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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-07-30
AN AVERAGE VERDICT.
It Was Struck Through a Difference
Of Opinion Among the Jury
ON Damages.

While the lawyers were waiting for court
70 open, and before they few at each other :
threats, they exchanged few stores OF The
profession.
The strangest trial III whi.i. was even
engaged was enc 81 Hl -Hst, said grizzea
headed attGsreE / Ras counsel iGr the
plaintiff III D sg.t . gAt ~ rtco~er damages
casssti " e Ea.,s.s..-. horse Ny client had
Icen knocked DOVE 1.-.i slightly ;,ruIsed, not
very mu,h .st y ! TO base lawsuit
on | hi Z. V ~ag case: in fact, there
was J,T8..4ca no defense, and the defend
ant gyas a ica man, so asked for s., 600, hop
ING to get half Well, when the jury came
in they rendered verdict for the plaintiff
with damages assessed at $S,687. OF course
the Judge promptly set the verdict aside az
excessive and / had to begin all over again.
'.Some days later met the foreman of the
jury and asked him how in the world they
arrived at such verdict.
".Well, / don't quite understand it my
SELF he said, scratching his head. We
all agreed for the plaintiff on the first vote,
but each fellow had his own ideas as to the
damage. l was in favor of 81 900, another
fellow thought it ought to be 50 600, and an
other stuck out for 500, and we were get
ting all tangled up, when one of the jury sug-
gested that we strike an average
But you couldn't have done that,
said L
".That's just what we did, said the fore
man. Each man put down what he thought
right and added them together. know
there does seem to be something wrong
about that verdict, but hanged if can see
where it is!'"-Chicago Times Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-07-30

A devoted and sincere Christian life
Il reservoir of unmeasured blessings
20 its parched and barren surroundings.
Rev. C. Lee Gaul, Methodist, Phila-
delphia, Pa.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-07-30
Comparisons.

'Now, there's Winnie Garpickels," said
Miss Hinkie, who sometimes paints. ''She' e
IN admirable elocutionist, but she ought
never to try anything in art. It is painful
az don't agnee with you," replied Miss
Pankle, who occasionally reads in public.
Il can endure her canvases, but her elocu-
tion makes me sick. Chicago Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-07-30
A Chrissiau War.

We are not savages, but Christians:
and the only justification for this war
is that it is = holy uprising in Gods
name for the uplifting of His oppressed
children--Rev. A. E. Kittredge, Luth-
oran, New York CITY.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-07-30

"And now. Johnnie" said the Sunday
school teacher, tell me the fourth com
lnandment." Johnnie hung his head. Dear
me-. said the teacher, cant you remember
it," Johnny evidently couldn't what 10
it about:" Johnnie couldn't tell that,
either. We'll, III help you," said the
.aaybe then it will all come back to you.
Now, listen carefully. Don't lose . word.
Remember the" Hold on" cried
johnnie. Remember the Maine."-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-07-30
A Great Thing.

Presence of mind is . great thing"
remarked Fatima as she calmly waved
her sash from the turret. II have no
doubt that all of Bluebeard's wives
would still be alive if they had not lost
their heads IN. Y. Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-07-30
nebukes Hi. Tired Auditors.

A clergyman preached a rather long SER
mon from the text: 'Thou art weighed in
the balance and found wanting" After the
congregation had listened about an hour
some one began to get weary and went out;
others soon followed, greatly to the annoy
ance of the minister. Another person start
ed, whereupon the parson stopped his ser
mon and said: THAT is right, gentlemen;
as fast as you are weighed pass out!" He con-
tinued his sermon some time after that, but
no one disturbed him by leaving.-Chicago
Chronicle
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-07-30
To-Morrov.

To do IS well to-day - did yester-
day must do better. Life il valuable
not only for what it is. out for what it
10 to be.-Rev. Clarence +. Brown, Con-
gregationslist, Salt Lake City, Utah.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-07-30
Electric Fans in sleeping Cars,

The Baltimore 4 Ohio South Western
Railway officials have solved the problem OF
sooling sleeping cars in stations at night.
At Cincinnati, Louisville and st. Louis this
line has sleeping cars placed in the stations
at 10 p. m. which do not depart until after
midnight, and in order to make them COM
Portable and cool have placed l6inch rotary
electric fans in each end of the sleepers. thus
removing the heated and impure air from all
parts Of the car The fans have been in
operation about three weeks, and have been
the subject ofSnany favorable comments
from the travelling public
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-07-30

The Jews are like the everlasting
hills. The centuries come and 60 and
ind in them no change.-Rev. J. n.
Aunson. Wilmington. Del
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-07-30

Brother Will-Why don't you accept
Jacks He's record breaker in intercol.
legiate cycling events.
Sister Sue-Yes; but prefer . record
breaker in the safety deposit hne.-Bicycling
Wnrld
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-07-30

War Novelties.-"Wc ought not to let Il
get out that there arc over a thousand Phil
ippinc islands" "What harm will it do.''
'oThe women will be trying to buy them in
for progressive euchre prizes. Chicago
Record.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-07-30

True So.-"We wanted to call the battle
of, but there wasn't white flag in the
army" "What did you do" "Got piece
of wedding dress from bride who was Wis
iting and waved that" Regular flag Of
trousseau. buffalo Enquirer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-07-30

Postal Precaution.-"Do you expect to
hear often from your husband?" Eyes, he
said he'd write; and made him promise to
give his letters to some other man to MALL
Detroit Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-07-30

First Deaf Mute-"He wasn't 20 very
angry, was he?" Second Deaf Mute-"He
was SO mad that the words he used almcIt
blistered his fingers. "-Indianapolis Jour.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-07-30
Great Kick.

"They say that Missouri has made tie big
gest kick Of the war;"
Flows THAR"
Shipped over 81, ooo,o 600 worth of mules"
Detroit Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-07-30

The wise worm doesn't crawl out until
after the early bird has eaten his breakfast.
Chicago Daily News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-07-30

Clara--1 see Cynthia has decorated her
room with guns, pistols. swords and the
like" Cora-"Yes; she always has been Q
great girl for having arms around her,
Yonkers Statesman.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-07-30
FEMININE FRILLS.
New Costumes and HeadEcaF for
the Summer Season Are
Very Attractive.

If the pretty girl in the country thi.
summer playing golf, bicycling, or TAX.
ing part in any other outdoor sports
doesn't look prettier than she ever has
before 1t is her own fault. Hats and
sunbonnots are growing more and more
attractive. Many of the sunbonnets
now have soft little ruchings of the lawn
of which they are made around the
edge. and what could be prettier than
shade hat of blue lawn with a wide
brim, soft pulled crown, strings to tie
under the chin and spray of pink roses
both over and under the brim?
For light, serviceable dress skirt for
this summer, one that will stand service
when neither serge or skirt of wash
material is just the thing, get an in
destructible brocade. 1t will cost about
a dollar yard, makes pretty silk
skirt and will stand the wet and will
not hold the dust. With a narrow stiff
ening of haircloth which has been
shrunken around the edge, light per-
caline or silk lining, there is skirt
which will be worth more than its
weight in gold, for one of its great vir-
tues will be its lightness. The material
can be found at some of the best shops.
For under petticoatk nothing is so
good as gloria, the material from which
umbrellas are made or material, un-
der a little different name, which has
the same qualities. 4 skirt ready made
will cost five dollars or thereabout, but
ii will outwear three or four silk skirts,
always looks well, and. greatest advan-
tage of all to woman who has not a
naid and does not ride wherever she
goes, it absolutely does not hold dust.
Much has been said from time to time
about the unhygienic qualities of heavy
skirts, but delicate woman who has
been experimenting finds that wearing
a light skirt will keep her from many
minor ills not usually attributed TO
wearing apparel.
1t is probable that every woman who
does any part of her own sewing knows
what to use as n substitute for an 'eye"
when she is obliged to use nook, and
the "eye" would come in a conspicuous
place, but il there is one who does not.
she will be glad to learn of the little ring
which can be substituted. 1t is about
twice as long as brass eyelet in shoe,
and is buttonhole-stitched around with
silk or twist the color of the goods upon
which it is to be sewed, then caught in
place by one edge, where it will remein
and out of sight.-N. Y. Times
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-07-30

Soldiers are not the only ones who find
drilling an awful bore. Think Of the work
man who put in the blasts.-L. A. w. Bull
letin.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-07-30

A hard-hearted Anglo-Spaniard when
demonstrated with and told that the Cubans
had for long been in state Of worse than
.erfdom, replied that it serfdom right
Moonshine
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-07-30

Maid-"Mem. the baby has gone of and
nobody has seen him for an hour; and, mem,
he left the gate wide open after him" Mis-
Gracious! Left the gate open: Then
lido has probably run away, and Just a. like
AZ not shall never see the dear thing again. -
Boston Transcript.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-07-30

No amount of exposure will make man
an immune in love Naturalization Globe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-07-30

0sGA ! Ala
have done for
me.
/ suffered
\ for four years
with womb
trouble. Ny
/ doctor said /
had alling Of
the womb. ]
also suffered
with nervous
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-07-30
sailors ana Their ,srtev..eee.

The grievances OF sailors examined by the
authorities in ports of entry, where the sea
rsen belong, often turn out TO be imaginary
or greatly exaggerated But there are plen-
~ of cruel and constituencies shippers who
abuse their crews. Violence is slways OBJ
Fashionable, and pointedly SO when it is ex-
erted upon an unfortunate liver, stomach
or bowels by dosing with drastic purgatiyes
which weaken the intestines. Use Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-07-30

I am entirely cured Of hemorrhage Of
lungs by Piso's Cure for Consumption
Louisa Lindaman, Bethany, No., Jan. 8, ~.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-07-30

Come, brace MP and get gate ont" said
the farmer to t. fence.-L. A. w. Bulletin.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-07-30

Life and the Liver.
Success in life depends upon the liver
10 the way Chas. Lamb, the poet and punster,
put it. Medical science has proven, that
nine-tenths of the ailments OF living have
their origin in the liver, and in constipation
caused BY its arrangements. Keep the liver
lively and al will Be well. Modern science
points out Cascarets as the only perfect.
gentle, positive liver regulator fit to be used
in the delicate human organism. All drug
gists sell Cascarets l0c, DC, Soc and we rec
ommend them most heartily.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-07-30

Every man spends about half his time do
ing things be forgot to do in their season.
Atchison Globe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-07-30
Qaeen,s Soun.

Wash End scald half pound OF
Frankfc:t pearl barley and set in
stewpan with three pints Of veal stock.
Simmer very gently for an hour and
half. Remove third to another soup
pot. Rub the rest through sieve. Pour
it to the whole barley. Add half pint
If cream. Season with little salt. Stir
till hot and serve.-Albany Journal
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-07-30

A powder to be ehaken into the shoes. At
this season your feet feel swollen, nervous
and hot, and get tired easily. If you have
smarting feet or tight shoes, try Aliens
Foot Ease. It cools the feet and makes walk.
ing easy. Cures swollen and sweating feet,
blisters and callous spots Relieves cornsand
bunions of al. pain and gives rest and comfort.
Try It to-dov. Sold by all druggists and shoe
stores for 25c Trial package FREE. Ad-
dress, Allen s. Olmsted. LIE Roy, N. Y.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-07-30

Why Is the gineer-nap seen butnet heard1
Chicago Daily News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-07-30
Annfher CrinA

Hall's Catarrh Cure
L. Constitutional Cure. Price 75c.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-07-30


ments to weave; the robes are finished.
No more harvests to raise; the garners
are full. Oh, sons and daughters of
toll! arise ye and depart, for that 10
your rest.
Scovill McCallum. boy Of my Sun
day school. while dying, said to his
mother: Don't cry, but sing. Sing
There is rest for the weary,
There is rest for the weary
Then, putting his wasted hand over
his heart, he said: "There is rest for
me-"
But there arc some OF you who want
to hear about the land where they
never have any heartlsreaks and no
graves are dug. Where are your IA
Their and mother? The most of you are
orphans l look around, aud where /
see one man who has parents living I
see ten who arc orphans Where are
your children? Where l see one fam
lily circle that is unbroken see three
or four that have been desolated. One
lamb gone out Of this fold; one flower
plucked from that garland; one golden
link broken from that chain;
here . bright light put out, and
there another. and wonder anoth.
er. With such griefs, how are
you TO rest? win there ever be
\ power that can attune that silent
voice, or kindlc the luster Of that closed
eye. or put spring and dance into that
little foot? When we bank up the
dust over the dead, il the sod never
to be broken2 Is the cemetery to hear
no sound but the tire of the hearsc
wheels or the tap Of the bell 1t the
gate, Is the long professions come in
with thc,r awful burdens Of grief? Il
The bottom Of the grave gravel, and the
top dnst? No! no! no! The tomb il
only . plas where we wrap our robes
about Us for pleasant nap on our
v1y home The swsliipgs Of Jordan
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-07-30

To Cure . Cold In One nay
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-07-30

While the lawyers were waiting for court
70 open, and before they few at each others
threats, they exchanged few stores OF the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-07-30

When fellow il feeling bad he makes mp
his mind to diet himself, and IS soon as he
gets well he forgets all about it.-Washing-
ton Qa.) Democrat.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-07-30

Mother-"Haven't you got your gloves,
Alexander" Aiexander-aNo, mater. Buo
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-07-30

can you sleep when everything de-
ponds upon the next turn of the great
tragedy? Up, man! on of this pill
low." The man, with head yet hot
from his last grafton, starts up sudden
~, looks out upon the night, but sees
nothing except the flowers that lie
upon his stand, or scroll from which
he read his speech, or the books from
which he quoted his authorities, and
goes to his desk to finish his neglected
correspondence, or to pen an indignant
line to some reporter, or sketch the
plan for a public defense against the
assaults of the people. Happy when he
got his first lawyers brief, exultant
when he triumphed over his first politi-
cal rival: yet, sitting on the very top
OF all that this world offers of praise,
he exclaims: No rest! no rest.'
The very world that cow applau ds
will soon hiss. That world said OF the
great Webster: What statesman!
What wonderful exposition OF the con-
stitution! A man fit for any position!"
That same world said. after awhile:
Down with him! He is an Office
seeker. He is = sot He is = libertine.
Away with him." And there is no
peace for the man until be lays down
his broken heart in the grave At
Marshfield. While Charles Matthews
was performing in London, before i'm
mense audiences, one day . WORKOUT
ana gloomy man came into . doctors
shop. saying: Doctor, what can you
do for me?" The doctor exam
ined his case, aud said: my
advice is that you 60 and see
Charles Matthew'S" Alas! Alas,n
said the man: II. myself, am Charles
Matthews. jeffrey thought that if he |
could only b judge that would b |
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-06-02
Archaeology and the Bible.

Oriental archaeology affords us test
and a measure for Old Testament his
tory; it is not substitute for 1t. There
are large portions of Old Testament his
tory which can only be illustrated by
archaeological research not covered by
it-portions which from the necessity
Of the case do not admit Of monumental
confirmation. The scenes of home life
in the history Of the patriarchs, for ex-
ample, can never be the subject of an
inscription. All the psychologists can
do is to illustrate them from the life Of
other orientals and to show that they
contain nothing which is inconsistent
with either history or geography. So,
again, the wanderings of the Israelites
in the desert are not likely to be record
ed on the monuments Of the past, but
it can be shown that these wanderings
are the necessary interlude between the
exodus from Egypt and the conquest
Of Canaan and that for both the latter
events there is sufficient archaeological
testimony. Archaeology is the hand
maid of the Bible, not its substitute
Professor Sayre in Homiletic Review.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-06-02
OFFICR-NASONIC BUILDING.
East Nam Street.
Church Directory.

Reformed Church-Rev. G. A, Within or e
sas or. Services bi.weekly alternating
morning and evening". Services v ednes-
day.7 p. m, Sunday School 2p. m.
Guild each Lords Day $50 p. M ether SER
Vices announced from the pulpit.
Lutheran Church Rev. A. Bredenbek pas
Tor. Services, Sunday 10 A. n. and $50 P
Sunday School, 2. P. X Prayer Meet
Ing, Wednesday, 6.45 P.
United Brethren Church-Rev Z. c. B
Castle Pastor. Regular Services by ap.
appointment from the pulpit.
Class Meeting every two weeks at 10 a. nj.
Prayer Meeting every Thuraday evening.
Sunday School PM.
Mite Society 8 mi.monthly. "wednesday
evening at s o'clock. w. MIS-. Meeting
Monthly at Parsonage.
Moravian Church: Rev. NJ. F. Ocrter Pas
tor. Sunday School every Sunday, . n: m
Preaching services will he held every other
Sun,lay rs heretofore. alternating morning
aud evening at 10 ard $50 respectively.
Methodist Episcopal Church - Rev.
N. H. Courtney Pastor. Services every alter
nate Sunday at 10 A. NJ. and 700 p. NJ
Sunday School at 8 A. NJ. Prayer Meeting
every Wednesday evening nj 100 NJ.
81. Stephens Church, Protestant Epscoal
Rev Erne,t MnGi Rector. Services
every Sunday At 1913 a. NJ, and p: m,
exec t last Sund y in month, at 1880 q.
m 3p. III. SERVICE FRIDAYS at S:So p m.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-06-02
Yoes, Claws, Flngorss

The elephant, slow moving animal
IN the ordinary course, has five toes.
The rhinoceros, much faster beast, as
hunters have often learned to their con.
fusion, has but three. Now, in the
sheep we find two digits only, while in
tho horse, peerless in the matter Of
pace, tho number falls to a single digit.
The nail of the higher mammal may
have given place to horny hoof No
matter the finger remains, for purposes,
Mt any rate, of comparison. finger all
the same. Be 1t added that many ex-
tinct hoofed creatures are endowed with
the full five digits, and not few ex-
isting deer show distinct traces Of two
obsolete shorter Fingers. From this l
gather-though the theory may, not
quito unreasonably, be dismissed as far
fetched-that these weaker grass eaters
have gradually dropped their digits as
the struggle grew in severity and the
necessity for swiftness of limb increased.
Nor, am free to confess, did the ap.
parent truth of this appeal to me in
force until I came to compare the foot
Of the swift ostrich with that Of the
stately stork. 1t was as expected, the
feet bird of the desert had dropped two
Of the four fingers permitted to most
birds, having but two. The almost
equally swift emu and oassowary had
dropped one, being possessed of three
apiece. This, then, seems to me fair
rule-the fewer the digits the swifter
the beast. And the rule bears the stamp
Of the exception necessary to prove 1t,
inasmuch as the sluggish hippopotamus
has one less than the hare. Perhaps,
then, this notion Of mine will apply only
to the hoofed beasts. Whether the ele.
phant might in time have dropped one
or two Of his digits and at the same
time dieted himself to acquire greater
pace is an open question, and one which
since the arrival on the scene of man
and his rife is likely to go unanswered.
-4Ood Words
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-06-02
No I

he enjoyed rnyslca4 constlLu.4on
which enabled him to endure every
form Of fatigue and privation incident
10 military service in the field. His SOL
diers always knew that he was ready
to rough It with them and share their
hardships on the march. He wore no
better clothes than they, and often ate
no better food. There was nothing in
his manner to suggest that there was
any gulf between him and the men who
were winning his victories. He never
tired Of giving unstinted praise to his
subordinatea He was at all times loyal
10 them. His fidelity produced recip-
rocal effect and is one Of the chief rea-
sons why they became SO loyalty at
tached to him. He was never betrayed
by success into boasting Of his triumphs.
He never underrated himself In a bat
tie; he never overrated himself In re-
port.-General Horace Porter in Cen
tury.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-06-02
Fine For Smoking In Street.

At one time if you smoked on the
streets Of Harrisburg after dark it cost
you 81. Back in 1899, when Samuel Pool
was president of the town council and
]. Montgomery was clerk, it was deem
ed dangerous to permit people to smoke
on the streets after dark, and tho council
passed this ordinance: Whereas tho
frequent use Of cigars in the streets,
lanes and alleys of the borough in the
evening renders Insecure every man s
house and stable, and much danger is
to be apprehended from fire, therefore
be 1t ordained, ETC., that after the due
PRONUNCIATION Of this ordinance it shall
not be lawful for any person or persons
to use or carry along any of the streets,
lanes or alleys in this borough lighted
cigar or pipe after sundown under the
penalty of 81 for every such otfense. -
Harrisburg Telegraph.