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The Falls City tribune., 1905-04-21

Even an experienced matador might
shudder if given the task with only a
slender dagger in place of the trusty
sword.
She seeks to have the beast dart
at the red shawl, perhaps to lead
him a chase round the arena while
the women are being drawn up by
stout arms above.
Alas! at the critical moment she
slips and fails to dart aside. They
see her make a fruitless stroke at the
beast; then comes the sound of i'm
pact. 1t causes Jacks blood to run
cold, as though chilled with ice, but
he does not stop. With mad bounds,
he presses on, clearing the interven-
ing ground.
Taurus has only halted long enough
to toss the brave girl aside. A hor-
rid front he presents as he once more
lowers his head and, giving a muf-
fled roar, starts toward the defense
less m All! d~efenseless no long
er, for Jack Iravers has, by a her
culean effort, reached them and plant
ed himself %squarely in front.
He pants for breath, but tho hand
that raises the revolver is as steady
as a rock, for well he knows, this
man of the plains, how much depends
upon his nerve at this iuncture.
AS a c~attleman, Jack is very ia
miliar with animals, and this is hard
ly the first adventure in which he has
figured with a raging bull as his OPP
ponent.
This knowledge of anatomy, as ap-
piled to the long horns of Texas, is
very apt to prove of advantage to him
under the conditions with which he
is now confronted; for it means
something to know just where to
place a leaden bullet in order to in
stantly paralyze an %onrushing mon
Ster.
Another hush succeeding the uni
versal cry of horror attending the
catastrophe that marked the last rush
of the bull.
This is broken by the sharp report
of the revolver.
The beast instantly ceases his gal
lop; as though stricken by an cleo
N'N cc'', HS p4uhSNo W Wdlu, DIS Ills
forelegs fain in their duty.
Hurrah! the mighty monster is
down.
A shout arises that rends the air.
Every living being in all that vast
ampbitheater joins in the whirlwind
OF applause, such is the overwhelm-
ing sense of relief that sweeps over
the multitude upon finding that no
more are to be offered I'D as
victims. They can see men over
thrown n day, and applaud with
Bravo, toro!" the plucky beast that
battles for his life, but with the gen.
tier sex la the arena it is a different |
thing.
The bull us not yet lone for; he at
tempts to arise. but Jack has the
game all in lis own hands now, and,
without delay, plants a couple of bull
lets III the body of the beast that eff
~fectually end his troubles.
No sooner is he assured that the
black terror is no longer able to do
damage than Jack turns upon the
girl he has saved. She is. still very
white, but she holds out her hand to
; \. He reads something in her face,
something that thrills him with an
ecstasy he cannot define. 1t is useless
for her to longer deceive herself
destiny has intended them for each
other, and Loves powerful touch has
sealed the bargain. He is at her side;
he believes the moment is suspicious
that his fate trembles in the bal
ance.
"Wha would you say? l can see
The Falls City tribune., 1905-04-21

~ uIltI WItIltSSlnE tnC pIdNc uCtIOu
of Jack Travers in saving the women;
but he is by nature not accustomed
to laying down his hand easily, and
proves himself capable Of one last
big bluff ere posing as the forgiving
father.
So he forces himself to thank the
American for his brave action, and
finally tells the girl to accept his
escort, as he intends leaving for tho
hotel.
1t Is the supreme test.
Jessie's face flushes crimson; she
feels that her position Is a strange
one. but Jack presses her hand con-
fidingly with his arm, and the contact
gives her courage.
SO she deliberately informs the
senior that she has decided to place
her future In the hands of her hus.
band, whom she has learned not only
to respect, but love.
"And," adds Jack, significantly,
"who Is both able and willing to de-
fend her"
The senior makes a signal, and in a
trice they are surrounded by Spanish
guards. Jack Is hurried away. His
amer puzzles the Spaniard, It
seems so confident.
One night, or, rather, a part OF It,
Jack spends in a dungeon under Nor.
70 Castle, and 1t is quite enough for
him.
BY moor on the following day the
American Consul had beer to see the
Captain-General, before whom he
places the facts. and demands the
immediate release OF an American
citizen on penalty of complaints to
the Government at Washington.
So Smlthers and Mr.. Williams per-
sonally go to the gloomy fortress and
bring Jack out of his hole.
AS soon as he is released. Jacks
first thought is of his wife, for he has
| grave fears lest Senior Roblado spirit
her away in order to carry out his
schemes. All Sin has had his duty
cut out for him, and knows how to do
It. A message from the heather Chi
nee brings Jack and Smithers to the
landing, and they are carried out to
a steamer just about ready to sail for
| NeW 1OIh.
On board tiey find those they seek.
The two men are stunned by Jacks
appearance, and make no move when
Jessie runs to the shelter of his arms,
for she has passed a wretched night
in suspense as to his fate.
Jack has won. Roblado filings up
the game and asks for terms, but they
will not treat with him save upon un-
conditional surrender. In the n he
gets off better than he deserves. Even
Juanita deserts him, resolving to
cling to the stepsister she loves; and
the two p~lotters sail with the steam
er, for Roblado has learned he Is a
marked man among the revolution
lists.
And Lola Montez? Jack and his
wife seek her when permitted to do
so. She will live, though never again
to actively participate in the work OF
freeing Cuba, but her wealth and in
1uence must all be spent in that way.
All Sin. still Squire Johns most
faithful %henchman, and quite invalu-
able in carrying out the many philan-
thropic designs in which the young
mine owner and his sweet wife en-
gage, with the idea of lettering the
condition of the tenants upon their
vast English estate.
THE END.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-04
One Reason for Failure.

Poultrymen arrange to hold a coun-
IT, or other show, and when the time
comes the attendance is often poor or
the interest is slack. One cause of this
partial or total failure has repeated
" been brought to our sattentiOn-lack
of due notices OF course there is al
ways a committee appointed to give
publicity. The committee leaves it to
enc man. That man allows valuable
time to pass before he begins to move
things" A few vague notices appear in
the local press. The forthcoming
facts are virtually lacking. People fail
To catch on. Those who attend COM
pose the home guard, "the crowd that
was here last year.
It takes genuine Chicken eathusi-
asm" to bear up against these disaIS
pointing shows. But it is better to try
prevention rather than salve our dis
appointment. Arrange to hold good
show and then give due notice in adj
vance. Allow for time in which the
statements made may soak in. Repeat
these concise facts through the state
press, as well as in the local papers.
This educates the farmers, merchants
and all to the fact that I'VE" are to
have big poultry show. The show is
ours" not theirs It IS a community
enterprise and it's success assured
Farm and Ranch.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-04
TRADE AND INDUSTRY.

The Paris municipal council has
unanimously called on the French leg
islature to make it a penal offense to
cause employees of either sex to work
more than six days a week.
The Goldfelds Labor Council, of
West Australia, has passed resolu-
ton in favor OF six-hour working
day, and as labor ministry is in pow
er the idea is likely to be realized.
Glass houses may soon be made
stone-proof. Silesian glassmakers are
turning out glass bricks for all sorts
OF building purposes, and hope that
the proverb will soon have no sigrifi-
canoe.
Fifteen million punches OF bananas
were brought to the United States last
year by one fruit company, which runs
SO steamers. They came chiefly from
Cuba, Costa Rica, Jamaica and Hon
duras.
The American shelters Of the smell
ter town of Murray, Utah, have organ
lied to ask the employers to discharge
all Greek and Austrian employees and
to employ only Americans in futurey
because the foreigners are accused Of
many recent crimes.
The restriction that salmon may not
be taken from the waters Of south
eastern Alaska until after July l Of
each year has been removed, and. in
view of that 1t is expected that the
catch will be very much larger this
year than previously.
The Journal Of Education says:
Taking the country as whole. one
child in five between the ages of and
Is is at work as . wage Garner. In
Alabama it is one in four, while In
Massachusetts it is but one in 200!
Massachusetts leads all other states
is far in the lead-in this particular
Her record is 40 times as good as that
of the United States as WHOLE"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-04
RACE SUICIDE IN TURKEY.
Families Becoming Small to Such .
Degree as to Alarm Gov
eminent.

Turkey it seems is also confronted
with the problem of race suicide This
is the more remarkable in Turkey be-
cause the prophet Mahomet made pro-
visions which he thought would prevent
such state of affairs. The rule among
the Turks SO years ago was to marry
young, every man to have several wives,
and each to rear large family.
But all this is changed. The Turk
nowadays does not marry until late and
then he usually has but one wife, and the
families are becoming small to such q
degree as to alarm the government
The sultan is trying to remedy this
matter. He is afraid his empire will be
depopulated. So he has just recently is,
sued an trade on the subject by which
he abolishes great deal of the ex-
rensive display connected with Turkish
marriages. He probably hopes in this
way to make marriage easier and less
expensive and so encourage the Turks
to marry earlier and perhaps oftener.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-04
Feeding Mixed Foods.

The advantage of mixing foods for
poultry in confinement depends a good
deal upon how is done. An excellent
method is to take some suitable meas
ure and use four quarts of bran to one
each of corn meal, middlings, oats and
ground meat. No more, of course,
should be fed at any time than the
fowls will eat up clean and, just as
their condition seems to require, the
maat should be mole or less reduced
and the grains, excepting the corn, in
creased. 1t is preferable, too, that it
be presented to them dry. 1t is not
natural for poultry to eat foods so
sticky that they are like paste. Add
ing.a little salt and red pepper to the
mixture occasionally is beneficial, as is
likewise some fresh cut bone or an
equal weight of cut clover: one or the
other of the last two, in fact, should
be fed regularly once a day and also
oyster shells for grit. The best results
are obtained by feeding this mixture
alternately with whole grains every
ether morning.-Cor. Epitomist.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-04
Increase Of Rertilttx.

The value of many feeding stuffs Is
based on their digestibility, but even
when food is digested it is not all as
simulated, the larger portion being
vo'ded. OF the protein in clover hay
nearly one-half fails to digest, and Of
the digested portion the manure heap
receives a large share. If ton of
clover hay is worth $40, enough of it
goes into the manure heap to equal
80 worth of fertilizers. A ton of cot
ton seed meal, which may cost $40, will
return in the manure about SIS, and
that,s too, after the farmer has used
those foods for producing meat, milk
and butter; though the estimates de-
pend, of course, upon the market price
OF plant foods. The reason is that
much OF the food is composed of fat
and starch which create heat and fat
for the animals but fat and starch
come from the air, and not from the
soil, hence the real plant foods of the
materials purchased for use on the
farm are those portions which are add
ed to the manure. in fact, at $40 per
ten for cotton seed meal, it can be
(and isl probably used on the land as
fertilizer, but in so doing the farmer
lcses some portions which can be util-
lied by stock and which are of no
value as manure. BY feeding all foods
to stock they are simply passed
through the body of the animal and
rendered more acceptable 10 the plants,
the animal being machine for reduc-
ing foods to 9 condition fit for vetega-
ton. 1t may be several seasons before
the whole,@of the materials are ex-
hausted from the. soil, while every
year the land increases in fetility and
produces more than before.-Missouri-
an, in Epitomist
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-04
QUEER COUP OF GAMBLERS
Interesting Reflections Suggested by
Recent Shooting in New
York City.

That gamb bier who has been shot and
mcrtally wounded by another gambler
should dcggedly refuse to identity ami
accuse his assailant, and that the assail-
ant, OH his part, when brought to the
bedside Of his dying victim. should refuse
to take his hand--these things seem TO
ordinary men and women almost in
credible. says the New York Times. But
ordinary men and women must bear in
mind the fact that gamblers are not of
their kind; that they have altogether
different ideas of conduct; that their
emotions and passions are different and
their conceptions of honor something
quite out of the ordinary.
OF these two gamblers it might with
out any risk whatever be assumed that
all their lives it has been their highest
desire to feel themselves to be and to be
generally looked upon as "dead-game
SPORTS The obligation not to peach"
which VIGOROUSLY inheres in the quail
ity of "dead-gameness, was recognized
as binding by the gambler who in peril
of immediate dissolution would NOT
identity and accuse the man who was
to have shot him.
He was able to take care of himself,
he said; that is, he asked no favors o.
the law. not even the posthumous favo-
of doing his murderer to death in the
electric chair There are hundreds,
n,n 1yhn nd IF y.n.
in this city now ripening for lives Of
crime whose highest ambition it is to be
considered dead-game sports. None of
the honors and rewards of life common
ly priced by men and women in degen-
crates would be held by these youngsters
in any such esteem.
The murderer's refusal to take the
preferred hand of his victim is readily ac-
counted for on grounds of temperament
and moral organization. The man who
shot Roche seems to be a wholly immoral
being. man with the low nervous or
ganization of the brute and with only the
rudiments of the higher faculties.
There are many such men walking the
streets of New York or of any other of
the world greatest cities, men to whom
the forgiveness of an enemy even upon
the enemy's deathbed would seem a
weakness. Equally with his victim this
gambler would be incapable of invoking
the aid of the law to redress a private
grievance.
Professional gambling breeds men of
this type.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-04
HERE AND THERE.

While cleanliness is not an abso-
luto preventive Of disease among
swine, it is recognized as a necessary
precaution. and it serves in the major
ity of cases to minimize disease.
---If the farmer can induce his hens
to lay during the winter, he will ma
terribly add to his income; but the "if''
seems to be as far as many go. Often
proper attention is not given to feed
ing. and this causes failure.
THE average farmer who expects
SUCCESS must be stock grower and
understand the methods of breeding,
growing and finishing stock, as well as
producing the grain, grass and forage
with which to finish them.
The aim in feeding poultry in the
winter is to give variety and come as
near to meeting summer conditions
as possible. Therefore, providing of
green food of some sort for winter
feed, should not be overlooked.
unfortunately we have as yet dis
covered no royal road to success in
weed killing. Work and tillage is
what we must look to for getting rid
of weed pests. Lime will not kill them,
neither win salt applied in doses that
will not injure crops also.
The present methods of feeding
hogs with good, wholesome grain and
clean pasturage certainly produces as
healthy a character of meat as any
animal can fproduce since that which
is eaten governs the resulting produc-
ton.
--To-day's prosperous farmer is not
he who only raises grain to the full
capacity of his land during any sea-
son, but is the farmer who turns his
grain into meats of various kinds, ac-
corindg to his tastes and the wants Of
the market.
True grasses furnish the bulk Of
the hay crop and the greater part OF
the pastures; the cultivation of clovers.
COW peas and other leguminous plants
Is an essential part of all successful
farming, as they have marked eff
feet In fertilizing and preparing the
soil for future crops.
Good Keeping Of milk is to great
extent promoted by the care of the
milk things" and the condition of the
room in which it is placed. Take this
as settled. that a healthy COW gives
pure milk. and it's troubles afterw ards
ara due to what is allowed to fall into
it, Or to be absorbed
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-04
BLUFF THAT ALWAYS WINS.
Reason the Young Man Here De-
scribed Drives Tandem and
Puts on Style.

Il believe there are more bluffs made
in this city than in any other in the
union" grunted an old clubman, as he
looked out of the window on the crowds
passing along Fifth avenue the other
day, relates the New York Press, 'and, in
spite of the fact that we pride ourselves
On being so sharp, know of no other
place where they prove SO effective. Did
you notice that young man who just
drove by in tandemo l happen to know
something about him, and can tell you
he is a case in point
Looks all right, you say? Of course.
he does, and that is the whole thing. He
is working the tandem bluff, and it looks
as if it might be the making of him.
He has not laid by penny of his own,
and certainly he does not own the team
he drives. But here is his plan of opera
tons, and notice how closely it hinges
on the tandem arrangement of his team
In the first place no liveryman is likely
to refuse credit, and plenty of it, toa man
who wants to hire tandem once or twice
a week. He sizes him up obviously as
young blood with money to burn just
the sort keen horseman is anxious to
have on his books. But the quiet young
gentleman who wants to hire a victoria
Or coupe for couple of hours is likely
to find he is expected to pay up at the end
of his outing.
1T is the same along the avenue. No
tailor or hosier cares to appear too eau
tious with man who dashes up behind
his own tandem. and his credit goes I'D
with bound, though man might drive
a pair to pole for year without excit-
ing any comment Even his friends and
acquaintance, to say nothing of stran
gers, are impressed by the show he
makes; and by few such well-judged
appearances that man you just saw has
established himself in circles both bust
ness and social to which in reality he has
no earthly right to belong. In case yo:,
ever want to try it the tandem bluff is
certain winner"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-04


1nevery country of the civilized world
Sisters of Charity are known. Not only
do they minister to the spiritual and
intellectual needs of the charges COM
mitted to their care, but they also
minister to their bodily needs.
With so many children to take care of
and to protect from climate and disease,
these wise and prudent Sisters have
found Peruna a never failing safeguard.
DIR. Hartman receives many letters
from Catholic Sisters from all over the
United States. A recommend recently
received from Catholic institution in
Detroit, Mich, reads as follows:
DR.. S. B. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio:
DearSir: 1.-THE young girl who used
the Peruna vas suffering from Iaryngi-
it's and loss of voice. The result of
the treatment was most satisfactory.
She found great relief, and after
further use of the medicine we hope
to be able to say she IS entirely cured. !"
Sisters of Charity.
The young girl was under the care Of
the Sisters of Charity and used Peruna
for catarrh of the throat with good re-
suits as the above letter testifies.
Send to The Peruna Medicine Co.,
Columbus, Ohio, for free book written
by Dr.. Hartman.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-04
FARMER AND PLANTER.
CURING AND KEEPING. s.
a soothern Farmer Gives His Plan,
successfully Followed in Cur
ing Hiz Meat.

notice an article on curing and
Keeping meat, (hog meat) by Mr.. H.
N. Galloway. Will say think Mr.. C.
As correct to salt while animal heat is
stlll in the meat / will give my ex-
perlence and way of handling meat for
keeping, and know by experience it is
success. We ate our last ham in
August, and it was as nice and sweet
as one OF those old Tennessee cured
mans. The hogs were killed during
the cold spell in February. | kill q
nos, (they dress all the way from $50
10 700 pounds), and when dressed
throw 1t on table and cut and trim
cIcse, and then salt and pack down in
= nice clean box and, then kill anoth-
er, dress, cut, trim and salt, and pack
as before, and so on until all are done
with. let meat remain in bulk until
late bedtime, say ten or eleven O'Clock,
and then unpack and lay out on table
In Single layer, and if weather is cold
let 1t remain SO next day and night,
rule, this near coast weather begins
10 get warmer, l then repack and
cover completely with salt q use about
two tablespoonful of salt peter to one
Peck of salt, we'll mixed and we'll
rubbed I'M, and make small opening
IN each ham joint and put in about
teaspoonful of the mixture-salt and
salt peter-at the joint let meat re-
main four to six weeks, and then take
up and have my wash pot full of wa
ter nearly boiling hot and dip each
piece for second or two which dis
solves all the salt, and then wipe Off
with CLOTH Then l take pulverized
borax or powdered borax, and rub on
the flesh side, using large cloth, so
as to save all borax that would other
wise be lost. then hang up and smoke
and in two or three days the meat will
be beautiful brown and not a fly or
insect will bother it. then take down
after hanging for ten days or two
weeks and pack in nice, bright, clean
hay, and it is done, and you can rest
assured that when you want some of
as nice bacon or ham as you ever
stuck tooth in, you have got it, and
you know that you are not eating
dead hogs!' well, I mean hogs that
were not killed.
P. 81 will state that generally we
have three or four days cold and then
it will turn Off warm with rain, and
such weather is, as anyone knows,
hard on meat; yet ours keeps perfect
", my wife says, and she knows, as
she did it. Smoke the meat for two
weeks at least, but not every day, and
after third or fourth day, only in FORE
noon, and let it hang till middle or to-
ward the last of March. Use powdered
borax and you will never have skip
pers. The night of the great storm our
store room was blown TO atoms and
scattered all over the place and our
bacon got good washing, but it was
good still. 1t is all bosh about you
can't keep meat in Texas. Try it and
see.-Jno. S. Bartlett, in Texas Farm
and Ranch. ss
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-04
Shouting. Their Praises.

Kirkland, H., Jan. -(Special)-
Cured of the terrible Rheumatic pains
that made him a cripple for years, Mr..
Richard r. Greenhon, an old and respect
ed resident Of this place, is shouting. the
praises of the remedy that cured him,
Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Il had the rheumatism in my left limb
SO that l could not walk over ten to hi
teen rods at time, and that by the use
Of two canes,o Mr.. Greenhoa says. II
would have to sit or lie down !. on the
ground when j was out trying to walk,
and the sweat would run down my face,
night for about five or six weeks.
Il tried different doctors, medicines, but
they were all no good. Then ] sent for
Dodd's Kidney Pills and almost from the
first they brought relief. By the time
] had taken fourteen boxes of them my
rheumatism was all gone and | can truly
say feel better than ! have in the last
twenty-five years.