St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-12-01
A Claim to Human 0rasltudA


Charlotte Corday, tho sad-fAced. tender
hearted peasant girl Of Normanys mads
Rree& history BY ono desperate acti
Sichsnsd By tho saGuynalia Of the French
revolutioo, and moved to desperation =
RobsspierrD and 1arat were leading tn
flower Of France 70 tho guillotine, she de-
tafminod thae she would put IN end -
Narat's bloody reign
Narat bed demanded two hundred thou
sand victims for the GuNlotine!
He proposed to kill OF tho enemies Of tho
Revolution TO make it peTpetuall
Horrible thought
No wonder Il fired the blood Of this pa&ri-
otio peasant maidl
Gaining access to his closely guarded
quarters by subterfuge, she found him in
his bath, even then memorable and giving
written directions for further slaughteri
He asked her the names Of the inimical
deputies who had taken refuge In Caen.
She told him, aud he wrote them down.
"Thas II WELT Before . week is over
they shall all be brought to the guillotine. !"
At these words, Charlotte drew from her
bosom the knife, and plunged il with su-
pernatural force up 70 the hilt In the heart Of
Narat.
"Come to me. my dear friend, come "a
me-" cried Marat, and expired under the
blow!
In the Corcoran gallery at Washington is
. famous painting Of Charlotte, represented
| % behind the prison bars the day before
| her execution. ass
It is thrilling, sad picture, full Of sorrow
| for her suffering country, and Of unconQuer-
| able hate for her country's enemies.
II hot I'M fpn at TVvf
| hundred, nay, i've hundred thousand PEG
ple would Marat have sacrificed 70 his un
| holy passion Of power!
Methods are quite as murdcrous and In.
exorable - men, and they number theil
victims by the millions.
The page Of history is full Of murders BY
authority and BY mistaken ideas! In the
practice of medicine alone how many hun
dreds Of millions have been allowed to die
and as many more killed by unjustifiabls
bigotry and by bungiing!
| But the age is lettering. Men and meth
obs nro improving. A few years ago II was
/ werth ones. professional life TO advise OF
| permit the uso of . proprietary medicine
Today there are not two physicians in AM
town in this country who do not regular
/ ly prescribe some form Of proprietary rem
edyi
| II. H. Warner. famel all over the work.
/ q the discoverG Of Warmers safe cure
began hunting up the old remedies Of TIN
| Log Cabin days after long and patient re
! search he succeeded In securing some Of thu
most valuable, among family records, ana
called them Warmers Log Cabin rcmedie:
tho simple preparations Of roots, leaves
/ balsans and herbs which were tho sue
,essful staudbys Of our grandmoth
ors. These simple, old-fashioned sar
saparilla, hops and buchu, cougl
/ and consumption and other remedies hav
struck . popular chord and are In extra
/ ordinary demand all over the land. The
Il are not the untried and imaginary remedie
i Of some dabster chemist intent on MAXIM
il money, but the long sought principles q tn
healing art which for generations kept on
i ancestors in perfect health, put forth for tn
good Of humanity by one who is known q
4 over the world as philanthropist-a love
" Of his fellow man,-wh0so name Is guaraT
Il tee of the highest standard Of excellence
Tho preparations are OF decided IN
known inf1u. ice over disease, and ~ in th
hands Of our grandmothers they raised U
the sick, cured the lame, ana bound up th
wounds Of d. tn, % in their new form b.
olden power a. Log Cabin remedies, the
are sure 70 prove the stealing OF tho nj
tons"
Corliay did the world an incalculable serv
ice in Riding France Of the blgotcd an
murderous Marat, just Is this man is doin
humanity . service by reintroducing TO tn
world the simpler and better methods
our ancestors.