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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-09
MENACE TO ALL
Giant Mail Order Concerns
Are Sapping Country of
its Wealth.
SMALLER TOWNS CRUSHED
BY Assisting In the Capitalization
Of Wealth, Patrons of These in
Stitutions Contribute to Their
Own Injury.

Copyright, 1906, by Alfred c. Clark)
Every year millions upon millions of
dollars find their way from the towns,
villages and rural districts of the coun-
try to the Golfers of the mail order
houses in the cities, and go to the up
building OF enormous institutions in
the centers of population. Naturally,
the sources from which the contribu-
tons are made suffer accordingly.
Figures ever tell better story than
words. Here are figures which tell
story SO stupendous that it's full sig
nif1cance cannot be grasped in mo-
ment, but the mere sight of which are
awe inspiring:
In the year 1905 two mail order
houses, located in Chicago, did bust
ness amounting in round numbers to
$SO,OOO,O00. In the year 1904 these
same concerns did a business of about
$62,OOO,0O0, a gain of $18,0O0,00O or
nearly 80 per cent. in single year be-
ing thus exhibited.
These figures represent the sale last
year of one dollars worth of merchan-
disc for every man, woman and child
in the country by two catalogue houses
alone, and those operating from the
same central point. Dozens more of
varying size and Importance are oper-
attng all over the country from coast
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-09
READING Under Water,

An electric arc lamp, capable of eff,
ficiently supplying the needs Of under
water illumination for ship salvage
and other similar work, as well as for
operations in explosive atmospheres,
has been tried in the harbor of Aber.
deem in connection with repairs eff.
fected on the dock gates there, with
out taking them out of position. 1t
was found that a thorough examina-
ton Of the dock gates could be made
by the aid of the lamp, and in order
to demonstrate its power one of the
divers returned for newspaper, and
after descending to the bottom of the
dock a depth of 20 feet, read a por-
ton of it through the telephone to
those on the surface.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-09
THE STORY.

r! IERCELY the battle ragged and
1 gradually the army of Israel was
driving the great hosts of the enemy
backward. All day long the struggle
had continued and now the sun was
nearing the western horizon and two
hours more would see it disappearing
below the mountains crest. Defeat
now seemed certain to Adoni-zedec
king of Jerusalem and to the other
four kings who had federated them
selves with him in the assault upon
the stronghold of Gideon, and the
only CLEAN of hope for their shatter-
ed armies as they gradually fell back
before the men of Israel was that
darkness would ere long be upon
them and they would then be able to es-
cape under it's friendly cover. And
what though the Gibeonites had es-
capped them this time through the
help Of Israel, they would recoup their
shattered armies and some day later
came upon them unawares and punish
them for the treaty Of peace which
they had made with Israel.
1t had come almost as a complete
surprise to find that the army of
Israel had come up to the help of the
people of Gideon, and they had learn
ed during the day while the battle was
on that Joshua by forced march dur
ing the darkness of the night before
had fastened from Gilgal to Gideon
and had his divisions drawn up in bat
tie order when the great armies of the
five kings had appeared. 1t is little
wonder therefore that at the very be-
ginning they should have been dis
concerted. and before the day was
half over it became evident that
Joshua would win the victory, and, as
we have said, Adoni-zadec and the
four kings with him, as they took
council together, watched the de-
scending sun, and thanked their gods
that soon darkness would give them
the opportunity Of making good their
escape, if it did not also give them
the chance to strike here and there
against their powerful foe.
Filled thus with the purpose to save
the remnants of their armies, word
was sent through the ranks that as
soon as darkness had come they were
to scatter and come together again at
Makkedah.
Let the front ranks maintain as
strong a line as possible, and fall
back gradually when the major part
of the forces together with their sup
plies and arms shall make prepare
lion for the final flight when darkness
has come" were the instructions.
In the meantime Joshua was watch
ing the progress of the battle from
a high point overlooking the bat
tlefeld. He saw the struggling lines
of men, and that slowly but surely
his forces We're advancing, but as he
lifted his eyes to the sun and meas
ured its distance from the horizon, he
muttered:
Darkness will be upon US before
our victory is complete, and then our
enemies will escape u.s.
"Oh, God he continued, after q
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-09
Doom of TattersaIPs Seen.

Tasmania is the home of ''Tatter.
salrs," the most gigantic gambling
institution of the British empire in
connection with horse racing Elk.
PEELED from Australia, it has found a
refuge in Tasmania, and has for years
successfully resisted all efforts at sup.
preston. But apparently it's days are
now numbered. The Tasmanian
premier, Capt. Evans, in his latest
speech, incidentally remarked: "Tas.
mania has lost good deal of revenue
through federation. and it is only a
question of time when Tattersall's will
have to go, and then God help Tas.
mania!" The annual revenue derived
by the Tasmanian government from
Tattersalrs is supposed to be about
$500, 600. =
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-09
to coast and from border to border.

to coast and from border to border.
A fact not generally known is that
hundreds of concerns throughout the
country which now are doing business
through the regular trade channels are
awaiting only a parcels post law to
un1oose literature, already prepared
in many instances, which would pro-
ject them into the mail order field, and
this does not take into account the
hundreds and perhaps thousands Of
entirely new mail order concerns
which inevitably would spring into ex-
istence under such friendly auspices.
The two Chicago institutions re
ferred to, already occupying immense
buildings, found themselves cramped
for room. One of them expended not
less than 81 100000, and probably more,
for a new home. The other lately has
secured a new location and also will
expend at least $1,000,000 for an i'm
mense new building.
Anyone who will reflect even casual
ly on the subject must become i'm
pressed that the influence of the mail
order business is toward the central
ization of wealth, and how enormous
a part it is playing in this direction
will be understood from a second
glance at the figures which have been
given above.
It is due to himself that every patron
of the mail order house should inquire
honestly of himself what the final out
come is to be If the mail order bust
ness shall continue to make the great
strides which have marked it's prog
ress during the last half decade.
1t is useless to repeat the well worn
argument of the mail order concerns
that they are selling goods enough
more cheaply than the merchants in
the regular channels of trade to leave
their customers more money than
ever to devote to home enterprises
and institutions. The fallacy of this
statement has been proved over and
over again by actual and minute COM
parsons of goods, as to their quality
and prices. TIE refute it finally and
indisputably by simpler and more
ulT0CL mSLuOu IL 10 Unnecessary OuIy 10
ask the reliable business men of any
Of the smaller communities to show
the evidence from their books and &C.
counts of the harm the mail order
habit is doing their communities.
1t is truth as old as the hills and
as certain as the rising and setting of
the sun that no country or section of
a country can prosper unless the peo-
pie as whole shall be prosperous.
Such general prosperity as may exist
cannot be retained if the institutions
of the already larger and Weather
communities are to continue to be
built up by contributions that should
be spent at home from the thousands
of smaller communities.
The need of the country, desper-
ate need upon which the welfare of
the individual depends, is for the
upbuflding and continued progress of
the smaller communities, so that the
wealth of The country may be distrib-
uted over the entire country, and not
congested and ccI trolled in large
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-09

amounts IN comparative few centers
OF population
The efore, the man who sends away
from his own community money which
he might have spent at home and per-
mitted fair profit to the home mer-
chant to be retained there for the
benefit of the community, is injuring
his community, and thereby the pros
poets for his own future prosperity.
In large number of instances he is
doing more than this. UnWittingly, or
unthinkingly, perhaps, he is violating
his own principles of right and justice,
for, at the expense of his own COM
munity, he is needlessly contributing
profits to the capitalistic combinations
which he continuously cries out are
menacing the country.
The mail order giants direct their
energies particularly toward the peo-
pie of the smaller towns and the agri-
cultural districts. In hundreds of
thousands of the homes of these the
catalogue of the mail order house is as
regularly received as the home paper.
The man on the farm last year sent a
very large portion of eighty millions
of dollars to two of these institutions,
in one community, alone.
In all sincerity we ask: Admitting,
purely for the sake Of the argument,
that the farmer or the resident of the
small community can save few dol
lars on some. of his purchases, or even
that he could do so on all of them, can
he afford to continue to impoverish
his own community, upon which his
own prosperity, the very value Of his
LAND depends?
If he will ask himself this question
and consider it soberly and fairly in
all of it's phases, including the many
which cannot be touched upon within
the limits of a single article we think
his answer must be that he cannot
The wonderful productivity of this
country has been sufficient to over
come the various adverse economic in
fiuences which have existed during the
period of years in which the mail or
der business has accomplished its
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-09
Woman Was U. s. Marshal.

Miss Phoebe Cousins has taken up
her winter residence in Washington,
where she will work for restoration OF
the canteen to the army. Miss Cousins
enjoys the distinction of being the only
woman who ever was a United States
marshal. About 20 years ago her
father died while holding that position
in the eastern district of Missouri.
The appointing powers in Washington
gave her the place, which she held I'M
til the end of the term for which her
father had been appointed. She had
been clerk in the Office and had thor
oughly mastered its details, so that
when the full responsibility of the po-
sition devolved upon her she was pre-
pared properly to discharge it. Her
record in Office was f1rst-class.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-09
SERMONETTE.

SEn"SNE Es
FaithfuIness to a Promise
There Is no more striking illus
tration in the Bible, we think,
of the faithful fulfiIIment of a
pledge given than this incident
of Joshua going up to the aid of
Gideon. Here was a people
doubIy despised in the eyes of
Joshua and the people of Israel,
first, because they were a heath
en- people, and second, because
they had tricked Israel into a
distasteful alliance. And yet,
when the cry for help came
Joshua and the people with him
hesitated not but made haste to
J go up to the defense of the Glib
eonites. Under strict inter-
probation Of the agreement
made, Joshua was under no OBJ
legations to fight Gibeon's bat
ties, and what more natural
feeling for Joshua and the peo-
pie of Israel, who but short
time before had wanted to de-
stroy the Gibeonites notWith-
standing the oath of Joshua and
the princes of Israel, than for
them to welcome the peril which
threatened Gideon as an easy
and fortunate escape from a
most distastefuI alliance. But
no. The spirit of the agreement
, was that Gideon should dwell
with them in the land; she had
, identified herself with Israel,
and had acknowledged the SUI
} premacy of the true God; there
fore Israel would fight for her.
} Because of the promise Joshua
and his men would face peril
} and hardship. Giheon's plea for
help should not go unheeded.
What a noble devotion to lofty
ideals.
To-day there is not the same
fine conceptions, the same faith
fulness in the fulfiIIment of a
promise. The modern Joshua
looks for technieaIities, the legal
loophole which will let him slip
free from the fuIfilIment of an
obligation. He keeps the agree
ment that he cannot escape, but
, as for doing more, not he. If
the Gideon who is in trouble
) can show undisputed claim upon
his time and resources, then he
J, will go up to his help, but if
there is convenient escape from
the promise given, then he will
let Gideon shift fer himself.
But Joshua of cid had the d.
vine conception of the impor-
lance and invioIabiIity of an
oath, and he did all and more
than that oath demanded. And
God honored such spirit of self
sacrificing devotion by giving
Joshua power over the forces of
nature, and frightening the day
, 60 that the task undertaken
might be fully done. ~
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-09
The Puzzle SoIvea-

Some time ago a merchant in Mar
blehead, Mass, was discovered in his
store at very late hour, and in reply.
ing to inquiries, he said:
my confidential clery is missing"
and what of it?"
''Why, I'm looking over the books,
but they seem to be all right"
Have you counted your cash?"
yes; and it is correct to a dollar"
Looked over your bank book"
ST have, and it is satisfactory.
That's the puzzle, you see. He's
skipped, and I can't make out what
for
Been home since noon?"
NO
Perhaps he's eloped with your
wife"
He hurried home, and found this to
be the case.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-09

greatest growth. Everyone has been
getting along pretty WELL" While the
increasing flow of golden millions from
their source in the land of the coun-
try to the already great centers of
money and population has held back
the growth of the smaller commune
ties, it has not yet occasioned a great
disaster. The test will come with the
first pinch Of hard times" condi-
ton which no country ever has been
able to escape at recurring intervals.
When this time arrives those com.
munities will best stand the test which
have best conserved and husbanded
their resources.
JOHN 8. POTTS
Evening star., 1907-09-01

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economical. Instantly destroys foul odors
and disease-breeding matter. Dilute ac-
cording to directions on the bottle.
Sold in quart bottles only by druggists
everywhere. An Illustrated booklet with
valuable sanitary information mailed free
Address Henry B. Plat, 42 Cliff St, NY
Evening star., 1907-09-01
AIal,asttiirle Il

comes In many different, tlnts that can be com
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Alabastne to harmonic with the woodwork
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making the decorative plan for the whole home
entirely harmonious
Aiabasnne comes N 5-Ib. carefully sealed
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Sc the package for bnts
The book Dainty Wal Decorau5ns contains
deaans colorS for every room III The home show
ing nearly 100 different combinations and color
schemes, and containing many PRACTICAL suggestions
TO, home dcooiatcn The book y>ll be sent to any
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and Is worth Tar TO any home maker Wrte
today for nee mt cards and other valuable inFoma-
ton SPECIAL color Suggestions tor decorating new
buildings furnished nee on request
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-12-17
" /. ~
CAMP ON FOOTBALL

New York, \. Y, Dec. 3.--Walter
Camp, Eastern football expert. says
that after two years of trial the new
football rules have justified them
selves. When the rules were first
adopted critics said that the provision
J equiring the ball to be advanced ten
yards in three downs would result in
many no-score games, but the result
has been exactly the opposite.
This rule also caused the abandon
ment of heavy mass plays which were
good for two or three yards, but no
more. The unlimited forward pass,
which can be tried now without Sc
iious penalty on first and second
downs, is the only feature of the
Jules which the students of football
seem to think should be curtailed.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-12-17
:: :: .:
WILLIS BRITT AN OUTLAW

William +. Britt, better known as
"Willus" Britt. has disappeared, and
the warrant for his arrest Tor brib-
cry of Supervisors in the interest of
the Fight Trust remains unserved.
His fellow magnates, James w. Cof-
roth and Eddie Grancy, are under
bonds. but not so with Willis" He
was gone when the hand of the law
reached the spot where he was sup
Osed to be. Friends say he will turn
mp soon, but Sheriff O'Neil expresses
the belief that Willis" has become
Il fugitive from justice.
Warrants for Coffroth, Graney and
Britt were given to Sheriff O'Neil
day before yesterday. Graney and
Coffroth scurried around and obtain
ed bonds for $3.50 before the Sher-
~ got around. As Britt was then a
ratient in st. Joseph's Hospital 1t was
hot thought necessary to exercise any
haste Twcnty-four hours slipped by
and then Deputy Sheriff Noonan
went out to the hospital to serve the
warrant. There he learned that
q Willus" had arisen at / o'clock am.
and disappeared.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-12-17
JAP VS.. AMERICAN

Taniemon Hitachiyama, the Jap
ancse wrestler, who recently enter
iained President Roosevelt with an
exhibition OF his skill against several
of his companions at the White
House, reached st. Louis yesterday
on tour of the country. He leaves
for California from here. The Jap
does not intend to give an exhibition
while here on the present trip, but
may return later, provided arrange
ments can be made for a match OF
some kind, or, If not that, an exhibit
ton of wrestling as 1t is conducted
in Japan
HitaChiyama is not a representa-
tive of iiu-iitsu, as has been report
cd, but of what Is more truly wrest-
ling as II is understood in this Coun-
try. This Is known in Japan as
YumO, and some of the opponents of
the game there are beyond question
among the strongest men in the
world The main idea of the game is
to force an opponent down to the
ground or to throw him outside of IA
ring, aud most any kind of hold is
allowed While the sport naturally
has its share of skill, 1t depends for
ils success mostly on great strength,
IIitachiynmu is II good representa-
Tive of the class of men who are ut
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-12-17
EXCESSIVE DRINKING.

Excessive or continued use Of al.
cOholic beverages always results In a
diseased condition of the nervous sys-
TEN.
The drinking man is often heard TO
say. Il can stop of my own free will
and when WISH" but the poor fellow
Is now devoid ri the power to act al
the proper time and in the right way
its too late, the craving has secured
Il firm hold and because OF the diseased
nervous system he has not the ability
for sustained effort. The result we all
know.
Drunkenness Is no longer considered
a crime; eminent scientists and ply
sicians have agreed that It Is a disease
and must be treated as such.
The home treatment that has been
used for number Of years, and is
highly successful, is Orrine. 1t is sold
rnder a positive guarantee that II It
does not effect a cure your money will
be refunded.
Orrine is in two forms. When desir-
ing to give secretly, purchase Orrine
No. /, and II the patient will volun-
tarily take the treatment, Orrine No.
2 should be given. The guarantee Is
the same in either case. Orrlne costs
nut Sl.OO per box. Mailed in planned
sealed wrapper on receipt of price.
Write for free treatise on Drunken
ness" mailed in sealed envelope by
The Orrine Co, washington, d. g.
Sold by leading druggists everywhere
and in this city by Honolulu Drug
Co. Ltd
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-12-17
LOST CHILD WAS
FOUND AFTER
TEN DAYS. SEARCH
Especial to the Bulletin

Especial to the Bulletin
Waikiki. Maui. Dec. l3.-The little
two-year.old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Shrine, well to do Portuguese couple
o. Hama, Maui, who wandered away
from home on the afternoon of the
first inst. was discovered by the fathH
a of the missing child last Tuesday
Oh the uplands above Hama about
three and a half miles from home.
The child had been missing nearly
ten days, and being too young to give
any intelligent account of her where.
about since she left home. no one can
find out on what kind of food she had
subsisted.
The father found her sitting on q
rock in one of the dry streams in
upper Hama. When the child saw her
father coming, she burst into tears
and with outstretched hands indicated
TO him how glad she was to be taken
home again. Her feet and hands were
scratched in many places. showing the
hard struggle she had to endure to
get out of the lantana bushes that In.
fest that part of the country. icr
dress was not badly torn, yet It gave
visible indications of rough usage by
the lantana. Parties sent out by Dep.
uty Sheriff Wittrock, and who secured
the hills and the neighboring country
for three or four days, gave up their
search in despair, believing that the
child was either lost or kidnapped. The
father and mother kept on their
search and were happily rewarded
How Il little girl two years old could
have wandered over three miles from
home through rough country still
remains a mystery, and perhaps the
child is too young to have any recol.
lcctions in the future of her thrilling
| experience. The father offered re.
ward of 5000 for the return of the
child, but no one will claim II as II
tell to his own lot to find his own lost
child. II is claimed that four.yoar.
old child was missing In the Hama
district sometime ago, and was found
after diligent search of four days, sit.
ting on branch Of puhala tree. How
that child reached that height no one
could explain. II was next to impos.
sible for the child to have climbed
that tree unassisted. but yet he was
found there and was not tied.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-12-17
PART
REV. OLESON PRAISES CITY

The Rev. w. b. Oleson, who arrived
in the Alameda to attend the twenti'
eth anniversary of the organization of
kamehameha schools, has been look.
ing about the city but very little since
his arrival, but what he has seen, after
a fifteen-year absence, astonishes him.
The buildings tha have been erected
in that tine arc source of wonder.
ment to the first principal Of Kane.
hameha schools. Tie says:
"The business part of the city Is an
entirely new city, so numerous are the
buildings of modern design and con.
struction."
Mr.. Oleson Is high in his praise of
the many beautiful buildings about
the city that are most modern In
architecture, and compare most faN-
orably with any on the mainland.