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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-25
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Europe leads America in the intro
duction Of the itrackless trolley. though
the process had its origin here. In
recent number Of Cosmos, NJ. Emile
Gauvini gives description of some
of the systems employed there, the
Schliemann, Siemens-Halske and Lom-
bard Guerin, all Of which are in practi-
cal operation with results which are,
on the whole, satisfactory, and prom
Uses great future for the type of ye-
hicle thus impelled and guided. "They
can traverse narrow and tortuous
streets and serve regions where the
traffic is not large enough to warrant
the installation Of regular electric
railroad" Experiments IN this line
have been going on in Europe since
1882, and have now reached point Of
success which promises speedily to
make the business practicable and
profitable, thus causing its general
adoption wherever conditions call for
it.-Boston Globe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-25
GnLNET FISHING.
Il Il Z Pfecarious, Perilous, Hard
i Totling Yet ,Fasclnating
Occupation.

A gill net is merely an immense
strip Of web quarter of mile long
By IS feet deep, floated in the water
BY cork buttons fastened along the
upper edge. The tides carry it down
to the sea and back again, the men
following and watching in the boat,
day and night, rain or storm, during
all the fishing season, visiting the
shore only occasionally for supplies
or to- mend their nets, writes Ray
Stannard Baker, in "The Salmon Fish
cries. in Century. They sleep in a
little tent at the end of their clumsy
boat, boil their coffee sover bit of
a kerosene stove and fish without
ceasing. Salmon, swimming against
the tide, thrust their heads through
the meshes of the net and are caught
at the gills. A cork on the surface
sometimes gives sign of their strug-
giles, and the men in the boat either
come imme diately, pull up the net at
that spot and with gait hook bring
the big fellow Hopping and bloody into
the boat, or else they wait until many
fish are entang1ed and pull them all
in together with the net. Sometimes,
when the 1nn is large, they catch
scores, even hundreds, of fish in q
day, but sometimes they travel up
and down with the tide for days and
take nothing. At slack tide they
bring in their. fish to. the scow of the
company, and are credited. with the
tally Of their catch. Sosseason by
season they earn 5000 or $500,
Though fishing in river, dangers
ccnst antly beset these gin-netters,
and every season Grape flies from
many Q fsherman's door. Most of the
accidents occur at tie mouth Of the
river, where the waves sweepIin, white
cappeds#fronsthe open Pacific. Here
the fishers skiing to set. their nets
far out to sea in order to get the first
of the run of fish. are sometimes cap
sized, losing their lives, sometimes
their nets. and even their heavy boats.
At other times storms, driving in from
the ocean, overwhelm them at their
shahing IN the river itself Snags catch
ard tear their nets, and great vessels
run them down, and sometimes, car
rying off their entire nets, sweep away
the savings of years. It is q precasi-
Gus, perilous, hard-toiling occupation,
and yet the occasional large earnings,
glittering before their eyes like the
winnings Of "a gambler, lure them al
ways onward.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-25
POTENCY or roosE CHANGE. ]
II II the @Nfcksfs and Dimes Ths1
Build Up the Great Bank

!. When the crusaders against policy
made tAe staten entathat tt gross
daily receipts from the game in Chi
cago aggregated $4,000, the colnmu-
nifty washastcundsd.. Thirty thousand
dollars il pepnrs ard dimes gambled
away every day limp ossiblet n But
sucn is the truth. says the Chicago
Journak d H. u q. m
Most persons neverastop 10 think VI
the power of loose change, They hold
It so Lightly that they fling it about
recklessly-and that Is the chief reason
or'its power. ss
The pennies and dimes give chief
support to the churches of the nation.
The magnificent contribution Of the
millionaire tlwindles to the proper
lions of the widows mite when COM
pared with the great total. It is the
loose change, carried up to the altar
rail, which meets the mortgage, pays
the PASTORS salary and sends mission
aries to the foarcorners Of the earth.
Go through the books Of the big
+ charitable institutions and you will
find how dependent they are on the
small givers-on loose change. From
Sunday school classes, sewing circles,
church collections, church entertain
ments, and the penny boxes which
stand in drug and grocery stores
comes the greater portion Of the rev.
enue. The millionaire philanthropists
Of the nation would be appalled, al
their responsibilitygif the support Of
the small givers was withdrawn from
the charitable Institutions.
Dividends on SIS, 1000 Of National
Biscuit stock are paid in dimes and
nickels.
Close to $14, ooo, 900 q year in nickel.
flows into the Golfers Of the locaI
traction companies and creates bust
ness to attract Morgan or Van
derbilt. sSss w4
In the end it is the housewife,
nickel which pays for the harvests o.
the millions Of acres Of golden grain. i,
It is the loose change which keeps
the wheels going and the world NOV
ing. But how loosely do We throw il
about !.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-25
Bnl,.ra nails fro- Potatoes.

A material that can be carved may be
made out of peeled potatoes, which are
prepared for this purpose by being
first blackened for SO hours in eight
parts Of sulphuric acid to 100 parts Of
water; it is next dried with b1otting
paper, and then pressed. The French
now manufacture pipes, in close imita-
ton, 1t is said, Of meerschaum, from
this novel substance. A heavy pressure
gives a material 80 hard that good bill
lard balls in imitation of ivory can be
made from it.-Invention.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-25

lightenment, could be carried out in
this country in q manner more sincere
and untrammeled than in Europe. So
he sent his money here and good use
has surely been made of it.
BY all means let Smithson's body b
sent to Washington and inferred ON
the grounds of this great and bens-i
ficent institution. Nothing could be
more fitting.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-25
that had told me Heywood was saw

that had told me Haywood was saw
ing for some straightforward pur-
pose oozed out of me at once ON re-
ceiving such a squeeze as this.
1t seemed such pity to think
that fellow of his age should be
SO irretrieyably entansled. A slave
to gambling, mere low-class plum
ger! But it couldn't be so; there
must be better explanation. l was
trying to think out some excuse for
him all the way out of the station.
As for the girl, I forgot all about
her, and that's the truth.
Half way across Waterloo bridge
I collided with q chap who was star
ing miserably down at the river.
And when he turned round saw to
my amazement that it was the very
man who was troubling my thoughts.
Looking at the river?" I said, try
ing to speak in friendly tone.
''Yes," he answered, drearily, ut
flows very smoothly. doesn't tt"
'Why, yes, suppose it does. But,
look here, Shy-Heywood, what's the
use of being such miserable sort as
you are? Look at me; I've far more
troubles than you, and yet you don't
catch me moping."
eff you've more trouble than I
have,' he cried. passionately, then
may Heaven help you'll" and he
turned away to the river again, and
his head dropped miserably on to
his chest
"While there's life there's hope" I
said, trying to cheer him up. land
however bad your luck is, it's better
than despair. That would be mis-
cradle game. 1t would simply be ad-
hitting you were beaten"
"And I am almost beaten" he
groaned. "Four years have fought
and done the best that could be done,
and now the end is closing in and the
odds are all against me, and in three
days from now-Oh!" He shivered
from head to foot as he spoke, and
clutched me by the arm. ''Look here.
Slade, I think you're a kind-hearted
fellow. Come and spend this even
ing at my lodgings. Come and talk
to me, or shall go mad. The sus-
pense is killing me-"
It was now or never with him.
'You .1nean you are killing yourself"
I said, sternly; ''as for the end COM
ing in three days from now, that's
impossible while you hold onto your
situation"
He stared in such pitiful, aston-
ished way that it almost unnerved
me.
.What do you mean?" he said,
quietly.
II mean that il you will give up
this gambling you've the best part
of your life, and happy life, before
you. And if you'll promise me TO
give up gambling I'll help you any
way you like, except with money,
and that / don't possess"
This time I'd touched him up, and
no mistake. His face was as white
as chalk and his eyes fairly blazed.
And yet the poor beggar was SO
weak after his years OF seml-starva-
ton that he had to hold on to the
bridge, he trembled so much. But 1
stood firm and waited for his reply.
And when it came I believe / felt
more shaky than he did himself.
"I'm sorry to have troubled you.'
he said, quietly enough. "fou mis-
understood me. but ought to get
used to that after four years. Good
night"
"But how have misunderstood
you?" | cried. "You live on third of
your salary, you meet and are friend
" with professional gambler, you
talk Of the odlas being all against you,
and Of ruin coming in three days. The
Derby is run three days from now"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-25
Good night" he said again.

"Good night" he said again. "You
are mistaken. but no matter. will
ask for no moro sympathy. Good
night
He turned and hurried away, and
spent the rest of that evening alter
nately patting myself on the back for
my frmness and then wondering
whether we were all wrong in our opin-
ION of Shylock II.
The next day he did not turn up at
business, nor for many days after.
When a week had gone by 1 became
anxious, and looked up his address in
our book at the Office.
Invent round that evening, and mis-
cradle little place it was, away up four
flights Of stairs, at the top off dreary
old house in one of the poorest suburbs
of the city.
] tapped at the door gently, whilst
all manner of sympathy and pity tore
through my heart. Gambler or no
gambler, he was down on his luck and
should be tenderly treated. And as
reached out to seize the handle the
door was suddenly opened from the in-
side, and Jones, the betting man, stood
before me.
I felt savage, and told him so before
entering the room. But he only
shrugged his shoulders as though in
different to anything I might say
about himself. And ! believe the silly
ass had been crying. His eyes were all
red and swollen.
Haywood was sitting up in bed.
propped with pillows. The doctor was
by his side, and motherly-looking old
woman, the landlady, stood staring at
the fire. And her eyes were red and
swollen, too.
But if I dwell on things like this
You'll never know the end of this story,
SO I'd better go straight on and get il
done.
Poor old shylock smiled family when
he saw me. Its good of you to come, :"
he said, "after our last meeting"
How about the suspense-the three
days?' asked.
cts over now" he said, and his thin,
white hand patted the. Counterpart
gently.
ibid you know was engaged to be
married." he said, presently, "about
four years ago."
Eyes, / had heard So" muttered,
huskily.
'''We were to have been married that
summer" he continued, gazing
through the window az though he
spoke to himself; "but Bertha was
seized with illness-some spinal dis
ease. The doctor said her only chance
was to go into certain home for .
few years, but that it would cost lot
OF money, as she was rot eligible for
free treatment"
He stopped speaking for q moment,
for his breathing was difficult. And
my eyes were red and swollen now, az
l knelt by the bedside.
1--WE managed it" he said, quietly, in
minute or two, "and she seemed to
be getting better. Igot Jones place
as attendant at the home, and he used
to bring me news Of my poor girl.
Then the doctor said that If she would
undergo an operation she might be
cured almost at once. It was q very
dangerous operation, and painful; bnt
she agreed and it was fixed for three
days later.
"She died this morning" he added,
with just CULVER in his voice, and his
thin hand trembled.
I don't know exactly what happened
next or how got out Of the room. but
wasn't the only idiot next morning at
the office. Poor old Shylock never real
~ recovered his health, but we did our
best to make up for our past unkind-
ness, and think the dear old chap un-
Observation-Disclosures Bits.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-25
Fashion,s Gentle llandate,

Mandy, I'm glad to see that your
new hat hasn't any stuffed song
birds on it,,
"Of course it hasn't, auntie. The
dear, sweet little things are getting
to be dreadfully out Of style now
Chicago Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-25
The stork 40 . Traveller.

To ascertain the migratory habits Of
the stork q Polish nobleman caught
one of the birds last winter, and. put
ting on its neck plate with the in
scription, This stork comes from Po-
land" released it. Not long since the
same stork was found in the noble
mans park in Poland from which il
had been released with bag around
it's neck in which were some jewels OF
value, while on the reverse side of the
plate was the inscription, india sends
him back with presents to the Poles"
Mature
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-25

Find
July the given
Spaniards out in
the Brooklyn.
flagship the Oregon the Iowa. the Texas and
afternoon ship had
Spanish
dand1, prisoners.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-25
So Unlike.

Ascum-H ''brethern" is synonym
for "brothers," why not "sistern" for
sisters 2"
xHenpeck-Non I've often
heard of cistern that would dry up
occasionally Cleveland Leader.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-25
A Better Way IF Puttins It.

WUuIu you cd11 Hc1 ue Vs11161y
'Well, perhaps it would be better to
say that in matrimonial matters she
displays good business judgmsnt"-
Chicago Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-25

So the trader did as. the sultan had
spoken, and chased himself. But he
came back again, and brought with
him as tough q gang as ever was seen
outside of Tammany conventions
few traders like himself, with their
followers and lot Of abandoned ma
tives of all kinds, picked up along the
coasts with which he did business.
He had given the shereef only linn
tied supply of percussion caps, and
the soldiers, being pleased with their
new toys, had been expendings them
literally in firing off their guns, just
TO hear them bang.
Is So when the motley army of invasion
fell upon Taj-Mareb it was of to the
desert for the shereef, who fled beyond
the sands Of Nefud, seeking an oasis
with well of sweet water and palm
trees, where he might deposit the COM
panion of his fight, his favorite ado
lique, the beautiful Nourmahal, Or
Light of the Harem, who was 40 years
old and weighed 200 pounds.
After the fight of the shereef the
trader had himself proclaimed in his
stead and settled down to the sultan
and trading business at Taj-Mareb. By
working the two trades together he
gave business boom to the old town
such as it had never seen before, but.
|venturing into the interior with q
quantity of rifles which he had con-
tracted to deliver to the sultan Of Ne.
lied, he was set upon by Bedouins and
killed.
The Englishgirl, who had Joined her
husband at Taj-Mareb, continued the
|governmentsof her dead lord and car
ried on his business at the same old
stand. She increased the trade. too,
and sent her goods as far north as
Linah and as far south as Ez Zarih-
and that is a long way, as glance at
the map will show. But somehow the
British. got wind Of her operations and
of where all the arms and ammunition
overcoming from which the Arabs OF
the interior were getting.
If she had been given time the sui
tana would have made all Arabia an
armed camp, which would have been
bad for the peace of the country and
especially for the little colonies which
England had distributed along the
coast. So British kunboat steamed
up the Persian gulf and the captain
thereof told the woman Of business
and power that he would give herjust
IS. hours to quit. II she did not shut
up shop and abdicate her throne in
that timeshe you'd blow her town on
the map. She quit and taking what
money She could getstogether at such
sh ort notice sailed away on the gun
boatsto Adensa .from4 there took ship
to London.
She was wealthy, but a woman Of her
active tempsrament was not content
to rest n idleness and as she had III
early life known something of the
washtub she returned to her first prin-
ciples and started . steam 1aundrys
which is stiIl running. ~ =
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-25
The Arsentc SnpDly.
% uodo - nh011tSSff1M knnrr1S 4fh

Canada Is about to- become the
chief source of the worlds supply of
arsenic. The arsenic which for many
years baffled the gold miners of Hast
ings county, Ontario, in their efforts
to extract the precious metal from it's
matrices, has become the more profit
able OF the two minerals. This
strange turn of the wheel Of fortune
has been caused by the virtual ex-
haustion of the former chief source
OF supply Of arsenic in Germany and
England, together with the superior
quality and purity Of the Canadian
product.-Medical journal. ts
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-04-10
EXPLOSION IN A NINE.

Hundred Men Were at Work at the
Time but None Were Injured.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, April Am ex-
plosion of gas occurred yesterday Of
ternoon in No. mine of the Lehigh
& Wilkesbarre Coal company AZ
soon as the report was sent out the
greatest excitement prevailed, from
the fact that this mine is one of the
most gaseous in the Wyoming valley.
There were rumors that fifty men
were entombed, and in less than half
an hour an immense crowd gathered
about the head of the shaft and the
usual scenes ensued about the colliery.
An investigation began at once and it
was found that the explosion was
caused by naked light carried by a
miner, igniting a body of gas, and the
only damage done was the blowing
down of several doors and mine brat
tice on the inside workings of various
chambers and gangways. There were
100 men working in that portion Of
the mine, and for time it was feared
they were lost. The rescuing parties,
however, found them all within q
half-hour, and none was burned or in
any way injured. Succeeding the ex.
plosion there was slight fire in one
Of the working chambers, but this was
speedily extinguished. The colliery
will resume work as usual to-day.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-04-10
Personal Mention.

William E. Amin, a special agest
In charge of the river mail route ser.
vice of the Denver division, is dead at
Phoenix, Ariz., of typhoid fever, aged
forty-seven years.
Joseph Jefferson, the distinguished
actor, will appear at Palm Beach,
Fla, in new role as president of the
Electric Light and Power company
which has been organized with cap
ital of $4,000.
Cardinal Gibbons has accepted an
invitation to attend the inaugural ccre.
monies Of the St. Louis exposition,
and will offer the opening prayer on
the occasion, as he did at the world s
fair at Chicago.
Dean R. Wood, at present United
States vice consul at Madrid, has been
appointed United States consul at
Ceiba, Honduras, to fill vacancy
caused by the death of Virgil G. Rey.
nolds of Kentucky.
Charles L. Fish, the Oldest attorney
in Cleveland. Ohio, and a practitioner
at the bar up to three years ago, died
of pneumonia. aged eighty-f1ve years.
He had practiced since 1865 and was
well known as maritime expert.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-04-10
Accidental Happenings.

The Marine Villa hotel at Cape May,
N. j., owned by Mrs. John M. Rogers
of Wilmington, Del, and valued at
100000, burned; insurance, $4,000.
Asa and Charles Bigelow, aged four
and two years, were burned to death
at Kansas City, the mother having
locked them in while she went to the
store.
Three women were instantly killed
and a fourth was probably fatally in
jured while walking from Pawtucket
to Philipsdale, R. L., on the tracks of
the New York, New Haven & Hart
ford railroad. Az
A $4,000 fire at Pittsburg in the
eight-story brick building occupied by
the McElveen Furniture company gut
ted the three upper floors. On the up
per floors many girls were employed
and panic ensued, but all reached
the street in safety. 81.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-04-10
ONE CHILD FATALLY AND SEW
IA ERALs OTHERS. PAINFULLY
INJURED.
BUILDINGS ARE TOSSED ABOUT
IMMENSE TREES uPRooTEp-DE--
sTRUcTloN FOLLOWS in
STORMS. PATH. N

Washington, Ind, April a A de-
structive tornado swept over South
ern Indiana yesterday. Great damage
was doneein this vicinity. The storm
came from the southwest, and after
crossing White river, swept through
the country, carrying barns, houses,
trees and general destruction with It.
At the Wathen district school forty
children were eating dinner. One
end of the building gave way. and fell
inward.
"A child named Carrie Smoot was
struck by flying brick and fatally in
jured and several others were badly
hurt. The two-story house of Frank
Palmer was lifted entirely off it's
foundations. Mr.. Palmer's barn was
totally destroyed and valuable ma
chinery lost. The storm ran through
the county, uprooting immense trees
and destroying over twenty barns.
The old Christian church was blown
down.
A number of plate glass windows
were broken in the stores, and chin
neys, small buildings and trees were.
leveled. The damage here is esti--
mated at $4,000.
At Oakland City the south wall Of
the Oakland City Manufacturing COM
pany's building caved in and an en-,
ploye was buried under the debris, re-,
ceiving fatal injuries.
Child Is Killed.
Alexandra, Ind, April 4-During the.
storm and high wind here Oscar Cum
mings was perhaps fatally injured
and his ten-year-old daughter was in
stantly killed by falling tree.
Death and Destruction.
English, Ind, April 4. - A tornado
three miles west of here yesterday
killed Mrs. George Cunningham and
crushed the skull of her ten-year-old
son by blowing down the house. The
path of the storm was 100 yards wide
and a mile long. Three farm houses
were destroyed and all buildings in its
path. A farm hand was fatally in
jured in falling barn. Much stock
was killed.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-04-10
Crimes and Criminals

Mrs. Robert j. Drake Of Harveys-
burg. Ind. was arrested charged with
poisoning her husband. s.,
The threat Of a police captain to ar
rest the players broke up q proposed
social euchre party in Brooklyn. Z,
Thieves drove on With 1 wagon.
loaded with hfty-seven cases Of mer.
schandtse valued at 5000 from the
Chicago. Burlington q Quincy frsiEbt
depot IN Chicago: 35ss
Oscar Dibelow 81 Kansas city.s Salxed
/ iadttn l years shpt ma % rio1sly
wonnd a. his two brof tiers, Jam s ma
s0sorseNAged twentysstki aad thirt -
the result 81 gs,arrei 81 g.
ss Al Jury "a the Mel. ean county (rll.)
scircutt court found four men guilty 81
chicken thefts and decided it wa1
burg md that the men shontd Isl
ssptsnced M ~ psnltentiafy s a Il