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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01
Daily Thouuht,

II we will take the good We find,
asking no questions, we shall have
heaping measures. The great gifts
are not got by alysis.-Home Notes.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01

Pretty couture formed Of BAN
deau of silver paillettes and two black
velvet bows; hair dressed low at the
back with. soft curls.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01

The latest Charlotte model is the
revolutionary cap of enormous pro.
portions.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01
J. W. YATES,
- Parish Surveyor -
FOLSOM, LA.

Ali orders left with n. r. Warren,
clerk Of court, or addressed to J. NJ,
States, VSrger PostofRce, La, viii U
R@lVe prompt attention.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01
fntRHatn1tal UarnH
DIR. c. z. WILLIAMS.
Practieing Physician.

1@cIIc1ng Physician.
residence on the corner of Rutland
n ess, west of the Martindale house.
Sfiice over the bank.
10y "a ana night calls promptly attend.
chronic diseases specially.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-23
str:ona Rooms.

The Bank of Englnnd's strong room
ls one Of the largest In the world. Tho
foundation, sixty-slx feet below the
street level, is q bed Of concrete TWEEN
ty feet thick. Above this Is lake sew
en- feet deep. and above that thick
plates Of iron specially manufactured
to resist both skill and force Any one
attempting an entrance from above
would find similar bed of concrete,
similar lake ard similar plates of iron.
The walls are mpenetrable, while the
doors are one foot thick. weigh four
tons each and are made absolutely un-
drillable.
The Imperial Ottoman bank, Con-
stantinople, had marvellous steel fort
built upon water bearing rock, and
on top of the rock foundation is four
foot bed OF concrete. The height Is
over thirty-six feet, length forty-six
feet and width twenty-four. The steel
walls are surrounded by masonry and
concrete six feet thick throughout,
while the whole comprises nearly thir-
ty tons OF gteel.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-23
Oosmopolitnn New York.

speaking OF living In foreign
city where one is disturbed by lack
of knowledge of the language" re-
marked the New York woman. "the
man who does my collars and cuffs is
Chinaman; don't pretend to talk
with him; the waiter at the Italian
restaurant which II pleases me to
frequent is Frenchman; the man
OIL the corner who sells me my Mexi-
can oranges is Italian; the owner of
the small grocery where they have the
best coffee is German; the laundress
who washes my lingerie Is ncgress
with soft and musical but OCCASION
ally almost incomprehensible dialect.
and the porter who comes TO clean up
nay studio is Dutch. don't try to
talk with him. merely point to
the Windows or rugs and then to my
pocketbook." ts a
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-23

denmark Is stingicst OF All Coun-
tries 20 Her Legislators.

! The Norwegian member of Par
lament gets only thirteen shillings
day and II the hard worked legisla-
tor takes day Oft he loses his pay
The same is the case with members
of the Swiss Diet. They are rewarded
with sixteen shillings day. on con-
idition that they do not absent them
selves from work.
/ To go further East. we find that
Roumania thinks her lawmakers
worth a 81 day. Sixteen shillings a
day ia the salary of those who COM
pose the Bulgarian Sobranje, but
members who live In the capital get
only twelve shillings daily.
Denmark Is about the stingiest OF
all European countries, SO far as re-
,munerating her lawmakers is con
lcerned. Danish members of Parlia-
ment get but six shillings eight
pence a day; but. on the other hand.
they have the odd privilege Of free
seat In the royal theater In Copen-
hagen.
While the members Of the German
Reichstag are not salaried, yet the
lawmakers of the various German
States do not work for nothing
Saxe-Coburg members Of Parliament
are paid thirteen shillings, of Ba-
yaria ten and of Hesse nine.
At first sight Hungary seems to do
her lawmaking on the cheap plan,
for her members get $500 a year In
cash. But they are not so badly OF,
after all. for liberal allowance is
made into the bargain for house
rent. Austria -Hungary's two leglsla-
tive assemblies cost the country
about 100000 a year In all. Both
in Austria and Hungary legislators
can travel first class with second
class tickets.
Besides the United Kingdom, Italy
and Spain are the only countries
which pay nothing to their members
OF Parliament. Nevertheless. the cost
of the Italian Parliament is estimated
at $4,000 year.
In Portugal also the State does not
remunerate legislators, but they re-
ceive free railway passes. and their
constituencies are legally permitted
to pay those who represent them a
sum Of about fifteen shillings for
each day of the session.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-23
vlaorlte ls New ExpIoslve.

A new explosive is exploding in
Bavaria about ten times as explosively
as the most powerful OF any would-be
rival concoctions, and has been chris
tened vigorite. Prof. Schultz and MIR.
Gehre are responsible for its existence
and use new type of nitrous COM
pound in its manufacture.
When combined with saltpeter II is
particularly sensational 1t is not af-
fected by friction or impact, by damp
or by frost. When ignited in the open
air vigorite does fiot explode, but burns
slowly. Works will be constructed be.
fore long at Lohr-on-the-Main for its
manufacture Exchange.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-23

Marion fsndom has now seen
every club in the league in action
al Webb park and II cannot be
said that any club in the league
has anything on the Diggers Though
defeated four straights by Lancas-
ter, Marion should have copped
two. II not three of the games with
the luck breaking evenly.
Lama is going better now than
when Kahls men played here but
30 are the Diggers. The team I s
batting hard running bases like
wild men and never quits until the
last man has been retired. The
pitching stan OF this club Is as
strong as any In the league and
all OF the men are in good shape.
Brown. who was signed several days
ago should be here before long and
Mianagre o'Day has just had word
from Rube Green. of the Lincoln
club that Zaehert, a left handler,
who has done well there thds season
will be sent to Marion in the near
: future. When Informed OF the ac-
tion OF Williams In jumping the
club, Green. who sent the players
here advised that he be suspended.
Wilmot, Burk, Fox and Lucas are
all In the pink of condition and
ehould continue 10 improve In form
as the season advances. Aided by the
timely and terrific hittine OF the
club each one of them should win
large majority OF the games.
That the club Is made up OF the
right kind of stun for a champion
ship team is evidenced By the num-
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-23
BASEBALL UMPlRES.
Kicking on Their Decisions 10 as Old
as the Game.

Kicking on Their Decisions 10 as Old
as the Game.
Much has been said and written
about the habit that ball players have,
and apparently cannot break them
selves OF entirely, of disputing deci-
sions Of the umpire. The practice dates
back for many years. AS far buck as
1860 In an account of a game between
the famous Atlantics Of Brooklyn and
the Excelsiors there appeared the fol-
lowing:
I'VE hope to see the boys play of dis.
putting over the decision OF umpires en-
tirely done away with"
Many years have passed since that
was written. and the players still dis
pute what In some quarters II Is ar
gued should be the sacred decisions OF
the judges of play. Nowadays the best
umpires In the game make allowance
for the state Of mind player is In
while engaged In close contest.
The following extract Is from a New
York paper printed In 1867
"Kelly says that Peck's dummy has
created quite an excitement on Ann
street Dressed In a full baseball rig.
he looks quite natty. Scoheld OF the
Haymakers did think about bringing
the figure over TO the Union grounds
to act as umpire In the Haymakers-
Eckford game yesterday. but young
man named Mcneil was found who an
syered nearly as well."--New York
Tribune.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-23
SILK From Guncotton.

Science threatens to put the silk
worm out of business. French chem
lists have discovered at least three
distinct methods of competing with
the old reliable but extremely delib-
crate silkworm.
Perhaps the most interesting of
these is the manufacture of silk from
guncotton, which also serves as a
base for the most powerful of mod
ern explosives.
The viscous fluid from which the
silkworm spins his thread is chemi-
cally duplicated by a process de-
scribed in the Technical World. The
fabric thus produced Is infiammable,
and In order to remedy this defect 1t
is treated with an alkali sulphide
solution.
The founders Of the new industry
have kept in view not so much the
exact reproduction of natural silk as
the production OF substance which
embraces It's valuable properties.
Natural silk possesses to large
degree qualities of brilliancy, elias
ticity, strength, affinity, for coloring
and bleaching materials. and when
handled peculiar rpstling sound,
known as scroop. Perhaps the brill
liancy and scroop OF silk are the
best known of It's qualities, and It is
in these two respects that artificial
silk most closely resembles natural
Its brilliancy being greater and its
scroop slightly less.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-23
Weight of the Sexes at Varying Ages

II all the men and women, boys
and girls. and infants--black. white,
yellow. brown, or red--in all parts of
the world. could be weighed on the
same scales. the average weight
would be nearly one hundred pounds
ayoirdupois. Six-pound infants and
three-hundred-pound giants contri-
butte to the average.
Upon the average, boys at birth
weigh a little more and girls a little
less than seven pounds. For the first
twelve years the two sexes continue
nearly equal in weight, but beyond
that age the boys acquire a decided
preponderance. Young men of TWEEN
ty average 1876 pounds, while the
young women of twenty average 40
pounds each.
Men reach their heaviest weight at
about forty years OF age, when their
average weight will be about l40
pounds; but women slowly increase
in weight until fifty years of age,
when their average weight will be
130 pounds Taking the men and
women together, their weight at full
growth will then average from 1OS to
100 pounds; and women from 80 to
1870 pounds.
AS weight increases, the normal
human pulse becomes slower, and
then, as weight grows less, In old
age, the pulse becomes faster again.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-23
How Meerschaum Is Mined.

'Meerschaum is mined like COAL"
said pipe dealer. 1T is soft, soap
like stone. and in Asia Minor its min
Ing is an important industry.
THE crude meerschaum is called
hamtash. 1t is yellowish white in color
and red clay coat or skin envelops
1t. The blocks cost from $25 to 5000 a
CARLOAD. They are soft enough to cut
with knife.
"These blocks in summer are dried
by exposure to the sun. In winter q
heated room is necessary.
FINALLY, the meerschaum blocks ar1
sorted into twelve grades, wrapped in
cotton and packed In cases with the
greatest care.
'The bulk of all this meerschaum
goes to Vienna. There the best pipe
makers in the world live."-Philadel-
phia Bulletin.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-23

to rain and the game was stopped
FOR twenty-five minutes Whib the
field was wet when play was re-
sumed II did not prevent some
pretty playing by the Diggers. New
ark had not chance to score on
Burk while Beeman was pounded by
the Diggers. With one down Wolfe
walked. stole second. He scored on
Kings single and when Tate and
ODDay followed with doubles. two
more runs, three in all, were added.
Anderson made the circuit In the
seventh on a single, sacrifice. an
out and wild pitch. Tate got on
in the eighth went to second on an
out and scored on Ketters second
double, long drive to the middle.
A bright particular feature of the
game aside from the pitching Of
Burk was a one handed catch of
foul pop by King in the sixth in
ming. The score.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-23
MARION HAS SEEN ALL AND
DIGGERS LOOK The BEST

Der OF games won by Marion when
the opposing clubs have secured
what seemed safe lead. The Dig
gers never know when they are
whipped.
iODay has his club well drilled
out in every game is very pleasing
to the clubs admirers. In q tenn
porary slump for a few days the
Diggers were almost overhauled by
Lancaster and Lima, but the club
showed that II could stand the pace
and pulled out safely for the time
being at least. II will be a hard
fight from now on to hold the lead
but the Dggers believe that they
are equal TO the occasion.
That the strongest competitors
OF the DNygers will be the Lanks
and the Limas is conceded. Newark,
until IL is strengthened In the pitch
ing and catching department will
not be contender. Springfield Is
going better and Ransick will
probably strengthen up enough to
give some club chase for that first
division. Mansfield, when Bailey
gets in better schape. will win more
games than 1t has lately.
There has been but little support
given Ranslck at Springfield by the
fans in spite OF the fact that the
newspapers have treated him with
every courtesy. 1t is rumored that
Ranslck may transfer his club to
Findlay which city. II is said. is
very desrous OF getting the fran
chiss.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-23
Circulation Of the Blood.

The Idea OF some sort Of movement
Of the blood In man and the lower an
lmas was possessed by Aristotle and
other Greeks aud by the physicians Of
the Alexandrian school as well as by
the doctors and surgeons Of the middle
ages. In fact, even the village BARRIERS
knew OF such movement. But no one,
not even the wlsest of men, had any
conception OF continuous stream re-
turning to its source-a circulation In
the true sense Of the word-or of the
functions of the heart as the motor
power of the movement of the blood
until It was demonstrated by Harvey
In 1928.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-23
cheap cottaae ExhlbItIon.

A "cheap cottage" exhibition was re-
Gently held at Letchworth. in England.
A number of comfortable cottages were
shown. which, including the builders
profits. cost less than $3.50. They were
Intended to make wholesome, COM
Portable home for the workingman and
his family. and not to be "glorified pill
boxes" to quote the Duke Of Devon
shire. who is one Of the foremost ad-
vocates OF the cottage city" idea.
Beauty was sacrificed for utility and
healthfulness.
"The laborer's wife cares great
deal more. or should. for sixpence a
week less rent than for all the art in
all Ruskin's.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-23
The Smallest co,ns.

The natives of the Malay Peninsula
have In use the very smallest current
coin In the world. II Is a sort of waf-
er. made from the resinous juice Of q
tree, and is worth about one-ten-thou'
sandth of penny. The smallest meta
coin In circulation at the present day
Is the Portuguese three-reis piece
worth lve-one-hundredths of pen
ny. The smallest coin circulating Off
cially in any part OF the British empire
is the iye-millosima piece of Gibraltar
about half farthing.-Lahore Trib'
une.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-23
Hand Newark IL to 8 Defeat
Yesterday.
BURK IN FINE FORM
Stands Molders on Their
Heads with Ease.
Balloon Ascension Gives Newark
Three Then Diggers Pound the
Ball--Rain Mars Great Game.

A game seemingly lost yesterday
afternoon when the Diggers INDUCED
in little airship practice in the
second was pulled out of the fire
by terrific slugging. Stopped by the
arm for twenty-five minutes the
battle was resumed and while Burk
held the call,rs safe the Diggers
piled up the runs. The final count
gave Marion eleven and Newark
three.
Burk worked in magnificent
form. He had the Alolders standing
on their heads from the start and
until 1t rained there was but one
caller who hit safely. Errors be-
hind him in that fatal third came
near handing the visitors the con-
tets on a silver platter.
Farrell opened up for Marion
after Newark had been retired in
order. by banging one to left for
a basr. Wolfe sacrificed and Far
rell was caught between third and
second whea King grounded to Bee
man. About seven Newark players
got into the chase after Farrell
who was finally touched by Wrat-
ten. King went to second on the
play and Tate got gift. ODay's
clout to the left garden brought
King across.
Then the balloon went up. With
Gygli out of the way Murray roll
ed an easy ole to short that got
away from Wolfe. Smith hit through
Ketter's legs and when Wilson also
let the ball go through him to the
fence Murray crossed the rubber
and Smith went to third Here the
squeeze was worked for a tally.
Burk threw Wratten' g bunt wild
and Irve went to second He kept
on giong when Wilson made his
second error of the inning, throw
ing away the ball In an attempt to
catch Wratten With Wratten COM
ing In Williams laid one down and
went out at first. Beeman lifted
to Wilson. Thrne runs without
hit 1t was the worst ascension
ever indulged dn by the Diggers.
But by the way OF reparation
Wilson opened up the next frame
with double to right and he count
ed when Burk planted a hard one
along the left field line.
II was In the third that there
was some tall slugging done by
the Diggers. King star tedotuuo' 20
the D!ggers. King started out with
two cushion lam to center and
Tate put him on third with a
sacrifice. O'Day got pass and Ket-
ter followed with a double in left
scoring both. Wilson then knocked
the sphere out OF the lot and
brought In Ketter ahead of him.
After Newark had been retired
runless in the fourth 1t commenced
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-23
Great Depths Of ocean.

A French writer in scientific mag
azine tells OF the great ocean depths
OF 5000 to 10000 feee, the tempera-
ture tending toward zero. the perpetual
darkness ranging below depths OF
about 1880 feet. At that level plants
deprived of light, cannot exist. The
organs OF sight, not being used, have
become atrophied and disappeared. Yet
there is light even In that sightless
world. A German exploring ship found
q fish with enormous eyes AT depth
Of 6,400 feet-Exchange.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-23
rrapped bx II. portralt.

II an old English writer be true in
his observations. the pheasant must be
very simple bird, for he declares that
II puts Its head In the ground and
thinks that oil Its body Is then hidden.
The same author says that 1t was also
captured by another curious plan. A
picture OF the bird was painted ON
cloth and then placed In spot where
II was sure OF being seen. BY and by
q silly pheasant coming along catches
sight of the portrait and goes up to
have close view Of the new neighbor.
While engaged In inspecting the can
vas the fowler draws near from behind
and throws his net over the unwary
art student.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-23
sccentrIcItIss Of the Shah.

Recently he came upon kitten that
Immediately charmed him. For @
while the shah played with the kitten
and at last he picked It up and present
ed It to the grand yizier with the In
structions to take good care of 1t. Its
owner. the wife of gardener, ven
tured to protest. She loved the kitten
she could not part with II; but the
grand yizier threw her piece OF gold
silenced her with an awful look, and
walked OF with the kitten under his
arm.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-23
The Letters of Junius.v

The vexed question of the real au-
thorship of the Letters OF Junius" has
never been positively settled. Mr.. Cha
bots learned work to show that Sir
famous letters. while strong produc-
ton, falls Of absolute proof. The at
tempt was made to prove that. Thomas
Paine wrote the letters. but that, too,
failed to convince. The question ID
still mystery, though the balance of
the evidence is IN favor OF Sir Philip
Francis.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-23
lndia's Mounted Nurse corps.

India has stan of mounted army
nurses. The Indian government allows
these ladies OF the Indian nursing serv-
Ice 30 rupees month for the upkeep
OF their horses. and free conveyance OF
their animals to, and from active sery-
ice. This corps OF nurses are all ladies
OF good social position, and have to un-
dergo three years traiuing in general
hospital before qualifying.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-23


Burk Is keeping up this wonderful
work for the Diggers and in every
game he seems to get better. De-
spite the discouraging conditions
that prevailed in the second inning
ascension yesterday he kept working
harder than ever and prevented the
,Molders from taking advantage of
the confusion by rapping out
enough safe ones TO sew up the game.
III he continues to fling in good It is
certain that he will not be with a
Glass c club next year.
Captain Kahl, of Newark, protested
call It in the sixth inning, but
Handiboe refused. Kahl was wild
ling to play until 1t was unnecessary
to refund the money and then he
wanted to quit. That the field was
At for playing Is evidenced by the
fact that Marion fielded faultlessely
in the mud and shut out Newark.
The game was completed and the
protest will avail the Molders moth
ing.
Lucas will probably work today
against Mansfield and AL Wilmot
will go in tomorrow On Monday,
Gus Fox will occupy the elevation.
Mansfield arrived here at noon and
Manager McVey announced that he
! is going TO take all three OF the
games or at least two of them from
the Diggers. There are about four
teen Dlggers who will have some
thing to say about that.
AS the last Sunday game for two
weeks will be played at webb park
tomorrow the largest crowd of the
season is expected to attend.
Marion fans will not admit that
any team in the league has anything
on the Diggers.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-23
JAps IN GAN FRANCISCO.
Have Entered into Lively Composition
with Americans.

Satisfies gathered in San Francisco
In regard to the Japanese engaged In
business show that they have entered
lively competition with Americans in q
large number of occupations which the
Chinese do not invade. There are st
Japanese hotels In San Francisco, &C
restaurants. 16 intelligence Offices,
shooting galleries. IL billiard rooms
and 75 housecleaning Offices. These are
all licensed; and there is large num-
ber OF unlicensed cobblers, butchers
janitors. porters and domestic servants
Exchange.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-23
sPRINGFIELn

Runs-Jewell, spratt: Burt. Boz
ainnon, Spencer Left on bases
Mansfield. 8: Springfield, 8. Three
base hits--channell, Breymaier, Doo-
In. Two base hit-iDoyle. Stolen
bases-Flood. spratt, Reynolds. Dou-
ble play--Kettler to Jewell 10 BIery.
Sacrifice hits-iKettler, Reynolds.
'Frst base on balls on Lloyd, 4: on
Bailey, 2. Struck out-'By Lloyd. s;
BY Bailey, G. Hit by pitcher
Kettler. spratt, channell Time--d :57.
Umpire--,Kiefer
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-23
{, single.

In three times up Hugh Tate got
a double and single. The latter,
though, was little pop to the In
field which dropped safe because OF
"a Misunderstanding among the
Nfolders. II counts just as much as
"a home run in the averages.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-23

Run-Kahl. Left on bases-Ian-
caster, 6; Lima, 5. First base on balls
-Off Justus, 2; off Pickett, 2. Sacri-
fee hits-E. Rellley 2, Lindsay, Dou-
BILE plays-Humphreys to Gowdy;
Newnahm to Sykes. Stolen bases
Sykes, 2. Struck out-By Justus,
o; by Pickett, 4. Time--l:50. Um-
pire--TIart Attendance-900.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-23

Two pretty doubles were raped
out by Ketter yesterday. Phil is
Islamming the ball around in nice
shape and is doing some good hitting
in the pinches.