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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-10-04

IRENE end OF both sides, SO that the
hole in the strips is just half an inch
below the bottom of the box, as in
Fig. /. .ur
Take a straight stick four inches
longer than your box is wide, shape
it with your jackknife until it is lit
tie less than half an inch thick and
perfectly smooth. Then stick it
through the holes in the strips that
extend below the box, so that the
ends of the stick extend an equal dis
Get two large spools, such as black
linen thread comes on, the kind that
mother sews your shoe buttons on
with, and first, putting little glue
inside the spools. stick them on the
ends of the stick, one on each side
of the box, as in Fig. 2. Then the
front wheels of your "auto' are
made.
Take thin strips of wood, four
inches long and two inches wide;
bore holes half an inch in diameter,
half an inch from one end of each,
and fit an axle through the holes
with spools on the end of the axle,
just as you did in making the front
wheels. Tack these strips that hold
the axle to the box which forms the
body of your "auto" SO that they ex-
tend backward and downward, as in
Fig. 3.
Take two strips of wood, 20 inches
long ard four inches wide, and bore
half-inch hole one inch from the
end of each. Take a round stick,
half an inch thick, and II inches
long, white the ends until they will
just fit in the holes in the ends of
the 2o-inch strips. Put some glue on
the ends of the 11-inch round stick,
and place the ends securely in the
holes in the strips. Then tack the
other end of the strips to the body
of your "auto" inside, an inch from
the back end, as in Fig. 4.
Tie piece of strong cord, four feet
long, to the exact center of the rear
axle, and to the other end of the cord
tie weight of about half a pound.
Place this weight in the bottom of
the box, SO that the cord hangs di-
rectly over the middle of the cross
bar above. Then turn the rear wheels
backward until over half of the cord
is wound around the center of the
axle, and The, weight is drawn to the
top of dle crossbar, as in Fig. S.
Then your "auto" is ready to start
AS soon as you release it, the weight
pulling on the cord will cause the
rear axle to turn around and your
"auto" to go ahead at good speed
for quite q distance. When the
weight descends to the bottom Of the
box the vehicle will stop. Then wind
the rear wheels backward again and
start it of as before.-Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-10-04
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The housing question is getting Il
be an acute one in the British coun
try districts as well as in the munich
palities.
The Russian government has OF
dered private maritime companies tx
discharge all foreigners who refuse
to become Russian subjects.
Before the Siberian railway was
available a trip from London te
Shanghai cost from 1925 to $475
Now it can be made for from sos
third-class to $16O, first-class.
Although marriage with deceased
wife's sister is legal in Victoria de
cision has justs been given in the
Melbourne courts rendering null ano
void marriage with a deceased husr
bands brother.
The government of the Malay pc
ninsula is planting gutta percha trees
on a large scale, and it will not be
necessary to cut them down, as gut
ia percha can now be extracted from
the leaves and twigs without injury
to the trees.
The proposed erection of 20-story
Office building on the American plan
in London has aroused vigorous op
position. The streets of the British
capital are so narrow and dark under
ordinary circumstances that to line
them with skyscrapers would prac'
tically convert them into tunnels.
The height of Mount Etna, the ia
nous volcano of Sicily, has long
been fixed at 1886 feet. The height
has recently been more accurately
measured by trigonometrical proc
esses, and the exact elevation IS
found to be 1875 feet. The main
crater has a width of 1,72S feet and
depth of S26 feet.
News comes from Buda-Pesth that
the ceremony of bestowing the silver
rose of virtue to the most innocent
maiden above 16 in the county OF
Solymar will be abandoned this year
because, while there are maidens IN
plenty, there are no marrlageable
Young men in the county that would
fit the requirements. The crowned
maiden, according to the statutes,
should at the same time be formally
betrothed to worthy peasant boy
and receive a considerable dowry.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-10-04
p1TH AND POINT.
is often convenient to have .

It is often convenient to have .
small boy around to blame things
on.-Chicago Daily News.
''Jedge," said the colored prisoner,
sis l expected ter tell de truth?"
"Of course you are" "Well, then,
des go ahead and sentence me fust."
Atlanta Constitution.
A man likes an Industrious woman
when he is hungry, but after he has
eaten, he likes to be amused by an
idle woman, who has had time to
curl her hair-Atchison Globe.
"Coiner has no poetry in his soul.
The commercial instinct dominates
his every thought" What has he
done now?" ''He discounts the en-
chantment that distance lends to
view.' -Indianapolis News.
After the Prize Fight.-"Is there
anything in the paper, dear?' asked
Mrs. Bellefeld. Eyes, love-" replied
Mr.. Bellefield; scraps of news and
news of craps."-Pittsburg Chron-
icle Telegraph.
Never Gets Them.-Towne-'They
say he's subject to fits" Browne
"Ridiculous! It couldn't be- Towne
why not?" Browne-"Why, man
dear, he has all his clothes made in
London" -Philadelphia Press.
Accidental.-"Wot that tenderfoot
thet came here last week die of"'
asked Terror Ike, of Stony Gulch.
''Throat trouble. TIL boys was play
ing THROWN rope over limb, an
he got his head caught in tn moose"
Baltimore News.
Displayed Some strength.-"Pa!"
"Well, Willie" "You wouldn't pick
Sis out for a strong woman, would
you?" Hardly. Your sister is
quiet, gentle girl. "WelL that's all
you know about it. She just puts it
on. Why, heard that big man
that's been calling here tell his chum
last night that she threw him over.
1 don't know what it was, but it
she threw him over anything she's
a bird."-Chicago Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-10-04
HE DIDN'T KNOW THE LINGO.
Unconscious Misconduct of Ameri-
can Student In Germany Got
Him Into Trouble.

A Harvard graduate tells this story
on himself, says the New York Trib-
une. Says he: ''The summer after
graduation I was travelling alone
through Germany. Before landing in
the country l had thought that l
knew considerable about the language,
having spent two years in the study
of it, with finish of Goethe and Schil-
Ter. But l soon found that a read
ing of the poets or the Niebelungen
Lied did not help me when I wanted
to order beefsteak at hotel or
was inquiring the distance to the next
town. Indeed, as l went further up
the Rhine found myself more and
more confused by what heard, and
had finally made up my mind that
an American cannot learn the Ger
man language out of textbooks, OF
even by weeks sojourn among the
German people themselves.
Il had reached this sober conclu-
sion when I entered one. evening a
small inn, or 'gasthouse,' just outside
the town of Heidelberg. Thirsty from
the hot sun and dusty road, I man
aged to order a glass of beer. While
the heavy German innkeeper was draw
ing another put my feet on the table
to better ease my legs. At the other
end of the table sat a number of Ger
man soldiers drinking and smoking
together. A few moments later one
of the soldiers arose hastily, and, tax
ing off his cap, addressed me at some
length. Not knowing a word that was
said, I concluded that yes would be
a proper answer, and so I said polite
ly: Yah, yah!'
"There was a moments pause, and
then a second soldier sprang to his
feet. He repeated over the speech OF
the first soldier, and then all the
group in uniform stared at me. By
q natural inference now decided that
if yah was wrong, a negative answer
must fit the question, so I smiled pleas
antly and, taking off my hat, an
swered: 'Nein, nein, nimmer.'
"All the soldiers now sprang to their
feet, and there might have been inter-
national complications at the present
time between the United States and
Germany if the hotel keeper, who
knew bit of English, had not said:
"'Young man, they have asked you
twice to take your feet off the table,
and threaten if you do not that they
will throw you out of the house
cat this the stars and stripes were
pulled down before I realized that
had beaten a retreat"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-10-04
TALE OF A CIRCUS MAN.
How He Once Overdid the Boosting
Business and Got the "GrAnd
Guy

1T is my business, of course said
the advance agent, talking to q rep
resentative of the Detroit Free Press,
ITO work up as much interest as
possible in the circus before it ar
rives, and one of my strong points il
the animals belonging to the museum
part of the show. Anything about
savage tiger, roaring lion or mad
elephant makes farmer itch for a
closer sight, and, as general thing,
you can't pile it on too strong. l
overdid matters once, however. We
had only one elephant with us that
season, and he was understood and
nothing to brag of; but at certain
town in Indiana l wrote column
article about him and made him out
the most dangerous thing on legs.
According to my story, he killed
dozen people, smashedup the circus
three or four times and devastated a
large area of farming country, and ]
certainly worked up great inter
est.
Among those who showed up on
circus day." continued the agent,
twas gaunt, raw-boned young farm
sr with fist like half-bushel meas
no one noticed it until too late. He
entered the animal tent with hun
dreds of others, and made for the
elephant at once. The old fellow
was chained by the leg to a stake
and was munching away at a pile of
hay, and the countryman squared off
and gave him good looking over.
Then he asked of keeper:
"'Is this the critter that has killed
q dozen men?'
est isl was the reply, and you'd
better keep a safe distance
"'He smashes up circuses and de-
vastates farms, does hep
"'He does, and think he's getting
ready to break loose now. just no.
tice the twitch of his ears. If he
does break loose, there'n be so peo-
pie killed.
"'Then I'll stop him right now,'
replied the young fellow, and he
jumped in and hit the Rajah a sock
dologer on the ear that knocked him
as fiat as pancake. They heard that
blow clear out to the ticket wagon,
and it took six men and a two dollar
bill to work that farmer out doors
without getting up riot. As for the
elephant, he lay right there as if
dead for good half-hour, and it was
a week before he got over the head
ache and got his appetite back. The
papers gave me the grand guy about
it, and I had to drop them out of
my ads. and claim that our Bengal
tiger was the only real man-eater
ever exhibited in state of captiv-
ity.'
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-10-04
THE HEN AND HER KITTENS.

ing on its side. She crawled in and
awhile after the plaintive new of
five wee kittens broke on the silence
of the farm. This unwonted sound in
fireplace that had heretofore been en-
tirely the realm of the poultry at
tracted the attention of the old hen
that had been driven off, and with
much ado and running fire of
clucks she descended upon the barrel
and attacked the mother cat with a
great Jury. The cat retreated before
the onslaught and the hen, pausing
to look over the fuzzy kittens, de-
cided they were the makings of a
good family and adopted them. She
deserted her own brood of chicks al
together and took up her headquar-
tiers in the barrel, driving off the old
cat every time she appeared. After a
few days she yielded SO far that she
would permit the cat to nurse her
young, but that was all.
The kittens seemed to find nothing
strange in the new condition of at
fairs, and as they grew older had
great sport climbing over and claw
ing feathers out of their guardian.
Now they, are big enough to get
about for themselves, but they still
share the barrel with the old hen
and she ignores her feathery compan-
ions OF former days and follows the
felines all over the grounds sur
rounding the Park residence.
One of the remarkable features
concerning these chicken-raised cats
n that they never torment or try to
kill the poultry in the yard.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-10-04


But what the facts in the case?
Every who is DOING THINGS big scale has
dozen irons the and the time Look at Marshall
Field for example While he has stuck the merchandising bust
right straight along he has always been of side issues
There scarcely financial pie worth cutting which this man
does have fngad he is who has generally been cited
example OF the ONE LINE idea.
Then down the list and every who has made
fortune within the last twenty years, and you will find that
with capacity enough DO BIG THINGS hold themselves
down interest They big for that They have
the to THINK and consequently they must have variety OF
interest, of expression Of occupation of recreation
And why? Hear what Sir Arthur Helps has this sub
has into literature of the concentrated
extract of common sense than he who wrote:
"A should have which should be always
within his power and which he may gladly his hours Of
recreation Fit objects employ the intervals of life
the greatest aids conentment that possess.
"The lives OF alienation OF the en-
crossing pursuit and of Iless apathy They either
GRINDING or DOING NOTHING Now those who half
their FIERCELY BUSY the remaining half is often TORPID
WITHOUT QUIEsCENCE" *.
they find their keenes enjoyment their work. There
u.s. all the why such should break the
monotony lives by SIDE ISSUES IN BUSINESS is
and wholesome thing do No stand leg
day. Sors and mud hens beat finish this kind
sustained effort Did you grndstoneand try do
all arm? Then you catch the drift Of the argument
variety work. in play every occupation of the
Consequently don't try snub the SIDE ISSUES in
business life.
And you insist proverb remember that which
against putting al your eggs in one basket
e-~,141 C1,44~e1
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-10-04
More Lives Than a Cat,

Penguins have an extraordinary
amount of vitality, and are harder to
kill than any ordinary cat. once
had occasion to kill large bird aboard
our ship, the Southern Cross, and, max
ing use of the weapon next my hand,
drove large spike squarely through
the creatures head, and finished tn.
operation by mailing it fast to the
deck. That seemed to make the job
very complete, and went below decks
for dinner. Coming up an hour later,
my establishment was prodigious on
beholding the penguin, head erect, flip
pers out, waddling about, apparently
without thought of the spike, which
still remained transfxed in his era
nium.-Prof. C. E. Borchgevink, in
Leslie's Monthly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-10-04

IN line on the table underneath the glass.
Make a sort of ball Of wooden or, Dettery YET
siIk cloth. warm 1t a little and rub the sur
face of the glass with it. You will notice inn
mediately how the electricity obtained by
this process eRivens the little paper fig
ures, how they stand up and jump to the
glass ceiling of their little ballroom, to be
repuIsed and fall back, only to renew thels
dance. If you stop rubbing. the funny &C.
lions Of the figures are continued Tor
awhile; when the dance is ended the touch
Of the hand on the glass is sufficient to en-
uveu the figures again
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-10-04

arE1 the help Of electricity in its sim,
Nv plest form great many tricks anu
-. the following described by the De-
s s.sat gree Press: Get plain sheet OF glass
a ahn',t p inches long by eight inches VIDE
so ~ insert it between two volumes, as
aau LIZ 49,, IN Illustration. The distance OF the
s .,ass from the table should be about three
itaches With the help of scissors cur
INN her of small figures. such as men, . sbar
In. clowns, animals, etc. not NJ ~ Sifferent
ons ed paper. Lay the utus figures nat
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-10-04
AUTOMOBILE FOR BOYS.
At n Good Speed for Quite
Distance

lake large box or any small boz
Is lncnes long and ten inches wide,
with sides about five inches high, for
the body of your "auto." Take two
thin strips of wood, three inches long
and w inches wide, and make hole
half an inch across, just half an inch
from one end of each. Then tack
these strips to the box on the ex.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-10-04
Chocolate Pie.

Four tablespoonful of chocolate
and one pint of boiling water; let it
simmer thoroughly; yolks of two
eggs; two tablespoonfuls Of corn
starch; six tablespoonfuls of sugar
mix together and boil until thick.
Pour into a baked crust. Beat the
whites with little sugar, spread over
and brown in the oyen.-Boston Globe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-10-04
Wonderful Earthquake Experienc

Wonderful Earthquake Experience.
The inscription on tombstone in
Jamaica cemetery shows that the in
dividual there commemorated had
survived an earthquake. The inscrip-
ton is as follows: Lewis Gladly, Esq.
who died on the 22d September, 1887
aged so. He was born at Montpelier.
in France, which place he left for his
religion, and settled on this island.
where in the great earthquake, 1872
he was swallowed up, and by the won
derful Providence of God by a sec
ond shock was thrown into the sea
where he continued swimming until he
was taken up by boat, and thus mirac-
ulously preserved" The earthquake
mentioned took place in Jamaica 23f
years ago.-London Glob~
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-10-04
Lueid Exclamation,

She-I don't understand why bar
Der talks so much to his customers.
He-Simply because his customers
are no. women. He wouldn't have a
chance if it was Observation-Disclosures
Statesman.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-10-04
Mitiratinx Ctrcumatances.

81 should think" said the lady to the
big husky specimen of humanity whe
had come for the clothes, "that you
would be ashamed to let your wife
take in washing"
ST reckon tits kinder hard on the
old woman" replied the man who was
too heavy for light work, and too ligh,
for heavy work, "an' I wouldn't let hel
do it but fer one thing"
"And what is that?" asked thu
lady.
give got ter have somethin' ter cal
an wear" answered the victim of cir
cumstances.-Chicago Daily News. :
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-10-04
SUCCESS AND
SIDE ISSUES y
FORREST CRISSEY,
Author of
"In Thompson's Woods" Etc.

The man who can't think but one thing
and do but one thing is GONER.
Such is the LAW OF THE SIREN
UOUS LIFE.
There is plenty of wise proverbs to
show that a man with more than one idea
can't win success that is worth while. These
proverbs have been pounded into young
people from school desk, pulpit and platform
until they are generally accepted as true.
The ambitious boy or girl comes to feel a
sense of shame in confessing an interest in
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-10-04
Why she Wept.

Old Gentleman Ito little girl who ID
weeping bitterly)-Why. what are You
crying about, little girl?
Little Girl-Oh, l don't know. Cause
I'm woman, s'pose.-Tit-Bits.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-10-04
Thirty Cents.

Freddy-That sweet young poetess
said looked like Is ounces. Wonder
what she meant?
Algy-Oh, letter postage at two
cents an ounce, of course.-Judge.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-09-05
Hossaa sOIcISlrY.

w. A. Bshlke is in Springfield, Mo,
this week on business
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo Moore are visiting
relatives in Carson City
II you wish good work horse cheap
inquire of p. I. Banghart.
Henry Cohoon Of Hastings is visiting
relatives in Alma this week.
Three apprentice girls wanted at once
at Mrs. E. A. Bivins' millinery store.
Mrs. julius Moblo Of Riverdale visited
relatives and friends in Alma Thursday
Frank Showers OF Milan was the guest
of Morris johnson Tuesday and Wednes.
day.
Gale b. Davidson and wife of Mill.
ford were in Alma over Sunday visiting
friends.
When in hurry for a shave on Sat
urday call on Davis Bros. Three chairs;
short waits.
Mrs. Anna Boughton was among the
number who took advantage of the ex.
cursion to Petoskoy Tuesday.
O. o. Ward returned last Saturday
night from three weeks vacation
among the northern summer resorts.
Mccullough & Son have moved their
cigar factory TO the rooms in the third
atorv ~ tho onara horaa b1ooE -.
they have more commodious quarters.
Isl Plunkari" and his company OF
funny comedians will be in this city
Tuesday, Sept. g. Remember the date
and secure seats early. Now on sale at
Shsrrar g. Mulholland's.
We will show our Globe Cabinet only
a few days longer. Come and see IL
whether you order one OF not then you
will know how TO buy in the future.
1t is handsome, practical, complete,
necessary pleasure TO see il. Rooms
II and IS opera house block.
We notice that Bivins g. Rhodes, our
leading druggists, have secured the
agency for Majors Neural Pills, the
new discovery for neuralgia of the stom.
ach, and all forms Of dyspepsia. Neu.
Raj Pills have attracted wide attention
by their phenomenal cures. We con.
graduate them l224-4w
"A Royal Slave" as presented in
Alma by the Gordon g. Bennett company
on Friday night Of last week, was by far
the best attraction that has been here
for many years. The cast is strong and
the stage settings were superb, more
complete scenery being put on the stage
than ever before used by any company
playing the house. Gordon g. Bennett
may be sure Of receiving Q full house
whenever they rssurn here in future.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-14

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