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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-09-12
There Was a Clint of Steel, Sharp
Report, and He Pitched HeadIone.

she was imprisoned had been made of
an unknown sand with some strange
inherent quality-somehow bolt of
lightning leaped out of the clear sky,
that mysterious crystal seemed to
draw down upon itself all the electri-
city in heaven, and when l found my
sight again this diamond lay at my
feet"
"And, monsieur, this is your bride?"
"Yes!, yes!" A great passion shook
the speaker and his voice broke pain
fully. "The force of the lightning
compressed that crystal and her sweet
body into what you see-into ultimate
form"
Monsieur, it is a jewel for
deity"
The other made no immediate reply,
but stood looking upon the exquisite
form in the diamond as lover looks
into the face of his beloved. Finally,
he said: She is not dead to me, and
while thus have her with me l care
not what / suffer"
11S LOOh In6 ing llOu Lu6 uOtlOW
of his hand and was about to place it
upon his finger-the diamond inward
when the lovely jewel slipped from
his hold and fell to the floor. AS it
came in contact with the hard tiles,
there was slight explosive sound
and shower of minute scintillating
particles seemed to burst from the
ring itself and scatter like dust on the
air.
With cry of horror, the American
stopped and snatched up the ring. The
diamond was gone utterly from its
setting!
"My God!"
The word was a Shrek, and the
American staggered back against the
wall, his face drawn with unspeakable
agony.
Monsieur! Monsieur! Monsieur!"
The Americans right hand made
quick backward movement
"She never died till now!" he cried.
ooh. my Cod"
There was CLINT of steel, sharp
report, and, as the F'renchman rushed
forward, the other pitched headlong
to his feet, dead!
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-09-12
Her Observation.

He-I love simple things above all
else.
she-Yes; I've noticed how self.
satisfied yoG are.-Chicaan Daily
News,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-09-12
Mrs. J. M. Munyon.


Mrs. ]. NJ. Munyon, wife of the patent
medicine man. She is declared by
many to be the most beautiful woman
at the fashionable summer resort, as
well as the most stylishly gowned and
groomed. She is equally admired
whether she wears a simple frock of
pink or white linen with soft turn
over collar revealing her throat, or
whether she is gowned in one of her
Doullet or Francois models. Mrs.
Munyon is the daughter of Daniel
Neff, Pennsylvania attorney, and is
a woman of more than ordinary edu.
cation. She intends to go abroad
soon to brush up on her French and
German and devote some time to the
classics
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-09-12
ATLANTIC CITY BEAUTY.
The Fashionable Summer Resort Is
New Talking About Mrs. Munyon.

Atlantic City, N. 1.-THE most talked
of woman in Atlantic City just now is
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-09-12
A Bride in Ultimate
By Don Mark Lemon
Copyright, by shortstory Pub. Coz

and last corpse be that of the fugi-
tive?
Brushing by the porters, the Ameri-
can leaped to where the fifth dead
body lay, crushed and mangled past
recognition save by it's clothing, and
yes, the great white polar star-like
diamond that famed upon finger OF
its bloodless hand!
Tearing the splendid jewel away,
the American brought it passionately
to his lips and murmured: Darling,
look up! l am here!"
"Will monsieur show me the ring?"
the French station official questioned,
when again in his private quarters
alone with the American.
The latter drew the jewel from his
breast and handed it with powerful
magnifying glass to the Frenchman.
Look at the heart Of the stone
through the glass;" he said, softly.
The official did as he was hidden
and cry of establishment escaped
him.
Monsieur it is divine!"
Divine! 1t is the work Of God him.
self! Is not He an artist?"
The Frenchman turned again to the
diamond in the ring and for fully five
minutes gave it his unbroken atten.
ton, scarcely breathing, as if he trem-
bled to dim for moment the magni-
flying glass or the limpid gem beneath.
And we'll might the jewel hold his
gaze, for in the heart of the perfect
40-carat stone, attired in simple Gre
clan costume, with a red rose in the
dark hair, lay in repose the minute,
exquisite figure of woman.
Monsieur, she?"
rs human"
"Ah!"
"Yes-and once divine and stately
woman
Monsieur, hoW?"
"She was my bride, and, as she re.
cIined one day within large artificial
crystal, diamond-shaped-we were re.
hearsing for an entertainment in
which she was to appear as the spirit
of the diamonds she reclined in
the attitude which she now keeps,
somehow don't know exactly how,
but 1 think that the crystal in which
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-09-12
cnnerete Unnamed bx Oil.

According to the Engineering Rec.
ord. a concrete tank at the San An
tonic gas works has been in service
for three years, holding heavy Texas
oil without showing any leakage what.
ever, although there is general be,
lief that oil destroys the cohesion OF
concrete.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-09-12
Hoss SENSE.

When the pheasant drumming,
When the autumn cyclones coming,
When the gaunt white wolf of winter is let loose
In the Iniun summer; sonny,
Wouldn't you give ready money
For the wings and for the wisdom of goose?
When the boss that you riding s22
Smells the cinnamon in hiding, OS
When he wheels and and gives his head toss;
When he tries so hard to tell you
That the cinnamon smell you
Don't you wish you had the hess of boss?
-cy Warman.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-09-12
~ Skged@@@@@@=ss@= s.. ~ &
4 THE THRONE \
i OF GRACE \
By REV. A. c. DIXON, D. D.,
Pastor OF the Chicago Ave. tMoody'sl
Church, Chicago.
Scripture Text-Heb. 4:14-16.

T b / 8 scripture
brings us into the
throne DOM of
grace, in which
are the crown
jewels, which we
may not only view,
but possess. They
are seven in num-
Der, and each one
OF us may have
them all.
Access TO Gods
Power.
A throne means
power. Back of 1t
stands the army
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-09-12
RrntpHHtunal UarAa
DR.. C. z. WILLIAMS.

Practicing Physician.
Residence on the corner of Rutland
street, west of the Martindale bouse-
On1ce over the bank.
!. LAY and night calls promptly attend
Shron'c diseases a specially.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-09-12
a MUSICAL PRODIGY,
AZ Age of Two Robert Sang a Song
Now Somposes Piano Pieces.

indianapolis, Ind.-Robert, tie five.
year-oid son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
T. Higgins of this city, is a musical
prodigy.
"hlle the piano tuner was in the
mouse and his mother sat humming to
him, little Robert astonished them
both by suddenly breaking into song
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-29
KEEP YOUNG FOLKS AT HOME

One very common mistake made by
the farmer and his wife is living so
much in the uncertain future and not
enough in the present Planning and
working to save the farm for the
children is all right, but if we want
to save the. restless boys and girls
for the farm we must study as we
go along how to make a half
pleasant place for them. As we grow
older we are inclined to forget we
once were young. The young folks,
overlooking with vitality. must have
amusement. If the parlor is closed
at home and harmless games dis
couraged they will find social life
elsewhere, and when old enough to
earn their living the city will be more
alluring, because they have no pleas
ant memories of the home farm life
Blue Grass Farmer.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-29
If YOU ARE LOST IN THE WOODS

Let the man who is lost in the
woods be very careful not to over
exert himself. His chief dangers lie
lin panic and over exertion, and,
though he may be in a great hurry
to find shelter, | must warn him to
go slowly. Two miles an hour, ON an
average, through the snow in the
woods, is all that a man In his con-
dition will be able TO stand without
overfatgue and its attendant dan.
gers, overheating and perspiration-
By exercising caution, a man may
live through a week of what he is
undergoing. To make this article
brief, however, we shall suppose that
he regains the road by the afternoon
of the first day. He doesn't yet know
of course, just where he is. He
Ishould examine the tracks Of the
person who last passed that way. It
being afternoon, he must follow In
the direction taken by the last pass
ing vehicle or team. as shelter viii
be nearest in that direction. Had it
been morning he would have taken
the opposite direction, as whoever.
made the tracks must have come
from the place where he obtained
shelter the previous night--Outing
Magazine.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-29
CURIOUS USES OF BASKETS BY
MExIcANS.

Perhaps the most curious use to
WITCH Mexicans put their baskets is
to hold gamecocks. Sometimes the
cocks basket is woven for the pur-
pose, oftener it is made from SOM
brero, the wide, high-crowned, straw
hat of the country, into which the
bird is put, hole cut In the crown
to give him air, and the brim care
fully tied down that he may not es-
cape. The bull fight has been called
the national sport of Mexico, but
cock-fghting is much more universal;
fer the humblest peasant may have
his gamecock, which he keeps in a
carefully made cage in his patio,
watches with pride, and tends with
care.
One of the strangest uses to which
a basket has probably ever been put
was the daily appearances in the
streets of young man carrying in
a huge bushel basket on his shoulders
his great grandmother-of unknown
age, who held out a skinny hand to
the passerby for the centavo which
was almost unfailingly given. Sure
ly trust in Providence could go nc
further.-Outing Magazine.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-29
USEFUL POODLE.

One of the city letter carriers has
come in contact with so many poodle
dogs on his rounds that he has often
thought of what use they could be
put to, and at last has solved the
problem and found that they can be
made useful as well as ornamental.
He read this in the pitt
of Sunday paper: GA lady who
kept little curly poodle, lost her
pet, and called on the police to find
it. The next day one of the force
came with the dog, very wet and dir
ty. The lady was overjoyed, and
asked number of silly questions,
among others: Where did you find
my darling?' why ma'am,' said the
officer, "a fellow had him on pole
and was washing windows with
him.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-29
TRAVEL OPPORTUNITY
COMES MONDAY NIGHT
Winchester Will Join Lyman H. Howe
In Tour of Foreign Lands.

The Winchester opera house will be
the scene of many points. of India,
France, Italy, England and Switzer-
land Monday evening. Lyman Fl.
Howe, favorably known in Winches-
ter. comes for an evening with !. his
really wonderful moving pictures and
the same program that thrilled Gin
cinnati audiences at the Lyric theatre
for four weeks, is announced. This
viii include the remarkable repro
duction of the ride on a runaway
train through the Tyrolean Alps
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-29
PRoPITIATING THE WEATHER.


In Macedonia the Greeks organize
great demonstrations in dry sum-
mers. A procession of children Wis
its all the local wells and springs,
accompanied by maiden covered
with garlands and masses of flowers.
This sounds as romantic as our
queen of the May, and it could sur
prise no one if, like Tennyson's her.
oine, she came to sad end, for at
each of the stopping places the poor
dear is drenched with water while
the children sing a rhyming prayer
for rain.-Wide World Magazine.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-29

Now highway experts aided by the
motor car interests and by a power
full association of London and its
suburbs have turned like the trod-
den worm and started an attack on
the horse. 4
The claim they advance is that the
polluting of all public thoroughfares
is done not by automobilists but by
horses; that if no horses were al
lowed to drop organic matter on pub
lie thoroughfares, the dust nuisance
would soon be naught but an m-
pleasant memory. They advance the
logical statement that the nuisance
created by hundreds of thousands of
horses is detrimental to public health
and a menace to the pavements, and
they charge that the continual clean
sing of the streets because of this
traffic imposes vast and an unjust
tax upOn the citizens.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-29
Other New Settlers.

There are other new settlers that
have done equally as well. To the
old timer, the man who has worried
along for twenty years trying to
make a living out of this same land,
shakes his head and says it is beyond
his understanding how these things
can be.
Another illustration may be given
in a different ine.. In this case only
fifteen acres are involved. 1t was
not an attractive piece Of land, but
the new owner went at it with intelli-
gence and skill, and In few months
the fifteen acres were beautiful to
look at. In three years it has come
to be a. fine orchard, where once the
mesquite brush and the cactus ruled
unhampered. In two more years this
orchard will be turning off fruit at
the rate of $500 an acre.
These two examples illustrate what
can be done by intelligent work in
this climate with this soil and ample
water supply, and indicate the char
acter of the reports which are re-
ceived by the Statistician of the U.
S. Reclamation Service, Washington,
ID. c. ~
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-29

Counsel Ito the jury)--''The princi-
pal fault of the prisoner has been his
unfortunate characteristic of putting
faith in thieves and scoundrels OF the
basest description. have done The
unhappX man in the dock puts impiic-
it faith Ia you. gentlemen of the jury"
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-29
THE Amateur Gunner.

MA" asked the little rabbit, "is it
true that pa was shot by an amateur
gunner" Not at ALL" snorted the
mother rabbit, scornfully; the gunner
was shooting at something else. while
your poor father sat behind him and
laughed. Unfortunately the gun
kicked. and the man sat down on
your father and killed him."
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-29
THE PROBABILITY.

First Burglar-Did you get any
thing, Bill?
Second Burglar-No. The bloke
what lives there is a lawyer.
First Burglar-Did yer close"
anything?
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-29
SAFETY IN NUMBERS.

Celestine-And has Mr.. Pryor's
church such a small congregation?
Hilda-Yes, indeed. Every time
he says dearly beloved" you feel as
if you had received proposal Bo-
hemian.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-29
AN EFFORT TO ANSWER.

Gather" said little, Rollo, "what
is the glass of fashion 2"
81 don't know exactly, my SON.
But Englishmen I've met seem to
think it's the monocle."
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-29
Especially Impressed.

Mr.. Page was especially impressed
by the laws regulating automobile
traffic in practically all portions of
France and England. Unlike the
laws prevailing in nearly every sec
ton of this country, the motor car
restrictions of those countries are
framed for the purpose of stopping
reckless driving and the officers re-
sponsible for their enforcement are
not restricted as are American off
cials. No speed limit provisions are
incorporated In the laws of France
or England. If in the judgment of
an officer, a motor car driver is reck-
less even if proceeding at less than
eight miles an hour, he is subject to
arrest. If on the other hand he is
proceeding at express speed ON a
brand new thoroughfare, free from
other traffic, and is not endangering
the lives or the property of others,
he is well within his rights and may
not be interfered with.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-29
AeREEABLLY STRUCK.

Bill-Were you ever struck by a
wave?
Jill-Yes. by a marcel wave.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-29
Source of Qualification.

1t was a source of great gratifca-
ton to the American chairman to be
frankly told in both France and En-
gland that this Nation has stepped
ahead of both those Nations in the
testing of materials for building ma
cadam roads. Various experiments
conducted by the Office of. Public
Roads have developed the fact that ii
is possible in road building to obtain
a better bonded surface by mixing
rocks, such as limestone, with sill
cious rocks, such as granite or sand
stone
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-29
7 tests of them.
Official Invitation.

1t was specifically stated in the Of
fetal invitation sent from France
many months ago that the Congress
at Paris was called for the purpose
of discussing the effect of automobile
traffic upon public highways and if
deemed detrimental to devise means
of overcoming the effect. Asked
what conclusion was reached by the
Congress, Mr.. Page said that auto
mobile traffic and its effect was very
thoroughly discussed and that many
brilliant papers were presented, ev-
cry phase of the question being treat
ed of. As it was impossible to arrive
at a unanimous conclusion, the ques-
ton of damage done was left for a
later determination. 1t was the con-
sensus of opinion, however, that au-
tomobiles driven at ordinary rates
u speed are not especially harmful
TO good hiohwavS
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-29
SIX DISTRICTS IN
FOREST SERVICE


WASHINGTON, Dee. 29.-The in
stitution of six district offices in the
West by the United Staets Forest
Service, a big piec of work whicr
has just been completed, involves q
complete change in the machinery Of
this branch of the government as re-
CARDS the handling of National For
.ests. As result of the re-organi-
cation, the Forest Service force at
the headquarters In this city has
been reduced to the general admin
istrative officers and to those who are
conducting the investigative work Of
the Service outside of the National
Forests.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-29
IRRIGATION WORK
IN new MEXICO
United States Reclamation Service
Turns Desert Into a
Garden.
Special to The News.

lOpeclal TO Inc News.
LAS VEGAS, New Mexico, Dec. 80.
the first crop season, after the
opening of the Carlsbad project in
Southeastern New Mexico, built by
~. S. Reclamation Service, closes
with most excellent showing to the
men who have worked inteligently,
and taken advantage of the natural
conditions existing in this part of the
Territory. The day of the pioneer
is over. He is never a developer In
the true sense of the word. He has
courage to settle on land be it ever
SO uninviting, clear it, and bring it
into semblance of cultivation. He
lgets but small returns as he lacks
the skill to compel the soil to return
beautifully. When the land is clear
ed, his work is done; he passes on,
and his place is taken by the farmer
proper, who knows little about re-
claiming virgin land and never at
tempts pioneer work. When the
rough edges of a new country have
been taken off, he steps in and begins
the real development. The. Carlsbad
lproject is now entering upon its real
agricultural development The pion-
eer has finished his work. An illus
Itration or two will make this clear.
Came From Missouri.
In the fall Of 1906, VIM. E. Ball
came from Missouri and bought a
tract of land adjoining Loving. n
lrigation was new to him. The CHI
matte conditions were strange. The
| soil was not like his old Missouri
soil. The first year Mr.. Ball foun-
dered around, following this mans
advice, and disregarding some other
mans advice. His first seasons
work was apparently failure, and
Iif any man had reason to be dissat-
listed with the country he had. But
all this time he had kept his eye open.
He had learned by his own mistakes,
and by the mistakes of his neigh
bors. At the end of the first year
he had solved the puzzle and began
to farm skillfully and proftably.
He planted about fifty acres of al
falfa. He plowed his ground, har-
rowed it, disked it, narrowed it again,
leveled it, in short went over his
Ian da dozen times or more before
lit was ready to plant. He planted
and the results were a surprise to
his neighbors, who had always
Iclaimed that alfalfa would never
grow in that locality. At the end of
his second season, Mr.. Ball has TAX
en- in enough money to cover his
original investment, and the cost of
EVERY improvement that has been
made on the place, including large
residence, sheds, deep we'll, grainary,
etc. He has a place that attracts
the attention of the passer-by, and is
today worth over 800 an acre, the
original price paid being $40 an acre.
Mr. Ball has planted more alfalfa
this year, and is otherwise improv-
ing his place, being satisfied that the
Carlsbad project is a good place to
live and make a living.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-29
Adopts Discovery.

That discovery-embodied in pub
ieations sent out through the United
States Department of Agriculture
had been adopted by some of the
British highway engineers, and while
In England Mr.. Page was driven over
a number of stretches of splendid
highway built bv the blending of such
material, and was commended by
those who built them.
In conjunction with that phase of
highway construction, Mr.. Page was
asked if it would be possible for his
office to receive about 800 samples
of the characteristic road building
rocks of Great Britain and make lab
ora tOrv tests of them
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-29
Early Days of Republic.

In the early days of the American
Republic, the pack saddle men fought
bitterly against the advent of the wa
|gon. They declared it would make
possible the carrying of heavier loads
and the consequent running of the
pack-saddle industry; the wagon men
fought the stage coach on the the
DRY that it would facilitate traffic
and throw wagon men out of work;
the stage coach men battled against
the railroads on the theory that the
running of street cars would drive
out the stage coach driver; and each
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-29
Horse Car VS.. Trolley.

The fight of the horse car men
against the trolley car is remembered
by all. The claim was then made
that 100000 horses would be
thrown out of work and that horse
breeders would starve. The trolley
lis well-nigh universal, and yet more
horses are raised each year than the
year before and they bring better
prices.
The horse interests have ever
fought the automobile. There have
been thousands of columns of argu-
ment published against it, and short
sighted men have advocated such
heavy taxation against it, that a
great and an ever growing industry
would have been sadly hampered,
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-29
Prior to Arrival.

Prior to his arrival at Paris, Mr..
Page spent some days in England in
the company of some of the famous
highway engineers of the Empire, ex-
amining roads throughout England.
1t is his belief that England has ar
rived as near to the solution of dust
less roadside present dav problem
of all highway engineers-as any Ma
ton. Her engineers have given the
use of bituminous materials for
spraying macadam roads the utmost
thought and care. Spraying high
ways with such materials after sci
ence has been called to the aid of
the highway builder, has tendency
to preserve the solidity of the roads
and prevent the formation of dust;
and England has made such prog
ress In this branch of road study
that many miles of suburban roads
are as free from the breed
ing dust nuisance as the best kept
streets of the principal cities of the
world.
So firm are the highway scientists
in the demand that these conditions
not merely maintain but improve, that
the first fight against the horse has
been taken up by the automobilists.