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similar coup d'etat has quite recent
ly been nipped in its hatchment. The
depressed and nervous condition OF the
car which has lately given such deep
concern to his majesty's medical at
tendants, the confusion and dlsmay
created at the war Office and in the mill
tary council by the disasters at Port Ar.
thur and on the Yalu and other contrib
utory causes led to an incipient cabal
in favor of making Vladimir Alexandra
witch regent. The grand duke. it is to
be remembered, commands the metro
politan garrison, including all the guard
regiments and all the troops within the
government of st. Petersburg, and he
has always been the favorite of the
army. The wife of the grand duke,
Maria Pavlovna, has ever been known
as born political intriguant, and shares
her husbands ambition.
The late car was fully aware OF the
trouble which his brothers ambitious
inclinations might eventually bring
about Hence it was that during the last
five years of his reign Vladimir Alex
androvitch was kept on leave of alb
sence for nine months out of the II.
when he spent the greater part Of his
time in Paris. Biarritz and the Riviera.
The cars tour of inspection of the
troops modified to reinforce Cen
Kuropatkin is now confidently stated to
have been a direct sequel to the cabal
in nuestion and II is more than like1y
that Nicholas H. will now sedulously
cultivate still greater popularity with
his army.
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tie at court in her reign. When King
Edward as prince of Wales visited
America Earl Grey was the chief of
his suite
The earl is a handsome man under
so and was known as Albert Grey un.
til he succeeded to the peerage OF
his crotchety old granduncle.
The old earl was the most cross.
minded man that it is possible to con.
ceive. While he had no children OF
his own, his country seat Of Howick
hall was always filed with members
of his numerous family Of brothers
and sisters, their children and grand.
children. A popularity about them,
for which they are still distinguished,
is their strange custom of calling one
another by their Christian names.
even the very grandchildren address
ing their grandfathers and grandmoth-
ers as Charles or Mary.
Another oddly at Howick hall is
that every member Of the family
seems to share the old earls passion
for argument and quarrel.
Howick hall, now in the possession
Of the present Earl Grey, is one of the
stateliest mansions in Northumber-
land and lies near the coast, surround
ed by wooded estates of nearly 10000
acres. Lord Grey's town residence is
at Dorchester house, that magnificent
palace facing the entrance of Hyde
Park, in Park lane, mansion which
he owns in common with his brother
in-law. Capt. Holford. The two broth.
ers-in law inherited it from old Mr..
Holford, who died a few years ago,
leaving a fortune Of $20,000,O00.
The Earl and Countess Grey must
not be confused with Earl and
Countess De Grey, who are entirely
different people, being the son and
daughter-in-law Of the marquis OF
Ripon, who was special ambassador
to the United States in connection
with the Alabama controversy.
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to neighbor. The hogs had crawled

to a neighbor. The hogs had crawled
through division fence.
The man with the corn told his griev-
ances to Burkett just about the time
Burkett began his heart-to-heart talk.
Around the corn man were half dozen
men waiting for him to side one way
or the other How he did it no one
knows, but in less than an hour the
farmers who had threatened to go to
law. for the rest of their days were out
fixing that fence, and Burkett got the
solid delegation from that precinct.
According to the reporters who inter
viewed him, Burkett has always been
good Indian" and always full Of a
story, except about his senatorial can
didacy, and even in that he is SO sim
cere about saying 1--WE just got back
here, and really don't know much
about the situation. am candidate
for congress, though, by the way. We
had an interesting session this winter.
Speaker Cannon said"
But the newspaper men and the farm
ers are not the only persons that Bur-
kett impresses. It was Joseph G. Can
non, then head Of the appropriation
committee, who asked that the young
Nebraskan be made a member of that
committee. This was asked by Mr.. Can
non because he needed debater to push
through congress the recommendations
Of that committee.
In his short career Burkett has been
the hero of many stories. He has q
knack of remembering faces as well as
any man in public life, but on one occa-
sion, so his friends are telling now, he
lost vote and made perhaps lifelong
enemy by forgetting one. He was in
the southeastern part of the state. Rid
ing along the road, he stopped to jolly
boy who looked as if he was going to
cast his first ballot.
"How are you, old fellow" said the
representative, in his best way, Sup
pose you will come out and help the
party next week? BY the way, how's the
old man? ?"
"The old man is dead" was the reply.
The next day, coming along differ
ent road, Burkett met young man He
began on him about the same way he
did on the one the day before, winding
up with: ''Well, how's the old man !?
Haven't seen him lately"
"He's still dead" was the answer.
Get up"
With his four terms in congress, q
nomination for fifth and an indorse-
ment for United States senator, Mr..
Burkett is only 81 years old, and he
doesn't look bit older. He began life
in Iowa. When he was in Tabor college
he was general bell ringer, and that is
how he made the money to pay his way.
He was graduated from that institution
n 1890 and at once entered the University
of Nebraska, where in 1893 he was grad
uated from the law department He
began the practice Of law in Lincoln In
1893 and is now a member Of the firm of
Burkett & Grenlee.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-30
CARS THRONE IN DANCER.
Russian Military Circles Said to Fa-
vor Grand Duke Vladimir for
Regent Of Empire.
odessa {Russia) Special.

Odessa Russia) Special.
There is a persistent rumor here that
a conspiracy is afoot in military circles
to dethrone the car and make his pop
ular uncle, vladimir Alexandrovitch.
regent The purpose of this rumor is
closely similar to that which caused
so much disquiet Immediately after the
demise of Alexander III. At that time
it became an open secret that there was
a court conspiracy for making the grand
duke regent, the reason to be assigned
therefor being the unfixed character OF
the present monarch.
The prompt action Of the late Gen.
Count Mussin-Pushkin prevented the
succession of Vladimir Alexandrovitch.
II the current reports be we'll founded
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-30
SAMPLE or FUTURE HISTORY
The Way the Securing Of . Vice Pres
idential Candidate May Be
Recorded.

Stealthily the stalwart, determined men
surrounded the house, undetected. owing to
tie darkness aud tne dense fog that covered
everything, relates the Chicago Tribune.
Posting one of their number, fully armed,
ut every possible avenue OF escape, the lead
er, accompanied by dozen trusty followers
upon whose courage and fidelity he knew he
could rely in any emergency, approached .
rear door.
It given signal they threw their. united
weight against it.
The door yielded, and the next moment
they were inside.
Rushing through the house, they soon
found the man for whom they were search
ing.
He was sitting in the back parlor, sur
rounded by his family, unprepared to resist,
and evidently taken wholly by surprise.
Surrender" cried the leader, pointing
his revolver at his head.
wardly calm, II see you have me at dis.
advantage. But you need not have brought
those handouts along. I'll 60 with you
quietly"
He mad just been nominated by one Of
the great political parties for the office Of
vice president of the United States.
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PUT SUGAR IN THE SOUP.
Smith Thought It Was Tea; Then
He Deliberately Lied
Out Of It.

There had been glorious game Of golf.
followed by jolly dinner at the club
house, relates the Chicago Record Herald
Sometimes it is not the correct thing
to tell even q truthful story with real
names, hence it happens that it was the
Joneses who gave the spread and the per.
son that happened in was Smith. -.
Smith is really man of parts, wealthy,
intelligent and genial. and usually knows
what's what" but he is not given t.
swell affairs and is not dressy, withal.
A business call had taken Smith to the
club house, and Jones, seeing him, called
him to the table after the others mad
begun. Soon as he was seated, being pre-
occupied by salutations from other persons
at the table that he knew, he was absent
" sweetening the cup at his elbow. when
Mrs. Jones, hoping to make the matter
quite plain to this plain man, said, shrink.
ingly; -, !,
Eyes, thank YOU" Smith nonchalantly
replied. "Yes'm, l understand. But
always sweeten my bouillon," with the
slightest emphasis on "bouillon." Blu:
Smith was at that moment prevaricator
to put it mildly. He really thought the
cup was tea, and probably never tasted
sweetened bouillon in his life.
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ZELAYA rs PLEASED
AA AMERICAN STATES.
NAN LIKES UNITED srArrs

st. Louis fMo, g.,

.. A~VuIB &MO.) Speciol
stat 10 senerally believed in the 11n,+.a
as mat the republic Of N;csr n,.u
muse naturally feel somewhat .sora. a - :
nasins mad to take a back seat Il ,n+ar -
ueeanlc canal matters throngh 49, 80
eion OF the Panama Colon $500 80 ~.
n naIn IS Tar from being the case as onr
, ni.snDoring republic has evinced tho
. n,eilest interest in all matters anner-
eans 70 her relations with tho IIritad
o.a.es' The fine pavilion Of Nicarae 1a
:. .ne worlds fair is another evidences
VI Nlcaragua's friendliness toward +his
country, and the great esteem = vh,oh
.ne worads fair is held by that Central
:. nnerican republic is further shown nv
.ne selection Of some OF her most nrom.
4nent cltizens to form her world. fair
commission. Aeif
.., commission is composed OF the
1oi,o"ing gentlemen: Senior Don Fel,x
reoro Aelaya r., the actual secretary Of
.ne .leasury, or finance minister of the
repuoiic as we'll for the past eight years:
senior lngeniero Don Alexandra Bermu-
oez' engineer-in-chief of the republic.
and DIR. Don F. Garcia Orsono.
senior zelaya was seen BY representa-
tive OF the st. Louis Globe-Democrat,
through the courtesy Of an roduction
Dy senior Bermudez, who is in charge OF
Nlcaragua's exhibit. and in response to
several inquiries made of him, the Sec
rotary OF the treasury said:
es, thisis my first visit to the United
states, and came here by way of New
orleans. Unjust say that this is really
grand country, and am highly gratified
to md thatftfar exceeds my greatest ex-
pectations of its grandeur.
Nicaragua, you must know, does not
feel the slightest resentment toward the
United States for not choosing the canal
route through her territory. She looks
upon the matter as res adjudicata, and
the incident has been forgotten in the
march OF progress that we are now max
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part of the country had never seen re-
volver like this 1t was tiny one, bare
" two inches long, made entirely of
gold, but with all the qualities of regu-
lar shooting iron. Genuine cartridges
accompany it, and it makes a decided
pop and genuine flash of flame when it is
fired. It is q novelty from Paris, and is
nut ND In dainty little leather-covered,
velvet-lined cases, like any other article
OF jewellery. It is, or can be worn, as an
ornament. and its possibilities are many
Mounted as q hatpin, a tiny chain at
tached to the trigger is pulled to set it
on and suggest further hostilities to the
ubiquitous masher; or, dangling from a
chatelaine, it is used to intimnate the
guilty man who buries his face in the
paper while the pretty woman before
him hangs to a strap in the street car.
The uses of the tiny pistol are infinite,
and the man from Texas says that there
will be new ones discovered when he
gets home.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-30
The Preacher's Evidence,

Roland, H., June 27-Diabetes has so long
been looked upon as an incurable form OF
Kidney Disease that sure cure for it must
rank as one of the most valuable medical
discoveries of the age. And every day brings
forth fresh evidence that Dodd's Kidney
Pills will cure Diabetes. Important evidence
in their favor is given by Rev. Thos. B. Nor
man, the well known Baptist minister here.
Mr.. Norman says:
Il had all the symptoms Of bad case OF
the use Of Dodd's Kidney Pills that cheer.
fully recommend them to anyone suffering
from that dread disease. Dodd's Kidney
Pills will cures the worst form of Diabetes
Dodd's Kidney Pills always cure Diabetes,
ono of the final stages Of Kidney Disease.
All the earlier stages, from Backache to
Rheumatism, are naturally much more cas-.
ily cured by the same remedy.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-30
|WHY hot WEATHER MAKES WOMEN NERVOUS.
Suggestions BY Dr.. Hartman. How
10 Combat the Nervous Depression
Incident to Warm Weather.

Nervousness II very common amonS
women. This condition is due to anaemic
nerve centers. The nerve centers are
the reservoir for nerve vitality. These
centers become bloodless for the want
Of proper nutrition.
This condition il especially noticeable
during the warm season. Every snn-
mer an army of invalids are produced ~
direct result Of weak nervous systems.
This could easily be overcome BY me
use Of Peruna. Peruna strikes at the
root Of the trouble by correcting the
digestion. Perfect digestion furnishes
increased nutrition for the nerve centers.
Perfectly digested food gives these reser-
voirs Of life . vitality which creates
strong, steady nerves, and in this man-
ner fortifies and nourishes life.
Miss Blanche Grey, a prominent young
society woman of Memphis. Tenn. in .
recent letter from 174 Alabama stree.
| writes: ITO q society woman whose
nervous force Is often taxed to the utmost
from lack Of rest and irregular meals.
Iknow Of nothing which Is of 50 much
benefit ~ Peruna. took It few
months ago when felt my strength
! giving way, and II soon made itself
manifest In givin1 me new strength
and health. Miss Blanche Grey.
Pe-ru-na Coatains 20 Narcotics.
One reason why Peruna has found
permanent use In SO many homes is that
1t contains no narcotic Of any kind. Pc
runa is perfectly harmless. It can b.
used any length Of time without acquir-
ing q drug habit. Peruna does not pro-
duce temporary results. It 10 perma-
nent in its effect.
It has no bad effect upon the system,
and gradually eliminates catarrh by
removing the cause Of catarrh. There
are multitude Of homes where Peruna
has been used of and on for twenty
years. Such thing could not be possi-
BILE IL Pefuna contained any drugs Of q
narcotic nature.
At this season Of the year We are
peculiarly liable to indammatfons Of the
stomach and bowels. 1t is the part Of
wisdom to learn how to cut them short
and in the easiest and quickest manner.
Peruna does this by It's peculiar power
over all forms Of catarrhal troubles.
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and belfast for over nine months. and
the doctor who attended me said unless
/ submitted to an operation for gravel
would never be well. would not
consent to that and so continued to
suffer. Ny back was 80 weak / could
not stand or walk, and it ached con-
stantly. The first day after began
using Doan's Kidney Pills felt relief,
and in a short time was up and around
the same as ever, free from backache. !"
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mrs. Bowles will
be mailed to any part Of the United
States. Address Foster-Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y. Sold by all dealers;
price SO cents per box.
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HAS HAD RAPID RISE
ELMER J. BURKETT, NEBRAs-
KA's REPUBLICAN LEADER.
Nominated by State Convention ~
Candidate for United States
Senate-Some Good Stories
Told of Him.
Omaha (Neb.) Special.

Omaha (Neb.) Special.
Elmer ]. Burkett has just received
from the republican state convention
Endorsement as candidate for the
United States senate, as the result OF a
boom" started without his knowledge
or sanction 1t is repetition of the way
his political career begun eight years
ago.
Back in 1896, after Burkett had strug-
gled along for three years as member
of the bar and general worker for the
republicans of his ward, the local ma
chine had decided upon its candidates
for the legislature, but needed to head
of man in Burkett's ward to make
its delegation sure. Very softly a ma
chine man whispered to Burkett the adj
visibility of his becoming a candidate.
Burkett did, and never before had his
ward seen such campaign. He won
his delegation, and that was all he ex-
pected to do. The night before the con-
vention a caucus was held, and SO little
interested was Burkett about the NOM
ination that he was asleep long before
the caucus started. One OF the ma
chimes candidates showed symptoms of
being sold. Some ore mentioned Bur-
kett. 1t was taken up in minute, and
Burkett was named. He found it out
the next morning.
Then came the campaign. He proved
effective on the stump, and in the legis-
lature he was recognized as one of its
foremost debaters. He served only one
term, because Lancaster next year pro-
posed him for congress, and he has been
there ever since.
When Burkett's name was first men,
toned for congress many persons didn't
know about this young man Burkett, :
and it. was a proposition that required
the greatest diplomacy and tact. Bur
kett was out counting chickens and
kissing babies, when he ran into neigh
borhood row. The hogs of one farmer
had rooted up field of corn belonging
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n Blancke yH
M--:.:-RSa
A Well known Canadian Lady Sends
Letter Of Endorsement to Pe-ru-ns.

Miss Mary Burns, % Spring Garden
Road, Halifax, N. S., writes: Having
used Peruna for indigestion and stomach
trouble and to build up broken down
system with the very best results. am
pleased to state my experience with this
excellent medicine. had been troubled
with stomach trouble and poor digestion
for some years, and although I tried
many remedies and dieting. nothing
seemed to restore my health until fused
Peruna. In three months had entirely
recovered my health and strength.
Mary Burns.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-30
EARL GREY IS APPoINTEn
Famous Nobleman Will Succeed Lord
Mimic as Governor General
Of the Dominion.
London (Eng.) Special.

London Eng.) Special
1t Is announced that Earl Grey, lord
lieutenant of Northumberland, has
been appointed to succeed the earl OF
Mimic as governor general of Canada.
Earl Grey is brother-in-law of Lord
Mimic. The latter's term does not
expire until October, so the official an.
nouncement of Earl Grey's appoint.
ment will not be made for some time
Earl Grey was once the govern.
ment's commissioner and delegate tc
administer the vast territories of the
South African Chartered company in
conjunction with Cecil Rhodes. He
was one of the founders of that com.
pany. He was godson of Queer
Victoria's prince consort and favor
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-30
FORTUNE OF ROCKEFELLER.
It Is So Enormous That the Ordinary
Human Mind Can Hardly
Comprehend It.
New York Special.

News that John D. Rockefeller has
succeeded in starting $4,000, 000. 900
mining combination naturally eyokes
the question: How much money is he
worth and how much money does he con-
troll?
Well-informed gossip has credited him
with fortune of 81 900 100000 He is
the chief stakeholder of the Standard Oil
company. He has controlling interests
in more than half dozen other corpora
lions of enormous dividend earning ca
pacity. In addition he has heavy minor
ity interests in nearly a score of other
rich enterprises. According to well-in-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-30
Effiries in Westminster.

It was formerly the custom Ct the
funeral of a great man to dress up an
efagy representing him while in life.
and then to carry it before his hearse to
the grave, says the Century. After the
burial it was set up in the church, some
times under temporary monument, to
which a laudatory poem or an epitaph
was affixed. The royal efigies in tie
teenth century, but the oil est original
one II that Of Charles II.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-30
The ae1sna,s Toilet.

Women have always aspired to be
beautiful and have painted their faces
and tired their heads since time i'm
memorial and in all countries. The
geisha of Japan changes the color OF
her lips three times in one evening and
no little Japanese lady ever misses an
opportunity Of whipping out the rouge
not and mirror which form indispensa-
Bile parts of her toilet.-Washington
Clerk.
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ing. While those in favor Of canal
thought that our country would be
greatly benefited thereby, there were
still very many who believed that the
republic would be divided and portion
+ of her territory wrested from her; that
her sovereignty would be impaired and
thatsa dividing line would be. formed
tending to sever the harmonious and
peaceful union relations among the five
Central American republics of Guate-
mala, Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica
and Nicaragua. How near the fears of
the anti-canal party of Nicaragua were
to being correct can be judged from the
events anent the division Of the republic
Of Colombia and the cession of large
tract of Panama's territory to the United
States.
During my incumbency as Nicara.
gua's secretary of the treasury under
President Gen. Jose Santos Zelaya, the
president of the republic (who, though
bearing the same name as myself, is no
relative to mel, with view toward
progress and by strict economy we have
been able to reduce our external debt
considerably; and through good man
agement we have paid off, during the last
six years, nearly all Of our debt of &c.
900 900, owing to England, SO that there
only remains little less than million
now to be paid to the creditors in that
country.
Well" continued Senior Zelaya,
"even II we have not got the canal. we
have project, now well under way.
which is of just as great Importance
as was the canal. This project is the
completion of the inter-oceanfc rail-
way running from San Miguelito, on
Lake Managua, to Monkey Point, on
the Atlantic coast, a short distance to
the southwark Of Bluedelds and the
MOSQUITO Indian reservation, dis
lance Of a little over 200 miles.
s.This road, for which the surveys
are now being made. is to be built for
and on account Of the government or
Nicaragua. under, contract made
With a German gentleman by the
name Of Don Julio West. By this
contract West is to receive the sum
~ q. 900 United States gold per mile for
the labor performed in each mile con-
strncted the tools and other material
necessary to build and equip the road.
We have been rendered all the money
racessary to build the line, the particu-
lars and details of whose construction !
shall leave to my colleague. Engineer
in-Chief Senior Bermudez, who is thor
auehlv nosted as to all its details.
.The project for the railroad. together
.,,.h the contract with Senior West,
rs hailed with delight by the people.
snd the Nicaraguan congress in Joint
sass,on under the presidency OF DR.. Don
80 no,ores Gomez, vice president Of
the republic, unanimously ratified the
eoncession. which was Immediately at
cards signed by the president. Con-
eress also approved OF and gave Its con
s "a tie raising Of the sum of s., ooo.-
ooo Necessary to complete the road, as
wel, as to arrange for q rehabilitation q
W. national debt Of. the country. It is
for the purpose of attending to these
financial matters incident upon the rais-
Ing Of this money, together with tne
necessity of my presence ct the WORD
fair that I am now here in the uniteo
States. - ID III