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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-18
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

A callous realist describes the dec
ollette basque as n garment lined with
pleuro-pneumonia and trimmed with
rheumatic congestion.
-..Why don't our young men come
10 the 'front.'" asks the .4drocdte. Well,
we don't know what keeps them back,
unless it is the high price of the re-
served seats.-Burdette.
Counsel for the defense: ..Gentle-
men of the jury. if there ever was a
case which, more than any other case,
challenged careful comparison with
similar cases. this case is that case. "
Ftiegende Bla,ter.
A bug, with a sufficiently vitiated
.aste to attack the New Jersey onion
crop, has made its debut. This is
almost as bad as if it had taken
% smoking cigarettes.-Norristown
Herald
"Mamma,' said Tato, 81 have
finished my cake and Gustave has got
all of his left yet. Don't you think,
mamma, you ought to tell him to give
ne half of it to teach him to be gen.
,rous?'-French Paper.
Bridget Ito iceman)-"Av We
olaze. sir. me missus sez will yez put
The ice in the saucer here livery mornin'
and cover it wild the taycup, so we can
lave some left if we don't get there
The mint we lave it
Things One Would Rather Have
Left Unsaid:-Jones Ito hostess. famed
'or her dinners)-.'O. by the way,
Mrs. Hodgkinson. if you should hap
,en to want really good cook,
know of one who would suit you to a
r.-Punch.
1T was at dinner table. His
tather was saying something to his
mother about dynamite. %" ex-
claimed Jack. looking across to Eloise
with an evident desire to impres, her
with his requirements, Il know what
dynamite is" What is it?' inquired
Eloise. Its something that you
blaspheme rocks with, Jack explained
Boston Herald
-''Young man. said stern old pro-
fessor to student who had been
charged with kissing one of his
daughters -.'young man, don't get in
to that habit. You'll find that kissing
is like eating soup with fork" ..How
so, sir?" asked the student. because,
answered the stern old professor. you
can't get enough of it."
Mrs. Flanahgan formerly McFlan-
nigan)-"Isn't it at Venice. my dear:
that we are to see the Lion of st. Mark
Mr.. Flanahgan-.I believe it is.
Mrs. Flanahg gan (who has somewhere
seen the words Doge of Venice in print)
And we mustn't forget the cele'
brated Dog of Venice. The children
will want to see all of the animals. ~
N. J. Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-18
GRANDFATHER.S WATCH.

tirandfathers watch is battered and old,
Innocent qu to of level or gold:
Poor and common, and worn and cracked,
Much like Rrandfather's self, in fact.
ct ITS wheeZy voice has a cheerful sound
And the child rs she listens in wonder bound
10 its mystic tales of departed time
is smiling a though at pleasant rhyme.
What are the tales the old watch tells?
OF seventy years il counts the kneIls;
Years whose every setting sun
Was marked by labor faithfully DONE
with pr m tive form and clumsy skill,
ana cTums'cr help when the works went i'll
ct serving their time as best they can
This is the story of the watch and man.
Many fall has the old watch hushed,
MANY blow has the old man crushed,
Meddled with. tinkered and sorely tr.ed,
Al last rejected and thrown aside
for modern rivals. all science and gold,
Useless and crippled. despised and old,
Under cloud and under q ban
This Is the story OF watch and man.
but there's reverse to the picture sad;
human hearts they can still make glad,
The " atch in its dented liver case
Can br ng a smile to the fair child's face.
The man all battered and silvery, too.
with moral can cheerboth me and you,
Mark our time as well as we cam
Ihis 10 the lesson of watch and man.
Atlanta Constitution.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-18
in that binding storm, without any

in that binding storm, without any
thing to eat or any rest for ourselves
and horses. when the sun came out
long enough for us to get cur bearings
and sight the valley of Milk river in the
dim distance. We had not dared to
make fire, from fear of hostile Indians.
but by dark of that night we had reached
the river and decided to take the chances
of picketing our horses and building a
fire.
I'VE were hungry and chilled to the
marrow. So, after providing for our
horses. We pulled up lot of logs and
made blazing campfire. the light
from which shed its luster for miles
around, creating weird reflection in
the sky. Jack was so overcome that
it was agreed that he should sleep the
fore part of the night. He had hard ly
laid down and pulled his blanket over
his person until he was as still as one
dead. Twas lying there before the
fire in doze. when l heard a slight
scratching. looked up and saw a
pair of glaring eyes set upon ME. l
was dazed at first and felt that could
not move muscle. studied the out
lines of the figure back of the blazing
eyes and recognized the strange in.
truder to be a monstrous mountain
lion crouching, ready for a deadly
spring. directly over me. The beast
was spread at full length on limb,
every muscle ready for action, every
nerve strung at its utmost tension, his
tusks cleaning behind his red lips, his
long claws clutching convulsively.
Finally. fully aroused. l reached for
my Winchester rifle. the barrel of
which was lying within reach
it quickly to my shoulder and
taking hasty aim while in
a PROSTATE position pulled the trig-
ger. With a wild shrek, so human in
its agony that it yet rings in my ears
like the dying groan of a being,
the brute fell headlong before the fire,
his long tail brushing my face in the
descent. was all of tremor when I
shook Jack, whose dead sleep had not
been interrupted by the report. He
finally got up and. taking in the peril
of our situation, fell prone upon the
ground in faint. This was about ten
O'clock at night. but we kept our lonely
vigil until daylight, when we discov-
cred to our infinite relief that we were
within mile of French Louis, breed
trader, better known as The Cross
from crucitix that was planted there
on the site of Catholic mission which
had been built by the Hudson Bay
traders and burned by the hostiles after
the good old missionary had been MUIR
dered. At .Frenchy's' we got the best
breakfast l ever ate and after securing
a relay OF horses we moved on to Bel
KNAPP and returned to Fort Benton.
We carried the hide of the mountain
lion with us and afterward had it
stuffed. That was cold night away
up in Montana and it makes me shud-
der to think of it. "-Phiiddeiphid Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-18
GRANDMA'S SCHOOL.
The Rhyme That Enabled Her to Re-
member Some Troublesome Facts

The Rhyme That Enabled Her to Re-
member Some Troublesome Facts.
l wonder if in all the world there
could be found little boy or girl who
does not love to hear of the things
grandma learned at school! And it is
very frequently decided by these little
hearers that grandma's school was
much more delightful than any in ex-
istence TODAY.
What a lovely world grandma lived
in. and what lovely children lived then.
DO you know why? Grandma was one
of them.
When grandma went to school they
did not teach grammar the way you
are taught. Here is little rhyme
children in grandma's day were en-
couraged to learn, and some grandmas
think it enabled them to remember
some troublesome facts. Perhaps they
are right Try and see if it will help
you:
/. Three little words you often see
Are Articles-d. an, and the.
2. A Nouns the name OF any thing.
As school or 0drtien, toop or s,rin0.
3. Adjectiyes tell the kind oI Noun.
As great. small. prettu Thits or bro,rB.
L. Instead of Nouns the Pronouns stand
H>r head. his face. yar arm. iaT hand.
). Verbs tell of somcIh NJ be ng done
To rcnd. count. sing. idngt. Jump or r1lI
6. How things are done the Adyerbs tell,
As xlortu. quickly. III or Teii.
.. Conjunctons join the words together,
As men and women, wind or weather.
q The r. opposition stands before
A Noun. as iB or through a door.
Q. The Inierjection shows surprise,
As oh! how pretty; dht how wise
Some of you would say there were
only eight parts of speech; grandma
insists there are nine. Which do you
give another name than that which
grandma gives?- Christian Union.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-18
FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS
HER WALK.

There were crickets i'm the bushes
And glow worms in the grass,
And the crows among the pine trees
We're holding noisy mass;
And the harebclls were a-ringing
To greet the little lass.
From the topmost rail q squirrel
WInked at her with one eye;
She laughed to see a peacock
With saucy strut go by,
And then an ugly hop-toad
Made her run away and cry.
She toddled home unsteady,
With dilapidated look;
One shoe was IN the brumblea
The other in the brook;
Her parasol was minus
The little wary crook.
Her hair was all a-tangle.
There were blistcrS on her nose,
Her face WAS stained with berries,
And rumpIe,l were her clothes.
And through her draggled stockings
Peeped out her pink-white toes
Poor thin She il so dreadful s'eepy
The sand man he went past;
She wants some milk an cookies"
To break the hours fast
And of the Jolly fun she had
Well never hear the last.
Frank II. Stdu Ger, iH Cool Housekeeping.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-18
ROMAN BOOK-MAKINo.

Stenographlc Contracttons Used by tho
Expert Book-writers OF Ancient Rome.
1t is stated that, Notwithstanding
the Romans had not print ing-presses,
books were at that time produced much
more quickly and in larger numbers
than most modern works. Paper was
used which was almost woven out of
the fiber of the Egyptian papyrus. which
grows to a height of ten feet, and which
has given its name to paper. A Roman
residing in Egypt assures us that the
yield of his paper mandatory would
be sufficient to support any army. and
whole ship-loads of paper were sent
from Egypt to Rome. Before books of
any description were reproduced in
large numbers. they were read mostly
in private circles, or publicly, so that
the author could adopt suggestions for
the improvement of his work. Wealthy
Romans used to own large number,
of slaves for all kinds of service, which
rendered labor cheap. as they cost moth
ing in many cases. and had only to be
supported. They were mostly prison.
ers of war, the pick of nations, and
often more cultivated Especially the
Greeks) than their masters. They were
consequently also employed in the edu
cation of Roman boys. The works of
authors were dictated to number of
slaves. women also being employed for
that purpose. Even among freemen and
liberated slaves the desire to obtain en-
ployment became so great that hundreds
of willing hands could be had for writing
books at a very low rate of wages. The
instruction impaired in the workshops
of Roman publishers necessitated a
regular course of training, which was
to teach the apprentices an easy and
elegant handwriting. If a publisher
had at his disposal say hundred
writer's, and reckoning the working
day at ten hours, q document which
took an hour to write would be multi
piled in the course of day to
thousand copies. The writer's became
in time expert to such a degree that
they combined quickness with elegance.
1t must also be added that in cases
where speed was the first consideration,
the use of stenographic contractions be-
came general. and we possess illustra-
tons of their employment in the old
manuscripts still in existence. We are
also informed that both readers and
copyists were instructed and trained.
the former in the solution. the latter in
the application, of contractions Their
object was to copy work as quickly rs
possible. the use of full words being
only resorted to for the best works.
The above brief account demonstrates
to us the fact that the Romans made
the nearest approach to the invention
of printing, although they never at
tanned to It. The movable stamps of
iron or other metals used by the Ro-
mans for marking earthenware vessels
aud other utensils also prove this. But
the art of rapid writing, which was
perfected by them to an unusual de-
gree, counteracted a further develop
ment, while the number of slaves and
other willing hands at disposal. by
which means the most astonishing re-
suits were obtained, operated in the
same direction. -Stenographic Journal
Of Switzerland.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-18

"A young lady in San Leandro
dreamed the other evening that she
was riding and that the horse was rum
ming away. She jumped and fell from
the bed to the floor. dislocating her
shoulder San Fr0ncisce Cell
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-18

Summer Boarder-"You have a
remarkably fine lot Of chickens, l see."
Farmer-'Yes. and. Mr.. Spinx. you
may not believe it. but those chickens
seldom die. Why, whenever We want
one to eat we generally have TO 60 out
and kill It'd Bis.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-18

Cincinnati boasts that it has the
largest number of churches in the
world.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-09
Broiled Steak.

Gut the steak in slices half an inch
thick, and chop with a chopping knife
Ga carving knife will answer, have fry
ing pan hot, not warm; grease the pan
and put the steak in it, put lid on a few
minutes, then turn the steak, putting
the lid on again and put where it will
not cook too fast latter it is scared so as
to keep in the juices); have deep dish
with melted butter, pepper and salt; put
the steak in it when done and serve
while hot; nice way to broil chick
ems.
BRUNSWICK STEw.-There is Vir-
ginia dish that cannot be too highly rec
commended to housekeepers; it is Bruins
wick stew. 1t is rather past the season
for it now, but it can be held in remem-
brance and used by those who still have
the vegetables. Take any cold meat,
beef, mutton, turkey or chicken,
or take a frying sized chicken, put it
on the stove an hour or two before din
ner and boil it until it is thoroughly
boiled to pieces. Add two good sized
Irish potatoes, two onions, handful of
okra and FIVE or six large tomatoes, a
teacupful of butter or less if desired,
boil until vegetables and meat become
thoroughly reduced to the consistency
of a hash. Add little cold rice or
one-fourth teacupful boiled with the
vegetables, a little sweet milk and pep
per. This quantity will furnish fami-
ly of eight most delightful dinner, with
the addition of bread without any other
dish, for it Is all cooked in one dish,
both meat and vegetables; it is little
Chinese in style blu. good nevertheless.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-09

Mental burdens will be far more east
Iy borne if they are placed, as much as
practicable, out of sight. When we
gaze upon them, they increase IN size
When in our thoughts we emphasize
and dwell upon them, they sometimes
grow almost unbearable. 1t l. well
enough TO face trouble when it comes to
US, to measure it and know its weight,
that we may summon up courage and
strength sufficient to endure it; but this
done, let US place it where it may no
longer be in constant sight-let us carry
it manfully and bravely, but not drag il
to the light, to dwell upon its weight,
and to claim sympathy for being Obliged
to bear it. When the emphasis OF life
is laid on the cheerful and attractive
side, its real burdens viii be borne light
Iy. happiness will abound and be diff
fused, and the value of life be multi
plied tenfoid
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-09
To Corn Beef.

a good recipe for plain corned beef is
the following: Put four gallons of water
over the fire, and add to it two pounds
OF brown sugar, ten pounds of salt, and
three ounces of saltpetre. As the
water boils skim it well, and when all
the contents of the water are quite dis
solved take it from the stove and set to
cool. Cut your beef into pieces of a
convenient size and pack closely in a
eask or barrel. When the brine is quite
cool pour it over the meat. This guam
tity of brine will suffice for 200 pounds
of meat. Beef should lie in a pickle
for ut least two months to become thor
ougly corned, and will keep in it for at
least six months or more. If you wish
TO smoke it, take the pieces from the
brine at the end of a month and expose
to wood smoke in Il smoke house for
eight or ten days. To corn a small
quantity of beef with spices the follow.
ing will be found an excellent recipe
Take 80 pounds of lean beef, having first
removed all the bones. For this amount
OF meat you will need one ounce salt,
petre, one Pint OF sugar, and one pint OF
salt. Pulverize the saltpetre and mix
it with half a teacup of sugar and hal
a teacup of salt. Rub this powder into
the beef, cutting the surface so that il
will penetrate well. Let it lie twenty
four hours in an earthern Jar or crock
Now mix the rest of the sugar and salt
and rub well over the beef Add sui
tieient water TO the brine that has beer
made to cover the meat, and cover
closely, and leave it for ten days. Nov
take IL out and drain we'll. Mix three
tablespoonfuls of black pepper, on.
ounce os cloves, one nutmeg, and al
ounce and a half each of allspice ant
cinnamon. Rub this powder well int,
the beef, wrap closely in clean cottor
cloth, tie it up tightly and put it bacl
into the brine. After about three day
take out Of the brine, put into ke.t
cover with clean, fresh wafer, and sim
mer until tender. 1t will cook YER,
quickly, aud when cold will be foun,
TO be most appetizing DISH Farmer
Home Journal.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-09
Plcklngs for the Peerless.

Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes
necessity
Virtue consists in making desire sub
ordinate to duty, passion to principle.
The pillars of character are moderation,
temperance, chastity, simplicity, self
control; its method is self denial
The world deals good-naturedly with
good-natured people.
The roses of pleasure seldom last long
enough to adorn the brow of those who
pluck them, and they are the only roses
which do not retain their sweetness af
ter they have lost their beauty.
Children look little beyond the pres
ent moment. If thing please, they are
apt to seek it; if it displeases, they are
apt to avoid it. If home is place
where faces are sour and words harsh,
and fault-fnding is ever in the ascend
ant, they will spend as many hours as
possible elsewhere.
Our happiness and misery are trusted
to our conduct, and made to depend upon
it.
If you would not have affiic.ion to
visit you twice, listen at once to what il
teaches.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-09
Ho,ne and garm.
WHY LEAVE IHE FARM

Don't hurry yourselves TO leave home, my
boys;
Don't hurry TO quit the old boLie;
Heed not those who boast of a wayfarer's
JOYS;
Don't be in a hurry TO roam;
| know that the West calIeth strongly
Our boys 10 her wide, fertile fields;
But often she promises wrongly
Offers grain which her soil never Yields
The city know hath its pleasures-
The most of them sheer gilded sin;
You pay for them gold IN large measure;
A dividend yield they of Tin.
There Deception holds revel at MONDAY
Foul Evil creeps forth with the night.
The farms free from vice as a moon-ray,
And will duly all labor requite
Don't hurry to leave the old farm, bow.
Let IeH enough alone;
You soon would be weary Of fasbion and
noise,
And long for the quiet of home.
There's as much, aud more gold on the old
Than you'll elsewhere find, 20 where yor
will
il glitters to day in the hay-flled barns.
And the riTe, nodding grain meath tn,
hill
You are free az the birds on the branches
And as independent, az well.
Whether commerce stands still or adyan
ces,
Each year will your profits swell:
For the world must be fed from the dea1
old farms
As the worlds mighty larders they r.
known
Work on with your heads and your mu.cu
lar arms,
Don't hurry yourselves 10 leave home
E. 4. LOWE, in Maine Farmer.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-09
The Doctors on Useless Dogs.

The many cases of hydrophobia oc-
curing all over the country has caused
some of the doctors of New York to
speak out freely of late on the subject
of useless dogs, and the large number
that new infest all the avenues of every
city and town. Half-fed as a rule, in
furiated by bad treatment, or intensified
in rage by lack of food, these brutes are
menace to life, even when not in q
rabid state, but always in state to be
made rabid. That SO many useless dogs
are allowed to run at large, is regarded
by the scientists in question, as neg.
lect of duty on the part of the Board Of
Health, and an oversight in vigilance
by corporate authorities. The doctors
urge that the killing of all the worthless
dogs (and every canine running beyond
the premises of its owner is worthless
should at once be begun.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-09


During the spring and summer, veal
Is plentiful and cheap. and a calf :
head, which never costs a large sum,
may be had now at Il very low price
In old times it was a common dish, but
its popularity waned until few house
keepers served if frequently. Lately II
has seemed to come into high favor
again. though its uses are not what they
once were Formerly it was customary
to use the e,lf-s head only in mock turtle
soup or To serve il boiled. with brain
sarlce: now the meat is made into yari-
Gus dainty dishes which answer for en-
trees or dishes for luncheon or tea
though it IS still employed also when
mock turtle soup is made
When a calls head is bought at
market il usually is seraped and other
wise cleaned, and is then split open,
but in the country the housekeeper often
has to attend to these matters herself.
Ii the head has not been cleaned and
split, put it into deep pan with water
enough to cover it-water that Is heated
almost to a boiling point. Set the pan
on the stove in place where the water
will bubble for five minutes; then take
nm the head and, with the back OF the
blade of a case-knife, scrape all the
hairs from the head, being careful to
oct the ears clean. Now place the head
in cold water enough to cover IT and lei
II stand for two hours At the end OF
that time remove tine brains, being care
ful not to break them apart, and put
them into n bowl of cold water. Next
wash the head carefully and put it on
the stove in a large kettle containing
cold water enough 10 cover it Every
part must be immersed, or that which
IS left uncovered will become hard and
black. Set the kettle where its con
tents will quickly get heated 10 the
BOILING point. As soon as the water
bepins TO bubble, skim it carefully; theI
SET the kettle back where the water vii
simulv bubble during the next three
hours Hard boiling will break the
head. When the prescribed time has
passed. take up the head and remove
an the bones that can be drawn oui
easily without tearing the meat. Dredg'
the head with salt and pepper, and AIT
er placing it on warm dlsh, pou
| brain, parsley. tomato or Bechame
sauce over it. Serve al once.
This is the simplest mode OF serving
calls head. The water in which it wa
boiled may be used for mock-turtl'
soup, or u plain or cream soup. ~
matter how the head is to be served.
| must first be cleaned and boiled as jus
| directed. Half of the head may b
served with a garnish of brain force
meat balls: the tongue being cut mt
four parts. lengthwise. and served wit
| half the head - Haria PariOa. IN Coos
| Housekeeping.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-09

Words of Wisdom.

Fogs Should be hinged thr
iddle gristle of the nose.