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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-15
BIRTHDAY FETES IN JAPAN.
Two General Anniversaries Respec-
lively for the Boys md Girls OF
the Empire Are Observed.

Japan is the land of topsy-turvy, and
so, perhaps, it is only to be expected
that individual hirthdays-with the
exception of that of the emperor
are not taken any notice Of, but sort
of general birthday of everybody alto
gether is celebrated with great re-
ioicing. There are two of these gen.
eral birthdays, one for each sex. The
male birthday, which is known as the
celebration of the boys occurs on
the third day of the third month, and
the celebration of the girls takes
place on the fifth day of the fifth
month. These days are general holt
days for the young. All studies and
work generally are put aside, and boys
and girls RESPECTIVELY receive presents
according to their station, says Lon
don paper.
The birthday of the mikado, or Ten-o
as he is more properly styled, is also
a general holiday for the japanese ev-
erywhere. The houses are all deco
rated with, flags, and in the evening
the streets are gay with the lights
of innumerable colored lanterns. In
the morning the highest authorities
go to the palace to offer their con
gratulations in person and the lower
degrees offer them vicariously to their
superiors. All the Japanese world
somehow or other congratulate their
monarch on having added another year
to his age.
This extends even to the japanese
legations abroad. For instance, in No.
velnber the attaches and secretaries
of the japanese legation in Grosveno1
Gardens, London, will present their
congratulations to the minister; the
minister will wire to the foreign min.
lister at Toxic, and the foreign minis.
ter will personally offer his at the pal
ace. The legation will not be illumi-
mated externally, because the month OF
November in England is not suited to
such effects and also because the
English people would not understand,
but there will be a dinner party to
celebrate the occasion.
The mikado in question comes of
very ancient line, which beats any
thing that Europe can produce in the
way of dynasty. He is the one hun.
dred and twenty-frst emperor after
Jimmu Ten-o, who was the first and
fourished about the year geo B. C. His
reign will ever be celebrated for the
fact that in it Japan passes at one
bound, as it were, from the darkness
of the middle ages to the civilization
of the nineteenth century, and became
one of the great powers with which
the European STATESMEN recognize
they will have to reckon in the future.
For this the mikado is mainly respon-
sible.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-15
Safest Bufldinrltn History.

There was one fame Jus building of an
tiquity, it is said in an article onrlght-
ming, in Leslie's Monthly, which, ac-
cording to the records, was neveI once
damaged by ligh timing during its
thousand years of existence, alt Tough
placed high on hill above 4 ty in
a mountain region where thtnder
storms are very frequent. It w IS the
temple of Solomon at Jerusalem. me
temple was oveldald within and VIM
ont by plates Of gold. Now gid is
one of the best OF electric condufors'
and in this wayfthe hole building was
protected with perfection and (hor-
oughness that has never been attempt
I'd before or since.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-15
DRIVES BIG OSTRICH.
Newest Sensation at Saratoga "As
Furnished by Wife OF q New
York Contractor.

As at Newport, the pretty women
at Saratoga are racking their minds
in search of fads that may divert
their friends and help to pass the
time.
Nobody in Saratoga is likely to
give monkey dinner and the hsh
suppers at the lake are not suscep-
tible of elaborate variation, but
novelties in driving rigs have aP-
peared on Broadway that overshad-
ow anything ever seen on Bellevue
avenue, Newport.
The three horses abreast, driven by
Mrs. Rarnes-Allin, have created
sensation such as Saratoga has not
known for many years. William Z.
Whitney's double team of chestnuts
is superior to anything seen on the
Lake road since the days of the elder
Vanderbilts.
In the search for special sensa-
ton pretty woman has hit upon an
idea that for the moment outshines
mere hcrsefesh. Mrs. c. A. Barthol-
omea, wife of large railway con-
tractor in New York, and near rel
alive OF Admiral Dewey, has taken
advantage of the presence in Sarato-
ga in summer of an ostrich farmer
from Jacksonville, Fla, to secure one
of the trained birds for driving to a
light blue pneumatic tire wagon.
The ostrich, most thoroughly brok-
en- to harness, is named Oliver W.,
and is a splendid male bird, standing
over nine feet in height. Four years
of infinite patience on the part OF
trainer, Mr.. Campbell, were required
to render the bird tractable.
'The skull of the animal is so small
in proportion to his body that he has
almost no brains," explained Trainer
Campbell. The rig was already har-
messed. The ostrich stood, quite do
Gle, with hood over his head. That
is the device for hitching the great
birds. AS long as they cannot see
they confidently believe themselves
invisible A brass band or score
of painting automobiles will not
cause them to move muscle.
The pretty woman mounted to he1
seat behind the strange two-legged
"steed" and, when she had gathered
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-15
QUEEN MARIE AMELIA.
Ii Beloved by Every Stratum
of Society.


There is no more captivating fig.
ure on the thrones; of all Europe thar
is Marie Amelia, queen of Portugal.
The queen is the oldest daughter OF
the French pretender, the duke OF
Orleans, and was born in England in
one of the many years when her fs'
TIERS residence was at the country
seat, Twickenham, during his long
exile from France. In 1886, through
the influence of that royal match
maker, Victoria, Marie Amelia was
married to Don Carlos, the then heir
apparent to the throne of Portugal.
Three years later came his accession.
and Queen Marie Amelia entered upon
career which has made her the
most universally beloved character
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-15
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

About 10000, 600 postal cards are
forwarded every year by the German
post offices.
Only one-teEth of the emigrants who
leave Europe by German ports are Ger
mans.
Malarial disorders are rare in Japan
because the mountainous structure of
the country gives natural drainage IA
cilities.
The japanese are not a wealthy peo-
pie, nor are they, even when possessed
of wealth, much given to costly, ex-
trayagant or ostentatious forms of
pleasure.
The criminal court of Rodez (Avey-
ron), France, has just put on record a
decision against two newspapers and
a doctor for calling one Lacombe a
Freemason, ''using the term in an in
sulting and defamatory sense"
A fragment of a calendar, the earli-
est piece Guttenberg's printing that
can be proved, has been discovered at
Wiesbaden. The astronomical calcu-
lations show that it was intended for
the first four months of the year 144S.
Jerusalem is now supplied with wa
ter from King Solomon's 'Sealed Foun-
tain," seven miles south of the city.
The water is conveyed partly through
modern iron pipes, but partly by the
old aqueduct known as Solomon's
Aqueduct.
DR.. Wesley, of Vienna, has discov-
cred in a papyrus some new sayings OF
Diogenes the Cynic. There are prov
cribs and number of tales. The papy-
rus is in wretched condition and only
a few columns are legible, but it must
have contained about 300 anecdotes OF
the philosopher.
DR.. Alfred Exner, of Vienna, explains
the immunity of children from hurt by
the swallowing of pins and other sharp
things by declaring that the stomach
or intestine Fuckers up and thickensit-
self at point of contact, withdraws it.
self so as to form little pocket and
gradually turns the things around SO
as to turn the edge or point away.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-15
Rumble Bee and Tiger.

Invincible determination as one of
the traits of the bumblebee was evil
denced one afternoon recently at the
Philadelphia zoo, when supposedly
fearless tiger fell ANONYMOUSLY be
fore its onslaught. Prolonged howls
in the lion house drew the attention OF
the keeper. Investigating, the keeper
observed the tiger frantically chasing
after his tail, emitting at short inter
walls sounds expressive of intense pain.
A few buckets of water were applied,
and finally, when tiny bee dropped to
the floor, an almost human look of re-
lief appeared on the face of the tiger.
At first he sank to the floor, overcome
by the exertions put forth, then, sud-
denly recollecting the diminutive size
of his vanquisher, he sprang against
the bars of the cage and dashed his tail
in fury.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-15
NEAT PARLOR EXPERIMENT.

whole with common glass, thorough
ly dried.
Now get dry, wooden cloth. and by
placing your hand or finger on top of
the glass to insure it's steadiness, rub
the cloth briskly up and down the glass
at a point between the points of the
cross and the pointed end of the cross
will slowly but surely move toward or
revolve on the needle until it points
to the place on the glass where the
cloth is being rubbed.
The point of the cross is attracted
by the electricity which is generated
by rubbing the glass with the wooden
cloth.-Chicago Record-Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-15
THE OX-HORN INDUSTRY.
How a Trade Which Has Now Reached
Large Proportions Originated
S~~~- in New York,

A familiar sight in the business
quarter of this city is the Russian
horn peddler. The man himself is
picturesque, having the strong feat
ures, dark skin, long beard and ILL
fitting clothes which mark the
Slovak, while his wares are always
noticeable for their oddity. Some
times it is the hatrack consisting Of
two ox-horns beautifully polished
and fitted together at the butts upon
small wooden board ready for
hanging in hallway. At another
time it is a small three-legged stool,
of which each leg is a great horn.
Again it is a gun rack, where the
hooks are horns, yellow, white, gray,
brown and black. If you desire it
he will supply you with easy chairs,
arm chairs and rockers, of with tho
entire frames are made of hons. OF
similar construction are easles, mu.
sic racks, picture frames, wil tro"
phies and baby cribs.
The industry was started about IS
years ago by some poor Russian
Jews near the kosher Slaughter
house. Before that time tie horns
were sold with the hoofs to the glue
makers and button manufacturers.
They brought but few cents a
pound and the glue buyers had no
trouble in getting all thf raw ma
terial they needed.
The manufacturers frs prepared
the horns by boiling and using aka
lies. Afterward they found they
could secure better res7l ts by treat
ment with cold alkali1e solutions.
followed by antisepticl. After the
horns have been clean ed, they are
scraped and polished until they
CLEAN like FURNISHED metal. A few
are vanished, but tie practice is
Y. Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-15

of wasted
sin special feature which
OF building that
within the
architect
Of expenditure
ideas to dwelling
another designing dwelling
be important considerations
usually
added there the
difference of
ground covered by the building BON
tnated i
pleasing design
family moderate circumstances It is well
arranged
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-15
Strike and Lockout.

He tried the door with his key, but
the thing was locked on the inside,
locked and bolted. And, just as he
was about to apply the knocker, a
voice, stern and admonitory, reached
him from above:
"Halloa! Who are you? What do
you want?"
"My DEAR" he called, t'isn't that a
trife gratuitous. I want to come in.
Dye see?"
Where have you been till this
hour?"
''Club, my darling. Been down dis
GUESSING the strike"
every well, then. Now you can go
back and discuss the lockout. Does
it still rain ?''-Baltimore Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-15
Rational Care of Clothes.

Air your clothes after taking them
off and before putting them away. Let
the bodice of dress hang over the
back of chair to air for at least half
an hour before you put it away, but
if possible keep it out some time
longer. Children should be taught to
turn their stockings inside out at
night and to hang them over a chair.
Body linen should be treated in the
sam. manner, not folded up in the
neat little heaps that our grandmoth-
ers used to insist upon, for the lat
ter, though tidier-looking, are by no
means sanitary. Air is great puri-
fer, and clothes through which it is
allowed to circulate freely will be kept
from that stuffy, musty smell which
characterizes garments that are fold
ed and put away directly they have
been worn.-Chicago Daily News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-15

of modern times, her popularity be-
ing said to exceed that of even that
much sung queen, Carmen Sylvia.
Marie Amelia is possessed of q
character as remarkable for its low
able positive qualities as that of her
royal spouse is for its disagreeable neg
alive traits. She is woman of strong
character and high intellectual pow
er, generous, quick witted, far-see-
ing. She is close student of hui
man nature, or, rather, has an intu-
tive perception of it; she is a sci-
enlist of high standing, is grad
uate in medicine and an expert
upon matters of hospital nursing and
sanitary cooking. The fact is, Queen
Marie Amelia is most extraor-
binary woman. Her distinction of
being the only royal NJ. D. in the
world is but one of her many unusual
attractions. Although devotee of
quiet domesticity and model wife
and mother, she is thoroughly mod
ern in her beliefs, and has the cour-
age necessary to reduce these beliefs
to actions. She is an exponent of
common sense in the matter of dress,
and has succeeded in elevating pub
lie opinion in Portugal to that height
where tight lacing is considered low
taste, questionable and immoral.
With all this she is artistic, and has
the reputation of being one of the
most tastefully gowned princesses in
Europe.
Queen Marie Amelia is generous to
a fault. She not only refuses to ac-
cept from the government one cent
of the princely allowance made her
three-fourths of her magnificent for
tune inherited from her father and
his family, in charities and humani-
ties for the poor of her realm, which
charities are as original and inter-
esting as is their royal author. They
include among other things expert
mental stations for the production
of the serum of diphtheria, from
which dread disease Portugal suf-
fers more than any other country
of Europe; a model sanitary bakery
for the poor; hospital and free dis
pensary for stricken women. The
queen who is an authority on these
subjects, is personal and intimate
friend of Florence Nightingale. to
whom she has paid several visits, and
with whose ideas she is in full ac-
cord. In fact, it may be partly due
to this influence that the queen has
made efforts so persistent and so
well directed that the hospitals and
charitable institutions of otherwise
decadent Portugal are in so flourish
ing a condition.
Adored by her own people, be-
loved of English society, worshiped
in Paris, Queen Marie Amelia is one
of the handsomest, wisest, most low
able and noblest queens of Christen-
dom. If a sovereign's possession of
these virtues may constitute the
safety of a people, Portugal need
have no fear for the present.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-15
1t Worried Him,

With perfect nonchalance the
plunger at Saratoga bet $1,000 on Che
red-and won.
Again he laid $4,000 on the high
Garland won.
Passing to another roulette table
he put $4,000 ON the blacl-and won.
Returning to the faro table, he
placed the $4,000 on the ace-and
lost.
Extracting large roll from his
pocket, he peeled off some more mon
ey and resumed play, taking time to
Observes:
81 don't see how we are going to
live if the price of coal goes much
higher" American.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-15
d FLooR PLANyoF COTTAGE.

anofd
dwelling neighbour least Peasan
the enough TO o
well altogether
surrounding landscape this house ranks
substantial
in end
front entrance from which enter the
back of the ttingroom the kitchen and
ceiling
There
small bathroom in the house The
hafch sdng pastered
finished
matched The interior of the house is
selected to harmonic with the surrounding
/ E. A PAYNE.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-15
uox tn Freshen = Dress.

A clever bachelor girl who works all
day long and every day in very dusty
locality has impaired the secret OF tho
spick and span appearance that is the
envy of all her associates, writes q re-
porter for the Syracuse Post-Standard.
Regularly once week she lightly
sponges her plain, trim business suit
with tepid water to which have been
added little liquid ammonia and 9
suspicion of powdered borax. While
still slightly damp the skirt and coa>
are pressed carefully, the household
laundry irons being employed for this
purpose. The entire process consumes
but a few minutes, and the result is
a perpetual and perennial freshness
and cleanliness possible in no othef
way,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-15
Food for Nervous Persons.

As rule, salt meat is not adapted
to the requirements of nervous peo-
pie, as nutritious juices go' into the
brine to a great extent. Fish of all
kinds is good for them. Raw eggs,
contrary to the common opinion, are
not as digestible as those that have
been well cooked. Good bread, sweet
butter and lean meat are the best
food for the nerves. People troubled
with insomnia and nervous starting
from sleep, and sensations of falling,
can often be cured by limiting them
selves to a diet of milk alone for q
time. An adult should take pint at
a meal, and take four meals daily.
People with weakened nerves require
frequently larger quantity of wa
ter than those whose nerves and brains
are strong. 1t aids the digestion OF
these by making it soluble, and seems
to have a direct tonic effect.-Sciencs
News
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-15
What IL Nature studys

One might suppose that the def
milton of thing SO much talked
about al mature study" would long
ago have been settled, but this seems
not to be the case. Different pro-
fessors give various interpretations
of it. Prof. w. j. Beal says Louis
Agassiz vas the real originator of
nature Study many years ago, when
he set hi s students at Harvard to
work On lobster or clam. For
months the use Of books was posi-
lively forbidden. The students were
required to use only their eyes and
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-15

Cut two small figures of cardboard and
make them hold two pieces of goose quill
or toothpicks made of quilts against their
mouths as if they were blowing through
them. Fill the quilts with sand, allowing
room enough at the outside ends to hold
small charge Put very small amount of
powder in one of the quilts and then
place a small piece of phosphor in the
other quill.
After the figures are thus prepared. says
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-15
| AIR IN COAL MINES.
ITS weight Exceeds That Of the Coal
Mined, According to British
Authority.

In the operations of coal mining
which, in the United Kingdom alone
produce something over 235,ooo'ooo
tons a year. and find employment
for nearly three-quarters OF a million
of people there is nothing OF more
vital Importance than the continual
supply of sufficient volume OF fresh
air for diluting the noxious gases
prevalent in the mines and Tor en-
abling the underground workers 10
breathe comparatively pure at
mosphere. It may be said OF modern
mines that the efforts to provide TINS
air have, in the majority OF cases.
been attended with SO much success
that the atmosphere of modern
coal mine is superior to the at
mosphere of the forge or factory on
the surface. The particular amounts
of air required at the various col
lieries depend somewhat upon the
nature Of the mine, whether non
gaseous, or slightly gaseous, or very
gaseous; also upon the number OF
human beings and animals employed
In the mine; and on the amount OF
coal produced, which is not always in
proportion to the number Of persons
engaged therein.
! Taking all classes of coal mines. "
fair and liberal consumption is from
800 to LOCO cubic feet Of air per
minute for oeach human being en-
ployed in the mine. Authorities diff
fer very much as to the quantity, and
even the lesser of the amounts stat
ed will in many quarters, be consid-
cred excessive: but they are not ex-
aggera ted amounts, and there are ex-
ceptiontl cases where even the larger
quantity could, with advantage, be
greater than less. Taking the total
number of persons employed in and
about the mines of the United
Kingdom at three-quarters of mil
lion, nearly 100000 Of this number
will be employed underground, and
the consumption of the air, on the
lower basis stated, for such an army
sof workers will amount to something
like $4,000 million cubic feet per
hour. representing in terms of
weight more than half a million
tons. Casters Magazine.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-15
Delicate Metal Wires.

Platinum and silver can each be
drawn into wire many times smaller
than human hair. Platinum has been
drawn into wires so fine that ~ of
them twisted together could have been
inserted into the hollow of a hair
that is, if human being or human
made machine could be found minute
and precise enough for such delicate
undertaking.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-15
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.

Say, what's fellow going to do
When folks misunderstood?
He doesn't have lot of words
To 'splain things right off hand
And then he never, never think
OF tattling on another,
So he just has to take the blame
And not make any bother.
Now only just the other day
When was out walking,
I heard my little yellow birds
Set up dreadful squawking.
I'd watched those birds and called 'eu
mine,
Since they came north in spring
I'd found them bits to build, their nest,
And hid to hear them sing.
And so this morning just ragged
When l found Bobby Stout
Had robbed the nest of all the eggs
And scared the big birds out.
caught him shining down the tree
tell you I was mad!
I said I'd fight him for the eggs
Then what a time We had!
He put them careful on the grass
And then we both pitched in
He's bigger some, but you just bet
That was bound to win.
I meant to put the eggs back safe.
But no one knows of that
For Parson Allen came just as
On Bobby square sat.
You should have heard the sermon then
He gave to Bob and me
And cause I was the one on top,
He jawed me specially.
Bob took the eggs and scampered on
The parson went with me
He told-andl went straight to bed.
The parson stayed to tea.
So what's fellow going to do?
My mother looks so sad,
And every body in the house
Thinks I am dreadful bad.
If I explained it all to them
They might think twas a lie
And those poor birds! If We're not
A great big boy I'd cry.
Ruth Sprague, in Pittsburg Post
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-15
BIT OF PARLOR MAGIC.
Here's Pretty Trick, Boys and Girls,
with Which to Mystify Your
Companions.

Cut from fourfold piece of paper an
arrow shaped like the illustration;
then place this arrow on the point of
a needle, vertically situated in cork,
at its center part marked x, but with
out causing the needle to pierce the
paper; after the cross has been prop
erly balanced on the needle, cover the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-15
Care of SILK stock1nRs

Silk stockings, it should be ren.em-
bered, must never be washed with
soap. Warm water, to which bran is
added in the proportion of two table,
spooniuls to pint is what is needed.
Do not wiring, but squeeze out after
einsing them and dry in the shade.