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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-11-26
PITY THE POOR HEATHEN.
Nr. spinks Was Anxious to Get In
His Contribution On
Time

Rev. Mr.. Osborne, according to the New.
ark IN: ~ News, tells this story On one 81
his Practitioners:
Company came to spend Sunday with the
Spinks family. Nevertheless, and in spite
Of pouring rain, Mr.. Spinks prepared for
church.
. Surely, you're not going" said Mrs.
Epnks. -.-..,-.
Surely, I am" replied Mr.. Spinks.
"The pastor is booked for his annual mis-
sionary sermon and wouldn't miss being
there for anything.
But it's storming dFeadfully."
"Let it storm"
"And your guests-what will they think
# you run away and leave them" -,
"Let them think what they please. I'm
going to church"
t'I've never sssn you 90 interested in mis-
sions BEFORE" said Mrs. Spinks.
Just between you and me, returned Mr..
spinks, II doa't care . hang for missions.
But the annual collection for the heather
viii be taken to-day, and if / put FIVE
dollar bill in the plate it'll be al right. But
if stay away, the pastor viii drop into
my Office some day this week and pull my
leg for ten"
Go, By IL means" sail his wife.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-11-26

clover to depend upon, and while their
values were generally well known.
their good Offices were not fully en-
ployed; for even in those days, as now,
farmers often knew better than they
AID. In ordinary farming there is an
appalling amount of the richness Of the
land deliberately wasted. There ID
much wasted, also, through Ignorance
and careless methods.
| But now the days of our primitive
knowledge concerning the land are
past, and while research and expert
ment have taught US much concerning
the secrets OF the soil we till, it Ia
highly probable that our present boast
ed knowledge has mastered but little
more OF the much to learn than the
little we knew in the early days of
manure and clover. We know more
OF the why's and wherefores, of course.
which Is a great satisfaction to the
student farmer, and enables him to
| conduct his operations with UNDER
standing and intelligence; but the ma
nure that brings the clover, that brings
the corn, works as well for the dullard
who does not know single reason
why as for the wise institute lecturer
who will talk one to sleep preaching
the doctrine of clOver'-and sometimes
better, for the talker often is nothing
more.
Tull said, 'Tillage Is manure" which
remains one of the fine figures Of
speech Of agricultural literature; and
to our manure and clover, by the use
OF better implements for culture, we
have added marvelously to production.
Then came the chemicals, with their
high prices. wonderful claims, and in
many cases cheating authorizations.
Often too much was claimed for them,
cut their usefulness is fixed, and they
have taken their places with manure.
clover and tillage. ...-.
From some sources a sensational
note OF alarm cones regarding the
acid some of the commercial fertilizers
carry to the soil, but If there is any
cause for alarm under any circum-
stances it is not feared by working
farmers that their soils will become
calculated where the legumes are
grown, the rotation is Of q sensible
character, animal manure used and
good tillage practiced. More extensive
than any alarm, because coming with
more authority, are the promises for
bacterial assistance. The bacteria Of
the soil, about which we read and hear
SO much, are more of an effect than
a cause, and are ore of the wherefores
that are explaining to us why we get
the good from the manure, the clovers,
the chemicals AMI tie tillage. We may
talk profoundly about them, their OPP
erations and functions if we wish; they
remain so far merely one Of the UNDER
standable features of simple fertility.
A simply sufficiently fertile soil
scarcely needs any incubation, and
one not SO will probably not remain
inoculated.-W. F. McSparran, in Farm
and Fireside.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-11-26
Wealth of Farmers.

-s You may call KIN ''rube," or .
"hayseel," or q t'y,o," but the farmer
is the biggest man in the country new
ertheless. He could buy all the ma
tional banks, pay the national debt,
purchase both the Steel combine and
the Standard oil t-ust and put Wall
street out OF business, out of the
products of his own toll, and still have
q billion dollars left for pocket money.
To sum up sentence, the farmer, by
whatever name he may be called. is
The most important class in the United
States. and he has a right to grow
chesty at the showing he makes
Franklin Favorite. ..ms 44
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-11-26

tacks Of kidney djsoss
ders which kept me In
the house for days u .
time, unable TODD any
thing. What I suffered
can hardly DO told.
Complications sst II,
the particulars Of
which / will be pleased
to give in . personal
interview to any one
who requires informar
ton. This / cans CON-
scientifically say, Doasb
Kidney Pills caused .
general improvement
IN INV health. They
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-11-26
Six poctors Failed.

South Bend, Ind, Oct. ~ (Spseial).-
After suffering from KidnAy Disease for
three years; after taking treatment from
pix different doctors without. getting re-
sou.d not - only relief but .pesdy D and
complete cure in Doaa's Kidasy Pills.
Spanking Of hds cure, Mr.. laudeman says:
"Yp, suffered from Kidney Trouble
for three ysass aad tried six doctors to No
good. Than ! teek Just two boxes Of Dcdds
Kidney Pills AID thay not emily cured my
pral. OF course / RECOMMENDED Do1ds
kidney pills te.othszp and know number
nov whs ase using them With good results"
Mr. Iaudemap's ease i not an sxcap-
ton. Thousands give similar experiences.
For there never yet wac q case Of 1idaey
that Dodd's Kidney Pans could not suss.
They. So ~ only remedy that ever cured
Briehts Disease.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-11-26
THE CONVENTION HABIT.
Whenever a Few Of Our People Get
Together They Organize for
Business. 4

1t is said to be trait of the Anglo
Saxons that whenever a few of them
come together they elect chairman and
proceed to business. A modern humor-
ist had this tendency in mind, says
Youths Companion, when he proposed
the organization of League for Letting
Things Alone. !
During the vacation season just closed,
when men and women have had time to
crafty their taste for talk, the papers
have been full Of the reports of the meet
ings of congresses Of all sorts. The
delegates have gathered from various
parts Of the land, have snapped" ex-
periences, have elected officers for the
ensuing year, and then have gone home.
Their pleasure in attending the con-
ventions has been mingled with modi-
cum of profit. Pleasure and profit, adj
vantageously blended, are none too
common in this scrambling world; AND
he would be mean-spirited philosopher
who would grudge them to the purchas-
ers of special convention tickets" on
the railroads, or to the patient audiences
of those who indulge themselves in the
satisfactions Of public discourse. /
The convention-goers. in the heat of
debate, are still aware that many things
are likely to occur, even in their own
field of effort, without their constant aid.
They know that the forces of nature will
continue to join with the energies OF
man, in agriculture, commerce and men
tai endeavor, to bring to fruition the
seed which has been planted. n
Although the Anglo-Saxon knows
this, he will continue to organize to talk
and to listen-to the good of his soul and
of his body. But It is we'll for him to re-,
member that Emerson once reported ma
ture as looking upon the man who has
just rushed from place Of discussion
into the fields and woods, and asking
him: $50 hot, my little sir?"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-11-26
In Trouble.

'tThey have no pennies out in Cali.
fornia at ALL" said the man who was
noted for being close, just home from a
trip.
What in the world did you do when
the collection plate came around?'
asked the parson, who was on.-Yon.
kers Statesman f..
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-11-26
both Got 4.

The late sculptor, Bartholdi, was best
known in TIL. country by his statue Of
Liberty, the chief feature of which is ito
size. It's artistic merits were succinctly
summed up by distinguished foreigner
when sailing into New rksharbor. ). Point
ing to the gigantic figure, he asked:
rs that Iiberty?"
lien ~. ;;,e me- e aests .:l the for..n.
who evidently knew his Patrick Henrx--
Boston Herald.
Did you ever listen to one OF the ''jokey''
told by the man who is eternally arguing
that woman has no sense Of humor? CHI
sago Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-11-26
Wise Cat.

We know an old lady, lodging in the
suburbs, who spread bread ON the lawn
every morning for the sparrows Every
morning as the sparrows ate, the kind
old ladys cat, ready behind the box bush
took his toll. How could he doubt that
his mistress, his servant, was at the nor
NAL task of deing him ervice?-Satur.,
day Review.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-11-26
BLOOD WILL TELL
4 THEORY SUPPORTED BY FRESH,
CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE

4 Recent Instance Proves That weman's
Happiness 10 Largely Dependent On the
State Of Her Bleed.
When the blood is disordered every
organ Of the body is affected unfavorab1y
aud fails to discharge it, functions
properly. In tho case Of every woman
nature has made special provision for
periodical publication Of the blood and
10 long as this occurs her health and
spirits unfailingly reveal the beneficial
results. So slight cause a. cold or .
nervous shock may produce = suppress
mon Of this vital function and until it ID
restored she is doomed to misery. The
remedy that has proved most prompt
and effective in all disorders peculiar to
the female sex, 10 that which brought
such great relief to Miss Matte Griggs,
Of No. 907 Indiana street, lawrence,
Kansas, concerning which she speaks a.
follows: A=s'
I'm the winter Of 1902. from some
unknown cause, there was = cessation
Of functions peculiar to my sex for Pc
Rod Of four months. I became very.
weak and could not get up stairs with
cut help. had nausea and pain and q
constant headache. I was under tho
care Of = physician for three months,
but he did not succeed in curing me.
Then . lady friend told me about the
merits Of DR.. Williams Pink Pills which
abe had used in her family and she in
ducsd mo to try them. It was in May
when I first began to use them and in
June I had fully recovered my health,
and have since remained perfectly
WELL"
In al cases Of delayed development Of
young girls; in anemia or weakness due
to impoverished blood and showing it.
self in pallor, lack Of ambition, despond-
ency and nervousness; also in the great
constitutional disturbances attending
the period known rs the change of life,
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are invaluable
for women, whose health is always
closely dependent on the state of tho
blood. They are sold by all drug
: yists. A booklet Of valuable informa-
zion, relating to the care Of woman's
health at All important periods, and en-
titled Plain Talks to Women" will be
sent free in q sealed envelope to any one
who chooses to write for it to the DIR.
Williams Medicine Company, Scheneo-
lady, n. 7.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-11-26
RAISING AsTREET BLOCKADE
One Stubborn Horse Was No Match
for = 1900 HORSEPOWER
Trolley Car.

1t Is familiar sight low, the start
ing up OF stalled truck by a trolley Cal
pushing it; but it seems to interest
people just as much as it did when it
was new, says the New York Sun.
Here, for instance, was a two-horse
truck with heavy load halted on the
slope in Fulton street between Church
street and West Broadway. Good team.
and able to haul the load, but the nigh
horse had got tired half way up the
slope and decided to take rest; and, OF
course, that tied up the whole business.
In a bad place, too, on that hill.
The man with the driver got down
and touched up the stubborn nigh horse
with the whip, but that only made him
moro stubborn, and incidentally made
him kick out sideways in an obviously
earnest endeavor to injure the man with
the whip.
Outfit still stalled; and a driver with
a big two-horse express wagon comes
up behind and sets his pole against the
load on the truck and starts his horses
and tries to help in that way, but now
neither horse of the stalled team will
pull. The of horse is not hanging back
stubbornly like the nigh horse, but. is
standing still and resting, taking ad-
vantage Of the situation created by his
more pugnacious team mate.
So there's nothing doing with the
help Of the express team, and pretty
soon the express driver sheers OF and
drives around the stalled truck and
passes on. But then something hap
pens.
Just as the big express wagon sheered
oil, big Eighth avenue car swung
around the corner from West Broadway
into Fulton street, on its way to South
Ferry and quickly closed up on the
stalled truck, which was halted square
on the track. The motorman didn't
waste any time, nor did he make any
fuss over it; he just set his brake when
he was about six feet away and then
strapped up his fender against tho
dashboard of his car and mounted the
platform again and nursed the car up
to the tail of the truck.
1t was nicely done. You couldn't
hear it when they came together, with
the iron-bound end of the truck resting
against the heavy end guard of the car,
with the turned-up fender between.
And then the motorman turned on
the power, gently. very gently, but ir-
resistibly. It was 1900 horse power,
more or less, against one stubborn
horse; and before the truck had been
pushed foot that stubborn nigh horse
settled into his traces and began to pull.
he had had similar expe-
before and knew there was
to do but pull, or have the truck
pushed all over him; and the of horse,
who had been enjoying rest without
any effort on his part, settled down, too,
and the team walked away with the load
without trouble.
And with the team walked on bunch
Of sidewalk spectators who, apparent
ly, had found in this illustration of the
effectiveness of the trolley car as
street blockade raiser as much enjoy
ment as they did in the first one they
ever saw.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-11-26
Her Point Of View.

Mr.. Styles-Yes, dear, Mr. Brief il
considered very good lawyer, in
deed. %E %
Mrs Styles-Well, I don't think so.
Why, I was witness in case once,
and he wanted to do all the talking!
-Yonkers Statesman.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-11-26

Il is asserted that civilization as it ae
vances weakens mans sense of smell, but
perhaps, on the whole, people who live in
congested districts ought to be thankful for
this Taken by and large nature generally
knows her business pretty well.-lndianap-
oils News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-11-26
At the Summer Resort.

"Here!" shouted the excited guest,
''I've been robbed in this hotel"
"Gwans" whooped the clerk with q
big, black cigar, frescoed shirt front
and cut-glass pin, don't begin to hol-
Ter afore yer bill is made out"-De-
uoit Free Press
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-11-26

brought great relief by lessenine the
pain and correcting tho action Of the
kidney seeretions."
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale BY all
dealers. Price, 80 cents. Foster-Ail'
burn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-11-26
Had Risk.

"And can't get any life insurance."
i mot cents worth. We just learned in
time that you .5s trying ye to brsaa
Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-11-26

Clyde Fitch tells new story of Whistler.
The artist was in PARIS at the time of the
coronation of King Edward, and at 4 re-
ception one evening, duchess said to him:
u believe you know King, Edward, Mr..
t1e1 Why shst %' odd she :pnsa Ms
II met the king at dinner patty last year,
and he said that he knew you" "Oh, said
the painter, that was just his Drag. Y.
Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-11-26
Not Strange.

Mrs. Harms-1 don't see anything in thi,
paper about Brown killing his motherin
aW. I'D.
Harms-That's not strange. You never
esd the sporting page.-Judge.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-11-26
T.

Rev. Jacob D. Van Doren, Of ~ Sixth
street, Fond Du Lao. Via, Presby.
tsrian clergyman, says: II had a.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-11-26

Occasionally men are candidates for Office
because they can't help it, but usually it's
because the people can't help it.-Chicage
Daily News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-11-26
The Exception.

Two can live as cheaply as one only
in the case Of the young man who
spends all his earnings anyway =
Atchison Globa
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-11-26
Lightning Work.

A Kansas editor solemnly relates how
bolt of lightning narrowly missed q pros.
porous farmer in the rural automobile belt
ind shocked all Of the wheat he had Just
cut-Atlanta Constitution.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-11-26

Piso's Cure canno. be too highly spoken Of
- cough cure.-J: ". OB4len, 322 Third
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-11-26
The Fame Of Nimrod.

Ntmrod told how he made his reputation.
II was the first man vhe theueht Of not
shoetng guide for dear. " he explained.-
II. Y. Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-11-26
Big Supply.

Tourist-Can I have couple Of towels!
Landlady-Are you going to stay here al
summer ?-Lustige Batter.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-11-26

$50, you don't care for poetry? "No." "
said the eminent inventor. "Only the other
day heard young woman singing: Had
I the Wings of Dove Now the wings of 4
dove would be wholly insufficient in at
mospheric resistance for any practical pur-
pose whatever. What she really wants il
. tetrahedral kite.'-Washington Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-11-26

An esotist may be defined a. = person
who is SO wrapped up in himself that he pays
no attention to us.-Puck
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-11-26

1t is understood that the Kansas City
telephone girl who has just fallen heir to
100000 Is busy now"-1ndianapoli News.
Now I know" sobbed the six-months'
bride to her husband, growing over her ex-
flower. You thought was an orchid and
that could live on arm. O. Picayune.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-26

ample time to pay or take the mat
ter into court. Neither widows, indi-
viduals, firms or corporations, except
in cases where the property was liza
bic to be taken out of the state, which
would entirely defeat the collection
of the taxes.
at no time in the case of the
kesman-Review tax was the
county liable to lose the tax, as il was
amply secured by personal property
and the tax is also lien upon any
Of the real estate belonging to the
Spokesman-Review or w. II. Cowles.
The amount of taxes levied on the
Spokesman-Review for last year has
been drawing 10 per cent interest
since March 6.
Il want it understood that do not
use my Office to further any political
alliance either with the Review, tall
tower or anyone else.
Neither DO l use my office for the
purpose of assisting my friends and
prosecuting my enemies
GEO. MUDGETT.
County Treasurer.
Spokane, Wash"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-26
MUDGETT SAYS HE is NOT CONTROLLED
BY THE TALL TOWER

The Press is in receipt of the fol-
lowing communication from County
Treasurer Mudgett:
SPOKANE, Aug. IS. 1904.--Editor
Press: On August II a notice was
issued from my office to the Spokes-
man-Review allowing it 10 days to
pay its personal taxes. During that
time the Review took steps to en-
join the collection. | supposed that
they would have the restraining order
issued before the expiration of the 10
days. But at the time the matter
should have been taken up and the
injunction granted Attorney Stevens,
legal adviser of the Spokesman Re
view. was called out of the city.
extended the time, which, in my of
fetal capacity, l am privileged to do
without appearing dishonest.
1T would be of no injury to the
public or taxpayers to grant that ex-
tension. The restraining order was
signed by Judge KEENAN, last eve
ming.
Il never have enforced personal
taxes without giving the parties
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-26
ALDERMAN May BRING PACKERS
and STRIKERS TOGETHER

The strike leaders told the commit
tee of the conditions existing in the
yards previous to the strike. when
the men were working two and three
days Il week and making ST or s..
on which they were unable to support
their families. They struck because
a reduction of wages was threatened
When they returned after the first
strike the packers were SO manifcstly
unfair in discriminating against the
union leaders that they We're com
PEELED to strike again. Labor leaders
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-26

May, from whom he asked the SUI
perior court to sever the bonds Of
matrimony existing between them. In
his complaint he states that a few
weeks after their marriage his wife
would go out nights without his con-
sent. She would not tell where she
went and told hubby 1t was none of
his business" She treated him cruel
ly and he was obliged to suffer per-
sonal indignites through her actions.
how she wished she hadn't married
him and that she didn't care for him.
On March I the wife abandoned her
home and has since remained away
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-26
OVATION FOR
JESSIE SHIRLEY

The Jessie Shirley benefit given
last evening at the Auditorium was
the greatest ovation ever given an
actress in the history of the city.
Miss Shirley was seen to better ad-
vantage in the Bride of Laramie
than in any performance since her
visits To Spokane. Her support was
excellent. Miss Shirley was at her
best and her numberless friends in
Spokane were proud of her. She was
assisted in speciality work by john
Mcclure. an old friend who recited
the character piece, Bridge OF
slshs," in an artistic way o. +.
Rdlston. the popular comedian Of the
troupe, rendered several violin spe-
eialtios ana W pousing of the Silver
Grin sang ghtfully.
Miss Shirley was completely snow
81 under with showers of boquets,
her friends taking this means of