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RARE BOOKS AT Low PRICES.
4 Giunta BOccacciO Goes At 6lS-P. T
Barnun,'s Life for 30 Cents.

James p. Silo began sale Of rare editions
last night In the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries
and disposed Of about 500 volumes. but at
low prices. A rare Giunta edition Of Boo
caccio brought only SIS.
Max Roose's Life OF Van Dyck.- con-
tanning fifty photographers Of his master
pieces was bid in OF SIS. a Book Of Sport,
edited by W. Pattern, brought a similar
price. A rare old set Of Audubon's Birds
and Ousdrupeds- was knocked down at
1l3 The Autobiography Of p. T. Barnum'
and an old Bible were purchased by woman
at 80 cents each
Tho sales will continue throughout the
week, 5000 books being catalogued Last
night the Union League Club, through
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-09

The record for this hour made by Miller and
Wathour in 1899 is ?67 miles laps.
dropped ont within eighteen hours The
first pair to withdraw were the back and
white team, Peterson, the swcde. and lIed.-
pcth, TN" negro, both from Chicago, Their
rrtircmout was, compcllcd by, uedspeth's
breaking his col larbon" In a fsl before tho
rice was two hour Old. Bad and Fixes
wore tho second couple to declare ont They
etoun"d after two hours and nifty. minutes
Of riding and they. IN" sum" a., ~" black
and white team. were one lap bchlud the
leaders Willet Fem, Who was looked upon
a. a sure slayer, was tho third man to spoil
in proper. condition and At $50 O'Clock IN the
morning h" -nid he was NIL out" and refused
70 coutiru" II" and Kcoran wer" then even
track uutil hi- trainer and peter -on's manager
had arranged TO pair In" twain a. recon-
%fId GCGn IN t 1"TyCa k"'f b
under the rules they had TO sacrifice a lap.
by taking tho scor" Of the lowest team mem
h"r and Peterson had lost lap before iied'-
Rruni Of the Naotian pair, was next 70
h9W n ,me Sp1nSG al ia th Bu ths 10 nGn,
| hour. aftcr had lost half a dozen laps by slow
riding lootcns Of the Belgian team loon
| her, ,BaTaGuin. then paired with Bui,sson as n
| patChCd-uG pair ~" newly mated foreign
The "vcning' when hon tHCv we're seven laps boz .,
| hind they gu,'. dtsnrp.arinr from the whirl-
1
was ,.s5i1cd ,cr the race Ypd they were not
| n" pairing Of KooCan, who IA n witty
| Irithmau, with Peterson, tho big Swcdc.
! was froucht with humorous circumstances
| Tho managers Of the mon had arranged the
| dead, and when Peters n appeared to rClinN q
| K""gan 10 flashed past him with rupidty'
| H,'cr-on's relief of tho Iri-hman were all
| made in IN" sam" whirlwiud fashion. and
| along In the afternoon, when they had been
mates for eight or nine hours. kcrgan, re-
| turning to his dressing room, said to his
| trainer: "B"gorra, will vo tell that blame
| Swrd" TO 90 a hit slow when he comes out
| noN'. 50 I can get a look ~ him Sure. I'm
| riding with man tn" fac" ot whom haven't
| had "A peek az vet tie gets up To mo and
| COOS past like tn" divil's own. All I've seen
| OF him J. his back
kccgUn has IL" important winning element
| Of huwor and good nature IN HIM and II was
| IN pure fun that inter taking "A bowl OF rlc
| from his tralner for tho third or fourth time
| during III" day, he exclaimed;
| And YEP must take me for q ChlnnnHn
| steak now for the next time I'm of or II
| break the heads Of nll of yeV"
| From 10 = o'clock IN the evening are tho
| dull and dsrlrlting hours IN the Garden
| There is no music. The steady boa riders
| who SIT through without going ont to supper
| nro apathotiC There IL no cheering md the
| riders become llstloss
| Tie roliefs OF even the most sririted IN ir.
| lose their dash and the IA 90 droncs on nonot,
| onouslv With the scores falling further anc
| further behind the records. Althis l. change
when the band strikes m md the evrninl
| crowd begins TO file In and tho shrill whist lei
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-09
TWO Stills or OIL AFIRE.
Quick Action 10y Workmcn Prevents Much
Damage In standard Works.

The manhole cover on top Of one Of the
stills in the Williamsburg plant Of the Stan
dard Oil Company, at Kent avenue and
North Thirteenth street, blew of last light.
exposing the 900 barrels of crude oil in
the sti.l to the air. A. the oil was heated
to CO.. degrees this contact with the air
caused combustion and fremen had u
lively hours fight. Four alarms were sent
In by Battalion Chief Snow, the expert
oil fire fighter. as "a precaution,
The etill was one of battery Of seven-
teen, but the men employed at the refinery
succeeded ia pumping the oil from fifteen
of them before the remaining two were
blazing.
The walls OF the refinery near the two
blazing stills caught fire and a large sec
ton of the roof fell in, but nobody was
hurt.
The damage was about :? 900.
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Congressman Conneli's Cont est for Ills Seat

sCaANroN. Pa. Dec. s.-Congrcssman
Cornell to-day filed in the United States
Court here papers formally contrasting the
election Of George Howell To Congress. His
petition Is accompanied by another IN which
the Congressman says that he Is informed
that n scheme has been Matched to tampcr
the Court to appoint n committee To bring
the ballot boxes into court, This motion
Judge Archibald approved and the ballot
boxes will be brought into court tomorrow
morning.
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SCHISM ~ WOMAN'S CLUB.
Opposition 90 Woman's Rights Doctrines
In Cornell Club.

ITHACA. n. Y, Dec. s,-Strong opposi-
ton to the Political Equality Club, which
was recently established among the women
of Cornell University by Nora Stanton
Batch, a granddaughter of the late Eliza
beth Cady stanton, has recently developed
and many Of the women students declare
that the club has no place among the proper
activities of the women here and il must 60
This opposition eliminated ut recent
meeting of the club which was addressed
Miss Batch who gave IN strong language
the reasons why women should be per-
mittcd To vote.
There promises to he bitter feeling he
tween the club and the faction opposed
To Il.
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senator Fairbanks's Daughter Divorced.

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec, s.-Airs, Adelaide F.
Allen, daughter OF United States Senator
Charles W. Fairbanks. obtained a divorce
from her husband Or. Horace u Allen,
Jr., to-day. The complaint was filed on
Saturday, Or. Allen appeared, but did
not defend the action. Mrs. Allen com
planned that Dr.. Allen has failed TO con-
tribute to her support and had treated her
cruelty
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HELEN GOULD AT NIGHT SCHOOL.
Around on an Inspection Tour and Enjoys
the Pupils Salad.

Miss Helen Could, accompanied by Mrs
F. NJ. Weeks. superintendent of the II me
for the Frendlcss Miss IRonora +. McCon-
neil, public school teacher Of sewing, and
Miss Ida A. Mosher, a student at New Yoi Il
University, visited Night School 81 al
i.0h street and Amsterdam avenue
last night After watching the pupils
cook, sew and do other things. Miss Gould
and her party ate some biscuit and salad
made by the students.
The party later visited another night
school at Ninety-sixth street and Avenue A
Before leaving School 81 they told Mrs
L. G. Peterson, the principal, that thcy were
all greatly pleased with the work Of the
school,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-09
HER DOG Guarded HER RODY.
Faithful Irish Setter Stands by Mistress
Killed by Train.

CBpARHURsT, l.. l.. Dec. s-Mrs. Elvira
Bolton Of this place was struck and III
s,antly killed this afternoon by Far Rocka-
way train She was widow and lived with
her daughter, Lillian. who Is a schoolteacher
at Lawrence. L. !. She went out with her
Irish setter TO visit neighbor. There is a
curve where she attempted TO cross the
track and trains approaching from Long
Island City are hidden by a shanty. The
dog was running ahead when Mrs Bolton
was struck. She was thrown fifteen feet
to one side of the track and died instantly.
Before the trairmen got TO In body
the dog had run back and was standing
over his dead mistress, whining and licking
her hands, He followed the body to Mil
ler's morgle, remaining ct the morgue
door until the body was removed o the
dead woman's home.
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volcanic Eruption on samoan Island.

SAN FRANCIsCO, DeC. B,-The Ptoamer
Sierra, which arrived to-day from Sydney,
via Samoa, brought news Of a violent erup-
ton on the Island of Savaii. the largest Of
the samoan group. No loss of life is re-
ported small native village was COW
cred with ashes,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-09
Freight station at beaumont. Tex. burned
Again.

DALLAS, Tex, Dec. s-The Southern
Pacific freight station and all its contents
were burned NJ Beaumont to-day. The
fire was iccndiary. 1t has been burned
twice within "A year.
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John l.. Reid Dead.

STrRGIs, Mich, Dec. 3 John l.. Reid
of New York city, tray Her for Lee. Tweedy
4 60 Of that city died suddenly here last
night OF neuralsitof the heart,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-09
Cold snap.

The mercury got down to Is degrees last
night which seemed very cold, indeed
IL was drop of IS degrees for the day
The wind fell with the mel curry, however.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
Doctors at Fun era1 II.

A correspondent asks one of my
medical contemporaries: when a
medical man attends the funeral of
a patient, should his carriage pre-
cede the hearse, or follow the other
carriages in the procession" The
editor replies that sit would be quite
out of place for a doctors carriage
to precede the hearse." That may be
his opinion; but there may be others
who will think it in accordance with
the fitness of things that the doctor
should figure in the procession as
conducting the deceased to the grave.
Evidently the doctor who asked the
question thought that he ought to
go in front, and he ought to know
better than anybody else how far he
was entitled to the most prominent
position in connection with the cere-
mony. Personally, were a doctor,
I think should keep as far away
from my patients funerals as pos
sible. It is one of the few cases
where the professional rules against
advertising seem to be entirely in the
interest of the observation-disclosures
Truth.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
RURAL INGENUITY.
A Virginia MOuntaineer's Odd Solu.
ton Of q Serious Domestic
Difficulty.

every time l tell this story" a
bright society matron remarked,
according to the Detroit Free Press,
somebody accuses me of making it
up-but it is true story, neverthe-
less.
up III the Virginia mountains this
summer David and I took a long
walk to explore the wild country
road near our hotel. Way up on the
rough mountain side was little
cabin; and, as 1 have most fervent
human interest in the home life of
all peoples remote from cities, l pro-
posed that we visit the cabin, with
the wayfarers' usual pretext-to ask
for a drink of water. In the one room
of the small house were the usual
furnishings, few chairs, many dogs
lying about, guns on the wall, high
bed in each corner, and a homely
table spread with homely crockery in
the center of the household picture.
A plain little woman, worn and aged,
but very neat in calico frock and
Bingham apron, met us at the door
and asked US in, while one Of the
rough boys lounging on the porch
was dispatched to the spring for
fresh water.
Instead of the usual mountain
GERS open fireplace, with iron crane
and kettles, was a surprising arrange
ment of a cooking stove mounted on a
kitchen table. My glance reverted to
this curious sight SO often that our
mountain hostess seemed constrained
to explain. E..7. .
"'You-uns amt used ter SEEM cook
stoves fixed up hathaway, I reck-
on she said, alphabetically. Pap, he
got there cook stove down in town
way las May, and he didn' think
bout the stove pipe. an he didn' git
huff to reach up to that there hole
in tn chimbly, so we-uns jes' histed
the cook stove up on that there table
till he gifts time t. go t. town an git
some more stove pipe. faint handy
t. climb up on a cheer t. cook, an l
wish t. tn land Pap'd hurry his-self
an git t town arter that there stove
pipe. It'd be heap handler t. hev
that there cook stove down on tn
groun'.
"Of course, 'we-uns' agreed with
the good woman, that her complaint
was well based; but we praised her
cleverness and originality in utilizing
the kitchen table. Probably not one
woman in 100000 would have ever
suggested that way out of the domes-
tic difficulty"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
THOUGHTS OF HOME.


II dug me good to go back hum,
Wher' all my folkses be,
An git tn rousin' welcome tibet w
They allus have fer me;
IKE tew see my neighors, too
IN Wurs l ulster know
When wuz jes little tad,
A long, iolg time ago. IT,
Inc OF house looks about tn Same,
A-restin' mungst tn trees;
III birds is singin' jest es sweet,
Likewise the honeybees;
And up an down the front yard walk,
Wher' once l ulster play,
IN same sunfiow'rs thet bloom'd thel
then.
Is bloomin' Their tew-day.
Ole "Shep," who's know'd me ever sence
wuz little boy,
VIII allus meet me at tn gate
An bark an jump fer joy;
l notice pap amt quite so spry
Ez ne wuz years ago,
An mothers head Is most es white
rs last Decembers snow.
Their hain't no spot on this green earth
Wher / kin feel es free
rs beck hum wher' l allus know
A We!cum waits fer me;
hate tew think about tn time,
Which soon err late must cum.
When Their won't be nobody left
Few Welcum me tew hum
Ohio State Journal
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
Travelling in West Africa,

The absence of horses and of other
beasts of burden, combined with the
density of the tropical jungles and
forests, renders locomotion, at all
events for Europeans, especially diff
cult on the west coast of Africa,
writes a correspondent. No roads
from the coast exist through the for
est and swamps; only narrow paths,
like sheepwalks, which the natives
traverse in single file. eve mount -
adds the correspondent, ION very
light trap, drawn by six negroes, and
accompanied by others. In this way
we traverse all the open country;
when this terminates we leave the
trap, ard are carried in hammocks,
four men carrying each hammock,
and when the bush becomes too thick
for this method of transit we get out
and walk.''-Golden Penny.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
Frozen MIX in Labrador.

Cows are scarce in Labrador, be-
cause it is difficult to keep them in
the extremely cold weather. The ma
tives procure their milk for the win
ter and then kill their cows. The
milk is kept in barrels, where it
freezes and never turns sour through
out the entire season. When one
wishes to use any milk he has simply
to go to the barrel and cut out a
slice:-N. Y. Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
A Horse ON Mahom ct.

Mahomet had just sprung his little
aphorism, knowledge is power"
'Very good" exclaimed the grand
visier with green look. 'sThen do
we understand that horse sense is
horse power?"
This BEING too much for the great
prophet, he went forth and reen.
forced himself with . pony.-N. Y
Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08

the Spanish He reached
that carried aboard the ship ncisco whom
this continent headed revolt the
At that the
the that their
the natives of that lay beyond the OF
tribes November
punishment revolutionary
alboawa eheaded a
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08

The Worlds: Struggle.-The world is
making an heroic struggle in battling
against Satan. It is bringing its cul-
ture, its wisdom, its power and inf1u-
ence, it's laws and its penal and re-
| formatory institutions to bear upon
the works of Satan, and it does not
cause the arch fiend one anxious mo-
ment OF single troubled thought. Our
Lord in His parable of the man and
the unclean spirit gives us picture OF
| the world in it's efforts to get rid of the
Devil and his works. The man sue
ceeded in driving out the unclean spir.
it which was disfguring and distorting
his life. He sweeps out all the filth
ness left behind by the demon and then
proceeds to garnish his heart with cul-
ture and refinement and wisdom OF
the world. And while he is beholding
| with satisfaction what he has been
able by his own effort to accomplish,
behold the unclean spirit, weary with
his wanderings, returns, and, finding
such greatly improved quarters, he
Immediately calls in seven other
spirits more wicked than himself, and
| the last state of that man is worse than
1he first. Now notice Jesus appEca-
ZION of that parable: even SO shall
| It be also unto this wicked genera
ton" The world is busy trying to
| drive the Devil out and obliterate his
footprints, and seems to succeed for
a time, but Satan is holding high car
! niyal with the demons driven out and
bidding his time, knowing of surety
! that he can drive them all back again
into the places that have been swept
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
Very Useful.

Mr.. subs-I see you are keeping a
horse now. Do you find him useful?
Mr.. Hubs-Well, guess SO. Why.
how'd l go to mill for feed for him
If didn't have him Fudge.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
Goat Want ed.

Wifey (who is doing her own cook
ing now)-I can't seem to make little
enough Of anything. wish some poor
hungry creature had what we have left
every day.
Hubby (who hasn't much appetite
lately)-Yes, we ought to keep goat.
They say a goat can eat anything
Philadelphia Bulletin.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
Not His Job.

"Your husband is foorwalker in a
department store, isn't hep"
eyes"
"Then, why don't you have him get
M and walk the floor with the baby
when she cries?
ST can't wake him up. When 1 shake
him and tell him what's the matter he
mumbles something about soothing
strip in the drug department three
aisles down, and then goes to snor-
ing again. Chicago Tribune.
What Answer Could She Makes
Mother-Elsie, your sister tells me
YOU took second helping of pudding
at Mrs. Browns to-day.
Little Elsie-So I did, mamma.
.'Do you think that was right, FL
sie?"
eyes. You know you have often told
me not to contradict anyone, and Mrs.
Brown said: 7 know, Elsie, will have
a second helping to pudding and ]
couldn't contradict her, could I?"-
Washington Star.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-02-13
Scientific Adjustment,

The value of spectacle consists in:
1st-the skill with which it is adjusted;
2d-its method of construction. G. D.
Bruce Tudor, M. A. o., who is to visit
Fiesler & McNeice's store on Wednes-
day and Thursday, February 10 and
20, is New York refractionist of fif-
teen years experience, a graduate of
the London International school of
Opthalmology, uses the Tudor method
of retinoscopy and prescribes all
glasses from direct beamenations of
the sefex, doing away with all guess
work. If your eyes bother you or
your spectacles do not fit we should
advice you to see him. No charge for
thorough examination.
Fiesler and McNeice, before permit
ting their name to be used in connec-
tion with Mr.. Tudor, convinced them
selves fully that his claims are war;
ranted, and they give him their en-
dorsement.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-02-13

st. Cloud and information of insanity
filed against him in the probate court.
The boy is in a terrible condition
both mentally and physically and is
extremely nervous. The muscles of
his face are paralyzed and he is I'M
able to close lis jaw. After an ex-
animation young Jones was commit
ted to the asylum at Fergus Falls,
where he will receive proper treat
ment, and it is thought he will be re-
stored to health. Tie lad is really
to be pitied.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-02-13
HOBOKEN.

Hurrah for sleigh ride now.
Miss Minnie Scheifer visited her
cousin, Mrs. 1. w. Reed and Miss
Josephine McCloud last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen. Worland gave
a dinner party to their Hocoken
friends on Monday evening Feb. 8.
Leroy Smith. left on the midnig ht
train, on Monday for Crookston to
spend few days with relatives,
thence he goes to Williston, N. D., to
resume his work on the ranch with
his brother Fred.
T Mr.. and Mrs. Sanford Smith spent
Saturday with Mr.. Smiths parents.
Miss Minnie Tracy is at home now
attending the Academy,
Mr.. Bowman expects to move soon
into his house, that he purchased of
Mrs. Worland of Havre, Mont.
Mr.. j. P. Stevens went up to Vii
lard on Thursday and returned on
Friday.
Mrs. Anna Smith spent Sunday
afternoon with her neice, Miss Edna
Smith.
We all enjoyed the surprise party
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Rena
Reed ON Saturday evening.
Miss Kate Holman visited her sis
ter Barbora on Monday. PEGGY.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-02-13

examination Mr.. Simonton said he
could not see when he signed the will;
how many sheets of paper there were
in it; it was typewriter, and he OBJ
served only the last page. He had
been sent for, saw Moore sign but
there was nothing said as to the con-
tents of the instrument. 1t was not
read aloud nor nothing was expressed
by Moore as to what was in the in
stument. There were two signatures.
One the full Alexander Moore, and
the other Alexander M. and then a
blot. He could not say as to the at
tempted signature on the second line.
Both were his signatures written at
that time. He could not recollect of
seeing Moore sign the will but once
the one complete signature-as to both
signatures he had no recollection. On
redirect examination, the witness was
confident that both signatures were, by
Moore, but he could not definately de-
clare he had seen him write more than
one.
G.. n. Bennett, the other witness to
the will, had lived in Sank Centre
since $50, and had known Moore since
'67. In reply to a direct question by
Judge Bruener he declared Moore
to have been on Feb. 26, 1891, of
sound mind and disposing memory.
He then Unidentified the signatures 10
the will, and explained as to the UNI
completed signature of Moore. He
had signed the first line fully, but
on the second line, he had made a
balk with the pen, but Hogan had
said he would fix it and had drawn a
new line on the paper aboy5 the first
and on this Moore had affixed his
signature in full Na
The contestant then called Mr.. Hog
an. He testified he had found the will
in Moore's safe in his (Hogan's) Office
where he had kept it with his other
papers. He had drawn Moore's pap
ers since 1885; since 1878 he had
written his business letters, drawn his
legal papers, etc., but had not tried
his law suits. Since about this time
he had received an annual fee or re-
tainer. but denied that the condition
complied with the title confidential
adviser" supplied by Mr.. Reynolds.
He had drawn the will and after it's
execution it had been placed in
Moore s safe at his order; ne (Hogan)
had the combination of the safe; it
was. found in the safe where he had