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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-31
Fron shakeepeaPe.

Ball this evening, DEAR" inquired De-
demona Of Othello, when she saw him load
ing up his old revolver.
mo. not this evening, love; smother
evening" he replied, ~ he reached for the
Date.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-31

can recommend Piso's Cure for Com
sumption to sufferers from Asthma.-E. ID.
Townsend, Fl. Howard, Wis, May 4, ~.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-31

I'VE hunted up that intellectual woman
who invented the self-rocking cradle. We
wanted to give her vote Of thanks"
well, how did she receive yous
wanted to get OF to the baseball game."-
Detroit Fee Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-31

To live Is to have justice, truth, reason.
devotion, probity, sincerity, common senee,
right and duty welded into the heart. To
live il to know what one u worth-what one
can do, and should do. Life = conscience.-
Victor Hugo.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-31

"Yes," he said. II am up to my nseA
in debt. but it - my misfortune. not
my fault"
your misfortune?
Eyes. You zee, ] have . faculty fer
making such an exeellent impression
upon people that they still persist n
trusting me."-Chicago Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-31

The difficulty with the man who knows
too much is that he always will tell tn.
Y. Weekly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-31

"Your husband seems to be victim Of the
thoroughly enjoys it."-Chicago Record.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-31

Every once in awhile the statement j.
made that parents are better TO their girls
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-31

Il is amazing how many people there are
Who don't amount to anything.-Washing
ton Democrat,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-31

The architect of his own fortunes seldom
tires of building extensions.-N.Y Y. Weekly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-31

The less energy q man has, the easier he
drifts into neutrality-suspicious. Globe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-31

A hall player does not object to bein(
called fast.-Atchison Globe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-31

When . woman will, she will; and vt
when she says she viii she may not.-N. Y.
Weekly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-31

Halle Catarrh Cure
Il q Constitutional Cure. Price 75c.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-31
eolls. oo.l.s, eolle

Thoy Came Thick and FaoETlU
Cured by Hood's Sarsapavilla.
my brother had terrible boih on The
lack Of his neck. Az fast = one would
get better another would come. He became
very much emaciated, and began taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla Ono bottle made 3
great improvement, and when he had taken
two bottles he was completelv cuv.6 ~
CARRIE DSERvlx, Mound City, Illinois.
Hoods SarsapariIla
u the One True Blood Purifier a: six for n
hoods pile cure sick headache q cent.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-31
LOST APPETITE.
0oa,ld Not 1T tho Most Tempting
Olaho2

Many Days without Any Eoee o ~
Gan Eat Fo0R square 0eoso = ~
uow@The Cause 81 the Cooa8
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-21

The Presidents appointment a new
Behring Sea commission has stirred up a
whirlwind of opposition, notably on the
other side Of the Atlantic The conten-
ton is made that this government is
seeking..to repudiate ths principle of ar
bitration and to eyade the award of the
Paris tribunal, that it is trying to reopen
a case that has been finally closed, and
muon more. This is serious charge.
regrettable if true. but such is not the
case. On the contrary. the object sought
to be attained by the appointment of the
commission is to give practical effect and
force to the finding of the Paris tribunal.
plated the saving of the seal herds rom
impending destruction, by the mainte-
nance Of a marine patrol to be kept up
by thu two governments most interested.
Great Britain and our own. few years
ago, they attempted to do it, and adopted
regulations which have since proved to
be insufficient and unsatisfactory. This
has been demonstrated by competent
evidence in a court of justice togeth-
er with the continued slaughter of the
seals. 1t is established beyond reasona-
BILE doubt, that the provisions made by
the Paris conference have utterly failed
of their purpose. 1t is now proposed. ii
possible, to provide adequate measures
and Englend's cooperation is asked
This seems to be plain statement of the
facts of the case. and why SO much
po:her has been raised by the foreign
journals is quite inexplicable, save that
it arises from a gross misapprehension
of the issues involved or, perhaps what
is worse, from we'll considered plan to
blind the eyes of the people and interpose
insuperable obstacles in the way Of the
adoption OF protective measures absu-
lutely Indispensable to the preservation
of the seal herds.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-21
CIVIL SERVICE REFoRM.

There is always a lot of railing at civil
service reform at the beginning of a new
administration. Hundreds of applicants
find the places they want, much to their
disgust, under the protection of the civil
service law, and in their Disappointment
set up howl for it's repeal.
congressman who have promised places
without knowing that the goods were
unbelievable, Join in the shouting and
for time there appears to be quite
public sentiment against the system. But
generally but a short time elapses before
it is discovered TINT the noise is vastly
out of proportion to the number of people
the disappointed otfios hunters the
number Of people who want the civil
service system abolished, and the old
spoils plaE revived are very few indeed.
SO it always happens that though there
are plenty of threats of legislation de-
structive of the system none of them Is
ever carried out. The merit system has
made steady progress since it was in
augurated by President Grant. Tt has
constantly been rallied at as "Cainese
system,'' its examinations have been
criticized and lied about and every means
that the ingenuity of the hungry and
thirsty could invent to bring it into
disrepute has been resorted to, but all
in Vain.S Each year has seen more de-
partments placed under the protection OF
the law, and each new administration
has had fewer spells to distribute.
This hus happened simply because the
system commended itself to the great
mass of the people who are not office
holders nor office seekers and whose chief
interest in the Offices is that they be held
by honest and competent men, and who
know that honest and competent men are
more likely to be the product of system
that makes examination of qualifications,
than Of one that looks chiefly to the ap-
plioaDt's politics and the amount Of
political service he rendered in the last
campaign. The system is not perfect,
no more than any other system which is
devised and executed by weak human
nature is perfect. 1t sometimes results
in mistakes, and occasionally it is dis
honestly manipulated. But it is founded
on the right principle, which cannot be
said of the old plan of distributing
offices according to pulls Besides
usually filing the offices with more
competent men than the old plan 1t also
land this of great mportanoe-relieve
to considerable extent already and.will
to much greater ex tent ultimately
congressman whose business it is to legis-
late for the country and whose lime
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-21

other country in Europe The yearly
average in Spain is 5000 hours; that of
Italy, 1900; Germany, 1,7o0: England
1.400.
Col. Thomas Wentworth Higginson, in
his autobiography. Cheerful Yester-
days, "fgossips entertainingly of tho early
days If the Atlantic Magazine and tells
of the monthly dinners which were' given
to contributors under the presidency of
Editor Francis H. Underwood Mrs.
Stowe and Miss Harriet Prescott (now
Mrs. Spofford) were guests at the most
notable OF these gatherings. which was
given at the Revere houss, Boston, on
the occasion of Mrs. Stoves projected
departure for Europe. 1t was thu sole
dinner of the series to which ladies were
invited, aud Mrs. Stowe only accepted
thelnvitation after good deal Of hesita-
tion and with "A distinct guaranty that
no wine should be furnished for the
guests.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-21

mess would improve and the people
would be better served.
The people Of Maine have resolved thni
this is the best policy and according lyher
representatives are found in the most com
mandlng positions in Congress. and exer-
cising influence disproportionate to the
numerical dimension Of the delegation.
MIR. Reed is speaker Of the House. Mr..
Dingley is chairman of tho ways and
means committee, Mr. BoutelIe chair
man of the naval affairs and Mr.. MILF
ken was chairman of the committee of
puhlic buildings and grounds.
These are among the most influential
places in Washington, and it is quite safe
to say that if it had keen Maine's prao-
tice to limit her congressman to one or
two terms at the most the state wou Id
not exercise the influence On public
affairs it now does, unquestionably.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-21

ought TO BIO given to their duties In
that line, from the petty VACATIONS and
amor consequent upon determip-
ing who shall I'll the offices in their dis
tricts. OF course the small calibre CON
gresham who keeps his grip upon his
district by means of machinery promi-
nent part Of which is the Office holder,
does not like this, but the congressman
of sufficient mental size for the Office is
relieved by it from one of tie greatest
dangers to which he is exposed, for the
congressman of this kind is not generally
an adept mt office distribution and ofte n
finds himself thrown down by failure
to please his district in his selections.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-21
CURRENT COMMENT.
AN EXAMPLE TO BE INITIATED.

A distinguished citizen of Maine passed
away when death came to Seth L.. Mill
ken. He las served his party ana state
with conspicuous ability and his death
makes tho first break In the Maine dele
CATION that has occurred in thirteen
years. The people of the State of Maine
have adopted the policy which prevailed
in the South before tie war. that is Of
returning to Congress, term after term
men who had revealed particular capse-
ity for legislative work This practice
helped, in Il large measure, to give the
South Importance in Congress which Ii
would not have possessed if untried and
inexperienced men we're being constantly
sent to Washington.
Maine has only four representatives in
the House of Representatives but there
was no other four men, coming flom one
state, who exercised SO much power OF
public affairs as Thomas b. Reed, from
the First district, Nelson Dinghy. Jr.,
from the Second district, Seth l.. Mill
ken, from the Third and Charles A.
Boutelle, from the Fourth. Mr.. Reed is
the senior in point OF service, he having
first been elected in 1876. and has served
DinRley and Mr.. Boutelle were first
elected in 1880 and Mr.. Milliken in 1882.
All being men of pronounced ability,
they were renominated at the end of
their terms and sent back to Cong1ss. In
sketch of Mr.. Dingley that appeared In
yesterday 8 New York Heral', the fol-
lowing passage occurs:
g For the ordinary manipulations of
politics MIR. Dinghy has no use what
ever. he pays TO attention to primaries
or delegates. Every two years his people
renominate him by reclamation in a
solid Republican district, where nomin-
alton is equivalent to election, and Mr.
Dingley devotes his time 10 acquiring
experience and knowledge, which makes
him more and more valuable. His dis
trict runs from the ocean to tho Canada
line. and the upper half Of it is a wilder
ness. The population is compaotly To-
Gated in the lower half is almost entirely
native born American. and is literally
shoulder to shoulder with the congress
man. There are no diverse sections or
elements to be catered to. In this Mr..
Dingley Is especially fortunate. -
1t might be a fortunate thing for the
Interchangeable if more of their repre-.
sentativss in Congress could address
themselves to the public business ss the
representatives from Maine are able to do
and not be obliged to waste SO much OF
their time in acting AS messengers for
constituents whose assistance is invalua-
BILE in managing the home district. - .
There is little doubt of the fact that ii
this were possible the tone of public bus.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-21
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR


The percentage Of tourists in switzer-
land in 1896 was: German, $40; English
an American, 24.64; Swiss, 1876; French,
1I6; italian, 8. -
In Zululand, when moon is at the full,
objects are distinctly visible at as great a
distance as seven miles By starlight one
can see to read print with ease.
A Spaniard named julio is said to have
invented new machine which makes
lece equal in teanJy and quality to the
hand made article, and at the price of the
maohine-maue.
There are about 1900 persons in France
who are set down as anarchists, and are
under the constant watch Of the police of
the various European countries.
. Spain has more sunshine than any
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-21

An educational institution can not be
run without money in these modern
times-and a good deal Of it. The salar-
les of professors must be paid, the build
ings must be kept comfortable and fur
nished with all the modern oonveniences,
a gymnasium is generally demanded,
there are base ball and football teams to
be provided for, and there are thousand
and one incidentals needed in an up-to-
date educational institution which
can only be supplied by money.
Prayers and good wishes will not pay the
bills for those things. AS long as the
cody will supply the cash it is perhaps
best to pass the subscription paper around
among them exclusively, but when the
choice is between letting the institution
perish from the earth or languish in de-
crepitudo and inviting the sinners to
put their hands il their pockets for it's
benefit the people upon whom the
responsibility Of making it falls
ought to be treated with considerable
charity If they 80 not examine
mioroscopically the coins and areenbacks
to see if they can detect any questionable
microbes clinging to them.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-21
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every Thursday. 81 per year; 81 for six months;
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Persons wishing to leave town for long or
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Half square advertisements S1.o0 for one
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"a Square, is space of the width OF col
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Aasuseneats and AUCTION Sales, 5000 per
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The Portland daily press., 1897-04-21

The law provides that in case of a
vacancy in the House during session of
Congress the Governor of the State in
which it has occurred shall forthwith
issue his warrant for an election to fill
the same. 1t is probable that Gov.
Powers will issue the warrant this week
and that the day of election TO I'LL the
vacancy caused by the death of
Mr.. Mlllikep, will be set not
far off. After the day Of election is
fixed the different parties will call their
conventions and nominate candidates. 1t
does not yet appear what Republicans will
be in the field but there will be probably
no lack of material to select from.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-21
City Of Tacoma, Washington,
8 Per Cert
GOLD BONDS,
Due June ., 1918. Issued for
Water Works.

Assessed valuation, see, 4b2, S12
Total Debt, $2,73O,OeO
Less Water and Light
Debt, 2,O90,O0O
Net Bonded Debt, ESQ., 900
Population 81, 567 Estate Census of 1922.
The city of Tacoma is located on Puget
Sound, and has one OF the deepest harbors on
the Pacific coast. 1t is the terminus of the
Northern Pacific railroad, aud has boat con-
nections with the Canadian Pacific, Union
Pacific and Great Northern Roads, thereby
having TRANSFORMATION facilities over all the
principal transcontinental lines. In import
ance as a commercial city it is among the first
oar of the Pacific coast, the others being San
Francisco Portland and seattle Tacoma be-
ing the terminus of the Northern Pacific rat
road, and having such splendid harbor facili-
ties, handles great quantities of wheat and
flour. 1t now leads all others in the shipments
Of these articles. 1t is also the point of ship
lumber, in which the State OF Washington is so
rich.
The banks of Tacoma represent a combined
capital of over $500, 600; the popula Jon in
1890 was $4,000. and by the State Census of
1892 it had increased to 81, S67.
The earnings of tie Water Works since COM
ing into the possession OF the City IN 1893 haze
interest charges on entire tcdter toafs, and
tedye a surplus available for the Sinking Fund
This loan was issued under a direct vote of
the people, and before the execution of the
bonds the matter was submitted to the Supreme
Court of the State of Washington in friendly
suit the court deciding that the bonds were
valid, forever estopping any question which
lty. The Statute under which these bonds are
issued requires that a Sinking Fund shall be
established sufficient to retire them al matur-
ity,
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-21
FASTING and PRAYING.

This ancient custom comes to us conse-
Grated by the observance OF our fathers fol
many generations III Difference to it as q
hallowed memory Of the past. l earnestly
recommend that all good citizens should
that day ABSTAIN from their usual vacations,
and having assembled in their churches and
around their firesides, reverently approach
the presence of Him who guides, governs
and controls the destinies of all nations,
asking that peace, plenty, prosperity and
happiness may continue throughout our bor-
ders.
Given at the Executive Chamber, in Au-
gusta, this 9th day, OF March March
and eight hundred and ninety seven,
and of the Independence of the United
States of America the one hundred and
twenty first.
By the Governor,
BYRON BOYD,
Secretary of State,
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-21

Gen. j. S. Coxey wants to be appoin t.
ed on the proposed com mission to reform
the currency. Gen. Coyey believes There
silver and fat As populist, he will
represent the fiat side, unless in the
meantime one more destructive to the
financial integrity of the nation shall be
discovered.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-21

The Chicago Record seems to think ii
strange that man who breaks the law
by stealing loaf of bread never has the
luck to get such an attack of nervous
prostration as dishonest bank officials can
have
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-21

Chairman Jones, of the popocratic
national committee, asserts that the free
silver campaign of 1900 is already open.
That is just the trouble. There is a
great accumulation of idle capital in
Europe which might flow sin torrents to
this country, were more confidence felt in
the stability of our currency and our
monetary system generally. And such
confidence ueverswill be restored, so long
as there is disposition on the Part of
SO many of our people to lend an ap-
proving ear to self-seeking agitators who
would make the country believe that a
debased currency is the only panacea for
every i'll that attacks the body polite,
noSmatter whence it comes.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-21

If 1t be true that photographs are now
being taken of the voice, it is earnestly
hoped that some protective measure will
be adopted to prevent ANY person from
turning the camera Cd Morgan of Ala
bama Such picture gallery would be
q national misfortune.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-21

and delicately with the subject of
mother love. IA woman must feel q
member OF great community, one of q
holy army, as she makes tbs soft, tiny
clothes and bears pain AMI weariness for
tho sake of the little new soul" Once
each we note a vagrant me- and him
where custom gives the preference to stI''
and she" But "a Pinchbeck Goddess
is not thesis to be picked to pieces. It
Is q bright bit of reading, which we can
cordially recommend as being both anus
ing and full of keen wit. New York:
u. Appleton !, & Company; Portland
Loring, Short & Harmon. Town and
Country Library, No. eli, paper SO cents. }
The Evolution of an Empire. A Briet
historical Sketch of the United States by
Mary Platt Parmels. author Of
France, " Germany, etc. The pres
ent reviewer we'll remem bers as school
BOY being turned loose in Freeman S
Universal History to learn things and
he remembers still better the hopeless s.
ness OF the task. Tue autho of this
American History advocate. great con
aens1ng and cuiling as o starter. Put up
as IL were few hand posts and get to
know them thoroughly Acquire q
skeleton before you do much filing in.
The latter process GENES Of itself. We
think this sound. 80 Let it be, - she say s,
$50 acquired first in it's utmost breyity,
then enlarged, and enlarged again and
again, gradually approaching to nearer
view of tho multiplicity Of detail. y Yet
with this theory there is choice of ex-
illusions. This the author exercises
wisely for in giving us American history
she makes points not only of events Ean,l
facts but refers to political and social
movements and influences and does not
ignore the development of literature rs
witness mention of Nathaniel Haw-
thorne. The book il useful oue-simple
unpretentious but of value in it's way
and place. New York: William Beverley
Harrison, SO Fifth Avenue; Portland
Iloring, Short & Harmon.
The Well Beloved (New York: Harper
q brotheFs; PORTLAND: l.oring, Short
q Harmony is not so familiar to the gen
eral reader as most of MIR. Thomas Har-
dy's work. Though published in seria,
form in 1892, it has waited until this
year before taking place in the sub
stantial uniform edition put out by tbs
Harpers-an edition to which it is a wei
como addition. The date of original
publication approaohes that of Tess, hut
the novel is written in the authors earl
Ter, livelier, and to many of his admir-
ers more gratifying manner-the manner
of The Hand OF Ethelherta-.Sf fore he
began to take that solnble view of the
human problem so painfully apparent in
his most recent tales. Light in touch,
incisive in wit, finished to the utmost
point of elaboration in style. it will be a
delight to those who learned to love
Hardy d score of years ago and serve
as proof that he has not forgotten the
cunning that won for him his first well
come.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-21
7 KUN BUI d,
Secretary of State.

It was practically impossible that
Kelley, the Somerswo1th murderer,
should keep out of the clutches of the
officers a great while. He succeeded
longer than was really TO be expected.