davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-02

An old c"lored mah by the name
OF Bars, became entangled in tn,
harness OF runaway horse, last
Sunday, and was dragged b, th.
feet distance of four blocks. H.
was seriously injured, snd has been
unconscious ever since.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-02
FOR SALE.

A farm Of twenty acres, located two
niles and half from C"vinytou, near
Columbia Road. Also land for sale in
lots to suit. Apply at L. Medals gro
.:ery, on Columbia street.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-02

Rev. J. NJ. Williams, Pastor, will
hold service IN the Presbyterian
Church tomorrow, at the usual
hours. The public are cordially
invited to attend.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-02
Salmen Brick & Lunbcr Com Isany Limi-
tel VS.. f. II. Lit ton-SO. go.
State OF Louisiana, Parish of 81. Tam
many-Sixteenth Judicial District
court

By virtue q. an order OF sale from til.
honorable the aforesaid court, and 4
me directed, bearing date Feb. Is. 1895
I will proceed to sell ut public
auction at the door Of the courthouse il
the town OF Covington. st. Tas,-
usny parish, L.. on SATURDAY.
Aplii lG. 1898, hetw cen legal sale hoar>
the following described property, to-
Wit:
That portion Of property sit.n.t-d i,
Block No. One in the town Of Slilell.
st. Tammany Parish. Louisiana. With
all tie buildings and improvements
istu ,iei thereon, aud bounced on Tia.
north BY the property Of B. 4. Carroll,
md on the east b. the N. 0. 4 N. 4
Railroad Company. aud on the sonth b,
tie property Of Block Bios. an on th-
west by ,sAyon Bonioncs&
Seized In the above entitled suit.
serms Of sale cash. with the benefi.
Of aepraisemcnt
JOINT. STkOBLE. Sheriff.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-02
FOR SALE.

A ten acre farm, with Improvements,
t Claiborne Station, Larosc's place.
Will sell furnished If desirable. Apply
35 Charities street. New Orleans, La.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-02
II you want a Bicycle cheap, see
Babington's new line of wheels.
The delinquent tax sales are in
he paper to-day. See if you can
Ind them.

B. Mendow & Sons have erected
. ssw aud planning mill in the Liberty
Statement. See advertisement IN
another column.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-02
School Board.

The next meeting Of the Public
School Board will be held III Gov
ipgtOn on
WEDNESDAY, April 6, 1898.
All members are requested TO b.
present. as business OF Importance
will come before the meeting.
q. II. CAUSE,
President.
K. w. HOSMER,
Secretary aid superintendent.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-02

Commencing next week, the East
LOUISIANA Railroad will resume its
regular Sunday and "Wednesday
excursions.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-02

Private Board, 10y the day, Hcrk
.'r month, at Home Cottage, north
of the FARMER office. Mrs. Victor
Labatut.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-02

Nicholas Burke Co., Limited, VS.. Louis
Baham-No. as.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-02

sixteenth Judicial District Court in an
tor the Parish CT st Tammany. Statco
!. Louisiana.
The sun., 1898-06-26
George Dixon Good Points,

'Dixon," says Il sporting man, sis the
one boxer ! would like to see hold a
championship for a lifetime, but he is
morning like the Dixon of five or six
years ago. | think that he realizes that
Sol Smith in a twenty-five rouild contest
will probably put him out. rather i'm
agine that he is clever enough to hold off
Ben Jordan. Outside OF Smith, the
featherweights are not a hish-class lot.
In his best days Dixon ontclassed them
all as IA hard hitter and ring general.
Tie feathers who can punch hard are
few, and am inclined to believe that
the Californian, Smith, heads the list. A
fight between Smith and Dixon would
draw 5000 men, and a barrel oi money
would change hands on the decision.
In speaking Of this match. however, it
is impossible to refrain from saving a
good word for Tom O'Rourke. who has
Dixon 50 successfully during
the champions entire career, b,rring
few months. Can you recall any boxer
who has ever been aged with better
skill or more profit? can't
The sun., 1898-06-26

with his tomahawk, his arrows and his
| stern brow,as much part OF the scheme
as the cadets themselves.
After the civil war the fgurehead of
the Columbus, which Commodore Ma
canley burned and sunk at Norfolk in
1861 in order that the Confederates
might not gain possession, was tished up
and brought to the Academy.
The figurehead OF the Macedonian.
which was for years used as practice
cruiser, is there too. The Macedonian,
originally a French ship, was captured
from the French by the English. In
1872, after a short, fierce fight, she be-
came an American ship.
wooden tigurehead in the shape of q
lion did duty as mascot on her quarter
deck at the time of her capture. Other
OF our historic fgureheads are the bust of
Washington. from the line-of-battle ship
by that name, the figure of st. Louis on
a receiving ship and the gilded eagle
which once belonged to the Niagara.
Though the origin of the figurehead
be lost in obscurity, let us hope and be-
lieve that the figureheads Of our war
ships will lead them to thrilling vic
tory. This is surely presaged by the fig
urehead on the Massachusetts,. of Com
modore schley's fleet, which surely
stands Tor Samotllrace-The Winged
Victory.
The sun., 1898-06-26
METHODS EMPLOYED
To Open II Channel Into an Encmy's
HarbOr by the Destruction
of Mines.

Even an expert in the branch Of mil
itary science that deals with blowing
things up possesses little more knowledge
OF the action of mines in actual warfare
than the royal astronomer has of the
II "a in the moon.
Tie mines used in our Civil War-thn
only war in which they have been en-
pIodcd under ships-were crude affairs
and electricity as applied to war was
then in an undevcloped state. Neverthe-
less, those old mines were deadly enough
to send over ertwrnty-fvc ships to he bot
tom during the war.
In the last ten years much inventive
genius has been devoted otie perfection
Of submarine explosives for harbor de-
tense. The result is that mines will d,
about what il expected Of them. Many
experiments have been made with gun
cotton and dynamite to test their strength
as mining material, and their action
ogainst vessels has been determined by
up old hulks and dummy ships
As independent investigation has bee
The sun., 1898-06-26
THEY POINT TO VICTORY
Figureheads Of Warships, Old and
NcW.-Odd Models Seen at
AnnaDOliS,

Sad to relate, our modern mariners
give very little thought OF tgureheads. A
warsbip feels any number of times Sc.
curer with few torpedoes up her sleeve
than she possibly could will, the most
aesthetic or formidable tigurehead on her
stem. In fact, look about any harbor
and note how few ships boast anything
in the shape of this sort of a mascot.
Yet, time was when Il vessel would as
soon have thought about starting out
with a leak as without a fguiehead, and
the farther back we GO the more was this
a fact.
The earliest discovered model of a
tigurehead belonged to pleasure boat of
one Of ancient Egypt's dark-eyed queens,
being in the form OF "A lotus, and so very
mach to her mind and heart that she had
it buried with her; but warships with
animals carved upon the prows are
known to have existed in Egypt before
the day of this quecn-in fact, as early
as 1000 b. c. The subject usually CORE
'ponded to the name Of the ship. This
was before the introduction OF the ram
a few fsureheads, ms well as anchors
and rams, found in the ruins of the locks
OF Athens, serve to give notion of the
dimensions OF ancient Girecan war ships.
The niche occupied on the FLYING
Dutchman by the human skeIeto&@as
the niche that in the middle ag( (x.,kas
occupied by saint, and this in tnrI Vas
an outcome of a way they had in the
Gays Of the Roman Consul's of taking
their lalps or tutelary gods to sea in the
after part of the ship.
Apparently each particular nation had
IL favnritc emblem. The owl was as con-
>picuoIs on the Athenian ships Us was
the cock, that emblem OF vigilance, on
the prows Of the Phoenlcians. ,
The SHINING blade nj st. Theodore, the !
patron saint ni the Nerrrians, was their
favored tgrrrhcad, while the British
ii n became so universally the hgui,.
head OF English ships that other nati,l.s
VIII" followed closely the naval arcl,ilrc-
turc of this first nation on tie sea
adopted ais" the lien, as much 10 conceal
their identity rs because they wtlc built
after English models. So common was
this that in Franc" the curve of the
bow was known as t'Ie sweep Of the
linn."
Oi the few iignrcheads preserved ut
or Naval AcadeHIv that ot he Delaware
which was launched at Norfolk in lS2O,
attracts the most attention This mag,
sailed by some Teculnseh, by Others
or even King Philip, is not
IL lieved to be portrait, but rather to
n present great sachem or a pow haitian ,
A title having among Indians a signi-
fcance quite like that Of pharaoh among
lie Egyptians. At any rate, here he is,
The sun., 1898-06-26
ATHLETES IN THE WAR.
twenty three Foot bali and Baseball
Players ana OarSmrn .IOin
the ,.pIitt

TM'rN ",hn" college athjttes have
j 'in"d 'iar, lay NauHnon's Battery A,
Pennsylvania NoUuI,rfS. .atiunrd mt
N'vrrt News, W. n. lave won dis
tn"ti,1r IN rppIt. SON" ut the recruits,
Niti tHrir coil, e,S and spccialics, are:
j"nn NJ LunGaglr. Na'c. sowing and
football; I"hn NJ, ErNsr,lcrg, Jr., Penn
SNiNan!a, rowing; NlIIHm B. Duncan,
state COLLEGE, football; harlrs {. Bacon,
pennsylvania, track team; William Il.
Kent, Harvard, ualsihin; Thomas A.
Hickey, LAFAYETTE. inptiInIi: j. j. Schoff,
Pennsylvania, tnrtbnlI; Miiiiin W. lIuey,
nnsyIvalia, baseball; Hiram Miller,
Jr., L@ligh; Granville d. Montgomery,
Yale, football; Frederick Kernochan,
Yale. all round athlete, and John M.
Hedman, Cornell football and crew.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-02-07
BLANCO AS A II

1t would be unjust TO the new gov
ernor-general of Cuba to say that b.
had hoped to crush the patriots with
out fighting. On the contrary, he hal
made his troops fight, and kept then
, busy at it here and there, although tn,
consequences have sometimes beer
disastrous, as in Pando's campaign
But he has undoubtedly relied greatly
on the fact that money may be made in
a double sense the sinews Of war, ard
has been testing Its purchasing power
on the Cuban patriots.
This, indeed, seems to be one Of the
distinguishing differences between his
career and his predecessors. Where
Weyler tried brutality, he has tried
bribery; where Weyler sought to
~coerce, he has aimed to tempt and
CORK. The change Of policy may have
been partly due to personal tempera-
ments, and partly to the success which
Is said to have attended The buying Of
iusurgent leaders la the Philippines,
but perhaps in the main it springs
from the scheme Of autonomy itself,
which rests Its chances on persuading
or compelling the patriots In the field
to accept it.
Thus far the plan OF bribery has
brought very little fruit. Ia scattered
instances, Of very little Importance, it
has procured the surrender of q few
men, at which Madrid bias rejoiced.
But on the whole the patriot cause has
withstood this temptation as molly as
it has withstood ~privation and peril
The campaign Of bribery seems to
have eliminated In its most daring
stroke, that of tempting Gomez, and
the the reply OF the Cuban commander.
in-chief will always be one Of the
memorable documents of the struggle.
Havana dispatches now record q like
failure to bride Gen. Rabi, to be follow.
ed, 1t is thought, BY the return of,
Blanco to Havana without a battle.
If the widespread movement to
tempt the patriot leaders to desert
their cause has failed, on what else can
rely They can easily with
stand him in the field, and aver defeat(
With the bait of automy, rein
forced by personal advantages, rejected,
It only remains for the patriots to hold
irm until the rainy season once moro
IN order to make Blanco's
career as palpable failure as. Weyler's. j
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-02-07
A Voice From Holman.

To the Editor Of the Optic.
HOLMAN, N. NJ, February 4.h, 1898
The weather has boon pleasant sc
far, but we would like to see a good
snowfall, it would help spring plant
ing q great deal. All the talk here il
about the proposed railroad from Las
Vegas to Taos, which IN all probability
will pass through the valley and over
the mountains through the Lujan
canon it is the easiest grade, the
shortest route, as we'll as the richest il
Ia timber, and also in coal. Coal Ia
found here in several places, and
coal mines will surely be develop
cd If the railroad comes through
Your correspondent has not learned all
the particulars OF the murder commit
ted at La Cebolla several days ago, but
from what is learned it was one Of the
foulest and most cowardly murders
ever done. 1t appears that the oma
was first knocked insensible with a
stick Of wood and then a knife stuck
in her throat. Circpmstantial evidence
IS very strong against the mar who is
held at Mora. ia Jail, name not learned.
Mauel Trujillo a resident Of this
place, went insane about two weeks
ago, and is now held In the Mora
jail. Gov.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-02-07

A hearing given them by the senate
committee on naval affairs, Secretary
Long and Capt. O'Neill, chief Of naval
ordinance, expressed. their disapproval
OF the use by the United States Of the
new Krupp process Of making armor
plate. They had been called before
the committee in the hope that they
might show that the embarrassing
deadlock between tho government and
the armor makers could be ended by
resort to the Krupp process, which Its
advocates assert is better than the
Harvey method, but will not make
plates cost more than is asked by the
American manufacturers for the plates
heretofore furnished the navy. Capt.
O'Neill made a long statement, CON-
pairing experiments with plates treated
by the Krupp process with those of the
Harvey type, and Secretary Long APP
proved the views he expressed. Capt.
O'Neill said :
There is no question that Krupp armor
has been and is equal, if not superior, to
the OF England, France, Russie
that made in this country has been fully
equal to any service armor made abroad.
The American armor makers have &c
quired the right to use ii because they
wish to bid on foreign contracts. My con-
v~ictions are that armor manufactured in
this country is fully equal to the best SER
vice armor yet manufactured abroad;
that the tests as heretofore applied have
been successful to secure high standard.
and they are more severe thar that applied
abroad and represent more fully the actual
quality of the armor supplied; that the
withstood tests considerably more severe
than those to which it was subjected, and
that the tests are and nave been reason
able to the contractors and 30 drawn as to
carefully protect the interests of
the government A new table OF
VeiuCiotooS mahihS u VSo' "oAo
severe, will be employed In the future.
Tho new requirements will insure armor
of as good resisting quality as Is in use in
any country. 1t is impossible for any one
to say that the maximum excellence has
been reached in the manufacture OF armor,
and In this country, where the demand is
50 limited, the only way to encourage the
development and Improvement of armor
would ha to --L~- 4ha h~iiistiv requires
ments as high as Is prudent and reasona-
BILE, and when making contracts to offer a
premium Of a fixed sum on such ballistic
groups as may oxcel, by some specified
amount, the contract requirements. This
is the method adopted in France. A
premium of 5 per cent. on armor at $500
will yield but $40 per ton, or $4,000 on
2 500 tons of armor at that price, surprising
all earned a premium.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-02-07

The recent ir jlnction granted by
Judge Clark in the United States dis.
trict court at Chattanooga, against the
state Of Tennessee, forbidding the col.
lection of taxes under an assessment in
that state, marks another step in the
progressive march of the federal courts
upon the preserves of the states. There
is, OF course, no room ia our govern
mental system for the states rights
doctrine as urged before the war of the
rebellion; but yet it seems that il the
states are to be states at all, and not
mere dependents upon the nation at
large-as Andy johnson might have
said. ssbodies hanging on the
verge Of the government" - it
seems as if the power OF rails
ing their local revenues in their
own way must be conceded, and that in
case of controversy the matter should
be settled IN the state courts. But
Judge Clark sees 1t differently, and
finds that the assessment was no equal,
and therefore he won't have any taxes
collected under it. A special session
of the legislature must meet the emery
ency; but the governor enters an
earnest protest against the action of the
federal court. In times of old, he
would doubtless have resisted the en-
croachment upon the states sover-
but that sort of thing is past.
We are certainly drifting a long die
lance away from our sncient law
marks, and tho rights ard protection
IF property have become supreme. 4
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-02-07

THE proposal of young MIR. Riedel,
OF Baltimore, that an effort should be
made to reach the north pole by a sub.
marine boat, follows hard upon An
dree's attempt to reach it in a balloon.
He would have the boat taken as far
poleward ss possible in the water, and
when the ice made such In advance no
longer practicable would cut a hole in
the ice and, sinking the craft, 60 on in
a voyage below. Whenever the stored.
up air supply became exhausted, a hole
would be bored through the ice above
and a new supply pumped in. Or a
bigger hole could be made by a tor
pedo, the boat backing to a safe dis
lance from the explosion. The idea is
novel, and, having once been breach.
ed. will no doubt attract discussion.
The methods of getting to the pole on
the ice or above it have been studied
and prac!iced now it is the turn Of
would-be voyagers beneath.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-02-07

Special Correspondence Of The Optic.
SANTA fE, N. NJ, February 9th, 1913.
THERE'S a heap o. trouble on the
political mind here, these days The
g. o. P.'s big ship isn't moving
right, there arc scores OF narrow
headed novices trying to get at tho
helm, but there's no captain to com
mand, and the bulk Of the cargo con-
sists Of fellows who insist on staying up
in the rigging and taking their chances
With life rather than climb down and
wallow in the political slime that
exudes from these scramblers for the
big ships helm.
While it is not officially announced
as yet, 1t is pretty well settled that
Nick Gallegos, formerly Of Hillsboro,
Is to be district clerk under Judge
Parker at Silver City. Nick has been
living 10 Arizona for two years but be
pulled Senator Davis, OF Minnesota
into line for Jldge Parker and that
was worth a good deal TO the new
judge. Bat, oh, the wailing and
weeping that must DO going on 10
Dona Ana and Grant counties. The
Las Cruces contingent had fixed it up
that Judge Parker must name Oscar
Lohman rs clerk, and wei ia Grant
there were a number Of states. one Of
them backing Ancheta. There are
other ~clerkship surprises IN store.
Chief Justice Mills and Judge Me-
FIe will likely be sworn in on Thurs
day next, Why the latter has not
sooner entered upon his duties is a,
mystery. Some say the crowd that is
running things are waiting to hold an
executive and judicial conference upon
tho arrival of Judge Mills to fix up the
clerkship appointments. There is such a
crush to get into these jobs at Santa Fe
and Las Vegas that the prizs distrib-
utors are in a fix. A. M. B,rgere ar.
rived here to-day from the Kingdom OF
Valencia, and says he doesn't just
know ''where he is at" as to the
clerkship for his district. John S
Clark will probably get n of these
jybs, and it Is likely to be in Santa Fe,
so that he can be near the governor.
When you come to sift it down, Clark
is an awfully clever politician.
KNOX.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-02-07

Elk CHIEF OF POLICE CROWLEY, @
San Fracisco, has just been presented
by the Chinese government with {
ban ner which confers on him tho right
to enter the public grounds of Pekin.
This is the highest honor ever con-
ferred On o white man except Gen.
Gram, who was also given a similar
banner. l. was given to the chief in
consideration of his fair treatment of
the San Francisco Chinese during his
twenty-five years. %incumbency of the
office.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-02-07

a PROFESSIONAL tram robber in
Missouri was starting u for his ev-
ening's work with his dinner pail, gun,
dynamite, mask. false beard and rail
road lantern, when his horse slipped
on an icy street and threw him ell
around Kansas City. When picked up
he explained that he was hunting
mushrats. The Brooklyn Eagle con-
siders this another indication that tho
horse is bound to become obstinate.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-02-07
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY.
MONDAY EVENING. FEB. Z, 1898.

The United States attorney, for New
Mexico, w. B. Childers, seems to have
found a mares Eest and not to be
able to count the eggs. His report to
the government that there exists in
New Mexico and Colorado a treason
able organization. needing to be sup
pressed, reminds n Of tho discoveries
OF Don Quixote.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-02-07
Special Notice.

As VEGAS DAILY OPTIC-Delivered by mail,
postpaid, SIC. 90 per annum; $500 Tor siS
months; $3.50 for three months By car
rier, 25 cents per week.
Las VRoAs WEEKLY OPTIc-82 columns, de-
livered by mail, postpaid, $500 per an
mum, 81. 90 for six months, 100 for three
Sample copies OF both daily and weekly,
mailed free when desired. Give ~poston1ce
address in full, including state.
ted from ali parts OF tho country. Com
munications addressed to the editor or
II OPTIC, to insure attention, should DO
accompanied by the writer's fuil name
and address, not for publicatlon, DuU as q
guaranty of good faith.
RaM%iTTANCEs- May be made by draft, money
order, postal note, express or registered
letter at cur risk. Address all letters and
kilograms to THE OPTIC,
East Las Vegas. New Mexico.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-02-07
TERRI sonIAL WEALTH.

This Territory is rich in every thing thai
constitutes the wealth of nations. Iron
coal, lead, silver. gold, mica, limestone,
sandstone, marbles, gypsum. soda, in end
less variety and exhaustless quantities,
are among the several prod ucts Of ths
country which Las Vegas commands.
Shsep, cattle and Timber abound, SO that
Ia each Of these prime a~rtic,es Of com
merce thisc city Is the best market IN Nav
Mexico. She handles more wool than ali
the other towns in The Territory combined,
while her commerce in hides IL truly enor-
nous. In the same way, she stands pre-
eminent Tor hertrade in grains, hay. veget-
trade In ice, gathered 10 the n~eigbborinp
mountain cations, extends east into Kan
sas, west into Arizona, and south into Oh
Mexico.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-02-07
The Coming Woman

Who goes to the club while her husband
tends the baby, as well as the good old
fashioned woman who looks after her
home, VIII both at times got run down in
health. They will be TT ubled with loss Of
appetite, headaches, sleeplessness, faint
ing or dizzy spells, The most wonderful
remedy for these women is e .ectric Bitters.
Thousands OF sufferers from Lame Back
and Weak Kidneys rise up and call il
blessed. 1t is the medicine for women.
Female complaints and Nervous troubles
OF al kinds are soon relieved by the use of
Electric Bitters. Delicate women shonld
keep this remedy on hani to build up the
sails by Murphey- Van Petten Drug Co
and Browne q Manzanarea Co.