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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-27
BUILT A SHIP OF ICE.
Veraclous Tale of a Sea Captain, who
Was Wrecked in Antarctic.

Cant. s. A. Hoyt, secretary of the
Masters and Pilots association of
Seattle, has fund of experiences to
draw from when he wishes to while
away an hour. Up in the big, pleas
ant rooms of the association the cap
tain told the following tale of one of
his earlier trips at sea:
''T'he approach of Christmas always
reminds mesof the December that I
snent on an ice ship. Never heard of
one? Well, they are unusual.
II was master of the little brig Hol-
~ and along about the first of No
yember we were wrecked away down
south of the horn. The ship went on
an Ice foe and was battered all to
pieces. We did manage to save some
tools and food and part Of the cargo.
II put the crew to work to cut on a
large pinnacle of the berg. Then I get
them all to work with axes, and we
shaped 1t into a graceful ships hull.
latter that we followed 1t cut in
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-27
"portiere" is a Problem Often.


It is not always easy to secure ma
terial for portieres that is at once
pretty and inexpensive. One woman
who has been searching the town
over for a fabric combining the two
qualities was almost in despair when
a friend, a decorator, suggested that
she get mocha canvas for her sleeping
room doors and velveteen in a soft
reseda shade for her library doorway.
AS the walls were green the colors
harmonized charmingly and all told
did not cost more than s12 for the
two pairs.
The canvas is loosely woven and re-
semb1es bTlap in appearance, though
much softer and hangs much more
gracefully. 1t costs so cents a yard
and is very wide. The velveteen,
which is also double width, can be
obtained in number of soft colorings,
and while handsome is not SO rich
looking that it kills everything else
in the room. It is especially effective
with mahogany or dark oak and with
Circassiaa walnut.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-27

slip. out there between working peri
DDS and enjoy a little fresh air without
being obliged to change their work
ing clothes. The value cf back
porch is very much increased by hav-
ing it screened in with vines. A good
deal depends on which way the sun
shines in, but one vine or more may
be used to advantage with almost any
exposure,
In some localities wire mosquito net.
ting is necessary to make the back
porch habitable after shutdown. The
wire netting is great help in keeping
flies out of the kitchen all summer
long. 1t don't pay to screen a porch
in this way unless the porch is rightly
planned. With this arrangement it is
not necessary to go down to the
ground through the porch. The cell
larway comes in handy as an exit
from the back part of the house when
the porch is enclosed with wire net
ting. OF course, person would have
a screen door to So ont from the
porch onto the ground when they
wanted to. but If this door is kept con-
stantly swinging the flies will find
their way in. There is a great deal In
arrangement, and this is one of the
places to use little skill in this direc.
ton.
The cost of a house like this depends
so much on local prices of lumber and
skilled labor that it is difficult to give
an off-hand estimate. 1t is a good
sized house and one that gets away
with quite bit of material Probably
under favorable circumstances it
should be built for about $500.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-27
How TO Air a Bed.

It is not every one that can air a
bed and make it properly.
The first thing in the morning the
bed should be stripped of every COW
ering and left to air thoroughly.
Don't, however, leave a window
open directly upon the bed linen with
fog or rain prevailing outside.
It is not uncommon to see sheets
and bedding in front of windows with
perhaps rain not actually falling, but
with 80 per cent. of humidity in the
air, and the person sleeping in that
bed wonders the next day where she
got her cold.
A room should be aired in damp
weather, but the bedding and bed
should not be allowed to absorb any
dampness by being brought close to
the window.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-27
1T ISN'T WHAT WE DO.
But the Way We Do 1t That Counts
With Illustrations by MIR. MuffIeby.

ga wise man has said that it isn't
what we do that counts, but the way
we do it; and how true that u.s." said
Mr.. Muffleby, "and in how many ways!
Il heard man saying only yester-
day of another that we both knew that
this man didn't go around knocking
everything, but was always cheerful,
and / couldn't help thinking how true
that was Of him, and of how it helped
him, and how it helped everybody
around him.
HE is an able chap, this man, and
prosperous; he can do things, and
still with him, as it is with so many
of US, it isn't so much what he does
that counts, as it is the way he does
it. People cotton. to him and ike to
deal with him ana hes getting on.
why, the way We. do it can make
dull things gay turn : trolley car into
an automobile. and make a scanty
or homely board hospitabIe and pleas
ing. have eaten dfnRars of the sim.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-27
PINE TREE BIRDS SHELTER.
Where Feathered Wanderers Sleep in
Winter Partly Explained.


In zero weather, when the night is
pitch dark and there is piercing
wind driving q biting snow, perhaps
you have wondered, as have, to think
how the little wild birds could man.
age to sleep and not freeze nor be
covered up with the snow.
One stormy, winter night while
walking through Central park, New
York city, partly answered the cues
ton. A branch of a large pine tree
swung close to and a little above a
street lamp. The branch and its
twigs were quite free from snow, the
dense leaves or needles forming a
roof above them and catching the
snow which had quickly filed up tho
spaces between the slender leaves
Here and there under the most COW.
looking of the leaf clusters was a lit.
tie group of English sparrows, looking
as comfortable as could be.
They were somewhat disturbed bv
my pausing to watch them and a few
left to find a perch on some higher
branch. Probably there were scores
of these sparrows in this tree. for 7
was able to examine only the branch
near the light. Who knows but that
every pine in the park and many a
one in the woods as well is a yeritabIe
tenement for the birGs?-St. Nicholas
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-27
FOR HOMEMADE CANDIES.
Some Delicious CONNECTIONS That Are
n Not Costly.

Almond taffy-To make almond tat
fy boil together one-half pint of water
and one pound of brown sugar for ten
minutes. Blanch and slice through
the middle one and one-half ounces of
almonds; stir them in the strip with
two ounces of butter. Let the mixture
boil hard for ten minutes. Pour on a
well buttered dish to the thickness Of
one-half inch.
Candied Walnuts-Put one and one
half cupfuls of granulated sugar in a
saucepan with one-half cupful of wa
ter. Stir until the sugar is dissolved;
then boil until the strip will spin a
short hair when dropped from the
tines of a fork. Drop in one pint Of
shelled walnut meats. and when the
sugar again comes to the boiling point
take from the fire and stir until the
strip changes to white candy, por-
ton of which will adhere to the nuts.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-27

country. In it's course the food had
torn an unwieldy barge from it's
mornings. Alone on board was How
ard Mccartney, a youth who could not
swim. His old-time friend, James w.
Gilmer, who had worked with him for
years on a towboat, saw the flying
barge, knew that Mccartney was on it,
and knew, too, that the runaway YES
sci was heading for great dam a
short distance below on the river. It
meant certain death to Mccartney If
some quick act was not carried out to
save him. Gilmer jumped into skiff
and raced after the barge. Mccartney
had a long start of him, and the sound
Of the waters foaming over the dam
reached Gilmer before he was well
under way in his little craft. He
hoped to get near enough to the barge
for Mccartney to jump into the skiff,
and then together they could row to
the shore. But the barge was going
too swiftly, in the eddying currents
the skiff was too manageable, and
DeIore ne coula reach IT'LL UllhIef Sd"
his friend hurled over the rapids
above the dam. So appalled, was he
at the fate of his friend that he forgot
his own safety. He floated down to
the danger point, jumped from the
skiff into the boiling fiood-and the
dead bodies of the two friends went
down the river side by side. A bronze
medal and $500 has been awarded by
the commission to Gilmer's father in
commemoration of his sons daring
ont
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-27

is handy anyway. A woman finds lots
of use for such convenience when
she is doing the Homework or on wash
days. The grown-up boys also appre.
ciate it when they come in quietly at
unreasonable hours and don't care to
wake up the old man. They appreci-
ate fathers opinion, all right enough,
but they would rather not have 1t
forcefully expressed between twelve
and two o'clock in the morning.
There is an exceptionally good fea-
ture about this house that will bear
mentioning in season and out of sea-
son, and that is the cellar. The in-sea-
son for cellar lasts about IL months
during the year. I have never been
able to discover when the out-of-sea-
son comes, unless it is when the boys
have to clean the cellar in the spring
time. A cellar would not be desira-
BILE place to live in, but first-class
storeroom under the house that is
properly kept, clean, well-aired and in
good order is a source of satisfaction
to the older members of the family,
and the youngsters will grow to ap-
preciate it in time.
There is another combination stair
way in this house, and that is the one
that leads to the cellar. The entrance
way from the kitchen and from out
doors meet on common landing about
the level of the ground. It is a good
convenience in the summer, and in the
fall when using the cellar for storage
for garden truck, and it is just as
handy in the winter time when clean
ing out the furnace and you are carry
ing the ashes out of doors.
The chimneys in this house are SO
arranged that it may be heated fairly
well with stoves, but there is only one
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-27

nail that passes through strip of
lath into the studding helps to make
the house solid.
There is combination front and
back stair in this house that meets
with approval where a person don't
want to spare room enough for two
separate stairways. Some folks are
everlastingly dead set against combi-
nations of all kinds, but they are all
right in the proper place, and the cen
ter of this house seems to be the right
place for this kind of a stairway. You
take your choice when you go upstairs
from the front hall or from the back
yestibu1e, and your choice will prob
ably depend on whether you have com
pany in the front parlor and are
CARRIED suitably according to your no
tons of propriety; but the back stair
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-27

one OF his playmates, Ruth School
craft, who was more than foot tall
er than he, fell into intermediate
river, Willie was quick at the rescue.
He was wise enough not to get in the
clutches of the girl, but, swimming by
her side, held her up with one arm
while he swan with the other, thus
bringing her safely to shore. The
commission has awarded a bronze
medal to the boy and has set aside for
him the sum of $4,000, with which he
will pay for an electric engineers
course in college.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-27

to swell and turn black. Thoroughly
terrified, Schoenut declared that he
was dying, and implored his compan-
ion to save herself from possible dam
ger. Miss Ernst, however, tore the
young mans sleeve from his arm, and,
applying her lips to the wound made
by the rattler, tried to suck out tho
poison. This she did at imminent
peril to herself, as she knew, because
a cut on her own lip brought her into
the most dangerous contact with the
poison. Once during the operation the
intrepid girl cut a cash in Schoenut's
arm, to make the blood come faster"
as she afterward expressed it. The
boy tainted at the sight Of his own
blood, and it was only by beating him
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-27
DEEDS THAT HAVE
WON CARNEGIE MEDALS


New York-Two years ago Andrew
Carnegie conceived the novel idea of
discovering aid rewarding true hero
ism wherever it may occur. For this
purpose a hero fund commission was
appointed whose preliminary labors
have now been completed. Deeds of
daring, whether by land or sea, in the
effort to save life, have received due
recognition in this way, while the
task of the commission has resulted,
besides, in bringing together a series
of little tales of human pluck, endur-
ance and self-abnegation, the reading
of which is bound to give an uplifting
sense of some of the noblest qualities
OF men and women when brought face
to face with the peril that, at some
supreme moment, threatens the lives
of their fellow beings.
OF the 63 cases of heroism which
the commission, after prolonged and
careful investigation, has deemed
worthy of public recognition, the fol-
lowing have been selected on account
of the novel human interest which
characterizes them. They tell Of the
courage and humanity of men, women,
and even children, in all walks of life,
and in every section of the United
States. Not every hero thus chron-
icled has succeeded in the rescue that
he has planned while numbers have
lost their own lives in the effort to
save the lives Of others,
Lucy E. Ernst
1t was a unique deed. of heroism
that won for Miss Ernst, of Philadel-
phia, one of the commissions silver
medals. Two years ago she was TAX
ing an outing in the country with a
friend, Harry e. Schoenut, lad of Is.
The two tramped through the woods
and along the side of a rocky rayine.
The latter gave but a poor footing to
pedestrians, and in jumping across a
rift between two boulders Schoenut
slipped and fell. There was an angry
whirr and rattle of sound, and before
he could save himself the fangs of a
rattlesnake were fastened in Schoe-
nuts arm. The reptile darted back
into his hole beneath the rock, but al
most instantly his victims arm began
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-27

wav to heat a house of this size COM
fortably and economically in regard to
labor and that is with hot-air fur
mace. When you have a furnace you
must carry the ashes out at least three
times a week. Some folks are shift
less enough to pile them up on the
cellar floor and lei them stay there
until spring, but this is reprehenslYe
habit which should be energetically
discouraged. 1t is on the same princl-
pal of sweeping the dirt into pile De'
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-27

hind the door. self-respecting people
don't do that way, but in order to en-
courage cleanliness and decency this
easy back cellar stair Ihas been ar
ranged.
There is a good front porch to this
house and there is a good back porch.
l often think women take more COM
fort with back porch in summer than
any other part of the house. They can
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-27
Michael O'Brien

A fire broke out in a crowded tene-
ment at One Hundred and Tenth
street and Third avenue three years
ago. So combustible was the material
in the building that the whole house
was in flames before the firemen
could reach the scene. TO passers-by
there seemed to be no hope 70 a res
cue for many Of those who were i'm
prisoned in the Inflated place, for the
entrance to. the house was completely
cut off by the falling of ignited TIM
bers which filled all the Railways with
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-27
sterilized Milk.

If you cannot procure bottles, or the
proper sterilizing apparatus, which
costs about two dollars, put the guam
tity of milk to be used In "a hours into
the double boiler, and let it remain
for ten minutes after the water in the
outside compartment has boiled. Gov
er during the process. Pour the milk
into self-sealing jar and stop the
month with a plug, of cotton wool.
Keep the jar in the ice chest and do
not leave the plug out after removing
part Of the contents.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-27

debris and smoke. The outside shell
of the building, however, remained in
tact, and on a fire escape on the
fourth floor stood a mother, Mrs. Bes-
sic cyl, and her two children, implor-
ing help from the people in the street
below. Among the latter stood Michael
P. O'Brien, young plasterer and a
near neighbor to Mrs. cyl Accus-
toned to scale buildings under pre-
carious conditions, O'Brien quickly
determined on plan of rescue. Dash
ing UP the stairways of an adjoining
house until he reached the fourth
floor, he made his way along a series
of window lodges to the fire escape
where Mrs. cyl and her terrified chill
dren stood. From this perilous posi-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-27
Hn,,, "a Ehnniza

Picture frames, chairs and other fur
niture may be ebonized by washing
them four times, thoroughly drying
between times. in a boiling mixture of
strong logwood and water. Then
wash the wood in solution of ace.
tate of iron, which is mixture of iron
filings and vinegar.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-27
treatment of Crushed FINGER.

A crushed finger should be plunged
into water as hot as can possibly be
borne. The application Of hot water
causes the nail to expand and soften
and the blood pouring out beneath it
has more room to flow; thus the pain
is lessened. The finger should then
be wrapped in bread-and-water poul-
tice. A damned finger should never
be neglected, as it may lead to morti-
fication.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-27
Meeting a Deficit.

Il hear Scorcher has put a heavy
mortgage on his city residence. Is he
in such trouble as that?
Yes; he told me he had to have an
Immediate cash supply for his auto.
mobile fines. Baltimore American.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-27
Maude Titus

In Casco Bay, near Yarmouth, Me-,
in the summer of 1904, a deed of gen.
erous heroism was performed by
girl of 16. Maude Titus, a student at
the Newark IN. ID high school, was
out on a pleasure trip in sailing
yacht with some of her friends. An
accident occurred in changing the
course of the yacht, and the captain,
his niece, Miss Titus, and her friend,
Miss Reifsnyder, were thrown into the
water. The captain rescued his niece
by a lifeline which had been thrown
to him from the boat, and he himself
then followed her to safety, leaving
Miss Titus and Miss Reifsnyder to
struggle for themselves in the waves.
Miss Titus was a poor swimmer, and
her friend was utterly helpless in the
water. Instead of striking out for the
boat, however, which she could have
reached with ease, Miss Titus re-
manned with the half-drowning girl.
She did not attempt to swim with her,
but took hold of her, Gained her, and
endeavored to hold her head above
water until boat was sent to the
rescue. For this act of heroism Miss
Titus has received a silver medal
The commission has also given her
$1,000 to assist in completing her edu-
cation, DIR. Titus, the girls father,
having recently died.
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in the face that Miss Ernst succeeded
in reviving him and keeping him NOV
ing. Half dragging, half carrying him.
she finally reached clubhouse a mile
away from where the accident hap
pened. She carried the unconscious
lad up the clubhouse steps, her dress
from the neck down spattered with
blood, and fell in a faint beside him.
Medical assistance was procured and
Schoenut's life was saved
Richard Hughes
"a Dynamite Hero" is the name
that has been given to Richard
Hughes, of Bangor, Pa, by his COM
rades. An explosion of giant powder
blinded Richard Owens just as he
lighted the fuse to set off another
blast. Unable to find his way out of
danger and with his clothing on fire,
instant death seemed certcin for the
unfortunate man 5ust az soon as the
spark from the second fuse would
reach the powder he would be blown
to atoms. Hughes, who was under
cover, saw the imminent peril of his
comrade, and dashed out to save him.
He caught him as he was about to
stumble over precipice and dragged
him back over the place where the
blast was to be set off. Both men
were caught, however, within the dan
ger line and both were badly hurt.
Ia Id h n
| flames which enveloped the body OF
Owens, whom he saved, and for long
time he was incapacitated from work.
The commission has sent him silver
| medal and $3.50.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-27
Harry Moore

81 thought l had an even chance,
and that's more than the poor old fel.
low ahead of me had" That is the
way Harry E. Moore, fireman Of AL
lance, O., explains why he tried, two
years ago, to run ahead of his own
train and save the life Of drunken
farmer. Moore was riding on the pilot
of his coal train when he saw an old
farmer sitting in a stupor on the
track. Signaling to the engineer to
check the speed of the train as much
as possible, Moore waited until he
was within rs feet of the PROSTATE
and unconscious man and then
jumped. Racing as hard as he could,
Moore was overtaken by his own en-
CINE and knocked to one side of the
track, the wheels taking off three fin
gers of his left hand. The farmer
was killed instantly. Moore has re-
ceived a bronze medal and $500 from
tho Carnegie commission
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town on the Youghiogheny river, near
Pittsburg. Just what the trouble was
has never been made known; but
whether in the mining camp or On the
river or in the boarding house where
they both lived together, George
South and ED" Campbell never spoke
to each other. One day, about three
South had fallen into the river at the
end of a great coal chute. Campbell
heard the alarm and rushed to the
river. There was no sign of South,
who, he knew, could not swim, and it
was evident that the Inflated man had
been swept by a current under large
coal barge that was dashed to the pier.
1t was all a mans life was worth to
dive into the eddy of waters that
stretched before him, but tearing off
mis- coat Campbell took the risk. After
a desperate struggle with the treacher-
GUS tides. and diving repeatedly under
the barge, Campbell found his man
where he had expected, Wedged be-
meath the hull of the vessel between
some driftwood It took all of Camp
bells strength, working under water,
to get the limp body of his enemy to
the surface. He succeeded finally
only to find that the man for whose
safety he had risked his own life, and
whom he had once cordially hated,
was dead. The commission has sent
a bronze medal to Campbell.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-27
EdtOard Campbell

For more than year there was a
bitter feud between two young coal
miners at Buena Vista, little mining
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ton he passed the latter to persons
in a neighboring fet, and then handed
Mrs. Eyl, who was unconscious from
fright and the suffocating effects of
the smoke, to fireman who mounted
a ladder to one of the fourth-story
windows. O'Brien himself nearly lost
his life in the flames and smoke, and
was carried to the street by fremen.
The commission has awarded him
silver medal for his bravery.
James Gikner
A race to death in a Monongahela
river flood was the end of two friends,
one of whom was trying to save the
other. The waters of the river had
been swelled to giant proportions two
years ago by one of those freshets
that SC often occur in that part of the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-27
William StilEtOeu

The youngest of all those selected
for recognition by the commission, a
boy of IS, is Willie stillwell, of Bell
aire, Mich. Willie had never been
known as a strong swimmer. but when