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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-14

Walking along one Of the impor.
tant streets Of New York was q ragged
uewsboy, known By his fellow mer.
chants as .Skippy Dingley. He had
finished selling papers and was Walk.
ing toward what he called home.
Now and then one could hear above
the noise OF the street: Here's yer
evening paper! All about de Dank
robbery. One thousand dollars re-
ward for the recovery Of de money!.
Skippy was tall and slim. and nad
an expression Of intelligence and De
termination OF purpose. Al for hls
clothing, It was ragged from head g
foot His cap was one Of linen winch
he had procured free OF charge. On
1t was printed the name Of e paint
establishment. He wore a shirt made
OF different colored pieces Of cloth, =
coat made of i meal sack with holes
cut, Ia which were sewed sleeves, ana
pair OF trousers many sizes too
large. .
Skippy turned into side street
from where he plunged into dark al
ley. He scrambled over boxes and
tin cans until he reached large box
which formerly had been used for dry
goods He then took out Of bis pocket
q candle, which dimly lighted the
small, humble home The bottom
OF the box was covered with straw. a
little stool minus leg, and = soap
bcx, evidently used as table, con-
stituted the furniture. The utensils
were battered tin cup and pail and
a couple Of tin cans procured from
the brush heap. This box stood at the
buck Of small. dilapidated house.
Skippy put the candle on the soap
box and was on the point of lying
down to sleep when he heard low
voices in the direction Of the house.
Excited by curiosity, he blew out the
hight and tip-toed softly toward the
window of the house. Here an IN
teresting sight met his eyes. Sitting
around a table were three rough
looking men conversing in low tones.
.eN'as q fine haul, wasn't it. Bill?'s
said one Of the men, complacently.
Never done better job in my life
but well have to hide the Doodle
till the affair kind o. cools off, said
the one addressed as Bill.
well, / think we might as we'll
bury It in the back yard. Nobody
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-14
PURI.TsliED WEEKLY.
Summer Drowninps.

IN the summer months drowning
accidents occur with painful FREE
Quency; they are almost as sure to be
reported as the results Of premature
explosion OF frecrackers on the morn,
ang after the Fourth. It is ,ungraeious
70 comment on the causes of an in
diyidual tragedy after it has occurred
waen suffering relatives need consola-
lion more than advice, says Youths
Companion, but it is greatly desirable
that those still Safe on the banks
SHOULD remember where the danger
lies. In the great majority Of cases
sonle one has failed to realize the OK.
tent OF natures forces. The batae..
goes Ia too far, and an undercurrent
sweeps him sway. The swimmer, who
Thinks lie need not be cautious, oys~-
taxes his strength, or stays too long
In cold water. Rescuers, moved by
the nest generous OF human impulses,
undertake extraordinary risks. Drown
aas persons will cling to them with
nnreasoning grasp. Many man who
could be saved lii an insensible con-
dltlon becomes an unbearable load
when frenzied by fear. Overlooking
and overturning pleasure craft, es-
peeially sai1boats, which meet unex-
petted conditions OF wind and water,
add to the list Of casualties. Although
some accidents cannot spbe forcseen,
those among the summers drownings
which ought to have been prevented
are regrettably numerous. The boy
who gets laughed at for being too
timid. on every boat-load out for a
vacation holiday, is an extremely USE
fu. person. Although liable to become
unpopular. he is often an unknown
he.C" in preventing accidents which
world otherwise have occurred. Saw
Ing life does not necessarily begin
when the beach~is echoing with the
agonizing cries Of those who are, for
the most part. powerless to act.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-14

the kind used in squirt guns, is made
with an edge to catch the trigger. An
elastic band is bound to the barrel
with string and the loop fastened to
the butt end Of the plunger. When
the latter is drawn back to the trigger
it stretches the elastic. BY pulling the
trigger toward you it loosens the
plunger, which flies back with snap,
sending the arrow out with consider
able force. The barrel Of the pistol
may be fastened to the stock by two
strips of tin or leather. The dia-
gram shows the form of the trigger,
which should be made SO as to move
readily backward or forward upon the
screw that fastens it to the stock. Fig.
3 shows how pistol can be made
to work without a plunger. In this case
the barrel is partly cut off from A to
B. The arrow should be made to fit
the groove, SO that when the elastic
is loosened it will strike the arrow
IN the same manner that the string of
a crossbow does. Both these pistols.
If made with good strong elastic, will
shoot quite a distance, and II the CT
rows are armed with a tack or pin in
the head, they can be used in target
practice.
The spring shotgun uses neither
powder nor explosive, nor does it pos
sess stock, trigger, or sights, but
simply consists Of q stick of whalebone
or any other elastic material, one end
Of which is armed with a large quill,
corked at Its lower end.
When the quill is flledp with fine
birdshot and the end Of the stick
grasped by the left hand the contents
of the quill can be thrown an amazing
distance by bending the quill end back
and allowing it suddenly to fly for
ward, upon the principle Of the whip
bow. #, instead of a small piece Of
whalebone, large and very elastic
rod is used, with tin tube in place
of the quill, an effective weapon will
be produced useful for hunting pur-
poses.
But remember, cautions the Chicago
Inter Ocean, that true sportsman has
the greatest respect for his weapons,
and handles them with scrupulous
care. Never aim a Bonded bow with
an arrow set at companion or friend,
for little slip may cause harm.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-14

Of the proprietors. secured large en-
velope from the hotel stock, on which
he had written the name and amount
and ia which he had placed the brown
paper. Later, when calling for the
diamond case, he had hastily ex-
changed the envelope containing the
money for the fake envelope, when the
landlord turned to the safe.
American like, these landlords poca-
eted their losses, and said nothing.
On my way north that summer ! re-
lated this incident to all the hotel men
met, including the proprietor Of q
hotel at Ishpeming, Mich.
The next year, when on another
trip in that territory, the Ishpeming
landlord told me that a young man,
answering my description. appeared
about six weeks after left. and laid
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-14
The Crescent-shaped Roll.

The little horseshoe shaped rolls to
be seen In every bakers shop in the
world have an Interesting history. In
1857 Vienna was besieged by the
Turks. They were about to enter the
town by an underground passage that
they had dug, when the bakers (who
work all night IN order to deliver
hot bread In the morning. gave the
alarm. The authorities were SO crate
full they allowed them to manufac-
.ture q breakfast roll ii the shape Of
the crescent moon, which is q device
OF the Turkish banner.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-14

plans to bunko him with the $1,000
fake envelope.
Il hadn't the least suspicion Of
him, Z said the landlord, until he
called for his case OF diamonds, when
lit suddenly dawned upon me that this
was the very man YOU had told me
about.
| As on the previous occasions, the
CRATER counted out the money, wrote
his name on the envelope, and said:
Landlord, just place this IN the
| safe, will your,
Instead OF doing SO, the landlord
said: You claim there is thousand
collars here. do you? e
lou saw me count II, replied the
CRATER. a.5..
So did. answered the landlord
hut didn't count It myself. 70 III
just open It up and count It !,
So saying, he cut open the envelope
with his knife, but with q single bound
the young man bolted through the
door.
# ~ last soseA ~ IN ILL IL 49, sGut1AAs
down the railroad like racehorse,
minus baggage, but with his cash and
diamonds intact
On 4 trip from Cleveland % Chicago
= few years ago the porter Of the
, sleeping car undertook to play me for
| 4 little graft which was both unique
| and amusirz d II manipulat lon
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-14

Hon. Charles s,ygsle.
Senator from MINES Brs;lIlIii
orator, clever busin " nj 5fl n Ia
lawyer, whose natl prS,s iir,sI 4
made him = formiid bi md ate ilos
the presidential noldi
writes us the fol low IL
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-14

Copyright. 1896 BY joseph B. Bowles)
One day very enterprising looking
young man registered at the hotel
where was staying in Muskegon,
Mich. He claimed to be diamond
dealer and handed the clerk a small
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-14
Fight Cfsfern Mnxn,,ff,,

$ g - 80 = y U10 NIIU.
As an aid to the prevention of vel
low fever the department It educst don
q the Woman's league Of New Or
leans mas sent out q circular asking
every one to cooperate Id exterminaf d
Ing the clstern mosquito and giving
the rules set down BY the board 81
health.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-14
4 Playing In Hard Luck

Playing IN Hard Luck.
According to Missouri exchange 4
well-known citizen Of Vernon county
is having things happen to him now
adays. The othe- day rouse ran up:
the captains trouser len and IN the
afternoon Of the same day snake bit
MIN ten miles from liquor.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-14

WI Ting Fang once said that ii
every Chinaman II the celestial en-
Dire would increase the length Of his
shirt one inch more cotton would an
nually BE consumed chan al the world
grows at the present time.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-14
"A Discn1,ra rass, 80

- - A1ScouFdg ement.
hat young Russian IL going To
make name for himself. :
suppose he does; nobody win Be-
able TO pronounce Washington
Star. s$ss
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-14

Dunnite, New Explosive.
The new explosive, dunnite, ii causil,S
the government 2 large expense for -.
gets II the craftsmanship Ii even rea-
sonaply good, brard new tarEet haaI
g be provided after syely shot.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-14
a FISH STORY.

There's great ado down IN the ocean.
You s can hear t from Gath clear 70 Goshen.
Fer the big fishes all 81
Eat up those that are small.
AZ least that is the popular notion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-14
BUNco1Na HorELKEEPERs.

How Self Styled Dealer in Diamonds
Played" the Country Landlords
A Pullman Car "draft"-The Por-
ter and the Plugged Fifty-Cent
Piece.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-14

nther sections may raise the roses
md Inc pinka. but Aroostpok county,
NJ has nobIy done her part this year
-, san.ins out about 1000, 600 bushels
8 8 mt toes ,ss51 900 more than last 'st.
., Moreover. she could have shippsd
! .afo 900 bushels more, i prices ~ Tue
-, 4, arkets hasi helsl pr. II seyident
! that the Aroostook farm ers nave no Iear
I'll tie potato bug
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-14

Ny doll, my doll, mg Annabel.
She's really feeling far from we'll
= Her wig is gone, her eyes are out,
Her legs were left somewhere about,
Her arms were stolen by the pup,
The hens ate all her sawdust up:
So all that's really left OF her
Is just her clothes and character!
Lucy F. Perkins, in Congregationalist
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-14
9.Are college d hletics physically

.tAre college ath les physically IN
furious q askssthe New York sun ll1
wen, when aafootball player is car
RED from the field with broken
nose. j tlislocafed shoulder and three
fractured ribs Il is fair to assume that
NJ has attained slight physical in-
iurynothing Ito speak OF, perhaps,
MI still an injury. n some cases.
Ia, the injuries are sufficiently serious
3 REQUIRE an appropriation for funeral
axnanses. The shock headed figure
c1ad II bed-tiek upholstery Is again
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-14

english III iodical has been ash
10 8s., On ..Ivho IL James Whitcomb Riley
1 ENGLAND nust ant VT
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-14
fnfluenca of the Teacher.

Before all other qualifications, how
ever, the teachers character is the
fundamental requisite. That must be
above reproach In all things says the
Atlantic Monthly. Millions words
about the poetic power are specially
true in regard to the power to teach.
..He who would not be frnstrate," said
the great poets ssof his hope to write
well hereafter III laudab1e things, must
himself be true poem. Z He who
would not be Illustrate Of his hope TO
teach well at any time ought Himself
to be q lofty exemplar ofkthe virtues
he would impress upon his pupils. The
teacher who stands before class Tor
hours every day ought to exert great
er influence even than the clergyman
who speaks from the pulpit one day
ia the week, and he ought at least
to have an equally lofty character,
known and recognized BY al men.
The teacher. who is master Of his
subject, and who has this nobility Of
character, needs no help OF artifces
to assist him in governing bis pupils
he has simply to be, and they obey.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-07-01
SUMMARY OF A
Weeks EVENTS
MOST IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS
AT HOME AND ABROAD IN
CONDENSED FORM.
THE WAR IN THE FAR EAST
Progress Of Hostilities Between Rus
STA and Japan-Doings at WASH
ington-Items Of Interest from
All Over the World.
RUsso-JAPANEsE WAR.

NJ. Nelidof, Russian ambassador TO
Paris, has been definitely appointed one
of the Russian peace plenipotentiaries.
Russia II is learned, finds no objection
to August l, as suggested by Japan, for
the date of the meeting of the plenipo-
tentiaries, and instructions will be sent
to Ambassador Cassini to accept it.
There is not likely to be any further
move in the direction of an armistice
until the plenipotentiaries are appoint
ed and the time of their meeting is def
nitely fixed.
The British officials believe that ia
pan would be sacrificing great deal
TO consent to an armistice at this time,
and that after great defeat on land
the Russians will be more ready to
discuss peace.
Minister Takahira has informed The
president that the Japanese plenipoten-
tiaries would be able to reach Wash
ington the first part of August. The
selection of the plenipotentiaries has
not yet been announced.
Reports to st. Petersburg from the
seat of war say the Russian army,
threatened with fianking movement,
is retreating hurriedly.
A German war expert says the per-
centage of losses OF the Russians has
been unusually high, owing to heavy sr.
tillery used by the Japanese.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-07-01
MISCELLANEOUS.

The Twentieth Century Limited on
Hthe Lake Shore railroad, the worlds
fastest train, was wrecked at Mentor, o.,
and 10 persons were killed. The disas.
ter is laid to wreckers.
The 20-hour schedule of the Twen-
tieth Century Limited train on the
New York Central-Lake Shore line
will be restored at once, in place Of
the 18.hour schedule, on which the
train had been running for only few
days.
Troops have stormed the barbados
erected in the streets of LODI, Russian
Poland, by the strikers. Fifty persons
have been killed and 200 wounded. Mar
tial law will be declared.
AS the result Of a quarrel at Winter
Wis. between Henry Casseday, Ken
tuckian, and John Stacey, a quarter
breed Indian, over the proper way to
pull stump, Casseday struck Stacey
with a pickax and killed him.
Secretary Of the Navy Morton reports
securing big decrease in telephone
rates for government service.
American yachts won at the Kiel
races, one being the American built
Meteor ILL.,, sailed by Emperor Will
liam.
The British parliament authorized
S1O0,O00,000 to expand railways in In
dia.
The New York health department re-
ports that the birth rate of the city
exceeds 1000 week, and more than
30 per 1000 population.
Benjamin II. Gaskill, the Philadel-
phia broker, left a diary confessing to
brother that he had lived dual life,
committing immense forgeries when
under the influence of drink.
President Roosevelt emphasized his
faith in Assistant Secretary LOOMS by
appointing him envoy to receive Paul
Jones remains.
An inspired article printed in Berlin
intimates tnat Germany will reject the
French suggestion regarding the pro-
posed conference on Morocco.
The Chinese threat of trade boy
colt moves President Roosevelt and
the cabinet to decide on a less strin-
gent enforcement of the exclusion law.
Eight officials and attorneys in
Chickasaw nation, I. T., were indicted
on charges of embezzling school funds.
A violent eruption of Vesuvius Is
feared. People living near are ordered
to flee.
China will enact law forbidding
Mongolianl laborers emigrating to the
United States. f..N
One hundred and sixty seed dealers
from all parts of the United States met
at Alexandria Bay, N. Y, in the twen-
ty-third annual convention of the Amer
lean Seed Trade association.
Simon Rord, negro who assaulted a
white woman. was taken from jail at
Hohenwald, Tenn, by a mob OF SO men
and shot to death.
Fire slmost entirely destroyed the
wholesale grocery house of Brinkmey-
er, Kuhn & Co., at Indianapolis, Ind.
The loss is estimated at $4,000
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-07-01
A Lack Of Issues.

Maryland Is to have state election
next fall to choose minor officials and
legislators. And Senator German, the
democratic leader, intends to conduct
the campaign for his party on the color
issue. That is a pretty thin" pretense.
for Maryland is in about as much dan
ger of NEGRO domination" as Ia Mas
sachusetts. But the fact seems to be
that no other question can be brought
up on which the Maryland democrats
are sufficiently united to make a fight,
and an attempt to get them together
would only reveal their hopeless diff
ferences. Come to think Of 1t, Mary
land democracy is not very different in
that respect from democracy elsewhere.
Troy Times. -
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-07-01
WRITE FOR THIS FREE BOTTLE TO-DAY

The genuine has date aud number stamped
on the iabei-take no other from your druggist.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-07-01

Free-traders are working up an mag
mary tariff war with Germany, but In.
telligent citizens understand the tricks
of the enemies of protection.
Judging by the past history of the
democratic organization, that portion of
the party led by Mr.. Bryan is not demo
cratic at all. and that is where the irre-
pressible conflict comes In.
Democratic papers that harp on the
excess this year of expenditures over re-
ceipts never refer to the cash balance
ON hand of $3.50. zoo. 900 to keep collectors
from calling the second time.-St Louis
Globe Democrat
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-07-01
THE WORLDS
fAvOR|1[
For Preserving, Purifying
and Beautifying the Skin,
Scalp, Hair. and Hands.

hent properties derived from Cucurs, the great ekn
Cure With the parest OF cleansing ingredients and tho
Price Price, nan namely hsdieinAl and Toilet Soap Cor No.
Potter prrg Chem. Corp, Sole Prcps., Bottom.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-07-01
rHE cHIcAao STRIKE.

John c. Driscoll showed the Chicago
grand jury over 100 cancelled checks,
representing payments made by him to
labor leaders to settle or avert various
strikes.
Cornelius p. Shea was swept aside by
the Chicago Transfers Joint Council,
which named committee empowered
to end the long strike.
Settlement Of the teamsters' strike is
blocked by the controversy over the dis
play Of union buttons by drivers.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-07-01
Agricultural and Horticultural Csl.
onies on the Kansas City
Southern Railway.

Lockssburg Colony in SEWER County,
Arkansas, containing about 80 900 acres, and
Loring Colony in Sabine Parish, Louis
lana, containing about 1000 acres, are now
4 pan %oc to $3.50 per acrs anS are sold
on easy terms to actual settlers. Lockes-
burg Colony is well suited for General
Farming, stock raising and commercial
fruit growing. Loring Colony lies in .
splendid fruit, truck and tobacco region,
and is good for corn and cotton also. Both
are situated in beautiful country, with
a healthy climate and excellent water.
Write for books concerning Lockesburg and
Magazine to s. G. Warner, G. p. & I. A.,
X. G. s. Ry., Kansas City, Mo-; +. e.
Roesler, immigration Agt., X. G. S. Ry,
Kansas City, Mo.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-07-01

above all, woman who has had
more experience in treating female ills
than any living person.
Over one hundred thousand cases OF
female diseases come before Mrs. Pink
ham every year, some personally,
others by mail, and this has been go
ing on for twenty years, day after day.
Surely women are wise in seeking
advice from a woman of such expert
ence, especially when it is absolutely
free.
Mrs. Pinkham never violates the con-
fidence of women. and every tcstimo-
NAL letter published is done SO with
the written consent or request of the
writer, in order that other sick women
may be benefited as they have been.
Mrs. Fred Seydel. of 412 North 54th
Street, West Philadelphia, Pa, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham;-
"Over year ago I wrote you letter asking
advice, as l had female ills and could not
carry q child to maturity. l received your
kind letter Of instructions and followed your
advice. am not only well woman in con-
wish every suffering woman in the land would
write you for advice, as you have done so
much for me-"
Just as surely as Mrs. Seydel was
cured. will Lydia l.. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound cure every
woman suffering from any form Of
female ills.
No other medicine in all the world
has such q record of cures of female
troubles as has Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. Therefore no
prudent woman will accept any substi-
tute which a druggist NAV offer
Lynn. Mass for special advice. 1t is
free and always helpful.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-07-01

High finance is now getting SO high that
some people expect to get to Heaven from
the top of it.-Life.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-07-01
In STRICT CONFIDENCE.
Women Obtain Mrs. Pinkham's
Advice and Help.
She Has Guided Thousands to Health
How Lydia 4. Pinkham's Vegetable Conn
pound Cured Mrs. Fred Seydcl.

1t is a great
satisfaction for a
woman to feel that
she can write to
anothertellingher
the most private
and confidential
about her
illness, and know
that her letter will
be seen by a wo-
man only, a wo-
man full of sym
patty for her
sick sisters, and
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-03
Miss Roosevelt in Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI, June 3.-Miss Alice
Roosevelt arrived in Cincinnati today
for visit of about a week. During
ner stay she will be guest at the
home of Congressman Nicholas Long
worth, and will be entertained by the
congressman's sister, Mrs. Buckner
Wallingford. This afternoon Miss
Roosevelt and a party made up in her
honor went to the Latonia race track
to witness the Derby.
Many other social functions are
planned in honor of the visitor, includ-
ing a dinner at The Pillars, country
club, and a dinner at the home of ex-
Congressman Charles p. Taft. brother
of the secretary of war.