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Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-21
Actress Ad.

By way of advertising herself thor
oughly. a Viennese actress sat for %
days in a glass cage, taking nothing
but mineral water, of which she con-
sumed 60 bottles. Meantime she stud
led the new part in which she is to APP
pear shortly. Crowds were in attes1d-
ance at all hours. for the cage was
placed on the Prater. On coming out
she declared herself to be in fine condi-
tion. but she speedily made away with
a hearty repast of FISH, veal and beer,
winding up with a glass OF schnapps.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-21
Our Holiday Display
OF
Queen Quality Shoes

is well worth seeing. All &C.
casions have been provided for
the trig walking boot of gun
metal-soft, luxurious models in
black kid-dress boots of gleam-
ing patent leather-all are shown
in a profusion of shapes, styles
and sizes.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-21
Gave Her a Shock.

Uncle Charles-I DON'T know as you
will thank me for interfering, Ellen
but they tell me this Mr.. Cashmere you
are going to marry is utterly worth
less.
Ellen-Why, Uncle Charles?
Not in a %pecuniary sense, you
know-he's got money enough-out
from an intellectual point of view"
"Oh, Uncle Charles. you don't kno"
what a turn you gave me'-Chicago
Journal.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-21
Didn't Want Much.

Once a tramp went up to the back
door of a house and knocked; a lady
came to the door. ~'Please, num-, could
you do a little sewing for me?' said the
tramp.
Yes, with pleasure" answered the
lady. What sewing would you like to
have me do for your
Il have a button here; If you'll please
sew a pair Of pants on to It, III be
very much obliged."-san Francisco
Chronicle.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-21

Want ad. craftsmanship gets you
cash for your fused things even for
some things you have used n great
deal-if they still have real value.
printed first in the want ads.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-21
Unyielding.

Many a man feels that he could be
quite comfortable if his conscience
would meet him halfway.-Puck.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-21
Pawnshops in Italy.

The government runs the pawnshops
of Italy and no interest is required on
loans.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-21
Very Often

Very often.
EVIL is wrought by want of thought,
AS we'll as by want of heart"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-21

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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-28
RATHER HARD ON HOST.
How a Willing But Inexperienced
Waitress Made a Very
Bad Break.

William w. Russell. the new minis.
ter to Venezuela, was being congratu.
lated on his appointment, relates the
New York Tribune.
Thank you" said Mr.. Russell. 81
appreciate your good wishes, and
will try to do well in my new place.
I'm new places" he went on, I'VE all
with hard work, may do we'll. Now
and then, before unexpected and unpre.
cedented crises, we may err, but there
is no need for us to err greatly to
err, for instance, as did the new wait.
ress Of friend of mine.
This waitress was willing, but in.
experienced. The first day all went
well. The second day, having devel.
oped good deal Of faith In her, my
friend gave dinner party.
she was, 1t seems, little short o1
forks. After each course the waitress
should have taken the soiled forks and
washed and dried them in the pantry
but, instead, the waitress, as she
removed the plates after the fish
course, said to the assembled gueses
IN. loud, authoritative voice:
All keep yer forks
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-28
AN EXPENSIVE OPERATION.
Big Price That Was Paid by q societ.
Leader for the Removal Of q
Wrinkle.

Just think of paying 81 900 for having
one wrinkle removed! That's what a
well-known New York society leader
has paid, and without doubt there are
many others who would be willing to
pay just such an exorbitant price if
they had it for the same purpose.
Authorities along these lines are de-
manding large sums for beautifying
women's faces. It is not an easy task
and means much suffering for the wom-
an. The injection of parafin is one Of
the Unknown remedies for this short
coming. The process is painful, the
parafin being injected underneath the
skin by hypodermic needle and al
lowed to remain there, harden and be-
come a part of the membrane tissue,
which it does in time.
It is good remedy. The wrinkle is
sure to disappear, and there are more
women than one would surmise who are
undergoing such a treatment.
Some of the society leaders who have
gone west, for rest, as they say, have
in reality secluded themselves for q
time with doctors of beauty and upon
making their temperance In society
are indeed creatures Of beauty. Their
compilations are beautified, white and
pink, without a blemish, and they have
regained their good humor and look like
young matrons just entering their Sec
ond year of married life, instead of con-
templating the celebration of their
twenty-fifth
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-28
BORN 70 ExPLo RATI


"A man who sets out TO reach the
north pole should know how 70 endure
hardships. and Commander Peary long
ago began to learn. A prominent cltl-
rem or Maine, himself lover o. OUT
ioor life, relates that when Peary was
young man it was common thing
Tor HIM to take "a camping out1t 81 .
blanket and q lunch" and start Tor the
mountains bordering upon Maine and
New Hampshire.
There. alone, he would pass days ex-
rloring ravines, lodges and the deep,
secluded spots, cooking his own meals
ina feasting upon the trout with which
the streams abounded. He never built
camp; he simply rolled himself 10 =
blanket to sleep, but he would some
out brown and hardy.
On one OF these occasions ne mao
taken canoe to the head waters q
Cold river, and after passing rev
days, came down the Saco. aid stopped
at about five o'clock for word with
those in my camp. We expected g
have the pleasure OF his company iof
the night, thinking that he would wei
come hearty meals and 9 good PED.
But NO" he said. II never sleep In
doors when on these trips"
It was cold, windy November nlght,
but he babe us good-by and went down
the river. The next morning, besids 2
stone wall, we found his camping place.
A few smoky embers tcld US where ne
had cooked his breakfast, and spot
On tke grass six and one-haH feet long
and fire from white frost showed ua
where he had slept.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-28
POWER OF IMAGINATION.
Cigar Was All Right, But the Talk
About It Made the Man Who
Had It Ill.

Imagination in some people Is ca
ceedingly strong. One day recently q
local physician was talking to q friend
about the power Of 1t, relates the Phil
sdelphia Telegraph.
WILL" said the doctor. you have
about the strongest imagination ever
knew Of
my imagination isn't very strong
replied the other.
Eyes it is. Some day I'll prove It 70
you : said the physician. A week later
the twosmen were walking down town
together when the doctor handed his
friend cigar.
Its mighty strong, WILL he said;
go strong, in fact, that the same
brand frequently makes me sick. But
it's all have"
The other smiled. ut won't make
me sick" he said. He lighted the
cigar. just as they were about to
part, the doctor said:
"Will, you're looking pale around
the gills What's wrong?" B
Frankly" said the other, that
cigar has made me slightly i'll. nsve.
smoked as strong q weed"
It was the Doctors turn to smile.
''That's one of the mildest cigars
made" he said. Il was just trying to
show you how strong your imagination
rs
The Doctors friend got over his III.
ness at once. WELL he said. etyousve
done II"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-28
WIDOW EASILY soLAcED.
Wasn't Weeping Over One Husband
When Plenty Of Proposals
Were at Hand.

Dan Stringer had been sawed in two
in Montana sawmill and Bill Wharton
was delegated to go to his shanty and
break the sad news to his wife, relates
the Chicago Daily News. He found her
standing in the door, broom In hand,
and after fidgeting around for spell,
he said:
wilder stringer, we know not what
day may bring forth. !"
"Wa-all, s'pose we don't?" she re-
piled.
1--WE are wife in the mornin' q Wild
der at night, and SIGH is life"
what wilder We talkin' about =
..Widder Stringer, our husbands 60
forth at the risin' o. the sun and come
not back at it's settin'.
Look a-here, Bill Wharton, /" said ths
woman, as she turned on her caller, ~
you have got anything to say, spit =
right out.
s.Well. then, Dan is no more on earth. =
why amt hep
"Bekase he's been sawed IN two q
tho mill and gone to q better land. Wild
der, may Heaven give ye strength to
bear up under this awful blow.
"And reckon it will. Dye see them
i've men sittin' over there on the hill?'
Eyes, see them. And who be they?'
Callers she replied; callers to see
IL I was wilder and on the marry and
at least five more will be along to-mor-
rer. Yes, / guess Heaven will give me
strength to bear 1t, and I'm much
obleeged to you And now must go IN
and change my apron and put on my
shoes and git ready for rush. !"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-28
American Women Design.

II may be news to many, and news
OF q pleasant sort, that much Of the
designing now made use Of in for
eign china manufactures is done by
American women. The foreign makers
of table china from France, Germany,
etc, have agents in New York all
the time whose duty it is to buy
china designs made by American woM-
en-. They buy single plate, cup or
pitcher, or an entire set OF dishes, and
take it back to their own factories.
From these designs thousands of sets
Of dishes are made and sent to this
country, where they are sold with all
the eclat OF being imported goods.
At first glance, this would suggest q
kreat advance in American decorative
art. since it would seem to indicate
that the French markets recognize
American superiority In this branch OF
art. but on thinking it over one can
not help wondering whether 1t is not
o shrewd scheme Of the French manu-
facturers to get an inside line on
American taste. Probably their own
designs have been found to be too
simple and correct for our more bour-
geoise taste.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-28

r afayette while he was on the paper that
warranted more than Getty local.
He came to Chicago to accept q
lucrative position on one OF the lead
ing dailies there" At least that was
what the Lafayette Gazette printed
when he severed his connection with
that paper. ''He goes to q wider f1eld,
where he will have better opportunity
for the display of his versatile talents,
wrote the editor Of the Gazette, land
our best wishes for his future success
attend him. We shall miss George and
30 will all who have the pleasure OF his
acquaintance, for he is first-class fell
low and one of the best story-tellers IN
Tippecanoe county. What Is Lafay-
cites loss is Chicago's gain"
The aforesaid Lucrative position"
was South side night police reporter,
and the weekly stipend was SIS. The
understanding, however, was that II he
s.made good" he would soon be getting
s25 week. His advancement, the city
editor told him. depended entirely upon
his own efforts.
Twenty five simoleons per-" unused
AIDE as he walked out of the Office on
his way to the city hall. Even at that
early day he was addicted to slang.
THAT'S not so very rotten for Geor-
gle" he said to himself on the way down
in the elevator. II can soak half Of it
away and in two or three years I'll own a
print shop Of my own.
He was In tow of one of the members
Of the stan who was assigned by the city
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-28
Not Ali Bad.

! Too often officials are judged from
the standpoint Of their political at
filiation by those men and newspapers
20 narrow they refuse to recognize any
good exists in a person OF other po-
Iitical belief than their own. No great
er injustice can be done an official,
Justly declares the South Bend (Ind.)
Tribune. There are as good men IN
one party as In another. and the ON
cials Of one party may be Is compe-
tent as those Of another, II the best
men are placed in ONCE. The stand
ard OF Judgment should not be po-
litical faith, but intent and accom-
p1ish,nent, honesty and efficiency.
Many an oficial has good intentions,
hut fails to accomplish, and many are
honest. but not efficient. Ohciais
then. to measure to the real standard,
must have right Intentions and the
mower and ability to accomplish, AMI
thew must be honest and efficient.
The election of those who cannot meet
this standard is q mistake.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-28
NAPHTHA KILLsMosoUiToEs
Oil Poured on the Water Where They
Breed Puts an End to the
Obnoxious Insects.

Mosquito larvae, or wrigglers, as they
are termed, require water for their de-
velopment. A heavy shower leaves
standing water, which, when the air is
full of moisture, evaporates slowly.
Then, too, says the Country Calendar,
the heat favors the growth Of microor-
ganisms on which the larvae feed; wrig-
glers found in the water 48 hours after
their formation will have plenty of food,
and adult mosquitoes will appear six
to eight days after the eggs are laid.
Clear weather, with quick evaporation,
interferes with the development OF the
wrigglers; so that season with plenty
of rain, but with sunshine, drying
weather intervening, is not good mos
quito weather
Inasmuch as a generation ofmosqui
toes appear to torment man within ten
days, at the longest, after the eggs are
laid; as a batch laid by female mos
quito contains from 200 to 400 eggs; as
from each egg may issue larvae or wrig-
gler, which in six days may be an adult
mosquito on the wing-it is to the de-
struction Of the larvae that attention
should be directed. The larvae is a
slender organism, white or gray in color,
comprising eight segments. The last
of these parts is in the form OF tube,
through which the wriggler breathes.
Although its habitat is the water, it
must come to the surface to breathe,
therefore it's natural position is head
down and tail, or respiratory tube, up.
Now, If oil is spread on the surface OF a
pool inhabited by mosquito larvae the
Wrigglers are denied access to the air
which they must have. Therefore they
drown just as any other air-breathing
animal would drown under similar Cir
cImstanceS
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-28
Mexico,s Industrial Future.

The prophets foresee in Mexico a
manufacturing country of the first rank.
This because Of abundant hydro-elec-
trio power, cheap and unorganized la
Dor, stability Of climate, and geograph-
ical situation. To these are added the
recent discoveries of mineral oil or pc
troleum, and the development Of the
coal fields in the northwestern sections,
which will supply the required fuel
The amount Of power in use in Mexico
is estimated at 660O8 indicated horse
power steam, 32,147 indicated horse
power water, 1888 indicated horse
power electric, all OF which are prob
ably below existing figures. In devel-
oping the last Mexico is making mar
velous strides, and there are power
plants now in existence or in the course
Of construction which will rank second
only to those Of Niagara.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-28
At THE END OF THE SEASON.

I met q little quarterback.
He was a bird, he said,
There were some scars upon his face
And bumps upon his head.
Our bunch is to the bad, said he.
We are crippled crowd
This morning when looked them Ger
swear wept aloud.
How many are there on your teamT
/ asked the fearful lad,
"How many did you have before
They put you to the bad?"
Alas" said he. "a few are hers
And some, trust. In Heaven.
Before the season opened up
think we were eleven.
I'VE were sassy BUNCH" quoth hes
Before we got our pull back.
Two of US in the churchyard lie
Our center and our fullback.
"Our right guard broke his vertebra,
Our left guard lost an arm
am the only player left
Who has not met with harm"
sought to ascertain from him
How many were in heaven;
But he could only weep and say:
kind sir, we were eleven!
Milwaukee Sentinel.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-28
RIGHTS OF THE. INVENTOR.
Is Entitled to Ownership Of Patents
Over Any Claim Made by
Employer.

The right of ain employee to the own
ership of patents he may be granted
upon inventions he may have devised
while in the service Of another has
been reaffirmed in q recent case. tried
before the United States circuit court
Of appeals, third circuit. In the par
ticular case in question the inventor
had been employed by a large manu-
featuring concern to take charge Of
the engineering department and as its
head to look after the improvement
OF the company's product. Subse-
Quently he left the employ Of this par
ticular company, which then sought to
force him to assign to them sundry
patents he had taken out and applied
for while he was ir their employ on
Improvements in thier products. The
court took cognizance Of three points
of issue:
/. Was there any express contract to
transfer such patents as the inventor
might make?
2. Did the fact Of the case warrant
the presumption that such q contract
existed?
3. Whether contract to transfer
patents granted under such circum-
stances is to be implied in law from
the relation between the parties.
After dismissing the first two points
as being inapplicable and untenable.
the court decided, after reviewing at
length previous decisions, that an en-
pleye performing all the duties as
signed to him in his department. OF
service may exercise his inventive fac
ulties in any direction he chooses, with
the assurance that whatever invention
ne may thus conceive and perfect is
his individual property. The only way
in which this right may be abrogated
Is by express written contract be-
tween the employer and employe. The
decision is one of great interest at the
present time, when SO many manufac-
turing concerns are taking out inve1-
lions through their employees for work
upon which the latter have been en-
gagged The conclusion is that IL man
is engaged to make or improve inven-
lions he should be placed under con-
tract to assign all his patents for such
work to his employer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-28

editor to introduce the new mantto the
gang. at Central. In those days It was
the custom Of the night police reporters
tc report at seven o'clock in the even
ing at the city hall. There was room
set aside for them on the first floor Of
the building, and in 1t was the press
book for police reports which were for
warded from the different stations.
Everything Of police nature except
burglaries and hold-up robberies was
put in this book.
The same system is in vogue to-day,
only the night police men have no room
for their exclusive use. It might be
added that the trough house, way of
celebrating scoops" in George AIDES
day Of police reporting is responsible
for the men who have followed the old
timers being deprived of their own quar-
tiers. A riot call from the police re-
porters' room was not unusual in the
Old days, when one combination got
mixed up with another over the merits
OF q story which one Of them pulled or
for SCOOP" In justice to AIDE it
should be said that he was no worse
than the others on the job, and neither
was he any better. He broke as many
chairs as anybody else.
When AIDE blew" into Central that
summer eve the most noticeable thing
about him was his shoes, which were
made OF alligator hide. This style Of
leather was considered very swagger
among the young blades Of Lafayette
that season. He also wore low
crowned "dicer," such as Weber and
Fields used to smash each other with.
AIDE was tall and thin, as he is to-day.
and he possessed that same quaint man
ner of story telling that made him IA
nous in after years.
There used to be a sort OF freemasonry
among the night police reporters in the
old days, and It was hard for 9 green
man to break into the mystic circle.
Whenever strange reporter came on
the job he was looked upon BY the old
timers as an interloper, and it was scan
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-28
Art Of the Baker.

5 Art Of the Baker.
The widest success goes with the at
Tempt OF the New York State Associa-
ton Of Bakers to spread and exalt thu
science and art Of good baking! There
as no finer art than that Of the baker,
declares the Mail OF that city. Baking
% the noblest process connected with
food-nobler, we hasten to remark.
than eating; for whereas there Is much
Eluttcny, se1f-indulgence and general
unseemliness associated with eating,
there is nothing but poetry and high
art connected with baking. Did it ever
occur to the reader that while the
odors associated with boiling and Try
ing are often disagreeable, those con-
nected with baking are almost always
delightful? Put your dough into fat
and fry it, and your nostrils are IN
stantly affronted. Put it into the oven
ana bake it, and the perfumes OF
Araby ascend. The aroma itself is a
1T offering to the gods. There is GER
tainly something little occult in this
circumstance; and bakers, we are sure,
are reverent people DIS rule. They
follow ancient usage in their work.
The various forms of the bread loaf
date back to ancient Greece, when
they had distinctly religious signlfi-
canoe. Greece itself probably derived
them from Egypt; and Egypt claimed
that they were subjects OF revelation.
Yet the art of baking has in this
age, while retaining it's hold upon an
tique lore, linked itself with physical
science. Bread is now cooked in &C
cordance with the laws of chemistry.
We notice that some Of our local
bakers are endeavoring to bring it q
step still further forward in this direc-
ton, and to abolish hand kneading for
sanitary reasons. Yet while 1t may
be more sanitary to knead bread
by machinery than by the hand OF
men, we doubt II the change will con-
duce to the palatability of the LOAF.
There must be the same difference be-
tween the handkerchief bread and
machine-kneaded bread that there is
between other hand and machine
products. We prefer the bread knead-
ed by the white hands Of good women,
or good male bakers in whom we have
full personal confidence. "Weal pie"
said Sam Weller, els VERY good, es-
pecialiy when you know the ladies' as
made it." The same may be said with
regard to bread. Machine-kneaded
bread may be preferable to bread con-
corning the preparation OF which there
3s a suspicion. But the perfect, the
tneffable bread will continue to be that
over whose creation and whose baking
q worthy guiding spirit has presided.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-28
Peary's Training.

That commande1 Peary Is wen able
to endure the hardships OF the north
pole climate is explained by citizen OF
Maine who says that when Peary was i
young man 1t was common thing for
him to take "a camping outfit Of a
blanket and q lunch and start for the
Maine mountains, where he would pass
days exploring ravines, lodges and the
deep secluded. spots, never building q
camp, but simply rolling himself In his
blanket would sleep II the open,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-28

II 4 estimated that II Ambassador
whitelaw Reid shall keep up the So
cial pace he has set in England his
tern, ~ American representative there
ui,, oost him 100000. He is laying
mans for a social and diplomatic cam
nai-n such as none Of his predecessors
.no,eht Of undertaking.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-28
Fast Railway Time.

One hundred miles an hour is the
speed set for the railway eventually to
be worked by electricity, which Is pro-
siected between Luvain and Welken-
radt, on the Belgian-G German frontier,
for shortening the distance between
Brussels and Aix-la-C hapelle, as well as
the heavy gradients In the existing line.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-28
10 Becoming Civilized.

Tne Indian Is assuredly acquiring
civilization. Forty years ago the Siou1
were the scourge Of the northwest The
other day the greater part Of the tribe
assembled to honor Missionary Bishnp
Hare on the occasion OF his retirement.
And that terrible old Apache, Geronimo.
Is q communicate ID the Reformef
church. Philadelphia Ledger.