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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-03-05
LANDSCAPE GARDENING.
kooAang Bales - PEsoeeU16o - MeS
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G0o6ln9 B11oo - SYSoeoU1oo - -
- Avosa Mlssaksas
An acquaistanee. who has eesn sne
owner Of . farm for many yeoo. mo
has given some attention to lon9sesPe
Improvement upon it aslED toe esoc o.
the leading psincipaes q ru5e wnsen
he can apply, 20 as 70 obtain tbe gseas'
e..t amount az artificial londaoope H.
provement with . limited expeneieoses
and avoid obvious mistakes
In answer 70 this request . AE4O
book might be written. with - 80.
jcct umexhausted; and Il woald - Ven
for him 70 study some Of ~ w@:s
which have been written. But ~ >
not what the inquirer aslEs tog. 80 -
therefore comply briefly By elyn9 z,
few condemned rules, whieh, n1otIovvoos
will prevent mistakes iuto whaeh sons
distinguished professor havo fnlieos
I. Give attention Arst - seeorinG4
smooth lawn. and well laid oat 80
well-dressed walkA
2 Avoid parallel walks. becsuDe ex-
pensive ahd needless. unless onttrely
separated in view from each other By
dense planting or abrupt rhgsss0
land. and2-efer few walks to many.
:. Every curve in . walk should
have IN obvious reason. o. turn sssde
from some plain object or Obstruction.
Curves without reason sEo deformify.
=. Short curves spproashine angles
are to be avoided. and looRUron4 moss
graceful sweeps preferred
s In setting out trees, observo 0re'
fully what their effect win be IN tuonre
years when they spread atsoed sir
branche4 -
q. Leave . part Of the Rsouu1B un-
planted with trees. 70 allow . puhi.
cisnt breadth Of lswnin futuro yoars.
and avoid regular irregularity, - Pre-
fer . constant variety or eAanoA
:. Heavy grading i expensive ana .
rounded and graceful varistkoo q eRA
face may be more pleasing thaa . aleylks'
and it costs much leS2 - 81 -; -;
:. Q. Dwellings, may treat str>1
squarely, when the streets aFoI -
tant and the dwellings suallsk -
large mansions. 1t distance from on
seure streets. shoald show les atten
ton to them.
q Begin small. and make perfect
work; avoid the mistakes Of laying oui
great expense; let tho lawn be
smooth carpet and the walks have PR
feet finish. even II small in dimeas3unA
Country Gentleman.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-03-05
A REMiNiSCENCE.

aA0W . Prohlbleea Article of Diet Was A.
nltted to the Table.
An Atlantic Monthly Of twenty years
ago gives an experience belonging to .
time when enthusiastic dreamers made
wild experiments Of ''living near ma
ture." and tried to gain sweetness and
serenity through earning their own
bread BY manual labor.
In one such community. each person
did . certain amount Of house or farm
work. and all confined themselves rigid.
" to vegetable food.
One Of the number. however, . some
what irreverent and skeptical lad. not
approving Of the prohibition Of salt.
kept . small box Of il on his knee dur
ing meal times and slyly dipped his
vegetables therein.
His next neighbor discovered the ~
cret and quietly shared the concealed
treasure until . certain day when, BY
some luckless chance the box fell to the
6oor.
I'VE hoped" he says. ''that the Incl.
dent might pass unnotieed. but Abel,
the most rampant of our philosophers,
stretched his long neck across the cor
ner Of the table and caught . glimpse Of
what was going ON.
''What's that?" he asked.
"Oh. it's only-only chloride Of sodi.
um,' essped recslessly. giving the
chemical name Of common salt
"'Chloride Of sodium? What do you
do with it?'
"'Eat il with onions I answered
boldly. It's chemical substance, but
believe it's found In some plants.'
''Here one member Of the party, who
knew something about chemistry. grew
red with suppressed laughter. but tho
others were a ignorant. - Abel him
self.
"'Let me taste IT, said he.
II handed him the box-lid, which still
contained . portion Of the conteata He
dipped an onion in il, bit OF . piece and
chewed it. gravely.
"'Why,' said he, turning TO me, It's
very much like saltr
perkins. the boy. burst into splut-
terinR yell. and the others. catching the
joke. hilariously joined him.
''I3ut while We were laughing Abel
finished his onion. and the result was
that salt was added to tho True Food
and thereafter appeared regularly on
the table. e."-Chicago Journal
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PET OF FOUR GENERATIONS.
Patty. the Flrst Doll Brought to America,
who le Stlll the llellght Of Chlldfea.

Patty. the First Doll Brought to America
who II stlIl the Delight Of Childrea.
In the early years of the revolution q
Boston merchant, who. like many
others. was greatly disturbed in his bus
iness and domestic relations, rather
than have his family under the priva-
tions to which they might be subjected.
removed them to place which he hoped
would be free from warlike scenes.
They set up home in Andover and be.
came the parishioners Of Rev. Jonathsn
French, the famous minister Of that
town.
The cordial welcome extended by the
minister and his family to those who
had ded from the troubles of Boston led
the merchant TO do something as tear
timonial of appreciation. He had seen
In London some remarkable specimens
of carved wood in dolls. and he resolved
to import two Of these limitations Of hu-
man life whenever relations with the
mother country would admit
This he did in 1854. importing the Arst
dolls ever brought to this country. The
two were exactly alike. and were called
~ twinA One Of them was for the
daughter Of the importer and the other
for the daughter Of the Andover minis
ter. These two dolls were regarded n
rare specimens of art, and the children
who were 20 fortunate a. to possess
them were the envied Of the community
When the war had ceased, indepen-
denoe had been acknowledged and at
fairs in Boston assumed their wonted
condition, the merchant went back to
his old home and the intimate relations
Of the families ceased to exist The
doll that had been kept in tho mer-
chants family was lost sight of. 1t WAS
doubtless destroyed more than . CEN
tury ago.
But not so with Patty. the pet Of the
parsonage. Abigail French, the minis
ter's daughter, was born on the last day
of May, l776 She was eight years Of
age when she received this treasure.
Mrs French did not fail to use the
London doll as q means Of teaching
lasting object lessons She insisted
upon its being carefully tended and
thoughtfully and affectionately spoken
to. In Abigail's treatment Of the doll
the mother saw reflected her own man.
agement Of the children Of that old
parsonage.
In 1895 Abigail French became the
wife of Rev. Samuel Stearns, o young
man who had studied theology under
the direction Of her father; from being
the daughter OF one parsonage she be-
came the mistress of another.
Dressed in q scarlet cloak ard hat,
which are still in existence. she accom-
panied her young husband TO Bedford.
He had just been made the minister of
the town; but her duties rs the leading
lady of the parish did not cause her TO
forego Patty, who was brought 10 the
new parsonage with the brides wedding
outfit. and has been kept there ninety
five years
Members of the fourth generation
still derive q peculiar satisfaction from
tending the household doll, although
they are loaded. as are the other chill
dren. with dolls that sing. cry and Close
their eyes.-Chicago Journal
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-03-05

Il was about half-past one in the
morning. Mr.. Rambo came stumbling
into the sitting-room where Mira Ram
DO. looking stern, forbidding and un-
compromising. sat awaiting him. His
left eye was frescoed In black and blue,
his right cheek was ornamented with .
large and imposing knob. some Of his
hair was missing: one end Of his collar.
cFumpled. limp and forlorn. stuck out
appealinRly over his shoulder, and he
had The general aspect Of . man who
had gone head nrst through . corn
oheller.
'Absalom." exclaimed Mra Rambo,
':you have been mixed up in . hght!"
Absalom shook his head
''No. Nanshy." he said. with the
allow. deliberate emphasis Of one who
knew what he was talking about. '.I-
I want in it. m dear. Chicago Trib-
00Ss
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-03-05
BIG POTATOES.
The sage Advice Of . Farmer to Chicago
School Chlldren.

The sage Advice Of . Farmer to Chicago
School Children.
Among the visitors at one Of the
South Side public schools one Friday
was a retired farmer uncle of one of the
pupils. Observing that her guest sp-
peared much interested in the children,
the teacher invited him to favor the
school with few remarks.
Children" said the visitor In . kind.
" but brusque manner, ''how many Of
you ever saw load of potatoes going
to market?' Only . few hands went
up. for Chicago school children are not
80 favored in that line as their town
cousins "Well." continued the guest.
anyone who sees load Of potatoes
going to market will notice that only
the big ones are on top. The little
ones are at the bottom. In the shak-
ing up that the load gets in going to
market the big potatoes crowd
tho little ones to the bottom.
This world of ours my lit
tie friends. may be compared to
. load Of potatoes going to town. The
people are the potatoes You. here in
school, are preparing to be . part OF
this load of potatoes, and to take your
chances in the shaking up which comes
in getting before the public and making
q success in life. In school = where
you begin to be either big or little
potato. II you are learning your les
sons and working hard TO stand high In
your class, it means that you are going
to be big potato when you leave
school and 20 out into the world.
you are failing to get your lessons it
means you will be little potato in the
world. potato that Is not much good
and one that nobody will have much
use for! Get every lesson perfectly!
Then you will be bright and intelligent,
aud when you 60 into the world you
will be on top, you will attract stten-
tion, and people will pay well to secure
you" u."-ChicaRo Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-03-05

"Here," exclaimed . man - he limped
INTO the shoe store, ''when bought
these shoes day before yesterday. you
said that II they went easy you'd re-
fund the money. Ill take the money,
please; the blamed things have lamed
me 20 can hardly walk"
Shop-keepcr-But have the shoes
made any complaint?
what do you mean BY that?"
II take IL they haven't They appear
10 b easy enough. I didn't say any
thing about you being easy or not being
easy. Call again when you want any.
thing in our line.-Boston Transcript
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-03-05
EARTHQUAKES IN JAPAN.

They Occur With Great FreQuencv-As
MANY ~ One W0ok.
During the nine years and six months
preceding December, 1854. there had oc-
CURED in Japan. according to the official
statement published by the govern.
ment. 6ve hundred and fifty-three
earthquakes. averaging one earthquake
for every six days and six hours. Prot.
Milne was able to make the average
even greater than thiA He could trace
IN average Of IN earthquake per day IN
Nagasaki. in the extreme south Of the
japanese archipelago. Probably the
Official statistics were compiled from
the returns of officials from all over the
country. In which case only those
shocks which caused loss of life or dam.
age to property would be included. II
this hypothesis be correct we should
have an average of more than one
earthquake per week, which was 80
violent that it caused injuries to life or
property sufficiently serious to attract
the attention Of the local authorities.
and, in their judgment, to require . re-
port to the central government
Earthquakes being 50 common, people
scarcely notice them unless they be ex.
traordinary severe oneA For instance,
Miss Bird. in her ''Unbeaten Tracks,"
thus summarily dismisses two: ''while
we were crossing the court there were
two shocks Of earthquake; all the golden
wind bells which fringe the roofs rang
softly. and . number Of priests ran into
the temple and beat various kinds Of
drums for the space Of half an hour"
Az everyone knowA japan l. the
very hearth Of earthquakes In 1854
moro than sixty thousand people lost
their lives in consequence Of one Of
these great terrestrial catastrophes, and
It has been calculated that from ten to
twelve earthquakes. each lasting sew
eral secondA occur every year. besides
numerous others of too light nature
to be worthy Of remark.-Illustrated
American,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-03-05

with anything like equal readines.
that having burdened Themselves
with building . household, its
united heads have . right to certain
privileges which are inherent in this
same home-founding. Establishing .
household does give its founders right
to conduct It ~ seems best TO them; q
right to do whatever In their eyes seems
most conducive TO family pleasures
to be hospitable ~ they choose, to I'd
just their finances after their own
method. to govern their children and
direct their servants. to accept advice
or not, to make mistakes, and 70 learn
from them.
This does not mean that the third per-
son has not part or lot In the family
life. That would be N injustice to
him, for, having accepted him - .
member, the family il bound to give
him all that . seat at the hearth-ston
signifieA He has right to be consid-
cred. respected, and to be made sharer
ef the family joys and pleasures when
ever the latter are In the line Of his
tastes. But, on the other hand. he or
she has no right to assume critically
superior attitude in the continually
arising domestic problemA He has .
privilege to be helpful. to be comfort
ing. and often to be advisor and coun.
sellor. to tho pcrplexed first persons
when they seek aid voluntarily.
To keep steadily on this neutral
ground Of ready vet restrained friendli.
ness is difficult, but in no other way
can the outcome Of . three-sided house.
hold be peaceful. The husband doubt
less may be inconsiderate, careless or
exacting; but although the wife knowa
this. she sees other qualities, and tho
third person will never find the key
to the mysterious current uniting them
If he be critical and severe. The vito
may be wasteful. snowy or lazy. No
matter. The husband chose her.
Criticism only snRers him. and unsought
advice or . lofty superior manner
any efforts on her side that
gentle kindness might cause her to put
forth And when the wife is thought
full. judicious woman. she is yet human,
and criticism IL the more CALLING. Her
life is like huge derrick. towering high
in the air, but guyed to the earth with
the steel chains and twisted ropes of
love and duty In many and equal direc-
tions. and she must revolve on her CEN
trail pivot and carry the burden, or do
the work that she knows needs. to be
done. although the power that moves
her seems trining and the results small.
-Harper's Bazaar.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-03-05

"Billy Gogenhimer. you are too stupid
70 sit with the rest Of the boys Come
up here and sit along side Oh me" Wa
the remark Of . Harlem teacher.
!. One Of the boys in the distant corner
whispered to another boy. and they
laughed, whereupon the teacher called:
Don't you imagine I can't hear what
you say? Ny ears are long enough 70
reach clear across this room"
Then the boys did laugh gh-Texaa
6iftingA
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a nash, . roar. and the great 1east
dropped suddenly into the water shoe
through the heart. Instantly some
part Of the body is grappled with the
boat HOOK to prevent its sinking for
ever. and with pulling and hauling it il
got ashore.
The next one shot was swimming at
> little distance. only his eyes and
snout being above water, but an ex-
plosive bullet sent with unerring aim
crushed into his brain, and after few
minutes work he, too. was lying on
the bank.
Occasionally the animal sinks to the
bottom and il lost, oftener he il only
wounded and crswls away to die BY
inches. while occasionally . sharp fight
ensues between hunter and hunted.
and . pair Of jaws crunching the gum
wales of the boat l. no laughing mat.
ter.
Proceeding up the creek about .
mile we came to . place where two
streams met and on . point of land lay
three. varying in size from seven to
ten feet Approaching {. tho same
manner as before. two .Naots were
fired. apparently killing one and
wOunding . second.
The wounded one slid into the water
and swan softly by the boat; - it
passed blew the top of his head of,
but before I could grab him he sunk.
All this took but . moment, but that
was long enough for some lively scenes
to be transacted on land. The appar-
emily dead gator was the smallest Of tho
three. but he was the liveliest corpse
ever saw.
One of the men landed to examine
him and inadvertently got within reach
OF his tail, which appeared suddenly to
become possessed of extraordinary life,
and In an instant he was lying sense
less on his back a dozen feet away.
The blow was light one, however. a,
under ordinary circumstances, it 10 suf-
facient to break the legs Of horsA
A second shot finished him. The in.
jured man gave place to smother at tho
rifle and the sport continued until long
after midnight Five gators in all
were killed, the skins of which. when
cured, represented about s75-not bad
nights work.
An alligator is naturally timid, hut .
mother in defense of her eggs or y 3ung
is one Of the most furious animals i'm
aginable. After the eggs are deposited
In the spring they are covered with dirt
and debris Of various sorts. the whole
forming . mound about two feet high
and four feet long; over this the femals
watches for weeks until the young ap-
pear. when her vigilance redouhl,A
Clumsy in appearance they can, when
occasion requires. get over the ground
with remarkable swiftness. progress
ing In long leaps Under these circum-
the best thing il to take to .
tree and call for help Escape can also
Be made BY turning quickly. care being
taken to keep out Of reach Of the tail
No man has any business alone in the
Bwamps; he can never tell 1t WHIST mo-
ment he may need help and that too.
when miles away fron any human be-
ing, and where. perchsnce, months
lfterward smother hunter may come
npon his bleaching bones to tell the
tale. This is why two men invaa iably
hunt together in the great wilderness
Of the south and why SO few serious
Aecidents occur.-Washington Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-03-05

''What did you do on Thanksgiving?"
''Oh! I had . glorious time! I was
helped three times to turkey"
$50 was l."
"And twice 70 ice cream, and had .
quarter Of mince pie. and . lot Of
eustard."
II had . pumpkin pie. and custard
pie. and mince pie and apple turnovers
Then had nuts and raisins-"
$50 did l!'
''And candy"
$50 did r.
"And the next day I had the doctor"
$50 did Ir'-TOledo Bee.
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No eolors can b mailed TO the
masthead" Of . new Ateel war-ship.
Doubtless Secretary Tracy and Clark
Russell and the gallant jack tars o1
naval tradition may feel one pang Of
regret at this impenetrability Of me-
tallic mast Fortunately the metallic
bulwazks ars equally impsestrsblA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-03-05

Sailing and packing butter dirpcA
from the churn i urged. in N n
creCited current paragraph. q In -
cord with the approving experiences a
. great dairy expert: The buAAee
milk should be all washed out Of -
butter 50 IL win not color the laeos
water. Tho butter should then b -
lowed 70 drain lt needs 10 woeain9
whatever. but should b carefully
weighed; then press In IN ounce q
good. Ane dairy salt 70 the posnA g
butter. and II you intend to paak ~
shipmeut o. to keep IN erocks q tnAs
you never can have Il II q auoA -
dition 10 paek - The ninsts yeaNrIn
get the salt into Il The -
retain IL rosy favor 49,
mediately: every 1ouz -
air lessens - - - e1J "a
Of worki -&koso Wl1x9 .t6ally
asssse - pD0n - alt injurcs
gya9 49, ouoer and tedssss ~
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stalks into the rack at feeding .timA
Those who have not estimated tho valuo
Of windbrealEs in eattleyard en- have
NO idea Of the saving In fodder and cdm.
fort Of the stock that they eBeeA I Fie
clearly illustrates this simple shed.
and Fig. shows the equally sinpao
feedraek. engraved after sketches sent
us By Dr. A. s Heath. who las used
such appliances for many yeazs On his
farm on Long lsland-American Ae
eultufiat -
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-03-05

When the European powers engage
In war. the big money-lenders rub their
hands IN Riee. During the past seven
ty-Ave years the Rothschilds have
loaned TO Great Britain q. oo0. 0o0. 900; to
France. eSo0. ooo. 900; italy. SSo0. 900. 900;
Austria Se6o. 0o0. 900; Prussia, es0o, ,ooQ.
60; Russia elsk 100 0oA
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Foa WINTER FEEDING.

Two Chssp Devices Ter ths PFsDoev0t1o0 -
COg10oolkD.
A low. temporary open shed, nade of
odds and ends Of posts and r.sss -
covered with brush. hed&rgrsss. seoee
and eelgrass, seaweed. OF even coezse
litter. just to keep rain and snow Sroo
NE Sr- of the stalks. will preserve
tnem oestef tss-~ .uv stack. This shoo
can b built near the -sttlayard and
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-03-05

<AmooR the diseases deoezibed thaA
come 70 us from readers. = oae vhich.
Il very common. Ths heads q tAe 49,
swell. 0nd lunps appear. booh q -
heads and sometimes n IL thruatn
and the eyes arc also swollen "a
closed The trouble b roaA and -
symptoms described sse de- Is ~.
posure 70 drsughts Of cold ~ dsupinap
at night There ara di&erent kinda ~
rouR but the form Of roup usnesone6
b always the result Of exposua. NJ.
di@eult 70 cure. bot the 49, 49,,
should Be kept in warn plasa, - =
few drops Of mixture q oae -
spirits Of turpentine and tAxee rir1s
sweet-oil used Is IN oint1on4 a ~
ioee and head Farm and Flxeeaaa
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A DOMESTIC EPISODE.

ose stood at the glass with . glowing cheek,
And looked 1t the face reflected therA
And I thought that the mirror, u N oo1ea
speak,
Would sag she was very sweet and his.
A. she turned with . smile to her HUSBAND h
Remarked, and his tones conveyed . sneer:
"u pleases you very much, I see,
10 look at yourself In the glass. my dear"
She had learned the azt Of keeping cool,
50 she answered hin in gentle tone:
II an glad to know am beautiful.
For my husbands sake, and mot NV own
A nush OF shame his face o'erspread,
And crossing over to where she stood
he kissed her warmly. and gently said:
you are more than oeautiful-you're good -
-Capo Cod Item,
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Sweet sister-ssWhat makes you -
downhearted to-nightY' Rad brother-
ssDebts of honor Sweet sister-''well.
Why don't you tell papa: He never OBJ
jects to what b honorable "-Tuesoo
Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-03-05

Anopupo . vl16uun1sakthe saas -
49, : 49, ~ - un1e -a1le =
lsaG6h - Wt1el lD01o5 Z - J
tire stalks % - G1ouo3 e y
ing from any part GO 0l11R -
as whether few or many aro - -
those left ara always in good eonditiea
till the last stalk Il ted A plain. cheap
movable feedrack can Be moved from
place to place - the shed II emptied.
% that the labor il simply 70 toss ou1
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-03-05

-Engiish m0ney-Ienders have 20 get
up very early in the morning TO be
ahead. One Of them he's been detected
sending circular to the eldest son OF
. Sussex magistrate. IL SO happened
that this son was nine and one-half
years old, but that did not make any
difference.