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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-09
Old Age Of Russell.

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like the popular
idea OF a keeper Of
a gambling bust
ness In appearance
than Russell Sage
would be hard to
find.
M r S q & e / s
approaching h / $
eighty-eighth year,
rather q pathetic
figure. His for
time Il enormous.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-09
No Use IRVING.

He-Suppose I should ask your father
If could marry you? Do you think
would stand any chance?
she-No; your case would be hopeless,
Do you think he would really say
'no"
Not that; but he would leave it to
me. STRAY Stories
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-09
Saved bv Early instruction.

Mrs Crawfoot-I'm glad we taught our
boy Hiram never to loaf around corners.
Mr. Crawfoot-Got another object les
son, Maria?
sies: the paper says young man lost
a fortune on a corner in Well street. -
philadelphia Record.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-09
A DRUGGISTS Story.

Coelledo, Mo-, June 6.-Mr. Adelph
Gerhardt, Chemist and Druggist of this
place, was SO i'll with his back and kidneys
that he couldn't work. He was very bad
and did not seem to get any better till
he began to use Dodd's Kidney Pills. He
was SO delighted with the results he got
from this remedy that he wrote
'Dodd's Kidney Pills are God-send to
suffering humanity. 1 was down on my
back from Kidney Trouble SO bad that
was unable to work. I began to use
Dodd's Kidney Pills and before 1 had
finished one box, was able to 60 to work
again. | have not had any Kidney Trouble
since. / will always recommend Dodd's
Kidney Pills"
Many such cases are being reported from
all over the state and Dodd's Kidney Pills,
solely ON their merits and by the wonder
full and perfect cures they work, are
established as the standard remedy foe
Backache and all Kidney Complaints.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-09
r. Cures while You Walk.

Aliens Foot-Ease is certain cure, foa
..ot, sweating, callus, and swollen, aching
feet. Sold by all Druggists. Free zoci P PEE:
Address Allen S. Olmsted, lie Roy. N. Z.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-09

The saying that an ounce of PLUCK y
worth ton of luck is not ticker quota
ton, we believe.-Puck.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-09

We get some idea of the Importance Of
chiyalry when we reflect that in its day
it had as much influence with woman as
have chocolate creams in our times.-Puck.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-09

Dropsy treated free by DR.. H. q. Greens
Sons. of Atlanta, Ga The greatest dfopsy
specialists in the world. Read their adver-
tisement in another column OF this Paper.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-09
Rice to Go Up.

Patience-Now, I see there il 3 1ics
trust.
Patrice-Jus. as If there were mot al
ready enough obstacles in the way Of mar
riage!-Yonkers Statesman.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-09

Fits stopped free and permanently cnred
No fits after first days use of DR.. Hines
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 81 trial bottle 4
treatise. DR.. Kline, 93l Arch st., Phila., Pa.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-09

"A friend in need il good thing, some
times, but | always make the limit ave
dollars-Field and Stream.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-09

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spokex Q!
Ave-. n, Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. 9, 1900.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-09
CALIFORNIA DOG PAINTER.
Painted ths Animals So Well That
They Fad to Have Chains
on Them.

Eyes, sir. For instance" said painter,
relates the San Francisco Post, there's a
mammoth winter storm landscape I've
just finished for Mr.. Mudd, the bonan-
"a king. It's called "A Hailstorm in
the Adirondacks,' and a visitor who
sat down near it the other day caught
sore throat in less than Is minutes.
The Illusion is SO perfect, you understand.
Way, ! had to put in the finishing touches
with my ulster ana arctic overshoes on"
Don't say"
"Fact, sir; and then there's a ltte
snimal gem did for Gov. Gierkins the
other day-portrait Of his Scotch ter
rier Snap. The morning it was done
cat got into the studio, and the
minute it saw the picture it went through
the window like l0inch she'll"
Did, eh?"
eyes; and the oldest thing about it
was that when l next looked at the can
vas the dogs hair was standing up all
along his back, like a porcupins. Now
how do you account for that!"
Dunno"
ut just beats me- When the governor
examined the work he insisted in my
painting in post with the dog chained
to it. Said he didn't know what might
happen"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-09

According to New York paper, z
policeman shot a man in the Bowery he
will probably recover, as that u not =
vital spot-lndianapolis Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-09
Pleasing a Hostess.

First Tramp-How did yer manage to
get such lot o. vittles from that sour
old maid?
Second Tramp tole her used ter
work in lookin glass factory, and I'd
clean her lookin' glasses if she'd give
me bite afterward.
Huh! You worked"
mo, didn't. Wen she showed me
the glasses, told 'er they was so
crooked they wasn't worth cleaning.
She was mighty tickled to find that her
lookin' glasses lied. IN. Y. World.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-09

outer bark is rasped and peeled OF be-
| fore feeding underneath. On account
Of this peculiar habit 1t is at once evil
dent that poisons and powders sprayed
| or busted upon the plants can be OF
little or no service, because the sur
face on which they are found is taken
off and thrown aside"
This ingenious description "settled
the matter" with thousands of farmers
and amateur experimenters. But nu-
merous dead weevils found upon and
under poisoned stalks of cotton busted
with Paris green in the open field by
Capt. Marston disprove the accuracy
of these observations as applied to
hungry weevils emerging from winter
quarters. Just how long these weevils
will continue to feed upon the outer
surfaces Of the leaves and stems Of
cotton there seems no doubt existing
in the minds of the farmers who have
poisoned the weeviis for three years
past. They assure us that the pests
eat the poisoned surfaces until the
squares begin to form. After this time
all agree that poison5 are useless.
1t Is to be regretted that early appli-
cations Of poisons were not largely
tested during the spring Of 1902 and
1903 How important such work is may
be seen by the following extracts taxi
en- from F. w. Mally's report as pro-
fessor of entomology, page 81: 1T
should be conceded that spraying as
practiced by cotton planters, the sea-
son OF 1901 was in numerous instances
failure. = Having failed to
avail themselves Of cultural methods
earlier in the season, and suddenly
realizing that they were threatened
with the loss Of the crop, their only
hope then lay in successful spraying.
This they seemed willing enough to do;
but having waited until the last mo-
ment about a hundred thousand farm
ers wanted proper spraying apparatus
and proper poisons at once and all the
same day. The Weakening Of
the farmers occurred about May 10, in
plenty of time to have sprayed sue
ce2sfully for the alternating brood,
the first car load Of sprayers
was distributed no earlier than the
fret week in June, or just about the
time the alternating brood had COM
pleted its spring operations"
Had this poisoning been done In
exrly May before squares began to
TOWN freely, there is no doubt that
many weevils, feeding at that time on
the bud" and tender leaf stems wouli
havs been killed. The formula recon-
at that time is effective for ali
biting insects and consists Of the fol-
loving: Zone ounce white arsenic, one
pound arsenate of lead, and one gal
Ion of molasses to Is gallons of water.
Dissolve the arsenic by boiling in a
gallon Of water until dissolved. Put
the arsenate of lead in suspension in
small quantity Of water. Then pour
the arsenic water, arsenate Of lead
water and molasses together and mix
Then add water to make
twenty-five gallons"
There are large quantities or arse
nste Of lead now On hand in Texas.
and the above formula is given to per-
NIT its use as it is known to be a
mast effective insecticide-f used iE
Farm and Ranch.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-09

What great wrath little sass kind
leth!-St. Paul Globe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-09

VI mcu VI SLalQ
oeaconlsh type. Mr.. Schiff is the lead
ing spirit in the great banking house of
huhh, Loeb & Co. Mr.. Jesup is prom
lnent member of the PRESBYTERIAN
church and generous giver in charity.
Mr. Depew is-Depew. But for Is years
the western Union has through its rae
leg department practically handled the
pcolroom business of the country. pay-
Ing lump sum for the racing news priv
Aese, assigning the operators to the
poolrooms and getting the cash every
morning from each subscriber.
Ihe City club got evidence against it
Dy sending two innocent-looking men
TO apply to the racing bureau for pool
room wire at given address. The COM
pany undertook to furnish an operator
who knew enough to jump out of the
window If a raid came"
The publication put the Western
Union directors on their mettle. Depew
craWled from under the trouble. Mr..
Jesup and Mr.. Schiff fastened to consult
with the president of the company. The
result was cutting of of poolrOom wire
servlce-though the poolrooms still
made out to handle their public in other
ways. .
Close the pcolrooms? OF course, the
Western Union cannot do that so long as
men can send private kilograms to be de-
Hyered in the usual way But 1t did close
them once this spring. before this
great pother came out 1t was like this:
Some smart Aleck got the bright idea
Of buying Western Union race news and
peddling it out by telephone, thus de-
frauding the company Of part of its prof
Its. The poolrooms were closed up tight
as drum until that business was
stopped.
Everyone is wondering whatll hap
pen next. The poolroom business was
the nest profitable part of the Western
Union activities. Some say that the
profit of the business nearly equals the
total dividend of the company. II that
IS the case, the pressure upon the di-
rectors will soon be pretty heavy.
l shouldn't wonder if 1t came near be-
ing true. There are usually 300 pool
rooms in New York city alone. Figure
that at SIS day per room. Some Of the
big rooms paid more, getting race news
not only from New York tracks, but from
the entire country.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-09

Character il incorruptible cash.-Chica-
20 Tribune.
We have noticed that a good talker 10
apt to talk too long.-Atchlson Globe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-09
The POOLROOM WAR
aE WESTERN UNION has SHIT
OFF TRE1R WIRE SERVICE.
PAID BIG PRICE FOR NEWS
uoac sentiment Forced the Directors
" Aet-The Case Of Russell
sage-country Estates
OF the Wealthy.

EW YORK.-The
malicious public
las not for a long
time enjoyed so
much scandal of
the news as it has
the fight of the law
and order people
against the West
ern Union Tele-
graph company's
poolroom work.
The directors of
the Western Union
happen to be a body
of men, IF a ctoid
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-09
The New coney Island.

; HY, it's ever SO
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-04-09
1.-THE MOCKING BIRD.

How This Old Time Popular Song
Came to Be Written.
This is how the late Septmus Win
ner came to compose Listen to the
Mocking Bird" The account is
furnished by the composers son, ].
Gibson Winner of Philadelphia:
TT was suggested by listening to q
colored man, Dick Milburn, known as
'Whistling Dick Mr.. Winner said.
"Dick was a unique character. He
found infinite delight in wandering
about the city whistling in imitation
Of hooking bird, at the same time
stunning an accompaniment upon the
guitar.
"My father met him one day, and,
struck by his remarkable performance
as warbler, said to him, half in
jest:
GLOW would you like to have a
song for your hooking bird, Dick|
1.-THE negro glared at father in alb
ject establishment, and then, with a
laugh that echoed through the block,
replied:
"'Dat would be mighty nice, massa,
an would be much obleeged t. yo',
massa, eff yo' done gwine to do sov
1.-The compass of Dicks voice was
hardly an octave, and in order to fit
him properly the melody was made
very simple. That same evening my
father composed the words and music.
1.-THE words which ran higher were
10 no eooIyn1 nTy +ha do MT sim o.
except where they came within his
range, followed by the whistler'S clever
| imitation Of the bird. Dick was a
| very good-natured fellow, but not en-
dowed with much intellectual capacity.
| Night after night he came to Mr.. Win
ner's music store to learn the words OF
the song. Try as he would, father
could not teach him the words.
Eventually, however,, Dick master
ed one verse. Milburn, nevertheless,
had ideas Of his own. He had fine
sense of humor, and improvised lines
to the music, suggesting ridiculous
fancies to attract the laughing crowd
It was not long before his idea of the
hooking bird song became popular and
added greatly to Dicks local reputa'
| ton.
1.-THE song was published in ballad
form soon after and quickly took hold
on the public. 1t was sung all over the
country, and is just as popular to-day
as it was forty-seven years ago.
Father sold it to Lee & Walker, q
Philadelphia firm. for SIS, and during
the twenty-eight years of its copy
right never received anything beyond
the price at which it was originally
sold. The profits from its sale have
exceeded 100000, perhaps the largest
amount ever realized from any must
cal composition of it's class"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-04-09

Almost anything ean be bought there
sugar, Is per pound; cotton, cloth,
leather, needles, crockery, tinware,
dyes, lime, charcoal, meat, slaves,
camels. horses, food Of every variety,
including tomatoes, wheat, tanned ga
zelles and hyenas, wild cats. birds, any
thing and every thing. The money OF
the country Is still the coWry shells,
Of which the king sent us 100000 as
present, but the Maria Theresa dollar
is taken, and the great men gladly buy
up any quantity Of gold and silver
coins, for the Hausa is an adept at
working in silver and gold and is as
proud as he is skillfuI. Moreover, he
Smelts his own ore and works up his
native iron in wondrous shapes. The
city has thirteen gates (which are al
ways closed at sunset, and is some
twelve or fourteen miles In circumfer-
ence. On the whole, 1t lies four
square, but some Of the walls are q
little irregular"
There is dignity In majesty even In
the heart of Africa. It Is said Of one
African monarch that each morning
after breakfast he leaves his hut and
opens his great umbrella and then de-
clares before all the earth that the sun
may from that moment shine Those
who would visit the king Of Kano on
his throne must take Off their shoes
and even their stockings and bow their
heads to the ground. Three hours an
English mission waited at the palace
gates, and then-"a low murmur arose,
a pathway was suddenly cut and a
magnificent warrior pranced up and
drew rein at our feet. This was the
waziri, the second man in the king
dom. The palace, splendid specimen
of mud architecture, was a mass OF
| people and the courtyardS were
crammed. While we stood in the
judgment hall, which was thronged
with well-dressed men squatting ON the
floor, suddenly all the instruments OF
music burst forth, our umbrellas were
snatched from our hands and we were
hurried into the kings splendid au-
dience chamber. At the far end, on a
rich red dais, was seated the king,
wearing black rawni, which covered
everything but his eyes. He Is said to
be about 80 years Of age and to be
quite white, but he is more probably
copper colored."
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-04-09
RAILROAD TIES OF LEATHER.
Massachusetts Mans Invention, to
Take the Place of Wood.

Massachusetts Mans Invention, to
Take the Place of Wood.
The invention Of leather crosstie,
designed to take the place Of sleepers
made of wood, is attracting a great
deal of attention in railroad circles,
writes a Springfield (Mass.) CORE
spondent of the New York Mail and
Express. T. w. Dunnell of West War
rem, Mass, Is the inventor. While
studying the art of paper making he
learned that there was a scarcity of
lumber in the country and that the rail
roads used annually 12O,OOO,000 ties
for renewals alone. Ties of steel, iron,
glass, stone and Of grass and sawdust
composition had been made, but there
were objections to all of these. So he
set to work and finally hit upon form
ula which seems to answer the pur-
pose.
In the manufacture Of his crosstie,
which weighs 1875 pounds, the scrap
leather from shoe shops is taken into
a disintegrator, ground very fine, sub
jected to a refining process and mold
ed, The tension of the molding ma
chine can be so regulated that ties
hard enough to take spike or ties
through which spike cannot be driven
can be turned out.
The three great essentials in a cross
tie are apparently found in this leath-
er, for it is guaranteed to hold spike.
the fishplate will not splinter it and 1t
will not rot. 1t is expected to stand
service for thirty-fve years. Sample
ties put down twenty-eight months ago
in the West Springfield freight yard
of the Boston and Albany road do not
show the least wear. Roadmaster Sui
Ivan of the Boston and Albany says
the spikes hold as we'll as when first
driven instead of working loose, as in
the wooden ties. The ordinary chest
nut tie now in use must be replaced
every two years.
Mr.. Dunnell proposes to turn out D.
600 ties a day for the present The
New York Central is planning to test
the invention in its New York yards.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-04-09

national flag was to court the chances
Of war though the profoundest peace
existed.
Without, warning or argument the
shore defenses or a man-Of-war sent q
round Of shot across her bows or be-
tween the masts of the insolent in
truder, and If the offending flag came
not down instanter the foreigner was
brought to her senses by being raksd
through and through. Such was the
reception accorded by John Hawkins
to the Spanish admiral, who in time
of peace, sailed into Plymouth sound
without yelling his topsails or striking
his flag. The Dutch vehemently re-
sisted the British demand, and it was
not until 1878 that they finally agreed
to strike the English colors in home
waters. The same honor was formally
assented to by France in 17O4, although
it had long been exacted by Britain.
Until modern times it was regarded
as high misdemeanor for a merchant
vessel to pass one of his majesty's
ships without dipping her ensign, and
the consequence was that shot across
her bows compelled her to heave to
while her captains name was taken,
the admiralty instituting a prosecution
against him for negligence. The trad
ing ship dips her ensign and waits for
the man-of-war's dip in return. Then
she dips again, and after that, in strict
etiquette, she ought to dip third time,
but this is seldom done now. The
maritime supremacy of Britain is still
enforced by the refusal of any British
war vessel to dip its flag to any foreign
ship until the latter has first lowered
its cOlOrs, and this acknowledgment
Of precedence is required not only in
home waters but in all seas.
But naval salutes are now essential
matters of etiquette, says the London
Standard, and are exchanged under am
elaborate code arranged between for
eign powers and the admiralty in 1875.
The number of guns to be fired under
all conceivable circumstances is min
utely stipulated. Second to the salute
Of twenty-one guns in honor of royal
personages and national flags are the
nineteen rounds given to ambassadors,
colonial governors, foreign possessions
and fOrtresses receive seventeen guns,
and ENJOYS extraordinary and minis
tiers plenipotentiary fifteen. Two guns
less are fired for acknowledgements
charges d'affaires are treated to eleven,
consuls-general to nine and a mere
consul to seven. The salute for ad-
mirals of the fleet is seventeen guns,
and for admirals simpliciter fifteen.
Vice-admirals are greeted with thirteen,
and rear-admirals with two less, while
nine guns are fred for commodores-
captains and lower officers being class
ed as not worth the burning of pow
der.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-04-09

sonal magnetism, the grasp OF affairs,
the knowledge Of and power over men
that mark the born leader. At the same
time he is too keenly alive to his own
interests ever to rise to the height OF
true craftsmanship.
Had Senior Duque desired to 60 down
in history as the first President of the
republic of Panama there would have
been none to say him nay. In fact
many think he Is the man intended by
destiny and marked out by the fitness
of things for that Office.
In the natural course of human
events he may look forward to many
years in which to seek the qualification
of his political ambition. He may be
said to have a "cinch" on the presi-
dency at any time he wants to assume
the cares that accompany the honors Of
that office. When the newly-launched
ship of state has safely passed the
shoals and breakers that endanger the
beginning Of it's voyage, and when the
lookout can see nothing but clear skies
and unruffied seas ahead, then be sure
that Senior Duque will emerge from the
background of Panama politics and be-
come de jure as he is now de facto
ruler Of affairs on the isthmus.
Nothing that has been said should be
construed as in any way rejecting
upon the character of Senior DuQue.
In fact, morally as well as intellectual.
" he rises head and shoulders above
the average Latin-American politician.
That he looks out for Senior Duque first
and foremost is not due to any moral
obliquity, but to his nationality. He
could not be a Spanish-American did
he place patriotism above self-interest.
And, if the truth must be confessed, he
is probably no worse in this respect
than a good many Of the spread-eaglc
patriots of the American school, al.
though he Is not quite so skillful in
concealing the fact that he Is tout fol
the stuff" and doesn't care much how
| he gets 1t.
The title, King Of Panama, which
Senior Duque has SO long enjoyed, was
bestowed on him, not because of his
political influence, which was Of later
growth, but ON account of his business
and social prestige.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-04-09
ONE OF AFRIcA's WONDERS.
City of a Hundred Thousand People
Skilled in Many Intricate Arts.

CITY of a Hundred Thousand People
Skilled In Many Intricate Arts.
The next of Great Britain's wars Is
quite likely to be in Kano. Few peo-
ple know where Kano is or what sort
of people inhabit it, but all reading
men will doubtless be familiar with 1t
ere many years elapse. Not many
will accept the description Of the
Hausas that it is 1.-THE center Of the
world" but Kano, without using the
Language of extravaganza, must be
ranked among the wonders Of Africa.
Its high walls inclose population of
100000 people, living in houses which,
though built Of mud, are not by any
means to be despised and which line
broad streets and roads which would
mt many London streets to shame.
Most of the houses are shaded by trees,
and one traveller has described the ap-
nearance Of the town as being that Of
"a big beautiful garden"
The great market says this travel
er. who visited Kano year or two
ago. is one of the wonders of the world: