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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-01-14
Fidelity to Parole

Judge Grain of the Court of Gen.
eral Sessions has just held a recep.
ton more worthy of note than any
ball, banquet or other high function
OF the season. It was held In his
courtroom at night In response to
its summons came lit men and WON.
en-, some old, some young every ere
OF whom was victor over some form
OF temptation; an example of what
human faith can do to help human
weakness to redeem itself and bs
strong.
Each of the company had been con-
Victed of some FIRST offense against
the law, and each had been permitted
to go out on parole Of future good
behavior. Each had kept the faith.
The word was as good as a bond.
Those who might have gone down In
the struggle had found way to rise
and fight again. They were all able
to report good work done and bright
prospects ahead.
Time was when no one was trusted
on his word save men of high degree.
Fidelity to parole was deemed
princely virtue. Perhaps it ia. There
was nothing in Judge Grains recep
ton to disprove 1t.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-01-14
Home Thought.

1T must have been frightful," said
Mrs. Boss1m to her husband, who was
IN the earthquake. Tell me what
was your first thought when you
awakened in your room at the hotel
and heard the alarm"
MY first thought was of you," an
swered Mr.. Bossim.
How noble!"
Yes. First thing I knew, vase off
the mantel caught me on the ear:
then chair whirled in my direction,
and when l jumped to the middle of
the room four or five books and
framed picture struck me all at once"
Even after saying that, he affected
to wonder what made her so angry for
the remainder of the evening.-Mack's
National Monthly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-01-14
New Process of Staining Glass

New Process OF staining 1saSS.
The art of coloring glass has been
lost and rebound, jealousy guarded
and maliciously stolen so many times
in the history of civilization that Il
seems almost impossible to say any,
thing new on glass staining. Yet .
process has been discovered for me-
king the stained glass used In windows
which is departure from anything
known at the present time. What ths
Venetians and the Phoenicians knew
Of 1t we cannot tell.
The glass first receives its design in
mineral colors and the whole is then
fiSed in heat so intense that the col.
oring matter and the glass are indis.
solubly fused. The most attractive
feature Of this method Is the sur.
face acquires peculiar pebbled char.
acter in the heat, SO that when tho
glass is In place the lights are delight.
fully soft and mellow.
In making a large window in many
shades each panel is separately mould.
ed and bent and the sections are 40.
sembled in a metal frame.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-01-14
What About Brain FO0d2
This Question Came Up in the Recent
Trial for Libel

A weekly printed some criticisms of the
claims made for our foods. It evidently did
not fancy our reply printed in various news
papers, and brought suit for libel. At the trial
some interesting facts came out
Some of the chemical and medical experts
differed widely.
The following facts, however, were quito
clearly established:
Analysis of brain by an unquestionable au-
thority Geoghegan, shows of Mineral Salts,
Phosphoric Acid and Potash combined (Phos-
phate Of Potash), 2.91 per cent Of the total,
5.33 Of all Mineral Salts
This is over one-half.
Beaunis, another authority, shows jPhos-
phoric Acid combined" and Potash 1874 per
cent from total of 101.07.
Considerable more than one-haH Of Phos-
phate of Potash.
Analysis of GrapeNuts shows: Potassium
and Phosphorus, (Which join and make Phos-
phate Of Potash), is considerable more than
one-half Of all the mineral salts in the food
DR.. Geo. w. Carey, authority on the con-
stituent elements of the body, says: "The
gray matter of the brain is controlled entirely
by the inorganic cellsalt, Potassium Phosphate
phosphate of Potash. This salt unites with
albumen and by the addition Of oxygen creates
nerve fluid or the gray matter of the brain.
Of course, there is trace OF other salts and
other organic matter in nerve fluid, but Potas-
SUM Phosphate is the chief factor and has
the power within itself to attract, by Its own
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-01-14
Had Money In Lumps.

Charles H. Rosenberg of Bavaria
had humps on his shoulders, elbows,
and hips when he arrived here from
Hamburg on the Kaiserin Auguste Vic
toria In fact, there was a series of
smaller Jumps along his spine, much
like a mountain range, as it is present
ed on a bas-relief map.
The Jumps were about the size Of
good Oregon apples, and as Rosen-
berg passed before the immigration
doctor for observation, the doctor said
softly to himself, "See that lump"
Then he asked Mr.. Rosenberg to step
aside.
You seem like healthy man."
said the doctor, "but cannot pass you
until know the origin Of those Jumps
on your body" "Ah, it is not sick
ness" laughed the man from Bavaria.
Those swellings Is money"
Taking off his coat he broke open q
sample lump and showed that it con-
tanned $500 in American bank notes.
He informed the doctor that he had
$1,000 in all, with which he was 60
ing to purchase an apple orchard in
Oregon.
He was admitted to the country
New York Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-01-14
Exaqqeration,

On her arrival in New York Nine.
Sara Bernhard, replying to a compli.
ment on her youthful appearance,
said: ''The secret of my youth? It
is the good God-and then, you know,
l work all the time But I am a
great-grandmother." she continued,
thoughtfully, 80 how can these many
compliments be true? I am afraid my
friends are exaggerating."
Nine. Bernhardt's laugh, spontane-
GUS as girls, prompted a chorus of
mo, MOI"
YES" said the actress, "uncon-
scious exaggeration, like the French
nurse on the boulevard. Our boule-
wards are much more crowded than
your streets, you know, and, although
we have numerous accidents, things
aren't quite as bad as the nurse sug-
gested.
Her little charge, a boy of six,
begged her to stop while in a crowd,
surrounding an automobile accident.
Please watt the little boy said, Want
to see the man who was run over
No; hurry his nurse answered.
There will be plenty more to see
further on"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-01-14
Add to Cost Of liyinu.

The American Magazine reprints a
letter which was sent to the Massa-
chusetts cost Of living commission. 1t
goes as follows:
TT seems to me that the elimination
of waste is nearly impossible in house
holds where there are numerous serv-
ants; at least, l have found 1t so,
with only one, and the waste rises in
geometrical progression with the num-
Der employed. I have now been doing
my own cooking for nearly year and
l feed my family twice as well on
about two-thirds the cost A large
part Of the saving comes in the eco
nomical use of meat l make a de-
licious dinner with a few scraps Of
meat that cook would give to the
dog.
Then I depend a good deal on
soups, which l invent to suit my
larder. A few cold baked beans, with
a little tomato and bit of meat on a
bone, or little left over gravy, make
soup that all eat with much pleasure
0AA ~ 40 ~ uoAl lSAAA5 tuoI IL CUES IdI
to make the dinner. Most people do
not understand how different soup
is when it has simmered good many
hours. The soup that has been boiled
fast couple of hours will taste fiat
and uninteresting, whereas the same
soup five hours later will have such
delicious blend Of flavors that all
you know is that 1t is nice without
being able to distinguish the ingre-
dents. Again 1t is time that counts.
Cooks waste the coffee and tea hor-
ribly. Mix the coffee with cold water
the night before with an eggshell
and bring it to a boil in the morning
and you do not need great deal for
good cup of coffee. The tea in the
kitchen is piled into the teapot and
thrown out with but little of the good
ness extracted. Another frightful
waste is the coal. l use less than
half as much as any girl I ever had
and my stove bakes better. I never
complain of the draught, as she does
or did after burning all the goodness
out of her coal in the first hour after
lighting"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-01-14
Where He Mas Queer.

The negro, on occasions. displays q
fine discrimination in the choice OK
words.
who's the best Whitewater In
town." inquired the new resident.
ALE Hall am a bond Artist with =
whitewash brush, sah," answered tho
colored patriarch eloquently.
"Well, tell him to come and white
wash my chicken house tomorrow.
Uncle Jacob shook his head dubs-
ously.
"Ah dom believe, sab, ah'd engage
Ale Hall to whitewash a chicken
house, sah."
why, didn't you say he was good
whitewasher?"
"Yes, sab, powerful good white
washer, sab; but mighty queer abous
chicken house, sab. mighty queerl"
-Mack's National Monthly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-01-14
residents Tribute to Wife

there we conversed about the business
that had called me to the White
House.
While the talk was going on
noted the appropriate manner in
which the presidents private apart
ment had been fitted up, and after
the business in hand was out of the
way l commented on the furnishings
and decorations, venturing to say that,
now that he was at last In the White
House, he must have some sense Of
pride in the fact that he was presi-
dent Of the United States; that he
must have some concrete idea of what
1t all meant to be the head of so
great country.
For moment General Arthur did
not answer me. Then, slowly, he
turned and stood looking at a por-
trait which hung upon the wall. It
was splendid likeness of Mrs Ar
thur, and 1t was the one domestic
adornment Of his New York house
which he had insisted on bringing to
Washington with him, and hanging
where. in his private moments, he
could easily look at it.
For several minutes he gazed low
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-01-14

law of affinity, all things needed to manufac-
ture the elixir of life"
Further on he says: 1.-THE beginning and end
OF the matter is to supply the lacking princi-
pie, and In molecular form, exactly as nature
furnishes it in vegetables, fruits and grain.
To supply defciencies-this is the only law of
cure"
The natural conclusion IL that If PHOSPHATE
OF Potash Is the needed mineral element in
brain and you use food which does not contain
it, you have brain flag because It's daily loss is
not supplied.
On the contrary If you eat food known to
be rich in this element, you place before the
life forces that which nature demands for
brain-building.
In the trial sheer was uttered because Mr.
Post announced that he had made years of re-
search In this country and some clinics of
Europe, regarding the effect of the mind on
digestion of food
But We must be patient with those who
sheer at facts they know nothing about
Mind does not work well on brain that ia
broken down by lack of nourishment
A peaceful and evenly poised mind is neces
sary to good digestion.
Worry, anxiety, fear, hate, &C., &C., directly
interfere with or stop the flow of Ptyalin. the
digestive juice of the mouth and also inter-
fere with the flow of the digestive juices of
stomach and pancreas
Therefore the mental state of the individual
has. much to do (more than suspected) with
digestion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-01-14
Only One Man Now Living Can Tell
Name of Republican Who Persuad-
ed President Garfield to Make
Judge Robertson Collector.

There is probably only one man
now living who is able to give au-
thoritatively the name Of the Repub-
lican who persuaded President Gar.
field, in March, 1881, to nominate
Judge William H. Robertson collector
of the port Of New York-a nomina-
ton that brought about the dramatic
joint resignation of Roscoe Conkling
and Thomas C. Plat from the United
States senate, and, in the opinion Of
many, the defeat of James G. Blaine
as the Republican presidential nomi-
nee in 1884. The one man is ]. Stan
ley Brown. who was private secretary
to President Garfield, and who mar
ried the presidents only daughter.
Mr.. Brown, however, will never tell,
unless posthumously He regards him
self as under obligations to reveal
none of the secret history of the Gar
field administration.
l have been asked many times WHO
1t was that recommended to Garfield
the appointment of Judge Robertson,
and could only say that in Washing
ton, at the time the appointment was
made, no one was found, excepting
Mr.. Brown, who could answer the
question. Yet, it Is probable that the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-01-14
MosIem Traditions.

Ramadan is the month exalted by
Moslems above all others. In that
month the Mountaineering to Mos
lem tradition-was brought down by
Gabriel from heaven and delivered to
men in small sections. In that month,
Mohammed was accustomed to retire
from Mecca to the cave of Hira, for
prayer and meditation In that month
Abraham, Moses and other prophets
received their divine revelations. In
that month the doors of heaven are
always open, the passages to hell are
shut, and the devils are chained So
run the traditions.-The Christian
Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-01-14
10, the Rich indian.

The per capita wealth of the Indian
is approximately $3.50, that for other
Americans is only little more than
$1,000 The lands owned by the In
dians are rich in oil, timber and other
natural resources of all kinds. Some
of the best timber land In the United
States Is owned by Indians.
The value of their agricultural lands
runs up in the millions. The ranges
which they possess support about 500,-
600 sheep and cattle, owned by lessees,
bringing in a revenue of more than
s272, 900 to the various tribes besides
providing feed for more than 1,500,0 900
head of horses. cattle, sheep and goats
belonging to the Indians themselves.
Practically the only asphalt deposits
in the United States are on Indian
lands.-Red Man
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-01-14
No Slang for Her.

Slip me a brace of cackles!" or
dered the chesty-looking man with a
bored air, as he perched on the first
stool in the lunchroom.
"A what?" asked the waitress. as
she placed a glass of water before
him.
Adam and Eve fat on their backs!
A pair of sunnysiders!" said the young
man in an exasperated tone.
You got me, kid" returned the
waitress. ''Watcha want?"
Eggs up" said the young man.
Eggs the kind that come before
the hen or after, never knew which"
why didn't YOU say SO in the first
placer asked the waitress. You'd a
had 'em by this time"
We'll, of all things" said the
young man.
Il knew what he was dfivin' at all
the time" began the waitress as the
young man departed. But he's one
of them fellers that thinks they can
get by with anything. He don't know
that they're Using plain English now
in restaurants"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-01-14
All Need the Earth.

There is an Antaeus in every one
of us and in the whole of us which
needs the EARTH" says Henry Dem
Arrest Lloyd in his posthumous book.
"A grandmother was spreading before
the vision Of beloved child picture
of the beauties of heaven with it's
gates of pearl and its pavements of
gold. What said the scornful boy,
unpactivated, no mud?' There spoke
the real philosopher. We are earth
animals, and we need contact with
all the aspects of nature, human ma
ture, and other nature. They who
feed wholly on white bread and the
tenderloin and the sweetness and
light Of the best people, art for the
arts sake, cannot get phosphates
enough and soon develop the ricketts,.
The man I heard say he liked to eat
with the common people once in a
while. the woman you heard say that
she thought it was her duty to as
sociate with the middle class, confess
the approach Of extinction. They are
losing touch with the source of all per-
sonal and social power"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-01-14
Why He Lauuhed,


Miss Matte belonged to the old
south, and she was entertaining a
guest of distinction
On the morning following his arrival
she told Title, the little colored maid,
to take a pitcher of fresh water to
Mr.. Firman's room, and to say that
Miss Matte sent him her compliments,
and that If he wanted a bath, the
bathroom was at his service
When Tillie returned she said:
Il top him, Miss Matte, en- he
laughed fit to bus hisself"
Why did he laugh, Tillie?"
Il dunno"
What did you tell him."
Jus what you toll me to-"
"Tillie, tell me exactly what you
said"
Il banged de doah, and / said, Mr..
Firman, Miss Matte sends you her lub,
and she says, Now you can get up
and wash yo'self!" -Lippincott's Mag.
azine.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-01-14

ingly, longingly, at the picture. Then
he turned to me:
Howard he said, slowly, simply
and yet impressively, you say 1t is a
great thing to be president and oc-
cupy the White House. But I have
felt every moment that l have been
here, as I have looked upon the por-
trait of my wife, how much meaning
there is in the poem of Heine's you
know so well. All.
What for me is all the blooming
II bloom myself alone"
he repeated, in German, looking ten
derby at the portrait Of Mrs. Arthur,
while a tone of infinite tenderness
came into his voice. Then. a moment
later, he added:
Howard, that is the way l feel
and have felt ever since entered the
White House. And that Is the way
will feel until depart from it."
Copyright, 1910. by E. ]. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved0
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-01-14
The LEAGUE Of politeness.


The League of Politeness has been
formed in Berlin. It aims at inculcat-
ing better manners among the people
of Berlin. It was founded upon the
initiative of Fraulein Cecelie Meyer,
who was inspired by an existing or
ganization in Rome. In Difference to
the parent organization the Berlin
league has chosen the Italian motto,
PRO gentileZza." This will be en-
blazoned upon an attractive little
medal worn where Germans are &C.
customed to wear the insignia of or
ders. The idea is that GLANCE at
the "talisman" will annihilate any in
cllnation to indulge in bad temper or
discourteous language Amy polite
person" is eligible for membership.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-01-14
Mothers Serious Mistake

when I was general, and she said:
What ridiculous child you are!
You'll never make a soldier!"
And she told the pater about it, and
he laughed, too, You don't know how
that upset me. know that I was
silly little child and that l was talking
awful rot, but don't think they need
have ridiculed me like that. Anyway
after a little bit, both Clifford and
couldn't help feeling that it wasn't
good enough. We left off saying any,
thing to the mater or the pater about
what we wanted to be. Then we be-
gan to keep our own counsel about
what we were actually doing.
And now we've got into regular
habit of minding our own business
and only telling the mater things that
are really necessary. know it hurts
her, but can't help it now. And don't
you think it's not altogether my fault?
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-01-14
Senator's Niece Remembered He Lik-
ed Rome" and the Combination
OF Letters Was Found to Open
Safe Where Testament Lay.

Roscoe Conkling, for IA years
years United States senator from
New York, and during that period one
on the leaders in the national councils
of the Republican party, died as the
result of exposure In the great New
York blizzard of 1888.
Since the estate left by the former
senator had value Of several hum
dred thousand dollars. it became ne
cessary for the immediate members
of his family to seach as soon as prac-
ticable after his death for a will. It
was naturally presumed that Mr..
Conkling had left will; he was a
man Of most meth0dical habits. and
he surely knew that his estate was Of
considerable value. Yet, search
where they would, the family were
unable to locate any sign of docu-
ment making testamentary DISPOSE
ton OF the estate.
"At last" said the late Col. Freder-
lex A. Conkling, the senator's broth
or. who also was a very brilliant man
and for many years a lawyer OF con-
siderable note in New York state,
"some one Of the family happened to
remember that we had not yet looked
into a small steel chest, or box, which
had belonged to Roscoe. This box
had a combination lock which bore
the letters of the alphabet instead of
numbers, and through the proper con-
function Of some Of those letters the
box would open. Yet nowhere were
we able to find q record of the COM
bination
at was deemed expedient to break
the lock, or tamper in any way with
the box itself, so the only thing to do
was to attempt to work out the COM
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-01-14
Seherai Arthur Felt Little sa+isf.,,
'on IN Occupying the White
Rouse Because His Loved
Helpmate was Gone.

When Chester A. Arthur hecame
e of the United States his
nrst omcial residence was in the
washlngton house Of Senator John P.
.ohes OF Nevada. This was due to
.ne TACT that the White House had
70 undergo long period of renoya-
uon Following President Garfield's re-
noVai thence to the seashore, and it
was not until late in the autumn of
.oei tnat General Arthur was able to
take up his residence in the nations
nohne for Its presidents. In the mean.
1ne ne was provided with a suitable
.oor through the thoughtfulness and
hospitality Of Senator Jones.
know that it was with no feeling
OF pride or exultation that Chester A.
arthur finally entered the White
house as president" said General
howard Carroll, a former member of
congress from New York City and for
years one Of General Arthur's init
mate personal and political friends.
re was bowed down with regret over
Tue GARFIELD tragedy, for one thing;
ana tnen, notwithstanding his politi-
Ca, "a. ACTIVITY, he was a lonely man. His
.lttie daughter was away at school,
ms son was at college, and his wife
mao been dead several years when he
was elected vice president.
General Arthur and his wife had
oeen much attached to each other;
their domestic relations were ideal
MIS-. Arthur was beautiful woman Of
many accomplishments, and she and
ner husband had many tastes in COM
mon. Both were fond of music; Mrs
arthur had very charming and high
~ cultivated voice, which, had she
CHOSEN professional career for her.
self. probably would have brought her
considerable fame. And both were
very fond of literature. Although the
public did not know it, President Ar
thur was Of scholarly attachments. He
was constant reader of the classics,
he spoke German very we'll, and he
read that language with facility.
Zone morning about week after
the president had moved into the
White House had occasion to call
there. AS was compelled to leave
for New York on a mid-forenoon train,
timed my call so as to reach the
White House just after the president
had finished breakfast. But when l
asked for him his valet, Powell. told
me that the president was dressing.
therefore sent word that would
wait until he could receive me, but in
a few moments was asked to go to
the presidents dressing room. snd