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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-08
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WEATHER REPORT.
For Week ending April $, 1905.
:, Max. Min. Rainfall
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G. CHAMPAGNE. observe,
MT. !. F. scharfenstien, of New
orleans, is the guest Of Mrs. Dr.
four. ~
"r. Chas. q. Kleeman's ha,
room mas been newly papered. ane
presents : neat appearance.
MRS. !. n. Palmer aud son,
Charlie, q New Orleans, are the
guests Of Mrs. A. Blattner.
An Important notice to t.x.pay.
ers. from Mr.. Warren Thomas.
Tsl'sn Assessor, will be found 10
another column.
The weatber has been somewhat
cool since the rain Of Monday night.
and fires felt comfortable morning
and evening.
Mr.. and Mrs John Rausch, Of
Abita Springs, ale receiving con.
gratulattons on the birth OF q son.
born Tuesday April 1, 1905.
Mr.. Geo. II. Bernos and family
nave returned to their summer
lome near Claiborne. after spend.
ng the winter in Now Orleans.
For Soda Water, Vichey. Ice
cream. fine Candies and Cakes, call
. H. I. Jung, At Abila Syringe. |
GO his advertisement in another |
dunn.
The President OF this great yam.
ee Nation. is OF on = two months
acation. As = means OF getting =
God lorg rest, hell hunt lions and
ears in the woody West.
Our supply of garden seeds. fur
ished bv the Government for free
,stribution, are all gone, and We
ope those who received them will
e richly rewarded.
Gov. Blanchard and wife arrived
vt Wednesday. Mrs. Blanchard
Ill remain awhile at Claiborne
[otel. The Governor left the same
y on the afternoon train.
The home Of Mr.. Fl. N. Fendla.
%, in the Second Ward, was de. /
royed By Gre last TUESDAY, night,
opposed to be from = defective
ne. No insurance.
Mr.. Goodyear and associates, Of
'e fLou,siana Great Northern Rail.
I'D, spent Thursday in Cov:ng.
II, the future railroad center Of
10 South.
Jones q Pickett have opened
leir new stock Of spring and sum-
er goods, and you are invited to
II and inspect the same. See their e
lyertisement on the first page. Is
Dr.. Hardy n. Smith. Jr., Who Is
~ located at Bollinger. La.' /,
here he has built up 'ucfaHve /
r.c,icc, arrived lsst Saturday on . q
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-15

his belt and held 1t In readiness, when
his attention was drawn to the tram
ping Of an approaching host in front
of them, and he remembered that here
was coming the troop from Lichfield.
which expected to meet body Of the
kings men il the rumor from Birming-
ham were true.
The rumOr had no doubt been start
ed by the riding north in hot haste
of this courtier now at his side, at q
time when such costume was not seen
outside Oxford. Besides, the country
was in a constant state of alarm, and
the widest tales were current, whose
constant contradiction by after events
did nothing to allay ever recurring
panic. Armstrong quietly gathered up
his reins, watched his opportunity.
and, instead of running his blade be-
tween the ribs of De Courcy, jabbed
the point into the flank Of the French
mans horse.
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Win horizontal lane at its nead ex
'enalng east and west. As they turn.
Gu 10 the right some object doomed in
the log ahead, and there came q sbarr
cry: saa'p
who gees there?"
10 --e left" whispered Armstrono
turning his horse. Frances oharas,
instantly, but the man in front AIRED
MS musket into the air and raised a
snout, whereupon four others snrano
from the dripping bushes, and two of
tnem seized the reins of the startled
horses. A ''eu
Resistance is useless" said the so,.
oier, hanging to the rein of the plung.
Ing Bruce. There are hundred men
along this lane"
nave no need to resist" cried
Armstrong, with affected INDIGNATION
although none realized so well as he
tnat the game was up. I'VE are peace
full travellers under safe conduct from
General Cromwell himself"
THE lieutenant will be here direct.
~" said the man, and as he spoke a
party OF horsemen came gailopfn9
down the lane.
who fired that shot?" cried the Of.
ncer in charge. Before an answer
could be given he came upon the two
captives. "Who are your" he demand
ed.
Travellers to Carlisle, who have lost
their way in the mist and are seeking
the highroad."
III you have a pass. let me see It."
Here 1t is"
your name Is Armstrong perhaps p
1.-THE pass does not say So"
do you deny it,"
mo"
"You are prisoners. Where Is the
bugler"
Here. sir"
Sound the recall"
The man placed the bugle to his lips
and the merry notes rang out into the
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obscurity. After roll call, every
name being answered, the lieutenant
gave the word to march. and horse and
foot set out for the west, the two pris-
oners in the center of the phalanx.
The head of Frances dropped, and Will
rode close by her side as cheerful as
ever, trying to comfort her.
"Clever man. this Cromwell" he
whispered, with admiration in his
tones. "You see what he has done?
He has run thin lines across the coun-
try as fast as horses could gallop,
stringing out the local men as they
went along. We have probably blum
dered through one or two OF these lines,
but were bound to be caught sooner or
later unless we made for the coast on
either side. and that would but have
DELAYED things a bit. for there was
little chance Of us getting ship with
all norts in his hands. 1t serves me
right I should have killed De Courcy
ind then galloped for it. However,
the Lord stands by us, Frances. never
forget that"
.It doesn't look much like It," SAID
the girl despondently.
ooh, well, nothing looks like itself IN
this accursed fog. Why couldn't we
have had this mist on the ROAD from
York? Still, l don't think 1t would
nave made any difference once Crom-
wells riders got to the norS OF US.
Resourceful man, oliver. l like him"
"And I don't. Yet you are supposed
70 he against him, and am supposed
to he for him. l fear him.
ooh. there's no danger; not the silgnt-
est for either Of us. I'm In no oan-
ger; neither are you"
IT trust it will appear So"
AFT cannot appear otherwise. He was
irving to frighten you when he SAID ne
would hang me. He Is sly. capao'e
400 who will be satisfied with having
hooton me and will not court trouble
With nv countrymen by hanging even
a horderer. 1t cost one OF our Ains'
Rio throne to do the like of that
This conversation, with which there
mo. No interference on the part OF tnelr
contors. was brought to conclusion
nv their arrival at the main roau.
Here a halt was called, and tne ousle
10. sounded. again to be answered as
tsfore from different di- ections. LIS
r,ounfn said the officer to >Armstrons,
whereupon the latter without 2 w ,or.
.nrang to the ground. Against the neA'
move he protested. but his opposluoD
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to the parliamentary uniform, as in
deed did Armstrong; own dress.
"Ah, my young friend" cried De
Courcy, the moment he recognized the
prisoner, you had your laugh in the
morning, and l have mine in the even
Ing"
There Is a time for everything" re-
piled Armstrong indifferently, land my
time for laughing is in the morning. 1t
Is brighter then"
Eyes, it looks, rather dark for you at
the moment, and you seem less merry
than when 1 met you earlier"
"Oh, there were more amusing things
happening then. that's all. How's your
horse!'
1--WE are neither Of us the worse for
our encounter. Don't you wish you
could say the same for yourself?"
81 do, and l thank you for your SYM
pathy."
"Have you sent the woman to Lich-
ield?' asked the officer in chief Of his
subordinate.
LES, COlOACl. HJOlAC lWO uOulS dSO.
Every well. We will relieve you Of
your prisoner. Take your men to Bir-
mingham."
"Is there any truth in the royalist
rising there, colonel?"
"None in the least. Have you heard
anythingY
Nothing but a rumor that there was
an outbreak Of some sort. heard that
a detachment from Lichfield was to
leave for Birmingham"
1--WE will turn it back if we meet it.
Good night"
At the word the lieutenant and his
men marched off to the south, and
Armstrong was taken in charge by the
SQUADRON Of horse. A trooper was dis
mounted and his steed given to Arm
strong, Of whom no questions were
asked, as he had expected. They SEEM
ed very sure Of their man. The cav
airy set off to the north, and De Courcy
rode close beside his enemy, taking a
delight in haunting him.
The angry Scot was forced to make
the best Of it in silence, while the
Frenchman, very polite and jocular.
pressed ironic services upon him, ask
ed after the girl, and said he would
use his influence with Cromwell to
have q silken rope used at the coming
execution Of 30 distinguished spy.
It Is Ill to tamper with a border tenn
per. as the Frenchman soon discover
al. Armstrong slipped his knife from
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was unavailing Hnd indeed unreplied
to. The officer gave the lady and the
two horses in charge of party OF SIX
with orders to take them to Lichfeld
and install them in the cathedral.
guard was to be set at the door. anG
no communication was to be allowed
with any one outside. Orders from
headquarters were to the effect that
the lady was to be treated with every
Difference. and these orders were I'M
pressed upon the six men. The de-
tached squad disappeared down the
road in the fog. and Armstrong stood
disconsolate and angry. but helpless.
surrounded by troopers.
Presently Armstrong heard the tram
ping Of horse to the south. and pres
emily the sound of voices became quite
audible through the fog. There SEEM
ed to be dispute going forward. which
was something unusual in the parlia-
mentary forces, where. If discipline ap-
peared lax. instant obedience was in
variably required.
81 tell you, colonel, am to take
charge Of the lady and escort her to
Cromwell"
Il have no orders to that effect"
81 have come direct from Cromwell.
and those were his orders"
Il do not take orders from you. !
hold written instructions relating to
both the man and the woman. and
these shall carry out"
You will be wise to hang the man
on the nearest tree and take his papers
to Cromwell"
To this there was no reply. and Arm
strong now knew that De Courcy had
not been 50 badly hurt as he had pre-
tended, for he had taken long ride to
the north since then. The prisoner rec
ognized his voice long before his cava-
lier costume emerged from the mist
De Courcy had not changed his ap-
parel, and it formed a strange contrast
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CHAPTER xxx.

CHAPTER AAlA.
- REAT Is the recuperative power
Of youth, and shortly after
sunrise the two were on the
road again, refreshed and with
high courage, to face the outcome OF
another long ride They had Travelled
farther than their estimate Of the night
before and so found, themselves but
little more than twenty miles south OF
Manchester. In the night the weather
had undergone another change. ana
the sun was hidden, while now and
then a scurry Of rain passed over
them.
II have made up my mind" said
Frances, that we must part"
II have been thinking myself that IL
is wrong you should share my danger
when there is nothing to hinder you
from going across country to your own
home"
Il shall not 60 across my country
until have seen you safely into your
own. But, as you know, the swearing
colonel and his men are not looking for
me. Perhaps they think I took the
opportunity left open to get away from
the cathedral; but, on the other hand,
II wise, they must have looked for our
horses tracks, and then they learned
we left Lichfeld together. l propose
to act as your scout. shall ride a
mile or two ahead, and If am stop
ped you will strike to the right or to
the left and avoid the danger If you
can. On every elevation reach I will
stand for a few moments. If my horse
faces west the way between us Is safe.
II It faces east there is danger"
Frances, I would rather run the
risk and have your company"
my plan is a good one, unless you
have a better to propose. We must
Quit the main road now and avoid
Manchester as we avoided Birming-
ham. but we should have care that
we do not ride into another ambuscade,
and If 1 90 first that may be prevent
ed" M
+ when /, see you interfered with.
win just gallop to your assistance"
"You, shall do nothing 90 foolish. No
one in England Is going to inJure me.
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CONTINUED on Page Eleven).
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CHAPTER XVIII.

~ OWEVER graceful the French
man might be on foot, and
no one denied his elegance
Of haa1dno ha waa hut an
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-15

What are you about, you accursed
clodhoppers? Don't you know a kings
man when you see one? Leave that
rubbish and follow me to the cathe-
draL"
Armstrong; horse, nearly done, stag
gered over the bridge and up the slight
incline that led to the cathedral pre-
cincts. Across the gounds surrounding
the church had been raised a great
earthwork, and the battered west front
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-06-30
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.

Application has been received at the
ONCE Of the Secretary of State for a
revival of the charter of the North Mis-
sisslppl & Bay Springs Railroad, a
branch of the Southern Railway pro
jected from Burnsville. in Tishomiugo
county, in a southerly direction
through lttawamba county, probably
to Fulton, the county seat. Ittawamba
is one of the few counties in the State
nov without railroad facilities, and the
indications are that the Southern Rail.
way intends TO build the line. The
charter expired some time since.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-06-30

Adjt.-Gen. Fridge has received infor-
nation from Gulfport to the effect that
the artesian well dug on the camp
grounds near there is a big success.
The well is $50 feet deep and is sup
plying water at the rate of $50 gallons
a minute. Gen. Fridge has issued
an order to the effect that no requisi-
ton received for ordnance or quarter,
masters supplies would be honored
between July 10 and August Is.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-06-30

Land Commissioner Nall received
from the Land Department at Wash
ington the maps and plates Of the land
purchased by Foley & Arson, embrac.
ing some 10000 acres. and Assistant
Commissioner Smiley has been destg.
mated by these gentlemen to mark out
the line of the railroad to be built by
them up the Pearl river valley,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-06-30

Congressman John Sharp Williams
gives notice that on August Is and l6
an examination is to be held in Jack
son for the purpose of selecting a ca,
Diet from the Eighth district in the
West Point Military Academy. All
boys between the ages of II and %
are eligible to compete for this honor,
The successful applicant will report at
Jackson Barracks, New Orleans, on
May ], 1906. for his entrance examina-
ton. Two alternates are to be chosen
from among the applicants.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-06-30
BY II. Z. BLAKESLEE, Jackson.

Major Jonas of the Abereeen Exam
liner, some weeks since produced some
interesting statistics in refutation of
the writer's contention that Mississippi
was not paying the attention to mule
breeding hat she should, and that of
the ten thousand mules needed in build
ing the Panama canal, Mississippi
would not be able to furnish any of them.
Here are extracts from the article that
are well worth reading:
"Our friend Blakeslee widely misses
the mark in his diagnosis. Mississippi
as a mule breeder as demonstrated oy
the census of 1900, ranked seventh
and led every State in the West
except Missouri, Illinois and Kansas,
and every State in the South except
Tennessee and Texas. This condition
has vastly advanced in the last five
years, and we have no doubt she now
leads both Kansas and Illinois in this
industry, and is close upon the heels OF
Tennessee, being entitled to at least
fifth place as a mule breeding State.
SIN 1900 the several States named be-
low reported mule colts under two
...,... - 49, 40 IlAEtr
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-06-30

The Lincoln County Law and Order
League, which was the active agent in
the prosecution of the whitecapper or.
ganizatiOn in that county, finally secur.
ing its disruption. will prepare coun-
ter-petitions to be presented to Gov.
Vardaman, urging him not to grant
pardons to the ~ringleaders Of the
whitecapper organizations, who were
sentenced to the penitentiary at the
November term Of Circuit Court In that
county.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-06-30

Marshal W. S. Moon arrested a large
gang of foreigners at Crenshaw for
working on the railroad on Sunday.
The railroad authorities were notified
three weeks ago not to work their
gangs there on Sunday, but disobeyed
the orders. The men were arraigned
before the mayor and fined, which the
railroad will have to pay.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-06-30

Reports received at the auditors Of
fee indicate that there will be a fair
sized increase in the pension roll this
year, judging from the frequent re-
quests for blank applications received
at the office. The Board of Pension
Examiners will meet in September to
consider the new applications. Per
sons now on the pension roll are not
required to make new applications.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-06-30

Gov. Vardaman has pardoned Wal
ter c. Stevens. a white man serving a
two-year term in the penitentiary fer
manslaughter. Stevens was convicted
in the Circuit Court of Copial county
last December. and has made a model
prisoner during his Incarceration. He
was employed as bookkeeper at the
Oakley Hospital, and rendered very
satisfactory services. The Governor
found ~extenuating circumstances in
the case which justified the pardon.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-06-30

The Simpson county branch OF the
State Cotton Growers Association has
arranged for a big rally and barbecue
to be held at Mendeuhall on the 18th
of July. Simpson county carries the
third largest membership roll in the
State. The arrangements for the rally
will be in charge Of Messrs. Smith
Thames, Whitworth and James.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-06-30

Secretary Fisher, Of the Mississippi
Cotton Growers Association reports
that the association has a thorough or.
ganization in every county in the State
where cotton is grown, and on the LIST
Of July he viii prepare his semi.anuuai
report to the executive committee,
showing the membership roll of each
county. The association will collect
cotton statistics throughout the season
at stated intervals, and will have near
Iy 5000 correspondents by whom III
formation win be furnished. The frst
report was compiled from the sata
sent IN by 1892 correspondents.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-06-30

On Monday, July 3. the Supreme
Court will begin the call of all cases
eft on the dOckets for the middle and
northern districts. The cases Will be
called peremptorily as they are reached
on the docket. and viii be argued, sub
mitted or continued when called.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-06-30

Information has been received that
the fire insurance companies operating
in Mississippi have recently agreed on
special hazard rating for certain risks
in Greenwood. Ora. Port Gibson, West
Point, Centreville, Crawford, Vicks.
burg, Silver City, Itta Bena, Gloster
and Prentiss,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-06-30

There are now fifteen convIcts in the
Mississippi penitentiary under the age
of 16 years. and it is understood that
the effort will be renewed at the next
session Of the Legislature to secure the
establishment o4 a boys rcformat0ry
department in connection with the
State prison, in order that the young
sters may not be associated with hard
Rned criminals.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-06-30

Union and a number Of other coun-
ties in that section of the State report
a splendid fruit crop. A canning fac
tory is being built at New Albany and
a market will be furnished for all fruit
and vegetables that can be produced.
The people up there have always raised
plenty Of fruit for home consumption
and some to spare, and are o arrang-
ing to make the business a profitable
one along with cotton ard corn. The
famous Pontotoc ridge is said by those
who know to be the best Embarrassing
section of the State, and it goes with
out saying that their efforts will hs
crowned with success.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-06-30

It is announced that the General Oil
Company, which is an Ohio corpora
ton, is about to establish headquarters
in Jackson for the State, Heretofore
the headquarters for the company has
been in Memphis, and the business for
a good portion Of the South has been
handled from that city. The General
Oil Company is a competitor of the
Standard, and has been in business for
some years in this section.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-06-30

The little city of Montrose, in Jasper
county, is a real good one. Although
very young in years, it has already in
stalled a system of electric lights, and
will soon put in waterworks. The cltl-
zens are prosperous and happy, believ-
ing in the future OF their town and
spending their money to back such a
belief.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-06-30

Another system of making paper
from bagasse has been devised, and the
inventor thinks he has surely struck 1t
at last. Who can say that Our Mi5si5-
sippi cane will not only furnish sugar
and molasses to sweeten the world, but
will also furnish the white paper on
which to record the happenings there
Of? There are great things in store
for US.
New-York tribune., 1905-07-06
CONVICT HIDING HERE.
Prisoner Who Escaped from DeUiPt
Island Visits This City.

EDWARD Guerin, who escaped from the French
penal colony on Devils Island. where he was serv-
ing life sentence for robbing the American Ex-
press Company, in Paris, Of 10000 francs. in 1901
Is III ths country. Pat Sheedy. who has known
Guerin from boyhood, said last night:
'Guerin visited my hotel about twenty
Gays ago He was in bad health He did not need
money, or l would have helped him. He bought
some clothes. and my advice, left town within
forty-eght hours.
Guerin is innocent of the crime of which he was
convicted. Dutch Gus" the guilty man. who Is
now serving life sentence. implicated Guerin be-
cause of a
"Guern had servedsten years for robbng the Bank
Of Lyons of $4,000 In France they consider man
guilty until he prove his innocence, and. so he
was given the maximum penalty perjured tes-
timony / saw and spoke to this evening
who implicated He has been suspected.
Il believe that the authorities could not send
Guerin back to France for the crime with which
he is charged but they would like to arrest him
for the glory
Guerin escaped from French Guiana. where he
had been taken presumably sick, on May l. He
later robbed and left for dead near Paramaribo
Dutch Guiana. by Indians He was found by two
Americans who cared for him. He sailed from
Georgetown for NewYork under the name o.
James Harrison.