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St. Tammany farmer., 1907-06-29
PAT SET ONLY ONE LIMIT.
Would Quit When He Was Done With
All Things Earthly.

A rich man out in the suburbs who
owns a large place has among the
many people employed to keep it in
shape an Irishman of whom he is par
ticularly fond on account of his un-
conscious wit, says Harper's Weekly.
This Irishman is something of hard
drinker, and, as his income is limited,
he is more particular as regards the
quantity than the quality of his
liquids. The other day the employer,
who had been awaiting a good oppor
tunity, remarked in a kind tone, as
the closing sentence of a friendly lee
ture:
''Now, Pat, how long do you think
you can keep on drinking this cheap
whiskey?"
To which Pat instantly replied:
"All my life. if it doesn't kill me-"
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-06-29
CHOICE OF TWO EVILS.
Request That Was by No Means q
Compliment for Papa.

A New York scientist, the father Of
a large and growing family, has his
troubles One evening his youngest
was holding forth in her best style.
The mother could do nothing with the
child, SO the man of science went to
the rescue.
81 think l can quiet little Flora" he
said. There's no use humming to her
in that silly way. What she wants is
real music. The fact that | used to
sing in the Glee club at Yale and sang
well, too, may make difference"
Accordingly, the professor took the
child and, striding up and down the
room, sang in his best manner. He
had not finished the second verse of
his song, when ring was heard. The
door was opened, and there stood a
girl Of IA, who said:
I'm one of the family that's just
moved into the fiat next to yours.
There's a sick person with US, and he
says, if it's all the same to you, would
you mind letting the baby cry instead
of singing to it?"-Success.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-06-29
FARMING IN
THE SOUTH
FEAsVlNE Hay AS A MONEY CROP.
une to One and a Half Tons Can ae
Raised Per Acre.


! start out by saying can mska
more money on peavine hay than !
can on cotton; that is, counting az.
penses. NNe''''s "a
n the summer OF 1905 / Turned
eight acres of wheat stubble that onIv
mace twenty-eight bushels OF wheel
with two hundred pounds of euano nor
acre. Then drilled In one busbel -
speckled peas and one hundred pounds
% guano per acre with Hoosie- grain
GILL; then run over the ground with
drag and made it perfectly smooth
Ihat year cut and sold in bnlk
$l0s.S0 worth of hay of of the eight
acres. Then followed it in wheat
again; made ninety bushels; put in
peas as before and made Sits worth
on the same ground.
am very careful to kill all the
grass and weeds where sowing nv
peas, SO that the grass and peas will
not come up together and be ready 10
cut at the same time.
let at least three-fourths OF the
pods gets ripe before cutting. Do not
cut more at one time than you can
care for. cut after the dew is off:
rake before night; leave in windrows
TIL the next evening; then haul to the
barn or stack. haul my hay to mar.
ket from the field, for which I get $40
per ton
would advise our farmers to plant
less corn and cotton, prepare it bet
ter and make more. Sow your thin
land in peas. Land that will not
make more than five or six hundred
pounds seed cotton with two hundred
pounds of guano per acre will make
from one to one and a half tons of
peavine hay per acre.
One man with team can turn
drill, cut and house one acre in two
days with only boy to help him
load.
commenced sowing about May
and continued until July 10: SOW four
or i've acres every time it rains: don't
lose any time out Of your crop, and
your hay is not all ready at the same
time. ! cut and fill my barn, then sell
the rest. BY doing SO have fat stock
and nice bank account before I
commence to sell cotton.
Sow sorghum or German mi!let on
rich or bottom land; peas will grow
too large a stalk; it will be too hard
and woody and stock won't eat it.
Peas in the South are as clover and
timothy in the North and West.
So let our farmers be about their
business. Don't sit around the coun-
try stores and whittle on goods boxes.
When it Is too wet to work in your
crop, sow peas, and the more peas the
better for your land, stock, wife and
children. Don't fail to sow, because
peas are high-when they are high is
the time to have some to seH.-B. F.
Hancock.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-06-29
Wonderful Enoineerino Work.

The admirable accuracy of the work
of civil engineers of the best class Is
shown In the wonderfully slight devil
alton of the great Simplon tunnel from
the calculations of the men who
planned it and executed the work.
The tunnel is 1914 miles long. It
proved 81 inches longer than it was
expected to be. When the two head.
ings came together in the depths Of
the mountain their levels were less.
than 31s inches apart.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-06-29
Made for Fat Men,

One of the narrow arches in the
gallery of the chapel at Columbia uni
versity is not exactly symmetrical, al
though the defect is not noticeable to
the casual observer, says the New
York Globe. The reason for the wild
sning of the arch after it's original con-
struction had rise in a somewhat
humorous occurrence. One of the
early visitors was a remarkably fat
man, who found himself wedged into
the arch when he tried to squeeze
through and was extricated with diff
Guilty. The builders, recognizing the
possibility Of other fat people being
numbered among the future visitors,
decided to widen the arch, sacrificing
symmetry and harmony to practical
need, as the pier was SO constructed
as to bear no loss of width ON one Of
its sides.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-06-29
Hnwss This2

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case OF Cstsrrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY g CO., Toledo O.
We, the undersigned. have known F. j. Cheney
for the last Is years and believe him perfectly hon
orabia In all business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made by his frn
WALDINe, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken Internally acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces the
system Testimonials sent free. Price Is cents per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-06-29

fuse. My limbs, feet and ankles bloat-
ed dreadfully, and sometimes my
whole body. My heart palpitated and
! had smothering spells. A weeks
treatment with Doan's Kidney Pills
helped me and few boxes cured me.
At 6S I am strong and we'll"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-06-29
An Artistic Idea,

'T don't mind paying for a picture
If it's good, natural likeness" said
the rich man to the fashionable ar
tist, to whom he was to sit for his
portrait.
20, it is quite characteristic and
natural, I assure you,'@ replied the ar
tist. "I fatter myself that easy atti-
tude with your hand in your pocket
is quite a neat touch"
And SO it proved when the bill came
in
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-06-29

Both lice and red mites are serious
obstacle to rearing poultry for profit,
and more difficulties have come from
these two insects than all other trou.
b1es combined. It is impossible TO get
winter eggs or to have healthy
growing flock IL these enemies are
allowed in the poultry yard.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-06-29
Bibuious.

''He has his faults, of course" said
the friend. "but he is an ambitious
poet. He would serve the muses. all
his life."
very likely" replied the critic,
"But he makes the mistake of suppos-
ing that Bacchus is one of the muses.. !"
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-06-29
Mexican Province Advancing,

Yucatan, 80 years ago one of the
poorest of the Mexican states, has
become one of the richest. Merida,
the capital, has well paved streets,
well lighted and well cared for by q
corps of white wings" Well-buiit
homes, some of them actual palaces,
and all clean and newly painted, line
the streets far into the country. A
well-built system of mule cars extends
all over the city.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-06-29


I was running down
with kidney trou-
bic without know
ing what it was,
and finally got SO
bad / was given up.
The urinary pas
sages were painful,
sometimes scanty
and q poin worry rrn.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-06-29

The Burley tobacco branch of the
Society of Equity are discussing the
propriety and practicability Of estab-
fishing a tobacco mandatory at Lex
ington. Leaders of the tobacco as
sociation claim that a large proper
ton of the 1907 crop has been pledg-
ed. and that II the trust do MOI buy
1t they will manufacture it them
selves.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-06-29
What He Would Have Done.

Wilhelm-Well, old man, haven't
seen you for an age. And how do you
find matrimony suits you?
Johann (sighing)-It's an expensive
Joy; if I had only known what had
to pay in milliners' bills
Wilhelm-You would have remained
single, eh?
Johann-No, I would have married
the milliner-Lustige B1atter.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-06-29

March and April Matched chicks are
more vigorous and grow more rapidly
than those hatched later. Moreover
they go into their winter practically
matured and up to weight while the
late chicks must be kept growing at
Increased cost of gain.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-06-29
FIqures of Lumber Cutting.

Since 1880 more than 70O,0O0.0 600, 900
feet of timber have been cut in the
United States for lumber alone, in.
cluding $4,000. 100000 feet of confer.
GUS stumpage estimate of the census
in 1880.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-06-29

Manure possesses higher fertiliz-
ing value when freshly made and to
converse its value as plant food it
must either be applied Immediately to
the soil or stored under such condi-
tions as win maintain its already ac-
cumulative value.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-06-29

Bone is one of the best substances
that can be fed to hens. Ground or
broken bone is highly relished. It
not only contains lime for the shells,
but also nitrogen and the phosphates.
1t should be kept in boxes before the
hens at all times.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-06-29
Australia TO Have Own Navv,

It is stated officially in London that
the government has acceded to the
wish of Australia to reseind her an
nua1 contribution of s1,OO0,000 to-
ward naval squadron for Austral-
asia. The commonwealth will main
tain its own navy.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-06-29
II Cures While You Walk.

Aliens Foot-Ease is a certain cure for
hot, sweating, callous, and swollen, aching
feet. Sold by all Druggists. Price 25c. Don't
accept any substitute. Trial package FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-06-29

One way to make hens profitable Is
to sell often. Sell eggs in small lots,
and sell broilers and fryers as soon
as they are ready. Then the eggs
are fresh, and the cholera, the cats,
the cvons nor accidents will take
them away.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-06-29

Gen. George Washington's old horse,
eRanger," was pure-bred Arabian.
General Lees old gray nag, Travel
er,'' was of the "Gray Eagle" stock.
and when a colt took the first pre-
MUM at the Lewisburg, West Virgin
ia fair, in 1859 and 1860.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-06-29

However good the bird, it viii not
pay unless it has a clean house in
which to live, the proper food upon
which to feed, a good nest in which
to lay, and comfortable places in
which to roogf-
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-06-29

FITS. st. yitus Dance and ali Nervous
Diseases permanently cured by DR.. kline.s
Great Nerve Restorer. Send for Free 500
trial hottie and treatise. DIR. r. Fl. Kline,
Id. 931 Arch st.. Philadelphia. Pa.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-06-29
IL Crows Hair

that will wear. That's just exactly
what Barry's Tricopherous will do. It
grows strong, thick, healthy hair. 50
cents per bottle at your druggists or
by mail postpaid. Barclay & Co., 45
Stone Street, N. Y.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-06-29

He that has the energy and will to
uproot a fault has also the energy,
and ought to will 70 plant a virtue in
it's place-LacoR.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-06-29

No great excellence in any depart
ment of life is achieved without effort
and training; attainment comes not by
accident t--Bremner.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-06-29
Rev. Andrew Murrav Honored.

Rev. Andrew Murray Honored.
At its graduation ceremony in March
the University of Cape of Good Hope,
South Africa, conferred the degree OF
LII. D. upon Rev. Andrew Murray.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-06-29
Stingy.

Bill-And is he of forgiVing ma,
ture?
Jill-For giving? Say, you couldn't
wiring a cent out Of him with mon
key wrench!
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-06-29

The problem Of life is to make the
ideal real and convert the divine at
the summit of the mountain into the
human at its base.-Charles H. Park
b 1rerH
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-06-29

kin the hen that lays one day and
rests three days during the egg-pro-
ducing season. Her room is worth
more than her product.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-06-29

ETrs. Wfnslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething softens the gums reduces In
saYs pan cures wind collie. Csc bottls.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-06-29

Some men try to convince you that
they are good by boasting of how bad
they used to be.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-06-29

The worst thing about common
sense is that it is so questionable.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-06-29
es, BUT PERFECTLY WELL.
The Happy Experience of New Cas-
tie, Pa, Woman.

Mrs. John Mansell, Ga So. Jefferson
St, New Castle, Pa, says: For years
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-08-29
Refuses 10 Use The ra$b,

The chief warden of the work
house at Wilmington, Del, has re-
signed his position owing to the
continuation of the whipping post
in his state. II can no longer
stand for the Delaware whipping
post" he said. II have made a
very careful and unbiased study of
the effect of the whipping-post on
men Of this class, and have come
to the conclusion beyond doubt
that it is all bad. It brings ont
in a man all that is revengeful and
hurtful, and he arrays himself
against law, order, and society" "
The whipping post has been a
Delaware institution for more than
a century.-The Pathfinder.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-08-29
GO Our rocal Poets.

Sing to us about your ideas;
Give us thoughts of heavenly fire;
We are waiting as in darkness for the light.
Sing your songs of inspiration;
Give us cheer and consolation:
Help our burdened minds to soar In upward
flight.
Let us partake in your visions;
Let us share your golden dreams,
When you listen to the harmonies of the stars.
What the flowers sing and whisper,
And the slumbering spirits teach
Tell us, everyday children, of life's farce.
What the ripping brooklet hummed,
And the fleeting birds in spring
Sung in softly. fleeting, melodies.
Sing to US in words of cheering
We will promise to be hearing
Lead US to the land of high.poetic bliss.
And shall the world forever be the place of sad
ness and of grief;
Shall the human heart forever pine and sigh;
Shall we never, never get from common sins and
faults relief
Is He coming, our Redeemer, from on high?
And why, oh singing bards, do the tears more
often fall
Than the smiles illuminate the human life;
Why does hapless misfortune more often sadly
call,
Than the angel of joy that ends the strife?
L. H.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-08-29
Che telegraph.

Most persons seem to think that
the telegraph was invented In the
United States. This instrument
has been known and used in a
small way in Germany about
twenty years before it was known
in this country. l have been in
this line Of work number of years
and have made it special study.
Some of you may have read an
article on this subject not long
since that appeared in one of the
leading American magazines. In
this article it was clearly stated
that this instrument was invented
in Germany.
l have been on the frontier be-
tween Germany and France where
all trains coming and going to
Paris are compelled to stop. Each
train carried hundreds of foreign
ers from all over the globe, and
about fifteen or twenty of these
travellers send messages from this
point. This would not be worth
mentioning if these messages were
in one language, but they generally
embrace four to SIX or more. Now,
l would like to see anybody receive
such messages without the use of
tape. This is an impossibility for
the best of telegraphers. Mes
sages can be sent and received as
rapidly with tape as without it.
The only difference is, if tape is
used the receiver has to read, and
where there is no tape, he has to
hear.
Now, anybody can see that tape
has nothing to do with the velocity
of the telegraph, for if one has
good eyes he can see a sign as
quickly as he can hear it. Even
in the United States they use tape
on some telegraph instruments,
but tape is only used when abso-
lutte exactness is demanded.
345.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-08-29

We expect that the Chautauqua
members will do some electioneer-,
ing on Labor Day, as they will
soon elect officers for the ensuing
year. This is the only opportunity
they have to get together and talk
the matter over as to available can
didates, and it is likely that the
Chautauquans will make the most
of the outing.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-08-29
AMERICAN AssocIATIoN.
Prison Population.

There were no arrivals during
the past week. This makes the
fourth week in succession that no
prisoner has entered the grim walls
of this silent community, Three
men were discharged on expiration
of sentence.
The population of the prison is
665, distributed as follows: First
grade, 521, second grade, 136, and
third grade 8.
The last register number is 1904.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-08-29

Sinbad has a fine patch of toma.
toes growing near the north wall.
As yet he has failed to gather any
ripe ones and is somewhat worried
for fear he got the seed mixed.
We plucked two big fellows from
his patch the other day that were
as fine specimens as one would
wish to see. As Sinbad wears
green goggles, OF course every
thing looks green to him. We
hope he keeps on wearing the
green goggles, because we are very
fond of ripe tomatoes.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-08-29

Sinbad trimmed up the trees at
the lower end of the yard last
Monday. As he approached the
magnificent maple in front of the
Matron's window, with his mighty
axe in hand, q voice exclaimed, in
tremulous tones: "Oh, Sinbad,
spare that beautiful tree! Don't
you dare lift your wicked axe;
that's the only nice thing I have
to look at!' The limbs came of,
but the axeman said he was sorry
that he had to do it.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-08-29

One of the boys, who is quite a
joker, wants to know how it is that
we had fresh fish last Friday when
none has arrived for the past three
weeks. All abstruse problems of
this kind should be referred to
"red," the librarian. If he cannot
offer a solution we will have to- let
it pass.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-08-29

The Saltwater Gazette is having
a little sport at the expense of Mr..
Marty, one of the stenographers
in the Warden's Office. The paper
announced that Carl was helping
at the Western Union Office while
the strike was on. Mr.. Marty
stated that the charge was prepos-
ferrous, and that the company didn't
have sufficient mazuma to hire
him.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-08-29

Fourteen prisoners will be dis
charged from this Institution on
expiration of sentence during the
month of September. This is a
good time of the year to go out, as
the papers ell complain of short
age of men in the western harvest
fields.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-08-29

Mr.. j. B. Henderson, of Mon
treal, Canada, has been the guest
of Deputy Warden Colligan dur
ing the past week. Mr.. Hender-
son informed The MIRROR man
that he receives a copy of our pa
per each week, and that he was
very much interested in it. He
thought the contributors who
write for the paper were doing
splendid, and that he wished them
success.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-08-29

The printers are now busy get
ting out the annual report of the
Minnesota state board of Charities
and Correction. The copy will
make a book of about one hundred
and fifteen' pages, and this will
keep the typos humming for some
time to come.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-08-29
TO INMATES.

For the information of new arrivals
and all others desiring to send THE
MIRROR to friends we wish to say that
plying with the following rules: Write
out your own name and register num-
Der and send to this Office with name
and address of person to whom paper is
to be sent. Each paper must be kept
clean and folded in the same manner as
1t is when you receive 1t and placed In
your door every Friday night. All In
mates are requested to comply with this
order whether sending out copy or not.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-08-29

Mrs. Margaret Moore, of Detroit,
Mich, has been the guest Of her
sister, Matron Mckinney, during
the past week. Mrs. Moore visited
the various departments of the
prison last Monday afternoon.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-08-29

The following are the titles of
the papers to be read at next Sun
days meeting of the local Chautau.
qua Circle: "The Chinese Herder,' -
Studying Nature. "Some of This
and a Little of That" Labor
Day." "To the Summit of Pixies
Peak"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-08-29

One of the boys wants to know
why Grid" does not write any
more. We heard that he had
broken the stem of his pipe, but
he has a new consignment on
the way. When they arrive we
expect that he again will smoke
up" and hand us some of his ex-
cellent stories.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-08-29

The local plumber still has his
left arm swathed in bandages. He
accidently got hold Of a steam pipe
that looked harmless, but is now
willing to admit that appearances,
even in steam pipes, are very de.
ceitful.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-08-29

Mr.. Charles 81. Hamblin, manag-
ing editor of the Minneapolis Tlib-
une, and party of friends, were
escorted about the, institution last
Tuesday in company with Mr.. N.
A. Nelson, county auditor of Still
water.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-08-29

Foreman Newman is still con-
fined to his home by an attack of
illness. 1t was week ago yester-
day that he was taken sick. sud.
denly, and had to be taken home
in carriage. We learn that he is
improving and will soon be at
work again.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-08-29

Anew bookkeeper is being broke
in on the books in Steward Coles
Office. The present wielder of the
pen is raising a fine bunch Of
.'lilacs" and will soon depart from
this institution.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-08-29

One day last week we looked in.
to the greenhouse and found the
boys as busy as flies. They were
getting several sand beds ready in
order to propagate cuttings for
next years supply of plants for
the yard.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-08-29

Vegetables are now very plenti-
full at the prison. Most of them
are being received from the Hast
ings Asylum. When the new
prison is built this institution will
then have it's own garden truck,
and manage to raise it somewhat
earlier in the season.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-08-29

The band is now practicing after
moons instead of mornings. No
doubt the boys will be able to put
more snap into their playing after
dinner than Immediately before.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-08-29

Next week the Minnesota State
Fair will be on. beginning Monday
and ending Saturday night. State
Fair week usually means a busy
time at this institution, as hundreds
of visitors to the fair from all over
the state take this opportunity to
visit the Bluff City and the prison.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-08-29

A large consignment of fibre
was received at the Irvine factory
last Tuesday. A few more such
shipments and warehouse V will
be filled to the roof.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-08-29

Deputy Warden Colligan escort
ed party of friends about the
prison last Tuesday. They were
K. p. Doyle and Joseph P. Doyle,
OF Saltwater, and P. G Harris, of
Ottawa, Canada.