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BEAcoNs LINE THE COAST.
Marines Near the American Shore
Are Seldom Out Of Sight Of
Warning Light.

That the United States government
has been mindful of the welfare of peo-
pie who go down to the sea in shipa
is shown by the fact that there are 5000
burning lights and signals stretched
along the American coast, forming q
perfect link, SO that the navigator never
need be beyond sight of one Of the bea.
cons. One thousand of these are To-
Gated on the Atlantic coast, 1900 are
scattered along the rivers and inland
waterways, 500 on the great lakes, and
28O on the Pacific coast. OF the grand
total, including lighthouses of different
classes, buoys, beacons and danger sig
nails, 5000 are lighted, giving forth
their warnings at night time. OF these
a score or more throw beam Of 1907
600 candle power.
To maintain the lighthouse service
corps Of over 1900 men is constantly
employed and feet of more than SO
vessels No service in the world ex-
ceeds our own in completeness and eff
cheney. A modera American lighthouse
of the first class costs between 500, 900
and 5000, 900, and of this about one-third
is spent for the electric light apparatus
alone. Beside one Of them Egyptian
Campus or Rhodes perfect idol" with
profulgent brows," whose rays streamed
down the purple streams of Mizraim,
would shine as tapers in the Mediter-
ranean night, with no place among the
seven wonders of the world, and hardly
worth noticing.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-23
WOMEN "BUcK THE TIGER
How the Dealers in a Montana Gam
bling Resort Got the Work
ing Girls Wages.

In Butte, Mont, there is a gambling
house where the patronage Of ladies
is the special feature of the manage
ment, and where all kinds of women
play the good old game of faro, perfectly
at home and without fear of interrupt
ton. The entrance is from an alley near
Broadway, and the house is luxuriously
furnished. Carpets are laid on the
floors, softened lights shine over the
players, courteous attendants deal and
shuttle the cards and pay bets or take
winnings without the slightest sugges-
ton of the incongruity Of the situation.
says the Denver Republican.
Here many fashionably gowned WON.
en- OF Butte's elite come in parties or in
pairs with escorts, to quietly venture sill
yer or goldpieces coined from copper by
their husbands, who busy themselves in
Butte's continuous political war.
Women of the business world keep
track of the game, and both dealer and
player usually maintain rigid silence.
Money is passed out for chips with the
simple word, five" or ten, "and con-
versation is economical to q minimum.
And there are schemes to inveigle the
unsuspecting that only the initiated I'M
derstand. Many women of the middle
classes are among the most regular pa
irons of the place. A waiter girl was re-
Gently observed playing her weeks
wages with phenomenal luck. With SIS
she had won $50 and had cashed in her
chips with charming GOODNESS prepared
to go home winner" The dealer paid
her without comment. He counted out
the money-two twenty-dollar bills, ono
ten, one five, four dollars in silver, two
half-dollars. She picked up the money,
put the bills in her purse and laid a
half dollar on the ace. 1t lost. She laid
down a dollar. It won. Another few
moments and she had lost the silver. Re-
luctantly she drew out five-dollar note
and began to play again. In few deals
she was playing heavily again. In half
an hour she was broke It was simple
trick which has won the bank many mil.
lions OF dollars after the player cashed
in-the manner of payment One is re-
luctant to break bill, but silver is con-
venient to lay down on card, and most
gamblers will do it. Before they know il
they are again drawn in to the game.
They sometimes win, it Is true, for the
games are on the square, but one cannot
win always, and the chance on a second
round is In favor of the "tiger."
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-23

slams can have failed to anticipate
what happened. AS in the case of the
Chinese, If their left was turned all
else was lost, and nothing remained
but for the troops further south to ex-
tricate themselves as best they could,
and retreat north to Fengwangcheng.
The repeated attacks made by Ad-
miral Togo upon Port Arthur have
shown the great Significance attached
by the Japanese to the presence there
Of Russian naval force in which
there remained some spark ofvitality.
In 1894 the Chinese feet had already
been defeated, and, having no inten-
ton of further trying conclusions
with the japanese, Admiral Ting had
dispatched his remaining ships to Wei
haiwei, where they were dealt with
later on. The operations of Marshal
Oyama. however, for the capture OF
Port Arthur may be takeD to FORE
shadow what is happening at the pres
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-23

Indians, where they built their first viz
lage and called it Ebenezer More than
800 followers came over, in the course
Of the next year or two, and being an
noyed by the crowding of population
all about them, they decided to move.
The site of their present location was
selected by the sagacious leaders, and
the community gradually moved there,
and in 1856 the first village was incor-
porated and named Amana, which
means Remain true"
But the special matter Of interest ut
this time is not the peculiarities of their
belief, or their simple habits, but the
fact that the younger generations grow
ing up In the community are becoming
FESTIVE under the restraints thrown
around them. They feel the throb of
the twentieth century life. and want to
mingle with it. This is causing the
elders great concern, and the older and
devout members of the community are
expectantly watching for the coming Of
! prophet who shall reveal to them .
solution Of the problem which con-
fronts them.
The last prophet was . woman-and
by the way equal rights for women pre-
vail, and they exercise the right Of suf-
frage in the elections for community and
church oficers-by the name Of Barbara
lehman, poor, ignorant girl born in
Lower Elsass, in 1895. She was one Of
the first to be inspired after the death Of
Jonathan Rock, the founder of the
faith. She came to this country with
the little flock, and continued to proph-
ecy until her death. in 1883. Since then
the community has been watching for
the coming of another prophet.
Compulsory education prevails in the
community, and as 1t is the unwritten
rule that he who will not work shall not
sat. All musical instruments are ex-
GUIDED, and God is worshiped with tho
voice only They are opposed to war.
do not believe in oaths, and do not offer
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-23
SUBLIME TURKISH PORTE,
Name Derived by the Government
from a Gateway to the
Seraglio.

Whenever Turkey figures in the news
and as constantly disturbing ele-
ment In European politics she does al
most daily-the phrase Sublime porte
generally appears. It occurs in all diplo-
matte correspondence relating to the af-
fairs OF the sultan troublesome empire
says the San Francisco Call. Many read
ers imagine that the words form one OF
the titles Of the "sick man Of the east. >
Others may know that it is the name be-
slowed on the Turkish foreign depart
ment. But few are aware whence II IL
derived
AS matter of fact, the essublime
porte" is the main entrance to the an
cient seraglio and fallen into decay and
neglect. 1t Is now merely rather pic
turesque old gate, with nothing sublime
about 1t. unless it be its evident hoary
antiquity.
: The sublime porte, known to the Turks
as Bay-i-Humayun, was built as prin-
c1pal entrance to the old seraglio, which.
down to the end of the second mahmud's
reign, was the great palace of the sultans
the yildiz kiosk of those days. With
In were three great courts full of beauti-
full trees and bordered by the council
chamber and other Official buildings Of
the government
Although much that was interesting
was destroyed by fire which swept the
palace In 1868. some of the ancient glories
remain inside the gateway.
The council chamber though in an adj
vanced state of decay, still stands. Then
there are the mint, the celebrated treas
ury where uncut jewels. gold embroid-
cred clothing and wonderfully mounted
arms are stored in enormous Quantities
the armory, which once was the church
OF st. Irene, and museum. About the
sadly neglected gardens are scattered
several small kiosks, one containing the
imperial library, another some especial.
~ hne tiles, and still another the prison
cells, in which the former sultans shl,t
up for life the princes who disturbed the
royal peace of mind.
From these gardens one may have :
wonderful view Of the Bosphorus. the
Asiattc shore and the sea of Marmora
across the narrow jutting Of the land
known as Seraglio point.
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China, it is not surprising, though it is
noteworthy, that their movements
have not differed very greatly. In
June, 1894, Gen. Oshima, and in the
following September Marshal Yama-
gaia, landed at Chemulpo, and
marched on Seoul, just as Gen. Kuro-
ki's troops did in February last. The
Chinese were then in great strength in
Korea, and were defeated near Asan.
south Of Seoul, on July 20; but the
whole course Of the operations was to
drive them west OF the Yalu They
made great stand at Pingyang, where
they were defeated in sanguinary &C.
ton by Cen Nodzu on September Is,
but after that they retreated to the
very same positions on the right bank
of the Yalu from which the Russians,
under Gen Sassulitch, were driven
with such great loss on May I.
The command of the sea was then,
as it is now, the ruling factor in the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-23
Perils Of "self- Doctorine. i"

Large numbers of people in prosper
GUS circumstances die as sexagenarians
from maladies which are evidences of
degeneration and Of premature senil-
ity, while many who pass this period
go on to enter upon an eighth or ninth
decade Of life. The former class COM
prise those who have lived without re-
straint Of their appetites and who have
sought to allay some of the conse-
Quences by Standardization, while the
latter class comprise those who have
lived reasonably, and who, if annoyed
by imperfect digestion, have sought re-
lief by abandoning the errors from
which it sprang.-London Lancet.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-23
INCREASE OF SUICIDES.
Growing Tendency to Self Destruction
in America Shown by
Statistics.

! The census bureau Is taking cogniz-
ance Of the suicidal mania that OCCASION
ally sweeps over the country with such
virulence. The latest bulletin, recently
issued, shows that this country still
makes q comparatively favorable show
Ing. the proportion Of suicides being
smaller than In most of the European
states. None the less, the total is large
says the Chicago Chronicle, 77,617 fol-
the past IL years, and, unfortunately. II
Is increasing. It is largest in the towns
and in certain cities, notably San Fran
cisco, st. Louis, Chicago and New York,
the average Of continental Europe is
reached. At the same time it should be
stated that majority of the self mur-
ders are committed by persons Of for
eign birth. Americans generally having
hopeful disposition, which encourages
them to keep on after a reverse, with the
belief that success will ultimately come
to them. With the American element,
however, suicide is growing more preva-
lent with the greater rush and hurly-
burly of life.
AS is well known, suicide is most fire..
quent with men, the ratio as compared
with women being about three to one.
The two sexes approach nearer to each
other In this particular in the cities than
in the rural districts. There are COM
paratively few suicides of women in the
country.
Fashlon changes In suicide as well as
in other things. Previous to 1894 more
suicides died by the bullet than by all
the other agencies combined, and, in
case OF disappointment, disgrace or bad
health the usual course was ito blow out
their brains" A great change, how
ever, came over the country when some-
one discovered the carbolic acid route.
To-day carbolic acid leads the suicide
van and more than 800 deaths have re-
Gently been caused by it.
The use Of poison for "shuffline OF
this mortal COLI is growing steadily in
favor, especially with women, until it
has become-necessary to take some ac-
ton to prevent the great loss of life from
this deadly and painful poison. In some
OF the states the sale of carbolic acid has
been regulated and restricted in much
the same way as arsenic and other
poisons, but it is an article in such gem
erai use that it is difficult to prevent it
falling into the hands Of those intend
ing suicide. 1t might be well. under
these circumstances, to let It be more
generally known how good an antidote
alcohol Is, if promptly applied, to car
Doiic acid poisoning. Some of the cases
OF poisoning are accidental and in not
rev suicides the victim has regretted
taxing her life. In such cases, II there
is time, the use of alcohol will Frequently
cheat death of its prey.
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situation. The Chinese had not, In
deed, realized what it implied, and the
sinking of the Kowshing, with 1000
men on board, and the crushing defeat
inflicted by Admiral Ito ON the Chi
nese squadron under brave Admiral
Ting (Septembep ~ were the conse-
quences. In the present war the con-
ditions were different. The Russians,
having lost all immediate hope of as
sorting supremacy at sea, could not
move q man afloat. To transport
troops from Dalny or Port Arthur to
the mouth of the Yalu was impossible.
Not less impossible was it for them to
risk an action, as the Chinese did at
Pingyang, lest the Japanese should
throw forces ashore in their rear. The
only doubt Is. whether they were wise,
in view Of a like danger, in holding the
line of the Yalu at all.
The positions on the Yalu occupied
by the Chinese in 1894 were the same
as those held by the Russians ON May
/, and the japanese tactics were pre-
cisely the same. A little reading of re-
cent history should have taught Gen
Kuropatkin what to expect. It is par
ticularly interesting to observe how
the same causes have led to the same
effect. II, in the following brief ac-
count Of the battle of October Is, 1894,
Russians be read for Chinese" and
the details taken mutatis mutandis,
the recent events will be found de-
scribed: Gen. Sung had under his COM
mand about 10000 Chinese, on the
heights about Kiuliencheng, with about
500 more under Gen. Ikotenga little
higher up the river. The Japanese had
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-23
reached wiju, ana made great de,

reached Wiju, ana made great DEM
onstration against Kiuliencheng, while
they prepared to overwhelm the Chi
nese left. AS is well known, the Aiho
joins the Yalu from the north, and in
the angle formed by the two rivers the
Chinese were posted on the prominent
height Of Husan. The Yalu was rapidly
bridged-and it was 200 yards wide
and, early in the morning of October
Is the Chinese were driven from HUI
san. making no very good defence, and
retired behind the Aiho. which the
Japanese forded, and confirmed the
success. Kiuliencheng had become I'M
tenable, and the Chinese, who had
large numbers killed and wounded. fed
in confusion. losing heavily in the re-
treat to Fengwangcheng.
The parallel between the actions Of
1894 and 1904 is complete, and it Ia
difficult to understand how the Rus
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Not 30 Much.

Mark Twain was in the habit Of hav-
ing his tonsorial requirements attend
ed to by certain hotels barber. On
one occasion, while peacefully having
his thick white hair trimmed, his at
tention was arrested by very diminu-
tive boy in buttons, who was stand
ing in front Of him trying to attract
his attention and present him with Q
card. With twinKle in his eye, Blu.
looking profoundly solemn, Mark In
Quired:
who are you?"
"A page, SIR the boy replied.
"A page!" exclaimed Mark. with pre-
tended scorn-"a page! Why, you arc
hardly big enough for q paragraph"
-Tit-Bits.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-23
The WONDERS OF THE
WORLD AT ST. LOUIS
are TO Be Found in the Great Palaces and Aono
The Pike"

S[Louis EARLY visitors To +ha1..
=. g. rurcnase exposition have found
a,s ~. LOUIS an exposition SO nearly com.
~ e'e mat they have in no way missed
Ie Few minor details that were nnf,n.
h t.ueo on the opening day, and which
A"'e since been completed. In fact n
~ exposition of such proportions %
su.s y would be impossible to discover
thousand little details that might lack
weather conditions were against thu
exposition management for few DAYS
preceding the opening. Now every
.nlng is favorable, and the great fair
- entlreiy complete, q completeness. we
must repeat, that is SO enormous that
u Is all but impossible to comprehend
wat II has meant to the builders. The
last vestige OF scaffolding that for a
lew Gays surrounded some of the les. i'm
portant buildings has been torn away.
the last wagon load of refuse hauled
from the grounds; every flower and
snruD the landscape gardeners included
III their scheme of decoration growing
unoer the benign influence of a spring
sum- and the exposition stands forth a
completed giant. beautiful in concep-
ton. wonderful in execution, stupendous
IN SIZE. by far the masterpiece of the
worlds expositions.
Stupendous size does not half express
1t. This world,S fair has MANY sur
prlses for the visitor, but it's immense
size is the greatest astonisher Of all
Amazement at the extent of the fair is
heard from every visitor.
It has been interesting to watch the
visitors these first days of the fair. In
teresting to see what would appeal to
then strongest, but after one has studied
the mass OF humanity In their quest for
the wonders it is hard to select any one
feature that could be designated as a
general favorite with all. OF course all
visitors are enthusiastic over the general
picture, the grand en- semble, which has
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-23

on out there she called from the win.
dow. Now, Troubles happened to overs
hear this remark, and what do you sup
pose that dog did? He ran to the hall.
picked up rubber shoe, hustled out
into the yard and dropped it at the girls
feet. Then he hurried back and re-
peated the performance with the other
shoe. Don't tell me dogs don't UNDER
stand language ."-Philadelphia Record.
Twas Ever Thus.
First visitor-Do you keep servant!
Second Visitor-Not for long. Three
months is about the average. Ally
slopeF.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-23

! Exhibition; Glass Weaving, Spinning;
German Tyrolean Alps; Golden Chariot;
Grants Log Cabin; Galveston Flood;
, haunted Castle; Hereafter; Hunting in
the Ozarks; Infant Incubators; Indian
congress and Wild West; Irish Village;
japanese Village; Jerusalem; Jim Key
(Educated Horse; Lincoln's Log Cabin
Moorish Palace; Model Playground;
Miniature Railway; Magic Whirlpool;
Morocco; Mysterious Asia; Naval Elk
hibition; Old Plantation: Old st. Louis,
Mo-; Old Cahokia Court House; Old
Virginia Homestead; Observation
Wheel; Palais Du Costume; Pottery;
Weller; Paris and France; Scenic Rail-
way; South African Boer Exhibits;
Streets of Seville; Statisticum; Sub
marine Diving; New York to the North
Pole; Trained and Wild Animals; Under
and Over the Sea; Upper Mississippi
Views; Water Chutes; Wireless Teleg-
raphy.
What runs in all; what supplies the
power that makes the countless wheels
go round? The majority of visitors are
intensely interested in the mechanical
motive force of this greatest of exposi-
tons, and well they may be. One of
the most striking features is the power
plant. Never before at an exposition
has there been even half as much
power developed as supplied from the
various prime movers in the Palace of
Machinery. In a large boiler house
standing west of the Machinery build
ing, filled with the latest and best pro-
auctions of skilled boiler manufactures,
steam is generated to supply 10000
horsepower to the various engines in
the Machinery building. In addition
to this about 10000 horsepower is re-
ceived by electric cable from power sta
tons in the city of st. Louis. But the
greatest interest is in the engines them
selves rather than in the large capacity
Of the exhibit, for among them is
giant turbine or rotary engine develop
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-23
FESTIVAL HALL AND THE CASCADES.

been created, and for the first hour OF
more Of their stay inside the grounds
but few get further than the point from
which they catch their first view OF this
grand picture.
at almost takes my breath away
exclaimed one woman near whom was
standing as she caught her first glimpse
of the beauty of the cascades and the
magnificence OF the grand exposition
palaces. Such 10 the general verdict
For beauty, for magnificence, for extent
st. Louis has beat the world.
There is another feature. or rather
collection OF features, which seemingly
appeals to every visitor, and with good
reason. and that is '"The Pike. Inc
fair management do not wish to appear
fo the public with side-show. They
built an exposition which should STAND
forth to the world on Its merits as an
educator. as q monument to the worlds
nroeress. but realizing that an amuse-
ment feature was necessary they set TO
work to provide the biggest and best IN
th,. line that has ever been known. That
thew have succeeded in this Is evident
toeyery visitor who travels Ine fike.
Nor IL this great amusement feature
lacking In educational interest. Here
ono NAV study the architectural 1ancies
- the world; here he may study the
a.,ons 81 the world, their methods OF
life their SURROUNDINGS, their customs
=. Goes realistic pictures OF the EsQul-
sur q their snow and IL , bound homes
n one minute. and the next IS 1.ans-
norted to the jungles OF tropical Aisica
..Tbe Pike is not an aggregation OF 1at
..,a-e.n and the skeleton men. IN no
800" : circus side-show, but . reaiistlc
.',ct,,re of the world upon which nse
.,,l,ons Of dollars has been spent.
Sir thousand performers from 1olelsn
countries. and busy artisans rom every
-smote corner OF earth are engaged ~
.enroduce the life of Is different peoples.
r,t.a.n hundred animals are required -
80, reality to the varied scenes. Two
Isnrs IN the list Of 40 represent an out.
1 81 "a 100000 Twenty OF them cos'
not less than 500. 900 APIECE az anu
: attraction less than $50 900.
some idea OF what there 10 20 De ~, ~.
:. DIE features may be had from . rs.
- ths educational amusement FEATURES
= this section Of the fair contains:
Wn1r ,ssla and Esquimaux Village; An
.,ent Rome and Hawaiian Volcano, Da.-
"a Abbey; Bohemia; Crystal Fal.cs.
We t.e A ,weilers; Chinese Village; Colorado
In C,. Mine: Creation; Coal Breaker;
ce.ra. constanttnople; Fire-Flenuns