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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06

was making . bid for the meeting, but have withdrawn long ago to give away to the strong attraction Birmingham and Montgomery are holding out
 Mir. Peabody was much struck with the appearance of prosperity and growth in the city since his last visit of several years ego. He commented on the solidity of the city and said that he appreciated that the limits of Birmingham were nom- inal and do not indicate the real propor- tons of what is proposed as Greater Birmingham. The distinguished visitor has been in Columbus. Ga. since Thurs day, November 26, the latter city being his native town. He has been att tending the dedication of the Y. M. c. A. building of Columbus, built out of funds donated by the Peabody brothers. With Colonel R. H. Pearson. of Birmingham, and the Rev. MT. Sears of Meridian, Mir. Peabody also visited the Tuskegee In- stitute of which he spoke highly.
 National Vice President squires of the Retail Clerks Protective Association, with headquarters in Washington. is in Birmingham, having come here in re- sponse to messages last week which told of possible differences in Birmingham between the clerks union and merchants. The differences were settled the first of this week and all is we'll now in these circles hereabouts. Mir. Squires will re- main here week or two, however work ing in the interest of the clerks union. joint meeting between clerks and salesladies will be held Monday night and general reception will be rendered the leader.
 The vote in the Independent Order Odd Fellows for Alabama for Grand Lodge offices has been canvassed and the fol- lowing result has been given out: Grand Master. Dr. A. E. Meadow of Birming- ham; Deputy Grand Master. W. c. Wheeler of Huntsville; Grand Warden, Herman Vogel of Mobile; Grand Secre- tary. H. c. Weaver of Huntsville; Grand Treasurer, J. c. Bowie of Talladega; Grand Representative o. J. Semmes of Mobile. The newly elected officers will be installed at the Grand Lodge meeting in Mobile in May.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06

F. B. Wellons. former manager of the White Commission Company, who was arrested last night on the charge of em- bezzling S,000, appeared before Judge Feagin of the police court this afternoon at o'clock to be given a preliminary hearing. The affidavit on which the warrant has been sworn out for Wellons alleges that he embezzled 5000, raising the amount from $7,e0O, which was the first amount appearing on the warden's docket.
 The warrant Is sworn out by J. P. Dawson, who is one of the leading stock holders In the incorporated company Wellons denies the allegations.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06

F. H. Allison. receiver for Burkhalter & O.. has advertised for 200 men to con- tinue the work on the Jefferson county trunk sewer. just begun by the Burkhal- ter company at the time of the bank ruptey proceedings. Only a small part of the first of the four sections of the proposed sewer had been constructed at the time of the petition.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06

deal? Do you have frequent pains in the forehead7 Do you have pains across the eyes? Are you losing your sense of smell? Is there dropping in the throat? Are you losing your sense of taste? Are you gradually getting deaf? Do you hear buz-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06

The small son of MT. and Mrs. Frank Tipiar, who reside at 1913 Avenue D.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-12
HINTS FOR BEEKEEPERS.

Save odd bits OF comb and render
into wax
Give each colony good hive and see
that they have prolific queen.
Everyone owning colony OF bees
needs a good bee-smoker and veil.
Give the bees proper attention, and
do the work thoroughly. Slipshod
methods do not pay.
Don't leave scraps of honey about
the yard exposed to the bees. 1t makes
them cross, and induces robbing.
It Is net good to have the hive too
high from the ground; but they should
be raised enough to prevent rotting OF
the bottom board.
Don't try to getsalong with home
made hives and fixtures, unless they are
made lust right. Better buy good
hives and keep them well painted with
white paint. ;.
Be tidy. When eating honey, don't
drop pieces of comb on the ground.
PIT in 4 can or box, and close up bee
fight II visitors drop comb about 1t
should be gathered up and put away.
Work out such brood-combs as are
crooked or have drone cells in them.
place them in top story over queen
oxc,nder Extract the honey from
them this fall; then render into wax.
The combs may be replaced with comb
Foundation next spring. - Midland
Earmer
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-12
THE PLAGUE or INSECTS
~ath OF the Total Farm Prod.
nee of the Country IL Con-
sumed by These Pests.

some clever thinkers declare that the
numoerless kinds Of bugs, worms and
nles which harm the crops are a blessing
~ disguise, because they reduce the
output OF farm produce and SO prevent
constant glut in the markets. saws a
"li1er In Massachusetts Ploughman.
AZ any rate they put skill and brains
a. . premium for the farmer who would
successfully fight the new pests that
appear every year or two must know
soMetnlng OF which the old-timers never
neard. Even with the vigorous war;
are now carried on, an authority of the
Natlonal Academy Of Science estimates
mat one-tenth the total farm produce.
OF $500 100000 worth, is spoiled by in
sects every year. One-half Of this is
lechoned as loss to the staple crops.
Sreoll Is given to various insects about
as follows: Hessian fy's damage to
wheat. rye and barley, one-tenth, or $780,
ooo,OoO; chinch bug, $7,O0O,OO0 corn
root worm, 10 to 20 per cent. in many
states. certainly averaging five per cent.
or $S7,OOO,O00 Of the corn crop; total
10 growing cereals, $4,000, 900. In sew
en- gulf states damage to corn has been
estimated at 20 per cent. and at five per
cent. for the whole country, making the
total $4O,OO0.0O0. All other stored grain
IS estimated at three per cent, or $780,
ooO,oOO; making total approximate
damage to stored grain amounting to
$bO,O00,OOO; grass and hay, $40, 900 900;
cotton, by the cotton worm, boll-worm
and boll-weevil. $1,000 900 in 1880. Since
then this loss has decreased, but Texas
IN 1894 lost 100000 by the boll-wee-
VII. and $15,000,O0O is considered low
annual estimate of its work on cotton.
Tobacco gave up eight per cent, or ST.
100000. to horde Of insects; potatoes.
six per cent. or SIC, 1000, 900. to the Colo
RADIO potato beetle. No figures are given
Tor fruits, truck. domestic animals and
timber, but moments thought will
show that the loss in these items must
be enormous. although hard to estimate
closely because of lack Of separate
statistics for loss by insects The total
value thus destroyed is a vast annual tax
large enough to pay interest on all the
improved roads, canals and schools, that
the most sanguine friends of the farm
ers might desire. Whether such destruc-
ton Is concealed blessing may well
be doubted. At least nobody would
care to assert that we have not already
plenty OF harmful insects Rather it
should be a leading object of the SCI
enttsts to prevent the introduction Of
further costly intruders Of the gypsy
moth description.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-12
A BALAMB1NG LOVE STORY.
Dusky Bride Wanted to Pawn Her
Slave Husband to Bridge
Financial Strait.

A rich woman of Balambing fell in
love with a handsome young slave be-
longing to Moro in neighboring town,
writes Mrs. Russell. in Tales of al Tawi
Tawi Garrison" in Everybody's Maya
zine. After some difficulty she effected
his purchase and married him, despite
the fact of his being so far beneath her
In the social scale. Not long after this
the happy couple went to Bongoa on a
market day. The lady, being an in
veterate gambler, repaired at once to
the cockpit, where she lost so heavily
that she found her funds inadequate for
the return trip to Balambing. Then a
happy idea struck her. Why not pawn
her husband? Although she was mar
ried to him, he was still slave in the
eyes of the law; and she could redeem
him on her next trip to Bongoa.
Acting on this happy inspiration, she
sought an audience with the governor,
explaining through the Interpreter her
predicament, and offering her husband
as security for the loan of $3.50 gold.
The governor, being bachelor, was
scept1cal as to this marriage transaction,
fearing he might have the bridegroom
permanently upon his hands If he adj
vanced SO great sum- This was made
plan to the bride, who protested that life
would be quite uncomfortable without her
liege lord, or, more properly speaking,
liege subject; but the governor was UNI
relenting. How the lady finally man
aged to reach Balambing is not told.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-12
GRINDING MADE EASY.

high and inches wide The seat IS
shown in the sketch. The splasher, A,
is q strip OF board fastened close to the
stone, to prevent water being thrown
on the operators legs. The treadle, T,
is a strip one by two inches square, and
is attached to the leg Of the frame with
a half-inch bolt. The connecting-rod is
bent around the treadle loosely, so it
can be moved forward or backward to
suit the operator. A piece Of lath. with
bits Of wood under each end, nailed to
the leg forms q slot for the treadle to
move up and down in. G is the water
can at the back Of the grindstone.
There are what are called bicycle
mounted grindstones on the market, but
when one has stone he disltkes to
throw it away to get one that is easier
to work. Such stone mounted in q
frame as here described will prove az
satisfactory as a bicycle-mounted one.
Put a little sand on the wet stone every
minute or two, letting only enough wa
ter drip on 1t to keep it damp. and you
can. put an edge on any tool in very
short time. In order to make smooth
edge. finish without sand and with q
good flow Of water.-Mr. Grundy, in
Farm and Field.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-12
FILIPINO OF NOTE.
Young Insurrcctfon Leader who SUI.
fered Exile Rather Than Ae.
knowledge Defeat.

A decidedly remarkable figure in Phil
ippine affairs passed when Apolinario
Mabini died. He was man of strength
and ability, both of which characteristics
were strongly shown throughout the in
surrection and the reconstruction period.
OF the entire group of young men who
led the insurrection, he was undoubted-
~ the ablest, although in the beginning
he was perhaps the least known of all,
says the Manila Times. When the Malo-
los government fell and the insurgent
armies were driven from the field, Ma
bini refused to acknowledge defeat and
suffered exile rather than abjure He
remained steadfast in hispurpose and re-
fused the oath of the new sovereignty
until months after peace had been re-
stored and his country had started on a
new basis.
Much of Mabini's career impels adj
miration, and we willingly yield it, much
as we disagree with and repudiate the
principles for which he fought. In so
doing. however. we do not wish our
sentiments to be misunderstood, as much
OF the kindness and friendship shown
toward Mabini and other former rebel
leaders undoubtedly has. We are abso-
lutely convinced that the triumph Of the
Malolos government would have meant
evil for the Filipino people There was
not single man in the Malolos govern
ment possessed of true conception Of
responsible government, of political bal
ance, or of national responsibility, and
evil use would unquestionably have
been made OF the power gained. Internal
strife, rebellion and Intervention by one
or more of the powers would most likely
have come in the order named.
We had strongly hoped that Mabini
might be spared to his people. Observa-
ton under normal circumstances might
have given him true measure Of his
countrymen and their needs, and he
might have been very valuable in point
ing the way to them. He had many of
the qualities of leadership. and always
retained the confidence of the people de-
spite the fraud, deceit and misconduct
OF the men with whom he was associated.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-12
POINTS ABOUT BANK CHECKS
Information Which VIII be Of Value
to Persons Engaged In Com.
mercial Pursuits.

A lady had kept IL her possession
for several days check from her
uncle. Her uncle died. and she has
tened to the bank to cash the check.
When she found that the bank could
not pay the check until it had orders
from the heirs or from the courts she
was surprised, and said artlessly to
her husband that she thought of q
check as being so much money if the
signature was good. The incident
shows the value of some information
which the National Banker prints.
Most business men know it already,
but in these days business men are
not the only people who have to do
business.
A check is merely an order from A
to B, who holds some of AS money, to
pay certain amount of it to c. 1t is
not money, even If the names on the
check are good and well-known and
Although checks are given in payment
of debt and a receipt is usually given
on the spot, yet the passing Of check
does not constitute payment OF indebt-
edness until it is paid by the bank.
Nor will the concurrent receipting Of
the debt for which it is given change
this. If the check is not paid on pre-
sentation to the bank, the origins!
claim stands against the drawer or
giver of the check. But certified
check, that is, check signed by an
officer of the bank, usually the cashier,
person who draws it.
Checks may be antedated or post
dated, that is, dated before or after
the date OF delivery. II postdated
checks are paid before the date speci-
fed, the drawer can recover the
money, for the bank has acted not in
accordance with any order from him,
but on its own responsibility. If q
blank is left for the date, the holder
is authorized to insert the true date
Of delivery, but no other date. The
insertion of any other date, or chang
ing the date without the consent Of
the drawer, makes the check void.
A check should be presented within
reasonable time, or the holder will be
keeping the check at his own risk. II
possible check should be presented
the same day 1t is drawn or the day
after. II check is not honored when
1t is presented at the bank, the holder
should notify the drawer. When a
check passes by Endorsement, the same
promptness in presenting the check
is required of each person to whom
it is Endorsed in order to hold those in
dorsing It, as is required of the origi-
nal payee in order to hold the drawer.
BY putting check in circulation the
liability of the drawer cannot be pro-
longed
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-12

pound lighter than the last named. The
origin of the Minorca, like that of 20
many others of our profitable poultry,
is much in doubt. Some are Of the opin-
ion that they originally came from
Minorca, an island in the Mediterranean
sea, one OF the Balearic isles, while 9TH
ers contend they are variety of the
Black Spanish. Be that az 1t may. they
are one Of the most profitable breeds Of
poultry for the farm that is known. For
table purposes they are good, the flesh
being white or light colored and fine
grained. Their chief property is their
egg production. They are nonsitters and
year-around layers. As winter layers
they are exceptionally good when kept
under fairly favorable circumstances
Farmers Review
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-12
,r.... liked the Tobacco.

our experience does not confirm the
,,;nion 81 the many poultry writer's who
saaommend tobacco powder or tobacco
stems il nests to keep insect parasites
away, especially chicken mites. Some
a" 900 having an unstable crop Of
$500 m hand. we made all their nests
~ tohacco leaves, satisfied that we would
.nerahv exterminate mites. The result
'ne - worst attack from these pests
we ever suffered. They swarmea .ne
t - leaves by thousands. This to
. naoao WAS very strong Connecticut seed
,aaf ord was cured deep, dark Drown'
hn+ = seemed that the stronger y was
40 better the mites liked It Us nome
Farm and Ranch.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-12
SUMMER HEN NOTES.
Mess of Cooked Lean Meat Given
Every Day VIII Stimulate Pro-
duction Of Eggs.

It the hens must be fed anything at
all, it should be lean meat. 1t is bet
ter to feed nothing and let the hens
pick up all they can from wide range,
which gives them Q variety and keeps
them in exercise. But when the hens
do not lay, give them a mess Of cooked
lean meat once day. This will often
start them laying when everything else
fails Hens will not lay after they be-
gin to moult; but as long as they are
not moulting, they should be laying, as
there is no season of the year SO favor
able for production as summer.
When the hens are not laying during
the summer there is something wrong.
It may be they are too fat or that lice
are annoying them. It may happen that
even. on the range there is not sufi-
cient food supply, hut 1t is seldom that
such is the case. The majority Of those
who feed their hens give nothing but
grain and In so doing they get the hens
out OF the favorable condition for lay:
ing by making them too fat.
The best summer foods are milk,
meat and grass. The hens can secure
all the green foods they wish ii they are
at large, and also seed and insects, but
II supplied with skim-milk they will
need no other food. as long as they are
laying; but should the supply Of eggs
fall on, give them lean meat. Cut off
every portion of the fat from the meat
and use only that which is lean. A
pound Of meat will be sufficient for 16
hens, thus giving them an ounce each.
When the hens cease laying, it would be
well to examine them for lice. as that
is where most OF the difficulties with
poultry begin. When hens are kept free
from lice, they will usually give good
account Of themselves-B. p. Wagner.
in Prairie Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-12
FRAME FOR GR1NDsToNE.
It Was Invented by MIR. Grundy Wh1
Thinks 1t just the Right
Thing for Farmers.

Igive sketch of my grindstone frame.
have always had to do my own turning
and grinding, and used to stand on one
foot and pump away with the other UNI
til ached in every joint Finally set
my brain going on the matter, and
evolved the frame shown herewith.
Since 1t was finished have sat down and
rested while grinding. The sketch
shows plainly how it is built 1t is all
wood except the rod connecting the
treadle and crank, which is No. wire.
The frame is so inches long, 80 inches
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-12
what Rotation Teaches.

The theory Of rotation teaches that
ia get the best that the land is capable
at. and to avoid insects and disease, no
crop should follow a crop of the same
kind or family. Melons, cucumbers and
souashes belong to one family, egg
plant. tomatoes and Irish potatoes to
another, beans and peas to still another,
and SO on. A root crop should be fol-
lowed by grain or foliage crop, and
top-tooted by a fibrous-rooted crop.
But few farmers carry the theory Of
rotation into praetice very strictly
Midland Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-12
SUCH A MISUNDERSTANDING
TIE Man Who "Rubbered, was Not
Familiar with Talk Of the
Railway.

when / saw that she was almost beyond
my CONTROL" said the railway engineer, x
threw her over"
"Brute!" CIRCULATED a gentleman wearing
eye glasses and grassy whlskers, who was un-
Intentionally straining his ears to overhear
the conversation, relates Judge.
at didn't do any good," continued the
engineer, so shut her of but still she was
jumping pretty hard and sliding around
Infamous said the grassy-whiskered
man.
..Sliding around; 50 give her sir"
"Ah, then you have some little instinct OF
Kindness" growled the incensed listener.
and cot away Just when She began to smash
things"
"And don't blame her one Bit" asserted
the man with the eye glasses and the grassy
beard Its pity she didn't smash you,
80 you couldn't come here and boast OF your
cruelty. am not surprised at the number
Of divorces NOWADAYS"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-12
WHY WOMEN DON'T MARRY.
ing known MS an "Old
Maid"

Men stand aloof from matrimony
and women are not marrying as they
used to do, certainly not as early in
life; but about that think one need
find no fault, says a writer in Ameri-
can Queen. Some of the happiest
marriages are contracted not late, but
later, in life, when tastes are matured
and characters formed, and many
women at an age which appears elder
ly to the young girl make very happy
marriages, indeed. Then there are no
old maids to-day; that is such COM
fort. 'Old maid" used to be term Of
reproach from which girls fed, ofttimes
into misery; but the youth which now
springs eternal in the feminine face,
hair and dress, has swept away the old
maid, and am glad of it. She was
sour and unpleasing to look at or to
touch. How could she help being
soured when she was thing of ridi-
Guile, and all her good qualities count
ed for nothing, Observation-Disclosures
had not married? But "the old order
changeth, giving place to new" and
better customs sometimes. and unmar-
ried women now enjoy freedom and
command respect which rarely was
vouchsafed to their maiden aunts; so
good a time do they have, in fact, that
they are often in no hurry to change
their condition, and many women
quietly refuse eligible offers until
they fall in love. am glad they are
70 wise and true to themselves, and
am glad for what think helps to
make them so-the work which has
rolled out to women like a mighty
food; work Of all sorts, for all condi-
tons; work by which women can
earn money, happiness, dignity, keep
their tempers sweet, their lives young,
their interests fresh. Work is one of
the greatest blessings given to human
life.
So, when the women who have not
been suited with husbands throw the
energy which would have turned to
discomfort into some interesting work,
II it be good and kindly mot mere
fad or interference), If it makes one
little bit of the world better or happier.
or brighter or purer, then surely they
have found vocation a thousandfold
more ennobling than marriage for the
sake of marrying, or for home, or
for wealth, or for anything save the
love which rules the world! I think,
and say, that the crown of womans
life is real Marriage marriage of
true, pure, enduring love; but we can
not all have golden crowns. and an
imitation one is apt to turn into gall
Ing chain
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-12
Food for Little Chickens.

Charles A. Cyphers, who has made
many experiments in the feeding Of little
chicks. writes as follows: Without an
exception bread and sweet milk make
the best food for day or two, il not
for the first two weeks. At the time Of
exclusion the crop, gizzard and intes-
tines are filed with uric acid and other
excretions, of which they should be
cleansed. have fed on nearly every
food usually employed and killed and
dissccted by the third day over 100
chicks. OF all the foods experimental
with bread softened with sweet milk
clears the cropand gizzard and starts the
chicks growing the quickest"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-12
5;ij5IV;fsZh sH#
2fN ;:..:::MsgEAN
THE BLACK MINORcAs
Particularly Good as Winter Layer.
When Kept Under Fairly Favor
able Circumstances.

This variety OF fowls belongs to the
Mediterranean class and they are placed
next to the Leghorns in laying uuali-
ties. They are in appearance very SINH
lar to the Leghorn. Their general out
line is, In fact. that Of the latter, but
OF more length of body and heavier in
mold. Indeed, they are the only variety
of the Mediterranean class that has a
given weight which approaches that OF
the Wyandotte. being only one-half
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-12

Ifyou do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving q
iull statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
wise gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.