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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-08-31
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
Justice and Sanity.

There has been a great deal said
about the unwritten law, and it is held
by many thinking people to justify
murder which is indefensible. True,
life may be taken at times in self.
protection without violating divine or
human law, but for {. deliberate homi-
eide there is no excuse whatever. It
is, OF course, exasperating almost be-
yond endurance to have the home
despoiled by'a constituencies monster
who bears the guise of man, but courts
should deal with him in a civilized
community and give him his deserved
punishment When a man takes the
law into his own hands and puts an
end, With malice aforethought, to one
OF his fellow beings, he is simply a
barbarian, no matter what cause he
has for his bloody deed. The young
man who slew the supposed wronger
or his sister in this city, says the
Boston Budget, received a just SEN
tence, though there is sorrow that he
should have thrown away his young
manhood to become a perpetual pris-
oner; but his punishment, though Sc
we're, was deserved, and it will act as
q deterrent on other impuIsive young
men of fiery southern blood, who
might be tempted to follow in his un
fortunate footsteps. The case of Judge
Loving of Virginia, who was acquit-
ted by jury of the crime of murder
partially, apparently, on the ground of
sudden insanity, and partly, no doubt,
through reverence or regard for the
unwritten law, is one in which it is
widely believed strict justice was not
meted out. In all probability, the
young man who was shot to death by
an irate father did not commit the
deed of which he was at first suspect.
ed. but even If he did, his slayer, 1t
seems to us, should have paid some
penalty for his offence, and not have
gone entirely unwhipt of Justice Then
we nave the story of 3 mother and son
who confessed that they killed a
young man because he refused to wed
the daughter of one and the sister Of
the other, thereby breaking a solemn
promise that he had made. This was,
no doubt, maddening, but the provo
cation was no excuse for the homicida1
act or good moral reason for their
acquittal. When brltes walk on two
legs the law of the land, as has been
well said, does. not allow us to butcher
them, and the sooner this is realized
by those who claim the unwritten law
as defense the sooner shall we have
q return to sanity in the treatment Of
assassins.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-08-31
TALENT RUNS IN FAMILY.
Artistic Work Done by Son and Dauah.
ter Of DR.. Hale.

An interesting personality in the ma
tional capital belongs to the daughter
OF the Rev. Edward Everett Hale, the
veteran author and chaplain of the
senate, himself perhaps the most pic
turesque entity in Washington, gaunt
and stalwart, with his patriarchal
beard, suggesting one of the prophets,
in bis imposing black satin robe, in
which he presides over senatorial de.
votions. Miss Ellen Day Hale, very
attractive looking young woman, in
herits much of the paternal genius.
Her strongest bent is the artistic, in
which line she is a marked success.
Many canvases from the brush of the
daughter of the author of '"The Man
Without Country" have been win
ners OF prizes at art exhibitions. Miss
Hale is excellent in portraiture, q
painting Of her distinguished father
being one of her masterpieces,
At a recent very brilliant exhibition
OF paintings at the Corcoran art gal
Iery, the Hale family figured conspicu-
ously. Philip Hale, son of the Rev.
DR.. Edward Everett Hale, like his
sister, is an artist by profession. Mrs.
Philip Hale, his young wife, is an
artist also. One of the largest can.
vases on view was "a full length Dor.
trait of Mrs. Philip Hale, in gray silk
gown and big black hat, done along
Whistlerian methods, painted by her
husband, while the handsome model
herself, on the same wall as that dis.
playing the work of Mr.. Hale, exhibit,
ed canvas from her own brush, the
portrait OF woman. Miss Ellen Day
Hale's painting in oils of a girl in a
quaint, old-fashioned green "caleche"
Is one of the most attractive achieve
ments Of any Washington artist of re-
cent years.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-08-31
Gorgeous State Eo,ins,a.

Perhaps the most gorgeous sauipage
in Washington is that used onS state
occasions by the Mexican ambassador,
The body Of the vehicle is painted a
dark green, and is set on vivid red
wheels with black trimmings. This
use of the national colors of Mexico, is
better seen than described as the ef-
feet is really artistic and is in perfect
harmony Of color with the ambassa-
doris own official trappings. Such au.
tomobiles as the Austria Hungarian
ambassador uses, are seldom seen on
this side of the water, and they add
much to the cosmopolitan appearance
of Connecticut avenue, when the mod.
tsh world is out for an airing. One
of these great machines is a vivid vel
low with double eagle in black on
either door. The brilliant effect is
enhanced by the chauffeur in gorgeous
livery wearing a cap from which flies
the national colors of the Hungarian
empire
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-08-31

Congress having provided for an in
crease in the artillery force of the
army, II new companies of coast
artillery are to be formed. These will
be stationed at various points along
the Atlantic, the gulf and the Pacific.
Experience has shown that more men
were needed to care properly for the
big guns in our forts. The additional
companies, with the national guard
organizations, which have had very
successful tours of duty at the forts,
will serve to obviate danger in case of
an emergency. The country will have
both the guns and the men needed.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-08-31
New Church for CAPITAL

The Methodist Episcopal Church
South has undertaken to build in
Washington national church which
shall be in effect cathedral of the
denominations similar in it's scheme
to the Presbyterian cathedral suggest.
ed some time ago by Justice Harlan
of the United States supreme court.
1t is said that commodious site
has already been purchased by the
Methodists. The church, it is said.
will be under the control of the pres
ent Mount Vernon Methodist church.
The building is to cost $275,s0O, Of
which amount the local church is to
raise $4,000 and the dissemination at
large the remainder.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-08-31
HAD LAUGH ON SAILORS.
cavaIrymen Turned the Tables on
8Iue-cIad Hosts.

| A jack tar from one of Uncle Sans
battleships who was on a recent visit
to Washington related in a converse
ton with Star reporter an amusing
story of how several cavalrymen of
the United States army turned the
| tables on himself and several other
sailors, while the battIeship was sta
toned at Havana, Cuba.
The sailors, who are up to all kinds
OF tricks, were on shore leave one day,
and invited number of the cavalry
men to take sail with them. This
struck the fancy of the army men, but
before the trip was half over every
one of them had become seasick, much
to the amusement of the sailors, who
had good, hearty laugh at their
guests expense. Upon returning to
the shore the soldiers thanked them
for their trip and returned to their
quarters.
A few days later the cavalrymen
1ourneyed out to the battleship and in
Vited the sailors who had been 30
kind as to give them a sail to take
horseback ride about the island. The
sailors consented at once. 1t devel-
oped that the soldiers had picked out
the Understanding horses at the camp
for the sailors to ride, and as all know,
the army horses follow the leader as a
drove of sheep, one big cavalryman
ON fine steed at once stuck his spurs
into his horses sides, and he dashed
on at full speed. The others, on
which were the sailors, followed in q
line. This pace was kept up for about
nVe miles, at the conclusion of which
each sailor was either holding on to
the saddle or had his arms about the
horses neck.
The sailors returned to their ship
In the afternoon, but all were so sore
from their horseback ride that they
could hardly stir from their hammocks
the next day. The cavalrymen came
out to the ship bright and early and
invited them to take another ride, but
the sailors declined with thanks.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-08-31

1t was the night of the ball, and
Miss Timmons sat in her room read
ing, when servant came to say that
gentleman in the parlor was waiting
to speak with her.
She went down to find Jack Thomp-
son in his evening suit, looking his
happiest and best. He came forward
to meet her, saying eagerly: "Now.
Miss Timmons, want you to go over
to the hall; it's all trimmed I'D and
looks so pretty; SO do the girls. took
Jennie Griffen, you know, and going
over, she said you had made her dress
she looks lovely-and l know you
made Allies and MabeTs, and l
thought you might like to see them
altogether. You can go up in the gal
Iery and will bring you home when.
ever you want; won't you Gomez"
MY dear boy, how kind you are; /
will indeed be glad to go, only you
must give me five minutes to put ON
my best frock."
She came back to the parlor in
short time in brown silk, with a
neat little brown bonnet tied under
her chin and pink flush on her
cheeks that made Jack wonder why
he had never before noticed thai she
was really pretty.
1t is more than likely that not one
OF the young girls there enjoyed that
evening more than did Miss Timmons.
Her life had held but little playtime,
for all OF her younger years had been
full of care for an invalid father. and.
now that she was alone, it had gotten
to be an accepted fact that she went
nowhere but to church; and vet, If
there was extra sewing to be done If
there was sickness or death in a fam.
lily, Miss Timmons was the first to he
sent for
She sat tonight, gazing down on
the gay throng below, with happy.
smiling eyes
Jack left her presently. but she did
not feel in the least alone. He soon
returned with another gentleman.
After the introduction, he sat down
by her side and she soon found her
self talking as to an old friend, and
almost before she was aware, had told
him of Jacks thoughtfulness and of
how great treat he had given her.
When John Newman returned to
Kansas City, it was with a sense .of
real sadness at parting with friends
of only month.
After he had been home for weeks
and months, he could not keep his
thoughts from straying back to that
Kentucky town and to the little wo.
man in brown.
1t became such bother to him at
last that after he had been a year
away, on the fourteenth of February,
he sent Miss Timmons letter, telling
her all about it. If the letter was SEN
.imental for a man nearly 40, what |
lid it matter, for after all age has
very little to do with the heart. He
lad told her if2she did not care for |
him, to spare herself the pain of an
swering-he would know by her
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-08-31
Doo Had Ir1bibed Too Freely

An Irish terror was recently arrest.
ed by the police in Washington for
drunkenness. Sandy" the dog, owned
by saloon keeper, was found doing
all kinds of stunts, such as standing
on his head, walking on his hindlegs,
turning somersaults, and ATTEMPTING
to climb trees. A policeman took him
to the police station, where he locked
him up. Sandy was intoxicated. In.
vestigation disclosed that Sandy wan
dered away from his masters roof.
and entered saloon where the bar.
man offered the dog some beer. The
animal shifted CONTEMPORARY. Ale
was then offered him. Sandy declined
the draught. A patron then submitted
a whisky and soda. The dog quafged
it gratefully. After he had dispatched
two more whistles Sandy sought the
street, where he began to act SO hu.
man that the policeman placed him
under arrest.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-08-31
FLIGHT OF THE FIANcE.
Onnerved by Dreadful Possibilities Of
the Future.

A wayfarer, jogging along the public
highway in pursuit of his own pur-
poses, was run against and knocked
over by wild-eyed youth of fright
ened mien, who, upon untangling him
self from the peregrinator, elucidated
his narrowing predicament as follows:
II went over to bask in the smiles
of my fiancee and discovered that it
was sewing circle afternoon and the
sitting-room was invested by many
matrons, both young and sere, and sat
me down on the Vine-clad porch to
await their departure; and to my first
Indifferent but very presently Mortified
ears were waited snatches of their
conversation, running something like
this: The food is liable to disagree
with its little stomach, and you must
experiment with a variety of milks
from different cows, invariably steril-
izing it, and try various foods, until
you discover exactly the right one. My
second had the collie Almost every
night for six weeks and screamed for
hours without intermissiGn. 1t never
slept longer than half an hour at
time and neither my husband or me
had minutes rest, day or night. And
then teething set in. WhoOping cough
followed, and measles, scarlet fever,
hives, and Then | fed. I don't
know where I shall stop and"
you are quite excusable, sir!" re.
turned the wayfarer, who had lived
long and knew much. Pray, don't
mention it!"-Puck.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-08-31

No department Of government, Ger
fainly none represented in the presi
dents eG0&net, is less open to partfzan
political criticism than the department
OF agriculture. Sometimes there is q
hubbub about free seeds, for which
congress and not the department is
responsible. Beyond that the com,
plants are few and the blessings are
many. Secretary Wilson says that
during the: fiscal year just ended the
department has made discoveries
which will benefit the American PEG,
pie to the extent of millions of dollars
"a sum too vast to calculate. Some
of these discoveries are patentable,
and if the patents were held by the
discoverers would make them rich.
But all such patents, after being taken
out in the name of the inventors, are
dedicated to the United States for the
common good.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-08-31
A Very Doubtful Compliments.

One of Washington's best known
young landscape painters who married
a Washington girl of artistic tempera.
ment and some talent, is the proud ia.
Their of two little girls, noted forl their
quaint "grown-uppishness'' and anus.
ing sayings. The painters wife dab.
bles with pastels and crayon, for the
love of her art, and has produced sew.
eral creditable things. Recently she
began a pastel portrait of the younger
OF the two children, perhaps the
Quainter of the two.
The sittings continued swimmingly.
the little model, who, by the vay. is
about nine years of age, taking her
task seriously and behaving like a
nttle lamb" When the portrait was
ABOUT finished the artists wife called
her daughter from the model chair at
the end of the sitting and asked her
how she liked the work.
The little girl gazed abserbentlv at
the pastel likeness. and then. spesk.
ing as though she had not heard the
question, said:
Mamma, don't you think I ought tn
be painter some day? You see, paDa
is an artist and you are almost one"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-08-31

There, that is perfect" said little
Miss Timmons, as she took the pins
from her mouth and Strengthened up
to survey her work.
She was putting the last touches to
the drapery Of party-dress for the
eldest Miss Thompson.
AS she turned, her eyes caught in
the mirror the reflection of her own
plain, brown figure in striking con-
trast to that Of the stately girl in
white beside her, and for just one min
ute there came into her heart sense
of loss and discomfort, but it was gone
in moment, for Miss Timmons was
very practical little woman, and be-
side this, she was quite plain looking,
and was almost SO, and she had never
had any use for party-dress in all her
busy life.
Miss Thompson looked with delight
at her own graceful reflection, for she
had all young girls pardonable pleas
ure in looking her best.
1T just suits you to perfection, ~
said her sister Alice, who was leaning
against the door, watching with ad-
miration the dressmaker' deft touches
and waiting her turn to be fitted. 81
only hope mine will be as pretty, and
l know there won't be two sweeter
dresses there"
Miss Timmons looked gratified, for
she was an artist in her way, and had
an artists pleasure in success.
These dresses were, besides, to be
worn to the great event Of the season,
a ball to be given by the Masons, and,
as is always the case in small town,
nothing else had been thought of or
talked Of for weeks among the young
people; and little Miss Timmons had
had her skill and ingenuity taxed to
the utmost to provide pleasing and
suitable costumes for all those who
had required her aid.
Mabel" said Alice, you know that
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-08-31
Wisdom on Tan.

Mrs. Green, who was deeply abb
sorbed in a romance of the 18th CEN
fury, suddenly paused and looked at
her husband.
Gregory she said, '1isten to this:
BY my halidom,' exclaimed Sir Har-
dynge, it is past the hour of 1872
What is a halidom?"
What do you suppose it is?" re-
sponded Mr.. Green, with frown.
Cant you tell from the context
Maria? Sir What's-his-name said it
was past the hour of IL by his hall
dom, didn't he? I should think any
one could tell from that sentence that
he had just consulted his halidom.
Halidom is the old English name for
watch, Of course! Why is it that some
women don't seem to be able to exer-
else their reasoning faculties?' STRAY
Stories III
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-08-31
A PECULIAR ALLIANCE.
That Made by the Doctors and the
w. c. T. u.

For the purpose of fighting patent"
medicines the doctors, as represent.
ed by the American Medical Associa-
ton, have made an alliance with the
w. G. T. U. who have been deceived
into believing that the alcohol in pat
ent" medicines is a menace. In this
alliance the good ladies of the w. G..
T. U. are apparently put in the posi-
ton of dragging chestnuts out of the
fire for their allies. There is no class
so firmly convinced of the necessity
for alcohol in medication as the doc
tors who, with few exceptions, not
only prescribe it freely but use it, as
indeed they must whether they would
prefer to or not, as solvent and pre-
sentative. On the other hand the
w. C. T. U. contends that the whole
medical and pharmaceutical world is
in error; that alcohol is not only use
less but that it is dangerous and
harmful in any quantity in any medi-
cinal preparation. While their princi-
pies are so wholly at variance the
doctors and the w. G. T. U. ladies'
have cheerfully allied themselves in a
war on patent medicines, and the
W. G. T. U. is placed in an even more
ridiculous position by reason of the
fact that the doctors do not confine
their fight to those medicines which
contain alcohol, but lump all patent"
medicines in one class. And this, too,
despite the fact that, according to fig
ures printed in the Journal of the
American Medical Association, about
70 per cent of physicians prescrip-
lions are for patent" or proprietary"
medicines.
The inability Of many physicians
to prescribe any but ready-to-use rem
edies is frequently commented upon
by the medical press, and by physi-
clans of the better class when assem-
bled in conventions. That three
fourths of the physicians graduated
each year in the United States are in
competent and peril to the COM
munities in which they practice was
charged openly at the annual meeting
of the Committee on Medical Educa.
ton of the American Medical Asso.
citation, held in Chicago in April of
this year. The total number of grad
yates annually was placed at 1000
which means that at least 5000 in
competents are turned loose annually.
1t was stated at this meeting that an
average of So per cent of the gradu.
ates from medical colleges failed to
pass state examinations. These fail
ures either go back to school, or go
to some state where the requirements
are not so high.
That many doctors are so ignorant
in matters pertaining to pharmacy
that they know nothing about the
properties of the drugs they prescribe,
was stated by DR.. M. Clayton Thrush,
a professor in the Medico- Chirurgical
College at Philadelphia in an address
before the Annual Convention of the
American Medical Association at At
lantic City in June of this year.
DR.. Henry Beats, Jr., President of
the Board of Medical Examination
for the State of Pennsylvania, in an
in the daily papers said:
about one quarter of the papers
show degree of illiteracy that rend-
ers the candidates for icensure in
capable of understanding medicine"
He criticizes the colleges for award.
ing degrees in these cases.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-08-31
THE BANDAGE SLIPPED OF.
Thereby Exposing a Ruse to Save the
Family Pride.

A Kansas City professional man,
who is prominently identified with
Missouri politics., tells the following
story on himself: MY folks moved
from Indiana to Johnson county, Mis-
souri,, when I was six years of age.
We settled on a farm near Holden
The first Sunday We were there, and
while the family was preparing for
Sunday school, it was discovered that
did not have any shoes. My
mother, realizing that folks would
talk If one of her children made his
first public appearance barefooted.
suggested that 1 have a cloth tied
around one foot to create the impress.
sion that | was unable to wear shoes
because of a sore foot. So the rag
was tied on me. Everything went
along smoothly and I learned all about
What's-his.name's bears eating the bad
children up, when I heard smoker
from boy afterwards licked. He
was pointing to my right foot. I
glanced downward. The rag had
slipped off and my mothers ruse was
exposed"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-08-31
Somewhat Disconeertinu.

He gazed upon her in fond admira.
ton. He loved her to distraction.
Lovers had loved before, lovers might
love again, but no lover might, could,
would, or should love as he loved Dora.
The sun shone Dora, the birds sang
Dora, the wild flowers in the hedges,
oh! they were all Doras to bud. And
then Ferdinand exclaimed with start.
ling suddenness:
What in the world ever induced
you, Dora, to care for fellow like
me?"
II really don't know but pa threat
ems to send nae to brain specialist"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-08-31

run down from $50 to 125 pounds. l
was having terrible pain in the KID
neys, and the secretions passed almost
involuntarily. My left leg swelled I'M
til it was 81 inches around, and the
doctor tapped it night and morning
until I could no longer stand it, and
then he advised amputation. refused
and began using Doan's Kidney Pills.
The swelling subsidized gradually, the
urine became natural and all my pains
and aches disappeared. / have been
well now for nine years since using
Doan's Kidney Pills."
For sale by all dealers. so cents .
box. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. z
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-08-31

Electricity continues to extend it's
usefulness. New Jersey has found it
the most expeditions and humane
means of putting an end to stray and
useless dogs. Hitherto the dogs have
ben asphyxiated in a big gas tank
But the society which looks after such
things finds this is cruel and by no
means infallible. So Plainfeld leads
off by substituting the electric kennel
for the gas receptacle. By this means
the CANNES are sent painlessly and
swiftly to death and the bow-wows
cease from spreading fear of rabies,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-08-31
Wouldn't Take His Place.

Hearing of the sudden taking OF tho
stage of life of a leading Thespian
while he was playing in Chicago, o
New York Rialtoan out of a job tele.
graphed the manager as follows:
Having heard of the sad and tragic
demise Of Mr.. -, I'll take his place
for $3.50 a week"
AS the message was sent collect IL
ELECTED the following reply: Thanks.
wouldn't take his place for twice that
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