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Compact and Lucid.

The Hon. Tim" Tarsney, solicitor
Of the city of Detroit and former mem
Der of congress from the Saginaw DIS
trict of Michigan, tells story OF an
Irishman in his district, a liberal con-
tributor to the campaign fund and
strong man financially, but with ht1le
or no education. Some OF the boys
thought it would tickle the old man
to propose him for chairman OF big
political meeting, but they had no idea
he would accept He did accept, how
ever, and on mounting the platform
made the following speech:
"Gintlemin Of the Convention
congratulate you most heartily upon
the choice OF yure chairman. You
kin rest ashured that as long as the
bulluk of the population constitutes
the masses of the people there will be
no danger from the privileged few.
The convention is now ready for busi-
ness. '-Philadelphia Post.
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HEN been associated in our
WNR minds ever since school
lNSNA4X days taught us little of the
history of the Barbary states,
brought to us thrilling tales
OF enslavcd American voyagers, of gal
liant liberating Decatur; but, in our ig-
norance, we had thought Moorish piracy
thing of the past, not in existence in
these modern days of telegraph and rail-
way. However, we are to learn the
Moorish pirate and brigand is still a
creature of vitality. seemingly as un-
conquerable as the Berber race itself.
At present, news is flashing round the
world concerning the captivity of an
American citizen, Mr.. Ion Perdicaris, in
mountain stronghold in Morocco, and
the danger threatening our citizen If the
demanded ransom is not forthcoming,
the demanded stipulations observed
It is not improbable that America may
again take up arms against Barbary
state; at least we have begun making
show of disapproval our war vessels
now lowering about that bold and
treacherous African coast
The story of the capture of Mr.. Perdi-
CARTS and his stepson, Mr.. Cromwell
Varley, reads like romance. and we
may be pardoned for reviewing it.
About half past eight in the evening Mr.
Perdicaris was at home with his family
In villa about three miles from Tan
gier, the diplomatic capital of Mo-
rocco, when suddenly the house was
surrounded by body of armed Arabs,
who. acting under order of their lead
err, Raisuli, seized the two men and fed
with them to the mountains. Mr. Perdi-
carts is of Greek origin, but is a
naturalized citizen of the United States.
He is very wealthy, has been resident
of Tangier for years, is married to an
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of them do, are but food for the firebrand,
and insists that some means should be
found for stopping their publication. He
does not charge the democratic press
with any graver offenses in this connec-
ton than may be laid 10 the republican
press, but would like to see some sort
of censorship established which would
put stop to the use of the really vici-
GUS pictures.
"These pictures often carry a joke
too far he says and to illustrate his
point he tells little story OF an in
stance which happened in Iowa when
he was boy:
There was an old judge on the
bench in my town who was something
Of humorist in his way. One day he
heard a case in which new attorney
appeared for the defendant. The young
lawyer pleaded his case most eloquent
ly, but the burden of proof was against
his client. and he lost. After the judge
got home that night he received a call
from the counsel for the defence.
:. Judge said the young lawyer,
you ruined my life to-day. am start
ing out on my legal career had a
good case, and before went into It l
told my client that l would win. 1t
was my first case. judge. and IT | had
won it it would have done me world
Of good. AS it turned out, I am a
ruined man. #
tOh, don't feel that way about II, ;
replied the judge. Just go to your
client and tell him that it was all my
fault. That it was the instructions l
gave the jury that lost you the case ;
''The next time the Judge stepped
out of the house he found the defend
ant in the case waiting for him with
blood in his eye. I'll teach you to in
struct the jury to defeat justice!' he
Numbered, as he pitched into his
honor.
$50 you see joke can be carried al
together too far. think some OF the
funny picture men are OVERRIDING 1t"
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Il
TIJRED BY MOROCCO BANDITS
,axness of the powers that be, that brig
andage prevails to such an extent IN
morocco arrests and punishment OF lndl-
~;duals might easily lead to genera
civil war. and the overthrow OF the gov
eminent. ,. or-o-
sentative at Tangier indicates the rev.
oIutionary character of the work OF the
hrigands. It is not simply ransom that
ts required (although big, Fat sum
p.;srIi has asked be collected OF the
governors of Tangier and Fee, his Dit
Tar enemies), but the brigand leader de-
mands the removal of the governor OF
mang,er the release of several imprls-
ored bandits, and the immunity OF him
self and band for the Perdicaris capture.
Then and then only, says this naughty
.hieftain. can be effected the release OF
.ha cantured American and Englishman
Aiso Raisuli reasonably asks Amer
-. and Great Britain to stand guaran-
tea that Morocco observes all his sup-
nations! -.
..saI c,tizens Of great nations, dictate
.arm. Is great nations? One OF the
s s and most influential OF the
Shsreefian families, therefore not IN
sre of any nstion. any people; Orig
- " 3
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and that can fee to the mountains so far
entered only by tribesmen and captive,
a place of intrenchment far from coast
and battleship, retreat most difficult
for outsiders to reach in safety.
Morocco has an area OF about 219,OOO
square miles, but all except $500 miles
is desert. Across the country, from east
ia" west, extend the Atlas mountains.
In the plains and mountains dwell the
turbulent Berber tribes; in the north
the Rif1ian tribes. The leading races
are the Moors, Jews and Berbers; the
latter styled "the free people" superior
to authority, folk that do not pay OBJ
servance to, seem scarcely to be con-
scious of the existence of, that gentle
man of supposedly autocratic power, the
sultan of Morocco. Constantly they are
getting the sovereign into trouble by
reason of their high-handed deeds OF
robbery and kidnapping. and the sultan
is ever mixed up in international broils,
is very often called upon to pour into
the Golfers of the offended goodly thou
sands. No one nation, however, ap-
pears ready to interfere to the extent OF
assuming control of Morocco's internal
affairs, and the country confines land
of political unrest, of lawlessness and
also of oppression.
Recently the brigands have been espe-
cially bold in their depredations. They
cross into the spheres of French and
of Spanish influence, seize upon any
Christian" that may come within
their reach. In 1893 the Riff1an tribes
came in collision with Spain, and the
government was forced to pay large in
demnity to the Spanish nation; since
the bad feeling then engendered piracy
on the Riff coast has increased. It may
be of interest to readers to glance at
few words from an article written for
an English magazine by Mr.. Perdicaris
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Lone-Lost Money.

A thousand dollars in greenbacks has
just been discovered at West, Tex,
after having BEEN lost 30 years, and
the money found its way back to the
original owner, though located by an
other 7. NJ. West built house in
West 80 years ago. The structure
was recently condemned by the city, and
ordered removed. It passed into the
hands of A. w. Russell by purchase,
and In removing the ceiling q roll was
found containing the amount. Mr.. West
lost 81 900 while building the house more
than q quarter Of q century ago.
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THE CAR AND HIS MONEY.
Russian Monarch Is Even Richer
Than the Leading Capitalist
Of America.

The fact that the car has just made
little contribution of $10O000,0 900 from
his private purse to the Russian war
fund reminds us that Mr.. Rockefeller j.
not the only rich man in the world. There
are few others, and there is hardly
doubt that the Russian monarch over
tops the Standard Oil emperor, not only
as the first of autocrats but as the first of
plutocrats, says writer in the Philadel
phia Saturday Evening Post.
Most royalties are very small potatoes
financially compared with any one of sew
eral American millionaries. Mr.. Rookie
Teller could put all the sovereigns of Eu-
rope, except the cZar, on his payroll at
their present wages without deprivine
himself of single bowl of crackers and
milk or ever lacking quarter to drop
into the contribution box on Sunday. He
could pay the salary of King Edward OF
of the kaiser for year out of months
income, and have something left for car
fare.
But the Russian emperor is in differ
ent class In the imperial budget the al
lowance for his household is figured at
the meagre rate of about $8,000,00O a
year, but that is merely the beginning OF
his resources. He owns a great part of
Russia as his private property-mines,
forests, and illimitable stretches Of ara
BILE lands. In European Russia alone the
strictly private domains of the imperial
family are as large as Indiana. The state
owns 20 times as much more, and the
car is the state. In Siberia the imperial
resources are still more opulent. Most
of the rich mines Of gold, platinum, and
precious stones are worked for the
benefit of the car and his family.
But beyond all this, the emperor is the
absolute master of the national treasury
and all it's varied sources of income. In
England the king talks in his speeches Of
my army" my navy" and my ex-
chequer," but all this is understood to be
a legal fiction. Everything is regulated
by parliament, and the king cannot touch
a penny that is not appropriated to his
use. But in Russia the car can speak OF
my army" and my navy" in literal fact.
He could disband the whole outfit if he
chose, and pocket the money saved by the
operation. His civil list is simply the
amount that he sees fit to dip out of the
treasury. He could double or triple it
without asking anybody's permission.
The whole treasury is his and all the tax
ing power of the empire, to the limit OF
the ability of his subjects to pay. Is it
not clear that the difident young
Nicholas is the richest man in the world !?
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-16

publications from every department Of
the government.
Though not a member of the senate
committee on printing Senator Hoar
has nevertheless shown a greater in
terest in the printing Office than mem
bers of that committee, and records
his vote for every appropriation for its
maintenance or expansion. He was
strongly in favor. Of condemning the
old government printing Office and
erecting a new one, and urgently
worked for that end before it was final
~ accomplished.
In some respects Senator Hoar is
like Lincoln. He has a way of illus
trating a point with story. To illus
trate the condition Of the old govern
ment printing Office he has several
times told the following story, which
is an incident Of his early law prac-
tice:
II am reminded" said he. ''of some
thing that happened In the supreme
court of our state some years ago.
They held court at Northampton and
went over to Mount sHolyoke, where
there is an elevator which takes trav-
elers up the side of steep rock a
hundred or two hundred feet. to avoid
the difficulty Of climbing. {
"The judges, az judges are apt to be,
were, nearly all of them, rather corpu-
lent men. They saw that the rope that
held the car in which they went was
very much frayed, and they asked the
manager if he did not think 1t was a
little unsafe.
".Yes," said the manager, 1t is
wholly unsafe and likely to break every
minute, but we are going to have q
new one next Monday"
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on Piracy in Morocco" the author
doubtless not dreaming at the time OF
writing that some day he himself was to
fall victim to this very piracy. Riff
fan mountaineers, men of q race which
has, alone, succeeded, alike in the past
and present, in maintaining their indie
pendence; men who were neither utter
ly quelled in bygone times by Carthage,
Rome nor Goth, and who, to-day, defy
the sultan of Morocco as they do the
greatest of the European states, not one
of whose subjects has penetrated that
territory except as slaves or captives
held as ransom, although the Bocoya
country is situated in the very sight Of
Gibraltar"
rocco and the pretender continues.
When the excitement was at its height
last year, the London Times CORE
spondent, Mr.. Harris, spent three weeks
of captivity with the mountain rebels,
of whom Raisuli is the leader, in the
region about Tangier. Raisuli has laid
to his account highway robbery, black
mail and murder, and 1t may be some
Of the cruelty of which he has been
guilty has been dealt out in payment for
the years he spent In one of the worst
of Morocco's VIGOROUSLY bad prisons
Mr.. Harris describes the brigand, Rails
uli, as still young, quite handsome, with
no appearance Of the ferocity Of which
he has proved himself capable. Mr..
Harris says his captors Indignantly re-
fused all offers of ransom for his re-
lease, declaring their motive in holding
him being not robbery, but their idea
that the retention of foreigner
might get them from the government
certain much-desired concessions, one
of these concessions the liberation O.:
imprisoned brigands. Mr.. Harris free
dom was finally purchased by means of
a 16 to one ratio, 16 men from the Tan
gier prison being exchanged for the
British subject The Englishman said
the liberated prisoners were in deplor-
able condition, Morocco's prison meth
DDS being the most inhuman, while he
himself came from under the brigands'
n20OS III d luC Sl1lC VI AC0lIus IL M0y
be, would be well to let the Morocco
brigands get the reins Of government
entirely in their hands; certainly they
could not do much worse than the pres
emit administrators.
AS to present-day piracy in the land.
Mr.. Perdicaris writes that the Bocoyas
of Morocco weaken the boosted security
Of Gibraltar by waylaying the smaller
sailing vessels that are unluckily driven
their way; shoot down those on board
that resist, and carry of captive officers
and men remaining. Italian, Portu.
guese, French, Spanish, all have had to
make acquaintance with the tender
mercy Of the up-to-date Moorish pirate
Mr.. Perdicaris suggests the Bocoyas
some day may call forth well-deserved
chastisement from those powers whose
subjects have been mistreated; and II
very possibly will turn out that oul
country and England will be the powers
to organize the punitive expedition.
KATHERINE POPE.
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Bad as a Ballet.

Hospital Physician-This man seem
to be half dead, and yet cannot fin
anything the matter with him. Whers
is he from?
Ambulance Driver got him at the
door Of the ST. Fashion Assembly hall.
There is ball going on there.
Physician-Ah. see. He probably
stepped on q lady's dress and she said
'tSiT!"-N. 7. Weekly.
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lOOul6tS VI - II .
country went dur
ing the last presi-
Dental campaign
has brought a pro-
test from Secre-
tary Shaw against
the use of what he
calls anarchy
breeding pictures"
in the coming
campaign. He be-.
lieves that these
pictures, where
they go to ex-
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government print
ing Office. The big
print shop has
been a sort o. hob
by with him, and
he never tires Of
visiting it and
watching its Won
derful machines
turning out count
less thousands OF
pages of official
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-16

VelOplu8 against
Secretary Cortel-
you as the nation
al re pu b lie a n
chairman. Quay is
said to have start
ed the opposition
to the selection OF
the young secre-
. tary Of commerce
and labor, and but
a few hours before
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A Useless Printing Press.

Some of the most remarkable print
ing machines in the world are to be
found in the government printing Of
fee. They are such marvels OF inge-
uuity that they seem almost human.
But the most ingenious of all these
machines is the great perfecting press
which has stood in the press room for
half a year waiting for experts to de-
termine why it would not run. 1t was
bought especially for printing the Con-
gressional Record and will, il ever put
in running order BY the makers, cost
the government S38, $50.
For six months mechanical sharp
from the factory has been going over
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At It Again.

Sentimental Sue-Jack Higgins pro-
posed to me last night, but l refused
him. He's too fresh.
Tantalizing Tess the very
reason why you should marry him.
Sentimental Sue-Why, what do you
mean?
.Tantalizing Tess-People should
marry their opposites.- Cincinnati En-
Quirer.
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Effect Of the Dose.

A little Jersey girl recently swallowed
a quantity Of gasoline in mistake for wa
ter. She was not seriously incon-
venienced, but could not help wanting
to speed down the pike like an auto
mobile.-Philadelphia Telegraph.
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Tree Planting at Night.

1t has been found that trees may be
transplanted in full foliage in May or
June with little or no injury If the
moving is done at night. This has
been demonstrated to the entire sat
isfaction Of prominent French horti-
culturiStS
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No Ear for Music.

Mrs. Subbubs--No, my husband can't
distinguish one tune from another, and
it annoys him SO.
Mrs. Kawler-Does it, really?
Eyes, indeed. Now, only yesterday he
thought he heard Mr.. Naybor working
the lawnmower and he ran out to bor-
row it, only to find it was an Italian with
one of those street pianos. "-Philadel-
mia Press
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-16

people in Wash
ington are interest
ed. II Washington
were consulted In
the matter it is
probable that At
torney G 9 n er al
John p. Elkin
would be the man,
but Mr.. Elkin is
the candidate for
the supreme bench
in Pennsylvania.
and hasannounced
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-16
Lucid and Obscure.

Clerk-What shall tell that bill col
lector if he calls again.
Boss-Tell him you can't tell him any
thing about anything you can't tell him
anything about.--Indianapolis Journal.
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Mrs. Fairbanks tells how me- =
elect of warning symptoms VIII
soon PROSTATE a woman. one
thinks woman's safeguard IS
lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
"DEAR MRS. PMKHAM:-1gnola.nSa
and neglect are sha cause OF . ~.
female suffering, not only wan s
c,,re, aid not heed the warnings Q,
headaches. organic pains, and genera
-aar;nesa. until was well nigh pros
troted 7 knew had to do something.
Mann;lv did the right thing. l TOOK
T.vGia %. Pinkham's VegetaDio
C1mnound faithfully, according 70
attentions. and was rewarded in lew
waelra to find that my aches and pains
d;sanpeared, and again felt the glow
~ health through my body. Since
have been we'll have been more care.
fn1 / have also advised number q
nv sick friends to take LYDIA E.e
P}nLham's Vegetable Com.
hound. and they have never had
r reason to be sorry. Yours very truly.
Mrs. MAY FAIRBANKS, 216 South TIN
st., Minneapolis, Mimi" Mrs: falr,
hanks is one of the most successful ana
highest salaried travelling salesWomen
in the West. - $4,000 to1fsit 4 o.' sd,... e
abous letter pyoving gsnuinsnsss cannot os pro0acea
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
wnmen to write her for advice.
90. loo rr,,idnd fhnllS1n0S 10
6ealth. Address, Lynn, Mass.
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
LITTLE STORIES GATHERED AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITOL
OBJECTS TO THE CARTOONS
Secretary Shaw Thinks Funny Mems
Pictures Breed Anarchy Sena-
tor Hoar the Friend Of Print
ers-other Capitol Gossip.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF the
extremes to which some of the car
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a nonestic strike

= 0V11eosAe SsAAne'
Bobby, here's your penny, and you
must go right to bed"
"Pa, I want more pay an longer
hours."-Indiansao Journal
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Fighting Cortleyou.

An echo of Quay's political innu-
ence is found in the fight that is de-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-16
Quay's Successor.

Who will succeed to Quay's place in
the senate is question in which many
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Hoar Favors the Printers.
Senator Hoar has for years been
looked upon as the guardian of the
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A Missouri Munchausen.

There are some pretty fair Nimrods
In Missouri now, but story which Is
printed In an old history Of Galloway
county shows that some Of those OF
former days could make contemporary
sportsmen look like 80 cents either as
shots or as -raconteurs, says the Kan
sas City Journal. "Mr Calvin Tate"
according to this history, says that
the wild pigeons were so plentiful one
summer that frequently when they
would alight on tree it would bend
down to the ground with their weight
He went hunting one day, and seeing
fine lot Of pigeons in a tree he
hitched his horse to one Of the limbs
and fired and killed. 300 at one shot.
The rest flew away, and as soon as
the tree was relieved Of their weight
It Strengthened up, carrying his horse
with it, and the poor brute had to
hang there until he could go home
and get an az and cut the tree down.
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Gritty George II hope dat bowl OF
coffee won't stimulate yer to go to
work. Sandy Pikes-No, pard, asked
de lady to put loaf sugar in it.-Phila-
delphia Bulletin
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BY Elimination.

One day, as Pat halted at the top Of
the river bank, q man, famous for his
inquisitive mind, stopped and asked:
How long have you hauled water
Tor the village. my good mani"
Tin years, sor."
"Ah! How many loads do you take
In day."
From tin to fifteen. sor.,
"Ah, yes! Now / have problem
for you How much water at this rate
have you hauled in all, sir?"
The driver Of, the watering cart
jerked his thumb backward toward
the river and replied, All the wather
tan Advocate
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-16

OROCCO and piracy have
been associated in our
minds ever since school
days taught us a little of the
history of the Barbary states,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-05

alighted from the wrong side OF the
train (which, by the-way. is the hrst.
time the amiable old gentleman ever
went wrong in his life and instead OF
striking for the business center of the
city. as he intended. he found himself
i'm the labyrinth Of avenues, streets
and handsome dwellings in the Pills
bury addition, AfteEwandering from
house to house for astlme he stumbled
into the home Of Capt. Harry Thomas
on Sellers street. Now Cap'n AIRY
formerly lived at Ely, and there was
something doing right away. 1t was
timely meeting Of old cronies and
the genial judge never was more
happy"
A new dead beat racket is being
worked. A stranger hits a town.
picks out the wealthiest and largest
church, attends worship on Sunday
morning. Just as the benediction is
finished the stranger has Il fit. He
t,imbles ever. frOthS at the mouth
and has IL good hard one; of course
he receives attention. On the inside
of his coat is found a card which
notifies the charitable friends that
in case he be found dead or dies in