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The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-20
BANKER WALSH
GETS 5 YEARS
MINIMUM SENTENCE is GIVEN
PRISONER IN VIEW OF HIS
ADVANCED AGE.
ORDERED TO LEAVENWORTH
Effort Will Be Made by Attorneys to
Obtain Writ of Supersedeas
CONDEMNED Man Is
Hopeful.

Chicago, Ill.-John r. Walsh, the
wrecker of the Chicago National bank,
was sentenced to five years in the fed
eral prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kas.,
Friday by Judge A. B. Anderson. Mo-
lions for a new trial and a stay Of
judgment were overruled.
After the lengthy decision from the
court removing Walsh's last chance
for a new trial had been made, the
prisoner was called to his feet and
sentenced.
Have you anything to say, Mr..
Walsh?" asked the court.
Walsh moved his lips and shook his
head, but said nothing audible.
Judge Anderson himself hesitated
for a few moments before he began
the sentence.
THE statutes provide that the Of
lenses such as are charged here shall
be punished by a term of not. less
than five years Imprisonment and not
more than ten years." said Judge An
derson.
Age Reduces Penalty.
I'm view of the age of the defend
ant, of his previous social standing,
and in view of the fact that imprison-
ment itself is so heavy a punishment,
| feel that the law will be subserved
with a minimum punishment of five
years.
"The judgment is guilty as to each
of the counts named, and the punish
ment as now imposed in five years
imprisonment on each count-the
term of sentence on each count to be
served concurrently, and not accumu-
latively. The defendant Is therefore
sentenced to five years Imprisonment
in the federal prison at Fort Leaven-
worth"
Walsh was impressive through the
ordeal of sentence, and a few min
utes after the adjournment Of court
was covered with smiles.
Il am still alive" he said, as he
shook hands with in%Quirers. Now we
are through with Anderson and we
can find out what the upper courts
think about this case. l never felt
better in my life, and l have no fear
of the ultimate outcome"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-20
Police CAPTAIN Slain.

~SS VoFEoHT 0TdnTs
Berdichev, Russia-The police cap.
tain of Berdichev, M. Kartamischeff.
was shot and killed on the street here.
The assassin got away.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-20

The navy is always over the fire.
At home it is roasted and abroad It is
toasted.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-20

Night Schools for Foreigners.
Atlantic City, N. Increase in the
foreign population has forced the
board of education to plan for night
schools.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-20

Because of a series of warehouse
fires four negroes, Dave Poe, Tim Ran
som and the Jenkins brothers, were
taken from a deputy sheriff near Van
Cleave and lynched. The negroes con-
fessed that they had set fire to q num-
Der of warehouses.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-08
Wholesale Prices Are Highest in Years

cent. higher than the average for the
year 1907. iIff
When the commodities are divided
into nine groups every group shows an
increase in price in 1907 as compared
with 1906. For farm products taken
as a whole this increase was greatest,
namely, 1913 per cent; for food. 4.6
per cent; for clothes and clothing, So
per cent. for fuel and lighting, "a
per cent; for metals and implements,
81 per cent; for lumber and building
materials, 4.9 per cent; for drugs and
chemicals. 8.3 per cent; for house
furnishing goods, 6.S per cent, and
for the miscellaneous group, five per
cent.
The effect Of the money stringency
in the latter part Of the last year is
reflected in the decrease recorded in
all commodities during November and
December, the average price showing
a decrease of 3.5 per cent. below Dc.
tober. Of the 258 articles for which
wholesale prices were recorded 172
showed an increase in the average
prices for 1907 as compared with 1906;
IS showed no change and 81 showed
a decrease.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-08
Measles In Pigs.

This trouble is very common with
small pigs. Since it is contagion
it spreads very rapidly when once
there is an outbreak in the herd. Some
Of it's more common symptoms are
coughing and sneezing. The eyes are
red and wattery and there is general
ly discharge from the nose. The
appetite is generally impaired and
there is desire to remain in the nest
or bed the most of the. time. On the
fourth or fifth day red rash appears
on the skin. first in small pmiples, and
later in larger spots which rise above
the surrounding surface of the skin.
While these elevations are the same
on all infected pigs, they are more
easily noticed on pigs whose skins
are white than on the dark skin ami
mails. The pig should have a dry bed
in which to sleep. Perhaps the most
simple remedy is half pint of boiled
f1axseed with the soft feed once day.
Ten grains of nitrate of potash in
the drinking water is also good
Swine Breeders Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-08
Wiley's Poison Squad End Their Test

thought by scientific men to be objec-
tionable because containing caffeine or
other Injurious substances, there is a
wide field for the students to expert
ment.
One Of the most interesting posi-
bilities is the determination of wheth-
er or not feungreek, the famous old
world herb remedy, which is part of
most medicines advertised to increase
flesh, is really what it is said to be,
and will accomplish the purposes for
which it is advertised. A class in
feungreek is said to be one of the pos
sibilities of the early future.
Condition foods for animals also
offer a field of endeavor that DR..
Wiley may yet explore to determine
If the claims made for the various
brands of food are really true.
The experiments conducted by DIR.
Wiley are the first large experiments
of the sort conducted in the scien-
tific world. The classes, which were
started in the fall of 1902, have al
ready gone through a variety of ex-
periments. Borax and boric acid were
the first to receive attention, eulphuric
acid, benzote, formaldehyde and cop
per salts have also been fully tested
as to their effects on the human sys-
tenn when taken with food.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-08

VIZ ASHINGTON.- The nursery of
w Taft's boom for the presidential
nomination was room in the execu-
tive offices of the White House
grounds, where President Roosevelt,
before he left for his home at Oyster
Bay, was shaved each work day. Here,
when the boom was green and ten
der thing, its first young shoots pushed
to the light. Here it was coaxed to
sturdier growth. Here, in full blossom,
1t was talked over and admired.
Frank Hitchcock was the official and
the president the unofficial manager
OF the Taft boom. The president, at
these heart-to-heart talks with the can
didate, was in barber chair A GER
tain White House messenger welded
the razor and lather brush. 1t was the
only part of the day when official bust
ness did not claim all of Roosevelt's
time. It was Taft's one chance to do
most of the talking.
Even then, the barber had to be
watchful, and quick to snatch away
the brush or blade When T. r. wants
to talk he sometimes forgets he is be-
ing shaved. If the BARRIERS hand had
not gamblers quickness, the presi-
dent would have had the lather brush
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-08
Golfers Ready Excuse.

1t Is notorious that golfers, like an,
glers, have reputation for either
drawing the long bow or making ex.
cuses, says a writer in the London
Globe. thought knew every excuse
that could be made, from the man who
missed short putt because a lark
was singing just above his head to the
grumbler who complained that cad
die moved just as he was driving, but
this week heard a new one. 1t was
apropos of the international balloon
race. One of the balloons eventually
landed on the Ashford Manor course,
and the excuse advanced by one play.
er was surely quite original.
When he entered the club he re.
marked: who the dickens could putt
with balloon lowering over your
head dropping sand on you"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-08

faint, far CLEAN of the moon that came
through the symbolically-design
skylight of stained glass overgrilled
with splendid golden Tyre.
A carriage now drove up through
the grounds to the marble steps, and
a young woman was tenderly lifted
out and carried within, and the doors
were locked fast.
They placed the beautiful girl upon
couch awaiting her dropping, pallid
form, and the gentleman who was the
moving spirit of the occasion seated
himself close beside.
A few moments passed, then a flash
of music, like the breaking of a warm
wave of light-for so strange and
beautiful the harmony was-arose
from that part Of the hall where the
| IL musicians were gathered, and
grew and spread in indescFibable
sweetness throughout the resonant
space
The eyes of the young girl now
opened, and through their purple
depths she seemed to drink in the
rich harmony, and her lips fell apart
as If her soul would escape and take
fight on the wings of the ever-ascend-
ing spirit of sound.
Awhile this continued, then, at a
sign from the gentleman seated by the
couch, the music ceased, and silently
each musician bent forward and light
ed little waxen taper affixed to his
music rack, and at the same moment
the rose-colored light above faded and
went out.
In the faint crimson moonlight that
came through the stained glass and
golden Tyre the IL tapers shone like
II tiny, fitful spirits, and now began
to stir with the pulsing of such music
as the ears Of the dying had never be-
fore heard. Under the guidance of
the gifted leader the notes rose and
fell as to the beat of seraphic wand;
they seemed to open like flowers, ex-
banding and giving fragrance, and
died away as softly and exquisitely
as a rose closing back to a bud again
Awhile this continued, the girl
smiling family under the spell of the
perfect harmony, as if she felt on her
forehead the palpable touch of SER
aphic hand. Then one of the IL mu-
sicians extinguished his taper, arose,
and stole away from his companions,
treading softly, as if he feared to
waken some sleeper.
A moment later another taper was
blown out, and another musician ST.
lently stole away to the rear of the
orchestra.
Then, one by one, nine of the re-
naming tapers were extinguished by
q breath, and one by one nine of the
remaining musicians arose and softly
stole away. and there remained but
one lighted taper and one musician,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-08
Dummy Used to Make Test

Walking day and night, without a
single stop, a dummy soldier is max
ing 100000 steps every "a hours in an
endurance test to determine the life
OF several new cartridge belts WI. Il
are under consideration by the DO -
OF ordnance and fertilization of IL.
army. The dummy's tour of duty is at
the Rock Island Qll.) arsenal The
dummy is the size of an average sol
der. By special mechanical appa-
ratus 1t is made to walk, with the
guidance of wire cable, as though on
sentinel duty, in circle in one end OF
hall. The mechanism is such as to
give the dummy the same motion as
would be experienced by the average
soldier in walking. About the waist
of the figure are strapped the various
belts, one at time, which are being
tested. Each Is filed with the regula-
ton number of rounds of service cart
ridges, the principal test being made
with the sharp-nose bullets, to deter
mine how long it will take for thesa
to wear through the pockets of the
belts.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-08

One Of the puzzles of the day is to
find the automobiles which started on
the race from New York to Paris.
When last heard of the remaining con-
testants were somewhere in the wilds
OF Siberia. This was several days ago,
and no tidings as to whereabouts have
since been received. So anxious are
those directly concerned that the Rus
sian committee which is looking after
the race in that quarter has been an
pealed to and has been asked to insti-
tute a search for the missing men and
machines. 1t is to be hoped that
nothing tragic has occurred, yet it
would not be surprising if the venture
some men have met with disaster.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-08
PUBLISHED WEEKLY,
Improving the Consular Service.

improving the Consular Service.
Attention has been drawn to numer.
gus transfers and promotions in the
United States consular service re-
Gently, and careful review of facts
shows that the procedure is in con-
formity with the determination of
president Roosevelt's administration
70 put matters on a plane of higher eff
nciency. A Washington dispatch, con-
sidering the subject at length, says:
Inc changes and promotions are the
nrst fruits of the system of consular
inspectors which was created two
years ago. Under this plan, introduced
IN the consular reform bill then
passed, several travelling agents were
appointed to go from consulate to con-
sulate and to make regular reports to
the department with reference to the
conditions found to exist at each
place" Much benefit to the country
mas come from the action taken by
the administration, and more is like.
~ 10 follow, declares the Troy IN. "
Ilmes. Secretary of State Root, with
tne hearty concurrence Of President
Roosevelt, has shown lively personal
interest in the consular service and
mas sought to make it instrumental in
fostering profitable and pleasant COM
mercial relations with foreign coun-
tries, and this policy is having excel
lent results.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-08
Timely Hints on Farm Work

The sign of the siIo marks a prog
ressive farmer every time.
A case of ingrowing self1shness is
wrose than an improving toe nail.
Weed out and grade up, should be
the watchword of the dairy farm.
Too much water and wet, mushy
food will not lay on fat. 1t takes the
concentrated stuff to do that.
July is just as good month in which
to make new resolutions as January
just SO one makes them and sticks
to them.
Sprayed the trees in May? Very
good. But Mr.. Coddling Moth caght
to have another dose this month.
The man who cannot kick the hired
man harder than the hired man kicks
the COW doesn't deserve the name OF
farmer
We are likely to have good late
pastures this summer, but that is no
veason for neglecting to sow forage
crops next year.
This is the month in which hens
Aest closes up like Hetty Green's char
ity purse unless good shades and ex-
ira attention IS provided.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-08
nR. HARVEY w. WILEY's hygienic

nR. HARVEY w. WILEY'S hygfenic
- experimental students, irreverent-
ly referred to at times as the poison
squad" have ended the seasons feast
ing at the bureau of chemistry, and
their condition is being carefully noted
to ascertain what effect the diet has
had upon each.
Seven young men compose the
class, and they have been giving their
services to demonstrate what effect
saltpeter and variety of miscella-
neous food products chemically or arti-
ficially treated have upon the human
system.
The students have resumed the reg
ulation boarding house meals with
out fear of interfering with the scien-
tif1c investigations Of the govern
ment
Besides taking up such matters as
summer beverages, widely advertised
as possessing medical properties, but
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-08

The japanese did graceful act in
raising and defeating a monument to
the Russians who fell in defending
Fort Arthur. This tribute Of generous
Toes to brave enemies should go far
toward removing asperities, if any re-
main. Russia went into the war with
rather lofty notions as to the inferior
ity OF the Japanese as fighters, a mis-
take which was quickly perceived.
Japan made no such false step. The
mikado's soldiers and sailors believed
they had their work cut out for them,
and that it would not be boys play.
They met the test in splendid shape.
While they won they at no time
showed other than a tolerant spirit.
The testimonial to the fallen Russians
is in line with the magnanimity shown
to Russian prisoners during the war
There is reason to believe that many
OF the cars subjects who enjoyed
Japanese hospitality under such cir
cumstances had the time of their lives.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-08

The match is little thing but 1t
plays most important part in modern
life. Recently gathered information
shows that matchmaking in the United
States has attained the dimensions of
big industry AS it is estimated that
the total consumption of matches in
this country alone is 1855, 900, 00O, 900
annually, it must be apparent that
somebody must be busy to meet the
requirements. OF course matchmak-
ing in the present perfection of the
business is done mainly by machinery.
And the friction match is considerably
less than quarters of century
old. The first one was made at Spring
field, Mass, in 1886. There are many
ways of starting a fire and keeping
the blaze going, but probably it will be
many years before the handy little
friction match shall be wholly driven
from the house.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-08

TT will be of interest to those who
! were busy last year in keeping the
wolf from the door to know that fig
ures on wholesale prices of 258 repre-
sentative staple articles reached the
apex of their soaring last October.
These statistics are for the Is years
between 1890 and 1907.
The annual report on this subject of
the commerce and labor department
shows that the average for the year
1907 was So per cent. higher than for
1906; 444 per cent. higher than for
1897, the year of lowest prices during
the 1S-year period, and 29.5 per cent.
higher than the average for the ten
years from 1890 to 1899. Prices
reached their highest point during the
1S-year period in October, 1907, the
average for that month being IL per
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-08
lei r.
5 The Twelfth Taper
|SII By Don Mark Lemon liz
e r
By Don Mark Lemon
Copyright. by shortstory Pub. Coz

Up to the very completion of the
building there was mystery about it
that grew as the building grew The
artisans had simply followed the
blue-prints, and those plans did not
state to what use the edifice would
be put. The contractor knew no more
than what the blue-prints told him.
The architect was unknown. When
the building was completed it proved
to be one story in height, circular in
form, windowless, but of chaste beau
ty. It stood apart just without the
city limits on an acre of walled ground.
Not far from it were other handsome
structures, for several art and music
clubs, acting in harmony while land
prices were not yet exorbitant, had
erected their halls in the neighborhood
in anticipation Of the citys growth.
No lettering appeared on the edi-
flee and no date, nor any visible sign
or figure that offered a clue to what
use the building would or might be
applied.
When it was completed and the last
artificer had taken his leave, gentle
man carefully inspected the interior of
the structure, then locked it's hand
some doors, and with one backward
prophetic look of sorrow, went his
way, and the building stood untenant-
ed and unentered, in mysterious ST.
lence and beauty. Neither life nor
death passed through its doors; and
the curious wondered in vain.
1t was an evening in June, year
later, when this gentleman who had
been the last to leave the building re-
turned. He unlocked and opened the
heavy bronze doors, and one by one,
perhaps three or four minutes apart,
II men followed him into the pre-
cincts of the hall Each bore in his
hand case of different shape and
dimensions, and moved in silence, as
toward some solemn rite
These IL men were seated in a
body at the upper end of the building,
distinguishable by no light save the
glow cast by one rose-eolored chan
delier suspended high above, and the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-08
UNTRoDDEN BY HUMAN FOOT.
Lizard Head, in Colorado, Has Never
Been Climbed.

The mountains and peaks of the
San Juan in southwestern Colorado
present different appearance from
any of the northern Rockies.
They are grander, more precipitous,
with sharper pinnacles and more jag.
ged in outline. In height, Mounts
Massive, Ebert and Blanca slightly
outrank. those of the San Juan, but
nowhere else can be found whole
groups of mountains rearing their
heads to and above $4,000 feet.
Mount Wilson-14,259 feet-the
dominant peak, is one of the most
massive in the entire Rocky mountain
range. Just east of this mountain is
the remarkable trachyte obelisk called
the Lizard Head" The vivid magma
ton of an early pioneer who had been
seeing things" is said to be RESPONSE.
BILE for the name.
The summit is Il, 100 feet above the
sea. From ponderous base the pin
nacle rises 290 feet with a diameter at
the foot of only about so feet, gradual.
ly tapering to less than half that at
the top.
Lizard Head has defied all attempts
of mountain climbers to reach its
summit. The foot of the pinnacle is
easily accomplished, but thus far the
steep sides of the 290-foot shaft have
proved insurmountable. No doubt the
time will come when the venturesome
mountain climber will find a way, but
many failure is the record of the
past.
Trains circle this mountain for miles
on the way from Telluride to Rico
New York Evening Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-08
Mistakes In Feeding Hogs.

.
J. r. Stratton before the Farmers
Institute of Franklin county, Kansas,
gave the following twenty one mistakes
in feeding hogs:
/. It is a mistake for one mex.
perieneed to undertake the feeding of
hogs unless he expects to make a
study of it and improve upon his mis-
| takes
e. 1t is mistake for the city far
mer, living in town, to trust the feed.
ing of his hogs to the average hired
man. He is not likely to make a
success of it.
8. It is mistake to try to raise
hogs on one exclusive diet. You ask
what kind Of feed to give them.
will ask what kind Of feed can be
produced on your farm and in youn
locality, then give them variety of
it. These feeds should be given in
such relation to each other as to meet
the varied needs of the swine system
4. It is mistake to forget the hog
is a grazing animal
8. It is a mistake if the hog is not
fed in clean place, free from both
dust and mud
6. 1t is mistake to overfeed or
underfeed
Z. Occasionally it is a mistake not
to feed the liquid before the solid
food.
8. 1t is mistake to feed constipat-
ing food and nothing to correct it.
8. It is mistake to feed breeding
stuff as if you were fitting for the
market.
10. 1t is a mistake to feed all sizes
together, whenever the smaller ones
are to disadvantage.
II. 1t is a mistake not to provide
the herd with comfortable quarters at
all times. Failure in this will impair
the usefulness of the feed
IL. 1t is a mistake not to grow the
pigs rapidly from birth to market.
They should gain every pound possible
On the way.
10. 1t is a mistake to feed the
brood sow much corn before farrow-
ing. She should have cooling and laxi.
tive foods.
IA. It is mistake to feed her heav-
lily for some days after narrowing.
is. 1t is mistake to feed her pigs
sour food when they are learning to
eat.
Is. 1t is mistake to fail to feed
the pigs bone and muscle forming ma
terials during their growth.
II. 1t is a mistake to try to feed
both the pig or hog and the worms
that may be in him or the lice that
may be on him. And the hog would
tell you so if he knew how.
Is. 1t is q mistake II the hogs are
not fed at regular intervals.
10. 1t is mistake as rule to feed
too many months before marketing.
20. It is mistake to feed high
priced feeds and then market at loss.
Figure your probable gain or loss,
and govern yourself accordingly.
81. 1t is mistake for any breeder
to think himself so wise that he can
learn nothing more.