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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-04-26
affecting the Pacific coast, and the

affecting the Pacific coast, and the
United States in General. Japan has
within the past few years experienced
q revolution in ideas, and those people
adopt with eagerness American meth
DDS of commerce and learning. Our
recent treaty with that power is es-
pecially favorable to the increase OF
the extensive trade between the coun-
tries, which necessitates more carry
ing vessels of larger capacity.
Pacific coast military defenses are
also being strengthened in order to
protect our increasing commerce, for
Great Britain is continually strength
ening her Notifications on the north
western boundary, and is encroaching
upon us in the mid-Pacific. She occa-
sionally grabs another island, and
longingly looks toward the Golden
Gate. California has coast line of
$50 miles in extent, and it will require
feet of warships to protect the sew
eral fleets Of commercial vessels that
are employed in supplying this coast
with the commodities of life. AS the
population increases, the trade with
Asia will become more valuable, and
worth fighting for. France, Germany
and Russia have also possessions in the
mid Pacifc-holding them, and await
ing events. Said naval officer to me:
cit is well to be prepared for anything
"a friendly nation of to-day may be
an enemy tomorrow"
The Golden Gate is guarded by about
100 guns of the largest caliber, and 200
sea-mortars. The strait that connects
the ocean with the bay is 81, miles
long and one mile in width at the mar
rowest point. Masked batteries are
planted at convenient intervals. which
it is believed can sink any warship that
comes within range. One of these bat
teries is on promontory, at an ele-
vstion of 473 feet-the highest battery
In the world. The channel curves by
this point. The strait, which is about
two miles wide at it's greatest width, is
from 80 to $50 feet in depth. The chan
mel, however, has depth Of from 100
feet to $50 feet. Unless foreign YES
sci could ascertain the windings of
the channel, there would be some dam
ger OF grounding or striking an OBJ
struction in the shallowest part.
In order to communicate more di-
rectly with the military defenses at
the Golden Gate, wireless telegraph
system will be established soon at
the Farallone islands, a distance OF
25 miles out at sea. The telegraph
will be established on the larger of
the islands, which is about one mile
in diameter, and where there is sig
nal station for ships.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-04-26
TRADE WITH ORIENT
It Is Giving a Wonderful Impetus to
Pacific Coast Points.
immense Dry Docks Now in Course
Of Construction in San Francis
co Bny-COmmerce Fol-.
lows Flag.
Especial San Francisco letter.

Especial San Francisco Letterl
r WO immense dry-docks, larger
than any in the west, and as
large as any in the world, ex-
cept the one at Newport News. Va,
are being built in San Francisco bay
one for commercial purposes and
the other for government ships. The
first of these is being constructed at
Hunters Point, three miles south of
San Francisco, aad the other at Mare
Island navy yard. These large docks
have become necessary owing to the
increased size and draft of merchant
men and warships. The rapid in
crease of our trade with China and
Japan, and our acquisition of the Phil
ippines, necessitates larger vessels for
commerce and a more powerful navy
to protect it. The difficulty is for
ample dockage facilities, especially on
this coast. The largest dock in use
in the west is in this city. 1t is only
500 feet long, and barely large enough
to accommodate ships of the largest
class. The same company is building
a drydock $50 feet in length-large
enough to accommodate the biggest
vessel in the world, which is 704 feet
in length. The construction of these
docks at this place will obviate the ne
cessity of vessels of the larger class
in these waters making long trip to
the eastern docks, or crossing over to
HongKong. There are also two docks
of this size in the east, and there is
one at Hong-Kong.
The one building at Hunters Point
is being cut out of stone and has a
natural foundation of granite. 1t is
believed that it will be the best dry
dock in the world. 1t will have width
at the coping of 122 feet, and at the
bottom a width of "A feet the depth
is SO feet. The entrance to the dock
will be closed by floating caisson
built of structural steel. The ma
chinery employed is of the most ex-
pensive and massive. and the heaviest
vessels can be locked with ease. Three
centrifugal pumping plants will be
USED. with a total capacity of 10000
gallons of water minute. It is esti-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-04-26

It is reported that another large
dry-dock, equal in dimensions or per-
haps larger than those at Mare Is
land and at Hunters Point, will be
constructed at Point Richmond, ten
miles up the bay on the opposite
side from this city. 1t will be built
by the Santa Fee Railroad and Stand
ard Oil companies for the dockage of
their own vessels. The Santa Fe
company will also build a large ship
yard at this new city.
Thus, it will be seen that the dock
age facilities of San Francisco are
ample for all sizes of vessels, and
keeps pace with the growth of the
city and it's commerce, also that the
docks increase in dimensions as the
ships are built larger. In addition.
there are now in use several floating
dry-docks with capacity Of taking
ships of 5000 or 5000 tons register,
and others of the same and larger ca-
pacity are being built. The water
front extends about nine miles and
has seven miles of wharfage-or SO
wharves. These wharves are being
extended into the bay, so that the
largest steamers can come alongside
with perfect safety.
j. M. SCANLAND
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-04-26
HERE AND THERE.

AS a decorative shrub, the blood
leaved plum has no equal, keeping it's
color until the last thing in fall.
Since stand of grass is not cas-.
lily secured, think well before plow-
ing up pastures under the stimulus
of high-priced corn.
Encourage the farmers institu-
tute by attending the meetings pre-
pared to tell what you know and will
ing to learn what you don't know.
-Chas. Eschcr, the noted Iowa
feeder, says kindness helped him to
make superior load of cattle. Every
steer was without fear and was as
tame as kitten.
To secure the best results in
eggs, the hens must have exercise
and plenty of it. The hen that is con-
fined to a small paved or graveled
yard with no bugs to chase and no
worms to scratch for will nope and
if fed will become fat and lazy.
If you force reproduction you
lessen the fertility of the eggs" says
the Live Stock Tribune. To "force
reproduction" you must furnish
such treatment and food as will
maintain the hens in the most per-
feet health. Is such condition
inimical to fertility?
1t has been proven by actual test
that hens will lay more eggs and that
the eggs will keep longer when the
ROSTERS are penned away from the
rest of the flock. The rooster, like
the drone bee, has his day of useful
ness, but this, over he should be got
ten rid of.
One advantage Of planting peas
with corn is that two of our best
feed crops are grown on the same
ground during the same season. 1t
properly managed the injury done to
the corn if any, is so small as to be
unrecognizable and the mixture Of
pea-vines and corn fodder makes
most excellent feed for cattle, and
the stubble will give the shoats fine
start towards the pork-oarrel, or t4s
laciE~-house.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-04-26

MISS VIRGINIA CRANES,
President of Nurses Association Waterfowl, M.
most distressing cases Of Inflammation
and liberation Of the ovaries and womb.
/ have known that doctors used Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Conn
pound when everything else failed
with their patients. have advised my
patients and friends to use it and have
yet to hear Of its first failure to cure.
Four years ago had falling of tho
womb from straining in lifting heavy
patient, and knowing of the value Of
your Compound began to use it at
once, and in six weeks was well once
more, and have had no trouble since.
lam most pleased to have had an oppor-
tunity to say few words in praise Of
your Vegetable Compound, and shall
take every occasion to recommend it. -
MISS VIRGINIA GRANEs.-S50o0 forfeit n
aboOe testimonial Is not genuine.
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has stood the test OF
time, and has cured thousands,
Mrs. Pinkham advises sick wo-
men free. Address, Lynn, Mass.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-04-26
Oldest ORGAN in America.

The organ in the chapel of the
Episcopal church on State street in
Portsmouth, N. H., is to be taken to
Boston to be placed on exhibition,
being the oldest in America. The or
gan was brought from London in 1913
and placed in Kings chapel, Boston.
While it was in Boston BENJAMIN
Franklin was the organist. It was
sold to Newburyport some years aft
erward, and in 1886 it was purchased
by Rev. DIR. Charles Burroughs and
presented to the chapel in Ports.
mouth.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-04-26

HON. JAMES SLAYDEN.
(ldember of House Committee on Military
Affairs.)
to be worthy. When he was sick or
wounded in hospital, the sergeant of
his company reported him as a de
serter," when he was not a deserter.
The war closed soon afterwards, and
he never paid any attention to that
erroneous entry of the sergeant.
But when he is growing old. and
needs government aid, he finds that
the record shows him ''deserter."
His only relief is to appeal to con-
press to have that erroneous record
corrected. He does SO, and he can
not understand, nor can his friends
understand, why his record cannot
be corrected. And yet it is very
simple matter.
While the honest old soldier is try
ing to have justice done to him there
are hundreds of unworthy men who
actually were deserters trying to get
LEGISLATION in their behalf; and they
are so numerous that the average
congressman is disposed to turn all
such cases down, at least in commit
tee, on the general principle that all
who come to congress for relief are
frauds. The unworthy are in such
majority that the worthy and deserv-
ing are obliged to suffer the injustice
of delay because of the unworthy.
All bills for legislation of this
character are referred to the COM
mittee on military affairs, and there
they are taken up year after year
by subcommittee who look carefully
into the cases after securing the rec
ords of each claimant from the office
of the adjutant general of the war
department and from the surgeon
renerars office. In those offices are
On file all of the records which were
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-04-26
HERE'S A QUEER THING.
The "MOrninX Hour" in the Senate
Begins Mt Noon and Lasts
About Two Hours.

The morning hour" is one of the
queer things of the United States
senate. In the first place the morn
ing hour" is two hours long, though
it may be completed in ten or IS
minutes. In the second place, says
the Washington Star. it never oc-
ours in the morning, but begins at
IL o'clock noon, except on the rare
occasions when the senate meets at
10 or II o'clock. Senator Hoar, OF
Massachusetts, is responsible for the
elongation of the morning hour so as
to make it cover 100 minutes. Prior
to IA years ago the morning hour,
while existing in the afternoon, was
but an hour in length, but resolu-
ton submitted by Mr.. Hoar was
adopted August 10, 1888, and that
provided that the morning hour"
should be two hours in length or that
it should end at two o'clock. This
resolution provided "that after to-
day, unless otherwise ordered, the
morning hour shall terminate at the
expirati of two hours after the
meeting of the senate The morning
hour is devoted to the presentation
of petitions, the introduction of bills,
reports of committees, ETC., and is
the time when all sorts of little mat
tiers of that kind are attended to. At
two o'clock the presiding officer lays
before the senate the bill on the cal
endar. which is set aside as having
precedence over other measures. and
that is generally the time for long
speeches of all kinds unless unani-
nous consent is secured to consider
pens;,n bills for specified time or
bills on the calendar
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-04-26
nee, PHILOSOPHY.

"Why is it" he unused, while the nnes o.
thought deepened on ms eount s1nat a. soon
=. man is on the top wave OF popularity
everybody wants to soak him! a..
Not until the listeners had argued re
matter among themselves and connected the
waves with the soaking did the true IN
wardness of his question dawn VI on toesa'-
baltimore American.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-04-26
Coal In China.

The greatest coal field Of the old wei "a. : ~,
known as to its limits and quality it Is con N
e esth.so This same statement also can b. b,
truthfully made in regard to the merits 30 2,
Eostetter's Stomach Bitters, 6 Ge,es tn'
best medicine in the world Tor ino.se d -
i dyipef fever and ague. A trial will conviaes
vo,, ~ ifs va1up
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-04-26
me way Of . Man.

Mrs. Crawford-Has your husband aa3e
any preparations for Lent!
homeless Goldfish for me and dispeasatson
for himself.-Judge.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-04-26

I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumptioa
saved my life three years ago.-Mrs. Thos
Robbins, Maple Street, Norwich. N. I.
Feb IT, 1900
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-04-26

The glasses that ! use hurt my eyes and
cause me trouble ''The glasses that use
Affect my eyes till l see double. "-Bever-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-04-26

s+on. the Cough and Works ON
the Cold.
laxative Bromo Ouinine Tablets. Price 26c.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-04-26
MISS VIRGINIA CRANES
Tells How Hospital Physicians
Use and Rely upon Lydia b.
Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound.

"DEAR Mrs. P1NKHAN - Twelve
wears continuous service at the sick
bed in some Of our prominent hospt"
tails. as well as at private homes, has
given me varied experiences with the
diseases Of women. I have nursed some
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-04-26

Haste to get rich keeps many man poor.
Chicago daily News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-04-26
Two Sides,

Little Elmer (who has an inquiring
mind)-Papa, are there always two
sides to every question?
Prof. Broadhead-Certain my son
your side and the wrong side
Town Topics.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-04-26

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES are the
brightest. fastest and easiest to use.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-04-26

Marriage is often a successful c0eaucer
tional observation-disclosures journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-04-26
C.-Iie.t Russian l(illet.

WIN YOU be short Of hay! II 50 plant
plenty Of this prodigally prolific mAe'
s 10 8 TONS or RICH HAY PEI ACRE.
Price 70 lbs. o. 90 100 lbs. g. GO, low freights
John A. Salzer Seed Co.. La Crosse, VIA.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-04-26

Miss Elderbody-"Th picture Of me was
taken when was young woman" Iiddll-
winks-"Why, you haven't changed par
ticle, have youy'-Boston Transcript.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-08-14
Smells Of Cities

Sir Philip Burne-Jones insists that
each city has it's own peculiar odor,
that a stranger can smell city.
1.-THE great blended odor of the entire
city There is truth in his remarks.
When stranger enters Munich there
is smell as of many breweries-a
peculiar, sweetish, yet pungent
odor of malt, not at all unpleasant
to beer drinker. After day or
two the smell is not remarked, but
after the stranger leaves the city the
smell is distinct in his memory; it ex.
erts spell; it urges him to drop his
work, to take the next steamship.
We have not been in Munich for II
years. but that sweet smell haunts
us still Paris has a peculiarly indi-
vidnal odor; so has London, so has
Berlin, so has Dresden. Boston, no
doubt. has it's own smell, which is
highly respectable, but rather musty.
with Il suspicion of old family cock
roaches.--Detroit Free Press.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-08-14
LUNCHES ON RICE.
Minister Wu Ting Fang Pays Visit
to Restaurant That Makes Spec
ialty of Article.

Minister WI is constantly surpris-
ing the residents of Washington by
bobbing serenely up in some quiet
part of the city, giving the typical
the oriental. but he has never cut a
more noticeable figure than when he
walked sedately into downtown
eating house the other day. known
as the Rice Kitchen. and proceeded
to dine on his native vegetable in
true American style.
With the minister were several at
taches of the Chinese legation who
are i'll the habit of visiting the place
where rice is prepared in divers
ways, and there making a good meal.
The minister ate rice, plain boiled,
rice in croquettes, rice salad, rice
pudding and rice pie. He discussed
the various dishes with his attend
ants in his native tongue, and man
aged the cereal as well with an Amer
lean knife, fork and spoon as he
could possibly have done with chop
sticks. His blue silk garments and
small blue cap with its gay tassel
were in marked contrast to the com
monplace American surroundings,
and the other guests in the place en-
joyed the minister's visit as much as
he did the menu of rice.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-08-14
CARS COUSIN COMING.
~Fsno Duke Rorris, of Russia, Il
Mako Special sesdy OF Inn
migration.

1t was announced at the Russian EN-.
bassy the other day that Grand Duke
Boris, first cousin of the car. will
arrive in the United States about JULY
l, If indeed he is not here now in the
person of DE Wolf" Grand Duke
BORIS is the second son of his impe-
rial hlghness. Grand Duke Vladimir.
the uncle of the ear He was born at
st. Petersburg November IL, 1877. and
is the colonel of the Asow regiment of
the imperial foot guards Although
barely % years of age. he has devoted
himself to science and is an authority
on economic subjects The grand duke
will come to the Russian embassy in
Washington. where fetes have been
planned in his honor. He will be pre-
sented to the president. but will not
accept any public functions in his
honor
While in the United States Grand
Duke Roris expects to devote ccnsid-
cradle time to investigation of the i'm
migration problem and the condition
OF American sons of Russian extrac-
ton Afterward he will continue his
journey around the world. He will re-
turn to St. Petersburg by way Of the
Trans-Siberian railroad. He will prob
ably leave America by way of San
Francisco. De Wolf is on board I Ger
man ship now in this country.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-08-14
ORDERS FAST AUTOMOBILE.
Charles =. Sshwah Wants . Machine
That Will Go Male In Forty
Seconds

Charles M. Schwah. president Of the
United States Stee corporation. is evil
IDENTIFY dissatisfied with his present
mile a minute automobile, for he has
ordered another machine from Ger
many, to he delivered in this country
in July. A condition Of the contract re-
quires the makers to furnish Mr..
Schwab with an automobile that can
cover mile in 40 seconds If it fails
to attain this speed the order is void
The carriage is to be fitted with an
engine Of IS horsepower. and in gen.
eral outline is to be duplicate Of
the one that w. X. Vanderbilt, Jr., is
now using in Paris.
The new automobile will be con-
structed to carry four persons. The
carriage Is to be made at the Daimler
works in Cannstadt, Germany, and it
is estimated that Mr. Schwah will be
compelled to pay at least $4,000 for
the vehicle. and probably $4,000 more
duty.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-08-14
TO HAVE MEDICINE CHEST.
House Of Representative to he Pre-
pared for Emergency De-
caAiOns,

The house will have a medical chest
located in the Office of the sergeant
at arms. after the fashion of the one
that has been a feature Of the same
senate officials headquarters for a
number Of years. In December last
Mr.. Wilson, of Brooklyn, introduced
a resolution directing the sergeant at
arms to purchase an emergency case
Of medicines. and suit able instruments
for minor operations for use in the
case of illness or accident to persons
in attendance at the house, to cost not
more than $50.
No action was taken upon the reso-
luton, but the recent attack Of serious
illness Of Delegate Mark Smith, of Ari-
ona, upon the floor of the house, en-
phasized the necessity for the provi-
sion sought to be made by the resolu-
ton. The committee on accounts has
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-08-14
THE KITCHEN OF TO-DAY.
1t 10 q Great Improvement Upon the
One in Which Our Grand
mothers Worked.

The modern kitchen is ideal when
compared with the old-fashioned
kitchen in which our grandmothers
were compelled to do their work, says
the New York Tribune. The kitchen
floor of to-day is usually of hard
wood. The boards are about three
inches wide by an inch thick, though
they vary in different kitchens. This
floor when first laid is generally
rubbed with as much raw oil as the
wood will hold. After this thorough
treatment it will not be necessary to
oil the floor oftener than once in
three months. For the second APP
plication boiled oil is better, as it
dries much more quickly.
There is generally plenty Of sun
shine and light in modern kitchen.
lied iron or steel. Porcelain sinks
are said not to wear well if given
hard usage. The best kitchen faucets
are now plated with nickel. The old
fashioned brass faucet, which is re-
quired to be laboriously cleaned and
secured. is no longer used. Galvan-
lied boilers are now generally paint
ed like the woodwork of the room.
Unless they are treated in this way,
they are easily discolored. The cost
ly fashioned brass boiler, which
required cleaning every week, is rare
ly found in kitchens.
Some of the best ranges are still
blackened, but many in use are made
of polished iron. All modern ranges
have ground edges that do not need
to be blackened with brick dust, like
ground knife.
In the modern range the processes
Of roasting and broiling are carried
on almost to perfection. The meat
is no longer baked in the best ovens
to-day, but is roasted by a current of
fresh air supplied to the oven. Such
ventilated ovens cook the meat in ex-
actly the same way that meat was
roasted in the fashioned fire
place. There is considerable loss of
flavor and substance in meat that
is baked, and this is easily perceived
by weighing a piece of roasted and
d piece oi Daked meat. III BAKING the
juices of the meat are dried up and
permanently lost. In roasting coat
ing is formed on the outside of the
meat, and the juices are sealed up
without any loss of food value. The
difference between "A properly roast
ed piece of meat and that which has
been baked in an ordinary oven is
the same as exists between a piece OF
broiled steak and that which has been
simply fried in a hot pan. The meat
of the twentieth century will be
roasted or broiled-never baked