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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-11-24
a FAMOUS WARsHiP.


the AlnbQ00.
Standing before the bulletin-boards
of any Of the newspapers of the coun-
try, on . morning in the early days OF
last February, we should have found
ourselves in q group Of people eagerly
discussing the news. We should have
heard exclamations Of surprise, sor.
row. and regret arising on every side:
"What! the old Kearsarge wrecked!"
"What pity to lose the famous old
ship!' ''Too bad that she should be
lost!"-while the older men in the
crowds, turning to the younger, were
recalling incidents of those stirring
times when the Alabama, built in
England for the confederate states,
was for nearly two years the terror OF
the seas.
During the height of the civil war,
from the Sunday, August "A, 1852, when
she was put in commission under the
command of Capt Raphael Semmes.
near the Azores, to that Sunday, June
19, 1864, when she was sunk of the
coast of France, the Alabama roamed
at will over the North Atlantic, South
Atlantic and Indian oceans. From
Newfoundland to Singapore her name
was known and spoken with fear. Ap-
pearing and disappearing, she captured
and looted prizes. pursued and de-
stroyed merchantmen, but eluded all
naval pursuit. Escaping every danger,
she accomplished more work and did
more harm than any other ship Of an
cient or modern times.
So great, indeed, was the injury done
to American commerce, that at length
the government built = ship of good
live-oak in the navy-yard of Ports
mouth, N. H., and naming her tho
Kearsarge, after one of the mountain
peaks of the Old Granite State, COM
missioned her, under the command of
Capt John A. Winslow. to hunt down
this famous ''Corsair of the Seas"
The Kearsarge Immediately went in
search of the Alabama, and found her
1T last in the harbor of Cherbourg. ON
the northern coast Of France. The
Alabama had run in there for coal,
and Capt. Winslow, having made sure
Of his famous enemy, awaited her of
the coast. Visitors from Paris, and all
the country round, flocked to town, as
rumors of coming naval combat filled
the air, and the rumors proved not with
out foundations; for on Sunday morn
ing, June 10, 1864. while thousands Of
spectators lined the shore, the Ala
bama, flushed with her past exploits.
and confident of success, sailed proudly
out to meet the Kearsarge beyond the
neutral waters of the bay.
I'VE, as victors, will continue last
nights festivities on shore this even
ing" said the Alabama's officers to
their friends, on taking leave, laughing
merrily over the hand-shakings and
good-bys. One hour and two minutes
from the time the first guns were fired,
those very confident officers were swim
ming for their lives, and the Alabama,
riddled with shot and shell. her hull
pierced through and through by the
eleven-inch shells from the great after
pivot gum of the Kearsarge, and with
many of her crew killed and wounded,
had disappeared forever beneath the
waves.
'sThe Alabama sunk!" How the news,
when it arrived, flashed over this coun-
try, and with what rejoicing it was re-
ceived in all the loyal states!-H. Gil
bert Frost, in st. Nicholas.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-11-24

Rich, fertile pasture lands no doubt
produce grass of higher nutritive quail
ity than poor soils And yet in tho
extreme south it has been almost tho
universal practice among stockmen and
farmers to devote the poorest portions
of their farms to pasture and to culti-
vate the richest. While they are Of
course fully cognizant Of the fact that
rich land will produce . greater yield
Of forage, yet they have not, IS . rule,
been imbued with the knowledge that
the richer the soil the richer the feed
stun.
It is then not always best to pasture
only poor land and cultivate only the
richest portions. Would it not be bet
ter to devote some of the richer lands
to grass and cultivate some Of tho
poorer, using green crops to turn un-
der to fertilize the latter in counec.
tion with stable manure and limited
use of commercial fertilizers, thus
bringing up year by year ITS produc-
tive capacity? BY proper management.
in very few years the poorer portions
Of the farm can be made rich enough
to give good and nutritive grass.-Ed-
w,n Montgomery, in Farm and Fire
side.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-11-24
ONCE IN AWHILE.

Oooo In awhile the sun shines out
Ana the archfng skies are perfeot blue;
O9oe In awhile mid clouds Of doubt
EAash's brightest stars come peepins
through.
~ pains lead down by the meadows fair
WAor0 sweetest blossoms nod and smilA
w ~ aside our cross OF care
Once In awhile.
Onoo In awhile within our own
We clasp the hand OF steadfast friend:
Once In awhile We hear . tone
" love With the hearts own voice to blend
Ao0 the dearest Of al our dreams come true
Ana on Nfe's way Is . golden mile:
4ieon th1roting flower is kissed with dew
Once In awhile.
O0co In aWhile in the desert sand
We And . spot OF the fsirest green:
OAoe In awhtle from where we stand
The hills OF Paradise are seen.
Ana . perfect JOY In our hearts We hold.
4 JOY that the world cannot denle:
We trade earth's dross for the purest golA
Once In awhile
Nixon Waterman. in Chicago Journal
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-11-24
CHICAGO AT NIGHT.
Food and Religion offered to
Midnight Prowlers.
The Genesis Of the owl Lunch Csr-QsssF
Patrons Of the Red Hot" vender-
Some Novel Advertising Schemes
"A Church ON Wheels.
Especial Chicago Letter.l


Whenever q city man gets tired Of
the monotonous hustle of daylight ex-
istcnce he takes a night of and spends
It wandering through the great arteries
connecting the three divisions Of the
city-the South, North and West sides.
BY this do not mean that he stoops to
anything risque or indecent. He sim
ply familiarizes himself with the night
life Of = great city, which offers un-
limited opportunities for making
money in = legitimate way. The pa
irons Of midnight merchants, it is true,
have frequently lost all semblance Of
rcspectability, but the men and women
who supply them with eatables and
amusements are, as . general thing,
quite as respectable as those doing
business 1T other hours. The CONNER
cial interests Of metropolis like Chi
caRo render . certain amount OF night
work almost a necessity. The city
government, the street car companies,
the railway and steamboat corpora
tions, tho newspapers have to have
considerable labor performed at hours
when the streets are comparatively de-
serted. Hundreds of these working
men are frequently toiling in the OUT
lying districts where restaurants and
eating houses are unknown luxuries.
In years gone by they had to carry
their midnight lunches In tin boxes, or
60 hungry. A bright young fellow got
tired of this sort of thing one cold
night. He put on his thinking cap,
drew his savings out of the bank, and
surprised his fellow-workers by ap-
pearing ''in their midst" at midnight
with . wagon loaded with eatables and
hot coffee
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-11-24

The Wild hibiscus is large and bes9
fully-1hspsd blossom Of delicste pink.
and eometimes white. Large as IL il,
il has none Of the coarseness of the sim
Rle hollyhock, which II suggests 1t Is
. tide-water plant. bat it i found along
the marshes about Syracuse. where
salt-springs make the damp earth
braekiah and seem to furnish some
thing necessary to the growth Of the
peank IN. 7. Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-11-24

If the hens do not lay cease giving
grain and feed . pound of lean meat
once . day to twenty hens. If they
have . run NO other food will be neces-
sary. Feed the meat 1T night. Condt
tion powders should not be given un.
less the hens are sick, rs anything thai
is gwen them while they are healthy
may overstimulate them, and induce
the eating Of more than is necessary.
Feed too little rather than too much
when the hens can scratch and work.
Farm and Fireside.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-11-24
ANCIENT ELECTRICIANS.


Some Interesting Theories Advanced BY .
BiblicaI Student.
Since the startling discovery that Jo-
seph, in Egypt, was the original single
taxer, excessive establishment need not
greet the revelation that the ancient
prophet Moses was probably the father
of electricians. As King Solomon de-
clared, there is nothing new under the
sun. The theory that electricity, which
this age prides itself upon as its own
peculiar glory, is as old rs the Ten Com
mandments, and was well known to the
Israelites, if not to the Phenicians, has
been advanced by 4 shrewd biblical
student, C. B. Warrand. As Piazzi
Smyth has sought to establish
the wonderful astronomical genius
Of the old Egyptians by . thor
ough investigation of the great pyra-
mid, so Mr.. Warrand has brought
modern science to bear upon the ark Of
the covenant and the temple Of the
ancient Israelites. When Moses built
his box for the commandment tablets,
other native woods and chose fir wood.
which had to be imported by the
Phenician merchants from the south
ern part of Europe.
Now, fir happens to be the best
known non-conductor among all the
great number Of various timbers. Fur
thermore, Moses had this fir box lined
inside and outside with beaten gold,
thus converting the art Of the covenant
into . very expensive, but very perfect,
Leyden jar, or storage battery for cleo
tricity. Edison or Tesla" declares
Mr.. Warrond, could not have improved
upon Moses fir and gold box" The
carbon in the fir of the ark of the COW
enant charged the strange battery.
Aaron improved upon this by the
building Of poles fifty ellis lone hundred
and fifty feet high. These poles were
covered with beaten gold, and gold
chains were hung from the poles to the
srk-a method by which the prophet
secured . complete and powerful cleo
tricAl connection, His sons were killed,
without wounds or bruises, by fire
breaking out of the ark. Investigator
Warrsnd has asserted that in order to
deal death from this apparatus Aaron
had only to remove the costly camel's
hair carpets, which were almost per-
feet non-conductors of electricity, and
make the culprit stand ON terra firma-
That several members Of revolving
tribes Of Israelites were thus electro
cuted il also . matter of record in the
Bible. In building the temple Selo-
mon found that copper would do Is
well - gold. He had the temple COW
cred with copper. and copper water
pipes led into the cisterns inside the
temple. On the temple. Or rather on
its roof. number Of gilt spears were
placed in vertical positions. from six
teen to otwenty-four feet high. All these
curious faets may not b convincing.
but they certainly compel m 70 won
der il, after al. some Of the laurels Of
franklin may not yet be awarded to
M0sna Record
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-11-24

Corn fodder and corn stover are quite
commonly used as synonymous terms
and interchangeable. Their exact i'm.
port should be clearly understood: Corn
fodder is the name properly kiven to
the corn plant when gathered, includ-
ing the grain, and corn stover applies
only to the stalks when cut and Sc
cured for feed after the ears have been
removed. These aro not technical
terms; they are only common names
and should be universally adopsed.-
Farm and Dairy.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-11-24

good people say that no one not under
the demoralizing influence Of poor beer
could successfully digest red-hot; and
observation on the spot leads me to
think that they are right, for the bulk
of the sausage fiend's custom energies
from basement saloons and barrel
houses. r-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-11-24

paying Ave cents for two wafdes, sfs
though he could buy six for the same
amount Of money from the grim-look-
ing baker in the wagon. The waffle
car Is . low affair, supplied with gas
oline stove and q variety Of irons. II
is becoming q familiar sight In the
country towns near Chicago, and, un-
less dyspepsia puts an end to the en-.
terprise, will soon invade every west
ern community. A wealthy German
baker is now having constructed num-
ber of cars which he intends to send
through Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and
other states He expects to charge
Eve cents for two hot wafiles-a price
which promises to return exorbitant
interest ON his iuyestmeut
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-11-24

EDITH = "What makes you think
that Charley is in love with you?''
Maude-.'why, ma talked to him over
half IN hour last evening, and he
really seemed to enjoy it."-Bostoa
Transcript.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-11-24

Cast iron weights 444 pounds to the
cubic foot, and 1-inch square bar will
sustain = weight of 1850 pounds;
bronze, weight 525 pounds, tenacity
%, 900; wrought iron, weight $50.
tenacity $4,000; hard struck" steel.
weight 400, tenacity $4,000; aluminium,
weight l6s, tenacity %, COO We are 90
customed TO think Of metals ~ being
stronger than wood, and 30 they are.
generally speaking, if only pieces Of
the same size be tested. When equal
weights Of the two materials Be com
pared, it is then found that several
varieties Of wood are stronger than
ordinary steel A bar Of pine just -
heavy q . bar Of steel m inch square
will hold mp 125. 900 pounds; the best
ash IL, 900 pounds, and some hemlock
200. 600 pounds. Wood II bulky. Il oe-
cupies 10 or IL times the space Of steel
The best castings made for the United
States navy have stenscity Of *, ono to
"a, 1000 pounds to the square inch By
solidifying such castings under great
pressure. . tensile strength Of 900 to
lso, 600 pounds may Be obtained.-Rail-
way Review.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-11-24

ibid you ever try the faith cure,
Tompkins?
Yes It cured me too"
"What of?''
'.Faith in the faith eurc.~-Jqdgs,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-11-24
FASHIONS IN PETTIcoATs.

Care Takea - Secure Perfect Rlt-Blaek
for Travelling.
A flannel petticoat is certainly .
mundane thing, and yet even flannel
petticoats have . fashion Of their own.
Time was when hand embroidery on
flannel must be had and elaborate work
put ON even coarse material Now en-
broidered flannel is generally relegated
to children's wear. and only . tiny
fancy edge is used to finish the narrow
rufdes, which are Invariably trimmed
with lace.
Physicians and would-be critics may
inveigh against small hips and waist,
but there is yet to be found the woman
who will not endeavor to look q small
as possible, particularly as she grows
older, 80 that the greatest attention is
paid to every undergarment, not only
that IL should be tasteful and costly,
but also that it should be made to en-
hance or disguise the figure. Yokes ore
necessities in petticoats.
Flannel petticosts should not reach
below the knees, and should be care
fully cut. A good pattern Is to have .
wide back breadth cut across, and .
full piece Joined thereto. The side
pieces. Of course. must be gored.
Lace insertiOn-one or two rows
alone-one or more narrow hounces
edged with lace, always looks well.
Light blue and light pink are the fav-
orite colors, although home women
prefer white.
/ have seen black flannel petticoats.
and as some women always wear black
underwear in travelling, these black
petticoats are used for that purpose.
They were certainly pretty, for they
were well cut and made and had ruf1es
Of black instead Of white lace, headed
with broad black satin ribbon feather
stitched on either side.-Vogue.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-11-24

Ibid Miss Trotters make any pur-
chases while she was abroad?-
"Yes. indeed; che got m italian
count on the bargain eountsr in 1pme.-
Chicago Tribune-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-11-24
(Seneels Of the Lunch Car.


This might be called the beginning
Of the peripatetic restaurant in Chi
cago. Enterprising day laborers all
over the city followed the example of
their brighter comrade. They did not
have the money to buy q horse and
wagon, and 50 they carried q coffee
tank heated by kerosene and . tin box
filed with sandwiches from one lahnr
center to the other. But as soon as the
business justified the investment they
evolved into aristocrats and became
the owners of wagons and horseflesh.
In the course OF time they sold sand
wiches and coffee to chance pedes-
TRANS at q slight increase in price;
and, before sleeping Chicago knew 1t, .
veritable midnight lunch car trust had
sprung up. Moneyed men on the look
out for . heavy rate OF interest took
hold Of the idea. They fitted up com
Portable wagons, supplied with every
known kitchen convenience, and hired
men to occupy certain corners on the
main thoroughfares. The wagons
were sent out at nine o'clock in the
evening and returned to headquarters
1T six o'clock in the morning. The en-
terprise was successful from the start.
and now the owl lunch car is one Of
the fixed institutions of tho city. It
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-11-24
Darrosm l.hslessphy.

Truly said Witticus, when he ssW
nx tail soup and tongue ON the Tree
lunch counter, ''extyemssm mes& -L0A
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-11-24
Csetonseed Hulls for Stock.

Cottonseed hulls promise to become
q leading competitor of wheat as
food for stock. If the price of corn
advances much more, rs it probably
will in consequence of the shortage Of
this years crop, farmers that have corn
will probably sell it and feed their
stock ON cheaper food.
The government bureau of animal
industry has recently shown the value
of wheat for fattening stock, and has
recommended its use where corn sells
anywhere near the price of wheat
Another new food for stock, and ono
which is said to be cheaper than corn
at present prices. is cottonseed meal.
This mixture is being fed with good
results to cattle in the south, and 1t has
lately been introduced into the stock
raising districts of the northern states,
particularly New York.
Cottonseed hulls are baled like hay
and sell at from four to five dollars per
ton in southern markets--St Louis
Republic
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-11-24
A aANDwICH CAl

supplies night providers with cold
meats of every description and eggs
cooked In numerous ways, - well n .
fairly good cap Of coffee, tea or cocoa.
The prices charged arc moderate, con-
sidering the qualify Of the food. The
syndicates controlling the wagons are
making money and give employment
to several hundred men and women.
The public is accommodated, and tho
lover Of the quaint and curious takes
delight In watching the motley crowd
which buys its meals from the gutter,
and eats them, seated, proud - Tro-
jams, On the curb stone.
The vender Of ssReA Hoes."
More numerous than the lunch wag-
on is the strolling salesman Of red
hots-" This individual. clothed in rag
ged trousers, . white coat and cooks
cap, and unlimited cheek, obstructs the
night prowler at every corner. He car
ries tank In which are swimming and
sizzling hundreds Of Frankforters or
WienerA These mysterious denizens
Of the steaming deep arc sold for Ave
esnts, which modest charge includes
IN allowance Of horseradish or some
other tear-producing substance. Sev-
eral years ago The sausage man was
driven out by the tomale vender. A
number Of exiled Cali1ornians conceived
tho idea that the night owls Of Chicago
should Be educated up to the Pacific
coast toxnnlo standard. They started q
factory out on tbs West aide and en-
gagged every available red-hot salesman
to push their business For short
time they made money. Everybody
wanted to mowwhat . chicken tomale
was Hke But one tasts satisfied curl
osity ~ well ~ appetite. The enter
prise proved . dead failure, and the
little "wurst" was reinstated in Its
plaee Of honsr. have heard eogne
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-11-24

HINDoo mythology il wen fixed fog
gods There are said TO Be over Aooo.-
90 q them
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-11-24
Chsatine Cotton Grovsr..

One Of these things in which farmers
show their lack of thought is the man
ner in which they permit themselves
to be swindled by dishonest persons,
who seem to choose them for their
easiest prey. Just now the cotton
growers are being cheated with lint
less cotton, rs it is called; that is, va
riety that produces seed free from the
fbrous attachments to it Of the So
called lint. This new variety, rs it is
said, is far more profitable for tho
bare seed than other kinds
are for the lint and seed,
too. But little thought will
teach those concerned that the lint of
the cotton plant and the seed are es-
sential to each other, because the lint
is attached to the seeds by the very
nature of the plant, and that kind Of
cotton without lint must be barren Of
seed, rs well as of its fbrous attach
ment The cotton grower kills two
birds with one stone, rs it were, when
he produces the ordinary cotton. get
ting the seed and the lint both, and, as
two are better than one, the intless
cotton must be of less value than the
common kind. and even worthless, -
compared with it.-N. Y. Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-11-24
Queer nidn,e hit Advertisements.

Enterprls;ng Chicago merchants
have long since discarded night adver-
Using by means of . stereopticon. Tho
people are too busy to stand quietly
opposite dead wall to see . business
card appear cut of the gloom. They
are in the habit Of moving along even
in the night time. Firms engaged in
the manufacture Of cigars, chewing
gum and similar luxuries spent several
thousand dollars before they learned
how to attract the attention Of tho
nocturnal pedestrian. A chewing gum
manufacturer was the first to hit upon
. new idea. He sent out . Graeco-
Roman chariot drawn by four white
horses and guided by q faded red.
haired beauty. The vehicle and tho
auburn tresses of the driver were
ornamented with tiny electric lights,
which obtained their current from .
storage battery. The scheme was >
bowling success in every way. In
fact, it proved so profitable as an I'D.
vertisement that q cigar manufacturer
organized squadron of knights and
mounted them on wooden horses ON
rollers, the entire troop being pro-
PEELED by two desh-and-blood steeds.
The color sergeant Of the troop carried
. flag setting forth the merits of the
particular brand of cigars that needed
advertising. could never learn
whether the Trojans ever encountered
the Grecian charmer, but fear that
they have met and destroyed each
other, for it is some weeks since have
seen either Of the rival outfits. II
they did meet and do battle, ] might
remark, en- passant, 1t would have been
safe to lay heavy odds on tho Greek
maiden with the red hair.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-11-24
The NGidnixht 0sspsl van.

A clerical gentleman, who has seen
all the things have described here
and who labored under the impression
that the night providers might per.
chance be saved, = short time ago hit
upon . novel idea to circumvent Satan.
He purchased . light delivery wagon
and Z spawned horse, set up . wheezy
organ in the vehicle and started out to
reform the world. Whenever he comes
upon . crowd Of loafers he plays q tune
on the organ, accompanying the in
strument with fine tenor, and
delivers . discourse on the wickedness
Of fast life and the grace Of salvation.
At first this midnight missionary was
jeered by his hearers, but since he led
several hardened sinners 20 see the
error Of theT ways he receives re-
spectful consideration. Az I was re-
turning from . nocturnal tour on
West Madison street the other night, I
heard this soldier Of tbs Cross address
. motley crowd Of half drunken men
and painted women in terms so elo-
quent as to lead 1t leastone MAgdalene
to repentance, and. let us hope, . hap
pier existence. And above the clang
OF the street car bells could be heard
the evangelist's tear -cholred voice sing.
ing: ssSafe In the Arms Of Jesus" 4
ui9ht scene never to be forgotten.
@. ". WHRPIK8H.