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The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-23

Miss Annie Chafin McLane will ar
rive home within q few days from Ag-
mes Scott College for the holidays.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-23

Or. and Mrs. w. A. ]. Pollock and
their daughter, Miss Edwina Pollock.
left today for Kenston. N. c., where
they will spend ten days or two weeks
with friends.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-23

Mrs. LOWE McKinstry will leave on
Friday for Greenviile. Ala, TO spend
the holidays with Mrs. Deming.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-05-08
candied eranherrlas

Cranbarries done in this way take
the place Of the more expensive cher
ries IN cakes, CONNECTIONS Or decora-
lions. Take solid berries, use half as
much sugar as berries and half as
much water as sugar. Put berries in
a porcelain dish, pour sugar on top and
pour the water over that. Cook very
slowly, just as they start to boil. Cover
for few minutes, but not lone, or
they will burst. Remove cover and
cook slowly till tender Remove from
pan very carefully and spread on oiled
plates till dry.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-05-08

merciful and told the young man that
it was all joke.
Sending a young hunter on cold,
windy night to a tree on the edge OF
pond mile Or SO off and telling him
to sit there during the night, as or
such night the deer, and perhaps
moose, were sure to appear is an
other favorite scheme. Of course he
is told that the rest of his companions
are to be in other trees a few rods
distant, but he is to be sure not to
call, and if he did they would refuse
to answer him. Then his companions
go back to camp and sleep we'll and
long while he sits all night in tree.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-05-08
Young Hunters Lose Sleep

Now that the hunters are return
ing from the mountains many are the
tales told of pranks played.
One old hunter was telling his
friends the other day of prank he
played on young and energetic hunt.
er from New York, a man who be,
lieved he knew all there was to be
known of wild animals of the woods.
Every day this ambitious young
hunter would go OH the hunt for deer
alone and return with tales of the
footprints and other signs he had
the camp. Every depression among
the leaves on the ground, every leaf
turned over and every twig snapped
was a sure sign, to his mind, that deer
had been on the ground, perhaps a
whole herd of them.
Early, very early, one morning the
old hunter arose quietly and took with
him the hoof of deer that he car
ried with him for luck-a big buck S
hoof-and crept to the tent of the
young hunter, where he made imprints
on the soft ground all around it. Many
times around it went the footprints,
and then off into the woods.
When the young hunter arose in
the morning and saw the prints, clear
and distinct, he said nothing, but de-
cfded that he would sit up that night
and shoot the big buck and SO get
ahead of his companions; especially
the old hunter, who thought he knew
SO much.
He sat up that night and many 9TH
er nights in the bitter cold while his
companions slept peacefully and com
fortably under good warm blankets.
The old hunter, after six nights, was
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-05-08
Comforts of a Snow House

The experience of those who tent in
the arctic during the colder winter
months is to be summarized about as
follows:
When the tent has been pitched the
temperature within it is some Is or 20
degrees higher than outside, or 80 de-
grees below if it is SO below in the
open; one is damp and warm from
the strenuous exercise of the day, but
soon becomes cold, and shivers; one
erawls into his sleeping bag and
makes entries in the diary clumsily
with ones mittens on; the heat from
ones body forms boar frost on every
thing in the tent, and congeals in the
sleeping bag, so that it becomes stiff
and heavy with ice during the days
travel, when it freezes, and soaking
wet when one gets into it at night
and thaws it out; this in turn vets
ones clothing, and the trousers and
coat freeze stiff as sole leather when
one breaks camp in the morning; the
"a hours are round Of wretchedness,
and the ice-crusted tent and icy sleep
ing bags become heavy load for the
sled.
When one follows Eskimo methods
the conditions are markedly different.
On any treeless open (unless it be
perhaps during the first month of win
teri an area of compactly drifted snow
is easily found; the snow knives of
bone and iron, according to circum-
stances, are brought out and the sur
face of the drift is divided into blocks
of domino shape, say Il by 80 inches
and inches thick; these are then
placed on edge and end to end in a
circle the size of the desired ground
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-05-08

teresed persons and to that end effort has been made
to render the ship thoroughly distinctive in
Inc null has been painted dark green with upper and
lower smear holdings light in color from stem to STERN
the upper works and boats white spars and
smokestack yellow, the latter having black band at
the top and red, white and blue vertical stripes to the
lower band AS if this unusual color were not suf
hcient to arrest attention the foremost carries signal
yard from each of which is displayed black spher
cal shape about three feet in diameter
At night the Seneca displays distinguishing signal
in the form of two occutng truck lights red on the
foremost and white the mainmast with simultaneous
15-second flashes and 15-second intervals Finally a
powerful wireless telegraph outfit enables communication
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-05-08

dens. Not so, as you will find on WIS.,
iting them.
They are nearly all well-to-do peas
ants, owners perhaps of some of the
vineyards that deck the slopes on all
sides, and their habitations are, as
rule, both healthy and comfortably
furnished. These singular houses are
remarkably cool in summer, without
being in the least damp, while in win
ter they can be warmed much more
easily and better than ordinary apart
ments. The health of the modern
troglodyte is. as rule, excellent, and
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-05-08

area of the dome-shaped hut; then, on
the principles of architecture that ap-
ply to domes, whether made of store
or snow, the beehive house is COM
pleted. Two men can in an hour build
house large enough for eight to
sleep in. When the house is COM
pleted a doorway is cut in it's side
near the ground, skins are spread over
the floor, one brushes himself as clear
OF snow as possible and crawls inside.
The Oil lamps are then lit, and the
house is soon brought to a tempera-
ture considerably above the freezing
point; for snow is one of the best
known nonconductors of heat, and the
intense cold of the outside penetrates
the walls only to a very slight degree.
But when the house gets warm the in
ner side of the snow dome begins to
thaW, and the water formed is sucked
into the snow, blotter fashion; when
this water penetrates far enough into
the snow to meet the cold from the
outside it freezes, and your snow
house is turned into an ice dome so
strong that a polar bear can crawl
over it without danger of breaking
through.
When once inside the house the Es-
kimos strip naked to the waist and
hang their clothes to dry on pegs in
the wall. On some journeys we had
sheet-iron stoves (procured from
whalers in former years., which we
installed in the snow houses, and in
which we built roaring fires.
One is we'll placed to take comfort
in the ingenuity of man overcoming
a harsh environment when, sitting
snug, warm and lightly clad, one lis
tens to an arctic blizzard whining
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-05-08

at all times with other ships and with shore stations
AS tools of her trade the Seneca carries equipment
the like of which was never heretofore to be found
any one vessel Foremost among these aids varied
assortment of explosives in various FORMS for in
blowing up derelicts. The capacious magazine in the
hold OF the Seneca accommodate sufficient dynamite
and gun cotton to blow Up whole fleet of ships but it
is intended of to this destructive energy only
in the interest of humanity For most of her derelct
destroying operations the Seneca will make the
standard United States navy mine and the appliances
provided include all the necessary electric cables etc.
for exploding these mines.
Complete the facilities of Seneca for visiting
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-05-08

of its menace, once the rescuer Seneca has
steamed alongside in response to alarm
need to the worlds shipping carries eight officers and
of 65 She is in command of Capt. William E.
Reynolds veteran of the cutter service and
quesonaby of the ablest and most conscientious
offers who has Uncle Sans uniform in any
service. The Seneca has her permanent station at
Tompknsyille, N Y and her cruising district will
prise all that portion of the NortA Atlantic be-
tween Portland, Me- the north and Charleston S. c.,
the south Of the vessel will go beyond these
limits of occasion demands but the Gulf stream carries
practically all dereicts within this radius.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-05-08

helplessly over the ice vault that two
hours before was an oval snow bank.
l longed for dressing gown and slip
pers, but one cannot burden his sled
with such Injuries. There was no
cold to make the hands numb in writ
ing the diary, no frost to CONCEAL on
the bedclothing and make them wet,
none of the nights discomforts and
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-05-08
Rancr,oft Aash

Chip in small pieces three cunfu,s
OF cold boiled potatoes (do not chop)
Make one pint of cream or milk gravy
season with salt and pepper. Thicker
this as for the table and stir in the no
tatoes, being careful not to break
them; then turn into buttered bake
dish and lightly mix in III cups Of
cooked corn beef, chopped fine: add
two tablespoons of parsley, mix light.
ly Put in the oven and bake for %
minutes. Serve in the bake dish
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-05-08

destruction upon menaces to navigation
. they are more than paralleled by her
means Of affording succor to disabled
ship or sailor There is a machine shop,
manned by men experienced in quick
repair work, and hospital, thoroughly
modern in equipment and in charge of a
skilled surgeon. A powerful derrick and
other similar appliances make the Sene-
ca the equal of any wrecking tug now
atloat. Diving apparatus renders pos
s1ble underwater repairs to damaged
vessels and as an alternative in case q
damaged craft can not be put into
shape to limp into port under her own
steam the Seneca has a full compile
ment of steel and manila hawsers and
towing machines
Finally, to turn to yet another phase
of the Seneca's versatility, it may be
mentioned that this interesting new
good Samaritan of the high seas is, in
effect, floating life-saving station. She
has line-carrying guns, breeches buoys,
life and surf boats and, in short, all the
utensils of a modern life-saving corps,
and her boat crews are trained to han
die heavy-sea working boats under all
conditions likely to be encountered in
rescuing imperiled persons from strand
ed or laundering ships. Moreover, the
Seneca will, at all times, carry an extra
supply of provisions for suffering mar
iners and has surplus quarters where
rescued persons may be accommodated
until they can be landed at some con-
venient port.
The Seneca is as powerful as she is
staunch. This is essential, for the ship
has been designed to be capable of
steaming 5000 miles without once stop
ping to replenish fuel or other supplies.
Obviously she will find her greatest
need for activity in stormy weather
and she has been designed accordingly.
Mention has already been made of the
fact that her 1900 horse power, triple
expansion engines may, at any time,
be called upon to put forth the extra
force necessary to drag ship as large
or larger than the Seneca through long
leagues of unruly seas, and energy must
also be furnished to operate extra pow
erful Wrecking and fire pumps. Incl
dentally, it may be noted that the crew
of the Seneca is as thoroughly drilled
in fire fighting as in life saving and a
ship afire at sea will be robbed of much
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-05-08
Spinsch MoIds

One-half cup of chopped spinach,
one cup of soup stock, heat together.
Add one teaspoon of gelatin (mix your
gelatin in a little water). Season with
salt, pepper to suit taste Set away
to harden. Garnish with hard boiled
eggs and lettuce leaves on a platter
and serve with salad dressing. Salad
dressing: Half cup vinegar, three eggs.
one tablespoon of olive oil, one-fourth
of tablespoon of mustard, three ia
blespoons of sugar, half tablespoon of
salt. Stir well. Add one and a half
cups Of boiled cream. Place the sauce
pan In another of hot water, stirring
until it thickens. and strain.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-05-08

it is not uncommon to find cantenarians
among them. This, however, is by no
means surprising when we consider
that their homes are not only health
full to live in, but are also comfortably
furnished and fitted up.
I'm the majority of cases. these
rock houses were not excavated for
the special purpose of being inhabited,
but with the object Of obtaining stone
for the building of houses. At Roche
GORDON there is rock dwelling carved
out of a single block of stone, and
the ingenious owner, in addition to
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-05-08
FRENCH JEWELLERS IN CAVES

train proceeds you can catch glimpse
from time to time of their picturesque
entrances, surrounded by flowers and
yerdure. As likely as not you will
see the Inhabitants standing or sitting
in front of their mysterious looking
caverns, and unless you have learned
the contrary, you will be inclined to
imagine that they possess some of the
characteristics of the trog1odytes of
old, and that their homes are mere
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-05-08
70 Wash pounh pans

When washing crooks or pans that
cake or dough has been mixed in
they can be easily and speedily
cleaned up by moistening all over IN.
side and turned upside down in disb.
pan or on table for few seconds -
steam, when the sticky substance can
be washed off, thus saving time and
doing away with SO much scraping and
securing.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-05-08
GriddIe cakes.

Three cups thick sour milk. Ra.,
with it two and one half teasnoons
(leveD of soda until it forms Ona
beaten egg, one-half teaspoon saIt
one tablespoon molasses, -four enongh
for batter. don't measure it bnt
about three cups. perhaps a littIa
more. Mix at night and let stand nm.
til morning. ~
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-05-08
Left Blooming Alone.

IF you only knew what to expect"
sighed the hostess; but you don't and
can't. Last month I went out and
bought flowers for my party. Then
my friends all sent me fowers-roses.
carnations, some orchids. This month
didn't buy myself flowers, expecting
the same, and, my goodness! There
wasn't single blooming flower in the
fat: Not a one Of them sent even a
bud"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-05-08
peanut candy

Two cups sugar, one-half cup water
Let it boil, then add one-quarter tea
spoon cream tartar dissolved in liz
tie cold water. Cook until 1t Is brit+,..
In water, then add butter the size ~
an English walnut. Cook few min.
utes. Pour over the sheIled nuts ana
spread In buttered dish.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-05-08

at all, and you may be- lucky IN having
| an appreciative sort of family, VINO do
not forget to say SO when they IKE
new thing, and are quite good-tem-
pered about it even when it doesn't
turn out well. Better luck next
time.r
Some families never seem to realize
that no housekeeper can possibly be
successful always, and that II they
like variety they must sometimes be
prepared to enjoy beefsteak puddlng,
even If when the time to eat 1t arrives
it turns out to be a hash or stew
instead!
The great thing with a salad is to
make it look pretty, and for this rea-
son any bright-colored vegetable or
fruit, such as carrot, tomato or beet
root, is especially valuable.
And ii is such an excellent way OF
using up odds and ends OF meat. Even
quite tiny bit of meat, if minced,
well-fiavored, mixed with little thick
sauce, placed in the center of bed
of lettuce or cold cooked vegetables,
and served with a mayonaise sauce,
makes quite presentable dish.
Or sometimes, instead of serving it
like this, you can mince the meat, NIL
little molds with it, pour over each a
little of the aspic jelly that one can
now buy all ready for use in bottles,
and turn out These little molds of
meat look so pretty arranged on nice
bed of salad, and as the aspic jelly
costs only quarter or so a bottle, and
little is needed, it isn't great extrav-
aganee.
But have you ever discovered what
an improvement a few well-chopped
capers, sprinkled over at the last
minute, will sometimes prove to a
salad? Try it next time you are ex.
perimenting and you will have salts
factory recipe for a fruit salad dress
ing. If not. you may care to try this:
One gill of water, one gill of fruit
juice Tor syrup from timed fruit)), a
quarter of pound of lump sugar,
juice of one lemon.
Boil the sugar, water and syrup to-
gether till when you take tiny drop
between the finger and thumb it draws
out into thread Then let cool and
add lemon juice. Pour over the fruit.
and allow to stand an hour or two be.
fore serving. To this may be added
any kind Of favoring that you fancy.
For ordinary lettuce salad use this:
Half level teaspoonful of salt, quar-
ter of level teaspoonful of black
pepper, four tablespoonfuls of salad
oil, one tablespoonful of vinegar. The
flavor of onion can be given u 4ding
very little grated onion.
Salt and pepper are well mixed to.
gether and oil and vinegar added,
drop by drop, till all is mixed in. Some
people like more vinegar and less oil.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-05-08

making a two-story villa therefrom,
has provided himself with a roof gar
den, from which fine view of the val
ley can be obtained. A similar house
exists at Bourre, in which locality the
disused quarries are said to date from
the days of the Romans"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-05-08
Eirst use of WAR Rallnnn.

At the battle of Fleuris, June 26,
1894, in the French revolutionary
period, the balloon was for the first
time used in the service of the army.
The Austrians, stupefied, saw the cap.
tive airship Entreprenant above their
heads at height of 800 meters. This
apparition greatly angered the Aus.
trian, Gen. Cobourg, who cried out:
is there anything these scoundrals
will not invent?"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-05-08

arment has during recent years. devoted an increasing
amount of attention to the destruction of derelics and
relief work of all kinds Indeed during the win
ter season. the various revenue cutters that can be
assigned to the work form regular cruising fleet the
ships OF which continually traverse the highways of
oceanic commerce prepared to offer aid needed to YES
sells in distress The regular cutters have on
occasion, performed credtabe the destruction
OF derelcts but they none of them well equipped
of course for this unusual occupation is the Seneca
and furthermore the "bateship of peace" has ex
ceponal steaming radiusa most important considera-
ton in derelict huntngand will at all times carry suf
COAL fresh water other supplies enable her
to steam the ocean if necessary.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-05-08

the morrow's forebodings that have
been the stock in trade of the makers
of arctic books. And when we broke
camp in the morning we did not bur-
den the sled with an ice-stiffened 100
pound tent, but stuck in our belt the
ten-ounce snow knife, our potential
roof for the coming night-Harper's
Magazine.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-05-08
Two Million Modern TroeIodytes, Most
Iy Peasants, in the Republic.

"There are no fewer than 100000
cave dwellers in France" writes a
traveller. whether you travel north,
south. east or west, you will find these
rnrions limitations of the homes of
primitive man They stretch for fully
"a miles along the valley of the Loire.
nom Blois to Saumur, and as the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-05-08
Said Uncle silas.

When woman goes downtown
shoppin' she may not buy blessed
thing, but she'll allus come home with
a fresh lot o. gossip to entertain the
other wimmen OF the neighborhood.-
Los Angeles Express.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-05-08
lmmense canital Loss.

Capital formerly invested in build
ings at Messina is calculated at about
$16,000000, at Reggie at $10,000,0O
The greatest portion Of this is ir-
reYocab1y lost.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-05-08
Art.

Almost any millionaire would he
willing to give up large percentage
of his fortune il he could tell the dit.
ference between a masterpiece and a
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-05-08

The Seneca which has
lately undertaken her ingenious patrol of the
Atlantic ocean Is a spar-deck vessel, 204 feet
in length over all, and "a feet beam, schooner
rugged with two pole masts without gaffs. 1t
is of course very important that this everready
relief ship shall be readily recognized at great
distances by impered mariners or other in
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-05-08

Succor not only to lmpered navgators but also to yes
sels IN distress from another The need of
such vessel the Seneca has been keenly felt for
years. the more so because with increase in the com
meFce OF the world there has been a proportonate in
crease IN the number of derelics sighted each
those nearly submerged hulks that float hither and
shltfer on the high and constitute perhaps the most
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-05-08

Inns newcomer, the Seneca by name,
Is otticially designated "derelict de-
stroyer" and not only is she a novelty
among American ocean-going craft,
out Is unique in the world, being the
nrst and only vessel of the kind ever
designed or constructed. The primary
junction of the Seneca is, of course,
indicated by her title. "derelict de-
stroyer," but the usefulness of the
powerful vessel is by no means con-
nned to the removal of derelicts.
wrecks or other menaces to naviga-
uon, as was eloquently proven by
Tue part she played in the relief of
Republic
indeed her role is to be that of a
missionary of relief at sea-affording
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-05-08

20 WTUHS It 2 @uNl q
very cheap form Of
extravaganza n OF
ike a cake, in which
one uses such quanti-
ties Of eggs and but
ter. Housekeeping
would be so dull if one
tried no experiments
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-05-08

HE ocean disaster which
resulted in the loss of the
steamship Republic, and
the prominent part played
in the rescue work By the
United States steamship
Seneca has served to focus
public attention for the
first time upon a magnifi-
cent new government yes
sel-perhaps the most nov
el and interesting craft fly
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