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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-21
COTTON FROM FIRWooD.
Interesting Process by Which This
New Feat in Mechanics Is
Accomplished.

Cotton, which used to be born, is now
being made from firwood which has
been freed from bark and knots. The
fibers are broken up by special ma
chine, and are then placed in lead
lined copper cylinder having capacity
of 100 cubic centimeters. Into this
steam is introduced Tor ten hours by
means of pipe in the bottom. At the
end of that time 60 cubic centimeters Of
soda I've are poured in and boiled for IS
hours under pressure of three atmos-
pheres. The material is then washed
and thoroughly crushed, after which it
is bleached and dried. The pure cellulose
thus obtained is treated in an autoclare
containing a mixture Of zinc chloride,
hydrochloric acid, and nitric acid, to
which little castor oil, caseine and
glycerine are added. The fiber, after
being further reduced, is passed
through weak solution of carbonate OF
soda, and then between drying rollers.
The necessary f1rmness is given to the
thread by finally putting it in bath OF
dilute ammonia and then washing 1t
with. cold water The substance thus
made may be easily woven and dyed.
When the artificial product is compared
with the natural 1t is said to be difficult
to distinguish the difference, and it Is
even asserted that the former may be
so economically produced as to be able
to compete with the latter.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-21
Newest PHYSICAL Culture

Nothing Is absurd II It is labeled
physical culture but the newest
development Of this idea seems to APP
proach the limit. A London profess
sor Of physical culture conducts large
classes in lung development by tho
simple process OF requiring his pu-
pills to blow their noses in unison.
The pupils are placed on the gym
nasium floor precisely as they would
stand for the regular ca1isthenics, Blu.
in place Of dumb bells or Indian clubs
each IS provided with a handkerchief
At o signal from the professor the7
blow their noses. observing proper
interval between blasts, and at the
end of half an hour they are dismissed.
The regular gymnasium costume Is
worn in order that the confinement OF
corsets may be avoided, and the in
structor holds forth the promise Of
an increase Of from two to six inches
in the expansion Of the chest il the
course OF three months training.-N.
=. Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-21
WIRELESS DEVICE ANAZEs.
Soldier Makes Instrument by Which
Fly's Footsteps Are Heard at
Several Feet Distance.


San Francisco new wireless In
strument weighing only pound and a
half has been found by exhaustive tests
to give better results than the more
cumbersome machines now in use, has
been invented at the Benicia barracks
by Hugh Annis, a young soldier of the
signal corps. The machine has trans
mitted and received messages from Mare
Island and the Yerba Buena station
time after time. The apparatus is now
being used at the barracks and has met
with high commentator from the off,
Gals OF the signal corps.
A fly walking on the outside Of the
box can be distinctly heard through the
receiver at a distance Of several feet,
while il placed on the ground the ma
chine will record the footsteps of a man
walking hundred or more feet away.
The materials used in the construction
OF the instrument are simple.
Annis is a graduate of polytechnic
school at Terre Haute, Ind, in electrical
engineering.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-21
SINCE BABY CAME.

Since Baby came to our house,
The nights are turned to day,
And up and down the nursery
We walk the hours away.
As we go about a-tip.oe,
And try to shift the blame
When something wakes the baby up
Since Baby came.
Since Baby came to our house
Each meals a relay race.
Where Patience holds the timing watch
And Baby sets the pace.
For mother takes the baby first,
Then father does the same
While mother eats hasty bite
Since Baby came.
Since Baby came to our house,
The sunshine's very bright,
And every day that brings care
Brings with 1t a delight.
The future holds world Of joy,
The past seems very tame.
The present-well, that's strenuous
Since Baby came.
Mary Caldwell Richardson, in Good
Housekeeping.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-21

Thousands of Amer q M
ever, have found relief from NH
suffering BY taking Lydia
Vegetable Comp ound, ~ III
thorough female reg ulator rnosvn
medical science. - cures thu conii
which causes 90 much I'm ma
robs menstruatio ~ til terxora
Miss Irene Crosby of III Charlton
Street East Savannah, ~
Lydia 2. Pink 9eetahle emp
ID true friend to Mpman ~ ~ ben cE
great benefit 70 ma, curing ne a
and painful menstT lion when epe1
else had failed, and Ela11ly 80 IS n
Women who ara iron se
full or irregular 1nens q
ache, boating (or an
rhna, falling. inflaxul11 Hun q VI
ton Of the uterus, op n "a i6le1 N
that $ bearing down
ness, faintness ti<i
prostration or tho blue
immediate action IA 4
ons consequences, nd
perfect health and III r III
Lydia q. Pinkhau l5l1
pound, and then fg
ham, Lynn, MasA, TN r
vice. Thousands hAve
% doing.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-21

the. general Office, and were often gath
cred in groups, and conversation punctu-
ated by subdued laughter could be heard
on all sides.
A long distance telephone call dis
turbed the order clerk in the midst OF
his description Of a particularly excit-
Ing ball game recently witnessed.
Eyes, this is Anderson & Co. Who is
this talking? Oh, Brown & Co., of Law
renee. Just wait until look up the rec
ords on that Why, you've got no
kick coming; your inquiry come in Fri
day and we mailed estimate same after
noon; that's good enough service for
anybody. What's that? Didn't get it;
that's funny. Sorry you were disap-
pointed, but we'll mail you duplicate to-
night"
Turning from the telephone he was
confronted by man who had been pa
tiently waiting for him to finish his con-
versation. IL
Seems to me you people were not
in as big hurry for that job of print
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-21
Mole and His Habits.

In burrowlng his tunnels the mols
seems to swim through the earth rath-
er than to dig his way. Although much
OF the earth Is never removed from the
runs, but is beaten hard into the walls
and floor of the tunnel, the creature finds
it more expeditions In busy times 70
clear the runs Of loose earth. This he
does at point where the run comes to
the surface by pushing the earth before
him with his fiat forehead and face
Sometimes, where the earth binds easily.
he pushes out the mold In solid round
plugs, showing the exact dimensions Of
the oriflce through which they have been
thrust. When the mole is hunting b.
travelling underground he has no need
to throw up the earth. This is subse-
quent operation for the purpose Of clean
ing the runs for regular use.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-21

whole business in one day. He got 4
rowboat and went out in the harbor
to where the backbone of the Maine"
acts as monument to the fellows who
yet sleep in>the mud of the bottom:
and after tying little American flag
on the rigging that sticks above the
water, and damning the villains who
blew up the good ship, we went back
to town and drove out to the cemetery
where several hundred Of our boys are
buried, where we left flowers on the
graves and cuss in the balmy air
for the guilty wretches who fired the
bomb, and then we went back to the
city and walked the beautiful streets
until dad began to have cramps from
trying to eat all the fruit he could
hold. Then it was all OF, and I
was going to call carriage to take
him to the hotel, when dad saw q ne
gro astrIde a single OK, hitched to a
cart, who had come in from the coun-
try, and dad said he wanted to ride in.
that cart, if it was the last act OF his
life, and as dad was beginning to swell
up from the fruit he had eaten !
thought he better ride in an open cart.
cause in a carriage he might swell up
so we couldn't get him out Of the door
when we got to the hotel.
So / hired the negro, got dad In the
cart, and we started, but the or walked
so slow was afraid we would never
get dad there alive, SO told the negro
dad had the cholera and that settled
it, for he kicked the OK with his heels,
and the OK beloved and run away, anf
the negro turned pale from fright, an
I guess the runaway ride on the cob
blestone pavement was what saved
dads life, for the swelling In dads in
side began to go down, and when We
got to the hotel he got out Of the cart
alone, and knew he was better, for
he shook himself, gu1luped and said
GU think you are smart, don't your"
So will close. Yours,
HENNERY.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-21
After Driving Milk Cart in Holland,
the Bad Boy and His Dad Go to
Cuba-The Bad Boy Finds Havana
Something Like Heaven-In the
Harbor They See the Backbone of
the Maine.
BY HON GEORGE W. PECK.

BY HON. GEORGE W. PECK.
Ex-Governor of Wisconsin, Former Ed
itor of Peck's Sun, Author of "Peck's
Bad Boy" etc.,
Copyright. 1905. by Joseph B. Bowles.)
Havana, Cuba.-My Dear Old Greas-
er: We stopped in Holland for a couple
Of days after we left Belgium, and 1t
was the most disappointing country we
visited on our whole trip. We expected
to be walked on with wooden shoes, and
from what we had heard of that duke
that married Queen Wilhelmina we
thought we were going to a country
where men were cruel to their wives,
and swatted them over the head when
things didn't go right, but when we saw
the queen riding with her husband, as
free from ostentation as a department
store clerk would ride out with his cash
girl wife, and saw happiness beaming on
the face of the queen and her husband,
and saw them squeeze hands and look
lovingly into each others eyes, we made
up our minds that you couldn't believe
these newspaper scandals.
And when we saw the broad-shoul-
dered, broad-chested and broad-every
where women of Holland, we concluded
that it would be a brave or reckless hus-
band who would be unkind to one OF
them, and mighty dangerous, because
the women are stronger than the men.
and any woman could whip four men at
the drop of the hat, because she could
take off her wooden shoes and strike out
and a man would think he had been hit
by a railroad tie.
do not know what makes Hollanders
wear wooden shoes, unless they are SEN
fenced to do it, or that they are unruly
and have to be hobbled to keep them
from jumping fences, but the people are
80 good and honest that after you have
met them you forget the vaudeville
feature of their costumes, and love
them, and wish the people OF other
countries were as honest as they.
For two or three days we were not
robbed. and do not believe there is a
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-21

Men Of to-day, who follow their
avocations faithfully, but without UNI
seemly display, enjoy but small share
of contemporary appreciation. The
south as well as the north had many
such men in public life who. in good
time, will have due credit accorded them
by posterity. It is only fair to say, how
ever, remarks southern contemporary,
that the really great men OF to-day are
not in politics. They are in works OF
construction. A frst-class man cannot
afford to 60 to congress for $4,000 q
year. He ID not willing to surrender
freedom and afluence at home to take
poverty and slavery at Washington. He
prefers to make senators than to being
q senator himself.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-21
invoice clel

LOOKING GLOOM ma ha turned tn
lily OUT OF THE +A.s ~
WINDOW. reply:
you wouldn't understand my trou-
bles. kid like you. but it's deucedly
lonely going home night after night to
an empty house, no wife, no baby,
nothing but closed rooms and quiet.
You see my wife went north month
ago to visit her folks, and last week
got pass for her return, you know
my brother is a railroad man, and
sent it to her Friday. | thought she
surely would be home last night, but
i didn't even hear from her" And
with q sigh in anticipation OF another
dreary evening he picked up his pen
and resumed his interrupted work.
Just at this junct1re the foreman
from the factory stuck his head In at
the door Of the Office and, In voice
which held in 1t much OF mystery,
called out:
Send the manager out here. wiz
you"
Something must have happened.
Some one must be hurt or killed. or
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-21


you're sure OF that, are you
positive that you put it in the box as
usual?'
Yes, sir, / know" then thought
seemed to strike him, his face flushed,
then as suddenly paled and his bold
eyes fell before the accusing eyes Of
the man
Better tell the truth, Harry, rs we
know it anyway. John found the
whole days mail under box in the
warehouse; there it is now over on
that table by the door. A weeks
businesses held up, valuable estimates
lost and untold trouble and expense
will doubtless follow
Thus admonished the boy began:
We'll, sir, you know it was awfully
late Friday night when we got out
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-21
0rr11tau
6ay Bnx Unnkfr1J
BY CAPT. MURRAY,
Of Department, u. S. A., Fort Scott Kan.

choice necessity? Now, what's the answer Very
happens good nonconductor of heat or cold
Take crock fill with and heat stove Then pack
hay, within hour will be almost at boiling point The
been retained and additional generated Take the crock
fill it with and let for
Then place wooden box and securely pack about
hay within hour half hours your will
be cooked perfectly.
Meat may vegetables cooked in the
have eaabes above mentioned in this quantities
sufficient the encouraging
results
ought be working
life The meal be prepared before going the
morning upon will be ready serving
cut down coal and wood bills minimum.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-21

Beware OF the gloomy mood, advises
q close observer of men and affairs.
Never permit yourself to make any de-
cision Of Importance while you are in a
state of depression. Never commit the
error OF taking a serious step while you
are measuring life by standards set up
In the darkness Of an unhappy mood.
Such standards are never true, never just.
The estimate you make of yourself, OF
Others and Of the world while you are
blinded by dependency is a false esti-
mate always. The shapes you see are
distorted shapes. Your vision is at
fault. The only time you are capable OF
true judgment is when your sight be-
comes clear enough for you to really see
that life is worth living and "alIs right
with the world
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-21

dishonest man or woman in Holland,
except one. There was one woman
that played it on dad in Amsterdam,
but think she only played him for a
joke, for she laughed all the time. Dad
was much struck at seeing the women
selling milk from little carts, hauled
by teams of big dogs, and he negotiated
with woman for dog team and cart,
and all one day dad and put on wooden
shoes and Dutch clothes and drove the
dog team around town, and SO we had
the time of our lives, more fun than /
ever had outside OF circus, but the
shoes skinned our feet, and when the
dogs laid down to rest and dad couldn't
talk dog language to make them get up
and go ahead, he kicked the off dog with
his wooden shoe, and the dog got up and
grabbed mouthful of dads ample
pants and shook dad till his teeth were
loose, and woman driving another
mess of dogs had to come and choke the
of dog SO he wouldn't swallow dad,
pants and all. Dad gave her dollar for
rescuing him, and what do you think?
Say, she pulled an old stocking of money
out of her bosom and counted out 96
cents in change and gave it back to dad,
and only charged four cents for saving
his life, and that couldn't occur in any
other country, cause in most places
they would take the dollar and strike
him for more.
Dad wanted to take the dog team
and cart to Milwaukee to give It to a
friend who sells red hot weiners, and
80 we arranged to have the team load
ed on the boat, but just before the boat
sailed the dog team was lying down
on the dock, sleeping and scratching
feas. when the woman dad bought the
team Of came along and spoke to the
dogs in Dutch, and, say, those dogs
woke up and started on regular rum
away down the dock, after the laugh
ing woman, and disappeared up the
street, just as the boat whistled to pull
In the gang planks. Dad and l stood
on deck and saw the team disappear,
and dad said "Buncoed again, and it
Is all your fault. Why didn't you
hang on to that OF dog?'
Well, we lost our dog team, but we
got the worth Of our money, for. we
saw people who do not eat much be-
side cabbage and milk, and they are
the strongest In the world. and there
never was case Of dyspepsia in their
country. We saw people with stone
bruises on their heels and corns on
their toes, smiling and laughing all
the time. We met people that work
all the time, and never take any recre-
alton except churning and rocking ba-
bies, and yet never have to call q doc
tor, because there are no doctors ex-
cept veterinary surgeons, who care for
dogs and cattle.
The people NE met in Holland wear
wooden shoes to teach them patience
and humility. With wooden shoes no
frenzied f1nancier Of Holland will ever
travel the fast road Of speculation, slip
on bucket shop banana peel, and fall
on the innocent bystander who has
coughed up lis savings and given
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-21

There is much truth in the saying
that A. pestilence does. more harm, IN
many cases, by the panic it causes than
by the loss Of life, which is its most
alarming effect Great suffering comes
from the checking Of business and.
tile lack OF employment. A whole city.
may be demoralized and subjected to:
Kisses OF the gravest character. But
in the long run there is a very inn
portant factor on the other side, says
the Cleveland Leader, very truly. a
dreaded pestilence is a warning inn
peratiyely needed, 1t seems, to force
sanitary progress in many cities and
countries. It is a hard lesson, but the
only one needed.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-21

lunch, and you go to doctor. who
does not do thing to you, but scare
you out of your boots by talking chol-
era, and giving you the card OF his
partner, the undertaken, telling you
never to think of dying in a tropical
country without being embalmed, be-
cause you look SO much better when
you are delivered at your home by the
express company, and then he gives
you pills and bill, and an alarm clock
that goes off every hour to take a pill
by, and furnishes you an officer to go
home to your hotel with you to collect
his bill, and you pawn your watch and
sleeve buttons for a steerage ticket to
New York.
Dad has not been much good Ia Ha-
vana, cause he wanted to see the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-21

BANKS ~ u ] e q

There are II Ems o1t -
ice savings hanks
The Bank 81 The therl ii,sin 4, gIlE
holds N,120 900 mols epl th1n u
I year ago.
The Bank 81 spal sss uoId hnldfnSe
have increased orIy lssS ~ u
year ago. but silver hol in11
So, 8s5, 900 larger.
The average note cite & @ fIi5ss
imperial Bank II 6sy IN
was $322 .137. 900: hix Is St s5 ls6 ~
On December 81 IN = 99No3
on February "a
The Hank & tr.nes III u q - q i " y
atnck exchanr. desl IN IN
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-21

~. h.u tAem, anu AAI~N - :" a.
sent them back 1N1.
last Friday and marked them rush
We're in a hurry for that printing and
must have it at once"
T hardly think there is a must in
this case. The proofs didn't come and
that let's us out"
We'll, there is something queer
about that. They were returned to
you On Friday. Unlucky day, anyway,
and the 18TH too, by jove; no wonder
everything went wrong. 1t was hoo
dooed. Send us more proofs as quick
as you can and then get that Job OF
work out double quick
Hi, there, Blakey, what makes you
look SO glun, cheerfully called the
invoice clerk to the bookkeeper later
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-21

-
A western narrator, whose veraclty IL
undoubtedly above question. tells the
following: "The terrible news comes
from the western part Of the Cherokee
nation that boy climbed a cornstalk to
zee how the corn was getting along, and
now the stalk is growing up faster than
the boy can climb down. The boy is
clear out OF sight. Three men have I'M
dertaken to cut the stalk down with
axes and save the boy from starvation,
hut it grows so fast that they can't hack
twice In the same place. The boy is Nv
inp on nothing but raw corn, and al
ready has thrown down over four bush
els OF cobs
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-21

was there q dre,
or what? The
inquiry pa IS e d
from mouth to
mouth down the
long Office. but the
office boy was not
Interested. TAX
ing q book from
behind the tele-
phone exchange,
where he had
hidden it away,
he was soon fol-
lowing the adj
ventures Of his
beloved hero.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-21

4 UnIy Few
minutes passed until the manager re-
turned, carrying in his hands pack
age which he deposited on a table
near the door. then down the length
Of the Office he walked, looking Meth
er to the right or left until he paused
behind the absorbed lad.
Harry! The book dropped from
the hands Of the frightened youngster
and he looked quickly up and into
the stern face OF ~the manager.
where did you post the mail last
Friday? II
81 put the package IN the big boz
n front Of the sub-station Just as I
always do.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-21

eAPldudlOl 1ctIcI
and send another
check, which was
accordingly done.
For some unac-
countable reason
work was light
that day.. the usu-
ally heavy mail
packet had dwin-
died to small pro-
portions, the usu-
ally busy clerks
were making pre-
tense of being hard
at it on the occa-
sions of the man
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-21

ing as you thought
you were," he be-.
gan with a grin.
You can't expect
me to keep my
contract with you
when you hold up
the work in this
way. Give me
those proofs now
If you've finished
with them"
Proofs! That's
a good bluff you're
giving us. We
O.. KID them and
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-21

AM AWFUL "
SORRY. office, and I never
thought OF it again. am aw-
full sorry, but just forgot II"
well, don't forget to stop at the
cashiers desk on your way to the door
and get what money is due you. Just
see il you can remember that as long
as it takes you to hunt up your hat
and start"
Bakers wife and baby got home a
week later. They had to have their
tickets renewed.-Kansas City Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-21

mere, ana l knew
the letters would
not get into the
evenings m a i l
anyway from way
out here, and I
was goin 6 out
with a crowd and
was in a hurry
to get home, SO l
just hid the bum
die that night, sir,
and intended to
get it next morn
ing early and take
IL
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-21
Al Pre1udiced Opinion.

Suppose the government insists on
fixing railway rates7'
Well" answered Mr.. Dustin Stax,
it'll be hard Job. Under the present
system tn stockholders are content.
II the government takes q hand neither
the stockholders nor the public will be-
satisfied Washington Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-10-21
FRIDAY, THE
THIRTEENTH
.CHECK not here; must have none,
" at once; am dead broke.

The manager of big manufacturing
concern stood with a perplexed look on
his face as he read the telegram which
had just been handed him by a perspir-
ing, dirt-covered messenger boy. This
was Tuesday, and check for expense
money had been mailed to this travel
Ing salesman Friday of the week before.
What had become of it? There was ev-
Identity nothing to be done but write an