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Evening journal., 1907-10-11
In the
Dairy

The conformation Of the udder. its
approximation in outline to the curve
Of a semicircle. its extension there
from, its balance Of quarters, etc, are
Justly regarded as all important in the
Judging Of a dairy COW. A poorly
balanced udder or one lacking depth
one which is deficient in the fore quar-
ters or is funnel shaped or not well
carried mp behind, is not deemed a
perfect milk making mechanism. Is
this proposition borne out in fact? Do
cows with III balanced udders make
materially less product than those
with glands better proportioned?
The mature animals OF the Vermont
experiment station herd which had
made one or more years Of record
We're carefully surveyed and grouped
into three lots-those with well bal
anced udders. those with fairly wen
balanced udders and those whose I'D
ders We're deficient usually in the fore
quarters. Every available record Of
each COW in the herd was used
The following were their records at
the close OF a test as TO their compara-
tive production:
Evening journal., 1907-10-11
WiII Attend convention.

The Independence Fire Company
band, apparatus and 9e men, the Water
Witch Fire Company with band. APP
paratus and $50 men. and the Union
Fire Company, with band, apparatus
and 100 men win take part in the cen
vention Of volunteer firemen IN Ches-
ter the latter part Of the month. Ths
nremen will be- guests of the Frank
lin company Of Chester, durins theii
stay In that city.
Evening journal., 1907-10-11
Nsa,,r... - -. -. :.

On the. shores Of Beech I'LL pond al
Otis, Me, there IS what is known. as q
cold cellar. This is. one of natures
wonders. 1t is a large-room- with walls
OF rocks In which is.a. most wonderful
spring OF water NOTED for. its, health
giving properties. and is so. intensely
cold In the warmest weather that II
forms ice which has been taken from
the cellar in July.-Kennebec (Me.J
journal.
Evening journal., 1907-10-11
Benefits Of a Kings Favor.

A number of years ago his majesty
Of Siam gave an Italian (for painting
one Of his wives from a photograph
the grand cross of the Siamese crown
1t is rather large order. "Thi:
cross" said his majesty graciously
"will entitle you to marry twelv,
wives. It is a distinction seldom
confer. SO l hope YOU will make goot
use Of it."-siam Observer.
Evening journal., 1907-10-11

on Monday. she win remain over that
day and address the workmen there on
Monday at the same hour This even
ing Mrs. Lake viii speak at the New
Century Club at z45 o'clock, and in
Ezion M. T.. Church at o'clock.
Evening journal., 1907-10-11
Amending His Epithet.

Fog1er Congressman johnson OF In.
diana in debate once called another
congressman an ass, This was un.
parliamentary and had to be with
drawn.
Mr.. Johnson said. II withdraw the
language, Mr.. Speaker, but insist
that the. gentleman from Illinois is out
of order" $50 ,~ ,.-... ......
How am i out of orderg7 yelled the
man from Illinois.
',''Probably veterinary surgeon could
tell you." retorted Johnson.
This was admissible on the records.
Evening journal., 1907-10-11

The French gardener who has to
carry water in pals to remote parts of
the garden, has an ingenious device
for easing his task. He fastens the
handles OF his two pals to a barrel
hoop. Standing IN the circle Of this,
De has no fear Of either pail striking
him as he walks.
Evening journal., 1907-10-11
Wln Mac Two Addre.s.s.

Mrs Leonora NJ, Lake who was
schcdulcd 10 speak at the Kentmere
Mills az noon To-day was unable TO do
- owing 90 the condition Of her throat.
Although she Intended leaving the city
Evening journal., 1907-10-11
pnllnda-

The Strong Point Of the Ayrshire.
The scale Of points as II IS today
in all Ayrshire countries calls for a
perfect dairy COW, with utility as the
chief characteristic" said the secre-
Evening journal., 1907-10-11

Little .Ethel-Mamma. don't people
ever get punished when they tell the
truth? .
Mamma-No, dear. Why do you
ask?
Little Ethel-'Csuse l just took the
last three tarts in the pantry and /
thought I'd better tell you.
Evening journal., 1907-10-11

Imported Flora III, Of Bonshaw 155T:
record. 1852 pounds Of milk In one year.l
tary Of the Ayrshire Breeders assocla-
ton at a recent meeting of an Ayr
shire club The strongest point OF
the Ayrshire COW. around which clus-
ter all the other points, is the udder
and teats, and this is the same in all
countries under the recent revision;
a large. square udder with four quar-
ters of equal capacity, held strongly
up on the belly, running well forward
and behind. up out OF the way Of
dirt and injury; four good sized teats
wide apart on the four corners Of the
udder. in length from two and a half
to three aud half inches hanging
perpendicularly 1t needs no nrgu-
ment 20 show that other things being
equal, a COW with the above udder and
teats is perfection, and If breeders OF
Ayrshires would all aim TO produces
/ this style Of adder on their cows Il
would in itself cover a multitude OF
limperfections IN other parts Of the
body"
The animal here illustrated not only
shows the characteristic form Of uddor,
but its milk veins are strongly de-
veloped.
The Veins and the Milk.
In commenting upon the Holstein
COW Parthenia IIengerveld. which has
received FIRST honors IN competition
with many noted animals Of the breed.
Hoard's Dairyman remarks: There is
one thing in particular that stands out
very prominent about his COW. and
that is her milk veins. A very sue
cessful COW doctor once informed MS
that the milk was made in the stom-
Evening journal., 1907-10-11

Come in and let us fit you out for Fail and
Winter Wen do it in an economical way and
give you plenty Of time to pay.
Evening journal., 1907-10-11

One dollar a week-here-wll buy just as
much style and just as much quality as spot
cash will buy anywhere else.
Evening journal., 1907-10-11

You pay nothing for Credit. Don't lose sight
of that fact-there is not single penny added
to the cost of any garment on account of the
Credit privilege.
We are nanufacturers-that explains it all.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-09-07
AFFLICTED ONLY AT TIMES.
Good Reason for Capt. Rascomb's Ia
termittent Hearing.

When Capt. Bascomb had left ME
old friend, Capt. Somers, and the new
school teacher sitting on the south
porch, and had disappeared down the
road, the young woman spoke OF hfn
with some curiosity.
'T understand from Mrs. BascomD
that her husband was very deaf, al
most stone-deaf,' she told me, I'm
sure" said the school teacher. But
he seemed to hear all we said with
perfect ease"
Capt. Somers leaned toward her
and spoke in a low, cautious tone, al
though there was no eavesdrcpper to
hear him.
Don't let Mis- Bascomb know 1t"
he said, hurriedly. He does seem
to hear pretty well when she amt
round, but none of us folks ever let
on to her. She's good woman as
ever lived, but most tremendous
bosser and an everlastin' tahker. An
we all think that Gersh Bascomb be-
gun to realize ten years ago that Ii
he didn't want to be harried right off'n
the face o. the earth, the thing for
him to do was to grow def, gradual,
but steady-an' he's done 1t, to all
intents an purposes, ma'am!
Youths Companion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-09-07

The conservative element in China
has been greatly upset by two Incl
dents which occurred almost simulta-
neously. The "holy duke, Yen," who
is a lineal descendant of Confucius In
the seventy-sixth generation, visited
Picking for the express purpose of op,
posing the government plan for a
memorial university to his great an
cestor. He expressed his belief that
the institution should teach modern
languages and modern science, as well
as the Confuscian sacred books, which
are the pillars Of the old Chinese
learning. The other incident, even
more shocking to tradition, was the
visit Of Count Otani, the abbot of one
of the most famous Buddhist mon.
asteries in Japan. He represents the
advanced wing of the sect which advo.
Gates the marriage of the priesthood,
tolerates meat eating, and accepts
modern science. He has his countess
with him, and travelled in that most
dangerous OF foreign devil wagons. -
an automobile.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-09-07
cry TIE POOR MILLIONAIRE.
He Signs for the Breakfasts and the
Appetite of His Youth.

=
"Terrapin is all right, and" said the
stated millionaire, Il like lobster and
canvasback duck, but still don't be-
lieve I get half the pleasure out of the
fine things eat nowadays that used
to find in the plain food shat we had
years ago, in the days when we
couldn't afford anything else.
I'D give million dollars er, err
er-humm-ha, half million anyway,
If could have now such breakfast
as used to have when / was a boy,
if could have now the same appetite
to eat it with.
eve used to live in house without
any heat 9bove the ground floor, and
slept in a room that was Go{Iex than
Greenland, hn a feather bed under
about seven million patchwork. bed
quilts, and I'd sleep ten hours in a bed
like that, as snug and warm and COM
Portable as anybody ever did under
swansdown coverlets in a warmed
room, and then I'd get up In the morn
ing and go out and chop a few cords
Of wood before breakfast, and then
come in feeling able to tear the world
apart and with an appetite that moth
ing less than good, substantial food
and plenty Of it would satisfy; an ap-
petite the satisfaction of which was a
grand and stirring joy.
For breakfast on winter mornings
we were likely to have pork chops
and buckwheat cakes, and such chops
and such cakes! Not little, thin, dried
up, lean, half-cold, tasteless chops
from kitchen half mile away, but
big, thick, fat chops of home-fed pork,
fresh-coked and sizzling.
"And the eakes! Not half heavy,
paste-colored inside, thin, dull, lifeless
and tasteless cakes, just warm, but
buckwheat cakes light and fluffy and
brown and generous in dimensions,
and all crinkly and crispy around the
edges and good all through, and so hot
and steaming when they came on
the table that you had to look out and
not burn your mouth when you began
to eat them.
"And those chops and those buck
wheat cakes we used to eat, with the
pork gravy on the cakes! A breakfast
fit for the very gods, though one must
be god, to be sure; he must be wei!
and strong and fit to enjoy it.
Grateful am that I can bring back
even in recollection the joys of an OLD
time breakfast of pork chops and buck
wheat cakes
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-09-07
An Elderly Man Standing in the
vine-Shaded Porch.

had. l beg pardon for troubling
you!" he said, turning to go down the
steps. a..
ooh, hold on!" said Mrs. Bailey.
"You can come in If you'll be suited
with a 25-cent lunch in the kitchen.
We've got our dinner all cleared away,
and we're fiXin' for company, an
amt got no time to fuss about any
thing else"
The man wiped his feet carefully
and followed her into the room, which
was filled with the pleasant odor of
baking cake. She pushed chair to-
ward him saying: "Set down there till
it's ready, and Dell, you set that little
side table for him. You'll have to dip
into q fresh pan of milk, l s'pose;
we've used up one whole painful al
ready to-day"
The young girl came tripping up
the cellar stairs with q bowl of milk,
q loaf Of bread and a plate of golden
butter.
"Shal1 cut some of the boiled ham,
mother?' she asked, in low tone.
mo, indeed; git that piece of fried
ham left over from our dinner, an !
guess there's a scrap of cheese in the
cupboard, an that's plenty enough for
a lunch"
"But surely / can get a piece of
pie?"
mo, you won't! Il amt a-goin' to
have all my company vittles cut into
like that"
The girl sliced some bread, and
placing a chair, said: "Sit down,
pleased" then taking sunbonnet from
nail, she hastily left the house.
"Are you lookin' for work. asked
Mrs. Bailey, after a moment or 10 of
silence.
Nom; I'm tired Of work." said the
man, meekIy. was calculating to rest
spell"
At this one Of the girls laughed out
right, and said with a toss Of her
head:
'Pm tired Of work, too, and / don't
mean to do much more Of it. We ex.
uect a rich uncle here, an I'm plannin'
to be his favorite niece an go an
live with him when he settles in the
city, an be his heiress. That's the
kind of life suits mel"
He'll soon get sick of you, an
choose me instead" said the other
girl. -
mo fear of that. I'm the Oldest, an
mean to keep on the right side OF
Uncle Oliver. I've been half wild
thinktn' of it."
Just then Dell came in with dish
OF garden strawberries which she had
hurriedIy picked and hulled, and GOV,
ering them with sugar, placed them
before aim.
"They are of my own cultivation,
she said proudly, and bit defantly;
they are lovely, and you are wei
come to them!"
''They are beautiful indeed, and you
are very kind to offer me such 9
treat!" answered the man, looking up
at her sweet, flushed face and then 81
her sisters, whose countenances Dofs
such unmistakable signs of scorn and
displessure.
.tDeu is always such a fool" said
one OF them in an audible tone.
The meal was finished even to the
last strawberry, and the man arose
and placed the silver quarter on the
table beside his hostess, very politely
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-09-07
LOYAL to Columbus,

'The most popular. man in New
York, living or dead, seems to be
Christopher Columbus remarked the
man from the south. 'T base my con
illusions on the quantity of flowers
that are offered up to his memory.
No matter what time of the day.. week
or month you happen to pass a Colum.
bus statue you see bouquets and
wreaths piled up at its base and
twined around Columbus feet and
legs. Except on special holidays,
such as the Fourth of July, Decoration
day and notable birthdays, nobody
ever thinks Of smothering the efigies
Of Washington, Lincoln and other ma
. tional heroes in floral tributes. For a
long time I could not understand this
striking partially to the discoverer of
our country. Upon inquiry I learned
that there are several Sc ieties-
American and Italian-which donate
a certain sum of money each year for
the decoration of Columbus leonu-
ments, and it is the treasurers' duty
to see that the prescribed quantity of
flowers is provided"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-09-07
Head Walter Loses Out.

About the meanest man I've seen
yet," said head waiter yesterday,
"was little chap that blew in here
Saturday. He looked to be fronbsom
little town, and I guess his trip to
Cleveland was about the biggest thing
he had ever done. hadn't more than
seated him, until he pulled out two or
three coins and handed me a quarter.
81 guess it made him mad when he
found out that wasn't the man that
waited on him. Before he gave any.
thing to the man who took his order,
he called me over and said I would
have to give him back that quarter.
Don't you think that was a shabby
trick for a man to do?"-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-09-07
Used Ink for Rlulnn.

"One can never be too careful about
apparently harmless articles setting
about the house." said housewife the
other day. mot long ago my husband
brought home one of those big tall bot
ties of ink from the office. It had got
to be such nuisance buying one of
the small fve-cent bottles every time
we ran out of ink, that he said he
would bring home supply.
about a week after that I got a
new maid, and when she did the wash
Ing she took the big bottle of ink for
bluing. OF course every stitch of our
white clothes in the washing was
rninnd"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-09-07
Fakirs of India,

The streets of the larger cities of
India are full of fakirs of all classes
and Of every description. Originally
the word "fakir" had a religious
meaning, but to-day it is mostly ap.
piled to the beggars, nondescripts
and mountebanks of India The sect
was founded on the phrase of Brah,
minism, though saints" of similar
name and practice are now more com.
mon among Mohammedans than
among Hindus. Their penances take
strange and horrible forms Of express
sion-tying the hands and feet to-
gether and rolling head over heels
for long distances (some travelling
thus, it is said, for thousands of
miles,; holding the hands about the
head until the limbs are withered,
walking on spikes, dragging about
heavy chains, or sitting in one posi-.
ton uhtil incapable of movement.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-09-07
.UBLIsHED wErKT.y
New Immigration A..

On July /, 1907, the new ;r,n,,,u.
..On act Of February 20, 1907, went
o enect' As this law is to repre-
sens lor the present at least, our mol.
ICY With regard to the adm,ssion -,
anents 70 the United States, it is well
~ see clearly at this time what
changes the new act has made in nre.
s.ous legislation, and what the prob
aDie effects will be. The now
81 Is weak, remarks Robert Dac
ward. In North American Review in
mat the excellent poor physioue"
saause IS largely nullified by giving
Inc secretary of commerce and labor
3uInority to admit physically dafac.
i've ahents under bonds (except in
vases OF tuberculosis or loathsome and
dangerous contagious diseasesl. All
past experience goes to show that such
Vonus are useless. All common-sense
soes 10 Show that physically defec-
tive and degenerate alien is undesir.
aDie, whether he be public charge or
not. Better to have 100000 aliens
spending all their lives in American
aimshouses, insane asylums or prisons
lnan TO have 800 physically weak, de-
1ective and degenerate aliens spend
1ng their lives in sweat shops or fac.
tories. and reproducing their kind. to
hand down these qualities of degen
erancy and Of poor physique to sue
ceeding generations. We might estab-
hsn physical standard for admission
20 this country like that of the United
states army Or navy. That would be
too high. We might require every
alien to have a physique, sufficiently
rugged to enable him to work at hard
manual labor, whether he be a clerk
or painter or a farm hand. That,
also, might be too severe. The very
least we can do is to establish a phys
zeal standard such that any one so
weak, degenerate or defective as to
have his ability to support himself
thereby interfered with should be ex-
cluded.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-09-07

Our attention has Just been called
80 the case of diabolically clever
young man In Iowa who invented q
newell method of disseminating a love
affair. He hit upon the scheme OF
pretending to be dead. He got in q
coffin and had himself photographed
with a border of flowers around him
and sent the photograph to the be
frothed. She believes that he is in
his grave and eaten by worms-and
we congratulate her upon her sorrow
ful condition, for it Is nothing to the
sorrow she would suffer il married to
the unscrupulously inventive genius.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-09-07
Bare PILGRIM Fish CAUGHT.

Another Breton fishing town-Con.
carneau-hGs had a novel experience
of its own. One of its trawl boats,
the Saint Louis, has just returned to
port, not with the heavy cargo of sar.
dimes that ali the good folk so much
desired, but with catch Of an entirely
unwonted and unwelcome kind.
This took the form of a monster fish
measuring not less than Is feet in
length. The fish is one of the "pil-
grim" kind, and is associated with the
shark family, though said to be less fe-
rocious than the ordinary shark. AS
tie monster is very rarely seen, but
little that is definite Is known of him.
The incident has no parallel within liv-
ing Breton memory.-London Globe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-09-07

One June afternoon there was a
gentle knock at the hall door of GER
tain farmhouse in the back country.
"You go to the door, Dell,' said her
mother; Il do hope 1t amt nobody to
hinder us!"
The girl obeyed, and on opening
the door found an elderly man stand
ing in the vine-shaded porch.
viii you be so kind as to tell me
II am on the direct road to Clifton,
and also how far 1t is?"
yes, sir, and it's about three
miles,"
Three miles yet? Dear me! And
is there any hotel or place where !
can get meal on the way?"
mo, only farmhouses like this"
"Well, can get something here?
Even glass of milk will be very &C.
ceptable"
Tell him we don't keep a board.
In house!" called q sharp voice from
the kitchen.
The girls face flushed, and she re.
Piled:
IF you'll Just wait a minute, I'll
ask about it; we're very busy just
now"
She went down the hall and pulled
the door shut after her.
We might give him a lunch, moth
er; he don't look like real tramp,
and he seems so warm and tired
out"
The mother impatiently busted the
flour off her hands and stepped into
the hall, followed by two older girls
than Della.
I'VE amt in the habit of givin'
meals to strangers; we've got work
enough besides that!" she said.
II presume you are a busy woman,
bat expected to pay for whatever
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-09-07
FOOD
FACTS

F O Q ID
A Body Balance

People hesitate at the statement that
the famous food, Grape-Nuts, yields as
much nourishment from one pound as
can be absorbed by the system from
ten pounds Of meat, bread, wheat or
oats. Ten pounds of meat might con.
tain more nourishment than one pound
Of Grape-Nuts, but not in shape kSAt
the system will absorb as large pro-
portion of, as the body can take up
from one pound of Grape-Nuts.
This food contains the selected parts
OF wheat and barley which are pre-.
pared and by natural means predi-
gested, transformed into a form Of
sugar, ready for immediate assimila..
ton. People in all parts of the world
testify to the value Of Grape-Nuts.
A Mo. man says: Il have gained ten
pounds on Grape-Nuts food. / can
truly recommend it to thin people,
He had been eating meat, bread, etc.,
right along, but there was no ten
pounds of added flesh until Grape-Nuts
food was used.
One curious feature regarding true
health food is that it's use will reduce
the weight of corpulent person with
unhealthy flesh, and will add to the
weight of a thin person not properly
nourished. There is abundance of
evidence to prove this.
Grape-Nuts balances the body in q
condition of true health. Scientific Sc.
lection OF food elements makes Grape
Nuts good and valuable. Its delicious
flavor and powerful nourishing prop
critics have made friends that in
turn have made Grape-Nnts famous.
There's a Reason" Read 1.-THE Road
TO WellyilleIr In pkgs.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-09-07

Most of tie fine American vessels
that fought the Spanish war in one
round without loss of wind have been
sent to the scrap pile or the museum
as back numbers, or at least are IN
tba repair shop, where the govern
ment expert is looking them over and
sbaking his head In building mod
ern warship the work must be hurried
.yonq a. much as possible lest the YES
III be out of date before it is COM
pleted.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-09-07
poinf az Tiroa Ie Naw

Concern yourself as little as posi-
Bile with your past. Unnecessary self
torture over what you have been viii
only cripple you in your noble battle
to be better. Now is the point Of
time of great moment to you. IL you
devote yourself to now, the past viii
be dream, the future present real
izatioA- Joseph Russell Clarkson.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-09-07

The very large number of drown
ings now being reported brings out
the familiar counsel as to the i'm
portance of learning to swim. It hap
pens, however. that in many of the
more notable cases reported the vic
Tins were good swimmers and sue
cunbed to their daring in tempting
fate. The Reckless swimmer exposes
himself to more dangers than those
who cannot swim at all. The land
Iubbers can at least keep ashore.