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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-07-08
DressmakimE and
Plain Sewing.
MRS. ANGELO DUFFEL.
CONVICTION. LA.
Adjoining the Fountain Cottage.

By virtue Of wit Of seizure and sale
from the shove court in the above en-
titles1 suit 20 me directed. bearing date
June 10. 1852
have seized. aud will sell ct a bic anc-
eiou, to the highest and beat bidder for
e.s~h, at the door Of the courthouse,
II The town Of Covingtou, Parish o. 81.
Tammany, L., on SATURDAY. August
8. 1889, between legal sale hours. the
following described property in 81. Tam
many Parish, r. Wit:
Claiborne Hotel. and one acre Of
ground, on v hich It il situated In the
town Of Claiborne, St Tammany Parish,
L..
Seized In the above entitled suit.
Terms ofsale cash, with the benefit Of
appeaisement
CHAS. H. HHlNTz,
Constable, Third Ward.
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STATEMENT
OF the financial condition Of the
BANK OF CONVICTION,

AC CHe CIOSc O1 UuOIucSo5 u00 w. 300S'
RESOURCES.
Notes and Discounts. ...... go, 1881 10
Cash and Sight Exchange. -. 1909 08
Bonds and Stocks 100 90
Furniture and Fixtures. -. 1887 80
Real Estate ...... 8,l88 81
Current Expenses $3.50 "a
Oyerdrafts las %
Total ............. ...e4l,7sA IS
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock ............. $1,000 90
Interest and Exchange. 49,. $40 O3
Individual Deposits $3.50. 1854 81
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-07-08

When you go to New Orleans,
stop at PENIS Hotel, corner of St.
Charles and Poydras streets. All
front rooms, newly furnished
throughout. Charges reasonable,
by the day or week
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-07-08

Private Board, BY the day, vesk
OF month, At Home Cottage, north
Of the FARMER Office. Nrs. Victor
Labatut.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-07-08

Just Received, . nice lot Of
Mems and Boys Suits of Ready
Made Clothing. Call and &c NJ.
BlCKmAM, NAGxx & Co.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-07-08

w. G.. KENTZETI. Secretary.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-07-08
DR.. J. = PIGOTT,
rfNvTNf.TfNN r.A

Oders ais professional services to tie
public
Residence. west Of Railroad Depot
Once ut the City Drug Store, on
Columbia Street.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-07-08

DIR. G. n. WILLIAMS.
PEAl.rlCINl PHYSICIAN.
Residence OF. the corner Of Rutland
street, vest Of the Aartindxle House.
Once next 10 Plai che'e store.
Day and Night calls promptly atten..-
I'd. Chronic nIseaset Speciality.
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to shoot snipe from either shoulder.
Eeyer seemed to miss. I had better
give it you in his own words as far as
/ can remember.
"I hate going afte. tiger with q
married man'-this is how he began
and I'll tell you why. There was
fellow called Cranley was always both
ering me to show him tiger. Il have
been twelve years in India" he said.
"and never set eyes on one." So !
took him with me. The beat was to
skirt at the finish a natural parapet
Of rock and boulder about 800 yards
long, running north and south. To
give Cranley first shot l posted him
near the northern end Of the parapet
close to a narrow slit in 1t through
which he could fire at anything with
perfect safety. l told him to wait till
the tiger was brcadside on, and then
to fire. If his shot failed, the beast
would come down to me at the south
ern end of the parapet. Well, on came
the beaters and when l judged from
their shouts that they were we'll past
| Cranley's post, and no shot rang out,
| naturally concluded there was no
tiger.
"'After l had waited little longer,
this conclusion was SO certain that
went round my end Of the parapet to
the other side to meet the beaters and
make inquiries. Just as I turned the
corner, what should l see, about 80
yards to my front, but a tiger?
pulled up with jerk, my heart in my
mouth, and we stood looking at each
other while he slowly waved his tail.
I covered him with the riSe, and felt
my life depended on his dropping to q
single shot. My aim was too unsteady
to let me draw the trigger, so I low
cred the weapon and stared SPELL
bound at the enemy. Again I raised it
only to lower the rife as before. MY
hand shook; I dared not fire. third
time drew bead on that magnificent
head between the terrible eyes; but 1t
was no use--I had not the pluck to
shoot. Then to my astonishment and
immense relief the big brute, blinking
lazily, turned round and moved slowly
toward the beaters, who by this time
were within $50 yards Of him. In an
instant l was back round the corner
of my parapet, and on the right side
as the beaters turning the tiger sent
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particularly interested in Tommy
Etringer, boy Of ii years, who is also
deaf, dumb and blind, and who is be-
ing educated in Boston by contributions
from those who are charitably dis
posed. Helen Keller has been instru-
mental in securing good deal oI
money for poor little Tommy as
she calls him, and she Is determined
that he shall have the best education
that can be given him. He is a re
markably bright boy, but is not gifted
with Helen Keller's phenomenal in
tellectual ability. Both he and Helen
Keller have been taught to speak, but
their voices are very harsh and gut
turai and not always Ineligible to
those who hear them for the first time.
Tommy Stringer prefers the sign Ian
guage and some times will not speak
at all.
Laura BridGoman was regarded as
the most remarkable blind and deaf
mute of her day, but Helen Keller far
eurpasses her or any other deaf, dumb
and blind person Of whom there is any
record A brilliant future in the world
of letters is predicted for her.
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schooners are engaged almost excio-
sively in the pursuit. The hunters are
as familiar with the ground where ali
ehors are to be found as fishermen are
with the favorite haunts OF the lining
inhabitants OF the sea. The matter OF
fishing for lost anchors is most SIM
pie. A chain is let down in loop
long enough to drag along the bottom,
and the vessel goes on her way, with
all hands on board alert for bite, and
a bite usually ends in catch. the
recovered anchors are generally SOLD
again at price of about cents q
pound, which is a penny under the
market price for new anchors. A DIG
anchor will weigh G,0o0 pounds, so that
the fishermen make $3.50 out of it. More
often, however, the anchors fished u
weigh from 1000 to 1000 pounds, anu
there is pretty profit in the business
even then.
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ened him so much. he was off at
gallop at the moment I crashed down
upon him. A bruised shoulder and
damaged rifle were the only reminls-
cences of that adventure. OF course,
got horribly chaffed about it."
II was once pretty clcee to tiger
under different circumstances, said
another man. "It was in this way. l
got shot at him from tree, and felt
sure I hit him, as he bounded into
thicket from which / did not see him
emerge. l pointed out the spot to my
men, but after exploring, throwing
stones, and loosing off guns, they told
me l was mistaken; the tiger had got
off and was miles away. After some
time was obliged to accept this con-
clusion, and, getting out OF my tree,
prepared to depart. An impulse to look
for myself led me to the bush into
which 1 had seen the beast spring. AS
I rounded it, a sudden roar made my
heart stand still. There was the tiger
on his hind legs, with his fore paws IN
the air. as one sees lion in heraldlc
coat of arms, only few feet from
me. thought my last hour had come.
I had nothing in my hand but stick.
having given up my rife to my shik-
aree to carry. Stepping back instlnc-
lively, gazed upon him terror-struck,
| expecting he would be on me in sec
ond, It seemed an age before my hand
reached rife and pulled the trigger.
We found afterwards that my first
bullet had paralyzed his spine, which
alone prevented his springing on me.
HAD he been able to drag his hind
legs two or three yards, should sure
ly have been done for" "For nerve
combined with prvdence, I know a
story which some Of you may think
worth hearing" said a voice from a
long armchair. Don't suppose any
Of you ever heard OF Nj, ono Of the
best shots ever came across. Use&
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OCeer EmplOyments.

Veneer cutting is a trade in itself;
veneers are both hand cut and machine
cut; the former are generally cOnsld-
ered the best. A leaf Of veneer is no
more than onc-siXteenth of an inch
thick; oyerlaid with it, common deal
becomes to all appearances oak, wal
nut, satinwood, rosewood or mahogany,
just as you please. Sixty square feet
of veneering can be turned out by a
machine within the minute; an inch OF
wood will yield thirty-two veneers. In
this country specially thick veneer Is
cut; instead of papering the walls Of
house. they are sometimes veneered
with mahogany, walnut or bird's-eyo
mar.e. This veneer is SO thin that it
must be backed up with paper to give
it strength. The best wood for the
purpose is got from trees that havo
grown slowly in poor soil. Richly fig
ured yeneers are obtained from the
roots OF trees. There is good market
for them among the makers nf piano
forte cases. One Of the queer Occupa-
tions Of mankind is that OF dragging
for lost anchose. 1t is carried on in
bays and rivers, and even in the open
sea along the coast Several sloops aud
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THE TRACY AVENUE HOME.

(Which Jesse James, Jr., Bought 1o1
His Mother.)
cruelty. In the meantime the citizens,
having recovered from their astonish-
ment, opened fire on the robbers. TWO
were almost instantly killed, another
received a bullet in the mouth, and
Frank James was shot through his left
leg, but all the six survivors succeeded
in mounting their horses and escaping
from the town, followed by fifty armed
men. AS on previous occasions, luck
followed the Jameses, for while they
escaped after being pursued nearly 500
miles, three Of their companions were
shot down and captured and fourth
was killed. Jesse and Frank James,
after being chased for weeks, succeed
ed in reaching Texas, and at Waco
Frank had a surgical operation per-
formed upon his leg. The wound was
so many days without care that it
made him cripple for life. When
the Jameses returned to their ole
haunts in Clay county in the fall OF
1879 they organized a new gang, and
on Oct. 8, 1879, descended upon the lit
tie station of Glendale, seventeen miles
from Kansas City, on the Chicago and
Alton railroad. 1t was evening when
the attack was made. After batterins
| down the door of the express car
Jesse James and ED" Miller entered
with revolvers in their hands and com
PEELED Grimes, the messenger, to un-
lock the safe and give up the contents
variously estimated at from $4,000 tt
! $4,000. About this time the authori-
ties of Missouri offered $4,000 for eth
er Jesse or Frank James, dead or alive
and $4,000 for any other member q
the gang. The offer Of these sums le.
to the killing of Jesse James in April
1882, by Robert Ford, q lad of twenty
who was in collusion with the detec
tives, but who had been accepted as ;
promising recruit by the unsuspiciou
bandit. Frank James a few month
later gave himself up, was tried AM
was acquitted On successive charge
of robbery and murder. He then set
tied down at his father-in-iaw' home
in Independence, Mo. In the fall 0
1896 he accepted position as specia
messenger on an express train, his du
ty being no other than that of meetin:
train robbers at their own game
Jesse James had been married in 1877
to his cousin, Miss Zeraida Mimms. A
the time she was public school teach
er in Kansas City. After her husband
death she returned to Kansas City will
her son, Jesse, Jr., then a boy Of 81,
years, and a daughter. Mary, now l
years of age. Indictments agains
Jesse James, William A. Lowe, tn
self-confessed train robber: Charlie
Polk, Andrew Ryan, and Caleb Ston
for holding up and robbing the Nilsson
ri Pacific train have been found, an
other arrests are to follow.
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laid an castbound train, robbed tho
passengers and killed 80 sick soldiers
en- route for the St. Louis hospitals,
besides So members ci company OF
Iowa volunteers, who had hurried 10
the rescue. When the war was ended
Jesse James fed to Texas and Frank
to Kentucky. Little was heard OF them
until early in the spring Of 1868, whan
Jesse James, accompanied by cole
Younger, Cap and George Shepheru
and Jim" White, dashed into Russell
vile, KY, robbed the bank OF $l4,OOo'
and escaped. Similar bank roDperles,
often accompanied by the murder Oh
bank cashiers or other officials, marx
ed the career of the James boys dur
ing the ensuing year, but it was IN
A.72 at Kansas City that one or thelr
most daring atrocities was committed.
Three men rode up to the gate Oh the
agricultural fair, and Jesse James, dis
mounting, stepped up to the ticket
window and at the point of his piston
demanded the cash box, which was
handed over to him. 1t contained $lo'-
WV Ao JSoSc lSiilOuAtSo Nh~
desperadoes began firing their pistols
| and hurriedly rode off. The alarm De-
came general, and almost Immediately
| a pursuing party was organized, but
| with no results.
In many Of their murderous exploits,
which included train and stage hold
ups, as we'll as bank robberies, men,
bers of the gang were killed or caught
but such was the terror inspired by the
Jameses that for more than ten years
during which price was set on their
heads no one was found to earn the
money by betraying them. In August
1876, Jesse and Frank, with six con-
federates, rode into Northiield, MINI.
at furious pace, shooting their re-
volvers right and left in order to In
timidate the people in the streets, ant
halted in front of the bank, and while
Frank and Jesse James and Bob
Younger entered, the other five re
mained outside to guard against at
tack. J. L. Haywood, the cashier, ant
two clerks were in at the time, and fo
refusing to open the time lock Jess
James killed Haywood in wantol
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-13
Variety Is tho Spice OF Lite.

For one gallon OF soup hash up very
fine three onions, two green peppers
one stalk celery, one small piece of
garlic: put the above in a saucepan
with two ounces of clarified butter ana
eaute to a golden color. Take three
quarts Of fresh tomatoes, hash up very
fine; one quart Of stock or bouillon;
add pepper, salt, one teaspoonful OF
sugar and some nutmeg; place l. all
together on the fire, and to it add the
other ingredients, previously sauted.
To this add 21 ounces rice, sauted in
butter. Is lmirutes before 1t Is cooked.
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him on again, past my entrance, to
meet the fate he ought to have expert
enced at the hands Of Cranley. Talk
Of funk-I have never been in such
funk before or since as was when,
glued to the ground, faced that tiger
and dared not fire.
Funk you call it. 1t seems to me
to have been most wonderful presence
OF mind was my reply; the naturall
impulse was to fire and be killed. But
how about Cranley?'
ellis explanation was weak but hon
est When the tiger passed within a
few feet cf his post. he was so i'm
pressed by thoughts Of his wife and
children, that he laid down his rifle
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DIDN'T RECOGNIZE PORTRAIT.
just Because She spent the Summer In
ConnCctlcut.

j
Connecticut.
"I never before so thoroughly real
ized what women must put up with
when they go away for the summer
solely for the sake Of their children,
said the head Of a family to a Star
reporter yesterday. Now, take inc
case Of my wife, for instance. Eariy
in the summer she took our three III
tie ones up to a small village IN Con
necticut to get away from the not
weather here, and only returned to the
city few days ago. While she was
away she often wrote how dull ana
stupid 1t was and how completely she
seemed out OF the world. only the
echoes OF the war excitement reacheo
her, she said, but l always tnough1
she was making it out bit worse
than it really was until yesterday
when I learned better. She happened
to be with me in a downtown busl-
ness office, where her attention was at
tracted to a picture hanging on the
wall. Whose face is that? she ASKED
There's something strangely familiar
about it, and yet l can't seem to quite
place it. I suppose she was having .
mild sort of joke at my expense, and
you can imagine my surprise when
found che was really in earnest. Whose
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-13
Tortured and Robbed.

After being brutally assaulted by
masked men, William McCulloh, resid.
ing near Canal Tunnel. Nd, was rob-
bed Of $115 in money and a bank book
showing $4,000 on deposit. After hay
ing burned the legs and feet of .McCul-
switches. the robbers hacked his breast
with knives. They bound and gagged
his aged wife and their young grand
son, carrying both from the house and
rolling the aged woman dcWr st3ao
-embankment.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-13


whiskies and sodas, was voted, and the
conversation turned on tigers and
sport, as it often does in the East
When the writer Joined the listeners
Harvey, Of the Gunners, was holding
forth, as follows:
MY queerest adventure with tiger
happened years ago when l was quite
griffin, the youngest of party under
the direction Of Major B, a noted
shlkaree (guide), whom we obeyed i'm
pllcitly, and whom we expected to
show us no end of tigers. had been
out with him time after time without
seeing one. At last, however, the day
came. l was posted on a shady tree.
The branches near me served as gum
rack, and as, putting rifle to shoulder
sighted right and left, through in
terlacing boughs and leaves, every ave-
nue. OF approach, l felt myself most
favorably situated. The beat began
and at last l say my first tiger. In
stead OF passing within any Of my
ranges l had marked out for him, ht
quietly trotted under my tree and lay
down at its foot. Swinging rount
hastily into an attitude not previously
rehearsed, in the excitment of thu
moment I overbalanced, and, my riff
going off, descended in heap on tn
top of the tiger. Luckily for me, tn
report Of the shooting-iron, and tn
vision Of dark body in the air, fright
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know her best and has been surprise
to her teacher in her preparation 1or
entering college. Her acuteness OF
perception is phenomenal and her
courage strong and unfailing. Tasks
that would almost dismay a girl or her
years with "eyes to see and ears 10
bear" are met by Helen Keller Win
actual pleasure. She seems to oe-
light in overcoming obstacles. She IS
very proficient in the different Ian
guages and has made remarkable prog
resS in Greek. A typewriter WIN
Greek characters was made expressly
for her use, and she and Miss Sullivan,
her teacher, find some way OF over
coming the seemingly insurmountapIe
obstacles that present themselves IN
her advanced studies. Great interest
Is manifested in her progress by the
most prominent educators, by Whom
she is regarded as n marvel OF clever
ness. Phillips Brooks and Oliver
Wendell Holmes were deeply interest
ed in her and their death was a great
sorrow to her. She is Of most affec-
tionate and gentle disposition, with a
heart overnowing with gratitude to
those who have interested themselves
in her behalf. Naturally enough her
sympathy for others afflicted as she is
Is very great and she has always been
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-13

Frank, the elder, was born in Kentucky
in 1S41; Jesse in Clay county, Mo-, in
1S45. The father went to California IN
1S49 and died there in 1851. driven
away from home, it is said, by his wife,
from whom the sons seem to have in
herited their deviltry. During the
civil war they were members of Guam
trell's band OF suerillas. and both par.
ticipated in the sacking and burning
of Lawrence, Kan, when nearly every
male inhabitant was ruthlessly muir
dered. and in the massacre at Centra-
liza. Mo-, where. after TIE village itself
had been plupdered, the guer!llas way.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-13

portrait was it? Why, it was a capital
steel engraving Of man by the name
OF Schley, who made q pretty big hit
down Santiago way some months ago.
And she didn't recognize it. Next
summer l shall not insist On her going
back TO Connecticut. Washington
Star.
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WOULD A BRIGAND BE
YOUNG JESSE JAMES MUST
STAND TRIAL.
Csed to beg Jesse, Sr., to Read to Him
the Adventures of the James Boys
bad Company Spoiled Him-Story Of
the james Gang.

S Jesse James, Jr.,
the reincarnation
Of his bandit faith
er? This question
is puzzling the peo-
pie Of Kansas City,
where the youn 9
man, who is no"
% years Of age, IS
u n d er arr e G [,
charged with being
implicated in the
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HUNTING THE TIGER.
THRILLING YARNS FROM THE
EAST INDIES.
Whore CcOlness Extraordinary Came
Into Piay-Under Certain Conditions
IT'S Safe to Walk Right Into the Arms
Of . Raging Foe.

T was hot, and the
fellows were a bit
tired of pool, but
being guest-night
at the mess of the
gallant Royal Tip
perary Fuslliers, 1t
was still too early
to break up. So
an adjournment to
the veranda. with 4
f~orh p11pvv ~r
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HELEN KELLER TODAY
MARVELLOUS CAREER Or y
MUTE SCHOLAR.
she Is Certainly the fIost Remarkable
Deaf, Dumb and Blind Person That
Has Evcr Lived-No Knowing What
fhe May Yet Accomplish.
ELEM KELLER,

ELEM KELLER,
the most noted and
accomplished deaf,
dumb and blind
person in t h G
world, Is now a
striking looking
girl Of 49, with
II entail powers far
beyond her years.
She has astonish-
cd even those who
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-13
OSMAN DICNA, DERVISH EMlR

This is the only picture OF the der
wish e,lir Osman Digna. He is
gentleman whose manipulation of the
slave trade cost England both blood