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The herald., 1895-09-16

FOR SALE-ss000- STATIONERY AND
bazar; well located and established in
best street in San Francisco. Apply
CUNNINGHAM CURTIS g. WELCH
327 SAMSON ST., San Francisco. If
The herald., 1895-09-16

L. 3. COHN-
The Los Angeles pawnbroker. LAG n.
Main st. loans money on diamonds
watches, iewelry, firearms, pianos, Ii
braries and all other collateral securities;
also sells unredeemed pledges for money
loaned and one months interest added
make no mistake; it is the reliable l.. 3.
COIN, the Los Angeles pawnbroker.
The herald., 1895-09-16
SITUATIONS WANTED-MALE
WANTED-TO RENT HOUSES

WANTED-WE WANT HOUSES TO
rent; we have some cheap lots for
sale. $3.50 up. COUTS d SIMPSON.
406 Byrne bldg, cor. Third st. and Broad
way. II
The herald., 1895-09-16

Rates for advertisements under this classic.
c casion.l ,ulme cents per line; l week, 80
Genus per line; month, 81 per line.
The herald., 1895-09-16

POIN DEXTER & WADSWORTH, BROK-
ers, 305 W. Second ST., buy and sell
mortgages, stocks, bonds and any good
securities; If you wish to lenu or borrow
or invest in real estate, call on us; col
lections made and property managed for
nor-Tesidefits.. 2Stf
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-04-20

gaun to dig pit to break my I'm neck
intill; yen no got sic admission as that
frae me-"
''Then must hold vou to bail; 9TH
erwise should have discharged you on
paying the usual fee"
Andrew was thus cntrapped in the
pit after all. lie was removed and then
sent a friend to the magistrate. asking
If he might be allowed to plead foo"
The magistrate recalled Andrew and
put the question to him; but the natur-
nj caution Of the man even then would
not let go further than ''he wad admit
that he wasna what might just precise
" be called sober" Whereupon, with
the payment of five shillings. he was
allowed to go. Why could not the man
confess that he was roaring drunk and
get his five shillings' worth to the full?
IN. Y. Advertiser.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-04-20
Tenas:ity Of Life.

1t is one of the wonders of everyday
life how long the lower forms Of
created creatures retain their vitality
under certain conditions Microbes of
various sorts, that seem dependent on
moisture for existence, have been dried
half score of times, put away and
kept dry for a long period, and have.
under favorable conditions. revived,
apparently none the worse for their
Information. They have been heated
to one hundred and fifty degrees
Fahrenheit, then kept in q vacuum for
. month. notwithstanding all this,
they revived upon being placed in a
warm, moist atmosphere. Even snails
may be deprived Of oxygen. water,
food and heat, but will merely curl mp
and 90 to sleep, awakening when con-
ditions are favorable. How long they
will live has not been decided, but &C.
cording to experiments they will sur
vive for many hours.-N. y. Ledger.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-04-20
QUICKLY OisILLUSiONIzEO.

A Shock 70 the YoanG Man Who Pronioed
to Give Up Cigars.
''It is sad thing to discover that
ones idols are made of common clay,
said philosophical young person be
tween the acts of the matinee the other
afternoon. ''But it is sadder to know
that some idolizer has found you to be
an ordinary mortal and not goddess. =
HAS anyone made that interesting
discovery in regard to your asked her
companion.
Eyes. and the discovery was made SC
painfully. You know, in the prehis-
toric period when was just emerging
from theschool-room, felt that it was
woman's duty to influence the men Of
her acquaintance. In the course OF
time had my first proposal, and,
although l was obliged to say nay
to the young mans request. felt that
here was . chance to elevate him. So,
telling him of my purely sisterly love
for him, / begged him to give up the
vile habit of smoking. He promised.
Well, time passed on and had almost
forgotten him.. when my brother Dick
brought him home the other night.
lie had been away for years and had
always cherished this sweet and lovely
memory of me in white party gown,
with an angelic expression of cOun-
tenance. begging him not to smoke.
And Dick brought him out into my lit.
tie den where Flossie and were smok-
ing! My dear, the utter disillusion-
ment ON that mau's face almost per.
suaded me to give up the allurina
cigarette. But wasn't it funny?"-N.
" World
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-04-20
SANDY CAN BE WITTY.

The Pawky Boot Also Shows Humof on
Rare Occasions.
From the ScOtchmaD we do not ex-
pect humor, but we get something per-
haps more precious-namely, wit. A
Scotch witness must be handled care
fully, or he may prove q tartar. as the
following incident will show: The
witness in question excited the coun-
sells suspicion but the accurate meas
uremeut he returned Of the length OF
some article.
Are You sure of that, my msn?"
..Hootie ma! hae not tak'n my aith
upon the beuk?"
well, sir" said the counsel, in his
most browbeatinR manner, 'then tell
me, on your oath, mind! how came you
to be SO exact?'
sAweel, was it not that / kenned
some stoiterin' daftie nd put the ques-
ton, SO l teuk the msasure O 1t
But q Scot can be humorous If he
chooses. Listen to him. He was dis
charged from the Holloway Jail, and
in answer to one who inquired how
things went with him, replied: "Weel,
YOU see, a body Gamma hae everything
in this life; and I'm no gaun to misca
the place-no me. For the time
was there-juot twa months. nate, by
the-by-I was weel proteckit frae the
wiles O. a wicket warr outside; while
nv bread was glen me. an my water
sure"
Is not this Scotch--does not every
word breathe the man-his philosophy,
his defer ence to the powers that be,
and his religious twang? But the
canny Scot sometimes overreaches him
self. An Aberdeen young man was
charged at bow street with being
drunk and disorderly and trying to
force his way back into the "Black
Ball" after hours. for another wee
dr6ppie." He asked to be allowed to
speak in his own defense. and ex-
plained how he and friend went in to
have their cracks and after drink
ine six tunblers of toddy. apiece he
suggested rs they were about TO
pai3 they might take wee
thocht mair." A neighbor asked what
language they spoke. adding: Its
only at to christian pigs WI" Regard
inn this n IN affront Andrew wished
to46ght. but the landlord turned him
ont and he then tried to get In, not
formore liquor. but for the purpose OF
viDdicating the honor Of his native
tongue.
''Were you drunk?" inquired the mag
istrAAe.
sSlSs, nae ssA Asdrsw' %1 -
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-04-20

During . severe hailstOrm in the
Himalayas our native gardener brought
oat . hatchet and placed it, edge up
ward, in the garden, to cut the storm"
as she said. .Catlin, in his North
American Indians" describes . cere-
moay Of the Nsndan Indians, in which
hatchets and edged tools are sacrificed
to the spirit Of the waters to avert y
recurrence Of the great deluge Of which
the tribe hss ~ tradities.-Notes end
onoyioA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-04-20

cling kit. The regular Fuji pilgrim -
dressed in q white tunic with loose
sleeves. close-fittlng white cotton
drawers, white socks and CATERS, and
q pair of straw sandals;,he wears the
usual big hat, which serves as an um-
brella, and slung round his shoulders
he has a light rush mat, which can he
shifted to either side to keep OF
sun or rain. Round his neck he
has . string of beads, q little
necessarily tinkling bell, and . few
pairs of extra sandals, and fastened to
his waistband is the small package
containing his personal baggage; he
carries in his hand either the octagonal
birch staff or 4 longer peeled wand,
with some paper tied around the end Of
it. The dress of the women is the same
as that of the men, except that they
wear q short pctticoat under the tunic,
about as long rs = Highlander's kilt.
l saw none of them adorned with the
bell and beads, SO perhaps these are
reserved for the men. 1t Is only of
late years that women have been al
lowed to climb the sacred mountain
Alfred Parsons. in Harper's Magazine.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-04-20
LAPLAND WOMEN.
Wear Ermine for Every Day oa1 UsS
Whale OH for the Hair.

Wear Ermine for Every Day o00 Uo@
Whale OIL for the Hair.
A fat old woman toddled down to
meat me. her broad face shining with
whale oil, her dress inside out 10 keep
it clean, her husbands hair in . bunch
on top of her head, her toes turned in
and her elbows turned out-I felt that
I had fully realized my ideal" With
convulsive giggles she grasped my
hand firmly with one of hers. while
with the other she patted me affection
ately on the shoulder. Evidently
impressed hef as presenting ~
utterly absurd appearance. for
after looking me all over, she would
shut her eyes, shake her head from
side to side and go off into fit Of
laughter. Soon afterward another wo-
man Joined her, the wife of one Of the
chiefs. She was really pretty; her
teeth were even and very white, her
hands and feet shapely, her eyes of .
dark hazel color, and q pretty tingc of
red showDed through the clear olive
brown of her red checks. Her black
heavy hair was plated on each side OF
her head in . short, doubled braid, and
she had n huge knot on top Of her
head that looked like q handle. This
is made from the hair from the crown
Of the husbands head, which is shaved
periodically and collected to add to the
wifc's top-knot. This woman wore =
beautifully-sewed and deliberately
trimmed dress, made of raindeer skin
with the hair on. 1t consisted of shirt,
reaching to the middle of the thigh,
and trousers and shoes made in one
garment, the trousers of the white,
short hair of the legs Of the deer. and
the shoes or moccasins Of dressed seal
skin. The upper garment was trimmed
with bands of white deerskin and
strips of wolverine fur, and the inn
mensc hood, in which the babies are
carried. was edged with VOLTS fur. An
ermine skin, with head and claws still
on. and an eagles feather were at
tached to the hood as ornaments.
From her waist was suspended cord
Of whaleskin, to which were fastened
needle case, seam presser. a shuttle for
making nets-all Of walrus ivory-and
little thimbles of sealskin shaped like
the end Of a glove. with the side seams
opened and fastened to the forefnger
by loop of the skin.-"A Woman in
the Mackenzie Delta" in Outing.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-04-20
WOMEN As WATCHERS.
Men Are Not In lt when It Comes - DR.:
Goods Buying.

We0 Are Not In IL when Ie Comes . Ufs'
Goods Baylsg.
The young mans countenance wore
the professional stereOtyped look OF
courteous persistence IS he again re-
marked through his dclicately-trained
mustachc: 1T is perfect"
at ALL" replied the lady. IS much tc
herself as to the young man. and rs
she said it there was an air of superb
ority in her face and manner which be-
tohcned self-pOise which was not to
be disturbed.
"Anyone with hak an eye could see
that" put in another lady with . toss
Of the head, rs she paused for mo-
ment in passing.
The young man glared At the inter.
loper, taking care, however. that mo-
body could see 1t but his confederates-
But he quickly ironed out his visage
and sweetly suggested thss it was the
eight" It is always the Eight" with
the class to which this young man b..
longed.
Just like > man" the interloper re-
marked, as she moved away. ut is as
much like il as cheese is like chalk"
The first lady looked very weary. II
was evident that she had toiled long
and unsuccessfully. She tried to con-
vince herself that the young man was
right. But NO; she shook her head
more in sorrow than In anger as she
murmured dejectedly: mot = bit
like it"
The young man appealed to his con-
federates.
The young woman with pompadour
hair declared with . Him." snifRed
out spitefully. ANY fool could see IL
was a perfect match"
Another Young woman left OF ad-
miring her rings long enough to say,
''Of course it is.
A young man with hyacinthe lockl
smiled as he whispered something
about hens to . gigantic creature
with fluffy hair.
The lady WAS not convinced by this
cloud of opposing witnesses. She kept
her eyes strickly bent on business.
Suddenly she made y dive.
'.There!" she exclaimed. That's it.
Strange you didn't show me this in
steal of the other"
MEN," replied the young man moth
ing abashed. II was trying to show
you that all the time"
'.Surey" interjected young Hyacinthe,
exchanging supercilious glances with
the giggling creature Nth fluffy hair.
s4Of course" chorused POmpsdouI
and the young person cnamored of hcl
jewelry.
The young lady paid no attention te
these utteranccs-
''Give me ten yards"
This was all she said.
When she had secured her purchase
she merely remarked to herself
'Teach your grandmother to milk
geeser'
Woman is born matchmaker wheth-
er of hearts or Neutrality-suspicious.
Transcript.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-04-20

Modern education Soo often ooveEo
the fingers with rings, and 1T the sane
time cuts. the sinews 1t the wristA.-
Sterling.
lis George getting ON we'll with
can Translate the most diflicult parts
of Trilby.'"-Judge.
-Figg-'.Suhragc is the shield that
protects the American people," FoGg
Yes; but . shield with too many
boasts -"-Boston Transcript
-"How could you conscientiously
tell Miss Elder that she is the only
woman you ever loved?' 1T is fact
Compared to her the others were mere
girls. Budget.
$50 Rusher has got . job at last,
eh? l wonder il it is that one with the
sleeping-car company" II guess not
At least he told me he'd struck . COM
Portable berth?"-BufRalo Courier.
Nervous Old Lady 10 deck-hsnd On
steamboat Steamboat Man, h
there any fear Of dangerr' Deck
hand (carelesslyt"Plenty Of fear.
ma am, but no danger.
Mrs Houser-''Have you any idea
what speaking terms means, Mr..
Houser?" Houser-''Certainly.m madam.
Anywhere from fifty dollars TO two
hundred dollars per night, according
to the prominence of the lecturer
Buffalo Courier.
An Easy Way Out of It-Father-
'He.says tiet he loves you, but can he
support yQu in the style that you have
been accustomed tor Daughter
Even better, father, dear, II you win
furnish the money; that is all that dis
courages him."-Chicago Inter-Oeean.
Il hope You don't find the amount
unreasonable, said the landlord. ',Oh
no." was the reply, the amount il worry
reasonable. What I want tosknow Is
how many months do you give me pay
It in: CT course, I want . reasonable
time to pay . reasonable BILL Tens
SiftingS
Easily Remedied.-Hardy Upton
'.Say. Mrs Skinner, It's awful, these
cold nights. TO lie ON this mattress with
only q sheet over one. Can't you ar
range it dihcrently?" Mrs. Skinner
Certainly! Lie on the sheet and pull
the mattress over yOu."-Portland
Transcript
Abraham. the wine merchant, called
at the advertising Office Of . leading
paper and inquired il the big adver-
tisement Of Traubel, the liquor mer-
chant. which that day figured In the
columns Of said paper, was going 70
appear again. ''Oh. yesE" unthinking-
ly replied the clerk. 1T has to be
kept in for q MONTH" I'm that case"
said Abraham, Twill you please insert
Immediately below it the following an
nouncemeut: abraham Isaac Jacob,
wine and liquor merchant, supplies all
the wines named in the above adver.
tisement 10 per cent cheaper
Gaulois.
Lord Aberdeen tells the following
story of himself: He left London ut
midnight in . sleeping-car for the
north. In the morning when he was
awakened he saw . stranger opposite
him. Excuse me-" said the stranger.
'may ! ask il you are rich?" tome
what surprised. his lordship replied
that he was tolerably well-todo
MAY 1 ask" continued the stranger.
chow rich you are?" ''Well, II IL will
do you any good to know" WAS the re-
ply. 81 suppose have several hundred
thousand pounds" "well," went on
the stranger. ''if I were ~ rich as you
and snored rs loudly rs you ! should
take . whole car, 50 rs not 10 inter-
rupt the sleep of OtherA"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-04-20
OUR CASTLE IN SPAIN.

Ihc streets bleak and long. and the rains
blowing cold:
aney eye me with pity. grown weary and old:
.ncS FANCY I'm out In the wind and rain;
a. mol I'm at home in our castle In Spain
In tie gov Of the freight you stand by me
there:
y n.ckers and plays on your shadowy hair.
oatsice, In the city. seek you in vain,
Oat stiu you are found In our castle in Spain.
! hear not the roar Of the traf.,c; hear
Aoa1 accent SO low and SO strange and 20
Ine voice that could bid one forever TO remain
WIN you IN our castle-our castle In Spain.
The castles so fair. 90 enchanted tho ground
Ine springtime sbides in it all the year round:
Anere leaves never wither, as hopes never
wane;
The limo trees aye bloom By our castle in
Spain
Yet the winds that blow DER th~ whole earth
rcnew,
And the stream meath its ramparts has flowed
the world thro';
And read In your eyes a love deeper than
pain,
Love stronger than death, In our castle IN
Spain.
Wherever you wander. ah, you love best.
non you from ocr refuge realities wrcss,
1wonder II you ars ss glad to regain
Ouf fortress, our haven, our castle In Spain,
May Kendall. in n. Y. Ledger
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-04-20
THE WELSH LANGUAGE.
Well Spoken IL IL ~ Beautiful and Not
Unlike Greek.

Weu spoken IL - ~ lSH0ut11Wl 000 MOI
Unlike Greek.
The Welsh always having been q lit
erary people, imaginative rather than
practical. their speech has naturally
been more or less controlled by literary
standards. and has retained its poetic
form and flavor. 1t presents some Curl
ously opposite traits That it is essen
TALLY the most jawbrcaking of tongues
must be named an impolite fiction for
which apology is owing. No tongue is
beautiful in the mouths of all its speak
ers; the sweet bastard Latin" may be
vulgarized into frightful hiss and in
our southwest / have heard Spanish
which sounded like the cracking of
thorns under q pot:
Cymric we'll spoken is not unlike the
Greek; in fact, the first time listened
to an address in it was strongly re-
minded of the latter language. SO
rhythmical was 1T. so velvety smooth.
then again SO full of resonant, big
mouth words Yet it has at least one
poetical composition that is known rs
1.-THE shibboleth of sObricty," because
no man who is drunk can possibly re-
peat it. In music itself discOrd may be
piled on discord, until both ear aud
soul are rent asunder; and it is the un-
limited capacity of the Welsh language
for producing musical combinations Of
sounds that also gives it its extrsOr-
dinary power of cacophony. A syn
thetic and highly infected tongue, rich
in compounds which have the sudden.
direct and telling quality of the Greek
compounds, it is capable Mt the same
time of great conciseness and of an al
most indefinite expansion and elot'o-
ratencss of phrase. In its number .ss
infected forms it shows. of coursa~ .
lack OF full development. but much Of
its fluidity and beauty is owing to
these infections, which enable tie
writer of Welsh poetry to perform
capers in versification quite beyond tho
reach of the versifiers of any other ns-
tionaIity.
Not the least remarkable thine
about this remarkable language is the
love lavished upon it by those to whom
it belongs The sound of his mother
tongue is truly dear to everyone, es-
pccially when he is away from his
country and hearing unknown aceents-
But this sentiment is apt to be . mere
instructive one, expressed in sOmo
superficial way, Is, ''How good to hear
the old home words again." It is some
thing entirely different from the ap-
preciative, critical admiration which
the Welshman bestows upon his dear
Cymracg. The language is = cult
with him; he not only loves, he revcr-
cnces and adores it-not just because
it is his own, but for itself. He thinks
it the most beautiful. thing in the
world; he rolls out its mellifluous and
resounding words, and asks: ibid you
ever hear anything SO glorious?" Per
haps it is not too much to say that he
would die for it.-Edith Brewer, in the
Atlantic.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-04-20

Alice remarked that her good-natul~
in releasing Grace from the situation
had met with the usual reward of viz
the In this world.
"Do you know. my friends" ~
marked one Of the outsiders, that 1t
is eleven o'clock-'time honest folks
were in bed, and rogucs a-jogRingy
You know there IL to-morrow's grand
smash-up in prospect" y
.'Oh. that's very early YET" !" pleaded
Alice. 1--WE must have the blind
lancers, anyway. Did you never do
it? It's Rrea. fun. Mamma, viii you
play for us? Choose your partners. gen.
tlemen, for the New York lancerA
No, we can't have two sets, because it's
as much fun to look on asi II to dances"
and in q trice Alice had marshalled .
set ON the floor.
snow. out with your handkerchiefs!'
she ordered. "Yes. you are all to be
blindfolded. and dance that way" And
amid much laughter she bound up their
eyes
Mrs. Henderson struck up the open
ing bars, and directly they were all
wildly making aimless courtesies, bal
ancing at imaginary corners. and trying
TO turn opposites-when they found
them. All these amid tho deFiaivc
shouts Of the lookers-on, and their ur-
gent entreaties to keep mp with the
music"
Each figure involved them more hope
lessly than the last, as they grew more
complicated. 1t was irresistibly ridicu-
lous to sec profound courtesies made
to another persons back or to empty
space, or to sec partners vaguely feel
ing for each other. The grand chain
utterly demoralized them; aud when
they dropped. at last, laughing and
breathless, into their seats, we all con-
cluded that, past experience to the
contrary, there was infinite amusement
to be had out of q square dance.-Dem-
orest's Magazine.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-04-20
He Knew Ats,ut It.

The husband and wife had just come
into town. and were merely stopping
over between trains for him to attend
to some business.
We'll, john" she said. as he was
leaving her at the hotel, "Ithink while
you are out will 20 and do about five
minutes shopping"
Il don't think yon ought to try to
INV dear" he said, in tones OF mild re-
rroach; "you know we have only three
hours, and we mustn't miss that train. '
Detroit Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-04-20

Did you ever see your own eye?
asked an unscientific person. 1T is .
very simple matter The most salts
factory view is obtained by shutting.
say, the left eye and pressing gently
upon the right side OF the right eye
You will tken see, apparently Mt the
right side Of the nose. round, dark
object atoat the size of the arple Of
the eve. That is what take 1t TO b
and I suppose the retina is made II
some way to reject the outer portion
Of the eye. though the ptenomepos
nloy . Qnly q oDtiSo3 Nlustons
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-04-20

Bronco BILL was talkin' with an
eastern man to-day. and he says when
two fellows in his section. have = dis
pute, they just 60 to law and sue each
other for damages or somethin'.
Hair-Trigger Ike-But how about the
loser? Don't he get = gun an try 70
git even?"
Bronco Bill-Wall, a. near as I Kin
make ont. by the time the loser hez
paid the lawyers, he ant got NO money
g buy guns.-N. Y. Weekly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-04-20
The Mote and the Bean.

In the corridor outside . hotel din
mg-roon the following conversation
was overheard, the speakers . womaa
and man, proven bride and groom by :
hundred outward and visible signs.
She Changing back 1t the door wav
and whisperinge Don't look so happy.
shan't go in with yon while you wesr
that rapturous expression. Everybody
there viii know It glauee that we ,Fe
bride and groom.
He Whispering alsoH MY dear. take
the beam out o3 jour owD eyA-Hax.
pey's BesaA