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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-09
SOMETHING OF A PROBLEM.
He Had an Intellectual Family, Bu
He Had to Hustle for
Them.

Eyes, SIR said Mr.. .Gillingberry, re-
lates Judge; II guess I've got one OF
the intellectualest families in these
parts-always takin' up with some
thing that calls for the exercise of the
mental powers to their utmost"
us that sop politely murmured the
other man. S.igf t=i ag
s""You bet. Now, there's mother.
She's upstairs this mornin' with a set
O. newspaper puzzle-pictures, an if
she solves 'em an writes good serial
story to go along with em she gets
at least dollar; an my daughter Liz
,zie is GOVERN the dinin'-room floor
with sheets O. paper that she's been
figurin' on tryiA' to find out how old
Ann is; an Henry, he's determined to
work the pigs-in-clover puzzle with
three shakes an wriggle OF his hand:
an Jin1-that's Jim over by the fence
he's studyin' up new way to work
the Is puzzle. He's worked on that
for ten years an thinks he's pretty
near got It." }zs'i154i 8y& s3ss
But you-what problem are you de-
voted to? v7,; seq
'Who-me? Ny problem? oh, l
work out the puzzle Of ;seepin' the
family together"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-09

making of gold to him, but he often won
ders how it is done, SO here is what has
been seen: Daintree once prepared a
solution of gold and left in it small
piece of metallic gold. Accidentally a
small piece of wood fell into the solu-
ton; the solution decomposed, the gold
assumed metallic state and collected
and held to the small piece of undis-
solved gold, which increased in size An
other Investigator, says Mines and Min
erals, heard of this and made a dilute
gold solution, In which he immersed a
piece Of iron pyrites and left it there a
month. He added also organic matter,
and at the months end the pyrites were
covered with a film of metallic gold.
Pyrites and galena were next tried, and
each was covered with gold. Gold, cop
per pyrites, arsenical pyrites, galena,
wolfram were also tried with similar re-
suits. Metallic precipitates we're tried,
and while they threw down the gold as
= metallic powder they did not cause 1t
to cohere nor to plate any of the sub
stances tried. Organic matter thus
seemed the necessary chemical agent.
Through the wood used in these expert
ments gold was disseminated in fine
particles. imagine those experiments
conducted by nature through ages and
the result could be nugget.
American Tourists.
American shoe stores are being opened
IS
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-09
= 9
THE NAVIGATING CLAM.
Thrilling Tale Related by Retained
VOyaEer from the South i Il
Pacific. T. 81 q

Sailors are proverbially fine roman
GERS. One who returned recently froun
voyage in the south Pacific tells this
story of narrow escape from death
| when caught in a living trap on one of
| the little islands there:
1.-THE Ship" he said, "had stopped at
the island for water and was walking
along the beach at low tide, looking for
shells and other sea curiosities. I
reached rock which at high tide was
| under water and started to climb around
it, without thought of danger and with
out paying much attention to the sur
roundings. AS turned the corner of
the rock felt my foot slip on something
soft; there was snap and the next in
slant discovered that l had carelessly
walked into one of the great mollusks,
or sea clans, which are to be found at
low tide along the coasts of those
islands.
These clans are over three feet In
diameter and the muscles which hold
their great shells together are like steel
springs. When I stepped into sthe open
clam the two sheB 4 hut up with . snap.
imprisoning me as III wise.
THE edges of the shell caught me
above the knees, and at first thought l
would faint from the pain. Then tried
to push the shells open. might as we'll
have tried to pry open the doors of q
locked iron safe with my bare hands.
Il had clasp knife, and drawing this
out I attempted to cut the muscle which
held the shells together But couldn't
quite reach it, and every time made
stab the shells would close tighter than
ever. aA
I'D sailed the seas good manyyears
and been in bad places before, but never
one where things looked soshopeless as
they did then. There was no use in cali
ing for help. although, of course, did,
for had wandered up the beach nearly
a mile from where the rest were.
What what at first looked like my
greatest peril proved my salvation in the
end. The tide was coming in, and unless
! could escape from this living trap
would be drowned, thought. So re-
doubled my efforts with the knife. They 4
were useless. The tide kept creeping
up. Then it finally reached the part of
the giant clam where was the muscle
which contracts and expands the two
shells. To my surprise and joy, when
the water reached THIS muscle Is relaxed,
only q little to be sure, but enuogh so
that could manage to pull out my leg
1t was the highest squeeze was ever in.
you may believe"
We all know the clam ding maB butt
this Is the firsf heard of . man-eating
clam.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-09
- ~ ~ So &7a 3 ~ &la2@ . So p
CHANGES IN TYROI. TRAVEL.
OH Hotel Books. In Post Towns gAr'
sks Fall OF Interest for s3
5SEsS ~ Tuari.ts. All

If anyone wishes to get an idea O.
tsthe extEaneaanaryssrevolutio that ha'
taken place h travelling IN the Tyrol dur
ing the last half century, or since thu
opening of the Tyrolese railways, lei
him stop at an old post town, go to al
old hotel and ask to see the old hotel
books containing the names of travel
ers. 1t is perfect revela ton, says the
New York Herald.
Such an old post town is Prixen, in
the Elsakthal,, % miles north OF Bot
zen. It used to be the chief station be-
tween venice and Innsbruck. In Brix-
en- there are two hotels, each from 4OC
to 500 years old, the Goldner Adler and
the ELEPHANT. The Goldner Adler has
lost its old hotel books, but the ELEPHANT
has them, going back as far as 1890.
1t used to have three books of even ear
llef periods, but they were stolen by
autograph hunters and even this book
Fof@1s20 and subsequent years has been
tempered with and some autographs
cut out. Examining this book, we find
that almost every name from years end
to year's endis Eng lishs@ The majority,
too, are titled names.
AS one comes down toward the sos
there are few names of Austrians and
Germans among the English, but very
few. The railway through this Elsak-
thai was opened in 1867 Immediately
thereafter foreigners names, increase
and English names diminish. AS we ap-
proach nearer our own time this change
becomes more marked, until we reach
the present time, when things are COM
plete!y reversed, and the book contains
page after page sof the names Of those
OF continental nations, ard hardly the
name Of one Englishman. In the old
posting days only English people, with
their family coaches" travelled across
the continent. Now. every body travels
w Here are some of the names Of trav-
elers of 1920 and the immediate succeed
ing years: Lady Alvanley, Sir Robert
and Lady 1nglis, Ladies Brabazon,
Hardy and Edinburgh; Capt. and Mrs
Beauchamp, Lord George Hill, Sir Alex
ander Hope, Sir Edward and Lady Tuck
er, Sir J. B. Johnstone, Lady Elizabeth
Fielding, Cal. Ralrymple, NJ p; Sir
John Prescott, the marquis Of Abercorn,
Sir James Stopford, Viscountess Keith,
Lord Falkland, Sir Henry Seton, the
Garland countess OF Moray, Lord and
Lady Erskine, Lord Clifford and the
earl CT Edgecumbe. Some of these are,
of course, now historic names. An in
teresting autograph is the following:
1886, Sept fifth, Major 4 Moltkes
NBrtxton lis quaint old place 1T the
junction of two rivers, the Elsak and the
Rienz, and the hills on each side afford
both good Walkin9a md had climbing. Il
10 u ID gu slIss q ID illtsyivifn. one
not infrequenf1y sees man going about
without stockings and boots, with only
sandals on his feet and without cap.
They are residents or patients in the
kneipp water cure establishment.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-09
~. Stumbling, the man went down the

by. Stumbling, the man went down the
mountain.
Corinne lifted her head. Il knew
you would comet" she whispered. 1T
is dreadful, but am so happy now. See.
can you read it, Lawrence?"
Dead" said Mainway, thickly.
who was he?" peering at the letter.
you are just the same, Corinne., You
called me Lawrence have been
asleep on the mountain. Did-was this
morning only dream? You could not
be happy, you know"
Read it," sobbed the girl. II prom
Used my dying father that would mar
ry him. I couldn't. He was-but he's
gone now-killed in his cups. Oh! come
to mel"
The dying roses Of the west were on
her cheeks as she leaned with pleading
arms from the beloved perch, feeding
on the new thankful light in her lovers
eyes. Il
He dropped the paper and stepped
forward. Then his breast shut out thu
sunset.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-09

with which he first saw her clothed hac
fingered on her delicate features in rosy
illumination until to-day, when she
turned SO white. Had his coming dissi.
pated it forever? She loved him.
Who spoke first and why? He could
not recollect. They had talked a little
She was of his kind. Strange to rul
across a refined, city-bred girl in this
lonely hamlet. Strange, too, that they
should have spoken. Stranger yet, hi:
finding her there the next afternoon
Her favorite seat, she had said. She
loved it. There was a shade Of tiny
trees behind with low-lying branches
sheltering like an arbor. Choke-berries
with red, acrid fruit. He had eaten one
at her bidding and she had laughed.
Was that on Monday or Tuesday,?
The man groaned. His picture on the
ever be before him. He had gone every
day, and every day except that of the
storm she was there, smiling q well
come. No one knew. It was after tea in
the sunset, at first, then at four o'clock;
lately, mornings. Yes. he might call
her Corinne. ..-.
Little strolls-little talks-and the
days ran blindly by until he suddenly
knew, and that very morning by the
stile under the oak tree the words had
been softly uttered, with all his heart
behind them. And 10! The end. Was
he quite right in his mind? All! he
would live it all over again. That was
left for his comfort, at least. Into his
life and out. Corinne, with her eyes
and hair, her flower cheeks and grace.
What was he lying here for? Oh! yes
to think it over. A second of ecstasy
after the shock, then sort of dizziness
as he watched her go. Where? How
should he find her? Her last name?
She had never told him. What house?
He did not know. They had always
parted by the stile.
Mainway plucked at a fern and
crushed it against his mouth. 1t was
like her-wiry and delicate. His head
nestled back on cushion of moss-the
head that ached so queerly. That was
her lap-yes-and the fern her hand.
What mattered it he could never find
her? Was she not here? Corinne, with
her eyes and hair-her lap and soothing
hand. Over and over again. Over and
over-again. The silent song sparrows
among the encircling bushes looked
wise and hoped nearer.
How he had slept! The sun was get
ting low. What happened? Yes-yes
yes! Now he would go right homo,
but first, one last look She would net
be there, but he must bid the seat good
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-09
HISTORY ;s||,|I "a OF COACHING I!
It's IntrOducffon ana Populnrity In
European aCOuntries and
America.

7 AS popular as coaching is in some
parts of the country but little reliable
information has ever appeared in the
public press respecting it's history and
development. At the town Of Kotze II,
Hungary, in 1857, the first coach was
constructed. This was soon afterwards
presented to Charles VII. at Paris. The
first authentic record Of stage coach
in England shows that six of such We
hicles were in use there in 1862. So
popular did they become in that country
that a few years later they we're in GEN
eral use on all the principal roads of
the kingdom. writes Morris e. Hewlett.
in Illustrated Sporting News. al
Steam railways have, to. a. large ex-
tent, done away with the use of the
coach as link in the commercial chain,
bat, as means of furnishing the highest
type of recreation, the coach and four
is as popular to-day in the British en-
pire and France as it was when this was
practically the only means Of loconlo-'
ton in those countries =.
Stage coaching in America was almost,
coextensive with the settlement of the
colonies, and in the early history of the
country there were few if any places, of
any Importance, that did not welcome
the sound Of the. coachman's horu as
one of the fascinating incidents Of pio-
neer life. AS civilization pushed itself
westward, the stage coach was ever IL
the lead of these agencies which blazed
its pathway, These vehicles. rs we'll as
their equipments, were comparatively
crude in their construction, and unpre-
tentious IN their appointments, but they
were intended and laid the foundation
for the popularity of coaching as a
pleasurable pastime, developed. in later
years. a.sa II T. 3 EfgaS 49,
Coaching parties had been popular in
England and France for several genera
lions before they we're introduced in this
country, yet the sport is SO wholesome
and enjoyable that it cannot be doubted
that in time it will become as popular
here as it ia across thu Atlantic.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-09
THE Rock.A-BY CHAIR.

O the rock-a-by chair Is jolly old ship,
And grandma's the captain and crew;
And she sings nice song as We start on
our trip.
through:
But it's all about ISLANDS and rivers and
things,
And the treasures and dream-people
there;
And this is the song that my grandmamma
In the wonderful rock-a-by chair:
''Oh. beautiful stream is the river Of
Sleep,
And it flows through the kingdom of Nod.
And its current is broad. and its channel
is deep,
And It's shores are so fair and SO placid Its
sweep,
And it flows from the footstool of God.
From the fountains and footstool of God.
''There's marvellous Isle up that river SO
fair,
Where glow of eternity CLEANS;
And our hopes and our yearnings are real
lied there.
And freedom and sorrow and surcease Of
care,
In the beautiful island of dreams
In the misty mid-island of dreams.
20, the faces so fair in that far-away isle,
And the treasures that naver shall rust;
There are glimpses and CLEANS of the sweet
afterwhile,
And the touch and the kiss and the van
ishing smile
OF lips that have crumbled to dust,
OF lips that have fallen to dust"
And this is her song, but don't know the
rest
AS never have heard it quite all;
Fer l cuddle down close to my grand
mammals breast,
And my eyelids grow heavy and fall:
But l know that she sings about Heaven
and God
And the angels and everything there
AS We journey away to the kingdom Of Nod,
In the wonderful rock-a-by chair.
London Sunday School Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-09
DOGS BLOW THE BELLOWS.
New York Blacksmith Has Trained
Three observation-disclosures to -lr
Help at the Forge. 81

On an uptown street. on the east
side of the city, says the New York
Mail and Express, hundreds of people
daily pause at a blacksmith's shop to
watch three large Newfoundland dogs,
which are employed by the brawny
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-09
Pari. street Swecuer..

Visitors to Paris cannot fail to notice
that the street cleaners of that city form
little army. They number altogether
$3.50. They are divided into brigades,
under the command of A superintend-
ents and 159 foremen. Five hundred
sweeping machines are used, and these,
with the water carts, find employment
for 1,600 horses.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-09
The Helpful Euca1yptu..

The several varieties OF the eucalyp-
tus tree. of which there are about $50.
are held by foresters to be unequalled
as forest cover, as windbreaks. as
shade trees, as a source Of timber, fuel
oil and honey, and as improvers Of
climate. The tree has already served
more aesthetic and unitarian purpose,
than all other forest trees that have
been planted on this continent.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-09
indecent Kind Of Yarn.

German inventors have succeeded in
manufacturing paper yarn. The Wash
ington Post remarks that we have had
the newspaper yarn variety in this coun-
try for many yeara
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-09
Her Loxe Grown Cold.

A New York lady who told her afl-
anced that she loved him for himself
alone now wants him arrested because
he pretended to be a member of fam
ilv renowned for its money.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-09

smithy to work the bellows of the
FORCES of his shop. In one corner of
the shop is large wooden wheel.
about eight feet in diameter, and wide
enough for dog to stand in, When
the wheel is at rest the dog stands
in much the same position as the horse
id child's rocker, with its head al
ways turned toward the forge, await
ing orders. When told to "go ahead
the beast on duty at once starts on a
brisk trot, which makes the wheel
turn around rapidly, and by means of
crank and lever the power is, con-
veyed tn the bellows.
The dogs work willingly and with
such intelligence that people are never
weary of watching the efforts of the
animals to keep the smiths fires
bright. Each dog works in the wheel
for one hour and then rests for two.
They cost their owner about two doll
lars week for each to feed, and he
estimates that they save him $12
week, as otherwise It would require at
least the services of two men or
small engine to do their work.
t A Probable Cause. ~
It is suspected that GAINESVILLE, Wis.
has a suicide club composed Of fashions
able young ladies. Let us hope, says the
Chicago Record Herald, this is not the
result of the report that England has
run short of titled gentlemen who want
American wives f FE ~ ssEs@
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-09
FORMATION OF GOLD NUGGETS.
Experiments in Laboratory Show
How Nature May Have Produced
Lump of Precious Metal.

That gold is formed from solution is
generally recognized. The miner re-
ceives the theory because it explains the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-09


is match
densebu
the 70 well
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-09
DIR. G.. de MONSABERT

Having permanently established him
self in Covington, offers his profess
sional services to the public.
He will be at his Office daily from
10 a. m. to 2 p. m.
Office on Boston street near the
Courthouse. Phone JOB.
? Residence on jackson avenue near
'aew Glen cottage. Phone rs.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-09

American Tourists.
American shoe stores are being opened
In all the cities of Germany. ag,-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-09

not lnfrequent1y sees man going about
without stockings and boots, with only
sandals on his feet and without a cap.
They are residents or patients in the
Kneipp water cure establishment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-12
HEARsTs STATUS IN INDIANA
Said to Have 100 Out of ssO Delegates So
Far rChosen-Taggart Against
Him.

Indianapolis. Apil 12.-Thomas Tag
gat, ma tional Democatic committeeman
for Indiana. who has been conducting
a fight against w. l.. Hearst, will take
charge of Parker's forces in all the
counties in which delegates TO the state
convention of May l. have not been
selected.
There will be a total OF 1.547 dele
gates in that body and about one-half
of these have been selected. and il is
estimated that 100 of the number are
for Hearst In counties in which these
delegates were secured no fight was
made on Hearst, and il is believed
that tn eactive work Of the Parker men
from now on viii hold the Hearst
strength down TO IJ0 in the conven-
tion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-12
BILLS PASSED BY HOUSE
AND SENATE YESTERDAY

Washington, April II. - Among the
bills passed by the house were one
for the relief of certain settlers on the
Wisconsin Central railroad in Wisccn-
sin; one creating new division of The
southern judicial district of Iowa and
TO provide for terms of court at Daven-
port. Ia. and one for the disposal Of
CmsOld lots in the Fort Crawford mill
tarv tract at Prairie du Chen, Craw-
ford county. Wis.
Washington. April 12.-The Cutler
son amendment to the pOStOffice ap-
proHiatiOn bilh. providing for IL ccm-
mission to investigate the pOstofficc tie-
partment was before the senate and
after being ruled out of order in mOdi-
fed form was pending when the SEN
ate adjourned. No progress was made
with business, the speeches ali being
political, more or less.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-12
DELIRIOUS MAN FOUND
STEALING A LOCOMOTIVE

Duluth. Mimi, April II. = Charles
Nelson. aged 22. who escaped last
Thursday from Duluth hospital while
in delirium from pneumonia. has been
found at Carlton. twenty-five miles
from here. stealing Il locomotive. The
engine crew was in the lunch room
when q stranger climbed into the cab.
The engineer raced after the locomO-
tive, which was gathering speed. III
time to get aboard and bring il te IL
stop. Nelson was out of his mind. and
his suffering from exposure makes his
recovery improbable. Searching par
ties have been looking for him sirce
his disappearance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-12
FAMILY GROWING
TO BE A NUISANCE
Reason a Chicago Man Gave for Try
Ing to Put Them Out
of the Way.

Chicago. April 12.-Frederick Jern,
an electrician, according to the Ken
singtOn police. admitted that he had re-
moved a cap from gas jet at his home
and attempted TO asphyXiate his wife
and two sons. An explosion of the gas
caused by the fumes coming in contact
with Il fire in the Kitchen probably
saved the lives of the entire family.
Jern was slightly burned and fed. Two
blocks from the house, which is at 4JO
West One Hundred and Tenth street,
Patrol Sergeant Lman saw the man
running and arrested him.
At the police station he is said to
have admitted having planned To end
the lives of his family and commit sui
eide. The only explanation given by
the prisoner is that he had several viO-
lent quarrels with his wife and that
she and the children had become a
nuisance" The police believe the man
is mentally deficient.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-12
new LINE OF FRAUD
WAS PERPETRATED
Artist Touched Up Worthless Stamps
and Sold Them for Rare
Specimens.

New York. April 12.-Richard +. II.
Wolfe, alias y. X. Winters, an artist
who is believed to have come here
from Boston. has been held in $3.50
for examination in The Tombs court
on Il charge of g.and larceny. 1t Is
alleged that Wolfe altered pTa ctically
worthless postage stamps so rs to make
them appears rare and valuable and
then sold them TO stamp collectors
for large sums.
Wolfe was arrested on complaint Of
Joseph II. Negreen, a stamp dealer
who alleges that he paid him $500 for
collection of stamps which later
proved to be worthless. At the time
Of WOlle's arrest a number of stamps
alleged to be altered and worthless
were found in his possession.