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WOMAN PRES FEEDER.
~o"'e feEiow Operates Two Rig CYL
Anders in a st. Louis Office and
Belongs 10 Union,

Annie peglow, OF No. 3O16 Missouri
s'ehue, claims to be the only woman
pressman in the United States, says
: TIE st. Louis Republic
For five years she has operated two
cyhhder presses at 314 North Third
street. The firm considers her one of
ATS best workmen.
MISS Peglow entered the employ of
inc company ~ years ago as press
.eeoer. AT that time women press
Aeeuefs were novelty, but since many
sirls have entered that branch of the
PiintihS business, and now some of the
larger printing companies hire hun
uieos OF women press feeders.
hunnlng cylinder press was never
thought of as woman's work until it
occurred to Miss Peglow. None has
tried 1T since. She was an enthusiastic
printer and she determined to learn
all about the business.
just 'nosed' about until l caught
on; then began to try and convince
my boss that l was as good pressman
as any OF the men and finally l got
trial. which proved successful. and
mere am is the way she explains her
presence before her two big machines.
ohe belongs to Pressmen's Union No.
o. In order to allow her to enter the
union the International body of press
men allowed their constitution to be
amended so as to admit her It caused
quite little discussion at the time.
MISS PpDlnxv
meetings of her local, however. She
leaves the transaction of all union
business to the men and abides by
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,>CHARMING OLD LADY.
The original of Charles Dickens
''Little DOrrit" Recalls Novel;
lists Happy Youth.

Who that has read Dickens has not
loved and admired the "child of the
Marshalsea," the sweet and charming
Little Dorrit? All of us have loved her
as child of bygone age, yet still
Little Dorrit" is amongst US, hearty
and well. Mrs. Mary Ann Cooper, of
Southgate, now in her ninetieth year,
is the original of Dickens famous
character, although the life depicted
in the book cannot be said to CORE
spond with her own, for Mrs. Cooper
herself was never in that dreary debt
ors' prison. She was born on Novem-
Der q, 1913, in Hatton Garden, her
father being well-to-do farmer
named Milton, who also had place at
Sunbury, at which Dickens in his early
youth was a frequent visitor. The bed
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light upon a seleninm cell in circuit
with a common telephone receiver at
the receiving end. The mirror, vi
brating to the voice, altered the in
tensity of the beam playing on the
selenium (Which alters its electrical
resistance under the action of vary
ing light, and thus reproduced the
vibrations on the diaphragm of the
receiver. This, with important mod
ifcations and improvements, il
Runners method. The great merit
of his invention is that it is now pos
sible to telephone without wires in
the daytime. Other advantages are
that messages can be sent more
rapidly than at present, that re-
plies to the messages can be sent in
simultaneously, and that perfect Sc
crecy is insured. The German gov
eminent has placed $4,000 at the
disposal of the inventor for fur
Their experiments.
Runner sought to make the Bell
system of commercial value, and was
aided by two important original dis
coveries. He found that selenium is
sensitive to other than red and yell
low rays, and also that by increas-
ing the size of his mirror he could
increase the distance at which the
message could be audible. During
his experiments on the Wannsee,
Berlin, the inventor first succeeded
in sending his messages mile; aft
erward he spoke to distance of
nine miles,
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their decisions. She does not attend
the meetings because she is the only
woman member and her presence
there alone, she thinks, would appear
too bold.
Every morning at o'clock she ap-
pears before her machines, dons her
blue calico dress, which is made of
cloth similar to the goods used in
jumpers and overalls, and superin-
tends the turning out of the large
printed sheets.
She excels in color work which en-
braces two, three or more colors, and is
considered especially good in dainty
work, which she is always consulted
about by the heads of the firm.
Although elbowing men all day long
in pursuit of her duties, Miss Peglow
says she cannot agree with Mrs. Clax-
on and her ideas on the 'Ideal Wife"
or the deterioration of chivalry.
II do not think" said she, because
. woman works for living that it de-
tracts particle from her womanly
graces; neither do think that wo-
man that works is not as good house
wife as the girl who spends all her time
at home. think to get out in the
world and work serves to broaden
ones ideas, and am sure some of the
workers appreciate their homes a
great deal more from the fact that
they are at home so little. To work
shows one how fortunate the woman
who does not have to work really is.
"As to men losing their chivalry-I
don't believe it; at least, have not ex-
perienced it. and I meet great many
men in my business every day"
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THE DUKE OF iOsTA.
One of the Most Unpopular Mem
bers of Italy's Royalty.
He Would Become the Unwelcome
Ruler of the Kingdom Should
Victor Emmanuel Die With
out Male Issue.


The queen of Italy and the czarina
of Russia would be happier than they
are to-day and they would rise i'm
mensely in popular favor if that
mystical bird, the stork, had been
kinder and more considerable and had
left sons instead of daughters in the
royal palaces in which these ladies
live. The czarina has disappointed
the hopes of the people four times by
presenting daughters to the czar and
the two children of the young queen
of Italy are both daughters. The
sooner the stork manifests higher
degree of consideration for the situa-
ton in which these royal ladies are
placed and grants them sons the
happier they and their hus bands and
. great army of their subjects will be.
The throne of Italy can descend
and if King Victor Emmanuel should
die without son his successor would
be the duke of Aosta, who is not at
all in favor with the people of Italy,
and there would be no end of discon-
tent if he should become king. The
duke is "a years of age. He is the
eldest son of the late Prince Amadeus,
a brother of King Humbert and ex-
king of Spain. His wife was Princess
Helene of Orleans, a daughter of the
late count of Paris, and they have
two sons, Amadeus and Aimon, SO
that if the duke should succeed to
the throne it would probably remain
permanently in his family.
The duke and his wife are hand
some pair, says the Detroit Free
Press. But one may also see in the
face of the handsome young duke
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-11
APPLAUDRD HIMSELF.
Joke of Which He Was the
Sole Victim.

Although Senator Reed Smoot, of
Utah, resided in Washington less
than fortnight, during the recent
session, he did not escape the anec-
dote craze. The scene of the best
story he told was laid in the south
ern part of the Mormon state, which
is settled largely by scandinavians.
According to the chroniclers, Mr..
Smoot is not much of politician,
nor yet a Daniel Webster, when it
comes to oratory. He was assigned
by his republican central committee,
therefore, to deliver his maiden eff
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-11
N. PAUL DESCHANEL.
to Succeed M. Loubet as Pres
ident OF the Republic. $50

It is rather difficult to think Of an
American politician with whom to
compare Paul Deschanel, the brilliant
ex-speaker of the chamber of deputies,
who is now working his way to the
presidency Of the French republic. Mr..
Deschanel still is a member of the
chamber. In America Deschanel
would be described as Smooth ar
ticle." Naturally, man of uncom-
mon gifts and simple huge ambitions,
he "gets on by being agreeable to
every one-high and low alike. He is
on especially good terms with the car
of Russia, so much so, In fact,
that when the car visited France
Deschanel was appointed by the pres
ident to represent the chamber of
deputies at the reception. When the
young diplomat went to CONSTANT
nople, he made point Of calling upon
Abdul Hamid, and in Paris they say
jokingly that if ever he goes to Rome,
"Paul' will kiss the pope's slipper.
Deschanel, who is well to do, also keeps
his fellow deputies well disposed to
him by innumerable little grateful
acts-such as the unexpected bestowal
of a brace of plump pheasants from
his preserves at times when game is.
dear in Paris. DeschanePs marriage
to woman of wealth and social posi-
ton has helped him materially. He
means to be president some day, and
seems likely to achieve his ambition.
He is the youngest man who ever was
president Of the French congress, with
one distinguished excePtion-Gambet-
ia. Incidentally, Deschanel is admit
teddy the best dressed man in the
ssch nhar -
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-11
COMPLEXION AND LIVER.
Important Functions of the Organ
and Their Effect ON the Facinl
Appearance.

Since bad complexion is usually di-
rectly traceable to disordered liver
some knowledge as to the functions
of that very unruly organ should be
indispensable. People in general have
rather vague idea of the workings
of the liver. They know that bile for
nation is one of its functions; but
further than this they are at sea, says
American Queen. e.
Starch, which is contained in so
many articles of diet, is converted by
the saliva and pancreas juice into
sugar. Starch cannot readily enter the
blood in its unchanged state, but when
It has become sugar 1t passes in the
blood stream to the liver. which in turn
substance called glycogen; this is
stored up by the liver and is used as
the body needs it..
The liver has other functions, and
more important ones than bile forma-
ton, and it is not often affected in all
these functions equally. Part of the
glycogen is converted into sugar and
discharged into the blood, where by
union with oxygen it furnishes heat
for the body. Some of the glycogen
is changed into fat, which is also sent
into the blood, finally lodging in some
tissue which It nourishes.
The most important function Of the
liver is the changing of waste material
into substance that can be easily ex-
creted by other organs. Every mo-
ment of life the particles of the body
are being destroyed and renewed, and
the debris is received into the blood.
When the bile secretion is defective
the chief symptoms are constipation,
sallowness and thinness.
If the glycogen function is defective
the temperature is low and the body
is often emaciated. Digestion always
suffers. and the skin, besides being sal
low. is apt to break out into disorders.
Drugs bring relief, but they do not
cure. these disorders. The system
should be brought under hygienic con-
ditions by proper diet and living. The
circulation Of the blood should be good,
for all the blood in the body is supposed
topass through the liver twice IN every
Circulation can be effected
by systematic exercise.
If dyspepsia is present, give up the
indigestible articles of food, instead
of digesting them with pepsin or other
agents. In case of this kind indiges-
ton is an indication fhat the liver is
not prepared to take the food eaten.
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Recipe for Indian Mumn..

Indian mullins are most delicious
when eaten hot and fresh with but
ter. This recipe for them is simple:
Pour boiling water on quart of corn
meal, stir it thoroughly till it forms
a thick batter. When it has cooled
little. add a tablespoonful OF yeast,
two well-beaten eggs and a table,
spoonful of salt. Set the dough to
rise in warm place for two hours,
then butter some square tin pans and
fill them two-thirds full with
dough and bake in quick oven.
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Canned Tomatoes In Slice.

They may be canned in thick slices
in their own juices. Ifsfor frying, do
not peel them. Pack very closely in
glass jars and cook In the boiler for
half an hour after the water begins
to boil hard. Screw down the COW
ers before removing from the boiler
or Gamer. Tomatoes canned in slices
or whole must not be over-ripe, or
they will not keep their shape
Washington Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-11
Oldest Dres.m.ker,. Bill.

Among the many tablets found in
Chaldea is what has been termed
.sthe oldest dressmaker's BILL" It
dates from $500 B. c., and is an item
lied list of garments given by the
king to the priests and priestesses
of one of the temples.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-11
Rat. Are Miners, Friends.

An explosion in a Michigan iron
mine killed all the rats, and the miners
refused to return to work until q
fresh supply of rodents was obtained.
Rats are regarded as a necessity in
these mines, and are known as the
miners friends. They act as scav-
engers, and give warning Of impend-
ing danger, thus saving miners lives.
When the rats leave mine the miners
refuse to stay any longer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-11
Strawberry Parfait.

Whip quart of thick cream to a
stiff froth with one small cup OF
sugar. When stiff stir in carefully
one cup OF strawberry juice. Turn
into mold, press the lid down Sc
curely. and pack in ice and salt for
three hours.-Home Magazine.
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Reuoyatinx Black Lace.

To renovate black lace dip small
sponge in cold tea and with it da1pen
the lace. then press it out with a hot
iron, fast covering the lace with
brshvn paper. Lace treated In this
way will look fresh and new.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-11
Prescriptions By Telephone.

It is Illegal in Germany for physi-
clans to dictate prescriptions to drug
gists through the telephone. Fatal
misunderstanding are likely to result
from thu practice, therefore the inter-
dictory law was enacted.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-11
WIRELESS TELEPHONY.
Problem Of Converting Plainly
ON q Ray of Light.

Prof. Hummer, of Berlin, working
on the lines of Bells photophone,
has brought light telephony to con
siderable perfection. Bell used a
plane mirror, rejecting beam of
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-11
when Friendly Aras. Meet.

Americans are amazed, and inclined
to laugh, when they see friendly Arabs
meet. Their salutation is almost gro
tesque, for they shake hands seven or
eight times, and sometimes repeatedly
kiss each other.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-11
TO KEEP PRETTY HANDS.
II YOu Pay Attention to This Bunch
of 'Don'ts' You Can Have Them
the Year Around.

Don't visit your manicure too often.
Too much manicuring is worse than
not enough.
Don't polish nails too highly; they
should have only natural gloss. Too
much polishing makes them tender.
Don't polish nails without first rub
bling on a little rose-tinted paste. Use
the palm of the hand to polish.
Don't cut nails without first holding
them in warm water or sweet oil.
Don't cut them too often, or they
will become thick and ugly.
Don't cut the cuticle or any part of
the flesh, around the nails.
Don'tc cut the nails in points, but let
them be carefully arched.
Don't use file or emery paper on
the fat surface of the nail, but only
on the elge, to level it.
Don't dry the hands with a towel,
hut with silk handkerchief, which
absorbs moisture more readily.
Don't wear gloves every night, or the
hands will become yellow. Occasional
use of gloves, however, is advisable.
Don't use ammonia in the bath with
out applying a cold cream afterward.
Don't neglect to press back the skin
around the nail after washing the
hands, SO that the crescent, or half
moon, will show.
Don't use lemon juice too often on
the hands. Try white vinegar instead.
Lemon juice shrivels and yellows the
surface.
Don't let the hands hang down, or
TIE blood will fill and stretch the veins.
Don't forget that warm feet have
much to do with white hands. When
the feet are habitually cold, the hands
are always red or blne.-Washington
Star. ;siz
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Help Wnted,

A. Fusser-What would you do if /
should kiss you?
Mary Mdane-I would scream for
help.
Why, don't you think I could do 1t
alone ?'-Pennsylyania Punch Bowl.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-11

iThe Thoughtless Man. ~.
This Is = very difficult piece" she said,
u she turned from the piano at makes
me tired" s@tyss.s y, ayA fsss syf =
Same here" returned the thoughtless
man-Chicago Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-11

A Test.-"He has been mentioned - :
candidate for office very frequently.
Yes" answered Farmer Corntossel: "the
only trouble is that eyerytims anybody
mentions him, the other fellers laugh. -
Washington Star.
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DuIl Times.

Doolittle-What are you doing now
ldays?
Du Less-Dolng nothing.
Doolittle-Why not?
Du Leas-Npthing doing.-Puck.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-11
DOCTOR ADVOCATED OPERATION
PE-Ru-NA MADE knife UNNECES SAk1.
1ATARRH is very frequent cause
~ Of that class of diseases popularity

TATARRH is very frequent cause
~ Of that class of diseases popularity
= known as female weakness.
Catarrh of the pelvic organs produces
such variety of disagreeable and irri-
tating symptoms that many people
in fact, the majority Of people
no idea that they are caused by catarrh
IT all the women who are suffering
with any form of female weakness
would write to DIR. Hartman, Columbus,
Ohio, and give him complete descrip-
ton OF their symptoms and the peculiar
ties of their troubles, he will immedi-
for treatment, free Of charge.
Mrs. Epa Bartho. 1873 East 12h
street N. Y. City, ~ Y, yrttes,
"Isuffered for three years svfh
leucorrhea and alteration Of tie
4von1b. TIE doctor ADVOCATED an
operation eyhich I dreaded pery
mach, and strongly objected to go
under Il. MoW, I am a changed
qvonan. Peuna cured me ; It took
nine bottles, bot I felt 50 much i'm
proceed I kept taking tt, as I dreaded
an VpSFdttOV so WUCHs an tOUdy
IN perfect health and haze not felt
50 wen for fifteen years. = Mrs..
Eva Bartho. ass
Miss Maud Steinbach, 1899 12th st.,
Milwaukee, Wis, writes: 8*5a
"Last winter I felt sick most of the
time, was irregular and suffered from
nervous exhaustion and severe bearing
down pains. had so frequently heard
of Peruna and what wonderful curesit
performed SO sent for q bottle and in
four weeks my health and strength |
were entirely restored to me. Miss
Maud Steinbach.
Every where the women are using
Peruna and praising it. Peruna is nota
palliative simply; it cures by removing
the cause OF female disease.
DR., Hartman mas probably cured more |
women of female ailments than any
other living physician. He makes these
cures simply by using and recommend
ing Peruna. s. a.s~ N
Hy0u do not derive prompt
use of Peruna, write at once to DR.
of your case and he viii be please,
gratis. 5zts 8G s5..
Address DR.. Hartman, Presid'
Columbus, Ohio.
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~ Though Strong, be Sick from Inter-
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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-04-03
LABOR UNIONS.

According to the secretary of the
F.del alton Of Labor, says the Balti
more "Herald,' that body now con
tains two million members. Five years
ago, he says, thele were .C central
bodies connected with the order; now
there are 500; then the international
organizations numbered So; now there
are Ill, and there are 81 $50 organiza
tions affiliated with the liberation.
This is a great growth and can be
made power for good. Labor is well
paid in the. United States, and while
the country is very prosperous, strikes
are steadily increasing. Having the
power and freedom of action it has
this vast army of two million has q
duty to perform in seeking in ever y
possible way TO prevent CLASHES be
tween labor and capital. The repre-
sentatives OF labor and Of capital in
this country are composed IF intelli
gent men, and, being such, strikes and
lockouts should never occur; and il
both sides are willing to concede some,
thing, to display spirit of fairness
troubles will be unknown.
But until that decision is reached
disturbances may b. expected.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-04-03
FUTURE PRICE OF COAL.

1t must not too readily be assumed,
says the Philadelphia Record, that
the anthracite producers will be able
to make good their losses growing out
of the strike and the subsequent adj
vance in wages to miners awarded by
the Strike Commission by increasing
the cost of their product to consumers
The capacity for the production Of
hard coal, 1t is we'll known, is so large
ly beyond the requirement of consump
ton that there is always danger OF a
gut in the market when the mines
are worked without extraordinary
stoppages. Already coal is beginning
to be piled up at storage points ano
terminals against the season OF greater
demand. 1t must also be taken into
consideration that during the five
months of the strike tremendous in
roads were made by bituminons pro
ducers in sales to manufacturing
establishments heretofore using an
thraclte. No better proof Of this is
needed than the black smoke now
yomited from thousands of chimneys
in this and other towns and cities
This great trade can never be recover
ed by the anthracite companies i
prices shall be 50 maintained as to put
heavy premium upon the use of the
soft coal.
After making good temporary shor
tage high prices Tor anthracite may
possibly be maintained by heavy cur
tailment of production or 10y reason
of an unexpected continuance of com
petitive high pric. for ''i'umlHous
There is no reason TO believe hat the
capacity for overproduction in both
anthracite and bituminous mines, with
resistant oversupply, will not force
reduction in both kinds Of coal. Should
however, a resort be had to the costly
expedient of starving the market ii
would be at the expense of the miner
and producer no less than Of the con
sumer. While wages may not be re
duced in the anthracite mines in the
next three years below the fixed
minimum, there is no fixed minimum
of output or of loss on idle invest
ments.