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Governor Pratt s Grave.

But few people in tee State of Mary
land. not to mention the city of Annap-
oils know of the existence Of the grave OF
Governor Pratt in the city cemetery.
The grave is there, but shame and DIS
grace to the State OF Maryland the grave
of its Governor is unmarked.
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Committed to Jail.

Nelson. Sims colored, whose home is
on South street, was arrested last night
by Officer Oberry for disturbing the
peace. He was taken before Justice
Davis who committed him TO Jail. Sims
is said to be demented and it IS thought
will have to be committed to an institu-
ton for the insane. Nelson Sims, it will
be remembered. is the young colored
man 10 whom his father in card in this
paper warns others not to sell liquor.
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A Coming Wedding

The wedding of Miss Elizabeth Som
mers, daughter of Chief Gunner Robert
DINNERS, U. ). NJ, and Gunner D.
Hill, of the submarine torpedo boat Hol-
land, will take place on next thursday
morning at 7 o'clock at St. Mary's X.
=. Church. 1he ceremony will be wit
messed only by the immediate families
and few personal friends. There are
no cards issued.
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Flags at Half Mast.

Flags were at half mast at the Naval
Academy today in respect to the mem
ory of the lale Rear-Admiral Edwin NJ.
Shepard, u. s. N and salute Of 10
guns was fred at noon from the shore
battery. An order to this effect was re-
ceived at the Naval Academy yesterday
from the Navy Department, Washing
TON
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Stamps In Demand.

All day yesterday postage stamps
were in great demand. The postoffice
being closed, on account of Defenders
Day being a legal holiday no stamps
could be purchased at the postoffice and
letter writers had not provided for the
emergency. All business houses were
beseiged all day for stamps and postal
cards.
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"Tots" Cooper OFF Again.

Warden Thomas at the Jail had trouble
last night and again today with "Tots.
Cooper the colored man accused of the
murder of George Harris. Cooper raved
and screamed and made things lively
about the Jail. 1t is a question whether
he is really insane. or "playing possum.
Some OF the officers of the law are in
clined to the belief that the man is in
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TWO Miles Of Pictures.

Captain Charles H. Stanley,wh gives
an entertainment of life motion pictures
on Thursday and Friday evenings at
MARYLAND Avenue Church, says he has
the handsomest display in existence. he
has two mics of moving pictures OF great
variety and beauty. No one should mss
the sight.
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Life Motion Pictures.

Capt. Charles H. Stanley viii give an
entertainment of Life Motion Pictures in
the lecture room Of Maryland Avenue
Al, r. Church, Thursday and Friday,
September 18th and 10Th, at s p. m.
Admission, 10 cents. $40
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Marines Paid Off.

The Marines at the Naval Academy
Barracks were paid off to-day. The
money was shipped here from Washing
ton by Adams Express.
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IA. SHORT LINE RAILROAD.

Excursion Tickets Scots. September
I4,h and 18th good. tor day of sale.
Special Trains leave Camden Station at
II. 90 p. m. each date.
SHELLMAN B Brown,
G. T. & +. A.
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~ Another of those delight
full dances at Boucher's Satur-
day night.
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Beautiful Toilet sets of 10 and II
pieces at factory prices, at Murphy's
Prince George and Randall streets, az
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WANTS, LOST, FOR SALE

Wants, For Sale, For Rent, Lost, Found, &C,
not exceeding lines, inserted ONE WEEK, OF
less for 26 Cents. and additional lines in pro
porti onto be accompanied by the CASH.
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FOR RENT.

INOR ReNT-FURNfSHEO ROOM WITH
II Electric light. Address Capital Office. sSlw
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TOR RENT-FURNISHRD ROOMS FOR
I Rent by week or month. Apply at Capital
Office 7-2w
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XXTANTED-A WOMAN TO COOK. WASH
w and iron. Three in family Apply at 80
College Avenue. S z 1w
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WTANTRD-SALESME LIBERAL PAY
w weekly; permanent; established trade.
BROWN Bros. CO., Rochester, N. \. sS3t
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LOST

\ oST-oN SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE
IL private dance AT BoHcher's gold Coilege
PIN. A crescent with Latin motto aud star With
initials ''E. A. a." Reward If returned TO this
oface. So
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XAIANTRD-A YOUNG LADY AS CLERK In
Wv store. Apply at once 70 CARDkS BROS.
West Stress. s6Iw
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WANTED.

UTANTED-S STRONG BOY ABOUT il
Wv years OF age TO work in Bakery. Apply al
WOHLGEMUTH'S Bakery Main Street. s101w
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AN Ounce Of Satisfaction
Is Worth a Pound Of Tall"

Therefore it is unnecessary to en-
large upon the merits of our fine
line of Mems Furnishings, Hats and
Caps. There is satisfaction wrap
ped in every stylish Negligee Shirt,
late Summer and early Fall Ties,
White and Fancy Vests, light and
medium-weight Underwear, or
lancy and plain Suspenders, the
fatest styles in early Fall Hats and
Caps. and the latest novelties of
Negligee Shirts is what you will
fnd in our up-to-date selections
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| NVANTED-A GlRI. FROM ~ TO Ii .To
w make herself generally usefnl in store
Apply to ia Main Street. lw
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DoARD wANrED-BoARD AND ROOMS
- wanted for mother and children-aged ~,
{, Z and 10 yeass from october LIST. to June Ist.
1903. state terms ana location. Address &. Il.
SC1WRAk, I'D. Chronicle, Pottsville, Pa. a q
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-08-27

gan Ills I0A1IOdl
! career as clerk m the land office o1
| the B. & N. railroad Of the Burlington
system at Burlington in 1872. Ar
ability and desire to hustle soon pro-
NOTED him above his fellows, and he
was transferred from the land office to
the freight department where he soor
became assistant general freigh,
agent. From that again to the pas
senger department as general passen-
ger agent Of the Burlington system,
and ending his career with the Bur
lington as general freight agent.
In IL years from his beginning as IN
unknown clerk in a railroad office he
rose to one of the most important OFF,
cial positions on the road, and to
places of prominence in other large
corporations as we'll. It was Morton
strenuosity that accomplished these re-
suits. and. it was his strenuosity that
attracted President Roosevelt to him
when he was in need of cabinet off,
Ger.
Victor H. Metcalf is another type Of
the strenuous iwesterner. Though OF
eastern birth he has been resident
OF California SO long that he has be-
come thoroughly assimilated, and car
ries with him all the breezy hustls
that is characteristic of that section.
The dynamic character of the presi-
dent has changed the political center
Of the country. It has brought into
prominence the hustling men of the
west to replace the staid political char
acters of the east.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-08-27
MUCH VACANT LAND YET.
ovsrcrcwding Of Population In tbs
United States Danger That
r Still Remots.

The material development Of tha
country is quietly progressing at re
markable rate in one direction which
is not given much popular attention,
says the Kansas City Journal. More
than 22,S24,299 acres Of public lands
were turned over to private individuals
last year. This means that an area III
most equal to that of the state of In
diana has within that time been added
to the productive regions of the United
States. Most Of these newly opened
lands were homesteaded by farmers,
as will be seen from the following fig
ures: There were 1856 patents OF all
classes issued within the year. OF this
number, 1864 are classed as agricul-
'tural, 1904 as Indian allotments, 1,1O4
as mineral patents. 200 as coal patents,
ZIG as private land claims, 1877 as rail-
road patents and 40 as swamp land
patents. The total sum which the gov
eminent got by way of fees and COM
missions for issuing these patents was
$11,024,744. Under a recent law the
most Of the receipts from the sale of
public lands will henceforth be set
aside for retaining arid lands by irri-
cation.
In the public. domain there are still
unappropriated 3SO,979, 307 acres Of
surveyed lands, and 591, 976, 1859 acres Of
unsurveyed lands, or total OF more
than 970,955, 900 acres. A great many
tracts in this immense area, of course,
will always remain uncultivated and
unsettled, but 1t has teen estimated
that when the contemplated system of
irrigation shall be put into working
order so much good land will be
opened that a population as large as
the whole nations present population
could find room there to thrive pros
perously and contentedly.
RAPID strides are now being made In
the developing of the public domain.
The excitement and uproar of former
pioneer days are absent in this work,
but the process is marked and very
effective. The passenger traffic on
western railroads is evidence of this
fact. Agreeable reflections arise in
contemplating that the United States
still owns so much arabic public land
The dangers of an overcrowded popu-
lation by immigration or natural in
crease are still remote. The census for
many years yet to come will not show
an excess Of people above what the
west will need in settling up its va
cant lands.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-08-27
MISSIONARIES AND sAvAGEs
Religious Workers in Uncivilized
Lands Have Much to Con-
g tend With. go icy

The missionary in savage lands ha,
indeed a terrible battle to fight, hi:
enemies ranging. from slave raiders
and forest fires to herds Of elephants
and the fierce, untrammeled passions
which often manifest themselves il
such extraordinary symptoms as the
running amok" in Malaysia, says the
Louisville Courier Journal.
A very familiar spectacle for the AT.
rican missionary is the crowd of squat.
ting natives who Rave been called in
by the local chieftain to carry him and
his colleagues, with their necessary i'm
pedimenta, perhaps for several marchs Is
until tribal frontier is reached, and
the white men may be passed along
into other friendly hands.
Then, again, the missionary may be
amused at the strange methods of get
ting to church, as, for example, in va
rious parts of Burmah and Siam, where
q girl may arrive at the church door
mounted on an mountaineering buffa-
10, which, well trained. beast that it is,
will put down its head and let its mis-
E
tress use it's horns as a stepping stone.
Another man may use the buffalo, or,
rather, the crude rice pillow, drawnshy
the buffalo, as an excuse fur rot COM
ing to church atSall, protesting that,
time being SO short and opportunities
so few, he must work while he may.
and so put N seven days week!
Coming nearer home, the missionary
in the wilds of Oklahoma territory may
perhaps call upon an old woman and
ask why she has not been over to
church for several Sundays, and may
dnd her doing mason work. mounted
high upon a rough-looking ladder, the
only house builder in the district!
Truly the savage congregations"
offer excuse for nonattendance al
church which would surprise the pas
tor Of civilization. 1t may be an earth.
quake, which has been followed by .
fire, or it may be, as in China, vast
flood that has devastated an entire
country, leaving only few survivors
who exc out a few days of wretched
starvation underneath a shelter sup
ported by solitary bamboo pole.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-08-27

his hands back Of his slericai coat and
began shooting. and when the calm Of
evening came upon Tia town therl
were five desperadoes out Of existence
He deliberately hunted them up, told
them what the law of Deadwood wa
to be, asked for their objections, and
when these objections came enforced
by six-shooter he began shooting.
The next day. having information Of
the proposed hold-up of the Deadwood
stage at Lone Tree by bandits. he Wis
tied the spot and put two or three am
bilious freebooters out Of existence.
After that he, was recognized - the
sheriff of Deadwood. In a years time
he made the gulch a respector Of the
law. He killed only when it was nec-
essary to uphold the law, and in all
that time they tell me his voice. never
rose above the tone level of . wom-
ans.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-08-27

The car that stands in the round
house at Plainviile, Mass, is the Oldest
railroad coach In the United States
and as such makes pathetic appeal to
all people who remember the earliest
days of railroading It recalls tht
days when it was admired by all the
countryside as it rolled over the rails
between Boston and Providence at a
pace which to-day would be regarded
as almost funereal. To-day it stands
neglected and forlorn, covered with the
dust Of many years and enmeshed by
countless cobwebs-a rusty, useless old
thing in a remote corner of the round
house.
To the younger generation It seems
almost incredible that this primitive
vehicle could possibly have been the
predecessor Of the magnificent Pullman
q today. IT. outlines suggest q stage
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-08-27

neck and her streaming curls were
crowned with diaden no less gorgeous
than that 81 her lord. The lady was
about six feet tall and correspondingly
broad and had, somewhat thoughtlessly
I thought, donned huge pair Of men
boots for this occasion. She also ap-
reared to be somewhat awkward IN man
aoing her train, but on the whole Moth
= Neptune is 4 specimen Of the popular
strenuous woman.
Here also came the timekesper
dressed in black with large clock hang
Ing from his neck
Fast and furious the fun began, 2
vhimpering cabin boy was elected from
the stairway. The barber caught him.
threw him on the bench and began his
horried work. First his head and face
weres lathered well with the four and
vater fixture ii the pan, then over his
Mead Wis poured the red bottled stun
tomota eatsup, It appeared to be. The
paor wretch gasplng and struggling vas
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-08-27
OLDEST CAR IN AMERICA

coach rather than q railroad car, and
the jolting OF the crude structure wal
but little broken by the delicate look
ing springs beneath 1t.
The roof Of this venerable convey
ance was used to accommodate pas
sengers on days when travel was
heavy" or the weather fine. Time has
made many ravages on this old coach,
and to keep it from further injury II
has been necessary to nail boards
across the sides and over the Yhesls
that mar the quaint effect.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-08-27
Of the ne

| AOuAO AuA SWAY
It is the same characteristic that
caused him to make of western men
his closest friends, and for the west
erners to take to him. 8
No incident of the Chicago conven-
ton was more greatly enjoyed by the
president than one in which one OF
these western friends played promi-
nent part. The friend in question was
Seth Bullock. He was delegate to
the convention from the northwest,
and his tall, sparse frame doomed up
on the horizon and emitted shouts for
TEDDY" at every opportunity. But
even his western ardor did not seem
to dispel the frost in the atmosphere,
and Bullock determined to demand
eastern assistance. His style called for
cheers, bands of music and action, and
he could not understand why New York
the state which claimed Teddy" assits
own, did not awake to the necessity Of
the occasion. The first day passed
without demonstration such as suit
ed Bullock, and at it's close he was
Disguised, but determined that an
other should not pass in the same way.
Taking with him that unmistakable
air of the west, he walked over to the
headquarters of the New York delega-
ton and announced:
I'm Seth Bullock from Deadwood
I'm for Teddy. I'm from the west. You
fellows from New York are frosty
you're good only for icing tea. We've
got mosquitoes in the Black Hills that
have more blood in them than you
fellows. Now you whoop her up to-
morrow or I'll make trouble. Get &C.
ton" ss8
New York woke up the next day.
1t takes electoral votes to elect, and
the eastern states have the votes, but
Roosevelt would rather have the
friendship of men like Bullock than OF
the magnates of Wall street.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-08-27


. naturalized citizen of this country
since 1854, died recently. He was the
senior draughtsman of the coast and
geodic survey, and had been connectel
with that department for so years.
He spent much of his leisure time in
studying the vast physical problems
relating to the earth, devoting himself
especially to physical geography.
oceanography and deep sea i tempera-
lures, densities and currents. Numer-
GUS articles upon these subjects were
written by him and have been pub
lished as appendices to the coast and
geodetic survey reports, in Potter
mann's Mitteilungen and in,the Amer
lean Journal of Science. He was al
ways much interested In geographical
exploration and spent a good deal OF
time ii compiling maps from original
sources, unoffcia,ly.
His ability was rewarded in the
coast survey by promotion through all
the. grades Of his profession until he
became recognized authority on
chart publication. Being endowed
with a remarkable memory for facts
and dates, his intimate acquaintance
with the chart work Of the survey dur
ing the so years of his service was Of
very great value in all matters con-
corning the compilation Of charts from
the older records, and the numerous
drawings compiled and made byfhim
during the last half century are said to
bear witness to the skill and fidelity
which distinguished his career, Dur.
ing the civil war, from 1862, to "a. he
was detailed to serve with the union
army as topographer.
Mr.. Lindenkohl was member Of
the American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science; the Washington
Academy Of Sciences, the Philosophi-
cal Society Of Washington and the
National Geographic society. Yet with
all this he was virtually unknown ex-
cept to. chosen circle OF scientific
friends. ssts
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-08-27

now scraped good with the wooden razor,
then seized and thrown with q bouncs
and splash into the tank.
One after another were victims
brought in. Some were the subjects of
much advice and warning from Father
Neptune, and to some were given double
doses of lather and shampoo.
The ranks on the upper decks were
noticeably depleted. Some, who, in q
spirit of fun and bravado, had appeared
In pa5amas, well wrapped about in trail
Ing bath gowns, were suddenly seized
with the idea that the hot sun made
their heads ache. The cabins were filled
with industrious young men reading,
writing in their journals or studiously
making out various accounts.
Flour paste-tomato catsup and splash.
ing baths with the full power of the frs
hose turned upon one, are trifle rapid
for the taste of the gilded youth.
Below stairs, however, the fun lost
nothing OF its flavor, and when in grew
1ous accident the man in charge of tho
hose would turn flood across the upper
deck the laughter was all the louder and
but few looked askance.
But now the simple deck hand or the
unWary passenger is not enough-in
goes one Of the under. officers, uniform,
brass buttons and all. That was going it
little strong, however, and reprimand
was sent below. M
Suddenly there appeared, walking
sedately toward, young man well
known to all.
He was travelling around the world as
a finish to his education and, although
accompanied by tutor who filled the
double duty of friend and mentor, he
was always anxious to Investigate every.
thing for himself.
This inQuiring turn of mind lad al
ready led him into disaster in the smok.
ing room where he had insisted upon
learning to play bridge and poker.
AS soon as his mild, pleasant counten-
ance appeared at the turn of the pass
age, the same thought struck every one.
1t was pity, but it was too good q
chance to miss.
Mr. Eversham, for that was his name,
had been taking his afternoon nap, he
was as regular as baby about his hours,
and had just come out
Father Neptune walked gravely up to
the astonished youth and taking him
by the hand led him forward and onto
the platform. AS he turned to face the
deck he saw the laughter-stricken crowd
looking down upon him and woke u
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-08-27
Egg Experiments.

Agricultural experiment stations in
several states have been trying to dis
cover whether the flavor and color OF
eggs can be affected by the food given
to the hens. Among the foods used
were smoked behring's, oil of celery,
oil of sassafras and onions. Nothing
but the onions affected the taste OF the
eggs. White corn, however, produces
eggs with light yolks, whereas yellow
corn makes the yoiks dark. The ex-
perimenters have decided that the
color Of the yolk depends on the. coll
oring matter in the food, and ha.
nothing to do with the richness OF
toe eggs.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-08-27

| first sheriff Oh
Helena in the pioneer days and the
first sheriff Of Deadwood, when tho
| Black Hills contained as picturesque
. set of CUT Threats as ever existed.
Bunociz lis now the governments for.
est reserve representative of South Da-
kota, q man of means sand calm.
He has the voice Of 2 woman, the
ga7b Of minister, the silence of q
confidential clerk of Morgan or Rookie
feller. Yet in the best of his days.
when he represented the first law and
order introduced to the mining camps
Of the Hills (where by the way most
Of the fortune of Mr.. Hearst has come
FROM Bullock as a sheriff put, as am
told, some Is men out of existence. He
kept no notches on his gun nor do |
know that he has ever talked of his
past duties as a sheriff-but he got &C
ton.
have been told by old residents of
Deadwood who remember the days of
'76 and ~ that when the citizens
committee called for Bullock to come
to Deadwood that he arrived in the
garb of a circuit riding minister-no
pistols in sight, no display of leather
breaches or bespangled sombrero. Wild
Bill was at that time in his prime and
1t is said that Bullock asked him:
I'D like you to DO my chief depu-
IT,"
To which Wild Bill replied: 81 can't
do it, Seth, because l. have friends on
both sides. I'm neither for nor against
you" as 1...4, Yssgg ta,s.
That afternoon Sheriff Bullock
walked down the narrow way OF the
old gulch of Deadwood and had mis-
coat and his boots spat upon by indig-
nart stage robbers, gamblers and MUIR
derers. who resented his appearance.
Still he remained calm. But when he
started on his return trip through the
gulch where now is prosperous and
law-abiding city they say he slipped
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-08-27
Strenuous Cabinet Officers.
Roosevelt's preference for the mel
who do things is well illustrated b,

his choice OF new
cabinet officers.
Paul Morton, the
new secretary Of
the navy, has been
doing things" eff
fettively all the
Al years Of his
life. In his chosen
field he I made q
success that might
we'll be envied by
any man. With
out the assistance
OF prestige he be-
st 49, =