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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-12-17
USES or ELECTRICITY.


q = % Oo Utl1lsod In Forcing the 0e0WtA
u Flowers ssA vsgsssbasA
Electricity IL about to fnd full em-
ployment in horticulture. Spring veg
etables are already being forced by its
Gid for the market There is no doubt
that roses and other flowers can be
made to bloom more plentifully and
more probably with its assistance.
In short the discovery Affords promise
Of possibilities not yet estimated. II
has been found that lettuce IL particu.
larly susceptible to the influence Of the
electric light. by means Of which 1t can
be grown for market In two-thirds the
usual length of time Other vegetables
respond likewise in varying degrees.
But everything depends upon the prop.
er regulating Of the light and how TO
do this can only be learned BY careful
study of the results produced under al
sorts Of conditions.
The effects Of electricity being 10
hasten maturity, too much Of it causes
lettuce to run to seed before the edible
leaves are formed. It must not be inn
agined that electricity is employed for
such purposes Is q substitute for sum
light It is merely used in supplement
tary fashion. The greenhouse that has
had the sun in the day time Is illumiua.
ted at night with arc lights. toward
which the plants incline their leaves
aud flowers, accepting quite innocently
these artificial counterfeits Of the orb
of day.
It was supposed hitherto that vege.
tables required intervals Of darkness for
their health and development, just n
animals need sleep. but it has been
shown that, supplied with electric rays,
they will 60 ON growing thriftily be-
tween sunset and daybrcak: staying up
all night seems to do them no harm. 50
long a. the dissipation is properly reg.
ulated. The electric gardener employs
opal globes to diminish the intensity Of
the light When it is left bare and per.
mitted to shed its unfltered rays upon
the plants, the latter grow pale. run mp
quickly in sticky stalks and soon die.
1t remains to be discovered exactly
how much electricity u beneficial and
during precisely what period of TIE de-
velopment it ought to be applied The
influence Of electricity upon the color
and productiveness has been shown to
be extraordinary. Tulips exposed to
the lignt have deeper and richer tinta.
more freely, and developing
longer stems aud bigger leaves
Fuchsias bloom earlier under like con-
dition4 Petunias also bloom earlier
and more profasely, growing taller and
more slender. 1t is the same way with
many other flowerA In fact, there Is
every reason for believing that the
light will be very proiitably
used in future as an adjunct to fore
ing establishments for both flowers
and garden tableA-Horticultural
Times
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-12-17
MANURiNc TREES.

The Only Reliable way Of Securing Q
Vigorous. Thrifty Growth.
In order to secure . vigorous, thrifty
growth with trees, . rich soil is very
essential; you can - easily starve trees
- you can a,crop. and the results viii
be as unsatisfactory. II the soil is not
reasonably rich naturally. it will pay to
make il 20 By the application Of fertilis-
ers in some form. Wood ashes make .
good fertilizer for trees, because they
return to the soil all Of the elements Of
plant food needed BY the trees for
growth. 4 good plan for applying Is
10 scatter evenly around the trees, and
then to work thoroughly into the sur
face. During the winter is good time
to apply manure 70 trees of all kinds.
and there u usually more time tina. can
be spared to do the work. and . better
supply Of manure can thus be secured.
Broadcast manure is nearly always the
best; the roots Of the trees extend out
- far in the ground as the tops above,
and better results will nearly always
Be secured The manure can be APP
piled 1t any time during the winter,
and then. when the condition of the soil
will permit it can be worked it. Well
rotted manure viii give the most inn
mediate results, yet it increases the
work and cost considerably TO rot the
manure before applying. SO that . very
good plan il to haul direct from the
stables OF. sheds and apply ON the land.
scattering direct from the wagon, TAX
ing pains. Of course. 10 Distribute -
evenly ~ possible. II left during the
winter Il win act to some extent rs
mulch, and the rain and snow, with
tho freezing and thawing. will carry
the solvable parts into the soil There
Is little danger Of getting the soil too
rich. % that generally it will be esafe to
apply all that can Be spared --Orna-
mental Tree Grower.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-12-17
LOVERS THAT DIDN'T DIE.

When Rejected They Fouad Others Ca
Console Them.
The rejected may find consolation
from the knowledge that some of the
clevcrest and handsomest men have
been refused, and that they have never
theless managed to live on and win
fame and fortune.
Shakespeare is generally credited
with considerable knowledge OF hu-
manity and its ways. and he described
Romeo. the prince of lovers, rs being
rejected by the fair Rosalind only just
before Juliet fell in love with him.
A certain John Scott once proposed
to q Miss Allgood While srnarting
from her disdain he happened to enter
y village church during divine service,
pretty Miss SurtceS
He woocd her. and, a her father
would have nothing to say to him, he
induced her to elope, and this though
three wealthy suitors were already ut
her feet
John Scott lived 10 be earl Of Eldon
and lord high chancellor, and never re-
Rretted the day Miss Allgood rejected
him
Byron was refused three or four times
H proposed 70 Miss Nillhanke. . great
hsirsss and was rejected, though the
lady exrsomDd . swlIA - eos1espond
with him. <h..e.
r. He then~ pcoposed % enother .lady.
and this suit WAS sejscSsd, t6G Md.
ing daunted, he renewed ~ peupeoal
to Miss Millbanke, AMI this S1mo -
ceived a very hattcring acceptance:
They lived together, however. very un-
happily.
Sir Isaac Newton proposed to q lady,
who had already had three husbands,
when he was 60, and was declined with
thanks
His contemporary, Leibnitz, begged
q lady to marry him when he was 80.
She asked for time to take the matter
into consideration, and as Leibnitx thus
obtained leisure to think over the mat
ter again, he did not repeat the ques-
ton.
One Of the most persistent suitors
who ever proposed and was rejected
was the eccentric Cruden, compiler of
the concordance to the Bible. Miss
Abney, who had inherited . large fort
une, was the subject Of his attentions.
For months and months he pestered
her with calls and letters; when she
left home he had papers printed which
he distributed in various places Of wor-
ship asking the congregation to pray
for her safe return; and when she
reached home he issued others asking
the worshippers to return thanks Miss
Abney never became Mrs Cruden.-
Boston Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-12-17
HANDY STOCK BARN.

10 Possesses Many Points u Excellence
aaA Coavealeaee.
The following illustration from the
Orange Judd Farmer, Is the ground
plan Of y barn near Wichita, Kan. The
upper floor il . vast hsymow. Number
10 . shed for wagons and buggies; 2.
shed for farming implements; 8. 8.
are driveways into which hay for stock
= thrown from above; 4. 4. are also
dFivswASss & 5 ere troughs or managers
saalb1R sss1l.s Z silos .. what bin,
~ - hta; n. eoEn-h -hia; u. . wisdmili.
wi1n 1sSge trough; Is oheeR pens; -.
1p1linot - silo. a.d - ind3cotep the
6oosA 11eeo - Wio6oWs. from th6
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-12-17
ACTION OF sNAks POISON.



Nature seems to have provided that
10 poison which acts externally shall
have any effect internally, and vice versa
Thus the most deadly snake venom can
be swallowed with impunity, the juices
Of the stomach presumably decompos-
ing and rendering it harmless Many
experiments have been made to prove
this On one occasion recorded by
Humboldt one person swallowed the
whole of the poison that could be OBJ
tanned from four Italian vipers without
suffering any bad consequences. In
the same way the poison from the en-
venomed arrows of South American In
dams can be swallowed with safety,
provided only that there is no wound
on the lips or inside of the mouth
Fontana, who in 1897 published . book
on poisons, remarks: Being reduced
by contradictory evidence to the neccs.
sity Of testing the venom myself, did
SO, but not without repugnance. and I
shall advise no one to try it in gayety
Of heart lest he should happen to have
some excoriation on the tongue-a ciI.
cumstancc not always easy to deter.
mine. could find no taste in il, except
of . very insipid liquor"
Among all people the sucking of the
wound has ever been considered the
most effective remedy Of immediate ap-
plication for snake bites. In Africa =
cupping instrument is employed in emcr-
gencies Of the kind to draw out the poi
soned blood The ancicnts followed the
same method. aud when Cato made his
famous expedition through theserpent-
infested African deserts he employed
savage snake charmers, called Psylli, to
follow the army. They performed
many mysterious rites over men who
were bitten. but the efficacy of their
treatment appears to have consisted in
sucking the wounds. A vivid rotion of
the intensity of . cobra's venom is given
by the experience of DR.. Francis T.
auckland. He put rat in a cage with
snake of that species. and it was
killed afler pluckv fight. Upon ex-
amining the skin of the dead rat imme-
diately afterwards he found two very
minute punctures. like small needle
holes. where the fangs Of the cobra
had entered The flesh seemed already
to have actually mortified in the neigh
borhood Of the wound. Anxious to find
out IL the skin was effected. Dr.. Buck
land scraped away the hair from it with
his finger-nail Then he threw the rat
away and started homeward. lie had
not walked 100 yards before. all of
sudden, he felt as il somebody had come
up behind him and struck him q severe
blow on the head and back. At the
same time he experienced . most acute
pain and sense Of oppression about the
chest He knew instantly that he was
poisoned, and 50 lost no time in seek
ing an apothecary shop. where he was
dosed with brandy and ammonia. He
came very near dying. Undoubtedly
small quantity of venom had made its
way into his system through little
cut beneath his nail, where il had been
separated slightly from the flesh in the
process of cleaning the nail with = PEN
knife . little time before.
Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-12-17

Tho attempt to keep thirty q more
Aens In . poultry house that i adapea.
Bile for only twenty results in fewer
eggs from the thirty hens than II .
smaller number occupied the spaes.
Cases are numerous where few hens
layed well. while large hocks gave NO
returnA The hens must be comforta-
BILE or they win not thrive. and during
the warm season there in NO sureT
method OF ceasing egR production than
e have too many hens together. There
n NO economy in crowdin9 them. for
what Is gained in one direction ID lost il
soothey.-EireSidA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-12-17

What has become Of your niece?"
asked Mrs Donohue of Mira O'Raherty.
Och. sure, an she's done well wild her
self She married . lord" "Why, you
don't tell me! An English lord?'' mo;
l don't think he's IN English lord. He's
. landlord He kapes hotel out in
Belfast It'd BitA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-12-17

-Algy (whose incessant chatter has
scared away the 6sh)-''Oh, ! say now,
you've caught . dozen and mona
Whist do you fish with7' Old Angler
with bated breath,"-Sn,ith, Cray &
Cos Monthly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-12-17

Thanks" remarked the star boarder
to the land!ady At the table, but
don't care for union butter"
Il don't understand you" said tho
landlady. with Al unctuous smile Of
doubt
MOP" responded the boarder. pleas
antly. "'In union there is strength
you know."-Detroit Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-12-17

"A Doubtful Case-Jonesey-''rm
looking towards you for &lO. old man. I"
Brownlet-"Have you got . telescope2"
Detroit Free PresA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-12-17

.What's that you're bringing back?"
asked the restaurant cook Of the waiter
who returned plsts of meat to the
kitchen.
ssThat's cOrnet. beef"
"Show me the chap that scorned itr'-
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-12-17

Mamma, wonder why George
Washington never liked to 20 swim.
ming?" Mamna-"l guess he did when
he was little boy" Ralph-'No, be
didn't, or he'd had to told . lie"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-12-17
TRAPPING RABBITS.


the English Markets
Every town dweller who has strolled
through the poultry market and seen
the rows and festoons of rabbits de-
pending from the front of the stalls has
probably wondered whence the stock Of
English rabbits is obtained and how
the supply is kept up They are in de-
mand all the year round, but from Sep
tember 70 April is considered the rab-
bit season by the vendors. and during
those months hundreds of persons arc
daily employed in catching rabbits Tor
the marketA The trade is 20 lucrative
Mt the present time that many farmers
renting land which barely pays for
cultivation are turning their attention
70 the breeding Of game.
In the west of England, particularly
ON the borders of Dartmoor and Ex-
moor. there are spectators who earn
considerable incomes by rabb;t-catch-
ing. A middleman, who bought up all
the rabbits in . district on the eastern
side of Dartmoor and sent them to deal
ers in the Midlands and London, earned
in . few years . sufficiently large sum
- nno1,1A hin. IN rotiro and 1ivs> 3ra q
hon.e ~ his own hu;ld;ne. Other. 1ol.
lo,v;rc th;. .,oc.t,o, have found e
h;0hlv r.mnrcr.t;vc and n ..ver.l In
stsnce. land h.. heen .couir.d Mt !. f.ir
-srt.I - ~. ,,,rno.. ~ tr.rn;no and
.hoot;r~ r.hh,t.
Th~ -. 49,. .h.;-- -h,,. Tin.
a. a. 80. =. .hh,.. 1..n,srtIv 90,
tempting prices for the trapping r,9nts
on number OF farms IN Tadius Oh
soous Twelve mics Inc wHr nss
.nown an ousiay OF klo iot sne .'ens 0!
Oesso g : o..o ,ssm OF
- = - s.s y : Pej =. ne.uy
~ ~ - % RPaS
49, i. g u. ...1.,1
- - 49,. e -
eses - -. soeA -
- ~ Z .ss1 ~ ~
% c'ess s1n 70 - = 49,
saie pr,ccs .soo'~ 1esca S ~
snl.'ings . dozen.
Trapped rsooass oeine un'nJared ~
snot, nave Always . oeseeF apPestsnee
on tne Poulterer s.aus tn:n snose
1'leo " tne gun ."o 'or TINS 1essoo
the oteecnioeoer ana 1erres nave oecn
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-12-17

rooD h the great item Of cost n
pork production. coro and housing
amount to but little in comparison.
Therefore cheap feeding j. the prime
requisite for profit More grass and
less grain tends - this end
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-12-17

0DOUYO PLAN OF STOCK DARN.
stall apartments into the sheds in front
and into the sheep pens at the back.
The latter have several openings spd
are we'll ventilated. The windmill MS
ing above the front Of the barn is quite
ornamental. A pipe carries al the
water 70 the large trough several feet
from the front Of the barn.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-28

a strange hut true snake story COMES
from Sierra Mndrc. \ little girl wh0.'
mother resides %. that place saw % large
snake while playing near tho house. AMI
being pleased with its. appearance size
followed it through the grass. trying TO
got bold Of It. Two faithful dogs he-
logging 20 tho family saw the snake
also and running after It got ahead of
the little girl In iho chase aud pouncod
upon the animal. An alarmed rattle.
two quick strokes and the dogs ran yolp-
ing buck, while tho little tot. who had
wituo ol the encounter. concluded that
the gliding serpent WIS not ns pretty n-
it first appeared. When tho mother,
who happened 10 be- absent. returned
horne that evening md found two dead
dogs IN her dooyHrd and hpr little
daughter lass and safely asleep ia bed.
it may bu taken for granted that a prayer
Of gratitude went up from hor heart Mt
the fortunate escape Of tho little one.-
Pasadena lCall star.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-28

A prosperous farmer in Lono Trco
valley has a bon that has sot tho Tongues
uf all the go .ps wapging. ltisu com.
mon hamgarl hen, but It has uoycrtle-
less created D sensation Some uunths
ugo % mule .ppod on tho hens lex mud
broke TO- THE farmer WINS IN the barn
~ the time and heard tho hen squawk.
and upon examination found tho mulo
standing upon It's leg, Ho took his
Knife, cut tao broken leg OH aud turned
her loose, and Ia due tim0 sho recovered
and w1p the lNclicst kind OF ono
legged hen
After Tue accident, however, tho hon
would not go near the barn, and IN fact
had q habit oI wandering OFT by horfglf
Some time ago IL was discovered that
She had nest rull Of eggs in u fcnro
corner aud WIS sitting on them. Tho
eggs were coIoo colorcd aud notified,
looking % good deal like turkey eggs, ca.
copt that they were small,
Lust week seven of the eggs hatchol
and they waro tho funniest looking
chickens That We're ever hntchol In.
stead OF feathers they were covered with
% woolly covering that rccmblCl fur, a
sort OF cross between feathers aud hair.
Four vt the little chickens had wattlcs
That s1vod straight w from the ears
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-28
CoSt3uEss.
Resolution Aaari.a to AdIoura On
saturday.

wAsHisdTOS, July 2s.-rhe House
adopted u Joint resolution for adjourn
ment ON Saturday nj p. m.
The speaker then declared the next
thing In order was the motion
made by Bergman yesterday IL
table the motion 10 recon.
slider the motion made 10y
which 5000 O0n arc appropriate
for the WORLDS Fair, included ia the
sundTy civil bill. The opponents oi
the appropriation at once began Mi.
clustering with motions TO adjourn, n
adjourn TIL Saturday, adjourn TN
Monday, etc.
The Republicans decided 70 lt, thu
tllihusttring aud ,illibuHtcring
Wings OF the Democratic party fight IL
out anu on call Of the House declined
10 vote. 30 the call was orirrol by
u small and closr vote Of ~ 10 20.
The Senate bill making eight hour.
n days work on the public works Of
the United States anu In the District
~ Columbia was passed; also one for
the purchase OF BAnoroft's library. The
anti Option bill was taken up anu n
motion TO refer II to the committee on
iinance laid on the tRhlO.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-28
Az Winter Quarters.

The residents Of Winter Quarters
celebrated Pioneer Day on Monday
last In good style. The forenoon pro-
gtamm- Of excrclscs embraced prayer,
vocal and Instrumental music the
Winter Quarters brsss band having
been presently, Aud a dresses. Nuts
and oranges we're distributed among
the juveniles. There were sports TOT
the youngnt.rt In the afternoon and an
spr,ilcnt umu was had all round.
VOL the coal niiuts has started
up. hu. re coming Into uSup daily.
the Y. NJ. and Y. l.. NJ. |. a. held n
conjoint meeting last Sunday evening
before u large audience. All aie pleased
with the new manual.
The health OF the people is good.
EVAN =. THOMAS.
SooFIrI.D. Emery county, Utah,
Ialy 10Th, 1892.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-28

Oficial slang and political slang
have u tendency 10 use the lowest
number Of words 60 express an idea
and tho lowest number Of syllnblcs
to make the word. There is the uso
of the word made instead of pro
noted broke instead OF dismissed
from the service, got at to mean
that some one has been successfully
induced to do something, pull to
signify influence, fayoritisin and OIL.
cial friendships pulled 10 sum up
what Happens when a squad Of po-
.hccmcn make number Of prisoners
at once from the came place, fell
down To show that there has been
a final failure in what was under
takon, done up in the sense Of the
demolition and crushing OF somo
one, These arc n fow samples a
lttlo thought will enable any one 10
add a number of Others They
show the tendency Of ono class OF
popular slang to brevity and senton.
uousuces New York Sun.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-28
A DANGEROUS COMBUSTION.


A fire at Ogden MT . O'Clock yes'''
day afternoon destroyed n barn
longing to Mrs. Helen Taylor, In the
rear OF her residence ON Adams ave-
nue., between Twcnty.iirsI aud Tween.
ty.second streets. The barn contained
n lot Of hay, and the building was AL
uost consumed before the fire depart
ment reached the aeene, the IRE alarm
not having been turned Ia until " was
too late. How the fire originated IL
not known, but II IN supposed that
children were playing with mstchos,
when tho hay became ignited and
caught the barn. Damage abou, $3.50;
insured Tor $500, with Ballatyne's
agency. The prompt work OF the
department anu the use OF n garden
ho,e prevented the barn Of w. w.
Fife from burning TO tho ground. A.
II wins, n large pile OF lumber, valued
At $500, was consumed. over two
blocks Of hose were laii.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-28
AT BEAVER CITY.
Elder Andrew Jenson Furnishes Some
Useful Information by Letter.

Editor Deseret NoipG
From the Parowsn Stake Of Zion |
travelled to Beaver City on the lth OF
May last, when | cont nued my his
torlcal lahors.
The Beaver Stake OF Zion il one Of
the smallest Stakes Ia existence at the
present time, but the Saints residing
within its borders are, rs rule, wealthy
and prosperous. The Stake numbers
1871 members OF the Church, or 36l
families, distributed in the four wards
OF which the Stake Is composed, as
follows Beaver ward, 1854 souls, or
e4s families; Greenville, l79 FOULS, or
% families; Adamsville, $50 souls, OF
81 families; MiueTsville, 37s souls, or
80 families.
Tho Stake presidency consists Of
Charles Dennis White president,
Marcus l.. Shepherd first and John
+. Tolton second counselor. The
boundaries Of the Stake arc co-exten.
sive with those Of Beaver county, Utah.
Beaver CITY, which comprises the
tyroater half of the "Mormon" popula.
sion OF Beaver county, is beautifully
lituated In nm open, well watsrei val.
rey, on the north bank OF the Beaver
Liyor. IL was iimt settled In 1856, and
as had q peculiar pud interesting his.
oTy, including fights with hostile
Indiana collisions with laud.iumuers
over,zeAlous te iersl officials, and tea
passing soldiers, AMI losses caused by
seNouring gratshoppers ami destTuc
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-28

Said an honest Mmshheld farmer
Ia iii6. rs no met the clergyman Of
the village very early in tho opening
day;
"Ah, good mornin, paisonl An,
other ilno day
Then he nodded his heed signif-
Cantly toward the sun, just appear
ing above the oloudless horizon Of
Massachusetts bay, and added
"They do siy the birth moves and
the sun stands still, but You and /,
parson, we git M airly and We see 1t
iisel"-Youth's Companion
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-28

ST. PAUL, July .s.-rhe Republi.
eau State convention met Ia n room In
the peoples church AMI was called 20
order by Chairman Htatwole, Of tho
state committee. EX.Congrcrman
Mark Duunell wns chosen temporary
chairman. Committee were appoint.
cd and recess taken till two this after.
nom.