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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-09-12
FASHION NOTES.
lssns sf Drsss for tAe warn weather
season,

k99m0 OK O60o0 Tor t4O warm We0e00R
The hat that is tilted right over the
nose il the fashionable hat pro tenn.
There is for the moment great lik
ing for the bird of Paradise plumagc.
and on very. expensive imported hats
the entire bird appears. Even the
plumage. however, Of this bird is cost
". and there are really more limitations
Of the gracefully arching feathers than
Of the real upon hats Of medium price.
The rage for belts of every descrip-
tion increases rather than lessons as
the season advances. These belts are
rivaied by the high empire eeinture
and sash ribbons of various widths.
Persian belts in gold woven galloon and
linked patterns, of fine rolled gold. in
medallion effects, are first choice to
wear with round-waisted gowns made
of elegant material, and belts of very
elastic webbing are covered with
spangles, SO closely Tapped that no mat
ter how much the belt is stretched in
adjusting it, the webbing foundation
is still covered with the glittering pail
lettes.
Rich Persian silk vests will be worn
with stylish white costumes of Eng
lish serge etamine. mohair, pique and
canvas. Narrow white leather belts
with gold buckles are worn with white
yachting suits of alpaca, trimmed with
white silk braid, with piping Of fine
gold braid showing each side.
Novel and pretty fichus of heavy
guipure lace are made with the back
like sailor collar, fiat oblong epau-
lettes on the shoulders, and straight
scarf ends that reach half the length
of the skirt when tied.
Among the dainty evening waists Is
one of Nile-green satin. draped with
mousseline de sole, and worn with q
skirt of dark-grcen brocade. The
bretelles and ceinturc are of dark
green velvet, edged with pearl, opal
and emerald bead gimp. Pink chiffon
covered with silver-spangled black lace
makes a pretty bodice. Plain white
mousseline de sole collars with q mar
row border of black muslin hem
stitched on are decorated with cream
applique lace designs, set on Mt inter-
walls.
Two pretty souvenirs brought from
Paris by . returned tourist who has
been two years abroad consist Of .
buckle in the form of a tiny canoe with
oars and anchor trailing over the side.
and . 3ace-pine initiating in gold the
trident of Neptune. The center prong
is studded with tiny sapphires and the
others with pearls. These ornaments
are to be worn with yachting cos
tune Of dark blue English serge.
trimmed with rows Of very narrow
gold braid. The jacket and skirt are
lined throughout with blue, cream
color and pale-green block-plaided
taffeta silk.-N. Y. Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-09-12
WOMEN AND BUSINESS.
A Moral Drawn from the Sad Experien
NJ n9Ra

A Moral Drawn from the Sad Experience
Of Mrs. Custer.
Women are beginning to realize the
signal need of knowing something of
business methods. The cruel loses re-
Gently sustained by that most charm
ing of women, Mrs. Elizabeth r. Gus
ter, bring the necessity keenly home
TO those among the sisterhood who
have no natural protectors"-as
fathers, husbands and brothers are,
mot inappropriately, classified. Wheth-
er q woman has natural protector"
or not it is becoming more and moro
evident that she should, At least, in
sist upon having her investments put
in her own name. Mrs. Clusters ex-
perience, unfortunately, Il by no
means rare, but because Of the almost
sacred nature Of the money invested
the loss Of it seems peculiarly sad.
Gen. Custer, Notwithstanding the
privatiOns of his life as soldier on the
frontier, faithfully kept alive his in
sursnce policy. The insurance money
that came to Mrs. Custer upon her hus-
band,s death was put into the hands Of
4 tried and trusted friend of both her
self and husbands lawyer, in their
former home in Michigan. For 10
wears the interest of the investment
was regularly sent her. Itchieny con-
sisted In mortgages, two Of which her
investor spoke = bit doubtfulIy Of, 70
be sure, and - years passed he warned
her against enc Of the mortgages in
particular. He recently died. His ac.
commits were found to be in Z most un-
satisfactory condition. he had invest
ed Mrs- Clusters money in his own
name II peoved to BE- an injudic3oue
He failed TO realize Whist
he expected. MrA Custer lost at least
I, ,000 The saddest revelation WAS
that the worthless mortgage of which
he had warned her was against him.
selk-N. Y. Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-09-12

Make one pint Of white sauce; pas
. three-pound can Of tomatoes through
sieve, rubbing all the pulp through
and getting out al seeds; into this stir
one-half teaspoonful Of soda, and when
the froshing il done add salt, and then
stir into the sauce On the flre. Have
some dice Of toasted bread in tie tur-
ecn and pour in The hot soup.-Good
Houaekeeping.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-09-12

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bow.
.Wa'al, now, he was III an early
brood, and he was mighty cunning
when he was the size of that feller you
have in your hand-just soft bunch
of yellow and white down, with the
cutest little head and brightest eyes.
used ter tell mother he was prettier'n
her canary. and he was-that's fact!
and sight more interesting. Wa'al,
everybody fell in love with that chick.
en-. Louise was so crazy over him she
wanted to paint him from life. Said
she'd never seen such delicate colors
in a common fowl afore, and she had
him in the house and tried to make him
stand still while she took his picture.
And Mis- Williams-lives down in that
brown house yonder-she used ter
come up to see him most every day,
and she was always telling what q
fine, handsome chicken he was and how
modest. not greedy and ugly like some
are; and she wanted should sell her a
settin' of his mothers eggs. She was
sure he was specially fine breed.
Here. there! stop that"
Grandpa's voice was raised, and
again the ladle came down on the
naughty chicken, which was this time
viciously pecklng smaller companion.
There! you see how have to train
him. Wa'al, where was II"
Mrs. Williams thought he was of
fine breed" supplied Marguerite.
''Oh, yes! She's right bout that, too;
though she's changed her mind now"
and grandpa chuckled to himself.
But there's where the fable part comes
in," he continued. "He was a peart
fellow and grew making fast, and, in
course of nature-nature, mind you,
Margret, he lost off all his soft, pretty
down, with its yellow puffiness, which
always made me think of Archie's yell
low curls; before you cut 'em off, l
mean. Wa'al, sorrier looking chick
you never saw than that critter when
he was gettin' his feathers. He amt
handsome now; but he was sight
three weeks ago, and no mistake! His
pretty feathers all gone and only hate
full little pinfeathers sticking out all
over him. And his disposition changed
too. He was kinder off his feed awhile,
and he stopped that pretty chirp the
women folks liked so well. And he
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-09-12
FORTUNE As A WEDDING GIFT,


What . 0SAae Received - tho Decades
II Her sseea4 l1ntsiega.
The widow Of the late Thomas E..
Sloane was married to James L. Bar.
clay under circumstances Of q some
what romantic, almost dramatic, char
acter. Thomas C. Sloane was, 30 year.
ago. student 1t Yale college and q
member of'k group Of young student.
who had come from very wealthy fam
lilies. United States Senator Wetmore
of Rhode Island, was one of them;
United States District Judge Colt was
another; William r. Dixon, now a Laws
partner Of John E. Parsons, was anotb-
er, n was Edmund Coffin, now . very
prominent and wealthy citizen OF
Brooklyn. The intimacy Of college
days brought these fellow students into
acquaintance each with the Others
family, and thus II happened that IN
attachment sprang up between Miss
Dixon, sister Of Mr.. Sloane's chum, and
Mr.. Sloane.
There were othe. attractions BE-
tween sisters Of the group Of college
ehums and their companions. Nias
Dixon. who was regarded ut the time a.
perhaps the most beautiful young
woman in New York, was married to
Mr.. Sloane soon after he was graduated,
and their married life was ideal. Mr..
Sloane died in 1so2. leaving . fortune q
nearly 81, ,O0O. 600, and settling . large
income by his win upon Nrs. Sloane,
HuaA ~rNnpH~pSS34>-, = y
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-09-12

Ne FEED THE BIDDIEs!"
contin6ed to Marguerite, while he
reaehed fol Hsrd and gave the audacious
rooster . vigorous tap on his back with
he ladle- .Ekow You keep to your own
fable, sir."
a(n1 1bSn9sits these little darlings
reiTe11o1nned Marguerite. as she
,r1c3re1l J aany chicken end gently
1nn1119 NIL pecied softly at her.
Arn ard cu0dled down with Z confid-
- ~.
RoA 20. Nargret,~ : returned grand
y ain't . week old. They're pref
! 911 N1es hey youngest. And tast
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-09-12
GRANDPA,S FABLE.

By MARION B. KNIGHT.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-09-12

:; ! :: :; : :: :: 7 !:
@DGN that they never
A0". acted 50 badly as
when visiting at
her husbands old
n IwIEA home, where, of
all places, she most
wished them to
show that they had been ,carefully
trained. As she passed through the hall,
on her way to the piazsA,t she heard
Aunt Louise say: "You never would
have thought that Marguerite would be
30 poor a disciplinarian. Archie used
to have go sweet disposition, but she
has spoiled it with bad training" And
Mother Hathaway rejoined:
His father never"
But Marguerite hurried on, glad moi
to know what naughty thing Archie
did Of which his father was never
guilty. She drew long breath as she
sank into q rocking chair. She was SO
tired! W
The three toddIers. for the oldest was
only five, were lively, healthy, active
children, and bright enough to see that
punishment was not quite so sure to
follow their misdoings when they were
at grandma's as at home. So between
the unusual indulgence and mamma's
desire to make ms little trouble ms pos
sible. they managed to send mamma
to bed in tears nearly every night. To-
days behavior was the worst yet, and
Marguerite acknowledged to herself
that Louise must be right. The trouble
must be in her training. What bit
ter reflection after she had tried so hard
to do her whole duty as mother!
Marguerite did not notice that grand
pa was in his big. red chair at the end
OF the piazza. or she would have sighed
less audibly; but grandpa, though ap-
parently list in his newspaper, hal
heard and. better still, his warm, IA
therly heart had understood.
why! Il haven't fed my biddies.
How careless! Margret, don't you want
TO see me feed my biddies? Your
chickens have gone to roost first to
night"
Now, Marguerite was too tired to
care for hens or chickens, but she
would not deny grandpa, who took SO
much pride in his fowls. So she took the |
proffered dish of cracked corn and pro-
ceeded to the hen yard.
1t was late, and the chickens came |
running and lying up with clamorous
haste. Grandpa was very methodical
In his treatment of bis feathered beau
ties. The hens had their repast in
troughs at one end of the large yard,
while the chickens were served with |
dough spread on boards laid at the
other end.
"Margret" was intrnsted with the |
feeding Of the hens. The more delicate
and Interesting duty of feeding the
chicks grandpa always reserved for
himself. Marguerite had soon COM
pleted her task and returned to watch
grandpa as he carefully doled out the
dough.
''Now, Margret," he began. SAY what
you're mind to. a hen is an intelligent i
bird! See how knowing them chickens
look when hold out ladleful of dough.
-Sh-off there, you big fellow. This
ain't your tablet" and grandpa waved
his ladle sternly at half grown chick
en- which was making quick work of
the provisions of the tiny chicks. '.He's
y greedy scamp. Margret, and Ihave to
give him lesson bout every day." he
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-09-12

lie had just fin
ished putting the
children to bed.
and was tired out
and discouraged.
1t seemed to her
that they never
acted so badly as
when visiting at
her husbands old
home, where, of
all places, she most
them to
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-09-12

reminds me Of my fable. P'r'aps yon"l
like ter hear it. don't s'pose it's as
good as Esop's or any of them noted
fellers, but there's some truth in it
and 't-von't hurt you to hear it just
about now"
Marguerite signified her desire 10
hear the fable, and grandpa went ont
"You see that big, saucy chicken over
there? the one whacked . minute
ago2"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-09-12

child shall come forth in life, its heart
attuned to the eternal harmopies, and
after = life Of usefulness on earth, 20
70 : life Of joy in Heaven, or, whether
across il shall jar eternal discords, and
after : life of wrong-doinR ON earth, it
shall go: tO.a. home Of impenetrable
darkness and IN abyss Of immeasura-
ble plunge. Is being decided by nursery
song and Sabbath lesson and evening
prayer, and walk and ride and look
and frown and smile. o, how many
children in glory. crowding all the
battlements and lifting ! million
voiced hosanna-brought to God
through Christian parentagei One hum
dred and twenty clergymen were to-
gether. and they were telling their
experience and their ancestry; and of
the 80 clergymen. how many OF them
do you suppose assigned. as tho means
Of their convention, the influence Of
. Christian mother? One hundred
ont Of f3ol Philip Doddridrs
VAS brought TO Gcd by the
Scripture lesson on the Dutch the
Of the ehimney fireplace. The mother
thinlEs she = only rocking child; but
at the name time she may b rocking
Tho destiny Of empires-roc.xin9 the
1ate Of nakious- rocking the glorics Of
Heaven The same maternal power
that my Lift a4child mp. may press .
ahila dowus a daughter came to
Ny mother and said sLe
sbent her sins as4
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-10-15

1871, when he was the republican NOM
inee, and in 1873 and 1879, when he
was the nominee of the greenbackers
and one wing of the democrats. He
was elected in 1882 and defeated in 1888.
The story is an incident that happened
in the 1878 campaign, when he had
GOV. Talbot as his opponent. Both
were anxious to win, and the party
1eeilng ran high, as it always did when
Butler was candidate The two were
invited to attend a ball given by a
labor organization whose votes each
candidate was DESTROYS of securing
lney We're pretending to enjoy them
selves hugely, when the floor manager
came up and asked Butler to lead a
cotlilion. This was a poser for the gen.
eral. and he began to get hot and to
snow 1t. Gov. Talbot looked over with
MS best campaign smile and said in a
tone of pleading:
what, don't you dance, general?"
No. growled Butler. don't dance.
make it my business to make other
people dance"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-10-15
What q Broken Chain Did.

A broken bicycle chain stopped the
operation of an entire street railway
system in Chicago recently. The chain
parted and fell from a wheel with one
end in the slot of an underground troll
10y line. One end of the chain touched
the trolley wire, and the other re-
NAMED outside, forming a short cir.
cult. All the cars suddenly refused to
work. The trouble was finally dis
covered by track-walker, who saw
blue flame where the chain and track
were crossed When the chain was
removed the operation of the cars was
resumed. Exchange.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-10-15
Inc Major beat the Corouel.

sat on the hotel veranda with Mai.
o1axton, and he was giving me his ex-
| perlence at the battle of Fair Oaks,
when negro boy assembled the steps
from the street and said:
MaJah ClaXton, kurnel Johnson
presents his compliments an seq he
Jun hopes yo' wont talk bout de wah."
lie does, eh" growled the major.
BOY my compliments to Kurnel John
son and tell him to mind his own bust
| ness."
Inc boy crossed the street to a gro
Gerry put was back again before the
major had picked up the broken thread,
and this time he said:
MaJah ClaNton. Kurnel Johnson pre-
sents his compliments an SCI yo' wasn't
IN de battle O. Fair Oaks tall"
wasn't 1? Wasn't I? Boy, my COM
pliments to kurnel Johnson and yo
tell MIN he's no gentleman
Away went the boy and not two min
utes had passed before he stood before
us again.
"Majah Claxton, de compliments of
hurnel johnson and he SEE yo' neber
hearu a gun fired doorin' de wah, but
was right yere at home all de time"
Say, boy" huskily exclaimed the old
veteran as he rose up, my compli-
ments to Kurnel Johnson and yo' tell
him I'll send my second to him early
tomorrow morning."
The boy darted across the street and
was gone about minute and then re-
turned to say:
Majah ClaXton. Kurnel Johnson pre-
sents his compliments and seq yo' was
pawerful liar"
What! Calls me a liar" ho'vled tho
major.
Eyes, sah."
Sure he called me liar?"
Eyes, sah''
Then. by the great horn spoon.
Ill No, won't! I'll hurt him worse
than that! Boy, my compliments to
hurnel Johnson-my courteous, kindly
compliments and add that the stranger
is about to ask me to drink, and won't
ring him in on it-hanged if l dow
mat must have been a settler for
Col. Johnson, for the boy did not reap
pear and We heard nothing further from
him.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-10-15
Indigestion and Cholera.

The Farmers Review frequently re-
,ceives from its readers reports on the
diseases Of their fowls. in which chol-
era Is spoken of. Now, We would like
to ask this. How do you know it is
,cholera?" 1t Is not to be doubted that
In a majority Of cases the disease that
'is called cholera is nothing but indi-
igestion. The two are so much alike
In many Ct their symptoms, that even
the scientists connected with the Blu
reau Of Animal Industry at Washing
ton have been mistaken sometimes and
have experimental for cholera with
fowls sick with indigestion. This may
not be the case today. but 1t was so
some years ago. at the beginning Of
their work in that line. II veterinar-
ians can be fooled by the symptoms.
what can We expect of the ordinary
farmer and poultry raiser? 1t is a
VERY excusable mistake.
Now. We are convinced that indiges-
ton is trouble that carries OF a great
many fowls. and is due directly to a
too severe system Of feeding. The d.
gestive organs OF the birds are not
capable OF sustaining the tax put upon
them for a great many months. In
their wild state this birds eat part
grain. part insects, part leaves and
grass. so that the work required to di-
lgest them Is comparatively light. But
IN domestic state the birds find more
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-10-15
BEttle OF New Orleans.

w. J. 5. writes regarding the use of
COTTON bales during the defense of New
orleans In 1915. and asks for the facts
IN regard to their utility in repelling
the British attack. Answer: The
facts with regard to the cotton bales
employed by General Jackson in the
defense OF New Orleans are briefly
these: After the troops had been en-
ployed for few hours in throwing m
the embankment across the Delta II
became extremely difficult to procure
the requisite supply of earth. The soil
there is so thin that, at the depth of
three feet. water is reached, and, con-
sequently, eartn had to be pared off
over a great surface. This operation
being both slow aud lab orious, a French
engineer suggested the employ
ment of cotton bales, a shipload of
which happened to be lying near. The
idea was at once adopted, and a large
number Of bales were placed in posi-
ton. Six days after the British can
nonaded the American lines with great
Jury, when it was found that the cotton
bales were worse than useless. Not
only did the balls OF the enemy knock
the bales out of the rampant. but Sc.
some of them on fire, which caused
volumes of smoke to roll back over
the American army. AS soon as the
enemy had retired General Jackson or
dered every bale removed, which was
promptly done. so that on the day of
the great and final struggle, January
sth. there was no cotton in the Amer
lean lines. The British made a similar
mistake in employing hogsheads of
sugar to strengthen their works. They
soon found that cannon-ball goes
through a hogshead Of sugar with
scarcely any diminution Of its force
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-10-15
A Story of General Grant.

Grants great reputation was ruined
by the Belknap scandal and the whis-
ky frauds of St. Louis. into which he
was drawn by too great confidence in
his friends, and during his latter days
he was denounced by the newspapers.
Judge Tyrle, who was his Postmaster
General, told me an incident the other
day of the last night of Grants admin
istration. He was at the Capitol with
his cabinet to sign the bills of the dy-
Ing Congress as they were brought in.
From time to time representatives and
senators dropped in to pay their re-
spects. About II o'clock there was a
lull in the work and the different mem
bers of the cabinet and the president
were chatting and telling stories. Up
on a lounge at one side of the room
Zach Chandler lay, with volume of
Marshalrs washington" in his hand
and a newspaper lying upon his chest.
All at once he picked up newspaper.
and holding it above the book, as
though he was reading it, he turned to
General Grant and said:
II suppose, general. that you are very
glad your administration is over? You
have been villianously abused, and
venture that there is no president who
has been more unjustly treated by the
newspapers than yourself"
YES" replied President Grant en-
phatically, that is true. l am anxious
to get back to private life. want
rest from the lies and ISLANDERS that are
being published about me, and to be
able to pick UP a newspaper without
fear that the first article upon which
my eyes shall light will be denuncia-
ton of me. 1t is this that makes me
glad that the term of my presidency is
over"
But" said Zach Chandler. "as you
are soon to be a private citizen don't
suppose the statements the papers are
now making will hurt you very much.
At any rate here is a paragraph which
caps the climax 1t is about as bitter
as any have yet seen. and l want to
read it to YOU"
Saying this Mr.. Chandler raised the
paper anu Uc6dn " Icdu an artlCl0
which apparently treated OF General
Grant. and which denounced him as
being everything that was bad, false
and dishonest. The members of the
cabinet stopped their conversation as
he read and listened. The article was
SO bitter that they we're struck dumb
with establishment at the close. Zach
Chandler then asked President Grant
what he thought of the article. Grant
replied that it was on the whole one of
the vilest and meanest SANDERS that
had ever been perpetrated upon him.
At this Senator Chandler laid down his
paper and held up the book. He said:
General Grant, the paragraph which
I have just read to you was written
more than eighty years ago. 1t was
written about president Of the United
States. and that presidents name was
George Washington. In pretending to
read it from this copy Of a New York
paper I have merely inserted your
name where George Washington's or
iginally appeared. This book from
which l have read it is Marshalrs
Lille Of Washington Frank G. Car
penter.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-10-15
A dispatch from Menomiuee. Mich.

A dispatch from Menominee. Mich.
runs In this manner: "A meteoroloRi-
cAl phenomenon appeared to early ris-
oes this morning about 4:3O O'Clock.
The sky and clouds assumed a reddish
cast and continued 30 for about half An
hour. then the tint changed to Q bright
yellow" II this Is q phenomenal SUN.
rise in Menominee II would be interest.
ing to know Just what constitutes IN
ordinary before breakfast sunrise in
that locality. 1t may be possible that
the celestial machinery Of Menominee
q run by . poster artist and that the
dawn starts out pea green. gradually
changing Into brindle brown, but in
this locality red and yellow are still
the prevailing colors for srnrises.