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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01
ROUND THE CAPITAL
Information andG Gossip Picked UP Here
and There In Washington
Keeper of Lid During Summer in Doubt

be at the Aspinwall hotel in Lenoxr
Mass.
Secretary Metcalf has gone to Cali
fornia to spend the summer in the
mountains. He will not be seen in
Washington until frost comes,
Postmaster General Meyer will HE
hence to the ST. Lawrence to fish.
Secretary Garfield is in Hawaii and
will stay there for three months. Sec
rotary Cortelyou will have a quiet
summer, probably ON Long Island.
Secretary Wilson will stay in Wash
ington for some time on account OF the
business arising in connection with
the enforcement of the pure food laws.
If he takes vacation he win so to-
his Iowa farm.
Secretary Wright, who will succeed
Secretary Taft in the war department,
will hardly be eligible to such serl-
GUS task as keeping the big lid down
this summer. He will spend much OF
his time this summer in Washington,
however. Secretary Straus has taken
the seat on the lid and will have this
throne of honor until some Of the
other members will consent to relieve
him.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01

RYNCLE SAM is busy these days
u counting house flies. He has
started a sort of fly census for the pur-
pose of ascertaining the relationship
between the little buZZing pests and
typhoid fever. 1t is believed by some
agricultural department entomologists
that flies do an awful lot towards
spreading typhoid germs around-in
fact. several of them have been caught
with the goods.
The plan, therefore, is to catch the
wicked little insects, count 'em, and
compile lot of data for comparison
with statistics furnished by the health
department as to the prevalence of
typhoid fever in localities where cap
lures are made. The fly census has,
therefore, been inaugurated in Wash
ington and Pittsburg and may be ex.
tended to other cities.
DR.. L. o. Howard, chief entomologist
of tho department Of agriculture, is in
charge of the fiy-paper squad, which
posts sheets of good old sticky stuff
around in public places and gathers
them in again after captures of 4S
hours have been made.
The greatest number Of flies that
have been enumerated at one haul SO
far is 1900, gathered at the United
States arsenal, an engineer post on the
Potomac river.
The experts carefully count the vic
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01

A BEAUTIFUL woman who leads 9
n double life is the latest person OF
interest in Washington's smart set
The beautiful woman is Miss Harriet
Richardson, and her double life Is per.
fectly proper as well as highly inter.
esting.
Three hours of each day she is Miss
Richardson of the Smithsonian institu.
ton, authority on the isopods Of North
America, one of the Who's Who's" in
the American Men of Science and with
long string of degrees filling out the
page after her name. The other 81
hours of the day she Is Miss Harriet
Richardson of Wyoming avenue, N. W..
a society favorite.
Miss Richardson inherited fortune
from her father, G. e. F. Richardson, a
wealthy land holder. She is one OF
the most exquisitely dressed young
women in Washington, skilled horse
woman, globe trotter and an adept at
bridge whist. Her suitors are many
and some have been ardent. But thus
far suitors have been unable to tempt
her-for there are the isopods.
Her first deviation from society s
beaten path came when she refused to
be bud going to Vassar instead.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01
Canned sweet Potatoes

Prof w. C. Welborn of the Texas
A. and M. College, in an article in
the Home Gamer, says:
Last summer visited a gentleman
In South Mississippi who is raising
and canning sweet potatoes in large
way He gave me all his figures, and
showed me his product sold for enough
to pay all expenses and SIS cents a
bushel for his potatoes. He kept ex'
pense accounts of his crops and in
one case when he made the exception,
al yield of about 500 bushels to the
acre, his potatoes cost him about
cents a bushel delivered at the fac
tory. No product cans better than the
sweet potato and it is becoming a
staple wherever the people have op
portunity to try it.
81 have noticed the large canning
factories in the South have generally
failed. The people, it seems, general
ly ship the best products North, and
have little left to offer the cannery
It runs only a short time and generally
does too little to be profitable. With
the small Outnt the case is dlnerent
If it does not run, nobody is hurt
When it is operated it can be made
quite profitable.
IT have noticed in canned corn, to
matoes and other goods there Is q
big lot of water in the cans and very
little solid material. / am sure the
cans do not contain over one-half the
food they ought to have. There is nc
sense in shipping cans of water hall
across the continent, and if the con
Stunning public was not very gullible
it would not be done. Let the farm
ers and their good wives put up hon
estly filled cans, with good fruits and
vegetables, and they will find a good
market at advanced prices, and nc
freight or commissions to pay"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01
City Planning in America.


We are prone to speak of city plan-
nlng as # it were something new. and
~ q way something particularly
american. 1t is true it has reached a
Wiuer vogue in a shorter time in this
country than in any other, but as far
oacK as 1865 Sir Christopher Wren
prepared plan for the city of Lon.
uon after the great FIRE. It was never
carried out, although some of his rec
concentrations are now being executed
unoer the progressive policy of the
modern county council. In our own
country, L'Enfant, over a century ago,
prepared plan not only for our CAPT.
TAI city, but also for Buffalo, both of
which have been adhered to in the
man points. Detroit followed Len
1ants ideas, although he did not pre-,
pare the plans. These cities represent
delberate, comprehensive planning
from the beginning. Like Dalny in far.
away Siberia, they were developed
along previously determined lines: but
SUCH instances are possible only in
new countries, and are exceptional
even there. The Chicago, Cleveland,
new York and San Francisco plans
represent an entirely different phase
OF deliberate and comprehensive plan
ming. They are more like tie king.
made cities OF st. Petersburg and
Madrid, or the more recent emperor.
made Paris. They grew up along lines
OF least resistance, writes Clinton r.
Woodruff in the Atlantic, and in obedi.
ence to immediate needs with practi
cally little thought of the future and
none OF the aesthetic side. Then came
q period of awakening to civic con.
seriousness and pride, leading to dis.
satisfaction with existing conditions
and then an earnest desire for i'm
proVement.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01
FARMING IN
THE SOUTH
FOR BUSINESS sAkE-cHzER UP.

Stop yer kickin' bout the times-
Get a hustle on you;
Skirmish round and grab the dimes
Eff the dollars shun you;
Cracking never bought a dress,
Growing isn't in it.
Fix yer peppers on success,
Then go in to win it.
Times is getting good agin-
Try and help them all you kin.
Don't sit round with your hangin' lip
That is sure to floor you.
Try to get better grip
On the work before you;
Put some ginger in your words
When you greet a neighbor;
Throw your troubles to the birds
Get right down to labor;
An you'll notice ev'ry day
Things is comm right your way.
Stop yer kickin', get hold
OF the wheel and turn it,
You can never handle gold
Less you try to ern it.
Brush the cobwebs from your eyes,
Stop your blamed repinin,'
An you'll notice that yer skies
Allus'l1 be shinin.'
Eff you hain't the nerve to try,
Sneak away som'ers an die.
Eek.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01

d RINCESS WILMA LWOFF PARA
GHY is in town. And that's not
all With her are three maids, by
courtesy French; first, second and
third attache; marshal, courtier, but.
Ter, chef, and, for good measure, three
or four other men servants.
And that's not all. And with her al.
so are one small yappy, white woolly
dog, one pair of guinea pigs badly in
need of haircut, couple Of young
wolves, an ibis, a falcon, several owls,
and family of alligators.
And that's not all. With her also
are several drays of the gaudiest lug.
gage that any local hotel ever shell
tered. 1t is all painted red, white and
green-the Hungarian colors.
All these-princess suite, menag
erie and impediments-are at the vii
lard. They arrived from Hot Springs
Va, few days ago in a private car
They proceeded to the hotel after
some delay, in half dozen carriages
and after considerable excitement on
the part of the hotel employees her
highness was finally established in a
suite which comprises almost the en-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01
Pretty Society Belle Studying Bugs

But when, after taking a baccalaureate
degree, she wished to go on studying,
her family rebelled. 1t was then that
DR.. c. w. Richardson, her brother, had
the happy inspiration of taking her to
the musty old Smithsonian institution,
where his influence procured her the
right to work as volunteer.
He thought one visit would be the
end. So he took her up the narrow
stairs to the smelly balcony, where col
lections of fossils were being mounted.
Miss Richardson calmly sat down be-
fore compound microscope and an
nounced that she liked 1t.
That's where ] found her, In q Pa.
risian linen suit, fondling little bottles
of preserved isopods as daintily as If
they were thimble teacups.
Every morning from ten till one
Miss Richardson is at her desk. There
she has written her book, "a Mono
graph on the Isopods OF North Amer
ica," dealing with specimens furnished
by the Hartman expedition to Alaska,
and Is shorter works, two of which
she has just prepared for Paris scien-
tific paper.
But even when abroad, absent from
the allurement Of the institution, the
scientific side of Miss Richardson's
mind asserts itself. She leaves the
gay watering places and season en-
tertainments to go and visit DIR.
Thomas Scott of Aberdeen or DR.. A.
M. Norman, just out of London, both
famous scientists. This summer she
is invited to visit Prof. Giard, director
Of the laboratory at Wimereux, France.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01
Bee culture SUGGESTIONS.


A few suggestions made by the
Oklahoma Experiment Station may be
helpful to the beginner and enable
him to make his first years work a
marked success.
Shade your hives, If possible, with
trees carrying heavy foliage. Swarms
should be shaded from 8 a. m. to
p. M during the hottest season Of
the year.
Get super of honey from the hive
wintered over by putting super con.
tanning sections with full sheets of
foundation or a super containing ex'
tracing frames on the hive as soon
as there is a good working force.
Provide supports for the hives which
will lift them foot or more from The
ground. Ants and insect-eatirg AMI,
mails may give trouble il the hives are
on the ground
When the swarm issues remove the
super from the old and place it upon
the new stand Your new swarm will
not leave their hive and will be quite
likely to continue working in the
super.
Arrange a wihdbreak to prevent
loaded bees from being dashed against
the hive fronts by the prevailing stcong
winds.
Get your extra hives and supers set
up for use several weeks before any
swarms are expected or the honey
flow may be half over before you are
ready to take care Of it.
Keep all comb honey in mothproof
cases and examine frequently.
Set the hive with the front of the
bottom board half an inch lower than
the back, but it should be level side,
wise or combs will be built at an angle
with the frames or sections.
Do not attempt to handle bees on
cold, damp days, but while they are
working in the field.
If bees are found hanging in chains
in a super do not smoke them down,
thinking that they are idlers, for they
e probably secretinG YAK.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01

EXYASHFNGTON.-Who will sit on
w the lid" here during the summer,
while the president is taking rest and
recreation at Oyster Bay? None of
the cabinet officials wants the job, and
SO far it has been a continual perform
ance of sidestepping. Even when the
president left for his Long Island
home the other day only tentative
plans for the dog days watch had been
determined upon.
Secretary Root, who left at the same
time, will be gone all summer. Assist
ant Secretary of State Bacon will be
the lid sitter in the state department
most of the summer.
Attorney General Bonaparte will
Keep out of Washington as much as
possible during July, paying flying Wis.
It's from Baltimore. In August he will
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01

Killing RattIers in Pennsylvania.
George Burhen, who is building a
new house for himself on a part of
his fathers farm on German Hill,
went to refill water jug the other
day that had been left in the shade
when he luckily espied huge rattler
AZ inches long and carrying 13 rattles
coiled ready for fight about the Jug.
George lost no time in killing the
reptile and has preserved the skin
and rattles to verify his statement.
Two young sons Of George Copeland
went snake hunting at a den near
their fathers home on Little Hickory
Creek one day recently and killed
an even dozen OF rattlers before they
gave up the battle.
Henry Amburger of Hunters sta
ton has been missing eggs from the
nest in his chicken coop, even china
egg disappearing. He suspected rats
or other small animals, but the other
day when he found a dead blacksnake
eight feet long near by with a china
egg lodged in its stomach the great
mystery was solved. -Tionesta vindi.
Gator.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01
THE WRONG STREET
By ANSELM CHOMEL
Copyright, by shortstory Pub. Coz

took his seat, but it occurred to him
that the locomotive might be in bad
way and cause the train to lose time.
But the conductor said the locomotive
was never in better condition.
Half way between his home and that
Of Miss Virginia the train stopped. He
rushed out Of the coach with hun
dred questions on his tongue. What
had caused the delay? Would it be
a long one? Was there a telegraph
office near?
His worst fears were realized. Some
thing had gone wrong with freight
train, and the way was blocked. It was
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01

A project which may have impor-
tant results is to be undertaken in
Boston, says the Herald of that city.
The high school of commerce Of that
city is about to send party Of stu
dents to Brazil to study commercial
relations and trade conditions in the
southern country. The Brazilian gov
eminent, with fine courtesy, has made
arrangements by which these pupils
may have free transportation over GER
tain steamers and Brazilian railways
and q reduced rate over other roads.
In effect, this is offering the visitors
every facility for getting about with
ease and at moderate cost and for
readily acquiring the knowledge OF
which the students are in search.
Moreover, the facts indicate the Brazik
ians' readiness to meet our people in
trade and to do everything possible to
encourage the development of com
merce between the sections.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01
on. other View Of the case.

The fact of the matter is that many
girls of the present day have been
much better brought up than their
mothers were, and have at an early
age acquired poise, a self-control, a
power to reason logically and to philo.
sophically accept the affairs Of life
that their mothers have not. There are
thousands OF well-educated, sensible
young women throughout the country
trying to make the best of badly
brought-up mothers, to protect them
from troubles brought on themselves
and to control as far as possible
their silly tendencies.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01
The chIld's RIaht.

Play is the child's right. Without it
ne will not get his physical growth or
even his due share of mental sprightli-
ness. Play develops every muscle,
teaches many lessons not otherwise
taught. How can city prosper with.
out planning for play? The child was
almost forgotten when New York was
built. He is ruled out of many apart
ment houses. For him the street is full
OF dangers. Ice wagons, trolley cars,
savage dogs at large, more insidious
dangers that Turk In the shadows, all
are against him. He plays because it
as the law Of his being, but at what a
risk! No use Of money can bring a
larger civic return than the fitting up
of vacant lots as Fairgrounds and pro,
viding them with competent supervi.
sion, declares the New York World
Owners of lots will generally be glad
to cooperate with the association
Money is needed, not usually for rent.
but for maintenance, apparatus and
supervision. Let anyone who doubts
that such Fairgrounds will be useful
take look any fair afternoon at the
dusty paradise of children in Seward
park. Chicago is far. ahead of New
York in providing Fairgrounds for
children. London has lessons for us
The sleepiest old village in the land Is
infinitely better supplied with the most
important, next to food and clothing
and shelter, of children's needs. 1t is
time for New York to do justice to the
child.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01
Government Whltewash.

Stake half a bushel of lime in boil
ing water, covering to keep in the
steam. Strain the liquid, and add a
peck of salt previously dissolved in
warm water, 8 pounds ground rice
boiled to thin paste and stirred in
while hot, one-half pound Spanish
whiting, and one pound glue dissolved
by soaking III cold water and then
hung over a slow fire in a glue pot
To this mixture add five gallons OF
hot water, stir we'll and let stand for
several days, covered from dust. Ap.
ply it hot.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01

Perhaps there is no better annual
crop than rape for hog pasture, says
the Fort Worth Reported. Rape may
be grown almost as early in the
spring as any other crop. The seed
is hardy and will sprout early and
the plants are not injured by frost,
but during the early cool part of the
season rape will not make much of a
growth. Perhaps for earliest pasture
it may be better to seed combina-
ton of barley and oats, or barley
and emmer, sowing about bushel OF
barley per acre.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01
Nut Culture Investment.

AS an investment, nut culture seems
to be exempt to a great extent from
some Of the ills attending ordinary
Industrial stocks. The production OF
nuts never exceeds the demand; the
business does not have the fixed
charges for insurance, wear and tear
Of machinery, strikes or lockouts so
common in other lines. Besides, thus
far the only fiuctuation in value OF
nut properties has been upward, as
orchards increase steadily in value for
about 25 years.-Southern Farm.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01

Hetty Green has moved into rooms
that cost her SIS day. For time
doubtless she pondered over it. won
dering If SIS wasn't all the money
there was in the world; but on looking
at her bank account she came to the
conclusion that 1t wasn't. Hetty must
be doing this as a means Of self-pun-
fshment for something she has done,
since 1t must give her pain every
moment she stays in her expensive
quarters.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01

The wedding was set for eight
o'clock that evening, and it was ten
minutes past nine when Broadhurst
leaped from cab in front of Miss
Virginia's home, turned to pay the
driver of the foaming horses and ran
up the steps Of the house. His ring
was answered Immediately, and he al
most rushed into the arms of his
friend Gay. He thought his friend
seemed somewhat surprised at his ar
rival.
81 hope I am not so very late?'' he
gasped.
The ceremony is over" Gay said,
"but you are in time to offer your con-
CALCULATIONS. Come this way"
A wedding without a groom was
something Broadhurst had not heard
of, but he asked no questions. He was
in some doubt as to whom he should
offer his atulations-whether to
the bride, his mother-in-law or himself,
and while he was trying to settle this
point in his mind, he was ushered into
the presence of the bride and of gen.
tleman who was a stranger to him.
The bride came forward and gave
her hand. Broadhurst thought she
might receive her future husband with
a little more cordially than her man
ner indicated. To relieve the embar-
rassment of the situation, he ventured
to extend his congratulations, and was
glad to perceive that it must have been
the proper thing to do, since the bride
received them most graciously. Then,
with the remark, Il want you to meet
my husband" she led him towards the
gentleman who had been with her
when he entered the room.
After he had been presented, his
friend Gay remarked to Virginia's hus-
band:
"You have my friend here-whose
name, by the way, is the same as your
own, Richard Broadhurst-to thank
for rescuing your bride, some time
ago, when team of horses threatened
TO run her down.
Broadhurst did not catch the others
reply; he was dazed. Gay laid his
hand upon Broadhurst's shoulder, say
ing in alarm:
dick, you're i'll"
Nothing serious" he replied; "it
will soon pass away. If you will ex-
cuse me, will step outside"
Funny thing" said Gay, speaking
% lot
hurst-that's the other fellow, not
| you," with laugh-'Aad been trying
| to win Miss HamiItons heart for a
year before she consented to marry
him. Well, just about the time you
met her, she concluded to accept him,
and after she got to New York wrote
| to him to that effect. He did not get
the letter, and renewed his pleadings
| Again she accepted him. Broadhurst
wired to me, asking me to be best
man. and promptly accepted. In a
few days, was surprised to get let
ter from him with the same request. 1
concluded the dear fellow, in his Joy,
was losing his mind.
Now the strange part of it is that
Broadhurst protests that he did not
receive Miss Hamilton's first letter,
and that he communicated but once
with me; whereas his wife is positive
that she accepted him twice, and ]
could swear that I promised as often
4 to act as best man.
What was your friends address,"
Broadhurst asked.
mo, 81 Georgia street"
Broadhurst said nothing, but medi-
tated upon how easy it would be to
make mistake and write George" in
| stead of Georgia"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01

The Princeton senior class having
axnressed q preference for blue eyes
= uomen it is now up to the Yale
eon,or class to express a preference
go yellow ones. And both classes
,vould probably admit that. touch OF
.-s,nson in the cheeks is eminently
desirable.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01

Something more than quiet humor
10 IN this paragraph printed at the end
- the Edmonton opera house regula-
ttors nv Manager Brandon: amy old
Iaaias afraid OF taking cold may keep
on their hats or bonnets."
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01

The Flemish population Of Belgium
Is very careful to preserve its Ian
guaee and racial identity. It's repre-
sentatives in the bilingual parliament
of that country seem indeed to be al
vuost exorbitant in their claims for
their native tongue.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01
Uncle Sam Starts a Crusade on Flies

Tins, determine the length of time
they have been dead, search them for
germs, and do various other funny
things that eventually may mean lot
in convicting Mr.. Fly of transplanting
disease. AS soon as returns are in
from the great fly center"--Pittsburg
there may be some interesting data
to give out.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01

Il restores ones confidence in hui
zen nature to read those political
sraecfes and see all the noble virtues
9ha sneakers plead guilty to possess
ing