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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-12-24
FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH.

Tha e y al, the old farm on the hill.
40 tall old trees. and niphta tho Uh,n.
~ poorwill;
1e winding roads o. DAYS. the earth
Drown lines
w WIND apast the farms and through
n.o VIII seek again the walled I'm snr1no
0eneath the beech, where rat hirds usaG
to sing "'eA
ane Whole day through, and down beside
Its brink D8'A0e
= throw l myself and stoop my face to
my time-scarred face INV thinning pr,z-
zled hair,
O&p lines Of sorrow craven hera ana
there, A'e'e anu
Out mere and there laughter-wrinkle,
And eyes that stin give back the heavens
and lips that know to laugh and to b.
NJ. wen as tremble when days overload
Nv, WIN shadow seem all dark; again LII see
AAe woodland spring give all these back
Out sweeter than the plant of whippoor-
Anan ,h nlue5ay's taunt. or thrushes lifting
fnan winding road, or mosstanKed way
side spring,
1nan tunes the pebble-bottomed brooklets
sing.
s s be the loved ones voices that await
- My coming home: My mother at the gate,
shading her eyes with her worn hand.
and dad
aailing afar with trembling voice and
glad.
Ana sister. brothers, nieces-how they've
grown
In numbers as the jostling years have
hown!
AND never yet has death come for our
guest,
And never vet has one been laid to rest
AND SO III laugh to hear the cat birds
sing,
And smile at my reflection in the spring,
And try to be the boy used to be;
Inere's no mistake. God has been good to
me!
y. N. Lewis. in Houston Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-12-24
FALL OF A GRIZZLY BEAR.
Without an Instant's Warning Tract
able Beast Kills His
Trainer.

Another distinct type of a ZOO rogue
is the beast that goes wrong owing to
accidental temptation-like Shaggy, an
exceedingly intelligent, tractable Rocky
mountain grizzly who reverted to saw
agery and turned mankiller in twink
ling, owing to the unfortunate misstep
and fall of his trainer, says McClures
Magazine.
Shaggy was big, handsome, gray old
fellow, with a jungle thick coat and
numbering, awkward gait, and funny
twinkle that made him particularly
adaptable for his part of clown in a re-
markably trained group of IA BEARS He
had come under the hands of his teacher
when but helpless cub, had never lost
his liking for caresses, and, although
the mightiest beast in the collection,
was least suspected of being dangerous.
Once, when striped hyena hung to the
ankle of his friend, he had run to the
rescue, had cut loose right and left with.
his ponderous forepaws, and had bitten
and torn and mangled the ugly beast
to death before he could be beaten off.
Among his accomplishments were that
of turning admirably grotesque somer-
saults and the more difficult feat of bal
ancing himself on his hind legs on q
three-foot wooden sphere.
Not a scratch or scar had his trainer
to show for the years of work he had
put in with the bear. And yet, without
an instant's warning, this same beast
attacked and injured his master so that,
when rescued, he was semi emented,
and so dreadfully cut and lacerated that
the surgeons decided it useless to. try
to save his life.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-12-24
WOMEN BARRIERS IN INDIA.
Are Liable to Desert an Objection
able Customer When He Is
Only Half Shaved.

In India, where mans trade is almost
always determined by that of his father,
the village BARRIERS form class apart
They always marry in caste; their wives,
like themselves, are descended from
countless generations of BARRIERS.
These women shave and cut hair as
skillfully as their husbands, fathers and
them, however, for they have a way OF
leaving men whom they do not like half
shaved and then driving them through
the streets of the village with jeers and
mockery. 1t is a terrible disgrace to ar
Indian to be seen only half shaved. The
poor villager covers his face with his
turban and goes home filled with sorrow
and shame
The BARRIERS wives are most in request
as nurses and are useful In attending
sick children. When children suffer
from any kind of throat complaint, such
as bronchitis or a cough, the BARRIERS
wife can be depended upon to cure it.
She rubs the child's throat with some
mixture made of herbs, applying it with
her finger. 1t is rough treatment, but
sfngularly effective.
The BARRIERS wife has regular custom
ers in all the Brahmin widows of the
village, who must have their heads
shaved twice month or so, in token
of their mourning. Their mother or
widow sister of barber always takes
up the profession of midwife. Very
frequently she is an angel of death in
that capacity, being both cruel and ig-
norant. Medical missions and zenana
work are, however, driving her out of
business nowadays in many parts of
India.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-12-24
Evidence Of Wealth.

That wealth is one of the most COM
parative of terms, those in moderate
circumstances often being considered
erich" by persons of less means, was
aptly illustrated by an old colored
NANNY" in East Baltimore several
days ago. She had been doing the laun-
dry work for certain family for quite
awhile, but deciding to leave the neigh
borhood, she had come to tell them
that she would no longer be able to per-
form these duties. The lady Of the
house, wishing to secure another good
washerwoman, inquired of the faithful
nanny" as to the reliability OF an
other colored woman who she happened
to know lived next door to her.
Law, missus," replied the old darby,
"dat woman doan' do no washin'; she's
rich, she is. She's got a doorbell to her
house. Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-12-24
LAW AND NoTARlAL OFFICE,
JOS. B. LANCASTER

Will practice In the courts Of the
pwenty-flfth and Twenty-sixth Judi
ial Districts and the Supreme Court
Special attention given to examin.
.ng land titles. buying and selling
ands, passing acts and deeds Of sale,
mortgages. donations. etc.
Room No. - Frederick Building.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-12-24
DIVIDENDS OF
"LAURA LEIGH"

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
How They We're Saved by Pseudo Sandwich ;
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By ROBERT c. McELROY.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-12-24
Butchers Wonderful Family.

Mrs. Barron was one OF the new sum
mer folk" and not acquainted with the
vernacular. Consequently, she was
somewhat surprised upon sending in an
order for roast of lamb to the nearest
butcher, to receive the following note
in reply: Dear Nam. I am sorry
have not killed myself this week, but
! can get you good leg off my brother
1.-THE butcher at the farther end OF the
town.. He's full up 1t what You
want. ! seen him last night with five
legs. Yours respectful George Gun
ton. Youths Companion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-12-24
The Return invitation.

Please, Mrs. Subbubs, mamma says
she'll be glad if you'll come to tea or
Monday"
with pleasure, Bessie. Tell your
mother it's really too kind
'oh, no! Mamma says she'll be gla
when it's over."-Chicago Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-12-24

camp of Ouray, and was glad it seemed
| SO deceptively close.
| Two of the most dangerous places
on the trail, the hanging rock and
the switchback, were passed safely
| and without interruption. There was
only one more place to be particularly
| dreaded, the watering trough, now half
| a mile ahead. She tried to forget the
| frightful disasters that had occurred
at this spot, which had proved the Set
ting for several tragedies every year.
! She endeavored to shut from her
mind the thought that the canon was
deeper there than anywhere else along
| the road, and that the rocks jutted out
| as though attempting to push travellers
| over the edge. Yet try as she would,
| in that brief half-mile every incident
she had heard about the place came
back to her with startling clearness
The day had almost faded as Prince
skunk into the narrow passageway
leading around to the watering-trough.
They passed safely along for consid-
cradle distance, and her heart gave a
bound of joy as the trough came into
view. Surely the worst was past and
| her fears were groundless
AS they reached the trough, however,
her worst fears were confirmed. An
arm shot out to the bride rein, and
three figures sprang from the shadows.
Prince snorted wildly, and it was brute
strength that kept him from plunging
frantically over the edge.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-07-28
Denver Packing Houses.

Denver, July 25.-The News this
morning says: The packing houses OF
Denver stand to-day exactly where
they did one week ago this morning.
The settlement and renewal of the
strike followed SO closely that but lit
tie change could be made in the stock
and meat situation In Depver and Col
orado, and to-day the western packers
are prepared to supply the whole west
ern country. The situation involves
these elements: h ulif
No raise in prices. A rise at this
time would be robbery, say the pack
ers. Complete preparations to. meet
the western demand and make inroads
on the Missouri river market
Union stockyards will receive 1000
cattle this week. Plenty of stock in
call for the whole western country.
Every Denver packer is again ready
for the critical situation which the
strike in the trust plants has precipi-
tated. The Western and Colorado pack
ing house managers last night stated
that put few men had been discharged
and that full force would be work
ing to-day, preparing to meet all local
demands. Managers Of both plants in
sisted that there was not the slightest
reason for rise In prices and that
they would sell meat at the same old
figure.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-07-28
Butter.
Eggs.


We have all become familiar in RS
rent years with the statement that
The city has absorbed the country,
that urban life. with its peculiar at.
fractions and Industrial opportunities,
has drawn heavily upon rural life,
leaving large areas that were once
peopled with a thrifty farming class
practically tenantless and desolate.
A late census bulletin, however,
shows that a reaction has been in
progress during the past ten years,
the effect OF which has been to return
city and suburban population to its
proper balance. According to this
evidence 1853 towns. centers OF sub
urban communities, show an increase
Of 80 per cent in ten years. This is
about the average increase Of the
whole country. The gain In popula-
ton of cities between 1880 and 1890
was per cent. During tho decade
following 1t dropped to rs per cent
This indicates that increase in the
population Of cities has not kept pace
Sith that of the country.--Portland
Dregonian-
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-07-28

Esopus. N. Y. July 25.-Judge Park
er has addressed letters to some of
his associates of the New York Court
OF Appeals. seeking their advice upon
the subject OF his resignation.
1t may be said upon competent au-
thority that Judge Parker has not de-
termined what his action will be in re-
lation to severing his connection with
the bench. and. in fact, 1t has not been
settled that he will resign at all He
desires to confer with his assistants
or at least to obtain their opinions. as
he thinks such a course toward them
the courteous one for him to take.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-07-28
Under Military Escort.

Denver. July PA Cripple Greek
dispatch last night says: Tom H. Par.
fet, former manager OF the union store
in this city. and John Harper. manager
of the Victor store, who were permit.
ted to return to the district for the
purpose Of taking an inventory OF the
stock Of the stores. report the stocks to
be worth $4,000. The men have been
under military escort since their re-
turn to the district.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-07-28
An lmportan. Water Case.

Denver, July pa Fort Collins dis
patch says. An important water case
will come before the District Court at
the September session. A number of
farmers owning water in the Douglas
reservoir have brought condemnation
proceedings against the Water Supply
& Storage Company to compel the
company to carry this water through
its canal and distribute the same in
the laterals belonging to said farmers.
Judge Garrigues has Issued a tenn
porary order, requiring the canal com
pany to carry and distribute the water
TO the proper laterals to be paid for at
the rate of so per 100000 cubic feet.
At the September term of court this
question will be decided permanently
and It will be of great Importance IN
farmers over the state. as It will de-
termine whether owners OF reservoirs
can condemn a right OF way for their
water through established canals at a
rate fixed by the court.
A number OF farmers have given lib
orally toward the fund to pay the ex-
pense Of these proceedings SO that .
final settlement may be reached.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-07-28
RIO oRANDg EXTENSION.
Report That the Line VIII Be Bull
to California.

Pueblo. Colo. July 25.-It is re-
ported here that in addition to the
building the line of the Rio Grande
from Marysville, Utah, to Cedar City.
for the purpose of opening the Colo
RADIO Fuel and Iron Company's depos-
its there. the road will be extended on
into the iron fields OF California. where
the company also owns extensive iron
beds.
This. taken in connection with the
announcement that the rail mill of the
Minnequa works is to be enlarged. and
that the Rio Grande and Missouri Pa
cific companies will erect large ma
chine shops here. clears away many
mysteries regarding local preparations
that have been going on for the past
year on the lands of the companies.
1t is stated that with the completion
of the new mills the Minnequa works
will produce 5000 tons Of finished ma
terial per day and that this will mean
the shipping in OF at least $4,000 tons
Of raw material.
Among the new auxiliary plants
that are being spoken Of is one for the
manufacture OF steel slabs. This will
be along the same lines as the sheet
mill and that for making billets. The
tube works are said to be one OF the
improvements to be made first
The force at the Minnequa works is
beng increased daily and another
blast furnace will be blown in to-mor-
row.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-07-28

Denver. July 22.-In n brief report
submitted to Governor James II. Pea
body yesterday. the lnnacy commission
appointed to examine into the sanity
Of Charles Peters, one OF the trio Of
the Youngblood murderers. stated that
he was sane.
Peters. under the rigid examination
OF the board OF physicians. was unable
longer to act the part which he has
few days. After less than an hours
ordeal he admitted that he had been
shamming. in an attempt to cheat tho
gallows.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-07-28
TO NOTIFY PARKER.
Committee viii Wait Upon Democrat
lie Candidate August 10th.

Esopus. N. Y, July 24-Judge
Parker has fixed August 10th as the
date for the ceremonies notifying him
Of his nomination by the Democratic
national convention as a candidate for
the presidency.
Judge Parker reached decision con-
corning the date in long consultation
with William F. Sheehan yesterday,
and telegram was at once sent Champ
Clark OF Missouri, chairman Of the
committee named by the Democratic
convention to notify the nominee for
President.
Representative Clark is expected to
call meeting of his committee, prob
ably In New York. and he may also
come to Rosemont to talk over the ar
though no plan for such a conference
engagements with Judge Parker. al
though no plan for such conference
has yet been made.
The program for the ceremonies at
Rosemont August 10th will follow pre-
cedents laid down for similar events.
II is known that Judge Parker is i'm
pressed with the simplicity of the cere-
monies which took place on the occa-
sion of President Lincoln's second
nomination. and also when Judge Thur
man was informed of his nomination
for vice president. The speeches both
times were marked by their brevity. 1t
is the plan now at Rosemont to have
the notification follow closely the form
OF the earlier ceremonies. 1t is not ex-
pected that Judge Parker will talk at
length. or that he will discuss inti-
matefy any Of the campaign issues. but
will leave this to the letter of accept
ance, which will be issued week or 80
later.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-07-28
COLORED PEOPLE
! ENUMERATED BY THE CENSUS.

In Colorado. Wyoming and New Mext
eo.-coloraeo Has Over Eight
Thousand.-very Few Are Hitter
ate.
Washington. July 25.-The census
bureau has completed bulletin on the
negroes in the United States. and 1t is
the most exhaustive compilation Of its
KIND ever made. 1t contains the negro
population by states, counties, cities
ana lesser divisions, and gives the oc-
cupation, degree Of illiteraey, etc,
among the colored population with
minor details. The total population of
negroes is given as S,s33.994 in 1900,
the census year. In 1860 there were
4,44l.s30 negroes in the United States.
Colorado-There are $3.50 negroes
In Colorado. of whom 4.473 are males
and 4.097 females. or the total of
$3.50, 3.215 are males twenty-one
years and over, and 44s of these are
illiterate.
Former Arapahoe county leads with
colored population OF 4,106. Pueblo
county. 1.404: Ell Paso county, 1893:
Teller county. $40, and Lake county,
204.
Delta. Dolores, Kiowa, Kit Carson,
hAAhpSs oat iu1ld touLlitS
report no negro residents. and the re-
naming counties have from l to 200
negroes.
In 1880 the coiored population of
Colorado was 2,435, the total populer
ton being 1892. The present tota
population of Colorado $4,000 is
placed at $4,000.
Neutrality-suspicious. has a negro
population OF $40. 631 of whom are
males and 300 females. OF the total
of $40. 4S1 are males twenty-one years
and over, of whom 1903 are illiterate.
Albany county has 40 negroes, Big
Horn county. 3; Carbon 200; Converse.
z; Creek, 4: Fremont. 8: Johnson, 3;
Laramie, 309; Natrona, Z; Sheridan.
~; Sweetwater. 1871; Uinta. %; Yves;
ton, 3, and Yellowstone National
Park. /.
New Mexico-New Mexico has 1910
colored residents. OF these 1923 are
males and 5S7 females. OF the total
number of negroes 775 are males
twenty-one years and over, of whom
126 are illiterate.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-07-28
Favors Hritilh TarIn.

London. July 22-The report or
Joseph Chamberlain's tariff commits
sion on the iron and steel trades ar
rives at the conclusion OF the British
iron and steel Industry IN due 70 tho
fact that the manufacturers Of Amer.
lea and Germany have secured con-
troll OF the home markets by means OF
high tariffs and an organized system
regulating their export trade: that
they are In a position to dump their
surplus products on the British and
other markets irrespective OF cost and
that the dumping could not be carried
on except for the British system Of
free imports.
The committee EXPRESSES the opin-
ion that the situation can only bo-
remedied by system Of tariffs ar
ranged as follows:
(A) A general tariff consisting Of ..
low scale OF duties for foreign coun-
tres. admitting British wares on fair
terms.
(B) A preferential tariff. lower than
the general tariff. for the colonies. CIV
ing adequate preference for British
manufacturers and framed to secure
freer trade within the British Empire.
(C) A maximum tariff. consisting OF
comparatively higher duties. but sub-
ject to reduction by negotiations to
the level OF the general tarin.
The report, which Ia signed BY fifty
eight commissioners. is bulky and
gives the evidence of British mnnufae-
turars. the evidence before the United
States Industrial commission on iron.
and steel Industries. the organizations
and working OF German kartels. and q,
vast amount OF statistics. etc
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-07-28
Sheep.

100 lbs, $40; rye. Colorado. bulk. per
100 lbs. SIC: oats. bulk. Nebraska.
new, white. SIPS: mixed, si.25; In
sack, Colorado. white. $3.50; corn. in
bulk, sl.02; corn chop. sacked. s1.09;
Colorado corn and oat chops. sacked,
s125; bran. Colorado, per 100 lbs,
$1.10.
Hay.-Upland. per ton. sl100; sec
ond bottom. choice to fancy. $7@S.
good to choice. s6@7; timothy, $i2:
timothy and clover. s11; alfalfa. prime.
$500; straw. $4.00@5.00; South Park
wire grass, $14.00.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-03-09
Adirondack Abodes.

There are camps and camps in this
world, but the group OF cosy structures
which are often found in the great
North woods bearing this modest title
are unlike any other camps in the
world. Outwardly they are villages Of
log cabins, quaint and picturesque, fit
ting unobtrusively into their wild sur
roundings. Within they are, in many
instances, filed with a bizarre confu-
sion of luxurious furnishings and
adornment. picked UP in the marts and
curfo shops Of every known land
Great fireplaces fill the corners glow
ing with hickory Goals, antlers are
ranged around the walls, cases of rifles
and fishing tackle occupy odd hooks.
There are some camps in these degen-
crate days. having private electric
plants and elaborate systems of plumb
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-03-09

utilization of the water gives a beau
tifully clean, smoke less source of pow
er, A city greater than any the world
has seen could be built round Niagara,
and never an atom Of smoke need hide
the light of the sun from its inhahit-
ants. 1t could be a clean, white city
without factory chimneys or fogs.
Methods of Using the Water.
The power at Niagara Falls is di-
vided into three groups The smallest
Of these is below the American fall
and suspension bridge, furnishing pow
er for the -four milling district, which
has been there since the memory Of
man and was formerly operated by the
water power and belt lines. Here the
visible penstOcks or water tubes have q
fall Of 215 feet. and together with the
turbines and dynamos are located in
the gorge at the edge Of the river in
stead Of in wheelpits as above the
falls. This district, together with huge
advertising signs, form an eyesore to
sightseers by designation of the land
scape. The power at present employed
is $4,000 horse power, although it may
be indefinitely increased if the authori-
ties Will permit. 1t is merely a ques-
ton of dropping. more penstOcks over
the side OF the canyon and increasing
the size Of the canal or t1ume which
taps the river above the falls
The other two groups comprise the
Niagara Falls Power Company and the
Canadian Ma CARA Power Company.
operating above the Horseshoe Fall on
opposite sides Of the river On the
Canadian side the power house is iden-
teal in size and appearance with No
> on the American side. The Canadian
| house on the edge Of the Horseshoe
Fall has eleven turbines in the wheel
pit operating as many electrical gen
era tors of 10000 horse power each. or
10000 i-orSe power, as against eleven
turbines in the wheel pit of 5000 horse