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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-08-27
ATTRACTIVE ORAPERIES.


Nottiughams aaA E0beol6ered Ausllno
New n De0aaA.
The changes in drapery and curtain
materials are almost Is marked Is those
in wearing apparel, and fashions in
these goods are quite IS arbitrarily fol-
lowed. A few seasons ago, the snowy
and bright colored Madras draperies
were all the rage, and manufacturers
were often taxed to supply the demand
for them. BY one Of those curious ca
prices of taste, the fancy for this sort
Of goods died ont very suddenly. and
now Madras is rarely called for by the
best trade except for summer cottages
and inexpensive chamber furnishings.
Even more short-lived was the fancy
for certain novelty stripes which were
brought ont few seasons after the
Madras goods were first put upon the
market All Of these fancy draperies
have given place to the more moderate
price grades of Nottinghams Of various
qualities, and moro recently TO dotted
or embroidered muslins with four or
five-inch ruflles Of plain material 70
match, these rufhes being elaborately
huted after the Old-fashioned style of
skirt and dress ruhleA The Noting
hams are made is such exquisite quail
ties that at . little distance they can
scarcely be distinguished from the real
tamboured goods
There are combinations Of Noting
ham with scrim, also some very At
tractive antiques, and combinations of
these with scrim and braid and lace In.
sertions and edgingA
A very attractive design is shown in
scrim with . two-inch edging of Russian
lace. These, for fairly good quality are
among the choicest designs Of the sea-
son. In higher grade goods, the net
tamboured laces are shown in the usual
variety Of pretty and stylish patterns
In this grade of goods there Is but little
change: the same general designs are
shown from year to year, tho variation
being largely in quality, width, length
and occasionally . bit Of combination
which is added to give variety to,this
altogether useful and handsome stand.
ard material.
Among the finest curtain draperies in
the market are the Russian lace draper
les. These are surprisingly elegant and
expensive. quite beyond the reach Of all
but those most favored in this worlds
goods Several hundred dollars . win
dow is quite price to pay fordraperies.
but there Is nevertheless . fairly good
demand for such materials A single
window with lace and outer curtains
may cost six or eight hundred dollars.
or possibly . thousand dollara
Comparatively few heavy stuffs are
used 1t the windows of the fashionable
houses The present fancy seems TO be
for very light and delicate effects. In
moderate grade and inexpensive ma
terials, those which interest the masses
Of the people, there il nothing more at-
tractive, useful or manageable than the
dotted or embroidered muslin curtains
with the fluted ruffles as previously de-
scribed.-N. Y. Ledger.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-08-27
THE ThOUcHTLeSS DARLING.
She Blocks Street TraAc While Buyin,
Few Lllnca

She Blocks Street Tramc While Buying
Few LilacA
A pretty young girl stopped a cab in
which she was riding in front of the
New York entrance of the Brooklyn
bridge to buy bunch of lilacs from .
street vender. The cab came to stand
still just at the bridge entrance. with
the hind wheels across the tracks on
which the Avenue b, Third and Fourth
avenue cars run and blocked traffic for
half IN hour. There were about twelve
cars and fifty vehicles Of all kinds
tangled up in IN almost hopeless block
ade.
The bridge policemen, in their efforts
to make the vehicles move on. seemed
to forget the fact that the little girl in
the cab was still in the way, and appar.
emily unconscious of the trouble she
had caused, fumbled in her pocketbook
for change to pay the vender, who
hung on to the open cab door.
The cabby, fearing that his cab would
be damaged and the swinging door torn
of by the angry drivers of wagons and
trucks about him, whipped up his horse.
Ancu tnc uttlc girl put Ouc u0iuty AOOS
out on the step and swinging her body
out of the doorway. berated cabby for
his carelessnesA
Don't you see that I am busy?' she
said ''How rude of you to start up be-
fore tell you TO co."
Then . big policeman came along,
drove the vender away and closed the
cab door. At the same time another
policeman took the cab horse by the
bride and led him away. The weeping
lilac vender overlook the cab containing
his little customer and received the
money in payment for the flowers. 1t
was fully twenty minutes after that
before traffic on the thoroughfsre was
resumed.-N. Y. Recorder.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-08-27
ALEssoN IN clv,LiTV.
ss0oetlag EveQ~ with N Unobllgi
6troot-Cor COadmctor.

l S03O44108 EvOQ WIN N U00O1BR10D
8trooe-Caf Conductor.
The street-car conductor was inclined
TO be disagreeable and unaccommodat.
ing, and only got what he deserved He
had some bills, but when the passenges
rendered him five-dollar bill, apollo
giving for 50 doing. he carefully counted
ont four dollars and ninety-flve cents in
small change and handed Il over.
There were two or three quarters, .
few dimes. twenty-five or thirty pen.
nies and any number of nickels.
OF course the passenger protested
II don't mind taking some Of your
small change" he said. 'but don't
want it all You have something
larger"
"You can take that or nothing" re-
torted the conductor. Its al you'll
get"
Now that didn't tend to mike the
passenger feel kindly toward the con-
ductor. but he apparently had no re-
dress except to report him for incivility.
A moment later. however, he recalled
that the road sold tickets and he smiled
The conductor didn't wish to sell any
tickets to this particular passenger, but
he had to- He hesitated. but . prompt
threat 70 report him induced him to sell
twelve tickets for twenty-five pennies
and ave nickels.
Then . man sitting next 70 the pas
senger leaned over and said:
Il need some tickets. I'll give you
half . dollar for those"
He got them and then the conductor
was called back.
Il want some moro tickets. said The
passenger.
Tho conductor grew red in the face
Is he saw everyone in the car smiling,
but he gave twelve tickets for ten
niclkels and then hurried to the rear
platform.
''Ill take those ticlkets," said . man
across the aisle to the passenger with
the small change.
He got them. and the conductor was
called back again.
Everyone in the car was interested BY
this time. and some even laughed aloud
at the conductors discom6ture. More
over they took the tickets OF the pas
senger's hands as fast ~ he bought them
from the conductor. When the latter
had sold four dollaxs' worth he swore
he had no more, but under threat Of BE-
ing reported he discovered enough to
exchange for the remainder Of the
change he had given the passenger.
He was mad, % mad that he added to
his discontinue BY making . mistake
in ringing up fares, but he had afforded
the passengers some amusement, and
we'll. he had learned to b moro oblig.
ing.-Detroit Free ProoA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-08-27
WHEN Z AM DEAD

When I am deed,
The years will come and %
As they do now,
And words I've said
When cares have -exed me 50
Not thinking how
Words cling and cling TO life
WIN stin live on,
When I am dead.
When am gone.
The little universe
Which now revolves round ma
Will stin roll on:
Its order none the worse
That there must be
New center found,
When am gone.
Life Is 30 short!
Too short for all the good
plan TO do.
But long, I've thought
When hackward-lo -looling mood
Calls In review
The hours I've wasted
And the misdeeds dono
So thoughs,essly.
While an hero,
Iwould live well the life
lcAnnot keep,
That In the years
When I have ceased the strife
And swectly sleep
Some good will 1.-Two
Bccausc I've bcea,
Though an dea6
And in the day
When that dear prayer.
Thy kingdom come"
No more VIC pray;
When fred from caro-
And from the tomb
Ny life shall be.
The good I've done
Win still live on
Eternally.
RANGES r. Saunders. IN Housekeepef.
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SOAPlNG 0EYSERS.
Playing Ts1eks On Then to Mako 1Ao0
spouf Between Periodic.


Spout BetWeca PerS0ds.
Tourists in the Yellowstone national
park got into the habit some years ago
of soaping the geysers to make them
spout, and the park authorities were
compelled to enforce the rule against
throwing objects Of sny kind into the
springs, because some of them had been
permssently injured by such treat
ment. The art of soaping geysers WAS
accidentally discovered by . Chinese
laundryman in the Upper Geyser basin
In the summer of 1855. One day he
threw some soap into the hot spring
from which he was accustomed to draw
water. and, greatly to his surprise, he
produced IN eruption resembling that
Of . true geyser. Tourists who had
come long distances to see cruptions be-
gan to experiment on the larger geysers
with some success They found they
could coax the unwilling geysers to
perform, and IL the practice had been
continued it is probable that the gey-
sers would long before now have lost
much of their spectacular value.
Arnold Hague Investigated the curl
Gus phenomenon. BY . series Of exper-
iments ON the action of sesp In stimu-
lating the eruptions of geysers he found
that some were much more susceptible
10 the treatment than others. He found
that many of the hot springs and geys-
crs were quiet even when the surface
temperature of the water was above
the boiling point for that altitude. Any
disturbance, therefore, was likely to
cause the ebullition to begin. rs tho
water was in state of unstable equi-
librium- II soap or concentrated lye
was added . viscous huid was produced
which seemed to cause the retention Of
steam, and in the case of superheated
waters, when the temperature stands
above the natural boiling point, explo-
sive liberation will follow.
Henry NJ. Cadell, the English geOlo-
gist who visited the Yellowstone park
last year and gave some attention 60 the
soaping Of geysers, says that the fam
ous Old Faithful geyser seems TO be
proof against such undignified treat
ment, but some of its more fitful and
tickle brethren that have eruptions ut
uncertain intervals, pay more attention
to the artful dodge to set them in action.
Among these Is the Beehive, which has
no fixed period. but is susceptible to tho
action of soap. In general, however, it
seems doubtful whether much reliance
can be placed ON that method of proddc-
ing eruptionA
In paper on soaping geysers. which
Mr.. Hague read before . scientific so
ciety . while ago. he said: ''Outside Of
. few exceptional instances, which
could not be repeated, and in which &C
tion was probably anticipated by only
. few minutes in time, geyser eruptions
produced BY soap or alkali appear to
demand two essential requirements:
First. the surface caldron OF reservoir
should hold but . small amount Of
water. exposing only . limited area to
the atmosphere; second, the water
should stand at or above the boiling
point Of water for the altitude Of the
geyser basin above sea level. Y.
Sun
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-08-27
a MODERN MIRACLE.

IAo 0OosoWi1saD HosPoe Changed ,lnto
,Oss q Her Hest Rrses0s.
II the man who makes two blades Of
grass grow where only one grew before
il entitled to be called . public bene-
factor. certainly the man who turns an
odious stencil into pleasing fragrance
has claim for credit which may not b
ignored The days Of necromaney are
not past, they are only beginning, and
In . dingy red brick house On the East
Side of this city striking example Of
this fact may b seen 1t any time.
There IL probably NO person wh6re
CARDS rancid butter - anything bat
highly offensive substance and there
axe few. outside the uninitiated. who
can think Of any better use to b made
Of It than throw Il into the ashbarrel
The initiated know better. There gre
few housewives and cooks who, when
they favor their custartia. pies. cakes,
etc, with delicious essence, of pine
apple. do not imagine that tons Of that
luscious tropical fruit are daily gath
cred by dusly natives from waSing
palms and amid scenes Of harvest revel-
y are then squeezed Of their fragrant
juice for the special beheht Of The
American palate. But the xtraAs"
knows that the pineapple oil of COM
merce ID really butyric ether. ..,..s
Now, there = no causeufoe .alarm 20
the reader who Arst becomes saa0 Of
that fact BY reading this article. Duk9-
re ether h . charmingly fragrant "a
aocuous and delightful substance, and
II the genuine pineapple itself were not
full Of II the much Prised ffuit would
command no better price than tusnipe:
perhaps not - good The only stask
ling feature II the fact that. butv1ae
ether. which tastes and smells % eaa
in custard or soda water, i produced
from The most horribly rancid buttey,
Turning pure water INTO new wine
teens simple alongside this mod1kh
miracle. - -
The miraHle-Wogker talges his rancid
buttsI and 1ixas Il into soapy lather
mixed with potash and sulphurio seid
Ut first This results in . thin, oily
liquid which has even . moro persist
entity rancid order than the buttey he'd
at Arst Il b then called butyric acid.
Being destilled with alcohol and more
sulphuric acid, the marvellous result 10
. fragrant and altogether delightful
Substance known - butyric ether or
pineapple oil Used in moderation il
does no harm 70 the stomach, but IL
should not be used ~ . perfume, be.
cause when inhaled II tends to cause ir.
ritatiou of the air tubes and, intense
headeehe.-M !. Tribune
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-08-27

The pendulum Of fashion swinga
backward and forward. A short time
ago heavy cut glass was considered 1.-THE
thing" at fashionable tables, and now
IL ID the thinnest and clearest Of trans
parent glass, fashioned into the simp.
lest Of formA The latest popular fad
Is to have ones coat Of arms either deli
cately engraved or prettier still. enam-
elled in colors on the fragile ware On
account Of the danger Of breskage in
the firing, however, the enamelled gisaa
IL very costly. There 10 another ex-
quisite effect in glass which has been
lately brought out The goblets cost
from sixty to seventy-hve dollars the
dozen This i glass cut In intaglio. the
effect being extremely beautiful. the
thickness and the purity Of the glass be-
ing equal to those Of rock crystal-N.
Y. Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-08-27
STARVING THE TEETH.


Our Food Oe0cle0e In the Elements That
Make Bone.
Teeth are just rs easily starved to
death Ms the stomach. In one way it is
. blessing to have been born of poor
parentA What food the poor give to
their children is of the variety that
goes to make strong bones and teeth.
1t il the outside of all the grains, of all
cereal foods, that contains the carbon
ate and phosphate of lime and traces of
other earthly salts which nourish the
bony tissue and build the frame up.
II we do not furnish to the teeth of
the Young that pabulum they require,
they can not possibly be built up. 1t is
the outside Of corn, oats, wheat, barley
and the like, or the bran, so-called,
that we sift away and feed to the swine.
that the teeth actually require for their
proper nourishmeut The wisdom of
man has proven his folly. shown in
every succeeding generation of teeth,
which become more fragile and weak.
These Touring mills are working de-
struction upon the teeth Of every man,
woman and child who partake of their
fine bolted -four. They sift ont the
carbonates and the phosphates Of lime
in order that they may provide that fine
white -four which 10 proving . whitened
sepulchre to teeth
Oatmeal is one Of the best foods for
supplying the teeth with nourishment.
1t makes the dentine, cementum and
enamel strong, fiint-like and able to re-
sist all forms Of decay. II You have
children, never allow any white bread
upon your table. Bread made Of whole
wheat ground, not bolted, 50 that the
bran which contains the minute quan.
titles Of lime Is present, is best. To
make . good, wholesome, n0urishing
bread, take two bowls Of wheat meal
an6 one bowl of white or bolted flour
and make by the usual process. Moth
ing is superior to brown bread for bone
and teeth building. This is made out
Of rye meal and corn meal Baked
beans. too, have . considerable supply
Of these lime salts and should be on
your table, hot or cold, three times .
week. In brushing the teeth, always
brush up and down from the gum In
stead Of acroaA Brush away from the
gum and on the grinding surface Of the
teeth America Analyst.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-08-27

When you find . woman who thinks
her husband is the wisest man who
ever lived, you find one who hasn't been
to school much.-Rsm's Here
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-08-27

arthur ID very exclusive. said proud
Mrs. Bunker the other day. He will
not graduate with his class this week.
but will wait until the autumn, and
graduate alone.
And even Arthur, conditioned rs he
was. went out Of doors Sud griuns4-
Puck
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-08-27
THE STORY OF A GEM,

A Beautiful Emerald That Had IN Intee-
estinH History.
At tho Weddell house therc Il q
horseman staying. That horseman has
m emerald the size of thumbnnil and
the emerald has q history. He bear.
the gem on his black necl<tic. and this
Is its story: Back In - he was coach.
Ing between Sacramento and San Fran.
cisco. His partner had beautiful pin,
an emerald Of great size, surrounded
with diamonds The man at the
Weddell house wanted the pin aud
finally traded with his partner. giving
. team Of horses in exchange. He
then took the pin to q San Francisco
jeweler and asked his opinion. The
jeweler smiled as he looked at the
stone. took a little tool ont anc de-
tachcd the emerald from the setting.
It proved to be two pieces OF glass
cemented together with . piece Of
green paper between. The man who
owned the pin was mad. He was also
flush, SO he told the jeweler to put in
m emerald to match the glass in size
and color and it was done at IN ex-
pense of seven hundred dollars.
The partner who had cheated his
friend liked to bet on . sure thing. and
fixed it up with pal to bet the owner
of the pin that It was false. They all
met In . barroom at San Francisco. and
the pal said to the supposed dupe:
'Jim, you like that pin you got in
. trade with Abe. but I'll bet it's no
good"
Jim acted the indignant, said his own
partner would not cheat him. and o.
fered q modest bet.
"'Taint 'nuff," said the pal. ''Make
it IN even $500 and III 60 you"
''Oh." said Jim. carelessly, III you
want big bet make II . clean $1,000
and put mp the dust"
The money was staked and the whole
crowd went out to jewelry store up
the street The pin was presented and
was pronounced one Of the finest EN-.
eralds on the Pacific slope. Abe nearly
dropped In his tracks. for he furnished
tho money secretly to his pal. and the
other poor fellow who made the bet was
paraly1ed.
There must Be- some mistake" he
said; ''iet's Try another jeweler." They
did, and the verdict Of the second ex-
pert was that the stone was genuine.
Jim pocketed his thousand and said
quietly to his partner: ABE. I'm just
$500 ahead on that little deal Of yours
I'm going TO open . few bottles Of
champagne for tie boyAeSt Louis
Chrooiele.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-08-27
fola HIN why.

Mr.. Nicefello (cautiously)-Why arc
Won Sd cold and distant?
Sweet Girl (quictly)-The fire has
gone out, and this sofs ID too heavy to
move up TO your ehsis.-N ]. Weekly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-08-27

Husband-I never rebuke my wife e..
eept IN two cases.
Friend-What are they?
In the first place, am rude 70 her
when she reproaches me-"
"And under what other circumstances
are you rude to herT
"Well. when she doesn't reproach
me."@Tcxas Sifting&
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-08-27
A GREAT WOMAN.

She Demonstrated Her Yearloooo0oo ~
Ferocloos Animals.
Eyes, gentlemen" remarked the I'D
vance agent of the only big show on
earth, Notwithstanding the fact that
in the past we have ransacked the
globe from pole 70 pole, have penetrst-
ed the jungles Of South America, the
deserts Of Africa, the ice-locked fast
nesses of the Arctic region. and the
sacred lands of India in our determine
tion to secure everything weird, worthy
and wonderful under the sun, we have
still been enabled 70 stamp improve.
ment ON the wings Of time, and this
season we present . bewildering array
of attractions totally eclipsing the
mildest imaginations Of wonderland;
. whirlwind Of marvels, sweeping al
our would-be imitators away with an
irresistible impetuosity!"
While the speaker paused for breath
his hearers prepared themselves for the
worst
''Our gigantic universal aggregation
Of consolidated wonders was the first
show on earth TO introduce . female
lion tanner. Tho first year she per-
formed with one lion, the next year
with two, and 50 on till the tenth year,
when she played with ten Of them 1t
once. Then she began that very hazard
ous proceeding, which might b termed
mixing her drinks. by bringing tigers,
leopards. etc, into her family Of brute
monarchA. Finally. during last season,
she appeared in . mammoth inclosure
and played with . number Of lions.
tigers, leoparda, hyenss. crocodiles, boa
constructors. wild cats and rattlesnalees
all at one and the same time. Tho
public unanimously declared that wom-
an could do nothing more TO demon
strate her utter fcarlessness Of the ami
NAL creation, but she has"
Everyone held his breath awaiting
the startling revelation about to Be-
made.
"Yes, sir; recognizing the fact that
the press and people demanded come
thing newer and more startling every
year, Mime. de Slambanggio has this
season discarded lions and tigers and
everything old and now actually enters
. cage containing three live and unfet-
tered mice!"
It required the combined efforts Of
the strong men Of tho party TO rescusi-
tate the weaker members who had
tainted away.-Chicago TimeA.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-08-27

ORsilly Cbeing entertained BY the
cook, who produces Hottie Of olives)-
You'll excuse me, Ntr.h. but it's me
privit spinyin that these plums ID
shpoiled-
Norah-shure, thin. i not plums:
thin is aliveA an they kim from
Shpain.
0Reilly-Be hivinsf thin they muss
have kim in the shteeraee.-Jud9e.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-08-27

Gus De Smart-"Why is peaisips
folks like tincturc OF opium" AlRy
De Luuy-''DOu't know. Why b it?'
Gus Dc Smast-'Decause u u lauda-
Oum"-phAswacoutjcol Ere
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-08-27
ONE INDIAN RACE EXTINCT.

The Do0thleks 0f N0Ws00Adlo00, . P00Des
able Race. Eatirely swept Away.
The Beothick indiana of Newfound-
land, at one time the aboriginal inhab-
itants of the island, can only be counted
by one or two skeletons and few
skulls, 50 completely have they been
swept away. The French employed
the Mic Mac Indians Of Nova Scotia, TO
fight against and extcFminate them.
According to m account in the late
issue of the transactions of the Cana
dian institute. they were . peaceable
and quiet race. given 70 hunting and
hshing.
They used canoes made of birch rind
and Of skins Of deer. like the Esqui-
maux cayak. They had NO pottery and
used utensils of birch rind sewed To-
gether, but they employed soapstons
dishes a lamps, their form being sim
liar to those among this Esquimaux At
the present day. They earved deer and
walrus horns and bones of the seal into
ornaments which they wore on their
dresses and ornamepttd their heads
with eombA The cayvings are In tri-
angular patterns, and tont Of the large
collections in the muskum at ST. Johns
there are no two orna3nents having the
same pattern Their ,tone implements
were moro rudely constructed than
those Of the western 1ndianA-chicaso
Herald.