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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-04

The corners are lifted carefully with
the chisel above mentioned, and the
piece Of bark with the bud upon it in
its center is carefully fitted under the
raised bark SO that its upper edge is
brought into close union with the up
per cut on the stock. The wound is
then bound over with a band wound
around it in the form of a figure 8. so
that the cuts are covered. but the bud
is left free and exposed that it may con-
tinue to grow. The bud is cut out
from twig of the present years
growth. and plump and fully formed
one is chosen. 1t is removed from the
twig in. the following manner: The
knife is held in the hand, the thumb
being held to the branch below the cut
to guide the blade. SO that the bark is
separated with small part of the
wood under the bud. The cut is begun
half an inch above the bud and comes
out three-quarters of an inch below it.
removing piece of the bark of long
oval shape. 1t is important that the
cut be so made as TO remove the small
piece of the wood under and attached to
the bud, otherwise the base of the bud
may be injured. Budding knives are
made expressly for this work. These
knives have short, stout blade with
an edge rounded at the point for the
purpose of making the cross cut on the
stock in proper manner. The handle
has the required fiat chisel point for
raising the bark, and is made of bone
or ivory. A novice in the art should
by all means procure knife of this
kind, as it will greatly facilitate the
work. An experienced operator can
use any tools which may serve his pur-
pose. and which he may select or make
for himself. but for business the best
tool is always the most effective.
The piece of bark is then cut across
the upper part to make straight edge
to fit the cut in the stock, leaving it OF
the shape here shown or very nearly of
such shape.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-04
FARM AND FIRESlDE.

Save your cold tea; it il excellent
for cleaning grained wood.-Erchange.
-Currants dipped in ice water are
excellent to allay thirst. Woman's
Journal.
A solution of equal parts of gum
Arabic and plaster of Paris cements
china and earthenware.-Western Ru-
raj.
-Stewed Beef Steaks: Roll with a
rolling-pin, flour, season, and fry with
sliced onion to light brown; then lay
them in stew-pan, pour as much boil
ing water as will serve for sauce, ste W
half an hour. and add spoonful of
catsup before serving.-The Caterer.
An experienced horticulturist thus
describes his mode of planting fruit
trees: He makes holes eighteen inches
deep and three feet in diameter, fills in
four inches of strong, short horsc ma
nure, then two or three inches of street
dirt, sets the trees and fills in with
earth.-N. Y. Telegram.
To start rose slips. fill an old pan
with pure sand, sticky our slips in to the
depth of an inch and a half; set where
the sun will shine directly on them all
day. and keep them thoroughly wet all
the time. DO not allow them to dry
out, and you can raise nine out of ev-
cry ten.-Boston Globe.
A cow, says the american Agricul-
turist, should have clean skin in Or
der to give clean milk and make good
butter, and that cleanliness can not be
pap,,rn1 hy-s tho nf tho hrtrcI,
and the thorough removal of dirt and
filth, which should be done before the
cows are MIXED in the morning and
evening.
1t is mistake to place the roost-
ing poles at different heights rising
from the front, because all will strive
to get on the highest one, and the
weaker ones are crowded off and fire.
quently fall to the ground, only to
repeat the process. or, if injured. to
remain on the ground all night. Place
all the poles at the same elevation
n. y. 1ribaae
-Wide-awake Pie: One cup OF
sugar, one cup of molasses, one-fourth
cup of vinegar, two-thirds cup OF
water, and butter the size of an egg.
Simmer them together, then add one
cup of powdered cracker, allspice, Gin
namon, nutmeg and raisins. Bake
with two crusts. This makes two pies.
The Household.
Minute Pudding: Take one quart
Of milk. one pint of flour. two eggs.
one tablespoonful of salt. Boil the milk
in double boiler; beat the eggs and
add the -four slowly, with enough of
the milk to make it smooth; stir into
the boiling milk and cook it half an
hour. Eat with liquid sauce or sirup.
1t is often made without the eggs
Toledo Blade.
"A correspondent of the Western
PoUnian says almost any variety of
corn can be obtained by careful selec-
ton of seeds. For variety that could
not be injured by wet weather he
gathered strong, healthy ears that hung
down upon erect stalks; and for best
results in shelled corn ears with deep
grains and small cobs. bearing grains
the entire length. He advises trying
this few years and noting the results.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-04
A Toilet for SuItry Days.

Very fresh and pretty for sultry days
b a toilet of cream-colorede tamine and
mauve surah. The skirt is killed its
entire length and has at intervals fan.
shaped openings through which the
surah is visible. The browning ele.
gance, however, is the lace coat above,
lined with mauve surah and decorated
with pockets. cuffs and deep Charles
TX. collar of Renaissance lace. The
accompanying hat to wear on late aft.
ernoon drives, is of Leghorn braid.
with the high crown crossed with
mauve satin ribbons emerging from
openings in the straw and ending in
front in full tied bows of the ribbons,
mingled with soft, fluffy mauve feath
er-tips, with a cluster Of tea-rosea
tucked away beneath them. The para
sol in harmony is of cream-colores
faille, lined with mauve silk and edgei
'vith cream lsce.-M 7. Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-04
CAROLINE HERSCHEL.
Some of the Idiosyncrasfes of Great Al
tronOmer's Assistant.

| Some of the IdiOsyncrasfes of a Great As
tronomer's Assistant.
One of the notorieties of Hanover
forty years ago was OLD aroline Her.
Schel. the sister of the great astron.
omcr. Sir William Herschel. She was
his assistant. and it used to be said that
the sister knew as much as the brother.
After her brothers death, in 1922, she
returned to her native place, Hanover.
where she resided until her death, in
her mnty-nlnth year. She always in
sisted that she discovered Uranus. add.
ing, with evident bitterness. ..but my
brother got the credit for it.
1--WE always worked together" said
she. once. to an English clergyman
who visited her I've used to take
turns at observing with the telescope
While one looked. the other noted
down the observations. One night it
was my turn to sweep the heavens.
looked through the telescope and saw
the new planet. My eve first detected
it. but my brother received the gold
medal of the Royal Society for the dis
covery.'
The old lady had one servant. a
dwarf maid. as old-fashioned as herself.
and the two read all the books they could
find on one subjcct-love. The old
maid would search the shelves of
secondhand booksellers. for old books
full of excitement envy and hatred,
created by jealousy and love. These
tales of passion the two lone spinsters
eagerly devoured day and night.
1t may be that the old woman's
mathematical mind craved this excite
ment. after its fifty years of astro-
nomical calculations. Alexander Dallas
Bache. during the years he was superin-
tendent of the coast survey, was in the
habit of reading the trashiest of novels,
after day spent in mathematical work.
He rested himself by reading every
thing that was exciting enough to make
him forget angles, sines and figures
On the old lady's ninetv-ninth birth
day the King of Hanover sent her
kind message and 4 magnificent bou-
quet. The Crown Prince presented her
with a beautifulsofa. rs the most suitable
gift for her declining years. She never
sat on it. much less reclined on its soft
cushion. holding it too sacred for pie
beian limbs to rest upon. 1t stood in
state in her parlor, and the old lady,
seated in high-backed wooden char,
called upon every guest to admire
the princely gift. At her funeral the
sofa was placed at the head of her
coffin, according to her own instruc-
tons. The German pastor. in his
funeral Grafton, after he had carried
the mourners to the planets. the stars
and the heavens, descended to speak
OF the royal present, which had af-
forded the dear departed sister such a
comfortable seat upon earth. in fore.
taste of a more exalted seat. - Youth's
Companion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-04
THE BUDDING PROCESS.
4 Species OF Grating Adopted for Stone
Fruits and Flower Plants.

4 Species OF Grating Adopted for Stone
Fruits and Flower Plants.
Budding is kind of grating in
which buds with a shield of the adj
jacent bark are used instead of cions,
and the union is formed between the
wood of the stock and the bark of the
bud by inserting the latter under the
bark of the stock in such a manner
that at least one edge of the bark Of
the bud is brought into close contact
with the corresponding edge of the
bark of the stock. This process is used
for all the stone fruits-peaches, plums,
cherries, etc.--also for various Towering
plants. but chiefly tor roses. Inc
season is in the summer, when the bark
is easily detached from the wood, and
July and August is the most convenient
time. The tools required are nothing
more than knife with sharp broad
blade; small flat chisel, made of hard
wood and tapered down to thin end
half an inch broad, and with which the
bark is lifted. and some narrow bands
of cotton cloth Or Eastwood inner bark,
by which the bud is held in its place
until union is formed.
The process is as follows. The bark
of the stock is cut in the shape of T,
or as is here shown of the full size:
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-04
German Sewing Machines.

A German newspaper estimates the
number of sewing machines annually
produced at 100000, one-third OF
which are of German manufacture.
Estimating the number of people in
need of sewing machines at 500. 900, 900.
the annual production allows one for
every 800 civilized people. The news
paper in question adds: America, it
is true, is the home OF the modern sew
ing machine, but in respect of variety.
efficiency and finish German skill has
triumphed over the American article. y
We may add that it was German his.
torian, Bottiger, who. in referring
thirty years ago to the invention Of the
sewing machine, thought that ..it did
/, not seem to be success. IN. J. Post
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-04
A PECULIAR FISH,
The Finny Inhabitants Of the Lake of Gall
lee and the River Jordan.

The Finny Inhabitants of the Lake of Call
lee and the River Jordan.
The most characteristic fishes of tho
Lake of Galilee belong to the family of
Chromidr, three species of which are
figured in DIR. Tristram's work. Chro-
mis- Tfberiadis is peculiar to the Jordan
and its affluents alone. 1t is found in
the most amazing numbers from the
Lake Huleh to the head of the Dead Sea.
1T is by far the most abundant of all
the species in the lakes" Il have seen
them," continues DIR. Tristram, lin
shoals of over an acre in extent, so
closely packed that i. seemed impossible
for them to move, and with their dorsal
fins above the water. giving at dis
lance the appearance of Il tremendous
shower pattering on one spot of the
CLASSY lake. They are taken both in
boats and from the shore by nets run
deity round and inclosing what one
may call solid mass at one swoop, and
very often the net breaks. They are
also taken in large quantities by poi
soned crumbs thrown from the shore on
to the surface of the water. By casting
nets hundreds are often taken at once y
When they reach the Dead Sea, which
they do in thousands, they do not get
further than a few yards when they be-
come stupetied, and turn over on their
backs. ..while cormorants and king
fishers perched on the snags of floating
logs gorge themselves without effort,
and often heaps of putrefying carcasses
washed on the shore poison the atmos-
phere and afford plenteous feast to
the ravens and vultures.' The prop
agation of ChromiS .SimoniS. also
peculiar to the Jordan system. and re-
stricted to the lakes of Galilee and
Huleh, is remarkable. but not unique,
as some South American species also
exhibit the same phenomenon-e O.,
some of the genus -4rius. The male
takes the ova into his pharynx, and
there matches them. Speaking of the
ChrOnsis Simonis, Tristram quotes some
of DR.. Lortet's observations: 1.-The
little ones rapidly increase in size. and
appear to be much incommoded in their
narrow prison. They remain in great
numbers, pressed one against another
like the grains of a ripe pomegranate.
The mouth of the father nurse now be-
comes so distended by his progeny that
his jaws can not meet. The cheeks are
swollen, and the animal presents the
strangest appearance. Some of the
young. arrived at this perfect state,
continue to live and develop among
the folds of the branchie. Others have
their heads turned toward the mouth
of the parent. and do not quit the
sheltering cavity till they are about
four inches long and sufficiently active
and nimble to escape their numerous
enemies 1t is difficult to understand
how the male, who thus Carries more
than two hundred young for several
weeks, can feed without swallowing
along with his prey great number of
his fry. 1t is in the springs close to the
lake that these fish spawn. "-Edis
burqh RecieU.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-04
GRAIN SPECULATION.

How the Operations Of the New York FL
change Are Conducted.
Business begins in the 'Pit'' at 1880
j.. m. Buyers and sellers are indis,
criminately blended in the compact.
throbbing. surging mass. All offers
and bids are on a unit basis of 5000
bushels. Winter wheat is the only
grain in mind. "Tll give II [94f
cents per bushel] for May wheat" i,
the bid of nervous. active brok er,
emph ASKED by uplifted hand and NOV
ing fingers. ..Tll sell at s." is the
quick rejoinder of a neighbor. "TI
give l." "Tll sell you at T." is the
only obstacle to bargain. Long and
furiously. or short and sharply, the
conflict RACES around that !. The tug
of war on the part of the seller is to
pull the buyer up /. and on the part OF
the buyer to pull the seller down /.
The contest is quite rs exciting as
aught in the intercollegiate games.
But seldom is the battle drawn.
Victory. hesitant in the vocal hurri-
cane. decides for one of two parties.
Bids and offers are usually regulated
by kilograms from Chicago. The diff
ference in prices between the two
marts should be the cost of transmits
sion from the latter to New York.
Manipulation, or, in other words, gam
bling, at either point, defies all criteria
of value 4 corner in Chicago may
raise wheat there above the normal
price at New York; or a broken corner
in New York may depress wheat be-
low the healthful standard at Chicago.
The facility with which sales and
purchases for future delivery are made
has enormously augmented the volume
of trade. Foreign merchants avail
themselves of it to provide for the pros
pective needs of different markets. 1t
gives to the farmer ready home mar
ket for his products ut their full value,
and affords to traders the opportunity
of selling at a reasonable profit and at
a moments notice and to deliver at
option within specified times, rs may
be agreed. The exports of grain and
grain products from the United States
in the fiscal year 1885 were valued at
s16O,37O.s21. Seventy-five per cent.
or more of the whole was probably
sold ten or twenty times over before it
was finally shipped. Sales and pur-
chases. charter Of ships. bills of ex.
change for payment, sale of latter-all
contemplated future" delivery. Sim
liar remarks are true of oil, tobacco,
cotton and other commercial staples.
The system is device of necessity, the
judicious adaptation of prospective sup
ply to probable demand, the work of
foreseeing prudence. It may be, and
is. abused by gambling spectators, or
prostituted to assist aggressive corner
conspirators and in all such instances
Is shamefully ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Wheatly. in Harper's Magazine.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-04

OLD pill boxes are spread over the land
by the thousands after having been emp
of sickening, disgusting medicine the pool
stomach has to contend with. Too much
strong medicine Prickly Ash Bitters ID
rapidly and surely taking the place OF all
this class of drugs, and is curing all the ills
arising from a disordered condition OF the
liver, kidneys, stomach and bowels
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-04
The Cat and the Catblf6
finland and MeadoV,1

A nearly life.sise chrome Of . cas was
placed where the birds could see ii and
created great excitement A cathird,
however, coming up from behind alighted
on the top Of the picture in spite OF the
warnings from the other birds. CHANGING
to look down it saw the cat, and with .
scream gave . double backward somer.
aault and left
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-04
How Pale You Arcs

Il frequently the exclamation Of one lady
to another. The fact is not q pleasant one
to have mentioned, but still the act may be
kindly one, for it sets the one addressedto
thinking, apprises her Of the fact that she
Is not in good health, and leads her to seek
. reason therefor. Pallor is almost always
attendant upon the first stages Of consump-
ton. The system is enfeebled, and the
blood is impoverished. DIR. Pierce's 'Gold-
en- Medical Discovery" will act as tonic
upon the system, will enrich the impover-
tshed blood, and restore roses to the cheek.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-04

BETTER results are derived from Halls
Hair Remover than from any similar prep
aration.
II you suffer with chills and fever, take
Ayers Ague Cure. 1t will cure you
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-04
"I Love Her Better than Life"

Well, then, why don't you do something
to bring back the roses to her cheeks and
the light to her eyesl Don't you see she il
suffering t.tm nervous debility, the result
Of femete weakness! A bottle Of DIR.
Pierce's "Favorite Prescription" will
brighten those pale cheeks and send new
life through that wasting form. II you
love her, take heed
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-04

Elevators in certain New York
buildings are to run from $50 to SOC
feet q minute. The latter figure is the
present Chicago rate. Pittsburgh il
going to have one to beat the record 81
$50 feet q minute.-M y Snn,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-04

WHEN it is time to 60 at butter-makine
the dairy-maid moves to a-churn.-Lorel
Courier.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-04

So CLOSE is the sympathy between night
and day that after the one falls the Other
breaks
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-04

JOHN MAcKAY says Money is an acci
dent" The most of us seem to meet with
precious few accidents.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-04

RELIEF Is Immediate, and a cure sure
Piso's Remedy for Catarrh. so cents.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-04

THERE IS A MEANS of Graduating local
disease of the skin that can be relied on,
viz: GLENN's SULPHUR Soar. Hills HAIR
AND WHISPER DYE, Black or Brown, Soc.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-04

She was plump and beautiful and he waa
wildly fond of her; she hated him, but
woman-like she strove to catch him. He
was fly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-04

THERE is an increased movement in boots
and shoes, the trade says. Evidently every
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-04

HE-''They have dropped their anchor
She ton her first trip)-''sServes them right
1t has been hanging over the side all da,
ong."-Chicdgo Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-04

An ode to a goat may be called nanny
versary poem.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-04

A COLLEGE year is like ono Of those
~hoop' snakes-it has its commencement
SO near the end.-Loreu Courier.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-04

The reason the woodman didn't ''sparl
the treen was because he wasn't that kind
Of q feller.-PhiadeIphia Call.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-04

"DoN'r put in no muskeetA -nettin' for
me-" said Aunt Hannah. II cont want "a
breathe no strained air."-Eox Populi
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-04

An itching for notoriety is not enough
to secure q niche in the temple Of fame
It'd Bits
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-04

THE first violin is still in existence. What
puzzles us is how so many men can all b
playing it q. once.-Loweu Courier
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-04

YOUNG nousEKEEPER Ito butcher)-"Arp
they succulent chopsr' Butcher-'No,
mum; they're mutton chops"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-04

A STATEN ISLAND school-teacher has just
launched yacht which he has christened
"Rattan." 1t Is . sort OF birchbark.-
Brooklyn Eagle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-04

.IF can not have the fat Of the land,
car take little lean," said the tramp, as
b. rested his shoulder against lamp-post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-04

fnR ancients could beat US to death
painting pictures; but LOOK at our framesi
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-04

Some West India negroes carry a
snakes poison under their finger-nails.
A single scratch from a poisoned nail
VIII csuse death in . few hours.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-04

"WHAr bell are you ringingr" he asked
Of the colored sexton. Dis de secon' ring
of de fus' bell, }" was the reply.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-04

Why Is a good base-bur ner lamp like .
good husband! Because it nsver goes out
At night
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-04

Shopman-Black or greeeni Maid-D0esn'i
matter which, misses is blindl-N 7. Zeie
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-04

AN attached couple that are always sepa-
rating-a pair of shears
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-04

FRAZER AXLE GREASE will last two weeks
all others two to three days Try it.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-04

A BARBER in Auburn has openeo q law
yer's office in his shop. Diffc. It way Of
shaving a customer-that's all-S.Atb0,sa
Asaseu0sr
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-04

If you have catarrh, use the surest RENE
dy-Dr. Sage's.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-04

PRINCIPAL once, ssl Main ST., LOUISVILLE, XII.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-10-21
Capao Capers.

&C. Praker. OF Port Huron. visited
his parents the first of the week.
Born. Oct. Is. To Mrs. Getzlalf a
daughter. also Oct. 10 to Mrs. kcglcr !;
son.
Mrs. &. Pettingcr, of Gay City, is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ.
Cowley.
The Annual Fair of the Capac Ag-
ricultural Society held last week cX-
ceeded the most sanguine expectations
OF the officers and directors. The
weather on the opening days of the
fair was all that could be desired. but
Thursday the last day of the fair was
one Of the most disagreeable days of
the season so far: and hundreds We're
prevented from attending OH that day,
which resulted in materially limiting
the amount of the gate receipts. The
entries in all classics exceeded that of
former years and the quality of the eX-
hibits was superior in all respects. The
directors are thankful for the assist
mce rendered them during the season.
Yet we believe that a little more as
Sistancc from some who should but do
not take any interest in the fair. would
result in the Capac fair being second to
none in Eastern Michigan. Lux.