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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-04-10
FOR FANCY DRESS BALLS

Historical Costumes and Pretty Flow.
CT Dresses for Young Women.
Fancy dress balls are still in the
fashion, as they have been for many
years, and the novelty of costume
which can transform : woman into
some character of fiction or history
never fails to excite fresh interest. The
gayest spirits can find expression in
this sort of entertainment, where every
one imagines she is some one else, and
conventional ways and manners are so
easily lost in the part she has to play.
She may have a very vague idea of the
character she tries to represent. but
her costume is a success il her friends
can recognize a resemblance.
Historical costumes are very popular
this season, as they afford good OPP
portunity for the use Of rich and ele-
CANT materials and by few slight
changes can be made SO becoming. The
Queen Elizabeth costume of black satin
with white brocaded silk front woven
" ith gold threads and elaborately en-
broidered with pearls is. regal enough
for the would-be queen. and the high
ruff collar is very becoming to q small
oval face. A renaissance queens cos
tune is another choice which is charm
ing. The underskirt and vest are of
antique brocade, the bodice and
tlashed sleeves of dark red velvet, and
the shoulder draperies and pufings of
white chiffon. The overtless of gray
cloth is lined with pink silk and
trimmed on the edge with gold gallon.
Another favorite model is . sixteenth
century gown of brocaded silk with
velvet panel and slashed sleeves filled
in with white chiffon and . full over
sleeve of ermine.
Flower dresses are the prettiest for
young women, and green tulle with q
pink satin waist and trimming OF rose
leaves. worn with green shoes and stock
ings and a green satin cap. represents
the rosebud in the daintiest manner. A
pretty violet dress = made of pale ycl-
low silk for the underiress and green
satin overskirt and bodice trimmed all
around the edge with violets; sprays OF
violets fall over the puffed sleeves and
corselet belt of mauve velvet is laced
up the front with silver cord. The
swallow dress is another youthful and
effective costume made with an under
skirt of white silk and an overdress of
blue gray silk, with flying birds in the
hair and on the shoulders-N. 7. Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-04-10

Salcsman-iou can see the original
price marked here in plain figures. Our
price, you notice, is less than one-third.
We got the goods from dry goods mcr-
chant that was embarrassed.
Customer (inspecting the ftgures)-
He wasn't embarrassed when he marked
these goods. He had his nerve all with
him,-Chicago Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-04-10
Cave Mer.elf Awny.

Johnnie Nasher-You will not believe
me, Nellie, but tell you seriously that
YOU are the first girl ever loved.
Nellie Chafie-Yes, I do believe you,
Johnnie. I knew by the first kiss you
gave me that you couldn't have had
any experience to speak of.-Tammany
Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-04-10
A ClasAinx of Ister<sts.

Spencer-What is the matter with the
rarson and the doctor that they cannot
agree?
Ferguson-The parson says the doc
ter is SO contrary. just as soon as he
gets a man properly prepared for the
other world the doctor goes to work and
cures him. and vice versa.-Philadel-
Dhia Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-04-10
COTTON cRoWERa
TAe AAv.as.ses II Ce.esrs Of Aesssa n

TA0 AAvantoGos u ConeeFt 0f Aet3on Bo-
eoning AD1aEent.
Some Of the hindrances to the pros
peTity Of the cotton growers Of the
country have been want Of concert Of
action; lack Of unanimity Of purpose;
absence Of knowledge Of the acreage
and yield Of this great staple. Each
individual cotton grower has been .
law unto himself; when reduction Of
acreage IN cotton Yves agreed upon by
body Of cotton growers in convention
assembled, the individual farmer in
creased his acreage. The consequence
has been that the plan Of reducing the
acreage has been defeated and . gen
eral want Of confidence has ensued.
The cotton growers have reached
that point In their history that Il IL e.
sential that cotton growing must give
them . remnnerative return for their
labor. One thing Il certain, that q
long - they pursue their present pol
Icy Of hazarding Ill On the one crop 04
cotton, and planting large areas each
year, without any knowledge Of the
acreage in cotton, The cotton grower
win Be st the mercy Of the speculator.
Tho American Cotton Growex1 Pro
teo1fve aasociatiou has been laborinR
for several years to bring the cot
ton growers of the country q.
gethef far the purpose Of con
eerted aetiea and the acouisitiou a. :
thorough knowledge Of the growing
crop Afssngsments are now helms
- A. =
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-04-10
cHIcAco's HEAVY coPPERs,
BIG OmccFs ON Guard at the Street
CPOsslngo.

O0aE0 Street
CPOsslngs.
The arithmetics of the future will
perhaps contain proposition like this
for the youth to puzzle over:
If crossing policeman weighs 2a0
pounds and his belt is 50 inches in diam.
eter, how far ahead of him will thief
keep who has start of 20 rods, IL feet
and 3 inches?
The answer will be varied, accord.
ing to the experience of the student
If he knows lot of things about the
Chicago crossing coppers he will say
about q mile. When the civil service
commission is examining a man foi
police force material for the days that
are to be, it would do well, perhapa
to pick out q few who can do 100 yards
under three minutes. They are not
On the force now. 1t may be that il
.akes man weighing over 200 pounds
to hold down job On the detail, but
whatever the reason it is evident to the
observer that the squad runs more to
obesity than anything else. 1t seldom
runs at all, for that matter, since vio-
lent exercise is not part of the duties
Of a crossing cop.
The Broadway squad in New York
city is composed Of the pick of the po
lice force, selected for intelligence, neat
ness, polish and general appearance
not for height and avoirdupois solely.
The officers are the finest-looking body
Ct police in the world without doubt
The Chestnut street squad of Phila-
deiphia is composed of tall men, but
they are all finely built and IN orna-
ment to the force. In Chicago the
man on the corner seems to be strong
on girth and little else.
To be sure, the crossing copper does
not have to travel a beat and his duties
are largely confined to waving club
at obstinate drivers and helping ladies
to cross the street. But should a thief
be seen rushing through the street with
tray full OF rings or . pickpocket
jump from a street car and run, how
many crossing copers in Chicago could
do anything except throw club at hint
Not one in a dozen. 1t is grievous fact
that the only claim to eminence Chi.
cago can make for its downtown police
is that they outweigh any equal number
of officers in the world Chicago Chron.
icle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-04-10

'You really made this cakes Wen. il
you should make such cake a. my moth
er used to make f."
There. thought Il would co0e! ]
wish were dead
would never eat Il at alk"-N. =.
Journal
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-04-10
A GOOD oLO FLINTLocK..
Did Good Service DufiDg the 1--WE
American Wars.

Libbeus c. Cummings, of Prospect,
Me-. has come to the conclusion that ne
owns one of the Oldest guns in the coun-
try. 1t is a fintlock, wrought-iron-bar-
relied kings arm. bearing the inscrip-
ton "Georgius Secundas lRex. A. ID.
1885," This barrel is 46 inches long and
the gun weighs II pounds and ten
ounces. This gun has been owned by
members of the Cummings family
since 1889, when Alexander Cummings,
the great-grandfather of: the present
owner, carried it on to the heights of
Abraham under Wolfe, and helped to
capture Quebec from the French. After
the treaty of peace with France the
owner started for his home in Maine
and was killed ard scalped by the Nor
ridgewoc Indians. Alexander Cum
mings, Jr., went up and recovered the
body of his father and regained the
rifle by paying five gallons of rum for it.
Later he was among the Maine volun-
teers to fight England, and carried his
gun to Boston soon after she battle Of
Bunker Hill. He served through the
revolutionary war in different parts of
Massachusetts and Connecticut, and
came home unhurt at the end oi the
war.
The gun has had an easy time of it
since 1888. When Alexander Cummings,
Jr.. died in 1880 the gun passed to his
son, Alexander. the third Of the name.
and when he died in 1892 the old firearm
went to Libbeus along With an old
grandfather's clock, a fla4 wheel and
distaff, q hand loom, two pairs OF
wooden shoes and seveial antique
chairs, all of which were more than a
century old. The gun hangs from two
sets of deer antlers over the big fire.
place in the kitchen of thd Cummings
homestead, and twice year it is taken
down end oiled so that no rust shall
accumulate. Last year isaac Cum
mings, the great-grandson iof the orig
inal Alexander, took the old flintlock
on a fox hunt and succeeded in killing
n fox with it. 1t did not kick or behave
badly at all, but the young man says nc
was lame for q week from carrying SO
much weight. The gun il to go to
Isaac's son, Alexander, now. . boy OF IL
years. The Cummings are of north OF
ireland stock, and, though not rich. it
would take big pile of money to buy
that old gun from them.-N. Y. Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-04-10

can't make no tremendous big mistake
Ly keepin your weather eye open on the
future time to come. And then, if you
don't die young, old age is comm swift
and certain by and by, and some Of
these days you will find your rusty self
an need of a soft settin down place to
rest.
Some men get old whilst yet they are
young. and some remain over aud tarry
around and stay young when they are
old. But they will all have to come up
"a stoppin place somewheres down
the line. When the days work is done
and the race is roundin to a finish
when the gold of cvenin meets the dusk
OF highland them tired feelins are
crawlin up and down and all around,
Sou will feel like aoppin yourself down
SOmewheres to rest. Then il you can
manage SO as to have a good soft place
ready and waitin, you can bless your
stars. and laugh at the world, and shake
your fist at fate, and say Rufe Sanders
Was plum right as usual.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-04-10
And He vGas CarreneA on.

And He Was CaFF0mea Oh.
Traveller lat crowded hoseD-How
much do owe you? What's my bill?
Hotelkeeper-Let me see; your room
Traveler-I didn't have any room. ]
slept on the billiard table.
Hotelkeeper-Ah. well, 20 cents IN
hour-Boston Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-04-10

Jin}s-Johnson wants to borrow $50
from me. Do you think he Is good foE
that amount?
Bi1ks-Yes, with proper isecurities.
.syvhat securities would you sug-
gest:"
"A chain and paddock, : pair Of hand
cu1Rs snd dog. That would be enough;
I think to hold Ajm.-N. Y. Tfibune. !.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-04-10

man ought 10
manage SO as
to save up a
stake and feather
q nest for him
s e II agin a
rainy day. 1t
mought be that
the rainy day
never will come,
and then maybe ii
wi11 Rnf vnn
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-04-10
OLD ROCKY.
Keep q Weather Eye on the soft
Settin-Down Places"
OAe Man Who Ran the savin-up-for-
e-Aainy-Day Business Into the
GrOund-Takfn Out Time
aICOming.

Lie. at the very best is vain
and short and fieetin. but every
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-04-10


The turkey il the Ssost tndustEicus
forager Of al ths poultry family.
They pick mp The greater portion q
their food when given the range a
the farm, and when insects ere plenta-
full they do no damage 70 the stand-
ing grain. Careful observen state
the benefits the lock Of turkey do
by destroying the gTaashcppeEs and
other insects injurious to. the farm
crops, moro than Offsets the amount
Of grain they eat The farmer should
known that the diAeEonoe In the large
and small breeds = n important
matter, and keep none but tie In
proved breeds. thus bringing The eost
Of production down to the lowest sam.
when compared to the old fogy wha
thinks . '.turkey II . turkey anyhow"
Ducks can stand the cold fairly we'll.
md any kind Of : building viii serve
for flock Of ducks In winter, bat they
should have board Aoor covered with
dry straw, or II they can be procured.
leaves from the forest axe to b pre-
ferred- Ducks must have . dry place
1t night, as they are soon injured by
d1mpnesa They are s1re to die Of leg
weakness and rheumntim II kept On
damp doors-FarmezS Homs JoaEnal
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-04-10

3ut now there was old man Jerry
Scroggins, which took the good average
way and kept it to the end. He want
to say very speedy, but he helt his own
and kept his feet under him and stood
the pace through a long heat. He
started out poor and never got rich, but
at 10 he was right tolerable well fixed,
and every time he took step forwards
hewould drivedown peg SO he couldn't
slip back. He was slow but steady.
Gradually by degrees he bought good
farm and stocked it, and built q nice
home, and planted out fine orchard
and raised big family. He took his
own time and went good, safe gait,
savin his strength as well as his money,
and was fresh and sprightly and active
as cat at 60. He never got in any tre-
mendius big hurry, but ne hit reglar.
steady lick seein how it would take him
through by and by. He took things as
they come-easy and natural-and
made home happy and life pleasant. He.
lived long enough to see all of his grand
children grown up and married of aud
settled down, and then when he got old
ard poor and weary with the storms OF
life he had him warm, soft settin
down place to rest.
But old man Jerry made one break in
his old age which you never would of
counted on from a safe and prudent
man like him. He let his foot slip
oncst, and If he hadn't caught the step
mighty quick he would of lost his nest
and went forth into the cold world
alone. You ought to have a nest, and
hit well feathered, when you get old
and feeble. and then you ought to stay
with it and stick to it till the sun goes
down and the cows come home and
the evenin stars sing together.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-09-23
AFFAIRS in GENERAL.
BRIEF MENTION OF EVENTS OF
INTEREST.
Indiana Farmers Lynch Five Members
of n Desperate Gang OF Robbers
Anthracite Coal Miners Returning
TO Work-Sheriff Martin Arrested.
Five Robbers Lynched In Indiana.

Five men-Lyle Levi, Bert Andrews,
Clifford Gordon, William Jenkins and
Miner Shuler-who have long been a
terror to the citizens of Ripley county,
Ind. met their death at the hands
of an enraged populace, and at an early
morning hour the citizens of Versailles,
discovered the bodies of the men dan
Cling from the limbs of an elm tree in
the center of the public square. Stout
ropes, not over six feet in length, had
served TO send each to his eternity,
and their feet were but few inches
from the ground. while their hands
and feet had been securely pinioned
with strong ropes.
These five men were captured by the
sheriff and deputies while burglarizing
the store of Woolley Bros. at Correct,
Ind, and were lodged in Jail. For
four or five years, and even longer,
the victims of a lawless gang, who, APP
parently lacking in fear, have piled
their vocation to the terror of the
people. Men have been knocked
senseless on the highway and robbed,
aged couples have been horribly tor
tured in order to make them reveal the
hiding place of their money and minor
depredations have been of frequent oc-
currence, but the perpetrators were
seldom captured. So when these men,
who had no visible means of support,
were caught red-handed the farmers
of the country quietly organized and
400 strong marched upon the Jail at
Versailles and with little resistance
melted out punishment greater than
the law provides. They say they want
four or five more to take the same dose.
None of the citizens of the town seem
to deplore the action of the mob.
Gov. Mount Was Mortified.
Gov. Mount has sent the following to
the sheriff of Ripley county: "Wire me
at once the particulars of lynching
that has occurred in your county. /
further direct that you proceed imme-
diately with all the power you can
command to bring to justice all parties
guilty of participation in the murder
of the five men lynched. Such law
lessness is intolerable and all the
power of the state, if necessary, will
be vigorously employed for the arrest
and punishment of all parties impli-
Gated"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-09-23
The Situation at Hazleton.

The situation among the strilx ing
anthracite coal miners about Hazleton
Pa, is quiet, the presence of the mill
tary having a good effect. Gen. Goblin
refuses to allow the arrest of Sheriff
Martin or his deputies who shot the
81 strikers at Lattimer. While there
are nearly 20, 900 miners out there are
some still at work and there is mission
airy work going on quietly to get then
out. No attempt is being made to
march or hold any meetings, but the
agitators visit the working miners in
twos and threes. About $50 women,
however, defied all the militia and at
tackled 800 workers in the Carson, Star
and Monarch collieries at Honey Brook
near Audenreid, with stones, clubs,
etc, and succeed in driving the miners
out after iniuring several of them.
A force of cavalry was sent to the
scene of the riots created by women
and under their protection the miners
returned to work. The strikers think
they have discovered a way to get hold
of Sheriff Martin and his deputies
Gen. Goblin allowed the arrest of two
men within the military lines upon
warrants from court of justice. Fol
lowing this precedent the prosecution
will attempt to arrest the sheriff and
his deputies on warrants from court
instead of from a magistrate as was
originally done.
The backbone of the strike has been
broken by the return to work of 200
miners in the Honey Brook collieries
of the Lehlgh 81 Wilkesbarre Co., and
900 at Pardees mines at Lattimer,
while the Cranberry, Crystal Ridge
and Harwood mines of the Pardee Co. !,
and the Coke collieries in the Drifton
districts are working full force. The
employees of the Hazel mines of the
Lehigh Valley Co. have also decided to
return to work. A crowd of women
attempted to prevent the men from
working at Lattimer, but the soldiers
pushed them back with fixed bayonets.
Later-The warrants for the arrest
of Sheriff Martin and his deputies were
issued by Judges Lynch and Bennett
at Wilkesbarre. They were served
promptly and no resistance was made.
The writs contain 7s names, including
the sheriff's, and the latter has agreed
to deliver all the deputies for hear
ing. A company of the Ninth regi-
ment will escort them to Wilkesbarre.
Gen. Goblin permitted the service of
the writs because he thinks the civil
authorities are now able to handle the
situation.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-09-23
STRUCK THE PRESIDENT.
Attempt to XIII the President of Mexico
His Assailant Cut to Pieces

hsbatAaut Sut W i-itces
As is his annual custom on Independ-
ence day President Diaz was marching
in the procession at the City of Mexico
when a large, muscular man broke
through the crowd and rushing upon
the president struck him a heavy blow.
IL was broken by his being crowded by
the presidents staff, but Diaz was
staggered. The assailant was immedi-
ately knocked down by Gen. Pradillo,
a member of the presidents staff, and
the police carried him away. The peo-
pie who witnessed the assault frantic
ally tried to get at the prisoner, but
he was soon locked up. No weapon
was found on him and if he had one he
dropped it in the crowd. He was iden-
titled as Ignacio Anulfo, drunken,
quarrelsome fellow.
Later.-About l o'clock the next
morning body of common people
forced their way into the Jail where
Anulfo was confined, and overpowering
the guard, pounced upon the would be
assassin and literally hacked him to
pieces and made their escape before a
force of police could arrive. Several
arrests have been made, however.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-09-23

The cage in which 10 men were be.
ing lowered into shaft No. 2 of the
Alden Coal Co., at Nanticole, Pa, sud
denly dropped to the bottom Of the
shaft-s5o feet. Eight of the men
were severely injured and four will die.
The monthly report OF the govern
ment statistician shows that Europe
crops will be $4,000, 600 bushels below
the average for six years past. To
make up the deficiency little help is to
be expected from India, Argentina or
Australasia for months to come and in
so far as Europe will have to import a
larger quantity than usual she will
have 20 draw mainly from North
America and especially from the United
States, the Canadian contributions
being relatively small.
Ii is feared that the harvest in Ar
gentina will be almost entirely de-
stroyed by locusts.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-09-23
Trains CoIlide-Fiye Men Killed.

A disastrous wreck occurred on the
Wisconsin Central railroad six mile.
west of Chippewa Falls, Wis, resulting
in the death of five people and the in
jury of several others. Two freight
trains, through misunderstanding o.
orders, while going 40 miles an hour
met on curve, and not even giving
the engineers and firemen time tC
jump, sAme together with terrible
force. The dead are: Engineers War
rem and Smith, Fireman Smiley, Brake
man Miller and an unknown man who
was riding between the cars.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-09-23
500 To ANY Man.
WILL PAY 500 FOR ANY CASE
or Weakness In Men They Treat and
Fail TO Cure.

vi "eakness III mon lncy anu
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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-09-23
Ayers Scheme to Relieve Klondykers

Secretary of War Alger has scheme
by which he expects to send relief t.
the American miners in the Klondyl1,
region who are said to have onl,
enough supplies to carry them hal
through the long Alaskan winter
The idea is to employ locomotive sleds
which are used on the frozen rivers il
the logging regions of northern Michi
gan and Wisconsin, and with thes,
convey the large quantities of stores
now stalled at st. Michaels by tn,
freezing of the Yukon river. Messrs
p. Il. Weare and Michael Cudahy, rep
resentatives of the North American
Trading e Transportation Co., were il
consultation with Secretary Alger ant
they declared their belief that tn,
scheme was feasible.