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St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-10
NOT TO BE CAUGHT AGAIN
Hotelkeeper Who Was Not to Be
Duped More Than Twice IN
10000 Years.

We had an old hotelkeepepr in one
Of our Kansas towns who was man
Of many quaint theories, = said Mr..
Joseph Tomlinson, q lawyer Of Inde-
pendence, Kan, relates the Washing
ton Post.
One Of his odd conceits was that
all human beings will come back to
earth In exactly 10000 years, and that
they will duplicate in their reappear-
ance every act and word of their prior
existence. This was his pet hobby and
the old man would expound It to every
guest. On one occasion couple OF
strangers whom he nad entertained
over night and who had listened to
his 10, ,0O0-year formula, when starting
away In the morning owned up that
they were dead broke and could not
pay, but one Of them remarked that 1t
did not matter. for at the end Of Z
hundred centuries they would call that
way again. and as he would be keeping
the same house they would cancel their
Indebtedness.
No. you won't get OF with that
dodge spoke up the landlord. I am
on to You sharpers. You are the sams
pair Of swindlers that beat me out of
q hotel bill 10000 years ago, and you
cant work that racket on me again.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-10
FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW
Some Vouched For by London Punch
That Are New and In
teresting.

Fishmongers never advertise sales
Of old and soiled stock.
Nearly all the inhabitants Of the
Great Sahara are total abstainers.
When guinea pig attempts to bite
its tail 1t is suffering from hydro.
| phobia.
Picked onions were introduced into
England by the Crusaders.
The early Babylonians were unac-
quainted with the use Of the tele-
phone.
It Is not generally known that by
subtracting the number Of wet days
in q year from 365 you can ascertain
approximately the number Of flne days.
Motorists are said to enjoy more
fine days" than any other class Of the
community.
Fur is best removed from the inside
Of kettle with q razor. t
Columbus discovered America to.
wards the end Of the fifteenth century
and was properly punished by a long
term Of Imprisonment.
There Is no phrase In the Thibetan
language which will exactly express
the English term "nonconformist con-
science"
No trace Of any system Of fire insur-
ance has been discovered amongst the
prehistoric relics Of the cave men.
In Spitzbergen frozen beer is sold
by the yard and bona fide travellers al
ways provide themselves with substan-
tial beer walking sticks to support
themselves on the homeward journey.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-10
THE USELESS BANTAM.
Breed Of Chicken for Which Thsre
Is But Little Demand
Nowadays.

While the majority OF poultry lovers
appreciate the scientific breeding Of
the large utility fowls, they have very
little sympathy for the fancier who
calculates the weight Of his favorite
breed In ounces. instead Of pounds,
says Country Life in America.
The question that is always put to
the bantam fancier IS: 'tOf what use
are these pigmies Of the poultry
yards?" The answer is: None what
ever. So far as utility goes they are
valueless, and, commercially speaking,
they do not amount 10 much.
On the other hand. the pleasure OF
being able to produce even one little
specimen that matches the require
ments OF the STANDARD Of Perfection
more than makes up for their defi-
cheney in other respects, SO far as .
genuine fancier is concerned. Bantam
raising is purely q fancy. and nothing
more. The old-time fancier did not
choose as his ideal variety that would
on the face Of things, De an easy one
to produce. It is the fight against
nature, as it were, that offers the great
charm to the fancier.
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St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-10

had perished when, the little French
bark Lilly sank on December IS, 1903.
They had parted when the little vessel,
afterA brave fight with the typhoo7,
lurched and sank. They had seen her
lifted &on Z wave, with q life-preserver
clasped about her, and they had fought
with the sailors In the boat for Q chance
to save their daughter. She had caught
one glimpse Of them as she was buried
under huge roller. and the boat was
liftedsAbove her. and then they parted.
Nearly four days later the boat had
reached UneaFof the Belep islands, on
New Caledonia. and after day or two
OF rest and preparation had crossed to
the larger island and reached safety.
z An Acrobatic Family.
The Ponquet family father, mother
and daughterwere acrobats and ami
NAL trainers, and PonQuet, the father.
had for many years been the leader Of q
little circus, sometimes with q dozen or
more men IN his employ, sometimes
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-10

beautiful-beautiful, as more than one
young man thought who saw her at the
little country faifs in Breton.
But the Ponquets were poor. They
made but little money at the fairs, and
they talked often Of America or of Aus
tralia, 80 at the end of one season they
decided to cast their fortunes in new
world. There was q. sad leave-t taking
with the son, who soon was to become
q priest, and they sailed away to Austria
liza.
That year Liela was Is years old. Her
beauty, her grace and daring attracted
attention to the grimy, sordid little trav-
cling circus, and prosperity came to the
family. Ponquet began to think that
his fortune was made. He had dreams
OF being the proprietor Of q great cir
Gus, with hundreds Of men and wom-
en-, with great gilded wagons. At Mel.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-10
THIEF WHO WAS PUZZLED.
Case Wherein the Finger Print
Method Of Detecting Crime
Was q Success.

There Is more in the finger-print sys-
tenn of detection than is generally sus-
pected. For instance, worthy squire
some little time ago had all his beauti-
full ripe peaches stolen, and the only
clew to the culprit was . finger print
left on an unripe. peach.
Forthwith he made Photographic en-.
largement, and shortly after he met an
individual he had cause to suspect, says
Stray Stories.
Jake he said, sternly, some one
robbed my garden the other night"
did 'em, sur?" said Jake, innocently.
'.Yes,' said the worthy squire; 'but
the thief left his mark behind, and /
shall easily trace him. Do you see this?"
and he produced the enlargement.
Poor Jake's knees knocked.
II see it amt no good. " he said, re.
signedly. II pinched the peaches, right
enough. But it fair licks me ,ow yer got
that picter Of my corduroys-it do In
1eed!" :.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-10
COFFIN SUIT FATAL TO TEN
Men Who Engage in Fight Over
Property Given to Undertaken
Struck Down Mysteriously.

Galveston, Tex.-Death from q
strange malady which physicians nay
they have never before seen or heard
Of mas overtaken ten men who were
connected with the suit over piece
of property given to an undertaken by
q widow In payment for her hus.
bands coffin. The belief IL wide
spread in this vicinity that the deaths
are judgment from heaven. SO terri.
flying have been the manifestations Of
what is believed to he divine wrath
that even the county officials refuse to
have anything more to do with the
case, which probably never will be
adjudicated, ct least in the present
generation.
The case is that OF George e. Smith
against John Daley. Both men died
soon after suit was brought Of the
strange disease which specialists were
unable to diagnose or treat. Then
Thomas Brick, the district clerk who
filed the suit. fell victim to the same
mysterious avenger.
Three lawyers participated In the
widows coffin suit," as it is called -
CIegg stewar:, Forester Rose and Will
liam T. Austin. Within q few days all
three became Ill and died Of the pecul-
iar disease for which no remedy could
be found. Then Judge William n.
Stewart, who tried the case and who
but few days before hid rendered q
decision in the case and granted new
trial, fell victim, AMI in q short time
expired.
Alexander Bartlingcock and c. A.
Sias were employed to survey the
land in preparation for the new trial
Scarcely had they completed their
task when they fell Ill and died.
J. F. Simons, the district clerk
laughed at the fears Of the supersti-
tious, and made preparations for the
new trial. A few days later he died.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-10

burne, at Sydney, at Clarendon, New
Castle. Brisbane-everywhere it was the
same. and the gold rolled in.
They went to New Zealand, and, trav-
cling along the coast from Palmerst0n
through Christchurch. Hmaru, Nelson,
over to Wellington, on the North island,
they added to the menagerie.
shipwrecked by Typhoon.
Early in December they were ready.
They loaded the tents, and the animals,
and all, aboard the Lilly and started for
Melbourne. The typhoon struck on De-
cember Is in the morning. and for over
three days the little vessel, under bare
poles, fed before it. The men. exhaust
ed and worn from working the pumps,
fell fainting. Three times they tried to
turn and ride in the face Of the storm.
but could not. They were driven north
ward. always northward-lost, hopeless
and dying.
And during 1t all Liela helped tho
men, and when they fell from exhaus.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-10
American Singers Abroad.

y A few years ago great question waa
raised in q daily paper: What shall We
do with CIR girls? The Americans tried
to solve it some years ago by sending
them all to Paris to become prima dom
mas. They came over in shoals, and per-
haps one In q million succeeded ID be.
coming superior chorus girl some
times wonder how many I have met In
drawing rooms and theaters and how
many Of them hare succeeded IN doing
anything whatever. Probably the bulk
Of them drift back to those well-known
small cities, New York, Chicago and
Boston; but to my knowledge there are
dozens Of them hanging on in lonely
way in the various opera houses Of Eu-
rope They live miserable life, they
dwell In wretched hotels or pensions.
their voices being hopelessly broken,
they squeal three or four times week,
and In the end they marry or disappear.
no man knows where. Satur.
day Review.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-10
Girl Lives on Desert Island il the lndian
Ocean for Fifteen Months.
IS SHlPWREckED BY 4 TERRIBLE IYpHooN|
Pet Lion Her Sole Living Commandments Final1x,
Forced TO Kill Animal Save Own Life-At
Last Rescued by Passing Vessel
and Returned to Parents

the story Of Robinson Crusoe and
MIS- remarkable adventures is familiar
g almost every man, woman and child.
10 prove the old saying that truth IL
stranger than fiction this interesting
tale has been enacted by handsome
young french girl, and il anything her
experiences were more remarkable,
Cast away on an almost desert island
n the middle Of the Indian ocean,
thrown on her own resources. Liela
ponquet. q pretty young trapeze per-
!ormer, now about Is years OF age,
lived for Is months before she was
picked up by passing vessel and
dnally sent back to her home In
France.
( When she arrived at Marseilles she
was reunited with her father and
mother who for nearly two years she
had believed dead. and who believed she
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-10
.,,,h onlv the members OF his family TO

With only the members OF his family 70
assist him ii giving performances. His
Oldest son, . promising acrobat, had
heen killed at o fair IN France BY fall
sne from high wire, and the other boy.
vsak and sickly, never would do for an
athlete. 90 he was sent to school and
4ren into the rriesth hood. and he was tho
pr1tis Of his mothers heart.
nut Liela, from her earliest childhood.
4ook to the ropes and the rings and the
hars as Ii by second nature, and before
ana vas 1e years old her feats Of daring
md sttength and agility won her ap-
nlallse and caused her father to believe
her the rntsSt wonderful acrobat ia all
4bA world She was strong, healthy.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-10

ed time, using stones In small piles, one
stone to each day. she had fright. No
rain had fallen for weeks, and the little
pond began to go dry. Day after day
she watched It dwindle away. Finally,
1t was tiny pool Of muddy, unpalatable
water, and she retired that night In de-
spair, and during the night rain poured
and filed the pond again. The fruit
from the palm trees, species Of edible
root, some delicate seaweed that she
found. oysters, a species Of Shrimp, and
fish constituted her main diet, although
at rare intervals she caught gull, and
once she caught a small green parrot.
Hope still lived. She believed that
some day she would be saved. Her only
hardship was loneliness, and she talked.
or sang to herself to keep her mind busy,
and she climbed to the top Of the trees
and sat there gazing out across the sea.
She was In tree top on the afternoon
she was rescued. She was sitting gaz-
ing southward toward the familiar
speck, day-dreaming Of her beautiful
France, and wondering whether she ever
would see 1t again. She had been there
= r.
for hours, when suddenly she gasped
and almost fell out of the tree top. She
heard voices.
A moment later, with cry that star
tied the sailors, she slid and jumped
down the tree, and rushing towards
them across the sand, laughed and cried
and laughed again, begging them to
speak to her. One Of the sailors spoke
French. He told her they were from
the trading schooner Cyprus, and would
take her aboard.
Then the strange, sun Drowned. grass
garbed beauty fell, still laughing, fell
faintfng upon the sand, and before she
recovered she and her little store Of
tools she had made, were safe on board
the vessel, bound for Noumea,' New CAL
edonia, and, eventually, France, where
the happy family was reunited.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-10

ton she worked at the pumps, strong,
vigorous, tireless, her athletic training
standing her IN good stead. On the 18th
hope was abandoned. The storm was
abating little, but the vessel was
foundering heavily and had lost Its
buoyancy. At ten o'clock sea after sea
pounded upon the decks, and still the
vessel staggered on.
The tired vessel, worn out BY the bait
tie with the sea. gave mp about noon.
The steering geat broke The little
barkentine turned broadside, wallowed
q few moments. and sank
The Ponquet fortunes we're swept
away, a1d the family separated. II m
instant The father and mother reas he'd
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-10
Distant Target.

While attempting to shoot the sky
full Of holes Saturday night so the
rain could fall easily, says the Wilbur
ton, L. T., Journal, Louie Goolbasin. .
Russian, was reported by some folks
who didn't have umbrellas with them.
Some say Louie's experiment cost him
about $50 besides the three days am
mention he wasted. Shootemupskl
gotenuhski!
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-10
Old University.

Highland university is the Oldest
university in Kansas, and the first
west Of the Mississippi to issue di-
plomas. It was chartered February
8, 1858. The school was the out
growth Of an Indian school and began
with white children in 1856. II has
never closed It's doors from the day
It was opened.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-10
Officers stColored Up"

At the close Of the second days seq.
sion Of the commission that is In.
vestigating, in London, the African
war stores scandal, Justice Farrell
std to the war officers present: Eve
are going to audit your books; we
are going to Insist upon seeing the
debit and the credit account. In
short, we are going to treat You q II
you were q business concern for once. -
The officers are said to have '.colored
up
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-10
He Got the Job.

On December s, 1877. . young French
doctor sent In an application for =
small post under the government and
heard nothing more Of the matter till
q few days ago, when he was required
to I'LL up blank IN order to get 4
nomination for the position he had ap-
piled for nearly Is years before.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-10
n ASubetifl1te.

Patience This paper says that Span
ish women play with their dolls even
after they are married and have chill
dren. Isn't that ridiculous?
Patrice oh, well, perhaps they
haven't amy dogs IN that country!
Yonkers Statesman. 5
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-10

Il is vain 70 expect to live both -
and fast.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-10
The Wrong Angle.

Did the critics sis through your
play ?'' s..
No. They at On i Detroit Freel
Press. sa5sss
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-10
! In the japanese.

Bataro-How old are you, madam?
Haliko--I have seen 10 summers, sir.
''Eh-um! How long have you becl
blind ?'-Tokio Puck.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-10
Important Movement IN Advsrtising.

4 ~ = s.
Important Movement In Advertising.
Tho creation Of ! General Advert;e;ns
Department for the New Work Centrsl
Iinea. md the placina a. ehsrce of nm
denarfment the veteran rsilrnsd adver-
fiser. Georoe III. nsnieia vho h.s heen
for nearly fwentv vears ths Genersl Pss.
ssnaer Arant - fks Nsv yorE Centr.I
RaiIrnad marks an ara Il ths hisforv AZ
edvart;s;nr - Amer;cs - 80 .''A - =
The New York Cenfral Tinaa =. tha
fr.t great svstsrn q creste en advert;S,
;nc denartmenh. which cover. aIl fhs rs;i-
WV in their svstem. and the far.resch;no
cnnsennences II such movement cannof
- annrec;ated = fsr.t S;cht' M this ~
t;on IN fha mart of the msnsrement AZ
fhesa lines emnhasi1es fhs vaIne 81 adver.
tis;nr rem csnerai1v- ma forces fhe conclu-
ZION of 4 atronr belief n Che efficacy of
raiIroad advertisino n narticnlar.
some ;des nf The ;mnnrtance ~ fhis
new department can be had when Il n
understood That Il win control the gem
eral advertising M il America @ and il TX foreign
countries 81 the New York Central. Bcs-
Southern. Michican Centr.l. Clsveland.
C;nc;nnaf; Ch;caeo and 81 Tnn;s % st. Rnt.
i.nS nna fste t Fg;e .nd md Ws.tsrr a. % r.;,1svs un
and their leased lines. havins their vest-
ern terminals at Chicaeo. 81. Iouia md
Cincinnati. and their eostsrn ferninala r.
New York. Boston md Montreal. ma em-
hracinr ,mtra than twelYa thouasnd miles
sof the hest eouipped railways in the world.
Mr.. Daniels has for many YEAR been 4
firm believer IN newspaper aud magazine
advertising, and, therefore. the organiza.
tion Of tho General Advertising Depart
mont of fhA New Ynrk Central Iifea e
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-10

Criticism, like charity. should begin at
home.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-06-22

The PLaISDEALER man On his
recent visit 70 Butte had the honor
u meeting for the first time. the
Hon. Lee Mantle. former L. ;. Sen
ator from this state and at present
Chairman Of the Republican State
Central Committee. ne found him
quite busy b1t spared enough Of
his valuable time to greet US kindly
and talk over fine field Of journalism
as covered by US. We found him
10 b. very broad gagged man who
is abreast Of the times and be spoke
eucoursgly Of Of the progress of the
race and commended our efforts in
disseminating the doctrine of Peace
Prosperity and Union. The senator
is no question Of Republican
success this fall but that as vigorous
a campaign would be waged as if
the result was in doubt. We were
very favorably impressed with the
chairman and believe he is
the right man in the right place if
success is to gained along national
at the coming election in No
vember. While we are not declaring
ourselves for any one, we verify
believe that the Republicans will
have to look a long ways to find a
more fitting and available man for
the L. ;. Senatorship next winter
than the Hon. Lee Mantle Of Butte.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-06-22
Give All A Square Deal.

We DO not stand sponsor for any
business other than our own. and
if we had our way We would pro
hibit the liquor traffic in It's entire
~. because from our observations.
with statistics 10 back il up, we be-
lieve that Of all crimes and misery.
s. per cent can be traced to wills
key. But, where in this state the
business is considered legitimate
Why is it that without a hearing or
notice Of any sort, a man is ruth
lessly deprived ofhis business; that
It is conhscatory and an outrage no
fairminded man will deny, and We
are satisfied when the majority Of
the councilmen are acquainted with
the real animus behind this attempt
to crush a man in business, there
will be a change Of sentiment.
This we believe to be a piece of
sharp politics, concocted and lined
up by the Ben Tillman whip-Liss-
ner who IS a competitor Of Graye
and Gordon-and the plea of crime
and the headquarters Of criminals,
is only dust thrown in the eyes of
he unwary to cover a more pre-
nicious desire to get even than has
been dreamed of amp it may yet all
out in the wash.
While we shall never endorse the
or any other saloon, we
verify belive they are all alike,
but as we have them, treat them all
and in dealing with them,
give all a square deal and not be
carried away by the maudlin whim-
perings Of a competitor who essays
to not only run his own saloon in
the same bailiwick, but to run com
petitors out and through his
superior craftsmanship run the
council as well.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-06-22

demonstrated 70 Us that be is z
race man who shows their make up
b. acts and not words. through his
Efforts and assistance We procured
a large volume Of business in Butte
and we DO not hesitate to give him
for the same. If the race in
every community had more men Of
the type Of Lee Phillips. Peace,
Prosperity and Union would reign
supreme.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-06-22
sup't smith to Graduating Class.

The following are extracts from
the very able address delivered by
County Superintendent, Miss NJ. V.
Smith, to the 8th grade graduating
class.
"Iou have laid a good foundation for the
sDPerstsucture which you are about to build,
You belong TO a class that in a few years will
be al the head of affairs In politics. religion
and commerce, no, only in your own town
but in the state and nation. And I would
that tonight you might pause as it were, and
take one good Look into the future and ask
which place am / to FLIP And as you look
and behold the teachers desk, the preachers
pulpit, the statesman's char, the mechanics
shop, the merchants office and the many other
places to b. occupied, I would have you ask
what must do to be ready to hll one Of those
places, And the answer mus, be-make prep
a~raiion BY continuing in the work in which
you have been engaged for the pas, few
years.
you are endowed with God given powers
and these mus; be developed # you become
the men and women tina, you ought to be. If
are not developed you will lose even that
which you have. For he that hath to him
shall be given and he that hath not, from him
shall be taken even that which he hath,
The right kind Of educution will deyelope
The powers Of the mind and soul 20 that you
will he able to think and do your best. What
sunlight Is to the eye, education is to the in
In closing / would congratulate you on
The good record you have made and say that
we will eHPesi great things Of you in the
future. The day Is coming-yea, is now at
hand-when the youth Of Lewis and Clark
will hl many ofthe places Of honor and re-
sPonsiblty. And who can do it better? We
believe IN you. We believe IN building up
teaching force from your ranks; in giving
you places Of trust as You are fitted for hem.
We believe in home talents, home products
and home industries.