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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03
BRIGHT JAPANESE GIRL.
Nitsen Okada, Now Studying at Wei
lesley, Will Teach English I'm
Her Own Land.

Wellesley girls are in fair way to
be outstripped in English by bright
little Japanese girl who entered there
in September.
Already Miltsen Okada, says the
Boston Post, has received honorable
mention from the English teachers
there. Miss Okada has been sent
here by the head of the department
of education in Toxic, Japan, to spe-
cialize English and literature at
Wellesley. She is to stay three years,
and when she has completed her
course to go back and teach English
in the high normal school of Toxic.
Mitsen Okada was born in Toxic
and was graduated from a mission
school there. Then she was graduated
from the high normal school, and has
taught school four years in Japan.
She is but 81 years old now. She
came here in August and attended
lectures in Boston few weeks be-
fore entering Wellesley. Miss Okada
before coming here could read Eng
fish, but did not speak it at all. Now
she speaks it remarkably well. Each
week she hands in an essay OF theme
to her English teacher, and her first
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03

was her impressions of American
girls. 1t was well written and mer-
tied the honorable mention it re-
ceived.
In appearance Miss Okada is mod
est and pretty, having well rounded
form, bright black eyes, soft black
hair, a clear olive complexion, and
sparkling teeth. Like all Japanese
girls, she is a merry little body, and
takes cheerful view of everything.
She has delightful little habit of
laughing childishly between her SEN
fences. She is versatile, and her face
changes expression rapidly; sorrow,
mirthfulness and seriousness are all
expressed in twinkling.
The demand for teachers of Eng
lish in Japan is yearly increasing.
There are three japanese girls in
Boston preparing themselves to teach
in Japan, Miss Tami 1mai, who is in
Tufts college, has been sent by the
government; Miss Shibata is at the
New England Conservatory of Music;
Miss Kiyo Maxine, who specializes BIZ
ology and zoology, is at the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology;
Miss Maxine works half of her time
and studies the other half. Her
work is decorating book covers and
translating in the Museum of Fine
Arts, and she is taking the scientific
course at the Institute of Technology.
Each of these japanese girls is we'll
pleased with America and American
customs. They readily adapt them
selves to the different ways, and all
wear American costumes.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03
THE HAPPY BUNDLE BEE.

wagon but she carries two baskets, in
which she puts her goods. These are
on her hind legs, and are made of stiff
bristles When she comes to bios
som some of the yellow dust is
brushed off, and sticks to these hairs.
When she goes to the next flower it
takes as much of the pollen S it needs,
and gives back some of its own to fill
up the basket again. The flowers pay
the bee for this service in flower
money-the sweet juice called nectar.
If you should follow the humble bee
home after the business of the day is
over, you would perhaps be surprised
to find that she lives in a hole in the
ground. She does not usually make
this herself, but searches for one that
has been abandoned by some field
mouse or other animal. This found,
she gathers a mass of pollen and puts
it in the new home. Then she lays
many eggs upon it. When the tiny
white grubs-bee babies-hatch out,
they feed upon the pollen. Soon they
are big enough to spin cocoons, and at
last come forth as full-grown BEES
n. Y. Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03
BERT'S PROBLEM.

Does your ma love you all the t:me?'
Said little Bert to TED.
My ma, she loves me quite er ot
When it's time ter go ter beC;
She tucks me in all nice an warm,
Ar kisses me goodnight;
But she don't love ME all the time,
Ar don't think it's right.
''She loves me some when Christmas comes,
An gives me lots er stuff;
She loves me on my birthday, TOO
! like that we'll enough;
An orce l happened ter git hurt.
An then you never see
A Teller git SO Rugged an kissed
An waited on as me.
Pit she don't love me ali the time
Sometimes she sco,ds like fun,
An seq Of all the boys she knows
J. m jest the wOrstest one.
An she won't let me Go er thing
[ want ter. Do you know
OF erEybody else's ma
That treats er Teller so?
Why can't she love me all the time
That's what I'd like ter know
an give me things. an let me so
Jest where l want tergo;
An let me DO jest what l like,
An always hev CIR smile?
Does your ma love you all the time,
Or only once 'en er while?"
Mary M. Currier, in Ladies World. New
York.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03
Israel Wa. Fed ON Pills.

In a western Sunday school, the
lesson was the story of the wander
ing Israelites who were miraculous
" fed upon mamma. The young lady
who taught the class didn't know
lust what mama looked like, but she
used a little bottle of homeopathic
pills by way of illustration. She made
the story interesting, and every little
face was turned upward expectantly
as she proceeded. She told of the
cloud by day and the pillar of fire
at night, the coming of the quails,
and the fall of mama, then rapidly
reviewed the whole, asking questions
to test the attention Of her audience.
"And what did the Lord feed the
children of Israel upon?" she asked.
.:Pills!" they all shouted, without
dissenting voice. Then for a moment,
there was silence, while the teacher
bent low, to look into her reticule
after something which was not to be
found.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03
THOUSANDS PROFIT BY THE FREE
OFFER OF DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS
AND GET CURED. -

THOUSANDS PROFIT BY THE FREE
OFFER OF DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS
AND GET CURED.
Aching backs are eased. Hip, back. and
loin pains overcome. Swelling Of the
limbs and dropsy signs vanish.
They correct urine with brick dust sedi-
ment, high colored, excessive. pain in
passing, dribbling. frequency. Doan's
Kidney Pills dissolve and remove calculi
and gravel. Relieve heart palpitation,
seepiessness, headache, nervousness.
TELL CITY, ND received the free
trial of Doan's Kidney Pills. They are
splendid. Ihad an awful pain in my back
on taking the pills the pain left me right
away and feel like new man. Stephen
6chaefer. &4sG
Mrs. ADD1E ANDREWS, r. F. D. No. i,
BRoDHEAD, Wis. writes I received the
free trial of Doan's Kidney Pills with much
benefit. My little. nephew was suffering
terribly with kidney trouble from scarlet
fever. Two doctors failed to help him and
he finally went into spasms. His father
gave him Doan's Kidney Pills and from
the second dose the pain was less. He
began to gain ana is to-day we'll boy,
his life saved by Doan's Kidney Pills.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03
Curious ROYAL Gus tom

When any Spanish sovereign dies the
body is at once submitted to the proc
ess of fossilization, n or can it be placed
in the royal pantheon until the body
has been absolutely turned into stone
Curiously enough, the period required
for fossilization varies considerably.
Some royal bodies have become solicit
fed in very short period, while others
have taken years before the fossiliza
ton took place. 1t took exactly IS
years to convert the body of the father
of the present young king of Spain
into stone.-Chicagn Chronicle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03
AN AMUSING CREATURE.
The Hermit Crab Establishes His
Home Wherever He Can Find or
Make an Opening.

A most amusing and curious crea-
ture is the hermit crab. He belongs
to the biggest crab family that there
is There are thousands of different
kinds of him, and hermit crabs can be
found in all waters, from the cold
north to the equator.
The hermit crab is shaped like a
prawn or lobster. His head and upper
part of the body are covered with
shell that is harder than that of most
other varieties of crab. But his unfor-
tunate tail end is soft. And, unhap-
ply for the hermit crab, there is no
delicacy that the other sea creatures
love quite as much as they do that
soft tail.
Under these circumstances the hermit
crab has had to become householder.
He searches for a snail shell, and when
he finds it he investigates it moment
to make sure that there are no other
occupants, and then he backs in with
funny, threatening motions of his big
claws.
If the shell that he selects happens
to be occupied by the snail or other
rishtful owner, the hermit crab drags
it away to some safe hiding place and
then calmly thrusts his mighty shears
into it and eats the un!ucky resident.
Having thus simply cleared the prem
ises, he gets in himself.
Occasionally a hermit crab cannot
find suitable shell in his haste. Then
he takes anything tina. is convenient.
As a result, hermit crabs have been
found living in all kinds of queer hab-
itations. One was discovered living
with pride and comfort in the bowl of
tobacco pipe. Many of them live in
sponges.
Che hermit crab is afflicted with an
in!irm temper and a consta desire to
change. Consequently it happens
often that one hermit crab, meeting
another hermit whose house he likes
better than his own, will essay to take
it by force. Then there is battle at
once. No healthy hermit crab in full
possession of it's mind and faculties
ever refuses a fight. Sometimes the
crabs will seize each other like bull
dogs and hang on for hours, each try
ing to pull the other out of his house.
The hermits come in ali sizes. There
are many so small that they can live
in barnacle shell. Another species
loves to eat the tiny black sea snails
out of house and home, and move into
their miniature apartments. Others
are so big that the biggest whelks of
the sea have shells only just big
enough.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03
AN ANGEL In DISGUISE.
He Wanted an Eraser, Bat the Good
Woman Wouldn't Give Hin
Dry Bread.

An artist who was making sketching
tour through picturesque region of Con.
necticut CHANGED one day on barn 50 al
Turing to his eye that he sat down on .
stone wall and went to work at once, relates
an exchange.
He soon became conscious that he had
two interested spectators in the persons Of
the farmer and his wife, who had come to
the door of the house to watch him.
The artist BY ard by discovered that hs
had lost or mislaid his rubber eraser and,
as he wished to correct slight error n the
sketch he went up to the door and asked
the farmers wife if he might have a small
piece of dry bread. This as every artist
knows, makes good eraser.
The farmers wife looked at him with an
expression of pity not unmixed with sur
prise.
Dry breadv she repeated. well, I
guess yon won't have to put up with any
dry bread from me, young man. You come
right into the kitchen with me and IN
give you a thick slice Of bread with but
ter on it."
'.Now don't say word,'' she continued.
raising her hand to warn off his expostnla-5
lions. IT don't care how yon came to this
state. nor anything about it; all know d
you're hungry, and that's enough for me.
You shall have good dinner,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03

milk from a cup and eating his sliced
bananas with a spoon.
To a great many orders the grave,
wise appearing creature gives quick
obedience, such as:
Peter, turn a somersault."
Peter, lie down."
Peter, stand up"
''Pold your hands, Peter"
Peter, make bow"
The story of his life is brief. He
was born in Borneo, and until nine
months ago he lived there, ranging
the wooded marshlands near the
coast. He and his mother had a nest
in treetop. They lived on bananas,
1nolested no one, and were happy. The
mother, as big as a wellgrown girl,
rocked her son to sleep at night in
her arms. A Bornese shot her one
day, and her child the man carried Off
in a sack The young orang-outang
was gentle from the start of his cap
tiyity-gentle and tractable, but lit
tie languid, little sad, as is the way
with Gagged simians. He journeyed to
Berlin, and there the wife of Jacob
Hope, of Philadelphia, bought him.
Peter was shipped to America on the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. His pas
sage cost SIS. An attendant, or valet,
shared a cabin with him, and all
through the voyage Peter was seasick
and kept in his berth, grooming when
the ship lurched.
On his arrival in Philadelphia Jacob
Hope put him in a large cage and APP
pointed a man to do nothing but look
after him. A physician called on him
twice week, sounded his lungs and
took note of his digestion. AS soon
as he got used to his new home, a
suite of three rooms above the shop
was set apart for him. They were
sunny rooms, airy and dry; their tenn
perature never varied ten degrees. In
such healthful surroundings, with SO
much space to run about in, Peter
flcurished. His milk was all boiled.
and his fare of apples, bananas and
cake was disinfected by the physician
regularly.
Albert Elser, one of Jacob Hopes
head men, was the orang-outang's
travelling companion to San Francisco.
Albert fed Peter out of a huge basket,
on disinfected fruits and sterilized
milk. Most of the time he held the
animal in his arms. for Peter was too
valuable to be boxed and expressed
in the ordinary way.-N. Y. Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03

6E first suit is OF dark bne The habit bolero of
The
buckles.
sx-gord hounce set on
ornamenteo with motifs of the red cloth
The second
material and with black silk applique embroidery The
also the cuffs black
The skirt made with flat odd
heading founc
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03

utility of the dinner wagon "a small!
folding table on casters used largely
in restaurants as temporary recep-
tacle for supplies).
The waitress" in question is made
from a firm box 20 inches long, II
inches wide and ~ inches deep. Four
pieces Of smooth two by two lumber,
each IA inches long, are required to
form the legs. The top Of the box,
supported by Stats, forms one shelf.
The board that is to be the base of the
serving table must then be taken off
and the four corners sawed out to ad-
nit the legs. After the holes are
sawed out, the board must be replaced,
the legs set up in the box two or
three inches, or high enough to al
low the shelf to rest upon them,
and the whole fastened together firm
ly. 1t is a good plan to nail board
about two inches wide across the
front to hold in the numerous dishes
which will be placed there later. a
railing or boarding is put on three
sides of the top, and four casters
complete the structure. The orig
inal designer dyed her waitress"
with green cotton dye, and then
rubbed it with floor wax to prevent
spotting, but enamel paint would be
convenient to apply, and excellent
in appearance. At meal times the
waitress stands by the hostess.
with desserts or any other additional
dish on it's shelves; plates and dishes
removed during the meal are placed
in it, and the extra course put on
the table. After the meal all the
dishes are placed on the serving ta-
BILE, which is then rolled into the
kitchen, saving many unnecessary
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03
THE HAPPY BUMBLEBEE.
She In One Of the JOlliest of Insects
and of Inextimable Valuable to
the Fruit Grower.

Who does not know the big bum bic
bee, with her drovsy buzz.buzz, that
sounds so terrifying if you happen to
disturb her when busy robbing the
clover of its nectar? Watch how sys-
tematically she dips down into one
flower after another. Robbing, did l
say? That is hardly true, for she is
taking only what is hers by right.
Each little clover blossom has at its
long tube queer little green body
that will some day be seed. But be-
fore this seed can grow it must have
some yellow dust, or pollen, from an
other. The bee acts as kind of ex-
pressman. She does not drive =
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03
SAVES MUCH LABOR.
H ON emnde Waitress Relieves the
H0usekeeper of Many Burdens
and Useless Steps.

The removal of plates and dishes al
ready used and the labor of replac-
ing them with another course, means
an awkward break in the meal in
households where there is no one to
wait upon table. 1t is an extra bur-
den upon housekeeper who is glad
enough to sit down after her labor
in the kitchen. The appliance shown
in cut, reproduced from the American
Kitchen Magazine, is very convenient
labor saver, combining the conven-
fence of the serving table with the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03
Scrubbing n Mackint0sh.

The dirty macintosh can be quick
ly cleaned by spreading it on table
and then scrubbing it with yellow
soap and soft water. The brush used
should be a nail brush. When the
dirty spots are all removed rinse the
macintosh in cold water till quite
free of soap, and then hang out in
the shade to dry. Do not wiring it
or place it near fire, but content
yourself with giving it a shake and
then allowing the air to complete the
driving process.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03

Fond Mother-"I do wish you would
look over some of my little boys sketches,
and give me your candid opinion of them.
They strike me as perfectly marvellous for
one SO young. The other day he drew a
horse and cart, and, can assure you, you
could scarcely tell the difference! Punch.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03
Ge<-Rich-Quick Scheme.

Jones-Green sent dollar to man who
advertised plan for making quarter
minutes
Brown-So? And did he get the desired
information?
"He certainly did. The man wrote and
told him to take a quarter and cut it in two,
then he would have two halves. Chicago
Daily News
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03
A Bath without wader.

A bath without water is recent in
vention. A thick robe is entwined
with wires, and, when put on, a cur
rent of electricity is passed through
the wires. The wearer of the robe
soon finds his body getting warmer,
until in a little while he perspires as
freely as if he were in Turkish bath.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03
Particulars at Ham Il.

Little Girl-Please, sir, mamma
wants spool of red silk.
Drusty Shopkeeper-Why didn't
your mother have sense enough to
tell you the exact shade of red?
Little Girl-She did, sir; she said
about the color Of your nose.-Tit-
Bits.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03
Kansas as a Territory.

When Kansas was first organized as
a territory in 1854, its area included
part of the present state of Colorado,
extending as far west as the crest OF
the Rocky mountains. Denver, Lead
vile, Pueblo and Colorado Springs ara
now located on former Kansas SOIL
indianapolis News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03
Only an Amateur.

Cultured Mother-My dear, your sister
Clara is an amateur pianist. Dora is an anna
teur photographer, and Elvira is an anna
teur astronomer, but You don't seem to be
anything.
Pretty Daughter-Oh, yes, mamma, l am
an amateur finance. Here's my first en-
gagement ring.-Pittsburg Press. IN
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03
Insptration of a Kiss.

The great artist, Benjamin West,
tells that his mother once kissed him
eagerly when he showed her a like
ness he had sketched of his baby sis
ter, and he adds: "That kiss made
me a painter"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03

IT don't understand" remarked Miss
Prettygirl, chow you men can go around in
the woods and fields, shooting down poor.
innocent little birds and animals"
"Weally, w e. replied Mr. r.. Willieboy,
fellah who has pwomised to show me how
to do it this week, don't you know!-
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. .., .t
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03

Dropsy treated free by DR.. H. H. Green's
Sons, of Atlanta, Ga. The greatest dropsy
specialists in the world. Read their adver-
tlsement in another column Of this naner.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03

"And you say Gittup's new production
is problem play?" That's what"
whats the problem" ''Why, the prob
lean is how Gittup can stand off the sher-
if ."--Baltimorc News. g. -s,l-tt ~
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03

"a man kin allus tell whut he would do
eff he was. in another mans place." said
Uncle Eben, "but de man dat gifts de
place is de one dat keeps a-doin' an cuts
out. de tellin'." -Washington Star
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03

"a An Inconsistency. There's another
thing l can't understand" said Mr.. Sirius
Barker as he laid down the paper and
took dyspepsia tablet. What can that
be-" asked his wife in a well-feigned tone
OF surprise "Why woman will fuss
over her husband brushing his coat and
fixing his necktie and warning him wher
he needs haircut, and then rave admir-
irgly over a football player. Washing
ton Star. -ta ~ atIH
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03
Placing the Hero.

"I'm goin' to be married, father" said
young woman the other day" ...-
"Vell, Rachel responded the father,
$50 you're goin' to get married? Vot is
he md who is he?' sL
''Oh, father, he is fine young man, a
fine young man.
"Bnt vat is he and who is he?" persist
ed the practical father.
Father, he is fine young man; he is Z
hero,' reiterated Rachel. i
''Hero?'' questioned the old man.
"Vot for beesness is a hero? Maxim but.
tonholes is beesness, but vot for bees.
ness is a hero?"-N. Y. Herald. ,,.s =
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03

Schoolmaster-s'Now. let Ms have .Iattl
Drops Of Water again, and do, please. but
z: z little spFit into it. - Glasgow Evening
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03
Straight to the Spot

WONDERFUL RESULTS FROM 4
FREE TRIAL OF THE WORRIES
GREATEST KIDNEY MEDICINE.
3 RIDDLES MILLS, XII received the free
trial OF pills. They done me great rood.
l had bladder trouble. compelling me to
get up often during night. Now / sleen
well no pain in neck Of bladder pain IN
back is gone, also headac:<e. t. Hin.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03

To Cure . Cold IN One Day,
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. An
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03

Who were those two women who iust
1reeflstered" inquired the hotel proprietor.
Mrs MRS. Mary McGinnis and her dauehter,
Aii n Mayms Mac Ynnes, replied the clerk
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken OF
as cough .cure.-J. W. O'Brien, $50 Third
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03

Pleasant, Wholesome, Speedy, for cough,
p 3 nae T Honey Of Horehound and Tar.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03

The Ills of life are sufficiently hard 81
pear, without adding to them the wear
ana ans, tear Of discomfort and rebellion. -
Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03

Large Numbers of the Red Man.
Canada has 100000 Indians, the
United States 100000.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03

Horses in COwhfde Shoes:
In the rural districts of Australia
many of the horses wear cowhide
shoes.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03

1t takes two to make quarrel, but only
one may make peace.-Ram's Horn.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03

Stout In Defense,
SidEey-Have you any marked ability AZ
any kind?
Rodney-WeH, I've kept lot Of widows
from marrying me-Detroit Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03

We cannot control the evil tongues Of
others, but good life enables, us to de-
spise them-Cato. So
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03

per package.
Blank cartridges will often nal. ~.
most noise.-Ram's Horn 49,