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timidly on his arm. and he started
ncrvously, for he had thought he was
alone
I've coined" said a soft voice in
his ears.
Russell raised his head; his face
was so white and drawn that the rag
ged little mite of humanity standing
before him stared at him for a mo-
ment, half afraid.
Well" said Russell, YEARLY, what
do you want?"
At the sound of his voice the boy
lost his momentary fear, and his dirty
face became beautiful with the great
brown eyes.
I've coined ter live with yer. Don't
yer member bout my bein' yer boy?"
ITO live with ME! My boy! What in
thunder do won mean?"
Russell spoke petulantly. He loved
children, and usually had a kind word
for the most unpromising specimen Of
childhood; but to-day he was not in a
mood to make himself agreeable, or to
exercise patience.
Yer said,' the little waif cleared
his throat and tried to force back the
tears which were fast filling his eyes;
yer said as how could live with yer
an be yer boy when gran'ther didn't
want me 10 more" By this time the
little body trembled SO violently that
the child dropped down on Russelrs
fOotstool.
"Ter-day they put gran'ther in
hole in the ground. They telled me as
how he can't never git out, an I must
go to the poOThOuse; but yer said
yer telled ME l could be yer boy, so
coined right here"
Russell did not answer. He was
staring in perpleXity at his strange
guest, and trying to recall the CONVEX
sation to which he alluded.
Il guess yer don't member" said
the little fellow, sadly. But yer said
it, an then yer buyed apples O. gran
Their"
oh! Was it your grandfather who
sold apples to me?'
''Uh-huh!"
And he is dead?"
The doctor said as how he was
dead as doornail, an'-an' he never
said nothin' ter me when l telled him
as how / was hungry
The boy was crying now in a silent
way that went straight to Russelrs
heart
Why not?" he thought. 1T will
give me something to occupy my
mind II may keep me from making
quite fool of myself. I have never
had a great amount of respect for the
men who die of unrequited affection"
and he smiled sarcastically.
BE yer goin' ter take me ter the
poorhouse?"
Not if you are good boy. We're
going to hunt up new suit of clothes,
as soon as l write a letter Don't you
think you could wash a little of the
dirt from your face if / should show
you where to find water?"
He led the way to the toilet room,
then returned to his desk
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-26
HOME ENTERPRISES.
Trusts Cannot Well Compete with
the Products of Local Mills.

Never in the past has there been
such opportunity for the establish
ment OF small enterprises in the cities
and towns Of the United States as is
now presented. There is barely a To-
cality which does not possess some
advantages for certain lines of manu-
facture or commerce. There is little
prospects for over.production as the
population OF the country is increas-
ing at an enormous rate, and new mar
kets are being opened continually in
foreign countries for American prod
ucts. Imports are decreasing ex-
cepting of raw materials, and each
year shows an increase of imports.
Many lines are Supposed TO be in the
hands of combines, but these so-calIed
trusts can never prevent the success
of local enterprises in similar lines
if the masses of the people will close
ly follow the home trade principle
and as far as possible give preference
to local products. The great agri-
cultural sections produce the wheat,
corn, barley, and other cereals which
find their way to large mills in far
off cities, are converted into -four,
starch and innumerable kinds of foods
and in their manufactured state are
returned to the sections where the
grains were grown and sold at prices
that leave large margin of profit.
How much more economical would it
be to convert cereals into flour and
other foodstuffs in mills located in
the districts where the grains are
grown Would not the farmer receive
benefit in increased prices, the saw
ing of freight rates, two or more
profits that result from marketing, and
would there not be a great benefit
derived from the keeping at home
wages paid to laborers and the reten-
ton in general of profits that go else
where?
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tom to the joists by using measur.
ing stick of the proper length, but
the floor should be lower in one cor
ner, enough to drain readily. Every
cement cellar bottom should have q
drain to carry off the water when the
cellar is being cleaned A clean Gel
lar is necessary for health and If pro.
vision is made for easy washing when
the cellar is built the cleaning will
be done much oftener than it will be
il this precaution is neglected
Another point that should be re-
membered is the cement top surface
which should be about three-Quarters
of an inch thick, composed of cement
one part to three parts of clean sharp
sand, first thoroughly mixed dry,
then thoroughly mixed wet enough so
that water will follow the troWel in
smoothing. This coat should be put
on the concrete foundation while the
concrete is still damp, otherwise it
may not stick properly and you win
have floor that sounds hollow.
Another point in cement construc-
ton is the opportunity to make the
cellar window sills of cement and 10
embed the frames thoroughly and
carefully in the wall. In the north
crn part of the country where the cold
is extreme in winter this precaution
will help a great deal in making a
frost proof cellar.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-26
HER MISTAKEN OPINION
BY EFFIE W. MERRIMAN
'IE w. MERRIMAN
Copyright, by Joseph B. BowlcsJ

Russell Maynard sat in his office
chair. his elbows on his desk, his
curly head supported by both hands
and his eyes fixed on dainty per-
fumed note spread out before him.
He was reading it over and over,
scarcely taking in the meaning of the
words, which he already knew by
heart. 1t had been brought to him
with the early morning mail, and was
in answer to one which he had slipped
into Miriam Grants hand the night
before, when he helped her into her
| carriage after Mrs. Lees party, and
it was now nearly noon; yet that let
ter was the only one he had opened.
You can never know dear friend, what
pain it gives me to write this the words
seemed to br traced in delicate lines of
| fire which were burning themselves into
his brain. Tor until l read your note ask
| ing me to be your wife, / did not real
ize how selfish l have been in striving to
hold the friendship which has become
SO dear to me. L knoW that I have a
deeper regard for you than for any other
man Of my acquaintance, but / so not
love you. For hours 1 have tried to per
| suade myself that I 90, but ! cannot. l
should be false to my womanhood were ]
to say anything else. and | should do you
a cruel wrong were ] To marry You, for l
am not one who could max: d man happy
unless I could look Up to hir! as being
greater than myself
Russell, J wish we rlight still be
friends; life will be *ery dull without
your friendship Il know Just how selfish
| must &ppeaT). but il you cannot come
as you nave always come, without foster
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-26
First Floor Plan

everything goes together right, but
when you have to stop and chisel
blocks to fit tlien the expense for
labor mounts up at lively rate.
Before signing the contract find out
positively if the builders know ex-
actly how to design and manufacture
blocks that will go together without
this extra expense. The house owner
is the one who pays the bills whether
the house is built under contract or
by days labor. A contractor that un-
derstands his business will make a
bid that is reasonable, but contract
or who has not had experience in ce-
ment block construction is likely to
lead himself and the owner into diff
cuties.
Hollow cement blocks are very
much the best. They require consid.
erab1y less material in the making,
and the open space in the wall is d
benefit as it permits the construction
of hollow walls which are universally
preferred.
Provision is made in this plan for q
cement floor in the cellar as web the
cement outside cellar entrafs are
walls of which and tbanshed really
built together and wtone. The COM
make one big cellar bottom con-
nosition go-Aches of grouting which
aists ~ I'd of one part good Portland
Is ~ two parts clean sharp sand |
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Two of a Kind.

A we'll known club man in New
York likes nothing better than to
hunt big game" in British Columbia.
During his last expedition to that re,
gion he was in camp with a friend
from Minnesota. Toward morning,
says the New Yorker, he awoke shiv-
erinS with cold. The fire was very
low. His companion was fast asleep.
1t isn't nice to get out of warm
blanket to roll frosty logs to the fire,
so the willy New Yorker gave his
friend kick and then pretended to be
asleep. There was no response and
presently the man from New York
tried another kick.
At this the westerner broke into a
laugh. Il did the same thing to you
20 minutes ago. he exclaimed, and
that's how you came to be awake"
Then, of course, both turned out to
build fire-Lippincott's
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-26
OURAMERICANKlNGS
FARMERS THE BACKBONE OF
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
FEEDING THE OTHER NATIONS
Greater Need of Study of Economic
Principles by the Tiiers of the
Sol-Buiding Up the
Towns,

American farmers are tie wealth
producers Of the nation. In the United
States annually the products of the
farms exceed in value all the gold the
country has produced in a score OF
years. II the term can be used in a
free republic, the farmers are tho
American kings. The results of their
Iab0rs feeds not alone a single nation,
but assists in supplying sustenance
for large part of the people of nearly
all lands of the earth. It's the prod
ucts of the farms that give the means
Of support to the great railroad sys-
tens, that keep the thousands Of great
steamers plying the oceans, that make
possible the thousands of great enter
priSes. While the farmer is among
the most independent classes Of the
land, too often he fails to reap full
reward for the work he has accom-
pliShed He must fight combine after
combine, and pay taxes to support in
situations from which he receives no
benefit. This is because of the con
centration of capital in the hands OF
4 comparatively few in large financial
centers. But is not the farmer to
blame for this condition to a great
extent? Does he not make it possible
for the concentration of wealth in
large cities? He certainly does lend
his support to the building up of
trusts. and to capital concentration.
when he fails to patronize enterprises
in his home town, and refuses TO help
bald up its industries
There is a penny wise and pound
foolish attitude on the part of farm
ers in many communities that is de-
structive to their own interests. 1t is
| seeing a profit, quite often purely
imaginary, and in striving to gain it
lose sight CT the truth that they are
welding the sword that will eventual
ly infiict a serious wound to them
selves. This is the practice Of pur-
chasing goods at trade centerS distant
from home. Towns and communities
are made wealthy by retaining as
great a part Of the earnings of it's
DSOplC as lJSSIDIC liz IdI SCI tuS
town can be made, the more valuable
becomes the farm located near it, be-
cause the home market is made bet
ter and higher prices are secured for
products.
Money earned by the farmers and
the business men, if retained at home,
generally finds investment in new en-
terprises that give employment to la
Dor, and add to the wealth of the
community and assists in lowering tax
alton. On the other hand, when the
earnings of a community are sent
away from it, the towns are deadened,
and farm values lowered, taxation is
made greater and the small imagined
gains to those sending away the
profits OF their labor. react against the
sender, who assists in concentrating
money in large financial centers in the
hands of those who pay no local
taxes. Generally the monied powers
OF those distant cities dictate to the
farmers what prices shall be received
for the products of their farms, and
to the labOrer the compensation he
shall receive for his labor Is not this
proposition plain?
D. NJ. CARR.
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New Blow to marriane-

Here is new one for tipping per-
sons: The head of a house took his
basket and set forth to do some shop-
ping. He wanted a choice roast for
Sunday, but found several customers
lined up in front of him. After waiting
Ii minutes his patience was exhaust
ed.
Why don't they get more help
here?" he wrathfully inquired of a
man in front OF him.
You don't know the system. /
guess" replied the other man; You've
got to stand for mace here or yo,,
don't get much Just slip the man a
dime and you'll get a nice cut of
meat. Furthermore, the next time he
will see you right away, and your
get waited on ahead of those Who
don't tip"
Well, if that isn't the limit said
the man with the basket; sfhey'ye
all got their lmitts out and the price
of meat is going up, too. Guess III
turn vegetarian
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-26
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
Youthful Criminals,


TWo-thirds of the convicts in Ameri.
"a greatest prison (the Missouri
pehitenttary at Jefferson City, are
men without trade or profession. Look
INTO any state penitentfary, and you
"lll ordinarily find that at least one
tnlrd OF the convicts there confined
are young men, ranging in age from IS
10 20 years, and that nearly all of
these came into prison absolutely
Without the knowledge Of any useful
ana gainful occupation. Comparative-
- lie" or the younger class of felons
are li1tSrate. In my own experience,
"fItes Thomas Speed Mosby. Nilsson
II state pardon attorney, in Success
magazine, have never met one who
could net read and write, and very
ahahy Thy far the greater numbel'. |
Should say are possessed OF no small
degree of Intelligence. But, however
stupid Or however precocious, they
are found to be, scarcely without ex-
ception, young men who have not aD-
piled themselves to useful. honest
work. This is true of both the poor
and the well-to-do. Why are they
there? The answer is given by Gus
fave Marx, one of the Chicago car
Darn bandits, who recently died upon
The gallows: 1T wasn't drink that
caused my downfall" he said; not
cigarettes, nor bad companions either.
h was just idleness. Idleness led me
Hrst to cigarettes, then to drink, then
TO bad comprehension to the gal
lows And blame my folks. II they
nae made me remain at work. work
would have kept me too busy 10 have
planned robbery and murder" This
IS the story that fits them all. First.
ldleneSs; then cigarettes and drink, to
blunt the moral sense and destroy the
VIII; then living beyond ones means;
then INDUCING the riotous excuses
that spell debauchery and mike fer
ruin. And may they not rightly blame
their folks" as did Gustave Marx?
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-26

One of the great electric manufac.
turing companies reports gross earn
ings for the year covered by the
statistics at over $33,000,0OO, with
profits of $4,179,OO0 This is the cleo,
trio age for sure, and the experience of
this one concern is probably matched
by that of others. The demand for
electrical appliances in every form
was never greater, nor is there any
indication Of subsistence. An interest
ing accompaniment of this report of
earnings is the government statement
of copper production, from which it
appears that the output of the metal
for 1906 was 906, 591 900 pounds, or
100000 pounds in excess of the
amount in 1905. Production and con-
sumption of copper are intimately re-
lated to electrical development. and
this country is foremost in both re.
spects.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-26

also receives a coat of cement mortar,
in fact the stones that compose the
wall are laid in cement and the inter
stices are filed with spalls imbedded
in the soft cement mortar This
makes a very solid stone wall and
splendid foundation for the cement
blocks.
One difficulty which has been over
come IS the designing of cement
blocks that fit in around the windows
and doors and that match right at
the corners without the necessity of
making a whole lot of blocks of espe-
cial sizes. Cement blocks are large
and the wall goes UP quickly when
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-26

Numerous inscriptions in Latin were
cut on the new building for the depart
ment of agriculture in Washington.
The head of the department discov-
cred the other day that some of them
are in bad Latin, and ordered them all
erased and recut in plain English.
There is no better reason for inscrib-
ing American public buildings with
Latin than there would have been for
putting Inscriptions in Greek or Sans.
krit on the public buildings in ancient
Rome. The theory that there is Pc
culiar virtue in foreign tongue is
widely held. 1t goes SO far as TO lead
to the singing of French TRANSACTIONS
of German and Italian operas in Amer
ican opera houses, translations made
at the demand of music-loving French
men, who insist that they shall under
stand the language sung to them,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-26
A Town Convenience.

Only for the farmers, the laborers
and others that comprise the great
part of the population, the merchants
of the towns would have little excuse
for being in business, and the mer.
chant is d wonderful convenience to
people of his neighborhood One can
not well get along without the other.
The merchant depends more upon the
success of the farmer and the laborer
than do either of the latter on the sue
cess OF the former. Between them
there should be greater harmony. In
towns that are noted for activity and
progress. particularly in agricultural
sections, it viii be found that it is
the united efforts of all classes OF
workers that win.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-26

Mr. William A Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on ali subjects pertaining to the
subject of building for the readers of this
paper. On account of his wide eXpe-
rience as Editor, Author and Manufac-
turer, he is, without doubt. the highest
authority on all these subjects. Address
all Inquiries to William a. Radford, No.
1874 Fifth Ave, Chicago, Ill.,, and only
enclose tWo-cent stamp for reply.
A cement block house So feet long
by 81 feet wide without, measuring
the porches, is given in this plan. The
first cement block houses were eXpen-
siVe and unsatisfactory, because no
one knew how to make the blocks or
how to avoid the many little Difficult
ties that presented themselves. Me-
chanical ingenuity, however, and our
acquired knowledge of mixing cement,
gravel broken stone and cinders, with
improved block making machines,
have simplified matters until it is now
quite possible to build better house
of cement for less money than the
ordinary wooden houses cost.
or course there are many side is
sues which affect this general state
ment. In some parts of the country
the right kind of sand and stone is
abundant, in other places it must
be brought from distance. In &C.
ment construction one of the greatest
problems is the cost Of teaming the
heavy materials necessary to make
the blocks, but there are locations
where the block machines may be
set down on the lot where the house
is to be built and the gravel or sand
from the cellar excavation used in
the mixture that goes through the
block machine. In a case Of this kind
the only teaming necessary is to have
the bags of cement, the millwork
joists and lumber necessary for the
floors and the shingles and rafters for
the roof
In building a cement block house.
where stone is plentiful, it is a good
plan to lay up a stone wall to the
grade and to plaster the wall on the
outside with a layer of cement mortar
to keep the dampness from the
ground from striking through into the
cellar. The top of this stone wall
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-26

and four parts small clean broken
stone. The word clean to cement
man means that the sand and stone
used must be free from clay or ordl-
nary earth because clay or loani viii
not combine and if used the cement
will be crumbly. The manner OF mix
ing differs somewhat with different
workmen. but the old method OF mix
ing the materials thoroughly dry, then
mixing again thoroughly wet mas
never been improved upon.
If the owner understands some OF
the general principles Of cement con-
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struction he is in much better position
to talk and deal with contractors and
with much better satisfaction on both
sides. 1t is an important piece OF
work to start TO build a house that
one expects to live in for probably a
number of years and it pays we'll to
read up and know for certain whether
things are just as others represent
them or not.
One point in making a cellar bot
tom that every one should know is
the manner of leveling the ground. a
cellar bottom usually is not put in I'M
til after the first floor joists are in
place The joists of course are level,
and it is easy to level the cellar bot
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-26
The Telephone.

Rural telephones are boon to the
farmers. They can keep in close touch
with the markets, and all the doings
of the outside world. One of the uses
that the phone can be well put to, is
the getting of late market news from
the home town. There are very few
farmers who cannot use the telephone
with profit during the marketing sea
son
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-26

California exchange asks of its
lazy readers: What would you do if
-, were a woman of 40 and thrown
suddenly upon the world?s The first
|nsng the average woman does is to
.c,ceaI the fact that she is 40
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-26
insurance.

You'd better take out some life in
surance.'
60 on. I'm SO healthy I won't die
for 60 years yet
But if you get a policy you'll prob,
ably work yourself to death paying
premiums"
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Sudden Chances.

Evelyn hear that Reggy Windy
called his new motor boat the Lobster.
George-Yes: bat it isn't lobster
now.
EveIyn-Why not?
George-Because 1t turned turtle
Harper's Weekly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-26

A Baltimore man has been COM
pIaining OF, feeling live frog moving
around in his stomach. Perhaps if he
were to swallow a toadstool the frog
would take it as an invitation to sit
down.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-26

Now they say that soft drinks are
made mostly of dope. Maybe the day
will come when we shall have steril-
lied pop and boiled lemonade and
things of that sort. Then it will be
time to pass on. --.---
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-26

The London Lancet advises Gig
arctic smokers to form the habit of
quitting the habit by making their
own cigarettes and abandoning the
ready-made That is like taking to
whisky in order to swear off drinking
wine.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-26
The Blight pay.

Dick--Yes, the besatiful blonde &C.
ITack-Ao~-rted You? Why s,x -,
lows ~ s'0sed to her and she reused 6,
ID, Dlck-fes, but I proposed on a.,
Jaek-What day was that?
Dlck-Friday She couldn't res,se.
FRIDAY is bargain day, you know 70
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Allotted Space.
we are immortal until our WORT +.