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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-01-06
WASHING AND BAKING.
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the Work Wln Ne Made
fs3- Easy.

To the women. who do their own
woriertsnd they are kgion), washing
anti baking are perhaps the most
dreaded of the really necessary work
The washing may be done easily and
satisfactorily. and enough baking may
be done at this time Of year in one
day to last a week. As the short days
only admit Of a few hours at most fOE
necrssary. sewing, have fo4nd y bet
Ter to do enough baking at q time for
a~week, rather than a little each day.
Bake FIVE or six mince Ties, and
when cool slip them OF frop, the tins
and set then, in clool place; if they
freeze It will do no harm, and when
wanted they can be set in the oven
few minutes and they will be as
good as ifsfresh haked. \ Jar oi
aoughnnts sSnd 4 nil of cookies viii
.earb keep moistssand will be relished
by .the family generally. A good
recipe for doughnuts is as follows:
One cupful of sugar, two eggs, one
tablespoonful of thick cream. one cup
full Of buttermilk, a teaspoonful Of
soda, cne-half teaspoonful of cinna'
mon. md flour enough to make soft
dough-; cut in shape to fry and let
them stand Is or 90 minutes; fry in
deep, hot lard or drippings.
For cookies, take one cupful of very
thick sour cream, one cupful of sugar
one small egg, one level teaspoonful
Of soda and one teaspoonful Of vanilla,
add flour enough to form a sofi
dough, sprinkle with sugar. cut into
any desirable shape and bake In q
quick oven; if the cream is not very
thick and rich add o lump Of butter
the size of a walnut.
a good sized washing may be done
in two hours in the 3dllowing manner
with little hard wor1 and the clothes
will be beautifully hfte and clean:
First, have q teaketl of boiling wa.
ter and remove all from table
cloths and napkins pouring the
boiling water throu1 fh<m before
they are wet in anyptAer way. Cut
one-half bar of soap in one pint Of
hot, soft water ard stir until dis
solved: add two tablespoonfuls Of
kerosene and stir briskly; fill the
boiler two-thirds full of cold, soft wa
ter and add this emulsion to it, stir
ring until good suds Is formed. Wet
the most soiled places on the clothes
as neckbands and wristbands Of shirts,
in warm water and soap them, rub.
bing the soap well into the cloth; put
the cleanest cloths into the boiler and
let the water come to a boil, and boil
five minutes; take out into the tub, add
two pals of soft water and souse the
clothes up and dcwn a few times
looking them over for any soiled
places which may have been over
looked.
4 very little rubbing with the hands
willremove any spots which are found
Cool the suds in the boiler until yo.
can hold your hand in it, then put IN
the next cleanesf articles and. boil u
before, and so on until all are done;
rinse and they are ready to hang out
Cool the boiling suds again. and put
the colored clothes in it to soak while
yoa hang up the white ones, and with
a very little rubbing they will bt
clean. Clothes washed in this way arr
beautifully white and clean, and there
is not the slightest kerosene odol
about them.-Housekeep
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-01-06
SAVED FROM DEATH BY vApoR
PrOfuse Precipitation Protected m
Iron Puddler from Injury by
Molten Iron.

By the timely prevention of strange
law of nature little known save to sci.
entific men. one Of the workmen al
Baldwin's locomotive works escaped
one day recently from what, under or
dinary circumstances. would have been
absolutely certain death. The pudding
room of this factory contains a large
number of immense caldrons, in which
the iron is melted and purified. The la
borer wheels his barrow containing the
ore up an inclined plane to their open
mouth. a height of three feet from the
floor, and then empties the barrow into
the caldron.
Joseph Connor, one of the puddlers,
was totally unclothed from his waist
upward. He had been at work scarcely
five minutes the other day when one Of
his fellow-workmen gave cry which
directed the attention of the entire
force at work to the awful situation
into which Connor had got himself.
Bending over the molten liquid, his
head and chest completely immersed
in its depths. he was holding by his
hands to the edge and trying, appar-
emily, to draw back from the terrible
position into which he had fallen. II
was at once evident that Connor had
somehow missed his footing and fallen
partially into the boiling metal.
FeIlow-workmen at once rushed to
the spot and he was hastily dragged
out. Everyone expected to find his face
and chest a hideously charred mass and
come of the men had already turned
away their eyes rather than gaze on the
terrible sight they expected would be
presented. But to the amazement of
his rescuers, save for the loss of his
hair, Connor was absolutely uninjured.
Not Disagreement. not a burn, not
even a blister was to be seen. The
workmen were badly scared by the
seeming marvel. Later the pudding
manager explained the matter to the
men. A combustible body may be pre-
served from ignition when in contact
with source of heat by being sur
rounded by an atmosphere of vapor.
In the case of Connor the man had be-
gun to perspire and on contact with the
molten metal this perspiration formed
a gaseous covering that protected his
skin. His hair, of course. was not So
shielded and suffered in consequence,
but with this exception he wss unin-
jured.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-01-06
A Long voyage.

4 sailing vessel that recently came
into Portland, Ore, brought two paS.
sengers from Boston, Mass. The ship
sailed all the way down the Atlantic
coast, around Cape Horn and then up
the Pacific coast, all along South Amer
lea and our coast states, the voyage
lasting Isl days. The passengers ex-
pressed themselves as. delighted with
their experience. They went ashore at
every port the vessel touched, fished
u every opportunity. read many books,
played games and enjoyed themselves
in many ways. As they remarked. when
interviewed. it was healthful and IN
teresting trip. such ~ world pay any
one to take. at least once 81 = lifetime.
-DsookiyB Eagle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-01-06
THE REIGN OF LAW.
Mans Ingenuity Expended In Making
1t Regarded as = Faulty
Rule.

The reign of law seems 10 be one OF
mans disappointments. When men
lived free in the primeval woods they
yielded a portion of their individual
liberties in orGer to live together in a
community and be governed by COM
mon rule. The regulations were doubt
less simple and just enough at first,
but i'm a little while laws multiplied and
their meaning and intent became a
matter of dispute, and then men be-
gan to pass laws and adopt forms to
hinder the operation of the laws they
had already enacted.
The very language of the law, intend
ed for the understanding and the use
If all. became tortuous. redundant, IN
volved. pedantic and uninteiligibie. A
legal statement came to be made in a
bewilaering fashion unknown i'll any
other form of statement. The simple
affirmation that "A. killed II. with a
butcher knife early became too clear
and definite for the purpose of the law,
and it was necessary to set out that
the said 4. did rot only kill the said
b.. but that he did cut, carve. lacerate,
raaim, wound. scratch and make a hole
in the said b., at the same time and
E.ace hereinbefore mentioned, with one
certain butcher knife of the value of
so cents. This jargon in time became
sacred. 1t grew 10 be an object of rev
erence. and was deemed necessary to
the sanctions of the law and the
maintenance Of the justice it really
hindered and ohscured. No instrument
was considered good in law unless
couched in this senseless and compli-
Gated phraseology. and this supersti-
ton became an early and fruitful source
Of the laws delay.
With this multiplication of words
came a corresponding extension of
forms of procedure. of methods of "how
not to do it," Every statute ends with
ssif'' or ''but.' The laws under which
street may he opened or any other
public improvement made, necessary
to the comfort. health and happiness
Of from 10000 to 100000 people. also
provide the means whereby one stingy,
unenterprising and mulish citizen may
legally delay indefinitely the prosecu-
ton Of the work and entail heavy costs
upon those who favor it.
So able and learned a lawyer as
Chauncey Depew tells his brethren of
the profession that this evil, this wrest-
ling of the law from its purpose Of
maintaining justice among men, is in
creas;rr The multiplication of courts
multiplies decisions, and decisions diff
fer. Diversity Of tribunals leads to di-
versity of Interpretation. The practice
Of the law is shifted from a matter of
principle to one Of precedents. Much
remains to be done before the law can
be looked upon by TIE people as the
perfection of wisdom or the sure de-
fense of justice Kansas City Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-01-06
OCEANS OF DESERTS
Great Changes That May BE wr0ught
by tho Ingenuity OF
Man.

Few people realize how completely
os late years the surfdce aspect of this
weazened old giob< OF ours has been
altered and improved.
The world OF to-day. in fact, differs
from the wRfld of our ancestors much
as soStety lady, in all the glory OF
fold and fr;il and furbelow, differs
from her savage sister running wild
in pestilential woods. As art has
transformed the one, 80 has it the
other. Only the .'Mme. Rachel" who
has made the earth. if not exactly
beautiful forever" at least pleasant
and healthfnl place wherein to dwell i
is no charlatan with n dray load of
cosmetics and glib tongue, but civil
engineer, owning rothing more harm
full than few mysterious looking in
struments and measuring tape. And
the marvel of it all is this-that what
has been done is but an infinitesimal
fractionsof that which may and Doubt
less will be done. Who cansdoubt, if0t
instance, that the great Sahara desert
that mole upon the worlds face
will one day be but a memory?: 1t
was an inland sea once. ltwouid not
be very difficult to convert it into one
again. -
a canal 60 miles long. connecting
with the Atlantic the vast depression
which runs close up to the coast near
~ midway between the twentieth and
thirtieth parallels of latitude. would
do the business beautifully. The wa
ter would not, of course, cover the en-
tire surface of the desert. Here and
there are portions lying above sea
level. These would become the islands
of the new Sahara ocean.
What would be the results that
would ensue upon this stupendous
transformation? Some would be good
and some bad. Among the latter may
be mentioned the probable destruc-
tion of the vineyards of southern Eu-
rope, which depend fer their existence
upon the warm, dry winds from the
great African desert. As some COM
pensation for this. however, the mer-
camille marines of the nations affected
would be enabled to gain immediate
and easy access to vast regions now
given over to barbarism, and series
OF more or less fourishing seaport
towns would spring up all along the
southern borders of Morocco and AL
geria, where the western watershed of
the Nile sinks into the desert, and on
the northern frontier of the Congo
Free State. ~
In a similar manner the greater por-
ton of the central Australian desert.
covering an area of fully 100000
square miles might be flooded. The
island-continent would then be con-
verted into gigantic oval dish, Of
which the depressed central portion
would be covered with water and only
the rim" inhahited,-London Mail.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-01-06
SHOOTING WILD HORSES
strange Method by Which n Y0un9
Woman OF Nevada Gets
u Living.

Shooting wild horses fer living
seems odd employment. especially for
woman. but there is a woman in Ne
vada who earns her livelihood in jus,
that way. She is Californian. too, and
n young woman, only 90 years old. Her
name is Maud Whiteman. Until she
went to Nevada six years ago her home
was on n ranch some few miles from
Fresno. Being of n sturdy and venture
some disposition, Maud early learned
to manage horses and to feel at hom.
in the wilds, SO it happened that when
her father by some mischance was
forced to part with his home in Califor-
MIA his daughter was fitted to be his
helper in the rude region selected by
him for n further struggle with fate.
The father, whose name is Wilman, is
an old soldier, having served his coun
try in both the Mexican and civil wars.
He is a tall, fine-looking man, of splen
did physique. He is, however, TO longer
young, and the 65 years that have passed
over him have limited his opportunities
for work, so he decided to kill wild
horses for their hides Neither his age
nor his lack of capital hindered effort
in that direction, while prices for hides
were fairly good, and wild mustangs
were plentiful.
From the first Maud was an active
partner in this business. She is bold
rider and fine shot and can bring
down a horse at a distance that would
win a sportsman's admiration. When
engaged in this pursuit she dresses like
a man, donning overalls in addition to
n flannel shirt and mans soft hat.
The method of killing is ingenious
Mounted on horses, the father and
daughter set out for the task. They
keep discreetly in the background, how
ever, while dogs drive small herd OF
their own horses in the spring. These
serve as decoy. Gradually wild horses
come up, mingling with the rest. When
suspicion has been quieted the man
steals near. wounding. with a view to
disabling. the leader of the herd. II.
| Others of the wild band Immediately
rush. away. but soon they return in
quest of their leader. Now is the op
portunity. The mounted riders rusi
from hiding. shoot as many as possible
and follow the, fleeing victims until all.
or nearly all, are killed.
Maud is an expert at removing
hides. When her father has taken the
names and tails, which are. also salable.
she strips off the hides. These are dried
by spreading them upon sagebrush.
placing bags or blankets between them
to admit of free access of air. At the
end of three weeks they are ready for
shipment. Sometimes as many as 70
are thus disposed of in month.-San
Francisco Examiner.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-01-06
That Let Him Out.

Irate Cnstomer-Just take q look Z:
this ere hat bought here for dollar
yes serday! The minute the rain struck
IL |, caved in!
Cohenstein Veil. my friendt, eef SOC
viii remember, wanted ron to.take y0n
Of dose peaudif1l sefenty y-rinc cend nm
rke1lss ven ycu ponght dot hsti Rlek,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-01-06
Many Species Of Livinx Things.

The curator Of the biological depart
ment of the Smithsonian institution
estimates that there are 100000 species
of animals in the world, of which 2,50c
belong TO the mammalian group. l.. soc
to birds, 4,400 to reptiles. 1900 to
fishes. There are 10000 kinds OF spiders,
ESQ., 900 kinds of insects, $40 kinds of
worms, 1.5o0 kinds OF sponges and .
vast number of other kind of animals
that one would have to look up die
tionary to know anything about, and
then know very little.-Chicago Chron-
icIe
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-01-06
AaotAer Proslen.

Shea math .matician has figured !,
out that man 60 years old has enent
three years Of his life buttoning his
collar.
He's t.lat -? wonder how many
ySey. OF her lie 4 woman OF IS has
wasted ia putting her hat on straight
Chicago Evening News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-01-06
Out Or the Question

The Swain Could you be happy with
poor man. provided, Of course, that
you loved him?
The Damsel--What an absurd quea.
tion! Why, Icouldn't lave poor maAi
IN. =. Jourasl.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-01-06
Uncle Bill's ideas

Advice is cheap; following it is what
counts.
Most people who follow their own
bent 60 .broke."
The man who succeeds never catches
up witE his ambition.
The reason some men cut figure Is
because the tailor cuts their cIotsae1
on credit.
Some persons III around Tie enEner
grocery tracing dollar nlnllEs ii the
dirt. when they might - hne1Iinx on<i
making : few of ~ xsol thinr
Cleveland Leader. III
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-01-06
WANTED TO SEE DEWEY.
How = kfnd-Hearted Nurses Wishes
Were Most CruelIy Thwarfea
by q Sly Policeman.

There is story of Dewey day in Bcs-
ton which may be now little late. but
which appears good enough to publish
at any time. 4 certain hospital nurse
of benevolent nature took holiday on
that day. paid two dollars for seat at
one of the fremont street stands and
installed herself on it, all ready to see
Dewey and the procession. But before
the procession had come near woman
tainted down in front and the kindly
nurse went down to help her. When
the woman was feeling better the nurse
went back to resume ner seat, but found
that man had taken it. She appealed
to an usher, but obtained no satisfac-
ton. Then she went to the nearest po-
liceman and said to him: II am hos
pital nurse, and left my seat to take
care of woman who had tainted. and
when I came back man was in my
seat, and they won't give it back to me. ."
The policeman smiled a pleasant
,mile. and gave little wink and said:
"You come with me. madam; will take
you to place that's just as good
The nurse went with him and he con-
Quoted her to little inclosed space
Ghere there was no people, but where,
though she was obliged to stand. she
souid see even better than she could
from the seat she had left. She was
very well pleased.
The crowd outside increased rapidly
md women and children were jostied.
Presently there was shout of MAKE
way there!" and couple of policemen
came up carrying tainted woman. and
put her into the little space where the
hospital nurse was. OF course she of
fered her services, but she said to her.
self: For PHYS sake. am going to
have nothing but fainting women to-
day?" she had no more than got this
woman on her feet than there was an
other cry. and another fainting wom-
an was brought in. This went on till
the procession arrived and the admiral
passed. The nurse was on her Knee
tanning a woman at the time and saw
nothing of Dewey whatever. And so
she kept on through the day.
OF course, the fact was that this little
space had been especially set apart by
the authorities for the reception and
care Of fainting women, and the astute
policeman who conducted her to ii, on
her statement of her grievances, had
provided the place with an experienced
nurse by very ingenious proceeding
indeed. As a diplomat this policeman
undoubtedly deserves promotion. As =
fraud he apparently merits suspension.
Boston Transcript.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-08-02
TEN PERSONS WERE INJURED.
Premature Discharge of the Evening
GUN at Camp Lincoln Caused
by a Cigarette.

Springfield, ILL.,, July 20.-TeH per-
sons were injured, two fatally, by the
premature discharge of the evening
gun at national guard encampment,
Camp Lincoln, last evening. The ex-
plc.ion was caused by some one throw
ing n lighted cigarette into powder
which had fallen to the ground. The
accident occurred in the presence of a
large crowd of visitors to the camp.
Corporal Baisley and Jesse Rupert,
acting q~uarterInastcr, were loading the
evening gum, assisted by several men
of Battery A. A sack of powder was
placed in the mouth Of the annon and
Rupert was about tc drive The chSrge
hcme. TIE powder sack was tool large
for the gum, and in forcing it into the
cannon the canvas vas torn. some of
the powder fell to the ground just be-
low the nozzle of the Private
Rupert stood facing the gun, ramrod
in hand. Balsley also faced the gun
Willie a number of soldiers and civil
ians were gathered around despite the
commands Of tie officers in charge to
keep back.
Suddenly some ne uttered the
words: Watch them scatter" There
was a flash of powder on the ground,
the fame was communicated to pow
der which was being forced into the
cannon. and the gam vas discharged,
the ralnrcd being broken and shot
from the anron Balsley and Rupert
had their clothes blown from their
bt dies, which were blackened by pow
der. The others staggered back,
burned and blinded. All of the wound
I'd were taken 10 hospitals.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-08-02
IN "GAY PAREE."

American women are said to be the
most handsomely dressed at the Paris
exposition.
James Allison, a Wichita man, who
is serving as Kansas commissioner at
the Paris exposition, writes to q
friend at home complaining that his
official position demanded unwonted
compliance with fashions DEGREES.
INSTEAD of going about in one-gallus
STYLE" says Mr.. Allison, 81 have to
wear a plug hat, a Prince Albert coat,
patent leather shoes and gloves
white gloves at that.
A notable character in Paris il
Nine. Duperron, who sells newspapers
at the exposition of this year, just
as she did at the exposition of 1855.
Her mother being English, Mime.
Duperron speaks thai language as flu
emily as her native French, and her
principal trade is in English and for
eign newspapers. Lord Henry Sey-
mour, Lord Lytton, the marquis of
Dufferin and others of the "oId Eng
lish colony were her friendly patrons,
and many welI-known figures in the
English and American colonies OF to-
day are to be seen at Der stall.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-08-02
CAUSE OF THE COLLAPSE.
Why the Colombian InsurGensa
Could Not Resist the Government
Tr0ops-Cremating the Corpses.

Colon. July 31.-Surprise has pee
expressed at the ease and completeness
of the victory of the government forces
ever those of the rebels in the battle
of Monday, July %. The reasons most
generally ascribed for the failure Of
the insurgents are that there had been
a rupture between the leaders in the
rebel camp, and that there vas little
discipline among the troops, who ut
terly disregarded the generals orders
to entrench and prepare for attack by
the government army. When once the
two forces were face tc face the rebels
made a mad rush for the government
trenches, but were met with n wither-
ing fire, which resulted in a horrible
slaughter.
Under the direction Of the govern.
ment officials the work CT cremating
the corpses of those who fell in the
battle is proceeding. The odor FROM
purifying bodies and from the pyres
peryade the atmosphere of the city.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-08-02
RUSSIANS I'M MANcHURIA.
gurr0Bnded and Hard Pressed By
ChiBesc-Situmtion Growing
Worse.

St. Petersburg, July 31.-The Rus
.ian general staff has received dis
! patches from various commanders in
| aicatirg a serious state of affairs
! throughout Manchuria. The revolt in
tie neighborhood Of Mukden and the
district northward has assumed such
proportions hat the Russian column
has been compelled to retreat from
| Mukden southwark. Fighting %contin-
uously, the column, with difficulty.
reached the station at AjasandZian,
where, ON July 8, it was surrounded BIZ
Chinese troops. achievements were
sent. and the withdrawal of the col
mnn was effected to Daschizao, with
Is casualties, killed wounded and miss
lug.
The railway from Mukden to Teiin
and Daschizao has been completely de-
stroyed, and the fate of the workmen
and railway officials north OF MHkden
is not known. The whole Kukden dis
trict is menaced by large bodies of
Chinese troops with artillery.
Chinese troops and Boxers, in def
ance of treaties, have appeared at the
towns of Tukshou, Siniudslii and Gale
ten, melting the lnnaDlIanIS 10 revolt.
On July II the garrison AT %SInjasur-
shi was shelleG from the town, three
men being killed. A Russian detach-
ment returning from Godun peninsula
was attacked and surrounded by Chi
nesc troops on July 21.
The Russians eventually repulsed the
Chinese with a loss of eight Cossacks
killed and ten wounded. Similar re-
rorts have been received from other
r0iufG