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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-10
Legends Of the Potomac.


There is wealth Of tradition cling
ing to the beautiful Potomac river, for
every turn and curve throughout its
winding course has witnessed some
incident either tragic or romantic.
Some of these have been immortalized
in song and story, and have come
down through the long span of years.
The numerous Indian tribes were
always lat war with one another, and
from one of the conflicts we get the
legend of "The Three Sisters" Three
Indian braves, brothers, were cap.
tured in battle by the enemy and were
tortured to death. Their sweethearts
three sisters, upon hearing of their
bereavement, decided to join their Low.
ers in the happy hunting ground, so
they swan well out into the river and
drowned themselves, and on the morn.
ing following this tragedy, it is said
the three rocks in the river appeared
and were named the Three Sisters in
memory of the girls who chose death
as a solace for their grief On the an.
niversary of this drowning the ghostly
forms Of the sisters appear standing
on the top of the rocks and wringing
their hands.
Other tales have later origin. Old
fishermen used to tell of a phantom
army coming up the river in spectral
boats and landing their silent company
on Braddock's Rock. Upon approach
al
disappear in the shadows, to again
return and enact the beginning of Gen
Braddock's march.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-10

"Ther' pears to be consid able dom
In reel estate in these parts" re-
marked Mr.. Japes, who began to puff
noisily on his pipe. We had been
trying to get the old man interested
in the purchase of town lots in the
suburbs, but the eloquence was
wasted.
"You young fellers keep away from
it, tell ye," after pause. Il oncet
bought a farm through the papers,
and mebbe my experience might do
ye lot of good. The property was
located on a steep hill Dove the town
of Crooked Run, Idyho. Eff they'd
th'owed in a elevator, I'd had bar
gain, for the groun' was mighty rich.
/ concluded that I'd plant the hull
ten acres with watermelons, Their be-
in consid' able call fur SIGH large
fruit in them parts. Wal, sir, I never
did see SIGH things fur CROWN after
they was sot out. In a week they was
big as washtubs and aperiently was
jist gettin' down to business. The
Mammoth Mastodon Iron-Clad Gold
Medal Melon they was called, guaran-
teed to have as hard shell and keep
as long as a cokynut.
while the crap was engaged in
gettin' filled out I'd 'casionally sa-
shay inter town to git groceries and
have my jug filled. I tell We that
there hill come in mighty handy fer
Tn lean I'm ap'in' when roturnin' nv
night feelin' some proud"
Here the patriarch wagged his head
remorsefully.
zone night when was comm home
and thinkin' no evil, runs inter one
Of the wust windstorms We ever see,
but bein' well ballasted l didn't get
ratified none.
Suddenly somethin' like a bari
comes a-bowlin' out O. nowhar, and
fetches me a knock that sends me to
grass all spraddled out. Fore I
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-10
FANCY WORK LARGELY SHAM.
English Writer with Few Idle Mo.
ments Devotes Them to Criticism
of Women of Fashion.

I have often been amused by the
after-dinner pieces Of fancy work
which women pull out Of pretty. ride.
ulous-looking little bags In the draw.
ing room at country house party.
This special form of entertainment
does not seem complete without the
dainty bits of embroidery, the tiny
cambria tribes which are played with
by feminine fingers.
Whether anything is ever done IL
another matter. It is merely a Gus.
tom dating back to the time when
men loved to see women plying their
needles. Even now / fancy the spec.
tacle thrills the masculine imagina.
ton, though pretense has taken the
place of reality.
l heard of a girl who was in the
habit of paying regular visits to a
house in the Midlands Her hostess
noted she brought the same piece of
fancy work each time, which never
seemed to get more forward.
Perhaps, like Penelope, she pulled
out what she had done when she re.
tired to her bedroom for a more prac-
tical reason than moved Ithaca's queen.
because in the strain of conversation
her stitches had all gone wrong
Black and White.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-10
Piles Inter Me, sImuItaneous-Like

knowed what had took me about q
dozen more of these ornery obiec's,
on'y heftier, seem me at disadvant-
age, piles inter me simultaneous.
like. Blest if the hull outfit of melons
hadn't slipped Their moorin's and was
bearin' down on me with the inten-
ton Of ploughin' me under the United
States.
EFF you mudtortles kin imagine at
ye went to sleep in bowlin' ALLEY
among the pins, and jest woke up
when tourneyment was in progress,
yell have faint idee how l was fixed
on suttin' night in July, 1898.
'Tm pooty good when it comes to
run, but l soon see that want in
the same class as them fruit, which
likewise they had good start o. me.
Their was one teller bout the size
of waterbutt, | take it, at seemed
ter have a special grudge ag'in' me. a.
trippin' of me up, and then jumpin' on
me in the most onfriendly way. Then
| sticks my foot in ripe one, and
the next thing / remembers was roll,
in down the hill mixed up with about
a carload of fruit that would have
made niger throw a fit for j'y. A
spell alter some distinguished citizens
of the place gathers up my remaino
and / retires from public life for some
two weeks.
when / was able to open a. eve
was waited on by a committee OF
prominent parties of the town. Alter
expressin' their dis'p'intment at find
in me alive, they perceded to make
remarks cal-lated ter hurt the feelin's
They axes me. among other things
would I prefer jumpin' the town that
night or spendin' the dim future in
cold storage. Prom the LOOKS of these
gents / see they would prefer choose
the latter. Materially axes the chief
of these he-b'ars wherefore they was
so eager to play it dirt on a. orphan
and they obleegingly shows their
keerds 1t seems at the night my farm
took to the road Their were a enter
tainment in the basement of the meet.
in'-house give by The Lambs o. Zion
for the benifit o. suthtn' or other. The
chapel sot at the bottom o. my hill
and the revelry was interrupted
mighty suddint when the front door
busts open an in sashays bout four
dozen o. them iron-clad watermelons
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-10

and ventilation. by the way, has been
sadly neglected. No animal can have
good health without plenty Of fresh
air, not even men and women, but
many people seem to think they can.
I believe the average human life Is
shortened fully ten years on account
of breathing foul, nasty air. Windows
are seldom opened except when the
house is too warm. No one seems
to think of the discomfort or danger
of living in a polluted atmosphere.
While this particular bungalow Is
built without cellar the walls &c
down deep enough to provide for
cellar if at any time it is wanted. This
is the proper thing to do in building
any house. It gives an opportunity ia
improve the property in substantial
way at very little expense.
The living room is nearly IL by Ii
feet in size, with splendid fireplace
on the north side. Blocks are used
for the chimney, which is really a
part of the house wall 1t is built with
two f1ues, with the expectation that
one will be needed later for furnace,
For the same reason tin f1ue pipes
were placed in the walls and boxed
for registers, so it will be only neces.
sary to cut the Dashboard and fit wall
registers to the openings when the
good ship comes home from India.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-10

full O. business and mixes up with the
company permiscus. Them what
couldn't git in the door come tumblin'
in though the winders, which hap
pened to be open on count of the
warm night. Wal, ye'd imagined they
he'd he'd special invertations, to see
the way they made themselves to
hum.
Nov it happened they was two
cliques 'mong the Lambs O. Zion, an
when this fruit invades the place they
each accuses the other of putin up
the job. Words flew back and forth,
and soon the melons too. In ten min
utes l was told the place looked like
slaughter house. 1t must ha' ben a
sight!
Thar was one lady there doin' the
Rebecca at the we'll act what got took
back of the year by green 'un. Here
she leaves her duties and disappears
in the lemonade barI. Bein' sour
party, it on'tsweeten her dispersition
none. She makes onkind remarks to
the gent what fished her out, and they
exchanges compliments and other
things. The room meanwhile was a
loadin' up. The hull ten acres seemed
to have fixed on that meetin' room for
a rendywoo, an the sociable folks was
gettin' ter be anything hut social.
AFTER a spell Their was stimuli
taneous move for the door, but the
melons had the right of way on the
stairs, which the same was narrer.
When all did manage to scrunch Their
way out hear the remarks made was
turble, and it was variously suggested
by interested parties that burnin' at
the stake and boilin' in oil would be
shown angelic mercy to the caty-
mount that injured their clothes and
feelin's.
"Sich was the theory the fust citi-
zens enloads on me. They fu'ther re-
quests me ter pursue my farmin' oper-
ations dozen states away-the fu'ther
the better, insineratin' at if*I didn't
see it in that light, a. improved meth
cd of plantin' would be shown as a.
illustration of what might be done
in that line.
Now the idee!" exclaimed the pa
triarch, looking around the room for
sympathy with snort of indignation,
"blamin' a man cause his farm had
took to the road an was runnin'
amuek. Never heerd SIGH foolish
ness.
They says I orter ha' knowed not
to plant SIGH heavy vegetable artillery
on steep hill 'thout chainin' it down
or gittin' shepherd to watch it by
night with a dog, SOS it couldn't git
away and hold up the town. /
"'Course, I see it was no use to
argify with them mushrats, so
sings my hand and quits the game.
Since then, gents, buys no land on
til gets all the pfnts from the last
Teller what squatted there"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-10
HOSTESS HAS OWN TROUBLE
Delights of Keeping, House in Wash.
lnston with Husband Who Is
Absent-Minded.

It takes Washington long time to
augurations and D. A. Rings. An
eminent housewife there, whose hus.
band is the most hospitable statesman
who ever kept the domestic soul Of
better half In CONSERVATION, asserted,
with fell determination on her gentle
face, that no D. A. r. or inauguration
week would ever find her at her home
in Washington again. No, indeed!
Not if she knew herself intimately!
Shed do bit of skipping few days
before in self-defense. Mr.. Blank,
her husband, in the impromptu gen.
crosby of his soul, invited everybody
to come and stay with them-rela-
tives, semi-relatives, hemi-demi-semi-
relatives-and never remembered to
mention the matter to her until after
the influx of surprising guests.
At smart tea at the Congressional
club during Inauguration week this
same long-suffering Mrs. Blank was
denly greeted an old friend of her
own, stranger in Washington, unfa-
miliar to Mrs. Blank
Where are you staying?" Mrs.
Blanks companion asked the new
lady
I'm stopping with Mrs. Blank" the
stranger replied, debonnairly
with your" Mrs. Blanks compan-
ion turned to her in amaze.
The little lady with the hospitable
and unremembering husband endeav-
ored to hide her CONSERVATION at the
news. With noncommital acquiescence
she smiled and nodded.
"Oh, don't mean that Mrs. Blank"
the visitor exclaimed.
You see," said Mrs. Blank to her
friend, as she turned away, relieved,
Il didn't know but what the lady was
the wife of one of Mr.. Blanks con-
stituents he had invited to be our in
auguration guest, and had neglected
to tell me. He does that sort of thing
all the time"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-10

Mr.. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building for the readers of this
paper. On account of his wide expe-
rience as Editor, Author and Manufac-
turer, he Is, without doubt, the highest
authority on all these subjects. Address
all inquiries to William A. Radford, No.
1874 Fifth Ave, Chicago, ILL.,, and only
enclose two-cent stamp for reply.
A very stylish cement-block buna-
low may be made along these lines.
It is a coy little affair, just about
right for man and his wife and baby
no bungalow is complete without a
baby. / notice that good many fell
lows who lived in flats until they
became thoroughly tired of it are
building bungalows, some of which
are pretty, some otherwise, and are
settling down in them to enjoy life
as they never did on the instaIlment
plan.
This particular house was designed
for couple who had spent the first
two years of their married life in a
fiat building, where they used arti-
fetal light in the daytime and
breathed secondhand air adulterated
with dust, kitchen odors and a mixed
assortment of noises all the time.
They finally bought good lot in a
fashionable suburb and built this
stylish little beauty of house and
are now living life of comfort and
luxury as natural consequence, and
the cost is less than living in the
apartment. They paid $40 per month
rent for the fiat they lived in, or $3.50
per year. Ehe bunalow with the lot
complete cost just about $4,000, which
at six per cent. foots up to $240 in
terest, while the taxes, insurance and
repairs can be covered by another
hundred. Then they have the in
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-10
SACK COATS DAY OF TRIUMPH
Philadelphia Inquirer Is Gloomy Over
Decline of Sartorial Excellence
in the Male.

Much excitement has been aroused
in Washington over the fact that
President Taft is found at his Office
every day clad in coat guiltless of
tails and generally Of gray color.
This seems to sound the death knell
of the tail-coat. For years it has not
been seen in the rest of the country
save on formal occasions, but it has
held it's own in Washington and es-
pecially at the White House. Roose-
welt never appeared except in the
conventional Prince Albert and this
was the coat of Mckinley and his pre-
decessors back to the days when all
gentlemen of professional rank wore
the "shad-belly." The frock coat still
fingers on few of the statesmen
from the south who bark back to the
civil war, but these few survivals
simply accentuate the fact that the
sack coat is now triumphant.
The interesting feature OF the de-
cline in sartorial excellence of the
male is the corresponding growth of
gorgeousness in the female. Women
must be gowned and accoutred in all
respects according to the latest freak
of fashion whether or no hubby has a
decent suit or the children are pro-
vided with shoes. 1t Is not a matter
for argument. The facts are ali too
plain. If we look at all other mem
bers of the animal creation we see
that it is the male who is best adorned
with fur or feathers. Why shouldn't
man be clad in fine raiment. He used
to be. A century or more ago it was
the men, even in this country, who
wore silks and laces. The greatest
shock that ever came to the dignity
of the nation was when Matthew Lyon
entered the halls of congress CARRIED
in fustian. Women run this country
to suit themselves. They wear
clothes, not to attract the males, but
to please themselves. The men may
not like it; they may be rebellious,
but what's the use?-Philadelphia In
Ouirer
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-10

On the spot, which not only saved
buying sand, but it saved the cost Of
teaming. An Italian with mono
cycle will handle a lot of sand If he
moves it only few yards, but sand is
heavy and when it must be hauled a
mile or two the expense is very differ
ent.
Building a cement block bungalow
Is no trick at all with the new forms
furnished by the makers of all the
best block machines, for they will
make the blocks accurate and to the
proper SIZE Halves and quarters and
corner blocks are also carefully made
to fit, then the plans are designed
and laid out in such way as to bring
the doors and windows between the
Joints SO they will fit without chip
ping. There is no fun in paying a
mason to saw off the ends of cement
blocks with his trowel. When COM
plete the house is better than stone
house, because the blocks are made
hollow and because they are more &C.
curate in size than stone and because
there is the same amount of mortar
In each of the different seams.
A solid wall-and most stone walls
are solids damp on the inside, be-
cause stone is a good conductor of
heat and cold. Because of the great
difference in temperature the damp
ness from the warm inside air collects
On the cold wall surface and this
makes the house uncomfortable and
unsatisfactory.
Hollow blocks also afford a splen-
did opportunity to Fentilate the rooms,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-10

crease in the value of the property
as the town grows in population.
Why don't all apartment people do
the same? Well, the trouble with
nearly all cave-I mean flat-dwell-
ers, is that they have gotten their
ideas up to an elaborate house which
they can never reach, because nine
people out of ten living in fats use
up every dollar they make and it is
utterly impossible for them to raise
the price even to make the first pay
ment On $1,000 or $4,000 home.
There was little streak of luck
connected with the building of this
bungalow. In making the excavations
for the walls the men found vein of
sand sharp enough to make the CO.
ment blocks with, SO they brought a
block machine and made the blocks
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-10
Phantom Worker In CAPITOL.

The negro scrubbers tell narrowing
tales of the long halls in the House
wing of the national capitol A long
time ago one of their number sudden.
ly died while at work in the early
hours of the morning. Now the story
they tell is that his ghost may be seen
and heard at work at regular timett
The negroes tell that the splashing
of the spectral water and the sound
of the scraping Of the phantom pail
as it is moved along the marble floor
In the progress of the work is as real
as the noise of their own labors.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-10

A queer complaint has come from
Coney Island. Young and handsome
policemen on the Gibson man plan
were so hampered in their work by
the adulation of appreciative femin'
Unity that an official order has gone
forth replacing each Adonis of the
club with an old and ugly veteran
who is also required to be married, SO
as to be absolutely steelproof against
temptations to engage In the alluring
game of fascinating the fair sex.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-10

While the life sentence in one case
and Is years in the other cannot be
considered excessive punishment for
the Boyle kidnapers, it is painful to
reflect that if these culprits had
murdered the child they might have
drawn much milder terms or escaped
entirely. People have queer ideas
now and then. There are places in
the country where it is less dangerous
to kill a man than to sell him a
drink
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-10
Afternoon Tea with Mrs. Taft,

At her afternoon teas Mrs Taft
serves sandwiches instead of cake,
and the table is in the red room.
About rs guests are asked each day
to take tea with Mrs. Taft, the invi-
tations being over the telephone.
While the guests are arriving friend
pours the tea, but is afterwards re-
lieved by Mrs. Taft, who pours and
passes sandwiches and makes the &C.
casion delightfully."- informal one.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-10

Florence Nightingale, the heroine Of
the Crimean war, is in her ninetieth
year. She on one side of the Atlantic
and Clara Barton on this have in their
old age the proudest records which
human effort can win, for their long
lives have been devoted solely to the
alienation of human suffering, and it
is simply impossible to estimate how
many thousands have cause to bless
the fact that these two women lived.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-10
a Country Without R,.ds

The only road in Honduras worthy
of the name is the cart road from Te-
gucigalpa to San lorenzo, and this
one, owing to lack Of funds for repairs,
has become almost impossible. The
auto trucks which were in use during
1906 were laid up and the experiment
declared a failure.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-10

Queen Alexandra of England has
done an unwise thing for herself in
coming to the front to. denounce WON
an suffrage. Hitherto she has en-
Joyed the privilege of being let alone,
but now she has challenged attention
she will probably get it from the suf-
fragettes good and plenty-more than
she desires.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-10

Count Boni de Castellane wants to
go on big hunt in the Rocky noun
tains. The little pink-and-white count
ought to be careful in this determine
ton lest the wild animals mistake
him for a dainty bonbon rather than
near-Nimrod. Besides, the limelight
can accommodate only one mighty
hunter at this time.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-10

Chicago husbands have received a
severe jar from the fact that court
there has declared that divorced men
arc liable for alimony even as long as
go wears after the divorce. At this
rate they will find it cheaper to stay
married and cut down the spousal pin
money.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-10

The good practitioner is he who
can temper mercy with justice in the
matter of payment. not urging the
poor and those who have fallen on
evil days, nor, If need be, exacting
any payment at all.-Medical Maya.
zine.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-10

Now the English suffragettes are
honharding the members OF parlia-
~nent with rockets. From oratorical
ereworls they have gone to the real
thing, and the frightened legislators
ara asking In subdued whispers:
~What next"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-10

a minister of Long Island says that
the present fashion in huge hats are
not conducive to holiness. winch
seems stating the case very mildly
when one recalls the profanity for
which they are more or less respon'
~fhie
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-10

A young Brooklyn bride on her
homecoming invited to the celebra-
ton six young men to whom she had
previously been engaged. They got
even with the bride by coming and
celebrating their narrow escape.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-10
UNTOUCHED BY TINES ACTION
Red Cedar Grown in State of Wash
ington Proved to Be Practically
Imperishable.

An extraordinary illustration of the
almost imperishable nature Of Wash.
ihgton's red cedar is furnished in
some shingles recently cut in a Wash.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-10

Many small boys maintain, by word
and deed, that it is warm enough to
, go swimming. But are small boys
judges Of anything that means risk
and discomfort but spells fun?
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-10
ALI We Can Offer.

"You have no magnificent ruins If
this country" said the visitor from
abroad. NO." answered Senator Sorg.
hum; mot unless you count some OF
our moss-covered political booms.''
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-10
Not a Close Iiknnees

Il believe that in time of peace a
nation should be in one respect like
a well-behaved young lady.
For goodness sake, what respect il
that?"
Maintaining proper reserve"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-10

dent Taft's office
the other day, hav'
ing been with him
by scheduled time,
as it CHANGED to
be recorded, 81
seconds, and yet
named to the as
sembled reporters
eight topics of ma
tional and inter
national impor-