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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-06-29
n You Drink You'll Bloak

Liquids make fat. There is ND
doubt Of this in my mind. though am
fully cognizant OF the fact that good
many people will deny it The char
acters of the liquids has good deal
to do with it, but the practice Of
drinking invariably leads to unwieldy
bulk. In Spain where men drink lit
tie, fat man is unknown. In Paris.
where men content themselves with
slipping thimblesful of absinthe or
small cups OF black coffee, the French
are thin to a remarkable degree. The
women. on the other hand, drink great
quantities of champagne, burgundy
and latterly beer. and they are as re-
suit prone to stoutness. In England
men drink ale and beer. aud they are
a thick-necked. pudgy and heavy race
as a rule. had observed all this
many times, and when went to Ger
many, where knew the consumption
of beer was very great. l had prepared
to find fat men in abundance. / was not
disappointed. There would seem to
be absolutely no end OF big. corpulent
and unwieldy men in Germany. While
in the army they are slim and splendid
looking warriors, but two months after
they leave the ranks they become
heavy. puffy and beefy to the last de-
gree. This is even SO in the ranks
among the other soldiers, and the cav
airy were men OF such extraordinary
weight that they always excited COM
ment from strangers Philadelphia
Times
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-06-29
The Twelve Greatest Poets

Perhaps l may be permitted to re-
capitulate the list of a dozen English
poets whom l ventured to quote as the
manifest immortals of our British Par
nassus. They are Chaucer. Spcnser.
Shakespeare. Milton, Dryden. Pope.
Gray, Burns. Wadsworth, COleridge.
Byron. Shelley. Keats. 1t will be no.
;iced that there are thirteen names
here. and my reviewers have not failed
to remind me that it is nOtoriously dif-
iicult to count the stars. The fact is
that Gray. the real thirteenth. was an
af,erthought. and will admit that
though Gray is the author OF what Is
perhaps the most imposing single
short poem in the language. and al-
though he has charm. skill and dis
tinction to a marvellous degree. his
originality, his force Of production was
so rigidly limited that he may scarcely
be admitted to the first rank. No doubt
the explosive force which eggs q very
great writer on 10 constant expression
was lacking in the case OF Gray. and
Weld him-a tender babe. and the only
one OF my interesting family which !
will, consent to throw to the wolves.
The rest are inviolable. and l will de-
fcnd them TO the last-Edmuad Gosse.
in Forum,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-06-29
To Insure a Short Tobacco Crop.

A Virginia lady writes that her hus-
band, who has grown tobacco for u
number Of years, and has made moth
ing by it. has resolved to refrain from
planting a crop this year, and she
adds: Il have decided, If he does plant
any, will pull it up by the roots
Now. here is an idea for curtailmeat
in Kentucky. Let a movement be
started among the wives of planters on
the basis of the Virginia lady resolve,
and we viii guarantee there viii be as
short a crop as is desirable. When the
Kentucky lady once asserts berself
there is no going behind the returns.
and it will be good plan. for them to
operate to compel their liege lords to
keep the resolves they made SO fer
yently before and Immediately after tho
Lexington conventionA-Western To
baccO Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-06-29
PAINTING FARM HOUSES.


How to Mako Rural Homes Look Attract.
I've and HOmelike.
One OF our subscribers writes us that
he recently made trip through eight
States, and was impressed that the
farm-houses might be made much
more attractive and hOmelike by .
more tasteful use OF paint Some
farm-houses were not painted at all;
Of those painted nearly all were white.
with green or drab blinds. and usual
" the exceptions were rendered posi-
lively ugly by the paints used. Our
correspondent thinks that white, with
reen blinds, can be improved upon.
nd doubtless he is correct; yet he
,onfesses that he has a liking for a
white cottage almost hidden among
the trees. The poets have had the
same liking. and perhaps the artist
ic eye is displeased by the
white farmhouse because there
il NO green to relieve it. The
subject of house painting is penetrat-
ing into popular cenccrn. and a num-
Der OF readers have complained TO us
that they could not obtain paints for
outside work that would ''hold their
color;' that the house Of the desired
tint when new soon faded. The light
green. now quite popular. seemed
most disposed to fade. This was the
result OF some fault in the material or
in its application; for there are houses
painted these tints that retain them.
The cost of painting house nicely is
little. il any. more than OF painting il
in the conventional cOlOrs Of farm
houses Its tint must be suited to the
size and situation OF the house and to
its surroundings, and such adoption
may we'll receive the study OF home
loving people.-American Agricultur'
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ATHLETIC EXERCISE.
The Educational Value Of Out-Doe
Games and sports.

The Educational Value Of Outdoor
Games and sports.
Organized play produces a most use
full effect. 1t trains the boy to do COR
rectly just what he is told to do. and,
while his spontaneous action is en-
courased. he is kept ever ready to net
according to circumstances. Play is
healthful; SO is the alienation OF
mental work and active play. In
mental action the brain centers proba-
bly, act much in stimulating one an
other; in play the muscles are stimu-
lated by the brain centers, and the
purely mental action is diminished.
Thus play is not merely muscular ex.
ercise. but change in the kind OF
brain action. and probably Of the ac-
tiOn of the special cen:crs. Eren b
the fact were not well established. the.
psychologist would expect to find that
moderate athletics and success il
mental work are not divorced from one
another. This is well illustrated in the
list Of scholarships recently gained by
the boys of St. Pau,s school; all the ath-
lctic leaders are named in the list The
tendency to sclf-contemplation which
is engendered by the modern system OF
competitive examination is to some
extent counteracted by athletics. In
the examination the individual wins.
not the class; in the cricket club eleven
wins, though one individual may make
the winning score. 1t is sometimes
said that the athletics make good
bodies to the neglect of mental culture.
They may be SO when too much time
and attention are given to tho river
and the cricket field; but it should be
well understood that q highly-organ-
lied game does exercise the brain
as well as the muscles. though not in
exactly the same way nor probably in
the same parts as so-called intellectual
training. A just balance between
play and work may be struck for the
individual by noting what duration of
mental exercise can be borne without
the signs of fatigue following. Recre-
alton of the athletic kind is most USE
full in turning 1.-The brain overpressed
with thoughts" to other modes OF ac-
tion, and preventing it from cOntinu-
ously acting in mental modes prOduc-
ing cloud Of uncontrolled thoughts, to
be followed by troubled sleep and
dreams. Habits of bodily activity are
often the best euro for sickly states OF
,,,ind Rr;S;sh Madical TOurpa1
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AUSTRiA'S ARISTOCRACY.
The Most Exclusive Society to He Found
Under the Sun.

4 NC SAVSS HsAChOSsvC SOCaCty ~ ssC VOuu
Under the Sun.
Nothing can be more charming than
the manner of the Austrian aristocracy.
1t is perfect nature combined with high
breeding. A characteristic OF 1t is the
absence of that insolence on the one
side and of snobbishness on the other
which are to be found in nearly all
other societies. This arises from the
fact that the only passport to the upper
society is pedigree. an unquestionable
descent on both sides of the house,
from nobility of many generations.
Without this passport a native might
as well think of getting into the moon
as getting into society. Therefore.
the society is very small. not more
than three hundred or SO. all very
much intermarried and related; every
body knows every body. SO that push
ing is impossible, and Tending of un-
necessary. They are civil to us, and
invite us to fheir great parties, and
come to our houses As spectacle OF
men and women. and how they play
their parts. rs Washington Irving used
to say. l have no objections tOspending
my evenings thus for a small part Of
tho year. 1t does not interfere with
my solid work during the daytime.
English society is very interesting. be-
cause any body who has done any thing
noteworthy may be seen in it But il
an Austrian should be Shakespeare.
Calico. Nelson and Raphael all in one.
he couldn't be admitted into good so
ciety in Vienna unless he had the six
teen quarterings OF nobility which
birth alone could give him. Naturally
it is not calculated to excite ones van
ity that one goes as Minister where
as an individual he would find every
dOo- shut against him. Fortunately
evening entertainments only cost the
wax candles and the lemonade.-JOhn
LOthrop Motley.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-06-29

II you fear the uprocting OF trans.
planted pecan-nut trees. o1ing to the
loss Of the tap-root you can plant the
nuts where the trees are to remain and
grow permanently. But VIC should
risk the transplantcd trees. and raise
them in nursery rows until three or
four feet high. and then transplant into
tho orchard. At first SOW the nuts
rather thickly. or two or three inches
apart in shallow drills When the
little trees are one or two years old
transplant them into nursery rows,
placing the seedlings about one foot
apart and the rows four feet. in order
to allow room for cultivation with a
horse or mule. When large enough
the trees may be taken up carefully
and set in the pecan grove or orchard
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HOME DECORATION.
How to Mako . Variety 0e ver Pretty
ADticles Of Fancy Work.


An extremely pretty bureau s.arf IL
Of linen ecru scrim. Threads are
drawn at intervals OF quarter Of an
inch on the four sides and three rows
of No. I ribbon run in. 1t is lined with
saieen and edged with lace.
A pretty and novel cushion for hair
pins is made from a baby's shoe. Every
mother knows how precious to her are
"baby's" first shoes. No matter how
much worn they may be. the more the
better. Give them a coat OF glue water
both inside and outside. and two coats
Of bronze paint on the outside. II
laced shoes, sew piece Of cashmere
in the place OF the ton que, and lace
them up with narrow baby ribbon over
the cashmere. Knit the cushion for
the top in split zephyr the color Of the
ribbon used. For this set up about
twenty inches. knit every other row
plain and the alternate one by wind.
ing the wool around the first finger
four times and then knitting it in
This forms thick loops. making q
thick soft pad for the hairpins. Fill
the shoe with hair and tuck the
cushion in around the edges over the
hair. 1t will not be necessary to sew
it Another shoe has a blue plush
pin-cushion fastened in the top of it
Another shoe may be used for holding
jewelry by fastening in the top a small
satin bag drawn up at the top with
cord or narrow ribbon. The bag does
not need to be very deep. and is sim
ply fastened to the top of the shoe by a
few stitches.
No matter how pretty a bracket or
the ornament it holds may be, it can
always be made prettier by n dainty
scarf. A very pretty one can be made
from a silk handkerchief. if new and
fresh, by sewing small plush or gilt
ornaments across the sides and gather
ing it at little one side of the center.
so that tn. ends will be OF different
lengths. Conceal the gathering by a
bow OF ribbon which harmOnizes with
the colors in the handkerchief. Drape
the scarf over one corner OF your
bracket. POngee. China or surah silk
may be substituted for the handker-
chief if preferred. and decorated with
painting or embroidery.
A cheap and yet tasteful cover for
the sideboard is greatly to be desired
by most women. One may be made Oi
liuen crash which costs about 12l cent.
yard. Cut it long enough so that the
ends will hang over about One-quartes
of a yard; fringe the ends and over.
cast the lace; then make three rows Oi
drawn work above the fringe, and il
you wish to still further ornament it, Q
simple vine in outline stitch may be
worked on each end. Work this with
crewel; it will wash better than mark
Mg cotton will. and you can take
longer stitches with good effect. Two
or three of these simple scarfs will not
cost as much as one very handsome
one. and you will be able to keep the
sideboard looking neat and orderly
every day.
Handsome table covers, sofa cush
ions, carriage rugs, slipper cases. and
many other pretty articles. can be
made of common bedticking. En-
broider the white stripes with cOlored
silks; on the white-colorcd stripe:
fastcn inch-wide black velvet ribbon
with fancy stitches; on the narrow
stripes sew narrow gilt braid.-Old
Homestead.
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Might Possibly BE Mistaken.

Customer (returning)-Didn't ! give
you five-dollar gold piece just now by
mistake for five-cent piece?
Merchant (positively)-No. sir.
Customer (turning to go)-It isn't OF
any particular consequence. ! had a
counterfeit five-dollar gold piece that
l carried simply as curiosity. l must
have lost it some
Merchant (hastily)-Wait a moment.
I'll look again. Chicago Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-06-29

The 'ladiss Of the White House"
have been gifted with sensible names.
worthy OF imitation in American
families. Martha. Mary. Abigail.
Eliza, Elizabeth. Margaret Sarah.
Jane. Harriet, Dorothy. Julia, Letitia,
Emily. Angelica, Louisa, Lucy, Frances
and Caroline are all COED, wQman'y
oame2
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p" SOMEWHAT AMlSS I"

Know. dear Lord. how true IL 10.
see there's somewhat here amiss:
nc threads are tangled round nv feet
Inc right-road rough. the downward fleet
IsSano bcwildered-:Or see
The world Is all amiss with me.
see strange wrongs can not riSh.
Ana cruel tn ngs that all my sight
Doih shuddcr at, nor can restrain:
On, world OF wrong and sin. and pain.
IN weary with you. how can bliss
L er thrive where things are SO amissf
For strength and cruelty link hands,
AND. yoSed with merit, sorrow stands:
Dshonest fame. unpunished deed,
ay eyes doth see. my heart doth heed,
ho~ Oft the foolish flourish here,
wniic purcst lives arc dark and drear.
l see the lovely stricken down;
The fair and fallen OF the town.
The MANNED. the halt, the blind press ON.
Inc ahlest from the ranks are gone.
what hope for v ctory in the end:
whence the Millennium o nv fr,cnlf
Inere's somewhat in this world amiss
rs true, too true. I can but cry;
fct one more-word to whisper, this;
For oh. there's Faith yet In the sky:
Ihcrc's somewhat in this world amiss~
shall be unriddled by and by.
indianapolis JMrnal,
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THE FARM GARDEN.


Crops Thoe Cas- ne fiSnte" AUee
Crops Have Been Taken On.
The garden ought to be. and general
" is. the richest part OF the farm. and
hence it is important to get the largest
possible product from it One item in
doing this is to keep the ground all oc-
cupied a. nearly as possible during the
growing season. 1t is desirable not
only to have q good early garden. but
q good garden all through the season.
and this can be done only by planning
ahead, SO that as soon as one crop is
ready TO be taken of another can be
ready to take its place. Very few
garden crops are expected to mature
and ripen seeds. The greater part are
used when in a green stage. so that a
second crop can be planted to take the
place OF the first by the time the first
is ready to begin using. OF course.
some plants make much faster growth
than others.
In sowing asparagus seed. turnip
radish seed can be sOwn at the same
time. and by the time the asparagus
plants will need the room the radishes
" i'll be ready to use. When the sec
ond sowing OF radish or lettuce is sOwn
tomato or cabbage seed can be
sprinkled along in the rows. two OF
three seed every two or three feet in
rows far enough apart to let them
stand. BY the time these later plants
VIII need the room the first crop will
be ready TO use.
Early sweet corn. early potatoes and
pease will all mature early enough to
admit of setting ont late cabbage or
tomato plants. or the place can be used
for celery or turnips.
1t is best In planning out the garden
TO arrange SO tha. second crops can be
started to advantage. 1t will lessen
the work OF cultivating and keeping
clean as well as economize space il
every thing in the garden is planted in
long rows. ard by planning the differ
ent varieties that are to be planted. q
much larger amount of product can be
S6CuGeO tlS1u IL tue SCCu ID SO"h picssu-
cast. and no special pains are taken to
arrange
So far as possible weeds or grass
should not be allowed to mature seeds,
and 10 avoid this it will be necessary
to give cleau cultivation. This can be
done nearly or quite as we'll with a
growing crop as without. and good
crop is certainly desirable.
Less than one-half the real benefi,
that it is possible to derive from the
garden is obtained when only one crop
is grown. With the earlier varieties
especially q quick growth is necessary
in order to have crisp, tender ve9eta-
bies, so that a second crop can be
grown much more readily with them
than with other varieties that have 9
slower growth and a longer period ol
maturity.
Sweet corn. beans, summer and win
ter radishes. late cabbages and. toma'
toes. celery. turnips and rutabagas arr
all late crops that may be planted after
The first crops have been taken of.
There Is an additional advantage with
the late crops. viz, that what are moi
used can be gathered and stored for
use in winter.-COr. st. Louis Repub-
80
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fervency with which the old creature
turned her reservoir Of benedictiOns
upon me. And with the remark that
he must go and tell Mrs. Lincoln that
i: was all right he bade me good-day
and hurried out Of sight. IN. Y.
Tribnne.
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Boarding.house Aftermaths.

Mrs. Slimdiet-Ha$e some more Of
the mackerel. Mr.. B0arder?
MIR. Boarder-No. thank you.
''Have q piece of the liverT
mo, thank you"
'.How strange you are! Why, am
SO extravag Antly fond Of mackerel and
liver l could eat them all the time
Perhaps you are late this morning. and
must hurry?"
"Yes, l am little late. G0od-m0rn.
ing"
..Jane."
Jane-Yes. mum.
Mr.. Boarder has gone down town.
You can brOil me that piece Of tender
loin now."-N. Y. Weekly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-06-29

"A scientist has promulgated the
theory that natural gas will gradually
turn blonde hair dark. He says the
gas generates an ammonical yapor,
which combines with the sulphur in
the hair chemically and produces sui
phuret of ammonia
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-06-29

"A man who died near Philadelphia.
recently. disinhcrited his daughter ON
account Of scurrilous valentinc which
he believed abe sent him City jean
ago
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-06-29

There is an evident desire, accord
ing to Mr.. Il. +. johnson, on the part
Of cattlemen so to breed and feed as TO
diminish tallow, worth three cents
mound, and Increase lean meat. worth
twenty-five ceptA
Democratic messenger., 1889-06-22
Russel's Bad Taste.

The recent cartoon In yudge styled
"Ben the Cohquerer" Is very severely
commented on by the leading Republicans
here. The most indulgcnt critics admit
the bad taste displayed in the publication.
Mr.. Harrison is represented as dcmigod
clothed In wand and pink sash. Mr..
Blanc, Vice President Morton. Mr.. Platt,
Mr.. Allison, Gen. Algcr and other Repub-
lican statesmen figured as tigers, lions,
lcopards and panihers and have all sub
miitcd tamcly to IIarrison's secret power.
"Thc picture is an insult TO the intelli.
gcnce Of the country,'o said a prominent
Republican. "as well as TO the men carl.
caturcd. 1t is simply nauscaling IN its
sycophancy. II would be bad enough IL
Il came from an outsider, but from u men,
Der Of the Presidents own family il is dis.
gushing. II is bad politics. too. Mr..
Arkell must want the Russian mission
very much to pcrmi, such thing.
ASIDE from the bad taste displayed in
the publication ofihis picture, il has no
foundation in fact. Nothing is further
from the truth than that Ben has subdued
and conquered the Republican leaders.
No President has ever been In the White
House who has failed so c0nspicuously to
please the leaders Of his party. His Cab
iner is collection Of ponen,ities. outside
OF Blaine, aud is only held together by a
thread. Harrison hopes to crowd Blaine
out, and then lie will he happy with his
nobodies and nOn,lescript lfhc is dream.
ing that he has made conquest oi all the
party leaders he will have rather rough
awakening before long. The aris, did
not think of il, perhaps, but the leopard
plaii IN the cartoon stands in an excellent
position 10 demolish Ben with a blow
The President had better he on MS guard.
Harrison" said Gen. George Sheridan :,
lis indifferent to public opinion. In.
licve he really made use Of the expression
that he was gong To please himself, for il
Is just like him. II is characteristic Of the
man. lie believes that when the Supreme
Power undertook the making Of the uni
verse, at that time he was conformity set.
tied with the creation of the world that
in the year 1880 there should bc such u
person rs Ben Harrison on earth aud he
should be President of the United States
All this having been settled In the musiy
ages of the past Harrison firmly believes
TINT no power could have prevented his
election, and those who assisted him were
simply carrying out the supreme mandate
and couldn't help themselves. Therefore
he owes them no thanks. Harrison isn't
thankful for anything or TO anybody
Possibly he may congratulate the Lord on
having carried out his part Of the contract
TO make Harrison President ,bu, its doubt
ful. don't say this 10 criticisc Harrison.
lie was born that way and can't help IT,.
II is necessary io know these things To
understand and appreciate lIarrison's
policy since his Inauguration. IL he isn't
renomina,cd he will simply say well,
il Is the couniry's misfortune ?"
Genera: Sheridan male great MANY
speeches last fall in behalf nf Harrison.