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WIRE ABBREVIATION.
u.v. snrunr from n Constant Effort
to Increase the Capacity OF
Telegraphy.

From the beginning of practical tel
egraphy there has been constant ef'
fort to increase the capacity of the
wires, so as to do the greatest amount
of business in the least possible time.
After duplicate, triplicate, quadrupli-
cate, and yet further increase in ca
pacity, a code system of Authorization
was started which has grown until a
single letter stands for several words
and two or three letters mean an en-
tire sentence, says an exchange.
If telegraph operator wants to say
Supreme court of the United States
he does not send 20 letters, for six an
swer his purpose. He simply clicks off
IS o So There is a saving of
about so per cent. in time by using the
first letter of each word. If sit is un-
derstood" is to be transmitted, the
initial letters are not exclusively used,
but it goes 81 u" Here 'x" stands
for els" as it does in lit is believed"
which goes 81 b.
If "out of the' is to be sent by wire,
seven of the letters are saved, for the
three words are carried by one letter
"k." Then "f" means "of the" You
could not guess in a year what TX
a W. means to telegraph operator,
for the letters are used not because
they are an unusual combination.
They signify "adjourned sine die"
A telegraph operator knows of no
good reason for using IA letters when
he wants to say "Constantinople," SO
he makes it "cp."
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-01

who may choose to look on; while
monkeys sport on the roofs, and the
teeming bird-life for which India Is
so famous adds to the ANIMATION o.
the scene. Flocks of parrots, pig
cons and crows fit about every ga
BILE.
It is, however, the perennial sun
rise and sunset colors in which 1t Is
stepped which impart its peculiar
fascination to Jaipur. 1t is the cora
city of India, flushed all over with
soft, yet brilliant rose-tints. Ihla
extraordinary city presents an IN
comparable aspect. 1t won an e4'
travagent eulogium from Sir Edwin
Arnold. He was especially delighted
with that Hawai- Mahal-"Hall OF
the Windsor nine-storied Zenana'
which forms the frontispiece OF the
Maharaiah's palace. 1t is indeed a
vision of daring and dainty loneliness
with rosy masonry and delicate
overhanging balconies and lattlced
windows, soaring tier above tier in
fanciful architecture of pyram1dal
form. Other grand buildings, besides
the splendid white marble palace,
are the Maharajah's college for a
thousand boys, and the museum, one
of the noblest institutions of the
kind in India. In the menagerie,
maintained at the Maharajah's own
cost, are dozen terrible man-eating
tigers, trapped in the jungles after
devouring many an unfortunate stray
villa GER
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-01
ups :1ENNIE E. O'DONNELL

MRS. JENNIE +. ODONNELL,
President of Oakland Woman's Riding Club
thewonderful curative value of Lydia
%. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. For eight years ! had female
trouble, falling Of the womb and other
complications. During that time was
more or less of an invalid and not much
good for anything, until one day !
found a book in my hall telling OF
the cures you could perform. I became
interested I bought a bottle OF Lydia
ID. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and was helped; I continued its
use and in seven months was cured, and
since that time I have had perfect
health. Thanks, dear Mrs. Pinkham
again, for the health I now enjoy
MRS. JENNIE O'DoNNELL, 27s East 31st
St.. Chicago, III. 5000 forfeit il a1o''
testimonial is not genuine.
Women suffering from any
form of female ills can be cured
bv Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound. That's sure.
Mrs. Pinkham advises sick wO-
men free. Address, Lynn, Mass.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-01
CURIOUS MODE OF NAVIGATION
Are Wound Up and Down Stream
by 4 Chain.

Propulsion for boats is secured in
an odd manner on the upper Elbe, in
Germany. A heavy chain of peculiar
river, and reaches from Melnick, in b.
hernia, down to Magdeburg, distance
of 200 miles. The system was once
in operation as far as Hamburg, but
it has not been in service there since
1898. That section of the river is so
broad and fat, and the current so slow,
that the chain does not possess the
advantage which it has further up, says
the New York Tribune.
The chain is practically motionless.
It does not behave in the same way that
a cable does on cable road. The
boats grip this chain, but use it as
a man would pulling hand over hand
on rope whose end was fixed. They
draw the rope in over their bows and
pay it out astern. It is SO heavy that,
except Immediately in front of and
behind the boats, the chain sinks to
the bottom. In the middle of each
boat there is a huge drum around
"u1Cu lAc CIdlu lAASC CuA
on its way from the bow to the stern,
when lifted out of water. A steam en-
CINE slowly rotates the drum. The
latter is geared in such a way that it
will run faster when the vessel is going
down stream than against the cur
rent, because the same amount of
power will then be more effective. o.
casionally a boat has an ordinary
screw propeller in addition to the
drum, and thus has double provision
for movement. Speeds vary from 21h
to three miles going up, and from six
to TX going down.
Boats that travel up stream and
those that are going down use the
same chain. There is but one. When
two boats coming from opposite direc-
tons are about to meet, one must let
go to allow the other to pass. The
rule is that the one going down stream
shall yield to the other, because it can
manage itself better under the cir
cumstances. The operation of letting
go and taking fresh hold is somewhat
complicated. The chain is manufac-
tured in sections from 500 to 1000 me-
ters long (1.640 to $500 feet), and
these are connected by special fast
enings called lock links.
To release itself from the chain, the
boat must temporarily remove one of
these links. To do so. its navigator
must watch carefully until one is pulled
in by the drum. Before disconnecting
the two links, he makes fast to them,
so that they cannot get away, and
comes to anchor himself. Then he
closes up the gap again, and leaves
the chain at the service of the up
bound boat. That having passed, the
downboat reopens the chain, passes
it around the drum again, restores the
connection, and then pursues its way.
These removable lock links are also
used for repairing an accidental break
in the chain. For one boat to pass
another requires from Is to 80 min
utes.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-01
Made q Good Guess,

She was an amateur artist, and
like most of her kind, considered
herself several laps in advance OF
the average amateur. She was
eager, however, to know how her
work would impress one of the mas
tiers who had managed to grasp tickle
Fame by the back of the neck.
One day real painter called at her
home, and she Immediately conceived
the idea of testing him. She would
show him a specimen of her handi-
work, but would reveal nothing that
might lead him to suspect her as
being the creator thereof. So the
fair amateur proceeded to guide the
real painter toward her masterpiece.
"Of what school would you call
this painting?" she asked, expect
antly.
"Of the boarding school," promptly
replied the real painter.-London
Spare Moments.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-01
EVERY MAN HAS HIS MASTER
Even the Earth's Most Powerful Mon.
archs Are Subjects to Certain
Governing Conditions.

No man is completely free. Every
man has his master. The supremest
despot is thrall, for there is some
body whom he fears and must court.
If he does not dread the plebs he breads
the patricians. If he is not afraid of
the people he is afraid of the army
with which he cows the people. If
there is danger in neither the rabble
nor the pretorian guard there is min
lister, or majordomo, foreign nation,
a jester, satirist, dynamiter or a
woman who worries and frightens him
and in measure controls his actions,
says the San Francisco Bulletin.
Is the car of all the Russias an alb
solutely free man? He has not much
more liberty than boy has at board
ing school. He cannot even marry
whom he pleases, but must be guided
in picking wife by reasons of state.
He would not dare to walk the streets
of his capital unattended. Nicholas
cannot live in peace of mind either at
home or abroad. He is harassed con-
tinually by politics, both foreign and
domestic, by nihilists, spies, servants,
by Cossack revolts and peasant rebel
lions. He must study his every act lest
he do something impolitic. In short,
he is the slave of his own greatness.
Take the case of monarch with linn
tied powers, such as Edward of Eng
land. He, too, is prisoner within
that wall of majesty which doth hedge
about king. The high eminence cur
tails his freedom. He has many mas
ters-the people, parliament, the
prime minister, the press, the London
tradesmen, who clamor if he buys a
hat in France.
So, too, in humber stations every
man has his master. There is no boss
so powerful that he has not to do rev.
erence to another boss. The errand
man in a bank takes orders from the
junior clerks, the junior clerks from
the seniors, the seniors from the
cashier, the cashier from the presi-
dent, the president from the directors.
the directors from the stockholders
and from the ma gnates of finance. The
magnates of 100000 take orders
from the magnates of s1o,ooo,o00, the
magnates of s1o,ooo,ooo- from those of
100000 900, and the latter are slaves of
their Wallets or their vices or of some
titled person through whom their
wives hope to be introduced to smart
society abroad.
Put two human beings together and
each will acquire mastery in some re-
spect over the other. The human race
is social body. Men are interdepend-
ent. Absolute freedom and splendid
isolation are alike impossible. Every
one must obey orders or suffer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-01

ing her orphan daughter to the care
OF her sister, Mrs. Duhamel, widow
in comfortable circumstances.
The great sorrows of childhood are
easily dispelled. Marie had in her
third aunt another mother; besides,
In her cousin Paul she found big
brother, happy not to be alone any
more at home, and who devoted him
self to her at the very beginning. He
Nyas a precocious child of a very gen.
tie, grave disposition. Moreover, he
cared little for the friendship of his
echoolmates, finding Marie his best
companion. He taught her how to
read and write, and enabled her by his
Instructions to follow the outside
course where she completed her edu-
cation. She grew up in kind of won
dering admiration for the goodness
and the knowledge of her cousin. Then
Paul entered the Polytechnic school,
and came out the first; and, wishing
to establish himself in Paris, he went
on studying while waiting for the posi-
tion promised him.
Only few days ago, at party given
on her sons twenty-ffth birthday,
Mrs. Duhamel had announced the en-
ragement of Paul and Marie; the mar
riage to take place in the middle of
December. The chilly November rains
dimmed the skies. Paul had taken
cold, he did not know where, and
coughed at night.
cit is nothing" he said at first, till
one evening, overpowered by an ex-
creme lassitude, he was obliged to
yield to his illness. The doctor, who
came at once, called in a colleague
for consultation; it was serious case
Of pulmonary congestion. From this
time Marie did not leave Paul's bedside,
and hardly slept for five or six days.
She stood there, brave and tender,
myhen the broken-hearted mother sue
cumbed to fatigue. While her beloved
slept, the young girl wept silently.
Clasping her hands in prayer. bend
4nr tenderly over him with the fervent
viii and the ardent vows of her chaste
1--we. she watched his ftful sleep. He
started at times, as if falling into
abysses, muttering incoherent words
Of anguish, living in world of night
mares and horrors. he WOKE pp tow
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-01
A Great system.

A peddler entered one Of the skyscrapers
and proceeded to the thirteenth story.
There ill luck overlook him. and he was
kicked down the stairway. The noise at
tracted the attention of tenants on the
twelfth floor, who appeared on the scene in
time to accelerate the motion Of the unfor-
tunate as he passed down to the eleventh
foor Successfully and numerous additions
to the propelling force as he passed each
floor finally landed him in the street IN :
could regain his feet and breath and be-
hold the magnificent building and the height
from which he had descended with such
uniform and rapid progress, he remarked:
'tMein Colt! Vat sysdem. Vat sysdem
der is in dot putting. No elevator is need
edH-N. Y. Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-01

average criminals outlaws, but contains
larger percentage and than will be found
like number of inhabitants any The character Of
the industries here requiring large proportion OF skilled labor
counts for this.
The foreignborn element New Mexico forms but
small proportion population The school in the terri
equal in the union 1t is easier
teachers certificate Illinois New York than in Ar
IONA. THE RESOURCES OF THE TERRITORIES DEMAND
STATEHOOD their continued progress when admitted
The agricultural the mineral the lumber industries represent large
Of capital The mines of Arizona the most prod
the United States SHE HAS ONE UNBROKEN TIMBER
LOT EQUAL IN SIZE TO THE STATE OF MASSACHU-
SETS.
But upon population and that the territories
base their claim admission but upon the lNAL1ENABLE
RIGHTS OF SELF-GOVERNMENT GUARANTEED BY THE
CONSTITUTION AND BY ALL THE PRECEDENTS OF OUR
GOVERNMENT.
contrary ideas of democratic government contrary
our ideas of right and that people denied
right affairs They unable to
PRESIDENT their delegate congress has vote They
ruled by this congress and president absolutely All the higher ter
rora officers appointed by the presidents they often not
residents of the territory which they appointed
raised because statehood would give in
equal representation with the popuous The
people this objection lose sight of the idea that
ustes existence to-day 1t the funda
principle given by the trainers Of the constitution that
all of the states should be equa and established
branch the legislative department and oexensive
house protect the rights of the smaller
Without this provision the constitution would have
adopted the necessary states Are interests
great those of Rhoe Island Delaware Wyoming Of
that might be named? Will hold us longer as
subject colony be Porto Rico and the Philippines
governed?
WE DO NOT BEG FOR A CONCESSION. WE ONLY
ASK FOR RIGHT AND JUSTICE; the right of local segov
eminent Of equal participation affairs of nation
the rights American the rights for which
am. ANCESTOR; ss': = 4oAz QAaoonl.
fought f} : Qr"s's:7 ePGran4.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-01
klS SING THE BABY,

She kissed the baby
So did l.
1t was her sisters,
By the by
She kissed the baby,
Crying: "Oh,
You cunning thing, I
Love you SOL"
She kissed the baby,
l saw where,
And touched it's cheek with
My lips there!
She kissed the baby. "
l did. too!
She spied, and SAIL: "You
Told me you
Detested babies!
Now / know
You told story!
Say it's SOL
1t was kiss you
Stole from her
Come, don't deny! I
Saw you, sir!'
"You kissed the baby,
l saw where
told her, land
Kissed it there
] didn't know that
You could see,
But oh the kiss was
Sweet to me-
You kissed the baby,
So did L
And now you're blushingl
Tell me why?"
saw the lashes
Veil her eyes;
saw the baby
Looking wise
/ heard the signing
Girl protest;
] felt her purring
On my breast!-
All, sweetest words OF
Tongue or pen:
1--WE kissed the baby
But not then!
IS. E. Kiser, in Chicago Record
Herald
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-01
Coal in Japan.

The value of coal mined in Japan is
almost equal to that of all other min
erals combined. It varies from the
hardest anthracite to peat, but the
quality is unusually inferior to that of
American coal. Modern machinery and
methods have been introduced in the
operation of many mines.-Mining
Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-01
OYSTERS BUILD ISLANDS.
Harb0r, N. c., Which Resemble
Coral Work.

DR.. Grave, of the United States fish
commission, has recently been studying
the island found in Newport river and
Beaufort harbor in North Carolina,
says the Fish Trades Gazette. The
islands, which are in various stages of
growth, are shown to be built up of
generations upon generations of oys-
sters, and appear to grow in very much
the same way as the coral islands of
the Pacific. The original reefs grow
across the river, and the reason of
that is because the swift current keeps
the edges clean, and thus makes IA
vorable surface for the attachment of
the young spat. In course of time, by
action of wind, waves and vegetable
growth on the accommodating genera
ton Of oysters, the reef eventually be-
comes esta blished as an island.
Islands of oysters are by no means
rare. There is every reason to believe
that the islands at the mouth of the
Tagus, in Portugal, owe their origin
to reefs of oysters. The mouth Of the
River Tagus is comparatively narrow,
but widens out into vast natural
pond several miles wide, and in this
pond immense deposits of oysters of
the well-known Portuguese variety ac-
cumulate. The area is studded with
reefs of these oysters formed of gen
Grafton growing upon generation, with
here and there islands which were no
doubt formed in the same way as those
in the Newport river, U. S. A.
It must not be considered that the
Tagus basin is in fossilized condition.
Oysters flourish there vigorously.
Considerable quantities were brought
to England every year and relaid in
beds for fattening. It is said that 1907
100000 could be taken from these beds
annually and their absence be hardly
noticeable, SO abundantly do they
flourish.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-01
..r.1,.s" M.trin.uial Fad.

Persons about to commit matrimony and
victims invited to be present at affairs of
the kind will be delighted to learn that
solution of the what-to-give problem has
been invented in St. Paul, MINI. At re-
cent wedding in that city friends Of the
bridal pair contented themselves with hand
ing, out checks for sums ranging from one
the bride the worry and peril Of exchanging
duplicate gifts, and relieves the givers of
any amount of hard thinking. News
Record
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-01
...Faint Heart' wox

.! can never marry you" said the beau
tiful blonde.
But" pleaded the wealthy old man,
won't you make my life happy for the short
years l will be here? am troubled with
weak and faint heart"
In that case accept you"
And yet they say faint heart never won
fair lady.-Nashville American.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-01
One Comfort, Anyhow,

IF there are two things I hate
they are cats and alarm clocks. ~
''Sure; but it's nice combination
If you can manage to hit the one
with the News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-01
Pre0autiOn.

Ethel-May always hurries under cover
as soon as it begins to rain.
BELIEVES. She believes, with Napoleon,
that in order to succeed one must keep the
powder dry.-Judge.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-01

Amenities Of Invemtion.
Jaspar-Marconi and Tesla were very po-
litely sarcastic to one another.
Jumpuppe-Yes, indeed. They seem to
have swearless cussing down to fine point.
Judge.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-01

Love in Spectacles.-He'Is suppose now
that shall have to ask your father for his
consent" She-.fNo, Harry; after the
first time you called pa said 1 might have
you if | wanted you. Pa and have under
stood it for a long time. Boston Tran
scrint
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-01
The Territories and the States
BY F. YALE ADAMS,

HE admission to statehood Of Arizona, New Mexico
and Oklahoma has become plain duty Every
argument against admission has been answered
The population of the smallest of these territories
larger than that of of the present states and
larger than that of majority of the states when adj
mitted The quality of the population is above the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-01
Salt Enough for All.

The largest mass of pure rock salt
in the world lies under the province OF
Galicia, Hungary. 1t is known to be
$50 miles long, 20 miles broad and $50
feet in thickness.-Philade Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-01

"You say you have new idea for .
story?" YES" Something original in
plot" well, hadn't thought much
about the plot. But have an advertising
scheme that will make fortune for any
book. "-Washington Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-01

To Cure u Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. An
druggists refund money tit fails to cure. Csc.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-01

It's folly to suffer from that horrible
plague of the night, itching piles. Doan's
Ointment cures, quickly and permanently.
At any drug store, 81 cents.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-01

To know mankind il easy; but to COM
prehend any one man or woman is impos-
sihle.-Town Topics.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-01
MRS. J. E. 0'D0NNELL
Was Sick Eight Years with
Female Trouble ana f1naliy
Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

"DEAR Mrs. P1NKHAM nave
never in my life given Testimonial
before, but you have done SO mucn ZOE
me that l feel called upon to give you
This unsolicited acknowledgements OF
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-01

Takes the burn ont; heals the wound;
cures the pain. DR.. Thomas Electric Oil,
the household remedy.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-12-11

houses. II was as follows:
Resolved That we have heard with
profound regret the announcement Of the
death of that eminent son of New Eng
land, the Hon. Thomas Il. Reed. whose
distinguished services in the national halls
of legislation reflected great honor upon
himself and the nation. And be it fur
Their resolved, that both houses be adj
Journed at o'clock this afternoon as a
mark of respect to his memory"
The House passed the bill originating in
that body, the bill providing for instruc-
ton for pupils of one town in schools
of another
The Senate has held up the Joint reso-
luton providing for final adjournment
at o'clock next Friday morning. It
will later be adopted if it is found that
the work of the session can be COM
pletod by that time, If not it will be
amended to read o'clock Saturday
morning.
The railroad commission bill which has
been read the third time IS made a special
order in the House on Wednesday morn
ing ut 1880.
The Senate got short Of work this
afternoon and took a recess for thirty
minutes while waiting for the time fixed
for adjournment by Joint resolution. At
four O'Clock both houses adjourned The
House went in at o'clock tonight.