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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06

Young Bachle. Mr.. and Mrs. S. II. income G,
NJ. Thompson and r W. TarletOn. who have
been az Nassau
amusements. only. eclipsed by yachting. There
was a race last Saturday sailed by the six race
abOuts. but the stakeboat drifted and 1t was not
counted. Monday II was repeated. j. p. GreaveS
won. going around in i hour Al minutes ~
seconds. The Osana. Herbert Warden's boat,
came in second.
Three Chicago men put up a handsome cup
for a race. each one sailing one OF the raceabouts
against the other three sailed By owners for
it. David Croker took out one boat, Mr.. War
den his Commodore HOdgkins. OF Chicago. COM
irg IN first with the Osana Time I hour Al
minutes ID seconds. The wOmen's handicap
match for the barrow Cup was the most IN
teresting yacht event OF the season. every match
being hOtly contested The finals were between
Mrs Sumner. OF Detroit. and Mrs. Mckinney,
OF Manchester. Vt. the latter winning On
Friday there was mixed fOursOme nine-hola
handicap for two cups, put up BY Miss Biddle:
OF Detroit. ]. II. HOwson. OF New-Yorx and
Mrs. De CranO. OF Philadelphia won
There will be two tennis tournaments hsrs
next week one for men. beginning on Monday,
for handsome cups. This will be an open tour
nament. and wOmen's invitation tournament.
beginning Thursday. for two cups. put up BY
OrmOnd has fully recovered from her exalted
state over the automobile races. although sns
IS still entertaining a number Of visitors who
have machines with them. enjoying the beach
and drives thereabOut There was a Nckers
handicap golf match recently. won BY G. w.
up prize for a mems handicap. eighteen hole
medal play. and there was n spirited contest
DR.. Clark winning il. playing scratch.
Among the NEWCOMERS arriving at the Or
mOnd recently are Mr.. and Mrs c. W Sea-
mans. Of Brooklyn. and their daughter and Miss
Renters: Mr. and Mrs w c. Alderman and
Miss Alderman. Mr.. and Mrs W. A. Carlin, M.
and Mrs R. p. LOOmis. the Rev. MT Hunting
ton. Miss Huntington. Harry Huntington. ne
Rev. and Mrs. j. ID. Paxton. Miss Paxton and
Mr.. and Mrs. w. NJ. Paxton.
Mr.. and Mrs. A Van Rensselaer, and MISS
Fell. Of Philadelphia. are at the Royal Palm,
Miami. trying their skill at fishing. Loren II.
Scudder and Mrs. Cornelia Scudder Hendrick.
Of New-YOrk are at that hotel with family
party from st. Louis Mr.. and Mrs. T. NJ. Leon
ard are there from New-YOrk. With them ar9
Mrs E V. ONeil and the Misses O'Neil
A party OF New-YOrkers delighted with their
experience as anglers includes Henry sloane,
Miss Sloane William q. Wilcox Miss Wilcox
and Miss V. Wilcox. who are out almost every
day. The ROYAL Palm Is crowded with guests
country
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06
WOULD MAKE A MOLE WORK.


AT lunehroom much affected By Treasury ara
other government officials and clerks. Edwin M
Blake. a Bureau OF Labor employee was b,sp,
guyed on being suburbanite his efforts az gar
denlng being especially ridicuIed. He took N,
char good naturally for some time without reply.
ing. but. discovering that others were tntsr,stsa
listeners and evidently enjoying it, he got into tbs
game himself
It's all right. Charlie. You can have your s,,
now. but will have my laugh IL succeed IN Al,
experiment that am now making with the ground
mole. II succeed I viii be driving a red devils
while you will stin be drawing your little salary
The other day caught a mole. For want %
amusement commenced to tease Il. had a stick
In my hand. and I soon found that could arfv,
IL In any direction by tapping II on the side tn
which 1t attempted to turn, ana m this way Z
drove It around AID around the yard At last an
idea struck me and 1 Immediately put II into
execution You know the condition OF the soil IN
Alexander County. A rain viii pack the ground
50 hard after planting that 1t takes a pickaxe to
and loosen up the soil little. the plant ITSELF Z
SaId a. LUMP aooSt as big as an apple and
ever been invented 20 break Up this clod NV ides
peas that had come up nicely but. owing to a rain
that had packed them into the concrete bed thev
the end OF the rst row and started him H o 10
having taken 70 earth al once. II he attempted to
left; II he turned to the right. 1 tapDed on his
right and so drove him to the end OF the row.
peas. The ground was thoroughly pulverized and
the clods around the roots nicely broken up. and
picked a peck Of peas OF Of two rows YESTERDAY.
and they are the sweetest peas ever ate. and the
pods are from three to four inches long Now.
have caught dozen moles since then and have
rnsin a., Ia Il sning and = can succeed II working
or my scheme IS assured. and my fortune is made
Nj. Blake's story was evidently believed. for all
manner OF questions were asked. and one OF thu
Treasury clerks said he thought that the Secretary
OF Agriculture should be informed Of the discovery.
-(WashngtOn Star.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06

Big vein. but don't think II can be that one
don't know what to do. The ground is still NOV
Ing and the frost gets out of the ground
we are likely TO have another squeeze. Tha9s
what I'm afraid Of
The cave-n section in the West Side Of Scranton
has ruined or damaged nearly thirty houses, bound
ed by Hampton. Eynon and Luzerne SITS. and
Meridian-ave In some spots the land has sunk
twenty-five feet.
In North Scranton the crust OF the earth has sub
sided more. and in one place a part OF one
street has entirely disappeared. As James Nc
Donough was driving along Seneca-st TO his home
his backbone was wrenched II struck by club.
At the same instant his feet jumped toward his
head and his head shot toward his feet Looking
over his shoulder, he that the rear end Of his
wagon had dropped into a hole. and that the street
had sunk from sight BY timely swing of the
whip Mr. McDonough managed 10 drag out his
wagon from the abyss which had opened behind
him. In Oak-st. south Of Seneca-st, the houses
were badly twisted and torn that many Of the
families left their homes and found shelter with
friends. one man whose house had taken violent
dip worked nearly all night with jack screw get
ting the structure plumb again. Next morning his
neighbor. who had spent the night simply watching
the cracks widen in his own home. went out into
the street 90 see how much his property had sunk
during the night
See here" said the man with a Jack screw.
Look at my house While you have been loaing
I have been working. See. I have lacked up my
house until II stands level again"
The citizen who had 'loafed' looked enviousy at
the perpendicular walls OF his neighbours house and
said nothing. A few hours later the ground gave
another heave and the two men met again.
Well" said the man who had ioafed. Il see the
tables turned. That last squeeze put my horse
on the level. but IT almost toppIed yours over"
The man with jackscrew thought a moment
and then retorted: But my friend. it's the first
time you ever settled on the square"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06
AT THE LAKEWOOD HOTEL.

Lakewood, n. j.. March (SpeciaD.-Patrons OF
the Lakewood Hotel were eager spectators Of an
exciting match Of tennis doubles at the Lake
woods indoor court on Wednesday. Miss Linda
Lawson and Arthur Duncan NOR played Miss
wardell and Elbridge Gerry Rcberts The rapid
fire voileying OF Miss Wardell and Mr. Moir and
Miss Lawson's railroad service were features OF
the match throughout. 1t Fall at the end of
the fourth game. and the fifth sixth seventh and
eighth games tied. A phenomenal deuce set
was played. which was won by Miss wardeIl and
Mr.. Roberts They the match. the final score
being i0-S
The executive committee of the Pine Forest Golf
Club decided at meeting held this we Tx to hold
an open handicap event each Saturday during the
remainder Of the season. The course which has
been the scene of many championship events Is in
good shape. =
In celebration of the twtnty-fifth anniversary Of
their marriage Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick b. Towns
end OF New-fork. gave = dinner at the Lakewood
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06

p Byrne. Miss Abilene Salisbury and J. S.
Matthews. jr.
AT the Laurel House-Mr. and Mrs. W. A Street,
Mrs. George Fisher. Durham Wheeler. Mr. and
Mrs {. y. Brisze, Mr.. and Mrs. f II. Roberts.
~ y. NanderhOef. Mr.. and Mrs. J. r. BroOkneld,
William +. McCord. Mrs. William r. Barnes. Miss
Anne Hampton Barnes, Miss Sylvia Barnes. ;. b
Lawrence Mr.. and Mrs G. r. Bush. Me-. and Mrs.
Durkee WiIrsm i WsrdvefI DIR Samuel n
Tracy, DR.. William Il. Wood. II. 2: Lawrence,
John Goodwin, r. l.. SchOonmaker. Mr.. and Mrs.
]. NJ. Tappen, J. Trumbull Goodwin. Mr.. and Mrs.
$. l. SchoOnmaker. X. II. Balloon. O.. b Kinkead.
81. Mrs. Frank W. Ballard, Miss Ballard Mrs John
b. Agar. Miss Bailey. William +. Norton. Miss
Margaret Norton Mrs. William Ambrose Taylor.
Nine. de Nangrigncuse Mr.. and Mrs. A. Bennett.
Mrs. +. C. Thayer. Mr.. and Mrs. William J.
COMBS Mr. and Mrs John Felkins and Miss
Katharine Felkins.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06

Hotel on Wednesday evening 20 a party OF twelve
friends from Nev-York
Among the late arrivals at the Lakewood Hotel
from New-Nork are the following: Porter clyde
shannon. Mr.. and Mrs Leo Speyer. Charles bar
ms Mrs. George T. Maxwell Mr.. and Mrs. Percy
straus. Fred Werner. Christopher e. Day Harry
Moran. W. G. Messler. II Rapplayea. r. A. Fish
er. Mrs. James A Iyne Miss Minnie Walsh. Au-
Pond ~ s Kelly. l. NJ Freund, Mr.. and Mrs
y r Eagle. John Define. II. X McCann W H.
Hayden John ]. Barret. r. W Mcdonnell Miss
Katherine Ardagh Mr.. and Mry. Robert II. Gibson
Miss Gertrude Gibson, J. ID. Lit Otto Horwitz
Mrs Horwitz. Powell Brisbane. a. II. Muller
Edward Kelly. Judge William II. Kelly. Mrs. Kelly
Miss Bessie Kelly Miss Katherine Kelly, Richard
OConnor. Mr. and Mrs. s. Bernnart Mr. ana
Mrs Clarence =. McMahon, Herman King Mrs
Herman w. Williams. Mrs. l.. r. Eiler Miss New
nan; Mrs. r. r. Taylor Mrs. II; sanders Mrs
=. Bicknell, Charles Gulden. Herbert .. FLANAGAN
Mr.. and Mrs. O. II. Watson Miss Elizabeth Far
ringtOn and A. ID. Osborne.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06

Because Of the peculiar relations OF the Scranton
householder to the company who owns the coal
veins beneath him he is likely to wonder for more
than one reason where he is at. man bought a
lot not long ago IN the Anthracite City, and ac-
cording to his deed he owned as far down as the
first stratum Of coal He built house and had
been living there happily when one day when
standing IN cellar he heard the sound OF blast
ing beneath him Not long afterward some OF the
cellar floor disappeared and a miner crawled up
through the opening. The householder was at first
angry at this sudden loss OF what he regarded his
property and consulted lawyer.
1T won't do any good said the lawyer. you
have no ground for action. The company was
simply digging out what belonged to It. And I'm
sure you ought not to complain"
The householder too astonished TO reply
mo. you ought TO be satisfied" added the lawyer.
you will always have coal in your cellar"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06
ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE.
Rivers OUerfo10 BaHkS-LO1C Col
OniSt Rates.
lBr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE. ]

San Francisco. March 4-The levees on the
Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers have
broken this week under pressure of the tire
mendoue food OF water from heavy rains and
melting row IN the Sierra Nevadas. The result
has been that 1900 acres along the Sacramento
and 10000 acres along the San Joaquin have
been overfowed. This Is all rich river bottom
land that has been reclaimed at large expense
Probably this years grain crop will be a fall
ure. owing 10 disastrous foods but other crops
win not suffer. and stock on alfalfa lands has
been saved by sending fat bottomed steamers
TO gather cattle from high lands where they had
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06

for ten years the building that wfll soon a, ~.
Gated by the Pacific Union Club rts nsw hor,.
faces Union Square and Is ideal location -.
this Republican club. which has under cols,.r
George III. Pippy's presidency greatly fncrsa.as
In membership during the last two yearx
The shade Of Ruskin would have snso-,s :.
novel spectacle seen on Labor Day this v..,-
when one thousand students Of the stats INT.
versity turned out and worked all day ON ~.
college campus. building roads and wark.
half mile OF good road was constructed ana
work was done which would have cost ia uDs.
versity $1,000 II let out to contractors. You,,
women prepared luncheon at night. The nsv
Greek amphitheatre was the scene OF a x-eas
rally, with songs and fireworks.
The T1von Opera House scored a succarv ~.
week IN producing Johann strausss -rns
Gypsy Baron" with a strong cast and ana
costumes. Domenico Russo. the tenor, took n,
chief role. and he sang ie admirably IN,
chcruses were especially effective.
The Mexican government ~ trying thr,-x,
the State Department at Washington to sscu-s
entry into California OF wormy oranges which
have been barred out by the State horticultural
Commissioner. It represents that the fear %
competition leads TO this exclusion Of Msx,cay
oranges. Only great vigilance has thus Ear ar.
Guided Them and any relaxation would n,sar,
rum OK one OF California's largest Industries.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06
BROAD INTERPRETATION.

From The Chicago News.
He-Are you aware that there Is a passage n
the Bible commanding girls to kiss young men?
She-NO. indeed. Tell me about t.
He-It reads thus: Whatsoever We would that
men should do to you do ye even 70 them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06

taken refuge. At one time it looked as though
the powerful levees above Sacramento would
be endangered but the water fell and relieved
the strain The capital city used to be flooded
every wet winter until the present system OF
levees was adopted. Southern California early
this week was treated to rainstorm which aver
aged about an inch OF rainfall. This rain did
an enormous amount Of good to fruit and
pasturage. Los Angeles now reports 322 inches
Of rainfall. against $50 for last season. while
principal points I'm Northern California report
heavier rainfall to date this year than last sea-
son.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06

The Southern Pacific Company expects more
than 100000 persons to take advantage OF its
low colonist rates which are TO be in effect dur
ing March. April and May. and later from Sep
TENDER Is to November 10 The regular second
class rate is nearly cut in half for colonist rate
Last year the Southern Pacific brought $3.50
to California on colonist rates. and the Santa Fe
also carried many thousands on similar rates.
George ]. Gould. who was here visit this
week. denied emphatically that he had any
direct or indirect interest in the Western Pa
cifc Railway. which has been regarded here as
the Western outlet for the Gould system. What
gave apparently good ground for the report that
Mr.. Gould was interested In the new line was
that the surveyors who laid out the road were
Mr. GOuld's surveyors. and the men who bought
the right OF way also admitted that they be-
lOnged 20 the Gould system. This road would
give a fine outlet for any new transcontinental
system. as IL has ferry and dock privileges at
san Rafael. just across the bay from san Fran
cisco.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06

The Union League Club has decided to lease
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-11-19
Print Of the Springs.

A politician, upon his arrival at one
Of the small towns in North Dakota,
where he was to make speech the
following day, found that the two So
called hotels were crowded to the
doors. Not having telegraphed for &C.
commodations the politician discover cd
that he would have to make shift as
best he could. He was compelled for
that night to sleep on wire cot which
had only some blankets and a sheet
on 1t. AS the statesman is fat man,
he found his improvised bed anything
but comfortable. "Well," asked a
friend. when the politician appeared
in the dining room in the morning,
chow did you sleep?" "Oh, fairly we'll, I"
replied the statesman, nonchalantly,
but / cooked like q waffle when
got up."-Youth's Companion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-11-19
Dull.

An English woman with a service
able sense Of humor was she who il
mentioned in q recent English bool
as having aided her husband in fight
ing "a good fight" The tive were
found one day, in their old age, by
caller. sitting one on each side OF
the fire, and the old man said, proud.
ly:
"Well, t missis and me, we've been
married nigh o. fifty year, and we've
never had ono quarrel"
The old woman looket up ct th
visitor with twinkle III her eye.
1T war varie conscientious" sal.
she, ''but varie dool."-Yop his Com
paniou+
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-11-19
LAW AND NoTARlAL OFFICE
Jos. B. LANCASTER

VIII practice In tho courts Of the
fwenty-flfth and Twenty.sixth Judi.
hal Districts and the Supreme Court
Special attention given to examin-
Ing land titles. buying and selling
Rnds. passing acts and deeds of sale,
Mortgages. donations, etc.
Room Nc. - Frederick Building.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-11-19
THE DOCTORS OF BABYLON
We're Guided in Their Charges for
Medical Service by Regu-
lar Statutes.

The physician or surgeon WIT
charges little or nothing for his ski
when he treats poor man and mucf
when he treats rich one has excei
lent authority for his practice. TIT
newly discovered laws of ancient Baby
Ion made it not only proper, but obliga
tory. The first king of Greater Baby
lon," as it would be called to-day, was
Hammurabi, referred to in the four
teenth chapter of Genesis as Amraphel
He was noted for the justice of thu
laws he established in his kingdom
Two years ago, on a broken monument
! In the ruins of Susa, nearly the whole
code of Hammurabi was found. A
translation of it has just been made By
a professor in the University Of Chi
cago.
IF a physician operate on a gentle
man for severe wound, with lancet
reads one section of these revised sta
tutes of Babylon. land save the mans
life, or if he open an abscess in gen
tleman's eye and save the eye, he shall
'eceive ten shekels in silver. II he
operate on a freeman he shall receive
five shekels."
But ''if it be mans slave he operate
on" reads the next section, "tke owner
of the slave shall give two shekels to
the physician" --...
Similarly graded were the physi.
cian's-fo in those days doctoring was
give-and-take affair in which the I'm.
successful practitioner was made to
pay for his failure.
If physician operate on a gentle
man and cause his DEATH said the
law, cor destroy his eye. they shall cut
off the physicians fingers"
IF he operate on the slave of a free
man and cause his death he shall re.
store slave Of equal value If he de-
stroys his eye he shall pay in silver
half his value.
"If he set a broken bone for gen.
tleman or cure his disease the gentle.
man shall pay five shekels.
IF he be a freeman he shall pay
three shekels Of silver.
If he be a slave the owner of the
slave shall give the physician two she.
kels."
AS there were no aseptic surgery in
those days. the courage of physician
in operating with a lancet was great
indeed. Unskilled practitioners proba.
bly, got out of the profession as quickly
as possible. So, also, the swindlins
contractor, for the law read:
If builder build a house for q mar
and do not makes its construction firm
and the house collapse and cause thu.
death Of the owner, the builder shat
be put to death.
IF 1t kill the son Of the owner they
shall put the son Of the builder tt
death.
IF it kills slave of the owner tn,
builder shall restore to him a slave O,
equal value.
IF 1t destroy property he shall re.
store what 1t destroyed, and because
he did not make the house which he
built firm and 1t collapsed, he shall re.
build 1t at his own expense
Such laws as these, engraved in last.
Ing stone. and set up on freouented
street corners, might do something t.
discourage modern jerry building.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-11-19
COUNTRYeRED.

So oi =. Be good to strip OF these roll.
Ana don overalis and a raryedv hat
I DC O. ilthe and as lean again
Used to be In the old DAYS when
- roseate future beckoned me
om wnere dreamed meath q beechen
p bubbling spring: and to feel as FREQ
'" 70 % a. poor as used to be.
would be good. 'twould be more than
good. to know
at nights when the sun sunk way down
And shadows were stretching 80 cool and
far, WV ~'N
There were bustery shelves and a cooky
Where could germ In the good old wav
w!h no One ever to say me nay;
Aoa Always a mother to hold me tight.
10 hear my prayers and say good
I"ouid be good to be on the dear old
farm,
And to jerk the Tine with my boy,sh arm.
And guide the old dun mule across
xne smelly fields where the grasses toss.
Ano 10 plow them under the fallow earth
Ana prepare Tor = plentiful harvests
birth,
And to eat-'twouA be wen just to eat
again
With the appetite that INV work raw.
then.
TWould be WEN to slip Off the hush Of
years,
And the present, too. with it's doubts and
fears,
And to be as was and to be content
with the hope and the lust Of life un-
spent;
TO give up the wealth that the years have
brought
For the purer life and the purer thought,
Whose youth was spent in a country lane
snail long till he comes to his own again.
~. ID. Lewis, In Houston Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-11-19

The chief operator, patroling the
line Of her charges, noticed Miss Ma
her sitting at her desk, her hands idle
and her eyes heavy and dull.
The chief OPERATOR stopped.
Miss Maher raised her head. A dim
smile forced its way as she glanced
at the silent switchboard.
Whats the matter?" she asked.
Anything wrong?"
"Wrong?" she said vaguely. NO
/ guess not I'm-I'm a little tired
that's alL"-Overland Monthly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-11-19


person at Red 1901 should have slipped
SO easily and defftly into Main ASS
place. These conversations were not
long, but they always ended in some
fragmentary phrase which apprised
keenly interested ears OF some pro-
jected plan for an evenings amuse-
ment Red 1901 seemed to enjoy SO.
cial functions as much as Main IS
had detested them. This phase Of
affairs bothered Miss Maher a good
deal She meant to see It through
now that matters had reached this
stage, and she listened without any
conscience tremors. She felt size knew
for whom the girl at Suffer S691 really
cared. Why. then, did she trouble
about Red 1901? Two lovers at once
was q novel idea to Miss Maher, and
she inwardly wondered how it would
end.
1t ended in way totally unexpect-
ed. at least by the waiting Miss Ma
hes, whose dislike of Red 1901 was,
by this time, so intensified that when
he rang up late one afternoon. she al
lowed him to fume for fully two min
utss before giving him connection.
At the first sound Of his voice she
closed the switch with Jerk that she
might not hear, and then flung It i'm
patiently open in time to hear the
word that vlbrated, humming, over
the wire.
"Darling!"
ooh, don't" exclaimed the girls
shocked voice. "Don't-don't speak 20
lOud!"
Miss Maher banged the switch shut,
and disgustediy sat down. They were
engaged there could be no doYji OF
1t. Sutte' 1851 the girl With the pretty
voice that Mis- Maher felt she would
remember to her dying day, and Red
1901 was actu ally engaged. Miss Ma
her could have cried. In her estima-
ton. things were rapidly going ON
had to worse. She thought Of it that
aIght a. she was going to bed In her