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TELLS PLAN
 TO END WAR

WASHINGTON. D. C.-Describine it as the most startling scheme ever suggested for ending the European war" Mime Rosiha SchWimmer an nounccd to an audience here recently that she expects to have the United States send an arbitration committee to Europe within few weeks 10 put a stop to the conflict. The arbitrators whom Mime. Schwimmer has selected arc Secretary of State Bryan, Jane Ad- dams and Carrie Chapman Catt
 Her plan has progressed so far, she declared, that q huge mass meeting of women will be held here in the near future to declare in favor of it and to seek to influence the president to put it into effect
 She has announced as the principal speakers at this mass meeting her self, Miss Addams. and Mrs. Catt. She was not certain whether Secretary Bryan will address the meeting or not.
 AIme Schwimmep told her audience she is perfectly satisfied her plan will he successful if President Wilson adopts
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ture thoroughly. lie has decided that the natives do not need the white mans luXuries, and that they are much more healthy and happy when ill the hills for their food as they did be fore the whites came, and that they are much more thrifty when thrown on their own resources than when stall fed on government rations
 nI accordance with this deduction, Mr. Hawksley is not going to rush an expedition into the Teslin with bonbons or doughnuts, nor even the ingredients for bannocks. He says, however, that the natives will be assisted with an ample allowance of ammunition, and that they must do the rest. He has applied the same rigid rule at other
 points in the Yukon since taking charge. At Moosehide, near Dawson,
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where many Indians once received ra-
 tions regularly, all now have to earn their own way with the exception of helpless native woman of 80 years. one buck appeared recently and asked for rations. He was given cartridges and told to make, for d band of caribou which was reported in the hills. He has made tracks, and if he gets any bakery luxuries this year he will have to con vert some of the results of the chase into cash. The government pays out about S25,000 annually for assistance to Indians of the Yukon, and Mir. flaw ksley is trying to divert il, he says, into more permanent denefits for them.
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SIGNAL CORPS MAN IS
 LEADER IN VILLA ARMY

fast and enjoying his life as soldier of fortune
 In the signal corps, F'iskc was con Sidered a man of unusual ability as d wireless expert, and after leaving AL aska was in charge of some of the larger stations in the States.
 The news of Fiske's new position comes from signal corps men now sta toned on the border, who have been
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yet it has been impossible to even make an estimate Austrian Poles bit . terly resent this raiding of their art and literature holy -holies, since among the objects carried off there are many priceless specimens of an original literary and art-historical character which it would be impossible to replace.
 The institution was founded about 1919 by Count Joseph Macmillan Os- solinski vOn Tenczyn The collection
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From telegraph operator at Nenana to chief signal officer of the Villa forces in Mexico is the jump taken by Samuel T. Fiske. formerly first class sergeant in the United States signal corps. Seven years ago Fiske was an operator at Nenana and at other points along the Panama and Yukon rivers, working for q comparatively small pit tance, while today he is making money
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RUSSIANS TAKE AWAY
 FINE WORKS OF ART

VlENNA,-The Ossolinsd Library Museum at Lemberg from which the Russians recently carried off a large number of art objects and manuscripts is considered the most important po- fish national art and bibliographical institution in existence, According to authentic reports the Russians trans ferred to Petrograd 1,034 painting 24,O00 etchings, 5000 autographs and
 quantity of manuscripts of which as
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STOP COAL LAND
 SPECULATION

parent from this that the host Of peo- pie who seemed so anxious to get hold of lease of coal lands, did not really want the leases for themselves, but were hoping to speculate by holding them until others would take them off their hands at advanced prices.
 Under the new law, there is no pos sibility to speculate, for the regulations
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in communication with their former comrade sinco he changed from a small fish in q big pond to a big fish in a small pond.
 It was but little more than a year United States and joined the Villa forces, but owing to his ability as an instructor and organizer. he climbed raDidlY-EX
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The Fairbanks newspapers state that the coal land speculator has disap- peared in Alaska since the leasing bills went into effect. The Citizen adds:
 lover at the land office it is explained that the inquiries concerning coal lands have stopped since the bill passed congress, providing means of securing leases Tor the coal lands. It is ap-
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grew rapidly and in 1s37 it included one of the largest and best collections of
 plaster of Paris casts in Europe, in addition to coins and medals, paintings, copper plates and a comprehensive col lection of objects related to natural history.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-04-20

Do you read the Daily Nugget and keep abreast of the doings of the out side world? Subscribe now, $2.00 per month delivered every night before 6 o'clock.
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Elephants, Tigers. Lions. Bears, Mon . keys, snakes run amuck at the Dream Tuesday.
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The Nugsee will print your statio1. cry at reasonable ericsa on sher. notice.
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Strictly fresh eggs S1.25 per dozen at Prosser's Harness Shop. Prone Black 5.
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Tp where the hand clasps a little
 stronger, rp where the smile dwells d little That's where Alaska begins Tp where the suns little brighter Where the snow that falls is a trihc
 whiter, Where the bonds of home are a wee
 bit tighter That's where Alaska begins Tp where a fresher breeze is blowing. Where there's laughter in every
 streamlet flowing. Where there's more of reaping and less
 of sowing That's where Alaska begins. Up where Alaska is in the making Where fewer hearts with despair are
 aching, Where there's more of giving and less
 of taking That's where Alaska begins Where there's more of singing and less
 of signing Where there's more of giving and less
 of buying. .And man makes friends without half
 trying That's where Alaska begins Whereupon as the Congressional Record puts il. the bill was passed"
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POEM READ AT
 PASSAGE OF
 THE R. R. BILL

Here is an interesting little poem that seems to fit most appropriately into q story of the development of Alaska. It was quoted anonymously by Repre- sentative Joseph A. Goulden, of New York, as the last,word on the passage of the Alaska railroad bill. The meas ure had been approved in it's final form by the senate and was ready for the drop of the gavel in the house, when verses:
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Up Where Alaska Begins.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-12-25
EVIDENTLY A HOPELESS CASE
Obstinate Man Determined Not % Al.
al. That the oietaeraph Had
Helped Him.

A certain young man Of Columbus
who 10 % hard OF hearing that he OF
times carries q little dictagTaph In
strument With him to help him follow
the conversation Of hts friends, was
among some OF his rural relatives last
week. There happened to be . farmer
IN the vicinity who had not heard .
word for years. The Columbus man
was introduced to him and referred
% his little instrument which helped
deaf persons. and offered 70 demon
strate It to him.
RI can't hear through those things.
lhave tried them Ill and none Of them
IRE any good" he said.
Put this up TO your ear and try Il,
anyhow" suggested the visitor. The
farmer hesitated while and then put
one end Of the instrument to his ear.
TO the surprise Of the Columbus man
the deaf farmer replied. when asked
IN . tone hardly above . whisper.
Can you hear what say"
Nope, I can't hear q word. These
things don't do me any good"
would you acknowledge Il II they
would help you1" was then asked him
IN Q stu lower tone OF voice, and the
answer came back promptly: Ger.
tainly would, but I can't hear q word
you eay."
: The Columbus man put the instru1
nent back In his pocket and said TO-
his rural friend. "A hopeless case." -
Columbus Dispatch.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-12-25
|uleE WAR ON THE LOCUST
sooala6 Authorities Take energetic
{, Measures 60 Stamp Out Pests
4 That % Much Harm.

I " remarkably successful campaign
IL recently been conducted BY the
Russian government against locusts
i Turkestan, where formerly the In
Aabitants, for religious reasons. did
hardly anything to check the ravages
i these insects.
Turkestan supplies almost half the
cotton used in Russian mills. and
aaisee other valuable crops. Az re.
sanity % 1901, locusts caused an an
Asal loss q over 100000 In this
,tsgin. and only primitive methods Of
sealing with them were in vogue.
he loss has now been reduced TO
5eactically nothing.
{ The methods employed by the Rus
,b1ans include: Preparation In sum-
NJ and autumn Of forecast maps.
slowing the position, age and dens-
~ Of the egg centers Of each dis
t1ict; treatment OF the infested areas
WITH paris green, or, better, molassed
1odium arsenite, as soon as the larvae
1ppear; scorching by knapsack ma
chine Of larvae in places not acces-
nile to sprayers. devoid Of vegeta-
Han, or far from water courses Of
Sufficient capacity to keep the spray
- going; capture Of larvae In pits
y ditches.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-12-25
Term He Understood.

Term He Understood.
A New York divine had occasion, n
his early days, to ofilciate at q chris
tening In q small fishing village IN
Massachusetts. The proud father: q
young fisherman. awkwardly holding
his first born daughter, was visibly
embarrassed under the scrutiny Of the
many eyes In the congregation. and
his nervousness was not decreased by
the sudden wailing Of the infant o.
they stood ct the font
When the time for baptism arrived
the clergyman noticed that the father
was holding the child 90 that its tat
legs pointed toward the font.
"Turn her this way" he whispered.
But the father was too disconnected to
hear or understand.
''Turn her feet around" the minigteg
whispered again. but there Was no 70.
Spouse.
The situation was fast becoming
critical, when an old seaman IN the
back Of the church came to the rec.
cue. Putting his weatherbeaten hand
to his mouth, he roared across the
room: Head her into the wind, Tom"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-12-25
Hoop Petticoats.

During the reign Of Charles I the
hoop petticoat was worn only by
wives Of the lower gentry and by the
wives Of the citizens. In the latter
9art Of the reign Of Queen Anne It
soee again; this time in another form
that Of an enormous hoop. This
orew to such immense proportions
nat during the time of George and
" eight yards was considered the
YlEuper width.
These hoops had outstanding steel
= Whalebone foundations at the bot
eom Of the skirt. In Elizabeth's time
Iris whalebone had been used at the
ieoR near the waist, charging the
N1p9 for several feet. Addison ex-
Pressed himself about the subject as
ISollows. through his Sir Roger de-
covsriey:
great-great-grandmother has
"a new fashioned petticoat, except
ut hers Is gathered at the waist.
~ grandmother appears as IL she
eood in . large drum, whereas the
Adies now walk a. II they were IN
oDAart."
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-12-25
Peculiar Customs Of Finn.

| The Finn b the most highly prised
servant N Russia, because, In con-
tEast With the Russian peasant, he
WIN not steal. n Finland. or among
Vinns, tho Russians say, Il 4 never;
necessary % make use Of q lock and,
key. The Russians and T1nna die;
play tho same love Tor getting drunk
and for going TO church. The peas
ants Of both races are admirably reg.
fulaf IN their pursuit Of these pleas.
uree. Moreover, the Finn and the Rus
sian are alike superstitious. The head
Of the newborn child IL thrust into the
open door Of the stove In order that
IL family's hearth spirit may become
acquainted with It. Now and again
this introduction has been fatal to the
baby. The peasant Firms also be.
ueve that the dead member Of the
family fingers In the household 40
days before taking it, final departure.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-12-25
eatlna 70 Grow.

49,.
. = certain Columbus newspaper man
= proud Of the precocity Of his i've
yearold niece. As typical Of her men,
agility, he tells the following:
We were visiting recently at my
9otAsr's home. When dinner was
-eaned the child politely but firmly
announced that she had no idea Of
mlng and would remain away from
he table.
Why. Mildred, you must eat three
teA meals day II you are ever to
1low up and be a lady, remarked my
sW0e Who happens to be q woman Of
aoetantfal proportions.
carefully surveying her gratuitous
eoviser, the little miss said: 'Auntie
g you eat four meals q day?'"-
Uoaumbus Dispatch.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-12-25
where MONEY IS USELESS
No Cash % Needed In Tho lsland a
Ascenoion-cllmato Called A.
most Perfect

The island Of Ascension, IN tho A.
lantic, belonging to Great Britain, 70
Of volcanic formation. eight miles By
six IN size. and has . population Of
about $50. It was uninhabited until
the confinement Of Napoleon ct st.
Helena, when It was occupied BY q
small British force. L IL 250 miles
northward Of st. Helena. Vast num-
bers Of turtles are found on the shores
and 1t serves - . depot and watering
place for ships.
Ascension IL governed By q captain
appointed by the British admiralty.
There II no private property In land.
no rents. no taxes and no use for
money. The docks and herds are pub.
lie property and the meat 70 iasued o.
rations. So are the vegetables grown
ON the farms. When an island flsher.
man makes q catch he brings It to the
guardroom, where It IL issued By the
sergeant major. Practically the en-
tire population are sailors, and they
work at most Of the common trades.
The muleteer IL q jack tar. % 10 the
gardener, 90 are the shepherds, the
stockmen. the grooms. masons, car
penters and plumbers. Even the
island trapper who gets rewards for
the tails Of rats is Q sailor.
The climate IL almost perfect and
anything can be grown.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-12-25
How Clouds Az cojored.

How Clouds Az coDorod.
The color Of q cloud depends On the
manner In which the sunlight falls
upon It and the position Of the obser.
yer. Il will be noticed that high
clouds are always white, or light In
color, and this IL because the light By
which they are seen 10 reflected from
the under surface by the numberless
drops Of moisture which 60 to form
the cloud.
Heavy rain clouds. On the other
hand, are found much nearer the
earth. and 30 the light falls on them,
more directly from above, giving . sil-
YER lining to the cloud, though the I'M
der surface appears black, owing TO
the complete reflection and absorption
Of the light By the upper layers. Seen
from above by an observer In . bal
loon the blacklist rain clouds appeU
or the most brilliant white.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-12-25
GREAT MEN AS PEDESTRIANS
Writers and Others Of Worldwide
Fame Who Were Fond Of Long
Jaunts on Foot.

there have been some famous Pc
'destrians, with the emphasis on the
word famous. Charles Dickens was .
great walker. Twelve, fifteen, even
twenty miles q day were none too
much for Dickens swinging
his blackthorn stick, his little figure
sprang over the ground. and It took
Is practiced pair Of legs to keep along
side Of his voice. He once did q
special feat Of turning out OF bed at
two, after q hard day. pedestrian ana
otherwise. and walking thirty miles
into the country before breakfast.
Sir Walter Scott walked twenty or
thirty miles without fatigue. notwith-
standing his limp Browning, when
mast seventy. could take long walks
without fatigue, and Wordsworth at
sixty did twenty miles day. De
Quincy considered fourteen miles
DAY necessary to his health, and Lamb.
Notwithstanding his almost inmate
t1al legs could walk during all the
day. Brahms was q tireless pedes-
trian, and Beethoven always took his
daily walk or run Of five or more
miles in all manner Of weathers,
while Turner travelled twenty miles
: day, sketching as he walked. Her.
bert Spencer, at thirteen, in q At Of
homesickness, walked forty-eight
miles one day and fortyseven the
aext; but was probably injured IN 60
hoing. Tolstoi. at fifty eight, walked
10 miles In three days. Great men
- usually Of powerful physique. and
ny Of % would suffer II We emu
1afel their walking habits. but they
ave not an been % vigorous. I'M
'nanuel Kant walked for at least an
Rer evety day, but doubtless Bacon or
Roeka, Chopin or Weber, spinoza or
Gavin, who were none Of them In
I'D health, would have found . walk
Z . mile OF two quite sufficient o.
- too much."-St. Nicholas.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-12-25
orialn Of Grain ~ Measure.

Tho grain. a. measure Of weight.
has its name from being originally the
weight Of q grain Of wheat. A statute
passed In England In 1866 ordained
that - grains Of wheat, taken from
the middle Of the ear and well dried.
should make . pennyweight, II OF
which should make an ounce, while
u ounces were to make Q pound.
The pound, therefore. consisted OF
1850 grains. But several centuries
later the pennyweight was divided into
81 grains, which makes the troy
pound $3.50 grains. The pennyweight
was the exact weight Of silver PEN
ny. The standard grain was pre-
scrtbed BY act Of parliament IN tho
reign Of George ~.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-12-25
KNEW USE or ANEs1HETIcs
Conclusive Evidence That Ancient
Surgeons Were Familiar With
Methods Of Alleviatlnn Pain.

Those who imagine that surgical
knowledge began with later genera
Itions. and that the discovery Of
chloroform. revolutionised the science,
should read an article recently pub
lished by d.. J. de Fenton In the South
African Journal 81 Science.
Various anesthetixing media and
methods were we'll known both in
antiquity and during the Middle Ages.'
Homer mentions the anesthetic ct.
fects Of nepenthe; Herodotus states
that the Scythians obtained similar
effects from the vapors Of hemp, pro!
duced by throwing hemp seed ON hot
stones. A Chinese physician Of the
third century B. c. gave his patients
9 preparation Of hemp to make them
insensible during surgical operations.
The most important anesthetio Of
ancient and medieval times WAS, how.
ever. wine Of mandragoea, the NE Of
which mentioned BY . great number
OF early writer's, and 10 re6sEred to
BY Shakespeare. Moro recently, IN
the year 1850, the German surgeon
Weiss, better known % Albinue, an.
putated the foot Of Augustus M. king
OF Poland, while under the tnauence
Of mandragora.
Two other anesthetising agencies
were employed In very early times,
Viz, arterial compression and hyp.
notism.
! It IL said that the ancient Assyr.
ians produced . lethargic state By
compression OF the carotid artery be.
fore performing the operation Of cir
cumctsion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-12-25
WAY TO INcLosE STAMPS
Improperly Placed In Letter They Are
Apt to BE Source Of irritation
% the Recipient.

I Il b actually astonishing the mum
Der Of persons. even those who are In
business, who do not know how prop
erly to inclose postage stamp In q
letter. The stamp IL Enclosed to bring
IN immediate reply, and the intention
OF the writer IL good: but many times
the wrong way Of doing the thing is
the cause Of no little annoyance at
the other end Of the line.
When . busy man opens q letter
and finds q stamp pasted tightly to
the sheet he may be excused Il he be-
comes irritated. The letter 10 often
unanswered, the stamp wasted OF the
lparty's time taken up In removing the
stamp and applying paste TO hold Il
on the envelope sent containing the
reply.
Here is one way to inclose q stamp:
Moisten . spot about the size Of .
pea In the center Of the stamp and
press It to = blank space On the let
ter sheet. When the party addressed
removes the stamp he can lift It from
any edge, and that Will cause the CEN
ter to release instantly without injury
70 the bit Of paper. II one corner IL
pasted down Il often tears in remov.
ing, and according 20 the ruling Of
the department, the postage stamp Is
worthless Il any portion IL torn or cut
away.
Another way to inclose q single
stamp. or two or three stamps, in
tact. 10 70 cut . little slit In the cor
ner OF the letter, taking pains that
this II not done where It viii be fold
cd - the letter 10 made ready to 60
In the envelope. Il the Sits are prop
erly made the stamps can be tucked
IN and VIM remain safely IN that DO
sition.
But tor q large number Of stamps
+ 4 better to put them in . small en-.
vel0pe, which is 1nclosed In the en-
volope containing the letter.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-12-25
Nsw,boy Had Eye for sutinsss.

Newsboy Had Eye for ev6inseo.
The newsboy had stood on tho cor.
ner holding an undiminishing bundle
OF papers for halt IN hour.
An unvarying and meaningless
sound issued from his lips, but neither
he nor anyone else thought he wa
saying anything.
Suddenly the clang ana hang Of 4
flre engine divided the trafnc.
IAN shout the IRE! All about the
tlro!" he ehrieked.
And every nth person bought . p,
per,-Puck.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-12-25
Hay ideas.

HAY Ideas.
Il have been promised q Job IN
the forest SERVICE" said the politi'
clan.
what are your duties to BET"
II don't know much about the propo.
sition. I have been told that I was
20 be sent out to inspect government
pgeseFves.''
For what purpose?"
ITO see II they comply with the
pure food laws, l suppose"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-12-25
NOTICE.,

10 " Friends and Patrons:
nave resumed practice. with my
- IN the New Southern Hotel
easoins. over schonberg's Pharma-
y Al calls. day or night, prompt
81 answered. Office hours 3 to IL
to p. m. Office phone. No.
Aeddence phone No. 16S.
DIR. =. =. YOUNG. JR.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-12-25
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

There will be a meeting Of the
stockholders Of the Covington Bank
4 Trust Co. In the banking room, at
900 O'Clock p. m, on Tuesday, Janu-
AIRY IL, 1916, for the purpose Of
electing q Board Of Directors for the
ensuing year.
e. g. DAVIS,
d14 President.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-12-25
SURE SIGNS OF A TORPID LIVER.

IL you have spells Of disziness,
headaches, biliousness or conStipar
ton, look to your liver for the cause.
You can ret relief by taking Po-Do-
Lax. Il acts quickly on the liver.
helpa II TO discharge the poison and
tone mn the system. Helps the
stomach too. Only SOC ct drug
g1sts. E,4A
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-12-25
Stopping Him.

81 0SOPPuVV bJuUs
snail never ask you to promise
= come home early again." she said
towfully when he let himself in
1t : q. m.
quietly. - s1'' =
rs bad enough to be married to q
i9ntnawk and loafer without max
~ liar OF you. too,'' she replied
ma ne had no comeback.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-12-25
NOTICE.

This ID to notify the public that /
will not be responsible for any debts
contr4h . by my con, Corbert Le-
BlanctsN
d1Sx A. LEBLANC.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-12-25
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