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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27
FARM AND FIRESiDE,

Try a piece of lemon instead OF
soap for removing dirt from the hands.
Ibis is particularly good for hands
| which chap in winter. Detroit Post.
To remove ink stains dipa sponge
in milk and rub the spot as soon after
the ink is spilled as possible; continue
the operation until the ink is out.
CieUeiand Leader.
An old-fashioned warm weather
drink which might once in while be
given to the children, is made of one
quart of water. one tablespoonful OF
ginger. four tablespoonfulS of sugar,
and nearly half pint of vinegar. ".
Y. Post.
Zephyr shawls and hoods may be
cleaned by putting them into pan
would wash anything if they We're in
water, shake well and hang on the line,
and they will look rs fresh rs new. =
Boston Post.
Many farmers are very careless in
sowing buckwheat. 1t is often the case
that old and worn out fields are
ploughed up for this crop If we'll
ploughed and thoroughly narrowed
such fields might produce good crop
but one narrowing is not sufficient. =
n Y Herald.
A delicious pudding is made in this
way: Chop pineapple quite fine; take
some cake which is a little dry. rub it line
IN your hands or crush it on kneading
board; put it into n pudding dish in
alternate layers with the pineapple,
sweeten abundantly. moisten with cold
water and bake in n moderate oven for
an hour and three-quarters. .itGany
Journal.
How to avoid cutting warm short
cake is difficult question. 1t is solved
by cutting the unbaked dough into two
equal parts. Roll one out: put it into
The baking tin, spread it with butter rs
if it were already baked. then roll out
the other part and lay over it. When
baked these parts separate readily
without the aid of a knife. A thin
coating of butter is all that is needed.
N. Y. Post.
1t is stated in French agricultural
Journals that French cheese makers
are not satisfied unless they get from
$3.50 to $500 per annum from each COW.
This is owing to their experlness and
thoroughness in the manufacture of
cheese, and each particular agricultural
district of Fance has attained celebri-
ty for the making of some particular
variety of cheese, developing into
specia! and important Industry.
1t is time for our farmers to I'M
derstand, says an Iowa experimental.
that the days of the small horses are
over. except to drive to town and for
light livery work. They can not afford
either to raise them or own them. If
they will observe carefully they will
discover that it costs no more to keep
a colt two wears than calf.
and that during these two years on
stock keep the cot willincrea e in val
tie a great deal faster than the cat.
We do not advise farmers to 90 alto
gether into horse farming or into any
other specially, but along with the
calves and pigs, raise few good, large
colts. 1t is unsafe to devote farm to
any one kind of stock. The true wis
dom is to raise some of each, but what
ever you do, raise the best.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27
An Egyptian City.

Carlo is $50 miles from Alexandria.
1t is the largest city in Africa, and sec.
ond largest in the Turkish Empire
Constantinople leading it. Its present
population numbers about half a mil
lion. The old town is oriental through
and through. The average Yankee is
more interested in the street scenes in
the old town than the many wonderful
monuments to the greatness of the dy-
nasties with which the city is sur
rounded. The streets are narrow,
crooked and dirty, filled with camels,
donkeys, dogs that never get out OF
Your way, noisy boys and swearing
men. and lined with shops, or bazaars,
as they are called, where all sorts of
odd things are sold by the lazy Turk
who sits cross-legged in the midst o
them. l can easily imagine that the
Cairo of to day is not that of fifty years
ago. The present khediye has been q
progressive man. Many western ideas
and inventions have been introduced
in the country by him. The common
mode of threshing wheat is by treading
it out with cattle. as in Scripture times;
but saw steam threshing machine at
work on my way here from Alexandria:
numerous steam engines at work pump
ing water, and several wheat drills.
The railway trains look very odd, but
they have the Westinghouse air-brake
on them. Telephones are in use in this
city. The bridge over the Nile here is
q massive modern iron structure. New
Cairo, the work of the khedive. is well
laid off with broad streets. well paved,
lined with we'll built houses, and orna-
mented with shade trees and numerous
and better lighted by gas
han the streets Of Indianapolis CIR /!
Indianapolis Journal
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27
Childish Fears.

Many children are afraid to be left
alone in the dark. Fear in old and
young is a terrible feeling. and children
Inust not be blamed for it, but rather
be instructed about the nature of things
that may brighten them. A child was
once inclined that way, and the mother
determined to overcome the weakness.
So taking the child on her lap one even.
ing, when she was about three OF
four years of age, she explained to her
that darkness was merely the absence
of light, illustrating it by turning the
gas OF and on again. She showed her
the OBJ Gets in the room were the same
in the dark as in the light-nothing
was changed only the light being gone
she couldn't see SO plainly. The words
were simple, the child understood. and
thenceforth there was no more fear on
that subject. So. also. did she teach
her the danger of fire. Being in room
with an open CRATE. the mother felt
alarm lest some accident might happen
during her temporary n sence. lore
warned is forearmed. The child must
be taught TO take care of herself. Chill
dren get into trouble from ignorance.
the same as grown people do fire.
quently. Knowing that ill results will
follow certain acts, we do not commit
them unless reckless and hardened. A
child is not hardened-it is simply igno-
rant and thoughtless. therefore, to
avoid trouble. educate children and
make them thoughtful. So, taking the
child on her lap, the mother explained
in simple words the nature of fire; that
its business was to burn everything it
got hold of. and if she went near the
fire during her mothers absence q
spark might jump out and set her
clothing on fire and burn her to death
before any one could come to her
rescue. She then pictured the terrible
scene of a death by fire, the agonizing
screams of the sufferer and the sorrow
and grief of the helpless friends who
and anguish. 1t was thrilling half
hours conversation, but it did the
business ef1ectually. The child never
went near the fire after that when left
alone in the room, nor would she allow
any chance visitor to do so. keep
away from the fire while mamma is out
of the room," was her watchword, and
| have no doubt but that it saved her
life; for many a TING has she been left
alone for an hour and more and no
harm ever came of it.
OF course she was reminded of her
order and questioned if she had oheyed
On the return, thus keeping the subject
fresh in her mind until it had become
labitual. If the mother had forgotten
t perhaps the child would have also
Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27
The Want OF Farmers.

The average farmer has for the pas,
few wears been very progre ssive and a
great advance has b en- made in many
respects, but 1t now seems that tenn.
porary halt has been made, and that
| there must be new impulse given be.
| fore another start forward will again
be made. The great gain has been
made. not so much in greater results
per acre. but in the extension of terri
tory devoted to grazing, crops and
special farming, made possible by the
introduction of the most expensive and
skIllfully devised machinery. The next
step forward must be made in the di-
rection of better crops. and this adj
vance will of necessity have to be the
result of mental activity.
The census report places the average
production of crops at very low yield
per acre. The average wheat yield of
Ohio will not possibly exceed sixteen
bushels per acre. which is hardly re-
turn that compensates for the total cost
is quite as true of the run" Of other
crops. Now and then one finds a
farmer succeeding in raising crops of
nearly double the average yield. show
ing that there is possibility that soil
can be profitably TILED when the re-
quirements of the case are understood
and then acted upon. Some writer has
aptly said that failure is often made
of a wheat crop on land especially
adapted to potato culture; barley is
grown Mt a loss on land that would pro-
duce magnificent aud paving crops of
oats. The cause of all this is simply
lack of the knowledge of the constitu-
ents of the soil. their adoption to diff
cient thought on these matters. The
owners plOd along year after year with
bare subsistence, with little more
thought than the teams they drive,
finding fault with the soil. weather.
Providence, their business. everything
but the ight one-their own ignorance.
The buying of improved machinery,
blOoded stock and all the other modern
aids to farming. will not pay unless
there is a purpose to work and use
them to an advance point in keeping
with their capabilities. To use them
as labor savers. simply to do the same
work upon the farm that was done be-
fore. is not really an advance step in
farming. but when they are used in
to their possibilities then
their true worth is seen, and go ahead
farmer is discovered emerging tho
from ''ruts'' that hide many an other
wise splendid ability. The farmers who
read are the lucky ones 1t is this class
Just mentioned who are members of
farmers clubs, take the best journals
published, buy each year dozen or SO
IF the best books that are issued, and
who are not always basing their expec-
ations of becoming rich and prosper
JUS upon the adoption of free trade.
md the consequent cheapening of every
hing they buy, but does see that his
and protection of American
abor are co-dependent upon each Other.
here is q want of more thought ant q
wider range of knowledge in this ct,in-
~. and the prosperity of the future sil;
10 dependent usGn it, and needing 1T
will finally obtain the and sought
JgftTtaai Herald. :
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27
Wild Flowers Of Irish Rhetoric.

A correspondent gives some speci-
mems OF the tiorid turn of speech which
seems to be ingrained in the Celt. and
we cut the following choice examples:
The following anecdote will serve as
a specimen of the power of repartee
possessed by this tribe. A gentleman,
overhearing a car-driver asking an ex-
orbitant fare of an unsuspecting for
eigner. eNposulated with him on his
audaciOuS miSstatement of the tariff,
concluding with the words: 81 wonder
you haven't more regard for the truth"
''Och, indeed, thin, I've great dale
more regard for the truth than TO be
dthragging her ont on every palthry
occasion. was the reply.
The Irish bull fiourishes in Munster
as freely as in the other provinces of
Ireland. BY far the best exponent of
this form Of speech was country doc
tor, now, alas. gathered to his fathers.
In mental habit he was a true 1ineal
descendent of Sir Boyls Roche.
Though hardly calculated to satisfy
logical mind. his expressions were
often exceedingly picturesqe and
efectiye. Conversing with Il friend
about the high rate of mortal
ity then prevailing. he remarked:
''Bedad, there are people dying who
never died beforer' What an admirable
result was here obtained BY merely SUBJ
shutting the Indicative for the condi-
tional mood-to put it from the gram
marian's point of view. Malaprops
are often closely related to bulls, but
these are not closely confined TO Irish
soil. However, this same old doctor,
alluding to recent and mysterious
event. devoutly exclaimed: 1.-The ways
of Providence are unScrupulous"' Per-
haps for concentrated inaccuracy of
statement nothing can surpaSs the fol-
lowing sentence. which occurred in an
account Of a burglary given in an
Irish newspaper, After fruitless
search, all the money was recovered,
except one pair of boots Surely MIR.
Matthew Arnold will not quarrel with
the lack of lucidity which gave this
and the following to the world: Our
most famous JIG dancer came by his
death in faction fight at a village
fair. An inquest was held, at which
verdict was brought i'm that he met his
death by The riSitation of God, u,pier
suspicious circumstances.
There is great deal of unconscious
humor in the descriptions given by
rustic patients of their suferings.
Witness the following instances: One
applicant for relief said that he had
great bilin in his throat. and his heart
was as if We had it in yer hand. and
were sIueeZin' it. Another. who de-
clared that. saving your presence. his
shtomach had gone to the wesht of his
ribs. must have been an interesting
pathological study.-London Spectator.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27

An English paper says that ''dur-
ing the first introduction of cholera
into St. Petersburg in 1882 highly
respectable firm of iron founders, en-
ploying 500 men. informed them that
all those who would not take a tea
spoonful of powdered charcoal on en-
tering the works in the morning must
leave their employ What was the con-
se9pence9 They did not lose single
msa. while n erfads we're dying AROUND
thaTi,'' - 80
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27
The Early Bird.

Mrs. Symperson is quite young
woman, and IS the mother of a preco-
cious little girl. There was company
at the house a few evenings ago. When
bed time arrived Mrs. Symperson
said:
"Come now, Mamie, its time for you
to go to bed"
Il don't want to go to bed"
but you must. Don't you know all
the little chickens have gone to bed?"
Eyes, but the old hen went to bed
with them. "--7e Sittings.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27
A Great Problem.

Take all the Kidney and Liver
MCdicin1a,
Take all the Blood purifiers,
Take all the Rheumatic remedies,
TAKE all the Dyspepsia and Indigestion
cures,
Take all the AJuc, Fever, and oillotn
specifics,
take all the Brain and Nerve force
rcuiuers,
Take all the Great health restorers.
In short, take all the best qualities OF
all these, and the -Dest
Qualities of all the best medicines In
the world, and you will find that Hop
--Bitters have the best curative qualities
and powers of all -concchtrttc1
in them, and that they will cure when
any or all of these, singly or -conbtned
Fail. A thorough trial will give positive
proof Of this.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27
Poverty and Suffering.

"I was dragged down with debt poverty
ard suffering for years, caused by sick
family and large bills for doctoring.
II was completely discouraged, until one
year ago BY the advice of my pastor, / conf
menced using Hop Bitters, and in one mouth
we were all well, and none of US have seem
sick day since, and want TO say to an
poor men. you can keep your families we'll
a wear with Hop Bitters for less than one
doctors visit will cost. know ia
WORKINGMAN.
ry-None genuine without u bunch OF green
Hons on he white laheI. Shun all tie vile, ptii-
sonous stuff with Hop or Hops in t.sesr
name.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27
Hardened Liver.

Five years ago broke down with kidney
and liver complaint and rheumatism.
Since then l have been unable to be about
al all My liver became hard like wood;
NV limbs were pulled up and filled with
water.
All the best physicians agreed that moth
ing could cure Inc. i resolved to try Hop
Bitters: have used seven bottles; the hard
ness has all gone from my liver, the SWELL
ing from my limbs, and it has toorked
miracle in my case; otherwise would have
been now in my grave. j. w. NoREY,
Buffalo, Oct. 1, 1881.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27
Timothy Wilson, a Maaison(Conr

Timothy Wilson, a Madison Conn. }
farmer, who has worn one leg shorter
than the other for forty-sit years, ell
IRON load of hay, striking upon his
shortest lee, which snap, ell and hurt,
but had heightened Itself out Ike the
other, SO that Wilcox limps no more.
Hart ord Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27

Wells, Richardson & Co.'s Improved But
ter Color will he found to he the only oil
color that will not become rancid. Test il
and you will prove it. 1t will not color
the butter-milk; it gives the brightest color
of any made, and is the strongest and
therefore the cheapest.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27

The Indians in Washington Terri
tory are iond of horse-racing. The
tmat las and Mox-MoN's men had a
race aid '.hiyu time 1T Farming on
recently in which the Umatillas were
winners TO the e.tent of 5000 and ter
head Of horses.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27

A GOOD deal of fun is made of girls who
are graduated from high schools, the wits
insisting that such young women know
nothing of cooking. Here is the the latest
joke of the kind. At q cooking-school,
the teacher said to a college graduate:
'PIease separate the fat from the lean."
"But which is the fat and which is the
lcan:" questioned the soft, cultivated
voice of the fair pupil.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27

81 USED Swift's Specific on my little
daughter, who was afflicted with some
Blood Poison which had resisted all sorts
of treatment. The Specific relieved her
permanently, and l shall use it in my
practice" w. E BRoNTE, NJ, D.,
CYPRESS Ridge. Ark
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27

PAPILLoN Cough Cure cured an infant
only few weeks old, of whooping cough
after a consultation of physicians pro-
nounced it beyond recovery. 1t stops the
whoop and allows the breath to return.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27

IL you want fine looking Face,
And a Skin rosy and clear,
Use "BEEsoN's" Sulphur Soap; all Trace
Of disease will disappear.
a-Sold by druggists, etc, everywhere.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27

LYDIA E. PINKHAM's Vegetable Com.
pound strengthens the stomach and kid
neys and aids digestion. Is equally good
for both sexes.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27

PHYTocHRoMoTYPHY is the gentle term
applied to a process of producing inn
pressions of leaves and plants. That name
would produce an impression on an ele-
pnant should it happen to fall upon him.
OIL City Derrick.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27

mo, GEORGE, can not marry you, for
slave no fear, darling" he answered,
'the summer is not half over yet, and il
your appetite for ice cream hol Is out
shall be a poor man by fali."-Boston
Past
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27

Gienn's Sulphur Soap
Communicates freshness and purity to the
complexion. HIPS Hair Dye, black OF
brown, soc.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27

AN advertiser in Vanity Fair offers ga
dream for sale at Co." Here is a good
chance for some horse-fancier to buy a
night mare cheap.-Burlingt0R FREQ
Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27

THE BARRIERS i-quarters-Twenty-
five ceats for a NATURALIZATION Courier.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27

Rough on Coughs, "15c., at Druggists. Com.
plete cure Coughs, HoarsenesS, Sore Throat
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27

"SoLrp again." remarked the cobbler,
as he repaired an old pair Of booss.-Bos-
ton Post,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27

KIND words are like bald heads; they
never dye.-Chicdyo Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27

You've Dudley, hearing of gala day II
Newport, said he would not summer at q
place where there were not more gals
.han that.-Boston Gazette.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27

Skinny Men. sWells' Health Remover" re-
stores health and vigor, cures Dyspepsia, Sl.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27

AN able see man-The sstrenomer.-
Marathon Independent.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27

The King of Greece-Oleomargarina.-
N. i. Graphic.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27

AT twenty a man wonders why he was
not born sooner; at sixty he can Eot un-
derstand why he was born at White.
hall Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27

Buchu-paiba." Quick, complete cure, ali
s'moying Kidney and Urinary Diseases, Il.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27

GETTING sun-struck is rather summary
fashion of disposing of . man.--lerchdM
Ifdreler.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27

EVERY artist loves his sweet'art.-
Whitehall Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27

"Our on the fiy" is now the cry 1t tbs
Infatuated bald-headel ci.izsn.-LoUeH
Citizen.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27

A RouSING demonstration-Get'in Z
growing hoy out of bed.-BOston Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27

WHEN a young girl begins to take an
interest in the arrangement of q young
mans necktie it is an infallible sign of
gard.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27

DYSPEPSIA, Stomlch-ache, Biliousness
and Kidney complaints are cured WIFI
Papillon Blood Cure.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27

DOZEN humming- bird, are grouped on
some imported bonnets. They impart .
hum-like air to the structure.-Oa City
Blizzard
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27
Fa mers-Try III!

FLIRTING on pleasura-vac'lts is a marry.
time custom.-Phitadelphiu Cal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27

WBAT slight difference is there between
twoy Only the differences Of s.pinion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27

"Rough on Corns." 15c. Askfor it. Com
plete cure, hard or soft corns, warts, bunlons'
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27
PAPILLON
VOICE OF THE PEOPL Is,

VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.
A. MASvEL, Esq. formerly Of Chicago, and now rs
siding In ST. Paul. MINI, and connected with the c.
VI. & ST. Paul r. r. Co. writes under date Of Feb.
lss1: "Papton Skin Cure cured me of salt rheum Of
twenty years standing had the disease violently
that from fall TO spring. hands helpless, and
were kept continuously gloved."
HANNAH YoUNG. HubbcI street. near Thirty-third
street. Chicago, writes under date of Nov. q. 1871:
ITO the praise of your remedy, Papilon Skin Curc,.
viii simply say that was afflicted with salt rhcum
Tor years. two bottles cured four months ago,
and not sign of recurrence since"
DR. JSo. w. STGEErER, eminent Homnpathio
physician of Chicago. writes under date of April
70. $50: Il have used Papfllon Skin Cure on q num-
Der OF cases Of chronic Eczema with gratifying
results Some very obstinate have been curcI
by It's use. recommend 1t as q safe and certain
remedy"
THOMAS r. wHEELocK. Of Shanghai China. Jan.
IL 1880 sends for one dozen bottles of Papflon Skin
Cure. and says we can not do without the remedy
for skin e-uptions."
J. 5. TAYLOR N. D.. Kankakee, H.. writes April n
iss; have prescribed Papillon Skin Cure for sais
rheum and fnordinate itching Of the body. with re.
marSab.e results. l recommend 1t highly and com
slider 1t certain remedy. No remedy equals P.pfiou
Skin Cure for al skin diseases; IL Is safe and post
tive remedy"
For sale by all druggists
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27

An inn-dependent-The hotel waiter.-N
y. Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27

Smother Swans Worm Syrup" for few.
erishness, worms, constipation,ta steless. DC
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27

HEADACHE is Immediately relieved by
the use OF Piso's Remedy for Catarrh.