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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29
LAZY INVENTOR DEFEATED.
Great Scheme for FIlling water Taah,
But 1t Doesn't Work.

Great 0che00 for f1111nG water To0k,
But 1t Doesn't Work.
ut has occurred to me many times"
observed Meekin, the lazy inventor.
THAT lot of energy is wasted by peo
pie walking up and down stairs. Some
five years ago the idea took such = hold
upon me that determined to utilize
this stair energy, at least in my own
house.
II lived in 4 street in New York city
where we had to use . force pump to
I'LL . water tank in the top OF the
house, SO ss to get sufficient pressure in
the water mains. / finally decided to
make my family, while ascending and
descending the stairs, generate Aufi-
cient power to run . dynamo whose
current would be used to operate an
electric pump which was to fill the wa
ter tank.
II had the stairways remodelee so
that the treads worked on . hinge. the
front face Of the treads being about
two inches higher than ordinarily.
Under each tread ! placed heavy steel
springs, which connected with another
invention of .mine-the Meekin power
conservator.
This apparatus was in harMony
with the dynamo, and the pump con-
nected with the latter in the usual
manner. l connected up the whole
scheme. and then stood in the front
hall while my wife came down stairs.
THE slanting steps were . little
awkward at first and the springy SEN
sation wasn't very agreeable, but any.
thing goes in the interest of science.
My wife 60: down all right and gen.
Grated enough energy to starts things
going.
"Thc children didn't like the new
steps and took to sliding down the
baluster rail, which discommoded me
slightly. In the end I found that
would have TO race up and down stairs
about twice Is much Is usual to keep
the old thing running.
MY friends, too, observed that was
gradually acquiring = walk like
horse with the 'springhalt,' and felt
was getting little 'spring-kneed.' So
gave it up and paid . man fifty cents
every other day to furnish the water
with . Observation-Disclosures Re-
view
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29
Air Your Clothing.

Everyday garments, particularly
those which are not laundercd. should
be disinfected. Brushing is not suffi-
cient, as it does not remove the un-
pleasant odors which come from long
usage. Some women sprinkle their
waists and dresses with scent and use
sachet powders to perfume their bon
nets and wraps. All this would be ad-
mirable if it were availing. Scent
needs to be overpowering to conceal
the unfragrant emanations from an
old garment Then the bouquet is full
some and vulgar. Better than scent
bag and potpourri are clothespole and
an open window. Turn the garments
wrong side out and let the air and sun
shine disinfect and deodorize them.
All night airing i, good, but . day Of
blowing winds and purifying sunlight
Is betteR.-Boston Traveller.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29
WHERE 1T STARTED.

The 0srvsns Was Not 0ssse - Lse tAs
Yaoily Get Lsft.
A society dame who il not just now
financially in . condition TO consider .
European trip has recently been much
puzzled. amused and even annoyed by
. rumor that she expected 70 spend the
coming summer abroad. So often has
she been asked about her plans and 50
frequently questioned concerning the
time of her departure, etc, that she
became desperate ON the subject and
made Q determined effort 70 chase
the report to :ts lair and throttle II.
After long pursuit, she discovered an
other woman who had been told by
another woman that her servant had
the information directly from Mrs.
Society Danes servant So the dis
turbed lady entered the kitchen and
interviewed Margaret
Margaret, did you tell Mrs. Bever-
ly's Becky that we were going TO Eu-
rope this summer"
"Yes'm." answered the unpertubed
Margaret
"Why, Margaret. what on earth did
you do that for? You never heard MS
even talk about such trip.
'.No'm." explained the besming Irish
girl, .'but that blstherin' Becky is
allers a-tsllin' nv their Ane doin's an
COINS an eomin's; and sure Oh wuzn't
goin' TO have me folks git left; 80
tols um - wuz Goin' TO stay year
en- take ne along wild yer fer com-
pany."-Louisville Courier Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29
THE BORED YOUNG Mar.
He No Logger Conceals That Life II Ta1
Of Eunul.

He No Logger Conceals That Life 10 TaD
Of Eunui.
Many people in modern society, espe-
cially young men, seem to choose rs .
motto: IF not amused not to appear
amused" This lack of concealment OF
boredom does not appear to strike them
as not only in bad taste, but also as
evincing total forgetfulness of what
is due from them rs guests. Indeed, in
accepting hospitality, the present idea
seems to be that it is g.ve-and-take
affair, where no particular obligation
is conferred by the host or hostess; IL
there is any favor bestowed the guest
seems TO think he is the obliginR party.
II the entertainment is not TO the taste
of these spoiled children " society
they do not attempt to cos,eal their
sentiments.
II do not understand young men
nowadays" complained q recent hos
tess. "You know my little cousin has
just come out, and, although have
not entertained for q long time, hav-
ing been in mourning and ont of it.
all for years, ! thought would like to
do something for the child. So gave
her little dinner dance. and asked all
the sons and daughters Of my old
friends. After a reasonable time had
elapsed after the dinner. and one or
two men had struggled into the draw
ing-room, set Lander's man going at
the piano. expecting, of>course. that
the evening would end up in jolly.
successful little dance. Ny dear, al
most all those wretched young men
shut themselves up in the smoking
room and never come out until the party
broke mp! Perhaps, in my ignorance. l
had not brought the right set together,
or perhaps. it was just modern swag-
ger; but whatever it was it was dread
full: The men simply wouldn't dance.
SO the girls just sat about until their
carriages came and then went
home. OF course, / would not ask
any of these young men to the house
again, and my husband says he would
like to catch any Of them asking him .
favor downtown! And yet. dare say
that not one of these youths realized
in the least that he made any thing but
an agreeable impression"
Indifference, or perhaps seifishness,
seems to be one of the prevailing evils
of the social life of our day. and yet
even from n purely selfish motive, it
pays in the end to be agree able. The
most successful persons are those who
never allow private anxieties or wor-
ries to affect their manner when they
are in the world. but who can chatter
on gayly even though threats Of fail
ure and home troubles are hanging
like swords of Damocles over their
heads. Women in these instances are
more adroit than men; they have more
social conscientiousness, or perhaps .
more innate desire to please. But in
any case, cares and ennui should be
left at home, and really good manners
call for forgetfulness tapparent, if not
real.) of self. and kindly considera-
tion for Others n. Y. Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29

The sun was shining brightly ont
side and the elephant felt the impulse
of its genial influence rs he reached
his trunk around and banged away ut
the cage of his ncighbor, the royal
Bengal tiger. which was curled up
over in the far corner.
"Say, Tigey. old boy" remarked
the elephant, did you know spring
had Gomez
The royal Bengal growled and
showed his teeth.
II say" repeated the elephant, stick
ing his trunk into the cage and blow
ing = basketful of dust over the tiger.
II say, spring has come"
'The tiger bounded up and lit on
the elephants trunk. almost tearing
the lid OF Of it with his claws.
"Wow." whistled the elephant, with
drawing it precipitately. II didn't
mean that kind Of . spring" and he
hunched over as far from his neighbor
as he could get-Detroit Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29

STkoDE OVER IN FRONT OF HIN.
the rest probably never stopped rum
ming until they reac he'd headquarters
of their tribe.
In our camp the day Of the two mems
departure had come to close in con-
suning anxiety. and it was a serious
party indeed which gathered about tho
fire at night. while all strained their
ears in vain to catch the echo of a pos
sible reassuring rifle shot.
Our guide, an old plainsma n named
Joe Brooks, sustained ocr hopes by
telling us of several instances in which
Carson had. single-handed. rescued
property and prisoners from strong
bands of Indians
Why. said the veteran lone time
down in Arizona knew Kit. entirely
alone. to trail twenty-five Apache war
riars for more than one hundred miles.
He caroe up TO them just as they were
making camp at sundown. shot down
three Of them before they saw him,
charged upon the rest while yelling
to his supposed followers to come on,
and escaped scot free with a white
woman prisoner whom. in their fight
at the mere sight of Kit. the had not
stopped to kill
At last we could see IN the eastern
sky the first pale simmer of coming
dawn.
This" casually remarked Joe lis
the hour that the redskins always Sc
lect for-by thunder. that's the Dig
gers warwhoop now:'
And we all hurried into the corral.
rs again and again. far up the hillside,
resounded that terrible cry.
Mighty curious" said Brooks. quiet
ly laying down his rifle with hal:
perceptible smile. but it's the first
time I ever got fair warning. What
did tell you?"
For now half dozen rife shots ranR
out in quick succession. and gallopine
cheerily down the slope came our three
friends, safe and sound
| Carson. who could mimic ANYTHING.
from the squeak Of q mouse to tie
harsh cry Of mountain lion. had taken
this playful method at testing our
alertpese. St Louis Republic.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29
plTn AND POINT.

Mistress (engaging new servant)-
''I hope you know your place" Brisitte
Brittledish-''Oh. yes. mum! ] axed
your lasht gir-ril all about ii. Puck.
-.De man dat comes roun' maxim
de mos noise. said Uncle Eben. ''doan'
ginerally hab 'nuf time lef foh ter
make anyt'ink else" - Washington
Star.
The motorman was thinking how
he might raise his station in life, when
suddenly the trolley-wire fell ON him.
he became = conductor. and stopped
thinking.--Yale Record.
~ know I'm cross 1T times. John.
but II had my life to live over again
should marry yoO just the same."
He-"I have my doubts about that. my
dear. Times
The daisy's dreaming In the dew.
The golden bees ere seefng honey;
Tho skies above are just - blue
As Is fellow out Of money.
Atlantis Constitution.
-''Our first impressions must readily
slip our memories" said the teacher.
''Oh. I know whyv' shouted Johnny.
swell, why?' .'Our first impressions
are slippers Plain Dealer.
The lady arrives little late ut the
sewing circle. Servant-"kxcuse me,
madam. but I'd advise You to wait
few minutes. Just now they are talk.
ing about vou."-Humoristisc Blat-
ter.
-Clara-'How under the sun did
Edith happen to marry Mr.. Awkward?'
Dora-''He was the bane Of her life ~
every ball she attended, and presume
she married him to keep him from
wanting to dance with Hmm. Y.
Weekly.
-MrA Palmer-"Maria. where are
the oyster crackers that 1 orderedy
Maria (the domestic jewele''Faith.
mum, an 1 have broke livery wan OF
thin open an divil of an oyster could
I find in thin. an STINT thin straight
back."-Truth.
-'sOnly think" exclaimed Fender.
SON, ''of the many uses to which paper
is now putt" II know" replied Bass;
~ was at the theater the other night,
and l was told it was all paper. And
it was fine, ubstantlal-looking struc.
ture, too."-Boston Transcript.
-''Ill bet," remarked Mr.. Jason. to
his wife. Is they sat in the family
circle 1T the play, "I1l bet from the
looks of it that the dress that there
woman in the box il wearin' il one Of
them elegant dresses one-half OF we
seed advertised in the psper&"-lsdi-
annapolis Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

Grated Apple Pudding: One rint
OF grated apple. one pint of cream. four
eggs well beaten. sweeten and flavor
to taste. Lightly butter . pudding
dish, pour In the mixture and bake
Boston Budget.
Dessert Dates: May have . peanut
or almond put In place of the stone.
and tho date rolled in coarse granu-
lated sugar, or dipped in thin frosting.
Prettily arranged, they will be found
attractive alike to the eye and the pal
ate.-0ood Housekeeping.
English Toast: A pretty way Of
serving eggs for tea is to cut bread
into square pieces and toast. Take
eggs out of the shell, keeping the
yolks whole. Beat the whites to . stin
froth; lay the beaten white around
nicely on the toast. drop yolks in CEN
ter of white ring, salt and put in hot
oven to bake p few minutes When
taken out of the oven pour . little
melted butter over the toast.-Prairie
Farmer.
Date Meringue: Is delicate des-
sert. and may be quickly made in .
case of unexpected company. il one has
at hand the sine qua non. Beat the
whites Of five eggs to u stiff froth, add
three tsblespoonfuls of sugar. and ono
half pound of dates, stoned and cut up
fine. Bake fifteen minutes in . mod
crate oven. Serve, rs soon as cool,
with thick. sweet cream, or . custard
made with the yolks--Good House.
keeping.
Some one asserted that the best
cup of tea she ever drank was made At
Carlsbad, and that the superior flavor
used in making it. Whereupon some
one else produced as good tea by add
ing pinch of baking soda to the wa
ter used in making it. Whereupon
some one else produced as good tea BY
adding q pinch of baking soda to tho
water ordinarily used, in order to
soften it Tne experiment is one easi-
ly made, though fine tea water that
has just reached the boiling point, and
an infusion of from three to five min
utes. produces a result that leaves lit
tie more to be desired.
Carpets and Oilcloth: Beat q car
pet on the wrong side first, and then
more gently on the right side. Be-
ware of using sticks with sharp points
lest they tear the carpets. A stair
carpet should never be swept down
with long broom, but always 9TH
short-handled brush, and q dust pan
held closely under each step Of the
stairs. Oilcloth should never be
scrubbed with brush, but after be-
ing swept it should be cleansed by
washing with large soft cloth and
lukewarm or cold water. On no &C.
count use soap or hot water, as either
will spoil'it-Leed's Mercury.
-Crecy, or Carrot Soup: Take five
or six large red carrots, wash and
scrape them we'll, shave of in thin
slices the outer part. leaing the yellow
center. Then peel and slice . largo
onion and . small piece of turnip Put
them in . stew pan with heaping ta-
blespoonful of butter. = few sprigs Of
parsley and two bay .leaves. Fry the
whole light yellow color, then add
the carrot with q pint of water. and
let them stew till perfectly tender.
Rub the carrot through a squash
strainer. Add a quart of stock and
heat again. Add q teaspoonful each
Of sugar and salt, and pepper to taste.
and when hot serve Immediately with
croutons. Budget.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29
What Smallpox Can DO.

At the time of tho announcement Of
vaccination by Jenner smallpox caused
more than one-tenth of all the deaths
Of the human race. Fifty million peo-
pie died in Europe from smallpox dur
ing the eighteenth century. In the
sixteenth century the disease appeared
in Mexico, and $500, 900 Of the popula-
tion yielded up their lives in a few
years, leaving some provinces almost
depopulated. In 1907 in Iceland $4,000
died in one year, the entire population
being but so. 900. Seventy per cent Of
the people of Greenland died of small
pox in 1874. Smallpox is the most fear
full disease with which the human race
has ever been scourged. Mac:uly tells
us it was always present, filling the
churchyards with corpses, and leaving
on those whose lives it spared the
hideous traces OF its power. IF .
modern traveller" says DIR. Hyde.
could be transported to London in the
early part of the present century, no
peculiarities of architecture. dress or
behavior would be SO conspicuous as
the enormous number of pock-marked
faces he would encounter at every
turn" 1t spared neither rich nor poor.
and even invaded the palace of tho
king. Medical Record.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29
BILLS FOR CONGRESS.


Prices Of . Ooc1meat froD Intfoductl0o
to Engrossmene.
An important part of the work of the
government printing Office is the print
ing of bills for congress. Though only
. few hundred of the measures submit
ted to the national legislature in year
become laws. millions of copies of them
have to be printed.
A bill must 90 through great many
phases before it can become = law. and
during the process of its evolution it
has to be printed again and again. 1t
is offered by the representative. let us
say. in the shape of rough written
draft. As matter of course it is re-
ferred to its appropriate committee and
ordered to be printed.
il to the house, with or without amend
ment Then it is printed again. Per.
haps it may be further amended in
committee of the whole, in which case
it is printed once more. II it is passed
it must be reprinted again in . new
form.
This time ten copies only are printed.
The words - bill" are stricken from
the title, and the words '.an act" are
substituted. These ten copies are sent
to the clerk of the house, who signs
one of them and forwards that indorsed
copy to the secretary of the senate.
In the senate the measure must now
20 through the same sort Of perform.
ance, being reported to . committee.
amended, ETC., and at each stage it has
to be printed anew.
lit passes the senate with amend
ments. it goes back to the house, which
may refuse to concur. Then conferrees
representing the two houses discuss it,
and it has to b printed again and
again, perhaps
If finally passed, . single copy of it
is printed on the finest parchment, and
this goes 70 the president of the United
States for his signature. 1t is now q
law, and is handed over to the depart.
ment of state, to be fled away in the
nations srchives.-N. Y. Telegram.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29

A ruddy-facsd man, evidently .
somewhat recent arrival in America,
with his broadly smiling wife ON his
arm, stood gazing at some Chinese
hieroglyphics which hung At the door
of . laundry.
"Dinnis." said the woman, after q
long stare At the puzzling sign. "fwhat
be Thin little fggers? Be they notes,
or fwhst, dunno"
Notes, ~ coorse; fwhat ilse cd
they bel" responded the man. without
hesitation.
''Rade thin Al { me, Dinnis." de-
manded the wife, after another stare.
Nav" said the man, firmly. "that
OH not, fer it's quare notes they are
intoirely, an it's mesilf that's out ~
practice. But had Oi me Aute, Norah, !"
he added. in = eonciliatory tone. had
Oi me flute, Old play thin fer yez in .
minute, darlin'."-Yoush's Companion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29
CLOTHES FOR THE CHILDREN.


Dsa't Load Then Dovs Merely e Mahs
Then Leok Piesarsssss.
The picturesque seems ut present to
Be waging war with the useful, and
the children are the principal suffer-
ers therefrom-
Little tots are forced to wear long
overcoats and big hats, while their
nurse. in trimmest and neatest Of cos
tunes. walks along untrammeled by
any unnecessary jacket or hat Why
children can not b allowed the free
use Of their limbs is beyond the ken Of
most of MS
The little maid. with exaggerated
Kate Greenaway frock, and with hair
carefully brushed back and kept in
place with velvet snood, assumes,
however, airs Of superiority over her
playmate in simple muslin slip and
old-fashioned short socks and strap
slippers-dress even at . tender age
evidently exerting it, influence.
But picturesquely clothed children
may as well make the best Of their
popularity.
The warm weather will soon be here,
when the child in the most sensible Of
attire can snap his fingers and kick up
her heels in derision, and she certain
ly will. 1t the long graceful effects
and carefully donned snoodA The
little man in long ulster and old style
hat will tramp through the Aelds and
mud with - much abandon and de-
light - the veriest little witch that
was ever chased BY policeman. Fine
feathers make fne birds. but the brown
sparrow. free TO 60 her way. b always
more interesting than the most gor.
geously plumaged peacock who Il con.
seious e naught but her woadrouo
teotAegG.-N. y.-WoglA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-29
THE WORLDS GREAT TUNNELS


~ Ae00000s
In comparing the four great tun.
nels it is interesting to note that time
is an extraordinary element in the
cost. The oldest tunnel, Hoosae. cost
S379 foot: Mount Cents, next oldest.
cost $3.50 . foot. st. Gothard cost Se29 .
foot, and the most recent tunnel Of
the four cost only SI54 = foot All
with abundant labor, and the vesy
great dinerence in cost per foot plain
ly marks the progress Of science, be-
cause it was the invention and i'm
provement in tools that made it possi-
BILE to reduce the time and thus the
cost.
To observe the differences betweeA
the work ON the three great European
tunnels, built by government aid in
old settled countries, it may be well to
observe for . moment the work done
on . comparatively small tunnel built
far from civilization through the Cas-
ca6e mountains ON the line Of tho
Northern Pacific railroad. The noun
tain through which the tunnel was cut
in 1870 feet above the sea and the
peak is 1,l35 feet above the door Of
the tunnel. To understand the mag
nitude and difficulty Of this updertak-
ing it must be observed that the site
of the tunnel. 1t the time the contract
for its construction was signed. was
m unbroken wilderness.
At the then existing terminus Of rail
connection everything, men, tents.
food, horses, machinery, lumber. hos
pitfalls, and, in fact, the material Of IN
army had TO be transported over inn
provised roads eighty-two miles
through snow and mud to the east por-
tai Of the tunnel and eighty-seven
miles to the west portal. Six months
passed before all the machinery was on
the spot Rivers had TO be turned
aside, bridges built, camps established
and men and horses collected, fed,
and cared for nearly 100 miles
from . locomotive. The tunnel il 161
feet wide and % feet high. and the en-
tire distance, $3.50 feet. was bored
through the mountain in twenty-five
the rate of proRress with the
power drills being 4l3 feet . month.
and the cost of the completed tunnel
was only Sll3 per foot, and the entire
work was completed in twenty-eight
months from the signing Of the con-
tract in New York eity.-Chsutau-
Qu0D.