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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-22

In the intercollegiate Zeitschrift'
Prof. Il. Hellmann gives a very inter-
esting account of the invention of the
barometer, which has now been in use
two hundred and fifty years. Torri-
celli. who died at the early age OF
thirty years, was too busily engaged in
mathematical studies 20 publish IN ac-
count of his discovery. but on June IL.
1914, he wrote description Of it to his
friend Ricci. This letter. and Riccis
objections to the experiment, were
published in 1868 by c. Dati. \ friend
of Torricelli, and, IS this work is now
exceedingly scarce. Prof. Hellman has
reprinted the correspondence, in the
original Italian, in the above-men.
toned journal. Some Of the para
graphs. says Mature, :" are noteworthy.
especially those in which T0rricelli
states that it was not merely = ques-
tion of producing = vacuum, but Of
making IN instrument which would
indicate the changes of the atmosphere.
The first continuous baromctrical oh
servations appear TO have been made
in France. In England they were first
taken by Robert Boyle. shout the year
1850, to whom we owe the invention Of
the word barometer" - Scieuti6s
American.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-22

to say. and concluded not to kill him
until lie had had his say, because I
thought he might know something
about the cattle.
We'll. he had n new pair Of buffalo
hide gloves that he wanted TO swap
for terbacccr. l had more gloves than
tcrbaccer, and l told him so. But he
told me tn try them ON and see how
they would fit. The left one went on
as slick as = whistle, but before the
right one was half way on I knew
something was wrong. 1t stuck tight,
and couldn't get it on nor Of.
Before knowed what was up that
air Indian gave yell, and jerked me
off the horse by the leg. and tried to
stick me in the ribs with knife. l
grabbed for my gun. but the measley
glove was in the way, SO l couldn't use
it. threw up my left hand to ward
off the knife. and. would you believe
it. that knife caught in the glove.
jerkcd it of, and, before you could say
Jack Robinson l had put = bullet
through his bald pate with my left
hand.
Il didn't have no time to monkey
there, either. because there came .
hundred red devils. riding like fun.
picked up the left glove. jumped on
my horse. and never stopped till l
reached Jim Peters door. l have kept
them gloves to this day, and here they
BEN. y. Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-22
Msavlly Aandlcappesl.

A certain old Yankee had been hob
nobbing with congenial companions at
q favorite little bar-room during bliz-
zard, and the hour was late when he
donned his wraps and started for home.
His gait was unsteady, and he was
scarcely well out of the door before he
stumbled and fell on . pile of lumber
in such q manner that. with the load
liquor which burdened his powers, he
could not get up. Jonathan Hard
button-that is his ame-succeeded in
raising himself to 4 sitting posture,
but could not regain his feet. in spite
of every effort. BEING at length ex-
hausted. he sat still and waited until
he should recover enough strength to
extricate himself from his predica-
ment. And while thus waiting. his
trousers froze stiff and fast to the lum-
ber Then his trouble increased. But
luckily a belated friend passing that
way noticed him.
Say. Jonathan, you old fool" he
drawled out. "why don't you git up
and go home? What are you sitting
there for, sech night IS this?''
''Well, how be l goin' to git up
bawled Jonathan, when all Nv tn
Lords creation is frus fast to my pan.
taloons"-Utics Observer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-22
HAD A MARROW ESCAPE.


Tough Westsrn Yarn In Which the Cow
boy. ~ UssaI, Comes Out AheaA.
A well-dressed man was waiting for
the east-bound train, in . western sta
s,on, not long ago. "reminiscences were
being exchanged. for his particular
benefit. by several cattle men, who
eyed him closely.
Pony Wilson gave a startling descrip-
tion of the way in which he had killed
two ''greasers short time before.
'That reminds me-" broke in the
youngest member of the party, ''of =
tusSle I had with Old Roman Nose,
back in the seventies, when was rid
ing for Tim Peters, of tue T bar Z. :
One day was sent to hunt . bunch OF
steers that had disappeared about three
days before.
II went north about ten miles, with
out seeing any sign Of them. and was
about to turn back, WHEN along came
an Indian. making straight for me
through b the sage brush. ] pulled my
gun. 'cause in those days ! never lost
. chance to kill o rets<kin. But this
enc acted as though he Tad something
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-22
A QUAINT INDIAN LEGEND.
Why the Indians Paint Their Faces Wheu
On the Warpath.

On the Warpath.
why do Indians paint their faces"
have asked that question of hundreds
of rcd men and have received but one
answer. OF all the tribes that have
visited. but one has legend account
ing for the hidcous decorations that
arc TO he seen on the faces of India MS
under all ceremonial circumstances
II was sitting 1T = camp fire in .
village of Jicarilla Apaches one night
listening to the stories and legends
that were being told. when l pro-
pounded the old question again, hardly
even the usual expression
OF ignorance that hides SD many of
the thoughts of the Indians. To my
surprise. however. l received the an
swer that least expected. An old
fellow who had sat all evening listen
ing to the stories without changing
his attitude gruntcd and Strengthened
up as he heard the question. Proceed
ing with all due solemnity lie told tho
following legend:
Years ago. when men were weak
and animals were big and strong, a
chief of the red men who lived in
these mountains went OFT to get
deer, for his people were hungry.
After walking all day he saw deer
and shot at it. but the arrow was
turned aside and wounded a mountain
lion. which was also after the deer
When the lion felt the sting of the
arrow he jumped up and bounded
after the man, who ran for his lite.
He was almost exhausted. and when
he felt his strength giving way he
fell to the ground. calling on the big
bear, who. you know, is the grand
father of men. to save him. The big
bear heard the call and saw that to
save the man he had to act quickly, SO
he scratched his foot and sprinkled his
blood over the man.
Now, you know no animal will eat
of the bear or taste of his blood, SO
when tho lion reached the man he
smclled the blood and turned away,
but as he did so his foot scraped the
face of the man, leaving the marks Of
his claws on the bloody face. When
the mar found that he was uniBjured
he was SO thankful that he left the
blood to dry on his face and never
washed it at all. but left it until it
peeled of. Where the claws Of the
lion scrapcd it of there were marks
that turned brown in the sun, and
where the blood staid on it was lighter.
You know all men paint their faces
that way with blood and scrape it OF
in strcaks when they hunt or 70 to
war st. Louis Globe Democrat.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-22
Things Are DIReren, Now.

Just after the civil war that ended
just thirty years ago. there was n rea.
SON for planting all cotton, and buying
corn, hay and bread and meat, by the
southern farmer. There was no money
in the country and no work could be
done without credit and no credit could
be had without cotton, for cotton
was scarce and high. and ready
cash. The commission merchanta
favored the policy because it
put into their hands sword
with q double edge,cutting both ways,
catching the farmer agoin' and COM
in. 1t was for several years an easy
going game. and the farmers rather
liked it, and they have held on to the
custom with characteristic tcnacity,
until they are afraid to let 60. II is
all right when you have good thing
to keep il: but when il becomes thor
ouglly rotten and smells bad, throw
it away. or bury it out of sight.
md Ranch
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-22
EASTER LILIES.


WIN OusOWo WoW IOt0t04Ss - bse0 0bO8
source of lncOme In BeemudM.
1t is the popular impression that the
production of lily blossoms for the
Easter season in this country is an im-
portant industry in the Bermudas.
The fact is that the blossoms are only
by-product, incidental to the grow
ing of lily bulbs to be sent to Europe
and America. The expectation of the
blossoms is small except Mt the Easter
season. and at any other time Of year
when the plants are blooming bios
SONS are given to visitors. The same
is true of freesias, which are grown in
great numbers.
The soil and climate Of the Bermu
das are especially favorable to the
growing Of the lily, and the bulbs are
an important product, sharing with
onions and potatoes the atten-
ton Of cultivators. The lily grower
separates the bulb into parts, and
plants each part. The new bulbs
arc not exported the frs year. but are
the second. II takes four years to pro-
duce the great bulbs, three inches in
diameter, from which spring the tall
stalks crowned with many blossoms.
The grower has boards with four
holes of different sizes, and the bulbs
are sorted by passing them through
these holes. One sees in Bermuda lily
fields covered with plants varying in
height from few inches to two or
three feet. The small ones arc the
stalks from young bulbs. The tallest
are the ones sent to this country at
Easter. The bulbs arc removed from
the ground in summer and set out
again in the autumn.
Bulb growing is profitable and cer-
tain. The grower can bc reasonably
sure Of the price from year to year.
and he usually hopes to make profit
of about two dollars per one thousand
on lily bulbs sold in lots of one hun
dred thousand. Gen. Hastings, of this
country. who finds the climate of the
Bermudas peculiarly suitable to his
has managed to evade the
law forbidding alien ownership of land
in the islands. and has become one of
the most notable growers of lily bulbs.
Work in the lily fields is done largely
by negroes. though whites, men, wOm-
en- and children. are also seen in the
little patches. The Bermuda negroes
are better educated and seemingly
more intelligent than the negroes of
this country. and their bearing is
markedly different. The Bermuda
negro has the broad British accent
and rather less of what is supposed in
this country to be the negro dialect.
The ground for the lilies is broken first
with the plOw. and after that the cul-
is entirely with hand imple-
ments. \ large matlOck-like hoe is
used. Although the snowy fields of
lilies and frcesias have often been
no one quite realizes the
abundance of these and other flowers
in the Rermudas. Lilies are seen
everywhere growing or cut and placed
in water. Freesias are gathered and
given away by the hundred. Children
on the roads throw great punches of
blossoms into passing carriages. The
of lilies is almost GLOWING, ard
visitors tire of the ever present odor.-
n " Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-22

member to have seen their small stalks
running to tallness-each stalk was
trying to get its share of sunshine and
dews. They made more provendcr and
made more grain.
While farming, as whole. is not an
exact science, there are many scientific
problems connected withit. The more
OF these we understand the more our
occupation will be pleasure bic AS
well as profitablc.-N. Il. Dudley. in
Farm .rs' Home Journal
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-22
GARDEN AND ORCHARD.

Once a good start of small fruits is
secured it is easy To grow an abundant
supply.
-2ea1 trees arc inclined to grow too
close to the center and need careful
trimming.
see that the center of the apple
tree is kept trimmed out, and that all
dead limbs arc cut off.
Plum and cherry trees need little
pruning. the latter the least of any
variety of fruit.
With the grape a few strong, Wig
orous canes will bear better and yield
more fruit than a large number Of weak
ones.
Trees will make growth of leaves
and wood on thin soil, but they re-
quire mineral mauures to perfect good
fruit.
implements used in the orchard
should be those that will thoroughly
stir the surface and mellow the soil.
"A safe rule in fruit growing is to
grow few varieties and give such care
as is necessary to grow them well.
Thorough surface cultivation will
prevent the growth Of red raspberry
suckers between the rows. Begin it
before they get too good a start.
Ar range SO that the ncwly-planted
orchards can he cultivated as thor
oughly rs the corn and potatoes. Then
mulch before the hot, dry weather sets
in.
In ssing paris green for spraying,
care must be taken not to make the
solutio:, too strong: there is danger OF
burning, the foliage.
An apple or cherry tree is moro
valuable il it shoots out low. BY trim.
ming fr"m tho top the lower branches
will grow out
-Wooi ashes are are better and
more per sect fertilizer for a young or
chard Il an stable .manurc. There is
no advan .agc in forcing the growth OF
fruit trees too rapidly.
1t is important to see that the soil
is made firm around the stems Of new
ly-set trees. Otherwise hard winds
will loosen the roots and often blow
the trees over.
i'm order to destroy the weeds easily
in the garden cultivation must be com
lneuced rs soon as they get fairly
above ground, and then be repeated rs
often Is new crop starts mp.
"A small and frequently trans
planted tree grows more readily than
one never disturbed. Each time the
roots are disturbed there is . tendency
TO form fresh 6brous roots at once.
1t is better to cut away the dead
wood from trees, even il the tree ID
diSfgured, than 10 allow it to remain.
This is especially true Of the peach,
which thrives best with severe cutting
back.
-One of the best Implements with
which to begin eultivetion in the gar
den is sharp steel rake, or rake at.
tachnent to . garden eultivasor. II
rightly used either Of these wiil DO
stroy the weeds and tine the sur&see-
St Louis RsDa1)iA.~
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-22
EXPRESSIVE HUMAN HAND.
Length 81 the Flngsrs IN Iadex 70 Meats
llnlnnce.

Length 81 the f1mgeFa m 1mdex to Meatol
Balance.
Much has been written about the
hand. Artists have depicted its per-
foction, physiognomists have inter-
preted its shape and expression. chir-
oloRists and the gypsy queens have
tried to prophesy from its markings.
But study Of its peculiarities by the
inductive methods takes one into en-
tirely new fields. and shows that to in
terpret the significance Of the hand
one must start ON quite new lines.
There is something. perhaps, in the
what tapering fingers, but beyond this
one deals with uncertainties: and
recollect an idiot youth whose extrcm-
tiles had the contour Of q genius.
II one examines the hands Of large
number of persons with nervous en-
dowment he will find curious defects
in the length and relative proportions
of the fingers. The length of the fin-
ger is determined by that of the mid
die ono. II the index and mcdius arc
closed upon the palm, the ring and
little finger being left extended, tn.
middle finger will reach close to the
place where the s0-called life line runs
down. between the ball of the thumb
and that of the little finger. 1t will
touch the palm just below the highest
part Of the ball of the thumb The
middle finger is taken Is the standard
of length by which TO gauge that Of
the Others In = normal hand the
fore6nger reaches just to the root Of
the nail of the middle finger: the ring
finger is longer, and should reach
nearly to the middle Of the nail of the
medius, while the little finger should
reach the last joint Of the third finger.
Now. in inebriates. epileptics, neu-
rotics. and the degenerate generally.
these proportions are often not OBJ
served. The most common defect is
shortuess. especially of the third and
little fingers, though sometimes . dis
proportionate length occurs. Some
times these fingers are unnaturally
slender, or the little finger is slightly
bent The most common abnormality
Of the thumb is excessive shortness,
with . defective mobility. These pc
culiarities, well : accentuated, form
what we may call the ''dcczdent hand
the hand that writes our sensuous
novels. the Hauptmann drama, points
symbolic pictures aud exploits pure
atheism. such hands may be well
formed to the ordinary eye, and may
be attached TO slender and graceful
limbA Bot this kind OF beautiful
hand and arm is found quite rs often
among the children of alcoholics snd
among those highly cultivated fami-
lies which have become degenerated
By vices and vicious crossing. G.
L. Dana, in Medical Record.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-22
w. G. KENTZEL, Editor.
THE HEARTY LAUGH


LonE time ago. far, far away.
A icvial man did dwell
CHE mother Of my grandmother
Was young and knew him welO.
a man who roared SO rare laugh.
VI rich and jocund tone.
mat others laughed to hear him lauxA
Who had not laughed alone
Ihe mother OF my grandmother
my grandma used to sayD
Would laugh. remembering his laugh,
Until her dying DAY.
The mother Of my mother. too.
TIL her last year was spent.
Would shake her ample sides at thought
Of SO much merriment.
Twas thus my mother caught the MOOD
OF byRone days. aud she
With blithesome pleasure spoke OF is
And passed IL on to me-
And l. when life was rather rough.
Have thought OF him and smiled,
The story OF whose ancient mir,h
Shall hearten up my child
Not learned. but wise-he faced his l0s
And laughed away its I'll:
Not life itself nor death itself
That sturdy laugh could still.
O, blcst be he whose ringing laugh
Goes echoinR through the years.
With brave delight OF humble hopes
And hearty scorn OF fears.
The Lutheran.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-22

Chopped Potatoes Fried: Chop cold
boiled potatoes and season them with
. little pepper. Fry = slice or two Of
pork crisp in spider. then take it out
and put in the potato and brown it. =
Boston budget
-Scallopetl Apples: Butter pudding
di.h snd - slayer Of peeled sliced
ApDlesy in - tsltom. Sprinkle with
sdea4 10y nteje -four and cinnamon
and. .sn16 61ts q batter. Fill the dish
in shis mannnRe6d bake one hour. COW
erinR The dis6 TO prevent burning on
the top. Serve cold or hot.-N. Y.
Ledger.
Sweet Roll: Dry . tablespoonful
of -four, and mix it into the same guam
tity of castor sugar. add = teaspoonful
Of baking powder. Break two eggs in.
to- this, and beat all well together.
Slne~d ON . nat tin. and bake in .
quick oven for five or seven minutes.
Turn out onA paper. spread with lemon
and curd roll. When cold cut in slices.
Leeds Mercury.
Pudding Sauce: One pint water
made into . smooth starch with heap
ing tablespoon of -four Cook ten min
utes, strain il necessary, sweeten to
taste, and pour on it one tablespoon
butter and juice of lemon or other
fiavorinR. II lemon is not used. add
one tablespoon vinegar. This can be
made richer by using more butter and
sugar: stir them to q cream with the
fiavOring, then add the starch These
recipes are given by Mrs. Mary Him
man Aber and may therefore be relied
on.-Western Rural.
Cooking Cabbages: A great many
people with weak digestion are afraid
to eat cabba9es of any description.
This is simple means of remedying
the matter. Put about the size Of IN
egg of bread crumbs, tied in . hne
cloth, in with the cabbages when cook
ing. Cabbages cooked like this can BE-
used in any possible way, the bread
having absorbed all bitter juices, they
can not harm, while they are digested
quite easily. Another advantage of
this style Of cooking is that the bread
crumbs absorb almost all the smell
which usually accompanies the cook
ing Of cabbages.-Leed's Mercury.
A Veal Pot Pie with Dumplings:
Take scra4 of breast neck OF veal
and cut it into slices an inch thick.
Fry out several slices Of salt pork in
> kettle. Remove the pork, hour the
veal and brown it ON both sides in the
fat. Add hot wstsr just enough to
cover the meat Let il sinner about
half IN !. 'thsa se2sos II With pep
per and salt and arcd1s il . little
-four. Let it cook gently Till .enaers
Dumplings: One cup Of -four. one even
teaspoonful Of baking powder, half
teasp0Onful of salt and sweet milk to
make a batter sti6 enough to drop
from spoon Drop by the spoonful
into the boiling stew. Cover closely
to keep in the steam, and cook fifteen
minutes without lifting the cover.
Take out the dumplings, put the meat
into the center of q hot platter and
the dumplings around the edge.-Bos-
tom Budget.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-22
a WORD OF CAUTION.


Never ReeoDm eaA YOoF Dreeo0aker to q
Friend II fos Are Wise.
Unless you are willing to run to
the risk of breaking the cordial rela-
tiOns that exist between you and an
other woman, don't recommend . dresse
maker to her notice, for it isn't woman
nature TO forget the origin of botched
gown, despite protestations to the con-
= dressmaker who suits one woman to
= T. and who has always proved salts
factory to one patron may do nothing
to please another. II is always more
or less of an experiment, as
any woman knows. to try = new
hand at ones gowns The best
of dresslnakers often fail, just
rs very often one-dollar-a-dav seam
stresses turn out very crcditable pieces
of work. and when one entrusts dress
pattern TO hands unknown its ultimate
fate is \ lottery. Enter that lottery
unadvised- you would have no gnaw-
ing regrets-let your friends try their
luck with no encouragement from you,
il you wish to preserve peace of mind
and continued friendship.
The whole question Of gown-making
IL . vexatious one to the one who can
not afford to place it in the hands of
an unquestioned authority and pay the
bills that follow. The woman who
knows that it Is necessity for her to
employ cheap dressTnakers. to be her
own designer, to wear b0dices with un-
bound seams and to put ON the
skirt facings herself in order to
save the time Of hired hands, .
new dress presents direful possibili-
ties that bring wrinkles and nerves
in their train. There are women who
have settled the matter by patroniziDg
the really excellent ready-made gar
ments now TO be had At any Of the
larger stores, but when one is under
five feet in height, and every skirt is
designed for q woman five feet five
inches, or when one is blessed with abb
normally long arms attached to = mar
row chest, and even the sleeves Of to-
day. big ~ they are, do NO cover the
bony wrist, the dressmaker is the only
avenue TO approach when new gown
il in contemplation And those Of the
short stature or the long arms know to
. certainty that when they try new
pastures there are sleepless nights and
hours of worry and bother in store for
them.-N. Y. Telegram.