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St. Tammany farmer., 1907-08-24
At a Diplomatic Luncheon.

Really. I felt horribly overdressed
and apologize" the attractive young
wife of a far-away senator laughed
the other day, in describing a Babel
luncheon at Washington in honor of
Mrs. Creel, at which she herself had
been present. "My costume was SO
infinitely more costly than that of the
guest of honor" The pretty senatress
wore a $500 lace robe. The richest
woman in the world appeared in a
simple little tan-colored yelling that
would have been no particular bar.
gain at $35 all told. Nor were the
senora's fabulous jewels the least in
evidence. A miscellaneous assort-
ment Of diplomatic danes surrounded
the multi-millionaire Mexican, each
struggling in her own pretty tongue
to be understood by her neigbbor.
Those unequal to French OF Spanish
sat at meat, mum chance-extra dry.
There was the latest diplomatic bride,
Nine. Corea, wife of the liquid. eyed
little minister from Manageable Of
romantic past. India Corea, however.
in spite of her double-barreled geo.
graphical name, is domestic and not
an imported beauty, Washington de-
butante. There were the ladies' of
several South American countries and
several European specimens. The
courageous hostess who. spoke naught
but her native Pennsylvaniaese, re.
duced her remarks to her foreign
guests to the most elemental prin-
ciples, enunciating each word with
kindergarten simplicity, touching only
on the obvious.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-08-24
Chicken Cheese.

Vogue says that to make chicken
cheese boil two chickens in water to
cover until the meat will fall from
the bones. Then remove all the bones,
mince the meat very fine, season with
salt and pepper, and return to the
water in which they were boiled, add
ing tablespoonful of butter, one of
minced celery, and half an onion
sliced. Cook until the liquor is nearly
gone, skim out the onion, and pour
into a deep dish. Put plate over it
with weight on top, and set away in
cold place until firm. When ready
to be eaten cut in neat slices, and
serve with little red currant jelly or
some aspic mayonnaise.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-08-24
WHEN THE FISH HURDLE.
Man Wanted to Be Far Away From
the Danger Spot.

OF course at this season the usual
run of fish stories" are going the
rounds. But one relating to the
hurdnng prowess Of bass and trout
which was told in all earnestness the
other night, takes first prize.
"Fish always go up stream IN the
springtime," said the fisherman, and
scarcely anything will keep the bass
and trout from getting near the head
waters. I have known these two
species to jump over dam eight to
ten feet high and continue their up"
stream Journey"
What was that you said?" re-
marked a friend, who also claims to
be somewhat of an, angler. The man
repeated his assertion that he had
seen fish jump over dams eight to ten
feet high, and as there was no one
present to deny the hurdling abilities
of the fish, the only challenge to his
remarkable statement was laugh by
all hands.
"Well, I trust will never be on the
top OF Niagara falls when one Of those
hurdling fish you speak Of comes fly
ing through the air and hits me in the
eye" remarked the friend. That
broke up the fish stories for that even
ing, but the man still insists that a
ten-foot dam can be hurdled by either
q bass or trout.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-08-24
A Pronhecv aa fo Whea4-

Unquestionably those now living
may see the time when in some years
the United States will import wheat
II a surplus can be found anywhere.
AS a rule, however, we may expect
to continue to export grain forever.
The Oldest and most densely popu-
lated countries of the world continue
to export grain, and while the world
endures there will always be ex-
changes of surpluses. AS to our pro-
duction we are probably nearing our
maximum under present methods of
cultivation. 1t is, however, easily pos
s1ble to double our output by better
methods Of agriculture which we shall
gradually adopt as increasing prices
caused by the pressure of population
warrant the increased outlay in pro.
duction,
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-08-24
Medieval Leisure.

The women Of the sixteenth century
and earlier times hs% easier lives
than those Of cur generation. To be
sure, there are hundred labor-saving
devices to-day which were unknown to
them. But in at least two important
respects they had the advantage over
their descendants. They waged no
conflict against dirt, such as we carry
on from morning till night. The
Elizabethan had no prejudice against
garbage in his front yard, vermin in
his bedroom, decaying rushes on the
noor Of his banquet hall. or soiIed
lace on. his sleeves. The strength of
arm and spirit which now goes to
keeping clean was left to the medieval
lady Tor other tasks. Moreover, al.
though her clothing was gorgeous
rich with embroidery and lace and
heavy with jewels-it was not subject
to- rapid changes of fashion. The cut
of a sleeve or the hang of a skirt was
settled for five years rather than for
five months. Life was free then from
the modern terror of looking like a
last years ragbag." If cleanliness and
fashion should suddenly go out of
business, says Youths Companion,
what an air of leisure would spread
over the world feminine, until some
other tyrants should arise to take the
place of those dethroned!
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-08-24
Wears Gray at a Funeral,

London.-Rev. Frederick Spur, one
of the best known Baptist pastors in
London, startled the mourners at the
funeral of one of the deacons of his
church by officiating in a gray suit of
clothes. When questioned on the sub
ject the pastor declared himself a be-
lever in cheerful funerals. He said
he was heartily sick of the paganism
connected with Christian funerals.
"The deacon was So years DID," DR..
Spur said, "and has been a good
Christian all his life. He died of old
age, SO at his funeral I wore a gray
suit and we sang an Easter hymn"
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-08-24
STORY OF SPEAKERS MACE
Origin of Emblem OF Legislative Au'
thority Used in Congress.

At the right of the speakers desk
in the hall of the house of represent"
atives in the capitol at Washington
stands large cylindrical pedestal
made of highly polished green mar
BILE.
When the house is called to order
each day the sergeant'at-arms, or one
of his deputies, places upon the pedes-
tai the mace, which is the symbol Of
authority in the house. When the
body adjourns he removes it and
keeps it safely until the house meets
again.
This mace ia Of very ancient and
honorable origin. Under the old
Roman republic the magistrates
passed on foot from one place to an
other administering. justice, trying
public offenders and imposing penal
ties.
Each of these magistrates was at
tended by small body Of men
known as lictors, whose duty it was
to make way for the officers of the
law, preserve order, make arrests and
infiict punishment ON condemned cjti-
Zens.
Each Of these lictors carried with
him bunch of rods tied together
with thongs and having an ak bound
to the outside of it. The thongs were
used for scourging and the ak for be-
heading. Sentences imposed by the
magistrates were at once carried out.
Those bundles Of rods were known as
fasces. When the Romans conquer
ed Britain the use of the fasces as a
a symbol was brought with them and
many other Roman customs remained
with the British people
While it was no longer used for in
tiicting punishment, it continued to
be used as a symbol by the early
English magistrates, and when an Of
f1cer appeared carrying the fasces his
authority was Immediately accepted
by all. 1t was, in fact, his badge of
office.
The English form of the fasces was
slightly changed in that the AK was
pldSCu 4uS1uS VI Iu0 DuuQl0 VI EOuS
with the blade protruding from the
top.
The great councils Of the early Sax
ons gradually developed into one gen.
ereal body, which in the fourteenth
century became known as the house
OF commons. In all these earlier
councils the use Of the fasces was
continued, but it then came to be
known as the mace, which has re-
mained as the emblem of legislative
authority in that body down to the
present day.
The house of representatives Of the
United States was modelled closely
after the house of commons by the
trainers Of our constitution, and the
usage Of the mace was borrowed from
the English custom.
The first mace adopted by the
house was destroyed by fire when the
British burned the capital in 1914.
From 1914 until 1912 mace of
painted wood did service, but in the
latter year the present mace was
made after the model of the original
One.-St. Nicholas,
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-08-24
AppIes and Peanuts for Lunch

Former Senator Francis M. Cock.
rell of Missouri, now a member of the
interstate commerce commission, has
regained his health sufficiently to par.
take of his usual MONDAY lunch-two
apples and sack of peanuts, which
during his thirty years official resi-
dence in Washington, most of the
time as United States senator, were
his only diet for the MONDAY meal.
Senator Cockrell says he believes
there is more nutriment in a sack d
peanuts than in pound of beefGteak
and that they are easier to get. Last
winter when he was stricken with ill.
ness his physician ordered him to
drop apples and peanuts for a while,
It was a hard task.
Recently when he was advised that
he could resume his favorite bill OF
fare he was happier than a boy with
his first pair of red top boots.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-08-24
Fans to Match Gowns.

The mandate from London Is that
the fashionable woman must have a
different fan for every gown and one
for every occasion. "a tiny fan in a
shade to match the hat should be car
ried in the park in the morning" says
an authority. can afternoon fan is
more elaborate, but equally small. 1t
is made of real lace or fine silk, en-
broidered with flowers. The river fan
is made of paper, printed with a floral
design. A tiny mother-of-pearl fan
folds fits into a vanity bag. The
peacock's feather fan is a novelty of
the season and floral fans made from
real flowers will be largely in request.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-08-24

Extraordinary discoveries were re-
Gently made at Toulouse, Saintes.
Agen, Bordeaux and other towns in
the south and southwest of France, of
the wholesale adulteration of flour. A
considerable number of the inhabi-
tants of Condom have for many weeks
been suffering from gastric disorders
and serious stomach complaints. The
doctors sought for the cause of this
curious epidemic, and attributed it to
bread. The bakers, by way of show
ing their good faith, supplied samples
of the bread the patients had eaten.
1t was found to be heavily adulterated
with tale, mineral which is generally
found in rough, brittle crystals, which
can be sliced with a knife. Other
samples contained large quantities of
marble dust and snlphate of baryta.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-08-24
sGolnn sonew

Two Of our colored brethren were
engaged In heated argument. The
'retort courteous" without the quail
flying adjective, had been passed and
returned.
Suddenly the larger of the two
moved up aggressively. "Yuh nygah,
youh! If All hit yuh, Ahm a-goin' to
knock yuh so fab dat der amt no rail-
road train kin bring yuh back!"
The other looked at him moment
gpeculatively. Then: "Niggah you'-
self yuh brack map O. Africa! If All
hit yuh, Ahm goin' to knock you so
fab dat it'll cos eight dollars to sem
yoh postal card!"
Whereupon the tall one, realizing
that the limit had been reached
passed his "chaw," and peace reigned
2gain.-Judge.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-08-24
a QannernIIn Pest

sometimes happens in human life
1naE a man who has lived for years in
peaceable if not amicable relations
WIN his neigbbors is suddenly re-
Veaied as a great criminal, whose pres
ehce mas been a constant menace to all
ABOUT him, and whose sins include
tragedies which had long been mys-
1erles. Some such revelation as this
mas been made about the common do
mestlc rat, not suddenly, perhaps, but
win slow and certain piling I'D Of
i evidence, until now the biological sur
Vey ct the United States government
mas indicted the sly gray criminal in
special pamphlet. The first foreign
raF 70 reach these shores was the Eu-
Tcpsan black rat, which came over
nearly 300 years ago. The common
Tat 81 to-day is the brown or Norway
SaGs He reached America about 1775.
and has multiplied so RAPIDLY that he
has almost entirely driven out his
predecessor. There is also a
pecles, known as the roof. or
drlan rat Of Egypt. This rat is
sailor, and so is found mostly
e saEeoast cities. The brown rat is
pronounced to be the worst nam.
malian pest in existence. No statis-
tlcs are available for America, but in
denmark this rat is estimated to
work 100000 worth of destruction
every year; and in the United States
one rat to every horse, cow, sheep and
nog-a conservative estimate-Would
co $1O0,O00,000 worth of damage in a
year. Rats destroy eggs and young
poultry, pigeons, game birds and song
Olrds In cities they enter stores and
warehouses, and destroy 1aces, car
pets' silks and woolens. They gnaw
through lead pipe, and so food build
1ngs with water. They eat away the
insulation of electric wires, and thus
cause fires. They are prolific sources
or the spread of contagious diseases.
Ihey breed so fast that a single pair,
III they and their descendants were
unmoiested for three years, would be
represented at the end of that time by
more than 100000 individuals. The
bulletin OF the biological survey is is:
sued especially for farmers and others
whose premises are infested with
rats. 1t gives the best methods of
poisoning them-the rats-describes
the most effective traps, and gives
other information which makes it an
important aid in the elimination of
what has truly been called "a world
pest"
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-08-24
oId-FashIoned "sprinkIes."

Beat to a cream one cup of butter
and two cups sugar. Add three table
spoonfuls sweet milk and two table
spoonfuls caraway or anise seed. Sift
two cupfuls -four and two even tea
spoonfuls baking powder together
three times, then beat into the butter,
sugar and milk mixture. If the batter
Is not as stiff as you can beat it, ada
a little more -four and turn out on b
1icured board. Dredge lightly with
flour, and roll out until almost sa
thin as wafer. Cut into round or o5-
long cakes, sprinkle with seeds and
bake
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-08-24
Helen Cannon washInuton Belle.

Miss Helen Cannon, daughter of the
speaker, is one Of the most cultured
hostesses as well as one of the most
cultured women in Washington. She
is firm believer in the higher educa-
tfon Of wcmen, a great reader, speaks
several languages, which she learned
during the years she spent abroad, is
a splendid singer, and holds the record
in the high official set for pedestrian.
ism.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-08-24
TWO SISTERS HAD ECZEMA.
Cutlcura Cured Scalp Troubles OF
Two Illinois GirIs-Another Sic
ter Took Cuticura Pills.

'T must give much praise to all the
Cuticura Remedies. I used but one
cake of Cuticura Soap and one box OF
Cuticura Ointment, as that was all that
was required to cure my GiseaSe. l
was very much troubled with eczema
of the head, and friend of mine told
me to use the Cuticura Remedies,
which I did, and am glad to say that
they cured my eczema entirely My
sister was also cured Of eczema OF the
head by using the Cuticura Remedies.
Another sister has used Cuticura Re
solvent and Pills and thinks they are
a splendid tonic. Miss Edith Hammer,
R. F. D. No. 6, Morrison, ILL.,, Oct. 8, 'O6.''
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-08-24
Secretary Root a Recvvse-

When Secretary Root is at the de-
partment it is next to impossible to
see him. He is closeted with his Sec
retary and stenographer. or else work.
ing by himself, but in either event he
is as inaccessible as the czar. On
diplomatic days he has to let himself
be seen, but on other occasions it is
so much waste of time to try to get
at him that most men who know the
ropes do not make the attempt If it is
at all possible to get their ends by
seeing Bacon.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-08-24
Mending Gloves.

Mending the fEger tips Of long
gloves with court plaster is the trick
one young woman makes use of to
lengthen the life of this dress access
sorry which is such a luxury. She
pastes the court plaster, white on
white and black on black, on the in
side of the finger tip, with the result
that the gloves will last immeasurably
longer.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-08-24
Bracelet That Is Smart.

Heavy fiat bracelets, carved ana
wrought, are being worn, and old
Greek coins linked together form
others of the many quaint arm orna-
ments which the fad has unearthed.
Carbuncles framed in settings of old
yellow gold are effective, and anne
thysts, cut oblong and set in fat set
tings of chased gold, are equally beau
tiful.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-08-24
Fourth of JuIv Ginoerbread.

A good, old-fashioned Fourtl, of
July gingerbread.is made in this way:
Rub to a cream one-half cup molasses,
one-half cup milk, with one-Quarter
teaspoonful soda dissolved In it, 8
salt spoonful salt, one beaten egg and
flour to mix stiff, with two teaspor-
fuls baking powder sifted with il.
Divide the dough in portions, pat
into sheet, place on a Toured anu
buttered baking tin, run a fluted roll
er over it, if you have one, otherwise
mark in parallel rows and bake.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-08-24
Pale Blue Favored.

Pale blue seems to be first choice
when a bit of color is needed, but
khaki is also popular. Khaki linen,
braided or embroidered in white,
makes an excellent trimming for a
white linen, and there are some pretty
striped stuffs showing white stripes
on a khaki ground.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-08-24
How Jimmie Was Found Out
By Mary E. Fitzgerald
By Mary z. Fitzgerald
Copyright, by Joseph B. Bow1esl

Good for Bill Fischer, whoever he
is,' thought Margaret.
Mr.. Graham, holding Helen by the
hand, come upstairs looking very
white.
MY poor boy, forgive me! Your
aunt was SO sure" he said, taking
James in his arms.
"Oh, I don't mind the whipping"
said James; "but, father, if you'd only
believe me. I don't lie"
Margaret went out of the room,
leaving father and son to come to a
better understanding.
The next week Mr.. Graham came
home a little earlier than usual and
lay down in the library.
He was awakened by rush
through the hall, resounding kiss
and James voice, shrill with excite
ment, saying: Oh, mother, the big
boys are going up to Long lake Sat
urday fishing, and they've invited me
to go along. Do you suppose father
will let me? Perhaps he would if he
saw my perfect mark in department.
Gee! I had to try awful hard to get
that and he never saw it."
well, don't smother me, sonny"
said Margaret, laughing; And don't
for an instant think your father did
not notice your mark. He was
tickled to pieces over it."
WAS he? But he never said any
thing"
well, sonny, your father isn't the
praising kind. None of us get many
compliments from him, you know;
but he appreciates, and that's better"
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-08-24
Beware of Dranerv

Unless a woman can drape a fichu
gracefully and is of a slender, willowy
type, it is well to avoid this prevailing
fashion of the moment. When it is be-
coming there Is something peculiarly
coquettish in the ichus and draped
scarf effects that are so popular just
now.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-08-24
Worse Still.

Towne-He's sorry now that he
quarreled with his wife.
Browne-she's gone home to her
mother. suppose.
Towne-No, she's had her motha
cazae home to her,
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-08-24
RiackssH Of AL

The millionaire from Pittsburg was
observed to be lettering outside of the
pearly gates.
"Why don't you hurry up and
knock?" queried shade
I'm waiting for that other chap to
get ahead of me-" whispered the Pitts
burg millionaire.
"And who is he?"
"Why, CRATER from San Francisco.
BY the side of him will seem as in
0ocent as a lamb"
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-08-24

Bernard Shaw says he can write all
around Shakespeare, but he hasn't the
nerve to claim that he can eoua1 the
literary effort OF the able gentleman
who wrote the declaration of inde-
pendence.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-08-24

The sex OF the American Eagle is
subject of a spirited and interest
''spute, but we think it is easy of
tnation: She is female, un-
Otherwise she wouldn't
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-08-24
New York's Bio Debt

New York city is the second in the
Union for size of per capita debt, it
being $113.25, Newton Mass, com
ing first, with $125.5S.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-08-24
die Was TickIed to Pieces over It."

But I like to have people say
things; don't you?"
well, yes, l do; but perhaps when
were dead people will say nice things
about us; let's be comforted," and
she and James, laughing, left the
| room.
Mr.. Graham did some thinking,
swallowing hard, for giving compli-
ments was, indeed, not much to his
liking.
But at dinner that night, he said:
James, how would you like to go
fishing with me for a week or so?
You've had such good report this
month, I think you deserve a vaca-
tion. To capture hundred in Miss
Bells room is feat to be proud Of"
up to Eagle river?" shrieked
James.
"You may take a boy with you for
company. Who-1 do you want?"
Bill Fischer" he said, promptly.
who is he?" asked his father
We'll, he's in my room and he's
fine. He's smart, I tell you. He
knows all the dates in history and
you can't stump him on an example.
I've been saving my money to buy a
fishing-pole for him and me. His
mother takes in washing and he can't
buy things
"A washerwoman's son." said Mr..
Graham, little obviously. Aren't
there any boys in this neighborhood
you like as we'll? May be his mother
can't spare him"
NO, father, don't like anybody
as well as Bill. He don't lie and he's
full of fun and he don't smoke, be.
cause he says he can't be stunted, if
he has to support his mother; and I
don't smoke now either, because
maybe if you die, I'll have to support
my mother.
"You dear, dear boy" said Mrs.
Graham, with shining eyes, looking
triumphantly at her husband.
Your son has some rather good
qualities" remarked Margaret that
evening, as she was sewing and Mr.,
Graham reading. That he is truthful,
brave, generous and democratic you
may have noticed already, and I've NO
doubt you will become acquainted
with quite number of his other pir.
tues in your weeks trip"
Mr.. Graham came over and kissed
her.
1T took his step-mother to find it
out" he said. Margaret, I grow
faint when I think of the boys who
may be having their lives crushed
out by such well-meaning but bliuS
women as Aunt Kate"
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-08-24
New IN eF1artfno Rivers.

A graduated rod, which rises and
falls with the bottoms variations, Is
cow used to chart rivers.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-08-24

san's first husband was a coal
Id her father a janitor in a
house, and the Belgiang say
will not submit to the occu-
the throne by one of low
will surprise the outside
arm that anyone lower than
to be found in that coun-
I an English earl who
assage to New York as a
S to go back first class
.merican heiress bride.
St. Tammany farmer., 1907-08-24

wherever women are honored, the
gods are satisfed.-Hindu Proverb.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-07-11
ENGINE STRIKES AUTOMOBILE.
Wealthy Silk Manufacturer of Pater
son, N. j., Is Killed.

Keyport, N. j., July Christopher
Horandt, a wealthy silk manufacturer
of Paterson, was killed and other.
members of his family injured when a
locomotive struck and demolished an
automobile in which the party was re-
turning home from Asbury Park late
Sunday The ssaeeiid dent happened at
the Stone road crossing of the New
Jersey Central railroad -
y With Mr.. Horandt were his wife,
his daughter Ruth and his nephew,
Rheinhardt Binder All but Mrs.
HOrandt were thrown from the ma
chine. Binders skull was fractured,
and his condition is serious Ruth
Horandt escaped with sprained wrist
and bruises, while her mother suffered
from shock.