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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-14
Efacts Of Electric Currents.

The physiological effects OF electric
currents nave been investigated by
prof. Nernst, at Bonn. The safety OF
the human body when exposed to pow
erful high-frequency electric current
has been explained as due to passage
Of the current over the surface of the
body only, but Prof. Nernst finds the
reason of the currents harmlessness to
he probably that it does not have time
IN effect a change in the cellular tissue
before the reversal of the current takes
Mace. Experiments on frogs have con-
firmed the new theory.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-14
AN EICHT-DAY ALARM CLOCK
Inventor Overcomes the Inconven
fence Of Daily Adjustment
Of the Timepiece,

The alarm clock is generally a "a
hour instrument, therefore it is mat
ter of some inconvenience to arrange
the thing every night so that it will
get busy the next morning at the de-
sired hour. A recent improvement in
set only once week, and yet which will
ring out its monotonous message at the
same hour every morning. This will
be a great convenience to the person
who sleeps SO soundly that he must re-
sort to the assistance of the alarm clock
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-14
HOW THE ALARM is SET.

each morning in order to get to his OWE
business on time each day.
It will be seen that this clock diners
IN some respect from the familiar time
niece. The method Of adjusting the
alarm is entirely from the face OF the
timepiece, and is accomplished by the
movement of q secondary dial in the
center ar the clock face. In the smaller
dial the figures of the larger one are
dun,icated and the smaller disk Is turned
until the hour at which it is desired to
ha called is covered by an auxiliary
POINTER attached to the hour hand. LII
= desired that the call be for one morn
Ing It can be arranged in that manner
hut Il the signal bell is wanted at ne
same hour each morning the clock can
be adjusted so as to perform TINS tunc-
ton.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-14
r,ectricity Will Purify Air.

When the transformation of cities by
a,actric power and light is completed,
uo NAV expect the air to be practically
,nra as that of the country. 1t is
estimated that the carbonlc acia ex-
hoIed yearly by the people OF city OF
, OOO 900 is about 100000 tons. put tha1
ms i less than three per cent, OF that
erom fuel combustion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-14
Brushes as an Advertisement.

An English manufacturer of nail and
hair brushes has novel scheme for ad-
vertising his brushes. He supplies them
To hotels for about the cost OF manu-
facture. the brushes containing his adj
yertisement on the handle. AT the emu
Of each week he takes away the brushes
which have been in use and gives them
= thorough sanitary cleaning, leaving
a,other set in their place. Sometimes
the advertisements Of other manuiac-
trrers are placed on the handle, such as
hair restoratives, etc.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-14
Gathers Bee stings.

Amonp those who are gatnerlns 80
stings for medicinal purp - !. IN collect
s se1ser. Of Jenkintown. "a. 10 co1 hee
hea stings by letting an in ;nena # not not
s sting your arm seems pain.u declares res
h heroic method, but Mr. ,r,.nsse e,afo
n. Y. Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-14
Big Profits.

Immediately after the great fire in
Baltimore some leading society women
OF the city opened lunch counter estab-
lisbments to supply midday refresh
ments for business men until better ar
rangements could be made. The enter
prises have paid such handsome divi-
dends that the society women have de-
cided to keep on, turning over to sub
ordinates the actual work of running
the eating houses.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-14
.n.,..;a, E,rtraordinary.

member of the French Academy 70
,arted that 25 experiments on animals
showed each time that poisoned , ulvoo
= active even after dilution one lrls. .pa
:. million times. The strength OF u.
o ouerare homeopathic dose is from aDo DO =
1ha third to the sixth decimal. In.s
s ~ that those who say ina una
there is no medicine IN 2 nomoeo
dose betray ignorance.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-14
Easily Pleased Then.

Nell-So their engagement is off?
Believes. She says he was too hard
please.
That's funny. He must have changed
since he proposed to her."-Philadelphi
Ledger.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-14

The hour for final closing was fixed at
3 a. m. All night long crowds filled
every gambling place in the city. Men
fought for places at the tables. Men
who had never staked dollar before in
their lives sat in the games just for the
sport Of it.
When the hour of 8 a. m. arrived all
games we're stopped, doors we're closed
and the reign of gamblers in FL Paso
was at an end.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-14
Caught.

Smuggler-How dare you accuse me of
smuggling? Can't you see that l have an
honest face?
Officer-Yes, madam; but this is case
where you're not taken at face value.
happen. to know you by reputation.-De-
troit Free Press
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-14
- Smallest Coin.

The half-cent piece was ar made by
smallest denomination e ~ distinction
.his country. 1t enjoys the a easnea and
a an.s Of being the first coin lssuea dis dis
also q, e 2, who whose denomination was o''
continued.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-14
When One Fails,

Surely he is failure who dies without
at some time having been referred to
as 1.-The cynosure of all eyes. Chicago
Record-Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-14

Six French duelists fought one day late.
ly, and one of them was Wounded. If
the dangerous element in those fierce en-
counters continues to expand at this shock.
ing rate, we may expect that they will
soon become ionable.-W ashington
Times
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-14
Dead Again.

The last survivor of Balaklava has
died again. At Denver this time.
There are only a few Of them left
Indianapolis News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-14
What to Expect.

The Teacher-What do you suppose we
will do when Gabriel blows his horn,
Tommie?
Tommie-Oh, suppose we'll all jump
and think it's an automobile a-comin =
Workers Statesman
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-14
Still Insinuatinp.

Bill-A man wouldn't expect to be
cheated in church; now, would he?
Jill-No, not unless he was mar
ried there.-Yonkers Statesman.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-14
Rapid Transit.

Il takes about three seconds for
message to go from one enc OF me A.
lantic to the otneF'
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-14
Obesity Cure.

From the present outlook high prices
are going to serve a lot Of people as
an obesity cure.-Chicago News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-14
Great Teacher,

A little sorrow may teach more than
many sermons Chicago Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-14

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli.
Samuel, Ocean Grove, N. j., Feb. II, 1900.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-14

A penny saved il = penny burned
later on.-Puck.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-14

To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money ii it fails to cure.
e. W. Groves signature is on each box. Csc.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-14

Christmas purchasers should read the adj
vertisement Of the Mermod- Jaccard Jewel
ry Co., of St. Louis, and write for their free
catalogue. This fra is perfectly reliable
They promptly return your money 1t the
goods don't suit you.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-14
Reads Like a Miracle.

Mcravia, n Y, Dec. 12th.-(specia)-
Bordering on the miraculous is the case
of Mrs. BENZ. Wilson, of this place. Suf-
fering from Sugar Diabetes, she wasted
away till from weighing 200 lbs. she
barely tipped the scales at 100 lbs. Dodds
Kidney Pills cured her. Speaking Of her
cure her husband says:
"Ms wife suffered everything from
Sugar Diabetes. She was sick four years
and doctored with two doctors, but re-
ceived nc benefit. She had SO much pain
all over her that she could not rest day
OF night. The doctor said that she could
not live.
"Then an advertisement led me to try
Dodd's Kidney Pills and they helped her
right from the first. Five boxes of them
cured her. Dodd's Kidney Pills were a
God-Sent remedy to us and we recon-
mend them to all suffering from Kidney
Disease"
Dodd's Kidney Pills cure all Kidney
Diseases, including Bright's Disease, and
all kidney aches, including Rheumatism.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-14

Dropsy treated free by Dr.H. Fl. Green's
Sons, of Atlanta, Ga. The greatest dropsy
specialists in the world Read their adver-
tisement in another column of this paper.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-14

Mrs. ALA Schwandt, Sanborn, Mimi.
writes:
81 have been troubled with rheuma-
fism and catarrh for fW twenty-five years.
Could not sleep day or night. After
having used Peruna can sleep and
nothing b0tkers me now. HIever am
affected with any kind of sickness
Peruna will be the medicine shall
use. MY son was cured Of cafarrh 0f
the Larynx by Peruna. ".-.Mrs. Ala
SchWandf.
Why Old People are Especially Liable
to Systemic Catarrf.
When old age comes on, catarrhal dis
eases come also. Systemic catarrh Is
almost universal in old people.
This explains why Peruna has become
so indispensable to old people. Peruna
is their safeguard. Peruna is the only
remedy yet devised that entirely meets
these cases. Nothing but an effective
systemic remedy can cure them.
Areward of SIC, 900 has been deposited
in the Market Exchange Bank, Column
bus, Ohio, as aguarantee that the above
testimonials are genuine; that we hold
in our possession authentic letters Ger.
tifying to the same. During many
years advertising we have never used,
in part or in whole, a single spurious
testimonial. Every one of our testimon-
ials are genuine and in the words Of the
| one whose name is appended.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-14
o. Investment.

Big Investment ,;n.ral
The capital invested u .au is near
water industry IN GreA' = ~
" $4,000, 900.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-14

Have you ever noticed what a lot Of
second-class people travel frst-class!-Chi-
caRo Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-14

The empty head needs naughty air.
Chicago Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-14

Take my advice and be on the safe
side 1t will be too late after you are
caught. ~
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-14

Unexpected personal prominence dims
many a wellkept halo.-Judge.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-14

These warnings will soon cease and
then we will do business strictly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-14

Somehow ones plain duty is usually too
plain to be ttractive.-Chicago Daily
News
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-14

Washington park will close Saturday
night and will not open until Monday
morning.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-14
NEW ETIQUETTE IN TEXAS.
Code Compiled by Sheriff Of Ell Paso
County When Gambling Houses
Were Closed.

A moral wave has swept over all the
principal cities of Texas in the last few
months and as a result gambling is a
thing of the past in some OF these places.
1t is in San Antonio and Ell Paso, the
two remaining wide open towns of the
state, that the full force OF this wave
has been felt, says an Austin report to
the New York Sun.
In Ell Paso the crusade against gam
bling was taken up by the moral and
religious element, and petitions to close
the gambling houses were presented to
j. H. Boone, sheriff of Ell Paso county, by
a delegation of prominent citizens.
Sheriff Boone sent notice to each
game keeper telling him that he must
go out OF business on certain day at
a certain hour He followed up these
individual notices with general procla-
nation which was published in the
principal newspapers of Ell Paso as fol-
lows:
TO THE PUBLIC.
Leave your pistols at home unless you
have commissions to carry them. Car
ry1ng concealed weapons is IN VIOLATION
of the law. You might get caught and
excuses will not pay the fine.
Side door entries and back way sneaks
may get you into trouble. There is
strong force of men watching you.
Don't fail to post yourselves on what
are the violations of the law.
The law applies to all places in Ell
Paso county as well as in the city.
Washington park will close Saturday
night and will not open until Monday
morning.
Take my advice and be on the safe
side It will be too late after you are
caught.
These warnings will soon cease and
then we will do business strictly.
The hour for final closing was fixed at
3 a. m. All night long crowds filled
every gambling place in the city. Men
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-14

Side door entries and back way sneaks
may get you into trouble. There is a
strong force of men watching you.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-14

Don't fail to post yourselves on what
are the violations of the law.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-14

The law applies to all places in Ell
Paso county as well as in the city.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-14

Leave your pistols at home unless you
have commissions to carry them. Car
rying concealed weapons is in violation
of the law You might get caught and
excuses will not pay the fine.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-09-25
DIDN'T WANT -AIRBRzKEs.

A good story Of George Westinghouse,
the Pittsburg inventor and organizer, is
that when he had completed his air
brake he submitted it to Commodore
Vanderbilt with the object of installing
it on the commodore's railroads. He was
only 20. He was admitted to the great
railroad managers Office and permitted
to explain his mission while the commo-
dore opened his mail. Occasionally Mr..
anderbilt uttered a grunt merely TO
signify that he was listening to the en-.
husiastic recital. When the inventor
rsed, Vanderbilt was ready with his
sion.
"Young man." he said, "do I under
stand that you propose to stop train
Of cars with windt'
Westinghouse admitted that was the
."WelP young man, have no time to
bother with damn fools" declared the
commodore.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-09-25

Entered as second-class matter June
9, 1905, at the postofiice at Astoria. Ore
con, under the act Of Congress Of March 5,
iGe.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-09-25

mercury and potash treatment all
external evidences of it may disap-
pear, and the victim misled, be
buoyed up by false hopes of a cure,
while the disease may even then
have fastened its fangs in some
vital spot within the system, where
it is doing its destructive work un-
seen.V Mercury has arrayed against
it thousands upon thousands OF
physical wrecks and chronic inva-
lids who have been dosed for years
and their systems saturated with
these powerful drugs, only to be
harassed by constantly returning
symptoms and confronted with unn
your blood is tainted with this aw
who come in contact with you, and
contagion. AS long as there is lif
as any signs of Contagious Blood I
crushing out the life of this loaf
known does this so thoroughly a
peculiar virus that spreads throu
healthv tissues and threatens evei
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-09-25
EARLY SUCCESSES OF GREAT MEN.

The two great feats of the federal
navy in the war between the states
have come down to us as 'the river
fight" and the bay fight" in both of
which David Glasgow Faragut was the
victorious commander. The reduction by
the northern navy of the forts of New
Orleans and Of Mobile bay and the de-.
truetion of the confederate vessels be.
meath their guns were of the first con-
sequence, though the dueIs of the Moni.
tor and Merrimac and of the Kearsarge
and Alabama stand out more clearly in
the mind of the youth of today.
Faragut was the first vice admiral
and the first admiral in the American
navy. He was and will long remain the
greatest Of all our ship captains and
commanders. Yet it is noteworthy that
he had not drop of English blood in
his veins, his father being a Spaniard,
born at Minorca, and his mother
Seotchwoman. The elder Farragut
fought for American independence, and
when his son was only years old gave
him to the American navy under the
care of Captain David Porter, from
whom he was named.
David Farragut was born near Knox.
vile, Tenn, on July ), 1901. When he
sailed as a midshipman with Captain
Porter in october 1912, to take action
against the British ships Of war in the
Pacific ocean, he was not far past his
eleventh birthday. 1t seems strange TO
US now that such a boy should be an Of
feer commanding aboard a ship; but
there is every evidence that Farragut
Vas a good officer, who responded with
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-09-25
manly alaerity to every duty put upon

manly alacrity to every duty put upon
him.
Americans today do not know half
enough about the Essex, the smallest
frigate that ever few the American flag,
and that wonderful cruise of hers in
the Pacific ocean. She was the first
American ship of war to round Cape
Horn and she did it at a time of year
when it was regarded as almost certain
death to meet the enormous seas that
come piling up from the Antartic.
Once safely in ealmer waters, Porter
proceeded to wipe British commerce of
.-e face Of that great ocean, taking ship
after ship and prize after prize. One of
unese, the Barclay, sailed for some time
with IL year old David faragut as her
commander, with good crew and fine
broadside of guns.
The Barclay was not little ship, but
stanch American whaler which had
been captured by the British and her
American crew largely impressed when
the Essex took them in charge ON March
2s, 1918. Under farragut as command.
er she had seven men all told, and rep.
resented his first success-worth more
than many ships Of the line.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-09-25
Published Daily by
THE ]. S. pELLINGER COMPANY.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

WEEKLY AST0RIAN.
BY mail, per year, in advance. .sl.00
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-09-25
THE WAY OF THE WORLD.

Society, as regulated by the present
code of ethics, is a frail fabric, fiimsy
and full of holes. Ii is made up of NOR
al inconsistencies and social paradoxes
which can scarcely be concealed even by
the delicaey and daintiness of its creme
de la creme. Nothing but a radical re.
vision of the present rules and a sub
stitute both practical and equitable will
render the moth-esten concern toler-
able to sensible people.
An institution that exalts selfishness,
gluttony and avarice as its highest div
initieA can hardly conscienliously-be
really considered a part of the Chris
tian system as formulated and advocat-
ed by Christ. It fosters the individual
ism which rounds out and develops the
few, while it crushes under the relent.
less and cruel wheels of ambition and
brute force countless hundreds of souls
who, but for the barriers of compulsory
and unfayorable environment might at
least achieve self.esteem II nothing
more.
Cleanly homes and the association OF
refining influences would come to many
more had not useless luxury to be pro-
vided for the select. Transplant your
dollhouse rose to the arid and stp-ile
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-09-25
SAYINGS OF SAGES.

Oppression is more easily borne than
insult.-Junius.
Hypocrisy is the necessary burden of
villany.-Johnson.
Idleness is the burial of living man.
Jeremy Taylor.
Contentment gives a crown where for.
tune hath denied it.-Ford.
: Action is eloquence; the eyes of the
ignorant are more learned than their
ears.-Shakespeare.
One man may be able to break a
horse, but later the horse does a stunt
on a race track and breaks a dozen
men.-Chicago News.
The Astorian. rs cents a month.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-09-25

A statistieian affirms that the ma.
jority of people who attain an old age
have kept late hours. Eight out of ten
who reach the age of so have never gone
to bed until after l2 at night.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-09-25

Manila will draw its water supply
from the mountains l5 miles away il
order TO be sure to have its drinking
fluid free of cholera or other germs.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-09-25

Workmen attending the pans in salt
works are never known to have cholera,
smallpox, scarlet fever or influenza.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-09-25

There is department store in Berlin
lin which uses l9,O00 gallons of alcohol
in a year as motive power for its de-
livery wagons.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-09-25

Norway's shipping is exceeding in ton
mage only by that of England, Germany
and France.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-09-25
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

Tickets above IS cents in value are tC
be taxed in German theatres.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-09-25

am compelled by sense OF gratitude 20 teA@
you OF the great good your remedy has done
me. Among other symptoms was severely
afflicted with Rheumatism, and got almost past
going. The disease got Arm hold upon my
system; my blood was thoroughly poisoned
with the virus as characterised by the usual
symptoms. lost in weight, was run down,
evidences Of the disease. I was truly in bad
shape when began 8. 8. g.. but the persistent
use Of II brought me out Of my trouble. safe and
sound and have the courage to publicly tss-
tify TO the virtues Of your great blood remedy,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-26
PERSONAL POINTS.

Miss Josie Kinsley is visiting reia-
lives in Clinton.
Mrs. Nj. Duncan and Mrs. J. 5. viii
bert leave tonight on a trip through
southern Indiana.
Mr.. and Mrs b. f. Knox have re-
turned from an extended visit at JEFF
ferson City and St. Louis
Hon. f. w Hurst left yesterday for
Chicago where he will join Mrs. Hurst
On her return from the Indiana
Springs.
Miss Henrietta Leithner who is en-
plOyed at the mattress factory, met
with an accident yesterday afternoon,
in which her hand was crushed be
tween rollers.
NJ NJ. Cruise and J. II Hubbell
leave tomorrow night for Hammond,
La, TO remain Indefinitely. having
charge of the books of the White Pine
Lumber company in the south
Mr. and Mrs. +. l.. Northrop OF
Peoria were Rock Island visitors yes
terday. Mr. NorthTop is travelling
agent of the Lackawanna freight lines,
and was in the city on business for his
road
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-26
SERVICE FOR MISS DOLAN
Relatives Fail to Take Charge of the
Remains.

Relatives failing to take charge of
he remains of Miss Mary Doiar. a
Rock Island saloon keeper made ar
engagements for the funeral services,
which We're held this afternoon from
he Wheelan undertaking parlors and
St. Joseph's church. These were con-
Quoted by Rev J. J. Quinn. Burial
ook place at St. Mary's cemetery in
Davenport
The remains of Mrs. w. H. Wilson
are to be taken tonight to New Buffalo,
Mich. her former home, for burial
Mrs. Wilson's father and sister reside
at New Buffalo