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Gilpin observer., 1902-09-04

The warship Adams has been Or
dered to cruise among the island pos
sessions of the United States in the
Pacific and oust Japanese and others
who have settled in the islands and
are working their pearl fisheries and
other resources. The sovereignty of
the United States in the Pacific and
the reasons for American domination
we're tersely given by o. P. Austin,
chief of the bureau of statistics of the
treasury department. in recent ad-
dress. Mr. Austin says 1.-The Pacific
is, and will remain, an American
ocean," for the following reasons:
First-The United States has a
greater coast line and more and bet
ter harbors on the Pacific than any
other nation.
Second-The United States has
more railway lines to serve as land
carriers for that commerce that all
the other countries put together.
Gilpin observer., 1902-09-04
Southern Hospitality.

Walter II. Page says in an article
ON the old 9commonwealths in the
south that the people in the older
towns and villages In that section are
not, only more purely Anglo-Saxon
than those in other parts OF the union.
but retain many primitive virtues.
They are affectionate and helpful.
Hospitality is not mere habit: 1t is
a necessity Of their natures. 1t was
in a town like this that plan was
made to build hotel and wlren the
leading citizen was asked to subscribe
to stock in the hotel company he re-.
piled with touch Of Indignation: "A
hotel? What do you want with q
hotel2 Whenever q gentleman comes
to town entertain him and II man
comes here who isn't gentleman let
him go on" II you are q gentleman
and go there any man In the town
will stop work for day (or seem to
stop IT. to entertain you. His house,
hold will seem to move wholly with
reference to your comfort and con.
venience.
Gilpin observer., 1902-09-04

Third-The United States owns the
chief way stations of commerce on
that ocean, the island ports of call
which are important in an ocean of
such vast distances.
Fourth--The United States controls
the best and nearly the only prac-
ticable route on which to lay sub
marine cables across the ocean-an
important factor in a consideration Of
it's commercial possibilities.
Fifth-At Manila the United States
has an extremely valuable distTibut-
ing point for commerce for all parts
of the orient.
Sixth-Nature has given to the
North American continent great and
remarkable advantages for commerce
across the Pacific ocean-advantage
which must continue to exist as long
as the continent and the ocean con-
tinue in their present relation.
Gilpin observer., 1902-09-04
TALK OF KNOX FOR BENCH.
Attorney General Mentioned as Sue
cessor to Justice Shiras.

Attorney General Mentioned as Sue
eessor to Justice Shiras.
The semi-official announcement that
Justice Shiras will retire from the
supreme court early next year has
started anew the gossip about Attor-
ney General Knox as a probable sue
cessor to him. The intimate friends
of the attorney general do not take
much stock in this gossip as they
do not believe Mr.. Knox would care
to retire from the active practice of
his profession in the prime of life,
even to accept such a position Of
honor and dignity.
These intimate associates of the
attorney general say that he has no
desire to retire and give up his pro-
fessional career. He is only so years
old and in prime physical condition.
He has made a reputation as one Of
the great lawyers in this country and
Gilpin observer., 1902-09-04
Youth In iIob po.i.Ion.

One Of the youngest Of the British
ofilcials In South Africa is Major Her
bert Darling. commissioner OF police
at Bloomfontain. who is only 20 years
old. At 1s he managed mine In west
ern' Australia. At 20 no was captain
Of q west Australian contingent in
South Africa. He looks younger than
he really Is. and in the early days Of
the war. before his coolness and brav-
cry were recognized. he was known
among his associates a. Baby Das.
linz" s-a.
Gilpin observer., 1902-09-04
Venezuelan Vanguard surr.nd.r..

Willemstnd, Island OF Curacao, Aug.
31.-News from an official source has
reached Willemstad confirming preyi-
GUS reports that last Friday 600 men
Of the Venezuelan army who formed
the vanguard Of the government forces
near Oeumare, deserted and Joined the
revolutlonists. They took their arms
and equipment with them, and carried
their chief. General Castillo, prisoner
to the enemy.
Gilpin observer., 1902-09-04
swIII Demand satisfaction.

D.. Washington. Aug. COLOMBIA will
formally demand OF Nicaragua an ex.
PLANTATION in regard to the latter coun.
try's alleged participation In the revo-
luton against the Colombian govern.
ment and back up her demand with
the most formidable land and naval
force she can muster, as soon a. the
present rebel activity on the isthmus
has been crushed. Information to this
effect was received from nm authorita-
tivs source in Washington to-day. ?.
Gilpin observer., 1902-09-04
Denver Labor Day Parade,

Denver, Sept. 2.-The Labor Day pro.
cesslon yesterday. was the finest ever
seen in the city. The News this morn
Ing says there were 4,595 men In the
parade by actual county. Prize ban
ners were awarded to Painters and
Decorators Union No. 70 and Anal
Ramated Carpenters and Jolners' No.
720. Carpenters' Union No. IS and
Electrical Union No. 06 received spe.
cial mention.
Gilpin observer., 1902-09-04
WILL NOT eRIBE FoReER.

Bankers Deny Story That They Will
Pay Becker to "Be Good"
Charles Becker, the notorious for
ger. who will soon be released from
San Quentin penitentiary, California,
will not be paid salary Of $500 a
month or any other sum, by the Bank
Gilpin observer., 1902-09-04

Passion IL so largely menta! in wom-
on that reality seldom justifes the
hsights II reaches In imasinatioa.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
E31tz asln
; :;:}E$7:TSi It. lsl=:;;:;'Rt!;,]ls;
3Mf Ts;:: :: WORLD
WHAT INSECTS COST.
Damage Caused by Our Pigmy Pop
ulation Amounts to $3OO,OOO,-
900 Year.

The amount of the destruction done
annually in this country by insects of
various sorts is enormous. The
chinchbug caused a loss of $4,000, 900
in 1871, upward of 100000, 900 in 1874,
and in 1887, $6o,0Oo,o0O. The Rocky
Mountain locust, or grasshopper, in
1874 destroyed $100,OOO,0O0 of the crops
of Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and
Iowa, and the indirect loss. says DR.. H.
c. McCook, in Harper's Magazine, was
probably as much more.
For many years the cotton cater
pillar caused an annual average loss
in the southern states of $15, 100000,
while in 1868 and 1873 the loss reached
100000 The fy-weevil, our most
destructive enemy to stored grains,
particularly throughout the south, in
ficts an annual loss on the whole coun-
try of $40, 100000. The codling moth,
the chief ravager of the apple and pear
crops, destroys every year fruit val
ued at $50 100000 to $40. OO0, 900. The
damage to live stock inflicted by the
ob-dot, or oX-warble, amounts to $780,
100000
These are fair examples of the
enormous money losses produced in
one country by few of the many
pigmy captains Of pernicious industry
whose hosts operate in the granaries,
fields, stock farms and the stockyards
of our country. What is the grand
total? Mr.. B. D. Walsh, one of the
best entomologists of his day, in 1867
estimated the total yearly loss to the
United States from insects to be from
100000, 900 to $4OO,o00,0o0 In 1890
c. V. Riley, long chief of the division
of entomology, estimated the loss at
$3OO,0O0,0OO. DIR. James, Fletcher in
1891 footed up the total to be about
one-tenth of our agricultural prod.
ucts-$33O, 100000 In 1899 E. Dwight
Sanderson, after careful consideration
of the whole field, put the annual losi
at $3O9, OOO, 900.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
HUSBAND FOR A PENNY.
She Dropped . Postal In the Maddox
Slot and the Result Was
MatrimOny.

A business man who wanted bookkeeper
stated his need in an advertisement. The
notice was seen by young woman who was
out of work and who had searched for en-
ployment day after day without success.
She had just one cent left. This she spent
for postal card, on which she wrote re-
ply to the advertisement, and dropped the
card in street lettterbox, says the Detroit
News-Tribune.
Her application impressed the business
man favorably, and he wrote to her, asking
her to call at his office. She did SO and Sc
cured the position. Her modesty and worth,
no less than her capabihty, so won upon her
employer that before many months had
passed he offered her his heart and hand,
and she accepted and became his wife.
"And to think" he said one day, during
the honeymoon, "that it all came from your
spending your last cent for postal card
and mailing it at street corner"
eyes" she replied, with a smile and q
blush, II dropped penny in the slot and
got a husband"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
DIDN'T KNOW P1NG-PoN0.
Father Thought His Daughter Was
In Love with ChinanAn
by That Name.

The Oak Park girl had just come home.
from her first ping-pong party Sne mad
never played the game before that evening.
When she entered the library her father
was folding up his newspaper, preparatory
to going to bed, relates the Chicago Cnron-
icle.
''Do you know, papa, l discovered tonight
that never really cared about anything be-
fore in my life," she said by way OF introduce
ton. Il want to tell you about ii"
"Yes?" said the old man, with rising IN
Election on the word He was interested,
perhaps even a little startled. His daugh-
ter's face was serious.
81 have fallen in love with ping-pong."
"What" exclaimed pater famlllas. HIS
dismay now was unmistakable. Just then
his wife entered the room. He turned indlg-
nant eyes upon her.
''You are a nice woman" he shouted at
her. "What do you mean, madam, by bring
ing up your daughter the way you have
done No, don't interrupt--it's matter
enough! Owing to you skillful management
our little girl has lost what sense she was
born with. She has fallen in love with .
Chinaman!"
Five minutes later the old gentleman was
apologizing both to his wife and his daugn
ter As he went off to bed, however, he
muttered under his breath:
Ping pong, ping-pong! That's . nice
name for camel!
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
TIMELY DAIRY NOTES.

Salt should be always accessloie'
M not change the feed suddenly.
clean and thoroughly air stable De-
fore milking. -,
Never mix fresh warm milk with
chat which has been cooled.
M not allow dogs, cats OF 1oaieis
- no around at milking time.
nersons who milk the cows shoulo
have the finger nails cut closely
Eaen the stable and dairyroom IN
GOOD condition, fresh air and clean.
Milk with dry hands. Never allow
49, hands to come in contact with the
milk.
Wh;tewash the stable once or twice
. year. Use land plaster In the manure
cutters daily.
ITse no dry. dusty feed just previous
to milking; if fodder is dusty sprinkle
it before it is fed.
Do not move cows faster than com
for+ah1e walk while on the way to place
Of milking or feeding.
If cover is left off the can piece OF
cloth or mosquito netting should 20
used to keep out insects.
Observe and enforce the uttermoss
cleanliness about the cattle. their at
+endants. the stable. the dairy and an
n..n.ils.-G. u. SammiA in Epitom1st
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
A HARD STRUGGLE.

When you have a bad back, back
that's lame, weak or aching lisa hard
struggle sometimes to find relief and
cure, but it's a harder struggle when
the dangers beset you OF urinary dis
orders, too frequent urination, reten-
ton of the urine with all the subse-
quent pains, annoyances and suffering.
There are many medicines that relieve
these conditions, but you want rem
edy-a cure. Read this statement; it
tells of cure that lasted.
Veteran Josiah Heller, place of resi-
dence FOG South Walnut ST., Urbana,
ILL.,, says: SIN the fall of 1889 pro-
cured Doan's Kidney Pills at Cunning
hams drug store in Champaign and
after taking the remedy conscientious
ly I made a public statement of the
results. told how Doan's Kidney Pills
relieved me of kidney trouble, disposed
of my lame back and the pains across
nv loins beneath the shoulder blades,
ETC. During the interval which has
elapsed I have had occasion at times
to resort to Doan's Kidney Pills when
I noticed warnings of another attack
and on each and every occasion the re-
suit obtained was just as satisfactory
as when the Pills were first brought
to my notice. At this time I just as
emphatically endorse the preparation
as I did several years ago. 80
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mr.. Heller will
be mailed on application to any
part of the United States. Address
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For
sale by all druggists, price so cents per
Inv
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
COOPERATION PAYS.
Some Reason why Farmers Who Pro.
duce Milk Should Always Work
Together.

Cooperation among butter makers
should be- the thought of the hour.
There is no doubt that when we have
learned the lessons of cooperation we
shall make as good butter as the
Danes make and it will have as high
a reputation as has the butter pro-
duced by the farmers of that enter
prising nation. In every country
where the dairy interests have as
sumed large proportions cooperation
has become the keynote of the stu
alton. By cooperation we enormous"
ly increase the interest in dairying.
The more we educate the more we
cooperate. In fact, communities can
cooperate only as they become edu-
Gated along certain lines. A COM
munity of educated farmers can
build creamery together and oper-
ate it, for they have general IN
Outstanding of what should be done.
Where cooperative movements have
failed it has been due to the dense
ignorance of those that believed they
could manage the enterprise. Thus,
a community of educated farmers
will never build a creamery where
there are too few cows to make sue
cess possible. Yet the agents OF the
dairy supply houses have gone into
badly informed communities and SOLD
them thousands of dollars worth OF
practically useless dairy machinery.
Dairy education in communities
makes such exploits impossible. Co.
lucrative creameries should exist in
a great many communities where no
creameries of any kind exist to-day.
There are also many communities
that should sustain cooperative
creameries for the purpose OF IN
creasing the business OF the com
munity if for nothing else. A private
creamery must make money but IL ~
not necessary for a cooperative
creamery to make money Ii they
make no profit at all, merely paying
EXPENSES they have yet justified their
existence since they have made II
possible to utilize the waste material
and waste labor.-Farmers' Review
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
Octopus SEEN IN AFRICA.
Tn. "Mes~e,"a 1arine Monster That
II Much Dreaded by the
Natives.

ABelgian officer returned from the
COMO Free State reports that in the
cave-ns of the Uelle river there
dwels species Of octopus that pre-
SCENTS grave danger to all who navi-
gate the river in small boats. The
strange beasts are called "megwe"
by tho natives ard are. numerous in
the nAighborhood of the station of
the A1adis, owinE to the number of
rocks apd caves id that region. They
attack the native canoes, capsizing
them c3sily with their tentacles, and,
according to theft state of hunger,
Selling lne or two men. The octopus
drags lbs human prey to his cavern
and thFe, withd hut inficting the
slightest external wound, feeds on
his victims brains by inserting the
points oihis tentaeles in his nostrils.
He gene4lly keeps his prey Is hours,
and them lets the body float out on
the river
81 was IN eyewitness of disaster
of this xiii" says The Belgian, in the
New Yor1 Tribune "a canoe was
capsized 4 the river and one of the
three occ'p pants disappeared. When
the survivfs swan ashore they told
us that an octopus had turned their
boat over md carried off their COM
panion. he next morning about
nine o'clccl the body was found
floating, an no trace of any wound
could be- fo4d, while the only abnor-
NAL appear nee was the swollen
state Ct tn nostrils. On examina-
ton it was bund that the brain had
been extracted. The natives of the
Uelle all drad the .megwe,' while
those Of the timbri know nothing OF
it, existence.'
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
narrowing ON Wet Ground.

Ground should not be narrowed
when it is too wet. Only the skilful
farmer can tell when it is too wet.
One farmer follows the practice of
taking a handful of soil and work
ing it into a ball. If the ball holds
together he considers the soil too wet
to be worked. The narrowing should
be done. when there is sufficient mois-
ture in it to keep it from being very
hard on the surface, but should also
be dry enough SO that when narrowed
the particles of soil will fall away
from each other. The time during
which ground is just right for har-
rowing is of short duration. This is
especially true of clayey land. On
sandy soil there is little trouble in
narrowing at any time, especially ii
the soil be very sandy.-Farmers' Re
view
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08

should come out even with the out
side edge of 1x4, Fig. l. For edges
on side pieces of box use 1x4. plac-
ing them on the outside of posts
at the sides. Cut top of posts at
half pitch, and roof with boards
nailed together, inverted hog
trough fashion, letting them project
over the ends about 6 inches. The
above description is just right for
sheep, and can easily be carried from
one field to another. For larger
stock build on larger scale.-Ralph
Klock, in Ohio Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08

sufficient vitality, an operation for
ovarian troubles. Not a very cheerful
prospect, to be sure. I, however, was
advised to try Lydia f. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and Sam
alive Wash; l did SO, fortunately
for me- Before month had passed I
felt that my general health had inn
proved; in three months more was
cured, and / have been in perfect
health since. I did not lose an engage
ment or miss a meal.
"Your Vegetable Compound is GER
tainly wonderful, and well worthy the
praise your admiring friends who have
been cured are ready to give you. I
always speak highly of it, and you
will admit I have good reason to do
so."-MRs. G. BRUCE, Lansing, Mich.
$4,000 forfeit if aboue testimonial is not genuine.
The fullest counsel on this
subject can be secured without
cost by writing to Mrs Pinkham,
Lynn, Mass. Your letter will he
entirely confidential.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
DLAcardkd War Material.

Some idea d the vast quantities OF
discarded war material thrown upon
the general mllrket by the successive
changes IN armament adopted by the
various great bowers may be gath
cred from the LIST Of arms now offered
for sale from this cause by the Ital-
ian government. The list includes
100000 rifles ADOPTED so recently as
1887, with 100000 cartridges, 1900
9-pounders and 500 7-pounder guns.
with 100000 shells, and ITO 7-pounde1
mountain guns, with. 1900 shells
Washington Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
A DURABLE SALT BOX.
Il will BE Visited by Stock Nearly
aA Many Times NJ the Water
ing Trough.

In this day of intensive up-to-date
farming every farmer who keeps
stock should have supply of salt
within reach of the stock at all
times. A salt box will be visited by
stock nearly as many times during
the day as the watering trough But
salt in an open box will be wasted
considerably bv rain or snow, or the
stock, particularly sheep, will get
their feet in, and waste it in this
way. We give a description OF
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
HOW TO MAKE A SURVEY.

the space with small shot, smoothing
down until they fit closely in the space.
Cut out another piece of cardboard in
a rectangular shape and fill it with the
same shot, and mark the place where
they extend. Now multiply the length
by the breadth and make proportion
and you have the area of the land. The
diagrams above give some explanation
of what is meant by the survey. j..
Zuccerelle, in Epitomist.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
Hint for American Farmers.

The sugar beet growers OF Ger
many, realizing that they must get
out of their crop all that is possible
and that this only can be done by
making use of the bi-products OF the
crop, have, through the National AS
ISOLATION of Beet Culturists ana
Sugar Manufacturers. offered prize
of s2,3so for the best process TOT
driving beet leaves and the trimmings
of the beet. taken off before it IS
ground in the process of making
sugar, to preserve them for cattle
food. American farmers must learn
that the profits in their business as
in all others, are largely made from
the waste or bi-products.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
Weld. Of winter wheat.

The department of agriculture mas
comniled report showing the average
s;aIds Of wheat in bushels per acre.
:. e as follows: New York, 16.s; New
Jersey, IS; Pennsylvania, Is; De,a.
wa re 1e.5; Maryland, IA; Virginia, 81;
No-th Carolina, SO; South Carolina
ss: Georgia, g; Alabama, 6; Misslsslp-
~; 3. Texas, 9; Arkansas, 81; Iennes-
g. fee sc; West Virginia, Z; Kentucky
Sc y nhio 1e: Michigan, ia; Indiana, Is;
illinois, 1876; Wisconsin, ISL; iowa
,ns. Missouri. 1872; Kansas, 81; Ne
-, %. Idaho, 1854; Washington
e5,7: oregon, %; California, ls' o 1ea
bona, 11.e; Indian TERRITORY; o 10.
Average for the states and terr'tof'e'
..portad 1873.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08

covered salt box which any one who
has the average farmers supply OF
carpenter tools, viz: square, saw,
hammer and a few odd bits of lum-
Der found. on every farm, can make
in couple of hours.
The cuts explain themselves. Fig.
1 shows the end "bent," Fig. the
finished box. The 2x4's are set edge
wise to view in Fig. 1. The bottom
of box should be IL inches from top
of stills. The bottom board of box,
which should be about 3 feet long,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
Mare for the Money.

A gentleman, accompanied by his son, has
lust selected a picture representing group
of four peaches and a cut melon.
"How much?' he inquiries.
Fifty dollars" ...-..
Here the youngster whispers to his parent:
ooh, father, don't buy it. | saw much
finer one at another shop for $40
eyes, but how do you know 1t was bet
teri"
"Why, there were at least IL peaches and
the melon wasn't cut. Detroit Free
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
,.1,.ve . Choked Cow.

:nbhor turned his cattIe lH1o an
- with fallen apples = PAD
Mace for cows. One COW became her D han.
a phaS with an apple. Aneighbor nap
enoa a5 - have a piece of rubber hose
psnut three N feet long, rather stiff. we
aDou. ~ +b;s with lard, held the co" $
greas. nm and showed the hose down
heao h w. pushing the apple down
ner +he stomach. A piece OF rubber
hose is just the thing TOT .nns rpt stiff
being flexible and SOFT Yes y. are
enough for the purpose. hogs aosSs . 4
better for the orchard than cows
, pet,e' canton saves trouble ana a e.,
nense In many instances M o11o
Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
No Particular Difference.

Typewriter (pausing moment over her
shorthand copy)-I took this down in a
hurry, and can't make out from my notes
whether yoa wanted to tell this man down
in Macoupin county that you would stand
pat" or "stay put"
Statesman-Either one will do. He'll IN
derstand it.-Chicago Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
SURVEY MADE EASY.
How q Plat of Land of Any 81 ~
Can Be Measured Easily wit
Reasonable Accuracy.

Measure the boundary line Of TIE
land; then draw plat on thick car =,
board exactly the shape of the piece
of land, making proportion of say
one-quarter inch to the rod. Now cut
out of the plat inside of the lines and fill