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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-08
CARE OF THE PIANO.
Tho BETTER the Instrument II Treated tho
More Melodl0uS Il Il.

Tho BETTER the Instrument II Treated tAo
More Melodious It IL.
A musical instrument may be regard.
ed in the light of an exotic, costly and
requiring constant and careful atten-
ton.
It is also like q racc-horse: the better
its treatment the more it responds to
the hand, and even In the evening Of
its old age is . thing Of beauty with
past record of great things accom-
plished.
Frequently, though, q costly and
beautiful piano grows worthless and
tuncless because it has been neglected.
Like q race-horse, also, it needs to he
kept covered after use.
In frosty weather, especially. always
close it when not in use, and, il pos
sible, throw a cover over it. Keep in q
moderately warm room, not too near
the source of heat. and let the tenn
perature be even. Not cold one day
and hot the next, but warm all the
time-say 60 or 20 degrees the year
round.
Always place the piano against an
inside wall, and little out from it.
Shun the itinerant tuner who comes
unrecommcnded. and of whom yon
have no previous knowledge. AS soon
intrust your own ills to quack as your
delicate. high-strung instrument to an
ignoramus who had much better DO
shooting horses or saving wood than
meddling with pianos.
Do not allow children to drum on it.
True, Prof. Banghard may expend o
like amount of strength upon his key
board-I doubt if it thoroughly enjoys
either treatment. But If the right keys
arc struck it will not affect 1t nor Won
80 seriously as where children amuse
themselves and wreck the Christian
tempers OF all listeners, but those OF
tracing sounds.
Resolutely avoid littcring the tops
with bric-a-brac, for 1t unquestionably
affects the tone.
A well-known maker recommends
frequent wiping of Of the ease with
chamois skin wrung out of tcpid water,
and where the case is very highly pol
ished and dark, this is not only neces-
sary but productive Of good results and
| little else will answer to remove the
! dust that settles resolutely in the right
| ly named fret work.
But il you are afraid to try this and
you want to remove finger marks and
| blue mold, take salad oil and vinegar
end rub ON very little Of this mixture
with a soft rag and with vast persever
ance, mighty muscle and soft wooler
rag-rub until your arm threatens t.
drop from the socket; then survey YOU
work with critics eye, and You vii
doubtless pronounce the result good
L. f. Chittenden, in Chicago Record.
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and not only

ceive the designs and then execute
them. To this extent he was an artist.
and he was supreme in his realm. The
woman who thought she knew what
she wanted better than he did not have
her gown made by him. There arc
other men dressmakers, but they have
not reached his heights. 1t was only
necessary to have the stamp OF Worth
upon ones gown in order to secure uni
versal respect and envy. Probably in
his long career he turned out many
dresses that were no better than those
designed and created by others, but
this made no difference SO long as 1t
was knewn they were produced by
Worth. 1t was as much heresy to
doubt the perfection Of dress made by
Worth as 1t would be to belittle score
by Beethoven or picture by Raphael.
The signature ut once lifted it above
criticism.
In his time, says the Chicago Tribune,
Worth had a long and brilliant career.
Women of wealth and fashion. brides
and widows. countesses and duchesses.
queens and princesscs, actresses and
prime donne have thronged his studio
and been arrayed in a glory which
might be unlike that of the lilies OF the
field, and yet was both fascinating and
powerful in its influences, for how
many actresses and singers have relied
upon Worth's ravishing stage costumes
for their success, and how many
more who never saw Worth have clan
destinely used his name to draw troops
to the matinees and make popular
success. No man living, poet. prose
writer, artist, singer or actor, has ever
had such an influence upon the world
of high society as this dead gown
maker. He has been the alteration OF
those who could afford to patronize
him, while those who could not have
lived upon hope that some day thei-
ships would come in whereupon
they would sail away to Paris and
visi that atelier whence issued
such ravishing costumes. Worths
calling was not very exalted one,
for man, but measured by the
standards Of success he reached high
place. He was easily at the top of his
profession, and, as the practice of his
profession did call for some artistic
knowledge and some sense Of the beau
tiful, his rise and his pinnacle where he
sat lonely are not to be lightly regarded
or 70 be deprecated. While 1t is some
what of o calamity to lose man like
Worth, who had done no small work in
helping to beautify women. still there
is no question his place will be filled, as
among his lieutenants there are those
who by long experience are fitted to fill
it. 1t is one of the compensations OF
nature that no man is Indispensable.
Other geniuses will appear in the world
Of fashion, and some one of them ere
long will dominate it as supremely as
did Worth. Meanwhile 1t will be, in one
sense Mt least, relief that stage per-
formers Of the female sex can no longer
assert their artistic excellence because
their gowns were made by Worth.
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KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in tho
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of aperfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and feven
and permanently curing constipation:
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free nom
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs il for sale by al drug.
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it il man.
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being we'll Informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered
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WOMAN AND HOME.
THE LATE Mr.. WORTH.
Measured by the Standards Of Success HI
Reached n High Place.

Measured by the Standards Of Success He
Reached High Place.
Charles Frederick Worth, the famouS
man milliner and dressmaker, is dead,
having passed on to that far country
where his services will not be in re-
quest, victim Of the dread influenza
now raging so virulently in foreign
capitals. BY his death the gay city OF
Ns.;s, where he has rcigned without .
rival since Eugcnie's time, will lose one
of its most prominent destinations for
female tourists Scarcely any woman
of wealth or fashion has deemed her
tour in foreign parts a complete success
unless she brought back with her
gowns, hats. or other articles OF cos
tune designed and executed In his
studio. In some respects he resembied
the late Ward McAllister. He was IN
0rbittr elsganfidrum. As an artist, how.
ever. he was clearly superior to Meal
lister. The latter knew, none better,
what men and women should wear,
what designs were graceful and what
fits were perfect. Worth knew all this,
and not only knew it, but he could con-
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GENERAL PURPOSE FARMER.
He Will lie an Important Factor In the
Future Of the South.

He Will lie an Important Factor In the
Future of the South.
The general purpose" farmer has
received no attention from the writer's
Of the agricultural press, though he is
of vastly more Importance than the
general purpose" COW, horse. sheep.
hen, barn, strawberry or apple. The
general purpose" farmer is one who
can do many difficult things, and do
them well. He can plan operations
and execute them himself. or show
others how. He is good manager of
a place. He knows when and how to
plant, cultivate and harvest every kind
of crop ordinarily raised on = farm. He
is good gardener. and knows how
to raise most kinds of fruit He
can prune, graft and bud trees proper
ly, and raise trees, bushes, shrubs and
Vines from seeds and cuttings. He I'M
derstands the management of manure
and knows how to drain land. He is ,:
sufficiently good mechanic to put up
fences, make gates. hang grindstone
and shinglc shed. He can repair =
harness, point a pillow, paper sitting
Iooiis smear d SuSSps uICSS q uOks Sue
mp a steer corn beef. smoke bacon and
make sausage. He can sharpen tools
and put handles in axes, hoes and pitch
forks
The ''gencral-purpose" farmer knows
how to feed, raise and fatten all kinds
Of animals kept for their meat. He
cultivates the society of animals, and
learns all their ways. He under
stands what kinds of food are
the best for producing milk, wool, fesh
and fat. He trains heifers to say they
will take pleasure in having their milk
drawn from them. He has no special
occasion for employing special train
er to 'areak in" his colts. He begins
to subject them-to the use of the sad
die and bride when they are very
young and they are ready for work on
the road or IN the field by the time
they are three years old.
The general purpose farmer must
necessarily. in this age Of tie world be
3 good business ms1. Us must W.
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ticking or may be elevated to tho rank
of q decorative object, and it is laun-
dry bag Of the latter description that Ia
illustrated. II is made of strips OF
heavy canvas embroidered in . cross
stitch tapestry design separated by
bands of colored crocheted insertion.
The bottom Of the bag is finished with
a crochcted edge to match. The en-
broidered sides are divided by straight
plain pieces to make the bag capa-
cious, and the whole thing is lined.
The top Of each side has small brass
rings attached at intervals, through
which are run brass rods which hold the
bag in shape.-Cheerful Moments.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-08
AN Object Lesson.

If cotton producers need an .object
lesson to teach them that a small crop
may be worth almost, if not quite as
much. in round numbers as big one,
they have only to refer to the corn
crops of 1889 and 1894. In 1859 the
crop was a.ll2. s9s, 900 bushels, and the
aggregate farm value of it was S597,.
9ls,0OO. Last year the crop was l.2l..-
77O, 600 bushels, and the aggregate farm
value WIS S554,7l9,OOO. The crop Of
1889 was 900, OOO. 600 bushels larger, yet
it was worth only 81. 600, 900 more than
that of lS94.-Savanah News.
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Cha.xlss Ones style Of Dress.

The woman with a talent for dress
says: "a great number OF women ruin
their appearance by not changing their.
STYLE Of dress when nature changes
their style OF looks A woman does not
keep one style all her life; she starts,
ont blonde and thin; within ten years.
she becomes much darker in effect and
becomes broader and stouter; but ten to-
one she clings- passionately to HE
colors and general character OF .GoXa
and bonnets that were always be
coming TO her. She is q lost w.
an. She IS sure to look posn t
is . great thing not to fall into E1GAnl
clothes; look with n single mind al the
present effect Of the things you try 81
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-08
Hoods
rsapariIla

will purify, vitalize and enrich the blood,
create an appetite, and enable the body
easily and safely TO meet the coming
changes in temperature. 1t possesses pre-
cise!y those elements of support and assis-
lance which the body at this season Graves
Hoods Sarsaparilla is the ideal spring
incidence and the Great Blood Purifier.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-08

Boil six eggs twenty minutes. Re
move the shells and cut in dice. Melt
one tablespoonful of butter in a sauce
pan. add as much -four as 1t will absorb,
and thin with boiling milk. stirring
constantly until it is about the consist
ency of thick cream. Add a handful OF
parsley, chopped, salt and pepper and
the eggs. Boil up once and serve
Farm and Fireside.
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by local applications, Is they cannot reach
thediseased portion OF thecar: There isonly
one way to cure Deafness, and that Is oy con
stitutional remedies. Deafness iScaused BY
an infismed condition OF tho mucous lining
Of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube
gets inaamed you have rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it ID entirely
closed Deafness IS the result, and unless the
Inflammation can be taken out and this tune
restored 10 its normal condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever; nine cases out OF ten
are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but
an inaame1 condition Of the mucous sur
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case Of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, q
u Sold by Druggists, &c.
Halls Family Pills . cents.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-08
Facts FOR Southern Farmers,

The south spends annually for meat
produced in other sections over S5O,-
900, 900, for grain, horses and mules
raised beyond her borders, as much.
Here is the enormous sum of 500, OO0,-
600 paid out by our people every year
for things that can he raised at home
at less than it costs in any of the
states from which these products are
furnished. There is not a farming
neighborhood in the south where all
of these supplies can not bc raised in
greatest abundance and at larger
profit than was made on ten cent cot
ton. And it only requires the de-
termination on the part of our farmers
to do it, and thus savc-keep at home
this enormous sum of 1000, 900
every year. which in a few years time
would make MS the richest and most
independent agricultural people on the
globe.
The south in 1850, with n population
of 10000, 900 raised 35S, GOO.OO bushels
of corn. $1,000, 600 bushels of wheat,
35l, O0O. 600 pounds of tobacco, lS1, 0OO,-
600 pounds of rice, Coz, 600, 900 pounds
of sugar. Last year, with a population
of about aO,OO0,O 900. or double that of
1850, it raised Asa. 900 bushels of
corn; whereas. based on increase in
population, the south ought now to be
producing over 7l6,O0O.OOO bushels of
corn a year.
Comparing the south's crops Of 1884
with what they should have been.
based on the yield of 1850, taking into
account the difference in population,
there was shortage of a3S, 100000
bushels of corn, 10000, 600 bushels of
wheat, $40. 600, 900 pounds of rice. AGO.
DOC, 900 pounds of tobacco, and 600, oOO,-
900 pounds of sugar. About the same
rate of shortage existed in other crops.
Thus, basing AN estimate on what the
farmers of the south did in 1894. as
compared with ls6O. here is falling
off from what they ought to have pro-
duced of over $3.50, 900, 900, even at the
present depressed prices. Let farmers
study these figures and go TO work to
improve their condition.
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He Was a. Good ~ . A1e..ser,e.

Mr.. Van Doublct-Now, pway, don't
let me detain you, Miss Wobberts, II
you are in huwwy, dontcherknow.
Miss Robberts-Oh, not at all. was
only going to the menagerie, and-er
and, l don't think l care about goine
there now that have met you.-Truth.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-08
Terrible Runor from Paris.

A rumor comes from Paris that +
ed hnir is not to be the fashion, fh
longer; that, even more trying t&1l4
the pompadour roll surrounding the
face is to be the thing. If this Ue5s
then for q return Of the rats: Thoss
curious denominations Of our mott ers'
time over which the hair is HhzasaE4d
viii once more be used. With thaht1f
brushed back in this fashion IT, ktoAc
ark2gsd ip.the shape Of q figure s96t,
qute high at the back Of The head,
AM the Psyche knot, which has teen
wiSk.tCnE enough to become .fdi,
6e into quite graceful azrangeuee
vi hSve to r,.': II
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-08
No Sign Needed.

NO Sign N040e0s
Peddler-Want any please Shut the
Door" signs?
Jimson-Dont need 'em.
"Your door hasn't any SPRING"
people always shut It when they go
out"
That's queer"
"I'm tax assessor. They shut It with
a slam.".N. Y. Weekly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-08
NEAT LAUNDRY BAG.

How to Make . Pretty Receptacle for
S0iled Linen.
For persons who do not care to give
up space to large basket for holding
soiled linen q laundry bag is the only
resort. This may be. made Of plain
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-08

Short J0utnev1 On > ISouS S01U
II the Characteristic title Of . profnsely
illustrated book containing over one hum
dred pages Of charmingly written descrip-
tons Of summer resorts in the country
north and west Of Chicago. The reading
matter Is new, the illustrations are new,
and the inform alton therein will be new to
almost everyone.
A copy OF ssShOrt Journeys on . Long
Road' will be sent free to anyone who will
enclose ten cents ito pay postage) to GEO.
H. HEAPEoRD, General Passenger Agent
Chicago, Milwaukee Il ST Paul Railway,
Chicago, III.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-08
The Cause of lIls Wtthdr.v,l

Willy-I hear you have beea . good
deal confined lately. What was the
cause of it?
Wally-I didn't have Ten dollsrA-.
Life.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-08
True to Her Inssincta-

Mrs. Crimsonbeak-Why is It, won.
der. that a woman will always turn to
the end of q novel and read the last
page before reading the other part of it?
Mr.. Crimsonbeak-Iler propensity to
get the last word. suppose, leads her
to do it.-Yonkers Statesman.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-08

New hanke-chiefs have scallope1
and daintily embroidered borders ana
II is the correct thing to sew narrow
ls.c nro.ad the scallops Sufficiently tuC
= gtye Z RULED e&eoA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-08

On the principal lines Of the Chicago,
Milwaukee Il st. Paul railway passenger
trains are electric lighted, steam heated and
protected BY. block signals. With these
high speeds has reached degree Of safety
heretofore unknown and not attainablc ON
roads where they are not in use. Electric
lights and steam heat make 1t possible to
dispense with the oil lamp and the car
stove. Block signals have reduced tho
chances for collisions to the minimum by
maintaining an absolute interval Of space
between trains.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-08
In the Spring

Every one should pay attention to the con
dition of his health. Nearly every person
needs q good spring medicine The i'm
puritics which have accumulated in the
blood during the cold months must be ex-
PEELED, or when the mild days come and
the effect Of bracing air is lest. the body is
liable to be overcome By disease.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-08

SrGN in front Of clothing store in Tcxa,
town: sowing to the low price Of cotton
all-woOl suits marked down to <S.YS."-
Life
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rnE ARMS or EUROPE.

THE army ana navy VI 6nS AoHu COos
ol6O, COX, 900 year.
THE lowest sick rate in the English
navy service in 1898 was on the south
east coast of America station, and the
highest on the China station
A RUSSIAN economist estimates the
annual cost of armed peace in Europe
at $1,000. COO, 900. How vastly less cx-
pensiye it would he to maintain an un-
armed peace!
A NEW outer sole is being tried on
the boots OF the German soldiers by
direct order of the emperor. 1t con-
sists of a paste of linsced oil varnish
and iron filings, which is said to render
the sole flexible and make it more dura-
bic than the new aluminium boot nails.
Two new British torpedo-boat de-
stroyers. the Banshee and Contest, built
by Laird, show high speed with fewer
revolutions than others of their class.
The Danshee made n threc-hour trial
with an average speed of a7.6 knots with
345 revolutions. These two boats are
80 feet long.
The Russian war office has decided to
use henceforth exclusively gray horses
for artillery purposes, the reason given
for the innovation being that animals
of this color have been found by cx-
periencc to be stronger and more endur-
ing than the brown ones now used.
EXPERIMENTS were recently made
near Aurillac Of the penetration of the
Lcbel rifle against bank of snow.
Walls from three to six meters thick
were built, and from distance of fifty.
five yards the bullet stopped in c.cry
case at a penetration of five feet six
inches. The striking velocity was I: ,OSi
per second.
r, zz:x, - ~, Gold yvoafhep Ona hmm.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-08
no Danger.

Miss Passee tvirtuously) - Wen.
should Ike to see man try to kiss me
good-by at the g.te. that's ALL
Miss Sixteen tmissLievous!yl - 80
should I.-SoweyYille Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-08

II understand that Freddy Is getting
ready to be married"
"What is he doing?"
Taking lessons ut cooking school,
Judge.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-08

Which kept in order runs smoothly and
regularly, 30 the bowels keep up their &C.
ton II measures are taken to keep them In
good working order. This infers, Of course,
that they are out Of order The surest re-
course then is tn Hostettcr's Stomach Bit
tiers, laxative mild but effective, which is
also remedy for dyspepsia, malaria, rheu-
matism, nervousness and kidney trouble.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-08
EcOnomY.

Mrs. Rozilslxi-I vos 20 shcared,
could feel der goose flesh oil ofer me!
Mr.. Iozilski-Vy didn't you safe some
Of it und cook it for Brooklyn
Eagle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-08

WOMAN does all she IAN to render herself
irresistible and then orders man TO keep his
distance.-Isaivcs.on News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-08
when You Want o ThresheP,

Horse Power, Swinging or Wind Stacker.
Saw Mill, Self Feeder. or an Engine, I'd
dress the J. l. CASE T. NJ. Co.. Racine, Wis.
They have the largest Threshing Machine
plant in the world, and their implements may
be relied upon As tn hest. Business estab-
lished 1S42 Illustrated catalogue mailed free.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-08

You SHOULD help the world along and not
expect the world to stop and help you along.
Galveston News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-08
surprlsed It Her knowledge.

Tramp-Pleas. mum. I'm fnancier,
and
Housekeeper-Huh! You look like It
Tramp-You surprise me. mum. I'd
hardly have suspected that . lady in
this out-of the-way place would be so
familiar with Wall street as to know q
man ON the wrong side Of the market
when she sees HMM. Y. Weekly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-08

SOME PEOPLE never think about religion
until they come in sight Of a graveyard =
Rams Horn.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-08

THERE Is AZ much greatness of mind In &C
knowledging good turn, rs in doing it,
Seneca
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-08

Vices mcditativclyl-"Er-Iw wonder il
an army cannon ever obtains an honorable
discharge Wcggs-'Nop; just gets iird- y
Buffalo Courier
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-06-08

WHAT IS there besides luck that amounts
to anything in cards! A good dcal-Texas
Siitings.