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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-28

j. l.. KoPF, undertaken and cmbal,ner has
complete line OF funeral goods. pictures.
flames and holdings. Phone GsI iQti Prairie
avenue. II
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HELP WANTED.

"A GERMAN. or swedc TO care for Horses.
Garden. yard aud do all necessary outside
work around tho place. Address H. IL
walker. NJ. d., Wciman Texas. 30
WANTED--young men and women Ia prepare
FOR telegraph positions: situations as snon
as competent. Dallas Telegraph College.
Dallas, Texas 7.is a,
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|NEW coRPoR ATOMS.
llowing corporations today filed
Hers with the secretary of state:
4 Merchandise company of Selma,
Lnty, capital stock $4,000. Tneorpo-
|Niluam Alves, j.. X. Barron and
Lux ,
knmanche; capital stock S2500. In
n: Fred Grimm. j. NJ. Hughes
] Palmer
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WANTED statesmen to sell our oils and
rroascs to the manufacturers in flpuTion
and vicinity; permanent position 10 right
man. Tho Canicld on Co, Cleveland, Ohio
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WHITE MAN aud wife need work very bad;
man good with horsce. cows and handy
around house: woman good cook and house
keepcr; wages no object. Address 2S2l, this
CtOCp. f't. 't XVI n
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uum pump. 6-inpl suction aud 6-tnoh dis
charge, in good working order, fittings COM
pletn. ono odurless sanitary oxcnyhting
pump. In good working order. fittings com.
plcto: ono elghtcnn (lsl hurao powcr steel
upright boiler, In good order. Inuuirn Gal
weston Cement Pipe Works. eS0S Market
stitpt, Galveston Texas 9-aa
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LEGNL AUCTION SALE or warehousc and
hotel goods, February 1, at 4. Chimcncs
ofnce, Fanpin street. beginning ut 10 v. m.
Over 800 packages OF trunks, vallses, sewing
machines, stoves. furniture. crockcry and
glassware, This sale has been legally adj
vcrtised and Will be sold without limit
Houston NJ. aud Sto. CO.. 4. Chimenc, pro-
prietor w. a. ochlltrco.s auctionecr. 81
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WANTED-Two rooms, Furnished complete
this ofdce. y
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FOR HALE--A well selected stock OF Jew
eiry, also ono combination safe. good ~
new. chilled eteel inside. doors handsomely
finished, and Of following dimenai0ps. Out
+ side 62x4lxS2. inside. A75zx281zxlisz. VIII sell
NJ q bargain. Address X. w. Down0rd,
trustee for c. II. Wye, Bryan. Texas. "a
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CREAM, butter milk aud croam cheese ,ielly.
cred amy time, IN any quantity. cows are
kent at my residence, I'll Chcncyert and
Texas avenue. Telephone ITO. Whipped
crenln, Mrs. Lnllle q. Rurrnlf. ----- =
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THE LITTLE GIANT foot power Jaws. for
cross, rip and jig saving Apply Room ~,
Converse building. ~
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\ WANT a position as stcnuErnpher or clerk;
can furnish my own typewriter. no ob1cc-
ton 70 leaving the city. Address l.. ii. r.,
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FOR SALE on RENT-;ood prairie farm Of
40 acres, twenty miles west Of Houston,
on railroad. J. y. Lester. 112,s Main street.
Houston. u
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Fol, SAI.Is--sNcw 81. Studenakef wagon. gas
cline engine teh horse, nearly ncwl, ncw
horizontal pump tSO gallons per mtnute),
ton. 81
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FOR SAl.lI--.fn Orange, Texas. southeast cors
ner lot, block b on Front street, near
stcanihent landing. known as Jessells cor
ner from away back Address Louis Jesseil
Victoria, Texas. rs
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RECEIVE CUBAN SUPPLIES.
foxing persons having expressed
sess to receive and transmit dona-
N. Stephen e. Barton of New York
VA Of Cuban sufferers have been
: BY Governor Culberson: +. b.
4 j. Breckenridge, w. II. Mabry,
lands, w. C. benson, Tom Murral,
IanIel, John Harder, Thomas D..
Ia, A. Dorf.
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NTED--sItuation by colorcd man us yard
man. coacbDinH. gardener; all around mau
for any work; good mixer: can give city
references. Address 2Bt6, this Office. Is
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1 WOULD like good place as chambcrmaid
or cock o.. nurae; SOC Aliens alley, 1t tho
foot OF Fuller street - IN
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REAL EsTATE FOR SALE.

HERE AM AGAIN; must raise money; four
lots. three blocks off boulevard at $50 each
two for Sc monthly. ID. D. Smeaton, 5e2
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F0E sALE--Resldenc 1906 Main street, near
corner Polk. For price and other informn-
tor call on J. Alltmont. mt Jules Hirsch Y,
corner Milan and Preston. ~
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uOuD sicnoHrapher and Typewriter WANTS po-
sstinu IN Inv office. so uH to continue study
or law Is years OF axe; will accept st1lnll
rainry. Address .SoS this Office a 20
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Manifold Position US cook BY coicfed Wo-
office " ~ "a IN n IS < -
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WHO wants a section land, "A miles out. 200
acres cultivation 600 pear trees, 150 bear
Ing peach trees? Cheap; snll quick. A g.
Hsr1don A. SOJi. N
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LIFE INSURANCE AGENTS. LISTEN We
take notes, without your Endorsement, and
mako advances; rates low. company old and
strong; see pocket index, ratio assuts TO Tia.
bilties $50 per cent. Texas Is credit
country, aud YOU cant do your share OF
business unless you are fixed as we'll ms
your competitor; We VIII iiX YOU bettor.
Harris s Patterson managers Hartford
Life, Dallas a-al
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-23
AMONG THE WRITER'S.

Frances Hodgson Burnett used TO do
ali her writing seated on low chair
or stool. with an atlas on her knees
for a desk. Lately, however, she uses
a table in her library.
II went back upon my accounts and
found that in Is years had lost nearly
El.2o0." Such vas Herbert Spencer's
experience of publishing the System
OF Philosophy" II is satisfactory to
find that the tide turned later and that
the books have been paying and pay
ing well for many years.
Paul Bourget is understood to be at
last satisfied with novel he has had
in hand for some time. The title he
originally gave the work was "Trois
Ames d'Artistes." but it will probably
appear in the spring as ia Duchesse
Bleue." NJ. Bourget, who is staying Mt
his villa, the Planters. near Hyeres, is
also at work on another novel. to be
called Ia Seve."
The third of the Critics new series OF
Authors at Home" is devoted to DIR.
S. Weir Mitchell, one of the most IA
nous of living American physicians.
Like DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes, DR..
Mitchell is no less eminent in letters
than in medicine and bids fair to be-
come even more so. Unlike DIR. Holmes,
however. il is in fiction that his greatest
success has been made. and there are
many who regard Hugh Wynne" as
one of the finest historical novels ever
written in America.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-23

economical continuance of New York
artist, Miss Alice Donbery, who took
the gold medal for tapestry at the
worlds fair.
A white lace curtain of least expen-
siye make. but a good and bold floral
design, had become the worst for wear
in the luundress' hands, and what to do
with it was a problem. 1t was mounted
on old gold yellow cheese cloth at four
cents a yard, tackled on quilting
frame, and the outlines were evenly but
sketchily run in with old gold yellow
crewel stitches. 1t was then whipped
at the edge, finished with brass rings,
run on mahl-stick and passed through
two polettes, which served as window
brackets.
To make the light more graceful to
the eye, the lower part of the window
was lined with white tissue paper
pasted on without a crease, which
when dry gives faint gray light SO
needful TO the artist who at that angle
must guard against glare. The cur
tain was, however, one of pair for a
tiny drawing-room. The effect was rich.
and only on close examination re-
ycaled its simplicity of method.-Chi-
cago Times-Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-23
A REALLY INTELLIGENT JURY.
The Verdict Was In Accordance wit
the Evidence.

The Verdict Was In Accordance with
the Evidence.
cit was the funniest thing ever saw in q
courtroom" laughed the veteran of the bar,
WHO was enjoying an informal smoker with
his brethren Il was in the new west then,
TRYING to get good start. One of the resi-
dents had mysteriousy disappeared, and his
wife was arrested under suspicion that she
might be responsible for the fact. l defend
ed her.
"On the stand she was simply irrepressl-
bic. only got to ask her one question:
That was more than plenty She talked
precisely as though she were wound up and
could not stop until the handspring was
completely relaxed. In the midst of her
TRADE she was interrupted by an inquiry by
one of the jurors.
"sWho are you talkin' to, Bill Spriggins,'
she shouted. Z don't low no cattle like
you to be quizzin' me. Fl yqn on, don't , know
son p in coyote. IF my husband was
here he'd perferate you mighty quick, and
/ know it. But kin take care of myself
eff am lone woman. I'm here to tell what
l know, and I'm goin' to do it if it spills
blood
"There was no staying her deluge OF words
and the Judge was at last driven by sheer
desperation to tell the jury to retire and do
sion.
when the jury came back Bill Spriggins,
as foreman, stood up. to give the verdict
We find,' he said, that this here man
Meekham has disappeared at the hans OF
some persing or persings unknown. We find
further that we are unanermous IN suspect
in as how he mighter been talked to death
BY his said wife. It took the sheriff and all
his deputies to hold her.'-Detroit Free
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-23
FROM THE PATENT OFFICE.

The combination of a shovel and fork
has recently been patented, the shovel
blade having pockets to receive the
tines of the fork. with a clamp at the
upper edge to attach it to the handle.
In a newly designed bicycle handle
the central core is screw threaded Mt
each end, with sections cut out to al
low it to contract around the bar when
the screw ferrules are turned on at
each end.
In a new bicycle alarm q revolving
friction wheel is mounted on plunger
with a whistle on the upper side of q
casing which is blown by forcing air
through it as the friction wheel turns
on the tire.
Oil cannot be spilled from recently
designed can when it is tipped over.
the cap over the filling aperture being
mounted on jointed rod, which closes
the valve at the base of the outlet nozzle
when it is screwed down..
A new fagstaff-holder for small
flags has ball and socket joint formed
of a cylindrical socket in the base plate,
in which ball at the end of the holder
is fastened by screws, making it re-
movable and adjustable at any angle.
handy device for holding pens so
they will not mar a desk or book con-
sists of fiat base, supporting small
well in the center, with a fiaring mouth
and a projecting shoulder part way
down the opening. against which the
holder rests.
Incandescent gas burners are being
fitted with electrical lighting attach
ments. in which the sparkling device
extends up inside the burner to point
Just below the mantle, the current turn
ing on the gas and operating the igniter
when the circuit is closed.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-23
ABOUT ELoPEMENTs.


a Wise Mother Diseases the Subjec,
In nm Interesting Way.
A mother whose daughters are al
happily married, referring to the sub
ject of Opponents and marriage UNI
sanctioned by the brides parents, re-
Gently said: 81 think the trouble in
such a matter is largely owing to the
mistaken treatment which the daugh-
tiers receive from the members of their
family circle. Their brothers, if broth
ers they possess, are not apt to make
much of them, and the father and
mother are SO taken up with the cares
Of existence that they unwittingly fall
into the error of appearing Indifferent
to the budding beauty of their daugh-
tiers. Every woman's heart longs for
love. Compliments and endearing
words are as sunshine to a growing
plant, and if there is a lack OF these
at home is it any wonder that when
o young man comes along and tells
young girl that she is the sweetest
thing on earth, she feels she has been
Unappreciated for years, and imagines
that to dwell forever with an individual
who adores her, who recognizes her
charm, will be the acme of human hap
piness?
Il made up my mind when my girls
were babes that they should never have
to look for admiration away from home.
It was the rule in our household to give
them every pleasure within our power,
TO tell them when they looked well,
and to be as complimentary and gra-
cious as though they were the young
ladies of a neighbours household. And
so they were not upset by the first
chance words of admiration from a
stranger, and having been always given
to understand that what could be at
forded was theirs, they were not
prompted to run off to better their
condition. Runaway matches are sell
dom made in Heaven, but are brought
about, as / said in the beginning,
through natural longing for affection
that has been wanting in places where
it should be expected to come from
first Chicago Daily News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-23
HINTS FOR THE COOK.

Veal must never be laid on dish, but
hung in an airy place till cooked.
Egg shells should be thrown into the
stockpot directly the contents are used.
Choose butter by its fresh odor. free
dom from buttermilk and streaks Of
color.
Fish for frying should be dried thor
oughly and dredged thickly with -four
before being brushed over with egg and
breadcrumbs.
To scald milk set it in jug or basin
in a pan of cold water over the fire.
When the water boils the milk is
scalded.
When flavoring soup never use pow
dered spices, as they form sediment
at the bottom of the plate and spoil
the appearance. Whole cloves and other
spices should be stuck into the veg
etables while boiling. Long pepper is
superior to ground, but it requires sew
eral hours boiling.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-23
rru,t Fair. - Churches.

A fruit fair was the form of a recent
church entertainment. Oranges, lines,
apples. bananas, grape fruit and hot
house peaches and pears were attract
lively arranged in various styles There
was table of fancy work ut which no
piece was offered which did not in some
way associate itself with fruit. Until
one attempts to make out the list It is
difficult to realize how long it can be
made. There are all sorts at menu
cards, prettily decorated with fruits,
and innumerable doilies and centers
whose limitations to fruit designs did
not prevent a wide variety. There
we're fruit plates and fruit baskets,
pin cushions in fruit shapes, and pretty
water colors. with punches Of fruit, al
together considerable array. At the
table where refreshments were served
the ices were in fruit FORMS The idea
was 1t least novel. which seems TO be
the most desirable thing nowadays
Chicago Tribune
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-23

From the By-Stander. Macomb. Ill.
Alderman Louis w. Camp, of our city, has
quite astonished his friends OF late, by re.
markabe gain in weight: He has gained
p pounds in five weeks. Those of his friends
who do not know the facts of his sickness
will read with interest the following:
Il was broken down in health and utterly
miserable" said Mr.. Camp to our reporter.
81 was unable to work much of the time
and SO badly afflicted with form Of stomach
trouble that life was veritable nightmare.
81 tried various remedies, but during the
six months of my sickness l obtained no
relief. I had always been a robust, healthy
man and sickness bore heavily upon me.
"About two years ago ! was advised to try
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People.
purchased one box and received so much
benefit that / used FIVE more and was en-
tirely cured. gained twenty-five pounds in
FIVE weeks. Since stopped taking the pills
I have scarcely had an ache or pain.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-23
A DOCTORS DIRECTIONS.
They save a daughter
from blindness.

. common experience 10 have DR.. Ayers
Sarsaparilla prescribed by Q physician
II is a common experience 10 sec COM
plete cure" follow the use Of fer bottles
Of this great blood purifying medicine.
Because. II is = specific for all forms Of
blood disease. III q disease has Its origin
in bad or impure blood. Dr. Ayers Sars4
aparila. acting directly ON the blood. re-
moving its impurities and giving to IL
vitaliring energy. will promptly eradicate
the disease.
The great feature Of DR.. Ayers sarsapa-
rilia is the radical cures that result from
its use. Many medicines only suppress
diseaxe-they push the pimples down
under the skin. they paint the complexion
with subtle arsenical compounds, but the
disease RACES in the veins like . pent-up
ere, and some day breaks ont in 4 vol
canic eruption that eats mp the body.
Ayers Sarsapari11a goes to the root II
makes the fountain clean and the waters
are clean. II makes the root good and
the fruit is good. II gives Nature the
elements she needs to build mp the broken
down constitution-not to brace IL mp with
stimulants or patch il mp on the surface.
Send for DR.. Ayers Curebook. and learn
more about the cures effected by this
remedy. It's sent free. on request, by the
J. c. Aver Co.. Lowell. Mass.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-23

when q father writes that yours " Is the
best medicine in the world" you can
allow something for seeming extrava-
gauce in the statement II You know that
the medicine so praised. cured loved
daughter Of disease and restored TO her
the eyesight nearly lost The best med
icine in the world Tor you is the medicine
that cures you. There can't be anything
better. No medicine can do more than
cure. That is why John S. Goode, Of
Orrick, Mo-, writes in these strong terms:
"Dr. Ayers sar..parilla u the best med
icine in the world. My daughter had .
relapse after the measles, due to taking
cold. She was nearly blind. and was obliged
to remain in a dark room all the time.
The doctors could give her no relief; one
of them directed me to give her Ayers
Sarsaparilla. Two bottles cured her COM
pleteiy."
The thousands Of testimonials to the
value Of DIR. Ayers Sarsapariila repeat
over and over again. In one form or another
the expression: THE doctors gave her
no relief; one of them directed me to
give her DR.. Ayers Sarsaparilla. Two
bottles completely cured her"
1t is a common experience to try DR..
Ayers Sarsaparilla as last resort. 1t Is
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-23
Scenic Route East, Through "tAe
Land OF the Sky"

The Southern Railway, in connection with
the n. G. 4 st. L. Ry. and the Penna- X X.
operates daily through sleeping car be-
tween Nashville, Tenn, and New 1ork, wa
Chattanooga, Knoxville and Asheyille; This
line is filed with the handsomest Pullman
Drawing Room Buffet Sleeping Cars, and
the east-bound schedule is as follows:
Leave Nashville, 1910 p. NJ: Leave Chat
tonooea 4:lO A. NJ; Leave Knoxville 81
A. NJ; Arrive Hot Springs n:46 A. NJ; Ar
rive Asheville lis p. NJ; Arrive Washing
ton 6:42 A. NJ; Arrive New York l2:43 z.
NJ. This sleeping car passes by daylight
through the beautiful and picturesque
mountain scenery of East Tennessee and
Western North Carolina, along the French
Broad River.
A second train leaves Nashville daily at
$3.50 p. NJ; leave Chattanooga 1000 p. NJ;
Leave Knoxville LIS 4. NJ; Leave Hot
Springs 400 A. NJ; Arrive Asheville 5:lO
A. NJ; Arrive Washington 9:35 r. NJ. Ar
rive New York 6:23 A. NJ. This train car
r;es elegant Pullman Sleeping Cars Chat
tanooga to Salisbury and Salisbury to New
York without change. Train leaving Mem
phis daily at 9:l5 A. NJ, and arrive at Chat
tanooga at 600 p. NJ, connects with train
leaving Chattanooga at 1000 P. NJ, for
Washington and New York, via Asheville,
and affords excellent accommodations to
parties enroute from Memphis and the west
to all points east.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-23
THE INGENIOUS MAN.
His Invention Was Forgotten In Time
Of Need.

He was a very ingenious man. He had
made an invention which was of great value.
He thought SO, at least, if the world did not,
( and he had his invention patented. 1t
was combination camp-stool, cane and nm
brella. The cane was the usual form of the
invention. At big parade nothing could be
more convenient, and for an ordinary, unex-
pected rainstorm, what could be better.
A man is sure to have his walking stick with
him.
It was not SO very long after the invention
had been perfected that the man was out
walking with bis wife, and a sudden shower
came up. There were no cars accessible, and
the only thing to do was to run, and the
unlucky pair did this with vengeance,
reaching the house hot, uncomfortable, and
pretty wet.
seWell, we are here at last" said the man,
drawing a long breath of relief.
Yes" said the wife, disconsolately, but
I think have ruined my new bonnet. And,
John Smith" she added, suddenly, with a
little scream, t:what do you think you have
done. You had that old invention Of yours
-cane-camp-stool-u umbrella affair-in your
hand all the time ready for an emergency,
and forgot to use it.
The man tells the story, and thinks it il
a great joke-N. Y. Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-23
HE MEANT WELL.
But His Carelessness Got Him Int<
Trouble with His Girl.

Trouble Win nlo OAH1s
A young gentleman, whose gallantry was
largely in excess of his pecuniary means,
sought to remedy this defect and save the
money required for the purchase of expensive
flowers by arranging with gardener to let
him have bouquet from time to time in re
turn for his cast-off clothes.
1t thus happened one day that he received
a bunch OF the most beautiful roses, which
he at once sent off to his lady love-. In sure
anticipation of a friendly welcome he called
at the house of the lady the same evening
and was not little surprised at the frosty
reception he met with
"You sent me a note to-day, the young
lady remarked, after a pause, in the most
frigid tones.
ia notes" he inquired, in blank aston
ishment. ),
Certainly; along with some flowers
s'ro be sure sent You some flowers -.
"And there was a note inside-do you still
mean to deny it 2"
With these words she handed the dunn
founded swain scrap of paper, on which the
following words were written: Don't for
get the old trousers you promised me the
other day.-TitBits.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-23

The pattern for the apron is simple
one and the diagram for it was sent
over from England by an American
lady who visits the Fife house.
The skirt is plain and is the same
length front and back. Around the edge
of the bib is broad ruffie ending in
point at the waist. When the apron is
Numbered the waist is separated from
the skirt and washed separately. BY
making two waists to each skirt one
skirt will often outlast two waists, both
in the laundry and in the wear and tear
of the apron.