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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-11-07

We are entirely at sea when it
comes to the telegraphlc accounts
Of Venezuela and Cuba affairs.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-11-07
A Good Dog is Worth Looking After.

II you own dog and think anything of him,
you should be, liable to treat him intelligently
detect symptoms Of Illness. Tho dog doctor
book written by II. Chy Glover. d. V. S.. spe-
cialist in canine diseases 10 the principal ken
mel clubs. will furnish this information. 1t is
a cloth bound, handsomely Illustrated book,
and will be sent postpaid By the Book Publish
ing House, l34 Leonard St, N. Y City, on
receipt Of W cts in postage stamps.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-11-07
Hustling Courtship.

do things up quick in Chicago.
e. ed was Nathan Ladon, q
ny merchant of Menominee, Wis,
. the way pretty Mary Frank, at the
ad of the handkerchief department
p a Chicago store, tucked the handker'
chief he had Just purchased into his
pocket the other day that he asked her
then and there to marry him. So II
came about that Mary pulled off her
apron and went up stairs to tell her
employers all about It, Within an hour
they were married by the county clerk
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-11-07

of .Bro,ens BRONCHIAL T,s's'sp elk, at Hatties-
and Throat Troubles - onJ L,,tod his
Tobacco stems ml. - Wiley Sellers, of
2 e. waste astgp prodp nola, who was on visit to
.ster, Mrs. Reed. y Reed made
escape.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-11-07

Sharks often weigh 5000 or 1900 pounds.
They live partly on vegetables, but are vora-
cious of everything. The white shark has been
known to swallow man whole. .
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-11-07

D'Auber-Who is that homely woman
rhapsodizing before the picture of the
handsome society matron? D'Angelo
She's the original Of the painting
New York Herald.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-11-07

The "Wave," Jules Soule, editor,
will be issued next month at Ocean
Springs.
Crime is in New Or
leans.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-11-07

It IL So Easy to Remove Corns With
Hindercorns, we wonder so many endure them.
Get it and see how nicely it takes them off.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-11-07

Ripans Tabules are sold by dru ,gst~, or " mail
II the pr.ce $50 cents box) Il ssnt rhe Rpaus
Chemical Company, No. 10 5pruss st., New Yors
Sample vial, 10 cents
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-03-09
Cows In Cold Weather.

Under fairly good housing. cows In
cold weather will use up so per cent.
Of the food they eat to keep their
bodies warm, and when exposed to the
cold by standing in the rain and cold
winds they will apply so per cent. of
the food they eat to keep warm. Now
is not 20 per cent. or one-fourth Of
what they eat worth saving by making
them comfortable in the stable? And
this is just the time Of year to begin
that work. Do not put it of, but look
up some old boards il you can not af-
ford new ones, or get some tarred pa
per. that is about as good and much
cheaper than boards. Go to the woods
with the wagon and the children
and get loads of leaves out of the
stump holes and fence corners and
store them where they will keep dry
for use as bedding for the cows. There
is no greater pleasure to good man
than to see his cows on n cold bitter
night standing knee deep in leaves in
their stalls. with no breezcs blowing
around their legs. He can sleep well
at night because he knows he has done
q good act, is making money by it, and
moreover will have a comfortable
place to milk in the morning. There
is nothing SO inspiring to action as q
little selfishness in our philanthropy.
Home and Farm
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-03-09
FARMER AND PLANTER.
NOxIOUS GRASSES.
How to ExtirDate the Nut Grass Or Cocs
pat

How to Extirpatc the Nut Grass or Cess
Pest.
A circular illustratcdD on nut grass,
its description and remedies. has just
been issued from the division of bot
any Of the United States department
OF agriculture. In accordance with the
instructions therein contained the plan
Of campaign to extirpate nut grass is
simply to prevent it maturing seed
above ground. Nearly everybody
thinks that the nuisance reproduces
itself from the nut alone, whereas it
Propagates a thousand times more
from the seed. Hence. to ef-
fectually and quickly destroy nut
grass on any land infested
with 1t the soil should be frequently
stirred during the growing period Of
summer so as to stimulate each tuber
and seed to sprout. The best season
for fighting it is between midsummer
and frost time. Although myriads of
the sprigs will show themselves above
the ground in a day or two after each
working of the soil, even in the spring
months, yet the seed stems will not
shoot up till late In the season, and the
secret of success is to cut down every
tall stem while in the towering stage
at the latest, and the earlier the bet
ter. The old method of destroying
coco. or nut grass. by cutting it
off beneath the ground every time q
sprig appears above the surface is a
useless expenditure OF labor. 1t is req
uisite only to plow or chop down the
grass at the regular intervals of work.
ing Indian corn, collards, or any other
crop. BY the above method two years
are ample time in which to rid any
ground of COCO. In fact, one season is
sufficient to subdue it, except that in
subsequent years a few scattering
sprigs will show themselves, which
can easily be prevented from going to
seed by close attention. One cause
that has enabled coco so long and so
defiantly to hold its sway in the south
il that there are SO few crops which
are hoed or plowed in the fall Of the
year.
In addition to the above methods of
des troying nut grass by cultivation
and cutting, another which has re
ceiy ID too little attention may be
proftably applied. Choke it out with
a vigorous crop. After the summer
cultivated crop is harvested, plow and
prepare the land thoroughly; then
seed il heavily to some winter crop
adapted to the soil. Crimson clover is
the best for the purpose in most locali-
ties, and is at the same time . very
profitable crop for improving light
soils and for winter grazing. Winter
vetch may be used to advantage
in some places; and cropping with
rye or rescue grass for winter grazing,
to be turned ander for green fertilizer
in the spring. IS far preferable to leav-
ing the land baee. The winter crop in
any case should be plowed under in the
spring and followed by q well-cul-
tivated summer crop. The increased
fertility Of the soil resulting from the
treatment will enable the farmer much
more easily to kill out any remnant Of
nut grass or other weeds.
Extreme care should be exercised
that only pure seed be sown, for by the
thoughtless usc Of impure seed the
farmer is fostering the evil which at
other times he is trying by costly labor
II prevent.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-03-09
She Learned = New Word.

For some time after her mar
riage with Napoleon Empress Marie
Louise was extremely ignorant of tho
French language. On one occasion.
seeing her husband look vexed over
a letter he had received from the court
of Austria, she inquired of him what
was the matter. .Oh, nothing" re-
piled Napoleon, your father is an old
ganache, that is all" Marie Louise
did not know that this was French for
fool. and took the first opportunity of
asking q courticr what it meant, say
ing that the emperor had applied the
expression to her father. 1T means
some one very learned and wise" !"
stammered the unfortunate courtier.
The empress was perfectly satisfied
with this explanation and pleased to
learn new word. A day or two after
she received the Archchancellor CAM
baceres in crowded salon. Some
question was being warmly discussed
in the circle. and her opinion was
asked. Wishing to be very gracious,
Marie Louise turned to Cambaceres
and said: I'VE will refer that point TO
the archbishop, for we all know he il
the greatest ganache in Paris. De
troit Free PresA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-03-09
Would Not be Admitted.

A Jackson policeman related story
Of the famous Crouch murder trial,
over which Judge Gridley presided,
and in which Austin Blair assisted in
the prosecution, and nj. v. Mon.-
gomery conducted the defense. Week
after week the trial dragged along,
the judge, lawyers, jury and audience
grew tired of the proceedings Again
and again Blair objected to the tao
tics of the defense. but it was Of NO
avail.
One day the general fatigue seemed
to have reached its climax The port
" Judge was dOzing in his chair.
Blair, thin and pale. was resting his
head on his hand. the very picture Of
exhaustion A dray went humping
and rumbling over the pavement be-
low.
''What's that?" cried the judge, with
. start, '.an earthquakeY'
well, replied the old war govern
or, wearily raising his head, ''n it is.
your honor will rule it out t"-Detroit
Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-03-09
sels "Your sffectionate daughter

sell "Your effectionate daughter
Alice"
Then she mailed the letter and felt
happy in having done her duty. She
had just sat down to plan on. menu
for the coming dinner, when the house
maid ushered in a messenger boy.
''Oh, dear, Gcorgc has gone off to
that hrrrid trial." she said to herself
as she tore open the envelope and
read the letter it contained. The girl
locked ut her curiously, for she sat
white and rigid like a woman turned
to stone.
rs there any message?" asked the
boy.
"None," said Alice, with white lips,
and sat down in her own room to
think.
She could not make it seem true.
That George, her George, should have
left her forever after paltry quarrel,
seemed an utter and vague impossi-
bility. But was it a paltrv quarrel?
Had they not both said words that
would better have been left unsaid?
She clasped her poor little aching head
Of course. 1t is easy enough to guess
what has happened. George, dear old
stupid, had put the letter for the real
estate widow in the envelope ad-
dressed to Alice, Azd the result is what
we have seen.
But the poor girl h1 4 not yet reached
the topmost pinnacle Of despair. While
she was still trying to collect her
thoughts, several hours after the first
blow had fallen, there came a second
one. The housemaid appeared upon
the scene with d second letter in her
hand. 1t had been opened and was not
addressed to her.
There's crazy woman downstairs"
said the girl Il cannot understand
what she means. She is old and ugly,
and she says Mr.. Maynard is wicked.
designing man, and has trifed with
her affections. You ought to see her,
ma'am.'
Then Alice read the letter, which
should have been addressed to her. but
no such thought enlightened her dis
tracted mind. Nor did it add very
much to her misery. either. for she was
suffering all that was possible at the
moment.
When things are at their worst they
always begin to mend. A. that mo
ment a mans voice-a dear welcome
sound to one pair of ears--svas heard
downstairs. There was a trief alter
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-03-09
81 DIDN'T MARRY A TRIBE.

cation, and George Maynard mounted
the staircase in about four jumps,
rushed into the room and caught his
wife in his arms.
''Sir!" she exclaimed, with whole
volume Of indignation concentrated in
one word.
'lt's all right, darling," he ex-
claimed; I've seen the old cat down
stairs. 1t seems that l put your letter,
sweetheart, into the envelope ad-
dressed to her, and vice versa. sup
pose you got hers and didn't know
what to make of it?'
Alice never came so near fainting in
her life. but she braced up and listened
to Georges explanation about his
missing the train and going back to
the office to finish up some work be-
fore he went home. And soon they
were both laughing heartily over the
mistake which had so aroused the
widow, who was given her own letter
and gotten rid Of unceremoniously.
The dinner? Oh, that was the suc-
cess of the season, as all holiday dim
ners should be. A few days before the
event George wrote a letter to Alice's
father and mother inviting them to be
present, as it was their anniversary.
He did not intend to let his wife out
do him in generosity, and it was q
goodly company that sat down to the
feast, where turkeys and venison were
flanked by small forests of celery and
islands of cranberry sause.
But there was something there be.
sides the essence of things good to eat
George and Alice had both experi-
enced the truth of the poets verse:
And to be wroth with one we love
Doth work like madness IN the brain"
They beamed with love and recon-
ciiation, and on this principle Of
altruism they developed warm at
mospherc OF holiday sunshine to which
all present contributed.
As the realization of a danger past
is a source of thankfulness. this spirit
appropriate to the occasion filled the
hearts of the young host and hostess,
and never, even on their wedding day
a year previous, had they been SO en-
tirely satisfactory to themselves and
their friends rs on this holiday occa-
sion.-Detroit Free Press
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-03-09
SINGLE LIFE A FAILURE.


Woman without Home and Children Has
Lost Lifc's Best Treasures
''Can women be rs happy unmarried
as married?" said prominent physi-
clan who had opportunity to study the
question. the other day. mo, do not
think SO. In the first place, an unmar-
ried woman has not the same sort OF
youth-preserving interests that mar
ried one has Moreover, unless she is
q woman of remarkable character, she
can not fail to grow more or less set
and SELFISH and it is surprising to
know how much mental states affect
the health. Why" continued the doc
tor, warming to her subject, II believe
that half the cases of neuresthenia and
nervous depression in my practice are
caused, not by overwork, but by the
need of some absorbing interest. The
average woman must have place
where she is supreme, not only over
the inanimate objects, but over live
beings. She must have intense per-
sonal interests It is not enough for
her to be part of the big machine"
The doctor paused and looked as
though she were rejecting on the sad
lot of numerous patients Then she
reused herself and went on:
st isn't SO bad when one is twenty
or twenty-five. But 1t is little worse
when one is over thirty, and sadder
and more trying still after forty. At
first the enthusiasm, the novelty, and
freshness make life interesting enough
and full enough. but little by little the
glamour fades and her profession is
not enough. Women are so constituted
that they live largely in the emotions.
They need home-and a home means
husband and children. They are very
few women large souled and broad
minded enough to expend their fec
tions wisely, to keep their hearts young
and fresh through such remote and
impersonal means as hospitals and
flower missions There are a few, of
course, but CHEEKY, unselfish, and
young as they manage to keep them
selves, one always feels that even they
would have been happier married.
''One great trouble with the present
hue and cry about wolnan's work and
her independence" continued the doc
tor, ''is that it makes the young woman
put off her thoughts of marrying until
it is too Ia te. don't mean too late for
them to grow into adaptability with
their husbands. The years after a
woman is first through school and has
ha d her first experience of life, either
professional or social. are years OF
settling down. If she gives herself up
to her career and to living her own
life and all that. she rapidly gets into
state where she is really untitled for
matrimony. She may find her career,
with all it's attractions and possibili-
ties, unsatisfactory, but at the same
time it is difficult for her to grow into
domestic life after q few years of pro-
fessional life. 1t is all q problem,
continued the doctor. signing. land
dare say it will not be settled in one
day"
With which gloomy conclusion and Z
sigh the doctor abandoned the quesr
tion.-Chicago Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-03-09
ENoLAND.s FIRST TEA.

It Was Introduced from China Early In the
Seventeenth Century.
There was no knowledge of tea in
Europe before 1917, when intercourse
began between Portugal and China. It
was first actually brought to Europe
in 1910 by Duuch merchants and some
years later was introduced into En-
gland. In China there are two words
for it-te, pronounced like the French
the,) and cha-and we formerly used
both words. There is q letter from a
Mr.. Wickham, in 1915, asking q friend
to procure him "a pot of the best sort
of chaw." and in this friends own ac-
counts occurs the item: Three silver
porringers to drink chaw i'm Pepys
says, on the aSth of September, 1860:
II did send for a cup of tea Ia China
drink of which had never drank 5e-
fore"
Nearly seven years later, however,
he comes home one day and finds his
wife making tea, as If it had become a
much more common thing. Neverthe-
less, the price was very high. In 1860,
Mr.. Garway, the first London tea
dealer, sold it at from 15s. to SOS. per
pound, and it was valuable enough in
lG64 for the East India company to
make a present Of two pounds Of tea
to Catherine, queen of Charles II. by
17s5 the price had fallen to from les. to
3Os- 1t was kept mp partly by an inn
port duty of IS. on the pound, but
mainly by the enormous export duty
levied in China. These duties were
the great difficulty in the early trade
with the Chinese empire. At one time
an additional 10 per cent. was added.
The Canton merchants petitioned
against this, and in 1876 the emperor
agreed to take it of, but he said mer-
chants must come to hear this act Of
grace read on their knees. However,
they all met together and resolved ION
their honor not to su bmit to this slav-
ish posture" and the emperor was ap-
parently obliged to give in.-Good
Words.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-03-09
HERE AND THERE.

The extremely low price Of cotton
does not keep cotton-growers. who raise
their own meat and bread. from still
taking somewhat hopeful look Of
future prospects.
In order to get ahead in farming,
one must have head, and tolerably
long one at that In fact, the farmer
Of to-day must be a sort of hustling sub
soiler in getting at the bottom facts Of
the business.
Wheat will henceforth be rival Of
corn for hog feed, even when better
prices rule Especially when ground
up with oats and corn is it unrivaled
for good meat and fattening qualities
1t should always be well soaked to 10
well assimilated.-Wcstern Swineherd.
The farmers Of Chattanooga county,
Ca, have a much larger acreage OF
wheat now growing than formerly.
Evidently, there is determination to
grow all that is consumed. To follow
this course will lead to prosperity in .
very few years
Norfolk, the leading seaport city
of Virginia, has one of the largest horse
markets in the south. The supply
comes mainly from Kentucky and the
states in the west and northwest. Buy
ers come from the principal Atlantic
coast line cities.
The eggs from hens will hatch bet
ter than those from pullets, and chicks
from hens will be stronger and more
vigorous. Old hens will also lay as
well as pullets, if properly managed,
ard they will usually begin to lay di-
rectly after moulting. Food and care
will show its effect, no matter what
the breed may be.
Carroll county, Georgia, is re-
ported to have larger number OF hogs
than for many years 1t is said that n
couple of wcll-grown March pigs will
bring more money in that locality
than a bale of scent cotton. BY rails
ing ones supplies at home, and max
ing cotton the surplus crop, prosperity
will be assured.
Russia has produced this year, ac-
cording to the estimate of the minister
Of agriculture, 27a, ,0O0. 900 bushels Of
wheat, as compared with 3s6. COO. 00C
last year. Her rye crop is T9o. 600, ,ooO
bushels, as against 752, ,0OO. 900 year
ago. The barley yield is 10, ,0o0. 900.
and that of oats 67s. .O00. eco. There is
no famine in the czar's empire this
year.
Potato raisers of the east receive
an average price this year of 55.5 cents
per bushel 1t the farm. To equal the
value Of the product Of m acre Of cot
ton. it would require , crop Of about
50 bushels per acre; and to equal an
acre Of wheat would require crop Of
Is bushels per acre. A crop Of l5o
bushels wcu)a equal about 5 acres Of
cotton or u Acres at wheat Tk.p
plant mngs fall potatoes in ~ sautb
eSaSn ~ 1o1eh
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-03-09

Mr.. Newedd- No cook-stove
in the house? / gave you money to
buy one.
Mrs. Newedd-Ycs, my love, but /
found hadn't enough to buy stove and
hire cook. too, SO let the stove go.
But the cook is here, and she's treas
ure. She has just gone out to get MS
some crackers and cheese.-N. Y.
Weekly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-03-09
FEEDING FOR Mll.K.
CoaclusioDs Reached by Experiments -
Canada.

Canada.
| The experiments of the Central ex.
pertinent farm at Ottawa, Can, have
| been summarized as follows:
That when COW is in full milk and
full flesh. she will give her normal
quality of milk for at least a limited
time, even although the quality and
quantity Of the food be very deficient.
| That when in good condition COW
will take off her body whatever is def
cient in the food, in order to give her
normal quality of milk.
That an extra supply Of nutritious
food at all times increases the quality
of milk, but the percentage Of fat is
not in any way improved by it, il any
thing the tendency being rather tho
other way.
That an extra supply Of nutritious
food almost invariably verv slightly
increases the solids not fat of the milk.
That a ration poor in food ingre-
dients has a very slight tendency to
| reduce the solids not the fat in the
milk, but has little appreciab!e effect
on the fat.
That with poor ration a COW in full
weight will lose carcass weight, while
on a rich diet she will gain weight.
That although the percentage of fat
in cows milk may vary daily, we at
present seem unable to control these
variations, or to account for them.
That for limited periods up to one
month or thercabout, all ordinary
quantities and qualities of foods seem
to have no material effect on the quail
ty of the milk.
That the only food which seems to
have any material effect on the per-
centage Of butter in the milk is an ex-
cess of brewers grains.
That very succulent grass has had
only very trifling effect in altering
the percentage of fat
That most foods may convey some
flavor in the butter. but scarcely any
of them will alter its percentage in the
milk.
That some foods exercise a material
effect in raising the melting point OF
butter.
That the aim of all producers of milk,
butter or cheese should be to feed what
will give quantity in moderate amount
and of a mixed nature, and the pro-
duce will be the best that the COW can
give.
The extra quality must be looked for
by improving the breeds and judicious
selection, rather than by any special
foods or method of feeding.
That the variations in the percentage
Of fat in cows milk are caused by
something, but what that something is
we at present do not know, though, il
we did, we might not be able to influ-
cnce the quality
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-03-09
A rs.der Coasese.ce.

The Minister'S Wife-A man called
here for assistance to-day. He told me
very sad story-had to give mp his
employment on account Of conscien-
tiOus scruples.
The Minister-What was his employ
ment?
He was . street-car conductor, and
be could not continue TO tell people
that there was plenty Of room in
front Puck.