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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-02-01

Very pretty ones can be made by hav-
ing frame to suit the fancy, and black
ening the legs to look like ebony. or
gild them; then stun the top with hair
or moss, and cover with coarse muslin.
having it smooth and even, and you are
ready for the outside covering. Elsbs'-
rate embroidery may adorn it. or it may
BE- covered with plush or some rich
color and decorated with . ribbon bow.
A black satin cover may have pretty
spray painted upon 1t in ono corner. OF
gold cord placed around it. and small
gilt balls in clusters. Another pretty
cover is robin's-egg satin. the decora'
ton being ribbon embroidery, with .
design Of apple blossoms and their foil.
age, wrought upon it. Orange-colored
stain forms an effective cover, trimmed
with ribbon bows Of the same shade. ol
you can cover them with pretty cgetonne
-Leuisyjlls COURIER Journal
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-02-01
THE FIRST GARDENERS.

A Sagaci0us Little Insect which Grows
Grain. in Texas.
Man is not the only animal who has
discovered this eminently practical
division Of the vegetable world into
weeds on the one hand and garden
plants on the other. Our ingenious little
six-legged precursors, the ants, have
anticipated us in this, Is in many other
useful discoveries and inventions. They
were the first gardeners. need hardly
add that it is an American ant that
carries the art of horticulture to the
highest perfection; only . Yankee in
sect would be so advanced, and only
Yankee naturalists would be sharp
enough to discover its method. This
particular little beast who grows grain
resides in Texas, and each nest owns .
small claim in the vicinity Of its mound,
on which it cultivates . kind of grass.
commonly known as ant-rice.
The claim is circular. about ten or
twelve feet in diameter, and the ants al
low no plant but the anti-rice to en-
croach upon the cleared space any
where. The produce Of the crop they
carefully harvest. though authorities
are still disagreed upon the final ques-
tion whether they plant the grain or
merely allow it to SOW its own seed itself
on the protected area. One thing. how
ever, is certain-that no other plant is
permitted to sprout on the tabooed
patch; the ants wage war ON weeds far
more vigorously and effectively than
our own agriculturists. Even in our less
go-ahead Eastern continent Sir John
Lubbock has noticed in Algeria land
the present humble observer has veri-
Il u the fact) that ants allow only Ger
TIN species Of plants, useful to them
selves, to grow in the immediate neigh.
borhoOd Of their aests. .-Cosphjll Msgs'
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-02-01
THE MAN WHO KNOWS IT ALL.

nave Travelled near and far, selling varuish.
paint and tar, and OF side lines ION the
sly) . score or two: such q necktics
and suspendcrs, knives and patent
stocking members. and OF Hebrew hard.
ware (clothing) not . few.
nave met OF men q number, some were
bright hued, some were sOmber, in the
various complexion of the mind: rough
and tough and soft and hearty, lean and
stout and quick and tardy, men, In
snort, Of every species and kind.
0t3 OF all that remember none did ever
rouse my temper as did one, whom
\ with angry thought recall; he w,s un-
der the impression (and with never .
concession) that he absolutely. posi-
lively knew IL all.
He had studied long and close art and poetry
and prose, poker. whist. and every
game from dice to chess. Natures laws,
cause OF creation, every country, every
nation: he knew all to which one des.
perateiy could digress.
In philosophy and science, metals, every
kind OF viands, in medicinal knowledge,
too, and deep religious themes; with
encyclopedia detail he knew Wholesale
trade and retail, and . number Of ex-
ceedingiy safe money making schemes.
let this perambulating college, with his uni.
versal knowledge, never seemed TO
make . cent in any way: he knew IL all.
but never did he any thing whatever for
which by any effort he could or did get
pay.
N Y Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-02-01

The sooner the hogs are slaughtered
after the season becomes cold the bet
ter, as it will save food and labor.
Be careful about the sweet potatoes.
II not properly stored they will not
keep. They are easily affected by any
change Of temperature.
When the lamb gets verminous bron-
chitis give powdered garlic, in bran, IL
the animal 10 old enough to eat dry
food.
Don't breed from inferior ewes. Il
is waste Of time and resources. Sheep
do not cost 50 much that we need to
keep gond-for-nothing flock or animal.
During cold weather feed Of hot
mashed potatoes and corn-meal once .
day is good for fowls. Give variety Of
food and plenty Of it and your fowls will
keep healthy.
Old broken china or crockerywaro
should he pounded and given to tho
hens. 1t makes excellent grit for grind
ing the food in the gizzard.
Eight sheep may be kept for every
COW, says dsiryman, As they will add
but little to the expense, the sheep con-
suming many kinds Of food that cattle
reject
Small farmers and villagers may
produce one-half Of their meat supply in
the poultry-yard il they will give tho
subject proper attention. 1t is worth
while to make the attempt.
Prof. Atkinson, Of South Carolina,
finds that the only trustworthy remedy
for the peach-tree borer seems to be to
hunt for the larve late in autumn and
in early spring, and kill with . knife.
Many other methods give only tempo
rary relief.
Can grow mutton probably three
hundred miles from the market? asks .
correspondent. Well, Kentucky sells
more than twenty thousand sheep every
year in the Boston market and gets moro
per pound for them than New England
breeders can get for their sheep
The best way to apply salt to land
is to mix it with the lime or ashes, ono
bushel Of salt to ten Of the lime or
ashes being the proper proportion. Is
renders the lime more soluble, due 70
chemical action.
The farmers of Texas make . living
20 easily that they have no present need
Of the sheep, or at least one would sup
pose SO from looking over the farms in
Texas. Not one farm in fifty has . sheep
upon 1t, says an exchange.
About the fourth month Of preg-
nancy feed the breeding ewes grain. Be-
fore that they will get along on clean
corn fodder and sweet tender hay. A
few roots are in order all the time and
they may be covered with just sprink.
ling Of meal. Potatoes and apples may
be fed
If few guinea fowls can he induced
TO roost in or near the poultry-house
they will afford protection against
chicken-thieves. They are light sleep
ers and make . tremendous racket when
disturbed st night
DO every thing in the dairy ct the
right time and in the right way, says the
Northwestern Agriculturist. This will
require the least labor and the least
care and vexation. The best way is the
easiest way. Neglect and doing things
out Of time make hard work and reduce
TIE pro6ts.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-02-01
rolLINc YOUNG WOMEN.

How They Slave In the O@ce Of New
York lsuslness Man.
A Broadway business man has couple
Of young ladies' working in his Office. and
furnishes this ''record of . day."
"Now, Nellie, you've taken my rubber
again"
..No, Susie dear, I haven't seen your
rubber; but you have my pencil, I'm
sure"
Indeed, I have pencil Of my own. I
thank you"
And my blotter is gone. too" (Chases
three times around the Office looking for
it. goes out and asks the elevator hoy il
he saw It, comes back and finds it on her
desk.
LEND me your watch-key."
''Oh, dear, it won't begin to ut, and ]
left mine at home"
"Have you been to Coney Island this
year?'
IL don't think 1t nice place to 60
Still, don't mind going with . good
crowd of your own"
Ibid you read that awful story in the
paper about Jack the Ripper?'
''Isn't he too dreadful for any thing?"
DO you think they can ever kill peo-
pie with electricity?'
81 don't know, but it makes lovely
light don't you think so?"
And SO ON till lunch time.
'Oh, Nellie, did you get an extra
toothpick? forgot to get one"
mo. but have got . hair-pin that's
never been used"
''Oh, thanks"
ibid you notice that stylish dress st
lunch?"
'.Do you think it was stylish? Well. !
am sorry for your taste"
'.Now, 1 thought that drapery was
pretty"
'How is your brother now?"
.xlh, he's we'll. Did you hear that
Fannie Radway was to marry that dude
over in the Grand street store?"
..Yes; and think the dude is to Be
pitied."
Now, my rubber's gone again"
'Well, haven't got it, that's sure"
1T couldn't walk away itself. Oh,
excuse me. dear; hero it is snder my
paper"
Il wish some Of the gentlemen would
close the windows. That draught Is
Just too dreadful" Waits ave minutes
and then closes them herself
What time is it?'
''Just ten minutes Of four"
"Well, let us 60 home. I'm just too
tired for any thing"
Now and then one Of the young men
employed in the oface il found dead in
his chair, and the coroner always at-
tributes 1t to apopleyy.-N. Y. World.
Q1allfying for Hh Pro6essloa.
"Well. how are ycu getting along in
4
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-02-01

Fruit Culture In Our Cottoa Climate.
American farmers raise more thaS
half Of the cotton consumed in Europe,
because nature gives the American in
estimable advantages that will last a.
long as grass grows and water runs.
Apples grown in the Highlands above
the city of New York for consumption
in Europe, giving the farmer who owns
the orchards an income Of about fifty
thousand dollars . year. His fruit is
sent to European cities in his own YES
sci.
Forty years ago the writer tried to inn
press on the people the fact that deli
cious pig-meat may be produced in tho
Southern States on figs and clover for
less than half the cost Of imported bacon
Of an inferior quality. Where the cli-
mate and soil suit figs, grapes, apples
and peaches may be grown by the acre,
at . small cost, for home consumption
or expectation Itpays to preserve fruit
in sugar for the market. These small
industries are having . rapid growth.
Cold storage should receive more notice.
The covering that keeps ice from melt
ing is not expensive, and farmer may
find fortune in . cold storage Of fruits.
ID. Lee, in Southern CultivatOr.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-02-01

'Well. how are yeu getting along in
your pr0fession?"
First rate. I began as policemss.
then got to be night watchman, and
now I'm breaking into banks % my ewS
aqee1lA"-I&5es
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-02-01

can never bo recovered. IIo
aim should bo to fAtten hog u tbs
shortest time. To do this he snould be
supplied with Is much food IS he will
consume without wasting. three times
day. An animal will eat more in cold
wea her than in mild, but fatten less,
because m Lch larger portion OF the food
is consumed in keeping up the animal
heat; il is burned away in the lungs -
fuel. The first solid cold spell in Nj
vember. or further South, in December,
should be the signal for killing, and the
last hog should be in the smoke-hOuso
by the first Of January. except one or
two. that the ''fexst of fat things" may
continue awhile longer. But > hog
should not be butchered until fully fat.
or as long a. he continues to fatten. IL
is better TO feed even in cold weather
than to kill when only half fat.
The same remarks apply with similar
force to the fattening Of steers. except
that owing to the greater ease with
which these may be kept dry, clean and
comfortable, feeding may be properly
continued even in the coolest weather.
We have often reminded our readers Of
the importance Of providing comfort
able quarters for all livestock during
the winter. 1t is one Of the great faults
in our Southern farming that We pre-
sumo too far ON our comparatively mild
winter climate. 1t is not only shame
upon the humanity, but reproach to
the intelligence Of the farmer who
makes no provision but an open shed
for his mules, and sunshiny ~ fence
corner for his cattle during the blasts
and storms of winter. 1t does not >ost
as much. in the long run. TO build COM
Portable barns and stables for the proper
care Of pr0vender and livestock, as tho
value of the resulting loss and waste OF
food, and the general diminished value
and capacity for labor in the absence Of
such buildings.-SOuthern Cultivator.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-08-16
The Tomb of Eve.

The Arabs claim that Ewes tomb is at
Jiddab, the seaport of Mecca. The temple
with palm growing ont OF the solid
stone roof Ga curiosity which Is of itself
the wonder OF the OrienD IS supposed to
mark the last sting pIac o the first
woman. Acgsrding t" A""oia'' tradition,
Eve meas ;leE over 200 ,,et il, height,
which strangely col ci - vi il an "cro
unit OF our first p .tI. ~iri'.r II. Il
member of ti!e F.,!,:r Arad ~, .! S:l-
ence IA few years .sS.r $3.50 aisJ G. I'M. q Z,
tenants of jh. G .rtirn OF E,tcr Eves
tomb. which is III Il grave, an SURF undcd
with high white va anG wnIca has hot
beeu opened for Il SIM ir lmie!,neEt tor
over IA thousand years, . The sh!ine Of
thousands OF llhInatIIIts. wio make
pilgrimages to the sF''r once: every sr' tn
years. IL is hemmeu /" "u al sides by
the tombs of shieks aAd other wUrliifs
who have lived out their days IL that
VI sun bui uiHS
sands. Ga each gear, on Jume 3, which
is according to Arab Ii legends tie anui
versary of the death oi 4 Del, The doors OF
the temple which iu,ru> a ,L"py over
this supposed tomb Ut our hist moi her,
remain open all night, III spite OF the
keepers efforts to close them. Terrible
cries of anguish are said 10 emf; i!om
them as though the memory oil the first
known tragedy still !.anrted the remains
which blind superstition hollevea to be
deposited there.
The writer htaI:i al my a. her inter
estIng legends and sup r>'I'!"',a c..muect-
ed with this ceiebrat, ii rurJ III, :roui.d,
none of which hr cared II Take the time
III Investigate, as ci.uler. ri ii violent
type Was raging al Jidi.!h aud many
other Mediterranean staru;ts al the tim"
thu Sc things were being i:,, est < .t.,i, III
July aud August, 1872
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THE BABIES OF THE WORLD.
The Cradles of Single Year Would En-
circle the Earth.

Inc Craules OF u Single Year HOulh fh-
circle the Earth.
From the 81. LOUIS Republic.
1t has been computed that between
36, 000, 600 and 81, 600, 900 babies are born
in the world each year. The rate of
minute, more than one for every beat of
the clock With the one il minute calcu.
lation every new spaper reader is familiar,
but it is not every one who stops to cal
culate what this meals when it comes to
a years supply. Il will, therefore, prob
ably startle ii < cd many persons to find
on the authority ri ii we'll known hospi
tai writer lha', could the infants of a
Year be ranged IN a line III cradles, the
cradles would be o>e.il wlny and at the
same time exrend around the globe.
The same writer looks at the matter in
a still more pictures qie light. He imag
ines the babies being carried past u given
point in their mother a,,Es, Ole by one,
and tie procession kept up night and
day until the last cururr III the 1elith
month had pss>er! by A >uiii ,irnrly lib,
eral Ia . is slloaed, but eV.u in going
past at the late a. twenty ii minute the
reviewer at his post would only have
seen the sixth part vi this intan-
tile host after they hui been pass
ing him at the rate OF 1900 an hour
during the entira ye, ! In other words,
tramp began would be able TO walk when
but mere fraction of its comrades had
reached the reviewers post. and when
the years supply OF babies was drawing
to a close there would be rearguarr,
not of infants, but romping six year old
boys and girls.
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Whist often wnaU costs he least does the
most work. Try Broom Herb Bitters the
Medicine that speedily cured. Rob't Livezey,
of Churchville. Hartford county, Md; Mrs.
VIM Ensor, of Partition station Baltimoreco.;
Mrs Catherine Holland, of Fair Hill, Cecil
county Md; f. G. Price, of Cecilton, Cecil
county, Md; and Peter Everts no. . Colds
Court, Baltimore, Nd, besides many others
who fingered along time with rheumatism,
Dyspepsia, Ague Chills and fevers. For
sale at Hoppers Drug Store, Chesapeake
City, md at Frazer's Drug Store, Elkton.
Md. Tri Il bottle % cents, large size 500
Ask your druggist for it. tt.
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HOW SHE BROUGHT HIM AROUND

Softly shoue the subcued hight of the
solitary gasjet in the parlor ot the Bider-
back mansion ON the avenue, and soft
was the voice of The abashod young
Erasmus Shackelfurh, who sat ON the
edge of his chair mopprd his heated face,
and smiled with kiud Of papier mache
smile at the enhancing Young woman, i'll
the dazzling aureole OF whose auburn
hair he had tluttered in agonizing cap
tivity for months and months.
Miss Viola" lie said, clearing his
throat and speaking with every infection
of a man about to say something, you
will not be surprised, presume, if If
| express thc-,he feeling, the-tEe npin-
ion, as it we're, that-;hat IFS pretty hot
tbis evenInl?
Erasmus gave bis face another freuzied
swipe with his handkerchief and subsidized
into palpitating silence.
No." replied Miss Viola, with IA smile
that brought large and ecstatic lump OF
something or other up into his throat, 81
am not surprised, Mr.. Shackeliord. You
made the same observation earlier i'll the
evening"
"Y yes" 10 gasped Il believe | did.
| lit was hot AL eptieiy Few remark. III
| fact, it was kind OF a-rf "A chestnut,
SUPP ose.'
The agita.cd youth made another (fnIt
| to crush down he lun = IL his throat.
"A d II teel, Si.ss Biz "l--a, 4
| | were ia kid oi-u Ot.,e! vItlJn my
self that was getting lii; some. iIav"n' i
| | beeu-bfen observ, d hrIe . Little TIC
| Otter? Do seem ia hc IA ,hcsii!ut'
and as he moved bis Ii :! dkc, g. ei uvcI
his chewing face in tremulou> j lbs his
voice took on a d,spA'lins >uu..d-'d
sort oi-ui r, sted eli, stnu ?''
mo, Erasmus" slowly aE-Aer;d fh'
nader when II chestnut is ~ 81, {:
| il POPS
The Conscientious historian is bound
to record tie iacr ':!at at this po:ni
| Erasn us INN, ulattiy y PIP d.-ChicagO
| 1riJHHe.
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DREEDERS will take notice

DREEDERS will take notice
sOthat these stations are stand
ar,I-hr.d and each have two pro-
ducin@ Dams something which
few stations can boast of. Rumor
(Sire OF Iiz-Zag) is no. only Il trot-
ter himself. but a sire OF speed and
is Il direct descendant of Pilot, Jr..
y. who was . sire of speed himself
and sired the Dams OF the fastest
horses in the world. ''Zig-Zag"
trOttcd in 2.4T as u two year old and
is dc tined to he Il fast horse. All
hOrSemeg IRE familiar with Red
wilkes" f,irc Of MyrtletDn) as Il
sire Of speed. Myrtle dam Of
Aiyrtle:on) vas not only perform,
er herself, 3ut Is a producer as we'll
being the Dam OF MyrtlewoOd,
who took - record OF 2.25M the past
season and is expected TO trOt in
2.2D or better the coming season.
Old Jane (the second Dam of Mry-
tlctuI) produced two WITH records
better than I'D and Ioar better
than 2.35I%. Myrtieton has plenty
OF speed as time will develope. hay
ing trottc quarters as two year
Old in ~ seconds. These Stations
will make the season OF 1890 at my
stables Limited to % mares each.
Mares kept at reasonable rates.
Season commences February list,
and ends. July LIST.
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4 tliicte,l Friend.

II suffering v it'll Rheumatism, DysI ep4i.,
Liver Complaint or any disease caused by
impurities in the blood. Try Broom Herb
Bitters, Medicine that is vegetable and
harmless. If weak, feeble and nervous you
can trust it. 1t has cured many a sufferer
who suffered with pain and who tried every
known remedy in win Fol sale At FraZer's
Drug Store, Elkton, Md. Trial bottle %
cents. large size 500. II.
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II it lie alIty osUfer 18th aci es pains. debility
and weakness, caused 10y liver complaint, dySpep-
STA, ague and fever, II BEo"yr HERE Bl1rEEs, a
purely vegetable medicine that speedily cured
Frank Price, Oi Ceci!ton, Catherine Holland, Of
Fair HILL Miss Peterson, Of Newark, Mrs. Tubbs,
Mrs. Baker and Mrs. Maxwell, Of Wilmington,
Del, besides many others who suffered Tor years.
For sale at Frazer's Drug Store, Elkton, Md.
Trial bottles rs cents; large size, SlOO Ask your
druggist for it. Depot, 5O4 Hoffman Street, PhiIa-
delphia A!aI 1871
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Old Gentleman-No, | can give you no
money. don't like to encourage idle
ness. Why don't you go to work?
Tramp--It's easy to say that, bat it
isn't so easy to get job. I've been
trying to work all the year.
Old Gentleman-What kind of a job
have you looked 'ci?
ramp-Windirg an eight day clock.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-08-16

The United state IS as: To CO ming The.
land Of Tree and independent OPP. and
dependent pensioners.
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ADO ANS S35 Pianos $3.50. Catalogue free
ID. +. Beatty, Washington N. J.
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STATE, COUNTY & Dog TAXES

in I'd county for the year 1890, he will sit in the
several Election Districts, follows:
August 9th ard THAT Patrick AuderSOn's, Cecil
ton, First District
August Sth and gth-At T. B. HOpper's Drug
Store Chesapeake City, Second District.
August l4th and 15th-At Henry Hess Fair Hili
Fourth District.
August Is and l9rli-At Andy AndersOn'S, North
East, Filth District
August 2Oth and 2lst-At A. l.. Barry's, Port De-
post. Seventh District.
August I'D and 23d--At J. J. Benefits, Oak
wood, Eighth District.
AUGUST 25th and 26--At ]. Harvey Clark'S, Cal
vert Ninth District.
August 10Th and 2Sth-At Grasoa'S Hotel, Rising
Sun, Sixth District.
Between the hours OF \. NJ. and Z. NJ.
As the Law. provides, IA discount of . per
cent. VIII be allowed un all State and County
Taxes paid before September list.
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TREASURER N0TIGE.

In pursuance Of Act OF Assembly passed Janu-
airy session 1885, Chapter 30, the undersigned
Treasurer OF Cecil County, hereby gives notice
TINT fnr the nnrnnSe of rncciYin.r the
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BOHEMIA STUD FARM.
Garrett il,SO9.

Blooded Bay Horse, .l515 hands, weighs 10S6
pounds. by Maryland Volunteer 2To2, he by
Gol,ismith's Volunteer So. First dam Carrie"
22I the dam of Hunter Rye, record 80, and
Bunker Hin. ree-year-oid trial in 2:25.
VIII insure for $50.
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School Commissioners

fN HE School Commissioners of Cecil
l. County will meet at their office, in Elkton,
Tor the transaction of current school business on
the SECOND TUESDAY in each and every
month. JOHN SQUIER,
Secretary
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-08-16

Taxpayers will please take notice that Taxes
will be due and payable Oh September Isl, and
that on all bills unpaid on January LIST interest
will be charged and collected from September lSt
After January LIST del!EqHents Will be warned
that uhIe:s settlement in iull be made before
4 mil Isl. the q inns n.:linSt thelM viii be
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SIRE
Red Wilkes, EIiss

yrt !rH"ud : - i