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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-07
THE ANSWER OF THE MIGHT.

1.-The armament showeth His hand
work. Psalms 1871.
When night her sable veil has flung
Far out, until it shrouds theworld,
We marvel how each mesh is hung
With stars, and how each fold is pearlet
With strands Of living fire whose glow
Comes family through the outer mist,
Where subtle colors ebb and flow
From ebony to amethyst.
Then man looks in the jeweled sky
Where patiently the planets climb,
And there is held before his eye
The unsolved mystery Of time
He traces all the wanderings
OF restless universe and world,
But where the hand that onward filings
The stars with such precision hurled?
What Is the all-explaining word
Writ with the stars for man to heed?
Why is 1t in its grandeur blurred
That straining eyes may never read?
Why, when our sight has found the place
Wherein the farthest star is set
Do unknown fingers swiftly trace
A constellation farther yet?
Each star that sends It's laughing light
Has that deep secret long possessed;
1t tremblee on the lips OF Night
The knowledge hidden in her breast.
Yet man repeats his What and Why,
And frets for that he never sees
How that the stars have made reply
Through Gods unnunbered centuries.
w. d. n, in Chicago Daily Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-07
CONCERNING OUR HOLIDAYS
Most Of Them Are Regulated Entirely
by the Authorities Of the
Various States.

There is no national holiday in the
United States, in the sense of being
made so by federal law. Such matters
are regulated entirely by state author
ity, and they vary in the different states,
Mississippi alone having no statutory
holidays, says the Nashville (Tenn.)
Banner. The Fourth of July and Christ
mas are observed as holidays In all Of
the states, and all OF the governors
usually follow the president in setting
apart q Thanksgiving day, which the
laws In most states have made bank
holiday, but otherwise there is nothing
like uniformity. June 3, Jefferson Dav-
is birthday, is holiday in Florida,
Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana.
Abraham Lincoln's birthday is observed
as holiday in Connecticut, Delaware,
Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, New
York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania
Washington and Wyoming A number
of states observe some special holiday
not observed elsewhere, as January 8
(the battle of New Orleans), In Louis
lana; March 2 Estate independence, in
Texas; May 20 (Mecklenburg declara-
toni, in North Carolina, etc. Congress
has at various times appointed special
holidays, and in the second session of the
Fifty third congress it passed an act
making Labor day holiday in the Dis:
trict Of Columbia. It has also recog
nized certain other days as holidays for.
commercial purposes within the dis
trict, but there is nothing like general
act on the subject. The presidents
Thanksgiving proclamation makes that
day legal holiday in the District of CO.
lumbia and the territories only.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-07
Rejected stammerers.

As stammering is a cause of rejec.
ton for military service, its frequency
is shown by the statistics Of the ex.
animation of recruits in different ma
lions. The number rejected as STAN
merers is 7.50 per 1000 examined in
France, 1923 in Switzerland, 2.87 in
England, 90 In Austria, 0.86 in Italy
and but 0.19 in Russia.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-07
When You Get Shaved


every few men realize the manual
labor entailed in the operation OF
shaving, aside from the constant care
and skill that must be exercisss..," said
the handsome barber, as he paused to
strop his razor. II didn't realize it
myself until the other day. The man
was shaving was stranger to me
and he seemed a trifle nervous When
l got through with him he said to
me: DO you know how many strokes
of the razor you used in shaving me?'
looked up at the clock. It had taken
me nearly 20 minutes. I give 1t up l
said. I never thought about it. Well,
said he, as ne buttoned his collar, you
used just 459 strokes with the razor.
That's pretty fair for me, because I'm
nervous. have frequently been up to
nearly 600. You see, suffer from in
somnia, and the only way I can get to
sleep at nights is to lie in bed and
count. In that way have got into the
habit Of counting the. razor strokes
while getting shaved, and want to
tell you that 459 is pretty good
record for me- Say, do you believe
that ?"-Philadelph Record. 49,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-07
Explained.

He-My sweet one, do you love me?
She-Ah, dearest, how can you ask
that?
"Why, it's a very simple physiologi.
cal process. The impulse doubtless
originates in the cerebellum, is accel-
Grated in the cerebrum, and, upon be-
ing transmitted by the proper nerve, is
converted by the vocal organs into the
words, DO you love me?' Judge.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-07
The Witness, Renort,

Lawyer-You say there we're three
men called at the house that night?
Witness-Yes.
What did you notice about these
men,"
They were colored men"
Are you sure they were not one and
the same man coming three times?"
II am sure they were not"
you are sure they were three differ
ent colored men?"
mo, sir. They were three different
men, but not different colored. They
were all black. Minneapolis Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-07
Not Entirely New.

An erudite scientist arises to explain
that II q woman's life is to be long, the
pulse must beat with full and normal
strokes" But, then. says the Los An
geles Times, this fact has been suspected
for 1t least several years.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-07
Live on Volcano,s side

There are upward Of SO, 900 inhabitants
on the slopes and skirts of Vesuvius. II
It were not Tor the fertilizing effect Of
the volcanic products not more than one
tenth Df that number would be able tn
md n4ans Of subsistence there.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-07
Wisconsin Fish Story,

The mills Of Hustisford. Wis, are idle
because carp of large size and in great
numbers are blocking the water wheels.
The Chicago Inter Ocean remarks that
Hustisford has heretofore been regarded
as q fairly reliable news center.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-07
Encourage Use Of Bfcvcles

The municipal authorities Of France
encourage the use Of the bicycle by
keeping the roads In excellent order.
The great highways leading out from
Paris and other French cities, as well al
the national military roads, offer every
inducement that bicyclist could desire.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-07
Wasted Energy.

"H some folks" said Uncle Eben,
would walk rs far huntin' work as 1ey
does fol;erin' procession, dar would be
mo- dom when de dinner bell rings
Washington Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-07
Above the Average

The man who manages to keep out of
deb<, out Of Jail and out OF politics is a
little above the average.-Chicego Daily
News
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-07
Poor Fido. !

What is the matter with Fido?"
ooh, isn't it horrid! | gave him to
the laun dress to wash, and she starched
m."-New Yorker.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-07
Might Reduce Some.

This New York cult that would discard
clothes wholly may not make q hit for
its full programme, says the Chicago
Daily News, but the father of the family
might not object to garments costing
about third of what they cost at pres
nn%
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-07
sobered bY Marriage.

Love may intoxicate man, but mar
riage sobers him.-Chicaso Daily Ne NJ.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-07
More Foreieners Than Natives

moro Eore1gnef8 Than Nat1Ve8.
In the Sandwich islands there are
twice as many Japanese as natives,
and the Chinese also outnumber the
natives by a small excess.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-07
Morgan to Blame,

Judge-You admit you sandbagged the
man. Haveyou any excuse?
Prisoner-Yes, yer honor. De sand
bag wuz me own property, and ]. p. Nor
gan says man has de right ter do wot
he pleases wit his own property
Punch.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-07
Original.

''You seemed surprised when l gave
you that sonnet to read" said the would
be poet. Perhaps you didn't believe
it was original"
II knew it was original the first mo-
ment saw it," replied Crittick.
''Yes?"
some 20 years ago, when was reading
ShAkespeare"-S and Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-07
schoolbov Shots.

The head master of South London
board school has determined to make
his pupils efficient marksmen. In one of
the class-rooms he has placed target
In the form of an india rubber ball sus-
pended by piece of string. Behind
this is a piece of carpet and some board
ing. An air-gun, supplied by himself, is
the weapon used. Some of his pupils
are rapidly becoming dead shots" and
he is very proud Of their proficiency.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-07
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DIR. NJ. R. FISHER
88ss@4 ~ ..s
DENTIST.
OdIcewith DR.. Tolson Every Saturday

DIR. G. de MCNSABEkT
Having permanently established him
self in Covington, offers his PROBES.
sioual services to the public.
He will be at his Office daily from
10 a. m. to 2 p. m.
Office on Boston street near The
Courthouse. Phone 103.
Residence on Jackson avenue near
,ew Glen cottage. Phone LIS.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-07
Measure Of Success.

The true measure OF success is eight
quarts to the peck.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-02-06
A bed letter nav.

Wednesday, February Sd, was a red.
lottcr day for the children OF the
Hubbard school district No. II. They
Initiated tho new school house. The
building was completely anished
seats put In, and much credit Is due
the directors for their efforts In look.
ing after the building. and saving the
district a lot OF money In desks
blackboards and other furniture. II
Is true there has been some delay In
tho building being finished, but pat.
rons OF district No, II do not kick at
tho diectOra Take into consldera,
uon the delay there was In voting for
tho tax, which should have been done
-four years ago But all is wen that
onds we'll, and the children now occu.
py tho building, Tho directors are
entitled % tho thanks OF tho district
for their work; II you cannot say
thank YOU" don't say anything what
ever Possibly YOU would not have
done as we'll II you had bOen on the
school board,-woodburn Indepenl.
ent
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-02-06

Forest Groves new council pro
poses 70 stop the wholesale traffic OF
intoxicants at that place. No man,
not a drunkard, can get from a drug
store OF that city on prescription
over pint Of whiskey a day and MOI
even that unless he needs Il for med
ioine' II he Is merely thirsty he can
obtain no liQuor-that is. the coun,
ell saya he can't The druggist
must have extraordinary discernins
powers He must know to a certain
" whether the applicant wants Wits
hey TO make him feel better or tc
Quench his thirst for the stun-
WOodburn Independent.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-02-06
The White houso

U"Ns HoNeC
Gan give you good meal any hour
Of the day or night
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-02-06
Cheerful Idiot on Sc
attle Car Called
Down Right
Passenger Had a Comfortable
Package and a Strenuous
Breath but Was a
Gentleman
Csoattlo acknowledgement

He boarded a Ballard car at Inter
bay, and as he ambled up the aisle
his breath reeldng with the fumes Of
whisky and his unkempt beard giving
his features a weatherbeaten ap-
peannce, other passengers on the
car spread out space alongside them
which they feared he might appro-
priate 10 HIS own use. He apparent.
ly realized that close contact was not
invited by any OF the half score pas
sengers aboard. and selected a seat
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-02-06

There Is more catarrh in this sec.
uon OF the country than all other dis.
eases put together. and until the last
Tow years was supposed 20 be incura.
Ole For great many years doctors
pronounced Il a local disease ana pre-.
sorloed local remedies, and by con.
ssanhy falling to cure with local
treatment. pronounced Il incurable.
Science has proven catArrh 70 DO a
constitutional disease and therefore
reQuira constitutional treatment
Halls catArrh Cure. manufactured by
y j. Cheney a Co. Toledo. Ohio. Is
the only constitutional cure on the
market Il is taken internally In
doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonhnl
II acts directly ON tho blood and mu
ooas surfaces OF the system. They
oner one hundred dollars for any case
L falls 70 cure Send for circular and
testimonials. Address
= J. CHENEY a Co, Toledo O.
Sold by all Druggists 76e.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-02-06
Quick
Time
East

From Tacoma, Seattle, the Pugsl
Sound country and Spokane TO ht
souri, river points and the SoutAeAs.
the Burlington offers quick seryice
Through trains Seattle to Kansas
City equipped with big, free chair can
standard Pullman sleepers. and hi'
but not least, tourist sleepers, clean
comfortable and cheap.
Why not take the Southeast special
Via Billings and the Burlington fou
cant do betten and you might az
worse.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-02-06

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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-02-06


at the far end Of the car, where he
could be alone and peer with his
bloodshot eye at the other occupants
Of the coach as they entered and
alighted. No one paid any further
attention TO the man who sat thus
with his eyes roaming about the car.
Six blocks further on a mOdestly
gowned young woman entered and
took a seat near the middle Of the
aisle. Her entrance would not have
attracted more than passing notice
had Il not been for the fact that she
was hardly seated before an individ-
ual on the opposite side Of the aisle
began 10 display more than a passing
interest In the young woman.
He opened hls coat, displaying a
large diamond OF the guaranteed un-
detachable" kind, a fancy waistcoat
and numerous other Indications OF
the professional masher. He rivited
his gaze upon the young woman and
cleared HIS throat audibly. HIS ad-
vances we're apparently unseen. Next
he arched his eyebrows and one op-
tic closed with a wink, the meaning
Of which could not be misconstrued.
The object Of his advances moved
restlessly in her seat and, shifting |
her position, gazed out of the win
dow into the street This put an
end 10 the pantomime for the time.
but only for a few minutes. Sudden
ly he became interested in the seen
cry on the other side Of the car and
changed his seat Then a verbal ad-
vance, the exact import of which
could not be heard by nearby passen.
gers was made. Things were grow
ing unbearable. Four men, perfectly
aware Of what was transplring, look
ed annoyed, but none lid else but
move neryously In his seat.
Awny up in the far corner Of the
car the individual OF the unl1ept
whlskers and the alcoholic breath
who had up 20 this time been appar.
emily lost 10 the pantomime being
enacted, suddenly arose and walked
midway down the aisle Passengers
who observed him throughout
who observed him thought he was
about TO leave the car, but he wasn't
As he reached the point in the car
where the now thoroughly affrlghten-
cd young woman sat, he paused. II
was but for moment, however. The
next instant his heavy hand descend
ed upon the shoulder OF the torment
Dr. He had no timo 70 parley. With
4 vlcelike grip under which the man
iquirmed In evident pain, the here
.ofore Stunned passenger raised him
rom his seat escorted him to the
and calmly elected him
rom the car as II rounded the curve
st the foot OF Harrison street
The conductor, who had up to this
lime been unaware OF the situation
inside the car, looked amased that
this function should be so uncere-
appropriated but a few
words OF explanation sllenced his pro
lest and the car sped into the city
minus the man with the loud vest
and the best limitation on earth"
stone In his shirt front.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-02-06
"Portlana and Return onN a. ao.p

The Southern Pacific is now selling
round trip tickets to Portland from
Salem for S2.sO, good going Saturday
or Sunday, returning Sunday and Mon.
day. giving all day Sunday and Mon.
DAY In Portland The same arrange.
neat applies from Portland. giving all
Portland people a chance 20 visit val.
ley points at greatly reduced rates.
w. IA CONAN. q. p. A.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-02-06
A HIDDEN TORTURE
DEATH PREFERABLE TO THE
AGONY BORNE BY Mr.. coYLE.
Three Years Of ESerUeiatins Neural
ola Terminated by Six Boxes Of
Or. WllllamS Pink Pills.

The pity of the modern world has
always been stirred by tales Of the
sufEerings Of the wretched victims In
the torture chambers once connected
with courts Of justice. The very
sight Of a gruesome collection Of
pincers, tonges, thumbscrews and
racks, used ages ago, awes curious
spectators and makes them tremble
with living horror. While such cru
elites survive now only among saw
age races, men still suffer from agon-
les OF disease so intense that they
can fnd no terms at TO describe them
save words like torture" and rack"
which call up vividly the barbarities
of the outgrown past The unhap-
by victims sometimes, as is the case
which follows, faint with the exhaust.
ion Of intense pain, and even long
for death TO hasten and end suffer
ings which they have appealed so
long in vain to men to relieve. All
help that comes from drugs that
deaden pain for brief season is only
mockery, for the short respites are
always followed by more terrible
agony.
The story Of James B. Coyle, a mill
operative, residing at No. Pond
street, Amesbury, Mass, is a strik-
ing recent case in illustration. Dur
ing the past three years." said Mr..
Coyle 10 n reporter, Il was troubled
with neuralgia in the head. At times
the pains were almost unbearable
and my sufferings we're such that
death would have been welcome as a
relief The pains began right over
my eyes and shot upward through
my head. They we're so excruciating
that they would almost make me
faint dead away from exhaustion
'T consulted several physicians
but, while they all diagnosed my case
as neuralgia and prescribed for that,
they gave me only temporary relief |
Then | took a number OF advertised |
neuralgia cures with no better re
suits. About four years ago a friend
told me about DIR. williams Pink
Pills for Pale People. and 1 decided
to try box, although then l had lit
tie faith in them, because had TAX
en- 30 many remedies without bene-
IT. After I had used one box no
uced that the pains were Less fre-
quent and intense than before SO
| took a second box with additional |
Improvement After I had taken six |
boxes my neuralgia was entirely
cured. and for two months have
been FREQ from pain. have sound
restful sleep at night and no feeling
OF languor during the day. I bless
the day when began to use DIR. VIII
laims' Pink Pills"
Cures equally remarkable for their
completeness and permanence have
also been wrought by these pills in |
the case Of locomOtor ataxla, partial
paralysis, St. vitus' dance, sclatica,
nervous headache. afterefects of the |
grip. palpitation Of the heart, pale
and sallow compilations and all forms
OF weakness in either male or female
DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Peo.
pie are sold by all druggists, or will |
be sent direct from DR.. williams
Medicine Co, Schenectady, N. Y, |
postpaid, on receipt of price, fifty
cents per box; six boxes for two dol.
lars and half. Do not be deceived |
into taking substitute. Nothing
else has been found equally good.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-02-06

Offers a choice Of THREE gateWUl
KANSAS CITY, ST. JOSEPH I
OMAHA, TO Chicago and points EI
Through Standard and Touhl
sleeping cars daily between San Fra
cisco and Chicago via Los AngSls
and El Paso.
Through Tourist Sleeper "a:
TUESDAY from Portland to Chicsl
via Salt Lake and Colorado Springs
Through Standard Sleeping ca
daily between ogden and Chicago.
Lowest rate in effect always AVA
able via Rock Island System"
Reduced ROUND TRIP RATES
effect on July 12, 1S, 15 and 16, an
August IS, 10, 25 and 20; 80 days n
turn limit.
Be sure that your ticket reads n
the Great Rock Island Route.
The best and most reasonable tH
Ing car service. For information,
GEO, w. BANTER, T. P. A.
L. B. GoRHAM, Gen Agt., $50 Aida
street, Portland Ore.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-02-06

Made fresh every day, at the salem
oonee Roaster, / O. o. +. Temple
Court street. a-AS,
The daily Alaskan., 1904-09-30
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In Che United states Commissioners Court, for fH. District Ot Alaska, Division No |, at ~..r#ay In Probate
 n. Che wal-Ur of the Estate of F. o. Caswel. De- J.".-aL
 Nsrrefs hereby given that Che undersigned wa, nru.ugyd JdminiSrra,riN Ut thc estate of F. a r..wnu, deceased, Ug tbg 2lDd day ut Sep rarrrr IaU.. All rCrSOu, having claims against rrg ..tt .al4t. are hereby required t1 exhibit On H.. with rTg necessary vouchers within SIX .r. months after tbe first publication of this mo- tt . r. -le said iBdmiu,sJrafriN. at her residence at -,ugsgHr Alaska. or Co K. w Jennings, at borne. H- ,Gtl ajmi0istraJrIy, at his ut1ce iu ~. n,ag Alaska, the same being the places ..r .He transaction oi the business ol said r~-rr. .r Elu TDSU ot skagway, District ot Alas TuEs notice is published by order Of the United States Comm toner for the District 1f Alaska. Division No l, l,HtiSEagwgy, and EN-otti- ct0 Probable IufgD dated Che 2ud day oi Sep tnm nH-. lg4
 Dated This end dHy Of ScpJemb Der, I9OL First Publication Sep euner 2s, Hui. L.rr Publication October a, lguI.
 ELIZABETH T. CASWELL, A#r 1i,.rat7iN0i she E tate 0i E. O. Caswel. Lagua."G.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-09-30
ARE OFF
Army Headquarters Move to
 HaiueS

Col. T. C. WOOdbury and stad left on the Peterson at lO:45 o'clock this morn ing for Haiues, and the headquarters for the Third infantry are now at Font William Fl. Seward
 Those who left Skagway on the Peterson today to take up their resi- dence at the army post down the canal include: Col. and Mrs. T. C. Wood bury, Capt and Mrs. W. r. Jackson, Capt. and Mrs. II, A. Smith, Capt. an1 Mrs. J. B. Clayton, Capt. John W. Bar ker and Miss Marguerite Wood5ury.
 Many oi che friends ot the regiment al officers and their wives were at Moore wharf when the Peterson pulled out and all the craft in the bay saluted the departing steamer,
The daily Alaskan., 1904-09-30
Ia Line With 1905 Calendar,

The Daily Alaskan has received the largest and best line of samples for 1905 calendars that is in the market, and is in position Co supply the de- mand in that line better than any other house dealing in Alaska. The caIeuders are from the J. W. Bu. er Paper, Co. the lar-ess wholesale paper house in the world, and the Daily Alaskan has an exclusive agency for them. Call at this office and make your selections, or phone the office aud the samples will be taken to your place of business.