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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-04-15

run should be provided with sliding
door. in order that this opening can b
securely fastened at night to shut ont
the cold. as well as cats, rats, or other
rodents. that sometimes dine upon
chickens and ducks without tts for
mality Of an invitation.
The dust box is plain boa.d foot
wide. nailed in an angle from the side
of the building to the side of the nest
boxes, along the partition of each pen.
This box should always be half full of
dry, cl.an road dust, to which the hens
can always have access; this being q
very useful and essential article about
any well-kept hen-hOuse. At the rear
of the hallway we show a tool box. 7
Il, to keep things needful to clean mp
droppings, grind bones. chop meat and
anything necessary about the build
ing. The bins, Il, for feed, are also
handy, being right by the pens, and
accessible at any time. This building
is indeed very good one, and cheap to
erect-Practical Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-04-15
SHE TURNED THE TABLES.
How . little Homely Knowledge save6
Ioung Lady Much discomfort

How . Little Homely Knowledge savel
. Toung Lady Much Discomfort.
A young lady through her kn0wl,
edge of housewifcry rather turned tbs
table upon a would-be jester one day
last summer; and let that individual,
who was of the male persuasion, into .
little secret of considerable importance
to those who have occasion to work in
the kitchen as amateurs
The two were members of party vis-
iting an Adirondack camp in the Saranac
Lake region. Every one was well &C
quainted and the days passed merrily
away, until a heavy rainstorm drove
the ladies and the less enthusiastic fish
ermcn indoors and compelled them to
seek other forms of amusement The
rain continued to fall almost without
intermission for several days. and rs .
means to relieve the monotony the gem
tlcman already referred to proposed
that the various members of the party
try their hand at cooking the next meal.
Permission was obtained from tho
host, the members of the party laugh.
ingly agreed to the proposition, and the
kutuS, "hOSC uuly ~ was " nv % SOOAs
was for the time sent about other busi-
ness The gentleman acted as chg,
and, with a knowledge obtained from
serving on the house committee of .
prominent New York club. proceeded
20 assign various work to his aids and
appointed the young lady first vcgeta-
bic cook for the express purpose OF
making her peel onions. the Odor Of
which she loathed.
When the party adjourned to the
kitchen to begin preparations large
supply of strong odorcd red onions were
brought to the lady and she was re-
quested to remove the outer cuticle.
The acting c q and the others who had
been let into the secret made merry
over the supposed discontinue Of the
first vegetable cook. but the latter
smiled swectly and uttered no protest
Bring me a deep pan," she said to
her helper, and when this was produced
she filled il to the brim with water.
Then she tucked up her sleeves to the
elbow, showing just the prettiest pair of
arms in the world, and removing her
rings set to work pccling the onions
under water with a deftness that show
cd how familiar she was with the work
and depriving it Of all its offensiveness.
1t was revelation to the man, who
had looked either for vigorous protest
or bad expected to see the eyes Of the
vegetable cook water from the effects
OF the onion juice. The amateur din.
ner was in every way a success. hut
none Of the cooks achieved q greater
triumph than the one whose practical
experience showed to the others the
common sense method Of peeling onions
IN. Y, Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-04-15
COURT YOUR WIFE.

ooie-aeed man. I've a word with ron.
as you sit in your oli,ce this morn:
sne worry OF life, with its folly and strife
~ Oeo your heart like q fostering thorn.
sne touch OF your gold feel too clammy
are you weary Of fat,ery.s sccrnl
es ior the days when the passion OF youth
Du1ns low in the dcsolate heart.
"nea The laughter end tears OF our innoceu,
years
Never more from the symoa,hies start
ou soe hldcous mien of indulgence Is seen
Neeth the 0attering mantle OF art.
Fefnaps you've tried friendship, and only have
found
deception and sclnshncss rife;
"sPs you have poured 10 the needy youl
40 oe prtcked BY inSrat!iude's knife:
perhaps you have been through the whole
round Of sin.
O1d you evefry counting your wifeP
NOV Then take my advice, and think you will
find - -
Tis pleasure Is Charming as new.
FOLLOW nemorys track Till q; last you are back
10 the days when You swore 10 be true
aeA dream mere and more, till she seems as
To be watching and signing for you
ana when you so home tonight. vuy bouquet
VI the flowers she used to admire.
<ut them into her hand when before her you
stand,
With lover-like kiss OF desire.
AND oh! Watch her eyes when they ope with
surprise,
And flame up from smoldering fire.
Then all through the evening be tender and
kind:
Hover near her with eacerde,ight:
Sau her darling and sweet the Old titles
repeat
I1il her FACE is with happiness bright
Try II. world-wearied man. It's an excellent
plan;
10 acquiring your dear wife might.
George Rolton, in Lutheran Observer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-04-15

For heavens sake, let me 90 i:
there and get cocktail" implorcd tn,
prisoner as they passed . saloon Q,
Center street But Bob was Obdurate
He would take no chances. As the,
| approached the next saloon the pris
oncr almost howled in his distress.
Save my life, man, will you? Le
me get . drink. Come in and hav,
one yourself Iswear won't give >,
the slip"
This appeal had some effect On thu
sympathetic Bob. He would take n,
drink himself, neither would he ente,
the saloone Found standing in ,
liquor store" would be . nice com
plant to have registered against hin
| on his second day of duty. Bob re
Tented. and after cautioning his man
who swore repeatedly, and by every
thing holy, that he would ''comc rish,
out, Bob saw him 60 into the saloon
and he stationed himself where hs
could command . view of the main and
side entrances. And he waited there
but his prisoner never came. Afte,
ten minutes of supreme anxiety he
called out the bartender only to hear
dat feller? why, he wcat out trough
de hallway
Bob was paralyzed in his tracks. He
looked at his court papers, which he
carried in his hat. He couldn't gel
back TO his station without having
them filled out He was just on the
point of going back TO confess his
fault to the sergeant no matter il he
were broke" for it when. rs he looked
down the street, he saw an old negro
staggering along, taking up the whole
sidewalk and singing to himself in q
most dbntented way.
Bob saw his opportunity. He ran ur
to the colorcd man. and. taking him by
the shoulder, shouted: 'Ah. John
Blank, so you're drunk again. ch?
Come along to court"
The negro looked mp mystified. and
said: Use drunk, offitha: Use berry
drunk, but isn't no John Blank"
''YOu are John Blank. Don't l know
you? IT you say you're not John Blank
you'll get ten years for perjury. Come
along
30 iSoO TOOK the old negro to court
the rule said that he should have taken
him to the station first-and hauled
him up before the judge in the Tombs.
1t had been . long session.
"John Blank, what have you to say
for yoursclf?' wearily inquired the
Justice.
"NuiAn'" calculated the negro. and
the whites Of his eyes rolled up at Bob.
Ten days" said the judge. aud the
,pQQ 0ezrQ was railroaded to the pen
aud in ! little whiie wss taking 4 ride
In the black Maria. Bob had his papers
filed out and went OF to the station
with great weight Oh his mind.
'Its pity" said the stosy teller .
he put on his overcoat and started out,
that Keeper Mcnamara did not have
some of Bob Quackenbush's inventive
genius and opportunities. IN. Y. Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-04-15
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

The harrow and the roller arc among
the most important of the farm tools.
Without the liberal use of both, the
small grain crops can hardly be put in
properly.
To LEARN any trade thoroughly re-
quires study as we'll rs practice--hcad
work rs well as hand work. Our boys
should be taught that farming is no ex-
ccptiCa to this rule.
II You have not already done so, Il
would be well to examine your granary
now ana make sure that il is rat proof.
II will not pay to hold gram If the
rodepts have free access to it.
ES xIy farm should have . good gar
den. This is comparatively easy now.
rs garden tools are made so that nj.
most every operation Of its cultivation
can be performed by horse power.
The potato crop will always be a
profitable one IL intensive methods OF
cultivation be applied. When one
grows three hundred bushels per acre
it is difficult to avoid . fair profit
M,LLEr is of very great valne to the
dairynxn. when properly grown and
harvested. In planning for next sea-
sons crops try and arrange for field
of it. II you have no silo, this will to
some extent make amends in the win
ter feeding.
MoSEY judiciously spent upon i'm
proving the farm will usually earn 9
better dividend than when placed in
bank. Do not he too saving to have
good barns, good tools, good stock and
everything that will help the farm to
make more money.
ONE or two acres Of well-selected
and well-cultivated fruits will so far
toward supplying the ordinary house
hold expenses. A little land devoted
20 such purposes always makes an ap-
preciable addition to the cash income,
and will repay the labor needed to Sc.
cure il.
No METHOD of farming will pay. in
the end. unless SO conducted rs to add
constantly to the value and productive.
ness Of the land. Farming don't pay
because many steadily neglect this
phase Of their business, and 30 let the
ssy'n dspreo!ate With each susaesA!pl
sseH -lTsls!s Farmer
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TO BE REMEMBERED.

The Queer Notions OF Sick (hildres
should he uumoresl
Some of us can rccollect how, when
illness has begun to fastcn its hold up.
on our brains. we lay in bed and watch.
ed the figures on the ceiling take strange
shapes and fantastic motions; how.
when fever set in, sounds varied in in
tensity, the same kind of sound seem.
ing at one instant low, and at another
harsh, and now . succession of noises
would drag along, and suddenly whirl
into q bewildcring, rapid confusion.
This mental discomfort outwcighs with
some sensitive sufferers severe physi-
cal pain, and those who have 50 suffer.
ed do not need assurance that the expe.
rience is very real to themselves al.
though almost incomprchensible to
those who have not been through it.
1t is probable that children whose
minds are in the unstable period, and
more easily thrown out of balance, 60
through more or less harrassing expe.
riences than grown people: but the dis
comfort being often of that subtle ma.
ture which makes a description of il
impossible, they can only give vent to
it by vague frctting A feverish cold
sometimes produces mild delirium. not
always recognizable as such. One little
child, apparently not very i'll. seemed
to her nurses to show unreasonable i'm.
patience and despondency, and was
peremptorily silcnced when making
outcries and complaints that no one
understood.
1t was not till two years later, and
when undergoing . recurrence Of the
same sickness that she was able to ex.
press to her father q peculiar and very
disagrceable phenomenon which he
recognized as one that he himself had
suffered from when i'll. When sick
child shows restlcssness under some
slight annoyance, almost imperccptible
TO others, he should not be chided
Without being spoiled. this is yet a
time for indulgence of whims No one
can say how much thing is magnified
by being passed through an invalid's
lens In fever the senses are often pre-
ternaturally sharp; the swaying to and
fro of q curtain distorts the whole 9TH
erwise serene atmosphere. 1t is strange
that q well person can scarcely recall
his sensations while sick: never vividly.
But to a sick person the whole world
seems i'll. As everything which is true
of grown peoples fancies is even more
widely true of children, this is no excep-
tion. They suffer often more keenly
from the riot of q disturbed imagina.
A. 49, >..ov,~ ~rhr> h~e f~rvofNou HE
childhood can believe.-Childhood.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-04-15
SENSIBLE HORSE TALK.

A HANDFUL of linseed meal added 70
the usual ecd of horse viii make it,
coat nice and sleek.
NEVER drive . colt with an old har.
ness or one that is liable to give way
with little extra strain.
An allowance of wheat bran and
oats each day to the growing colts will
more than pay in their growth and de-
velOpmcnt
COVER the bit with leather, or in any
case be sure to take the frost out of it
before putting it into the horses
mouth.
IS breeding look carefully to the pre-.
dominating characteristics of the sire
and dam. as it does not pay to breed
colts with naturally bad temperA
BE sure to remove the frozen mud
and ice fsDm the legs Of the horse n
soon as he comes to the stable. AL.
lowed to remain until they melt on
they are liable to produce stiff joints
scratches, etc.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-04-15
TOO WITTY.

A snart ssorsksspse Sshes WatA ~
Wsoog Cust00eS. -.--
N = not pgoAtaAos sue . nerc&nnA q
be too wistys - any saAa. - ahoalA
not try to be witty on every oesas1u9
Not long ago. in n country town where
there are two groceries on the same
street, q very green, tow-headed, timid-
looking young countryman came into
one of them one afternoon at time
when half dozen villagers were
grouped around the stove. The store.
keeper was waiting upon some one and
paid 10 attention to the newcomer.
Presently the timid young man said.
in faltcring. half-frightened voice:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS."
''No," said the storckccper. I'VE don't
keep 'em. We sell EN- just as fast as
VIC can!'
Then he winked at the company
around the stove. who snickered appre-
ciatively. The green young man said,
''OhY and went up to the stove and
spread out the palms of his hands The
storekeeper went on waiting on his
other customers and used up about if
teen minutes in doing So
Then he stepped toward the green
young man, who was still warming his
hands at the stove, and said. brusquely:
Ibid you say you wanted to buy some
sweet potatoesY"
The young man turned slowly about
and answered, "I-didn't-say-I
wanted-to buy-none; I jest-as4- ye
If ye KEEP EN-"
He then warmed his hands . few
minutes longer. Then he walked slow.
" out of the the store, remarking - he
went:
"I-guess-Fil-go-daown the street
-an'-buy-mc some-sweet ptet-
tcrs!'
The laugh around the stove was not
at the expense of the greenhorn this
time National Grocer
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-04-15
WANTED EXCLUSIVE STYLES.
A Woman Who Didn't Want to Ise Con
mon and Protested.

A Woman Who Didn't Want to I:o Com.
mon and Protested.
''Oh. dcar-' she gaspcd, as she thre v
herself into q chair and flung her
bundles on the floor. 'Oh, dear! i will
never wear this horrid old gray dress
againw
"Why. what's the matter?" said the
head of the family. soothingly. II AIR
sure you only bought the thing last
week."
"Yes, know"
"And isn't the house filed with suips
and patches even ut this moment, the
remains of the dressmakcr's tidiness?'
"Well, it's like this" said the won.
an. suddenly bursting into tears.
"Whcn was out shopping to-day I saw
q colored woman with dress just like
mine. DO you suppose am going to
stand that?"
"Why not?" snorted the head of the
house.
''Oh, you have no notion of such
things. You never were a woman IA
your life. II you had been you
wouldn't ask such silly questions.
really believe that my drcssmaker told
me a fib about that pattern aud style.
She gave me to understand tlrat mine
was the only piece of this pattern In
New York"
"What difference does it make, any.
way?'
And saw . woman with hat like
mine. too; and I nearly died when
:.~A 81, hDr~sA
red d-haired country girl with shoes just
like mine: and then I fairly tainted
when I waltzed up to the bargain
counter and observed that the sales.
lady wore . bow pin just like mine;
and I nearly fell fat in heap when
took soda water and noticed that q
servant girl next to me had on terra
Gotta gloves the exact shade of mine;
and 1 nearly swoOued when ! came
down the street and ran plump into a
fat lady carrying pair of twins. and
didn't each twin have on bonnet like
my darling child's, my Willie boy. ]
tell you it isn't right Iwaut to be un-
like other people, do. Like all WON.
en-, ! hate to have on things that every
body has and that are common"
II will tell you." said the husband,
meekly; maria, II yon wish to have
exclusive styles, take my advice: Wear
. pair Of rubber boots, q SOU wester.
. tablecloth for . cloak and q dress
made of q horse hair mattress inside
out. You will then have nothing in
common with the rest of your tribe. II
it is . 60. say so At once. and ] will
leave for Canada tomorrow SO as To
give you full swing to your hearts con-
teut.'-N. Y. Advertiser.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-04-15
MONKEY TALK.

a Scrap Of Conversatioa From the Cage
Of the ''happy Family"
''IIa, ha, ha!"
.'Dear. dear monkey, whatever is the
natter"
'Only these enterprising outsiders
my love. Haven't you heard the news?
Come. I'll read it for you" NIP reads
an account of Prof Garner going to AZ
rica to study the monkey tongue)
That's good. my dear, isn't it? II
these keepers of ours get to know our
language, though, perhaps they will be
good enough to teach us theirs Then
we'll agitate and get out Of this"
THAT sounds agreeable. Nip"
"I'n apply for a government post to
help them find the missing link there's
been so much fuss about might in
fact. have to 60 long voyageA"
"How splendid. Nip Really. I've
heard that accommodation for couples
is"
my dear, you'd have to stay 1t home.
I'd probably be . considerable time
abroad"
..Nip!'
'.My dear, be calm, . matter of bust
ness must be attended to; after that the
outsiders government would be COM
pelling me to do something very disa-
2recable."
what, Nip. Dearie?"
ARREST you rs the missing link, I'm
afraid"
ME the missing link, sir7 Thank
you-hem! I'd be very sory-
II won't say any more"
Don't SIR
II won't"
"You daren't"
"Hpsh. madam, here's the kesper~s
Leeds Mercury
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- AHA JOHN BLANK. DkCNA A0AIS. nm
and went sprawling into the street
Here was . prisoner. Bob caught him
hv the collar, and soon bad him landed
in the station house. John hlsnk'
aced : residence. -" was the rec
ord copied into the blotter. d-boo
saw lis man locked up with an odd
professional pride, and then turned IN
to sleep nh N.
reared to take this man to court Inc
paper was given him calling ior tne
presentation of his prisoner: Inc "a
per was to be returned with the d'spo'
s;t;on of the case marked ON II ine
prisoner, by the way. had an exceea'
inclv large head with the accompany
inc taste in the mouth after h's resels
of the night before. and as ne wa'keu
along with Bob he remarked tns. :
..bracer" was ell he wanted. be'ose
they had gone many blccka the remas.
grew Into a reausss md thes 'sse -
opreal
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-04-15
An Observing Brother.

Little Boy-How soon arc you and
Sis goin' to be married?
Accepted Suitor-She has not named
the day yet l hope she does not believe
in long engagements.
Little Boy-She doesn't l know,
cause all her engagements has been
abort oneS-Good News
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-04-15
Hon He Did Them.

The man was pompous and had q
large sized and visible confidence in the
correctness of his manner of doing
things. He had finished his meal at the
hotel, and rs he showed back his chair
he showed out the munificent sum Of
twenty-five cents to the waiter.
There. my man." he said, take
that. don't do things by halves"
"N-no. SIR whispered the waiter.
..you do them BY quarters Thank you.
sir.--Detroit Free Press
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-04-15

Weary Waggs-I sprained me ankle
las week an de hospital doctor says I
mus rest fer month Handy sort nv
q disease. amt it?
Thirsty Taggs-Bet yer life-almost
as good as bein' bit by er rattlesnake!-
QuipS
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-04-15


about police experience and police
work. ManJ humorous tales were re-
cited, the majority of which were we'll
turned lies, and it was growing late
when the man " no had to catch a su-
burban train pulled out his watch and,
with a look which meant that he had
just time TO tell the story, asked ii any
one had ever heard about Bob Quack-
eubush's first prisoner.
Every old-time police reporter had a
sincere affection for Bob. For many
years he was the night doortnan in the
big white building in Mulberry street
and was famed throughout the depart
pent as humorist He would crack
. joke with any body, from the presi-
dent of the board to the Italian boot
black. and was never found wanting in
quaint remark and ready retort 1t is
some years now since Bob died while
he was doing duty in the city hall
squad, and he is now lying in church
yard away up the state near the little
town from which he came thirty years
ago with two hundred pounds of muscle
and bone and aspirations to the New
York police force.
According to the reporters story,
Bob, after receiving his uniform and
his shield. was detailed for duty at the
Oak street station. That was in the
afternoon of the day he was appointed.
and he went out on the night tour at
six o'clock to cover . post of which he
knew little and to catch criminals OF
whom he knew less Things went
along swimmingly during the early
part of the night. Bob decided that he
would like the work, and concluded
that it would be big feather in his
cap, or helmet, If he could catch pris-
oner on his first tour. :,
His hopes were realized. for just BE-
fore midnight there rolled into his
street . well-dressed man who was
hopelessly drunk. lie stumbled over
the curbstone rs he approached Bob
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-04-15
Had To.

Hicks-That man h always blowing
about his work
SuiclsS-Yes?
Hicks-Yes; he's . blacksmith
Truth.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-04-15

Edwin +. Searles, to whom tho
Mark Hopkins millions were left, has
promised to erect for Bowdoin college
the finest and best equipped building
for the study Of the sciences tha: an
be had in the co untry. He placed no
limit on tho cost, but wants the best
appointed building that money can pro.
vida
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-04-15

A very instructive lesson for farmers
who say farming doesn't pay was
brought 70 notice few days ago when
. farmer sold 10 spring pigs for slso.
These pigs had the run Of three acres
of old orchard during the summer.
The total cost for rent of land, first
cost Of weaned pigs 1t 8 each and
corn for fsttening was . tribe less than
$50. This left profit of 100 per cent
The orchard also gave % bushels Of
marketable apples. which more tasn
paid tor oil labor attending the pigA~
]. b B:ce. II Farm ~ HolDA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-04-15
The Truth Of the Matter.

"when your son went to college"
HE didn't go-l sent him.
"Ah, and when he came home"
''He didn't come-the faculty sent
him. Kate Fields Washington.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-04-15

dimensions il required. Build double
lumber or stone walls. leaving OPEN
iug Cover all with . movable roof
which is double. also double doors, to
keep out heat In winter Ill space BE-
tween walls with snow and water. .
little At . time, allowing it to freeze
solid On floor, in . corner. have .
basin 20 gather water. Have little
window in top-Adolph DjuberR, in
Practical Farmer.
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-Harry-''The doctor told me to-day
that Jessie's freckles were caused BY
too much iron In the blood" JACK
ssTha,'s funay: her mother told n.a she
had TO do all ths honlag hsrvcls.
Z, Herald