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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-01-07
he WROTE TOO WELL.


Why D1saDeas Men Do Not vast Flour
Sshes q Their Books.
''Yes, that is certainly very fine pen
manship." A reporter was examining
handsomely written letter which /:
young man was exhibiting ~ a speci
men OF his skill
You ought to b able to get good
situation rs book-keeper?"
so I thought when l first came "a
this city. But haven't succeeded vet. {"
'.Why not?'
"Therc are good many reasons. In
the first place I am q graduate of a
business COLLEGE. That is regarded as
a bar by large number Of business
men. In the next place 1 am stranger
in New York. and lastly write too
we'll"
Write too welle''
'Yes. have answered every advcr-
tisement calling for book-keepcr that
has appeared in the daily papers for =
month past and have only heard in re-
ply to three. Each of the men who
wrote to me said that my penmanship
was too fine. l find that business men
don't like nourishes on their hunks.
They don't want copperplatc penman-
ship. One man said to me that he
wanted . book-kceper whose chiro-
graPhy showed more individualitv-
more character than mine. And sol
lost the situation. 1t is my experience
that plain. flowing. rapid hand is tho
very best that an applicant for clerical
work can have"
What do You propose to do?''
Il have not decided. NAV ,ecurs
work IS . card writer. or teacher Of
penmanship. II I can do that should
like IL. but If fail in that direction I
shall try and unlearn all the fancy pcp-
manship I acquired. I shall adopt a
plain but graceful style Of writing, and
shall conceal my business college edu-
cation from . merchant IS though IL
were disgrace. Idon't known whether
my experience is that Of most appli-
cants for clerical work in thi. city, but
] am satisfied that I am right and shall |
govern myself accordingly."-M =.
1sia s'sd Express
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-01-07

SAEE, permanent and complete arc the
cures OF bilious and intermittent diseases.
made by Prickly Ash Bitters. Dyspepsia,
genera! debility, habitual constipation, liver
and kidney complaints are speedily eradi-
Gated from the system. Il disinfects,
and vigor arc obtained more rapidly and
permanently BY the use Of this great natural
antidoto than by any other remedy hereto
fore known. As blood purifier and tonic
e brings health, renewed energy and vital
~ 70 worn and diseased body.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-01-07
HERE AND THERE.

Proper use in the house of the
garden products is quite as much q
part of the comfort and profit to be
derived from gardening as tho grow.
ing Of them.
On November over fifty persons
came over the Canadian border. bound
to the Southern States A majority
were well-to-tlo farmers with solid
bone and sturdy muscle
The En- glish sparrow is perhaps
the wors: foreign arrival we ever al.
mitted 10 our shores He is worse
than a paspeE He is wore than an
Anarchist. 81 Losis Republican
Alfalfa. herds grass. timothy. Jap
anese clover. timothy and clover
mixed. red top millet and clover. Bcr-
muda and peavine hay. are each shown
by splendid samples at the Exposition
Of Arkansas.
Mr. w. N. Watson. of Campbells.
Fla. lately carried fifty head Of goats
from Valdosta. Ga, to his Florida
home. where he will try the expert
ment Of supplying the people with
goats milk this winter
-Ez we git old we KANT do nigh so
much work ez we could wen we wuz
young. but it peer like we do it better
De apples on cr young tree grows big
ger den da do on er ole tree. but da
amt SO sweet -ArkansaW Traveller.
1t is unnecessary to cover lawns
with rank stable manure until they
loo K like barnyard. 1t may do the
8 rass good il free from foul seed. but
pulverizcd poultry manure will suf-
enrich il. and soon settle out
of sight Occasionally . dressing of
superphosphate or wood ashes is very
american Garden
mo man need give himself con-
fern about the South. Blessed by
nature. and TO be blessed henceforth
BY circumstanc she threatens moth
ing unless il be the Business suprem-
ICY Of the North. Once again in tho
house Of the fathers. she Is there to
'tay. and she dreams only of peace.
and entire contentment.
Now prepare vegetable and herb
by gathering the fresh leaves.
Hing large-mouihcd bottles with
hem. pouring ON white wine. brandy.
roof spirit or vinegar: and letting
hem Steep two weeks. closely corked.
Winter savOry. sweet marjoram. sweet
'asil INVALUABLE for n,ock.turtle soup).
elery. eschalots. chilies. mint and tar.
agOn are much finer in essence this
ray than dried.-6wsaw P0Cey, in
lmeyic0a Garden
North Carolina seems to DO falling
ITO line with the grass growing
tates judging from this item in a re-
snt number Il the North Cdvoiisa
6rmer: The Warrenton Gazette
lates the encouraging fact that not .
arioad Of hay or corn has been
rought to that market during the
Mt season. o. the contrary. some
The merchants have been shipping
y - The NortherR markets This
progress. and we take OF our hat to
y industrious farmegs At Warrsn."
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-01-07

a& seeing her charms Of face and form Dc.
parting, and her health imperiled BY funo-
tional Irregularities, 1t her critical period
Of life, was turned to joy and gratitude
Favorite Prescription. It purified and en-
riched her blood, gave healthy activity to
the kidneys, stomach, bowels and other
organs, and her return to robust health
speedily followed. It is the only medicine
Tor women, sold BY druggists, under pos
that It viii give satisfaction in every casa
Or money viii be refunded. This guarantees
has been printed on the bottle.Wrapuer.
and faithfully carried out for many ycsrs'
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-01-07

AT the restaurant after the play:
He-"Absinthe ID . terrible drink. Il
goes right to the brain" She (vcry
weary)-''Indeed! Drink some, Charlie.
and ist's ses Il you have any."-zbvs
1epica
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-01-07

1have recently received . number Of
inquiries about strawbery-growing
from residents of the South. periicu-
larry the Gulf SeaAea Although have
been II these 6aaae4 ] can not answer
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-01-07

Hard indeed u The lot Of the unfortunate
teoiler who. in consequence Of I'll health,
loses the task which won him and his fam.
" hreadl But recovered through the aid
OF Hostetter's Stomach Bittefs, and rein
stated IN his lost place, how he must bless
the great restorative! Il is incompatible
for debility, rheumatism, kidney and bad
der complaints, fever and ague, and bilious
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-01-07

MOSQUITO would never make q sood
S snSssu!cA manager He never changes -
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-01-07

A CHICAGO druggist retailed over 10000
"Tansil's Punch &c Cigars in four months.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-01-07

THROAT DISEASES commence with . Cough.
Cold or Sore Throat Broen's Bvomekisi
zSoeAes" give immediate relief. Sod salD
q hQ1es pric0 8 eta
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-01-07

THB most . rascal win Do for Q living Il
% do" Other peoplA-PidsysaG
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-01-07

wD Boyton dimes while floating o. the
waves hs never: complains Of his hllow
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-01-07

THxD usually leaf only once . year, bao
eea leaves the year round-ReeAestsv Poo.
Expessa
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-01-07

A VAC with funny tale u Q do9Red sorH
Of IN individual ST PsuI Ayald
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-01-07

TIE Pleasure Of the bath II greatly en-
hanced By using 0lenn's Sulphur Soap
8ilps Hair and Whisker Dye, tOc. The best
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-01-07
A Young Girl's Grief

WHEx does . bullet resemble . sheeps
When Il graxeA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-01-07

the track to the salt bed. has been
obliged to grade the road for ZOO feet
with blocks of these crystals. This is
the only instance where the roadbed is
laid and ballasted on salt. The sea
which once rolled over this place dried
up and left vast bed Of salt nearly
fifty miles long. The supply is inex.
haustible and the quality excellent
Mr.. C. v. Boys has been very sue.
cessful in drawing out glass and several
sorts of minerals into extremely thin
threads. Some minerals. he says, b.
have like glass, while others win not
draw at all. being either perfectly fluid,
like water. or. when cooler. perfectly
rigid" Quartz yields remarkably mi. |
mute threads. in some cases taperipR
down to size beyond the power Of the |
microscope to resolve" At the proper
temperature IN emerald can also be
drawn out into an excessively 6ne /
thread.-N r Ledger.
"A horse owned BY . farmer near
Lewistown. Me-. il often used to run .
machine for cutting fodder. " late is
owner has been much annoyed At the
frequent stopping Of the horsepower.
especially when the horse was left
alone. The other day the farmer played
the spy. and saw the horse. Is soon a
the animal thought hs was alone, reach
over the side OF the machine. grab the
with his teeth. pull il over. stop
the msehine. and then wait calmly fos
10me one to take OF the brake and start
him again. It ID said the old fellow
actually looked sod when the farmer
tied the brake down and started hin !
on the tread-mill again. |,
Morning journal and courier., 1888-08-02
THE HARMLESS TRUSTS.

The report of the committee of the house
which has been investigating trusts will not
do the trusts any damage. 1t tells the house
and the people that the trusts "have been
Intentionally formed 80 as to avoid If possi-
BILE the charge that the trust as such or the
trustees in that capacity either fixed the
price or regulated the production of any arti-
Gle of merchandise or commerce" The bills
referred to the committee have been directed,
the committee says, against combinations
to fix the price or regulate the production of
articles of merchandise or commerce" The
committee quotes the substance of the testi-
mony of the managers of trusts, to the effect
that they do not fix prices or regulate pro-
duction, and that the several corporations
absorbed "are not in combination with each
other.'
The committee points out that the trust
agreements provide that the various corpora
tions whose stock is surrendered to the trus-
tees shall preserve their identity and carry
on their business. In the sugar trust agree
ment the provision Is that the several corpo-
rations shall maintain their separate organi-
zations and each shall carry on and conduct
its own business. In the Standard Oil trust
agreement 1t is provided that all property,
real and personal, assets and business. tshall
be transferred to and vested in the said sew
eral companies. The duties of the trustees
are restricted to the receipt of the dividends
declared by the various corporations and the
distribution of the aggregate of them to the
holders of the trusts certificate, pro rata
and to holding and voting upon the stock OF
the corporations. The trustees in both cases
upon the stand as witnesses, specifically de-
MED that the trustees, AZ such, ever do any
other business than to receive and distributs
these dividends and exercise the only other
function given to them by the trust agree
ment, that is, to hold the stock of the vari-
GUS corporations and exercise the rights OF
stockholders in such corporations.
Veil, well. Have we all been mistaken
about the trustsl Do they not make monopo
lies, kill competition, raise and maintain
prices and regulate productioni Hasn't the
house committee heard anything about this
The trusts win be. well satisfied with the res
port of the committee, and they ought to be.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-08-02
Drp 8unds.
Howe & StGtSOl
Our Hot Weather
ClOSiDg Out Prices
APPRECIATED.
The Latest.
The Latest.

Ladies Ecru Jersey Ribbed
Vests, silk-bound necks, pearl
buttons, at 25c, worth 3oc. -
Fine Lisle Thread Alligator
Weave Ladies Jersey Vests, all
sizes, at soc each; former price
75c.
Gents Fancy Lisle Thread
Half Hose at 25c per pair;
marked down from soc.
Lot Fancy Parasols o8c each;
former prices $I.8o and $2.25.
Lot Parasols at So. so; former
prices So to So.
Ladies Fancy Striped Hose,
full regular made, at 12Tc per
pair. Also new styles Fancy
Drop-Stitch Hose at 25c.
1000 yards 38 inch Wool
Dress Goods at Ioc per yard;
marked down from $50. An
excellent chance to buy school
dresses at HALF PRICE.
Best quality Printed India
and Pongee Silks at 75c per
yard. Only few pieces left ;
styles are the best.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-08-02
a BIG MAN ON HIS MUSCLE.
He Had Been Out with the Boys ans
Was Looking fer a Fight.
From the Detroit Free Press


Was Looking fer Fight.
From the Detroit Free Press
She was woman of ready resource.
While the hour was late, two or three even-
ing visitors yet tarried. and the moment she
heard her husband strike the door, she knew
that he was boozy, and also grssped her line
of conduct.
"Ha, hal" she laughed as she rose, she
oometh. He has been out rehearsing for
amateur theatrioals, and it will be just
like him to try to show off. He takes the
part of Major Springer, who comes home
full.n
A hand was heard clswing over the door; a
key was finally jabbed in the look and then
his knees wabbled, and he hung to the door
and muttered:
'tWhaz zhis shee fore nae! Shay, Emily,
| whazzsr doing, chs"
Delightful splendidl" cried the wife, as
abe elapped her hands. "Why, Harry, you
| are grand success in your role"
"Wh.t zhatl whazzsr latin 'bouta First
| time been zhrunk in two year. Had lizzie
time wiz zhe boys, you know!'
| 'Be -autif1ll Booth couldn't beat it!''
| exclaimed the wife. why, deer, you
| are a born actor. It's just natural as
| life."
fWho shays Pm liar. Whoop. I can licl
any man in 'troit, Been out wiz 'er boys. you
kaow Shay, Emily.
"Isn't he natural, thought" replied the
wife. IRAN upstairs, Harry, and change your
clothes. You'll do. Nothing could be more
perfect"
"Chaze (hic] closes! No zur! Chszs noz
zing Up stairs! Yes, go up stairs. Good
| (hic) nize, Emily. Regular angel. Been out
| wig ,@r hoyR Won knowio and the little
woman clapped her hands and laughed and
praised, and got rid of her company under
| the impressioa that no one had "smelt &
| mice" However, the last one was hardly
| off the STEP when she bounced upstairs and
confronted the bedazed man with the excla
nation:
'Now, then, you old demijehn, prepare &c
get the worst wolloping a fool of husband
| was ever treated to-"
| And he got It.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-08-02
SHE TALKED WITH HRR sTsTRB
a Telephone which Interfere& with
the Duties of q Typewriter.

a Telephone which Interfere& With
the Duties of q Typewriter.
tFrom the Pttsburg Dispatch
Early one morning last week I chanced to
be In the Office of a Wholesale merchant down
town at q time whom the pretty little operator
of the typewriter tumbled into trap of her
own making.
Such pretty girl, with very blue eyes.
Piles, is this deft manipulation of the typewriter
keys.
The telephone, which hung the wall
just behind the girl, whose desk was close
to her employers, in his private Office,
rang loudly az I took seat. I seized
the opportunity to congratulate the merchant
on his choice of so fair secretary.
eyes" said he in an undertone, 'tshe is
pretty and she is as well behaved and quick
at her work as she is pretty. The only
thing can complain of in her conduct is
the held that telephone seems to have upon
her. She is engaged, I believe, to q nice
enough fellow, a clerk in a brokers' Office,
but he will persist in calling her up on
the telephone. He called her up so often on
Monday last that told her she must tell
the young man to wait until after business
hours She blushed and said she would tell
him.
t'Sfnce then-that was three days ago
apparently he has not been near the tele-
phone, but strange to say MarY's-that's
the girls name-sistsr has taken to holding
long conversations with her Of all hours
of the day Tie noise disturbs me, but
I don't like to interfere with the girls
domestic affairs. Just listen to her nowl"
We did listen and we heard something like
the following:
stCharlie didn't come to see me-"
An interval of silence.
"You know he called to see Kate"
Interval.
'sWhat's thata ----n "Oh, non
sense; of course I shall go with you. Will
you call for me7 What did you sayf Oh,
Bob's going, too"
Interval.
"You can if you like, but just hate that
girl, and if she's there won't stay. Did you
sap 6 o'clocka Make it $780,"
Interval.
wish could; it seems an awful long
time to wait. Oh, you mustn't talk like that.
Ism there any one there2'
Interval, during which the girl, with the
receiver at her ear, laughs and bushes by
turns and finally says; titteringly; "Not
one-I won't give youone, you bad boy"
She hung up the receiver without another
| word and sat down, blushing furioasly.
chow is your sister this morningf' said
the merchant, with an accent on the "sis-
| ter"
But Mary answered never a word.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-08-02
Thursday, August 2, 1855,
Republican state Convention.

The Republican electors of the several towns of
this State and all other electors who believe in the
principles Of the Republican party set forth in
the National platform of that party are hereby no
titled to send the usual number of delegates to the
Republican State convention to be held in Allyn
Hall, Hartford, on Tuesday, August IA. 1888, at 8
O'Clock p. m, for the purpose of nominating candi-
dates for State officers and presidential electors
In accordance with the rules adopted by the Re-
publican State convention in 1886the following ad-
ditional notices are given:
1. All primaries in the several towns for the ap-
pointment of delegates to any convention shall be
held at least five days before the meeting of said
convention upon at least two days, notice, but if
any town committee shall fail to call primaries
under the provisions of this rule the mem of the
State committee for the district in which such town
committee resides shall call the necessary primaries
upon reasonable notice.
g. 1t shall be the duty of the chairman of each
town committee to send copy of the credentials
of the delegates from his town to the secretary of
the Republican State Central committee at least
four days before the convention.
HARTFORD, July &c, 1888.
ERAsTus s. DAY, Chairman.
r. .IAY WALSH. SECRETARY.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-08-02

North, we will make q gallant fight, with
fair prospects of winning. have received
large number Of letters from Democrats
who say that they cannot swallow free trade,
and who will vote the Republican ticket.
The Democratic party is breaking up there
and it will not be many years before the State
will be solidly Republican.
Postmaster Harrity of Philadelphia has
done Egood thing in refusing to rent box
to anyone who fails to give his true name and
place of residence, and has adopted the fur
ther rule of asking all applicants for letters
at the general delivery where they live and
telling them that the letters will be delivered
forthwith by the carrier of the route. By
thus doing, of course the inquirer is forced
either to drop an improper correspondence or,
by giving the correct address, to reveal it to
his or her friends. It is to be fancied that
the reported indignation which Postmaster
Harrity's action has aroused is the utterancs
mainly of those whose evil designs are thus
thwarted.
One of the most striking points of differ
snce between the Republican tariff bill and
the Mills bill will be in the matter of articles
placed upon the free list. The articles added
TO the free-list by the Mills bill now pay g
revenue amounting to about $25, ZOO, 900.
The framsrs of the Republican bill have been
very careful to put nothing on the free list in
the production of which the workingmen Of
this country have to compete with in the
cheap labor of other countries. The total re-
duction made by the revision of the free list
by the senatorial subcommittee is about
Sc, ,o00, 900. This bill, which altogether will
reduce the surplus sufficiently to avoid all
dangers to the business of the country, viii
be passed by the Senate and the very much
threatened 'textra session." which had been
laid down as 'sgreat card" for Mr.. Cleveland
to play, will be advoided.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-08-02
ESSAY ON BULLHsADs.
Description OF n sport that Has Peeu
liar Charms for Lazy Men.

Descraption OF n Spors that Has Pecu-
liar Charms for Lazy Men.
From Puckl
Bullheads are born, not made. No manu-
facturer would ever place on the market such
a ridiculous combination of big end little tip,
three horns and no middle. They deserve no
favor at the hands of credulous public.
They have nosrespectablity. They look like a
by ybrid fruitage of disreputabls perch and a
dissolute eel. They are intolerably indolent.
They won't work for living. They just
shdve themselves under the eel grass, cape
their moutes, and wait and loaf. If q snail
crawls in, that is his ill-fortune. The bull
head doesn't care much, anyhow.
It takes laziness to catch bull-heads.
Patience won't do it. The successful bull
header ia slower than doctors bill, and as
undesirable He is either too lean to stand
up or too fat to walk. His stomach hollows
30 far in toward his spine that he can't tell
the difference between hunger and the back
ache He indulges in plug tobacco. He will
knot and 6sh. He waits. Happiness spreads
dreamy mantle over him.
! A bull-head bite is not an impressive
event It is not an emotional affair. 1t feels
like thump on the back. It is something
like one Jump out of dull toothache. It is
not SO expressive, however. OOm0tl1u6S tneJ
don't bite at all. They let the bait drop in
| to their mouths, IL it chooses, Mouth closes.
Bull-head rubs his stomach on the mud and
waits. Fisherman waits, too. Bull-head
waits longer. Fisherman waits for the "bob
| to go nnder Bull-head waits for fisherman
to come down and get him. Fisherman waits
| for bull-head to come up and see what has
| become of him. Finally he pulls up his line
| to look at the worm. Line sticks at the end.
Bull head is in no hurry. Neither ia the
| fisherman. More pull. Still sticks. Lug;
pull; slew, lazy, always lazy; lazy at both
ends.
The thing comes up like dragging the
| heel out of the mud. Suck-gurgle-sw
There he has.it. One little bull-head with q
l diminutive bull tail. Ii is great sport It is
so uniform. It doesn't excite the feelings.
/ One always knows what to expsct-a bull head
some time or other.
Six bull are q good days work for
q practical fisherman. More than that spoila
the rhythm. Theoretical fellows have al
legged that they have taken more than
that. They have described their game az
"old lunkers." They are ambitious crea-
lures, in the sprinRtime of life. They
carried their bait in their hip pocket corked.
They are not credible witnesses. They exag-
gerats.
| Tow, skin the catch Straddle a plank
by lantern light. Skin, smoke, cuff tskeet-
ers, = smell fshy. Six inches of bull-head
yield two and one-third inches of skinned
bull-tail.
Fried and served up hot, they taste
like swamp malaria burnt into decayed
chip