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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-10-25
COAL FIELDS OF INDIANA.
Making Thorough InvestiEa-
lions ofThem.

The United States geological sur
vey is making some important eco
nomic studies in the region east OF
the Mississippi river and particularly
in the coal field district in southwest
ern Indiana. The results of the in
designations will shortly appear, says
a Washington report.
The area covered to date embraces
nearly 1000 square miles and in
Guides portions of Pike, Gibson, Van
derburg, Warrick, Spencer and Du-
bois counties. The survey has pre-
pared unusually accurate topographic
maps, showing not only the houses,
highways, railways, town and coun-
ty boundaries and drainage features,
but also, by means of contours, the
heights and shapes of the hills. The
geologic maps, which are being pre-
pared by NJ. L. Fuller and George H..
Ashley, will show the outcrop of the
"big" Or Petersburg coal vein from
near the White river to the vicinity
of the Ohio. Its approximate eleva-
ton above sea level will be shown
both along its outcrop and beneath
the surface, giving basis from
which it's depth below the surface
can be calculated at any point. The
locations of the mines are also
shown.
The outcrop of the smaller coal,
designated mo. 2" by the Indiana
state survey, which occurs above the
Petersburg coal, will be shown in the
same manner, as will also some OF
the Goals beneath, the latter. The
maps will be accompanied by an ac-
count of the geologic history of the
region, by descriptions ola number
of important drainage changes, and
by a detailed description of the
character and structure of the rocks,
especially of the coal. The maps de-
scribed are the first installment of q
series which will later be extended
westward into Illinois and southwark
into Kentucky.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-10-25
AN UNEXPECTED HONOR.
4 Boys Courteous Unknown Guide
Proved to Be the President OF
the United States.

"Many years ago there happened to
me in Washington one of the pleasant
est episodes of my life" said former
Gov. Thomas G. Jones, of Alabama, to
a Washington Post interviewer re-
Gently.
81 was a mere STRIPPING of boy and
was proud of the fact that my father
had allowed me to make journey
to the national capital on my own
hook. The National hotel was then
the chief hostelry and thither l re-
paired, anxious to get glimpse OF the
notables knew to be living there. In
wandering about the house it seems
that l got into a private parlor quite
by accident The solitary occupant
was nice looking old gentleman with
a very benevolent face and very soon
we were chatting together in the free
est way.
81 told him that came from the
south and that my chief ambition was
to shake hands with the president. At
this he seemed greatly amused, but
presently grew serious and told me
that if I'd wait only . few minutes
he would promise me the meeting that
I longed for-that should see and
talk with the president.
presently he left me, but in short
while servant brought word that l
was wanted outside and conducted me
to the street, where the kind old man
sat in fine carriage drawn by pair
of splendid horses. Get in said he,
and I lost no time obeying. All the
way to the white house l was in q
kind of trance, and it was not until
we reached the executive mansion that
I woke up,
sIt must have been the extreme de-
ference that saw lot of people and
attendants pay my venerable friend
that caused me to realize, as by a
fash of intuition, that had been
taken under the wing of James Buchan-
an. It was the president himself that
brought me to the white house. For
a minute with boyish difidence I
hung back, but he made me go in
side, and for an hour or more I was
as royalty entertained as though I
had been a young prince
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-10-25
Hfs Method.

Madge-What method of courtsnip
does he use?
Prue-Oh, he affects to have found
the only girl in the world who under
stands him.-Detroit Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-10-25

flows through the believer: First, it
keeps the branch in healthy condi-
ton; second, it helps it to grow, and
third, it compels Fruit Bearing.
A healthy branch must be fed by
the life of the vine. If anything oc-
ours to disturb the normal condition
of the vine, and restrict the flow of
sap to the branch, an enfeebled con-
dition ensues, growth is stopped,
and Fruit Bearing made impossible.
Make a ligature around the branch
Of vine, cutting of part of the
life-giving, growth-feeding sap, and
see how long your branch will re-
main healthy. The fresh green Of
the foliage will disappear, the bark
will dry and shrivel, and it will take
but q glance to see that the branch
is in ell unhealthy and dying condi-
ton. Is there something pressing
upon your life which is cutting off
from you the flow of the vital life of
Christ? Are the :'cares of this world
and the deceitfulness of riches," the
desire for selfish pleasure, the yield
ing to the fleshly appetites and lusts,
the cherishing Of some hidden sin,
choking the channel of your life, and
preventing the Christ life reaching
you? Each succeeding day which
passes while such condition exists
brings more deafness to the branch,
and makes it harder to recover a
healthy state again. The branch to
be healthy must have unrestricted
flow of sap from the vine; and you,
dear Christian friend, must have no
structures in your life which would
Gu: off the life-giving presence OF
Jesus Christ if you desire to remain
in healthy spiritual condition.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-10-25


the call of God to bear fruit even as
his fields yield him the increase?
A stroll through the orchard is a
wonderful and inspiring sight. The
bending branches groan under their
weight of fruit, and each red-cheeked
apple expresses in visible form the
mission of that tree and the purpose
of Nature in giving the sun and the
rain. Fruit Bearing is the harmonious
melody ringing all through the orchard,
and what if the soul rests unmoved
in the presence of such lavish giving
on the part of Nature and fails to learn
the lesson Of Fruit Bearing? "My Fa-
Their is the Husbandman." He has
placed you in this world for a purpose,
the bearing of fruit. He has right
to expect fruit. And as the husband
man cuts out and casts away the I'M
fruitful branches, SO will God do with
you, o soul! if you fail to bear fruit
to His honor and glory. No matter
bow beautiful leaf and foliage you
are growing in your life, if the fruit
is lacking you have missed the SUI
preme purpose of God in you, and are
cast out to be burned as useless and
dry branch. With what Impotence
would you go year after year to the
fruit tree in your orchard that failed
to bear the fruit which you have a
right to expect, and for which the
tree was given room in your garden!
At last the exclamation would burst
from your lips: "Cut it down, for
why cumbereth it the ground?" And
can you, O soul! knowing that this
is so, be Indifferent to your barrenless
life? Can you rightfully demand more
of your fruit tree than God has right
to demand Of you? Can your belly be
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-10-25
Den milton.

A tornado, by the way, says the Chi
cago Tribune, is cyclone boiled down.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-01-29
MAGNIFICENT LAzINESS.
A New Orleans Tramp Holds the Record
for Ease.

At about noon a fat and healthy
looking, but phenomenally tattered,
tramp sat furtively doing on a bench
in Lafayette square SAYS the New Or
leans Times-Democrat The nearly
tablet of the Enedetic survey an
nounced that hc was in exactly lati-
tude 20 degrees &c minutes So seconds
and longitude 30 degrees minutes Q
seconds. but the fact disturbed him
not Leaning back luxuriously, he ap-
peared to be bursting from every seam
of his dilapidated attire, and as he
nodded solemnly, like porcelain man
DARN. His legs were crossed and his
suspended foot was incased in a shoe
from which most OF the forward por-
tion of the sole was missing, exposing
his bare and dirty toes from below. 1t
was held to his foot by a string tied
around his instep; in fact, he was lit
orally ION his uppers," circumstance
which bothered him as little as the
| goedetic tablet Presently, in one Of
his waking intervals, he espled a half
smoked cigar stump lying on the pave
ment about yard from the bench.
For a moment he surveyed It calmly,
dispassionately. almost judicially.
Then he executed remarkable STRAIT
egic movement. Without stirring the
upper portion of his body, ne slowly
uncrossed his legs, lowered his foot
accurately and deliberately over tho
treasure trove. gripped it in a cony0i-
sive clutch of his toes, reversed the
motion, raised his foot, carrying with
II the stump, crossed his legs, Ian
secured his prize. A gouty clubman
who was out for a constitutional anC
who had watched the proceeding from
another bench, was lost in admiration
why the man Is a wonder." he eX
claimed to a friend. There is some
thing magnificent, almost supernatural
in such laziness as that! He has ele
waited II to an art, to a-but, hold, !!
would be a thousand pities IL he wer'
disturbed for a match. | must one
him one!" The gouty clubman eros
with difficulty hobbled down the walk
and, drawing a silver match-case from
his pocket, extended it with a poiit
bow. The tramp manifested no sur
prise but slowly extracted mate
and ignited the stump. Tanks" h
murmured. and closed his eyes. "IIe
superb" said the clubman when h
rejoined his friend; "he is a record
breaker! He is the LATEST man in tn
: worldl"
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-01-29
BISHOP POTTER
X ~ REBUKED

In recent statement Bishop Potter
declared that clergymen should be well
educated and that for an unlearned
man to appear in the pulpit to preach
would be impertinent. His declaration
aroused the ire of Rev. Henry NJ. Len
gel of Reading, Pa, who works as
mason and carpenter through the day
studies at night and breaches on Sun
day. and who built his church with his
own hands. Mr.. Lengel makes this an
swer to the bishop:
Il am 90 years old, have preached
20 years, have been Il carpenter, a boat
man. a stone mason and farmer, but
have never before been told that must
be college-educatod man in order to
preach the true word Of God. Did the
disciples of our Lord go to college?
Where did the simple fishermen get
their education? They were called by
Christ. That was sufficient 10 make
good all their lack of technical cducc.'
tion. DO you think 1t necessary that d
man should be able to read and write
a dozen languages in order to carry the
message of Christ as expressed in the
Sermon on the Mount? | have known
simple. unlettered men who were the
most powerful preachers | have ever
heard. They were called by Sod, and
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-01-29
Queen viotoria's EyesIght.

The British Medical Journal declares
that the recently revived reports OF the
queens blindness were erroneous ana
misleading" Her eyesight. 1t declares.
has been somewhat impaired on &C
count OF advancing years. But" ~
adds, I'VE are glad to be in a position
60 say that the deterioration has ceased
TO be progressive, and that the queen s,
eyesight has in no respect become.
worse during the last few years. All
reports to the contrary. as well as the,
rumor Of any impending or even con
templated operation. are, therefore,
pure invention"
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-01-29

life and the size, strength and sound
hcss OF these organs, and IL Is on this
connection that his theory is entirely
based. As proof of the truth OF his
statements he brings forward numerous
examples OF organs which he has ex-
amined. as well as an array of statis-
tics. which are entirely in his favor.
At the same time he admits thgt there
are some persons the duration OF whose
life cannot be determined by the size
and vigor Of their organs, but he main
tains that these are only exceptional
cases. and do not really invalidate the
truth of his theory Perhaps the most
extraordinary case OF this kind was
that OF an Englshman who was born
in 1888. and who was so puny at birth
that the doctors unanimously decided
that he could not live. His chest, says
an o'd chronicler, was so narrow that
he was scarcely able TO breathe; he was
as thin as o skeleton. and very often
| his heart ceased to beat Yet this ex-
| trabrdlnary individual lived to be 1863
| years old, his death occurring in 1861.
| He actually saw ten kings reign. and
| so keen was his enjoyment OF life mat
in his one hundredth year he made vio-
! lent love to an estimable young woman,
and was subsequently severely pun
ished because he did not marry her. A
more grave objection to Herr Richter'a
theory. according to German scientists
Is that. however. true it may be in
J itself 1t is apt to prove misleading, for
the reason that it is Of no avail In
the case of persons who meet death
through accidents, and, as statistics
show, a large percentage of human be
ings come to their end each year ir
this way. Ii is a well-known fact, too
that many persons who are killed ac
cidentally have always enjoyed vigor
Gus health and seemed destined TO liv
to a good old age. Yet X-rays. II us3'
in such cases, would certainly no
have told the truth. Herr Richter In
tends to make many further expert
mcnts in this direction, a full accoun
Of which will in due time he published
New York Herald.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-01-29
THE LENGTH OF LIFE
1T MAY BE DETERMINED BY
THE x-RAY.


Is It possible to tell the duration OF
a mans life? In spite OF certain pre-
posterous claims put forward from
time To time by clairvoyants and other
so-called seers, scientists have always
maintained that this question can only
be answered in the negative. and that
we can hardly expect to obtain more
light on the subject than is furn'shs!
by Flourens. the statistician. who. af-
ter years of labor. discovered that the
average duration of life in Europe is
from 36 to 40 years. and that the or
dinary duration is 60 years. and that
the abnormal duration is 125 years.
Now. however, a German savant in
sists that. barring accidents. the exact
duration OF any persons life can bc
determined by means Of the N-rays
This savant is Herr Richter, who is s
| well known by his experiments Will
these rays, and by his works on radiog.
| raphy, and his novel method of deter.
mining the duration Of life is fully ex
| planned in a paper by him, which was
read the other day at the Imperial col
lege of Berlin. Herr Richter simply
claims that an examination of .he prin
cipal organs Of the body will show tn
number of years that any person vii
live. IL has long been admitted as on
of the first and indispensable condition
Of longevity that such organs as tn
heart, the lungs. the brain and the di
gestive apparatus must he sound an
vigorous. but Herr Richter gees furths
thai this; he insists that there is
close connection. which practical
never varies, between the duration c
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-01-29
TIE SPITFIRE.

We we're not bit alike. and had few
tastes in common, but, some way.
Myra Seymour and had been rather
intimate since childhood. She was
small, dark, vivaciouS. |, tall, fair,
quiet. was the younger by two years,
but she liked to have people think me
ever so much older than she, ana
never took the trouble TO say | wasn't.
She was one of my bridesmaids, and
kept up her habit Of running in at all
hours to see me- Karl often said IL
was a great nuisance, and. that even
ing-six months after our wedding DAY
i did wish that she had stayed away
| had n new book that | wanted Kari
to read to me- and was terribly put
out when he said, as Myra finally arose
to go:
Wait a moment, Miss Myra. ! am
going downtown and will take you
home, II you really can't stay while
longer with Jeanne. That Is. II Tom
Benton's not coming for you"
Myra giggled and pretended to blush
behind her mum.
what u tease you are, MI iNoh''NS
Why should Mr. Benton come for me !
Jeanne, you naughty old married wom-
an, what have you been telling your
husband? Sorry can't stay"--as Kari
left the room-"but Tom said he would
come in about 8, and I'm not sure that
anybody knows where l am"
'Of course. in that case | cannot ask
you to remain" said, lightly. and
went into the hall, where my HUSBAND
was putting on his overcoat.
Don't go, Karl,'I whispered in the
shelter of his arms. I'm not at al
well, and l do want you to read tc
me-"
"I am sorry, sweetheart. but l prom
ised to meet a man at the Ebbitt.
won't be gone long. YOU know Ia
rather much stay with my precious
wife"
81 know nothing OF the kind"-mor'
GROSSLY than had ever before spokei
to him--and went back to Myra. oni!
turning my cheek when he tried to kis
me at the door. When they were gon
few up to my room, and. throwini
myself on the lounge, gave way to IN.
pent-up tears.
II do wish that Myra had stayed a
home for once!" / sobbed Il nigh
have coaxed Karl to stay II sho ha
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-01-29
AN UlNEDUCATED
PREACHER SPEAKS
PLAIN TRUTHS.

they saved many souls. | find that
many oyer-educated clergymen have
very little spirituality. They appeal to
the intellectual side only. They are
cold; possess little If any of the true
warmth of Christianity. They stand
for the letter of the law and speculate
as to what part of the Bible shall be
believed and what part shall not.
Il believe in the religion of the child,
not the philosophy of the modern Bib
lical sharp. | pray to the Lord that
Bishop Potter will at an early day say
that the unlettered man can well
preach Christ crucified, If he possesses
the true Spirit OF God and the love OF
Christ's Kingdom. | can bring world
of happiness to Christian converts and
| don't need to tell them OF Sanskrit
or the hieroglyphics of the obeisEs
II | tried to | might make as many
mistakes as Bishop Potter might make
when talking on the same subject.
do not wear n dress suit at night
Neither did the disciples. do not
preach for money. But / salute the
bishop in love and respect. and hope
and pray he may be among the saved
and will not in heaven find the com
pany of the unlettered preacher a piece
Of impertinence."
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-01-29

not been here, but was afraid I'd cry
before her. Eight o'clock! / wonder
how long he will be gone! l wish
had kissed him!"
Presently, springing up, cried:
why did Myra look at Karl that
way? And why was he so anxious to
take her home? I'll follow them. They
cannot have gone far" and. throwing
a large cloak over my light gown, and
never thinking of my slippered feet, |
went out into the winter night. 1t was
cloudy. and there was a hint OF snow
in the air, but l did not mind II as
hurried on across the avenue into the
Smithsonian grounds, where something
told me / would find them. l saw no
one until, after long, long time, l
caught sight OF Myra and my husband
walking slowly, absorbed in each other
and never looking back. I crept up un-
til / could have touched them.
I'VE managed nicely, didn't we.
Karl?" laughed Myra. Jeanne the cold,
proper creature. suspects nothing. and
mother thinks I'm with Jeanne many a
time when I'm with you. It's mighty
hard sometimes to pretend indifference.
and you'd better quit kissing Jeanne
before me. I'll let the whole thing out
II you try me too far. I'm not the ice
berg that Jeanne isl"
"You are a dear little spitfire!" he
said, drawing her to a seat and taking
her In his arms to rain kisses on her
face. / leaned against tree behind
them and bit my lip almost through TO
keep from screaming. 1T is too bad,
ne went on, "that we never thought OF
falling in love with each other until II
was too late, but our love is all the
sweeter for being stolen. 1t Is well
enough for you to be engaged to Tom
Benton--it keeps people from suspect
ing us-but don't marry him. Some
thing may happen, you know, to set us
free, and then-with another raptur-
Gus embrace-"my spitfire will know
how l love her"
Chilled to the heart by his crue
words, / turned away. Where could
! 20? What could | do? The world
was at an end for me, ani felt tha
! was indeed dying, as | sank to thu
ground, with the spow falling softl,
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-01-29
REPLEVIN ON WIFE.
Get. Furniture to Fit Up a Bachelors

oetN W Up
Den.
Wedding presents and personal prop
erty secured from his wife on writ Of
replevin by Robert X. Cobie OF Evans
ton mark a variation from the ordinary
method OF settling domestic difficulties.
says the Chicago News Robert X.
Coble married Miss Mabel Ferry four
years ago and went to live at his wlfe's
home. l247 Hinman avenue. Evanston.
Both we're OF prominent families. After
spending several months in travel in
the Orient they returned with trunks
and boxes filled to overhowing with
choice articles of eastern bric-a- brac
and collections OF stamps and coins.
Peace reigned in the home until two
months ago, when Coble. while absent
on a business trip, received a letter
from his wife informing him that a
separation would be agreeable 70 her
By mutual consent 1t was arranged
that the two should live apart, and the
husband requested enough OF the fur-
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-01-29

over me. A voico-far avay-callec
to me:
Jeanne. Jeanne my darling, what Is
the matter? Wake up"
looked around bewildered. was in
my husbands arms, in my own pretty
sitting-room. and my eyes falling upon
minutes past s.
Il In't bear to stay away when
you felt 80 badly about It," said Karl.
smoothing my hair. so. when we met
Tom coming after Myra, | turned her
over to him and hurried back Wish
they'd marry Maybe she would have
less time to come bothering us."-Bos.
ton Post.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-01-29
BULL FIGHTING IN FRANCE.
spain cannot Farnish Iictter sport Than
That Given to rroycnCaIce.

Spain cannot Farnish Bctter sport Than
That Given To rrovcncaIcs.
French legislation against bull nsh.
Ing is clearly taken as joke In south
I'm France. says the London Chronicle.
at Mines. as we have often pointed
out, there is no difference In the
sport" OF which that magnificent
Roman remains, the Arenes. is the
scene several times a year. and that
which one witnesses in Spain. while at
Beziers, Bayonne and Pcrpigan the
bulls are killed after mild protest.
savoring of comic opera by the local
authorities. At Marseilles according
to our Paris correspondent the scene
on Ascension day was unusually live
ly. Two celebrated matadors. Guer-
rita and Conejijto, were specially en-
gagged. Out Of the six bulls killed one
had been rather unfairly treated. The
audience demanded seventh, but
Guerrita refused An ARRAY followed,
during which the spectators nung the
chairs and footstools at the heads Of
the bullhghters. In the end the police
cleared the area and arrested a handful
If rioters Moreover. there seems very
| good reason to believe the pleasure ca
torors for the British visitors at Bou-
logne intend this summer, with the co
operation of the civic authorities, en-
due that town with bull fights on a
cull scale. II may be hoped that
/ French opinion, which in the meth az
least, is we believe, largely antagon-
.stic to bullhghtng, will protest encr-
getically against this proposal.