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Anxiously watch declining health Of
their daughters So many are cut OF
by consumption in early years that
there is real cause for anxiety. In
the early stages, when not beyond the
reach Of medicine, Hoods Sarsaparilla
will restore the quality and quantity
Of the blood and thus give good health.
Read the following letter:
1T ID but just to write about my
daughter Corn, aged 10. She was COM
pletely run down, declining. had that tired
feeling, and friends said she would not
live over three months. Ehe had bad
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-05-23
steel Bullets Painless.

Steel-coated rifle bullets for the new
magazine guns cause very little pain,
says DR.. Delorme, surgeon in chief Of
the French army. During the riots ut
Eourmies one man was wounded HI
badly as to be paralyzed, but did not
suspect that he had been shot until he
saw blood stains on his clothing; one,
shot through the leg. only felt = slight
SILVER; another, shot through the arm,
felt his elbow twitch and closed his fist
mechanically. At short range-1O0 to
$50 yards-the bullets are apt to ex-
plode and to do serious mischief.-Chl-
caro- Tribune.
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Tri1peA

Ne who viii tribe With . womanb
love will tribe with al other sacred
things In the universe. Let no young
woman shed Q tear when such man
leaves her. She would rsjoies that b.
fore Il Il too late she II free from %.
peracial, treacherouB heart-Rev.
smith Baker. Congregstiouaast East
Boston, Nasa.
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oevsA fron Desesuseisa.

Ttk II WHIST happens when the kidneys
ore rescued from Inactivity By HoetstseEo
Stomach BjtteE1. II they continue inactive
they arc threAteued with Bright's disease,
their destruction. Nalariaf, bilious and
rheumatic ailment and dyspepsia are also
conquered BY The Bitsefs, which h thorough
and elective.
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Orases Crsaa.

Fresh oranges make . delicious
GREEN. Pare OF few bits of thin. yell
low rind, and soak and scald with the
gelatine. Squeeze and strain the juice
Of four or more oranges. acccrding to
size and quality. Sweeten and mix.
with the yolks Of four eggs. - before.
Add the dissolved gela&ine, strain. and
when almost cold stir in the pint Of
whippe1eream with . few light strokes.
-Cipcinnsd Enquirer.
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"Wuo WAS the first 70 discover that Tie
earth went roundl" "N0ah-tn The VINO
yard. IN. Y. Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-05-23

I DIIIevB Pisoss Cure for Consumpe3oo
saved my boys life last summer.--M1e.
ALLIE Docalxss. Leroy. Mich, Oct -, ~
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ss0Cr4Nrrsrs say now that Handwriting
conveys disease.1 1Of course; that's the
way the grip got started. "-Louisville Cour-
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Cough

and nothing seemed to do her any good. !
happened to read about Hoods 6arsaparilla
and had her give It . trial. From the very
first dose she began to get better. After
taking : few bottles she was completely
cured and her health has been the best ever
since" MRS ADDIB Peck, u Railroad
Place, Amsterdam, N. r.
81 will say that my mother has not stated
my case in - strong words Is would have
done. Hoods Sarsaparilla has truly cured
me and I am now we'll" CoRA PECK,
Amsterdam, N. Y.
Be sure to get Hoods, because
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-05-23

nAHs wal,s maze . sadaing housewiSa.-
pialdaaG.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-05-23

II n . peculiar fact that tramps and otheD
who have NO money with which to pay doc
tors bills never hsvo appendicitia.-Atchi-
son Globe.
TIE only way for rich man 20 b healthy
b By exercise and abstinence, 70 live = &
b Were poor.-Sir w. Temple
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Actual Potash.

KANT is a complete specific
against Rust"
Our paMphless are not advertising circulars boeo.
ing special fesssess. but practical works, coatan
Ing The results Of latest experiments in this line.
Every eeeson farmer should have = copy. They are
cent ftee fag he asking.
GERMAN KALI WORKS,
"a Nassau ST.. New Yosk.
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With careful rotation of
crops and liberal fer6lizations,
cotton lands will improve. The
application Of a proper ferti-
lizer containing sufficient Pot
ash often makes the difference
between a profitable crop and
failure. Use fertilizers contain
Jag not less than ; to ~
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-05-23

IHAvE lived to know that the great secret
OF human happiness IL this: Never suffer
your energies to stagnate.-Adam Clark.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-05-23

TMB truth il bound to leak out, but tho
trouble with some men ID that it leaks out
Ill ct Philadelphia Record.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-05-23

0cImOuIAluks UuS = oUOJCSe W0SSu
think ought to be presented at this
time. I propose now to lay before
you some Of the recreations which are
not only innocent, but positively help
full and advantageous.
In the first place, commend. among
instrumental Among the first things
created was the bird, so that the earth
might have music at the start. This
world, which began with 50 sweet .
serenade, Is finally to be demolished
amidst the ringing blast of the arch
angels trumpet, 90 that as there was
music 1t the start there shall be music
at the close. While this heavenly art
has often been dragged into the uses Of
superstition and dissipation, we all
know It may be the means Of high
moral culture. Oh, it is = grand thing
to have our children brought up amidst
the sound Of cultured voices, and
amidst the melody Of musical instru-
mepts.
There il in this art an ,ndescribable
fascination for the household. Let all
those families who have the means "a
afford it. have flute, or harp, or piano,
or organ. As soon rs the hand is large
enough to compass the keys. teach Il
how to pick ont the melody. Let oar
Young men try this heavenly art upon
their n4tnrc. Those who have gone
into TRULY have found in It tllimit-
able recreation ~ d amusement Dark
days. stormy nights, seasons Of sick
neas. business disasters viii do little
toward depressing the soul which
can gallop OF over musical keys, q
soar in jubiiant lay. It viii cure
pain. II viii rest fatigue. Il win
quell passion. Il will revive health.
II win reclaim dissipation It win
strengthen the immortal soul. In the
battle Of Waterloo Wellington saw
that the Highlanders were falling
back. He said: what = the matter
thero97 He We to1d lat The auaia
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inventions OF our own day, but the
games which came down with the
sportfulness of all ages-chess and
charades and tableaux and battledore
and calisthenics and lawn tennis and
all those amusements which the young
people of our homes know how well to
contrive. Then there will be the par
lor socials- groups Of people assembled
in your homes, with wit, and mimicry
and joviality, filing the room with Joy
from door to mantel, and from the car
pet to the ceiling. Oh, is there any
exclamation like q score of genial
souls in ono room, and each one add
ing q con tribution of his own individ-
ual merriment to the aggregation Of
general hilarity.
Suppose you want to 60 abroad in
the city, then you will find the pano-
rama and the art gallery and the ex-
quisite collections Of pictureA You
will find the museum aud the Histor-
ical society rooms full of rare curiosi-
ties. and the scores Of places which can
stand plainly the test Of what Is right
and wrong in amusements. You will
ind the lecturing hall, which has
been honored by the names of
Agsssix in natural history, Dore-
mus in chemistry, Boynton in
geology. Mitchell in astronomy, John
B. Cough in moral reform, and scores
and hundreds of men who have poured
their wit and genius and ingenuity
through that particular channel upon
the hearts and condolences and tho
imaginations Of men, setting this
country 50 years farther In advance
than It would have been without thu
lecture platform
1rejoice in the popularisation Of out
door sports- hail the croquet ground
and the Asherman'sr rod and the sports
man's gun In our cities life IS % m
healthy and unnatural that-wnen the
ceneus-taker represents . city having
10000 nhabitants, there are only 3o0I-
o00. since 1t takes It least two men %
amount 10 one man, 50 depict
ing and unnerving and exhaust
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cried out ut hvc o'clock. destroying
spirits, ye shall not have me yet: it is not
9; it is not 6.' The moments went by,
and the shadows began to gather, and
the clock struck six; and while It was
striking her. soul went What hour
God will call for MS do not know
whether six o'clock tonight or three
o'clock this afternoon. or At one o'clock,
or 1t this moment. Sitting where you
are, falling forward. or dropping down,
where will You go to?
The last hour of your life will soon
be here, and from that hour we will re-
view this days proceedings 1t will
be . solemn hour. If from our death
pillow we have to look back
and see life spent in sinful amuse-
ment, there will be . dart that will
strike through our soul. sharper than
the dagger with which Virginius slew
his child. The memory Of the past
will make rs quake like Macbeth. The
iniquities and rioting through which
we have passed will come upon m,
weird and skeleton - Neg Mer.
rifles. Death, the old Shylock, viii
demand and take the remaining pound
of hesh and the remaining drop Of
blood; and upon our last opportunity
for repentance, and our last chance
for Heaven the curtain will forever
drop.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-11-27
A TEAM OF ALLIGATORS
Sensation Created in q Toxas
Town by a Hunter.

Every old settler in eastern Texas
knows old Buck Stobbins. Stobbins
came 10 the lone star wilderness when
the republic was In It's infancy. He set
tied In the big Thiclict, not far from
Houston, uud, during his long careers.
he has hunted bear. only varying the
monotony of the sport by occasionally
getting drunk and spending few days
in getting sober and resting the dogs.
The old mnn Is an ironside. bart-shell
Baptist, and II liar-not u mere novice
in feeble and unpublished mcndncity. but
a Wholesale, artistic, rough and tumble
liar of gigantic proportions. His word
is pretty good Oh uli ordinary subjects.
but when IL comes to bear the aged vet
cran varies. twists, distorts and piles
bears nnd hounds and gunshots and
butcher knives together. nnd mnlics
story worth listening to. Every hunter
goes TO see him, and all leave his cabin
pleased with his extraordinary hospi-
tality, and feeling that if there were
few more Buck Stobbinses, In the world
thc human race would laugh more and
life would DE worth living after NIL.
He has been making war ON the black
benr of Texas for more than half II CEN
tury. and killed every year, according
to his own candid statement, bear
enough 10 feed an urmy, and yet he can
put you on II stand where you cnn get
shot ut big. rollicking bruin any
fine morning. Very recently he has fig
ured as the most conspicuous character
in un adventure that is without parallel
in the history of the world. The old
fire eater had one son, and when this
heir apparent to the Stobbins claim md
cabin In the wilderness wns about ten
years old be captured pair of young
nlligntors two or three feet I'm length.
Now, yesng Stobbins did not have any
calves to fool with. and so he chained
the young nlligators together and
hitched them to II small slide. He put
bull rings in thc nose of each gator, and
then. by the dexterous use of n pitch
fork. managed to extract good deal of
deviltry and fun out of his wonderful
team.
The boy was fast growing to man.
hood. and the alligntors - well. they
were fast growing to 'gatorhood. They
were at least ten feet long when the
promising youth took the swamp fever
and died. Old Stobbins was devotedly
attached to his son. He expected to
make>a famous bear hunter out of the
boy. His grief was not of the common
kind. He tried to burn it out of his
"in'ards" with moonshine whisky, AMI
possibly would have succeeded. but the
capacity OF the stillhouse was n grade
less than the old warriors endurance
and metal. When the still went dry he
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then the horses TINT were htclicd to
the bnnd wngon began TO cnvort and
they wheeled around and turned the
wagon over and spilled the brass band
fellers out right Immediately on top
of my gators. Look outl' ! shouted,
'or some of you will he pissin'.' They
did not need anybody to advise them &c
get out OF the way. When the elephants
and lions came and smclicd the gators
there was fun sure 'nough. You never
heard such roarin' md bnwln'. |
thought the devil himself hnd brokr
loose. But this wns only the commence
mcnt of the frolic. The circus horscs
began to run away.
al never seen so much commotion in
all my born days. There wns 40 teams
nll runnin' away nj once and 80 more
a-tryin' to run away. People were
n-holcrin' and cussin': lions and ;igcra
were roarin' and women and children
were cryin'. Says /: "Miss Nancy. my
opinion Is that we have played the
deuce amazingly, and old Buck Stobbins
is goin' TO try to vnmoosc the ranch
stuck the fork into the tail of the OF
alligator and shouted: Get up and
dust. my beauties The gators seemed
to be cnjoyin' the froiic, and they threw
open their jaws and plunged right into
the mass OF overturned wagons. strug-
glin' horses and wild elephants. When
we came out on The other side heard
Miss Nancy say: Great Heavens dad!
look there!' and felt something slimy
hit me In the face, and when got nv
eyes open my blood froze In my veins.
The Off alligator had the clown of thu
circus between his inws and the other
gator had n snake by the neck that was
~ feet long. The big reptiles tail was
kinder prcmiscuously wrapped about
my neck. I looked back and seed the
circus horses a-runrin' over each other.
ard the cages were busted open md
the lions and tigers and wild eats anil
leopards and big snakes were frolick-
In about promiscuously In the street +.
My gators had jerket1 the lines out of
my hands and tliey were going down
the street at regular 2:4O gait. was
tryin' to get ont my knife to cut the
snake loose when 'cayousel' we all went
into Buffalo bayou. The cusscd fools
had run or the bridge. seized Miss
Nancy by the hair OF the head and
swan ashore. And. gentlemen. would
you believe me. not ciisscd hair or hide
of them gators has ever been seen from
that day to this.
Now. look here, mister. tsin' ns you
are lawyer. don't you think | have got
q good cause of action against TINT city
OF Housting? Why. wouldn't take a
cool thousand dollars apiece for them
gators, to say nothing OF the cart, the
pitchfork and the jug OF bourbon
whisky."-GlobeD Democrat.
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UNDER THE WILLOWS.

Here used to SIT and listen for the pattef
For the tiny hands 10 pound upon the
door:
But the icy hnnd of death has touched the
forehead OF my sweet.
And the baby voice Is husbcd forever
more.
Angels keep my baby,
Where the willows wave;
Where with each recurring spring
Feathered warblers como md sing,
When the violets arc blooming DER her
grave.
ory sadly turns.
Where the summer wild rose scents the
silent gloom,
Whore u busy little brook is singing softly
In tho ferns.
And the willow boughs are bending DER
her tomb.
Angels keep my baby,
. Where the Willows wave:
Where the low winds sob and sigh
When the summer roses die.
And the autumn leaves are falling on
her grave.
Only now I slept and dreamed I was kneei-
Ing there tonight.
Where my little one IL sleeping on tho
hill:
Even now. when I'm awake, and the tears
fall rs I write.
can seem to hear the music Of the rlll
.sgcls keep my baby.
Where the willows wave:
Where the winds blow bleak and
drear
When the silent woodlands scnr,
And the snow Is drifting deep upon her
-Cy warman. In N. Y. Sun.
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a GOOD TEAM.

tried coal oil. and he soon drank the
rountry into darkness. The neighbors
had to hide their oil cans or transact all
their business between the rising and
the setting sun. One day he concluded
to sober UP and raise crop. but upon
discussing the subject with Miss Nancy
"A pet name for lis wife-he learned
that during his long period of mourn
ing he had exchanged Buck and Ball.
his oxen. for mountain dew. His first
impulse was TO go over and shoot the
stlIlhouse man who had taken advan-
tage of his weakness and round up his
oxen and hitch them to the pIow. but
while he was loading his gun the gators
rrawIed out Of the tank In the lot and
began TO snort and below like bulls.
IAN IDEAL" exclaimed the thoughtful
MIR. 5tobbins. Get the piichfork. Miss
Nancy" he shouted. "nnd let as see II
ws can't make them mir varmin,s use
frl."
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In telling the story few days ugo to
party of hunters, MIR. Stobbins said:
1T Jest beat anything you ever saw.
The critters acted Jest as if they under
stood the situation, and when drove
them out into the field and hitchrd
, them to the plow never popped whip
over or stucR n pitchfork into Il better
team. They knew whoa and gee list
us well MS any puir of oxen eyer yolicd
together In all this here broad domain
ef the land of liberty called Texas.
put my crop in the ground in hurry
got away ahead Of nll my ncighbors.
They were the best plow team that eve,
straddlcd row of cotton. made two
bales and had II ginncd before the swal.
lows and bluebirds got ready to Nv
away TO Mexico. Snid to Miss Nancy:
This here is fun. but IL is oniy the be.
ginnin'. have sold the cotton nj the
gin, and have got the yallrr Loys in
my pocket. Let's hitch MP the gators
and go down to Houston and lay in n
few things ready for bear huntin'.'
Done. dad said Miss Nancy. and no
sooner said thnn done. She hitchcd the
'gators to the cart and AWAY we went.
bound for lIousting with pockrtful
of rocks. No need to nsk people to give
the road. Most peoples horses and
mules and oxen took Ia the woods MS
soon ms they got n smell of us. We rn,-
tied into the city and you never seed
no sich an excitement. People quit
scllin' things and utterly neglected
business to run nfter us. was kinder
dry. and stopped at saloon and got
jug filled. When came out peoplc
were starn' of their eyes out, und II
hollerin' and Jest raisin' thunder. They
were n-rainin' questions ut Miss Nancy.
and tho vnrmints. bein' unused to'slch
sights. and so much fuss. were cnvortin'
around and Snnppin' their jaws. wnntin'
to ent somebody or 20. There was n
band wagon comm down the street
with n lot Of cusscd fools In II blowin'
brass horns. Then 40 other wagons, all
painted with vnrMints sich MS lions and
tigers and beasts of the forest. wns
n-followin', and mixed up with them
was lot of loose elephants and cnmcls
on1 fools drnped up in pretty clothes,
a-ridin' white horses. "a circus. by
thunder, Miss Nancyl' said |. Jest
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HOODS PILLS euro Liver Ills,
Biliousncss, Indigestion, Headache.
A pleasant laxative. All Druggists.
scAooL AND CHURCH.


in seven months Gen. Booth han
travelled $4,000 miles.
-Ap order issued by the minister OF
public Instruction l,as been published
lit Vicnna admitting to registration In
Austria women who hold foreign metl-
ical diplomas.
AT the annual meeting OF the Amer
lean BAPTIST Publication society in As-
bury Park II was stated TINT there an,
to-day In this country 1.3CO,oOO Sunday
school teachers and more than 10000
600 scholars enrolled.
William +. Pierce. the new pres,-
dent OF Kenyon college at Gambien o.,
IN only 2s years old, He has been pro-
fess0r Of philosophy ut Kenyon for tho
Inst three years md was graduated In
1885 from Amherst.
As the natives Thought he would
not make good "juicc," they allowed
Rev. Mr. Auchtcnrieth, OF the Basel mis-
sion, to escape nftcr hc Ind been con-
demnct 10 be eaten. These cunnibnl
go,irmets live bncli of the Cnmeroons
mountains.
Prof. Mlrnglln, of Pincenzn, n Cath
Ollie priest who hns qunrieied with tho
church authorities, is conducting .erv-
fees In opposition 20 the bishop oi tho
city, and attracting crowds. He hns
been put under the major excommuni-
cntion, hut declares he will rogcnernte
the Catholic church and compares him
, self to SnvoDnroln.
French Catholic missions in Africa
/ hnpc received tho Andrlfrct prize OF
15.00o francs from the Academy Of
Moral Sciences. The money Is divided
between the vicar apostolic OF the Con-
, go and the superior OF the White Fn-
theirs. The academy hua received from
the executors of NJ. Dnrthclcmy ST.
uilnire II legacy of ,6,5O0 francs II year
Lord George Hamilton recently snid
In parliament that the English system
OF primary education wns tho most ex.
pcnsivc In the world. Sir Charles Dixie
! thcrcupon asked the government to give
oflcinl figures, asserting thnt the United
/ States spent two or three times as much
money on schools ns England does This
IL likely 60 bc true, yet the results oh
tnincd probably Justify Lord George
Hnmlton'a statement.
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TazEwElL DIRECTORY.

CITY OFFICERS.
Mayor. A. Greever.
Sergeant--G. L. McOlintock.
Assessor-.J. H. Lewis.
CoUNCILMEN.
J. w. Chapman, James O'Keeffe, J. A.
Gieever, b. w. Stras, G. II. Surface.
PoSToFFICE.
Open during week from 7:3O a. m. to 7:OU
p. m. daily, except Sunday.
Money Order window open from 8 a. m. to
4 p. m. daily except sunday.
West bound mail closes l:00 o. IN.
East bound mail closes $3.50 p. nj.
CHURCH SERVICES.
PREsDYTERIAN.-Rev. w. w. Ruff, Pastor
Preaching every Sabbath morning aud
evening, except the first, when the pas
tor holds services in Burkes Garden.
Sunday School $3.50 Il. IN. Prayer meet
ing every Thursday evening.
METH"DIsr.-l. p. Martin, Pastor. Preach.
ing ON first and third Sunday in each
month at fl a. M; second and fourth
Sunday at 7:30 p. m. Sunday School at
$3.50 u m. Prayer meeting every We'd
nesday evening.
BAPTIST ID. A. Glenn, Pastor.
Pre- Iching the LIST and Sd Sunday in the
morning aud ID aud 4th Sunday in the
evening. Sunda, Schoo! $50 a. m.
Prayer meeting every Friday evening.
CnnIsTIAE.--Rev. J N. Hartman, Pastor.
Preaching every Sabbath morning Sun
day School $3.50 Il IN. PRAYER meeting
every Saturday evening,
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Judge Circuit Conrt.-Hon. s. w. Will
liams, Wytheyille. Va.
Circuit Court Sessions I'D Monday III
April; 4th Monday i'll August Sd Mon
day in December.
: Judge County Court.-Hcn. j. II. Stuart.
Tazewell, Va
County Court. after the Third
Monday.
Clerk Circuit Court.-H. Bane Harman,
Tnzewell, Va.
Clerk County Court.--T. E. George, Taze-
we'll, Va.
Commonwealth Attorney--Jno. L. Barns,
TaZewell, Va.
Sheriff. John w. Crockett, Tazewcll, Va.
Treasurcr.-R. X Gillespie, Pounding
Mill, Va.
Commissioner Rcvenuc-Clear Fork Dis
drict-G. A Sink, Bluestone, Va.
Cummis, ,ioper Revenue Jacksonville Dist.
j. N. Johnson, Sayorsvile, Va.
Commissioner Revenue Maiden Spring
Districts. H. Laird, Cedar Bluff. Va.
Supervisor, Clenr Fork District: H..
Greever, Burkes Garden, Va.
Supervisor, Jeifersonville District: j. Ed.
Peery. Tazewell, Va.
Supervisor, Maiden Spring District: w.
l.. q. Burk, Big Greek, Va.
County Supt- of Schools: p. H. Williams,
Snapp, Va.
County Surveyor: .Robkrt S. Williams,
Pounding Mill, Va.