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an admirable transpanting Of this recos-
nized masterpiece to the American STAGE
and local plny-goers will, no doubt, be
glad to learn that they VIII soon nave
the opportunity Of witnessing the psssfie.
direct from It's Triumph at the Lyric,
with the same expert cast and beautiful
productions. at the Academy on We'd
ncsday, matinee and night.
Otis Skinner himself has long been
welcome as n sterling and scholarly actor
and as n graceful and mastery porrayer.
in particular. of poetic and romantic
roles Of his most recent achievements
the praygocrs will readily recall those
OF the Lost Dauphin in "1-azarre.
the love-tortured Lanciotto in Francesca
y a Rimini." the lovable scapcgrace,
Charles Surface. in THE School Tor
Scandal the dashing wife-tamer, Pc
truchio. In THE Tanning Of the Shrew.p
and in the higher tragic realm of
shakespearcan effort, the sombre figure
Of the vcngcfnl Shylock. In his new role
OF the Harvester by which title the
hero OF this Richepin play Is known
throughout Mr.. Skinner has a decidedly
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-14
nIshed paint to scratch with their ever

restless feet.
But with us old folks-oh, who can tell?
Who, but those adults that have moved, :"
can understand tho nostalgia bred by n
new home. Ono can transport pots and
skillets and kettles and clothes-wringers
and furniture. but associations, alns. will
not bulge. They cannot be tuprooted. The
first night the old house is untenantcd,
these arc all, all left behind--alone with
the cold, bare floors, the great staring
walls, the crealeIng stairways the sepul-
chred closets, the gloomy pnntrics, the
mysterious rcsounding halls and the de-
serted rooms--roo1ns where little children
have been born and little children have
died. rooms that have been Instinct with
every human emotion.
But enough, IL tho years arc creeping
up on you never look back at Sthe old
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-14
WYTHEvILLE, VA.
,ersci,1 IN Tho Times Dispatch.

tspeclal to The Times Dispatch)
wYTHEVILLE, VA, May ls.--Rev. Franz
sringfeow has been invited by ,hs ,,o W ;;on
rc,icracy 10 deliver the crosses Of honor TO the
veterans on the 27th tMemorial i2ay2 1ohn.,
AZ meeting of the yestry OF 81 Jon y,
polnted 10 make arrangements for, the re- re-
cep,ion and comfort of the Council or tne
, Diocese OF Southern Virginia, which cohVches
Mrs. w. Pcnberton. of North Carolina, was was
CALLED here this week by the extreme illness
Of her sister Mrs. Virginia Archer
Mrs. Caud McGavock returned sunday IRON I,,ii,
North Carolina where she has been spenai's
= MIR. Henry Pearse. Of Devonshire.. England.
left yesterday for Canada after Visit 10 an.
j, II. Crowgey.
Mr.. j. H. Rendel and Mr.. Charles Adding
ron Of the Great Western Railway. Eng1an9'
WHO recently attended the International Isaii-
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SCENE FROM OTIS SINNERS NEW PLAY.

way Convention in Washington. .. c.. were
also the guests OF Mt. Crowgey this week;p
Miss Uenen Huffam returned from AIDE ,
marie, North Carolina sa'uruas. 80
si XII. ]. H. arker and mother. Of Richmond,
arrived in Wytheylle this week 10 sP sia
'n Mr. hu ~, t. otey. OF Biuefield spent few
days with his hrot her. Mr' " =. o''' -
NJ and Mrs. Stanley strudwick returned
Saturday from a bridal tour to New 1ork au Lp
other northern cities ~,
Mr.. r. Ludlow. OF Philadelphia, was here
last week looking after mineral properties.
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Bijou Theatre.
Factory Girl, ill the week,


Ono Of the most artistic successes of Tie
present New York scason has been that
OF Otis Skinner in "'The Harvester
which play has Just enjoyed notable
triumph at The Lyric Theatre. Now York.
and has won tho practically unanimous
praise Of all the metropolitan critics. The
SUCCESS Of this production might, indeed,
have been predicted, in view of tie
fact that the original French drama from
which 1t has been adapted, lie Chcnli-
menu" Of Jean Riclcpins scored de-
cisive hit at the Paris Odcon a number
of seasons ago, aud has held recos-.
nized rank on the French stage ever
since as one Of It's best modern plays
Beerbohm Tree, The celebrated actor
manager OF London, produced II as
dragged Robin" his version being one
of the notable events of n recent English
aeason. Mr.. SINNERS American veraicn
has proved, from all accounts, to be
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-14
Paul ReYere,s House.

Prominent residents OF Massachusett It's,
INCLUDING Governor Douglas and PatricK
"a s Collins. Mayor OF Boston, are taking
s,ens n nreserve the house of Paul Re-
vere in North Square, near the old North
Church. In Boston. from which he start
ed on his night ride to arouse the cou1-
trysde way UP to Concord and #LeHing.
ION. April IT, 1875. The place was about
10 be torn down, but n number of citi-
zens have undertaken the task of rails
ing $4,000 to buy tbs property. It Will be
nut In good condition. restored to It's
colonial, dignity and preserved as a Revo-
ttonary relic ,ssF tr -. va st
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novel Characterization. a ootllght Gre
tftion that Is new to the American stage
1t is that o a gipsy-spiritcd wnnderor OF
the highways, a roamert OF the roads,
happy goal lucky, dcbunalr young fellow
who Is always seeking fresh adventures
and fresh schemes along The open road.
During one cheerful autumn with the
.renpers In the golden wheat fields OF
French Canada he wins the heart OF n
pretty farm lnss, and the romance (and
almost heart tragedy which results trans
forms the merry, carc-frcc stroller into
a true, noble type Of manhood and father
hood. III his struggles TO redeem an
original wrong he becomes dramatically
appealing figure. full OF human Interest
and ranging through tho whole gamut
or poesy. romance. emotion and fantasy.
including humorous magic working ana
even picturesque melodrama.
"The Factory Girl
'The Factory Girl by Charles L. Bla.
ncy, Is the title OF the attraction at the
I3iiou for the week beginning Tomorrow
evening. 1t is Il labor play Of the com,
cdy.draria type, Astounding In sensational
scenes, bits Of pathos. heart Interest ana
spccialties. to say nothing of manx orig
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still headed by Lon. 1Iascnll, In the role
j Grant Gibson. Charles +. Keane. Guy
Rawson, VIII Fl. Stevens. George q. lscn-
van, william ]. Dale. Alexander s. Dale.
Jerry Driscoll Caroline May, Ella Cam
eron, Hattie Rcmplc, Marion HYDE. Beth
Kaufman, Frances Clare and Elizabeth
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Academy Of Musi'

Otis Skinner, Wednesday, matinee and
night.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-25
THE SKIN OF A FROG.
It Is a Most Delicate and Wonderful
Breathing Machine in Addition
to Ordinary Breathing.

The frogs skin is breathing ma
chine. The supply of air is a necessary
addition to that taken in by ordinary
breathing The skin is most remark
able for it's powerful absorption OF
water, due to the numberless minute
pores. He can soak up half his weight
of water in an hour.
AS the skin perspires quite as freely
as it absorbs, We can comprehend why
contact with moisture is necessary.
Bsides the loss from evaporation there
is the stopping of skin breathing also,
because the skin must be kept moist and
soft to absorb fresh air and give off used
air from the system. You have noticed
the cold, clammy feeling of the skin Of
the frog when you have handled him,
says the Cincinnati Commercial Trib-
une. The soaking of water is the cause.
II you put redhot iron on frogs
flesh he will not feel it, simply because
Of the cold water in his skin, which the
heat turns into vapor, escaping under
the iron, but if hot water be dropped
upon him he will instantly jump from
pain, as it Immediately strikes into the
skin.
This moisture is a safeguard against
drying up, and there is still another,
which is an interior sack for storing
water. Like the camel, it thus keeps
supply which carries the amphibian
over many dry place when it would
otherwise lose all its moisture and die.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-25
LIGHTING POWER Of FREELY
Some Interesting Tests by the Smith
sonian Institution at
Washington.

The Smithsonian institution, while
making inquiries into the cheapest
forms of producing light, experimental
with Cuban fireflies among other things.
The insects were placed in the center of
concave mirrors and the most delicate
instrument in the government observa-
tory was employed to measure the
amount of heat radiated by them.
A sperm candle was used for COM
parison, and flame spot from it which
was just as big as the FREELY was thrown
into the mirror.
The instrument recorded the heat
from the candle at once, but no move
ment was caused by the insect, although
tae instrument was so delicate that, had
the FREELY produced even as little as one
eighty -thousandth part of the heat pro-
duced by the tiny spot from the candle
it would have shown on the records.
It was different with light. Compar-
ing the flame spot of the candle and the
light from the insect, the instrument
showed that the FREELY gave one-eighth
as much light as the candle, size for size.
Compared with the full flame, it was
found that the insect gave light amount
ing to one -thousandth part of
a candle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-25
A WINDMILL AUTO.
Machine Which Will Run Over Roads
by Means Of Power Generated
by Windmill.

The picture shown is redrawn from
an engraving in Popular Mechanics.
Farm Implement News thus describes
the auto"
The frame on which the tower is
built is triangle, the center beam is
by 6, II feet long, resting on the
guide wheels at the front, and on
the axle at the rear Two 2 by As
extend from this beam, at about half
the distance to the outside of the rear
Ten inches in front of the axle is an
other by 6 extending crosswise and
resting on the beam and side bars,
thereby forming a triangle that will
not rock. Two legs Of the tower rest
on each beam. The wheel is an S-foot
steel pumper, remodeled into a geared
mill by using some old gear. The
windmill is all built of an old gear,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-25
ELEVATION AND CLIMATE.
All Are Familiar with Relation Of One
to the Other-Facts and
Figures.

Everybody is familiar with the fact
that elevation affects the climate. In
California snow-capped mountains are
numerous in summer, while in the
plains below snow seldom falls in the
coolest weather of winter. But how
many readers can tell at what rate ele-
walton produces a change OF tempera-
ture? In Diapers great work of ''Ths
Intellectual Development of Europe"
Vol. I, page 20, referring to the general
elevation of Europe since the tertiary
period of more than 1000 feet, he re-
marks that IAN elevation of $50 feet is
equal to one degree of cold in the mean
annual temperature, or to 60 inches on
the surface northWard." At this rate
the top of a mountain $4,000 feet high
would be almost 43 degrees colder than
the general elevation at the base; and
so when the thermometer shows tenn
perature of 65 degrees at the base it
would be ten degrees below the freez-
ing point at the top or 70 degrees Fahr-
enheit. With the temperature at 100 on
the plains, it would be only 81 at the top
of the mountain. The temperature at
mountain resorts may easily be deter
mined in this way, if the elevation is
known. as compared with that of Los
Angeles, for example.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-25
Miss KoteMeDbnuZd,

More than likely you speak the Same
words yourself, and no doubt you feel
far from we'll. The cause may be easily
traced to some arrangement of the fe-
male organs which manifests itself in
depression Of spirits. reluctance to 90
anywhere or do anything. backache.
bearing pains, fatulency, nerv-
BUSINESS, sleeplessness, leucorrh9a.
These symptoms are but warnings
that there is danger ahead, and unless
heeded>a life of suffering or serious
operation is the inevitable result
The never-failing remedy for all these
symptoms is Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound.
Miss Kate Med of Woodbridge,
N. j., writes:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:
make her troubles known to the public, but
restored health has meant SO much to me that
cannot help from telling mine for the sake
Of other suffering women.
q For long time I suffered untold agony
with uterine trouble and irregularities,
which made me physical wreck, and no one
thought would recover, but Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has entirely
cured me, and made mo well and strcug, and
feel It my duty to tell other suffering women
what splendid medicine it Is.
II you are Ill, don't hesitate to get .
bottle Of Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound at once, and write to
Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass, for special
sdvice-it Is free and always helpful
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-25
FARM NOTES.

In the making of cornstarch about
40, OOO, 900 bushels of corn are now used
annually.
There is nitrogen in snow. but some
of us would like to receive it as gift In
some other form!
The corn plant is deep feeder. and
the soil on which it is grown should be
loosened deeply.
The area of corn land cannot greatly
increase, but what we have can be made
to produce twice as much as 1t does at
the present time. &+a
Our farmers must learn to utilize
every resource and utilize it completely.
This is the secret that has made many a
manufacturer rich.
BY proper preparation Of the land and
iudicious cultivation Of the growing crop,
it is possible to greatly increase the
WELD of any crop grown on the farm.
The department of agriculture found
by tests that no corn planter will drop
evenly unless the grains are graded to
size. This has led to the invention OF
corn graders. When they are used the
planters do accurate work.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-25

distance. The listener applied to his
head a large ring-shaped device, or
crown, from which reached down metal
lie rods, terminating in telephone ear
pieces. In some puzzling manner the
music got into the crown, and so was dis
tinctly heard, thought faint. Careful
search failed to reveal connection be-
tween the visible and adjustable head
piece and any circuit leading to the Or
chestra, and there really was none.
However, hidden in the roof of the
booth, only few feet above the hearers
head, was large coil of wire and pow
erful battery. These were connected
with the enormous transmitter that was
suspended over the distant musicians.
The unseen coil induced a current in an
other one within the crown, and the lat
ter conveyed the music to the listener
The accompanying illustration is taken
from the Electrical World and En-
gineer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-25

and it was quite task to find the
right sizes and kinds. At first the
vane was used, but as this would not
Lold the wheel in the wind when it
was pulling hard, the gear was at
tached in such a manner that now the
wheel can be regulated with the left
hand, and the speed also. There are
times when both hands are needed,
and SO a screw is used for a steering
device, and it will stay where it is
set.
The machine runs best against the
wind OF course, it will move side
wise to the wind or with it, but al
ways the best against it. In a good
wind it will move about three miles
an hour, and it could be made to run
faster.
The machine is IL feet long, 9 feet
wide, and IL feet high. weighing about
500 pounds The inventor does not
take the machine on the road often, as
it fri2htens horses,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-25
Protection for Apple Trees.

The following from the report OF the
secretary of agriculture for the year
1892 has proved satisfactory in my
case in keeping rabbits from hurting
apple trees: "a piece OF closely woven
wire netting about 12x1S inches bent
around the tree and fastened by wire,
makes a sure protection and costs
about three cents. 1t will also stop
ihe eating of the bark by mice and
nrevent the beetle of the round-headed
horer from laying eggs, and will last
for several years. A bunch of soft
material stuck in the top will keep it
in proper position and allow no chafins
az the tree" In my experience the
wire lasted until the trees were SO
large that the rabbits did not trouble
them.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-25

Port Huron, Mich, jan. 3oth -(special)
Tortured with Diabetes and Bladder Dis
ease from which he could apparently get
no relief, Mr.. G. .Cleghorn,. a bricklayer,
living at ll9 Butler st., this city, has
Dodd's Kidney Pills and in his gratitude
he is spreading the news broadcast.
"Dodd's Kidney Pills made man of
me-" Mr.. Cleghorn says. -! wac a SUI
ferer from Diabetes and Bladder Disease.
I was SO bad could do no work, and the
pain was something terrible. I could
not get anything to help me till I tried
Dodds Kidney Pills. They helped me
right from the first, and now am com.
pletely cured. I have recommended
Dodd's Kidney Pills to all my friends,
claimed for them
Dodd's Kidney Pills cure all kidney
ills from Backache to Bright's Disease.
They never fail to cure Rheumatism.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-25
THE VEGETABLE CELLAR.
a Suggestion to Farmers Who Fave
Furnaces One Man
Managed.

In the winter is the time the farmer
takes to lay his plans for the future.
we think that nothing will be bet
ter worth his attention this winter
than the question of storage cellar
Tor potatoes, cabbages, squashes and
other products of the field. There was
time when the cellar under the farm
mouse was cool enough in winter to
Keep most of the vegetables that it
was desired to keep for some months.
But little by little the big furnace has
invaded the home of the farmer, and
the cellar is no longer the gool storage
place 1T was, says the Farmers Re-
view. The night temperature now runs
10 % degrees and the day temperature
20 70 degrees and higher
All farm vegetables begin to- show
deterioration in a few weeks from be-
ing stored. The cabbages and beets
wilt and the potatoes shrivel and send
out sprouts, which have to be broken
on again and again to prevent the
nourlshment and moisture in the po-
tato being drawn into the sprout 1t
is evident that the man with a fur
mace will have to arrange his cellar in
some other way than by leaving it one
open space.
Recently professor il one of our
agricultural colleges was describing tc
the writer a most admirable cold stor-
age room in his cellar. He has a fur
mace, and. Us is common, the furnace
must have a supply of cold air. He
mas had brick partition built across
one end of his cellar, and the cold air
Tor the furnace is drawn through this
room. 1t has one aperture opening to
the outside. while on the inside the air
goes into the cold air pipe of the fur
mace
There is window in the cold saor-
age room, and of course a door ad-
mits from that into the other part OF
the cellar. On cool days, when the
temperature is not SO low as to freeze
the vegetables, the professor opens the
window wide and fills the vegetable
cellar with cold air, and then closes it
enough to admit of only the amount of
draft necessary to keep the furnace
going.
The results are found to be admira-
Bile, and all vegetables stored there, as
well as the apples, are kept in perfect
state of preservation till used
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-25

exact direction in which the vessel is
going. In the diagram shown herewith
the high key is represented by ver-
tical dash and the low key by hori-
zontal dash, the diagram being read in
the direction of the arrows.
IF the ship is going north it gives a
low, a high, and low whistle; if it is
going west-northwest it gives three
high whistles and one low or deep whis-
tie 1t is seen at a glance that all the
signals from north to south by way Of
the east begin with deep or coarse
whistle, and all those from the north to
the south by way of the west begin with
a high or keen whistle. This arrange
ment permits one to tell the principal
direction of the vessel by the first sound
that strikes the ear.
THE instrument proper consists of a
box containing a coeged drum which,
somewhat after the manner of the keys
in wind instrument, determines
whether the sound be high or low. A
retarder, controlled by crank, causes
the rotation of the drum, so that two
sounds cannot be blended or confused.
The crank turns once every second.
In sailing vessels the signals are
produced by BELLS
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-02-25
MATURITY OF THE APPLE.
A Distinction Which Some Horticul-
turists Are Making in the Con-
- idition Of the Fruit.

Some of our horticulturists are max
Ing difference between the mature
apple and the ripe apple, though the
general public recognizes no such dis
tinction. We will let our horticultural
friends have their way, however. The
apple is mature when it has attained its
full growth. 1t is not ripe till it has
become mellow with the operations OF
sunlight, heat and time. The mature
apple is in the best shape for picking.
If it be left on the tree till it is fully ripe
it will be short keeper, while il it is
picked at the time Of maturity 1t VIII
keep for a long time even under usual
farm conditions. AS different varieties
Of apples mature at different times it will
easily be seen that the mixed orchard Is
a hard one to keep track OF. The old
way of harvesting was to begin to PICK
the apples on certain date and tnen
take all as they came, the long keepers
and the short keepers, the mature apples
and the immature apples.
The mature apple is thing we have
II get acquainted with if we are to know
when 1t is mature. Ifit is Ben DAVIS.
it is mature very late, SO late lnoeeo
that in the vicinity of Wisconsin 1t gen
orally has to be picked before 1t IS ma
ture. This is the reason the Ben DAVIS
has lost its reputation with many peo-
ple. Having been picked before It was
mature it could not follow out the usual
processes Of ripening, and was always
hard. poor favored apple. In regions
where It has had time to mature oelols
nicked it develops into fruit OF goou
favor and texture, ripening naturally.
It takes a study of fruits 10 kno"
when each one natures, and TINS IS
subject that has up to the present tlme
received little attention. Men nave
grown apples of certain varieties 1or .
long time and have never given luz
question any consideration. The ma
turity Of the apple is at last coming
a for its share OF discussion, anu TUG
Hight is beginning to shine in q darn
nlace.-Farmers' Review.