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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-30

Ibid you ever shave w0manF was
the queer question put to IN uptown
barber by . customer who was being
shaved. MANY . time." said the
barber, who went on to tell his expert
ence In that line Of business. There
are ladies in town who have quite .
mustache, and others who have some
thing like chin beard. and l have
operated on both kinds. shaved the
upper lip Of . lady yesterday after
noon to prepare her - 90 out TO .
party. She keeps down the growth
Of hair by clipping it. but she wanted
10 look extra fine on this occasion.
Some Of them who are troubled - she
10 pull out tho hairs few at . time,
till they get rid Of tho whole growth.
and there is now IN electrical way oi
removing them without pain from any
part OF the face. but I know OF ladies
who get BARRIERS 70 shave them q
times, and others who can shave them
selves just like men ! tell you there
are more kinds Of folks in this bar
barous world than some folks know
Of" Hero the knight Of the brush
ahouted s.Nexte"-N. Y. Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-30

rcd. such beautiful gifta had nc
Aes my daughter had % many friends

rcd. ''Such beautiful Rifta had nc
dea my daughter had % many friends
Of taste and generosity"
There were rows and rows Of .vaees
in various sisee and shapes df ugliness.
pie:kniteS, 8sh-kuivcs and other sill.
verware in old patters. enough to stock
. country jewelry store. and. con-
spicuous among them. eight clocks Of
painfully uniform style. the only things
in the whole collection which did
match at all. and. though Mrs. Clut.
terby's heart was sinking with disaps
pointment she kept up 1 tattling flre
Of admiration for the benefit 6i other
guests who wets looking them over.
and whose gifts were included in the
display. The only sensible and
thoughtful gift in tho lot was N -.
s0rtment Of table linen. . present from
. maiden aunt whom Mrs. Clutterby
had been too stylish to invite Not =
poor relation precisely. but . very &C.
centric and old-fashioned one. and the
line Of exclusion had been sharply
drawn when her name was proposed.
The bridegroom ambled about on his
wife's arm . perfect sample Of nonenti.
ty. - the majority Of the bridegrooms
are upon such occasions, and . very
red and uncomfortable one In this Casa
'.Fifty-nine times he remarked that
tho day was . delightfully."- cool one,
though his appearance belied his
words. fOrty-eight times that ho had
determined to remain in b., Otherwise
his conversational efforts were con.
fined to "Um-er. Yes-no. Um.
m-m."
II any ono imagines he can do bet.
ter let him test the matter by becom-
ing q bridegroom himself in . wedding
assemblage Of entire strangers.
DO. for PHYS sake, ma, get those
everlasting vases and that row OF
clocks packed out OF sight before va
come back" said Mrs. Julia. as she
was putting on her travelling wrap.
and II you could contrive to let those
horrible Allen vases get brokcn !
shall be perfectly happy. Eigh,
clocks-the idea! I could choke Cap.
tain Parmalee."
"Never mind, DEAR" whispered Mrs.
Clutterby; ''blessed be secondhand
shops After this has blown over q
little We can send the whole batch
away for exchange. OF course. II
Rice and old clippers were thrown
after the carriage. Mrs. Clutterby shed
. maternal tear Of propriety as her
daughter departed from the paternal
roof. the guests departed to indulge in
various comments as soon IS they
were out OF ear-shot, and the Clutter
by wedding became . thing Of the
past-Mrs F. NJ. Howard, in Pits
burgh Chronicle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-30
INDIAN HEIRESSE$.

An Excellent Coantry for Impecunlous
Foreign N0blemoa.
The Chickasaw maidens are fair to
look upon. They are Of the Castilian
type Of beauty. They arc tall. grace
full, with languishing black eyes and
an abundance Of black hair. They
dress tastefully and ALL or nearly all.
are fairly educated.
Chickasaw citizenship il worth at .
moderate estimate $4,000. There are
now about 5000 Chickasaws by blood
and marriage. II Chickasaw lands
were divided up each man, woman and
child in the Nation would be entitled to
about $50 acres.
Formerly the marriage laws were
loose and . smart fellow coming into
the Nation could get married in q
week at an expense of $l.5O for q
license fee. This law was so badly
abused that the Legislature some
years ago amended it. and now a
citizen OF the United States must re-
side in the Nation two years, produce
q good moral character. be v0uched
for by three Chickasaws in good
standing and pay . license fec Of $50
before he can marry in q manner TO
qualify him for citizenship.
The National party favors increas-
ing the marriage license fee to 800
and putting greater restrictions on the
applicant for matrimony. This is not
advocated in any narrow spirit. but in
the interest Of good citizenship. It ID
a fact that tho refuse Of Texas. Mis-
souri, and Kansas 10 dumping itself in
here The National party is opposed
to q cheap and rowdy citizenship or
tolerated population. 1t believes that
BY increasing the fees and strictly en-
forcing the laws only good men would
want to marry or do business in the
Nation.-St Louis Republic.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-30
FULL OF FUN.

.>.'Wot school OBJ medicine ~
S'lona to. doctahP' Il don't b'long e
do school, sab. rs graduated."-
HarpeE's Bazaar.
-'.Was Micky dhrunk. soor. when
he fell of the scaffOldT' "Well. yer
'onner, afther he tumbled. he seemed
to have had q dhrop too much. "
Fun.
"A ruby-nosed bourbon from Rye
Beach went head first through . Jer-
sey City manhole one day last week
and the coroner's Jury returned . ver-
dict of '.sewerside. ."-Drake's Mag -
zine.
The man who wants the earth bad
enough tO put up with soiled speci-
men like ours ought to be accommo-
dated while his desires are modest
Next thing we know he'll be asking
for new one.-Life.
Scientists have succeeded In photo
graphing a yellOw-fever germ. Those
who have seen the likeness recommend
dressing it up in tights and issuing 1t
with cigarette packages as q cure for
the tobacco habit-Burling.o Free
Press
-Bcssie-"O. Jessie! Isn't that sum
set just too lovely for any thing? And
do you hear tho sobbina of tho water
Under the rocks? 1t is like the sad
repining OF the human SOUL" Jessie
Eyes Say. Bess. let me chew your
gum for a few minutes, won't you!
You make me most frantic.-Burling.
ton Free Press.
First Benedict-''Yes. it Is mighty
quiet ut my home. When wife and ]
are alone In the evening you could
hear the clock tick" Second Benedict
(unhappily welded to temper)-
The silence is still more oppressive at
NV house. When wife and are alone
you can only hear the broomstick. v
Pittsburgh Bulletin.
C-They were viewing the leaning
tower OF Pisa "What do you think oi
It. Elisha7" asked Mrs. Porkchop.
Don't it strike you as bein' a little
crooked?" '.It's the worst out O. plumb
thing l ever SEEM" replied Mr.. r.
The contractor couldn't build q
chicken-coop for n'e."-America
Deaf Old Lady-"What's the price
OF this article?' Salesman-''Sever
dollars. ma'am." Old Lady-"Seven
teen dollars! I'll give you thirteen.
Salesman-'.Seven dollars only. madam
not seventeen. is the price" Old Lad,
20! seven dollars. I'll give you five
for it."-N. Y. Ledger.
1.-The movements Of men arc most certainl!
queer"
Sighed Dolly. who'd only been married wear
"When lovers they always till one O'Clock stay
And when they are husbandA till one sta!
away!'
.Most trying" said Belle. "but We have no re
dress:
IT'S the Law that they call compensation.
guesa"
Life.
Mrs. Simpkins-"My dear. can yot
let me have five dollars for the church
fair?" Simpkins-''YOu know l d.
not approve of gambling" Mrs. Simp
kins-.!The truth is. dreamt three
times in succession last night that
certain woman would draw the parlOl
furniture" Simpkins-''You don't say
Well, here's ten dollars. II you want
more let me nOw."-Time.
-Citizen-.'What'l it cost me, Uncle
'Rastus. to have my hen-coOp white
washed?" Uncle 'Rastus (dubiusly)-
"Well, would glib yO' advise. Mister
Smith, not ter hab dc hen-coop white
washed at all. Take a whitewashed
hen-coop along bout one or two 'clOcl
in de mawnin'. an tells you. Miste
Smith. it looks mighty ghostly. deed
1t do; at least (hastily) dats what
have heerd saved. IN. Y. Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-30
a FRIEND. LADS, A FRIEND. .'

~ shs GOOD gifts that IN royslleee naaaur,
oe down to the eazsA fron ne beautiful
Skies,
= "send lads. . friend IL the attest % s.,.,.
ure-
= f.send WITH . soul in his sszsssAs-looki.e
= eear ooe. . dear one, . stsr,ine a.d .o,,A
sea.es twice 10 he found in our iifs's work,.a
day:
sak Goa with reioising M s.ly you've fo.,d
one,
And love him and keep him for ever and aye.
=: co1rsdss enow (be Il said With decorum)
10Th xet for the asking in hamlets and
0WnA
w s.y'y Win empty the glasses you pou.
And laugh At your sallie. and borrow you,
crowns
Bat these jolly birds are OF volatile feather;
Iney ny With the autumn ana some with the
spring.
nclouds are presaging change in the weather,
Hncyu bid you goodbye with . 1ick OF the
wing.
= friend, lads. God bless him! warm hearted
stout-Aaadcd,
Hes loving and loval and always the same:
0at SUN 70 your follies he's open sad candid
'f'1 prise his approval you shrink from hia
asn laugh ss your side when the N.ysins I,
But closer he'll draw on the ssorm.Seaseu
Hes like shs old coat with ~ honest warn
lining
You and out his worth Ii tie vinserly day.
Frederick LangbridEe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-30

Woman Ito Tr.mp)-So you want .
drin K Of some kindf I'll ct you up
something nice.
She brings 1t TO him Insee' arank
that"
Tramp (suspiciously) )~what = NJ
Woman-It's . mixture Of hydrogen
md oxygen.
Tramp (gratefully)-Oh! gen'Fly
arinks plain Old Tom. but ] s'pooo
them fancy brands II good enough -
Tong q thsy'rs gi4-EDocA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-30
The Antiquity Of Man.

With regard to tho discoveries On
the slopes Of tho Sierra Dc 4anagua.
DR.. Flint considers that the human
bones prove indisputably the existence
Of man In k1ioceno timeA Still we
must recollect that In such IN active
volcanic region - Nicaragua. with it,
hot and moist climate. sudden up
heavals and subsidences may be ex.
pected to have occurred. while the
rich tropical vegetation would rapidly
repair the ravages caused BY the most
devas tating eruptions The footprints
themselves tell US little - regards
their antiquity. A before mentioned.
they present no evidence Of belonging
to IN inferior typo Of man. while the
sandal-shod footprint indicates . cor
tain advance in civilization. since q
man who wears shoes at Ill can hard.
ly belong TO the earliest stage Of h's-
man culture Considering al the cir.
cumstances. therefore. 1t viii. per
haps. be wisest to adopt DR.. Brinton's
cautious conclusion. that there II moi
sufficient evidence to remove these re-
mains further back than the present
POST Pliocene or Quaternary period
Knowledge.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-30
AN vNMAiLeo LETTER


EAWye9Ao 1oegoefalooao saves . 1S90
0lsl ftsa La1s - Aisssv.
A lawyer in this city tells . good
story apropus Of the habit the great
majority Of the male sex have Of car.
ring letters round in their clothes
from ons week 10 Z year, which The 10
male members Of the family may have
intrusted TO them to malt This stt0r.
ney has in his family . servant who
has been with them almost from
her childhood. and. being m unusually
bright intelligent girl for one occcPy-
ing 20 meuial . position. her relations
come - nearly being those Of . mem-
ber Of the family - It Il possible for .
servant to acquire.
Last spring Mary gave her employer
4 letter to mail. To her Il was most
important missive. and - she gave Il
TO him she blushed slightly and huf.
ried away atout her work. He dropped
II In his inside overcast pocket, and.
man-like. never thought Of IL again.
Mary did. though. She waited and
watched. and every shrill whistle OF
tho postman for days and weeks sent .
thrill Of expectancy through her whole
being. Her future was In tho balance
But the letter she looked for never
came. There 10 no doubt that the song
about the letter that never came was
based upon this very incident
A few days ago the lawyer resur.
rected his heavy Uvercoat In rum
maging through it to see II thers was
fifteen dollars in the inside pocket he
found Mary's letter.
MARY" he said. in . singularly
strange voice for him. He felt - al
men feel under such circumstances
'fary was not used TO the strange
voice, and she trembled . little In the
shoes which her mistresS had dis-
Graded.
"Alary." repeated the attorney. this
time in sort of . plea-tO-the-jury-for.
mercy tone, "here is letter which !
regret to say I never mailed. trust
NO irreparable injury has resulted from
the omission"
Mary took the letter. When she
saw what It was she screamed with
joy, and would probably have choked
the attorney In her wild delirium ol
delight had not her mistress just aa
that moment entered the door and seen
her.
God bless your cried Mary again
and again. and when she finally sim
mero6 down she told IN interesting
story.
A young man had asked her Il
marry him. and the letter which had
hung up in the overcast pocket oil
summer was IN acceptance. For day'
and weeks she had waited to heal
further from tho young man. and whez
in June she saw BY the papers that h<
had married another. the voluntary
slight r.ade the blood tingle In hsl
veins.
THAT Is too bad" said the attorney
In guilty voice
..Bet your sweet life It amt" 10
Joined Mary. Hes been on the
Island ever since last July for drunk
enness and beating his wife"
And, after God blessing" her en-
ployer again for having saved hel
from a beast, she prepared the bes'
dinner the family ever sat down to-
N. Y. Mail and Express
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-30

"A Coatsville (Pa.) man lately fell
heir to Gil 200 in . curious way. An
elderly German visiting this country
some years ago met him and took Q
fancy to him. The German returned 10
Europe after . time and the American
had forgotten all about him until he
was informed recently that the old man
was dead and had left him his entire
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-30

"A Brooklyn baker whose name ID
Home very truthfully advertises Home
made bread"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-30

"A Hartford paper says that tho
worst criminals in New England can
trace their genealogy back TO the
Puritan Fathers without . break.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-06-14
$500 PER YEAR.

Comfort V. Remington has bonded
his fine half-section farm to MIR. Henry
Jackson, the gentleman who lately
purchased bis live stock.
The town COW 10 growing more of an
internal nuisance than ever, and her
acrobatic evolutions to get something
to eat reminds us Of the burlesque song
where the pensive goat and sportive
COW, hilarious leap from bough to bough'
A new principal for the Academy has
been engaged by Presiding elder Strong,
of Walla Walla, who vouches for his be-
ing just the man the Academy needs.
This need not, however, deter the ii.
rectcrs of this public school district from
building the public school house for
which the taxpayers voted special
tax last winter. 1t is a crying shame
and q scandal that a town of the pre-
tensions of Grangeville has no public
school or school house, and but for the
enterprise of the Methodist church In
establishing an Academy here we should
absolutely be deprived of all education-
al facilities whatsoever.
We have bull calf, and the increase
thereof, running on the reservation.
and Notwithstanding the recent order,
We don't propose to bulge an inch from
our position or to do anything to move
our stock off the reserve. We cannot
afford to spend thirty dollars for the
poor privilege ofrounding. up ten dollars
worth of calf Uncle Sam has more idle
men aud horses than we. and more
than he knows what to do with himself.
We saw lots of his horses at Fort Walia
Walla last week engaged in the great
acrohatic operation of eating their heads
off, while his idle men had pre-empted
all the coolest seats in every beer house
in town. We defy our Uncle Samuel,
and we tell him TO his face that II he
wants our bull calf off the reservation,
we positively refuse to lift little finger
in the matter.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-06-14

Notice is hereby given that the Boa, d
of County Commissioners Of Idaho coun.
~, I. r., vii! meet in regular session at
Nj. Idaho. on the second Monday in
July. to wit, on Monday, July s, 1889.
and all persons having claims against
said county are hereby notified TO pre-
sent them to the undersigned on or
before Saturday, July g, 1889
June 0, 80. T. j. RHoADs, Clerk.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-06-14

HoIIcE. The annual meeting of the
stock holders of the G. II {. Academy
for the election of new board of tr,is-
lees anu other business, will take plare
at the Academy on Saturday, June Is.
1889, at l o'clock .. IN. A full repr, :
sentation oi stock Is desired at this
meeting. BY orier of the board.
]. Ii. RoBrSsos, Sec'y.
Grapgeyille, May 81, 1889.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-06-14

The Idaho County Stock Growers,
Association will pay reward Of ono
hundred dollars for the arrest and com
viction of any person or persons unlaw-
fully marking or branding cattle or
horses; and also reward of two huns
dred and fifty dollars for the conviction
of any person or persons stealing. kills
ing or driving out of the county any
horses or cattle belonging to any mem.
Der Of this association.
Co. Q yxIsa .s,cI
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-06-14

its
Golden
haladies.
paid for
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-06-14
THE INDIAN AL
LOTMENT.
In Fifteen Months
the Reservation
to be Opened.
HALF Il MILLION ACRES OF
THE FINEST LAND IN
AMERICA TO OPEN
ED FOE SETTLE
MENT.

Nothing of greater import
ance to the welfare of the
northw, st interior has ever
occurred than the recent ac-
tion of the Interior depart
ment IN taking the initial
steps towards allotting the
'Nez Perce Indians lands in
severalty and throwing open
the balance Of that great res
ervation to public settlement.
The following close estimate
OF facts and figures, compiled
from official sources, is here
with submitted for the infor-
nation OF the public
Indian population, 1900.
Head, Heads Of families, 300 100 acres each, $4,000 a.
single auults, CO. so 4S 900
Dhu age GOO, 40 2l.0OO
For pasture lands ... ........... 900
FOR tmber lands s.................,.... 80 90
Total allotted to Indians $4,000
Area OF reservation. 81 townships, or 7ia,6so a.
Deduct Indian allotments o.. ....... 10000
Leaving a total OF ......... 56s, ESQ a.
subject to settlement by white
people, making homes of l6O
acres each for 3,523 actual
settlers.
The process to be pursued,
as near as can be learned, is
as follows Miss Fletcher, an
expert from the Indian Bu-
rean, is already on the reser-
vation to allot the indians
their lands. So confident is
the department tha, this lady
will succeed in her mission,
that MIR. Edison Briggs of Pom
eroy, has been detailed to sur
vey the allotments as fast as
they are made. At the con-
clusion Of this work a COM
mission will be appointed to
treat with the indians for the
cession of the surplus lands to
the United States. The lands
thus secured by treaty will
thereupon become a part of
the public domain, subject,
however, to no entry or filing,
except homcsteads. These
homesteads must be resided
upon continuously for five
years. The commutation clause
of the homestead law does
not apply to homestead en-
tries made on these lands.
There must be five years of
actual residence thereon to So
cure title to a homestead of
the finest lands in the United
States.
We have stated the law re-
lating to the disposal of these
lands thus explicitly so that
none may come to this latest
and best Oklahoma except
those who are prepared to live
up to It's requirements, an | for
the further reason that none
may Say th.y were lured here
under false pretenses.
The allotment and treaty
will probably take twelve or
fifteen months to complete,
and after that time the Nez
Perce reservation, which has
been such a stumbling block
to the advancement of the
great Clearwater country, will
be a thing of the past. and for
our part we are heartily glad
of it.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-06-14
Am U Sc N E N Ts:

Sack Race.-Free for ALL Prize $500.
Girls Race.-For girls from to IL years old. Prize
$3.50.
Bologna Catching Prize $3.50.
Boys Race. For boys from to 10 years DID, Prize
$3.50.
Ladies Foot Race. Prize $500.
Floating Oranges, for boys. Prize $3.50
Young Ladies Race For Misses from IL to l6 years
old. Prize $500.
Boys Race For boys from IL to l6 years DID, Prize
$3.50.
Mems Race. Free for all Prize $3.50
Egg Race. For boys up to years DID, Prize $3.50.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-06-14
EXERCISES AT GROUNDS:

MUSIC-By BAND.
PRAYER-By CHAPLAIN MAXEY.
SINGING-By CHOIR
OPENING ADDRESS-By rRES. OF DAY
.SlNGING-By CHOIR.
READING OF DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
BY MISS SUSIE SHISSLER
MUSlC-By BAND.
GRAFTON OF THE DAY-By J. H. FORNEY.
SIC-By GLEE CLUB.
MUSIC-By BAND.
ORATION-By 7. F. NELSON and others.
MUSIC.
After Picnic Dinner the Procession will reform and
proceed to Grangeve, where the Sports of the Day will
take place.