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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-04-01
Dies at Same Time with Son.

Truman Van Norman of Clintonville,
deranged by worry over the death of his
sister and by the long illness of his par
ents. said good-by the other day to his
mother and father and, going to another
room. swallowed poison. His mother
heard his cries and died simultaneously
with her SON. The son was y years
old and had supported his invalid parents
for wears.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-04-01

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I'D bis Pg 5asp Ig hi his estrangemsnt
5re gov I,, san was troubling him. But
l.s only ,or was one of the few in
e Le,..-f frtr;rivcly confde, and his
d DsE ,. n. lis auxieties till they
a.2.. . .a%,s' an.r lie sighed. "He is
tEsl mn ~r1 wcll-meaning, generous
1., g IF is these very qualities
a..a ..,.s7s'fng him in such a web
a,s 5-..Gr7 me to think of it, L
l'.. .- fond Of my boy, Darcy
.s I, 4. ~ HIM; and this is how he re-
S De. -, s;r. must conclude, from
~,ro lcen saying, that Percy
l'l 100. .' 70 exceed his allowance"
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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-04-01
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Mrs. A.-John, it seemed to take you
90 tono TO color your meerschaum WIN
such little bit of smoke, so | pu' =.
whore there was a lot of smoke.
Mr.. A. (horrified) where uiu 'o1
put it?
Mrs. An the stove
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-04-01

q,ha street is full of humiliatons %
the prbud.-Emerson.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-04-01


furniture. Adjoining stores were badly
damaged.
George Davis, 40 years old. of the
town of Salem, was drowned in Pollywog
creek The stream had swollen from
rains and melting snow. Davis attempt
ed to ford the stream with his team,
but the horses could not get through. He
managed to reach the shore and, secur-
ing boat, went out to rescue the
horses They tried TO get into the boat,
which capsized. drowning Davis. The
rising of the Fox and O'Plane rivers
threatened to cause a great property loss.
Many farmers have already been driven
from their homes and have sought refuge
in Kenosha. At Wilmot the bridge over
the Fox river has been washed out. The
railway bridge on the Wisconsin Central
between Burlington and the Kenosha
county lines, also went out
There is considerable bad money in
circulation in Hurley and vicinity. 1t is
in the form of silver certificates of the
series of 1891 of the $40 denomination
The '.ten" is very poorly executed and
the paper lacks a silk fiber Detectives
are working on the matter
George Shamburg. aged 80. a promi
nent farmer who resided two miles south
saving wood with power saw when the
rile OF wood tipped over upon him and
threw him head first upon the saw, kill
ing him instantly. He leaves a wife and
eight children.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-23
THE SNOW
HOW THE ANIMALS CONSTRUCT
TUNNELS IN WINTER.
They Find It Easier to Travel Under
Than Over the White Covering
in Their Search for
:,7 Food.

After light snowfall, the wild crea-
lures going about their daily work.
leave very 1egible record behind
them. Not only may their footprints
be plainly seen upon the surface, but
each footprint will be about the same
size as the foot which made it; and
moreover, the details of the toes and
nation. When the snow is deeper,
the individual footprints may be still
there, but the fine details will be lost,
and, as it becomes still deeper, even
the separate footprints will be lost be-
meath the snow which falls into and
partly obliterates the tracks. Even
tually there is point at which some
of the animals no longer attempt to
travel on the snow; they find it easier
or more to the purpose to travel on
the ground beneath il
After one of the heavy snowstorms,
l was walking by the side Of stream
where muskrats are soundant, and
where their tracks are usually to be
found in the mud or the snow the
whole year round. There was not
sign of their having left the water,
and, indeed. the stream and meadows
on either side of it presented one I'M
broken field of snow. However, knew
that if they were alive they must be
getting food somewhere, as they do not
store away supplies, as the beavers do;
On walked along tn investigate With
out warning sank to the hips in a
hole which proved to be the mouth Of
q muskrat burrow. I cleared away
some Of the snow and 1t became evi.
dent that the burrow was in Gaily use
and that it connected with a tunnel
which ran out under the snow. Pro-
curing a snow shovel from farm
nearby, l removed the upper surface
of the snow from considerable Sec
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-23
THE DEADLY TORPEDO
Is MOST DESTRUCTIVE INsTRU.
MENT IN MODERN WARFARE. /
An Ingenious Affair That Is Like 50
Fish of Steep' with the Brains
Of Man-How It Il
Used.

The torpedoing of the Russian bat
teships Tsarevitch and Retvizan and
the cruiser Pallada by japanese torpe-
do boats seems to indicate that the
whitehead" OF automobile fish-torpe-
do will play very prominent part in
the Russo-Japanese conflict.
''The next great naval war;" re-
marked a naval expert not long ago.
will bestow upon the torpedo and its
users q halo of romance which will
eclipse that entirely surrounding the
gun and the ram" The terrible po-
tentialities Of underwater warfare ap-
peal wildly to the imagination and the
sinking Of a nightly line-of-battleship
by the deadly torpedo, sets one to
wondering whether these huge mailed
mastodons" will give place to surface
and submarine torpedo craft in the ma
val battles of the future.
Underwater fighting is carried out
by mines" and "torpedoes." The for
mer is stationary charge of explosive
contained in case moored beneath the
surface Of the water, which is fred
when the enemy passes over 1t. The
torpedo is "crewless submarine"
provided with the power of aggression.
The mine awaits the enemy, while the
torpedo goes to seek him.
Russia and Japan both employ the
whitehead" torpedo, invented by the
late Mr.. Whitehead in 1866, and they
carry it on battleships, cruisers, tor
pedo gunboats, destroyers and torpedo
boats.
The first torpedo was very much
less terrible engine Of destruction than
it is to-day, but it has undergone vast
changes, and may now be described al
"the most wonderful machine in the
world" 1t carries in its explosive
chamber 200 pounds of guncotton, and
when its nose comes into contact with
ships side pointed steed rod Is
driven against detonator cap, and
the explosive is sufficient to tear a large
hole in the hull It is fired from bat
tleships and cruisers by submerged
.ubes (above-water tubes being aban-
doned), and from torpedo craft by re-
volving tubes carried on deck; it is
blown out Of the tube by compressed
air and on entering the water it sinks
to the required depth, running sub
merged until it meets its prey. tn
wonderful little engines are driven by
compressed air., and it is prevented
from rising to the surface or sinking
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-23
FLYING REPTILES OF OLD.
Winged Creatures Of Enormous Size
Were Once More Common
Than Birds.

We are apt to think of reptiles as
creeping and crawling things, forgetting
that there was a time when flying rep
tiles were more common than the birds
These reptiles, the pterodactyls, or fly
ing-dragons, not only flew, but some OF
them reached a size much greater than
that of any bird, for the largest birds
do not fly, says st. Nicholas. The South
American candor sometimes measures
as much as 101a feet from tip to tip OF
outstretched wings, and 1t is quite pos
sible that the finest examples OF the
albatross may measure little more.
But the great pterodactyls which flew
about the sea that in the days of old
reached from the Gulf of Mexico to the
Rocky mountains, measured as much as
20 feet, the width of an average city lot,
across their wings.
Most of US have seen an eagle flying,
and we can appreciate the size Of this
ancient dragon by remembering that it
was nearly three times the size OF an
eagle It was not, however, three times
as heavy. for the body Of this strange
reptile was SO small and its skeleton so
wonderfully light that the entire animal
is thought to have weighed not more
than % pounds. or only about as much
as large condor One of the largest
bones of the wing, two feet long and
two inches through, was, as Prof. Will
liston tells us, no thicker than sheet
Of blotting paper, and the great head,
with beak over three feet long, was
equally light. This great toothless beak
is believed to have been used for snap
ping up fishes; and we can imagine this
huge creature sailing swiftly over the
sea, now and then swooping down to
pick up fish as deftly, for all its size,
as real swallow.
But what did Ornithostoma-this is
the animals name-do with his wings
and beak when he made an occasional
must have been very much in his way,
and that the animal was as awkward
on the shore as he was graceful in the
air. And how did he start to fly? With
such enormous wings, we think Ornith-
ostoma must have dwelt on cliffs about
the sea and launched of them as the
gannets do from Bird rock. This great
flying reptile lived some 5000, 900 years
ago; the sea over which it flew long ago
and the mud into which its
bones sank became chalk, and from the
formation of these great chalk beds the
time at which Ornithostoma existed Ii
called the cretaceous period.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-23

to the bottom by means Of pendulum
and a hydrostatic valve, which act ON
the horizontal or diving rudders at the
stern; it is also fitted with screw pro-
pellers and vertical rudders, and IL
kept on q straight course by spin
ming wheel, or gyroscope. Altogether.
It well deserves Its name OF q fish Of
steel with the brains of man, When
the automobile torpedo came to be
adopted by all the great powers, special
craft were devised by which they could
be rendered more efficient.
First came the torpedo boat Battle-
ships are the heavy artillery, cruisers
the infantry and torpedo craft the cav
airy Of modern naval warfare. France
went In largely for torpedo boats. and
to meet this new type of vessel was
produced by Great Britain-the torpe-
do catcher. Unfortunately. these boats
never succeeded in catching anything;
and. indeed. were SO slow that they
were often during manoeuvres them
sesves caught by the little torpedo
boats.
Engineers and shipbuilders now se:
to work. and eventually devised the
torpedo boat destroyer. the most COM
plete embodiment OF energy and wasp
ishness afoat, and the most perfect ex-
ample Of the combined sciences Of ma
val architecture and marine engineer
ing ever yet produced. They are the
fastest craft afloat, steaming Is to 81
knots an hour, are fitted with turbine
machinery making Is to 81 knots per
hour.
In the last two naval conficts-the
Chino-Japanese and the Spanish Amer
clan wars-the torpedo and the torpedo
craft did not get q fair chance. The
Chinese officers were only too glad to
get rid Of these dangerous weapons
and often hurled them overheard. The
Spanish commanders took their tor
pedo craft out in broad daylight. and
learnt the folly Of this proceeding.
The torpedo has already shown that
It has to be reckoned with. In its
most modern form it has a speed Of
80 knots, and a range Of 1000 to 5000
yards, and II It hits the mighty battle
ship 1t effectively cripples 1t. There
Is scanty defense for the latter. Tor
pedo nets are OF little or no use, for
the torpedo carries a net-cutter, which
pierces the best and strongest net with
which battleship can defend itself.
H. c. FYFE.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-23
SONGS in COLD STORAGE
Kept in Safe by Publisher Until the
Writer Becomes Well Known,
Then Brought Out.

'The way of the ambitious song
writer is hard" said composer of
popular songs, according to the New
York Sun. 'The first thing that he has
to contend with when he starts out is
the cold storage process.
It writer sells song on royalties
he receives q contract. There is usu-
ally nothing in the contract requiring
the publisher to issue the song at any
particular time. So he is as likely as
not to lock it up in his. safe and let it
stay there. Then it is said to be in
cold storage.
why does he do that? The song
may strike the publisher as a good
one, or he may want to keep the
writer from disposing of it to some of
his rivals. After the song writer has
made a reputation the publisher takes
the song out and publishes it with in
creased profit.
Even the successful song writer Is
not altogether exempt from cold stor-
age. He may have a song that the
publisher thinks should repose in the
safe for several reasons, one being that
1t may not be the proper time to place
1t on the market. Then he may desire
to wait until he can place it in pro-
duction or give it to some prominent
singer.
Some firms, in order to accommo-
date writer's, usually publish a song
for copyright purposes. But this IS
another form Of cold storage. for the
song goes into the safe just the same.
"A majority Of the popular hits Of
the past have had taste of cold stor-
age. For instance, 'Tessie,' which was
very popular, remained in the safe for
nearly two years before the publisher
thawed it out 'Hiawatha' and When
You Were Sweet Sixteen had the
same experience.
"a certain well known writer is test
ing the legality Of this cold storage
process, and the matter Is now before
the courts"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-23
Card Of Thanks.

After expressing her gratitude to all
who administered to my dear hus-
band in his fatal sickness" q Leaven-
worth (Kan.) woman AIDES in her card
Of thanks, "and especially the accident
insurance agent, Mr.. Fairlock, who as
sures me that congestion of the stom-
ach comes under the head Of acci.
dents"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-23
Amended.

The head master of q school recent
" put up notice that on an early date
he would lecture on the following sub
ject:
"our eyes, and how we see through
them"
Shortly afterwards he was aston
ished to find an alternative title writ
ten underneath:
"Our pupils, and how they see
through us."-London Tit-Bits.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-23

HERE are three
references In the
Bible to the flu
minatiOn with a SUI
pernatural glory of
the faces of men
Moses after his
communion with
God on the top Of
Mount Sinai; Je-
sus on the Mount
Of TRANSPORTATION.
and Stephen be-
fore the Jewish
council. And Of
the three incidents
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-23
Content.

aren't you sometimes tempted to
complain about the ingratitude OF re-
publics?"
Certainly not" answered Senator
Sorghum. II haven't the slightest hesi-
fancy in declaring that this republic
has amply paid me for everything / ever
did for it. "-W2shington Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-23
His Busy Season.

Kind Lady-Why didn't you learn 4
.rade when you were young?
Flooding Pete-'Cause I'm er geolog-
ist by profession, ma'am.
''And don't You work at it,"
.'Only whan de judge sends me to de
rock pile. ma'am. Chicago Daily
News
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-23
Copyright. 1904, by ]. N. Edson.)

sermon ~ tn. Highway ana sy~.y" Preacher.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-23

the darkening self shade the face, but
arise and shine for thy light Is come!
The witness of the face Of the Chris
tian should always be OF that light
which has shined into his heart.
Shine because 1t Is your privilege
and your duty to do so.
Shine, because the world is watch
ing you. Shine with beaming face,
that the world may be attracted to the
One who can transform the life and
put song in the mouth and a new
light in the face. And remember,
Christian, that perhaps the reason
your face is not lit up with Heavenly
light is because the Joy of the fullness
of the presence of the Christ is not felt
within. Go back few verses in the
story Of Stephen and you will learn
the secret of his shining face. He was
full of faith and the Holy Ghost, and
grace and power, and he wrought
nightly for his Lord. And II you
would have your face shine you must
have the same presence within. That
which Is within q man Is what shines
out OF man. You may be able to per-
form Christian duty without faith and
the Holy Ghost. You may be able to
speak the Gospel message without
faith or the Spirits prompting, but
you cannot illuminate your face with
the radiance Of the Christ unless He is
within and faith is claiming all tina
richness IF His fellowship That 1amn
cannot give forth light unless the
flame is within. and you cannot wit
ness for Christ by the radiance OF
your face unless the Christ is within to
illuminate it withal. Let us then seek
the filling OF the Spirit that the wit
ness Of the face may be for the Christ
who's we are and whom we ser7e.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-23

re~. chicago. Sunday March 20 1874
fastan,. AND all that sat In the council.
&c stt - ~ their eyes on him, saw his far.
s.1s hao oeen the face OF an angel."-Acts
The Grit-advocate., 1904-04-08
Will Relieve More Troops,

Denver. April ct was announced
yesterday by Governor Peabody that
large number of the infantry sta
toned at Trinidad will be relieved
from duty some time this week. This
has been found possible. as reports
from that place indicate that condi-
tions there are sufficiently quiet to
Justify reduction Of the guard. Just
how many men will be relieved from
duty is not yet decided upon. The
governor stated yesterday that this
matter would be left to the determine
ton of Major Zeph r. Hill, the COM
manding officer. Many of the men
have been given furloughs during the
past few days, and once home have
been allowed to remain there. The
present force in the Trinidad field is
about $50 men.
Further reduction of forces will also
be made at Telluride. where the cav
airy troop B of Meeker will soon be
relieved from duty. This will leave
only troop A. the local cavalry. in the
field. which was the situation immedi-
ately before the abrogation of martial
law in the district before.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-04-08
RAPIDLY ADVANCING JAPANESE: !.
..z j, REPORT "A SHARP SkIRf1ISH

New York. April Herald
The Japanese
wounded with
y ~ . ~
occurred a big walled place.
1t asserted
a number f
are .
wounded kasan
Russian occasion
captured. -, =.
japanese has moved ch.mpe
.ryns s ohnsmpo huge quantities: a%ay :s been laid from
ssoos. are busy adding the hlge piles Of material late
weather
y svn sxins: - I'm
reau shaped
NsW chas rakushan
northwest 80
marching va
in
eastern Korea
and of an daily y 80
andVna~ northern
The Grit-advocate., 1904-04-08
Kansas City Republican.

Kansas City. April C.-Unonicial re-
turns from Onethird of the city, in
Guiding decisive precincts, assure the
election Of the whole Republican city
ticket, headed by Jay n. Neff for may
or by pluralities ranging from 1000 to
5000. except that Police Judge Brady
Democratic and Labor candidate. is
probably reelected by a small plural
ity. The new Council will have Re
publican majority.
The city government has been in the
hands of the Democrats for four years
and two years ago no Republican,
even in the ward tickets, were sue
cessful
There were two full Democratic
tickets in the field yesterday, headed
by w. T. Reaper and George Shelley
respectively The former ticket had
the support Of the Democratic state
organization and of Mayor James
Reed. who is candidate for governor,
and the result of the election is looked
upon as advantageous to the guberna-
torial candidacy of Joseph w. Folk Of
st. Louis.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-04-08
Water Company Vino.

Denver. April 6.-At Golden yester
day argument was completed in th'
case in which the Denver Union Wa
ter Company asked for a temporary
injunction restraining the division en-
gineer and water commissioners from
interfering with the storage of wareE
in Cheesman lake during the non-irri
eating season.
The ditch companies contended that
there is no regular irrigating season
but that the bitches are entitled ia
water whenever the farmers want II
In rendering his decision granting thr
temporary injunction, Judge De
France held that there is an irrigatng
and a non-irrigatng season in Colo
RADIO, the irrigating season being from
April 1st to November 1st during
which only surplus flood water can BE-
stored, but that during the non-irrigat
ing season, running from November
1st to April 1st the storage reservoirs
are to be given preference in the dis
tribution Of water. The hearing for
making the injunction permanent will
come up later, when the case will be
tried upon its merits.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-04-08
Western Pacific Stops Work.

Salt Lake City, April 6.-The Dcs-
eret News says that, following the
commencement of active construc-
tion of the San Pedro, Los Angeles
and Salt Lake railroad to southern
California. the building of the West
ern Pacific railroad. which was to run
to San Francisco via the Beciwth
pass route, has at last been temporal
ly abandoned. at least at this end Of
the route. The three corps of engi-
neers which have been engaged in run
ming line through Nevada have been
laid off.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-04-08
View of Japanese Commander.

Chicago, April A special cable
from a Chicago News staff cores
pondent at Toxic says:
Field Marshal Yamagata, who, after
the emperor. Is first in command of
the Japanese forces, and was the orig,
inal organizer of the Japanese army
said to-day that the Japanese may
have to fight odds Of two to one, and
that the clash may como at the Yalu
river. The marshal said:
ut is difficult to say where the first
big land battle will take place. The
Russians seem to be in force between
Lao Yang and Kaiping on the Man
churan railroad. They may cross the
mountains and possibly meet us at
the Yalu
bridges and roads north of Anju
have been destroyed by the Russian
troops, and therefore the Japanese ad-
vance will be difficult No doubt if
the Russians destroy the Manchuria
railroad it may be difficult to repair it
for the use of the Japanese troops
Five months ago the Russian generals
planned to put $50, 900 men in the field
They must have contemplated sup
plying them with ammunition and
food
eve must expect to meet well
equipped and well nourished army of
100000 1t is a difficult matter to fight
a nation with 100000 soldiers. We
have to lay our plans very carefully.
There is no doubt that the Cossack
cavalry will worry the Japanese army,
which was originally intended for
home defense in the mountainous
country and is mainly composed of in
fantry. We must work with the ma
terial we possess"