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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-09

A warning against the lasting injury
often caused by overexercise has been
published by medical journal. Train
ers of athletes find that not the least un-
common effect of overexertion is in
reference with digestion. While mod
crate exercise tends to produce appe-
tite, long and exhausting exertion
may destroy it, and even produce ac-
tual sickness, as many mountain
climbers have experienced. In many
large-framed, muscular men of appar-
emily very powerful physique the diges-
ton is so easily upset by muscular ex-
ercise that, although they may be
giants for transient effort, anything
like sustained exertion disturbs their
digestion and cuts at the very root of
their nutrition. In many cases, how
ever. the limit to exercise lies in dimin-
ished excretion. Unless the excretory
organs are kept in good working order
the tissues become crowded with prod
ucts which cannot be got rid of, the
senses become dimmed and effort be-
comes q mere automatism, in conse-
lucnce of self-poisoning by the prod
ucts of muscular waste. Interference
with digestion so lowers nutrition,
while accumulation of waste products
so poisons the system that in either
case further exertion becomes impossi-
ble-the very will to make it passes
away. But the risk of straining the
1eart by overexercise is Of even grayer
character. Every muscular effort not
only demands flow of blood from the
heart. but drives more blood toward it.
So long as the heart can pass this for
ward all is well, but when it fails not
only is the blood vitiated, but the heart
itself sustains serious damage. Hwhen
the heart is overtaxed it simply shirked
its work the enfeebled circulation
would soon put stop to further exer-
tion. But the more it is taxed the
harder il strains to meet the demand on
its powers, and it may thus enable an
athlete to struggle on to win his race.
But the strained heart suffers, the
stretched muscle does not quite come
back. the dilated cavity does not quite
close at each contraction. and perma-
nent mischief is set up. Those who have
already acquired tendency to over
exercise will do well to remember that
if it is the heart that stops it the
chances are that it has already gone
too far-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-09
HUMOROUS.

"Ha.e you any Dewey colors7'' she
asked in the dry goods store. II don't
know what you mean," said the at
t.ndant. "Why, colors SSat won't run =
Statesman.
The Baby-'Goo. goo. 90. oo!" Mother
hear that child talk. What
must people think of him." Father
(very modestly)-"Perhaps he seems
pedantic to others."-Detroit Journal.
Only One Fault.-"There's only one
fault to be found with your comedy
work, old man." said the dramatic crit
ic. whats that?" asked the aspiring
young actor. Its tragic" Chicago
Evening Post.
He-"What allowance do you think
your father ought to make us when
we are married?" She-"Well. IL he
makes allowance for your faults, |
think he will be doing all that can be
of him."-Harlem Life.
Mrs. Vanderslice won a lot of money
on the yacht race" "Surely you don't
mean to intimate that she would bet
on a thing of that kind" mo, her
husband owns half interest in New
York excursion boat Chicago Times
Herald.
Mr.. Bragg-'.I got a wireless message
from San Francisco this morning." Mr..
Wise-"But I didn't know Marconi's
system would carry SO far" Mr.. Bragg
didn't have anything to do
with it. 1t came by mail."-Baltimore
American.
Objected to the "Coon" Song
''Whut's dat you wah singin'?" asked
the old man. Oats de lates' coon
song," answered Mr.. Erastus Pinkley.
'Well. you oughter go on bout yoh
work. std o. maxim yohsef laughable
tryin' to initiate white folks Ways
Star.
A Notable Difference.-"A yacht is
different from a bicycle" said Mr..
Penn. Yes; il is also different from
a mule and a ball of popcorn" replied
Mr.. Pitt. sarcastically: '.but what diff
ference had you in mind?" 1T can
stand on a tack without puncturing its
tire" - Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele-
graph.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-09

months, but no tidings came from
Rogers. His sisters, with whom he
lived. waited anxiously for his return.
Finally they wrote to Philadelphia and
asked the authorities to find their miss
ing brother.
No man who answered his descrip-
tion could be found; in fact, no trace
of him was discovered. and the family
continued to hope that he was still
alive. Still no message came from him.
although they could see no reason why
he should remain away and still less
why, If alive, he should be silent.
Year after year passed, but from time
to time the family continued the
search for the missing relative. Once,
during the first Inauguration of Pres
ident Cleveland, some Buffalo people
reported to Rogers sisters that they
had seen him in this city. Again hope
was revived and efforts were made to
follow up the trail, but to no purpose.
The police in large cities were asked
time and again to look out for him.
In his wanderings Rogers frequently
came into Washington. In fact, he has
been in almost every town of any con-
siderable size in both Maryland and
Virginia. Upon one of these trips he
went to the 4. nee Of a Mr.. Gitt, to have
him interced. for him in obtaining
pension. The attorney, however, had
no knowledge Of his clients wander
ings. In this city Rogers also met Capt.
Wooley. Of the post Office department,
who was the commander of one of the
companies in Rogers regiment during
the war. He. too, was in ignorance Of
the fact that the former soldier was .
wanderer from home and that his fam
ily was endeavoring to find him.
After laying his case before the at
torney Rogers again disappeared. and
even his attorney did not know his
whereabouts for long time. One day,
however, he learned that one Of the
Bunalo congressmen had received r.
request from Rogers' sisters. sa1Iing.
n
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-09
SCHOOL AND CHURCH
There are 40,sS1 Protestant converts
In Japan, 24,531 Greek Catholics and sas-
A27 Roman Catholics.

There are 40,9S1 Protestant converts
In Japan, 24,531 Greek Catholics and s3s
427 Roman Catholics.
Yale has q blind law student. He ID
Robert G. Dayton. Of Bridgeport, who
lost his sight in an incident three years
ago while he was . student in the
Bridgeport high school, His lesson
are read to him.
In q church at Birmingham. England.
it in the custom TO disperse the choil
among the congregation. and to ar
range as far az possible that the congre-
CATION shall be grouped together &C
cording to the parts they sing.
In only nine states of the union does
the reading of the Bible as . part OF
school exercises rest on . legal basis,
plainly written in the state constitution
or in the school law. These states are
Massacl usetts, New Jersey, Indiana,
Iowa, Kansss, Georgia, Mississippi and
North and South Dakota.
The Japanese papers give the follow.
ing statistics Of Christian schools in
that country: Protestant boardiE 7
schools for boys, Is. with 1,520 schol-
ars; for girls, schools, ~. containing
2,527 scholars; Protestant day schools,
los, pupils, 6,o31; Protestant Sunday
schools, s37, with 30,634 pupils.
Last year the London school board
began the experiment of free admission
to the evening continuation schools.
The result, now officially made known.
strikingly confirms the wisdom Of the
step, for there was vast increase in
schools and scholars, the former NUM-
bering 321 and the latter 1900. In
other words, the roll of pupils nearly
doubled.
The great leisure for research which
IN made in German universities can b
understood by reading the figures pub
lished in Science: Twenty-Five per cent.
of the professors in the German uni
versities are engaged in lecturing or In
supervision from two to nix
hours q week, and 81 per cent. from
seven to twelve hours. OF the associate
professors 60 per cent are engaged
from two to six hours per week, and Of
the privat-docents SO per cent; only
four per cent. of all the privat-docents
are engaged in lecture or laboratory
supervision more than u hours . week.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-09
TONS OF GOLD IN SIGHT.
CaasiAg wild Excitement In
Leadville.

An excitement cQuAl W dHN AcdushAes
COL, has ever experienced is now rag
ing in that camp. The phenomenal
strike in the Penrose mine is still the
all-absorbing topic. and everybody is
en- qui vive for additional particulars
The interes. is intensified by the re-
port made by several mining men who
visited the property. There are two
drifts running parallel. Is feet apart, for
a distance of over 200 feet.
Between these two drifts it is figured
that there is a solid mass of ore worth
not less than 100000 hence the ex-
citement attending the discovery is
tuned to the highest pitch. Even this
represents but \ small part of the mini
eral in sight in the Home Mining COM
pany's group. A large body of iron ore
opened up in the Bon Air mine running
from 40 to so ounces of silver, from
which specimens of 50 tons day are
being made, is one of the company's
favorite prospects.
Each day the company that is caus-
ing all the talk is producing 200 tons.
and not few of the ores run as high
as 600 ounces silver, with good lead val
ues. Only two months ago the stock of
the company could have been bought
for from ten to fifteen cents over the
par value Of one dollar. Several thou
sand shares have since changed hands
at ten dollars q share, while = small
block went up to $12.
1t il confidently believed that the
paper will rise to SO before the first
Of the next month. Parties controlling
it are in no hurry to sell. seeing their
way to 4 probable fortune. 1t has been
many years since Leadville has had
such . mining excitement combined
with stock speculation. People who hold
from 100 to 500 shares of the Home
company stock bought At one dollar ass
i66 reapiag golden harvest
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WHITE NICE HIS pIAGuR


Two men met on La Sale street.
'.Hello!" CALCULATED one of them. been
i'll, Tom?" The other man shook his
head.
NO. not ill; not physically i'll. Jack.
It's-it's white mice"
.Great heaven~!" gasped his friend.
..why, l didn't know you ever drank
enough for-for that"
ut wasn't drink. Jack; it wasn't
drink. But come with me. Let me tell
you ALI"
When they were seated at opposite
sides of . small table the afflicted man
continued:
"Yes, Jack, it's white mice. My boy.
Thomas, Jr., got it into his head that he
ought to have q pet. He wanted dog,
but the house is small, and the cook is
nervous, and SO we told him no. not .
dog: most anything but dog. and We
finally compromised on a pair OF white
mice. brought them home in nice,
roomy wire cage, and Thomas, Jr., was
delighted. That was two months ago.
The speaker paused and sighed feel
ingly.
.Well. all went finely until about
three weeks afterward. Then, one
morning, the boy came bursting into
my room to inform me that the 'mices
had got some lovely little mices.' And
so they had; five of them. Luckily, the
cage was large enough for the growing
family. But-well, in four weeks We
had A mice, in six weeks 160. We gave
up trying to accommodate them all in
one cage, and so cigar boxes, work bas-
kets, cracker tins, and even the bath
tub were brought into requisition.
Naturally two or three escaped
every day and lived at large, feasting in
the pantry at night and begging by our
chairs at meal time. They took such q
liking to the cook that they got to max
ing her room a sort of meeting place.
The result could have been foreseen.
My wife has been doing the cooking
now for several weeks. l have got -
that l shake my boots from force OF
habit before putting them on. One
morning / found two in my shaving
mug. And we have them served up to us
at table and in the cracker jar. the sugar
bowl and the cheese DISH"
But why didn't you get cats? asked
his friend.
Cats? Great heavens! We've had
20 Of them. We can't keep them about.
They stay three or four days. get so
fat that they can't walk and then crawl
dejectedly to the door, accompanied by
. frisking contingent of white mice.
We've tried cats. Jack"
"Well. then, rat poison; have you
tried that?"
-Oh, yes; quite early in the game.
The mice seemed to thrive on that poi
son. We tried traps, too; they caught
few; just drop in the bucket. And al
the time they keep right on increasing
We haven't taken census for nearly
three weeks now, but q moderate esti-
mate would place the number at about
600. just now. when met you, was
on the way to see a man who has fer
rets; shall try to get a few dozen good.
healthy ones. II they don't help
What's that?' he shrieked.
whats what?" asked his friend.
That? Why. just piece of white pa
per-"
"Oh, IL thought-Well. must get
ON. don't suppose you'd care to buy
that house, would you? No? Well.
good-by."
And the man afflicted with white
mice crept dejectedly around the cor
FER, looking nervousiy at every piece
of torn paper that futtered in the
breeze.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
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Loet Mla Toola.

Mumbling Mike-Kind lady, would
you please give me some sof vittles? +?
Since I lost my teet' can't git no more
work at me trade.
Kind Lady-Why, certainly. you poor
man! But what Was your trade?
Mumbling Mike-Bjting holes in por-
GUS plasters, mum--Baltinore Ama1-
can.
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C..s..,.. q ce.er.tl..s,

1t il not often that q grandmother, Q
mother and . daughter each bring =
male child into the world on the same
day, but this has just happened at Ga
licia, on the estate of Count POtoki. The
children are thus great uncle. uncle and
nephew, and rs they sss all of the same
age there will be some confusion in the
generations, Of the family. Emperor
Francis Joseph. wheS he heard Of the
occurrence, sent snn of money to be
divided among the three childrere-Lon-
don Daily Graphic
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-09

Hew EAlson Tested vibRalion sn Hat.
Mr.. Edison has always believed in
Harvesting and utilizing the power of
vibration. Not long ago = newspaper
man stopped E3ispn on Broadway and
told him he had just been to interview
the late Mr.. Keely, of Keely motorfame.
and when the newspaper man told Ed
ison that Keely's fundamental idea was
to utilize vibration. the inventor was all
attention at once. There is something
In that" he said. "Why. have tun-
ing-fork out at Menlo Park with which
I could tear down the whole shop.
There il something in IT," Then tax.
ing f.om his heed his well worn sink hai
and standing bareheaded. b. said:
Put your hand on the top Of this hst
and feel the pulse of the TRAFFIC Of the
town-that h vibration" And SUR
enogh, the top of the hat beat ani.
throbbed just - the pulse Of = human
being. .All Of that wasted power" he
added. .ought in some way tc be utii
ised. and some dpy II will, shink.~-
Ladies' Home Jomnal
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-09

There are but two European poten-
tates who manage to get along without
change of residence or outings of any
description. These are the pope Of
Rome and the sultan of Turkey. The
sultan has never left Constantinople
since he ascended the throne under such
tragic circumstance, 20 years ago. And
his holiness has remained within the
precincts Of the vatican since the triple
tiara was placed upon his head in 1873.
Chicago Times-Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-09
SEW WITH MANY NEEDLES
One sf the Many Varieties ef SEWING
Machines That Are Made
Nowadays.

II is a more or less familiar fact that
sewing machines are used nowadays
for sewing many different materials,
as leather, paper, canvas, carpets, rub
Der. They are used for making but
tonholes and sewing on buttons. They
are made of many types and in simply
hundreds of varieties for special uses.
But it may not be known SO common
ly that there are many sewing ma
chimes now made with more than one
needle.
The first of these, a two-needle ma
chine. was made in the early sos, about
Is years ago. 1t was used by manufac-
turers of heavy clothing. perhaps first
of all by the overall manufacturers.
making seams stronger by putting in
two rows of stitching. The utility and
economy of the two-needle machine
soon became apparent, and it came into
widespread and diversified use. When
ever two rows of stitching were to be
made a two-needle machine was used.
A familiar illustration of the work is
seen in the two parallel lines of
stitching running with perfect exact
ness around the top of shoe vamp
Shirt sleeves are stitched into the body
of the shirt onN double-needle machine,
the two rows being made in the same
time that it would take to make one.
Collars and cuffs were stitched on two
needle machines, as were q great va
riety of these things, and later there
were produced machines with more
than two needles, the first of these
coming into use within five or six years.
There are now made sewing machines
with as many as IL needles.
A 12-needle sewing machine simply
has 12 needles where the ordinary sew
ing machine would have one. Instead
of a single spool of thread ON the top
Of the machine there appears there q
rack Of 12 spools. There are II tension
disks. The thread from each spool
runs through its own needle. There
are below IL shuttles, one for each
needle. When this machine is operated
it makes 12 rows of stitching, Just as
an ordinary machine would make one.
The 12-needle machines are used chief
ly in the manufacture of corsets,@St.
Louis Republic.
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Canaas'v Area.

Canada lacks only $1,000 square
miles to be as large AZ the whole conti-
nent Of Europe; it is nearly 30 times
~ large ~ Great Britain and Ireland
and is 100000 square miles larger than
the United .States.-N. Y. Sun.
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he HAD NOT ..zAr HoNEUR. .


The car was crowded with typical
lot of IL o'clock passengers. 1t was
the one warm evening which the wealth
er man had sandwiched in between his
showers and frosts. 1t was rather close
inside, and the young man, who looked
as though he might have been working
overtime checking stock at the silk
counter, had yawned two or three times
and been promptly followed In kind by
all the passengers within sight Of him.
The ventilators were open; SO was the
rear door, through which the conductor
monotonously called the streets
''Congress!"
Among the seven people who climbed
aboard at this stop were two men with
opera coats and crush hats. They
had been making adieus at carriage
door as the car came up. They stepped
inside and half unconsciously obeyed
the request to -move up front, please"
until at Harrison street they found
themselves just in front of the stove.
One Of them appeared to be visitor
to the city. The younger man, who
called him "uncle," was saying some
very initiated things about the perform
ance Just witnessed, to which the other
man responded with a decided Partisan
accent. Before many minutes they had
secured the attention of almost the en-
tire car and were earnestly discussing
the outlook for the coming opera sea-
son, commenting upon the Wagnerian
virtues of the lamented Klafsky, when
. sudden lurch threw the older man vio-
lently forward. He preserved his
equilibrium and his good nature grace
fully, and when the car stopped at
Michigan avenue and Twenty-second
street q lady and gentleman alighted
from the rear platform, leaving a va
cant saet. Observing this, the young
man urged his companion to Be seated.
mon. non; am not weariee." and a
he cast quick glance around to see
If any ladies were standing he added,
with an emphasis on "some one:" Let
some one occupy ze plaice."
His manner and speech were 50 easy
and deferential that the eyes of every
woman in the car were cast admir.ngly
upon him and the men regarded his Vi
cinity with something like curiosity in
their faces.
: However, the seat was destined to be
occupied, and by a parsonage upon
whom no one had counted. A bulky col
ored woman bearing . basket which
smelled suggestively of cold victua1s
had entered from the front platforIn,
where she had evidently been standing
ut the time the two fares got ont n
Michigan avenue. She wore immense
soft-soled felt shoes and stepped in
noiselessly just ~ the young man asked
the elder to be seated. Although the
latter had not seen her at all, the dame
took his courteous remark to herself
as she rolled into the seat and ejacu-
lated:
Lands sake, honey, but Use obleeged
to yeh! It's easy seein' you don't stick
NO hogs nor weigh in at de stock ya'ds."
At sound Of the voice and feeling
the nudge the woman gave him the gen
tleman turned, taking in the situation
ut glance Dohing his hat very grave
", he replied, in most polite tone that
was evidently sincere:
.Ah. madame-non, have not mt
honour" Chicago Chronicle.
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Rival F..esssns.

my daughter ID abost to give = phaa.
tom party" said Mr.. Gildersleeve.
Ny baby gave Z cholera-infantum
party last night" cut In Mr.. Sterling
worth.-Judge.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-09
A stenaeh fer Il.

The Kangaroo-Are You fond Of Du-
sic?
/. The Emeu-Oh. yes; very! Ihad two
penny whistles and asmouth organ for
breakfast this mosning.-Judge.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-09
OvERExERcIsE.

One Of the Cases where II II Possible
to Get Too Mach Of Good
Thing.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-12-09

graph.
Evening journal., 1899-01-27

Ladies and Gentlemens fancy en-
broidered Slippers, all sizes, were CSC,
now ......... ..-... ....'....... 'o9c'
Men and Womens VeltOn Carpet
Slippers. all sizes, were SOC, now 2Sc.
Mems solid leather working Brogan
Shoes, will give good wear, were $L23,
now ....... ...... .............toc.
Mems Satin Calf Dress Shoes, in diff
ferent style toes, were Sl.S5, now SIC.
Mems Shoes in lace and Congress,
in heavy extension soles, some with
leather Innings. in bull dog and square
toes. were $3.50. now............S1 S1.6S
Mems French Calf Patent Leather
Shoes, hand-sewed and stitched, most
ly pointed toes, were s. and SO,
Mems Satin Calf lace and Congress
Shoes, solid leather, oak tanned Shoes,
in five different styles, were $500,
now ........ ........ ...........Sl.3y
Mems Calf Shoes, of the celebrated
George G. Snow, in all the latest up
to-date styles and toes, were $500,
now ....-... .......... .Sl.yf
All of our Mems So and Sc Winter
Russet Shoes. calf lined. English
bach stay, and extension soles. re-
uuceu 10 ...-.... .s....... pL.5l
Evening journal., 1899-01-27

All Of our Mems 81 and $3.50 hand
sewed Shoes, Patent Leather, French
Calf and Russet, reduced to ....S2.S7
Mems $500 and $3.50 Winter Russet
Shoes, in light and dark colors. made
in heavy extension soles, reduced
to &C.. ........ .9S
Boys iron-clad Shoes. called so be-
cause they viii wear like iron, sizes ?
to 5, We're sl.S5, now .......... $50
Little Gents Spring Heel Shoes
sizes 8 TO -, were 81, now ... $50
Boy's Caseo Calf Shoes. sizes 12 to 2
made to give service. were $1.1S
now ....-s.. ...... .............f0c
Infants button Shoes, sizes to G.
flexible leather soles, and very easy
on the feet, were 25c., now .. .1Sc
Child's lace Shoes, made of Paris
Kid. smooth leather inner so,es, sizes
9 TO II, were s1.25. 75c
Misses first quality Condee Rubbers
were Soc. now ................2 25c
Misses Dongola button and lace
Shoes. in coin and opera toes, were
9i.zo, now ..................... SIC
Cnildren's grain button Shoes, sizes
6 to II. stout leather soles, and excel
lent school Shoes, were 81, now. CSC