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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-11-13

: go out often and who feel a dressiel
model unnecessary. It is q beautiful
hat for church wear. Worn with
bright, dressy gowns, it will serve fol
multitude OF social occasions. In
TACT hat Of this character is very
generally useful and comes nearer to
answering all requirements, than any
other sort.
In Fig. 3, tailored hat iS shown
The shape is hobby and mannish and
is covered with plain taffeta silk
shirred onto the frame. This and
similar shapes are shown covered with
the MORE and corded silks which are
found on all kinds of millinery this
season. For these hats the trimming
is OF the very simplest character. It
amounts to only finish of some sort.
A band and fat bow of velvet, kid or
ribbon. Sometimes buckle or other
ornament is used. A simple rain.
proof feather is not out of place, but
the best effects are those in which
feathers and flowers are conspicuous
""00"|S' AAis is inc nat IOT
the tailor-made costume for the street
and for travelling. In the estimation
of many people of excellent taste and
Judgment, it is the sort Of millinery
which should be worn at chm Ell. Il
is smart, inconspicuous and well
made, like tailored gown. Those
hats that are made Of plain silk are
easier to keep from dust tLan the
shirred varieties. In passing it should
be remembered that hats must be
busted with very soft brushes or
wiped off with a scrap of plush or vel.
vet. Nothing is quite so good as q
piece OF silk plush for keeping mil
linery clean.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-11-13

Six Of Rear-AdmiraI Sebree's feet
of fast cruisers succeeded in max.
ing record run from San Francisco
to Honolulu, but the fact that two
cruisers had to abandon the race be.
cause of breaks in their machinery
which in one instance involved a sac.
ritice of two lives, is proof that it is
dangerous to push warships at ton
speed even in times of peace. In war
times, crippled cruisers are a seri.
GUS handicap in emergencies.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-11-13

And what year it is: Flying a Ger
tainty; north pole discovered: Tur
key reformed; Persia reformed: Eng
lands ideas of the ethics of taxa
ton upset; India FESTIVE; China sub
jected to a mass of new Impressions
the distance across the Atlantic fur,
Their shortened; the distance across
the continent about to be shortened;
wireless improved; the everlasting
power of sentiment dramatically Illus
trated in the fall Of Clemenceau. II
the cave man lived to-day he could
hardly repeat his now famous declara-
ton: Romance is dead" says Col
her's Weekly. By science, contrary
to many fears. wonder and my8tery
have been increased.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-11-13
Last Thought Was His Record

Passengers on train wrecked
near Bristol, Ga, recently told of the
bravery of Engineer Bush, who died
as result of his injuries. Bush was
painfully working his way out of the
wreck of his engine, scalded and
frightfully bruised, when the few pas.
sengers who retained their senses dug
into the mass of twisted and burning
iron to meet him. When the passen.
gers offered him whisky he begged
them to look afteInthe comfort of the
ether passengers. Told that no pas
sengers had been injured, he said:
That's good. But before I take this
whisky I want you men to smell my
breath and testify, if need be, that
had not been drinking when this hap
pened. All man has is his record"
And Engineer Bush went out on his
last run with his record spotless.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-11-13

The daylight saving" bill appears
to have gone by the board In the
British house Of of commons, and no
great harm done. The matter was
solemnly considered by a committee,
and for awhile it looked as though par.
lament would enact the measure. But
sober second thought set in, and the
committee reported in favor of drop
ping the bill. because of grave doubts
whether its objects would be attained
without subjecting some important in
terests to serious Inconvenience" And
that is the end of the agitation so far
as parliament is concerned.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-11-13
Alaska Still Has Much Gold.

The decrease of tie gold product Of
Alaska, which is noticeable for the
years 1907 and 1908. has been seized
upon by some persons as an indica-
ton of the exhaustion of the metal.
But such is not the case. The de-
cline has been due to labor troubles
and lack of water. which is regard
ed as temporary only. There is every
Indication that the product will be
very materially increased in the near
future, owing to the establishment of
valuable facilities. A number of good
roads have been built recently, by
which the freight charges for interior
transportation will be reduced. Foun-
daries and similar establishments have
been located at desirable points, and
by a recently devised process the
sluicing season will be prolonged into
the winter
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-11-13
Newcomb's Definition of "Maqnet."

Gks
Personally, Newcomb was an agree
able companion and faithful friend,
His success was due largely to his te-
nacity of purpose. The writer's only
personal contact with him came
through the STANDARD Dictionary
Of whose definitions in physical sci
ence Newcomb had general oversight.
On one occasion he came into the Of
fee greatly dissatisfied with the def
milton that We had framed for the
word magnet a conception almost
impossible to define in any logical
way. We had simply enumerated the
properties of the thing a course
which in the absence of authoritative
knowledge of their causes was the
only rational procedure But New
combs mind demanded logical treat
ment, and though he must have seen
from the outset that this was a for
lorn hope, his tenacity of purpose kept
him, pencil in hand, writing and eras-
ing alternately for an hour or more,
Finally he confessed that he could do
no better than the following pair Of
Magnet, a body capable
of exerting magnetic force" and
Magnetic Force, the force exerted by
magnet" With 3 hearty laugh at
his beautiful circulus IN definiendo he
threw down his pencil, and the imper.
feet and illogical office definition was
accepted.-North American Review.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-11-13
RUSSIA HOLDS SECOND PLACE
Second Only to United States in the
Matter of Greatest Railroad
Mileage.

If It is question merely Of bfgness
the Russian railroad system is far and
away the first in Europe. There are
already many more miles Of railway
in the vast empire than in any other
country in the world excepting the
United States, and Russian railways
are still only in their infancy.
1t is Of course quite true that there
are now in the United States mere
miles of road than in all Europe and
almost as many as in all the rest of
the world put together, and that our
territory is SO large and as yet so
far from complete development that
we shall probably keep the lead as
Tar as railroad enterprise is concerned
for long time to come.
But in taking these large views,
says Moody's Magazine, we have for
gotten that Russia is two and a half
times as large as all the United
States put together with a population
more than half as large again as our
own; that in territorial extent it Is
more than twice as large as all
Europe; that it stretches across the
world for ITO degrees of longitude
nearly half way around the globe
and that it includes one-sixeth of the
land surface of the planet.
1t is not surprising that in such a
country railroads should have had
large development, that already there
is a considerable mileage and that
the prospects in this direction seem to
have no limit. In the future Russia
and the United States are likely to di-
vide the railroad empire of the
world between them.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-11-13
Eor Greater Warmth

Capes are cold things when worn in
winter, but being fashionable. thew
are popular in spite of colds and colds.
Here is hint for making them more
comfortable:
Make pair of loose sleeves of silk
the color of lining or outside of cane.
as preferred. The latter is more serv.
lceable. Wad well. finish on top and
bottom and attach to the cape with a
ribbon or elastic.
10 adjust sleeves put them on.
throw cape over them and tack near
shoulder line. Take care that tbav
do not pull the cape out of shape.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-11-13
FIRST SLEEPING CAR BUILT
The "Pioneer" Cost $4,000, in 1864,
and Was Regarded as Reckless
Extravaganza.

The first sleeping car was built in
1864. 1t was called the Pioneer" and
the builder further designated it by
the letter "a" not dreaming that he
would soon exhaust the letters of the
alphabet, Outing says. The Pioneer
was built in a Chicago & Alton shor
and cost the almost fabulous sum of
$4,000. That was reckless extrava.
gance in year when the best of rail.
road coaches could be built at a cost
not exceeding $4,000.
But the Pioneer" was 'bIazine a
new path in luxury. Without it was
radiant in paint and varnish, in CAV
stripes and lettering; it YVES a slant
compared with its fellows. for II was
foot wider and two feet and half
higher than any car ever built before
1t had the hinged berths that are the
distinctive feature of the American
sleeping car of to-day, and the porter
and the passengers no. longer had to
drag the bedding from closets at the
far end of the car.
The Pioneer" was not only wider
and higher than other passenger cars,
but 1t was also wider and higher than
the ciearances Of station platforms
and overhead bridges. But when thu
news came of the death of President
Lincoln the fame of Pullman's "Pio.
neer" was already widespread and It
was suggested that the new car should
be the funeral coach Of the president.
This involved cutting wider clearances
all the way from Washington by way
OF Philadelphia, New York and Albany
to Springfield, ILL.,, and gangs of men
worked night and day to make the
needed changes.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-11-13
The travelling Ran.

No woman should travel without
her own toilet equipments. The neat
est way to carry them is to make a
bag with bordered towel, lining it
with gum tissue Stitch to the tissue
the numerous little gum tissue pockets
Tor holding washcloth, soap, comb and
the like and double-stitch each pocket
to the lining. Join the tissue and
towel with binding and roll the tow
Ell to make the package smaller and
tie with tape string. 1t should con-
tain the above-named articles, a small
cake of soap, powder, pins, and the
like.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-11-13

would seriously interfere with the op'
Grafton of the entire system, because
the city is it's mechanical center. Be
sides, the insurabIe value of the ma
chine and car shops, with the equip
| ment in adjacent yards, is more than
S6,0O0,O00.
Gridironing the expensive machine
and car shops are more than seven
miles of large water mains, with "
two and three way hydrants, supply.
ing 1874 streams of water. These af-
ford a protection which, from exhaus-
tive tests, has been shown to make
very remote the possibility of seri-
Gus fire.
In addition to two fire engine com.
panies, chemical extinguishers are dis
tributed through the shops, while sand
and water pals, hose racks, chemical
engines, water casks and ladders add
to the equipment with which these
railroad fire fighters are armed. Some
$1,000 feet of cotton underlined hose
is available for utilizing the water
from the hydrants, which, owing to
the arrangement of the mains and
valves, cannot be shut off from their
water supply by breaks in the pipe
lines.
In the same way has this railroad
established its fire protection at every
large and small terminal and station.
At the more important points systems
proportionately as elaborate have been
installed to protect the property of
the company. Networks of fire mains,
with plugs at convenient places, make
it unlikely that the company will suf-
fer serious loss from fire.
At the test at headquarters a num-
Der of supposititious fires were started
in different parts of the railroad shops,
and firemen, with their helpers, re-
sponded to fight imaginary flames.
Some thirty-twO regular firemen and
a score or more of the auxiliary force
directed the streams of water, while
inspectors checked up the results. To
make the test more thorough II
streams were brought into service. At
intervals of two minutes streams were
turned on, and after all of them were
throwing water on the buildings read
lngs were taken of the pressures. The
test continued for an hour and half.
during which time some $4,000 gal
Ions of water was used.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-11-13

Bv FRANCIS A. COREY
Copyright, by w. G. Chapman0

A guffaw went round the dinner
table as a waiter deposited an oblone
pasteboard box at Ralph Harding
elbow.
"Flowers!" shifted Tom Carol
Fifth box this weekly actual
count. All for the same lucky dog
that fascinating Mr.. Harding.
Ralph's first angry impulse was To
toss the unWelcome offering into the
fire. Why did his lady admirers per
sist in sending such truck to his CLUB
Rising deliberately, he got into MS
overcoat and took the box ostenta'
tiously uAader his arm.
"Oh-ho! Somebody particular!
Carol chafred.
THE queen of sheba," Harding
growled. .-........
AS he let himself out, gust OF icy
wind, freighted with snow and sleet'
struck his face smartingly. Turning
up the fur collar of his coat, he was
about to plunge into the storm when
something bumped against his feet.
Ten sharp claws were thrust into his
trousers leg, and there was a piteous
new.
The clinging atom was kitten, it's
fur coat crusted over with sleet.
Poor little beggar!" Harding said,
STOPPING to stroke the shivering crea-
ture. Hard lines to be lost or turned
adrift on a night like this
The vagrant rubbed coaXingly
against the friendly hand with feeble
purr. Harding glanced about him.
The storm was increasing. The kit
ten, left to it's fate, would be dead be-
fore morning; and he had a soft spot
il his heart.
"The club cook hates cats-I can't
turn the beggar over to him." he NUT
tered. I've got to take him home
with me-"
He stood celebrating for a moment
then suddenly remembered the paste
board box. The very thing! AS he
tore off the Wrappings hastily, a famil-
lar fragrance arose. Violets-Edith
Lnri0gs favorite flower! The discov-
cry made him hesitate. But Edith was
the last person to send flowers to his
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-11-13
Revised Upward.

One evening at family prayers the
head of the house read that chapter
which concludes with. "And the wife
see that she reverence her husband. "
After the exercises had closed and the
children had gone to bed, the New
York Evening Post says, he quoted it.
looking meaningly at his wife.
Let us see what the Revised Yer
sion says on that subject" said she.
81 will follow the new teaching, if you
please
The Revised Version was produced,
and her chagrin may be imagined as
the head impressively read, "And let
the wife see that she fear her hus.
nd."-Youth's Companion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-11-13

In spite of the many rumors 20 the
contrary, the newest skirts still give
the scant effect about the feet. They
are. RAINY of them, especially those
having the Byzantine yoke, made quite
full above the knees by means of side
plaits and in other ways, but about
the ankles they again becolae tight
fitting. This is done by the use of
weights In the hem, and also by the
absence of stiff petticoats, oftentimes
the soft satin lining of the skirt It,
self being the only covering below the
knees.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-11-13

of it's fire fightin G
facilities at its
b e a 4 q ar t e s
where there has
just been finished
a new high pres
sure water sys'
tenn for fire pro-
lection purposes
only, and without
connections with
any other distri-
Dut1Ou pipes
That it is Of
great Importance
that this system
should have been
developed may be
realized in the
fact that a con-
lagratiOn there
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-11-13


entirely different from each other
Each one is typical of one of the three
distinct classes of millinery-the
dress" hat, the "Semi-dress" hat anG
the utility hat. Milliners usually
distinguish these classes by the terms
dress hats, trimmed hats and tail
ored hats.
Fig. is an example Of the dress
nat. which we are all prone to call a
pattern hat. It Ia chamois colored
felt trimmed with marabout down and
coque feathers; not an extreme ex.
ample of dainty and fragile millinery,
but too light and too elaborate for
ordinary wear. The time when one
hat had to do service for all occa-
sions, is long past. This hat and 9th.
ers of its class are out of place for
general wear. If one can only afford
a single hat, she must turn her face
resolutely away from this character Of
millinery.
A trimmed hat which will be very
generally useful is shown in Fig. 2.
1t is of black corded silk trimmed with
a very large bow made of black taffeta
SILK, having the ends fringed out. The
bow is mounted with large bunch of
black silk violets at one side and the
nat Is one Of those becoming new
shapes which turn up in the back and
are lifted, in a slight angle, from the
brow. These silk hats come in all the
seasons fashionable colors. so that
ones choice is not limited in the mat
ter OF color White hats with black
facings (and the reverse) are made
up with black trimming into models
of great distinction. This hat is a
good choice for women who do not
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-11-13
Tunics,

Curiously lovely effects are gained
IN little informal evening and after.
noon gowns by the use of a chiffon
draped tunic over a gown of a CON.
trasting shade of satin, with BIT Of
embroidery On the edge of the tunic
Some striking combinations are mas.
turtium orange chiffon with touches
OF gold over gray green satin: dark
gray chiffon with silver over light
blue, and brilliant currant red chiffon
over deep prune color. the embroidarv
in bronze, gold and deep reda
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-11-13
An Empress and Her Tea,

The late empress dowager of China
was a great epicure in regard to her
tea. To add to the favor she used a
curious -four mixture. equal parts of
dried jasmine and honeysuckle. The
honey in the flowers sweetened the
ten ever so slightly and the blooms
gave it a pungent taste, which the
empress liked. The first leaves of the
great plantations in China are al.
ways reserved for the imperial use.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-11-13
This costume is in old rose cash

This costume is in old rose cash,
mere; the dress is semi-fitting Prin.
cess, with panel back and front
stitched at each edge; two fat pleats
extend from the panel each side, and
are fixed under pointed tab of silk;
folds of silk are laid under the edge
Of panel, and partly fill in the round
neck, the over-sleeves being bound
with the same. The small yoke is of
silk muslin.
Materials required: Three yards, 46
inches wide, ga yard silk.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-11-13
Correct Wells

Taupe is the leading shade in Main
mesh wells, and those made of a wiz
thread in the large, hexagonal TYNE,
are unusually becoming to the CON-
plexion. Another mesh veil, of finer
weave, Is covered with fiat ve'vetv
pastilles. square in shape and scat.
tered over the surface at close inter.
walls
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-11-13
Home Gowns,

The marked departures in home
gowns are a short skirt and collar
less. and half-decollete neck. The
semi-decolletages are not only allowed
but commanded by fashion. If the
neck is covered at all by the after.
noon dress. it is only by transparent
fabrics that never rise above the col.
lar line.-Harper's Bazaar.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-11-13

Another photograph of Halley's
comet has been taken. this time by
an astronomer at Yerkes observatory
Lake Geneva, Wis. This confirms the
report of the Heidelberg professor,
and shows that not only is the comet
On it's way. but appears to know where
It is going.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-11-13
damage he is responsible tor-1ack.
son correspondence Mobile ReoistaA
Poor Place for staam

Race Tor Steam.
in on the Robert Fulton small hov
e eroou watching the moving macbin.
60 y Alert and inquisitiVe, he did mo,
shrink from asking questions No&
What makes them things o.
and down?" said he to the ap. - w
Steam. sonny" the man slnser.
kindly. replied
Steam? Huh! DONE
steam. Where is it?" seen no
In the pipes and boilers"
Pipes and boilers?" crte. ;.
in contempt. That's no nl eo ne boy
steam. My father works n : - rave
that has lots of steam puffin. FAC. lacfory
roof all day long. Thar - rom the
TO have steam. Put it where piasa
can see It, not in pipes and boiler nen !,
.,, nut the man was responding ~ 49,
Pilots bell and made no renly - the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-11-13

1T becomes a matter of life and
death to the British empire to re-
main supreme at sea-" says Loro
Charles Beresford in his Toronto
speech, says the Los Angeles Elk
press. Is the British empire supreme
at sea? And if she is. can she stick
1T out?
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-11-13

A purse containing $500 and a
handsome diamond ring were lost In
a New Jersey penitentiary. and found
and restored by two prisoners. Such
an astonishing amount of honesty
, ought not to be locked up.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-11-13

A New York woman is demanding
a divorce because her husband threw
eggs at her With eggs at three cents
apiece she should have made the
charge one of extravaganza.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-11-13

Morocco will have to get out Of its
uuarrel with Spain the best way it
nan The United States and the DOW
ers of Europe wisely decline to DO
drawn into the scran
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-11-13

The death of Capt. Ferber of the
French army in an aeroplane accident
at Boulogne Sur Mer adds another
army official to a list of those who
have died as a result of aerial serv-
Ice. The first American name ON
this list is that of Lieut.. Thomas
Selfridge, who was killed when the
Wright aeroplane fell at Washington
last year.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-11-13
CIRDLED BY WATER
RAILROADS ELABORATE. SYSTEM
OF FIGHTING FIRE.
More Than Sev>n Miles of Large
Water Mains Surround Their Ex-
pensive Machine and Car Shops
at Mechanical Center.

To determine the efficiency of its
own system of fire protection, one of
the great railroad lines of the coun-
try has undertaken a thorough test
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-11-13
For Future Railrozd rias

During the last season the Pennsvl
vania Railroad Company set out 900,
900 trees, including pines, larches
spruce and hardWoods.