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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-07-14
FULL OF rUMs

-~IIavc you something One In tAs
way Of imported cigarsr' inquired .
Yorkville dude Of tho doaler. Yes
SIR" tho dealer replied 'Them two.
fer-fve Jersey seedlings is having
big run"
Ia gcnteel carver" says . book
ON ctiquctts. .always sits when ho
carvcs" Carvers who get on the tablo
and have wrestling match with tho
chicken are known by some other
mama -Rooksstsf Krprssa q H.
Twill you allow me to sleep in the
tsn-acre lot back Of the barn. ma ami"
pleaded the tramp Certainty. TO-
sponded tho woman. kindlys land
here are a couple of matches in case
it should turn cold before morning"
Life. =
Miss Gushington (enjoying .
ride)-'I think you have . lovely
horse. Mr.. do Lyle. About what does
such a fine horse cost? Mr.. Dc
Lyle Two dollars an hou-oh-er-
yeA that horse is worth about eight
hundred dollars. Miss Gushington."
Epoch af
Wife 10 extravagant hnsband)
.:Hor Heavens sake. George. don't
spend so much money needlessly.
Don't ycu know you ought to lay
something by for n rainy dayT Hns-
band-"I have done that dear"
"What. I should like to knoW?'
Husband-"A gum coat love-
Washington Critic. IN
-.Oh. no. madam" pleaded tho
tramp 'you may think my life all
sunshine. but it amt. Wherever
90 am bcset with dangers In short.
ma am. carry my life in my hands"
'.Ah. l see?' exclaimed his temporary
hostess .qhat accounts for your not
washing your hands You don't dare
to do it for fear you'll drown your.
self" "-Boston Transcript gssH
Mistress (pumping)-'Hold the
pitcher under the spout Bridget!"
Biddy OGalway (undcr training)-
Oh, Mother NV Moses! Locke!
Sich a t'ipgi All yez have to do is &c
bc shakin' ihat stick. an yes eei
hould o one ind o. tho wather. an
fist pull ont rope Of it Sich . Ting
Sure. ma am. tho on'y kind q . pump
we have In Ireland is a bucket W.
Punch "
-Petulant Wifc-''Thas horrid old
English clock you paid 20 much for
last week. MI. Chippendale. h always
hours ahcal Of the correct limo J
told you not to buy it and you'd d bsttsr
return II at onc.." Gooil-humOrcd
Husband That's because you would
not le. mo stand it whore wanted to-
my dear Cooked up there at tho very
head of the stair. the poor old thing is
probably unable to resist the continual
temptation to run down "-Jad9G =
Railroad Superintendent during
big strike) Have you had any az
pcriencc in managing locomOtiye4'
Applicant-.:Not exactlyi but my wife
and successfully started the kitchen
fire with kerosene for three years
without getting blown mp" ''Eurekai
John. tell the president I've found .
man brave enough to run flycr
Omaha World
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-07-14
Saved by . Little Dog.

l hear the following from friend in
Buda-Pesth. A few days ago the new
Bishop Of Waitzen. in Hungary. was
sitting at dinner in his own house with
seven friends. when. all at once. small
dog belonging to him ran up and. seiz-
ing the tail of his coat, tried to pull
him towards his bedroom door, which
opened into the dining-room. At first
he drove the animal away. but il
whined piteOusly and his guests ad-
viscd him to see what it wanted. The
bcd-roOm door was thrown open. and
by the light from the dining-rOom the
Bishop and his friends discovered .
man hidden under the bed armed with
large knife. He was dragged out
and made to confess that he. had es-
capped from the town Jail and was Dent
On robbery.-Hissx0 Letter.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-07-14
THE AMERICAN MOOSE.


Of the Deer Family.
Tho moos. (Alce Americanus) is
really an elk. being nearly identified
with the elk Of Europe. Is the largest
animal of the deer kind. standing
from fourteen to sixteen feet high at
the shoulders and weighing eight
hundred to one thousa and two hundred
pounds With head and ears like an
overgrown jackasa wide-spreading
palmafed horns clumsy. unsym-
mctrical body. and long legs. the ami
NAL Is vet one of the hcctcst and most
untiring dcnizens of the forest. 1t
will 60 all day at a trot which would
distance a good horse; dash through
dense thickets on run as fleet as the
wind. and leap over barriers which
would appal the stoutest steeplc-
chaser. When driven to bay it turns
on its pursuer and is formidable an
tagonist. These animals are found
sparingly in Maine. where they may
legally be hunted. without dogs from
the 1st OF September to the LIST Of
January. and a few still lingcr in the
great forest region Of Northern New
York. where hunting them at any time
is absolutely prohibited.
They are much more numerous In
the forests Of Can ada and as far north
rs Labrador Like all other members
of the deer family. they shed their
antlcrs every winter. and new ones
grow the next summer. Additional
prongs appear with each years growth
until tho animal has passed the period
Of its greatest vigor. when the antlers
gradually diminish. year by year.
Efforts have been made to domesticate
the flee. and powerful animals; but
however mild they may bo at other
tines . full-grown ''bull" moose.
when its antlers arc in perfect con-
diiion. is intractablo and dangerous
scorning the dominion Of man. The
Wapiti (Cervus Canadensis). which is
commonly called an elk in this coun-
try. is in reality . stag. closely re.
sembling its European congcner Of
that name. .-Amcrican A0riculturisG
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-07-14
"OEvll'S LAKE"


why the Name oe This Beastlfal shsse q
40 water Sbssla H Chsnssa. y .ss
There is rather . peculiar history
connected with the origin Of the name,
Devils Lake" Mime Wakan"
was the Indian name for this lake.
'.Alinuc" signifies water. and ''wak-
kan'' means spirit. hence tho transla-
tion into English is spirit laka"
After an electric storm. the most beau
tiful miragcs. as wonderful as any Of
those OH the Sahara Desert are seen
over the region Of this lake. The Pret-
ty landscapes and scenery surround.
ing the lake are reproduced with vivid
effect in the air. but the trees and
other parts Of tho landscape arc, in
vcrtcd With the constant changing
Of the relative positions Of tho clouds
and sun over the water. thcro follows
shifting panorama Of tho 0rial
scenes. floating above. and i 10
at times really an awe-inspiring
exhibition Of the mysterious
phenomena Of nature. The Indians
could not solve this problem. and to
their untutOred minds the strange
scenes were the manifestations Of
spirits Therefore they called the
body Of water tho spirit Lake"
Years afterward the whites began to
visit this lake. and when they would
attempt to drink the water tho In
dians would say. in their own Ian.
guagc. '.Minnc Waken seche." the
translation Of which is spirit Lake
is bad water to drink" The salt in
the water prevented it from being
used for drinking. Tho whites mis-
interpreted the Indian phrase and
thought it signiiied bad spirit or
dcvil in tho lake" which made tho
water unfit for drinking Tho whites
are so much given to such names as
Helrs Half Acre and Hclrs Gate that
they Immediately called this water
tho 'Devirs Lake" The Indian
name is more musical and mellifluous
by far. and it should be the cstab.
lished geographical name Of the lake
-He6er II Creel. ~ s. Lesss Globe.
Democrat ~stso, IT,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-07-14
What Charley Needed.

PA. did you hear Charley sercnad.
ing mo last nightf" said Mabel q,
breakfast.
"Humph. Ishould say So" was the
shortly spoken response
doesn't he sing perfectly loveIyT'
The old gentleman didn't say any
thing but jabbed his fork ferociously
into . piece cf steak
Il mover heard any thing like
Charley's singing" she went on. ii,
is as sweet 40 birds"
Yes" said her father; I've
thought when l heard Charley sing
that tho one thing he needed was
featherA And with Q bucket Of tar
and . pillow think ! could give him
a pretty good outfit" - Asrehsss
If0re'eE.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-07-14

with magnificent spurt, and healing
the wolf at tho entrance OF rocky
place on one side of a deep copse
brought him to bay. and by q series of
wonderful maneuvers foilcd his saw
age attacks until the other dogs came
up
Then followed - desperate and
fierce struggle for life on tho part
Of tho wolf as any wild animal ever
made. At the beginning Of the fight
Latry. tho pclt gatherer was dcter-
mincd 10 end it thero and then BY
shooting tho wolf through the head.
but believing that these four dogs
ought to be able 10 got away with one
wolf and rs tho contest promised to
be worth moro than the VOLTS pelt VIC
prevented tho trapper's interference.
At the beginning Of the fight the dogs
wcre not particularly anxious to rush
matters. but circlcd around tho snap
ping and snarling beast cautiously.
watching for . chance to give him an
occasional nip on the flank by way Of
keeping him in proper temper. The
VOLTS tactics were 50 mastery and
his movements SO quick that he seemed
TO keep his front to each ono of the
dogs constantly. although they were
on all sides Of him He did not hcsi.
tatc 10 rush upon a dog. which he did
with savage fury. but instantly he
would be seized from behind by an.
other one. and like fash would turn
on him. At last the taste of tho wolf s
blood the dogs had got from their
many nips at his hanks spurrcd them
on to more decisive action. and. as il
moved by prcarrangement each one
of the four sprang simultaneously
upon the wolf One of them sprang
with his throat between the VOLTS
powerful jaws. and the life was torn
out Of him in a second. Two of the
dogs had succeeded in getting hold
of the wolf. ono on one side of his
neck and the second on the other side.
The third dog caught the wolf in the
flank. They held on. although the
wolf dashed them against the rocks
and swept them through tho thick
bushes until they were bruised and
bleeding and until the wolf itself was
overcome by his efforts and he fell to
tho ground.
'Instantly the dog that held him by
the flank released his hold. and bv
quick movement sank his teeth in the
worlf $ throat The struggle was soon
over. then. and the wolf gave two or
three convulsivc gasps and died.
Later the trappcr said Il was the big
gest black wolf ,hc ever saw. We
found that three of his legs were
broken. and that his head was almost
severed from his body by tho assaults
Of the three dogs upon his neck and
throat Onc Of our dogs had a broken
leg and had TO be shot. and the other
two were badly cut and bruised. one
of them SO that hc was never able to
hunt again. S. the scvcn wolves that
we killed that day cost us Eve valuable
hounds. ."-Harris6urg (Ra) Cor n
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-07-14

A sheriff was searching . house.
where it was supposed that 9 thief
had concealed . valuable harnesAo ~
he peere,l iuto dark clpeet the Hjfl
OF the thief remarked: That sloset4
sir. contains absolutely nothisG ex,
ccpt my own wearing afpara!s" a
Then, what's Alaist" gchi1DolbeAQ
shsriG. clutchings At .the.a1n1en ,UXpi
srty. my wife don't wear any such
ircmsnd ous iSotln' risgss >. iSs,:s's
DSyoI Free tss&
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-07-14
MOTHER IS LOCAL"

me weather Is cross" the children say,
Vt else sorgets IT'S holiday"
oown IN torrents the cold rain pours
NO Chick OK child may peep out OF doora
Sood little scholars, the school weck throusA,
On saturday pant for some thing To dc.
ana when the fun begins to flag,
"hat 10 SO fine as game OF tags
Over the carpets 60 nimble feet,
noyish laughter peals loud and sweet
Mother is goal.' the racers cry,
10 mother in turn the racers ny.
Dear little sons. in life's real race,
When hardest you struggle to win your plaee,
1rcssed by pursuers that mean you i'll,
Hother is goal be your watch. word still.
Mary d. Eruce, in ST. NichOsoe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-07-14
JAPAN'S TOY HOUSES.
Little Structures That Arc EASILY Made
and Quickly Destroyed.

Little Structures That Arc EASILY Made
and Quickly Destroyed.
The Japanese get their share OF
adventure by flood. although their
disasters in the rainiest season are
small things compared to the recent
food in China. where the Yellow
river burst its banks. drowned
leo. 600 people and rendered unin-
habitablc the valley where 1000. 600
people lived. The big figures in Japan
csc records of tlisas cr are in connection
with fires. In the season of cold winds
the sky is illuminated every week with
the glow of great confagration either
hero or in Toxic. and il the Japanese
were not used to it such continued d
Affections might be taken for visita-
ton of Providence.
The Aimsy little wooden houses.
with their straw mats. arc kindlings
for fire, and when lamp explodcs.
. brazier upsetA or spark flies the
whole house is i'm flames in an instant.
Without any thing Of breeze TO fav-
or it the flames leap from house to
house. and soon whole quarter Is
blazing. Each time burned district
is rebuilt tho streets are widencd. and
this measure has prevented many
worse confiagrations following Wild
cning the streets has becn ruinous to
picturesquencsS and tho broad thor.
oughfarcs lined with low houses Of un-
painted wood make tho streets of a
modern Japanese city monotonous and
uninterosting to the eye.
Japanese houses arc toys in size and
construction. resting on corner posts
set on large rocks. that they may give
and sway with earthquakes. and held
in place and made stable By the heavy
roof Of mud and tiles The only
way of stemming fro is to tear down
tho houses in advance of the flames
and 1t Is done as easily as a child
knocks over = house Of blocks or
cards A rope is fastened to one Of
the upright corner posts. the crowd
gives ono pull. and there is a crash
and . cloud OF dust as the shell of
mud and tiles falls upon the himsy
dwelling. A thatchcd roof or shin
gle roof drops quite as easily. The
ordinary house or shop in the towns
seldom exceeds twelve feet in 'front.'
age. and IL there is . second story il
. quite ~ much in miniature. and the
roof not more iisSa fifteen feet from
the ground. 1t sounds frighiful to
hear Of i've hundred or 4 thousand
houses being burned in . night but
with :h"sa jiliputian dwellings and
their microscopic landscape gardens
back Of them. the area need not be
more than two or four small city
plOcks.-- I0k0k0m0 Letter.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-07-14
WOMEN IN MoRMoNooM.
l'o0r Oeluded Creatures Who aro 1hoes
oughly Sincere In Their Dellol.

t'o0r Oelud0d Cre oturcs Who aro 1b0es
oaghly Sincere In Their Belief.
Whatever tho men may be. / bo.
lievc the women arc sincere. especial.
ly tho foreignerA who arc ignorant In
the extreme and show it in their faces
and speech and manners Among
the better classes. however. the won,-
on are intelligent and refined and
well educated. sending their sons to
college and their daughters to Europe.
and living in every respect like their
wealthy Gentle neighborA Some OF
them profess to be very happy with
their sisters IS they call their hus.
bands wives. whilc others openly de-
nounco q system which has brought
50 much evil to them
In a pretty cottage near our hotel
was . Scotch woman who talked FREQ.
ly upon the subject Shc married her
husband. who was much older than
herself because asked to do %
by his wife, with whom she
lived happily for . time. Then
fierce jcalousies and quarrels en-
sued and. they lived q cat-and-dog lifc
until the old man threw bomb into
the camp BY telling them he was about
to marry Rose: q fair.haircd 6~ede OF
twenty. Then the first and second
became unit and wagcd war against
tho thirl. whose charms. however. pro.
vailed. and she came to rule over them
until tho first wife died and the second
packed up her goods and left the field
10 Rose. whose blue-eyed babies saw.
together with her husband. . man Of
seventy or moro.
I was taken to the Lion House to
call upon Eliza Snow. q widow Of the
great apostle. who had. when he died.
eighteen wives not including Ann
Eliza. and forty-seven or fifty. chill
dren. The room in which l was re-
ceived was . pleasant. home like
apartment. with many portraits Of tho
Youngs upon tho walls and among
them one Of Brigham. Sister Eliz I.
as sho was called. had been tho wife
Of Joseph Smith. tho first expoundei
OF Mormonism. and was about eighty
years of age. with the sweet. placid
face of one who. having outlived
the joys and sorrows of life. was
patiently waiting for the end. She was
very intelligent and we'll informed.
and talked freely upon various sub.
jccts. especially that of polygamy. in
which she fully believed rs something
sacred and holy. alleging many argu.
ments in its defense. ono Of which was
that as women as a class. are much
purer than men. it is better for atoune
girl to bc sixth in tho love of . good
man than first in tho heart Of bad
one. Shc was a Mormon. and had
been the wife Of man of many wives.
and on that point had no sympathy
with her. but she impressed mo rs =
sincere Christian woman. with moth.
ing in hcr religion except polygamy
which tho most rigid Evangelist could
not indorse; and when not long ago !
heard that she was dead ! felt sure
that shc had fcun tho rest sho was
waiting FIR when. on tho steps Of the
Lion House. with the moonlight falling
on her silvery hair. she gave me her
blessing and said goodbye forever
Nary J. Holmes. in PHILADELPHIA Press
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-07-14
PECULIAR ERRORS

slips Of the Tongue Alasls bv E,oq uen,
Preachers and Lsymen.
The numerous funny errors mado BY
eminent men would. il put together
make amusing reading. A we'll
known country clergyman in England,
while reading q certain Psalm il
church ON Sunday. took his eyes of
his book for an instant and could moi
regain his stopping place so that the
sexton had to como to the rescue. On
reaching home the clergyman's wife
pointed out to him that bo had halted
Just at the words: his place could no.
where be found" having reference te
tho cphcmeral fourishing Of the un-
godly.
l once heard a young man preach
at Methodist Church in England
and he alluded to the marriage oi
a young nObleman with . 'pheas-
ants daughter. and addod: 'imagine
this young Lord at the wedding in
costly attiro and his poor bride in
pheasant drcss!" A dress OF feathers
must have given her '.aighty" ap-
pearance.
know a minister's son. too. who
as is customary with laymcn IN In
gland--read tho Sunday lessons fol-
his father and on ono occasion said a,
the beginning Of . lesson: Here
beginneth thc-chapter Of the Gospel
according St. Acts" He did moi
know it until informed Of It after
ward
About q year ago I heard Bishop
Potter. Of Now York. say in address
ing number Of young people he had
lust confirmed: These persons on
whose hands I have Just had the privi-
lege Of laying my head"
Another New York preacher / heard
recently warn his hearers against 'igo-
ing down the sarro,0 road leading to
destruction"
Speaking OF this. 1t may not be out
of place to quote the words said to
have been uttered some years ago BY
q certain Southern orator: "Dar arc
two roads frew dis worr-de one am
de broad an narrer road lcadin' 10 de-
struction an de uddcr am de narrer
an broad road dat leads to sure per-
dition." Ii dat am de case" said a
hearer: 'tdis cullud individual takes
to do woods!" Detroit Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-07-14
Tho new strawberry bed should

Tho new strawberry bed should Be
prepared as soon as. tho weather will
permit The young plants should be
set out in the rows early. 50 rs to get
the benefit Of the spring rains D.y
winds and lack Of moisture causes
some Of tho plants 10. perish. and the
more growth made by the timc the
warm days shall come on. the better
10th for runners and plants IN rows
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-07-14

"A sharp Maine constable opened
q cement barrel the other day ON sns-
picion He found it packed soli.lly
with sand. vet down. and in the mid.
IL. Of the barrel was . twenty,gallon
kcg Of Whisky. .-FIE7t ".
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-07-14

Tho only time IN Anarchist has
his heart in his work IS when it rises
70 his mouth -kew Havsw Registss.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-06-08
Memorial Day Programme.

Procession will be formed at ii a.
IN, sharp, at the Court House, under
the marshalship of Mr.. David How
ell, and move in successive order to
the Methodist and Episcopal grave
yards and Edge Hill Cemetery, at
which last named place Rev. DR.. A.
C. Hopkins, President of the Lee
Memorial Association, will preside,
and the following order OF services
will be observed:
Music by Band.
Vocal Music by Choir
Prayer.
Introduction of Speaker by Mon. w.
l.. Wilson.
Grafton by Gen. w. ii. F. Lee.
Collection to raise funds for Head
stones to Confederate Graves.
Music by Band.
Vocal Music by Choir.
Poem by Hon d. B. Lucas.
Vocal Music by. Choir
Benediction.
Music by Band and Strewing of
Flowers, after which the procession
will be reformed and move to the
Court House, and there be dismiss
ed.
The merchants and business men
of the town are respectfully request
ed to close their places of business
from ii A. NJ. to 1:30 P. Nor until
the memorial ceremonies at Edge
Hill Cemetery are concluded.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-06-08
PERSONALS.

YRS. L. w. Latimer WAS called to
Shepherdstown last Saturday by the
illness of her mother.
Jos. Trapnell, pupil at Captain
Kable's school in Staunton is home
for the summer vacation.
DR.. W. w. Brown is in attendance
at meeting Of the University Re-
gents, at Morgantown, this week.
Senator Pasco's family and Miss
Eyaline Thrasher, of Florida, are at
Mrs. Miller's, where they will spend
the summer.
L. Lee Shirley and Jas. Aldridge,
two of our popular society young
men, left here last Monday for sew
eral weeks visit to friends in Lou
doun county, Va, and Frederick
county, Md.
Mr.. Claibourne Green returned
home last Tuesday evening from
St. Paul, Mimi. He is employed on
the editorial staff of the West Pub
fishing Co., of that place, and is now
ON a short leave of absence, but says
he is not certain whether he will re-
turn or not.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-06-08
Wonderful Cures.

w. d. Hoyt & Co., Wholesale and
Retail Druggists of Rome GA, say:
We have been selling DR.. Kings
New Discovery, Electric Bitters and
Bucklens Arnica Salve for four years.
Have never handled remedies that
sell as well, or give such universal
satisfaction. There have been some
wonderful cures effected by these
medicines in this city. Several cas-
es of pronounced Consumption have
been entirely cured by use Of a few
bottles ofDr. Kings New Discovery,
taken in connection with Electric
Bitters. We guarantee them always.
Sold by Frank Jones.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-06-08
Who Is Your Best Friend?

Your stomach of course. Why?
Because il it is out of order you are
one of the most miserable creatures
living. Give it fair, honorable
chance and see if il is not the best
friend you have in the end. Don't
smoke in the morning. Don't drink
in the morning. fyou must smoke
and drink wait until your stomach
is through with breakfast. You can
drink more and smoke more in the
evening and it viii tell ON you less.
If YOUR food ferments and does not
digest right,-If you are trubled
with Heartburn, Dizziness of the
food after eating, Biliousness, Indi-
gestion, or any other truoble of the
stomach, you had best use Green $
August Flower, as no person can
use it without immediate relief.