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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-06-22

The news has just reached us that an
important change is about to take place
at Mcguire x Brownies. The entire
stock o. summer goods will b. closed out
at prices unheard of before. The stock
is complete and our citizens will have a
chance to secure some beautiful goods by
calling early.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-06-22
Including five gate tickets to the Fair.
EXCURSION TRIPS

From San Francisco to other points in
California will be allowed purchasers Of
special Midwinter Fair tickets at the
Il lowing round-trip rates:
To stations under $50 miles from San
f ancisco, one and one-third one-way
f re.
To stations $50 miles or more from
Sen Francisco, one and one-ffth one
way fare. For exact rates and igIl in
70. .a.,,.nn, eG. lt.Ea
Rr-HAED Gear, r. II. Goo a.,s,
Gen. Ir,.a-a j. Us. zen. Fas7. It,
o,tA Francisco, Gal.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-06-22

Go to the Midwinter Fair via the Nor
thern Pacific. Delightful scenery, good
time. Rates, via rail, round trip, inciud-
ing five admission coupons. 80. ~
at'''rrr lroni .or,.auu, round trip,
$ia.2y. for .arturr luiurmaLlCu call ON
j. :. hEESEE, local agent. 1871
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-06-22
ROSALIA RUSTLINGS.

From the Rustler, 18th inst.
A strange and peculiar notion has
taken hold of the little ground rodents
De-. last week or $50 .-tE1uou 10 traYei
ADD hey are having regular CoXe'
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-06-22

II you intend visiting the great mid
winter Fair, call on the nearest Union
Pacific Agent, and he can tell you all
about the exceedingly low rate and the
advantages offered by this line to San
Francisco and return, or address V. H..
Hurlburt, Asst. Gen'l Pass. Agent
Portland. III IL
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-06-22
OAKESDALE OFFERINGS.

From the Sun, 18th inst.
Some of our sport-inclined citizens
are preparing a race track on the land
lust east of the Northern Pacific depot
A number of horse and foot races are
scheduled to take place on the track in
the near future.
A very pleasant wedding of two of
our well known young people occurred
4ast Wednesday evening, June 18th, at
the home of the BRIDES parents in this
city. The contracting parties we're Miss
Wenona Sslfridge and Mr.. Thad c.
Riddle.
J. F, Smith, of this city, is one of the
most prosecuted of men. Not only does
his manly form and winning ways at
tract the attention of the ladies of the
city, but even visitors are captivated,
last Saturday two buxom squaws from
the reservation came to town and were
passing building on Steptoe avenue
where Jack was at work sacking wheat,
when they caught glimpse of our hero
and in they went with the evident in
tention of capturing him, Jack is nat
urally of a bashful disposition and as
they advanced on him with outstretched
arms, saying 'skookum man." he backed
awar, falling over several sacks of wheat
In his retreat. They followed him
closely but he finally reached the door
and disappeared down an alley, much to
the disappointment Of his admirers.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-06-22
PALOUSE PARAGRAPHS.

From the News 18th inst
A ball game between residents of this
city and Viola, at Viola last Sunday, re-
suited in favor of the Palouseites by a
score of GO TO 80
F. P. Egan expects to begin work on
the new city well the first of next week
He will bring over a boring machine
from Garfield and sink an eight inch
hole.
The First National Bank yesterday
sent off $500 of Hoodoo gold dust to
the mint at San Francisco, This makes
$4,000 of dust handled by the bank since
January LIST.
During the past week H. NJ. Boone
has shipped from his store here and at
Garfield two car loads of butter, eggs
potatoes, and other farm products.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-08-18
n...<.ni,. .v-.;.. rovr-Issek q. s ceyt 1epos
Ny,G!1M. Powder
ABSOLUTELY pUHE
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

AIAneE soft sponge, either dry q
eighty dampened. makes . 6o1d
dustef.
one authority says that coffee boiled
longer than one minute IL conee
spoiled.
II you would keep your nutmegs
solid always begin grating them 1t the
stem end.
WHEN milk l. used In tumblers wash
them first in cold water, afterwards
rinse In hot water.
Cur . piece from the top Of old hid
shoes and insert It inside the irc::
holder You are going to make.
To TAKE coal oil stains out Of . door:
II left alone the stain will come out
itself; but II in . hurry cover with
thick blotting paper and rub . hot iron
over it.
II women only knew II, they deform
their hands with tight gloves quite As
much a. their feet with tight shoes.
One makes corns and tho other big
knuckles. Tight anything is in bad
form.
A NEW bread CRATER has been
brought out In London. It Is cylindrical
and about IS large rs . quart cup. The
bread is placed in the receptacle by
door in the side, when 1t passes be
tween the graters revolved by crank
from the ton.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-08-18
THE KITE AT WORK.

hand line is heightened the kite swings
around to the left and vico versa. by
this simple means the kite can be
compelled to move through range Of
l34 degrees of arc, OK about three
fourths Of . semicircle. Operated from
the deck Of . vessel. or from land, .
kite will thus haul a buoy or line sus-
pended from the flying lines out
through the water . mile or more. In
deed. five-inch hawser, 1900 feet in
length, has thus been passed from ono
ship to another. Very little skill Is
needed In order to steer and otherwise
manage this device, and one lesson Is
usually enough for . crew. A highly
important part Of the apparatus IL the
pair of reels, set up on shipboard or
land, with which the flying lines arc
controlled. Mr.. Davis also makes use
Of . ''top-line," . third cord attached
to the top Of the kite, In getting the
latter up at the start, and In 50 tipping
It - to raise or lower it afterward.
Among the achievements described
by this expert are hauling . specially
constructed wagon and = boat by kite
power. The latter craft can thus sail
Is degrees OF the wind and the former
fully 90. These, however, are only mi
nor incidents In the scheme, which is
designed primarily to assist in promot-
ing communication for purposes Of
rescue, between ship and ship, or ship
and shore. which certainly promises to
be exceedingly useful
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-08-18
coLORiNo OF FRUITS.

Peculiar Tricks Practiced BY the Fruit
Dealers Of France.
The Bulletin d'Arboriculture, of Bel
GUM, points out tho following sophisti-
cations to which fruits arc at. present
submitted in Europe.
Acetate and sulphate Of copper have
for long time been employed for
coloring plums that arc too green.
The color Of lemons Is ''improved' with
citronine and naphthol yellow, and the
green spots arc Initiated by means Of
diamond green.
A pleasing color Is given 70 straw
berries by sprinlkling them with sui
pho-fuchsine or rhodamine, or else q
mixture Of rhodamino and szo-red ID
used.
Nothing Is easier than to give peacheI
: beautiful color. To this effect there
II employed q mixture Of rhodamine,
aso-red and citronine, which Is applied
BY means Of brush and . perforated
plate Of zinc.
The melon itself IL not spared.
Atropeodine or azo-orange 10 intro
duced into the interior by means Of .
tube, and care Is taken to add > little
essence Of melon.
Apples and pears come In their turn.
and pretty varieties OF them are OBJ
tanned by means Of aniline colors,
which attack The 0esh as well - the
epidermiA
At recent dinner DR.. Villon offered
his guests some pears whose exterior
seemed to be intact, but which in
ternally exhibited the colors of the
French nag. The blue was obtained
with Victoria blue and the red with Z
mixture Of rhodamine and azo-red.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-08-18
DIVERSITY OF CROPS.

An Important Matter to the Young Farm
ers Of the South.
The young farmers throughout the
south have begun to diversity their
crops. and the result is even more salts
factory than they had anticipated.
The growing of bookkeeping apples
in southwestern Virginia is becoming
one of the most profitable industries in
that locality. The Albemarle pippin is
in the lead as to varieties. Next comes
the York Imperial or johnson apples
and the Wine Sap.
There is no better illustration of the
loss which occurs from the careless
method of marketing farm crops than
this: For every twenty-five cents saved
by the use of only two wires instead of
three in baling ton of hay, the farmer
who bales the hay for shipment to mar
ket loses one dollar. The hay does not
sell as well rs when the bales look trim
and neat. This is what the dealers in
hay say, and they ought to know.
The Lewis Brothers, of Talladega
county, Ala, who are the owners of .
large track Of cotton-producing land,
propose to have the laborers consume
the farm products. manufacture all
that they need to wear, convert the
cotton into cloth and refine the cotton
seed oil. so that everything raised will
reach the market through the product
of the mill. In this way the services
of the middlemen and the cost of ex-
change will be dispensed with. This
is gratifying evidence of the establish
ment of a new order of things in the
genial climate of northern Alabama.
We have reached stage in Ameri-
can farming when it is found that the
large farms, take them acre for acre,
do not pay as well as small ones. The
extensive or superficial ''cut and
cover" plan is giving way to
the intensive or thorough culture
one. Muscle is giving brain the prece-
dence- Skilful culture. including judi
cious fertilization and such a success
sion and rotation of crops that the soil
becomes each year more and more pro-
ductive. is the new and better way.
Truckers or small farmers who are
fortunate enough to live near a state
experiment station have great advan-
tage over those who do not To have
experiments tried on the same kind of
soil that one owns, and At the expense
Of the government, is just that much in
pocket. New methods are not iustifia-
BILE on = large scale until first actually
put into practice in q small way. For
instance, the truckers and fruit grow
ers in the immediate nelghbor-
hood of the Maryland ex-
pertinent station have been greatly
benefited by the work of the station.
Sub-stations have been found to be of
great practical value in states where
mountain ranges occur and the nature
Of the soil and products differ widely.
In California there are no less than
seven.
II is well that there is disposition
on the part of those who own small
farms near thriving towns on the At
lantic seaboard to engage in growing
the small fruits. such Is Strawberries.
enrrants. raspberries. etc, both for
near s.nd distant maSket& Why NOT
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-08-18
Feeding Hogs.

Speaking of feeding hogs and Of hog
pens, Prof Roberts says: The COM
mon way of constructing the floors of
the pens is unsuitable. If they slope
backward from the trough they will be
kept wet That means sickly hogs that
do not thrive well. l prefer to make
the floor slant toward the trough.
Twice the profit can be made when the
animals lie dry all the while. and. be-
sides that. their health is much better.
Then the feeding. trough should have
its holding capacity in length and not
in dcpfh..s lt-pays to have them fed
With Gb6a, eleaa4 Feed, which means the
af4eiS hee Xetweer'"prof and loss.
,TkeT VII take the wkste from the
ts6fe- ftfltaa mt do. -as is usually the
case. t. have it put into a.tRh OK barrel
which is never emptie1.N cleaned.
That becomes poison. 1t ferments and
sours and makes bad bleod. With the
SOW and youhe pigs taking. i the con-
sequence is they die before they are ten
days old; and even little pigs have the
right to be well born. Hogs fed on
clean food should gain at least one
pound for every four md one-third
pounds of grain used. A man can tell
whethef II VIA pay t. keep them or put
his labor to other sources of profit If
any man feeds his hogs too longi it costs
more than he can make out of them
Breeders Gazette
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-08-18

this band is engraved: "Meinert lone
side not shown) APsris, 1884," and on
the pole pieces the letters n and s in
dicated the polarity. This polarity Is,
according to the French custom, marked
> ON the north-seeking pole. The mag
net weighs two pounds three and .
half ounces and will sustain moro than
Its weight.
The magnet was brought to America
about 1878 by DR.. John Francis Vacher.
. French physician who was educated
1T the college of Montpelier. He joined
one of the American regiments as sur
geon, and served for some time. He
was a member of the Cincinnati. and Is
buried in st. Paul's churchyard, in New
York. IL has been the plaything for
his and his descendants' children for
over one hundred years, and its sur
vival shows its good construction. II Il
now in the possession Of the family Of
the late Hon. Robert Gilchrist.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-08-18
He Dida't want 70 Weslk.

Mrs. Murray was reading stoey 20
her son. Justin, aged five yeazs.
Mrs Murray-Now, Justin. Il your
father WAS to die would you work 70
help mamma?
Justin-Why. mamma, what for7
Haven't we got q nice house TO live IMP
Mrs. Murray-Yes. Justin, 1sut We
can't eat the house. you know.
Justin-Wel, mamma, haven't we got
Q whole lot Of good things In the PAN
try?
Mrs. Murray-Certainly. pet. but ~
would soon eat them up, and then what
would we do?
Justia-Well, mamma, isn't there
enough 10 last until you could get aaa-
other husband?- Brooklyn Life
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-08-18
ROTATION OF CROPS.

The lGethoda Best Adapted 70 Preserve
The Fertility Of the Soil.
To preserve the fertility of the soil,
three methods are being practiced by
our best farmers, viz: Rotation Of
crops, application of commercial fer
tilizers and use of barnyard manure.
Though in general all three are blend
ed together, the first is of primary inn
portance, as it costs nothing but labor
of mind in determining the relative
value Of crops produced and condition
in which soil is left. Systems of rota-
ton necessarily vary in different local.
tiles to meet the demands of soil. pre-
cipitation, Temperatures, market
and special crops. The Califor-
mia farmer must leave out clover,
timothy and corn. The Kansas farm
er clover and all the tame grasses.
The southern farmer most of the cereals,
but has cow peas as substitute for
clover. From experience and observa-
ton from Pittsburgh to San Francisco
in no part of the United States has the
farmer SO wide field for crop rotation
rs in the Ohio valley.
On the uplands of southwestern Ohio
three systems are practiced by our best
farmers. Those on the heavy oak soils
who make timothy hay speciality fol-
low four or five-year rotation. Plant
corn on timothy sod. which is sown in
wheat and seeded to timothy. Pasture
first year lightly. second and third year
NOW, then back to corn. etc. The
corn ground is generally MANFRED
heavily and commercial fertilizers used
on the wheat. In this system corn
must be cut and the wheat is late sown.
Another system where wheat and corn
are the special crops is wheat sown on
corn ground plowed in June. this seeded
in clover, first crop cut, second plowed
under for corn. etc BY this rotation
oats are left out. A system that suits
our wants. where ten mich cows are
kept for butter. is as follows: Corn or
clover, followed by oats; one-half of
oat stubble seeded to clover. the other
half sown in wheat and seeded to clover
and timothy. Clover is cut first year
and clover and timothy pastured first
year and cut second and third. BY this
system we have timothy sod for corn
every fourth year, and have timothy,
corn and oats for seed for horses. clover
hay and fodder for mich cows and
sufficient straw for bedding. Our clover
sod in generally MANFRED for corn and
use commercial fertilizer for wheat,
which will pay in way of q good stand
of clover and timothy.-National Stock
man and Farmer
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-08-18


Of suds to fall upon the water. The
spiral will Immediately make several
revolutions in . most mysterious mani
ner.
The audience should have Its atten-
ton attracted to the fact that the tube
does not come anywhere near the spiral,
and that there il NO force exercised to
move 1t.
Another drop Of the suds In the same
manner will produce . repetition Of
the peculiar action on the part Of the
wire.
The action Of the spiral wire 10 due
to the fact that the addition of drop
Of soapsuds somewhat modihes the sur
face water SO ~ to alter force known
a. Superficial tension" The science
Of this change, however, 10 rather too
deep to permit Of explanation here.
The exhibit Of this trick may be made
In two ways. Either the claim Of magic
may be made for the spiral, which, with
suitable strange incantations and ap-
propriate gesturings. may be made be-
fore the eyes Of the audience and
anointed with the mystic fluid the oil,
or the simplicity of the spiral and oil
may be explained. and the suds. to
which some slight coloring has been
added. may be ready prepared in bot
tie and be introduced - the great mag
netic fluid. There are few whose knowl-
edge Of natural philosophy will enable
them to explain this interesting ex-
pertinent In popular science."-Louis-
VILE Courier-JOurnal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-08-18


There has been of late some discus
sion ON the use Of sulphur in throat
troubles, especially those Of . diph-
theritic character, This h by no means
. new remedy, having been used ~ q
throat disease panacea in certain house
holds for 1t least . quarter Of = cen
tury.- Al soon - inhammatory symp'
toms made their appearance, the throat
was thoroughly busted with sulphur,
this treatment being repeated every
hour If the case was severe. As only
good could come from swallowing the
powder, il was used with the utmost
freedom. Sometimes teaspoonful doses
were taken with the most satisfactory
results. One Of the very best prepare
tions for throat affections il equal parts
Of sulphurous acid and glycerine. This
may Be diluted in the proportion Of
one teaspoonful Of the mixture to halt
. glass Of water. The throat may b
brushed with II or IL may be used . Z
gargle. Freely applied, It will usually
relieve all unpleasant symptoms u
once, and persisted in, it rarely fails Il
cure the most obstinate cases. The OBJ
| lection to II il that II is too simple foI
the medical profession to approve.-N
" rA6Uer
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-08-18
Tnc HABIT OF HAPPINESS.

4 Csaneas fAae Vim AIRY EqsAlly -
Rareass 81 ChmArsa.
1t - just b we'll 70 teach children
the habit Of happiness, - to allow them
to grow up In . constant state Of mo-
roee irritahility and fretfulness.
Very few people realize that irrita-
bility and fault-anding arc merely
habit, and that, too. Of the most dis
agreeable sort II Is comparatively
easy to SEQ why such IN inclination
grows upon the children. The parents
are worried and vexed, wearied with
the cares and responsibilities Of life.
and thus not particularly good-natured.
They not only encourage by their own
conduct the disagreeable practice OF
grumbling and fretting, but are often
50 irritable, that the innocent amuse-
ments of the children CRATE upon their
feelings to such IN extent, that the
youngsters are forbidden to romp or
play about the house.
One New England woman, whose
soul was burdened with care. and who
felt at war with all the world, used to
punish her children when they romped
and rebuked them when they laughed,
charging them with most outrageous
ingratitude and cruelty, because they
could be merry when she was 50 un-
happy.
Many child has gone about the
house, sullen and silent, for this very
reason. Many another has gone out
from the home circle to seek its pleas
ures elsewhere, because the atmos-
phere of home was SO depressing and
gloomy rs to be intolerable. One OF
the greatest mistakes of life is to cul-
tivate the habit Of expecting too much
of circumstances.
There is bound to be just 30 many
drawbacks, Just 20 much misery, pain
and unhappiness in the world, and
those persons are the wisest who make
due allowance for this state of affairs.
Very few things in this life come out
~ we desire, and IL is the most eyre
gious folly to expect any such thing as
perfect happiness, and that all things
in this world will come to as in our own
way.
While it is not all worth while to
cultivate q demean0r anywhere ap-
preaching the hilarious or hippant, it
is an excellent idea to educate oneself
MP to the belief that this is a rather un-
certain existence, and that the best ono
has . right to expect is the middle
ground of comfort, and the absence of
ahlictionA
One of the ablest of contemporary
writer's makes one of her characters
declare that the greatest happiness she
ever allows herself to anticipate is that
she may be spared great sorrows. Lit
tie troubles are certain to come. those
there is no such thing rs avoiding. and
I.vhen one knows that this must be the
case, it would seem the part of wisdom
to 80 prepare the mind for them that
their coming will neither disturb the
even current of life nor upset the tenn
per and nerves to such IN extent rs to
make the sufferer and all immediate
friends sharers in the depression.
There is nothing more helpful than
real, genuine, hearty, heartfelt fun;
and if children and young people were
encouraged to indulge in more of it,
and if parents would take even moder-
ate doses of it themselves, the world
would be in . much more comfortable,
Christian and promising condition
N. Y. Leader,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-08-18
FouR-FoorEo BIRDS.

QueeP Creatures Recently Discovered h
the Anasoa Country.
That there are still numerous chances
for the indefatigable student and in
vestigator SO make new discoveries
may DO judged from the fact that the
only known species Of four-footed bird
has been discovered only quite recently.
This curious anomaly, which could
very properly be styled IN Avis para
doxalis," IL . native Of the Amazon
river country, its principal habitat
being the islands Of Marajo. It IL only
during the period Of incubation 1t
which time the little embryo's extra
legs and feet arc seen at their best
and early birdhood that the four
footed feature IL at all Observable.
Like the baby frog. which either
''sheds" or absorbs ita tail, the four
footed bird rids itself Of its useless
legs In the same manner, chicks six
weeks Of age usually being perfectly
free from any signs Of the extra mem
bers. The ornithologists profess 70 b.
Meve that this curious creature II Z
survival Of some past geological epoch.
Its scientific name is Opisthocomua
cristatus. The natives call Il the
s.hoactxin," which means the ''evil-
smelling bird" Il is also claimed that
there Is not . carnivorous animal
known that will taste it, Aesh.-St.
Louis Republic.