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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-11-14
THE BEST REMEDY FOR GROUP.

IRON the Atch1SOu. kan., DAILY GLOBE. !
This is the season when the woman
who knows the best remedies for Group
is in demand in every neighborhooti.
One Of the most terrible things in til 9
world is to be awakened in the middle of
the night by whoop from one OF the
children. The group remedies are al
most as sure to be lost. in case of Group,
as revolver is sure to be lost in case of
burglars. There used to be an old-fash-
ioned remedy for croup known as hive
syrup and tolu, but some modern moth
ers say that Chamberlain's Cough REM
edy is better. and does not cost 50
much. It causes the patient to throw
mp the phlecm" quicker. and gives re-
lief 10 shorter time. Give this remedy
as room Us the croupy cough appears and
it will prevent tho a'tack. It never fails
and il pleasant and safe to take For
sale by JOS. s. ClAve,ie, Druggist.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-11-14
The Blue-BaCk Spener.

The Atlanta Constitution remarks
that the first duty of the State and
country school officials is to give
thorough instruction in spelling,
reading, writing and arithmetic. 1t
appears that Georgia is about to
adopt uniform text books for the
next FIVE years, and the Constitu-
ton. declares that the books should
be cheap, simple and capable Of be-
ing intelligently used by teachers
and adds:
1.-The cornerstone Of tue educa-
ton OF the old generations OF Ameri-
cans now living was the old-time
blue-back speller OF Webster.
Drilled and hickoried through that
inspired lexicon Of the American
language as it should be spelled and
written the sure foundation was laid
In the minds Of the pupils for any
breadth of after liberal education.
Nowadays the children are shut
OF from the ten. cent blue-back
speller and forced by the faddistic
educators OF the day to pay from 40
to go cents for fancy pictured and
phoneticized Language books that
are delights to the artistic eye and
daffy-dealing to the children, who
are set to studying them. Some of
the specimens we have lately seen
would be good reference and guide
books for postgraduate student
OF scientific philology, but for learn
ing a seven ear-old child to go
with understanding precision from
ABB ab to 'incomprehensibllity'
they are the veriest gold bricks ever
sold to Reubens come to town.
The fact cannot be questioned that
the old time blue-backed speller in
use in all the schools of the South
before the civil war was best in the
world, and every child put through
it could spell correctly, an sccom-
plishment that is rare among the
children OF the present day. The
Charleston News and Courier calls
attention to the fact that there is
one school division or district in
North Caralina where the Webster
b!ue-back spelling book Is now one
Of the text books and we agree
with our Charleston contemporaries
wish that it's use might be extended
70 all the schools throughout the
'sTbere lie nothing to
with it in any of the text
books Of the present day. says
The News and Courier, ''and we
wish that it might be restored to the
,choOls Of South Carolina and taught
as it used to be taught . This
wish we arc quite sure will evoke .
hearty Amen from the parents of
school children .hrougout the
South, and with the old blue-back
spelling book they would also like to-.
lave restored the old McGuffy's
States.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-11-14
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF
- ST. TAMMANY PARISH

For sick headache try Chamberlain 8
Stomach and Liver vt abiets; they will
ward off the attack if taken in time.
For sale by Jos. s. Olaverie druggist. u
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-11-14
PARISH DIRECTORY.

y. "a. DhUiubtOAs SOJHptUn, 1fh
and j. s. Settoon. Springfield, LIZ
FOURTH CIRCUIT COURT
Third Monday ifr january. and
the tL;rd Monday il, June
| Judges-W W. Leake, Clinton
La. md Robt. Hirgle, Plaquen,ine
La.
2GrH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Judge-Thos. NJ. Burns, Gov
i ington, Ia.
Attorney Gordon W. Oootlhec
Franklinton. La.
PARISH OFFICIALS.
Representative, Jos. B. LancAs
ter. Govington, In.
Sheriff, T. T.. Brewster, Coviugtol
Clerk Of Court, 81 Il Warren IS
Coroner, DR.. F j Heintz. Abi.l
Springs, La.
Treasurer. A Frederick. coviug'
ton. In.
Assessor. Warren Thomas, d
brownsville. La.
Surveyor, J u Yates. V=rger
Supervisors of Election. VI. G.
Day, Covington, La, and Wnrrer
Thomas and W. Z. Parker, Thomas.
vile, La.
POLICE JURY
President, Geo. Koepp. Jr
Secretary, W. G.. Kentzel.
LIST ward, Geo. Koepp, Jr.. Madi-
sonville.
"a ward, VIM. Bruhl. Corington
81: Ward &. c. Alexius, .
4th ward. Jos. N. Smith. Msude-
Vile.
5tb ward, Crawford Williams,
Covington.
9Th ward, H. Q. Parker, Violin.
7th ward, JOHN A. Todd, Bayou
Lacombe
9Th ward. John :'xinson, Pearl
River
9th ward. ". E. Cause. s!idell.
SCHOOL ARD
President, L. L. Morgan. Msnde
Vile.
>;uperinten dent and ecretury,
Tos.tB Lancaster, Coyington.
LIST ward, Emile Fuhrman. Madi-
sorville.
3ud ward, Paul Verger. V.ryer.
Sd ward, DR.. G.. r. Tolson, Gov
irgton.
4:h wa:d, L. L. Alor.ou. !lande-
vile.
5th ward, H. 6. Mene.re, Gov
ingto.-.
9th ward. Levy Grow. Florsn-
vile.
It'll ward. Dorvills Corsin. Bayou
LacQmbe.
stL ward, W. E Crockett. pyarl
;tiver.
9th ward, G. V. Guzmnn, Slidell.
JURY COMMISSIONERS
il. II Warren, ex-ofhcio, Chas.
Oullibsr, H. ]. Smith, V. II. Fred
erick, II. A. Verret and Sam Tai
ley.
TOWN OF CONVICTION.
Mayor, DR.. C. z. Williams.
.Aldelmen-Jnn Wadsworti,, e.
Norman, j. S. Jones. Vim.
Stephen Batennn aud E j.
Secretary, W. G. Kentzel.
Treasurer, S. ,. Anderson.
Marshal, p. J. Dulion.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
- Rev. +. Fontaine,
pastor. Services every Sunday
IL a. N. aud 1880 p m, Sunday
School at $50 II. IN. Prayer
meeting every "Wednesday ut 1880
p. m.
Episcopal Services every frs: aud
third Sundays at IL A. IN. and
500 p. IN. Sunday School at 10
a. m.
oresbyterian-Rev. John n Viii
liums, p;.sto-. Services every
FIRST aud third Sundays at Il a II,
and 1880 p M. Sunday School 1t
$3.50 i. M Prayer meeting
every Thursday 7::3O p. NJ.
Madisonville. second Sunday.
,atEolic-Rev. J. Koegerl. Rector.
Covington
Every Sunday and holy day Of
litigation, holy mass at 8 4. n and
q A. NJ.
Abita Springs.
Every Sunday and day OF obliga-
ion at 8 q. m. fourth Sunday Of
be month at 10 q. m.
jacksonville
First Sunday, at 8 q. N. Third
unday 10 q. m.
Holy Angels Guardian, near Be-
lco, 5th Sunday Ut tue month, at
a. m.
Nandeville.
'ev. L Larocle. Rector. Early
mass Z u. M. ant! high mass 9 u.
me every Sunday.
ChiEclinbn.
ev. Gabriel. o. 5. b.. Dire ctor.
Chapel Of the Deaf mute 1ns'i-
tute. Holy mass every Sunda ut
s a. IN.
1a1 dy H Smith. !,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-11-14
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NOTICE.

ALI parties are hereby forbidden
under penalty OF the law. to cut wood,
ieaden trees, or otherwise trespass on
my lands in this parish, formerly the
lands of r. F. Herwig, and HeIwig Z
Bossier. MRS. R. r. KUNTZ.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-07-09
IGNORANCE OF SOME BRITISH
STATESMEN.

The grotcsQue ignorance of the average
Briton, no matter what his claim to edu-
cation, regarding the United states, has
long been notorious. Every American Wis
itor to London Is amazed and amused
at it. We do not expect such ineptitude
to be betrayed, however, on the part of
distinguished British statesmen, who have
been, now are or are likely to be, called
upon to shape the policies by which the
relate of Great Britain and the United
States are determined. Yet, within the
last week we have had two memorable
exhibitions of ignorance with regard to
matters about which the exhibitors should
have found it easy to procure correct
information. In letter to a working
man friend. Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain
secretary of the colonies, and formerly
president of the board of trade alleged
the other day that the registration fee
on grain and -four, reimposed In April,
1902 in Great Britain, was paid, not by
the British consumer. but by the Ameri-
can railways, who were compelled to
transport the food products OF the West
TO the seaboard at lower rate Now
the fact is that, during the summer Of
1902 the cost of carrying grain from the
Middle West to the seaDoard increased
from ten TO twenty per cent. over what
it had been the previous season. A little
later grain rates We're advanced stll
farther from two to five cents per one
hundred pounds. That is to say, during
the very period when, according to Mr..
Chamberlain, the British bread-eater was
relieved from the onus of the registration
duty ON imported breadstuffs by the
American railways, those common carriers
were getting far more for transportation
than they had previously received,
So much for Mr., Chamberlains com
petence to discuss poitico' economical
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-07-09
A Day in Virginia.

A tasteful and entertaining brochure
under the title of "A Day In Virginia"
by "Comrade Henry b. MeiFs Of Balti-
more, Nd" has recently made It's APP
pearance, and copies have been received
by some of the old soldiers in this city
and vicinity 1t embodes a narrative of
visit Of fortyone members Of the
Thirteenth Vermont Regiment association
TO various battlelelds that were familiar
in the great Civil War, the visit having
been made forty years less than one day
from the date of their mastering into
service at Brattleboro. The trip was
made at the invitation OF Col. Hemau
w. Allen, Gen. C. L. Marsh and Col.
II. o. Clark, and it is fitting. therefore.
that the frontispiece of the work should
be a group picture of these three veter-
ans. The narrative includes number of
"reminiscences that will be OF particular
interest to all old soldiers Of the Civil
War, and the account is supplemented by
"A report of the association meeting by
Col. II. w. Allen. The article forming
the body Of the work is TO constitute a
chapter in a history of the Thirteenth
Vermont regiment now in process OF
notification
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-07-09

Quoted which were previously prohibited
by the excessive expense.
BY the new cable the rate to the
Philippines will be only 81. per word
while a message to any point in China
will cost only Sips per word. This en-
ormous reduction in the cost Of COM
munication between the United States
and all parts of the far East will in
evtably tend to promote our commerce,
since a large part of the commercial
transactions with people in that quarter
of the globe are conducted by cable.
Under the circumstances 1t would not be
surprising IL in the near future, a con-
siderable part Of Europe's commercial
kilograms should be sent to Asia across
the United States. From whatever
point our new cable may be considered
therefore, it is evident that its COM
pletion is an event of international i'm
portance.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-07-09
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

The Khedive Of Egypt. who is visit
ing London. took trip to Frogmore and
placed wreath on the tomb OF Queen
ictoria.
pension has Just been granted to
Thomas r. Howard, of Houston. Tex, for
services in the Seminole Indian War, in
1873 and 1886.
General Thomas A. Morris, now a
resident of Indianapolis is the Oldest liv-
ing graduate of West Point, being of the
class of 1894.
Mrs. Edna Dow Cheyney the writer
and champion of the negro race, has Just
celebrated her seventy-nnth birthday at
her home In Boston.
Sir A. Conan Doyle, the famous Eng
lish author, has leased the Third House
at Montauk. l.. l., and will pass the sea-
son there in literary pursuits,
John T.. Wildc, chief of the secret
service has gone to Europe for several
weeks and will look into the workings
of a similar service in leading cities.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-07-09
The Million Dollar Fund.

The proposition of the alumni OF the
University of Vermont to raise a fund
of 81 900, 900 for their alma mater as
fitting means of celebrating the centen-
attention, and in this connection it is
encouraging to note that the alumni are
going about the work in a way and in a
spirit that promises gratifying success.
One phase OF the discussion brought out
by the project in question is exemplihed
by the St. Adams Messenger as follows.
Every Vermonter will be glad to see a
million dollar fund raised by the alumni
of the University of Vermont to cele-
brate the centennial of the founding of
that institution which falls in 1904, AS
the Springfield Republican says in dis
cussing this same subject;
ITO all who may contemplate employ
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-07-09

The board of health of New York has
made a new departure in the adoption
of rule requiring the inspection of every
baby born in the city for the purpose or
determining whether or not it is healthy,
and in the event of malformation or
disease what measures are necessary to
make it a perfect child. This rule will
unquestionably save many lives and spare
not a few children the agony Of lives Of
misery. The instruction Of young mothers
in what to do and what not to do with
reference to the dressing and treatment
of young children will be an important
feature of the new regime. In time some
rule of this sort will be enforced in every
municipality in the land and as result
there will be a marked dminution in the
proportion of deformed children.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-07-09
A PLEA FOR MOTHERS.
Matters which Sons and Daughters
should Both Bear steadily in Mind.

To the Editor Of The Free Press:
have often wondered If the young boys
or young girls ever give serious
thought to the sacrifice that their father
or mother endured for the sake of their
comfort, their happiness, their education
and coming up to manhood and woman
hood
/ want to ask you all to just take
little time, seriously think of all that
we owe our parents and more especially
our mothers. She it is who gives us birth
gives us her life of love and sacrifices
She it is who binds up the wounded finger
in childhood and who binds up the
wounded heart in later years.
Mother comes into all our life.
Mother goes with us from the cradle
to the grave. We may be good or bad
but the mother love sees only the good
and tries to hide the bad She it is who
comes to us with a heart full of sympa-
thy when sorrow overtakes US
Mother may be an invalid but we heap
our burden upon her shoulders and she
bears it without a murmur. Why? Be
cause she is willing to sacrifice her life
FIR the 'ht'd tina. bca~s her fane. ever
ready to forgive, every ready to try us
again. never failing us in any trial but
with a God bless you my child" she
keeps back tho hot tears that covers
the sorrow in her heart, that we may
not know how much sorrow a parting
brings to her
How often We go from home without
II parting thought of the pain and anxiety
there is left behind us In that mother s
love. She watches over you. prayS for
you. reioiccs in your successes, GrieVes
with YOU in your failures and mistakes
with warm sympathy that no other
human being can. And often after we
repay this devotion by neglect, by
| thoughtlcssness and by unkindness.
Young man, your mother will never
forsakr You ard the pain that your
thouGhtlcss neglect gives her is more
than any one except her God ever knows.
If we would but follow her teachings
and ever keep before us the thought
would my beloved mother approve"
We would stop and think ere we did
many things We now do.
This would he a better world or rather
a better people. our mother will never
lead us astray. You may win fame, honor
ana the respect of the world, but | would
give more for my mothers love. my
mothers respect my mothers approval,
than all else combined She it is who
is proud of you if you do right and live
right. 1t makes her heart glad it en-
riches her life. She is proud to say he
| is my son or she is my daughter just
| look at the heavenly light of love in her
! face, but If We go wrong, she is filed
with sorrow that bends her back, stoops
her shoulders. makes the deep wrinkles
in the face. makes the eyes look sad
and the hair turn white and makes the
/ last years Of that life a sorrow to he
/ born in silent prayer for years.
My young friends think seriously ot
this one great problem Think of the
dear, sweet. kind, gentle woman who Is
always SO ready to lend YOU a helping
/ hand. she is your best friend on earth
| Then cherish her with care and smooth
her slvery hair for when she is gone
you will never get another
Signed.
A CAMBRIDGE READER.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-07-09
Rear Admiral Kenny, Retired.

Upon the retirement last week of Rear
Admiral Albert s. Kenney, from the Of
flee of paymaster general of the navy,
which he has filled so capably. Secretary
Moody of the navy addressed to him a
letter in which he said:
Permit me to express the regret which
! feel that your retirement from active
service prohibits a further continuance
IN your present station. No duties are
more important that those of your posi-
ton, which you Vacate to-day. and no
one could perform them better than you
have. In the little more than a year
during which We have been associated I
have always received benefit from your
advice and realize fully the mastery of
your duties from your long and honor
able service, which began in 1862
handsome and heavy silver punch
bowl, suitably inscribed, was presented
TO Admiral Kenny upon his retirement
by his late subordinates in his Washing
ton office, in token of their appreciation
of his worth as an officer and a man.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-07-09

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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-07-09
BANK MERGING CLIMAX
Latest Combination an Amazing
Step toward Further Con.
centration.
New Concern, with Powerful Insur-
ance Corporations Controlling 1t,
May Sometime Be Numbered
among Worlds Great In
ternatiOnnl Bankers.

When the first astounding increase
was made "A few years ago from a capt
talization of two millions to ten mil
lions with prOportOnate increase of
surplus, every one was of the opinion
that these figures represented the high
est efficiency in the employment by any
one banking institution of capital and
resources of that kind. The example
was followed by two or three other
banks. and then came the still not clear
~ understood exploit of President Baker
Of the First National. by which he
liquidated the veteran Bank of the Re
public. increased his capital to ten mill
lions and paid that prodigious dividend
of approximately the Same amount to
the stockholders of his bank, whereby
they were able simply by an exchange
of checks, to pay for this increased cap
talization of ten millions, says the New
York correspondent of the Philadelphia
Press
Mr., Stillman, who was the first demon
strator of and instructor in his modern
method. through the skillful although in
direct absorption of the Third National
bank speedily enlarged his demonstra
ton. lie caused the City bank so to in
crease is capital and surplus that it
was able to say that it had 81, 0V0, coo
in resources including stockholders liza
bility, for the protection of its depositors
The very magnitude of the resources
of this institution seems to have tempted
deposits to IT. and when last winter it
was able to report resources approxi-
mating 5000. 900 600 then it was said that
at last A national bank of the United
States had mounted almost to the level
of some of the greater banks Of London.
But Mr.. Stillman's exploit seems to
have been only one stem i'm an oxpan-
sion. or from another point of view.
concentration OF banking capital and re
sources so that no longer does any one
pretend that the limit Of efficiency or of
strength has been reached. For. the
oticial announcement made of the mor-
ger of tho yenerable Bank Of Commerce
| and of the comparativelv Youthful West
ern National bank. advances almost
| amazingly the stem toward what many
| believed to he the ultimate concentration
| into two or three rroups each marni-
| ncient in its resources. of the banking
| canital and resources and deposits in
| New York CITY.
| This latest of banking mergers sure ia
| command intense interest I'm every nnan.
| cial centre across the sea will when
| comnassed he in tho nossession or 800
| Ooo O0O resources if there he included in
| the list of it's resources that ono which
president Stillman insists is properlv in.
Guided that is to say. stockholders liza.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-07-09

No cannon crackers, cane explosives,
horns COW bells or merely noise-produc-
ing instruments to be used after Q a.
M. That will do the business.
1t can be seen from the consensus of
opinion that there is a growing disposi-
ton on the part of young America to
make the week of the Fourth just the
opposite of zone grand sweet song" and
1t will require rare tact and diplomacy
transcending even the riches of a gifted
oracle of Springfield. Mass, to nip this
tendency in the bud without at the same
time Graduating the germs Of patriotism
about which the philosopher of the Nut
meg State sings so divinely.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-07-09
LIES SUNNY SIDE.
(From the BROOKLYN Eagle)

There's a whole sermon for the sunny
Side in Nixon Watermans exquisite
little verse:
The savage beast, the poison vine. the
- evils of the earth
| know not if the good and i'll were only
one at birth
But all the world seems gracious, when
set against the wrong;
a womans love, a sheaf of grain, lily
and a song!
There you have it in a nutshell: human
affections, useful productiveness the
beauty of nature, and the charm or
music, balancing all the ills that flesh is
heir to. Isn't it a fine thought? Isn't it
an answer to all the pessimism the world
is cursed with? Isn't it worth repeating
and reiterating, and emphasizing TIL the
dark shades of Schopenhauer are driven
away and the decadence OF DunnunZio
shrinks into a dark corner where it be-
longs?
Life is good. Stand back. Nautilus.
among the pestilent sciolists of pseudo
philosophy. Some one has said that
with every child new Christ Is born
into the world" That is true in a
broad sense. If every child did not offer
wide meadow of marginal innocence
along the narrow rivulet OF inherited
perversties, the world would soon be in
a bad way! Nature is thrice blessed.
Time is a remedy that cures all diseases.
Scrofula and other ills disappear in the
third generation, along with the memory
of scandals fifty years old. Let us live,
then, and love, and be happy. In the
language of the old song:
I walked the blooming wild wood,
A maiden by my side;
| ! vowed to love her evermore,
My beautiful, my bride
IAN is Vanity, Vanity" the Wise Man
said to me.
| clasped her gently to my side, and
| answered frank and free;
IF this be vanity, what care !; then
| Lot 10 ha