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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-09-20

This island is more like . peninsula,
for the place of attachment to the
mainland is seldom covered with wa
ter. Terminal Island lies between San
Pedro and Long Beach. The former
town is located on high bluffs where
an extensive view is obtained. Excur.
sion steamers leave this point for
Catalina Island, which is SO well
known to be, par excellence, the finest
resort on the coast that it requires NO
further mention.
The government is adding to tho
natural advantages of San Pedro, con-
st<ucting here rather fine harbor,
which is the port for Los Angeles.
Long Beach has leaped into favor be.
cause it has SO very many natural ad"
vantages. It is near the city, has two
railroads and street car line, an ex-
cellent pavilion and the finest bath
house south of San Francisco, COM
pleted at cost of $4,000. The town
is high enough to be beyond reach OF
danger in case of tidal waves has ex-
cellent drainage facilities and the fin
est beach along this coast OF fine
beaches. Two years ago there were
few improvements. Now it is town
of homes, on a sort of plateau. The
contour of the country protects it
from the high winds, while there is al
ways a pleasant breeze. 1t is one OF
the places which everybody likes,
hardly knowing the reason why.
But it is only fair to enumerate the
disadvantages of each place. There
is at Long Beach kind of undertow
called "trip" An experienced swim
mer recognizes one forming little
way out and easily escapes it, but an
amateur is sometimes caught. Two
have been drowned at Long Beach
this summer, which, added to other
victims, makes a total of nine dur
ing the last three years. Perhaps this
is not many when one takes into con-
sideration the great number who
battle there. The citizens are now in
stalling system of life lines and
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-09-20

The rector and vestryraen retain their
legal and canonical rights over the
financial and pastoral concerns of the
church. In the following month Rev.
William L. Devries was appointed REQ
tor of st. Mark, and vicar to the bishop,
in which capacity he still serves with
the approval Of the bishop and peo-
pie.
Bishop Henry Y. saterlee then en-
larged the clerical staff by the ap-
pointment of Rev. C. 81. Hayes and Rev.
T. H. Rhinelander. The three clergy
were then appointed chaplains. They,
with the bishop, constitute a faculty.
The deacons of the diocese live in the
clergy house with this faculty for one
year each, in post graduate study,
thereby receiving practical instruc-
lions in homiletics and the pastoral
charge. Being directly under the tu-
telage of the bishop, this post graduate
year is of incaIculable value to the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-09-20
HOUSE SPIDERS HARMLESS.
Needless Alarm Over the Innocent
Insects That Are So Common
About Our Homes.

To person acquainted with spiders
and their habits nothing appears
more ridiculous than the alarm which
q common house spider will cause to
some people. We have very few poi
sonous or dangerous spiders in this
country. 81 $50
Though their bite is venomous, it is
fatal only to insects and animals. The
quantity of their poison is so minute
that it can do no harm of any con-
sequence to person who is in or
binary health. In the sultry months,
when the blood is hot and irritable,
the bite of spider is most liable to
result in danger, says scientific jour
nal.
Few objects are more repulsive to
people generally than the spider, and
this arises probably from the fright
full stories which everybody has heard
of the tarantula and the effects OF it's
wound. Only some tarantulas of the
tropical climates are poisonous. A
close acquaintance with the little fell
lows lessons our antipathy to them.
They perform surprising and curious
feats, and are intelligent, cunning and
frugal. The little gray colored spider,
attus familiaris, does not build web,
but lives in the crevices in the walls,
window sashes, clapboards and such
places, and it runs over the floors or
along the walls and catches flies. No
panther or cat can vie with this little
fellow in the stealthily approaches
and captures it's game. He is per-
fectly harmless, but not one houses
wife in hundred appears to know
it.
Another common house spider is
known as the theridion vulgare, varia-
BILE in color, being cream white, some
times darked, of leaden gray, livid
brown, and tinged at times with red.
This spider is of more retiring ma
ture than the one I have just spoken
of, and contents himself with build
ing home in some dark corner of q
room. After the web is made ready
he retires to his den and waits for
his victim, and the moment fly or
other insect is entangled in the
meshes of the web, the spider darts
out, and if he discovers that the cap
tive is sufficiently large and strong
enough to eventually break the web
and get away, he will advance eau
tiously and begin the work of spin
ming thread after thread around him,
so as to bind the victim hard and fast.
When this is done, the little spider
will then set to work to hasten it's
death by singing him. These spiders
never permit the dead victim to re-
main in the web, but will weave a
system of pulleys and tackle, which
by degrees work the dead body into
the home of the spider, when he goes
to work and repairs the web for the
next unfortunate.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-09-20
THE TRIALS OF HERITAGE.
Inherited Elegance and the Troubles
1t Brought to Two Old
Ladies.

Pride in creditable descent is CONF
mendable, and devotion to valuable
family relics is also praiseworthy;
but the manifestation of both these
sentiments is occasionally made in d
manner verging dangerously near the
ludicrous, says the Detroit Free Press.
''Those dear elderly ladies next
door," said woman with,an abnormal
sense of humor, although they arc
now bit down in the world, poor
things, they have all sorts of illustri-
Gus ancestry behind them, and are
thoroughbreds themselves in every
particular, lovely, refined, intellectual,
agreeable people. But they have inher-
tied any quantity of elegant old FAM
ily silverware, and it is such. a curi-s
ously laughable detail of their every
day lives. We live SO near that I cam
not help overhearing much of what il
said over there; and almost from
morning till night Miss Martha and
Miss Anne say to their maid: Lucy,
have you carried the silver upstairs?
Lucy, have you carried the silver down.
stairs? Bring the silver, Lucy. Lucy,
don't forget the silver
"Of course, admire all their quaint
old teapots, coffee-pots, sugar bowls,
cream pitchers, and so on; only wish
I had some of them.
'"The silver is a great care and
anxiety to them in the winter; but in
the summer it must make their lives
miserable. They don't dare to leave it
in the house when they go to picnics.
or on boat excursions, so they take it
with them! Yes, they carry it with
them, in an enormous old-fashioned
brown basket. Sometimes Lucy goes
with them, to carry it, and sometimes
they hire half-grown boy, and then,
of course, they nave to watch the boy.
Miss Anne told me once that boy they
hired turned wrong corner once,
and they had terrible chase to catch
him; they thought the family silver
was lost for good that time.
mo, don't believe they use the sill
yer at picnics; they just take it with
them so they know it is safe"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-09-20
MARKETS FOR TIMEPIECES.
Many Clocks and Watches Are I'm
ported Into Liberia, India
and China.

The presence in Liberia of consid-
cradle number of people who live after
a European fashion is sufficient to ac-
count for certain features in the i'm
port trade. There are considerable
importations of clocks and watches,
coral, cornelian and glass pearls. Ger
many holds first place in imports and
England the second, though it must
be noted that large proportion of the
imports from England is of American
origin, says jewelers. Circular.
The imports of clocks and watches
into Bombay in the year 19oo-1901
amounted in value to $27O, 1872, of which
amount the United States furnished
$37,117. France and Italy hold first
place in the trade, the United States
being second, and the United Kingdom
third. The trade in better class arti-
,les from the United States has kept up.
Any decline is in the cheap Swiss man
ufactures which are shipped from vari-
Gus ports. Owing to the exhaustion jim
Switzerland of the previous years
stock and the dearness of materials
necessary for manufacture there,
clocks 'smade in Germany" and even
watches, have been largely imported,
SO that the total under this head is
the largest since the year 1886.
Clocks are extensively sold in China,
from the small nickel plated to the
large wood frame eight-day clock.
ranging in price from rs cents to So or
$40. Watches have very large sale,
the cheaper varieties leading. There is
a good demand for silver watches from
S. to $40, and many gold watches are
sold. The dealers say that American
watches are preferred to all others.
Much cheap jewelry is worn, although
most of the ornaments are of jade or
other hard stone which resembles it.
Nearly all the Chinese women wear
earrings, bracelets and pins, artificial
pearls being most common. Large
quantities of foreign jewelry-most OF
it being made for the trade-are sold in
Swallow.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-09-20
MAKING BEETLE JEwELRY.
Beautiful Ornaments Are Devised
from the Shells of Ntcarau.
guam insects.

There seems to be no connection be-
tween craftsmanship and fashions, at
least at first sight. AS a matter OF
fact, nearly every move in the worlds
diplomacy is accompanied by novelties
and changes in woman's attire, says the
New York Post. The entente between
France and Russia revolutionized
modes and replaced the corsage with
the Russian blouse. Our growing in
tercourse with Nicaragua has brought
into the market some of tht odd beetle
iewelry for which that country is IA
nous. Not alone Nicaragua, but all
of the Central American republics are
wonderfully rich in insect life. Both
butterflies and beetles are marked by
the most ma gnifcent colorings known
to entomology. The aborigines util-
lied many of the beetles for decorative
purposes and their Spanish conquer
ors adopted the beautiful ornaments.
The favorite beetles the writer has
found to be of three classes. One is
about the same shape and size
as the Egyptian scarab, though q
trifle fatter and very much strong
er. 1t is coated with green
enamel of metallic luster, which looks
like a gem from some other PLAN
ct. The Indians cure the beetle by dry
ing and smoking, and mount it with
golden legs. This is set upon disk Of
white stone carnelian, milk quartz, or
even porcelain, which, in turn, il
trimmed with gold. This is employed as
brooch cuff button, or breastpin.
Sometimes the beetle is mounted upon
a thin plate of gold or silver, and is
used as an earring.
The second class Of beetles are Of
the same general outline as the tum-
ble-bug, but their wing cases are Of
rich, changeable purple, blue, and
green, with metallic luster. The tint
varies. with the angle at which the
light strikes the surface. They are
not as strong as the scarab, and are
employed for making necklaces and
bracelets. Three or four are fastened
together so as to form bead, and q
number of these beads are strung upon
elastic cord or golden wire When
around snowy wrist or neck they
make wonderfully striking display Of
color and light.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-09-20
To Make Clear Jelly.

Jelly making seems the most diff.
cult thing in the fruit preserving nne.
Sometimes the juice ropes or spins q
thread and refuses to form jelly;
sometimes sugar crystals come on the
top and the jelly candies. In the first
case, the fruit juice has been boiled
too long; in the second, too much
sugar has been used, and the amount
which the fruit cannot take up crys-
talizes. Fruit like ounces, which cone
tain a large amount of pectin and
pectose, are easily made into jelly.
Half pound of sugar to a pint OF
good rich ounce juice will make
solid clear jelly. With grapes, those
that are little under ripe are best
for jelly making. If they are very
ripe, they do not need as much sugar
as when under ripe.-N. Y. Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-09-20

rardless of its relation with the epis-
copate. -.....,-..... 49,. ll.
In June, 1869, this church was organ
ICED by Rev. A. F. Steele, the assist
ant pastor of the church at the navy
yard. There were 10 lay members, who
elected vestrymen, and services were
held in cheap little old frame building
in the middle of a block of ground,
which was otherwise vacant and I'M
cared for. The little church was sur
rounded with weeds, and it was in the
midst of the worst of the weeds of
sin in this city. Nowhere was church
work more needed at that time.
Rev. DR.. Steele devoted the remain
der of his life to the work of develop
ing this church; and it was home mis-
sionary work of most exacting char
acter. The people were poor, and it
was found to be difficult to secure as
sistance from people outside of the
parish. The struggle for existence
was a hard one. Twelve years elapsed
before sufficient money was raised to
secure building lots. The corner stone
of the present edifice was laid by Rev.
DR.. Addison, of Epiphany church, Sep
TENDER 10, 1880; but the church was
not completed until February, 1889, 20
years after the organization of the
vestry. When the church was dedi-
Gated it was in debt $4,000. Consider
able of this Indebtedness was paid off,
when Rev. DR.. Steele, after "a years of
faithful labor, was called to the cathe-
dral beyond the veil which mortal eyes
cannot penetrate.
Rev. Andrew j. Graham, pastor OF
Trinity church, Minneapolis, came to
Washington and assumed the work
which had been laid down by the death
6: DR.. Steele, in 1893. He remained
with the church until 1895, when Rev.
Allan Griffith was called to temporary
pastorate. In that year the church
was offered to the bishop of Washing
ton for use as his pro-cathedral, and
accepted by him. On November 20,
1896, concordat was executed be-
tween the bishop and the legal paro-
chial authorities-the rector, the ward
ems and the vestrymen. Under the
provisions of this concordat the bishop
dominates the clergy and has control
ct the ritual and policy Of the work.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-09-20
THEIR LAST WORDS.
Bill Arp on Remarks of Great Men
Dying.
Bill Says He Still Lives-And This
RemtnGA Him of Daniel Web
ster's Last Words and How
They Impress Him.

Il still live" I was Illuminating
about the last words of great men,
and those Of Daniel Webster always
impress me with peculiar force. On
the very confines of eternity, on the
brink of the everlasting change that
he knew was at hand, his great mind
seemed to be studying and waiting and
watching for the separation of the
soul from the body, and wondering
how he would pass the crisis. There
was no fear, no dread, as he calmly
whispered: Il still live" and immedi-
ately died. His body died, and what
was the next vision of his great soul
the world would like to know, but it
is forbidden. l thought of all this not
long ago as seemed to be drawing
near the end and approached the con-
fines of that undiscovered country
turns. | was serious and solemn with
expectation, but was not alarmed,
for my faith is that my Maker will
take care of me and of all others who
love Him and try to do right. All that
troubled me was the separation from
those I love and their grief at my de-
parture. Two months is a long time
to be a child again without vital force
enough to walk alone. But l have
passed the crisis, and though weak and
nervous am on the upgrade, and can
walk about the garden and carry the
little grandchild in my arms and give
him flowers and feast on his smiles and
caresses.
Well, that is enough on that line.
You readers can find sermons and
prosy commentaries on sickness and
death on another page. "Carpe diem"
Let us enjoy the day and be thankful
that we still live. But to drop reVer-
emily from the sublime to the ridicu-
lous, I recall that when I was young
a number of us were quoting the last
words of great men such as Seneca and
Plato and Calvin and Luther and one
said: 'Well, you know what Daniel
Webster said?" No, we did not remem-
Der and he replied: "Why, he opened
A1o ACoO O4S eyes anu AOOhNu al AlS
friends who were weeping around him
and whispered: Boys, don't cry; am
not dead yet"
Forty-one years ago last Sunday the
battle of Manassas was fought. It
was the first battle of the civil war
and made deeper impression upon
those engaged in it than any other.
Compared with the great battles that
came after it, it was almost insignif-
can't, for there were only 40 federals
killed and 317 confederates. The fed
eral account gives 1000 of their army
as missing. That is mistake, for by
four o'clock they were all missing.
Our cavalry couldn't find them, though
they followed their trail of discarded
guns and haversacks for miles and
miles. There never was such a rout
and such a panic during the war. We
didn't have enough wagons next day
to gather up the scattered munitions
of war, and it took Mcdowell month
to call in his army of $4,000 men and
But in the long run they
got even with us and little ahead,
and the grand army is still Dragging
how four of them whipped one of US
in four years. That's all right. We
are satisfied with our record and it
grows brighter as the years roll on.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-09-20
Nut and nai.in Filling.

A combination nut and raisin filing
makes a unique and palatable pie. A
large cupful each Of nuts (any sort
preferred) and raisins will be re-
quired. Cream to make smooth paste
should be added, and sugar sufficient
to sweeten.s Spread upon crusts and
cover top Of pie with whipped cream.
Ladies World, New York.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-09-20
Sarcasm.

Mrs. De Style (haughtily)-1am sor.
~, but I would not permit my daugh-
ter to go with man that drinks.
Turnedowne-I thought as much,
for I have never seen your daughter
out with her father.-Judge.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-09-20
Na Douht af 1t.

Mrs. Doozle-And will you love mo
when I'm old and unlovely?
Doozle-I suppose SO. You see, I'll
be old and daffy then, myself.-san
Francisco Bulletin.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-09-20
A Distinction.

"Does de razor pull, boss?" asked
the barber.
"No," replied the man in the chair,
"The razor only catches and you do
the pulling."-Chicago Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-09-20
An Item from Chicago.

Mrs. Dearborn-Does your husband
shout for union forever?
Mrs. Wabash-No, indeed! He's
trying to get a divorce already
Workers Statesman.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-09-20
Wedding Out.

Dorcas-What are you going to
contribute to the "rummage sale?"
Mrs. Dorcas-Why, all the thinge
the junkman wouldn't buy."-N. Y.
Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-09-20
GeIaffna Erosfinx

Dissolve tablespoon Of gelatine in
oze-haH cup of boiling water and
strain, thicken with powdered sugar
and favor with any desired dayorins.
Boston Globe,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-09-20
n.,,xer II. from Our Friend..

81 didn't know they were engaged"
"They weren't, but their friends de-
cided it would be splendid match, SO
there was nothing else for them to
do."-Detroit Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-09-20
A Natural Accompaniment.

Oaths were constantly heard in So
ciety in London 100 years ago. With
the introduction Of golf they are
again becoming fashionabls.--Londo1
News.
Smyrna times., 1902-02-19
BRENFORD
Big Oak School Celebrates Lincoln's Birth
day-Local and Personal Mention.

Big Oak School Celebrates Lincoln's Birth
day-Local and Personal Mention.
Special Correspondence to the TIMES.
An entertainment was held at Bren-
ford school Thursday evening, by Mr..
Taylor, and the audience enjoyed his
interesting illustrated lectures.
The teachers of "Brenford" and
"Big Oak" schools held in mind Lin
coins birthday and gave the scholars
a holiday.
Personals. Mrs. DIR. Davis, of Cam
den, N. j., Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor, of
Smyrna, and Mrs. Lee Springs, of
Philadelphia, are visiting Mrs. James
Davis. Also, DIR. Davis, of Camden,
N. j., was down over Sunday.
Lillian Lower left last Wednesday for
an extended visit with her aunt in
Washington, D. G. - Miss Mamie
Wright spent Tuesday, February 11th,
with relatives at Dover.-Mr. and
Mrs. John Severson' left last week for
visit with their daughter, Mrs. E.
Hammond, IN Philadelphia. Mr.. Sew
erson has returned hOme.-Mr. Man
fred Lower, of Dover, made his par
ents, Mr., and Mrs. E. Lower, a visit
last Wednesday.-Mr. George Wright
has returned home from a visit among
relatives in Philadelphia. Miss Carrie
Andrews, of Dover, spent last Wednes
day with Mrs. Reed Lofand.-Miss
Ida Severson, entertained few friends
Monday evening, Feb. 10th.-Mr. and
Mrs. j. Garrison, of Leipsic, spen
Sunday with Mrs. E. Dickson anC
daughter. Miss Ethel Riggs, o
Smyrna, spent Sunday with Mrs. Ree(
Lohand. Miss Annie Sapp, of Phila
delphia, is visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. Sapp'-Miss Elizabetl
Goodwin, of Philadelphia, is visiting
Mrs. Sapp. Mr.. Thomas Colt, anC
son, of Summit Bridge, who were Wis
iting Mr.. +. Sapp, are storm stayed.
Smyrna times., 1902-02-19
STATE ITEMS.
INTERESTING ITEMS CLEANED FROM STATE
AND EASTERN SHORE PAPERS
Local Happenings of the Different Towns Of
the Peninsula and the Rural Districts,
Personal, Social and Otherwise.

Local Happenings of the Different Towns of
the Peninsula and the Rural Districts,
Personal. Social and Otherwise.
John H. Cooper, of Dover aged so
years, died Friday of pneumonia, after
a brief illness.
The wedding of Miss Nettie Jones
aud Samuel Marshall will take place at
Lewes, March 10Th.
j. E. Horney of Harrington has OBJ
tanned employment in the government
printing Office, Washington.
J. Dallas Marvil of Laurel has sold
the schooner John W. Bell to Capt. H.
Scott of Seaford for 81 900.
Gunners and farmers in Kent Coun-
ty are indignant at the slaughter of
partridges and rabbits by pot hunters
Frisby Clarke, an aged Dover citi-
zen, was severely injured a few days
ago by falling through trap door in a
store.
Joshua w. Bishop of Baltimore hun
dred has been elected a member of the
Sussex Cou nty Board of Trustees of
| the Poor.
Thirty-seven houses were erected in
Seaford last year, and it is expected
that twice that number will be built
this year.
The wedding of Miss Fannie Hurley
and DIR. l.. r. Bennett of Seaford took
place Friday, the Rev. J. W. Balder-
ston officiating.
John K. Henry has been elected tax
collector in West Little Greek hundre d
and James G. Andrews collector in
Gumboro hundred.
Herman G. Taylor, newspaper man
of Dover, has announced himself as q
candidate for coroner of Kent county
on the Democratic ticket
The members of Captain Willium l.
: | Oduu uuOu L OSb3 W. a. W. VI OilO OSOFAAOi
, will give a smoker in Grand Army Hal
on the evening of Washington's birth
day.
Miss Augusta F. W. Rockwell o
1 Chestertown Nd, and W. r. Hardy
i of Baltimore were married in Dove
e Friday, the Rev. Alfred Smith, D. ID.
: officiating.
;, Lockwood Cowgirl has sold to job
u II. Bishop of Cheswold a dwelling a
i the corner of Loockerman and Ney
g streets, two stores and stable o
i New street for $4,000.
4 Miss Minnie Voshell and Robei
/. Green, Jr., were married at the HON
lr of the brides parents, near Littl
IF Creek, Wednesday afternoon, the Re-
|. Alfred Smith, ID. D., officiating.
81 The Farmers Bank of Dover stand
S1st and the Farmers Bank of Georg,
III town stands Tooth, in the list of stat
ld banks of the whole United States
~ percentage of surplus and undivide
v profits to capital stock.
a. !. Parsonsburg NJ e. Church has il
,le vited the Rev. ID. f. McFaul to retul
as pastor next conference year. an
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