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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-11-21
Tax Collectors Notice.
TAX CoI.LsCron's OFRIcx,
FariSh of st. Tam many,

FariSh Of st. Tam many,
G6ai.0ton, La. Sept, 80. 1896. J
The taxes assessed for the year 1896 are
ret forth in the tax roll now ON Ale in
:ay Office. and in the mortgage ONCE oil
this parish. They are now due. and il
not paid, will become delinquent on tie
3sst dav of December. 1896. and viii
draw one per cent. per month interest
from that date until sold. in accordance Z
with Article 40 Of the Constitution. The
taxes on all movable property must
be paid immediately.
j. j. SrRoBLE.
Sheriff. and ex-Ofacio Tax collector
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-11-21

Twelve hundred Siciians arrived
il New Orleans last week, and 900
more are On the way. A majority
Of them 60 direct to the sugar PLAN
tatiens, where they compete with
native born labor, and keep wages
down 10 the bare cost Of living.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-11-21

Washington county. Indiana. has
not . negro resident within it
borders.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-11-21

Texas Slftings i responsible for
tl1s verify Of the following droll inch
deaf:
a little girl Who vas in the habit
q using the word guess intenper-
'nselY vas reprsved by her teacher.
Don't say guess Mary; Say
spresune. =
Jsst then . playmate came up.
-, feeling Nays cloak. said
y ma i going ~ ask your ma
- the pattssa 81 your cloak"
my N ain't gos any pattern, -
eeousred Mary 'sshe cut it By pre-
e1ns. =
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-11-21

Mr.. Bryan and the silver wave
swept an area Of country almost,
II not quite twicesthe size Of the Nc
Kinley land slide, carrying &c
states.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-11-21

II is to be hoped that spain will
not declare war agslnes the United
States. because IL she should do so,
and oar people were to find it out,
some Of our boys might 60 ever
thero and bring It home, - curl
osity, to be placed in the National
Museum.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-11-21

Crxae SuAys.-The official count
Of the State Of Kentucky shows
that Cash, the first elector on the
Mckinley ticket, received zlS.O 54
votes. and Smith, the highest cleo
Tor on the Bryan ticket, received
I'll, e96 votes. Smith defeated the
lowest Mckinley elector. Out Of =
total vote Of 49,, $50, the KcKinley
ticket received the insigni6cant ma
jority q only 258. While II 10
enough to elect. it i noshing t.
haaet Of.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-11-21
Erbin Cooper VI. His Creditors.
Sixteenth judicial District Court O.:
Louisiana, in aud for the Parish OF
st. Tsmmapy.

By virtue Of IN order Of sale fr0io
the honorable the aforesaid court, bear
,ns date Sept ~. 1886, and to me di-
:ected-
I will proceed 70 sell .. p3blic auction
at the door Of the Courthouse, in the
Town Hall, in the town of Covingto0.
st. Tammany parish. LA. ON fa1-
DAY, Dec ember 4, 1896. between legal
sale hours. commencing at IL o'clock
A. H., the following described property.
to-wit:
Accounts due to Erbin Cooper, and
other assets, as follows:
Carroll Watts, Thomasville. =. 5 so
Lotion Smith, Talisheek. $500. 6 IS
John A. Smith, Sun P. o.. 8 90
Archie McCleaion, brownsville ~ 90
Manuel Penton. .. 80 50
Jos. Gaillot, Violin. SO 90
II interest in lot of old logs in
Bogue Chitto, branded bee
Il interest In nine oxen. ....... 30 %
xOt8l WV - y
Terms of sals-The above described
properly having been offered tor ale
ior cash and failing to bring the amount
40 the La directs it is now reo6ered
:or sale on . credit Of twelve months
for what it will bring, the purchaser
ri wing boni with approved security ,
! .nd mortgage retained on the prop
esty to secure tho payment of tho same.
less tho costs of the suit which must be
paid in CASH.
JOHN J. SrROBLE. Sheriff.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-11-21

Smallpox is raging in The town
Of Patterson, La.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-11-21

Franklinton, La. has levied q
special tax of % mills to maintain
her free school. There were only
three dissenting votes.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-11-21

News from tie CONFLICT in Cuba
continues 70 b conflicting.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-11-21
Claiborne Hotel
AND COTTAGES.
COvillgtOn, Ia.

This fine Hotel, with nearl, . thou
sand feet Of Broad Galleries, Covered
o pen-air salon, Drawing Room, Dining
moom 65 feet long, and Large, Airy
Chambers, ID open tor the reception Of
guests.
Location ON . hill overlooking the
lovely B0gue Fslia river, hanked by
Lofty Pines. Pure Water. Upen to
sOntherIy breezes. Good BoatiDg, FiSh-
ing ana Bathing. Good road1 for
driving. Park-lik6 scenery.
Address, DR. N. d. AEBERT,
PROPRIETOR.
Covingtcn, La
East Louisiana Railroad
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-11-21

Michael Hackett, the we'll known
Oryades Market merchant, died
in New Orleans on Friday.
Nov. IS, aged IS years.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-11-21

The Sew Orleans riaavuls - y
deesd ths yearly sahssEipokA eeiss q
~ weekly ftsa q - - q ayaas. Ith
s0sendiA 1eDags paD9 sd vith ~
- Hsaatng nattG. oaAelo eewepuA
ibos - aAy adlrssA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-11-21
kepl 81 0dR& ! 00lyI1yb1Shk
1sr'a': fs s:- 2!cyR =: =

Inc climate Of the parish il highly
Valued and recommended BY physicians.
The house has recently bssn completely
renovated.
For further particulars. apply ON the
premises. or ct the once Of the Nee o..
jsoAs Be-. = Ohaytree street
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-11-21
Pearl River
HOTEL.

AUG. PLdNCHE. PROPRIETOR
Large and well furnished rooms
Table supplied with the best the mar
ket affords. Board BY the day, week or
month. Meals served 1t al hours.
MRS. AUG. blanche, Manager.
Pearl River Station, La
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-11-21

he United States Senate. from
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-11-05
THE DOlNGS OF WOMEN.

The Northern Indiana Law school
this year for the first time graduated
two women, Mrs. Grace Banks Griffith
and Miss Sarah McCardy.
Miss Clara Stimson, of Houlton, Me-,
has large shingle mill which she looks
after in person. She will saw about
100000 shingles and other lumber this
this year.
Miss Olga Hilton, native Alaskan,
has been an attendant at the Pratt in
stitute. She has applied herself to the
study of household economics with a
view of teaching better methods to her
countrywomen.
The queen of Wurtemberg is neither
helpless nor cowardly, as was shown
when, upon recent occasion, her
horses ran away. The coachman and
footman were pitched from the seat,
but the queen climbed to the box, and,
securing the reins, checked the horses
A ST. Louis family employs woman
coachman; she first had a cab and con-
Quoted a general business, but pre-
ferred employment in private family:
q wealthy gentleman gave her the care
of his stables and now would not accept
anyone in her place so long as she
would consent to fill it.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-11-05

Max Pemberton has written series
ct stories which he calls queen Of the
TESTERS"
X. d. Blackmore, author of Lorna
Doone," has written two short Christ
mas stories for London magazines.
Coulson Kernahan's "The Child, the
Wise Man, and the Devil is about to be
issued simultaneously in England and
America.
Volumes of short stories are again
much in evidence this season, but pub
fishers say their sale is no more certain
than it used to be.
Guy Boothby, of "Dr. Nikola" fame.
has finished new novel in which the
doctor is again introduced. 1t is en-
titled "The Lust of Hate"
An authorized translation of Miss
Ruth Putnam's Life of William of Or
ange" has been prepared by DR.. d. c.
Nijhoff, of The Hague, and the book is
being brought out in that city.
Bret Harte's "The Judgment of Boz
inas Plains" has been dramatized and
Is to be given in New York by Charles
Frohman. Bret Harte, by the way, has
Just finished short story called Under
Karl"
For many years Dickens, Thackeray
and Scott have been the leading at
thors of fiction. According to the whole
sale book trade reports of London this
has latterly been altered. Of the
three Scott is decidedly the most pop
ular, but the public taste has under,
gone change with all. There is no new
nuthor to take their places, and the sale
of fiction is increasingly and notice
ably more ephemeral each year.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-11-05
HUMOROUS.

-She-"Why do you love me, dear
est?" neutrality-suspicious. you are
not like other girls, for one reason"
Sbe-"Who were the other girls?"-
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Open to Discussion.-He "They
say that ill-temper will make woman
grow ugly in appearance" She-"More
likely it is the other way. Losing her
looks will make a woman grow ill-tem-
pered. Journal.
What is the matter with the din
ner, Mary?" asked Mrs. Hicks, impa-
tiently. Its an hour late" "Yez said
to have cold roast beef for dinner,
ma'am; it's cookin' it's been up to twin
ty minutes ago."-Harper's Bazaar.
--Bigson-'I once possessed splen-
did dog, who could always distinguish
between vagabond and respectable
person. Jigson-"Well, what's be-
come of him." Bigson-"Oh, was
obliged to give him away. He bit me-"
-Tit-Bits.
The Lost Adjective. - Count LIE
Fraug (rapturously)-"Zere is only
vun word in re Eenglish language to
descr-r-ribe your beauty, Mees Gold
rox." Miss Goldrox-"Oh, count"
Count lie Fraug-"And unforchunate-
ly L half forgotten vat EFT ees."-Har-
per's Bazaar.
-Richard-"They say that kissing is
dangerous. DO you believe it?' Rob-
ert-"It is when any third person hap
pens to sec you. 1t is more than likely
if that woman over there had not been
witness to transaction of that kind,
/ should not have been her son-in-law.'
Boston Transcript.
Counsel for the Defense - you
have heard the testimony of Mr.. Brown
for the prosecution. Now, did you ever
hear Mr.. Browns reputation for truth
and veracity questioned?" Witness
Not directly; but he has baby at his
house, he owns dog and rides BIZ
cycle, and he is an amateur fisherman"
Counsel-''That will do, SIR Counsel
for the proscc Ltion-"We do not care to
cross-examine the witness, your honor"
Boston Transcript.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-11-05
II.

1t was about 1O:45, and raining heav-
lily. Phineas Peel, seated on wall
overlooking the back of Rhyd cottage,
with his duck gun laid across his knees.
was beginning to feel uncomfortable.
1.-THE note said 1885," he muttered.
at must be after that time now. What's
that?"
PhineaG had caught the sound Of
heavy feet moving cautiously over the
gravel. He grasped his gun and peered
into the gloom, but could distinguish
nothing.
Suddenly he heard voices, evidently
at the front of the house. He was about
tn quit his position, under the impress
sion that Herr Schmidt was leaving by
the front door, after all, wi en- one of
the back windows was cautio, sly raised
and the 1.-the form of the naturalist
dropped lightly to the ground.
Creeping along the side of the wall
on which Phineas lay, he presented an
excellent mark. Mr.. Peel, however,
could not bring himself to shoot man
down in cold blood. He would give
him chance.
stop, you scoundrel!" he shouted.
Tie effect of the challenge was
scarcely what Phineas had anticipated.
Herr Schmidt darted forward and
seized the barrel of the gun.
He was much the stronger of the two,
and Phineas was pulled from the wall
In twinkling. Lying ON the broad OF
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-11-05
THE AUDUBON REPUBLICAN.
AUDUBON. IOWA
IN THE SHADOW.
low "A

We walk within the shadow, and We feel
it's thickcning fold
That wraps us round and holds US close. q
cloak against the cold;
The day is growing somber, and the joyous
light has fied,
And Beneath our feet the road is rough, and
clouds are overhead
We sit within the shadow, and in that ST.
lence dumb,
TO us in softened echoes remembered
voices come;
Dear eyes that closed in slumber once, dear
hands that Strengthened lie,
Awaken tender yearnings as the day wanes
slowly by.
We rest within the shadow, though the
hurrying people go
On errands swift for gold and gain, be-
yond US, to and fro;
We have no care for transient things; we
wish no more to strive
As once we did; we rest, we dream, We feel
but half alive.
Our resting and our waiting, and our plod-
ding on the way,
With the sunshine Of the past casting
darkness on to-day,
With no caring for the future, while the
heartache holds us fast,
With no thought for any pleasure-ah! it's
well these cannot last.
For the shadow always lifts, and the sun
light glows again.
There are sudden CLEANS of brightness,
sweet clear shining after rain;
And we grid ourselves for action strength
ened we arise and go
From the sanctuary outward, where the
feet tramp to and fro.
Life must have its sometime sorrow, but
the years that drift along
Touch the minor chords but seldom there
are spaces blithe with song.
Sometimes we must face the shadow,
where the wind blows keen and cold,
But the shadow fades at dawning, and the
east Is fecked with gold.
Margaret E. Sangster, in Harper's Maya
zine
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-11-05
A Benefcent Lake.

According to Prof. Forel, Of Lau.
same, the Lake of Geneva, lying in the
deep valley between the Alps and Jura
mountains, performs remarkable
work for the benefit of man. During
the summer its waters store up great
quantity of heat, which is slowly radi-
ated into the air in the course of the
following autumn. Thus the freezing
currents descending from the snow
topped mountains around are warmed
and tempered and the atmosphere
along the shore of the lake is main
tanned at moderate temperature. The
excellence of the grapes which produce
the celebrated white wines of this re-
gion is thought to be largely due to the
influence of the lake upon the condition
of the atmosphere. But the remote de-
scendants of the present inhabitants
will experience quite different state
of affairs, for Prof. Forel says that in
$4,000 years the river Rhone will
have turned the lake into broad plain,
ny means Of the soil il is constantly car,
rying down from the mcuntains.-
Youths Companion.
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his back on the gravel in q half-dazedI
condition, he saw the tall form Of
Schmidt standing over him with tho
gun raised.
Keep your tongue still, you fool, ;
he Kissed, cor I'll brain you. Now,
quick, help me over the wall"
Phineas hesitated, but the threaten
ing attitude of the other induced him
to rise. However, he had no intention
Of giving in.
Obeying his instructions, he caught
hold of Schmidt's foot to give him "a
leg up" Before the naturalist could
grip the top of the wall, however, Phin-
cas- saw his opportunity.
Bracing himself for the effort, he
exerted all his strength and pulled
Schmidt bodily from the wall. He fell
fiat on his face, and before he could re-
cover himself Phineas jumped on his
back and seized him around the throat,
emitting a yell that would have done
credit to Sioux Indian.
The next moment Phineas was
dragged off from behind and found him.
self in the clutches of n burly member
of the local police force.
Four or five others seized Schmidt,
who struggled in vain to free himself.
'What am 1 arrested for?" gasped
Phineas. There's your mani"
Phineas would no doubt have been
led off with the other prisoner but for
the timely arrival OH the scene of the
last person in the world he had ex-
pected to see-his brother John!
Here, what on earth is the meaning
of all this?" he demanded, when, as
the result of John Peel's interference,
he found himself free.
John stayed behind a minute or two
to explain that Herr Schmidt, the mat
uralist," and Edward Harper-the no.
torious forgcr who had defied New
Scotland Yard for the past six weeks
were one and the same.
at was smart dodge of Harper's,"
said John Peel, land he might have got
clear away but for that clever wife of
yours. Phineas. Mary suspected the
man from the first, and supplied me
from time to time with valuable infor-
nation. 1t is to her entirely that the
credit of the capture is due. Tell her
I'll call round and thank her myself to-
morrow. By-the-by, the gang Of which
he was the head pot wind of orr jnten-
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tons, and a man was dispatched with
warning. Harper doesn't appear to
haze received it,"
Then Phineas began to understand
things a little more clearly.
Il suppose this will be it," he re-
marked, producing the note and hand
ing it to his brother. you see, the
messenger left it in the wrong door,
and I-er-I thought l might as well
see the fun"
For some little time after Phineas
was of the opinion that he had made
fool of himself. Lately, however, he
has taken q different view of the mat
ter, and is never tired of relating how
he literally dropped on" Harper, the
forger, alias Schmidt, the naturalist,
next door.-Casselrs Saturday Jour
nal.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-11-05
OLD BUILDINGS IN SARDINIA.
The Mystery of Their Construction Not
Yet Penetrated.

The Mystery of Their CONSTRUCTION NOT
Yet Penetrated.
For centuries past the ingenuity of
learned men has been exercised on the
Noraghe Of Sardinia, but to this day
they have no more been able to discover
the origin of these famous buildings
than had the Romans before them.
They were unable to say whether they
were used for tombs or fire temples, for
trophies of victory, for observatories,
OF merely for human dwelling places.
More than 5000 of them have been
counted in Sardinia, standing on arti-
fetal mounds 80 or 60 feet high, and
measuring at the base 100 to 800 feet
in circumference. They are usually
in the shape Of towers, built with i'm
mense blocks of stone roughly hewn
with hammers. No cement is used in
their structure, nor is there any in
scription to indicate their origin.
A low entrance at one side leads into
a long and lofty passage, communicate
ing by a very low door with domed
chamber beyond. On either side of this
small cells have been formed in the
walls. A spiral staircase rising steeply
from the dome leads to another but
somewhat smaller chamber above, and
again beyond this to the broken top
of the Noraghe.
Nothing has been found within these
buildings, and to this day their exist
ence is a mystery.
In the same vicinity other buildings
have been discovered which are no less
puzzling to antiquaries. The general
opinion is that they were built for the
purpose of burying giants.
The most interesting archaeological
mysteries of this country are the Denes
of Essex and Middlesex. They are per-
pendicular shafts sunk in the earth,
with lateral caves at the bottom, but
the purpose for which they were dug
out has never been discovered. It is
possible, however, that they might
have been used as granaries or even as
places of refuge in time of trouble.
The Rathes of Kerry form an inter-
esting study, the only conclusion that
that they were inhabited at some re-
mote age by a race or dWarfS. The dis
trict is covered with hundreds of green
mounds, beneath which, when the earth
has been removed, it is seen that there
are tiny underground buildings.
A small opening, through which
man is barely able to crawl on his hands
and knees, gives access to the inclosed
and walled-in space beyond, which is
divided into several smaller chambers
Each one communicates with the other
by small hole, a similar aperture be-
ing made in the outer wall for the pur-
pose of ventilation. A rude fireplace is
sometimes found in remote corner,
but no outlet beyond the holes for VEN
tilation is provided for the smoke.
Very little more than this is known
about these mysterious habitations.-
London Tit-Bts. II
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Afraid He Would Be Ruined.

When Spenscr had finished his famous
poem, THE Fairy Queen" he carried it
TO the earl of Southampton, the great
patron of the poets of that day. The
manuscript being sent up to the earl,
he read few pages and then ordered
his servant to give the writer e2p
Reading on, he cried in a rapture,
Garry that man another eco" Pro
ceeding further, he exclaimed: "Givt
him eco more" But at length he los,
all patience and said: $50 turn that
fellow out Of the house, for if read fr.r
ther l shall be- ruined. "-Chioago Tgib
unn.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-11-05

me. I have accepted Herr Schmidt's
offer, and he will enter the adjoining
house as tenant tomorrow"
Not if know it, madam" shouted
Phineas, jumping from his chair and
bringing his fist down on the table.
''Do you think l am going to have Rhyd
cottage turned into a mcndgerie, and
my garden into a bowling wilderness?
The house may remain tenantless for
ever, but Herr Schmidt and his mon
strosities shall not enter there"
Herr Schmidt, my dear, is merely a
naturalist"
81 know it," stormed Phineas. 1--WE
heard of these plaguey naturalists be.
fore. I've no desire to come down
stairs some fine morning to find a ring.
tailed monkey sitting on the window
sill, acting as referee while the kanga
zoos and crocodiles play leapfrog over
The flower beds. No, madam! No
naturalists for Phineas PEEL"
Pretty Mrs. Peel never allowed her
temper to get the better of her. She
laughed softly at her husbands fears,
and did not alter her determination in
the least.
HAS it slipped your memory, Phin-
cas-" she asked, that Rhyd cottage is
portion of my property? If 1 choose
tc let it to a naturalist-even though
lie be foreigner-I am perfectly JUS
titled in doing So
This was true enough, and Phineas
Gained down.
Herr Schmidt's collection of mon
strosities,' as you call it," went on
Mrs. Peel, ''probably contains nothing
more dangerous than a deaths head
moth in a bottle. Anyhow, have no
intention to disappoint him"
But T.
"You will treat him with the respect
due frcGl one gentleman to another,
Phireas," broke in Mrs. Peel. And
now. dea-, We'll dismiss the subject
Phineas Peel was-though at times
he doubted it-a lucky fellow. He had
carried off young and handsome wom-
an from host of suitors.
Why Mary Marsden had chosen to
bestow her hand and fortune on such
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-11-05

a plain, everyday sort of fellow as the
diminutiye Phineas Peel was always a
mystery to her acquaintance. The
wedding was an accomplished Fact be-
fore her relatives had recov' Led from
the shock caused by the announcement
of her engagement.
Mary appeared to be happy enough,
too. Phineas, taken as a whole, was
not a bad sort of fellow. He was ieal-
Gus, that was true, but his wife came
to regard that as an extra proof of
his devotion.
Had the proposed tenant of Rhyd
cottage been an aged, decrepit, broken
down old man, Phineas would have