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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01
Raps at Foreign Artists.

The New York correspondent of the Berliner Tage
blatt makes fun Of Frau Ernestine Schumann-Heink
for renouncing her allegiance to the emperor OF
Austria and becoming citizen of the United States
She was sure of all her rights he thinks because OF
the American citizenship of her husband, Mr. Rapp
became citizen of the Land Of Dollars only for
the advertisement which sure to follow. In the
same letter the writer says that Schiller has
annexed by the Americans, the great poets tragedy
"Cabale und Liebe" having been placed the stag.
in New York slightly changed under title with
ance the writer says: "In the royal tomb at Wemar
the body which rests in the casket decorated with ths
silver laurel wreath OF the OF Hamburg certain
ly turned about"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01

Proof is SEsexhanstible that
Lydia Il. PinIsham's Vegetable
Compound carries women safely
through the Change of Life.
Read the letter Mrs. e. Hanson.
3O4 e. Long ST., Columbus, Ohio.
writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
ST was passing through the Change
Of Life, and suffered from nervous.
ness, headaches, and other annoying
symptoms. My doctor told me that
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound was good for me, and since tals-
ing it I feel so much better, and can
again do my own work. never forget
to tell my friends what Lydia u. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound did for me
during this trying period"
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia b Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands Of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, Inflammation, ulcera.
ton, fbroid tu1nors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing down feeling, f1atulency, indiges,
ton, dizziness or nervous pTOstration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. PinkhaFn invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health Adore s. Lynms Mass
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01

Farmer Green-D'ye remember thet
ornary little Pimpernell boy tibet
helped me with tn haydn last year? !
gave him Is month an found. Well,
he's got to be right smart ball pitch
er, an t'other day Teller came along
an offered him 5000 to finish out tn
season with a perfeshnal club.
The City Boarder-Well, we'll! He
jumped at it, of course?
Farmer Green-Not yet. Sandy PIN
ernell NAV be freckle faced runt.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01
Contrary.

There's no pleasin' woman" re-
marked Mr. Jmpson, when she's feel
in cantankerous. Says I to my wife
the other night, when seen that she
was sore at things in gin'ral and me
in particular, says L: My dear, you're
prettier n you was when first knew
YOU An says she: That's right
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01
Rather Hard on the Dog.

We have broken our dog Of firmly
fixed habit of sleeping upon the beds
when the family were away by the
following simple method: We spread
an old sheet over the entire bed and
lightly sprinkle it with cayenne pep
per. The sheet was left on but one
day, and the dog has never attempted
to get on a bed since.-Good House"
keeping.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01

! "Janie had a doll that would say
papa and mamma
what became of it,?
eJanies mother is an advanced per-
son and said the doll was an inexcus-
,ably childish reminder of a grossly
lbenighted period.
aAnd what did she do"
"she threw it in a dark closet Where
s4onio didn't dare to go. And then
Sor or two later she happened to step
IN II In the dark and it shrlekeo
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01

diso1dered and my head acaed to dis.
traction. was in a bad condition, but
medicines failed to help. lost ground
daily until began with Doan's kidney
Pills. They helped me at once and
soon made me strong and we'll"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01

seemed a helpless in.
valid, but now I en-.
JOY the best of health.
Kidney diseas o
brought me down ter.
ribly. R heum attic
aches and pains made
every move painful.
The secretions were
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01
Rivals in Fame

"They are making great stir about
the pianist"
Eyes. The advertisements make al.
most as much fuss over him as thew
do over the name of the piano he
plays"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01

home from the animals nest four
young "chucks." These were offered
to the mother cat, and to the surprise
of the family she carried them to her
bed and has since mothered them.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01

William Howard Taft be chosen
by the American people as the twenty
sixth official tenant of the White House
he will be the biggest man on the big
gest job in the gift of the people of these
United States More than that, he Will
be the first president who has actually
Travelled around the world before induc-
ton into office, as we'll as the only one
who has had the opportunity to per-
sonally familiarize himself with all OF
the territory subject to the authority
of the chief executive. He is the first
man to have what might fairly be called
a presidential training, for his govern
mental service has been of a nature
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01

peculiarly hitting him for what President ROOSEVELT has
declared to be "the hardest job in the world
William Howard Taft organized himself for the
presidency by selecting Ohio his natal state-he
was born Cincinnati September 15 1S57and in the
event of election, will place the Buckeye state an
equal footing with Virginia the Mother of Presi-
dents" From the "Old Dominion" have come Washing
ton Jefferson, Madison Monroe and Tyler while Ohio
has furnished William Henry Harrison, Hayes, Gar
field and Mckinley.
rhe father of the present secretary Of war was
= If war during the administration of President
Grant and ais. attorney general in the cabinet.
~ az so b bArAo,,v in his favor, both as lawyer
and as war secretary His training has been along
executive and judicial lines rather than legislative
,as Is readily tina record Of his achievement.
~ , ,o1o 4ho sacor6 in "a class
20, III. depree If Ill. B. came from the law scnool
NJ Cincinnati College in 1880, the same year that ne
was admitted to the Ohio bar. Then ne oroaoeneo
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01

who in the words OF Mckinley big, strong patient
tactful yet firm and willing to kill himself with hard
work IL necessary Judge Day. then secretary Of state
suggested that Taft be sent for. Taft and when
told that he needed in the Philippines said that
he did not want to go his ambition for judicial
not executive work But he accepted the post and since
then has doomed big on the political horizon.
In the eight years that have passed he has shown
that America can successfully pursue colonial policy
has impressed himself upon the imagination of the
Deople He is very much of reality to the general
public and he bulks large in the affections Of the
people who know him he does in present day poll
tics.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01
A PROPER PRIDE

but he's got proper pride about him.
too. He says tibet he don't know as he
cares to be tied up to any team tibet
looks like 1t might be a tail endar.-
Cleveland Plain dealer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01
THE HUMAN TOUCH

mammal so naturally that she felI
over in a faint and bumped her head
and had two buckets of water poured
over her before she recovered con-
sciousness"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01
A Deadly BRIGADE

$50 your SON is now a soldier, hey,
Uncle Benz"
Eyes, sab; he's done jined de mali.
cious corpse, sah.''
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01
Cat Adonted Woodehucks.

On the same day that litter of kit
tens was drowned at the home OF
Frank Plots, near Inez, Pa, Mr..
Plotts sons killed woodchuck in the
woods near the house and brought
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01
Placing Leather BETTING.

In putting up leather betting be
sure to place the hair side next to
the pulley. 1t not only clings to the
pulley better, but win wear much
longer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01
u,cke, canudlne cures He.dache

Whether from colds, heat. stomach or
nervous troubles. No Acetaniiid or dan
gerous drugs. It's liquid and acts imme-
eiiately. Trial bottle 10c. Regular Csc and
Soc at all druggists,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01

No. Secretary Taft at age g. No. 2, Secretary Tafs
at age 8. Secretary Taft at age II. No. secre
tary Taft age 49, No. S. Secretary Taft at age about
20 in his junior year at Yale. No. 6, Secretary Taft
Judge of the Circuit Court in Ohio No. z, Secretary
Taft az Governor of the Philippines No. g. Secretary
Taft as Governor Cuba. No. g. Secretary Taft Yale
Alumni No. TO- Secretary Taft at the present time
the presidential candidate.
Other pictures taken at different times board
ship, on his trip to the far east at the White
House. In Cincinnati Philippines, Japan, Cuba, San
Francisco, etc.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01
no DRIVE OUT MALARIA 4, Sl,. !,

Take the Old Standard GROVES TAsTELEss
CIIILI. TONIC. You know what Won are takinR
The formula is plainly printed on every bottle
showing 1t is simply Quinine and Iron in tasteess
form, and the most ehsctual form. For grown
people and children. Soc.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01

Somehow compliment is pleasing
10 woman even when she knows it
isn't sincere.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01

throw 1t up to me that I useter be q
homely girl!'"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01
HEALrH nRINes HApPlngss.
Invalid once, : 4appy Woman Wow.

Mrs. G. r. Shelton, Pleasant Street.
Covington, Tenn, says: "Once /
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-20
THE EDEN CANAL.
Aztec index.

Aztec index.
Matters looking to the early start
ing of work on the big irrigation prof.
ect east and south of Aztec, owned
by the Eden Canal, Land & Power
company, are said to be Gerry encour-
aging, The big canal will cover over
10000 acres OF fine fruit and agricul-
tural lands at present owned by the
United States government, some OF
which has been filed on as homesteads
and some aa desert land. With un.
limited water to irrigate this land flow
ing to waste every year. the success
of any irrigation project In San Juan
county Is assured.
The prime mover and tireless work
er for the success OF the Eden canal
has been w. Con Black. of this city.
1t Will be remembered that Mr.. Black
has several times almost had the big
but capitalists seemed to want more
detail work first. Mr. Black would
then by superhuman effort raise money
for more surveyes and piats and data
on the acreage involved. cost OF canal.
etc. would again be made by him.
Now that he has the undertaking
where he believes its success is as
sured and with It's success to hundreds
more who have fled on the land. Not
one man In ten thousand would have
persisted in the face of the difficulties
which have beset w. Goff Black. who
In all his dealings has been found
honorable. His many friends here will
rejoice when he finally accomplfshes
the construction OF the Eden canal.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-20
JOINT INSTALLATION.

Modern Woodmen and Royal Neigh
bors installed officers last evening as
follows.
Royal Neighbors-Dora White. ora.
Gle; Mary Hooker, vice oracle; Lydia
Conroy, past oracle; Minnie DeLuche,
chancellor; Ethel Van Daniker. recor J.
er; Ida Goodman. receiver; Alice Alex
ander, marshall Mary Real. manager.
DR.. w. w. McEwen, physician; Julia
sadler. delegate; Viola Pierce. install
ing officer.
officers of the Woodmen-J. p. Nc
Kinney, consul; A. b. Bierschback, ad'
wiser; +. T.. Pierce. banker; A. F..
Hutchinson. clerk: w. X. Wilson. es-
cort; VIM. Van Daniker. watchman;
Peter Carstair. sentry; w. G. otton,
manager.
At the close Of the exercises Mrs.
Julia Sadier was presented with q
beautiful ring in recognition Of her
services as recorder Of the Royal
Neighbors the past two years.
A handsome watch charm was pre-
sented to w. X. Wilson from the Mod
ern Woodmen In appreciation OF his
work as consul during the past year.
Then followed light refreshments
and a season OF social enjoyment.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-20

house and senate. had luncheon with
President Roosevelt and dinner with
| the junior senator, and tonight are
pretty well pleased with their days
| experiences.
They are particularly pleased with
what they learned today concerning
the beet sugar situation, for they are
firmly convinced that there is to be
no reduction in tariff on importations
of Philippine sugar. Speaking on this
point tonight, Governor Buchtel said:
The result of our visit to Washing.
ton is to firmly convince us that Ger.
tain solicitude concerning Republican
policies, in that they might injure our
sugar business, have been entirely un.
warranted. The Republican party has
never done anything to injure busi.
ness. and it can be relied upon to keep
up this record, no matter who may
be president.
The party has protected hides, wool
and lead, three of our leading indus
trial western products. and 1t will pro
tect and shelter the beet sugar in.
dustry."
Colorado" he added, "is In harmony
with the policies of President Roose-
welt, and while we are not in position
to give the name of Colorado's choice
for the presidency. 1t is enough to say
that 1t will be a candidate who will
continue the Rooseveltian progressive
policies and 1t is not hard to guess
who that is
Gov. Buchtel talked at length during
the day with Secretary Garfield upon
the irrigation situation in the Rio
Grande river watershed, growing out
OF the treaty stipulations with Mexico
concerning the irrigation situation in
the Rio Grande river territory.
The secretary assured him that no
inflexible rule would be followed in
dealing with applications for water
rights. but that every case would be
considered on its own merits.
This concession, the governor be-
lieves. will relieve the situation and
result in granting numerous reservoir
and water right applications.
State Chairman Vivian and Repre-
sentative Haggott discussed the Grip
pie Creek postmastership question to-
day. The candidates are Daniel Sulli-
van, present incumbent, and w. A. Ir-
via.
Action in the case probably win not
be reached for several days.
At the White house luncheon today,
in addition to Governor Buchtel and
Chairman Vivian, the president enter
tanned Winston Churchill, and Presi-
dent Knight of the Hamilton club. Chi
cago.
At the senator's dinner this evening.
the guests were Governor Buchtel.
Chairman Vivian and DR.. Victor Alder
son.
Governor Buchtel left here at mid
night for New York, where he will re-
main a day before starting home. Mr..
Vivian will remain here until tomor.
row evening. joining the governor at
Chicago and accompanying him to
Denver, where they will arrive Fri
day.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-20

laws OF the state promote inequalit!
and recommends constitutional amend
ment.
The greatness of Chicago Is exhibit
ed again. Nearly $4,000 residents o
the city have the grip
Seventy-fye thousand people turne,
out In New York last Friday to atten'
the funeral of Yiddish poet.
William f, Curtis tells of hug fl
nancial swindle by which the littl,
| republic OF Honduras is held liable fol
a debt of $106. 900 for which ther,
is no return.
"The Republicans of Alabama have
but one candidate for president, ant
that is William II. Taft" Henry d
Gray. Democratic lieutenant governor
of Alabama, said at Columbus, O. He
declared the south was for Bryan fol
the Democratic nominee, hut said Taft
would be elected.
In a long editorial published in its
current issue the Railroad Gazette
charges the Interstate commerce com
mission with trying to bring about con
ditions which will compel complete
governmental control Of railroads. This
conclusion is reached after an ex
haustive criticism of the annual report
of the commission Just issued.
The New York supreme court has
upheld the constitutlonality of the act
tualization of the Equitable Life OF
New York. Some OF the stockholders
of the company had contended that
contractual rights secured through the
holding of stock could not be impaired
by legislative action.
After several weeks trial of the
nineteen and one-haf hour schedule
the management OF the New York Cen.
trail lines has decided to make an
other change In the running time OF
the Twentieth Century Limited train,
Beginning next Sunday the train will
be placed upon a schedule of eighteen
and onehalf hours west-bound and
nineteen hours east bound.
Senator Guggenheim has introduced
a bill to provide for an extension of
time of two years in which to make
final proof under the desert land act
in cases which are unavoidabiy com
plicated owing to the construction of
irrigation canals preventing reclama-
ton and cultivation Of lands within the
period fixed by the present law. Also
a bill providing for second and ad-
tres.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-20
their fixtures away. The building they

their fixtures away. The building they
occupied are now empty.
Price OF coal has been cut In Dem
yer.
The Florence Crystal ice plant. own
ed by Alva Koontz. and valued 1T $z5.-
900 burned to the ground at o'clock
Tuesday evening. Marshall Furniss dis
covered the blaze. but the cause of the
fire is unknown. The plant was In
sured for $4,000.
Edgar Collins. chief clerk in the
Fort Collins postoffce for several
years, has received notice from the
department at Washington that he has
been appointed postoffice inspector. for
which he took an examination last
June. The salary Is $1,000 per year
with 81 day for expenses when on
duty.
There is very strong movement at
La Mar in favor of local option and
other reforms in accordance with Gov
ernor Buchtels ideas. The movement
is championed by Ellsworth Morton.
an influential citizen Much enthn-
siasm is aroused and there will likely
be a strong fight made at the next
spring election.
Following a family quarrel. the i'm.
mediate cause of which was squabble
over cigarette paper, Mrs. Alice
Armstrong of Denver slashed her hus-
band. George Ernest Armstrong. with
razor, inflictlng deep wounds on the
right side of his throat and the left
side of his jaw. The wounded man. a
brickmaSer by trade fed from the
house and made to the home OF his
mother. Mrs. S. II. Armstrong, 1900
Center street, two doors away, with his
wife in hot pursuit, stlll carrying the
razor in her hand. When Armstrong
reached his mothers home, and his
wife saw that further pursuit was use
less, she threw her blood-besmeared
weapon nto clump of weeds between
the two houses and made her way to
the corner of West Colfax avenue and
Bryant street. where she remained In
the rear room OF a saloon until De-
tective Peterson and Koehler found
her and placed under arrest. The
woman claims her husband beat her.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-20
TELEGRAPH NEWS,

Forty-seven nations will participate
in the great anti-tuberculosis congress
In Washington next September.
Chicago bankers do not favor Sen
ator Aldrich's currency bill. declaring
that It's provisions will not relieve the
money stringency.
William Kent OF Chicago gives to
the nation forest of giant red wood
trees In California to be preserved as
a pleasure ground.
Walter Wellman says Wall street
has been driven crazy by its hatred
Of Roosevelt, and has no conception
president for the enemies he has made
on Manhattan island.
Nearly 100000 Chicago people have
influenza in some form, according to
the city health department, which as
signs the unreasonable weather as a
cause.
Justice Harlan of the supreme court
of the United States, who caused some
thing OF sensation by his assertion
before the Navy league that he would
have the United States year for ten
years to build the biggest navy in the
world, says he has no thought of going
into politics.
In accordance with an agreement
with the defendants in 80 informations
charging violation OF the anti-gambling
law. Prosecuting Attorney Watts ol
Cheyenne in the presence of large
crowd, burned about $4,000 worth ol
gambling paraphernalia, including rou
lette wheels, faro tables, boxes, cases
etc. The agreement was reached, Pros
| ecutor Watts Withdrawing all charges
against the defendants in gambling
lnformations upon their promise to mo-
again violate the gambling law ant
| to Immediately deliver to him all gam
bling paraphernalia in their posses
sion.
Broadway, the street Of bright lights
| and GebtdurdUth, III 10 nave, dCcoIuht
to plans said to be nearly completed
the greatest restaurant in the world
1t will occupy an entire block on Broad
way and will be capable OF seating
5000 persons. The property to be oc
cupied extends from Forty-third Il
Forty-fourth streets on the west sid
OF Broadway, across the street from
the Hotel Astor. and is now occupied
by an old-fashicned four-story apart
ment house. This building. according
to the plans. Is to be entirely remod
eled and the lower floor turned int
an enormous cafe capable of seatin
1000 persons. The roof Of the buildin
will be turned Into great garder
seating 1000 more. which will be oper
ed In the summer and covered with
glass roof In the winter.
4 The commission appointed by tn
! ' governor OF Ohio nnds that the "a
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-20

The oil well was closed down again
on Monday after two weeks OF unsuc-
cessfm efforts to recover the drill,
which was at the bottom. 1t Is now
proposed to move the derrick to 1ew
location and put down another hole.
the dtails of this plan are not yet
ready for publication, However, this
much can be said. that so certain Is
the driller. Frank White, that this Is
an oil field that he proposes to put IN
$4,000 himself n the rev well. He
has worked In nearly all the oil nelds
and says he never saw country more
promising than this.-Fsrminxtnn
Times-H Hustler.