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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-03-26
EARLY AFRICAN HUNTER.
What is wrong with the picture.
IN A SOUDAN DUNGEON.
Horrible. Barbarities discovered by
the British in . Large
City Prison.

| The British took possession about
year ago of the large city of Kane
in the western Soudan, whose Emil
had refused to abide by the treaty
which had placed it's territory in the
British dominion. Sir F. D. Lugard
who seized the city, has written a de-
scription of the dungeon in which the
Emir kept his prisoners, states the
New York Sun.
When he visited the dungeon he
squeezed his way into it through a
doorway only two feet six inches high
and one foot six inches wide. The in
terror was divided by thick mud
wall with similar hole through it
into two compartments, each II by Z
on the floor and II feet high.
This wall was pierced with holes at
it's base, through which the legs of
those sentenced to death were thrust,
and they were left to be trodden on
by the crowd Of other prisoners till
they died of thirst and starvation
The place was perfectly alright
and without ventilation except for the
hole in the wall which served as a
doorway. The total space inside was
2,61S cubic feet, and when Lugard's
troops took Kano 1876 persons were
confined in this dungeon every night.
During the day they were turned out
into a small adjoining area. Some
times as many as 200 persons were
packed into the dungeon at one time
AS the ground area was only 1888
square feet, there was not even stand
ing room except by literally packing
the prisoners like sardines in a box
Several of them were crushed to death
every night and their bodies were
hauled out in the morning.
The dungeon was emptied of it's vic
Tins just before the British entered
the city. When Col. Morland visited
it, two or three days later, the odor
was so intolerable, though 1t was
empty, that he did not enter
Three weeks later when Lugard went
inside the efluvia were unbearable for
more than q few seconds. In this
murderous pen two black soldiers of
the British force, who were taken pris-
oners, had been confined.
One of the open spaces in the town
was the place where decapitations
were regularly performed, and another
place near the great market was the
site where the limbs of hapless pris-
oners were amputated almost daily
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-03-26
AMERICAN CoTroN-sEED OIL.
Austria and Is Meeting with .
Growing Demand.

The imports of cotton-seed oil from
the United States decreased from 161
metric tons in 1901 to 1904 metric tons
in 1902, in consequence of the great
increase in the price of this article.
Cotton-seed oil is used extensively here
as a table oil, but the prices at which
it has been held during the past two
years have placed it beyond the reach
of the poorer classes and cheaper oils
took its place to some extent.
The import duty on cotton-seed oil
is $1.96 per 22O pounds. 1t is pro-
posed by the government to increase
| this duty to $S.12 per 22O pounds,
which would be absolutely prohibitive.
The advocates of the proposed in
crease have always asserted that it is
necessary for the building up of the
home oil industry. 1t would, however,
be difficult to substantiate such a
claim. Olive oil never has been and
probably never can be produced in
stria-Hungary in sufficient quaint
ties to supply the home demand for
table oil, and its cheaper substitutes,
such as rape-seed oil and sunflower-
seed OIL are rejected even by many OF
the less fastidious as unfit for human
consumption.
Attempts have been made to import
the raw material and produce cotton
seed oil in Austria, but all such at
tempts have failed because the cotton
seed suffers by the long sea voyage and
the quality of oil produced therefrom
is greatly inferior to the American
product. Experiments made with
Egyptian cotton seed, which does not
seem to undergo chemical changes
during the comparatively short jour
ney from Egypt to Austria, have
shown that it is not fit for the manu-
facture of edible oil.
Furthermore, 1t is not at all prob
able, If the cotton-seed-oil industry
were undertaken here, that profitable
market could be found in Austria
Hungary for the oil cake, which is 50
important a by-product Of the cotton
seed-oil industry, inasmuch as its yield
constitutes from IS to 80 per cent. OF
the weight of the raw material. Seri-
GUS doubts must therefore be expressed
whether the proposed imposition OF a
prohibitive import duty on cOtton-seed
Oil would in the long run accomplish
Its purpose.
EREDK " HOSSFEID.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-03-26
YOU'RE WANTED DOWN AT COURT"

YOU'RE WANTED DOWN AT COURT"
to his beat, just to have bit Of .
chat about the alibi. An elderly gen.
tleman was arranging some watches
in case Where is Mr.. Humbert?"
asked the officer. Il am Mr.. Hum
BERT" responded the old man. IL
mean the other one," went on the Of
f1cer. There is no other one" re-
turned the other. "A big stout mar" "
suggested the policeman. Il am the
only Humbert," answered the old
man; you must have things mixed"
That same afternoon q big, stout.
burly man and tall, though heavy
individual. fastened from the town.
The latter resembled Mr.. Higgins,
the former the witness Humbert.
"I'll take my half right now sug-
gested Mr.. Higgins. Mr.. Humbert
handed over a small wad Of bills.
TT was absurd for them to charge
me with that crime-assault and rob
berry of that man Boggs-absurdly
ridiculous"
Humbert. as he had called himself.
scratched his head 1T was absurd"
he went on. though l say SO that
myself. But it was done clever, too,"'
he went on, though say SO that
Oughtn't"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-03-26
ONCE UPON a TIME.

Heard I once my old nurse telling
Stories by the fire at night.
All about big, bearded giants
Till shivered in alright;
Then her voice came from a distance
From a drowsy, far-on cline,
Echoing the sweet old cadence:
"Once upon Time
Read once golden story
OF King Arthur's wonder court,
Lancelot and Guinevere.
All the Knights of brave report.
But amidst the loving hating,
StiM heard the insistent chime
Like a cuckoo clock repeating:
"Once upon Time"
WILL our lives when we have lived them
Seem like stories we have read?
Stories which our nurses told US
AS we lay all snug in bed?
viii they seem as.vague as dreams are,
ALI the days We thought sublime?
Shall we hear the faint, low whisper:
"Once upon a Timer
When the earth and day and sunlight
Grayly fade away;
When the years that We have lived here
Seem like one brief day:
Shall We hear again at twilight
Echo of our nurses rhyme:
Here you lived and loved and labored.'
'Once upon Timer
Clifford Chase, in Leslie 8 Monthly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-03-26
Rouen Chamber of Commerce.


On October 3, 1903, the Rouen Cham
Der of Commerce celebrated the 20Oth
anniversary of its foundation. The
Chamber of Commerce of Normandy,
succeeded by the Chamber of Com
MERGE of Rouen, was erected accord
ing to the royal decree Of August 30,
17O1, which authorized the establish
ment at Lyons, Rouen, Bordeaux, Tou-
louise, Montpelier, La Rochelle, Nantes.
st. Malo, Lille and Bayonne of par
ticular commercial chambers to
which merchants and traders of other
villages and provinces could address
propositions for facilitating and aug
menting commerce" Paris, Mar
settles and Dunkirk had already pos
sessed commercial bodies since 100.
All the chambers of commerce of Nor
mandy and most of those of France
participated in the celebration at
Rouen this year. An important work
of two volumes will be published soon,
entitled, "Histoire de la Chambre de
Commerce de Normandie ct de
Rouen."
,1-1p~urrr uAvN.rc
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-03-26
AUTOMOBILES AND HAY.
Probable Effect of Increasins Manu-.
facture Of the Motor Cars ON
the Various Crops.

Reports of the bureau O. statistics OF
the agricultural department at Wash
ington show that the dozen principal
crops of the country, including cotton,
| reach the enormous value of $780,
| 100000. OF this enormous value, four
crops furnish fully four-fifths. These
are corn, to the value of $685., 000, 900;
hay, $556,000,000; cotton, $500, 900, 900,
| and wheat $442.O00.00O To these may
be added oats, $26S,0OO,00O. OF these
crops, all of the hay and such of the
corn and oats as is not used for hui
man consumption, go to feed the
horses, mules and cattle of the coun-
try, of which the estimated value is
s., OOO, OOO, 900
Compared with these figures, says
the Electrical Review. the automobile
industry is Insignificant, but it is grow
ing at healthy rate, and it may be
only question of time when the auto
mobile will have some effect on these
figures. What it's effect will be, and
how soon it may be felt, it would be
rash to predict; but the fact neverthe-
less remains that many are looking
forward to complete exclusion of
the horse from cities, and the relief
of our faithful friend, to large ex-
tent, from heavy drudgery. This would
mean, necessarily, diminution in the
demand for hay and cereals that are
used to feed them. Now corn is the
most important agricultural product.
of the country; hay comes second and
oats fifth, and any material decrease
In the use of these cannot fail to be
felt by the farmer. This he would
have to make good by raising other
crops, and it does not appear that the
automobile will create new demands
which will in any way compensate for
the loss, unless the farm lies in an
oil district or in such climate that
rubber cultivation can be started to
supply the material for tires. Neither
Of these alternatives is likely to be
of material assistance to by far the
greater number of those who till the
soil for livelihood, and it is probable
that the feeling Of animosity toward
the new mode of locomotion which |
now exists in rural districts is likely |
to persist for some time to come.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-03-26
Earl. Unique Role.

The earl of Leicester holds, in more
than one respect, a unique position in
the British peerage. He has been the
father of Is children, of whom IA sur
vive, and he numbers among his sons-in-
law four earls, viscount and baron.
There is difference of age of close On
half century between his eldest daugh-
ter and his youngest son, and he is at
once a great-grandfather several times
over, and also the proud father Of a boy
of fen
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-03-26
Heaviest In Winter.

Some curious experiments have been
made at one of the royal philanthropic
institutions in Copenhagen. For some
years back the 70 boys and girls in the
place have been carefully weighed ev-
cry day in groups of Is and under.
Thereby it Is proved that the children
gain weight mostly in autumn and in
the early part Of December. From that
time till the end of April there is
scarcely any increase in weight. More
remarkable still, there is diminution
till the end Of summer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-03-26
Up Against 1t.

Tom-I'm engaged to Miss Dashing
and if don't marry her I'm afraid she'll
sue me for breach of promise.
Jack-Well, why dom you marry her:
ooh, II ! do that It will be only a mat
ter of time until she sues me for failure
to provide. &C Chicago Daily News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-03-26
FREDK. w. HOssFELD.
GRENOBLE EXPORTS.
Some of the Principal Products That
Are Shipped to the United
States.

are the departments of Savoy and Up
per Savoy, embracing in the latter as
it's chief city Annecy, and in the for
mer Chambery and the famous water
ing place of Aixles-Balns, the largest
and most important department in size
and population is the department of
1sere, having for its chief city Grenoble,
often called 1.-The capital of the
Dauphiny." Here is not only the CEN
ter of the governmental, military and
university life, but of the commercial
and industrial interests or the region.
There exists, in consequence, a cham
Der Of commerce, which issues reports
from time to time, and which in the
past year has installed itself in hand
some building of its own, containing
an assembly hall, a special library,
and various public and private rooms.
From the two departments of Savoy
and Upper Savoy are exported to the
United States increasing quantities OF
chlorate of soda and potash, ferrosfli-
con, chrome and molybdenite, marble
and stone, alimentary pastes, furni-
ture, and now and then chime Of
bells (from Annecy).
Beyond the traditional agricultural
and dairy products, sheep raising etc,
of these mountainous regions, new in
dustries are springing up under the
auspices of the rapidly developing
hydro-electric power, and coming years
will doubtless witness much transfor-
nation in the heretofore tranquil and
sparsely populated valleys and hill
sides of the Savoy Alps.
PHI. MASON.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-03-26
Poor Judgmen

She-l think Mr.. Wigs has very
poor judgment.
Her Husband-Why, he's got twice
as good judgment as l have.
She-But look at the woman he mar
ried.
Her Husband-Yes, that's the line Of
Judgment / was thinking of, too.--Cin-
cinnati Commercial Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-03-26
Here's a rwIster.

The German Salzbacher who has
charge of a nearby wine cellar is noted
for his unique usage of the English Ian
guage, especially when he becomes ex-
cited. The other day one of the little
boys who fills bottles for him asked
Salzbacher for somc corks, receiving in
stead this answer:
when l toll you vot you want, you
ask me no; now don't got some, you
want any, yes?'-Philadelphia Tele-
graph
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-03-26
Another Leracv Gone.

Aunt Clara Ito her young nephew,
who has just brought bucket into the
parlor where she is sitting)-Good
gracious, Tommy, what are you doing
with that bucket? Take it down to the
kitchen at once.
TOMMY want You to kick 1t, Aunt
Clara; cause heard papa saying when
you kick the bucket we'd get $25,0O0.-
Stray Stories.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-03-26
Air.hip Competition.

United States Consul j. c. McNally
writes from Liege, Belgium, under
date of November 81. 1903, to say that
the authorities of the universal EXPOSE
ton, to be held in Liege in 1905, have
decided to offer a prize of $4,000 for
an airship competition to be held in
connection Herewith. The details of
the contest are now under considera-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-03-26
Royal Doll Dresses.

The queen of Roumania spends much
OF the time she can spare from her pen in
dressing dolls, an art in which she has
always excelled from childhood. These
dolls, many of which represent charac-
tiers in her own books, are exquisitely
dressed; but her chef-d' oeuvre consists OF
= representation of Roumanian we'd
ding, in which every figure. from the
peasant bride to the bishop blazing with
jewels on gorgeous vestments, is mar
vellous reproduction OF the living model.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-03-26
Largest Cola.

me largest gold coin In existence, 1t
may be mentioned, is the Annamese
"loof." It is worth about $315, and it's
value is written across the face OF it in
Indian ink. Notwithstanding this pre-
caution. however, they are not looked
kindly upon by Europeans, for the ma
coins in two and scooping OUT the in
terror gold.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-03-26
Deht. of GERMAN Citie..

German cities rival those of the
United States in the matter of municipal
debts. Berlin owes $74 ,O00, 600; Munich,
$35, 100000; Frankfort, $25, 600 900;
Leipsic, $19,ooo,ooO; Cologne, $4,000
900.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-03-26
London,s Cheek.

The checks which pass through the
London clearing house in six week are
more than equal in amount to all the
coin in the world,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-03-26
New Method.

Capt, Fritz-Egger, Swiss cavalry
officer, has invented method of horse
shoeing by fastening the shoe to the
hoof with metallic bands.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-03-26
Huge Animals.

No extinct land animal of former ages
had a bigger body than has the biggest
African elephant Of to-day, and not one,
so far as is known, exceeded or even
equaled, in total bulk the existing great
whales, which sometimes are all Of 100
feet long AS elephants, horses and
similar animals are traced backward
through the various strata they are
found to get smaller and smaller. Some
extinct elephants were no bigger than
Shetland ponies. while the horses of pre-
historic times were about the size Of
large dogs. In almost every group Of
hairy warm-blooded animals existing
specimens are bigger than those Of by
gone times. and the notion that there
is any tendency in animal life to dwin-
die in size is entirely without founda-
ton. There are, of course, exceptions.
for the extinct sloths, kangaroos. lizards
and some others exceeded in bulk ex-
listing creatures Of the same order.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-03-26
Hickorx Timber.

Wagon makers like to have hickory
timber cut in winter and peeled While
it is seasoning keep 1t well of the
ground.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-03-26
SNOWY cANDLEMAs.
Popular SuperstitiOns Concerning the
Day In This and Other
Countries.

| Forty days after Christmas comes
Candlemas, when, according to popu-
lar superstition, the wolf, the badger
and the bear ask no odds Of the wealth
er bureau, but come out of their holes
to do little prognosticating on their
own account, says the New York Her
| aid
| In Germany there are two proverbial
expressions to. convey the common
idea, "The shepherd would rather
see the wolf enter his stable an Candle
mas Day than the SUM- and The
badger peeps out of his hole on Candle
mas Day, and when he finds snow he
walks abroad; but If he sees the sun
shining he draws back into his hole"
In this country the small boy, an apt
student of local folk lore and tradition,
adjusts his latest shoe string watch
fob and remarks, oracularly: We'll, ct
the woodchuck kin see his shadder to-,
day when he comes out'n his hole an
looks aroun' that means long winter
yet. Pa says So"
Nor is this belief that good weather
on Candlemas Day is the index of a
continuance of winter and of bad crops
to follow, or that stormy day is
the harbinger Of early spring, q matter
of locality.
The same idea Is expressed in
Latin distich given by Sir Thomas
Brown in his Vulgar Errors
81 Sol splendescat Maria purifcante,
Major crit glacies past fistune guam fuit
ante,
while the Scotch embody their conclu-
sions in the following rhyme:
II Candlemas Day be dry and fair,
The half O. winters to come and MAR.
II Candlemas Day be wet and foul.
The half O. winters gone at Yule.
Quite similar is the middle vests
rhymed version of the popular belief:
AS far as the sun shines out on Candlemas
day.
SO will the snow blow in before May:
As far as the snow blows on Candlemas
Day,
So will the sun shine out before May.
The name Candlemas is supposed to
be derived from the blessing Of the
candles by the Romish clergy and their
distribution among the congregation,
who afterward carry them in process
sion.
In England during Catholic times
special meaning was attached to the
size OF the candles and the manner in
which they burned during the process
sion. If any fragment was left over 1t
was believed to be possessed Of strong
supernatural virtues.
Scotland is especially rich In curious
customs relative to Cand1emas, which
is also one Of the four term days APP
pointed for periodical annual payments
Of money, interest and taxes.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-03-26
BE Careful,

When the young man in the parlor
loses sight Of the girls mother he
shouldn't forget the keyhole. Chicago
Daily News
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-03-26
Earl n Reporter

Lord Brooke, the earl of Warwick's
eldest son, is in Belgrade acting as spe-
cial correspondent for London news
paper.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-03-26
Her ReurOOf.

Two mischievous boys in school were
laughing uproariously over some slight
mistake one OF the pupils had made in
translation. The teacher looked at
them resignedly. for few minutes, and
then remarked quietly:
IF anything really funny should ever
happen in this class, fear that Mr..
Smith and Mr.. Jones would require the
services OF physician IN. Y. Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-03-26
Flies In Siam,

In some parts of Slam flies become
SO pestilential during the hot weather
that every soldier is compelled to kill
a certain number of them daily.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-03-26

1t is often remarked that the children
of great genius seldom exhibit corre-
spending powers. Nevertheless, Prof.
Karl Pearson, as the result Of investiga-
lions made In England, AYERS that, as
general rule, ability, probity, geniality
and other psychical characters are in
herited from parents as truly as phys
ical characters are.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-03-26
Integrity.

A mind that is conscious of its integ-
rity. scorns to say more than il means
to perform.-Burns
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-03-26
Ruilt In the Air

Albinen. a village in Switzerland, 10
built on a precipice, and is only access
sible by means Of succession OF wood
en- ladders.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-10
STEELTON LOCALS.
J. + + + + + + + + !. + i + j. + .

Double your money III a year
by buying a lot at Steelton, Sep
TENDER Is.
Do not be deceived; the Surest
way to make money is to make
it in real estate. After you We
invested you can't be robbed or
deprived Of it in any other way.
1t Just natures and is improved
with every development.
Steelton. SteeltOn. Above ev-
cry previous food in the Ohio.
The coming residence district OF
New Martinsville.
Would you not prefer 1870 to
40 per annrm for your money
Well. you'll never get the latter
by allowing your savings to rust
in bank. Put it into Morgan
Howard lot at Steelton. and
grow. up with the community.
Cheap gas, free industrial sites
and increasing railroad facilities
will make Steelton hum. Get a