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St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-11
SEAMLESS TOY BALLOONS.
An American Novelty Lately Added
to the Long List of the
Street Trade.


"Look at that" said wholesale
dealer in street novelties. "The very
latest and newest and biggest thing
in the market to-day"
He picked out of box on the
counter little, loosely folded rub
ber bag about two inches long and
having at one end little neck, which
he drew over a nipple on 4 machine
something like bicycle pump. and
expanded the bag into red rubber
globe; it was child's toy balloon.
and a perfect sphere in shape,
"There it is" he said, "a seamless
gas balloon, the first ever made any
where, and this produced in the
United States. Up to now all the
toy balloons sold in the world have
come from Belgium, France and
England. We import, all told, a mill
lion gross year, and these ballons
all have seams in them. They are
made in sections and united on
machine something like sewing ma
chine, except that instead OF needles
it has little hammers which hammer
the seams together.
"There is certain percentage OF
loss on them. Now, these modern
American balloons, seamless, per-
fectly round, are not only superior
in every way to the foreign balloon,
but they can be made cheaper, and
are far more durable, and l expect
we shall put the English, Belgian
and French makers OF toy balloons
out of business. We are already
turning these new balloons out here
and there's factory for making
'em with a capacity of thousands
hands, now under way.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-11
81. Thine Heart Right."

Every man reveals the secret of his
life at some critical moment. With
Moses it was when he saw an Egyptian
abusing a poor Hebrew slave. Had
Moses been of different mold he would
have taken counsel of worldly wisdom
and have had the oppressor punished
through his influence at the palace. It
was to the credit of Moses heart that
his anger famed up as it did. Itshowed
that while he lacked in discipline his
heart was right. And that is the prin-
cipal thing, that the heart be right.
Much can be pardoned one who lacks
discipline, though mistakes are ofter
extremely serious, but nothing can be
pardoned one who has the wrong attf-
tude to life and to God. Isthine heart
right?" becomes the real question OF
every life and of all times and circum.
stances.-N. ". Christian Advocate.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-11

tfon Of the medicine. From ti,ns 70
time the patient is treated to vig-
orous massage. The ruby is fastened
in wise and rubbed until what corr
responds to warm glow of health
appears. Its pulse is felt, so to
speak, by examining it before a brill
liant white light.
Still others of the gem patients
must be doctored with the idea of
reducing rather than building up
their vitality or the condition which
corresponds to it. 1t is necessary
at times to soften the coloring of
sapphires. The stones may be con-
sidered in a condition comparable
with apoplexy. This treatment is
one of the commonest, and is as 3
rule successful in the materia medica
OF gems. The stones are washed re-
peatedly and treated to baths of in
tense white light.
As in the case of rubies, the stones,
after their first treatment, are al-
lowed to remain convalescent for
many days before they may safely
be discharged from the gem hospital.
The doses of medicine are admins
tered in the ordinary way by regu-
lation medicine dropper. Several
times during the week the gem is
also taken from it's bandages and
given hot bath, care being taken
not to impair its vitality. A bleach-
ing process, something like the sun
parlor treatment at sanitarium.
follows. The sunlight, greatly in
tensified by being allowed to pass
through a burning glass, is allowed
to play on the gem. ...--
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-11

displayed by the navy department.
that the food shall be properly and
tastefully prepared. and makes .
strong plea for an Improvement in tho
character and quality of the food sup
Piled to the enlisted men in the British
naval service.
This comment from English sources
in support of the contention that the
navy ration Of the United States, even
before the recent increase, was the
best navy ration in the world, and
that the United States has always fed
its sailors better than any other ma
ton is regarded with good deal OF
interest by naval authorities.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-11
BRIQUETTES AS FUEL.
In Berlin and Other German Cities
They Constitute the Principal
Domestic supply.

The making of briquettes and 9TH
er forms of 'artificial'' fuel has
reached higher state of perfection
in Germany than elsewhere and than
is generally supposed. Briquettes
now form, indeed, the principal do
mestic fuel in Berlin and other cen.
ters, and are also used for locomo-
tive and other steam firing, and for
various manufacturing purposes.
These briquettes are all manufac-
tured by concerns that are under one
controlling syndicate, which regu-
lates the price and the output. The
output in 1891 was 4s2,495 tons, the
mean price being about 1925 per ton,
while in 1901 the output was 1885,
3s5 tons and the price about $500.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-11

precious stones is very ancient one.
1t originated, as far as is known, in
India, where it dates back to remote
antiquity. Even to-day the most
skillful gem doctors in the world are
said to be the native jewelers. of
India s
Among jewelers., says the Kansas
City Star, the materia medica of
gems has of late been attracting
more general attention than ever be-
fore. Many practical jewelers. will
say that the study, though valuable
and full of promise, is at present
largely theoretical and experimental
While it is true, they say, that re-
markable results have been obtained
in changing the colors of precious
stones, the work is so new that there
has not been sufficient time to test
thoroughly the permanency of the
the work
Stones which have been thus treat
ed have retained their newly impart-
ed color or brilliancy for year or
SO, but it is questioned if five years
will find the gems in the same condi-
tion. Nevertheless, the progress
along these lines is considered very
gratifying and full of promise for
the future.
In France it has been found that
under auorescent light many gems
appear to have an entirely new value.
It is possible at a glance to detect
Burmese from Siamese ruby. The
flaws of certain gems fuoresce, while
the body of the stone remains the
same.
The gem doctors of India are espc-
cially successful in intensifying the
colors of rubies and giving to sick
~ looking stones deep rich hue
which remains permanently. In their
secret processes the Indian jewelers.
use some mysterious vegetable dye
of extraordinary power. 1t frequent
" requires weeks to treat or cure
single stone, but as the result Of such
treatment the Jewels value is often
greatly enhanced. %
Possibilities of doctoring a sick or
discolored diamond have received at
tcnClOn, more tQdu tAdt gwen 10 any
other stone. 1t has been found pos
sible to whiten or clarity diamond
having yellow cast by a compara-
lively simple treatment within few
DAYS. The diamond is bathed and
dried often, with extraordinary re-
suits. But its cure is not permanent.
Even experts may be deceived. but
few weeks or months, at most, usu-
ally serve to wear out this extra
stimulation and the yellow color re-
turns.
The treatment of rubies often
proves successful. The sick gem is
first thoroughly washed. It is made,
as it were, antiseptically clean. A
vegetable dye is then applied and the
gem is bathed and bandaged, so to
speak, and put to bed. 1t is left in
this state of convalescence for sever
nj days, when its bandages are re-
moved, and the stone is given anoth-
er dose of medicine.
Its temperature meanwhile is
watched closely. and it is heated
slightly over fame to assist the ac-
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-11
FOOD IN THE NAVY.
Good Quality ~ Necessary In n@t-
ables az 1t In In the Ammu-
uitiOn Provided.

.Good food is just as important as
good ammunition and good guns says
Rear Admiral Kenney, chief OF the
bureau of supplies and accounts ana
it is the policy of the government 10
give the men good, wholesome food'
Of as near uniform quality as posi-
BILE. and as tsstefully and palatably
prepared as we can get cooks to pre-
pare it. We believe that with the pres
ont ration we can feed the men In
quantity and variety well enough so
that they are not compelled to use
part of their pay for additional food.
This is an important consideration, and
gives to the pay of the enlisted men
Of the navy of the United States an
actual value very considerably be-
vond the enlisted mems pay OF any
navy in the world
The remarks were called forth by the
recent comment of the London Daily
Express ON the mess cook book issued
for the use of the United States navy.
The Express remarked: ''The Amer
lean navy for hundred years has had
the reputation of being the best fed
navy in the world"
Speaking of the condition existing in
the British navy, the Express says:
ssThe delay in improving the food
Of the British bluejacket is causing
much discomfort on the lower deck.
Promises have been given by the ad-
miralty which have not been fulfilled.
The food Supplied to the British blue
Jacket is little better than it was 40
wears ago. The desertions from our
1.-THE British) North American squad
ron and from the Pacific squadron
when lying in Esquimault are mainly
due to the contrast between the food
of the British navy and that served
out by Uncle Sam. The niggardliness
Of the state prevents the bluejacket or
the stoker from sending his wages
home to his wife. A good portion Of
them has to be spent on food. Under
the existing admiralty arrangements,
the food of the bluejackets IN time of
peace is a scandal, and no arrange
ments have been made for supplying
fresh meat, ice and fresh vegetables to
blockading squadrons in time of war -
Tho Express comments with much
uncticn on the excellent quality of the
food provided in the American navy,
and commends the care and solicitude
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-11

!, (They range in length from to II inches.
in width from to inches and in thickness
from 2h to AZ inches. These are currently
used sizes.)
The briquettes are made of peat, lig.
mite and the slack and waste from
bituminous coal mines, while lately
some experiments are being made in
the use of other materials. All the
processes of manufacture have been
worked out with extreme care by the
scientists, so as to render the result
ing material cheap and efficient, and
feature of all of the briquettes is
that they burn with practically no
smoke. This is, of course, an invalu-
able feature, and helps to remove al-
most entirely nuisance which in
most other places where there are
many manufactures has become well
nigh unbearable. Berlin, although
busy manufacturing city, ranks as
one of the cleanest and best kept in
Europe; and one of the first things
usually noticed by American travel
ers visiting the German capital for
the first time is the absence of that
cloud of dusty smoke that oyerhangs
SO many other towns and cities
Casters Magazine.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-11

interference and allowing great range Of
sizes and proportions.
To operate. the space on the paper to
be occupied by the oval can be hsected to
find the center, and the instrument placed
In position. Notches at each end and
side make it possible to determine this
accurately. The drawing point is first set
at a position shown on the graduated beam
to be one-half the long diameter, the Sec
ond point is set so that the distance be-
tween the notch on the block and that on
the drawing point is equal to one-half the
short diameter Then grasp the knob Of
the drawing point and make the circum-
ference of the oval
! AS either an ink or a pencil line can bo
drawn, a great deal of time and labor IL
saved and far better results obtained than
By the old methods.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-11
DocToRING SICK GEMS,
Precious Stones Are Subtect IN Nm.
erous Diseases, Some of Which
Yield to Treatment,

eclous stones are subject to
many diseases, some temporary and
anenable to treatment, others incur
able. The care of sick gems ,consti-
Iutes science in itself. 1t is possi-
pie to restore many precious stones
70 their original healthy coloring
ana brllliancy. In some cases a gem
may be stimulated temporarily into
P healthy appearance.
The science, or, as it may be called,
the materia medica, of treating
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-11

RTISTS, draughtsmen and photog-
raphers need no longer depend on
AVa bit Of string and two pins when
they wish to draw an oval, for with
which the instrument Just patented Dy
80, York artist, an oval is drawn as
.s,y and quickly as a circle is made with
xny proportion or size desired may be
80 long and narrow, or almost round,
~ largest limited only by the length OF
NJ heam to which the drawing point is
sttached, and the smallest by the length
ef the body Of the instrument
The most important feature. says the
Nev York Herald. Is the automatic SHC-
40 tram, running at right angles through
the body of the instrument, always pro-
s-nding on the opposite side to that of the
drawing point, thereby preventing any
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-11
Plant Life in Greenland.

as being covered with ice and snow,
will, if we stop to think Of the name.
.sGneenland,' perhaps give US another
idea of the place. In the northern
parts of Greenland flowers are very
abundant, and there is consie.era BILE
vegetation, but chiefly. of low growth.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-11
Plants Under AIR Pressure.

Plants Under Air Pressure.
Tested under an air pressure re-
duced to about one-fourth OF the
normal, plants have been found by
Schaibe to grow more rapidly, to
germinate more slowly, and to ex-
crete water in drops from their
leaves.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-11

+ In Prison.-Being in prison implies
wrong-doing. They put the violator
of the law in prison, but the law-abid-
ing citizen has no fear of the lock-
up. The soul is in prison because it
has transgressed Gods holy law, not
once, but scores of times. But even
if only once, and in only one particu-
lar, Gods Word declares that, "who-
soever shall keep the whole law, and
yet offend in one point, he is guilty
of ALL" The thief does not have to
commit murder before he is placed
in Jail The murderer is not al
lowed his liberty until he has COM
mitted arson, burglary and all the
other crimes in the category. One
broken law is sufficient to land the
offender behind the prison bars. One
sin blot on the soul is sufficient to
shut it out of Heaven.
Being in prison means punishment.
1t is the aim of government to make
the punishment fit the crime. Ger
tain transgressions require certain
penalties. The soul in the prison
house Of sin is in the death cell await
ing it's eternal destruction. God said:
''In the day that thou eatest thereof,
thou shalt surely die 'sThe wages of
sin-is death" "The soul that sim
meth, it shall die" One penalty for
sin, and that penalty death, soul
death.
Being in prison means disgrace. All.
how the prison record of a man fol-
lows him all his days. How it
blasts his character and his life. All.
how keenly his family and his friends
feel the Disgrace The soul in the
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-11

precious stones is very ancient one.
1t originated, as far as is known, in
India, where it dates back to remote
antiquity. Even to-day the most
skillful gem doctors in the world are
said to be the native jewelers. of
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-05-28

refusal. 1t is interesting to note that
the word Malta is not an Italian word
but, according to Sicilian legend,
each letter represents one word of q
five-word oath, the first of which is
mordo," meaning death, and the
whole constituting an oath that obli-
gates the Matiosa, by dagger, pistol
or fire, to put to death tine object of
the society's condemnation.
History tells but little about the
organization and its dread secrets are
carefully guarded. Many Italians
will declare it myth nevertheless a
coroner's investigation of the recent
barrel murder in New York had to
be postponed, such was the difficulty
in securing jury who was not ter
rorized by the dreaded Malta,
The numbers 10 and 33 play their
part in it's malevoIent schemes; 10 is
the number of stabs that marks a
Malta victim, and 80 that which, in
the counting ofthe fingers of the can
didates gathered around table, fixes
the decree as to who shall do to death
the elect of the Malta vengeance.
Secret service men sometimes stumble
upon some of the queer doings of this
peculiar organization, which are al
ways out Of the ordinary. Every
member is prepared to fulfil his oath,
insisting always upon a fair chance to
kill and be assured of his own safety.
No Mafiosa ever "squeals, nor will
the relatives--Italian or Siciliap-of
Malta victim help the police, though
they generally bide their time and
wreak vengeance in their own way.
1t is such society whose existence
is now established in our own country
and though as yet "a cloud no big
ger than a mans hand it may prove
to our institutions menace of sort
not to be easily removed, tmmigra-
tion from Italy is enormous. Last
year 225, 600 Italians and Sicilians en-
tered the United State. Even though
only one in ten of the new -comers
may be Mafiosa the proportion would
yet be sufficiently serious to warrant
action on the part of the government.
America is a large country and this a
matter seemingly of small Importance :;
nevertheless, the very existence of
such a organization here is sufficient
cause for alarm IFS sDread is almost
inevitable protected and fostered as
it may be-and is said to be-by the
schemes of politicians, in the great
cities and even in Congress itself.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-05-28
OLD HOME WEEK IN STO I'VE

Stowe, May 2l.-The Akley mem
orial building, which is being erected
in this village as the gift Of Henry @.
Akley OF Minneapolis, to his native
town, is nearing completion and plans
are being made for its dedication dur
ing Old Home Week. The interior
decorations of the building are com
pleted, the plumbers have finished
their work, the lighting plant is COM
pleted and large force of carpenters
are at work putting on the interior
finish. When completed the building
will contain one of the finest audito-
RUINS in the State 1t will be fitted
as an opera house and will seat from
600 to 700 people. The equipment
will be complete. one attractive feat
ure being the stage curtain which wilt
be painting of Lake Mansfield.
A special village meeting was held
on Tuesday evening and at that time
committees for arranging the Old
Home Week celebration were chosen.
1t is probable that program covering
every day of that week will be ar
ranged. One day will be devoted to
the dedication of the Memorial build
ing, another to the Grange, third
to the reunion of old residents at the
Palisades and another to sports, etc.
There will be concert by the Stow Q
Military Band, George A. Burnham,
director, each evening, and during the
week "a minstrel show will be given
under the auspices of the band. 1t is
hoped that Secretary of the Treasury
Leslie Nj. Shaw will be the principal
orator OF the dedication, and alto
gether the week promises to be one OF
the most enjoyable in the history OF
| the town.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-05-28

that the Kaiser's dream of huge,
alien German colony in the United
States would be realized But it
stopped in good time. Meanwhile the
earlier Irish immigrants and their
children had become thorough Amer
leans, and were helping the original
Americans to assimilate the Germans.
The work was successfully accom-
plished, and now the Irish and Ger
mans both are parts Of the wonderful
solvent that is Americanizing the new er
arrivals. We are receiving good
many Italians, Poles, Hungarians and
Russian Jews at present, but it will
be many years before their numbers
compare with those of the Irish and
. Germans who have been already sue
cessfully assimilated. And by that
time no doubt the stream will slacken,
as the former streams have done.
Meanwhile the races that have pro-
duced Marconi and Tesla will still
further enrich stock which the mix
ture of blood has made already the
richest in the world.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-05-28
GUIDE POSTS FOR A CHURCH.

Whether he writes of theology or
York and Canada, and the plain peo-
pie with whom he comes in contact
there, the Rev. Henry Van Dyke al
ways gives the world something worth
thinking about. At the opening of
the Presbyterian Assembly at Los An
geles on Thursday, DR.. Van Dyke as
moderator delivered sermon in which
he placed the following 'little guide
posts" calculated to lead the Presby
terian church along "the footpath of
peace.
for her doctrines Let her not turn
and go down the hill of knowledge to
defend her position in the valley of ig-
norance. Let her go up the hill, well
coming every wider outlook, rejoicing
in every new discovery, gathering
fresh evidences of the truths which
men must believe concerning God, and
new motives to the duties which God
requires OF man. "
"No doctrine, however high, how
ever true, can make men happy until
it is translated into life, "
1.-THE things that l care for most in
our church are not those which divide
us from other Christians, but are those
which unite us to them. The things
that / love most in Christianity are
those which give it power to save and
satisfy, to console and cheer, to in
spire and bless human hearts and
lives. The things that desire most
for Presbyterianism is that it should
prove its mission and extend its infu-
ence in the world by making men
happy in the knowing and doing OF
the things which Christ teaches"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-05-28

writer says: The value Of good
roads, as an important factor in Sc
curing and maintaining national pros
perity. is recognized to the extent that
certain States have divided the cost
of road construction with the local
tiles directly benefited. Thousands
confidently expect that the national
appropriation for the same work will
be so increased as to carry its good
offices beyond the present advisory
work of the department of agricul-
ture.
Yet in Vermont, the State is face to
face with a large mileage of unim-
proved highway, of poverty in locali-
ties which must help to bear the
burden of improvement. Worse than
this, is the conservatism that holds to
the doctrine enunciated by the man
whose bright son discovered that in
conveying to mill grist slung across
the horses back it would be an ad-
vantage to divide the grain instead of
carrying on one side a stone to main
tain the balance. But the conser-
vative" sire ordered his progressive
son to resume the old custom, for that
was the way his grandfather had car
ried his grist and it was a good
enough way for the grandson. In the
face of these conditions and the linn
itations to appropriations the prospect
is not bright that the vehicular traffic
of the country, or this State, will for
many years to come be carried on
over any other than unimproved
roads,
Some thousands of years ago, with
only the orudest implements, the
Romans built permanent roads
from the Eternal City, through
far extending provinoes-roads whose
unimpaired existence for 1000 years
lend deep shade of irony to
the term as applied in these pres
ent times to certain highways,
which, perchance, may Withstand a
heavy dew, or may endure for time,
according to the pains taken to insure
permanency. And yet it is not
recorded in history that the Romans
had any of the modern tools or agen
cies for quarrying or dressing stone, or
stone crushing machines, or steam
rollers, or road or hosting machines,
Or opv of tho elaborate epOiuprv Of
modern road construction. The Ro-
man Empire, though dead it's monu
ments live, and yet speak of art in
construction that puts to shame the
boastful builders of twenty centuries
later.