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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-08-06
Have No Use Of Their Feet.

Tribes OF men with feet almost use
less have been discovered in New
Guinea. They live in the midst OF
lakes, moving about on little canoes,
and possessing few cabins built on
wood piles. Their feet are SO unde-
veloped as to be Of little service Tor
walking. .
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-08-06
10 Be Hoped s..

Wife Cooking up from paper9 AWhaa
was Hobson' s choice?
Husband-Mrs. Hobsor. SUPPOSE
New Yorker.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-08-06
sAssuLlTcH rs RECALLED.
Russian Commander Defeated on the
gYalu to Be Succeeded by
st.:@, Lieut.. Gen. Keller. ar

81. Petersburg (Russia) Special
Y The battle on the .Yalu. like every
other battle OF moment, has not failed
to mar reputations and to o1fer. opportu-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-08-06

nifty to new blood. Gen. Sassulitch.
who is held to be responsible for the
Russian defeat, has been reliAved,of the
command Of the Second sSiberian army
division. He had been replaced by Lieut..
Gen. Count Keller, who recently re-
signed the post Of governors OF Ekater-
inoslay in order that he might be able
to go to the front. :
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-08-06
A CITY Village.

I walk the block to the woods, and
ind this side the rows Of trees long
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-08-06
GETTING ACQUAINTED.
But VERY FEW PEOPLE REALLY
KNOW BIG CHICAGO.
NOT ALL DIRT AND DOORS
Many Pretty Residence Districts with
Flavor Of Village Simplicity
Where Business Cares and
Hustle Are Forgotten.
Chicago! You can live for years In
Chicago, and at the end have scarce a

speaking acQuaiE-
lance with her, so
difficult 1t is real
ly to know the gi-
antess who reigns
here on the south
end of Lake Mi
chtgan. But it be-
ing true that as
you progress in
acquaintance the
more you grow TO
desire intimacy
with her, eventu-..
ally you may an
nounce that you
lYrow CHI 90 q -
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-08-06
Pleasant Social Life.

I decide to stay awhile and study
the folk OF Walton from various View
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-08-06
Just a Little way Ont,

The. other day, Aweary to the death
Of town bricks and smells and bang,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-08-06

sists in the usual exhaling and inhaling
but the method of accomplishing it is
novel. The children are ranged in rows,
with their hands on their hips, and
each child puts . quill toothpick in its
mouth. Then, at word Of command,
they inhale deeply through the nostrils
and then exhale slowly through the
toOthpick, this device making the ex-
halation slow and avoiding I'LL chance
Of strain. VI .%t sss
The IRE drill Is another important ex-
ercise In the development Of lung pow
or. As the little arms and legs get hard
and the chests are developed the more
advanced pupils are taught to take the
weaker ones across their shoulders and
carry them out Of the reach OF the fan
cied flames. But the ideal Of all the
children who belong to these classes is
to develop strength and skill enough to
join the trick team, for when the dan
ger Of disease has been banished and the
puny little figures with narrow chests
and round shoulders have been devel-
oped into erect. sturdy bodies then the
gymnastic feats OF the more pretentious
athletes are attempted and achieved be-
fore admiring public audiences.
The development OF muscle is attend,
ID with q similar stimulation of the
moral side Of the child, and 1t is to ac-
complish the latter that the penny
weekly fee is charged, giving the chill
dren q sense Of membership and right
ful claim to the advantages of the club,
which is lacking in the mere charitah BILE
work, which does not permit even the
slight contribution of the children them
selves. The results Of this physical
training are striking. Children who.
when they Joined the club, were too
weak to endure even the least tirihg of
the exercises under this regimen de-
velop strong, healthy and even athletic
frames. Moreover, the tendency. to con-
sumption il checked, and with the; In
crease Of physical strength there IL al
mental and moral devel-.
opment. Finally. the lessons OF the
the knowledge Of the prop
er method of breathing and OF watkins, 4
IRE remembered long after the actual |
class work has ended, and serve to keep
The health the exercise has won.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-08-06

Children and society-ddr1 Work.
It IS not optimism that accounts for
my growing fondness for Chicago. for
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-09-08

the proposed improvement and the
method Of making the same meet with
his appreciation he signifies IL by in
dOrsing upon the specifications his ap-
proval thereof This Endorsement car.
ries with it the guarantee that the
state will pay one third of the actual
cost Of construction.
I'VE have often been asked by peO-
pie interested In good roads whether
state aid has proved beneficial to the
people or not and what our experience
has taught us of the practical value
Of the same. Our reply is that state
aid for road Improvement has proved to
be one Of the grandest conceptions and
in its enactment one Of the wisest, best
and most benefcent acts that have ever
been placed upon the statute book Of
the lawmakers Of any commonwealth" !"
In length of road built and contract
ed for under the state aid law New
Jersey takes the lead, with go miles.
That was the record at the time the
report of the commissioner Of public
roads for 1903 closed. New York fol-
lowed. with 4S4 miles; Massachusetts,
with 4S0: Connecticut, with 454.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-09-08
GOOD ROADS.
Governor BacheIder of New HamD-
shire ON Highway Improvement.

Governor Bachelor of New Hamp-
shire on Highway improvement.
New Hampshire is one of the states
which are making rapid strides in the
improvement of her roaNs. Governor
Bachelor of that state-and he is also
an officer of the national grange-is a
very enthusiastic advocate of road
said:
THE development and prosperity Of
any state or nation depend In some
degree upon the transportation facili-
ties provided, and such facilities in
clude not only our rivers and harbors
and our great railway and steamboat
companies. but also the highways over
pie are transported.
THE important matter now before
the friends of good roads is to arouse
the people to a realization of their re-
sponsibility in securing favorable state
and national legislation on the subject.
Another important matter is the con-
struction of roads adapted to the needs
of travel over them. Much harm has
come to the good roads movement in
some sections of the country through
the advocacy OF more expensive roads
than the resources of the people would
warrant and demand. Costly stone
roads are economical upon portions Of
our highways, but we must not over
look the fact that there Is a vast mile
age Of roads that could be permanently
improved by the Judicious expendi-
ture Of u comparatively small sum OF
money per mile. We should give due
prominence to this fact in considering
the matter from state or national
standpoint.
"As an official Of the national grange
l desire to say word for the farmers
of the country in regard to national
aid for road building. The farmers
have been loyal to the interests of the
nation In every emergency In the past.
They have contributed their full share
in proportion to their wealth to the
revenues for the support of the gov
ernment The ablest statesmen and
most successful business men contrib
uting to the development and prosper
ity of the country point to the farms
as their birthplace When our cOun-
try has been in danger the farmer boys
have responded nobly to her defense.
We have uncomplainingly contributed
our share to the enormous expendl-
lures of the national government for
river and harbor Improvements, the
construction of canals and the erection
of costly buildings in our great cities.
and we do not regret 1t.
I'VE now ask In the name OF justice
that national aid be granted for the
improvement Of highways. This In
wolves the establishment Of no new
policy, but the extension of the former
onA We ask tha invai suDport OF
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-09-08

Regarding the proposed division
of the Diocese of Central PennSyl-
vania of the Protestant Episcopal
church, the secretary has compiled
a statement at the request of Bishop
Talbot. The new diocese will be
composed of Harrisburg and Will
iamsport and deaconries, embracing
the following counties: Potter, Tioga
Clinton, Lycoming, Sullivan, Cen
ter, Union, Northumberland, Mon
tour, Snyder, Juniata, Cumberland.
Perry, Dauphin, Fulton, Franklin,
Bedford, Adams, York, and Lam
caster. The strength of the diocese
will be greater than many Others
and will have seventy parishes.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-09-08
NEW JERSEY ROADS.
HOW THEIR IMPROVEMENT HAS BEN
EFiTED THE GARDEN STATE.

Crops Quickly Marketed and Sold at
Good PrOAts-Farms In Great De-
mand-The state Aid Law For Road
Improvement.
Robert A. Meeker, the state super
visor of roads in New Jersey, says that
the good roads In that state have aided
in materially increasing its popula-
tion. Commuters who formerly found
1t necessary to live near railroad sta
tion now in many cases live as far as
five miles distant. The schools have
been strikingly benefited In the increase
and regularity Of attendance, and in
many other ways the interests OF the
state have been advanced. Though
forty second in area, New Jersey has,
according to Mr.. Meeker, twice as
many miles of good roads as any state
in the Union. That is something for
which the state may well be proud.
1t Is said that in one neighborhood
alone, Union county, the improvement
OF the roads has changed values so
greatly that men who few years ago
were struggling farmers, with earnings
so scant that ii WAS difficult to make
two ends meet, are now not only well
to do, but absolutely rich. They can
sell their crops at good prOhts. they can
grow more profitable crops. they can
get these crops quickly and cheaply to
market, and their lands. for which ut
low prices 1t was formerly almost i'm
possible 10 find purchasers, are now in
demand at prices which, compared with
the old order Of things. seem fabulous
and the mere mention of which sug-
gests most unaccustOmed condition
of opulence.
Mr.. Meeker recently described the
plan and method Of road improvement
under the state aid law as follows:
'The New Jersey state aid law is
first and foremost a home rule or local
option measure. The people along the
line Of certain road, wishing to have
the same improved, prepare a petition,
requesting the board of chosen free
holders of their county or the govern
ing officers of the smaller political di-
visions t. improve the highway in
front OF their respective properties.
The governing body before whom this
petition il presented considers it, In con-
Aection with others of the same nature,
and, IL 1t has not sufficient funds to
build all, selects those which in its
Judgment are most important.
after SO doing it instructs its
engineer to prepare plans, profles.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-09-08
Sudden Ccath of Howard w.
Meylert.

Howard w. Meylert formerly Of
this place, and brother of F. w.
Meylert Esq, died at his home in
Susanville, California, Monday Sept.
3, after a short illness. of typhoid
fever He leaves wifA and one
child. Mr.. Meylert left Laporte in
the early eighties and has made his
home in California since that time,
He will be remembered by all our
older citizens. A more complete
sketch of his life will appear in a
future issue of the News Item.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-09-08

those who have been benefited by our
contribution to other public matters to
which l have referred. l believe the
farmers Of the nation. representing
more than third Of our population.
are practically unanimous in favor of
such a movement and will give it their
UNQUALIFIED support"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-09-08

Road IN UNION COUNTY, n. J.
cross sections and specifications. When
these have been prepared the engineer
titles for their approval or rejection.
II they receive the stamp Of local ap-
proval they are then forwarded to the
office of the state commissions of pub
lie roads, who then proceeds to satisfy
himself, by personal examination Of
the papers placed before him, and also
OF the road which it is proposed to Inn
prove, whether the same is of suffi-
cient general importance to be improv-
ed in accordance with the plans and
specifications submitted to him. Ii
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-09-08
Amos B. Sprovt Dead.

Amos b. Sprout, of Picture Rocks,
died "Wednesday of last week at the
age of IS years. He was one of the
best known citizens of his town and
Was a deacon of the Baptist church.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-09-08

For the information of veterans
who are anxious to understand the
operation of the order granting pen
SiOns at certain ages, the following
will be found of interest: "The order
entities IA claimant who has passed
the age of siXtytwo years to S6
month; after siNty-five years, to So;
after sixty eight years, to $l2, and
after seventy, to SD. This ruling
modifies the former practice of the
office, fixing the minimum and max
imum at sixty-five and seventy
five years respectively. In carrying
out this order, official red tape has
been done away with. If a veteran
who served ninety days or more, in
the Civil War, and was honorably
discharged, and who has passed the
age of siXty-twO, will write to the
commissioner of pensions, there
will be supplied to him an applicant
blank and the necessary instructions.
The services of an attorney are
not required, the only expense is the
payment of the notary's fee. Vet
Grams must understand, however,
that they cannot draw two pensions.
If they are now drawing pen
sion So or $40 month under the
general law, as under the act of June
u, 1890, and have reached an age
which, under the order, entities
them to an increase, they can have
it by making the necessary applica-
tion but they must relinquish the
pension they have been drawing up
70 the time their names are placed
on the new roll.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-09-08
United and Firm.

The Democrats had hoped that they
would receive something like support
for their proposition to tinker with the
tariff from the Republicans of Iowa.
They had hoped that platform would
be adopted by the convention at Des
Moines which could be used in an at
tempt to create division of sentiment
on the tariff issue in the Republican
party. They have been bitterly disap-
pointed. The Republican party of the
whole country stands united and firm
for the maintenance Of the principle of
protection for American INDUSTRIES
Albany Journal.
1t has never yet been definitely
determined to what extent lightning
rods are protection to the building
to which they are attached, but the
consensus of the best opinion is that
they do protect, and as the average
annual fire loss in the United States
is$4, ,353, 900, builders and property
holders usually find it wise to invest
in the necessary protective conduct
ors. A committee of the National
Fire Protective Association, body
closely affiliated with the insurance
interests, has been making study
of the problem, and in a preliminary
report makes some interesting sus-
gestions as to the proportion to roof
area and the kind of roof. One
point which the committee makes
which will be new to many persons
is that the lightning rod should new
er be insulated, but should be fasten-
ed to the roof by clamps of the same
kind of metal. 1t is also stated that
the conductors should never be run
through iron pipes, this injunction
reversing what used to be a very
common practice. Figures collected
by the committee show that barns
are the buildings most frequently
struck by lightning, dwellings sand
churches coming next in order given,
and the report quotes the following
as the order i'm which various kinds
of trees are susceptible to lightning:
oaks 100; elms II; pines SO; fires TO-;
fir trees in general -; beeches =.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-09-08

The attaches of the Department of
Public instruction have prepared the
warrants for the distribution of the
school fund to the various school dis
tricts which have made their reports
to the department. The warrants
will be sent out on September lst.
Two hundred districts in the state
have not yet sent report to the de-
partmcnt and warrants for these dis
tricts have not been made out be-
cause the law provides that report
he made from a district before its
apportionment of the fund is made.
Up to this time l39 of our township
high schools in the state have made
IA report to the department and war.
rants for these have deem prepared.
There are a number of schools which
have not been heard from, and under
the provision of the act if the reports
are not received at the department
by September lst, those schools neg
iecting to make Il report will lose
their appropriation for this year.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-09-08
Another One on the New Railroad.

Binghamton, Sept. g. During a
conversation here last evening, c.;
*. Harvey, chief engineer of the
proposed Binghamton and Southern
railroad said:
eff my career is not cut short
will build the road surveyed six
years ago under the name of the
Binghamton and Southern. If Con-
sui General Charles M. Dickinson
had not preferred the social and ,po.
litical distinction given him by his
appointment as United States Consul
General to Turkey, at Constantine
pie, this road would be now an ac-
complished fact, and would be pay
ing dividends to the stockholders.
The preliminary survey parallelled
the Philadelphia and Reading road
for four miles from Williamsport to
Montoursville, crossed the Loyal
sock creek and ran up the creek to
Hillsgrove, Forksville, Dushore and
to Binghamton. This survey made
the route ll6 miles long. 1t crossed
the state line about two miles above
Nestal and runs through the Choco-
nut valley. The grade of this was
one foot in one hundred, lighter
maximum grade than either the
Fire, Lackawanna or New York
Central. Mr.. Dickinson's withdraw
al did not kill the enterprise. 1t
only postponed it and now it will be
built
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-09-08

The State Board Of Health hopes
that before winter smallpox will be
entirely stamped out in this state.
No cases have appeared in either
Philadelphia or Pittsburg, where it
had been epidemic for more than
year, since June last, and the great
diminution of cases in the last two
months in all other parts of the state
appears to indicate an early termina-
ton of the scOurge. Statistics of
the State Board show that the total
number of cases in the state in July
was ninety-four, and two deaths.
During August nineteen cases and
one death were reported. In June
there were sixty cases and nine
deaths, and in the previous month
pa cases and twenty-one deaths.
The greater number of cases occur
ing in July were confined to Schuyl-
kill county, which had tffty-twO
cases and two deaths; Lebonan came
next with 10 cases; Dauphin and
Northumberland counties with 5
each; Indianna with 8, and the re-
manning cases were scattered in AL
leghany, Cambria, Carbon, Della
ware, Jefferson, Lycoming, Mont
uOmery. Sullivan and TiOpa conn
ties.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-08-27
TONNAGE" AT INLAND PORT.
Deputy Collector Evidently Had New
er Been Seafaring Man.

Appraiser Whitehead In discussing
the other day some of the peculiari-
ties OF the tariff law. told the follow
ing story Of newly appointed deputy
collector at a SUPPORT on the Cana
dian border The port was in the
woods. and hundreds of miles from
the coast
The customs officials are furnishe.,
with blanks on which to make their
reports and In cases like the one In
Point there are many items on the
blanks which it Is never necessary to
ell The new deputy collectors re.
port contained the information that
he had collected 81 for tonnage.
dues on vessels.
The treasury department had Wis
tons of tidal wave which had chang
ed the face Of the map on the north
ern frontier and made the little port
IA the woods verltable seaport. An
agent was dispatched to the scene to
investigate. He found no change IN
the physical characteristics OF the re-
zIon and the FIRST question which he
asked the uew official was how he had
managed TO collect 81 for tonnage.
4 collected duty on two tons OF hay
al s. a ton. he replied, and If that
isn't what you mean by tonnage on
your old blank III be id II | know
What It Is."-New York Times.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-08-27

From the days of pirates and
witches Hull was free from ghosts I'M
til 1898, says the Boston Post. In the
early part of that winter the Point Al
Ierton lifesavers, putting out for a
practice row. one evening, saw
horse and buggy drive along the rough
beach and out into the water.
Horse and carriage seemed to pass
along the tossing surface of the water
for time. as II supported by coat
of ice Then they slowly sank into
the water and were gone.
Everyone in the lfeboat saw the
apparition and old Capt. Joshua
James, now dead steered the boats
bow around and his crew pulled with
might and main for the spot where the
carriage had been.
The vehicle had passed between the
crew and the full moon and was clear
ly seen. A woman was discerned,
lashing the animal with a whip and
leaning over the dashboard. She stood
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-08-27

The gun was brought out and fired
over the practice mast, which is a rs.
foot pole with a crossyard near the
top The line was caught and made
fast to the mast by John James,
nephew of the captain. The lines
were hauled tight by means of
tackle and James stepped into the
breaches buoy.
AS he did so the mast broke at its
base and fell on the beach with James
beneath it. He was nursed back TO
life, but as a cripple. and discharged
from the service. Though young
man, his hair is almost white from
the shock
The life crew somehow began to
look upon the carriage specter as hay
ing been an III omen.
Several winters later, at the very
same point on the beach where the
carriage had entered the water, Capt.
James fell dead beside his lifeboat.
Doesn't all this prove something?
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-08-27

II was a woman in black, weeping
and walking along Stony Beach.
The life savers, who had been
joked over the horse and buggy, refus-
ed to go near that part of the beach
or to discuss the matter. except to ad-
NIT that they were glad she kept away
from the station.
She was an eminently respectable
"spook" and modestly kept her trou-
bles and herself from the curious.
Many people saw her for three even
fngs in succession. They said she wore
a widows veil and walked from the
eastern end of the beach to a great
rock and disappeared.
She walked rather rapidly and held
a handkerchief in front Of her face
Some Of the holder spectators spoke
to her or stood in her path and were
rewarded by seeing her suddenly van
ish
The woman was said to often turn
her face toward the sparkling lights
of the Nantasket hotels across the
water
The fourth night after her first ap-
Dearance came the fire. Since then the
talk Of ghosts and omens has been rife
In Hull.
Those who had boosted Of trying to
pick up the ghost lady were looked
upon with disfayor for offending "a
spirit"
The idea Of trying to hirt with
icing from another world" they said.
They ought 10 have had better
bringing up"
of course, she was offended.