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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-10-24
LIME IN THE OCEAN.
A Predictions Amount of 1t II Secret.
ed by Various Forms Of Sub
marine Life.

AS the geOlOGlSL WAGES ABOUT dMOA6
the pools or follows the shore line at
low water, he is impressed with the
prodigious amount of lime segregated
from the sea water by the superabund'
ant marine life exhibited on all sides:
Every pool, every rock. Is teeming
with life of some kind, and most OF
these organisms have secreted q Ger.
tain amount of lime from the sea wa
ter to form their shells or their bones,
internal as we'll as external. structure,
says Mines and Minerals. Most OF the
pools are lined with so-called sea
mosses," more strictly calcareous.
fernlike corallines Of pink or purple
hues, the lime secreted by minuts
polyps. In addition to this there are
many forms of algae. or sea plants,
that secrete lime. Considerable mass
es of structureless limestone are so
formed in the bay Of Naples.
Apart from the vast beds OF sea
shells we know to be secreted in the
mud and sand. as well as those shells
like the abalone found under the
rocks, an enormous amount Of segre-
gated lime is represented by various
forms Of crustacea, particularly OF
the worm or annelid family. incased
in tubes of lime These tubes cover
the floors Of caves. while the walls are
still more densely coated with limpets
and rock barnacles, while in the crew
ices hundreds of little crabs crawl
about and menace you with suspi'
cious eyes and formidable claws, and
hermit crabs carrying their whelk
shell home on their backs swarm in
the POOLS.
With such = teeming superabun.
dance OF lime gathering life, the min
ing geologist no longer wonders at the
vast amount of limestone he meets
with in the marine rocks. in which
his blanket veins Of lead and silver
are found, as at Aspen and Leadville,
Col, and throughout the world gener-
ally wherever lead abounds. He sees
now how it is that he occasionally
finds fossil sea shell in the limestone
walls of his mine, and only wonders
he does not find more. In mines far
Their east he would find the limestone
composed Of nothing but mass OF
sea shells. Deposits OF comminuted
shells and coral sands, thrown up on
shore by the stormy waves, may be
cemented into a compact rock. or
limestone, by the redeposit of carbon.
ate of lime between the fragments.
In such a way is formed the "shela
limestone of Florida. and doubtless
many of our old afossiliferous lime
stones were formed in this way.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-10-24

Few Of us can watch q dynamo in
operation without q feeling akin to awe,
though the inspiration may arise from
very different sources To the layman
1t is little less thansa miracle that the
simple spinning Of mass Of iron and
copper should suffice to light his house,
carry him from. place to, place and
do all the countless things for which to-
day electricity, Is operative agent. To
the engineer this feeling comes from a
different source He knows and under
stands the accepted theory Of the opera
ton Of the dynamo and 10 familiar with
It's construction. Hence it is the SIM
plicity OF the thing and the beauty Of
It's operation that impress him. OF the
action he knows just as little as the lay
man, for our theories merely give US
something plausible to think about and
of themselves prove nothing-Elec-
trical Review.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-10-24

And it. has turned out all right, but
even SO Sutton sometimes wonders il
other men do the trick Is suddenly as
he did.-N. Y. Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-10-24
! MUD voLAl.rcoBs.
Strange Formation of COnical Mounds
in Some Parts of the Old
Eass 1S sa World. 81 ss

ern Italy near Modena, in Sicily near
Girgenti, on the shores of the Sea Of
Azof and the Caspian. in Central
America, and in other parts of the
globe. The gas frequently escapes
from them with such violence that
mud is thrown into the air to the
height of several hundred feet. Some
times this gas is inflammable. consist
ing Of gulphurated hydrogen. hydro
gen, or some hydrocarbons, and these
gases occasionally take fire, so that
true flames issue from these mud vol
canoes, says Mines and Minerals. In
other cases. the mud volcanoes appear
to be formed by either hot or cold
springs, containing large quantities of
suspended materials. and the liquid
mud issues from the vent without any
violent eruptive action.
e Prof. Bunsen. in his account Of the
pseudo-volcanice phenomena of Iceland.
describes many valleys where sui
phurous and aqueous vapors burst
forth with q kissing sound from the
hot soil formed 81 volcanic tufr. In
such spots a pool Of boiling water Is
seen, in which a .bluish-black argyll
laceous paste issues in huge bubbles.
These bubbles, on bursting, throw the
boiling mud to height of Is feet and
upward, SO that it accumulates in
lodges around the crater and base OF
the spring.
The formation Of a new mud vol
cano was witnessed. according to
Lyell, on November ~, 1927, at Tok-
mali, on the peninsula of Abscheron,
east Of Baku. on the Caspian. Flames
blazed up to an extraordinary height
for three hours, and.continued for 20
hours more to rise about three feet
from q crater from which mud was
elected. At another point in the same
district where flames issued. frag-
ments Of rock Of large size were
hurled up into the mir and scattered
around.
Near Girgenti, n Sicily, are several
conical mounds 10. to 80 feet high, with
small craters at their SUBMITS, from
which cold water mixed with mud and
bitumen is cast off Bubbles Of car
bonic acid and ,carburetted hydrogen
gas are salso disengaged from these
springs, and at certain periods withsuch
violence as to throw the mud 200 feet
high. These, mud or air volcanoes" are
known to have been in activity for the
last. IS centuries. Ar area of not less
than 1000 square miles, 100 miles north
west Of Clutch and 1.-THE mouths Of the
Indus, IS covered over by numerous mud
volcanoes. One Of the conessis 400 feet
high, composed of light colored earth and
having at its summit . crater 80 yards in
diameter The liquid mud which fills
the crater Is continually disturbed by air
bubbles. and here and there is cast up in
small jets. ia 84.ssxaEEf
Who shall say but what Rosita, Sill
yer Cliff and Cripple Creek, in Colorado
witnessed many such phenomena?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-30
SPEAKING FOR DEMOCRATS.

We thank Gov. Cummins, of Iowa, recently Fesur-
rected the strong and convincing plea that he makes
for Democracy He does not label by that name Dut
label would make the true effect OF it more PLAIN
Speaking before the Iowa Bankers ASSOCIATION he SUP
sanay placed his party where belongs as the parry
of reaction of let bad enough alone of comfortable 1ndo
lence on the part of those who having acquired enough
of this worlds goods inimcal to change.
This was not the purpose of the speaker. lie mas
been discplined before and did not intend to oHend
again But he spoke of the fullness of his heart and
could wholly restrain the feelings and thoughts ed
are moving the great of the voters OF this country
today He turns away in rather than Ill anger
from the standpatters and the stayputters and says
of reform in the currency of all other reforms l he
real spirit that stands like giant III the way OF progress
in this direction is the conservatism of prosperity.
This is important because it describes truly the new
political alignment of the day All the world take
# where Won will save in periods of sudden upheaval
and outbreak men gravate in their political relations
between conservatism and progress Now 1t is the party
of change and progress that of reaction and eau
ton that attracts them Today it is the Democracy OF
the United States which is full of the spirit and vgor OF
reform 1t is the Democracy that stands for the Aweepng
away of abuses the opening of paths for those who
have fallen under the wheels Of modern Juggernauts
1t is the Republican party that in the face OF Its own
duty and another suffering, has answer but the stod
words, Let well enough alone
incidentally the address referred to is direct con-
frmation from Republican of the charge made
by T he Globe few days ago We said IN these
columns that the Republican party has policy that Its
convictions ouworn that it is hopelessy divided on
all the issues that are alive stirring into pronise that
it 'Iets dare wait upon l would; and that 1t is
bound and sacked before the demands of progress by
that motto of letting the present alone lest change
should do injury the party and those who have prohted
greatly by its possession of power This charge is con-
essed unntentionally by good Republican authority to
be true 1t is The Republican party of today has
no policy incapable of forming 1t is for De-
mocracy strong with the spirit of eternal youth and
fearless in its purpose right the wrong and remake
the old for the higher of the future to come to the
rescue and service of the people.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-30
Stories They Tell

Ordinarily, man has birthday
every year, but such is not the case
with William J. Evans. deputy clerk
of the district court of Hennepln
county. Mr.. Evans will be forty years
old on his tenth birthday.
He has not had a birthday since
1895. and will not have one until Feb.
20, 1904, which will be eight years
since his last birthday.
81 was born Feb. 20. 1864. which was
leap year, of course said Mr.
Evans, yesterday "Since then / have
had a birthday celebration every four
years until 1896. Then / discovered
that lived in an age of the world S
history when one century was to pc
succeeded by another. and I was de-
prived of my birthday in 1900. which
ought to have been leap year. but
was not, owing to the fnvlolable agree
n1ent among astronomers that the last
year in every century shall not be
leap year unless it is Invisible by 400.
I was thirty-two on my last birthday
and will be forty on my next"
Clerk Evans expressed the desire to
organize an exclusive club. to which
only those who are born on Feb. 29
shall be eligible to membership. and
he is anxious to hear from all who are
so exceptional as to be in his class.
Having waited for eight years for a
birthday, he thinks he is entitled to a
grand celebration when the next one
comes. He expects to arrange for a
grand banquet for Feb. 20, and he
wants to have everything for that oc-
casion eight times as elaborate as any
thing ever enjoyed by the ordinary,
lucky individual, who has birthday
every year.
1t was in q small saloon down town,
where the barkeeper was very wise and
perfectly acquainted with all the de-
vices of the men who live by their wits
rather than by the sweat of their brow.
The discussion had turned to the sub
ject of the finn fam game, and one of
the hangerson expressed a wish to see
the game worked. So another guest Of
fered TO explain it.
A drink was ordered, and the pur :
chaser rendered a 81 bill in payment
He discovered that he had the change,
so handed over the 95 cents and got
hack the bill. Sure" said the bar
keeper, "that game wouldn't fool a
child"
But the seeker after information was
not satisfied. He asked to see it over
again, so that he could follow 1t bet
ter. To satisfy him, the game was re-
peated. He seemed to grasp the idea
that time, and, after few remarks,
both he and the man who had volUn-
teered to explain walked out. They
had been gone few minutes, when the
man in the apron suddenly stopped
wiping the bar and said. with start.
BLAMED if that chap didn't forget to
give me back that 81"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-30
AND WHY NoT2

1t is sign of the changes of the times that there
should be such gathering home rule convention
within the territory of the United States 1t marks
departures under Republican leadership the change
from the universal assumption that independence is the
best state for and nations to the theory that colo
NAL system can be grated prOperyor at least profit
ably-upon form of government. We getting as
far possible away from the ideas of Lincoln who
did not hesitate to say that is good enough or
wise enough to govern another without that others
consent
There has been home rule convention in Honolulu,
at which former delegate from Hawaii the congress
of the United States urged that congress be memorial
lied to grant Hawaiian independence and the establish
ment there of government similar that of Cuba. His
position very acceptable the people of the islands
and called great applause These subjects of nation
whose first principle has been the right of all men to
freedom and selfgovernment will petition in vain for
those rights which founded to assert and to sup
port against all the world.
There has been a moment of real content in
Hawaii since the annexation programme was put
through The situation there has changed only in the
greater bitterness which the native population feels
toward power still regarded nterloper and an
alien 1t the good fortune of Hawaii to come in be-
lore we had tried the expansion business large SCALE
and she received much liberal concessions than
the other dependencies Any such treatment has
accorded to the Philippines would have shocked the men
who provided form of government for Hawaii Still
with her greater freedom in local affairs and her repre-
sentation at Washington, she is thoroughly dissatisfied
The small clique of oiceholders in power in the isl
ands were greatly pleased that their privileges and enol
uments not nterfered with The great financial in
teress that have been exploiting the islands graf
lhed their satisfaction to date having been married
principally by their inability under our laws to work
their big plantations with cheap and practically servie
labor But the Hawaans themselves, the bulk of the
people who must live under rule, have been totally
unreconced Whenever they have chance speak their
hostility expressed; and whenever they choose
representative they select distinctly hostile to the
American invader.
These people at least cannot be called rebels" or
treated as hosties They have committed hostile
and not likely 1t late the day for us to
claim that they incapable of sefgovernment because
they have exercised it and we have already conferred
upon them privileges inconsistent with any such denial
What they ask is reasonable the face of it. They
want only what we wanted century and ago and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-30

fought to win what we declare be the common birth
right of humanity They ask political independence Inc
right to govern themselves in their own way.
Has any ever given reason why this priviege
should not be extended? Not The answer to those
who claim that the character of the people compeis US TO
treat the Philippines do that must either STD
ec the people of all of dependencies to deprivation
of political rights else leave them to lapse into saw
agery become the prey of hostile power is found
in the present condition of Cuba We did not turn the
island back to Spain. We did grant it independence.
Our rights there and the rights of the Cuban people
against any possible invader perfectly fortified CUBA
the standing object lesson which convcts the Repuo
can party of nsincerity and its policies of despotsn1
when the people of the other islands ask for similar
rights.
The difference is that, with frank reliance upon the
integrity of the people and the political faiths which they
had always held Democrats forced to put itself
record favor of Cuban independence That pledge
Republican greed and lust of rule were not strong
enough to make break to shame IN the eyes
of all the world The other prizes of aggression were
not so protected their fate has them and
on us. But when their people ask why they should not
have the same treatment Cuba the Republican party
is ready with any reply That is the question that
still has answer, and the American people will con-
tnue to ask until they shall be satisfied by the giving
of reason or the performance of duty neglected and
denied
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-30
What the Editors Say

Senator Knute Nelson is in Alaska.
He will probably bring home a small
piece of iceberg to chill Joel Heat
wole's senatorial boom. A very small
piece will be sufficient-St Cloud
Journal Press.
Since the French. president has been
received with so much evidence of ap-
probation in England, it is stated
that French society leaders, who have
heretofore rather looked down upon
the peasant president" as they called
him, have concluded that Loubet is
quite a fellow after all, and they are
seriously thinking of taking him
up" No doubt the French president
feels highly honored.-Aberdeen News.
Minnesota's campaign for pure food
legislation has been powerfully rein
forced in the national convention Of
dairy and food commissioners in st.
Paul Minnesota has been one of the
foremost states in the nation in advo-
eating pure food legislation, and it's
suggestions will form basis Of the
new law which the national conven-
ton will propose to ongresS.-Crook-
Ston Times.
In st. Paul the other day judge
held that the law requiring a plumber
to take out a license was not consti-
tutional. This will permit fellow to
fix pipes when they spring a leak, but
the question is, can he?-St. Cloud
Times.
1t is stated as a scientific fact that
some kinds of music will kill mos
quitoes, but unfortunately there has
as yet been no breed of mosquitoes
discovered that will kill some kinds of
music.-Austin Register.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-30
PUBLIC FAIRGROUNDS.

From, time to time the Womans Civic league the
Commercial club agitates the subject OF pubic play
grounds and breathing spots the crowded parts OF the
city, but public improvement the matter never has
been taken up enthusiastically by the citizens OF this
community While St Paul is yet free from the SUM
and the tenement they known in New York, the
city growing and building up the center so rapidly
that if is acquire lots for such purposes now IS
the time bring the necessity of them before the public
For the well-to-do citizen the hill, with his COM
Portable home and ample grounds may be hard to real
ze what these breathing spots to the tenants OF one
or two rooms in crowded building in the downtown
district or how many little children obtain their only
glimpse of the sky from the street corner.
The dangers of the street and the contamination OF
perncious influence generally admitted and the
breaking up associations among boys especial
N is the labor of social settlements and OF those
who work for the civic good 1t generally conceded
that there has been thing tried in New York more
effective the uplifting of the children than these pub
lie Fairgrounds of which five have been established this
summer ~
The objection raised by fault-hnding folk
against this arustc movement that it would draw
together the rough element of the tenement district and
result greater hoodluism than already existed In the
The opposite has been the result. AS pre
dcted and hoped by the phlanthropc having the
matter in charge the Fairgrounds from the beginning
of the movement-about I8o8-have had distinct civil
zin influence and boys who rough and boorish in
the streets have evnced desire to reform if allowed
the privileges of the Fairgrounds.
DR.. Ohages playground Harriet island in con
necon with his far-famed public baths, is model for
the city if the authorities should consider it wise open
more of these grounds in the downtown district In
New York the latest development of this idea is kinder
garten department for the smaller children with boxes
of sand and colored balls, swings and eeters for the
older ones, and complete gymnastc appliances for those
older yet.
There is still opportunity in downtown district
for the municipality to acquire ground for this purpose
at figure exorbitant but the tremendous i'm
pulse in building and the erection of business
houses is rapidly covering of the city where these
Fairgrounds would be most valuable. Let the citizen
consider these Fairgrounds not only pilanthropic
movement for the good of the poor, but matter of
civic reform which will play important part i'll the
making of good citizenship It is rule the graduates
of the streets who fill penal institutions and any
movement which lessons street hoodlumism should be
enthusiastically Endorsed by the community at large.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-30
TODAY'S WEATHER.

Minnesota-Fair Thursday: Friday fair
warmer; fresh northwest winds, dimin-
iSi1ing.
Lower Michigan-Fair Thursday ex-
cept showers and cooler in southeast por-
ton; Friday fair; fresh northwest winds
Upper Michigan and Wiscousin-Fair
Thursday and Friday; fresh northwest
winds.
Iowa-Fair Thursday; cooler in south
ern portion; Friday fair and warmer.
Montana-Fair and warmer Thursday;
Friday fair
North and South Dakota-Fair and
warmer Thursday and Friday.
St Paul-Yesterday's temperatures
taken by the United States weather bu-
reau, w. E. Oliver. observer for the
twenty-four hours ended at o'clock last
night-Barometer corrected for tempera-
ture and elevation. Highest tempera-
ture, rs; lowest temperature, 81; average
temperature, 68; daily range 10; barome-
ter, 1913; humidity. 20; temperature, p.
M. Ga; wind. northwest; precipitation, 0;
Yesterdays Temperatures
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-30
Press Comment
chamberIsn's Tariff Doomed.

Everything points to Chamberlain
being showed under when the general
election comes next March. Those
stanch, Unionistfs papers the London
Standard and Psll Mall Gazette, after
weeks of heslating neutrality. have
declared against the preferential tar
if'' project. SR has the Post. of Biz
mingham. Ch4piberlain's own city,
which has nevetS before failed to follow
his lead.
The cabinet of eighteen members is
divided. The Worlds correspondent
says, twelve to siX-the twelve adher
ing to the free-trades system. But in
the minority of six he includes Cham
berlain and Balfour, the two strongest
leaders of the present Tory Unionist
combination. There would seem, how
ever, to be much doubt as to Prime
Minister Balfour's position. All that
he. has positively said is that he re-
serves IAN open mind" His other ut
terances have been all prefaced with
an 'if' or conditioned by but"
/. Probably the party will in any case
be defeated at the general election next
spring.-New York World.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-30

Homoaenity of the Fleet.


Naval experts say that congress
made a costly mistake last spring when
it included in it's appropriation provi-
sion for two new battleships of 10000
tons. The one point upon which naval
strategists agree is, the fon1ageneity Of
the squadron; it is essential to a navy's
efficiency that it's ships shall fall into
classes-six or more vessels, identical
in speed, mlanepvering radius and coal
capacity, constituting class.
When the ilI-advised appropriation
was made, it was proposed by Thought
full friends of the navy that, instead Of
the creation Of a new class, the .13,000-
ton battleships be accommodated to the
d aines class Eiof slightly less tonnage.
The Maine is not especially heavy
either in armor or armament, but she is
a fairly effective vessel; her speed is
eighteen knots and her, coal capacity
1000 tons. Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-30

SAN JUAN, P. r., July 29.-Pontif-
cal mass for the repose of the soul of
the late pope was celebrated through
out the island today. In the great
Cathedral here Bishop James H Blenk
was the celebrant and the huge church
was crowded to suffocation. Acting
Gov. Charles Hartsell, secretary of
Porto Rico, the insular officers, the
foreign consuls, army and navy Off
GERS and members of the supreme
court were present.