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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-08-27
ATTENTION..
New Orleans, La, }
August |, 1904. !

New Orleans. La,
August /, 1904.
General Orders No. I:
The Louisiana Dlsvision United
Confederate Veterans having called
the State reunion to meet at Baton
Rouge, La, September Z ard 8,
IN accordance with the constitution,
of the United Sons of Confederate
Veterans, We hereby call the an
nual reunion of the Louisiana d..
vision U. 5. Z. V. for the same
time aud place. All camps
are earnestly requested to send
their full delegation, and by so.
doing show their appreciation Of
the noble work for which we are
organized.
The old Veterans are fast pass
ing away, and the work left 10 the
sons of them is fast becoming ours
by heritage. No man. save the
veteran himself, can feel prouder
of the work of our fathers than We;
no work OF love should have pre-.
cedence over this. II should be
sacred right, given to us alone, to
preserve and keep the records, and
try to make the fast declining years
of our fathers one happy dream of
the old glories. No better chance
is given US than these annual re-
unions of fathers and sons to get
together and by our acts show our
love and veneration for the men in
in grey.
Each camp in this State is en,i
tied 10 representation at the reunion
under the following provisions and
rules:
l. The general confederation
per capita tax of 10 cents must be
paid including 1904.
9. The division per capita tax
Of Is cents must I've paid including
1904.
3. A list Of the officers and mem.
bers of the camps must be IN the
hands of division adjutant not later
than September l, 1904.
4. Each camp must be represent
ed by one or more bona iide mem.
bers OF their own camp.
5. Each camp is entitled to one
vote for each ten members or frac.
tion in excess of four.
6. Each delegation can be in
excess of the number Of votes 10
which, IL ls entitled, in which case
each delegate Of that camp will be
entitled to the fraction of a vote
so created.
Each delegation should elect 4
a chairman.
We hope the reunion will he at
tended by every camp 10 the State
and have consequently given out
the above rules for guidance; we
also enclose bill showing how
your camp STANDS, which bill IRE.
ceipted) or copy thereof should be
attached TO your credentials.
Thanking the Louisiana Division
IN general for a hearty co opera.
tion in making this reunion a sue
cess, we are, yours fraternally.
HARRY H. CLARK,
Division Commander.
RALsToN +. GREEN,
Division Adjutant.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-08-27
VIOLENT ATTACK OF DlAaRNoEA CURED sY
CMAM0ERlAiM'S cOtlc, CHOLERA AND
DIARaHofA REMEDY AND PERHAPS
4 LIFE SAVED.

"a short time ago was taken With q
violent attack of dfarrhoes and believe
/ would have died Il had not gotten
relief" says join ]. Patton, q leading
citizen of Patton. Ala. "A friend
recommended Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera aud Diarrhoea Remed. /
bought twenty-five cent bottle aud
after taking three doses Of /: was en-
tirely cured. I consider it the best
remedy IN the world for bowel COM
plants. For able b. Jos. s. Claverie.
druggist.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-08-27
=. Wagons and Buggies Our Specially.

Cutl,ng's Jsm
MARKS spices
Canned Oysters
French Sar6ir es
American Sardies
Lowney's Cocoa
Nelson's Cocoa.
Bakers Cocoa
Piller Rock Salmon
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-08-27

Gllett PEGS :.
b. & Corn
b. Il. shrimp
May Sifted Peas
Pork and Beans
POtled Beef
Potted Tongue
Potted Chicken
Choice 'r'ilc
Chill Con Cal,,e
Charm Tomatoes
Chicken TOmale
Vitnna Sausage
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-16
A Crooked Spire.

The most curious spire in England is
at Chesterfield, the leaning tower of
Pisa not being more interesting to
sightseers than the queer kink in a re-
spectacle church. which tradition says
was caused by the devil kicking out as
he passed the spire. The devil had just
had his hoofs shod by a local black
smith, and his pain was SO intense the
edifice was shaken out of shape. An
other and wittier legend says the spire
was bowling to a lovely and virtuous
bride. Many noted persons have in
years gone visited Rowsley and quaint
Peacock inn and thence Travelled to
Chesterfield to gaze on this freak of
nature, for natural causes are supposed
TO have bent the spire rather than an
irritable devil whose hoofs were not
shod to please him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-16
K. p. PoBEDONosTsEFF.

means exile to Siberia, and popular
| gatherings of protest have been ruth
lessIy suppressed by fire and sword.
In Russia itself the spirit of the rev.
olutionists is different, although no
less determined. They are loyal to the
car. whom they believe to be misin-
| formed as to the real state of affairs
| by his ministers. They are fighting to
overthrow the power of the bureau
| cracy, which they hold responsible
for the misgOvernment of the empire.
This movement is largely supported
by the educated people of Russia. no
bles, scholars and army officers being
active in the struggle for reform.
Perhaps the best hated man in Rus
STA today is KOnstantin Petrovitch
PObedOnostseff, procurator of the holy
synod, head of the Greek church and
the most powerful man in the empire,
not even excepting the car himself.
All things considered, it is probable
that no other man living is so power
full a foe of modern progress.
His ruthless fanaticism has broken
up thousands of homes, ruined count
less men of the nobleSt character and
driven the best elements of Russia in
to a cruel exile. He has been the evil
spirit of two cZars in succession.
Whenever their better instincts
prompted them TO break loose from
the traditions Of Russian despotism
and tyranny PobedOnostseff has al
ways been at hand to turn them back
The massacres of Jews. the exile of
hundreds of students and the knouting
of countless peasants and worlingmen
are all laid at his door by those who
are striving to break his power.
The story of the Russian pope's rise
from plebeian beginnings to the high
est position open to a subject of the
car is proof of his wonderful energy
and ability. His father was a poor
peasant. but the youth determined on
a different career Through the aid
Of his village priest he went TO Kiev
to study and had brilliant career in
the university. Later he became Il
tutor TO several grand dukes of the
imperial family. including the one who
afterward became Alexander III. and
through his influence rose to be prfyy
councillor and senator
When Alexander assembled the throne
he made Pobedonostseff procurator of
the holy synod and chose him to be his
chief political adviser. so that he be-
came at one stroke the pope of the Or
thodOx Greek church and chancellor /
Of the Russian empire.
All his life PobedOnostseff has been |
inspired by two ideals. One is that the /
Slavs are the chosen people, destined |
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-16
THE THEATER USHER.
An Incident That Raised Him In the
Old Patrons Estimation.

Il have never been able to appreci-
ate the insolent theater usher in the
past" said the confirmed patron of the
playhouseS. ut is different now. 1
happened to be in Il theater the other
evening when puff of smoke, which
half the audience saw. made it touch
and go for a few seconds whether or
not the always dreaded fire panic would
follow. Enter at this point our old
friend the callous usher. Down the
aisle from the rear he strobe with
Disguised look on his face.
law, sit down! he said to the
chairs. 'Aw, say, sit down! What's
the use! There amt any fire!
The bored flavor of the fellows
voice was the fear absorbent the audi
ence needed. Had he yelled eXcitedIy
or moved his arms he might have pre-
cipitated a scramble. 1t was a hard
faced usher's 'Aw, say. sit down" that
worked the wonder. Hereafter | Shan't
say things out loud when the paste
board locator shows me into the wrong
pair of seats and chaSes me and my
wife out again five minutes later, for
I've found at last that the theater ush-
er has his uses. New York Globe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-16
HARD WATER.
1t Is Produced by the Absorption of
Carbonate OF Lime.

Ii Is Produced by the Absorption of
Carbonate of Lime.
Rain water as it deScends from the
clouds is practically free from mineral
impurities, but SO soon as it reaches
the earth and begins to percolate
through strata it is charged with va
rious mineral and earthly matters. If
the strata be chalk or limestone, the
water, through the medium of carbonic
acid gas which it contains, takes up
the lime in solution and forms car
Donate of lime, and it is the presence
of this mineral in an excessive quaint
ty in the water which gives to it the
peculiar property of hardness"
The degree of hardness varies and
is determined principally by the pro-
portion of lime and the length of time
the water is in contact with it.
This hardness is called temporary.
because it can be reduced by boiling,
as is seen by the crust in n kettle or
boiler. when the water deposits the
lime it contains. There is also a per-
manent hardness caused by the pres
ence of sulphates, Chlorides and nj
trates of earthly metals.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-16
AN AMERICAN ARTIST.
Z. A. Abbey, who Is Painting King
Edwards Coronation Picture.

Z. A. Abbey, who Is Painting King
Edwards Coronation Picture.
Edwin \. Abbey. the famous artist
who is just now working on the por-
trait of King Edward of England for
the great painting of the coronation
ceremonies, is n native of Philadel-
phia and there received his first train
ing in art. Edward VII. selected Mr..
Abbey for the work and has given fire.
quent sittinGS at the artists studio
during the progress of the picture.
The first of Mr.. Abbey's handiwOrk
TO be published was an illustra ted
rebus, which appeared in 1866, when
he was only fourteen years old. When
he was sixteen he worked in Il wood
engraver's shop, going thence to the
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts,
and at the age of nineteen he became
member OF the staff of the HarperS
in New York
For nearly Il quarter of Il century
Mr.. Abbey has lived abroad. He first
went to Europe in 1878. returning to
this country in 1881. The following
year he again crossed the ocean and
has since made England his home.
The most notable work of Mr.. Abbey
in this country is his series of paint
inGs on the Quest of the Holy Grail"
for the Boston Public library. This
work consists OF number of panels
measuring in all 100 feet in length
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-16

nation he found that The bottom of his
pocket was burned out and that his
under linen was much scOrched, while
one of his fingers was also injured
He remembered that he had carried
in his pocket for some days two pastilS
containing chlorate of potash and one
pastiI containing chlorate of sugar.
The last named was broken into little
pieces, while of the potash pastilS one
was intact, but no trace could be found
of the other. 1t seems that the doctor
had rubbed the chlOrate of potash pas
til against the chlorate of sugar pastil
and that at the point Of contact small
quantity of explosive powder had been
formed. This had iSnitcd, with the re-
suit that the chlorate of potash pastil
had been instantly decomposed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-16

and which took eleven years Of labor
to complete. They were finished in
1902 This work was done in his
great studio at Fairford. near oxford,
Up TO the time that he was commits
stoned to paint the coronation picture
Mr.. Abbey had not been presented to
King Edward. When he was sum-
moned before the king so that he cOult:
be officially informed that he had re-
ceived the much coveted honor. about
all his majesty said beyond the mere
announcement of his selection was
that my chamberlain will attend to
the details" Since then. however, art
list and king have become pretty good
friends
Mrs. Abbey is an American, born liz
the Isle of Wight while her parents
were travelling, and she and Mr.. Abb
hey first met when. as Miss Mary
Mead, she was touring Europe She
is a daughter Of the late Frederick
Mead of New York and is a graduate
of Vassar college. Mrs. Abbey is dis
tinctly American in her tastes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-16
Two Old Word Forms.

Jail and gaol are now ear and eye
forms respectively of one and the same
word. In earlier days each had its own
distinct pronunciation, as is attested
by the family name GayIer Gaol, our
oldest sound form, owes it's survival to
the influence of the French geole.
though the anomaly Of ''g'' sounded soft
before IA has been vigorously protest
ed against. So far as modern French is
concerned, the difference in sound be-
tween English ga" and French ''ge" is
n fatal objection to gaol. Instead of fol-
lowing the French in regard to orthoe-
ny our ancestors ought to have reject
ed the Jail and kept the venerable gaoI
sound. form. The struggle for existence
between the two word shapes is of old
standing.-Notes and Queries.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-16
Initiating color blindness.

One can sometimes initiate the eff
fects of color blindness through over
fatigue Of the eye. Thus Mr.. Brett
the English painter. told the members
of the Royal Astronomical society that
in painting a scarlet geranium. after
working at it for a quarter of an hour
the artist will not know that il is
scarlet at all, but will go on painting
il as If it were black or colorless.
Red" he explained. lis very irritant
color to the retina," and he added that
you can look at green until all is
blue"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-16
4 Jnnanene Legend.

Japanese deities are as kindly and
gentle hearted as the people them
selves. Their story of the creation is
quaint Two gods Whose very lengthy
names may be shortened to Izanagi
and IzanamD, standing upon the bridge
of heaven, cast grains of rice abroad to
dispel the darkness. They then pushed
a spear down into the green plain of
the sea and stirred it around. This
spear became the axis of the earth,
started it revolving and thus brought
about the dry land.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-16


Switzerland, at that time one of the
very few countries in Europe where
Don Carlos and his pious princess.
Marguerite of Parma, could find
shelter. The young prince has had
varied career. He was educated at
the Roman Catholic college of Beau
mont. near Windsor, and at a military
college academy in Austria. entering
the Russian army at the completion of
his studies
During the Boxer Instruction in
China he served as a captain of the
Russian regiment of the GrodnO hus-
sars of the imperial guard. and dis
tinguished himself on the staff of the
Russian commander. He took part in
the assault on Mukden, the capital OF
Manchuria and now the headquarters
OF General Kuropatkin. sustained
slight wound and was decorated with
the order of st. George. His enemies
have intimated that it is doubtful
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-16
SUNDAY SPORTS.
They Used to Be FOstered In Eng
land by Royalty.

They Used to Be FOstered In Eng
land by Royalty.
Both Richard IL. and Henry ". had
acts passed ordering Sunday sports,
particularly the useful practice of
archery. Queen Elizabeth issued Il
censes to conductors of such festivi-
ties, which contained directions TO pub
lie officers to overlook such games and
to do their best to make them a sue
cess.
One such document authorized John
SecontOn, poor man fallen into decay
and having four small children, to
have and use some plays or games ut
or upon several Sundays within the
county of MiddleseX and to remain in
one place not above three several Sun
days-that is to say, the shooting with
the broad arrow, the Ieaping for men,
the wrestling, the throwing of the
sledge, the pitching of the bar"
James l. in his Book of Sports" en-
couraged Sunday games after even
ing service" but 1.-The meaner sort"
were forbidden to engage in bowling.
Stopped later by parliament. this was
republished by order Of Charles l. and
finally suppressed by the long parlia-
ment
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-16

whether this would have peen accord
ed to him had he not happened TO be
the sole prince of royal blood serving
with the allied forces. Later, as the
result Of a drunken brawl arising
over cards, he was challenged to fight
q duel by a Hungarian lawyer named
Wahrmann, one Of the principal mem
bers OF the bar at Budapest. Don
Jaime. however, refused to fight, and
this was taken advantage of by his
political opponents in Spain to cast re-
Election on his courage.
Don Jaime will join the cavalry I'M
der Prince Louis Napoleon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-16
THE TROUBLED CAR
DANGERS WHICH MENACE THE RULER
OF THE RUSSlAS.
Besides Having an Enemy Gathering
mt the Gates of His Empire, He Is
Also Threatened by an Internal
FOe-The Russian Pope.

mt the Gates of His Empire, He Is
Also Threatened by an Internal
| Foe-The Russian Pope.
An even greater menace to the Rus
sian government than the japanese is
the widespread discomfort which per-
vades the vast empire over which Mich
olas ii. is the nominal ruler. For some
| time it has been an open secret in sew
| eral of the European capitals that III
the cars dominiOnS there Is 4 Smol-
dering flame of resentment that is like
ly to become a mighty confagration
should Russian arms meet with seri-
Gus reverSes in eastern Asia.
Ii is said that the Poles of Germany
and Austria are only waiting for the
news of a great Japanese victory to
join their cOmpatriotS in Russia in q
revolt against the ear. The Firms,
too, are ripe for insurrection, and to
these elements of discord may be add
ed the ever active nihilists.
The Pole has never been assimilated
by Russia, though reduced to subjec-
ton by force of arms. The very Sc
verify of their treatment by the Rus
sian government has served to keep
alive the spirit of resentment against
their Oppressors, and their readiness to
revolt is we'll understood i'll St Peters
burg. Paderewski. the world famous
pianist, was recently expelled from
Russia because he pOintedly told the
car he was not a Russian, but a Pole.
The Firms, who until few years
ago had a large measure of liberty,
are more bitter even than the Poles
their wounds are fresher Their con-
stitution has been Overriden, and the
people have been treated with the ut
most brutality. Many n Finnish noble
man or merchant has been banished
from the country without semblance of
trial or even without charges being
laid against him. a failure to obey
the mandate of the Russian governor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-16
DOING ONES BEST.
1t Is n Good Character Forming Hab-
1t to Cultivate.

| It Is n Good Character Forming Hab-
1t to Cultivate.
This habit of always doing ones best
| enters into the very marrow of ones
heart and character 1t affects ones
bearing. ones self possession. The
man who does everything to a finish
has n feeling of serenity. He is not
easily thrown off his balance. He has
nothing TO fear, and he can look the
world in the face because he feels con-
scious that he has not put shoddy into
anything, that he has had nothing
to do with shams and that he has al
ways done his level best. The sense of
efficiency, of being master of ones
craft, of being equal to any emergency,
the consciousness of possessing the abil-
ity to do with superiority whatever one
undertakes, will give soul satisfaction
which a half hearted, slipshod worker
never knows.
When a man feels throbbing within
him the power to do what he under
takes as well as it can possibly be done,
and all his faculties say Amen" to
what he is doing and give their unqual-
flied approval TO his efforts-this is
happiness, this is success. This buoy
ant sense of power spurs the faculties
TO their fullest development. 1t IN
folds the mental, the moral and the
physical forces, and this very growth,
the consciousness of an expanding men
tality and of Il broadening horizon,
gives an added satisfaction beyond the
power of words to describe. 1t is a
realization OF nobility, the divinity of
the mind.-Success.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-16
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I he was made colonel of the Thirty.
sixth dragons. and four years later
| became chief of staff to the Transbai-
kal army corps.
From that time General Rennen-
kampn has been almost constantly
employed In the far east and is thor
oughly familiar with all the great ter
ritory which lies east of Lake Baikal,
having fought the Chunchuses all along
the line OF the Transsiberian railroad,
frequently pursuing them to their fast
nesses in the mountains of Mongolia
and Manchurla.
He served in Manchuria throughout
the Boxer outbreak as chief Of the
Transbaikal CoSsack division. This
was composed of four regiments or
ganiZed into two brigades. one under
Major General Grekoff and the other
commanded by Major General Ljuba-
win. In this campaign General Rem
nenkampff added to his reputation as
a successful cavalry leader.
When General Rennenkampff left
Russia for the frontier a few weeks
ago he was carried to the railway sta
ton OF the shoulders Of his fellow
members of the Officers club at Boris
soft. He is a little over fifty years Of
age and has two sons in the army.
The announcement that Admiral Ma
karoff has laid Il complete system Of
submarine mines around the peninsula
on which Port Arthur is situated re-
calls the fate. of the Russian mine
transport Yenisei. which by the irony
of fate was blown up and destroyed
with all on board by mine which she
herself sank at Dalny
Next to the torpedo the submarine
mine is the most feared of all naval
engines Of destruction. Unlike the tor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-16
The Ennr n.11ncL

The four O'Clock. ornamental plant. a
native Of Peru, is so called because it
blooms from about p. III. until the
next morning. 1t is regarded as a sym
Dol of punctuality The notion was I'M
doubtedly suggested by the remarka-
bic regularity with which during sun
ny weather its daily opening occurs
When the sun is shining and the plant
is in a favorable position to receive the
light the time Of opening viii not vary
ten minutes
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-16
A Hard FouI

An Englishman was once persuaded
to see game Of baseball. and during
the play, when he happened TO look
away for moment. n foul tip caught
him on the ear and Knocked him sense
less. On coming TO himself he asked
family, what was it," "A foul-only,
a foul" Good graciOus!" he exclaim-
cd. Il thought it was a mule"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-16


which the mine is attached and drawn
out until it hangs over the water. At
the proper moment n cord is pulled
which releases the mine and let's it fall
into the water. when it mOors itself
automatically.
When the case NJ, containing the
charge. has sunk to n certain depth it
receives some support from the float.
which remains on the surface OF the
water. and thereupOn the anchor \ be-
gins to unwind itself from the drum
ID until it has found its hold on the
sea floor. The mine then keeps uni
form depth below the surface and
rises and falls with the tide. The mo-
ment passing ship strikes any of the
studs the mine will explode. The
mine here portrayed is used by the
Russians and is called the Malinorow-
ski.