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The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-03-31

avoid all unpleasant complications
the right place quality right and prices right We give
everything except thngau find Just calling
attention line of Jee Preserves Canned Goods Plain
Pickles. seed and anything else kept
frsta grocery wholesale retail Satisfaction guaran
money delivered the city Call
and
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-03-31

"Castoria is the best remedy for children Of
which am acquainted. hope the day IS rot
far distant when mothers will consider the real
interest of their children, and use Castoria in
stead of the various quack nostrums which are
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium,
morphine, soothing syr,p and other hurtful
agents down their Threats, thereby sending
them to premature graves"
Dr. J. r KISCuELoE,
Conway, Ark
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-03-31
THE RACKET CONTINUED
FOOD FOR REFLECTION.

Perhaps you think that no refec-
ton is necessary when it comes to
the purchase ofgroceries. The truth
is that, while it is easy to be suited,
it is just as easy, and perhaps trifle
easier, not to be suited at all. There
is one effective precaation which the
buyer can always take, and which
will make the rest PLAIN sailing.
Take the precautiOn of buying at the
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-03-31

The Csntaur Company Murray Street, New York City
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-05-27

An astonishing story Of q wild hog
chase, from Snow Hill. Md, will excite
the skepticism of resident eastern
shorcmen. The ''razor-back' hog has
been . denizen of the eastern shore per-
haps two centuries. and he has never
been an object Of terror. He is an
everyday tame hog. turned loose in the
pine forest 50 shift for himself and
bring up his family rs best he may. He
is q tall, gaunt, swift creature, with
long. slender legs, sides distinctly
ribbed, and a clearly articula ted spine
that gives him his name. He is near
kin to the mast-fed hogs of Virginia,
from which the famous hams arc OBJ
tanned. It has long been the custom
in Maryland to turn out hogs in this
fashion, and also to land few pigs on
nninhabitcd islands, where the Great
ures arc left to increase as they may.
A time honored eastern shore story
tells of the Worcester county man who
visited one day with lively expectation
the island where he had - sundry
pigs two years before. He hail scarce
set foot on the soil when he was greet
ed with = chorus Of grunts from his
pigs, grown indeed, but not increased
in numbers. It was then that he re-
allied that he had failed to initiate in
one important particular the foresight
Of Noah.-N. Y. Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-05-27
WEIGHT OF THE HUMAN BRAIN.
Chimes Take the Lead with IN Average 4
30 l-2 Ounces.

Chlneo0 Take the Lead with IN Average ol
30 l-2 Ounces.
According to DR.. Bischoff, Of Bonn,
who has made extensive investigation
on this subject. the average weight Of
the male brain is - ounces and the fe-
male 4s ounceA The maximum is fixed
ut 81 ounces and the minimum 81. In
cases Of idiocy it has been found weigh
ing only 20 ounces Broca places the
lowest limit Of brain weight compati-
BILE with human intelligence at 80
ouneca Bischo6 also weighed the
brains Of ten cultivated and celebrated
men, somc Of which he found to be be-
low the average, while none reached
the maximum. The brains of lI9 or
dinary offenders weighed II grammes
more than the average. Broca COM
pared lis skulls taken from . vault
closed up not later than tho twelfth
century with another series Of 1o5
skulls taken from . cemetery belong
ing to the earlier years Of the present
century. and found the average ca
pacity to be 1,426 and l,f62
grammes. showing considerable gain
during seven centuries of progress
i've civilization. As TO the actual
weight Of the brains Of eminent men,
full statistics are not obtainable. TAX
ing individual cases, some % in num-
Der, Cuvier. the naturalist. heads the
list, with 64H ounces, but il size or
weight is an indication Of greatness, Il
Is difficult to account for the fact that
the hrain 0f Leon (samhetfa 0ne NJ
the greatest Frenchmen Of the time,
weighed . tride less than 80 ouncea
The brain of . mulatto. who died ut
Cincinnati some years ago. was found
to weigh 81 ouncea Tho heaviest brain
on record, which weighed 81 ounces,
according to DR.. Norris was that Of .
bricklayer, who had . good memory
and was fond Of politics. but could
neither read nor write, 50 that what
ever his potentialities. his actual &C.
quirements were not great" Il may
occasion surprise to know that the sta.
tistics Of Chinese brain-weights show
them to exceed all other nations in this
respect The average brain-weight of
the males reached 50Is ounces, and that
of the females l5,< ounces. This is an
average not attained, 30 far ~ vet
known. by any other nation. il being
fully Q ounces above that Of the average
negro and ~ ounces above the Euro
peaO. O.~PittsbUTgh Dispatch.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-05-27

The department of transportation ex-
hibits is advised that the French line
mail steamers will make an interesting:
and attractive display in the French
section. II will consist principally Of
six large paintings or dioramas repre-
senting: The entrance to New York
harbor, with two of the comP9hy's
steamers. and showing the statue Of
Liberty and Brooklyn bridge; Going
on BOARD at Havre," showing the dock
with one st.amer ready to 20 and taxi
ing passengers. baggage, etc, and =
special train arriving from Paris: the
dining-room Of q steamer at night,
lighted with electricity; the arrival of
an African steamer in Marseilles;
view of Algicrs, with blue sky and sea
and steamer in harbor; the coast At
Penhoct St Naxaire, with two steamers
in process of construction These
pictures were painted by Poilpot. Hof-
baur, Montenard and Motto. The re-
naming portion Of the exhibit will
consist of models of the coast steam.
er< The exhibit will arrive the latter
part of this month
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-05-27
Scotch II umOr.

A Scotch professor had read . piecs
Of Latin to his class, and had called on
certain student to translate the same.
The student stood mp for . few mo-
ments vainly essaying the task.
''Sit down." said the professor; "rll
see you after the hour!'
The next victim was called upon with
% like result
''Sit down." said the professor again,
''I'll see you after the 10
Then third was invited to try his
skill He was . tall. raw-boned, simple
Highland STRIPPING.
Standing up with blank smile upon
his face, he drawled ont BY way of at
once killing the thing, mister Pro.
fessor. iii see you after the hour r'-
Yankee Blade.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-05-27
COWS CAUSE CONSUMPTION.

Where Nilk II Not Used the Dlsease ID
Said Not 10 Occur.
Consumption is the result Of drink
ing cows milk" Rather . sensational
statement this. when il stands alone
and is unqualified. Yet it comes from
an authoritative source, and is meant
to stand alone and unqualified. DR..
Charles A. McQueston. secretary of the
United States board of examining sur
geons, and . well-known practicing
physician of this city, Is the authority.
He made this statement, and then fol-
lowed it with yet stronger statements.
81 mean exactly what say; no more
no less The primary cause Of consump-
tion is the drinking of cows milk. OF
course I don't mean to say that every
single case of phthisis IL attributable
70 the patients having imbibed in
fected cows milk-though even 50
strong . statement rs that is very
nearly true but do mean TO say that
il the American people stopped using
cows milk and butter and cheese made
from cows milk, tubercular consump-
tion would soon disappear.
LET me put it another way. In
countries where cows milk il mot used
tubercular consumption il not known.
The scientific world il awakening to
this fact, and soon we may expect .
more rigid inspection of our daily milk
supply. But must say Il Is taking m
IN unconscionablel long time to discover
this simple truth. And the proof 10
right ut hand and unmistalxably plain.
I'm China there il no milk consumed
and consumption Is almost An un-
known quantity. Take the steppes of
Aeiatic Russia Only goats and mares
milk il used here. Cons equently there
IL no consumption. Goats and horses
are FREQ from this scouragc Of civili-
xation, and those who use their milk
have yet to know the terrors Of phthisiA
The same condition II. or was until re-
Gently. true Of the South sea islandA
No cows, NO tubercular disease.
take the North American Indians
before the white man brought his whis-
Ky and his cows among them. They
had NO word In their Language that
with consumption.
''Of course, in our day, doubtless .
few cases Of phthisis are produced By
the person inhslinR the dried sputa Of
. eonsumptive. and It may be true that
some cases arc Inherited. But the great
cause. and the first cause. Is the use Of
cows milk - tood."-San Ersncisse
Call
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-05-27
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

-'Ten. Garfield, /" said Mr.. Blaine in
. private conversation few years ago.
was perhaps the ablest man who ever
occupied the presidential chair. He
was . ripe scholar and . profound
statesman. Had he lived he would
have given the country the most bril-
liant and successful administration in
peaceful times in our history"
| James Russell Lowell's daughter.
Mrs Burnett, says that while those
who want to ''save" Elmwood can buy
the portion of the estate which did not
belong personally to the poet. they can
not buy Elmwood, which is hers by Mr..
Lowell's will. in trust for her children.
some Of whom she hopes will live there
after her. as their grandfather wished.
Gilbert Parker. the Anglo-Ca
novelist and dramatist, whom one dis
cerning critic halls ss - new Kipling"
and another rs - second Robert Louis
Stevenson" is . black-bear1ed young
man . few years past thirty. slender.
quiet and possessed of good manners
He was educated at Trinity college. in
Toronto. and designed for the Episco-
pal ministry.
Gen. Beauregard was always .
great favorite Of the Creole element
down in Louisiana, and they rather re-
garded him n the hero Of the war.
When New Orleans was talking Of
raising . statue Of Gen. Lee. an old
Creole gentleman asked: 'Who il zis
Gen. Lee Of whom they talk Cd very
much? Beaurcgard il &c graft gen.
eral, but nevair hear of Lea"
Col Alexander C. Boslxin, the
lieutenant governor of Montana, is
paralyzed from the waist down.
and has not walked for many
yearA The colonel II an able
lawyer. and held many positions
of trust while Montana was . ter
ritory. He is forcible speaker. and
his invalid's chair is familiar sight
on the political platforms Of the state.
Harriet Beecher Stowe has passed
the age of eighty-one, and her mental
vigor continues to decline. but her
mind gives occasional glimpses of its
former power. When, for example.
her friends sing favorite old hymns to
her, her ear catches the slightest mis-
takes in giving the reading of the
lines She notices instantly the omis-
sion of word or tho substitution of =
wrong one. and makes the proper COR
rection.
Baron Won Wedel. . wealthy young
German, travelling in Persia, ventured
to attend service in . mosque, which
M0hammedans believe to be def1led by
the presence Of Christian. He was at
first approached by the worshipers. up
ON whom he drew his revolver. He was
then beaten and finally tied by the feet
to the tail of . horse. which was then
whipped into gallop When rescued
by telegraph employe he was uncon-
scious, and he has since become q hope
less maniac. He was lately placed in
. private lunatic asylum near Vienna
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-05-27
4 VENETIAN wALLFLowER.

&eun& along quaint Venetian street.
AN oad, Old woman, laid upon the shelf
Aaeat now much iffe's bitter mars its sweet
And foolisaiy kept thinking OF myself
whno vanquished day its sunset banner frr,ed
poodered oicr forgotten hopes and fears
ana thought perhaps too hardly OF the world.
Fcr patience docs not always grow with
years
High on the right there lowered N old stons
wall
Gay with . ocnsury's dsreearacd growth.
where wallfiowcrs held their gaudy festival,
some rcd, some yellow. and some tinged with
From out the crumblins stones with flowers
little window could my course command:
Ana o'cr the sill smiled a Venetian maid,
ana leaned her pensivc head upon her hand
Her softly lustrous hair as dark - night,
her features lighted by n thoughtful smile
Sne turned her sulcncid eyes to left and right.
ana humnocd an ole Venetian sir the while
Hcr brilliant checks and rcd lips Just apart
LIT BY the low SUMS slowly dying namc,
she sat SO still shc seemed a work OF art,
Win old gray stone and wallflowers for .
Shc saw me, and she seemed 70 know ny
0OWer
OF grief and loneliness ard selfish woe.
And with sudden impulse pluciScd flower
And tossed II to me IS I passed below.
Tho breeze had died away Tho blossom
dropped.
Fluttercd and waycrcd: II was falling wide:
a tiny zephyr caught 1t up. then stopped,
And brought the flower directly 10 my side
fccbly waved my poor old wrinklcd hand:
Her pretty features lighted w ~ this:
She said sonc words I could not understand,
And laughed, and threw me down little kissL
And then somehow this dark world grew more
bright:
And i could see with dim eyes strangely
clear
How grim old time can smile In swiftest flight
And ecmher fate forget to be severe.
love 70 think that you remember. too.
Sweet girl SO far away across the sea-
And while l wave this grateful hand TO you
Perhaps you throw another kiss 70 me.
Robert b Hale, in Youths Companion
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-05-27

The eight thousand inhabitants Of
the Magdalen islands, which lie to the
south Of the gulf Of St. Lawrence, are
said to be practically serfs. and are
appealing to the dominion government
to purchase the islands and set them
free. In 179S the islands were granted
by letters patent to Admiral Sir Isaac
Coffin, and he and his heirs were made
feudal lords Of them. The present
holder Of the 6ef Is Isaac Tristim
Coffin, Of Chateau de In Madeleine,
Boulogne-Sur-Mer, France The repre-
sentative of the Magdalen islands. E.
J. Flynn. recently declared in the
Quebec legislature that he regretted
that the government could not see its
way to purchase the islands on account
Of the impoverished condition Of tho
provincial fnanceA Yet until such
purchase II effected IL is impossible to
release the population Of the islands
from vassalage.-N. o. Picayune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-05-27
DECORATING WASTE PLACES.


Ever the Diss9reeablo.
II il one thing to situate oneself
where everything Is agreeable, and
quite another to make everything
agreeable where one happens to be
situated. Ono woman. who lived in .
city, once upon . time had her view of
pretty park entirely shut OF by .
brick wall built . few feet distant
from her window. Not to be cheated
of her scrap Of beauty, she made use
Of her artistic gifts in that direction.
She painted = beautiful landscape
with an exquisitely refreshing water
view, had a bit of casing made, box
fashion. outside of her window and
placed this painting at the back of it; .
sloping roof with glass covered the top
ofthe box. which in reality made . sort
Of bay window, and through IN ad-
Unstable screen fresh air was admitted.
The sides Of this box were covered
with soft gray paper. and . drspery
covered the edge Of the picture 1t the
back. In IN easy-chair or ON the lux
urious divan that formed part of the
furniture of the room. one could look
into what seemed an interminable dis
tance over that bit Of rolling water. It
not only shut out disagreeable things,
but brought into view something rest
ful. suggestive and always pleasing.
Another lady, somewhat similarly sit
uated. had . casing or outside window
made from each of the two rooms fac
cling out upon blank brick wall. One
of these was draped with soft silk, the
other held ferns and shady-place vines
The lignt that came directly from above
through the glass roof sum ced to bring
into the most luxurious growth some
pots Of smilax that were the marvel of
her entire acquaintance. and my lady
felt herself amply repaid for whatever
trouble and expense had attended her
efIortA-N. Y. Ledger.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-05-27
DARED THE COMMODORE.


On HIS Own Deck T00-Mo0t1nG Year
The case Of Dapforth, the assistan,
engineer on board the Philadelphia
tried by court martial for disobediencs
of orders and condemned TO q year,
suspension on half-pay. recalls IN in
cident in the navy during the war oi
1925. Richard Contee. Of Maryland
. gentleman Of high tone but with q
lack Of self-control that through life
marrcd many cstimablc qualities, was
lieutenant Of the marines under Com.
IN odore cambridge when the Constitu.
tion took the Java. During the cruise
. sailors hammock one day was
found out Of place To detect ita
owner it was laid within the
beat of . sentinel. and in per.
son the commodore ordered the
marine to see to it that no man touched
it. When no one else was by sailor
approached the sentinel and said:
tom. you don't want to have . poor
fellow flcgged. do you?" ''Of course
n OF" Then let me have that ham.
mock, will your" 1--WE nothing to do
with the hammock" was the answer.
The result was that when the time
camc-whatcvcr the sea term may be
that was to disclose the delinquent
every man had his own. Natu rally
the anger of the ballxed com modorc
fell upon the disob,dient sentinel and
orders were given for immediate pun
ishment In those days officers and
crew alike thought that the proper
punishment, that on which the dis
cipline and honor of the navy de-
pended, was fiogging on the bare back.
When the marine was about to be
stripped, Lieut. Contce stepped forward
and said: Commodore Bainbridge,
that man can not be hoggcd. Every
blow laid on him is laid on me. / COM
mandcd him to receive no orders not
given through me. Had he obeved
You. should have punished him for
to me-" Whatever fol.
lowed this outburst, the preparation
for the cat was not Uninterrupted. Where
upon Contes threw his sword on the
deck, exclaiming: 81 am no longer an
officer on this ship" The next words
heard were: Lieut. Contee, take up
that sword. Go to your quarters and
yourself under arrest" The
marine was not dogged. After several
hours of solitude. during which sober
thought and perhaps fear of conse-
Quences had time to subdue rage, the
received . mcssage-an order
-''The commodore wishes to see you
in his cabin" When the door was
opened. q table was seen on which was
, decanter with two glasses and beside
which were two chairs The commo-
dorc said: "Mr. Contec. you have acted
very foolishly; but" stretching out his
hand, II can find an excuse for you.
Let us be better friends Sit down and
take glass Of wine with me-" How
the clashing claims of authority were
settled is not known.
Several years after the war Balm
bridge was in hotel in Baltimore con-
vcrsing with friend (from whom this
relation was received), when Contee ap-
preached him So soon as he was seen
The generous commodore sprang for
ward, threw both arms around his in
aud lifted him Oh the floor,
crying out: "Why. my little fighting
cock, who dared me on my own deck!"
N. Y. Post
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-05-27
HUMOROUS.

~ can dispose of . whole boat-load
| Of sailors" remarked the whale, ''but
it's when I swallow their yarns that
feel worsted. ."-Elmira Gazette.
-Msy-'Is Mr.. Foster rs attentive
- ever TO your Edith-''Yes. but he's
a perfect riddle" May-'.Hadn't you
better give him up, thcn?'-N. Y. Her.
aid. -
YEA" she said, 81 shall marry
Harold. for I know he loves me-
''How?' HE watched me sharpen
pencil and didn't laugh. h."-Washington
Star.
Buyer = There's q hole in the
pocket of this ulster" Salesman-"Oh,
well, there's NO extra charge for that.
That goes with the coat"-Somervill
Journal
Inspector (at the penitentiary)-'I
understand that measles broke out
three days ago" Warden-''Yes; but
the guards caught them:"-vermont
Watchmen.
-Teacher-"What part Of speech Is
phonograpbT' Big Boy-''A noun OF
the feminine gender" Teacher "why
feminine?' Big Boy-"Because it al
ways talks back"
~ suppose the greatest trouble
about his music il in getting him to
practiceY' Mother-''No. but he for
gets to use the hair tonic half the
time. Ocean.
Sues Opportunity.-Miss Becker
''.sus just spread herself last night,
didn't she?" Miss Emcrsou (of Boston)
-"Yes, she certainly expanded her in.
dividuality.
-Priest-"well, Biddy. so Pat has
been fighting again. see" Biddy
Malone-"Begorra, yer reverence. it's
himself that's niver 1t pace widout
he's foightin'. Fun.
-Bluster-'I made speech tonight
1t the banquet which will make me i'm
mortal" MrA Rand it was only
last month that you got your life in
sured?"-Boston Transcript
-"Who makes the laws. father7"
Our legislators, my SON" well.
then. what are lawyers forT' "They
are created. my boy, to explain to
legislators the meaning Of their lava"
-Loston Gazette.
Cook TO policeman)-"Which will
you ave. Robert, some cold mutton or
some cold rabbit pie7" Policeman-
"Well, darlin'. I shouldn't like to
make either Of 'em jealous, 70 I'll ave
both!"-Pick-Me-Up
1T took twenty minutes for the
offertory this morning." said Mira
Higgins. Collections are always slow
in this neighborhood," returned Hig-
gins. who ID . grocer and knows all
about it-Harper's Bszar.
Mira Lynch calls on NrA MaginniA
Mary Ann answers the door-bell. Me
child. 10 yer mither in?" mo. MrA
Lynch. she's gone out" bad luck TO
her; 'tis twinty times she goes ont for
wants she comes in."-Waahington
Post.
-"How do you sell your eggs, mis-
terr said lad 70 . grocer "Seven fos
sixpenee, my lad" ''Seven for six
peuce. said the lad; ''that's six for Eve.
pence, i've for fourpence, four for three
pence. three for twopence. two for a
penny, and one for ,nowt Aw think
I'll TAX one."-Tit-BitA