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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-10-20
CARE OF THE ORCHARD.


After Planting Inceseant Cultivation Il
Absolutely Necessary.
Without q good. sound healthy tree
or vine to start with, the best efforts
of the planter will avail nothing.
Then we have . very severe and
changeable climate to contend with,
which is often very disastrous to the
very best trees. In apple. plant noth-
ing but the best root-grsfted trees, and
be careful that the roots are not GOV
cred with root aphis. which are often
the death of newly planted trees. After
your orchard u planted with good.
healthy trees, cultivate, says . Ne
brsska fruit grower. II would do no
harm to plant some hoed crop in tho
orchard. such ~ garden truck, pota-
toes, buckwheat and possibly corn.
but sweet corn would be best. Then
leave . space Of six feet between the
row of trees and the arst row of corn;
then keep up thorough cultivation
until trees commence to rear, remem-
bering all the time to keep the ground
level between the treeA When trees
come to the fruitinR age, SOW tho or
chard to red clover, cutting the first
crop and letting tho second fall down
and lie On the ground, with IN occa.
sional top-dressing Of stable manure.
1t will pay to 60 through the orchard
70 see that the trees do
not get to leaning to the northeast.
While trees are young 1t is an easy Job
to prevent this. This gentleman be-
lieves that 1t would be = good plan
when fruit trees are planted to put .
board on the southwest side and keep
It there until trees are well esta ablished
to prevent what 10 called sun scsld.-
Farmers Voice.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-10-20
Pruning orspes In Summer.

After the bunches Of grapes have
formed on the new vine profitabl
work can be done by going along,
pinching OF the vines just above the
fourth leaf. or one leaf above tho last
bunch of grapeA This will turn much
ef the sap into the new vine which 10
70 come out. either At the ground or
near to it. to make wood for next year
when the old vine is cut away. After
this years vines have been pinched OF
. new branch will shoot ont 1T the
base of each leaf II these are also
Pinched OF when but . few inches
long. no more vines will start out
from them and all the sap for this sea.
son will 60 into the fruit and into the
new vine which shot out from the
ground.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-10-20
Duration Of Life Among Doctors.

One of the most curious statistical
records that has been compiled this
century is that by DR.. Salzman, of Ess-
ling, Wurtemburg, on the average du-
ration of life among physicians He
found, on going over the ancient rec
ords Of the kingdom. that in the six
teenth century the average duration Of
life among that class wa, but s65
years: in the seventeenth century. ass;
n the eighteenth. 49.s. and at the pres
ent time they reach the favora BILE av-
erage of 56.7. 1t appears from the foot
notes to the above that this very great
increase in longevity is due to the dis
appearance Of the black pest the in
PRODUCTION Of vaccination and the great
in the number of typhus
epidemics, three classes of diseases
which formerly decimated the medical
practitioners.-St Louis Republic.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-10-20

A Kentucky PreaeAer's Good Ain Brought
Hls Antagoaist Low.
One way of combating an evil prac-
tice is to make it ridiculous Il was
by this means that dueling was stopped
in . certain district in Kentucky some
forty years ago. At that time . trav-
cling preacher named Bowman, =
strong. muscular man, was conducting
q series Of religious meetings in Ken.
lucky. At one Of them . well-known
desperate character created disturb
ance, and, being publicly rebuked by
Bowman, sent him . challenge to
6ght.
The preachers first thought was to
treat the matter with silent contempt
Then he reflected that dueling was al
too common In that region, and he de-
cided to accept the challenge.
The contest took place on the out
skirts Of the town, and almost every.
body in the place turned out to see the
fun. The seconds arranged the two
men in position, by the side Of each
good sized potatoes
Bowman threw the Arst one. It
struck his opponent in central spot,
and fell to pieces. A shout Of delight
went up from the crowd, which dur.
ried the desperate. and his potato dew
wide of the mark. Bowman watched
his chance. and every time his oppon-
ent stopped for . potato another one
hit him in the side, leaving . wet spot
on his clothes and then scattering on
all sides The fellow was hit in this
way i've times; then the sixth potato
struck him in the short ribs, and he
lay on the grass doubled up with pain
and grooming "Enoughr'
The bystandeEs went wild with de-
light. but Mr.. Bowman looked very
sober. The desperado was taken home
aud put to bed, and there he stayed
for more than . week. And when hs
again appeared he was greeted with SO
many jokes that life was almost bur.
den to him. That was the end Of duel.
Ing in tAst ragioa.-Lexingtoa Tras
script
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-10-20
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
PRACTICAL FARMING.

The Laying Out Of New Rsods 10 Task
81 Greet Importance.
Perhaps some may question the pro-
priety Of treating such = subject under
practical farming" but it seems to "
that good roads have very much to do
with practical farming, and one Of the
best ways to have good roads Is to
study the essentials Of having them
good when laying ont new ones
The following Is taken from . paper
by Prof. n. S. 6haler. which appeared
in the Atlantic Monthly: 1t seems
worth while for al intelligent people
to have some general notion concern
ing the simpler facts involved in the
science and art of roadmsking. With
such persons the study of these mat.
tiers may well begin with certain
fundamental conceptions IS to the es-
sential relations Of these construc-
tions. All highways ara intended to
afford . hard, smooth, and. Is nearly
as possible, horizontal surface over
which that great instrument Of civili-
tion. the wheel, with its burden. can
be made 10 move with the least possi-
BILE friction. Every unit Of friction
which IL encountered 10 . measurable
element Of cost. either iu time. power
or damage to the road and carriage.
For every foot Of distance he traverses
the WAGNER il incurring = tar. II he
is conveying the weight of . ton TO
market the amount of this tax tor .
mile may, under favorable conditions,
not exceed i've cents. From this mini
mum scale OF expenditure, with the
advancing degradation of the way. the
cost may increase until 1t amounts to
ten or twenty times what 1t il In the
ideal though seldom realized state Of .
highway. At Z certain stage In the &C
cumulation of the tax even the more
adventurous, wisely. though without
clear reckoning, regard the way ~
economically impossible. This con-
ception of = roadway tax and . clear
idea IS to the frequent enormity Of the
imposition are the fundamental no
tions which we need to fix in the
minds Of our people. With these well
affirmed we may hope to interest them
in the questions Of betterment.
As in most other matters. the details
connected with tho construction and
nse Of roads arc much harder to pre-
sent than the general considerations
Of the subject There are however.
certain simple considerations which
will enable anyone to know the essen
tial differences between sound and un-
sound practice in the construction Of
The 6rst and most Inn
portant though in countries the most
neglected, element Of care concerns
what engineers call the profile of the
way; that is, the irregular line de-
scribed by Its center across the coun-
try.
Tbs ordinary rosdmaster is in al
cases tempted to draw his proposed
limo as directly - possible between
his principal objective points. If he
makes . depression from . rectilinear
path. It is generally because he has
encountered an insuperable obstacle,
or because some landowner has effect
'vely objected to having his fields cut
In twain Thus It comes about that the
greater part of our roads are. from
their unnecessary uphill and down,
sorely taxing to the community which
they are supposed to serve. In many
parts Of New England and the other
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-10-20

An improvement in the ordinary box
shaped concussion churn has been
made in Australia The improvement
simply in having two square
apertures, one opposite the other. in.
stead of the one aperture. which il
the rule in ordinary churnk The Sec
ond opening permits thorough venti-
lation after the operation of churning
il concluded, and also enables the
to be much more e6ectually
done than under the old condition,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-10-20

The farmer who travels over it pays tax q
great proportions for every mile ccvered.l
hilly portions Of this country, . wagon
usually has to climb an aggregate
height Of . thousand or more feet in
going . distance Of ton miles. an
amount Of grade which could readily
have been avoided by adding two or
three miles to the length of the way.
In the rough reckoning of the coun-
try engineer, it always seems TO be
always advantageous to construct .
road on the most direct alignment
which will be passable to loaded vc-
HOLES. with all the power which can
conveniently be put upon them. II
the only economy which IL thus efPect-
ed il the cost of the first construction.
A close reckoning will always indi-
cate that this initial economy II
bought 1t . disproportionate ann usl
cost in the expense of use and main.
tenance. The load which can Be-
drawn over she direct way is often not
more than half that which could be
taken over the lower route. and pro-
portionate wear on the draught ami
mails and the vehicles will often vary
in . simila- measure. Moreover, the
expense Of maintaining hilly roads,
under the wearing action Of rain, frost
and locked wheels, will more than
eoun serbalance the cost of . longer but
less inclined route.
Many persons. particularly those Of
small experience, are of the opinion
that they carry in the mind = wide
syretch Of country 30 effectively that
they may be able to design . route
which will At the topography IN sat
isfactory laanner. This is clearly .
delusion - is shown by the fact that
no trained engineer. however wide his
experience, dares trust himself to
stake out = mile of railway without .
careful preliminary survey Of the
ground, one which will enable him to
take 70 his clace the data BY which ne
can plat and compare the several pos
sible routes. This care Is to the loca-
tion Of . railway, though invariably
taken. il. in proportion to the magni-
tude Of the interests involved, Of
rather less consequence than that de-
mAnded in the case Of common road.
The increase in the expenditure Of en-
ergy required TO convey the loads Of
ordinary wagons mp steep slopes II
quite o great as it would Be- in the
cass Of . locomotive climbing like
grades, and the power which is applied
through horae0esh costs far more per
unit than that 1sed In = locomotive.
II is therefore clearly important TO
lake the same kind Of care In deter
mining the route 70 b followed by .
highway - II taken In the choice Of \
line for the newer kind Of transporta-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-10-20
CHARLIE IS NERVOUS.
And Taking Hls Girl Along tn the DEATHS
Ruined Hla Chaneel.

Ana TAXING Hlo G1fl Along IN the Oe0et0e'o Q
Ruined His Chances.
II don't think" said the girl with
the sailor hat, that You used Charlie
right. There he has gone to = lot of
expense getting ready to marry you
and you had not given him IN intima-
tion that you had any other thought
than that of becoming his wife. Then
you threw him over in minute. You've
broken his heart and know it."
WELL" said the girl with the silk
waist, I'm sure thought wanted to
marry him, but 1 just couldn't. You
wouldn't either. if you had gone
through what ! did"
Tell me-" said the girl with the
sailor hat, imperatively.
''You see, Charlie is nervous; think
he is q good deal of q coward, too, but
that didn't matter much. Only, one
day he told me that it was necessary
for him to 60 to the dentists and have
some teeth fixed, and he said he
couldn't bear the idea. He talked so
much about the pain and all that sort
of thing that told him l would go
along and cheer him up. He said that
that would be just splendid, and that
with me around he was sure he could
stand all sorts of pain without = whim-
per. We went up to the dentists last
Saturday afternoon. We had to wait
. good while in the ante-room, but
Charlie didn't seem to mind it much. ]
really think that my being there made
him feel better, and was glad of it.
The time came for him to 20 into
the operating room, and he went in,
first squeezing my hand and telling ma
to stay there until he came out. sat
over near the door and could hear the
The dentist took one of
those horrid, pokey little things and
pried around in Charlie's mouth. Then
he said that there were two teeth that
would have to be pulled. l heard
Charlie give great gasp. and he asked
the dentist to let me come in the room
and stay there until the teeth were
ont. didn't want 70 . bit. but went
for Charles sake When I got in there
Charlie was lying back in the chair
with his mouth wide open and I was
shocked. He Is . fairly good-loolxing
fellow usually, but with that mouth
open he is fright. ] couldn't endure
living with = man who looked like that.
70 just left the place and sent Charlie
beck his ring. "-pat3slo Express
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-10-20
HEAT AND RABIES.
Mere Dogs Go Mad in A1idwinter Than ia


Mere Dogs Go Mad in Midwinter Than 10
Midsummer.
''Of course you know there is no con-
nection between the hot weather and
canine Madness" said Washington
veterinarian in speaking to Post man
the other day. ''The dog days are a
myth, for statistics have shown that
rabies in dogs or any other animal does
not depend on the heat for its develop
ment; but, in fact. there are more mad
dogs in Paris every winter according
to government statistics, than in the
summer. But it is true, nevertheless,
that there have been a great many mad
dogs in Washington lately. The most
of them are not recognized as such. but
they are real rabies nevertheless, and
every time now that any one comes
to me to attend a dog with a bone in
his throat start out loaded to kill
mad dog. if necessary.
THE most people do not know il.
but there are two sorts of rabies. the
dumb and the raging. In the latter
there is no mistaking the disease. The
dog starts out to run amuck, and goes
swapping and biting ut everything in
sight till he falls exhausted. But
the other variety is principally
indicated by paralysis of the
lower jaw, which makes the animal
go about with his mouth hanging open
as though he had bone in his throat.
The disease does not seem to make the
animal vicious, but he goes around
looking for sympathy. rubbing af-
fectionately against his master and
begging to be caressed. He will lick
the face and hands of his owners, if al
lowed. and the virus is as easily trans
mitted in this way as through a bite,
should the subject of the caress have
any cut or abrasion of the skin that
the poison can reach.
The animal will try to drink, but
cannot, owing to the paralysis of the
throat muscles, and the madness is
rarely discovered till in the last stages.
i have had several cases of this sort
lately among the owners of fine pet
dogs. but, of course. when the animal
is killed the matter is kept very quiet.
Madness does not seem to be so
common among the ours of the city rs
with the high-bred specimens Pound
master Einstein, when questioned. said
that he had not met with a case of
rabies this summer. but says it is hot
enough down at the pound office to
give the poundmaster all the different
sorts of madness and brain fever in the
catalogue, and now he is going around
looking for some one to introduce a
special resolution in the house appro-
priating electric fans for the relief of
the pound man. Post
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-10-20
Fertili,er, for Apele rr.e..

A writer in Gardening illustrated
makes the following good sugges-
tlons: He finds one of the simplest
aud best is bone meal, followed with
stable manure. This treatment an.
swers for all kinds Of fruit The bone
is forked in, and the stable manure il
applied - . mulch. Most Of the COM
mercial manures are too costly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-10-20

Prof. Sayce has been editing The En-
glish trsnslatioa Of PROF. Maspero's
dawn Of Civili1ation-" The work win
appear In The autumn-
The lettsrs and manuscripts Of the
late Prof. Roberta0n Smith are 70 be
edited by his brother, Mr.. Mitchie
Smith, Of NsdraA and BY DR.. Suther.
land Hack.
Prof. Onken, the German historian,
has been all his lite remarkably free
from pimpleA He II vegetarian, and
rolls. eaten with rsdishas.
-voltairs, when he began the study
Of English. and found that 'sagus" was
pronounced - two sylsbles and
plague" - one, said that 10 wished
that half The English had the one
disease and the other half the other
Prince Biamarck's estates are heav-
ny mortgsgad, amounting to about
SEVEN hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars. OF his gross income moro than
thirty-two thousand dollars must be
devoted every year to paying the in
terest On his debtA
John Marshall, says the Philadel-
phia Press, Il TO 90 on . postage stamp.
That II we'll He did moro than any
other man on our bench to decide that
the United States II . nation His de-
ciaions struck the first great blows in
the struggle for the union and dug the
foundations ON which rose our present
fabric Of constitutional law.
Before leaving this country to
spend his sabbatieal year abroad IL il
expected that Prof. Barrett Wendell
win have completed his book. ''Wil-
liam Shakespeare-AS Study n EnGlish
literature" Prof. Wendell = the an
thor Of ~ clear and elsvsr . hand hook
ON English conposition - scholar or
ignoramus en- hope TO scan.
DIR. C. b. s. Davis, Of Meriden.
Conn, h said to have one Of the finest
libraries in the state Of Connecticut
Dr. Davis Il the editor Of Biblia, .
monthly journal Of biblical and arche-
ological literature, and joint editor
Of Ancient Egypt" His collection Of
ancient Egyptian chronological re-
mains II said 70 b the largest in tho
United StateA
Miss sara Jeanette Duncan. tho
author of "A Social Departure" il tho
daughter Of Charles Duncan, Of Brant-
ford, Ont After teaching awhile sho
entered upon journalistic work, and In
her journey around the world was cor
respondent for several Enelish and
Canadian papeTA She II now the vito
of Prot Everard Cotes, who holds IN
important position In the Indian mu-
scum, cAlcutts.
Tho popular novelist Of the day
win mot starve. Mr.. Robert Louis
Stevenson, It il reported, h ssking in
England ten thousand dollars for the
serial rights alone Of his new story:
''The Lord Justice Clerk" Another
novelist, Mr.. Kipling, has seen his
jungle Book" sell in England at the
rate Of ten thousand copies Nobody
knows yet how many have been dis
posed of In America and elsewhere.
Capt. Mahan, UniSoA States navy,
who has bssn receiving such unusual
honors from England, il extremely
modest by te0peranenk After he had
Anished the manuscript of his remark
able work On ''Sea Power" early in the
year 1859 he sabmitted 1t to . literary
man in this city, making the character
istic remark that it WAS - conscien-
tious piece Of work" The New York
found it . good deal moro
than that and strongly advocated its
II has made Naha1 r.
vv.nvna
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-10-20
APPEAL


xAo childish voice rose 10 my ear.
Swees-toned and eager. praying nos
II an 20 little. granna, dear,
Please lift me up. 80 can see."
! Hooked down 1t the pleading face.
Felt the small hands entreating touch.
And, stooping. caught in swift embrace
The baby boy I loved so much,
Aad held him up that he might gane
At the great pageant OF the sky,
The glory Of the sunsets blaze,
The glittering moon that curved oh high
With speechless love I clasped him close.
And read their beauty in his eyes.
And on his fair cheek kissed the rose,
Sweeter than blooms OF Paradise.
And In my heart his eager prayer
Found echo, and the self-same cry
Rose from its depths through Heavens air:
20 gracious Father. lift me high.
so little and so low am 1.
Among earth's mists call to Thee,
Show me the splendors OF Thy sky.
o lift me up, that may see."
Celia Thaxter. In Youths Companion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-10-20

Wished He Hadn't Said Ik-She-
''Your step suits mime admiralty" He
$50 glad; specially - I da1ee -
dreadfully bad."-Leed's Mercury.
Naming the Baby
What shall We naDe the babyf
TIE plnk-whtte little ELF;
Don't worry. but wait till IFS older.
And then - it name itself.
Detroit Free PreeA
"A Little Ad.- -.
The merchant said 70 HIS eGlce boy,
Publicity. / sco4 iti'' o.
sBut . little a." said The little lad,
"WNn Htle - - ye1r Dgeak"
-Printer's Ink.
-"Why don't you send your husband
20 the water cureT' ''Great goodnessi
Whats the use? He never tastes It NO
moro an II It was poison. Inter
Ocean.
An Irish Sportsman. Pat-"Be
jabers, yez shot naythur wan ~ thimr'
Mike-"How tn divil could /. whin tn
report ~ tn gun frightened 10th ~
thin away?'-Leslie's Weekly.
-"Kranse will have it that he made
. speech Of two hours duration 1t the
meeting. but zee It only takes mp the
space Of half . column in the paperA"
''Ah; but, you know, Kranse stam-
merA"-Humoristiche Blaettsr.
Might Invessigate.-First Shark
''Why do you watch that girl In the
red suit % narrowlyT' Second Shark
''Oh. nothing! Only heard fellow
tell her she WAS nice enough 70 eat,
and thought might n well keep m
eye ON her."-Puek.
-Misunderstood.-T rival physi-
clans were ones swoppin9 lies about
the size Of their respective pFacticeA
"Do you know" said the one, II was
wakened mp NO less than hve times last
night" Mercy, what . shame" was
the prompt reply. why don't you get
some insect powder?-Truth-
Little Fly had bsen given . ten
cent pisee and ssnt 70 boy . postage
stamp The clerk gave her the stamp.
and eight pennies in change. Fay
counted the pennies twice. ThsA abe
said, with . puxxled look, II don't
think this In right How much did yoa
say . two-cent stamp oostT'-Youth's
Companion.
-"Whst's the matter, Butler? You
look very glum." 81 am glum You
know those patent dime banks that
won't open until you've got ten dollars
in emr' Yea" well, we've got
one home. I put in se.so" And bur-
Rlars came in and stole itT' mo, sir:
but ny wife put IN the hundredth dime
and rot the ten dollAzs"-HArper's
BaRr.
IL think Dawkins' books ought -
have diagrams TO explain his jokes,"
said CritieuA Dawkins has ADsd that
Everytime be has any Of his characters
perpetEsts . joke he adds, AT this
sally Of Rupsrt's the whole eoapeny
laughed or, Az Rupert spoke. Aand
was convulsed with laughtee.' II h =
great scheme for humogis>s," Cynieos
replisd-Harpsr's HssAE.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-10-20

II You want to put = front on your
house that will be the admiration Of
every passerby. plant y clematis Jack.
manii The mass of rich purple bios
SONS makes the poorest house = thing
eS beauty.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-10-20

nick.named by his contemporaries be-
cause. in his writings. he lampooned
all his enemies with no little vipor.
He was called the Wasp Of Twicken-
ham, the hard of Twickenham. an
Empty Flask. Little Nightingale.
Poet Pug. Paper Spsring Pope. Porten-
tons Cub. and many other insulting
nsmes. =
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-10-20
-vashington had innumerable nick

-Washington had innumerable nick
nameA He WAS called the American
Fabius, in allusion 70 the fact that he
pursued = cautious policy, and without
ever winning battle managed to ha-
rass and worry the enemy; the Atlas
Of America, the Cincinnatus Of the
West, this name by Byron; the Deliv-
erer Of America, the Father of His
Country, the Step-father Of His Coun-
try, the Flower of the Forest, . name
given him by the Indians, and Lovely
Georgius, = name bestowed by The
British soldiers engaged N the war.