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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-01-11
w. G. KENTZEL, Editor.
"lre yoas rule to charge dollar for
ten minutes, Is it3"
60

"lte yoar rule to charge dollar fol
ten minutes, Is it,"
sit is"
swell, I also have . rule. It is my
rule to pay pro rata in such cases. l owe
you about sixth-eighths of a cent but as
don't want to be small in business
| transactions Of this sort Ill make it a
cent Here's your money"
81 demand dollar, sir.'
"Well. you won't get it. II our rules
clash we'd better go to law about it,
$50 we will! I'll have you arrested
within an hour!'
"Very good. I'll be at the hotel"
He kept his word. 1t wasn't an hour
before constable came and walked me
over to the Office of a justice of the peace
to answer to the charge of trying to
cheat, swindle, defraud, cmbezzlc. and
90 forth, one John Doe out Of the sum Of
one dollar, lawful money, and so on.
The plaintiff had lawyer, but I an
swered for the defendant. l admitted
getting the horse, and of being ten min
Ltes over time, and then he put in the
plea that he had charged me according
70 an established rule.
''How long have you had that rrls?"
asked His Honor.
"Ten years"
''Have you any rule, defendant?~
81 have. / have had a rule for 81 ef
forty years. rendered him pro rata on
the time"
well. I don't see why you haven't
the same right to establish rule as the
plaintiff. If you had a rule not to par
at all it could not hold good in law, but
IS your rule seems to be to pay what is
fair and reasonable shall entertain it."
''But, your Honor" protested tho
plaintiffs lawyer, this rule was estab
lished by man doing large business
with the public"
THAT is true, but every individual
can establish certain rule if he .ares
to. One is as good as another. He was
very good in offering whole cent"
The plaintiff asked me to step
around behind tannery, where we
would talk confidentially, and when wc
were alone he showed me q deadly
weapon called q revolver, and a dirk
AHiics "Hu pair Vi CdSI-iTon hHuCkIeSs
and he asked me to feel of the muscles
of his arm, and he flung down his hat
and jumped on it and said:
''Wretched wretch! You have signed
your own death warrant! From thi.
hour l banker for your hearts blood,
and I'll never, never rest until / have
it. You are as certainly doomed as il
Ia she'd fn n 1nadad capncnss
l told him was sorry. but it was just
my way, and that hoped he wouldn't
have another kicker for one hundred
years, but he was still cutting the air
with the dirk knife as / walked away,
and don't suppose he cooled of fos y
Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-01-11
NEW ALASKAN BEAR.

The Urslnc Giants That Live In the Foot
hills Of Mount st. Elias.
This country has certainly dcne it
part in furnishing new species Of bear
To the Old World list it has added thu
cinnamon bear, the true black beas, thu
roach back or silver tip, and, most ter
rible of all, ursus lerox (the grizzly
the most formidable brute that walk.
the surface of the planet. Recent &C
counts from the Alaskan Alps indicate
that America has even broken its OWL
record.
Two miners, who had set ont from
Yakutat to prospect the foothills ol
Mount st. Elias, were crossing valley
densely wooded with yellow cedur. fiji
and hemlock on the southeasterly side
of the mountain, and had sat down to rest
for few minutes on an immense log,
when they heard a slight noise at the far
end of it, followed by loud sniff.
Glancing in that direction, they saw an
animal resembling q bear in size and
other respects. save that the head
seemed rather broader, and the color, at
distance of . dozen yards, was that Of
. silver-gray fox or brindled wolf.
Three slugs, delivered in quick success
sion from Winchester in the hands OF
one Of the miners, laid the animal life
less in the thick, soft moss beside the
huge log. In all generic particulars the
creature was then found to be bear,
but his pelage was made up Of thick
undercoat of fur Of slate-gray color,
out Of which grew . second coat OF
longer, coarser hair, both black
and white, giving the beast its
peculiar bright gray and brindle
tints. Tho skin seemed to be SO fine
that the men took it of, and on their
return trip, two days later, carried it to
Yakutat- 1t proved to be . considera-
BILE prize, for trader offered them $50
for it. In an adjoining Indian village
they saw another similar skin, for which
the natives had refused SlOO, which was
used as . hunters talisman. A chief
had killed the animal.
The trader told the two miners that
hides of this bear were only occasionally
brought in by the native hunters, and
that he had never. heard OF them else
where. Several other furriers confirmed
the statement that this species of the
genus ursa is peculiar to the foothills
and valleys Of the st. Elias range. Iti
distinguished at Yakutat by the hunters
and trappers of that region from the
black and grizzly by the name of the 81.
Elias bear.-Alaskan.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-01-11
PALESTINE'S FUTURE.


Progress Made In the Holy Land DESPITE
Turkish Misrule.
There is no good reason fsr doubling
that with q good government and .
thrifty people Palestine might again
answer to the description of land flow
ing with milk and honey. Every intel
ligent resident in the country with whom
cOnversed was Of this opinion. The
soil is naturally rich and the climate
favorable. Under the Turkish Govern
ment, which is as whitening to all civil
izing impulses as the sirocco is to vege-
tatiOn, nothing can be hoped for in the
way Of advancement in any direction.
The tread of the Turk is the tread of an
iron foot. His rule is An unmitigated
curse on the earth in this nineteenth
Turk has been forced to witness and
even to languidly carry on certain inn
provements. The stage road from
Beirut to Damascus, built by .
French company in 1860, and still
owned by it, is in fine condi-
ti6n. There are carriage roads from
Jaffa to Jerusalem and from Jerusalem
to Hebron. Incited by the complaints
of the Russian Grand Dukes last au-
tumn, road is being built from Tiberas
westward to Nazareth, to connect with
tolerable road from there to Halfa, on
the Mediterranean, and . road was be-
gun in the autumn Mt Jerusalem in the
direction Of Jericho. A railroad for mili-
tary purposes from Egypt to Jaffa had
been talked about. There is every rea.
son to expect that in time a railroad
will he built from Jaffa to Jerusalem,
and perhaps extended from there to tho
wheat fields of the Hauran. But roads
of travel and commerce, valuable rs
they are, do not suffice to train and civ
ilize q people. Tho best thing that
could come to Syria and Palestine would
be what has happened to Egypt. En-
glish occupation would mean the adj
ministration Of justice and the security
Of property rights, to say nothing else.
The work Of the missionary from
Western Christendom is slow, but it is
progressing. An American can hardly
stand under the walls of the Syrian
Protestant College at Beirut without
feelings Of pride. 1t is q mighty engine
Of attack against the ignorance and
domestic degradation Of the Mohamme-
dan East. The village schools, tho
scattered churches, the mission printing
press and the personal lives and homes
of the missionaries are telling in q way
statistics can not show and only person.
al contact can reveal. When Turkish
rule is withdrawn and the torch Of
Christian life and liberty carried from
the West shall have been allowed to
cast its light through Syria and Pales-
tine, do not see why these lands may
not again be inhabited by a happy and
prosperous people. The arch@ologist
would retain Jerusalem and the Holy
Land IS q museum. The artist res;sts
the engineer. But we look forward to .
better destiny. So We thought rs tho
hills of Judea and the houses Of Jaffa
faded out Of our sight.-Cor. N. Y. Mail
and Express.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-01-11

Phenomena Regarding the Phyo9eA HaEo
- Tone Perception.
The medical side of music has not yet
been examined IS closely IS it should
be, particularly in its connection With
eye and ear. There are many phenomens
regarding the physical part Of tone per-
ception that would repay investigations
Women as . rule can perceive tones
higher than men. The right ear can
perceive tones SO high in pitch that they
are inaudible to the left ear, showing
plainly that two sides of the brain are
unequally developed. Most curious is
the phenomenon, observable in certain
eases, Of the sudden obliteration of the
sense of pitch; there are, for an ex-
ample, persons in existence, and they
can be found more frequently than is
suspected, to whom the highest notes Of
the piano are inaudible. The transition
frol, sound to silence is sometimes very
abrupt, the subject hearing one note dis
tinctly. and another, perhaps a semi-tone
above it, not at all. One Of the most
palpable cases of decay in the aural
organs occurred with very famous
composer, Robert Franz. His nerves
were Frustrated by the sudden piping Of
locomotive behind him, and gradual
and peculiar deafness set in. One by
one the upper tones Of tho tonal system
vanished until he has become almost
totally insensible to high sounds The
liability of all musicians to aural
troubles is but q natural result of an
overuse of one set Of nerves Beeth.
ovens deafness was unquestionably SUE
perinduced by an inherited disease. but
1t was in all probability aggravated by
his profession. Schumann suffered in
his late years with false hearing,
symptom Of insanity. blindness attacks
musicians at times, from the severe
strain to which the eyes are subjected,
in many ways. Bach became blind pos
sibly because of his arduous application
70 music-copying and engraving. Ham
del was also blind in later years,
probably from the cause that
weakens the sight of SO many musi-
cians-score-reading. There is no more
abnormal use of the eye Imaginable than
the reading of full orchestral score.
The eye must not only read horizontally
as in piano music, but must be used YER
tically as well in q manner that tasks
the nerves beyond any other reading
that exists. Probably the nearsighted-
ness and weakness of sight that is SO
characteristic of many musicians, espe-
cially in the foremost ranks, is more di-
rectiy traceable to score-reading than to
any other cause. There are other dis
eases which come from too-constant
application to one instrument, and plan,
ist cramp is the direct result Of exercis-
ing one set of muscles only (digital and
forearm) and allowing the others to fall
into Observation-Disclosures Musical Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-01-11
JOLLY BOB BUROETTE.


he Changed Into . Woman.
What would l do il were . womani
wouldn't try to be man. Cut that
out and paste it on your looking-glass,
daughter, and it will be An ornament oi
grace unto thy head and chains about
thy neck many times day.
wouldn't shudder and groan every
time the name Of the monster was men.
toned, but / would studiously avoid &C.
quiring the lightest of his many accom-.
plishments and the best of his manifold
ways.
l would never learn to lay . fire in
range or fireplace. Every time touched
a fire, summer or winter, would put II
dead out. Then I'd never be expected
to make one.
The first loaf of bread baked would
let it drop on the dog and kill him.
Then I'd never be asked 10 bake bread
again, and I'd get new dog.
When descended into the laundry I
would manage to bring out all the fancy
fiannels white as ghosts, and all the
shirts as blue as the sky Of June. Then
I'd never be asked to assist ut the wash
tub again.
l would pinch every baby that was
given me to hold black and blue in
half dozen places before it could catch
its breath enough to shrek, and I would
frighten the life or tease the temper out
of any body's children whom l was
asked to amuse. Then I'D never be
troubled with other peoples young ones,
and nobody would ever ask me to teach
the infant class while the tired teacher
took a vacation.
If had to sit on the front seat when
asked to drive, would carry large
sun umbrella and gouge the drivers
eyes out and run the team into . fence
corner the first mile out. Then I'd get
the back seat on the shady side every
time aftcrward.
would always sit sideways in .
street-car. Then l would have plenty
would wear carriage dress in the
street-car il / had no other place in
which to show it of.
would smash something choice and
expensive every time swept room or
busted parlor. Then Id never be
asked to do such work.
In church l would never rise during
the singing and never kneel during
prayers. Then people would notice me
and say: "Who is that pretty girl with
such lovely eyes?"
At the theater I would wear the big
gest hat obtainable.
At cricket and lawn-tennis matches ]
would sit in the front row and raise my
parasol.
would cultivate such charming help
lessness, such hopeless innocence, such
pretty, childish ignorance, such fasci-
mating dependence, such dainty baby
ways that people would say: 20, we must
take care of her; she doesn't understand
these things" Then all my life long I
would be petted. and coddled, and
and cared for in . thousand
ways where more independent women
have to hustle" for themselves.
That is, daughter, il other women
would care for such Q sweet little bit of
May be they would. You
know better than I do how women re-
gard that sort OF woman.
But, you can gamble your peace Of
mind, your love of ease and all your en-
joyments Of life that the Monster Man
torment the solitude Of such .
with his presence longer than .
lay or two, and she would thus be spared
one of the greatest annoyances to which |
mankind is subjected. J. Bur
lette in Chicago Tribune, |
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-01-11

"A Colorado farmer at . conference
meeting, after being importuned by the
Presiding Elder several times to rise and
give in just one word of testimony for
the Lord, finally got up and said:
''Brethering, have been in this section
risin' thirty years now, and 1t has been
my habit never to owe man any thing
not even . grudge-without paying
him. Pray for me, that may remain
steadfast"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-01-11
Honor Among Druggists.

Boy (hurriedly)-Gimme bottle OF
DR.. Quacker's cough sirup. Mr.. Squills.
Squills-A dollar and . quarter,
please.
Boy (reproachfully)-Say! This amt
for q customer: it's for Mr.. Menthol on
the corner. I'm the boy in his drug
store.
Squills-Oh, excuse me, thought you
were the public. Thirty-five cents.
rlease.--Loweu Citizen.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-01-11

Sarcastic brakemen on the New York
elevated roads have taken to calling out
after the name Of the street warning
to the women not take the car along.
This extreme measure has been rendered
necessary. it is said, by the fact that
women now and then try to carry out the
iron hat-racks and the cushions.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-24
He Had No Use for It

..And now," said the eminent lectur-
Or at the close of his discourse, ''in or
der to amuse you and at the same time
illustrate what have been telling you
in regard to this most wonderful dis
covery, l have directed my assistant to
prepare small quantity of the famous
elixir while have been talking to you.
and it is now ready. / shall be happy
to administer a dose of it to any per-
son in the audience who will step up
on this platform. Ishall prefer to op-
crate upon some one who is suffering
from low vitality and needs rejuvenat-
ing.
There was no response to the invita-
tion.
.'Will not somebody have the ex-
pertinent tried upon him?" inquired
the lecturer in a persuasive voice. 1T
ID only slightly painful and will do no
hasm. Will not my friend here. " he
,ontinued. addressip. a dead-looIzing
nan on the front sea ''have dose OF
t?''
II don't need it. ,ir," replied the
lead-looking man. slowly Il always
work BY the day." Ctieago Tribune.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-24
HIDDEN JUST IN TIME.

An Incident Of Mr.. Kennan's Travels in
tho Land OF the Czar.
Mr.. George Kennan, the Siberian ex-
plorer and exposer, is one of the most
entertaining conversationalists whom q
person can meet. He is a very unas-
aiming man and very modest. Some of
his most thrilling experiences will prob
ably never be put in print, or, at least,
not for number Of years, for, strange as
it may seem, Mr.. Kennan hopes to again
visit Russia at the end of two or three
years. He had very many narrow es-
,apes from death and the mental strain
produced by them was naturally very
great. One of these which has not been
printed occurred once while he was in
Nihilists house. He had papers with
him which, if found, would result in his
being instantly shot. He was informed
that the officers were on his track, and
would arrive at this house within five
minutes. Russian officers are very thor
ough when making search for any
thing Of this nature, and what to do
with these papers was most pertinent
question. But to think was to act, and
taking up hand-glass upon the table
he pried out the back with his knife,
hastily put the papers in the frame and
restored the back to it's place just as the
officers arrived. The search was made,
the glass raised from the table, but the
papers were not found. This is but 8
sample Of the many experiences Mr..
Kennan had in Siberia. He says that
the horrors of the prison system there
in vogue can not be described in words
50 as to convey any accurate idea to the
reader or Observation-Disclosures North
American
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-24

The medicinal qualities of nutmegs
are worthy Of great deal OF attention.
They are fragrant in odor, warm and
grateful to the taste, and possess de-
cided sedative, astringent and soporific
properties. In the following affections
they will be found highly serviceable:
Gastralgia (neuralgia OF the stomach),
cholera morbus, fatulent cholic, dysen-
terry, cholera infantum and infantile
cholic. In all cases nutmegs may be
prepared for administration in the fol-
lowing manner, Crate one or more nut
megs into very fine powder. For chill
aren. give one-sixth to one-thlrd OF >
teaspoonful, according to the age, OF this
powder, mixed with small quantity OF
milk. For adults, from half TO two
seaspoonfuls may be given In the same
way according to the severity OF the
case. Every two hours is generally the
best time to administer this remedy.
Insomnia (sleeplessness) Is very often
effectually relieved by one or two doses
Of nutmeg, when much stronger agents
have signally fAiled--Leuisvills Ooos-
&-3ouBal
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-24
Charity is a paradox to the Q

Charity is paradox to the covet-
Gus. The doctrine that teaches aims,
and the person that needs them, are
by such equally set at naught. Tell a
miser of bounty to q friend or mercy
to the poor, and point him out his
duty, with an evidence as bright and
piercing as the light, yet he will not
understand it. He shuts his eyes as
close as his hands. In both cases,
there Is an incurable blindness, caused
by resolution not to see; and, to all
intents and purposes, he who will not
open his eyes is for the present
IS blind as he who ean nok-N. T.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-24
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
Public Omcers

Public Onlcers.
Governor-E. z. Ferry
Lieutenant -Governor-C. E. LaughtOn.
Secretary of State Allen Weir.
Treasurer-A. A. Lindsey.
Auditor r. M. Reed.
Attorney. .General-W. C. Jones.
Superintendent Public Instrnction-R.
b. Bryan.
Commissioners Public Lands-W. T.
Forrest.
Judges Supreme Court-R. o. Dunbar.
4: q. Stiles, L. j. Anders aud John P.
Hoyt.
Senate-Watsoa c. Squire and John B
Allen.
Congress man John L. Wilson.
st tie -nator-W. Ii. Kneeland, of
Shelton.
State r preventative John McReary #
Union CITY.
Superior uixe-Mason Irwin, of Mor-
te anO.
Pr scouting Attorney-W. A. Reynolds,
of Chehalis.
Ltnd Officers-Seattle District: T NJ
Reed, Jr., Register; r Hayden, Re-
ceiver.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-24

Mason County Onlcers.
Audit" '-Jo eph w. Day, Jr
County Clerk Joseph w. Day, Jr.
Treasurrr-Frank Fredson.
Sheriff and As~essor-D NJ Duckworth.
Probate Judge w. H. M. Dunbar
Surveyor J S. w. Shelton.
Supt of Schools c. s. Bruuhaugh.
(Wm Potts.
County Co"missioners Franklin Purdy.
M. G. Simmons.
Coroner-A. F. Chapman.
Insti'" OF tho Peace tSheiton Precinct
George s'yperi.
'n.ts H.. (Sneton PreciucD George
Voy. ia
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-24

I'm some unaccountable manner the
telegraph. telephone and electric rail.
way wires got in contact one night in
Erie, Pa. There was dazzling cleo
trio display, all the telephone bells
were rung, the fire department waa
called out and number of coils burnt
cut at the phone exchange.
The Portland daily press., 1890-09-11
PERSONAL.

City Treasurer Libby has gone on his va
cation.
George S. Fisk of the News and Citizen,
Morrisville, Vt. is In the city.
Hon. George E. Bird and Mrs. Bird have
returned home from their European tour.
Major Haskins, U. s. A., formerly sta
TONED at Fort Preble, is visiting the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Strout will sail from
Havre for New York on the steamer Cas-
cogne on the 9th of September.
The Secretary of the Treasury has ap-
pointed W. a. H. Wyman keeper of the
Tenant Harbor light station, Me-. vice E.
d. Carleton, resigned.
Lieutenant G. L. Best, Jr.. of the First
Artillery. now at Fort Douglas. Utah. will
come East in October for duty with Shaw's
Battery at Fort Hamilton, N. Y. Lieuten-
ant Best is son OF Colonel G. l.. Best and
was stationed at Fort Preble several years
ago, when Colonel John Hamilton was in
command.
Mr.. III. S. Higgins Of this city, arrived in
New York yesterday on his return from Eu-
rope. He came on the steamship City of
New York and was accompanied by 10 MEM
bers of the bicycle party, of which he was
treasurer, and in the latter part of the trip
manager. Mr.. F. A. Elwell of this city, and
Mr.. E. B. Pillsbury of Boston. were iu New
York to greet him. Mr.. Higgins will be In
Portland within few days. In all respects,
except some rainy weather. the tour was
highly successful. When the party broke
up in London Mr.. Higgins was rendered a
complimentary banquet by the tourists, at
which time they also took occasion to pre-
sent him with gold headed walking cane.
The Portland daily press., 1890-09-11

Howell MALL


There is a rather novel sight In front of
the home of Mrs. Allen Haggett ON high
street, near East Merrimack. Once upon a
time, perhaps when our jolly Democratic
fellow citizen, Col. A. A. H., was a sprightly
youth, on each side of the walk leading to
the front door was planted cherry tree, and
the trees grew and thrived at their sweet
will in that sunny. conspicuous position. At
a later period. at the foot of each tree wood
bines were started; and the result is little
singular. The woodbines have completely
encircled the trees in a very close embrace
they have also climbed to their tops and lit
orally taken the life out of them. Still the
tops are larger and more dense than ever be-
fore, the vines having woven themselves
like net all through the twigs and branch
es, making two dense masses of dark green
leaves, but not a sign of leaf Of the old
cherry trees. These woodbines have proved
themselves good climbers; and they have
most effeetually and ungratefully captured
and slain the prop and support Of their in
FAINT lives. The revenge Of the cherry trees
will come when they decay, become top
heavy and topple over, carrying with them
to the ground their relentless destroyers.