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The Home advocate. (Farmerville, La.) 1885-1???, 1885-08-28
CLAIBORNE PARISH.

Jury term-First Mondays in April and
Third Mondays in September
Civil trrms--Sccond Mondays in June,
and rilst MOnlaySin December.
UNION PARISH.
Jury tcrms-F;rst Mondays in February
and Third Mondays in July
Civil tcrn.s-Sccond Mondays in April,
and November.
LINCOLN PARISH.
Jury tcrnns-F"urth Mondays in Feb
ruary, and Third Mondays in September.
Civil tcrms-F'irst Mondays in May,
and Fourth Mondays in November.
The Home advocate. (Farmerville, La.) 1885-1???, 1885-08-28
Little Jakey's Good Time.

detroit Free Press.
"Jackey, my angel, please don't!
It was the shoemaker on Michi
gan avenue who spoke, and Jakey
was his five year old son who was
playing with a revolver in the shop
"Isn't it rather dangerous" quer
led customer who was having a
'.lift" put on the heel Of his boot
:Why, l suppose 80, but Jakey
won't put it up"
"Why don't you make him?"
"Oh, he'd cry aud howl, aud his
mother would rush down and abuse
me. He's my step-son, You see,
and I have to handle him carefully.
Jakey, darling, please put up the
weapon before you kill some one.'
IL won't"
.You see how it is" said the shoe
maker, in humble tones. He'll
probably shoot Que OF tue other OF
us before he gets through foollnt',
but We are helpless"
"Say, boy,' called the customer,
s'is that thing loaded:"
"It's got bullets in."
''Theu you put it up!"
Il won't"
"Come, Jakey; dear!' pleaded
the stepfather.
~ say l WON'T"
"I'll be hanged if you don't9'
growled the customer, but before
he could rise up the weapon was
discharged, aud the bullet raked
across the shoemaker's skull, cut.
ling out o swath of hair aud draw
ing blood.
"Ill brain the cub!" shouted the
but the shoemaker rub
The Home advocate. (Farmerville, La.) 1885-1???, 1885-08-28
Land Warrant For Sale.

The undersigned offers fer sale a Land
Warrant for tie location hf 16O acres of
land. This warrant can be used for the
entry of enc hundred and sixty acres Of
any public lands belonging to the Unite
States For terms, apply at this Office,
or to j. B. HOLSTEAD,
Ruston, La.
The Home advocate. (Farmerville, La.) 1885-1???, 1885-08-28

A Brooklyn man got . divorce
from his wife some time ago, and
now he has married his m0ther.in
law. This looks as though the
prophecy about the lion and the
lamb had grazed the target.
The Home advocate. (Farmerville, La.) 1885-1???, 1885-08-28
HUMOROUS.

| HUMOROUS.
"1'm llavinga rattling time,' said
the cur with a can tied to his tail.
An Irish lover remarked that it
is a great pleasure to be alone
Especially whin y'ro swa,eheart is
wild ye."
"a Liverpool woman, to relieve
; her husband, who was charged
with cutting off the end of her nose,
swore that she lit it off herself"
"Our Children Cry for Brea1,"
Was the motto displayed at the
Chicago Socialist picnic, at which
800 kegs of beer Was consumed.
Men sometimes recover from the
effects Of lockJaw, but with womcn
it is always fatal. Itis not so much
the danger of the disease, great IS
that is. 1t is the modification of
not being able to speak, that kills.
A modern preacher, it is said was
wont to jog the memory Of the Lord
thus: 20 Lord, Thou remberest We
said last Sunday etc, and then
he would give a synopsis ofthe prev.
ious petition, i'll the to.be continued
story style.
AT a party, young lady t'egan a
soug, "The autumn days have come;
ten thousand leaves are falling.
She began too high. ''Ten thou
sand" she screechcd and stopped.
"Start her at five thousand" cried
an auctioneer present.
"Did you ever notice how wo-
man takes a cork ont Of q bOttlei'
asks an exchange. No; sir; We let
the woman notice how we take the
cork out of a bottle. No gentleman
will stand idly by and let a woman
struggle to get a cork out of a bot.
tie. 1t takes her too long.
A little girl was taught to close
her pray er, during the temporary
absence of her father with, ''and
please watch over my papa" It
sounded very sweet, but the moth.
er's amusement may be imagined
when she added, ''and you'd better
keep an eye on my mamma, too"
Father, (getting ready to 60 down
town)-Yes, Robert, my son, bear
in mind what your mother hasjust
told you, and always say ''pleass.s
It's a little word, my BOY, but full
of meaning, and the use oft marks
the gentleman. Now, wife, my
oyercoat and hat, and be quick
about it.-Good Cheer.
A dry-goods clerk with a very af
fected gait had to 60 to a distant
part of the store for some goods for
u party of feminine customers.
"Walk this way, ladies' he called,
as he swung himself of: "But We
can't walk that way cried apert
miss; tive never learned that style,
you know" The clerk is now drill
ing on a more common method
Chicago Tribune.
"Ifyou ever marry" said q Roman
,onsol to his son, 'let it be . woman
Who has Judgment enough to super
intend the getting of a meal Of vic.
uals, taste enough to dress herself,
,ride enough to wash her face be.
ore breakfast, and sense enough
o hold her tongue when she has
lothing to say."t
Mrs, Captain Sniyely laughed 81
most all the way home from mili-
ary review at which her husband
vas in command. Being asked
vhy she laughed SO, she replied:
why, it was SO funny to see .
nan who never dares open bis
~>-Al - o.-1 -, E. a, Ill Tho man
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1885-08-23
Humor of the Day.

Civil eervice-The kind you don't
get in the average restaurant.
Paul did not live in clover, but he
cultivated Timothy with good sue.
cess.
They used to say "crazy as bed.
bug" but the revised version hath il
"crazy as = bed-quilt."
It is a curious coincidence that =
woman who has . temper of her own
Is seldom willing to keep it.
There is one mitigation to our grief.
The girls can't wear q jersey and .
Mother Hubbard ut the same time.
It is said that glue is used in the
cheaper grades of ice-cream. That is
the ice-cream with stick in in"
Every young woman should have
q chance to write letter of accep-
tancc, or, what is better, accept
orally.
August, with her burning, crimson
cheeks, does not hesitate to moisten
them with the refreshing tears Of
summer.
These are hard times everywhere.
A Connecticut snow-shovel manu-
facturer has had to close his factory
for want OF orders.
The price Of mummics Is said to
have fallen off about twenty-five per
cent, and those who deal in them do
clare It "a dead giveawav.
~ really don't know" meekly re-
sponded the room hunter. Whereat
the parrot calculated viciously !:
"Well, you are An old fool !"
Madame" said the visitor, as he
frightened his grip on his walking
stick, "does that bird know what it
ia talking about ?"
81 think it. does" she quietly an
ewersd- fOw Dumb F,iend
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1885-08-23
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The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1885-08-23

Dr. Thorald, Bishop of Rochester,
England, who visits this country
shortly for the eighth time, says his
peculiar attachment to america must
be based on the fact that his and
father was one OF the seven members
OF the British parliament who voted
against British aggression on the
American colonies.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1885-08-23

DR.. Koch has stated that the best
rrocautior against cholera is to avoid
the use OF water. 'rhisis q delicate
wav OF advising the officials OF the
cholera, infesting districts to keep the
vesss IN port
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1885-08-23

Discussing the suicide Of animals
o London paper declares that the
Oregon fly "held securely by the
WINS curles its tail upward to It's
mouth and chews itself viciousy y
pulp" This beats the performances
Of the Kilkenny cats.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1885-08-23

An advertiser offers "Small checks
IN young mems sizes" About tho
size OF check that young man gets
when his father hears he Is going it
wild, We suppose.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-01-31
FARM AND FiRES;CS.

The potatoes from whole seel RI
pened nine days earlier than those from
cut potatoes at the Ohio experimental
station.-Clerelaaa Leader.
Almond Cake: Three eggs, two
cups sugar, one cup sour milk. one tea
spoonful soda. one-half cup of butter,
two and one-third cups -four. Bake i'll
pic-tin.-7oledo Blade.
Peach and plum pits should no. be
planted in the fall. as many of them
will terminate if allowed to remain out
all winter 1t is better to keep them in
doors until spring, then crack and plant
very early.-Troy Times.
An exchange SAYS that rocky forest
land had better be kept in woods until
the rest of the farm is al the highest
possible state of cultivation. There are
millions of acres of poor land partly
cultivated that ought never to have been
cleared OF. OF that which is plowed
not one acre in 1000 is made toproduce
half as much as it would produce If
thoroughly TILED and wisely fortified.
White Cake: Two coffee cups of
sugar; one coffee cup of butter; the
whites of four eggs; one coffee cup OF
cold water: three and a half coffee cups
of flour, with three teaspoons of baking
powder. Beat the butter until light,
add sugar and stir well, then add whites
of eggs (not bcaten) and beat well all
together; add the cold water, then flour
and baking powder.-Thc Household.
So long as stone is not too large
to be turned in the furrow, or pass be-
tween the harrow-teeth, it is a benefit
to the soil 1t is merely a solid frag-
ment which gradually weathers away
and is constantly furnishing fertility as
the rain and frost crumble it down.
Hence to pick field clear of these .'in-
cumbrances" is 10 deprive it of source
of constantly accruing plant-food-pot-
ash, lime, phosphoric acid and other
valuable mineral matter.-Ne,c York
Tribune.
Raised Loaf Cake: One cup of but
ter, three and one-ha!fcups of sugar. one
cup of lard, seven cups of flour, one cup
| of yeast, two eggs, one pint OF milk,
one small pinch of soda, one-fourtli
pound of citron. Warm the milk, thea
add half the flour, and one cup of
shortening, one cup of sugar and the
cup of yeast. Let this stand three or
four hours. Then take the remainder
with spice and raisins, and mix all to-
| gether Let it stand i n warm place
over night. just before putting into
the pans add the soda and citron.-
| Boston Globe.
The Country Gentleman says:
| Sometime between now and next
spring every owner of a plum orchard
or apricot tree should insert in the
trunk, or if the tree is large, into each
main limb, an iron plug to strike on
with heavy hammer for Earring down
the curculios. The plugs may be easily
and cheaply made by a blacksmith, by
chopping up round iron rod. say
three-eighths of an inch in diameter
and three inches long; and then set in
holes bored in the tree an inch or two
deep. A blow ON one of these plugs
will bring down every curculo. upon
sheets to be spread under the trees.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-01-31
Working in the Dark.

ma and l." she said, shyly, "art
more like sisters than mother and
daughter"
"Yes?" he said, with a lingering in
Election on the afterguard OF the yes
which rose clear to the ceiling.
.Yes, indeed" said the girl, the rosy
flush on her cheeks making her infinite
" more beautiful than ever. Ma and
are inseparablcs. We have never beer
separated a single day since l was q
little baby"
IN No?" he said, this time with an
INFECT ON on the second section of ne
that went only half way to the ceiling
and back again.
"Oh dear me-" the girl went on il
her artless way "and ma and | Away:
said that VIXEN l was married, she wa:
going to love my husband like her owl
son and come and keep house for us. !
"Oh-h?" William said, with 4 cir
cumtlex. Then he rose up slowly ant
firmly and said that he mad note il
bank to take up at three O'Clock, ant
as it was now half past nine he woult
GO. And he did go. And he didn'
come back again. Not never. Ant
ma said to the girl:
That's where you missed it in no
fully trusting your mother. VIII.
didn't you tell me that man had beer
married before? Had l known he was ;
widower. / would have played tn,
Home for old women racket on him.
-Bnrdette, in Brooklv7a Eagle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-01-31
AN ENCHANTING HOME.

The Wonderful Beauties OF the Chinese
Summer Palace at Pekin.
Mr.. Swinhoe and Sir Hope Grant both
paint it in glowing colors-such pleas
ure garden as Kublai Khan planned
round his ..wondrous dome, by Alp.
the sacred river Twelve miles of
pebbled paths leading through groves OF
magnificent round lakes. into pictur-
esaue summer-houSes; as you wandered
along. herds of deer would amble away
from before you, tossing their antlered
heads. Here solitary building would
rise fairy-like from lake, reflected in
the blue waters on which it seemed to
float. There sloping path would carry
YOU into the heart of mysterious
cavern leading out on TO a grotto in the
bosom of another lake. The variety OF
the picturesque was endless, and charm
ing in the extreme. The resources OF
the designer appear to have been unend-
ing" And what the emperor had IN
its full glory round his summer palace
every Cinnamon who has made 4 little
money tries to have on q small scale
round his house. 1t is the gardens
which, in the absence of many OF cur
modes of sanitation. keep the dense
populations of Chinese cities tolerahiy
healthy. for trees are great absorbers OF
bad and difflsers of good gases. we
have great deal Still to learn from
them in the way of gardening. and 1t
is no use crying down our climate-the
climate of North China is a very
harsh, ungenial one, far worse for both
men and plants than ours. 1t IS not the
climate that is in fault, but the garden
ers; ours do not put the heart ana
the patience into their work that john
Chidamsn does into his--au taf fe@
Rosnd.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-01-31
A PHYSICIAN IN ASIA.

The Curious Patients He Had to Deal
with. and How He Managed Them.
As my patients became numerous and
pestered me at all hours, fitted up a
spare tent to serve as my dispensary,
and gave out that received at the time
of afternoon prayer (assrJ took my
seat at the door of my tent. and soon
had a crowd around me, many suffering
from real diseases, many from imagi-
nary ones, and many bringing for my
inspection the effects of diseases. such
as palsied limbs and stiff joints. A
Young man was the first who presented
himself, most vociferous to see the
hakeem. He entered my tent and de-
sired a private interview. '.Eshtdreed,
what do YOU want?" I asked. '.Ya
hakeem, shoot" he began; ''look here, |
am married to wife. and am some
what tired of her, and have fallen in
love with virgin, whom | wish to
marry; but my wife, curses on her! has
found it out, &c srdllah! and has given
her charm which prevents the beauti-
full virgin from loving me. l have
beaten my wife, but that is OF no use.
Va hakeem, 1 am your sacrifice "-taking
me by the beard, which he kissed
God bless you, hdkecm, give me strong
medicine to kill the charm, and am
your slave and sacrifice. ''Here, !"
said /, ..take this pill fasting, and you
are cured" And as he retired with the
precious bread pill, which he tied up in
the corner of his sleeve, he called down
blessings on my head. An old woman
next came forward, and taking hold of
the corner of my cloak she kissed it, and
then kneeling before me began in a very
wheedling manner to call my attention
to her case. She went on to describe
the most anomalous symptoms. affecting
her eyes, ears, limbs, and sometimes
every part OF her. On further inquiry
she confessed to be quite well at that
moment, but year ago having had
these strange complaints, she dreaded
the same thing would invade her this
year. then promised to give her strong
medicine, but ordered the crowd to
stand at short distance from us. A
space is cleared and all wait in silent
admiration for my remedy. l slowly
draw forth bottle of strong liquor of
ammonia Tor smelling salts) from my
medicine chest, and Holding it before
my patients eyes, tell her to draw in 3
strong breath when put it to her nose.
accordingly first hold her nostrils,
then. having removed the stopper. /
apply the mouth Of the bottle to the
nose. the fingers are removed, a long
sniff is taken, followed by spasm. and
she falls to the ground. A hum of
horror runs through the crowd; the
patient after short interval rises. her
eyes streaming with tears, and then
broke from the crowd: LA ilaha ilia
'Aaha Mohanmed rGsukm 'Haha"-
There is no God but the God, and
Mohammed is the apostle of God. ~
Humphrey SdndUich; a Memoir.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-01-31
Catarrhal Throat affections, hacking, irrirati
Coughs, Colds cured by ''ito Ugh on Coughs

Following is one OF the posters re-
Gently used by the Salvation Army ut
New London, Conn: Halo. who Is
this? Why. Kansas Jack, the saved
desperate, who VII swoop down OF Us
and lasso as many OF the devils braves
rs possible. But who is this fcHow'
Captain Walsh, the converted minstrel,
who Will speak. play, and sing for the
glory of God and the good OF youi
soul. The best thing out. Take it al!
in. Hartford Pcs.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-01-31
PORK-MAKING.
The Secret OF Making 1t Proatable-some
Good Advice.

The Secret OF Making It Prohtable-some
Good Advice.
The prevailing opinion expressed by
Western New York farmers, at a recent
meeting of the Farmers Club at no sh-
ester, was opposed to the old-time prac-
tee of wintering our shoats and butch
ering them year or a year and half
old. The practice favored is to have
pigs Uttered in the spring by old breed
ing sows, OF improved breed, and butch
cred before the first of the next Janu-
airy. This practice is based on the be-
lief that swine feeding pays best which
keeps the animals growing rapidly from
birth to butchers block.
One member. who had practiced n
different method for some twenty years,
explained his system. He planned 10
have portion of the pigs Uttered early
in the spring. in order to have some
ready to kill ut ten months. Others
were Uttered in June. when cows milk
is plentiful on the farm and there is
good pasture. The June litter he kept
in thriving condition the first season and
through the winter. The next summer
he allowed them the run of pasture, with
milk and slops, fattening in the autumn,
when they would average in weight
about four hundred pounds.
The secretary of the club, an advo-
cate for the practice of having pigs lit
tered in the spring, advised feeding the
pigs for the first six months on clover.
peas, middlings and skim milk and
other feed in which the albuminoids
predominant, the leading object during
these months being the rapid making OF
muscle and bone rather than LAYING on
of fat. A good clover-pasture with milk
and mill-feed promotes rapid growth
until midsummer, when gleanings of
the wheat stubble, crop of field peas
and the like carries them on until the
first of October. when the final fatten-
ING process begins. At that season.
the secretary believed that no other food
makes good solid pork faster than old
corn-meal cooked. Whether it always
paws to grind and cook the corn is an-
other question.
The presidents experience had led
him to believe that pork can be made
more rapidly on cooked barley-meal than
on corn-meal A member reported sue
cessful results with feed of oats and
barley mixed with corn-meal. His OBJ.
servation had been that old hogs thrive
better on corn-meal alone, while
Younger animals require change Of
food.
The members agreed that the state Of
the market is an important factor III
deciding the most profitable time to
butcher and sell. The opinion was,
however, very generally expressed thai
it does not pay to hold the pigs yer.
long after extreme cold weather begins,
Unless the animals are warmly housed
considerable loss of flesh occurs. for the
fat-forming ingredients are expended il
keeping up the vital heat.-M I. World
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-01-31

IT gives US great pleasure to state that
the merchant who was reported being ut
tie point of d IA from an attack OF Pneu-
mania has entirely recovered by the use
of DIR. WY. HALL's BALsAM Fer THE
LUNGS. And il giving publicity 10 this
statement we are ac.uated By motives of
public benefaction, trusting that others
may be benefited.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-01-31

.THE plays the thing,
Wherein III reach the conscience of the king.
And equally true is it that DIR. Pieree's
I" Pleasant PUrgativc Pellets" tthe original
Little Liver Pills) are the most effectual
means that can be used to reach the seat OF
disease, cleansing the bowels and system,
AID assisting nature in her recu2erat!ye
work. BY druggists.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-01-31

Fifty thousand woodchucks have
been killed in New Hampshire during
She present year, on which tie State
pays bounty of ten cents each. max
ing a total for woodehuck killing OF
5000. Reckoning each woodchnek to
weigh FIVE pounds, the total weight of
the fifty thousand will aggregate liz
tons
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-01-31

Hot air toys are !, novelty. They
are made of Bristol board, well litho-
GRABBED and are to he set in motion by
the air from a lamp. gaslight. stove or
furnace. They ara very comical.-N.
L. Mini.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-01-31

1t is stated that letter addressed
to a person mt indianapolis, India,
meant for Indiana, reached lndianapo-
lis a few days ago after having gone to
India and back. 1t was mailed August
18th.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-01-31

A Californian's blackberry crop
weighed 5.40O pounds. and was sold ct
seven cents per pound. bringing Inn
1882. The roots taken from between
the rows were sold for enough to ray
for the pruning ard cultivation. The
cost q picking and marketing was
800, which left net profit OF sl66 per
acre
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-01-31

The result Of twenty
lvc Year, csterrh:-
the briGec. or division
Of Eiy nose. was about
half gone. I obtained .
bottle Of Ely's Cream
Balm; have ueec four
bottles. applying It to
the affected parts with
q svat, which has about
cured uptsc nostrila \
had preyiC ussy tried ~
other remedies on the
n,rrket withcu; pcrmAr
nent.e,fef.-J.A.Eo
3; Nerfa High Street,
Columbus Chic.
Cream Tain, II q
remedy based upon 9
correct diagnosis OF
this disease and can be
Gepcnded upon 50 cts
q. druggists; 90 cts: by
le by u,sii 10 eta ELY
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-01-31

"IHAvE BEEN AFFLICTED with an Affec-
ton of the Throat caused by iiphtheria.
and have used various remedies, but have
never found anything equal to Browns
BRONCHIAL. TRoCHEs.-R,sr. GIN. F. Hdmp-
ton, Piketoa, Ey. Sold only in boxes.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-01-31

DYSPEPSIA, liver compl aint, end kindred
affections. For treatise giving successful
self-treatment address WoRLD's DIsPES-
sARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, n. Y.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-01-31

WHEN is farmer q tailor? When 10
sowS a corn-patch.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-01-31

Any Small 10y, With a Stick,
can kill tiger-if the tiger happens to be
foaad when only little cub. So ceasump-
ton, that deadliest and most feared of dis
eases, in this country. can assurcdly be con-
aaered and destroyed il d.. Pierce's Gold
en- Medical Discovery" be employed early.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-01-31

ssGuchu- Paiba." Quick, complete cure. al
annoying kidney and Urinary Diseases. 81.