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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01
Can't Make Grass Grow.

The experts of the agricultural de.
partment in Washington have not
been able to innoculate the soil around
the United States capitol SO as to
make grass grow there. There are
portions of the capitol lawn that look
like green velvet, and then there are
other portions of it that look like the
red clay knobs down in Georgia,
where the land is so poor that it won't
even grow pines. For number Of
years the agricultural department has
been recommending one thing and an
other as fertilizer for this particular
strip of lawn, but nothing seems to
help the hard ground and make grass
grow. 1t is now planned to pillow all
this land UP this winter and plant 1t in
cowpeas, to put humus in the soil and
tighten it up so that grass will grow,
so next spring the government will
have fine crop of cowpeas to harvest
and sell. After getting rid of the
cowpea crop grass will be sown in
the hopes that by that time it can be
made to grow.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01
Ratified by Waterbuas.

The magnificent granite building on
Pennsylvania avenue in Washington
known as the post office department
has been seized bodily by an army OF
waterbugs, which has completely rat
tied a few hundred men and women
clerks. The girls are in a panic, Ihey
cannot pick up book or paper with
cat lingering the nasty looking bugs
Worse than that, the waterbugs are
slowly but surely eating up Uncle
Sans stamp supply. The nucilage on
tile back of stamps and stamped en-
yelopes is a particularly dainty morsel
for the bugs and they have already
ruined many hundred dollars worth
of property. Not even the red tape OF
the department, the card index OF
Postmaster Hitchcock or multiplicity
of bug powders can dislodge the in
sects from their luxurious nome. The
girls in the building. are about ready to
quit work and the janitors are work
ing overtime with atomizers and disin.
fectants.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01
"Wirelessn to the Rescue.

At the electrical show, recently
held at Madison Square Garden, the
wireless telegraph booths drew great
crowds. In the throng that besieged
a booth one evening was a woman
who pushed her way through and
spoke few minutes with the oper-
ator. The woman was crying. The
wireless apparatus started spluttering
and when the crowd moved in to ask
her what had happened the operator
said child had been lost. He sent
a message to the other booths and in
ten minutes the mother had her child.
n'~u1 York Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01
NOW THE ROBIN HOOD HAT
Style That Divides Favor with What
Ia Known a. the Prairie, OF
Felt and Suede.

Millinery Is one OF the most impor.
tant features in the toilette OF the
woman who wishes to be well dressed.
and to-day the cult of the plain hat n
as carefully considered as the elaho-
rate, the subject being as inexhaustible
as the budget itself The craze for
beaver still continues, but it is safe
to predict that as the winter an
proaches black will lead the van
adorned with cinnamon and royal blue
ostrich plumes for visiting and velvet
for morning wear. The Robin Hood
hat Is the latest shape to make its de-
but carried out in this charming ma
teriai. As will be remembered. the
hat worn by the famous outlaw of this
name was turned up on one side. had
rather high crown. and was trimmed
with two long quill-like feathers. The
smart mondaine. although retaining
the shape, has substituted a rosette OF
tfnsel and a tuft of breast piumage
for the feathers. For travelling IT will
divide hcnors with the prairie hat
which is fashioned of felt and relieved
with band of suede of contrasting
shade.-From the Taller.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01
Society Girl in Business.

Since it is fashionable for ladies who
can wear strawberry and clover leaves
to go into trade abroad, it is becoming
quite fashionable for them to do the
same on this side of the water. Rear
admiral Converse has charming
daughter, who has been for several
years one of the leaders in the social
set in Washington and one who was
considered brilliant light in social
circles. Miss Maud Converse has just
now startled her society friends tre-
mendously by marking out business
career for herself, and her business is
an establishment in the swell society
section of the city in which she offers
for sale the latest styles in hats and
evening gowns from Paris. Miss Con-
,erse doesn't expect to handle any.
hing common at all. Everything is to
,e imported, which of course means
tyle, but also shows lack of American
sm in the people who prefer that kind
If style.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01

Mrs. Wilton's Expectations
By JANE RICHARDSON
Copyright, by Short Stories Co., Ltd.)

Mrs. Wilton sat in consultation
witk her three daughters the day aft
er her husbands funeral. She had
been great belle in her girlhood-
a large ford woman, with an abun-
dance of blonde hair. The two elder
girls, Cecilia and Edith, resembled
her, both in appearance and in the
tndolent good nature which was their
mothers chief characteristic. Susan,
the younger, had been named by her
father for his mother, and the name
suited her. She reminded one of
some plain, old-fashioned flower. She
had been born with the instinct OF
helDfulness, and all her life had been
ready to do the tasks which others
shirked, or over which they rebelled
and grumbled.
Her husbands sudden death had
been an overwhelming blow to Mrs.
Wilton. She was as helpless as a
baby, and the two elder daughters
scarcely less dependent; there was
nothing by which either of the two
might have added to their income.
"Cecelia might take up her music
again and fit herself for teaching"
she said.
There are already q music teach
ers In Madison, mother" Susan inter-
posed.
There's your uncle Jabez, he
is certain to help us. He never for
gets us at Christmas, nor on any Of
your birthdays. Though he hadn't
seen your father since he went out to
California, he was very fond of him
when they were boys, and he always
meant to visit US"
mo, he won't forget u.s." Cecilia
echoed, hopefully.
"We can't depend upon that either"
said the practical Susan, he may re
member us, and he may not
you disapprove everything" said
Edith. What do you advise-that we
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01
MANY WOMEN WOULD SOAR
Mrs. Van Deman's Flight with Wright
Rouses Ambition of Others
to Fly.

Washington, with all Of continen
tai Europe, is aviation mad. The re.
cent dramatic ascent of Mrs. Van De.
man, wife of Capt. Ralph H. Van De,
man of the Twenty-first infantry, has
only added to the fame. Other prom
inent women are now eager to try an
aeroplane fight.
To rise with the sun, dress in hur-
riedly conceived aviation costume,
and go to meet that sun is the most
wonderful of all the worlds inven-
| tons, with the king of the air" him.
self as ones pilot. is an achievement
great enough for the pride even of an
American woman. To be the first
| woman in America to fly is an honor
| indeed
The flight had been arranged for
| with all the secrecy of which Wilbur
Wright is the possessor, and that is
showing good bit.
| Mrs. Van Deman, her husband and
the officers stood about the shed and
the starting bag, and the newspaper
men, who had seen her often at Fort
Myer and here, were surely off their
guard.
About 7:5G Mrs. Van Deman, accom-
panied by her husband, walked out to
where the machine was placed on the
rail. The propellers were whirling
their old song, the weight was up in
the derrick, and Mr.. Wright was play
ing with the spark In familiar fash
ion.
When the newspaper men looked
again Mrs. Van Deman, her long gray
cloak tucked around her, her black
hat set jauntily on her head, was sit
ting in the passenger seat. In an
other second Mr.. Wright and Lieut..
Lahm had taken piece of Irvine
and tied it about the bottom of her
long gray cloak, holding tightly the
black skirt underneath.
In another minute Mr.. Wright had
taken his place in the operators seat,
released the clutch, and started the
biplane down the rail. It went only
a few feet beyond the end of the track
and refused to rise.
The chivalrous Mr.. Wright wouldn't
permit his fair passenger to get out
of the machine while it was wheeled
back to the track, so the signal corps
privates trundled it back, and Mrs
Van Deman sat smiling with bound
feet in the passenger seat.
At 8:13 Mr.. Wright made second
start, which proved successful AS it
rose into the air from the end Of the
rail some of the close observers
tie scream, but nobody could confirm
it, because Mr.. Wright wouldn't and
Mrs. Van Deman had forgotten about
1t by the time she landed.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01

shall march in procession to the poor
house. with mamma at the head?'
What 1 propose" said Susan, IN
hesitatingly, lis that we turn this
house into-a boarding house."
There was an exclamation of hor-
ror They had always prided them
selves-with all their old-fashioned
hospitality-on their exclusiveness.
open the house to everybody and
anybody-never," and they shook
their heads yehemently.
ITO anybody that is respectable
and can pay Susan replied, I'M
abashed.
In the end she had her way. The
house was soon filed with the usual
floatsam and jetsam that drift
through life, content with, or tenn
porarily resigned to, their homeless
ness; the young rector of St. Judes,
Miss Vantage, the principal of the
high school, rich widow with her
two daughters, several young business
men. among whom was Richard Bur
rell, to whom Susan had been engaged
for a year All were tractable and
reasonably well content, except old
Mr. Worthington.
There was but one room vacant
when he came, small stuffy chamber
in the rear, but after much fault
finding he said that it would do. He
was exacting about the cooking, and
imperious in his demands for hot wa
ter, although Mrs. Wilton said plain
lively that she could not understand
why. since he, apparently, used so lit
tie. But she grew accustomed to him,
as one. gets used to pinching shoe,
and turned him over to Miss Vantage,
who played chess with him occasion
ally. From her he learned of their
expectations" and that their relative
in California had really sent them
the boarding house.
More fool he," remarked the old
man GROSSLY, as he protested against
an unforeseen checkmate. They're
worthless pack"
80, don't say that" exclaimed the
good-natured schoolteacher. I'm sure
Miss Susan is as good as gold.''
"Well--shes all right, maybe" he
admitted tentatively, making another
unlucky move. It was true: Susan
was as good as gold.
They had held their own and no
more. Susan had not expected to grow
rich, and was grateful that they had
not fallen into debt. But the house
had suffered; the furniture began to
show signs of hard usage; the car
pets were growing threadbare, and
the profits of the business would GER
tainly not enable her to replace them
when they were quite gone. And she
had other troubles. She had insisted
upon releasing Burrell from his en-
gaEenent, arguing that his salary was
not u.ole than sufficient for TWO. She
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01
TO BE A SEASON OF SERGE
Every Kind Of This Material ls In
Favor, But the Wide Vale 10
Best Liked.

There will be a run upon serge this
winter. 1t has always been a stock
material. This year the weave is ut
terly unlike anything we have had.
There were a few patterns of it last
winter, to be accurate, but this year
there are great number. bit rough
er than before.
The woman who reads that serge is
In fashion. and then buys the kind
that she used to wear. the kind that
mems suits are made of, has thrown
away money. The weave this year ID
the wide vale kind, the wider the bet.
ter. The cord in the new serge is
heavy and rough. and the marking has
good deal OF character about it
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01
A Golden Feather

It can be made of an cid GULL from
which the battered feathers have been
stripped. 'en
Gold lace is sewn as scan, r,#o
pointed -
You nave no idea how effective this
Is on a FUR turban. From this idea !
departure into the realms Of silvar
bronze or jeweled lace can be mas
and at little cost. e'
ms quill, with band OF braid !,
laee 70 match. will furnish sufficient
trimming for velvet or fur tooue.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01
Washinston's Oldest Woman

Washington has an Oldest woman
She is Aunt Betsy Smith, who went
to the capital at the close of the war
OF the rebellion. She was Is years old
at the time Of the outbreak of the
war in 1872, and can remember MANY
incidents of that period. She has three
times changed hands as wedding Gift
to mother, daughter, and granddaugh.
ter of her old mistress. She is now
112 years old and though not able 70
walk is otherwise pretty spry and Is
taken care of by her daughter. who
Is really almost as old as she ought
to be.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01
New Musical instrument

There is something new under the
musical instrument sun, according to
statement in Vienna paper. When
Gustav Manler's now symptoms is pro.
duced there will be in the orchestra
an instrument which no one has ever
called musical" 1t is CUR well known
friend the automobile horn-not the
new, many toned siren, but the old
basso profundo bark which at some
time has startled us all. But that
is not the latest. Paderewskis new
symphony will introduce the tentitu.
on, which is an invention of the ri.
anfst's. 1t will take the place of the
instruments which until now have
been used to produce thunder sounds
in the orchestra.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01
Struck with Money; Files s,,;.

A funny suit was commenced in the
supreme court of the District of Co.
lumbia recently. Emilio .JaselH
through his attorney, H. w. Wheatley
sued c. c. Glover. president of the
Riggs National bank. Jaselli alleges
that on October Is, while in the bank.
Mr.. Gicrer threw package contain
coin, striking the plaintiff and caus-
ing bodily and mental agony in addi-
ton 70 humiliation in the presence of
other persons. Jaselli asks the court
to award him 10000
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01


the miLin
a
1e maze OF mario" ine
counting Ior the ponon down 1eatners ana
left SIDE
OF nat not soon De OUT OF
ts the accepted mourning well
protected against it. In particular
otner ana
this 1t the most beautiful of the
grenane equally popular although
latitude
fabric
of the mountaineering
This
spot the grenadine One easily
unchanged Grape should be
affected by water and its color
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01

The preliminary report of the de-
nartment of agriculture shows that
she corn crop this year is up to high
level and comes near to record-break.
ing figures. The yield is placed at g..
7s7 At 6, 900 bushels, which is nearly a
hundred million bushels more than
that of 1908 The largest crop of
corn ever gathered was that of 1906.
which aggregated 2,927,416,000 bush.
els At the prevailing prices the corn
crop is estimated to be worth more
than S., 900. 100000. There is no doubt
that king Corn" does his part toward
creating national wealth.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01
Shadow Lac

This is new, and because ., =.
obtrusive pattern can be used ~ 49, VIZ
quantities without fear Of oyerdecora.
me pattern is woven in such a wsv
.na. an uncertain shadowy effect 10
produced 1t ia especially lovely N
, p'aeA ana cream The black shadow
lace Is used over black net ana
white satin undersiip. The cream Ia
Gowns. 'ensns
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01
Edition de tuxe

What promises to be the most cost
~ copy of Shakespeare's works is a,
present in the making in New York
This copy, which will run into 40 vol
umes when completed, will contain
thousands of magnificent ilIustra.
tons, and the binding is luxurious
The value placed on each volume il
$500, giving to the entire set when
finished prospective value of $40.
GOO.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01

The st. Lawrence river is an object
lesson Id water power. An enormous
volume can be turned to account by
modern methods. And now progress
sive Americans and Canadians are
uniting in an effort to utilize this
power. A plan has been formulated
which looks to the erection of dam
Mt Brockville which will drown out
the Long Sault rapids and raise the
stream at that point IS inches, afford
ing several hundred thousand horse
power. Competent engineers have
Tronounced it wholly practicable.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01

yoke of tucked silk. which is also
trimmed with braid and small buttons.
The sleeve is long, tight.ftting. and
trimmed to match.
Hat of black beaver, trimmed with
a feather mount.
Materials required 61s yards cloth
~ inches wide. dozen yards braid,
" yard tucked silk.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01

Writing Of the evils of ear strain,
to which the people of a large city are
always subject, a doctor says: when
the ears have been strained by the
noise and confusion of the day they
may be refreshed in the eveing by lis
thing to music or to such other sounds
as are restful to them" Perhaps you
have noticed the restful effect after a
hard days work when the clock in the
street strikes six and the hurdy-gurdy
comes around
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01

when the United States names Its
h;egest battleships after the smallest,
or the least populous, OF the states
does it indicate an opinion that the
hattleships may properly be min
tmized or that the small states need
the advertising?
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01

The Turkish parliament, which will
reconyene next week, will consider a
naval program that will involve the
axnenditure of sl0O,ooO,OOo This sum.
A. is estimated. will build and equip
seven battleships of the North Da-
rota type and at once advance the
ntsoman empire to at least second
rate position as a sea power.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01

The power of humar was, perhaps.
never more strikingly displayed than
n the strike of LOO employees of
schenectady concern who struck be.
canse a fe,low-laborer who had poured
sand d. their backs and smeared
t,e;,s discharged
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01

That Hartford 15-year-old boy who
insisted on being taken to school after
he had broken his leg, because he did
not want to spoil perfect record for
attendance, may be counted on to ap-
preciate the value of an education and
to turn 1t to good account
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01
GobeIin Green AGAIN.

The hats Of this winter will again
show that enhancing shade of graan
known as gobelin. It will be nsa1,
in thick, short plumes and thick lons
ones, but not in ribbons or MORE
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01
Fur TO Match co,.,,

among the fads this season ia that
OF dyeing the fur to match ones
gown. It would make a biologist sbnd-
der to see the colors the skins ~ $50
animals are made to assume.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01

The post Office rules that boxes OF
candy may be sent through the mails.
Uncle Sam and Santa Claus are get
ting ready to pull together in this
matter. Sweets to the sweet.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01
Twenty.lnch Roa. ~ pa.r,.

The fashion in length Tor string op
pearls Las changed. i: was ouce ID
inches. then Is; now the correct str,no
must measure 20 inches.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01

In her suit for divorce Sacramento
woman charged that her husband
would not even buy her ice cream.
Still, he may have loaded her down
with fudge and chewing gum.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01

IN wants an impovable date for
EASTER sunday. Let US hope they will
also get removable Easter Sunday
hat. '
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01

What are said to be the highest falls
on this continent have been discov.
cred in Labrador. Maybe Canada was
tired Of owning only half of Niagara.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01

a.a. revolution season has opened
asain In Central America.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01

Messina Is alarmed over signs OF
iureher earthquake shocks. Messina
from.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01

.,,s. e persons express their OPP
T.. sn Dy eating chicken croquettes
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01

iriDie battles are happening
1 .ne Nicaragua cable. Both sides
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01

IS clumsy to break laws when It
- easier to evade them, but that is
Hot good excuse for evadins them.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01

aris is woman's town." sings a
s.on Giobe poet Other American
gents have made the same remark.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01

The German dirigible air squadron
mas been executing maneuvors, and
another war scare is due in tbs right
little. tight little British Isles.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01

The germ family are in hard luck
Mrs. Sage is combating the tubercu-
losis germ. Mr.. Carnegie the pellagra.
and Mr. Rockefeller the hookworm.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01

me american Dreadnought is the
greatest offali. Others do we'll; we
no better. They do better still when
We do best.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01

This elegant dress is carried out in
champagne suede cloth, and is a fit
ting princess, tucked under the arms.
A band of braided cloth trims the low
err edge of princess where the mate
rial is slightly draped, below this the
skirt part is plated. the plaits being
stitched down a few inches A hand
some braiding design surrounds the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01

=. losperlty Is still waxing and will
2 NOT pace for the country.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01

Aeroplanist Farman flew for over
iour hours the other day. The coming
Aefopiane will have to have dining
car attachment.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01

orv1ile Wright says that flying is
easy to learn. Few doubted that; it
10 the coming-down process which the
majority want made easy.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01

washington man says he owes
MS longevity to pie, but few poll
lcians can hang onto the pie counter
whole lifetime.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01

Hiffian tribesmen send word to
epaln that they have only started to
iAgnt. Madrid will get little satisfac-
ton out Of that.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01

This discussion whether or not there
are insects on Mars is chopping con-
troversy pretty fine. Wait till the
'hookworm gets settled.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01

Durlng the past year our raternal
government planted SILT 900, 900 fish,
which statement is the biggest fish
story Of the year.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01

lone again. football friends.