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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09

| featured on midsummer hats, at the
moment Small June roses have been
in demand and promise to continue in
demand until we say goodby to the
summer months.
To return to the useful milan,
lovely example, faced with black vel
vet, and trimmed with a garland OF
pale pink tulle roses Is about As
happy a combination as has sprung
from the fancy of millinery designers
so far The rose garland on hats and
on gowns gives the most genuine
pleasure, and in the delicate tulle,
with pink at the center, shading out
to white in the outer petals, rose OF
fairyland, a sort of rosy ghost of the
blossom, charms everyone who sees
it. It is very lovely and very fragile.
Big hats of net shirred to frames of
fine silk wire and having crowns that
are clouds of pulled net, form back
grounds for the large tulle roses
which stand at the side. Nothing but
the flower and the foliage is needed.
except the stems which are made care
fully lifelike, even to the thorns.
These are of rubber and have no
sting. They do not need it. In a
handmade lace or net hat there Is
sting enough this season in the price
ticket. But the day of cheap MILL
ne=y is almost gone; people want fine
things nowadays and must pay for
skill and work. Perhaps they do SO
more cheerfully when the subject to
be considered is a hat than at any
other time.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09

1t Is an interesting and noteworthy
fact that since the PRONUNCIATION of the
law of June. 1907, the effect of which
is to simplify the formalities which are
the necessary preliminaries to mar
riage, there have been more weddings
in France than at any period since the
beginning of the last century, with the
exception Of the year 1918 and 1872.
in the former Of which men contracted
unions to escape being sent off to
fight, while In the latter many we'd
ding took place which had been de.
iayed by the war with Germany.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09
DOUBT METHUsELAH's AGE
Census Officials, After Studying Their
Records, Discredit Some Stories
of Longevity.

Methuselah's oath as to his age
would net be accepted by present Of
ficials OF the United States census bu-
reau in Washington, After investiga-
ting some recently reported cases of
longevity, DR.. Cressy L. Wilbur, chief
statistician of the division of vital sta
tistics, reports that "it is undoubted-
ly true that the age of 100 years is
occasionally attained, but it is perhaps
doubtful whether the age Of 10 has
ever been reached or exceeded"
1t Is not at all surprising. the re-
port points out, that many unfounded
claims to extreme age arise, "in old
age, with impaired memory, with pos
sible unintentional confusion of what
has been heard and what has been
actually experienced by the individual
and with the well-known tendency of
many aged persons to exaggerate, in
the utmost good faith, the number of
years they have lived, these claims
are not surprising"
After careful investigation in regard
to the age of Noah Raby. known as
"the oldest man in the country" and
said at the time of his death a few
years ago to have lived ISL years and
II months, the census bureau officials
came to the conclusion that Raby was
probably 80 years and II months old
when he died, or 80 years less than
was claimed
Rabys record was looked up in as
great detail as was possible, a report
in the New York Medical Record of
March S, 1904, that che entered the
United States navy about as soon as
the United States had navy, and
after serving for number of years
was honorably discharged in 1S09," be-
ing shaken by report from the navy
department which says that "a Noah
Raby was on the Constitution in 1889,
SO it is possible that the report of his
discharge from the navy in 1909 is
pure legend"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09

municipality" he says. Virginia loses
nothing by the restoration, but makes
great GAIN
Mr. Chambers argument is based
on the future development OF the ma
tional capital and Of the Virginia por'
ton to be restored.
washington is going to be one OF
the finest capitals in the world" he
says. Millions of dollars are going
to be expended here by an admiring
and willing people, now 90,OOO,OOo
strong The national government
must have sole Jurisdiction over the
shore line opposite Washington and
few miles beyond.
II believe the land will double in
cash value within three years after
the reunion. I am sure the land di-
rectly opposite the city will so double,
and 1 do not doubt that every piece
of real estate in Alexandria will so
multiply Immediately. Very shortly
the increased taxation outside the dis
trict, in Virginia, will more than equal
all the taxation now imposed which
will be lost to Virginia.
mot only will the land and build
ings within the district on the Vir-
ginia side be shortly doubled in value,
but so will nearly all the real estate
within a few miles from the Virginia
side. This is also inevitable. Today.
not being a part Of the nations cap
ltal, the land is sparsely settled, slight
ly built over, and all Of moderate
value. With restoration Of the Vir-
ginia shore to Washington there will
come a fine city of South Washing
ton in Virginia, to develop in a hun
bred years into a metropolis of public
buildings and monuments hardly in
ferior to those of North Washington.
when this happens the land ad-
Joining Washington for miles on the
south will be as valuable as the lands
In Maryland on the north have be-
come. These are growing more valu-
able with every day Of the capitars
prosperity and attractiveness. Few
of us realize the rapid strides Wash
ington is making in wealth and love-
illness. It is bound to be the great
winter resort of America.
"It cannot be that the citizens of
Virginia will be insensible to the
benefits to be derived by the state
from having within its borders one
half the capital city of the nation.
Baltimore and Washington every day
become more and more one commun-
ity. Closer than now will become
Richmond and Washington, with half
the latter on Virginia soil. To speak
plainly, it is not quite creditable to
Virginia that there has been so little
development under that state of the
half of the District, which, having
once been granted to the nation, she,
in a fit of unwisdom, participated in
by the congress, endeavored to take
back. AS she has allowed it to re-
main anything but thing of beauty
and the nation is now ready to take
1t and make it a joy forever, Virginia
should and will delight in the trans
formation"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09
LENTIL AS A FOOD
HAS BEEN TOO LONG NEGLECTED.
IN AMERICA.
It's Valuable Qualities Better Apprec'
ated in ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Care IN
Its Proper Preparation TOR
the Table.

The lentil is a legume OF the great
est antiquity and one OF the oloese VI
foods, yet it is new or entlreiy W.
known in most American housenoids
We probably owe it to the German
Americans that this little, unlalniiaa
relative of the bean and pea Is no"
one of the dried vegetables winch are
our staple resource. In Germany the
lentil soup is a great favorite. IONS
of lentils are also imported IN Eng
land each year and recipes for COOK
ing them are to be found IN most
English cook books. as they are NOT
in American.
The native country of the lentll is
not known, but it has been raised III
Egypt for thousands of years ana tne
Egyptian, or red, variety Is that pest
known to commerce. It was parcneo
in Egypt and Syria in the days OF the
patriarchs and thus prepared was the
most convenient food for long jour
neys. 1t Is the food of the poor IN
all countries where it is grown.
Strange beliefs and superstltions
have often been connected with diff
ferent members of the pulse family,
as with many other sorts of food, and
both the lentil and the bean have been
used or rejected because Of these.
For long time the English believed
the lentil to be difficult of digestion,
to cause serious bowel disorders and
to injure the eyes,, but such ideas
have have, now been entity generally dis
The lentil is richer in nutritious
matter than almost any other kind OF
pulse. Because of its heterogeneous
character it is more nearly an equiv
alent Of lean meat than almost any
other kind of food.
The lentil should be picked over,
thoroughly soaked for seven or eight
hours or over night, and cooked slow
ly in boiling waters The picking over
is important, for 1t is possible for a
few seeds of noxious weeds to vitiate
any such food, just as they do coffee
when they get mixed with the bean.
The lentil lends itself to experiment.
The following recipe for lentil ris-
soles suggests of what sort these are:
Take equal parts of strained, we'll
cooked lentils and cold mashed pota-
toes. Mix, add one-third of the amount
Of fine bread crumbs, one teaspoon
each Of powdered sage and minced
onion, and little salt Dissolve a
teaspoon of nut butter in two table
spoons Of hot water and add to mix
ture. Mix all well together, press into
oiled tin, cut into squares with knife
and place in moderate oven for ten
or fifteen minutes. Serve hot
Lentil soups are made with stock
and with ham and sometimes frank
furts are boiled in them, but cooked
without any of these things, except.
perhaps slice of bacon, mashed and
strained and then softened in flavor
with milk, they make a most delight
full soup.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09
Uses for Cottonseed Flour

Congressman Jack Beall of Texas
doomed one of the great products OF
his state a few days ago by intro
ducing in the press gallery in Wash
ington a large quantity of good food
made from cottonseed. There was
cottonseed bread, cottonseed ginger.
bread, cottonseed fruit cake and cot
tonseed cookies, the latter one of the
delights of childhood. BeaH believes,
with those who are promoting the
scheme, that cottonseed flour will re.
suit in largely increasing the profits
of cotton growing in the south.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09
Didn't Know the Purpose.

Mark Twain, as an example of I'M
conscious humor, used to quote a
Hartford woman who said one day in
the late spring:
my husband is the dearest fellow.
'Jim,' I said to him this morning, are
you very hard up just now?'
81 certainly am hard up he re-
piled soberly. This high cost of liv-
ing is terrible. don't know what I'm
going to do
Then, Jim,' said l, I'll give up all
thought of going to the country for
July and August this year.
but the dear fellows face changed,
and he said:
Inded, then, you won't, darling. !
thought you wanted to buy hat with
an aigrette or some such foolishness.
No, no. my darling-Jim can always
find the money to let his dear little
wife 60 to the country"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09
SCENTS FOR USE IN BATH
Simple Mixtures That Will Give Com
fort When One Comes In
Tired and Warm.

Nothing is so invigorating when
cired and warm as scented bath of
hot water. In summer days it proves
particularly refreshing when taken be-
fore dressing for the evening.
The simplest q these baths is made
by adding cologne, toilet water or vio-
lat ammonia to the bath water.
A good aromatic mixture to keep on
hand is made from two ounces Of
tincture of camphor, four ounces OF
cologne and an ounce of tincture OF
henzoin. Add enough of this to the
bath water to make it milky.
If you are presented with colognes
or toilet waters that are not espe-
cially fragrant, use them in the bath.
The scent is so faint as not to be
disagreeable, and the refreshing quail
ties are as great as from more expen-
sive colognes.
Another refreshing bath is made by
squeezing the filtered Juice Of four
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09
That submarine vessels can make

That submarine vessels can make
extended trips Is shown by recent
experience with the Viper, owned by
the United States, which, in command
of midshipman, ran 4s7 miles, from
a point off the North Carolina coast to
Annapolis. Hitherto no such attempt
has been made. OF course, the voyage
was made on the surface, as submar-
fines dive only when such action is
considered necessary. But that the
Viper could go safely for such dis
lance, unaccompanied by any convoy,
is taken to show that such craft are
capable of more independent service
than was supposed.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09
The Lilac Popular.

In the search for aigrette effects the
lilac, with it's bristling panicles, has
become one of the millinery favorites
Instead of the normal purple or white,
one finds it green, crimson, yellow,
blue-any color at all that the m:lliner
needs for her scheme. Some OF the
big straw shapes with such flowers
and wisp Of tulle, are among the
most fetching models. The Indian
turban looped with pearls and finished
with an aigrette at one side continues
to flourish as picturesque item OF
smart hat displays, and there is the
little turban made of handkerchief
wound around and around it's frame in
Arab fashion. But the turban IS
bound to decrease In vogue as th4
summer advances,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09
Senator Carriers chjnsters,

Hello, Uncle Sam, you have to be
where there is anything going on!"
And President Taft's hearty laugh
rang out in crowd at a public gath
ering in Washington as he greeted
Senator Carter. The unrivaled
"chinsters" of the Montana senator
has made him Uncle Sam to Presi-
dent Taft and to different cartoonists
throughout the country.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09
Freaks Of LIGHTNING,

Lightning has struck, plucked feath.
ers from and insides out of chickens
and, better than some cooks, roasted
them to proper turn for the table.
1t has roasted apples on the tree and
corn on the stalk, and has struck
goober and potato vines, and cooked
the COOLERS and tubers in the very
ground, and 'They were eaten and
partaken of and pronounced good
New York Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09
Baked BIuefish.

Mix half pint of dry bread crumbs
with two tablespoonfuls of melted
butter, a teaspoonful of lemon Juice.
and a seasoning of salt and pepper.
Pack this into the fish, Scatter bread
crumbs thickly over the fish, haste
with melted butter and pour around It
In the ian half cupful of boiling wa
ter in which teaspoonful of butter
has been melted. Bake about an
hour, basting every ten minutes.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09

s. Martin of Vir-
ginia, former Sem
ator William e.
Chandler of New
Hampshire urges
all citizens of the
Old Dominion to
give back to the
nation the Vir-
ginia part of the
original District
of Columbia.
"T b e n a t l o n
wants 1t as a part
of Washington's
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.

russia braid put on in wavy pattern
at the edge; the sides and back are
then Slightly gathered, on the bodice
one tuck is made on each shoulder;
the top of tucks, edge of oversleeves,
and neck are trimmed to match. Any
soft material might be used for the
under slip.
Material required: yards 46 inches
wide, 1 dozen yards braid, 1 yard ma
terial AZ inches wide for slip.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09
For the Housewife

A simple decoration for hand towels
Is to embroider each end with Joined
links. Make the links as large as a
dollar, interlacing them the same as
in chain. Work the outline with white
floss in the briar-stitch. Make one
Initial at the center and pad it with
chain-stitch, then overcast with plain
white floss.
Flatirons which have become rusty
should be washed in soda water and
then rubbed we'll on board sprinkled
with polishing sand.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09

China has taken another great step
toward western civilization and the
emancipation of its women. The
daughters of the Chinese minister at
Washington have learned to make
fudge. When the American schoolgirl
atmosphere gets into any home, how
ever orientalized, things are bound to
he changed.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09
A National Waste.

The United States grows annually
100000 tons of fax straw, which
should produce 100000 tons Of fin.
ished fax fiber, which, If manufac.
tured into linens, would add millions
of dollars every year to the CONNER.
cial value of the United States. This
fiber is burned. We have not one dol.
lar invested in linen manufacturing
from American fax, and import up.
ward of s11s.000,000 of linen fabrics
per annum.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09

Chicago quotations show that while
the prices of the two most expensive
cuts of meat have dropped a little, the
is cheaper cuts, in contrast, have in
creased in price. Let's see, didn't the
government issue recently 100000
COPIES of cook book showing people
how to use the cheaper cuts of meat?
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09
Bullying Congressional Record.

That the dear people are to hear
from their representatives in both
senate and house very soon is evl.
denced by the bullying Congressional
Record of these days. Speeches galore
fiji the pages of that popular publi.
cation-popular with congress-thou'
sands of words every day are thrown
into the hopper and come out labeled,
Speech of the Hon. So-and-So," with
date when delivered and the subject
discussed
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09
Laborer,s Find Of Ancient Coins.

While digging in a field in Goth,
land, England, laborer found some
coins dating from tie year 1000, and
a further and more exhaustive search
brought to light about seven thousand
Anglo-Saxon and 1000 Byzantine
coins
The authorities were acquainted
with the discovery, and the valuable
collection is to be transferred to the
museum at Copenhagen. The laborer
was substantially rewarded.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09

lemons into quarter of tukful OF
water.
Where the aromatic bath seems ex
travagant, or there is no time for it.
put a solution of the mixture given
above into a spray and spray 1t over
face, neck and arms.
Putting cologne back of the ears, on
the temples and on upper LIP is ex
tremely restful and cooling.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09
Whipped Cream,

Be sure that the cream is rich. Pour
1t into a chilled bowl, and, with a wire
egg whip, beat steadily until thick.
This is the simplest and easiest way
Of beating cream. Add sugar and
aavoring to taste. and keep in the ice
until wanted.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09
Good Scheme,

TITS a shame" commented the
friend Of the restaurant proprietor.
What's shame?" asked the res
taurant man in surprise.
"Why, that you should give that
pretty waitress all the tough steaks
for the patrons at her table,"
"Oh, pay her extra for that. You
see she Is so pretty not one man
would kick if the steaks were 80
tough they pulled his teeth OUT
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09

The Ornithologists' union of New
York has undertaken to try to restore
the wild pigeon. Perhaps members of
the Ornithologists' union have nothing
else that may be regarded as worth
while to do.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09

Can You Guess What He Meant?
Il wonder what the teacher meant
about the singing Of my two daugh-
ters?" What did he say?" HE
said that NAMES voice was good, but
Maud's was better still" -Cleveland
Leader.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09

other women to avail themselves OF
this valuable medicine" MRS. f. M.
FREDER1cK, Bloomdale, Ohio.
Backache is symptom Of female
weakness or arrangement. II you
have backache don't neglect 1t. 10
get permanent relief YOU must reach
fhe root of the trouble! IN othing we
know of will do this SO safely and surely
as Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable able Con- ON
dressing aches and pains and you WILL
become well and strong.
The great volume of unsolicited tes.
timony constantly pouring in proves
conclusively that Lydia r. Pinkham,a
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, has restored health to thou
sands of women.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege.
table Compound will help you,
write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn,
Mass, for advice. Your letter
will be absolutely confidential
and the advice free.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09

A Chicago woman will be compelled
to explain to the federal grand jury
why she refused to talk to a census
enumerator. What about the old
theory that woman is never able to
hold her tongue?
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09
GETTING Solid,

"Ferdy loves me desperately, that's
clear"
"How now?"
"He lets father win from him at
poker and mother trim him shame
fully at bridge"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09

Somebody has found out how to
make coffee from dandelion roots, but
there is no immediate danger that the
dandelion crop will be failure owing
to the fact that use has been found
for 1t.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09

In Zurich, Switzerland, the people
have custom of burning an effgy of
winter in the streets. If it would help
to bring winter to an end the custom
might we'll be adopted in other places.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09

The Husbands union should inves-
tfgate the case Of the man whose wife
beat him with her fists, a stove poker,
a hammer, and then had him arrested
for assault and battery.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09

School children in various cities
are voting against the firecracker and
the insane type Of Fourth of July
The children see the point when you
present it to them in the right way.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09
Whitewashed idleness

There is no kind of idleness nv
which we are SO easily seduced as
that which dignifies itself by the an.
pearance of Observation-Disclosures.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09

An engineer who ran his engine
into train ahead Of him says that
the Lord ordered him to do it, thus
.predicating another case of orders
gone aWry in transmission.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09

The scientists may prove or dis
prove the dangers in kissing, but it
will take all the kings horses to stop
ft-and no one seems to be rounding
up horses, either.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09

Thanks to the California expert
and roses. It'll be long before this
prickly fodder takes the place of meat
and 'taters.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09

Railroads are having trouble fixing
transportation charges on women's
hats. They ere not heavy enough to
go by weight. Why not charge by the
acre?
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09

do not tell boy how bad he is,''
says the superintendent Of a boys
school, No, he might get naughty
over having achieved such distinction.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09

The price of skunk skins has ad-
Vanced 100 per cent, SO expect big
rise in several kinds of mink, seal and
ermine next winter.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09
And about those flies!

There are no good flies except dead
ones.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09

Soon some nervous people will be-
gin worrying about what the comet
will do when it returns seventy five
years hence.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09
Not Lawn Tennis,

Horrors! I've lost another set,n
quoth Mabel. as she swallowed her
teeth.-Untyersity Of California pel,.
sash
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09

The "Chantecler" cocktail is the
latest, but the man who drinks it
probably does not feel like Growing
the next morning.