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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-22
Male Persons of Voting

Considering only the male popula-
ton of the South > years of age, white
and black, the above table shows a
greater percentage of iliite rates in
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi and Louisiana than in
North Carolina. This table also
shows that the South mas s. per
cent. of the liiteracy of male
persons II years old. taking the
country as whole, although we have
only 20.7 per cent. of the male poru-
lation of voting age.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-22
White

The above table shows that North
Carolina has the largest percentage of
illiteratc white people as compared
with the other Southern States, but
that South Carolina Gcorgia. AIaba-
ma Mississippi and Louisiana have
larger percentage Of illiterate negroes
than North Carolina.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-22


Trouble
Follow.
Do and Need
Badly egn Taking DR. kilnes swamp Root
Kidneys Begin
Health n
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-22
Going to the Cotton Convention.
Gv Associated Press. }

New orleans. La, an. 20.-Advices
from Washington state that Statician
John Hyde of the Agricultural De-
partment. and Director of the Census
Eureau, both Of whose reports con-
corning the cotton crop have attract
ed so much attention and discussion,
viii attend the cotton convention next
week
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-22
10 Cure a Cold in One Day.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
let's. All druggists refund the money
if it fails to cure. L. w. Groves stg
nature is on each box. 25c.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-22
A Guaranteed Cure for Piles.

Itching, Blind, bleeding or Protrud-
ing Piles. Your druggist will refund
money if Pazo Ointment fails to cure
you in to IA days. soc.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-22

E. to prove the
Swamp a
mail book o
bottle address
The of this
oneriS nteed
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-22

When We read OF "a iinancicr hay
ing been bunkoed out of half mil
lion we wonder how he managed to
accumulate the moneys
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-22

The above table shows that North
Carolina has the largest number Of
illiterate white male persons of voting
age. and also the largest percentage or
such persons as compared with other
Southern States. This table also shows
that 49, per cent. of the male negroes
of voting age live in the South ana
also that S5.5 per cent. of the illiteratc
male negroes of voting age live here.
Indians. Chinese and Japanese are nos
included i'm these figures.
III. General Illitcracy.
The following table gives the num-
Der of illteratc persons 10 years of age
and over by races. number and per.
centage. in the eleven Southern States.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-22
BURIED CHILD ALIVE.
wisconsin Man and His Sister-in-
Law Are Held on Awful
~ Charge.

Prairie du Chen, Wis.-William
Crawford and his sister-in-law.
Frances Crawford, were bound over to
the circuit court without bonds the
other day on charge of mupder in
the first degree Crawford has wife
and five children, three of whom are
young men, while the woman has an
18-year-old son and a husband who is
in an insane asylum
Several children are said to have
been born to the accused and each
time the offspring is said to have been
disposed of without the knowledge of
the authorities, the father threatening
the lives of any member of the family
who dared expose his acts.
On January 10 baby girl was born
to the woman in the two-room hut of
the Crawfords, IL miles above this
city. which was occupied by nine per-
sons, the three young men, Crawford.
his wife, and two small children, the
sister-in-law, and grandfather
After the birth of the child the IA
Their took it to the barnyard and buried
it alive in manure heap, where Off
GERS discovered it after his arrest.
In the hearing son of Crawford and
the son of the woman gave strong tes-
timony. Crawford's wife refused to
see him at the Jail and wept bitterly
as she reviewed her wretched condi-
tion during the last ten years.
1t has developed that two years ago
the body of a child was devoured by
the hogs on the Crawford place.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-22
MGR. DOANE SAW
VISION OF HEAVEN
HAD STRANGE DREAM SHORTLY
BEFORE DEATH.
NET SPIRIT OF BOY FRIEND
Deeply Affected by the Strange oc-
currence, He Related Story to
Lads Father and Four Hours
Later Was Dead.

New York.-According to Philip
Healey, one of his parishioners. Mgr.
George H. Doane just before his death
told OF vision of beautiful heavenly
scenes that had come to him on the
previous night. Mr. Healey's 14-year-
old son, William, had died three days
before. The boy had long been favor
lite OF Mgr. Doane, and it was because
ne was part of the strange story that
it was related to the father.
During the middle OF January the
boy was thought to be dying, and a
telephone call was received at the
cathedral rectory for a priest None
was there except Mgr. Doane. 1t was
IL O'Clock at night and a snowstorm
was raging, but the elderly prelate
fastened to the Healey home and adj
ministered the last rites of the church
to the boy. The monsignor was re-
monstrated with for having ventured
out on such a night. but he replied:
All my priests were out on other calls,
and | could not let your William die
without seeing him.
The boy rallied and lived nearly a
week. When Mgr. sDoane called on
Mr.. and Mrs. Healey the day after the
funeral he took the bereaved father
aside and said:
Philip, something strange happened
to me last night. | had either vision
or dream, in which l appeared to be
in Heaven and was talking to your
son. l don't know which it was be-
cause I'm not certain whether l was
asleep or awake. 1t occurred, so far
as | can tell, a few minutes after | |
retired. l seemed to be in a place
where all was light and music The
scene was one which cannot describe |
Though I could see no one and knew
not whence the sound came, I heard |
he most enhancing music that I ever
listened to. Then there was singing
such as 1t is beyond me to tell you
bout. | never heard anything like it
before in my life.
above all the sounds of music came
he voice of your Willie, clear and
strong. 1t said: oh, Monsignor, are
1ou with us so soon? This is beau
iful place and we are all so happy. for
here is nothing to do but to sing and
listen to the sweetest music How are
ny papa and mamma? | hope they
re we'll. You must stay with us, Mon
ignor We want you here, for we are
IL So happy l answered that you.
>hilip, and Mrs. Healey were well, and
told him that could not remain with
i'm. Notwithstanding the happiness
1hicE he said reigned there aud which
could see for myself He urged me
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-22

and often struck against whirling foe
In their dives, but, nevertheless, were
not frightened from their practice.
The hardness of the family is ex.
emplified in every way in their mode
OF living. There are IA children. All
are of rugged build and dress in the
ightest weight apparel the year round.
Food OF the plainest sort, cultivated on
their own farm, is the family's fare.
The boys all work on the farm Even
the little lad of ten does his share
in the fields and barns.
The Lathams are recluses. The vii
layers know little of them, although the
boys are seen occasionally in Orient.
The first news of the feats of cold wa
ter swimming by the Lathams was told
one morning by Walter l.. Tuthill, e.
Cook Petty, William Latham and Lowry
Latham, all of whom witnessed the icy
swim. According to the report of these
men Frank Latham took hoe and
basket and went on claiming expe-
dition to Long Beach. After he had pro-
cured sufficient CLAIMS for the family din
ner he dotted his clothes and took the
plunge The Lathams never dry their
bodies after the cold swim, as they be-
lieve only in that way are colds to be
avoided
The father Is a man of tremendous
and the sons, although the
oldest is just 20, bid fair to equal his
stature. The Lathams say their bay
baths are nothing new.
We have been doing it for years."
says the elder Latham.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-22
An Extensive Laboratory.

An Extensive Laboratory.
To supply this remedy to the whole
world taxes to the utmost one of the
bes. laboratories in the United States.
A Word From Ausfraiia.
Walter H. Woodward, Bomadier
Royal Australian Artillery, Hobart,
Tasmania, writes:
Il suffered for several years with a
distressing condition of the head and
throat, caused by continual colds.
My head and nostrils were stopped
up most of the time, and there was a
discharge, and my sense of smell was
affected badly.
"After two weeks use of Peruna I
found this condition quite changed, and
SO l continued to use this remarkable
medicine for ever month
Il am very glad to say that at the end
of that time,I was cured and felt in
fine health generally, and am pleased
to give Peruna my honest endorse
ment,"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-22
The Population OF
the Earth is
LOO, 900, 900.
One Million
Die Annually of
Catarrh.

A LII over the world Peruna is
i known and used for catarrhal :
diseases. The Peruna Girl has
travelled round the globe.
Her face is familiar everywhere that
civilization reaches.
Universally Praised.
From Africa to Greenland. from Man
churia to Patagonia, the face of the
Peruna girl is familiar and the praises
of Peruna as catarrh remedy are
heard.
Successful in North aad South.
Peruna crossed the Equator several
years ago, to find in the Southern
Hemisphere the same triumphant sue
cess that has marked it's career in the
Northern Hemisphere.
A Standard.
Peruna is standard Catarrh remedy
the world over.
It cures catarrh by eradicating it
from the system.
Permanent Cure
1t obviates the necessity of all local
treatment and its relief is of permanent
character.
Without Peer.
No other remedy has so completely
dominated the whole earth as Peruna.
In Every Tongue.
In all languages its glowing testi-
mOnials are written.
In all climes the demands for Peruna
increase.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-22
FIVE SWIM IN ICY
BAY AS An ELIXIR.
Father and His, Four Stalwart Sons
Plunge Into Zero Water Once
Week fer Their Health.

Orient, l.. Remarkable as an In
stance of sta.wartness and endurance
is the customary practice of Fred l.
Latham and his four sons. who live
couple of miles distant from this vii
lage. The Latham house is situated
close to Hallock's bay. Once every week
the father and his sons plunge into the
bay for swim.
For tho last month the bay has been
frozen over with a thick coating Of ice,
undeterred, however, in the exploita-
ZION OF what they believe is the real
elixir OF life. the five men have weekly
crossed over on the ice to Long Beach
and nave taken their plunge in the zero
waters OF Gardeners bay. The men
were buffeted about by the cakes Of ice
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-22

hose doused Stevens from head to
| foot with water
1t is alleged Stevens annoyed several
persons and on several occasions it was
charged he had insulted Mrs. Harvey.
The man made his appearance as a gen
eral rule late in the afternoon. The
fatal day he went to the rear of DR..
Harvey's residence and summoned Mrs.
Harvey to the door.
Just at this point DR.. Harvey. return
ing from visit to a'patient, turned into
the alley. He saw the man and, turn
ing his horse about, stopped just out of
view. Taking the whip from his bug
gy, he craWled along the wall leading
into his yard
All unaware of his danger, Stevens
was talking to Mrs Harvey. She saw
her husband approach with the whip.
but engaged the prospective victims
attention. Suddenly Stevens felt the
lash across his neck. Again and again
he was struck. Quaking with fear, his
limbs failed him and he was unable to
escape
DR.. Harvey never even looked at his
victim as he applied the lash until he
saw smoke and fame and heard Ste
vens' painful wall
Efforts to extinguish the flames were
unsuccessful until the physician ran
to nearby stable and seized hose.
Finally the fire was extinguished and
Stevens. almost unconscious, was taken
into the physicians home. where his
burns were attended to- Then Stevens
was held until a policeman was sum-
moned. In court the prisoner, admit
ting his guilt, was sentenced to the
brldewell for something like 2O3 days.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-22

again to stay or to return soon. and
then he led me through the glorious
place and to the throne of God. 1 can
not tell you what it was like, Philip
for have no words in which TO picture
the grandeur
When he finished his story MGR.
Doane and Mr. Healey were greatly
affected, and the monsignor repeated
his statement that he could not tell
whether he had had a vision or a
dream
Less than four hours after he had
left the house Mr.. Healey heard of the
death of Mgr. Doane
At the cathedral rectory Rev. Will
liam F. Grady said that he and the
other priests had heard the story, but
would not discuss it.
Mr.. Healey was reluctant to talk
about the strange occurrence. He
could not remember, he said. all that
Mgr. Doane told him of the strange
happening.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-22
MATCHES IGNITEC
BY iiORsEMHiPPlNC G.
Young Mans Clothes Set on Fire
While Doctor Furnishes Him
for Insulting Wife.

Chicago.-"The Horsewhipping OF
Stevens" or how DR.. Robert H. Harvey
acted as dispenser of justice. incendi-
ary fireman and Good Samaritan, be-
came part of the Harrison street po-
lice library the other day. 1t was CLASH
lied under true stories stranger than
fiction Leroy Stevens. young man,
appeared at the Harvey home one even
ing and annoyed Mrs Harvey. The
physician came home, seized Stevens
and applied the horsewhip several
times. One of the strokes of the lash
lgnited matches in Stevens vest pocket
and set him on FIRE
The fact that his victims clothing
was ablaze was not discovered at once
by DR.. Harvey, who stood behind the
man applying the lash. Then in his
anxiety to save the culprit from being
burned to death DR.. Harvey ran to
stable close by where coachman was
cleaning carriages and returning with
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-22

was discovered and she was sent home.
other boys school, A year or two later
Frances was sent to a small college
for boys in Iowa to be prepared for a
professional career
But there again her sex was learned
and she had to leave. Then with her
mother she took UP the problem of
earning livelihood For a time the
girl was "newsboy" in Chicago Then
she tried her hand at bookkeeping.
Finally she and her mother decided to
return to France Soon after their ar
rival In Paris the girl went to one of
the race-courses. There she applied
for license as jockey. A French
nobleman became her sponsor, and as
Frank Lamouche the girl carried the
cOlors of her benefactor for several
months, then gave it up and returned
to America with her mother. From
that time on mother and daughter SUI
tered many hardships.
-Four years ago the mother died and
then Frances Lamouche become
mere vagabond and wanderer. She
slept In barns, halls, anywhere, but at
last, in despair, she went to the Con-
vent Of the Good Shepherd, at Column
bus, and, confessing to the sisters that
she was girl, begged to be admitted.
Life in the convent became irksome
and she left to become wanderer
again
The girl drifted to this city last No
yembep. She looked like boy OF
Is or 10. She worked first at one thing
and then another, rarely remaining in
one place more than week. At first
she got employment in the barroom OF
one Of the large hotels. She served
drinks and performed the tasks of
boy-of- all-work. There she fell Ill and
was sent to the hospital.
But even to the nurse Frances La
mouche did not tell all of her life-story
After her death little package was
found tucked away under her pillow
n II were letters from young
Erenchman In New Orleans, in which
he begged to be permitted to come to,
her rescue and take her back to
france. other writers too offered to
helm her. Another letter was from
Dr.. Mary Walker. Of OsWego, y. T.
Inviting the girl to come to her.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-22
NOBLEMAN WOOS BARNARD.
Marquis Imagines He Has Found
Wealthy Widow Only to Discover
Her Of Plebeian Origin.

] London.-All society is laughing q
the MARQUIS OF ToWnshend, who. Will,
heiress hunting, imagined he hal
found a prize in the person of a fas
cinating widow of wealth, only to dis
! cover later that she had but recently
graduated from the position of bar,
| maid in London public house.
The marquis, who is a nephew OF
the duke of Fife, who married the
kings sister, in his quest for a rich
bride met Mrs. Evelyn Dina Tournour.
She represented herself as the daugh-
ter Of Viscount OIardio, an Italian
nobleman. She was pretty and cap
tivating.
The marquis wooed the widow
ardently, and soon asked her hand in
marriage. He was accepted, where
upon, with his family solicitor, the
marquis called upon the widow to ar
range the settlements. His modest
claims shed curious light upon the
manners and customs of the penniless
nobility Not only did he demand a
handsome settlement for himself, but
he insisted that the widow settle $780,
900 upon a clerical friend and s25, 900
more on the clerical friends son on the
plea that he owed the clerical friend
that amount.
The widow demurred at the settle
ment ON the son of the clerical friend.
whereat the marquis, shedding appro-
pirate tears, exclaimed:
This, then, will stop our mar
rage"
Thereafter the marquis grew cool.
But it was not the intention of the
widow to permit him thus easily to
escape and she promptly brought suit
for breach Of promise. Detectives were
placed on her trail and then the whole
story came out. It was discovered that
instead of being the daughter of an
Italian nobleman her father runs a
saloon in Southampton. in which his
daughter had worked as barmaid, and
that her mother was servant.
Pressure was brought to bear on the
woman and she withdrew her suis, re-
turning all of the presents that she
had received from the marquis, and
remarking with delicious humor:
II have not yet received back the
presents that | gave my noble mar
luis."
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-22
LIVED HER Who'll T
LIFE AS A BOY
GIRL REVEALS REMARKABLE
STORY ON DEATH-BED.
20 YEARS IN MALE ATTIRE
Went to Boys Schools, Was Jockey
and a Helper in a Barroom-
Con9esses Strange Tale to
Hospital Nurse.

Clncinnah.-By the death of Miss
Frances Lamouche in hospital here
strange story of adventure is
brought to light-a story that must
nave gone to the grave with her had
sne not confided it to her nurse.
Inc girl was 20 years old. She was
admitted to the hospital several weeks
ago as Frank Williams, clad in male
apparel and appearing to be a boy.
Her brown hair was cropped close and
there was nothing in her manner to
indicate her sex.
N AS Frank Williams she was placed
IN the male ward and there the physi-
( clans found that she was suffering
from q fatal form of paralysis. The
day following her admission she con-
Iessed to the nurse that she was not
, frank Williams, but Miss Frances
Lamouche. She was Immediately re.
moved to the female ward.
i She could not recall the time when
sne did not masquerade as boy She
was born in little village not far
from Paris. Her father, she told the
~s ~ No - SoAACuld1l, dllu her mOLl-
er Partisan dancer and singer. she
said she could not have been more
than i've years old when she donned
knlckerbockers and began the mas
querade that was to end only with her
death.
While she was still mere child her
parents came to America. Her father.
she said, was killed in Chicago about
ten years ago. Her mother continued
70 dance and sing in concert halls and
the little girl was wont to 70 with
her to the theaters and wait for her in
her dressing-room. But the passing
years brought no change in the girls
garl
Remember, little one, you will be
left alone in the world some day" her
mother would tell her, 'and you will
ind 1t much easier to make your way1
as boy than as a girl
Mother and child drifted to Keokuk
Ia. and there the girl was placed in a
school for boys. She attended this
school for months before her secret
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-22

from HAWAII
Prince Jonah Kalanianaole, delegate
in Congress from Hawaii, writes from
Washington, D. c., as follows:
Il can cheerfully recommend your
Peruna as very effective remedy for
coughs, colds and catarrhal trouble"
A Cuban Minister.
Senior Quesada, Cuban Minister to
the United States, writes from Washing
ton, D. c., as follows:
"Peruna can recommend as very
good medicine. 1t is an excellent
strengthening tonic, and is also an eff
f1cacious cure for the almost universal
complaint of catarrh." - Gonzalo De
Quesada.
From All Quarters of the Globe.
We have on file thousands of testf-
monials like those given above. We can
give our readers only slight glimpse
of the vast number of grateful letters
DR.. Hartman is constantly receiving
from all quarters of the globe in behalf
OF his famous catarrh remedy, Peruna.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-22
Wears Mouse in Church,

West Chester, PA little mouse
might have created panic in the First
Baptist church here, but this was pre-
vented by the sensible action of those
who were near the retiring young
woman most directly involved. She was
pretty normal school student and the
mouse had been carried to church serv-
ices among the flowers on her hat. In
the midst of the sermon the little ami
NAL made its appearance on the hat,
them up during the service. At the
close the young woman was invited to
the room below, her hat was taken by
q friend and there was mouse killing.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-22
Man Banks Like a Dog,

Hammond, Swapping and bark
ing like dog, Fred Reiger, of Hege-
wisch. is laboring under the delusion
that he has hydrophobia. The sufferer
imagines that he was bitten by dog
belonging to Fred Johnson, who died
from rabies two months ago. Since the
death of his friend Reiger has run from
every dog that CHANGED to come near
him. Several days ago he became vic
lent, and would growl at anyone who
approached him. Physicians declare
that he will die of prostration unless his
hallucination is dissipated.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-22
Too Much for Him.

Simkins-I see Jaggsby is full again.
thought he intended to turn over a
new leaf the first of the year?
Timkins-Oh, he turned it over all
right, but there was full -page brew
cry advertisement on the other side-
Chicago Daily News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-22
# You Are Sick. Doctor!

When the medicinal properties of Saw
Palmetto Berries were discovered the ques-
ton of the permanent cure of Stomach
Liver, Kidneys and Bladder troubles was
settled. Vernal Palmettona palmetto
Berry Wine) is recommended by thou
sands of former sufferers. It relieves the
inflammation and cures the disease. Don't
suffer from Dyspepsia, constipation. back
ache, headache. Vernal Palmettona will
cure you. Write for free trial bottle to
Vernal Remedy Co., LIE Roy, N. Y. Sold
by druggists.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-22
Frankly Stated.

.Are YOU looking for work -,
enc !. answered the poor but canold
- arm looking for money, but I'm %
willing to work, because e,s .an 81 :
...,,arw,se washington Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-22
Largest Twist Tobacco.

The largest roll of pigtail twist tobac7
co ever made is on view in the shop win
dow OF Bolton manufacturer 1t meas
ures two and half miles in length and
weighs 203 pounds.