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Douglas Island news., 1904-10-19
NOTICE.

On account of the large number of lights being cut in, without authority and not paid for, and on account of the damage resulting to its system, the Al aska Electric Light x Power Company has determined to prosecute to the full extent of the law, any person or per sons, cutting in lights, or in any other manner tampering with its lines, under Section l65, of the Alaska Code, which reads as follows:
 "That if any person shall willfully and maIiciously cut, break, or throw down any pole, used in any system for the transmission of light or power by the use of electricity, or shall by the attachment of ground wire, or any other contriyance, wilfully and malic- iously destroy tbe insulation of such line, or interrupt the transmission of the electric current, through the same, or shall wilfully interfere with the use of any electric light or power line, the persons so offending, shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and shall be punished by fine not to exceed five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment, not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and Imprisonment, in the discretion of the court"
 THE ALASKA ELEo. LIGHT X POwERC Co.
Douglas Island news., 1904-10-19
TREADwELL CLUB OPEN.
The Treadwell Club building is no

The Treadwell Club building is now open for the members.
 On last Thursday evening a meeting was held and a board of directors was selected. This board of directors met Monday night and decided to have a grand formal opening on Saturday evening, Oct. 22d. On this occasion the new building will be thrown open for inspection by the public generally. All the citizens of Treadwell, Douglas and Juneau, are invited to come on that evening and view the new club house, which is now virtually complet- ed, and enjoy the hospitality of the club. The amusements provided for the evening will include dancing, bowl ing, billiards, pool, Sc. Arrangements have also been made to serve a lunch. A fine orchestra has been engaged, also the Douglas Harmony Band.
 We are assured that no effort will be spared to make this the big social event of the season, and we are also authorized to announce that every body is invited. A special committee has been selected to look after the babies. Surveyor Williams is chairman of this committee, but the names of his assistants are not made public be- cause of their lack of experience.
 The Treadwell Club is an organiza- tion composed of the employees of the mining companies operating at Tread we'll. It has been in existence for nearly two years, but last winter fire destroyed it's home A new building has been erected which is larger and better in every way than the old one, and in which every desirable feature of the old building has been taken up and improved.
Douglas Island news., 1904-10-19

halibut, a can of corned beef, some clans, a gallon of high-bush cranber- ries, a copy of the Douglas Island News and small testament.
 We cut him up and weighed him and he weighed 999 pounds, 9 ounces. When we gathered up our line we found two strands broken, and the hook was mashed flat in three places from his teeth. DON JUAN.
Douglas Island news., 1904-10-19
Notice of Final Settlement.

In the United States Commissioners Court for the District of Alaska, First Division, Juneau precinct, in Probate. In the matter of the estate of Maghore La- Page, deceased.
 Notice is hereby given, that Naftalie Lam thier, executor of the estate of MagliOre Le- Page, deceased, has rendered and presented for settlement, and filed in this court, his ti- nal account of his management of said eS- tate; and that Saturday, the 10th day of De- cember, 1904, at II o'clock a. m., at the court room of said court in Juneau, Alaska, has been duly appointed by said court, for the settlement of said account, at which time and place, any person interested in said es- tate, may appear and file his exceptions in writing to said account, and contest the same or be forever barred from so doing.
 NATALIE LANTHIER, Executor of the Estate of Maghore LaPage, Deceased.
 First publication Oct 12, 1904.
 Last qualifications Dec. If, 1904.
Douglas Island news., 1904-10-19
ADMINIsTRATRIX NOTICE.

Thu. S. Commissioners Court, First Divis- ion, District of Alaska in probate In the matter of the Estate of John N. Bean, Deceased
 Notice is hereby given that l. the under. October, 1904, by said court, appointed ad- ministratriX of said estate, and further mo- tice is hereby given to the creditors of, and all persons having claims against the said deceased to exhibit them with the necessary vouchers, within six months after the first publication of this notice to the said admin istratrix at the law office of Held X Day, cor ner of Third and Seward streets, Juneau, All
 MABEL BEAN, Administratrix of the Estate of John N, Bean, Deceased.
 HE'D IS DAY, Attorneys. First publication Oct. 19, 1904
 Last publication Nov. g. 1904.
Douglas Island news., 1904-10-19
CITY COUNCIL.

The city council met Monday night. Councilmen Fox, Stubbins, Ehrlich, Olson and Hopp were present.
 A communication from the fire de- partment was read and referred for further action. Tie committee on streets reported that the road from Third street to the school house was completed.
 The semi-annual report of the city clerk as to the financial condition of the city was read and ordered placed on file.
 Claims against the city were passed and approved as follows:
Douglas Island news., 1904-10-19

Celery, egg plant, cucumberS, cabbage, new potatoes, young car r ot s, l ettuce, squash, wax beans,
 tring beans, turnips green peppers, red peppers, ripe toma- toes green peas, ,beets garlic, onions, green corn. Fresh Shrimps, salmon and halibut. Ranch eggs, small Star hams, Premium hams, Star bacon, pickled and smoked tongues,su saul sage. bologna. hoi- Stine sausage, smok- ed Yarmouth Bloat- CTS and herring, Hol- and herring. boiled ham and smoked beef sliced, dill pick les sour pickles, sweet pickles, pick led olives and Sauer kraut in bulk, Coli cans, a II c h oYie S, spiced Russian sar- dimes and caviar, salt maclIerel, salmon bellies and cod fish tongues and sounds, genuine Swiss cheese rokefort cheese, breakfast cheese. edam cheese, pine apple cheese, ,limbur- ger cheese guaran- teed to make any body sneeze. Apple cider, wine vinegar and honey from home, chickens alive killed or cooked, pickled pigs feet 10c a foot or 25c per yard fresh beef, veal pork mutton wholesale and retail.
Douglas Island news., 1904-10-19

The committee on fire and water supply was instructed to select site for a cart house and Headquarters for Hose Go. No. 3, and to purchase hose cart for this company.
 After discussing questions of minor interest the council adjourned.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-30
GOOD TONES FOR HOGS.
The Kind of Mixture That Should BE
Accessible to Them All the
Year Around.

It is necessary to keep constantly &C
cessible to all hogs. both pigs and ole
hogs, some material that supplies lime
and salt to aid in BODYBUILDING as ar
appetizer, and to remove intestinal par
asites. This mixture should be kept
in strong box protected from rain
and quantity and frequency with which
pigs will visit and eat of the mixture
will often be surprising. The follow
ing is the mixture that we use:
Charcoal, one and one-haf bushels.
Common salt, four pounds.
Hard wood ashes, ten pounds.
Stacked lime, four pounds.
Another thing which is good for the
pig is variety of feeds. Pigs do bet
ter ON a variety than on any single
feed. This fact is scarcely ever dis
puted by the farmer, but is often
enough ignored to give it some empha-
sis. Just how much better the pig will
do if fed a variety, we will let the pig
himself testify; for whatever other
mean thing a pig will do he will not
tell lie about his feed
Fresh water, shade in summer. grain
food when on grass, and dry bed free
from dust, shelter in winter, and above
all, when confined, have the area suffi-
GENTLY large so that it will not become
foul with droppings and mud bugs.
These are essential for successful hog
raising Bulletin.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-30
SIMPLEST OF IMPLEMENTS
Internal Improvements Effected b
Woman with q Hafrpin.
and q Brush,

There is story in Lippincott's Magazine
of husband who, on his return from a
visit, sat down to hear the family happen
ings during his absence. This incident, it
may seem, mas moral. The wife was nam
ing the reforms she had successfully intro
duced.
You know said she, "that closet that
was locked for over month? You said
it couldn't be opened except by locksmith!
Well, | opened it"
How in the world did you do it,"
with hairpin. And the furnace door
has been sagging round ON one hinge for
ever SO long, you know; but it's all right
now"
well, I'm, gled you had it fixed"
Had it fixed! fixed it myself with .
hairpin. And then there was that crayon
portrait Of mother that stood on the floor
for six weeks because you hadn't brought
me any picture hooks"
well, intended to, but"
"Oh, it doesn't make any difference now.
/ made hook myself out of hairpin."
''No!"
And there's Willie! You've been coax.
ing and bribing him for a year. to break
him Of biting his nails, and l broke him
in a week"
with a hairpin?" he inquired, weakly.
/. NO! Don't be a goose. With hair
brush"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-30

erect perennial, three to eight feet high
with rigid, hollow stem, numerous
branches, finely dissected leaves, white
flowers, and a cluster of spindle
shaped roots, which vary in length from
one and one-half to three inches, and
are very characteristic of the plant 1t
grows commonly in swamps and damp
soils from the Atlantic states to Iowa
and Minnesota, and less commonly in
Nebraska and New Mexico.
This is one of the most poisonous
plants in the United States, being rap
idly fatal to both man and animals.
The roots are especially dangerous,
because the taste, being aromatic and
to some people suggestive of horse
radish, parsnips, artichokes, or sweet
cicely, lead children to eat them. Cat
tie sometimes eat the tubers when
they are washed out Of the ground by
freshets. The loss to stock from eat
ing this plant is quite considerable. The
prominent symptoms of the poisoning
are colicky pains, vomiting, staggering,
Inconsistencies and frightful convul-
sions, ending in death-Farmer's Re-
view.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-30
BABY BEEF PRODUCTION.
Gain Largely Depends ON Age OF the
Animal and the Way In Which
. 1t Is Fed.

Feeders of baby beef, who keep their
animals up to their work, are known
to make gain of over two pounds
daily for IL months. This gain depends
upon the age of the animal and The
manner in which it is fed. A matter
that should not be overlooked by the
farmer is the appropriate food for each
weight by making the animal as fat as
possible, as fat is more easily produced
on an animal than either lean meat or
bone. 1t has been shown that to in
crease the excess of either fat or lean
on an animal depends upon the age.
The natural inclination of a yearling
animal is growth, and the system de-
mands materials containing but a
small portion of fat producing quail
ties, but as growth adds to weight, the
more rapid the growth the greater the
increase in weight, which, of course.
accounts for the quick gains made by
young animals as compared with thos
approaching maturity, and which fac.
gives rise to the claim that baby beef
is the cheaper form of the two. TIC
know the breeds and how to use them:
to be aware of the fact that some
breeds assimilate more food and give
off less waste than others, and to learn
how to convert food into salable
product quickly and economically is
what each one must study out for him
self. Have pair of scales, weigh fire.
quently and note the ratio of increase
in weight. BY so doing one can cover
the causes of failure and correct mis-
takes The time is coming when the
farmer will not be satisfied with less
than pound day from birth for his
farrows and wethers up to one year cd.
In approaching maturity gains are not
so great, but previous to that animals
for the block should be pushed. FL
nally, breeds that gain weight in the
high-priced portions of the carcass
must be given preference, and feeders
must know that they are breeding for
definite results Baby beef must have
the fat in the right place.-Agricultura
Epitomist.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-30

In every country Of the civilized world
Sisters OF Charity are known. Not only
DO they minister to the spiritual and
intellectual needs Of the charges com
m:tted to their care, but thew also
minister to their bodily needs.
With so many children to take care of
and to protectfrom climate and disease.
these wise and prudent Sisters have
found Peruna anevcrfailing safeguard.
Dir. Hartman receives MANY letters
from Catholic Sisters from all over the
United States. A recommend RECENTLY
received from Catholic institution in
Detroit, Mich, reads as follows:
DR.. S. B. Hartman, Columbus. Ohio:
Dear Sir:-"The young girl who used
the Peruna was suffering from Larynpi-
it's, and loss Of voice. The result Of
the treatment was most satisfactory.
She found great relief, and after
further use Of the medicine we hope
to be able f0say she Is entirely cured. !"
Sisters Of Charity.
The young girl was under the care of
the Sisters OF Charity and used Peruna
for catarrh of the throat with good re-
suits as the above letter testifes.
Send to The Peruna Medicine Co, Co
luInbus, Ohio, for free book written by
DR.. Hartman
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-30
Shipping Eggx In winter.

Shipping eggs in winter requires care
full packing. Eggs are Liable to become
frozen in the crates when the cold is
intense although the crates may be
made tight and the eggs incIosed in pa
per partitions. There is no remedy for
the drawbacks, and the only safe plan
Is to keep the eggs until the weather
moderates. Sawdust is sometimes used
in the crates to fill up the spaces and
prevent the ingress of cold air. but it only
adds to the weight. II one has the time
to bestow, the eggs may be wrapped
in wadding, and placed in the paper par
titions; but the merchants who receive
them may object to the extra labor i'm
posed upon them of removing the cover
ing from the eggs after arrival.-Farm
and Fireside.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-30
Range of Honey CATHERINE.

The question of how far bees go to
GEEK honey, or rather nectar to make
honey from, has been much discussed.
There are reports Of Italian bees having
been seen eight miles from the nearest
hive of that breed, but we doubt if they
often go half that distance, and we also
doubt if they tan store much surplus
honey if oblighed to 90 more than two
miles. If we had an apiary and there
was good supply Of honey producing
plants three miles away and but little
nearer we think we would move the bees
to the plants or try to grow plants near
er to the bees, II we hope to get any
profit from them.-The Ranch.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-30
CATCHY ADVERTISING.
Suggestions for Farmers and Breed.
ers Who Have Learned to Value
Publicity.

Farmers and breeders are rapidly be-
coming advertisers on the same scale
as merchants and manufacturers They
are learning that where they have sur
plus products to throw upon the mar
ket the best way to get the right GUS
toner is through the use of advertising
space in reputable papers that circulate
among the people they wish to reach
In fact, the farmer and stock raiser is
as much of a manufacturer as the
builder of self-binders and as much of
q merchant as the storekeeper who
sells him his clothes The same ele-
ments of success enter into agriculture
as in commerce, although possibly in
varying degrees, and one of these ele-
ments is advertising.
The farmer and breeder, however, are
still new at advertising. They have yet
to learn by experience that the best adj
vertising is that which produces the best
results, and that results are gagged,
first, by the circulation of the pa
per, and, second, by the attractive
character of the advertisement. The
farmer who is placing advertising should
insist on knowing what he is paying
for-how many copies of his advertis-
ment are to be distributed He should,
furthermore, follow the example of the
merchant in the makeup OF his an.
nouncement. He should have some
thing to sell. and tell what it is in I'M
mistakable language. He should picture
how his advertisement will look in
print. so as to make it attractive in
every way, and write the copy just as
he wants it printed. The publishers
are always eager to help their patrons
make their announcements attractive
and effective, both for the sake of the
advertiser and for the Improvement of
the paper. Farmers who are adver-
tisers will do well to remember
these suggestions.-Twentieth Century
Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-30

Typical 40 mining camp in Mining
Gulch.'
| Rose garden, six acres in area, co.
600 rose trees.
Fair opens April 80, 1904; closes De-
cember l, 1904.
Size of grounds, 1,24O acres. nearly
two square miles.
Art pottery mandatory in operation
| showing processes.
Floral clock, dial 100 feet in diameter
hands SO feet long.
| Melon day-500, 900 melons served to
visitors without cost.
Automobile chairs, carrying two per-
sons, reach all points.
Thirty-five miles o. asphalt and gravel
| roadways in grounds.
Gen. Grants cabin in ST. Louis county
erected at exposition.
Model strawberry farm, with 400 va
| rieties growing thereon.
Map of United States in growing crops
covers area Of five acres.
Wireless telegraph station among
great electrical exhibits.
Main picture comprises ten great PAL
aces, arranged fan shape.
Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home,
for Virginia state building.
The Hermitage, Andrew Jackson's
Tennessee home, reproduced.
The pike, mile long, concessions
costing more than 100000
Great Britain to reproduce the Or
angery of Kensington palace.
Three great cascades, largest water
falls ever constructed by man.
Washington's headquarters at Nor
ristown for New Jersey Building.
Robert Burns cottage at Ayrshire to
be reproduced on grounds.-N. Y, World
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-30
POULTRY YARD NOTES.

To treat fowls for health is better than
to dose them for disease.
Season soft food with salt. 1t sharpens
appetite and aids digestion.
A handful of sunflower seed now and
then adds luster to the plumage.
Hens will pay we'll for table scraps. 1t
is wasteful to feed them to mongrel dogs
and cats.
Litter in which there is tough, wiry
hay is not safe to put on the scratching
floor. If eaten it causes crop bound
conditions.
Much time is wasted on farms in win
ter by the men folks that might be made
profitable by caring for the poultry and
producing winter eggs.
To renew the vitality Of flock it is
not necessary to cross-breed and make
them mongrels. Better get males of a
different strain or family of the same
yariety.-Farm Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-30

years standing."-D Meekison.
DR.. Hartman, one of the best known
physicians and surgeons in the United
States, was the first man to. formulate
Peruna. It was through his genius and
perseverance that it was introduced to
the medical profession of this country.
If you do notderive prompt and satis-
factory results from the use of Peruna.
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving q
full statement of yonr case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis
Address DR.. Hartman, President OF
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, o.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-30
A Htnt for Country Boys.

There are many young men who leave
the farms to take up commercial life in
the cities that would be glad to get back
again in later years, after they have
tried the experiment behind the counter
or at the desk. The few who have made
successes through lucky speculation or
some fortunate venture always shine as
a great light in the eyes of boys who
are tied down to life of daily drudgery
on tie farm. The fact is that work is
drudgery anywhere if one makes it SO.
The chances ire that the boy who COM
plains of his work on the farm would
complain none the less Of his task in
the city.-ChicaSo Daily Sun,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-30
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TIE WATER HEMLOCK.
This Plant, Commonly known ~
Wild Parsnfps, Is Fatal to
Men and Animals.

Every year the newspapers tell us
OF children being poisoned by eating
wild parsnips. On investigation it is
found that the wild parsnips" eaten
were not wild parsnips at all, but wa
ter hemlock, known botanically as cicuta
maculata. This plant is known by a vari-
ETY. OF names, dependent on the locality
where found. Some of these names are,
wild hemlocll, spotted parsley, snake
weed, beaver poison, musquash root,
muskrat weed, cowbane. spotted cow
bane, children's bahe. 1t is smooth,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-30
ETIQUETTE IN EUROPE.
Rules for the Guidance of Travellers
Hotel Guests and the Proper
Thing in Tips.

In railway car the person who sits
next the window facing the engine has
the right to decide whether it shall b
up or down. But it would be very bad
manners to insist on having the win
| dow up, unless there was some special
reason for doing SO, if asked to lower
it by another passenger, or vice versa,
says the Chicago American
| If you arrive early you can secure
the seat you prefer by placing your pa
per or some other of your possessions
upon it.
When staying in continental hotel.
the custom is to bow to the roomful
when you go in to meals, if the visitors
are foreigners.
Your bedroom door should be locked
at night; and when you are out during
the day you are expected to lock the
door, and leave the key in the charge
of the hall porter or booking clerk.
II you are making stay you keep
the same table or the same place at a
table for meals during the whole of the
time.
Don't talk in a loud voice. To pub
lish your private affairs IL a roomful
of strangers is in the worst possible
taste.
Tips, as rule, cannot be regulated
by hard-and-fast rules, but the follow
ing may be taken as average amounts:
A married woman staying il large
house for less than q week, two shil-
lings six pence to three shillings six
pence to the housemaid. (The English
shilling is equal to Is cents; six pence
is half shilling)
In small household, where only two
servants are kept, two shillings to two
shillings six pence.
A young girl always gives slightly
less than a married woman, and two
shillings or two shillings six pence in
large house, or one shilling six pence
to two shillings in a small one is
enough for visit that lasts less than
week.
In a house where only one servant
is kept, tips are proportionately less,
and one shilling six pence to two shil-
lings is considered quite enough, ex-
copt in the case of a long visit.
As rule, ladies do not tip men ser.
rants.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-30
The following letteris from Congress
man Mcekison, of Napoleon, Ohio:
The Peruua Medicine Co.. Columbus. o. +:

Gentlemen: II
have used several
bottles of Peruna
and feel greatly
benefited there
by from my ca
tar1'h ofthe head,
and feel encour-
aged to believe
t h a t It's con-
'tinued use will
fully eradicate q
6iSaaSa RI thirty,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-30

sore to the owner, neighbors or passer.
by. A way to hide the small manure
heap is here illustrated. A tight fence
of boards on two sides, the boards
painted like the stable, and the I'M
slightly manure heap is hidden from
view-Orange Judd Farmer.