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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-14
HOW DEWEY WON MANILA.
This Account Says He Wa Supplied
BY Shells from English
CrQtSeP.

J. J. Lyon, q retired capitalist of st.
Louis, lately received = letter from
|Capt. John c. Williams, commander OF
the English steamer Winston Hall, in
which he gives the details about 133
cases of six-inch shells belonging to
England, getting aboard the Amer
Iican fleet just after the battle of Ma.
Mia, at a time when Dewey badly need
ed that kind ofammunition While Capt
Williams does not, for obvious reasons
mention the name of his informant, in
ferentially, it came from an officer
aboard q British cruiser in Manila bay
He writes:
after Admiral Dewey had sunk the
Spanish ships he found that the last
shell for his six-inch guns had been
fired. Among other vessels anchored
not far from Dewey's feet was H. NJ. s,
Immortalite. There were also two
German warships lying near. Admiral
Dewey wanted sand for scrubbine
decks, paint, ETC., so he decided to send
his boats to the beach for some, and
sent three boats of after dark. They
were anchored close to the beach.
about midnight the launch re.
turned for the boats and found them
filed. Before daylight So bags filled
with sand and other things had been
hoisted up ard slowed away on Dew
ey's ships. About three months after
this one of the United States warships
wcE. 20 Hong-Kong. Before going into
dock she landed 1873 cases. and each
case contained one or two six-inch
shells. the broad arrow Of England ap
pearing on each shell. will leave you
to infer how the shells 90 on your
ships."
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-14
MAKES GOOD SCORES.
lndiaua Girl Of sixteen Has Shooting
Records which Have Already
Wen Fame for Her.

Miss Edith. daughter Of w. d. Rick
eli. of Auburn. Ind, is developing rare
skill with the gun, and promises
soon to equal the average sportsmen
of the world. Miss Rickers expert
encc at the trap only dates from jan
uary l, this year. and Fer rapid ad-
yancement has created a sensation
among the lovers of that sport, and
her scores have been prominently
mentioned by the trade papers.
Miss Edith's mother died last sum-
mer, and since she has taken the ar
duous responsibility of keeping house
for her father and at the same time
attending school. she incidentally took
up the gun. She is but Is years Of age,
weighs 135 pounds. and stands hve
feet high. She is a splendid example
of the best type of Hoosier beauty.
Her large, dark eyes, black curly hair
and charming good nature make her
a noticeable figure wherever she
goes.
Her love for the field sport came to
her like a vision, and, after express
ing a fond desire to take up the gun,
she was the recipient from her ia
ther of an exceptionally good Win
chester. weighing "a pounds. The
services Of Mr.. Romeo Tarney. of Au-
burn, were also secured, and he. be-
ing a marksman of recognized abih
ity. soon instructed her in the art. Her
first experience at the trap was on
january s. 1900. when she shot at 50
targets, ten yards rise. known trap
and angles, scoring 90 out of pos
sible 50.
On January 16. her second attempt
ut the trap. she shot IS birds in
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-14

self-evident that some remedy is an alb
solute necessity. And right here il
where the school goes out in search OF
its scholars, and settles down comfort
ably for the time being in whatever
locality the prospective pupils are
found in sufficient numbers.
St. Louis has found much difficulty
in providing room for all its school
children. Rented rooms were expert
mented with in many parts of the city
with more or less success, but the gen.
eral result would hardly be called a
satisfactory one. In districts where
the population was scattered the plan
seemed scarcely applicable. After
much consideration and many expert
ments it was suggested that school
house or schoolhouses of such nature
that they could be readily removed
from place to place, set up wherever re-
quired, and when no longer needed
taken down and removed to some other
field of action. would fill the bill. There
fore consultation Of local carpenters
was called and school building such
as desired was the result.
These build ngs have been construct
ed in such manner that when no long.
er required at one site they can quick
" be taken apart and, If need be,
moved to another. They are "a by Sc
feet, inside measurement. The floors
are constructed in eight sections, the
sides in six sections. the ends in four
sections and the roof in 16 sections.
Each section is strongly put together
on frames, and these are bolted in such
a manner as to make it a perfectly tight
and secure room. The joints between
the sections are covered both inside and
out by movable pieces, which are held
in place by screws. The heating and
ventilating are furnished by an indi-
rect furnace with double casing. The
fresh air is taken directly from the out
side. and the supply cannot in any man.
ner be cut OF or reduced beyond prop
er limit. The vent is at the opposite
end OF the room from the furnace. The
smokepipe from the furnace is carried
through the upper part of the vent
pipe. thus making a perfect ventilation
and also preventing any possibility o.
fire.
When these novel schoolhouses are
set up and ready for occupation they
will accommodate 60 desks, and have
been found to be satisfactory and COM
Portable in all respects. The cost is ex-
tremely moderate when the results
achieved are considered.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-14

strings of IS at Is yards rise. scoring
first IS, II; second Is. IS. and third
2s, 10, or q total of 81. On January
q she shot at Is targets, breaking 81
1t Is yards rise, making . straight
run Of 90 from the tenth to the thir-
ty-ninth bird. On January 81 she shot
at so targets q yards. scoring 81. On
February she shot at so targets. I'M
known angles, known trap. l6 yards
rise, and scoring 80 breaks. On this
day . stiff north breeze made tho
fight Of the targets very irregular.
The score which Miss Edith has
made in the field and marsh is also .
most excellent one and shows she now
possesses more skill than the average
sportsman. 1t is not an uncommon
occurrence for her to come in from
the marshes with plenty of game, es-
pecially rabbits. Recently she re-
ceived an English setter dog from the
well-known kennels of w. r. Lyons,
of Piqua, O., and to say that she now
thoroughly enjoys the sport is a mild
expression. 1t is predicted by To-
cal sportsmen that, with no fatality,
a few months hence, Miss Edith will
rank among the best trap shooters Of
her sex in America.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-14
WIT AND WISDOM.

"What's become of your cookr
Turned surveyors assistant" USED
to pounding steaks, eh?"-Qleveland
Plain Dealer.
If you have never tried to make any
body happy you have no idea how much
pleasure you have overlooked.-Chi-
|cago Daily News.
Little Eph-"I don't beliebe in
ghosts, but hopes dey don't know it,
cause it might rile IN TO people not
toe beliebe in 'em..-N. o. Times-Dem-
ocrat.
Miss Jenny-"Oh, how I wish was :
man and able to go out and fight for
my country!" Miss May-"Well, there's
enc thing, you're used to powder.
Traveller.
See the man! Is the man starving in
the midst of plenty? The man is starv-
ing in the midst Of plenty. oh, no, he
is not the man whom our Ubiquitous
social system is crushing. He is mere
ly the man who is too obstinate to tip
: the waiter.-Detroit Journal
Let arrive dp u Iuutudl uuucEStduO-
| ing" said the Englishman after the
heat of the argument had subsidized;
Il don't want you to think I'm liar."
"Av coorse not" replied the Irishman.
IAN Oh don't want We to t'ink Oh t'ink
ye're loiar. But ye are."-Philadel-
phia Press.
Old Hardcash-"Tve decided to take
young Sharpleigh into business with
me as soon as he and my daughter get
back from their honeymoon" Billion
lBonds-"But / thought you didn't like
the fellow" Old Hardcash-'I didn't
at first, but I've changed my mind. I
told him he couldn't have my daughter
till he had at least $500 in the bank. He
got me to put it in writing and then
went out and borrowed the money on
the strength Of becoming my son-in-
law. Such business ability as that
mustn't be allowed to go to waste
n. Y. Telegram.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-14
A ST. LOUIS IDEA.
Movable Sehoolhe1ses which, So 0ns
Writer Pats IL, &c In Search
Of Scholars.

st. Louis is congratulating itself just
now upon having successfully solved .
difficult problem and upon the carrying
out Of unique and interesting idea.
In fact, she has wrought out new ver-
sion of the old story of Mohammed and
the mountain and new application.
Like the mountain, it has been found
necessary that when scholars will not
come to the school, the school must OF
necessity go to the scholars. This. on
the face of it. might seem a matter OF
extreme difficulty. AS it is. however,
the problem has been solved, and the
solution has been found not to be hard
to arrive at. 1t might be little mis-
leading to say that the scholars are not
always DESTROYS Of going to school.
But when the school is too far distant
or there is not room enough in those
already existing for the accommoda-
ton of all who apply then it becomes
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-14
BEATEN BY A REPORTER.
How . Newspaper Man Retaliated
for Insults from . Can
didate.

A good story, and one with moral
/ is related by a well-known southern
writer, says the New York Mail and Elk.
press.
NO great statesman with good hard
horse sense ever went out of his way t.
offend q newspaper man." he says.
''Some years ago there was a very hot
campaign in Georgia for big Office.
I'm . distant city lived q candidate
who was confident of election. He was
proud and naughty, and thought only
# himself.
a young newspaper man was de-
tailed by the managing editor to &C
company the statesman and report his
speeches.
"Now comes the funny part Of the
story. The statesman ignored his conn
panion-left him to take care of him
self-introduced him to nobody
treated him without any considera-
ton.
"Once when they were riding in :
buggy through the country they
stopped at a spring. The statesman
cooled a bottle of wine in the spring
and drank it all. without offering the
journalist q drop.
Then he helped himself to cigar
from his valise, and resumed his seat
in the buggy.
".Drive on!' he said.
THE newspaper man hated and de
spised the cold-blooded politician, but
he had his work to do.
He reported the speeches and cam.
paign incidents, but in quiet way be
knitted the statesman. The big man
read the reports, and was conscious
that something was lacking, but he
could not tell what.
"The newspaper man simply stuck to
facts and damned the candidate with
faint praise. He left out the element
of enthusiasm. He was dull, and de-
liberately so.
The candidate was defeated, and he
never knew how much the newspaper
man had to do with it.
''Of course he did not dream that his
own conduct had injured him. No
mean man ever makes the discovery
that he is mean"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-14
Asheville. h. G.

Few regions have been more richly en-.
dowed by Nature than that famous section
Of Western North Carolina POLITICALLY
termed the Land of the Sky" It has eli
mate so dry and health-giving that it has be-
come known the world over ~ natural san
itarium for the cure Of al troubles Of pull.
monary or bronchial nature.
Asheville, the center Of this beautiful
mountain-hemmed plateau, j. the highest
city east Of Denver, and 10 busy, thriving
place of 1900 Inhabitants, with all the
modernisms of city life. The city lies just
at the point where the beautiful French
Broad and Swannanoa Rivers join their
crystal waters.
Within the city or In its suburbs many
people of wealth have built beautiful and
expensive homes, and most notable among
them being the chateau of Mr.. George w.
Vanderbilt, which, with its great estate, has
cost upwards of four million dollars.
Asheville il an all-the-year resort, for the
great mountains protect it in the winter
from the cold winds, and its summer climate
is made delightful because Of its altitude.
For descriptive matter Of Asheville and
vicinity, call on any Southern Railway
Agent, or write Mr.. c. A. Benscoter, A. G.
p. A., Chattanooga, Tenn.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-14
saeheu,s Plain.

In 1912 = battle occurred on this
plain, located near Norwich, Conn, BE-
tween the Narragansetts and Nohegans.
Aiantonomoh, the chief Of the Nara
Gansetts, after whom one of our war
vessels is named. fell MORALLY wound
ed during action. and in ls42 granite
monunpent was erected to his menosy.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-14
HETTY GREEN AT HOME.
Two Little Flats shelter America
Richest woman and Her
Husband.

"Hetty Green, The Richest Woman
in America" writes Leigh Mitchell
Hodges. in Ladies' Home journal
''lives modestly in two small flats in .
brick block in Hoboken, \. ]. There
are two electric push bells at the door.
under which one finds the name C.
Dewey Mrs. Green prefers that the
public should not know where her
home is situated, and she uses this
name because her pet dogs name is
Dewey, and she commonly calls il
Cutie The parlor is in the lower
suite. and is a little larger than a
good-sized closet. A couch, a small
table and three chairs are the fur.
nishings, and the ornamentation ID
quite simple.
Mrs. Green is rapid talker. Words
seem to come to her as easily as dol
lars. She is witty, too, and these
gifts, with her remarkable memory
and pleasant voiGe. make her an ex-
cellent conversationalist. Her daily
routine is more severe than that OF
any other living millionaire, perhaps
She rises early, eats a light breakfast
in the little dining-room of the Ho-
boken fiat, and hurries of to the ferry.
1t is only a short distance from her
home to the slip. and she always
walks, be the weather what it may.
Her husband. E. H. Green, who is sell
dom seen or heard of, is an old man,
almost so. and somewhat of an in
valid. The upper one of the two fats
is called his. and there, in plainly
furnished sitting-room, he sits day in
and day out while his wife is in New
York looking after her financial at
fairs. When she comes home in ths
evening-it is always late-she some
times reads to him."
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-14


That tho utmost reliance
oan 10 placed upon dhis
Usaeaf sasoe1ckno ID foea-
f1od 10 by IN army At
uraiofaI women who have
boen he4ped by IL
Mrs. Pknkdbas,,, WHO has
tho greatest and most
sucoossfuI experience u
the world 10 qualify h0ss
will advise you free Of
charge. Her address b
Lynn, Mass. Write 70 ho-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-14
BALLROOM ETIQUETTE.
Customs which Polite Society Az
proves ~ Being In Good Form
and Quite Correct.

When . man is presented to young
woman at a dance he usually saysNal-
most at once: MAY have the pleasure
of this dance?"
After dancing and walking about the
rooms two or three times the young
man may take the girl back to her
chaperon and plead another engage
mentor better. she suggests that he
take her to her place near her mother
or chaperon.
The lady is the one to first intimate
her desire to stop dancing.
If a man holds a girl too tightly she
should drop her hand from his shoul-
der. so as to bring il between her part
ner and herself. If he does not take the
hint let her stop dancing at once under
some pretext so evident that he may
realize her displeasure or disapproval.
A chaperon should not be lacking in
personal dignity; nor should she dance
while her charge is unprovided with a
partner.
A girl should be attentive to her
mother or her chaperon, presenting
her friends to her and occasionally
stopping to say few words.
Both young men and maidens should
be careful to remember that their
dancing engagements must be kept.
A girl must not refuse to dance with
one man under some pretext, and then
dance with another; neither should
she dance with the same man more
than two or three times.
A young man invited to q house
should dance as early rs possible with
the daughters of his hostess, and pay
them every possible attention.-Mrs.
Burton Kingsland, in Ladies' Home
Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-14
Use q Hot water Daxs.

A hint in the use of hot water
bags is gained from . trained nurse.
Very little water is used, not more
than q coffee cupful in . three-pint
bag, but it is very hot. Before the
stopper is screwed in the air is pressed
out Of the bag by . quick smoothing
Of the hand toward the opening; in
this way the weight is considerably
leesened. This particular nurse in at
tending q pneumonia patient kept in
use during the severity Of the attack
six Of the bags, three Of them upon
the patient 1T one time. During Pc
RODS Of the critical two or three days
the bags were changed every Is min
utes, but 50 light were they that their
weight did not in the least incon-
venience the sufferer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-14

An American writer tells good story OF
his college days. 1t relates to negro gar
dener, a jolly fellow, with whom the boys
usea TO have considerable sport. Sometimes
he would floor them with his repartee.
One day in spring Sambo had been burning
the college green in order to get rid Of the
old withered grass A freshman came along,
and, thinking to have some fun, shouted:
"Say, there, Sambo, you ought not to burn
that stuff"
"Why!" inquired Sambo.
Because" replied the freshman. it'll
"Well, massa," retorted Sambo, "dat's all
right. Yes, OATS all right. Never you fear;
dat ere grassll come up and be as green -
you are!S-London Answers.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-14

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken OF
Ave, n, Minneapolis, MIMI. Jan. 8, 1900.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-14

Experiments have proven that vessels, ~
ted With propellers which initiate the 6sh'e
6n, develop . remarkable propelling power.
Il will cause q revolution in water travel.
Men gradually learn that Natures ways are
best. One cause of the remarkable success Of
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters spring. from the
TACT that it il harmless, natural medicine,
It i sure cure for constipation, indigestion,
dyspepsia, biliousness or weak kidneys.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-14
A Gentle Represf.

Salesman lin praise of slippers which
he is showing to customer)-You viii
End those of excellent material, sir.
have . pair that I got three years ago
and they are almost as coed as new.
Customer-Thanks, but I'm not that
kind. l spend my evenings at home
Tit-Bits-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-14

One Of the keenest disappointments .
misanthrope meets il the lack Of demand
for his sentiments when an epitaph is to be
written.-Chicago Democrat.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-14

Lots of people standing up inside crowd
ed street car simply means 50 many riders
are strapped for room.-Buffalo News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-14

Mans liberty has been threatened in nu-
merous ways throughout history, but he
has always been free to make fool of HIM
self.-Chicago Democrat.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-14

Evangeline you become acquainted
with many of the young men in our social
circle? =.
Angelina-Oh, yes; I know thing" Or
|two.-Philadelphia Bulletin.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-14

The Best PrescFiDtlon fer CAl1ls
and Fever ID q bottle Of GR0vE's TAsfEL1g1
CaIIL.ToSIc. It's simply iron and quininein
atasteleSs form. No curo-no pay. Pr3cey sc.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-14

George says he doesn't know the taste Of
LIQUOR" sPours it down 20 fast, ] suppose,
that his palate doesn't GET ehance."-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-14

Superior to all the so-called tasteless tones.
Acceptable to the most delicate stomach.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-14

Advice to persons about to give advice to
persons about to marry: "Don't!"-Detroit
Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-14

A sure way to attract people Who want -
talk is to have a book you want to read
Washington Qa.) Democrat.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-14

Thirty minutes Is an the time required TO
lyc with PUTNAM FADELEss DYES. Sold ~
al druggists.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-14

Happiness cannot be bought, but one o
be removed by Adams Pepsin Tutti Frutti
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-14

"A woman can't sharpen lead pen
ell or throw q stone" read Mr.. Meek.
ton. aloud.
whats that?" asked his wife, rath.
er sharply.
don't mistake me, Henrietta" was
the quick rejoinder. 81 am not gloat-
ing. / was just rejecting on the wis
dom of nature. There is no reason
why a woman should sharpen pencils
or throw stones, when there arr
plenty of men hanging round. whose
time doesn't amount to much any
how, and who might as well be doing
that as nothing."-Washington Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-14

A good many failures are due to the fact
that the so-ca1led opportunities in mans
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-14

You often hear Of man who can't accu-
mulate anything because his wife il too ex-
travagant, but never Of one who doesn't
sef.-Washington (Ia.) Democrat.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-14
The Cards Are Oat.

She-But you know the advice giveS
to people who contemplate matrimon.
|-~Don't!"
The Lover-Yes; but the man whs
wrote that never saw you!-Purf.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-14

TAsteless Tonics Are UnreIaaDIe.
Try Yucatan Chill Tonic (improved):
Each dose contains the same proportion Of
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-14
A 1asenaI EntAueiast.

Teacher-Now. Sammy, please ten me
what you know about the nine MUSES..
Sammy-I never saw 'em play, miss, but
I'm willin' to bet that the "Bluebirds" kin
beat 'em out every time.-Richmond Die
patch.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-14

Hash '00L'T hear Prof Soakum was rip
ping mad yesterday. What was his trouble!s
House '00-'Why, It seems that be said to
Sporter: ] wish you'd pay . little stten.
paying about a. little q can, mr. Punch
Bowl.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-14
I he
! urn
Of I life

This b = critical period
= Tho life II 0Vos.y woman
md No asa&6fnlkoS 8lb0GSkd
10 Aasodos
Tho o00 recognized aDd
soHahk0 help for women
who as,0 a9pr0aokbAh0 aDd
passing through fhES
Svossdos,fuI CHANGE e
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-14

It il just as easy to look pleasant a. it d
to wear long face and look rs though you
had dined on crabapples.-Chicago Daily
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-14

The foolish will never take simple rene.
jies-Chicago Democrat.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-14

Mothersmust mot forget that Dr.. Mo6ett's
Teethina (Teething Powders) viii cure their
child.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-14

A lost opportunity never finds ito way
back.-Ram's Horn.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-14

DO Yo0P Feet Ache And 00f0S
Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot Ease,
powder for the feet. 1t makes tight or New
Shoes Feel Easy. Cures Corns, Itching,
Swollen, Hot, Callous, Smartins, Sore and
Sweating Feet. All Druggists and Shoe
Stores sell it, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress, Allen S. Olmsted, lie Roy, N. Y.