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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-09-22
POSTPONED.

Millinery opening at the Fair until
Tuesday evening. viii continue also
through Wednesday evening.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-09-22

"Hello Central watch for "The
Girl"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-09-22

w. L. Alexander, secretary Of the
Democratic campaign committee, re-
turned this morning from Oklahoma
City.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-18
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IN ARCHITECTURE
Designed and Written Especially for This Paper

me nine-room residence here de-
scrlbed and illustrated will cost
. $2,SOO. The foundation is rub
& rs stone, 167inch walls. Sizes of rooms
Ie as follows: Parlor, 13x13 feet;
n1ng-room, ~ feet inches by 10 feet;
einlng-room, II feet inches by IL
.eet; kitchen, 13x14 feet; reception
asA. Sxs feet; chambers, 1Ox12, 10x11,
uxlS and 9x10 feet; alcove, sx10 feet;
/ pantry, 6xs feet; veranda, sx2o feet.
me parlor is nicely arranged, having
fireplace, angle and oriel bay win
eows and large grilled opening into the
reception hall. The living-room has
fireplace, sliding doors between it and
Parlor and is separated from dining
room by cased opening.
There is a large bay window in Sit
nng-room, q. fireplace with wood man
tel and paneled wainscoting. The
rear stairway leads from rear hall to
the second floor. All chambers have
large closets. The height of first story
- feet inches; second story, 9 feet;
basement, 2 feet. All interior wood
work is Georgia pine, oil finish. The
dining-room floor, reception hall floor
and living-room floor are Georgia
pine; kitchen and pantry floors are of
maple, and all other floors are of pine.
An the floors are double, having felt
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-18
MISS CATHERINE GoGGIN.
rhic.uo Teacher Who Has SucceedeA
In Bringing Tax-Dodging Cor
porations to Time.

One of the most prominent women
figures before the Chicago public to-
day is Miss Catherine Goggin, who.
with Miss Margaret Haley, has been
SO deeply instrumental in forcing tho
recent decision of the Illinois supreme
court calling for the taxing OF the in
tangible values of corporate bodies
in Illinois. 4a
The fact of this sudden interest on
the part Of the public is only another
proof of the adage that nothing sue
ceeds like success" A year ago Miss
Goggin was one of the targets OF
abuse and censure in court before the
state board of equalization, and on the
part of considerable portion OF the
public at large. Everywhere she met
the innuendo and half-hidden crit
icism that she was engaged in work
that was not the business of woman,
in the first place, and certainly not
the affair of q woman who had come,
from the pay rolls of the Chicago prb-
lie schools.
But Miss Goggin, says the Chicago
Tribune, was not of stock that quits
under encouragement. She is OF Irish
parents, but was born in the Adiron-
dacks, near Lake Chdmplain. Her
father was farmer, having emil
grated from the south Of Ireland, and
being the first member Of his family
to leave the Emerald isle. Her mother
was native OF the west OF Ireland,
and she, too, was the first OF her fam
lily to emigrate. While she was still
child Miss Gogg1n's parents moved
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-18
THE GARoEN-PARTY.

The Lady Arabella gave.
One lovely summer day,
A garden-party on the lawn
In quite festive way.
The guests were far from numerous,
But then the company
Was quite the best and most select
There possibly could be.
The Lady Arabella's frock -.
Was lovely to behold.
And round about her neck she wore
A chain of dazzling gold.
The guests assembled on the lawn,
All sQuatted In row,
And those who were not made to sit
Were forced to stand, you know!
''They do look charming" Molly cried.
And, gazing fondly round
At Lady Arabella and
Her guests upon the ground,
She then began to lay the cloth
And give the party tea,
Which all of them, SO Molly said,
Enjoyed amazingly.
But Molly then was called indoors
And stayed so long away
That she forgot the party on
The lawn that summer day;
And by and by the rain came down.
And sad it was to see
The garden party on the lawn
Still sitting at its tea!
The Lady Arabella and
Her guests were laid that night
Upon the kitchen fender in
A truly awful plight.
In tears poor Molly stood aghast.
And vowed, with anguish sore,
That Arabella ne'er should give
A garden-party more!
Constance M. Lowe, in Casselps Little
Folks.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-18
THE VANISHING ELEPHANT.

tween his thumb and his finger the
magician holds little figure OF an
elephant, which glistens like silver.
Taking his position near the stand, he
thus speaks to the audience:
During my visit to East India, Ia
dies and gentlemen, witnessed
strange disappearance. I am going to
reproduce that disappearance this
evening, and trust that it may inter-
est you as much as it did me. The
little wooden stand here serves to iso-
late the elephant which now intro
duce, cutting it off from all commu-
nication with the stage and the sur
roundings. 1 mount the elephant on
the little column, and thus make min
iature statue of it. The little animal
is pretty heavy, as you may know from
the sound it makes as drop it on the
table. There! We will now place
glass shade over the statue. Now, as
you know from the sound the statue
made when I dropped it on the stand,
it is not light enough to rise and
float off through the air, and yet I am
going to make it disappear.
'Pardon me if I now cover the
shade with this colored handkerchief;
it does not reach all the way to the
bottom, but that does not matter. As
I have said, I am going to cause the
little silver elephant to disappear by
making it pass through the shade, and
away into space. Where would you
like to have it reappear? Shall it be
in the pocket of some one in the au-
dience? Very well. take my wand
and command the elephant to leave.
One, two, three! He has gone! Let
us remove the handkerchief and see
for ourselves!"
The cover is taken of, showing the
stand without the elephant. which is
found in the coat pocket of q gentle
man in the audience.
Well, how is it done? It is the sim
plest thing in the world-when you
learn the secret. The statue is frozen
mercury. The conjurer of the present
day knows a great deal about science,
and he can freeze mercury as hard as
stone by evaporating solid carbonic
acid dissolved in ether. He puts the
fluid mercury into a mold shaped like
an elephant, and thus makes the stat
ne by freezing. The disappearance
of the elephant is simply it's melting
into fluid mercury again, which runs
down the hollow upright from stand.
The little elephant taken from gen.
tleman in the audience is real fig
ure, made of metal and then silvered.
1t gets into this gentleman's posses
sion by collision, or by some trick of
the Observation-Disclosures CONNER
cial Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-18
REAL WORKS OF ART.
The Latest Marriage Certificates Are
Characterised by Beauty and
Origfnality.

Up-to-date marriage certificates are
artistic affairs, written on parchment.
showing the best pen and brush work
of the illumination, bound in fine
levant covers, and cost anywhere from
SIS to $50. The marriage certificate
is an important legal document and
with its sacramental and sentimental
value makes it worthy Of the work
put into it. More and more Of these
artistic certificates are being made,
and with the parchment foundation
they will resist the effects Of time.
In general style the certificates do
not vary. There are two materials
used for them-parchment sheepskin,
which is the most durable, and vellum
calfskin, upon which alterations can
be more easily made in the text, dis
advantage in a legal document of any
kind. The covers are of flexible le-
want, in churchly red, lined with
white watered silk, and the parchment
leaves are tied in with heavy white
corded silk ribbon, fastened at the
two ends of the cover, tied in the CEN
ter. The leaves are slipped in, and
there may be as many as desired.
Upon the first page appears the GER
tificate, fair, clear and unfolded. This
is entire, with the signature Of the
clerpymen and witnesses. Other pages
which may be added receive the names
of the guests present, if they also care
to add their names as witnesses.
In some cases the modern certificate
Is a present from the clergyman to
the couple he is marrying, but this il
not frequent.-Chicago Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-18
Moscow,s BABY HOSPITAL.
Where Eighteen Thousand HON less
Infants Are Comfortably Cared
For In q Year.

The second most interesting thing
in Moscow is the famous founding
hospital, which cares for about 5000
babies year, and which, since it was
established by Catherine the Great,
$50 years ago, has succored over $780,
900 unfortunate little ones, writes
correspondent of the Chicago Chron-
icle. 1 went one warm day to the
huge white fve-story building, with
it's long cobbled alley of approach.
and finding the main hospital devoid
of babies l went to the door in high
brick garden wall, where I heard dis
tant sounds that led me to believe that
here was my quest. Entering the mar
row door, 1 saw and heard things that
were new indeed. The garden was OF
great length and divided into numer-
Gus alleys of big trees, and each alley
had it's long, single row of metal era
dies, curtained with white. Before
each cradle sat woman in bright
pink cotton dress, lowered in red.
with full sleeves and bertha. Her cap
was scarlet flannel. Up from these
metal cradles and the arms OF the
pink-robed nurses there rose mighty
and continuous wailing and whining,
q plaintive music that went to ones
very soul. It was the fretting, the
grief, the discomfort and the squall-
ing of 1,40O little babies combined
voices, all of them unhappily born and
fatherless, and due, if destined to life,
to know much that is bitter and sad.
Any woman may bring her baby to
this home and no questions are asked,
the child is named, numbered with .
chain about his neck and q receipt
given the mother. If she wishes she
may enter the institution as nurse
and be well paid and fed, always pro-
vided she will nurse two children, for
the foundlings are always in majori-
ty, and sometimes there are 1000 more
babies year than nurses.
This year only $4,000 nurses have
been in and there have been received
$4,000 young ones, sometimes as many
as 70 per diem. The system is per-
feet, and each ugly little mite has as
good hygienic care as if he were
prince. Their swaddling clothes are
changed frequently during the day,
and the nurses seem to adore their lit
tie charges. I saw one young woman
bouncing her little red baby up and
down, and his head was so loose in
quired of the matron if he were idi-
otto. "Oh, dear me, no; a very fine
child, but he is only four days old"
and she scolded the mother, who was
young, for her carelessness. When
the infants are three months old they
are sent out to farms in the country
with their nurses; board is paid, cloth
ing given them and at five years they
are taken back to go into the state
Industrial school, unless the family
has become attached and wishes to
adopt.
Many peasant mothers go to this
hospital, which has also lying-in hos
pital, receive its care, apply it's nurses
to their own offspring and finally
withdraw with it to the country again,
plus the allowance provided by the
government. It is thus that Russia
pays bonus to increase of population
and to sin. The state gives small
dot to girls when they marry and
agrees to start every boy in life with
profession.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-18

paper between them. The entire ex-
terror Of the house is sheathed with
fence flooring and finished with o. G.
siding, having tar paper between sid
ing and sheathing. All exterior paint
ing must be three-coat work. The
chimneys are of press brick.
The veranda railing is built from the
ground with press brick, capped with
stone. All doris are five cross panel
doors. The roof is shingled with
cedar shingles, and carving shown in
elevation is of composition. All glass
il American, double thick. All aues
are lined with fue lining.
The entire basement is cemented
with cement for floor. All art glass
showing will cost two dollars per
square foot. The chimney braces are
Of wrought iron. All rooms are plas-
tered and finished with two-coat work.
The entire ceiling of basement is plas-
tered one coat. All rooms are tinted a
color to suit owner. The exterior of
the house will look very well painted
chocolate color, with white trimming.
The roof should be painted in In
dian red. The front door will be of
oak. uuarter-sawed, finished in natural
wood. House is piped for gas and
furnace. The cutters, flushing alleys
and down spouts are to be Of galyan-
tied iron. All the hues for freplaces
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-18
KISSING THE BLARNEY STONE.

battlements of the tower. Barney
castle is scene of much curiosity to
tourists, who never fail to pay the
place visit; principally with view
to kissing the Barney stone. The
guides who point out this interesting
relic will assure you that by kissing
the Blarney stone you win be given
a gift of speech that will never fail
you in gaining your desires. Honeyed
words will flow from your lips, you
will beat Chrysostum, the gold
mouthed, in oratory, and win your way
everywhere and with everybody
London Tit-Bits.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-18
WOMAN coBBLER AT WORK.

shoes by machinery. But Mrs. Har-
mer is just as good q cobbler as her
husband, who was taught the trade
by his father when he was q boy,
and Mr.. Harmer takes pride in &C.
knowledging this fact. She can and
does do all the work of 3 skilled
cobbler, from the stitching OF
ripped seam in lady's kid shoe to
the fitting and pegging of sole on
. cowhide boot. And she is doing 1t
every day.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Harmer came to
Grand Rapids from Canada, their ma
tive home, ten years ago, and Mr..
Harmer opened a little shop. Be-
ing an Industrious and competent
workman he soon had more business
come to him than he could conven-
iently take care of without some
help. He found difficulty in securing
the help he wanted, and that's how
Mrs. Harmer happened to learn the
cobbler's trade.
Mrs. Harmer has worked on .
bench beside that Of her husband for
the last seven years, and has aided
materially in building up their bust
ness. They now occupy large store,
and not only operate their repair
shop and mandatory, but keep .
stock of goods on sale.
Mrs. Harmer is q pretty brunette,
well educated, and her modest de-
meanor and sunny disposition leave
the impression of happy childhood
and q finely nodded character. A
part Of the store in the rear Of the
shop is fitted up for living apart
ments, and their tidy appearance and
general homelike aspect reflect the
domestic contentedness and tram
quillity Of the Harmers. Here are an
upright piano, a well-ftted bookcase,
fine pictures on the wall, and other
fixtures Of happy home.
Mrs. Harmer is not yet 80 years OF
age, and is the mother of three
bright children, two boys and girl.
She said she did not stick to the
last as necessity for living. Her
husband was plenty able and willing
to provide comfortably for the fam
lily, but she liked the work and to
feel that she was helping to build
up the business.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-18

An egg, as has now been shown by an
expert. can be made to occupy any de-
sired position. First blow out its con-
tents and then, but not until the inte-
rior Is thoroughly dry, pour fine sand
into the empty shell until it is about
quarter full. Finally cover the holes IN
the shell with white wax SO as to prevent
anyone from noticing that it has been
tempered with. The egg can then be
placed in any position. It is. however. al
ways necessary to shake 1t little SO
that the sand may roll down to the
bottom, AZ only by this method can
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-18

asked why it had not been put into
effect. The answer OF the board OF
education was that it had no money.
To the further question Of why it had
no money, Chicago newspaper uli-
dertook reply, to the effect that mill
lions of dollars Of taxable values were
secreted every year by corporations
and that the state board OF equaliza-
ton looked on approvingiy.
At the time Miss Goggin was pres
ident Of the Chicago Teachers fedora
ton and Miss Margaret Haley was one
of the vice presidents. Their interest
had been aroused and the federation
in January, 1900, chose the two women
to make an investigation on behalf
Of the federation. The two women
were granted leave from school and
their salaries were to be paid by the
teachers in the federation.
The two women had not been at
work long before they discovered that
the allegations Of the newspaper were
true. AS this proof became apparent,
Miss Goggin began tofeel some OF the
uncomfortable possibilities OF her po-
sition. Comments upon the work
were INDUCED in on ell sides. and
everywhere she met evasions OF ts-
sues. Information against capital
stock and franchises was arranged
and taken before the state board of
equalization, to which body, Miss Cog
gin offered to make oath to the show
ing. The board did not avail itself OF
the offer; instead, when an attorney
found occasion to express the opinion
that both women SHOULD be thrown
out Of the. window" the board Of
equalization found much amusement
in the chivalrous utterance. And It
was third-fioor window, too.
But instead Of becoming q sacrifice,
Miss Goggin was one who made appli-
cation for writ Of mandamus to CONF
pei the board Of equalization to spread
the capital stock and franchise valua-
lions on the tax rolls. On May I, be-
fore Judge Owen B. Thompson, IN the
circuit court Of Sangamon county, this
order was issued, and on appeal the
Illinois supreme court has sustained
the Judgment Of the lower court in
every respect.
This, in brief, is the story Of the
public work which Miss Goggin has
made Of Importance to every taxing
body in the United States. II has
brought her q notoriety which she
does not relish, but . satisfaction, ct
the same time, which is not to bs
measured. Through it all she has
been calm and quiet, forgetful OF
much Of the hard road which she trav-
eled to success in her efforts.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-18

the proper equilibrium be maintained
A different process Is required II we
desire after the fashion of Columbus to
stand an egg on its head. First the
blown-out egg must be filed with tiny
grains Of meal and pieces Of sealing wax.
Then 1t must be placed in warm stove
with the end downward. As result, the
sealing wax soon melts and forms
solid mass with the grains Of meal. and
this mass, when it cools. will complete
~ fill the lower part Of the egg. The
holes can then, as above explained. b
covered with white wax.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-18
PLAN OF SECOND FLOOR.
NEW USE FOR E1FFEL TOWER
The Paris Wonder to BE Turned to
Useful Scientific Purposes In
Time to Come.

A new field of usefulness for, tho
famous Eiffel tower is being gradual
~ developed by French scientists,
and especially the meteorologists.
Very important results have been
reached in experiments regarding the
decrease Of temperature at rising
heights and the varying yelocities Of
wind currents, says the Chicago Amer
lean.
Many interesting spectroscopical
observations have also been made
from the top of the tower by analyz-
ing electric light signals thrown on
the tower from Mendon, nearly seven
miles away. This enabled the spec
trum lines of the oxygen and vapor in
the earth's atmosphere to be studied.
Lightning has often passed down
the legs of the tower, but without do
ing any damage, thanks to excellent
conductors. Lately an apparatus has
been put up to measure powerful cleo
trio currents, and flashes of lightning
up to 10000 volts intensity have been
registered.
The future will have to show wheth.
er the hopes that the tower may prove
a condenser of atmospheric electrici-
ty, and thereby a source of electrical
power, will ever be realized. but one
cannot wonder that NJ. Eiffel, who
has just brought out a small pamphlet
on the scientific uses of the tower,
should indulge in such bold specula-
tons.
When the tower becomes the prop
erty of the city, in 1909, the Paris
meteorological observatory will prob
ably be transferred to it.
For aerial navigation the tower has
also done excellent service, inasmuch
as signals have been exchanged from
it with distant balloons as far away as
the German frontier. From this it
will be seen of what supreme military
Importance the tower may yet prove
to be, especially if Paris should once
more undergo siege.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-18
VANISHING ELEPHANT.
Exclamation of the Manner in which
q Magician Performs One Of
His Best Tricks.

Come, let us fancy that we are in the
hall where famous magician is Civ
ing performance. One number on
the programme, we notice. is 'The
Vanishing Elephant" and we wonder
what it means. Surely he is not go
ing to bring an elephant on the stage,
and with wave of his wand make him
disappear, as he does watch. an egg.
or bird!
But now we shall know, for the ele-
plant comes next, and here is the
magician making things ready. He
moves to the front of the stage q
small wooden stand with circular
top. The top is supported by single
upright rising from broad base. Be-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-18
A Wonderful Beaver Story.

A story comes from the Yellow
stone National park to the effect
that a keeper caught and tanned q
Young beaver. When left in room
alone one day the youngster asserted
it's inherited traits and industry,
and built dam across one corner of
the room, using among other things
chairs, books, a pair of old boots,
and even an empty pistol that had
been left within his reach.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-18
THE BLARNEY STONE.
After You Have Kissed 1t Honeyed
Words VIII Flow from Your Lips
i'm Rare ProfusiOn.

The Barney stone is situated at,
Barney castle, Ireland. The castle is
about eight miles from Cork, and may
be reached by q charming ride on the
Cork 6, Muskerry railway. There are
two Barney stones-the real one,
which is difficult of access, as shown
in our illustration, and another which
has been inaugurated for the benefit
of nervous people who do not care to
be swung head downwards from the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-18
y IS AA7RIB];F#'K,
s 5Aikllj!Jl}$5:A
YOUNG WOMAN coBBLER.
she Can Do All sorts Of Jobs, from
Stitching . Seam to the Peg.
ging On of q Sole.

Mrs. Nellie Harmer, of Grand Rap
ids, Mich, would almost as soon peg
new soles on a wornout pair of shoes
or patch the uppers as play the piano,
and she can do both and do it well
in either case.
Mrs. Harmer is the only woman
cobbler in Michigan. Indeed, she has
never heard Of another woman who
can do the work she does in this or
any other part of the country. True,
there are great many girls and
women who are employed in the big
manufactures to do certain parts of
the work in the making Of pair Of
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-18
Cautious Girl.

Percy-I proposed to Isabel on .
lovely moonlight night.
Guy-Well-
Percy-She said to bring the mat
ter up again some cloudy night; that
the didn't want matters to stand SO
could blame the moon il we made .
bad match.-Detroit Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-18

are SKIS feet; for furnace sx12 inches.
Electric bells are placed in kitchen,
with push buttons at front and rear
doors.
The entrance to basement is beneath
the rear stairs. The sink in kitchen
10 porcelain lined.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-18
wtlIin. to Try.

Harold Couldn't you learn to love
me?
Amelia-No; but TIL try awfully
hard! Papa has promised to send me
abroad if my health breaks down
from overstudy, you know!-Puck.