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St. Tammany farmer., 1908-02-22
The ST. Tammany Farmer
PURLIsHEp WEEKLY.
CONVICTION LOUISIANA
What About Lawvers2

A contributor to "The Pilgrims
Scrip" In the American Magazine
says: "At each turn in the compli-
Gated finance Of business the dim but
definite trail of lawyer may be seen.
Each investigation brings out clearly
that at some point in deals or con-
tracts or arrangements that evade or
break laws one or more lawyers were
In active operation devising ways and
means to give these operations spe.
cious appearance of legality, or cover
up their real meaning. In some cases,
as in the Standard Oil investigation,
distinguished lawyers boast before the
open court Of their ingenuity in de-
feating the purpose of the laws of the
United States. In the Metropolitan
investigation you will find that every
one Of those schemes that have de-
ceived or robbed the stockholders and
the public was invented by great
lawyer, and for huge fee. Abe Hum
mel, the criminal lawyer, was dis
barred for wrongful practices. What
is the Bar association going to do
about these others? We have found
that it is not the low criminals in
politics Chose who buy the privilege
tozcater to vice) who are the real cor
ruptors. 1t is the men of power,
who have larger game and by whose
sufferance the lower ones live, who
are defeating the aim and spirit OF
democratic government. We are get
ting after them by fines, and sending
some to prison. But what about the
lawyers who help them? l don't
mean the great mass of honorable
lawyers. mean the big and union
orable lawyers. Their studies OF
justice and equity give them particu-
lar knowledge and special perception
to the matters OF human relations in,
volved. They cannot plead custom
and inherited methods as their clients
do. They know.
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-02-22
HOW TO WASH MIRRORS.
Soft Rag Dipped in Alcohol viii Keep
Them In Condition.

Some persons have a difficulty IN
keeping mirrors in proper condition,
but a soft rag dipped in alcohol and
wiped over the glass, that is after
wards rubbed dry, is all that is neces-
sary when the mirror appears dim or
spotted.
For this, purpose cheese cloth is
best.
When spots appear at the back OF
the mirror on the quicksilver it is gen.
orally for the reason that the glass is
hung where a strong sunlight can rest
upon it. At first tiny specks no larger
than pin points make their appear.
ance, then they spread, becoming
larger and finally meet in cloudy ef
feet which cannot be remedied except
by a repetition of the quicksilverins
process.
Damp walls are another source OF
damage to mirrors, for they, too, de-
stroy the quicksilver.
Frames can be kept in good conai-
tion by wiping often with soft rag.
If the frame is good quality of gild.
ing it may be washed with soap and
water when necessary, but the cheap.
er, ordinary gilt frames should never
be etouched with water. Whenthey begin
to blacken a rag moistened lightly
with turpentine will usually restore
the gliding.
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-02-22
Rand Rise.

"Pa," said Mrs. Hardapple, as she
opened the letter, "the man who ran
over our old crippled COW with his
automobile wants to know how much
she was worth"
Tell him about six dollars"
drawled Hiram Hardapple. Let me
see, it was that poor village doctor,
wasn't it?"
mo, Hiram; it was a city feller."
"Was, eh? Well, by heck, tell him
she was a first-class critter and worth
every cent of $50"
''And come to think OF it, Hiram,
his automobile was almost as long as
a steamboat, with glass windows, six
lights and a horn that you could hear
five miles"
What? Then write and tell him
the cow he killed was a genuine i'm
ported prize-winning Holstein and
worth $500, and If he doesn't settle up
every cent in cash I'll put the law on
him.
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-02-22
smallest being about half an inch
larger than the silk heat

smallest being about half an inch
larger than the silk heat.
Buttonhole the edges of both with
white mercerized cotton and make the
eyelets large enough to allow baby rib
bon, the color of the silk, to be run
through. The eyelets on both pieces
of linen must correspond, as the rib
bon is run through both sides at once,
just outside of the silk heart.
Figure No. 3 is a heart-shaped satin
covered box, with an embroidered linen
and lace frilled top and a gathered
chiffon ruff1e, edged with narrow rib
bon, for the sides. The inside is
quilted satin. Cut out two heart
shaped pieces of cardboard and strip
of cardboard four inches wide and long
enough to go around the edge of the
heart. Cover one side of one heart
with satin the desired color, and do
the same with the long strip of card
board. Then, after quilting enough
satin to cover both hearts and the
sides, cover the other side of the first
heart. This is for the bottom of the
box. Cover the other side of the long
strip and sew neatly one edge to the
covered heart, leaving the quilted
sides inside.
Care must be taken not to break the
cardboard when bending into the heart
shape. The chiffon ruff1e is now
sewed around the upper edge. The
cover is made by slightly padding the
outside before covering with the satin,
the inside being the quilting. Then,
after pressing the linen carefully,
which has been already embroidered,
baste to the edge of the padded side.
| This is then bound with half-inch satin
ribbon, the narrow lace frill being put
on last The quilting is done by taking
a single layer of wool wadding and
| basting to the wrong side Of the satin,
then, either by machine or hand,
stitching across. If the box is to be
used for handkerchiefs suggestion of
sachet powder is pleasant. The en-
broidery is very simple, the bow knot
in the center being the Madeira stitch,
which is simply a succession of over
| hand stitches, made in mercerized cot
] ton.
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-02-22
Favors for a Leap Year Dance.


AT leap year dance given the
other night the cotillon favors, all
made of paper, were reversed. In one
of the figures checked tissue paper
sunbonnets. flower and picture hats
and other dainty headgear were given
to the mea, while men-o'war hats, also
of paper, were given to the girls. In
another figure the men received mar
guerites and maiden-hair ferns and
the girls baskets of bachelor buttons.
Dainty little sewing aprons made with
frilly bibs and pockets and trimmed
with ribbons went to the men in anv
other figure and to the girls bottle
horns representing champagne bot
ties. In another figure the men wore
tinted paper muffs and boas and the
girls carried canes, and in another
there were flower wands for the men
and boutonnieres for the women.
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-02-22
FIGURE Ns.3

Many simple and effective valentine
hints are given us from Paris, few
OF which are shown in the sketches.
They may be used as luncheon favors,
cotillon favors or as valentines, as
their usefulness as well as daintiness
is their strong recommendation. Fig
ure No. is a heart-shaped sachet OF
silk covered with sheer linen and a
narrow ruff1e of lace. A butterfly is
embroidered in the center. A heart
is first cut out of absorbent cotton,
seven inches by tn, the sachet pow
der being laid in between the two
layers of cotton. Orris and violet, or
heliotrope and violet, make a good
combination. Then cover this with a
pretty shade of pink or blue china
silk, cut out trifie larger than the
cotton, and baste firmly around the
edge.
After the linen has been embroid-
cred, making sure the butterfly is ex-
actly in the center, press on the wrong
side and cut out the same size as the
silk heart. Baste over silk on both
sides-that is, plain linen on one side
and the embroidered piece. On the 9TH
er. Bind neatly with a half-inch satin
ribbon the color of the silk. This is
done by hemming the ribbon first or
one side, then on the other, just far
enough from the edge to fasten the
linen. 1t must be slightly fulled over
the rounded portions of the heart.
Then the half-inch valenciennes lace
il whipped on.
Figure No. 2 enables the linen cover
to be taken off, as the ribbon is run
through eyelets made in the linen for
the purpose.
A cotton heart is made as before,
then silk slip is made, leaving the
largest part open, in which to put the
cotton. Sew the edges of the silk to,
gether, turn on the right side, put in
the cotton and overcast the edges left
open. Care must be taken to keep the
cotton perfectly smooth.
Mark out on a piece of handkerchief
linen two hearts with scalIoped edges
one slightly larger than the other, the
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-02-22
PRETTY FASHION FOR
THE TRIMMING OF
SMART INDOOR GOWNS

The method of trimming nearly all
indoor gowns with net embroidery in
soutache has given rise to pretty
fashion for trimming the new shirt
waists.
Heavy white net is used in cotton
weave and on this is rug design, as
the new eastern work is called, done
in white or colored soutache. This is
used as yoke and stock, as panels, as
wide cuffs.
II, for instance, you are making a
blouse of cotton bafiste, which is bet
ter than handkerchief linen, and want
to keep it simple, put it in pin tucks
from shoulders to waist on each side
of a front panel four inches wide, of
net and lace.
Cover this net with a design of blue
soutache and on each side of this strip
put row of Cluny, then one of Val
insertion. Whip the edges of this panel
to the fine tucks on each side. Fasten
down back with white linen buttons.
Make stock of the embroidered net,
with two kinds of lace insertion at
each edge. Have sleeves rather small.
tucked at shoulder line and below ell
bow and finished with a two-inch cuff
of embroidered net, edged on each
side with ruff1es of narrow Cluny lace.
White net with white soutache is
very dainty and it is used in a deep
V-shaped yoke back and front, quite
narrow on shoulders ers-remember that
and applied to the muslin on each
side with Val. lace.
The sleeves are long, with panel
of net down back and wide turnover
OF the net edged with two ruffies of
| Val. lace.
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-02-22

The coin-collector is always alert.
Within day or two of the announce
ment that the government had stopped
coming the new saint-Gaudens double
eagles the coins were selling at a pre-
MUM of six dollars apiece, and a few
days later this bonus had advanced
to SO, so that each twenty-dollar gold
piece was held at $50. Meanwhile the
collectors carefully enter in their
records the history Of the coin and
how many were minted, for the guild
ance of those who come after them.
Twenty-dollar gold pieces have always
been hard coins to collect. The pre-
nium imposes an added and discour-
aging burden.
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-02-22
A Remedy for Neuralgia or Pain In
the Nerves,

For neuralgia and sciatica Sloan's
Liniment has no equal. 1t has pow
erfufly sedative effect on the nerves
-penetrates without rubbing and
gives immediate relief from pain
quickens the circulation of the blood
and gives pleasant sensation Of com
fort and warmth.
'For three years I suffered with
neuralgia in the head and jaws"
writes ]. P. Hubbard, of Marietta, S.
c., "and had almost decided to have
three of my teeth pulled. when a
friend recommended me to buy 25
cent bottle of Sloan's Liniment. I did
SO and experienced immediate relief,
and / kept on using it until the neu-
ralgia was entirely cured I will never
be without a bottle of Sloan's Lini-
ment in my house again. use 1t also
for insect bites and sore throat, and !
can cheerfully recommend it to any
one who suffers from any Of tho ills
have mentioned
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-02-22

If Camille Flammarion's discoveries
resulting from experiments with col
ored light prove to be all he claims,
then the science of gardening may be
revolutionized. With certain vegeta-
bles, as lettuce, growing under red
light 15 times as fast as. without it,
with ripe fruit kept from decay under
blue light for 20 days and strawberry
plants retarded for that time. then al
lowed to blossom, there is no limit to
the notifications and changes possi-
BILE in plant and vegetable growth and
their profits greatly increased. At the
same time It is not well for them to
be too sanguine until the discoveries
have been thoroughly tested. It is to
be remembered that blue light had no
such curative effect on the nervous
diseases of human beings as'it was an
nounced many years ago on scientific
authority that it would have; nor has
the Finsen red light produced the re-
suits first promised for it in the cure
of cutaneous diseases. But with the
hint given by F'lammarion tests with
plants may be easily made.
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-02-22
A Clever Invention.

A housekeeper with small children
found the closet room in her house
very limited, and invented the follow
ing device: A piece of smooth wire,
small enough to go through the hole
in the top of a safety pin, was fas-
tened to the first hook in the closet.
Then she slipped on to this number
of large safety pins. The wire was
passed through or over each hook,
with a number Of pins between, and
fastened to the last hook, being drawn
as taut as possible.
IN hanging garments up, slip one or
two pins through the band, as may
be required. In this way great
many dresses may be hung side by
side in a small space, and an article
can be hung up or taken down with
out disturbing the others.
This kind of clothesline viii prove
of great value in a summer hotel, cot
tage, or hall bedroom. It can be
made to hold ones entire wardrobe,
except the incest things, and each
garment can be seen without wasting
time in searching for it.
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-02-22
rHoueHT OF JOYS To coME.
Philosophy That Enabled Small Critic
to Endure Sermon.

A popular New England preacher
says that if his sermon ever stretches
beyond the 20 minutes to which he
means always to limit it, the words of
his little daughter, ring in his ears,
and he reflects that some of his con.
gregation are doubtless feeling as she
did on memorable occasion.
The occasion was the little girls
sixth birthday, which chanced to come
on Thanksgiving day.
She went to church with her mother
and sat quietly through the service
The sermon was unusually good. the
minister could not help thinking; he
had plenty to say, and he said it
fiuently.
How did you like my sermon ?"
he asked his young critic as they
walked home together. her small hand
in his big one.
You preached awful long, father" |"
said the little girl. "but / beared 1t,
because love you, and knew I'G
have a nice dinner when ! got home
and forget what I'd been through. -
Youths Companion.
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-02-22
BY Henrietta C. RosDe
(Copyright.)

proud apparently as II they had been
the bellies of the occasion, at first as
tonished, then charmed her.
Nobody treated them with the slight"
est disrespect, and it was not until
the last evening of their stay that
conversation, overheard by them, be-
tween their new friend and her moth
er, first limited to them that they were
only plain, brown moths in this bevy
of brilliant-hued butterflies. Mrs. Ham
ilton spoke regretfully, but in that
sharply incisive tone that hints OF
something sharper than regret under
lying the words:
What a pity that that brilliant MT,
Martin should have such old frumps
for sisters. Of course he isn't to
blame, but he needn't 60 have thrust
them into everybody's face as he has.
I wonder that he hasn't better sense.
for I'm sure he's gentleman himself,
in spite of his coming from such very
common stock"
but they are really very nice aud
ladylike. if they don't know how to
dress like other people, Mr.. Martin
says" and now the girlish voice was
slightly tremulous, that they have
been all the world to him. His mother
died at his birth. and his father few
years later, and these elder sisters
have been father and mother both to
him. He isn't ashamed of them, and
don't know why his friends should
be-"
Such foolish sentimentality will
get rubbed on by his contact with the
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-02-22
PANTRY CLEANED
A Way some people Have.

A doctor said
Before marriage my wife observed
In summer and country homes, coming
in touch with families of varied means,
culture, tastes and discriminating ten
dencies, that the families using Pos.
tum seemed to average better than
those using coffee.
When we were married two years
ago, Postum was among our first order
Of groceries. We also put in some cot.
fee and tea for guests, but after both
had stood around the pantry about
year untouched, they were thrown
away, and Postum used only.
up to the age Of 2S had been aca
customed to drink coffee as routine
habit and suffered constantly from In.
digestion and all its relative disorders.
Since using Postum ali the old com-
plants have completely left me and 7
sometimes wonder il / ever had them"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich. Head, "The Road to
MELVILLE. ii pkgs. There's a Reason."
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-02-22
seaIIoned corned Reef.

Two cups of milk, one slice onion,
one-half cup chopped celery, three
level tablespoons butter, three level
tablespoons flour. one fourth level
teaspoon salt, one-eighth level tea.
spoon pepper. two cups eorned beet
cut into cubes.
Scald the milk with the onion and
celery. Cook for ten minutes, then
strain. Melt the butter, add the flour,
salt and pepper. and when blended
stir in the hot milk gradually. Cook
for five minutes, then add the corned
beef. Pour into a buttered baking
dish and cover with buttered bread
crumbs. Bake for 20 minutes in a hot
oven,
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-02-22
Potato scones.

sift cupful and half of -four with
a half teaspoonful Of salt and two
teaspoonfuIs of baking powder and
rub in three tab1espoonfuls of short.
ening. Add one cupful of light fresh
ly mashed potatoes, add one well-beat.
en- egg and enough milk to make a
soft dough Roll out half inch thick,
cut and bake on a hot griddle or in a
hot oven. Serve very hot with plenty
Of butter.
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-02-22
cltron Preserves.

Pare, weigh and scald with piece
Of alum, tie size of walnut, in
water, one large citron. Boil until
sufficiently tender to pierce with a
straw, slice and remove the seeds.
Add it's weight in sugar and allow
to stand thus over night
Boil half an hour with pinch Of
mace and two lemons sliced.
Bottle while hot.
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-02-22
Bands of ciuny.

Bands Of Cluny dyed in all the fash
ionable colors and combined with
white net make comparatively mex.
pensive blouses, which, however, are
extremely smart The heavy floss
silks are sometimes displaced by soft
chine ribbons when the lace or net
is embroidered, and handsome effects
are gained by using the ribbons thai
come already shaded.
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-02-22
Ia,ch and Crow rat: No.

There is nothing in the maxim
"Iaugh and grow fat or else the joke
smiths fail to grow mirthful over their
own merrymaking.
Great humorists seldom are fat. f.
P. Dunno is the heaviest, weighing
about 100 pounds. The weight OF
others living is: Mark Twain, 15O
pounds; George Ade, lat; Jerome K.
Jerome, 143, and w. W. Jacobs, 1S2.
o. Henry is really great humorist,
but he is in the 1SO-pound class
Home Magazine.
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-02-22
Home-Made Fire Extinquisher.

Take five pounds of common salt
and two and one-half pounds of mu.
riate of ammonia and dissolve in two
gallons of water. When well dissolved
fill into bottles or fruit jars that will
not be difficult to break when needed
in an emergency. Especially keep a
good supply in the kitchen. In case
of fire Immediately throw one or two
bottles into the blaze with enough
force to break them and we'll scatter
the contents. The fire will surely be
extinguished.
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-02-22
NOVEL JACKET FORMED
or SIX 4ANDkERcHlEFS
JUST NOW POPULAR.

This novel jacket is one that has
lately been very popular; it is COM
posed of six handkerchiefs, which
should not be less than 10 inches
square. These may be of white cam
brio, simply hemstitched, or may have
embroidered borders and corners, or
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-02-22
elnn peuard. SlOO.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased 20 eaTn
has been able to cure in all It's stages, and that Is
Catarrh Halls Catarrh Cure 10 the only posluYs
beina constitutional disease, requires constlsu-
tionel treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure ls taken IN
fernaly acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby destroying Sne
foundation Of the disease, and giving sns passfns
ing nature In doing It's work. The proprietors nave
90 much faith in It's curative powers that they onsr
One Hundred Dollars for any case that ~ kSAls "
cure Send for list of testfmonials
Address r. j. CHENEY q CO., Toledo,O
Sold by all Druggists, 15c.
Take Halls Family Pulls for constipation
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-02-22
AnpIe Pancakes.

Mix one pint of sour milk, one tea
spoonful OF saleratus. one cupful Of
Indian meal, one cupful of molasses,
three sweet apples cut fine and suf
ficient -four to thiclen.
Fry in deep boiling lard and serve
hot with cinnamon tpoWdered) and
pulverized sugar mixed.
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-02-22

maroon is lined with flaming geranium
and aubergine with verdigris. For
evening cloaks this vivid lining is of
chiffon, full, detached from the ear.
ment, SO that it blows from the open
fronts like inner scarfs.-Vegue.
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-02-22
rhe Retort Yenomous.

$50 this is your widely advertised
dollar table d'hote dinner, is it?" said
the indignant would-be diner, as he
pushed aside an entree which he could
not masticate. why, this is the last
place in the world would recon-
mend to friends
Don't blame you, sir" said the
sad-faced waiter. Send your enc.
mics here
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-02-22

A Chicago judge has ruled that 1t 10
as much the fathers duty to walk the
floor at night with the baby as the
mothers. The average man is content
to allow his wife to act as the court
Of last resort on such matters.
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-02-22

colored stripes; in fact, any kind of
handkerchief may be used The ma
king up is quite simple, as will be seen
from the illustration; one fallB over
each shoulder; one forms each side
front, and two the back, which falls in
a pretty triple pIait. The corners at
the neck turn over IN points
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-02-22

There is in st. Louis a lady who
saws she always gives her favorite
pcet substantial check on Christ
mas. She is probably the only lady
extant whose favorite poet is still in
a position to find checks useful.
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-02-22
Flat Feather aoas

Flat feather boas that copy the fur
ones of the winter season are made OF
two strips about yard long; the four
ends are finished by long tassels OF
heavy silk or of chenille and the edges
are attached at the back.
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-02-22

"A Judge in Newark m. J.) estab-
lished an extremely profitable prece-
dent by f1ning man $40 for laughing
at a policeman. The municipal reve
nne can be swelled enormously.
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-02-22
lJnshaken Esteem.

"Your husband is still very fond OF
horses said the woman who disap-
proves of betting.
eyes" answered young Mrs. Tor
kins.
'sWell. it's nothing to his credit"
.I don't know about that. 1t shows
he has a very forgiving disposition.
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-02-22

Dear lady, If you want to learn the
true worthlessness Of those furs and
Jewels just show them to the pawn
broker.
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-02-22
colorad satln LlnInas Preferred.

White satin Innings, either for
muffs or jackets or c1oaks, have be-
come entirely ancien ieu-they are
replaced by rich co1ored Liberty silks
in contrast to the garment, reSeda
green lining purple or gray garments,
royal blue lining khaki color, while
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-02-22

High heels, it is said, owe theIz
origin to Persia, where they were in
troduced to raise the feet from tbx
burning sands.
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-02-22
,.,... .ha p.nd PLAYED nDixie,w

When the Band Played "0ixie."
Judge Sam White of Baker City, ths
Tom Taggart OF Oregon Democracy, Q
few years ago threw dve-dollar nat
through a skylight rs feet from the
ground in Baker City when. the band
started up the tune of ''Dixie. PEN
dleton East Oregonian.
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-02-22

New Jersey makes more Delft ware.
than is manufactured in Holland. This
certaialy beats the Dutch.
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-02-22

Aunt Hester did 90 play kissing
games at the party?
Emerson Highhed- We'll, they par
ticipated in osculatory pastimes.
which ! consider a rather uninterest-
Ing and juvenile diversion.