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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-25

ANXIOUS to exploit any frothy atrocity
from titled pen.
nut they misjudged the woman
one insisted upon using a nom de
Piume. She would not have her work
read Dy reason of her title, but pre-.
TERED l to see how the thoughts of the
woman, not the princess, would be
received. In this wise elizabeth and
/ ner German Garden" was published.
4ts success was instantaneous.
Inc princess is daughter of Mrs.
CornwaIlis-West, the most famous
beauty OF a decade ago, and sister
g Miss Shelagh West, who married
the duke of Westminster, one of the
richest men in the world, his income
being $1,50o, 900 a year. The princess
1s blonde, of medium height, slender
and graceful. has an exquisite COM
Plexion, gray eyes, and charming
wit: She was married to the German
prince nine years ago. King Edward
and Emperor William are godfathers
TO her son, born early this year. She
1Fas II when she married, the same
age at which her mother married,
and, like her mother, she had as one
OF her most devoted admirers future
king of England. AS her mother was
the princess of Wales ideal of wom-
anly beauty, SO she was the duke of
FORKS ideal. Her brother and sister
figured in romances still fresh in the
public mind. Lieut.. Cornwall is-West's
marriage against family opposition to
Lady Randolph Churchill, who is
1nany years his senior, was the matri-
5nonial sensation Of last year in Eng
and, and the marriage of Miss
Gh3iagh West to the duke of West
minister, after the young duke had
been sent to South Africa to forget,
which he did not, was the most inter-
osting event Of last spring in London.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-25

sort must be had to the hand glass
and thus both hands are rarely al
liberty at the same time. The result
is that much straining of the eyes
occurs, and the task is rarely per-
formed to the lady's satisfaction.
While this new mirror is handy in
use, it is also conveniently disposed
of when not needed for the toilet,
resting either fat against the large
glass or serving as cover for a
jewel or trinket box placed on the
table. The patent on this arrange
ment has been granted to Samuel
Brentnall, of Manchester, England
Louisville Courier-Journai.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-25
WHAT WAS lr7

Guess what he had in his pocket!
Marbles and tops and sundry toys,
Such as always belong to boys,
A bitter apple, leather ball?-
Not at all.
What did he have in his pocket?
A bubble pipe and rusty screw,
A brassy watch key broken In two,
A fish hook in tangle Of string?-
No such thing.
What did he have in his pocket?
Gingerbread crumbs, whistle he made.
Buttons. knife with broken blade.
A nail or two. with rubber gum
Neither one.
What did he have IN his pocket?
Before he knew 1t. 1t slyly crept
Under the treasures carefully kept,
And away they all Of them quickly stole
Twas hole.
-Child's Hour.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-25
Spanish face? / never heard, but I

Spanish face? I never heard, but ]
think they took their own mothers al
the type of Mary, the mother of Christ.
When you hear some one in sermon or
Grafton speak in the abstract of good,
faithful, honest mother, your eyes fill
up with tears, while you say to your
self: THAT was my mother"
The first word child utters is apt
to be 3sMother!" and the old man in his
dying dream, calls: "Mother,
mother!" It matters not whether she
was brought up in the surroundings of
a city and in aff1uent home and was
dressed appropriately with reference
to the demands Of modern life or
whether she wore the old time cap and
great round spectacles and apron of
her own make, and knit your socks
with her own needles seated by the
broad fireplace, with great backlog
ablaze, on winters night; it matters
not how many wrinkles crossed and re-
crossed her face or how much her
shoulders stopped with the burdens Of
a long life, if you painted Madonna
hers would be the face. What gentle
hand she had when we were sick and
what voice to soothe pain, and was
there anyone who could so fill up q
room with peace and purity and light 7?
And what sad day that was when
we came home and she could greet us
not, for her lips were forever still.
Come back, mother, in these Christian
times and take your old place, and as
ten or 20 or so years ago come and open
the old Bible as you used to, read and
kneel in the same place where you
used to pray and look upon us as of
old when you wished u3 merry
Christmas OF happy New Year. But
no! That would not be fair to call you
back. You had troubles enough and
aches enough and bereavements
enough while you were here. larry by
the throne, mother, till we join you
there, your prayers all answered, and
in the eternal homestead of our God
we shall again keep Christmas jubilee
together. But speak from your
thrones, all you glorified mothers, and
say to all these, your sons and daugh-
tiers, words of love, words of warning,
words of cheer. They need your voice,
for they have travelled far and with
many heartbreak since you left them,
and you DO well to call from the heights
of Heaven to the valleys of earth
Hail, enthroned ancestry! We are
coming. Keep place right beside you
at the banquet.
Slow footed years. More swiftly run
Into the gold of that unsetting sun,
Homesick we are for thee,
Calm land beyond the sea.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-25
AUXILIARY MIRROR.
It Adds Wonderfully to the Utility
and Convenience of the Ordin.
airy Dressing Table.

The object of the invention shown
below is to increase the utility of q
lady's dressing table by the addition
of a secondary mirror, which is SO
carried that a secondary image OF
reflection is obtained, thus enabling
lady to secure a full view of the
back of her head, and. yet leave both
hands free to deal with the hair.
This additional glass is suspended by
two hinged arms from the supports
of the main mirror, provision being
made for extending these arms and
holding them vertically when the
glasses are in use. Where only the
single glass is provided frequent re-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-25

'aGESqZz llEql1 e,
IS A GREAT BEAUTY.
g.. Pays Homage to the prin-
OF Pless, Daughter Of
r.. Cornwallis-we.,

the rs sess Henry Of Pless is easily
Al rs'gning beauty of the season,
vha. ndon is raving over the woman
eont;n.r 1.arms have been sung from
~r;t. ~ Engiishwomen have had more
HIS sDout them than Princess
.no- a beauty with brains is a
n-;. @ ne reckoned with. The
hr;,,;s ss ls such a power. She is a
.rn:s. ne wit, and she has ever been
sn.a .aous. When she decided to go
ccr., 'erature she was gladly well
neo by publishers who were
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-25

faithful burro roamed the mountains
in disconsolate mood, and was finally
adopted by an old fruit seller of Colo
RADIO Springs, whose property he now
is. Jack, who is AZ years of age
and more than ordinarily patient and
tractable for one of the mule family,
is spending his declining days in in
dolence and luxury-for burro. He
long ago outlived his usefulness az q
trail follower, and is familiar object
to the people of Colorado Springs and
an especial attraction to visitors, as he
stands munching hay near his owners
fruit stand. He has cultivated an
esthetic appetite since he abandoned
the mountains, and won't stand for q
tin can and cactus diet any more. His
owner is over 90 years Of age and 10 one
Of Colorado Springs quaint charac-
ters. The picture is from q photo
graph by Miss Jennie L. Thomas, Of
Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-25
FAMOUS PET BURRO.
Once the Property of Helen Hunt
jackson and Now q Familiar oh.
1ect of . Colorado City.

This is Jack, famous pet burro of
the Rocky mountains. Jack is chiefly
distinguished as having been once
the property of Helen Hunt Jackson.
the writer, whom he used to accom-
pany in her travels for material over
mountain and plain, and whose grave
at the summit of Pixies Peak he has
visited several times. Jack was origi-
nally in the government service, being
used as pack animal in the early days.
After the death Of Mrs. jackson, the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-25
Honey In Hero's statue.

The heroic equestrian statue Of Rob.
ert E. Lee in Richmond, Va, is believed
to have hundreds Of pounds Of honey
concealed inside Of it. For months
bees have been going in and out Of the
parted lips of both the human and
the animal figure. The insects were
first seen there last summer, and
doubtless have been making honey
ever since. There is no way to get
inside either figure without doing ire
reparable damage, but fear is enter
tanned that vandal hands may make
the attempt.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-25

a
turesp
q SPIN
high WoSaer necessary comic a
OF q
.
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comfortable colonial
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colonial
that
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-25

where the eagles of Rome were ac-
knowledged as the emblems Of govern
ment. AT the capital itself gladiator.
exhibitions became a principal fea-
ture of the celebrations and continued
such for several centuries. In the year
403 an eastern monk named Alama.
chius was impressed with the wicked
ness of these combats and went to
Rome with the single intention of Sc
curing their abolition. On New Years
day of 404 he attended the show in
the Flavian amphitheater and rushed
into the arena as the first pair of glad
iators began their contest, throwing
himself between them. The Praetor
Alypius Immediately ordered the con-
testants to dispatch the monk and go
on with the fight. He was obeyed, but
the scandal of the event was SO great
that the emperor ordered the discon-
tinuance of the exhibitions, so that
Alamachius obtained the desired re-
suit, though at the cost Of his own
life.
In Great Britain the calendar year
began on the 25th of April, and the
rupture with the Roman church occur
ring shortly before Pope Gregory's
PRONUNCIATION of the edict Of correc-
ton of the Julian calendar, made il
impracticable for the English to con.
cur in the change, which was accept
ed, in 1882, by all that portion of the
civilized world in communion with
the Roman Catholic organization, and
by some of the Protestant states. In
the year 1000 it was adopted by the
kingdom of Scotland, under James VI,
who afterwards succeeded to the
throne of England also.
In England and her colonies It was
different. Among all the revolution
ary changes of the seventeenth CEN
fury the English held to their old ways
Of computing dates, just as they now
hold to their old ways Of computing
money, Notwithstanding the whole
world is against them. Even the birth
Of George Washington in Virginia went
upon the public records as having
taken place February II, 1881, instead
of February %, 1882, as it was after
wards made to appear in it's correct
ed form. According to the Julian cal
endar at that time still in legal force
in the British possessions, the year
1892 did not begin until the following
25th of April, which would have been,
according to the Gregorian calendar,
the 9Th day of May, the latter having
by this time got II days ahead of the
former, by expunging the extra days
from the centennial leap years. In
1851 parliament enacted that the Greg
orian dates should be adopted the
next year, and since 1852 the people of
English speech have been in accord
with the rest Of Christian humanity
On this point.
Whether there were English cele-
brations Of the LIST Of January before
It came to be New Years day have
never ascertained, but have supposed
that it figured with the other II days
# Yuletide without any special pre-
sminence except possibly from ito
being the octave of Christmas. Since :
t came to be q recognized holiday,
to the reform Of the calen.
lar, it has seemed in this country at
east to take its character from the
ustoms Of continental Europe.-Mil-
vaukee Sentinel.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-25
Proof Positive But Awkward.
A convict at French penal settle

/
A convict at a French penal settle
ment, who was undergoing life sem
tence, desired to marry female con-
Wet, such marriages being of common
occurrence. The governor of the col
ony offered no objection, but the priest
| proceeded to cross-examine the pris-
oner.
"Did you marry in France?" he
asked.
eyes"
"And your wife is dead?"
"She is"
"Have you any document to show
that she is dead?'
"No."
'.Then I must decline to marry you.
You must produce some proof to show
that. your wife is dead"
There was pause and the bride
prospective looked at the would-be
groom.
Finally he said: 81 can prove that
my former wife is dead. =
GLOW will you do sop
81 was sent here for killing her"
lue DIIUc dCCCPICu AAAA AOSVASAS
Observation-Disclosures Scotsman.
Too Much for the Flies.
A young man in Philadelphia, who
has plenty of time to devote to scien-
tifc questions, has discovered that
music has great terror for flies. He
learned the fact from observing at q
park concert that while the audience
was greatly annoyed by the insects, the
musicians in the shell were free from
all inconvenience.
His conclusion is that the sound
waves from the shell kept back the
flies, and that although hundreds Of
them struggled to reach the she'll, they
might as well have attempted to fly in
the face of tornado; and thus, he de-
clares, Enclosed by magic curtain
made of their own music, the musicians
played Wagner unannoyed by the
sticky and Fostering fies.'
Imperial Wagner. dead and turned to clay,
Composed tune to keep the flies away.
Youths Compa Mon.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-25
one Of stevenson's Prayers.

~ have faltered more or less
m my great task of happiness:
II have moved among my race
3 And shown no glorious morning face:
n beams from happy human eyes
Have moved me not: II morning skies,
Books. and my food, and summer rain.
d Knocked on my sullen heart in vain
f,0rd. Thy most pointed pleasure take.
And stab my spirit broad awake.
robert Louis Stevenson.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-25
saved His Friend,s Ears.

A prisoner was once condemned by
the late ameer Of Afghanistan to
have his ears sliced of quite as q
minor punishment. He had . power
full friend, however, who was much
attached to him. This friend begged
the ameer, in duly submissive tones,
to allow him to perform the opera
ton, favor which was granted.
However, the amateur begged the
ameer to show him what portion Of
each ear he wished to be removed.
The ameer accordingly touched them
tightly. Whereupon the ingenious
md courageous person proceeded to
quote a passage from the Koran which
said that anything touched by the
representative of the Almighty be-
eame sacred. The despot smiled
grimly and forgave them both.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-25

Bobby Heard Tron Again.
20 mother!" cried little Bob one day,
"when you strike pussy's fur this way
you can feel the electricity, and when
you put your ear down you can hea1
her trolley!"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-25
Law-Abidins Commonvvealths.

Massachusetts, is one of only five
states in the union in which no lynch
ings have occurred during the last 16
years. The other four are Delaware,
New Hampshire, Rhode Island aud
Utah.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-25

r.,.tatlon Shattered.
$3.50 always thought Cumso
NV -. reputation Of being . smart
man. w.,,p
Gu detected him buying an
1aan ,s. to-day.-Harlem Life.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-25
willie.s Stropg Defense.

$500 WIIIlG'B StFOW8 O&IEMBSs
willie, you are forever interruPting
mel"
.'Well, it's not my fault, mamma, il
you're alway1 talking."-Yonkers
Statesman.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-25
Contour.

Contour.
ePercy-Can you outline q mans
character by the shape Of his head?"
Guy-Oh, NO; but I can give .
smashing good guess at him by the
shape Of his shoes.-Detroit Free
Press
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-25
80 Gre Dangerous.

D I'm some men never reach
( 'Ihe s. ladder" said the break
the top s IS because they wait at
fast eynic' |or m elevator to Jake
ths D1 rs chicago Daily News
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-25
whence success9

"After all, success in business only
comes to plucky people"
"You mean from plucking people,
don't you?"-CathoGo Standard and
Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-25

i rake shall surrender to the God who
made the country as man made the
town.
Behold also that on that Christmas
night God honored motherhood. Two
angels on their wings might have
brought an infant Saviour to Bethle-
hem without Mary's being there at all.
When the villagers on the morning of
December 26 awoke, by Divine arrange
ment and in some unexplained way the
child Jesus might have been found in
some comforta BILE cradle of the village.
But no, no! Motherhood for all time
was to be consecrated, and one of the
tenderest relations was to be the ma
ternal relation and one Of the sweet
est words mother" In all ages God
has honored good motherhood. St.
Bernard had good mother. Samuel
Budget good mother. Doddridge a
good mother. Walter Scott good
mother. Benjamin West good
mother. In great audience, most of
whom were Christians, ! asked that all
those who had been blessed of Chris
tian mothers arise, and almost the en-
tire assembly stood up. Do you not see
how important it is that all mother
hood be consecrated? Why did Titan,
the Italian artist, when he sketched the
| Madonna, make it an Italian face?
Why did Rubens, the German artist, in
his Madonna, make it German face?
Why did Joshua Reynolds, the English
artist, in his Madonna, make it an Eng
.ish face? Why did Muri1lo, the Span
ish artist, in his Madonna, make it .
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-05-06
500 REWARD. 800.

The readers Of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there Is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that Is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease, requires a con-
stitutionaI treatment Halls Catarrh
Cure Is taken internally, acting d.
rectly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. thereby de-
stroying the foundation of the disease,
and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and as
sisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have SO much faith in its
curative powers, that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that II
fails to cure. Send for list OF testi-
monials.
Address, F. j. cHENY q CO.. To-
iedo. o.
Sold by druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-05-06
MRS. RACHEL DEHOFF.

Mrs. Rachel Dehoff, the widow Of
Andrew Dehoff, of Fairhope, died at
her home on Sunday evening from the
infirmities of old age. Mrs. Dehoff
would have reached her ninetieth
birthday on May 22.
The deceased was born in Maryland.
When ~ years old she removed with
her parents to Columbiana county.
She was married and in the SOS
moved to Stark county. She has been
living in Fairhope for over rs years.
!. Mrs. Dehoff is survived by two sons
and three daughters. The sons are A.
J. Dehoff, teacher in the East Eighth
street school, and Simon Dehoff, of
Canton. The daughters are Lucy De-
hon, of Fairhope; Becky Dehoff, of
Denver, and Mrs. Abbie Boyer, OF
Louisville, Ohio. The funeral will be
held in the Fairhope church on Thurs
day and the interment will take place
in the Wearstler cemetery.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-05-06
START MAY z
To Run Through Cars to
Akron

That the Canton-Akron railway peo-
pie are in earnest when they say the
line will be in operation by the mid
die of this month is shown by a letter
received by Manager Currie. of the
N. o. #. company, from l.. e. Myers,
chief contractor at work on the new
line, says the Akron Democrat.
The letter instructs the N. o. T..
company to have the special work
done at the terminus Of the East
Market street line so that the Canton
Akron cars may run into the city over
this line by May IL. Local railway
men do not believe that the Canton
Akron will be in operation much be-
fore the 1st of June, but the special
work on East Market street line will
be commenced at once.
The Canton-Akron will enter Akron
from the east, coming in an almost
direct line from the White Grocery to
Blue Pond. Arrangements have been
made by which the Canton-Akron will
use the N. o. T. lines for its purposes
in this city. The cars will enter Ak
ron over the East Market street line,
and continue to Howard street and on
Howard street to Main, making the
turn at the triangle, and stopping in
front of the N. o. T. waiting room.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-05-06
No REDUCTION.
From the Old High
Prices.
A BREAK PREDICTED
In Butter, Eggs and Potatoes.-
What . Dealer Has TO
Ssy Of tho Sit
uation.

The week opens in Canton markets
without any relief from the high
prices that have prevailed for weeks.
Meat still sells for the highest quo
tations, of last week, with little hope
Of any reduction. People still refuse
TO eat it in large quantities. Butter,
eggs and potatoes. which are staples,
are unchanged. A large dealer said
Monday morning:
. while there are no changes to be
noted now, It is possible that before
the day is over there may be break.
Butter came in more freely Sat-
urday than it has any time since last
fall. Eggs are getting pretty plentiful
and will have to come down in price.
! would not be surprised to see quite
q drop in the price of potatoes before
long"
Trade in nearly all lines is active
and merchants are well satisfied with
conditicEs, except all express de-
sire to see some of the principal food
products become cheaper.
RMTA1l. p1,JC!ES
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-05-06
MRS. sEvILLA WOLFE.

Mrs. Sevilla Wolfe, widow Of Geo.
r. Wolfe. died at her home, 525 West
Fifth street, Sunday after an illness
of five months. The deceased was 81
years old and leaves three children.
Funeral services will be held from
the residence at noon on Tuesday.
after which the remains will be taken
to Louisville, O., where services will
be held at the Progressive Brethren
church. The interment will take place
at Union cemetery, Louisville.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-05-06
MRS. BERTHA OSWALD.
(Staff Special.)

Louisville, May 5.-Mrs. Bertha Os-
wald, respected resident of this
place, Is dead.
She was the widow of Fred Oswald
who died about eight years ago. Her
maiden name was Bertha Luenberger.
For several weeks she has been af-
ficted with heart trouble and rheu-
matism but her condition was not
considered serious.
Mrs. Oswald was most highly re-
spected lady and had resided in Louis
vile about twenty-five years. She
was born in Switzerland. At one time
she resided in Canton. The following
children survive: Charles, of this city,
Fred, Of Cleveland, Emil, Of. Canton,
Samuel, at Evansville, Pa, and Miss
Rosa at Louisville, Mrs. Martin
Zilck, Of Canton, is sister.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-05-06
Teachers' Examination.

The Board of Examiners Of Stark
County will meet at Canton for the
examination of applicants for Teach
ere Certificates, on the FIRST Satur.
day Of each Of the following months:
September. October, November. 1901
January, Februay, March. April.
May, June, July, 1902.
Examination Of pupils under the
Patterson law (recently enacted in
lieu of the Boxwell law) will be held
at Canton on the third Saturday OF
April and the second Saturday Of May.
All examinations begin promptly at
s:16 A. M.
and ink.
Examinations will be held In the
Central High school building.
]. w. GUTHRIE. Clerk.
Alliance. Ohio
oct-2-iy