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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-07


AND SCRATCHED.
eat except themselves, and estimate
that there were a million Cairo heas
in the flask, enough to set up house,
keeping in your palace, with enough to
stock the palace Of your crown prince
when he Is married. and this Is that
you may remember the visit of Peck 3
Bad Boy and his dad.
The emperor was mad 1t first, but
he laughed, and when we got out OF
the palace dad leaned against lamp
post and scratched his back, and said
to me, "Hennery, you never ought to
have did it," and I said, What could
q poor boy do when called upon sud-
deny to do something to entertain roy
alty?''
well" says dad. II don't care for
myself, but this thing Is apt to bring
on international complications, and I
said. yes, it will bring Persia into It.
cause they will have to use Persian
insect powder to get rid Of them, and
then we went to our hotel and fought
fieas all night, and thought OF the
sleepless night the royal family were
having.
Wen, SO long, old Pummernickel.
Yours truly.
HENNERY.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-07
s'QUEEN" OF A GANG WHICH OPERA1 ED
IN VERMONT-STOR OF THEIR
3 GRIMES AND THEIR CAPTURE
AFTER FIERCE BATTLE.
WHY LOvINA LANFEAR BECAME A R0BBER
Thouehi Ii " Couldn't Be Any Worse Than
Working 49, Evil Associates and Influ-
ences Work the Ruin of the Daug1-
ter Of a Farm Hand.

After she left Westcott the girl met
Albert Ross, member of tue gang
Of bandits over which she soon ruled.
In fact, he was the most desperate,
and was the one to lose his lire when
the country officers and the gang met
in battle.
K Asked to tell her own story IN her
own way, she does SO willingly, and
with a freedom that in an innocent girl
would be taken as naivete, but in her
case can be called nothing but aban-
dom
certainly I'm guilty Of being with
the gang" she says, though you
couldn't call Us bandits. vs. didn't
do anything SO horrible, ana Il we'd
been let alone we'd have gur sway
without causing any harm except TAX
ing what we needed when we could
find 1t.
Everybody around here knows me.
I was born near Dorset. and went to
the district school didn't care much
for it, and used to stay away when l
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-07

could. rather anu mother care! moi
they.
Il married Westcctt, but we didn't
get along, so We just quit.
II didn't care, because he tried to
make me stay IN the iause nights
when he was away, and didn't want
to. ! like to enjoy life. Well, when
he told me to go away fron him, I
went stayed at home little WHILE.
and then met fellow named Albert
Ross, who was clerking It cue Putnam
house in Bennington.
I'VE kept company, Al ara I, and
he worked at the hotel ara over at
the golf links at Manchester n-the-
Mountains. But finally we got tired
OF living around here, and thou sht
wee sc. out. sSs#z
8 --.ae .-st night 1t was dask. AMI Z
gUt tired; so al and wet into q
EARN to sleep till morning. We didn't
know there was anyone III t.sre, but
we had hardly got Inside when We
heard our names called. sLi. looking
u Ia the haymow, saw my cousin,
Merritt Reed. All friend named Dan
BrockwaY.
.sWhen Al xad saw the fe.fows we
.NalA - Hnow what they Nere doing
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-07

Remington, vt-Lovina Lanfear, a
bandit queen at is. Is in the Jail here.
According to the officers, the girl is
as desperate character as ever
roamed the hills OF the Green Noun
tain state. The capture Of the gang
nth which she was associated seems
to bear out their assertion, for the
girl and her pals we're taken prisoners
after i desperate battle. in which one
man lost his life.
81 LOyina Lanfear is m the same cell
III which Mrs Mary Rogers awaited
trial for the murder Of her husband.
Mrs. Rogers case attracted worldwide
attention because OF the brutality Of
the crime OF which she was found
guilty. The Lanfear girls case prom
faes to become rs famous on account
IT her youth and the peculiar circum-
stances surrounding her strange ca
Teer.
gs "A remarkable story is hers, one that
makes the nearer pity her rather than
blame the girl. Her face is pretty,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-07

LITTLE DEVIL
and scratch themselves, and the en-
peror slapped mis- leg and pinched his
arm and put his fingers down his collar
and scratched his neck, and the crown
prince jumped up and kicked his leg
and scratched his back, and said,
Say, kid, you are not hypnotizing us.
are you, and said, 4Ene-mene-
mony-my, !" and kept on touching he
stopper.
BY and by they ali got to scratching.
and the emperor turned sort Of pale,
but he was going to see the show
through to the end, as long as he had
ticket, and he said, What IS the
joke. anyway" and kept on saying
s Ene-mene-mony-my,a and walking
around in front OF them, and dad be-
gan to dance around, too. and dig
under his shirt bosom and scratch his
leg, and they all scratched IN uni
son and laughed, and q little prince
asked how long before they would
know what It was all about, and said
my enc -mene, and looked solemn, and
dad said, What You giving Us, and
said, Never you mind, this II my
show ana am tho whole push, :, md
everybody had raised up out Of his
chair and each WIS scratching for Ill
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-07
- 4fraH.1-- u -7.- t-far7i- - +
Vanity

Miss Francs Keller, IT the Women's
Municipal Leagne Of NEW York, Illus
trated admirably at a recent dinner
PARTY d point which she wished 20 make
"a yeDsy to man 10 had said
..wemen are 5ainer than men. !. Ct
course. e, s. Miss Keller answered. + ad-s3
IN. lnat Tuz1en are VAR and men are
-at There re Thousand proofs that
his IS 80. Way, the Esestie OF the hand
Dnest nan ii he room IS even now up
sse back of his collar There were slx
men present and each Of them put his
hand gently behind. his neck his
delphi Ledger. q
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-07
Deceased Wife,s Sister Mudd1es.

Our refusal to recognize marriage
with 4 deceased wife's sister which
is legal in the Australian common
wealth-has led to many complications
in the Inheritance OF property. And
very embarrassing social incidents
have happened. One q the most un-
pleasant occurred during the reign Of
the late queen. Arrangements had
been made by the colonial Office for
the presentation Of an Australian cab
met minister and his wife at court.
but when it was found that the lady
was a deceased wife's sister the pro-
posed presentation was promptly over
ruled. Such an episode Is not likely
to be repeated, for King Edward, when
prince Of Wales, voted in the house OF
lords for the legalization OF marriage
with deceased wife's sister.-London
Chronicle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-07

a 8
th.t was ont. and finally the emperof
said, Il like q joke as well q any
body, but cant laugh until 4 know
what am laughing about, and hs
told dad to mako ms AaoV what wa
in the bottle. and / showed the bottle
and there was nothing In It, and there
they stood scratching themselves. and
/ told dad we better excuse ourselves
and go. and we were going all right
enough when dad said, ~ hat IS +
you are DOING and ~ we got almost
to the door 4 said, Your majesty
have distributed. impartially, trust,
in the royal family OF Germany. hall
q pint OF the hungriest feas that Egypt
can produce, for they have been n
that task three weeks with nothing TO
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-07

was nappiness ess1y Wne w Z, anu .ile1 :
heaven was IisEe mere Y MS a.ese
GERMAN CITY. i mel =. y iausshleI every
Wnere, eAcsp. Wiien lne e1n pei.'I alises
Dy, escorted ny ms pe'dy sualu' On Tug
nnese nolsss = 1he Ws'llu' ensn eseiy vel.
cltiAen VI tne seiest ssols stlliiiiss asiu
iausn inss 81 7eanu e , asseA'ion' a,lu
esely iaee taxes VI 2 soiel III, pa.laoeis'
almost . nsnelns iooA. e though eacn
man "otiu CONSIDER = MS nappaese
outy ana pleasure y walk Iisnl up
" tue i''ouln =. % .lou anu ule ~
MS .iachs iol HIS pd p. AassaIu
anu toVeu eA1t,sfo. S.. q. ~ .l l eil peIoI
nese sunes ~ n1s sup1es.s 90 nc
paeSee. oue iooAe in.o 800 sse ~
1,'n slaes - 1ne neau1l1u. SEE. WIN
an eNp,ess,un - as1ny - nls lacs.
: - - - e
NC "ou'u eay, sAeu' uo.s' -. ~. .enes az
ua.1, Anu eney woull - ion ' lug
a.ne, isnu WIZ snc 49, - eaen II.
sa q, pouies
VIC - lue - .ne ps,op,s ~ .nsat
n.ous.aeneu youne 1An, VII lug iooh
sl. - = y al1eu - ene
piiue ~ lAe en1p'. e = useiy ,,1ei ...an
~ Anay' = n1y 80 3 " 'ne iaee
~ INC e G.,, e1 3 none " TUG
eo Dil1 SUN 81 e nase ~
70 "nen lug = es1uens 3ulises
.n, ,' ~ ms psopts' mauy = tnsm
yen, asn1 lsuus, wn.le - SHOWS MS
.se.n anu ie.aeaS an1 snus up - MS
~ 1a's' '.1'4 ~ = s.1s NM 90
&c ni4s9 a. - isue
enese sans Iello on 1asfl eans are
RoDay 5aa.z SO ~ = = ens1, eniei'
80 80, - 10 -, 80 'sou1u SUI :
Is naiu % ens ioslns aes mans "oulo
~. sAei ne' eai.a1s Ola1pe1 =
! SUPPOSE tnere IS SOMEBODY working
IN Berilh, ou1 = seems g us that the
+ hoie populallon, SO TAT as can be
seen, IS Dent On enjoying every minute,
Walklhs tue sereees, "a good clolhes.
giving Hlllltafy sa l'a9, anu drinking
peer petWeen meals, ana taxing About
what Germany would 60 20 an enemy
Y the ever-pr res emp on the shoulder i
should pc knocked on, even accident.
ally. But they al seem g loVe Amer
,ea. sn0 ~ e. - =, So, - e s1e
notel, from MllWaukee,. WIS, =. =. A.,
clIizens began 70 salner aroundsus ana
ask ABOUT lela1ive e. q OUT nome iney
seem % tnlnh .nae every herman VINO
mas setlled II MilW aukee owns 2 Drew
cry, anu .nat al ale llen, ana lnat
some day tney VII. sonae DAeA % Ger
many ana spend ene money ana ngnt
Tor the emperor
we ald NOT nase zens neaI1 % leli
tnem that 81 lne e VET y MIL
Waukee were solns g Say there and
spend TIER n.pney' anu Vniie lnelri
hearts were sun VIII loMa1os nc
Falneria ''l' eney iossu Tue STATS ,' anc
stripes sl ana Noulu nsnl lol tue Amer
lean nag asalns. .n1 Nol,u, anu that
the younger ue.n1ans spoke tne Ger
man languase, = :. e. Win ! anhee
accent. uee, ". MouIun !, re people
o. ber,ln y ~. unus1 ane eollar y
.hey kneN noW ma i. .1elmans Y
America ws :, unl .l.all1al IN me
make Up q .ns u J. nag, ana that
eney -. N..en
some celeDfa'ion = 1eflnan oays taxes
place. 8,
Nen . ,.;a.a ,, e.a S - ! 80 eeaman
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-07
Listening to the Fishes.

For listening to the noise made BY
fishes in the depths ct the seas, 4 Nor-
wegianlinyentor has devised q telephone
to be lowered overheard from fishing
boats. With this he claims q fisherman
can detect the presence Of fish, theIl
numbers and even their kind. Herrings
or smaller fish, when they come In large
numbers, make q piping, whistlins
sound, while cod make q roaring noise.
When they come close to the submarine
telephone the movements OF the indi-
yidual fish can be distinguished. The
instrument consists Of q microphone
In . hermetically -sealed steel box. 1t
is connected by electric wires with q
telephone in the vessel above. Every
sound in the water below is intensified
by the microphone and conducted BY
the electric wires to the telephone.
Stray Stories. 4
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-07

emperor. who wore an ordinary dark
suit, with no military frills, took one
OF the young princes hs had been play
Ing with, acrcss his knee and gave
him couple Of easy spanks, IN fun,
and the whole family was laughing,
and the spanked boy tackled the en-
peror around tie legs, below the Knee,
like football player, and the other
princes pulled him OF. and the en-
peror came up to dad. smiling as
though he was having the time OF MS
life, and spoke to dad In the pursst
English, and SAID he Was glad 70 see
the bad Boy man, because he had
read all about The FRANKS OF the mad
boy and bid dad welcome TO Germany,
and he didn't look sick at all.
Dad was taken all Of aheap. and
didn't know what to make OF the Ger
man emperor talking Engnsn, nut
when the ruler OF Germany turned 70
me and said. And SO this IS the cn2m-
p1on little devil OF America, ano
patted me on the head, dad 1eil that
ne mad struck q friend OF the 1aM1iy
and ne sat down with the emperor ana
talked for half an hou:, while the
young princes gathered around me,
and we sat down on the 1oos ana Tue
boys got out their knives and we
played mumblety peg on the carpet,
just as though we were q nome, and
all the boys talked English, and we
mad bully time the princes nad al
read "Peck's Bad Boy, and ! think
the emperor and empress nave encoar-
aged them IN their wickedness, Tor the
boys told me OF several TICKS tney
had played on their fat Ter, the en-
peror, which they had copied from the
Bad Boy" AMI 1t made me blush
when they told of initiating their
father into the Masons, the way my
chum and / Initiated dad into the
Masons with the aid OF 9 goat
I asked the boys how their dad took
It. and told them from what we in
America heard about the emperor OF
Germany. we would think he would kill
ANYBODY that played trick on him,
but they said he would stand anything
from the children, and enjoy Il, but
If grown men attempted to monkey
with him. the fur would fly. TIE
crown prince came in and was intro
duced to me. and be seemed proud to
see me-. cause mis- uncle, Prince Hez-
~. had told him about being in Mil
waukae and how all the women ii
-, x..,ae,,.,.r+ i - trad
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-07
The Natural Inference.

Hello, old man! Getting ready to re-
tire from business life. eh
Why, no; I'm not; what makes you
say thai? z,
= see you've stopped advertising II.
the newspapers I,
And, after thinking this reply over Tor
m hour or two, the merchant went
around and renewed his contracts.
Chicago Sun. Gill
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-07

II you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use Of Peruna,
write at once to Dir, Hartman, giving
full statement OF your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-S
vice gratis, 81
Address DR.. S. b. Hartman, President
of The Hartman Sanitarium, Colum-l
bHs, Ohio.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-06-21
kRMISTICE NOT LIKELY
GENERAL ENGAGEMENT SEEMS
PROBABLE BEFORE PEACE
NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN.
0YAMA's STRATEGIC POSITION sTROEG
JAPANESE OPPOSED TO susPEN-
SION OF HosTILITIEs AT
THE PRESENT TIME.

st. Petersburg, June 21.-The only
hope for an armistice pending the
meeting of the peace plenipotentiaries
seems to rest with President Roose-
welt and even that Is considered slen-
der. So far as known the president
has not taken positive step in this
direction. The impression here con-
tinues strong that Japan only with
great reluctance could be induced to
forego the advantages of her strategic
position which, despite the tone of the
official advices from the front, are re-
Earded as being altogether favorable
10 Field Marshal Oyama, and agree to
a suspension of hostilities for at least
six weeks, during which time thoa-
sands of reinforcements would reach
General I.inevitch and Vladivostok
would be strengthened with munitions
and supplies to withstand siege. In
deed, 1t is suggested that Japan delib-
erately planned to postpone the meet
ing long enough to give Oyama a
chance to administer to the Russians
a fresh defeat on land in order to rob
the war party in Russia of their last
card and facilitate acquiescence to her
terms. Considering the situation,
therefore, President Roosevelt's tri-
umph will be all the greater If he
could now succeed in crowning his
work by an agreement which would at
least prevent another bloody battle
pending the show of hands at Wash
ington. Al the British embassy the
Associated Press was informed that
Great Britain had not offered Japan
any advice on the subject.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-06-21
CERTAIN OF JAP VICTORY.
People of Ef gland Hope Another Bat
tie Will Be Fought.

London, June 21-While undOubt-
edly the people of England would like
to see a general battle in Manchu =
before an armistice Is declared, since
1t is felt certain that Field Marshal
Oyama would score another victory,
the Associated Press is assured that
the British government has not given
Japan any advice as to what course
to pursue, as alleged by the Noyoe
Vremya of st. Petersburg. In fact,
the government has done nothing be-
yond supporting President Roosevelt's
endeavor to secure the earliest meet
ing of the peace plenipotentiaries and
the submission by Japan of terms
likely to be acceptable to Russia. With
overwhelming forces at his command
IL is felt in military circles that Oyama
is in a position to deal most crush
ing defeat to General Linevitch.
The recent movements of British
cruisers in the Far East are taken to
mean that the admiralty has again un-
dertaken to notify the Russian cruis-
ers of Foreign Minister Lamsdorff's In
structions that there is to be no fur
ther sinking of neutral ships. AT any
rate ship owners are much relieved.
Premier Balfour, replying to
question in the house of commons,
said correspondence with the Russian
government was proceeding in regard
to the sinking of the British steamer
St kilda. The government took
very serious view of the matter be-
cause it had received the most specific
assurances that no such action would
again be taken.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-06-21
DATE OF PEACE CONFERENCE
JAPAN,s SUGGESTION TO MEET
ON AUG. 1 SATISFACTORY
TO RUSSIA.

st. Petersburg, June 21.-Russia,
the Associated Press is officially in
formed, finds no objection to Aug. J..
as suggested by Japan, for the date OF
the meeting of the plenipotentiaries
and instructions will be sent to Am
bassador Cassini to accept 1t.
In spite of the dispatches from
Washington indicating the possibility
that Count Cassini and Minister Taxa
hira may sign temporary armistice
before the end of the week the foreign
office declares positively that there
have been no official exchanges on the
subject. Indeed, according to the view
expressed by the foreign Offices rec
ognized mouthpiece, there Is not much
expectation that a suspension OF hos
tilities can be arranged. AT the same
time 1t is readily agreed that the pros
poets of peace might be advanced If
battle could be avoided pending the
meeting.
According to reports current In this
city some preliminaries looking to an
armistice have already taken place
between General Linevitch and Field
Marshal Oyama, but the war ONCE
offers NO confirmation of this. On the
contrary the news f-om the front, al
though meager, all seems to indicate
that the japanese advance has already
begun.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-06-21
SENSATIONAL FORGERY CASE
MANY SPURIOUS TRANSACTIONS
BROUGHT TO LIGHT AT
PHILADELPHIA.

Philadelphia, June 21.-The Phila-
delphia Stock Exchange has sent a
notice to its members warning them
against negotiating stock certificates
bearing the name of Benjamin III
Gaskill or Benjamin FL. Gaskill G. Co.
Back of this is said to be sensational
story of forgery and raising of certifi.
Gates involving hundreds of thousands
of dollars.
The discovery of the irregularity
was made by E. c. Miller & Co., bank
ers and brokers.
Benjamin Fl. Gaskill, senior mem
ber of the first named firm, died three
weeks ago. One of his customers
transferred his account to Miller &
Co. and in the account was certif-
cate of 100 shares of Philadelphia
Traction company stock worth about
$4,000. 1t subsequently developed
that the certificate had been raised
from one share The discovery ere
ated O sensation in financial circles,
as 1t is reported that many spurious
transactions of the same sort have
been made One bank is said to have
loaned $225,000 on raised certificates
The administrators of the Gaskill es
tate are making an investigation and
statement is promised
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-06-21
DROPS pEAp WHILE SPEAKING
Former Secretary Sheerin OF the DEM
ocratic National Committee.


Chicago, June 21.-S. p Sheerin,
formerly secretary OF the Democratic
national committee, dropped dead on
the floor of the convention hall in the
Auditorium hotel while making an adj
dress before the delegates to the con-
vention of the National Interstate In
dependent Telephone association.
Death was due to apoplexy
Mr.. Sheerin was president of the
New Long Distance Telephone com
pany of indianapolis and had been
selected by the convention arrange
ments committee to reply to an adj
dress of welcome by representative
of the city of Chicago. AS Mr..
Sheerin went to the speakers table
he iokingly remarked that he was un-
able to make a speech without notes
and asked the pardon of those present
while he read his response TO the adj
dress of welcome. He had proceeded
we'll along with the reading when he
suddenly stepped backward and fell to
the floor, expiring within few min
utes. The convention was thrown into
a state of intense excitement by Mr..
Sheerin's death and several minutes
elapsed before order could be restored.
Adjournment for the day followed.
S. r. Sheerin, Jr., a son. was present
when his father expired and imme-
diately took charge OF the remains.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-06-21
MOROCCO SENDS INVITATION.
United States Asked to Participate In
Proposed Conference.

Washington, June 21.-The state de-
partment has received dispatch from
Mr.. Gummere, minister to Morocco,
transmitting request from the gov
ernment of Morocco that the United
States participate in conference on
the affairs of that country. The re-
quest is similar to that which has been
sent to otller governments.
The reply of the United States was
discussed at the cabinet meeting, but
no decision was reached because the
United States first desires to know
the scope and purpose Of the confer
ence Other governments have re-
piled in substance that if all the great
powers participated they would also
accept.
The interests of the United States
are only commercial, it is said, while
those of Germany and France are po-
litical Consequently the United States
does not have such interest in the con-
ference as the governments of Eu-
rope.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-06-21
Saved by Dynamite.

Sometimes, a flaming city is saved by
dvnamiting a space that the fire cant
cross Sometimes. cough hangs on so
long. you feel AS il nothing but dyna-
mite would cure it. z. i, Gray. OF CAL
houn. Ga, writes: my wife had very
aggravated cough, which kept her
awake nights. Two physicians could
not hclp her; so she took DIR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds, which eased her
cough, gave her sleep, and finally cured
her. Strictly scientific cure for bron.
chitis and LaGrippe. AT Stoddard 4
Halstead's drug store, price 5Oc. and
81 &c; gtflfltted Trial lttflf free.