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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-23

immediate party landed, they wers
whisked away in White Steamers to
the home of Mrs. Douglas Robinson at
433 Fifth avenue. A little later, when
the procession reached the corner OF
Fffty-ninth street and Fifth avenue,
Colonel Roosevelt again showed his
preference for the motor car In gen.
eral and the White cars in particular,
when he, Cornelius Vanderbilt and Col
lector Loeb transferred from their car
riage to White Steamers, which We're
in waiting for them.
After luncheon at Mr.. Robinson's
house, the entire party, including
Colonel Roosevelt, again entered White
cars and were driven to Long Island.
City, where they were to take spe-
cial train to the ex-President's home
at Oyster Bay.
The supremacy of the White cars
with the Roosevelt party was again
demonstrated on Sunday, when the
party was driven to church in the
White Steamers, and a group of some
forty prominent Rough Riders were
taken in a White Gasoline Truck to q
clambake at the Travers island club,
house Of the New York Athletic Club
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-23
The Lost Chords.

The village concert was to be
great affair. They had the singers,
they had the program sellers, they
had the doorkeepers and they would
doubtless have the audience. All they
needed was the piano, but that they
lacked. Nor could they procure one
anywhere.
At last the village organist learned
that one was possessed by Farmer
Hayseed, who lived "at the top O. the
ILL.," Forthwith he set out with two
men and a van.
Take 1t, an welcome" said Hay
seed cordially. I've no objections
s'long as We put 'Pyenner by Hayseed'
on the program"
They carted 1t away.
"An' l wish 'em JOY of It," muir
INJURED Mrs. Hayseed. as the van disap-
peared from sight.
Wish 'em Joy of it," repeated Hay
seed. What dye mean?'
well, l mean I only 'ope they'll
find all the notes they want" replied
the good woman. Zoos, We see, when
I wanted bit o. wire allus went to
the old pianner for it."
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-23
Dredging Foreman Could Pass Away
With the Consciousness of
Victory Won.

An army officer, who had been in
Panama recently, tells this story, says
the Washington Post, of Laurent
Roquebert, who was general foreman
of dredging at the Pacific entrance to
canal for 20 years. He went to the
isthmus under the old French COM
pany, and had remained on the job
ever since.
A short time ago he was badly
crushed in one of the dredges, and lay
in critical condition in the Ancon
hospital. One of the engineers went
to see him.
"How many yards?' said the injured
man, feebly, referring to the dredging
account for the month. When told
that they had taken out more cubic
yards than in any previous month. he
smiled and whispered:
"And the Gopher, what did she do?"
The Gopher, like the dredge-master.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-23
Phi Beta Kappa Address at Harvard
IN 1881 Composed While He Lay
Stretched Upon a Sofa
Couch,

Accompanied by my friend of other
days, the late John Boyle O'Reilly.
the poet, was walking through Es-
sex street. Boston. one afternoon in
the summer Of 1882 when my atten.
ton was attracted to face in the
WINDOW OF a typical bow-windowed
boston home. 1t was a face like that
or craven image, perfectly motion
iess' and there was an expression of
severe dignity. and yet of perfect re-
pose upon it.
l turned to Mr.. O'Reilly. THAT
looks like Wendell Phillips" said.
1T looks like Wendell Phillips be-
cause 1t is Wendell Phillips" Mr..
O'Reilly replied That is his Boston
nome. Here he has lived for many
years, resisting the inevitable march
OF business, which is soon to swallow
up the few remaining homes upon this
and neighboring streets.
Mr.. Phillips" Mr.. O'Reilly> went
on, lis very fond of sitting in that
window. Sometimes he occupies his
chair there for hours, seeming scarce
ly to move, and l have been told that
frequently when in that perfect repose
he writes mentally portions of an ora
ton or address
But even more interesting to me
was the manner in which Mr.. Phillips
wrote his now famous Phi Beta Kappa
Grafton, The Scholar in a Repub-
lic,' delivered last year at the centen-
NAL anniversary of the Phi Beta Kap-
pa society at Harvard. You may recall
that the address was one that stung.
He spoke for civil and religious lib
erty, and he made bitter accusation
against men of scholarship who took
SO little part in public affairs, and
who when they did, usually sided with
the aristocratic and the rich.
We'll, in the room at the rear of
the one in which you saw Mr.. Phillips
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-23
Friendship Helped Saue Union

heard that Mr. Weed is not to be. ap-
pointed as fellow commissioner"
"Yes," said Secretary Seward, I'VE
have decided that we will appoint Mr..
Weed as secretary of the commits
sion"
Secretary of the commission" ex-
claimed the archbishop. 1--WE don't
need any secretary Why is not Mr..
Weed appointed full commissioner"
WELL" replied Secretary Seward,
"he Las no official character, repre-
sents nothing but himself, and it
seemed to me that for this reason it
would be the better part not to name
him as one of the commissioners"
Instantly the archbishop fired up;
he was large man, physically, as
we'll as Intellectually, and of impetu-
GUS temper.
"Mr. Secretary" he cried-he after
ward admitted that he spoke little
excitedly-"Mr. Secretary, want to
say just one thing to you-either
Thurlow Weed goes as On equal mem
Der of this commission, in authority
and representative capacity, or
don't go. Now, you decide that for
yourself. shan't make any other
argument. There will be three COM
missioners, of whom Thurlow Weed
is one, or | will not be a member of
the commission!"
For an appreciate space of time
the two men sat facing each other, in
silence. Then, since the administra-
ton deemed it absolutely necessary
that Archbishop John Hughes should
be- a member of the commission, he
received assurances that Thurlow
Weed would go to Europe with him
and Bishop McIlvaine as fellow plen-
ipotentiary. And one Of the greatest
romances in all our political history
is that which tells how Mr.. Weed, a
few weeks later, prevented the EN-
peror Louis Napoleon from declaring
that France would recognize the
southern Confederacy.
Copyright. 1910. by E. ]. Edwards)
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-23
How Phillips Wrote Grafton

sitting at his window a moment ago
there is a sofa couch. After Mr.. Phil
lips had accepted the invitation to ad-
dress the Harvard Phi Beta society,
he shut himself up in his room, as 1
nave been told, for three or four days,
and most of the time he lay stretched
out upon that sofa couch. Occasion
ally, some member of the household
CHANGING to pass through the room,
would see his lips moving, but they
would hear no sound. They knew
that he was writing his grafton for
the Phi Beta Kappa anniversary cele-
bration-writing it mentally, although
l should add, that one of my friends
is of the opinion that the address thus
composed was not the one delivered
to the Harvard students and alumni,
but was another one.
But as I have the story. at the end
of the three or four days Mr. Phillips
arose from the sofa, which he had not
left except to take his meals, or his
nights sleep or to perform some de-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-23
Hay Confessed to Authorship

the author of The Bread Winner
became morally certain that he was,
and in rather amusing manner" said
to me sometime ago that veteran
journalist and lecturer. William H.
McElroy, who was once associated
with Mr. Hay in editorial work for q
number of years.
AT the time that The Bread Win
ners' appeared continued Mr.. Nc
Elroy, Il was thoroughly familiar with
Mr.. Hays literary style and methods
and his views upon political and civic
questions. So at the first reading of
the book l couldn't help thinking that
John Hay was it's author Yet I was
somewhat perplexed by reason of the
frequent. somewhat technical and eau
tious denials from Mr.. Hays closest
friends that he was the author of the
story; and this perplexity lasted until
a year or so before Mr.. Hay went to
the Court of st. James as our ambassa-
dor, he was entertained in Buffalo by
an intimate friend of both Mr.. Hay
and myself
This friend, like many other Amer
leans, had puzzled his head greatly
over the identity of the author of the
book, and he, too, had come to the
personal conclusion that it was the
work Of Mr.. Hay. So all the time that
the latter was his guest he burned to
ask him: Did you write THE Bread
Winners?"' Yet he did not know ex-
actly how to do this without seeming
to infringe little upon the rules Of
hospitality.
But upon the last day of Mr.. Hays
ride in the suburbs of Buffalo, and
when they were far out in the coun-
try said to him:
"I am going to be discourteous
enough to ask you one question, and
first of all to ask you if you will an
swer any question 1 put to YOU
Mr. Hay laughed heartily, and as
he turned his face towards his COM
panion his eyes twinkled merrily.
Then he said:
81 will answer any question you are
likely to put to me except one
You think I am going to ask you
If you wrots "The Bread Winners?"
queried his companion
my experience would Justify that
suepicion,' laughed Mr. Hay.
well, you are mistaken; l am not
going to ask you that question, was
the good-natured retort.
"'Well, then,' cried Mr.. Hay. go
ahead and put your question. I'll
answer it.
my question is this: Did you read
the proofs of THE Bread Winners ?"'
Again Mr.. Hay laughed heartily.
Then, finally, he said:
That's a fair question. I'll an
swer it. l did read the proofs
$50 l suspected exultantly shout
ed our friend. And I'll never need
again to ask anybody who wrote "The
Bread Winners. -"
Copyright, 1910. by E. J. Edwards)
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-23
English Women and Clothes

was handed down to the Americans by
the French. This old dredge of the
Scotch ladder type had been at work
at the Pacific entrance almost continu.
ously for twenty-five years.
The Frenchman for years was mas
ter of this dredge, and he gloried in
the fact that it was the best on the
job. A few months before he met with
the accident, however, Dredge No. 1,
Of the Colon fleet, had surpassed the
old French relics record That panied
Roquebert and he had watched devel
opments anxiously month by month.
.The Gopher?" replied the visiting
engineer. why, she holds the record
by more than 5000 yards!"
The dredge-master closed his eyes.
smiled, and said: I'm very happy"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-23
No Escape.

wv ISSdHS.
A. J. Drexel was annoyed, during
mis- recent visit to New York, because
he had to pay, at his hotel, S1.75 for
breakfast of two eggs and a cup of
coffee.
.It Is all very we'll" Mr.. Drexel said
"a reporter, ito talk about the rising
nrices of foodstuffs, labor and what
not: but the high cost of living over
here is so excessive that I can't but
think some one isn't playing fair.
some one seems to be interpreting the
ru,e of fair play as little Philadel-
mia girl interpreted the Biblical rule.
This girl was pushing her dolly's
coach in Rittenhouse square. A gen.
.,amas came out of great, pale house
Ss.cXdng the square, and stopping the
R,s,t,e girl, whom he knew, he began
tceease her.
aIJe teased her till he was tired;
,nen taking leave, he said:
'A1 4 .Eood-by. l don't love you
a.oh. but you've got TOT the little
girl cried.
asnoesnst the Bible say she de-
4naed. that you must love them
~. lnss hate you? Well. I'm sure I hate
You
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-23
Looked Like a Pattern,

"My DEAR" asks the thoughtful hus-
band. ibid you notice large sheet
of paper with a lot of diagrams on it
about my desk?"
You mean that big piece with dots
and curves and diagonals and things
all over it,"
Yes. 1t was my map of the path
of Halley's comet I wanted to-
My goodness! / thought 1t was that
pattern asked you to get, and the
dresmaker is cutting out my new
shirtwaist by it!"-Chicago Evening
Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-23
He Had Been Observing.

"Why don't you call your invention
the Bachelors Button?'" I asked my
friend, who was about to put on the
market button that a man could at
tach without needle or thread.
Il fear that the appellation would
imply too much restrictiveness," he
answered. "You see," he went on, CIV
ing me one of his knowing smiles, Il
expect to do just as much business
with the married men as with the
bachelors"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-23
He Admitted To Curious Friend
That He Read the Proofs of
1.-THE Bread Winners" and
Ended Mystery.

1t was in 1883 that there appeared
anonymously the novel called "The
Bread Winners" At once a deep in
terest was taken in the problem of
establishing the identity of the au-
thor, and while from time to time
through the years many persons of
authority attributed the novel to John
Hay, the literary world generally did
not know for surety until after his
death that he it was who wrote that
once popular story.
But long before the general public
knew for a certainty that Mr.. Hay was
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-23
How Archbishop John Hughes Unwit-
tineIy Performed Great Service.
for the Nation by His 10y
atty to Weed.

This is the hitherto unpublished
story of the archbishop of the Roman
Catholic church who, because he
would not permit close personal
friend to be put in the way of being
Inundated, unwittingly performed a
great service for the Union at most
critiual periods of the Civil war. This
church dignitary. was John Hughes,
from 1850 to 1864, the year of his
death, the head of his church in New
York city.
Shortly after the outbreak Of the
war President Lincoln, as history
states. determined to send abroad, to
Great Britain and France, a special
embassy to work for the cause of the
Union and against the foreign COM
missioners of the Confederacy. One
Of the men he appointed on this COM
mission was the late Charles P. Nc
Tlvaine. Protestant Episcopal bishop
OF Ohio, and another was Archbishop
John Hughes, an ardent friend both
OF the Union and of Lincoln, and also
very energetic and earnest worker
and most eloquent speaker.
These two dignitaries, when they
met in Washington shortly after they
had been formally notified of their
selection by the president, were under
the impression that the third member
OF the commission was to be Thurlow
Weed. But the archbishop had been
in the capital only day or SO when
be began to suspect that it was not
] the purpose of the secretary of state.
william H. Seward. to clothe Mr..
Weed with full plenipotentiary pow
ers, notwithstanding the informal re-
port that had been printed that the
three special ambassadors would be
the two ecclesiastics and Mr.. Weed.
Now, Archbishop Hughes and Mr.
weed were close personal friends and
the more the archbishop thought about
the matter the more excited he be-
came At last he determined to beard
the secretary of state in his office and
have 1t out with him as regarded his
trends position upon the commission.
The archbishop lost no time in
coming to the point. once he had
gaiaed Mr.. Stewards presence
Secretary Seward" he said, Il I'M
Sderstand that the commissions of
bishop McIlvaine and myself as spe-
cial ambassadors of President Lin
coin to Great Britain and France are
about to be made out. But have also
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-23

were very unhealthy and the secre-
tons much disordered. The dropsical
swellings began to abate after began
using Doan's Kidney Pills and soon l
was cured"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by all dealers. so cents q
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-23
Worry Is the Real Enemy,

A busy life is healthy one, and few
suffer from overwork. Mental strain
is the worm that undermines health:
worry and annoyance and Impotence
are not wholesome. and when a wom-
an meets her duties with such weapons
she can hardly expect to find happi.
ness and contentment. Investigators
are continually telling us that we
waste both time and strength. and
some of us are beginning to believe
them.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-23

troubles like Doan's
Kidney Pills. They
quickly remove kid
ney disorders.
Mrs. A. E. Fulton,
311.~ Skidmore ST.,
Portland, Ore, says:
My limbs swelled
terribly and I was
bloated over the
stomach and had
puffy spots beneath
the eyes. NV kidneys
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-23
Cost of Spontaneity.

II want the office, of course said
the aspiring statesman, "but not I'M
less am the peoples choice"
1--WE can fix that, too," said his CAM
paign manager; "only you know it's
a good deal more expensive to be the
peoples choice than it is to go in as
the compromise candidate"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-23
TAKE A FooT.BATH TONIGHT

After dissolving one or two Aliens Foot
In the water. It will take out all soreness,
smarting and tenderness, remove foot
odors and freshen the feet. Aliens Foot
sweating or in1amed feet and hot nerv-
BUSINESS Of the feet at night. Then for
comfort Throughout the day shake Aliens
Foot-Ease the antiseptic powder into your
stitutes. Samples Of Aliens Footballs
mailed FREE or our regular size sent by
mail for Csc. Address Allen s. Olmsted.
Leroy, N. Y.
"Foot.Tabs for Foot-Tubs."
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-23
Tactfuj,

A woman with pronounced squint
went to fashionable photographer.
He looked at her and she looked at
him and both were embarrassed.
He spoke first.
Wont you permit me-" he said. ito
take your portrait in profile? There
is q certain shyness about one of your
eyes which is as difficult in art as 1t
is fascinating in nature" -Beacon.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-23
Statistics Go Lame.

"'Pears t me thar's somethin'
wrong with stertisticks," remarked the
Oldest inhabitant as he dropped into
his usual place on the loafers' bench.
Whats wrong with 'em?" queried
the village grocer.
wall, ercordin' tew EN-" continued
the o. l., "we orter hev had death in
teown ev'ry six weeks fer tn past
tew years"
'Is that so?" said the grocer.
"Yaas," answered the other, IAN
by ginger we amt had 'em!"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-23
A BAD THING TO NEGLECT.

Don't neglect the kidneys when you
notice lack of control over the secre-
tons. Passages become too frequent
or scanty; urine is discolored and sedi-
ment appears. No medicine for such
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-23
Happiness and Sorrow

In happiness there are far more re-
gions unknown than there are in mis-
fortune. The voice of misfortune is
ever the same; happiness becomes
the more silent as it.penetrates deep
er. He is the happiest man who best
understands his happiness; for he is
Of all men most fully aware that 1t is
only the lofty idea. the untiring,
courageous, human idea, that separates
gladness from sorrow.-Maeterlinc
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-23
Trying to Satisfy Him,

Squeamish Guest (as waiter places
water before him)-Waiter, are you
sure this is boiled distilled water?
Waiter am positive, sir.
Squeamish Guest Quitting it to his
lips)-But 1t seems to taste pretty
hard for distilled water.
Waiter-That's because it's hard
boiled distilled water, sir. 49,.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-23

Whether the church shall stay in
the world depends not on whether the
world will support it but on whether
it will serve the world and save 1t.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-23
Household CONSERVATION.

Charley, dear!" exclaimed young
Mrs. Torktns, "the baby has swal-
lowed a gold dollari"
Great heavens! Something must
be done. There will be no end to the
cost of living If he gets habits like
that!"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-23
A Wonder Worker.

Sapleigh-Ah, speaking of electric.
ity, that makes me think
Miss Keen-Really, Mr. Sapleighs
Isn't it remarkable what electricity
can do?
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-23

Every mind has its choice between
truth and repose. Take which you
please-you can never have both
Emerson.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-23

Mr.. Parvenue-Going to church this
morning?
Mrs. Parvenue-No. rye got head
ache.
Mr.. Parvenue-Then call the butler
and send him. The family should be
represented.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-23

It is waste of time TO worry about
the future. Things will be all right
hundred years from now-as far as
you are concerned.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-23

For Red, Itching Eyelids. Cysts, Styles
Falling Eyefashes and All Eyes That
Need Care Try Murine Eye Salve. Asep-
tic Tubes-Trial Size-25c. Ask Your Drug
eist or Write Murine Eye Remedy Co..
Chicago.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-23

Rich relatives have mania for liv-
ing to rip old age.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-23

Death Rate Among Armies.
The average annual death rate
among the armies of the world Is nine
in every 1000.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-23

important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-23
A BURNING ERUPTION FROM
HEAD TO FEET

-Four years ago I suffered severely
with terrible eczema, being mass
of sores from head to feet and for six
weeks confined to my bed. During
that time suffered continual torture
from itching and burning. After being
given up by my doctor was advised
to try Cuticura Remedies. After the
first bath with Cuticura Soap and ap-
plication of Cuticura Ointment I en-
joyed the first good sleep during my
entire Illness. I also used Cuticura
Resolvent and the treatment was con-
tinued for about three weeks. At the
end of that time I was able to be
about the house, entirely cured, and
have felt no i'll effects since. l would
advise any person suffering from any
form of skin trouble to try the Cutt-
cura Remedies, as l. know what they
did for me. Mrs. Edward Nenning,
1112 Salina St., Watertown, N. Y,
Apr. IL, 19O9."
Unflatterina Truth.
A Chicago physician gleefully tells
a child story at his own expense. The
five children of some faithful patients
had measles, and during their rather
long stay in the improvised home hos
pital they never failed to greet his
daily visit with pleased reclamation.
The good doctor felt duly f1attered.
but rashly pressed the children, in the
days of convalescense, for the reason
of this sudden affection. At last the
youngest and most indiscreet let slip
the better truth.
1--WE felt so sick that we wanted
awfully to do something naughty, but
we were afraid to be bad for fear you
and the nurse would give us more hor-
rid medicine. So we were awfully
glad to see you, always, cause you
made us stick out our tongues. We
stuck 'em out awful fart"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-23

Bears the ~
Signature Of ZMzzzzN
In Use For Over 80 Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-23

you OUGHT TO KNOW ABOUT 1T. It's q
CATION; railroad canals, court house, bank school,
brick business houses. People needed to build It's
Tor booklet D. quick Chaplin Co., Chspn Tax