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New-York tribune., 1910-12-18
GZ>Ke oI0uc4Hc G2lo7t@

Flood mansion on the summit OF W
Hill. Flood gave HerteT Brothers, or Nesl
York. carte blanche, and they bsiit Cor 4
necticut brownstOne palace and decoraia
it beautifully The fire gutJed the lnteric'l
but left the walls intact Ihe PacH
Union Club acquired the place and ent
iarged it. with the result that the Gu
will have one of the most artistic hcnSl
in the country. y feature OF the house
carved scrolls and panels of various MAJ
bIes and Pompeiian baths. in which the o.
decorations Of the buried city are repfe1
dUced in color.
Glenn II. Curtiss, the aviator. who vas
here this week. expressed much satisfacti'
at plans which have been made for hoidin.
a big aviation meet in this city at the o
Ingleside racctrack next month CurtssI
declared San Francisco should become 4
winter ground for aviation, the climate per
mitting flying when it is impossible IN u
East He thinks the altitude record WI
be broken at the coming meet because
the IDEAL atmospheric conditions in this ei'
in January
The Bohemia Ciub had much fan ta'|
week in giving a dinner 20 Ho-td-Ldns an
Char-Lee Field. described as Two disiin-l
suished Oriental visitors The Oriental /
proved TO be Richard NJ H0taliDs an
Charles n. Field, two Bohemians. whO hSs
just returned from a trip to the orient vi
the delegation of Pacific Coast Cham0sl |
of Commerce. Chinese decorations, coz
tunes and music added TO the gayety OF ~
feast.
The Rev V. c. MeMurray ana Mrs. vs.
Murray. two English missionaries who nav'I
spent thirty years in India, are here 70 ds
wise means for the return 10 their holns
of many HindOOs. Mr.. McAIurray beAs'
that the experience OF these Hindoos Oh =
Pacific Coast VIII he OF great service, a.
will enable them to tell the people Al heH-
the benefits Of removal of caste reStriel0-'
Thirteen OF thirty japanese plet-.
brides who arrived here from the of'"'
this week are held up because the s'fss0
found they had symptoms of hoekWoFM
they improve soon they win be aiioSe1
land ana to claim husbands waem ~
married in Japan by means Of photOs' Sf'
II not they viii be dep0rted-
New-York tribune., 1910-12-18

The new Pacific Union clubhouse. which
IS nearing completion. viii have some oil
the finest interior decorations in this coun-
try. Willis Polk. architect. Bruce Porter,
mural decorator. and Arthur Putnam.
sculptor, have united to transform the old
New-York tribune., 1910-12-18
GERMANY.

Berlin. PENSION ELLEN. ~ MOTZ STR
Convenient location. Near NOilcudors Plaiz-
sn1erfcsn church. Geological Garden. Ihisrssr-
far Nicely furnished rooms. home coIniarts:
exceIient cuisine; American references tb
Sfambausn Building. Youngstown. Chio
New-York tribune., 1910-12-18
THE DEATH ROLL

ANY persons of Importance die?' asked
PuSv Man
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-08
AN, EXCELLENT REMEDY.
WiiI Break Up Cold in Twenty-Fou
Hours and Cure Any Cough That
Is Durable.

The following mixture is often pre-
scribed and is highly recommended
for coughs, colds and other throat and
bronchial trouble. Mix two ounces
Of Glycerine, a half-ounce of Virgin
OIL of Pine compound pure, and eight
ounces Of pure Whisky. These can be
bought in any good drug store and cas-
lily mixed together in a large bottle.
The genuine Virgin Oil of Pine COM
pound pure is prepared only in the
laboratories of the Leach Chemical
Co., Cincinnati, and put up for dis
pensing in half-ounce walls.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-08
Enforce La,u in Wilderness
man. executioner and coroner.

man, executioner and coroner.
"All this / swear without any men.
tai evasion. equivocation or secret
reservation. So help me God"-with
these impressive words do raw re.
cruits and grizzled soldiers enter the
service of the mounted police and
swear fidelity to his majesty Edward
VII. 1t is not prospective wealth
that tempts a man to become an en-
pire builder in this mounted force of
Greater Canada, "for hard is her ser
vice, poor her payment"
The newly recruited constable gets
60 cents q day. his term of engage
ment is Ave years, and he may look
forward to re-engagement on sec
ond term. with staff sergeant's pay
of from 81 to $3.50 day to work up
to. Recruits must be between the
ages of % and 40, active men Of thor
oughly sound constitution and pos
sessed of certificates of exemplary
character, They. must be able to
read and write in either English or
Ere nch, understand horses, ride well
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-08
''3'ea' Advancement Of Thomas 1
James Was Due Largely to His
very Genial Method of
Shaking Hands.
BY {. J. EDWARDS

IN the second administration NJ
eeh, Grant it was deemed expedient
Ior business reasons, to name a now
postmaster for New York city Presi.
Gent Grant requested Senator Roscoe
Sohk,ins to suggest somebody who
would make Just the kind of nostmas =.
yer mat the metropolis needed .Of
course" said the president me must
oe a Republican. but he must be a
good business man as well"
Senator conkling journeyed to New
lork several times to talk with the
poilticians about the postmastershin
None Of them. however, was able to
neip MIN. He could find plenty Of good
Nepuoilcans who would have been
siao to take the Office. but rot
one OF them had any business stand.
ang' On the other hand, there were
several capable business men whose
names We're suggested, but not one of
'nem knew much about politics. ,~
On the last of these trips Senator
Conkiing lunched with "Tom" Muir
phy. then collector of the port of New
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-08
Handshake Led to Cabinet

York. Utterly unlike as Conkling and
Murphy were, yet the warmest friend
ship had grown up between them.
At the luncheon Conkling and Muir
ply discussed and dismissed from
consideration several names brought
up as possible material for the post
mastership. Then, luncheon over, the
two men strolled down Wall street
toward the custom house, Conkling
walking with his customary stride
and certainly conscious OF the fact
that many persons stopped to look at
him and say to one another, THAT is
Roscoe Conkling."
1t was the purpose Of the two to
enter the custom house, but Just be-
fore they reached the broad steps
leading to the doors Collector Muir
ply stopped and gently twitching the
senator's coat sleeve, caused him to
stop also. Then, directing Conkling's
gaze to man who was standing on
the top step and shaking hands with
some one. Murphy exclaimed. as one
inspired:
Senator. there's your mani"
Il see no man except Tom James"
replied Conkling
Well. he is the man I mean" 70
torted Murphy. He's good enough
politician, he has wonderful knack
of making friends of everybody with
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-08

that handshake of his, and he's one Of
the best deputies the custom house
ever had"
Three days later Mr.. James was
walking up Broadway with a friend.
The tiIne was about five of the after.
noon. Passing newspaper Office, the
friend glanced casually at its bulletin
board. Then he caught his compan
ion by the arm.
Hello, do you see that, Tom
James?" he cried. Look at that an
nouncement."
Mr.. James looked and read: "Prest
dent sent to the senate this afternoon
the name of Deputy Collector Thomas
L. James as postmaster Of New York.
York"
We'll, that's news to me-" gasped
MT, James. And it was. Neither the
president, Senator Conkling nor Col.
lector Murphy had even SO much as
limited to Mr.. James that he was be-
ing considered for the postmastership.
Nor did he learn until after he had
become postmaster how his handshake
had gained him political prominence.
Yet when his business administration
of the New York postoffice led to his
selection as postmaster general by
President Arthur, perhaps Gen. James
allowed himself few minutes leisure
in which to marvel at the way in
which his handshaking method of
making friends had ultimately made
Of him a national government figure.
Copyright. 1909. by e. j. Edwards)
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-08
Utilizing Flow Of Metals,

The industry utilizing the flow of
metals, a discovery made 80 years
ago, has become an important one ia
Paris. Cold copper. aluminium, zinc
and other metals are forced through
suitable dies, and thus shaped into
tubes and sections, the three machines
in present use being capable of
exerting pressures OF ESQ, 500 and
1000 tons, respectively. So enormous
a concentration on small area causes
the unheated metal to flow much like
a liquid, and it is given almost any
shape desired. Recent tests have
been made Of tubes before and after
annealing, and heated to various tenn.
peratures. Among the practical re-
suits has been the proof of the use.
fitness of zinc in cold-draWn tubes.
which can be substituted for lead
pipes of equal strength and capacity
at a saving in cost o. Is to 45 pes
cent.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-08
Famous statesman's Story Of How
he Adopted the Mask Of Reserve
When Secretary Of the
Treasury.
BY {. >. EDWARDS,

confess that my first sight Of Sec
rotary Sherman. as he strobe one day
into the Office Of the then fiscal agent
OF the government. only served to
strengthen in my mind the reports I
had received Of his superlative brand
or taciturnity. In all my life, /
thought, l had never beheld another
man so cold. Therefore, one may inn
agine with what inward feelings /
knocked at the door of Mr.. Sherman's
house in Washington some years later.
and just after he had given UP the
treasury portfolio to return to the SEN
ate, where he had first taken a seat
nearly twenty years earlier.
Mr.. Sherman received me in what
appeared to be his library. It was
evening: comfortable fire gIowed In
the crate, books lay upon the table,
and some of them were well thumbed.
As entered he put aside the evening
paper he was reading, and was &C.
tually thrilled by. the cordially with
which he received me. His handshake
was that of friend, his smile was
fascinating.
AS we chatted about the matter
which had called me to him, found
myself wondering how it was posi-
BILE that this great statesman had gain
ed the sobriquet Of Iceberg john
how 1t had come to be said of him that
he rivaled Gen Grant as man Of
silence. Finally, the idea seeming to
obsess me, as It were, ventured to
say to him:
Senator Sherman, you do not
appear ITO me like the man saw three
years ago. Then you were distant, OF
frigid manner. and believed that
those who spoke Of you as the iciest
man In public life were correct. Now
I End that they were wrong-that |
was wrong. can't understand the
difference"
Eyes. / know they called me iceberg
John said / spoke In whispers or not
ut all. and never said anything when
/ did speak. Really. was very glad
that that impression prevailed. But 1t
was all put on. It was mask. exact
" az Gen. Grants taciturnity. when
he was commanding the union armies.
was a forced silence, for he was really
a very loquacious man.
aYou see, it happened this way: !
had been appointed by President
HAYES secretary Of the treasury. Very
important agitation had been IN prog
ress affecting the relation of silver to
o,,r money system, and, you remem-
sar tbere was powerful party organ
tod with peter Cooper at the head OF
q to make the basis of our currency
.vstem irredeemable paper money.
Congress had authorized the resu I p.
.,on If specie payments on the first Of
1anrarv 1879. It was necessary for
80 secretary OF the treasury to pre-
mare IA, for that important event.
.onee at the head OF the treasury
aepartment. l discovered that there
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-08
JUST WANTED A SENSATION
Tender Passion Not the Only Thing
That Prompted Young Mans
Question:.

The girl was very rich and the
young man was poor, but honest She
liked him, but that was all, and he
knew it. One night he had been a
little more tender than usual.
you are very rich," he ventured.
YES she replied, frankly, Il am
worth $1,250,000."
''And I am poor"
Eyes"
'Will you marry me?"
mo"
L thought you wouldn't"
Then why did you ask me?"
"Oh, just to see how man feels
when he loses 50,000."-Illus-
trated Sunday Magazine
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-08

Not long ago, in an important coun-
ty in Ohio, the women and others
prayed that it would go dry" and it
did. A few days later, the people in
Nassau and Suffolk counties, Long Is
land, prayed that these counties would
become desiccated and count of
the votes showed that there was moth
ing doing. In both cases only those
people prayed who were accustomed
to that form of weapon. According
ly there is a strong suggestion that
prayer, like the tariff, is a local
issue.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-08
Diet Of the Old.

A sane diet for person of 10 or IS
should be made up largely Of vege-
tables and fruit, some fish, some eggs,
little meat and simple cereals, if
there is no inclination toward obesity.
Drinking with ones meals is not
considered advisable, especially as Ii
guilds are apt to wash down the food
before 1t is properly masticated. Two
quarts of water, or more, should be
taken between meals, however, during
the day. Hot water is especially good
for one who does not exercise much,
as it fushes out the entire system.
Stimulants, such as tea and coffee,
should not be very strong.-Harper's
Bazaar.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-08
of;eer Of canada's Mounted
police Stands For-sa'ary Is
Mo- Large.

- n,cer Of the mounted ponce Is
- exponent Of the law: he is the
nc. 81 s.self when he rides his cayuse
"a" sas.hi,l camp or threads on snow
: :. sss: s sss With s' 'ss s ssss ss
.rap y the courts. He preserves or
ity 2. NJ he also makes arrests; he
der, p o,senders in his own courts and
tres e u the man upon whom SEN
tnen has fallen to prison OF ms
teno' making, where the iawDreak er
own u incarcerated for 10 days or 80
may back of that slight, SILENT
yealsnaryed rider is the strong arm
s.s1 n,reland and the whole OF Cana
OF sn jurisprudence. and when he
dian Il IS as one with authority.
speaAs writer in the Century. In ex-
say : : eases, when the death penalty
trems AZ enforced. one mounted po-
, n.y. may have to act as clergy
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-08
Just Married.

Gwendolyn seemed bit unhappy
What is it, dearest?" murmured
Harry, solicitously.
Il was merely thinking how terrible
it would have been!" said Gwendolyn
with shudder
Terrible? What would have been
terrible?" gasped Harry.
oh" returned Gwendolyn, IF your
father and mother had never met!
Or mine had never met! Or we'd
never have been born! Or hadn't
loved each other-or, Harry-Oh!
wouldn't it have been too terrible!"-
Illustrated Sunday Magazine.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-08
Good Work Going Forward.

Following a whirlwind campaign
against consumption in Charleston, the
American tuberculosis exhibition OF
the National Association for the Study
and Prevention of tuberculosis re
Gently opened another exhibition
movement in Greenville, S. c. After
January 1 the work will be continued
in Columbia, S. c., in connection with
the session of the state legislature
Efforts will be made to secure an ap.
preparation to fight tuberculosis. An
other exhibition of the National as
ISOLATION has just closed a campaign
in Colorado, and is now touring Okla
homa. A statewide fight will be
waged in this state. Later, this ex
hibition will go to Arkansas.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-08

myself to make my face expression.
less
after we redeemed specie pay
ments there came the question of re-
funding one portion of the public debt,
and l found it necessary to maintain
this mask during all that agitation,
also. So the idea that l was an ice
berg took even deeper hold on the
popular imagination. But the moment
/ entered the senate chamber. on the
day of the inauguration of President
Garfield, l was myself again. l felt
like a boy just out of school"
copyright, 1909, by E. j. Edwards.) ~T
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-08
CONDUCTOR WENT TOO FAR
Diplomatic Step Was All Right, But
He Didn't Know Just When
to Stop.

A much-bothered conductor on an
east-bound car was asked by chilly
lady passenger to close the yentila-
tors. AS he had already been impor-
tuned to open them by half dozen
other patrons he resorted to diplo-
macy.
Madam" he said in confidential
tone, I'D gladly close the ventilators,
but unfortunately health officer is
aboard the car and he insists that
they must be left open. I'd make my
self liable to a lot of trouble If
opposed him."
"a health of1cer?" said the lady.
"Yes'm," replied the conductor. And
then intoxicated by the success Of his
scheme he unhappily added-the one
with the brown derby"
The lady looked and a change came
over her face.
The one with the brown derby?"
she repeated.
"Yes'm. They say he's quite an ex-
pert on germs and things. l believe
he's a German gentleman"
The lady stared at the conductor.
He's nothing of the kind" she
snapped "The man with the brown
derby is my husband"
Whereupon the conductor beat a
hasty retreat.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-08
Lincoln Wanted Cheering Up

Judge Trumbuil they tell me that
you know more good stories than any
other man in your state, and from all
I've heard about Connecticut reckon
there are a good many good story
tellers in the state. Let's swap
stories.'
Lincoln began with an anecdote Of
the prairies. When he had finished,
Judge Trumbull came back with q
down east yarn. And SO they went
on and on, matching stories. Time
passed, midnight struck. and still they
were at 1t.
AT last it occurred to me that Mr..
Lincoln ought to get some sleep, SO
said:
Judge Trumbull, Mr.. Lincoln is to
take the six o'clock train for Provi-
dence, and he ought to have some
sleep
Lincoln protested that he was get.
ting better rest than sleep would give
him, the duel of story telling went on,
and, as result It was not until three
o'clock that Judge Trumbull and the
rest of us babe Lincoln good night, all
except two or three OF us never to see
him again.
Two years later, when the exciting
events of the war had all but effaced
the memory OF the meeting of Lincoln
and Trumbull from my mind, I was
astonished to receive written word
from Mr.. Lincoln that he would be
very glad IL could induce Judge
Trumbull to come to Washington and
spend the night with him.
THAT was all. So. without know.
ing why the president wanted to see
Judge Trumbull, l extended the invi-
tation to him, and he in turn, not
knowing what the president wanted
of him, accepted and went on to
Washington.
But no sooner had the Judge land
ed at the White House and been
ushered into Lincoln's presence than
he was informed by Lincoln that the
latter only wanted him to come on
and swap stories with him once more;
things we're not going exactly right
with the war and he Lineoln) felt
the need Of little story telling relax
alton. So it came about that, telling
stories to each other, these two men
passed the greater part of the night,
with no one else in all Washington
knowing about it. And when it came
time for the Judge to bid the presi-
dent good-by, the latter fervently de.
clared to his guest that the night of
swapping stories had acted as a tonic
to his wearied SOUL"
Copyright. 1909. by E. J. Edwards.)
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-08
Sent for Judge Trumbull to Spend
a Night Swapping Stories at a
Dark Period Of the
Civil War.
BY Z. J. EDWARDS.

What do you do when you want
cheering up? How Lincoln, at the
dark period of the civil war, sent to
Connecticut for a typical down East
Yankee to cheer him up, was told to
me a few months before his death
by Isaac H. Bromley, to whom Lin
coin appealed in his extremity for
help in getting the cheering up he so
badly needed. All his life long Mr..
Bromley was newspaper man, but
when he told me the anecdote, he as
sured me that he believed it had
never been printed, and until now /
have never told the story in print.
I'm 1867 said Mr.. Bromley to me.
Il was the proprietor of Republican
newspaper at Norwich, Conn. / was
one of the citizens of that town who
invited Mr.. Lincoln to visit Norwich
on the eve of a state political CAM
paign. that visit to follow his now his
toric appearance at Cooper Union In
New York city. AS Mr.. Lincoln was on
his way to Harvard to visit his son
Robert, then a student there, we
thought that, without Inconvenience
to himself, he could make one or two
political addresses in Connecticut
We'll. Mr.. Lincoln graciously &C
cepted our invitation, and in due time
he delivered a speech that became
traditional.
Before Mr.. Lincoln reached Nor
witch one who knew him slightly told
several of us that the great Illinoisan
dearly loved a good teller Of tales,
and was rejoiced to meet an original
character who had a fund of anec-
dotes always on tap.
Now, there lived in the neighbor-
ing town of Stcnington an able law
yer, who was also distinguished as a
brilliant story teller, Judge Trumbull.
q descendant Of that governor of Con-
necticut who is known in history as
Brother onathan. This Judge Trum-
bull was invited by us to meet Mr..
Lincoln at his hotel, and little after
ten o'clock that historic night l es-
corted Mr.. Lincoln to his room and
there introduced him and Judge
Trun:bull. ..s.u.... ..
THE instant the two men met
Mr.. Bromley continued, leach recog-
nized in the other a congeniai spirit,
and with the formalities of the intro
duction barely over, Lincoln said:
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-08
Stamps Of German Domestics.

Stamps OF German Domestics.
Each week there is pasted in the
little blank book that every servant
girl in Germany must possess a post.
age stamp to the value of about five
cents.
This stamp is donation, compul.
sorry under the German law, which the
mistress must afford the servant
Should the girl fall ill, the stamps are
redeemed by the government, or the
servant may retain the stamps indef-
nitely until, when she has attained a
ripe old age, the government pays her
a premium for them.-The Sunday
Magazine.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-08
Why Sherman Was an Iceberg

were hundreds of men hanging upon
ny very words, watching my looks,
prepared to interpret in one way or
another anything that / said or ap.
peared to think. realized that my only
protection against spectators and
others who were trying to take per-
sonal advantage In advance of treas
ury department operations, was in put
ting on mask. Therefore, trained
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-08
Pathos Out Of Place In Schools.

Pathos Out Of Place In Schools.
In an address at a teachers insti-
tute Miss Martha Sherwood said that
sad and pathetic stories should have
no place in the public schools. She
declared the pupils great need is hui
morous stories and the kind that
make children roll ON the ground
with laughter. Anything to make
them laugh, and laugh loudly" she
said. ct makes them grow, puts
sunshine into their lives and develops
contented men and women"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-08

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