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KNOWLEDGE

Brinss comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
hess expenditure, BY moro promptly
adapting the worlds best products TO
the needs Of physical being, will attest
the value to health Of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of FigA
Its excellence II due to its presentinG
In the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to tho taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
ative; efectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and ,feven
and permanently curing constipation
It has given satisfaction TO millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it il perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs in for sale by Ill drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it il man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup Of Fig,
and being well informed, you viii not
accept any substitute if offered
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FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
TROUBLED.

II Il were not for fairies. this world would 30
dreap: &c
Q'Ia sure they are true-heigh-hoD
The grass would not tarale.
The biuebells would janale.
And things would b stupid and queer. you
know.
And everything dull II the fairies should TO
u'ru sure they nre true-heigh-ho.)
I love TO believe In the gocmothcr's mice,
And Hop-o'-my-Thurnb.h cigh-ho!
And it's cruel In Willy
To call me o silly.
n brothers would only be nice. you know.
Not tease and make fun. all my troubles would
I'd believe IN the fairies fprever-heigh-ho.
Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge. In St. Nicholas.
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you. and when this sspsl war Is over
hasten back to me and tncn there shall
be no more parting. NJ prayers shall
be for you and my dsrling brother:
for, next to you, love- him. Should
you ever meet him agaia and he should
iH any way need assistance, be good to
Lin for the love give you. Take this
sprig to remind you, il need be, of my
love. ] shall wear one like 1t every
day until You return"
could not speak, but folded her to
my heart and gave the Arst golden kiss
of love.
While young Hammond belonged to
the same army as myself had never
seen him, except once. until the day OF
the execution. when he sent the last
loving message to his sister-my in
tended bride.
When I saw him standing before me
it was too late, for in . momen. the
command: Ready, aim, fire." was
given and Paul Hammond lay dead be-
fore me, by my command.
Who can picture my utter despair at
that moment? As l saw the fire dash
from the muzzle Of those muskets I
babe farewell to all hope of happiness
in this lie.
Some weeks after the execution re-
ceived q letter and instantly recog-
nized Eugenia's writing.
Enclosed was . clipping from = Dali
ton newspaper, with my name and her
brothers marked. and . long account
% %ko ~. 1I,oeo uyao cleo . n0ffn~
of the death Of her old father caused
by the shock Of his sons death.
She wrote just . few lines; shau
never forget them: MAY God forgive
you as l do. This gulf can never be
bridged-not even BY IN idolatrous
love-"
never wrote to her. for felt it was
useless. So time passed, and in the
summer OF 1879 | went to the Green
Erier white sulphur springs
The first evening there saw = mag
woman whirling in
the waltz that somehow attracted my
Nearer and nearer she
came and at last our eyes met
Instantly she sank to the door. and
just As quickly was she surrounded by
her friends.
saw pinned to her left breast by
beautiful diamond heart piece OF ar
Dor vita. and I recognised EuRenia,
my lost love.
left the plaoe that night and have
never seen her since. I sometimes
hear Of her through friends, and never
has December passed since tho war
that did not get . sprig of arbor
vit@-the emblem Of our love.
l still have her letters in . little
casket, and sometimes when I am
vexed with the cares Of this life read
them over and over. In ono Of them
meet the lines:
II have another life long to meet.
Without which life, this life Il Incomplete.
Oh! sweeter self. like me. art thou astrsy,
Trying with all thy mind to ind the way!
Striving with all thy might to ma the breast
On which alone can weary heart ind restr'
The mystery Of Eugenia's faintinR 10
told here for the first time. Should
she read this, let her know that tho
love Of 1894 10 just Is strong - that Of
1869.
Through tho influence of strong
friends Charley Hudson was pardoned
while at the stake, and he Is to-day . |
leading citizen Of our state.
What might have been had not
changed my numbsr?-Robert O. Doug
La, in illustrated American.
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MOTHER KANGAROO.

ThAa Tells Vow How She Lovos and Dringa
On Her Children.
This mother Is as fond Of jumping a
the grasshoppes Is, and nature has
given her the power to take long leaps
and to get over the ground faster that
way than most animals do In running.
She takes sometimes thirty feet at q
jump, which l. pretty rapid locomotion,
you see.
The kangaroo, Tor I suppose you
know what animal L. referred to, can
walk, but it 10 IN awkward walk at
best. Apparently it would be better to
hop when hopping is so much easier.
and no doubt the kangaroo thinks 80.
Tho tail Of the kangaroo is almost As
good as . fifth leg to her. She rests
upon 1t in walking or jumping and
uses it 40 . weapon to strike animals
that attack her.
The kangaroo Is said to be q sociable
animal. 1t lives in the woods, in herds.
But the strangest thing about the
mother kangaroo is the way she ar
ranges her nursery. She does not con-
struct house in 6 cave or hollow
tree or In the ground. Nature has
provided her with q soft, furry bag on
the under side Of her body. So she car
ries her babies around with her every
where she goes. In this bag the babies
stay until, at eight or nine months old,
they have grown strong enough to hop
out . little and eat some nice, fresh
grass while the mother is getting hev
own dinner.
Eut even when 1t gets to be q pretty
big child the baby kangaroo likes to
creep back again sometimes to its coy.
warm summer nursery and take . nap.
And while the babies are hopping
about the mother Is very watchful. At
the slightest suspicion Of danger she
picks up her children, pops them into
the bag and OF she hops with them to
. safer place.
In Australia the giant kangaroos are
hunted for food. They are very good
to eat, and they often have occasion 70
hop Is fast Is they can to get out Of
the way Of hunters who nre determined
to have a good dinner Of kangaroo
meat. Sometimes they are caught in
nets. Indeed, there are all sorts Of
ways Of catching them
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IN SPEAKING TO CHILDREN.


u E.a00ld He Ronemberoa That Kind
Words Always Win.
The usual way of managing children
is by corporal punishment, deprivations
of some desired luxury or favor or by
rewards addressed to the senses, and
hy words alone. There is another
means of government, the power and
importance of which are seldom re-
garded. We refer to the human voice.
BY its tones animals are governed;
horses. cattle. dogs and even cats are
controlled by its power and influence.
A few words uttered in a soft tone are
found to possess q magic influence; and
harsh, cross tones, although the words
may not be of their nature, rasp the
mind and heart of the nearer. A blow
may be inflicted ON q child, accompan-
led with words SO uttered as to entire
ly counteract its effect: or the parent
may use language during the correc-
tion of his child not objectionab BILE in it.
self; yet spoken in such tones that the
influence of the punishment is ut
terly defeated. The baby in the cradle
recognizes the power of the voice. If
harshly spoken to, its lips will culver
Germ the meaning of the words that
are uttered, but its heart is touched
and hurt bv tones of the voice. Many
persons laugh at the so-called baby
talk" but the little one jumps and
crows when it hears the low. soft tones
and words. Is this influence confined
to the cradle? No, indeed; every one
feels it, recognizes it, and it does not
cease while the child remains at home.
Does your boy grow rude in manner
and boisterous in speech? Then speak
to him gently, reprimand him in ten
der tones with loving words and O.
harshly does but give to his behavior
sanction of her example and heaps fire
on the already flaming passion and
temper.
When cares Cypress and duties crowd
as we are all liable to utter hasty
words: perhaps threats are expressed in
loud irritating tones. Do they allay
the passion of the child, already at
white heat? No, they increase them.
Every fretful expression you ut
ter but awakens in him the same
spirit which produced it. On the other
hand, pleasant voice and soft words
rail- up agreeable feelings, soften the
heart. and make the angry, passionate
child ashamed of himself. Therefore,
remember this. mothers and fathers:
Whatever disposition you desire to en-
courage in your children you must
manifest it in the tone of voice in
which yoC address them.-N Y. Sun.
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Although Napoleon was . great gen.
cral, beyond dispute. 1t appears from
some recently published recolleotions
of two Of his favoritss that he WAS .
very poor msrksman. Yet no was fond
Of hunting, and something had to be
done to cater to his vanity. II seems
that whenever . stag was brought to
bay, II was usual to leave the animal
TO be killed by the emperor. On one
such occasion he could not be found,
and the mastsr Of the hounds did the
business. Suddenly, Napoleon was
seen approaching. and the stag wae
hurriedly propped up on his legs with
tree bouRhs. The gun was handed tc
the emperor, and he fred 1t the stag,
whereupon the master Of tho hounds
slightly disturbed the boughs, and the
stag foil to the ground. Napoleon was
completely deceived. and observed.
complacently: after oil. am not sc
bad . shot Is they try to make OUT
Golden Days
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A Realistic Incident.

Once upon time fairy prince wan.
dered upon the shore Of the sounding
sea.
Suddenly he encountered . beaute.
GUS maid. to whom he had never been
introduced.
Fair one" he exclaimed, will you
be mine?"
She threw herself violently upon hi.
neck.
Cert" she rejoined.
They were accordingly married by .
Dakota justice Of the peace and lived
happily until the end of the week
Detroit Tribune.
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Teacher - Harry, if . basket Of
peaches costs one dollar and there are
fifty peaches in the basket, how much
does one peach cost?
Juvenile Pupil-I-I don't know,
ma'am. We don't never hare 70 buy
peaches ut our house. Ny paps's .
baggaReman on 'xpress trein.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
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F1llal Gratitude.

Harold. my boy" exclaimed the
proud. indulgent father, I'm glad to
see you! How you have grown
The blood mounted to the pale. in
tellectual brow of the young man who
had just returned from college. and his
voice trembled.
Father" he said, with deep feeling.
your handshake is twenty-five years
behind the style!'-Chicago Tribune.
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"Please 'scuse IAN, papa ! went
asleep, and he ruined away"
Then he walked out, with Dan look.
Ing back on the smiling congregation.
The preacher ended his sermon on Dan
lei as best he could, bat he made .
resolve II he ever preached again ON
the prophet Daniel he would tie up
that 1On
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WIT AND WISDOM.

Some people can not make them
selves comfortable without sitting
down on somebody else.-Dallas News.
-Trimmins-Can your daughter play
the piano? Robbins (wearily)-I don't
know whether she does or not, but she
1oes.-Spare Moments
HAS that young man proposed
yet?" Not yet, mamma; but he has
been inquiring If your cough was any
thing serious. --Indianapolis Journal.
-Disappointed.-He (tenderly)-And
here, darling, is the ring. She (exam-
ming it-angrily)-Well, shall never
trade again at Finny's. told them
explicitly the ring wished you to buy.
Truth.
Miss Pyrte-What makes you such
, confirmed woman-hater. Mr.. Ole
bach? Mr.. Olcbach-Well. when I was
\ young man a woman made 2 fool of
ne. Miss Pyrte-And you never got
over it.-Tit-Bits.
Through m error of the clerk the
sign read thus: "A great bargain!
Last one left! Formerly five dollars;
now offered for eight" And Mrs.
Bargainbuyer paid eight dollars for it,
and went home happy.
Retaining Esteem for Him.-The
versifier Representatives, You didn't
take the trouble to read my poem?
What poor opinion you must have of
me! The Girl-Think what an opinion
l might have had of You If had read
it?-Chicago Record.
She shrank from him. 81 am aw.
fully shy" he faltered. He looked up
on her bowed head in a trance of hor-
ror. Can it be possible" he demand
ed, that you have already dissipsted
the fortune your grandmother left
you?" Selling his hat and cane he
ded.-Detroit Tribune.
Mrs. Quickleigh-The first man
who ever proposed to me said that if
would not marry him he would blow
his brains out" Miss Wonder-Good
gracious! He must have been crazy.
Why didn't you have him put under re-
straint? Mrs Quickleigh-I did, I
married Hmm. Y. Herald.
Magistrate-You admit that you as
saulted this man? Then I am afraid
must give you a severe sentence. The
Prisoner-Your honor, he is my next
door neighbor and he starts his lawn
mower going at 7o'clock every morn
ing. The Police Observation-Disclosures
discharged.-Chicago Record.
Man Beggar Ito passer-by)EWon't
you give something to broken-heart-
ed widow with fourteen. children?
Passer-Why, man, you're NO widow.
Beggar-I am for the. present. I've
taken the place Of the woman who
asks aims on this corner. She's attend.
ing the wedding of her daughter, who
marries an Eyetalian count.-Cincin-
natl Tribune.
Maria" he, said plaintively. ''are
you going to join the woman's suffrage
movement" Il am" was the resolute
reply. "And make speeches and carry
on?" Every likely well, if that's
the case. I've got just one thing to say"
and his jaws shut hard. What's that
"After this you'll have to get up in the
middle of the night and help chase
burglars. '-Washington Star.
Mrs. Junebug invited several Of her
friends to come to her house on . Ger
tain day. . she was going to celebrate
her twenty-nfth birthday. At the din
ner table Mrs. J. said: This day IL
also the anniversary of soEow to me-
INV fathers DEATH Indeed? and how
long has your father been dead?'' ask.
ed one Of the guests. ''Twenty-eight
years," replied Mrs Junebug.-Tam-
many Times.
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As there are two sides to everything,
so there are two ways Of doing most
things, and each way has its upholders.
For instance, some excellent house
keepers never allow the fire in tina
kitchen range to go out. unless by acct
dent. from one years end to another,
while other housekeepers, no less ex-
cellent, light fresh fire every morn
ing, and both firmly believe they have
the best Of reasons for the faith that ia
in them. Some housekeepers find it q
saving of time and trouble to keep
their dining room tables set all the
time, others prefer to put all the china
and silver in their proper places after
each meal and get them out again
Just before the next. and neither
would willingly forego her way
for that of the other. Some particular
housekeepers iron every article in the
clothes basket unfolded to its fullest
extent; others are satisfied with .
slight touch of the hot iron or even
none at all upon many articles, pre-.
ferring to use their strength for other
purposes Neither would on any ac-.
count accept the method of the other.
nor should they be obliged to do 50.
But each should remember in these
and all other similar instances that to
criticise and condemn another's way
simply because it is not our own is in
tolerant. End tolerance is . fine and de-
sirable thing in everything, from re
ligion down to Observation-Disclosures
Press
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-11-10

Young Wife-Oh, George! there's
smallpox in town, they ssy. What in
the world would we do il baby should
catch it?
Young Husband-By Jove: hadn't
thought Of that Let's 60 and both Be
vaccinated right away.-Life.
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Lady (sampling soapNI don't like
the odor Of this Have you mo- other7
Clerk-Oh, yes. Here is the sweet
by-and-by." It's o new kind and only
.ately ont.
Lady-Well, it may be sweet by-and.
BY. but Il y simply fighttl new.-
Ju0eA
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The Conductor Was Glad to Stop Then.
A young woman who boarded a
crowded cable car the other afternoon
evidently was q believer in woman's
rights When the car was nearing her
destination she began to make frantic
efforts to attract the attention of the
conductor. who was then busily en-.
gagged in hunting change. As her At
tempt to get the conductor to stop the
car proved unsuccessful, she jumped
from her seat and pulled the first bell
cord within her reach. When the con.
ductor heard the bell he took in the
situation at glance and Immediately
stopped the car to let the woman OF.
She had rung up faro for Hmm. Y.
Tribune.
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ARCHES RAILWAY.

A NIinDssoes Ysansstsf who Had ~ Else.
trio Road Of His own.
Little Archie Cowlsy, Of Dellwood,
Mimi, is probably the youngsst rail-
way manager in the world. Archie II
but seven years old. yet he controls IN
entire electrical railroad. It Il true
that the road Is but one-tenth Of . milo
in length, nevertheless II II fitted out
just as completely ~ any road that b
run by grown persons, Archie n pres.
idsnt, secretary, conductor, brakeman
and motorman, while his sisters and
playmates are the passengers. The
road was built for Archie by his father.
who In q st. Paul banker.
There are three cars ON the road
one motor car and two passenger
cars. Each car Is Ave feet long and
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well, Johnnie, are you able to keep
your place in the CLASP
Johnnie-Yes, sir; began at the
foot, and there's not . single boy been
able to take it from ns.-Fosget-1e-
Not
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-11-10

While the American landlord writes:
Don't blow out the gas" the Mexican
notice runs as follows:
There 10 q matter to which the
management respectfully desire te
call the distinguished attention Of the
guests who exceedingly honor the
hotel with their desired presence. In
asmuch as many lives have been los,
aforetime through the insdvertency o.
reprehensible carelessness Of persons
who have, instead Of turning the small,
brass cock attached to the gas-burner
which hangs from the ceiling or il Ut.
tached to some portion of the wall-it
is confidently hoped by the manage.
ment, etc"
After this we are not surprised &c
learn that the Mexicans are deficient
in humor.-London Globe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-11-10

QUITE naturally, II II the man Of sea
soned intellect and ripe experience who does
mot aAem freAh
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-11-10

Mine persons ont Of ten are better
than We give them credit fyg: Ran,
Horn.
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HIS CITY EXPERIENCE.


Giles Overborck's Extreme Caution Got Hin
Into Trouble.
An old man, with the appearance of
4 farmer, stood in the doorway of a
Clark street business house, holding an
ancient valise and gazing upon the
surging throng. The proprietor of the
place approached him, laid hand on
his arm. and said, pleasantly:
my dear sir, lettering in this door
way is -"
''You needn't dear sir me-" inter
rnpted the farmer; Il know that look
like hayseed, and that my whiskers
grow the wrong way, and that my coat
is covered with egg stains, but no oily
tongusd stranger can work me, by
josh. 1 do live in the country, and I'm
not ashamed of it, but read the pa
pers, and I'm up to all the lodges you
fellows have. So if you are trying to
work OF = gold brick or want me to
cash q draft for five thousand dollars
you are wasting your time"
81 am not that sort of q man; am
the proprietor "
'tOf gambling-house along here
somewhere? Well, you can't pilot me
to it When left home my wife told
me that l would be euchred before l
got back, because my teeth are filled
with sandburrs and my clothes show
where the calves have rubbed against
me. and anybody would size me up as
an old jay on lay-off, but read the
papers, and no green goods man can
work me for = cent. know your rack
ct, young man; you'll pump me for in
formation about my home and neigh
bors, and find out that I am Giles
Overborck, of Coles county; and then
you'll leave me; and when I have
walked q block al0ng'll come your
pardner, with smiles an inch thick ON
him. and he'll grab my hand and say,
hello, Mr.. Overborck, how's things al
Charleston? And then I'll grab him
and pry up the street car tracks with
him. o, tell you, l read the papers,
If the English sparrows do build their
nests in my hair, and no oily-tongued
stranger can get the edge on me-"
Then the proprietor grabbed tho
farmer and jammed him into the cor
ner of the doorway, and cried:
I'm proprietor of this place, and ]
do not allow loafing in the doorway.
Do you hear that, you old lung Destere
Now gitr'
The farmer gathered up his valisa
and got.-Chicago Tribune.
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LucY-"Miss Aylett IL not ut al pleased
with that notice Of her In Sundays paper"
Jack-.Why, they spoke Of her IS . hand
some brunette" Lucy-"But they pub
GShed her picture, n-Harlem Life
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C0roO That lo1e0 W00'e k0oo8
Are brought about by tho use Of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, foremost among American
family remedies. Rheumatism, neuralgia
dyspepsia, liver complaint, malaria and
nervous complaints ouccumo to this reliable
remedy. It does it, benign work thorough
", and those who use Il reap . fruitful
harvest Of health. Physicians OF the drss
standing commend II
MRs. Porrst"You have just been thrown
out of work, chit" Everett Wrest-" 'Scuse
me, didn't say I'd been tr0wn out OF
work; said I had been trun out OF de
works - workhouse, seeF'-lndianapohs
PRorEssoR (seeing. tho sign. "Freshly
Painted over the 1ebHa's cago In the ZOO
logical garden)-"How very strangel !
could have sworn that those stripes were
natural. "-Fliegende Blatter.
A Dos. in Time Saves Nine Of Hale's
Honey OF Horehound and Tar for Coughs
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
"MIss PENsCRATCH tells me her employer
II ~ thoughtful ~ IN own brother would
be-" Madgo-"Dear me, he doesn't look -
though he could be 20 disagreeable - that"
A SUBSCRIBER writes, asking the meaning
Of the ''silent watches Of tho night" We
answer with pleasure that they are those
which the owners neglect to wind up before
uSGing-Tit-Bits.
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Hairs Catarfh Cure
Il taken internally Price &c.

The desire Of boy to be just like his
father doesn't extend to wearing his fathers
made-oyer clothes