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St. Tammany farmer., 1909-11-06
THE GOOD WORK OF THE
COvHGTOI SCHOOL.

Eloi Girard, who was in the first half
of the eighth grade in the public Cow
ington school is now in the ninth grade
of the Southwestern Industrial Insti-
tute of Lafayette, La, having passed
the required examination. The high
standing of this institution in educa-
tional circles makes this quite COM
pliment to the efficiency of fhe Cow
ington public school. This is but one
in several instances where scholars
from the Covington school have pass
ed into higher grades of schools in
other localities after passing the re-
CURED examination.
St. Tammany farmer., 1909-11-06
bers were read and discussed.

DefS were read and discussed.
Prot. Lyon, History of Education"
Miss U; L: G. Cazes, Mature
Study and Life"
Miss Anna Huff, Teaching Phon-
ics.'''.
Miss Hester McDougaI, of Abita
School, Reading in Public Schools. "
Prof. Johnson, MadisonviIIe, High
School League of Study"
Prof. Huffaker, Abita Springs, "Es-
says in Application"
The questions of "Corporal Punish
ment" and "Parents' Meetings, were
discussed generally.
Superintendent Peters in short ad-
dress stated that attendance at insti-
tute meetings would be enforced by
fines.
St. Tammany farmer., 1909-11-06
Ill SAINTS DAY OBSERVED.
The GRAVES MADE BEAUTIF

shipped carload of these chrysan-
theums to New Orleans, besides all
that were sold here. The continued
warm weather has made lowers much
more plentiful this Hear than usual.
Places of business Wnse closed after
one O'Clock in the at * cnoon and the
cemetery was crowded with visitors
and those who had relatives ano
friends buried, while many attended
the church services. The streets of
Covington were lcnc2me and deserted
and business at a standstill, while the
day was spent in recreation, deVotloIn-
al services, or consecrated to the
memory of the dead.
St. Tammany farmer., 1909-11-06
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE

The School Improvement League are
Untitled to the thanks of this cOmmu-
nifty for the efforts they are making
to help the school. These efforts do
not consist of enthusiastic meetings
and and vainglorious resolutions, but
of good money of the realm with a
purchasing value of one hundren cents
on the dollar. They have given $50
to the school, with which there has
been purchased luna tellurian globe,
o case of eight geographical maps,
six watercoolers, a blackboard globe
for demonstration work, three twelve
inch movable meridian globes, hand
numeral frame, Webster's New Inter
national Dictionary, three smaller
dictionaries and a set of three physi-
oIogy charts. .
This is the kind of work that makes
for the building up and improvement
of cur schools. These things are
necessary to the school, and with the
present state of finances could not
have been purchased without the aic
of the League.
St. Tammany farmer., 1909-11-06
CHICKEN THIEVES
AGAIN At WORK,

Monday night chicken thieves en-
tered the coop of Mrs. L. A. Reber
and stole seventeen out of eighteen
chickens, evidently leaving one was
an oversight. The thieves ransacked
the feed room for a sack into which to
put them. The chicken house has a
lock on the door, but unfortunately
one of the children had closed the
door and neglected to lock it. Evil
IDENTIFY some one is making a business
of chicken stealing, for periodically
coops are robbed and the thieves take
all the chickens they cnn find.
St. Tammany farmer., 1909-11-06
MR.. CHAS. THEOBALD
INJURED BY HORSE,

Charles Theobald was taken to the
New Orleans Sanitarium Sunday after
noon by his brother-ln-law, Frank
Patecek, to be treated for broken
ankle, caused by horse stepping on
his ankle. In jerking his foot from
beneath the horses hoof Mr.. Theobald
brought his foot violently to the
ground in such a position as to break
the ankle. He was given immediate
attention and was taken to New Or
leans by the Doctors advice. He is
doing nicely.
St. Tammany farmer., 1909-11-06

All Saints Day was observed by the
usual decoration Of the graves of the
dead. Tender, loving hands distribut-
ed flowers in remembrance Of the dear
departed and the warm sun of the
almost summer day shone upon floral
offerings unsurpassed in beauty and
profusion for many years.
Many of the flowers came from the
garden of w. L. Fountain. who kept
four or five cutters busy clipping the
beautiful chrysanthemums which were
piled in huge banks Of floral splendor
that rivaled the products of the New
Orleans hot houses. Mr.. Fountain
St. Tammany farmer., 1909-11-06
Celcstine Marie LOssett, wife of Geo. H. Mchr
hotf, Jr., vs. AfphOnse Losset ct aIs--No 1890
Twcnty-Sixth Judicial District Court, Parish of
1t. Tanlmany. State of Louisiana.

Pursuant to judgment of partition and sale,
rendered in the above cause, on the goth day
of October, 1909 will expose for sale, and sell
to the highest and last bidder for cash, at the
principal front door of the courthouse in Cow
ingtcn, Louisiana. on Saturday. December H..
1909. between legal sale hours, the following
descl bed property, to-Wit;
/. All that certain lot or parcel of ground
situated in the town of New Covington, in
square 2104 and described as follows: meaSur-
ing eighty feet on Jefferson Avenue by a
depth of one hundred and twenty feet on 25th
Avenue, and between parallel lines, said prop
erty forming the corner of 25th Avenue and
and plan OF survey made by Paul Guzman, late
surveyor, as per plat and plan of survey on file
and of record in the office of the clerk of
court of the Parish of St. Tammany, La.
Q The buildings and improvements on the
above described land.
Terms of sale--Cash.
r E. BREWSTER, Sheriff.
St. Tammany farmer., 1909-11-06
4 ChhR9.

This is to certify that all druggists
are authorized to refund your money
if Foley's Honey and Tar fails to cure
your cough or cold. 1t stops the
cough, heals the lungs and prevents
serious results from a cold, prevents
pneumonia and consumption. Contains
no opiates. The genuine is in a yellow
package. Refuse substitutes. Sold
hy Theo. Strain.
St. Tammany farmer., 1909-11-06

When in need Of anything in the
jewelry line, such as breaches, tie
pins, cuff pins, hat pins, cuff links,
rings, silver ware, china ware, watch
es, clocks, or a beautiful chatting dish.
You will find at our store next to the
post office. Call and see US, we will
treat you right.
HAINER, Afford co.
St. Tammany farmer., 1909-11-06
NanflevilIe Council.

Vaudeville, La, Nov. 2, 1909.
Council met on above date at $50
=. M, Hon. Gee. Bierhorst, Mayor
pro tenn, presiding.
Present-E. Duburg, Jas Band, Jos.
Nj. Smith.
Absent-A Depre.
The minutes Of the previous meet
ing were adopopted as read.
St. Tammany farmer., 1909-11-06
HAVE SIGNED THE PLEDGE.

Mrs. Cora Robinson, who has charge
of the sixth gtade in the Covington
public school, is in the unique and
enviable position of having boys in
her room who are all signers Of a
nIedge not to smoke or use tobacco in
apy form. The signing Of this pledge
was entirely voluntary On the part Of
the pupils and endures for one month.
The bows were willing to sign for one
year, but Mrs. Robinson deemed 1t IN
advisable to test them too seVerei y on
the start. If the pledge can be kept
for one month, the lesson in resistance
may enable them to keep the pledge
for a longer time in the future. and
nerhaps will be the means of weaving
the bows entirely from the tobacco
habit. 1t is a good move.
St. Tammany farmer., 1909-11-06
DIED

On October %, Nicholas Nyberg
age years and 7 months, son of VIM.
Nyberg and Cora Galatas.
A radient one from US is gone. His
little soul was called. 1t seems as
though God called him back to Heaven
above. The Death Angel hath taken
him to dwell with God, to rest with
Him and His Angeles. May God be
with him. HIS MOTHER.
We will buy empty sacks.
Covington Grocery & Grain Co.
Phone 80.
St. Tammany farmer., 1909-11-06
CARD OF THANKS.

The members of the NJ. C. B. desire
to express their sincere thanks to Mrs.
Jas. E. Tracy, Mrs. E. H. Richard,
Mrs. C. NJ. Poole, Jr., H. W. Wright
and Miss Edwina Moore for books
donated to their public library.
M. G. B.
St. Tammany farmer., 1909-11-06
In the matter of Solomon Kahn, bank
rnnt. Ahita Springs.

I, H. M. Horton, Trustee, will pro-
ceed to sell at the former place OF
business of Solomon Kahn, bankrupt,
Abita Springs, La, On Monday, No
vember 8, 1909, at II O'Clock a. NJ,
the contents Of the store and ware
house, consisting Of goods and mer-
chahdise usually found in country
store.
Terms Cash on the spot.
II. N. HORTON, Trustee.
St. Tammany farmer., 1909-11-06
MEDALS TO BE AWARDED.

Superintendent Peters has received
from the Selz Bros. of Chicago some
GUN metal medals to be used as
swards of merit in the public school;
Thev are in the shape Of liberty bell
nandant from pin. The medals will
he awarded each week to deserving
snd srdO Of the year the scholar winning
the M medal the greatest number OF
times will receive an appropriate gold
medal.
St. Tammany farmer., 1909-11-06

The Farmer returns thanks to Mr..
Ed. Menetre for bottle Of ''Original
Rock and Rye" a preparation con-
tanning, besides rock and rye, hore-
hound, orange, lemon and pineapple,
combined in such form as to make an
excellent remedy for coughs and colds.
1t contains but 10 per cent alcohol
and conforms TO the pure food law.
St. Tammany farmer., 1909-11-06

Lame back comes on suddenly and
is extremely painful. It is caused by
rheumatism of the muscles. Quick re-
lief is afforded by applying Chamber
lain's Liniment. Sold by all druggists.
St. Tammany farmer., 1909-11-06

Wben q cold becomes settled IN the
.,,stnnn ON # will take several days treat
T3ent to cure it, and the best remedy
nens m nee Is Chamberlain Cough Rene
~, ~ # will cure quicker than any
Cher, and also leaves the system m q q
vstnral Us and healthy condition. Sold
hy all druggists.
St. Tammany farmer., 1909-11-06
NtGti ice,

This is to notify the public that l
will not be responsible for any debts
contracted by my wife.
FRED LACROIX.
St. Tammany farmer., 1909-11-06

FOR SALE-Central Store at Abita
Springs, Cheap. Good reason for
selling.
St. Tammany farmer., 1909-11-06

Balance on hand Oct. 2, 1909, Is
Amt appropriated Oct. 6, 1909, 100 90
Total $1O0 Is
Disbursements:
Making streets and bridges IS so
Balance on hand Oct. 81, 1909 So 35
On motion duly seconded the above
reports were accepted.
BILLS ORDERED PAID.
Emile Francis, horse and wagon, 3
days 100.
To 3 commissioners and / clerk at
special election Oct. 25 at So 90 each.
w. E. Blossman, making assess
ment roll for 1909, 24.00.
A C. Bosse, lumber 9.78.
A. Depre & Sons, nails 1.62.
! L. Menant; Clerk Of Mayors Court
i1.5O.
E. Esquinance. hauling, etc, 17.10.
St. Tammany Farmer, to publishing
bond issue 24.O0.
Moved, seconded and carried that
the assessment roll for the year 1909
be accepted.
Moved, seconded and carried that
the taxes for 1909 be at mills to
defer the expenses of the Town of
Vaudeville.
| Moved. seconded and carried that
$50 be appropriated to the Street
Commission for general improve
ments.
i Moved and seconded that bids be
asked for to rebuild the town wharf
at foot of Girod Street. The old lum-
Der on hand is to be used in rebuild
ing said wharf and all bids must be
sealed and presented at our next
regular meeting, first Monday in De
cember.
G. F. BIERHORST, Mayor pro tenn.
L. MENANT, Secretary.
St. Tammany farmer., 1909-11-06

Many school children rs, suffer fer danse drom
CO Seeming stupidity at lessons; et Cham ars
berissan lam medicine to give a child, Tor
an loeas sra mi mild and gentle in Their e1-
they az alnaaTwill vii cure even chronic con-
1ecss 1ees.sst;ar,s ion Sold by all druggists
St. Tammany farmer., 1909-11-06

LOST-Two shares of the Madison
vile Ice Co. No. 16, issued on January
28th. 1907. We are applying to the
company to issue new stock in lieu
thereof. j. B. KENT & co.
St. Tammany farmer., 1909-11-06

FOR sALE-Fine, gentle horse anc
new surrey. Apply to B. Labat.
St. Tammany farmer., 1909-11-06

FOR sALE-A good, gentle horse
Apply ~ - oc30-4t.
Ia.
St. Tammany farmer., 1909-11-06

FOR sALE-20 White Leghoarr
hens 81 90 each. Address Oo~ -
Abita Springs, La.
St. Tammany farmer., 1909-11-06

BORN-To Mrs. N. J. Seller,
Wednesday, November 3, 1909, a ten
pound boy.
St. Tammany farmer., 1909-11-06
II Cd
MASONIC LODGE NO 1888,
r. AND a, M,

Meets every Second and Fourth Tues
day at 7:3O p. m.
ALBERT ROCKENSCHUH:
Worshipful Master.
+. T. SlNGLETARY. Secretary.
The Dolores star., 1909-04-30
RELIGIOUS.
Because WeLove Him
ww~~~ ~V

Though temptations fierce assail us,
And we face stormy sea;
Though we wander lone and weary,
On rough and thOrny way; .t.
Though the midnight hours he dreary,
And thick darkness hide the day,
We need never cease our singing,
Light will come, because we love Him.
Happy pilgrims, on life's journey,
Who can praise when foes are strong.
Never doubling, never fearing
Though their trial may be long;
BY the hand God safely leadeth
And in pleasant pastures feedeth,
They need never cease their singing,
Peace will come, because they love
Him.
Faint not, then, oh, lonely Christian,
Never shall His promise fail;
Pray and praise, and keep on singing,
Though the strongest foes assail;
Light will come and peace unending,
Joy the morrow'll surely bring,
On, then never cease your singing,
Hope will come, because you love Him.
Trina T. Jones.
The Dolores star., 1909-04-30
Newsy Advertising. A

There was time when the hyper
critical affected to sneer at advertising,
but now the discriminating not only
recognize the commercial but the news
side Of advertising. In no other way
are buyers and sellers brought into
touch SO easily. The advertiser pays
for the privilege of always being within
call Of prospective buyers.
This arrangement enables the reader
to get very much more In the way Of
news and features than he pays for. The
advertising columns, moreover, afford
n fragmentary but wonderfully accu-
rate and illuminating commentary on
the real life Of the people. As in q
mirror, their wants and tendencies are
portrayed with a manner and con-
pleteness quite beyond the power Of
mere words to express.
He who doesn't pay any attention to
the advertising overlooks the profound
est applications Of mental science, the
work Of some Of the brightest minds In
the newspaper business and probably
cheats himself every time he spends
any money getting something less than
the most available for it. Advertising
has news and literary quality all Its
own.-Pittsburg Pa. Sun.
The Dolores star., 1909-04-30

To the formation of q good character,
1t is of the highest Importance that
you have commanding object in view,
and that your aim in life be elevated.
1t is an old proverb that he who aims
at the sun, to be sure, will not reach it,
but his arrow will fly higher than II he
aimed at an object ON level with
himself. just 80 with the formation Of
character. Set your standard high;
and, though you may not reach it,
you can hardly fall to rise higher than
If you aimed at some inferior excellence.
The Dolores star., 1909-04-30
Fifty Dollar Dinners.

"Dinners at $50 plate are as COM
mon In New York as five dollar dinners
are In London and Paris," said a chef.
"Our extravagant dinners are no better
than the cheaper foreign ones. Their
cost is caused not by the exquisite
cooking Of exquisite materials, but by
the use of exotic foods whose expense Is
their chief recommendation. What do
1 mean by exotic foods? Well, /
mean cane sugar instead of the ordinary
beet root kind for the compete; mean
wild rice instead of the cultivated for
the canvasback; mean sole brought
alive from England and sterlet from
Russia, when our own native fish Is
better conditioned; l mean hothouse
Strawberries as big as apples, pears as
big as cocoanuts and grapes as big as
peaches, all tasting rather like raw
pumpkin, but looking very fine in
blizzard weather. Foolish foods; but,
then, it's only foolish people who eat
fifty dollar dinners. s."-Cincinnati
Enquirer.
The Dolores star., 1909-04-30
LITTLE DEMAND FOR SERVICES.
BusInsss Of Ghost Eradieator Not In
Very FlourIshins Condition.


These are the days Of the special
ist In all things and it Is not surpris-
Ing to read Of gentleman who de-
scribes himself a. THE Original
Haunted House Restorer and Ghost
Eradicator." Nor IL It. astonishing to
md that he complains Of slackness OF
trade. A ghost. II 1t be a we'll au;henti-
Gated and respectable ghost. repre-
sents an asset and these are days
when property owners do not willingly
sacrifice assets. Moreover, a well es.
tablished family ghost with a history
OF generations has q title 10 regard
himself - vested interest and enti
tied to all compensation for disturb
ance. says the Westminster (Eng.)
Gazette. II there were any real pros
perity In this trade of ghost banisher
We should have to counteract its de-
structive power by a great league and
covenant Of all the printers Of Christ
mas stories. Of the amateurs of the oc-
cult and the scientific searchers after
. spirit world. For all these the
ghost IL an essential to continued ex
istence. Danish the spook and their
occupation would be gone, and John
Burns would be invaded by an army
of psychical researchers out of work
and demanding special treatment in
the forthcoming legislation Of the gov
renment.
The Dolores star., 1909-04-30
SAW GROWTH OF DISPOSITION.
All That 0ood-Natured Man Was VIII
+. Ing to. Admit.

: There is an extremely good-natured
Yankee merchant near Southampton.
Mass. who has for years sustained the
burden Of looking out" for an invalid
cousin. man whose infirmities Of
temper have increased In direct ratio
to his bodily ailments.
One day a neighbor had overheard
the cousins entirely unwarranted re-
ordinations as to the manner in
which he was being taken care Of, re-
ordinations that had been met with
perfect equanimity by the long-suffer
ing merchant.
The neighbor was indignant. "Why
on earth, Bill" he asked. do you al
low that old codger to abuse you 80,
you who are 30 good to him? He's get
ting worse and worse"
WELL" said the good-natured man,
"I suppose Toms troubles make him q
tribe cross at times. Though" he
added. apparently against his will. 81
must say that recently I've thought
Tom was increasing little in his dis.
position. n."-lllustrated Sunday Maga
zine.
The Dolores star., 1909-04-30
A,rssly Risen VIII chrase.

People reach up after blessedness,
and forget the toll aud consecration
under which alone blessedness can be
secured. They sing Of rest, In indifIer-
ence to the fact that In the nature Of
the case there h no rest without
wearying, depressing labor. They
long for peace, uninindful Of the eter-
nal principal that peace is the result Of
victory, and its sweetness In proportion
to the skill and courage by which one
has overcome.
What q true man ought to want Is
grace sufficient to live In the world
and be not overcome by 1t, neither
overpowered BY Its temptations nor
overwhelmed by Its sorrows and bur
dens. One might be assured Of ten
thousand millions of years Of life, by
absolute demonstration-if such a
thing were possibie-and It would he OF
no use to him unless he could be
brought to such quality Of manhood as
makes life In Itself an Inherently joyous
and blessed thing. 1t Is the man that
lives, not how long he lives, that de-
termines the worth Of his life. In our
manlier m0menta we want nothing
better than the bufieting world and
strength wherewith to fight IL; the
world Of burdens, but Of courage also ia
bear them. The heaven we really
want, unto which we have right ia
aspire, Is the heaven Of purer and 9
noblier spirit. The men and women
who have attained that heaven here
have found the real message Of Easter
and have already risen with Christ.
The Dolores star., 1909-04-30
ALCOHOL vMntcsssAsv.
ssrens Testimony Of . British Army
ohFieer.

A recent issue of the British Med
icaI Journal contains the text Of
valuable paper by Lieut.. Col. A. NJ
Davies, r. A. M. c.. on the subject Of
the influence Of slcohol In the naval
and military services and read at one
Of the meetings Of the British Medical
association at Shefield. In the course
OF an exhaustive examination Of the
case. Col. Davies said: From the
preceding summary there appears to
be no doubt whatever that alcohol is
unnecessary In any form, or In any
quantity, under any circumstances that
may occur in military affairs" The
colonel explains that this observation
applies only to the use of the drug
by healthy men. A generous tribute
was given to the work of the r. A. T
A., which. in the opinion Of Col
Davies, has done, and will do. more
than anything else to increase the
health and efficiency Of body and mind
among soldiers.
Another paper bearing on the same
subject and appearing in the same
number OF the Journal Is entitled 1.-The
Feeding of the Soldiers In Barracks,
In Hospital and In War;" by Mai. Rob
ert Blackham, r. A. M. c.. d. p. H..
etc, etc, and the voice OF Maj. Black
ham is raised with no less certain
sound. Writing OF alcohol-and after
asserting that he holds no brief for
total abstinence-this distinguished
medical officer says: IN hospital II
- 4 - f.s1 Ix,vxr mn.
not as a food; and I am strongly OF
opinion that the ordering Of expensive
wines in the treatment OF disease H.
military hospitals is rarely II ever
justfiable on scientific grounds"
The Dolores star., 1909-04-30
slow AT OPIUM TRADE.
osnsss Passss oII which FsrbIds I'm
pertatton es Oswe.

Every friend Of social reform In the
that the national senSte has passed
the opium DILL II forbids the importa
tion Of opium into this country excep'
for medicinal purposes. Opium ma,
only be brought In under strict reguls
tions TO be prescribed by the secretar,
of the treasury. Moreover. by thi
bill. all other forms of opium, smoking
opium or any derivative Of opium. ar
absolutely shut out Offenders ma
be punished with two years imprison
ment and a fine of 5000. and It 1
expressly stated that the possession
of the forbidden drug shall be deemet
sufrcient evidence 10 convict. n
commercial consideration can be bi
enough to Offset the curse whicl
opium lays upon Its users. Victim
OF the vice lose body and soul and n
country can afford to sanction tn
hideous trafic. In Japan a man VIII
would dare use opium would be os
tracked and punished. The importa
tion. possession or use Of the drug. eS
cept as a medicine. Is forbidden b,
law Australia and New Zealand have
driven 1t out. By our treaties witt
China In 1850 and 1903 no American.
bottoms are allowed to carry opium Il
Chinese waters. Great Britain Is tn
worst civilized offender In the opium
trade, but many Of her chickens arr
coming home to roOst and In India thu
British government has agreed to de
crease expectation eight per cent. pc
year during q trial period Of three
years and watch results. The Chimes,
government il endeavoring to abolis;
the use OF the dope" in the empire
The United States. declares the Chri
tian Work. can better AFFORD toilet Gree
Britain stand alone In supporting tn
opium iniquity than to encourage thu
use Of the drug by permitting unre
stricted Importation. Our nationa
honor IL at stake on the decision b.
congress.
The Dolores star., 1909-04-30
Fellowship with God.

A quiet, unhurried spirit is essential
to true communion with God. The
spirit of the world is spirit of hurry
and furry. This will obtrude Itself
into our hours of devotion unless we
are ever on our guard. II you would
meet the Master. hear His voice, look
into His face, the clustering, busy
spirit must be calmed. Gods majestic
presence should lie to us as quieting
and calming power. In every life there
should be part Of every day solemnly
set apart to quietness and communion
with God. Too often we want to talk
to God Without giving God 4 chance to