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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-01-16

A man will fuss around all day hunt
ing for an old pipe, and then when his
wife finds it for him decide he doesn't
want to smoke because he forgot he
couldn't make it draw we'll.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-01-16

Official organ of the City of Americas.
Official organ of Sumter County.
Official organ of Webster County.
Official organ Of Railroad Commits
sion of Georgia for Third Congress
sional District.
Official organ U. S. Court, Southern
District of Georgia.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-24
Uncle Sam Watching Aeroplane Men

preparation was ever announced, but
It is now pretty well understood that
the experts in both the war and navy
departments suggested that it would
be well to defer action until the gov.
eminent understands better what to
expect of the airship.
Officials in the army and navy de-
partments are greatly impressed with
the performances of Glenn Curtiss
with his aeroplane at Atlantic City re-
Gently. Those performances were not
under the auspices of either the war
department or the navy department.
but agents Of each of the fighting arms
were present, and were deeply i'm.
pressed with what Curtiss was abls to
do. They have reported to their re-
spective departments that from .
height that would have protected him
reasonably we'll from a fire directed
at him from either land or water. he
dropped small articles on boats and on
objects on land with remarkable pre-
cision.
Some of the experts from the de.
partments who saw the Curtiss per
formances came back firmly convinced
that II war should come on tomorrow
the aeroplane would be able to do de-
structive work.
In spite of the possibilities present
ed by the rapid development OF all
| craft, the United States government
is really doing nothing toward taking
advantage OF the situation.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-24

~ he treasury building is undergoins
another oyerhauling, which this
time costs $4,000. The renovators
bava heen at work on the treasury
building for a good many years. Not
very much has been done to the inside
of the great pile of masonry, where
the United States money is kept, but
more or less work is all the time going
on On the outside All Of the original
sandstone or soft limestone that faceo
the outside of the building mas oeen at
,ast removed, and granite has been put
~ ito Mace. The principal change that
LII now be made will be to eliminate
the huge granite entrance steps on the
Fifteenth street side. Several new
passenger elevators will be installed.
ockers will be furnished sufficient for
all Of the clerks; the money handling
siv,sions will be segregated on the
ground floor; supplies will be shipped
from the west entrance instead OF the
Esfteenth street; frieze windows Will
ha n,aced on the third floor, and a
General adjustment of bureaus and
1iv,sions will be made to facilitate the
work The treasury department mas
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-24
Overhauling the Treasury Building

been seriously overcrowded for mum,
Der of years. One of the very first i'm
provements was the elimination from
the building of the branch printing
Office, with its combustible inks, oils
etc. With the great Fifteenth street
steps removed, fine entrance al
grade will be provided for the en-
ployes, and count will be kept of the
people entering and leaving the build.
ing, which at the present time Seems
to be impossible. At the present time
the employees are obliged to carry
their clothing, hats, rubbers. umbrel
las and everything of that character
into their working rooms. SO that lock
ers are imperative. 1t will certainly
be $4,000 mighty we'll expended, for
in the present condition of the treas.
ury department it is impossible to
keep 1t clean or to run it on business
like methods with departments of the
various bureaus widely separated, SO
that the chief of one of these spends
most of his time traversing the CORR.
doris in his attempt to keep track OF
his clerks and of his work.
The treasury department has dis
continued the coming Of the $3.50
gold pieces. There is an accumulation
of approximately 100000 worth OF
them in the treasury vaults at the
present time. Altogether 36,000,00 Of
them have been coined, and there Ia
little or no demand for them, SO it IL
thought best not to make any more OF
them at the present time.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-24

THE experts in both the army and
i the navy are watching with keen
interest the development of the
heavier-than-air craft While the of.
fcials are not willing to say much pub
licly about the possibilities of the use
of airships in time of war, they are
saying privately that the probability
is that when the next great war comes
the airship will play more effective
part than battleships, land batteries,
or great masses of troops.
The prediction is freely made by
army and navy officials in private that
not dollar will ever be spent in forti-
flying for the protection of the Panama
canal. They have arrived at this con-
clusion because they think they fore
see that within few years the airship
will be brought to stage of perfec-
ton that will enable it quickly to de-
stroy any Notifications that might be
erected along the route of the canal.
Congress at the recent session de-
clined to appropriate money for the
fertilization of the canal. No public
reason for this failure to make an ap-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-24
ESK29gENZAA3A $500
Polly and the Prophecy
By STANLEY BARTON
Copyright. 1870 by Associated Literary Press

The fortune teller held Polly's little
hand and gazed long and shrewdly
into her eyes The fortune teller was
q woman, and therefore Polly did not
blush, as she was wont to do under
the admiring stare of men,
Nevertheless, Polly was uneasy.
There seemed to be set grimness
about the terse moutL of this oddly
dressed seer that BODIED i'll for the
dimunitive one before her.
you would penetrate the future"
began the fortune teller, land you
have come to me to find out what is
in store for YOU Well, then. young
woman. will tell you. Listen: An
old man with money is to enter into
your iii The stars tell me that you
will greet him with open arms"
81 won't" protested the rebellious
Polly. She had in mind. as she
spoke. the sturdy Jimmy Hamilton,
whom she had refused for the third
time that morning.
1.-THE stars 10 not lie," chided the
fortune teller. "An old man will en-
ter your life, and his impetuosity will
fairly take your breath away. He
will be old. but-he has money"
Il won't hear a bit MORE" came
from Polly angrily, and in turbu-
lent state of mind she drew her
naughty little self Indignantly out of
the camp chair and flounced from the
tent
Polly Edmunds wasn't supersti-
tious, and it was absurd to believe
that she had gone to the fortune
teller except through gentle curiosi-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-24

NJ ASH1NGTON.-T census bureau
w has made public figures concern
ing enough localities to indicate GER
tain interesting trends In the growth
Of American population. What stands
out first is, of course, the general In
crease in population all over the coun-
try. While this growth Is perhaps
more striking in the middle west, or
even in the far west, the east is little
behind those sections. Increases in
city population rarely fall below 20
per cent. for the last ten years. Often
the increase is considerably in excess
of so per cent
This growth has been expected, but
there will probably be some surprise
to find how far the growth of the
cities exceeds that of the rural dis
tricts. Here, save in a few localities,
there Is an increase, but generally It
Is below ten per cent.
Some spot in Illinois may mark the
center of population for another ten
years. 1t is worth while to emphasize
the word may" because there is not
available at this time much definite
Information on which to make specula.
ton as to where the center of popula.
ton will be.
The remarkable increase in the pop.
ulation of Oklahoma must be taken
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-24
Gov Curls Are Coming in From China

Year. Pounds. Value.
1907 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 56,132 1886
1908 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .21.2s3 s2.2os
1909 Observation-Disclosures. 321 .55S
Note how the price has scared. In
1907 hair was worth only about TWEEN
ty-five cents pound, wholesale, and
we imported only 56,132 pounds Of 1t,
while in 1909 we brought in 445,733
pounds, with the price at something
more than seventy cents. Such a rate
Of growth In face of so rapid an In
crease in price is almost unprecedent.
ed in other lines Of commerce and is
another illustration that woman wants
what she wants when she wants 1t and
is going to have it-expense be
hanged!
Our diplomatic representative leaves
us in the dark as to what woman in
China is doing for hair. If the trade
keeps on, she will certainly be bald in
course of time. He pays a compli'
ment, however. to the genius Of the
Chinese artist by remarking that "Chi
nese hair is treated at home in various
ways SO as to match almost any tex.
ture desired" leaving us to conclude
that the diversity of color not tnfre.
quently noted on the same head Ii
due to lack of circumspection on the
part of American women.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-24

The repeated story Of Washing
toms profanity at the battle OF Mon
mouth Is strenuously denied in Marion
:. rland's autobiography. and upon the
best authority-that Of revolutionary
veteran, Stirling Smith by name. who
was uncle to Marion Harland's grand
father. "He did not swear" the Old
warhorse would thunder when irrev-
erent youngsters retafled the SANDER
In his hearing. II was close behind
htm-and / can tell you. sir, We rode
fast-when what should we meet run
ming away. lickety-split from the field
Of battle with the British almost at
their heels, but Central Lee and his
men. Then. with that. says Central
Washington. speaking out loud and
sharp-says he. 'den'ral Lee! in Gods
name. what is the meaning Of this Ill
timed prudence7 Now, you see.
Central Lee. he was mighty high-spir-
tied. SO he speaks up as naughty as
the Central had done, and says he:
I know Of no one who has more OF
that most damnable virtue than your
Excellency.' So you see, young MAJ.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-24

xIICE-CONSUL General Stuart ]. Full
Y Ter of Hongkong sheds light onNa
problem which has vexed the brain OF
man for many moons-where all the
hair comes from which goes to make
up the wide expanse of couture which
adorns the head of woman.
Much as he would like to believe
that all womankind has suddenly come
into the secret possessed by the Seven
Sutherland Sisters, detached wisps,
curls and occasional plaits, to say moth
ing of startling variation in texture,
has forced upon the most unobserVant
suspicion that she bedecks herself
with foreign product. Our represen-
tatiye at Hongkong clinches the evi,
dence with brutal statistics. He gives
the following data of the quantities
and value of hair shipped from that
port in the last three years.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-24

ty; but 1t was enough to make any
self-respecting girl angry-the sug'
gestive words of that parchment.
skinned. silly-talking Roumanian.
She wouldn't believe, and she knew
very we'll that she would always re,
main true to Jimmy Hamilton; he OF
the dark brown hair and blue eyes
Jimmy Hamilton, who could twist
his love words and phrases to the
daintiest proposals ever bringing the
bushes to the cheeks of maid. She
would not receive any hideous old
millionaire with open arms!
Polly was in a terrible state OF
mind when the luckless Jimmy espied
her from across street and FASTENED
to join her.
"You!" she stamped a foot in the
fine frenzy Of her rage. las II
didn't have trouble enough without
you coming along!"
Jimmy smiled and continued tc
plod cheerfully along at her side.
"If had mouthful of vulgar gold
I00Lu, LILO 6pAlCluAy
I'm sure ! would keep it closed and
not be always grinning like a
Cheshire cat! It's what I call an
an ostentatious display of riches
Without a word Of protest Jimmy
obediently pulled his lips to 9
straight line.
"Are you dumb?" asked the fail
vixen. Cant you talk? Have yor
lost your voice? For gracious sake
say something! You get on my
nerves"
TITS a fine day." observed Jimmy
Hamilton.
Polly gIared. You ought to reat
the advertisements ant take course
in general intelligence"
The unabashed Jimmy laughed
heartily. you are the original little
cross-patch." he enthused. "The ia
basco sauce. as 1t were, to the dull
routine Of life in Greenville. Really
/ am proud Of you, Polly. But VIII!
this most becoming petula1ce?
II cont know why l should tel
you my troubles, observed the girl
"You haven't any sympathy-and
besides. have decided to have moth
ing more tn do with you There!"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-24
Work Of Modern Chemists.

Work Of Modern Chemists.
Modern chemistry enables man to
make over some of the most useful
metals very much at his will. and
greatly to his profit. DIR. w. Rosen-
hahn, in England, recently made re-
port on the proprieties of new alloys
of copper, aluminium and manganese.
which show remarkable peculiarities.
An alloy of eight per cent. copper. 9.99
per cent. aluminium and 2.01 per cent.
manganese showed enormous tensile
strength, a cold-drawn bar having
yield point of 40.s8 tons per square
inch. and an ultimate stress Of 52.08
tons q square inch. Another alloy ia
SO hard that 1t can take a
cutting edge sharp enough to
sharpen a lead pencil. The British
admiralty is experimenting with These
alloys to determine their Resistance 70
corrosion In sea water.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-24
Red eros, Christmas Seals.

Arrangements for the sale OF Red
Cross Christmas Seals for 1910 have
been announced by the National As
ISOLATION for the Study and Proven
ton OF tuberculosis and the Ameri.
can Red Cross. "A Million for Tuber.
cuIe els" will be the slogan of the 1910
campaign. Two features Of the sale
this year are unique and will bring
considerable capital to the tuberculo-
sis fighters. The American National
Red Cross is to issue the stamps as In
former years, but this organization
will work in close cooperation with
The National Association for the Study
and Prevention of Tuberculosis. which
body will share in the proceeds of the
sales. The charge to local assoc1a-
tons for the use Of the national
stamps has been reduced also from 20
pcr cent. to 12h per cent, which will
mean at least $4,000 more for tuber
culosis work in all parts Of the United
States. The stamps are to be desig-
mated as RED Cross Seals" this year
and are to be placed On the back OF
letters instead of on the front.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-24
RR{@ DQ!KGs e4
Law ceP J. JutE
Census Returns Show Lure of City

into consideration in speculation as
to where the center of population Is
likely to light" A fact worth bearing
in mind is that the increases in popu.
lation in the east particularly have
been in the larger cities.
The center of population has moved
almost due westward since 1890, when
it was at point % miles east of Balti.
more. From 1890 to 1900 1t moved
almost due west to a point 10 miles
west of Baltimore. In the next ten
years, from 1900 to 1910, it moved
westward and slightly southwark to a
point about forty miles northwest by
west of Washington.
During the ten years bseween 1890
and 1900 the center" moved west
ward little over IA miles and south
ward little less than three miles, and
halted at point six miles southeast
of Columbus, Ind. This movement be-
tween 1890 and 1900 was the smallest
in 100 years.
The center" will have to travel
something like 70 miles to get beyond
the borders of Indiana this year.
Figures available show only five
communities that have actually lost In
population. Montgomery, Cal, has
fallen from 2,2O6 to 1889; Bonham
county, Texas, has dropped from SOAP
to 1914: Lamar county, Texas, from
48,627 to 1854; in Wisconsin the vii.
lage Of Pine River has lost IS Of her
population in ten years, and Madison
county, Indiana, shows the greatest
loss, falling from 70,470 to 1924.
These reductions come, it will be
! noted, either in rural districts marked
out by counties or n small villages.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-24

,, well at night. I believe there is moth.
Ing like the Pinkham remedies" -
MRS. CLARA FRANKS, r. F. d., No. g.
Knoxville, Iowa.
The success Of Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, madefrom roots
and herbs, Is unparalleled. It may be
used with perfect confidence by women
who suffer from displacements, inflam.
nation, liberation, fibroid tumors, IL.
regularities, periodic pains, backache,
bearing down feeling, flatulency, indi-
gestion, dizziness, or nervous prostra-
ton.
- For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has been the
standard remedy for female ills, and
suffering women owe it to themselves
to at least give this medicine q trial
Proof is abundant that it has cured
thousands Of others, and why should it
mot cure your
IfyOu want special advice write
Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass, for 1t.
1t is free and always helpful.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-24
Misdirected Energy.

Misdirected Energy.
"How did the street car company
come to fire that old conductor!
thought he had pulp
"He did: but he didn't use 1t on the
cash register. "-Christian Advocate.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-24
Inst Like a Girl,

Just Like Girl.
Her cooking-school habits are
good deal of bother to me-"
"How now?"
"She always wants me to taste the
gasoline when the automobile isn't
working right"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-24

Not In Such a Costume.
The Venus de Milo may be all right,
but have you ever seen Charleston
lgirl?-Charleston News and Courier. =
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-24
did Washington SlUear?

it was Gen'ral Lee that swore and not
Central Washington. Don't you ever
let me hear that lie again!"-Harper's
Literary Gossip.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-24
A Business Transaction.

A Business Transaction.
$50 Mr.. Penniwise married his typ
tst!" said Miss Cayenne.
eyes"
81 wonder whether she gains an al
Iowance or he merely saves a salary
Washington Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-24

wrote to Mrs. Pink
ham and took Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vege.
table Compound
and Liver Pills, and
am glad to say that
your medicines and
kind letters of di.
rections have done
more for me than
anything else and ]
had the best physi.
clans here. I can
IN INV wnrlr ord rae{
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-24
AFTER
DOCTORS
FAILED
:LydiaE. Pinkham's Vegetas
BILE Compound Cured Her

Knoxville, Iowa. -"I suffered with
pains low down in my right side for q
year or more and was so weak and ner.
vous that / could not do my work. I
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-24

The Maiden-Dolls are made for
girls to play with.
The Bachelor-And a good many
men marry them.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-04
BREAKS UP COLD
IN SEVERAL HOURS
Most Effective and Harmless Way to
Cure a Severe Cold and End
all Grippe Misery.

There Is not one grain of quinine
in Pape's Cold Compound, which,
when taken ever two hours, until
three consecutive doses are taken
will surely end the grippe and break
up the most severe cold. either in the
head, chest, back, stomach or limbs.
1t promptly relieves the most mis-
cradle neuralgia pains, headache, dull
ness, head and nose stuffed up, few
erishness, sneezing, sore throat. run
ming of the nose catarrhal affections,
soreness, stiffness and rheumatic
twinges.
Pape's Cold Compound is the result
of three years research at a cost of
more than fifty thousand dollars, and
contains no quinine, which we have
conclusively demonstrated is not eff
fective in the treatment of colds or
grippe
Take this harmless Compound as
directed, with the knowledge that
there is no other medicine made any
where else in the world which will
cure your cold or end Grippe misery
as promptly and without any other as
sistance or bad after-effects as a %
cent package of Pape's Cold Com
pound, which any druggist in the
world can supply
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-04
A SAFE TONIC
FOR MOTHERS
WHO DO NOT RECOVER THEIR
STRENGTH AS THEY SHOULD.
Not Every Tonic Is Suited for Thor
Use but the Remedy That Cured
This Woman Is Safe and
Efficient.

Every mother, who fails to regain her
strength and health after confinement,
needs tonic. The years of weakness
and suffering, which SO often follow, are
unnecessary and easily avoidable. The
TACT that her strength does not return is
a certain indication that the blood has
been overtaxed and is impoverished.
This condition is often made worse, for
the mother often takes up her household
duties while she is still weak, when
complete breakdown results.
The strength that the weak mother
needs can be quickly found in the tonic
treatment with DR.. Williams Pink Pills.
These pills are blood builder and they
soon furnish the entire body with a
health-bearing stream OF pure, red blood.
The following statement, made by Mrs
George F. Sylvester, of No. 517 Second
street, S. e., Watertown, South Dakota,
regarding her cure by DR.. Williams Pink
Pills after several months of suffering with
weakness, will interest every young
mother:
II was left in very weak condition
after the birth OF my child My limbs
were numb and had no feeling in them.
Later there was numb sensation all
over my body. Finally my eyes were
affected. There was burning sensation
in them all of the time and they felt as
though they We're on fire. My suffering
was intense and had to lie in bed part
OF the time
''At the time was living at Newton,
Iowa, and received but little benefit from
my doctor there. Later | was treated by
a specialist at Des Mones, but as | be-
came no better decided to try DIR. Will
liams Pink Pills, which my people had
been reading about in the papers. The
pills gave me great relief in short time
The burning sensation left my eyes, the
numbness disappeared, and my general
health improved | continued using the
pills and was cured. -
A booklet, "Plain Talks to Women, ;"
which will be sent free to any suffering
woman, gives many helpful suggestions in
regard to the care of the health.
All druggists sell DR. Williams Pink
Pills, or they will be sent postpaid, on
receipt OF price, 80 cents per box; six
boxes for 50 so, by the DR. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y.