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Arizona republican., 1902-08-05

kind. It is to the cultivation of these 8raccs that we must look for q rescue
 from the artifciality of the vulgarity e the pitjable circle in every Ameri-
 can city known as the smart set .
 And along this line Mrs Henry Wade Rogers, in the July number of the House Beautiful, makes plea for "the srlplifcation Of lie" Mrs. Rogers
 quotes the remark of one Of Kipling's characters, who says that ''iI America things own the man" and she regrets
 the fact that such trivial things as
 ''superfiuous plated ware, overornate
 table linen. beribboned and pink-eGged
 1ocd." should have so firm hold upon
 modern life.
 Neither O. these writers is p2EsimiS tic concerning American society, but ether critics, with eyes fixed rigidiy upon the goi1lgs on Of the smart set and ears open crIy to tales of drinking and
 smoking women, declare that America is going to the dogs. But there is an- other side to the story and aEotheT
 set tc sooiet.-. There never was 8 time when there were so many people GeVct- l ing their energies to the est 5bliGhment | of sumner schools. to providing out irgs, plaEErounds and lathins places 1 fer the poor. and to a hundred other i rhiianthropic and scientific enterprises ] for the betterment of their kind. And 1 there noVe. vas q time when mere 1 riches oclnto4 -or go little ana charac- 1 te" and mind loUctei for sc much ] That 'pitiahle circle known as the l smart s1t" n!aE be Increasing. bu, it i is more than out"unDerel by that
 conmenda5le class known as the phil
 antnropic set. Tho historian who i5 tc
 write The Decline and Fall cf the
 American ? oubI;r" re-d not vt pre-
 par to t2k. rotes.-rh'cago Tribune
Arizona republican., 1902-08-05

Secretary shaw thus disposes of the rumor Of his ambition to obtain the termination for president in 1904, and at the same time pays a truthful tribute to the president: No man has ever given this country a more thoroughly honest and conscientious administra- tion than it is now receiving at the hands Of President Roosevelt. He came to office in a most unfortunate manner He did not desire the nomi- nation for the vice-presidency but took it at the solicitation of his friends. and it now seems to me that there should be no other thought in the mind of any one than his renomination. 1 wish you knew the president as well as I do. He is not only q prince among men, but T peer among statesmen
Arizona republican., 1902-08-05

never reach a period in this country when congressman is to be held inn mune from temperate criticism It may be that Mir. Keller has been guilty of breach of the decencies in attack ing Congressman Loud. and if so he is amenable to the rule which requires: gentlemanly conduct on the part of all men in public office; but if he has donn nothing more than point out the weak ness of Loud's position in opposing jus tice for the letter carriers. it can be taken for granted that he will not loss lis i0b''
Arizona republican., 1902-08-05
cURRE.I!T CoMME4T
;i,-t'-::-, ,-i, !: i I ], + "Smart" and Other iets.

Thee is d growing conviction iu the minds Of sore nervous lovers of il2lu iiVi"g and it's intellectual #cc0mpani- ment that America is fast reaching that point in luxurious living that must result in ultimate downfall "NCbc1y living outside of Ncv- York writes the author of an editorial article in tho July Century, knows how difficult it has become here for people of m2der- ate means to bring up their children in the love Of genuine things. It is still donc by many. but with increasing ef- fort and only by dint of q strong will and an inheritance of the truest Sraces of life, simplicity. the domestic affec- tions, and the love of nature and ones
Arizona republican., 1902-08-05
PAINE'S CELERY
 COMPOUND
Will Give You Health. Full Energy
 and Happiness.

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 Many men toiling in offices. stores.
 and workshops during this hct summer weather. and women weighted with the
 work and cares of home, are critically
 near the breaking down point. The symptoms of coming sickness and dis ease are manifested in sleeplessness. nervousness, tired feelings. languid- ness. irritability failing appetite, and poor blood circulation.
 Paine's Celery Compound is pre- cious boon to the ailing, sick, and run down in this August weather A bottle CT two used at once will quickly be- stow the needed strength to battle against the weakening and enervating effects of the oppressive heat. and will
 enable men and women to go through the necessary routine of daily toll with heart, soul and energy. Paine's Gel cry Compound is specially distinguished fer its ability to build up rundown
 systems in hot weather.
 MT. George ". Demarest, of 12S West 9th Street. New York says:
 ''I am a licensed stationary engineer and although my work is not very la borious, l suffered so intensely with severe pains in my back and kidneys
 that l was compelled to leave my work and remain at home for six months.
 suffered greatly with headaches and
 soreness in chest and lungs, and my joints became very stiff. l actually felt l was doomed to fill an old man s grave at the age Of thirty-two. As q last resort l used two bottles of Paine's Celery Compound when I was able to resume my work. and after using the third bottle. 1 am in perfect health The value of Paine's Celery Compound is inestimable. and I urge others afflicted
 as l was to use it."
Arizona republican., 1902-08-05

According to Professor Baldwin Spen- cer. formerly Of Oxford, now of Mel bourne university, says the New York Tribune, the blacks of central Aus tralia are free from one white mans burden" He has spent several years making ethnological investigations among them, and one of his discoveries was that 6 mother-in-law was not al 'inia-mia'' (huO of her married daugh- ter. If she cid so the husband was authorized by the tribal law to use his club. The professor expressed admira- tion for this drastic method of pre- serving peace and tranquility.
Arizona republican., 1902-08-05

T do not care to talk about myself, '' said Mir. Bryan to the New York re- porters. My time is fully occupied in to 10Q.GO0 circulation-and in farming. Nou know l have 8 acres. and oversee c-oe2" What do you mean by that??'' asked the reporters. My house is on q hill. and ! overlook 2.0OO acres.' ex- plained MT. Bryan. They are well cul- tivated, and the people pay the taxes on them while I enjoy them"
Arizona republican., 1902-08-05

As was to be expected, it now de- vclops that the yellow newspapers of California greatly exaggerated the magnitude and effects e the recent earthquakes in that state. The dam age done by the shocks was extremely Insignificant
Arizona republican., 1902-08-05
BUSINESS.

"soo t!.at man going along with ,:.:o hal,i hc-;d and b,ard:" sail thc man n ths deo.' O. the barber ahoa. Hes 30; a gro.t head fer business"
 Its a mighty poor one for my busi- ness" replied the tonsorial artist YOnkers Statesman.
Arizona republican., 1902-08-05
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Arizona republican., 1902-08-05

Sick won1en are invited to consult Di. Pierce by letter fire. All correspondence held as strictly private and sacreily confidential. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, \. \.
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Arizona republican., 1902-08-05

4 successful business man is one who induces other people to buy what ne doesn't want.
Arizona republican., 1902-08-05

J. Piorpont Morgan has succumbed tc the fashion and bought q house in Lon- GCn.
Arizona republican., 1902-08-05

The wOinan who neglects her health is neglectirg tie very foundation Of all good fortune. For without health love loses it's lust-e and gold is but dross.
 Wornanlv health may be retained or regained by th e use of Dr. Pierce's favorite Prescrip- blOil- C.oluDI!SilCS regularity, | drie s the drains which weaken wOu e II, heals iuha1l:na- ton and ulcera- tion and cures fc- male weakness. It makes weak WOul- en strong, sick wOnIen well.
Arizona republican., 1902-08-05
4 Word to the Great Army Of
 Summer TOiIers.

If You Are Not as Robust, Vigorous and Happy as Others in the
 Month of August
Arizona republican., 1902-08-05
Fortune TcIIEIlQ

does not take into consideration the one essential to woman's happiness - wom- aniy health There Is many a woman whose future seems absolutely unclouded who IS marked by her own condition for future disappointment and distress.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-17
THE oBEAH MAN IN JAMAICA.
A Sinister and Terrifying SOrcePeP
who Performs His Dark
he to Deeds Under Cover.

In former days the obeah man
fourished openly, even in the British
colonies; but since 1s45 he has had to
carry on his evil practice more or less
under the rose" Laws have been
passed against him, and when caught
he is punished with IL months hard
labor and the cat-o-nine-tails. Never
theless, obeah flourishes beneath the
surface, and SLOWLY rotting inward,
molders all,' says the Detroit Free
Press. Far away from villages,
dwelling in palm-thatched hut
upon the trackless mountain side, the
obeah man may be found. Fearfully
his negro client .creeps through the
clinging lianas and tangled under
growth, shuddering at the shadows
cast by the feathery bamboo, and
half crazy with dread lest ''duppy
spring pom him. The ghostly ST.
lence of the tropical night is broken
only by the dismal note of the croak-
ing lizard. Small wonder that the
negro reaches the sorcercr's den pre-
pared to be impressed by his heath
enish rites, silly though they may APP
pear to the civilized intelligence.
The obeah man is generally sinis-
ter, terrifying figure-aged, decrepit.
often diseased and half mad; but
with baleful CLEAN in his bloodshot
eyes that does not belle his pretend
ed intimacy with the Author of Evil.
He is accommodating; he will do any
thing for bottle of rum, a ''coolie
BANGLE" and a few shillings.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-17
A QUEER CALLING.
The Professional Business Adviser
IL u New Figure in the Conn
mercial World,

One of the oldest of occupations is
that of the professional business ad.
viser." If your affairs are not con.
Quoted to your liking this gentleman
for consideration, will station him
self in your office in position to see
all that is going on. He will nose
into your affairs for week or long
er, at your option, at the end OF
which time he will ''be prepared to
point out the faults of your system,
employees who neglect their duties,
wastage of supplies and time, and
suggest means of improving, extend.
ing and conducting your affairs on 4
sounder basis" says the Philadelphia
Times. The words quoted are from
this modest gentleman's advertise
ment. In brief, this man, after a
weeks observation, will undertake to
rearrange the most complex Office
systems "for a consideration and
give you advice Stree, gratis, for
nothing" As drowning men catch
at straws, so do men whose affairs
are hopelessly and inextricably mud
died grasp at the chance this gentle
man holds out to them. The profess
sional business adviser" has plenty
of clients, and nine times out of ten
his advice to his employer is to
''make an assignment for the bene-
fit of your creditors" It is the safest
counsel he can give.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-17
SOME TONGUE TWISTERS.
Get Even with Anyone Who
Wants to Tease You.

Most people have at some period of
their lives been requested by certain
evilly-disposed persons to repeat rap
idly the information that ''She sells
sea Shells" or say that the "Sea ceas-
eth and it sufficeth us, ""What shame
such a shapely sash should shabby
stitches show" Or they may have been
desired by a maliciously-inclined fell
low-guest to require an imaginary in
diyidual to "Give Grimes Jim's gilt gig
whip" or to comment upon ''How hard
it is to say, How high is it?'"
When a pretty teaser has obtained a
temporary victory by setting you the
aforementioned task, just request her
to repeat six times in one breath:
sWhat pity poor Peter pecked pretty
Polly's pigs!" If she survives, ask her
to inform the company ten times in ten
seconds that "Six misses mixed hisses.' -
When the surgeon has repaired her
parts of speech, you may with propri-
ETY. ask her: 'If he slipped, should she
sip?' "Should ships steward sell a
shoddy suit?'' ''The bore brought boar
brawn,' "Sam should soon sell Shem
six shilling single shingles, "He threw
two true throws"
In all probability this will be the
coup de grace, and as your victim is
borne from the room in swoon you
are at liberty to hiss in parting these
fatal words: SHOULD sooty Sue seek
soap?"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-17
CHURCH LIGHTHOUSE.
Church Guides Mariners Into the
HarbOr of Charleston.

The only, church in the world, SO
far as is known, that is also light
house, is St. Philips church, Charles
ton, S. C.
st. Philips, which is one of the old
est churches in America, is known as
the Westminster abbey of South Car
olina," because within and without its
walls so many distinguished men lie
buried, including John c. Calhoun.
The history of the old church is close
~ interviewer with that of South Car
DINA, and many of the celebrated
events in the history of the province
are connected with it.
It is one of the sights of Charleston,
and strangers are always taken to see
it and shown it's graves and monu-
ments.
The most remarkable feature of the
old church, however, is the fact that
It's lofty steeple serves the purpose of
a lighthouse and is used to guide the
seafarer and mariner safely into the
port of Charleston. The use of the
steeple as lighthouse dates back to
1894, when the United States light
house department succeeded, by dint
of repeated efforts, in inducing the
vestry of the old church to allow a
lantern to be placed in the upper story
of the steeple, ITO be used as range
light for vessels entering the harbor
through the jetties at its mouth.
The light used is very powerful and
is placed at an altitude of about 1926
feet above the ground, so that it is
easily visible 80 miles at sea. Ships
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-17
SERVANTS IN GERMANY.
Receive Low Wages and Are Subject.
ed to Imposition from Their
Employers.

Maid servants who complain of their
lot and pant forever to go out walk
ing with their young man should know
what has just been elected by statis-
tics about the condition of their class
in Germany, says an eastern exchange.
Wages in Germany were always low.
Then these women have no rights;
their employers may do pretty we'll
what they please. If girl leaves
place before the time specified she
risks a fine; if she refuses a place after
having accepted it she is liable to be
fined, and perhaps get five days i'm
prisonment. Few of the servants have
a room to themselves; many of them
sleep anywhere-in the bathroom, the
passage or in the kitchen. Others in
habit garrets where the roof slopes
SO that they cannot stand upright.
Sometimes the window only opens on
to the staircase or into another room.
In some places the sleeping apart
ments can only be reached by ladder
Occasionally two or more sleep in the
same room, which is also used for the
storing of old things-lumber, dirty
linen, etc. Certainly the condition of
servants in the United States contrasts
very favorably with those of Germany;
in addition, the hours of work are less,
and no Judge would dare reply as a
Prussian did to maid servant who
complained she was made to work 10
hours a day. "The Great Frederick
only INDUCED in five hours sleep, and
his servant sat up till II at night"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-17
A LITTLE BOY ! KNOW.

know very little boyle comes just to
my knee
Who DOS the most surprising tnlhes theS
quite astonish me!
know he isn't very strong, know ne ism I
brave,
Owe seen him turn and run away from
| such a tiny waveD tF
He cries whenever he is teased or gets a
little pain, -
And nothing will induce him to go GOWN
certain lane;
AnG oh. he's frightened at the dark-he
thinks there's ghosts about!
| And yet from what he tells me he's nero
! out and out.
HIT says he is a pirate bold and rules a
dreadful band;
They have a secret hiding place IN some lar
| distant land:
And when he sails upon the sea 1t Is MS
little way
To lie in wait for merchantmen Che cap
lures one a day..
And when he makes ship heave 10 -
or something of the kind
He goes on board and gathers all the treas
ure he can find.
What prisoners he takes must die, how
ever high their rank.
And SO one by one he makes them, as he
calls it, walk the plank
He sometimes has terrific fights with
sharks and Greenland whales.
| ut makes my very blood run cold to listen
to his tales)! -.-
With but simple penknife I've known him
ence or twice
To kill Polar bear that had attacked him
on the ice!
He's been in awful shipwrecks, he's been
cast on lonely isles,
And tramped the burning desert sand for
miles and miles and miles!
And cannibals have captured him-though
|sa pleased I am to state,
He always managed to escape a most
heartrending fate.
And once-well this was in the days when
/ he was far out west
He shot. host Of Indians and drove away
| the rest
And then for many years or SO CTS really
past beliefD
He went and lived among them as ia
nous paLeface chief.
All me! you'd hardly credit half the perils
he has braved ~
The dreadful deeds that he has done, the
many lives he's saved.
And why am not anxious as to what may
next befall
Is just because Ull whisper it) think he
dreams them all!
-Cassell'S Little Folks.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-17

making for Charleston harbor at night
always keep sharp lookout for St
Philips light, and as soon as they
sight it get it into line with the bea-
con on Fort Sumter and then make
straightway run for the mouth OF
the jetties and up through them into
the harbor of Charleston.
The light is attended by the old sex
ton of St. Philips church, T. j. Riley,
who has occupied the position of sex.
ton for more than so years. He has
never failed in his duties, and, rain or
shine, he mounts the high and narrow
winding staircase of the old steeple
every evening at sunset and lights the
beacon in its lofty perch. His limbs
are feeble now, for he is 70 years old,
and the climb is long and stiff one.
St. Philips church steeple is consid-
cred one of the handsomest, archi-
tecturally in the world, and always at
tracts the eye of strangers entering
Charleston from the sea by its COM
handing height and artistic proper
tons.
During the civil war it shared, with
St. Michael's church steeple, the rath'
er unenviable distinction of being the
chief target for the "Swamp Angel
and other federal guns on Morris Is
land that were trained against the
city. Both steeples, however, escaped
with slight damage, and although ter
ribly shaken up and shattered by the
great earthquake in 1886, St. Philips
gray old tower still stands and sends
its light out across the sea to welcome
the wandering mariner into port
Louisville Courier-Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-17
THE PORT OF LONDON.
Wharves That Line the Shipping
Ports Are RedOlent Of the
Orient.

From the high gangway OF the
Tower bridge the foot passenger
looking down along the port, sees
forests of masts and rigging that ap-
parently rise out of the land on each
of the points made by the bending
river; and perhaps he descries q
thread of steel gray where the dull
sky is reflected from the land-locked
water. But once within dock he
is in city of lagoons, each swarm
ing with craft from the most distant
ports, says John Corbin, in Scrib-
ner's. Steam winches rattle beside
the moored vessels, and from time to
time iron grapplers descend like tai
ons from the yardarms, clutch
masses of merchandise in the holds,
and swing them creaking, outward
over the swarming barges on the sur
face. while the stevedore shouts his
orders to the laboring porters ana
bargemen. From Australia come
hides. the pelts of sheep, and bales
of wool; there are iron-bound cot
ton bales from America, sacks OF
almonds from Spain, and OF niger
toes from Brazil; there are pipes OF
wine from Madeira and Oporto. The
wharyes that line the docks are redo
lent of the tropics and of the orient.
Here is a shed covering acres, in the
lofty twilight of which are piled huge
roughly squared logs of mahogany
from the West Indies, to be used IN
the building OF ironclads. In the spa
cious dusk of the warehouse beyond
punny sacks of half refined sugar
from Jamaica rise symmetricaiiy to
tie very rafters, waiting a faint,
rich perfume. while in the cellars be-
meath brown sugar from New Or
leans lies in hogsheads, oozing treacie
that gathers in black pools on the
sticky floor There are mats OF
dates. figs and prunelles, hogsheads
If nrunes. bales of cinnamon, cloves
and allspice. Tie sky overhead is
sodden and gray, perhaps, and q him
of mist swims upon the water; but
under the spell of this riot OF incense
the lettering, red-sailed barges are
like Venetian galleys. The illusion
lasts an instant; then workman IN
overalls passes, carrying pail OF
vb;tewash and brush, and marks
the edge of the stone wharf with a
broad white line, for at any molnen'
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-17
London,a Afflicted.

London has it's due proportion of
those who are crippled by loss of
sight or hearing. OF the former there
are 1856, which marks slight in
crease since 1891, a tendency which is
more marked in the case of the deaf
and, therefore, dumb-who number
2,O57. About a quarter of the for
mer, so great have been the strides
made in the instruction of persons
thus afflicted, are able to engage in
some occupation, while half of the
deaf are in similarly fortunate po-
sition. Of the blind, 1872 were work
ers in willow, cane or rush, 80 were
musicians, rs costermongers, 40
brush or broom makers and As mu-
steal instrument makers or tuners.
OF the deaf and dumb, "a were tail
ors, u boot and shoe makers and Il
dressmakers; SIS were engaged in
laundry and washing service, A were
domestic indoor servants and 40 book
biuders.-Detroit Free Press.