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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-16

the stores of a red squirrel are discov-
cred and eaten up by pig, the owner
does not have feeling somewhat sim
liar to that experienced by q thrifty
man whose savings are stolen by q
burglar. @
And. as you sit there in silence, you
may hear the sudden ..thump" of a
rabbit, who, hopping quietly through
the underground, has discovered your
presence. 1t is not unlikely that he was
travelling on business Of some kind,
important to himself at least. And
what meant the "thump'' he gave by
bringing his long hind feet sharply to
the ground? Was 1t, as many claim, a
warning given to his fellows, or was it
possibly the expression of his personal
disapproval of something which inter-
fered temporarily with the work he had
in hand? tEs
And, perhaps close to you on the
ground, a pellet of matter fur may be-
tray the presence of some large owl;
probably the barred owl which lives in
q hollow high up in the very tree
against which you lean. He, too, has
much business in the wood, and his
business is with the mice, the squirrels,
the rabbits and the grouse-with any
living creature which he can kill. He
is an actor Of many roles. this great
owl with the big round head. and the
dark-brown half-human eyes. Now he
is the midnight hunter, coursing the
startled rabbit through the forest
glades. Now he Is q poacher, killing
grouse within the boundaries Of some
game preserve; and next night behold
him as the farmers ally, exterminating
rats and mice and moles. At one hour
he is a murderer. staying perhaps
mother squirrel, whose babies will
slowly starve to death in their nest: at
the next he is an angel Of mercy, end
ing as with lightning the sufferings Of
some trapped or wounded creature,
which otherwise might linger in agony
for days.
Yes, there is always important bust
ness going forward in the forest and
the better it is understood the more
important it seems. There are beavers
telling trees, making dams, flooding
acres Of land. and building houses SUI
perior to those of certain tribes Of men.
There are porcupines stripping and
killing hundred trees apiece per an
mum; woodchucks and chipmunks ex-
cavating long, winding subterranean
tunnels. muskrats diving for mussels
and the roots Of water plants, and mink
and offers fishing In the streams and
ponds. All the year round, and at all
hours Of the day and night, there ara
citizens of the forest city plying their
trades, earning their bread" and do
Ing their parts toward the carrying ont
Of 1.-THE beautiful pian.'
ERNEST HAROLD BAYNEs.
European Russia.
OF the population Of European Rus.
sic Sc per cent are farmers.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-16
Peanut Cookies.

Shell and rub OF skin Of roasted pea
nuts to measure one-half pint 1.-TWO cups)
when chopped fine. Cream two table
spoons butter and one cup sugar: add
three eggs, two tablespoons milk, one
quarter tablespoon salt, the chopped
nuts, and flour to make soft dough.
Roll thin and bake on pan turned bot
tom side up, in slow n.-Orange Judd
Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-16
! THE WOODS CITIZENS
A FOREST Is MORE THAN A COL
LECTION OF TREES.
It Has It's Inhabitants Who Are Quite
as Interesting in Their Way
as Those Of a City-How
to Study Them.

A forest is sometimes described 40 4
collection of trees, and the description
is about as enlightening as the state
ment that a city is collection OF build
ings Like the city, the forest has
vast population, without which 1t
would be as uninteresting as city
without its citizens. We admire beau
tiful trees as we admire beautiful
buildings. for themselves, but more in
teresting to some Of us at least are the
lives and works Of the creatures which
inhabit the buildings and trees respec-
lively. When enter forest in winter
or summer, I am always aware that l
Am not alone, though the air be SO still
that one might hear the growing Of the
trees. l know that l am watched by
many eyes, and that. at every football,
scores Of cars are at all times on the
alert. ..--,......
If you go into the woods in the early
spring. you may at first be under the
impression that there is little life about
you. But sit down awhile, and wait in
some spot where your figure will not
be too conspicuous, and you will prob
ably see some of the creatures whose
work you temporarily interrupted.
First of all, perhaps, you will hear a
faint, >risp drumming sound-the
sound made by wood mouse, when he
drums with one fore foot on dry leaf,
and after short interval, you will
probably hear the answering "br-r-r-r"
of another mouse. Then, If you are
quiet, you will see the dainty form of
the creature itself, with its tawny up
per parts, white belly and feet, its
large black eyes, its well-shaped, trans
lucent ears, its trembling whiskers, and
its long, silky tail, the latter held care
fully of the ground in graceful curve.
Out from the shadow of a bunch of
withered leaves he skips, leaps lightly
over the ground to q wild cherry tree.
where he searches for and eventually
finds a cherry stone. A simple matter,
this hunting for and finding of meal;
and yet to the mouse it was business
very important business, since it must
be attended to faithfully every day If
he would avoid hunger or even starva-
ton.
Next, perhaps you will be aware that
= red squirrel is peering out at you
from knot-hole in an old tree. Keep
still. and, when he goes out to dine,
perhaps he will betray the whereabouts
of some store of nuts gathered months
ago. And these little boards, how
many busy days they representative
at the end Of which even the wiry legs
must have ached. sometimes won
der if, at the end of autumn, the squir-
rels and other creatures which have
been laying up food for the winter, feel
any satisfaction, askin to that which
Is felt by farmers when their crops are
all garnered. And I wonder II, when
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-16
Cheese Patties.

Chop very finely ore pound of cheese
and beat thoroughly into it, one at .
time, three eggs and tablespoon Of
cream. Season with pepper, salt and a
little celery salt, butter small individual
molds, fill with the cheese mixture and
bake standing in hot water for 20 min
utes, or until firm. Turn from the molds
and serve with vegetable salad.-Good
Housekeeping.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-16
EARLY WORK IN kETALLURCY
Great Skill Had Been Attained BY
Artisans Mentioned in the
Bible.

SAAN OASA
Testament is our best authority, and the
accounts we there find lead us to believe
that considerable skill had been attained
by the very earliest nations" said a
writer in the New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat. 'Tubal Cain was, we are told, q
great worker in metal. Among the
earliest illusions to works in metal in
the books of Moses Is the mention made
Of the presents offered to Rebecca:
Abraham's servant gave her, And it
came to pass, as the camels had done
drinking, that the man took golden
earring, Of half shekel weight, and two
bracelets for her hands Of ten shekels'
weight of gold,' and spoke to her of his
masters riches, particularly mentioning
silver. And the Lord hath blessed my
master greatly, and he is become great;
and He hath given him flocks, and herds,
and silver, and gold, and men-servants
and camels. and asses Gen. "a, 22-35.)
"The accounts of the ornaments and
utensils in the history of Jacob, and of
Joseph, and in various other passages
Of the books of the Old Testament prove
In like manner the extensive employ
ment of metals at that time; and their
being applied to purposes of luxury in
dicates that considerable progress had
been made in the art; long use naturally
preceding any attempt at refinement.
The earliest recorded names of sculp-
tors land they are metal workers) are in
the Old Testament. One was Bezaleeb,
of the tribe of Judah, who was filled with
the spirit of God. in wisdom, and in
understanding, and in knowledge, and
In all manner of workmanship, to de-
wise cunning work, to work in gold, and
in silver and in brass, and in cutting of
stones to set them, and in carving Of
timber: with him is associated Aholiab,
of the tribe of Dan. They were the ar
fists appointed to execute the work Of
the tabernacle Exodus 31)
among the Egyptians also the en-
ployment Of metal was known in times
prior to any historical record; and it is
probable that the metallurgical knowl-
edge possessed by other countries was
derived directly or indirectly from this
source; indeed, in proof of this, the
casting Of the golden calf by the Israel
ties may be cited. The Asyrians and
attained very great prof.
cheney in the arts connected with metal
lurgy, for works in gold and bronze dec
grated the gardens Of Semiramis, rep
variety Of subjects. The ar
tiicer employed by Solomon in the dec
oration of the temple was Hiram, ma
tive Of Tyre. He was a widows son Of
the tribe Of Naphtali; for he cast two
pillars Of brass, of Is cublts high apiece |
Il. Kings, ~ The Phoenicians art has
been immortalized by Homer with the |
title of The Sidonians, the |
Skilled Workers India furnishes some
curious examples. such as idols and |
Utensils. The Greeks displayed ex-
luisite taste in their specimens of stat
laries and were highly celebrated for
he superiority of workmanship.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-16
mo TIPS" ON INVITATION.
Suggestion from England Which
Might Well Be Adopted by
American Entertainers.

"Tips?" said a well-to-do man the
other day, according to the New York
Sun. ''They are getting beyond the
means of ordinary folks in decent So
ciety. visit nearly every Sunday in
spring, summer and autumn the coun-
try house of some wealthy acquaintance,
and give you my word the tips are
never less than eight or ten dollars, and
I recall one house where they amounted
to SIS. a..-
"That means from Saturday afternoon
to Monday morning. II give the butler
at any of my friends houses less than
five dollars he takes the first oppor-
tunity to make me uncomfortable; and
all the other servants must be treated
in like fashion, though the tip need not
be 80 large.
"The thing is worse here than in Eng
land, because tipping is systematized
there and it is not here. II you are
merely a visitor at an English coun-
try house and do not shoot or fetch along
q horse or an automobile, your tips can
be kept within reasonable limit. But
here you are exposed to a tipping COM
petition with meA who have no notion
of the value of money.
81 saw not long ago card of Invitation
to the house of a titled Englishman on
which was engraved: 1t is requested
that no gratuity be given to the serv-
ants Why can't something of the sort
he done here? Would Il not minister r.,
the dignity of a rich man to make an
agreement with his servants to give
them suitable tip for every guest that
comes to the house, and then request
the guests to give no tips?
Such an arrangement would be no
serious tax upon the host. Moreover, it
would save his guests from occasional
embarrassment and give his hospitality
! less sordid air.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-16
Too Much from johnson,

Liza Jackson-Whut fur did yo' quit
Jim johnson?
Mirandy Snow-Dat niger said All
wuz de pussonfication UT irresistible
ness, an All pay rent TO dat house, an
amt gwine to let no pusson call me dat,
chen eff. All is er nigger.-Butte Inter
Mountain.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-16
KEEP THE PRINTERS BUSY.
English Authors Turn Out Thirty
Three Books for Every Day
in the Year,
A PLAINS ENCAMPMENT.
What Is Wrong with the Picture ?

who reads all the books?" It would
be as easy to say what becomes of all the
pins?
Every day last year 80 new books were
produced by the literary genius of the
United Kingdom, says a London paper.
Every one of them to-day is on the
shelves of the British museum, taking
up quarter of a mile of space; but how
many of them, one wonders, will be even
remembered when next New Year comes
round?
Some idea can be formed from the in.
tefesting list which the editor of the
Publishers Circular has compiled. OF
the 1881 books which appeared during
1903, 1852 were new editions, and most
of these, it may be presumed, were re-
prints of books which will not quickly
die.
OF the $500 books which appeared for
the first time last year, about 80 per
cent. were fiction and children's books;
and we may be sure that nine novels in
ten go the way of all flesh.
Altogether 1859 new books in this class
appeared in 1903-an increase of about
100, or two new novels a week
more than 1902. The next highest num-
Der of new books IS 687, embracing mis-
cellaneous literature and pamphlets. and
next come $50 educational works and
639 of theology. The literary barometer
shows that theology and education, po-
litics and commerce are up in number:
arts and science and law are down: his
tory and biography, voyages and travels,
about the same; medicine, year-books,
belles-lettres, and poetry and the drama
slightly up"
The best month of the year for publish
ers is evidently November, the next Oc-
tober, and the next December. The
smallest class of books comprised in the
list is that embracing lay and jurispru-
dence. Only 81 books are down under
this head. In other divisions of the
years books the numbers of entirely new
works were arp as follows.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-16
Cold Conpressors.

Alcohol added to the ice water IN
which cold compressors are dipped
will make these much more ehicacious.
Where cold cloths are applied to the
head or throat they should be as light
as possible. Muslin or cheesecloth
makes the beS. compressors.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-16
"OH, DON'T BE IMPATIENT, MY BOY.
LET'S TALK IT OVER" f=@

play ut kind of toss up with the hearts
ofmen and women. Ifyou are lucky, the
heart of your choice may fall to you
but It's an uncertain game at best"
ssShe gave me every kind of encourage.
ment," Jimmy complained, with dolefu
voice. NN&E 80
His friend was studying the vanishing
lines OF smoke. "Giyen the same cir
cumstances and two love AFFAIRS" he
went on musingly. as If he were follow
ing out his own line of thought, rather
than addressing Jimmy; he had not
noted the latter's remark. "Given the
same circumstances and two love affairs,
one may be success-that is success as
defined in the lovers dictionary; while
theaother may be an absolute failure
defined also in the same dictionary. It
all depends on the final toss up of the
gods"
s"Your ideas have sound" grumbled
Jimmy, but reasoning is not an anti
dote for woman's No To argue how
things come about isn't cure for any
thing" b&t
Wilmot pushed the match tray sug-
kestively across the table. Jimmy took
no notice of it.
.sSpeaking Of reasoning" said Wilmot,
NOT in the least disconnected, that, re-
minds me- / know man, He's one Of
the workmen in our factory 1t pays to
know ones workmen, Jimmy. This fell
low II In love. too. Her name is Mandy,
and she used to work In the factory.
That's where he met her. She lives down
An Hogan's place; and she's got red hair.
and the accompanying freckles, and she's
slightly cross-eyed." He paused, much
taken up with his own reflections.
4 Jimmy remained gloomily silent.
Presently, the other resumed. "Yet
they say that Mother Eve was wonder
ously fair, and that sin brought all the
hideous things into the world. It's not
much wonder We are SO continually adj
monished to hate sin, considering the
sights 1t has thrust upon US"
Jimmy moved impatiently in his chair.
n"And the howell she lives I'M" the other
continued. what downward evolu-
zion must have been in progress from
Paradise to that! You've been in Hogan's
Place, haven't you, Jimmy"
h mo" returned Jimmy, shortly. Man
dnys don't interest me. -"
His friend looked ct him in some sur
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-16
Old Pewter.

Old pewter loses its quality when
highly polished. Amateurs of pewter
merely rub their cherished pieces with
a rough flannel cloth or with one Ut
the patent polishing cloths. A suffi-
GENTLY high polish to satisfy less aes-
thetic persons is obtained by rubbing
with hand sapolio on a flannel. Pew
ter is easily scratched and would be
damaged with securing brick or COM
mon sapolio. Never use silver polish.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-16
Wise Stroke.

Hotelkeeper-The guests are kicking
about Goldfish balls.
Cook-Well, don't see what we are
going to do. I have made up an extra
large quantity.
81 have an idea. I'll spell it backwards
on the bill of fare, and when they run
up against "sllabhsifdoc" they'll think
it's newly imported tidbit. The
Gateway.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-16
Memorable Occasion.

Prof. E. G. Dexter, of the University
Of Illinois, was entertaining some stu
dents at his residence, when one of the
young men spoke admiringly of splen-
did sword that hung over the library
fireplace. "Ah," said the professor, as
he took down the weapon and brandished
1t impressively, never shall I forget
the day when drew this trusty blade
for the first time" He paused and
smiled retrospectively.
"And where did you draw t, sir?"
asked one of the students, much inter-
ested
cat a rattle" said Prof. Dexter. and he
hung 1t up again.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-16
Among the Norweeians.

There is superstition among the
Norwegians that cock will crow when
it reaches the spot where a corpse lies
in the water, and rooster often &C.
companies the boat sent out In search
Of drowned body.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-16
What Coreans Eat.

A recent visitor to Corea writes:
"The Corean is omnivorous. Birds Of
the air, beasts of the field and fish of the
sea, nothing comes amiss to his palate
Dog meat is in great request at certain
seasons; pork and beef with the blood
undrained from the carcass; fowls and
game-birds cooked with the lights,
giblets, head and claws intact; fish,
sun-dried and highly malodorous, all are
acceptable to him. Cooking is not al
ways necessary; a species Of small fish
is preferred raw, dipped into some
piquant sauce. Other dainties are dried
sea-weed, shrimps, vermicelli, made by
the women from buckwheat flour and
white of egg; pine seed, lily bulbs, hon
ey water, wheat, barley, millet, rice,
maize, wild potatoes and all vegetables
of western and eastern gardens; even
now the list is by no means exhausted"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-16
shun the Downy Couch.

It is true that il you lie on hard bed
without pillow you will fad great
improvement in your figure. II one
thinks of the place and position in which
one spends q third of every "a hours,
she will realize it must have some ef-
feet upon the figure. 90, women with
round shoulders and double chins, here
is a way to mend those ills, If you are
willing to give up your downy couch.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-16

Probable Cause Of the Trouble.
Japan has caught on to~so many OF
the tricks of the trade that perhaps, re-
marks the Chicago Daily News, it has
hired a man to scatter war microbes in
the Balkans.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-16
works were are as follows:

In only two of these divisions were
fewer books published last year than in
the year before; and the total of books
published last year was exactly 1000
more than in 1902.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-16
Flour Grade in Fer East.

Flour from Harbin, Manchuria, is driy.
ing American flour from the far eastern
market
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-16
LAW AND NoTARlAL OFFICE.
JOS. B. LANCASTER

Will practice. in the courts Of the
Twenty-dfth and .Twenty.sixth Judi,
cial Districts and the Supreme Court.
Special attention given to examin.
Ing land titles, buying and selling,
lands, passing acts and deeds Of sale
mortgages, donations, etc.
Room No. - Frederick Building.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-16
DR.. J. F. PIGOTT,

covineton, La.
Residence In the Exterstein raised
cottage. two blocks west Of public
school building.
Offers mis- professional services 70
the public.
Once 1t the City Drug Store, On
Columbia street.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-16
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DIR. M. R. FISHER,
DENTIST.
omcevith DR.. Tolson. Every Saturday
DR.. G. de MONSABERT

Having permanently established him.
self in Covington, offers his probes
sional services to the public.
He will be at his Office daily from
10 q. m. to 2 p. m.
Office on Boston street near the
Courthouse. Phone lO3.
Residence ON Jackson avenue near
New Glen cottage. Phone la.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-16

European Russia.
OF the population Of European Rus
sic Sc per cent. are farmers.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-11-18
IS OUT FOR

Manager Lake of the Alexander
Young Hotel has received information
from st. Louis that there VIII be a
great movement of travel from the
mainland to Hawaii and the Orient the
coming winter and spring. The war
scare in the Far East has blown over
and people are again figuring on trips
across the Pacific.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company
is making a strong bid for Pacific
Ocean travel, and is advertising extern
slvely in eastern magazines. The back
page of the Saturday Evening Post of
November r. contains a full page ad.
of the Pacific Mail In colors. At the
top Is "A Mercator map showing the
United States, the Pacific Ocean and
part of Chinese Asia, with the Hawai-
ian Islands and Honolulu showing up
for the Mail Company's steamships
The center of the page shows a fine
of the Korea and the read
ing matter below says
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Realizing that, very soon, great share
of the pleasure travel of the American
continent, instead of continuing over
the beaten paths Of Europe, viii be
diverted to the far more novel and in
teresting scenes Of the Far East. the
Pacific Mail has made preparations to
satisfy every demand Of the most ex-
acting tourist,
THE luxurious appointments. the
immense size, The grcnt speed hither- !
- known 10 "a very few of the Attain |
De- liners aud 10 them but recently |
,re duplicated or Improved upon In the /
lcw and magnificent pauinc Mnll |
steamships, now plying between san
Francisco ana llawal, japan CHINA,
ht Philippines ana Australia"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-11-18
KAUAI JAPS OVER.
POWER POLICE

The Niihau brought news yesterday
of serious riot at Makaweli Sunday
night 1t seems that Deputy Sheriff
Crowell and four policemen raided a
house where Japanese were gambling
and captured five of the number.
Friends of the prisoners rallied, form
ed a mob and, when the officers start
ed to leave the building knocked one
down with a bottle, They then made
a rush and overpowered the other Of
ficers, Crowell escaping through
window. He got assistance from the
plantation and succeeded in rescuing
the policemen and dispensing the Japs.
Officers from other parts OF the island
went 10 Maxwell and arrested Japs
suspected of the rioting. BY Monday
morning 20 Japs had been taken into
custody During Sunday night Japs
seized Porto Rican informer and aft
or tying him, dragged him along the
road ana otherwise maltrested him