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The Double Veil.

4 double veil is possibly the newest
 to woman s beauty and attractive. N A thin veil of the most delicate de of pink tulle is first procured
 over this is placed one of black, fh dots or designs ill it. The two are sWely fastened together, and the i'm. Vement in the appearance of the aplexion is really wonderful The .lion, which must have emanated 7A the brain of a Frenohwoman, will
 a blessing to tho women who hava ! of Indifferent eomplexions.
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4 Rlaol, Satin sl,irt.

A handsome black satin or brocade ft says Il fashion writer, is always lropriate to wear in the evening with aght and pretty silk waist, which " be lace trimmed and made quite amental with ribbon and chiffon fin. slags. Taffeta silk, with small dres. figures scattered over background,
 makes a pretty skirt for evening
 NJ Handsome black moires are newer make an elegant skirt. Beautiful SSls of chiffon or satin may be worD Iell as ths fnney silk ones.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-06-30

The miter worn by the Jewish high priest WAS kind of diadem. resembling a turban in shape On the front was 3 gold plate, fastened by blue ribbon and engraved with the inscription, Holiness to tue Lord ,
 The white carnation is regarded IT England as an emblem of disdain. This idea was probably suggested by the mp right habit of the flower, which lode and waves haughtily in the breeze.
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SOLD AN ENTIRE TOWN.
The Deserted Village of Halbertson Fought
 Tor Sse, COG.

The Deserted Village of Halbertson Bought
 Tor sse, e,0O0.
 Sheriff Allen R. Shinn has just had the unusual distinction of selling an en- tIt6 town. Two thousand dollars was the prIae paid, and the title of the He brew settlement of Halbertson, N. J, passed at public sale from the Gumber. land Land and Improvement company to the New Jersey Loan and Investment company, who had a mortgage upon the entire tract and foreclosed on 1t.
 What they will do with the place ia not known. Halbertson was started some years ago to provide homes for the Russian Hebrew immigrants. Twenty two houses were erected on the tract and large factory put up. For @ time the village nrospered, but the class of people there Wele not actiye and thrifty, and gradually it became a deserted vii. lage, lot one of tho inhabitants re. mainiag.
 Maurice River township built large seAoollioase there. which, like tho oti1. er buildings, is unused. This is ha, iieyed to be t.e flst case on record of s aaerif selling an entire towl2 ~--Pbils aelplia tTess
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Guess Which Hat.

slis trick will take the breath away s4 your friends when you try it on
 n 1t is called the wonderful hat. s'e N, three pieces of bread, or any other
 sue, and three hats. Place the three ! 's of bressd on table and place a ], 0sef each one. Now lifs up each x ana, taking the piene Gf bread sas s'Su u covers, eat it before the com
 yo. v, ssspiacing each hat, opening down,
 tos. sJu uo So. Then ask those who are
 ,sa s4'lg :, you under which hat of tho bi.l 'ney would like to find th bread. N ,aever one is designated, place that EsA spoh a your head and say that you |ssas s0as as they requested. Chicago
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BACON, BREAD AND SOUP
Government Board Decides on .eEner
 gency Rations, For so1.liarn

-'-.as"e Asearn Decides on tEnler
 genoy Rations9 For Soldiers.
 Hard bread, bacon and compressed
 soup will probably compose the s.emer. gency ration '' about to be adopted bv rue war department. Some time ago it was decided by the secretary of war to make practical examination of a6 goods In order to discover the best ration for soldiers on q forced march. X hoard was appointed, and after @ thorough ex- animation t recommends tho menp given above. This recommendation ba> been approved by the assistant secretary Of wa. It is now being considered by Secretary Lamont
 In the long list of foods considered by the board oatmeal bread, bread made from whole wheat, pemmicans or meat paste, corned beef. smoked beef and canned cooked beef were found espe- eially nutritioua Out all had to stand aside for bread, bacon and soup. The board also recommended coffee as 8 part of an emergency ration. It suggested that <ea, when called for, may be sub 'tituted for coffee.
 The board considered the efforts at concentration of coffee to be practically declaring the solid extracts to laNe taste of coffee, while the fluid ex- racts have more flavor of chieory than j coffee. The weight of one ration as by this board is 33.1a 'ancea. In dire emergency one-half this mount daily would sustain life
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uGterly Bad.

Yes, spake they of the one who had gone, he was utterly and hopeless ly bad His wicledness might have been forgiven had ii been accompanied by any redeeming trait, but ho had none. He couldn't ogen tell 3 funny story. ''-- Indianapolis Journal.
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TIES IMMORTAL.

M X For Economizing People by F "a Gotham Industry.
 02stasy to be well dressed man adsys. If one saves up his old "a sthe until he aecumulates a few I lnd then follows tho example of 1 friends here, he will soon find 4 they pose as bowling swells at M satiyely littlo outlay. 1tcosts only
 lear to look like man who owns ~ providing one has the costumes T on In | skyscraping structure
 snl.plao1s offices is occupied | cleia as I stan Of q concern which 1 s aged Ill keeping the clothes of I lome of our worthiest and most infinen-
 ial cltizens in repair. A large factory saoWn town, employing small army of
 tsonfers, pressers and menders, is kent
 constant operation, and the wagona
 ehe company may be seen daily cov-
 ifg regular routes i'll the best parts of olfy. 30 sensitive are the patrons of .s.l0s. s-9 concern, however, lest their oconon. lcal prociiyities become known to neigh. DOTS 4hat nothing more than the ambiq- 0ousHntle of the firm is painted on the vehicle
 --A lady with a pronounced French ao : 7 cent manages this part of the business. From her it was learned that a yearly subscription fee of $25, payable in ad. !. .. vance, entities any ordinary American : : citizen to membership ill this concern, :. by means of which his clothes at least can Jestle up against those of the Four ' Hundred. On paying the fee the mem- bers arc entitled to aIl the services TO. 9oired to keep their wardrobe in repair g and presentable condition. Tho chests are allotted to him, upon which his name and address arc printed One of sI these remains at his home, while the 2. other is at the factory Wagons call at r the houses of patrons of the company b twice week, if necessary and collect n thy cl0hes which have been placed ill I. tbkehest, at the same time leaving f, elAt full of clothes, carefully mendod e and pressed ready for wear. One young a man who has been patron of the novel establishment for some time says that ii n works like charm, and his apparel s, beala cut lis statement. Of course the R failors the old clothes gatherers and thd t1 servants who have strutted in the cast .. off garments of their masters don't like f the innovation, but it Is a necessity of n the times Keeping up appearance is 6 a, great business here, and this new clothes r. fixing scheme is regular boon to lots IT Of men who travel on shape and style I New York Letter in Pittsburg Din sg s 0aieh
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utillsins zEis College Education.

A tramp appeared at the house of J. E. Barton, three miles south of Colum. bia, Mo, one morning and asked foE cold yietuals in Greek. He stated that he was graduate of Princeton. Mr. Barton, himself Greek scholar, waa just about to start for Columbia, and his horse was hitched in front of the house.
 Jestingly he offered to give the tramp the horse if he could recite the Greek alphabet without mistake. The tramp looked at the horse and then at Mir Barton. and then inquired if the bet in. cluded the saddle and bridle. Mr. Bar ton said that it did, and then went into the house to get Greek book.
 Returning, he found the tramp mount. ed on the horse. As Mr. Barton stepped from the porch the tramp rattled off the alphabet without mistake, and, turn ing the horse head. disappeared in a cloud of dust. The animal on which tha Princeton pilgrim rode away was one of the best blooded horses ill Boone county, noted for it's blo6dea stock --Philadel pAia Press
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1sa9 Hs9 To Fay t5id Debts.

By washing clothes at the undertakor's the second wife of 2 Bangor (Me.1 man is paying eff the bill for the burial cf her predecessor.
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STORIES OF TIE DAY.
Some Rev Aaecdotes of People Known Iv
 Every One.

some Aew Aaeedotes of People Known Iy
 Every One.
 It has always been predicted that if my violence ever should happen fo President Cleveland it would bo when he was resting from his official labor for the purpose of shooting ducks or hooking fsh. Such prophecies have been invoked simply by Che multiplication of chances for accident when enc is fishing or shooting. A gun might explode or go of at the wrong time, or q boat might upset. or a fatal storm arise, or a hundred other things might happen. Sc t Is that the soothsayers have ever put eh long faces and worn looks of expect ant melancholy when the president has gathered about him his boon oompan- ians and vamoosed to the woods or the waters. CIairvoyants have repeatedly foretold his sudden taking off during these fishing or fowling forays. and yet rot even an approach to danger has ever been made, with the exception ef a live ly blow or two when his excellency was safe i'll some cove, dalIying with no moro deadly enemy than his coffee and cigar.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-06-30

Whenever 8 man offers you pay Ia your vote, ho insults your manhood.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-06-30
Training scnooi For segre isefses.

The University Medical College of New Orleans has determined to estab. fish training school for negro women IS nurses. The object is to supply we'll trained nurses who will serve for mod crate pay. The trained nurses who are now ill New Orleans are not humorous enough to meet the demand, and they are paid for their services at q rate which many people who need thesa cannot afford
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-06-30

A good story js going which embodies new mot of Speaker Reed.
 Reed and Ghoate-he who is talked up as the next senator from New York were calling on 8 mutual friend Dur. tug the chatting the cut glass bottla was passed
 "I'm sorry I can't join you, said Choate, but the fact is l have never taken q drink of whisky, played game of poker, or bet on q horse race in my life. ''
 "How wish I could say that sigh. ed tho host
 Y,e ean. said Reed eChoate did.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-06-30

A curious story is told of Senate Hoar of Massachusetts, the man i'll con- gress whose face beams more than all others with kindliness and benevelenee. 1t IS related that the other day when the senator was about to board street car OH the avenue the conductor, seeing that the statesman was very old in ap- pearance, reached out and assisted him to mount the steps. The senator resent cd the familiarity, though the conduct or's act was ill accordance with orders issucd by tEe company. Fellow passon- gers say that the venerable statesman made tie air blue with his eloquent ahuse of the man. and when the latter tried to explain, threatened him with personal violence The senator wrote to the company, demanding tha conductors dismissal The company's officers TO. fused. The senator persisted, and the cowardly officials, fearing to prejudice their case ill anticipated legislation, suspended the man for Q month. The senator still insists on the penalty of dismissal. The man is poor. has fami- ly, cold weather is in evidence, but the senator is obdurate. His act has aroused the employees of the company, trouble is promised if the man be not reinstated at once and the senator is threatened with suit in the courts. It is cheerful 10 state that there k probably not an- other member of congress who would have taken so petty revenge and shown such yindictiveness= against one who sought only to do him favor
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A little company of officials was dis cussing the dinner given by Senator Quay to members of the Pennsylvania state senate.
 .sI would not much object 10 Waaa. maker in the senate, said one who lives in New Jersey, just across the Delaware from Philadelphia, if he and Quay could pull together. They would make q strong team If they could work in harmony. .
 My dear boy, said ex-Congrossman at Large Mcdowell, "you have evident. ly got no farther than the primary class in national politics No fellow who opens a jack pot with prayer can ever reach the senato of tho United States. 7
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-10-09
Shotgun Quarantine.

We have been often asked
whether the quarantine guards
would have the right to shoot any
one who tried to break the quaran-
tine. We answer mos certainly
not. 1t would be murder to kill a
man for disobeying quarantine
regulations. Violation of a NUM-
cipal ordinance is at most . INSIDE
meanor and can be punished only
by fine and imprisonment in the
police Jail. There is no country
on earth that permits the killing
Of a human being to prevent the
commission of = misdemeanor. Nor
can an officer kill or disable . prison
er or fugitive whose only offense
is Il misdemeanOr. Such killing is
always held to be deliberate muir
der. Hence if a quarantine guard
should shoot and kill a person who
was attempting to escape or 70
cross the quar- antine limits it would
be murder and the slayer should be
hung.-Monroe bulletin.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-10-09

s'Talk about being afraid to so
to New Orleans remarked a
gentleman who happened to be IN
New York the other day, and who
had announced his determination
of going home, s'why should | be
afraid to go: New Orleans is
healthier than New York. Look
at your own papers and scan the
health report and what do you see:
A record Of infectious diseases that
would make a citizen of the Cres-
cent City scared of his shadow.
Diphtheria, typhoid fever, scarlet
fever and q dozen other complaints,
any of which now has a weekly
death rate considerably in excess
of the fever in New Orleans. Why
if l stay here in New York I'll be
sure to catch one or the other.
No, sir, I'm going back to New
Orleans, and right now it's one of
the healthiest cities in the Union,
and don't you forget 1t. :"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-10-09
PERSONALS.

Rev. DR.. Black, editor of the
New Orleans Christion Advocate,
is among the recent arrivals.
Judge J. NJ. Thompson is rus
ticating in Chicago.
Mr. J. w. Fleetwood, Of New
Orleane, inventor If the sugar filter,
10 stopping 1t the Commercial Hotel.
NJ w. w Word, tue popular
conductor, left last Tuesday on =
visit to his wife and daughter, at
Dunlap. Tenn.
Miss Holt, sister of DIR. Holt,
and the Misses Behan, daughters
of the late Major J.. Henry Be-
han, all Of New Orleans, are
stopping at Home Cottage.
Mr.. L. Graham, ST., head of the
great Southern Publishing house
Of l.. Graham & Son, Of New Or
leans, arrived with his wife last
week.
Mr.. Sherrard, General Secre tary
Of the Young Mems Christia n As
sociation, is stopping At the Rawls
House.
Miss Ruth Singleton is sick with
yellow fever in New Orleans, but
il doing we'll, and will be up in .
day or two.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-10-09
VOICE FROM THE PAST.

In looking over the files of the
FARMER, for the year 1873, when
the yellow fever was epidemic in
New Orleans, we find the following
local item, which will serve to re-
fresh the memory Of some Of our
Oldest inhabitants, and save them
from drawing upon the imagina-
ton, aud will also reassure the
public mind as to the situation
here at that time:
NO YELLOW FEVER IN
CONVICTION. - Covington is
really one of the most fortunate
towns in the State, SO far as the
yellow fever is concerned. There
has not been single case of this
disease here since 1853, if we ex-
cept case or two that was brought
over in 1867, which never spread
beyond the original patient.-St.
Tammany farmer, Sept. 7, 1878.
In the above issue of the FAR
NER we find that for the first three
days Of the week in New Orleans
there were s4l new cases of yellow
fever and 243 deaths. There was
a real epidemic at that time, but
as usual, Covington escaped the
scOurgc.
1t is true we had no railroad at
that time, but the Steamer New
Camelia and several schooners
made regular trips to and from the
city. and passengers and freight
arrived rs usual.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-10-09
In New Orleans.

The Board of Health of the State
Of Louisiana officially announces
the status of affairs in New Or.
leans IS regards yellow fever to be
Is follows:
During the sixteen hours ending
Oct. Z, At 1. r. NJ, there were:
New cases, 9. Deaths, 2.
Total cases of yellow fever 10
date, 4SS.
Total deaths from yellow fever
to date, Is.
TOtsl cases recovered, l39.
Total cases under treatment, s49.
The fever continues to be Of .
very mild type, the death rate
being only about "A per cent.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-10-09
Mandeville'S Modified
Quarantine.

Vaudeville, La, Oct. mayor De-
pres call for . mass meeting to con-
slider the advisabilitv Of declaring m
absolute quarantine against New Or
leans and other infected points resulted
in . large gathering Of enthusiastic citi-
gems at Paul's pavilion. The Mayor
opened the meeting by briefly stating
the object Of the call. He assured
those present that It was not the desire
of the Co.ncil to oppose the wishes Of
the majority Of citizens. He wished
to confer with them, Is he wanted more
light upon the important question and
WAS present with the members OF the
Council 70 ascertain whether the people
felt that they were adequately protected
BY the present mild regulations OF
whether they desired q moe rigid
quarantine. He ended by calling upon
those present to express their views.
Messrs. Cassius E. Eiseman, w. :.
Tracy, Frank Ribavs, Charles Denegre
and others spoke in opposition to an
absolute quarantine, and favored con-
tinuance Of the present regulations.
Considerable feeling had been dis
played before the meeting by those
who favored . rigid quarantine. but
their opposition at this stage OF the
proceedings seemed to have vanished
entirely, and the motion TO continue tue
present modified quarantine in eject
was carried unanimously.
1t was ut this juncture that one enthu'
siastic citizen discovered . serious
omission In the quarantine regulations,
one that showed . w0eful lack OF fore
sight On the part OF the trainers of The
regulations and which he proposed to
remedy by introducing . resolution
ssthat all trains be stopped five miles
outside of the town limits and the
freight and baggage be fumigated." 1t
was the sense Of the meeting, however,
that Uncle Sam was furnishing enough
of that free of charge, and the motion
was lost for the want of . second.
At the close of the meeting Mayor
Dcpre requested contributions from the
public to maintain the guard that had
been placed on the lakesh0re and the
several roads enteril g town and with
out which the quarantine would be al
together Ineffective. Most Ut those
present responded by making liberal
contributions.
The quarantine regulations, Endorsed
at the citizens meeting, require tina
any one entering Vaudeville must be
provided with certificate to the erect
that he Is In good health; that he has
not been In contact with any one al
fected with yellow fever; that he has
NO. been within any quarantined locality
In the city Of New orleans, and that
neither he nor any member of his house.
hold has visited Ocean Springs, Biloxi,
Scranton or any other infected town
since Aug. l. No restrictions whatever
are placed on freight, baggage, mail or
express matter.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-10-09
Pearl River.
OCT. s. lsa7.

Oct. b, 1877.
Editor st. Tammany FAaMsR.
Pearl River 10 90 quiet in these
days Ut 90 much excitement at other
Places, on account II yellow fever
and quarantine, that tbeae h SCARCE
" IN item OF intereet to write about.
The big steam shovel is at work
with quite large force in the sand
pit Ut N. o. & N. K b. r.
The Hotel Planche has an in
creased number Of boarders.
There IL no case OF sickness here
except Miss Martha Pitts, who has
been i'll some time with cl,ills and
fever.
DIR. Penn says there is no sick
ness Of moment in the vicinity, and
he has an easy time.
We have daily communication to
and from The city, in the force Of
the East Louisiana Train, tina. stay
At the hotel at night. and return
every day, 81 our sO-called quar-
antine ouly keeps out promiscaoua
visitors from infected places, aud il
we escape having the fever. oul
town will wske up some fine morn
ing and find itself famous, we being
only % miles from that much dread
ed city, ind the more dreaded
scourgs, that Is creating such 4
frenzy Of excitement all over oul
Sunny South Land.
We are cut Oh from hearing from
friends who are only p hours dis
,ant from Nc, BY the terrible quar-
antine. We are all looking forward
with joyful anticipation to the visit
Of Mr.. Jack Frost, for we know bis
advent will end .he sojourn Of Mr..
Yellow Jack. who is at present
"monarch 1T all he surveys.
We join with the farmer ia
hoping We may Ill escape his vista
ton in our midst.
RELDAS.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-10-09
HAVEN FOR THE
FEVER REFUGEES.
No Quarantine at Covington,
Which Is Also a Con-
sumptives' Paradise.

CHICAGO, Sept. SOTO the Ed.
tor: The statement is made in
your paper that Atlanta is the only
southern city not quarantined
against yellow fever. There il
one other exception, namely, the
City of Covington, only thirty
miles from and in daily communi.
cation with New Orleans, north OF
Lake Ponchartrain, and the ter.
minus Of the East Louisiana Rail
road.
Covington is one of the oldest
cities in the state, yet it has never
quarantined against yellow fever;
and although refugees from the city
flock there by the hundred, there
has never been an epidemic. Re-
Gently the Mayor of Covington
convened the council for the ex.
press purpose Of considering the
quarantine question. The propo-
sition to quarantine was voted
down by the aldermen to 1.
Covington is situated in a high,
dry, piney region, being surrounded
by a belt of long-leaf pine extend
ing $50 miles to the north and
east and between forty and fifty
miles to the west. The air is filled
with the balsamic odor. There is
: constant liberation Of ozone, and
no germ disease of any kind has
ever gained foothold there. The
city has been known and patronized
BY the old creole families of New
Orleans, but as the population is
very conservative no plans have
been taken to make known the
great sanitary advantages of this
remarkable place.
New Orleans physicians Of the old
regime knew of these great sani-
tary virtues and always sent their
comsumptive cases to Covington.
/ myself have seen cases taken on
q stretcher that were cured within
three months. l am constrained TO
make these statements that the
people who are panic-stricken in
regard to yellow fever may possi-
bly, read of this city of refuge SO
near at hand, and SO that the tur-
berculous northerner may know
that within twenty-four hours and
with small expense he may find
a climate where the tubercle bacil-
ius cannot thrive.
Sarah Hackctt Stevenson, NJ. ID.
The above is from the Chicago
Times Herald of Oct. l. The
writer, Mrs. Stevenson, is one of
the most eminent physicians of
Chicago, and has been an Occa-
sional visitor to Covington, hence
she speaks from actual knowledge
of the facts as they exist here.
Her timely and favorable COM
ments will do much toward attract
ing the attention of the people of
Chicago to the great advantages
offered by our town to invalids.
especially those suffering with con-
sumption, rs we'll As our att' actions
as . desirable and healthy sum-
mer and winter resort.