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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-07-08
WISDOM OF TIE MONKEY.

Now, the owl rose up and spoke owlwase.
'@To-whit-to-whoo and alasl
II men could only acquire my eyes.
What drop there'd be in gas! 2
They'd pack their currents away On 10
And hold them for rise,
And the pipe lined hunt for brano-new
job,
II men only had my eyes,
Then the polar bear said, with bearish
shrug:
"Garrah. Bless my soul.
II men only grew some heavy furs,
To the deuce with clothes and coal!
They'd sell their heaters for BoWery junk
And lie on the ice to sleep,
And the entire state Of William Penn
Might 60 to raising sheep" 4
Then the goat gulped down cast-off shirt.
'Ba-a-a! You make me smile.
The cost OF living's not all in gas,
5 And coal and kerosene lie.
Now, wouldn' t The beef trust get thin quick,
And languish in chronic blues,
II the waste from any old boiler shop
Could be made into Irish steW?'
Then the eagle said with all these things
They'd do away with freight,
And would only need a pair O my wings
To settle the railroad rate.
There'd be state of steady decline
In the home Of the big ship trust;
They'd turn their Pullmans out to grass
And leave the rails to rust"
Then the monkey spoke, with . knowing
wink,
In the monklike way he had:
'You fellows would make up a patchwork
man,
And you'd make it muss, begad!
You'd make it so easy for him to live
That you'd foozle the whole blamed plan.
With nothing on earth to scrap about
What's the fun O. being a man?''
m Y Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-07-08
TOMBSTONE MADE FOR TWO
Odd Monument for Bodies Buried
Apart in Old Manhattan
Cemetery.

''You have heard Of hammocks and
buggies built for two" said New York
er, according to the Sun, but did you
ever hear Of one tombstone erected for
two bodies buried distance apart?
Il found one in one of the old ceme-
teries down in the lower end of Manhat-
tan. The stone is quite old, and long
since began to crumb1e. The inscription
records that beneath lie the remains Of
one whose name appears, and then this:
. Not far from this plac also lie thu
remains of (the name follows) who died
q few years later
But there is nothing to indicate
where the remains are. The earth in
the vicinity is Hat and unmarked. / con-
clude that the man who erected that
tombstone was an executor and had an
eye to business,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-07-08
MoToR-cAR DUMMY HORSE
Novel Invention Designed to Di-
minish the Frightening Effect
Upon Animals.

The various departments Of the pat
ent office TEEN with odd and absurd de-
vices, but one of the oldest ideas yet put
forward is dummy horse, for which
patent has recently been granted q
Canadian inventor, says Washington
exchange.
The object of this horse is to avoid
trouble with nervous animals which are
apt to run away at the sight of motor
car or carriage. 1t is intended to be at
tached to the motor car for the benefit
of the real horses nerves.
In order that the horse may serve
its full purpose Of utility, it is made
with a hollow body, in which are to be
stored the tools, extra gasoline and
other things required by the motorman
The automobile horn is fastened In
the mouth of the dummy, and at night
the eyes are lighted up, one being green
and the other red, and are supposed to
serve the same useful purpose as q
port light upon board ship.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-07-08
Ten Pearls in an Oyster.

When serving customer with oys-
tiers Mrs. Althorp, wife of Kettering
fishmonger,. had the good fortune to
omen one containing no fewer than ten
pearls Her attention was called to
the remarkable contents of the oyster,
which was one Of a consignment from
Liverpool, by a pearl falling out, and
she consequently laid the bivalve
aside. and served others to the Gus
toner. An examination then revealed
nine other pearls. The find was sub
mitted to two local jewellers, who pro-
nounced them to be pearls Of excel
lent quality. They vary in size from
a large pea to little larger than a
Minis head.-London Tit-Bits.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-07-08
THE cHILDREN's VILLAGE.
Outcome Of Splendid Work for Neg
lected Children in New
York City.

On April 16 an event Of peculiar
and significant interest occurred in
New York-the farewell service Of the
New York juvenile asylum.
The asylum, states Youths Com
panion. was founded in 1851, and in
the half-century and more Of its ex-
istence $4,000 neglected children have
been cared for within its walls. It
is a noble record. What it has meant
to the city Of New York and to the
whole country no human calculation
can ever measure. In message sent
to it four years ago, President Roose-
welt wrote: Il want to tell you that
some of the highest and best men l
know, in professional, commercial and
public life, have come from your in
stitution and others like it,
Yet magnificent though their work
has been, the age of the great asylums
is passing, and their disappearance re-
veals the deepened insight Of mod
ern philanthropy. Half century
ago an institution that fed and clothed
neglected children, that cared for
them when they were i'll and equipped
them in some fashion to earn their
own living. was regarded as giving
them all that the largest demand
could require. Those great rights of
childhood. freedom, opportunity for
Individual development, above all. the
need of "mothering," few had con-
sidered, and none supposed attainable
for these forlorn waits Of life.
Yet these are precisely the things
which the larger charity of the day is
making beautifully possible. The re-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-07-08
Plants That Mimic Stones.

In South Africa plant OF the genus
Mesembry anthemum, growing on
stony ground, so closely resembles .
pebble that it has been picked up in mis-
take for stone. Another species of the
same plant growing on the hills round
the Karru produces two leaves about IS
large as ducks eggs, having surface
resembling weathered stone Of brown
1sh gray color. tlnged with green. These
plants look like stones, but for a short
time they put forth bright yellow flow
ers. Still another species Of the same
plant resembles the quartz nehh1es
among which it grows.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-07-08
NAMES BEST DOCTOR
Mr.. BAYSSoH PUBLISHES RESULTS
OF VALUABLE EXPERIENCE


"A Former Proaounced Dyspeptic He Nos
Reioices IL Perfect Freedom from
lIiseriss q Indigestion.
Thousands 81 sufferers know that the
reason why they are irritable and de-
pressed and nervous and sleepless is be-
cause their food does notdigest, but how
to get rid Of tho difficulty il the pnzzling
question. 5
Good digestion calls Tor strong dr.
tive organs, and strength comes from i
supply OF good rich blood. For this
reason Mr.. Baysson took Dr.. Williarns'
Pink pills for the cure Of indigestion.
!. They have been my best doctor, he
saya. II was suffering from dyspepsia.
The pains III my stomach after meals
were almost unbearable. Ny sleep was
yery irregular and my complexion was
sallow. As the result Of using eight
boxes Of Dr.. Williams Pink Pills, about
the merits of which / learned from
friends in France, ! have escaped all
these troubles, and am able again otake
pleasure in eating =
Avery simple story. but i il had moi
been for Dr. Williams Pink Pills il
might have been q tragic one. When dis
comfort begins with eating, Ellis up the
intervals between meals with pain, and
prevents sleep Il night. there certainly
cannot Be much pleasure ia living. A.
final general breaking down must be-
merely question Of time.
Mr.. Joseph Baysson II native Of
Aix-les- Bains, France, but now resides
at No. 24s9 Iarkin street. San francisco.
Cal. He ID one Of . great number who
can testify to the remarkable efficacy of
Dr. williams, Pink Pil1sin the Treatments
&c obstinate disorders Of the stomach.
Y YOU would get rid Of nausea, pain a.
burning ii the stomach. vertigo. ner-
vousness. insomnia, Or any Of the other
miseries Of dyspeptic. get rid of the
weakness Of the digestive organs by "a
nsa Of Dr.. Williams Pink Pills. They
are sold By druggists everywhere.
Proper diet Is, Of course, q great aid II
forwarding recovery once begun, aud !
little hook. s.What to Eat and Hor Is J,
Eat. y may b obtained BY any q rvho
makes request for It by writinpt6 s..
Dr. Williams Medical Co., Schenentadvs
Nv This valuable diet book cm,t.;r.
an imnortant chapter on the simn ,ls
1 Tor the cure Of constipation. e'
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-07-08

A president Of the United States, al
luding approximately to the admirable
qualities Of the lady Of whom he had
the good fortune to. be the husband,
spoke of her as being "unstampedable"
that is, she is retained GOODNESS, good
Judgment and poise under all circum-
stances. IA young lady in New York,
employed as cashier in a large establish
ment, must possess similar qualities. A
fire which threatened the building
frightened everybody else about the
premises, and all ran away. But the
lady remained at her. desk, calmly
counted her cash and locked 1t up in the
proof safe before she left. Probably
that girl would not be scared even by a
mouse.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-07-08

moval from the Juvenile Asylum OF
New York to the Children's Village of
Dobb's Ferry is one step in the proc
ess. Instead of huge, unhomelike
buildings, there are cottages, each
with its own gardens, its own family
circle; above all-name OF blessed
nromise-its own householder. So at
last the little lonely ones OF earth are
entering their kingdom.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-07-08

Perhaps the strangest request ever
asked Of a state executive reached
Gov. Folk, Of Missouri, by mail few
days ago. It was in the form OF a let
ter from young man who had served
d term il the penitentiary at Jefferson
city. He is looking for wife and will
only marry an ex-convict. "she must
he a blonde" he wrote, land weighing
about l40 pounds and who has also
done time. I don't want a woman from
either st. Louis or Kansas City, but
one who has been raised in the coun-
nv. Experience has taught me that
the less girl knows about city life
and the city ways the better wife she
makes.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-07-08
Radium and Cancer.

ne public, must not take the So
called radium cures Of cancer too seri-
ously, however intense the longing for
aremedy for this terrible malady, says
the New York Post. BY the X-rays
conservative surgeons are only ready
to admit that certain forms Of cancer,
growing in superficial places, may be
cured. Many failures occur and no cure
can be- called complete until several
years have passed. There is often a
fatal recurrence, even when the growth
seems to have shrunk under the treat
ment. Every organ OF the body is COM
posed Of groups of individual cells. So
Tar as we know, cancerous growths are
groups Of specialized cells, termed can
Ger cells. Now, liquid sunshine" or
any other force strong enough to kill
cancer cells may also devitalize the
normal tissue cells in the neighborhood
and SO destroy healthy organs, as well
as the cancer. Again, If only a portion
of the cancer cells is killed, and all of
the normal tissue cells are weakened,
the resisting power of the healthy It's
sue lis lessened SO that the cancerous
process spreads more swiftly than
ever. The X-ray having been tried and
found wanting SO often, enthusiasts
have announced radium cures. Here
it cannot be emphasized too strongly
that the treatment is in the expert
mental stage only. Every sufferer who
submits to the radium rays must re-
member that he and his doctor are
merely engaged in an experiment of
doubtful value. It would be marvellous
indeed if medical science should STUN
BILE on a cure for a disease of which it
has been unable to discover the origin.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-07-08
What the Editor Ren1ied

A Monroe City paper seems to be
IN fair way to get into trouble. A
Womac has written the editor suggest
Ing that ae take back an assertion that
she has had something to do with the
disappearance OF some chickens, and
The newspaper man has answered ad-
vising her not to leave her parasol
IN any more henhouses. Brookfield
(Mo.) Gazette.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-07-08
Excellent Exercise.

..rYes,' said the good old professor
..the memory may be perfectly trained
by proper study"
But" asked the absent-minded
scholar. what do you consider the
best exercise for the memory, pro.
fessor?''
Remember the poor. Catholic
Standard and Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-07-08
suring Tonic.

No better spring tonic can be taken
than rake, a shovel, a garbage can and
q whitewash brush, all aimed at winters
leftover microbes. Passiac Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-07-08
EASILY AND QUICKLY DONE
Street Car Conductor Had Neat
Way Of SURPRISING Pub
lie Nuisance.

There was crowded street car on
Thirty-fourth street, relates the New
York Sun. A big man, very fat and
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-07-08
No SI.ecia1 Tndrcarnon< 4

she-I Wosder why so few men are
regular churchgoers?
He-I don't know, unless it's because
there is no law prohibiting it.Kan-
sas City Independent.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-07-08

Gov. Hanley, of Indiana, during the
four months he has been in office, has
caused considerable change in the
moral tone Of the state. He has made
1t q rule, says report from the CAPT
tal. that no man who drinks shall be
appointed to office, and his appointees
have extended the rule to those whom
they, in turn, choose. The governor
has positively refused to hear argu-
nents in favor of iberality toward
sa1oon.keepers and gamblers. He
Il against seeming acquiescenee In the
sway Of lawlessness.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-07-08

.sGrandma',' Cole, OF Excelsior
Springs, Mo-, is Is years old, but her
ave ID as keen and her aim as good as
Il was ID her pioneer days. A few days
400. says local report, she saw a red
~ entering the barn of her grand
aaughter.s husband, Fred Morse. tn
nld lady quietly got pistol and, say
,ng nothing to anyone, started after th
-,araut1er. She soon located Reynar
and promptly put q bullet through b
1rain Grandma says she reckons I
have i rug made out Of. the varmint
hide
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-08-08
WHY HE WENT TO THE PARK.

Three Sunday mornings The middle
aged man had spent in the park in
stead of in church, saws the New
York Post. There must be some at
traction,'' they said
There is" the backslider admitted
u go there because ] want to hear
real church music, and that is the
only place I can hear it. The car
rousal comes under the Sunday con
cert law and plays nothing but church
tunes on the Sabbath day. It has a
special Sunday program of twelve
tunes. 1t plays The Sweet BY and
By Am ! Soldier of the Cross
Where Is My Wandering Boy To.
night Sweet Hour of Prayer and
eight other good old tunes of the
same kind. 1t does my heart good
to hear EN-. | like 'cm. | always did
They are not often sung in church
any more. That's why | 90 to the
park instead"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-08-08
NOTICE.

Fne taN hooks toy tn, ceiIaatlcn ef
the special assessment nnen IN. r,.[
Pf'ftfN IN paving district Ne. g for
'h' purpose Of @raains, cmhina and
'"N'ns- nave been placed III my hands
AIL owners o( loal c4tare in tha, dis.
'f1ct ar" required 10 pay th,ir ,.4os.-
'''n's 10 4' Oh or hefore fhe lth day
of September. 1905.
If such payment is not made tc.ien
VIII n' commenced at the end of tha.
i'me for the collection Of said as.r..
m'nt and for ali legal penalties ..,r
all costs
j. p. ALEXANDER. colle,f,r.
ounce corner Fourth and Pine streets
S.630d
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-08-08
WHY "STATIONERS?"

The Associated Booksellers of Great
Britain and Ireland who are tC. hold
their annual netting in Edinburgh to-
day, had their medieval counterpart
in the Librarii ct Staticnarii, who
were so numerous in Paris i'm l253
that especial regulations had TO be
made for them. The librari seem to
have been really literary agents, :ince
their business was TO dispose of man
uscripts; the stationari- whence ou,
modern word "stationer"=were so
called from having fixed stations in
all the fairs, and dealt more With tae
copying and reproduction of manu-
scripts. Later, Frankfort was the
home Of booksellers and publishe RS
were indstinguishabl bic. and thcir
yearly place CT gathering was tAn
Leipzig fair.-London Chronicle
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-08-08

lie blow was struck no one ever eX-
i'iained. 80 quickly and SO accurately
vas the abduction performed that the
huats were we'll clear of the yacht
nefore alarm was given by one of the
watch, Who n.'d been overlooked in
iile careful a'.-.t;,lt.
Sleepy 'SsiIoas rushed on deck with
Il pfonptntxs that was alni...ilig. Very
quickly tht9\had found and unbound
brewster, t"lE"d ii couple of wound
ed ship; es MEOW aud Aau Captain
Perry in his pANmas on deck to take
command. Y
"rhe searchlielN, cried brewster
frantically. "TheA evils have stolen
Miss Gray
While swift hanGA were lowering
the boats for the cha Ae others were
carrying firearms on 80 The scare',-
light threw it's mighty Ne arm o..
over tee water before in,4v seco.D.=
h.ld passed. and eager cy - ,nea lnolJ-
ing FOR the boats of the ni}lagers The
:ahS hll reekoned itmut the
;earrhlig6t. Their fierce esslfatio,
'HVb rN'.DNlttN W Htu INT ulvApl,i..- ~.
streak of light shot into ihe Sb a,..
;nen swept down upon the sea tAn-
ing them out of the darkness lin -
great and relentless eye.
The Filters boats were in the wate,
and manned by sturdy oarsmen hefof,
the glad Cry went up that the rob
ber feet had been discovered. The,
were so near the yacht that it wa.
evident the dusky~ tribesmen wer'
poor Oarsmen. In the clear light from
the ships deck they could be seen pad
ding wildly their white robes futter
ing as though inspired by fear Their,
were four boats, all of them crowded
to the gunwales.
"Keep the light on them, captain"
shouted Monty from below "Try tC
pick out the boat that has Miss Ora,
on board Pail away, boys! This mean.
hundred dollars to every one of you
yes, thousand if we have to fight fol
herv'
Kill every one of them, Mr. Brew
ster!' roared the captain, who had re
tired behind boat when he becam,
aware Of the presence Of women OF
deck.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-08-08

Thre" ie4te slct away from the SIDE
of tic ya,,t. it"twrtcr and Joe P,ag-
don in he fist BON armed with rifles
LETS take q Shot at .lAe,. tticsi Il
sailor VIE %t"cd IN The stern with his
finger on Il trigger,
"non't 1o that, We don't know what
hoa+ holds Iog&y." conmandcd REV
ster. Keep cna!. h"yS. and he reaGy to
scrap if we lave to- He WIS half mad
With fear and anxiety, and he WAS de
termined TO eNterminate the band of
robbers if harm came to the girl IN
their power
shes in the second boat" came the
cry from the yacht. and the searchlight
was kept on that particular object al
most to the exclusion of the others
But Captain Perry saw the wisdom of
keeping all of them clearly located in
order to prevent trickery
Rrewster's brawny sailor boys came
up like greybounds. cheering as they
dashed among the boats of the fugi-
tives. Three or four shots were fred
into the air by the Jealous American
lads, and there were loud cries from
the Arabs as they veered off panic
stricken MontvS boat was now in the
path Of light and not far behind the
one which held Peggy He was stand
ing in the bow.
Take care Of the Others he cal}ea
back to bis followers We'll go after
the leaders,
The response from behind was a
cheer, a half dozen shots and some of
the most joyous profanity that ever fel1
from the lips Of American sailors min
gled with shrieks from the boats the
were to take care Of"
'Stopn' Brewster shouted to TIE
Arabs. stop, or we'll kill every one o
your His boat was not more than Fifty
feet from the other.
Suddenly TALL white robed figur,
arose in the middle of the Egyptian
craft, and moment later the pursuers
saw Peggy's form passed up to him.
She was instantly elasped by one of
his long arms, and the other was lift
ed high above her. A cleaning knife
was held in the upra ised hand.
Fire on US if you dare" came in
French from the tall Arab. Dog of
an American, she shall die if you come
near her,
(TC Be Continued
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-08-08
Iron Murt;jn Rate,

Pine Bluff to Ell Dorado SPRINGS
Mo, Eureka Springs, Ark. and Silc,n
Springs, Ark, and return E,,a t,
round trip flrst-class fare pins 90
tickets on sale June | to Octoher
helofn limit thirty days. Extension,
~ this limit can be arranged.
P'ne Bluff to Mt Nebo Ark. ano
return. Fare $3.50. Tickets on sale
nom June to October 1. Final linn
for return October 81.
Pine Bluff to Searcy. Fare $500
Pine Bluff to Ravenden Snrin,.
Ark. Fare $775.
Tickets On sale June | to Senteu
Ter IS. Final limit for return oc,,
ber 81.
Pine Bluff to Hot Springs, Ark. an,
return. Fare $495. Limit for retnr,
thirty days from date of sale. Ticker
On sale June to October |.
On August II the Iron Mountain
railway will sell tickets to st. Louis
and return at the very low rate of S12
and TO Chicago and return fer only
So. The return limit is August 27.
II. n Atwood, Agent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-08-08
a WOMAN TO BE PRETTY
Must Have LuxUriant and Glossy Hair
No Matter What Color.

The finest contour of female face. the
sweetest smile of female mouth, loses
something if the head is crowned with
scant hair. Scant and failing hair. it is
now known. is caused by a parasite tha (
burrows into ihe scalp to tl?e root Of the
hair, where it saps the vitality The lit
tie white scales the germ throws up ir
purroWlng are called dan;lrnff. To cure
dandruf permanently then, and to ste.
failing hair, that germ must be killed
NeWbro's Ferpicide an entirely new re-
suit of the chemical laboratory destroy
the dandruff germ, and of course stons
the falling hair and prevents badness
Sold by leading druggists. Send l0c. in
stamps for sample to The Herpcide Co
Detroit Mich.
For sale by Coon and Bedel. specia,
agents.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-08-08
CHAPTER XIV (Continued.)

What is it?" she asked as they paus-
ed irresolutely. He strobe to the rail.
the girl following close behind Three
sharp little whistles came from abo"e
and behind them. but before they h. |
time even to speculate as to their
meaning the result was in evidence.
Over the sides of the ship came shat
owy forms as il by magic; at the~
backs pantherlike bodies dropped to
the deck with stealthy thuds. as if com
ing from the inky sky above. There
was an instant of dreadful calm and
then the crisis. A dozen sinewy forms
hurled themselves upon Brewster, who,
taken completely by surprise, was
thrown to the deck in an instant, bis
attempt to Cry out for help being check
ed by heavy hands. Peggy's scream
was cut off as quickly, and, paralyzed
by terror, she felt herself engulfed in
strong arms and smothered into silence.
was no chance to give the alarm, no op-
portunity to resist.
Brewster felt himself lifted bodily.
and then there was the sensation Of
falling. He struck something forcibly
with all his weight and fell back with
a crash to the deck Afterward he
found that the effort to throw him
overheard had failed only because his
asSailants i'll their haste had hurried
him against an unseen stauchion
Peggy was borne forward and low
cred swiftly into arms that deposited
her roughly upon something hard
There was .ierky. rocking n4oti;n.
the sudden splash of o;trS. and l.!en
he knew no more
The invetie"s had planned with d
-aft.ness and patience that deserved
ste"sS. For hours they had waited
silently. watchfully and with deadly
assurance. How they crept up to the
fH.ttcf in such numbers and how the
more daring came aboard long before