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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13
THE STORY.

! WHAT a wave of enthusiasm that
w was which swept over that por-
ton of Israel whittier the messengers
of Gideon had gone. The story of
| his overthrow of Baal and the cut
ting down of the grove together with
his call to Israel to throw off the woke
| of the Midianites, had stirred to new
hope, and fighting men out of the
tribes of Manasseh Asher Zebulun
and Naphthali quickly rallied around
the standard which Gideon had set
up. There is encouragement and
enthusiasm in numbers, and as the
little nucleus which Gideon had at
the first gathered about him grew to
be 1000 and then 5000, then 10000,
then 10000, then 10000, and still they
were coming in, the spirits of the men
rose until Gideon was scarce able IN
restrain them from an immediate adj
vance upon the enemy, which at the
first warning of trouble in Israel, had
been gathering in the valley of Jez-
reel.
1t was not strange in the face of
such an encouraging outlook, there
fore, that Gideon should have felt
some degree of satisfaction and conf
dence as he watched his army grow
and as he passed through the camp
and noted the eager, hopeful faces Of
his men and heard their words of
assurance as they talked of the COM
ing conflict, he could not help but
say within his own heart:
Surely we could not fail to win
with such an army"
That night council of war was
held and it was decided that an adj
vance should be made early in the
morning. At the appointed time
every man was in his place ready to
move, and after quick march the
army came to a place selected by
Gideon upon the Mount Gilead. From
the commanding position the forces
of the Midianites and the Amala-
kites and those confederated with
them could be seen stretched out in
long irregular lines in the valley
and upon the opposite hillsides of
Moreh. What multitudes there were!
In comparison their army was but a
mere handful! For the first time
since his men had come together Gid
con detected the shadow of fear re-
fected in their faces.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13
New Metric Chart.

A new metric chart representing
geographically measures of the inter.
national metric system of weights and
measures has been prepared by the
bureau of standards of the department
of commerce and labor, and will be
furnished free to any school teaching
the system,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13
SERMoNETTE.

, Quantity Versus Quality
: Man trusts in numbers. God de-
, ponds not on the number of
; men, but the kind of men.
We can we'll imagine with
) what pride and confidence Gid
con passed through the long
ranks of IsraeI's army-Thirty.
two thousand men who had re-
) sponded to the call.
!, Gideon saw victory in that
army. God saw defeat. Gideon
! saw $4,000 men ready to fight.
God saw $4,000 men with fear
full, frightened hearts ready to
} turn and run at the first ap-
, Proach of the enemy. Yea, and
, as he looked further he saw
$500 men who were not dowH-
) right in earnest-9,7oo men who
would not endure hardship and
} danger.
zone shall chase a thousand,
and two shall put ten thousand
to flight"
"Why? Because one with God
Is a majority, always. Victory
in the world over evil is not de-
pendent upon the strength of
man, but the power of God. One
J man in whom the spirit of God
rests is better than a whole
army whose confidence is placed
in the arm of flesh, alone.
Had not Gideon climbed up
to the heights of faith where he
could see with clearer vision
and feel the heart-tFrob of God,
he never could have stood the
test of seeing over two-thirds of
his army melt away. Had he not
stood heroicaIIy by Gods side
and felt the heart-throb of his
power he never could have pick
ed out that little band of 800 I
by the brooks side, and gone
with them to face the vast army I
OF the enemy
How many men are needed In I
community, in q city, in a
state, in nation, to rout the
forces of evil, and establish
Righteousness therein?
1t was two men, strangers in
that great city of ThessaIonica
who could so work the works
of God as to cause the evil to !
cry out and declare that "these I
that have turned the world up
side down are come hither." {
ait was Luther, prosecuted
and opposed by both church and 4
state, who could bring about a !
reformation. 1t was John q
Knox in Scotland and a WILDER
force in England, and a Moody .
in America who could change :
the currents of life towards 9
Righteousness and truth. 3
Learn this lesson then from 9
Gideon that IT is by the few in :
whom the spirit of God rests, :
rather than by the muItitudes 8
that are called together by the 9
popular movement that victory :
is to be won over the hosts of :
the evil. 1t is quality and not .
quantity that counts. .
Gideon's Methods. - How .
seemingly foolish from the hu- .
man standpoint. Trumpets, .
pitchers and torches! Did ever =
army go forth to war with such .
foolish equipment? Here was =
the Divine wisdom manifest. .
Here was strategem which only .
faith in God could have made .
possible. The man who real E
ICES that he must fight in Gods .
strength and not his own is the .
man who is willing to use the .
simple, insignificant things to o
confound the mighty. .
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-10

large corporations know their business
from one end to the other.
Most of them have begun at the bot
tom and worked up. When com
plant in any department reaches a
chief of a large corporation he knows
what it means, because he has been I'm
that position himself.
-'I think Los Angeles is to be con-
graduated that the municipal owner
ship bug has not entered here in any
very great degree.
This is a beautiful city and one that
the residents may we'll be proud Of I
am looking forward to some of the
fine sunshine for which the city Is
noted. The weather in the east is ter
ribly disagreeable and we ought not
to mind little rain out here, for we
know there must be something so
much better coming soon"
With Mr.. and Mrs. Virgins are Mrs.
Virgins mother, Mrs. E. ]. Liggett,
and Miss Jessie Hartnett of St. Louis
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-10

street and Sunset boulevard. the en-
tire street Is blockaded by Pepper
trees which have fallen across It. The
street was being graded preparatory
to paving and In places where II was
cut lown below the level Of the side
walk the rains loosened the earth to
such an extent that the trees fell.
On the railroads the damage is even
more serious. The coast line of the
Southern Pacific Is held up indefinitely
by the washing out of tracks and
bridges at Santa Barbara and Ventura.
No trains have left for the north since
$3.50 y. IN. Tuesday night, and none
have arrived since midnight Monday.
The salt Lake road has had no Sc
rious trouble, and neither has the
Santa Fe, which road everyone is i'm
terested i'm at present because of the
fact that Il is over this Los Angeles
coal supply is coming.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-10
COMPLAINTS KEEP
CITY OFFICIALS
ON THE JUMP

Complaints poured into the board of
public works and the city engineers
office yesterday from all over the city
regarding the effects of the three days
rain.
The street department has been over
whelmed with complaints and requests
from residents who ask relief from the
mud, rain and storm damages.
City officials and employees are do
ing all they can to relieve conditions,
which are abnormal, but are handi-
capped, they say, by the lack of
funds.
The value of paved streets and their
economy in the long run was never
better demonstrated than by the con-
dition of the paved streets this week.
Many of them are practically dry and
clean and there is but little expense Of
maintenance.
on Casco street, between Temple
and Bellevue three trees were blown
down yesterday and blocked the side
walks.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-10
TOURIST DOESN'T
GROWL At RAIN
ST. Louis Man Remembers How Much
Worse Weather Is in the East.
Talks About Municipal
Ownership

Charles Virgins of st. Louis, who
came to the coast about three weeks
ago to pass the winter, but was called
east by illness in his family, returned
yesterday and is at the Alexandra
with Mrs Virgins.
Mr.. Virgins was for four years
member of the upper house of the
municipal assembly of St Louis, Il
position corresponding to a seat in the
Los Angeles city council. Recently he
has been interested in mining in Mex
leo and has divided his time between
st. Louis and MaZatlan, Mexico.
Il feel very rusty on municipal af-
fairs since | have been spending so
much of my time out of the world, but
when a man is once in anything like
that he never quite gets over taking
an interest in all the political issues
of the day.
Municipal ownership was one of the
issues we were discussing when l was
in Office and since then it has been
tried without success in several cities.
/ was deeply opposed to it and was re-
joiced that st. Louis chose the wiser
course and let it alone.
THE city owns the water system, but
1 cannot remember when st. Louis did
not own its own water. The people
have really never known anything else
III llldl me. w q nave a very SOOQ gas
company though and there was an ef-
fort to have the city vote bonds and
buy the gas plant. Fortunately the
more conservative element-those who
have seen municipal ownership tried
and marked its failure-VOted against
the bonds and the measure fell
through.
Would Mean More Graft
ip % IA,
ties as it is. City officials are not
trained to operate public utility COM
panies and they cannot possibly handle
them with the judgment that a man
who has been brought up in one line
of business shows.
1--WE have a good street railway SER
vice and this is operated by a private
corporation. / hear that Los Angeles
has the finest street car system i'm the
world, and though l have not had time
to test it much for myself, / think it
must be true. st, Louis makes most of
the cars used IN the country and 1t is
certain that there are no better ones
used anywhere than l see here in Los
Angeles We have very good cars at
home as would be expected when they
are made right there, but they do not
seem to turn out anything better than
the cars used by the Huntington sys-
TEN.
THE short tenure of Office makes the
municipal ownership of railways a
farce. One set of officers serve for two
years or four years, as the case may be,
and these officers no sooner begin to
learn a little about the various intri-
cate points necessary to the proper
management of a business than they
are retired and another set takes the
place they left. What kind of man
agement OF our corporations would we
have If the men at the helm were
changed every four years? The men
who are now at the head Of affairs in
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-10

Science. was the above mentioned
woman.
(Signed) r. ID. ROUNsEVEI,.
Grafton So January 49, 1902.
Then personally appeared r. u.
Rounsevel and made oath that the
within statement by him signed is
true. Before me,
IT. M. WOOD,
Justice of the peace.
Renews Heavenward Impulse
was obliged to be parted from nv
son because after my fathers second
marriage my little boy was not well
come in my fathers house.
Who or what is the Mcclure "his-
tory" so called, presenting? Is Il my
self, the veritable Mrs. Eddy, whom
the New York World declared diving
of cancer, or Is II her alleged double
or dummy heretofore described?
III indeed II be I, allow me to thank
the enterprising historians for the tes-
timony they have thereby given of the
divine power of Christian Science,
which they admit has snatched me
from the cradle and the grave, and
made me the beloved leader of mill
lions of good men and women In our
own and In other countries-and all
this because the truth / have pro-
mulgated has separated the tares from
the wheat, uniting i'm one body those
who love Truth; because Truth divides
between sects and Science and renews
the heavenward impulse; because
still hear the harvest song of the Re-
deemer awakening the nations, caus-
ing man to love his enemies because
blessed are ye when men shall revile
you, and prosecute you, and shall say
all manner of evil against you falsely.
for my sake"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-10
WILL PIPE OIL
THROUGH STREETS
COMPANY WANTS THlRTY-YEAR
FRANCHISE
Asks Permission Of Council to Operate
Eleht-lneh Line Under and
Across Important
Thoroughfares

Asking for the privilege of construct
ing an eight-inch oil pipe line through
Los Angeles the Pitcher Garbutt COM
pany will at the next meeting ask the
city council for a thirty-year franchise.
No remuneration is mentioned.
President Frank A. Garbutt said last
night that the scheme is one to connect
the different wells and tanks of the
company here, thus saving hauling
through the streets. He denied the ru-
NOR that the company would also run
its steel pipe lines through the new
Hartman subways.
The scheme is an extensive one, al
though the company has other pipe
lines in the city, Mr. Garbutt states.
The cost will be about $4,000.
The Petition
The petition is as follows:
1.-THE undersigned, the Pitcher &
Garbutt Oil company, respectfully re-
quest o. your honorable body a thirty
year franchise for an oil pipe line to
be constructed of screw casing and
not to exceed eight inches in diameter
to be maintained and operated under
the following named streets, to wit:
Beginning at the intersection of
Wiltshire boulevard with the westerly
corporate limits of the city of Los
Angeles, thence easterly along Wiltshire
boulevard to Western avenue, thence
northerly along Western avenue to the
northerly corporate line limits of the
city of Los Angeles.
Beginning at a point at the inter
section of Sixth street with the wester-
ly city limits, thence easterly along
Sixth street to Beaudry avenue, thence
northerly along Beaudry avenue 10
Second street.
beginning at a point on Mateo
street opposite Willow. thence north
erly along Mateo street to Santa Fe
avenue via private right of way be-
longing to the Los Angeles Railway
Fe avenue to the intersection of Santa
Fe avenue with First street; thence
easterly along First street to its inter-
section with Center street; thence nor
therly along Center street to its inter-
section with Aliso thence easterly
along Also street to it's intersection
with Kellar; thence northeasterly
along Kellar street to its intersection
with Macy street; thence westerly
along Macy to its intersection with the
right of way of the Santa Fe railway.
ALSO beginning at a point on AL
hambra avenue at it's intersection with
the Santa Fe right of way; thence
easterly across the bed of the Los An
geles river and along Alhambra avenue
to a point opposite Avenue 21.
also across the following streets.
where same are included or touched
by the Santa F'e right of way: Navar-
70, ST. James, st. John, Main, Maud,
San Fernando, Buena Vista, Avenue
20, Avenue 81, Avenue %, Avenue %
and Avenue &C."
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-10
FASHIONS FAVOR
keen For fashions fad,

My lady, keen for fashions fad,
This autumn has assumed the plaid,
Plaid feathers now adorn plaid hats;
Plaid ribbons buttons, stockings. spats:
Belts. skirts and waists and coats are
plaid
My lady's almost tartan mad
Once on a time these were called checks.
But not so now. The words would Vex
My lady's mood. She reasons fine
That checks are just for men to sign.
indianapolis News.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-10
MRS. EDDY REPLIES
TO THE JANUARY
MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Leader of Christian Scientists Sends Out Statement
Pointing to Number of Inaccuracies in Alleged
Historical Sketch of FOunder-Tells
of Incidents in Early Life

CONCORD N. H. Jan, 4-The January issue of McClures
- Magazine, which undertakes publish the history of the
early life of the Reverend Mary Baker Eddy Leader of the
Christian Scientists and her family has been brought the atte
on of Mrs Eddy She has taken the pains the
and has the following her signature
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-10

Mrs Bug-What a Christmas pack
age! Why Christmas is over long ago.
Messenger can't help 1t; we started
over a month ago.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-10
Some Damage Is Done

The Wentworth-Pasa line is en-
tirely out of commission and It will re-
main so till the storm is over. Through
out the Crown City considerable dam
age is being done by the heavy rains.
At Casco street, between Temple
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-10

Forecaster Wollaber of the Los An
geles weather bureau has proved his
right to be enrolled in the book of
"Rainmakers 1 Have Known"
His work of the past two months
has been on par with the best men
who have occupied the high office of
forecaster in this city.
Up to o'clock last night the sea-
sons record for rain was 1884 inches,
or more than three times the amount
produced last year up to the same time.
In fact this record is more than half
the entire fall for last season, when
the record was 1870 inches.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-10
RAIN RECORD
STILL MOUNTS
OVER TEN INCHES OF M0IS-
TURE THUS FAR FALLS
Excess Over Same Period Last Season
Now Amounts to Seven Inches.
Some Damage Done by
Downpour

Rainfall for the season, 1894 inches.
Average rainfall for entire season,
1896.
1SS3-S4, isis inches.
Average rainfall for january, 2.67
inches.
Rainfall for january, 1907, nine days,
4.32.
Total rainfall last season up 20 date,
3.20.
Excess over last season, ZOO.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-10
Regarding Coat Of Arms

The facts regarding the Mcneil coat
of arms are as follows;
Fannie Mcneil, President. Pierce's
niece, afterward Mrs. Judge Potter,
presented to me my coat Of arms, say
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-04-05
The Earth's Insides.

Is the earth made up of three con-
centric spheres? A physician says that
such is the case The solid nucleus he
supposes to be between 1900 and 1000
miles in diameter, and this is surround
ed by a liquid substratum. outside of
which is the crust. variously estimat-
ed at 20 to 200 miles in thickness.
More than two centuries ago similar
theory, including the slow rotation of
the inner solid sphere on a different
axis from that of the entire globe was
held by DR.. Edmund Haley TO account
for the changes in the earths magnet
ism. The axis of the nucleus was
thought to have been originally that of
the entire globe, and to the change of
its course was attributed the deluge.
The earth's internal heat, it is now
pointed out, may be accounted for by
the friction of the different rotating
bodies.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-04-05

Englishmen introduced the rabbit to
Australia, where it ruined vast areas of
valuable land Weasels sent to correct
the mistake found ground birds good
eating and let the rabbits alone. Scots
men bestowed the thistle upon New
Zealand and then wished they hadn't
A pretty water weed of which English
men are fond was transplanted to New
Zealand and throve so that it dams
broad rivers The mongoose sent To
Jamaica to kill off the cane rats ex-
terminated them and developed a fine
liking for poultry.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-04-05
Signs of Brain Exhaustion.

begins to have doubts about the spell
Ing of common words, to write an I'M
naturally small hand that shows a
tendency to waiver above and below a
straight line and to grasp the pen with
unnecessary force, especially at the
end of long word then that person is
suffering from brain exhaustion and
ought either to take Il complete rest OF
else to find work of an altogether new
and different kind
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-04-05

The clause 1T suits to a T." mean
ing it fits exactly, is as old as the
familiar instrument, the T square or T
rule $50 called from its resemblance to
the letter II, used by mechanics and
craftsmen for making angles true and
for obtaining peIpendiculars The ex-
preston was i'm common use in the
time of DR.. Johnson. who is quoted by
Boswell as saying of Wharburton,
You see they'd have fitted him to
n T."
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-04-05

At a banquet held in a room. the
walls of which were adorned with
many beautiful paintings, well
known college president was called
upon to respond to a toast In the
course of his remarks. wishing to pay a
compliment to the ladies present and
designating the paintings with one of
his characteristic gestures, he said,
"What need is there of these painted
beauties when we have so many with
us at the table,
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-04-05
Timber Claim for Sale.

West half of southwest quarter,
southeast quarter of southwest quarter
and southwest quarter of southeast
quarter Of section % of township 40,
range l E. B. M. Price $500. Ad-
dress G. L. Hall, Flat B, 1912 Bellevue
avenue, Seattle, Wash. m22 at
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-04-05
An Old Proverb.

The proverb, Necessity is the mother
of invention" can hardly be traced to
one independent source. The idea was
expressed by Persius the Roman satirist,
about 60 y. n. and is found in the pre-
else form now quoted in Richard
Franck's Northern Memoirs Orinted
l., London in I69D and in various later
English writer's.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-04-05
Agent Wanted.

The Independent Elevator Company,
48 Symons block, Spokane, desires to
build grain elevators at all stations and
do away with sacks. We want rep
resentative at each town. Good salary
for right man. Write us, giving refer
ences. Independent Elevator Com
pany. mch22 At
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-04-05
For Sale, Wanted, Etc.

About one hundred and fifty acres of
cultivated land on Johnson hill'' near
Troy, for rent. Inquire of o. A..
Johnson OF First Bank of Troy.
Wanted: Good girl for general
house work. Small family. Write or
apply to Mrs. Burton L. French, Mos
COW, Idaho.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-04-05

There was Il time when having to
cross the frontiers of his native land
was regarded by a Frenchman as the
greatest hardship he could undergo
Today he is the rival of the Anglo
Saxon where love of travel and adven-
ture are concerned.-Paris Figaro
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-04-05
Welcoming COUGH

/ have used Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edv in my family in cases of whooping
cough, and want to tell you that it is the
best medicine | have ever used.-W. F..
CASTOR, Posro, Ga. THIS remedy is safe
and sure. For sale by c. Y. johnson.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-04-05

Mother (entering parlor suddenly
Nj. SNOWFALL kissing you? l am sur
prised. Daughter-So am l. mother.
He has been coming to see me Ave
years and ne never got up enough cour-
age to do 1t before.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-04-05
Confirmation.

Nlobbs-Poor old Bjonesl The doctor
says lie won't live six months. Slohlss
I've been telling him that for the last
two years.-Ph Philadelphia Record.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-04-05

The learned man has always riches
within himself-Ph aedrus.
Gilpin observer., 1907-07-25
More Athletes the Object.

Colorado Springs College
has decided to enlarge its physical
training department to meet the grow
ing need in the West for a school in
which teachers may get systematic
training in physical education. This
phase of the college has been increas-
ing steadily during the last three
years under the direction of Miss
WOodsmall, and now represents an i'm
portant part of the life of the young
women of the college. The college
possesses a splendidly equipped gym
nasium and also a girls athletic field,
which was the gift last year of the
ever-present friend of the college,
General Palmer. The field is unique
in its facilities for both track athletics
and regular gymnasium work, making
it possible to conduct the gymnasium
classes out Of doors during the
greater part of the winter
Heretofore the department has en-
braced four years course in prac-
tical gymnastics. which is required of
all the college women. The new line
of work, which is elective, will be dis
tinctly in the nature of normal
school, under the direction of Miss
Woodsmall.
Instruction will be given in the the
ory of gymnastics and methods Of
teaching. The new courses will meet
the growing demand felt in the public
schools of this and surrounding states
for teachers who are not only equipped
in their special lines. but qualified to
give instruction in physical training.
Only a few institutions of the West
prominent among which is the Univer-
sity of Nebraska, have such a normal
course in physical education.