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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-14
.Nry: EHeslerE Curry
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A,nervous, irritable mother, often on
the verge OF Mysteries, is unfit to care
for children It ruins child's DISPOSE
ton and reacts upon herself. The
trouble between children and their
mothers too often is due to the fact
that the mother has some female weak
ness, and she is entirely nnfit to bear
the strain upon her nerves that govern
ing children involves; 1t is impossible
for her to do anything calmly.
The ills of women act Like firebrand
upon the nerves, consequently nine
tenths of the nervous prostration. ner-
vous dependency. g the blues sleep
lessness, and nervous irritability OF
women arise from some arrangement
of the female organism.
Do you experience fits of depression
with restlessness, alternating with
extreme irritability? Are your spirits
easily affected, so that one minute you
laugh, and the next minute you feel
like crying
Do you feel something like q ball ris-
ing in your throat and threatening to
choke you; all the senses perverted,
morbidly sensitive to light and sound !;
pain in the ovaries, and especially
between the shoulders; bearing down
pains; nervous dyspepsia, and almost
continually cross and snappy
If SO, your nerves are in q shattered
condition, and you are threatened with
nervous prostration.
Proof is monumental that nothing in
the world is better for nervous prostra-
ton than Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound; thousands and thou
sands Of women testify to this fact.
Ask Mrs. pinkham's Advice A WON
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-14
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Mrs. Chester Curry, Leader ot the
Ladies' Symphony Orchestra, e SARA
toga Street, East Boston. Mass, writes :
Dear Mira Pinkham:-
" For eight years! was troubled With e.
treme nervouanes and nyssella, 9 ~ 81 "a
rregulaSse. coun nelengi , ~ ~.
s srJ 1ss,cnd.rt :. '-''>' - -.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
was recommended and proved to be the only
remedy that helped line me; n ne .t qa,,y
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-14
SMITH NEVER DlssEN1ED.
Was Always Agreeable No Matter
How Tall the Story Re-
lated to Him,

Sec Shaw and Senator "Tom. Car
ter, of Montana, were swapping stories,
says the Brooklyn Eagle, when the
secretary of the treasury told good
one about man out in an Iowa
town who was never known to disagree
with a statement of another, no matter
how improbable it might be.
"one day a group of fellows deter
IN call him Smith," said Sec Shaw,
ITO express dissenting opinion. So
when Smith came along one Of the boys
said:
I had most remarkable experience
the other day, Smith. As l was coming
into town through the hills yonder /
saw buffalo up tree eating grapes, so
shot him. Did you ever see buffalo up
. tree, Smith,
"eWell, / can't say that ! have 10
turned Smith, regretfully:
What persisted the story-teller,
never saw buffalo up . tree eating
grapes?
a tree, but said Smith, Frightening up, I
know they are very fond of grapes.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-14
Orr Cold Waves,

We Americans are always talking
about our mountains Of gold and coal
and iron, of our fat fields OF corn and
wheat, but few Of us ever realize that
we have In our climate great adYan-
tage over all other nations. In the
cold wave which in summer and win
ter so often sweeps across the land
and sends the thermometer tumbling
so degrees in almost as many minutes.
we have a constant, never-diminish-
ing asset OF priceless value. The wave
acts as tonic. but, unlike any tonic
made by man, it carries no reaction.
No other land has cold waves like
ours To the cold, dry air OF this pe-
riodic cold wave. which brings extra
ordinary changes Of temperature, we
owe much Of the keen, alert mind, the
incessant, unlemitting energy OF our
American race. Century.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-14

grand hailing sign Of distress. or Some.
thing, and the guards Of the palace and
some cavalry came on the run, and the
park seemed filled with an army, and
bid the dog good-by and went back to
the hotel alone, and waited for dad.
Dad didn't get back till after dark,
and when he came he had on suit of
the kings clothes, too tight around the
stomach and too long in the legs, cause
dad is pussy, and the king 10 long
geared.
Did you have good time, dad?" says
/, and he said, Haven't you got any
respect for age, condemn you. The
king has ordered that you be fed to the
animals in the ZOO"
l told him that didn't care what they
did with me, had been brought up to
tie knots in clothes when saw people
in swimming. and didn't care whether
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-14
VAsTNEss OF MOUNT ETNA
Circumference Of the Highest of All
Volcanoes at It's Base Is
Ninety Miles.

Just come out. Yes, it is visible"
So it was. But how different from the
Mount Etna of our imagination! Its
very vastness dWarfed it. We had not
realized that the highest volcano in
Europe was 80 miles in circumference
at its base, says Sicilian letter in the
Christian Register. The slope is SO
gradual from base to summit that the
first impression is totally different
from that of en abrupt mountain ris-
ing 1900 feet above the plain and sea
and produces something like a disap-
pointment. Then, too, this morning
there is no smoke. The snow scarcely
comes down more than 5000 feet; the
long slopes below are clothed with for
ests. But the summit is clear and gilt
tering in the sunlight. This for a few
minutes only. Then the clouds wrap
themselves round the head of our dis
appointment. We hope the monarch
will uncover and show himself longer
another day.
Taormina is rapidly becoming the
popular tourist resort Of Sicily. Not
only is it one of the best, but it is
the safest point whence to study the
effect of light and shade on the mighty
slopes of Etna and the long and jagged
coast line of the ever-foaming sea.
Places down below are malarial. This
place is high in air, above all risk of
malarial fever. 1t is also extremely
picturesque-some one called it mad.
ly picturesque. 1t lies on shelf OF
limestone rock, one long street with
rib-like lanes ascending and descend
ing on either side. Above and behind
this one long street three tall, jagged
peaks fling themselves wildly upward
against the sky, like mountains alto
gether gone mad and raving" If one
wishes to realize what may be meant
by mountain insanity" let him come
to Taormina.
Two weeks at Taormina and Etna
would not be gracious! Sometimes,
for an hour in the early morning, his
head remained uncovered. Then we
had to be content with a tremendous
mass of cloud, dark and far from inn
pressive. He was a cold neighbor,
sending chill air or tempest or a
rain almost every day. One day, to
the delight of the TaorminiaEs, he COW
cred all the ground with snow. After
night of storm, on the morning OF our
last Sicilian day, he stood forth in all
the glory of his majestic greatness.
No single mountain we had ever seen
had presented outline so simple, so
grand. From the most distant up
slope of his base to the dazzling white
ness of his summit not q suggestion OF
cloud; all the eyes that had waited SO
long were uplifted, fixed upon him.
Taormina was not. Etna was every
thing. How stupendous a presence.
What individuality! Not one of
range. but standing there alone; not
beautiful, but more than tnat-sub-
lime; strong and mighty. his head
clearly outlined against the brilliant
sky! Nor is this the mood Of an hour.
All the day he stood forth shadowless.
It was enough, all that we could have
asked or waited for.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-14
GOOD BLOOD FOR BAD
Rheuma&lsm ana Other Blood Dis
eases orc Cured BY Or. Williams
Pink Pills

~
I'm the lead mines was at work on my
knees with my elbows pressed against
rock walls. in dampness and extremes Of
cold. " said Mr.. j. G. Meukel, Of 2975
jackson avenue, Dubuque, Iowa, in de-
scribing his experience to a reporter,
81 and it is not surprising that l con-
tracted rheumatism. Fer three years
had attacks affecting the joints of my
ankles, knees and elbows. My ankles
and knees became SO swollen l could
scarcely walk on uneven ground and q
little pressure from stone under my
feet would cause me so much pain that
would nearly sink down. was often
obliged to lie in bed for several days at q
time. Ny friends who were similarly
troubled were getting no relief from
doctors and I did not feel encouraged to
throw money away for nothing. By
chance read the story Of Robert Yates,
of the Klauer Manufacturing Co., of
Dubuque. who had very bad case OF
rheumatism. decided to try DR.. Will
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People, the
remedy he had used. In three or four
weeks after beginning to use the pills, I
was much better and in three months !
was well. The swelling of the joints
and the tenderness disappeared, / could
work steadily and for eight years have
had no return Of the trouble. My whole
family believe in DR.. Williams. Pink
Pills. Both my sons use them. We
consider them household remedy that
we are sure about. !"
What Dr.Williams' Pink Pills did for
Mr.. Meukel they are doing for hundreds
of others. Every dose sends galloping
through the veins, pure, strong, rich. red
blood that strikes straight at the cause OF
all i'll health. The new blood restores
regularity, and braces all the organs for
their special tasks. Get the genuine DIR.
Williams Pink Pills at your druggists
or direct from the DIR. Williams Medi-
cine Co.. Schenectady, NY.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-14
Fhe Bad Boy Goes 70 Beleinnr
Buys Fake Souvenirs Il w,+.. 49,
He Goes Swimming with rir.
leopold and the Had nav =, .. -, -
I heir Clothes. =
BIZ HON. GEORGE W. Pr !, !, Z,

BIZ HON GEORGE W. PECK
ksx-Governor OF Wisconsin, Former RI.
sor q f s ~ sun. Author OF 5..peck,.
Copyright. 1906. BY Joseph 3. Rov,..,
Brussels, Belgium.-Dear Old ss.to.
what is the matter with our roin~ !,
Belgium said dad to me, as Ne wore i
escaping from Germany.
Well, what II thunder do - 80.
y go to Belgium forf'' said i Is dad 81,
II do not want to 10 Is countrv IL !,
Us no visible means or support ercent
Using Belgian hares, to sell Is 8 cranI 4
= America. couldn't eat rabbits win.
ut thipktng ] was chewing ! niece :,
ouse cat, and rabbits II the chief fnnd
Il the people. have eaten horse ana
nule In Paris, and wormy iigs III Turkey
nd embalmed beef fried ia candle
rease In Russia. and sausage ii Ger
amy. imported from the Leutrard
usage factory in Chicago, and stun 4,
Egypt with ground mummy nor Curry
owder, but draw the line Oh Belgian
ares, and strike right here, and shall
ave the international Union Of Anal
amated Tourists declare q boycott On
Belgium, said ! just like that, bristline
- to dad real spunky.
You are going to Belgium, all right, .
bid dad, as he took hold Of my thumb
jiu jitsu fashion. and twisted it
backward until fairly penuked. and
keld It, while he said he should never
ARE go home without visiting King
eopold's kingdom, and having talk
nth an S0-year-old male hirt, who had
thousand chorus girls on his star and
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-14
NOTED BIZ NATURALIsTs.

Some insects are born, crow old,
and die in the space of "a hours.
Buzzards and vultures can scent
their food at q distance Of 40 miles.
Silk is produced by more than 200
insects, though very few Of these are
of any practical value to mankind.
All carnivorous animals lap up wa
ter with the tongue. Herbivorous ami
mails, as the horse and OK, suck it up.
The elephant has so delicate sense
OF smell that 1t can scent a human
being when the latter is 1000 yards
off.
Horses in their wild state live to the
age of 36 normally. being still fairly
fresh and hearty at that age in the
desert.
The largest insect known to ento-
mologists is q Central American moth,
called the Erebus strix, which ex-
pands its wings from IL inches to Is
inches.
There are at least liz species Of
California peoples (Eschscho.Aia), ac-
cOrding to DIR. E. L. Greene, who mas
published q description Of them in
the June number of Pittonia.
The air bladder OF fishes is the
provision within their bodies which
enables them to rise or fall in the wa
ter. According to the diiation or
contraction Of the bladder they may
regulate the depth in the water a..
their pleasure.
A sharks egg is one Of the oldest
looking things imaginable. It is un-
provided with shell, but the contents
are protected by a thick, leathery COW
ering almost as elastic as India rub
Der. The average size is two inches
by two and three fourths inches. and
the color is almost pure black.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-14
SHE NEVER "BoARDED."
Railway Term Carried with It sus-
picion Of Base 1nsin-
uation.

at was in the Boston subway that this
occurred" said Providence business man,
according to the Journal. and frequently
journeyed to the Hub, "and l was an in.
1erested observer. I don't know wheth-
er you'd call it an accident or a tragedy.
I suppose the woman in the case regarded
it as tragedy.
'sIn alighting at that station near the
Common, where / also happened to get
off, laundering, awkward hulk of a pas
senger who was all feet stepped on her,
and made her skirt look as though it had
been through mangler.
"Shc was in state of mind. of course.
and no one could blame her; but the worst
was yet to come. An alert official, note
book in hand, hurried up. to her, anticipat-
ing trouble for the road.
Where did you board, madam? he in
quired.
!" .Board!' she calculated Indignantly,
with a rising infection, and speaking So
that she could be heard above ground. i
never boarded in my life.'
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-14

lt Ing SlliN.
they were crowned heads or just plain
dubs, and | asked dad how they got
along when their clothes were chewed
up. He said the soldiers covered them
with ponchos and got them to the
palace, and they had supper, he and the
king, and the servants brought out q
lot Of clothes and he got the best fit he
could.
asked him if the king was actually
mad, and he said no, that he always
enjoyed such things, and wanted dad
and to come the next day and go fish
ing with him, barefooted. Say, dad
can go, but wouldn't be caught by that
king, on bet. He would get even, sure,
cause he has a look in his eye like they
have in sanitarium. Not any king
business for your little
HENNERY
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-14
Could Get No Rest.

Freedom, Mimi, Sept 18th (Special).-
Mr. r. E: Coward, a well-known man
here, is rejoicing in the relief from suffer-
ing he had obtained through using Dodd's
Kidney Pills. His experience is well
worth repeating, as it should point the
road to health to many another in q
similar condition.
Il had an aggravatihg case of Kidney
Trouble" says Mr.. Coward, chat gave
me no rest day or night, but using few
boxes Of Dodd's Kidney Pills put new life
in me, and feel like new man.
Il am happy. to state I have received
great and wonderful benefit from Dodd's
Kidney Pills. would heartily recon-
mend all sufferers from Kidney Trouble
to give Dodd's Kidney Pills fair trial, as
Il havc every reason to believe it would
never be regretted.
Dodd's Kidney Pills make you feel like
a new man or woman, because they cure
the Kidneys. Cured kidneys mean pure
blood, and pure blood means bounding
health and energy in every part of the
body.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-14

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infaili
BILE medicine for coughs and colds.-N. "
Samuel, Ocean Grove. N. j.. Feb. Il. 1870
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-14

There would be little trouble and few
problems in the world if every man per-
formed 100 per cent. of duty in business
and personal relations, in public and pri-
Yata affairs.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-14

Lots of men make money fast without
advertising, but most Of such are en-
ployed in the minis.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-14

Most people when they buy experience
don't get bargain.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-14
Interestinp to Studeuts.

IuteIeSIIHS 20 oIUue0tss
The schools and colleges viii soon
open for the fall term, and there will be
many self-reliant young men and women
who will be looking for a good way to
earn their expenses. The Four Track
News, the great illustrated monthly mag
azine Of travel and education, appeals to
intelligent readers, and students will find
it easy to secure subscriptions for It. The
terms to persons soliciting subscriptions
are extremely liberal, and offer q very
generous margin Of profit; It Will pay
fisher. George II. Daniels, Z East 42nd
Street, New York, for full particulars.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-14
cUTlcURA PILLS
For Cooling and Cleansing the Blood
in Torturing, Disfguring Humors
go Chocolate Pills csc.

Cuticura Resolyent Pills chocolate
coated) are the product Of twenty-five
years practical laboratory experience in the
preparation of remedies for the treatment
Of hunors of the skin, scalp and blood,
with loss Of hair, and are confidently be.
lieved to be superior to all other blood
purifiers, however expensive. Complete
external and internal treatment for every
humor may now be had for $lOO, con-
sistine Of Cuticura Soap to cleanse the
skin. Cuticura Ointment to heal the SKIN:
and Cuticura Resolvent Pills to cool ana
cleanse the blood. A single set y often
sufficient to cure.
A practical politician is one who can
induce the other man to put up the ex-
penses Of the campaign.-Atlanta Jour-
nal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-25
ON THE FIRING LINE.
National Shoot Opens At Sea Girt-6s7
Entries In Individual Event.

Sea Girt. n. j., Aug. 24.-The greatest
military shooting tournament ever held
in the United States was opened. at 3
a. NJ. today. The national individual
match was first begun. The conditions
required that there should be at least
80 entries for this event. To the sur
prise of everybody. 657 competitors re-
ported at the firing line.
AS soon as the firing at 200 yards was
completed the rifiemen moved over to
face the 300-yard targets. then to the
500-yard range and later to 600 yards,
The belief is that the competition will
not be finished before tomorrow even.
ing. Each competitor fires 10 shots at
200. 800, 500 and 600 yards slow fire and
similar number at 200 and 500 yards
rapid fire and participates in two Skin
mish runs.
In the national team match that will
open. Saturday, it has been decided
that hits only on the paper silhouette
shall count: that at 500 and 1000 yards
the time limit per shot shall be one
minute and Is seconds. instead Of 2
minutes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-25
YELLOW FEVER RECORD.
Forty four New Cases and Four Deaths
in New Orleans.

New Orleans, Aug. 24.-Report on
yellow fever situation:
New cases. "A: total to date. 1900;
deaths. Z; total, 226; new foci, 10;
total, 800; remaining under treatment,
2S7.
With yellow fever in New Orleans
coming steadily under control, and ap-
prehension no longer felt of a danger
Gus epidemic. federal surgeons are anx-
ious to put restrictions against free in
tercourse between New Orleans and
Infected regions in Louisiana to pre-
vent re-incursion Of the disease The
policy of such 4 move was fully dis
cusSed, today, in the conference of fe-
yer fighters with Governor Blanchard
and the results are to be made known,
tomorrow. Many Italians and other
foreigners fled from New orleans to
surrounding parishes when yellow fe-
Yer first grew violent They established
nests of infection at various points and
now many of them are drifting back to
New Orleans, bringing back the infec-
ton.
Todays report Of yellow fever in
New Orleans is encouraging. The death
list was somewhat larger than the day
before, but it was far from the maxi
mum set earlier in the month. Only a
small number of new fever centers
were found and the number OF new
cases fell to "A, the smallest number
reported for any one day since Aug. Z,
when the federal officers took charge.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-25
EXTREMELY OPTIMISTIC.
Russians At Portsmouth Believes
President Will Not Surrender.

Portsmouth, y. H, Aug. 24.-Mr. AL
exandrc y. Briantchaninoff, special
correspondent of the St. Petersburg
Slovo. telegraphing to his paper. to-
night. says:
After the extreme optimism caused
by the news Of President Roosevelt 5
active intervention, a reaction was
natural However its Importance must
not b exaggerated and whoever knows
the tenacious character Of the head of
the great and energetic American re-
, public will rot doubt that the Presi-
dent once entered into the game, will
not surrender as often do the reason
able but always too humble advisors
or the Car.
1T seems certain that when the Rus
sian chief plenipotentiary left st. Pc
tershurg and even Paris, the instruc-
tions which limited and circumscribed
his action We're more conciliatory than
the intransigeant policy which has now
been forced unon him from st. Peters
burg. | am even attempted to suppose
that the original instructions would
have allowed our representatives to en-
ter in negotiations regarding the deli
cate but vital questions presented now
b. japan without having to apply to
ST. Petersburg. The japanese, as clever
In diplomacy as they are on the battle
field. in proposing compromise upon
Sakhalin made a very able move.
They practically argue thus: Russia
will not admit the principle of a war in
demnity; well. We will not speak of II.
Russia will not reimburse us for the cost
OF III" war; well. We Will withdraw that
condition. Russia will not Cede territory.
we'll. We will meet that desire. But Rus
sia. they add. cannot deny the rights
which we have obtained by force of arms
TO the territory OF the island So that
no matter what victories might eventual
~ be won in Manchuria, Sakhaln could
not be recovered except by force. If Rus
s.a wants Sakhalin now, Japan IS emit
tied to tell US 10 pay her for il. Russia
answers that the amount is a war indem-
nifty in disguise In fixing the sum the
japanese add that that Is the cost of the
island which Russia can take or leave To
this Mr.. Roosevelt adds: The questions
OF honor having been put aside would you
not submit 10 the Judgment of impartial
persons the question Of the price,"
The arbitors could he chosen by the
two countries and they could fix thu
be avoided. 1t Il not possible to under
stand how Russia. who always believed
in the Justice Of her cause, should an
swer with non possumus. fcigning
question or nOnOr W1ere IN reaIltV II was
merely a question of money. 1t is there
fore not to be imagined that the govern
ment at St Petersburg will be blind in
its obstlnacy. or that the Emperor. the
author Of The Hague tribunal will net
pass such an excellent opportunity to add
now glory to the idea of arbitration which
is SO dear to him. However. l must con-
fess that / am optimistic
AT the supreme moment, ii OF the
councillors of the throne are transformed
into clerks waiting for orders. so that the
whole responsibility rests on the august
man who wears the crown of his ances-
tors. May God advise and aid the Gar"