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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-07
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COTTON STATEMENT.
GALVESTON, Jan. 6.-The following is tue
daily cOmnRrRtlYa nntinn atafnmeni.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-28
Horses Without Shoes.

It may do very well for those who
are inexperienced in the use of horses
to talk of abandoning the process OF
shoeing, but it will not convince those
who are accustomed to draw heavy
loads with this animal that they can be
safely employed without the necessary
foot protection. Even admitting that
during the summer season, when the
soil is soft, horse could be used with
out shoes, to suppose that it could be
safely used when the ground is roughly
frozen and covered with ice is simply
absurd. And the absurdity is increased
in those portions Of the country where
the surface is hilly. Take for instance
portions of New England. with hills
rising at an angle of forty-five degrees,
and with seasons of ice as they some
times occur, it would be utterly impossi-
bic for horse to travel with even no
load without shoes having sharp caclks.
If Nature did provide feet. it did not
provide for the hauling of heavy loedA
-GeymaStosOn zstsdscpA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-28
THE CONNECTING LINK.

Description Of tho Dokos, Who Arc First
Cousins to Our Cousins, the Apes.
Strange stories are told of the Dokos,
who live among the moist, warm BAN.
boo woods to the south of Kaffa and
Susa, in Africa. Only four feet high.
of dark olive color, savage and naked.
they have neither houses nor temples,
neither fire nor human food. They
live only on nuts, mice and serpents,
diversified by few roots and fruits.
They let their nails grow long. like
talons, the better to dig for ants, and
the more easy to tear in pieces their
favorite snakes. They. do not marry,
but live indiscriminate lives of animals,
multiplying very rapidly, and with
very little maternal instinct. The
mother nurses the child only for a
short time, accustoming it to eat ants
and serpents as soon as possible, and
when it can help itself it wanders away
where it will, and the mother thinks
no more about it. The Dokos used to
be invaluable as slaves, and they were
taken in large numbers.
lie SlaNe-nuuteTS uSeu u uOlu VI
bright-colored clothes as soon as they
came to the moist, warm bamboo
woods, where these human monkeys
still live, and the poor Dokos could not
resist the attractions offered by such
superior people. They crowded round
them and were taken in thousands. In
slavery they were docile, attached,
Obedient, with few wants and excel
lent health. These queer people have
only one fault-a love for ants. mice
and serpants. and habit of speaking
to Yer with their heads on the ground
and their heels in the air. Yer is their
idea of superior power to whom they
talk in this comical nature when they
are dispirited angry, or tired of ants
and snakes and longing for unknown
food. The Dokos seem to come near
est of all people yet discovered to that
terrible cousin to humanity, the ape
Dublin Irish Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-28
FARM AND FiREsIDE.

-Youngpigs always sell for good
prices, and return . larger profit in
proportion to cost than hogs.
On pleasant days the cellar win.
dows should be opened. Fruit keeps
better if given fresh air and If main
taned at q low temperature; the ventila-
ton improves the healthfulness of the
house also.-N. E. Farmer.
Good flavoring for sauce is made
by putting half an ounce of watercress
seed into one quart of vinegar. The
seed should be crushed before putting il
in, and it will then be soon ready for
use. Celery vinegar is made in the
same way.-N Y. Post.
Coffee Rolls: Take one quart of
bread dough and mix with it one-hal1
cup of sugar, one-quarter of cup Of
butter. two cups of dried currants;
make into small rolls, dip into melted
butter, place in tins, let rise and bake.
The Household.
The cutting of seed to single eyes
is best adapted to drill planting. When
potatoes are put in hills three feet apart
each way, the tops do not cover the
ground sufficiently unless a large
amount of seed is put in. The kind
that grow in heap around the stem in
the hill will bear planting every fifteen
inches in drills three feet apart.-N y.
Herald.
Dissolve one pound of copperas in
two gallons of water and add it to one
gill of sulphuric acid, then add one
ounce of phosphate of soda and the
same quantity Of common salt. Pour a
tablespoonful of this mixture in quart
of drinking water. and you will give
the fowls a splendid and cheap tonic.
1t invigorates and wards off disease
Troy Times.
Brown Bread: To one-half tea
cupful of molasses put one-half tea
spoonful salaratus, warming and stir
ring together until they foam, then add
one pint sweet milk. little salt and
Graham flour. reserving one-quarter OF
the flour, through which mix thorough
" two teaspoonfuls of baking powder
mix about as stiff as Graham gems
Bake one hour and half in a slow
oven. Much depends on the baking
to be baked as soon as mixed.-T0ledo
Blade.
-Parsnip balls are excellent for an
entree. Parboil six large parsnips, and
let them get quite cold, then peel them
and CRATE them, beat two eggs until
very light, and mix with the grated pars-
nip, adding enough flour to give them
Conference to the mixture; flour your
hands and make small fiat balls. Have
hot lard in shallow kettle, and drop
the balls gently into it; fry them until
they are well Drowned on both sides.
Send to the table very hot.-Erchange.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-28
A Rushed Road,

The Western reporter who set Out
to interview q Northern Pacific Rail
road official, found him in q high state
of indignation.
..Some of those Eastern papers," he
said. '.seem to take delight in lying
about us!''
Exactly, sir, I have noticed tina,
myself"
Now here is one claiming that we
have lately discharged two hundred
employees on account of lack of bust
ness. Why, sir. instead of that We
have had to put four hundred extrs
men at work.
ssOn account of the rush?"
"Well, yes-rush of snow which ha;
buried most of our line six feet deep
but it shows business and enterprise
Just the same"-WdH Street News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-28
MUTTON AS FOOD.
Good Mutton More the Result or Feeding
than Breed.

Good Mutton More the Result or Feeding
than Breed.
In the production of good mutton
much more depends upon feeding than
upon the breed. The flesh of well-fed
sheep. of every variety, from the Me-
rino to the Downs, is palatable and de-
licious. The reason that Merino mutton
is not better is because of age, bad feed
ing and i'll treatment generally. A
prominent agricultural editor who has
for years said that Merino mutton was
not fit to eat, was recently presented
with two quarters Of a pure Merino
which were served upon his table and
received the following comments:
Never. anywhere, OF of any breed.
have we tasted mutton more sweet or
tender, and we have eaten the best Of
Southdown, thousands of times, upon
its native heath. The mutton was from
four-year-old pure Merino eve, weigh
ing III pounds, and dressing sixty-five
pounds. She was entirely free from
wrinkles and would have sheaTed eight
cen pounds at the spring shearing. A
sample of her wool was one of the best
we ever saw, showing both length and
quality. and an even texture through
out. No mutton equals a chop from q
fat, well-fed young sheep"
do not insist that Merino mutton is
rs good as that from the strictly mutton
breeds, but do contend that any sheep
will make good and profitable mutton.
if properly fed and cared for, an item
which will go long way in piecing out
the short profits of wool-growing. None
of the objections urged against the use
of pork can be brought against that Of
mutton. 1t has never been known to
impart disease to its consumers. Tri-
chime, tape worm and scrofula are pro-
duced by eating other meats. The
sheep abhors mire, and will taste moth
ing that is not clean and clearly served.
1t is wholly herbaceous, and very neat
in its habits. Mutton is as wholesome
as any meat, and may be variously pre-
pared for the table. For steady diet it
is superior to pork and costs no more.
I have reference to mutton, for in my
estimation, only those sheep which are
fat and healthy are muttons. Old, de-
crepid, broken-mouthed, foot-diseased
animals, such as fill the general mar
ket, are not fit Tor food, and do much
to prejudice people against mutton.
The majority Of farmers do not kill a
sheep once year, because custom has
made the American people great pork
and beef-eaters.-COr B0ri,se Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-28

"YEs; shall break the engagement -
she said, folding her arms and looking de-
faint; sit is really too much trouble to
converse with him; he's as deaf as post,
and talks like he had q mouthful of mush.
Besides, the way he hawks and splits is
disgusting." "Don't break the engage
ment for that; tell him to take DR.. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy. 1t will cure him COM
pletely." "Well, I'll tell him. do hate
to break it of, for in all other respects he's
quite too charming" OF course it cured
his catarrh.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-28

Eight cents pound is the price OF
choice cuts of horse flesh in some OF
the markets of France and Germany.
United for service, horses find their
way to the meat markets of these cit
les. Large quantities are made into
sausages, it being also an accepted
statement that donkeys are made into
sausages in Bologna, Italy. 1t is said
that about thirty horses q week are
slaughtered and sold for food in the
city of Strasburg alone.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-28
ai.oo Abr 80 CsntA

Any reader of this paper who viii send
80 one-cent stamps to the AMERICAN RURAL
HOME, Rochester, N. Y, before March LIST.
1885, will receive that handsome paper,
postage free, until January LIST, 1886. The
RURAL is large eight page, forty column
WEEKLY paper, now in its fifteenth year,
and the cheapest farm journal in the world.
The price is one dollar year in advance,
but the above offer in postage stamps will
be accepted if sent in before March LIST,
1885. Send for sample copy, and see what
bargain is offered. This advertisement
will not appear again, SO do not neglect
present opportunity.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-28

IRAscIBLE Old Party: Conductor, why
didn't you wake me up when l asked you
I am miles beyond my station" Con.
ductor: 81 did try, and all could get out
Of you was: An right, Maria; Get thu
children their breakfast, and I'll be down
in a miuute.'"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-28

II you are pale, emaciated, have a hack.
ing cough, with night-sweats, splitting Of
blood and shortness of breath, you have
no tiIpe to lose. Do not hes. tate too long
till you are past cure; for, taken in its
early stages, consumption can he cured by
the use Of DIR. Pierce's "Golden Medical
Discovery" as thousands can testify. By
druggists.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-28

AN agricultural paper contains an article
entitled SHOW to Preserve Sleeps elts.
The recipe may be the best known, but we
shouldn't think sheep-pelt preserved
ounces, peaches, and plums are good
enough for us.-N0rristotcn Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-28

A MAN in York County, Pa, recently had
his wife arrested for pouring gallon OF
molasses on his head. II that's the kind OF
. woman his wife is, it is to be presumed
that he does not want any molasseo q
that sort-PhNGdSlphj0 CGu.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-28

You can buy live Polar bear for 81 600.
Cheap enough. We'd rather buy one for
s, 900 any time than catch one for fifteen
cents. That's what keeps us so awfully
poor all the time-our measureless extray-
a9ance.-Burdette.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-28

An Illinois COW got drunk on distillery
grains and made an interesting display OF
corned beef.-ChicdgO Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-28

HUMAN nature abhors q vacuum in the
upper three-quarters Of the Thermometer
Boston Transcript.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-28

A SORE THROAT OR Cough, if suffered to
progress, often results in an incurable
throat or lung trouble. "BrO,en's Bronchial
Trockes" give instant relief. 25 cts. a boz.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-28

A YOUTH whose suit was rejected by q
pretty girl says he has discovered the au'
thor Of the beautiful's no."
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-28
IN and Her Diseases"

"Woman and Her Diseases"
b the title Of an interesting illustrated
treatise COG pages) sent, postpaid, for
three letter stamps. Address Worlds Dis.
pensary Medical Associaon, Buffalo, n. Y.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-28

PIKE's TooTHACHE DROPS cure in minute, sc.
Glenns Sulphur Soap heals and beauties. sc.
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Corns Bunions.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-28

A CINCINNATI editor claims to have seen
petrified girl. She probably discovered
that some rival belle had bonnet exactly
like hers.-ChicdQo Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-28

YES, son, we call that kind of q hat
stove-pipe, because it scots our clothes
and makes such q draft-on our pockets
Life
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-28

An artist who went into the country for
the purpose of sketching bull found there
was danger Of the bulls catching him.
Boston Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-28

BEARS are not found in q stock.yard Al
. verdant correspondent supposes. They
are generally bruin trouble outside.-Chi
cdgO Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-28

IT is a wonder that firemen are not al.
ways taking cold, because they SO free
quently get water in their hose.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-28

BEAU-"Why do you prefer q wood
6re:n Belle-"'Cause it pops !-Judge.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-28
Given On by the Doctors.

ais it possible that Mr.. Godfrey IS up and
at work, and cured by so simple . iemedyT
u assure you it is true that ne Is entire
" cured, and with nothing but Hop bstse!A
and only ten days ago his doctoIs gave MN
up and said he must die, from Kidney and
Liver troubleP'
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-28

A NEW magazine is called the Womdn'a
dge. It contains q good deal of fiction.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-28

All ruminant hoofed beasts have
horns and cloven feet. If the hoofs arc
even the horns are even; if odd. as in
the rhinoceros, the horns are odd, that
is, single or two placed one behind the
other. Creatures with feathers always
have beaks. Pigeons with short beaks
have small feet, and those with long
beaks large feet. Long limbs of the
hound are associated with a long head.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-28
delays Are Dangerous. i"

IT takesa pretty smart phrenologist to
tell what is in barrel by examining its
head.--N. Y Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-28

The Supreme Court of Warren
County, Chief Justice Cooksey presid-
ing. has decided that lawful fence
must be pig tig Int. horse high, and
bull strong" but that the provisions Of
the law in matters pertaining thereto
do not apply to birds gifted with the
power of navigating the air, especially
ganders- C0urier-J0urnal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-28
Children's Songs and How to


II. Guyso!,'s Yellow Dock and sarsapasilh
The long cold winter freez-
es up the smaller streams, and
filth accumulates around every
home. The welcome spring
freshet opens up the clogged
brooklets and washes away the
debris, leaving all the hills and
valleys and brooks and streams
clean. sweet and clear.
In like manner the human
organization needs renovating
and cleaning as spring time ap-
proaches. Greasy foods, q want
of exercise, over-eating, poor
digestion, etc., has clogged the
machinery of life. The pores
need to be opened. the passages
cleaned, the functions of the
body strengthened, ETC., in order
that good health may be MAIN
tanned. To this end no RENE
dy is so good and effective a.
DIR. GUYsoTT's YELLOW Dock
AND SARsAPARILLA, q remedy
widely Endorsed by physicians
who have examined into its
composition and become cog
INFANT of its many virtues. 1t
is a positive cure for WEAKNESS
and DEBILITY, and all diseases
arising from a state of blood
impurity, such as SORES, ACHES,
PIMPLES, STIFF AND LAME JOINTS,
sCROFULA, RHEUMATISM, etc.
n0- Insist on your druggist
getting this remedy for you
Take no substitute.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-28

az None genuine without . bunch o. sreea
onous stun with SHop" Hops In their mana.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-28

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The Sexton Mt.Ver.
non Place Church, Mr.. L. Edwards. says:
Suffered night and day; severe cough ;
entire relief.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-28

JOSH BILLINGS says: "The best medisin
! kno for the rumatiz, is to thank the Lord
1t amt the govt"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-28

ATTENTION is called to advertisement Of
Hair Crimpers in this paper. Good thing.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-28

WOULD it be just to say that all physi-
clans partially get their living by pill-age?
The JUDGE
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-28

CHARITY bawls-Thoss Mt a founding
asylum.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-28

For fifteen years !
was greatly annoyed BY
Catarrh. 1t caused sc.
we're pain In my head.
continual dropping into
my throat and unpleas-
ant breath. Ny sense
OF smell was much Inn
paired. By . thorough
use for six months Of
Ely's Cream Balm I
have entirely over.
come these troubles
j. b. CASE, st. Denis
Hotel, New York City.
Cream BALM n 0
remedy based upon .
correct diagnosis of
this disease and can be
depended upon. 50 cts.
At druggists; 90 cts. By
tile by mail 10 cto.
n. Y. -
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-28
Fees Of Doctors.

The fees of doctors at $500 visit would
tax man for a year, and in need Of daily
visit, over 81, 900 a year for medical attend
ance alone! And one single bottle OF Hop
Bitters taken in time would save the $1,000
and all the years sickness
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-28

a prominent physician Of Pittsburgh SAID
CONTINUED ill-health, and OF his inability 70
cure her, jokingiy said: Try Hop Bitfefsr
The lady took il in earnest and used the BIT.
tiers from which she obtained permanent
health She now laughed ut the doctor Tor
shis Joke. but be IL not 50 well pleased with II
sas il cost him GOOD patient.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-28

Of testimonials Of the most wonderful cure%
voluntarily sent us, We do not publish them.
as they do not make the cures. IL y our
medicine, Hop Bitters. that make the cures:
It has never failed and never can. We VIII
give reference to any one for any disease
similar to their own II desired, or Will REFER
to any neighbor, as there is not . neignooI.
hood in the known world but can SHOW ~
cures by Hop Bitters.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-28
Thousands fastened TO Their
Graves.

By relying On testimonials written % viva
glowing language Of some miraculous cures
made by some largely pulled up doctor or
patent medicine has fastened thousands 70
their graves; the readers having almost IN
sane faith that the same miracle will be per-
formed on them, that these testimonials
mention. while the so.called medicine IS al
the time Fastening them to their graves-
Although we have
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-04-02

A SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT.
TMEkEP7 No knife No Plaster No paint w.
ethe& .sAsC PaYne. NJ. D.. MarshaIlt OWN. Iowa
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-04-02
THE Cocoa Palm.

Jamaica exports annually 5000, 900
cocoanuts, OF the value of 100000.
These nuts are chiefly exported in
green state and are utilized in the Unit
"a States for making desiccated cocoa
nut and various conserves. At the Ja-
maica exhibit Of the New Orleans FIX
position there are shown the nut in all
stages, from those just forming to the
matured state There are also shown
the nuts just sproating in the young
plant up to cocoauut palms several feet
high The fiber Of the husk is exhibit
ed in the raw state, and its uses illustrat-
Ell by hats, brushes, ropes, etc. The flesh
OF the nut rs shown dried as "Copra, Z"
made into cocoanut oil, the residual
poonac or cocoanut cake, and lastly in
the desiccated and preserved state, as
used in the United States. The small
coc0anut shells are shown made into
ornamental cups. The timber is shown
IN the rough, as also worked into box
es and toys Altogether, this exhibit
Of the economic productions of the CO.
coanut palm is most complete Of its
kind, and it is visited by scores of per-
sons, who now learn for the first time
what the cocoauut palm is and what are
its various uses in the arts and sciences.
New Orleans Times Democrat.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-04-02

Don't you think have quite Setting
out =" said she, while a pretty, self
satisfied smile spread over her fair,
sweet face. "And have clothed my
self comfortably, purchasing all my we'd
ding finerv; and if it is not as SNOWY
as some of my friends would have
chosen, it is substantial, and / have
never been without pin money by me
since I began working away from home,
and my wages have seldom exceeded
two dollars per week"
And her charities have not been few
or SMALL" whispered Mrs. Kindly in
my ear.
How L did wish that every one of our
Rural girls could begin her married
life with such stock of household wis
dom and household goods. Minnie's
thorough knowledge of domestic econ
omy will be worth fortune to her.
Upon looking over her little stock of
tinware, / thought she must have an
eye for work made easy"
The wedding dress was of dark brown
cashmere trimmed with satin, and finish
ed at the wrists with rich, creamy lace.
A cluster of tiny, white lilies at the
throat was the only ornament. You
see, as she said, the dress was a service
able one, and there was no sham, so it
could be remade, and thus be made to
wear long time. OF course, / know
you wish to hear all about the groom.
Though farmer, he is gentleman,
who has pretty good knowledge of
farming and stock raising from expert.
ence as well as theory From his boy
hood he has been accustomed to the
business, and thus has learned self-re-
lance and the art of calculating from
cause to effect, and therefore he has
the possibility of making farming sue
cess