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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

tails of some outbreak after the doors
of the senate chamber have been
closed to all except senators and one
or two sworn employees who keep its
records. One newspaper man recently
sat through a part of a secret session
and left of his own free will. He is
Jerry A. Mathews, representative of
one of the three press associations
which during the open sessions of the
senate are given the privileges of the
floor
Coming down the corridor one after
noon Mr.. Mathews pushed through the
senate doors and took his usual place
below the clerks desk. A treaty was
being read. After looking about him
it dawned upon the newspaper man
that he was being closely examined
by two or three senators. One moved
over to a group and pointed at Mr..
Mathews, and together they seemed
to be discussing him. Things seemed
dull, and after a short stay on the
floor Mr. Mathews left the chamber
and joined some friends in the press
gallery.
What is that they are reading down
there, Tom?" he asked the represen-
tative of another press association.
Why, don't know" was the reply.
They are in executive session"
mo, they are not" hastily put in
Mr.. Mathews. Then the situation
dawned upon him. There had been
no doorkeeper at the entrance when
ne passed in to warn him and he had
unwittingly enjoyed a part of an exec
utive session.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04
THOSE NEW HATS.
Aid Fight Against tuberculosis.

At the recent meeting of the Ma.
tional Association of Bill Posters, held
in Atlanta, Ca, it was decided to DO
nate to the campaign against tubercu-
losis $1,2O0,O00 worth of publicity.
The bill posters in all parts OF the
United States and Canada will I'LL
the vacant spaces on their $500 bill
boards with large posters illustrating
the ways to prevent and cure con-
sumption The Poster Printers asso-
citation has also granted 100000
worth of printing and paper for this
work. This entire campaign Of bill
board publicity will be conducted UNI
der the direction of the National As
ISOLATION for the Study and Proven
ton of tuberculosis in cooperation
with the National Bill Posters asso-
citation.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04
Grave and Disnified Kansas Senator
Explained the Reason for
His Antipathy.

The dignified Kansas state senate
INDUCED in little hilarity the other
afternoon. Everything was going
along placidly, all brows were serious
and complete peace reigned, when
Senator Brady of Douglas arose and
introduced a resolution.
THE clerk will read" said the
chairman. The clerk read:
Whereas, Senator Overfeld has
objected to the color of the whiskers
Of the man who stands at the door
of the entrance or the senate; there
fore, be it
Resolved, That the afore designated
employe be instructed to change the
color of his beard so as to satisfy the
taste of the senator from Montgom-
cry.
"(signed) Emerson Carey, Fred
Robertson, J. A. Milligar, S. M. Brew.
ster. w. w. Glenn, ]. L. Brady, G. L,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04
Look AZ The Names.

In A. D. Fearaidhach-F Ionfashtna
was an Irish king. a most just and
good prince" who was slain by his
successor, Fiachadh-Fion, who was
treated to a similar fate by Finchadh-
Ffonohudh, "the prince with the white
cows" who died at the hands of "the
Irish plebeians of Connaught." Eoch-
airh-Moidmeodhain was one of the
half dozen who died of natural causes,
and F1aithbheartagh was one Of the
two to resign the monarch's scepter
for the monks cowl.-New York
Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

Characters - Mrs. Westmoreland,
young mother; Mr.. Westmoreland.
young father; Edith Chamberlain.
young sister; Robert Chamberlin,
young brother; Baby herself; nurse.
Scene-Parlor in Mr.. Westmoreland's
house; time, evening. Mr.. West
moreland, Edith and Robert seated
around table reading.
(Enter Mrs. Westmoreland.)
Mrs. W.-Upon my word, Frank. I
can't stand this an hour longer! Here
you all sit perfectly calm and CON-
posed and the baby no nearer being
named than she was three months ago,
when she came into the world! Our
horses and dogs and even our cat has
a name, and my poor little baby
Mr.. w. (seriously)- see here,
Carrie, think we've had about enough
e this! For three months there has
not been single subject discussed in
this house but naming the baby. For
my part, I've made up nay mind to let
it go at Baby" and end the whole
business.
Mrs. Wand let it go at "Baby"
when she is twenty, thirty, even fifty
years Of age, I suppose. How absurd!
Mr.. W.-Well, it's your fault, my
dear.
Mrs. Why fault! OF course, I
knew you were going to say that! Pos
itively you will drive me crazy! l
don't sleep at night! I just lie there
in the dark, while you snore away,
and call over every name on earth, in
the family and out of the family, and
it Is not that nothing suits me, but
nothing suits her. You see she is such
different baby, so entirely different
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

One of the Zeppelin airships is to be
permanently stationed at Metz. That
town is a fortress in Alsace-Lorraine,
which Germany acquired from France
at the close of the Franco Prussian
war. The German government gets
its supply of war balloons from Yep
pelin. and there you are. France has
been indulging freely in airships for
military purposes, but glance in the
direction of Metz, once a French
stronghold but now German posses
sion, will be sufficient to show that
there are others.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04
They Were Good No4hers

Elizabeth Cady Stanton is quoted a
saying that woman's first duty is to
develop all her powers and possibili-
ties, that she may better guide ana
serve the next generation. Mrs. STAN
ton raised seven uncommonly healthy
and handsome children, says an adj
mirer of hers, and the children OF Mrs.
Julia Ward Howe testify to the viz
tues Of the noted woman as q moth
er. The eagle may be as good moth
er as the hen or the goose.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04
Objected to the Whiskers

Chapman, John T. Denton, G. H,
Hodges. Fred H. Quincy, Charles s.
Huffman, E. E. Anderson"
There were yelps of laughter, and
the senate went on as If nothing had
happened.
When Overfield was getting up the
cigars after the adjournment he ex.
planned the cause of the excitement.
Why, that doorkeeper out there has
long set of whiskers, and every
time / pass by him to come into the
house those whiskers strike me in the
face. don't like their color, and hap.
pened to mention it to Senator Carey
That was all. kansas City Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04
Khaki Uniforms Discarded.

Tie United States army has dis
carded khaki. The service uniform in
the future will be an olive drab cot
ton cloth. Nine hundred thousand
yards are needed each year. The
khaki was intended particularly for
use in the tropics, but it has been
found too warm. The war depart-
ment said that it could get in Eng.
land the kind of khaki used by Brit
ish troops in India and Africa, but the
government refused to purchase ma
terial abroad and decided on the
American made cotton.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

How wealth may be piled up quietly
and amazingly is instanced in Eng.
land, where the death of compare
lively unknown resident of Reading,
where he lived practically as recluse.
reveals that he left an estate of $50.
100000 to $75,O0O,0O0, from which the
government will collect about $4,000
900 in death duties and succession
taxes. The most successful men are
not always those who make the great.
est stir in the world.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

The German company which is
building a non-rigid dirigible balloon
with lifting capacity of 81 persons
has evidently not been frightened by
the fate OF the big non-rigid Cali.
fornia dirigible which broke under the
weight Of large load of passengers
and dropped them to the earth. I'm
less the weights beneath non-rigid
airship are carefully adjusted the
strains are apt to be dangerous to the
envelope when the ship is driven
through the air by her propellers.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04
A Financial Eplnran,.

III. H. Rogers" said New York
broker, always advised young men
to get hold of capital. He used TO
point out to them that without cant.
tai man could do nothing, nothing
He used to pack this truth into yery
neat epigram.
Fortune he used to saw eap,t
knock at the door of a man who has
no house,"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

Baseball was never before so big
a business, and it was never so big a
task to keep the business going just
right, but there is never a hint of
crookedness in that sport. No won
der it is the national game!
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

In various European and American
magazines and other publications we
see a great many articles under such
titles as why England Fears Ger
many why France Fears Germany"
etc. 1t seems that there is hardly a
nation in Europe that doesn't fear
Garmanv
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04
Her Intentions.

DO you think your sister will mar.
ry me?"
''If you keep comm"
Have you heard her say anything
about it,"
Il heard her tell ma that If Won
didn't stop comm here so often she'd
make things unpleasant for Won"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

There are dried apples-why mot
dried potatoes? Germany is trying
practical experiments in the direction
of the latter economy, and several
potato drying plants are in operation,
in different sections of the empire. It
takes 800 pounds of potatoes in their
normal condition to make 220 pounds
when dry. A brisk market is found
for the product, owing to the advanc-
ing price of grain.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04
Thaws Explosives Economically

An electric heater for thawing ex.
plosives is used at the Roosevelt
drainage tunnel in Cripple Creek. Col
1t is in successful operation. The cost
of this method of heating is about 1e
cents for "a hours, and is said to be
far more economical than coal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

New York continues the good prac-
tice of letting poor people sleep in
some Of the parks these hot nights
An extra police guard is detailed and
everything is orderly. Some of the
victims in stuffy hotel chambers must
be filled with longing to be poor "for
one night only"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

If you see rattlesnake in your
summer peregrinations, do not run to
the faithful flask. Modern science de-
clares that those who recovered
through its agency in the past must
have owed their lives to lively imag-
inatfon, as the remedy is without
merit
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04
Prepared for the worst.

How long had your wife's first hus-'
band been dead when you married
herr"
about eight months"
Only eight months? Don't you
think she was in good deal Of a
hurry?"
"Oh, ] don't know. We had been
engaged for nearly two years."
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04
SAT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Jerry Mathews, Washington Press
Representative, Once Enjoyed I'm
usual Distinction.

EPORTERS are
not allowed to be
present at the Sc
cret sessions of
the United States
senate. Some of
the difficult work
which newspaper
men go up against
at the capitol is
gathering the de-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

Here is powerful argument for
the more-daylight plan: 1t would give
the human race two extra hours in
the afternoon to see the baseball
game. .........
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04
GAVE HER AN IDEA.

Cycle Dealer-Here is a cyclometer
can recommend. 1t is positively &C.
curate; not at all like some cyclone
tiers, which register two miles, per-
haps, where you have only ridden one.
Miss de Byke-You haven't any OF
that kind, have YOU?
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

With the capable flying machine
cutting high links the Dreadnoughts
are beginning to wonder if a more
modest name would not be a better
f7f
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

free and Independent America has
100000 hay-fever victims. They should
take the matter to the supreme court,
as 1t Is clearly unconstitutional.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

AS no word has been received from
Peary for a good while it Is no more
than polite to assume that he has dis
covered the north pole.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

A lemon famine is threatened, it is
said. Perhaps this is due to the fire.
Quency and number with which they
nave been handed out of late.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04
Getting at the Root.

Fair Patient-oh, doctor, I'm posi-
lively all run down and I'm SO miser.
able, | have that tired feeling all the
time.
Physician-No doubt. Let me see
you tongue.-Cleveland Leader.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

When you go on your vacation take
along a little something to keep OFF
the mosquitoes and then a little some.
thing to cure the bites.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

In this age Of realism why not reno
vate some of the old saws? How
about "The typewriter is mightier
than the repeating rife?"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

Ii the scorching automobiles blew
up their dust in front instead of stir
ring 1t up behind they would go more
slowly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

POISON ivy adds nothing to the gen.
eraI JOY of a Sunday school picnic.
Let the management bear this in
mind.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

0elp the summer charities to help
Tue poor ward off disease and death.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

Only very deaf man does not hear
the call of the summer resorts at this
time Of the year,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

Clean streets and alleys mean bet
Ter public health.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

very soon the days will begin to
grow shorter, like the funds Of the
man on vacation.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

DrlVers of aeroplanes should keep
to the right,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

Resiliency Of Language.
1 say, we are down on our lucki"
Yes, we certainly are up against
it!" "sAlnS'
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04
Wen, What2

Pal"
Johnny, leave me alone and done
ask me another question:"
Jaw, jest one more an then III
keep still"
We'll, what is it?'
What relation is cousin german
to a Dutch uncle Cleveland T.aa5ar
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04
"a Green one

A Green One.
DO you look for news of Howara.s
hunting trip in the sporting column p,
NO, in the obituaries. "-Lise
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

orville Wright rose to the occasion.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-08-16

wefe the feature of t1e game
En1e Geist Wa ID the box for the
ala anil held fa visitors down 20
hfee hits up n tire eighth inning
when he weak kaHed and four runs
verr mn f. cH hi4 IT, pitched a
hamq game wl'h good control aud
made three has ln uccea&loH knock
iun tWH haee hits which q gast run
uer cuuM have made home on "a iy.
ani the thlrl time up slammed one
! H for two ba@a. s
III a. IL Is I.aftlin, Inc II
NNfeNA0 nIlk Gtaa aua 4 saef IL !
Is 3a e. 4irh ffe lhe visiseF I
run ia fAo Hfat Inning which Wet
fhelf ht untl lhe final nllY IN The
ninth The Sehal Is male tWa runs
iu tbc Second hhIus th se in Che
Fourth aud enc o4ch Iu fh Hth and
Is'h musings
Uuvi q rfthaulcr waH ine box
erfna 0r tte Nfaurs and was hit
hard 81 times tut many lUne drives
The seaters secuted twelve hits on
Is trrnn IN ceame
y -
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-08-16

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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-05
RpIpian Stallion Case
To go otoFederaI Court

The suit of the Idaho Nat'onal
Rank AGAINST the San Juan Belgian
Horse Co.. came to a sudden 1nd I'D
the Snperlor Court Wednesday even
inc when colnseI for the BANK moved
for the dismissal of the case "lthout
nreiudice to the bank S right to take
further action. which it can do ny II
stitutjng suit in the Federal Court, a
foreign corporation being one OF thb
narties and the amount involved being
in excess of $4,000. The motion was
granted. the plaintiff paying the costs
of the action here.
The character of the testimony
was such that it seemed evident to
plaintiffs counsel that only an ad-
verse verdict could be expected from
the jury if the trial was continued.
Briefly stated the facts seem TO oe
as follows:
Through the efforts Of Mr. Appls-
man. representing the Palo Alto
Stock Farm. and two prominent cltl-
zens of this county, company com
prislng twenty two we'll Known resi-
dents of San Juan and Orcas islands,
most of them farmers. was organized
to purchase from the PaIo Alto Com
pany big Belgian stallion for the
big price of $4,000, four notes OF
$4,000 each to bear the signature OF
ALL the share holders. to he given in
payment, the first to become due fifteen
months after The agreement "ts en-
tered into and the others at intervals
within four years 1t was represent
ed to tie purchasers tnat the horse
would pay for himself and that at
least sixty per cent of his service
would be effective. The testimony
showed that only about twenty per
cent of his service was effective and
f u r b ID or that two of the larg-
est shar eholders did not sign the uote,
which, contrary to the understanding
of the signers. whose lack OF caution
in this respect is admitted. was made
thus enabling the Palo
Alto Company to dispose of the notes,
which it quickly proceeded to do.
thus accounting for the appearance OF
the Idaho National Bank IN the mat
ter as the "innocent purchaser "When
the failure of the horse to fulfill the
under which he was
sold, was demonstrated the purchas
ers declined to LAY aud sought to re-
turn the horse but the company refus
ed to take him back. except in ex
change for another.
The farmers case was ably hand
led by Attorney Morris, OF Friday
Harbor. and A. j. Craven, of BellinR-
ham. An Idaho lawyer and Frank P.
Christensen appeared for the bank.
The jurors were Wm. Oakes, Tbos.
Hansen. Joseph Sandwith, Felix Mar
riaD. John Balam. j. T. Stroud. Orin
Boyce, Jas. Crook, A. D rift, VIM.
johnson. John Wilson G. H. Cliff.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-05
MrS.E.S.PeaSe Passes
cover The River

The news of the death Of Mrs. Inez
Loretta Pease, wife of e S. Pease and
daughter of N. P. Tuck, which occur
red at her hume here last Sunday,
brought deep feeling of sadness to
the hearts of Friday Harbor people.
even to many who had no personal
acquaintance with the quiet. attrac-
tive, motherly little woman who had
been resident of this Immediate
community less than two years but
who had gained the sincere respect
and esteem of all who became &C.
quainted with her. She was only
thirty two years old. having been born
in Pennsylvania Sept 3. 1877. When
still child in years her parents NOV
ed to Kanass Her mother died at
the early age of thirty six. leaving
her to take the eldest daughters
place in the family, and become the
fathers chief reliance in the care of
three younger sisters and one broth
er. After few years in Kansas the
family moved to this state. first To-
eating in Skagit County. whence they
moved to this county few years ago.
She was married to Erwin S. Pease
thirteen years ago. Three children
we're born to them, Orva. now twelve
years old. Norma. ten. and Ciair.
two Typhoid pneumonia is given
as the cause of her death. The fu-
neral was held Tuesday afternoon at
the Presby terian church. Rev. Mr..
Nelson, assisted by Rev. Mr.. Jones.
conducting the service. The church
was crowded Notwithstanding the in
clement weather and many lovely
floral offerings were mute evidence
of the esteem in which the deceased
was held and of the deep sympathy
felt for the bereaved husband and
motherless children. father, brother.
and sisters who are left to struggle
on with their daily tasks without her
loving care
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-05
New Mail Service
PetitiOned For

"Dr." Hiatt. of Olga, was here
this week circulating a petition for a
daily mail service to and from Bell
ingham. the boat carrying it to leave
here az 80 in the morning, touching
at all intermediate points on the pre-
sent route of the steamer Islander and
reaching Bellingham at Ii 80. 1t is
proposed to tegin the return trip at
3 $50, thus Hffording passengers abun
.dant time to spend their money in
Bellingham. and reach here in tle
evening at $3.50 which is apparently
deemed favorable hour for the peo
pie at the most populous point and
business center Of the county to get
their mail. Postmaster Kirby's en-
thnslasm over the proposed service
is not yet visible to the naked eye.
OF course any real improvem4 mt
in the mail service should and would
be welcomed by all of the people, but
no evidence is yet forthcoming that
the service proposed by the Hiatt
petition would be any improvement
over the present service and there is
not the least likelihood that the gov
ernment would so regard it. 1t would
REQUIRE a very fast boat to make the
run proposed on FIVE hour schedule
and instead of improving the mail
service by making better connections
tnan the present mail steamers do.
the mails would be delayed for sever
al hours. 1t might help to divert
more trade from the county as much
has been diverted this year. but that
is hardly the way to foster develop
ment and home institutions.