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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-11-19
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-11-19
Ayers
Cherry PeCtOra|

1t often cures a fresh cold in a single
night, and it masters chronic coughs
and bronchitis in a short time. Con-
sumption is certainly prevented, and
cured, too, if taken in time.
If anybody tells you that consump-
ton cannot be cured, they are certainly
mistaken, for we have thousands of
these cases reported to us, absolutely
cured, and no mistake about it.
Put up in large and small bottles.
Ayers Cherry Pectoral Plaster placed
directly over the tender, aching lung
is great aid to the Cherry Pectoral
Prepared by DR.. J. c. Aver Co., Lowell Mass, u S. A.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03
IRREGULAR EATING.
Moody and Headachy Women Are
Often to Blame for Their
Own Woes.

The doctor was tired, and, it must be
confessed, somewhat out of patience
as he spoke. Lack of proper attention
to their food" said he, throws a great
many women off their balance. have
just been prescribing for and soundiy
lecturing patient who has been mex
cusably guilty in this matter. Love af-
fairs that go wrong are also responsible
for no little trouble, though these
cases comparatively if the women were
properly fed, but among the illusions in
which girls and women indulge is that,
as they care very little about their
food, SO the lack of it cannot have much
effect upon them. They rather despise
men for being careful to have regular
meals, whether business presses or not,
and are inclined to vaunt their own SUI
periority in such respects. But if this
disregard of the natural instincts of
hunger leads us in the same path as
drink and hurry and worry lead men,
and if we are to be humiliated by hyper.
sensitiveness in love affairs, how pre-
eminently does male common sense
stand out in the matter. We so often
exalt our weakness into something to
be proud of. AND if we go without our
lunch some day an avenging headache
swoops down and makes us irritable.
Surely that is nothing to be proud of.
Or, if the men of the family are dined
out, the women have tea and toast and
scrambled eggs. and next morning won
der why they feel so limp and as if
everything to be done were dreadfully
troublesome and impossible. Chicago
Chronicle
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03

A few months ago Russian veter-
mary surgeon was sent into the Ural
district by the government to buy
horses for the army. He had been Sc
lected by his superiors because he was
famous as sArewd and sharp horse
trader, who never had been beaten in a
horse trade. But he returned from his
experience with the Ural Cossacks in
a chastened condition of mind, for they
had cheated him frightfully. He con-
fessed that with all his cunning he had
been perfectly helpless in their hands,
and he swore by all the saints in the
Russian calendar that nothing should
tempt him to try again. His grief was
made the more poignant by the fact
that at the time they were swindling
him SO cheerfully and successfully a
Russian bunko steerer struck their ter
ritory, filled them with firm convic-
tion that the world was coming TO an
end IN short order and sold them tick.
cts for paradise at enormous prices.-
n. Y, Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03
Needed n Haircut.

Short sighs is not tolerated in a
common soldier. but sometimes it is
necessary to tolerate it in an officer.
Furthermore, there are many short
sighted officers who are unwilling to
wear glasses. Such an one was GER
tain captain in the British army of
whom story is told in an English
paper. During kit inspection mop
had been left propped with the head
uppermost against a spare bed cot.
The short-sighted captain entered and
glanced at the mop. Then he snapped
his fingers. ''Color-sergeant!" he ex-
claimed. Yes, sir" said the sergeant,
saluting. '.See that that man has his
hair cut immediately" said the cap
tain. pointing at the mop.-Youth,s
Companion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03
Thing. He Could Remember.

Tourist-And how many children
have you. Mr.. Green?
Farmer Green (doubtfully)-Well,
now. 1 dunno exactly. There's Bob,
an Jack an Alice-wife, how many
children are there?
Mrs. Green-Seven; five boys and
two girls.
Tourist-A fine family and a fire
farm. Mr.. Green. You've a large
stock, presume?
Farmer-Aye. I've 173 head Of eat
tie, eight horses, 7s1 sheep, an q
pigs. Then there's 315 geese, Is tur-
Leys, an just 259 fowls London TIT.
Bits.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03
SLEPT IN A WAGON.
How q Circus Ticket Seller Hun ked
During n seasons Travelling.
About the Country.

II slept in a wagon all summer"
said Dolph Gessley. the well-known
ticket seller of the Robinson circus.
which had just finished its seyenty-fifth
annual season of travel. Yes, sir, in
wagon. The rest of the show people
slept in regular sleeping cars. Now you
would think they had the best of it.
wouldn't you? But they didn't. My
oed was made up in the wagon in which
sold tickets. Along the sides OF it
are benches. / had cot bed from
which the legs were removed. The
benches had lids, and inside were boxes
where the tickets and other stuff neces-
sary were kept. In one compartment
[ had the bedding, i'll another towels
and other toilet essentials. After the
count up at night l pulled down the
cot top, got out my sheets and blankets
and made up my bed. Then turned
in after folding up my clothes. The
ticket wagon is finely constructed
affair, with platform springs. and rides
like a fashionable carriage. The razor
backs" or common laborers with the
show, would, when the time came to
entrain, run the wagon onto a fiat car
and chock the wheels securely. The
car has super-springs, and rides like
a passenger coach. The cot top was
laid across the aisles, of which the
benches formed the sides, SO there
were three places to take up the mo-
tion-the car springs, the wagon
springs and the elastic cot webbing.
I was as snug as bug in rug. BY
leaving a window in the rear open 1
got a. fine breeze, and in the hottest
nights was cool and comfortable.
Many a morning | awoke up to find
the wagon on the circus lot, miles from
the depot. 1 slept SO soundly that I
neverffelt the wagon being detrained
or driven uptown. Then my wagon
man would bring up water, and my
toilet was matter of a moment or two.
Bathing? Why a man with circus
can bathe every day in the dressing
tent. The folks in the sleeping car
had many discomforts. Anybody that
has travelled in a crowded Pullman car
appreciates this fact. All want to go
to bed at the same time and get up to-
gether. The aisles are crowded with
clothing and impedimenta, and then
there is the snoring and talking that
is inevitable. Oh, tell you, was COM
Portable. Some of the razor-backs had
a novel way of bunking for the night.
They slept in hammocks, which were
slung under wagons from axle to axle.
I never tried it, but those who did tell
me that it is exceedingly comfortable.
Lots of fresh air, you know. Curiously
enough, they didn't get wet and the
cinders don't fly under the wagons. On
dusty. nights they get little of loose
Mother Earth, but not SO much as you
would think. Nothing could induce me
to traae my Gessley palace sleeping car,
as Lsall my wagon bed. for one of Pull
mans make. / have privacy, room and
comfort, and no sleeping car can boast
of this triple advantage.
ENQUIRER.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03
BITS OF FEMININITY.
4 Few New Notions That Are at Pres.
ent Favored by Followers of
the FashlOns.

The gray dogskin glove still hold.
first place as the shopping glove with
the correctly gowned woman.
The modified English walking hat
with velvet brim and a large black bird
poised at the front and well to tine lef,
side, has particularly fetching air.
Handsome twilled silks are being re-
vived and black silk tailor frock
trimmed with cloth guipure" is an un-
usual departure shown.
Gloves of extra length are once more
required. on account of the decided di-
minution of the sleeves of evening
frocks.
Empire evening gowns will be much
worn this winter, having proved suc-
cessful abroad during the summer sea-
son.-Detroit Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03
AGAINST THE RULES.
Tie Didn't Throw stones. He Only
Sonked the DaEo with
= Board.

All three had been arrested fol
throwing stones at a weary banana
merchant from sunny Italy. The judge
had to lean over his desk to see them
they were so small. whats your
name?" he asked the littlest, who may
have beer nine years old, but didn',
look more than six.
Jacob White" was the answer
given with grin.
THAT so?" remarked the judge
We'll. your name doesn't correspond
with your appearance, does it?'
Jacob didn't understand, but he
took the cue from the judges tone and
answered.: NO, sir"-and again his
shiny black face broke into smile.
Ibid you throw stones at the ba.
mana man." the judge asked.
"No, sir'-the reply was very
prompt.
whats your name?" His honor
turned toward the second boy. lie
was ten or eleven. and on the verge OF
a fearful break down.
Peter Johnson" he replied.
Ibid YOU throw stones?"
"Oh, no. sir; l didn't throw any
stones. When the fellers throws
stones ! alters tells 'em t quit
Yes, that's very likely. 1t sounds
we'll. Peter"
Peter shifted.
And now what's your name?" His
honor had come to the third and last
of the little boys-the one with glis-
tening brown eyes and brilliant ar
ray of freckles.
'.John JONES'" was the answer.
And l don't suppose you threw
any stones, either, did your observed
the police Judge. with sarcasm very
apparent in his tones.
no, sir. l didn't throw no
stones"
NO. suppose not" put in his hon
or. "You didn't throw any stones.
What did you do. them
Il jes' hit the dago with board
And an adjournment for five min
utes had to be taken after the judge
had discharged the prisoner" for
him to go into the ante-room and
laugh.-Kenneth Herford, in Detroit
Cree Press
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03
AN AMERICAN GIRL.
One Who Delcd Regulation of Queen
victoria's Court, hut Gained
Admission.

A delightful little story has only
lately come to light of how a pretty
and audacious San Francisco girl de-
fed the regulations of Queen Vic
toria's court. Along in the seventies
bonnie Nellie Chapman, daughter of
William S. Chapman, the well-known
mine owner, found herself on the eve
Of her presentation to England's
queen. Now there are certain rules OF
high etiquette laid down for these oc-
casions. Among the rest royalty pre-
scribes the exact length of train
and the degree of exposure required
of the arms and bust. But Nellie
Chapman had ideas of her own on
the latter subject, and when it came
to the shaping of the gown she was
to wear for the grand event the Amer
ican girl had the height of her corsage
arranged to suit her own ideas OF
what was desirous and appropriate. 1t
was an extremely dainty gown of
white satin, perfectly fitted to the
slight and graceful figure, with chaste
trimmings of tulle and garlands OF
white marguerites, diamonds and
pearls giving it a touch of elegance.
and above it all the fair republican
face carried with truly regal spirit.
But, alas! on the threshold of the
drawing-room she was stopped by an
imperious chamberlain, who loftily
informed her that she could not &C
in, as her gown was not low enough in
the neck. For one moment the spirit
ed American girl was dismayed. then.
with a scornful look at the courtier.
she lifted her little gloved hand, and.
giving both shoulders of the corsage
an impetuous twiteh, barred her dim
pied shoulders, and with the defiant:
Now it will do" walked past the
astonished gentleman-in-waiting She
afterward had her picture taken in
the court dress which so nearly
brought her to social grief.--San Fran.
c;cv,o Chronicla
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03

Put four pounds of Paris white in a
pail. cover il with cold water, and let it
stand over night. Into tin kettle pu,
handful of glue, and cover with cold
water; in the morning set the glue on
the stove, and add enough warm water
to make quart, and stir until dis
solved; add the glue to the Paris white;
stir well and add enough warm water to
make pail three-quarters full; then
add bluing, little at time; stir well
until it is very slightly blush. Use a
good brush: go over one place in the
wall until it is thoroughly wet; if your
brush dries quickly add more warm wa
ter, as the mixture is too thick; the
brush must be kept wet.-N. Y. World.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03

Mix one pint of sugar with half pin,
orange juice, half cupful lemon juice
ard one and half pints of cold water
add the thin peel Of one lemon and one
orange. let stand Eve minutes, then re.
move the peel and put the mixture into
a freezer. turn till il begins to thicken
then add half a cupful fine cut can
died cherries, the same of fine cut can
died pineapple, and, last, the beaten
whites of two eggs.-Ledger Monthly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03
TOO SWIFT FOR HIM.
A Citizen Who Objects 10 Raptd-Flre
Restaurants and Tailor
shops.

Bill Guynan is up in arms against
what he pleases to term the rapid
fire" tailors and restaurants in this
city. Mr.. Guynan's arguments are
knock-down arguments, and it is pos
sible that the institutions referred to
will have to GO. In order that the pub
lie may better get at the objections Of
Mr.. Guynan, and better weigh their
merits, this prince of knockers own
words on the subject are given.
s'Nope. None of that kind of cloth
ing for me. Why, when l went into
that rapid-fire tailor shop the cutter
was busy writing autographs. Broke
awy at last and came down and says
he: .-.s
"Want a suit of clothes?
sWhat'd you think / came in for
says I. A broiled lobster"
married or single? says he, flash
ing an old tape line.
Married. says /.
"'Whcn dye want emp says he.
In Is minutes says /.
"'You can have 'em in ten,' says he.
Sand in ten minutes / had a set of
pants that looked like a Chinese we'd
ding dress"
After some abstraction, Mr.. Guynan
continued: II walks into one OF these
rapid-fire restaurants the other day,
and just as was getting a wrench on
my overcoat a waiter rushes up to
me as though he had pair of specks
to sell. and says he: Ordered?
Nope, says /.
'What'H it be?'
"'Ham and eggs
"'Here you are
s'And out from under the table he
pulls a slice of fried ham and pair
o. eggs that looked like they had been
matched by Tiffany. Couldn't find any
fault, but it's too fast for me--too fast
for me. As that waiter was scudding
away to kid somebody else ! yeils
at him, and he came back like 4 rain
check with a thump.
"'Well?'
"Look here. don't get gay! want
q steak broiled rare with mushrooms
on the side
"'Here you are says he, as he
swishes the steak ont from under the
counter before could get my breath.
1 didn't want the steak particularly,
but l wanted to try him out. The
steak was cooked just right, the ham
was perfect and the eggs fresh and
good, but the system is in advance
of the age. This town is getting toe
fast for me. A man likes to think
minute occasionally, and where do YOU
get n chance to have a decent think
here in Cincinnati?"
It was nearly four o'clock in the
morning, and Col. Guynan climbed ur
to his roost over the cigar case and
went to sleep.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.
Sn cEcstiOns on variOus Matters
Which Require Her Con.
slant Attention.

A pretty bag for soiled fine handker.
,hi-fs is made from two handkerchiefs
of rather large size. The cheap lawn
embroidered ones may be selected
choosing tie largest of the assortment.
They are laid together and shirred
around three sides in a ha,f-circle and
stitched through the shirring to leave
friil. Around the open ends the same
distance from the top as the width OF
rufiie a narrow beading is stitched on
through which a ribbon is run for
draw-string.
Something new for letter-bags are
bags with stiffened tops that are
facimile of the red lamp-post mail boxes
which have just been replaced by the
white ones. These bags are sufficiently
large to be really useful and are simple
gifts which will be welcomed by any
one.
Referring to the question Of filters,
the result of one householder's inves-
LEGATIONS may be added: Il have de-
cided," he says, mot to get any hitter.
but to find some sort of household
still and use henceforth in my family
distilled wafer. This is at once safe
SO far as germs are concerned and is
also extremely wholesome. II has
been said much Of the rheumatism CT
the world would be done away with
if distilled water was used universally
for drinking purposes. Every house.
keener is familiar with the lime de-
posits in the teakettle: not one in 40
deduces the obvious conclusion that in
drinking the same water undistilled
the lime is deposited in the human
frame. One of the domestic imple-
ments should ccrtinly be convenient
and simple household STILL"
\ housekeeper who has made study
Of econpmical comfort in her home has
found after long experience that II is
not the fullness of hair mattresses
which adds to their comfort so much
as close tufting. Il have my mattresses
made in the house and under my own
supervision. They are tufted every
four inches and they are half the thick
ness of the average hair mattress. One
good hair mattress will make over in
this way into two. This thickness is
ample for the woven-wire springs COM
monty used. Nor do my mattresses
have to be made over nearly as often as
those of my neighbors. They do not
mat because the hair is held in place
by close tufting. The upho.sterer will
look upon this notion as foolish, but if
it is once insisted upon. its test will be
found convincing."-N. Y. Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03
when the Minister Called.

A Portland minister recently called
upon one of the families in his parish.
He ascended the steps and knocked at
the door. Receiving no response, he
was about 10 depart, when he heard a
window in the next house open and a
woman's voice. Mrs. Smith. the min
is.er is at your door," What was the
pestor's surprise and amusement when
he caught Mrs. Smiths response watt
ed gently around the corner of the
house: "Sh! don't you s'pose know
it'll" The next Sunday after service
Mrs. Smith met her pastor and en-
pressed her sorrow that she was away
when he had called.-York (Me.)
Transcript.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03
Helen Dacy's Lunatic
StEzsszsNSzsSz7SasS 7assvS ~ alS,zsS Is

HELEN DACY went to Elgin-not
because she was insane. but be
cause she had second cousin who
was. Elgin is beautiful town, but
its street car service is not good, and
Helen walked through the village up
to The pleasant park with which the
state has surrounded the asylum for
the insane. 1t is 4 walk of consider
able length from the gate OF the
grounds to the building, and Helen
was to encounter mechanically sight.
As she went along the serpentine
path, 4 procession came toward her.
There must have been a hundred men
in il and they moved slowly and most
of them walked with bowed heads.
Their feet appeared to press the earth
heavily. At first Helen thought it
must be a funeral procession. but a
moment later she perceived that it
was something more distressing. 1t
was the walk of those who had sur
vived their own death. In other
words. it was a body of insane pa
tients, exercising the bodies that held
aside and stood fascinated while they
passed her. Some of them looked at
her curiously. or with lack-luster
gaze. or wistfully. \ sudden appre-
citation of her cwn youth and health
and sanity came over her and made
her all the more pitiful toward these
unfortunates.
The procession had passed and she
was about resuning her way to the
hospital, when one of the men quilted
the ranks and walked hurriediy to-
ward her. None of the rest looked
around. The attendants had not mo-
ticed his desertion. and his steps on
the sward made no sound. He came
with rapid. gliding step toward Hell
en-, showing his teeth in a broad smile.
Helen decided that. however imperti-
nent his intentions might be. at leas.
he was in good humor. This was con-
selling. but it did not keep her hands
from turning cold with nervous dread
As he approached he lifted his hat
with courtly air 1t was evident
that the poor wretch had once been
gentleman. but even the most gen.
tiemanly of lunatics was not a COM
paricn to choose, and Helen moved
behind low lilac bush. She felt that
she was white and that her eyes were
wide-stretched, but she tried not TO
show her alarm. Confidence. she h:.!
always heard. was needed in dealirr
with the insane. The man moved
more cautiously and fixed an unde-
Waiting gaze upon Helen.
Madam said the man in a ne
cuiiarly quiet voice, sit is a pleasant
morning"
Something in the words suggested
= scene in Hamlet to Helen, and she
bethought herself of an experiment.
She would soon determine whether ar
mot the nan had CLEAN of reason.
IS its" she asked. turning her eyes
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03
About AuctIuneerx,

The ways of auctioneers in different
parts of the world vary greatly. In
England and America the seller beays
the expense of the sale, but in France
the purchaser bears the cost, five per
cent. being added to his purchase. II
Holland it is still worse, the buyer be-
ing required to pay ten per cent. addi-
tional for the expense of the SALE
Cincinnati Enquirer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03

There is revival of the fur boa along
with the present craze for boas of all
kinds. The fur collar is now to be rel
eeated to the wear of the matron, while
youth disForts the fetching and becom-
ing but pneumonia-inviting boa.-De-
troit Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03
Prohably NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,

Reporter-The name of that man
who was struck by lightning is Brzins-
latowskiwicZ.
Eiitor-What was his name before
he was stuck BY lightning?-Strsy
Stories.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03

ITS funny" remarked Uncle Silas.
''That srtist feller calls himself q Bo-
hemian, an yet he talks as good Eng
lish IS do" IN. Y. Journal
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03

A rouaing time i apt 10 occur just
fore beeakfast-CAicago Daily Men
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-22
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