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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-18
Tablet to Honor Barbara Ann
Duravan, Who Died In
Prison.

Captured by union soldiers as con-
federate spy and imprisoned in Alton
during the civil war, it was not known
until death that B. A. Duravan was a
woman, that she was Barbara Ann
Duravan, and that she had come from
Tennessee. On one of the tablets of
the big shaft now being erected in
memory of the $500 confederate sol
diers in the confederate cemetery in
Alton, the St. Louis Republic says,
will appear the name of the only wom-
an buried in the cemetery.
An old citizen of Alton recalled the
story, the discovery that the prisoner
was a woman creating much excite
ment at the time.
With a big batch of soldiers brought
in to be incarcerated in the prison
was frail little creature who gave
the name of B. A. Duravan. Duravan
had been where the bullets had been
flying thick and fast. had been in the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-18
AZALEAS
By HELEN ELLSWORTH WRIGHT
Copyright, by ]. B. Lippincott Coz

] tell you, stranger, it's no use.
couldn't Fart with that clay-hill up
yonder, not if your wife has took
dozen notions to it, and you was to
pay me $4,000 an acre. Why, man,
don't want your money. I'm 46 years
old this fall, I've got enough to last,
and there ant chick nor a child to
leave it to, and that hill-well, it's no
use, that's all.
The place amt good fer raisin'
much, just pines and berry brambles
and them there white azalies, but
when it comes my turn to die / want
'em to leave me there. See that place
where the trees grow thick an it's
dark an cool an still? That's it!
That's where I'm goin' to lie.
Your wife, she fanc:ed that? Pc
culiar, amt it? Women folks likes
light most always. light and sunny
parts, though once / knowed a girl
but that was 20 years ago.
Buy half my hill, you say? No, sir
rec, you can't have half an inch! l
tell you, once for all, you can't buy
half an inch!
Mebby you city folks can't under
stand. but I'll tell you what, there's
things up here that money couldn't
touch, and that there spot is one of
'em. Confound it. man, I'll tell you
why!
You see, twas more than twenty
years ago that l come here to see a
friend O. mine, named Ephraim Jones.
You know Eph. Jones? Well, that's
odd, amt it? He an / was chums.
This place was mighty l-ely then.
Those cabins there was full Of folks,
an men was takin' fortunes out O.
quartz most every day.
The schoolhouse stood up yonder
near my hill, an the teachers name
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-18

permitted to go their own way. To
stop this it was made a law that
camping permit must be obtained and
that no tent could remain up for more
than four weeks out of any year. Ii
certain rules and laws were violated
the campers must go, permit or no
permit.
1--WE have picked six men who have
lived under the Palisades nearly all
their lives to do the patroling and the
work here"
AT sight of thin spiral OF smoke
rising from amid the trees the captain
rowed ashore.
THAT" said Mr.. Hopkins, 'is not
permitted; fires may be built on the
shore, but not on the hills or under
trees. You see, we have learned that
eternal vigilance is the price OF parks.
Often in the summer and always IN
the fall it is difficult to keep. fire out
of the hills"
The captain returned and reported
two fires extinguished in the woods.
They had been made by canoeists
whom we presently saw coming
down the rocky sides of the hill and
preparing to make their fire on the
beach. Mr.. Hopkins, taking up the
megaphone, called pleasant thank
you" over the water and was an
swered by wave of the hand and a
cordial nod of the head.
That's the thing we try to eneour-
age" he said, pointing to picnic
party on the rocks; "those young
people come over in the morning and
have bully time all day, healthy and
good, and return to town with pic
ture other than of brick streets in
their minds eye. Suppose we run in
and see them
Going ashore, it was discovered that
the men of the party were the big fell
lows of the traffic squad, happy,
healthy. having royal good time.
Have you found the water, boys?"
asked Mr.. Hopkins.
''No, and we've needed it, too" said
one of the men.
We'll, right up there about block
you will find cold spring. And right
up there" pointing to the woods, "a
path that is mighty pleasant to take
an after luncheon walk on, not too
strenuous path, either"
The water pipes of the Palisades
are especially good; there are nine
springs and wells that have been sup
piled with piped barrels. These are
cleaned out twice each week and kept
in absolutely sanitary condition. On
a beautifully clean beach, set aside
for canoeists, DR.. and Mrs. William
McAndrews, of the Washington Irving
high school, were found at their after
noon meal, happy and having per-
feet rest.
In sail of several miles up the
Hudson many instructions to the boat
ing parties were called through the
megaphone. Fires were moved, tents
were changed from forbidden ground
to suitable spots and water was locat-
ed for the campers.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-18
Two Enoineers paralyzed.

Daniel Porter, an engineer on the
Northern Central, whose home is in
Elmira, N. Y, was stricken with par
alysis in the roundhouse at Williams
port, Pa, and his fireman took out the
train, while Porter, on cot, rode in
the baggage car.
Next morning, when the train left
Elmira for it's return run, G. H. Nor
gan, an extra engineer, was at the
throttle. Near Canton he exclaimed
to the fireman: 81 guess it's coming
to me like it did to Dam" and few
minutes later he was helpless from
paralysis.
The fireman again resumed duty at
the throttle
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-18
About Marriaoes

Half dozen steadies were sitting nm
nail kegs in the store discussing mar.
rage. while Sam, the negro man of
all work, was pottering around saw.
ing wood, so to say. Finally one of
them turned to him.
What do you think of marriage
Sam?" he inquired.
81 ain thinkin erbout hit a tan
sub, but reckon hits d. only wav )
Sam replied, listlessly.
'Are you married?" asked another
one.
deed is, subj" Sam responded
with quickened interest, IAN dey
amt no potential ~ower on dis yer
nth, sub, dat 'ud git me to do hit
ag'in. Dey sho' amt, suh.'
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-18
neuloes for a sore Foot.

The sufferer from enlarged joints,
better known as a bunion. usually is
in great discomfort in hot weather.
There is a device that will give relief
BY protecting the bunion from rub
bing Of shoe. -
This is a simple piece of leather cut
ard bent in such: way that 1t fits
smoothly over the portion Of foot
where the bunion is. The casing is
lined with soft felt and an opening is
provided for the enlarged joint, while
the surrounding leather holds of the
shoe The protector is 50 shaped that
there can be no rubbing from bad
IA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-18
Eesainn ENGLISH School chIIdren.

For year or more the Nottingham
school authorities have provided
meals for pupils whose parents were
too poor to feed them sufficiently.
About 500 children, representing some
200 families, are now being fed. Ar
Engagements are made with several
Restaurants to supply breakfasts, din.
ners, or both, to children showing
proper vouchers. Each month approx,
imately $4,000 meals about equally
divided between breakfasts and din
ners are supplied, costing roundly
$650-about four cents a meal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-18

weeks, and then--a man had come, a
Judge, from heaven knows where, an
old enough to
Say, stranger, be this sun too hot?
You look so kind O faint an fuddled
out. Perhaps you'd rather have me
stop my yarn? 10 on? Well, there
amt much more 20 tell.
The Judge, become a-courtin' her,
but she said always, mo" He. told
her how he'd tale 'em all, an make
her mother well an send the girls
away to school, an do a heap O.
things.
Then winter cine. an they hadn't
even wood, nor lothes, nor things to
eat. The mothr blamed her some
an cried; the little girls both leased
an coaxed, an te judge-come every
day. And so th winter turned to
early spring, bu- things weren't better
much.
One evenin' Gphraim come across
our hill an foud her up there, where
the trees grow hick. The leaves were
comm on the hite azalie plants, an
her hands wee full of little tender
shoots.
60, take hi these she said, land
say when the!bloom I'll be his bride.
My mother al the children need me
most; my dut is to them!"
Well, the j1ge, he married her an
took EN- all way. And L? I've got
them little ty shoots yet-an' shall
have always 90!
Ephraim vnt down to see 'em once
he knew t. judge, you know. They
were Twin splendid house, with
carriages a: everything. The judge
was dom 4 he could, but money
can't buy We! She seemed so kind
O. sweet still, like a lily that's
been picke.an' taken from the sun.
There vs. baby, too, puny mite
her bab!-an' she called him-Joe!
I guess Il judge, he didn't know
what for, ut it was-me!
What lit, stranger? Be you i'll?
Perhaps e airs too light up here, an
your heai amt over-strong!
Well, I go on, he died, did little
Joe, an te sent Ephraim word. The
white azies was in bloom, an l got
most a lndred sprays, an Eph, he
took 'endown. The little chap had
lots o. fwers, all boughten ones, you
know; It mine the mother took-an'
held 'eiclose-an' cried. (Confound
this snke! It's gettin' in your eyes?)
NWellafter that they went away,
somewre in foreign parts, and that
was-1year ago! The Judge, if he's
a-livin1ow, must be as old as-you!
Themes keep singin' on our hill,
an evything grows just the same as
whenve two was young, an some
| day
SaJyou've seen quicksilver in with
gold! The part that isn't used rolls
dowrhe sluice in little shiny balls,
| but Men they meet they form
who1 30 well that nobody can tell
whiA Is which. The gold divides it
meBY by an by, but each takes
sghe9at of the others part an holds
it'll hey meet again, to give it back
9TH its own self besides. Well,
heartI is just like that.
Yot see, couldn't sell the place
it's ours!" In this world she's the
judgPs wife, but in the next-she's
mine!
Why, man, for Gods sake, what's
zone wrong? She's what? She's what, |
-ou say?
The Judge? Your-wffe! Consump-
ion, man? Dear heaven, be more
ind!
Say, mister, that clay hill is-yours.
m goin'-Tm goin' away. You'll pay
ae? No. You've paid a thousand
ines. You've brought her back-to
lie. You tell her this: A queer old
hap, rough as the gray rock peepin'
through the hill, says the owls have
ways nestled where the trees grow
nick, an the white azalies have waited
20 year!
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-18
PERPETUAL OFFICE

was candidate, Marse Sam. DA
whole neighborhood remember it wei.
All his life he hol' dat office, yo' paw
did; never I know him when he warn't
a candidate. Yessir. yo' an yo' ia.
Their des de same dat way-bofe alters
holm Office"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-18

DE man who is lookin, fob trouble. .
said Uncle Eben, generally finds it,
But he mos always doesn' manage to
meet up wifi de particular kind he felt
competent to manage
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-18

probably this is
the first time that
a queen and her
retinue and sub
jects. C o m p l e t e ly
tied up a steam
railroad, a Spo-
kane (Wash.) dis
patch to the New
York herald says:
1t happened on
he Hartman SyS-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-18
One Paint Of uia,,

is this war of Spain with Morocco
what they call holy war;?
Well, the Spanish people seem to
think it is a wholly unnecessary one"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-18
cross-Eyed Man Brought III Luck,

cross-Eyed Man Brought III Luck.
railroad men have special dislike
for cross-eyed men. This supersti-
tious dislike is attributed to an Incl
dent that occurred on a Missouri rail-
road several years ago.
A section gang was being made IN
to go out on the line and do some
repair work. Ten men were needed
for the work and nine had been
chosen. The tenth man was lacking
when along came one and applied for
the job. But he was cross-eyed and
the foreman was about to turn him
away when he discovered that it was
time for the train and none other had
appeared. Despite the black looks of
the other nine, the cross-eyed man
was taken on.
Bad luck followed the gang from
the beginning. One man was sun
struck and had to be sent to the hos
pital. After that it was a record
similar to that of the ill-fated "Ten
Little Indian Boys" The gang was
on the job 10 months and every
month removed one of the gang by
accident until there only remained
the cross-eyed man. who rounded out
the tale of disaster by being run
down by train and killed.
September is the fatal month in
railroading and every railroad man
signs with relief when 1t has passed
On the records of the railroad Sep
TENDER stands convicted of being the
unluckiest month of the year for
wrecks. For months everything may
have been running along in an ideal
manner, but September will pile up
enough disasters to pay for past i'm
munity. Why this is SO no railroad
man can tell.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-18
HELD UP BY BEES
TRAINMEN HAVE UNUSUAL EX-
7ERIENcE IN IDAHO.
Insects SHarmed In the Spout OF
Water Tank and Fought
Made Things Lively for
a Few Minutes.

Swarming bees are credited with
doing all sorts of unusual things, but
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-18
JolsTs ARE OLD STRINGERs
Curious and Historic Timber in Use
in Warehouse in Maryland
Village.

The warehouse of G.. S. MERCER, in
| Point of Rocks, Md, has some curious
and historic timber in it. The joists
were used on the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad when the cars were drawn by
horses, before the days of the locomo-
| tive. These 'stringers" were oak
timbers, about six inches square, laid
longitudinally on the track just as the
T rails are now laid. Upon these tim
bers iron straps about two inches
| wide and half inch thick were
spiked, and upon these straps the
wheels ran. To fit upon these thin
straps the fianges of the wheels must
have been very slight. Now and then
the end of strap would get loose, the
wheels would get under it and the
iron would penetrate the floor, and
sometimes passengers were severely
wounded by them. They were known
as snake heads" To several of the
stringeGs now used as joists in Mr..
Mercier's warehouse the straps are
still attached, and it is doubtful
whether anywhere in the world there
is another specimen intact of this
kind of rail- used in the infancy of
railroad construction. The ware
house was built about sixty years or
more ago, at the time the primitive
rails were supplanted by crossties
and iron rails.
For year or two, beginning in
1882, Point of Rocks was the western
territory of the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad, pending the litigation and
the settlement by the legislature of
the right of way between the river
and the mountain at this place. Large
quantities of goods and produce were
brought there, and the old warehouse
IN which they were stored is still
standing and in good repair. It is
now used ac ho+nl
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-18

Value, of Worlds Railroads.
The railroads of the world are val.
ued at SPITE, 000. 900.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-18

Bank notes were first issued in
China 1857 B. C.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-27

will tie to Messrs. Beaumont, Thomas
and Ferguson.
'Rube" waddell says that the official
averages charging him with eleven
errors In eighty chances are wrong.
Mr.. Waddell states that he had only
seventy-nine chances.
Jack Dunn declares emphatically
that he win have no major league
cast-offs on his Baltimore team next
year. Last seasons Oriole bunch
came very near giving Jack the hor-
rors.
A new trading stunt in baseball
was put over when the Cleveland club
snapped scouts with the Athletics.
Scout Sam Kennedy goes 10 Cleys-
land and Scout Tom O'Brien moves
to Philadelphia.
"Babe" Adams IL the first OF the
worlds champions to get an increase
in salary and by the time the rest If
the Pirates get theirs the Pittsburg
club win be more familiar with the
baseball business.
The Philadelphia National owners
claim the reason they refuse TO pay
Ex Manager Billy Murray his salary
Is because Billy left his team several
times last season. They are perfectly
right in this matter too. Just think.
suppose some OF the Quakers had
fallen out of hack or got lost while
Bill was away.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-27
WHILE WAITING FOR
APRIL.


Umpire McAtee, formerly with the
New York State league. has signed
with the Kansas league.
Bill Cranston. who made a kick
about playing in Memphis. will be
given trial by the Brooklyn club.
Manager Roger Bresnahan of the
Cardinals says that Ed. Konetchy will
not be sold, traded or canned by him.
In Pitcher Lake, Jack O'Connor has
grabbed a nice performer for his st.
Louis Browns. Looked mighty good
when Highlander.
Southpaw Gregg OF Spokane. for
whom Charley Somers paid $4,000 last
spring, is in good health once more
and will go south with the Maps.
After the baseball war scare has
been thrown in the discard, Mike
Donlin's press agent can have a IT.
tie space on the sporting page once
more.
John Cocash has been sold by the
Giants to Kansas City. John needed
n little more minor league bleach in
order to become ripe for big hotel
living.
George Tebeau thinks that one sure
way to increase batting would be 20
decrease the size of the home plate
Every hand is against the pitcher, the
poor Fob.
1t Is said that Manager Lake of the
Boston Nationals has saved three
empty tomato receptacles which he
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-27
MCLEAN AFTER RECORD.
Aggressive Catcher Will Seek to Beat
Record Of Gibson Next Summer.

It's me to break that continuous
performance record next season. One
hundred and twenty games in success
sion viii have 10 fall as a big league
mark. The only thing that will pre-
vent me smashing the present dope is
another broken leg-and the fellow
that hands II to me will have TO use an
AK and Y stick of dynamite" 1t was
Larry Mclean, the big Red catcher.
who made these remarks, and he look
ed as If he could carry through his
program. even If his smiling counten-
ance did denote that he was letting off
little hot air pressure. There's
nothing to 1t but that I'll be there
stronger than ever next year contin-
ued Mclean. 'I'll do more or less
outdoor work all winter, so that when
spring comes around I'll be properly
fabricated in the joints without run
ming any danger of going stale. And
that talk about making a new record
isn't all josh, either. II Grit gives me
the chance I'll do it, and not turn a
hair In the performance, either"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-27
stage WILL ENCOURAGE
OPEN PLAY in FOOTBALL

Coach A. a. Stagg has applied the
knife to the forward pass in the cause
of sane football The University of
Chicago mentor operated on the for
ward pass rules with a view to lessen
ing the annual toll OF football deaths
and injuries and will present the re-
suits to the national experts at Tues
days meeting OF the intercollegiate
Athletic Association in New York.
The coach first shipped away the
dreaded fifteen yard penalty for an
uncompleted forward pass on the first
and second downs. Instead OF enforce
ing this baneful punishment, ne wants
to call off the penalty altogether and
bring the ball back to the starting
point. Instead of giving the ball to
the opposing side when a pass fails on
the third down, he thinks inflicting a
ffteenyard penalty might be advis-
able.
Coach Stage remains faithful to
the suggestions he made when the
maroon faculty met to consider the
CdSt VI utiHStIouS lpolDdlis bt
changes he suggested then will be
carried to New York. including the
proposed abolition of pushing and
pulling the man carrying the ball
crawling with the ball and allowing
exhausted players to remain in the
game.
Added changes are in favor of pro-
tecting receivers of forward passes
and onside kicks from hard body
The coach did not announce
just how this is to be effected. The
limiting Of the halves in games be-
tween high school and unframed teams
is expected to prevent the accidents
occurring when such teams have
played themselves out"
The forward pass, Coach Stagg be-
leves. must be made more of a con-
sentative play. Under the present
rules. many generals have deemed it
mere folly to attempt n pass i'm cri-
teal places. because of the great ele-
ment OF chance. While this element
must remain i'm the pass, Coach Stage |
thinks the science of forward passing |
IAN be vastly increased.
II believe that something Of the ma
ure / propose must be done with the |
Onward pass If 1t is to stay with us
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-27
OFFICIAL AVERAGES FOR
NATIONAL LEAGUE READY
er'dwell OF New York Ties Hans WAC.
ner for First Honors for Short
stops-oibson Caught in $50
Games, Breaking Record.

New YORK, Dec. 27.--Captaln Frank
Chance. of Chicago. leads all National
league first basemen in the averages
Tor the season of 1909, as announced
today. With percentage OF 1894 for
w games he is closely followed by
Bransfield, Of Philadelphia, with n
percentage of 1888 for 1873 games
storke. who played with both Pitts
burg and st. Louis. tied Chances
NEEDING average, but he played i'm only
10 games.
Bridwell of New York. with 145
games to his credit and Hans wag-
ner. Of Pittsburg, with 1876, are tied
with $40 per cent. in the fielding av-
erages, for shortstops.
Hummel, Of Brooklyn, played a per-
rect score in II games as an outfielder
out captain Clarke, of Plttsburg, has
probably the best average, with 15s
games played and a percentage of
.sS' Gibson, of Pittsburg, caught
1856 games. more than any other
catcher, and had a fielding average of
1888.
Pittsburg won in club fielding with
score of 1854, with the following
ranking as they read: Chicago. .961;
Philadelphia. 1851; Brooklyn, 1866:
New York, .954 Cincinnati .952;
81. Louis. .951; and Boston, .947.
Camnitz. OF Pittsburg, has probably
the best pitching record, with al games
played and percentage of .SO6. Mat
thewson, of New York, has the same
average with 81 games played.