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St. Tammany farmer., 1901-09-07

The people Of Kansas town are
laughing at dumpy little pair OF
married folks who live in that city.
The fire bell rang in the middle OF
the night, and the husband pitched
out of bed and ran to the scene with
out stopping to change his night
shirt for anything more clothful.
But scarcely had he reached the
crowd, which already had gathered,
when his wife came breathlessly
after him, carrying his trousers,
which she urged him to put on-she
herself being clothed in nothing
more tangible than her robe de mutt.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-09-07

Gen. Gomez says the Cuban patrt-
OTIS who are talking the loudest are
the ones who never smelled powder.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-09-07

Two hours after being released from
the county Jail at Greenwood, Ia, an
expert sneak thief broke into the pris-
on again and stole his photograph
from the rogues' gallery.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-09-07

During the hot season it takes
strength of mi I'D to lay in the win
ter's supply o1coal
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-09-07

To read day by day of the number
of female bachelors that are being
turned out by the colleges is some
thing quite startling, says the Bos-
ton Herald. Already one doctor in
every 25 is woman, and one twenty
eighth of all the preachers are wom-
en-. One-eighth of the college pro-
fessors' chairs are now filed by wom-
en-, while one journalist out of every
20 is woman. In telegraphy and
clerking women show signs of yet
taking the whole field. While such
facts are multiplying, it is notorious
that the marriage rate is steadily
falling. The whole face of society
appears to be changing, for the wom-
an with diploma is not looking for
q husband. She is bachelor.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-09-07
won,d vou believe it if we were to

Would You believe it it we were 70
tell YOU that right here in this city
s.,, cn,,ar.n {. live children VINO M
9en" have never seen the
the Country. lake? Ifyou don't.
just go down to the Chicago bureau
of charities some of these days anu
ask Superintendent Bickneu about H.
saws the Chicago Chronicle. he VIII
tell you that this is really true, ano'
moreover, that many of these chlloren
live within mile or two OF the lake
shore. Why have they not seen the
lake? Because they have no money
to spend in car fare and they CANNOT
walk, for they are too small or 90 noS
know the way. There are thousands
more, says Superintendent BickneA'
who have never seen the country, and
many who have never even glimpseo
at the parks of the city. This state OF
affairs you little people who live In pref
ty places cannot realize, but ii ever
you were to be taken over in the very
poor district you would understand
why it is so. The bureau, however, has
begun its regular summer Work OF
sending out companies of these little
children to the country or giving them
some kind Of an outing. The good that
is done the children in two weeks time
Of living in pure air and with plenty OF
food is SO great that often when they
return they do not look like the same
children who were sent away such
short time before. Superintendent
Bicknell tells of sending party OF
seven childre n to the country not many
days ago, of whom six had never seen
Lake Michigan, and not any of them
had ever seen the country. On the way
down t. the city the little girl who
had seen the lake, a much-envied little
individual, told her experiences on her
journey to the lake, and then described
the big body of water. The other six
sat breathless while she told the tale,
their little faces allinterest and aston
ishmemt. Often the good country folk
who take these waits for short visit
become very fond of their little Wis
itors and adopt them. In this way they
fall into good homes and are well cared
for. After time they grow accus-
toned to the country, but at first they
are usually very lonesome, because it
is SO quiet and there's so much room,"
as one little girl expressed it.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-09-07

The pure milk question is becoming
of such Importance that it has been
taken up by the courts. Several cases
have occurred in Iowa under a law OF
that state prohibiting the addition OF
water or any other substance to milk
offered for sale. The courts hold
that the law is constitutional. They
declare further that if the sub.
stances mixed in the milk are not
deleterious, even if they are used
only to preserve it's sweetness and
without intent to defraud, the dealer
who is guilty of offering the sophis-
ticated milk for sale must pay the
penalties of the law. Statutes
against the sale of impure or even di-
luted mixtures as milk cannot be toe
rigid and cannot be too rigidly en-
forced.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-09-07

A young woman at Conway Springs,
Kan, advertised for husband, and
the advertisement was answered by
a young farmer living near Pratt. Cor.
respondence followed and in time the
pair became engaged. Last week the
young fellow went to see his lady love
for the first time. When he arrived at
her house and before he could salute
her she scanned him over critically
and said: II can never marry you.
You are three inches shorter than my
ideal, and we never could live happily"
And that ended the affair.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-09-07

Ours must be, not "a nation of anna
teurs," but nation of professionals,
if it is to hold it's cwn in the coming
struggles-struggles not merely for
commercial dominance, but for the
supremacy of political and moral
ideals, says the Atlantic. Our period
of national isolation, with all it
brought of good or evil, has been out
lived. The new epoch will place a
heavy handicap upon ignorance of the
actual world, upon Indifference to in
ternational usages and undertakings,
upon contempt for the foreigners.
What is needed is, indeed, knowledge,
and the skill that knowledge makes
possible. The spirit with which we
confront the national tasks of the fu-
ture should have the sobriety, the
frmness, the steady effectiveness,
which we associate with the profess
sional
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-09-07

A Long Island justice has decided
that to send a worthless package by
express to person, requiring the re.
cipient to pay charges, comes under
the head of petty larceny and is pun.
4shable as such. In the case the JUS.
tice decided one man had sent by ex.
press worthless package to an.
other as a joke. The express charge
was IS cents. The man who got the
package couldn't see anything funny
in the business and complained to
the magistrate, who entered charge
of petty larceny and extortion and
fined the joker SIS and costs.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-09-07

Out Of respect for the memory Of
his wife Pittston (Pa.) man played
~ pieces of music over her grave in
Pittston cemetery. She died year
ago. The strange concert was wit
messed by large crowd, among them
a number of boys who jeered at the
player. Others guarded the bereaved
man as he sat upon the newly-made
mound and played the Scottish bag
pipe foy an hour.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-09-07

1t has been the keeping of the lit
tie white hearse in the stable more
than it used to
stay there that has
done more than
anything else to bring up the aver
age of life. "Save the children!" is
the cry of modern humanity and of
the modern health department. Here
is an illustra tion-one of many which
could be cited, says the Philadelphia
Saturday Evening Post. Last sum-
mer the health department of Roch-
ester, n. Y.-we take one of the cities
of the second class so as to make the
illustration the more impressive-es-
tablished in the most crowded parts
of the city five stations where the
purest milk could be obtained for in
fants, each station being in charge
of a trained nurse. DR.. Goler, the
health commissioner, states that
thousand lives were saved. In New
York city generous merchant has
been supplying pure milk to the poor
for several years, and in every in
stance the mortality in the sections
where the stations were located was
lowered. ''There is nothing SO cheap.
as human life" has long been the dec
laration of the pessimist, and many
good people have accepted it, if not
entirely at least in part. If ma
chine is broken, they say, it takes
money to repair or replace it, and
the lost time of the machine is in
valuable; but if workman is
manned or killed there is another
workman ready to step into his place
and the mill grinds on. But this is
not the enlightened or the true view;
it is not the modern creed. Every
child born has it's financial weight.
We estimate every immigrant to be
worth $1,000 to the country, and
surely our own babies are as valua-
BILE. The duty, then, as well as the
problem, is not only to save the life
of the tot but to bring it up under
such conditions and with such encour-
agements and protection as will en-
able it to get strong hold on life
and to become one of the country's
wage earners and wealth builders.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-09-07

The following advertisement ap-
peared in a recent issue of Chicago
paper: "Wanted-A girl for general
housework; union or nonunion; any
old kind; family of three adults and
three children with nurse, and occupy
small house at Sheridan Park, two
blocks from Northwestern elevated;
nice, large, airy room, with southwest
breeze, for girl; no washing or much
of anything else to do; our girl quit
yesterday because we invited some rel
atives to help us celebrate the Fourth;
next Fourth, if the girl demands it, we
will disown our relatives and renounce
our country. Wages, five dollars"
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-09-07

It is frequently said that you have
to go away from home to get the
news, which is illustrated by an adj.
vertisement in the London Times, to
which William e. Curtis calls atten-
tion, offering for sale ''the best au-
thenticated residence of George
Washington, near Banbury, England,
containing seven bedrooms, three re-
ception rooms, kitchen, offices, with
stabling and outbuildings, and 210
acres of land, which produced 4195
worth of produce last year. AS
George Washington was never in
England, this probably refers to one
Of the houses formerly occupied by
his ances stors, in the town of Sui
grave, near Banbury.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-09-07

The modern maid may think the
world in general has outgrown all use
w,... NJ, A.. for men. Yet it
seems there, e
times when a man
is a very handy thing to have around.
One of these times is specified by tho
Atlantic City correspondent of the
Philadelphia Press: "And as one
young woman said, as she threw herr
self breathless on the sand: The only
place where the modern maid really
feels the want and need of a man is in
the surf. That's where his brute
strength comes in handiest-where he
can protect, hold and guard the poor,
weak, breaker-battered woman. On
shore we don't need him any more
we've outgrown4hat dependence-we
get along very nicely without him. But
in the surf it's different. There we
don't hold him as the lord of creation,
the frst-born, the swayer of destinies.
ured wits with him and haven't always
come out second best. In arts and in
sciences we have worked to a place
by his side, and we treat him just about
as he deserves. But in the surf-well,
we've got to hold on to him. We may
paint better pictures than he, write
better books, play better music-but
in the surf strength towers above mem
tality. It's case of cling-or let the
waves batter you to bits, duck you,
roll you, get your hair wet. And SO,
while still holding that I'm mans SUI
perior on shore, I'll give him credit for
being a strong brute in the surf-and
worthy of being cultivated for that
reason. Come on-let's go in the water
again."
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-09-07
The present is essentia1ly-in Amer.

leu, at least-the day of the young ma n.
~. D. He is in demand. II
he be mentally well
equipped and have
his knowledge, he will find that there
are opportunities open to him, often
on the very threshold of his business
career, such as the young man of an
earlier day would dream of as the goal
only of long years of waiting and work
ing, says the Scientific American. Dur.
Ing recent visit to that hive of in
dustry which swarms around Pitts
burgh, and in the valleys of the Monon-
gahela and Allegheny, we were i'm
pressed with the fact that in most Of
the great manufacturing establish.
ments the highest positions of respon-
sibility were filled by men who were
yet several years on this side Of the
prime of life. That such young heads
should SO oftenbe directing vast indus
trial concerns is due in part to the
amazing rapidity with which new in.
dustries have sprung up during the
past decade, and in part to the fact
that the keen competition of the age
calls for the adaptiveness and energy
which are the natural qualities of
youth. Time was when there was an
overplus, especially in the technical
trades and professions, of the supply
of qualified young men, but to-day con-
ditions are entirely reversed. Clear
proof of this was shown at the recent
annual commencement exercises of the
Stevens institute of technology at Ho.
boken, when out of 40 graduates only
a dozen were present to receive their
diplomas. This unprecedented condi-
tion of things was explained by Presi-
dent Morton on the ground that the de.
mand for graduates to fill business po-
sitions this year had been the most UT.
gent in the history of the institute, and
that most of the absentees had been
induced to leave the institute week or
more before commencement, in order
that they might begin their profession
81 duties at once. President Morton
further stated that the whole of the
40 graduates could have secured posi-
tions at once if they had so desired.
There is NO gainsaying the significance
of such facts as these, and as like con-
ditions will produce like results, it is
probable that before many years have
elapsed these young graduates will
have risen to positions which are both
responsible and remunerative.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-29
COUNTERFEIT PENNIES
LARGE QUANTITIES ARE IN CIR
CULATION
Four Persons Are Put Under Arrest
by officers of Chief VIII
kie's Secret Service
Bureau.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 2S-Chief Wilkie
OF the treasury secret service. received
information today of arrests by officers
OF the bureau of persons in various
Eastern cities who are believed To be
members of a gang who have been pass.
ing counterfeit pennies in large numbers
Tor some years past. The persons ar
rested include NJ. Weiner, at Boston. ON
the charge of making these pennies; of
Israel Usher, at Boston, on the charge
OF passing them; of M. Levine, at New
York, who it is alleged bought tool steel
OF the size of pennies from which dies
Tor casting pennies are made, and against
whom Mr.. Wilkie says a charge of con-
splracy to aid in counterfeiting win be
made, and of Rosie Lerner, at Baltimore
VINO, Mr.. Wilkie says, is under Indictment
Dy the New York grand jury for passing
counterfeit pennies, and who has been a
fugitive from justice. In Boston the Off
GERS captured complete plant. consist
ing OF machinery and materials for max
ing the coins. For five years past abou+
o'Voo counterfeit pennies per week have
York ~"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-29
FROM THE AUSTRIAN THRONE.
Speech OF Francis Joseph on Open
ing the Hungarian Diet.

BUDA PEST, Oct pa close under
standing with the allies of the empire
and continued friendly relations with all
the powers permit US to hope that Provi-
dence will not deprive US of the blessings
oe peace"
With the exception of remarks regard
ing commercial treaties, the above con-
stituted Emperor Francis Josephs sole
reference to international affairs when he
personally opened the newly elected
Hungarian diet today. The speech from
the throne dwelt upon the necessity for
comprehensive legislation in all fields in
order to raise the standard of intellectual
and material development and for a
permanent settlement on a reciprocal
basis of the economic questions pending
m different parts of the monarchy.
with a view to the preparation of in
ternational commercial treaties which are
of decisive Importance to the whole
economic situation, said the emperor,
''a Encouragement of the general Gus
toms tariff on the lines of Law Thirty of
1889, is above all necessary, extending
equal and harmonious protection to every
branch of production and to agricultural
and industrial interests
The only reference of general interest
was the promise that measures would
soon be submitted to finally complete the
reform of the currency.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-29
SENATOR HOAR is FRANK
DECLINES INVITATION TO EULO-
GIAE M'KINLEY
States as His Reason the Difference
Between Himself and the Late
President On the Cues
ton of Colonies.

WORCESTER, Mass, Oct. 29.-Mayor
Philip j. -OConnell tonight sent to the
city council the letter of Senator George
e. Hoar asking to be permitted to de-
eline the invitation to eulogize President
Mckinley.
In the course of his letter Senator Hoar
refers to the fact that he will be ex-
tremely busy the next few weeks but If
business was the only reason he should
endeayor to overcome it.
Continuing, he says: But I ought In
frankness to state another ana ey N
stronger reason. I think the euiogy On
the president should be delivered by some
person who was in full accord with hin,
upon the principal political measure of
MS administration. 1 never questioned
his absolute sincerity; his devotion to
the public welfare; his love of liberty
and his desire to do his duty as God save
MIN to see it. was fully in accord with
MIN on the great fiscal measures with
winch he was identified But. as Won
Know, l differed with him and his admin
lstration-and my opinion on that subject
mas been strengthened and not weakened
In the lapse of time-in regard to his
policy in dealing with Philippine islands
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-29


traffic in the corridor leading to the
death chamber, and the prison officials
were inclined to ascribe the disturbance
of the prisoner to those circumstances.
Prisoner Is Calm.
Aside from the break at nightfall. Cool
eosz spent his last day of life much as
he did all the others since he passed into
the hands of the law.
The approach of death seemed to awak-
en- no greater consciousness of his posi-
ton. He again turned his back upon the
priests who came TO urge him to confess
and repent, and was undemonstrative In
the presence of those of his kin who
came to say a fast farewell to, him.
When alone with his guards he remain
ed silent, and passed the time either
lying on his bunk or in slowly pacing up
and down the cell. He talked, when adj
dressed, to those admitted near his cell,
but with his old deliberation and slow
ness. If he knew strong emotion at any
time he was successful in concealing 1t
from those who watched over him
Inc prison guards combatted the sug-
gestion that his stolidity was a daze of
fear, and that the hour of execution
would find him helplessly broken down.
The prisoner suffered no loss of appetite.
and during the day ate the usual allow
ance OF food given to prisoners. Through
out MS entire confinement he has had a
good appetite, and his physical condition
mas oeen excellent He weighs about 155
pounds, which is thought to represent a
slight gain since his arrest
waiter N. Thayer, former warden of
Dannemora prison, who was requested by
Supt. Collins to assist and advise Warden
Mead during the execution, arrived TODAY
lie inspected the death chamber and
cnair, and suggested an Improvement in
the latter, which was made at once. He
found that the bars of the back. of the
cnalr were rather far apart and express
cd the opinion that an upright blackboard.
placed inside the bars, would strengthen
the grip of the straps upon the BODY of
the condemned man. The suggestion
was adopted.
Wh1le Ihayer was inspecting the chair.
electrician Davis again lifted the switch
and sent the electric current through il.
IN mai test. Late In the afternoon the
autopsy table was wheeled into the room
aoJolnlng the death chamber.
Under orders from the warden a coffin
was also prepared The latter is of plain
pine, stained black
Czolgosz will be dressed in very sim
PIE manner for the execution, pair of
placK trousers, loose gray shirt and a
par OF gray socks completing the outfit
he VIII wear no undergarments and no
shoes. The left leg of the trousers Will,
oe slt at the bottom to permit the free
adjustment of the electrode, and the sbir+
VIII De open at the neck, so the doctors
can take the heart count, if there shoul5
ne any. after the current is passed
through the body.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-29
The ASSASSIN'S FAMILY
SHOW LITTLE CONCERN OVER HIS
EXECUTION
Father of Leon CzoIgosz Says No
Letter Has Come From His
Son Since He Reached
Auburn Prison.

CLEVELAND, Ohio. Oct 2S-The fam
lily of Leon Czolgosz. whose members
are in this city, show as. little concern
over the fate of their son and brother as
II he bore no relation whatever to them.
The seeming Indifference is remarkable.
The father of the assassin was down
town tonight in conference with Chief of
EoIlce Corner. He had been called
TO police headquarters because of the re-
ce1pt of information from the prison Of
metals at Auburn that they wished the
elder Czolgosz to relinquish all claims to
the body of his son. When assured that
no Ill treatment would be given it and
that 1t would be so disposed of that the
body could not be mutilated, the old man
gave his consent and the Auburn prison
efnclals now have entire charge of It
and will bury it in such manner that all
traces of 1t will soon disappear
valdez Czolgosz had given his consent
TO the prison officials that they might do
as they wished with the body. but his de-
/clslon was not regarded as final, hence
the request of the father.
An incident that happened while the
elder Czolgosz was on his way to
his home in the Polish district this even
ing is of interest. A little newsboy hop
ped onto the car and cried out: 1.-THE
evening papers! Electrocution of Czol-
gosz IN Auburn prison tomorrow! He
spoke that sentence directly in front OF
the old man, but, if understood he show
ed not the least sign of consciousness
that the mater in any way concerned him
he simply stared into space and it is
only fair to assume that the words OF
the neWsboy were not understood. Cool
gosz not being very familiar with the
English language, grasping the most or
binary words only after much difficulty.
Arriving at the home, the family had
gone to bed as early as O'Clock, and
When the father got there had to be
aroused so that he might be admitted.
The father of Leon Czolgosz said to-
night that he had never received a letter
from his son since his arrival at Auburn,
nor had he ever learned anything from
him that would throw light upon the
cause for his terrible crime.
The family is respectable and law-abid-
ing, although poor. The father is quiet,
pleasant-faced and agreeable man of
close to sixty years. probably.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-29
Yale oarsnen al wnrk

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Oct. 2s.-Fbe
1 ai to VARSITY oarsmen met Capt Phil Kun
c cnn, toaay and began their training for the
fall will be to form three crews which
Will pc Kept rowing until college closes
LOT oar1 the holidays. After the holidays the
VIII be called together again for tank
practice Mr.. Kennedy and Capt. Kun
zig zig VIII direct the coaching this fali. A
lew good oarsmen have developed dur
years freshman eight is showing prom
iSlng form. Coffin, another member of
the the crew last season, rows a strong oar.
likely to win seat the coming spring,
put put mas given his time to ootbali this
Con Daily. the Worcester oarsmen. is in
college, and has shown good form in the
small amount of practice he has taken.