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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-10-19
LITTLE LADY.

Little Lady in the golden frame.
SPEAK, and tell me truly, what's your nameS
Once-n seems weary while ago
oucn another girl used to know!
Brown hair twisted into placid curl,
Eyes demure and forehead like pearl
Mouth sedate and solemn--smilc who can
Meath the glances OF the Artist Mani
Al, that silken gown: what trembling pride
Swells the foolish little heart inside!
Lace about the throat right primly SET
And below. the broidered pantale1
In your hand you carry-shall I say
nose OF June or violcts Of May!
To one growth all hower-gardeus ran
Meath the fingers OF the Artist Man.
Yes, yon have your girlish dreams, no doubt;
won't you tell me what you dream aboutl
You're bit too quiet for my taste,
Never gleeful. never making haste:
All the little girls who love me best
Dance and chatter with sweet unrest
Yet even they, perhaps. would scarcely plan
Escapades before the Artist Man.
Little Lady. since I've had my say,
Tell me what you think OF me to-day.
DO my wrinkles please your Il Il fair
That the snow should cling 50 TO my hairf
Do you know me for the girl who sat
In yccr gown. your curls. your ear:en hat
Long ago. when first the world began.
Sat and posed before the Artist Mani
Ida Whipple Benham. in YOUTHS Companion
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-10-19
Seed-B Bed for Wheat.

Firmness and compactness are the
primo mechanical conditions Of q
seed-bed for wheat The ground must
be crushed into small particles. and
while these particles must not be fused
into masses, they must be in close con-
tact.
In ground having these conditions.
moisture. air and heat are most gen.
orally and equally diffused; hence
every seed is most apt to find the
conditions essential to termination.
and every plant the conditions essen
tial to growth. There is the greatest
capillarity. an important matter at a
time when we must depend much
upon the ground-water for the neces-
sary moisture in the soil; food is most
readily yielded to the p'ants-for
division and also general diffusion OF
heat. moisture and air increase the
supply of food available in form and
location; the roots get firm attach
ments; absence OF large crevices in
sures absence Of excessive air; the con-
ditions are against an excess OF moist
ure, which, by its expansion In freez-
ing. would heave up the ground and
throw out the wheat; and the seed can
be most evenly distributed and COW
cred. and the best ridges be formed for
the protection Of the plants.
Knowing these prime mechanical
conditions of the seed-bed for wheat.
we easily arrive Mt the advantages Of
early blowing. First we stop in good
season that growth OF weeds which too
frequently spring upon stubble ground.
and that, il allowed to reach consider
able proportions. will prevent the
compacting of the wheat ground.
although they are we'll turned
under Second. the work OF
blowing can be better and more easily
done. August is usually dry and hot.
aud the ground, already dry, hardens
rapidly. II we defer blowing until the
latter part Of August or until Septem-
Der, the ground will be 90 hard that
the work will wear fast the plowman.
pillow and team. and the. ground will
break up into lumps. and lumps hard
to reduce; whereas, il we pillow early,
the ground will be more easily broken.
there will be fewer humps. and they
will not be nearly so hard. Third.
the ground can be pulverized and
completed with less labor. partly be-
cause of 10 conditions just named;
and also. sun. rain and air do most
effective work in disiptegrating lumps
and compacting the particles. and these
laborers exact ON hire and board than
selves The earlier We pillow tho
longer their season Of work: Fourth,
blowing win bring to the surface.
where they will germinata.. the seeds
a vssds asd Of erasseA II the plow-
Jog - dono 'sarly' the growth from.
these seeds viii be- destroyed ~ the
York Of fitting the seed-beq; while II
the blowing is done late. mach Of this
grasth ~ a0nes6tx ~ Shset =
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-10-19

" the Platte river. aud a network o,
iron rails. bright and shining. as the
train ran shrieking into the labyrinth
Ct its destination.
This is Denver" said the lad =
her. land Til look after you rs well rs
l can"
IL wun't be no burden" she said.
brightly. 1--WE twenty dollars yet
an that's sight OF money"
The train halted to let the Eastward.
bound express pass. there was an cir
Of excitement in the car. Passengers
getting ready to depart, gathering up
luggage and wraps, and some watching
the newcomers and the rows of strange
faces on the outward bound.
The door of the car slammed sud.
denly. and big-bearded man with
eager blue eyes came down the aisle
looking sharply from right to left. II Q
had left Denver on the express to meet
this train. His glance fell on the tiny
black figure
"Why. Aunt Hannahr' he cried. with
. break in his voice. and she-she put
out her trembling hands and fell into
the big arms. tears streaming down
the wrinkled face.
Il knOwed Providence would let me
find We. SAM" she said, brokenly. anu
no one smiled when the big man eat
down beside her and with gentle hand
wiped her tears away.
why. I've sent John twenty dol.
lars a month for five years for you"
he said angerly, rs she told him why
she ran away, land he said you could
not write. for you had a stroke and
was helpless. and have written to
you often and sent you money. lfs
hard for man to call his own hrothes
a villain"
I'VE wunt. SAM" she said. gently.
but just fureit; an wun't be burden
to ye. fur l can wurk yit an for years
TO come"
Work. indeed! don't owe you
every thing?" he cried. '.And my
wife has longed for you to come. There
are so few dear old aunts in this coun-
try. they're priced. / tell you. Why,
it's as good rs a royal coat-Of-arms to
have a dear handsome old woman like
you for a relation"
Then he found out who sent the teie-
gram and paid the lad. who blushed
and stammered like girl and did no,
want to take it.
Il suppose you want job" said the
big man. "Well. / can give you one;
I'm in the food commission business
Give you something light Lots o.
your sort, poor lad. out here. All the
reference / want is that little kindness
of yours TO Aunt Hannah"
Here's the depot. Aunt Hannah.
and you won't see bars and Injuns.
nor the buffaloes you were talking
about, but the prettiest and sunniest
city you ever SGT your dear eyes on"
He picked up the big carpet-bag,
faded and Old-fashioned. not a bit
ashamed of it, though it looked like
Noah might have carried it to the ark.
They said goodbye. and the last
seen Of her was her happy old face
beaming from a carriage window as
she rolled away to what all knew
would be a pleasant LONE for all her
waning years -Patience Stapleton, in
Golfers Once a Week.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-10-19

The fewer weeds there are allowed
to 60 to seed the less will be the work
Of giving clean cultivation.
AS fast as The crops mature in tho
garden clean up the ground. It will
be easily kept clean in this way.
If the Reraniums are expected to
bloom In winter. they should be cut
back considerably as soon a. they are
done blooming and then be set in .
sunny place for two or three weeks
ALI barns should be 80 constructed
q to allow the family cat to 60 any
where under or in It Is precaution
against rats and mice. which destroy
more than may be supposed.
Apple trees can Do budded now.
Peaches and quinoes the latter part Of
the month. Look after the earlier
work and zee that the ties are not cut
ting into the wood.
Hogs and sheep arc fond Of ap.
pies. and rather than have them 60 10
waste It will pay to turn in the hogs;
this will be found not only more profit
able but much better fOf tho trees.
4 -Wire-fencing for poultry-yards -
cheap and good, but the lower part Of
the fence should be Of boarda, in order
to avoid the quarreling Of The males in
adjoining yardA Ths boards also serve
as a wiad-bsalce in winter. - yz1s.-. .
With fruit plenty and cheap care
should be taken with What Is sent TO
market to sort and pack 90 ~ to reach
mazlsst inas good coalition - possi.
BILE II IL only the bettee esades ~
win sell now q profitable Prices
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-10-19
SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL


Tho special tendency Of tho times
seems to DO the formation of trusts.
Each day some new combination ID
made and another trust 10 declared
Meanwhile the farmers go on pro-
ducing and nothing is said about or
ganizing trust And whyP
The farmers have the best trust pos
sible, the trust in God. they are conf
dent that harvest will follow seed
time. that the combined forces Of nat
ure will give them living as long as
they do their share. In spite Of in
sects, storms, cold or heat. deluge or
drought their trust is that their barns
and bins will be filed and there will
be enough to spare to furnish the
money TO buy clothes for the family
and provide all household necessities.
and exercising this perfect trust the
farmers labor on and are happy in
their work.
In each insect enemy they recognize
q new Indictment to more determined
warfare. and a better understanding OF
the nature Of the plant and the habits
Of the insect that wishes to help the
farmer gather his crops, and at the
same time is unwilling to consult him
as to how and when it shall be done.
The farmer trusts that his duty we'll
done will insure the deserved success.
and his trust does not fail him.
There is q second trust that the
farmer practices not to be so heartily
commended-that is the trust at the
village store and at the agricultural
implement and seed houses. Perhaps
no class practices the trust so persist
emily as tie farmers. The number who
owe their ruin to this trust is greater
than the number ruined by any other
cause.
There are exceptional farmers who
have regular income throughout the
year. and these are less puzzled as to
how 10 regulate their expenses.
The majority of farmers begin now
to get little money for garden truck.
but must wait for the bulk of their in
come until the harvest is gathered in
the fall. Then the income comes in
large sums. and for a time the delu-
sion Of wealth exists.
The bills that have accumulated
through the year are gathered to-
gethcr. and when they are settled the
farmer finds the margin small indeed.
and perhaps against him, instead Of in
his favor. Then he is discouraged.
He finds the trusts 10 which he be-
longs has been against him and Oft
encr is inclined to withdraw from
his trust in natures recompeE SO
than his trust in the village store.
He complains that nature has worked
against him; that he has done his best
and it avails him nothing. and resolved
that farming does not pay, either with.
draws entirely from the work. or con-
tinues witk 'ack OF real that makes
the work OF sture doubly difficult.
Tie trust at the store is dangerous.
1t induces a man to buy more than he
needs and incur debts hard to settle.
A wise man will determine his proba-
BILE yearly income and so distribute it
as to have money to meet each
months demands, and be to a great
degree independent
A farmers trust is all right, II he
will put it in the right place; trust
his own ability. trust the goodness Of
God. the justice Of nature. the good
will OF his neighb and withdraw his
trust from the supply store.-Mass.
PlOughman.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-10-19

6vao,o1 sslssse ~ - dsomsd n .
oesnto thing whsn - cav on country
woetkecuoCk ~ mote: '0odis Low. ed
- aohsd ~ f13sDd u - meant @ m
ply tAss the Divine Love can b - hokle e
h. wind no" MD -. 'this = whas !
nsan-sAleAsp~ way Tie wind blows Coo
= Low; througA tie cold north wind the
battng oast wind, san God = Love. - muon
- whsl tie warn. genial brssses Esf1ssh
0uI nnlds and 0ookA"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-10-19

Indoors, particularly in the sitting posture.
arc far more pref ldicial to health than ex.
cessive muscular .xertion in the open air.
Hard sedentary workers are far too weary
after ONCE hours TO take much needful ex-
ercise in the open air. They often need q
tonic. Where can they seek IMMIGRATION
more certainly and agreeably than from
Hoetetter's Stomach Bitters, . renovant
particularly sdapted 70 recruit the ex-
hnostod force Of nature Use also for dys
pepsia, kidney, liver and rheumatic all
menta
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-10-19
SPORTSMEN'S PARADISE.


bsOW OOC0eSUOONeW oPtute 1u0tG u0bne
On the Lakes.
With a genuine feudal Independence,
the Lake Champlain duck-shOoter may
claim that his blind is his castle. I,
is undoubtedly the most elaborate .f-
fair of the kind in use among the wild
fowlers Of the country. Totally UNI
like the bush blind of the Eastern riv-
ers, the reed blind of the West or the
box blind of the South. it stands quite
alone as a representative type of field
architecture. 1t is. in fact, q miniature
house equipped with all the parapher-
MALTA of domestic economy. thoroughly
provisioned ana fitted out to stand a
siege of six weeks bombardment by
the great army Of sOuthward-ay ing
ducks Let us take q peep at one OF
these Lake ChamplAin blinds.
The house part OF the blind is very
nearly square. about five by six feet,
and five and half feet high. 1t has a
sloping roof to shed rain. a door at the
front end, and a small window Mt one
side. On the opposite side there is a
broad slide which can be opened to
provide air and furnish an outlook.
Across the back end-the ends being
the long sides of the blind-are two
hunks. or berths, one over the other.
A wide shelf under the board slide
answers the purpose Of table. Heat
and cooking facilities are furnished by
a small oil stove standing in one corner
by the door. In the other corner is
the ..armory." rack in which are
placed the guns of the occupant or oc-
cupants OF the blind, convenient for
immediate use. A cupboard under
the lower berth contains the dishes.
cooking utensils. ammunition. etc. Of
the garrison. while a big chest, an
swering also the purpose of a bench.
stands conveniently beneath the shelf.
packed with provisions and other per-
ishablc supplies Of tho gunncrs. So
much for the interior Of the house
part of the blind. The door opens
upon platform about three and .
half Zee. wide, rallied all around and
heavily pushed with cedar or pin. TO
such height that the gunner when
erect can conveniently shoot over the
waited boughs. On the front part OF
the platform is long. trough-like
pen in which are confined live decoys.
The entire structure which have de-
scribed Il Overlaid and concealed with
evergreen houghs. so that it looks like
a dark green mound standing on the
edge or in the shallow water. Forest
and Stream.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-10-19

- llaa0aso 0ltt1a Better"
3hofo 10 gisAneee IN the household:
The ohSdOW lAdoe away
3hSt dafkono1 al eho o0aD01oo
OF many ouOW09 day..
20. mana setting ooetor.~
The happy children CRY.
And the iiakS Of hOp0 ahines bsight again
In the loving husbands eye.
In thousands Of homes women arc ''Sick
unto death" with the terrible diseases %
common TO their sex, and IL would seem -
II Ill the happiness had gone out Of life and
the household In Consequence For when
the wife and mother suffers all the family
suffer- with her. This ought not to be, and
Il need not b, for . nevcr-failing remedy
for womau's ailments il At hand. Many Z
shadow Of disease has been banished from
Il BY the potent power Of DR.. Piesce's Fa-
yofite Prescripaiou-tho unfailius remedy
Tor all weaknesses and diseases peculiar "a
OOmeu.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-10-19

TnH fashionable London wedding ring has
recently been Of dull gold, but Princess
Louise went hack 70 the old fashion and
chose hers bright.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-10-19

A P1ARL spoken Of By Boetius, named IN
comparable, weighed thirty carats, equal TO
ave pennyweights, and was about the size
Of mpscadiu0 pear.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-10-19

EVERY reader Of this paper viii have
noticed what has been said weekly about
Shallenberger's Antidote for Malaria No
statement has ever been made which 10 not
strictly true and more than substantiated BY
experience. No testimonial has ever been
original OF which u not In our possession
II you are the victim Of Malaria, don't tri6e
with Quinine, but get the Antidote and en-
joy health. II your druggist don't keep il,
send one dollar 70 DR.. A. T. ShallenberRer,
Rochester, Penna, and get 1t BY mail
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-10-19

A D.TRoIf man bought . Afty-cent faMe
ticket and drew . church.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-10-19

10 trns ssssW5sed
Gfter ssstn0 Ev's
Cream Balm tea
months to find II
6o'& ~nstra, srhtcIA
scns closed for 20
yedss, scas openoand
free a. tie other. ]
feel revT 0onkftd.-
r. II. Crcssew0ham,
fSA Street,
Bronkl1m.
4 particle - applied |
able PrS~e - cents a Z
- eeoss. ELY BkOTHE
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-10-19

b feeling peculiar TO Dsssons Of dyspspsie ten
dsney. or u may b caused 81 change Of climate
season o. life. Ths stomach 10 out Of order. the
bead aches or does not feel right appetite b capri
eous. the nerves seem overworked. the mind 10 con-
fused and irritable. This condition nds an excel
lsnt corrective In Hoods saPsaparilla. which. By
~ regulating and toning powers soon restores har.
0ony % the system. and eives fhas strength Of
mind. nerves. and body. which 1akss oae feel Per.
fsesly we'll
n. .. - sire 20 NJ
Hoods Sarsaparilla
Solo b all arusxisss q; six for q Prsparea only
~ G. ]. HOOD CO.. Aposhecariss. Lowell Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-10-19

The best cough medicine IL Piso's Cure
Tor Consumption. Sold everywhere. CSC.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-10-19

II n stated that IN ancient pearl VA
valued BY Pkny n 10000.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-10-19

NEVER fail to cure sick headache, often
the very first dose. This ID what is said By
al who try Carter's Little Liver Pills.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-10-19

"A tag upon playing-cards is uni.
vetsal in Europe, with the exception Of
Spain, America being the only other
country which does not nov tax play.
ink-cards sold for, home-ooasumptio0
France collects the tax BY mes1s Of the
paper used for making the cards. which
is manufactured specially and is sold
by the government at. . rate. which
covers the tax. In Italy and Germany
a email device is impressed upon the
ace OF hearts, indicating that the tax
has been paid 49, =,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-10-19

ALWAYS avoid harsh purgative pills. They
drst make you sick and then leave you con-
stipated. Carter's Little Liver Pills regulate
the bowels and make you well. Dose, one pill
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-10-19

An odd decoration Tor the hall is
the now discarded warming-pan. Old
,wirmins-pans are FURNISHED up and
hing near the, hat-rack. It is a sigr
OF warm cordial welcome for VISITORS
81 .t.s .saF.. sAsA~s
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-10-19

THxY have politics in Japan now. under
The constitution, and one Of the parties il
called the Jtiito.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-10-19

A PAIR lady becomes still fairer BY using
9lenn's Sulphur SOAP.
Huls HAIR and Whisker Dye, 50 cents.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-10-19

TIME are l,200 persons Of the name Of
Smith employed In tba limited States postal
oervica
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-04-25
Novel Advertising Scheme.

The Postal and Railway Department of
the Hungarian Ministry has taken curious
step in a business direction. 1t offers to
sell postal cards with trade advertisements
for one kreutzer lone farthingI eaoh-that
is, half the price of common postal cards!
The transaction has the following explana-
ton: Any would-be advertiser must order
no fewer than fifty thousand postal cards
and pay full prices for them-that Is, two
kreutzers Zone half penny, to the posta
authority. who will print his advertisement,
not exceeding the third part of the back Of
the card, without any further charge. at
the Hungarian Government printing office
at Budapest The cost of the printing is
got out Of the one kreutzer, and the cards
are afterwards sold to the public.-N. Z.
Post
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-04-25
Old hutch's Secret.

B. p Hutchison, better known as Old
Hutch, astonished the world by the manner
in which he manipulated the Chicago wheat
matchmaking, it's said, ,theenormous sum
of $5,OOO,OOO, on his wheat deals, in less
than a month. Eccentric; possessed OF
little education, his success seemed marvel
Gus.
His friends and those who know him best
were not surprised.
A prominent resident broker of Chicago,
who knows him well, tersely sums up
Hutchison in these words: "What he knows,
he knows we'll, and that's Old Hutch's Sc
cret."
We once heard a prominent stock oper-
ator, speaking of Jay Gould, remark: He
knew V ar ago what the balance of US are
just finding out. Gould knows his business
thoroughly and we don't, else we, too, would
be Goulds."
A noted manufacturer of certain medici-
nal remedies has achieved worldwide
reputation simply because he possesses
thorough knowledge of his business.
Enterprising and progressive, he was not
disposed to rest content with the introduc-
tion of the only genuine remedy for the
prevention and cure of all kidney and liver
disorders, the name and character of War
ner's Safe Cure being Familiarity known in
every household throughout the entire CIV
ilized world-but he concluded to further
benefit the world and revive some old-fash-
ioned remedies which have, for period,
been lost
Re-discovered, they are the Oldest, the
newest and the best.
Used when the Pilgrim Fathers landed,
they have been much improved upon and
are now known as warmers Log Cabin
-. l. I-.~- -.
Cabin Sarsaparilla," for the blood, and 'Log
Cabin Hops and Buchu Remedy" tonic
and stomach remedy.
Old Hutch's secret is worth its millions Of
dollars to him, and millions OF people in the
United States will rejoice that they are now
enabled to secure the best of those old-tlme
Log Cabin Remedies through the use OF
which our grandparents attained AID en-.
joyed rugged, healthy old age.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-04-25
Flrst Case OF thr Kind in Nebraska.

OMAHA. Neb., April 19.-The case Of
Jailer Miller against the World Publish
ing Company and G. III. Hitchcock, edit
or, was decided before Judge Hopewell
In the District Court this morning.
Miller sought damages of S25.-
900 for alleged libel in the pub
hcation Of charges affecting the
management Of the county jail. Judge
Hopewell instructed the jury to render a
verdict for the defendant, holding that a
newspaper has right criticise the con-
duct OF q public oficer. The plaintiff
moved for q new trial, and the case win
probably go to the Supreme Court The
case Is the first Of the kind decided In
Nebraska.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-04-25
An AlIedged plot to Assss .inate the Cxar
OF Russia.

ST. PETERSBURG, April 19.-The pref ect
of police has discovered the existence OF
O Nihilist plot to assainate the Gar,
while he was attending the funeral
of General Paucker, Minister Of
Roads. The Gar was Immediately
warned not to attend the funeral. A num-
Der OF persons charged with being impli-
Gated in the plot have been arrested. The
Nihilists intended to use dynamite in their
attack on the Gear.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-04-25

"A farmer who lives near Americus.
Ga, has three-gallon COW that sud-
denly ceased to give milk He fed her
and cared for her in every way, but
the mystery was not solved until he
found one day that an old SOW had
been stripping the cow. The porker.
which. it is needless to say, was in fine
condition, Immediately went to tho
butchers.