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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-17

and help us," that country, no mat ter what name it chooses to assume, can never be generally Known other than as Macedonia.
 The population of this modern Macedonia is of an extremely mixed character consisting of representa- tives of each of it's neighbors, includ- ing Greeks, Bulgarians, Servians and Roumanians, besides liberal sprink- ling of true Turks. Of these the Bulgarians are the most numerous, and the Turks are criefy the military and official class.
 Parts of the country are famous for fertility, producing among others abundant and excellent crops of wheat, cotton, tobacco, wine, oil and fruits. The peasants are industrious, and but for governmental .misrule might be fairly prosperous. A recent traveller has described the impression received on coming by night from the southeastern part of European Turkey into a village sit uated in the midst of one of those ag- ricultural communities. "It created" says the writer, "a most striking inn pression on the mind, passing as we had done in the gloom and silence of the night from surroundings of sloth, inactivity and decay to the stirring, enlivening scenes of energetic labor. On every hand, even at an early hour, was displayed wonderful activity and industry. :. The village seemed full of threshing floors, where the corn was being trodden out by oxen and horses; men and women engaged in winnowing or piling the straw into stacks" In spite of great industry and energy, however, the peasants are slow to adopt modern methods, preferring the primitive ways of their ancestors.
 Macedonia, in common with other parts of the Turks dominions, sees much crime. Here is an instance A young Bulgarian was. sitting one Sunday afternoon near fountain. Four Turks made their way through the throng and without word of
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-17
BIG PRICE NAMED FOR CEDERIC
John E. Madden Asks $30,000 for the
 TTntriod Son of MirthfI,l

John E. Madden Asks $30,00O for the
 Untried Son of Mirthful.
 The get of John B. Madden's young stallion Mirthful is undergoing boom that threatens to be unprecedented Last year one of his colts out of Skadi was held at the high figure of $1S,OOC while still untrded, further condition being a retention of share, amount unknown, of the stake winnings. Ceder. ic, another colt by Mirthful, a two year old, also untried, has attracted the at tention of several wealthy turfmen who have asked MT Madden to set g price on him. These gentlemen arc understood to be MT Whitney, MI Featherstone, Mir Paget and Nh Smathers, the new adventurer among the runners.
 Mir Madden replied to these over lures, and yesterday named as an op. tion the sum of $3O,OOO just as the youngster stands in his box on Church i'll Downs, and announced that nc smaller sum will buy him. This is sai6 to be the record in this country for an untried two year old.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-17
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

Manager Jacques takes pleasure in announcing that he has concluded ar engagements for the appearance at Polls theater on Wednesday, March 25, of Mary Shaw in Ibsen's widely discussed drama, Ghosts" The play will come to this city direct from it's successful run in New York. It will be presented here with the same ex. traordinary cast which was so highly praised by the metropolitan critics Sale of seats will commence Tuesday March 24, punctually at S:30 a. m o'clock. Prices 25c to $1.50. Free list positively suspended.
 3-14-6
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-17
GREAT STADIUM FOR HARVARD.
Nothing Like It In This Country and
 Only Few in the Old World.

Nothing Like It Tn This Country and
 Only Few ill the Old World.
 Cambridge, Mass, March 17.-P1ans for Harvard's new athletic field are nearly ready to be placed in the hands of contractors. The chief feature is the stadium and arena, surrounded by peramnent banks of seats, the like of which is not to be found in this coun- try, and in, the old world only ill few of the ancient cities of Greece and It. aly The structure will cost SITE, ,OOO, and have seating capacity of 3O,OOO, with auxiliary accommodations for 1O,- 900 more
 It will be given to the university by the class of 1879, and will stand as a memorial of the twenty fifth annlver- sary of that class, which is to be ceIe- brated at the commencement of 1904.
 The stadium is to be fireproof, being constructed of brick, steel and stone concrete. On the inclosed field will be the football gridiron, running track and a straightaway. There also will be room for every kind of field sports except baseball.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-17
MODERN MACEDONIA
Where the Revolutionary Spirit Reigns That May
 Throw Europe Into Terrible War

warning eacn urew q prstoT and slna- ultaneously discharged the contents into the body of the lounger. The four assassins then retreated with great deliberation and no one in the crowd made any attempt to stop them. Red tape prevented Turkish off1cialidom from ever. experimenting the murderers. When it is not out rage upon the part of the soldiers it is gross carelessness and apathy on the part of officials. Promises of re- form have been repeatedly made and as often broken. It may now be that the powers will enforce reform by the drastic measures of granting in- dependence or possibly annexing Macedonia to one or other of the Bal kan states.
 HECTOR c. LEXINGTON.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-17
FARRELL QUITS BROOKLYN.
Veteran Catcher Announces That He
 Is Ready to Consider Any Offer.

Veteran Catcher Announces That He
 Is Ready to Consider Any Offer.
 Marlboro, Mass, March 17.-Charley Farrell who has been catching for the Brooklyn baseball club, says he is through with that club and has noti- fled Manager Hanlon to that effect.
 Farrell says that while the National league magnates were in session in New York he had a talk with his man. ager about playing another year in Brooklyn. He was told that if want ed he would be notified In time.
 The Duke" has heard nothing from Hanlon, therefore he has decided to quit Brooklyn. He is now open to sign a contract for the coming season, and is ready to talk business with any that want him. If he doesn't strike anything in the east that suits him. he will probably go west.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-17
VANDERBILT CoLoRs IN FRONT
Cleopatra'II Wins and Edna is Second In Opening Races at St Cloud

CIeopatra'II Wins and Edna is Second
 In Opening Races at St Cloud
 Paris, March 17.-W. K. Vanderbilt's s stable made noteworthy showing at the opening of the racing season at St Cloud yesterday, Cleopatra II winning the Prix des Troenes, Edna getting second place in the Prix d'Ouverture, and Quos Ego running fourth in the PriX des Pierriers.
 The chief event was the Prix St Cloud, in which Mir Vanderbilt's Bilt- more was among the favorites, but the horse was withdrawn. Count de Pour tales Nordenskjold won the race.
 Nash Turner rode Cleopatra II and Quos Ego, and J. Ransch had the mount on Edna.
 Mcintyre, McGinn, Thompson and Rigby were among the American jock eys who had mounts.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-17

BUFFALO, March 17.-Jim Parr, the English wrestler, defeated August Gus lawson, the Swede, at the Olympic Ath- letic club last night . in two straight falls. The first fall came in Som. 21s. after a bruising struggle, and the sec ond followed in 23m. Parr was favor ite at II to 5.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-17
Justice Day DoiuG We'll,

WASHINGTON, March 17.-Reports from the bedside of Justice Day of the supreme court continue favorable The most satisfactory change noted in his condition is that his temperature, which has given the physicians some &oncern. has dropped to normal
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-17

San Francisco, March 1.-The sec ond game of the international match between the Rugby (Englan6 and the Burlingame (CaD teams was won by the Californians by score of 8 to ?.
 The British team won the first contest. The deciding game will be played to- day. i,,.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-17
STRAY BITS OF SPORT.

Monte Carlo, March 17.--In the pig con shooting here yesterday Tod Sloane the former American jockey, won the Grand Prix de Littoral, receiv- ing $1, ,197 and gold medal Five other contestants tied for second place.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-17
SPORTING NEWS OF THE WORLD

Jack O'Brien, Charlie McKeever and other noted pugilists. Those who have seen him perform believe that Maher cannot defeat him before the limit is reached.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-17

Peter Maher, who says that after this
 year he will quit the prize ring for good. has been matched to box Joe ~Grim of Philadelphia before the Ma tional Athletic club, Philadelphia. The contest, which is to be for six rounds, will be decided within two weeks time. Grim is an Italian and, although he has been in the ring for only little while, he has made q fine showing. He has stayed six rounds with Philadelphia
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-17
Enxl1sh wrestler Won.

HECTOR c. LEXINGTON.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-17

Providence, -s. l., March 1.-The grand jury yesterday reported that no Indictment had been found against Hugh Murphy of New York for the death of Eugene McCarthy. The men were engaged in boxing bout at Scitu- ate some weeks ago and Mccarthy went down in the ring in the course of the affair and never regained conscious ness, but died in few hours. Murphy was arraigned on a charge of man slaughter in the Knightsville court house a few hours after Mccarthy death.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-25
SQUIBS FROM r O

Great Yarmouth, England, has the
narrowest street in the world. It is
Kitty Witches, which is only S. inches
wide. You can lean out of your win.
dow and shake hands with your neigh
Dor across the street
Through the carelessness OF work
man the valuable collection of busts
and skulls-once the property OF Gall,
the founder of phrenology-in the
museum of Baden, near Vienna, has
been seriously damaged.
The whole northern part of Asia
Minor, according to the treaty be-
tween Russia and Turkey, is now
placed under such conditions that Rus
sian capitalists have the area open to
them to the exclusion of foreign en-.
terprises. A situation analogous is
found in Persia, where the entire
northern portion is acknowledged to
be under the exclusive economic influ-
ence of Russia.
The floating gardens in the lakes
near the City of Mexico were recently
visited by an English naturalist, who
reports them a paradise and accounts
for their existence. FIoHting tangles
of peat moss, rushes and grass are
caught by stakes driven into the soft
lake bottom, and upon this mass rich
mud from the bottom is thrown. The
surface is then transformed into q
market garden. @
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-25
PERTINENT POINTERS.

Any man who speaks nothing but
the truth is never garrulous.
The chronic kicker isn't ever salts
fed with his lott in the cemetery.
The less q man knows the easier it
is to conyince him that he knows it all.
When d wise man wants to call his
wife down he calls her up by tele-
phone.
Lack of originality in some peoples
conversation displays their good judg-
ment.
Happy is the man who is married to
4 woman who did not take her cook
ing lessons at the piano.
The public will stand for almost
anything, otherwise many a so-called
actor would be looking for a job.
The sweet girl graduate has no use
for an escort unless his name is Percy
or Reggie, but later in the game she
settles down as the wife Of Tom or
Bil.-Chicago Daily News
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-25

bulls calls for "a thin, arching flank"
The word flank here means that part Of
the body connecting the belly with the
hind legs, as shown in the accompany
ing diagram.
In all beef animals it is counted de-
sirable to have this bottom line Of the
body run as straight as possible. A
thin arch to the flank is not counted a
good beef sign. A writer in the Guern-
sey Herd Register for October, 1902,
describing the bull LIE Grande Duke
at the Ohio State fair, says: "A bit
more arch of the rib forward and an
added depth of flank would serve to
his advantage" Il is evident that there
is neededFa better agreement Of under
standing as to the meaning of terms
when applied to the conformation of
dairy cattle. IAN added depth of lank'
would besin line with the beef con-
formation. Unconsciously almost
many Of our dairy people and judges
carry in their minds the old Shorthorn
definition OF outline,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-25
Illegal Fences Must Go.

Illegal fencing of the public lands is
to be punished. The general land Of
fee at Washington has issued a per-
emrptory order providing for the tear
ing down of the fences of stockmen.
who have illegally strung their wires
across the public domain, and for the
throwing Of such lands open to the
public. There has been vigorous fight
ing agxinst this proposal Of the gov
ernmerf to remove Illegal fences since
the beginning of President Roosevelt's
administration, and in some cases
stockmen have defed the government
to eject them. Any further evasions
Of the law willbring the offenders be-
fore the federal courts. It is stated
that the law will be enforced BY the
government officials to the very letter
-Boston budget. q 4
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-25

and learn how il can be done.
A. A. Boyce, . farmer living three
and = half miles from Trenton. Ma.
says: "A severe cold settled in INV
Kidneys and developed SO quickly that
I was Obliged to lay Oh work 81 account
OF the aching in my back and sides.
For a time l was unable to walk at Iii.
and every makeshift ! triad aud all the
medicine l took had not the slightest
effect. Ny back continued to rrov
weaker until | was unfit for anything.
Mrs. Boyce noticed Doan's Kidney Pills
advertised as . sure-cure Tor lust such
conditions and ons day when in Tren.
ton she brought = boz home from
Chas. A. Fosters drug store. I followed
the directions carefully when taking
them and I must say I was more than
surprised and much more gratiAed to
notice the backache disappearing
gradually until it finally stopped"
A FREE TRIAL Of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mr.. .Boyce viii
be mailed On application to any part
OF the United States. Address Foster,
Milburn Co, Buffalo, N. Y. For sale bv
Ill druggists. price 50 centsper box.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-25
waste of Land By wa.hins.

TIE agricultural report, year 1885,
page 553, says: The same agencies
which form the soils are also wasting
and carrying them away During ev-
cry rsinstorm, transportation of soil
coes on, asathe brooks andsrivers show
after iong-continued rains, by theyel-
low, muddy color Of their waters. that
they are carrying q vast quantity of
sediment towards the sea. The run
ming streams bear along the trans
ported matter and gradually deposit
Il as the current diminishes it" velcc-
ity. When the stream reaches a fat
or level track and over which its
waters can flow in flood the suspended
matter, consisting principally4of sand
ana mud, is deposited and constitutes
the slluyium or new land.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-25
All She Could stand.

A. certain woman, the wife of = for
mer representative in congress and min's-
ter abroad, who now aims at social lead
ership in the most exclusive and top
lofty circles Of Washington, D. C., IL noted
for wearing about all the jewels she can
bear up under. :,
One night she gave a dinner. Several
members Of the diplomatic set were pres
ent. Madame was in high feather, and
she also wore a diamond tiara and several
strings of pearls around her neck.
During the evening she complained OF
feeling a bit chilly, and told one Of the
servants to call her maid.
When the maid appeared she is said
to have shivered a tribe. and exclaimed:
.Susette, / am SO cold; please get me
another string of pearls.'-Argonaut.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-25
string Beans Under Glass.

Forcing string beans as a market
garden crop under glass is being tried
extensively by a fruit company Of east
ern Massachusetts. After taking off
threacrops Of lettuce, the houses were
planted to cucumbers, with yellow wax
beans as a catch crop between the lat
ter. They were through bearing be-
fore the cucumbers had covered the
wires, and give promise ofsbeing q use
full catch crop in greenhouses. They
brought about $2.75 per bushelin June,
bu. earlier in the season would be
worth q little o They do not In
terfere in any way with the cucumbers
Or the latter with them
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-25
WIRE FENCE TELEPHONES.
They Are BOund to Play m Impor-
4 tant Part In the Social Devel-
opment Of the. West.

The plan to extend the special mail
delivery now afforded to cities and
towns to the remote rural sections by
using the farmers telephone lines, is
receiving considerable attention, and
II is thought that the national govern
mcnt will act upon it soon, says the
Farmers Tribune.
Senator Fairbanks is the leading ad-
vocate of this measure. The scheme is
to have a special ten-cent stamp pre-
pared that, when placed on a letter.
will indicate to the postmaster that he
IL to open the letter and telephone its
contents to the one for whom it is in
tended in the rural district. The plan
Is feasible, and such q scheme added to
the mail service would not only add to
the effectiveness of the entire service
and occupy q field that the telegraph
does not invade, but would have the
effect Of building more telephone lines
and it would be = matter Of only a
short time until every up to date
farmer would have a telephone placed
in his home.
In time It means that telephone
charges will be reduced, because of the
extra use of the telephone, aside from
the aid such a plan would give to the
mail service. The commercial. and so-
cial facilities of the country would be
enhanced. a
Indiana has probably taken the lead
of other states in ruraltelephone lines.
In msny instances barb wire fences
have been insulated and used as tele-
phone lines. Prof. Alexander Bell says
the first message he ever sem went
part Of the way owe = fence. lie
further says that the barb wire should
work AS well as any other medium for
the transmission Of sound. and that
the woven wire fence would work even
batter than the single barb wire, i
care were taken to properly insulate
them, and not let them reach b
ground, IN his opinion the govern
anent experiment in rural mail special
delivery, the barb wire
fence telephone is sure to play a great
part in the western and prairie states.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-25
Good Inun Grasa mixture.

TIE following mixture of the very
best recleaned seed has been found to
make the most satisfactory pernanent
lawn under nearly all conditions ii the
north, as well as the south, and in Cali
forria: Redtop 80 pounds, blue grass
80 pounds, white clover 16 pounds per
acre. In the south and in California
the Bermuda grass has more extended
use. but, while it makes an attractive
cukhion-like turf, II is}almostimpossi-
bic TO eradicate It from walks and
beds, into which it spreads with the
greatest facility.-Country Life in
AUeEioa.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-25
rs ~ 80 IE NEE a
for

Sedgwick, Ark, june 21.-Mr. w. 8.
Taylor Of this place says:
My little boy had Dropsy. Two doc.
tors..the best in this part Of the country
told me he would never get better, and
to have seen him anyone else would have
said they were right. His feet and limbs
were swollen so that he could not walk
nor put IN his shoes.
when the doctors told me he would
surely die, I stopped giving him their med
icine and began giving him Dodd's Kidney
Pills. | gave him three pills a day and at
the end Of eight days the swelling was all
gone, but az | wanted to be sure, I kept on
with the pills for some time, gradually re-
ducing the quantity, till finally I stopped
altogether.
"Dodd's Kidney Pills certainly saved my
child's life. Before using them he was
q helpless invalid in his mothers arms
from. morning till night. Now he Is a
healthy, happy child, running and dancing
and singing. can never express our
gratitude.
"Dodd's Kidney Pills entirely cured our
boy after everybody, doctors and all, had
given him up to die"
Many i true word is spoken IN Jest, and
many q false statement is made in deSdly
earnest.-Chica0o journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-25
o r OF DAIRY cows.
The Tern sFrlank' II Not n Clearly
UndeFstood by Breeders ~
It should he.

There seems to be some confusion in
the meaning of the term applied to the
conformation of dairy cattle, says
Hoard's Dairyman. For instance, take
the term flank" The Guernsey scale
OF points in describing the desirable
dairy temperament in both cows and
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-25
yeat way Sc Putting It.

A country editor in Kansas thus
neatly refers to an important domes-
tic event in his town: "a handsome
girl ~baby-which is not to be won
dered at, considering its mother-came
to Jim Browns house, and will stay
until she finds q better fellow than
her dad, q thing thst will take her
many years to do
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-25
A Bax OF Gold

has Unreasonable attraction for anyone.
Let us send you attractive Katy" pub
lications which will interest you... The
Mexico and others. Free for the asking.
Address, KATY" 5l2 Wainwright Bldg,
st. Louis, Mo.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-25

Aliens Eoot-Ease is a certain cure for hot,
sweating, callus, and swollen, aching feet.
cept any substitute. Trial package FREE.
Address Allen 3. Olmsted, lie Roy, N. e:
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-25
0NEAP 70

So It Did.-Markley-"See here, you had
the nerve to recommend these goods :.
the finest in the market" Tailor-Well."
M~arkley-..Well, I've only had this suit .
..Ah, you will recall I told you the goods
would wear like IRON ."-Philadelphia Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-25
Al Widespread Vanity.

In these days there seem to be as many
writers as there are readers. The spread
Of authorship and its cgregious pride is
hit off in this Dialogue from the File
gende Blaetter:
A guest at a hotel table, reading the bill
Of fare, says: Your bill of fare is g-ea.!o
II am glad to rear it," replies the head
waiter. Il am its author"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-25
CHEAP TO

The Burlington's Cheap Rates for 8 SUM-
mer Outing.
Take your vacation in Colorado. Re-
markabfy cheap daily tourist rates sitter
June lat, and from July st to I 9th round
trip rates are less thar halt.
CHEAP TO MINNESOTA.
To this beautiful summer region daily
low tourist rates OF approximately one fare,
plus e. 90 round trip.
CHEAP TO CALIFORNIA.
Special half ratesround trip to California,
July Ist to 10th. Low round trip rates
less than one fare from August LIST to 18th.
Write me describing proposed route. L
". WAKELEY, G.P. A., Burlington Route,
e04 Pine Street, ST. Louis, No.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-25
what Nero Mfssed.

"Great diyinities!" exclaimed the shade
Of Nero, watching the automobile race.
could 1 have had a bunch Of them,
what sights Of royal carnage the arena
would have seen!"-Baltimore American.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-25
PORTABLE FARM N
~ 81 I"" FW#FH@FF ~ #* ~f@9@ F#Ng - W NH
The Fora Here Described Answers
All Ordinary Purposes and Can
b Built Cheaply.
The illustration sufficiently de-
.scribes the form of portable fence We
have on our farm. The panels + II
:
LIGHT PORTABLE FENeR. 1

feet long, and the lap rests in crotch
Of the & support and a notch in the
crosspieceb below. # further support
is needed use wire to wrap around
the lap ind the x. At the ends drive
a stake and wire TO 1t. Make the pam
els and supports of any size or di-
mensions to suit your purposes.-Ohio
Earmer.