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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1901-12-19
Rockers

Over 700 for quick selling,
h-ge-size Cobbler-Seat Rockers,
with high spindle backs; your
choice Of polished solid oak or
mahognizcd; special-$1.9S
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1901-12-19
Terms Alsoays Made to Suit You.
ParIor Suits

The favorite 5-pieee suits, pol
ished mahogenized frames, in
handsome inlaid designs, steel
springs with spring edges and
upholstered in dam9sk of hand
some combination colorings,
only-$lS. 40
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1901-12-19
Chit onierS

Large solid oak ones with
fancy tops and 5-dust proof
drawers, highly polished, only
-$4.48
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1901-12-19
Rugs

Real Administer Rugs in all
the latest designs and colors,
27x54-inches, grandrug bargains
here at--$l.9S
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1901-12-19
SidebOards

Fine Solid Oak Sideboards,
full swell-fro'it styles, drawer
and cupboard base, carved and
fancy designed tops with shap-
ed bevel plate mirror, only
$l4. so
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-07-13
PERSONAL AND 1MPERsoNAL.

Mrs, Potter Palmer is recent con-
vert to the destinations of golf.
DR.. Ludwig Mond, whose discovery
of cheap gas may effect revolution IN
the production, is a native OF Cassel'
and, though he went to England over
20 wears ago. lie still has strong Ger
man accent.
Admiral Sir Joseph Erskine, the new
first naval aide de camp to King Ed
ward, was commodore on the Austria
liam station in the SOS, and so had the
distinction of formally annexing Brit
ish Guinea.
A portrait of William M. Evarts,
who was one of the original Peabody
board, appointed by George Peabody
has been presented to the University
of Nashville by DR.. j. L. NJ. Curry,
general agent of the Peabody fund.
Lord Howard de Walden, who be-
came of age on May 9, is one Of the
wealthiest of all the English barons.
He owns about one-half of the late
duke of Portland's vast estate, the
present duke of Portland owning the
other half. Between them they own
Ayrshire land worth from $250,0OO to
100000 a year.
A West Hoboken IN. J.) policeman
remained on guard at the foot OF q
telegraph pole three hours the other
day to save cat from torture. The
cat had run to the top of the pole
to escape some boys. The cop stayed
there to prevent the boys from
throwing stones until lineman came
along and got the cat.
DR.. Won Miguel, the former Prus-
sian minister to France, is descend
ant of Huguenots who escaped to
Germany after persecution in France.
He studied at the Heidelberg, became
a radical, was banished and joined the
communists in Paris. Later his poll
tics became milder, and he was al
lowed to return to Germany.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-07-13
THE NATIONAL EMBLEM.
airy Warfare Without q Generals
IL Recognized Flag.

A national ensign was not adopted
till June, 1777. A glance at the pro-
miscuous banners under which the
different American forces campaigned
during the first two years of the rev.
olution will be found of interest.
The first great regular battle of the
war was Bunker Hill. It is not likely
that there were any colors carried by
the few militiamen who were hastily
got together at Concord and Lexing-
ton two months before. But after the
skirmishes at these places each of the
colonies set up its own flag. Unfor-
tunately descriptions of these flags
were not preserved, and the informa-
ton we have is very vague.
The most definite information as to
American flags we get is in foreign
journals at ports where American
ships at that time touched. There is
no satisfactory information as to the
standard used by the colonists at
Bunker Hill, fought on June II, 1775.
Indeed it has never been proved that
they had any standards, though one
writer says "they were as various as
the troops were motley" There is
picture of the battle in the rotunda OF
the capitol at Washington, painted by
Trumbull, the celebrated American
artist of that day, in which the Amer
leans are pictured fighting under red
flag having white canton bearing
green pine tree. Warren is said to
have reminded his troops of the motto
on their standard, on one side of which
was, "Qui transtulit sustinet" He who
brought us here will sustain us), and
on the other: "An Appeal to Heaven"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-07-13

survey of the resulting effect. Just
a little more this way. There, you look
very well, indeed! I'll be back in min
ute with the children"
The novelist, somewhat surprised II
the number of his admirers, shook
hands cordially with each shy guest,
never suspecting for moment that
mercenary Tom, with rabbits in his
mind, had collected penny in advance
for each handshake.
It was the belated minister who, ar
irving upon the scene, discovered the
sign upon the porch and pointed it out
to the astonished novelist, who hap
pened to have, fortunately, keen
sense of humor. The sound of their
uproarious merriment brought Mrs.
Barker and Alice to the porch, where.
upon Tom and Grace promptly and dis
creetly vanished.
"Well," said Grace, when safe har-
Dor was reached, well probably get
whipped for this, even if we are too
old; and Alice will go around in state
of modification for the rest of her
natural life, but he wouldn't have
laughed like that If he'd minded very
much"
Anyhow" said Tom. philosophical
ly, 1--WE took in money enough to buy
four rabbits, and I'm going after them
right now, before anyone tells US not
to.'-Youth's Companion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-07-13

where, and army posts support largs
numbers of them. Strict laws are
made to protect those in private lofts.
AS q great military camp, Europe
looks upon the carrier-pigeon as q
menace to the country if not held
under strict military control. In Ger
many, for instance, every pigeon
raised by private breeders must be
registered, and the pigeon cannot be
taken out of the country or sold with
out permission from the military au-
thorities. In the event of war, the
German authorities reserve the right
to claim and take possession of every
carrier-pigeon in the land. In addi-
ton to this, every fortress and camp
on German soil has it's pigeon serv-
ice, and over $4,000 is appropriated
annually for the support of this serv-
ice. There are upwards of 10000 pi-
geons belonging to the war depart
ment, and every bird is carefully
trained and tested. $50
The United States military and
naval authorities have approved Of
the pigeons as aids to the regular
telegraphic means of communication,
and there are several posts estab-
lished in the west and along the At
lantic coast. But on the whole this
country depends more upon private
breeders for its supply of carrier-pi-
geons than upon the birds already in
the service of the army or navy. Our
great distance by sea from all other
powerful nations makes it unneces-
sary to arrange for the services of
carrier-pigeons as the European coun-
tries have done. There is little chance
of any foreign army invading this
country and destroying the railroad
and telegraph lines connecting the
big cities. Pigeon breeding and train
ing have therefore been carried on
in the United States more in the in
terests of peace and pleasure. There
are hundreds Of enthusiastic owners
in every state of the union, and prob
ably in no country has the work Of
rearing the birds been attended to
with greater intelligence and sue.
cess
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-07-13
CARRY WAR DISPATCHES.
When and Where Carrier Pigeons
Are Used, and What They Are
Capable of Doing.

"The New Popularity OF the Car
rier Pigeon" is the title of an arti-
Gle by George Ethelbert Walsh, which
appears in St. Nicholas.
Both in war and peace the carrier
pigeon has won new laurels in the
past year, and its popularity as
well-bred pet and domestic messen-
ger has become as great as its use
fulness as a carrier of war dispatches
where telegraph and telephone lines
are not established. That SO inno-
cent creature as the dove-like car
rier should be selected for important
war purposes, and taken into the
service for furthering the bloody con-
ficts of modern armies seems out OF
keeping with the aims of nature and
an abuse of mans power. The pigeon
is eminently peace-loving bird and
its nature is SO different from that
Of the screaming eagle and falcon
that as an emblem of war it should
be total failure. Nevertheless, the
timid bird has served armies in times
of need and is cultivated for its prac-
teal war usefulness to an extent
never dreamed of for either the fall
con or eagle. In sense it is the war
bird of the day.
The pigeon post at Durham, in
South Africa, was the beginning of
the pigeon experiments conducted in
recent campaigns between the Eng
lish and Beers, and scores of mes
sages were carried from one part of
the English army to another by
means of the birds. Col. Hassard, OF
the Royal engineers, a staff officer
at the Cape, had made life study of
the carrier-pigeons, and before the
war broke out he had established pi-
geon posts between most of the be-
leaguered cities. From Ladysmith,
Kimberley and Mafeking pigeons
early in the sieges regularly brought
messages from the English soldiers
cooped up in the towns. Sir George
Whites first message from Ladysmith
was carried by pigeon, and this
means of communicating with the
outside world continued until the
number of birds in the city was ex-
h&usted.
It was only short time before the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-07-13
STRANGE BIRD SCHOOL.
In Some Parts of Germany BullMnches
Are Taught to Sing Sweet Music
by Machinery.

The story of the German bullfinch
is very sad one. In its native
state it has a funny little chirrup,
something like that of the English
sparrow. It lives in the mountains,
and there are strict laws against
catching them or keeping them in
cages. But many persons break
these laws, and all over the empire
are places where the bullfinch il
trained to sing wonderful music. A
finely educated bird can sing from
six to twelve notes with perfect
sweetness and as smoothly as the
best human voice. Just after the
little bird has come out of its shell
it is taken into q dark room, and
there it must stay until it is perfect
~ trained. It receives but little food.
and is by the darkness and hunger
made very lonely and nervous, SO
that when at length it hears the
sweet tones Of q harmonicon it is
very much impressed and listens with
all it's might.
The instrument is run by machine
cry, and the air is played over and
over again, and there is no other
sound in the darkened chamber.
After awhile the lonesome bird seems
to awake, the vocal chords tremble,
and q faint sound comes from the lite
tie creature. At first it is but weak
and feeble imitation, but again and
again it tries the theme until at last
it pours forth all it's soul in clear
and perfect strain. And when this
given air is learned it must try an
other, until sometimes four or five
melodies are firmly fixed upon the
brain or memory of the young bull
finch.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-07-13
THE GREAT AFTERWHiLE.

An me! the things that we mean to do.
In the great, great afterwhile;
When our ship comes in.
We're sure to begin,
And we'll keep right at 1t, toe.
Yes, yes, my boys. I know 1t is true
That we mean just what we say.
But afterwhile is . mythical place
In the realms OF an unborn day.
The railway Of life is supposed to run
Through the land Of this unborn day,
And the great afterwhile is station there,
Where people do fine things. they say.
But thousands, my boys. are travelling this
road,
Whose hands are as white as the snow.
Who meant to stop of at the great after
while
In the years Of the long ago.
But somehow or other they never quite
reached
The place with the high-sounding name,
50 they travelled along with the rest Of the
crowd
Who hunted for fortune and fame.
Yet fortune or fame ne'er came to them,
boys,
And, neither, will they come to you.
II you wait to begin. in the great after
while,
All the grand things you mean to do.
IT'S best, then, to begin right here.
In the land of the greater to-day,
And work while you wait,
For your ship might be late
Then you'd miss half of life, fear.
C. w. Hendricks, in Success"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-07-13

This appears to have been the Con-
necticut motto. An old lady told Mr..
Losing, the historian, that her father
was at the battle and assisted in
hosting the flag. He described it to
her. The ground was blue with one
corner quartered by the red cross of
St. George, in one section of which was
. pine tree.
On July IS, 1775, standard was pre-
sented to Washington bearing the
motto "An Appeal to Heaven" On Oc-
tober 20, 1775, plan was suggested
for a revolutionary flag, which was
white ground and tree in the middle
bearing the motto: "An Appeal to
Heaven" It was the flag of American
floating batteries. This was undoubt-
edly adopted by Massachusetts,, and it
was used on American ships.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-07-13
Few pins swallowed.

Swallowing pins, it seems, is by no
means necessary accomplishment in
the art of dressmaking. That young
woman in Austin is seriously menaced
by pins that are working out of her
arms, neck, back and sides need have
no discouraging effect upon any young
woman who has contemplated learn
ing the trade. II never heard of any
one swallowing pin here" said Miss
Schiff, of the dressmaking department
at Mandeps. ''They make pincushions
OF their mouths, too-every girl in the
department. I've always had the idea
that person who swallowed pin
would die. Even if they don't, we
shan't take. up the habit here. any
how, don't believe anybody here
could swallow one if she tried.''-Chi-
cago Record-Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-07-13
outbreak Of the war in South Africa


outbreak Of the war In South Africa
that the English government had de-
cided to establish service of carrier
pigeons. In the navy, pigeon posts
were recognized means of carrying
information as early as 1896, and
there are over a thousand birds re-
corded on the books of the royal
navy. The first naval loft was at
Portsmouth and now there are two
others. In the English army the
posts have been confined almost ex-
clusively to the Cape, where the ma
ture Of the country makes the hom-
ing-pigeon service of more value than
in England.
The development Of the war hom-
ing-pigeon service throughout Eu.
rope has been more rapid than else
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-07-13

have time to develop into full-fedged
idea. Grace had learned to be cautious
about revealing her thoughts, and her
mother, being occupied with the prob
lem Of feeding the lion, failed to notice
the preliminary signs.
The distinguished guest arrived on
Wednesday. At recess time on Friday
afternoon Grace unfolded her plan to
a group OF excited girls, while Tom, on
the other side of the school building,
was the center of larger and still
more excited group of boys.
Its the chance of lifetime" said
Grace. "You can't afford to miss it.
Remember the time. Admittance to
all parts of the grounds, two cents"
Three o'clock sharp" Tom was say
ing. "Oh, yes, he be there, sure. The
minister's coming to play chess with
him at half-past three. He'd rather
play chess than eat. Oh, he'll be there
all right"
At quarter to three the following
day q quiet, middle-aged man in
glasses seated himself beside little
table upon the pleasant, vine-shaded
veranda of the Barker house, quite OBJ
livious to the fact that Grace, fiat on
her stomach in the grass, was printing
along the veranda rail, in large letters
with white chalk, the words: "The
greatest show on earth. Only two
cents"
A few moments later the patrons of
the show began to arrive in little
groups of two or three. Each child,
after paying two cents to Tom, whose
box Office was discreetly screened from
his mothers view by the large white
rose bush near the gate, paused on the
lawn to gaze for awhile at the uncon-
scious celebrity, who was intent upon
a chess problem.
After prolonged stare, with min
gled feelings of awe, respect and Gu
riosity, and, above all, desire to get
the full worth of his or her money,
each child withdrew reluctantly to-
ward the back yard. Here they were
received by Grace, who formed them
by twos, regardless of size, into long
line.
'Now wait here until come back"
said she, when apparently the last
child had arrived, land mind you don't
make sound. If you do continued
Grace, who was born to command, "the
game is all up, and you lose your
money. A little noise would spoil it all.
I won't be long,"
"A few of my little friends" said
willy Grace, appearing upon the veran-
da a moment later, would be SO glad
if you would shake hands with them.
They've heard such lot about you"
This, thanks to Grace, was strictly
true, for she had talked of nothing but
the novelist for three whole days.
"What? What's that? Oh, shake
hands with your little friends? Yes,
of course" said the novelist, reluctant
ly putting printed chessproblem into
his pocket, and bringing himself back
with an effort to an everyday world.
"Why, really, my dear, am very much
touched. This is the prettiest, and
probably the sincerest, compliment
have ever received"
The young conspirator had the grace
to blush at this, but she did not allow
herself to waver.. She realized that it
was too late for qualms of conscience.
please stand right here, where they
can reach you easily" said Grace,
adroitly placing the gratified author
just behind the glazing inscription on
the veranda rail, and standing back
herself for a momentary but critical
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-07-13
It's the Same in corea.

The Coreans are inveterate smokers
OF green tobacco, which they use In
pipes with tiny bowls and stems two or
three feet long. They stick their
pipes down the back of the neck WHEN
not using them. There is a deal Of
drinking, too, though they have may
proverbs against it: Heaven and
earth are too small for drunken
man. white whisky makes rid
face, There is no bottom to the ap-
petite for drink. Frank LesGe's Psr-
ular Monthly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-07-13
MERELY AN EYE WASH.
r.,. We see That the ChemicaI
View Of Tears Differs from
the Poetical View.

Tears have their functional duty to
accomplish, like every other fluid OF
the body, and the lachrymai gland Is
not placed behind the eye simply to
fill space or to give expression to
emotion, says the Dietic and Hygienic
Gazette.
The chemical properties OF tears
consist of phosphate OF lime and
soda. making them very salty, but
never bitter. Their action on the eye
is very beneficial, and here consists
their prescribed dsty OF the body,
washing thoroughly that sensitive or
gan. which allows no foreign fluid to
do the same work. Nothing cleanses
the eye like good, salty shower
bath. and medical art has followed
natures law in this respect, advocat~
ing the invigorating solution for any
distressed condition of the optics.
Tears do not weaken the sight, but
improve it. They act as tonic on
the muscular vision, keeping the eye
soft and limpid; and 1t will be no
ticed that women in whose eyes sym
DaG0cLlC tears S8ACA 4uAy
brighter. tenderer orbs than others
When the pupils are hard and cold,
the world attributes it to ones dis
position, which is mere figure OF
speech implying the lack OF balmy
tears, that are to the cornea what
salye is to the skin or nourishment
to the blood.
The reason some weep more easily
than others and all more readily
than the sterner sex is not its diff
ference in the strength of the tear
gland, but in the possession OF more
delicate nerve system. The nerve
fibers about the glands vibrate more
easily, causing downpour from the
watery sac. Men are not nearly so
sensitive to emotion; their sympa-
thetic nature-that term is used in
a medical sense-is less developed,
and the eye gland is, therefore, pro-
tected from shocks. Consequently,
man should thank the formation OF
his nerve nature when he contemp-
tuously scorns tears as woman's
practice. Between man and monkey
there is this essential difference OF
tears. An ape cannot weep. not 50
much because its emotional powers
are undeveloped, as the fact that the
lachrymal gland was omitted in his
or%ioo1 makern
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-07-13
FIRST OF REVOLVER EXPERTS
.yvild Billo Hickok and His Re-
variable Dextefity with
Revolver.

.sWild Bill'' Hickok was the first from
tiersman who recognized the impor-
lance of proficiency in the use of the
six-shooter, says E. C. Little in Ev-
erybody's Magazine. This was the
real secret of his supremacy. He was
an unerring marksman, and shot as
accurately under fire as when firing
at mark, apparently taking no aim.
Probably no man ever equaled him
in the ightninglike rapidity with
which he could draw q weapon in
time of emergency, and in the thor
ough self-possession that made it pos
sible for him to take advantage of
every opportunity in savage conflict.
He had standing order to his depu-
ties that they should not rush in on
him in any of his affrays, and espe-
cially should not come quickly up in
his rear.
By forgetting this Williams met his
death, Hickok taking him for an en-
envy, and firing so rapidly that he
had no opportunity for recognition.
He readily killed the wild goose
across the Smoky Hill with his re-
volver Riding at his horses highest
speed he fired shot after shot into q
tin-can or hitching post few rods
distant. Standing at one telegraph
pole he would swing rapidly on his
heel and fire pistol ball into the next
telegraph pole.
|, These were some of the simpler
feats he performed day after day on
the street to settle little wagers. He
could shoot a hole through a silver
dime at so PAGES and could drive the
cork through the neck of bottle
and, at 80 PAGES, knock out the bot
tom without breaking the neck. He
could do what the fancy shots of tho
present day do, and possibly some of
them equal him as marksmen with
a revolver, but it, must be remem-
bered that he was the first to acquire
this skill, and that he shot just AZ
we'll with others shooting at him, and
at man as steadily as any other tar
get
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-07-13
1t Didn't Work That way.

At the present day we cannot i'm.
agine how railway could exist with
out q telegraph line alongside, yet it
is fact that when the telegraph was
first introduced the railway opposed
it. When it was contemplated tc
build a magnetic telegraph" be-
tween New York and Philadelphia,
permission was sought to erect poles
along the tracks of the New Jersey
railroad. This privilege, however,
was refused, on the plea that tho
telegraph would be q financial rival
of the railroad, in so far as it would
enable people to transact business
without travelling!
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-07-13
Matrimonial shrinkaxe.

It was Ernest McGaffey, the writer
of verse, to whom lady said:
20 Mr.. McGaffey, I have just seen
your wife for the first time since your
marriage; but had supposed she was
a taller woman. She seems shorter
than when I saw herlast."
Certainly" said the poet, solemnly.
~She has married and settled down"
Youths Companies.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-07-13
Unkind ReAeetion.

He-Darling, am the first man you
ever were engaged to?
She (indignantly)-Sir! Do you
think that could live for 26 years
where there were other men about
without having chance till you came
along STRAY Stories.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-04
MALE HELP WANTED.

WANTED - One frst-class electrician.
Address Chas. L. Sockler, Kingfisher
Q. T. ll-5tx