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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14
The Maine Girls Chewing Gum.

1t costs $4,000 a year to keep
Augusta citizens in chewing gum.
Young ladies, especially those in school,
are pr.~erbially gum-chewers, and it
takes no small amount to keep them
supplied. Yesterday q Frenchman
from Horeb Falls was in town and
marketed l25 pounds of the spruce
article. One druggist took seventy five
pounds. 1t cost in the neighborhood of
one dollar pound. 1t was prime
gum, white and free from imperfec-
tions, was in Jumps, and had been
carefully scraped and cleansed. The
man said that he had two hundred
pounds of the gum at home which he
proposed to market in Belfast. Gum
from young trees is the best, icing of
= lighter color and of better flavor
than that taken from old trees. which
is of darker shade and has rank
taste. There are men who make gum
gathering a business. and derive snug
little income from this source. But the
spruce forests which grow this product
are failing. and the day is not far dis
tant when there will be a famine in
genuine gum. The lumberman is
making enormous inroads into the ranks
of the trees. and the spruce-worm has
injured or killed thousands -Augnst9
dc Journal
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14
The Dandy Horse.

The use of tricycles by the post
men of England is not new. In 1850
improved dandy horses" were given
TO postmen in rural districts and were
in use for several years. The construc-
ton of the machine was exceedingly
simple; two small and equal-sized stout
wooden wheels were fitted. one behind
the other, to stout bar of wood; the
rear wheel was rigidly tixedto a pair of
stout iron forks, while the front wheel
was fitted in q similar pair of forks,
which by clumsy and primitive ar
rangement, something like that of a
bath-chair, could be detected from side
to side, so as to steer the machine. In
the middle of the stout connecting bar
or backbone was placed narrow
cushioned seat, and in front of it was
raised and padded pommel or cushion,
on which the rider threw most of his
weight. Seating himself astride, the
hobby-rider graspcd the steering handle
with both hands, and leaning his chest
upon the cushioned pommel, stood
across the machine in position much
like that of man when running. Then
he began to run along the ground,
placing his weight on the seat and the
pommel, and with lengthy strides
progressing along the road. As soon
as the rider became proficient in the
balance, as with the modern machine,
he was able to lily" down hills with his
feet OF the ground, and could on the
level run for some distance with the
added impetus of a sharp burst along
the road. The pace, as compared with
walking or other unaided modes Of
progression, was remarkable. and
doubtless many found the dandy-horse
of service as means of exercise; but
its immense weight. clumsy construc-
ton, and the terrible jars which its
rubberless wheels and springless frame
communicated to the system Of the
rider soon cooled their enthusiasm. and
the dandy horse became thing Of the
past.-Longmans Magazine,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14
English rs She is NiSte.

A Rochester lawyer has brouc hit home
from Ita the advertisement of the
"Vesuvius Vine Railway which con
tains some amusing examples of ENG
Ii h as she is wrote" lie following ara
illustrate. Us:
Carr age belonging to the Wire Rail.
wa. Company are only allowed to stop
on their wa, Tor mountainous repose
OF the hor es.
E-,s No drinking money is due to
achmen.
At the interior station Mt. Vesuvius
paSsen ers will receive contre-iicket
and conformity to its orders number
they will take place in the t, ain.
1 he train is composed of ten passen-
epgers. ThoSe who Willingly loose
their turn cann ro:it of the next train
always when there is an empty seat,
but can not pretend special train.
The comp any is not responsible to
foreigner; who would serve them selves
of guides not belonging to the same, or
hav NC no number.
Guides have TO behave themselves
most politeful toward foreigners in
showing them all the particu.aritys of
the crater to accompany them during
ascent and descent and bring them
round the crater, bnt are not obliged to
follow them in the dangerous locality of
which .ey will be advised. They are
not obliged to gather stones or to do
impressions unless they have not bar
gain with them before.
The stations buffet is provided of ali
thirgs that travellers could desire at
the same pr.c;s fixed by the com; any.
The stations telegraph Office is open
to the public and telegram can be
wired TO all destinations ut tie usually
tariff.
Foreigners can retire from the Naples
Office photos acquired on Mount Vesu-
vius and will even be braugEt to their
residence i they require it.
In this {, ase receipt will be given to
them for their relative payment and
which will serve at the same time to
control and retire the articles acquired.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14
Farm AND PRESIDE.

"A good crop of beets will be found
an excellent adjunct to the grain and
hay feed for stock.
Boiled barley is quite generally fed
horses in England. 1t is said to have
one-third more nutrition than oats.
Pea brush will be in best shape to
set if they are piled in a bunch, laying
the butts all one way, and then weighted
heavily with old rails or other timber.
Chicago Times.
Cream biscuit-One pint of thick
sour cream, one teaspoonful soda,
one teaspoonful cream tartar. Flour
sufficient to roll out, and bake in quick
oven.-BostOn Globe.
As soon as there is food for insects
on fruit trees they will be on hand to
eat it. Be ready for them. Watch for
the first "tents" of the caterpillar and
remove them while small.
1t may not appear profitable to
purchase fertilizer only to have its
cost returned in the crop, but the direct
benefits to the soil are great, as many
elements are left in Il soluble condition
for succeeding crop.-Cleceiand
Leader.
Cape May Corn Bread: One pint
sifted corn-meal; pour on it one quart
of boiling water and two tablespoonfuls
of salt, three eggs, the whites beaten
first as light as possible. and then add
the yolks, unbeaten, to the whites, and
beat all again until very light. Bake
very thin.-N. Y. Post.
Mutton Pie: Slice cold roast mutton
and lay in deep dish; put en- empty
cup turned bottom up in middle of the
dish; this takes up the gravy and keeps
it from boiling over. Season the meat
with salt and butter and sprinkle with
flour; cover with crust and bake
forty Misunderstanding.
-Cauliilowers will not thrive except
under the very best conditions They
are grown in the same manner as cab
bage, only the soil must be exceedingly
rich. Many growers have found it
necessary to occasionally water this
crop, which is hindrance to field cul-
ture, although the prices usually OBJ
tanned repay the care. If tho leaves are
drawn together over the heads. blanch-
ing will be greatly facilitated.-Prairie
Farmer.
Satisfy is not generally grown, at
least not in farmers gardens. 1t is as
easily managed IS parsnips or other
roots. The root is rarely more than an
inch through at the larger end. BY
giving it rich soil and thinning to five
or six inches apart in the row, the size
may be increased. This is often called
"Oyster Plant" or Vegetable Oyster"
A soup made from it has somewhat the
flavor of oyster soup. II may be cut
into inches and stewed, or boiled ten
der, dipped in batter and fried.--1he
Household.
-Currant bushes may be propa-
gated by planting the seeds, by bending
down bushes and covering portion of
them with soil. or by cutting off the
suckers at some distance under the sur
face of the ground and removing them
with the small roots. The general way
of propagating them, however, is by
means of cutting. The cuttings should
be formed of wood of the same year 5
growth, or of the previous season. if
they are taken off in the spring. They
should, to grow to the best advantage.
be cut in the spring before the sap
starts. The cutting should be done
with sharp knife and the divisions
made at the axis of bud.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14
PNEUMONIA PREVENTED.

OYSTER BAY, Ny, April II, 1881
believe have been saved from o terri.
BILE illness by ALLcocK's Porous PLAsTERs.
About month ago was attacked with
a violent pain in my chest, accompanied
by a fever and great difficulty in breath
ing. Unprecedented pneumonia, which is
SO prevalent at present; went to bed and
applied one Allcock's Plaster between my
shoulder blades and two on my chest. In
an hour my breathing was much easier, in
two hours the pam had left me, and the next
morning awoke peri ely free from fever.
went about my business as usual, and at
the end of a week took the plassers OF.
For the last ten years Allcock's Plas.ers
have been used by my family with the best
effect in coils, coughs, and pain in the side
and back. Z. B. SHERWOOD.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14
Hired Help.

Nav have word to say in the Her
aid about hired help, for hiring as do.
and keeping my eyes open, Think lean
''see" some of the reasons why SO many
farmers do not find i, profitable to en-
ploy labor. l have no doubt many
men employed would be dear help, if
only given their board in exchange for
their assistance, but there is another
class of help, ready and willing to earn
their wages, and will do it any time, if
the farmer is a director of labor and
can '.plan" the work ahead.
In the first place, no farmer can en-
ploy help at a profit who does not have
his seasons labor mapped OUT
months ahead, and knows exactly what
he Intends to do, aud then does it. To
never know until after breakfast what
the days work is to be, and often
change the programme, after an hour
or two of labor. is to do nothing in the
end. A whole day OF even more is
often sacrificed without any show for
the labor, but it all costs, and makes
a good showing-towards failure.
Farmers often keep help at high figures
on jobs that are of little Importance,
and wholly out of time and place at
that. Such as mending brush fence,
patching up an old rail fence with
poles, etc, ETC., the article labored
within the end not being worth the cost
of labor. All these things have their
times of being looked after, but to
neglect crops, and be everlastingly fix
ing something for the ''time being" is
to make paid labor Improbable.
Again. unless the farmer enlarges the
magnitude of his farm work, grows
larger crops, improves his farm in many
ways and enlarges his income il pro-
portion to the outlay, there will be q
good reason for ..unprofitable help"
II the hired man is to do chores and
''potter about" and accomplish nothing
visible to the eye, or the pocket
book other than to ''flatten it," the
employment of help had best be dis
pensed with; but if fields are cleared
up. valuable crops raised, the dairy
made more productive by soiling crops,
and the farm put to rights in the proper
season, then farm labor must be profit
able.
Lastly, it is rare that ''cheap" labor
is profitable. If man is a good
worker, energetic, and lean set him
self to work" and keep the machine
going, whether the farmer is present or
not, the price he lnay ask, or demand,
will be the cheapest labor in the end.
1t is keeping expensive help at work
on jobs that produce no income. or in
so ordering the work that nothing is
accomplished, that causes two-thirds of
the complaint about Improbable labor
Cor. Ccrctdnd Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14
A Natural Mistake.

'Pa," said little boy to his father.
on their ARR, al in st. Louis, 81 didn I
know people in this city had wings. "
Wings Certainly not replied the
father.
"Then what are those things that
stick up so high?'
Hush, my boy" sa d the father in an
undertone: You mustn't speak so
loud. Those are ears.-Phiidtielph.a
CdU.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14

Hr. w. r. Robinson, Davisboro, Ca,
WRITES, under date Jan. 8, 1884: g. anu get
ting on finely, the ulcer is gradually heal
ing. feel that Swift's Specific will cure
the horrible cancer which has been feeding
on me for over twenty years."
Mr.. O.G. Barron, of Banning, GA. writes,
dased March 3, 1884: g. The soreness has all
go.le out of the Cancer, and my health has
greatly improved. / have taken six bot
ties Of SwIFT's SPECIFIC, for Skin Cancer,
which have had for years"
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed Tree. TIE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14
A Popular Falfncy.

Many people think tina. Rheumatism can
not be curei. 1t is caused by q bad state
of the blood which deposits poisonous mat
ter in the Joints ard muscles causing lame
ness, stiffness and swelling of the joints
and excruciatins pains. Kidney-Wort will
certainly effect a cure. 1t acts on the KID
n. US, Liver and Bowels. stimulating them
to a healthy action, purifies and enrichss
the blood and eliminates the poison from
the system. Go to the nearest druggist,
buy Kidney Wort and be cured.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14

DR.. NJ. II. HINsDALE, kenawee, ILL.,, says:
I" A neighbor's wife was attacked with vio-
lent lung disease, and pronounced beyond
help from Quick Consumption. The family
was persuaded to try DR.. WIN. HALLS BAL
SAM FOR TIE LUNGS. BY the time she had
used one-half dozen bottles she was about
the house doing her own work"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14

Almost every day." says the Bos-
ton Globe. '.the newspapers announce
the failure o. man who made money
in business he understood and has
lost it in one he did not know anything
about
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14

Texas has cattle queen besides
her numerous cattle kings. She is the
wife of an ex-Methodist preacher named
Rogers. and lives in Nevices County,
where she owns and manages . ranch
of 10000 head of cattle. while her hus-
band attends to his duties as member
Of the State Legislature.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14

No EFFORT has ever been made to adver-
tise Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound outside our own America; yet ire
gu snt calls from other rarts of the world
show that good news viii spread. Pack.
ages of this medicine have even been sent
from Lynn, Mass, to China.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14

TKeep This in Mind. In the Diamond
Dyes more coloring is given than in any
known dyes, and they give faster and more
brilliant colors. 1oc. at all drug .is's.
Wells, Richardson & Co., Burlington, VT.
Sample Card, 81 colors, and book of direc-
tionS for &c, stamp.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14
l9e BROADWAY, Room No. 10. l
Nrw YORK Ian oo 1881

first saw what a very fine remedy ALL
COCKS Porous PLAsrERs were when they
cured my wife of asthma, and when was
attacked with. pneumonia, some three
months ago, l first thought Of ALLcocK's
PLAsrERs. By the advice of my physician
l placed two under each shoulder-blade
and two on my chest; in few hours
breathed easier, the congestion Of the
lungs was much less, the icy feeling down
my spine and in my back vanished; the
plasters soon made me so warm that
broke out in profuse perspiration, and in
three days was well and attending to my
affairs. I ought to say that took two
BRAxDRETH's PILLS every night for over .
week, which think helped me good deal.
WILLIAM PERSCH.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14

In hundreds of instances where Hot
Springs and other treatment failed to cure
scrofula and syphilitic disorders, tho SUI
ferer has sought and found a cure in Or.
Guysott's yellow Dock and -Sarsaparilla.
1t enriches the blood, strengthens the uri-
nary and digestive organs, and quick y re.
moves all indications of ill health and blood
disease, from pimple to a running sore'
from headache to rheumatic pain. Its
superiority over all other blood purifiers
and strengthening medicines is admitted
by all who test its curative effect and In
fue ace.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14

BRowS's BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs for Coughs
and Colds: 81 think them the best and
most convenient relief extant."-Rer. c..
H. Humphrey, Gratz, Ey. Is cts. box.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14

"HIGH, fat crowns are most in favor"
An American girl will take almost any
kind of crown and not complain.-N Y.
Graphic.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14

An ad ustable finger ring is new
The size is regulated by sliding the
band in or out of the SO iing to the
stone.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14

THE sex of Barnum's white elephant may
have been stated, but it escaped our notice.
We judge from his name, however, that it
belongs to the female sex. 1t is called
Tongue. too-long, or Toung Talong, or
something that way. Those foreigners are
not very good spellers.-NorristOon Her.
aid.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14

DARWIN says there is living principle
In fruit. We suppose he refers to the
worms.-IndianapOlis Scissors.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14

Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar
Stops your Il roat hurting. Why don'tyou
use it! Pixies toothacae drops cure in one
minute.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14

The man who kicks his daughters lover
down three flights of stairs, sends her to
bed with scolding, then Stacks the parlor
fire and turns of the gas, should he sent
to prison for contempt of court.-Pits.
turgh Chronicle Telegraph.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14

An exchange notices what an ex.
cellent Judgment the average insane
murderer shows in s.le ting lawyer
20 defen him.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14

A New YORK doctor says that small
feet signify quick temper. The assertion
that the belle of Chicago has a perfectly
angelic disposition must be true.-Phil-
ddefphid Call.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14

A SUPREME COURT decision: eyes, dear;
but Of course you must SPEAK to pa."-Ou
City Derrick.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14

WHEN q rich man dies nowadays be
leaves his will to his heirs and his money
to their lawyers.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14

CALINo, who had q very obstinate cold,
went to consult his physician. "Was not
your father a consumptive." Calino, with
a reassuring gesture: mo, monsieur; he
was photographer
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14

"WHERE would we be without womanfH
asks writer. We would be all right; but
the little rug dog-where would it bel
Chicago Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14

A CARPET is like a small boy; it has to be
beaten to be cleaned.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14

"WHAr will the coming woman wearso
asks a fashion magazine. II she's any
thing like the present woman, and you
take her word for it, she will have "abso-
lutely nothing to wear"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14

CYCLONES ara becoming so plenty out
West that almost every poor family can
afford to have one.-BOStOn Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14

A HORRIBLE but humorous Photographer
suggests that the Boston crematory Is only
Q new way of baking beings.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14

mo, LAURA, no. They do not open tho
campaign with a can-opener. They do it
with a corkscrew. How little, alas, do
women know about politics."-BurlingtO
Hdrkeye.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14

"LITERALLy carried out OF the system" Dis
ease when attacked by Samaritan NeiuiTe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14

FooT and mouth disease-Gout and tooth
ache.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14

WHAT is laughter? asks q scientist. It
is the sound that you hear when your hat
blows of.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14

THE Chinese may have to go, but the
Kelly motor never.-Peck's San.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14

JOHN Darts, ESQ, of Woodburn, ILL.,, writes:
/" Samaritan Neruinc cured my son of fita"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14

A SLEEPY head is often possessed Of .
nod idea.-N T. Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14

II afflicted with Sore Eyes, uso DR.. IeaaO
Thompsons Eye Water. Druggists ssQ t. 10.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14

IT is hard to run n newspaper unless Il
can stand alone.-UhIchaU Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14

BORROWING for living is certainly not
Q paying business.-N @. Picdyune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14

The short, hacking cough, which leads to
Consumption, is cured by Piso's Cure.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14
Door. Bell Ficnds.


the southern end of Central Park has =
collection of cards and circulars nailed
to the inner surface of kitchen closet
door. The assortment nearly covers
the door. and she says it is rapidly in
creasing. She expects to be compelled
to devote an end of her kitchen tn the
collection. for she has purpose to
serve which she solemnly AYERS she will
not abandon. Over the collection is n
card on which she has printed in very
black letters and punctuated with ''scare
marks" this sentence:
DON'T GO NEAR THEM! !:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .........
The cards and circulars bear the
names of some of the best known trades
men of that part of the city-men of I'M
questioned honesty, whose stores are
filled with excellent goods. Yet she has
forbidden her servant to buy even so
much as cents worth of anything
from any man whose name appears on
the back of this door. If there is no
other place at which the desired article
can be procured at the time it is wanted,
the servant is instructed to return with
out it. The lady of the house herself
saws that she has often ridden down
town to make a small purchase rather
than buy the article of tradeSman
near by, whose card appears in her
kitchen collection.
The secret of this housekeeper's in
dignation and her determination of
purpose is this: Several times in the
course Of every week day her door bell
is rung by men or boys distributing
advertising cards or circulars. Some of
them give the postman's double ring.
At first she used to hurry to the mirror.
the while giving her servant instructions
to ask the caller to be seated in the
parlor, or used to send down her maid
or run down with the key herself to
open the letter box to see what relative
or friend had written to her. She does
so no more, but the servant is instructed
to open the door for every ring, and, if
no caller appears, to 60 down at once
and bring to her the advertising card
or circular that has been put in the box.
1t is then nailed up with those that have
offended her. So scrupulous is she
about making the innocent suffer that
the maid is under instructions to re-
spond at once to every ring, least an
innocent bridesmaids card should be
silently deposited along with that of an
offender. The lady says she does not
hope to break up the insolent practice
of the offending tradesmen. but she
prefers not to patronize men who in
struct their employees to cheat her
while calling her attention to their
wares.-N, Y. Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14

CREMArIoN is one Of the burning Quss.
tions Of the age.-Roehester Post cypress.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-06-14

Be sure to obtain "Allcock's" Porous
Plaster, as all other. are worthless imita-
ionS.