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Sharp County record., 1901-11-22
The Best Is the Cheapest" ="

Not how cheap, but how good, is the question
CE.A-WEEK REPUBLIC is not as cheap Il
some so-calleG newspapers. But it is as cheapast
slble to sell frst-class newspaper. 1t prints alt
that is worth printing, If you read it all the year
YOU are posted on all the important and interesting
of the world. 1t is the best and most reliable rev
that money and brains car produce-aod those sh
the distinguishing traits of The newspaper that III
to be read by all members of the family Subscl
price, 81 year Any newsdealer, newspaper aI
master will receive your subscription, or you NAV
direct to
THE REPUBLN
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Sharp County record., 1901-11-22

"One Of the greatest
crimes anv one can commit, ~
says a we'll known writer,
lis torob a child OF his school
days. Don't keep a boy at
home to work d week or two
or a month after school be-
gins.
Sharp County record., 1901-11-22

Mary had a little lamb, it
followed her to church, and
there it stood around outside
like an owl upon a perch.
"Why don't the little lamb
come in?" the watchful peo-
pie cried. Why Mary told
the silly thing to wait for
her outside, So you, each
gentle maiden, may one and
all still find, some sheep head
waiting near the door, If you
admire that kind.-Ex.
Sharp County record., 1901-11-22
Astounding Discovery.

" III VI 2 hNhAANA . N'- 49,
pleasant tasting liquid that whel
used before retiring by any ont
troubled with a bad cough always
ensures a good nights rest. "li
will sure cure the cough ton," writes
Mrs. S. HimelburgeT "for three
generations of our family have used
DR.. Kings New Discovery Cor Com
SUMPTION and never found its equa.
for Coughs and Colds It's an un'
ryaled lite.saver when used toI
desperate lang diseases, Gnaran,
teed bottles soc and %LOO at Snow :
drug store. Trial bottles fee.
The best law-the golden
rule.
Ai!s.24l o!!E2.
The undersigned will give a free
sample of Chamberlain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets TO any one want
ing a reliable remedy for disorders
of the stomach, blIlOusness or con.
stipation. This is a new remedy and
a good one. W. G. Snow, druggist,
The best philosophy-a con-
tented mind.
MODERN SURGERY SURPASSED.
"While suffering from a bad
case of piles l consulted a ply
sician who advised me to try a
box of DeWist's Witch Hazel
Salve," " says G.. F. Carter, At
lanta, Ga. 81 procured a box
and was entirely cured, De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve is a
splendid cure for piles, giving
relief instantly, and | heartily re-
commend it to all sufferers. "
Surgery is unnecessary to cure
pies. DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve will cure any case. Cuts,
burns, bruises and all ether
wounds are also quickly cured by
it. Beware Of counterfeits. W.
A. Edwards.
The best statesmanship-self-
government.
yoU ENuv WHAT yoVEa TAZN7
When you take Groves Tasteless
Chill Tonic because the formula Is
plainly printed on every bottle show
Ing that it is simply Iron and Qm'
nine in a tasteless form. No cure,
no pay. soc.
The best theology-a pure and
benefcient life.
If you are suffering from drowsl-
ness in the day time, lrrtabllltv of
temper, sleepless nights, general de-
bllity, headache, and general want
Of tone of the system, use Herbne.
You VIII get relief and finally a
cure. Price so cents at Shows
drug store.
The best war-to war against
ones weakness.
Ira D. Reckard, Duncombe. Ia ,
writes; "My little boy scalded his
leg from the knee to the ankle. l
used Banner Salve Immediately and
IN three weeks time it was almost
entirely healed. | want to recon.
mend 1t to every family and advise
them to keep Banner Salve on hand,
as it is a sure remedy for scalds OF
any sores.' Williams & Edwards,
The best medicine-cheerful-
ness and temperance.
A PHYSICIAN TEsTIFIES.
81 have taken Kodol Dyspep-
sia Cure and, have never used
anything in my life that did me
the good that did," says County
Physician Geo. W. Scroggs Of
Hall County, Ga. Being a
physician 7 have prescribed ii
and found it to give the best re-
suits" If the food you eat re-
mains undigesred in your stom-
ach it decays there and poisons
the system. You can prevent
this by dieting but that means
starvation. Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure digests what you eat, You
need suffer from neither dyspep-
sia nor starvation. The worst
cases quickly cured, Never
fails. w. A. Edwards.
The best music-the laughter
Sharp County record., 1901-11-22

property. Why is it that a
tax-dodger can be blind to
the effect of his conduct and
to the moral principle iuvol-
vcd?-CommOner.
Sharp County record., 1901-11-22
EqCw's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case Of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure.
f, j, Cheney & Co., Props, ToIe-
do, OHIO.
We, the undersigned, have known
f, j. Cheney for the last Is years,
and believe him perfectly honorable
IN all business transactions and fl,
nanciaIly able to carry out any oh,
legations made by their firm.
West & Truax, wholesale drug
gusts, Toledo, o, Walding, Kin.
nan & Marvin, wholesale druggists,
Toledo, o.
HalPS Catarrh Cure Is taken in,
tcrnalIy, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, Price 75c per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best,
Sharp County record., 1901-11-22
CLERKS COMPENDIUM.

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Sharp County record., 1901-11-22

The best science-extracting
sunshine from a cloudy way.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-10-12
OYSTER SHELL ROADS.
They Are Quite Popular in New JeF'
sey, Although Their Whfteness
Dazzles the Eyes.

Driving, cycling and automobiling
tourists who return from their outings
on the South Jersey pixies this summer
are unusually enthusiastic in their
praises of these shell roads, writes the
Philadelphia Press.
The process of constructing these
roads is of special interest because OF
its simplicity. There is no expense OF
digging out the roadbed and filling in
first with large stones and then with a
smoother top dressing as in the con-
struction of macadamized road. The
shells are simply unloaded from the
boats (Which bring them in great
quantities from nearby oyster fields
to Buena Vista wharf), and are then
carted out along the roads until hol-
low is found, or any spot that needs
repairing, and are then unceremon-
iously dumped and left without any
process of pounding or smoothing, un'
til broken up and leveled off by the
passing carriages and farm wagons.
In constructing a shell road from
the beginning, load after load of the
oyster shells are dumped in an irreg-
ular bank all along the center of the
roadway; then with a road scraper
bank of earth is thrown up along the
edge to keep the shells from scatter
ing. This leaves a narrow, smooth
space over which the scraper has
passed along the edge of the bank OF
shells; and as this is used for driving
as long as the weather is dry it would
seem that the bank of sharp shells
would never be driven into smooth,
white firmness. But wait until there
is heavy storm, and the smooth road
at the side becomes a mass of heavy
mud and sand, then the rough she'll
bank is gladly mounted, and although
it is decidedly rough at first, the heavy
country driving and carting of farm
ing produce, soon brushes the shells
and forces them into the rain soaked
ing of the shells (scattering them fur
Their over the sides of the roadbed each
time), with this process repeated,
forms roadbed that is hard and firm
to the depth of foot or more and
beautifully smooth and white.
When these shell roads extend along
great stretches of pines, with even
rows of cedar and fir trees lining the
roadway Gas they do throughout many
parts of New Jersey, one is reminded
of the palmline drives so alluringly
pictured in views of "our new posses
sions." n
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-10-12
HOMEMADE PUMP POWER.

strokes of pump rod, +. The wheel,
e, turns as q cog into the wheel on
the end of plunger, +, on the force
pump, g. There is a joint in +; the
part above the joint being pitman,
the part below a sucker rod. Pump
g stands in reservoir, h, dug and
walled up as a cistern.
In the center of this reservoir is a
tubular well pipe. The well is
pumped by windmill and the wind
mill may be detached and this horse
power attached to the windmill pump
rods. Any length of hose may be at
tached to the pump spout and con-
vey water wherever required. A
lever, k, is attached to shaft, a, as
shown, with whiffletree to attach a
horse. A derrick post is shown at
l, and made firm by braces, m. The
support, n, is for the upright shaft,
a, and support to 90. The windmill
pump and rods are not shown.-J. A.
Sheffield, in Farm and Home.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-10-12
Australian Mail's Record Trip.

Australian Mails Record Trip.
The most important mail that has left
Australia in years for London recently made
record breaking trip. The mail consisted
of 347 sacks and contained many documents
for the British parliament. At Sidney it
was put on board the steamer Ventura, .
steamship sailing under the American flag
and built only last year for the Oceanic
Steamship company at the Cramps ship
yard in Philadelphia. The trip across tho
Pacific occupied just 81 days, the former
time having been 26 days. From San Fran.
cisco the mail was hurried east on special
fast trains on the Southern Pacific Ogden
line), Union Pacific, and Chicago, Burling.
ton and Quincy railroads, but arrived in
Chicago too late to connect with the fast
mail train Of the Lake Shore and New York
Central, which is 24-hour train from Chi
cago to New York. A special train was made
up and attached to one of the fastest en-.
gines on the Lake Shore line. The regular
train was overtaken at Toledo, and the hour
and half lost time was made up. AT But.
falo the regular train was made into two
sections by the New York Central with the
mail cars, including the Australian mai, in
the first section. New York was reached
three minutes ahead Of schedule time. At
New York the mail was delivered to the
Campania and that vessel left on regular
time. Barring accidents OF unusual delays
it will be delivered in England in several
days shorter time than ever before.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-10-12

three or four inches wide al! around,
then q deep notch was dug for the
two cross pieces (D-see cut), which
were of four by four white oak and
were let into the rock probably five
or six inches. These two pieces were
placed Is inches apart. Over these
was laid platform of two-inch
plank. fitting it as tight as possible,
leaving 15-inch hole in the center,
over which was placed tile Of the
same size. Then the top of the plat
form was covered with coating of
concrete and cement several inches
thick and five :Iore tiles were used.
the last reaching several inches above
the surface. Each tile was cemented
at the joint as it was placed in posi-
ton. Then the hole was filled i'll and
graded of smoothly. The adoption
of this plan effected great saving of
time and money. The six tiles cost
three dollars, and day and half
covered all the time required. This
we'll is much freer from surface wa
ter than a stoned well could possibly
be, while when it is necessary (Which
is very seldom) it can be cleaned out.
1t is true my neighbors think they
have something of a joke on me be-
cause I did not find descending
through 15-inch tile quite SO easy
as I expected it to be, but did de-
scend and got out again and insist
that Is inches is large enough,
though for all the difference in cost
it might be just as well to use tile
. little larger!
If you are sure you will not want
to clean it out, and especially if an
iron pump is to be used, q much
smaller tile may be used at corre-
spondingly less cost. No matter how
deep the well may be the tile needs
only to reach the top of the rock.
Where no rock is met with the wei:
can either be walled up to a height
of six or eight feet with stone or
with two or three large tile and
then covered over with the platform
and completed as illustrated.-Na-
tional Stockman.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-10-12

Buffalo, N. Y, June 1-tspeeiaD;-l write %
have done for me in the past year, and you may
send any or all Of the people ofWestern New York
to me and use my name as strongly as YOU wish,
injury to my spine and the spinal cord was hurt,
and Of course was paralyzed from the hips down.
The doctors could mot move my bowels, saying
Of the doctors-my own cousin-an army surgeon,
said syringe could not be used on account OF the
large bone being broken and bad; and they also
said that could not live six months, that long.
Wen, thanks to God and your candy cathartic
Cascarets, sit here four years laterin my wheel
chair and write this to you. I can walk for i've
have saved my life, and, with old Mother Natures
help, arc curing me. ! have used one 10c. box .
week for two and one-half years. But my case is
Of Doctors too, all saying the same thing-no hope.
But we fooled them all this time.
-(Seo1oa w Herniman. a BoYd St. RuffalQ. MY ).
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-10-12
TOLD OF WOMEN.

Out of 233,922 applicants for British
patents during 1900, $40 were women
No woman has entered the Convent
of st. Catherine, on Mt. Sinai, for
1,40O years.
The directors of the government
railways in Prussia have decided that
women shall hereafter be available
for service in the clerical divisions.
The countess of Mayo is an indie
fatigable worker in the cause of the
Irish art needlework school. Her
latest achievement has been to enlist
the practical sympathy of Lady
Campbell of Garscule, who has al
lowed an exhibition and sale of work
to be held at her place.
The report from Washington that
the census office is overrun with
huge rats looks like sharp trick to
get rid of the women clerks without
the necessity of discharging them,
as will have to be done soon, owing
to the near completion of the work.
The census officials are known to be
very tender-hearted men.
Few women have ever been known
by four different names, though mar
ried but once. Such may, however,
be Lady Curzon's distinction. She
started in life as Miss Mary Letter; by
marriage she became Mrs. George N.
Curzon, then Lady Curzon of Kedle.
STOW Whon hov fo{hor.in.1avV n ,s.
she will be Lady scarsdale.
It is odd to note that while Queen
Victoria achieved one of the longest
reigns in history her eldest daugh-
ter's was one of the shortest ever
known. The Empress Frederick, al
though she was an important figure
at the German court for over 40
years, was empress for barely . hum
bred days. s
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-10-12
WEATHER FORECASTS.
Farmers Will Hereafter Receive
Them wherever Free Delivery
Has Been Established.

Prof. Moore's dream of carrying his
daily weather forecasts to the farmers
of the country in the travelling post
Offices of the rural free delivery sys-
tenn is about to be realized. Very soon
after the free delivery system was put
in operation Prof. Moore saw that it
could be utilized to furnish farmers
with the same information about the
weather that the residents of cities
enjoy through reading their morning
newspapers. He took up his idea with
Postmaster General Smith and the
ostmaster general discussed, it with
superintendent Machen, of the free
delivery service. After weeks of in
vestigation and preparation it has
been decided to install the service.
The rural carriers will distribute reg
ular forecast cards, which undertake
to tell what the weather will be for
the succeeding "a hours, and in addi-
ton their wagons will be fitted with
apparatus that will permit of the dis
play of flag signals such as fly from
half a dozen prominent buildings in
Chicago. Farmers can tell by merely
looking out for the wagon as it travels
along the country roads what the fore
cast is by observing the flags, but they
will also have the simple and more sat
isfactory card which states in plain
terms what the observers believe. It
is a significant fact that the farmers
Of the country have been demanding
that this service be extended to them.
Daily Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-10-12
some Corn Crop Figures.

The official crop report on corn il
variously interpreted. The statisti-
clan of the Chicago Daily Trade Bulle.
tin deduces an estimate of 1921 ,ooo. 600
bushels; the statistician of the New
York produce exchange, 1888, 100000
bushels, and the Cincinnati Price Cur
rent, 1855, 100000 bushels. Other esti.
mates range IS low as 1.100,000,00s
bushels. Take your choice; but it may
be well to remember pretty good
supply of old corn, a decreased ex-
portation and less feeding, when about
to sacrifice stock to save corn for the
Stockman.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-10-12
BIG RAILROAD IMPROVEMENT.

A unique excursion was recently arranged
by the Union Pacific Railroad company.
About sixty newspaper men, representing
the leading journals of the country, were
invited to take trip on the Wyoming di-
vision, ''The Overland Route" for the pur-
pose of viewing the stupendous engineering
achievements recently made on that line.
The train was made up of two private
cars, three Pullman palace sleepers, dining
car, drawn by one of the new compound en-.
gines, with an observation car-constructed
on the same plan as trolley car-aaead OF
the engine.
One hundred and fifty-eight and four
tenths miles Of new track laid, reducing the
mileage between Omaha and Ogden by 3O:47
from 45.4 to 81 .6s feet to the mile to maxi
mum of 1913 feet, and curves from to de-
grees, while great deal of bad curvature
has been eliminated entirely.
A mountain removed and lost into .
chasm; huge holes bored hundreds Of feet
through solid granite, an underground river
encountered and overcome; an army Of men,
in the work for nearly year; the great
Union Pacific track between Omaha and
Ogden made shorter, heavy grades elimi-
mated, and the business of the great Over
land route flowing through a new channel,
without the slightest interruption.
Millions of money have been spent to re-
duce the grades and shorten the distance.
This reduction is the result of straighten-
ing unnecessary curves. and the construc.
ton Of several cutoffs between Buford and
Bear river, Utah.
The curvature saved is about one-half,
the grading about the same, while the angles
are reduced nearly two-thirds. The su.
periority of these changes is apparent to the
practical railroad engineer. 1t is also ap-
parent to the operating department in the
reduction in operating expenses, and to the
traveller in the increased speed the trains
can make.
avoiding the high hills and eighty-foot grade
and the big tunnel, crosses the Black Hills
at grade of less than one-half 1888 feet)
over mountain attitudes.
From a constructive standpoint the line
10 remarkable for the amount Of material
required in the construction of immense
embankments and the building Of large
tunnels through solid rock. The construc.
ton of the new line between Buford and
Laramie alone has involved the excavation
of which Exclusive Of the tunnel excava-
tion) has been solid rock, of something over
l60, 900 cubic yards per mile.
: Too much credit for this work cannot be
given to Horace G. Burt, president of the
Union Pacific railroad, and his assistants.
The excursion was replete with many in.
teresting incidents, and the splendid hos
pitality of the Union Pacific officials was 9
revelation. The newspaper men evinced
larly in resolution of thanks to the Union
Pacific officials, General Passenger Agent
Lomax, and Messrs. Darlew, Park and
Griffin.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-10-12

>pA|Ip|p0|V|EI1
CHEAP FARM WELL.
How One Can BE Had at Only Small
Part of the Cost of the COM
mon Way.

The most serious feature of well
digging is getting the well walled up
after the digging is done. Large til
ing is very expensive. If stone is used
much labor and time are required
and surface water cannot be kept
out-as well as good many other
things which are not desirable in a
well. I used plan in putting in a
well over a year ago with which l
am entirely satisfied and it was done
only in the small part of the time
and at only small part of the cost
of the common way. Rock was struck
at depth of II feet and water at
10 or 20. On top of the rock the dirt
was dug off so as to make a shoulder
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-10-12
Crushed she'll. for Poultry.

Oyster and clam shells are easily
broken when heated in a stove. They
do not answer as well when ground as
when pounded, the rough, irregular
pieces being preferred. The small
shells on the seashore are now col
lected and sold for poultry, and as they
need no preparation, being in excel
lent form for use, they are used by
a large number Of poultrymen. Where
shells cannot be obtained pounded
bones, old mortar, burned limestone.
chalk or wall plaster may be used.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-10-12
The value Of Breeding.

The real dairy farmer demands of
everv calf that he intends to rear that
& be "well born" He is wise enough
to understand the value of heredity.
He proposes to give the calf, male or
female, all the advantage that comes
from being well born. He does this
because it is to his own advantage.
This is not saying that every calf that
!. wen born will turn out profitable
animal
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-10-12
HORSEPOWER PUMP.
The Device Here Described May Seem
Complicated, But In Reality
1t IL Simple.

The plans herewith shown are of q
homemade contrivance for pumping
water with farm horse. An up
right shaft, q, supports a large cog
wheel, b, which fits into a smaller
gear wheel, c, with cogs outside of
rim. The wheel, c, is attached to
shaft, d. On the opposite end of
shaft, d, is another wheel, e, which is
keyed fast. There are different holes
in wheel, e. to make different length
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-10-12
|CATARRH OF KIDNEYS
Quickly Develops Into Brighfs Disease.


suit had he continued suffering on and
fooling away precious time with other
remedies, no man car tell. But it is al
most certain that it would have ended
in incurable Bright's disease of the kid
neys, which sooner or later would have
proved fatal.
Peruna is sure cure for incipient
Bright's disease of the kidneys. Takes
in the early stages of this disease, it
cures permanently. Bright's disease
always begins with catarrh of the kid
neys. Peruna cures catarrh wherever
located.
Coneressnan BankAeaa's Statement.
Congressman j. II. Bankhead. OF
Alabama, one Of the most influential
members of the House of Representa-
tives, in letter written from Wash
ington, D. c., gives his Endorsement to
the great catarrh remedy, Peruna, in
the following words:
"Y0ur Peruna Is one Of tie BEST
medicines I ever tried, and NO family
should be without your remarkable
remedy. As tonic and q csfanrh euro
know Of nothing better ~. II.
Bankhesd.
Samuel R. Sprecher, Junior Beadle
Court Angelina No. 1922 I. O. Q. F., 2Os
High St., Los Angeles, CAL, writes:
II came here few years ago suffer-
ing with catarrh Of the kidneys, in
search Of health. / thought that the
climate would cure me but found that I
was mistaken, but what the climate
could not do Peruna could and did do.
Seven weeks trial convinced me that I
hadthe right medicine and was then .
well man. know of at least twenty
friends and members of the lodge to
which belong who have been cured OF
catarrh, bladder and kidney trouble
through the use of Peruna and it has .
host of friends in this city."-Samuel
r. Sprecher.
If you do not derive prompt and sat-
isfactory results from the use Of PEI
runa, write at once to DR.. Hartman.
giving full statement OF your case
and he will be pleased to give you his
valuable advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President OF
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O.