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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-12-26
WORLDS BIGGEST BEANS.
Three Inches Long ON Vines
Twenty-Five Feet High.

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Ten thousand yards of string beans
on 30-foot row is California's latest
agricultural achievement, says the
Prairie Farmer The state has many
times proved itself the champion pro-
dwer of big vegetables but these won
derful beans, which may be :,een in the
gardens of Charles Richardson, are
certainly the most remarkable creations
yet, for they are the largest beans in
the world. They average from 80 to 43
inches in length, are half an inch wide,
and grow in profusion on vines rs feet
in height. They have created sensa-
ton among horticulturists and botan-
lists and there has been many lively
discussion regarding the species. 1t has
been pretty definitely decided, however,
that they should be classed as belong
ing to the genus Dolichos. Locally it is
Familiarity known as a yard beam" q
name most appropriate to its length.
The plant is native of Japan and China.
The seeds were sent to Mr. Richardson
from Japan. He slowed them away in
dark corner, where they remained for
two years, quite forgotten until house
cleaning process brought them to light.
They were planted in a well spaded.
well fortified trench 80 feet long, anG
in a very short time so plants sprouted
and began to merrily sprint to the top
Of q 17-foot trellis. The leaves of this
bean are large and grow in clusters
of three. The pale lavender flowers are
similar in fragrance and form to those
Of sweet peas. The, beans are excellent
for eating when stewed and prepared
with cream and butter, and as the vines
bear profusely this species is bound to
become popular as well as profitable
inmate of many a garden.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-12-26
Feeding Cattle For Reef.

A leading feeder of cattle for beef
put in few words a statement Of the
course he pursues in conducting this
business. Never" he says, "let the
cattle get hungry; but make them
feed as cheap as possible till the fat
tening period comes, then stop cheap
ness" This is to be regarded as sum.
ming up tersely as possible the prin-
ciples involved in the economic produc-
ton of fine beef.-Farmers' Home
Journal
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-12-26
Between Heat and Cold.

What a difference and yet what a
similarity between the balmy days Of
spring and the Indian summer Of Oc-
tober or November! The first, chang
ing Of cold to heat, Burroughs calls in
spiration; and the second, heat to cold,
expiration. He also calls attention to
the fact that ''the delicious Indian sum-
mer is sometimes the most marked in
November. A truce is declared, and
both forces, neat and cold, meet and
mingle in friendly converse on the
field. st Nicholas.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-12-26

an will have none of them, although at
the same time the button in itself, treat
ed by the master hand, is charming
trimming But prefer small number
say six-to seeing them put on by the
dozen. l rather like plated serge
skirt to have each pleat held down by
means of button.
ELLEN osMONDE
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-12-26

tlemen: II
have used several
bottles of Peruna
and feel greatly
benefited there
by from my ca
tarrh of the head,
and feel encour-
aged to believe
t at it's con-,
tinued use will
fully eradicate a
disease of thirty
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-12-26
MODES OF THE TINE
What Dame Fashion Says We Mus,
Wear This Winter.
1AFFE1A A POPULAR FABRIC
Materials Are Quite i'm Keeping with
the Revival of Early Victorian
MOdels-Present Styles Lend
to Economy In Dress.

~ ESPITE all predictions to the
h bM contrary, taffeta is still
~ M holding it's own, and it has
been revived in the most al
SA9 Turing manner. Some of the
WI. best toilettes de yisite and
house frocks are being
made in taffeta with an old-fash-
toned black velvet spot thereon.
Young people, too, are wearing tai
feta in shot browns, reds and blues, and
on these the large. black spot looks most
effective Then all black, trimmed with
black velvet, in addition to the spot, is
peculiarly becoming.
AS fashions are of the early Victorian
period. the fabrics of that era are re-
vived. and we can hardly imagine an
early Victorian frock without its &C
compartment of taffeta ruches and velvet
spots. Indeed, we gladly welcome such
a revival, for taffeta, let me tell you, is
a worthy fabric for what may be termed
the best" frock, either for day or even
ing. 1t is substantial and it's smartness
undeniable and we are very pleased to
see it enjoying a foremost place on
Fashions list, giving place, as the colder
weather advances, to chiffon velours,
the new fur plushes, and the abnormal
ly thick fabrics of the zibeline type
You must remember that, although
dress is costly to-day, if we buy wisely
we need not buy much For instance,
suppose you select velvet frock for car
rage wear, let me advise you to have a
an evening blouse cut very decollete,
with transparent chenille sleeve with
some real lace hanging therefrom and
tucker Of the same. The skirt will be the
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-12-23
Eutfered Locks.

In ahyssinia one method OF doing
the hair that Is adopted by warriors is
to stroll into the market place, buy
pound of butter and. putting it upon
the top of the hair, stand still while
the sun arranges things. When the
hair is thus dressed with melted butter
the Abyssinian knows that fate cannot
or will not touch him. He Is picture
of we'll dressed elegance done in oils
Another style is to tress the hair, and
every tress means something. A young
warrior with head Of hair untressed
is of no account He has not yet killed
q man. When, however, he has done
so all his hair is shaved off except
enough to make one tress, which Is OF
the same signification as notch on
pistol stock. After that every man he
kills entities him to add another tress
until as a conquering hero of 100 tress-
es he is formidable man to try. con-
cluslons with.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-12-23

the countess, and she changed the
whole world for him. They were mar
ried in 1862, and she began her life OF
constant self sacrifice by going out to
a little hut OH the Polyana estate, al!
that was left of the big house.
There she lived for seventeen years
in a lonely, deserted place. miles away
from town. Tolstoi was then going up
and down the Russian empire studying
social conditions and absent from home
for months at time. The countess at
tended to her housework-they were
too poor to have many servants. She
nursed each one of her thirteen chill
dren. She dispensed with governesses
and taught them herself German,
French and English. gave them music
lessons. made their clothes and her
own. Then, us soon as her husband be-
gan book, she began revising II.
translating it from Russian into French
or German. copying 1t in her clear
handwriting, so that the printer could
read it-she is about the only person
who can make head or tail OF the
counts writing-and attending to the
publication Of the book when it was
finished.
Count Tolstoi pays no attention at all
to the royalties on his books, and he
even went SO far years ago as to de-
clare to his wife that they had no right
to receive money for his work. But rs
the family property had to be sold
piece by piece to get the money to buy
bread for the children Countess Tol-
stoi rebelled and threatened to leave
him unless he let her collect the money
which was due him. So now all the
business Is transacted through her.
She has paid off all the debts on the
estate and a few years ago she bought
q pretty little house in Moscow, which
gives her q chance to see something OF
life and people and know what Is going
on in the world.-St. Louis Globe-Dem-
Ocrat
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nh. secret Of Good pressing.

In the gospel Of sticking to whatever
becomes you is contained the secret OF
being we'll dressed. Foolish, indeed, Is
she who wears brown just because 1t
happens to be stylish when she knows
that it sallows her skin, or waists fitted
closely to the figure when she knows
they reveal defects, uneven shoulder
heights or angularities Of form. Hav-
ing discovered the color and cut which
especially suit her, she should adhere
to them though the heavens fall. Same
ness is not to be feared when it Is also
becomingness.
The celebrated beauty, Nine. Reca-
mier. set notable example In this
matter. At the Abbaye-au-Bois summer
and winter, she received her friends
wearing q pale yellow pelisse made OF
taffeta. In cold weather it was softly
wadded, and in warm weather 1t was
simply lined with silk, but it was the
same garment. At her throat and wrlst
were rufties Of beautiful creamy Lace,
concealing traces Of attenuation, Tor
this was in the latter years of her life.
She never changed the style Of her hat
either, which was always large and
white, brimmed with either dropping
plumes or marabou tips. How differ
ent and how much less admirable our
conception of Nine. Recamler's per-
sonality had she affected a jaunty
turban and decollete!
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-12-23
A Wonder of precoclty.

Christian Hcinecker was born at Luz
beck on the 9th Of February, 1121.
When only ten months old lie could re
peat every word spoken to him. AT
twelve months of age he had memo"
rized all the principal events in the
Pentateuch. Before he had finished
his second year Of existence he had
learned all the historical parts of both
the Old and the New Testament. AT
the age of three he could reply correct
ly to all questions put to him regard
ing universal history and geography.
and in the same year lie learned to
speak both Latin and French.
In his fourth year he employed his
time in studying religions. especially
the history of the Christian church.
He was not oaly able 10 gliiiy repeat
all that he had read. but was also able
TO reason with considerable Of judg-
ment and TO gi.'u his OWN opinion of
tlincs in general. The king of Den
mari; wished TO see this wonderful
child. so he was taken to Copenhagen.
After his return to Lubbock he learned
to write and was beginning on the
study of music and mathematics; but,
his constitution being Pery weak, he
took Gown aud died on June p. It's,
aged four years. four months and
twenty-onp days What a wonderful
record for such short life!
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-12-23
CrinOline.

Crinoline had its origin in a woven
fabric composed of hair and linen Chax)
warp; hence the name. This fabric
was first used for shoes, then for bon
nets, the word being coined in 1880
AS this article was costly and did not
extend the dress to the desired bulk
light steel hoops were fitted with tape
upon the bird cage principle. So popu-
lar was the crinoline in 1862 that the
rolling Of the steel developed great
trade in Sheffield, and one firm alone
averaged an output Of from ten to ff-
teen tons a week. Several deaths oc-
curing by fire through the use of
crlnoline killed the fashion, but DR..
Richardson in his Field Of Diseases"
gives an instance Of lady escaping
from the effects Of being struck by
lightning by the hoops acting as con-
ductOrs.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-12-23
A Hun.p pIcture BOOK.

A remarkable east. OF tattoolng GAME
TO light In Professor IIebra's lecture
room in hospital IN Vienna some
years ago. The man was the subject
Of q lecture. aud one of the spectators
at first mistook bin for Il bronze statue I
He was tattooed from head to FOOT
and not a quarter of u square inch OF
his entire person was intact. The skin
presented an appearance resembling
The tracery Of an exceedingly rich cash
mere shawl. The eoloring was done
with indigo principally, with enough
Ped inserted here and there to give 1t
effect. His name was George Con-
.stantine. a Greek by birth, who with
q band Of, robbers entered Chinese
Tartary to commit depredattons. The
gang was captured. and this man. Win
others; was ordered by the ruler to be
branded in this manner. On the palms
of his hands letters were tattooed
which explained that he was tine
greatest rascal and thief In the world"
1t took three months to tattoo him, the
indigo being pricked into the akin. The
designs represented elephants. lions, IL
gers and birds. with letters worked IN
between. a couple Of dragons orna-
mented his forehead. He said his body
swelled up very much at the time and
ever since had been sensitive 10
changes In the weather.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-12-23
The Boudoir Breakfast.

ut is too bad about Cla 'issa," a
sweet old lady observed after a visit
to a city relation. "She is so poorly
she has to have her breakfast In bed
every morning"
"More likely it's pure laziness'"
snapped her less charitable sister.
It may happen that the city cousin
If she be up to date, is neither the
one nor the other. There is no longer
either surmise or a suspicion OF lazi-
ness attached to the woman who takes
the first meal of the day If not In bed
at least in: her own room. Each day
may have for her an ininity Of duties
to be performed. She husbands her
forces for the fray by eating before
she dresses and over her solitary coffee
cup quietly lays the plans for her CAM
paign.-Washington Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-12-23

the same way. 1t seems to me a trts--
hard that when 1t comes to the one in
.heritance that yields such absolute en-
joyment they should be 80 mercilessly
cut out. do not believe they are cut
out except by artificial reasons. l be-.
lieve the daughter Is boil With the
same devotion to the stream. the
woods, the open air, the blue sky, the
ame intolerance Of restraint, the same
periodical longings to be away. with
the same sklllful hands and uncanny
brain that her father had before her
and that her brothers are encouraged
to indulge. Custom, however. has put
a broom in her hands. needle in her
fingers. long skirts that bind her lib
erty and the cry Of duty and decorum
In her ears.-Outing.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-12-23
Thtef Cleyerueya.

A magistrates clerk has been known
to have his tic pin stolen while In
court and one In Birmingham n few
years ago lost his coat in the same
way, but q more remarkable example
perhaps of thief's cleverness under
the very eyes of the police was that of
the burglar at Clerkenwell who man.
aged to conceal two diamond rings
while the police were searching him
and passed one of them to his wife IN
the cell while the police were looking
on. The rings were under his tongue.
and one of them passed from his mouth
TO his wife's when he Was kissing her
soodby.-London Answers.
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Renrrnnging the Basis.

"You are charging me 81 week for
board and lodging, Mrs. Irons" said
the gray haired person Of the name of
Harris. "A1ay I ask how you would
itemize it? What part Of 1t Is for
board?"
Give dollars" replied the landlady.
"And 50 for my room?"
"Yes."
"Well, if you don't mind, Mrs. Irons"
he said, proceeding to square up for
another week, well consider hereaft-
er that I'm paying $5 for lodging and
So for board. 1t will seem more as II
were getting the worth Of my money"
Chicago Tribune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-12-23
The Younc Writer,

No young writer III whom the liter
my aspiration is passion need or
really will he c0wcd by the array OF
mighty, and expert antagonists In TIE
arena whose names sound and rcsound
90 glor:ously from the hpraid's trumpet
in full ,uiltiIr re-enfnrced by rast trl'
umphs. Though Il true and bccomin.
modesty may well temper his ambition
it should in no degree suppress his Al
dent longingA, These veterans. young
aspirant. are indeed masters. but as
such your exemplars. They also had
their beginnings. hidden indeed. as
used to be the sources of til" Nile. "nf
permitted to be seen small. because
they mastered their art before they
exhibited rs artists.-IIarper's Maga
zino
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-12-23
H,s Hobnai,ea Shoes.

A globe trottes whose shoe soles are
always heavily studded with copper
brads was asked why he wore them.
He replied: it
ITO those simple brads alone attrib.
ute my present good health. For years
1 was an invalid. subject to neuralgia,
dyspepsia and headache. In travelling
among the western Indiana l finally
concluded that their splendid good:
health was due to their going bare
foot. And now attain the same result
and wear shoes. believe the aches
md pains civilization Is heir to are due
TO the insulation of our bodies from
mother earth. Electricity Is the vital
izing constituent q our bodies. The
globe is mighty battery. continually
generating and discharging electricity;
reatored the broken connection with
the battery with these brads. and the.
result was astonishing improvement in
health"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-12-23
COUNTESS TOLSTOI.
The Brilliant but Modest Wife of the
Grent RuaRinn Writer.

The Brilliant but Modest Wife of the
Great Russian Writer.
Countess Tolstoi is wonderful wom-
an. and but for her genius her distin-
gulshed husband, the great Russian
writer would today be bcggar. de-
crepit invalid, with his physical pow
ers wasted and gone years ago. Nine.
Tolstoi, handsome, highly educated,
practical, has been the power behind
the throne, engineer Of the elaborate
Tolstoi machinery. which so speedily
would have gone to smash without her.
She persists in keeping herself In the
background and is quite content to re-
main unknown.
When Count Tolstoi met her, she was
Il mere girl, the daughter of a ply
sician in Moscow. He was already
iaded man of the world, with strange
religious ideas just beginning to crop
out. He had sold his estates and had
decided never to marry. Then he met
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-12-23
n, At. si. own Words.

Not long ago the punishment for fDei
In Russia was the requirement that the;
libeIer literally eat his own words. A
man who published small volume re-
fectng on the unlimited power Of the
sovereign was seized. tried In SUM-,
mary way aud condemned to consume;
the objectionable words. In one OF the
public streets rhe hook was severed
from it's binding. the margins cut on.
the leaves rolled up one by one aud FED
to the unfortunate author. A surgeon
was In Attendance to pronounce upon
the number possible to give without
endangerng his life. but he Is reported
to have set the limit at something like
Oti1
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-12-23
Youne Old Women.

You sometimes see woman whose
old age Is as exquisite as was the per-
feet bloom Of her youth. You wonder
how this has come about. You wonder
how it is her life has been a long and
happy one. Here are some Of the rea'
sons:
She knew how to forget disagreeable
things.
She mastered the art Of saying pleas
ant things.
She made whatever work came to her
congenial.
She retained her illusions and did not
believe all the world wicked and un'
kind.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-12-23
GAMBLING the wosst vice.

Gambling the Worst Vice.
OF sill the vices to which men are ad-
dicted gambling Is undoubtedly the
worst Gambling has worse effect
on the mind and conscience even than
drink. The inveterate gambler cannot
remain honest; he does not remain hon.
est.
/ We talk earnestly to the young man
with the gambling habit because many
such young men are strong In ability
and character and would render good
service to the world If they could use
their energies properly.
The gambling instinct is a perverted
form of. ambition, the most dangerous
of human perversions. Every young
man who has genuine strength should
think about gambling from his own
point of view. and his own pride should
give him reasons for stopping.
+ II you want success in life you should
want it as q result of your own efforts
not as the result Of any accident. The
gambling instinct Is weak as well az
vicious. 1t 10 self indulgent and con-
temptble; it represents the desire to
get something for nothing.-New YORK
Journal.
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Why They Parted.

"Yis," said Mrs. Clancy, pat and l
have parted foriver. / went to the
hospital to AK after him. I want to
see me husband sez 1.-THE man that
got bowed up 'Yez can't see him,
sez the docthor: he's under the intioo-
ence of Ann Estheticks.' 4 don't know
the lady seq |. mighty dignifed !oike.
but if me lawful welded husband kin
act Ioike that when he's at dlth's door
ri have Il divorce from him.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-12-23
APHORlSMS.
Nothing ages like laziness.-Bulwer.
The innocent seldom find an uneasy

Nothing ages like laziness.-Bulwer.
The innocent seldom find an uneasy
pillow.-Cowper.
We can do nothing well without Joy
and a good conscience, which is the
ground of joy.-Dibbes.
He that IS ungrateful has no guilt
but one. All other crimes may pass
for virtues in him.-Young.
A word or nod from the good has
more weight than the eloquent
speeches of others.-Plutarch.
Kind words prevent good deal OF
that perversedness which rough and
imperious usage often produces in gen.
erous minds.-Locke.
An inquisitive man Is creature nat,
urally very vacant of thought ITSELF
and therefore forced to apply to for
eign assistance.-Steele.
The only way to make the mass OF
mankind see tie beauty Of justice is by
showing them in pretty plain terms
the consequence of injustice.-Sydney
Smith.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-12-23
whx Women Do Not Fish.

How does it happen that the fisher
mans mantle never falls on the women
of the house. Investigators claim that
the daughter is more likely to inherit
the fathers quality than Is the son.
We all know that with other taints and
endcncies--tendencies that cause. alas,
suffering, shame, disease, disgrace,
dratl,-nature is not so lenient. Wom-
en- come in for their full share Of the
visitation for the sins Of their fathers,
and there are no physical traits and
peculiartes that may not descend In
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-12-23
Too Much Kitchen.


The French, the best cooks In the
world, perform their entire task within
the area that is often given in this
country in house Of moderate size to
the china closet alone. for the Ameri-
can, following his English ancestor,
has fallen into the habit of giving an
undue amount Of Importance to the
kitchen or service portion Of the house.
This tendency reacts upon itself, and 1t
may be that the exaggerated impor-
tance given to the servant problem In
this country is less unavoidable than
the ordinary housewife supposes. II
she could but once be brought to con-
slider restricting the area now given to
the kitchen and the closets connected
with it, might it not be found that the
ordinary routine of household LIE
would move along more easily and
with less friction ?-F. Chouteau Brown
in Good Housekeeping. =
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Carried a Live shark Ashore.

Jonathan Fowler. Massachusetts
fisherman. once walked out knee deep
through the mud and filth Of a sea-
shore ut low tide to shark left BY the
retiring waters. shouldered it and
brought it alive on his back to the
shore. The shark weighed 500 pounds,
quite q load. considering that 1t was
not the most portable Of articles and
that the man had to wade through
mrd
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-12-23
Rtras Tint Lay Four Eggs.

The spotted sandpiper and killdeer
plover and most Of the other snipe and
ployer lay four eggs Mt clutch. The
eggs are arranged in the nest or on the
bare ground with their small ends to-
gether, and rs they are pyriform In
shape they join in to perfection. The
eggs of the snipe and plover groups
are proportionately exceedingly large
for the size of the bird, and the saving
Of space by this arrangement undoubt-
edly answers a purpose.