
which are being made in the yards of that rail.
road in Boston are attracting the attention OF
railroad men. Mr.. Turner, che inventor. is a
practical locomotive engineer and machinist,
and has been quietly working up mis- invention
by experimenting with it in actual use, until now
he feels that it is a complete success, and will do
al! that can be expected of any automatic brake,
and more than is done by any other.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-10

notice or allow itself to remain in the pool.
The New York Times says: ''There is hardly a
chance that the ~trunk-line pool can be main
tanned; bat if no device can be found to take its
place for the purpose of maintaining uniform
through rates, the only alternative seems to be a
competition which can only result in the de-
struction of the weaker lines, or their ultimate
control by the stronger" In indianapolis rail
road circles, to sum it all up, the refusal to ac-
cept Mr.. Fink's resignation is regarded as a mere
matter of form for the maintenance of a nucleus
about which the roads may gather, when the
war. which is inevitable, has been fought out
In the meantime he retires from the conduct of
the pool affairs, and takes an indefinite vacation.
which means that he is gracefully backing out of
his position, being satisfied that pools of the
character of the trunk line pool are a failure.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-10

William Woods, the gay lothario from Colum-
bus, who was arrested on Saturday at the in
stance of Eli d. Minor. whose better half he had
appropriated, was fined $25 by Mayor McMaster
yesterday, and given thirty days in Jail, the
limit allowed by law. Woods and Mrs. Minor
had been living together as man and wife at the
residence of j. b. MONTAGUE. No. "a Huron street.
for several days. Nothing has been learned con-
corning Mrs. Minors whereabouts.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-10
THE COURT RECORD.
Superior Court.

Room No. l-Hon. y. b. Taylor. Judge.
Gilbert B.. Manlove VS.. The Citizens Street
Railway Company; appeal Judgment on ver-
diet for defendants.
Harry Finklestine VS.. Sarah Finklestine; suit
for divorce. Marriage aunulled.
Room No. 2-Hon. d. w. Howe. Judge.
State ex rel. Bernhamer VS.. John Egger; con-
tests9 election. On trial by court.
Alice Butsch VS.. George Butsch; divorce; trial
by court Taken under adyisemenG
Room No. S-hon. Lewis q. Walker. Judge.
David d. Long, administrator. vs.. c., T., ST
L. & G.. railroad; suit for damages. On trial by
Jury.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-10

The pain and misery suffered by those who
are afflicted by dyspepsia are indescribable.
by the confusion and tortures of the mind,
thus making its victims suffer double affection.
The relief which is given by Hoods Sarsaparilla
has caused thousands to be thankful for this
great medicine. 1t dispels the causes of dyspep-
STA, and tones up the digestive organs. Try
Hoods Sarsaparilla,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-10
Real EsfafR Transfers.

Instruments filed for record in the Recorders Office
of Marion county, Indiana, for the twentv-four hours
ending at S o'clock p. H.. Feb. 8, 1855, As fur.
nished by Elliott & Butler, abstracters of titles, room
No. 3. Etna Building:
William Wilkinson and wife to Ferdinand
Schroeder. lot A. in Hubbard ct al. s sub
division of lots /, 9, z and 8 in square
~ in their southeast addition to In
dianapolis So. 10000
Emerson ct al, part of lot as in Isaac
Blackford's subdivision of outlots 1872.
1853 and 154 in Indianapolis. ........ 1900
John w. Davis, administrator, to Martha
j. Roberts, lot IL in Alvord g. Co.'S
subdivision of Buffers second addition
to Indianapolis 2,075.OO
John G. New, executor, to Adolph Young.
lot l in square 16 in Beaty's addition to
indianapolis lOO.OO
John G. New, executor, to Simon G. Stein
hauer lot 2 in square 16 in Beaty's adj
dition to Indianapolis -:..:.-: 10000
Wiley NJ. Lowry to Mary c. Tutewiler, lot
10 in Henry Tutewiler's subdivision of
lot IL in Preston A. Davidson's addi-
ton to indianapolis. 10000
Priscilla Holmes to William Wundrum,
part east half of northeast quarter of
section ID, township ID, range 3 east 45O.OO
Ella Slate and husband to Anderson Kin
caid, part of lot 5 in b. L. Walters sub
division of lots 8 and 10 of Hubbard
ct al. s subdivision Of square IL in their
southeast addition to Indianapolis. 10000
Francis NJ. Churchman ct al. to SanuelH.
MeIlvain, lot IL In McIlvains heirs
addition to indianapolis. ---.--.----- $500
Jacob j. Hanlein and wife to Mary e.
Davis. lot d in square - in Chas. E.
Heinrich's southeast addition to Cum
The heirs of Elisha Taylor to Mary Jo-
banning lot $40 in Spann 81 Co.'s
second Woodlawn addition TO Indian
l-OOO.OO
GourovapcaS IL, Oonc;dapatiop 81 TH2 90
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-10

Conveyances, IL; consideration. ...... $7,752.OO
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-10
Civil Circuit Court.

Hon. A. G.. Ayres, Judge.
State ex rel. Ella Todd VS.. George j. Charpiot.
Judgment for $3.50.
State ex rel. May Palmerton VS.. George
Clarke. Answer fled by defendant that child
had died and case dismissed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-10

THE removal OF Prof Sanborn, of N. H., after
being pronounced incurable by a score of ply
sicians. from Las Vegas. N. NJ. TO his home. was
effected by administering DR.. Harter's Iroa Ton
ic, which has restored HIM to his former good
health.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1885-11-28
The Reward of FaithfuIness.

A fine illustration of the value of
keeping ones word, which boys would
do well to profit by, is given in the case
of Mr.. Wilder, the first President of
the American Tract Society. He be-
came a very wealthy man, but was, in
early life, head clerk for large firm in
Charleston, Mass. He promised a
customer, one day, to deliver bale of
goods at a certain hour. He had to go
to Boston to make the purchase, and
engaged a porter to take the goods
over at once in wheelbarrow. The
man was overcome by the heat, and
stopped on the bridge to rest. Mr..
Wilder, finding him there, promptly
trundled off with the wheelbarrow him.
self, rather than break his word to the
customer. A wealthy merchant, who
happened to observe the act, went to
Mr.. Wilder's employer, and said: 'Tell
that young man that when he wishes to
60 into business for himself, my nameis
at his service for thirty thousand dol
lars. ~ CongregatiO1aIiSt.