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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-30
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ICOLONEL WITHDRAWS.
7 He Declines to Smirch His Rep
j utati0n by Running In
q Campaign.
N49e-sea ae- -ae &c -Ae

When Col. Benfield went over ia
stump Taylor county in his own behalf
| as candidate for the state senate he
had reason to believe that the majority
| of the electors would be with him. He
was therefore considerably surprised
when his first and second meetings
were almost dead failures in point OF
| numbers and enthusiasm. He began
looking around for the cause, and,
meeting an old acquaintance, be began:
''See here, Jim, what's the matter
with the boys? l was widely adver-
tised to speak, but they didn't rally.
Have l said or done anything to get
them down on me?"
''Wall. hear some little talk" cau-
tiously replied Jim.
"And what do they talk about--what
are they saying?"
II don't want to hurt yer feelin's,
colonel, but they say you don't pay yer
debts"
''Oh, they do? Well, that's pretty
near straight. never could see where
anybody made any money paying debts.
What else?"
They say We git drunk purity often" /"
Got onto that, have they? I know
l don't average over three times a
week, but if they call that often I'm
not going to split hairs. Go on, Jim."
We've heard that you hev changed
yer politics and religun three times in
five years."
''And that news has got down into
Taylor county, has it? Well, Jim, I've
been trying three or four kinds of re-
ligion, and have finally found the best
and bolted myself to it. Same with
politics. wanted the best brand go
ing, and kept changing till got it.
The boys shouldn't lay that up agin
me. Anything else?"
"Yer wife had to git divorce"
"Yes-go en-"
aye let Maj. Clymer hosswhip ye on
the public street."
Il didn't let him, but he did it, just
the same. Is that all, Jim?"
Wasn't you in Jail once in Illinoy ?"
81 might have been, but it's mean to
list?"
"One thing more, colonel. Wasn't you
lawyer in Kansas, and didn't they
throw you over the bar fur cheatin' yer
clients?"
"Jim Hobson!" said the colonel, rs he
drew himself up as stiff as crowbar,
answer me one question:: Do the peo-
pie of Taylor county want to be repre-
sented in the Legislature by an angel or
a human being?"
by human bein'. guess" replied
Jim.
Then I cancel my dates-throw up
the sponge-retirc from the campaign.
for I'm an angel and don't propose to
smirch my reputation by having any
more to do with such crowd Of bigots
and fanatics!"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-30

A French gentleman living in India
had tame elephant, which was accus-
toned to go to the dining-room window
after dinner, and beg from the guests.
One day the elephant came when they
were at dessert. 4 gentleman refused
to give it anything; but the elephant
would not go away. The gentleman.
angry ut its asking, gave it stab with
his fork. The elephant went into the
gaIden. tore branch. covered with
black ants, off tree, and shook them
over the gentleman's head. The ants
got into his ears and down his neck. and
at last he undressed and took bnth to
get rid of his t0rmentors.-Detroit Free
Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-30
THE PAST AND
THE PRESENT.

"Great thing, this electricity" he said
as he swung himself upon the plat
form of passing street car and gav,
the conductor friendly nod.
Yes, great thing" was the reply.
"An the Ilotorman has to do is t.
move his switch. and away she goes.
"Away she goes, SIR"
ats got to be common, like Other
great discoveries and inventions" con
tinued the passenger, as he hunted TO,
a match to light his cigar, but l never
even see an electric car passing me on
the street without feeling of awe.
tell you. we don't half appreciate hu.
man genius"
"No, we don't" replied the conductor
cs he assisted lame woman up the
steps.
ITO appreciate an invention of this
sort we must let our minds 60 bacl;
10 so years ago. Good lands, but what
would my father, for instance, who has
been dead for 25 years, say about this
way of travelling! He used to come
home sometimes and brag about the
horse cars making four miles an hour
lie timed one once which made five, and
he didn't get over Dragging for year
-ha! ha! ha."
"Ha! ha! hal" laughed the conductor.
-Four miles an hour was the aver.
age, and the horses were always cast
ing shoe or falling down or getting
tangled up in the harness. Here we
are. gliding along at the rate of about
IL miles an hour, I take it?"
"About IL, sir;~
"And no fuss whatever. That little
switch does the whole business"
"Does the whole business"
mo cruelty to animals-no cussing
Or blowing around. 1t is wonderful,
sir-it is almost beyond credence. Do
the generality of your passengers seem
to appreciate the changer"
''If they do they don't say much"
Probably not. That's the way with
most Of us. A big thing is novelty
for few days. and then we even grum-
bic and kick over it. Well. man who
doesn't appreciate these electric cars
every time he steps aboard one of them
ought to be sent to jail"
Eyes, sir, he should"
"Here we are. booming right along at
II miles an hour. with. Hello, con-
ductor, has your trolley slipped off?"
mo, sir"
'But what have we come to stop
for?"
I'VE change hosses here, sirl You
won't be detained but minute!"
The man looked out ahead-then
back at the conductor-then at the
sidewalk. The last the conductor saw
Of him he was mixing up with the
crowd and trying to hide himself.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-30
CoInx There soue,ime.

ut is no easy job to get on stree,
car in Paris. When the car is full, tina,
is. each seat is taken. the guard put,
up sign Complet.' met man from
St. Louis over there, and when !
asked him il he had not about exhaust.
ed his guide book he said: Yes, I've been
to pretty nearly every place in the old
town except one. Every time l have
tried to get out to Complet the darned
cars were full. l.s.Kansas CITY Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-30
4 skeptic No Longer.

do you believe there is really any.
thing in phrenology?'
Il do. I had my head examined BY Z
phrenologist once. and the moment be
came to my first bump he told me that
my wife naed an old-fashioned rolljpe,
plA Cleveland 4eadeys
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-30

Hiram Oatbin-Here's a telegram
from my boy at college. He says (read-
ing): Dropped money-pool. Send $25
first mail. john"
Mrs. Oatbin-Be you goin' to send it,
Hi?
Hiram Oatbin-Of course, bein' It was
an accident. guess AZ how the money
fell into one OF them big sewers they
have in the city.-N. Y. Journal
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-30
F1panclal Revenxe.

They say that war scares make trade
good"
Yes. when my wife gets mad af me
she goes downtown and spends every
cent she can lay her hands on."-De
troit Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-30
slaIIn,I|aeIr.

What is the greatest curiosity In the
Morld:"
"a woman who haspt any. -ch!ce,
go Record
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-30
The return q Desserts.

Sunday-SchooL Teacher Now,
Tommy. why do we celebrate Easter? ?
Tommy-'Cause we don't have to last
- negs at.eF its-N, J, World,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-30

ly. It is estimated that that family
cost the county and state $1,000 to
say nothing of the property they de-
stroyed. Are you not willing. as sensi-
BILE, fair people, to acknowledge that it
is fearful disaster to be born in such
an ancestral line? Does it not make .
great difference whether one descends
from Margaret, the mother of crimi-
mails, or from some mother in Israel?
whether yOu are the son of Ahab or the
son OF Joshua?
1t is a very different thing to swim
with the current, from what it is to
swim against the current, as some Of
you have, no doubt, found in your sum-
mer recreation. II q man finds himself
in an ancestral current, where there Is
good blood flowing smoothly from gen.
Grafton to generation, it is not very
great credit to him if he turns out good,
and honest, and pure, and noble. He
could hardly help it. But suppose
he il born in m ancestral line, in an
hereditary line, where the influences
have been bad, and there has been .
coming down over = moral declevity,
If the man surrender to the influences
he will go down under the overmlster.
ing gravitation unless some supernat-
ural aid be afforded him. Now, such .
psrson deserves not your excoristl0n,
but your pity. Do not sit with the lip
ssylea u opoea, a4d With - sseaned
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-30


Some morning at 10 o'clock the bank
door is not opened, and there is card
on the door signed by an officer of the
bank, indicating there is trouble, and
the name OF the defaulter or the de-
frauder heads the newspaper column, 1,
and hundreds of men say: ssGood for
him." hundreds of other men say: I'm
glad he's found out at last hundreds
Of other men say: 1--WE couldn't possi-
bly, have been tempted to do that-no
conjunction Of circumstances could
ever have Overthrown me;- and there
is . superabundance of indignation,
but no pity. The heavens full OF
lightning, but not one drop of dew. II
God treated us as society treats that
man we would all have been in hell
long ago.
Wait for the alleviating circum-
stances. Perhaps he may have been
the dupe of others Before you let all
the hounds out from their kennel to
maui and tear that man. find out il he
has not been brought up in CONNER
cial establishment where there was .
wrong system Of ethics taught; find out
whether that m&.l has not m extrava-
giant wife who is not satisfied with his
honest earnings, and in the temptation
to please her he has gone into that ruin
into which enough men have fallen,
and BY the same temptation, 70 make
. procession of many miles Perhaps
some sudden sickness may hare touched
his brain, and his Judgment may be nm
balanced lie il wrong. he il awiully
wrong, and he must bccondemued. but
there may Be mitigating circumstances.
pWhape undeg the oau,e teuptotion
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-09-13

A more pitiful sight than mother and
her child, both captives and shackled in a
dungeon, could not well be imagined
There are thousands of mothers and their
babes who lie shackled by disease in the
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Without knowing 1t, or having the faint
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possible. Awonan who suffers in this way
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e DR.. Pierces Favorite Prescription did me 50
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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-09-13

down with the lnumps. Did You ever
hear OF anything so ridiculous, and the
wedding next week?''
What is to be dones' asked
blankly.
That is more than know, - replied
Will. ''I dashed over to see Sylvester.
but he's of to Florida next week, and
then asked Tom Flanders. He thanked
me politely for my courtesy and said he
hardly cared to act as a stop gap.
Agreeable chap, Tom, but that was al
ways his way-must be first or mo-
where. 1 think will telegraph my
cousin Herbert in Philadelphia. Inever
fanoied him much, but must have
some one, suppose.
AT this juncture Richard, who had
been looking at Dorothy S picture, spoke
rather hesitatingly:
Well, old fellow, since you are in
such tight place, I'll help you out. I
will act as best man.
Will stared with amazement at this
unexpected offer, but slapped Richard
heartily ON the back.
"Will you really, though? You're an
old briokl'
wonder why raeI always use the
word "old'' as term of endearment
with each other? L suppose it is SUBJ
stitute for "dear" and darling" and
all the tender terms of woman Is Vo-
cabulary.
Richard seemed embarrassed at Will's
gratitude, and added somewhat apollo
getically:
eff can accommodate a friend,
fr Oh 1,n ~ ~
in the way of pleasure can ever hope
to have.
Dorothy arrived day on two before
the wedding. We found her even more
charming than her picture, and we
were all delighted with her.
was almost too busy to breathe in
these last few days, but everything was
over at last. The rehearsal passed off
satisfactorily, and SO, my friends assur-
ed me, did the wedding. I am not au-
thority on that subject, but at any rate
everything went off according to pro-
gramlne. Then Will and started away
for a six weeks trip.
After travelling about for q fortnight
we settled down in a spot which was
most restful and delightful. There was
nothing in the way of excitement, but
we thoroughly enjoyed the primitive
and idyllic life of the little town.
Toward the close of our month there,
however, we were glad to receive let
ters from our home friends We had
not encouraged them to write us earlier
in our stay, and we had heard almost
nothing from home.
We were not getting dull, of course,
but when said one day that should
like long, newsy letter from one of
the girls Will echoed my wish heartily.
That afternoon came letter, not from
one of the girls and not long, but de-
cidedly ''newsy," SO much so that it
fairly took away my breath. 1t ran as
follows:
DEAR RWILLIE-Congratulat mel am the
hnppiest man alive. Your sister Dorothy, the
dearest girl in tho world, hns promised tC
marry me.
No tirne to writo moro now, Your friend
| and brother to be, RICHARD DEERING.
P. S.-Perhaps it would be Just as well moi
to mention that little affair of last winter t.
Dorothy. She might not understand it. II
fact, don't understand it myself now. R.
1t was long before Will spoke. When
he did, it was to say:
HAnd he calls it that little affair,
after all the sleep lost for the rascal.
That little affair indeed. IA. j.
johnson in Waverly Magazine.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-09-13

Oscar B. Davis, 10 years old, son OF
Joshua NJ. Davis, died in Hagerstown
recently of excessive cigarette smok-
ing. He was sick only a week, but dur
ing that time suffered great agony. A
portion of the time he was completely
''out of his head" and during one of his
attacks raved piteousiy for cigarette
He smoked as many as seventy cigarettes
day. Dr. Marcus w. Allison, his at.
tending physician, says his system was
thoroughly saturated with and poisoned
by nicotine. His nervous system was
completely shattered.
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THE CHILD MUSICIAN.

he had played for his lordship's leyoo.
He had played for her ladyship's whlm.
Till the poor little head grew heavy
And the poor little brain would swim.
And the face grew peaked and eerie
And the large eyes strange and bright,
And they said-too late-t'He is weary.
He shall rest for at least tonight.
But at dawn, when the birds were waking
AS they watched in the silent room,
With the sound of a strained cord breaking,
A something snapped in the gloom.
Twas string of his yioloncello,
And they heard him stir in his bed.
"MnlIe room for tired little fellow,
Kind God" was the last he said.
Austin DobsoA.
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ResolutLons OF Congress.

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Meets Your Needs.

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