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Bisbee daily review., 1904-02-25
ANNOUNCEMENT.

F I hereby announce myself as can didate for the office Of City Marshal of Bisbee. subject to the action of the Democratic City Convention to be held March Eth.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-29
New Naval Base.

An expedition under charge of the
navy department has been busy all this
summer at Kyska island, one of the most
remote of the Aleutians, making the
preliminary surveys and other arrange
ments for the establishment of a naval
coaling station at Kyska harbor. This
harbor is excellent, and it Is said that it
can be easily fortified. 1t Is proposed
to make 1t a base for the operations OF
the Pacific feet. Kyska, which is in
longitude III east, is much nearer Japan
and Siberia than 1t is to our mainland
south Of Alaska. No foreign military
Officers have been allowed to visit the
place. and Americans know little Of the
detailed plans Of the government. The
island will contain one of the wireless
telegraph stations Of the navy depart
ment. to which reference was made in
this column on July 28-Youth's Com
panion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-29
EQUAL TO THE EMERGENCY
Colored Preacher Who Was Right at
Home on Any Text Sug- &
gested. "A

As an old colored preacher who had been
conducting revival meeting was reach
ing the end of his series, relates the Indian.
apolis News, he appeared before the con-
gregation one night and spoke thus:
Brethren and sistren, | come befo. you
all wholly unprepared with my text. hab
been preachin' all so'ts of things, and to
snow the brethren and sistren that | have
not said all that l know, will ask that
some membah of this congregation suggest
subject and l will preach sbout it to
you"
For several minutes there was IN embar.
RAISING silence while the minister scowled
over the top of his glasses, waiting tor
some one to propose a topic. No one seemed
anxious to take advantage of the oppor-
tunity, until finally little fellow in the
back part Of the church yelled out: pills. .
There was smoker as the preacher cleared
his voice and said: L
"Pills. | hab been requested by some
membah of dis congregation to discourse
befo' you all on pills Now, brethren and
sistren, am not familiar wild the ways OF
medicine for l am a preacher man, but as
/ said l would talk on any subject that was
proposed, pills will be my text. Now. to
begin with, there are quinine pills, calomel
pills. big pills and little pills, and thou
sand kind of other pills what the doctor do
prescribe when the flesh am sick. But !!
propose to talk to you about de kind OF
medicine what de soul needs when It an
sick-'gospills.'
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-29
SHORT-SICHTED DRUMMER,
Was Foolish Enough to Sass POST
mistress and Soon Learned
Something.

II had money order on village post
office in Michigan, said the Chicago drum.
and when l went in to get it cashed /
found a postmistress instead of postmas-
ter Sac was Cabling away with another
woman and, being in hurry, | spoke to
ner rather sharply. In fact, asked her
# Uncle Sam employed her to gossip about
her neighbors., In reply, she looked at the
order and said:
james NJ. Blank, Ell! Well, sir, you
will have to be identified
II had half dozen letters, but she
shook her head. / showed her my initials
on my collar, but it was no go. l had
sassed her and she had chance to get
even and, as matter Of fact, she kept me
in that town for: two whole days, and
would then hardly believe a lawyer who
came 20 miles to identify me.
Its safe enough to sass your landlady
when you are not behind ON your board,
but don't try it on a postmistress, who has
got the United States government 1T her
back
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-29
ART OF KEEPING YOUNG.
Acquire the Habit of Cheerfulness
and Take Plenty of
Fresh Air.

Sunlight has no equivalent. Keep
sunshine in the home and in the heart.
How very much like delicate plants a
human being is. Keep plant in the
dark, and struggle as it will to grow,
it will be at best but puny. sickly
weed. says Medical Talk for the Home
The close observer can tell by the
countenance if a person is in the habit
Of saying evil things or kind things
about people. No matter what the re-
suits, the person who has formed the
questionable habit of speaking unkind-
ly of people, will gradually come to pos
sess a cruel. hard expression, wLich in
short time deepens into fixed ugly
lines. Nothing is more conducive to
youth and beauty of face than the habit
of seeing the best in people and low
ing it into more loneliness. The
thoughts assume kindly bent and
shaping themselves into kindly words
and deeds mold the countenance into
beauty and sweetness The late divine,
Rev. Joseph Cook. by experiment and
investigation, found that our habits
leave scars on the brain. Do we realize
that every harsh word our lips utter
leaves an unfavorable impression on our
brains. which is quickly reflected not
only in the face, but in the very move
ments of the body? Nobody can hurt
anyone by cruel remarks as he hurts
himself
Fresh air is free gift. and yet some
people take of it as though it were more
expensive than the Alaskan gold 1t is
necessary to the clear brain. well-round-
ed form and grace of movement There
is close relation between the Shallow
breathing lungs and the mean-thinking
mind. Practice deep breathing until
you can count Is aloud in one breath,
Then notice the improvement in your
appearance and thoughts
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-29
PROPER Way TO BREATHE.
Simple Exercises by Which the Luns
Power May Be Appreciably
Increased

In these health articles attention hal
often been directed to the necessity OF
proper breathing in order to increase
the physical well-being and to place
the body in the best possible condition
for resisting the onslaughts of disease.
But 1t is not enough to tell people to
breathe; many. with the best will in
the world, do not know how to breathe,
says Youths Companion. 1t is not
enough to sit in a chair and take deep
breath from time to time; nor car any,
one always be taking full Inspirations,
for that requires thought and special
effort We must breathe in the ordi-
nary way most of the time, and supple
iaent this by certain special exercises
at given periods.
Any form of exercise properly taken
calls for increased respiratory effort,
and so may be called breathing exer-
else; and this applies particularly to
rapid walking, which is the bes. all
round exercise that it is given to man
to indulge in. But we can augment the
utility OF rapid walking (by which is
meant gait of from three to four miles
an hour by combining with it spe.
clal breathing exercise
Many persons, walking in the city,
make it rule to fill the lungs as full as
they will hold of air each time they
come to street crossing, holding the
breath until the farther side of the
street is reached. This is an excellent
habit to form. but it is not Away, pos
sible to observe the rule while iodg-
ing cars, cabs and automobiles.
The best time for special breathing
exercises is at night before retiring and
IN the morning before the bath. Stand
ing upright, with the head thrown back,
the mouth closed and the arms ct the
side. rise gradually to the tiptoes, raise
the arms slowly to the horizontal po-
sition. and keeping them we'll back Of
the body. breathe in as deeply as pos
sible; then slowly lower the arms to
the side. and come down flat-foot while
expelllng the breath as fully as pos
slble. Repeat these movements about
four times minute Begin as before,
but do not stop when the arms are hori-
zontal. Continue to raise them until
they are stretched as high as possible,
the hands not being allowed to come to-
gether, but kept apart the width of the
shoulders or little more. Continue to
inhale until the hands are as high as
possible. hold the breath for two or
three seconds. then exhale slowly and
fully as the arms are lowered to the
side.
These exercises and many variations
OF them grow easy with practices, and
II performed night and morning in a
well-aired room will increase wonder
fully the vital capacity.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-29
A Boys Industry in Writ:ns.

Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, the
president of the Woman Suffrage As
sociation, was citing diplomatic ways
of making children work.
"A Chicago woman" she said, has
a little boy who hates to practice writ.
ing. Last fall she told me that in
this matter of writing she could do
nothing with the lad. But in Decem.
Der, when l met her again, she said,
complacently:
"'Well, Harry spends quite two
hours a day now at his writing regu.
larly.'
How in the world said I, did you
bring this miracle to pass?
The woman winked slightly.
"I told him. she said, to make out,
in his very best hand, a list Of every.
thing he wanted for Christmas, and
be has been at it ever since.'"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-29
MEN OF THE GRAND ARMY
Their Annual Encampments and Les
sons Of Heroic Self-Sacri-
fee They Teach.

Once every year the soldiers Of the
civil war who still survive are accus
toned to gather somewhere for their
national encampment. Three days are
given to reunions and business meet.
ings and a parade. This practice, says
Youths Companion, has continued sc
long that it has become an old story
in all the northern half of the coun-
try; for the grand army has encamped
both in Maine and in California.
1t Is an old story in one sense. but
perennially new one in other senses.
This year, for the third time, the
grand army held its encampment in
Boston. The city was decorated, Of
course, and unusually crowded. There
were blue uniforms and black soft
hats everywhere. The same white
haired men marched in the parade, a
little sitter in the knees and somewhat
fewer in number. and they were
cheered from end to end of the route.
But there was nothing new about any
of these things.
Yet the encampment as whole did
produce-it always produces-some-
thing new and fresh; rebirth Of pa
triotism, a acknowledgment of the
debt due to these men, a new percep-
ton Of what the war cost them.
No one can watch the parade Of the
veterans without seeing that the vast
majority of those in line are .nen in
moderate circumstances. They con-
slider themselves fortunate indeed that
they are able to be present at ALL
Thousands of their old comrades, they
will tell you, could not come because
Of the expense.
Here is the new lesson which the en-
campment teaches, or the old lesson
which it constantly repeats-the life
long sacrifice of the men who fought
and lived, IS we'll as the short but com.
plete sacrifice Of those who died.
The war ruined the chances of f1nan.
cial success for tens of thousands of
soldiers. who, il they had been more
selfish and less patriotic, would be
richer to-day in the goods Of this
world; but how infinitely poorer both
they and we should be In things which
wealth cannot measure or money buy!
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-29
RETIRED BUSINESS MEN.
Many Find Themselves at Loss for
Something to Do and Take
to Reading.

Successful American business anu
professional men usually die in the
harness. Most Of them do not. mere
~ from motives Of avarice, continue
to pile up moneys after they have
made fortunes. The ingrained habits
formed by a lifetime's work in one
field are exceedingly hardin many
cases impossible-to break, says the
Chicago Tribune Most men also find
it difficult to imagine what they, should
do with themselves after they retired.
They fear they would be burden to
themselves and bore to everybody
else
There are, however, many things
which business or professional men
who retire while still vigorous can do
to make the latter end Of their lives
pleasant and to render themselves use
full to themselves and to their COM
munities. They can read. The Az
erage man, during his busy years,
hardly takes glimpse into the better
books. II he should reserve some of
his later years to get acquainted with
the great kingdom Of the intellect he
might add much to the pleasure of his
life. The retired business or profess
sional man can travel. Like Diocle-
tan. after he quit the throne of the
Roman empire, he can grow cabbages.
He can contribute needed wisdom to
philanthropic and charitable enter
prises.
But the man who counts on retiring
when he has secured a substantial
and leading thereafter a
life agreeable to others should make
prepare ton for the change He must
keep at least on speaking acquain-
lance throughout youth and middle
life with the great world outside his
avocation. The money grubber who
has not lifted his nose from his ledger
for 40 years will get little pleasure at
so from Hawthorne, or Macaulay, or
Tennyson, or Shakespeare, or Herbert
Spencer or Plato. He will get equally
little satisfaction from travel, for, as
George William Curtis has said, those
who would see Greece and Italy must
take them in their hearts
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-29
Sinking Of Rev. Blank.

Down in Virginia town the aged
pastor Of one of the churches fell i'll
not long ago. He was beloved by all
the neighborhood. and a constant
stream of anxious friends rang the bell
to make inquiries. The nurse in
charge was an intelligent negro wcm-
an, and she decided to issue bulletins
at frequent intervals. She wrote them
herself and pinned them to the front
door. and this is the way they read az
they appeared successfully:
REV Blank am very SICK
"Later-Rev. Blank am worse"
"Nit.ht--Rev Blank am sinking"
"Morning-Rev. Blank have sunk.
Washington Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-29
Other Side Of II

But" protested the prospective ten.
ant, 'the house is awfuAy damp"
my dear SIR" replied the agent,
that is one Of its many advantages.
In case of fire it isn't likely TO burn
And there is no water in the well. -
continued the would-be renter.
Another advantage" said the agent,
I'm case your children happen to fall
In 1t they won't drown
Daily News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-29
HERE AND THERE.

I'm nearly all case it Is better to
castrate the male pigs while they are
yet sucking; they recover from the
checking effects much sooner.
If cured alfalfa IL not so good a
green. it IS the next thing to it. Alfal.
Il hay is moet valuable winter feed
for hogs, especially where corn Is fed
exclusively.
Tho manufacture Of -O!eomargarine
has steadily decreased under the pres
emit law, which requires the colored
product to pay tax Of ten cents q
pound.
Nine out of every ten men who
milk cows think nothing about the
cows side of the question, and so she
gets pulled and hauled forty different
ways every time she is MIXED.
Cotton appears to receive moro at
tention from destructive insects than
any other plant, which fact is probably
due to its y1ch fiber, oily seeds and ita
location in q very warm climate.
A very good way to apply water In
a dry time is by means of perforated
tin cans. Sink them in ground near a
plant and fill with water. The water
seeps out gradually through the holes
and causes the roots to sink deeply.
Various estimates Of the loss oc-
casioned to the cotton planters last
season (1903) have been made, and
range from 235, 900 to 5O0.000 bales Of
cotton 600 lbs. per bale), representing
from eight to twenty-five millions Of
dollars
Two or three years Of grain plant
ing would make q decided impression
upon the boil weevil, enrich the cot
ton land, and force the price Of cotton
M. q that when the conditions are
favorable it might be policy to again
1aim cotton
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-29
DISPOSAL OF DEAD HOGS.
A Matter That Means n Great Deal
to the Farmer and the COM
munity in General.

The proper disposal of dead hogz
means a great deal to the farmer and
also to the community In which he
lives. He should consider it his duty
to keep his surroundings as free from
infectious diseases as possible. This
applies not only in the matter Of prop
erly disposing Of dead animals. but to
everything under his care.
His stables should be thoroughly
ventilated and should receive an appli-
cation Of whitewash once or twice q
year, to which has been added a little
carbolic acid.
II an animal becomes sick he should
give 1t proper attention, and if the dis
ease is new to him, he should quaran-
tine the animal until we'll.
II one of his hogs dies he should dis
pose of the body in such a way that no
trouble will come from it. Too often
this is overlooked. While many men
would not harm their 1eighbors il they
knew it, they will often drag the body
Of dead hog into some gully or out
of-the-way place and leave it to decay.
The place looks to them remote and
they do not think Of the harm that
may come
In case the hog died of some con-
tagious disease the germs of this dis
ease are at first, of course, very nu-
merous in the body. They are easily
transferred from the body to anything
that comes in contact with It, In this
way dogs and wild animals, such as
vermin and snakes, come in contact
with the body and then carry the
germs to neighboring farms. One can
readily see how dangerous this is to
the community =es
The practice Of burying diseased ami
mails is generally resorted to and is q
very good method, although there IL
still some danger, especially If the
body is not put down deep clough. But
1t is best to always burn the body. thus
eliminating nearly all possible chances
Of further danger. II carried On thor
oughly and properly very little, If any,
bad results can come from it. There
really should be certain requirements
OF state laws applying to the treat
ment Of dead bodies of diseased ami
mals.-J. B. Ashley, in K!mball's Dali
~ Farm:
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-29
Farming ON Business Principles.

Farming ON Business Principles.
How many farmers to-day conduct
their business on the same accurate
principles as do mel engaged in the
other occupations? From a close in
quiry and observation, l am led to be-
lieva that not exceeding five per cent
Of the farmers in this community keep
an account Of their receipts and ex-
penses during each year. was talk
ing to very prominent business man
in our town quite recently on this sub
ject. He was also large land owner
and prosperous in that line of business.
but remarked that il kept an account
with each crop, 1t was the only case
within his knowledge. This man Is
considered splendid, up-to-date
farmer, yet he could not tell what it
cost him to raise an acre of tobacco.
This is not written as reflection on
the intelligence of any farmer, but as
q disparagement Of their business
methods. Brother farmer, what would
you think Of that merchant in your
city, should you ask him confidentially
what his expenses were last year, who
would answer, "Well really, | don't
know, it is too much trouble to keep
books?' Me thinks you would mental
ly class him with one OF the soon-to-b
bankrupts. Farmers have simply not
been taught in their youth the necessi-
ty Of keeping farm accounts. They drift
along. as did their proge1itors, in tina
same old routine Of doing things, judg-
ing only by the cash or hand, whether
the year 1903 was prosperous or adj
verse. l do not offer myself as a proto-
type to my brothers who follow the
plow," but glance at my ledger will
convince any man which crop raised
on our farm last year did yield the
largest net income. Any farmer can do
THE, who will only exercise a little
thinking and take the time-Geo. A.
Groom, Princeton, KY, in Epitomist.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-29

that 1t has In Georgia, what 10 going
to become Of the hog? Georgia pos
stbiy being the largest prodcuer ct cot
ton oil products in their refined state
OF any OF our sister states it is aston
ish1ng to realize the percentage Of
housekeepers from Georgia who visit
here who have not made a trial Of these
products in their homes.-Dixie FARM
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-29

ney Pills 1 have lifted six hundred
pounds and felt no bad effects. / have
not felt the trouble come back since,
although had suffered for five or six
years, and other remedies had not
helped me at all"
For sale by all dealers. Price so cents.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-29
Crabs. Creole.

Use one green pepper, chopped fine;
one Glove of garlic. chopped fine; one
small onion. chopped fine; one table,
spoonful of butter, one cupful Of toma-
toes, one cupful o. crab meat. pepper and
salt; put the butter in the blaze; when
melted. add the garlic. onion. ait. pep
DER and tomatoes. and let cook ten min.
utes; add the crab meat (fresh or
:anned). Serve when hot on Sippets OF
soast--People'3 Home Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-29
COTTON SEED PRODUCTS.
what Georgia I'm Showing In Cot
tOn-seed Products mt the st.
Louis Worlds Fair.

Tho show feature Of the Agriculture
palace at the Worlds fair in st. Louis
which covers 20 acres, and contains the
agricultural products Of not only thu
states OF the Union, but Of all foreign
countries, Is fountain, tho centra
feature of Georgia's agricultural dir
play in block "a in practically the CEN
tar of this large building. This foun'
tain il tnstefully erected Of star work
and glass and lows cottOn-seed oil q
. rate Of 80 gallons PER minute. The
fountain, as well - the four plate
glass columns surrounding It IL bril-
uantly illuminated with diferent-col-
ored electric lights. Two Of tho col
umns are filled with different grader
of cotton-seet Oh, and two Of them
with soaps manufactured from this oL
II. Savannah.
A handsome showcase filed with
samples Of how the Georgia products
a cotton-seed oil are put up TOR the
market, and other exhaustive feature
In . case kept filled with samples OF
oil and cooked products. consisting Of
cakes, pies. doughnuts. breads. roofs.
ssIsds, ETC.. which y . dslieht to I'll
housekeepers when they realize how
much easier and more effective It Is
10 have their shortening Of purely vege-
table matter ard do away with any
rancid tastes md bad odors during hot
weather.
In our main cotton and cotton pro-
Ae,cts show In block Is the Southern
0rtton OIL Co. has erected large
pyramid showing the entire products
from a bale Of cotton consisting q .
lsrge cube made M cotton seed; the
one on top OF this, Of cotton-seed bulls
and which rests the cake and the meal
under q table decorated with Anoers
and surrounded by globes OF crude cot
tou-seed oil. In thas spacs Is also
shnvn perfect samples OF hulls ana
meal put up in shipping form There
is probably no other feature which
estonishes the inQuring public g
marh as all these different products
heinx made from cotton SEED.
We often hear REMARKS rom tne
neoule Of the west to the eject TIT
s. this industry grows in the other
aoafns1n staaD with IL maenasaoe
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-29

Il Judge will sit on his bench all day and
say, 50 times: You are discharged !" re-
marked the observer of events and things;
"but when he goes home and his wife re-
peat those words to the cook he's ready
for the woods."-Yonkers Statesman.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-29

Pills did me agreat
lot of good, and If
it were not true I
would not rec.,m-
mend them. lt-..as
the strain of lift.
ing that brought
on kidney trouble
and weakened nv
back, but since
usinp nnan'S XIII.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-29
Another Piano Prodigy,

The London Academy of Music medal
for piano forte playing, counterpoint
and harmony has been won by Max
Darenski, eight years old. There were
80 other competitors, the youngest Of
whom is 25 years old.-N. Y. Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-29
More Truth Than Poetry.

The worlds stage, and petty thieves
enact dangerous part, while those who
rob us largely are masters of the art.
The common thieves will stoop to rob a
henroost Of hen, but robbing banks Of
millions make of thieves gentlemen
Cincinnati Enquirer.