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St. Tammany farmer., 1911-01-14
I followed him along a narrow pas

followed him along narrow pas
sage into his laboratory long, low,
sound-proof room around which stood
many electrical engines of an un-
known character. He bade me step
upon an insulated platform of what
looked like glass, and applied couple
of electrodes to my neck and breast.
DO not be alarmed" he said. "The
experience will be a curious one, but
not in the least degree either painful
or troublesome. Before / fulfill your
desire, however, perhaps it would be
best for me to explain to you the
mechanism of this machine.
Il spoke to you of the gambler
turning round his chair. By means of
this machine, however, l am enabled
to turn the subject about, as in mir
ror. 1t is purely fourth dimensional
process. whereby the right and left
sides become transposed; the right
hand becomes the left hand, the heart
beats on the right side of the body,
the buttons of the coat appear on the
right no longer, but on the left. Aside
from these trif1ing inconveniences,
nothing unusual will be noticed. It is
process unimaginable in the three di-
mensional world, but in the four-di-
mensional as easily done as the turn
ing of coat inside out.
This change affects the soul much
as pool is affected when stirred up
with stick The elements of fortune
are stirred up and set in motion, the
heavier sink and the lighter-those
that produce good fortune, remain on
top In this way you will achieve
what you demand-at the price of
draining the less afterward." He
pulled out stout bar of some wood
like material, which / grasped firmly
between my right finger and thumb.
do not on any account let go of this
until I give the signal" said the doc
St. Tammany farmer., 1911-01-14
"But it is you who changed the cur.

"But it is you who changed the cur
rent OF my life." pleaded wildly.
Surely you can undo this thing Give
me poverty | raved. Take away
everything that possess--money and
reputation: let me be the meanest
wretch that crawls along the water
front. bit let me live"
.'You are asking the impossible"
said Brodsky again. ''You have re-
ceived all that life has to offer you:
you have drawn to the last penny upon
the bank of fortune, and you must
reap as you have sown. There is no
refuge
/ hung my head in shame. Would
to God that I had been content with
what was given me-" / muttered in
anguish.
Besides Brodsky went on, Il
warned you not to let go that bar and
In a few moments it will burn your
fingers Drop it," He snapped his
fingers sharply in my face. And sud-
denly a cloud seemed to roll away
from before my gaze. / stared round
me; around the omce, down at my
clothes, up into the smiling face of
the doctor. The bar had grown thin
and weighed no more than feather
1t fell from between my fingers; 1t
was the match which had struck to
light my cigar, and the flames were
spreading toward the end / had lived
through two years of life in period
of ten or twelve seconds. I saw the
doctor watching my face curiously.
"Well," he said, "do you still want
to draw upon the bank of fortune?"
"It was dream?" / cried. WAS
none of it real-the electrical ma
chine, the luck, the fame achieved
was none of it real?"
Happily not" said Brodsky smiling
ut was hardly dream; it was little
experiment in hynotics, during the
course of which projected into your
mind a few random ideas that came
into my own. See," he added, to dis
pei the remnants of my vision, your
coat buttons are still on the right
side, and if you put, your hand be-
meath them you will not feel your
heart pulsating.
81 could, perhaps, have brought to
bear psychical powers to bring you
that luck from which you begged to
be released, but there is a simpler
way. l want secretary to help me
with my work. Will you accept the
post? It will afford you ample time
to resume your medical practice, and,
if you will be my guest until you get
upon your feet again, I am sure that
your financial and domestic Difficult
ties will soon have become things OF
the past
St. Tammany farmer., 1911-01-14

horizon. Then temporary uncon-
sciousness overcame me, for when
next opened my eyes it was early day
light and the dock laborers were troop
ing to their work, marching stolidly
past me without speaking. l looked
around / was lying three feet from
the waters edge, and the chill wind
cut me like knife. "Only drunken
laborer sleeping off his debauch," they
must have thought. But I had not
tasted liquor for days. Was it
dream, then? My hand still clutched
the gold piece. With this, at least, l
could obtain food and shelter for a
while l made my way to the wretch
ed tenement in which I had found
shelter for the few days before, deter
mined to purchase a weeks respite
from the cold at least pushed open
the rickety hall door and ascended
to my miserable room. Inside heard
somebody sobbing. turned the han
die slowly, not daring to believe the
thought that came to me. My wife
was seated ON the one chair that stood
at the foot of the stretcher bed. She
turned her head and saw me and,
with a great cry of gladness, ran to
me and flung her arms around me.
"I have come back" she sobbed. II
could not remain away from you and
leave you to struggle alone. We will
face poverty together, you and l. I
will never leave you again-never.
Why" she went on looking at me
strangely, "you have new clothes"
Then for the first time I noticed
that was still wearing the suit that
Brodsky had loaned me. My heart
leaped in my breast. With the rags
my self-respect had gone; now / felt
able once again to face the world. l
would go out and look for work i'm
mediately; be it of any sort I would
undertake it. Nothing should keep
me down.
bought morning newspaper in
order to look through the advertise
ments A large, black headline on the
outside page arrested my attention.
however. There had been sharp
rise in stocks; two rival financiers
were fighting for the control of the
Seaboard Eagle line and shares had
doubled overnight. / flung the paper
from me with a groan. l had held a
hundred shares of this stock until
their steady rise induced me to sell
out and purchase thousand on mar
gin. in the hope of reaping rich
St. Tammany farmer., 1911-01-14
Beautiful American Countess.

Lady Willoughby de Eresby, the fu.
ture countess of Lancaster, is an Amer.
ican and a very charming one. She Is
tall and handsome, with a sweet and
rather serious expression. Indeed. she
is noted for her gravity and for her
calm, equable temperament. Clever
and cultivated, she delights in reading,
but she is also fond of active amuse-
ments, dances, motors and Is first
rate horse-woman. AS Miss Eloise
Breese she was one of the intimate
friends of the daughters Of the duke
and duchess of Connaught and she
was one of the few untitled people
present at the wedding of the crown
princess of Sweden at Windsor castle,
in June, 1905.
St. Tammany farmer., 1911-01-14
"step down." said the doctor, revers-

"step down." said the doctor, revers-
ing the lever
/ obeyed him and stood still in the
middle of the laboratory. Was that
all? Something had happened to me.
l looked dow at my feet, my legs, my
waistcoat The buttons had shifted
to the opposite side, as Brodscky had
foretold. I placed my hand to the
right side of my chest. My heart was
pulsing there, perfectly normally, but
undeniably on the wrong side.
eyes," said the doctor smiling, "if
ever you are starving again, you can
obtain employment as a medical
freak in a museum, or at some hos
pital. All. Don't let go that bar.
Yes, it is in your left hand now."
l was left-handed, too For mo-
ment a sickening terror rushed over
me. l pushed my left hand against
the wall to steady myself. Then I
put it to my breast pocket to find
my handkerchief. It was not there
it must be on the other side, of course.
I found it and placed it to my fore
head. Something dropped froia 1t and
fell tinkling upon the grouad. l
stopped and picked it up: it was the
five dollar piece that l had lost.
"And now," said the doctor, in
order that your good fortune, which,
you see, is already beginning may
fulfill itself in the most adequate
manner, you had best go back to the
pier on which l found you earlier in
the evening, and take UP the thread OF
your adventures there Make the most
of your success, for it will be short
lived" He held out his hand and /
departed
l have some recollection of stumbl-
ing through the streets again, of de-
scending the long wharf, still empty
and deserted, under sky Frightening
as the sun mounted toward the
St. Tammany farmer., 1911-01-14
Tax Dodger Had Aew One

really don't own what you seem to
own, and that, while you appear to be
a very rich man, you are really over
burdened by debts which you have
hitherto successfully concealed. Since
personal taxes began, SO many ways
Of swearing OF have been invented
that the tax authorities had come to
believe that there was no new tax
dodge under the sun.
St. Tammany farmer., 1911-01-14

But the tax authorities were mis-
taken. A few days ago man came to
the New York tax commissioners and
asked to be relieved of his personal
taxes. Il have only $5,0oO," he said,
"and that money is in city bonds and
is being held in trust"
For whom asked the tax COM
missioner.
The question was unexpected and
at first there was no answer, but the
tax commissioner insisted. Finally, in
stage whisper. the swearer-off ex-
planned.
St. Tammany farmer., 1911-01-14
The Vicious Circle.

When Donald came in from school
his face showed unmistakable signs of
tears, and at the first symptoms Of
maternal affection they started to flow
again.
Now, Donald boy, tell mother all
about it. What's the matter?"
"Ze teacher she scolded me"
well, we'll try and forget that,
won't we? Never mind"
But, muzzer, Eats jes' what she
scolded me bout. She SAID 1 never
did mind!"--Youth's Companion.
St. Tammany farmer., 1911-01-14
chiId's Bravery Saved Lives.

The story of boys heroism comes
from the Melbourne district OF Austria
liza. Mrs. Williams had been boiling
hops, and, thinking she had extin-
guished the fire, went out visiting to
a neighbor, leaving three children in
the house. The eldest boy. nine years
of age. suddenly saw the ceiling
alipht. He ran after his mother but
St. Tammany farmer., 1911-01-14

hearing the flames cracking, and see
ing them spreading, he rushed back,
entering the house, and dragged out
his brother and sister. By the time
the boy was able to get hold OF his
sister the flames were within three
feet of the floor. He was badly burnt
himself, but the others escaped un-
hurt.
St. Tammany farmer., 1911-01-14
EXX4&S2 MUST confess that I
NN &4 have not told the truth
fE&S A concerning the beginning
SD e& Of my relations with DR..
@E&GlG Ivan Rrodsky, in whose


SD G& OF my relations with DR..
NE&GlG Ivan Rrodsky, in whose
company I witnessed SO
many marvels of psychical expert
ment. ! have said that became his
secretary through our association at
the hospital, where / was one of his
lecture class. That is true: neyerthe.
less, | have omitted-through shame.
must confess-the story of the ex-
perlences that brought about our in.
timacy
was desperate with i'll fortune.
everything had gone against me.
mad graduated from the hospital the
year before, rashly married upon the
strengtn OF an expected position
which never materialized, attempted
to practice without obtaining a single
patient week, and finally found ruin
at my side. What little fortune | had
left was lost when the great panic
OF '93 swept over the country. Is it
wonder that l resolved to seek that
oblivion which, l foolishly believed,
would be attained by suicide.
1t was a dark November evening
and l was standing upon the extrem-
ity OF the deserted wharf, illclad, hun
CRY, and homeless. l remember how
looked at the black, oily water fow-
ing swiftly beneath me, gathering res
olution to jump. At last / attained
1t; | flung my coat aside, stepped back
q few PAGES, and was in the very act
OF leaping when hand grasped me by
the shirt collar and forcibly arrested
me In mid-air. 1t was then that, look
ing back at my rescuer, / discovered
the doctor.
my luck!" l groaned. 1T follows
me even here!"
Then, my nerve gone, / broke into
understandable sobs, while the doctor
waited patiently at my SIDE He knew
me; had not thought he remembered
any of US, for he had seemed very
distraught and self-absorbed when he
lectured to the classes.
/ heard Of you only to-day" he
said. "and that you had had i'll fortune.
They told me at your tenement that
you strolled upon the dock at nights;
some fortunate instinct brought me
here in the critical moment. Pshaw,
my dear fellow, things are never so
bad as they appear to be. Come home
with me and be my guest for tonight;
have no doubt that can make you
see your prospects in very differ
ent manner by, tomorrow" And, by
the exercise of that strange power of
compulsion that I subsequently saw
him use upon others, he forced me
to comply. A change of clothing and
a steaming hot supper did, / admit,
work wonders: ! had not realized be-
fore how much my physical weakness,
induced by privations. had contributed
to my dependency. Late in the eve
ming, when l was sitting in his study,
enjoying choice cigar, he drew me
out.
"And so that is my story" / summed
up in conclusion "Six months ago
was man of some little means,
married, and looking forward to sue
cessful career. To-day am penni-
less outcast, homeless and desperate.
All / had in the world has been swept
away, my wife has left me perforce,
to 20 to her parents, my self-respect
has utterly gone, and but for your in
teryention should now be lying at
St. Tammany farmer., 1911-01-14

tho bottom of the canal. And even
that / still think, would have been
fortunate. But my i'll luck would not
aven leave me quiet exit from life"
.Hm.!" commented Brodsky you
claim that what is vulgarly called a
streak of i'll luck has struck your
Everything has gone against me,
= answered. "The most amazing com.
h;nations seem to be pursuing me. 1t
i almost as if some mocking power
we're nersecuting me. For instance,
two weeks ago to-day / was forced to
yacate my medical Offices in Pitt
St. Tammany farmer., 1911-01-14
nmciaIs Forced to-. Believe That
There is Something New
Under the Sun.

The best way of not paying taxes
an YOUR personal property is to swear
off BY swearing of" is meant
gninr to the tax assessor and making
:. deposition that you really don't live
where you seem to liye,- that you
St. Tammany farmer., 1911-01-14
importsn, Happenings.

Young Father--My dear, today o
movement has started which Is going
to revolutionize popular government
Young Wife-Yes. darling. and to-
day baby for the first time said Nam
man."
St. Tammany farmer., 1911-01-14
He Was a Railroad Man.

Mrs. Benham-You have torn my
train!
Benham-Thats all right; your
train is long enough to be in two Sec
tions-Judge.
St. Tammany farmer., 1911-01-14

In short-to be treated exactly like
one of the family without the inalien-
able family right to say what ne
thinks of it.-Life.
St. Tammany farmer., 1911-01-14

'The money is held in trust during
his lifetime-for my dog. Success
Magazine,
St. Tammany farmer., 1911-01-14
interested.

II told him you had lost your head
about him."
Ibid he seem interested7'
"He seemed even excited"
"rhe dear man! Whist did you
sayr
"He asked II ron had lost your face.
too"
St. Tammany farmer., 1911-01-14

of Brodsky. l went to his house. He
waited for me, as it seemed to me;
he greeted me with chilling smile.
Give me back my i'll luck" cried
desperately. What does all my sue
cess avail me now that / have to die" ;"
"You are asking the impossible
the doctor answered.
Fort Pierce news., 1911-07-21

Gustave Webber, who is prominently
identified with project 10 settle a
colony of Hungarians on a tract of land
near Tampa is in Jail for defrauding a
colonist out of s72,
James Clark, a trusted convict at
Paxton's still, about 10 miles from Day
tona, being at the camp alone, last Sat-
urday, dressed himself in the best suit
the commissary had. selected fine pis-
tol, got a good roll Of money and two
fine watches, took the best horse at the
camp and lit out for Daytona. His
free use of money caused suspicion and
soon the guards from the camp arrived
In an auto and cut his career short,
Fort Pierce news., 1911-07-21

The following accounts were exam
ined, approved and warrants ordered
drawn for their payment:
Fort Pierce news., 1911-07-21
Commissioners, Warrants.

Commissioners Warrants.
The following accounts were exam
: ined, approved and warrants ordered
drawn for their payment:
; GENERAL FUND
c h Edwards, com'r, l6 90
EA Holt Z" Is 20
A n HoofDagle y 40
d E Austin s 20
p Raulerson . II 90
J E Fultz salary 80 90
warrants 43 90
waiting on board 8 90
" cop and rec min 8 90
Ed Edge, resist'n officer 10 90
Chris Graham jaAitor 35 90
D S Carlton waiting on board 200
Wales Adding Mac Co 25 90
Albert Lowe pauper 10 90
W Raulerson 500
Mary Futch 10 90
Henry Bowman 10 90
Mrs A p Pearson g 8 100
] A Russell 10 90
B 8 Bostick 10 90
P P Cobb sup 100
] E Fultz rec tax lands sold 2 90
Fee & Stewart hose 90
j E Fults trans of adpeal l0I
Geo d Barnard units for clerk Is 90
] E Fultz cop road laws 27 SO
F L Hemmings salary 3 mos 80 90
F NJ Tyler CONS 7Ol 65
D S Carlton ser 70 E English 2 10
Tribune Co, printing $50
st Lucie Ice Co ice , so
Ind Riv Tel Co phone rent 500
F L Hemmings blanks for Judge 2 81
S S Bnell labor 400
Jas Neal sup 10 90
John H. Wynn, 3 mos CON 2l3 rs
Fort Pierce News min, etc 175
Tribune Co blanks ! isl
ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND.
j. E Fultz rec road accts l so
R ] Barton bridge work 10 90
L NJ Raulerson by ord A Jones 10 90
w w Beecher bridge work 20 90
r ] Barton. hauling 3 90
G Bevlle road work 81 90
H L Barton bridge work Is 90
Guss Barton 90
n T Doho,te 81 ~
Jim Prescott 90
Bank OF Fort Pierce due June 10 GO
6 Bevlle due juno 81 so
c G Redstone Sons on cont't 81 so
] G Coats & Co hauling 35 IS
H L Raulerson lumber 43 9l
E CL & S Co lumber lS Sc
r L Brewer rep bridge 20 90
R E Minis repair grader 25O
Fee & Stewart mdse 05
G L Saunders bridge work 10 so
] B Merriwether rep bridge l3 90
Q A Morgan she'll and freight 60 so
W T Jones bride work eth 10 90
A Jones road work 9 90
G A Porter ferrpman 20 90
SPECIAL ROAD DIST. NO. l.
w r Kemp road work l6 10
W R Copeland work, shell, etc 42 rs
0 A Morgan loading shell, etc l2 80
J I Gray road work so
SPECIAL ROAD DIST. NO. 2.
Bank Fort Pierce freight So 90
SPECIAL ROAD DIST. No.3.
0 A Morgan shell, freight 50 20
&C Harbrecht road work 3 90
SPECIAL ROAD NO. 4.
D 3 Austin freight on shell Is 90
H Baker hauling shell etc % so
W MCGEE road work co so
D A Morgan shell 10
SPECIAL ROAD DIST 5.
Z Il Mclaughlin road work ls 75
y Barton F" 900
Douglas Barton /" d OO +
A B Smith 1S O8
9 B Hicks 7" 27 o0
NJ Lee I" q 75
Drawdy etc 40 90
coin Barton 8 90
Ohm Norman 90
] L, Barton "a
iuss Barton Oo
/ Roberts I" 500
Fort Pierce news., 1911-07-21

Personally appeared before me, G.. NJ Horton
Cashier of the Bank of Fort Pierce, who states on @
that the above true to the best of his knowledge anil
0elef. FRED FEE,
LsEAL] Notary Public
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-06-01
Joke on Policeman.

A Dublin eccentric a short time ago
entered a purveyors shop and bought
a ham Having paid for his purchase
he requested that it should be hung
outside the shop door, saying that he
would call back for it, The customer
then paced up and down outside the
shop till a policeman came in sight,
and just as the man in blue caught his
eye he grabbed the ham and bolted
The constable, however, soon collared
the thief, as he thought, and hauled
him back to the shop. Having ex-
planned the nature of the alleged crime
to the shop assistant, he asked the lat.
ter to charge the offender. But" said
the assistant. as he realized the joke,
its his own ham! He was quite at
liberty to take it in any circumstances
he chose"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-06-01
Have an Exalted Model.

The future is your uncut block of
marble. Beware how you smite 1t
Don't touch 1t without a program
Don't strike a blow with your chisel
without a model lest you ruin and
mar forever the angel which lives
within the block; but the past mar
BILE, while you have carved into hide
Gus images, which have warped and
twisted the ideals of your youth. and
caused you infinite pain, need not
ruin or mar the uncut block before
you. This is one of the merciful
provisions that every day presents
to every human being; no matter
how unfortunate his past, new I'M
cut block of pure Parian marble. so
that every day every human being
has a new chance to retrieve the
past, to improve upon it If he will
0. S. Marsden.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-06-01
The ENGLISH Of the Bible.

This noble work is remembered
with our lands language as is none
other nor can be; 1t is warp and wool
of the English mind; it is largely the
history of the English people. DID
we not venerate it, gather around it,
cherish 1t as a national shrine, we
should be poor Englishmen indeed. 1t
beggars every other English transla-
ton, not least the Revised, which hap
PLY is seldom read in our Anglican
churches. If any one would feel the
splendor of the Authorized Version
let him dip into translation. done by
some one lately, of the New Testa-
ment into common English of today;
he will blush for his 1argon.-London
Saturday Review.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-06-01
The Hand and the Mind.

AS dexterity with the hands fire.
quently demands considerable mental
effort, so manual training appears to
react upon the brain in a stimulative
way. This is the conclusion of Prof.
Black of Austrian, Poland, and DR..
Schuyler of Antwerp, who, at the re-
cent international congress of school
hygiene, at Paris, advocated the
views based upon experimentation,
that manual training has the effect of
developing mental qualities of read.
mess and concentration. Many have
noticed the beneficial effect of manual
labor upon mental activity, historic
example being that of Gladstone and
his tree-chopping-an experience
which he shared with Horace Greeley
and Abraham Observation-Disclosures
Record.