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Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1904-04-15
Sru grittpu, Q, Tuf.

9rittou er en- trtbeIig Iioen @b og CT
g%ountbi9oet al Raribaa Gouutb ueo
fuIot up al ale SIagS Stpres, iaaiom
Srpgooos & Groceries, Saropare, Drug
torres, SetpelrpItures to 8autforretuiuger
iom gisr COB Sprretning, to tore, sooe
SotsIer, 10 @~eitauranter, Creamery, en-
Netle, iom eisr eoo Suitneis, pg airter
% Stoler. @efoItuingen Der runbt, iom
bar aiort eooe Sremifrtot De iibite War,
er for BET meite S%tanoinaoer, iaa MI er
Der boab man fan fable ct 2aro al Bel
itnnb. 8ietigtot bapSs ui baarbe Sioer
/ S0s4areue berube pun 8rmo al SBrte,
% bet iaa mausen Sang msrtt no for
os. ug mango reiite berfra, men mango
babe life RibIer til at fourrne berfra 90
maatte iette jim 9io og Srsit til BAN,
iom itprer alt, % boabe at Sibeu piloc
~forarbre fig. Seri blep pi life Ifuifet.
Siben 1895 bar pi bapt ubmGrtet eobe
SoIineer, % Soil bar 8iurt itpre Srenl'
ifrtbt, opfsrt itore, prGati9e gus os
"8aruS", @iuSmsler o.i.o., iaa Der er
iaa prGeti8e Sarme, iom man fam ic nos
geuiteSs. SorobunSeu er bbb, tort NuIos
ioro oosupaa "beuoip Clan. Gen er iGa
rig, at ben bill itaa Jig imoo boabiombeGit
Steo / De Sorenebe Stater. Ser aoIes
Spebe, Saore, 8pg, SIar. Corn fan dples
Der os bore iifter sIbIirs, og idn aoIes
Der Riaet, SpeIs, @rotpu 0rais FAINT
ale mrtIiee Sla8s 8rsn og "Seeos".
9eriom uugeu at eoer, iom life BAR 2aub,
5 eier ieIp, men blot brreer for andre,
ian fom berliS. Srrt life, ie9 er Ell, Jon,
bill narre cher bernb, men forn beriio %
ie 2anoet os ie for eber ieIo. Ser er
eubuu biIiet 9auS fra $50 til $50 pr.
gere. men Oct biz life bare I0r9e. 9ris
len tiger til bber SiS. Sarmer.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1904-04-15
"Eernna bolocr mig | infSfommcn
Scl6reo."

WrS. s. &asintt. 1909 ~. 1871.
Street, Ses MoineS, Soma, ifrioer:
Set gIrocr mig at gioe min 600.
f%ienSeIie al eoers pGroihiISe PeSt.
Gin for ct o~perurbeiSet og neSbruOt
SpItem. Gor omtreut TO aar ii6en
isIte ieg, at ieg moatte tage Ell lang
Spile, bu ieg for en- Woaneo life
bGooe oGret titorb til at aisre no'
get, % ies flntoe life aiertOinoc min
Stprfe. Seq fiinoe life iope ON Iat.
rem % bar / en- meget uerosS opbiS.
Jet SiIitnn6. Sea beiIuttet at PROBE,
bpob Rerlrna frinoe aisre for at Gien.
opbnage min Stprfe, og set err mig
en- SornSieIie at iiGe, at ieg beaphSte
itrofs at bIipe beSre, 6g / minore eu6
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1904-04-15

10 Roane0er por iea iItono til at be-
apnOc nit arbei0c igicu, % ieg tslte
bcbrc, enc leo boD0e Giort poo tttor'
&c aur. Seq tnger Oct M 10 @op9e
ON anrrt % iiuner, at oct boISer mig
/ fulSfommer SeIbrco." Wtrs. 8aS'
lott bar { mere emo ii aar 9eitprer
for en- Gubrif, Tom gi6r 9mncfIGSer,
buor Here SunOreSe Spinoer booSe
arbei6e.
",Sea an6efalcr Ecruua til ale iuase
9oinocr."
Iiiis 9aiip g. ~. @oiioIf, 72O
9. Coma Street, Gan Irtouto, Ger
as, ifrtper:
";5or onrtreUt CT aor iioen bar ieg
ioag og ubmottet % leo ltore Smcr'
ter. Wtiu Ssiter bragte mig en- 6Ia'
Ife 8eruna % ingSe, at ieg oiLoe blroe
frtif, 0erionr ieg FOG set. Zen aler
fsrite Sfe iutte8 at biGIpe mig, %
eftrr at bupe taget fem 8Ioiter 8e.
rlra % en- RandIin, fan ieg itge, at
lea er aIoclcS belbreoet. SPr aube.
faler ieg Beruuo til iooae aOtnoer.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1904-04-15
",Ses an6sfalcr gcrnua til ale iuuse
9oinocr."

bet iaa 5bg8eI,gt iom miIist foe llUJ'
ooumCr. GARNER sores.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1904-04-15
correspondence +

Rurususoucr nH Qma % sbuss ms uh bet mnsn esHpn III be br i'm .usanss tamm-
tn al Rhhunsn Gapsi bill h tGcson Hthsmpr momHbn otfomHaHa orrNpaNH snfr
bat mn wAamsuru uaa eua apna @ shnstu-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-09
BACTERIA EVERYWHERE.
Mach Time and Money Wasted II
4 Futile Efforts to Escape
a #% the Germs.

Radium destroys germs, but rad1um
costs 5000 times as much as gold. II
a barber puts a fresh towel under the
head of each customer he raises the
price Of shave, says Golfers Weekly.
If he were compelled to- sterilize his
instruments, to the degree undertaken
by one medical barber shop in Paris
his fee would approach the dollar mark.
Every man who smokes puts generous
allowance of germs between his teeth.
Uncooked food, like salads, has the bac-
terra of the water with which 1t is pre-
pared. Not only are we unable wholly
to avoid the deadly germ, but many UNI
doubted methods of outwitting him cost
too much in time, money or abstention.
Some there be who avoid cars, and 9th
ers the public carriage, from dread OF
exchanging germs with occupants.
There are even those who, at the the
alter, prefer box because it promises
species of bacteria superior to what Is
offered in the stalls. At the opposite
extreme are thousands who gayly drink
from any vessel, and many who by the
use of public towels and soap exchange
honest soil for insidions beasts. The
number of deaths caused by careless
ness probably surpasses the number en-
couraged by worry. but both are great.
The best chance belongs to the man who
calmly takes what precautions are easy
and within his means, and omits the rest
without wasting thought. Secure in the
<ho{ Inv in
flower" and hurts us most in apprehen-
sion, he is observant without timidiry,
and careful without anxiety.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-09
HOTTEST PLACE ON EARTH.
Islands In Which q Breath of Cool
Air Il a Rare Luxury-NO
F. Relief mt Night. -,

Undoubtedly the hottest place on all
the earth, if the testimony of travellers
is to be credited, may be found on the
Avail islands, which cover fairly ex-
tensive area of the Persian gulf, lying
off the southwest coast of Persia; 1t is
the largest OF them which enjoys the
doubtful distinction of leading all per-
spring competitors in the matter OF
heat. The mean temperature of Bahr-
elm for the entire year is SO degrees.
July, August and September are unen-
durable save for the natives. Night
after night as midnight comes the ther-
mometer shows 100 degrees. By seven
in the morning it is 107 or 10S degrees.
and by three in the afternoon 14O de-
grees. ~
1t is stated by veracious travellers
that $4,000 Arabs inhabit the Avail group,
fully $4,000 living on Bahrein, in which
connection Sir Henry Layard adds: 1T
would seem that man can accustom
himself to anything" The following
are the temperatures at some of the hot
test places in different countries:
| Hyderabad, los degrees; Lahore, lO7
degrees; Ell Paso, 113 degrees; Mosul,
liz degrees; Agra, III degrees; Death
Valley, 122 degrees: Algeria, 127 de-
grees; Fort Yuma, 1928 degrees; Jacobo-
bad. 1872 degrees; Bahrein, 40 degrees.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-09
MYSTERIOUS TERMS.
The Meaning of "Billets." "Ingots'
and ''slab,' Etc. in the
Steel Trade.

Recent discussion of steel trade prices,
following cut in "billets," introduced
into the controversy a half-dozen or SO
of mysterious words descriptive of the
various forms of wholly or partly man
ufactured steel. At brokers' Offices, ref
erences to ''ingots, Slabs, blooms.
"skelps,'' and structural shapes" have
bewildered the uninitiated, who, how
ever, have usually looked wise and pre-
tended they knew what it was all about,
says the New York Post.
What do the terms mean?" steel
manufacturer was asked, this week, by
an inquirer, who did not know and was
not ashamed to say SO. He replied:
eff you watched the process OF manu-
facture, you would see the liquid nrst
turned out into 'ingots,' which run
about a foot square and six feet long.
For more convenient handling. the in
COTS are shaped into 'billets' ana
blooms 'Billets' run anywhere from
six to four inches in thickness, ana
measure, according to the use intended,
from six to thirty feet in length. The
blooms are somewhat larger. A 'slaD
is merely another second stage OF in
got remolded into blocks that look to
the eye like gingerbread. From these
steel sheets are rolled. The pieces,
while they are red hot, are fed into ma"
chimes that act like q corrugated clothes
wringer. h 1u ,alfI n AHf #4s e4f
Structural shapes more highly.
finished product, vary from standard
sizes in beams .'girders' and an
gles' (the ones you see every day in
new steel buildings) to those suitable
for patterns intended for special de-
signs. What the trade calls 'skelp' is
| q fat piece of 'puddlef iron intended
for wrought-iron pipes. the pudding
meaning merely a boiling-over OF the
molten material until all the impurity
has risen in sort of scum to the surface.
The steel scrap you see quoted means
simply old rails or any used-up or re-
jected steel that has been accumulated
for the purpose of melting over again.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-09

tie girl ten years old. They stood on
the balcony of villa in Rome, says the
Golden Penny, and near them, over
hanging the wall which separated the
villa from the adjoining one, were large
clusters of ripe oranges. What a pity"
said the little girl, that those oranges
belong to our neighbor, for would be
very slad to eat one" AS she spoke the
young priest ran down from the bal
cony, quickly climbed the wall and
picked half a dozen of the largest
oranges, which he fastened to place in
the little girls lap. At first she was so
dismayed at his temerity that she could
not touch them, but, with laugh, he
assured her that he had not committed
arr crime and that she might safely
eat them. A few years ago the duchess
of Bresci, an old lady with snow-white
hair, went to the vatican to pay her
respects to his holiness, and Leo XIII.
received her with extreme kindness.
do you remember, your holiness" sud-
denly asked the duchess, that day,
long ago, when you picked the oranges
for me?', "Hush, hush! Don't say a
word about that" whispered Leo XIII,
with a humorous smile, as he gently
placed finger on her lips.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-09
STRUCK WEALTH AT LAST.
with a Pick Reveals . Nugget
s.-r Worth $1,000.

After digging and scraping around in
the gulches and hills Of the Happy Camp
district in Siskiyou county, California,
for many years and with little success.
an old miner named Howard has discov-
cred a claim that he believes will bring
him a fortune. He has already taken
out q substantial nest egg.
Howard was digging one day in bis
accustomed manner. He had about
given up hopes Of finding color and
was preparing to 60 to his cabin for the
night. He decided to try once more,
and in less than two minutes he had
picked out an almost solid gold nugget,
valued at $4,000. Howard did not sleep
thAt night for excitement, and is now
laying off and celebrating the event
The Happy Camp district has several
rich placer mines and Is one OF Siskiyou
county's best producing sections. The
finding of the large nugget has caused
much excitement in the district, and It
is expected that another rich strike will
soon be made.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-09

cud when lying down. Two most expe-
rienced and observant foresters, the one
in Argyllshire, the other in Aberdeen
shire, thus gave their opinions: Deer
sleep or rest from about ten or eleven q.
m. to four p. m; Deer sleep from
noon to five p. m"
1t is not uncommon occurrence to
come on deer asleep; a stalker in the
Black mount had the rare experience OF
coming upon parcel of seven stays, all
sound asleep. A herd was seen to move
in Glenfeshie, but one stag remained be-
hind, lying motionless. On careful ap-
proach he was found to be asleep. Per-
hays, however, the oldest occurrence OF
this nature happened in Braemore, when
a stalking party, on going up to the
stag which had just been shot, found
three-year-old close to it fast asleep. In
fact, it is by no means rare to get within
a yard or two of sleeping deer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-09
THE AMERICAN. STOMACH.
1t Has Won a High Place In Litera.
ture and the English
sa@ Drama. ~ && BfR58#

]. M. Barrie, who seems able to do
anything, has just produced in Lon
don a successful comedy, of which the
hero is the stomach. Probably no
other dramatist alive could handle
such topic, full as it is OF wide
spread interest, AYERS writer in Col
lier's Weekly. The American world
especially now reeks with dyspepsia
cures. No breakfast, no lunch; meat
diet, vegetable diet; few meals, many
meals; regularity, variety; small guam
titles and large. A man may cut his
allowance down to steak and toast.
and still have indigestion. He may
feed on lobster salads and ale at mid
night and prosper grossly.
A German alderman advised us.
many years ago, to cure all interior
problems by two matutinal mugs OF
beer. We we're turning over the "Au-
tocrat" a day or two ago, brooding
upon how human standards change.
The poem therein called Content
ment" has for it's comic idea luxurious
wishes masquerading as simplicity. "A
ruby, and a pearl, or so, viii do for
me; l laugh at show" How is dinner
treated on this principle? BY assum-
ing that three courses are extravagant.
"Plain food is quite enough for me;
three courses are as good as ten"
That, in 1857, was as if to-day we
should say: ''Ten courses are as good
as 90 W."
The allegation that man wants but
little here below" has to be interpreted
in the light of change. It may at least
be assumed that, whatever he gets, it
is less than he wants. AS Holmes puts
it: IT only ask that Fortune send a lit
tie mere than l can spend" which is
large order for Fortune. Luxury
now so dominant with us, has, among
it's other consequences, led to gross
overlooking, in the attempt to gel
amusement out of meals, but just how
much and what to eat, in individual
cases, remains one OF the questions
which often battle the most successful
doctors. < e-,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-09
BIG GAME IN A HOTEL.
Guests In Singapore Hostelry Are
Startled by Strange Additions
iE7k to Their Number.

q Singapore is possibly the most humid
place on earth. The atmosphere is al
most always STICKY" from the combina-
ton of heat and rain. Animals and rep
tiles of all kinds abound in the Malay
peninsula, as they do in India and other
tropical countries. At Singapore Raj
des' hotel is the gathering place at night
of all the foreign residents looking for
chance friend from home on one Of the
many incoming steamers, says a Lon
don exchange; Wide piazzas run the en-
tire length of the house on each floor
and overlook pretty flower gardens and
well kept grounds. One day in the early
part of last winter one can imagine the
amazement Of the assembled patrons on
beholding huge python serenely crawl
ing about the lower piazza of the hotel.
This reptile, which measures about
IL feet in length and was as large in
body as mans arm, is now on exhibit
ton in the small 200" connected with
the botanical gardens in Singapore.
It quite gives one the "shivers" to think
that one might have been walked up
some morning and found this formidable
foe in ones bedroom.
Shortly after the advent Of the python
players in the billiard room one evening
were startled to see young tiger NOV
ing quietly about the room. There was
a shrek and a sudden disappearance
of billiard players, but eventually the
beast was captured. Whether it came
from it's native jungle or escaped from
some native who had it in captivity
they frequently do have them as pets
was never known, but his tigership was
also sent to swell the collection at the
200"
The permanent residents of Raf1es'
hotel after these two experiences had
grown rather accustomed to strange
things prowling about, but were still
unprepared for the next encounter,
which took place in February. The
huge native servant who stands guard
1t the door was startled. not to say
alarmed, one day by sudden and viO-
lent contact with some animal rushing
between his legs. 1t turned out to be
q wild boar, strayed in from no one
knows where.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-09
BERL1N's CITY OFFICIALS.
Said by This Writer to BE Far Ahead
of Those of American
-g 'l- Towns. "a hs-

Prof. r. T. Ely, in the World To-day,
presents a striking contrast between
the type of municipal employees in Ger
many and in the United States. He
writes: 4f,a5.4 81 #@
What are the prospects for that i'm
provement in the civil service which is
demanded by existing conditions?
When speak about the civil service
I have two very different pictures in
my mind. l think of the employees of
the city hall in Berlin and Of the en-
ployes in New York city,. When I
was a student in Berlin, I was asked
by Andrew d. White. then our minis
ter to Germany for the first time, to
make study of the government of the
city of Berlin. In order to make my
investigations I had occasion to go to
the city hall and consult the officials.
/ found them scholars and gentlemen,
thoroughly familiar with all the de-
tails of their business and evidently
interested in it. I was given budget
Of the city Of Berlin which was model.
At that time the city council of Ber-
lin was a body of high-minded men.
among whom one of tho most cele-
brated scientists Of the world occupied
dominant position; mean DR.. Ru-
dolph Virchow. It was largely through
his influence that improved sanitary
conditions had been introduced into
Berlin, saving the lives of many thou
sands annually. Soon after my return
to this country, had occasion to &c
to tie city hall Of New York and was
almost overcome by a sense of hum!lia-
ton ut the contrast, seeing corrupt
looking men sitting on desks and chew
Ing tobacco, men evidently not at all
versed in the science Of municipal gov
eminent, and caring nothing about It
The Way Of It.
Miss Topleigh-My dear, l congratu-
late you on getting the duke. Where dc
you spend your honeymoon?
Miss. Millions-With my husbands
Observation-Disclosures Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-09
DEER AND SLEEP.
For&sters Say Animals Sleep About
Five Hours in Daytime-NOt
Mt All Mt Night.

Deer reverse the apparent order Of ma
ture, for they sleep in the daytime and
feed at night, says the Scottish Field.
How much sleep they do take is mat
ter of contention, even among expert
much. On the whole, we are inclined
to agree with the former, for it has
to be remembered that they chew the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-09
NO FREE COPIES.
.srhe Hu.tler, Wa. Ready to Do Bust.
ness ON the Spot, But for
80 Spot Cash Only.

81 never read of case on newspaper
enterprise without it bringing up a
recollection of 30 years ago." said a
city hall official, as he laid aside his
newspaper to stroke his gray locks,
relates the Brooklyn Citizen. Il was
then a miner and prospector, and we
had camped at the mouth OF a pass
in the Bitter Root mountains, on the
dividing line between Idaho and Mon
tana, and for 40 days we had not seen
a human being outside OF our own
crowd. At five o'clock in the afternoon
two men in charge Of three pack mules
reached our camp, and as they halted
one Of the men said:
Good afternoon, gentlemen. Will
you be kind enough to inform me It
there is any town around here?"
Town? Town. repeated the cap
tain. ''Why, man, do you know where
you are?" ~ -
I'm the Bitter Root, I take it."
Eyes, and you are looking for
town? Well, the nearest town know
of, II you keep to the west, is about
400 miles from here"
"Only 400? Well, that's not so bad.
Can we camp here tonight"
''Of course. What are you loaded
with?"
well, 1t was the Montana Weekly
Herald ten days ago. In another ten
1t may be the Idaho Hustler. We've
got press and type and everything nee
essary to get out lively sheet. Jim,
better get the pack of. I've got to
write Statutory and leading editorial
tonight. Westward the Star Of the
Empire, and SO forth. The ONCE OF
the Hustler is now open for business.
subscriptions, four dollars per year; al
ways payable in advance Two dollars
Tor six months. Job work done on rea-
sonable terms. All advertising consid-
cred cash, unless otherwise agreed, and
no specimen copies forwarded unless
paid for"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-09
SILK ON THE FARM.
Agricultural Authorities Convinced
That 1t Can BE Raised
with Profit.

Although the United States agricul-
'tural department has made several well
advertised attempts to start silk growing
on an extended scale in this country,
none of the experiments has proven sue
cessful. Now the government experts
have started on a new tack that may
meet with better results. DR.. L. O. How
ard, the entomologist of the agricnl-
tural department, always has believed 1t
possible to produce here all the raw silk
needed by American manufacturers. In
order to stimulate the industry he has
advertised that the department would
purchase at the current European price
all the cocoons offered for sale, states the
New York Herald. .st
DIR. Howard is convinced that silk rails
ing, to be profitable in this country,
must be pursued by many families and
on small scale-as sort of side line.
as it were. to other agricultural UNDER
takings. He estimates that from 70 to
30 pounds of cocoons could be raised on
a small farm, and the work could be done
entirely by the women and children. AS
the profit on even this small output
would range from $50 to $35 the addition
to the household income is not to be de-
spised by the small farmer. b;
While on trip to Europe last sums
mer Dr. Howard visited the silk-raising
countries and found the industry high
ly profitable, even on the large estates.
The work was performed largely by the
women and children, while the men
toiled at harder tasks. A child is said
to become useful at the age Of five years,
and large families therefore do not nee
essarily mean poverty. Upon his return
DR.. Howard recommended the purchase
of four-basin silk reel with which tc
reel the silk from the cocoons pur-
chased by the department. The raw silk
sold in the open market, he contended,
would help defray the expenses. Two
reels of this size were imported from
France. One was set up in building
in the department grounds In Washing
ton, where 1t is in full operation, while
the other was sent to Tulullah Falls, Ca,
where q northern capitalist has estab-
lished silk farm of {. 1000 acres, with the
purpose of establishing colony for the
raising of silk. m
Two women were brought from France
to operate the machine in the depart
ment building, and their work is one OF
the most interesting sights in the cap
ital at present. It was only after the ut
most persuasion that they were induced
to leave their native land. It is hoped,
however, that American girls may be
able to learn much from them. The good
offices of the immigration bureau will
be enlisted to induce colony Of Italian
silk growers and reelers to come to this
country and settle in California.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-09
Big Timber Cuts.

The cut of lumber in the Sault Ste Ma
RE district for the season Of 1902 was
about 16O, O0O, 900 feet, and the cut for the
season of 1903 is expected to total over
200 100000 feet. At least IS per cent.
Of this is cut in mills owned and oper-
ated by Americans. Two large saw
mills have been built during the year
and new veneering mill has been oper-
ating very proftably during the sea
son.