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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10

cares to straighten his shoulders. Follow
him. and note how his hat points back
ward: and YOU know from the angles to
which he has set his hat and his whiskers
that, seen front face, his aspect is Ito use
the mildest word not wise. and that, as a
fashion-booE once said, 1.-The mouth il worn
slightly open" Still, he is good-natured
fellow, and by some instinct We read On his
back that he has an ambition to be anus
ing. One is perfectly certain that the man
with such back sings comic songs; equal
IL certain that he never knows when people
cease to laugh at the song and begin to
laugh at himself. One is glad for his own
AXE that there il much mirth in the pos
SCISSOR of those whisker-points and that hat
set backward; but it is weak spirit of the
Macawber order, and soon dissolves in
tears. The poor fellrwwould not be half bad
but he has mo backbone" and IA sprightly,
good-natured mo!lusk has a poor time of
it up on the land among the vertebrate
animals.
But there is such a thing as having too
much backbone, and that is rather Worse
than having too little. When Il man has
too much backbone his heart il not, so the
people cav, ''in the right place.; sometimes
there is no room i'm him for heart at all.
Vow. there are some men in whom force of
character il carried into the extreme, and
becomes hardness and habitual severity.
They are the ogres of the real world, and
their homes are dens. A severe back is Il
plcasanter sight to see than a severe face.
One does not care to be round ut the other
side. 1t is not what We would call the just
rirhteouslv indignant back. which is
straight and noble, a fine thing, and a VEN
cradle 1t is the bulldog shOuldered back
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10

OUGHT a teamster to have a teeming
fancy:-Nutional Weekly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10

NICKEL-PLArED watchdog with q new
collar.-Galifornid -Hdrsrick.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10
Don't Give Up.

1 h ave had catarrh
In head and nostrils So
bad that there were
great sores In my nose.
andone place was eaten
through. I got Eiy's
Cream Balm. Two bot
ties did the work My
nose and head are well
j feel ike another man
&C. s. MCMILLES. Sib-
ley. jackson Co., Mo.
We recommend Ely'-
Cream Balm where q
cure for catarrh is
called for. II Is in most
cases aperfert cure
PECK Bios. Druggists.
Grand Rapids, Mich
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10

THE BENEVOLENT. Others need. His gray
locks are unshorn; closeness of any kind
ID not in his nature; and his head bends to
give plenty Of time and plenty Of thought
to all whom he could benefit. Such a man
as this was once told that he had been CIV
ing to a rogue. and the answer was: III he
was a rogue that was his own lookout, not
mime. In one sense, very true.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10

A REGULARITY of stage banquets il the
great variety of supaS.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10

IF afflicted with Sore Eyes use DIR. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggistsselli it. 25c.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10

TIE latest thing in balloons-ias.-.Sion
Falls Leader.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10

WHY is n dirty man like flannel? B
cause he shrinks from washing.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10

VIII YOU IHtrUIuce mt 20 Unit H'u.E
ike her back Many years ago in Scot
land this was asked Of a hostess one night
when Intervening circle were scattered about
drawing room. and the man who spoke
had not vet seen the lady's face. An intro
duction followed, a friendship, "a marriage.
No doubt he was a discrimina ting man and
knew that there is a character in backs.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10
BACK VIEWS.

Character Studies Of the Human Species
from y Rear Observation-The Thought
full Man, the Purse-PrOud Individual
and the Genus RoEue-BenevOlent and
severe BACKS and the Man with No
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-10
Poisoned by SerofuIa
Hoods SarsaparilIa
100 Doses One Dollar

Sold By all druggists. o.; six for q. Made only
C. 1. HOOD 4 CO., Apothecaries Lowell, Mass
Iron County register., 1886-04-29
xLIxTH CONGRESS.

IN the Senate on the 10Th the bill was
passed for the erection Of a fire proof hall OF
records at Washington. The We'll -LAbra
Mexican treaty was discussed for three
hours. LIN the House a bill was introduced
for a military exploration of Alaska; to es-
tablish n subtreaSury at Galveston; to pro-
vide for transportation of foreign mails Mr..
Dockery'S bill to extend the Immediate post.
al delivery system to packages was passed
IN the Senate on the goth a communication
from the Interior Department containing
detailed information concerning Northern
Pacific lands was laid before the Senate. Mr..
Logan reintroduced his Army bill in a new
orm. The rest of the day was given to
number of bills were reported from
committees, among them one fixing United
states district judges salaries at $1,000; also
a bill to create the office of Assistant Com
missioner of Indian Affairs; also for the re-
lief of VIM. McGarrahan. A number Of pub
Tic building bills were reported faVorably.
IN the Senate on the 21st number of
bill to authorize the Secretary of War
to settle the claim of Rev. S. w. Marten,
of st. Louis; also House bill to protect
homestead settlers within railway limits
from committees was one limiting the iuris-
diction of United States courts in pa tent
grave of General Daniel Morgan. in com.
mittee of the whole the River and HarboT
bill was taken up.
In the Senate on the 22d bill contribute
ing $4,000 for aiding in the erection of
National monument at Plymouth, Mass,
passed. The bill was reported to indem-
nifty the Chinese for the Wyoming out
RACES Several bridge bills, already passed
by the House, were favorably reported
After some debate on the Land Grant Tax
bill. the Inter Estate Commerce bill was
taken up and discussed. lin the House the
Indian Appropriation bill was reported with
Senate amendments, and conference com
mittee appointed. Several bills of minor
Importance from, the judiciary committee
were passed, after which the River and Har-
bor bill was taken up in committee of the
whole
THE Senate was not in session on the
23d......-.In the House the committee of
the whole continuation of Thursdays ses-
sion) considered the River and HarboI
bill for an hour. Fridays session then be-
gan with the reading of the Preside nt's
message on the labor troubles. Debate
ensued on the question of reference, which
finally ended by the message being sent
to the labor committee. The private calen-
dar was then taken up in committee Of the
whole.
Iron County register., 1886-04-29
POWDERLY GETTING TIRED.

The General Master Workman Complains
of Being Misquoted and Made the Sub
ject of Bogus Interviews.
PHILADELPHIA, April %. - General
Master Workman Powderly was to-day
asked what he thought of the situation in
the West. He said;
81 am not prepared to make any state
ment. The papers have published all
have to say about it and much that have
not said. have been credited with many
interviews never held. Yes, it has been
charged that Mr.. Irons was working in
the interest of the gamblers, but 1 place
no belief in the assertion. You must
not ask me to express my opinion of the
merits of the strike. have been so fire.
quently misstated that prefer to say moth
ing about it. So far as my dealings with
Jay Gould are concerned, he not only
deceived me, but he deceived all Wall
street. / never used such language
toward him as have been credited with;
nor did ever claim victory or state, as
New York paper credited me with
Going, that he was 'squelched.' Such re-
ports have done me and the cause rep
resent great harm, and are very unjust.
The reports that l have stated that 1
would not be a gubernatorial candidate is
true. have frequently said l would not,
and l will not"
Iron County register., 1886-04-29
Eight Hours on Saturday.

Boston, April 26.-The master masons
of the Master Builders Association of
Boston have issued a lengthy report to
the Bricklayers' Assembly of the knights
of Labor, covering the consideration of
the various labor questions by the former
at recent meeting. The report recon.
mends that the whole question of the re-
duction of the hours of labor be aban-
doned till more propitious time; that
the rate of wages and the time of weekly
payment remain as at present, but that on
Saturday eight hours will be accepted as
a days work.
Iron County register., 1886-04-29
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

HEAVY undervaluations of German
cloths, buttons and braid have been dis
covered at New York.
| THE total number of lives lost in the
great fire at Stry, in Galicia, was 49,
| SIX Italian laborers were burned to
death and three others badly injured in a
sleeping shanty at Alton, Pa, on the oath.
| 1T is not thought probable that Congress
will be able to adjourn before the 1st OF
August.
A DEPUTATIoN of British medical sci.
entists are at Paris studying Pasteur's sys-
tenn.
A REIGN of terror exists in Grant County,
Wis, owing to the lawless acts of gang
of tramps and horse-thieves.
EDWARD HANLAN proposes to hold an
international regatta at Toronto bay June
8 and 5.
SENATOR CALL, of Florida, is credited
with sentence containing three hundred
and eighty-six words, the longest ON rec
ord in Congress.
HENRY U. SMITH, prominent Michigan
farmer, while drunk, attempted to enter the
house of merchant at Port Huron, and
was shot and killed by the latter.
A BOY named Terry O'Donald was IA
tally shot at Danville, Ind, on the oath by
a sixteen-year-old normal student named
j. r. Miller.
GREAT damage has been done to light
houses along the st. Lawrence in Canada
by ice-jams and floods.
HENRY FRYER, a gate-keeper at Druid
Hill park, Baltimore, Md, was found dead
on the 9th, hanging head down from
tree. ON which he had been training a wild
rose vine.
A LoYALIsT meeting was held at Glas-
cow on the oath, and the usual collisions
took place between Catholics and Orange
men.
GEORGE DowNEY, assaulted with an axe
by John A. Erskins at Bennett, Neb., few
DAYS ago, has died from his injuries.
AN iron tower, 9S4 feet high, is to be
erected on the grounds of the coming IN
ternational exposition at Paris.
THE rumor that st. Louis parties are to
be summoned as witnesses in the Pan
Electric investigation is again renewed.
A RUSSIAN woman who was bitten by
mad wolf and went to Paris to be treated
by Pasteur, died of hydrophobia on the
25th.
FOREST l.. PUSNEY, editor and proprl-'
etor of the Oakdale (Neb.) journal, ha5
been held for trial on charge OF lnfantlA
eide.
THE ignorant Galicia peasantry are dam
gerously excited over a rumor that the
government intends to restore the forced
labor laws and that the aristocrats are
to massacre the PoAsh peas
ants.
NUMEROUS iron-clads are congr6satIng
OF Piraeus. the port of Athens.
Iron County register., 1886-04-29
BAD MARKSMAN.
The Nightly Shooting at East st. Lou
But No One Hurt.


But No One Hurt.
EAST ST. Louis, April 25.-About
twelve O'Clock last night the report of a
pistol shot followed by five rifle shots in
quick succession and after an interval of
about ten seconds three more rife shots
were heard in the direction of the Louis
vile & Nashville yards. Great excitement
prevailed at headquarters, and General
Reece ordered out Company A, Captain
Able, of Rock Island, Sixth regiment,
who had retired for the night in the
coaches near the Relay Depot, to start at
Once on the double-quick for the Louis
viIle& Nashville yards. The battalion of
Battery A of Danville quickly got their
Gatling gun in readiness, General Vance
with guard of men were taken on a
fat car with switch engine to the
yards, but when they reached there all
was quiet. The shooting was occasioned
by Sentinel Benbow, of Company d,
Fifth Regiment, who, while patrolling the
Louisville & Nashville yards, and in front
of a box car, was nearly hit with big
rock which passed close to his head, and
he saw man looking under car and
called on him to halt, but meeting with
no response, fred one shot at him. The
man returned the fire with volley of
stones. The sentinel then fired two more
shots at him. The man started on a run,
and other guards coming up fred several
shots at his retreating shadow. The man
made his escape, and as no tracks of
blood were discovered on his trail he is
imposed to have got away uniniured.
Iron County register., 1886-04-29

MRS. FANNY SMITH, who lived near Key.
port, N. j., in a fit of mania on the 23d,
killed one Of her children and seriously
wounded three others with an axe.
DR.. FRIscH, the Austrian delegate sent
to Paris to investigate Pasteur's hydro
phobic treatment, advises the medical pro-
fession of Austria to adopt the French
mans method.
AN attempt to blow up the church of San
Lius at Madrid, on the 23d, was partly
successful.
STEPHEN D. WHITE has applied for a
mandamus on Secretary Bayard to COM
pei him to pay to the relator, as assignee,
the tenth instalment of an award made by
the Mexican claims commission, amount :
ing to about one hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars.
FREDERICK HILLERMAN, wife and two
children were drowned while fishing in the
Auglaize river at Defiance, O., on the 23d.
1T is now understood that France will
join the Powers in an ultimatim to Greece,
insisting on disarmament, but will refuse
to Join in any naval demonstration intend
ed as coercion.
ORDERS have been issued by the Treas
ury Department for the fitting out of the
AOA
a cruise to Alaska. She is to proceed as
far north as possible and to make a thor
ough search for the crew of the wrecked
whaler Amethyst.
ROBERT FOWLER was hanged according
to programme at Morganfield, KY, on the
23d.
MARY JOHNSON, Philadelphia colored
woman, was killed on the 23d by VIM.
Bush, a former lover.
A sKIFF capsized in the river at Moline
ILL.,, on the 3d. with three young men, and
Chas. W. Schaeffer was drowned.
ATTACHMENTS amounting to Si5,0 900 have
been placed on the Bennington (Vt.) mills
and the mills have shut down. This is the
largest milling property in Vermont.
THE regatta committee at Quebec has
chosen George Hosmer, of Boston, to meet
Hanlan for three-mile sculling race on
Lake ST. Joseph on the oath of June, for
purse of ST 500.
AT New Orleans on the 23d William G.
Nessen, aged sixty-two, attempted to kill
his wife and then shot and killed himself.
JENNIE THOMPSON, fifteen years old,
committed suicide at Delavan, ILL.,, on the
23d by throwing herself under a train.
Iron County register., 1886-04-29
A Bad Wreck.

Troy, N. Y, April 24.-The Saratoga
special, due in this city at 2:1O p. m, and
running at the rate of forty miles an hour,
struck a loaded freight on Green Island
yesterday afternoon. 1t cut seven cars
and their contents into kindling wood
and badly crushed several others. Fire
man McGooty escaped by leaping from
the train. Engineer Bradshaw, of White
hall, also leaped, after setting the air.
brakes, but was caught in the timbers of
the freight and so badly injured that it is
believed that he must die. He was taken
to the hospital in this city.
Iron County register., 1886-04-29
The Baltimore Street-Car Strike.

BALTIMORE, Md, April 22.-The strik-
ing drivers of the Union Passenger Rail-
way Company arranged with the superin-
tendent yesterday evening to return to
work to-day at the old rates-one dollar
and a half-the new men to be discharged.
The officials of the other companies re.
fuse to treat with their employees. The
Federation of Labor last night passed
resolution asking all the citizens of Balti-
more to abstain from riding on the cars
being run on the lines of the North Balti-
more, the Peoples, and the Central com.
panies, until the strike is concluded.
Iron County register., 1886-04-29
Prnhahly LYnched.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, April 22.-Mrs.
VIM. Gould, the aged wife of miner,
while at spring in this county near
Pratt mines to get water, was assaulted
by strange negro, who sprang out os
the bushes. She screamed and ran, ant,
the fortunate presence near by of several
miners saved her. Ire negro ran like a
deer. In a moment the whole neighbor-
hood was alarmed, and Mr.. Cranswell,
with his pack of bloodhounds. used for
chasing escaped convicts, was put on the
fugitive's track. The pursuers returned
from tbs chase yesterday and their retic
ence Nsen as conclusive evidence that
the negro has been lynched.
Iron County register., 1886-04-29
Murderers Arrested.

OWEN SOUND, Ont, April 25.-James
King, John Wilson, Charles McCleary.
Ellen McCleary and John Mccarthy have
been arrested in connection with a horri-
BILE murder near Wharton about n month
ago, in which James Baily and his hired
man lost their lives. The girl McCleary
has made confession. She charges
King and Wilson with the eolAmission of
the crime. King and Bafly 4sere both
paying attention to her, and fredAently
quarreled. King has bad record. falr
years ago he was charged with pois0nl,sa
his sister, but was acquitted. The, niesj
liminary trial of the prisoners was BEL Y,
Yesterday, but was adjourned for q waslr.
Iron County register., 1886-04-29
Cheap at Twice the Money.

Toms RIVER, N. j., April 23.-Louie
E1ackman, the pretty schoolmistress who
created a sensation a few weeks ago at
Golfers Mills, in this county, by entering
a public school meeting and thrashing
with birch switch ex-senator Ephraim
p. Emerson, the social, political and
financial autocrat of the region, was in
dicted by the grand jury this week, upon
complaint of Mr.. Emerson. for assault
and battery. She pleaded guilty. and was
fined fifty dollars, which was promptly
paid. She SAYS it was cheap at twice the
price, and threatens to give Mr.. Emerson
another dose if he ever again says any
thing against her.
Iron County register., 1886-04-29
EXECUTIVE MANsICS, April %, l0S6.
A Hieh-Handed Measure.

BERLIN, April 23.-The Reichstag hav-
ing refused the demand of the govern
ment for a grant to establish headquar-
ters of the inspection of the Landwehr in
Berlin, the Minister of War ordered the
execution of the scheme upon his own
responsibility, taking the funds necessary
for salaries, ETC., from moneys appropri-
ated for other purposes. An excited dis
cussion is in progress over the question
of the right of the minister to take such
action.
Iron County register., 1886-04-29

THE labor Investigating committee
closed its sitting in Washington on the
23d, and the members intended to leave
for st. Louis on the 27th.
Iron County register., 1886-04-29

STRENUOUS efforts are being made to in
duce the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons
to remit the unexpired portion of Milton
Weston's sentence for manslaughter.
Iron County register., 1886-04-29

IT is reported that ex-President Arthur
Is rapidly convalescing, and that he is
very much better than at any time since
the commencement of his indisposition.
Iron County register., 1886-04-29

CHARLES MITCHELL, father of Maggie
Mitchell. the actress, died at Troy, N. Y.
on the Goth, aged eighty-three years.
Iron County register., 1886-04-29
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.

COLLECTORS BARNUM, of st. Louis, and
Hasbrook, of Kansas City, have been con-
f1rmed.
Iron County register., 1886-04-29

1t is reported that the alien cattle own
ers in the Chickasaw Nation have been or
dered to vacate.
Iron County register., 1886-04-29

THE sixty-fourth anniversary of the
birth of General Grant viii be celebrated
at the Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal
Church in Washington on Tuesday even
ing April q. Chief-Justice Waite will
preside and addresses will be made by
Senators Brown, Sherman, Logan, and
Evarts, and many other distinguished gen.
tlemen.
Iron County register., 1886-04-29

THE coke syndicate caused to be posted
throughout the Connellsville regions of
Pennsylvania on the Goth a notice volun-
tarily advancing the wages of the miners
and coke drawers from five to ten per
cent. after May 1. The increase affects all
the 10000 men who took part in the recent
successful strike.
Iron County register., 1886-04-29

THE cadets of the Michigan Military
Academy visited Mount Vernon, Va, on
the 18th, and proposed to pay their res
poets to the officers of the army and navy
on the 21st, leaving for home on the even
ing of the ed, stopping at Niagara Falls
on the way.
Iron County register., 1886-04-29

THERE were 1914 failures in the United
States and Canada during the seven days
ended the 23d, compared with 1S2 the pre-
ceding week and 215 the week previous to
that.
Iron County register., 1886-04-29

INDEPENDENT coke manufacturers, op-
perating nearly eight hundred ovens in
the McConnellsville region in Pennsyl-
vania, and employing 5000 men, have fol-
lowed the example af the coke syndicate
and advanced wages from five to ten per
cent, to take effect Nav /.
Iron County register., 1886-04-29

STATE PRISON KEEPER LAvERTY of New
Jersey was found guilty of one of :he
charges against him, and he has been dis
missed from Office and disqualified from
holding any Office of honor, trust or profit
In the State hereafter
Iron County register., 1886-04-29

A PANIC was created on the Goth in the
Exposition building at indianapolis, Ind,
by the escape fro-n their cage of several
lions. A plucf,y keeper finally beat the
brutes into submission, but not before he
had received a painful flesh wound.
Iron County register., 1886-04-29

THE bond of William L. Trenholm as
Comptroller of the Currency was approved
by the acting Secretary and the Solicitor
of the Treasury on the 10Th, and he subse-
quently qualified and entered upon the
duties of that office. The bond is for $780,
600
Iron County register., 1886-04-29

Mr.. SULLIVAN, Lord Mayor Of Dublin,
says that while Gladstone's Home-Rule
bill is not equal to the ideal of the Nation
alists, yet it is a measure that Ireland will
honorablY accept.
Iron County register., 1886-04-29

The visible supply of wheat in the United
States and Canada, with the quantity
afioat for Europe, on the 23d amounted to
65,60S, ,4S3 bushels, against "a $50 ,9S1 bushels
one year ago, and of corn 10 9,235 ,026 bush
els, against IL, 1927 ,195 bushels last year.
Iron County register., 1886-04-29

THE city ministers of Cleveland, O.,
headed by Bishop Beden of the Episcopal
Church, are preparing to boycott the Sun
day secular newspapers. Confidential cir
culars have been issued to clergymen, and
all have been urged to join the moveIhent
and denounce Sunday papers from their
pulpits on May 2.
Iron County register., 1886-04-29

ACTING SECRETARY FAIRCHILD has re-
ceived full report from Collector Hagar
at San Francisco in regard to the recep-
tion of the new Chinese Minister at that
port. 1t does not differ, excepting in
length, from reports previously received.
Iron County register., 1886-04-29

MRS. HENRY AGNEw was arrested in
Philadelphia on the 21st on a charge of
arson, her residence, in which the furni-
ture was heavily insured, being recently
discovered on fire ten times within four
Iron County register., 1886-04-29

THE jury in the case of General Shaler,
ON trial in New York for bribery, failed to
agree and were discharged. 1t is under
stood they stood eight for acquittal and
four for conviction
Iron County register., 1886-04-29

The Treasury Department has received
certificate of $25, 900 in the case of Geo.
Q. Cannon, of Utah, who was held in that
amount of bail and which was forfeited
by reason of his failure to appear for trial.
Iron County register., 1886-04-29

CAPTAIN THOMAS KERR, a boat builder
for forty years, and well known along the
river from Pitts burgh to New Orleans,
died at his home in Freedom, Pa, on the
10Th, aged seventy eight years.
Iron County register., 1886-04-29

Ill the New York street railways were
tied up except the Eighth and Ninth av-
enue roads, on the 10Th, the men on all the
lines having struck pending the settlement
of the Third avenue line troubles. Some
serious rioting took place during the day.