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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-12-21
AND so IT GOES.

The way Of the World Illustrated by Z
Little Anecdote.
..Well! Well!" he exclaimed. as HI
halted while crossing Union square the
other morning anu shook hands with q
man sitting on the bench. "but va:
thinking of you that very second"
"Yes'
1T was just such a morning as thi.
three years ago when We sat on thi.
very same bench. Do you remember
it?"
Il do"
Il was dead broke. discouraged.
and wondering If ! hadn't better com.
nit suicide. You spoke to me in $
kindly way. and we began to talk. Dc
you remember?"
'Oh, yes"
Il told you was struggling young
actor, and that circumstances had
downed me. was penniless and with
out hope You reached over and took
my hand. Remember"
"Oh. yes"
"And you spoke kind words. You
bade me call up all my courage and
resolution. You predicted that would
yet climb to the top of the ladder Re
member"
Yes"
.And you did not stop there. You
put your hand into your purse. handed
me $50 bill. and told me could have
it until able to repay the loan. Am
correct?'
"You arc"
That noble action OF yours cncour.
aged me. l went away and made a
last effort, and it was success. Three
years ago I sat here q beggar. To.
day am worth $50. 600 and all these
diamonds I owe it all to you. Blu,
for you should now be moldering in
suicides grave. Yes. l am worth
&c. 600 and have got q wad Of <SOC
right here in my pocket Think OF the
change in my situation. This is our
first meeting since that memorable day,
although l have thought Of you daily.
Put it there, old man"
Yes"
Il haven't forgotten you"
"No?"
"And I never shall. God bless you!
Good morning-got an engagement aI
sharp eleven"
He passed on. and the other sat fol
some minutes in deep thought. All oi
sudden he rose up and looked after
the vanished man and exclaimed:
"Yes. but he didn't even offer to re-
turn my $50. without interestw-N. \.
Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-12-21
HERE AND THERE.

piles Of brush or stubble afford
harbOring places for the insects. and
they can be better destroyed by burn
ing such material early than to delay
until the ground is frozen.
Bran and SKINNED milk will make
more growth on pigs now than any
thing else. Corn Is required only
when the pig Is to be made very fat
A ration in which corn is . portion OF
the food will give better results than
to depend entirely on it for fattening.
When q farmer has more grass
than he can NOW. or use in any maa
ner. it will pay him to attach heavy
chain to twO-horse pl0w and turn the
grass under. as it vii: prove moro
serviceable as green manurial crop.
"A small crack in the wall Of the
stable will do greater injury than to
leave q window out More harm re-
suits from a constant current Of air
coming on . portion Of the body Of an
animal than when the animal Is exposed
entirely.
"A successful dairyman for many
years gives IL rs his conclusion that .
well-fed cow that docs not earn her en-
tire value in a single year u not worth
keeping in the dairy. Says he: N COW
that has cost seventy dollars should
mako net earning Of seventy Ave d0l-
lars" ~
When q man wants to sell . COW
pretty badly--unless it Is the breeder
Of cows for sale-the COW he wants to
sell is q good COW not to buy rs rule.
We shall never believe that n man can
get good COW in any way as easily as
he can get her by intelligent breeding
and raising the calf-Western Rural
Tho hog will thrive bettar il kept
clean and given plenty Of water. Milk
will not answer as water. The water
trough should be kept filled with clean
water at all times. Many hogs fail TO
thrive owing to the fact that they arc
given plenty Of slop and no pure wa
tor.
Land devoted to timber should b
completely occupied. 1t ahould b
thinned out but never cleared on. un-
less it IL to be used for another pur.
pose. We are no longer obliged TO de-
stroy q hive or colon y Of bees in order
TO get the honey. % We need not de-
stroy our wood lot in order 70 get
timber.
"A Jersey COW knocked one OF her
horns Of early in tho spring. Tho
ACCIDENT was discovered before it be-
came cold. It was put back in its
place and tied. In few days it grew
fast. and is now the same rs the othe8
Nothing was done except to pick Il
from the ground and put 1t in position
while the blood was stilling Oozins
from the stump-Country GeasemaA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-12-21
FACTS FOR FARMERS

-Turnip tops. chopped and mixed
With straw. have been used In tho silot
In Scotland. and good results an
claimed thcrefrom.
You can pur chase improved stock
and secure the benefit Of the work oil
others cheaper than you can do the
Same work yourself
Pin up two facts to be considered
when you are discouraged: There are
fewer business failures among farmeri
than among any other class; moro men
begin without capital and become own
crs of good business in farming than In
any other vocation. .-Americ An Agri.
culturist
II corn fodder is cut and steamed
or mOistened with boiling water. II
will be found an excellent and agreea-
bic change Of diet for tho cows Cove
that are given q variety Of food occa-
sionally will always keep In better con.
dition than those that are fed on .
sameness OF diet continually.
The sterility Of many soils Il due
more to their mechanical condition.
their texture and relations TO heat and
moisture. than to lack OF plant food.
Such soils want amendment first and
manure afterward. Some soils will
give good returns for manuring; others
without irrigation or amendment BY
draining. tillase. the use Of lime. nArl
or muck, etc, will not
I'm German experiments during the
last two seasons copperas increased
the yield of vines and protected the
vineyards against parasites; increased
the yield Of clover and lucerne from
twenty-five to thirty-three per cent /;
increased the yield OF potatoes. and
tended to suppress potato disease
when applied to the young plants. and
gave good results with grain.
There are ut present f0rty-six Or.
pertinent stations all over the United
States. employing over three hundred
and seventy tsainsd mon in tho prose-
cution OF experimental inquiry. and
the United States annually provides
t595. 600 for the support OF these sta
tiOns. and several States e12S 900.
making total of $72O. 900 for that
purpose. Massachusetts Plowman.
"A fagstone floor with cemcnted
joints is best for the dairy. Wooden
floors are apt to rot out, and brick
floors absorb the spilled milk. soon be-
coming very offensive. II bricks arc
used tho floor should be kept painted
all tho time. and even with this extra
trouble it is not so good ~ Aagstoue
and cement The nagstone under.
ground is always easily kept cool. - .
dairy foor should be.
Milking rapidly does not mean
jerking sharply or moving with hasty
or irregular motions in the presence
OF the COW. Such a course would coun-
tcract the very thing aimed ut The
motion OF tho mixer should not be
such as to attract her suspicious; they
should be deliberate and cool; but
when set down to milking nothing
should be allowed to interrupt or re-
tard the work. This will induce CON-
tinual '.letting down" by giving con.
tinual relief tn tha uf1dor
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-12-21
AFRICAN FORESTS
They VIII Probably Furnlsh Lumber q
Our Great.GroadchllArOa.

They VIII Probably Furnlsh Lumber tor
Our Great-GsaadchilAroa.
The item being circulated 20 in
dustriouslv by most Of our exchanges
in reference to the discovery by STAN
Icy OF a tract of timber In Africa, con-
tanning an area OF 226, 900 square miles.
is trifie on the Munchausen order.
That there is tract OF such an extent
is not improbable. but that an eminent
discovcrer was SO profoundly inn
pressed by its importance to the com.
mercial world that. Notwithstanding
the dangers surrounding him from
malaria. wild beasts and wilder and
moro savage men, with compass and
chain he would stop his journey and
take upon himself the extra task OF
travelling 1900 to 1900 miles for
tho express purpose OF ascertain
ing exactly tho area OF that body OF
timber. is something akin TO the pre-
posterous II We would believe such
tale. would II not be reasonable TO
believe that he also carefully esti-
mated the quantity Of standing timber
and that when he returns he will have
his estimates SO carefully prepared
that he can give within hundred feee
the quantity standing on each 40 or 80
ac,e tract. That Africa with m aree
of 1900. 900 square miles contains
only this 226. OO0-miIe forest tract. &C
cording to the impression conveyed by
our ermdite contemporaries. reveals .
lamentable condition Of affairs for the
ozark Continent" But providentially
Africa is not SO unfortunately situated.
The territory practically tributary to
the Congo, the Zambesia, and the Up
per Nile and their tributaries drain
ing some 100000 square miles
An area almost equal In ex-
tent to that OF the United States and
British America combined-is repre-
sented by the African explorers "a
marvclously blessed with extensive
forests, 90 dense that Il IL next TO i'm
possible to penetrate many Of them.
and SO vast in extent that with the
present superhcial KnowieoRe OF Sne
country it is impossible to form IN in.
telligent idea as to their extent The
designs of Providence arc inscrutablo.
but at the present rate Of consumption
another century will have to elapse
before the merchantable timber oi
North America. Europe. Asia and Aus
tralia will have disappeared. and since
the nineteenth-century man seems 90
unconcerned as 70 providing for pos.
terity it is not unreasonable 70 suppose
that tho great forests Of Africa and
South America arc being held In ra
serve for the requirements OF the luns
bermen OF the twentieth and twenty
6rst centuries e&--Lum0se Trade jour
nal
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-12-21

and dryness In order ~ saAt1fA
The maturing Of tho bOlls II largely
. drying process. They arc ruptured
and opened by the pressure Of the
confined fiber rs the latter dries out it,
moisture and assumes the spODgy.
elastic state. Any condition OF tho
plant or Of the air. which rctards this
drying process invites tho fungus
which produces ROT, and by SO much
diminishcs the yield.
Another reason is that the alluvial
lands can not be planted 80 early in
the spring. nor do the plants develop
so rapidly from ono stage to another.
First blooms" and ''first open bOlls.~
always occur on the tplands.
On q good upland soil. naturally
we'll adapted to cotton. fertilizeP
may be prepared which. while bring
ing such soil fully up to tho richest
alluvial In point Of content OF avail.
able plantsfood. yet at the same time
preserves . proper relation between
the several elements OF food 1t Is well
known that ammonia and moisture In
abundance induce rank and succulent
growth. So when We manure heavily
VIC can withhold ammonia. or supply
it in moderate quantity; and when tho
natural conditions present too much
moisture. by insuring drainage In
the case Of corn, sugar corn and forage
crops. the conditions. or alluvial land.
are especially favorable to the large
yield. because the crops. rs q rule. re-
quire q maximum Of moisture and Of
ammonia.
OF course. the method OF cultivation
is important. and we arc Of opinion
that surface cultivation, rs practiced in
the older States east OF Mississippi
would give better results. High beds
arc probably necessary in Mississippi
bottoms, on account Of too much
moisture in carly spring. and during
protracted vet spells. But there ap-
pears no reason why sweeps aud eul-
tivatOrs may not be used a. elsewhere.
Deep blowing induces large develop
meut of weed. and is opposed to fr',its
fulncss.
We have nAAnnbt that cotton Is gen.
orally too closely crowded on most
lands. but especially in the rich soils
of the Mississippi valley. As gem
eral rule the rows should be as wide
apart as the average height Of stalks
when full grown; aud should be not
closer to each other along the row than
one-half tho width Of the rowA Ger.
tainly five feet rows and ten 70 eight
cen inches apart in the drill In . very
unequal proportion and much too close
for your rich alluvials.
One of the most important consider.
ations on such soil is the selection q
seed We would suggest % u6e Of
seed Of some prolific variety grown -
the uplands Of Middle Tennessee; q
some other moro northern locality.
Such seed will be apt TO produce short
limbed. prolific and carly maturing
plants
We think tho open secret Of Mr.
Truths success. is thorough prcpara-
tion. high manuring. good distance.
the best seed. and through. shallow
cultivation.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-12-21
EASILY DISCOURAGED.

The Kind Of Spirit Which WIN Never
Command Success.
Not long ago young man in q
neighboring city attempted TO put an
end to his life because he was dis
couraged and couldn't get along" Dis
heartened and only twenty-one years
of age!
Whatever may have been the rea-
sons which SO discouraged the young
man in question that he wanted to die.
we may say that. as a general thing.
this sort of spirit, that which gives up
SO early in the struggle, is not tho one
to compel success. We have only to
read the sketches Of the lives Of some
OF our leading merchants. which were
given in our issue Of last week. the an
niversary edition. to know what the
righ: spirit is. There is some ten
dency In this generation for the young
to break away from old-time plodding
and to look to the future and some
fortunate scheme for success. Money
dazzles the eyes Of not . few people.
and the thought Of winning it without
working for it blinds the eyes OF tine
weak to their own good. There is nc
surer guide to this success than that
which was the foundation OF that ol
the several leading business men oil
whom mention has been made Said
one OF them: .'The legitimate trade.
the honest. plodding routine of life. is
the true basis Of all good fortune. '
Patience, ability, nerve calculation
and fixedness Of purpose are tho ele-
ments which young man needs who
goes out to battle for q place in thc
world. American Grocer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-12-21

FIVE: We are utterly overwhelmed.
and our own figures are infinitely BE-
yond our comprehension l.
Bridgman, in Christian Union.
Nevada County picayune., 1889-11-20
For sale by Hinton Drug Company.
DE ANv Q AnK.. October 2,g

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 R. L HINTON DRUG CO.,, Prescott, Ark
Nevada County picayune., 1889-11-20
INSECTS AS FOOD
Caterpillars Tasting Like Almonds and
 Spiders Equal to Nuts.

Spiders Equal to Nuts.
 Only some twenty years ago the scientific Michelct urged upon us to regard the insect world from a dietetic point of view. Catcrpillars, he told us, taste like almonds, spiders like nuts, and, as for ants, with little but ter and sugar they make a sweetmeat fit to set before a king. But ant-eating is far from uncommon; negroes, both in Africa and their descendants in the West Indies, relish them exceedingly. So do the Indians of Central America. and Herrera states that the Ranches of North Reyno de Grando keep them in yards and breed them. although he quite forgets to tell us by what means they arc prevented from escaping Tho Bushmen of South Africa eat white ants, spiders, grasshoppers, moths and grubs; the natives of Australia relish maggots; the Hottentots consider the uncleaued entrails of animals to be delicious eat ing, and many aboriginal tribes in North America revel in rattlesnake soup, boiling poison and all. The flesh of the lion is also reckoned by some tribes a luxury, but there is this drawback to obtaining it, that possi- bly, you may furnish dinner for the lion instead of him for you. At Christmas, 1874, some score of con tributors and draughtsmen of the Chase llustree dined together at Mangy restaurant, in Paris, under the presidency of NJ. Firmin Didot to taste the ham and heart of the last lion killed in the environs of Phil lippe Vile, Algeria, by M. Con- stance Cheret. The flesh of the lion was found to be particularly firm and close grained. like that of the horse. but nevertheless quite palatable The ham, though especially cooked, seems to have met with only success d'es- time, and the heart, skillfully prepared with trUtllcs, was found somewhat tough and difficult of digestion. But more curious meal still was that provided hy an eccentric old Ma ior, who once invited three friends to dinner, consisting .tirely of sauces. The soup took the form of gravy .adcc, anj oyster and lobster took the place "l tI.;-de-rulc. Egg sauce rop- resea'ed | @ sirom, bread sauce va. there tO remind them of game. and brand} sance as d h,ut for pudding The saUoo hoa's were duly emptied by Inc gue't-, md after each tho wine was wru r.-ot'al To. Two sf the guess, bet, ,-a aAce-s ot lobst,r sauce. and cognac, ..oys ali the worse for the banquet; bat jLat proved rather the weakness of th"ir stomachs than the ion-exceleucc 0l the feast .- American Analyst
Nevada County picayune., 1889-11-20
FEATURES OF GIBRALTAR
The Fortress Is Very Strong But Net An-
 solutely Impregnablc.

The Fortress Is Very Strong But Net AW
 solutely Impregnabic.
 Gibraltar is undoubtedly the most Important of all fortresses, and when 1t is termed impregnable it must be understood that the term is applicable In the sense that Gibraltar is sutti- cienty strong to hold out against any fleet during the interim required for relieving force to bear down on the rock and crush the besiegers.
 Gibraltar is to-day as much the key to the Mediterranean as ever in the past, and is the center of a formidable line of fortified stations connecting England with her East Indian posses sions. Burke spoke of Gibraltar as a post of power, a post of superiority, of connection. of commerce-one which makes us invaluable to our friends and dreadful to our enemies.
 The strategic importance of Gibral- tar was observed by the Saracens as far back as I'll A. D., for, under a leader named Sorik Jen Seyard. they landed and fortified the place in that year During a period of seven hum dred years Gibraltar was held by the Moors or Saracens, and was a constant cause of war between the two races In 1472 a Spanish force under the Duke of Medina Sidonia wrested the fortress from the Moors, and so strengthened 1t that it was considered impregnable. But in 1704 the combined English and Dutch fleets, under Sir George Rock and the Prince of Hesse-Darmstadt, took the rock from the Spaniards and held it until l7l3, when it was given to Great Britain by the treaty ot Utrecht. The Spaniards would not let Gibraltar go without another struggle, and attacked the place in 1727; but cessation of hostilities soon came about on the signing of preliminaries of peace between Spain and England.
 The noted siege, which lasted from 1779 to 1783, marks one of the greatest annals in British military history, and never did troops win greater renown than did the famous garrison that held Gibraltar against the combined forces of France and Spain, All the imple- ments of warfare were used by the be- siegers. but the rock proved impreg- nable. Captain Drinkwater, of the British army, is authority for stating that one thousand guns were brought to bear by the allies, and that in the outer harbor were anchored forty seven ships of the line carrying the ensigns of France and Spain. The stubbornness of the defenders was wonderful, fighting as they were against such odds, but in the end if brought victory to the British stand ards and immortalized Elliot and his men.
 British troops may never again be called upon to hold the rock as they did in 17S0, but, judging from the ap. pearance of the men now stationed al the place, Gibraltar will never fall in any ordinary fighting. Cor. Chicago | News
Nevada County picayune., 1889-11-20
LIFE-SAVING BOATS.
Those Built Nowadays are Far Superior
 to the old Styles.

to the Old styles.
 "Our business," said the life-boat man, used to be supplying the mer- chant marine. But that is pretty well gone now. Most of the ships and steamers here are of foreign build. They get their boats made abroad. It is on pleasure boats that boat builders have to depend nowadays, and the man that makes lifc-bOatS has also the coast saving stations to supply.
 "The life-boat now in use. though not at all the coast stations have it (my business would be a good deal latter if they did), is modelled after the coast-guard boat of England. Some years ago the Government brought over one of these, and order- ed all our new boats to be built on the same general plan. There are some difference, of course. For instance, our boat has not the heavy English ballast keel, weighing from seven hum dred to eight hundred pounds. The English boat is harder to overturn, of course; but this is overbalanced by the comparative lightness of the Amer ican, and our boat, if overturned, rights itself within three minutes, and by a self-baling scheme lets out all the water.
 "Life-boats are all metallic now. They are made of plates of corrugated galvanized iron riveted together. They cost twice as much as an ordinary boat and last an indefinite time. Seemingly they never wear out. That is the reason why boat builders don't espe- cially banker after building them.
 "To show you how metallic life boat lasts, several years ago a Captain Dobbins was appointed superintendent of the life-saving corps on the lakes. When he took charge he went out with his lists and attempted to locate all the property of the corps. There weren't trained squads then as there are to-day. He found the property scattered every which way and 1t seemed to be nobody's business to take care of it. Among other things that he found after some trouble was one Of the life-boats. half buried in tho ground and long used as a feeding trough. It was a metallic life-boat. He dug it up, repaired it, and it is in good use to-day. It was made by the firm of So X So. They have been fifteen years out of business. That shows the way metallic life-boat lasts.
 What ruins it finally Is rust. The galvanized iron is flexible, it bends, and to stiffen 1t blanks are fastened down in the bottom where most Of the strain comes. This wood retains the water, and the rust slowly but certain. ly creeps upon the iron. But way has lately been found to got around this. A scheme is devised and pat ented by which the blanks arc dis pensed with. The strips of iron are passed through mill which turns up one lengthwise edge and down the other the width of an inch, % the strip becomes stiff aud inheXible. At these turned over edges the strips are riveted together, and the surface of the boat is in ridges three or four inches wide.
 There are four principal builders of life-boats. They arc in New York. Greenpoint, Philadelphia and Balti more. No, ihe boot-nuilding trade isn't what it used to b.. But that's got to change sometime, you know. "- N. I. Mail and Express.
Nevada County picayune., 1889-11-20
We Also keep a full Stock

We Also keep full Stock of Pure Drugs Leading Potent Medicines, Family dro
 CerioS, TobaCCos and Notions. Also Bibles and Tcstamcn Society the h' Methodist Hymn Book will book tha' sold by the Publishing House Nashville, Ionn. Call and examine and prices R. HINTON DRlG '"
Nevada County picayune., 1889-11-20
GROVES TAsTELESS CHILL TONIC
WAR RR A N TED

toENgKsvIliE Mss, Dec. l2, lssS. fAnis MEptcfNE Co., Paris. Tenn.
 ll'., seul mc thftc dozen Of your Crovc's Taste t',, h't l"uic Sss pleased Niih thr lot from 0u ta't h"t"mtf. The Psulle Vcre drtshttd with iL | gave 'our Gnu fouic to come children Nho were ! r ani sSafihr and culaciatcd having hal ehfouie tI J. i"f mouibs past cue of them f1r a wear and 7 'ih'n thf'e weeks aficT beginning with tbe Cha l""'' thN serv hale snd hesrtY, with r,l and fos, -14eNss, IL acted Akv charm
 V. W. sTISsoS, M. D.