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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-10-06
NOVELTY IN SHIRT WAISTS.
The Old M0notony Has Entirely Dis.
appeared and New Ideas
Are In Order.

Never before have there been 80
many and such attractive styles in
shirt waists as are evolved this season
to please and clothe the feminine
world. The cold monotony in shirt
waists has entirely, disappeared. and
there is simply no limit to the varia-
tions in design and decoration. There
is every conceivable kind and condi-
ton, from simple cotton shirt to tho
most elegant model in real lace. The
list includes tailor-made styles for
golf, yachting, beach or mountain
wear en- suite, with simply made
skirts of shepherds check, squadron
serge cheviot, Scotch tweed, ETC.. says
the Washington Star.
Smarter models for afternoon uses
are of dimity, India silk, peau de
sole. tucked India, null with wide
revers and sailor collar formed by
finer lingerie tucks and insertions Of
Swiss embroidery. Demidress waists
to wear with skirts of white costume
cloth, yelling, gray and beige mohair.
eolienne or drap de chine are made
variously of plated taffeta, peau de
sole, liberty satin and foulard silk. :.
Lastly are the lovely creations for
dress uses which are called shirt
waists, but which are the most charm
ing things that appear AMONG the inn
ported accessories of summer. Some
of them cost as much as complete
costumes. Lustrous satins and silks
are used in their composition. with
lace bolero fronts. silk embroideries,
lace and ribbon insertions, crepe de
chine or India silk scarfs and draper.
les, to say nothing of expensive buck.
les and buttons which complete some
of the smartest French models.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-10-06
INDIVIDUALITY IN TASTE.
II Nay He Cultivated by Allowing che
Boys anA Girls Their Own
Rights and Corners.

Every girl ought to have nook
which is her own, and in which she
can give full scope to her individual
tastes and views. This is a boon
which is bestowed too seldom on the
young girl growing up at home.
When she becomes full-fiedged
young lady. of course, she has more
liberty to arrange her surroundings
to suit herself, but even where the
daughters are grown women it is fire.
quently found their mother regards
them as having no more right to an
opinion than when they were tots in
bibs and pinafores, says the Pitts
burgh Press. Where a girl grows up
under q rule like this it is almost in
variably the case that her views are
narrow, her originality crushed out OF
existence, and any will she may have
twisted into crooked ways. Nothing
in the world helps a child % much.
boy or girl, as to have their own lit
tie corners, where they can feel the
blessed sense of ownership without
fear Of reproof. II a gift is given to .
little girl, she should be allowed to
place it instead of having it added to
the general possessions Of the house.
Then a she grows older she will de-
velop and improve. and when she
takes possession Of 1 home Of her
own she will at once fall into her
proper position as mistress without
feeling lost in a wilderness. as too
many young brides do.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-10-06
Heroic Remedy PAID.

There was but one vacant seat in
the trolley car. It was in front of
slumberous individual who dreamed
with his head resting on the back Of
the vacant place. The newcomer sat
bolt upright for dozens Of blocks and
until there was an opportunity to
move along. She moved and another
woman took her place. This last
woman of ali had none Of the sta6 Of
martyrs in her composition. She
leaned back and encountered . straw
hat. A glance sufficed to show her
what was the trouble. She folded her
arms composedly, leaned back full
weight with . slight addition Of will
and literally smashed the straw. The
sleepy man meekly eyed the ruin and
settled down in his own place. THAT
proves to me that It doesn't pay to
be too careful Of other folks feel
ings," said the first woman. ~Thero
I had been making myself uncomfort-
able for Is or 20 minutes, all on -
count Of > man whom Z determined
woman reduced to order in the space
of . many seeoadA-l. =. S1n.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-10-06
THEIR PITY WAS WASTED.
Two Lady Visitors 10 Lincoln Park
Unnecessarily Accuse . Keeper
OF Cruelty.

81 think it an outrage to tie those
poor things up in that tree all day.
The man in charge here should be
horsewhipped," said the elder of two
women who were looking at the rae
coons sprawling around upon the
branches Of the dead tree that forms
an ideal summing spot for the lazy
little animals, relates the Chicago In
ter Ocean.
ST shall report THE to the Humane
society,"" said the younger to Keeper
McCurren.
"You should be prosecuted and made
to forfeit your position for permit
ting such cruelty. Just look at that
poor beast there; he is almost cut
in two by the string that binds him to
the limb"
The coons really did look as II they
were tied, the links making great
burrows in their hair. and looking to
near-sighted persons like ropes.
"What is the object Of tying them
to the limb?"
I'VE don't want them to fall on"
"Don't joke with us; we are Sc
rious in this matter" and the elder
woman grew rosy with anger. "You
haven't sense enough to attend to
animals when you permit such atroci-
ties; those poor beasts have been up
there two hours. know, for we have
been watching them. and they are un-
able to move. they are bound so tight
" to those limbs. We certainly will
report you.'"
"John," said McCurren to man who
was carrying basket of fish. throw
q couple Of those fish into the coon
pit, and then get into it and unfasten
them SO they can get their food"
The women, overhearing the remark,
beamed with pleasure.
"I am glad we have instilled some
feeling into your heart" began one of
them, '.and I hope you will not be
guilty"
But her speech was not finished;
John had raped on the zinc fender
that surrounds the pit. and had thrown
some fish inside. Such q scrambling
Of coons was never seen; they were
loosed as if by magic, and the two
women fed to the heaviest timber.
followed by the smiles of John and
the keeper.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-10-06
he WENT ..LoBsTERIN'." !"
The Lively Sport a "know-1t-Ai1"
Young Man Had That nidn't
DO Him An, GOOds

"Jes' Eartshorn come down to the
beach awhile ago.: said the ancient
mariner of Georgetown as we sat to-
gether on the stringer of the wharf
and allowed our feet to hang down,
relates the Lewiston Journal
"Jes' hain't never been around salt
water much; but you can't get Jes'
to ever let on that he don't know
all there is to know about everything.
He's one of them half-cock, betcher-
life fellers, We know! When he goes
to Heaven, if st. Peter tells him
which corner to turn to get to the
room where they keeps harps, Jes'
will interrupt him fore Peter say
two words. He'll say: oh, 1 know
I know just as if he'd been there a
dozen times. That's Jes'.
''Waal, as i was sayin', he come
down to the shore the other day to
make me a little visit and do some
fishin'. The first day he was there
told him that the rote didn't sound
well for hand lining outside, and
advised him to try lobsterin'.
NN oNSA uoAA PACtty WSh uO"u
in the cove there. round that point
says I. You'd better take four Or
"'Oh, IknowIknowIknow,' says Jes'.
rattlin' it off like machine gun. So
seein' that he knew SO much, gol darn
him, let him swat.
81 was baitin' travis for my next
Sday's fshin', and I had the tubs out
where I could get a view of the bay.
1t struck me that Jes' was the busiest
lobster fisher 1 ever see. An won
dered, too, how that could be, for
when he went of with the dory no.
ticed that he took only one lobster
pot. He rowed around the bay five
hours by the watch. Every little
while he would hold up and do some
thing with the lobster pot. couldn't
make out what it was, but, thinks /,
il he's lucky accordin' as he is busy
he'll come home with the dory loaded
to the gunnels.
"Jes' stopped at the store fore he
come to the house. He was SO tuck
cred that he had to set down there
and rest.
"Said he to the storekeeper: 4
amt had 50 darn busy a day sence
I broke ten acres Of pasture with a
steer team. This lobster fishin' is
what call hard work. When / start
ed out this mornin' Abse wanted me
to take four or five pots. Wal, II /
had I'd a-been sick abed. Dragging
that one pot around the bay was
about all wanted to tackle"
The ancient mariner spat volumi
nously into the deep, green sea.
That's what that Gust fool had
been doin'-trolling for Holsters with
a pot. He thought you caught 'em
same's you do salmon in a pond. He'd
row as fast as he could and then he'd
stop and pull up the pot to see if he
had caught one. Then he'd swear and
throw it back and row hard some
more.
"The only man ever heerd Of who
had as much sportin' blood as that
was Ben Smith. who used to run a
hotel up in Caribou. Ben went troll
ing for eagles in a balloon.
"But Ben stood some show Of catch
ing eagles"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-10-06
believe IN Yoar.elf.

II you would succeed up to the limit
of your possibilities, hold constantly
to the belief that you are successor
ganized and that you will be success
full, no matter what opposes. Never al
low a shadow of doubt to enter your
mind that The Greater intended you to
win in life's battle. Regard every sug-
gestion that your life may be fall
ure, that you are not made like those
who succeed, and expel it from your
mind as you would q thief from your
home.
A mans greatest enemies are his
doubts. Resolutely refuse to surround
yourself with an army of doubts. fears
and anxieties. Vigorously dispel these
foes of your success and happiness or
they will undermine your future. Be
firmly convinced that you were made
in the image of perfection, designed for
success and happiness and that you
have the power to strangie the evils
which would thwart you.-Detroit
Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-10-06
A new Grape Jelly.

Take the grapes. Concords viii do.
when they are only just turned
enough to make the jelly Of = clear
red color. Wash, drain and put on
to scald with small quantity Of cher
ry leaves. When sufficiently scalded.
or 90 that the, skins are broken
enough to let the juice out. but not
enough to cook the juice, take on and
strain. Do not squeese II clear jelly
is wanted. Heat the juice. skim, add
sugar in the proportion as for other
Jelly, and make ~ you do other jelly.
The cherry leaves give the favor Of
cherries, which, think, il finer: and
then It adds to the variety Of jelly
Houoekeeper.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-10-06
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

The 19-year-oId daughter of Eleo-
nora Dusc is not intended to follow in
her mothers footsteps. Instead she
will become a school-teacher. and il
now studying TO that end In Munich.
A London physician, DIR. E. j. War
,ner, presides over an enterprise in
that city known as the Spectacle mis-
sion. 1t provides gratuitously spec
tacles for poor working people suffer
ing from defective sight. This season
nearly a thousand spectacles have
been given away.
Gen. John Watts De Peyster, who
declares that the earth is fixed in
space and who laughs at those who
hold to the Copernican theory of the
solar system, is one of the most dis
tinguished veterans of the civil war
and was formerly military expert OF
international fine.
Conan Doyle has an original prefer
ence in the matter of critics. 81 like
. boy critic BEST" he says; "the boy
who will start to read a story and
then chuck it down and say rot or
who will read book straight through
and say ripping That's the person
I want to criticise my work."
The German actor, Carl Sontag, who
died not long ago in Dresden. left
orders that his death and the hour
of his funeral were to be kept Sc
cret. He explained his strange wish
by saying that only few persons
would mourn mis- death sincerely, and
he wanted no display made about it.
The reason for the change Of title
in England of James Lane Aliens
novel, THE Reign of Law" to "The
Increasing Purpose" IS that the origi-
nal title conflicts with that of book
by the late duke of Argyll. Mr.. AL.
lens new novel, though published only
q few weeks ago, has gone into third
edition.
A collection of children's books from
the seventeenth to the nineteenth CEN
tury and of horn books, formed by the
late Mr.. A. w. Tuer, was sold in Lon
don for 5000. Among the high prices
were Charles Lambs Beauty and the
Beast" first edition. s2l5; Charles and
Mary Lambs "Mrs. Leicester's
School," $210, and their Poetry for
Children" first edition, $405.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-10-06
FERTILE SOIL OF RUSSIA.
Almost Everything Can He suecess.
fully Grown There-ExpeFfmen
with Tropical Plants.

MOFc dttcutIOu Is UeluS pdlu 10 az STl'
cultural products by the Russians than
ever before. Wheat is being raised in
larger quantities each year. As the
fertility of the soil is being recognized
the acreage is increasing in tea, coffee,
tobacco, cotton and sugar, until the
empire promises to become a strong
ompetitor for trade in all these prod
ucts. The journal for Finance, Manu-
facture and Trade, the official organ
of the ministry of finance at st. Peters
burg, says in an editorial ON Exotic
Cultures on Russian Soil:"
"There are many experiments being
made with different tropical plants to
find out whether their cultivation in
Russia would be of commercial value.
Near the city of BatuM the culture Of
tea has been proved a success so that
to-day Caucasian tea of q fine quality
can be found in the Russian markets.
I'm the government (province) OF
Tchernigoff and other provinces more
southerly located deli-tabak, Sumatra
tobacco that is being used all over the
world for cigar wrappers. is being
tried. The result is not clear, but the
prospect of the addition of this val
liable product to Russian possibilities
is promising.
Cotton cultivation long since has
passed the experimental stage. Even
in its infancy the output in trans
Caucasia promises to become of enor-
nous volume. Statistics of the min
istry of agriculture show that the
Erivan government produced cotton
last year amounting to 100000 poods
16.560 ,0c0 pounds). valued at $500, ,0CO
rubles. This product was raised on
$4,000 desiatinas (about $1,000 acres).
In the government of Elisavetopol
10000 desiatinas (about $4,000 acres)
were under cultivation. The crop
amounted to 10000 pools (6,120.0OO
pounds). In the government of Baku
5000 desiatinas (about 7,10O acres)
netted $4,000 pools (about 10000
pounds). All this cotton went to the
factories of Moscow and Lodi.
"Ten years ago nobody dreamed of
the possibilities of raising cotton in
Russia. Yet to-day the growth of this
product is becoming formidable. In
the Asiatic possessions of Russia, par
ticularly surrounding the cities Of
Merv and Samaritan, its cultivation is
enormous"
Experiments are being conducted at
half dozen different stations in coffee
and quinine. Results are so fiattering
it is predicted by the experts that soon
Russia will be contributing large por-
tion of the worlds output.
Sugar has become a staple product
because of the great area under culti-
vation of beets. This year the whole
empire reports 47s,77S desiatinas (12,-
e26.9O acres) under cultivation.
against 1929 desiatinas (l2,129, ,72a
acres) in 1899, an increase Of %, ,52s
desiatinas (7o7.2sa acres), or e.57 per
cent.
The most important governments
for sugar beet culture in Russia are
Kigeh, Podolia, Koursk. Kharho6,
Tchernigof, Warsaw, Loudlin and Vol
hynia. Twenty-three governments in
the empire are producing beets at pres
ent
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-10-06
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Various Articles Of FarnIture That
Are In Order for the Sumner
Season..


All sorts OF pretty things are to bs
found now for summer homes. The
wicker and bamboo furniture has
never been as attractive as it is this
year. 1t comes in all colors and the
strands Of the material can be Eeen
at the shops in a sufficient quantity
to give an idea Of the shade, and the
furniture can then be ordered as de-
sired. Green, rs always, is popular,
the prettiest pieces being not in the
solid green, but woven in geometrical
designs. The broad swinging seats
which are SO delightful for the piazza
come in both wicker and bamboo.
Comfortable cushions for them are
made thin and rather hard, of straw,
and, covered with some of the mex
pensive Chinese or eastern cottons,
they are most attractive, says the
New York Times.
Everything shows the growing
tendency of the American people to
spend much of their time in the open
air. Round tables Of wood come with
large umbrellas raised from the CEN
ter to keep on stray rays of sun in
taking tea on the lawn or to prevent
the invasion of insect intruders. These
tables are painted in pretty shades.
and the umbrellas are made to match,
or of white with bands Of the color.
and are finished around the edge with
a deep fringe.
Screens of wicker have shelves and
pockets for work or books, and big
chairs of the same material have
shelves on the outside, where the
lounger can collect his or her belong
ings, to be reached without moving.
A pretty two-sided wicker settle,
similar in shape to those which arc
so attractive around the fireplace in
winter, has q round table of wicker
rising from the corner where the two
sides join. These are all of green.
Broad wooden seats are divided in
half by a long, broad arm or table.
These wooden seats are painted in
any cool-looking color to suit the
taste, and when upholstered with
cushions for the back and seat are
as pretty as they are comfortable.
The hammock which is the most
popular this year, and which people
are already beginning to buy. is the
pulley hammock. though that may
not be the actual name for it. This
hammock has many advantages.
Across the center are several strips
of wood, which make it possible, by
dropping one end and raising the
other, to have a comfortable loung-
ing chair. The hammock is veIy sim
ply constructed, and is regulated with
pulleys by the person occupying it.
One convenience which many women
will appreciate is the ease of getting
in and out. To get in and out of an
ordinary hammock with anything like
grace is almost an impossibility. The
hammock is strong. and is guaranteed
to carry 600 pounds.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-10-06
W. g. KENTZEL, Editor
THE SUMMER WIND.

The breezes come, the breexes pass,
And up the glen they run. revealed
Against an overflowing field
CT cleaning undulating grass.
Like benedictions on the earth,
Like blessings on the summer day,
They make soul more glad than gay,
And wake JOY more deep than mirth.
The troubles of the town increase;
But here there is no stir nor strife.
And here tbs good to bring life
To be persuaded back to peace.
wis the year contained day
When none shall suffer. die or weep:
One rest for all upon the steep.
Cne well for all beside the way.
The town is very tired. Alas!
Its thin smile cannot mask its pain;
And they are rich enough who gain
Sool breexes and a couch of grass.
y. J. Bell, in Chambers Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-10-06
- Onen tAe Vatlean Crypto,

The congress for Christian archaeoI.
ogy, which recently held its session
At Rome. has petitioned the pope to
open the crypt of the vatican to sci
entiiic researches. They contain gal
leries and = subterranean church, N
>ootaining valuable treasures.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-10-06
melpe Wiua.elf There.

The man who is driven to dexpers'
tion usually assists in the drivIag.-
Chiea9o Daily News.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-16
A WOMAN'S JEALOUSY.
Mollfe O'Brfen Breaks Up Furniture
and starts a Fire.

The fire department was called at 6:O4
street, where a fire had started from a
broken kerosene lamp. The damage was
only IS. The cause of the fire was MolIie
O'Brien, twenty-eight years of age, who
had gone to the place earlier in the even
ing and, as she claimed, started to ''break
Yves Stout and Jennie Edwards I'D I'm
housekeeping After destroying about $500
worth of furniture, china, looking glasses
and other articles she was arrested by the
police and slated at police headuuarters
for malicious trespass. Bicycle Policemen
STREET. and Trimpe, who are assigned To
duty looking after violators of the bicycle
ordinance, were passing the place and
were first attracted by the large crowd
gathered about the house. Mrs. Jennie Ed
wards has a boarding house at the place,
and she said the O'Brien woman Knocked
at the door and when IT was opened forced
her way In and began at once breaking I'D
the furniture by pounding one piece with
another. Mrs. Edwards made her escape
and left the OBrien woman in full posses
sion OF the premises, which she held until
the arrival of the fire department and the
police. A lighted lamp thrown against the
wall set fire to the curtains.
The O'Brien woman claimed that Yves
Stout, the keeper of a saloon on West Mar
ket street. had befriended her for eight
years, but recently had been paying too
much attention to Mrs. Edwards. with
whom he boarded. After finding that she
had been deserted by him. she said. she
resolved to break them up in housekeeping
and her effort yesterday was the result.
Stout when questioned by the police had
very little to say. Mrs. Edwards said
Stout was her boarder and nothing more.
Miss O'Brien is the mother of a four
months-old child. She lives at 421 West St.
Clair street.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-16
"AsuinaIdo'sv view Of Easter.

One of the most ardent admirers of the
beauties OF Easter day was "~Aguinaido."
a young street urchin. with bronze skin
and clothes that never knew an Easter
christening. but he is evidently a protegs
OF ''Chimm Fadden." and he stood on
one of the downtown street corners yes
terday giving an elaborate description
of the sights to a few friends. When
asked what he thought OF the styles he
said in his own characteristic manner:
We'll. de gurls is peaches. II makes US
kids feel like quittin' de papur biz and
raisin' flowers TO sell 10 dose swells. But
my CURL has got more style bout her In
a mint dan de hull bunch NV desc DANES.
See dat peachy blonde on de udder side OF
de street wild a yaller hat dat locks like
IL wuz made out Wv a waste basket. rooster
feather and de last roses OF summer Her
hair Is too yaller and her face too new
to wear SIGH clothes Deere e. de kind Nv
gurl me heart yurns fer wild de violet straw
hat and de dreamy eyes. She could give
de blonde de whimpsr I'm a race fur a
swell guy. j went up by church dis morn
in and l said TO me chum Bullet dat II
dose gurls had TO take OF dere hats in
church like de wud at de t'eater dey wud-
mt be any gurls at church. De swell guys
are out OF de biz here. De most OF dem had
new edges put on der pants and taught
dey wuz the hull ting. but dey wuzn't. No.
de Easter gag amt what its cracked up
ter be dis year. fur deere Is too many hats
dat wud give we de blind staggers-"