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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-09-17
SUMMER HATS.

Light and Airy Creations That A1o
Dainty and Unique.
Among the charming hats that will
be worn with the summer gown is .
white chip with low crown and droop-
ing brim. A white silk cord edges the
brim and scarf of white chiffron, with
the fine white cord embroidery. drape.
the crown. At the left side is white
wing thrust through the scarf folds and
pointing forward. This hat is sim
plicity itself and may easily be dupli.
Gated by amateur trimmcrs, who can
buy the chiffron with cord embroidery
1T thirty-seven cents for wide edgine
that can be run ON plain chiffon to make
. pretty hat drapery.
A white rough straw is trimmed il
black velvet. the loops edged with the
straw braid. and . braid standing up
around the edge of the low crown. In
the curves of the narrow brim white
tips are caught lightly. while . prince
of Wales cluster stands up in front, held
BY rhinestone buckle.
A round hat of yellow milan has .
crown of plaid yellow and black silk.
The silk is in plaits At the center of the
crown, and the plaits open into . full
puff over the brim. Right in the middle.
where the plaits are punched, knot Of
the silk is tied. with two ends standing
erect and two black cutoff quilts cross
ing. A hat of the same kind was worn
by . woman whose gown was gray.
The silk crown of the hat was plaided
green and black; the inevitable shirt
waist and the parasol were of the same
silk. Such costumes are pretty for
travelling, and If . coat accompanies the
gown it may be faced with the plaid
N. Y. Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-09-17
ICE CREAM HEADACHE.


The Causes That Occasion lt ecsentincally
Comsldered
During the first scorching summer
weather, young women often rush into
m ice cream saloon, with the intention
of cooling their bodies to at least . few
degrees below the melting point II in
. great hurry they are likely to make
the first few spoonfuls of the cooling
mixture rather large. In many ladies
this almost Immediately occasions . vio-
lent pain in the temples or somewhere
in the region of the eyes One who has
studied the physiology Of the case says
that the sensation is caused in the fol.
lowing manner: The frozen mixture
coming in contact with the nerves
Of the throat (the larynx. pharynx.
etc.,. temporarily paralyzes them.
The sensation instantly shoots to
the center Of those nerves, which il in
the brain, but 6nds there . side connee.
tion in the shape Of the great facial
nerve, which starts from in front Of the
ear and extends its branches over the
sides Of the face. One branch Of this
facial nerve, extending across the tenn
pie. is nerve or sensation," while the
other bra1ches are simply NERVES Of
motion" utilized chiefly 70 govern the
play Of the mouth. This great facial
nerve sidetracks the pain which pro-
eeeds from the chill, throwing il out
along the nerve branch which traverses
the temple, the pain icing most agon-
ixing 1t the point where the nerve
branches II the irritation be axtraos-
dinary, the reflex" action which takes
place may cause violent pain in the
eyeballs as well as in the temple, the
eye pain being only sympathetia-N
Y. LsdseR
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-09-17
oo0D-ev TO BANGS.

The Hair Mast Now be Trained In Waves
ffoa . Parting In the Csaeer.
There are fashions in fringes ~ well
- in flowers, modes in the texture. Of
tresses, the color Of eyes. the shape Of
shoulder, and the contour Of the figure
that one must follow .rigidly in spite Of
natures efforts to the contrary. Just
now every fashionable woman must
have what not one woman in . hundred
ever was naturally endowed with, soft
ly waving locks Of glossy silky sheen.
Not the Topsy frizzle Of the days of tea,
lead, and wire curriers', mot the satin
smoothless Of the ,early Victorian
era, but the shining waves and
lightly-curiing huffness that the
modern hairdresser has learned to pro-
duce from most unpromising straight
tresses. The bang is doomed, according
to the soothsayers. We shall see fl for
some time yet, perhaps, but its days are
numbered. 1t has been one Of the
greatest blessings bestowed upon wom-
anlkind More women have been made
beautiful by . dextrous toss and cut of
the bang than by all the jewels and
finery that have been consumed in the
adornment Of Ewes daughters since the
mother Of vanity began costume de
signing. We must train our hair
now big waves downward from Q
parting in tho center We. can &C
complish it Just as we have squANed
our shoulders and added . goodly por-
tion Of the impossible cubit to ourNstat-
ure. II is only matter Of time and
pstienco.-N, Y. Sum.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-09-17
GENIUS FINDS IT'S REWARD.


0a0od aud ADased. the Ananias Cluh
Elects . New President.
''Speakin' Of snowplows," said the
old-timer. Is he dropped into the Ana
MAS corner. ''speakin' Of snowplows
whilst was on the Mexican Central
"What! cold in Mexico?" asked the
gang?
'Yes, cold. cold. Why. you fcllers
don't know what cold is When one of
them Chinnooks comes up from Yucca
tan it starts the bark on the trees of
Mexico, tell you
1.-THE time I'm tellin' you about l
were dead-headin' south on Tim Fa-
Ran's train, when the Chinook come
up. The cars were hett by stoves, and
the greaser braksie kept = roarin' fire.
but the stovepipe were half inch deep
in white frost in spite Of him l had .
buffalo overcoat and pint flask of ma
tive brandy made from red peppers,
but never came 50 near freezing up in
my natural life.
There was q young married couple
sittin' right in front Of me, and noticed
the groom ashivcrin'; finally he asked
her to kiss him, and she started to do
it, when some one opened the door and
froze the kiss right on her lips Yes.
gentlemen. that poor critter sat there
froze IS stiff Is an order TO cut pay,
with her dusky face puckered up just
like = boy smokin' his first cigarette.
That were the saddest sight I ever see" !"
said the old villain, wiping . tear from
his eye.
''Thc engine seemed to 60 awful slow
and jerky like. and thought perhaps
Tim was gettin' out Of wood. SO went
ahead. The fireman was leanin' agin
the boiler-head. froze stiff. and Tim
had pulled the engine over to stop and
then got chilled through.
Il got drink Of pepper whisky into
him and then noticed that the engine
was white with ice.
~ could't imagine what kept her =
going until thought = minute. She
was runnin' by vacuum. The condens-
alton was SO quick that vacuum was
formed and it was suckin' the pistons
back and forth.
when we got in we couldn't blow
the headlight out-the flame was frozen
Tim cut it with hatchet and gave it
to the master mechanic for . paper
W.
''Gentlemen!" said the past president
'0cntlemen, this is our annual election.
do not know the name Of the distin.
guished artist who has addressed us,
but move that all rules be suspended
and that he be unanimously elected by
reclamation Is president Of this club.
r. It . vote? Carried. Stranger will
you please take the chair-and-and
Engineer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-09-17
COLOR BLINDNESS.
1xpsEtDsnts - the Eyssi0At show In
terssting Reealts.

0XH061D00eo - 800 ky90oX0B NOV -
tersstlng Resalts.
Prof Herring undertook q series OF OBJ
servations upon three normal-sighted
persons, namely, upon himself and upon
his two assistants, DR.. Biedermann and
DR.. Stilling. These experiments were
designed to elicit whether any constant
differences could be detected in the color
judgments of the three normal-sighted
persons who were the subject of expert
ment The question proposed for judg-
ment was the determination Of the point
at which . red. which had been grad
uated of on the one side into blue-rcd
and on the other into q yellow-red,
could be regarded as at the neutral
point at which it did not incline
either to the one or the other
of these colors. When the matter
was put to the experimental test
in this manner, constant differences
ware actually discovered to obtain lse-
tween the judgments Of the three In
dividual observers. The one Observer.
DR.. (now Prof) Biedcrmann, in all
cases still continued to see . yellowish
tinge when the red proposed for judg-
ment had already, in the judgment of
the other two observers, long ceased to
contain any trace of yellow. Similar
ly, when it was q question of transition
from blue-rcd to pure red. the blue
faded out from the red first to DR..
Biedermann, next to Prof Herring, and
last of all to DR.. Stilling. In fact, DR..
Biedermann had regularly begun to
see . yellow shade in the red before It
had well ceased to have . blue shade for
DR.. Shilling. Prof. Herring was ascer-
tanned to occupy . kind of intermediate
position in respect of his susceptibility
to yellow and blue rays
1t thus became evident that there are
physiological differences of scnsibility
70 the blue and yellow rays to be found
in persons Of perfectly normal sight,
and Prof. Herring was able to show, by
means of an ingenious method of ex-
perimentation with excised retinas,
BILE to any disparity of color nOmencla-
ture, while they might well be account
ed for by individual differences in the
depth Of pigmentstion over the central
region, the so-called macula lutea, or
yellow spot Of the retina. 1t was pointed
out by Herring that an increased depth
Of pigmentation would naturally en-
tail greater absorption Of the BLUSH
rays during their transmission to the
deeper-lying sensitive layer of the reti-
M, and further that the result Of such
IN excessive wedding out of the blue
rays would be to give every color judg-
ment which emanated from q person
with . deeply pigmented retina dis
tinct yellowish bias. This we have seen
was the condition which was found to
obtain in the case of DR.. Biedermann's
color judgments.
On the other hand, the color judg.
ments of . person whose re:ina con-
tanned less than the average of pigment
would be characterized by . BLUSH bias,
for the light which would to the ordi-
nary eye appear as colorless would to
such an eye appear to be blush. owing
to a less than average elimination Of
the blue rayk-Dr. A. E Wright in
Century.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-09-17
AN INsuFFERAeLE BORE.

The Chronlc Story Teller who Makes Hin.
self Odious.
What an insufferable bore the chronic
story teller il You know whom mean,
the chap who waylays you ON the
street, inserts his finger in your button
hole and relates some chestnutty yarn
that you have heard time and time
again. Then there are aggravated
types Of this mania for telling stories
in season and out of season where the
story teller is afflicted with q faulty
memory and hence forgets when he
meets you on Tuesday that he told you
his ono story on Monday. The result
is that you are obliged to stand and
listen to the same wearisomc nonsense
that blighted the day before
for you. and rs you shift uneasily in
the grasp of the story-teller, you won
der why q live electric light wire
doesn't break from its moorings and
electrocute the life out of the consum.
mate bore beside you. There are story
tellers who are genuine artists in that
respect and whom it is = pleasure to
hear spin yarns, and could mention, If
I were 50 disposed, = number of men
right here in Detroit who can tell q
funny story just as well rs any body in
the country. A first-class story-teller
to begin with, must have a good mem-
orv. Then he must be clever mimic,
and in order to prove effective he
should have at least fair knowledge
Of three or four dialects He must
also be able to tell the most excru.
ciatingly funny story without tho
movement of any of his facial mus
cles, for il there is anything that ruins
a story it is to have the relator there
Of litter and snicker At his own clever
ness That story telling is not neces-
sarily the pastime of feeble minds, or
is in any way undigni6ed, is attested
by the fact that . greater story-teller
never lived than grand old Abraham
Lincoln. 'Uncle Abe" always had .
pertinent story At the end of his tongue
to fit any and every theme that might
be broached. and It Is fact, believe,
that oftentimes he could more forcibly
and clearly convey just the idea that he
sought by telling story that was ap-
plicable to the subject under discussion,
than other men could BY IN elaborate
and detailed argument But as for the
bad story-teller-out Of him. say, and
may his tribe steadily decrease. until
there is not one on The brood left to en-
cumbcr the earth.-Detroit Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-09-17
FASHIONS IN FURNITURE.
8ovival q tie EmPtro Seyte q Q CentaF1
Ago.

The probabilities Of fashions In fur
nitur. indicate that the coming craze
will be the Empire style. A century
ago this remarkable style of furnishing
was evolved in France, and it affords
opportunities in furnishing that are well
worth the consideration of our leaders
in household taste The style recalls
the best traditions of the court of the
Empress Josephine. Railways happens
that when Louis Quinze and Louis Seize
styles have been in vogue for time
they are followed by \ demand for cm-
pire furnishings. As Is well known.
the revolution in France proved fatal
blow to Louis Quinze and Louis Seize
decorations. which were abandoned -
tainted with royalty and bad taste. Fol-
lowing the republican coup d'etat came
the republican era, during which new
society arose enthusiastic for anything
which recalled the republics of Greece
and Italy. The leading promoter OF
these ideas was the painter Louis David,
who strove to reproduce ON canvas the
statues of the gods and the heroes OF
Roman history. To be in keeping with
David's picture the republic demanded
. return to republican classicism to suit
the tribunes, and the members Of the
National assembly daped in their to2as.
as well as young ladies clad in transpar-
parent tunics, harmonized with
furniture that was Athcnian,
carved with bas-reliefs, and or
lamentations of the ancient n4r-
bleA Napolcan. to preserve the
memory of his combats in Egypt and
Italy, instructed his architects to de-
sign the decorations of the imperial
residences after the manner of the
antique forms, and was opposed to any
thing in the way of decoration that
would revive the memories Of the royal
times of La Pompadour or Marie
Antoinette. Then were produced large
mahogany consoles supported by
caryatides and sphinxes in bronze. Buf-
fets were designed in which the ebony
was relieved with ornaments and bas-
reliefs in ormolu brass and chased cop
per. Richly decorated cabinets made
of rich Spanish mahogany. were re
lievcd with dull sparrow gold gliding,
looking like highly chased ormolu The
carving was cut with exquisite skill and
with the crispness that shows the masr
ter hand. 1t would not be surprising il
the furnishings of century ago should
crowd out the present styles. Percier,
the leading ornamentalist of Napoleon's
art circle. very properly appreciates the
nature of decoration when he says:
Decoration of furniture becomes to
houses what clothing is to persons.
Everything grows old and in . few
years is out of fashion and ridiculous.
A there is nothing 50 old rs IN old
hat that is only . couple Of years old.
SO in household furnishing. nothing ap-
pears SO out of style as the style that
has only been recently abandoned-I
Decorator and Eurnisher.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-09-17

Prof. Snore, Of Columbia collett. s ,
heavy built man Of slow novel e3ts
whose personal appearance l. s3x3st
- Of bear. He is also in ck4agS o
the astronomical department x&etini
student Apjerry the professor st
Thomas. do you take An int4kst d
the movements Of the heavenly betes?'
"Yes. professor. like TO look iht
stars once in awhile" &s
"Well. II you want 70 obse1e thl
my room tonight III Be- in -refal
Eiftings. iEi
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-09-17

Jamie's father had taken him in to
see the baby.
There, my son." he said. lis little
sister for you. Won't she be . nice
YES" replied Jamie. ''she's nice
enough, reckon, but I'd ruther have .
goat Chicago Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-09-17

Garden party hats Of Leghorn, with
soft waving brims, are trimmed by ono
great panache o6 black ostrich feathers
or demi-long plumes laid along the LEFT
Of the crown, three Of the feathers fall
ing forward, and two toward the ba3k,
= black velvet rosette holding then To-
gether. The right side Of the hat i left
bare. Large hats Of Neapolitan braid
also called cTinoline-hAve the s1en1er
high crown copied from the style sf
long ago The brim Is caught mp in
fanciful curves. each held by . butter
NJ bow of black velvet ribbon High
black tips curve forward from the back.
Black rice straw hats with similar
high crowns have their wide wavipg
brim quite long at the hack to curve
over low braidA. These are faced with
black Lyons talle. and four black
ostrich tips in front Of the high sr0wp
curving over the brim- A band o6 black
velvet holds . Rhine-stone buckel roond
ed 10 At the front Of the crown-.Hsr-
per's Baxar.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-09-17
MADE Hin Tired.

Manager (wearily)-Wish to 60 On
the stage, eh? After q husband, sup.
pose?
Fair Applicant-I have husband.
Manager-Oh, see. After su0thsg
op&-N. y. Weekly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-09-17
A MORTIFIED DANDY.
The Susceptible Man Who Hired . DFsas
euIt.

The Susceptible Man Who Hired . DFsas
kuit.
A little incident not down on the pro-
gramme 1t . big evening reception
lately. disturbed the equanimity of one
guests peace of mind considerably. It
seems that the gentleman IN question
Is not the proud possesscr of . dress
suit, 80 he had rented one at . nominal
figure. He had surveyed himself in tho
dressing-room for the last time and de-
cidcd he looked just right Then blithe-
" descending to the scene below he
commenced bowling and shaking hands
in way that showed she casual OBJ
server he was used TO wearing dress
suits right along. Suddenly the guests
began smiling behind their hands and
faces and looking to,vasds the gentle
man. He colored bit and made his
way to the hall He sought friend
and asked him IL the suit looked al
right
"Yes," replied the frisad who il some
thing of joker. ''but zee here, guess
this ticket is what caused the mirth,"
and he picked OF the following legend
ON . card from the gentlemsn's coet
tail:
The openings st Sleeves and DacA. wh9fo
Fruat and Back are joined At bottom q Skirt,
ase usually the
WEAKEST PolNTs
II 4 S0in5.
An examinatioo Of the
HAf8xI1D MPAovR0RH10
sDpaisd to this garment will eoavince you q tAo
inpoesiothty oe the Shirt stvlng sway u any a
these places
The dreas-suited guest. st the eight Of
the card, turned pale and Aed from the
scene Of joy for the evening. The Joke
Of IL all is that the guests weren't
laughing 1t him 1t al. bat ut picture
hanging on the wall directly back OF
him, and the joker had taken the ticket
out Of his own pocket and had deceived
his friend into believing IL was the
:ause OF the mirth The victim, Of
course. was susceptible owing 70 III
loaned sait-Aiansspolis Journal
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-09-17

"Trottef seems TO be very happy
man. He never has any bills 70 pay"
'.How's that?'
mo one win svsr trust hin"(adg&
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-09-17
very Yosas.

Miss De Nenor-Oh, really; Amy 10
nothing but child
Miss De Nuir-Why do you call her
50?
Miss De Menor-Why, Jack kissed her
on the piazza last night and she told
me about il - an adventure. Puck.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-09-17
what 70 Do with : Ma Do~.

BY thrift he had become millionaire,
and he had = splendid St Bernard dog
which he was very proud of. One day
the servant came to him horror
stricken
''Is what?'
Mad He won't touch water, and ho
has all the symptoms Of going mad"
Great heavens! It is lucky you dis
covered it in time. You must not lose
. minute. Take the animal away be.
fore he has bitten any one"
"Yes, sir"
'.And sell him.--Texas SiftinRA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-09-17

Il never play in . thester heated By
steam" said Narlowa
Afraid of fret"
mo; but audiences are like sheep
They'll follow . lead, and the Kissing
Of . steam-radiator might prove disss-
tyOuA'-udge.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-09-17
TRIED A DEAD GIANT.

Fined Him for Carrying Revolver sa1
Took the Revolver for Costs.
The story Of : Nevada justice Of the
peace who impanneled . jury, tried .
man for murder, and, on return Of .
verdict Of guilty, sentenced him 70 b
hanged, has been eclipsed
James Wells. . contractor who il en-.
gagged in an irrigation scheme near FL
lcnsburgh, arrived in the city the other
evening. and said the little city u al
excitement over . series Of events that
occurred there. one Of which was the
trial Of dead man on = charge of car
rying . concealed weapon. Thus ths
story runs:
circus company carrying on - . side
show attraction . giant African over
seven feet high and Of proportionate
weight had been showing in the town
for several days The big African was
one of the biggest cards in the show
mex, to the elephants, but, like those
animals. it appears he was also clumsy.
and one evening, in attempting to board
the circus train, which was in motion,
he fell between two of the cars and one
of his legs was crushed. Amputation
was deemed necessary. and the giant
died under the operation.
The coroner of the county was absent
and the duty Of holding IN inquest de-
volved upon justice of the peace. A
jury was regularly impanelled and .
verdict rendered in accordance with the
facts Then the body was hoxed mp and
slowed away in the Justices Office to
await burial the following morning.
During the night It occurred to the au-
thorities that the body Of the dead man
had not been searched for personal ef-
fecta This oversight was remedied and
. search brought to light . revolver,
ten dollars and . gold watch and chain.
What to do with the property was
tho next question, and the justice was
appealed to. He looked mp the law. but
had not found . way ont of the dilem-
ma when some one suggested that .
charge Of carrying concealed weapons
be entered against the dead giant This
suggestion was followed, 50 Mr.. Wells
says, and the dead man was adjudged
guilty, = five of ten dollars and costs
being imposed. Tho coin ON the body
the fine, and the constable &C
cepted the revolver for his costs, while
the justice donned the watch and chain.
Seattle Tele1raph.
The Portland daily press., 1892-02-05

| v
dred and sixty-seven new graves were
found and decorated.
| The reports of the quartermaster and
| inspector, give the usual details OF the
| business Of their departments. OF
course the chief interest of the day CEN
| tered in the annual report of Command
4 er-in-C Chief Miller. In it,
| The Commander Says:
Conrades-Twenty-fv years ago last
April the Grand Army Of the Republic
had it's birth, and the present year will
complete record of quarter of CEN
tury for the department Of Maine. The
assembling of the twenty-fifth annual en-
campment seems to be a proper occasion
for taking retrospective view of the
department. The first post in Maine
was organized at Bath, June 2S, 1867,
under charter from national headquar-
tiers. The provisional department of
Maine was authorized By ar order from
national headquarters in December, 1867.
The first convention, or encampment of
the department assembled in Portland,
January 10, 1858, fourteen posts hav
inc been mustered At the ninth annual
encampment,, which was convened in
this city, seventeen posts were repre-
sented. and at the tenth encampment
held in 1877, there were twenty-one posts
III tne uepdrulileno: "ioit p" '
% - re .d I not Tn - 1910 s new inter
OCT ar,raarc fWaptV-tJUO noStS hpinp re-
oep ap =" o.y 1s1,; - IRE rrho
POieSN.1 "'o'@ ~
of tho Grand ARMY in Maine at this time
was apparently over, and succeeding
vears chow GRADUAL increase in the
years silo" si"uu"A IL WV
=, r o..o1 -. ~.
order
During the past year four posts have
haan vn1Istared viz. VIM Brannen post.