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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-18
MORE THAN she EXPECTED.
Il Was . Cruel Way. bat It Taught HeI
Lesson.

IL Was Cruel Way. hat lt Taught Hes
| It seems that at . recent dance q
certain damsel, who valued herself both
for her looks and dancing, made her
self very conspicuous by refusing every
one of her friends in turn except two
To one of the latter she gave three
dances and TO the other seventeen
by the time the ball was half over
the first man began to realize that what
no had imagined at first to be . great
compliment was really an insult for he
was of course merely being made use
Of 50 that the other girls should not be
able to say that Miss \. had danced all
night with one man
He did not appear for his third dance,
and he vowed revenge. Another ball
was to occur about . week later, and by
that time Miss \. s favored cavalier had
departed-without proposing.
The other man interviewed all the
dancing men in the place and got them,
one and ALL to promise that they would
not ask Miss x. to dance.
The result was that when Miss X. ap-
peared at the ball, radiant and naughty
a. usual, and expecting to be surround
ed BY aspirants after the customary
fashion, not . man asked her TO dance.
Not one spoke to her even, for fear It
might be imagined that he had broken
his promise and then been refused after
all
The girl did not understand for some
time; and II was not until she had sat
out three dances with her chaperone-
q thing she had never done before in
her life-that some glimmering Of the
idea had reached her.
Then, she saw that the other girls
were all looking at her, some with pity,
others with amusement: and that all
the men were rippling over with merri-
ment Still she could scarcely believe
that every man could have dared to
join . conspiracy against her or would
keep to il when he saw her; and it was
not until she had sat for nearly third
of tho evening that she gave mp hope
and went away with q face n cheerful
. . November fog.-Modern Society.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-18

''Sir. you are one man out of ton
housand." said he. slowly.
Tut, Mr. Smith; sympathy Is Q
,trong feeling. and I feel deeply for
your unfortunate case. believe me-"
Mr.. Baitman was . wealthy man
very wealthy, he was called and Of
course Mr.. Smith thanked him, and
accepted the offer.
Once cozily settled In the Baitman
mansion It was not long before he
began to wonder why he had not no
ticed Rosa Baitman before. She did
not seem to feel above him, notwith.
standing the wide difference in their
positions; and she treated him aY cor
dially-more cordially. he thought
than heretofore, before the change in
his fortune.
The climax came when she gave .
grand party. Then. before the elite of
the whole city. she did not hesitate to
receive attentions from him on which
but one construction could be placed.
One cannot wonder he thought her q
heroine, and asked no further proof
that she could love him. Next day they
met in her fathers library. where he
waited to see her.
Rosa" he said. as soon as the usual
courtesies had been exchanged, II
come to you this morning to learn my
fate. know the difference in our
positions, and would not urge you
only let your heart decide. My heart
lay before you"
She blushed prettily, but seemed
quite composed; then she gave him her
hand.
81 have loved you so long" she said.
''and feared you would never love
me. You were SO suspicious before you
lost your wealth that women were
al mere adventuresscs; I was heartily
glad when papa said you had lost IL,
and T."
''You sent him to negotiate with
mel" cried Dudley, finishing the sem
tence intuitively, and giving 1t labial
emphasis
Il loved you so. she murmurcd. dep
recatingly.
Il do not doubt it. dearest, and Mr..
Dudley Smith believed himself the hap
piest of men.
They were married The wedding
was very unpretentious. rs became
the bridegroom in straitened circum-
and he was in ecstasy as he
thought of her surprise when he should
tell her that his fortune still remained
He sent for Mrs Bull TO return and
reopen the house and put it in full con.
dition to receive its mistress. Mean
time. they remained at her fathers
residence.
dudley" said his wife one day, |
II have favor to ask of yOu-wiu you
grant it?"
Il will. If it be in my power SO to do. |
darling" he exclaimed
''Well. poor papa is rather short Of |
you lend him few thou |
sands?"
''Me! Why. You know"
'Oh! know what you have been
pretending" was the quick reply; ''but
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-18
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

THE experience of 1899 emphasizes
the necessity for spraying fruit trees.
berries and even vegetables Spray
ing is a. imperative as good manur-
ing and good cultivation.-Farm Jour
nal.
SWEET cream butter Is becoming
very popular in certain quarters and
commands fancy price& Az . general
rule. however, butter from ripened
cream finds most favor among those
who buy the gilt-edged article.-Amer-
ican Farmer.
The best western corn weighs more
per bushel in the ear than does the
eastern plant The Dent corns have
deep kernels. They are not 20 solid q
Aint and the shelled grain does not
weigh 50 heavily, but il is less liable
for that reason to injure stock.
Ar this season many far ners neglect
sailing cows. thinking they need salt
less than when 1T pasture. There Is
not . week when cattle will not eat
some salt II they can get it. and il
they have . supply before them ii! the
time they will be less likely 70 take too
much.
Born very young and very old ami
mails thrive better II their food il made
easy Of digestion. Cut clover cooked
and mixed with grainmeal is more di-
gestible than the grain alone. Asmall
quantity of the clover is enough to pre-
vent grain meal from clogging and
heating in the stomach
ONE Of the 6rst spring crops TO yield
return II asparaguA Aim to get
large stalks BY giving plenty Of room
nured soil Plant deep Why? I. The
whole ground can be cultivated right
over the roots without injuring them.
= The plants endure drought better. 2
The beds last longer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-18
THE SENSE OF SMELL

Perhaps There IL . Special Cell In the Drais
for Each Odor.
What . marvelously delicate ma
chinery Is set In motion when we smell
the fragrance of rose! Simple Is thai
pleasurable sensation seems to us, It in
wolves the activity Of agencies and
forces that the imagination can scarce
~ grasp It has been shown that the
minute cells at the ends Of the olfac.
tory nerves in tho nose bear the most
delicate little hairs, and IL is believed
that these hairs ere the active agents
in producing the sense Of smell
Yet when We come to inquire into the
manner Of operation Of these cells and
hairs we find that It is even more won
derful than tho delicacy of the mechan-
ism itself
Il has been suggested that 1t least
one special cell and the nerve fiber con-
Meeting it with the brain may be sf-
fected by each different spell-producing
substance. But a. Prof. Rutherford
remarked at . meeting Of the British as-
sociation last August: 1T would be q
somewhat serious stretch Of imagine
ton to suppose that for each new smell
of . substance yet to emerge from the
retort of the chemist there 10 in waiting
. special nerve terminal in the nose"
He thinks IL il moro reasonable TO
suppose that all the hairs Of the olfac-
tory cells are affected by every smell
producing substance and that the differ
ent qualities Of smell result from differ
ence in the frequency and form Of the
vibrations Transmitted through those
cells to the brain
According to this view there d
something in musk, something in
the rose, something in the violet
and the lilac, something In
every substance, which produces .
smell either agreeable or often
sive, that Is able % to affect the hairs
and cells of the olfactory machinery Of
the nose a to set their connecting
nerves In vibration. and the rate Of this
vibration varies for every different sub
stance.
We are reminded that the differences
Of both sounds and colors also result
from variations In the rate Of vibrati6u,
although sounds are produced by the
air, and colors by that mysterious medi-
um called the luminiferous ether. II
smells also result from varying vibra-
tions what . surprising glimpse OF the
inner unity of nature that fact gives rs!
youths Companion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-18

A Portland lawyer relates an anec.
dote which illustrates one of the prin-
cipal weaknesses of mankind about rs
fully Is possible. He says that not
long since . man came to his Office
thoroughly angry. He had called upon
. debtor and asked for the payment Of
. little bill of s. 50 and had been abused
for his pains Now he wanted the law
yer to collect it But the legal light
said that he could not afford to bother
with It. It would cost it all to collect
it But the client insisted; he didn't
care II he got none of the money SO that
the debtor was forced to pay it So
the lawyer consented to write . letter
and see what could be done. The debt.
or came in response to the letter. in
high dudgeon. and made declaration
that he owed no s. 50 and be wasn't
going to pay it. The lawyer listened
quietly to his story, and then said that
his instructions were to sue, and he
didn't think the other could well a1ford
to defend for 50 small . sum. who'll
get it." inquired the debtor. III !
paw" The lawyer was bound to con-
TESS that it would all 20 for the cost of
collecting, and when the debtor found
that his enemy was barred out from
receiving any of the money he paid
willingly. The next day the client
called, and when he found that the
money had been paid. he too. was en-
tirely satisfied. SO that the lawyer did
the very unusual thing Of pleasing both
sides; the one overjoyed because the
other had been forced to pay, while he,
in turn, was tickled because the first
party got none Of the Boston
Journal
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-18

ever. and an ope ming Of one-quarter d
IN inch made in the bottom, 80 - TO
allow the feed TO fall through. d d are
the ends of the hopper, and c c arc two
pieces, each five inches long and two
and three quarters inches wide nailed
fast to the end pieces, d. d. They hold
the hopper up half an inch from tho
bottom of the trough. to allow the
feed to run down, rs shown in Fig. L
e is the trough where the chicks eat
1t is twenty-five inches long and two
and one half inches wide. inside meas
ure. and one and one-quarter inches
deep. outside measure. The sides of
the trough are bcveled on the inside
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-18
USE SMALL TILE.
FIG. z

A Loaf from the Experienee q . New
York state Farmer.
would not put down horseshoe tile
II it was given me. II one has watched
the sand bars form in little creek he
can judge just how they work in horse
shoe tile. If round tile is used the water
is confined to q straight and narrow
way at the bottom of the tile and any
sediment getting in rolls along TO the
end. Every high water slushes it out
unless it is prevented BY the foolish
practice of some putting In. In addi-
tion to the tile, q mess of stones. Then
the water instead of being forced
through the tile runs down on the out
side Is well and the ditch is in danger.
Another danger is in using too large
tile. The smaller the tile the narrow
cr is the stream. Too large tile works
on the same principle as horses hoe tile.
They had better be too small than too
large. II the water gets through In
ordinary times there is no danger that
the rest will follow.
Instead of laying down boards where
the bottom is not solid, use cheap cut
shingles and split any over three inches
wide. Lay them butt to butt and lap
the points so that one shinGle will lay
one tile and break joints When . tile
is laid put q fake of stone or some
Jumps of earth by the joint on both
sides to keep it in place till little
straw and four or five inches Of earth
are packed around it 80 that earth fall
ing from the top Of the ditch will not
disturb it In filing the ditch / use one
horse. setting the clevis over on the
plow till get two furrowa Let the
horse walk back in the ditch to tread
it, letting the plow drag along on the
You cannot with safety run
a stone ditch into tile. but there il Eo
danger in running tile into . stone
ditch If there is plenty Of fall-Thad
r Wheeler, in Farm and Home.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-18
THE JOY OF LOVE.

THE JOY OF LOVE.
Iknew . woman once With laughing eyes
sweet dreamy eyes. like little sun-kisseo
With face flushed like the west when d.y,,eh,
dies,
Whose breath was like . summerscen,ed
Whene'er she walked the birds sang In thei,
And Knocked her voice. melodious and sweet;
ssne stole the peace and perfume OF the flowers
whose little leaves lay crushed beneath her
feet
Twas not the beauty OF her face alone,
nor yet her form. my willing heart that stole,
BUT sweeter still, the light of love that shooe
from out her eyes, rejected from her soul
We talked much Of the future, and at times
Sne troubled lest We lose some Ionged-tor
bliss:
sang to her my love in little rhymes,
ANA sometimes closed couplet with kiss.
We lived as little children live at play
In summer days-unmindful OF the past
impatient for the fuIure-we we're gay,
Nor paused to rcck how long the dream would
last.
We saw the summer roses rocked to rest:
The hoarfr0st hushed the music of the rills;
But she felt not the cold, for in her breast
There burned loves fadeless fre that warns
and thrills
Long winter nights We watched the glowing
crate.
Her low, sweet laugh made music like the
streams
1hae How through forests When / left her,
late,
Twas only to return to her in dreamA
How sweet TO lovc-tO have the heart enslaved!
Your future In . woman's hand. what bliss.
10 Know each day life's sweetest sweets ore
saved
BY woman's soft caress or tender kiss.
II could pray prayer that God would hear
And answer, would ask the powers abovo
Ihat all mankind upon this fading sphere
lie once allowed to taste the JOY Of love.
-Cy. Warman, in Harper's Weekly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-18

Quite young girls wear figured silks
and satins this season, and noted Inn
porter il making . large sale Of these
fabrics 1t tho low price Of 81 . yard
These silks make effective dancing
dresses. theater coats. tea gowns. lin
ings to cloth and velvet eapes and
sleeves and vests to plain silk dresses
Black sprigged with scarlet or old rose
is pretty choice-brown with yellow,
etc. A gray silk figured with small
pink roses, costing eL25 . yard. was
worn by . pretty girl 1t Thanksgiv-
ing dinner out Of town. The short
Eton fronts opened over fun vest of
pink crepe de chine and the jacket
fronts were faced with pink silk reveEs.
studded with cutsteel beads The
slightly trained skirt was in bell shape
with . narrow plated ruche st the hem.
faced with pink. Tho full sleeves Of
the figured silk drooped over close pink
silk cuffs banded with cut-steel gimp
in many. rows The pink silk girdle
was similarly banded-N. Y. Post
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-18
ON A BARE HOOK.
How . Sweet Girl on . Broadway
Caught . 'sSucker."

How . sweet Girl on . Broadway Car
Caught . "Sucker."
She boarded . Broadway car at tine
post Office She was young, good look
ing and vivacious. She was also type
writer. The car was crowded and every
man sitting down had his eyes glued
to . newspaper. As the car started the
girl bumped against . man who was
also hanging to . strap. and her voice
reached everybody near Is she said:
snow. please do excuse me. won't
you? The car Is 80 crowded, you
know"
The young man sitting just opposite
her looked up and begun to climb out
Of his seat
''Oh! Mol no! nor she said. ~ she
waved her hand at him in the cutest
sort of fashion. ''Please don't think Of
It! have been sitting all day and it Il
really refreshing to stand"
The man on his right had determined
not to give up his seat to his own
mother, but that arch smile and de-
licious voice caused him to lift himself
II couldn't think Of it-couldn't pos
osOAy SAAAuA OA SSs Ou0 RIOSCSSCNAs - oAA0
placed . hand on his arm to stop him
The next man found his heart beat
ing faster than usual, and he began
folding his paper and shuhling his feet
'How kind Of you, but can't permit
it!" softly exclaimed the sweet girl, a.
she motioned him to keep his place
The fourth man was short and fat,
with IN iron jaw and . bclligcrent
nose. He hadn't offered his seat to .
lady since July Q. 1872. but in this case
It was . handsome girl who had refused
three other offers and there would be
no risk. He rose up. lifted his hat and
offered the seat
Thank you," she murmured. rs she
aid into it and opened . novel and be-
CAD to read At page "a
Tho man turned red as he looked
around the car and saw every body
smiling, and no one blamed him when
he made for the rear door, He thought
he was going to get away all right but
. big man hanging to a strap suddenly
slapped his leg. uttered hoarse
chuckle and said:
I've been a-fishing . good many
times In my life, but that's the first
sucker ever saw caught on . bare
hookr'-N. Y. Herald
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-18
LIFE ~ DENMARK.


Poealiasltiee u DasAsh Aaaaees and c..
tens which Interest the Travelsra
Copenhagen u tho cheapest Of the
oorthern capitals, and1 nice, slow-go
place, with . wet climate. Its streets.
docks and squares are handsome, and,
- in the United StateA the railway is
laid down in the ordinary thorough
fareA The palaces arc imposing, and
the shop@ which arc far behind ls Bon
Marche. are prettily arranged Society
is unemotional. and there is lots of
culture without the humbug with
which It II associated in London. II
takes . classical turn, Thornwaldsen
being still the artistic god, and every
one being proud Of him. In . small
city . great man goes 50 far. and for so
long . time without stopping. that
were providence to have made me
one I should rather for the sake Of
my ideas be born in place like the
Danish capital than in Paris or London.
Al soon - Flaxman died everybody but
the Wedgewoods ceased to live ON him,
and Victor Hugo's memory i now only
green TO provincial public. 1t must
be said that no people have better as
similated classical art than the Danes.
and that through Thorwaldsen: What
they have done and are doing in that
way bears such . stamp Of graceful ele-
Rance - to preclude the possibility Of
becoming old-fashioned. Pompeii II
beautifully initiated in the wall fres-
Goes Of houses and Of all court yards
rooted over with glass. The imitation
10 not slavish, and instead Of gods and
goddesses birds and flowers arc brought
into the paintings What II chiefly
classical Il the nat ornamentation Of
the borders Of panels. which 10 exquis-
its in it, sobriety and delicacy Of fancy.
The cult Of ancient Greece and Rome.
- they appeared to the eyes Of Thor
waldsen, does not lead the Copenhagen
ers to forego their northern modes Of
living Plenteous eating and eopious
drinking are the rule in houses where
they can afford to keep . good table
and . well-stoclked cellar. / was given
n . native delicacy . soup made Of
goose, greats. and vegetables, which
might have rejoiced hungry Scott-it
having . resemblance to cock-a-leekie.
The best dish Of . peculiarly Danish
character was Of red cabbage stewed in
chicken broth and served with . sauce
in which I could detect sugar and vine
gar. My host was proud Of his Cham
bertin and port The last is fashions
BILE - ever in Denmark, where. when
people find out anything good, they
stick TO it A culinary novelty Ia the
toadstool-mushroom cooked . Ia Bor-
delaise or with cresm.-London Truth.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-18

The wife of Cass avenue man was
ewing up hole in his coat and he
was reading scraps from the newspaper
to her.
by Ned. Mary" he said, '.just think
of this: The Standard Oil Co is stocked
at one hundred and ten million dollars
and almost half of it Is watered"
rs that so?" she replied. "Well, I've
been wondering what made the oil burn
20 bad, " and the man gazed at her hope.
lessly.-Detroit Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-18
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Ginger Cookies-One bowl Of lard. q
better, meat fryings; ono bowl of cook
ing molasses. two tablespoonfuls Of
soda, one cup two-thirds full Of hot
water. Roll this and bake In . quick
oven. This is . long-tried receipt for .
family Of eleven, and 10 pronounced ex-
cellent Free PresA
Minute Pudding-Beat three eggs,
add half . cup Of milk and Ave table
spoonfuls of sugar. half . teaspoonful
of salt; stir together until smooth;
have one pint Of milk scalding hot over
the fire, stir in the batter and cook
three minutes. stirring rapidly al the
time; serve with bowl Of sweet cream.
sweeten with white sugar.-Bostoa
Budget.
Orange Cream-Wash very clean.
crate the yellow rind from two oranges
and boil fifteen minutes. covered in
three-fourths Of . teacupful Of water.
Strain. and to the sirup add ono teacup-
full Of sugar. half cupful Of butter.
the juice and pulp Of the oranges and
bring 10 . boil Beat three eggs. stir
constantly after adding them to the
boiling mixture until IL IL smooth.
Place on ice and serve very cold. with
cake.-Boston Herald
TO Remove Grease Spots from Silk
place one coarse. brown paper (the
soft kind) on both sides Of tho spots.
then press carefully with . hot iron
Change the paper often. ~ II absorbs
the grease. If the goods are 30 rich, or
delicate. that the iron Il liable to injure
them, try friction by using raw cotton;
rub the spots Of, changing the cotton
often If the material b soiled or
stained in many places. rip the article
and wash i in tepid water softened
with pulverized borax. It can be made
to look a. good as new.-Good House.
keeping.
Ono quart Of milk; two cups Of fine
breead crumbs-always stale and dry;
four eggs; two teaspoonfuls melted
butter, nutmeg TO taste; one-fourth tsar
spoonful soda dissolved in hot water.
Beat the yolks very light and having
soaked the bread crumbs well in the
milk. stir these together. then the
butter and seasoning with the soda;
lastly the whites Bake to . fine brown
and eat with hot pudding sauce. Try
the above, putting enough sugar In the
sauce You may boil this pudding II
you like in Toured broth or buttered
Farmer.
Minced Chicken with MushroomA-
Chop. but not very fine. . pint Of the
white meat of cold boiled chicken. Cut
In small pieces half . pint Of canned
boil them five minutes in
their liquor, then skim out and place
where they will keep warm. II there
ID not . teacupful Of the liquor, add
cream to make that amount
Rub tablespoonful Of -four smooth in
. little cold milk, heat the liquor TO
boiling, thicken and stir smooth. sea-
soning with butter. salt and white pep.
per. When perfectly smooth, add the
chicken and mushroom, and cook slowly
ave minutes. stirring constantly.-N.Y.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-03-18

$50" exclaimed tho father to the
young man who had run Of with his
daughter and married her and was re-
turning to patch mp . peace; 80 you
and that girl eloped together. did
you?" t--
"Well yes" responded the young fel-
low in . business-like tone; you didn't
think we had eloped apart did your
Detroit Free Press.