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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-20
COLLECTING IN FRANCE.

Points Of Di6ereneN Between the System
There and In This Country.
The matter practiced in the collec-
tion of debts in France and in the
United States does not differ material
ly save in the collection and the mode
of procedure. The first step which IL
is necessary for a creditor in France to
take before he can use legal means to
collect a debt due him is to obtain
Judgment against the debtor. which Is
rendered by a Justice of the peace.
provided the amount does not exceed
forty dollars. The defendant is re.
quired to appear in court on a certain
day and arrange for settlement Of
the account and pay q part or whole OF
it, or show cause why.
If this arrangement is not made the
defendant is second time summoned
to appear, and should he then fatty re-
fuse payment Judgment is rendered
against him; the cost of Judgment, to-
gether with that of the summons, is
betrayed by the plaintiff. and copy Of
the former sent to the debtor. He then
has three months grace to appeal be-
fore a civil court the Judgment already
handed down. Failing to exercise this
privilege. the matter is put in the
hands of ''huissier," whose functions
partake of those of both the bailiff and
process-server. but his methods rs we'll
as his prerogatives resemble neither
one nor the other. The huissier. upon
request of the creditor. makes an
abstract statement of the condition
of the debt. the fee for preparing
and serving the same, varying accord
ing to the length of the instrument
and not according to the importance Of
the debt; it's average cost, however,
may be placed at two dollars and fifty
cents.
In case the debtor ignores the docu-
ment an .'ass ignation" is served upon
him, and eight days thereafter his
furniture is seized and placed in the
hands of the huisSier. The expense
entailed in the preparation of these
notices is betrayed by the creditor. but
il at any moment the debtor sgrees to
liquidate in full he is not only re.
quired by law to discharge his original
obligation. but to add to it the costs Of
the Judgment and fees Of the huissier.
Whether this system is better than the
plan pursued in the United States is .
matter of opinion.-Pittsburgh Dis,
patch.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-20
W. G. KENTzEL, Editor
BABY DOROTHY.
You look 30 wlso
think that vv&,s

fou look 30 waso
think that yvu
some strange things beyond sur y,.v.
four sSeAdfast eyes.
So ss.im and clear.
s.nesSioubt. distrust nor fear.
f9vi have an air
8 Profoundly sure
sS ~ sweet mercies will end,,rev
mat bright and fai.
All things must bc
for little baby Dorothy
So crystal clear
Your lambent ercs
think that good and nure and x,.s
in.ags must appear
Beholo.,n through
SUN hmpid, Filming spheres OF blue.
Ano hence the world
10 your calm gaze
OeSav, ,ful with golden days;
AMI all impearled
With purity
Is life to baby Dorothy.
But stay. tear,
Attending lip
"nAt trlghtful storm has wrecked cs,r shiuS
nat ghos;ly fear
y vast distress
.ee ci09r ed Ger your comclincssl
Away, great beast.
Or spccter grim:
oSs0 pace to winged seraphira
Ana fairy feast.
A shame en- thee
To frightcn baby Dorothyi
4 dinpled check
laughing eye.
Ano dreadful grief has hurtlcd by;
But far TO seek
Is that sage air
~ sanity wisdom, calm and fair
- A sage or saint
II seems you're not,
0ut Just a dainty human tot
precious. quaint,
Sweet prodigy:
Dear. darlinv baby Dorothy!
David L. Prrudht in Century Magazine
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-20
RecEplNo GUMS.
People Losing their Teeth from . Cause
lsut Little Understood.

People Losing their Teeth from . Cause
tut Little Understood.
people are losing their teeth from .
now cause nowadays" said q dental
surgeon recently. 1T is complaint
which seems to have become common
only within the last fifteen years or So
Recession of the gums it is called.
Tartar is deposited at an abnormal
rate, and this carbonate Of lime
secreted from the saliva pushes the
gums back from the teeth. After
awhile, il nothing is done to prevent
il, the trouble gets as far as the sock
cts. which become inflamed Finally
the teeth fall out.
~ well.known statesman came to
me fourteen years ago with n bad case
of the disease. Every tooth in his head
was loose, and one OF them was so far
gone that took il between my thumb
and finger and quietly lifted it out.
Within three months l had fixed him
up so that all the rest of his dental
equipment was perfectly solid in his
jaws. 1t was accomplished simply by
removing the destructive tartar and
preventing it from accommodating again:
also with the aid OF a little medicine
applied to the gums. The distin-
guished patient of whom speak comes
to me every two or three months and
undergoes . little treatment In that
way have been able to keep his teeth
for him thus far.
ut is . very peculiar disease. Ina
case 50 far advanced as the one l have
described it can hardly be cured. That
is to say, the tendency to an accumula-
tion of tartar can not be stopped. All
that can be done is TO prevent il from
accumu.s ting by scraping it away at
intervals and by medical applica-
tions to the gums. In an early
stage. however. the complaint is
perfectly durable and the tendency
in most cases can be overcome.
But much care and continued attention
are required. Otherwise the person
will have lost some of his teeth by the
time he is forty years old. and after
that the rest of them will GO rapidly.
The making of false teeth has arrived
1T great perfection, but Mt best they
are poor substitutes.
''As have said, this may be regard-
ed as q new disease. At all events it is
only in recent years that it has become
prevalent. 1t is important that peo-
Piles attention should be called to il.
From seven years to twenty care must
be taken of the teeth lest they decay.
But from that on one should look out
r. N,I Sv~ hN
way speak of is almost worse than a
badly-decayed mouth. The trouble
means certain loss OF the teeth unless
looked out for and treated. Washing.
ton Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-20
BRAVERY or THE TURKS.
a Regiment That FULFILLED . Command
That Was Fraught with Peril.

That Was Fraught with Peril.
The accounts given by the pilgrims
Of the way in which cholera attacked
them are terrible in their grim fatal
ism. ION June ~, two days before
the COurban Bairam. upward of ten
thousand Mussulmans. Arabs, Turks
and Indians had gathered on the sacred
mount to hear the solemn address
which is delivered to those who wish
to become Hadji. Many of these peo-
pie were in the most wretched condi-
tion and some had not even . loaf of
bread"
1t was here that the disease appears
to have struck them like blast of q
poisoned wind. When next day the
onward movement to the holy city
began it was found that the ground
was strewn like battlefield with
the dead and dying, and so terribly
virulent was the type of infection thus
engendered that it was, says the ac-
count, impossible for any living
creature to approach the place.
The authorities seem, however. to
have realized that something must be
done, and that the bodies could not be
left to rot. Accordingly. a Turkish
regiment was sent to perform the work
Of burial and to remove any of the pill
grims who still lived. Never did troops
in the heat of battle receive a COM
mand more fraught with peril. The
risk. as it proved, was literally great
er than that of facing machine guns,
and the moral effect more terrible.
There are ten men who will face death
by bullets to one who will face death
by cholera. Yet these Turkish SOL
diers, with the fatalistic courage Of
their race, obeyed as they obeyed 1t
Plevna.
THE battalion when it reached the
mount was seven hundred strong. After
men only remained to go back to the
coast. Five hundred of the soldiers
had died of cholera That is, nearly
three-quarterso of the regiment pcrished
in the work of burial. No doubt En-
glish troops would have done the same,
but they would have been upheld by
many considerations-by religious feel
ing and by the instinct of mercy, and
they would. moreover, have been well
led.
The Turkish troops probably felt the
sense of pity very little, and their Off:
GERS were almost certainly men with
anything but high sense of conduct.
They acted merely from the most naked
sense of the duty Of not flinching at .
command. 1t was n order given from
afar and from above. and that and fate
are to them all one.-London Specta-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-20
susJucAT'oN OF THE DESERT.

Sufpfaoang 8s0alts Obtoiood - 1rFlgat10o
In the SoathWsst.
We have . vast domain Of arid land
which. under scientific irrigation. will
some day support . great population.
The Mormons have compelled the desert
TO produce fruits, grasses and cereals
in abundance, and Joseph Smiths fol-
lowers may justly claim to be the pio-
neers in the practice Of that sort Of
agriculture on . large scale In this
country, though the sncient mission
farms and vineyards of southern Cali.
fornia were irrigated in crude way.
What the Mormons did half q century
ago and the Spanish missionaries more
than . century earlier still, the modern
farmers of California. Colorado. Ari-
zona, New Mexico ami half q dozen
other states and territories are now re-
peating with profit and On . rapidly.
increasing scale. until 8, 900, 600 acres Of
land. comprising 81, 900 farms. are now
under irrigation, and the average value
Of their products ranges, from ea25 70
SO per acre.
Surprising esults arc obtained on
SAsCO0 4o2<AO =" "AA0s . b000 - WbD OW0 r8l0S
maker. for the soil is of the richest,
and once the irrigation system is i.
operation there is no interruption by
drought. The magnificent crops rof
corn, alfalfa, wheat and hay obtained,
the wonderful yields Of fruit and the
possibility Of uninterrupted pasturage
for cattle have given great impetus
to irrigation in Ahe far west and the
next few years will witness . rapid ex-
pansion Of the productive area Of that
region. Less than one-hah Of per
cent Of the total arid region Of the
country II now under irrigation, ana
and OF the 90, ,0O0. .00e acres 60 class,-
hed there are 6le. .ooosooo acres upou
which water would produce erops.
OF the remaininR public lands, IS psr
cent. or sboat s,6O0. go arces, are in
this region. ~
The free arabic lands havine been
taken mp and land that was chesp :
few years ago rising rapidly in value,
it Is easy 70 see that the next step must
b. the reclamation Of the s13reat Amer
lean Desert" by Observation-Disclosures.
Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-20
LoNo LiFs ON THE BENCH.


supreme Court.
The supreme court furnishes some
interesting instances of active longevi-
ty. Justice Blatchford who died re-
Gently, was 7s years old, but he
was In active possession of his mental
faculties up to the time Of his death.
His father. r. NJ. Blatchford. had =
record no less interesting. He was iii
the diplomatic service at 65 and was
commissioner of public parks in New
York city at "a. Roger Il. Taney. chief
justice of the supreme court, remained
on the bench until he was nearly SS
years old. He was appointed chief
justice at the age IS. lie began an au-
photography Mt the age of q. but did
not finish it. Chief Justice Marshall.
who served from $500 to 1885 on the su-
preme bench, was so years old
when ill-health compelled him
to leave Washington. He died in
that year 1855. He was .
delegate to the convention for revising
the state constitution Of Virginia when
he was "A years old. and. it is said. that
though he did not speak often in the
convention. when he did speak he
showed that his mind was a clear and
his reasoning as solid as in his younger
days. Chief Justice Waite, who died
Ave years ago, remained on the supreme
bench to the last. though he was :a
years old when he died. Justice Strong.
who is still living in Washington, re-
tired from the supreme bench in 1880
at the age of -. Noah II. Swayne.
who died in 1884. retired from the su-
preme bench in 1881 at the age of q.
Only one of the present members Of
the supreme court is more than 20
years old. This one is Justice Field,
who reached the age of 70 seven years
ago.
Several Of the presidents have re-
mained in active politics after retire
ment from the White House. Buchanan
was elected president at o6 and retired
at the age of 20. Tyler was . member
of the provisional confederate congress
at the age of Il. John Adams. at IS
years of age, was delegate to the con-
vention for revising the constitution of
Massachusetts,. John Quincy Adams
was elected to congress by the anti
Mason party when he was g.; and he
remained in congress for seventeen
years. He died in the hall of the house.
James Monroe retired from the presi-
dency at 81; was . regent of the uni
versity of Virginia with Madison and
Jefferson at 6S. but declined to serve
rs an elector from Virginia at 20 on the
ground that an ex-president should not
be a partisan, but afterward acted as
local magistrate. and was member of
the constitutional convention of Vir-
ginia. Andrew jackson was 20 when
he left the White House. Washington
Star
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-20
STRANGE suPERSTITioNs.
Districts In Which Witches Are StlI n
garded with the CtmOst Respect.

Districts In Which Witches Are Stlll Re-
garded with the CtmOst Respect.
Superstition is by no means a defunct
anomaly in the customs and character.
istics of some of our smaller towns OF
villages. First .and foremost of west
country superstition comes an entire
and thorough belief in witchSraft.
Every west country village has m old
woman who is good deal more feared
than the the village policeman, ..,.s, -,
No one dares to contradict her will
in anything. II she takes . fancy ia
the finest cabbage in a MANS 8afaeh
she may cut it as If it grew in ketQNp.
Though it should be the very pride Ql
his heart he must not try to stop haf
proceedings; il he does u far .w0rad
thing is sure to befall HIM. His pig
will be seized with sudden and deadly
sickness, or his daughters hair will
fall of, or a shower of rain will spoil
his hay just when il is about 10 be car
ried. The west country term for .
witch's power is Overlooking"
II a witch has evil feelings toward
you she is said ito overlook YOU" One
indubitable sign by which ryou may
know . witch is to bring her into the
church and try to make her stand with
her face toward the east. No real
witch can do it for q moment; however
much she may strive she will stand as
firmly fixed as frozen weathercock.
No west country farmer living near n
witch will doubt the cause when his
horses or cattle fall i'll.
Next to their belief in witches is their
faith in the power of a seventh son or
seventh daughter to cure diseases II
is in vain that the clergyman breaches,
that the schoolmaster teaches, that tn
parish doctor demonstrates. the west
country matron bears off her sickly
baby in triumph to the man or woman
in the neighboring village who happens
to have been born q seventh SON or sew.
enth daughter. .,o =. al
These privileged individuals have but
to touch the diseased part and the euro
is certain and immediate. There are
also some wise women who can cure
various complaints with charm which
they speak over the patient In the
neighborhood of Exmoor. these things
are far more trusted in than all the
medical faculty put together.-Man.
chester Mercury. "a Fr@V4 fss#4sa-'
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-20

Late Mistress-what, Mary! Ycv
want to 60 out to service again:
thought you had settled down with
your husband in little house Of your
own.
Ssrvsnt-Well, yes'm. 80 ] 'sd. But
my 'usband, he don't old with what he
calls my blessed himperence, 30 I've
come to ask you to take me hack, mum.
I don't care About being where one
can't have q will Of ones own.-Drako's q
Magazine
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-20
A Dubious Compliment.

81 used 10 thinl you were not man
Of your word, Jones, but I've changed
my mind" Fs -e
.Ah, you understand me now. friend
Smith. But what led You to change
your mind?''
"You remember that ten dollars you
borrowed from me?"
"YcS"
'You said il ! lent it to you Won
would be indebted to me forever"
Yes" E .alsse-...
''well, you are keeping your word
like q man. ~. Y. Press -se
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-20

Capillary Attraction.-No other ex.
PLANTATION than that her hair attracted
him could be given by = Newark young
man who was caught while trying TO
scissor q tress from the head Of girl
who was looking in a store window. A
new phase Of capillary attraction
Philadelphia Ledger.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-20

Sometimes rare facility has been
shown in the selection of text; thus,
. Capuchin about to preach in = church
at Lyons slipped on the pulpit steps.
falling SO ungracefully that . pair Of
brawny legs presented themselves
through the banister to the gaze of the
startled congregation. Quickly recov.
ing himself the self-possessed monk
took his place in the pulpit and gave
out words appropriately chosen from
the.Gospel for the day: TELL the vision
unto NO man"-Temple Bar.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-20

Waiter" said the guest. bring me
some mushrooms" -..,al
''Single or double price?"
''What do you give with the double
price order?"
IAN insurance policy. sir."-Wask-
ington Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-20
Color Blln. 4.

Joe-You look blue, old man.
Jim-That's because was green last
night. ~,aee.s
..How?"
Il thought that girl wanted 70
marry would treat me white, when
ought to have known better. Detroit
Free Press.r
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-20

First 1oy-Is there any difference
between gents and gentlemen
Second Boy-Yep- A gent is Teller
wot will knock yeh down if you say
he's no gentleman Good NowA
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-10-13
pied under Treatment.

Belle White, % years Of age, daugh-
ter Of Benjamin S. White, 8 wealthy
lumberman, died at Woods hotel,
Chicago, Sept 30th, while under treat
ment for the removal Of facial blem-
ishes. Death was caused, it is sup
posed, by the use Of cocaine to deaden
the pain from the application Of an
electric current. which constituted the
means OF treatment The operator
was DIR. Sophie s. Santa of the Great
Sophia Santa company. Eliza A.
james, the partner of Santa, was as
sisting in the operation al the time.
In oOe hand DIR. Santa held an electric
needle and in the other a sponge satu-
ated with a 4 per cent solution of
cocaine, which she applied to deaden
the pain caused by the needle.
She had almost completed the treat.
ment when Miss White gasped fol-
breath, and before the operator could
assist her she slid from the chair to
the floor, dead. Aid was hastily sum
moned and restoratives applied, but
without avail, the young woman hav
ing died almost instantly. DIR. SAINTS
and her assistant were locked VI
until the exact cause of the young
woman's death is ascertained. 1t il
thought, however, that death was th'
result Of anything but an accident
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-10-13
Knights Of the Maecabess.

The State Commander writes us
from Lincoln, Neb., as follows: "Af-
ter trying other medicines for what
seemed to be very obstinate cough
IN our two children we tried DIR.
Kings New Discovery and at the end
Of two days the cough entirely left
them. We viii not be without il here.
after, as our experience proves that
it cures where all other remedies fail.
Signed +. w. Stevens, State Com
Why not give this great medicine a
trial, as it is guaranteed and trial
bottles are free at Pioneer drug store.
Regular size SOC. and $1.0O.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-10-13
Tote

In nothing is the student Of Amer
lean folk-speech SO liable 10 error as
m assigning geographical limits to a
word or phrase. The English local
dialects were pretty thoroughly mix
ed. One gained little more domi-
nance in one place, another in another,
but a stray provincial term is prone
to turn up in places the most unex-
pected. tote" has long been regard
ed as word of African origin, con-
fined to certain regione where negroes
abound. A few years ago Mr.. c. A
Stevens, in story, mentioned an sold
tote road" in Maine, l wrote to in
quire, and he told me that certain old
portage roads, now abandoned, bore
that name. / find the word used in a
"Remonstrance" from the people Of
Gloucester County, Va. preserved in
the Public Record Office in London.
This paper bears date 1917, when
there were four times as many white
bond servants as negroes in Virginia
Tote appears to have been a well
understood English word in the sew
enteenth century. 1t meant then, as
now, to bear. Burlesque writers who
represent negro as "toting a horse
to water" behay their ignorance. 10
Virginia English, the negro carries"
the horse to water by making the
horse tote him.-Century.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-10-13
II May DO as Much for You.

Mr.. Fred Miller, of Irving, III,
writes that he had Severe Kidney
trouble for manv years, with severe
pains in his back and also that his
bladder was affected. He tried many
so called kidney cures but without
any good result. About a year ago
he began use of Electric Bltters and
found relief at once. Electric Bitters
is especially adapted to cure of all
Kidney and LIVER troubles and often
gives almost instant relief. One trial
will prove our statement Price only
SOC. for large bottle. AT Pioneer
drug store.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-10-13
If You Want to. Beloved.

Don't find fault
Don't contradict people even IL you
are sure you are right
Don't be inquisitve about the affairs
Of even your most intimate friends.
Don't underrate anything because
you don't possess T.
Don't believe that everybody else
in the world is happier than you.
Don't conclude that you have never
had any opportunities in life.
Don't believe all the evil you hear.
Don't repeat gossip, even if it does
interest crowd.
Don't go untidy on the plea that
everybody knows you.
Don't be rude to your interiors in
social position.
Don't over or under dress.
Don't express a positive opinion
unless you perfectly understand what
you are talking about.
Don't get into the habit OF vulgar
izing life by making light of the sen
timent of it. Don't jeer at every
body's religious beliefs.
Don't try TO be anything else but q
gentleman-and that means a gentleman
who has consideration for the whole
world and whose life is governed BY
the golden rule: "Do unto Others as
you would be done by"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-10-13

Miss VanWormer. of Pocatello, was
the guest Of Mis- Brooks all last week.
The American biscuit manufacturing
company captured first prizes at the
fair in Salt Lake City, last week. But
this was looked for by everybody who
knows the company.
The Chinese want to raise loan of
5O,OOO,OOO. Possibly they may wake
up to the fact that the Japs are fight
ers before the next Chinese New Year.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-10-13
NOTICE..

All bills due W. H. Behle G. Son
must be settled within thirty days,
otherwise they viii be turned into the
hands of an attorney for collection, as
the books of the old firm must be
Strengthened up
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-10-13
Painful Accident.

j. @. Brandon met with a painful
accident last Tuesday night, by being
struck in the face by one of bis horses.
AS be was untying his horses one OF
them became excited and commenced
TO plunge, and one of its feet struck
Mr.. Brandon on the nose, breaking
the bone in several places and infiict-
an ugly cash. Medical aid was at
once summoned and everything pos
sible done TO relieve the pain. Mr..
Brandon took the first train to Salt
Lake City, where he will receive the
attention Of the best surgeons at that
place. He has the sympathy Of the
entire community. who all hope the
accident will not prove serious and
that he may speedily recover.-St.
Anthony News.