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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-05-16
HOMEMADE THEATER.
n This Boys and Girls Can Have
ere Fun Than With Any other
Continuance.

Lots and lots of our readers DELIGHT
IN playing theater. Here is an 3D.
portunlty to build one at no cost, as
everything needed can be found
around the house.
lake a large wooden soap box and,
s1ter removing the cover, take a
cfosscut saw and saw through the
bottom of the box about 9A inches
carefully and fit it inside of the box,
y right angles to the sawed front,
20 form the floor of the stage. Cut
out the end which is now the top of
your toy theater, leaving but strip
along the front.
Take a strip of this removed piece
v ana tack it to the front of the box,
little bit below the level of the
stage.
The next thing is the curtain. Hunt
around until you find an old shade
roller, some Irvine and piece of red
or green cloth. Cut the roller the ex-
act width of the box. Then cut the
cloth SO that half an inch of roller
wal show on each side, tack one end
to the top of the box. Wind the
Irvine around the ends of the roller,
leading the Irvine from each end up
and over smooth tacks driven into
the top of the theater. These lines
should be operated from one side and
serve to pull the curtain up and
down.
Now comes the making Of the foot
lights and proscenium. Paste draw
ing paper on stiff cardboard and get
father or mother to follow the de-
sign in the drawing or carry out
their own ideas, using soft pencil
for the outlines and filling in the
pattern with water colors or crayon.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-05-16
READY FOR THE PLAY.

After this is done tack the cardboard
upright to the strip in front of the
stage, bending them back and lacking
them to the top. Tack the painted
footlights to the front strip, high
enough to hide any roughness of the
stage. After. designing and painting
the arch, cut out along the outline
and fasten it to strips of wood
nailed to the top of the stage and
iutting out as far as the strip along
the footlights.
The scenery for the little .theater
has now to be made. Get old card
hoard boxes, and take the large fat
pieces, cutting them to the desired
size and cover them with white paper.
If YOU want a wood scene outline the
trunks and branches with a heavy
nencil. or india ink, filing in the TO-
iiare with water colors, permitting
each color to dry before applying an
other.
Interiors, farm houses or sea
scenes can be cut out OF old maya
zines and pasted on.
After this is all done, your curtain
IL good working order and scenery
in place, get out your toy soldiers,
form them into groups-or, put your
tin boats behind the paper waves
with their paper and paint scene be-
hind it. One little boy who had this
theater built for him had two sets
If scenery, one of the woods and one
OF the sea.
His first tableau was "a Storm at
Sea-" using tin ship and his sea
scenery. Tableau two was called
.At the Station" showing company
Of toy soldiers ready to enter an iron
train, toy blocks were used to build
the station, Tableau three he called
.The Holdup in the Woods the same
little train being stopped by toy
man with his gun at his shoulder
ready to fire. Brooklyn Eagle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-05-16

of which had never before been seen
in France.
To the box he simply fastened mast
and double triangular sail. There
happened to be a good wind when his
work was done, and it carried him and
his carriage for great distance.
Any boy can make little land yacht
of this kind, all that he needs being
four wheels, which he can obtain with
out much trouble, an old soap box, a
strip of canvas or calico and stout
stick, which is to serve as mast. When
there is any wind he will find land sail
decidedly pleasantly. Y. Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-05-16
Four Thousand Godfathers.

Princess Irene of Prussia is better
provided for in the matter of god
fathers than is any other woman in
the world. She can boast Of 1000 god
fathers, and how she came to obtain
so many is pretty story. When she
was born the war of 1866 was drawing
to an end, and peace being concluded
lust at the time of her christening, her
father, Prince Henry Of Hesse, re-
ouested all the officers and men of the
regiments under his command to
stand godfather to his little daughter.
whom he named Irene (Peace) in COM
memoration of the end OF the War.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-05-16
UPS AND DOWNS.

'onnny's cryin': do Won be,r him,
H., .oh see why he should cry!
a. ause we two went coastin';
N the hill there, he AMI.
D. lovely sled las Christmas.
ar apa gave it, painted red.
your little brother use it
l the time"-our mamma said
An I did. I only used it
Soastln' down the hilp an then
livery single time let him
o'as 1t up the hill again.
X look him so long climbin'
mat he had 1t most-he did.
YET there You hear him cryin'l
lsn that JUS like a kid?
st. Nicholas.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-05-16
Boys LAND YACHT.
French Young ster Furnissles an Idea
Which Our Own Boys May
Find Worth Initiating.

While crude in construction. a Gu
Gently built by a French boy. He was
staying with his mother at a seaside
resort and one day, after watching a
yacht skim over the water, it occurred
to him that a person could travel very
comfortably on land by attaching a
sail to a carriage.
He got an old box and set of wheels
and in a few hours was riding up and
down the beach in carriage the like
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-05-16
The victories of Peace.

All glory to the old boys in blue,
who fought in the cause of freedom!
All glory to the younger boys in
blue who took up arms against Span
ish tyranny and n1isrule! Let Deco
ration day be fittingly celebrated and
with flowers bespread the graves of
those who have joined the mightier
hosts. But let us learn from the day
the lessons of peace, knowing full
we'll that her victories are more pro-
found than wars, for they make for
the kingdom of Heaven on the earth
and the universal brotherhood Of
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-05-16

The earnestness of life is the only
passport to the satisfaction of life
Parker.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-05-16


shock the sensibilities of the human
heart. We know that many, many
people are not really Christians be-
cause of carelessness and thought
lessness, and because they fail to
realize their true attitude toward
God. Comparatively few, perhaps,
have deliberately and finally rejected
Gods claim upon them. We suggest
the thought of satan's joining in the
Easter rejoicing and festivities so as
to bring out forcibly what Easter
celebration may mean. God declares
that man must either take his stand
with Satan or God, that he cannot
serve two masters. This being true,
which position do you occupy? You
are not standing with God until you
have accepted His Son as Saviour,
and been reconciled to God by Him.
You are standing with Satan if you
are not standing with God. What
does Easter mean to Satan? The
Living Lord is the sign of his utter
and final defeat. 1t was Satan in
the human heart which moved hui
man hands to place Christ upon the
cross. The darkness which settled
around the cross in that dying hour
was filled with Satan's hellish glee for
he believed he had triumphed at lastin
the death of the Son of God. And
if he could, he would have kept the
Christ shut up in the tomb, and Ro-
NO, coa1 and Roman guard would
have held, but the Prince of Life
Whom wicked hands had slain could
not be holden of death, for God
raised Him up. Satan's power and
work were broken completely. Could
he join in the rejoicing which filled
the hearts of the disciples of Jesus?
Nay, verify, that song struck the death
knell of his hopes. Can he unite to-
day in the Easter celebration? Not
more than can the imps of hell play
on the golden harps of the angels, or
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-05-16

r HE Indictment.-The fact of
Living Lord writes deep and black
the Indictment of the world. "Ye have
killed the Prince of Life, lis the charge.
Your sins and my sins, and the sin of
the world nailed Him on the cross.
The Easter message of risen Christ
brings condemnation to the world
while it makes glad with hope the be-
lieving heart. How can the voice of
the world be lifted to swell the glad
Easter song of Living Lord, while the
Indictment Of sin stands against it ur-
satisfied? No song ofrejoicing escapes
from the prisoner in the dock while
the Indictment declares his crime and
the guilt Of lawlessneSs rests against
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-13
Richard Montgomery Supposed to Be
Identical With Edward G. Rufus is
Held at Green Bay.
.KENOSHA WOMEN WILL PROSECUTE
Man is Alleged to Have Worked His Graft
In All Parts of the State and His Ca
reer VIII Be Cut Short.

Richard Montgomery colCred man
who is said 60 be identical with Edward
Rufus who managed to swindle mum.
Der Of women of Kenosha on propo.
sition to provide servant girls for them
is IN Jail at Green Bay waiting trial
on charge of embezzlement and it is
probable that he will be brought back
to kenosha 10 answer similar charge.
Montgomery seems to have been work
ing the same graft in the different
parts of the state and the charge
against him at Green Bay is brought
teen dollars from doctor there on
promises to bring him a man and
maid servant.
Montgomery was formerly news
paper man in Milwaukee and he has
made several incursions on Kenosha.
At the time of the dedication of the
soldiers monument he came to Keno
sla clad in purple and fine linen and
presented z. G. Simmons with a great
bunch of American Beauty roses as a
gift from the colored people of the
state. Montgomery came to the city
several other times in the last few
years to solicit funds for a mission
with which he was connected but it is
said that he has never been minister
and he is not recognized by other col
ored ministers who make Kenosha one
of their regular stopping places. The
Rev. Mr.. Simon who represents the
Swedenborgan mission of colored peo
pie in Chicago was in Kenosha today
and he seemed to have no hesitancy in
stating that Montgomery was crook
At least one of the Kenosha women
is willing to appear against Rufus il
he can be brought to Kenosha for triaI
and Calvin Stewart who has her case
in charge will proba bly, make an efforr
to have the man brought here.
An examination into the workings
of Rufus shows that he secured in the
neighborhood of fifty dollars in Keno
sha but most of the ladies are opposed
to prosecuting the man on account OIL
the notoriety that it will bring t
them.
The man had worked extensively il
Green Bay and it is stated that sever
al other cities in the state had felt the
weight of his confidential game.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-13
DON'T LIKE RULES.
Firemen Think That New Rules For Their
Government Are too Exacting.

Firemen Think That New Rules For Their
Government Are too Exacting.
Some of the firemen in the employ
of the city are not exactly in love with
the new rules which have been adopted
by the FIRE and police commission for
the government of the fremen and
open mutiny is possible if the rules as
prepared are strictly enforced. The
firemen claim that the rules are too
exacting for department where so
few men are employed and that they
are more rigid than the laws adopted
in such cities as New York, Pittsburg
and Chicago. The rules have not as
yet been printed but the storm Of pro-
test against their enforcement is al
ready brewing.
The fremen seem to think that they
should be allowed to adopt their own
rules for private life and the rules in
this regard are considered of humor-
Gus nature. Of course the fremen are
not saying anything but when the
rules are issued and sent to the differ
ent houses, the city will have to hire
more men if the laws are carried out to
the letter.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-13
TEACHERS ORGANIZE.
A Permanent Organization Formed on
Last Day of Institute.

A Permanent Organization Formed on
Last Day of Institute.
The teachers of Kenosia county
closed their work in the annual insti-
tute at Wilmot last Friday and it is re-
ported that the attendance during the
two weeks was very good.
In the afternoon of the last day all
the teachers present assembled to hold
a business meeting for the purpose of
forming an organization whose aims
sential are: To secure more intimate
relations between the teachers; to pro-
vide officers for the conducting Of
teachers meetings in the future; to
practice parliamentary rules of order,
and, in fact, provide for anything that
may arise in which the mem bers, as a
body, are to take part.
After discussion as to the nature of
the organization Mr.. Keuck, of Pleas
and Prairie, was appointed to act as
chairman. The meeting was then
called to order and proceeded TO
the election of officers for the coming
year. The officers elected were as fol-
lows:
President-Miss Eda Button, Will
mot.
Vice president-Miss Emma Castle,
Bristol.
Secretary and treasurer-Mr. Ray
Darby, Wilmot.
Sergeant-at-arms-Mr. Chas. MUIR
ply, Salem.
The chairman was then authorized
to appoint committee to draw up the
constitution and those appointed were:
Miss Katherine Struck, Bristol; Mr..
Leo. Daniels, Salem; Miss Bessie
Rogers, Somers; Miss Maude Benedict,
Woodwork; Mr.. Louis Limper, Keno.
sha.
This feature of the meeting being
closed a literary program was then
rendered consisting of:
II. Song-"Massa in de Cold. Cold Ground
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. -. BY Institute
2. Recitation. ......................Mis Miss Rogers
8. Paper. edited by Institute Editorial
StaH) NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
80. Read by Miss Higgins and Mr.. Darby
4. Vocal solo,. .......................M Miss Hall
5. Song-"Co-ca-chee-lu nk' ........ Institute
o. Farewell address ..........,.....M Mr.. Kraege
z Remarks. -. Mr.. Hubbard and Mr.. Taylor
5. Song-'Home Sweet Home. $50 Institute
The meeting then adjourned and
thus ended the institute. Now all babe
goodbye to Wilmot and returned to
their homes where they will enjoy the
rem aiuder of their vacation.
RAYMOND DARBY,
Sec'y and Treas.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-13
Annual Redemption Notice Of the
County Contains but Twelve
Pieces Of Property for Sale.
COUNTY SETS A NEW TAX RECORD.
Total Amount Remaining Unpaid After
Three Years is Only S157.31.-Re-
dnction Amounts to Thousands.
(From Thursdays Daily

County Clerk w. G. Crosby today
completed me work of making up the
tax redemption list of property in Ke-
nosha county which is to be sold for
non-paymeut of taxes, and the list sets
a new record for the tax payers of Ke-
nosha county. In years gone back
hundreds of pieces of property had
been sold for taxes every three years
but the list this year contains but
twelve pieces of property in the entire
county and the total amount of taxes
remaining unpaid amounts to but
$157.31. This is reduction of more
than thousand dollars over the last
redemption sale, and it is probably the
smallest amount Of unpaid taxes re-
turned by any county in the state.
The property will be sold next
spring, and in the meantime the own
ers of it still have chance to redeem
it. Not a single valuable piece of
property is included in the list and
many of the pieces offered for sale
have been left to the keeping of the
county on account of the fact that
the owners have left the city and
county and their present whereabouts
are unknown to the county clerk.
Seven of the pieces of property are
out in the towns of the county, and the
other FIVE are in the city. The towns
of Randall, Wheatland, Paris and
Brighton return clean sheet and
show that every cent Of taxes assessed
In the town to the date of the present
list have beer paid. This record has
never been equa1ed in the past In the
town of Randall many lots had for
mer1y been returned with unpaid taxes
but this property has now become
valuable and it is no longer on the list
of property to be redeemed.
In the city the total amount of un-
paid taxes is $121.76 and all of the
taxes remaining unpaid we're taxes as
sessed on vacant lots in the sub
divisions recently added to the city.
For the past two or three years the
list of taxes returned unpaid has been
growing steadily less. The tax sales
in the city have become of little
interest. The tax title sharks who
visit the city annually do not come to
Kenosha any more as the county has
secured record of being county
where taxes are paid, and the titles
offered for sale are usually for property
that is not worth the amount charged
against it for the support of the city
and county. The record that the
county has made it even more remark
able when it is understood that during
the last few years large increases have
been made in the taxes.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-13
Louis r. KruemIing Is Named as
Principal Heir to the Estate of
". Faust Of Grand Rapids.
WEALTH COMES FOR STABLE BOY
Kenosha Boy Who Has Been working at
to Have Inherited $4,000.
(From Fridays Daily

It is quite step from the position
of stable boy in livery stable to the
position of one of the wealthiest men
in the city, but that is said to be the
trick that tickle fortune has played on
Louis Kruemling, stable boy, who
for several years has been employed at
the livery stable of t. j. Meyers.
Every body in Kenosha knows Louis
Kruemling He was a good stable boy
and a good driver and his services
were always in and, but it is prob
able that in the near future he will
occupy the rear seat and let someone
do the driving.
The reason for his changed condi-
ton is found in the recent death of
J. V. Faust, wealthy resident OF
Grand Rapids, Mich, who, dying with
out direct heir, left a large portion of
his estate to the Kenosha stable boy.
Faust is grand.uncle of the Kenosha
boy, and the relations between them
have always been of the most friendly
nature, but the boy in his fondest
dreams never thought that he would
be named as the heir Of the distant
relative. So little did he think Of this
that he did not even know the extent
of the property owned by Faust and
his first indication that he had become
opulent was received last night when
he was ordered by the public admins
traitor of Grand Rapids to come to that
city and make the proofs Of his heir
ship and receive the property that had
been placed in his care and keeping.
Kruemling didn't let the grass grow
under his feet, but took the train for
Grand Rapids this morning and will
be there in time to take up the case
with the courts tomorrow.
No one in Kenosha seems to know
the exact amount of the estate that has
been left to the stable boy in this
peculiar manner, but it is said to be
many thousands of dollars and Kruem-
ling will enjoy the luxury of being a
rich man. Among the boys who
worked with him at the stable it is
stated that the fortune amounts any.
way to million dollars, but others
who are better acquainted with the
facts state that Faust left property
to the amount of a little over fifty
thousand dollars.
Of course few dollars more or less
will not cut any particular figure in the
settlement of the case, and all the
money will be gladly received by the
Kenosha boy.
Kruemling resides with his parents
on Grand street and is about twenty.
five years of age. He has large mum
Der of friends in Kenosha and all OF
them will be glad to know of his good
fortune.
It is to be hoped that the Kenosha
boy will have no trouble in making
good his claim to the estate.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-13
Unknown Guest Rifles the Rooms on
Third Floor OF EicheIman Hotel
and Secures Valuable Booty.
ROBBER ESCAPED TO CHICAGO.
Man Suspected of Crime Registered at the
Hotel as Geo. f. Weller and Claimed
Oshkosh as His Home.

There was excitement a plenty at
the Eichelman Hotel shortly after
supper last night when it was discov-
cred that unknown parties had looted
the rooms on the third floor of the
hotel occupied by the servants Of the
house and had managed to get away
with money and valuab1es to the extent
of over hundred dollars. The first
report gave the idea that all the roo ms
of the hotel had been entered by the
robber and guests scurried back to the
hosiery to find that nothing had been
touched.
Il seems that the man attempted to
enter other rooms on the floor bat find
ing the doors locked and being little
pressed for time he took only the room S
of the servants. The losses reported
include two gold watches valued at
seventy dollars, three rings and a
small amount of money.
AS soon as the robbery was reported
to the managers of the hotel the po-
lice were notified and the entire force
ing able to surround the culprit but
the man had evidently expected an
early discovery of the crime and had
left the hotel and the city.
A guest registering under the name
of George F. Weller of Oshkosh is
supposed to be responsible for the rob-
berry. He disappeared from the hotel
under suspicious circumstances soon
after the crime was committed and is
supposed to have taken the 7:48 train
for Chicago. The police have wired
description of the man to interv en-
| ing cities and an effort is being made
to capture him. Weller came into the
hotel late Wednesday afternoon and
stated that he didn't want anything to
eat but wanted room in quiet por-
ton of the hotel where he could go to
sleep in comfort. The man was as
signed room on the third floor and
went directly to his room. Later he
was seen walking about the corridors
of the hotel by several people who live
there. After the robbery was report
ed all the guests in the hotel were
reused and when the porter reached
We1ler's room he found it empty,
Later it was discovered that the man
had mounted a Market street car and
had asked the conductor the way to
the railway station and the time of the
first train leaving the city. The man
caught the 7:48 train and it is suppos.
ed that he dropped off somewhere be-
tween Kenosha and Chicago.
It seems that crimes similar to the
one charged at the door of Weller have
been committed in several Wisconsin
cities during the last few days and
only Tuesday the Hotel Racine was
robbed in similar manner. It is sup
posed that the man who robbed the
Racine hotel came directly to Kenosha
and worked the same plan.
Every possible effort will be made to
locate the man and if he is found he
will be brought back to Kenosha for
trial