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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08
By Mary E. wilkins
(Copyright by ]. B. Bowles.l

CMiss Mary Z. Wilkins, now Mrs.
Charles Freeman, is SO much better
known as a taleRted writer of fiction
than as a housewife that many readers
knows about the art of making home
homelfke. Among her many popular
books may be mentioned Pembroke,
Jerome" 1.-The Jamesons'' and The
Portion of Labor.'')
The conditions Of the problem are
very simple, the solution, of course, not
SO simple; solutions never are, other
wise no problem. Still, the solution,
or a solution, may seem evident
enough, and all the trouble consist in
the extreme inconvenience, not to say
impossibility, of putting it to a prae-
teal application. 1t is perfectly easy
to say that two and two make four,
fully to understand that two and two
make four, but there may be conditions
under which it is well nigh impossible
to make the four. Perhaps the factors
will not combine st all or not without
an explosion.
Often with the servant problem it
may be quite evident what the difficult
thoughtful and discriminating woman
who has tried housekeeping herself, or
made an intelligent study of its re-
quirernents, soon reached the conclu-
sion that the simplest anc most print
tive household tasks require brains and
no small allowance of them. In real
ity she discovers that brains are more
necessary in the kitchen than physical
strength.
A stupid servant cannot even sweep
a room skillfully. She will inevitably
scatter the dust and lint that comes as
mysteriously as the wind in the new
testament and as defiantly, where it
aIisteth, all over the furniture and
walls, instead of into the vague out-of-
door limbo of dust, whence it prob
ably returns, but that cannot be
helped; it makes the task of servitude
perennial. 1t is essential at all events
that it be banished thither, but no I'M
skilled, brainless servant can effect
that.
You can teach her to the best of
your ability You can say: Nov,
Abigail, you must take this and cover
that; you must dust first; you must
sweep SO and so' 1t will all be fruit
less unless Abigail has a receptive and
Intelligent order of mind, and usually
she will not have it. If she does pos
sess that order of mind she will be at
a typewriter machine or a sewing ma
chine, or in schoolroom or a mil
liners or photographers parlor, in
stead of your kitchen. She may be
prinked and pert behind a counter. In
any case, wherever else they may be,
the brains are not in your kitchen, un-
less you have fortunately struck the
exception to prove the rule. II Abigail
had possessed brains she would at
once have proceeded to attempt some
thing which she could not do half as
well as she might have done your
housework and, if she had only so,
viewed it, without half the glory.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08

The hiss Of The snake, the laugh of
the hyena, the bray of the ass, the
growl of the bear, the grunt of the
hog, the bark Of the wolf and the roar
of the lion are duplicated in the So
called lordly man.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08

1.-THE best that can be said about
automobiles" remarks the Charleston
News, 'is that they will stand still
without being hitched" But the trnu-
BILE is that too often they persist in
standing still when they ought to get
a move on.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08

Among the wonderful jewels worn
by Englishwomen is a weird necklace,
:, 600 years old, taken from an Egyp-
tan mummy aHd presented to Mrs.
St John Brodrick as a wedding gift
by Sir John Scott Murray.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08

Already six Carnegie hero medals
have been found in the pawn shops
Which merely goes to show that even
heroes at times suffer from thirst and
hunger.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08

Mrs. Thomas F. Ryan, wife of the
New York traction millionaire, has so
much charity work in hand that she
has private Office and staff of clerks
and stenogarphers. She has given
away about 100000 in building hos
pitfalls, converts, schools and churches.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08

There are more fences to farm in
Ireland than in any other country in
the world. So many of them are wide
turf affairs that much good land is
wasted.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08

There is an old saying that in Eng
land the wife is the queen, in France
the companion, in Germany the house
keeper, in Italy the slave.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08

There is no way out which is in
fallible, though many may be suggest
ed. Possibly the awakening of selfish
interest, which igncble thing is, after
all, powerful mind tonic for the most
of US, might stir the sluggish nature
and rouse the dormant faculties to en-
eTgy What that selfish interest should
be could be proved by experiment.
Possibly small new privileges or re-
wards, although those are always
doubtful; possibly a system of profits
sharing, or rather saving-sharing,
might work we'll. But that is all sug-
gestion, and the first experiment might
caste of the domestic servant might be
elevated gradually by a careful and
judicious system until in time the po-
sition came to be considered more de-
sirable by the intelligent class capable
of skilled labor. That may seem to
of having hired man and girl sit at the
t2ble with the family, but it need not
Necessarily involve that. The servant
might have her quarters made more
BETTING a person in a higher walk of
life, her manner of dressing might be
improved and she might be made to
feel that her work was her distinction,
instead of her disgrace, and in time it
might all be better. But who knows?
The problem, although old as the
world and lightly spoken of, is serious,
involving as it does the power and
leisure to do lasting work of the best
workers in the world. Unless Abigail
serves well, the judge, the physician,
the teacher, the scholar, the writer, are
in great measure powerless; but who
shall regulate the serving of Abigail2
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08

Here is a woman who has actually
given up $4,000, 900 for a husband,
and yet there are husbands who
grudge giving up ten dollars occa-
sionally to their wives.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08

Come to think of it, almost every
body has cat, dog, a bird, or a
baby named Teddy.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08

1t is said that Lake Erie produces
more fish to the square mile than any
other body of water in the world.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08

Japan says it is for peace, and to
prove it launches the biggest warship
ever.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08

There is no trouble getting along
with woman if you let her have her
own way.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08

The secret of happiness and success
Is constant work.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08

that my houSeWotA
was becoming a bur.
den. / tired easily,
had no ambition and
was fading fast. MY
complexion got vel
low and I lost over
so pounds. MY thirst
was terrible, AM
there was sugar In
the kidney secretions.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08

Do your task with cheerfulness and
the master mechanic or proprietor
will see to your promotion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08
part. While there really are figs, they
never grow on thistles.


The one answer to the question as to
what shall be done in the case of in
adequate iI telligence in the kitchen
seems to presuppose itself. Brains
there must be in the house or it will
fall. If there are none in the kitchen
there must be some in the parlor, and
the motive power must extend to the
kitchen and supply the need there.
When the room Is swept there must
the queen reign, her throne must be
movable into the quarters where the
bread is made and the dishes washed.
She must peryade the house with
her superior intelligence and above ali
she must be able to perform herself,
perfectly in the manner which she adj
vocates, the tasks which she sets the
servant She may not actually do
them, but she must know how with
head and hands. She must be trained
like any teacher in the lessons which
she gives before she can teach to ad-
vantage.
But the. mistress may have no more
fitness for her position than the maid
for hars. She may not only lack abil-
ity but the power to acquire ability.
What then? The chances are that
while two and two exist they can never
be combined, that while the household
remains there will never be peace and
order and work well done. And there
is still another contingency.
The mistress may be abundantly
able, she may have the knowledge
which gives her the. right to teach, she
may have the power to enforce the
teaching by the authority of example,
and yet manifest duty may point out
another path for her willing but re-
stricted feet. There are cases in which
a woman would not save but squander,
would not do right but wrong, in de-
voting herself entirely to the manage
ment of her household and servants.
Sometimes the queen must go abroad
and work and war in sterner and
broader fields and Iforsake her closet
and her bread and honey. Sometimes
it is she who has to count out the
What then? The problem remains
stated, its solution indicated but inn
possible. Abigails come and go, and
the dirt and disorder and discomfort
remain. Ineficiency graduates with
out laurels and the new aspirant takes
her place, until the end.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08
WORN TO 4 SKELETON.
A Wonderful Restoration Caused Q
Sensation in Pennsylvania

Mrs. Charles N. Preston, Of Elkland.
Pa, says: Three years ago found
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-06-08

Hungary Printed First Almanac.
The first almanac was printed In
Hungary in 1470.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-02-21
Gold At Yakataga.

Among the five persons rescued at Yakataga by the Rush were Mir. and Mrs. Mat Baker and daughter of Seattle. Mir. Baker has been in the camp since 1900. The first men to mlne on the beech were Johnson. Pool and the Cui- pers. father and son, and these men were the only ones who made the beach diggings pay. MT Baker thought Yakataga was go- ing to prove a second Nome and contends that it is poor mans proposition.
 About four seasons ago 300 men rushed to the beach and cleaned np total $15O.OOO. Since that time the annual cleanup has heen about $25,OOO. For 20 miles along the beach ditches and fumes have been constructed 15O feet apa*t and miners have spent thousands of dollars to get the ditches Tn operation.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-02-21
Prom Tuesdays Bulletin

A letter from Wortman's states that the cache of the Esterly outfit has all been moved to the foot of the Tasruna divide and a portion is on top of the hill. The recent heavy snow has made it bad for the freighters, making them cut their loads down half. There are . number of slides in the canyon.
 The Saratoga left Seward yester- day at p.m., aud will stop at La touche, Cordova and Ellamar on the way to Valdez, reaching here probably in time to leave for the South Wednesday afternoon.
 Mrs. E. C. Wassei, of Seattle. was an arrival on the Saratoga She will remain here several months visiting with her siste, Mrs c. D. Shaw.
 There was a heavy rain storm al, Wortman's on the 18th,
 An announcement has been re ceived of the birth of q daughter to Mir. and Mrs. Ray Larson, st Seat tie Feb 10.
 The Galena bay came up from the mines yesterday and returned in the afternoon. B. F. Willard. who was passenger, will remain in town for a few days
 While engaged in saving wood on Evak lake during the past week a young man by the name of Bitt ner met with serious accident by falling tree on himself. He i>. reported as convalecent.- t.-Cordova Alaskan.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-02-21
Notice Gf Forfeiture

To F. II Cook and George NcNeer:
 You are hereby notified that the under >igned has expended $250 in labor and inn movements on the claim known as Bench ,laim E, which runs parallel with claims l. ? md & Rex Cullen, a tributary of Chittu Greek, in the Nizina mining district, Alaska, said bench claim being on the west side of Rex iuch. in order t hold said mining claims uI,- ter the provisions of Sec 252i Qf the Revised Statu tes of the United States, being the required tmount 10 hold said mining claims Tor the tear> l9)5 and 1906. ending Dec 3lSt 1906. And if within ninety (90) days from the service of ,f, you fail or refuse to con riDute your propor- ton of said expenditure as co-owner, your one eighth interest in said claims will become the property of the undersigned under and pur<u- int of said Section 232i of the heyised Statutes pf the United States.
 Dated Ut Valdez, Alaska, this 10th day of Jan nary, 1907.
 A. F. HOFFMAN Date of first publication January 10, 1907 late of last publication April II. 1907
The Alaska prospector., 1907-02-21
Notice Of Forfeiture.

To John Bessoner:
 You are hereby notified that I have per formed the annual labor as required by see. lion 2S24 of the Revised Stat utes oi the United States upon creek placer mining claim mum Der Five below Discovery, Squaw Creek. Forty Mile Precinct Third Judicial Division, Alaska, for the year ending December 3lst, 1906
 You are further notified that the amount SO expended is the sum of One Hundred dollars. and that unless you shall pay or cause to De paid to me within ninety days after the pubii- cation of this notice your proportiOntte snare of such amount, tO-wit: the sum of Fifty dol lars, I shall claim forfeit of your interest in said property as by law made and provided Payment may be made at Franklin, Alaska. Dated Januar- 18th, 1907
 HENRY BEsoNEE. Date of firtt publication Feb. ', 1907 Date of last publication May 9, 1907,
The Alaska prospector., 1907-02-21

|! costs about $15.OOO 10 outfit il whaling vessel for trip to the Arctic. Two whales will give the vessel d dividend, whie five Is the average catch. Whalebone Is now worth $6. 50 d pound and d whale will yield 25.OOO pounls.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-02-21
Card Of Thanks.

I wish to extend my heartfel' thanks to all the kind friends who rendered their aid and sympathy during my great trouble. and [" those who assisted in the search for my dear husband Nav Gods richest blessings rest on each one.
 Mas T w. DOHERTY.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-02-21
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Gus spon'berg |:

To Gus SpOrDe
 You are hereby notified that the under igned have expended goo; in labor and inn provements on the claims known as the ;evleW; Cats Paw, huhY A9' and Ruby 1 No; z. ,o hold said mining claims under the pro. ,isons of Sec. 2j2i oi the Revi, ed Statu'es of 10 hold said mining claims for inc years 1901, s)5 and l9O6, And if within ninety (sO) days from the service of this notice or the compile c publication therefof, you fail or ref ise 10 con- tribute your proporation of said eXpendi- ture as co-ownef, your one fourth interest in said claims will become the property of the undersigned under and pursuent of said Sec tion 252i of the kevised Statutes of the United States
 Dated at Valdez this 17th day of Jan uary, l09T.
 CTAs. SPoNBERG.
 CHAs. S.NDBERG,
 JAS. SIMPSON. Date of first publication January N, 1907. Date of last publication April 25, 1907.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-02-21
Yukon Line A Hard One.

The route map of the Vancouver, Westminster and Yukon Railway from Vancouver to Dawson has been filed with railway commission at Ottawa. Details of the surveys in British Columbia have also been filed, and show immense cuttinys and tunnels and heavy bridging
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-05-21
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
Meridian, Idaho, March 81, 1907

Meridian, Idaho, March 81, 1907.
To ERNEST II. Boss -
You are hereby notified that 1 have
expended Three Hundred $500. 00) Dol
lars in labor and improvements upon
the "Olive" lode mining claim, situate
in Sheep Mountain Mining District,
Custer county, State of Idaho, as will
appear by proof of labor 6led in the
Office of the Recorder of said county, in
order 10 hold said claim for the years
ending December 31st, 1904,p 1905 and
1906, said sum being the amount re-
quired under the provisions of Section
1924, Revised Statutes of the United
States of America. Also the costs of
this publication which amounts to SIS.
And If within ninety days from the
service of this notice Tor within ninety
days after the full publication of this
notice., you fail or refuse to'contribute
your proportion of such expenditure as
a co-owner, your interest in said claim
will become the property of the sub
scriber, under said Section 1924.
(Signed) w h. DAILY.
First publication March 20, 1907. wild
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-05-21
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
NOTICE OF PROOF OF APPLICA-
TION OF WATER TO BENEFIT
GTAT TrCL

NOTICE OF PROOF OF APPLICA-
TION OF WATER TO BENEFIT
CIAL USE.
Notice is hereby given that at p.
NJ. on the 18th day of May, 1907, at
May, County of Lemhi, State of Idaho,
before Saloma Cleveland proof will be
submitted of the application to bene-
ficial use of 81 cubic feet per second
of the waters of Bullburg Creek, Gus
ter county, in accordance with the
terms and conditions of Permit No.
1875 heretofore issued by the State
Engineer of the State of Idaho.
1. The name and postoffice address
of the person or corporation holding
said permit are Hannah c. Reese,
HALEY, Idaho.
2. The use to which said water has
been applied is irrigation and domes-
tic.
3. The amount applied to bene fetal
use is 81 cubic feet per second.
4. The place where said water is
used is 81 of So Section 35, TIP. 10 N.
Range 80 E., b. M.
5. The name of the canal or ditch OF
other works by which said water is
cond ucted to such place of use is
Reese ditch.
6. The right to take water from
such works is based upon Permit No
1885.
Z. The source of supply from which
such water is diverted is Bullbure
creek
8. The date of the priority which
said user is prepared to establish i.
April 18th, 1905.
JAS. STEPHENSON, Jr., State Engineer.
First publication April 9th, 1867.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-05-21

about three miles northeasterly of the
Yankee Fork mine, on Eight Mile
Creek, on which was known as the
Estes Araster, in Yankee Fork Mining
District, Custer county, Idaho, embrac-
ing five acres or less, and being more
particularly described as commencing
at the point where said notice Of loca-
ton is posted, and running in a south
erly course to stake marked No. ., Nc
Fadden Mill Site; thence 10 a westerly
course to a stake marked No. 3, Nc
Fadden Mill Site; thence north to a
stake marked No. A, McFadden Mill
Site; thence eastward to the place of
beginning.
Together with all rights, privileges
and franchises to said property, or any
of said property above described, in
cident, appendant, or appurtenant, or
Herewith usually had and enjoyed,
and also all and singular the build
ings, structures. mills, milling and
mining machinery, of every kind aud
nature whatsoever. and all other inn
provements situate on any of said min
ing claims or mill sites, or appurtenant
thereto, or used Herewith, and all
tenements, hereditaments, and appurt-
enances thereunto belonging, or in
any wise appertaining, including all
water and water rights, bitches and
ditch rights, timber and lumber, and
timber privileges appertaining to said
mining claims and property, and all
interest of whatsoever nature in or to
any OF said property of the defendants,
james A. McFadden and Caroline f.
McFadden, and OF each of them.
Dated this 18th day of March, 1907.
FRED G. CALDWELL,
Special Master in Chancery.
First publication March Goth, 1907.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-05-21
NOTICE OF FoRFEITURE.


To THE HEIRS OR ASSIGNS OF GEORGE
LENDRY. DECEASED:
You are hereby notified that we, the
undersigned, your co-owners, have ex-
pended the sum of One Hundred Dol
lars for the year 1905 and One Hun
drcd Dollars for the year 1906 in labor
and improvements upon the ALTURA
lode claim for the purpose of holding
said claim for each of said years under
the requirements of the Revised Stat
utes of the United States. the afore-
said ALTURA mining claim is situated
on top of Estes Mountain, in Yankee
Fork Mining District, County of Gus
ter, State of Idaho. You being one
half owner in said claim your proper
tion of said expenditure for the years
mention Is One Hundred Dollars, which
together with the costs of this publ
cation makes your total Indebtedness
One Hundred Fifteen Dollars (Si15. oO).
Now, therefore, you are hereby duly
notified that IL at the expiration OF
ninety (9o) days after full publication
of this notice (which is required to be
published ninety days you fail TO con-
tribute you proportion of said expen-
diture, (including cost of publication),
your interest in said claim will become
the property of the undersigned, your
co-owners, under the provisions pro-
vided and amendments thereto in Sec
ton 23e4 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States.
j. FL. HICKEY,
FRANK GEORGETTA.
Dated at Bonanza, Custer County. Ida
no, this end day of January, 1907.
First publication January sth, 1907.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-05-21
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To G. V. HANSON, HIS HEIRS OR ASSIGNS:
You are hereby notified that 1, the
undersigned, your co-owner, have ex-
pended the sum of Two Hundred Dol
lars (S20o. O0) for the year 1906 in labor
and Improvements upon the PANAcEA
and GRAB BAG lode claims for the pur-
pose of holding said claims for the year
1906 under the requirements of the Re-
vised Statutes of the United States.
The aforesaid lode mining claims are
situated in Parker Mountain Mining
District, County of Lemhi, State of
Idaho. You being one-half owner in
said claims your proportion of said ex-
penditure for the year mentioned is
One Hundred Dollars, which together
with the cost of this publication, and
the cost OF recording proofs of labor
on above mentioned claims, makes
your total indebtedness One Hundred
Fifteen Dollars and fifty cents($115. so. J
Panacea is of record in Book 20" at
page &C, and Grab Bag claim is record
ed in Book "O'' at page 81, Quartz Min
ing records of Lemhi county, Idaho
Now, therefore, you are hereby duly
notified that if at the expiration of
ninety 900 days after full publication
Of this notice (Which is required to be
published ninety days., you fail to con-
tribute your proportion of said expen-
diture, Including cost Of publication
and recording proofs of labor, your
interest in said claims will become the
property of the undersigned, your CO
owner, under the provisions provided
and amendments thereto in Section
1924 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States.
ALBERT M. WILLIAMS.
Dated at ChRilis, Ida, Jan. 4th, 1907.
First publication Jan. sth, 1907.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-05-21
$4,000 REWARD.

One Hundred Dollars reward
for information leading to the ar
rest and conviction OF any per
son or persons caught killing,
stealing, or in any way misap-
propriating any cattle branded
'V" on right hip; said cattle
ranging in Custer County, State
of Idaho.
(Signed) CLAY VANCE,
Manager of .'The Elkhorr
40tf Ranch. F"