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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-29
InE ROBBED 3 rave.

A startling incidsnt Is narrated by
John Oliver Of Philadelphia, as follows:
II was in an awful condition Ny skin
vas almost yellow. eyes supken. tongue
coated, pain continually In back and
sides, no appetite, growing weaker day
by day Three physicians had given me
up Then was advised to use Electric
B'tters; to my great JOY, the first bottle
made decided improvement con-
tinued their use for three weeks, and
am now well man I know they rob-
bed the grave Of another vlctinin No
one should fail to try them Only soc.
guaranteed, 1t the City Drug Store, and
Jos s Claverie's Drug Store
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-29

General intelligence with respect
~ the danger of lockjaw from
wounds caused by rusty metal, es-
pecially ia the feet or in the hands.
is rapidly Speeding, and the public
now understands Ina. the prompt
appI,caliosof . suitable disinfeci-
ant will remove the peril Of tetanus.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-29

Over at Hammond there is dis.
cussion going on over Sunday base
ball PLAYING which will possibly re-
suit in depriving boys of the pleas
ure Of that healthiul exercise. Bet.
ter let the boye indulge 10 innocent
sport or they msy possibly seek Sc
cluded retreats on Sunday evenings
and study the history VI the four
kings. Boys must have pastimes
Ut some kind and it is far. better
they play baseball than the great
American game Of poker. Baton
Rouge Truth.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-29
JOHN FAIR,
Private Watchman
For Stores and Residences.
No Trespassing

All persons are hereby forbidden to
hunt, trap or otherwise trespass on
my premises, under penalty Of the law.
HOWARD A. PIERCE.
JAZZ 10O4-1y Bayou Lacombe, La.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-29
White Cross Couogh Drops.

" LAW Waved VVUVNA 0AVVS'
For the cure of ell diseases of the
Throat and Lungs, Bronchitis, rour
Hoarseness, Hacking Cough and
Whooping Cough. We absolutely
guarantee this remedy to cure any case
Of Group, and makes Whooping Cough
SO easy that it is almost pleasure to
have it,and know that you went through
it with so little trouble.
May 80, 1899.
WHITE Cross MEDICINE Co.,
New Orleans. La:
My Dear Sir:-Your "White Cross
Cough Syrup" cured me of an obstinate
and hacking cough, which failed to
yield to several other remedies. |
heartily recommend 1t. Yours truly,
r. W. BROWN,
Manager Ciga Department,
Albert Mackie Grocery Co., It'd.
It does not constipate. It does not
cause headache. It does not affect the
appetite. It does not impair digestion.
But, it stops q cough. It Will cure
Group. 1t will clear the throat. It
will cure any cold. It will make
wlioopiDg cough easy.
~ PRICE rs CTS, -
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-29

FOR SALE-A Fine Residence, with
six rooms, kitchen, dining room,
two servant rooms. stable and out
houses. Three lots. A beautiful lOca
ton. Apply ct the FARMER office.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-29
No Trespassing.

All persons are hereby forbidden TO
cut wood, deaden timber or otherwise
treapass On my lands n this parish,
under penalty Of the law.
mhl9!7. x. F. MCKINLEY.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-29
FOR SALE.

A note Of 800, with accumulated in
terest, against the late E. j. Mayfield
STEPHEN MYER. Slidell, La.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-29
NOTICE..

All parties are hereby forbidden
under penalty of the law. to cut wood,
deaden trees, or otherwise trespass on
my lands IN this parish formerly the
lands of p. r. Herwig, and Herwix 4
Bossier. MRS. B. e. KUNTZ.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-29
FOX SALE

One undivided half interest in 1856
acres ofland on Bogde Chitto and West
Pearl River, formerly belonging to
Irbin Cooper. STEPHEN MYER.
to june Slidell, La.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-29
Bar6ainsinReal Estate

BY +. b. Martindale, Real Estate
Agent.
FOR SALE.
"Tanglewood." Delightfully."- stu
ated on the Military road, in the Garden
District, on the Little Bogue Falia river,
four miles from Covington. Two-story
dwelling, with seven rooms, besides
dining room and kitchen. 20 acres of
land. 8 acresssunder fence, fruit teres,
good stable and other Ont buildings.
Artesian we'll with flow OF 80 gallons.
Price, 800.
r. B. MARTINDALE.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-12
JAPAN'S CUSTOMERS.
From Whom She Buys, to Whom She
Sells, and How Much.
The United States is Japan's large

The United States is Japan's largest
customer. The value of exports from
Japan to her most important customers
in 1902 was: To Germany, 4.737 900
yen Ga yen equals 49.S cents); Italy.
1921 900 yen; British India, 1887 900
yen; Great Britain, 17346,000 yen;
Hong Kong. 25,S76.OO0 yen: France,
21.2S3,000 yen; China, 46S38.0 900 yen;
and to the United States. S0,233, 900 yen
Thus the United States takes as much
of the products of Japan as all of Eu-
rope and nearly twice as much as
China, Japan's second largest customer
ond in 1902, and at the end of 1903 was
but $1,227,000 below Great Britain,
which still holds the lead. For 1902,
the latest year for which the import
figures of Japan are available with ref
erence to all countries. the imports
from leading countries. stated in the
order of magnitude, were: From Brit
ish India 50917,000 yen; from Great
Britain, 5o.3 1000 yen: from the United
States. 4S,653,000 yen; China. 1851 900
yen; Germany. 25.S13.000 yen. and from
France, 4.746.000 yen. In 1903 the i'm
ports were: From India, 7O,O95.OGo
yen; Great Britain, 4S,737.000 yen; the
United States. 46.273,O0O yen, and
China. As, l5S.0O0 yen.
The United States has made much
more rapid gains in the imports of
Japan than any of her principal rivals.
Comparing conditions in 1902 with those
of 1890, for example. the United States
shows gain from 6,S14, 900 yen in 1890
to As 1858 900 in 1902, while the figures of
imports from Great Britain were in
1890, 2s,619 900, and in 1902, SO, 1854, 900 yen:
from Germany. in 1890, $751;. 900 yen, and
in 1902. 25,S13,OOO yen: from China. in
1890, S.S5O,OOO ven, and in 1902. 40,591 900
yen: and from British India, in 1890,
S,911, 900 yen, and in 1902, 5O.977 900 yen.
Considering only the five principal
countries from which Japan's chief i'm
portations are obtained the United
States has made much greater gains
than any of the others. 1t will also be
seen from these figures that the chief
rivalry for the classes of merchandise
for which the United States is seeking
market in Japan is between the
United States and the United Kingdom,
the class of goods imported into Japan
from China being chiefly non-competi-
tive so far as relates to the United
States, while in the case of India the
sole article is cotton, of which Japan
takes freely from India in years of
large supplies in that country.-Harpers
Weekly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-12
CANADIAN TONNAGE GROWING.
1874 New Vessels Built This Year.

Ottawa, Dec. 1.-THE annual report of
the Marine Depa, tment shows that
britain and it's colonies headed the mari
time states of the world, with Il total
tonnage of 11.0l4,790 on the first day of the
present year. or little more than -four
times that of the United States, which
stands second on the list. Canada's ton
mage was 6S31F which places it eighth on
the list or Immediately behind Russia and
ahead of Sweden ana Spain. The tonnage
of Canada is growing. During the past
year 1Si new vessels We're added to the
list. This increased the tonnage by 30.S
tons. At the beginning of the present
year the total number of vessels on the
register books of the Dominion was 700.
measuring 6S3.E tons register tonnage
The number of steamers was 2ll9 with a
gross tonnage of :}3S.o tons. Assuming
the average value to he $50 per ton. the
value of the registered tonnage of Canada
would be SO, 494. 410. The number of new
vessels built during the past year. was
22S, eaSuring 30. 523 tons, which at a value
of SIS per ton would be 81, GGi. 5:s, for new
vessels. BY provinces the Canadian ton
mage is as follows:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-12
The Solitary.

Every summer boarding-ho has
it's solitary boarder, two or three of
them, maybe. for two or three solitaries
do not make group, more's the pity.
She is plain, perhaps or deaf. or prim,
or it is only shyness that keeps her SOL
itary. Whatever the reason. she is
aside from the pleasant current Of va
cation life. No one dislikes her. but no
one feels any responsibility for her.
She is not asked to join excursions; she
does not stand up to the piano for the
Sunday night song: the groups Of COM
Portable matrons on the piazza do not
move their chairs nearer to make room
for hers. She exchanges a word or two
with her neighbors at the dining-table.
but for the rest of the day she is alone
in that forlornest fashion, "alone in a
crowd" Her fortnight's stay over, she
drifts away, unnoticed as she came.
And yet-how eagerly that fortnight
may have been anticipated! How much
more it might have brought of cheer
and courage If to the refreshment of
outdoor life could have been added the
variety and stimulus Of human COM
A few little courtesies from
fellow-boarders, too trifling to have
taxed their own leisure. might have
doubled her enjoyment. There could
hardly be conditions in which SO small
an expenditure of self-denial might
yield so large service to another.
And thereby some have entertained
angels unawares."!The Congregation
alist.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-12
Where He Differed.

Representative Richardson of Tenn
essee tells of a campaign conducted by
Governor Bob" Taylor in that State.
Meeting for the first time a delegate
from one of the eastern counties to
the State convention. Mr.. Taylor said
Il am glad to meet you. sir | have
known your father for a good many
years. but this is the first time / have
had the pleasure of seeing you. l see,
sir, that the son is u betterlooking
man than the father
"Oh. come. Governor" replied the
delegate. banteringly, "you needn't
try to jolly me that way. for I'm for
Barksdale all right, even if the old
man is for YOU
Governor Taylor smiled in reflect
i've way. MY dear SIR" he added, II
merely said l found you a better
looking man than your father. l did
not say you had half as much sense
-Harper's Weekly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-12
Doing Farm Work BY Electricity.

Electricity has at last been applied
successfully to agriculture, says the
November Worlds Work. Already. on
farms in southern France, horses are
replaced by motors. The farmers of
the province of Aisne have discarded
their horses and are threshing their
grain, grinding their flour, cutting
roots and pumping water by electrici-
ty. The owners of large farms have
their own motors. The smaller pro-
prietors club together to buy a motor,
which is moved from farm to farm as
each farmer needs it.
The power to run the motors is sup
piled from central station, over high
tension lines, to sixteen sub-stations.
which distribute it at the proper pres
sure to adjacent farms.
Other experiments have been made
in Germany. The results show that it
is cheaper for small farmer to pay
his share of the cost of a motor, which
he may use when he Wishes than to
keep horse for farm work. And it
has been found cheaper for the larger
farmer to own motors which do his
work quickly and with little care than
to maintain large stable continuously.
An even more remarkable app1ica-
ton of electricity is the use of an
electric current to make plants grow.
Experiments have been carried on at
the Hatch Experiment Station, Am
herst, Mass, which show that electricf-
ty has very marked effects on the
growth of both seeds and plants.
Seeds of several kinds of vegetables
were planted in insulated boxes, where
subjected to electrical currents OF va
rious kinds and intensities. The re-
suits showed that an alternating cur
rent of rather low intensity was the
most effective stimulant, increasing
the growth in some cases as much as
81 per cent.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-12
Drinking Water From q Cactus.

F. v. Coville in The National Geo.
graphic Magazine. gives an interesting
account Of how the Indians Of the
desert obtain drinking water from the
barrel cactus. It was among the
desert hills west Of Torres, Mexico.
The Indian cut the top from a plant
about five feet high. and with a blunt
stake Of palo verde pounded to a pulp
tho upper six or eight inches Of white
hefh In the standing trunk. From
TIL ,, handful by handful. he squeezed
thk water into the bowl he had made
(ife the top OF the trunk. throwing the
AsXcarded pulp on the ground. By
this process he secured two or three
quarts Of clear water. slightly salty
and slightly bitter to the taste. but Of
mr. better quality than some Of the
water Q desert traveller is occasionally
compelled to use. The PapaEo. din
ping this water up in his hands, drank
Il with evident pleasure and said that
his people were accustomed. not only
70 secure their drinking water in this
way In times OF extreme drouth. but
that they used It also to mix their meal
preparatory to cooking 1t into bread.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-12
FRANKNESS OF MANNED
A Delightful Trait in Young or Old Al
mired by Everybody.

There is no more delightful tra,, :
the young or the old than absolul.
frankness and openness of nature tb..
transparency of character which lo.'
us see the best and worst in them e.
strong and their weak points. wi,hon.
any effort at cOncealment. cave
writer in Success.
Everybody admires the open haa,,.,
the people who have nothing to conce.,
and who do not try to cover lin H.,
faults and weaknesses. They arc a.
rule, large hearted and magnaniror.
They inspire love and confidenee ana
by their very frankness and sirnnlie,,
invite the same qualities in Others
Secretiveness repels as much !.
frankness attracts. There is somethn,
about the very inclination to conceal !.
cover up which arouses suspieion s,s
iistruSt. We cannot have the san.
confidence in people who possess ri.
trait, no matter how good they NAV
seem to be. rs in frank sunny natp,s.
Dealing with these secretiye naonl0 !. !
like travelling on a stage coach an I,
dark night. There is always feal,,
of uncertainty. We NAV como M, an
right. but there is lurking fear q,
some pitfaIl or unknown danger aha,a
OF us. We are uncomfortable bacsnsa
OF the uncertainties. They NAV he AM
right. and may deal squarely with ii.
but the trouble is that we are not surs
and cannot trust them. No matte
how polite or gracious seeretivs
person may be. we can never rid o,r.
selves of the feeling that there il
motive behind his graciousness, and
that he has an Interior motive in riew
He is always more or less Of AMI
enigma. because he goes through life
wearing q mask. He endeavors to hide
every trait that is not favorable 10
himself. Never, if ne can help it. do
we get glimpse of the real man.
How different the man who comes
out in the open. who has no secrets.
VINO reveals his heart to us. and who is
frank, broad and liberal! How quickly
he wins our confidence, How We all
love and trust him, We forgive him
for many a slip of weakness. because
he IS always ready to confess his faults
ana to make amends for them. II h.
mas pad qualities. they are ALWAYS IN
slsht, and We are ready to make allow.
ances for them. His heart is sound
ana true, his sympathies are abroad
ana active. The very qualities he
possesses-frankness ami SIMPLICITY
are conducive to the growth of the
highest manhood and womanhood
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-12
Literature in Russia.

The book business is dead-nr NJ
ieast dying. Books? Who wants a
book, and for what? Books ara road
nowadays only by professors. maniaes
pedants and prisoners condemned to
solitary confinement. Books cost
money and time. and contemporary
readers have neither. Why should one
pay several marks for a single book
when for the same amount one can
fill a whole shelf with manufactured
periodical rubbish? And how is one
to get time for books when the strug-
gle for existence hardly leaves mo-
ment for leisure? Men think of the
existence of books either in railway
carriages or-in bed, when they desire
to fall asleep with the least delay. +
The attitude of the publishers to-
ward scientific men and authors is ore
Of chilly indifference, even OF scornfm
contempt. Often they decline even to
receive men who come with applica-
lions or propositions of business ma
ture. To them everything is stale, an
uninteresting superlluous'
Everything has been said; everything
has been printed and consigned 10 ihe
A book which can count
on no more than a total sale OF three
or four thousand copies is rejected by
publishers as a hopeless propositiol'
They will not put it out. at their rish'
even II the author foregoes all coi,-
The pay for literary "o,h
is positively appalling in its bessatn.
ness; $3.50 for book of many huhdreu'
of pages, representing original worn
is considered a good honorariuh'
literally. bring IN GEMS
not dollars. The writing pro1essi''
finds itself in a wretched conditioh
The Rousska Viedomosti.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-12
Tricks of the Male Deer.

one of the venerable tricks of the
male deer Of this country is retiring
INTO the heavy cover very early in the
morning and remaining there during
the whole Of the day. During the full
OF the moon. when they are on foot
most of the night and we'll fed before
daylight, they are so certain to do this
that 1T is almost useless to hunt Es-
pecially is this SO in the early part of
the summer. There is little trouble
in finding fresh tracks enough at day.
light, struggling. too, in a manner that
shows the deer are on the point of ly-
ing down for the day. Yet the more
certain you become that they cannot
be more than few hundred feet away
the more you are overcome with Won
der at your inability to see one or even
hear one run. If patient enough to
work out a single track you may posi-
ply start a deer just near enough to
See or hear but not near enough to
see long enough for shot. / have had
them almost throw the dust in may
face from their plunging hoofs, yet
could see no hair long enough to make
sure of getting the rifle sights upon it.
But even seeing one in this way is the
rare exception; for the deer instead of
waiting until they are certain you see
them more often sneak off with silent
step and lowered head. so that while
your are wondering where they are,
they are perfectly safe. For the ever
green robe of lilac. manzanti and buck
thorn that covers much of the hills of
California is so dense and stiff that
man makes slow progress in it, while
deer, that can crawl under a fence
about as readily as leap it. find it al
most as easy as the open-Outing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-12

A further evidence of the rapid
growth in the use of rubber in the
manufacturing industries of the United
states is shown by the fact that the
number Of establishments manufacture
ing rubber and elastic goods has in
creased from 80 in 1880 to 262 in 1900:
the capital employed. from $4,000 900 in
1880 to $39 900. 600 in 1900; the cost of
materials use. from $1,000. 900 in 1880 to
$50. 0o0.0OO in 1900: and the value of
products. from 1S% millions in 1850 to
b2is millions In 1900. Practically all of
this large manufacture is absorbed by
teh home market. the exports of rub
Der manufactures having amounted to
only $4.4S5.590 in the fiscal year 1904
while the imports Of manufactures of
rubber amounted in the same year to
el,157 .04s.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-12
CHANGES IN IRELAND.
Oppressive and REFRESHING Policy
Practically at End.

A striking and hopeful change is being
wrought in the relations between England
and ireland by d fundameltai change OF
conditions in the island. MI GLADSTONE ,
home rule measure may never be adopted
in detail and it is quite likely that some
of its provisions would not have worked
well If they had been carried INTO erect
but Mrs. Gladstone's espousdi oil the irish
cause compelled England to face the facts
and has undoubtedly been prime factor
in the change of attitude ana the conse-
quent change of policy which nave gone
ON since his death. A conservative gov
eminent has done more Tor Ireland than
NEST of the preceding liberal govern
ments, and while complete autonomy is
not likely to be conceded. there is every
indication that within the next lew years
Ireland will pra Ctically secure the con-
troll OF its own internal affairs, and Dublin
castle will cease to represent an oppres-
sive and REFRESHING policy. No one has
done more to bring about these better
results than Mr.. Horace Plunkctt, who
has done what a. great many other re-
formers in Ireland have utterly failed to
do, abandoned the platform and given up
defamation and gone to work IN prac-
teal way to better Irish agricultural
methods and conditions. Ireland is being
rapitIly recovered from wastefui and ig
norant methods which have made what
ought to be one of the most fertile coun-
tries in the world at times comparatively
barren The administration of MIR. Wynd-
ham has been in sympathy with the re-
construction movement in ireland, and
the time is rapidly approaching when
there will be a radical readJustment OF
the methods by which England manages
affairs in that country. Neither Irish ag-
itators of the windy type, OF whom the
country has been altogether too prolific,
native type. of whom England has been
altogether too fertile. can long stand in
the way of equitable relations between
England and Ireland.-New York Outlook