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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-17
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

. --Srcan COOkleS: One teaCupful eocn
Of sour cream and maple sirup, one egg,
, one tcaspoonful each of soda and cara
| way seeds,and -four enough to roll ou,
thinly. Then bake quiclxly.-Orange
Judd Farmer
Marlborough Pudding: Six large
apples, stewed and strained; stir into
it six ounces OF. butter, the grated rind
of one lemon and six tablespoonfuls OF
wine. Beat up six eggs and six ounces
| Of sugar. and stir il all together. Bake
in deep plates, with a rich puff paste
and pretty thick edging.-- Boston
Budget.
Fried Oysters: Take large. fresh
oysters and drain. Have ready a plate
Of sifted cracker crumbs. in which mix
teaspoonful Of salt; take one oyster
at a time. roll in the cracker crumbs,
and lay on a board: let remain ten min.
utes: dip in beaten egg. roll in the
cracker crumbs again. and let stand
fifteen minutes. Drop in boiling fat
and fry brown. Serve very hot.-Har-
pers Bazar
-Marbled Cake: One cup OF butter.
two cups of sugar. three cups of -four
yolks of six eggs. one cup of milk and
two teaspoonfuls of baking powder.
When the cake is mixed take out one
cupful of batter and Stir into il large
spoonful of grated chocolate. wet with
milk. Fill the pan one inch thick with
yellow and drop in the dark. \ little
lemon added to the yellow improves it.
Ring Jumbles: One pound Of but.
ter, ono pound of sugar. four eggs. one
pound of -four or enough to make /
soft dough. three teaspoonfuls Of ex.
tract of red rose. Mix all together.
adding the well-beaten whites o; eggs
last. Line shallow tins with buttered
paper. Bake quickly and sift fine su.
gar over them as soon as you take them
from the oven. With teaspoon form
rings of the dough.-Farm, Field and
Fireside.
Fig Pudding: Get half a pound OF
the best figs: chop them fine: add quar-.
ter Of pound of suet. finely mincetl
half pound of stale bread crumbs: two
ounces four. six ounces sugar and quar-.
ter Of a nutmeg grated. Mix these well
together. Mnistcn with two eggs. well
beaten. mixed with half a cupful oi
milk. Put the mixture in buttered
mold with tight-fitting lid. tied ur
in a stout cloth. Plunge into boiling
water aud keep steadily boiling fou,
hours--Home Queen.
The Louisiana Rice Exhibit" gives
the following recipe for boiling rice
Pick your rice clean and wash il in
two cold waters. not draining of the
last water until you are ready to pu,
the rice on the fire. Prepare a sauce
pan with water and a little salt. When
it boils sprinkle in tho rice gradually
SO as not to stop the boiling. Boil hard
for twenty minutes. keeping the poi
covered. Then take it from the back
of the fire and pour off the water. after
which set the pot on the back of the
stove to allow the rice to dry and the
grains to separate. Remember to boi
rapidly from the time you cover the
pot until you take it off: this allow,
each grain to swell to three times il,
normal size, and the motion prevent,
the grains from sticking together
Don't stir il. as this will cause il to fall
to the bottom and burn. When prop
erly boiled rice should be snowy-whitc
perfectly dry, soft and every grain sep
arate."
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-17

Il didn't want to interfere in any way
went to New Zealand and back, just
for my health. Y know"
You're rather puzzling. DuEcan, but
If yon insist l can only repeat that
there's remarkably little to tell She
was civil to me. an grateful. and all
that. and we could have been the best
+! of friends if 1 had wished it so. But I
couldn't stick at friendship. and Of late
she has seen it."o
"Wella"
| 'She can't give me more than friend
shin. asked her, and she said shd
| couldn't. told her ] would wal: any
amount of time if that would do any
| good. but she refused to give me the
least hope"
And didn't she vouchsafe anything
further. Billy?"
'.Yes. she did"
What was it? Don't tell me, OF
course. if you'd rather not"
Its a hardish mouthful. Duncan,
| old man. but Ill out with it. She told
me she was fond of another man,
| and"
'And what?"
And he had shown conclusively he
cared nothing for her. and consequent
ly she should never marry"
What a scoundrel the other man
must be-
"Yes, l said that, but she mptly
denied it 1t seems he had hardly
spoken half dozen words to her. She
said he had once tried to render some
great service to her and failed. But
the intention was clear enough. By
dint of pleading l got the name out
of her.
He paused.
And it wasc" asked . strained voice
from the depths Of the chair.
Great heavens, man. can't you ses
that it was you?"
Duncan leaned forward with his chin
in the heel OF his fist, and his fac,
turned away towards the fireglow.
"And you don't care a pin for her?'
NO, of course not"
Duncan turned swiftly round
.You mean that?" he demanded.
"Yes. or else I shouldn't have said
it. Why. whatever is the matter with
your
Duncan came across the room and
laid hand on his companions shoul-
der.
BILLY. d'yon know what l cleared
out Of England for? No? Then I'll
tell you. You fell in love with that
girl at FIRST sight: I did the same when
/ met her for the second time.
"We've always been good chums. you
and l. old chap. and couldn't bear to
run counter to you. So | went away
on the out trail. thought the sea mir
and the fresh scenes would blow the
nonsense out of my head.
but it didn't love her more than
ever now"
"Then no one stands in your way,
and I congratulate you with all my
heart Go in and win, old man
mo, don't say anything I'm going
tn leave this for a bit. My brothers
rot an orange ranch in florida. and l
think I'll run over to him for q year or
so Til 60 now, If you don't mind.
Good night, old chap. and God blcss
you '-Boston Globe
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-17
SHE CAN'T FALL FAR.


Whether il is that the parlor maids
of Vienna suffer more from vertigo
than those in any other city, whether
they've lighter heads and heavier heels
than the servant girls Of other places,
or whether it is that window cleaning
is more dangerous in Vienna than else
where. certain it is that the lady win
dow cleanser is better protected there
than in any other quarter of the globe.
The servant girl in the capital Of Aus
tria has an attachment-not neces-
sarily Of the amatory kind-but COM
pulsorily Of the cordage kind. She
must not mount the window sill with
out her belt and q rope con.
nection with the building, SO
that should She be over
come by any feeling whatsoever while
cleaning the window and lose her head
that is to say. her balance-she can't
fall only the short length of the rope,
and will remain suspended between
heaven and earth. like Mohammed's s
coffin-only . much more attractive
Object-until succor arrives.
There have been no appalling acci-
dents Of this kind in New York city,
but it seems that in London the win
dow-cleaning maids will persist In
tumbling into the street. On this sub
ject correspondent writes from Vien-
ma as follows:
81 notice that Londoncrs are con.
ccrned at present over the dangers in.
Cured in window cleaning. As a rule
the Vienna Stuben-maedl-I will not
call her Mary Ann-possesses a neat
little figure, and oftener than
otherwise . pretty face; but
I do not believe it is for
these reasons alone that the policemen
have so interested themselves in her
welfare rs to compel every household
er to possess acknowledgement or
safety girdle for her use when window
cleaning. A few months ago parlor
maidsfell from . fourth.Aoor window
sill. and from her hard pavement bed
she was removed to our big general
hospital. She recovered sufficiently to
show that she would never be of use
again for hard service, and, as it was
proved by the police authorities that
the lady of the house had provided no
safety girdle, q heavy 6ne was i'm
posed. An allowance-if mistake not
of ten shillings weekly during the
lifetime of the injured parlor maid has
also to be paid
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-17
AN HONEST BRITISH SEA DOG,
Spins . Yarn Of How the Llghtaing Lef
the Sky to Bite . Sailors Ear.

Spins . Yarn Of How the LlGhteinG Left
the Sky to Bite Sailors Ear.
The skipper of the ALBANIA. just in
from far Dundee. has q haiti of observ.
ing very curious things at sea. On .
voyage he completed several months
ago. he can very nearly through the
middle of a sea leviathan. This time
the truthful skipper struck. when only
two days out. storm that knocked the
stach old ship just like cork about
Seas reared across her weather side and
smashed her starboard rail and sent
her ventilators off a-fyinR down tho
gale. But that was not the worst of il.
When off the Georges banks rain fell
as If J. Pluvius had emptied all his
tanks. and from the darkness and tho
flood there came thunder bolt the like
of which no man has seen since Pega.
sus was q colt. 1t burst upon the
skipper. SO he rhythmically tells, like
flaming concentration of forty thou
sand hells. II lit upon the foremost
truck. then scooted down the spar and
leaped aft to the flying bridge, much
like drunken star. The second matc
saw its approach and crouched in
deadly fear. It Missed 80 close to him,
he says, it scorched bis star-board ear.
Then down into the middle hatch he
saw the bolt cavort. and. like a fam
ing snake. squirm in and out of every
port. and finally it lowered o'cr the
quarter deck and sped awav in the
direction of the quartcrmaster's head.
He lodged it very cleverly. and, with
an awful whoop. it killed OF every
rooster in the empty chicken coop
You may believe this or you mayn't,
but that fine old sea dog, the steam
ships skipper, says it's 80. and he's got
it in in his log.
This shippers name is Foreman.
When he has yarn he'll spin it in a
way that makes you certain that
Clark Russell isn't in it.-N. Y. Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-17
WHAT IS GEOLOGY.
The Science One That Has Eeen Very
Happily Named.

The Science One That Has Eee0 VerJ
Happily Named.
The science of geology is happily
named. for freely rendered from the
Greek into the English mode of speech
il is earthlore. To those who are ia
miliar with the many meanings of the
Greek logos which makes the latter
part of the word, the sense goes yet
further. and includes the explanation
of the phenomena pertaining II, ,tbt
planet.
As is the case with the other scisncesi
the limits of geology require some con!
sideration. When we c6nsiaet tfif4
sphere as one of that celestial 4anaffy
which constitutes the solar systeilssat{
inevita bly, touch upon astronomy. 3sesJ
often the geologist deals witlnueteI
tions which lie within the domain Oi
physics. or of chemistry. Again,
in tracing the successive periods,
he finds that his problems lead him
into the domains of the botanist or the
zoologist. When he deals with the
last stages Of the development Of life
he finds himself in contact with human
remains. so that the history of man.
kind and of human customs, the
sciences of anthropology and ethnology
must be called on to lend their aid to
his researches. In fact, every branch
Of physical and biological science has
to enter into the logos, or explanation
of the earth. Thus we see that the
earth-lore is not to be regarded as a
separate branch of learning, but should
rather be considered as an accumula-
tion of knowledge. the separate parts
being bound together by the fact that
they all pertain to the history of this
majestic orb. and serve to give MS an
account of its order and its history =
Prof. n. S. Shaler. in Cbautauquan.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-17

ou d SicuOcF SFlS Oh IurI WHICH luttet
out at the tail of the eddies stood girl
intentiy engaged with fy-rod: loung
ing over the gray parapet of the bridge
were couple of men lazily watching
her
Ono of the men was tall and dark: he
answered TO the name of Duncan. The
other was shorter built and had lighter
hair, Snd him his companion addressed
rs Billy.
The pair of them were moving leisure.
~ through the country, in company
with a house on wheels, yellow.
painted caravan which was then rest
ing just down the turn Of the road.
The shorter man removed his pipe
and spoke:
'.Ah. see that cast? BY Jove, it was q
neat one. Couldn't have done it better
risen him again, and-no. not this
time. my lady. But you'll go on. won't
yoa? He's fat two-pounder. and you re
q keen sportsman. can see that"
Three other casts were made without
result, but at the third the fish rose
again, and was snugly hooked in the
dropper
THAT fy's March Brown for ten
pound note,- exclaimed Duncan with
an access Of interest as the trout shot
off like flash diagonally down stream.
"Ah, now she's giving him the butt,
and that's checking the pace He'd
break her il he got tangled in the over
fall among those stones. Faith, she's
playing him like an old hand
A. ho In S,ff hn hay n,
ing rod stopped the two-pounder's
rush. and the fish began doggedly To
return to the summons of the slowly
turning reel
The unrelenting tension of the line
wore down his strength, and his captoI
felt blissfully sure of success. In another
minute or so he would be gasping and
showing silver beneath the bank at her
feet
She reached a hand round for the
landing net, which hung from - ring
in her creel-strap. and had partly
drawn it out, when of sudden the
honeycombed turf beneath began to
bend and break down.
She saw the danger and tried to step
back, but the movement was not in
time She lost balance. slipped and
fell, and the next moment had rolled
off sideways with = splcsh into the
shining water.
BY the men on the bridge no words
were spoken. They left the bridge at
either end and raced down the rugged
bank on different sides, Duncan crashing
through hazel bushes. his companion
stumbling madly over tumbled bowl
derS
Reaching the bottom of the strag-
Cling fall. each left the bank and
eplasbed into the deeper water dressed
es he was. Duncan swimming with a
oide stroke. the other racing against
him on the breast The current was
very rapid, but as to where'it was TAX
ing them neither gave thought
Each was wholly intent upon being
81 to reach the form which was
swiriing on ahead, now half SUBJ
snerged. now wholly beneath the sur
ice.
Then Billy got knocked out of the
1.ee. He foulcd an island of weeds
that was being swept along by the cur
rent and felt their Shiny tendrils wrap
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-17
He HAD Seen Them.

He had been talking to the pretty
girl from Boston about his observa-
tions and experiences in the west.
Ibid ,you,- she inquired. 'cver see
any of the Indians known rs 'Excava-
tors'?"
.'As which-oh-er, yes" and he
hastened to assure her that he had
seen any number of ''Diggers "--Wash.
ington Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-17
A Chain Of Sundays.

1t is a strange fact, but ono said to
be true. that every one of the week
days is for some nation q Sunday, or
day of rest. Monday is the Greek Sun
day; Tuesday is the day Of rest among
the Persians: Wednesday among the
Assyfians: Thursday among the Eeyp-
tians: Friday is the Sabbath day with
the Turks, and among the Jews Satur-
day is kept.-R oston Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-17

The other day was told of little
girl who attended a distribution Of
prizes given by the society for the pre-.
vention If cruelty to animals. She had
won. you must know. = book as =
reward for writing the best essay on
the subject given. and. with the other
successful children, was undergoing .
viva vocc examination. well, my
dear" said the gentleman who had
given away the prizes. ''ean you tell
me why it is cruel to dock horses tails
and trim dogs ears?" because" an.
swered the little girl. what God had
joined together let no man put asun.
der."-Leisure Hour.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-17
TRuTh-TELllNG MUSIC.
Felix Songs Shaw the Habits. BelSofs and
Feelings Of Many Agee.

Feellngs Of Many Agee.
In the folk songs of the different na-
tions of the " orld men of science will
one day recognize body of evidence
of great value in the study of popular
origins. facial relations, primitive
modes of thought. ancient customs, an
tique religions and many other things
which make mp the study of cthnology.
These folk songs are the echoes of
the heart beats Of the vast, vague, ir-
resistiblc people. In them are crys-
talizcd habits, beliefs and feelings Of
unspeakable antiquity: yet not in the
words of the songs alone. Study OF
folk song text is only half study; in
deed. it is a study of the lesser half
of the subject in respect of
truthfulncss- The words Of the
peoples songs are IA record Of cxter-
mails chiefly. and very often they are
only half truths. II we would know
the whole story which their creators
sciOusly. we must hear also the music.
AS the term implies. the folk song is
the product of people, and a people
do not lie. Music is an essential ele-
ment of it. and music not only does
MOTT can not lie. The things which
ure at the bottom of music, without
which it could not he, are unconscious
human products. We all act on a rec
ognition OF this fact when we Judge OF
the sc ntiments of another, not SO much
by wha I he says to MS as by his man.
ner of saying it. The feelings which
sway us publish themselves in the
pitoA. dynamic intensity and timber
of our voices. Try rs we may, il we
are powerfully moved we can not con-
ceal the fact If we open our mouths
for utterance.
Involuutarily the muscles of the vo-
cal organs become tense or ralax in
obedience to the emotional stimulu S.
and the drama which is playing on the
hidden stage of our hearts is disclosed
by the tones which we utter. do not
say in the words. mind, but in the
tones. The former may be false. but
the tones are endowed with the ele-
ments already enumerated. of pitch.
intensity and timbre. and the modula-
tion of these elements makes expressive
melody. Silenus has recognized this
law and Herbert Spencer has formu-
lated it: Variations of the voice are
the physiological results of variations
of feelings and feelings are muscu-
lar stimuli" Thus simple is the ex-
PLANTATION of the inherent truth fulness
and expressiveness Of the peoples mu-
sic.-Musical Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-17
WORSHIP HUMAN BEINGS.
A Sect In India Whose Chief Divinity ID
Queen Victoria

A Sect In india Whose Chief Divinity ID
Queen Victoria
There is sect in Orissa, in the Bengal
presidency, who worship Queen Vic-
toria as their chief divinity. Col. Gra-
ham also discovered that her majesty
was an object Of worship in the temple
of PhodonRo-Lama, at Tumlong. in
Thibet.
A sect in the Punjab worship deity
whom they call Nikkal Sen. This Mix
kal Sen was none other than the re-
doubted Gen. Nicholson, and nothing
that the general could say or do damp
ened the enthusiasm of his adorers.
NJ. du Chaillu tells that some of the
African savages looked upon him as a
superior being, and the South sea is
landers worshipcd Capt. Cook as .
deity Even when they had killed him
and cut him up into small pieces the
inha abitants of O.vyhee fully expected
him to reappear and frequently asked
what he would do to them on his re-
turn.
Lander, in his Niger expedition, says
that in most African towns and viii
lagos he was treated as a demigod.
Lord John Lawrence has been wor-
shipped among the Silks in northwest
India. Three years ago a man named
Jurjung Tain. district commissioner
for the Russian government at Gar
higivsk, in the northwest point Of
Siberia. imagined he was god. Sub
sequently he declared himself to bo
the chief divinity in the Yakutskan
pantheon. Divine honors were paid to
him, and he was carried through the
settlement daily. On special occasions
he was accompanied by wonderful
procession. when he was carried by
eight richly-dressed men, seated in .
richly-ornamented chair. which was
adorned by the wings of partridRes,
bells, horses tails and ribbons, while
before him was band of dancers. His
career, however, was = short one, for
he was arrested by the military au-
thorities and sent to vladivistoek.
where he is now confined in . lunatic
asylum--Chicago Times
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-17
A Doubtful Case.

The garrulous young mans chin
hadn't been still for three hours. The
last half hour had been devoted to eau
tion in speech.
''It is a very difficult thing" he said,
''for any person to say nothing"
81 don't know as to that" dissented
the young woman very gently. "You
have been talking all evening. De
troif Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-17

W. G. KENTZEL, Editor.
"Eh. whet's that?"

"Eh. what's that?''
Only envy you your luck in pulling
her out, Duncan. that's all. Heigho-
no. And now let's change the sub.
ject."
The tall man whistled.
DRY up said his companion.
sits the wind in that quarter: Why,
| my dear goose, If you think it matters
in the smallest degree, we'll say that it
was you that hooked her inshore. Wed
both got the will, and il was quite a
toss up who actually did the finishing
touch. If it hadn't been for the un-
lucky handicap of those weeds you'd
have been there first"
NO, shouldn't You were ahead. 81
Pooh. a yard or SD maybe. but we
were practically neck and neck. say,
old man, is this case of that COM
plant one reads about in books, love
at first sight?''
IL believe it is
NO one saw the girl fished out OF
the water. and when the brother and
all that crowd of domestics turned up
+; from the house and saw US pumping up
and down her arms aud getting the
breath into her again nothing was
| asked as to how the thing was done
They thanked the pair of us collective
ly and trooped Of.
when we dine there tonight, and
they've got their nerves gnie.ed down
and ask for details, ] shall just pitch
, the yarn in my own fashion. and pic
ture myself tied up in the weeds and
you doing the rescue business:
The scene changes from the yellow
painted caravan to luxurious bachelor
chambers in town. and time has spun
by to the extent Of six months.
Duncan is seated in a great cider
stuffed chair: the man they called
Billy is stumping restlessly over the
soft carpet.
You'd better tell me what's hap
pencd. chapter and verse;" suggested
he of the armchair.
''Oh. nothing except what you've
heard"
But I've heard nothing. met you
and her at dinner on the night after
our mutual bath. and l haven't
clapped eyes on either Of you since. J
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-17

do you believe" he said. rs he ten.
derly stroked her hair. do you be-
lieve that deep. abiding love like ours
can ever die out?"
Not now. George. I DON'T" she re
sponded. But it always did in my
previous engagementa"-Chicago Rec
ord,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-17

Wee Hung Pen, who was reported
to have left Arizona year ago with
his pretty American wife, after losing
Q fortune, is now reported from Africa
as having good claim in the Mata belle
country that will more than replaces
his vanished millioA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-17
A Sensible Yoash.

How do you begin to shave. Chap
pie?"
"Ah-I follow tho good old wule
deah boy. youah know; 6rst catci
youah haiah."-Truth.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-17
She Wanted 70 See II.

DO you like TO look at the hogs?"
said Farmer Richland to his little niece
from the city.
"Yes. indeed. uncle" replied the in
telligent child. .'but ] can't make out
vet which pig it is which gives the
boneless bacon. n."-PittsburRh Chroni-
Gle
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-17

-Shc-'.Dearest. suppose you didn't
love me nearly rs much rs you do now,
would you marry me?" He-"You bet
I would. You don't know how much
think OF your father"-N..Y. Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-17

Young Reporter have been sent
out here to report this game Of polo.
and don't know a thing about tho
game.
Polo Player-Tll give you the names
Of all the players and spectators, and
my sister will tell you how each lady u
dressed. Never mind about the game
N. Y. Weekly