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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-21
GAMBLING IN NEW ORLEANS.
The Prevalence of the Vice in tho Chiel
Southern City.

The Prevalence OF the Vice in tho CHEZ
Southern City.
The publicity with which gambling
is carried on is one of the peculiar char
acteristics of the city. There are seven
ty-five gambling houses within a block
of the intersection of St. Charles and
Canal Streets, and they thrive all over
the city. Many of these are large,
gilded dens conducted with the same
openness as any legitimate business.
CITY officials and policemen can be seen
in these illegal resorts at almost any
hour of the day or night. The laws
against gambling are about as strict as
in New York, but they are a dead letter.
On the contrary, one source OF the city
revenue is from what is called the Gam
blers' Fund. Each gambling house is
required to pay so much month to
the Mayor, according to an extra legal
arrangement maintained by common
consent. Failure to pay is followed
by an enforcement of the law clos
ing the house of the refractory pro-
prietor, At least such is the theory on
which the fund is conducted. 1t is sup
posed to be applied to the maintenance
of the almshouse. But there is nopub-
lie accounting, and in the hands OF
ring of corrupt politicians it is easy to
guess what that means. Proprietors of
gambling houses generally have polit-
cal influence" and doubtless many of
them pay nothing for the privilege OF
running their dens Of vice night and
day, Sundays included. Outsiders are
not allowed to come here and share in
the profits.
The spirit of gambling rules the city.
In the windows of cigar shops, news
stands and such places are displayed
for sale the tickets of the Louisiana
Lottery Company, for selling which
large commissions are paid. On days
when drawing takes place the news
papers have an extra sale, and much
excitement is shown among the poorer
people who can least afford to be
stripped of their small earnings. This
lottery company has a fine building
here, but the chief proprietors live in
luxury in New York and elsewhere.
They are said to contribute SAC, 600 q
wear to an asylum, which is all they pay
for the privilege of enticing the people OF
the country to throw away hundreds OF
thousands of dollars annually. The
city runs its finances on the lottery sys-
tenn. Its bonds are distributed into
series, which are placed in a wheel. and
the lucky numbers draw prizes every
three months.-M Q. Cor n J. 1rs1
sass
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-21

A good story comes from boys board
ing -school in Jersey" The diet was
monotonous and constituting, and the
learned Principal decided to introduce
some old-style physic in the apple-sauce,
and await the happy results. One bright
lad. the smartest in school, discovered the
secret mine in his sauce, and pushing
back his plate, shouted to the pedagogue:
"No physic, sir, in mine. My dad told me
to use nuthin' but DIR. Pierce's Pleasant
Purgative Pellets and they are doing their
duty like charm." They are anti-bilious
and purely vegetable.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-21

MIR. R. Z. Bentley, a member OF the esta'
mablo community of Quakers at Sandy
Springs, Nd, says he was severely affected
by rheumatism in his right hand. Mr.
Bentle. applied st. Jacobs Oil, the great
paiD-cure and by its continued use, In
short time, was completely cured.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-21

"HELLo!n we heard one man say to an
other, the other day. 81 didn't know you
at first, why! you look ten years younger
thar. ven did when l saw you last" -
feel ten years younger" was the reply.
:" You know used to be under the weather
all the time and gave up expecting to be
any better. The doctor said had con-
sumption. 1 was terribly weak, had night
sweats, cough, no appetite, and lost nesn.
/ saw DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov.
cry advertised and thought it would dono
harm if it did no good. 1t has cured me.
am new man because am q well one."
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-21

THEVoLTAIc BELT Co., of Marshall, Mich,
offer to send their celebrated ELECTRO Vol
TAIC BELT and other ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
on trial for 80 days, to men tyoung or old)
afflicted with nervous debility, loss ofvital.
ity and ali kindred troubles. Also orrheu.
matism, neuralgia, paraly sis and many 9th
er diseases. Complete restoration to health,
vigor, and manhood guaranteed. No risk in
Cured, as 30 days trial is allowed. Write
them at once for illustrated pamphlet, free.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-21
THE editor frequently has to fight for his
vrites.-Xerchdnt IrGreler.

IT'S no secret nostrum. We speak OF DR..
Pierce's Extract of Smart-W Weed. composed
of best French Brandy, Smart-Weed, Ja-
maica Ginger and Camphor Water. 1t
cures cholera morbus, collie or cramps in
stomach, diarrhpa, dysentery or bloody
fiux, and breaks up colds, fevers and in
iamnatory attacks.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-21

INSTRUMENTATION OF INGREDIENTS used
in making BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRocHEs
is such as to give the best possible effect
with safety. They are the best remedy in
use for Coughs and Throat Diseases.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-21

PIXIES TooTHAcnE DROPS cure in minute, sc.
G,enn's Sulphur Soap heals and beautifies- 2oc.
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Corns Bunions.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-21

"A human jaw-bone of great size,
full of sound teeth, and other human
bones were found recently at depth Of
sixty feet in limestone quarry near
Gainesville. Ga.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-21

SAFE, sure, cure. No bad effects. Nc
poisons in Red Star Cough Cure.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-21

A SUBSTITUTE for rubber-The ordinary
conscience.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-21

If gas man were to write poetry, would
his meter be correct:-L0utsrilic Courier
Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-21
.No Physic, Sir. In Nine"

SoNG of the young women at this season
~ feel like one for saclue in"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-21

If afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DIR. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell It no
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-21
Young Men, Read This.

COLD daze-Benumbed with the FROST
Merchant Irareter
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-21

A STRAIN Of music tightening fhe
orings Of violin.-Erotie xaueue:
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-21

THOSE who employ the plumber must pay
the piper.-Bost0a Budget.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-05-02
This Years Wool Clip.

1t is thought that the wool clip this
spring will be very small. All over
the country the sheep men are curtail-
ing their hocks. Even in Texas, where
it is supposed the business would pay,
if any where, the discouraging condi>
tions surrounding sheep husbandry for
the past few years have operated to
check the rapid increase in the number
of sheep. The past week sheep in that
section have sold as low as Is cents per
head, showing towhat desperate lengths
men will 60 when they become panic
stricken. In Australia it is estimated
from 100000 to 100000 have
died from the effects of the drought.
Taking all things into consideration, it
is therefore evident that the wool sup
ply of another year will be materially
curtailed. Of course, prices will adj
vance, and those of our farmers who
have had the foresight to keep their
flocks, will realize material profit
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-05-02
Decay of the Teeth.

In recent work on the mouth in
health and disease, by Morley Dennis,
the author points out that the local
causes of tooth decay are the chemical
action following the use of acids in the
mouth, the use of improper tooth pow
ders, and the decomposition of food,
etc. The author advises the use of a
moderately soft brush, with bristles of
uneven length, and also recommends
that a strand of waxed floss silk be
passed between teeth closely situated so
as to clean them. The upper teeth
should be brushed downward, and the
lower teeth upward on both surfaces.
As regards tooth washes, etc., Mr..
Dennis condemns any pastes which con-
tain honey, owing to the liability of this
substance to fermentation. He recon.
mends pure ptecipitated chalk as a safe
and efficient dentifrice. Borax and a
few drops of perfume may be added to
the chalk. lure soap is also recon-
mended. 1t Is clear that only powder
in one form OF another can be depended
upon for keeping the teeth clean and
free from delderious substances.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-05-02
The Scrub Heroine.

Western Plowman.
She come up the road just as the cum
sank over the hills. A poor, old scrub
COW. There was not single line of
beauty from her head to her tail. Her
joints and bones stuck out in great
punches. She was large when heshould
have been small, and small where she
should have been large. There was
no gilt-edge pedigree banging over her.
No royal blood running in her veins.
Her ancestors for dozen generations
had been scrubs, and she surely the
scrubbiest of the lot. Dogs barked at
her, negro boys threw sticks at her,
the Jersey heifer on the corner turned
up her nose in scorn, and yet the old
scrub marched patiently on through
the mud to the home gate. She had
been out all day trying to manufacture
the family supply of milk from bitter
weed, chips and mud. She reached
her head over the fence and called pa
tiently for the mixer.
And the mixer appeared on the
scene. Was it the soft and gentle
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-05-02

milkmaid with immaculate dress and
slippers, with ribbon in her hair and
a smile on her lips? Did she pet the
old COW and call her good Bess," and
give her something to eat while she
MIXED? Not to any extent. A great
brute of negro came down to the
gate. He kicked the COW as she ran
in past him. He MIXED her with
great cruel pulls and jerks. Once
when she stopped to startle the flies
away from her, he got up and kicked
her. When he had MIXED her, evil
IDENTIFY thinking that some returns was
in order, he secured a club and dubbed
her out of the yard.
What did the old scrub do? Run
away and not come back? If there is
any human being who would have gone
back, he is unworthy of his race. The
old COW walked patiently down the
street to hunt about for feed, and re-
turn in the morning to meet exactly
the same reception. The world can
hardly show truer devotion. We sing
the praises of worlds heroes and hero-
ines. Their names will live long in
song and story. Good. But when all
Others have been praised let us not for
got to to take off our hats to the "scrub
heroine"-the old COW.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-05-02
cHlcAGo's sNAlL-EATERs.
The Glass of People Who Are the Principal
Customers for the Novel Dish.


Customers for the Novel Dish.
Chicago Tribune Interview
Are not snails a new thing in your
bill of fare" the observation-disclosures was
asked.
well, yes; it is only within the last
month or two that | have been keeping
them as a regular article | used to
supply them only on special orderly
getting notice some time beforehand, |
mean-but recently the demand has in
creased sufficiently to allow of my hay
ing them as regular thing. Not that
there is any demand for them yet worth
speaking of-seems they're too rich for
the American blood-but they are now
getting into favor. When a Chicago
epioure eats one dish he's snail -eater
ever after, and | shouldn't wonder but
before long snails will become a part of
the regular bill of fare in every first
class restaurant in the city,"
what class Of people are your prin-
cipal customers for theml"
Americans who have been in Eu-
rope" replied the restaurant man
promptly. 'Now, that man there he
continued-pointing to an apple faced
little patron, who was absorbed in pick
ing the snails from their shells with a
one-pronged silver fork, rolling them
over in thick brown sauce and swallow
ing them with evident appreciation
that man there was in Europe last
year, and got taste for them there,
and he's been one of my regular GUS
toners since he came back. They are
in common use in France, you know,
and largely used in England, too,
especially in London. You can see
wagon-loads of them in Covent Garden
market, in London; they are sold retail
there for sixpence to shilling quart.
/ have seen them there often myself
all sizes and varieties little wee snails
as small as a pea up to big, Gravity ones
as long as my hand Snail-farming is a
regular business there. The Kentish
snails are the dearest; 1t is delicate
little snail with pink tip.
There are no live snails to be had in
the city here-nothing but canned snails
ready cooked. | use that kind also, but
they are hardly as nice as the fresh ar
ticle. They are sold in tins-9O cents
each, l think-by two or three of the
first-class grocers. All you have to dc
is to heat the tin in hot water, as they
are already cooked and canned with the
proper sauces, but we improve the fla
vor by adding our own sauces also.
''It is a dainty dish-you just try
one and you'll come again. l have
heard it said that the famous Dartmool
mutton of England owes its rich flavor
to the abundance of the snails on the
grass commons where the sheep are fed
I've heard, too, that snails are SURE
cure for consumption, but don't taxi
much stock in that. F"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-05-02
How to Care for Chicks.

Farmers Home Journal.
The "peep, peep" of the little chicks
is now heard in the land. Gold Biddy"
has cared for and kept warm her nest
of eggs for the allotted p days, and
at last her patience is rewarded with
fright smart" family. Perhaps if sold
Biddy" could talk she would tell you
exactly what to do to help her rear her
brood, but as her "cluck, cluck," is
one of the "dead languages" except to
the chicks, it has been left to the OBJ
serving poultry man to learn what is
necessary to supply, For the first "a
hours the chicks are out the shell the
very best thing to do is to leave them
alone. They need nothing to eat, as
Just before leaving the shell they
absorb the yolk of the eggs, thut secur
ing the very best nourisnment and
enough to last the time mentioned.
Brooding gives them strength, vigor,
dries them thoroughly and heals up
any lacerated parts. One of the first
things to do is to grease the backs of
their heads and necks with cream, and
dust the hen with Persian insect pow
der. If the nest has become polluted
renew it with soft material. II is
policy to eonfne the broods with the
hen for the first four or five weeks.
To do this have your coop on high
ground and so arranged as to keep out
the wind and rain, at the same. time
permit plenty of sunshine. Let it be
large enough to give the hen busting
room, and fix the stats in such POSI-
ton as to allow the chicks to run in
and out at will. The first drink should
be milk, AMI some breeders do not
give water for the first month, it not
being considered so good as milk. The
water, when given, should be perfect>
ly clean and renewed often enough to
keep fresh. The first feed should be
stale bread crumbs and boiled eggs
chopped fine. During the first week
this should be fed regularly every two
hours. After this vary the diet with
rice cooked dry, corn-bread, slightly
sailed and peppered, boiled corn and
oatmeal and at evening give them
cracked wheat and oatmeal uncooked.
A little meat or liver thoroughly
cooked and chopped very fine, fed
once week is beneficial. Green food,
such as lettuce, cabbage, onions, etct
are highly relished and are essential tC
good health. And right here permit
the assertion that chopped onion tops
are one of the best perventives fol
gapes known, and garlic cannot be too
highly recommended for the same
purpose. When the chick has reached
the age of four weeks it will assimilatt
finely cracked corn, cracked wheat
ground oats, etc. In feeding soft foo(
stir in occasionally small amount o
clean sand or ground bone. The habi
of feeding corn-meal mixed with waite
is injurious, 1t sOurs very quickl,
and often causes the chick to becom
cropbound. When meal is fed i
should be cooked. If the chick is al
tackled with diarrhea, cooked cracke
wheat and oatmeal, with a smaI
amount of common chalk dust nike
in will effect a cure.
When a fowl becomes crop-bound
spoonful of castor oil is beneficial.
the case is serious the crop can be Gu
open, the contents removed and tn
crop then sewed up. If care is take
the operation can be performed witt
out risk.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-05-02
Purifying water by Motion.
Scientific Journal.l

DR.. Pehl, Of st. Petersburg, claims to
have made the important discovery
that motion destroys the impurities of
water. At b test when water was
brought into rapid motion for an hour
by means of q centrifugal machine the
number of developing germs was
reduced by Gper cent. Further expert
ments will show if this destruction of
germs is dueto the motion of the mass
of water or I'd molecular motion. If this
discovery of Dr. Pehl's be confirmed, it
will become possible to destroy bac-
terra and render water comparatively
pure simply by passing it through a
centrifugal machine.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-05-02
Bal. S. w. States, 635,O92

N. B. SMILEY, Esq, of Bradford, Pa,
in 1882, was very sick of extreme kidney
disorder and rheumatism, which gradually
grew worse. Physicians being unable to as
Sit him his last resort was Warmers SAFE
Cure, and June 25th, 1884, ne wrote. "My
health is better than for two years past, and
in some respects is better than it has been
for tUe gears. When Icateh cold and have
any slight kidney trouble, i resume the med
icine again and the relief believe is perTnG-
nent.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-05-02

To the youngster who has sprain,
as well as the old gentleman who suf-
fers from Rheumatism, Lame Back, or
Neuralgia, Coussens Lightning Lini>
ment, affords a relief which such suf-
ferers can appreciate. Owners Of val
liable horses also rejoice to know there
is such a remedy as this liniment for
SPAWN, Ringbone, Scratches, Calls,
ETC.,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-05-02
Boston
936,842 Chicago, 2,181, $50

B. F. LARRABEE, ESQ.,, 40 Chester
Square, Boston, Mass, in 1879 aCas giUeni
1tp by several prominent Boston Physi-
clans as inclrG6Le from Bright's Disease.
He took over 200 bottles of Warmers SAFE
Cure, in 1902, and Oct, 6, 1884, wrote that
the "cure tCGs as permanent as sur
TriSing"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-05-02

CHAS. E. STEPHENS, of Louisville, Ky.,
Nov. 10, 1882, wrote, "When my daughter
was ten years of age she was seriously at
tackled by extreme kidney disorder. She
recovered temporarily, but year ago was
again Frustrated. She was swollen to taoicc
her natural size, had frequent headaches, nau-
sea and other disguised symptoms of the
disorder All her Louisville phusicians
agreed that she could not recocer Her case
and treatment were telegraphed to a Neap
York Specialist, achO said recovery acas impoS-
si6te. Last August we began to treat her
ourselves, and now, wholly through the in
fiuence of Warmers SAFE Cure, She is APP
parently as well as ever" November, 1884,
ne says, "My daughter is apparently in per-
feet health"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-05-02

Ooih anu "aVOl' "A variety VI OhabSO
Of food during incubation is liable to
derange the bowels. An over.fed hen
will lay fewer and smaller eggs than
hen that is judiciously cared for,
Chicks that get lame, lose use of their
legs, eat well but loose flesh, have leg
weakness. This is caused by damp
ness, lice, and by growing too fast for
the legs to support the body. The
cure is to keep them warm and give
bone meal in their food.
Fanciers have demonstrated the fact
that eggs can be shipped any distance
and hatch well. Baskets have been
sent from New York to San Francisco
and every egg hatch.
A cock with too many hens lessons
his provocative powers, the chicks lack
vitality and many die in the shell.
Under ordinary circumstances twelve
hens are sufficient for a cock and a
less number is better.
Fowls used for breeding should not
be crowded or fed on fat-producing
food continually. Plenty of exercise,
sound grain, vegetables, meal thorough
ly cooked and chopped very fine and
fed once a week is what they need.
For the formation of shells, fowls
must have lime. This can be supplied
in numerous ways, but the most
convenient is old lime taken from de-
stroyed buildings. Oyster shells cam
not be surpassed. When broken into
pieces the size of corn, they are greedi.
ly eaten, aid in digestion, furnish shell
material and tone up the system in
general.
About the only care a sitting hen
needs is a comfortable nest in a seclud-
ed place arranged in such a manner as
to be free from intruders. Always
have corn and water near the nesf,
and spot for her to scratch and wal
low in. Permit her to follow her in
strincts, and nine times in ten she will
bring off a better brood than if con.
tinually annoyed. Milk, sweet OF
sour, is model food for chicks or
fowls. 1t adds to the flavor of the
eggs as well as to the number produc.
ed. Shade on your poultry runs is alb
solutely necessary. If you are not
provided naturally then arrange il
artifcially. Plum trees thrive better
in poultry yard than any other
variety, and the crop is one that pays.
Sunfowers also make good shade and
furnish an excellent food for yoni
fowls. If you are saving eggs fol
Matching it is well to turn them every
day. This is to prevent the yolk from
settling to one side and adhering tt
the shell. Eggs can be kept from
three to five weeks and hatch. 1t il
often desirable to use medicated nes
eggs. To make them, punch a small
hole in each end of an egg and blow
out the contents. In common plaster
paris mix a sufficient amount of car
bolic acid to make it strong, Pour thu
shell full of this aud when it become
sufficiently hard break the shell off anC
you have medicated eggs as good a
the best at a cost of about 10 cents pc
dozen.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-05-02
Providence 28,94'7

G. W. FULTON, Esq, Fulton, Texas,
suffered for ten gears from serious
bladder disorders and lost from % to 80
pounds; in 1881 he used IA bottles of War
ner's SAFE Cure, and recovered his natural
weight and said, ~ consider myself lCeLL
for man of 75." Dec. Goth, 1884, he wrote,
~ have had no SYMPTOMS of kidney disorder
since 1881, and if did should rely upon
SAFE Cure"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-05-02
Bal. Ohio (State) 474,86o

MRS. S. A. CLARK, East Cranky, Conn 4,
in 1881, was utterly used up with constitu-
tional and female complaints of the worst
kind. Been sick ten gears, and tried every.
thing. In November 1884, she wrote, "War-
ner's SAFE Cure cured me four gears ago,
and has kept me WE'LL"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-05-02
Minnesota, 486,O13

G. w. HAMILTON, Milton, Santa Rosa,
Co., Florida, December, 10th, 1884, wrote
that flour years ago mig 1cite was suffering
with liver complaint which reduced her to @
skeleton. The doctors finally pronounced
her case Bright's Disease of the kidneys,
and incurG6Le. She then took 10 bottles of
Warmers SAFE Cure, and has been in per-
feet health ever since. She now weighs $50
pounds where formerly she was skeleton.
Warmers SAFE Cure will make perma-
nent cure dtacays if taken by directions"