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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13
FAILED TO MAKE CONVERTS.
Washington Crowd Had No Use for
"ReVivifier."

A TALL shiyery and angular individ.
ual of the man kind blew into the
Capitol during the session and made
vain search for the member from
his district. 1t was explained that the
reason he did not find his representa-.
tive was that his representative saw
him first. The man carried a strange.
looking package, which he said was
his "revivifier."
A curious crowd soon collected and
piled the bearer with questions which
he answered readily. In fact, he seem
ed glad to be piled with questions.
He explained that mankind had been
making great mistake ever since the
world began by eating, sleeping and
drinking. These things, he added were
utterly unnecessary to life and happi.
ness.
why" he exclaimed, 'by the use
Of my revivifier man can live without
food, drink, or sleep, just as the in.
habitants of Mars and the planets in
space do. We are of the earth earthly.
Instead we should be of the spirit
spiritually. Now if there are any of
you here who want to get out of the
eating, sleeping and drinking habit,
can tell you"
so can l tell you how to do it,"
broke in a hardfaced, muscular man
in the crowd. THE answer is simple.
Just get out of the living habit"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13

vegetables in good condition almost
all winter. 1t is directly in the line OF
economy as well as comfort and gen.
eral satisfaction. Fruits and vegeta.
bles are abundant in the fall. The
proper thing is to lay in a sufficient
stock to last all winter, but it is poor
economy to buy a lot of perishable
produce and house it in a furnace
heated cellar. Apples require a tenn.
perature of about 80 or 33 degrees to
keep them all winter to the best ad.
vantage. II the cellar window is left
open during the fall and early winter
the thermometer will he found to
register below so degrees most of the
time. which is, upon the whole, very
satisfactory temperature for keeping
apples up to February.
A good many women like to have
direct communication between the
kitchen and the front door, something
that is difficult to get in most plans,
but it is had without difficulty in this
house. We often find houses that are
nicely arranged down stairs but very
Objectionable in the upper story. Here
is PLAN however, that is almost
perfect both upstairs and down. The
two bedrooms used the most are splen-
did rooms and the smaller one Is all
right for a single room; it is helped
out splendidly by having two clothes
closets. Upon the whole it would be
difficult to ind more satisfactory
plan for q seven.room house.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13
A Drum Major General

At a White House reception last
winter the wife of new representa-
tive from the west had a rather ex-
citing experience. She had never at
tended a White House function be.
fore, and arrayed herself with consid-
cradle care. Her gown was dream
OF beauty, and there was wealth of
lace and fluffy things such as are said
to delight the feminine heart and are
the despair cf the sterner seq. As
the lady was taking her departure she
passed close to a major general
respondent in full dress and wearing
on his breast a score of medals and
decorations won for brave and gal
liant conduct in the field. Somehow,
the lady's decorations got tangled up.
Her husband, who was several PAGES
ahead, called to her to hurry up.
I'm coming, my DEAR" she said
Gust as soon as can get loose from
this drum major"
The drum major" laughed heartily.
He and the lady afterward became
great friends, although he said that it
was the first time he had ever been
mistaken for drum major.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13
HEAD TAX IS REMOVED.
Secretary straus Does Away with
Cause of Friction.

Recently there was a little notice
issued by the secretary of the depart
ment of commerce and labor announc
ing that the head tax on foreign dinlo
matte officers coming to America had
been removed. 1t did not 1nean much
to the average man who read it, few
residents of this country knowing
that there was such tax or realizing
what long-standing source of an.
noyance it has been to foreign diplo-
mats. AS a matter of fact, however.
there is such tax on all aliens enter.
ing this country, and while it is only
two dollars, and is included in the
price of the steamer passage, it is still
regarded as an affront by foreign dip.
lomatic officers, putting them on the
same plane with steerage passengers,
when they are theoretically the guests
of this government and people to be
treated officially with marked con.
sideration.
Secretary Straus having been in
the diplomatic service himself knew
how ~his trifing impost was regarded,
and his action in removing it is i'm
portant as removing a decided and
useless cause of friction. 1t may be
said also that most of the steamship
companies manage to make a trife
out of the general tax on the side, it
being only two dollars, but always be-
ing charged as $3.50 additional on
the ticket. This extra so cents, OF
course, the steamship company peck.
cts. 1t does not claim that all of the
tax is paid to the government, but ap-
parently grabs the extra half dollar
merely because it can, and there is
seldom any row over it, because the
amount is too small for most passen-
gers to raise a kick over
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13

Mr.. William A. Radford will answer
q 4Hesnons and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
paper. On account OF his wide expe-
rtence as Editor Author and Manufac-
turer. he is, without doubt the highest
authority on all these subjects. Address
All inquiries to William A. Radford. No.
1874 Fifth Ave, Chicago ILL.,. and only
Snclose two-cent stamp for reply.
A splendid seven-room house is
shown in detail in this plan. The
house is &c feet wide by Al feet long,
exclusive Of the porch, and may be
built under favorable circumstances at
q cost of $4,000 to 1880, according to
location. There is everything neces-
sary in this house for family of four
or five persons. AS the average fam
lily is said to consist of about five in
dtViduals, including children, this may
be considered an average home.
There is something about the plan
and general arrangement of the rooms
that is sure to appeal to the man of
moderate means, the average man of
industrial habits who enjoys his home
and works hard to provide the mem
bers of his family with the comforts
of life. The parlor, sitting room and
dining room have just about the right
proportions and relations TO each 9TH
er. The parlor is not used much as a
general thing, but the sitting room is
the embodiment of home comfort. 1t
is easy to imagine what such sitting
room would be like in the hands of
good housekeeper.
In most houses the dining room is
used but three times day. at meal
time only, and then in varying periods
lasting from half an hour to possibly
an hour and half when some extra
occasion comes along. This room
would be the most difficult to heat in
winter, but less heat is required The
sitting room and kitchen are warmest
and most comfortable In, winter, al
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13
Letters Are His Name.

Now and then" said prominent
member of the Cosmos club at Wash
ington, inquiries are made concern
ing the names of members of our
club and I am embarrassed in en-
deaVoSing to explain the name of our
distinguished scientist, Prof w Nc
Gee, whose eminence has placed him
in the front ranks of biologists of the
world. Every one assumes that w j
are initials and almost invariably they
printed with q period after them"
"The fact is they stand for nothing
at all. Prof. McGees name is w J.,
and that's all there is about it. But
l never expect to see the day when
the newspapers will acknowledge the
breVity of his name by leaving the
usual period off after each letter."
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13
Room for IMPROVEMENT

Some friends Of Speaker Cannon
were discussing with him the news
that Lien" Small of Kankskee had
been converted by Evangelist Sunday.
ex-baseball player. It was suggested
that perhaps Mr.. Smalps conversion
might interfere with his usefulness as
party man, but the speaker did not
see why such should be the case.
Mr.. Cannon went on to say that he
had no doubt of the genuine1ess of
his friend Lens conversion, he being
thoroughly sincere man in every re-
spect. The conversation drifted on
to the subject of conversion, Uncle
Joe" expressing the opinion that it
would do no harm if a few conversions
could take place in tie house. How
ever he did not wish to mention any
names.--Chieago Chronicle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13
First Floor Plan

constantly should receive more atten-
ton at the hands of architects and
builders than it usually does.
Here is kitchen arranged for com
fort and convenience. Entering from
the back porch there is vestibule to
keep out the cold in winter. This YES
tihule is just right to hold the ice
box and this is the right place for the
ice box for three very good reasons.
1t saves dirt from being tracked into
the kitchen when the ice is being put
in, it saves ice in summer, and the
temperature is cold enough so the ice
box may be used in winter for storage
purposes without ice, and that is i'm
possible when the ice chest is kept IL
the kitchen. You couldn't have bet
ter arrangement for a pantry because
the plan saves steps at meal time and
when cleaning up afterwards. II is
convenient to the dining room and
it is close to the sink, two things that
are very necessary in the careful lay
ing out of house.
There is another good arrangement
at the top of the cellar stairs. The
landing is built wide enough for
good-sized cupboard, to hold such
things as would otherwise have to go
in the cellar Few houses have places
suitable for keeping preserved fruits,
pickles and jellies. Jellies dry up il
kept upstairs and they are very likely
to mould if kept in the cellar. 1t is
very annoying to put up jars of nice
jelly and have it go wrong afterwards.
It may be prevented by having just
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13

homes, don't you think they would
be grateful enough to assign us the
right to mine whatever ore might be
under the surface Of the land?"
'Davy," said Mr.. Hochheimer, feel
ingly, you are wonder"
'But that isn't ALL" said Gimbold
II believe there are many benevolent
old persons in this city who would
be delighted to subscribe to a fund
which we would be glad to manage,
and which would be used to transport
those poor fellows to their new
homes"
Beautiful" said Mr.. Hochheimer.
Simply beautiful"
"Of course, it would not be neces.
sary to say anything about the option
on what is under the surface, either to
the benevolent old persons or to the
poor fellows, until after the latter
had started on their way"
"But how would we hold them, in
case they refused?' asked Mr.. Hoch-
heimer, anxiously.
well, you see," replied Mr.. Gin
bold, "as managers of the fund we
would go to the railroads and secure
transportation in bulk. There ought
to be good commission in that OF
course, those poor fellows will want
their household goods sent on ahead.
We will be glad to do that for them,
but we will not give each one ticket
until just before the train starts. I
am sure that not one of them would
object to signing the option on the
spot. In case any one refuses, 1t will
be very easy to have one of our in
vestigators' suddenly find that under
the rules of the benevolent fund the
ungrateful fellow is ineligible"
Gimbold went into the churches and
the charity bureaus and among the
old gentlemen, and appealed in the
name of all that is kindly and true
for the relief of the suffering poor.
From the moment it. got fairly launch
cd, the scheme began to take care of
itself
Great Caesar, Hockey, look there!"
1t was the morning after that mem
orable Sunday when the three color
prospectus had formed the basis of so
many sermons. Hochheimer and Gim-
bold had come down town together
somewhat late. They went up to
their office in crowded elevator, and
when they got off at their floor the
crowd went with them. The corridor
was jan1med from wall to- wall with
an indiscriminate Lass of humanity
male, female, respectable, disreputable,
well-dressed, unkempt, native, for
eign-pushing and crowding, bab-
bling and gesticulating.
There was no turning them away,
those poor fellows, for not only were
there clergymen among them, as Gin
bold had seen, but reverend gentlemen
were in many cases leaders of special
contingents of home-seekers, ard many
others In the crowd carried letters
ss-1zn contnnuters to the fund which
were not to be ignored. 1t was late
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13
Horses Saved hu : Doc

A New Jersey farm la5orer went to
Egg Harbor City to do some shopping
and when he emerged from store
his team had disappeared. No one
had seen the driverless horses go and
it was thought that. they had been
stolen. The man walked home and
discovered that the house dog was
also missing. Some days later the
dog returned to the farm, got some
food and drink and started away, bark.
ing furiously. He was followed and in
a piece of woods several miles away
the team was discovered. The horses
had wedged the wagon between two
trees and there they had stood five
days without food or drink. They
had gnawed the bark from the trees.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13
Sticking TO an Old Friend.

Queer world. queer life!" sighed
the Old Man. ''T'Il be 80 soon, an
I've got to give up the one comfort
of my old age. Doctor says must
quit smokin'! Now, my pipe has
been my consolation all these years
of age and loneliness, and it'll come
hard to part with it. And why should
/? Before a friendly fire, on a night
when the winter wind rumbles in the
chimney, this old pipe brings dreams
to me. live it all over-the long life
that seems SO short-as the smoke
curls upward. Old friends come in
and take me by tie hand; sweet faces
smile, and one-the sweetest of them
all-beams on me and brightens all
the gloom. Why, i"
But just then rosy-cheeked young
ster came bounding in the room.
Grandfather" he said, will YOU
lead me your pipe--to blow soap bub-
E.rs?"
you see,' said the Old Man. hes
heard what the doctor said"
He gave the boy cent for clay
pipe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13

ibid you know, Hocky,'' remarked
Mr.. David Gimbold to his partner, Mr.
Israel Hochheimer," did you know
that just previous to his death, Ros-
well P Flower was planning a corner
in zinc?"
mo, I did not know It," replied Mr.
Hochheimer, refectively, gazing out
of the window of their Wall street Of
fee
1--WE been thinking, Hocky," went
on Mr.. Gimbold, that we might take
up the matter where Flower laid it
down. I have a notion that we might
corral the necessary funds simply by
modifying Mr.. Flowers methods. In
fact, believe we could get the gov
eminent to help us.
Nearly all of our zinc comes from
Arkansas and Missouri. There is a
trust, but it is puny affair, down at
Joplin, with paltry half-million at
stake. For peculiar condition ex-
lists. Most of the land in the zinc
country is government land, subject
to the homestead law. The govern
ment charges fee of about $14 for
every 100 acres of land, but every ap-
plicant must live five years on the
land before he gets his title. Now,
If we could get that government land
we would be able to control almost
half of the zinc output of the district.
And we could force the trust to buy
US out"
very good" said Mr.. Hochheimer,
as Gimbold paused for breath. But
since no man can secure more than
100 acres, and since each applicant
must swear that he intends to estab-
lish home, and is not taking the land
for purpose of speculation, how are
we to get around it?'
"Hocky," replied Mr.. Gimbold, wav-
ing his hand around comprehensively,
there are many poor fellows in this
city who would be glad to own land
in Arkansas or in Missouri. You
know great many. and so do l."
well, then, if we showed those
poor fellows how to get land free in
Arkansas and Misouri-if we paid the
government fee for them, and bought
them railway tickets to their new
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13
Senator TiIIman's New Name.

Senator Tillman sees more with
his one eye than many men see with
two, but nevertheless those who see
the fiery southerner cannot avoid no.
ticing his misfortune. The other day
he clapped his hands for a page from
the cloakroom door. A new page who
had not yet mastered the senatorial
names responded. Tell Senator
Clay" he said, that want to see
him in the cloakroom." The page ran
on the errand, on his way stopping to
ask the head usher where Senator
Clay sat. Then he asked: who's
this that has only one eyer" The
usher, thinking it question in myth
ology, replied: why, Cyclops, OF
course" The page delivered his err.
rand in this astounding way: Sen
ator Cyclops wants to see you in the
cloakroom."
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13
Hint for Vice President.

A New York man visited the senate
gallery in Washington and from his
coign of vantage there had good
look at the vice presidents carefully
concealed bald head. On returning
home he wrote to his congressman
saying: IF you have any influence
with Mr.. Fairbanks, for heavens sake
get him to cut off that scalplock that
he drapes over the top of his head and
admit that he is bald The people
will elect bald-headed man president
sooner than they'll elect a man who
tries to deceive them as to his bald.
ness"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13

though either one could be made airy
and pleasant in summer.
In house built after this plan the
family would spend the greater part
of their waking hours in the sitting
room and kitchen The kitchen claims
the attention of the women. 1t is the
work shop and most Important room
in the house. 1t is occupied in some
houses the greater part of the time
between six O'Clock in the morning
and one or two in the afternoon. 1t
requires extra good management to
get through with the days work by
two o'clock in any house, and the
woman who has the energy and ability
to do so deserves the few hours re-
manning before tea time for rest and
recreation. A room that Is used so
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13
Few Senator's Hear PRAYERS.

Attendance at prayers in the United
States senate is not large, but it al
ways includes Senators Platt and De
pew, who usually sit together and
withdraw before the business of the
day begins. Sometimes there are
only five or six who assemble to hear
DR.. Hale's invocation. Upon a re-
cent occasion there were seven, and a
curious observer made a memoran-
dunn Of their names. In addition to
Plat and Depew there were Perkins
of California, Smoot of Utah, Dick of
Ohio, McCreary of Kentucky and
Clark of Montana,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13

Buffalo robes will soon be thing
rot the past" said local dealer to a
Kansas City Star reporter, who has
had six robes on sale this winter, the
property of citizen who could not
afford to keep the precious skins long
er. Five of them have been sold, and
while $500 has been offered for the
last OF the lot the dealer is holding it
for $500, the price demanded by the
owner. The robes are not unusually
large, either.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13
Peculiarly Unfortunate.

Darn that bore!" exclaimed Sad
lery, after the caller had gone II was
just beginning to write an article
when he came in and began to talk,
and he made me lose my train CT
thought
That's too bad" SAID Spacer, who
was hammering away on typewfit.
ing machine at the next desk. Your
next train, you know, may net come
along for . week." Chicago Tribune
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13
Value Of cheerf,,i,ess

II you wish to possess bright eyes
be animated and cheerful. An excel
lent health rule for bright eyes and
a clear skin is to take the juice of a
lemon in glass of water with a dash
of salt added every morning before
breakfast. This acts on the liver,
which has more to do with good looks
than people imagine.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13

DR.. Charles Harrington has recon-
mended that tbs president extend an
Invitation to tie coming congress Of
hygiene and demography at Berlin to
hold its meeting at Washington in
1909 or 1910.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13

Naturally, the Chicago man who has
retired from business with only $5,-
00O, 900, because he @has enough" is
being sharply criticised. Why doesn't
he keep on working to get money to
endoW universities and establish edu-
cational funds and libraries?
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13

Mulberry plantations are being
opened In India with view to enlarg-
ing the propagation of the silkworm,
as well as to make the mulberry gar
dens q distributing center from which
cuttings and young plants may be dis
tributed to the public.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13

way they are planned and in the way
they are managed afterwards. There
are some expensive houses that have
no rightly arranged storage for any.
thing. Builders or owners do not seem
to understand that certain tempera-
lures are necessary to keep certain
things. They do not seem to know or
to realize that provision may be made
In the cellar for keeping apples and
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13
Chief Justice Fuller Protects

Chief Justice Fuller thinks that the
newspaper pen are a little previous
in their announcements of his pend
ing resignation from the supreme
bench. He says that when he is read,
to retire he will himself be the first
TO hear Of ii.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13

King Edward is busy revising the
prayer book Of the Church of England.
There was a time when people would
have doubted it If they had been told
that Edward would ever take up such
serious work.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13

And now the Japanese generals are
nssailing Kuropatkin's so-called his
tory of the late war. The Japanese
gentlemen say the story is more of
defense Of himself than a statement Of
actual facts. And when it comes to
history it must be admitted the jap
anese generals made some themselves.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13

Some people are bora lucky. For in
stance, according to London paper,
there are 16 houses in Limehouse the
tenants OF which did not pay any rent
for several years because no landlord
could be found,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13

Marie Corelli says there is an invis-
ible power which compels her to
write. This will lead Hall Game to
believe that invisible powers mast be
possessed of unworthy tendencies.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13

Consul H. ]. Harvey writes from
Fort Erie that the development Of
electric power at Niagara, Ontario, has
stimulated many new industries in
that district.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13

That this is the children's century
was judicially affirmed by the supreme
court of Mississippi, says the Balti-
more American, which affirmed in a
suit for damages brought by the par
ents Of boy injured by an electric
light attached to tree that the small
boy In the pursuit Of happiness guar
anteed by the constitution has an IN
alienable right to climb a tree.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13
EDITOR.

such cupboard as this at the top OF
the cellar stairs.
1t would be impossible to have q
more convenient way into the cellar
from the kitchen. It is straight.
away stair from the kitchen directly
down and it lands in the front part OF
the cellar, which should be partitioned
off for fruits and vegetables. There
is a great difference in houses in the