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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-15

their intelligence. Excepting few
names, all that they were told was
either: "You are right" or "You are
wrong" and if wrong, the student
was kept at work until he saw the
thing right" What Agassiz chiefly
impaired was the spirit of independ-
ent work.-Youth's Companion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-15

the Boston Globe. bring lighted candle
and announce that one Of the figures will
extinguish the candle and the other will
light it again. If you get the end of quill
filled with powder near the candle. the pow
der will explode and extinguish the candle.
driving the smoke against the other figure.
The heat of the smoke is sufficient to ignite
the phosphor, and If 1t is held near enough
to the candle the burning phosphor will
light it.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-15
Cornmeal Mumn Formula.

This recipe for cornmeal mullins was
selected from among a housewives
choicest formulas: Two cups of In
dian meal, two cupfuls of flour, two
eggs, one heaping tablespoonful of
sugar, one heaping tablespoonful of
melted butter, two teaspoonfuls of
baking powder and milk to make a
thin batter.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-15
Chopping Him or.

'sBy Jove, Grimshaw!" chuckledLap-
dad, .1'll have to tell YOU the-ha ha!
funny thing my little boy saidt this
morning. He hooked right up atme,
"sorry, 1apdad, |hut I am outhuzt
now" interrupt ed |Grimshaw. Come
around sometime, when am in, will
you pm. Y.JourAal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-15
LIBRARY IN A P1GsTY.
The Reading Room in Hartshay, En4s
land, Is Unlike Any Other in
the World.

The people of the village of Hart
shay, England have library with a
distinction of its own. 1t is not a pala-
tial structure erected by the generos-
ity of millionaire, nor an institution
maintained by funds collected under
the free library law of Great Britain.
The institution has been established
by the self-help of its members, who,
defying the ancient warning against
making silken purse out of a sow's
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-15
in seIf-Defense.

a1errv. said Flaherty, why is it
~.,re pitt;n;so proud since ye're gittin'
4 bit Of moSey ahead?'
3 e.Me .b'y. tits like that wild all tn
rich,,' said Jerry. lis measure OF
nrotiction ag'in me poor relations. -
lndianapolis News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-15
-, ExpTore Nova Zembia.

oughiy explored, Prof. Birksland, a
Danish scientist, having consented to
head an expedition for that purpose.
He ", have six companions, and the
obs Vi thu petition is to study the.
phe ! nrosna Connected with auroral dis
PLAY Albany Argus.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-15
Too Mean or Anxthinx.

George-Do yo4 think your ia he1
likes me?
Mabel shouldn't wonder. ~ al
ways did have w1etched bad tasf -
Chicago Americana
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-15
The Real Thing.

Weary Willie-I may not look it,
mum, but come Nv derned good stock.
Mrs. Farmer-Oh, don t doubt that.
can see it has never been watered.-
Judge.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-15
railway Earnings in Spain.

Spain holds the record for cheap
working Of her railways. Only As
per cent. Of the gross earnings are
spent in management.-Science and
Industry.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-15
Hard to~Avoid.

Tae parent-If he would but apply
hi11 If 20 hi. hooks! But he will not
TAX the trouble -
The f,edagogue-Nay, then, if he is
- sarsrse to trouble / can see lar &c
oman titles OF it coming his way
Puck
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-15
Works Both Ways,

"Propinquity causes most mar
riages."
"And all divorcesl"-Town Topics.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-10-16
From Other Shores

Lower Manchuria has been restored
by the Russians to the Chinese gov
eminent.
The metallurgical works at Kertsch
have failed for 100000, and 5000
men are idle.
The condition of Prince Constantin,
Injured by the overturning of motor
car, Is not at all alarming.
Cholera figures show that the cpl
demic is rapidly disappearing. Cairo,
Luxor and Ranleh are now almost
free.
The British parliament, which will
reassemble Oct 16, has critical stu
alton to face in the education bill and
the Irish question.
Three hundred tenants of Lord de
Freyne, and all those on the Ellis es-
tate, at Abbeyfeyle. County Limerick,
Ireland, have been evicted.
Official returns of the French min
fster of agriculture, NJ. Mouget, placed
the wheat crop OF France for the
year 1902 at 353. 002,346 bushels.
The infant son OF the duke of Man
chester has been christened George,
! and Grandpa Zimmerman has settled
Assoc on the young viscount
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-10-16
JURY ACCOUNTS HENRY nussLocH
Court House Crowd Cheers When the
Verdict Is Returned.

Court House Crowd Cheers When the
Verdict Is Returned.
Winona, Mimi. Oct. IL. - Henry
Nussloch is acquitted Of the murder
of Arthur Pabst. The Jury was out
half an hour. When the verdict was
announced the crowd In the court
room cheered. The defense maintained
that Nussloch heard rumors OF PaRsts
clandestine visits with his wife six
weeks before the shooting, but that he
did not believe them. When they con-
tinued he wanted to find out for him
self, and asked Marshal Zanders to
watch the place. The fatal night
Zanders told him Pabst was there.
When Nussloch got out of the store he
met some friends and asked them to
go along as witnesses. When they
forced their way into the house they
found Pabst and Mrs. Nussioch in
compromising position. Even then de-
PENDANT had no intention of shooting
Pabst, but when he tried to escape,
called upon him to halt. Ptbst did
not stop. but ran out into the dark
woodshed, and Nussloch, fearing he
would escape, fired at random into
the darkness to intimidate him, and
that the shot accidentally took effect.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-10-16
Otherwise.

American anthracite coal imported
at Hamburg last winter is being re-
bought for the United States.
]. F. Johnson OF Minnesota has been
elected vice president of the advisory
board of the commercial museum.
With over 5000 students and a
teaching staff of nearly 500, Columbia
university opened its 149th academic
year.
Rumor has It that ex-Gov. Crane will
! succeed Secretary Shaw as head of
the treasury department as soon as
the financial stress is over.
Bob Fitzsimmons' age, at last, is
known. "Parson" Davies, while in
London recently. secured copy of the
famous fighters birth certificate. 1t
shows he was born at Helston, May
| 26, 1868.
The Cape Town correspondent of
the London Daily Express says that
| Commandant Erasmus has returned
| from Madagascar and reports that
country to De totally unsulted TO Boer
colonists.
Whether the new carvings in the
White House in Washington shall be
made by hand or machinery has led to
a strike in New York. A delegate has
been sent to Washington to lay the
| matter before the president.
The strike of the custom cutters
and trimmers in Chicago, In refusing
to cut clothing for shops employing
clothingmakers not belonging to the
United Garment Workers, will throw
1900 workers out Of employment.
| Believing he had swallowed his false
teeth during the night, and his belief
having been verified by an X-ray ex.
| animation, Frank Buettner of Cleve-
land, had his escophagus opened its
| full length. Later, the missing teeth
were ignnd between the mattresses.
Andrew Carnegie's gift Of s75. 900 to
Belfast and $4,000 to Limerick for
| the establishment of libraries have
been accepted. In writing his accept.
ance of the proffered freedom of Lin.
erick Mr.. Carnegie said this was an
honor too great to be declined and
that his heart was always warm TO.
ward Erin.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-10-16
Sin and Sinners.

Two men with scows held up a
barge laden with coal OF Elizabethport,
N. j., and captured ten tons.
Henry Sloan, who tried to play the
ghost at the Bartholin house, Chica-
go, was captured by five policemen
and fined $40.
Nicholas Eich of Chicago is accused
by Nicholas Glassner of offering the
latter house and lot IL he would take
Mrs. Eich out in the lake and lose her.
c. w. Spaulding, the Chicago bank
er, has exhausted every device to Sc
cure his release from the penitentiar>,
but has failed, and must serve his
time.
The safe in the Bank of Norman,
eight miles west of Minden, Neb., was
blown by four robbers, who secured
about $1,000 in cash and terrorized the
town.
Mamie Melando, one of the import
ant witness in the Molineaux case, has
been found in Newark. She is said to
have declared that she will not again
go through the ordeal OF testifying.
The safe in Lawrle's hardware store
at Davenport. Neb., was blown up by
burglars, who secured $1,000. The
explosion aroused the entire town, but
the robbers got away safely. Blood
hounds have been put upon their trail.
Miss Rodella Balm, who attempted
to commit suicide at Bridgeport,
Conn. confessed that, in a quarrel
with Miss Gay Smith over their lover,
George Nolan, she pushed Miss Smith
into the Ohio river. Miss BAN will be
held for murder.
After being shot by the father of the
girl with whom he was clipping, Will
lam d. Clark of Hyannis, Neb., was
married to Miss Myrtle Shawburg.
Clark lay in cot during the cere-
mony, and tainted Immediately after
the minister had finished. 1t is be-
lieyed he will recover. The elopement
was planned by an exchange OF notes
carried by colored woman employed
by Judge Shawberg.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-10-16
SHOOT A BOY AND RUN.
Duluth Boy Fatally Injured by Shots
- ChnhnIin

Duluth Boy Fatally Injured by Shots
From a Rifle and Shotgun.
Duluth, Mimi, Oct. 12.-Emet Gus
taffson, aged thirteen years, was shot
and il is feared MORALLY wounded by
careless hunters, who fed when they
learned what they had done. A rifle
ball shattered one leg and buckshot
struck elsewhere in his body. The boy
was found on road a few miles from
the city and brough to the hospital.
Had the boy not suffered heavy loss
of blood the chances OF his recovery
would be more favorable. The leg
will be amputated AS he was hit by
both bullet and buckshot it is plain
that two hunters fred at him, probably
installing him for some animal. 1t Is
the first shooting of this kind Of the
season, and 1t will go hard with the
men responsible for it If their identity
becomes known.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-10-16
Personal Mention.

John Hall Gladstone the scientist Is
dead in London. He was born in 1927.
Lucie Wolf. Norway's foremost act
ress, died at Christiania. She was
sixty-Rine years old.
j. B. Neill, governor of Idaho under
President Hayes, is dead at Columbus,
Ohio, aged sixty years.
Congressman William s. Greene was
renominated by the Republicans OF the
First district of Massachusetts,.
Congressman George p. Lawrence
was renominated by the Republicans
Of the Fifth district of Massachusetts.
Capt. w. H. Nelson of Washington,
d. c., a newspaper writer, died sud
denly of heart disease at Oxford, Ohio,
where he had been visiting.
David C. Anderson, pioneer of
Iowa and a thirty-second degree Ma
son, died at Keokuk, aged seventy
nine. He was born in Ireland.
Prof. s. e. Jacobson the violinist
died In Chicago after short Illness.
Prof. Jacobson was sixty-eight years
old and prominent in musical circles.
Judge Isaac II. Caldwell, aged eigh-
ty-five years, one of the best known
citizens of Southern Illinois and one
Of it's pioneers, died at Carbonate, Ill.
Prof. Barrett Wendell, professor of
English at Harvard since 1898, has
been appointed Clark lecturer in Eng
lish literature at Trinity college,
Cambridge, England. for year.
Miss Anna Damn of Rochester, N. Y,
for any years private secretary to SUI
san b. Anthony, is TO be bride. Rev.
Anna Shaw, a co-worker of Miss An
thony, will conduct the ceremony.
Mrs. Josie Carson squires, better
known as Josie Carson, daughter of
Kit Carson, the noted scout and Indi.
an fighter, is dead at the territorial In.
sane asylum at Las Vegas, N. M. She
was admitted from Ration in 1898.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-10-16
OF the Weck


The decentralization of the army at
the Cape is throwing back upon the
English labor market thousands OF
able-bodied workers for whom there
is no apparent opening.
The Danish government has issued
loan of 100000, 900, bearing interest
at the rate Of IL per cent. The
money has been subscribed by a syn
dictate of Danish, French and German
banks.
Charles NJ. Schwab, president of the
United States Steel corporation, has
chartered Anthony NJ Drexel's steam
yacht, the Margarita, and will spend a
portion of the winter cruising in the
Mediterranean.
A correspondent of the London Elk
press reports from Vienna a disturb
ance in st Petersburg. The troops
charged crowd on Kazan square and
many persons were wounded. Five
hundred arrests were made.
The South Australian government
has introduced bill for the construc-
ton of a railroad from Adelaide to
Port Darwin on the land grant system.
Il
tenders are to be invited from Europe
and America.
The Bulgarian reyolutionists hold all
the passes beside Monastir, sub
urb of which town they have burned.
Albanians in Ochrida have massacred
the Christian inhabitants. Strong
revolutionary bands have marched to
the south of Monastir and sacked
three villages inhabited by Turks.
Europe is experiencing an approach
of winter, and in England the weather
is cold aud stormy. Snow has fallen
in Germany and Italy. Violent storms
are raging in the Naples district In
Denmark and Scandinavia, also, the
weather is very cold, inclement and
wet Heavy SHOWS are reported from
Central and Northern Sweden.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-10-16
MONSTER GROCERY COMBINE.
Entire Grocery Trade Will Be United

Entire Grocery Trade Will Sc United
Under One Head.
st. Louis, oct. 12.--The Interstate
Grocer of St Louis says combine, to
include every wholesaler of groceries
in the United States is in the course Of
formation. The paper will say:
The details of the plan are not yet
public property They will not be
until after Nov. next, when the
initial steps toward forming the com.
bination viii be taken in Detroit
George ID. Hanford OF New York city
is engineering the deal. In few days
the entire wholesale grocers trade Of
the United States will receive invita-
tions To this meeting. Already a
large number of the leading whole.
sale grocers in the East have been
personally seen by Mr.. Hanford or his
representatives, and nearly all of them
have expressed a willingness to be
present"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-10-16
CHOPPED BY A MANIAC.
Boy Crazed by Mental Over-Exertior
Kills His Mother are Sisters.

Boy Crazed by Mental Over-Exertion,
Kills His Mother arc Sisters.
PlttsDurg, Pa, Oct. II. - While 10
boring under mental alteration, the
result of the strain of perfecting an
appliance for an air brake for which
applications are pending at the patent
office in Washington, D. c., Charles.
Cawley, seventeen-year-old by Of
Homestead, Pa, killed his mother and
one sister and fatally injured four 9TH
er children. He also tried to kill bis
two older brothers, but was detected,
overpowered and turned over to the
police. The weapon used was an axe
with which he crushed and hacked his
victims beyond recognition.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-10-16
WHERE is NELLIE cHAsE2
She May Hold Clue to Rich Mans Past
History.

waukesha, Wis, Oct. 12.-In Walla
Walla, Wash, there died a few days
ago Thomas N. Rowe. a man of wealth
who mad resided in that city for over
forty years. and yet had told no one or
his past history. In note book In
one of his pockets was found the name
Nellie Chase, Waukesha, Wis. The
sheriff's Office here has received mott
fication of the matter, and is trying to
locate the woman, who may be some
relative of Mr.. Rowe. The name Of
Nettie or Nellie Chase does not APP
pear either in the city or county d.
rectory.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-10-16

trusting to cold weather to br,,.
operators to terms. tne
The operators will make anotns, :.
termined effort to start I'd addi,,oo ue
coilieries next Monday. and in case ~
militia cannot furnish the neces.a sue
protection a number Of local c orsuy
tors VIII petition the governor ~ 10 .
the ACCESSIBILITY OF calling on the n - .
dent for federal troops. p'esi-
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-10-16
MONTGOMERY WARD WINS.
Chicago Lake Ficnt f. Preser'
for PPrE Proposes.

Chicago Lake Ficnt Is
for Park Proposes. ..
Chicago, Oct. ~. = L.ontgomsry We.
has won his long fight for the prese's
tion CT the entire lake front foI U.s.
p:..posss, the supreme court OF llll" ~
havirs denied q rehearfag OF the case. :.
torn<ss tor 10th sides consider the aus'
ton as sattled .nd the litigation ended.
The whole tract from Randolph stree
to Park ro~. and from Michigan aVens y
to the harbor line. or breakwater' -
thus secured permanently for PARK -
the erection Of any building In the @'-
Is prohibited
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-10-16
LOCK THE SHERIFF IN.
South Dakota Jail Birds Trick the
JaiIer and Escape.

Vermillion, S. d., Oct. IL. - H. s.
Porter, the clever swindler, and Sam
Rosenberger, rapist, escaped from the
county Jail last night. They worked a
clever ruse on Sheriff Gilchrist by pre-
tending that Porter was sick. Gil
christ went into the cell to give him
medicine and Rosenberger turned the
key. Porter was hid in another un-
locked cell and they escaped. A bundle
of clothes rolled up in bed TO repre-.
sent man decoyed the sheriff to
enter A reward will be offered.
Twenty-eight men are after the fugi-
tives.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-10-16

The visiting English FIRE chief who
has been so impressed that he says
he will Americanize his own depart
ment at once doesn't seem to realize
that the word means something more
than a method.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-10-16

People In Machias, Me-, who
laughed impolitely when they heard
a westerner refer to the gunboat
Mackey-us are now looking In the die
ltionary to learn how to pronounce the
name of the cruiser Des Moines.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-10-16
SCATTERED ALONG THE TRACK
Man Cut Into Bits BY Train On the
Northwestern.

Menominee, Mich, Oct. II. - The
body OF an unknown man was disccV'
cred yesterday morning strewn along
the Northwestern railroad track ID
this city. Hair, teeth and bones wee
scattered over half a mile. One hand
and one foot were found 200 yards
from the trunk. Identification vas im'
possible. The man had been drsssea
in overalls, dark coat and hat and naa
red hair. He is thought TO be .
stranger who was hanging around lhs
station last night and to have been IN
toxicated
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-10-16

The latest fad In trusts Is a com
bination OF manufacturers OF candy
with capital of 100000. This is q
case of sweetness long drawn out
sure enough. But will II stick?
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-10-16

When President Roosevelt discov-
,ered that an army deserter had been
newly married the commander in
chief pardoned the erring soldier. Per
haps he thought the act would bring
its own punishment.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-10-16

Breckenridge, Nina, oct. 12.--den.
c. g. Andrews, chief state fire warden,
spent Wednesday In Wilkin county
collecting evidence for the prosecu-
ton of persons for carelessly causing
prairie fires. The weather has been
dry for long time aud some fires
have spread from the burning of straw
stacks where a sufficient break had
not previously been plowed or burned.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-10-16
liFE'S CHARMS FLED.
Former Lakefieid Girl Kills Herself on
Account Of Ara T-ouhIes

Account of Hsr Troubles.
Cheney, Wash, Oct. II. - Placing
the muSzle of a rifle to her breast and
pressing the trigger with a contfiv-
ance of her own fashioning, Miss Em-
ma Bauer committed suicide by shoot
ing herself through the heart. She left
a note for her brother saying she
would Kill herself, and another for w.
A. Smith of Lewiston, Idaho, which
was seized Family troubles, together
with disappointment over the break
ing of her engagement to Mr.. Smith
are assigned as the causes.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-10-16

II is said that Grand Duke Boris
complained of certain breaches of
etiquette in Newport. Perhaps none
of the ladies' offered him q slipperful
OF champagne.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-10-16
shnrlxex ONT ON Eau.

New York, Oct: I2.-Thomas J. shara, g.
who is charged with being respoasls,.
for the death OF Nicholas Fish. bann DAMN.
and who is under indictment for n's -.
slaughter in the first degree, has peen . ~ =
leased on $500 ball by Recorder 49, ~.
after three weeks Imprisonment. o s,s
ally the. amount Of bail was fixed az -
NJ
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-10-16

The revival of stories about poor
boys who return from the Klondike
with millions in their grips proves
that Alaska is trying to start new
mining boom.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-10-16

Glad news! A railroad company
and an Ice company have clinched
and are biting. kicking and gouging
each other in entire defiance of the
Queensberry rules. Go 1t, husband;
go 1t, bear!
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-10-16

An editor says that kissing is q
pretty bad thing, when you come to
think about It," Don't think about 1t.
She who hesitates is lost--he who
hesitates Is chump.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-10-16

A woman is bride as long as there
are only two events of interest TO her
in the day. When He goes to work
I'm the morning. and when He comes
home at night.--Atchison Globe.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-10-16

Horse racing is described as ''the
sport of kings" Perhaps this is why
so many kings have been put to the
embarrassing necessity Of borrowing
money.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-10-16

The gentleman who argues against
Miss Jane Adams will be likely. here
after. to be more careful about the
way he talks in the presence Of la
dies.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-10-16
HI

The control
out an abstrac|
ton of the ID
Dakota Sept.
port, July 16,|
creased from 4
loans and dill
Na4s,9S4 to
serve fell from
which the ed
from s317,sS5|
deposits incre|
sO,S99,177, ar|
ten from 17.29|