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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01

LII HUNG CHANG AND THE CAR.
have only scattered few torches about
the fringe of that vast empire. For
every allied army that invades China
there will be Moscow. You may be
very sure that China will never be par
titioned."
Those are the words of wisdom, from
the lips Of learning, prudence and ex-
perience. Because of the fact tina.
American marines have been landed on
Chinese soil, and because a small army
of American soldiers has been ordered
to China, the senator giving this inter-
esting Information declines to permit
the use of his name. lest superficial
critics might infer that he is making
remarks criticising the government at
Washington. when nothing could be
more remote from his intention. He
has simply favored the writer with
facts and opinions, as he says: I'm
order that all Of our people should UNI
derstand the situation. SO that they
may be united in purpose and aim, SO
that we may all be patriotic brothers"
The ominous clouds in the orient at
tract and command our attention. It
is well that we may thus have light
thrown upon them in order that we
may, in some degree, pierce the gloom
and endeavor to see our national and
international duty, so that we may
act within our own domain, and in in
ternational affairs, with malice to-
wards none and with charity for all"
SMITH D. FRY.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01

mics have reckoned without knowledge.
Far in the interior of that tremendous
empire Chinese soldiers have been
drilling under competent masters.
The outside world knows nothing of
what China has done to meet the mani
fest contingency. All the nations of
the world cannot partition China and
reduce her to servile dependency, ~
Poland was reduced.
Gen. Grant stated that Ii Hung
Chang was the greatest statesman he
had met with in his journey around the
world. Only few years ago Ii Hung
Chang accomplished the greatest feat
Of diplomacy that was ever undertaken
in the history of the world. He jour
neyed from point to point around the
world, and in so doing, out in the open.
he fooled and hoodwinked all of the
shrcwd masters of statecraft and
diplomacy. He made that trip around
the world for the sole purpose of hav-
ing few hours of confidential personal
conversation with the emperor OF Rus
STA. because in no other way could he
secure private interview with the
car without attracting international
attention to such an interview. They
who imagined that Ii Hung Chang put
himself to all of the inconvenience of
such tour merely for personal pleas
ure must have a very narrow insight
into the ways and purposes Of states
men and rulers. That there is secret
alliance between China and Russia the
other nations of Europe will find to
their cost, when it is everlastingly too
late.
Selma will not be partitioncd.
Armies of allies will march against her
some day; if not this year in some very
near future year. They will penetrate
far into the interior of the vast empire,
just as Napoleon led his hosts into Rus
STA. They will announce to the world
victory after victory. Ultimately those
victorious allied armies will disappear
and be lost to the world. They viii be
destroyed by the Chinese millions, not
only with weapons and missiles of mod
ern warfare, but with scientifically
disseminated diseases and pestilences.
After they have penetrated Chinese ter
ritory for hundreds of miles, they will
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01
SERVED HIM RIGHT.
low Out His Own sag.
9estlOnO,

The crowd began to gather as soon as the
man fell down. One Of the thoughtful ones
Fan to drug store aand rang up an ambu-
lance, and in 4 few moments great c.Srz-
ing and Gathering was heard down the
street. Then the ambulance drew alongside
the curb, the natty young physician dis,
mounted from the rear step, and the crowd
standing around the man who had fallen
required only a glance for the natty young
physician to see what allied the man, says
the Washington Post.
Frustrated by the heat" be said, coolly,
to the crowd. Anybody here know him."
There was no reply, but just as the ambu-
lance men were about to pick up his pros
trate man a stout man pushed his way
through the crowd, glanced at the limp form
of the victim of the heat, and said:
Here, you can just fetch him up to my
house. He lives with my family. He's the
man who writes the Hints on How to Keep
Cool in Hot Weather for the papers"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01
CATARRH

or inflammation of this delicate pink
membrane.
The system is weakened in win
ter. The delicate lining is more
susceptible to irritation or inflamma-
ton, and thus we have pneumonia,
grip, colds, coughs, fevers, etc., all
catarrhal conditions which may
easily be checked by one catarrh
cure-Pe-ru-i1a.
That's the only way out of it.
You may dose forever-you will
not be well until you try the true
cure and that is Pe-ru-na. You
may think your trouble is some
other disease and not catarrh. Call
it what you will, one thing is sure,
your system is affected and must be
treated, and Pe-ru-na is the only
remedy which reaches the right
place and does cure.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01

their names to appear in public print Is
offering suggestions which might
prove to be embarrassing to others in
high public position. Under these con-
ditions one Of the greatest men now in
public life, in the confidence of per-
sonal friendship, in his own parlor,
said:
"The manifest elimination of the
plans for the dismemberment Of the
Chinese empire, and the landing of
American troops On the soil of China,
inevitably entangles this republic in
grave international conditions. We are
bound to take no hastX forward step in
diplomacy, and we are bound to take
no backward step in war. It is inn
portant that al of our people should
understand the situation; and that
they should be united in purpose and in
aim. When we engage in diplomacy
we should all try to be patriotic broth
ers, and be sure we are right in al
things.
"All of the principles of information
al law and all of the courtesies of the
comfy of nations have been violated in
the treatment Of China during the past
20 years by the Italian banditti, the
French assassins, the German commun-
lists, the Russian nihilists, and the Brit
ish buccaneers. With outward suav-
ity and base pretenses Of friendship
under the guise Of comfy and inter-
national equity, these civilized (?) ma
tions have been encroaching upon the
kindness, the forbearance, the pa
thence aud the abused endurance OF the
heather t?) of the orient.
But the people of China have not
been deceived. Their learned men are
shrewd diplomats. accomplished court
iers and skillful statesmen. They have
given the entire 40o, COZ, 600 of their peo-
pie to understand that it would be sim
ply a question Of time when the in
tegrity Of their empire would be as
sailed. These people have therefore
known for years tina. The Christian ma
tons Of the world were gradually
bringing about conditions which might
seem to warrant the partition OF China.
These Christian nations, like SO many
banded pirates, have believed that
China would be an easy mark. and that
ultimately their rapacity would be re-
warded with rich lootings.
'sIn the meantime China has hsea
pssparias tor ~ hsv3tsb,s. Her ~
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01
O..I..C

When a preparation has an advertised rep
utation that is worldwide, it means that
preparation is meritorious. If you 60 into
store to buy an article that has achieved
universal popularity like Cascarets Candy
Cathartic for example, you feed it has the
endorsement of the world. The judgment
of the people is infallible because it is i'm
personal. The retailer who wants to sell you
something else" in place Of the article you
ask for, has an az to grind. Don't it stand to
reason? He's trying to sell something that
is not what he represents it to be. Why?
Because he expects to derive an extra profit
our of your credulity. Don't you see
through his little game? The man who will
try TO sell you substitute for Cascarets
is fraud. Beware of him! He is trying to
steal the honestly earned benefits Of repu.-
tation which another business man has paid
for, and if his conscience will allow him to
60 so far, he will 60 farther. If he cheats
his customer in one way, he will in another
and it is not safe to do business with him.
Beware Of the Cascaret substitutor!
Remember Cascarets are never sold in
bulk but in metal boxes with the long tailed
'C' on every box and each tablet stamped
C., &C,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01
Ho.sewife a.a p.rxl.r.

The burglar had entered the house =
quietly as possible, but his shoes were not
padded and they made some noise. He had
Just reached the door Of the bedroom when
le heard some one moving in the bed an if
about to get up, and he paused The sound
OF woman,s voice foated to his ears. "If
you don't take of your boots when you come
into this house" it said, there's going to
Be trouble, and whole lot Of it. Here it's
been raining for three hours, and you dare
80 tramp over my carpets with your muddy
boots on. TO downstairs and take them of D
he went downstairs without word, but he
didn't take off his boots. Instead he went
out into the night again, and the pap who
vas waiting for him saw tear glisten in his
eye. can't rob that house." he said. 1T
reminds me Of home."-Lewiston (Me.l
.1nnrral
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01
Like the
Deadly
|Under=Currenl

which grasps one without warning,
the mucous membrane which lines
the entire body suddenly becomes
weakened in some spot and disease
is established. 1t may be of the
lungs, the head, throat, stomach,
bowels, or any other organ. Where
ever it is, and whatever it seems, it
all springs from the same cause
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01
The Seat Of war.

''My husband is so nice about explaining
him awfully, too, sometimes. Why, only
think, had to ask him this morning what
the seat of war was for?"
YES"
wasn't it foolish! But he's so patient.
The idea that didn't have sense enough to
see that it is for the standing army to use
when it gets tired!"-Chicago Inter Ocean.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01
GREAT AMOUNT INVOLVED.
fer which VIII Involve the
Sum Of $5O, OOO, 900.

In all probability the largest amoAnt
of money ever involved in the opening
of bids for public work under the gov
eminent will be that representing IA
ships Of war, the cost Of which is esti.
mated at $4,000. 900. Admiral HIGH
born, chief constructor of the navy, is
arranging to call for bids for the battle
ships Pennsylvania, New Jersey and
Georgia for the armored cruisers West
Virginia, Nebraska and California, the
construction of which was authorized
last year. and for the two battleships.
three armored cruisers authorized by
the last congress. He INTENDS to open
bids for all this work on one day.
The circulars to prospective bidders
are being prepared by the bureau Of
construction, where the plans will be
accessible in the course of the next
month. Bidders will be permitted to
furnish their own plans, with propo-
sails, for the construction of the ships ac-
cording to their own designs. It prob
ably will take four or five weeks to ex.
anime the bidders designs and to de-
termine whether those propositions
will furnish better ships than the de.
partmental plans. Not more than two
of the vessels may be built at one yard.
or by one contracting party, and two
of the ships at least will be built by
Pacific coast firms, provided the cost Of
does not exceed four per-
centum above the lowest accepted bid
for the other vessels.
There are now II vessels either under
or being designed by Chief
Constructor Hichborn. These include
the types of battleships, protected
cruisers. armored cruisers, monitors,
torpedo boats, destroyers and subma-
rine boat.
Most of the work is well advanced.
The battleship which is most nearly
is the Alabama, under con-
struction at the Cramp works. The
torpedo boat which is most nearly fin
ished is the Goldsborough. at the Wolf
& Sewicker works on the Pacific coast.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01
A RESCUE AT SEA.
PeFllous Situation Relieved By the
Timely Utterances OF q Spell.
Binder.

"Help! Help"
In a panic the passengers rushed to the
side of the ship, and gazed helplessly at
those struggling in the waves, says Harper's
Bazaar.
1t was indeed perilous situation. =
What was to be done. There seemed to be
no rope at hand, and there vas trouble in
lowering the lifeboat, and, as is usually the
case, none of the sailors could swim.
A lawyer suggested writ of habeas cor
pus, but that was found impracticable, as
there was not judge on board, and no one
to serve such a writ, anyway.
At that instant man of commanding
presence pushed into the frenzied crowd
and struck an attitude, close to the rail.
!. The drowning ones recognized him 40 a
famous political orator, and their spirits
rose:
Fellow citizens" he began, 1--WE face a
crisis"
The next moment cry of JOY went up.
For the people in the water were hang
ing on his words, in which position they con-
tinued till the boats were lowered.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01
The.e Lovinw GIRL,

Maude-H I only had my life to live over
again
Clara (interrupting)-Why, thought
that's what you were doing.
What do you mean:"
81 heard you tell the census man you
would be q your next birthday. "-Chicago
Evening News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01

Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot Ease,
a powder for the feet. 1t makes tight or New
Shoes Feel Easy. Cures Corns, Itching,
Swollen, Hot, Callous, Smarting, Sore and
Stores sell it, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress. Allen s. Olmsted, LIE Roy. N. Y.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01

A man smoking q cigarette boarded a
Union traction car, and a woman handed
him an anti-cigarette tract. Thank you,
ma'am," said he. I'll take it home to my
son."-Muncie Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01

"Have your summer vacation plans ma.
tured yet, Billy" "Oh, yes; but they
had to be side-tracked on account Of some
summer notes that also matured. IN
dianapolis journal. fls
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01

If You want chill remedy, buy one that
is reliable. Tasteless TONES are not made
right; the dose is uccertain. Try Yucatan
Chill Tonic (improved). Price, 50 cents.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01
SIM UnsettIeA.

"Briggsy is an old settler, isn't hef"
II think not. He has oweS me seven
dollars for eight yssrs."-Cevslas1
plai1 DEALER.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01
The Unheard-Of Expected.

Does not sicken as the so-called tasteless
tones. Pleasant to take. Price, SO cents.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01

Mrs. Sourwed-I was thinking of our
courtship-thes e blissful days!
Mr.. Sourwed-So was THAT bliss.
fnl daze!-Puck.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01

If you want good digestion to wait upon
your appetite" you should always chew .
bar of Adams Pepsin Tutti Fruit.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01

Assistant-The Irish stew has burned.
Chef-Well, put some spice in it and add
"A la Francois" to its name on the menu.
Puck
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01

When one woman out OF hundred has
1.-THE matter with her.-Chicago Daily News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01

Each package OF PUrNAN'v FADELBsa
DYES colors more goods than any other dyG
and colors them better too. Sold by al
druggists.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01

"Pleasant ways Fer Summer Days"
Is the title of the Grand Trunk Railway
Systems new Summer Tourist Folder which
together with other descriptive literature
City Passenger and Ticket Agent, 249 Clark
ST., corner Jackson Boulevard, Chicago.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01

If a man is Industrious and frugal, he
IAN acquire good deal of money without
xnowing much else.-Atchison Globe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01

Love does not usually laugh at a parrot
which says: Now, George, you STOP" IL.
though to our mind this is much funnier than
the average Observation-Disclosures Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01

The Best Prescription for Chills
ana Fever is bottle Of GRovE's TAsrEIEss
Cn1L TOXIC. tits simply iron and quinine in
esesseless form. No cure-no nay. Price Soc
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01

Mat O'Rell says Paris is so fast that they
Is dizzy joker, but time flies all the same.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01

Mrs. Gabble-'rMrs. Phoxy seems to ex-
ercise a peculiar influence over her hus-
band" Mrs. Noah Tall-"She does. She
has preserved an alleged poem he wrote
when he was a young man, and whenever
he gets obstreperous She threatens to read
It to INDEPENDENTLY Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01

Biggs-Old man Misgs Is lazy.
JiggsIs he?
"Yes, indeed. Why he rented a parrot for
the summer just to have it swear at the heat
for him."-Baltimore American.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01

just about seven-eighths of the people
should cut out that part about forgiving
ones enemies before they repeat the Lords
prayer.-Atchison Globe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01

"George, what does presidential candi-
date do when he receives the committee to
notify Tim of his nomination."
"Oh, ne acts just like girl who gets a pro.
posal which she has been staying awake o
nights looking for."-Indianapolis Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01

Deacon Jones-"This custom Of making
wagers is becoming lamentably common,
besides being absurd. What would you
think of me, now, if should say I'll bet
ten dollars I will get letter to-day, instead
of simply saying expect to get one" Frank
Mann-aT should say you had dead OPEN
and shut. Boston Transcript.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01
Too Long.

Catterson - When your wife gets
your new house arranged to suit her
we're coming to see you.
Hatterson-All right! Come around
in four or five years.-puck.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01

Al AmSlm U0tlO0s
The Plumber-I believe that we win an
follow the same vocation in the next world
as we do in this.
The Carpenter-Well, If that l. true.
You will be out of job.
why sos"
"What use viii they have for plumber,
where there is no water Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01

Few regions have been more richly en-
dowed by Nature than that famous section
of Western North Carolina POLITICALLY
termed the Land Of the Sky" 1t hasa eli
mate so dry and health-giving that it has be-
come known the world over as a natural san
itarium for the cure of all troubles Of pull
monary or bronchial nature.
Asheviile, the center Of this beautiful
mountain hemmed plateau, is the highest
city cas-. of Denver, and is q busy, thriving
place of 1900 Inhabitants, with all the
modernisms of city life. The city lies Just
at the point where the beautiful French
Broad and Swapnanoa Rivers join their
crystal waters.
Within the city or in its suburbs many
people of wealth have built beautiful and
expensive homes, and most notable among
them being the chateau of Mr.. George w.
Vanderbilt, which, with its great estate, has
cost upwards of four million dollars.
Asheville is an all-the-year resort, for the
great mountains protect it in the winter
from the cold winds, and its summer climate
is made delightful because Of its altitude. ;,
For descriptive matter of Ashevllle and
vicinity, call on any Southern Railway
Agent, or write Mr.. c. A. Benscoter, A. G.
P. A., Chattanooga, Tenn.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01

Hall's Catarrh Cure
Il taken Internally. Price 75c.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01

Tn. Cornfed Philosopher-'It il hard
for me to acknowledge that do not know
it all" said the Cornfed Philosopher, "but
l confess l cannot see why the rock-the-
boat idiot IS allowed to live until he's strong
enough to tip it over" Indianapolis
Press. M&& H.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01

am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my life three years ago.-Mrs. Thos.
Robbins, Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y,
Feb H. 1900,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01

Fortunate is the liar who loses his repu-
tation.-Chicago Daily News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01
world to E.a Thi. Year.

This is the recent decision Of one Of the
prominent societies of the world, but the
exact day has not yet been fixed upon, and
while there are very few people who believe
this prediction, there are thousands Of
others who not only believe, but know that
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is the best med.
icine to cure dyspepsia, Indigestion, consti.
patton, biliousness or liver and kidney
troubles. A fair trial will certainly con.
vince you of its value.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01
TAKING THE CENSUS.
An EnuueratoR Meets with o.
Wonan Who Dldn't WltoAoAe
Any 81 the Details.

ooh. YES, know you are the census man Z!
Warm day, take seat. I've gotten al the e
%: I am 81; We have seven children; they
SBut-" put in the census man, relates
the Pittsburgh Chronicle.
dyes. YES: YOU needn't ask me any ques-
tions. I'm telling you fast as can. Tommy,
our Oldest boy, had the measles when he was
eight months old and the day after he was
ten months old be could walk clear around
the room without holding on to anything.
He fell down the stairs when he was f1uf
years three months and thirteen days old,
but it didn't hurt him any, and he liked ice
cream from the first time he ever tasted It.
/ can't get him to eat gravy, but ne had ms
6rst piece of steak when he was Is months
old. Johnnie, the next to the Oldest
Madam, stop, STOP" cried the enumera.
tor, ANSWER my questions. 1 don want
to know any more about your children
And then the woman got angry and the
census taker also lost his temper and lett.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01

Robert-'What's the matter between
pether of late?' Richard-"It'sa all Fannie's
fault. She made Fred ridiculous in public
and / don't blame him for getting mad"
Robert-"What did she do?" Richard
Something awful. She asked him to open
a car window for her-of course knowing
that the thing was impossible. -Bcston
Transcript.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01

/ used to know nervous man, who feared
that he'd be robbed. Immense precautions
did he use, yet with that terror throbbed.
his folks, his goods, his life-so whel he
went away from home he always wired his
wife. He pursed his lips to keep them safe,
he used to hide his son; he always kept his
books well bound; heiiked tied games alone.
OF course he'd lashes on his eyes, and, as it
sometimes rains, he took in all the shows
wouldn't buy ! chances wheel, although
the neighbors laughed; and when he died he
left a wish they'd sink his marble shaft.
Yale Record.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01

A perfect stranger IS not necessarily per.
feet in any other way.-Indianapo!i News.