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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04
Lady's
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b. WALTER BROWNE
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A! HA! HA! The drinks are
- on you this time," roared Jack
Rollins to his old friend and former
college mate, Will Walton, as they
Stood at the bar of the club, just as
! entered. Jack was in famous good
numor, and laughed heartily as he
called me over to tell me what he de-
ciared to be the best and most laugh
able thing he had ever heard in his
whole life.
And Jacks life had been almost one
round OF good and laughable things.
One surfeit of what the world, or at
leastthatportio of the world to which
Jack belongs. calls fun and pleasure.
he had always been well supplied with
wealth, which he had used prodigally
IN pursuit of what young and hand
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04
Unlike Moman

"Yes," said T1enpeck, the thing thar
impressed M ost In Egypt was TIN.
mummy of one of the ancient queens, =
'sWhat was remarkable about it?''
''The fact that they could make her
dry up and stay that way. '-Philadel-
phia Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04
All the Same 70 Him.

DR.. Kallowmell-'T can cure at onca
Dy an operation, or in about six
months Dy external applications aad
lnlernal remedies" Patient-"Which
would you advise, doctor?" DR.. Kali
owner lmaking q mental calcula-
tlon)-Well, it's immaterial. The
expense Will be about the same in
either case. - Chicago Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04
On the Heavjno Sea.

Wont you have another piece OF
cake. John? o! where is her. ex-
claimed the bride, suddenly discover.
Ing that he was NO longer at her side.
Hes just gone up on deck. ma'am.
to prove an old saying" said the mas.
senger opposite. ITO prove an old
saying?" Yes. You can't eat yonr
cake and have 1t too Philadelphia
Press. - ----'
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04

The Petersburg which played such part In the
Lieut. Col
of constructed
completed July
The
morning division Immediately charged
original OF
the had
the crater o. captured there
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04
NO Excuse for the Man.
Not Much Of . Dresser,

Moses Ashby, a Pocono Conn. wood
chopper, celebrated the seventy eighth
anniversary of his birth recently by
buying hat for the first time in IS
years, and a suit of clothes for the first
time in 40 years.-N. Y. Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04
Wealth.

Wealth is something that enables a
millionaire to stand up in meeting and
say it is no disgrace to be poor.-Chi-
cago Daily News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04
The Cranberr County.

The bulk of the cranberries of this
country come from the part OF cas-
tern Massachusetts,, which lies near
Cape Cod.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04
Wisdom From Ceoroie

Georgie-"Pa. what are the latest
letters In the alphabet" Give It nm.
George: what are they?" 20. B. 8.
T.'-Yongers Statesman.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04
Youna WIZ.

What supports the sun in the heay.
ems! asked the country school
teacher.
why, its beams, Of course" replied
2 precocious youngster.-Lippincott's.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04
strictly Business.

$50 you think you will have titled
son-in-law?"
"Yes," answered Mr.. Cumrox;
mother and the girls think we had
better take another partner into the
concern. My name is all right on a
check, but it doesn't carry any weight
worth mentioning on visiting card. .
Stray Stories.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04

Canada's export trade per capita il
just "a times as much as ours.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04
What We Are worth.


If Pierpont Morgan owned the world,
instead of only a part of it, he would
be worth about $500, 600, 000, 900. If he
owned the United States, his wealth
would amount to about 1914, 800, OOO, 900.
The United States has the greatest
total wealth and the smallest debt
of any of the worlds great powers,
but on per capita basis Great Brit
ain is the richest. While the property
and money of that mighty nation
amounts to only $5o. 1000, as
against our $94, 300, OOO, 900, its wealth
amounts to SLAP per person, while in
the United States the wealth amounts
to only s1,235 per capita. The second
richest nation in Europe is France,
which has wealth aggregating $4s,OO0,-
O0O, 900 lent or invested abroad. Russia,
wealth foots up 10000, 000, 900, or $70e
per capita. In addition, she has $780,
600 ,OOOlent orinvested abroad. Russia,
with it's immense territory and popula-
ton, has wealth amounting to only
$32, 900, 600, OO0.-Nashville American.
Ugly for Sure.
In mining town in the mountains
of Virginia lived two little chaps aged
eight and nine years, neighbors and
good friends, who passed most of their
leisure time together in boyish sports,
but, like all healthy boys, they some
times '.scrapped."
On one of these occasions the young
er one, who was built on the lines of
the proverbial man who could not stop
pig in an alley, was being twitted by
his companion on his bowlegs.
He stood it manfully for awhile, but
finally losing patience he blurted out:
"Well, may be bowlegged, but when
the Lord made you, He made you as
ugly as He could, and then hit you in
the face.'-Lippincott's Magazine.
No Excuse for the Man.
She (who arrived an hour late at q
rendezvous Excuse me for coming SO
late. You must have had long wait 2
He-Oh, no! I have just come my
self.
what, you would have had the i'm
pudence to make me wait if had been
-Eliororlo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-02

In price as tea drinkers felt 1t should be.
But here comes Ceylon, costing much less,
and when the thrifty housekeeper bought
II probably 1t did taste little different. but
not enough to amount to anything along
side OF the low price Besides, 1t Is prob
ably matter of fact that once the taste
for Ceylon is acquired ii is lasting
Three facts made II possible for the
Japan and China tea people to kill of their
East indian competitors; First, the high
price the public had always paid for the
Japan and China product was strong ar
gument in favor of its quality. and that
whatever was offered at a less price could
be nothing but substitute for real tea:
second. because Japan and China are the
tea that was always used, and because
there never had been any other real tea;
and, third. because the island of Ceylon
and adjoining territory is the birthplace
OF the bubonic plague and the source from
which springs every outbreak of that awful
disease. the most deadly plague known to
mankind
Who could not but see that Ceyion teas
could have made little progress in this
country IL their efforts had been combatted
with any kind of concentrated effort by
their competitors, who had the field prac-
ucally to themselves? There is still time
to do something II the latter will only wake
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-02
RICHES FROM SEA BOTTOM.
Turks Getting Fine Fortune From
Sunken Treasure Ship.

From the jewelers. Circular.
Readers have heard of the search under
taken by Greek divers under the Turkish
government and the treasure discovered in
the Russian admirals ship, sunk at Tcher-
man at the time Of the naval battle of ITO,
when the Turkish fleet was completely de-
stroyed. The search has continued with
striking success. These fortunate divers
have become rich, but the Turkish govern
ment also has obtained some large amounts.
inasmuch as it has reserved for itself the
lions share. The fact is that the Russian
vessel which sank in a depth of thirty
fathoms abounds in pieces of gold and sill
YER At first the divers paid attention to
the former only, of which they found full
sacks These pieces are mostly single, dau-
BILE and quadruple ducats.
1t already has been announced that on
the first shipment to Constantinople the d.
vers obtained for their part the sum of 2I6,
600 francs. The daily work of the divers
amounts to from 5000 to 00O0 pieces of
gold. A special boat of the admiralty,
manned by officers of the Turkish navy
and by government inspector, is station
ed continually at this point. Each sack
drawn from the water is registered, the
pieces counted and a receipt given to the
divers 1t appears that the bottom of the
sea is strewn with silver pieces. which
have the dimensions and the weight OF
rTencn CrOWHS OF HVe francs. BESIDES TINS
money, the divers have drawn up various
other precious objects, gold and silver
crosses, jewels. images, swords, canes,
especially an evangel, of which the binding
of gold is ornamented with precious stones
of great value.
This is not the first time that such en-
terprises have been undertaken for the pur-
pose of discovering riches buried in the sea.
but they have seldom yielded the desired
results. 1t would be difficult to give even
a summary of the innumerable fortunes en-
quilted. Among others an English bark.
which foundered in 1899 off the coast of
Holland, had on board ingots of gold and
silver valued at about thirty millions, of
which a very small part was recovered.
The Royal Charter went down near the
Moelfram with a cargo worth two millions.
The greatest fortune engulfed was in the
shipwreck OF French sailing vessel off The
coast of Trafalgar. 1t carried a ton and
a half of gold plates and five tons of silver
plates, whose destination was the famous
Cathedral of st. Jean de Matte. There were
also large number of precious stones. de-
signed to embellish some relics contained
in the cathedral, as well as to adorn var
ious religious objects belonging to cheva-
Tiers of the order and kept by them in their
chapel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-02
LORD MAYORS FRILLS.
He Doesn't Take the Dust of ANY Man
in London, Not Even the King.

FROM the St James Gazette.
AS matters now stand the lord mayor
takes precedence not only of all peers but
of the reigniug sovereign within the pre-
cincts of the city. He has the right OF pri-
vate audience with the monarch and. as a
privy councillor, Is summoned on the death
of England's ruler. To become lord mayor
he must have previously served as an alder
man. If on election he refuses the civic
chair he has to pay fine of FL 900. No one
is chosen who has any blot on his private
character. and in case of bankruptcy or
compromising with creditors an alderman is
passed over until he has paid 20 shilings in
the pound to his creditors.
The election of mayor is subject to the
approval of the crown. and il any public
fast is ordered by the sovereign the mayor
and corporation attend St Paurs Cathedral
in black robes. The lord mayor has the
badges of royalty attached to his office In
the scepter, the swords of justice and
mercy and the mace The gold chain which
he wears is one of the most ancient hon
orary distinctions, and can be traced to
eastern origin and manner of comforting
dignity, instances of which we find in the
Old Testament.
Formerly the mayors during their term of
office used to reside in their own private
houses. which in past days were always in
the city itself and therefore within easy
access of the Guildhall. Now the Mansion
House Is set apart for the lord mayors res
idence for the year. The first stone of the
Mansion House was laid in 1739 the house
and the furniture costing f70.9S5 13s. I'd.
The annual expenses connected with the
office amount to about f25.000. of which
about 10000 is the sum allowed by the cor
poration, the remainder coming out of the
mayors private purse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-02
GOOD WORD FOR Esou1MAu
An Industrious Chap Who Deserves a
Helping Hand.

FROM the Nome News.
ihe natives of Alaska are a fast dwn-
ding race. Their sun is setting. Probably
their midday sun never rose higher than
the midwinter sun rises In this latitude
Most of the Esquimaux in Alaska are gath.
erea at the missions. but the traveller Will
ma Few in villages of two or three or
nan dozen igloos in places convenient for
hshing, as nsh Is the staple diet OF these
people starvation and sease have left
OUT remnant of once populOus tribes
Contact with the white race has had a
great deal to do with their deterioration
Ihey like whisky, and like all other ma i've
races are not naturally industrious. Before
the coming of the white man stern neces-
SHY made them provide for the immediate
future The sea supplied them with most
OF their food, and there We're wild berries
anu various kinds of game on the land to
vary their hsh diet. By instinct Inherited
from long line of ancestors they are fish,
erman and hunters, but by contact with
me caucasian they are makers of cur.os
ana traders In their new ayocations thew
nave become dependent to a great extent
upon the white people
But the higher race Is not responsible for
al their Ills. The insanitary state in which
they live Is not conducive to longevity The
impure air m the native winter huts the
lack OF personal cleanliness and much OF
me rood the native eats would shorten the
Gays or the hardest people: The Esqui-
mau has some qualities of character to be
admired He has often shared his las hit
or food with starving prospectors or wreck
ed sailors. He is bright and ingen GUS
simple MINDED as child. with happy
disposition that takes no thought of the
morrow. He is bad only when under the
influence of liquor
The government should make some pro-
vision for the Esquirnau. He can be made
self-supporting. possibly a contributor to
the wealth of the world. by placing him In
line of work for which nature has fitted
him Provide him with modern appliances
ana means Tor fishing and half
with proper management he win become a
producer of wealth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-02
The Red-Haired Man.

From the London Chronicle.
All nations unite In thinking that there Is
something wrong about the ed-haired man.
says Prof Karl Pearson; and somebody
finds support for the prejudice In the fact
that the old masters paint Judas with red
hair and that red wig was his makeup
in the medieval mystery plays But 1t 10
simple truth that four centuries before the
Christian era the red-haired man was al
ready an object OF criticism. II not aversion
Did not Aristotle declare: He that has red
hair is proud. envious and deceitful?' One
wonders whether Aristotle trusted to intuf-
ton or whether he was giving the results OF
what is after all. an experimental science.
Lord Macauley does not appear to have
shared this opinion when he penned his cele-
brated argument IN which a supposititious
tll-treatment OF red-haired men was made
feductio ad absurdum of anti-Semtism.
Prof. Pearson is trying to achieve. through
the aid of schoolmasters. a sort of census of
red-haired boys with footnote as to char
aeter attached.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-02
REAL HOURlSHMERT FOR ALL
Mi-o-na Makes Thin Peopie Fat
E. S. Williams & Co. viii Return
Money! If IL Fails

Every one needs real nourishment: then cones
good health. strength and endurance. Without 1t
you waste away. Nearly every one eats food
enough to furnish the uourishment for the
perfect support of life, but tie food is not assimi
lated and there follows indigestion, weakness and
cancellation.
A few days Of Mi-ona. the wonderful flesh
forming fol-, will demonstrate its power to fur
nish real nourfshment and restore health Mi-o-m
mingles with the food you eat, aids assimilation,
tones up AMI strengthens the digestive organs and
puts the whole system into proper physical condi-
don.
BY its use the elements needed to increase flesh
are essmilated from the daily food. and each week
will show a noticeable gain in weight
r s. Williams & Co know personally OF msny
eases OF longstanding stomach troubles, some OF
,hem very bad, that entirely curec with
Mi-ona The thin and scrawny have Used this
preparation and by its aid have gained real nour-
ishment
r s. williams & Co. feel that they can honestly
recommend Mi-o-na, and an evidence OF their
faith In the merit Of the article o6er to sell It
with the distinct understanding that the money a
TO be returned In every case where IL falls to DO
ali that is claimed for It. You risk nothing buy
ing Mio-na and II II gives the desired health tho
cost il trihing. only Soc box. II IT fails r. 8.
Williams - Co., 9th and + SITS. NV, VIII pay Tor
the remedy themselves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-02
TEA OF CEYLoN.
Popularity Of the Island Shrub Due to
Merit and Advertising.

From the National Advertiser.
Before Ceylon tea was sold to any great
extent in this country the tea that was
used came from Japan and China and was
known as tea" No one bothered his head
where it came from. The tea growers and
importers never gave thought to a tea
from any other country. They were prob
ably aware that a small quantity of tea
was coming in from the Island Of Ceylon.
but they paid no attention to it.
Meanwhile the tea growers of Ceylon were
not idle. They started In to advertise ''Cey-
lon tea" without any name or brand The
entire output Of the island was controlled
by one company. and several concerns in
this country began to put up Ceylon tea
under various brands. such "Salada,'
"Tetley's." white Rose" and many others.
some of which were also advertised often
appearing adjoining the larger advertise
ments of "Ceylon teas" The more cor
Germs to put up and advertise special
brands the more pleased was the Ceylon tea
combination.
For the past ten years this plan has been
kept up, and a liberal advertising campaign
maintained, daily newspapers being used
principally. The result has been that In
that time the consumption of Ceylon tea in.
the United States has increased from 100000
pounds to 25.OO0, 900 pounds.
And what have the Japan and China tea
interests been doing all this time? Simply
nOthlng, DuI SiLllug lQiy py anu watching
the tea industry in their own country
dwindlins away, and this in spite Of the
fact that they had 1t within their power to
prevent Ceylon tea from ever having any
great sale in this country.
The latter article did not depend upon
superiority OF quality for its large sale. To
have worked along those lines would have
been an uphill game. for too much space
would have been wasted In trying to- con-
vert tea drinkers to q new taste. They
worked on different lines. Not a suggestion
that there was any difference in taste. They
featured the price of Ceylon tea. and that
made the hit. Always to some extent lux
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-02
A Roman Meet.
From Outing.


Rome has delightful climate the whole
year round, and from the end of November
to the middle Of March is an ideal time for
hunting then the hounds meet twice
week. On such mornings the riders leave
Rome or the villas round about 1t. in time
to be ON the field and ready by II o'clock.
for the hunt is always several miles from
Rome. sometimes on the rolling. partly
timbered hand to the northward. but
more often on the level plain Such
a meet is to Rome what a Meadow
Brook meet Is to New York. It means
a morning gathering of fashionables.
with time and money and distinc-
tion to its credit. Swift moving motor
cars. numbering drags and four-in-hands.
smart pheatons. barouches, victorias and
dogcarts hurry out from the city. From
the estates of nobiemen In the vicinity OF
the hunt come more carriages. and men on
the hunters which they will ride in the
days chase.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-02
New York!
From the New York Tribune.

rom the New York Tribune
This is magnificent metropolis in many
ways. but not yet In our subways. and
some thoroughfares are still SO badly
quilted and torn up that they are almost
as uneven as hummock ice In the Arctic
seas. Without much exaggeration il may
be said that undaunted explorers are still
wandering In the wilds OF Elm street and
Park avenue. of 42d street and upper
Broadway, lost to sight, but to memory
dear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-02
A ouARANTEHD cATARRn CURE.

Do not dose the stomach in the vain hope OF
curing catarrh. Breathe the health giving HyoDee
and you will inhaie medicated air through your
nose and thr,at that win kill all catarrhal geflne
Henry Evans 822 and e24 street NV, guaran-
satisfaction. It Is the only catarrhal treatmsns
Sold in this way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-02

Officers Of the House.

ALEXANDER MCDOWELL. Clerk. . The Dewey
FRANK b. LYONS, Doorkeeper. $3.50. The Riggs
HENRY CASSON Sergeant-at-Arms. II b st. NV.
JOSEPH e. McELROY. Postmaster. .214 A st. sc.
0Ev. FL. N. COUDEN Chaplain. JOB Md. ave. ne.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-10
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN.
Annie Hammons Severely Burned
Bids for Construction Of Railway.

Annie HammOns. colored, forty-one years
of age sustained serious burns about lo:5o
O'Clock this morning at her home. 93o 2bth
street northwest. but II is not thought her
injuries will prove fatal. She was standing
near a brush fire in the rear of her home.
when her dress came in contact with a
blaze and almost Immediately she was COM
pletly developed Her screams brought as
sistance and with the aid of blankets the
flames were eKtingufshed. The patrol
wagon of the seventh precinct station was
summoned and tne woman was conveyed
to the Georgetown University Hospital with
all possible speed. where she was soon
placed under treatment.
The officials OF the Great Falls and Old
Dominion Railroad Company are receiving.
by almost every mail bids for the grading
and masonry work OF the first seven miles
of the double track road bed of the propos u
line from this city to Great Falls on the
Virginia bank OF the Potomac river The
bids will be opened at next Tues
Cay at the Office OF the company in The
Star building.
1t is learned that the company has al
ready received about twenty proposals for
the contract large number OF which
were submitted by local companies engaged
in such work. All the preliminaries Incl
dent to the construction of the line such
gaining tho right of way. etc, have
been completed. and 1t is stated that the
work will be pushed as rapidly as possible
after the awarding of the contract. liz Is
not thought. however. that but little prog
ress can be made in the construction work
until spring arrives
Mr.. j. Barton Miller last evening de-
livered lecture ON real estate to the stu
dents of the fintiicum Institute. 1t was
the first of n series of commercial aud
business lectures to be delivered at the
institution during the winter Mr.. ".
Devereaux Green. cashier OF the Potion &c
Savings Bank. will talk to the students the
evening of January next.
A horse attached to delivery wagon b.
came frightened yesterday morning at the
corner of 18th and T streets and ran away.
The animal dashed down 35th street to {!
street where after running across the
pavement 1T coliided with an iron fence.
The horse was badly cut and the fence waa
slightly damaged
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-10
EXPOSITION Officials.

A committee OF officials of the St. Louis
exposition. consisting of President d. r.
Francis. Secretary Walter Il. Stevens and
d. NJ. Hauser. is In the city in connection
with the interests of the exposition. 1t Is
reported that Congress will be asked for
another appropriation amounting TO s.. co.,
600. although the members of the commit
tee do not make definite statements to that
effect.
The exposition Will be opened in April
said Mr.. Stevens. who VIII be pleasantly re-
membered in Washington as a veteran
member of the corps of Washington corre-
spondents. Ample hotel accommodations
are being provided for the visitors and st.
Louis will be able 20 take care OF 200,
visitors a day"