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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-03-30

farmers toll, and where . man can live
comfortably on IS cents . day. Thsr<
10 NO excuse for . man to become .
tramp; the LATEST negro can command
more than that anywhere every day in
the year.
That is 50. The wages Of . negro man
have not fallen below 50 cents day in
Cartersville-most Of them get IS cents.
Down here in Florida they get from 81
to &l.25 for unskilled lab0r-for grub
bing, hauling, making up mortar or dig
ging in the phosphate minea
The greatest source Of discomfort II
envy OF those who are better OF. That
old dogma Of Thomas Jefferson, who
declared that ''all men are by nature
free and equal" has done much harm.
for it is not true. and never will be un-
til the millennium. 1t will not be true
then, for there are grades and ranks and
classes in the future state. There ars
angels and archangels. Gabriel and
Moses and Elias rank higher than Lana
rus There is also hell and lower
AolAs why OoVuAN WO Vnvy sAVSo Wv
rank US in wealth or fame or power OF
dignity? Webster showed the right
spirit when he said: 81 thank God that
II cannot raise mortal to the skies,
have NO desire to pull an angel down. "
Oh, for more of such noble aristocrats.
But It is not 20 bad in Florida for Wis
itors. We are luxuriAting on very fine
oranges every day. and they cost as
only so cents . hundred. The thick
skinned fruit has not been frozen inside;
some of it little touched next to the
stem, but We cut that Of and the rest ID
good. They make excellent ambrosia.
The fruit that still hangs on the trees
10 generally eatable.
Grape fruit has not suffered like the
oranges, and We have 1t every morning
1T the breakfast table. The weather il
delightful. and our so-called female In
valids sport every day on or In the
water, and some Of them can row . boat
to the island without = man. Ihear the
same old song tina. I hear at home
..Woman rules here," and am content
to take . second place-for my wife il
an aristocrat and I am anything but I
democrat Bill Arr.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-03-30
BILL COOK, DESPERATE.
Captured at Last by Brave New
Mexico Sheriff.
Eow the Notorious I;ighwayman ana Rob
ber Came to Adopt Criminal Ca
reer-A Story That VIII Appeal
to the SentimentaIly Inclined.
Especial Lctter.1

Especial Lcttef.I
The recent capture of Outlaw Bill
Cook by United States Deputy Marshal
C. c. Perry in all probability marks the
end of organized lawbreaking in the
southwest. In many respects Cook
was the superior of Jesse James and
Bill Dalton. For months he terrorized
the people of Oklahoma, the Kansas
border and the Texas Panhandle.
Strong detachmcnts OF government OF.
ficers and Indian policemen were sent
out against him and his band time and
again. but were unable to effect his ar'
rest. C. C. Perry, the man who finally
captured him near Fort Stanton, Is
known as one Of the ablest officers in
New Mexico. He has been . United
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-03-30

and trains held up. Travellers were
compelled to give up their possessions
at the business end of revolvers. AT
Claremore Cook and his staff robbed the
station agent; at Inola they robbed both
the station and train, getting away
with everything from cash to canned
fruits; the depot at Gibson station was
plundered SO often that the agent
asked to be relieved of his job. Some
time in July the gang captured the
town of Red Fork, drove the inhabit-
ants into a vacant lot, surrounded them
with guards and then proceeded to rot
the depot, stores and train which ar
rived Just in time to be of profit to
them. A few days later Bill and his
minions raided the bank at Chandler,
Okla, during the busiest hour of the
day. The raid ended in q fight during
which several citizens and outlaws
were killed. In October the bandits
took the town of Watova by storm and
looted every store in the village. From
there they rode to Talala, ten miles
distant, and repeated the operation
Two days later the same gang took the
town of Corrcta, partially wrecked a
train, brutally assaulted q number ol
citizens and committed every dcpreda'
ton of which they could think.
This last outraar aroused the anger
of the government officials in Okla
homa and the court authorities at Fort
Smith. An army Of Indian policemen
was sent on the trail Of the outlaws
which was kept rcd with the blood OF
murdered and MANNED victims. A mum
bcr of the despcradoes were captured,
but Bill Cook escaped and was com
parativcly safe until Sheriff Perry made
mp his mind to round him up. dead OF
alive.
Unless justice miscarries, Bill CooA
will stretch hemp before he is two
months older, aud no one will mourn
his departure but Martha Pittnaani
who has remained faithful to him, and
his sister Lulu. The latter, by the
way, although not a bandit, is one 81
the unique characters OF the Indian
country. She is said to be q daring
,, horscwoman, and her favoritc anrusc'
mcnt is to ride into frontier town
yelling ut the top of her voice and
shooting right and left. As a "lady" i
never insulted in cowboy land, she
usually has the streets to herself. Mis-
Cook, It viii surprise some to hear, 4
reputed as striking-looking young
woman, tall and Of magnificent figure
! She win, no doubt, be heard from dur
ing her brothers trial
G. w. WHlrfU11.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-03-30
An Art Patron.

A very ignorant and wealthy woman.
who was fond of talking about her
''art gallery" one day met Mt the house
of an acquaintance a lady who had not
called on her, although they lived in
the same town. Come and see me,
do.' said Mrs. b, the patron Of art.
as the other lady was taking her leave.
THANK You very much, was the nom
comnittal reply. We've got new
picture, too. That ought to tempt You
to come. if can't" Il should he very
glad, indeed, to see it." .'Such q love
ly picture! Sometimes it seems to me
l could look at it all day long, what
is the subject of your picture. Mrs
20 inquired the hostess Jupiter
and Ten." was the reply. It was ..Jupi-
ter and Io."-San Francisco Argumaut.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-03-30

The AIocking Bird Beats Them All. fos
Whilc Being Sweet singers They Arc
Game-How Two Of Them whipped
o Screech Owl-Lifo In Florida.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-03-30
\ SUCCESSFUL SUBSTITUTE.

How Clreus Men Took the Place Of Cifews
Horses and Made Hit.
Ingenuity is a great thing and over
comes many awkward difficulties. Not
long since it enabled q circus proprietor
in Sydney, the principal feature Of
whose show was q chariot race, to do
considerable better without horses
than he could have done with them-a
feat which seems impossible, but it il
nevertheless true.
This is the narrative as related to me
BY = friend:
"When landed in Sydney. Aus
tralia, I found Sells Brothers circus
quartered in the town. The city was
hung in red posters. A prominent feat
ure in the bills was the chariot race Of
Ben Hur.
"At the hotel I met . friend who
was with the show. noticed that he
had . doleful look on his face, and
after . hearty greeting. I asked him
how business looked.
'Bad-awful badr he replied. Tho
fact is he continued, we are in trou-
BILE. As soon as we landed the authori-
ties here seized nearly all our horses
ON the pretense that they were afflicted
with glanders AS a matter of fact,
they caught cold on shipboard. but
didn't have the glanders. They have
shot fifteen of the steeds. among them
the trick horses I don't mind the
trick horses, but what are we going to
do for the chariot race? We have ad-
vertised it as q special and novel feat
ure and have no horses to use. 1t will
break rs sure
II suggested. in fun, that he might
use the canvass-men for horses. Well.
I went to the circus that night just "a
see how they got along. Imagine my
surprise when the ring master come
out and announced the great chariot
race.
LIT Is an undisputed fact said he,
s'that the chariot races of old were
run with men and not horses. The
management uhas secured the services
of eight of the neetest runners Of the
world. and you will now have the pleas
ure of witnessing chariot race as they
were run in olden times.'
The doors opened and Ben Hur and
his antagonist dashed into the ring,
drawn by eight tent hands, who
couldn't run . hundred yards in bun
dred seconds, 1t was the funniest thing
ever saw. The audience appreciated
ii and laughed till they were hoarse.
Instead Of sruining their business. II
proved . perfect bonanza for Sells Bro
theirs. People hocked to the perform
ance to see the strange sight The
weeks visit was heightened out u
three weeks and the show just coined
money.n-London Tit Bits.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-03-30

From . London friend comes this
little snecdote of . Glasgow minister.
The reverend gentleman. having OBJ
served that ONE Of his congregation
was in the habit Of gazing about the
church during prayers. told him one
day that he considered il would bs
more becoming in . worshiper to keep
his eyes deeently eloaed.
The man seowled. ''Doesua the
Scripture bid NJ watch - we'll y
ps1yr - replisd .'And hoo ean =
BODY watch W their een st10kit? M,
=; III jnst saa1' and giswsr abont .
I 1ee ~ 1UnA Bu10eA
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-11-20
BUT THE GRAND JURY DOES NOT
CARE TO PERMIT HIM
TO. -
STEVENS TO SPEAK FOR HIM
EXTENSION OF TIME NEEDED ON
THE EXPOSITION PROP
ERTY. 4..ts=-i
John Robinson Gets Seven Years
Charles johnson Tries to
Hang Himself.

Harry Hayward will not testify
before the grand jury in the investi-
cation of the jail-breaking episode,
Ed Stevens has been subpoenaed to
appear and represent his side of the
case, but Harry insisted that if the
story was told, he would tell it him
self. The grand jury, however, re-
fused to let him appear, and Ed
Stevens will be called in this morn
ing.
Sheriff Holmberg was called yes
terday afternoon, but was the only
witness examined on the case. Aft
er hearing his testimony, some Jail
cases were taken up, and a report
was made shortly before 5 o'clock
in the afternoon. Six indictments
were returned. The jury then ad-
journed, to meet this morning and
finish it's labors. Deputies Phil Me-
garden and Otto Langum will prob
ably be called in to tell what they
know of the escape imbroglio. 1t is
not likely that Mike Kierce will be
called in, nor will Quinlan have a
chance to tell his story.
Among the work taken up yester-
day was a charge of improper
influence made against parties con-
cerned in the recent suit of Michael
L. Leonard against the street rail
way company, a damage suit in
which it is claimed that a witness
was approached in the hallway of
the court room and induced to tell
certain story.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-11-20
Guilty of Petit Larceny.

Gus Anderson and Louis Anderson,
two Jail prisoners indicted for robbery
in the first degree, appeared before
Judge Elliott yesterday afternoon and
were allowed to plead guilty to petit
larceny. They were given ninety days
in the workhouse.
James G. McClary pleaded guilty to
forgery in the second degree and was
let off with a reformatory sentence.
John DAILY, charged with grand lar
ceny in the second degree, changed his
plea of guilty to not guilty. He will
be tried this afternoon.
Judge Elliott and a jury then took up
the case of William H. Merrill, charged
with burglary in the third degree for
entering the Columbia National bank
by night and taking a typewriter from
the office.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-11-20
ARRANGE 1T TODAY.
Expo Directors and City officials

Expo Directors and City Officials
to Get Together.
The park board committee of five
which is to arrange the details of the
exposition purchase will meet this
forenoon in the office of Mayor Pratt
The directors Of the Exposition
building are also expected to be pres
ent, and it is hoped that the two
bodies will come to thorough I'M
derstanding. An informal confer
ence between Mayor Pratt and
Comptroller Nye and Messrs T. B.
Janney and B. F. Nelson as repre-
sentatives of the Expo, was held
yesterday forenoon. 1t appeared that
the plan proposed by Mr.. Nye and
adopted by the park board is not
the ideal one in the eyes of the Expo
directors. But it is not likely that
they will oppose it. The first step to
be taken by the new committee will
be to join with the directors to Sc
cure another stay in the sale for
period of thirty days.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-11-20

No party in the United States ever
adopted a national platform which de-
clared in favor of a gold standard or
advocated a discrimination against sill
yer, and yet those who advocate the
coinage of gold and silver on equal
terms are now denounced as 'cranks'
and 'lunatics," and the free silver SEN
timent1 is called a disease and
Craze
Under the bimettalic system the sup
ply of standard money is determined by
the production of gold and silver, and
money cannot become too plentiful I'M
less the supply of gold and silver in
creases more rapidly than the demand
for money. The cost of production is
not material in determining the value
of gold and silver Values depend on
supply and demand, and the cost of
production is of no importance what
ever, except as it has an influence upon
the tsupply of the metals. In other
words, if the cost of producing gold
should fall to one cent per ounce, the
value of gold would not fall so long as
the supply of gold is not increased. The
same is true of silver. Under the bi-
metallic system the government stands
ready to coin all gold and all silver at
a fixed price, and so long as the gov
ernment is able to coin and use all the
gold and silver produced and presented
for coinage the bullion price of gold
and silver will be maintained at the
mint, regardless of the changes in the
cost of production. Neither is the rela-
tive production of gold and silver i'm
portant, because SO long as the demand
is great enough to take all of the gold
and all of the silver presented it is
immaterial whether the production of
gold is five times as great as the pro-
duction of silver, or the production of
silver Is five times as great as the
production of gold. Gold and silver are
precious metals because they are linn
tied in production and it is possible to
furnish an unlimited demand for them
by legislation for the reason that the
production of them is limited. 1t would
be impossible to furnish an unlimited
demand for wheat or oats or corn, be-
cause these can be produced in unlim-
tied abundance, but in case of gold and
silver they must be found before they
can be produced. In fact we can
hardly speak Of the production of gold
or silver in the sense that we speak of
the production of wheat or corn or
manufactured products. because there
is no basis upon which to calculate the
cost of production. We know that a
certain amount of labor employed Oh
certain kinds of land will on an aver
age produce a certain crop, but there
is no basis on which we can calculate
the cost of producing an ounce of gold
or silver. No two mines produce at
the same cost, and no one mine pro-
duces5 5.at the same cost for two con-
secutive years. Many seek for the pre-
cious metals and few find them. Those
who are lucky enough to find realize
enormous profits; those who do not
find simply waste their money.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-11-20
MINNEAPOLIS.
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBULEs.

Work of laying the brick paving on
Bridge square was commenced yester-
day.
Rev. Charles A. Reese has deter
mined to accept the call recently eA.
tended to him by the First Baptst
church at Lawrence, Mass.
Joseph jefferson will be seen in his
famous character of RIP Van VIM
kle" on next Monday and Tuesday
nights at the Metropolitan.
The board Of corrections and char
tiles allowed eX-Supt. OWne $3.50 for his
services instead of that amount and
passage to Norway as previously pup
lished.
The Cedar Lake Ice company has
taken out a permit for the conStruc-
ton OF large frame icehouse at the
intersection of Lyndale avenue and
Huron street.
The State Horticultural society will
hold it's tWenty-ninth annual meeting
on Dec. 3, and 3. The special features
of the meeting will be a fruit exhibit
and a review of the condition OF apple
growing in Minnesota.
Theodore Walker, a colored man,
whose favorite pastime seems to be
beating the face of his wife, Maud, was
up in the police court again yesterday
afternoon on that same old charge. He
was fined S25 or thirty days.
]. G. Sodini has taken out permit
for the construction of three double
tenements on Twenty-seventh street.
near Fourteenth avenue south. The
buildings will be frame and two stories
In height, and will cost about $3.50
each.
S. f. Olson & Co. have take out
permit to erect another flight of fire
proof stairs on the outside of their i'm
mence department store building, so
as to ensure every facility for escape
in case of fire or accident in their
building.
.ueat Inspector Tilbury yesterday
seized 1869 pounds of pork that Ernes.
Hirsch, a Carver county farmer, had
brought to the city for sale. The loss
is said to fall very hard on Farmer
Hirsch, who killed the hogs to raise
sum of money necessary to relieve his
farm of debt. He did not know the
animals were diseased at the time.
The latest move in Odd Fellow circles
is the proposition to organize an asso-
citation of past grand masters. The
number of such dignitaries in the Twin
Cities is estimated at 500, and it is
thought that the new organization
ought to prove a good thing. A meet
ing for the purpose of discussing the
matter will be held this evening at the
hall of Wildey Lodge No. 3.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-11-20

WaShburn-CroSby concern and the
Northwestern Consolidated Milling
company come into an arrangement
willingly. Negotiations are in prog
ress at Minneapolis pointing toward
settlement, for the Washburn-Cros-
by company, which has been the OBJ
durate one, is growing tired of the.
fight. The loss to the Northwestern
concern during the last week has been
enormous, and the Pillsbury crowd
has sacrificed too much now to be
willing to give up. Chicago has been
made the battle ground, and if the
outcome is successful, the factor plan
of handling flour will undoubtedly be
put into operation elsewhere"
James S. Bell, of the Washburn-'
Crosby company, was seen last night
and asked if it were true that the
millers were in the fight.
"The Chicago papers have exag-
gerated the facts greatly" he said,
land don't know what they are talk
ing about. The fact is, there is a
thorough and harmonious under
standing between the Pillsbury-
Washburn people and the Wash
burnCrosby company. There is an
understanding in the matter of
prices, and there is no cutting go
ing on between these mills, in Chi
cago or elsewhere. 1t is entirely a
fight between the jobbers at Chica-
go. They are selling flour for the
figures they actually pay for it, and
we have nothing to do with the mat
ter here
From another prominent miller it
was learned that the present Chi
cago fight had been on for ten days
past. How long it will continue is
quite another matter. This miller
stated that the fight was on among
the Chicago jobbers, and not among
the manufacturers of flour. There
has been no cut in the manufactured
price except that of 20 cents a bar
rel made some days ago. At the
time the 20-cent cut was made flour
was lowered outside of Chicago 10
cents a barrel, and if it were being
sold at lower price than usual, the
jobbers were the ones that were los
ing by it. While there is no war be-
tween the Washburn-Crosby COM
pany and the Pillsbury concern, it is
generally understood that both cor
porations would prefer to see Chica-
go prices on firm basis with the
factor plan, in operation so success
Ill
cago.
Short of Funds.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-11-20
FOWL CATCHERS.
PatrOlman Captures Their Buggy
and Plunder

The Fifth precinct police, headed by
Mounted Patrolman Fox, made a good
haul late yesterday morning, and pos
sibly succeeded in breaking up gang
of chicken thieves in the Eighth ward.
Officer Fox was riding in the vicinity
of Minnehaha avenue and Lake street
about o'clock a. M, when he saw a
horse and buggy come down the ave-
nue.. The officer accosted one of the
occupants, intent upon learning what
it was that brought him in that vicin-
ity at such an hour. The two men
who were in the buggy then jumped
out and started to run at rapid rate
one going for Layman's cemetery and
the other for the Milwaukee tracks.
Fox chased the man who sought ref
uge among the tombstones and fired
several shots after him, but he escaped.
The horse and buggy were secured,
and on examination showed that
dozen or more chickens were in captiv-
ity in the buggy. Shares for catching
chickens were also discovered, and sew
eral robes and a lot of wearing ap-
parel. The booty was taken to the
Fifth precinct station, and will be held
there until the goods are identified.
The police expect soon to be able to
locate the chicken thieves.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-11-20

in the house. Mr.. Bertuleit disliked
very much the idea of shelling cut, but
the shining barrel was a powerful in
fiuence in convincing him that it was
the correct way out of the difficulty.
He consequently pointed the burglar
to his trousers near at hand, and Mr..
Burglar proceeded to rifle them in
manner worthy of a professional, Sc
curing sS5 in a money and a watch,
whereupon, without bidding the shiver-
ing occupants of the chamber adieu,
he quietly left, disappearing as stealth
lily as he came. Mr.. Bertuleit gave the
alarm at once, and the police were no
titled. Examination of. the house
showed that the man had effected en-
trance by opening the kitchen door
with a pair of pliers. The fellow was
evidently a professional burglar. He
is described as being a rather young
looking man. dark, smooth face and a
deep voice. No clue has been obtained
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-11-20

buildings met yesterday and found that
the cost of furnishing rooms for the
municipal court in the new court house
building would be about $4,000. The
next years budget for this purpose,
and had hoped to get $500 from the
municipal court fund of this year.
Comptroller Nye was unable to figure
out any plan by which the balance
could be obtained, and after a vain
wrestle with the problem, it was finally
decided to ask the committee on police
to advance the necessary funds.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-11-20
BRYAN IN MINNEAPOLIS.
He Delivers an Address on the
Money Question.

Money Question.
Harmonic. hall was we'll filled with
Minneapolitans last night to hear Hon.
w. j. Bryan, United States congress
man from Nebraska, deliver his lee
ture upon the silver question.
Judge Vanderburg preceded, and H
d. Stocks Jr. made a short address.
Mr.. Bryan, in an easy, graceful man.
ner, plunged at once into his subject
with an eloquent earnestness that held
the closest attention of the audience.
He illustrated many of the points of
his address with witty anecdotes, and
his exposition of his theory was fre-
quently interrupted by liberal plaudits
from his hearers. He said:
In advocating the free and unlimited
coinage of gold and silver at 16 to 1, we
are advocating the restoration of a
policy which existed in the United
States from 1892 to 1873. There never
was q law passed from the beginning
of our government down to the act Of
demonetiZation in 1873 which discrimin-
ated against either gold or silver
During all that time gold and silver
were treated exactly alike. They were
admitted to the mint on equal terms,
and, when coined, were made full legal
tender for all public debts and private.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-11-20
trust him
You want SCOtt's Emul-

You want SCOtt's EmuI-
sion: Ifyou ask your drug
gist for it and get ftyou
can trust that man. But If
he offers you something
just as good" he will do the
same when your doctor
writes a prescription for
which he wants to get a
special effect = play the
game Of life and death for
the sake of a penny or two
more profit. You canJ
trust that man. Get what
you ask for, and pay for
whether it is Scott's Emul-
sion or anything else.
SCOTT & BowsE. Chemists. New York. soc. and sr.a