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Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-20

FARM-160 acres In Clearwater county,
Minnesota, on good road; seven miles to
house barn, twenty acres under plow,
forty acres ready to break; some timber,
hay meadow cuts seventy-five tons; eighty
rods to school; price, 50, 400; mortgaged for
/ 100 at per cent over four years to
run; might exchange for clear property.
r. r. Devereaux, Bagley, MINI.
500 ACRES-An under fence, North Da-
kota near new railroad, 40 head cattle, 10
horses, all together or part; terms easy.
Box 474 Marshall. MINI.
SEND for bulletin containing over 200
improved farms and wild lands in Wis
consin Minnesota and Dakota; also over
200 propositions for exchange. Akerson,
Lindstrom, MINI,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-20
g'cNas.
Great Winner

Our new combinatio ntracts Rio Grande
valley, Texas Gulf coast, proved a great
winner last excursion. footing up 80 sales
They consist of TO- &C. 40 S0 leo, y section
and section tracts u improved, ready for
settlers, carrying free Water-right for in
tenslfied winter farming; all staple crops
grown in summer without irrigation; prices
" of similar lands elsewhere; easy terms
We cultivate for nonresident owners. Writ,.
Walter s. Ayres, 722 Postal Telegraph
Bldg, Chicago, III. Maps. plats and sam
pie of soil free.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09
Riced OYSTER SCUM.

Wash one cupful of Carolina head
rice and put over the fire in plenty
Of water to keep it "tumbling" until
tender but whole. Drain the water.
(This water can be used as nutritious
drink for children or invalids in place
of milk.) Cover the rice with milk
and place in covered pan of water to
steam or in steamer a half hour Take
one quart good sized oysters and fork
singly into shallow dish with cover.
Salt, pepper cred, preferably, and dot
generously with butter. Pour the
oyster liquor into a double boiler and
add three pints Of milk. When this is
quite warm, not hot, place the COW
cred oysters over slow fire and shake
gently two or three minutes, or until
pumped. Turn into the hot milk and
add the steamed rice. The oyster fla
yor will be different from the usual
soup,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09
TO PREPARE SPANISH 0MELET
Many Methods Are Used, but the One
Here Given Is Typical Of
Them All.

Spanish omelet Is a toothsome dish
nat seems to appeal particularly to
members Of the stronger sex, and Is
therefore worth noting In the interest
Of the men of the household. It is
variously prepared, but the following
recipe is representative of all:
Beat (but only slightly and without
separating), four eggs. Afterward stir
IN four tablespoonful of milk, one
half teaspoonful Of salt and a third
teaspoonful of pepper. Put into the
omelet pan two tablespoonful Of but
ter and turn in the eggs. "Pick up"
with a fork to make it light and
creamy. Brown quickly underneath
and fold with the sauce given below
In the fold and around it on the dish
Cook two tablespoonsful butter and
one of finely chopped onions until vel
low. Add one and three-fourths cups
of tomatoes and cook until much OF
the moisture evaporates. Then stir In
an ounce of chopped mushrooms, the
same quantity CT capers. quarter
teaspoonful salt and a small piece
of finely chopped red or green pepper.
Cook the latter first in butter into
which little chopped onion has been
shaved.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09
Strawberry PUDDING,

Beat the yolks Of four eggs very
light with cupful Of powdered sugar,
add quart of sweet milk and table
spoonful Of melted butter. Beat in
thoroughly cupful of fine dried bread
crumbs, and pour all into a buttered
pudding-dish. Set In the oven and
bake until set. Remove to the door
of the oven and spread over the top
of the pudding layer of ripe, sugared
strawberries, and cover these with
a meringue made of the whites of the
four eggs beaten with a half-cupful Of
sugar. Return to the oven to color
light brown. Eat with powdered sugar
and cream-Harper's Bazaar.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09

lish corporation under 20-year lease for a
stipulated sum per year, In addition to the
proper care and cultivation of the beds under
government supervision.
The world has never known richer pearl
fisheries than those of Ceylon. The pearls of
finest orient and color come from these waters
and the mother-of-pearl shell is the largest
and most iridescent It was from here that
La Pellegrina came, said to be the finest and
most perfect pearl in existence and which
weighs 112 grains, as well as most OF the
crown pearls of European royalty. For CEN
turtles the Indian princes have amassed great
wealth in pearls and those of the Rama of
Dholpur were valued at $7,500,000.
The most extensive pearl oyster grounds of
the world are situated on the northern and
western coasts of Australia.
The richest pearl fisheries in the Americas
at the present time are those of the Gulf Of
California, centering around La Paz and along
the outer coast of Lower California in Mexico.
These fisheries were discovered by fernando
Cortez when he marched across Mexico in
1926 The principal beds are near La Paz. in
the Gulf, Espiritu Santo, Lorenzo Point, off
the island of Cerrabro, Los Coyotes and Mu-
1ege bay, and, in fact, along the entire west
coast of the Gulf of La Paz to above the island
of Loreto and Tiburon, on the east side. In
addition to those found along the outside coast
vi LOWSI CdlllUTuld, pearl oyster peas are
found at points along the southern coast Of
Mexico and Nicaragua.
Cortez and the Spaniards after him obliged
the Indians to work the La Paz beds and to
give one-tenth of their catch to the church
and one-tenth to the crown. The beds were
soon depleted and later abandoned. Over fifty
years later, after having recuperated, fishing
was renewed, and it is said that Spaniard
who later worked them took yearly from them
300 to 500 pounds of pearls, which he packed
on mules and sold by the bushel.
Up to 80 years ago "buzos de cabeza," or
head divers, only were employed, but on the
revival of the fisheries about this time mod
ern diving apparatus was introduced and today
they are being worked under concession by
San Francisco firms, who employ from 800 to
1,200 men and number of run schooners,
which collect the oysters from smaller boats
working on the beds and carry them to the
companies sheds % shore, where they are
opened and the pearls found sorted by passing
them through small brass sleeves of graded
sizes.
In the gulf the season commences in July
and continues to October, but while along the
unprotected outer coast 1t commences earlier,
in March, it is terminated by the hurricanes
that sweep this coast In June.
Most of the diving is done Sy divers using
the most improved diving apparatus, helmet
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09

to the condition of the bed. Fishing boats and
divers from the neighboring coasts Of Malabar,
native Indians, Malays, Arabs, Polynesians
and pearl merchants by the thousands from all
parts of India assemble shortly before the ap-
pointed day until as many as $4,000 people are
gathered on the fishing grounds. At midnight,
when the wind freshens, the boats start for
the banks in groups of so to 20, so as to arrive
there before sunrise. Each boat carries from
ten to twelve divers, who work in pairs, one
diving while the other tends the signal line,
and who relieve each other from time to time.
At sunrise a signal gun is fired and the fish
ing begins. The diver usually carries a stone
or other weight of about so pounds attached
to the haul line to facilitate his rapid descent.
and in addition carries basket made fast
to the girdle about his waist in which he
places the oysters found Somedivers work
ing In shallower water use no weight in de-
scending, but while at work at the bottom
make good use of both hands and feet to seize
upon and wrench loose any oyster seen within
the limited area over which they can work.
The diver who works without diving apparatus
and who is called 'head diver" working in
from 35 to As feet of water, which is the aver
age, can make from 40 to SO descents in a
morning and can bring up from Is to 30 oysters
each trip The native Indian, Malay and Poly
nesian divers remain under from SO to 80
seconds; according to the depth at which they
are working, but some can stand much
longer submergence
At the firing of another signal gun about
noon the diving Is suspended and the boats
race ashore and beach, ready for unloading.
On their arrival there the oysters are carried
into the government corral and there piled
into three heaps, each boats load being kept
separate, the government taking two heaps
or two-thirds Of the catch and the remainder
being divided among the divers and the crew,
the divers usually receiving the largest por-
ton. There are about $500 divers at work,
the daily catch averaging 100000 oysters,
which are often found clustered closely to-
gether.
The governments share is then auctioned
of by the inspector in lots Of 1000 and usually
bought up by small merchants, divided into
smaller lots, and resold.
The true Indian diver never descends with
out first providing for attack against sharks
or other dangerous fish by invoking immunity
through the shark charmer's incantations a
hereditary endowment among the East Indians.
one of these charmers usually ACCOMPANYING
each boat. Aside from this danger, which in
these waters. however, Is comparatively small.
the diver working under tropical sun and
exposed to rheumatism and often paralysis Is
usually q short-lived man.
Up until a few years ago this was the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09
Fruit Rolls.

Three cupfuls of -four, six table
spoonfuls Of baking powder, one-half
teaspoonful of salt, one-third cupful of
butter, one cup milk, two tablespoon
fuls sugar, and one-half teaspoonful
Of cinnamon. Mix and sift the dry
ingredients, rub in the butter with the
tips of the fingers, add the milk grad
ually, cutting with knife to a soft
dough. Turn the dough on a Toured
board, and roll into a rectangular
sheet about one-third inch in thick
ness. Brush over the sheet OF dough
with melted butter, then sprinkle with
the cinnamon and chopped raisins.
Roll up the dough compactly and cut
the roll In pieces an inch In thick
ness. These are delicious.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09
OllzER W DRESS DESCENDING 70 The R14A RkDS

Montezuma alighted from his reoo1 ,.,o,,,;n
blazing with FURNISHED gold ard oyershad.
owed Dy canopy of gaudy featherwork DOW.
aereo Win Jewels and fringed with silver" to
eian. audience TO Cortez, his cloak and golden
soied sandals were sprinkled with pearls and
other precious jewels
Inc pampered favorites of the rulers of
EGYPT and Rome valued their precious pearls
from the Indies no more highly than did the
Indian women of the Aztecs of Mexico or the
Incas of Peru. When the king of spain made
Hernando de Soto governor Of Cuba with COM
mission 70 conquer Florida the latter penetra
ted into the country of the Yuckees along the
savannah river in Florida to their chief vii
lage, Cuf1tatchiqui, where he found their queen
wearing great strings of pearls. The queen
In welcoming the Spanish explorer to the hos
FATALITIES OF her nation even removed one of
the most beautiful Of her pearl necklaces and
threw it around his neck
Thus the Spaniards were not disappointed
In their expectations of finding pearls among
other treasure they sought to obtain from the
natives of the new world, and such adyentur.
ers as Ponce de Leon, Panfilo de Navarez, Ca
beca de Vaca, fernando de Soto. Coronado
and numerous others were lured on by this
hope
A member of Sir Waiter Raleigh's exped
ton collected from the natives of Virginia
over 5000 pearls of which he chose "as many
as made fayre chaine" and the Indians of
the Mississippi wore bracelets and earrings of
fine pearls, which, as Father Louis Hennepin
wrote, "they gave us to understand they re-
ceived In exchange for their calumets from
natives inhabiting the coast of the great lake
to the southwark which I take to be the Guph
of Florida"
For the sake of comparison of the principal
pearl fisheries of the Americas with those of
the old world, both as to wealth of production
and methods employed, short description Of
the Oldest and richest fisheries in the world
those of Ceylon, is given. These are located
in the Gulf Of Manar, off the western shore of
Ceylon and to the south of the island Of Manar
and on the Madras side near Tinnevelly. The
Macedonians of Greece obtained pearls from
the Persian Gulf and the Ptolemies' slaves
worked the fisheries of the Red sea from
where, undoubtedly, the famous pearl came
that Cleopatra is supposed to have ground up
and drunk in wine to her lover.
The old methods employed on the Ceylon
fisheries and which continued up until few
years ago are the most interesting The pearl
oyster beds are under the supervision of gov
eminent inspectors, who regulate the fishing
When bed is to be f1shed over, announcement
of the fact is published beforehand, the season
usually beginning the first part of March and
continuing from four to six weeks, according
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09
Strawberries In Pickle.

Place In Jar alternate layers OF
stalked strawberries and crushed
cloves and cinnamon till the far is
full; pour on to them a syrup made
with three pounds of sugar boiled In
half pint Of cider or white vinegar
for five minutes, and let this all stand
for "a hours
Now pour of the liquid from the
fruit, bring it to the boil, pour it back
over them again. and again let it
stand for "a hours, after which boil
the berries and the syrup together for
20 minutes slowly, then pot and cover
them down. The above Is sufficient
for six quarts of Strawberries.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09
Help the Farmers Wife.

Therefore, give the women of the
family plenty of help and all neces-
sary conveniences for expediting
household labor and let the housewife
urge system in every department and
promptness in the performance Of
every duty; for with proper resources
at command and competent help and
system the domestic machinery will
run smoothly and time for rest and
recreation be provided and the tired
housekeepers take new lease on
life.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09

Tryon and Marble Hill and the Wash
ington Heights blockhouse.
The equipment of the excavators Is
most simple, consisting solely of two
shovels, a garden fork and a large
sieve. From old maps made by the
American spies during the early days
OF the Revolution, and from those
made by the British themselves, the
two men located the sites where the
various regiments were camped ON the
upper end of Manhattan island. These
regiments included the various Hes
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09
Historical Relics of Value

found in various parts Of upper Man
haitian will be placed on exhibition in
the old Jumel mansion. The relics
shot, buttons. bayonets and various
pieces of rusted metal, which at one
time formed part Of the equipment Of
the soldiers Of King George III-were
collected by Messrs r. r. Bolton and
w. L. Calver, amateur antiquarians,
who live in the vicinity Of the Wash
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09
lngton Heights battlefield.

lngton Heights battlefield.
Although 1t is now more than 1870
years since the alien troops occupied
the heights, all the relics found are in
an excellent state of preservation. The
various buttons used by the excava-
tors, when cleaned. show the coats of
arms and other insignia of the regi-
ments to which those who wore them
belonged.
Most Of the relics which have re-
Gently been unearthed by the excaya-
tors have been in the vicinity of Fort
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09

sian companies, the Welsh s'usileers
the Third Scots Guards and the Sew
enty-sixth Macdonald Highlanders.
Besides the many one-pound cannon
balls used in the Hessians field guns,
then known as the amusette, the ex.
cavators have found many of large
caliber. One of them weighed forty.
eight pounds, and another thirty-two
pounds.
The bayonets, which are the most
recent finds. were dug up two seet be
low the ground. aaag InWooA.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09
Cream of tomato so,,n.

Take can of tomatoes or fresh
ones Rub through sieve. Heat to
the boiling point; thicken with corn
starch. Make cream sauce by rub
hng large spoonful OF -four in a
spoonful Of butter, cooking over the
fire till it is smooth and bubbles ND.
Add milk to make It thick. Mix the
two together, season with salt, butter
and little bit Of sugar. Cream toma-
to soup made this way will never
curdle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09
Making Homework Easy.

Inventions for making housework
easy are daily multiplying, many Of
them SO helpful and inexpensive that
one often wonders that they were not
purchased as soon as seen. Very often
the se]f-denying housewife berates her
self roundly for scrimping along with
out wished-for pan, egg-beater or
some kitchen utensil, when she realizes
that 1t could be bought for few
cents.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09
Paired.

she was an amiable. old lady, and
volunteered much information to the
fair stranger who had come down to
see an important event in the country
town-the laying, Of the foundation
stone of the new church.
Yes prattled the old lady, athat
Is the duke and duchess. and the
couple behind them are the mayor
and mayoress; and those two to the
right are the vicar and-er-yixen. -
Ideas.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09
Green Peppers,

The flavor of green peppers gives
an acceptable variety. The seed should
always be removed The peppers
should be chopped and added to
chopped meat or other meat dishes.
Meat mixed with bread crumbs may
be baked in the pepper shells and the
stuffed peppers served as a separate
dish.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09
Numerous Souvenirs of the Great
Revolution Recently Unearthed
In New York.

" Dating back to the days when the
British and Hessians camped on Wash
ington Heights in New York, large
collection Of relics which have been
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09
No eco Cookies.

One cup sugar, one tablespoon lard
or butter, one cup sweet milk, pinch
of salt, one teaspoon soda, two of
cream Of tartar, one-half teaspoon
iayoring. Flour to stiffen.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09
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method employed in gath
ering pearls, and the Brit
ish government Of India
derived a revenue of from
100000 to $750,G00 annu-
ally from the product of
these fisheries, but for the
last few years they have
Loo- onorafod hV, on Emo
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09
0/KxR M 0RE5o, READy 70 0E3CxMO

II z II Luoy IN
formed me were to be
procured in their own
neighborhood." AS evil
dence of the truthfuIness
OF his statements he sent
the queen an immense
pearl of exquisite orient,
weighing over 300 grains.
taken from these waters.
When Vasco Nunez de
Balboa crossed the 18TH
mus of Panama In 1913,
he found the Indians
along the shores of the
Gulf of st. Michael (now
the Bay of Panama) col
aecting pearls from oys-
tiers washed ashore dur
ing violent storms, as
well as diving for them a
short distance from the
shore.
When fernando Cor
ter In 1926 discovered
Lower California he found
the natives wearing many
beautiful pearls taken
from the waters of the
Gulf of California. His
tory tells us that when
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09

satan-Well, how do you like ii
here? Any complaint to make about
the heat?
81 shade OF Flatdweller-No; It's hot
enough. but don't see any fire es-
capes.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-09

and air pumps, and is carried on in from 40 70
12O feet of water, an average depth being go to
80 feet. The work can only be continued from to
31a hours at time, due to the tide, which along
this coast has a maximum variation of over 20
feet, creating currents that make 1t impossible
to work for more than Y hours before and
onehalf to two hours after the turn of the tide
One of the great dangers of working at the
bottom when strong current is running Is the
risk Of being carried far from the boat on
rising in an exhausted condition, in the case
of the head diver, or of injury by being driven
against some sharp jutting rock Or coral for
nation on which the life line might catch fast
The divers take little or no food into their stom
achs before commencing work, as this would
hinder deep breathing and make them more
liable to cramps. A diver wearing Is pounds OF
lead on each shoe, rubber garments and brass
helmet to which attached air tubes, signal
cord and life line can remain at the bottom from
one-half to three hours, according to the depth
at which he is working. The pressure is SO
great at 120 feet that he usually remains under
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-05-31

un hospital.
La medalla Rhinelander conce-
diosele al lieutenant Juan F. Dwyer
y la medalla "Peter F. Meyer" al po-
licia Jaime Hughes. Los dos presta
ban servicio en- la estacion del nue.
lie A. en- la noche agosto u dltimo,
cuando Pietro Cardone callose al a.
qua entire el puente A. y ell Rio
Norte. Dwyer y Hughes lanzaronse
tras Cardone luchando bravamente
con las olas. La fuerte marejada ha-
bia llevado 4 Cardone hacia cerca de
un lanch6n. Los salvadores nadaron
zabuyendo como una docena de We
ces hasta rescatar de la muerte con
grave riesgo de sus vidas al infortu-
nado Cardone.
La medalla "Isaac Bell' fue pre-
sentada al policia Juan P. A. Palffe
de la estacion de La Cuarta Avenda,
Brooklyn. Paaffe salvole la vida en-
Julio 81 ultimo un buen n numerode
personals cuando el tanque de gaso
lima de un bote de motor exploto Ger
ca del muelle Bergen Beach.
La medalla concedida por el Club
Automovilista de America fu6 dada
al policia Patrick Mcmahon de la es-
tacion de la calle Carlos. McMahon
tuvo conocimiento de que un esta-
bio cerca de donde 6l estaba de SER
vicio iba a ser devorado por niue
go tremendo. En- mayo $40 Nc
Mahon I'm paquete de papeles que Sc
estaban quemando en- el establo y en-
tire las llamas pudo divisar una BON
ba de dinamita. Apresurose ensegui-
da Y tomandola entire sus manos la
arroj6 afuera. AL dejarla caer explo-
to, sufriendo graves quemaduras y
heridas.
Fue trasladado al hospital donde
permaneci6 por espacio de sieteme
Ses.
Despues de haber hecho entrega
de las cinco medallas ell alcalde dej6
DIR su palabra a los concurrentes y en-
particular a los guardianes de la Sc
guridad publica.
"Todo aquel que tenga amor-dljo
Mr.. Gaynor-a la ciudad de New York
no dejara de haber visto enorgulle-
cido por ell gran acto celebrado hoy.
Nunca he presenciado un cuerpo de
hombres, tan gallardos. Un cuerpo
tan lleno de gente j6ven. Repito que
la gran mayoria de Vdes. probable
mente ell 9525 estan tan familiarlza
dos en- este diicil cargo, que creo
impossible puedan encontrase hon.
bres mas habiles.
"La inteligente manera en- orc
Vdes. han respondido, Off
licias al cumplimientoM
podran ser rivali7H
institution similar.
Siempre que rec~r. ''.
la ciudad noto el bueI
prestais y la forma re-
vuestra institution. Nul-..
SOS necesarios dejeis de veli!,, ,.>
ilustraros con 10 que mi poca ll,tt
ligencia me ayude. Siempre os guar
dare una alta considera cion, pero
deseo sigais siempe lnspirados en-
vuestro derecho, siendo razonables I
y justos.
"Vosotros sois pertenecientes a
un cuerpo que debe llevar por lena
la rectitud y las buenas formas. Ira
tar en- formas descorteses y brutales
al buen ciudadano os deshonrarfa y
os haria pcrder el respeto que mere
ceis.
I'm explendido lunch fue servido
d los distintos cuerpos.-P. II. Ne |
gron.