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The four little Siamese princes who
have been sent by their royal father to
arts TO receive a French education. are
bright looking boys Of from ) to 10 years
old Each boy is attended by two serv-
man connected with the embassy. Their
~favotite foods are fowl and rico If these
four children should fall victims TO Eu-
ropean climate or to changed conditions
Of life. the king Of siam will not be by
any means left without offspring. as lie
Inns no less than $50 more sons and daugh-
tiers AT home, forty Of whom are as yet
unweaned.
, 1885-10-22

Vital statistics lately published show
that in Germany the average life Of men
has increased during the last thirty years
from Al. TO iLB , ears. or o per cent. In
women the increase Is given nt 3 per
cent the advance being from II % to
IA D
, 1885-10-22
SKIN BLOOD
Diseases from PimpIes to ScrofuIa
Cured by CutiCura.

Hundreds Of letters Ina our possession. copies
Of which may be had by return mail. repeat this
story Il have been a terrible sufferer for years
from diseases of the skin and blood have been
obliged 10 shun public places by reason Of my
disfguring hum0r have had the best physi-
clans have spent hundreds OF dollars, and got
no relief until | tried the Iutictra Remedies.
which have cured me and lrft my skin and
blood "a pure as u child's.
, 1885-10-22

For rich aud poor who wish to enjoy good
health, and do not wish to resort TO bitter,
nauseating liver medicines and cathartics,
is the concentrated liquid fruit remedy,
Syrup Of figs, Sample bottle free, and 80
cent md 81 bottles for sale by w. ~.
Hunt.
, 1885-10-22

Subscribe Tor the Weekly Lauder. a
twelve page paper. containing all the
weeks Geographic aud territorial news
The largest and best weekly paper pub
lished west of the Rocky mountains
$3.50 per year.
, 1885-10-22
ECZEMA rnoa HEAD TO FEET

Charles Eayre Hlnkle. Jersey City Heights.
N. J.. writes My SON, a lad Of y years, was
completely cured 0f a terrible case OF eczema
head To the soles Of his feet was one mass OF
scabs " Every other remedy and physicians
had been tried In vain.
, 1885-10-22
CuTICuRA REnEDIRs

Are sold everywhere. Price Cuiicrra, SOC.
Soap, 25e Resolyent,Si. 100. Prepared by the
Potter Drug and Chemical Co, Boston. Mass
send for How to cure skin Disenses'
QQUQQ Pimples. Skin Blemishes and Baby
ulbODOiHumos cured by CntiQura Soap.
, 1885-10-22

Ec,eA CUTICuRA ANTI-PAIN PLASTER
W6fNl Is a new. original, elegant and infal-
N-R3iibl antldote to Pain and Infamma-
HNl tion, banishing Rheumatic, Neural
IVAN gle Sclatic, sudden sharp and Ner-
fz Pains rs by magic. Al drug.
uietn. re.
, 1885-10-22
COVERED WITH SALT RHEuM

Cuticnra Remedies are the greatest medicine
on earth. Had the worst case OF salt rheum II
this country. My mother had t twenty years
and In fact died from It. | believe Cuticurl
would have saved her lie, My arms, breasi
and head were covered with IL Tor three years
which nothing relieved or cured until | used tn
Cuticnra ResOlyent, internally, and Cuticura
NEwARk. o. j. W. ADAMS.
, 1885-10-22
mEAD. FACE Am nODy raw

/ commenced 10 use your Cuticnra Remedies
last July. My head, face and sonNi parts Of my
body Were almost raw. My head Was covered
ful. ! had tried everything had heard OF In
the East ana West. My case was considered a
Jnimor about me. and my case is considered
wonderful.
DECATUR, MICH. MRS. $. +. WHIPPLE.
, 1885-10-22
CRAZY CUSTOMERS.
TIE RAResR TALKS OF MEN WHO
RIDE QUEER HOBBIES.


Chicago Herald
Did | ever shave q crazy man? Yes.
indeed. We have crazy customers most
every day. over there sits a crazy man
II " the one in the third chair. Well.
VIC got there, says lie to me the other
day. says he. as / took the lather brush
away from his mouth. What got there
inquired |. Why. the Puritan. says he.
We beat the blawsted Britisher, you
know. Then he went ON talking about
The yachts Never heard such a lingo OF
stuli- spankers. jibs, booms. lutTs, spin
iakers. gaff top sails. port tacks. point
inE hceling over. and about :. 900 more.
Awful lot of gibberish Crazy on the
yacht race. you see. and there's lots just
Ike him.
The very next man to sit down In my
chair up and says Well. we're a gittin'
there What's a gittin' thereg' says /.
The Chicagos. of course. says he. We
beat The Bostons yesterday. and New
\ ork went down before the Detroits.
The way Flint took in that foul fly of
Nash's stick with one hand was a corker.'
And then he went on with u big lingo of
base hits, errors. g%rounders. drives.
forces. stops. chances. put-outs, steals.
sacrifices and what not. Crazy on base
ball. you see. That's the way it goes.
: ONE are wild over yacht races. others
o or base ball, some oil horse races. the
aires. music. billiards, wheat. stocks.
pools. politics. It's hard to find a man
nowadays who hasn't a hobby. The man
without a crankism of some sort is a curl
osity.
, 1885-10-22

Nobby suits Tor men. youth and boys
nt polack'a.
, 1885-10-22
Louisiana State Lottery Comp'y
Commissioner

commissioners
incorporated in 1865 for2 yea. : by the Leg
islature for Educational and Charitable pur-
poses-with a capital or 81, OOO.O OO-to whlch a
reserve fund Of over $1,000 has since been
added
By an overwhelming popular vote Its
franchise was made a part OF the present
state Constitution adopted December ID, A.
D.lS79.
TIE only Lottery erer uoted on and endorsed
byHe people Of any STATE.
II aerer Scales M Rsipones.
It's Grand Single Number Drawings take
place monthly.
A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO WIN
A FORTUNE. Eleventh Grand Drawing.
Glass L.. in the ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
NEW ORLEANS. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER IO'
lssh.-lsGth Monthly DraWlnR.
, 1885-10-22

1867 Prizes, amounting to.-...................S 2G5. 800
Application for rates to clubs should
be made only to theo office ofthe Company In
New Orleans.
For further write clearly.
giving full address.
Postal notes, Express Money Orders, or New
York Exchange in ordinary letter. Currency
by express (all sums of s5 and upwards
at our expense) addressed
N. A. DAUPHIN. New Orleans. La,
or M. A. DAUPHIN. Washington, DO
, 1885-10-22

Legal blanks at the Leader Office.
, 1885-10-22
New Advertisements.

w ANrED YcLlg ladies in city or country to
W Work for US at their homes fascinating en-
ployment no distractions To buy work can be
sent BY mail distance no objection g. 10 g. per
week can be made. No canvaSsing. particulars
free. or sample Of work mailed for four cents H.
stamps. Please address HoMF MANUFACTURE
lSo Co, Boston. Mass. 4. O. box 1916.
WANTED.-An active MAJ or Woman in
per month and expenses. or commission. FN-
penses in advance. Outnt fnec. For full panic-
ulaS address STANDARD SILVER WARE
90 BosroN. MASS.
, 1885-10-22

So Oldest thing I've struck lately.
though. was one day last week. A Gus
toner of mine pulled out of his vest
pocket u little piece of paper. and care
fully unwrapped it,. I've found it al
last. he said. got it right here. What
is itT | inquired. "A green hair from =
horses tail. says he. have been looking
for ii Cor three years. Amt it a pretty
one! I've got the incest collection Of
orse tail hairs in America-every color
imaginable. but this is the first green one.
! wouldn't take $50 for it
Another customer of mine lives in
the suburbs. lie usually comes in
for II shave Just before starting
home. Several times I've seen him
glance at the clock after gettin
out of the chair. and noting that he had
u few minutes to spare sit down and take
out a little book full of figures. These he
would run carefully over with his eye.
Hard working business man, thought l.
Strange that men cant leave their shops
behind en-. and have 10 take the office
along on the cars to their homes But
one day II cidently discovered that ii
wasn't business at all that made so many
figures II was crankism. That man
had deliberately started out TO find freight
cars numbered from one up to 80, 600.
He had been at work morning and night
for several years on his way in from
home or out from the city. He's now
at work filling up the vacancies. He has
most OF EN- in his mind. I'll bet he
dreams of figures. and have noticed that
his eyes sort of dance around as II he
were all the time looking at freight-cars
as he whizzes by on his suburban train.
a T. - 90 a
, 1885-10-22

Make P. o. Money Orders payable and
address Registered Letters to
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK,
New Orleans. La.
OR
LOUISIANA NATIONAL BANK,
New Orleans. La.
STATE NATIONAL BANK,
New Orleans, Ia.
GERMANIA NATIONAL BANK,
New Orleans. la
, 1885-10-22

Il know a man whose hobby is regu-
larity. Precisely at noon Wednesdays
and aturdays he walks into the shop for
his shave. As the board of trade clock
strikes the first stroke Of 10 he can be
seen coming down. stairs lie will shave
with nobody burt me. and l am always
waiting for him. Once my clock was a
little slow, and l failed TO have my chair
empty when he came in. 1t made him so
mad that he walked out of the shop. l
followed him up and apologized Every
other Saturday he has a haircut Once
n month he takes a shampoo along with
his haircut On Saturdays he has his
boots blackened. and every other Satur-
day he gives the boy n quarter.
Il used TO have n customer who was
crazy on the subject of silk handkerchiefs.
lie doesn't come in any more, and / ex-
pect the handkerchief business drove him
either TO the asylum or TO the poor-house.
lIe never used any other kind than silk.
and every time he came in he had a new
one lie would never buy handkerchief
like any that he had before, and he did
have some odd ones. Perhaps the variety
run out ON him and he died of chagrin in
having 10 use an old one.
, 1885-10-22

A-AHA w. t@#
"One Of the prettiest hobbies know OF
Is that of a west side customer. He is
making a collection Of baby photographs.
lie goes around to the galleries aud makes
arrangements for extra negatives, and I've
known him to come in here Boosting Of
having picked up some little one on the
street whose face pleased his fancy. aud
taking her TO a gallery, there paying for a
dozen photographs. keeping one himself
His specially is little girls, from baby
hood up TO . or q years. but he takes boys
up to 3 years. lie has a collection Of
several thousand photographs, and I'll bet
$40, 900 wouldn't buy It
There are any number of men who
stick to one kind Of hat, necktie or collar
year in and year out all their lives, NO
matter how much the seasons change,
And there are also any number who
stick to one brand of cigar for years
We have one customer who has been
shaved by one barber regularly for nine
years The barber has worked in about
fifty shops-he's a regular scene. shifter-
but That customer always follows him.
Whenever he makes a change the barber
sends HIM Il postal card. saying. 1 eau be
found at so-and SOS. The customer fol.
lows
, 1885-10-22

Courtesy of Hyo. Archives & Historical.
, 1885-10-22

A. B. EAST As1 PPSPGy At H1sa aAY d. Object s,. e 5.ssP A I'R 4 R R%.i
Sixteenth Street Cheyenne Wyoming
, 1885-10-22

ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office: Room II, Post 3
-, Bank Block, Cheyenne, Wyo.
, 1885-10-22

BY 7. j. FISHER,
Deputy.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-21
he SKULKED.

The Meanness Of His Enemy In Not Giving
Him Half . Chance.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-21
Quick on His Hind Legs.

A curious little animal is on exhi-
bition at a fancier's store in this city. 1t
is about the size of small rat, and
looks like lilliputian kangaroo. There
are no forelegs to be seen. although
there are two, but so small that they
only become visible when held out from
the animals body. to which they closely
adhere Its hind legs are just the re-
verse. They seem out Of all proportion
to the gerboa. as the little fellow is called.
By their aid he can clear a space of
fully thirty feet at a bound. flying
through the air like gigantic cricket
or bird. In shape they resemble the
legs of spring chicken. and at a first
glance the gerboa looks like bat which
has lost its wings. It's native of South
Africa. and spends the. greater part of
its life in the earth. When burrowing.
if it should meet layer of stone, it
gnaws its way through it with as much
ease as q squirrel does hickorynut.
The natives of that country kill it for
food by pouring water into its burrow
and striking it with stick as it leaps
out. Its extraordinary leaping powers
in which the little forearms are never
used-has also given it the name of
flying hare.-N r. Mail and Express.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-21
Nothing New Under the Sun.

That there is nothing new under the
sun must surely have been the reflection
of those who read the strange story of
robbery at Portsmouth, which is de-
scribed in this mornings papers. Some
thousands of years ago King Rameses
of Egypt-as described by Herodotus-
got a builder to build him q secret
treasure-house to which the King alone
could find an entrance; but the astute
builder left loose stone and helped him
self at the treasury when he liked.
About ten years age, it appears, a gen.
tleman named Milligan, residing near
Portsmouth. being Of primitive ideas,
thought that ''secret drawer would
be safer than bank, and instructed a
workman to make him receptacle Of
this nature. Into this drawer, when
constructed, MIR. Milligan poured some
hundred sovereigns, and never after
ward inspected the store untillast year.
In the early part of this year Mr.. Mill
gan put two hundred more sovereigns
into the drawer. The builder of the
drawer seems, however, to have been
struck with the same idea as the Egyp-
tian architect of the treasure house, and
went and helped himself as he liked.
and to such an extent that he
has during the year purchased
some houses in the neighborhood. Un-
fortunately the tales end differently;
for. when the son of the Egyptian
builder eventually secured the princess
and half the kingdom, the English
builder has merely found his way into
the hands of the poliee.-St. James
Gazette.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-21
Or. johnson in His Own Time.

DR.. Johnson's death was announced
in the principal country paper of De
cember 16 to %, 1854, by . paragraph
in the summary Of London news very
much in the same way as London Cor
respondence'' is now sent down every
evening: December 14-Yesterday
afternoon, about ten minutes before
seven of the clock, there departed this
life, at his house in Bolt Court, Fleet
Street, in his seventy-sixth year. to the
inexpressible grief Of his friends, and
to the infinite loss of his majesty's sub
iects, that eminent ornament of litera-
ture and firm friend of virtue and relig-
ion, DR.. Samuel johnson. His vener-
ated remains will be inferred in West
minister Abbey. Sir Joshua Reynolds,
Sir John Hawkins, and the learned DR..
Scott of the Commons are appointed his
executors. DR.. johnson settled his
worldly affairs FIVE days before his
death. He was entirely resigned to the
will Of God, and rarely spoke during
his last days except upon religious sub
jects. He passed away without strug-
gle, dying 50 quietly that the persons in
his chamber were not aware Of the ex-
act moment Of dissolution. ."-L0ndon
World.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-21
BECAUSE,

Good-morning, pretty maid, whose eyes
Ine brightest stars outshine
I've come to beg that you will choose
Me for your Valentine
nj ana why should ! choose you, and why?'
Inc pretty maiden made reply.
Because have a goodly house
set mid the goodliest lands,
"nere you may reign, served faithfully
By willing hearts aud hands,"
-, ihat is. think, no reason why."
Inc pretty maiden made reply.
because can on you bestow
The loveliest things to wear.
Gay siiken robes and laces fine.
AND jewels rich and rare"
That is, think no reason why,"
Inc pretty maiden made reply
because love you oh so well.
so tender and so true,
mat would fain from every care,
NY darling shelter you"
Ah! now / see the reason WHY"
Inc pretty maiden made reply
so take my heart, dear youth for thine;
Acnoose thee for my Valentine
-HurDey's Bdzar,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-21

The Meanness Of His Enemy In Not Giving
Him Half . Chance.
Riding out from Chattanooga towards
Bridgeport on horseback l came across
q native who had seat on q rock quite
q piece above the road. If he hadn't
ratified stone down just as l came
opposite he might have escaped unde-
tected. He had gun across his knees,
and called to him:
pretty good hunting around here?"
"May be-" he answered.
"What do you find?"
'.Nuthin' yit."
He seemed so cranky that / was about
to ride on, when he rose up and &C.
scended to the road. He didn't look q
bit gOOd-natured, and he held his shot
gun in a very careless manner as he
said:
stranger. you mought have come
frum Chattanooga.
Yes
"You mought have had company part
o. the way"
..Yes. A man on a mule rode with
me as far as the forks, half mile back. ~
..Man with reddish ha'r-long nose
whiskers on his chin-swears q good
deal?''
That's him."
"And, hang him, he turned of. did
hep
"Yes-took the right-hand road"
''Jist like him-jist like the onorery
'possum he is! Stranger, that ere feller
shot my father more'n two years age.
and he was the game was waitia' fur!
He's got three different roads to 90 an
come by, and Ust as sure Is I'm watchin'
one he'll 60 BY t'other. He's fooled me-
all summer long IN this way, and I'm
9ittin' that desperit that if I miss him
fo-morrer shall have to 90 up to his
clearing and take shot at him - he
sots in the door smokin' his pipel
Stranger. what's yer real, downright
Chrisfian opinion Of . man - win pul
another man out q th6 way g 10 N
1el"-Dferoit Fres Pres,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-21
COVINGTON, ST. TAMMANY PARISH La. MARCH 2l, 1885.
A GREAT JOKER.
How the Editor of an Arkansas Newspaper
Failed to Acquire Renown ~ . Humor-
Gus Writer.

How the Editor of an Arkansas Newspaper
Failed to Acquire Renown ~ Humor-
Gus Writer.
Hack Knober, editor of the Weekly
Ker Stosh, humorous paper, itches
for prominent place among the testers
of America. His marked paragraphs
having failed to produce a sensation,
and his long articles having been de-
clared to be as dismal as the screak of a
wooden hinge, he decided upon making
some new attempt.
II notice." he mused, one evening,
'.that the best humorists in the past
were practical jokers. John Phoenix
and Artemus Ward made their greatest
hits in that way. Now, if l get up q
joke on some feller who travels around
some drummer who would go around
and tell i'll would soon have a nation
al reputation"
Hack was soon afforded an opportu.
nifty of enforcing this determination.
One night at the village hotel, he no
ticed nervous fellow who travelled for
q shoe house.
There's my man." unused Hack.
.rll have him standing on his head to.
night. How do you do?" addressing
the drummer.
so, so. What sort of place i:
this you've got here? just now, while
standing out there. dog came up and
it was all l could do to keep him Of
me-"
Must have been mad dog" re-
piled Hack. "Good many of them in
the neighborhood,"
.Well, that lets rue out. l shall leave
here in the morning"
Hack inquired the number OF the
drummer's S room, and. late in the even
ing. slipped in and got under the bed.
The drummer came in after while
and sat down ON the edge of the bed.
Hack growled like dog.
Il hope" said the drummer aloud
..that 1 won't have another tit tonight
I'd better throw this pistol away, for
might kill somebody. No, blamed if
don't keep it. wouldn't mind killing
a few such fellows as live in this town
That fool editor ought to die"
Hack did not growl.
'.He ought to go this night. l fee
that thing coming on me. Believe III
sleep under the bed. Then. if any one
should come in to kill me, they couldn'
find me-"
The sharp corners of Hacks bones
began to thump the floor.
sBelieve I'll shoot under there Q
couple Of times"
For Gods sake, hold on, Misterr'
exclaimed Hack, crawling out, Il WASH,
doing anything-I-" He made q
break for the door.
WHO is that awful fellow?" asked
Hack, when he reached the Office.
why, don't you know him?"
NO
"He's going to be your rival here in
business. Has bought the News. Saw
him laughing just before he went up
Said he was going to have some fun.
Hack groaned.
Said one of the boys was trying tc
play joke on him. Said that he heard
that you were a great practical joker
Don't be in hurry. Told me thai
when he got chance he was going te
write you up. Well, good night"
The weekly Ker Slosh has suspended
Hack works at steamboat landing
arkanSaU Irareler.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-21
sryant's Tender Confidence.

The following very pretty anecdote is
told of the late William Cullen Bryant.
the poet by former associate in his
newspaper Office, which nlustrstes the
good mans simplicity Of heDxt Says
the narrator: ''One morn1n1 many
years ago, after reaching his ofRcs and
trying in vain to begin work, he turned
to me and remarked: i can not get
along 1t an TINS morning.' Why not?'
l asked. o. he replied, 4 have done
wrong. When On my way here . little
boy flying . kite passed me. Tie string
Of the kite having rubbed ageinst my
face ] seized il and broke il The boy
lest his Ets, but l did not step topay
him for it. did wreng. l s1ght to
have paid him." This tondAsnoss ol
censci6ncs went far 0wasa mal1ng the
post the kindly. noeae, hsaosstoA and
kouored man t6atZ6 Was ,Wh0oo 6oat4
vas tslt - . los tllpaG1oat tie land,
-H1sdsln ~ Aee
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-21

The other day . middle-aged Ger
man woman went into bank, and in
transacting the business Of her visit, it
became necessary for her TO write her
name. A pen ready linked was handed
her, and she wrote her first or Christian
name readily enough and in good
hand. Then she hesitated. stopped,
and turning to the waiting cashier,
apologetically said: 81 don't pelieve I
can write dot name. don't peen mar
Fiet to dis man long alretty. ."-Indian-
dpolis Journa{
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-21

An immense chain has Just been
made at Newburyport, Mass. 1t is two
hundred feet long and weighs 1900
pounds. 1t is made of two and one.
third inch iron, and each link weighs
twenty-aye pounds.-Boslon Globe,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-21

Governor Kinkead. of Alaska, says
it will be impossible to build railroads
in that country. Alaska is-larger than
all of the United States east of the Mis-
sissippi River.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-21

Thomas A. Doyle has entered upon
his seventeenth year ~ Mayor Of Prev
idence, &. /
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-10-23
order These Things.

Snydcr's pure fruit butter in bulk;
Louisiana preserves and jelly in pack
ayes all sizes; new Louisiana and ma
pie syrup aud molas-cs; new buck
wheat flour, plain and self raising,
new pearl sage, tapioca and barley in
bulk; Golden Belt flour, best family
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flour, a. fine as can be made our
guarantee cover, every article We
sell and our aim ], to strive TO get
finer aud better goods III every line
OF our business and TO sell the finest
at the lowest possible price, oruer
the best in the market.
Ever yours to please,
a. JONES TAYLOR ~ BIO.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-10-23

special display of noycliic, III
,ilk, and drc,, goods at our opening
MONDAY Tuesday and "Wednesday
October 18th, 2Oth and 2lst
SANGER Bros.