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St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23
UNKINDNEss REWARDED.
Baby Thrown Out Found Later to
Have $4,000 Pinned to
Clothing.

A smart motor car with a young man
and pretty woman in it drove up to
q tiny fishing village on the Brittany
coast this week and stopped at a road
mender's cottage, which was empty
for the time being. The young man
sprang out with large bundle, left it
in the house, jumped into the car
again and drove off rapidly in the di-
rection of Brest. The road mender's
wife, on reaching home opened the
bundle and found therein a healthy
baby about eight days old. Having
babies enough of her own, she put the
unwelcome infant out Of doors and
calmly left it there. A peasant wom-
an passing by, hearing the child cry,
took pity on it and carried it to her
home. Undressing the baby, she
found $4,000 in bank notes pinned to
it's clothes, but not the slightest indi-
cation as to it's identity. She is going
to be devoted seccnd mother to til.
child, while the road mender's wife
bitterly repents her uncharitablenes~
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23
Idaho Joins.

Fraser, Idaho, Nov. 9th (speciaD.-
Mrs. Martha j. Lee has given for publlca-
ton the following statement, concerning
."I was down with Rheumatism three
times she says, "and each time Dodd's
Kidney Pills helped me. The last tme
they cured me, and now I am able to get
around and do all my work though am am
fifty-eight, and I can walk to, SUNDAY
School every Sunday. Before took Dodd' 8
Kidney Pills I was 50 bad I could use use
neither hand nor foot; l shall keep
Dodd's Pills on hand all the he time 19s;. Add
Rheumatism is caused BY URIC G,a1. AGlu ho
tidnssn tidneys remove ali Uric Acid from the the
blood. Diseased Kidneys cannot remove
this Acid, which collects in the blood 1! ana I
poisons every vein and artery l. Doaa o,,o;ns
Kidney Pills cure Rheumatism by curing
the Kidneys; by healing and strengthen
inc inc them, 50 that they can rid the
blood of all impurities.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23

fried to, that all she wanted was sham
100 and 4 plain, ordinary hair dressing.
..Oh. Yah, yah; Ich versteh, . was his
ready reply.
Having finished the shampoo, he
furned on the electric fan, a necessary
adjunct for drying the hair. at the same
time getting it tangled in such man
lee that it would be necessary to drag
lit : fair portion Of it to straighten it
B out.
de then began combing it, and, she
nnserved, that unlike other hair dress
80 each time he pulled the comb
Rhrough her hai- he managed to add q
80 more tangles, until at last he was
aaring It out by the combful.
Finally she protested.
~oh! Yah, yah; das ist all recht." he
sSld and kept raking It out, and piling
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23

ae.t to get subscribers. we send as .
premium, within three days from the
time you subscribe. In SS-piece set OF
this limoges"
How can your firm afford to send .
$50 set of dishes with . $3.50 subscrip-
tion?"
He explained that the publishers had
received 100000 worth Of advertising
contracts, and had indiscreetly given 9
sworn statement to the advertisers that
the paper had paid-up circulation Of
over $4,000 copies per week, whereas,
in reality, it only had paid circulation
of about 25o,O00, and in order to increase
its circulation and avoid exposure, was
making this wonderful offer.
But said Mrs. Johnson. what
security have / for my money? What
evidence have / that the dishes. or even
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23

eral health was affected when began
using them. My feet were swollen, my
eyes puffed, and dizzy spells were fre5
quent. Kidney action was irregular
and the secretions highly colored.
Today, however, am well woman,
and am confident that Doan;s Kidney
Pills have made me SO, and are keeping
me well.'
Sold by all dealers. SO cents box.
Foster -Mi]burn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23

the magazine will ever be delivered to
me?"
Why said he. 81 viii give you a
receipt for your 50 cents.
Signed by whom?'' asked Mrs. Johns
ten.
by me- ke replied.
But. how do know you are response
ble?" was the next query Let me see
your blank form of receipt"
On looking it over carefully. she said:
How does it happen that the name OF
your publishing house doesn't appear
on this receipt? 1t seems very strange
that you should be out collecting money
for large concern, and giving your per-
sonal receipt for moneys paid in. How
does this happen, and how would know
who to address in case the dishes failed
to arrive? Not ever your home address
is given here.'
But" said he, "every one knows this
firm
mo, not everyone" said Mrs. Johns
ton. Il am a constant reader of maya
zines and newspapers, yet never heard
of such a firm, and dare say there are
many others who are ignorant of its ex-
istence"
At this juncture pushed open the IL
brary door and appeared on the scene.
Lets see, what is your name"
said
'Mr. - he replied.
"And where is your home, Mr.. -
"Pittsburg," he answered.
We'll, now, Mr.. -" said l, ''you
evidently have pretty smooth little
graft here, and guess it's all your own,
too, isn't it?'
/. 1T depends" he coolly replied, what
you call graft, SIR
What I call a graft" answered, "is
anything where man resorts to trick
cry to inveigle people into patronizing
him, and then gives them nothing for
their money!
How can this be a graft, if we send
them the magazine and the dishes?"
III" put in; ''but you don't, and you
know it; you have already admitted
| that the publishers of your magazine
are perjurers; that they swore to false
hood, and therefore committed a peni-
| tentiary offense. in an effort to swindle
advertisers
At this he began to hedge" little
and after clearing his throat moment
said:
We'll. l didn't mean that they had
sworn to it. Imeant that, they had mere
ly made false statements"
Young man. I said, make clear
breast of this. or shall instantly phone
for the police patrol, and have yol
locked up
He became furried at once, and be
gan talking at random.
| "How long have you been in thi;
business?" 1 interrupted. hf'and wha
were you previously engaged in?"
''This is my first week in this work.
you mean this graft put in.
well, yes. graft" he continued
"and it has been paying SO we'll that
have stuck to it. although I am in con
stant fear of getting into trouble
He had confined his canvassing tt
both the middle and better class of citi
zens, and had experienced no trouble
in finding plenty Of victims amoni
them. He had been in college for som
time, and being anxious to go through
and possessing no funds, had hit upol
this scheme to make money rapidly.
He said it didn't matter what maya
zine he introduced. that the suckers
always bit on the china proposition, an
that Mrs. Johnston was the first perso1
in the city to critically Investigate hi
proposition. let him go, with a warn
ing, on his promise that he would a
| once seek honest emn1ovment
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23

time ago this lady told me of her expert
ence with hair dressing graft. 1t was
as Follows:
she had called at New York hair
dressing establishment. Being ushered
into i booth, she was placed in the hands
of German, whose Wretched English
she could not understand, nor apparent
u could she make him comprehend a
word she uttered.
While washing and cleaning her hair,
ne kept chattering in broken English
and German, apparently making this
suggestion and that. while working like
q trooper. She explained to him, or
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23

taking orders for weekly magazine.
Before Mrs. Johnston could refuse,
said: ''Show him in AS was in the
library. and Mrs. Johnston was in the
sitting-room, partially closed the slid
ing door between US, and said: Let
him canvass you, while listen, and see
what kind of a worker he is"
He made a proposition to send the
magazine for a year at ten cents week,
SO cents of which must be paid to him,
cash in advance.
After making rapid canvass on the
magazine, he produced a Haviland china
plate. and said: LAS a special induce
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23
Cotton Stalk with 17s Bolls.

A curiosity in the way Of prolific
cotton has been displayed at the Gore
Of the Edgefeld Miss Mercantile
company. It was stalk that grew on
the Wise place in the Horns Creek
section and contained It's bolls, every
one of which was fully opened. Some
practical farmers have estimated that
an acre OF such cotton would yield
three bales.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23

and other kidney ills,
will find comfort in
the words of Mrs.
Jane Farrell, of 60e
Ocean Ave, Jersey
City, N. j., who says:
81 reiterate all ]
have said before in
praise of Doan's Kid.
ney Pills. l had been
having heavy back.
aches. and nv gen.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23
Applied Art.

First Sweet Sixteen-Oh, my Fritz is
very musical. He composes heavenly
waltzes. ~
Second Ditto-So is my Hans. He
even kisses in waltz time.-Translated for
Tales from Meggendorfer Blaetter.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23

Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum
and Mullen is Nature great remedy Cures
Coughs, Colds, Group and Consumption,
and ali throat and lung troubles. AT drug
glsts, Csc, SOC. and $l0o per bottle.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23
A Definition.

Gladys-Mamma, what is "cursory
g1ance!"
Mamma-1t is the kind Of LOOK Laar tnat your br :
doesn't dare-Roslyn News.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23
Following Directions.

Doctor Ito Mrs. Perkins, whose hus'
band is ilD-Has he had any lucid in
tervals:
Mrs. Perkins with dignity)-'Ey's 'ad
nothing except what you ordered, doc
tor-kansas City Independent.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23

Every man demands that his wife be
lieve everything he says, and that his
daughter does not believe word young
men say to her.-Atchison Globe.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23

Do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump
tion has an equal for coughs ard eolds:mJ
F. Boyer. Trinity Springs, Ind. Feb. 10. l9O0
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23

An Irish epitaph: Erected to the
memory of John Philips, accidentally
shot as a mark of affection by his
brother"
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23
DIFFERING VIEWS OF JOBS.
The Man in the Air Feels Sorry for
the Man on Firm
Footing.

4 Chicago architect says that one day
he was obliged in the line Of duty, in
order to consult with the foreman of the
ron-workers, to go up to the sixteenth
story Of the steel frame of an Office build
ing then almost completed. When he
had finished his talk with the foreman, he
was about to go down when he overheard
all amusing conversation between one OF
the iron-workers and man who was
cleaning the windows of similar struc.
ture adjoining the new building.
The man who was cleaning the windows
was husky Irishman; and as he swabbed
away he whstled merrily. Suddenly he
ceased his tune, and, peering into the
window on the ledge Of which he was
standing, carefully surveyed roomful OF
pale, unhealthy looking clerks. Then he
called out to the nearest iron-worker on
the building next door: "Say, my boy,
just have look at the lads in here"
The iron-worker did as requested.
"Poor fellows!" exclaimed the Celt, in
a tone of deep commiseration; "but, thin,
scmc men will do anything for iving!"
And he resumed his task.
That's right" agreed the iron-work.
er, turning again to his beam some hun.
dreds of feet in the air.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23
TWICE-TOLD TESTIMONY.
A Woman Who Has Suffered Tells How
to Find Relief.

The thousands of women who suffer
backache, languor, urinary disorders
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23
Correct.

"Now, gentlemen" said the lecturer on
commerce and manufactures, mention one
of the most important collateral branches
of the oil business"
Writing for the magazines, prompt
ly responded the student who keeps
abreast of the times.zPittsburg Post.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23
HAIR DRESSING AND OTHER
e ssGRAFTS."

1ew York Establishment Fleeces
Lady Patron-Impostor Adver-
tises Free Patent Medicine For
mulas-one Ingredient obtainable
Thro' Him only-Magazine Can
vasser Endeavors to Outwit SUBJ
scribers-B Breaks Down and Con-
3esses.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-23

Scopyright, 1905, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
Among my acquaintances is govern
ment official, who travels all over the
United States with his wife. A short
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-20
BURIED UNDER
FALLING WALLS
FIRE IN CHICAGO PROVES TO
BE FATAL
It Is Not Known Yet How Many En-
pIoyes Are Under Ruins of
Factory Of Schonk
Company
BY Associated Press.

CHICAGO, Dec Bone fireman was
killed and several employees may have
lost their lives in a fire which de-
stroyed the enamel sign factory of the
Charles NJ. Schonk company, Z to 10
Park street, tonight. Until the ruins
Of the building have been searched II
will not be positively known whether
any of the employees were killed either
In the explosion which started the fire
or by the falling of the walls and
floors which followed soon afterward.
While the fire was at its height one
Of the walls suddenly collapsed and
a number of fircmen we're preciptated
in the debris
With the exception of Lieutenant
Henry Bassett of Truck company No.
a. who was crushed to death, all of
the firemen escaped with Il severe
shaking up.
A number of the employees were in
iured III the panic that followed after
the fire broke out and for time there
were all sorts of rumOrs as to the num-
Der of persons killed.
There were 40 girls and Is men and
boys employed in the factory and ac-
cordins to the officials of the company
all but two persons have been aC-
counted for. The police and firemen.
However. declare that several of the
employees were unable to make their
escape and were in the building at the
time the floors and walls collapsed,
and that until the debris is cleared
away. the number of casualties will not
he positively known. The employees
who are said to be missing by the Of
fpi1IS nf t1p COInDnuV are Margaret
Becker and Henry Sautc.
The loss of the building which was
destroyed and the contents is esu-
mated at S250,000.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-20
TWO KILLED IN WRECK
Westbound Santa Fe Train Ditched
Near Town of Reading,
Kansas
RY Associated Press.

READING, Kas., Dec. 19.-Santa Fe
train No. II, west bound. was wrecked
at Badger Creek bridge, about five
miles west of Reading, at O'Clock this
morning. The tender left the track
derailing all the baggage and express
cars and the first two coaches. One eX-
press car turned over and caught fire,
in which one of the messengers was
killed. His remains were recovered.
The engineer and two other messengers
were seriously injured, the former
fatally. No passengers were injured.
The dead:
E. f. DERRICK, Kansas City. eX-
press messenger.
HARRY DAVIS. Topeka, engineer;
died of his injuries
Derrick's body was badly burned be-
fore it could be recovered. Davis died
shortly after being removed from the
wreck.
Two passengers in the smoker were
injured slightly.
1t is believed the train was ditched
by wreckers. The spikes securing one
of the fish plates had been removed.
Three other passenger trains. including
superintendent FoX's special, had
passed over the same track short
time before No. II was wrecked.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-20
NEW TRAIN ON TIME
Los Angeles Limited Leaves Salt
Lake for This
City
Rv Associated Press.

SALT LAKE, Dec. 19.-On time to
the minute the first of the eight trains
which will comprise the Chicago-Los
Angeles Limited" service of the Unioll
Pacific and the San Pedro, Los Angeles
e. Salt Lake railroads, pulled into Salt
Lake City at 4:05 O'Clock this evening
Ten minutes later. on schedule time,
the train departed for Los Angeles over
the salt Lake Route"
At Green River, Wyo., the new train
was met by a party of operating ana
executive officials of the Oregon Short
Line, including d. e. Burley. general
passenger agent and e. Buckingham,
general superintendent. These officials
came on to Salt Lake City, where the
train was turned over to the operating
officials of the San Pedro road. f. T.
Lomax, general passenger agent of the
Union Pacific who accompanied the
train, has as his guests on this in
itial trip twenty-eight representative
newspapermen of the eastern and mid
die states.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-20
SECRETARY WITHOUT POWER
TO DISMISS MlDSHIPMEN
FEDERAL ATTORNEY GENERAL
so ADVISES
Navy Department Requests Congress
TO Enact Law Extending Authority
to Summarily Deal With Students
at War and Naval Schools
By Associated Press.

by Associated GresS.
WASHINGTON Dec. 19.-Secretary
Bonaparte has found that he has no
power to dismiss Midshipmen Coffin
and VandeVer. charged with hazing and
completely in hazing Midshipman
Kimbrough. This information was con-
veyed to him today by Attorney Gen
era Moody.
A few days ago he submitted to the
attorney general the abstract ques-
ton as to whether a cadet must be
tried by court rt-martial previous to his
dismissal from the academy. He did
not name the two midshipmen above
referred to. but he did state that a case
had recently arisen at the academy
wherein two rnidshipmen had hazed
another.
Today the attorney general told the
secretary that his conclusion was
aversc to the asserted right of the sec
retary to dismiss a midshpman and
he promised to supply an opinion in
full legal form within a short time.
1t Is now the duty of Admiral Sands,
superintendent of the academy. to Or
der Coffin and Vandever before a
court martial under the terms of an
act of 1874. and if they are convicted
of hazing they must be dismissed from
the academy.
Sands will be instructed to this effect
tfS Sbcil lilt lllollcy StICl lOI :
NAL opinion is received at the navy de-
partment.
Secretary Bonaparte is seeking legis-
lative authority to make dismissals
himself in such cases, but such legis-
lation would not be retroactive or af-
feet the two midshipmen.
Today he sent a letter to Senator
Hale and Representative Moss, chair
men, respectively, of the senate and
house committees on naval affairs, in
forming them of the situation, which
he says will make it very difficult to
deal satisfactorily with.
I'm my judgment" says Secretary
Bonaparte, in these letters, lit is es-
sential to the proper discipline of the
academy, and especially necessary for
the eradication of these abuses, that
a discretionary power of summary dis
missal of midshipmen should be vested
in the secretary of the navy"
Secretary Bonaparte suggests the ad-
visibility of securing, if possible, the
immediate enactment of such stat
ute
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-20
RESCUED FROM
A LIVING GRAVE
ENT0MBED LAB0RERS SAVED
BY DARING SWIMMERS
cave-in Of Pennsylvania Railroad
Tunne Under the East River Ims
prisons Two Italians More
Than Forty Hours
BY Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Dec. 19.-Three daring
swimmers today rescued the two Ital-
ian laborers who, for more than forty
hours, had been imprisoned in the East
river tunnel of the Pennsylvania rail-
road by a cave-in at the Long Island
city end.
Surrounded by water which threaten
ed to engulf them the moment the
compressed air should fail to hold il
ii check, the two entombed men had
Kept up constant communication with
the SURFACE by rapping ON the pipes
which brought them air.
They were almost exhausted when
the three men swan up to the plat
form on which they were huddled. A
hundred men working for many hours
sinking u shaft to the imprisoned la
Eorers nude slow progress. Powerful
pumps made only little gain OH the
inflow from the river. 1t was impos-
sible to use rowboat.
Then some one at the entrance sug-
Eested that the rescucrs swim to the
exhausted men who had for so long
been shut from the light of day and
who mad lived under the heavy pres
sure of compressed air for a length
of time that made them helpless. Ben
jamin Lewis, himself an old tunnel
worker. Charles Murdorn and Philiu
t.Glondo at once volunteered. With
out thought Of their personal safety
these three men plunged into the icy
water at the entrance and were soon
lost to view in the darkness of the
bore. Barely two feet separate the tun-
1iel top from the surface of the Hood
water.
Then followed anxious moments for
the watchers outside
The swimmers had been gone seem
ingly an age when at last splash
ing of water brought news to anxi-
Gus ears that the quest had ended.
Lewis soon appeared i'm view with one
of the entombed men on his back.
Then mighty cheer was sent up.
Fdlondo next appeared with the sec
ond laborer clinging to him desper-
ately
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-20
TURNS DOWN DUNNE's MAN
City Council of Chicago Refuses to
Confirm Appointment by
Mayor
BY AssCcia ted PRESS,


CHICAGO. Dec. 19.-For the first
time in its history the city council Of
Chicago last night refused to confirm
an appointment made by the mayor.
Mayor Dunno sent in the name OF
John r. Finerty to sucC eed John
Minwegen as a member of the board
of local improvements. BY a vote of
40 to 26 the council referred the nonl-
nation to the committee on special
assessments for consideration and re-
port. The roll call showed this COM
mittee stands to against the con-
frmation OF Colonel Finerty.
The issue raised by the majority
was that Mr.. Minwegan was capable
official and should not be removed for
political reasons.
Two Republicans voted with the
minority and six Democrats with the
majority. But Mr.. Minwegen, whom
the Democratic mayor wanted to re-
move. is Democrat and Colonel Fin
erty is known as u Republican
The only other instance in Chicago
history when an appointment of q
mayor was even fought in the coun-
ell was in 1876 when there was a con-
fct as to whether Monroe. Heath or
T.. II. Colvin was mayor Of Chicago.
1t was at the time of the adoption of
the general Incorporation act and
Mayor Heath named Captain Hickey
as chief Of police.
The Colvin aldermen tried to defeat
his confirmation but failed.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-20
INDIAN FIGHTS FOR SHARE
Juan Gotta Begins Suit in Superior
Court at Santa Barbara for
Allotment of Land
BY Associated Press.

by ASSOCIATED 1reSS.
SANTA BARBARA. Dec. 19.--Juan
Gotta, one of the remaining Zanja Co
taS, once numerous and thrifty tribe
OF Indians with a reservat ton of some
what indefinite lines, is fighting in the
superior court here for his allotment
of 100 acres
The case resembles somewhat the fa-
nous Warner ranch contest of the In
dams, and the points involved are the
same.
The Zanja Cotas were located i'm the
Santa Ynez valley. their lands being
not far distant from the Santa Ynez
mission, and the mission fathers looked
after their spiritual welfare.
The church came into the control Of
the lands now known as part of Col
lege rancho, the churchs possessions
extending along one side of Zanja Gotta
creek and lands on the other side be-
ing owned now by the Santa Ynez
Land company. The land company
settled with the few remaining Indian !
by granting them certain acreage and
while the church would not admit that
the Indians had a legal right to any
of the lands, granted the tribe seventy
FIVE acres.