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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-12-28
UNDERSIGNED MOUNTAINS.
Norwenian Peaks That May BE Des-
ignated by Any Name One
Wishes to Give Them.

There is something delightful in the
idea of christening mountains as you
may do in Norway. There are not
many places on the earth where this
pleasure is to be found, says Pearson's
Magazine. Most Norwegian mountain
names end in the syllable tind, mean
ing point-sharp points being charac-
teristic of many ranges. You may
give q newly-conquered mountain
your own name, adding tind to the end
of it, record the name in the Alpine
journal, whence in due course it will
be transferred to the map, and there is
a fair chance that henceforward the
mountain will be known by the name
you have given it. Rather than call
mountain Browntind or Jonestind,
however, it is advisable to give it ma
tive name with some local interest, so
that the people of the district are more
likely to remember it and keep it
green. For the satisfaction of naming
q mountain is somewhat modified
when you find that no one uses the
name you have given but yourself.
In summers climb in some parts of
northern Norway you may discover
and conquer, perhaps, dozen noun
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-12-28
IMPROVED RING PUZZLE.
Any Boy Can Construct One of These
Toys Of Iron Wire, with
Pair of Pliers.

Among the many wire puzzles which
I have seen at different times, I was
pleased with one which had two loops.
I therefore added third and subse-
quently fourth, and was successful
in making the puzzle more interesting.
Any boy can easily construct the toy
of iron wire, with a pair of pliers,
from the illustration.
The large ring is inches in dame
ter, and the bar is inches long. The
object is to remove the large ring by
pushing it through the small loops.
The movements are explained by
means of the figures and letters writ
ten in the diagram. The ring of the
bar is called B, the ring of the first
loop is 1, that of the second loop is
3, and SO on.
The large ring is folded by moving D
upward, so that it falls on C. Then A
is pushed from the left to the right
through 1, moved over B (that is, B is
pushed through between the two
wires), and drawn back through l..
Then the ring is folded the 9TH
er way and pushed through 2 and
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-12-28
STORY OF A SETTER.
An Interesting Tale from California
That Gives Real Healthy Ex-
ercise to Credulity.

Mr.. A. B. Lake, of Great Neck, says
that several years ago, when he had
some preserved marsh lands in Cali
fornia, he owned an Irish setter, JEFF
by name, an excellent retriever of
most amiable disposition, with un-
usual gayety of spirit, combined with
the warm-hearted demonstrativeness
Characteristic of his countrymen-or
some of them. On August Is, with
the opening of the duck season, q
shooting party went in dinghys from
the houseboat to tule-sheltered
"blind," and spent the morning in
successful sport. At noon a keeper
came in a boat to pick up the killed
birds, bringing with him jeff, who
had not seen his friends in the
''blind:" for many months. His ex-
citement when he saw them at dis
lance was intense, and it was with
difficulty that he was prevented from
leaving the boat and swimming to
greet his friends. He was compelled,
however, to land on a point opposite
the "blind," where five birds had
fallen in the tall grass. Four of them
were soon found and deposited in
the keepers boat, and when the dog
was sent back again he went, only to
return dragging himself along the
ground out of the keepers sight. In
this way he reached the boat, seized
one of the ducks already retrieved,
and carried it off into the tall grass,
whence he Immediately emerged with
it, openly and triumphantly, as one
who had completed his allotted task.
The keeper was deceived, and the dog
was allowed to rush to the s'blind"
and his friends, who had watched the
whole operation. OF course, the dog
received the welcome for which he
yearned, and it's cordially was not
appreciably diminished because of
the realization that his conduct had
been an infraction of discipline, not
to saw Of morals
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-12-28

slender legs were soon carrying them
rapidly after their parents.
One day some men came to the part
of the beach where the plover family
lived. The little ones were much
frightened, SO they sat very close to
the. sand and the men did not see
them. Father and Mother Plover were
quite uneasy, however. They few
near the men and cried, and tried to
get the intruders to follow them away.
The mother bird even pretended to be
lame. When the men saw this, one
of them said: "Look at that bird; she
has a nest of young ones near here,
or she would not act SO. I have seen
cartridges on the mainland act in the
same manner when I was near their
young"
Then they began to search among
the shells. This alarmed the parents
so much that they determined to try
their last and best tricx. The little
mother ran up close to the men, fell
on her side and futtered and cried,
as if she were dying. Tie father bird
and two other plovers, who had nest
farther up the shore, ran to her and
rubbed her with their bills as if they
were very anxious and sorry about her
sickness.
"Look there" said the man who had
spoken before, shat bird really must
be hurt. I have seen many kinds OF
birds pretend to be injured, but have
never seen two play different parts in
the same trick" So they started to
catch her.
But. Mrs. Plover seemed to get bet
ter, and ran on for IS or 20 yards, and
then appeared to fall i'll again. The
other plovers gathered about as be-
fore, and put their bills under her az
if to raise and help the sick one. The
men went hurrying on; but the lady
bird again recovered enough to run
for little distance. The young plov-
ers saw the group pass off among the
dunes, the four birds in front and the
men following after. Twenty min
utes later the shrewd old birds were
back TO their children, and the men,
entirely outwitted, were far down the
beach toward their boat.
Pretense of injury or lameness is
. common habit with many species of
birds to attract a supposed enemy from
the vicinity of their nests.-St. Mich
olas.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-12-28
ate measurement being promoted

curate measurement being promoted
by this means.
The diameter Of the top is eight
inches, and that of the tube, or hold
er, 2.53. Consequently the one has an
area ten times larger than the other,
| and ten inches. Of water in the tube
means that one inch has fallen In the
collector. One inch in the tube indie
Gates q rainfall Of tenth OF an inch.
After q rainstorm, the measurements
is made with slender fat stick
graduated to inches and tenths, uot
eighths. The stick is thrust down in
the tube perpendicularly, zero end
first, and then quickly withdrawn. a
glance will show how far up the scale
has been wet by immersion. If there
is 2.3 inches Of water in the tube. the
rainfall has been 0.23 Of an inch.
The tube commonly used by the
United States weather bureau at it,
stations is 20 inches deep, and i
capable of measuring rainfall OF
two full inches, which is great
amount. However, to provide for =
still greater precipitation, It is cus-
tomary to have an overflow attacks
ment, shown at c. This IL simply
circular can eight inches in diame-
ter, into which the water flows when
the tube B is full. In actual service
the tube 10 set inside the can, and
then the aaring top il adjusted TO the
tube. When more than two inches
have fallen, the tube can be emptied,
and then the surplus from the can
poured in, to be measured ~ the drst
installment was.
The gauge may be made Of tin Or
sheet copper. II Il important that
the diameters be strictly according
to rule, in order to preserve the prop.
er proportions between tho area Of
the top and the Cross section Of the
tube. It is also important that the
instrument be set on level ground,
or the center Of : large fiat roof.
with no fence railing or other partial
obstruction to the wind within ten
or fifteen feet. No building should be
nearer than 100 feet. Anything
which win produce eddies win cause
more rain, or less, to fall into the
gauge than falls elsewhere. Conse@ss
quently, great pains must be taken IN
exposing this apparatus, or the re.
suits will be misleading. e ii not i
unusual for two gauges placed only
few rods apart to give very difIex.
ent indications.-N. =. Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-12-28
NUTRIMENT IN FOODS.
Almost Every known Article Of Diet
Contains q Large Percentage
Of Water.

An interesting side-ight upon the
nutritive values of different kinds of
food is furnished by an editorial in
the London Lancet treating OF the
quantity of water to be found in
many well-known articles of human
diet. 1t appears, for example. that
the turnip contains over 80 peg cent.
Of water, the cabbage nearl. the
same amount, and the cucumHsr and
the vegetable marrow about IS per
cent; while amongst fruits the
strawberry contains nearly - per
cent. of water, the apple 81 par cent.
and grapes 80 per cent. Even the
various meats used as food contain
an amount of water far in excess of
the amount of solid constituents.
Thus three-fourths of beef and mutt
ton consist of water. Lamb contains
less water, namely, Ga per cent,
pork still less, 6o.9 per cent. and
bacon only 1913 per cent. It would
appear that as the flesh foods in
crease in the amount of fat the pro-
portion of water, as a rule, dimip-
lshss. Coming to birds, the flesh OF
the fowl and duck contains about 20
per cent. of water, and that of the
pigeon Is per cent, while the flesh of
the goose contains only 3s per cent,
the last being another example of
the fat increasing with correspond
ing diminution in the proportion of
water. Fishes contain from 40 to 80
per cent. of water. The egg, one Of
the most powerful of nutritives, con-
tains 65.5 per cent. of water, the
white consisting of Sc per cent, and
the yolk Of 500 per cent. The lat
ter, of course, is the more nourish-
ing part. AS rule, foods containing
small proportion of water are not
fit for human consumption until they
are cooked, which commonly means
reducing them to a digestible state
by adding water and boiling.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-12-28
STRANGE FRIENDSHIP.
tween . Solemn Gander and q
Vicious Bloodhound.

A strange friendship between a gan.
der and a bloodhound is reported from
Ohio. On farm not many miles from
Kenton, there was a large flock OF
geese, and among them, but not of
them, was a solemn-looking gar der
that "flocked all by himself" having
been cut off from his kind for some un-
known reason. Being lonesome, the
bird made overtures to Caesar, tho big
watchdog on the premises. The dog,
fierce bloodhound, promptly re-
pulsed the gander's advances. He
rushed out Of his kennel as far az his
chain would permit, and pounced on
the bird as though he would tear him
to pieces. The gander escaped with
the loss of few feathers, and as soon
as Caesar became quiet, he again took
his stand near the kennel. After sew
eral unsuccessful attempts to drive
him away, Caesar seemed to under
stand the situation, and from that time
on accepted the friendship that had
thus been offered to him. The gam
der's devotion to the dog was really re-
markable. He would stand gua.d for
an hour at time while Caesar slept,
now and then, with his bill, scratching
Caesars head, or his back, as if ca
ressing him. And Caesar seemed de-
lighted to have him do it. IF he wan.
dered off occasionally after grass,
Caesar would begin barking, when
back would rush the gander, with out
spread wings, cackling and squawking
as he came. This strange friendship
lasted without interruption for three
months, when the dog was accidentally
killed. Then the gander became so
grief-stricken and forlorn that he had
to be taken to farm some distance
away, there to forget, amid new
scenes, the sorrow that had afflicted
him.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-12-28

I and over B, back through 1, over
and B, and back through 2. Then all
through 3. Then through 1, over B,
back through /; folded the other way;
all through 2; then through 1, over B,
and back; and the ring is off.
The ring is put on thus: Fold it, push
it half length through 1, over B, back
through 1; fold; all through2; through
1, over B, back; fold, all through 3;
through 2, over B and 1, through i,
over B, back through and 2, through
1, over B, back, and it is on.
When there is a fourth loop, then
the ring is removed thus: Push it
through 1, over B, back, fold, through
and 1, over B, back, over and B.
back through 2, through and 2, over
B and 1, through 1, over B, back
through / and 2, through 1, over B.,
back over 2 and and B, back through
8, all through 4, through 2, over
Band 1, through l, over B, back through
and 2, through l, over B, back, foul,
all through 3, through 1, over B, back,
fold, all through 2, through /, over
B, back, of.
The ring is placed on the fourth loop
thus: Fold it, push it half through 1,
over B, back, fold, all through 2,
through !, over B, back, fold, all
through 3, through 2, over B and l.,
through 1, over B, back through / and
2, through /, over B, back, fold, all
through 4, through 3, over B and 1,
through 1, over B, back, over 2, through
and 1, over B, back, over 1 and B, back
through 2 and 3, through 2, over B
and /, through 1, over B, back through
1 and 2, through 1, over B, back, open
the ring.-Herman Meyer, in Golden
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-12-28
he P,tied Their ignorance,

Bobby burst into the house in .
state Of high excitement. His hands
and clothing were smeared with a
liberal amount of some sticky sub
stance, and his face wore glow Of
triumphant satisfaction. 81 say,
mamma, those new people across the
way don't know much!" he ex-
claimed. They've got sign on their
front door that says Wet Paint!' {"
s'And you are covered with it! You
ought to be ashamed OF yourself"
said his mother, severely. "That sigr
was put up to warn people to keep
away from it." "Yes, mamma" per.
sisted Bobby, with the enthusiasm Of
richly-rewarded scientific investi-
gator, "but it wasn't paint, aad ]
knew it. It was yarnish!'
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-12-28

perpetually charged wire from tho
upper air is silenced until new
charge instantly collects. I found
that one wire running east and west.
and up into the air through ring
aloft, when brought into connection
with another high wire running north
and south, caused, when one of the
terminals was grounded, q slight
excess Of atmospheric electric action
in the wire extending east and west,
and across the line of the earth's
magnetic pole, which extends nearly
north and south.
The three steel wires were raised in
the form of an immense church spire,
with base about 300 feet across.
One edge of this upward reaching tri-
angle was formed by the steel wire
kite cable which went on up beyond
the apex of the wire spire to height
Of about 1000 feet, maintained aloft
by two mammoth kites. Telegraphic
signals were transmitted from any
one station on the ground simultane-
ously to the two others by simply
grounding the wire at any one sta
ton, when the power to draw half
inch sparks at the other stations in
stantly vanished, except on the wire
running east and west, where sparks
one-sixteenth of an inch in length
continued.
By detaching the iron rod the spark
ing power was instantly restored at
the other stations. It was like shut
ting on and off light in army signal-
ing and SO making dots and dashes.
I believe that this at present un-
manageable static electric force could
be collected at high point in the
mountains on large copper insulated
discs, without kites, and used to cleo
trify the line to the west, and that
static attraction and repulsion might
be used with delicate instruments and
without magnetism.-William A. Ed
dy, in N. Y. Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-12-28
sHREwD MOTHER pLovER.
Pretended to BE Dying and Outvvittea
Some Men Who Wanted to Cap.
turo Her Family.

Down on the beach among the sand.
dunes at Cape. Lookout there is GER
tain small stretch of land where the
sun shines warm and the wind never
strikes, except when it whisks in little
eddies around the dunes and blows the
dry sand rafting among the broken
sea-shells. Here a pair of Wilson's
plovers, one summer, had their home,
and, despite the vigil Of many enc
mics, successfully guarded their nest
in the sand, until two of the three
spotted eggs it contained Matched out
little down-covered balls of peeping
bird life. These odd baby birds did
not remain long in the nest, and their
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-12-28
SIMPLE RAIN GAUGE.


There are several styles Of TAM
gauge in use. Some Of them are sell
recording. The most common type
is that here described, however, ana
this calls for the use Of 2 measulins
stick in addition to the gauge proper.
The instrument is composed OF
three parts: An adjustable top. OF
collector, indicated at a IL the draw
ing; q tube, or holder. .; and an
overflow attachment, G. The top y
made wide and flaring, 50 g TO eaten
as much water as possible, and . pro-
yided with a short tubular projection
at the bottom to At into the tuDe.
The tube is deep and slender. 90.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-12-28
Ear Pulling II Barred.

The German law forbids teachers in
the schools to pull the ears of their
pupils. Many cases of deafness have
been shown to have resulted from
such punishment, and the other day a
prominent medical man declared that
case of lupus under his charge had
been caused by the tuberculous nails
Of teacher who had pulled the ears
Of the patient at school.
Good things have to be engraved on
the memory; bad ones stick there Of
themselves.-Charles Reade.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-12-28
A shamele.s Maid.

Miss Hig.aypI think Miss Globe
trott ought - be ashamed of herself.
She says she found the paintings OF
the old masters dreadfully stupid.
Miss Wayupp-So do many others.
Miss Highupp-Yes: but she says
so.-N. y. Weekly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-12-28
VALUABLE DISCOVERY.
Reliable Means Of TeleEraphic
Communication.

At Bayonne, N. j., while expert
menting with my kite sustained steel
wire, l recently proved beyond q
doubt for the first time that atmos-
pheric electricity can be used as a
means of Geographic communication,
thus doing away with a battery,
dynamo, Morse sounder or magnet,
and almost entirely without appa-
ratus other than iron rods driven into
the ground, by means of which the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-12-28
* WHAT THE DOCTORS FIND X
Singular and Scientific Facts Hseertaned by
Medical Research.

DIR. Won Eisenberg, of Konigsberg,
recently had a patient who had lost
his index finger in an accident. As
means of cure an operation was
performed in which the second toe
was amputated and sewed onto the
original seat of the absent finger.
The toe grew firmly into place and
made a finger very satisfactory in
appearance although not particular
ly useful. This calls to mind the
operation by Nicoladoni in 1898 in
which the second toe was made to
answer for a thumb which had been
lost. The result in this case was
practically perfect. The appearance
was very good and the patient at
tanned the action which he had for
merly had with his real thumb.
Specialists in diseases of children
have been casting about for many
years to find proper substitute for
temporary use for food in those cases
OF artifcially fed infants in which
milk cannot be digested. Some time
ago it was found that ass milk was
much more easily digested than cows
milk; but to-day it is stated that q
perfect substitute has been found in
almond milk made by grinding up
blanched sweet almonds with warm
water in mortar and then straining
through q cotton cloth.
A young woman swallowed q pin
six years ago and felt no incon-
venience therefrom. Recently she
had an attack of appendicitis and on
operation the pin was found imbed-
ded in the appendix. Thirteen years
ago woman stepped on needle. It
entered the ball of the great toe.
Very recently she felt some pain in
the heel and the needle was removed
therefrom. A child, tvro and half
years of age, ran needle in her foot.
When she was 10 trouble developed
along her shin bone and on opera
ton needle was found penetrating
the bone to the medullary canal.
In the city of Cleveland, o., four
people recently died from lock-iaw
after vaccination. This was due to
the impure vaccine used, being i'm
pregnated with tetanus bacilli.
A woman faith curer endeavored to
cure family of four of smallpox.
She acquired the disease herself and
sent for doctor whose medicine she
took very meekly.
An epidemic of diphtheria among
cats has been reported from Chicago.
1t is known that the cat is susceptible
to this disease and can easily be the
carrier of infection.
DR.. H. R. Gaylord, of Buffalo,
claims to have found the germ origin
of cancer. He describes it as proto-
zoon or animal parasite and not q
vegetable parasite or bacterium. This
announcement is important as it has
been accepted by many that cancer
was due to a vegetable parasite al
most identical with the yeast fungus.
Prof. Koch, who discovered the
bacillus of tuberculosis, has recently
declared that tuberculosis in cattle
is not communicable to man and tells
OF experiments showing that human
tuberculosis is not capable of being