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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-03-27
Ia negative del Kaiser
Los trabajos de la diplomacia

1icana trabaj ia empenadamente para modifcar
la Tesoluci6n del Kaiser que Sc ha negado a
recibir al nuevo ministro de los Estados Uni
dos en- Berlin.
Las impresiones recogidas son optimistas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-03-27
ULTIMA HORA

VENTAS DE AZUCAR
Central San Vlcfn!e 900 sacoS.
Vendidos a $4IoH.
Comprados por SoBRlNos DE Ez-
QUIGA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-02-22

gives the house good appearance.
1t takes away the plainness, and, in
fact, is the main difference in outward
appearance between this little modern
cottage and the old-fashioned one.
story house that everybody avoided if
possible. But there are other and
more important improvements in the
new construction. Modern methods
of using building paper, cement, better
mortar and better plaster are working
wonders in the comfort of such little
houses. 1t is just as cheap to use these
materials as to build house in the
old-fashioned way. In fact, in some
instances saving of money and labor
may be effected while improving the
building.
The specifications provide for good
mortar that is to be gagged with CO.
ment when used below grade line
and beam filling between and along
side of all joists on the top of the wall
by fitting brick closely underneath
the floor. 1t is also provided that the
cellar bottom shall be leveled off and
paved with brick. There is a slop sink
and catch basin provided, the same as
for larger and more expensive houses.
Another feature never seen in cheap
houses until lately is the cement
wainscoting in the kitchen. The use
Of cement for this purpose has many
advantages. It is dry, rat proof, and i:
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-02-22
TARGET PRACTICE COSTS MUCH.
Modern Sea Coast Guns Take Big
Money to Fire Them.

A single big gun Of the many now
being put in place for the protection
of seacoasts costs large sum. Some
interesting figures on this subject may
be quoted on the authority Of an ord.
nance expert at Washington, says the
Philadelphia Record.
A 12-inch breech-loading rife, with
its disappearing carriage, costs SAL
900; a ten-inch breech-loader, $99, $50,
and an eightinch, $4,000. The figures
show that modern high-powered guns
cost great sums, and the cost of firing
them is proportionately large.
The report of experts who have in.
spected these guns and the devices
for securing an accurate aim shows
that great saving is effected by mod
ern range-fring and position-inding
devices.
The demoralizing effect of a hit
as compared to miss cannot, it is
said, be reduced to a money value,
but it costs big money to shoot a
big gun and then miss the mark. For
example there may be cited the case
of the 12-inch gun. To miss the mark
is to simply throw away $561.70. With
the ten-inch gun the loss is s322.40,
and with the eight-inch rifle it ID
$164.65.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-02-22
The Country Editor

II conscientious effort and merit
mean anything, there is no good rea-
son why the country editor should
not expect to wear golden crown
and diamond-studded harp in the
good world to come. His sphere Ia
surely one in which his usefulness is
limited only by his ability to work.
1t may be a debatable question wheth-
er the average editor of small town
paper does more for the town than
the town does for the editor. It NAV
be true that one of the greatest sins
that can be laid at his door is that of
poVerty-not poverty of brain but of
pocket. He may labor for the enHght-
eminent OF an unappreciative people,
but is there not compensation in,
knowing that duty is faithfully per-
formed? His efforts to boom the town
may not always meet with an encour-
aging response in the way of good
advertising patronage from the local
business interests. His work of
showing up. his town as live and
progressive place sometimes falls fiat
because of a lack Of good snappy adj
Vertisfng of the stores. There are few
things that are a better criterion OF
the life of place than the advertising
pages Of the local paper. BY 1t a
stranger is impressed either favorably
or otherwise. If the paper is bright,
neWsy, well filled with advertising.
there are in it indications that the town
is progressive, the merchants prosper
GUS, and that the people are of the
class that make excellent neighbors.
On the other hand, if there are only a
few lines of local news, half dozen
small cards and announcements, and a
few large advertisements of depart
ment stores and mail order houses in
other cities, the impression is given
to the reader that the town is a good
place to steer clear of, and not the
kind of place where one would care
to build a home. D. NJ. CARR.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-02-22
Trade az Home.

Patronage of the big mail order
houses is founded largely on ignorance
and shortsightedness In one way it
is akin to patronage of the get-rich.
quick schemes. The buyer believes he
is getting something for his money
that is really not given, and fails to
realize either where his money goes or
what he gets for it.
No one would think of telephoning
to a furniture store and asking the
dealer to send up dozen diningroom
chairs without having seen the goods
or of ordering dress or pair of
shoes, or stove, In this way. Yet
that is practically what the patron OF
the mail order house does. He orders
by mail without having seen the goods
or having any idea of their appear.
ance or character. He is taking long
chance. Two things on which he has
to base his conception of the articles
ordered is q description in the cata-
logue and the cut given there. In 9TH
er words, the attractiveness of the
offer made depends on the promises of
the firm and the engraver's art. It is
possible to make very creditable
cut from a f1imsy and worthless mod
ell. It is possible to describe an atroc-
ity in way that makes 1t appear most
desirable. Incidentally 1t seems to be
always possible to find some one who
will accept the promise and cut at
their face value, without properly
discounting them, and on the credi-
bility of these people, the mail order
business thrives. A little investigation
and comparison will convince the ay-
erage person that his money will go
further and yield greater returns if in
vested right here in Haverhill, despite
the fictitious values offered by the
outside houses. But the articles sold
by the mail order houses must be COM
pared as they really are, and not as
they are reported to be In the cata,
logues. --HaverhilI (Mass.y Record.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-02-22
EVIL IN LITTLE JEALouslEs.
snobbishness on PART Of Merchants
Wives Sometimes Injuries Trade.

Since the time of Eve woman has
been accredited with being a jealous
creature, and in history are recorded
numerous cases where this element
has had it's influence in building up
and tearing down nations In the aY-
erage rural town, among the little
evils noticed, is that often merchants
wives do not consider the wives OF the
farmers their equals socially or other
wise. One woman in town can cast
the stigma of snobbishness upon quite
few others who are known as her
associates, and sometimes to the det-
r1ment of the place. 1t may be that
wives of merchants dress better than
do the wives and daughters of farm
ers. Possibly the children ofsthe town
tradesman may wear better clothes.
Envy is knife that cuts deep, and
perhaps without apparent reason
some woman concludes that the wife
OF certain merchant thinks herself
better than the wives of the people
who give her husband a means of liv-
ing. 1t is the women of the farm
household who have the greatest in
fuence in the matter of buying. A
word from the wife will often turn
trade from the usual channel, and
this word may be caused by the atti.
tude of the merchants wife who,
through some neglect or discourtesy,
unfavorably impresses the wife of the
farmer. There is nothing like a
friendly feeling as trade stimulator.
1t, the wife of the merchant would
only cultivate more closely the ac-
quaintance and the friendship of the
women residing in the farming dis
tr1cts which give the town support,
1t would work wonders in the way of
bringing additional trade to the town,
Snobbishness never pays. The sturdy
women who reside on farms are quite
often the superiors of those who reside
IN the towns and are perhaps the
wives OF the merchants. The boys
and girls reared on the farm average
well with those of the towns. These
facts should be realized. Petty ieal-
ousles should be done away with
When they exist between the people
who reside in the towns and those
who reside in the country. It is best
for the community.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-02-22

mr.: William A: Radford will answer
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building for the readers of this
rience as Editor Author and Manufac-
turer, he is, without doubt the highest
authority on all these subjects. Address
al inquiries to William A. Radford, No.
t94 Fifth Ave-, Chicago, ILL.,, and only
enclose two-cent stamp for reply.
This is a cottage-house plan % feet
8 inches wide by AZ feet inches long,
exclusive of the porch. Ten feet of
the length. however, is accounted for
by the kitchen extension, so the main
part of the house is not very large.
1t is intended to be cheap affair.
The word cheap in this instance is
used in its better sense, meaning good
value for what it costs. The word
cheap has been shamefully abused.
Slang phrases such as cheap skate, -
have given a snide value to a good
old-fashioned English word, which
originally meant bargain. AS this lit
tie house can be built under favorable
circumstances for about $1,000 the
word bargain should apply without
any qualifications.
The value of a house is not always
in size. It is more in after comfort
and continuous convenience. There
are many small families living in
crowded quarters that would have
much better accommodations in lit
tie house like this erected in the out
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-02-22
Jack London Among the Lepers.

SaSN 6oHuoH among tne LSPefSs
On his way around the world for
the Woman's Home Companion Jack
London visited the 1epers of Molokai,
on the island of Hawaii.
'Leprosy is not so contagious as is
imagined" writes MIR. London in the
Woman's Home Companion. II went
for weeks visit to the settlement
and took my wife along-alI og
which would not happened had we
had any apprehension of contracting
the disease. Nor did we wear long,
gauntleted gloves and keep apart
from the lepers. On the contrary. we
mingled freely with them, and before
we left knew scores of them by sight
and name. The precautions of simple
cleanliness seem to be all that is
necessary. On returning to their own
houses, after having been among and
handling lepers, the nonlepers, such
as the physicians and the superin-
tendent, merely wash their faces ana
hands with mildly antiseptic SOAP and
change their coats.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-02-22
One Editors Advice

A western editor in a recent number
of his paper says: I'VE again desire
to call our readers attention to the
fact that they should buy everything
they use from home merchants, and
not aid in building up large establish
ments in a distant city. Did you ever
stop to think that every cent you buy
at home aids the city in which you
live, and all you send away drains the
city of that much of the medium of ex-
change that should remain at home?
The stability of your home institutions
depends upon you and you alone You
do not believe that, but remember
when you speak of other persons it is
said as you, and when thus explained
means you. Your trade at home will
make better mercantile establish
ments and a better city. The next
time you are possessed with a spirit
Of getting something away from home.
gently call halt and go to your home
merchants and call for what you want
and in nine cases out of ten you will
find the desired article, but should you
fail, ask the merchant to get it for
you and see how rapidly he will ac-
commodate you, and when the price is
named and you compare it with the
catalogue you will be agreeably sur
prised. Discard the idea that you
must get something from a distance,
but instead buy at home and every
citizen become an advertising medium.
and you will be surprised at the result.
Don't say That article does not apply
to me. for what little get away from
home does not amount to anything.
You are mistaken, for every little put
together make the larger things. Be
lnTg and do all your trading at home"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-02-22
Euen a.

There are 100000 telephone girls
in the world. The duties OF 6,788, S43
consist in telling you that the line is
busy.-LouisuIle Courier-Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-02-22
Floor Plan.

outside with half-inch layer of Port.
land cement mortar to insure a dry
cellar
There is room in every town and
city for hundreds of such houses.
Transportation is so easy, quick and
convenient on account of the new
electric trolley lines that there is no
longer any excuse for people hudSlling
together in small, badly-lighted, un-
ventilated apartments except in very
large cities.
The large veranda across the front
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-02-22
Medical Records Contain Many i
TEETH AS CAUSE OF INSANITY
stances of the Fact.

Apropos of dispatch from Cleve-
land referring to the cure of certain
forms of insanity by the extraction Of
teeth, by DR.. e. Ballard Lodge, atten-
ton has been called to thesis on the
same subject written by Dr. Richard
Grady, a dentist Of the city of Ann
apolis, more than Is years ago. 1t
was the prize thesis in 1891, and Dr.
Grady was awarded the first gold
medal ever given by the alumni Of the
Baltimore Medical college. In this con-
nection Dr. Grady wrote:
"The occurrence of insanity as a
result of the pain and irritation
caused by the eruption of the teeth
was first noticed by Esquirol. DR.. D.
Corbett relates case of insanity from
overcrowding of the teeth, in which
girl IL years old would run about
the room, biting at chairs, tables and
door handles. In the street she would
run away from her attendants and at
tempt to bite lampposts. The biting
propensity completely disappeared on
the removal of two teeth. DIR. Tyler
relates a case Of mania from carious
teeth, in which young woman had
several decayed teeth removed, re-
naming for "a hours under the influ-
ence of the ether which was given at
the operation; after that she was
cured of her mania. DR.. Pepper re-
lates another interesting case of in.
carious teeth, the removal of which
cured the patient. The trouble again
returned after three weeks, when a
portion of the inferior dental nerve
(about half an inch) was removed, and
the patient was permanently cured"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-02-22
Keep Money At Home

By patronizing home industries peo-
pie prevent mony going to other sec
tons of the country. Dollars sent to
distant place for commodities that
can be produced, and often are pro-
duced at home, is money gone from
local circulation, and which is not
likely to ever return. It is the keep
ing of the wealth produced in Io-
cality that makes that locality rich,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-02-22
J. NJ. YATES,
y Parish Surveyor =
EoLsoM, LA.

All orders left with FL. r. Warren,
sierk Of court, or addressed 20 J. NJ,
sIatea, Verger Postofice, La, viii ~
3efye prompt attention
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-02-22
a Rare chanea

Waiter-Very sorry, sab, but we
haven't any veal. Veal is mighty
scarce dis time o. year. an we haven't
had no veal fer week. Can /
bring you anything else, sab?
Guest thastily) double order
Of chicken salad.-New York Weekly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-02-22

skirts of town, where fresh air and
sunshine may be had in quantities suf-
fcient to promote health and good
looks.
The arrangement of the rooms is
very simple, and while the finish is
good and neat there is nothing ex-
pensiVe about the, house. The plan
calls for good cellar, with a stone
wall properly laid and coated on the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-02-22
Anhiauoue.

Clergyman-Yuu can, however, com
fort yourself with the thought that
you made your husband happy while
he lived.
Widow-Yes, indeed! Dear Jack
was In heaven until he died. Judge.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-02-22

has good, smooth, hard surface that
may be stained or painted any desired
color.
Arizona republican., 1908-01-17
Personal Mention

J. NJ. O'Conneil of Bisbee was a bus mess visitor in Phoenix yesterday.
 V. W. Gilbert and daughter of Phila- delphia were among the tourists arriv- ing here yesterday.
 F. w. Reed and wife of Los Angeles were among the visitors here yester- day.
 Mrs. :. E. Gordon and son of Mid land. Mich, arrived here yesterday for the winter.
 Dr. Carl :. Sloan and wife of Bos- ton were among the guests arriving here and are stopping al the Hotel Adams.
 P. F. Byrene of Yuma is registered at the Hotel Adams. and is here on business trip
 T. c. Eagen and wife of Florence spent yesterday in Phoenix
 Among the guests at the Ford yes terday were: F. J. Johnson. Los Ange- les: R. F.. Talbent. Denver; Thomas Gum. Lexington, Ky; John L. Whip pie. J. R. Cook, Wm. Lloyd and John p. Thomas, Nevada; Edwin Pepper. New York
 The following registered yesterday at the Commercial hotel; F.. F. Vaid. Dubuque: Meyer F. Lewis, Oakland; C. Brown. Tempe; P. F. Bryne. G. NJ Abbot. and wife.
Arizona republican., 1908-01-17

Ben Hur will be presented in nov ing pictures at the Bijou tonight.
Arizona republican., 1908-01-17
A New Year Soliloquy

A young girl, ten years of age. who on a mountain ranch of Cave creek, submits the following poem to The Republican for publication. She has come in contact with but few people and her associates have been nature and the authors she has read: l stand upon the mountain peak. And look its slopes adown. Ger hills and trees and glassy creek, Into the vale and town. The vapOry smoke goes curling up From many a chimney tall And steeples and spires are lifting up From mansion, church and hall l love my home on the mountain top Under its dome of blue. But I long for the sight of the orange
 grove
 With it's fruit of golden hue. And I long for the hum of the busy
 school
 With it's hundreds of children gay Who under the guide of the teachers
 rule
 Are learning of wisdom's way But now I look beyond
 To the range in the distant zone, Whose peak and clouds and sky All sweetly blend as one. Beyond this line of vision Are other scopes as wide, But the dearest spot in the universe Is just where I abide.
 -Katherine Philes.
Arizona republican., 1908-01-17

mously during the past ten years, the salaries of teachers. clerks and pro- fessional workers have not been in creased in proportion. If the present shortage results in a general improve ment in the salary figures. it will be hailed with joy by 450.000 teachers in the United States.
 
 The receivership. of the Chicago Great Western railway seems to be likely to end the unique record made by President A. B. Stiekney of having erected financial structure of s107.- O0O. 900 without any bonded debt He started as a school teacher in Minne- sota and he has taught railway man agers some new moves in finance, all the time maintaining a record for in tegrity. breadth and acumen that has won the admiration Of his keenest riv- als. During the year of panic in 1894 in four hours he raised in Dubuque Iowa. S4Oo.OO0 to meet a payroll. giv- ing as security only his plain note, all though gold dollars were nearly as scarce as hens teeth. It is one of the stories told on western roads that he contracted to haul from Kansas City tO Chicago an immense tonnage of pack ing house products. then cut the rates deep. the other roads cutting them still deeper. and so deep that President Stickney immediately shipped all the tonnage he could get over the lines of his competitors. The plan, of which the receivership is a part. is to pay off the sS.50O.OOO of notes now due. by means of a s20,OOO.00O bond issue and to use the millions remaining in the treasury to improve his system-
 The year 1908 will be a record break ing year in the live stock industry if the first two weeks of the year are any indication. The flood of cattle. sheep and hogs that has poured into the Chi cagO market since January 1 has nearly swamped the big packers. whose busy season does not usually begin un- til much later. As a result killing gangs have been working ten hours ing 1907 reached the enormous total of 15.24S.479 animals. which included 3.305,3I4 cattle. 7.201.061 hogs and 4.21S.115 sheep. This was not quite up to the record O. the rear before, but a new record was set for the price paid for the animals which reached the dizzy figure of S326.540.6O Packing house products for the same period were valued at s4O0.0OO.000. Those figures are Of importance as showing the fundamental prosperity of the west. which is too firmly based to be long affected by Wall Street panics-