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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-09-29

who = that man to whom Mn.
Nuchwed b speaking7 She seems "a
know him very we'll II he connec-
t3on?"
"A distant one. She was, believe,
his second wife Brooklyn Life.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-09-29

Mr.. Hardsense- have no accom-
plishments, Miss Bildings?
Miss Bildings-Nos
Mr.. Hardsense You have never
been taught how to cook at fashion-
able cooking school?
Miss Bildings-Never.
Mr.. Hardsense with energyewin
you be nv wi1e7- Chicago Record.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-09-29
Deune1uf HaassA

Niae Nullo0aI overheaxd Miss Will
Ing ssy that you wuaA make IN excel.
lent wife.
Ni0 XildruA-ThAt's Just Ike A1R
QiAsfsl1sasl
'.sSplte1ulneos? How SOP
'sDlAn't you ever hear the HovsEh
tAa& tAe pla2aes4 wu0en 1ake the bos1
w1voo1'-Town Tories.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-09-29

Wanted Them to Enjoy Life, Too.s
Little Mabel (onc Of = family. Of
seven) recently went to visit an aunt,
where she evidently had . very good
time. The morning after her return
she was unusually silent at breakfast.
and noticing her pre-occupation her
mother inquired: well, Mabel, what
are you thinking about?'
To which the little maid replied with
a sigh Of deep satisfaction: 'sOh, I'm 50
glad that my children win have plenty
OF aunties and uncles!'-Judge.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-09-29
!. Puttine nav. Car,ets.


When putting down carpets in rooms
that are much used it is . good plan to
spread newspapers over the floors, then
take clean strsw and scatter it evenly
over the papers, and then put your car
pets down. II viii let the dust
through on the paper, and clouds Of
dust will not follow the broom on
sweeping day. The carpet viii last
longer with this lining than with any
other, and when you take them up
you will find the dust lodged on the
paper, and if carefully removed to the
rubbish pile, you will avoid filing
your lungs with poisonous dust, ~ but
little will be found on sweeping the
floors. In putting down carpets In
sparerooms, where they are not likely
to be taken up very often, it ID m ex.
cellent plan TO scatter smoking tobacco
over the paper to guard against moths
and the buffalo bug. This il . sure
preventive against the attacks Of
moths, and carpets may Be safely left
down in spareroo0s for . number of
yeerA-Chieago NewA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-09-29
An Editor Insulted.

Editors have to put up with all man.
ner Of tannts and insults. Not SO long
ago. 1T . social gathering. q Dallas
lady said TO . young man who Is con-
nected with \ local paper:
lyon ought TO belong to . church
choir"
"But / can't sing. What put the
idea of my belonging TO . choir into
your head7'
20 nothing. except that / was read
ing the other day that . San Francisco
church proposes to introduce harp
music into the choir, and there Is mot
much difference, you know. between
harp and Tyre, 30 I thought I'D just
make the suggestion."-Alex Sweet, In
Texas Siftings
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-09-29

H." / learned .
b = = n d new
word to-day,
such \ funny
one, ''cried Joe,
1 o 0 k i n g
up from his
school books to
the members OF
the family who
were gathered
. r o u n d the
sitting-r o Q m
table.
Ibid you?"
said A u n t
Clara. "What
was 1t? Can
You spell it
correctly"
what I mean.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-10-10
COATS FOR COOL EVENINGS.

For cool evenings smart tweed coats,
tight-ftting and with horn buttons,
are being introduced. Of course, the
sleeves are enormous, to fit over the
dresses nothing else would do. Then
there is the cape, sufficient protec.
tion against any change of tempera.
ture, and which is at the same time
light enough to be comfortable under
any circumstances. A garment thai
will meet all these requirements is OF
Scotch tweed woven for the purpose,
in pretty heather mixtures, with re-
versible tartan Innings. It has double
shoulder caps anda rolling collar. The
Highland cape is just ms fashionable
for very young girls as for their moth:
ers and elder sisters, and for school
wraps nothing could be more conven-
lent. The long coat, really effective
and novel, is cut something after the
style of mans Newmarket coat, the
front and back cut in one piece, and
the Tapped seams coming just below
the waist, giving the appearance OF q
long back. The skirt splits up behind
to the waist and the loose fronts are
double breasted. This for travelling
is perfection.
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no way diminished, its most careful
manipulation having been productive
of better results, which are largely re-
sponsible for its sustained popularity.
The unique idea in connection with
this blending of opposites is to bring
in veritable outsider in the way Of
some colored or lowered silk utterly
antagonistic to the general color
scheme adopted in the black and white
mixtures. Thus striped gown will
have a turquoise blue or geranium
pink collar and belt or black satin
skirt will have white chiffon bodice
trimmed with bands of black lace in
sertion laid over magenta or green
satin ribbon the same width.
Alpaca shas come to the fore as a
serviceable fabric, and poplin has been
made popular by the boom given it in
England through Her Majesty, the
Queens preference for it and lavish Sc
lection of it in the gift of trousseau
to Princess Alix, the future Czarina.
The plain undraped skirt will be the
favorite this winter, as the overskirt
has not proved, as popular as was ex-
pected, there being very few modistes
who could manage the double arrange.
ment as gracefully as the less compi-
Gated form. Flat folds and bands are
used in preference to fuAier trim
mings, but what the skirt lacks in be-
rufaed fullness, the bodice amply
makes up in its extra dressiness, as
there is no ornamentatlon missing 3D.
far as that is concerned. The sleeves
are not quite as large as formerly, but
make up for width in the matter OF
greater length, coming over the
knuckles frequently, and they are
therefore little larger at the wrists
than formerly. The double puff has
been introduced instead of the large
single one, and is really very pretty
style if managed well
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snake Ranch, and all around him the
rocks and bushes were alive with two
scores Of @boys in blue" he had sum-
moned from the nearest camp
One look was enough for Gaddler and
his friends, and at the end Of half doz-
en- minutes they were sll in irons and
yell guarded 4.
In good truth, the gallant Colonel had
been even more active than was at first
apparent 49,,
Not only had he brought about the ar
rest Of Jerry Skidder for working mine
to which he had no right but he had
given Hiram Skidder such scare that
that individual, with his son and daugh-
ter, was already Oh. his way back to. Chi
caeo, where he made miserable failure
in business, and sank into that poverty
and obscurity he so we'll merited.
It was not IN the nature of Perry and
Ellie, however, to mock at the calamity
which had overtaken the schemes OF
their enemy. They merely took from
his person the money and deeds Of which
be had robbed them, and then asked him
for q warranty deed Of the very hand
some palace he had been building in the
6OllGuQSS Ol MOubdu6 WILL unC AOaCy ao
had stolen from their mines.
sI'll never do this-neverl' the villain
protested q.
oh, yes, you will, assured Colonel
Whipsaw, with the approval Of theSap-
tain commanding the detachment OF SOL
diers, and within q few minutes there
after the crestfallen ruffian had divested
himself forever of all his tl-gotten booty.
It is hardly necessary to say that Sam
Gaddler did not marry Daisy Skidder.
Instead, be was consigned to prison tor
long term of years, and Datsy married
O cattleman who had been the death OF
two women before her, and the couple
are now living thousand miles apart,
Jerry having sold out all his barren hills
IN Montana to the Colonel and journeyed
on to the westward with his daughter
until stopped by the Pacific Ocean.
As to Elfe and Perry they were mar
ried in due course, with great re. oicings
on the part OF their numerous friends
and the operatives Of their mines, and
at once took possession Of the palace
which had 80 strangely come into their
hands, and there they are still living,
with growing family around them, In
all the happiness and enjoyment which
Is ever given to mortals. Col Whipsaw
Is one OF their warmest friends and q
frequent guest, and Is in every way
blessed and contented, although he did
not secure the Musselshell Millions
1.-THE END.
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DAINTY DRESSES.
ARTISTIC CONCEPTIONS IN AU-
TUMNAL COSTUMES.
Summers Daintiness Reflected in Fall
Gowns-Prevailing Colors In
Dress - The Norfolk
Jackets Return.

IF proof is needed to show that the
fall styles will be characterized
| by summers daintiness, glance
at the accompanying sketch
should be convincing. No pains have
been spared to have these two gowns
highly wrought. at least in their upper
halves. The left one of these two
dresses is of dull green wooden suiting,
having o moderately wide bell skirt
entirely plain. Its jacket bodice has
q vest of gathered white null, which
is finished with q rundown collar and
q pleated frill that extends jabot fash
ion down the front. A short circular
basque finishes the jacket, and is
trimmed with double cape and two
velvet straps. ornamented with steel
buckles, which keep the loose fronts
in place. The moderately WIDE gigot
sleeves are finished with null ruf1es
at the wrists. The jacket is not lined.
Pink silk, pink silk gauze and white
lace insertion compose the other dress
of the same picture. Its bell skirt is
covered with gauze and is finished
with lace frill inside. The outside
remains untrimmed. The blouse re-
quires a fitted pink foundation, over
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Plates Made Out of Stamps.

The writer had heard of stamp
plates, but had never seen any before
yesterday. There were six on exhibi.
ton at the fair-wh'te porcelain
plates, with scalloped, lace-like edges.
Stamps had been dissected and ap.
piled to these in all sorts of ingenious
devices. Sometimes the heads Of two.
cent stamps were placed in a circle
around the center, with little -four
ishes between, made of the numbers,
while the bordering of the stamps
made spraylike decorations. Stamps
of all denominations we're used and OF
all colors, but so cleverly were they
managed that considerable ezamina-
ton was necessary to recognize the
component parts of the familiar
stamps. These plates must be great
deal of work to do, and they look as
if water would ruin them, but they are
ingenious and pretty.-Worcester
(Mass.) Spy.
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or piquet, and there will be Aared
cuffs to match and q folded belt with
q rosette at either side of the back,
from which fall long stole ends For
colors white is always pretty, and pink
with white MORE has an established
vogue. White with tiny pale green
line is elaborated with lilac MORE, the
hat being green straw with lilac chif-
ton bows. Blue cambria has collar,
epaulets and belt Of heavy gray linen.
White cambria has fnishings of dull
blue duck, and 30 on. Contrast and
simplicity must govern the choice.
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which the tulle and lace insertion are
laid, and gathered at neck and waist.
It is alike in back and front and
fastens at the side. A pink ribbon
belt is ornamented with two bows,
like ones decorate the puffed elbow
sleeves, and a white tulle bow is
placed at the neck.
Cambric, which is stiff, starchy and
crinkling, is quite the right thing for
q morning gown. Let it be made
with a gored skirt, finished with a
deep stitched hem. The bodice will
have high standing collar of moire
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CHAPTER XVII.

The wild rejotcings with which Cad
hler secured the two men will be readily
comprehended.
Then he bent hong and sfniSter
glance In every direction around him,
aiding himself with q glass one OF his
men happened to have on his person
at seems our little escapsde has at
tracted no attention, he said to Perry.
returning the glass to his follower, "and
we are just as much out OF the way here
as II we were in the midst Of the Sahara
desert. The moment IS accordingly 9
good one for you and to reach nnal
settlement of the differences between
US"
His manner was 30 ominous that both
Mrs Cotter and Mrs. Rankle experienced
keen apprehension.
1If there Is anything wrong about our
flight, Mr.. Gaddler," exclaimed the for
mer, ayou may put all the blame on me,
for am the one who is responsible
SOh, I will deal with you in good
time" returned Gaddler, turning q
furious glance upon her. s1t is to you
that / am indebted, no doubt for the
loss of my cook and chambermaids.
@Nothing of the sort, SIR" replied the
housekeepeF. aThey went away without
80 much as telling me OF their inten-
tious."
- -At any rate, you did not send me
word of their fight" growled Gaddler,
@and you've turned out to be spy and q
traitor. Be assured that I will settle
with you later"
He turned to one Of his men, adding:
.And now see.. Gilly, If you can get
the carriage together SO that we can use
1t for the rest of our journey" g.
The man in question made q brief In
vestigation.
@The running gear Is all right, sir. n
he reported. "The principal damage Is
q broken pole, but that can be readily
spliced. In ten minutes we can have
eyeEysbIp4 n shape iQE a mQYA
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TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

: Alcoholism b Sign OF natural desenera-
The Catholic Total Abstinence Union Of
the United States has 81 $50 mambera
Last year New York paid for lts.school bill
$4,000, 900 and for its drink bill S60, ,000, 900.
A Cleveland church ts placing water tanks
near saloons to injure the liquor dealers
trade.
The late Sir Andrew Clark, general ply
sician In the hrgest hospitals In London,
said that seven out OF every ten persons
there owed their Ill health to drink.
Total abstinence Of parents brings into
the family cheerfulness, thrift, cleanliness,
industry and all the natural virtues. Happy
the home In which both parents are total abb
staIners.
The Pueblo Indians have resisted all at
tempts Of traders to introduce whisky and
playing cards into their midst. They are
about the only tribe that have not taste for
the "arewater."
The Salvation Army has already con-
tributed $50, 900 signatures to the great poly.
glot to be presented to the Governments OF
the world BY the heads Of the Women's Chris
tian Temperance Union
Ifthree or five or more men are asleep In
room and one Of them Is drunk, the flies
will gather on the tipsy man and avoid the
others. The reason Is that insects revel In
the odor of alcohol and sometimes get drunk
on It.
It is said that the thirst for drink can be
stopped for time by drinking four or five
glasses of water; as much, in fact, as the
stomach will hold. This is worth trying
when the thirst comes on. and man feels as
If be must drink.
In the stomach Of the moderate drinking
man the veins are swelled and trritated. The
more man drinks the worse his stomach
grows, till at last, II the man dies Of delirt-
um tremens, the stomach is black and foul
with ulcerous sores.
Drink must be either good or bad. If
good, We cannot get too much Of 1t II bad,
any ut all is too much. II man wholly
drunk should be Stunned, we should do
what we can to prevent him from getting
half or quarter drunk.
The drunken father brings his wife and
children to poverty, he disgraces them, he
hinders his children from attending church
and school In aword, pauperism, ignorance
and vice are the. results Of drunkenness In the
father of family. II the mother be O
drunkard, these evil results are yet worse
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Cry0stase.

A German chemist is reported to
have discovered anew substance which
has the remarkable and unique prop
erty of solidifying when heated and
remaining liquid at temperatures be-
low zero. It has been named cryos-
tase, and is obtained by mixing to-
gether equal parts Of phenol, camphor
and saponine, and adding somewhat
smaller proportion of essence of tur-
pentine. Certain substances, like the
albumens, harden on heating, but this
is the only product that again lique.
6es on cooling. - Trenton (N. J.)
American.
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NEW STYLE SHOES.

No woman is going to buy an old
style shoe, if she wants to feel that she
is as we'll dressed as other women.
The fashionable boot and shoe is now
made on pointed last. with straight
tip. Common sense and round toe
lasts are out of date, and 80 are the
diamond tips. It doesn't cost much
more to be in than to be out of fashion.
The new style shoes are not uncom-
Portable; because of the narrowness
of the toes; all shoes are worn at least
one size larger than usual.
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the Mail and shows dress Of popular black and
with the skirt trimmed with two gathered % The full
bodice deep of black silk buttond with fancful silver
bearing the waist crava Of embroidered
The Sleeves which reach to the
elbow ribbons while the crowned with
French hat, with soft lace falling the brim
with skirt OF fowered chine trimmed round
the hem with two killings put in andkes OF chiffon
hoope poult double
revers silk the other Of the plain turning back display
which tied up to the neck with band OF ribbon
set the back
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ALCOHOL AND DIGESTION,

When one tells you to put toads, lizards,
snakes, etc., In bottles filled with alcohol 50
as to preserve the flesh from dissolving and
keep It fresh for term Of years, another
tells you to put alcohol In your stomach
where good deal OF flesh meat has gone,
for the purpose Of disso.ving 1t and "aidtne
digestion" The man who takes alcohol to
help digest his food must first throw OF the
alcohol before his stomach can commence
the operation.
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SURE ENOUGH

Good times comm sure enough!
Silver sun an showers
Road that seemed 30 awful rough,
Primpin' up With flowers! -,
Good times comm sure enough
Hard times slips his fetter;
Fellers workin' fur an near
To make the good times better.
Apple-boughs a-swingin';
Yaller punkins clingin',
An all the bells a-ringing'
For the good old times!.
Good times comm, sure as fate,
Don't know what you're missin'!
Sweetheart leanin' on tho gate,
Lots O. time for kissin!
Golden fruit a-pilin';
- Heavy haystacks smilin',
Sugarcane a-bilin'
For the good old times!
Good times comin'-bet your lifel
Ring EN- from each steeple!
Kiss your sweetheart an your wife
Shake hands with the people-l
AL the country glowin';
GItttn' up an goin'
MILK an honey fowin'
For the good old times!
Atlanta Constitution.
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PITH AND POINT.

The sufaciency of word to the wise
depends upon who gives t.-Puck.
The recording angel never seeks in
formation from gravestone.-R Rams
Horn. gE
The lines that Time traces on her
brow are the lines that woman never
cares to read between. Puck.
'Did you meet Jimpson?" eyes"
'Iiike him?" "No; he's nothing more
than a bird's-eye view of men. -
Puck. ....'..
One of the times when woman has
no mercy on man is when ne comes
to her store to buy a bonnet for his
wife.-Ram's Horn.
A woman in New York furnishes
love letters at dollar apiece, and yet
the world is full of people who are not
happy.-Ram's Horn.
1t is always chilly in the vaults OF
the United States Sub-Treasury Build
ing, because there are 30 many cool
millions in it.-New York Tribune.
There is a frightful lot of love
wasted; people are extravagant with
it in their youth; and suffer for the
lack of it in old age.-Atchison Globe.
care you and the new little boy
good friends, Robbie" "Yes, ma'am
he's got a brother that can whip any
boy on this street. Chicago Inter
Ocean. ...~.. ..... n
"What's the old woman crying,
about?" inquired the handkerchief.
"Oh I" rejoined the shirt, gleefully;
"she's been trying to do me up and
can't. PUCK.
Hicks+"Don't you think that Dig
giles is good deal of bore" Wicks
-"Oh, / don't know. Diggles is q
ane fellow and good company-when
you have nothing to do and want to
near him talk. boston Transcript.
Her lips we're 50 near
That-what else could do?
You'll be angry, fear.
Well can't make It clear -s
Or explain It to you.
But-her lips were 30 near
That-what else could do2
Judge.
"What is verse, as distinguished
from poetry?" asked the inquisitive
man. "Verse," replied the magazine
editor, after he had pondered, sis the
term applied by any poet to the work
of his contemporaries. "EWashington
Star.
1--WE must part" he declared, with
quivering lip. The wife stood silent,
with averted head. 'It is impossible
for us to live together" he insisted,
as he fastened the only life preserver
on board to his person. Then the
vessel foundered. .-Pick-Me-Up.
"Deah mel" said the bore, inter-
rupting the conversation at few min.
utes after twelve, 'I believe it must
be time to co." "Oh, no; it can't be-"
said the tired girl, emphatically ;"that
time won't come around again till to-
morrow evening."-Chicago Record.
Mrs. Osogood--"oh, George, dear.
Miss Fitemnice has just sent home my
new duck suit. Tell me, can you sug-
gest any alterations~ Mr.. Osogood
"Oh, suppose it's all right, except
perhaps it might be improved a little
by cutting off about two-rhirds OF the
BILL" ."-Fishkill Standard.
81 wonder," said Mrs. Wollup, sit
ting in the stern sheets, "why that
boy will persist in climbing away out
there on that bowsprit? Why doesn't
be come here and sit beside me"
"That is just it," replied Mr.. W.,
winking at the man at the wheel; "he
wants to get away as far as possible
from the spanker. boston Tran
script.
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CHANGE IN TWENTY YEARS.

Twenty years ago it was often true that s
Young man who drank beer or wine, or even
whisky In moderation might be advanced to
places OF greater trust and responsibility.
It Is now scarcely possible. The habit is
simply fatal to success. do not believe
there Is single reputable business house In
Chicago where an emplore who drinks IN
toxicants Of any kind has anything like q
ehance for promotion. The taking OF q
single glass OF beer may, and often does,
mean losing the chance Of lifetime.
Brainy boys and young men, ,teetotalers from
principle, are plenty enough to fll all the
places In the line OF promodon.-In.erlor.
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ArorAI ABsTAINER's RECORD.

Ashby-dela-Zouch has q centensrian abb
stainer In the person OF MIR. William PepioW,
who has recently been celebrating bis Tooth
birthday. He has been total abstatner TOR
no less than forty-seven years. Since he
signed the pledge he has always carried q
pledge book In his pocket, and has obtained
over 1000 pledges 10 total abstinence: BE
gave up smoking In 1914. He has had q
family OF thirteen children, and has now
some great-great-grandchil The old
man Is we'll and hearty, and can write
good, legible hand without the use OF spec
faclea. ea.-Scottish Reformer.
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TEMPERANCE
THE nurE OF GOOD woRKMEN.

4 business man writes to the Temperance
Cause: "During the last forty-two years OF
INV experience In shops and manufactures,
win say that the improper use OF fntod-
eating liquors has been the ruin OF more me
mechanics and good workmen, and has given
me more trouble In the management OF pusl-
ness, than any other cause"