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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-02-24
Married.

COOk-M1LES.-At the residence Of
the brides parents, in Coyington, La,
on Monday, Feb. 10, 1883, by the Rev.
G. T. Vickers, Dir. JOHN w. MILES, of
Pearlingtsn, Miss, and Miss MARY L.
Cook, Of Cov;ngtop, La-
We extend our congratulations
to the happy young couple, and
wish them q bright and prosperous
future. we acknowledge the re-
ceipt OF some Of the delicious cake,
sent US with the compliments of the
fair young bride, who has our
thanks.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-02-24

Mr. HenrN Skipwith, agent and
attorney-in-fft for the Florida
parishes. is ftill in Washington,
pressing our claims against the
Governmsntu He says that he ex-
poets a faysrable report viii be
made. but y does NOT anticipate
action tnter on the lubiect.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-02-24


| The TIMEs-DEMooRAr ALMANAC
We have received q copy of The
New Orleans IGmeS-Democrats AL
manac for the present year, which
is the handsomest book CT the kind
we have yet seen. Besides the
numerous fine steel engravings, il
is well filled with valuable infor-
nation to the citizens of the South
and Southwest, as viii be seen by
the following partial LIST of con-
tents:
The Personnel OF ell the depart
monts of the General Government.
Presidential elections since the
beginning Of the Government, COM
plete.
Population of the States, Terri
tories and cities.
United States Postal Tables and
information.
Area and population. govern
ments, railroads, ETC.. of Mexico,
Central America, Colombia, etc.
Official directories of the Gulf
and Southwestern States, giving the
names of all State, district, county
and parish officials, ete.; also, the
of sill cities in the Soutb-
west containing 1000 inhabitants or
over.
Productions of the Mississippi
Valley.
Public aud other lands in the |
South, with prices, conditions of |
entry, purshase, etc.
The Almanac is given to every |
vearlg subscriber to the Daily or
Weekly Iimes-Democrat, and sold
o the public at % cents.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-02-24

81, in thetowr Of Vaudeville, SIS cents.
Taylor VIM. eighty acres of improved
land on Rieolets Ridge, 50.
Tomlinson Thos., 100 acres of land in
section 90, township 8, range Is east,
S6 40.
Washington Dudley, two acres of land
on West Pearl River, adjoining John
Jay, with improvements, 3 40.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-02-24

Farmers and others desiring Q
genteel, lucrative agency business,
by which 60 TO $40 day can be
earned, send address at once to III.
G. Wilkinson Il Co., 1875 and 1877
Fulton street, Now York.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-02-24

Tie President says that unless a
tariff bill is passed, he will call an
extra session of Congress.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-02-24

The tax on perique tobacco has
been reduced from thirty-two cents
to sixteen cents.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-02-24

The water is falling in the Ohio
river, and rising in the lower Mis-
sissippi. 1t is reported rise OF
three feet more will result in a dis
astroGs overflow. Ia some places
tae pfo.ection leyees are caYing in,
~with and G,euora, in
iol is already
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-02-24

W. W. Bradley, Sheriff of West
Carroll parish, has been suspended
by Gov. McEnery from the Office
of State and Parish Tax Collector.
It is claimed .ha: he IS o 6efaulter
to the amount of $1,000.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-02-24

-Four of family of nine colored
people in South Carolina died from
eating a goose which had been Bit
ten by mad-dog. a "quack" doc
tor might have cured them, if called
in time.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-02-24

Iron is said to be manufactured
in Birmingham. Ala, cheaper than
anywhere else in the United States.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-02-24

During the discussion of the
tariff BILL Senator Kellogg has
stood bravely by the sugar planters
OF Louisiana. "Giye the devil his
DUE"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-02-24

Mr.. A. ]. Reynolds. of the Don
aldsonville Chief, has our thanks for
copy of new song, entitled "Fare-
well, Marie" Words by A. j. Rey-
nolds, music by A. e. Blackmar.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-02-24

The Secretary of the Treasury
estimates that it will require about
sa15, 100000 to pay the next years
expenses of the Government.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-02-24

The Governor Of Alabama offers
. reward of $4,000 for the capture
and return of Isaac II. Vincent, the
defaulting State Treasurer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-02-24

Mr.. Peter Cooper, the New York
,philanthropist and millionaire, was
80 years old on Tuesday, the 18th
inst.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-02-24

Ell Paso, Texas. which is the
halfway station on the great South
ern system of railroads connecting
the Pacific coast with the Southern
seaboard, is 1163 miles from New
Orleans, 1856 from San Francisco,
and 1850 from the City Of Mexico.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-02-24

Thanks to Congressman Robert.
son for interesting pub. docs.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-02-24

Ex-Governor Warmoth has pur-
cased, in Maine, the machinery for
beet root sugar factory, for his
Louisiana plantation.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-02-24

The Southern Cotton Exposition
will open at Louisville on the LIST
OF August, and continue one hun
!dred days,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-02-24
.COyingtOn. February "a, 1883.
The Mails.

CONVICTION TO NEW ORLEANS
ARRIVE. DEPART.
Tuesday. Z p. NJ Monday 49,. 5 A. M
Thursday 7P. n. Wednesday. A. N
ySaturday..10 r. NJ. Friday -.....7 A. NJ
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-02-24

The Senate tariff bill passed to
engrossment last Wednesday night,
and it is believed it VIII be adopted
by the House. This bill makes q
reduction of about forty millions of
internal revenue taxation, and
about twenty millions of customs
duties. Ths reduction on sugar
duties is about eight millions.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-02-24
JOffcial.I
TAN NOTICE.
TAX CoLLEcToR's OFFICE,
Parish of st. Tammany,
Covington, La, Feb. ID, 1883.

To all UnEno,cn Olcners of Immora.
lie Property In the Parish Of St
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-02-24

The Signal Service Officer at New
Orleans, in his report published in
Thursdays Picayu'se, says "tbe in
:dications are for continuance of
the and pleasant weather." And
pie. weather continued clear! and
Tstsant pear!y al day
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-11-29
AnattO Defined.

Cheese for lang time has been col
ored with anatto, and, of late years, it
has come in use, not only in creameries,
but in home diaries, to give color to but
ter. The increasing use of the sub
stance, especially in winter, naturally
leads many to ask: "What is anatto,
and is it harmlessp' The name, which
came with the substance from South
America, has variety of spellings, be-
sides that given above, which is the SIM
plest and the one we first learned; it is
given in different books as 0n1eGto, an
ndtd, dnn0tt0, drnOtt0, drnota, and so on.
The substance is the product of small
South American tree, Bird oreltn7d, be-
longing to small family to which it
gives its name (BirineOe), of which we
have no representatives. Systemati-
cally, the family is placed near that of
the violets. The tree rarely exceeds
twelve feet in height, has handsome
head, and each branch is terminated by
a cluster of flowers of the color of peach
blossoms. The pods are at first of fine
rose-color, becoming brown as they ri
pen; they are covered with bristles, and
contain numerous seeds. Each seed is
surrounded by dark red pulp, to re-
move which they are placed in water
and allowed to ferment, with frequent
stirring. When the seeds are free from
the pulp they are strained out and the
pulp allowed to settle. 1t is afterwards
placed in kettles, evaporated to thick
paste, which is the anatto of commerce.
1t is made into rolls weighing two to
four pounds, which are covered with
Gamma leaves and packed in wicker bas-
kets, or more generally of late in wicker
boxes. Anatto, when fresh, has much
the consistency of putty, a dark. brown
ishred color, and with a somewhat dis
agreeable odor. 1t has long been used
in dyeing, though on silks the color is
not very fast. To color common cotton
stuffs of a full orange, it is often used
in domestic dyelng, with potash as a
mordant So far as we are aware, the
various butter colorings in the market
are chiefly, if not entirely, solutions of
anatto, made by the aid of some form of
potash or soda. 1t seems better suited
than anything else to give winter butter
the color of that made when cows have
good pasturage. 1t is entirely harm
less, we think. 1t has long been added
to chocolate in South America, for both
color and flavor, and is used by indian
tribes in that country to paint their bod
les. One writer says it is about the only
clothing the natives have to protect
them from mosquitoes and other insects.
-4AmericGn 4Agriculturalist.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-11-29
Democratic Programme.

The Democrats are congratulating
themselves upon another opportunity
to redeem themselves before the coun-
try. If the Democratic Congress, they
say, would only address itself to bust
ness in common sense way at the COM
ing session, the party might stand a
good chance to elect the next President
And so it might. If the Democrats pos
sessed the nerve to tackle the tariff ques-
ton, and the wisdom to adjust it in accord
with public sentiment and the public
welfare, nothing could prevent their
success in 1884. But they would never
do it. The patriotism and ability of the
party must be kept in the background
that its demagogues and blockheads
may unhindered contend for the mas
terry of the phantom flesh-pots that are
ever $50 near and yet so far Mean
time opportunity passes. Opportunity
When, during the past twenty-five years
has not opportunity waited upon the pat
riotism of the Democratic party? And
when has not the party spurned the
proifered reward.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-11-29
Care Of the Feet.

When the feet are damp and cold it is
impossible to keep well. There will be
a cough, or sore throat, or hoarseness,
sick headache, or some other annoyance.
If cold and dry, the feet should be
soaked in hot water for ten minute sew
cry night, and wiped and dried, rub into
them well ten or fifteen drops of sweet
oil; do this patiently with the hands,
rubbing the oil into the soles of the feet
particularly.
On getting up in the morning, dip
both feet at once into water as cold as
the air of the room, half ankle deep for
minute in summer; half minute or
less in winter; rubbing one foot with the
other, then wipe dry, and if convenient,
holding them to the fire, rubbing them
until perfectly dry and warm in every
part.
If the feet are damp and cold, attend
only to the morning washing, but at
night always remove the stockings and
hold the feet to the fire, rubbing them
with the hands for fifteen minutes, and
get Immediately into bed
Under any circumstances, as often as
the feet are cold enough to attract at
tention, draw off the stockings and hold
them to the fire; if the feet are much in
clned to dampness. put on pair of dry
stockings, leaving the damp ones before
the fire to be ready for another change
Some persons feet are more comfort
able, even in winter, in cotton. others
in wooden stockings. Each must be
guided by his own feelings. Sometimes
two pairs of thin stockings keep the feet
warmer than one pair which is thicker
than both The thin pair may be of the
same or different materials, and that
which is best next to the feet. should be
determined by the feelings of the per-
son.
Sometimes the feet are rendered more
comfortable by basting half an inch
thickness of curled hair on a piece of
thick cloth, slipping it into the stocking,
with the hair next to the skin. to be re-
moved at night, and placed before the
fire 10 be perfectly dried by morning
Persons who walk great deal during
the dav, should on coming home for the
night. remove their shoes and stockings,
hold their feet to the fire until perfectly
dry; put on dry pair, and wear slippers
for the rest of the evening.
Boots and CATERS keep the feet damp,
unclean and noisome, by preventing the
escape of the insensible perspiration
and odor which are constantly emanat-
ing from. healthy feet; hence the old
fashioned shoe is the best for health for
the strengthening of the ankles, by hab-
ituating them to support themselves.
Pieces of newspaper wrapped around
the feet over the stockings keep the feet
remarkably warm. Cold feet arise from
the want of vigorous circulation in them;
this.is often remedied by putting them
in hot water in wooden vessel, so as to
cover the toes; in about ten minutes put
both in cold water. the colder the better,
of the same depth. for half q minute;
the object being to produce shock, cal
culated to draw warm blood to the soles;
this may done on retiring and rising.
Nothing should be considered trouble,
which can have even slight tendency
to keep the feet warm, because there
never can be recovery from disease or
substantial good health without it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-11-29
Evils Of Gossip.

Can the evil wrought by gossip be
estimated? We think not. A wise
woman can scarcely say to little in COM
pany if the conversation trenches in the
least on scandal. Many social, noble.
minded woman has been obliged to
withdraw herself from a neighborhood
intimacy which would have been pleas
ant otherwise because her remarks are
returned by some idle tale, so perverted
as to make her doubt the existence of
genuine friendship, and accept loneli-
ness for the sake of the safety it brought.
You say we must talk ssabout some
thing" Yes, and through that very
fact we see remedy for the evil, to so
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ourselves in other
and better things that we find no space
for our neighbours affairs. Let us talk
of our work, our homes, our house
plants, our books. or our babies. Let
us teach our eyes to find beauty else
where, while we blind them by constant
watchfulness 10 blemishes. Never un-
der any circumstances, cast the first
stone. Then if any erring neighbor
goes down you cannot blame yourself
for assisting the downfall. Selected.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-11-29
BOyhOOd Of .Iere Black.

He was one day riding along the
country road, toward neighbor's
house, with companion year or more
older than himself. He had lust re-
turned from the winters school at
Somerset, and was in the coming fall
to realize his hearts desire-to be sent
away to an institution where there were
greater opportunities for learning high
er branches of an English education
than about home.
Il am going away to school for two
years, said young Black to his COM
panion, as they rode along. The boy
looked at him in establishment. for he
had always held the speaker to be a
prodigy, and was wont to say, when
the country lads asked information
about anything:
ASK Jerry Black; he knows every
thing
why, amt you learned through
yet?' he inquired, when he recovered
from his establishment that Black was
going TO waste more time over books.
why, no, I've hardly begun was
the reply.
The boy cast sort of half-pityinp
glance at Black and said: Jerry, if
you don't stop this book nonsense soon
you'll be lawyer yet
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-11-29
Fashion Mates

Long dolmans of velvet with flowing
sleeves pulled high on the shoulders,
and bordered with fur, are among the
richest winter cloaks. Chenille fringe
will answer for autumn cloaks, but
furry borders will replace them for
winter. Silver clasps or ribbon Ties
fasten them at the throat, and they are
not fastened further down.
Thick, soft chenille in circles makes
the crown OF new bonnets with velvet
or feather brims, and there are chenille
rushes that border the front.
Wells are worn short, barely reaching
below the eyes, and are omitted alto
gether by these whose compilations do
not need protection.
Application trimmings of black vel
vet beaded with jet and gold beads are
among the most fashionable trimmings
for satins and fine wool goods. The
Renaissance designs, with rich curves,
graceful lines and foliage, are most
snowy in this applied embroidery. and
are used for yokes, vests. cuffs, collars
and tabliers of winter dresses.
For stylish Embarrassing the back
hair is brushed from the nape of the
neck to the top of the head and twisted
there in fantastic coils, which are not
large. Pins and combs fasten the coils
and are made of tortoise-shell, gilt or
silver, with Rhine stones. A slight
fringe IS on the forehead and on the
nape of the neck as well.
Basques and sleeves are made of two
materials, such as silk and velvet, of
the same color oddly arranged or with
utility in view; as, for instance, cor
sage will have a velvet yoke with silk
below it, or the side pieces of the bas-
que and the lower part of the sleeves
will be silk and the rest velvet, thus
the parts that wear out quickly are
made of the less expensive and more
lasting fabric.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-11-29
Frnits as Food and Medicine.

OF all the fruits with which we are
blessed, the peach is the most delicious
and digestible. There is nothing more
palatable. wholesome and medicinal
than good. ripe peaches. They should
be ripe, but not over ripe and half rot
ten; and of this kind they may make a
part of either meal, or TO be eaten be-
tween meals; but it is better 10 make
them part of the regular meals. 1t is
a mistaken idea that no fruit should be
eaten at breakfast. Ii would be far let
ter if our people would eat less bacon
and grease at breakfast and more fruit.
In the morning there is an acrid state
OF the secretions, and nothing is so we'll
calculated to correct this as cooling,
sub-acid fruits. such as peaches, apples,
etc. Still, most of us have been taught
that eating fruit before breakfast is
highly dangerous. How the idea origi-
mated do not know. but it is certainly
a great error, contrary to both reason
and facts.
The apple is one of the best of fruits.
Baked or stewed apples will generally
agree with the most delicate stomach,
and are an excellent medicine in many
cases of sickness. Green, or half-ripe
apples stewed and sweetened are pleas
ant to the taste, nourishing, cooling and
laxative, far superior. in many cases, to
the abominable doses of salts and oil
usually given in fever and other dis
eases. Raw apple and dried apples
stewed, are better for constipation than
most liver pills.
Oranges are very acceptable to most
stomachs, having all the advantage OF
the acid alluded to; but the juice alone
should be taken, rejecting the pulp
The same may be said of lemons,
pomegranates, and all that class. Lem
onade is the best drink IN fevers, and
and when thickened with sugar. is bet.
ter than syrup of squills and other nau-
seous drugs in many cases of cough.
Tomatoes act on the liver and bowels,
and are much more pleasant and safe
than blue mass and silver regulators y
The Juice should be used alone, rejecting
the skins.
The small seeded fruits, such as black
berries, figs, raspberrles. and strawber-
ries, may be classed among the best
fruits and medicines. The sugar in
them is nutritious, the acid is cooling
and purifying, and the seeds are Taxa,
tive. We would be much the gamers il
we would look more to our gardens and
orchards for our medicines, and less tc
our drug stores. 70 cure fever or act
on the kidneys, no febrifuge or diuretiC
is superior to watermelons, which may
with very few exceptions, be taken in
sickness and in health; In almost unlim,
tied quantities, not only without injury
but with positive benefit. But in using
them, the water, or juice should be Ia
ken, excluding the pulp; and the melor
should be fresh and ripe, but not over
ripe and stale.--J. S. Wilson, N. D., IL
Southern World.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-11-29
Sunlit Rooms.

No article of furniture should be put
in a room that will not stand sunlight,
for every room in dwelling should
have the windows SO arranged that some
time during the day flood of sunlight
will force itself into the apartment.
The Importance of admitting the light
OF the sun freely to all parts of our
dwellings cannot be too highly esti-
mated Indeed, perfect health is near
ly as much dependent on pure sunlight
as it is on pure air. Sunlight should
never be excluded except when so
bright as to be uncomfortable to the
eyes. And daily walks should be taken
in bright sunshine. A sun-bath is of
more Importance in preserving heath
full condition OF the body than is gener-
ally understood. A sun-bath costs
nothing, and that is misfortune. for
people are deluded with the idea that
those things only can be good or useful
which cost money. But remember that
pune water, fresh air, and sunlit homes
kept free from dampness, will secure
you from many heavy bills of doctors,
and give you health and vigor which no
money can procure. 1t is well-estab-
lished fact that the people who live
much in the sun are usual, stronger
and more healthy than those whose oc-
equations deprive them of sunlight.
And certainly there is nothing strange
in the result, since the same law applies
with equal force to nearly every AMI
mate thing in nature. 1t is quite easy
to arrange an isolated dwelling so that
every room may be filled with sunlight
some time in the day, and it is posi-
BILE that many town houses could be
so built as to admit more light than
they now receive.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-11-29

you an appetite for your meals, it
lends solidity to your slumbers. it gives
you perfect and grateful app eciation
OF holiday. There are young men
who do not work, my son; but the world
is not proud of them. 1t does not
know their names, even; il simply
speaks of them as old so-and-ss BOYS.
Nobody likes them; the great busy
world doesn't know that they arc there
So find out whatyou want TO be and do,
my son, and take off your CT 1t and
make dust in the world. The buster
you are the less deviltry you will be apt
to get into, the sweeter will BIZ your
sleep, the brighter and happier your
holidays, and the better satisfied will
the world be with YOU Burdette.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-11-29

President Arthur's Administration
bids fair to distinguish and popularize
itself in very signal manner by sup
pressing land frauds, pension frauds
and the illicit use of the mails by thieves
and sharps. Much has already been
accomplished in these respects, and it is
safe to anticipate that the official prun-
ing-knife and grubbing-hoe will not be
permitted to rest till the noxious and ru-
nous weeds that have crept into the
Government gardens shall have been
effectnallY eradicated.