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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-02
WHY THE HOUSE WAS OPEN.
Country Visitor in Washington Took
Precautions Against Robbers.

A resident of Capitol Hill tells a
story of how he returned home one
night during the past summer and
was astonished to find his front door
vile open. He had a country cousin
visiting him at the time, the members
of his family being away from the
city. Knowing he would be out late
on professional call, the Capitol Hill
man told his country cousin not to re-
main up until he returned, but to go
to bed.
ct was two o'clock in the morning
when I returned" said the Capitol Hill
man, "and when l saw the front door
open, the gas burning brightly and no
sign of anybody about, was some
what surprised. Even the back door
and windows were open, and the only
sign of life about the home was the
cat.
81 was about to summon a police
man to make an investigation he
continued, when it occurred to me
that my country cousin might be
asleep on the sofa. There found him
enjoying as good a sleep as he had
ever enjoyed in his life. 1t was a
shame to wake him, but shook him
several times before he finally turned
over, rubbed his eyes and asked if it
was time to get up.
Il asked rather Indignantly what
the open house meant, and he said
I made up my mind that if any rob-
bers came in the house / would have
as many ways of getting out as they
would of getting in"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-02
Smelling Both Wavs.

From the Washington Herald.
The copy cutters in the government
printing Office had their experience
with the presidents spelling. In con-
sequence of the decision by the print
ing committee of congress to adhere to
the ancient manner of using the alpha
bet, there are really two languages
running side by side in the big print
shop.
AS every bill or document may be
several pages long, and must neces-
sarily be cut up into many takes, -
given out to scores of compositors, it
would not take long for the confusion
of Babel to result from the use of two
kinds of photography under the same
roof. All documents coming from the
White House or from the executive de-
partments must be set up in the presi.
dents spelling. Those from the CAPT
toll must be done in the spelling Of the
fathers.
To kes1 the hundreds of compost
tors stl light rubber stamps have been
furnish6s ali the copy cutters, SO they
can mari zach take" in an executive
documen q and the compositor when he
gets his lake" sees the words in big
red letters ''Nu spelling" and acts ac-
cordingly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-02
Medicines N Pneumonia.

Dudley Morgan declares that there
are some cases of pneumonia which
require only intelligent and systematic
guidance and nursing. Others need
little medicine, but when it is indi-
Gated it should be given promptly and
energetically. Even in the most try.
ing cases there is little else needed
than digitalls, strychnine, and ice. In
nearly all cases of pneumonia it is a
good plan to start with quiet and rest,
unloading of the bowels when neces.
sary, a variety of nourishing liquid
food, and an ice bag on the chest in
the region of the pain and congestion,
and also over the precordia If neces.
sary. Trying cases are those in which
the patient is a steady or hard drinker.
In pneumonia digitalis should be used
to strengthen and nourish the heart
and to reduce rapid ulse.-Medical
Record.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-02
NEED or NEW BUILDINGS.
Many Government Departments I'm.
properly Housed.

Senator Hepburn has introduced a
bill for the purchase of a considerable
tract Of land in the city Of Washing"
ton, to be used for public purposes.
The plan is old and similar bills have
been submitted from time to time.
From two important points OF view
such a proposal should command ia
yorable consideration.
The country is rich enough to make
it's national capital a gem among the
cities of the world, and the people OF
the country should take pride in max
ing it such. That is the aesthetic side
of the question. The other side is
prosaic and strictly economical. The
need of new buildings becomes more
evident from year to year. The de-
partment of state is now crowded in
with the navy department and the war
department, to the great inconvent.
ence of all three. The department OF
justice and the department of labor
and commerce now carry on their
work in rented buildings widely scat
tered, inconvenient and unsuitable.
Some day each of these must have its
| own proper building. 1t is estimated
| that the sums now paid for rentals
amount to more than liberal interest
on the cost of suitable structures.
The Hepburn bill provides for the
purchase of land with view to the
ultimate erection of these buildings
It is estimated that $10.00O,O0O will
secure for the government, through
purchase and condemnation, about
5000 acres of land adjoining the mall
that extends westward from the cap
ital to and beyond the monument. II
would include all the area lying be
tween the mall and Pennsylvania ave
nue.. 1t is altogether the proper place
for our department buildings. The
value of the land increases rapidly
A few years from now will probably
find it worth $15,0o0,OOO. This is the
prosaic side of the question, strictly
a matter of national economy.
We have the dollars and we need
the buildings. We should have the
pride to make our national capital g
city beautiful, and we should nave the
wisdom to house or departments in
way that will enable them to carry or
their work with every possible ad
vantage of location, space and sur
roundings.-New York Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-02

most Of tn r'ligion fer our house, but
jest then / seen how it was that they
comes times in peoples lives when
they've jest got to have somethin'
bigger an greater than anything hui
man t turn to with a great Joy er
great sorrer.
well, it was long time yet before
you was. strong enough t. play out
doors, an it was hard winter. !
burned every post of the fence around
the south eighty fer firewood afore
it was over. But it seemed like we
had so much t. be thankful fer that
we was strong t care fer any any Of
tn smaller troubles that we come
acrost.
ut really hain't so bad to look back
at it now after tn trouble is over, but
them hard years in Kansas drove
nearly all our neighbors t give up
their land an move away, broke in
hopes an pocketbook Them of us as
stayed is purity well fixed now, but
we fit fer everything we got, an fit
hard, too. An, o, yes, about tn caty-
logs. Well after you was we'll an
things begun t. take a turn fer tn
better, one night ma brought out that
Chicago book an laid it on the kitch-
en- table an says: sEzry, what do you
want t. do with this?' An I seq: Les
burn it. An your ma SEE: Jest what
was thinkin', too An so we did
burn it, an what's more, we amt
never had one in tn house since, an
we never send away fer anything we
can git at any of the stores in Huston,
cause we want to deal with them as
has an int'rest in the country we live
in, an in us people that live clost by.
"Why, you needn't of put yours in
tn stove, too, Elsie, didn't mean
yes, / don't know but what it's jest as
well y done it after all
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-02

IN this case the cellar is left for some
future time and the house is set on
cedar posts firmly planted In the
ground and the house is neatly cased
around with boards. The bathroom
ara kitchen sink are so placed that
tite water pipe from the cistern In the
attic over the kitchen viii supply run
,ing water to both st very little ex-
nnnse. The plans provide for wood
an drain under ground and lead pipes
gror the bath and sink with S traps
constructed in such manner as TO
rravent gases from the drain enter
s ss tie house. Remember that lead
s,es, are all right for waste water but
Il should never be used for potable
4, ~afer iii building cheap houses the
nafh ana kitchen sink are seldom
fsa,,gilt OF. Usually these are con-
asdered extravagances, but the fact
w I'M kitchen sink y one Of the
eatest labor savers woman can
bave and bath Is no longer consid-
aFsd ! luxury but It e an absolute
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-02
CRANKS AT CAPITAL
WASHINGTON SEEMS TO HAVE
ATTRACTIONS FOR THEM.
Authorities Familiar with Many
Strange Authorizations, But oe-
casionaIIy Meet New One
The Old Timer.

Just as insects are attracted by
the bright glare of an electric light,
SO are cranks attracted to Washing
ton by the converting of congress, and
each year brings new faces with new
Authorizations. Some of the old
timers, who have managed somehow
to keep out of the foolish house, are
here again, notably the fellow who
has a scheme for bottling sunshine,
but among the brand new ones is a
tall fellow from the west who is
clad in semi-military costume. His
hallucination is well defined, and an
eX-policeman who was tackled by the
military parsonage remarked:
IF that fellow keeps outside of the
gray walls of ST. Lizzies two days
longer I will miss my guess, and
have been handling 'queers' for nigh
unto Is years"
It is said the newcomer declares he
is "the commander of the armies and
navies of the world, and the United
States; also chief of police of the
earth, and governor general of North
and South America" He is here, he
says, to have congress pass upon the
trifling sum of Is billions of dollars
that he requires to keep his military
and police forces intact for another
year.
The capitol police are on the look
out for the variegated commander
and other of his kind, and when he
goes to the big white structure to an
range for the passage of the bill for
his billions, he will be taken into
! custody, and then-St. Lizzie's and a
season of solitude.
Several members of Inspector
Boardman's detective corps were in
the front office at police headquarters
| one afternoon when victim of old
rye came along the steep grade OF
the street walking with such an I'M
certain step that it was feared he
would meet with personal injury.
When he had stepped from the pave
ment to the street and back again
several times the suggestion was
made that one of the officers make a
case, but while they were discussing
the pedestrians condition the latter
made a sharp turn and headed for
| the building
How are you, Cap?" was the ia,
miliar manner in which he address,
ed one of the detectives. I saw you
rubbering and I thought I'd make a
call. Do you want me for any
| thing?'
Want you for anything?" repeat,
ed one of the detectives. who are
your"
Never mind about that" said the
caller. Il want to know if my rec.
ord is clear or if you want me fol-
anything"
The sleuths admitted that they
knew of no charges having been pre-
| ferred against him and told the caller
that he might be excused. He was
not asking for an excuse, he said;
he had merely called to pay his re
spects. Although none of the men
in the Office knew him, he was able
to recall the boyhood days of many
of them.
'It is rather refreshing to meet
old friends" said the caller. "The
meeting has refreshed me so much
that am now able to walk home, and
tell mother all about it. Good day.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-02
Writes in Diplomatic Language.

Though Elihu Root, secretary of
state, is a great lawyer and a sue
cessfu1 diplomat, the verbiage of the
diplomatic papers that bear his name
is not his. AS lawyer of large
practice he acquired the habit of
diractness and incisiveness, which is
lily suited to the ways and customs
of diplomacy. Realizing this folly, it
was not long after Mr.. Root as
sumed the duties of secretary of state
that he discovered that the safest
course for him to pursue would be
to have one Of his assistants clothe in
the formal and stilted language of
diplomacy every communication of
Importance he had to make to a
foreign power. Accordingly he has
Assistant Secretary Adee, who has
been longer in the state department
than any other high official there,
compose these communications.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-02
wei % be short about It. fer eight

Wei. 70 be short about 1t, fer eight
weeks you KEEP a gittin' weaker an
weaker, an we KEEP a feeiin more n
more hopeless. It was a sad Christ
mas in our home that year. Your ma
was jest wore out with watchin' an
tryin' to do her work between times,
an was so nigh sick with trouble an
discouragemen t ust to go around
by the barn an jest cry like a baby.
But never let on to your ma though,
ner she t. me. We tried t. encourage
each other though we knowed in our
hearts t all our cheerful words was
lies, an each one knowed the other
knowed it too.
'Well, jest tn night before New
Years Doc. called us outside your
room. Oh, how my heart sunk then!
7 don't want to hold out any false
hopes to you people, he says, but l
think with proper care from now on
your little girl is goin' t. git WELL
Elsie, it seemed jest like a ton OF
hay had been lifted off my chest right
there. AS fer your ma, why she jest
busted down an cried as hard as she
could. After Doc. was gone we Went
out to the kitchen an kneeled down
right there an thanked God fer the
most glorious New Years gift he ever
give t. anybody in tn world-the
health of our baby girl. You know
your pa amt no ranter er shouter;
yer ma bein' a Baptist has furnished
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-02
HAS SEEN MANY CHANGES.
Senator Teller Talks of Colleagues,
Past and Present.

"Now the senate chamber itself
doesn't seem widely different from
what it was then, but everything else
is changed. None of the men who
were here then are here to-day, and
IA more seats are used. Seven states
have been admitted since then, you
know" This was said by Senator
Teller of Colorado, and the time he
spoke of was 80 years ago, when he
first became member of that body,
Of which he is still a member De
cember 8 was the thirtieth anniVer-
sary of Mr.. Teller's entrance into the
senate. It was on December 8, 1876,
that he was sworn in for the first
time.
Colorado became a state in 1876, ;,
he continued, (which explains why
my colleague, J. B. Chaffee, and my
self, entered the senate at the begin
ming of a short session. l drew the
term which ended on March follow
ing, so that l wouldn't have been a
senator very long if had not been
Immediately elected to succeed my
self for a term of the regular length.
This reelection came on December II,
just eight days after l first took my
seat. Only one other man who is
member of the senate now was a
member then" said Mr.. Teller, with a
look in his eyes that went much fur
Their than the confines of the senate
chamber THAT is Senator Allison,
He is not here, and l am sorry. !
would like to enjoy the anniversary
with him" -Washington Dispatch to
the Boston Transcript
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-02
Folk penounces Mail.order ldei

Addressing a meeting of retail mer.
chants in Jefferson city recently, Gov
ernor Folk, Of Missouri, said: J.
I'VE are proud of our splendid
cities, and We want TO increase wealth
and population, and we also want our
country towns to grow. We wish the
city merchants to build up, but we
also desire the country merchants to
prosper. / do not believe in the mail
order citizen. If a place is good
enough for man to live in and to
make his money in, its good enough
for him to spend his money in.
mo merchant can succeed without
advertising in one way or another.
Patronize your town papers, build
them up, and they will build the town
up in increased trade and greater op-
portunities. Do not be afraid that
business is geing to be hurt by the re
cent exposures of wroRg-doing in the
commercial world"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-02

will fit the water for drinking pur-
poses if so desired. The water should
pass through the filter before enter
ing the tank and the tank should be
cleansed at least once year.
Another saving in expense in this
house is starting the chimneys from
brackets six feet above the floor. This
makes short chimney and light
one that may be supported without
heavy timbers. There is but little
brick and mortar and the job of build
ing the chimneys is a short one It
will be noticed that this plan offers
plenty of light and ventilation for
every room in the house and it pro-
vides for good big convenient
kitchen.
1t is a house that may be easily
heated by placing a stove in the par
Tor and leaving the kitchen door open.
To economic heat, some housekeep-
ers would move the kitchen stove into
the living room in the winter time,
but this would not work with the
tank and water pipes unless a per-
son is willing to do without the run
ming water in cold weather. Proba-
bly, well made wooden tank would
not freeze to do much damage but
the advantage of having running
water in the sink would be greater
than the saving of heat which would
VOC ~, 4Io
living room. Most women dislike to
have cooking in the main part of the
house and this is one advantage of
having kitchen built like this one.
By shutting the door the odor from
cooking is entirely shut out from the
other rooms. Then the opposite win
dows offer such splendid chance to
ventilate the kitchen that work in
such room is pleasure.
The size of this house is % feet
wide by AZ feet exclusive of tao porch.
The main part Of the house Is only
% by 80 feet. The 12 by II extension
being small and only one story high
adds but little to the cost and the
convenience of having the kitchen ar
ranged in this way is worth a great
deal. 1t will be noticed that while
there are only two bedrooms the two
alcoves will furnish sleeping quar-
tiers for the children and the arrange
ment is a good one for a young cou-
pie while the children are small. This
plan offers an inducement to own a
home when starting out in married
life instead OF waiting until sufficient
funds are saved to build mere ex-
pensiye habitation.
The excavation can be made and a
cellar put under the house at any
time and the expense Of the complet-
ed house does not come all at once
and at time when dollars look big.
1t is difficult to estimate the cost
of building because materials vary
so much in price in different parts
Of the country, but under ordinary cir
cumstances this house should be built,
as shown in the plans, for about
81. 900. It certainly is good look
ing house for that amount of money.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-02

1t is sometimes desirable to build
cheap house with a view of improving
it in. few years time. 1t Is not nee
essary that a house should be insight
ly because it is cheap. 1t may have a
good appearance, the rooms may be of
a fair size and conveniently arranged
and the whole work, as far as it goes,
may be just as well done as though
planned for more expensive struc-
ture. The size of the windows and
doors, the placing OF partitions, as
we'll as the roof design, the placing
of .chimneys, bathrooms, and other
modern requirements may be arranged
in the plans much better than to have
the house torn to pieces years after
ward to gectify original mistakes. It
is In irgt such work as this that plans
and s. Jscifcations are especially valu-
able. A study of the elevation and
floor plan before commencing to build
will suggest many details that will in
all probability be necessary at some
time.
All houses should be arranged for
some kind of heating plant in the eel.
lar. 1t is generally advisable to put
gas pipes and electric wires in the
walls. Inventions for heating and
lighting are coming so thick and fast
that new propositions come up every
year. Farmers often make the re
mark that If they had a building tc
do over again, they would put in pipes
with view of putting in an acetylene
gas generator. Electric door bells
cost little more than any other kind
and it costs but few cents to buy
enough wire to conect the bell with
the battery at the time of building
II pipes and wires are put in the par
titions when the house is being bull
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-02
a Trade DODGE.

Sly shopwoman-Really, Miss An.
tique, the white feather on your hat
makes you look at least five years
younger.
Miss Antique We'll, you mayer
put couple more white feathers on
Royal Magazine
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-02
Keen Your Money at Home.

Don send money to mail order
houses to deposit Your home bank
is the only safe place to keep it and
will pay you as good interest as can
be had, and then you run no risk as
in such cases as The Cash Buyers
Union" failure. The home bank viii
grant you favors and mail order
houses never do.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-02
Natives Not DYING Out.

The opinion that the natives of Aus
tralia are dying out is not shared by
j. W. Gregory, who writes in the
Globus that the present population is
estimated at $4,000, which is 5000
more than the estimated number two
centuries ago.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-02
m;xture Of Many Nations.

Louis N. Parker, the dranatist, was
born in France; his father was an
American, his mother an English
woman; his first language was Italian
and he was educated in Germany.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-02
ElDTTOR

necessity, if good health is taken into
consideration. Good health is neces-
sary for most persons but a good
many seem to get along through the
greater part of their lives in sick
ly, half discouraged manner and these
are the very ones who consider bath
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-02

they may stay there for years until
wanted for use. If they are not put
In it means that the plaster must be
broken, the floors cut to pieces and
the good wife put to considerable ex-
tra work and annoyance or that the
house never gets modern convent
enees.
In building cheap house it is noe
essary to cut of expense somewhere.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-02-02

Mr. William A. Radford win answer
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building for the readers Of this
paper On account. Of his wide expe-
turers he is, without doubt, the highest
authority on all these subjects Address
all inquiries to William A. Radford, No,
1874 Fifth Ave, Chicago, H., and only
enclose two-cent stamp for reply.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-21
Classic. In the Modern School.

My subject raises two questions, one
of which depends on the other: 1.
Should the classic form part of mod
ern education? .. If so, what part?
1t is not safe to assume the an
swer yes to the first question, because
we are SO often urged to do away with
the classics on the ground that to
study them is useless; l must, there
fore, briefly consider both questions,
writes DR.. Rouse, headmaster of Perse
school, Cambridge, in the National Re-
view. What is meant by useless?
Some persons mean that which cannot
be turned to direct account in wage
earning. That view is the common
view of the parents of our boys, and it
underlies most of the criticisms of ed
ucation which we read in the press.
Take the ideal, which seems to be
dearest to the heart of the public, to
sit on an Office stool for 40 years and
then have pension; for such life
nearly every study is useless in the
accepted sense. OF what use to the
government clerk are history, litera-
ture, algebra, Euclid, Scripture, ge-
ography-this we know on high au-
thority is useless also to the diplo-
mat and the ambassador-not to men,
tiOn French, German, Latin or Greek?
To be consistent boy ought to spend
all his time on the three Rs, precis,
and tots, and his parents would expect
him to save five years and be ready at
II years of age for the civil service.
But ! med say no more. In its ex-
treme, this wage-earning fallacy is
ridiculous; it is, however, the hardest
of our tasks to convince the people at
large that this is so.