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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-24
BLOOD POISONING.

Cleanliness and Care Necessary With Even
Trivial Wounds.
A medical paper commits itself to
the statement that many lives are lost
each year in consequence of the lack of
exercise OF little common sense re-
specting simple cuts or wounds of the
hands or other parts Several cases
have lately been recorded Of inquests
relating to persons who have died from
blood poisoning arising from small cuts
on the hands. The history in all of
these cases varies but little, and Ii
practically the same. A man, for ex-
ample, while working at his trade, or
even while carrying out the simple de-
tail of cutting q piece of bread. re-
ceives . small cut on the hand. The
injury is so trivial that anything
is considered good enough with
which to stop the bleeding. and. this
end having been attained. no more II
thought of it. The small wound 10 left
to take care Of itself, and is exposed to
all sorts of filthiness and sources of in
fection. BY good luck nothing may
happen. but the public would do we'll
to bear in mind that from the most
trivial injury to the skin acute scepti-
caemia may supervene, and may rapid
ly be followed by fatal Termination.
BY thorough attention TO cleanliness
the untoward consequences Of . wound
liable to become infected can be eventu-
ally prevented; on the other hand,
when the septicaemie attack has de-
clared itself, rs rule, little can be
done by the surgeon to stem the viru-
lence with which it develops. II should.
therefore, be borne in mind that &
long rs wounds, however small, remain
unhealed the risk of contracting blood
poisoning will always be present-De-
trOit Free Press
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-24
AGE AND MARRIAGE.



70 Nea1oe - Thao 10.
The observaht mortal must certainly
have noticed amot:G other things that
the marrying woman Of t0-dsy defers
her wedding until . much more sd-
vanced season in life than did her
grandmother. or even the girls Of de-
cade ago. The question arises. what
Is the cause Of this putting Oh Of
that time so many declare is the end Of
all women's existence?
Perhaps mothers arc more sensible
in these days and the young daughter
Is not thrown upon the world, either
in . social or more workadsy fash
ion. until she has had q thor
ough schooling, which means, in
these days of long terms .
communion with books until she
II over twenty-one. The girl herself
may be wiser in her day and genera.
tion and realize that gsyeties and the
happy y-go-lucky existence before mar
riage must Of necessity come TO m
end when she Is led to the altar.
Then, sgain. this b IN ago of indie
pendent women. They enter the field
Of labor with men and find in such &C.
cupation less time for sentiment than
was allowed the laclkadaisical girl Of
the past. It il out earnest conviction
that many girls have boon led into the
error Of . foolish marriage through
lack Of occupation. Busy. active, in
telligent women have no time and less
inclination for the making Of ro-
mances. They are absorbed in art, in
music or in more humdrum occupa-
tions that return an excellent re-
munerstion and which they are too
wise to give mp until they are certain
that the man who asl9s them il able to
compensate for all that they put away
for his sake.
Many . woman defers marriage be-
cause she feels that her duty lies at
home in the care Of IN aged father or
an invalid mother or helpless brothers
and sisters who depend upon her alone
for support. PerhAps someone argues
that all this tends TO the establishment
Of vast spinsterhood. but let US whis-
per that after all when the right man
comes along. when real love creeps into
the heart and willy Cupid makes his
presence felt, then it matters not what
specious argument may have been ad--
vanced heretofore, engagement and
marriage appear to be the truest art
and the noblest duty; for after all We
ere but women. and are governed more
by the heart than by the brain. inde-
pendent and self-rcliant though we
think ourselves. Times
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-24
SEEKING a DIVORCE.

Bat the lAWtss Did Not Held Ost Dos.
sllag H0poo ~ 00cs0os.
He came into tho Office of ons Of our
leading attorneys and plunged defect
.edly down into = chair. 5.~s-.-f,ss
Say he began. 'sre you . tip-top
lawyer? Never fail in a case?"
II try to be-" was the lawyers mod
est reply. "What can do for your
81 want TO get . divorce.". $50.
Have you sufficient reason for sepa-
ration?' 5.,.s, :sr.s.s
''You just bet ! have, /
well, kindly tell me your troubles,
and ! will let you have my 0pinionssi
Five years ago married . eoustfy
girl because thought I'D get a.sen,&tlle
cne. Got that DOWN." - ii :
Yes So III
"Well. things went nicely fot tY3y
years, then came the rub"
"Yes." -.s5s
..The first thing she did was to 20 and
buy 4 lot Of Bertha NJ. Clay's love-sick
novels to find ont how society in London
was carried on"
"Ycs." 4.
81 didn't mind that. but after she had
nosed around bit she hogan TO get her
highfalutin' ideas"
"YcS"
''well. she commenced with maxim
ne get two servants. Then she made
us have breakfast OF the mantelpieceL =
that is, get up an help Yourself"
"Yes"
'Then she made me belong tn three
or four clubs. an made it hot for me il
came home earlier than one o'clock.
Got thst?"
Next. she made the servants call
her milady. But she capped the climax
by sayin' one day that she was sufferin'
from enwe. I went to = doctor an
asked him what the deuce that was,
an he told me IL was French for that
tired feeling. That settled II. From
that on IL WAS enwe an enter nong. an
bullyung. an soloong, an parley roo,
an'-well, then she went in for music.
She called Wagner 'Vo9ner,' LiSxt
.Lecst. an ended the whole business
by calling me her charmangie. Say,
don't you think you could Ak IL mp
right on, bafore ehe takes 10 run min
around with Italian singers and rum
min for school commissioner
The lawyer smiled . sad smile.
''I'm afraid you can't get = divorce
on these things Will you pay your
ten dollars for my opinion now. or shall
I send in my bill?"
And the other took out ten silver
circles and went over to the police sta
tion and asked for nights lodging
Syracuse Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-24
Ceuld Take nis Time.

Mr.. Brown had a queer dream last
night, dear. I thought I saw another
man running OF with you.
Mrs. Brown-And what did you say
to him?
II asked him what he was running
for?''-Brooklyn Life.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-24
Ms Feeasngs Oaerassa.

Tommie-Does your ps always say II
pains him when he licks you2
Frsddie-Not always; but when ]
dodge. and the strap takes him IN the
leg know Il dorA-Truth.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-24

Penelope (triumphantly)-"I heard
last night that Jack was heard over
ears in love with me-" Grace fjeal-
ously)-"You can not believe all you
hear" Penelope-..No: but l should
not wonder If there was something in
it" Grace-"Why? Who told your
Penelope-"He did. ."Zvogue.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-24

Blinkety- blank blank a
cook. anyway" wabbles-"what's the
matter7 Yours left you without mo-
tice?' Wibbles-'sThunder no. She
absolutely. refuses to leave with no.
tice."-Bufalo Couyier.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-24
HUMOROUS.

What weary look that young
woman has?" "Yes; she married the
man she wanted."-N. Y. Journal
-Boarder-''1s this genuine vegeta-
BILE soup?" Waiter-"Yes, air. .tpur-
teen carrots hne."-Rochestef Demo
crat.
-Customer-"Why do you call this
the after Christma1 rose?" Florist
Because IL hasn't . scent
spolis Journal.
--Agnes-"well, I want . husbend
who is easily pleased" Maud-"Don't
worry. dear; that's the kind you'll get"
-Elmira Gazette.
-He-"Why do vou regard marriage
as . failureT' She-''So many make
use of IL to get mooey belonging to
cthers"-N. Y. Herald.
"A servant girl, writing home tc her
parents. said: 81 am sorry hava NO
money to buy stamp for this letter;
I will put two on the Dext"-Tit- Bits
1T was not his winning looks.
Nor yet his smile 20 bland
That helped to keep him In the swim--
IL tvas his winning hand.
Atlanta Constitutions.
But how do you know that Fen.
dersou is sfool?" '.Why. they select
ed him - . juryman in = murder trial
without challenge On either side."-
Boston Transcript
-"Do you believe that story Of s;ant-
ley running OF with his cook?" Yes:
he'd do anything to please his wife"
''Please his wife! What do you meAny'
''You zee the cook was breaking MP her
valuable china terribly. ly."-Inter-O<ea
Ballet girl ito admirer)-'Dnly
think Of it; the society for the preven-
tion of cruelty to children was here to-
day to inquire about me-" Rival
"What shame; can testify that you
are very good to your grsndchildien en-"
Kate Fields Warrington
--''Can you let me have I'VE doll ara?
l left all my money ut home. ard I
haven't . cent with me-" aid Johsnie.
Fewscads TO hin friend Hostetter Ne
0innis. Sorry can't lend you Ave'
dollars But hero IL . nickel csr-Iare.
You can ride home and get your
money" replied Hostetter.-Tcxas
Where He Waa-The tramp en-
tered the rear yard Of . house on
Pitcher street last Saturday. and met
at the kitchen door lady wearing
giasses- Can l." he inquired, do
some work here to earn . pair Of old
shoes?" II don't know whether you
can or not she replied. but Sou
may" He rubbed his eyes . moment
In bewilderment II beg your pardon.
madam" +" he said. II an not in Boston,
an I?-=nesrcit Pre- Press
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-24
Desh ssAes es The Q.sssss..

A man and his wife stood on the
Brooklyn bridge. He was . philoso
pher and . talker; she was womsn Of
action. A tug was hauling long line
of barges up the river.
Look there. my dear" said he.
''Such il life. The ting 10 like the man,
working and toilin9. while the barges,
like the women, are"
His wife gave him NO tire TO finish
the sentence.
81 know" she said. the tug does al
the blowing and the barges bear all
the burden. ."-Million. -
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-24

Long wharf, Boston, was built
about the year ITO. and first bore tho
name Of Boston pier. In the days Of
1881 it was lined with warehouses, and
at the end was . battery Of heavy
guns II was here that the formal
landing Of the royal governors upon
their arrival was made. Hero the first
British troops who occupied Rosson
landed. and from It Howe's troops !pr
the Bunker Hill light embarked.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-24
A valid Reason. }.

What is your objection 70 soap?-
the tramp was asked.
"I'm allus suspicious Of strangers,
he replied.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-24
AN oes1,nArs JuAYMAN.


He woald Not Vote to Ceovict, for h
Himself Was the slayer.
The most remarkable case Of Jury
standing ont against what seemed
irrefutable testimony, and all through
the resolution. of one man, occurred be.
fore Chief-Justice Dyer. He presided
1t murder trial at which everything
went against the prisoner. who on his
part could only say. that on his going
to work in the morning he found the
murdered man dying, and tried to help
him. whereby he became covered with
blood. ~but whom the man presently
died he had come away and said moth.
ing about il. because he was known to
have had = : quarrel with de deceased
and feared he might get into trouble
The hay fork with which the man had
been murdered had the prisoners name
on it la.other respects his guilt ap-
pearsd 70 tObeestablished, and the chief
justice was convinced OF II, but the
jury returned . verdict of mot guilty. =
This was Chief Justice Dyer's case,
and he put some very searching ques.
tions to the high sheriff. The cause OF
the acquittal. said tho official, was un.
donbtedly the foreman. a farmer Of
excellent character. esteemed by all
his neiebS8s. snd very unlikely 10 be
obstinate or vexatioas, "Then." said
the judge, ~ must see this foreman,
for an explanation OF the matter viii
have" The foreman came, and. after
extracting from his lordship promise
of secrccy, proved at once that the
prisoner had been rightfully acquitted.
For" said he, sit was / myself who
killed the man" It had been no mur-
der, for the other had attacked
him with The. hay.f fork. and las he
showedD severely injured him, but in
the struggle tt6 get possession Of the
weapon he had the misfortune to give
the man fatal wound He had no
fears IS 70 his being found guilty. but.
the assi1es being just over, his farm
and afairs would have been ruined by
a confession through lying in Jail so
long. so he suffered matters to take
their course. He was horri6ed to find
one Of his own servants accused of the
murder; he supported his wife and chill
dren while in Jail: managed to Be
plnceds on the jury and elected FORE
man. He added that ifhe had failed
in this he srouldi certainly have con.
-fcssed to'hss own share in the busi-
ness, and the Judge. believed him.
Every year for fiteen years his lord
ship made inquiries as to the foreman's
existence. and at last. happening TO
survive hi,n> he considered himself free
to tell the story.-London Daily News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-24

KanGaroo-It's your ivory the hunt
era are always after. Why don't you
carry it in your trunk?
Elephant-It's your skin they want.
Why don't you hide IL in your pouch7
Chicago Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-24

0uest-I should think You would
have electric balls put in the hotel.
Rural Lan6lord-What fur? To hav
folks viusia' es 'em all the time?-Puch
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-24

-Mendicant to actos3-"would you
ohlige . brother professional with .
tribe to ret some food? used TO BE- IN
the business myself - oontortionist
Actor giving Qusrtsr)-"Well. here you
ore. ex-sostiouist "--Hsts Fiead's Wssh.
jn1teA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-24
!. He WAS DISCOURAGED.


Tho N0fe's Continuity Kept HIN Ii .
- - -l3opelrss State. ~ ss
I was. for the sake of a view. climb
ing one Of the rough peaks among the
mountains of West. Virginia one day.
when I came to avery skinny kind of
= cornfieM far up the mountain with q
log cabin, st one side of it.
man and a woman were hoeing
corn and four or five children were
pulling up The weeds. Work was inn
Inediately suspended when appeared
in sight. and hailed the man to know
the short cut to the summit. He came
over to the brush fence. and after he
had given me some instructions asked
him If he owned the farm.
ITS nip and tuck, stranger" he said.
whether l own the farm or hit owns
How many acres have you."
,"Wal, ,thar.s five hundred in the
track. but thar's only .erbout forty cz
kin. be worked, an. that lays right
round here .
did you buy it or did somebody leave
il 10 yOuT'.s -.
The mans sallow face showed faint
blush. -tN,f = szft
Stranger" he said sheepishly. II
buyed It. er leastways I traded n mule
fer hit"
- good mule?" I inquired with =
laugh.
wal, he wuz good enough fer me to
arid outen this dern country with, if
Id had sense enough"
..You didn't live here, them"
NO, came from Kaintucky.''
why don't you sell the farm if you
don't like it?''
Sell it, stranger?" he asked in open
eyed astonishment. IVY, ther amt
ernuther es do9goncd big fool ez am
in the whole country"
Then trade It for yellow dog and
kill the dog" said. making the old
gag.
II amt got no gum" he said with a
short laugh. 'I've got plan, though"
he went on moro hopefully. I'm 60
in to wait tell that mule ! traded fer
the place, gets so old he's wuthless an
then I'm goin' to trade back"
Can YOU do that"'
Course kim he said confidently.
then dropped back to the hopeless tone
again, .'but mules is sich continuerin'
critters thar amt no telliu' how long
I've got ter wait" and he resumed his
hoo and went on mp the mountain
Detroit Free Press
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-24

-Zola has this to say Of the anarch-
lists: For most of these men life
has been full of difficulties and bitter
ness. No doubt they have not sufii-
ciently strugGled, but then energy is
not 20 common. Perhaps the idea Ct
suicide haunted them. and they did
not want 70 die until they had avenged
themselves on that society which they
make responsible for their misery. To
tell the truth, think al the means
tried insufficient to stop the rising tide
of anarchist doctrines What, ! am
asked, will be = preventive? Well. /
who have fought for positivism. after
thirty years Of struggling, find that
my convictions have been shaken. Re-
ligious faith would prevent the propa-
CATION of such theories but has it not
almost disappeared nowadays: Who
il. to give MS . new idesl?"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-07-16
Farewell Surprise.

Miss Eleanor Fimble, popular
young lady Of Victoria, who has
been visiting in this city the past
three weeks, a guest OH Judge Anton
Adam and family on Blum street,
leaves for home tomorrow. During
her stay here she has made many
friends, all of whom will regret her
departure. Last night she was
rendered a surprise party, which
was gotten up by Miss Minnie Wet
eel and Messrs. Rudolph Althof
and George Lee. The party re-
paired to the Arbeiter Verein hall,
where a pleasant time was had.
The following were present {:
Misses Eleonora Trimble, Eugenia
Adam, Lizzie tanner, Annie and
Louisa Schlichenmeyer, Augusta
Boyer, Minnie, Emma and Mary
Nuetzel, Theresa began, Callie
Rice, Ida GabbOt, Annie Wilkins,
Agnes ZiZelman, Bertha Peska,
Rose Simon, Bertha Killing, Katie
Gastring, Katie Neuendorf, Louise
Humphrey, Mary Kramel, Louisa
Umscheid, O. Froebel, T. EisenlOhr,
Messrs. Umscheid, Frank Faust,
Otto and John Delsite, Geo. Lee
Ed Lager, John Valentine, Ed
wilkins, Albert Fosket, Rudolph
Althof, Fred Wolfson, Tom Clark,
VIII Haen, Anton and John Adam
Will Abingdon, Joe Stone, Albert
Schaub, Henry Killing, Ferdinand
Gastring, G. NJ. Hutsinger, Joe
Dargan, Tom Flood, A. Palm, f.
Laube, Frank. Gabbot and vii
| Tengg.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-07-16
How the Water Evaporated.

Alderman Joe Beckmann went
on an investigation tour along the
upper labor ditch, and discovered
how the water that should keep
this ditch running, evaporated be-
fore reaching Tobin hill. The ditch
was found full to a certain point
and then it vaporated into a pri-
vate ditch, in other words 1t was
evaporated by the process general
ly known as stealing water"
The ditch commissioners must
be furnished with pair OF
Joe Beckmann's spectacles.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-07-16
A CITY LEAGUE.
Local Baseball Patrons Favor It
and 1t May Be Formed.

Local Baseball Patrons Favor It
and 1t May Be Formed.
A number OF baseball enthusiasts
of this city are talking of forming
a city amateur league. 1t is pro-
posed that the league consist Of
four clubs and that each club post
certain forfeit as a guarantee to
finish the championship season.
The games are 10 be scheduled in
regular league style and
two umpires and two scores
are to be appointed by the league.
Games are to be played every Sun
day at the Jockey club grounds
and at San Pedro park. 1t is be-
lieved that there are thirty-six
players in town, from which four
good mines could be selected. The
idea seems to be quite TVlished by
the local business men and mer-
chants and number have eX-
pressed themselves as will
ing to assist in the matter
and do all they can to make the
league a success. 1t is the opinion
that there are as good ball players
in San Antonio as in any part of
Texas; and that as good games
can be played by the local teams
as were ever played here; and that
it is not necessary to send to other
towns for ball clubs in order to
have a game. A meeting will pro-
badly be called in few days, at
which a proposition to form city
| league will be made. 1t seems
that league would be the only
way to furnish good ball fer San
Antonio, and tho cranks are in
favor of a league.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-07-16
AMONG THE TRAPS.
Scores Made the Gun Club Shooters
Yesterday.

Yesterday.
The San Antonio Gun club made
the following scores yesterday af-
ternoon in their trophy shoot at 20
singles and five doubles:
Rothwell 26, Thiele -, Samuels
u, McVicar IS, Chabot, IS, Phillips
II, Smith 90, Barr 10, Eppstein 10,
Neith Is, Shields 10, Grossman 10,
Cam ), Biosenbach II, Dugan 6,
Cleveland rs, Steele -, France 20.
Mr.. Steele only sIot at 26 birds.
The Powder Hill Gun club held
their regular medal shoot at West
End and August OhnesOrge won
the club medal for the third time.
1t is now his personal property.
GUN AND FIELD NOTES.
Dugan, "of County Court House
fame" kills live birds like pro-
fessional.
The last two live birds killed by
Veith in the live bird match were
corkers.
France was suffering with a
crook in his neck yesterday.
Shields was studying the prob
lem of holding on or ahead yester-
day, therefore his score of 10.
The visitors from the George.
town Gun club were taken to the
grounds in a bus yesterday. They
expressed themselves as having
had splendid time and pronounced
the working of the traps as per-
lection itself. Come again boys
There is talk of having a joint
shoot with the Post Gun club some
Thursday afternoon at Lake View
Quail are reported plentiful in
adjoining counties.
Doves are reported scarce neal
the city, all on account Of lack o.
food, the crops being a total failure
Even the sun flowers crop is short
and the flowers contain but fe"
seed.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-07-16
Proving Successful,

The weekend excursions to San
Antonio recently insugurated by
the International and Great North
ern, are proving quite successful
and are no doubt appreciated by
the local hotel proprietors. Last
Saturday night that road brought
in 22S excursionists and yesterday
morning $40 more arrived to spend
the sabbath in the Alamo City.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-07-16

Mrs. Chas. Degen, of San An
tonic, who, with her children have
been spending the summer with
her grandmother, in La Grange,
lost all her clothing, and that OF
the children, except the apparel
they were wearing, by the burning
Of the house there last week. The
family had left the premises to
spend the day visiting when the
fire occurred.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-07-16
Look Out for Snakes

Mrs. Wahrenberger killed a big
snake at her residence on Garden
street, Saturday. Mrs. Persch went
to the chicken nest for eggs, in
the rear of her residence, Market
street, and instead OF an egg found
a big chicken snake which she
killed. Many similar reports of
the finding of snakes are being
made.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-07-16
LAST w Elk.

Our subscribers holding coupons
for "Sights and Scenes" and "Marie
Burroughs Stage Celebrities" will
please present them at once, as the
series have been completed, and we
desire to close up same this week.
7 rs If
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-07-16
Railroad Items.

General Manager Monserrate
and Pure hasing agent Palfrey, of
the San Antonio and Arkansas Pass,
left for Houston this morning, and
will return tomorrow night.
A Chinaman bridge man Of the
Southern Pacific, who died at the
Santa Rosa hospital early yester-
day morning, was given a regula-
ton Chinese funeral yesterday af-
ternoon by his fellow countrymen.
w. b. Carriere, travelling auditor
Of the Southern Pacific, is in town,
stopping at the Maverick.
The Southern Pacific convict
gang begins work at Weimar to-
day in graveling the road and is
coming toward San Antonio.
J. f. Leith, general agent of the
Frisco line, headquarters at Dallas
is in San Antonio today.
| John Lothringer, of the San An
, tonic and Arkansas Pass shops, will
be married to Miss Annie Kelley
tonight.
A railroad man was robbed o
! $40 in money Saturday Afternoon
at his boarding house on Austir
street, by a sneak thief, who stole
the money from his pants in hi
room while he was in bath IL
another room.