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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10
STORIES OF RELIEF.
Two Letters to Mrs. Pinlkham.

Mrs JoHH WnLLAxs. Englishtown,
n. J., writes:
"DEAR Mrs. PMKHAM:-I cannot be-
gin 70 tell you how suffered before
taking your remedies. was SO weak
that I could hardly walk across the floor
without falling. / had womb trouble
and such q bearing down feeling; also
suffered with my back and limbs, pain
In womb, inAammat ion of the bladder,
piles and indigestion. Before I had
taken one bottle Of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound I felt q great deal
better, and after taking two and one
half bottles and half . box of your
Liver PillsI was cured If more would
take ycurs medicine they would not
have to suffer so much"
Mrs. JosEPH PETERSON, SIS East St.,
Warren, Pa, writes:
''DEAR Mrs. PrNKHAM:-I have suf-
tered with womb trouble over fifteen
years. had Inflammation. enlarge
ment and displacement Of the womb.
/ had the backache constantly, also
headache. and was SO dizzy. / had
heart trouble, it seemed rs though my
heart was in my throat 1t times choiS-
Ing me. I could not walk around and
I could not lie down, for then my heart
would beat 50 fast / would feel rs
though vas smothering. I had to
ut up in bed nights In order to breathe.
I was 90 weak /, conld not do any
thing.
~ have now taken several bot
ties of Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegeta bic
Compound. and used three pack
aees Of Sanative Wash. and can say
I an perfectly cured. / do not think
/ could have lived long Il Mrs Pink
mas madeleine had not helped N"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10

The cleverness OF negro boys in At
lanta has been perverted to teaching
dogs to steal chickens. When this ex-
PLANTATION of the disappearance of poul-
try was made by the losers the police
were skeptical, but all doubts vanished
when, on the arrest Of four suspected
boys, a dog with chicken in his teeth
followed the patrol wagon to the police
station. The boys confessed, and ex-
planned their method of operation.
They would get a chicken in the old
way, by theft from the roost, and then
teach ''likely" dog to catch and fetch
it. After little practice of this kind
the dog would be taken through prem
ises where chickens were at large, AMI
would be melted to attack. Soon there
after the dog could be depended upen.
to the purveying without assistance or
suggestion. Two Of the trained dogs
were captured by the police and were
condemned to death as dangerous to
the welfare Of the community.-Cbt
cage Chropicle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10
MANAGED BY A WOMAN.
The Industrial System Adopted In .
Massachusetts Penal lnsti.
tuition q Success.

Some remarka BILE statements were
made at a NEE ting in the United Chair
ties building by Mrs. J Johnson, the man.
ager of the wcman's prison at Sher-
born, Mass. II would sc EN- hardly cred
ible that separate reformatories for
women are a very modern Innovation
were it not that it is still the almosi
universal practice throughout the
country to confine prisoners OF both
sexes in the same building, and fire.
quently with very imperfect separa
ton. The experiment appears to have
been highly successful in Massachu-
sets. The manager ofthe institution
studies each case as i. comes TO her as
q physician studies cases of disease,
and instead Of an unvarying regimen
ard identical doses adopts such treat
ment as seems required by individual
conditions. Flowers, music and ami
.finement. and instruction in sewing
and all forms Of household work is sys-
tematica;ly given.
Although the inmates OF this reform
atory number 800, there is but one
dungeon, which is almost never used.
and of tie 10 cells only nine are occu-
pied. Outdoor work is provided in the
fields and in the gardens, and the cul-
ture of silk worms proves an absorbing
occupation, TIE women Otter begging
to be allowed to work at it tin ten
o'clock at night. Good conduct is re-
warded By promotion in the socia!
scale. and finally by discharge on pa
role. Positions in private families are
secured for these discharged women.
the conditions Of the arrangement be-
ing carefully guarded, and SO success
full has this system of employment
proved shat there are now actually
over 1000 applications for these serv-
ants that cannot be filed.
1t must be admitted that this fact
is conclusive as to the merits of Mrs.
Johnson's system, at least as admins
tered by her. II people are more and
more anxious to secure discharged con-
victs as members Of their households
it is evident that the process Of refor-
nation is real and not . sham one.
\. Y. Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10
our OF TIE ORDINARY.

One OF the choicest delicacies In ia
maica is a huge white worm found in
the heart OF the cabbage palm. 1t
tastes, when cooked, like-aimonds.
For seven years the st. lawrence
river in Canada gradually increases IN
depth, the difference in level being
about Eve feet.
Tattooed dogs are now the fashion
in London. A coat Of arms or mon
ogram is marked on the throat or
breast OF the animal. The process IS
made almost painless by the use OF CO
caine.
An unique series of weddings took
place recently in the Catholic church
at Adelong. when the Misses HOFFMAN
(three) were married to three broth
ers named Quinn. Two Of the brothers
who were married were twins, and also
two Of the sisters One other brother
Of the Quinn family is already married
to a sister Of the Hoffnans-
The wife Of ON East end clergyman
has made a collection Of all the but.
tons placed in the osYertory bags dur
ing the last two or three years. and has
fastened them to cardboard in various
cunning shapes Of animals. birds and
flowers. AS bazar Is shortly to take
place in connection with the church.
che has had these button-pictures pho
tographed. and copies will be on sale
at the exhibition.
4 unique golden wedding celebra.
ton is reported from Bolton. 1t took
the form of special Thanksgiving
service at Deane church. Bolton. the
parties concerned being Mr.. William
Hodgkins, formerly chief constable Of
Oldham, and his wife. Those present
included the best man and bridesmaid
who officiated 80 years ago in the same
church for themr and 10 children and
grandchildren.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10
CURE FOR NERVOUSNESS
An Educated CAinaaan DeeiaPes
That Americans Should Wear
S0ft.Soled Shoes.

1.-THE American people are essentially
a nervous people," remarked on edu-
Gated Chinaman to Star reporter,
and the best Of physicians agree that
this nervousness is on the increase as
the country grows older. Where it will
end is, of course, q matter of cOnjec-
ture, for remedy. or series OF rem
edies may be discovered as time runs
along. Certain it is that unless this
nervousness can be cured the future Of
the American people is very serious
problem. Already it is matter of dis
cussion in the medical journals. and
though hundreds of books have been
written on the subject there is no
great unanimity of opinion as to the
remedy. Indeed, the cause has not yet
been ascertained. though there are q
number of causes.
Il have theory as to great deal OF
the American nervousness, and though
many 20 not agree with me think it is
the right one. My idea is that it is
caused by the shoes the people wear
not the shape of the shoe, for they
are of all shapes. but the way the
shoe is made. All Americans shoes
have hard, solid soles. Those who wear
slippers or felt shoes find relief. simply
because the soles are soft and yielding.
There is no nervousness among the
people of China. and there has been
none for 1000 years. Maybe there is
not as much activity among the people
Of my country as there is among Amer
leans, but Cinnamon are not as slow
as some may suppose. The best Chi
nese writers. medical men. say that
nervousness has been kept out of China
by the fact that the people there wear
soft-soled shoes. The soles, as anyone
has discovered who has examined them,
are of yielding. pliable character.
The benefits of this kind of sole are
numerous, and time has proved it.
Everyone who wears soft slippers. car
pet or leather, appreciates this. though
maybe unconsciously. He knows he
finds relief, but rarely realizes that it
is the softness or yielding of the soles
that gives it.
"Of course, it is a very large question,
viewed from any standpoint, but it is
very important one. 1t may be go
ing backward, as some imagine. for
the average so-called up-to-date Amer
lean to adopt an idea that is over 1000
years old IN China, but firmly believe
that the idea is a very valuable one.
In past years the best writers have
agreed that the national disease OF
America is dyspepsia. / do not concur
in this in full. though / realize that
there is much dyspepsia, and that nerv-
business is the more damaging. The
5000 years of civilization of China, or
want of civilization, you may think.
have proved many things that have not
been proved in other nations, and that
cannot be proved except in time. Soft
soled shoes drove nervousness out OF
China and will do the same in Amer
lea. A hard-soled shoe, like high
heeled shoe, puts person under ten
sion. This tension is wearing, and the
nerves seem to wear out first. It il the
relaxation that is desired to cure nerv-
business, no bracing up or tension. My
theory may not be borne out by the
facts, but feel convinced that it will
be."-Washington Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10

"Our boy was absolutely helpless. His
used electricity he could not feel it below
his hips. Finally we let the doctor 90 as he
did not seem to help our SON and we nearly
gave up hope. Finally my mother who lives
in Canada wrote advising the use of DR.. Will
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People and ]
bought some
"fhis was when our boy had been on the
:s t.fis for in entire a r. :a rset.
tality in his legs, and in four months he was
able to 90 to school.
1T 10 two years since he took the FIRST Of
the pills and he is at school now just ~ hap
py and well ~ any of the other children. It
was nothing else in the world that saved the
boy than DR.. Willians' Pink Pills"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10

BY local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
BY constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an infiamed condition of the mu-
rous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets inflamed you have rumbline
entirely closed deafness is the result. and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal con-
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases of of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an infamed condition
Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
rase of Deafness (caused by catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure
Send for circulars, free.
FIJI Cheney 4 Co., Toledo, o.
Sold BY Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10
A FATHERS STORY.

From the Evening Crescent. Appleton. VIA
A remarkable cure from . disease which
hae generally wrecked the lives Of children,
and left them in condition to which death
itself would be preferred has attracted =
dents Of the west end of Appleton.
The case Is that Of little Willard CReech,
con Of Richard d. Creech, . well known
employee of one Of the large paper r:ills in
the Fox River Valley. The lad was attacked
by spinal disease and his parents had given
up al hope Of his ever being well agan
when, as by miracle, he was healed and il
Mr.. Creech, the father Of the boy, wko
resides 1t 1862 Second Street, Appleton,
Wisconsin, told the following story:
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10

By . system of mineral type, In
vented by Rev. w. II. Murray. Of Pc
king. originally Scotch workman. the
blind people of China are now taught
to read and write in less than three
months, and this in spite of the fact
that there are 4OS distinct sounds in
the Chinese language. By a special
adaptation of this system. the blind
nre now actually teaching sighted pu-
pills to read
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10

Stage Manager-"Don't you think we'd
better eliminate the poker jokes from your
people, you know, who know no more
about poker than you and do Of Sanscrit.'
Actor-''Then we'll keep them in, by all
means. II is the people who never played
q game in their lives who laugh the loudest
and the longest over poker joke. "-Boston
Transcript
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10

Little Girl Ito small boy, who = etrutting
around with his hands in his pockets)--
"CoE1e over and play with me, Johnnie"
Small Boy-"Cant; Little Girl-"Go and
Cant ask her; she is out somewheres, look
ing for me."-Sketch.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10

The Model Policeman ito the arrested
man)-"But If you are innocent OF wrong
doing, how comes it that find you in .
storage house at midnight, and after the
folks in it have retired?" Manly dear
sir, don't you know it 10 not gentlemanly to
question ones motives!" The Model Po-
kceman-"Oh, if you put it that wa. have
nothing more to say. You will excuse Inc
for arTesting you. Man-"Don't mention
it. So long."-Boston Transcript.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10
Even in the ripening stage no

Even in the ripening stage hogs
should have a variety. If turned
into . field of blue grass, clover, rye,
oats or volunteer wheat. this sue.
culence will greatly add to their Thrift
and health. and they will do well "a
2j per cent. less Of grain.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10

Mr.. Hodgson-"Do you keep track Of the
news Of the day, Miss Pinkley:, Miss
NJ. Pi.klsy-.iYs., indeed I read re- t The Her,
-"What do you think q i6nnexatioR!
Miss Pinkley-"Oh, Mr. Hodgson! this u -
sudden. Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10

In choosing guests select those
whose tastes ere nearly enough alike
for harmony. but not for monotony
and dullness.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10

Clarence-"Cholly got his man to pwo-
pose to Miss Specie faw him." Stacy
"Clevah idea" Carence-"l dunno. She
accepted the man. don't yon know
Town Topics.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10

1--WE got to stop my paper" whats the
trouble" "Why, there's no living with my
wife since she commenced readin' how tina.
Chinese empress was carryin' on."-Cleve-
Ind Plain Dealer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10

Dropsy treated free by DR.. H. H. Green's
Sons, Of Atlanta, Ga. The greatest dropsy
specialists in the world. Read their adver-
tisement in another column of this paper.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10

"John," said Topeka wife to her hus
band, II will quit drinking tea and save the
war tax il you will do the same with beer
Woman" responded John. with cold se-
verify, do you think it il the part Of pa
of peril ?''-Eansas City Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10

FaIler must naver be too particular bout
hes cookin' ven hae Is ferst married. Yust
tax SOM quite mediceen for dispepsya on t.
quiet an say noting.-Denver TimesSun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10

"You ought, like N, to have holidays in
honor Of your great men" said the Rus
sian beauty. "But in the American year,
said the major, there are only 36o days.
Nashville American.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10

"Doan' jump at conclusions" says BRO.
Watkins. "Menny a man am unjus ly sus
picioned when his nose am only sunburnt."
-philadelphia Record.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10

I am entirely cured of hemorrhage q
lungs by Piso's Cure for Consumption
Louisa Lindaman. Bethany, Mo-, Jan. 8, ~.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10

For every mistake Of your own that you
notice, you make a dozen that you are never
aware of-Atchison Globe
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10

Mattie-That idiotic young Softleigh had
the audacity to propose to me last night!
Helen-Did he, really! l always thought
he was a little off in the upper story, but
had no idea he was as bad as that.-Chicago
Evening News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10

Hicks-"Just saw Hogley. Had been to
the doctors. Doctor tells him he is looking
himself again." Wicks-"Is he really as bad
a. that! Poor Naturalization Transcript
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10

TripE"Between q beautiful woman and q
rich woman, which would you prefer"
Grip-..The second first. Town Topics.
A good many women carry amiability too
far.-Atchison Globe. s9sg 81
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10

Il IS harder work to neglect work you
should perform than it il to do it.-Atchison
Clnhn
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10

To Cure q Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Promo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10

It's always hard to please a man who
doesn't know what he wants.-Chicago
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10

A. young Hankinson looked furtively %
.As xiri in the pale blue dress talking in an
animated manner to young Spoonamore IN
the cory corner beyond the piano he bit his
lip.
But it was an accident.
He was trying to bite his mustache, and ID
xasn't LONG enough.-Chicago Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10

Mrs, Styles Have You heard Of any fall
openings yet Mr.. Styles-"Well, YES;
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10
I.atlx ORenAed.

No wonder the colonel got mad. He was
shot in the leg at Santiago, and on coming
Nv one Of these fussy old chaps who likes
~ hear himself talk and who broke out
with: "Why, colonel, see that you limp.
What's the matter with you:
"Fell out of bed" roared the colonel.
DON'T you read the papers?'-Detroit Fres
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10

Advice Quickly Taken.
Physician-You are living too high.
Patient-That's so; I've got to get .
cheaper doctor.-N. Y. Vim.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10
-. c-,.,.,..,.,. uee.s I. svai..

WHIST cuba's Less Means T. SDain.
The ross Of Cuba means to Spain the loss Of
the yery sustenance Of the nation. Already
her tax ridden people are crying ior bread.
o-ous .nnetite means poverty and starvation
to o YOUR body. II any reader Of this paper
wisbss to Be a hungry again a. when child.
nd vants to fully enjoy hearty meals, we
c.m recommend Hostetter's Stomach Bit.
tiers. it cures indigestion, dyspepsia and
eonstipatiOn.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10

lty lOT Sd ing tHut AC hioy A"Aa Too
times, and 400 times get up. The
Bible declares that God will forgive
seventy times seven, and il you will
employ the rule of multiplication you
finds that seventy times seven is 400.
Blessed be God for such q Gospel of
high hope and thrilling encourage
.nent and magnificent rescue! A Cos
pei of lost sheep brought home on
shepherds shoulder. and the prodigals
who got into the low work of putting
husks into swine's troughs brought
home to jewelry and banqueting and
hilarity that made the rafters ring.
Three sketches of the same man: A
happy home. of which he and lassie
taken from neighbor's house are the
united head. Years of happiness roll
on after years of happiness. Stars
pointing down TO nativities. And
whether announced in greeting or
not. every morning was Good morn
ing and every night a Good night.
Christmas trees and May queens. and
birthday festivities and Thanksgiving
gatherings around loaded tables. But
that husband and father forms an un-
fortunate acquaintance who leads him
in circles too conviyiai, too late
houred, too scandalous. After awhile,
his money gone and not able to bear
his part of the expense, he is gradu-
ally showed out and ignored and
pushed away. Now, what dilapidat-
ed home is his! A dissipated life al
ways shows itself in faded window
curtains and impoverished wardrobe.
aud detected surroundings, and in
broken palings of the garden fence.
and the unhinged gate. and the dislo-
Gated door bell, and the disappearance
of wife and children from scenes
among which they shone the bright
est, and laughed the gladdest. II any
man was ever down. that busbandand
father is down.
The fact is. he got into wrestle
with evil that pushed and pulled and
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-02-01
SMOk rs HER PIPE AT IO4.
Aged Mrs.. Vaughan Is Healthy,
Sound and Happy.

Chicago. Feb. Mrs. Acenath Waugh
gar. 104 years old. has Just taken her
first ride on railway train. She en-
joyed the sensation as greatly as a child
. might. The aged woman passed through
this city with her son, who was taxing sr
| from her old home in Indiana TO a new
one in Walton, Kan.
4 Mrs. laUShgar is remarkably hale for
| a person OF her extreme age, and she re-
tains all her faculties but that of hear
| ing. When asked her name she spelled
| il in voice marveIOusly strong, a nd then
added:
Il was born i'm 1894, in New Jersey.
and that makes me IO4 years old. going
on 105."
Mrs Yauchgar has distinct recol-
lection Of The death of George Wash
ington, which occurred in 1899. The war
OF 1872 is still fresh in her memory, for
that as the year she was married in
Cincinnati. she has a better recollection
of events eighty or ninety years ago than
| of recent happenings.
The old lady says that people who say
| that tobacco is injurious TO health cont
know what they are talking about. And
she is competent To talk on that subject,
| having used the weed for about sixty
| years.
II began to smoke about the tin
| John was born" she said. land that's
| mighty close TO sixty years ago. 1 had
severe stomach trouble, being unable
To retain my food. and the doctor adj
vised ne TO smoke At first was able
to take only couple of draws, but in
a short time / got so that i could smoke
a pipeful, and I've been smoking ever
since. At the reunion the other night
they figured up that had smoked about
5000 pounds OF tobacco, or q pound a
week. | have never felt any bad effects
from smoking. but, ON the contrary, it
has done Inc lots OF good.
Il wish 20 say right here, however,
that ] never smoked one OF them little
cigarettes rolled up in paper. They amt
fit for a dog. III l had 10y W no smoked
them things I'd skin him alive. i can't
bear the smell OF them
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-02-01
TINES POCKET CASH REGISTER FREE.
READ!

With it the gentleman counts his cigars,
etc; the barber counts his shaves; the theater
manager his audience; the conductor his
passengers: the millionaire his millions; the
mser his hoard: the housewife the weekly
wash the newsboy his papers, and so on,
ad infnitum. 1t counts from 1 to 200. 1t
never runs down and needs no winding. 1t
won't get out Of order 1t is worth It's weight
i'll gold i'll the course of a year.
All such advertisements as Help Want
ed - Situations Wanted, Wanted to
Buy For Sale, Rooms for Rent, are
considered want ads twenty-five cents
will permit you to put in an advertisement Of
? words in both the MORNING AND EVEN
ING TIMES. Have you vacant rooms Do
Won want boarders? Have YOU furniture
to sell or exchange? Do you want a servant
Are YOU out of work Let THE TIMES
Want" columns help YOU out quickly and
inexpensively.