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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-09

II there are any Congressman
who are thinking Of making duties
so high on other commodities as to
produce sufficient revenue in order
to have an excuse for putting sugar
en- the free list. or subjecting it 10
q nominal duty. they must beware.
II any Congressman contemplate
that. they are ''treasuring up wrath
against the day of wrath"-which
day will be when the congressional
elections are held in 1898. In 1890
the sugar revenues we're thrown
away that there might be an excuse
for granting the heavier duties de-
handed by greedy manufacturers.
Over the additional protection given
those industries the bosses aud their
men wrangled and fought. In 1890
and 1892 the latter voted With great
unanimitv against the Republican
party and defeated it. Therefore,
tue sugar schedule must be- dealt
with most judiciously. A tariff till
for revenue and protection which
disregards utterly the revenue pro-
ducing qualities Of sugar might put
the party responsible for it in the
shadow Of popular disfavor. =
Chicago Tribune, Rep.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-09
The Value Of Good
Roads.

Cultivating ten acres, eight miles
from the station, l buy two tons Of
fertilizer for SO, says . correspon-
dent Of the Leesburg (Fla.) Com
mercial. This quantity makes
eight loads for one horse, and six
hours are required for a trip. The
time Of myself and horse is worth
60 cents per load. I make 500
crates Of vegetables, which require
seventy-one trips to get them to
the station, at q cost of S42 60 On
hard roads could haul my $40
worth Of fertilizer in four trips OF
four hours each, at cost OF 81 60.
/ could haul my 500 crates Of vege-
tables in thirty-five trips Of four
hours each, at . cost Of Sl4. On
the sand roads one horse is required
seventy-one days to ship my crop,
which is longer time than the ship
ping season; hence I am compelled
to keep two horses during the year,
OF hire from my neighbors at a
busy time. The cost OF keeping the
second horse may be safely estl-
mated at SIS. So much OF my time
is used in my trips to town that
during three months Of the year l
am compelled to hire an extra hand.
which costs me about SIS. The
foregoing items will suffice to show
that bad roads cost on nv ten acre
crop $lOl 80, being tax Of over
$40 per acre.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-09
LICENSE ORDINANCE.

l. Be it ordained. by the Police Jury
of the Parish of st. Tammany, Louisi-
ana that . License be and is hereby
levied for the year 1897, upon each per-
son, corporation, firm or association
pursuing any occur alton, business
or calling In this parish, which is sub
ject to State License.
2. Be it further ordained, That the
amount of License due this Parish for
each trade, occupation. business or
calling carried on or conducted in this
parish subject to = License, is hereby
fixed ut the same as Is now levied and
collected by the State for such trade,
occupation, business or calling in this
Parish.
8. Be it further ordained. That the
Licenses due this parish shall be and are
hereby due and cOllectible At the same
time and In the same manner rs Ii
censes due the State, and in the event
the same are not paid when due, it is
ordered that the Tax Collector report
the same to the Parish Attorney, who
Is hereby authorized aud instructed to
forthwith institute legal proceedings to
enforce the payment of the same.
". n. COOPER,
President
w. G.. KENTZEG. Secretary.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-09
THE TARIFF COMMISSION
SCHEME.

And now it is proposed that the
protective tariff shall be taken out
OF politics and made . permanent
institution-a sacred COW like the
supreme court. A "tariff commits
sion"is to be tue title Of the body
who will fix, regulate and dispense
the licenses granted to . few mill
lionaires, trusts and m0nopolists to
steal from consumers. The people
can no longer be trusted to main
tain the robbing privileges un-
impaired; they are liable to disturb
them every four years and thus
unsettlc ''business"; hence .
bounty by tariff must be mace q
vested right. This is the evolution
Of what Henry George calls the
sham republic. = National Single
Taxer..
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-09
TREASURE FOUND.

Christopher Bergman, an old
miser, died at Alexandra recently,
end had no immediate family. As
he lived alone when he died, there
was very little money found in his
effects, and the house was searched,
as everyone thought, thoroughly.
A man was allowed to 60 into the
house with his family ana told that
.: leisure times he must search fur
the hidden treasures. He looked
in manv places, and in wire safe in
the kitchen, in some old yeast pow
der cans, lie found the following
amounts: 1925 in grecnbscks, $66O
in United States gold, and 100 gold
French francs. THIS will renew
the interest in tue search, as the
miser was known to have more
money than has been found.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-09

A Prattville, IN. Y..) woman
whose husband died recently cent
the following communication 10 q
local paper: "Mr. Editor: de-
sire to thank the friends and neigh
bors most heartily in this manner
for the united aid and cooperation
during the illness and death Of my
late husband, who escaped from me
By the hand of death OH Friday last
while eating breakfast. 10 the
friends and all who contributed 50
willingly towards making the las.
moments and funeral of my husband
. success, l desire to remember
most kindly. hoping these few lines
will find them enjoying the eame
blessing. I have also . good milcl,
COW and = roam gelding horse. 8
yeas old which l will sell cheap.
God moves III q mysterious way
his wonders to perform. He plants
hls footsteps on the sea and rides
upon the storm: also . black aud
white shote very low
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-09

.'Fresh eggs from China" IS .
sign in the windows OF Tue Chinese
stores of Chicago. Most Of these
eggs are duck eggs, and about
1000 Of them have arrived in
Chicago during the last three weeks.
Each egg is wrapped in a mass OF
black mud that retains its putty
like consistency for mouths, even
when exposed to the air. They
come in boxes, holding twenty-five
Chinaman's dozen, which is ten.
Everything that comes from China
il purchased by tens. The eggs
are said to be IS fresh as II laid
yesterday. Peeling the coating
from them, the faint blue tint OF
the shell is disclosed.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-09
Water Beneficial in
Typhoid Fever.

The archaeological Review COM
mends the practice Of water drink
ing IN typhoid fever. the Importance
OF subjecting the tissues to an in
tcrnal bath having. 1t appears, bee"
brought prominently to the notice
OF the profession by NJ. Debove.
Of Paris, believed by some to have
been the first to sys:ematlze such
q mode OF treatment. The practice
of that eminent physician consists,
in fact, almos. exclusively Of water
drinking. his requirement being that
the patient take from five TO six
quarts Of water daily, this amount
ing to some eight ounces every
hour. II the patient subsisls chief
~ upon diet Of thin Cruel, frui,
juices or SKINNED milk, the amour,
Of liquid thus taken is to be sub
tracted from the quantity OF water.
The important thing IS to get into
the system, and out Of it, sutlicien,
amount Of water to prevent the &C.
emulation Of ptomaines and toxins
within the body. Copious water
drinking does not weaken the heart,
but encourages its action by main
tanning the volume Of blood it also
adds to the action Of the liver, the
kidneys and the s1in, and, by pro-
noting evaporation from the skin,
it lowers tue temperature.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-09

George W. Smalley has been
comparing the postal service Of
London to that OF New York, to
the decided disadvantage Of the
latter city. He Is now living At
Seventy fifth Street, near Fifth
Avenue, and letters are delivered
there four times . day, between
the hours Of 8 in the morning AMI
8 at night. In London, occupying
. house IN . similar location, Mr.
Smalley got bic first letters at ten
minutes to 8 in the morning and
from 10 in the morning till 10 Ut
night the deliveries were hourly.
He says that it - no uncommon
thing in London to mail . letter
aud get an answer BY post within
three Or four hours.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-09
Martin Dodge. the Ohio State

Martin Dodge, the Ohio State
Road com missioner, is an enthusiast
on the subject OF steel roadways.
He estimates that y double tt ack
ssad, the tracks laid sixteen feet
apart. and the space between the
rails of each track filled with broken
stone. macadam size. would cost
much less than a good macadam
road, aud the cost Of q country one
track road about half as much ~
the double track. He says that
such a road would last much longer
than y stone road, and tllAt one
horse will draw on = steel track
twenty times as much as on dirt
road aad i've times as much as on
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-09

An exchange says: ITO destroy
rats around the stable or barn, Gov.
or the floor near their holes with q
thin layer Of moist caustic potash
When the rats wax in this it makes
their feet sore. these they lick
with their tongues, which makes
their mouths fore, and the result is
that they not only shun this locality,
but it seems to prevent others COM
ing, 50 that the house and neighbor-
hood Is entirely abandoned by
them. Watch that your dogs do
not get in the potash.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-09

The public is not SO familiar with
its privileges about postal matter as
might be supposed. Many times
people would like to recall q letter
after it has been mailed. This can
be done il the letter has reach
ed the postofiice at its destination.
At every postoffice there are what
are called withdrawal blanks. !"
On application the, will be furnish
ed, and when a deposit is made to
cover the expense, the postmaster
will telegraph to the postmaster at
the letters destination asking that
it be promptly returned. The APP
piicant first signs the agreement
1T is hereby agreed that. il the
letter is returned to me, 1 will pro-
sect you from any and all elaine
made against You Tor such return
and will fully indemnify you FOL
any loss you may sustain by reason
or such action. And l hereby de.
post g. to cover Ill expenses
incurred aud will deliver to YOU the
envelope OF the letter returned.
In many cases persons have
made remlttances to fraudulen,
parties or irresponsible firms. moi
learning their true character until
after the letter had gone, and have
succeeded in recalling them. There
is an instance where . Kansas City
merchant had RENTED = dishonest
| travelling man a draft for $40. and
BY means Of q withdraw rescued
the draft just In time.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-09

In North Dakota, where the win
ters are severe and where fuel is
one Of the largest items of expense
IN the cost Of living, people are
burning corn for fuel. Corn makes
. hot IRE and ut IL cents q bushel
Is much cheaper than coal At 81 so
. ton. Ali over North Dakota this
winter corn is the heating fuel aud
the people consider that they are
making great saving by burning
the corn. Minnesota is also largely
burning corn instead OF coal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-09
A Judge OF the Oldham Count

A Judge Of the Oldham County
Court, in England. has given q
decision on the subject Of the
cats intellect which the New York
Journal thinks will be disputed by
many friends Ut that animal. He
has decided that cat is "a quasi
domestic ANIMAL and that Its owner
Is not responsible for its actions.
A cooper who sued . single man
tor damage sustained by the de-
fendant's cat having killed and eaten
thirteen of the plaintiffs chickens
therefore lost his case. The judge
laid down the interesting PROPOSE
ion that q cats intellect is not SO
extensive as to render it able to
distinguish between chickens and
small birds.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-09


By virtue of an order of sale from the
honorable the aforesaid court ana to
me directed. bearing date Septc,nber 30.
1896
will proceed to sell at public auction
1T the door of the Courthouse, in tue
Town Hall. in Covington, Sc. TamMany
parish, La, on SATURDAY. February
6, 1897. between legal sale hours, the
following described property. to-wit:
Lots No.. ID an 4 IL, 10 square No. .,
Southeast Division. Abita - rings, TO-.
gether with all the buildings ard inn
Drovements thereon, loss ons-ft nth Of
said property, sald for taxes OF 1895 to
Il. J. Conrad.
Seized in che above entitled suit.
Terms o. sale--Cssl, with the benefit
Of aJp-aiseMent.
CHAS. II. HErN1Z.
Constable. 81 Ward.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-09

One Of tho largest nuggets OF
pure gold Of which record has been
made that was ever found in either
North or South America is, says
the New York sun. now in the Of
flce at Carter Hawley & Co.. Will
liam street and Exchange place.
It was found in 3 placer mine in
Dutch Guiana, ON the north coast
OF South America. in November
last. II is in the shape OF Al ir-
regular honey-combed triangular
plate that u about ten inches long
on the base line, by six aud half
inches high to the apex and az inch
aud . hall thick. It weighs Is 81
pounds Troy, aud seems to be pure
enough TO sell for $50 al ounce. Or
%, 753. 60 for the whole mass.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-09

Sixteenth Judicial Distfscs Court II
Louisiana, in and for the Parish Of
st. 'rammnnY.

BY virtue of an order OF ale from tho
honorable the aforesaid court, and to mo
directed, bearing date Dec, 2. 1886
will proceed to sell at public auc-
ton, al the dooe Of the courthouse in the
town Of Coyineton, La. on SATURDAY.
January 30. 1897, between legal sale
hours. the following described property
tc-wit:
The undivided half Of 164 acres Of
land, more or less, together with all
the buildings and Improvements there
on being the north half Of the south
west quarter Of section 20, aud the
west half Of the northwest qrarter Of
section IS, al in township s, south
range 10 east, situated in So Tammany
Parish, La. The said untllvided half
will be sold subject to the usufruct Of
the widow Of w. Baker during her
widOwbood.
Seized In the above entitled suit.
Terms Of sale cash, with the benefit
Ut appraisement.
JOHN J. STROBLB, Sheri1.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-09

The best word yet said for the
wheel comes from DR.. Abbott.
secretary OF tbs Massachusetts
State Board Of Health, who main-
tains that IL is in great measure re-
sponsible for the decrease Of
consumption among women. DR..
Abbot points out thar the decline
In the death rate Of women from
pulmonary diseases began five
years ago, tie time Ut the tirst gen.
eral popularity Of tine bicycle. and
has continued since. The rapid
respiration it induces stren- thens
the lungs and assists them TO throw
on foreign substances.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-09

The charge that the tomatoe
produces cancer is no longer cred
tied. but DR.. w. T. English. OF
the Western University Of PENN
sylvania. Gays it acts as heart
poison, and in aggravated cases
sets up m active fermentation in
the entire alimentary tract. The
heart action IS rendered irregular.
the sufferer gasps for breath, and
: steady use OF the vegetable for
food is likely to produce organic
q we'll rs functional troubles. He
admits that the symptoms Of poison
ing are marked except in rare
cases.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-09

Two more officials have been
published - defaultels to the State
nor large amounts. Col. Monier. OF
New Orleans, is reported short
some - 500, and Ex-Sherlff KIRK
land. OF West Baton Rouge parish,
- $lO. 1000 behind in his accounts.
Both Of these officials were tax COL
iectors and both report their ina
DUTY 70 account for the discrepancy
IN their accounts.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-09

"Nuch Inconvenience is ex-
perienced" says the Scientific
American, ''in finding a railload
route from Bellows Falls, VT, to
New Orleans, having bridges high
enough for the largest block Of
granite ever quarried in Vermont.
The block is fifteen feet square and
three feet thick. I: is intended for
the noted Moriarity monument in
that city. A special car il being
built by the local roads, on which
it is intended to set the block on
edge, allowing the lower side TO
swing through the bottom. extend.
ing to within s inches Of the rails.
rhe weight of the block exceeds SO
IONS.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-09

The progressive ladies OF West
6rld, Ind, issued > ''Womans's
Edition Of the Westleld News,
bearing date u April 5, 1896. The
paper is filed with matter Of inter-
est u women, and We. notice the
following from > correspondent,
which the editors printed, realizing
that it treats upon matter IT vital
inportanes 70 their sex: 1.-THE
best remedy for cs0dp, colds and
br0uchitis that / have been able to
iud y Chambeslasn's Ccuga Rene
d.. For family uss i ~ - equal.
I sladly Eeeommopd e. = TIE -
end 80 esntb osales Ios sals by ". G.
gei1e.. dtpG CesieGle ae1
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-09

That advertising pays is being
constantly proven. A two-line ad-
vertiscment, inserted in the lines
Democrat, recently, was the cause
Of re-uniting q family separated
thirty years. A son believed to be
dead succeeded by the advertise
ment in finding his mother and
sisters. He had Travelled seventy
live thousand miles in search oi
f1,am
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-09

It is not only in recent times
that women have outnumbered the
men ia Massachusetts,. This con-
dition Of affairs has obtained for
$50 years. Ten years ago the ex-
cess was SO great that there were
8 1000 more unmarried women than
men.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-09
\ Care Ter I4ane Back.

my daughter, when recovering
from an attack OF fever, was . great
sufferer from pasn IN the back and
lips writes Louden Grover Of
Sardis. Ky. AFTER using quite .
number 0f remedies without any
benefit she tried one both of Cham
beslain's PaIa Balm, and Il has
given entire relief" ChambsgDain's
Pain Balm = also . certain core Tor
Thsnsatisn. Sold by " G. Heats.
dsoGt f. Qpsja9toe. cd - -
80 49, - s $: e 3
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-09

There is no royal road to wealth
and there is no way to shoe horse
except to nail on the shoe, So
says > blacksmith, and in proof of
his assertions, he states that while
nearly 200 patents have been issued
Tor horseshoes and Sc, 900 paid In
70 the Patent Office at Washington,
not one OF the inventions have been
used.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-09

II is reported that Vice Preei-
dent elect Hobart is ut the head Of
. coal trust that ships coal across
the ocean TO Europe and there sells
it 80 cents cheaper than the same
coal is sold 10 New York. He will
be the right man in the right place
when he gets into Office. He should
naturally help to rule . people whom
be helps to rob.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-09

At least one Of McKinley's jour-
nallstic supporters is satisfied with
the mischief he has done and fears
10 90 further. That is Editor Nor
rill Of the Cleveland Leader. Up
on being asked whether he would
accept : position in McKinley's
Cabinet. be replied that as news
paper man he had an unassailable
xieht to ! place in Heaven, which
be would not forfeit by association
with the crowd which Mckinley
would gather about him.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-09

1t has long been known chat deep
mystery ensl.rouds the manufacture
OF the beautiful bat cariously taste
less jellies with which few shelves
in every grocery store are decorated.
Dreadful things have been told in
the past about the substances out
Of which these jellies are made, and
the general impression, probably, is
that they are the result OF treating
wood pulp or old carpets with
powerful acids, tinting the reeiduun,
with an,line dyes, stiffening it with
glue, and completing the compli-
Gated process by the addition Of
flavors derived not from gardens and
orchards, but from mines. There
is reason to believe, says the New
York Tribune, that these suppo-
slllons ale in . great measure nn-
There is an enormous
trade in ..evaporated'' spplies. and
in the preparation Of these, cores
aud pselings arc produced by tie
cord. In other days they would be
called . waste product, bat nothing
is wasted now. Those paets Of the
apple that would not look we'll in
the neat cases in which the ssevapo-
rated' slices are packed, are boiled
down to pulpy consistency,
strained through great colanders
and mixed with Is per cent Of gl0-
cose. The substance thus obsaioed
u clear, colorless, lii,n, and almost
tastelsss stnif, which needs onl51y&e
addition Of extracts and dye b.
cone peach, currant, gaava. shaw
berry, apricos Of pineappls Jelly,
list - The public may dsmspd.
This assi6oial jelly = cheap snd not'
paWtoleoone, - leaet = ~ qssn-
- & l[at ~ o. pepsss =,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-09
Special Notice.

The East Louisiana RAILROAD will
handle cattle BY Express Freight Daily,
except Sundays, from Covington, by the
6 A. y. train, In large, easy riding cars.
Rate per car, 925 90.
z. s. FERGUSON,
General Freight Agent.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-09
Sixteanth Judicial District Court Of
Louisiana, in aud for the Parish of
sc. Tammany.

by virtue Of an order Of sale from
the honorable the aforesaid court, bear
ins date Nov. q. 1886, and to me li-
:ected-
I will proseed 10 sell ~ p3blic auction
1t the door OF the Courthouse, in the
Town Hall, in the town Of Covington.
st. Tammany parish. la. on SAfUR.
DAT, January Q, 1897. between legal
sale hours. commencing at IL o'clock
\ NJ, the following described property.
to-wit:
Square No. 90, in the town of Mande-
willie, together with the buildings and
improvements thereon, IS per act pass
ed May 3. 1895, recorded In Convey
ance Book Q, pages 724 and rs.
seiz-si IN tus mbo-e entitled suit.
Terms Of sale cash. with the benefi.
OF apprA,seIent.
JOHN j. SrROBLE. Sheriff.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-09

On q quarter section Of land an
enterprising Kansas firm will es-
tablish l 200 black cats and 5000
rats ON which to feed the cats. It
Ia estimated that the cats will in
crease Is, 900 in two years. The
black cat skins are worth 81 each.
The rats will multiply Eve times as
fast as the cats. The rats will be
used to feed the eats and the skim
ned cats to feed the rats. Thus
has perpetual motion been dis
covered at last.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-09

Notice Is hereby given, that J. j.
strobe, Sheriff and Syndic. In the in
solvent proceedings, has filed his &C
count and tableau Of distribution, and
unless opposition be filed thereto in ten
days from the first publication of this
notice, the same will be homolOgated
and become the judgment Of this court.
Il /. WARREN. Clerk.
L5uinqioa, Ia. Jan. 2, 1927.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-09

In the present house OF congress
there are IA straight Republicans.
los Democrats. six Populis;s and
one silver party Congressman. In
the next house there vii. be 2O4
straight Republicans, l2i Demo-
csats, IS fusicnists who will act
With the free silver forces, Is Pop
populists and three silver party
Congressmen. This exhibit shows
: straight Democratic gain Of 10
and . net Republican loss 81 ~.