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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
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DURABILITY OF WOODS.
Scientific Experime nts from the Re.
suits of Which Many Practical
Lessons May BE Learned,

Experiments have been lately made
woods, each two feet long and one and
one-half inches square, into the
ground, only one-half an inch project
ing outward. 1t was found that in five
years all those made of oak, elm, ash,
fir, soft mahogany, and nearly every
variety OF pine, were totally rotten.
Larch, hard pine and teak wood were
decayed on the outside only; while
acacia, with the exception of being
also' slightly attacked on the exterior,
was otherwise sound. Hard mahogany
and cedar of Lebanon were in tolerably
good condition; but only Virginia ce-
dar was found as good as when put in
the ground. This is of some impor-
lance to builders, showing what woods
should be avoided and what others
used by preference in underground
work. The duration of wood when
kept dry is very great, as beams still
exist which are known to be nearly
LOO years old. Piles driven by the
Romans prior to the Christian era have
been examined of late and found to be
perfectly sound after an immersion of
nearly 1000 years. The wood of some
tools will last longer than the metals,
as in spades, hoes and plows. In other
tools the wood is first gone, as in wag
ons, wheelbarrows and machines. Such
wood should be painted or oiled; the
paint not only looks well, but pre-
serves the wood. Petroleum oil is as
good as any other. Hardwood stumps
decay in five or six years, spruce
stumps decay in about the same time,
hemlock stumps in eight to nine years,
cedar eight to nine years, pine stumps
never. Cedar, oak, yellow pine and
chestnut are the most durable woods
in dry places.-Boston Budget.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
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CHEERFULNESS AT TABLE.
Make Every Meal an Occa sion for tn 10
Interchange of Entertaining
/ Conversation.

An old lady, who looked as though
she might have belonged to the "sun-
shine society" all her life, was asked
by a friend the secret of her never
falling cheerfulness. Her answer con-
tains suggestive lesson for parents.
Il think" said the clever old lady,
III Is because we were taught in our
family to be cheerful at the table.
My father was lawyer with large
criminal practice. His mind was
harassed with difficult problems all the
Gay long, yet he always came to the
table with a smile and pleasant
greeting for everyone, and exerted
himself to make the tablehour de-
Eghtful. All his powers to charm
were freely given to entertain his
family. Three times day we felt this
genial influence, and the effect was
marvellous. If a child came to the ta-
bic with cross looks, he orr she was
quietly sent away to find good boy
or girl, for only such were allowed
to come within that loving circle. We
were taught that all petty grievances
and jealousies must be forgotten when
meal time came, and the habit of be-
ing cheerful three times a day, under
all circumstances, had its effect on
even the most sullen temper. Crate
full as I am for all the training re-
ceived in my childhood home, look
back upon the table influence among
the best of my life.''
Table manners are, of course, essen
tial, but the most important thing is
to make the meal an occasion for the
Interchange of delightful and enter
tanning conversation. Let such gath
erings, fathers and mothers. make the
most happy hour of the day, and the
Influence on the children may be be-
yond estimation.-N Y. Weekly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
VIBRATING BEAUTY CHAIR,

forations which are covered by the
thin rubber. The seat and back of
the chair are filed with water when
the patient sits in the contrivance, and
then hammer, which strikes rubber
disk, is setJin motion. This hammer
starts vibratory waves in the water,
and these waves are communicated to
the body by means of the perforations
in the chair. Lillian Russell and Bern
hardt are using vibratory chairs, and
this means of acquiring strength with
out expanding energy is becoming
quite a fad in New York. The vibra
tory chairs cost from 5000 up, and con-
sequently will never become popular
among the majority of beauty seekers.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08

2 and 3a), and piece of thin rubber
band, on one of which hook made OF
a pin is fastened, while on the other
one a small piece of wax is stuck. The
rubber band is fastened by the hook
to the lining of the sleeve. After the
coin has been returned to the per.
former-having been marked and
given to the audience for inspection
the wax is pressed to the coin SO that
it will disappear under the cuff as soon
as the rubber band is let go. Instead
OF the coin, the piece of glass the size
of the coin is covered with the hand.
kerchief and given to one of the au,
dience, together with the glass filled
with water. When the order to DROP
the coin in the water is given, the piece
of glass (being transparency will not
be seen in the water, and the coin will
have disappeared.
To find the coin in somebody's pocket
is easy. The performer pulls it out OF
the cuff while everybody is looking at
the glass of water, pulls it from the
wax with the index finger, and is now
ready to make it appear wherever he
wishes.--Chicago Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
SUBDUING AN ELEPHANT.
Keeper Gave Him q Violent Beatinl
and the Animal Never For
got the Lesson.

There are probably not many PEG.
pie who know why elephants are sc
easily controlled by their keepers.
1t is true that an elephant never for.
gets or forgives an injury, and that is
the very basis from which all trainers
derive their power.
Some years ago there was very I'm.
ruly elephant belonging to certain
circus. The man who had been his
keeper was getting old and wanted tc
give up his position, SO another mar
was found who was willing to take his
place. The transfer of keepers was
made in small town in Indiana. Early
one morning the elephant was led into
an open space outside the tent, and
was then chained very securely. His
new keeper took a position near by
where he could be seen constantly by
the elephants cruel little eyes. BY a
little teasing he succeeded in annoying
the animal until he struck viciously al
him with his trunk, which was exact.
ly what the new keeper wanted. AT
that instant he and some circus men
who had been waiting out of sight
behind the elephant began to beat him
and prod his tough hide with elephant
hooks. He shrieked with pain and
rage and tried to reach the new keep.
err, who was the only man his chains
permitted him to see. But at each at.
tack the elephant tried to make the
blows descended harder and harder
and finally he ceased, convinced at last,
After he had stopped trying to fight
and had become quite conquered, his
new keeper advanced boldly, loosened
his chains, and triumphantly led him
back to the circus tent. He never for.
got the beating, and he never riske6
getting another by being ugly to his
keeper.-N. Y. Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
THE WEDDING.

What's all this stir in among the toys?
The rustic and stir? The donkey creaks
The paper rustles, the little ball rolls,
The round drum rumbles, the rabbit
sQueaks.
There's not toy but means to see,
In all the closet, from wall to wall,
The wedding between the Jack-in-the-box
And the prettiest china doll Of all.
She looked SO timid, and he so proud,
And both were as happy as they could be;
And the moon shone in through the closet
door
1t was really beautiful sight to see.
But when it was over, and all the toys
Had settled again upon the Shelves.
where Jack and the dolly could not hear,
They talked about it among themselves.
The little boy doll who came from France
Sighed as he shook his faxen head:
"TWould have been all right for a wooden
doll,
But she might have done much BETTER
he said.
Said Mrs. Noah: IT really think
Twas very stupid I'D slow affair;
hope we shall finG' when We reach the ark
The animals all in order there
But Jack-in-the-boxa and the little doll
Smiled at each other tenderly;
Ihey cid not hear and they did not care,
But both were as happy as they could be.
katherine Pyle. in st. Nicholas.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
DISAPPEARING COIN.
A Par1or Trick for Boys and GiRll
Which Is \ Never-TailinE
Source of Fun.

The performer takes large coin.
marks it before the eyes of the audi
ence, covers it with a handkerchief,
and asks somebody to hold coin anc
handkerchief over glass filled with
water Fig. y. Stepping back few
PAGES, be asks the person holding glass
and coin to let the coin drop into the
glass. Then he removes the handker.
chief and-the coin cannot be found
in the glass. The performer claims
that the coin must be in somebody's
pocket, etc., and stepping up to some
one pulls it out of it's hiding place and
shows it to the audience.
To perform this trick provide your.
self with round piece of glass Gig.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
Some Facts About Moss.

A familiar belief is that moss grows
chiefly on the north side of trees. The
notion is not established by science,
and an examination of many trees has
shown Prof. Henry Kraemer, Phila-
delphia botanist, that ten per cent.
had the moss on the west side, ten per
cent. on the northwest side, ten per
cent. on the north side, 20 per cent.
on the northeast side, IS per cent. on
the east side, and Is per cent. on the
southeast side.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
ROTARY CONCRETE MIXER.
Designed to Replace the Bulky SO
Clumsy Mixing Boards Now In
General Use.

While the apparatus shown below
may look a little like a canncn, it 10
intended for the more peaceful service
of laying and repairing street pave-
ments. With the machine concrete
can be mixed rapidly and discharged
at intervals as needed, the feeding
of the material and rotation of the
mixer not interfering in any way with
the delivery. AS will be seen, rotary
drum is mounted on rollers on sup
porting carriage, with a discharge OUT
let at one end and charging opening
at the other. The stone, cement and
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
Queer Place for a Nest.

G. E. Fairs, goods agent at the
Worthing railway station, supplies an
interesting piece of nesting Informal
ton, says the Pail Mall Gazette. A
pair of robins have built their nest in
an old beer can, lying between the rails
of one of the lines in the goods yard
at Worthing station. Trucks are
shunted over it daily, and the unload
ing and carting of goods take place al
most every hour of the day within two
feet of the can. The nest at present
contains four eggs, and the birds do
not appear to be concerned in the least
at the constant noise about them.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
Novel Idea for Weddings.

OF course, the groom must give his
ushers some small souvenir of his
wedding. This has been the custom
for years and years, and many changes
have been rung on scarf-pins, cuff-but.
tons, etc. Nothing SO original has
been heard of Sin a twelvemonth" al
groom giving his ushers gold but.
tons with their initials engraved ON
them. The very swagger thing is to
wear white pique or duck waistcoats
for weddings, the gold initial buttons
making an excellent "set off, for them.
The buttons are about the size of a
quarter of a dollar, and the initial il
deeply cut.-Woman's Home Compan.
ion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
These Birds Are saxaciou..

Mexico has a clever bird called the
malanarpes, which has discovered a
new use for the telegraph pole. At
the foot Of the post this bird makes
a large hole, in which it rears it's fam
lily; somewhat higher up the post it
makes an observatory, from which
bored holes permit it to observe the
horizon in every direction; sill, high
er this sagacious bird makes its
storehouse, and thus the pole serves
as its home, fortress and warehouse.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
NEW BEAUTY CHAIR.
Sitting in 1t Is Said to Restore Youth.
Strengthen Muscles and Re-
place Tissues,

The latest thing to renew health
and prolong life is a vibrating chair.
By means of this peculiar bit of mech
anism it is claimed that youth can be
restored, muscles strengthened and
wasted tissues replaced. The principle
upon which the vibrating chair is
worked is an old one. The chair has
a heavy rubber seat and back. I'm
derneath this is a coat of thin rub.
Der. The heavy rubber contains per.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
A CLEVER IDEA.

pieces together and bind all around
with the tape, sew around the top a
waistband and finish with button and
buttonhole. When hanging up clothes
one can button the bag around her
self, and it does away with continual
STOPPING for clothespins and the I'M
sanitary habit of putting them in the
mouth.-Mrs. Nellie Norton, in Good
Housekeeping.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08

skirt Is trimmed at tho bottom. simulat
ing dounce, with bands Of the silk Dor
dered with cream lace beading, in which
black velvet ribbon is run. These band,
are ornamented with motifs OF cream lace
Tho bolero and sleeves are also trimme,
with these bands and motifs and tn,
former has a shoulder collar Of suipure
which extends way down over the sleeves
forming long, odd epaulets. The sleeve
are finished with cuffs Of original design
composed of shaped folds of black velvet
The .bolero opens over blouse of whit
silk, or lawn, with fancy cravat and gin
die Of light blue silk. or satin.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
Peculiar Gyp.y C..tom

The gypsies employ very simple
method to check that member of their
band of musicians who has to make the
collection. They give him plate to
hold in his right hand, and live fly,
which he has to keep imprisoned in his
left as he goes collecting the money.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
EaHE first gown is of almond green

E5HE first gown Is Of almond green
cloth. The skirt Is trimmed with
groups of narrow folds. or tucks. ar
ranged in festoons and with festeoned
bands OF velvet bordered with little gauze
ruffles of the same shade.
The blouse Is trimmed with the festooned
folds and with little straps Of the cloth
and velvet fastened with gold buttons.
These straps border the fronts which open
over a lace jabot. The sleeves are trimmed
to correspond and the puffs are of guipure
striped with bands of the cloth. The girdle
3s of velvet.
The sacond gown IL Of black taneta- The
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
BAG FOR CLOTHESPINS.
1t Does Away with Continual Stoop.
ing and Habit of Putting the
Pins in the Mouth.

Here is drawing with directions
for making my clothespin bag. Take
a piece of blue denim two-thirds of a
yard long and a half yard wide, and
cut like a; then take another piece
the same length and 81 inches wide
and cut like b; bind the pocket edge
with white braid or tape, sew both
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
Cooking Reduce. Meat Bulk.

Meat in cooking loses much OF
its bulk from evaporation small
pieces more than large. In late expert
ments a pound piece of lean beef lost
1876 per cent. in weight, but five
pound piece was reduced only 1913 pen
than this would indicate. n
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
When Hubby Ha. . Chance

"About the only time some women
ever give their husbands chance to
say anything" remarked the Observer
Of Events and Things sis when they
are in front of soda water fountain.
Then she is willing to let him say:
'WhatIl you have?' "-Yonkers States
man
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
Co1cerndns Length.

slave you been married long?" asked
the lady, who was making conversation,
of the six-footer.
"Just as long as am now," he re-
plied.-Ohio State Journal
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08

This house as here shown can be erected
in most locations for about 81, 200.
The floors throughout are of hard N. c.
pine flooring boards, finely tongued and
GrOoVed
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
Keeps HinA Tired Right ALONE

"Dont you ever get tired doing moth.
ing?" asked the housekeeper.
Lady" replied the tramp, IT git so
tired dom nothin' dat I can't do moth
in e."-Philadelphia Record.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
Nct U..a "a Th.% x,..

Playwright-My play is clean
play.
Manager-Well, I'll try it, but I
don't know how the public win stand
it-Brooklyn Life.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08

F5I HE perspective view and floor plans
as here shown represent plans and de-
signs for a very neat, attractive and
low priced fat-roof dwelling house. suit
able for a narrow lot.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
An Eubarrammeut

'Why don't you praise your wife's
cooking once in awhile and cheer her
up?"
I'm afraid to try. Everytime /
say anything is particularly good it
turns out to be something that was
purchased at the geographically
ington Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08

coat Of wood filters and two good coats al
interior varnish.
Plans and designs for this house are
made by Stanley A. Dennis, architect, of
$50 Broadway. New York city.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08
semethinx sttIl Missine.

Mr.. Botts-I think, my dear, I have
at last found the key to success.
Mrs. Botts-Well, just as like as not
you will not be able to find the key
hole.-Philadelphis Inquirer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08

Der and lumber complete, and is sheathe0,
sided. papered and shingled as shown In
the picture.
The main roof is covered with tin. and
porch roof il shipgle6.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-08

There Is cellar under the entire house
built of brick walls. with cement floors,
etc, complete.
The entire frame 10 built of hemlock tim
New-York tribune., 1902-03-14
NAN BEATS AND KICKS BOYS
HE THREATENS THEM WITH DE-
VOLEER AND LEAVES THEM
UNCONSCIOUS.

East Orange. March II CSpeeiaD.-An apparsn,s
unprovoked assault on two schooIboys by a rourbIv
dressed man armed with a revolver took rIa a.
this city yesterday in broad daylight Tba bo,.
on whom the assault was committed were Harr,.
and Anthony Weber, sons OF Jacob Weber WIZ
lives at No. A North Park-st and Lester Ay-a -
North Park and Washington SITS.
1t was at the end of the noon hour recess and
the boys were returning from their homes to ,ha
Franklin Public School, through MidIan5av
when they were hailed by man who was standin
In a clump Of bushes near the sidewalk He con1
manded the boys TO come to him. and when ths,-
reached the bushes he displayed "A revolver and a5
vanced upon them Herman Weber promptIv tooI
to his heels and escaped, but THE man. dronninv
his pistol seized the other boys by the ears ana
pounded their heads together so that they sanE
to the ground unconscious Then the man kicks1
them and ran away without attempting robberv
son of Mr.. kriegCr who is near by, saw The
assault and ran away. Later he and Herr,so
Weber returned and with water revived -
stunned boys. who. in addition 70 their fnfur-s
heads, had sustained many painful bruises on ~
body. One of Anthony Weber's ewes protruSsS
almost out of It's socket and the Ayre boy haa
bad lump on his head.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-14
MARRIAGE NOT FOR YOUNGER.
PARoLED LIFE CONVICT WOULD WE'D. But
LAW HOLDS HIM As DEAD.

ST. Paul. March 13.-Jim Younger wants to get
married. He cannot because ne is legally dead:
hence he Is unable to enter into any contract.
Younger submitted the question Of whether or not
he could wed 10 Governor Van SAINT. In Minnesota
a life prisoner is civilly dead The only way he
can make contract legally binding Is through the
board which paroles him. In this case the State
Board of Control is empowered 10 enter into a
contract for him 1t is not probable. however that
the three members OF the Board OF Control. sep
aratey or as a whole, will agree to enter into a
marriage contract with any woman for the benefit
of the paroed life convict.
The only way for Jim Younger TO marry in Min
nesota is to get pardon first Another phase Of
the law that neither Jim Younger nor his brother
Cole can be held for debt.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-14
Turning to local affairs he said;
1T WILL BE TRUTHS TEMPLE.
HEALER OF THAT NAME ABANDONs IN
STITUTE' FOR CHURCH"

STITUTE" FOR CHURCH"
Francis Truth. the divine heaIer,~ we'll known
to Bostonians and the United States postal au-
thorities, who came here a month or more ago
and announced that he to start in
stitute" where patients would be healed by
the Truth method. has changed his plans some
what. The institute" is still agong to be. but
just the church is the thing.
Truth has moved from West Forty-second-st
to the Tuxedo Building. at Fifty-ninth-st and
Madison-ave where he has fitted UP one large
room a church and another Office.
Services will begin next Sunday. This is to be
the parent church: others will soon be started,
so Truth says. in other cities II is to be called
THE Temple Of Truth" The others will be
temples of truth"
The present temple is papered with red car
fridge paper and notices: there about
hundred brand folding chains and a second
hand parlOr organ in the room The office is
parttioned OH into several small rooms. and
the furniture. solid and heavily carved. takes
UP most of the space. Pictures of two white
horses heads and two doves hangI the wall,
and there is the smell OF varnish.
Have 1 a congregation YETI" saidi Truth yes
terday.
NO. not yet. But that will come. all right.
Next Sunday you will see them come 1t is
the object Of the church 10 teach people TO
i've right. 70 teach them, the falth that makes
divine healing possible. And out of this temple
of truth shall go forth the who will found
and lead our churches in other great cities in
the country"
Aren't you pOaching the preserves of
Christian Science?" some one asked.
Since you mention Christian Science. which
1 don't care TO discuss. Will say. No. we are
not. Christian Science. as I understand IT, de-
nies the existence Of disease; OF all matter.
Mother Eddy would tell me I have body,
l am not sitting in a chair. the chair doesn't
rest the floor, and there amt any floor.
Now. don't deny the reality Of matter
disease: Christ didn't. We say is born
healthy and meant to stay so. Disease Is
a sin against nature. OF God. because ii results
from not living right. Live right. get in line
with Gods Cor natures) plan. have faith in that
people to stay well We will also heal them
medicine If you have cramp and a bOtte OF
Scientist says Don't touch it We say, Go
take some, II you have been used TO taking it.
tn help you And II a man breaks his leg that
is an accident In Gods plan, and we call doc
tor"
Truth says he can't heal people when they
don't have faith: but when they do, he,can cure
tuWOrS, cancers, etc.
For I've done IT," he says.
He will not attempt here, as he did In Boston,
10 heal by mail, requiring an inclOsure.