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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-04-04
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Between chicory, scorched peas and
poison, the average coffee drinker leads
3 hard life.-Boston GLOBE.
Many writer's of original poetry ap-
pear to have. been left over from last
year. Perhaps 1885 will be more sickly.
Detroit Post.
Mrs. Newgood Gn the picture gal
lery): ''This, Aunt Eunice, is a real
old master" Aunt Eunice: ''Well. /
shouldn't care if it was; it's just as good
as some of the new ones"
Eight days, it is said, are required
to cut diamond, but after young
lady gets the diamond it does not take
her more than three days to cut all her
poor acquaintances.-Boston Globe.
I'm advertising the greatness Of this
country, one of the largest manufact-
urers says the total production of cigars
in the United States is about 8, 1000, co.,:
600 year. This is quite puff for US.
Troy Times.
Science:
A girl who could spell Deuteronomy
And had studied domestic economy.
Went to skate at rink,
And as quick as wink
Boston Sunday Courier.
The most fashionable bridal neck
lace just now is string of pearls. How
thankful we bachelors ought to be that
leap year is past, and that we are safe
for three years. BY that time the style
may change to something that will I'll
our salaries better.-LoUeH Citizen.
ia man never knows" says Bos-
ton writer, "when an idea is going to
strike him. Of its arrival he has no in
tellectnal premonition. That's q fact,
and the majority of men never know
that an idea has struck them. Prob
ably it is because they are so unaccus-
toned to the habits of an idea that they
don't know when it has arrived
ArkdnsaU Traueier.
1t would take q wise man to pene-
trate the subtle and intricate processes
of a young woman's reasoning. 81
don't like Mr.. l." we heard one say
to another not long ago. .'Why?" asked
her listener. 20. to begin with, he wears
lavender gloves" was the response, and
to both these petticoated critics the
matter seemed sufficiently discussed and
satisfactorily settled.-N. Y. Graphic.
"A gentleman who was going to take
his family to see dramatic performance
the other day was surprised to see his
wife packing large trunk and filling
two large baskets with eatables just
before starting. ''What are you doing
that for?" inquired the husband.
"Why,n. returned the wife, sit says on
the bill that six weeks elapse between
the first and second acts Chicago
| Tribune.
-Friend-sI should think you would
know the price of all your drugs by this
time" Druggist-"Why. l do, OF
course" Then how does it happen
that after You filled that prescription fol
that gentleman you spent such time
looking over that book before you could
tell him the price? You were trying tc
find out the cost of the drugs, weren't
you?" 20, no. I was looking over q
commercial directory to find out how
much he could afford to pay."-Phiia
dcIs,hin Call
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-04-04
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The works of both Longfe1low and
Emerson are read in the French schools.
In the church-yard back Of the
Reformed Church in Rochester, N. T.,
is q tombstone that dates back to 1875.
The American Tract Society has 10
ceived legacy of 1868 from the estate
of William Robinson. Of Portland. Me-.
Professor Albert Harkness. Greek
Professor of Brown University. has been
chosen Resident Supervisor Of the
American College at Rome.
Rev. DR.. Cuyler says in the Ecan'
gelist: 'Some of the renderings in the
revised version of the New Testament
present old familiar passages in . new
light and reveal new beauties"
"A deaf mute, who is blind. 1T
tended religious service for deaf mutes
in Baltimore few Sundays ago, and
was made to comprehend the entire
service by q deaf mute who Interpreted
by certain pressures ON the blind mans
hands.
While the theorists have been dis
cussing the propriety of industrial edu-
cation for children. ffty-two schools.
where girls and boys are taught al
kinds Of trades, from cooking to agri-
culture. have sprung up in New York
City alone.-Cnrrent.
There is blind Baptist preacher in
Rabun County, Ga. who has finished
his 1O1st year. He is unable to 60 out
on duty, but his congregation gathers
around his bed in his residence every
Sunday, when he breaches to them.
There is another thing about which
there can be little if any dispute, and
that is that our public school system
will yield better results II it could Be
made to embrace industrial training as
a prominent factor in the problem Of
education. Louis Gls6e-D Democrat.
of the 5000 teachers Of the Prov
ince of Ontario, the Ingerson Chronicle
declares that one-fifth abandon the pro-
fession each year. The Chronicle be-
lieyes that the reason of this deplorable
state of things lies in the fact that too
many young teachers arc graduated In
the model schools, and that the sharp
ness of their competition drives out the
better talent.
"A missionary Of the American
Presbyterian Board who has lately vis-
tied Seoul, the capital Of Corea. finds its
citizens exceedingly lazy. dirty and
given to drink. Speaking of missionary
prospects, he says: missionaries are
not at present allowed. in the country.
though as physicians to the legation 1
will not be m0lested while preparing
the way foi the work which will soon
be begun"
Hundreds of Yale graduates, !"
says the Hartford Courans, ''old and
young, have read with keen sense Of
personal loss the announcement of the
death at Cooperstown, N. T., OF Judge
Hezekiah Sturges, Of the class Of 1S41.
He was the last of the illustrious line Of
college bullies,' fine classical scholar,
an upright magistrate, and one OF the
fattest and jolliest of men. brimming
over with wit as with kindness-a
charming old-fashioned gentleman,
whose society was treat and whose
| friendship was q decoration"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-04-04
Too Much Jersey.

docs your wife wear a jersey"
blandly asked the smooth-tongued dry
goods clerk of Farmer Furrow. who
was making few purchases for his bet
ter half.
..Now. look a-here, young fellow. !"
said the old granger. with a look OF
mingled scorn and ferocity, ..don't yer
be too fresh. may be a countryman.
but I'll be darned if I'll take any guff
from yer.n
..Why. didn't mean anything, tim
idly retorted the clerk-'1 merely asked
If your wife wore jersey
"Well. sir, If that's all yer want to
know I'll tell yer. She milks Jerseys
and feeds 'em and waters 'em, but, by
gosh! she doesn't wear 'em, confound
yer picterr'-N r Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-04-04
COINS.
A Brief Description OF the Coinage OF the
United States.

The coinage law of 1892 provided for
three gold coins, the eagle. half-eagle
and quarter-eagle. 1t provided for the
silver dollar, which was to weigh 40
grains, and to be ''the unit of Federal
money" In 1887 code of mint laws,
drawn by Mr.. R. NJ. Patterson. the Di-
rector of the Mint, and adopted by Con-
gress, reduced the weight of the silver
dollar to 4124 grains, and the smaller
silver coins in proportion. and for both
metals the standard of fineness used in
the Mint of France was adopted. The
gold dollar was first coined under an
act Of Congress passed March 3, 1s49.
BY an act of February 21, 1858, an inn
portant change was made in our Ma
tional coinage. BY the laws (previous-
ly existing both gold and silver coins
except the three-cent pieces) were a
legal tender to any amount. At the
ratio of silver to gold of 16 to l, silver
was of less value in the United States
than in Europe, and our silver coins
were exported in large quantities. To
prevent this the act mentioned placed a
seigniorage, or mint-tax upon silver, re-
duced the half-dollar and smaller coins
in weight, and took from the subsidiary
silver coins their legal-tender quality
excepting in small amounts. The silver
dollar of 412! grains was not included
in this change. The mint was
no longer to coin silver for lndi-
viduals, but to purchase the metal
at its market price and manufacture
coins on government account. The et-
feet of this change was to give to the
silver coin of this country current
value sufficiently above its market price
as bullion to prevent its expectation,
and at the same time to make silver
money subsidiary to gold. The silver
dollar, however, being still legal tender
to any amount. and being heavier than
dollars worth of small coins, stood at
premium of from l03 to 1O5. BY the
coinage act of 1873. prepared under the
direction of John j. Knox, Comptroller
of the Currency, the coinage of the
silver dollar of 4124 grains was dropped
and in its place was substituted the
dollar of 420 grains, called the ''trade
dollar" since it was intended only fol
the convenience of our trade with
Mexico and the Central American
States. China and Japan, and was never
much used in this country, excepting on
the Pacific coast. The act of 1873 also
provided that silver money should only
be illegal tender at its nominal value
for any amount not exceeding five dol.
lars in any one payment" This re.
striction. together with the omission Of
the old silver dollars from the list oi
authorized coins, resulted in the .'de'
monetization of silver" of which SC
much was said when its effect began tc
be understood. BY the ''silver bill'' Of
1877 the dollar of 412A grains was re.
stored to the coinage and again made
legal tender. As coin. silver and gold
are of equal value, one dollar in gold
being exchangeable for one dollar in
silver at any time-or either of them
for one dollar in paper-as legal tender
of the United States.-ChicGgo Int,
Ocean.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-04-04
A SNoB.
The Difference in the Conduct Of Two
Washington Women.

The Difference in the Conduct Of Two
Washington Women.
Inoticed an instance of Washington
snobbishness last night in one of the
leading groceries of the Capital, which
well illustrates the character of one class
of our high-toned court society. Twas
waiting to buy some little things and a
very pretty and modest lady was stand
ing at the counter watching the clerk
do up some packages for her. Another
lady, the wife Of an old Washingtonian.
was also waiting, as was, when Mrs.
General -, leader of the Capital,
and one of the newest of the nouCeda
richie, came strutting in dressed in
velvet and seal-skin. She was tall,
angular woman, with a nose which
seemed to turn up at everybody and ev.
erything. She had an eye-glass attached
to long handle in her right hand and
this she presented in front of her right
eve and began looking supercillously
around the store.
All the clerks were busy as they could
be. But with the most arrogant air she
turned to the one above spoken of. and
said: do you not see. sir. that am
waiting?'' The clerk dropped the
bundles he had and rushed over to her.
She then pointed with a majestic air to
lot OF tomatoes marked twelve cents q
can. She said: II will take one of those
cans of tomatoes; you may carry it out
to my carriage" and with that she
swept out of the store in the same regal
way in which she had entered. As she
did so noticed smile of contempt on the
countenance Of the old Washingtonian.
who had the blood of some of the most
noted families in the country in her
veins. She quietly waited until her turn
came to be served, and taking her pur-
chases, which amounted to many times
that Of the snob who had pushed into
her place, in her arms, she said: 81
thank you, but I can carry these out
myself.m She took the bundles in her
arms and going to the door stepped into
a finer carriage than that of the female
snob and was driven quietly away. II
is no wonder that some of the old Wash
ington ladies object to the rude ways Of
those who in part compose our great
court circles.-Tfshington Cor. Clece-
land Leader.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-04-04
NOBODY REALLY CARES.

II you've anything to grieve you,
And fill your heart with fears,
II Poverty bides near you,
And your days are dimmed by tears.
II you find with soul despairing
No answer to your prayers,
Don't say word about il, for
Nobody really cares.
III health and strength forsake you,
And pain and sickness bring
"A gloom that clouds the sunshine
And shadows everything,
IL you feel that lot so weary
But seldom mortal bears,
Don't say word about it, for
Nobody really cares.
This world is fond Of pleasure,
And, take it at its best
lis sadly bored unless you
Meet it with smile and test;
1t yawns DER Wants complainingA
AT Sorrow coidly stares.
80 never tell your troubles, for
Nobody really cares.
-Margaret Eytfngc, in Harper's Weekll
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-04-04
HOTEL CLERKS.

The Diamsnas They Wear Furnished -
Dealers - Advertissments.
There are . great many jokes made
about the big diamonds worn by hotel
clerks" said jeweler yesterday in the
reading-room Of the Girard House, rs he
puffed his cigar and made himself COM
Portable on his holiday, "but that just
shows that few people know a good dia-
mond when they see it."
"Do you mean to say that the stones
worn by hotel clerks are all genuine?"
Most Of them are. 1 saw hotel
clerk at Cape May two years ago wear
ing one of the largest and purest dia-
mOnds have seen in many years. But,
of course, he did not buy it, and, in fact,
it did not belong to him."
"Where did he get it?"
.s.Why, my dear young fellow, he was
wearing it as an advertisement. Don't
you know that . great many jewelry
firms advertise their goods in that way?
Well, if you don't, Just you keep your
eyes open during Christmas week and
YOU will see some of the hotel clerks
blazing with precious stones of great
value. It's an advertising dodge OF tho
dealers, and it suits the clerks because
they are thus able to make better dis
play of jewelry than most of the guests
It's cold day when . clerk can't para
lyze q country visitor by flashing . big
diamond on him."
..How are the dealers benefited?"
"Why, in this way: A rich man. fond
of iewelry, comes up to the hotel counter
and sees . fine diamond on the clerks
shirt-bosom. He makes some remark
about the stone. The clerk talks about
its features and value in IN off-hand
sort of way. The visitor asks where Il
was purchased. Clerk tells him and
recommends him to 20 there; in fact,
often gives him card of introduction:
Don't you see how tho scheme worksF
-PhiladelphiG Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-04-04

According to reports an application
of gun-cotton has been made in such a
manner that it will eventually supersede
the use of steam for the purpose of light
locomotion and driving small machip-
sEy.-M 7, 1ri6sxs.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-04-04

in Oglethorpe County, Ga. a jus
tice of the Peace was paid for marrying
a couple by the bride playing two tunes
on IN old Office guitar.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-04-04

Foreign silks loaded with dye fre-
ouently cause mysterious fires with
spontaneous combustion, strong argu-
ment for American silka
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-04-04

Cinnamon cake: When the spones
of yeast-cake is ready to knead take :
portion of it and roll out three-fourths Of
an inch thick, put thin slices OF butter
ON the top, sprinkle with cinnamon and
sugar; let it rise well, then bake. The
Household.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-04-04

Handsome fortunes have been made
in the Kennebec ice business, but tho
man who showed the Kennebeckers how
to do it,.who introduced Kennebec ice
to the world and gave it its first boom.
is to-day not worth dollar.-Bostos
Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-04-04

The United Sthtes Supreme Court
has recently decided that "a lunatic. or
person affected with insanity. is admis-
sible as a witness if he has sufficient un-
derstanding to apprehend the obliga-
ton of an oath, and is capable of giving
a correct account of matters which he
has seen or heard with reference to the
question at issue; and whether he
had that understanding is question
to be determined by the court.
upon examination of the party himself
and any competent witnesses who can
speak as to the nature and extent of his
insanity"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-04-04

Poison ivy leaves grow IN caastsn
q three. The 6ve-leeved ivy = harm.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-04-04

The sale Of cigarettes to children
ia Missouri is forbidden BY law
Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-09-11

t4,a- z'il -.s.9a,5 4.@Ee lava -A..:-tl
Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-09-11
ORIGINAL DEFECTIVE

.E -
Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-09-11

The Indian territory cattle men
appear to be exercising due diligence
in getting their stock off the reserva-
tion. The government will not
interfere unless the evacuation is
unnecessarily prolonged. A large
cattle owner says that all the cattle
have been moved out except few
that may have strayed off.
Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-09-11

This space spaid for by the
ADAMS LIVERY STABLE.
Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-09-11

Of politicians th+, -, ..- ..--.-.s
mon. They help 70 Increase sior-
tiles Il Mr.. Randall oeiieyel that
the election decided the tariff ques-
ton it would have been much more
manly in him to have Joined the
Republicans than to advocate q
Democratic doctrine which he can
not believe.
Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-09-11

The undertaker's bill for Grants
funeral will not be less than S20,.
900. Five hundred carriages were
at the funeral. These were engaged
for the day, and this part of the
bill will be $4,000. The black
horses that were attached to the
funeral car were all carefully select
ed. There were twenty-four of
these, and their drapiug cost $3.50.
Among the immigrants who
landed in New York on Sunday
week from the steamer Germanic
was Mary Gilroy. seventv-two years
of age. She came to this country
last year and was sent back as a
pauper. She declared that her two
sons had fought IN the Union Army
in the war, and they both were kill
ed, and she thought she ought to re.
ceivepension. The Emigration Com.
missioners intend to send her back
]
again.
| Government troops, in censidera
ble force, are being sent to the
scenes of the anti Chinese troubles
in Wyoming. All is quiet al
Rock Springs. The Chinese refu
gees are still striving from the hills
at stations east and west. They
are shipped to Evanston by The
railroad company. They say tha'
many have died from wounds re
ceived in the massacre. The Chin
: ese all along the G. P. are refusin:
} to work. At Alma and Green rive
Chinese miners, laundrvluen ane
servants have been notified to leave
Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-09-11
Notice for Publication.

Notice for Publication.
LAND OFFICE AT La GRANDEO o RECON,
August 10, 1885.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has fled notice OF her intention to
make final proof in support Of her claim, and
that said proof will be made before J. H. Ra.ey,
Notary Public, at Pendleton, Oregon, on
October 3rd, 1854. viz:
Eugene kecGcr.
D. 5. No. 500, for the northwest quarter of
section 4, township north, range "a east, W
VI.
She names the following witnesses TO prove her
continuous residence upon, and cultivation OF
said land, viz:
T. Peterson, Of Walla Walla, w T; Harvey Z
Young, w. P. Sturgis and Richard Defreece Of
Milton, Oregon.
S. o, SwACKHAMER,
36 Jhr Register.
Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-09-11

: 5-4g- ,s..-.-.,-ss
T :. $50 ~ soEi. e-s i: ID .ase need .. Whole
sone reiiaoo rnee!!ciae like rsC1< .FR's ORE
G0A aLoop PURIFIER As y remedy and
iseveative OF diseases It cannoe De tsaac. It
cheeks rheumatism and i,.ria, relieves Co,,sti-
;;..lon Dyspepsia and ios7ess and I,,sys fe,,..
energy into the system By mai ing New, Rich
Blood. All Druggists and Dealers keep it. sl.oo
bottles, 6 for $500. 3oen
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-06-29
EiANpwARn AMn yyr1Ar.s.

SNGe--CollinB, y doB0n. 500; Cold Dollar
I doEoni SOC; Diamond edge, n DOZEN. $40
humble BIZ, l7OO. WV
gElLJ1yra ANp IGDs-i1so . n; sugt
Lotus1, $40 y u.
TIN PLAT9--I. o. llxiA n boz, gtg, L, q
ttt2j, y box, 900; TsfnA fLxQl, Ab1I fK
f1ruc, 2Ox2S, = box, lt.60.
hlNWAEn--t l8c8d, discount 30 a cont
stamped, discount % y cent.
soLDEE-NO, l, lbc; No. Y and 4 lBc Ut
luCK HORSE COLLABs-So. !, ans n dor
itAnEs-Iwo ioop, an = dozen; thrt
t'lp, SO n dozen.
iACHs-ln boxes, 10 papers, 2.S9 = boz.
1RuB E0Es-E dOVoni 760; rallrOap
vlrEs, dozen, $50,
f,ATTocEn-tl doSpn, $50
kURBEB BELTGN9-OiSOounA 90 u ognl.
bAu9-200, 1879,
EeovELs AND SPADss--Royland's dis
aunt 90 q cent. Ames' List, a Of goods q d.
etunt 10 amt 10 - csnt.
HEAVY HARDwARB-{5hafte, inlAho.,
sl0i pOlOs, 1850; singletr0Os, wagons, So
ltcl Lib; buggy, as; express, 2.bc; wagon
.0ngut9 lS00; hickory axles, 1000; bolster,
LiAi coupling poles, AIS; spokes, Xxx,
tolsoti 27biXGS, 7.50; sawed fsllces, ~
lS5; = 400; Bowdsn shoss, 600; north
westsrn horse nAilA No, 6, 900; 7 6.25; (
slOi bar Iron, 10 rats; plow steel, 10, sprint
steel, So; oFst steel, $50,
BucsIns-Grsds f, and spring top, Gao
Wl0O.OO, do, open, Rl-ssd0,O0; do. side
sprtng top, l00,01lblS6.0O; do, side bar, 1000
e1N;00' do, phRtons, I260anl50.00. grade A.
side spring, liQ00dtlJ,00; do, phatons, 1900
0a)QeO; bump seat buggiss, l7h.O0q2oO,Oo,
PLATFORM springs, 1C.O0Xllhgll, knrao spring
vASyo,1R 0lOlggllSe0.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-06-29
DRUGS,

ACIDS Bulphurio, y carboy, SS.To; citrlo,
y d.. b6ip58oi oxallc y D, l0N; tartaric,
powdered n n, STdd5.
euks-Arabiu, eclect, 3 u, SCOT asafo-
ida - 10 SOc; oArnphor, q 10 IS; opium, Sa-p
70 40
oILs- Bergamot, sandsron's, y N E2lo;
lemon, BnndsrSon's, ll.Sj; peppermint
SOU w,ntsIgrean, S2.25; olive, Malaga, fl.25.
PofAAH-Bromid0, y y, aOci iodlde,
1888.
BoArs-Csstilo, notified, y 2, ssiOoi
castillo, white, lslpl5.
MIsoELI.ASEoUs - Ammonia, carr,, y
y, Dc; alum, SOS; arrowToot, Bermuda, "
BAlsanl, copaiha, goo bernx, refined, lNs
calomel, ana 75c; castor OLE p gs.,
1.t6Q9L6O, caAala buds, . n. L.HiI. cfelll
tartar, pure, q n, So; corn Two rgiiimi't
y n, 65j ohloro form, 3 q, l1i -tyraa.
logwood, bulk, = y, t1ait, alcH.us.
bulk, y n, lb9ls1S, iodine, rt7u6irustet.
v %, 400 lsaven, buehu, ,aort @ "a,
phia, sulph, u o., iS.Oi eplda ni'tr,
sweet y n, 81, EtrychniA, oryuRlO, li.Ss
@ Lt0i hpiocs, y z, q wax, vhite,ASs
m iafldA