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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11
"Why Have You Lost Your Appetizer"

thing OF course they can't marry.
No woman in her senses would con-
slider such a thing"
II don't know why" cried the girl
in blue, Indignantly.
you don't?" The exclamation of
her companion indicated mingled dis
approval and surprise.
We'll, for one reason. he couldn't
make love to you"
HE wouldn't need to-" declared the
girl in blue, trife sentimentally. "If
only he looked" she broke off with
laugh and her companion said. re-
provingly:
well, Winifred, don't wonder YOU
blush"
Allan longed to see how she looked
when she was blushing, but he did not
dare to raise his eyes. And her name
was Winifred. Somehow he liked the
sound of it. He repeated it musingly
to himself.
The talk at the table on the right
turned into other channels, but
though Allan listened eagerly for a
clue to the identity Of the speakers,
none reached his ears. I'm a few min
utes we'll leave or they'll leave" he
reflected, land I'll never see her
again." 1t seemed to him that it was
a piece of malice on the part of fate
to have placed the girl in such tan
talizing proximity, at the same time
setting between them the barbed wire
fence of social convention Why
couldn't he have met her? He wished
for a hurricane or an earthquake,
something that would afford him an
excuse for hurrying to her side and
| proffering his aid. But nothing hap
pened except that George finished his
| crabs and asked on his fingers the
leading question:
"Why have you lost your appetizer"
Allan took final glance at the girl
| as he rose to 60. She was even pref
| tier than he had imagined-and
| sweeter What pensive little mouth
was hers, dropping at the corners!
And what brave, tender-hearted lit
tie girl she had proved herself in her
impetuous challenge to her friend. It
seemed hard that he was turning
away from her without any assurance
that he would ever see her again. AS
he stepped aboard the street car he
had SO burdensome sense of heavi-
ness at heart that the ludicrous side
of the situation forced itself on his
attention and he laughed aloud.
In the nature Of the case, an ener-
getic young lawyer who is also so
cial favorite has little time to give to
sentimental regrets. BIZ: somehow
the memory of the girl whose name
was Winifred came back to Allan
often in his hours of relaxation. or
when he heard sweet music. Some.
times he dreamed of seeing her and
the joy of recognition invariably
awoke him. And SO things went un.
til one crisp fall morning. when Fate
again took hand in the game.
Allan came out of his Office in a
rush. He had some important mat
ters to attend to before meeting eli
ent. He had not yet reached the point
in his profession when he could safely
keep clients waiting Accordingly he
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11

According to experts government
seeds are getting better. No long
er do cucumber vines come up
when squashes were expected, and no
longer does the beet make its appear
ance when the carrot was looked for,
1t is safe now to plant government
corn without getting barley or oats,
and Uncle Sans grass seed no longer
produces weeds This will be welcome
news to those who go to congressman
for their seeds, but still the best plan
is to go to a good scotsman and be
sure your seeds will be all right.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11
Action OF Nitrates.

Nitrate of soda, being combina-
ton of nitric acid and soda, not only
acts chemically on the soil, but the
nitrogen therein contained enters di-
rectly into the composition of the
plant. while the soda is also appro-
priated by the plant to limited ex-
tent. Nitrate of soda contains about
II per cent of ammonia. In buying
this article the farmer gets a proper
ton of soda, fertilizer of itself on
some crops. 1t comes from Chile, and
is known as Chile saltpeter. There is
another saltpeter, much higher in
price, known as nitrate of potash.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11
Tomato Salad.

Pare six or eight small tomatoes
and scoop out small quantity of the
pulp from each; sprinkle the insides
With salt, invert and chill. Fill the
cavities with the following mixture:
One tablespoonful of finely chopped
parsley, three tablespoonfuls Of cream
cheese, one tablespoonful of mush-
room catsup, dash OF white pepper.
one saltspoonful of salt, eight stoned
and chopped olives and sufficient
French dressing to moisten. Arrange
on a bed Of fresh watercress and top
each with teaspoonful OF barbecue
Jelly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11
Very Fishy.


She was a fisherman's daughter, she
wore her hair in net, and she pre-
ferred love in piscatorial way.
my love-" he whispered, you hold
first place in my heart! Although l
founder about in expressing myself,
my sole wish is that you will save
me from becoming a grabbed old
bachelor. shall stick to you closer
than a 1impet,' from you 'wink'll'
be the road to guide me. Together
we will skate over life's rocks aud
when look at your hand beside Inc
shall say to myself: Fortune was
mine when I put herring there!"
and then the lady dropped her eyes
in sweet confusion, and murmured:
pass the salt"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11
"FolloW Me-"

Follow me-" said Jesus to the four
fishermen by the Sea of Galilee, and,
without word, they rose up and fol-
lowed him. His call awakened, in the
depths of their souls, the noblest i'm
pulses to self-sacrifice and heroism.
They saw in Jesus leader under
whom nothing was too hard to at
tempt, nothing too perilous to dare
Such a leader Jesus always proves
himself to be- He calls to service in
which strength and courage and self
denial find their fullest scope and
their most perfect development.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11

A Pennsylvania man remembered
his wife in his will and also the widow
next door, dividing his property be-
tween them but STIMULATING that if
either started a quarrel her share goes
to the other. The Wanted wisdom OF
Solomon could have gone no further
than this.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11
MANNER Of CHERRY GRATING
New York orchardist Achieves QUO
cess by Adopting Old Method
Of "SpIit-the-Stump."

My experience in caring for fru't
trees is that, excepting the peach ana
young nursery seedlings, the proper
and best way to change tops OF stone
fruits is by grating, writes Horace u.
Keesling, in Rural New Yorker. l
have grated cherries, various xmas
of plums, prunes and apricots with
good results over a period Of IS years.
and have found that they take as
readily as apples. My method has
been usually the old "split-the-stump"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11
paper manufactures

A New York paper manufacturer
saws that his company gets old rope
from all parts of the world, and that
10000 tons Of it were manufactured
into paper in this country last year.
This will surprise those who had
thought that the only use for old rope
was in making campaign cigars.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11

A swarm of bees broke up ball
game in California the other day and
drove all the spectators from the
grand stand. One of the remarkable
features Of the incident was that the
bees never touched the umpire.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11

Alaska's latest gold field Is yielding
s25 a pan. Still, look at the record
made by any girl who catches a mil
lionaire husband with her chatting
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11

A Baltimore man wants divorce
because his wife loves him SO much
that her caresses and words of en-
dearment bore him. 1t is hoped that
women will not generally regard this
as a solemn warning. Our opinion Of
the man is that he doesn't bulk very
large as a lord of creation.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11

Spain has advised Ecuador and
Peru not to fight. The advice might
well be extended to all Central and
South American republics. no matter
whether they happen to be fighting or
preparing to fight just now or not.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11

: Those Servian princes who have
given out that they do not desire rich
American brides omit to state what
figure they consider as affiuence.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11

Chicago hotels for transients have
become lovely and luxurious. but your
real Chicagoan will refuse to become
a transient merely for that reason.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11

| That German cobbler who set the
world laughing by piece of spectacu-
lar crookedness was deported from
Ellis island. where the officials cannot
take a Joke.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11
In 1850.

Did he object to his wife's getting
into PRISON."
No; he only said it wasn't the Jail
where his mother USED to go."-Har-
per's Bazaar.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11

We respectfully call to the weather
bureaus attention the fact that the
ice harvest was completed during the
regular winter months.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11

Why should college girls smoke
cigarettes when there are so many in
teresting and useful things for them
to do in this short life?
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11

Dead men may tell no tales, but
some defunct chickens would if they
bore upon their pallid skins the date
when they went into cold storage.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11

Inc police in Chicago will watch
the bathing costumes. They will not
De alone in the work.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11

strange thing about the war Of
the tonss is that there apparently are
as many Cinnamon in this country as
ever
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11

The man who smoked single cigar
for "a minutes ought to be introduced
to the Los Angeles woman who
waItzed II hours. They'd make a
cute little pair.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11

The big fish stories are coming in.
The rain of frogs in northern Indiana
is scheduled for an early date.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11

The man or movement that keeps
in the middle Of the road and is not
turned to the right or left by fads or
follies is pretty sure of success.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11

Philadelphia surgeons are accused
of having conducted cruel experiments
on helpless orphan babes. Can moth
ing good come from Philadelphia?
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11

Utica woman's neck was broken
by a hug. Cupid's fatalities will soon
be numbered with those Of football.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11

London barber has written play
called THE Ravens Cry" When did
those torturers start shaving ravens7
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11

That oyster with 54 pearls was a
great improvement over the one with
100000 typhoid germs.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11

Seventy-slx thousand farmers now
own automobiles. Revival Of the
back to the farm" cutlery is now part
1y explained
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11

A Cornell professor has succeeded
in smoking a cigar for IS minutes
without letting it go out. We at once
award to him the Marathon cigar
sreking championship.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11

1t is time that rich Americans
stopped being meal tickets for foreign
forgers of old masters.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11

Cotton flour and alfalfa biscuits are
preparing to GUST wheat from its
stronghold in the human stomach.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11

instead of belling the cats they
should be trained to an exclusive spar
row diet.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11

The winter of our discomfort being
over, we will now begin to figure out
how much new fishing tackle we shall
need.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11

According to Missouri court you
are guilty of contributory negligence
II you go near mule. just as you
would be If you pounded nails with
stick of dynamite.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11

All the best people are preparing to
secure permanent federal record i'll
the new census. Don't miss the op-
portunity.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11

The man that leads at the first may
be last at the close, while the man
that follows behind all others may in
the end come out victor.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11

IL costs nothing to gQujoy riding on
q hot air wagon.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-03
CROWDS DOFF THEIR HATS AS
FLAG RISES over THE RUINS

guard of plain clothes men, he
watched the laborers who sweatet
in the pit beneath the glare of hun
dreds of incandescent lamps over
the ruins. His entire thought ap
peared to be for his employees who
had lost their lives at their posts
of duty.
The committee of citizens ap
pointed by Mayor Alexander to ad-
minister the $4,000 fund voted by
the city council to probe the dyna-
hitting already is in possession OF
clews which may lead to the appre-
hension of the guilty persons.
Attorney Earl Rogers, who had
an active part In the defense in the
recent trials of Patrick Calhoun in
San Francisco, is member" of the
committee. With two detectives,
committee employees, Rogers today
is en- route to San Francisco to in
vestigate one of the clews in the
committees possession.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-03
$4,000 is OFFERED
FOR DYNAM|TERS
(ey United Press Leased Wlre.)

10y Oniteo tress Leased WtTe'J
LOS ANGELES, Cal, Oct. 3
Rewards totalling $4,000 will be
paid to the person who brings
about the arrest and conviction of
the person or persons responsible
for the explosion and fire that de-
stroyed the building of the Los An
geles Times Saturday morning,
causing the loss of life of at least
a score of persons. At a special
meeting of the Los Angeles Mer-
chants adm Manufacturers associa-
ton today individual members
pledged $4,000 to be added to the
rewards already offered for the ap-
prehension of the guilty ones. The
names of the contributors, it was
agreed, would not be made public,
but among them are many of the
leading business and professional
men of Los Angeles. The associa-
ton, as an organization, took no ac-
ton.
Mayor Alexande today named
the five daily newspapers of Los
Angeles and four banks, as COM
mittee to collect funds for the
widows and fatherless children OF
the men who lost their lives in the
disaster. Many of these are said to
be in Strengthened circumstances.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-03
MILLIONAIRE
MURDERED
Another Rich Man Does
the Killing at a
Depot.

VINCENNES. Ind, Oct. SC
Edward Gibson, millionaire oil
operator, was shot and killed today
by Menlo Moore, wealthy owner of
number of theaters in Indiana.
The killing occurred at the union
depot. Moore boarded train for
Washington, Ind, but was arrested
enroute.
Moore stood behind Gibson and
watched him purchase a ticket. AS
Gibson turned from the window,
Moore opened fire, shooting five
times. Gibson ran out on the plat
form at the first shot and the other
bullets were fired at him as ne
lodged through the crowd.
1t is said that the affair is the
result of attentions paid by Gibson
to Mrs. Moore.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-03
A
THREE-MAN
RULE HERE
Look Out for Pratt Ma.
chine in New Charter
Project.

Members Of the committee elect
ed by the people last Tuesday to
frame a new city charter have been
been warned against a movement
being quietly nursed by city hall
politicians and certain private in
terests to make the new commits
sion plan three-man government,
in which three men viii practically
have their own way and the mi
nority commissioners will be mere
figure heads.
The hackers of this move con-
template having an elective mayor.
to which they hope to elect Mayor
Pratt and at least two of his sup
porters, in which event Mayor
Pratt and his machine would have
such sway at the city hall as they
have never had before. The move
plans to form a flying wedge"
campaign for city commissioners
under the new charter with a COM
bine in which the Pratt machine
will take at least three of the
commissioners by conceding two to
lance.
Pfatt'S supporters on the last
commission fought for an elective
mayor, as they figured Pratt would
have a better show for reelection
to that position than any other.
The old committee voted down the
elective mayor idea and made the
mayor elective by the board of
commissioners mother words, the
same as the chairman Of the board.
Relieving in the theory that ito
the victors belong the spoils," there
are silent efforts on foot at the
present moment to control the
work of the new charter commits
sion. The members should beware
and assert their independence and
freedom of any machine or other
influence.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-03
ONLY A CAPTAIN
Of THE POLICE"

Corporation Counsel +. B. Nor
rill, in his opinion as to the charges
filed against John T. Sullivan, act
ing chief of police, goes outside of
the mere question of law on which
he was asked to rule and makes a
finding as to facts.
Mr.. Morrill, finds that John T.
Sullivan is not chief of police
and not even an acting chief of pO-
lice, but is simply police captain,
filling the duties of chief, and
therefore must be tried by the pO-
lice commissioners.
This is the specious plea that
Sullivan and his legal advisers
have taken for lodging the respon-
sibility of facing the charges be-
fore the city council. Corporation
Counsel Morrill, has taken up with
the plan and says that Sullivan is
only police captain, in spite of
the fact that for IS months he has
drawn the salary of chief of police
and is down on the city payrOllS
as acting chief" Sullivan has tes-
titled in the police court time and
again that he is acting chief. which
position his legal advisers will now
say that he does not fill.
The opinion Of the corporation
counsel admits that the city coun-
Gil has jurisdiction over chief of
oplice and possesses the right to
try him and fire him If it pleases.
The utter weakness of this effort
to dodge responsibility in the Sui
livan charges is so apparent that 1t
is believed the city council will
cast aside the legal quibbling and
go into hearing of the charges on
their merits. The city hall clikue
realizes that it Is up against the
battle of tbs lfei. In the Sullivan
case, for if the charges are tried
they may involve other high city
officials as well as Sullivan.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-03
BAD FOR HUETTER

Contractor John w. Heuttter may
lose his contract for construction
of the Lincoln Heights reservoir
and may as well be compelled to
pay penalty of 800 per day from
August l, the date on which the
contract expired, according to an
opinion rendered Saturday by Cor
poration Counsel Morrill,. Heutter
has failed in carrying his work
along with any energy, and much
complaint has been heard because
of his delay. Action to be taken
in regard to the contract will be de,
cided by the board Of public works
at its meeting tomorrow afternoon.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-03
G O Min u Z D
C r o -
P A G E. Q N E
AVIATOR MARS

At Louisville, KY, Bud and Mr..
Curtiss pulled the crowd to their
feet and set them cheering and ere
ated such scene of enthusiasm the
like of which l had never before
witnessed at an aviation meet, and
| have attended all in which Mr.
Mars has participated. The i'm
mense crowd went wild when they
raced for 10 laps over the mile
track, he 800 feet in the air and
Curtiss 500. The race was really
unprecedented. 1t was neck and
neck-a sure enough contest for
aerial supremacy.
Sometimes the thought comes to
me. suppose the propeller stops,
and for while I'm all atremble.
OF course, in a case of that kind it
is matter of balancing until he
alights, fluttering to the ground like
a wounded bird. Losing both power
and head at the same time is fatal
combination. 1t would mean certain
death to him. Fortunately. Bud is
the coolest man - eartn--or off 1t
as the case may be-"
With a warbling laugh. that
sounded ever so much like the trill
of bird, petite Mrs. Mars jumped
into waiting motor car and was
whisked off to the track.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-03
G O N TIN u Z d
r o
P A @ E O N f
BIG FAIR

was cold and passing a dispensery
of the above mentioned articles it
was impossible for the visitors to
resist the tempting odors arising
from the hot viands. Many a sigh
of satisfaction was expressed as a
cold, bedraggled looking human
sunk his teeth into the indigestible
mass. The management, with a
nice calculation of the probable re-
suits, placed the emergency hos
pital tent alomst opposite the lunch
counters and although as far as
could be ascertained no one was
compelled to resort to medical
treatment this morning as result
of an impromptu feast, there is
nothing like taking the necessary
precautions.
MARS A BUSY MAN.
One of the busiest men on the
grounds this forenoon was the
aviator Mars. He was a veritable
wbhlwind OF excitement, and his
ilttIe wife was probably almost as
busy as he, although in an entirely
different way. She could not keep
him IN sight and employed taxi
cab most OF the morning to find
him In.
At headquarters the clerks were
kept on the run issuing exhibitors
passes. etc. and taking entries for
the horse races. Since yesterday
afternoon the entries having been
coming In at such rate that a re-
markable success for the races is
assured.
The office stove was exceedingly
popular this morning, and ran a
close second to the hot dog dispen.
Heries. Groups OF farmers and out
OF town folk stood In u circle and
discussed the weather. the crop out
look and conditions In general The
axAibits are very complete and at
tEaetixely housed this year. One
car piace orders for almost every
fhlu& manufactured IN Bp0ltana ana
vicinity. Farm ana Trait Land o.
y hibits as usual takes a foremost
etA,ad IN polnt Of Number ard popu-
Arlsy.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-03
VICTIMS BODIES in
WICKER BASKETS

posing room. Above them is
packed tons of debris held up by
warped metal beams weighing
thousands of pounds. Their recov-
cry could not begin until derricl1s
to move the heavy mass had been
rugged.
Four bodies were recovered yes
terday. They were taken to the
morgue where the withercd torso
of the man who is believed to have
been J. Wesley Reaves, private
secretary to Manager Harry Chand-
Ter of the Times, already lay.
With one exception Identification
of the remains was impossible. The
face of one man, however, strange
ly preserved it's human contour.
Employees of the Times believe it
to be that of Harry l.. Crane, as
sistant telegraph editor.