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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-29
RULE WORKS ONE WAY.
The Valuation Clause in Express
Shipping Provisions IL in Favor
H. of the Company.
E. A. PAYNE.

what is the valued" asked an ex-
press agent in a Broadway office Of a
keen-eyed, sharp-nosed customer who
had handed him package to be sent
to a western city. Theman addressed
did not answer at once, says the New
York Herald, but glanced at printed
card on the wall that read: always
state the value of your shipment"
eff I state the value will your COM
pany pay me that amount in case tho
package is lost?" asked the man in
his turn.
"Certainly not, unless that is proved
to be its value" answered the agent.
eff l state the value, can prove q
greater value if it is lost?"
"You will have to ask a lawyer that
question: replied the agent.
Chat isn't necessary. for I happen
to know the law" said the shipper.
"Your company is trying to esta blish
an unfair rule, because it works only
one way. You are right when you say
that my statement cannot bind you. for
in case OF loss you can prove the value;
but my statement would bind me, for
the court would say I was 'estopped'
by my declaration as to the value
IF a shipper should undervalue his
shipment, thinking that thereby he
would reduce the charges, he would
have to stand by his statement, and
your notice is calcula ted to make him
do that very thing. You can mark
my shipment No value stated and
then if we meet in the courts it will be
on an equal footing"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-29
THE LITTLE KEY.

''What would you do said the little key,
To the teak-wood box, Except for me?"
The teak wood box gave gentle creak
To the little key; but it did not speak.
81 believe" said the key, that will hide
In the crack, down there by the chimney
side.
"Just so this proud oil! box may see
How little it's worth except for me-"
1t was long, long afterward, in the crack
They found the Key, and they brought it
back.
And it said, as it chuckled and laughed to
itself,
''Now, I'll be good to the box on the shelf"
But the little key stopped, with SILVER and
shock;
For there was bright new key in the lock.
And the old box said: II am sorry, you see,
But the place is filed, my poor little key"
Indianapolis Sentinel.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-29

Lydia e. Pinkham's vege-
table Compound cured me and made
me well, and that Is why gladly
write you this, and gladly thank you )
with your Pills. Ny headache and
backache and kidney trouble went.
never to return; the burning sensation
I had left altogether; my general
health was so improved l felt as young
and light and happy as at twenty"
-MRs. LOUISE GIBson, 1913 Langley
Ave-, Chicago, m.-e6000 forfeit II sboss
II YOU feel that there Is anything 1t
all unusual or pulling about your
case, or II you wish confidential advice
of the most experienced, write to Mrs
Pinkham, Lynn, Mass, and you will
be advised free Of charge Lydia Il.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
has cured and is curing thousands oe
cases Of female trouble.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-29
ART IN ARCHITECTURE
Designed ana Written Especially
for This Paper.

is shelved to height of eight feet six
inches. Below the base shelf on the
kitchen side is locker or pot closet,
and on the dining-room side is q case
of drawers.
The stairs to the second story lead
up from the front hall, and being of
very pretty design, make an attrac.
tive feature to this room. The land
ing on the second floor is in small
hall, from which are accessible the
three bedrooms.
The dimensions are SO by 46 feet
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-29

rear of the parlor is the dining-room,
and back of this the kitchen.
The parlor, hall and dining-room are
connected by wide sliding doors, en-
abling them to be thrown together on
occas sion. The parlor and diningroom
have beautiful bay fronts, which add
to the cheerfulness of the rooms.
There are also freplaces with pretty
mantels in these rooms and the hall.
The china closet between the kitchen
and dining-room opens from both
sides. The base shelf is two feet six
inches high, and above this the closet
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-29
Ambulance in Lamn Post.

An ambulance in lamp-post is the
latest Partisan idea in street contriy.
ances. 1t consists of an ornamental
bronze box about Is feet high, with
a round, overhanging top resembling
that of a lighthouse, and containing
a clock-face barometer and three
transparent pictorial advertisements
revolving by clockwork and lighted by
gas from within. In the base of the
cylinder is a letter box, and in the
shaft is folding stretcher with
printed directions for affording first
aid to the injured. In case of a
street accident the stretcher can be
Immediately obtained by breaking a
small glass window just above the
letter box, taking out the key and I'M
locking the receptacle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-29
Danger In Little Knowledge.

A school-teacher in Newark, n. J.,
received the other day the following
letter from the father of pupil:
"Dear Teacher: Please don't teach
Johnny any more about his insides.
1t makes him sassy" 1t seems that
Johnny had become entirely too sci
entifc and critical concerning the
familf7 bill of fare.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-29
Again the Boy Terrible.

A Philadelphia young man, of whom
this story is told, has the trick, or ha b.
it, of saying: 'since you press me. !"
On being offered cigar he answers,
smilingly: "Well, since you press me,
I will, thanks" And to an Invita- ton
TO luncheon, to the theater or to q
drink his answer is always the same.
-Since you press me, I believe I will"
1t happens that he is engaged to be
married and that his fiancee has lit
tie brother. This lad has heard often
and with much wonderment the phrase,
'Since you press me" used on all sorts
of occasions, and the other night, at
dinner party in his house, when, un-
fortunately, there were some strangers
present, he pointed his knife at the
young man and said, in his loud, child
ish treble to his father: papa, WIZ IL
Mr.. Blank always saying to sister:
Since you squeeze me?'"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-29
The HEALING Touch Of Time.

Mrs. Dash-The idea of Mrs. Rash
having society aspirations; why, her
father was a huckster.
Mr.. Dash-Yes; she's entirely too
forward. She ought to hang back I'M
til people have forgotten it. Now, in
our case, my dear, it was your grand
father who was huckster.-Detroit
Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-29
A Sure Proof,

Mr.. Newlyspliced - So the grocer
told you how you could tell oleomar.
garine? That was good of him.
Mrs. Newlyspliced-Wasn't it! He
said any time I saw another grocer
selling butter two cents cheape- than
his [ could be sure it was oleomar.
Enthusiastically Eagle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-29
Commercialism.

II sappose you have to be very diplo-
matte in approaching members of your
legislature with offers of money!"
eyes, indeed" answered Senator Sor-
ghum. IF you don't look sharp they'll
charge you three or four times as much
as they are worth. Washington Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-29

The house has been built complete in
Illinois for $4,000, and would probably
cost from this sum to $4,000 in most
places. This cottage is very suita BILE
for medium-sized family as village
or suburban residence. If it should
be desired, the lower bedroom might
be arranged, with slight change all
lowing more light, to serve as library,
clergyman's study, or as physicians
Office, for all of which purposes it is
well situated in relation to the front
hall.
E, "A. PAYNE.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-29
That Reminded Him.

The other day, as two friends were
talking together in the street, don.
key began to bray and wheeze and
cough in a distressing manner.
"What cold that donkey has" said
one of the men. "And by the way,
that puts me in mind-how 3 youl
cough ?''-Tit-Bits.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-29

it contains, we can with confidence rec
ommend this design. 1t is quite mod
ern and contains a fair share of the
modern conveniences.
There is cellar under the whole
house. The foundation walls are of
stone and above the foundation the
building is of wood. In the first story
are handsome porches which will pro-
tect the entrances. From the front
porch you pass through the vestibule
to the stair hall, thence into the par
lor, bedroom or second story To the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-29

over all, except front porch and steps.
The height of the first story is nine
feet six inches, and of the second story
eight feet six inches. The outside
walls are sheathed and papered and fin
ished with half-inch siding. The
painting and plastering are three
coats. The house is trimmed through
out the first story inside with cypress
wood, and the second story in white
pine, all with natural finish. The
house is of the best construction, using
only good materials and workmanship.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-29
Course of Human Life.

Like a mountain road, life has it,
ups and downs, but its general direc-
ton may be either upward or down
ward, according as we seek the top
or the bottom of the mountain.-Well-
spring.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-29
A Fault of Charity

"Hit's all right fer charity ter begin
at home," says Brother Dickey, shut
hit happens too frequent dat she makes
up her mind ter stay dar!"-Atlanta
Constitution.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-29
Heaviest ut Lower End.

Patience-Really, half the time he
doesn't know which end he's standing
on!
Eatrice-Oh, nonsense! His feet GER
talnly can't seem as light as his head!
-Yonkers Statesman.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-29
He IL,

will Lingtoo (refectively)-I tell
you. a man has got to take good deal
On trust, in this world.
Elbo Zonte (gloomily)-Got to? He's
rood aud lucky if he can get it. -
Judge.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-29
KIDNEY TROUBLES.
Mrs. Louise II. Gibson Says
That This Fatal Disease is
Easily Cured BY Lydia E.
Pinkiam's Vegetable Com
-n,~~nl

"DrAR Mrs. PMKHAN:-1f felt very
discouraged two years ago, I had suf-
fered SO long with kidney troubles and
other complications. and had taken 90
much medicine without relief that /
began to think there was no hope tor
ma Life looked SO good to me, but
what is life without health ? wanted
~ 1,o xx,o11
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-29
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is very pretty little cot

hEhE is very pretty little cot
i tage, which has an attractive
appearance from all sides. The
pans snow a compact arrangement,
While convenience has been the first
consideration in the designing. Sue
cess in this, combined with neat, we'll
proportloned exterior, gives us COM
olnatlon which goes to make it attrac-
tive to all, and suitable for erection
anywhere. For person of moderate
means, wishing pleasant home. with
the interior comfort and conyeniences
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-29

Subscriber Ito Editor) Flows the
newspaper business now?" Editor Ito
Subscriber) -"Splendd. just had my les
cut of, and sued the road for damaged
Atlanta Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-29

Piso's Cure for Consumption il an infalli.
bic medicine for coughs and colds.N. w.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-29

:. The longer We know . man the more
Wings we find out about him that we never
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-29

Multiplication ana Division.
Rodrick-This i wonderful country
for arithmetic ~
Van Albert-Think %?
Yes. They make two one ct Niagars
and one two in South Dakota. ~ Chicago
Daily News. -
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-29

How Ny Throat Hurts!- Why doa,t you
use Hale's Honey Of .Horehound and Tar?
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure IN one minuta.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-29
Patriotic Blsoa.

Out in Cincinnati there j. an Irishman
who. like many other good Irishmen, il
firm in his loyalty to his native land: One
morning not long ago he was at work nsar
the top Of telegraph pole, painting it :
bright green, when the paint clipped and
later another Irishman. came along. 10
looked at the paint, then at his country
man on the ladder, coming down the pole,
and inquired, with anxiety in his tone:
"Doherty, Doherty, how We had HIM
orrnage !"-Youth's Companion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-29
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES % not
spot, streak or give your goods IN IN.
evenly dyed appearance.

Busy ON More Important Details
Aphonso- Gwendolyn, why are yoa -
cruel a. to keep me waiting for On an
swer? It i now ten minutes aimee asked
yon to be my wife.
Gwendolyn-Oh, pardon me, forgot.
I was simply choosing my bridesmaid. ~
Stray Stories.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-29

The Chicago, Milwaukee 4 st. Paul Rail.
way Co has ,a issued asl beautiful ih CALENDAR
ing ten color picture Of popular actress
reproductions of water colors by Leon
Moran. The original paintings are owned
by and the Calendars are issued under the
Railway Company's copyright. A limited.
edition will be sold at 25 cents per calendar
of six sheets. Will be mailed on receipt Of
price,. A. Miller, General Passenger
Agent. Chicago.
Place and Greatness.
joel paid rs to get into that volume
Of Great Americana
Blly-Well?
"All I got was half . column alongside
Of man who IL the most notorious hum
bug in our county. Detroit Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-29
CONQUERS PAIN
$500 FROM a'l.oo.

NOV cucumbers II one Of the hest nav,n.
t xesesanles. 90 also earliest Iadishes. -.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-09-24
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Rome, though the capital of Italy,
is not. the largest city. 1t has only
$4,000 people, while Milan has 49a-
600, and Naples nearly 100000.
According to the year book of the
Swiss Alpine club, 21S tourists, 70
guides and IA porters were killed by
accidents in the decade ending 1900.
Great Britain now produces 800
pounds of grain for each head of her
population. The North American
output is 22,22s pounds for each in
habitant.
Lake Baikal, in Siberia, seems to
be the deepest lake in the world. It
is 1850 feet deep, it's surface being
1850 feet above the sea-level, and
bottom some 5000 feet below.
Municipal electric tramway cars
have no right to stand any longer in
the streets than other conveyances,
the Leeds (EnglanD magistrates de-
cidef recently.
A writer in the Revue de Paris
declares that many Frenchmen hope
that some day Spain, the most fer
tile and most ill-governed of Euro
pean countries, will become French
soil.
With view of facilitating the de-
livery of mails, the Swedish postal au-
thorities suggest that all the school
children in the country should be in
structe1 in the correct method of adj
dressing letters.
The japanese eat more fish than
any other people in the world. With
them meat-eating is foreign inno-
walton, confined to the rich, or, rath-
er, to those rich people who prefer it
to the national diet.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-09-24

School gowns are the topic of the
hour in every home blessed with grow
ing daughters in their teens. While
extravaganza has seemingly run wild
all through the summer, and promises
to continue into the fall and winter,
for the grown-ups it has not yet in
vaded the school wardrobes so far as
multiplicity of gowns are concerned.
One or two, and at the most three be-
coming dresses are supposed to meet
all the requirements of the most fas-
tidious maid, unless it be that she is
going away to school when a much
wider range of gowns are needed, in
Guiding a going-out gown or two. and
perhaps simple evening gown for oc-
casions of school entertainments.
There have been few changes from
the past season in fashions for school
girls. The gowns now being made all
snow the influences of sunamer models,
skirts running to the side plaits found
so graceful and becoming, with blouse
bodices, sporting fancy sleeves aud or
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-09-24

mains of tie earthworks wherein
other thousands were located to de-
fend the capital city. Inside of 20 min
utes we were sailing past the arsenal
grounds. Standing forth above the
trees is the tall mast from which the
flag floats. Right on thatspot stood the
gallows on which Mrs. Surratt and the
other conspirators were hanged for
completely in the crimes of Lincoln's
assassination and the attempts on the
lives of members of his abinet.
Four miles down the river, on our
right, is Alexandria, and looking up
King street we can see the Marshall
house, where the gallant young Col.
Ellsworth was killed, the spilling of
whose blood thrilled millions of hearts
and filed the armies of the union with
young men anxious to avenge that
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-09-24

namental yokes, for the upper gar
ment.
The ready-made street suits for girls
above IA are all built on the lines of
maturer costumes. There are the
same Elton coats and skirts with
shaped founces, the same picturesque
sleeves, the same dainty blousing
vests. with only a shortening of skirts
and modification of trimming to
prove the costume for the younger fry.
In the way of material the frocks
for first wear are of lighter weight
stuffs than those for later use. For
long-skirt maideEs the daintiest little
dresses are seen in figured challies.
trimmed with bands of plain color.
These are delightful to wear, the soft.
delicate stunts contributing little to
weight and defying wrinkles. In color
effects the new challies surpass any,
thing seen before, some of the Persian
patterns introducing many tints, and
are of indescribable beauty.
ELLEN osMoNDR
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-09-24

All fall tailor-mades will be strictly
twentieth century affairs. They will
have certain historic details but the
general effect will be decidedly mod
ern and what is more it is to be French
in all that the word implies. English
severity is entirely lost and this season
at least American women will have
none of it. French frivolity and chic
has taken its place. The Partisan
tailor gown has a certain severity in
line and cut and material. but it breaks
out into irrepressible little touches of
frlvolity that soften it's aspect won
derfully. A mere cravat, hint of en-
broidery in collar and waistcoat,
motif of lace, trick with buttons and
the mannish gown is the coquettish
costume dear to the Partisan heart.
The street gown is decidedly tailor
gown, and on these will be much braid
ing but. unlike the braiding of the past,
it will be done in cord and interviewer
with embroidery that will break it's
severity. For example, reseda green
cloth frock just finished by New
York maker is braided with a fine
black and silver cord, but running
through the braidings are tiny en-
broidered forget-me-nots, with their
leaves of green lighter than the shade
of the gown. A suggestion of forget
me-not blue panne appears at the
throat and in the waistcoat.
The so-called English eyelet holes
are much in favor and are to be used
on many winter gowns. Cloth, cut all
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-09-24

over in eyclet holes, whose edges are
embroidered in contrasting color, and
made up over a.third color, makes most
effective blouse and trimming mate
rial. The popular orange occurs in the
buton-holing of many of these eye
let cloths, but is perhaps more salts
factory when glowing through small
.eye1ets button-holed in black.
One new model is in very dark blue
smooth-faced cloth, whose blouse and
trimmings have Undetermined eyelets
over dull orange taffetas. Another use
of eyelets is shown in one of our cuts,
where gown of white cloth has all
it's seams laced with black silk cord
through black embroidered eyelets
over lining of rose silk.
Embroidered circles or dots upon
plain cloth are seen on many of the
new gowns in rough or figured mate
rial, and the Chinese, Russian, Turk
ish and Egyptian embroideries are
much in demand, even in the most gor-
geous of their colorings. Chinese and
japanese designs and methods are ap-
piled to all the seasons coIorings and
stunning band trimmings have the
well known dragon design writing
along in exquisite tones of brown or
green or blue. The regulation blue
and green harmonies of the oriental
embroidery are an exact fulfilment of
this seasons needs. and there is vivid
orange usually found in union with
wood shades that is ideal for use upor
browns.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-09-24
: DOWN THE POTOMAC.
Sailing Trip That Has No Equal in
United States.
History and Nature Combine to Make
1t a Most Fascinating Outing
Charms of Chesapeake
Bay.
Especial Washington letter.

THERE is popular expression,
j Once a man, twice a child"
having reference to the petu-
liant, querulous second childhood of
the very aged. The brain of an
Anonymous poet coined more COM
Trehenslve expression for the entire
iace: Men are only boys grown
III, aud hearts don't change much,
after all"
They whose lives are directed in
to paths of such prosperity that they
may have couple of weeks or
months of vacation every year spend
many happy hours planning the out
ings which are doubly enjoyable be-
cause of the pleasures of anticipa-
ton. And their ideas of pleasure
are as different as are the provincial
lSms Of their speech and manner.
The people of New England have
their times for camping out in the
dense forests, or of spending their
leisure days along the seashore,
where clam bakes are almost daily
feasts of which they never grow
weary. Going to the coastwise
places is also fad with the people
of contiguous states, in small num-
bers, as compared with their popula
tions. In the west and northwest
the principal purpose seems to be to
go somewhere" no matter where, so
long as. it is away from home and
gives restful change to tired
bodies and weary brains. The peo-
pie of the southern states have a fad
of hitchlng up teams and taking
families to the mountains for camp
ing out periods. The folks with
wealth enough to travel and enjoy
all of the beauties and won
ders of this wonderful imperi-
al country usually turn their
backs upon Yellowstone park,
the Yosemites and all other of the
grandeurs of nature in America, and
pack themselves off to Europe, where
they are smilingly and hilariously
welcomed by sycophants who are
after their money.
A few workingmen of the national
capital with a little time for recrea-
ton recently spent their playtime sail
ing down the Potomac river and out
into Chesapeake bay. 1t was only lit
tie bit of an outing, but ten days on
salt water, sometimes in salt water
and all the time, day and night, brea tn
ing the air so impregnated with
oceans virtues, sufficed to invigorate
and strengthen everyone in the party.
From the time of heaving anchor I'M
til its final casting there was con-
slant study of history, albeit the OBJ
ject lessons were easily learned as in
kindergarten, one of the boatmen
having been familiar with story and
legend of the river for more than two
generations. The stars was made from
Easby's point, where stands the old
Braddock rock, now inclosed by an