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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-07
FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
MY BABY.

Our baby gone? It's very queer.
A moment siace saw her here:
Can she have gone to ride TO day,
Over the hills with Dapplc GreT!
With never bell on her implied toes;
oh, tell me where mi baby goes!
Though dearly baby loves to ride,
q better far she loves to hide
She NAV have crept behind the chair
But no, no Alice q lurking there:
Can she be cudded down to sleer.
Under the hay with Little Bo Peepf
I'd like to see one little curl.
From the blessed head of my baby girl;
/ miss the sound of patterng feet.
'TIs time she was home again, nv sweets
Think you she can be in that corner.
Eating plums Ike little Jack Horner9
think hear behind the door.
laugh like one I've heard before:
All here's "A baby cuddied down,
With many a curl on her head OF brown:
Can you, Miss Baby. tell to me
Where hides the CIR! long to see9
Her eyes are black and full of fun.
She laughs and plays till day is done,
Her hair is tied with ribbon blue.
think she looks bit like you:
Just lift your head and let me see
How much you look like Alice Leel
really think-ah, yes I'm sure
Our babss here behind the door:
Her dimpied chm. her lau@nlnS eyes
Her jny at mother great surprise.
Her curly head. her loving kiss.
All say: MY little girl 10 this.
Now come to NV lap: away we'll 60
on to u land III sure you know:
Over the hills. now up. now down.
Welcome at last to Dreamiard Town.
That happy piaca where children grow
Large, strong and tall. and good, you know
Our babes, sometimes cross and sad,
Come back from Dreamlaud. gay and glad
And older folks will often find
THEY'VE lett their worries all behind,
So rocx-a-hye, till lay Won down
For pleasant trip to Dreamland Town.
-Lizzie H. Botrles, in Golden Rule
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-07
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Always laugh at your own jokes;
if you want thing well done do it
yourself.
A contemporary thinks that pring
poetry would be missed like spring
green's. Well, what are the poets but
spring green's anyway?-Boston Tran
script.
In leap year Japanese girls who
want husbands set out flower pots on
the front portico as an emblem. In
this country they sit out there them.
selves with a young man as an en-
blem.
Employer Ito collector)-"See Mr..
Smith?'' Collector-.O, yes" EN-
ployer-'.Was he annoyed at your call
ing upon him?" Collector-"Not q
bit. He asked me to call again. N
Y. Sun.
A pretty New York female thief
disguised herself rs man and the de-
tectives were unable to find her be
cause she had schooled herself to pasi
a millinery store without stopping to
peep in the window.
~ can't sing" said the young
lady when invited to warble; but she
complied upon being further pressed:
When she had finished Fogg thanked
her and added soto uocc: '.I'H never
doubt anybody's word again BOSTON
Transcript.
When Georgiana was three she said
suddenly one day, after long quiet:
..Mamma, where do the to-days go
when they get to be yesterdaysr'
About six months later, sitting one
evening at the open door, she saw for
the first time shooting-star, 20,
mamma - she exclaimed, Il saw God
take . star ."-Babyhood.
Canada has q new sect whose doc
trine is that woman have no souls, be-
cause the Bible nowhere mentioni
female angels. The idea strikes US .,
a common-sense one. We have always
thought that women are such angels
on earth that they are really too good
to last, don't you know.-LoUeA Citizen
Young wife-..Now. George. dear,
if you say you'll come home early I'll
90 to work and have . nice cake baked
Tor you. Yes, I will, although l nevel
tried to bake one before. Young hus
band-"I'm sorry, dear, but can
come home early to-day. It will b
impossible. In fact, think I will be ,
little later than usual. ."-Bosto,
Courier.
Judge, You say the bullet enteret
the victims head?" Witness-..Yes
SIR" Judge-"Well, now, previous +
the shooting, had there been any tronbl
ANY threats that would have led th
victim to expect the shot?" Witness
mo, sir; dom think such thing eve
| sntsrsd bis hsad before. THE 6e1,bs1
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-07
POISONOUS SCORPIONS.
Mexican Spiders Whose sting Proves Fatal
to Young Children.

Mexican Spiders Whose Sting Proves Fatal
to Young Children.
At recent meeting of the Academy
of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, DIR.
Leidy read communication from DIR.
v. Gonzalez. giving an account OF the
scorpions Of Durango, Mexico, and the
deadly effects of their sting. They are
found everywhere in the city. and every
effort has been made to exterminate
them, but without effect. A reward Of
q cent and half for males. and double
that amount for females, is paid by the
authorities, and the records indicate
that some years over one hundred thou
sand are captured and destroyed. The
sting, especially in the case of children,
is invariably fatal; the victim. if under
two or three years of age, dying in a
few hours, and sometimes in q few
minutes. in strong general convulsions.
No antidote for the poison has yet been
discovered. and the assistance of DR..
Leidy is asked by the writer in his en-
deavor to determine some successful
mode of treatment. 1t was suggested
by Messrs. Horn, Heilprin and Leidy
that the Mexican scorpion must differ
from the species found in Florida and
California, as the sting Of the latter il
not usually grayer than that OF q wasp.
Scientific american.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-07
"At the Same time he pushed with

"At the same time he pushed with
his foot large, round stone from its
resting place, and it went splashing in
to the waters of Lake Pepin. As soon
as Winona touched the earth she and
her Chippewa lover ran to the water
where the canoe of Little Coon was
living. and they padded away. The
long rope was taken with them. They
swept quickly up the smooth surface
of the pretty Pepin, and when the light
came they were hidden in thicket
where Little Coon had left some food.
"When the sun went down again
they hurried away from the big river
to the east and when light came they
hid again After long journey they
came to another river and when this
was crossed they were in Canada.
Here they lived with new names and
became friends of the whites and no
one knew the trnth. The Dakotas
knew Winona was dead and the Chip
pewas thought Little Coon killed at the
hands of the enemies. l have heard
the story many times"
"And did they never return to the
Mississippi" l asked.
NO, they never went back to their
people and their people never knew
they lived
.sWhere did Winona dwell."
"The pretty squaw and Little Coon
lived eighty years together in this grand
forest. They led the free life of the
red man, and but little time ago VII
mona died, leaving her old and feeble
companion alone. She died in this very
lodge, and is buried beneath the pines.
Then you are the companion"
"Yes, l am Little Coon, the Chippe-
wac. Leon Meredith, in Detroit FREQ
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-07
I'm letter received by Mrs. DIV

In letter received by Mrs. Oliver
Ames from her sister-in-law, Mrs
Lothrop, wife of our Minister to
Russia. was mentioned the factsthat, in
Russia, during the coldest season, the
windows of the house they occupied
were securely sealed to exclude all air;
so there was no possible way OF venti-
lating the house. The choice seemed
to be between intense cold or vitiated
air. The plan was generally adopted
there, and no one seemed to suffer N
Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-07
W. 6. kENTZEL, Editor.
THE HUBBITE AND HIS SON.

~Bow big, papa. 10 sullivan.
That people call him great?
Is ne as big as mas mamma
And can he shy a plater'
". no, my Son. about as big,
Perhaps, As Paddy Ryan:
His skill II is that makes him great
When with him gloves you try on"
His skill so greats know his name
Is famed in Boston circles.
And that his dukes whe. clad with mitts
Resemble shells OF turkles.
But can he knock one silly, pa,
This hero OF our Hub,
Or are the stor eS that read
Sensational fiubduby'
They're true. nv son: he's Boston's pride
Fame clusters round his name;
"A glory almost deiried
because, you know. he's game
We can not all be Sulliyans,
Nor with him ever COPE
NOT pose as Ajax in the show.
But where there's sand there's SOAP"
But. pa. il | to Harvard went
Or even unto Yale
Could not hope to learn to spar
And make the people quail?"
u. yes, my son. perhaps you might,
but better learn to pitch
Good pitchers snatch the Whyness
From the baldest headed which,
Merchant Trdreler.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-07

This is the style in which the Deni-
son (Tex.) NeUs described two Of the
young bloods of that town at ball:
Walter Nevins wore q polka-dot tie,
and Jim Simpson was Just too-uttsrly-
too-too for ANYTHING.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-07
-.Yes he explained to the youn,

-"Yes," he explained to the young
woman, II am the adjective editor OF
the magazine" The adjective edi-
torp'' s.Yes. We get a great deal OF
manuscript from young ladies. and it
is my duty to 60 through their copy
and kill the adjectives- And" he
added. with tired look u his eyes,
1.-THE work il verv laboriouA ~ i
SUh
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-07

Experiments are being made 10
Philadelphia in the breeding OF silk
worms from eggs Of worms bred in this
country
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-08-24

complete six OF the worst naval
frauds ever foisted on the coun-
try by Republican lawmakers. The
ship above alluded TO will be of the high
est attainable speed, and be for all naval
purposes in time OF peace, super-excel.
lent. Others will follow, and in few
years our navy will again be able to cope
with foreign Powers. To understand the
objection made by the Republicans to
the non-appropriation Of funds for COM
pleting the Monitors, it must be borne in
mind that one ten-ton torpedo boat OF any
nation could sink all six OF them in six
minutes, and that they never were good
for anything but harbor defense. The
confidence exhibited by the people in the
Democratic party is proof of that party'f
good work, and soon new navy will ado
TO the honors now crowding to its stand
ard
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-08-24
PROHIBITION.

The cry OF the coming Republican
campaign will be Prohibition, and in the
light OF the past record OF that party, it
will be pleasant to watch just how they
will shoulder this bug-bear and attempt
to ride into power with it, In Maine,
the home OF lingo Blaine, it has been
the law for years, but has been inopera-
tive through the treachery of Republi-
cans, who rule that State, and as con-
sequence, more drunkenness and de-
bauchery to the number OF people, is
evident there than in any other State in
the Union. The Republican party have
dallied with the question simply to pla-
cate its friends and keep them from open
opposition TO them, and to keep the
liquor interests OF the country on
their side, because most OF the
money used in Republican campaigns
has been furnished by wholesale liquor
men who aimed to kill prohibition. Now
that these liquor men see defeat for the
Republican party, they will not yield up
Doodle any more, and SO the Republican
party will yield up them and their Doodle
and try TO run again by taking prohibi-
ton under their wing. No thought OF
right, law or justice is in the act, solely
and only matter OF necessity for politi-
cal strength, and for that, they sink all
their former protestations and eat crow
with zest. The intelligent people
OF the country will be apt to
remember these things and give
their votes to the party that has always
held the liquor trade in the same
light as any other lawful trade and
subject to the same rules, and never at
tempted to make capital out of the trade
or those who opposed it, Prohibition
like many other questions will find its
own level, and as the will OF the majority
always gains in Democratic country, it
can only succeed by electing its friends
TO office, Whether the Prohibitionists
will take up Blaine and the Republican
party as their standard bearer remains TO
be seen. We think not.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-08-24
THE NEW NAVY.

There is no question but that the navy
has been getting into sadly decrepit con-
dition, and when placed in charge of the
present Secretary was little better than a
collection of wrecks, Secretary Whitney
has, however, directed every possible effort
to its improvement, and his administration
has already wrought many changes for the
better
Plans for the new steel cruiser authorized
by Congress are now made public. When
it is complete it will be equal to any vessel
of the kind af1oat. 1t will be modelled in
part after some of the latest products of the
Spanish navy, fully armored and provided
with every contrivance for speedy and effec-
tive aotion.-Omaha Herald
These are the true premises and fair
deduction therefrom, and singularly
enough will have more weight with the
reading public than columns OF partisan
abuse piled daily against the Administra-
tion by Republican journals. The most
partisan journal in the land, whose edi-
tor understands the subject, does not
deny the worthless condition OF the
Navy when turned over TO the Demo
Gratis, and that it is best TO proceed care
fully in the costly matter OF rehabilta.
ton. Let United States citizen enter
any large port of Europe, Asia or South
America, where war vessels congregate
and see the vast superiority Of all foreign
fleets compared with his own country's
ships, and know that this has been just
the same for the past twenty years, and
he will feel very like condemning the
policy OF party that made such thing
possible. Now that the initiative has
been taken to rebuild the navy, the Re
publican party are seeking to throw
odium on the Democrats because of the
small amount appropriated for the pur
pose, and because they did not see fit tc
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-08-24
THE PRESIDENTS POCKET VETO

The fact that the President did not APP
prove or veto the Morrison Surplus Reso-
luton, but let it die on his hands, is be-
ing somewhat severely commented
upon by a portion of the Republi-
can press OF the East. In our opinion,
Mr.. Cleveland acted wisely in pursuing
the course he did under the crcum-
stances. After consultation with his
Cabinet, the President decided that
bonds shall be called for in accordance
with the resolution just as though it had
become law. The first call will be
made for fifteen millions. Calls TO an
equal amount will be made each month,
until the Administration is satisfied that
the experiment of reducing the surplus
by such monthly payments Of the public
debt can safely be done. 1t is evident
that the President did not sign the reso-
luton because he did not want to be
bound by its limitations. He proposes
at present to have these calls made OF
1000, 900 each during as many months,
and after that period to continue or sus-
pend them as he thinks the commercial
situation demands. The first call has al
ready been made to forestall public opin-
ion for his killing the resolution by q
pocket veto OF the sum described in
the first call, So ,OOO,0 900 are on account Of
the sinking fund.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-08-24
CUTTING RELEASED.

A. X. Cutting was released yesterday
by order of the Mexican Court that con-
victed him, and with the American con-
sui and some friends, came over the bor-
der into the United States. Our dis
patches give view OF little side play
after the release, which plainly proves
that Cutting was not seeking his release
so much as he was a general war on ac-
count oil his arrest. When in pub
lie place, and surrounded by the Mexi-
can officers, he menacingly threatened
the five principals in his arrest and trial,
and said he would settle with them here
after. Had any Mexican done or said as
much on United States soil, all other
things being equal to Cuttings case, he
would have been Immediately arrested
for threats against life and punished
therefor. The inglorious ending to the
sensational arrest and trial, kills all the
hope Cutting had OF benefitting by the
affair, and now he will not be drawing
card either rs n curiosity or lecturer.
The main point at issue, however, be-
tween the United States and Mexico yet
remains unsettled, and in the event OF
our case being made to lie against the
Mexican Government, we will be re-
duced to the pitiable spectacle ola nation
demanding money for satisfaction oi
wrong, from bankrupt and weak neigh
bor. II Mr.. Bayard was right in his fiat
then immediate release should follow
and not as foreshadowed in these col.
umns some weeks ago, wall till the Mex
leans had finished the legal work OF theil
claim of extra territorial jurisdiction
only to relieve themselves OF responsible
ity by releasing the prisoner agains
whom all the claims OF their law were
enforced despite the decision OF our State
Department. AS the DEMOCRAT claimed
in recent issue, the outcome leaves
Secretary Bayard in a poor shape before
the country, for in the absence of Con
gress he could use his individual author
ity to compel at least stay of proceed
ings in court, until his envoy could hav,
reached the ground and be present at tn
trial. The whole press OF the country i
signally unanimous on the point tina
some one in authority has blundered
and will be none the less SO until tina
blunder is traced home, and the autho
relieved from office, SO that a like humil
iating spectacle cannot again occur an
the United States Government be mad
to appear 4 party to it, Cutting will b
: swallowed up in the whirl OF every-da
life, but he has furnished the occasion
for the exhibition OF singularly lax metl
ods in the State Department, and for tina
reason alone he will always be remem
bered. Though strict construction o
the law will prove the affair legal, ye
, the harpies of the Republican press vii
hoist it into notoriety as campaign doc
ument, and out OF it will come untol
trouble to the Democratic party.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-08-24

IT is said that the War Department has
decided that Fitz-John Porter, as a retired
army officer, with pay, may properly hold
any civil office not under the Federal Gov
ernment. We believe this decision is cor
rect, but it reverses the one made in the case
of General Stoneman, who resigned from
the retired list before he was inaugurated
as Governor of California.-.Atta.
1t worked decided hardship in Gen
eral Stoneman's case, and there should
be some good patriotic Democrat in that
States delegation in the National Con-
gress, who will frame bill for his restor-
alton to the retired list, and see that it
passes and that the gallant soldier is
cared for in his old age.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-08-24

81 understand that learning of the Or
ganization almost as soon as you as
sumed the duties of your Office, you had
postal clerks enter the organization in order
to get at the facts in regard to it,"
"Yes that is true. The clerks have been
trying to find out from whom l gained my
information but have been unable to dis
cover. Perhaps so per cent. of the deposed
clerks were men who had been reported to
me as offensive partisans, etc., but after ex-
animation they had been retained MS being
valuable clerks. Thus you see they lifted
themselves out of the department by theil
own boot straps"
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-08-24
MAIL LETTINGS.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Postoffice Department

WAsnNGroN, d, c., July /, 1886.
Proposals will be received at the Con.
tract Office Of this Department until 4
p. IN. OF September Is, 1886, for carrying
the mails OF the United States upon the
routes, and according TO the schedule of
aIrlVal and departure specified by the
department IN the Territory Of Utah,
from January ], 1887, to June 30, 1890.
Iis,S OF routes, with schedules Of arrivals
ana departures, instructions 10 bidders,
with l0rmB Tor contracts and bonds, and
an ol,ler necessary information, will be
furnished upon application TO the Second
Assistant POstmaster-Gener
WILLIAM F. Villas,
Postmaster General.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-08-24
The Great Strengthening
Remedy!!

A Nerve and Blood Remedy of unequaled
virtue, and of such peculiar qualities that it
the entire physical system, exhilarating the
nerves, and awakening activity and energy.
Indeed, SO many are the diseases and weak
nesses which it cures, that an ignorant per-
son noticing the result attributes to the
remedy miraculous power, whereas, the
structions, regulating unbalanced action,
and increasing the VITAL FORCES, which
is the secret of all health and of all life!
No one who has ever used it has failed
to be benefited by it. A trial will convince
you that it will perform the work that is
claimed for it.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-08-24
Testimony of Professor A. b. Capp, oi
Heald's Business College, San Francisco:

To THE NEURoTINE SUPPLY CoMrAYY-Gentle.
men: Permit me to thank you for your prompt.
tude in sending me the Eeurotine, as per order
assure you that II has done me great deal OF
a sedentary life, my occupation being that of a
professor and teacher For the past four or five
years my health has not been very goOd-my
nervous system, as II were, worn out friend
placed in my hand bottle of Neurotine.
took II; 1t did me good; 1t increased nerve
force; rested well at night; and nature soon
asserted herself through her reeupeTatiye pow.
ers, assisted by your Heurotine, II is a valu
able remedy, and, so far us ! know, exceeds
anything ever yet brought before the public a.
a neurOtic. May the discoyerer OF so valuable
a remedy be forever blessed, Is the sincere
wish of Yours truly. A. b. CAPP,
22s Turk street, or Heads Business College
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-08-24

THE following from an interview with
Postmaster-General Villas in the Clere-
land Plain Dealer, may be interesting
to the poor postal clerks who set out to
bnlldoze the department and got left:
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-08-24

VNANSAUT A GENENAL BANKING NUSI.
Il ness.
CORRESPONDENTS.
New Y0rk-lmporters aud Traders National
Bank; KOuntze Bros
Ghicago-COmmerciAl National Bank.
~ Louis-Stute Savings Association
kansss City-Kansas City National Bank
Omaha-OmHha National Bank
Bank 80 - ~ '''''''''
ogden Commercial National Bank
Butte-First National Bank: Clark 4 LarabIc.
Helenn-FirSt NPiionnl Bank
HALEY, ldHhO-McCOrnlCk d Co
BcleVue, ldaho-G. a, Mccormick & Co
WO0lwOrth & Co,
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-08-24

IT is now pretty well understood that
Mr.. Manning will never resume active
service in the Treasury Department. His
resignation will afford the President an
opportunity to inaugurate change in the
financial policy of the Administration re-
lating to silver in accordance with the
wishes OF large majority OF those who
voted for him, and with the platform
upon which he was elected.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-08-24
BEWARE OF INVITATIONS.

The genuine has the words "Neurotine
Manufacturing Co." blown in every bottle,
and each bottle is put up in neat case
bearing the above trademark and fac
simile of the ancient prescription inscribed
on the tablet discovered in the Temple of
Osiris, Abydos, and according TO which
Neurotine is formulated.