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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-09
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Ecuador has record in volcanoes
three active, five dormant, IL extlnct
Eleven of these peaks have never peel
| climbed.
In 1861 only 100000 acres OF lane
| were under cultivation in Australia
To-day there are fully 1900. 900 acres
under crops.
A storm recently tore down the
breakwater at Civita Vecchia, the sea
port of Rome. for length OF ooo 1ee'
and completely blocked the entrance
to the harbor.
Only good swimmers are accepted as
recruits in the German army. The best
swimmers in the service are able 70
cross a stream several hundred yaros
in width, even when carrying tnel1
clothing, rifle and ammunition.
Australia has more members OF
parliament per head of population
than any other civilized community
on earth. The mere statement that'
excluding New Zealand, Australia pos
sesse.s no fewer than IA houses OF par
lament, counting Isl members, for a
population of les than 100000, is
bit of arithmetic calculated to make all
sober Australians sigh and the rest OF
the outside world to grin.
A story is told of a Ceylon planter
who wanted to go away for days
shooting. Approaching his men, he
said: although I think I will be abb
sent, yet / shall leave one of my eyes
to see that you do your work" And,
to the surprise of the natives, he took
out his glass eye. placed it on the stump
of a tree and left. For some time the
natives worked like elephants; but at
last enc of them, selling his tin in
which he carried his food, approached
the tree and placed it over the eye. AS
soon as they saw that they were not
being watched they all lay down and
slept peacefully until sunset.
Partisan hostesses have invented a
new method of dealing with one of the
principal difficulties incident to dinner
parties-that of pairing off the guests.
On arriving in the drawing-room the
guests find two baskets of flowers.
Hidden in the blossoms are numbered
tickets. The men are requested to shut
their eyes, put hand into one basket,
adorned with forget-me-nots or some
other blue flower, and pull out a card.
The ladies perform like ceremony
drawing their ticket from bower OF
silk blossoms, generally roses. The
corresponding numbers then look for
each other, and, having sorted them
selves out, pair off and go in to dinner.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-09
A. to Ice Cream

Statistics are not available, but we,
- q nation, are addicted to ice cream
to an extent almost beyond belief. One
company in New York, the largest and
most important in the country, sells
something like 100000 quarts a day.
Its capital stock Is only $4,000, and
all of its officers and directors are
millionaires. Eighteen or twenty
companies do = large business, besides
which there are numberlese confec-
tionery shops which make their own
and dish it out in q small way over
the counter. Possibly the daily con-
sumption In Greater New York IL 2oO.-
600 quarts. and the average price il 80
cents to the consumer. This makes
our ice cream cost US 100000 a day.
or nearly $22.000.oo0 . year.-New
York Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-09

stir the life to noble deeds does result that organization
of the being where all works together harmony And youth the
time of all others when things that any consideration
have ferelation they must help solve of the problems
that confront mind opening rapidly the meaning response
bies of existence-probem of social ethical intellectual
and physical character.
Anything which promises be guide youth through the
known country which will be mastered
effort is required to attain it.
And herein lies the possibility making leading
the adoscen boy and girl apply themselves tasks that
hard and themselves undressing unaacve; BUT THEY
LEAD SOMEWHERE THAT'S WHAT MAKES THEM toll
ERABLE.
If the literature and history of the high school made il
une the dark places of the pupils everyday e if the geometry
his mind and stability midst phenomena which
would otherwise be dstracng and unng the physics be made
the real world of forces acting pupils
the be made wholly tributary the right language
the everyday needs of the STUDENT short the school leads
student the SIGNIFICANCE of the DONE
that MUST be done for successful living then loses aspect of
drudger the pupil will forth his strength upon
freely expend himself his baseball billiards.
his novels and upon other things which le
One need have fears saying that led
participation the highest life of the without
his part modern life altogether complex involved
mastered in free and THE YOUTH WHO WILL NOT
STRAIN HIMSELF who will grid up loins TO BAT
TIE WITH IGNORANCE, WILL FOREVER FORFEIT THE
HAPPINESS WHICH COMES FROM BROAD, DEEP
KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORLD and consciousness of
But the end Of effort comprehension
conquest of ones self and the world which he related and
the youth be made his progress toward this end in his
when all the of his being will become oordnated the
effort to attain it.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-09
FIFTEEN MILLIONS A WEEK.
That Number of Postal Cards Are
Made from the Trees of Maine
in RumfOrd Falls.

The entire United States is Deepen.
dent for its supply of postal cards
upon Rumford Falls, Me. From this
Maine town are. shipped on an aver
age 15,0o0,0O0 postal cards each
week. And every card, from the
time when it was one of the sturdy
trees in the country of the pointed
frs until it is a mailing card ready
for messages of life or death, of
business or pleasure, of sorrow or joy.
is, entirely Maine product, saysa New
York paper.
a staunch monarch of the forest
is leveled, and coming from up
Al droscoggin, is chemically trans
formed at the Oxford mill. That yell
low pulp, looking so like the last OF
rich churning, and filling the big
digester vat, is the body in solu-
ton of the postal card. Here in
solution are still the cards that shall
later be used to herald the CONNER
cial travellers appearance, or to car
ry messages of busy folks, who have
no secrets to write their friends.
The wood pulp is flowed out on a
screen Of such fine mesh that the
paper is long in gathering, and the
result of more than ordinary thor
ough shaking is firm, smooth card
of the familiar cream yellow, free
from inequalities of texture and free
from all flakes of shadow when held
to the light. In the big, clean finish.
ing room of the Oxford mills, where
the floor is Uttered with a delicious
clutter of elegant book paper, sit
score or more of neatly gowned
young women, busy ad happy,
smoothing the great sheets of book
and postal stock into piles. The
least defect in the surface is detect
ed at once by their super-sensitive
fnger-tips, and sheet after sheet is
rejected for a blemish invisible save
to touch.
Great trucks convey the postal
paper to the printing establishment.
Each sheet of stock fed into the
printing press is registered automat-
ically, so that an exact tally can be
kept on all cards printed. The two
presses have a united capacity of
100000 cards daily.
From Rumford Falls, which is the
agency, shipments are made to the
sub-agencies, which are Washington,
D. c., Cincinnati, O., St. Louis, Mo-,
and Troy, N. Y. All smaller offices
in the United States must make re-
QUESTION to these sub-agencies for
cards, unless they are in the list of
cities whose business is so extern
sive in postals as to require carload
shipments. These, by the way, are
Baltimore, Pittsburg, Buffalo, Kan
sas City, Brooklyn, Chicago, Cleve-
land, Detroit, San Francisco, Boston
and New York. The average amount
of messages written on postals in
these cities is such that two car lots
a month are required, and New York
averages larger.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-09
New Diamond Fields.

Our consul at Demerara reports that
the new diamond fields in the interior
of British Guiana are attracting more
and more attention, and that $4,000
worth of diamonds have already been
exported through the custom house.
The principal rendezvous is at Bartica,
on the Essequibo river, from which,
point the journey is by boat up a diff
cult and dangerous stream full of rapids
and cataracts. The passage requires IA
days.-Youth's Companion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-09
Object Of Edue.t,or

One great object Of an education 10
to develop practical power. to add to
ones ability to cope with men and
Things. to become more efhc1ent and
to be better fitted to grapple with the
practical problems Of life.-success.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-09
The Golden Mean
Between Work and Plav
BY N. ". o'sHEH, B.
Professor Science and Art of

OUTH climbs the mountains of life most nat
uraly and. in sense most effectively by play,
but the topmost point can be reached only by
work.
What is the golden mean?
There is seen to be llarmonizing principle,
when it is recognized that work becomes most eff
fective when one has an end in view to attain by
his efforts. If there is nothing but blank wall
ahead of him, his life will be miserable indeed.
WORK, MUST ALWAYS HAVE A CLEAR
GOAL TOWARD WHICH IT TENDS, AND
THIS MUST BE WORTH REACHING
Mere drudgery for the sake of discipline alone
dsintegrates personality kills initiation and spon
taneity; the activities it produces are always the
result of force imposed from without Drudgery
which is not tributary to some useful end does not
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-09
Chicago Daily News.
pieces numbered 629,322.
thew numbered 2O,S14,5O1.

In 1865 money orders to the amount
of $1,36O. 1872 were issued, while in 1907
the total amounted to 1914 ,546,067.
The number of pieces of matter Of
all kinds mailed increased from $780,
600 in 1890 to 7,424,39O,329 in 1901.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-09

CGnnderlns how easily people jar loose
iact tnat Yen don't get more Of it!-Atch-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-09

When you get the reins in your hands .
!ot OF things appear in the road you hadn't
noticed DECENTRALIZATION Globe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-09

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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-09

The education OF the will il the object a
aur existence.-Emerson,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-01-30
Her first Order.
(FrOm Tit Bits.)

(t'rOm Tit BitS.)
She was newly married, and did
not know a little about Housekeeping
or shopping, and she was giving her
first order. 1t was a crusher; but the
grocer was a clever man, and was
used to all kinds of orders and could
interpret them easely.
Il want two pounds of pa Iyzed
sugar" she began, with a business
like air
"Yes'm. Anything e1se?"
Two tins Of condemned milk"
'Yes'm."
He set down pulverized sugar and
condensed milk
Anything more, mam?"
"a bag of fresh salt. Be sure it is
fresh"
Yes m. What next?"
"a pound Of desecrated Goldfish"
He wrote, glibIy, "desiccated cod -
Nothing more, nam? We have
some nice horseradish just in"
NO" she sale st would Re OF no
use to us; We don't keep a horse"
Then the grocer sat down and
famed himself with patent wash
board, altwough the temperature was
nearly freezing.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-01-30
immigration to Florida.

immigration to Florida is heavier
than was ever known before in the mis-
tory Of the state, and no section of the
state is excepted. People are coming
to Florida from all sections Of the
country, and they are buying lands,
building for themselves homes and will
engage in the fruit, vegetable or other
enterprises. They come to escape the
rigors Of the northern winters and TO
better their condition Of life. De Land
is getting her share of the influx Of
home-seekers and visitors; indeed,
there were never so many new people
so early in the winter as there are
now. 1t is SO all over south and south
east FlOrida.-Volusia (Fla) Record.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-01-30
uGEEul 10 KNOW.

Naphtha is recommended as a good
cleanser for light furs. Pour the
naphtha over the fur and then fuif and
pat it until the dirt is worried out
When satisfied that it is clean press
the naphtha out by drawing the hand
firmly over it; shake and hang IN the
open air to dry
Beets and turnips keep tire blood
pure and improve the appetite.
In order to preserve the length Of
the days of a tablecloth avoid folding
it in the same creases every time it
is Numbered.
A solution of soda and water APP
piled with a whisk broom kept for the
purpose will remove the brown
streaks made by the sediment IN the
dripping water in bathroom bowls.
Nothing but the use Of the curling
iron will make straight hair curt.
In broiIing meats never allow them
to smoke. After the Goals have
burned down somewhat throw on q
handful of salt to deaden the blue
flame that arises.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-01-30
THE GOOD OLD TIMES
And They Were not Near as Good an
These Degenerate Davsv

hese Degenerate DAYS.
1t is frequent habit of the moral
lists, as we'll as of sociological stu-
dents, to sigh for the good old timaS-
and to compare the morals and man
ners of the present day with those Of
the days of our grandfathers and
grandmothers. The smartness avid
fastness, and boldness of modern soci-
ETY. more than once have furnished
themes for poets and eSsavists as VOL
as for the pulpit, and have beer
placed in contrast with the modestv
and dignity. and propriety of those
old ays-so often, in fact. that we
have come to regard our forbears as
patterns Of exemplary conduct
1t is refreshing, however. now and
then to find testimony that some Of
the grandmothers were no better than
some of their descendants. Testimo-
ny Of this sort is contained in Ietter
which was sold in an autograoh sale
in New York the other day. It was
written at London in 1775 bv Sophia
Montagu, wife of the English admiral
who commanded on the North Ameri-
can station. Lady Montagu had been
to a supper, and with feminine frank
ness and enthusiasm describes If n
friend.
1t was the best supper She ever
"supt at" Everyone was drunk. "on
my conscience" but she did not con-
slider that any matter, for we were
good company" Then Lady SophIa
gives a description of London ladies'
in general. They turn day into night
and night into day" and are as mad
as March hares." She thinks their
dress is prepOsterOus. They paint
and pinch their bodies in tight stays
till they sink, for to be very small AT
bottom and hanging over at ton is
quite the fashion. No natural color
is another fashion, and feathers ff-
teen inches long in the head" is an
otter. Lady Sophias letter closes with
this sweeping Indictment of social
life: Inconsistency, the fashion. sepa-
ration, the fashion; to be with any
body but your husband, at the ton OF
the fashion"
Familiar as it all sounds this is not
a picture of society in 1901, but in
ITS, a time to which we are referred
so often for social practices which
should be initiated by society today.
Were the old times any better than
the new times? Were they as good?
Those who abuse modern manners and
society must go back of 1775 to find
their good old avs" But they can
not find them this side Of the fall of
man and the Punishment from the
Garden of Eden.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-01-30
fsmtn@tns faets ano fanctes

minutes, and forty is better, as they
must be dry and powdery and rubbed
to perfectly smooth paste With the
oil
Beaten Biscuit.
Rub a large tablespoonful of salt
into quart of flour. Make to a stiff
dough with milk and water in equal
portions and lay the dough on a
bread board. With club of hickory
Or poplar wood or with a rolling pin
beat for at least fifteen minutes, hard
The dough should by this time be
blistered and soft. Roll it out half
an inch thick, cut it into rounds with
a biscuit cutter and prick each one
with three rows Of holes made with
steel fork. The holes should 60 all
the way through the biscuit. Bake in
a moderate oven.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-01-30
Livfngs in the Church of England.

Out Of the 1922 livings in the
church of England, ! ,491, that is to
say more than 10 per cent, are OF
less value than 800 year; nearly
one-haIf Of the entire number-43 per
cent. to be almost exact-are under
$500, and only 40 are worth more
than $500. 1t is a little surprising
to find that incomes in the northern
province are cons derably better than
in the former, the average value Is
E271, in the latter G234. The only
dioceses in which the average exceeds
G300 are London, Rochester, Liver
pool, Manchester, and Durham. The
poorest dioceses are the four in
Wales, Hereford and Sodor and Man
n these the average clerical income
Os below goo.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-01-30
The HOURS.

So slow they go! So slow! So slow!
The hours of waiting and of wee!
Whew we must toll till set of sun
1t is so long ere day is done.
The hours Of darkness feebly grope
Toward morning when, untouched by
hope
The pendulum swings to and fro.
So slow they go! So slow! So slow.
So swift they shift. So swift. So swift!
The hours when pleasures gayly drift
Adown the sun-kissed stream of time,
With -silken sails Of love and rhyme.
These are the truest and the best.
Worth all the rigors Of the test.
But vanished Ike an elfn gift.
So swift they shift! So swift. So swift,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-01-30

The black bags which were first to
find favor are still populs, 49, ,na
steel bead bags which for ! the
front last season are sold in great
numbers; but, this winter, the dainty
light bags in crystal and near, and
soft colors are the rage and are the
superlatively correct accompaniment
to the delicately tinted gowns rh,.h
are the latest word of fashion
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-01-30
The Future of Houarth's House

The purchaser Of Hogarth's mouse,
Lieutenant Colonel Shipiey Of Grove
House, Chiswick, who announces his
intention Of preserving it as "one of
the landmarks of the parish" VIII be
remembered as the victim in the
"Shipway Pedigree Case" which q
tracted so much attention some time
ago. The peculiarly audacious swind-
Ter whom he had innocently employed
TO elucidate his pedigree and prove
his claim to an old coat of arms
forged his evidence as he went along,
and managed to obtain considerable
sums Of money before he was found
out-London Chronicle.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-01-30

f. A. Sampson Of Sedalia. Mo, has
given to the Missouri historical so
ciety his library Of 1000 titles bearing
on Missouri history, which he has
been collecting for 33 years.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-01-30

'See here, my child, that latest
beau Of yours looks like q Chinaman."
"A Chfnaman, papa?"
Chinaman that / have decided to-
rigfdly enforce the exclusion act
against him-an6 don't you forget It."
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-01-30
Continued.

Then matters improved for time.
Lady Laura enjoyed and benefited by
the change, the captain being kind to
her in q lazy, Indifferent fashion. He
drove out with her; he sat with her
at times; once or twice even he car
ried his complacency SO far as to read
the newspapers to her.
She tried TO dismiss the memories
of the past and be happy, but her
soul seemed TO be dead within her
She knew that he did not love her;
that he never had loved her; and In
every action Of his, in every word, in
every deed she traced his want OF
love
There was nothing, however, to
coropIain Of during those few weeks.
Tho captain certainly would leave her
at times for a few days; but she never
asked whittier he was going, and he
Aever volunteered any information.
When he returned he never said
anything Of where he had been o.
What he had done, and she never
asked
All minor interests had died in her
heart, the one great fact lay ever be
fore her-hc did not love her-a fact
that shadowcd her lire and darkened
the whole world to her.
she made many efforts during this
time to win him back to her. IL
daWned across her slowly that there
cold be no renewal OF a rove IhaI
mad never existed.
h
When ! nave fnIIE mastered thai
ruth, she SAID 10 heFSeII, ana fe@l-
ne what u means ahad ne ready
20 die!
Never had mother more de'"lGu
child than was Angela at this trying
period
invitations were IaFi5Aed upon mem
out lady Laura vas compoiied 70 Of.
cline them because 81 her heaI1h, an"
Angela because she "ouId h0l Ie@'3
nor mother
ne captain was me ohi% meu'pe'
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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-01-30

81 hear that you've been hunting
Eyes"
bag anything.
Nothing but my trousers. "-Detroi
Free Press
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-01-30
Remouiade Sauce,

Use the yolks of the hard-boiled
eggs instead Of raw. Follow instruc-
tons for making mayonnaise. The
eggs must be boiled at least twenty
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-23

Oats-White 62c; mixed, COG Corn-White. 77zGe4c per hushel. Salt-Liverpool. Si sack; Virginia, Csc Michigan. 25o-pound barrels Si.75. Butte.-Jerscy. 2od 2ec: Tennessee country I5c.
 Syrup-Fancy. 4oc; reb,iled. COG. Flou.-Patent. s4.5o per barrel; straish: s4. 1864 25.
 sugar-Gi anulated. SEC: Y. C.. 4hc; GU loaf. SIC.
 Arrow Ties-45 lbs. SI. Jute Basging-2 lbs, 7hG7%c; t% lbs. Q7hc-
 Country Products. Eggs-Per dcz.. -i2hc. CTS S3 per dcZen. srrup-Countiy 40Q45c per gal. Dried Aprles-Peeled Sc. Lemons-Choice. s. 50: fancy S3 2SQ3 Sl Ter box.
 cents.
 Cnicns-SI75 bushel. Hay-Johnson grass in bales. Si2Gl4 per Cn.
 Cabbage-Iiac per lb.. Danish Cheese-Full cream. I2hc; selected. l5lsc Apples-s4 5ca5. co dntnsessi1siae d,ansesaFldrida ssr sa sosa7s. SSi Cocoanuts-S3 25 bag. Peas-white. s2.5 bushel; clay, Si.5c oushel.
 Navy Beans-sI.5o bushel.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-23
II. & B. Beers Cotton Letter.


 NEW ORLEANS, May 22.-Liverpooi adviccs were not encourasng but our market never theiess opened 2G3 points higher on fresh buying, subsequently, declined 1oGi6 on re alizing and the absence of buyers. closing al a net loss of 1i2 points cn Summer months and S6 10 on new The amount to be brought into sight during the week points to abou 40 GOO against 6S. 900 last year ani 53 co year before last The visible supply is expect ed to be very bullish owing to the large los in the American. Bombay and Egyptian movements. Speculation. however. seems 10 be entirely out of cotton for the present an1 trading is practically confined to profess onai exporters continue apathetic. and claim that there is no possible way to enter into new en- agreements with spinners under existing con ditions. Crop prospects are very favor able and while opei ators recognize the strength of the statistical situation. they are conkfnced there will be a sufficiency of the article for the worlds consumption Therefore they con- slider the crop outlook overshadowed by the bulish figures the movement. especially with the existing level of values. Weather conditions and the spot demand from now on will regulate prices.