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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-04
WIT AND WISDOM.

When you want to sec the crooked
made straight, look at railroad map.
Rams Horn.
The true prince will find IL easier
to disguise himself than the world
would have him believe.-Ccntury.
Miss cDonough-Phy did yez lave
ger last place? Miss McGoogan-Oi
Cudn't shtand the missus' cookin'.-
Washington Star.
-Long-This water color don't seem
exactly clear. i Jcnkins-Somc
ratified pated jay that didn't know
enough to get filter, l suppose, paint
cd it-Inter Ocean.
ALI true criticism is creative rather
than destructive. It points out faults
that it may stimulate and create vir-
tues.-Boston budget
-Brown-f you 60 over there where
the ice is thin you'll get drowned. Lit
tie Johnnie-lf that's SO. pa, how was
it the man who put up the danger sign
didn't fall in?
1T Paid.-''Does poetry pay?" asked
young Rhymer. addressing the editor:
ut has to pay before it gets into my
paper" was the reply; pays the regu-
lar rates. Y. Press
A Matter of Doubt-ls that man
there sculptor or . surgeon?" Il
don't know. Why?" II heard him say
he had been doing foot bali player in
plaster" -Indianapoli Journal
II don't make much by my per.
fumery slot machine. People don't
pAtronize it." "why?" 81 don't know,
unless it is because they don't think it
worth while TO drop nickel in the slot
and get back only q scent"
-Fathcr-Tommy, you should try
and be better boy. You are our only
child, and We expect you to be good.
Tommy-It amt my fault that I am
your only child 1t is tough on me to
he good for q lot of brothers and sisters
I haven't got.
-.Ya-a-s," said Willie Washington,
'she said that she was stwuck with my
appearance" ''It's . WONDER" replied
the friend, who dislikes Willie's idea as
to clothes, ''that she didn't have you
arrested for assault and battery
Washington Star.
We are not our own. says . writer
in the Christian Union; all that we have
belongs to the world of need. Il 1t liv-
ing as men and women should live-if
one human being who needs what We
have to give dare not como TO rs asking
for what is his as right?
-Wife-Well, talk about mean men,
here's the meanest / ever heard Of
After the minister had married him. he
paid the good man for his services with
. bogus check. Husband-I wish Ia
done the same; perhaps I might have
gotten even with the one that married
me.-Hsrvard Lampoon.
what q funny ideal" said Mira
n. Peck, laying down the paper.
"Here's q story about . 'parachutist'
who keeps her mouth shut while de-
scending by holding q stick the size of
. pencil between her teeth" II have .
pencil here. my dear. If you wish to
make the experiment" Mr.. Peck ven
tured to say.-Indianapolis Journal
Many housekeepers can sympathixe
with the old Virginia lady who said to
her friend, on finding . treasured old
cup cracked by . careless maid: II
know Of nothing to compare with the
afiiction of losing handsome piece of
old china" Surely" said the friend,
at is not SO bad Is losing ones chill
dren" "Yes it is. for when your chill
dren die you do have the consolation Of
religion, You know"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-04
PeRaoNAl MgNrloea.

Octave THAxEf = IN adept - he q
most lost art Of letter writing.
TIM caustio Dean Swift once ungal-
lautly wondered how IN angel would
look ct thirty-six.
ADLAI SrxvExSox u said 20 b never
% happy - when ehstting with IN ap-
preciative KentucEian Of old times and
great men In the blue grass common
wealth.
On. NAxsEH. the arctic explores. b
only thirty-one years old, stands over
six feet high, and h endowed with .
splendid physique. His features arc OF
the pure Scandinavian type. and his
mouth. which d expressive Of great re-
olution. u covered By . long. fair mus
karhM
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-04

Beware q Oent0ooto for CatofrA That
Contain Mercury.
% mercury will surely destroy the sense Of
smell and completely derange tho whole
system when entering it through the mu.
cous surfaces. Such articles should never
be used except on prescriptions from re,
putable physicians, ~ the damage they VA
derive from them. Halle Catsrrh Cure,
manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co.. To
ledo. O., contains NO mercury, and u taken
internally. acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system. In
buyinR Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get
the genuine 1t is taken internally, and
made in Toledo, Ohio, BY F. J. Cheney &
Co. Testimonials free.
Iz-Sold by Druggists. price &c. Per bottle.
Hrs VoIcE.-Clara-'l don't ike Ar. blm.
lev: his voice has snch . metallic ring. !
Mabel, eagerly-'.Is there diamond In nv
Detroit Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-04
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

We do not have TO b great In any.
thing except faith to obtain great favor
with God.-Ram's Horn.
There Is NO sex line drawn in sin.
and should be none in the punishment
Of it-Rev. O. p Clifford
The New York college Of pharmacy
has the most complete herbarium in the
United States 1t embraces over 60, 600
specimens
England, with ninety-four UNIVERSE
ties, has 2, 723 more professors and 81, S1l
more students than the 500 universities
Of the United States.
Mrs w. II. Williams, Of Shreve-
port. La, originated the movement for
the Louisiana ChautauQua, which was
opened for the first time this season at
huston.
Power from on high is the prom
ise 1t comes only from ON high, for
human power is weakness In the effort
to rise or lift others above the world
United Presbyterian.
-Prussian education IL more thor.
ough than that of any other country.
Every child is in school from 1--WE to
fourteen years Of age. Parents must
obey the law, pay q fine. or 60 to
prison.
Mira Royal Leighton. Of the Society
of Friends, has gone from New York
to found . second school for girls in
Palestine. one hundred miles from Je.
rusalem. Mrs Leighton is now over
sixty years of age, but Is remarkably
successful in her work.
The friends of the late Henry Ward
Beecher have drawn up . petition to
the Brooklyn board of aldermen asking
that his statue in City Hall park be
turned SO as to face the New York and
Brooklyn bridge instead Of the City
hall, as IL does now.
A bishop in the Episcopal church IS
pcrapatetic parsonage, forever on the
wing, and over-entertained with feast
ing Of the cold-lunch variety. The good
gentleman who signs himself civilian
Of Albany" was asked the other day by
q friend with whom he was to dine, If
he had any choice as to food. He an
swercd impressively: Eyes, an OK, and
have it hot"
The honorary degree OF doctor Of
divinity was conferred on Prof. Philip
Schaff. of the Union Theological semin-
airy, by the University Of New York.
This makes the third time the degree
Of d. ID. has been conferred upon the
professor. The first time was by the
University of Berlin. 1854; the second
by the University of Edinburg. 1887.
The professor is seventy-three years old.
There is more money in well-kept
Sabbath than in any week day of hard
work. In the thick of the battle, in
the midst of WEAKNESS and anxiety,
one can not see business or other condi-
tons that are ten rods away. Let him
go to church. hear . good sermon. get
the spiritual and mental uplift, and he
can see more clearly on Monday morn
ing ten miles, than he could on the tired
Saturday night see two rod&-Interior
The age at which pupils are allow:
ed to enter public schools differ greatly.
OF the forty-nine states and territories.
six admit them at four years of age.
at Eve, twenty at six. three at
seven. and one at eight The states adj
hitting them at four are Maine. Con-
necticut, Florida and Montana The
schools of Alabama and North and
South Dakota do not receive them till
they are seven. and those of Texas ex.
clude them till they are eight
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-04
THOUSANDS OF CLOCKS.
Some Famous TimepieceO OWn0d
by the Government
The Old Senate Clock and lts Present
Cndlgnified Position-O@clal Clock
Of the House Of Representatives
-Fean1oni's Marble Clock.
Especial washington Letter.l

Especial Washington letter.
You have no idea what a time-killer
congress is, and yet it is no secret
Everybody knows it, for at the hour Of
noon every day ten thousand strokes Of
bells resound throughout the capitol
There are nearly . thousand clocks.
big, little. tiny and almost atomic in
the corridors, committee rooms, restsu-
rants, Easements, sub Easements, cellars
and crypt
Twelve o'clock is an important hour.
for it is both the beginning and the end
ing of the day. AL committee meetings
must adjourn at twelve o'clock, because
at that hour both the senate and house
are called to order by the vice president
and speaker, and all members are ex-
pected to be present Hence their COM
mittee meetings must adjourn. With
the last stroke Of twelve, when the last
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-04
German
Syrup

Regis Leblanc is a French Cana
dian store keeper at Notre Dame de
Stanbridge, Quebec, Can. who was
cured of a severe attack of Congest-
ion of the Lungs by Boschee's Ger
man Syrup. He has sold many a
bottle of German Syrup OH his per-
sonal recommendation. nyou drop
him line he'll give you the full
facts of the case direct, as he did us,
and that Boschee's German Syrup
brought him through nicely. It
always will. It is a good medicine
and thorough in its work. q
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-04
Center Of the United States.

The exact situation of the geograph.
ical center of the United States is a sur
prise to anyone who has not given the
subject careful attention, says the De-
troit Free Press. The most eastern
point of the United States is Quoddy
Head, Me-; the western, Attoo island,
Alaska; the most northern, Point BAR
row, Alaska; the most southern. Key
West, Fla The center Of the quad
triangular figure formed by uniting these
four points is located At the crossing Of
IS degrees north latitude and ITO dc
grecs west longitude. about 400 miles
north of the northern line Of Montana.
It is also true of the United States as Of
Great Britain. that the sun never sets
on our territory, for when it is 6 p. m.
on Attoo island, Alaska, it is 9:36 q. a.
Of the following dav at Eastport. Me-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-04

ONE ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup Of Figs is taken; it i pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acta
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys.
tenn efectually, dipels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup Of Figs i the
only remedy Of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and -.
ceptable to the stomach, prompt In
IT, action and truly beneficial IN ii
efects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, il
many excellent qualities commend Il
70 al and have made It tho most
popular remedy known.
Syrup Of Figs Is for sale in 800
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gistA Any reliable druggist who
may not have it ON hand win pro.
cure It promptly for any ono Who
wishes to tzy t. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA re SXRUP CO.
.... sAy fRAscisco: CAL
l0tHoNylE. ~ new Y0AG ~
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-04

Der was abandoned as q Legislative
hall and given over to the supreme
court. I do not know why the robed
did SO. and now it stands opposite the
main entrance Of the senate with its
white face apparently appealing for
admittancc. The senators Of to-day.
however. do not know tho old clock
and they heedlessly pass it by. Yet
this old clock was good enough for the
statesmen of ante-bellum days
Such men as Webster, Clay, Calhoun.
Hayne set their bull's-eyc watches and
timed their speeches BY it. With inex-
orable accuracy it measured OF tho
lives Of these great men into minutes,
and one BY one marked the hour Of
their death. Its twelve-strokc for
years has struck out the term Of one
administration and in the term of an
other. Presidents and senators were
sworn in by it. and it possesses secrets
Of state of which history is ignorant
The man who sat by its side sixty years
ago, watched il and wound it, now,
grown to look like old Father Time. sits
and watches the new clock in the SEN
afA while this old frisnd stands In .
sorner deprived Of its Official functions.
For many years this old clock was
known for its veracity. None OF our
fathers Of craftsmanship would have
of doubling its accuracy any
more than they would doubt the cardi-
nal truths of current religion
In statuary hall there stands mar
bic clock, conspicuous for its position
over the entrance from the rotunda- 1t
was made for the house of representa-
tivcs By an Italian named Fransoni. as
the cost of $4,000, and placed in its
present position when the meetings OF
the house were held in what h now
called statuaEy hall. The clock wos
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-04
FOREIGN FACTS AND EVENTS

HuDoosrAx Il sbout twenty-five
times - large - the state Of New York.
Our Of . total population Of II. III. ooo
In Spain, - computed BY recent cen
sua. only II, 0oo, 900 can resd o. writa
A NAN In Berlin has adopted q
strange way Of earning o living. he
breeds rata and sells them for vivisse.
ton purposes.
PAf1IorIo Frenchmen In Alsaee-lIog-
raine who are rash enough 70 shout
''vivo IL Franeey' are arrested and each
aned twenty marks.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-04
Not Cp to tho Standard.

mo, miss" said the school trustee Of
District Is, Cornstalk township, sha!s-
ing his head slowly. II don't think
you're quite the person we want for
teacher in our school,"
"May I csk in what particular ] fail
to meet your requirements" inquired
the young woman, timidly.
1--WE been listening to your talk" re-
Joined the official, reluctantly. yet firm
", land il ! must tell you the Truth
you don't seem to have no idea OF gram
mar."@Chicago Tribr0c.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-04
A Sure Care.

A famous French doctor and profes
sor Of medicine contcnded that every
disease was due to process of inflan-
nation On dissecting one Of his pa
tients. not . trace Of Inflammation
could be found. He explained the CIR
cumstances to his pupils as follows:
''Gentlemcn, you see that our mode ct
treatment was thoroughly effective.
The patient is dead, bat he died cured :"
-Demorest's Magazine.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-04

"NANNA, did the hen burst news"
asked little Johnny when no saw broken
wing.-Binghzmton Republican.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-04

LIeur-FIxoERED people are frequently
found trifiing with the keys OF IN upright
piano.-N. q. Picayune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-04

BEEcHAx's PILLS enjoy the largest sale g
any proprietary medicine ~ me "of"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-04
Paw the Price Of the.
Royal for Royal only

Actual tests show the Royal b1
Powder to be ~ per cent. stronses t'
any other brand on the mafses' |"
other baking powder Is forced upon you
Nv the grocer, see that you are claasteo
the correspondingly lower price.
Those baking powders sold with l.
or advertised or sold at half the cost =,
Royal" are invariably made from alun' anu
are dangerous to health.
Every Royal Baking Powder eost.ns s S ~ e,tei
hov 10 obtain free Royal Baker ana fasuy
Ing ,ooo Of practical cooking sesps
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-04

"KsEP quiet, my friend, and doat dck,
said the highwsyman 70 the passenger.
s.Remember that coutontDent b oeetee
than Eiches."-Wa shington star.
8oxEDoDY says that man can gse rear
ing drunk ON water. Well, % h0 en- O.
land.-TexAs SiftingS.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-04

SuppEy CHANGES OF WHAfaE1 cause
Throat Diseases. There Is no more eject
ual remedy for Coughs, Colds, ETC., than
BRowN's BRONCHIAL. TRoCHEs. Sold only h
boxeo. Price Is cts.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-04
An Army q Allmeots

Lies in ambush for persons who postpone
reforming . disordered condition Of the
stomach, liver and bowels. For uuhealth-
full conditions Of these organs, Hostetter'a
Stomach Bitters il = sovereign remedy, and
against the ills to which they give rise IN
adequate defence. Be on time II you are
or constipation. Tho Bitters will cure
these, - wen as malarial, nervous and kid
new ailments.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-04

TnE rollcall Is frequently heard at the
baker's.-BaltimOrc American.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-04
ElY'S
CREAM BALM

luae % msscA tross-
blcd scifh easdrrA 4
seriously Effected M
coica Ons bottle q
Elv's Cream BGlss
did The sros-k. Ny
uoSce d fully 'oetored.
-B. r. Ldepssaer, A.
r., Postor Of the on
ut Bap(ist Church,
pAil0.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-04
Probably Not.

Probably Not.
II see the Chinese arc to be euum0'
rated In the census"
$50? wonder IL the dudes win bcS'
-Houoehold Monthly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-04

WHEN you pray for . good meeting, don
take your dog to church. Horn.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-04

THE SrRIsr WAY TO BRrxo OxE.-A mar
addressed y passionate love letter TO lady
adding, postscript: '.Please to send speedy
answer; somebody eisc in my eye."-nd
Bito.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-17
BROOKLAND,

Mrs. Norris of Takoma has resigned her
position as station agent at University sta
ton on account of ill health. Mr.. William
II. White will be her probable successor.
AT their last meeting King David's Lodge
OF Brookland, F. A. A. NJ, decided to hold
public installation of officers on the even
ing of December 3, when the officers of the
Grand Lodge of Masons of the District of
Columbia will be present as well as other
distinguished invited guests
An event of interest to Brookland people
was the chrysanthemum tea given by Miss
Alta West of 9Th street southwest, Wash
ington, to the members of her infant class
OF the Marvin NJ. Z. Sunday school, The
parlors and dining room of Miss Vests
nome were prettily decorated with the
reigning flower. a host of friends were pres
ent and neat little sum was realized for
the class missionary fund.
The meeting of the Dorcas Society Of the
ST Clements L. h. Mission, which was to
have been held at the residence of Mrs. L.
u. Cdrmick, was postponed on account Of
The accident TO Mrs. Carmick and Mrs.
Platt and will be held at Mrs Carmick' &
next Tuesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walker of Gaithersburg and
Mrs. Penn of Rockville, have been visiting
Mrs. James Whitesides
Rev K. r. West of the Baptist Church OF
Brookland will deliver the annual sermon
before the Columbia Baptist Association.
which Will meet at Calvary Baptist Church
OF Washington on Tuesday, Wednesday and
annual convention.
A dramatic entertainment is announced
To- the benefit of the Soldiers Home Tenn
Eerance Union at Sheridan's Hail, Soldiers
Home, next Friday evening November "a
The music is by the Soldiers Home Rand
and the entire production is under the man
asement OF Miss Eleanore Poole.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-17
RATcLIFFE. pARR 4 CO. AucT1oNEERs.
CHANCERY SALE OF VALUABLE DIPROvEr
REAL ESTATE NUMBER 226 SECONT


REAL ESTATE. NUMBER a2e sECoSp
STREET NORTHEAST.
By virtue Of decree Of the Supreme Court of
the District Of Columbia, passed the 23d day
Of October. 1893. In equity cause No. 1491S. where
in Lottie B. Mccormick ct al are compa Ina n Is
and William T. Guilford ct al. defendants.
will offer for sale at public auction. In front OF
the premises, on SATURDAY, THE EIGH-
TENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1898 at HALF
PAST FOUR O'CLOCK p. NJ, the following de-
scribed real estate. with the Improvements thereon
consisting of n desirable dwelling, No. 226 I'd ST
ne, containing 10 rooms. a. l. and cellar.
situate in the city of Washington. District OF
Columbia, to wit:
All Of lot "H." in Chester and Jenkins recorded
subdivision Of original lots %. 80. 81 and part Of
g. In square numbered seven hundred and twenty.
Ave T25, Size of lot 1914 by lis to large alley.
with stable in II the weather il stormy
the sale will be postponed
Terms Of sale prescribed by the decree: Ono.
third of the purchase money IN cash, one-t third In
one year and one-third in two years from day Of
sale. the deferred payments TO be secured by
deed of trust on the property, satisfactory in
form to be approved by the court, and to bear
per cent per annum until paid. all cash. at
option Of purchaser. Sold free Of taxes prior to
July I. 1893. All conveyancing and recording at
purchasers cost deposit OF $500 will be re-
quired Mt the time OF sale. Terms of sale to b.
complied with within ten days from day OF sale
otherwise the trustee reserves the rght TO resell
the property at the risk and of the defaulins
purchaser. after Eve days previous public ad.
vertisement In The Evening Star newspaper
W. MOSBY WILLIAMS Trustee,
n6d&ds 1921 st. NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-17
AUCTION SALES.
THIS AFTERNOON.
RADCLIFFE. DARR & CO., Auctioneers.
No. 800 PENNA. AVE. NV.

No. y2U JENNA. AVE. NV
PUBLIC SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED REAL
ESTATE. BEING PREMISES NUMBER 500
FLORIDA AVENUE NORTHWEST.
BY direction OF the owner will sell on FRI
DAY. NOVEMBER SEVENTEENTH 1898 az
HALF-PASr FOUR O'CLOCK T. NJ. in front Of the
premises. the following property In the county ~
Washington District Of Columbia. and distinguished
as part Of lot numbered seventeen IN in Emma
three 81, In lie Droit Park. as per plat recorded
in Ltber County number l. folio IS. of the records
Of the ofc" Of the surveyor of the District of Co
lumbfa, beginning for the same at the southeast
corner OF said lot and running thence along the
east line of said lot forty io) feet: thence along
line parallel with LaFch street a point six (cI
feet from the west Of said lot: thence on a line
line of the lot; thence along the north line of the
lot to the west line thence along the line to
the south line. and thence along the south line TO
the place of beginning.
Said property IL improved BY a comparatively
new well-built two-story bow window brick house
containing six rooms and bath and all modern i'm
provemeEtS, and In the best Of order, and under
good rental.
She property will be sold subject to two q, deeds
Of trust amounting in all TO about four thousand
$4,000 dollars. the details Of which will be read
az the time Of sale.
Terms of sale: The purchase money over and
above the trusts shall be paid in cash. Terms of
sale TO be compiled with within ten 1O) DAYS after
the property is sold. otherwise ii will be resod at
Taxes paid TO date of sale. All title examining
conveyancing and recording TO be at the sole cost
Of the purchaser. deposit of one hundred (slOO)
dollars Will be required when the property sold
RADCLIFFE. DARR & CO., Aucts
THOMAS NJ. FIELDS. Attorney. n7-d&ds