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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-02-02
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

-Plantain Fritters-Beat one egg,
add half pint of milk, one cup OF
-four and q pinch of salt. Beat this
batter smooth, add half ateaspoonsof
baking powder. Slice the plantains
into it and fry Observation-Disclosures.
Roasted Oysters.-Rinse the shells
clean and lay them on hot Goals with
the deepest side down SO rs not to lose
the liquor; when they begin to open .
little they are done and the upper shell
can be easily removed with . knife.
and the oyster is to be eaten from the
lower shell, seasoned with salt, pepper
and butter.-St. Louis Republic.
Lemon Cheese Cakes-The follow
ing quantities should make enough
churd to fill twelve cheese cakes: Beat
up one egg, cream one ounce OF butter
with the same quantity of castor sugar.
mix with the egg. add the grated rind
of lemon, and the juice OF half II.
When the ingredients are mixed. stand
the basin in = saucepan, and stir it till
the mixture thickens.-Leed's s Mercury.
-Cornmeal Pie.-Scald half pint Of
milk, mix two even tablespoonfuls OF
cornmeal with little milk and stir in.
Cook fifteen minutes, or q little longer
if the meal settles. Cool, add two
thirds of q cup of cold milk, one egg
we'll beaten, three tablespoonfuls OF
sugar and one-fourth teaspoonful OF
salt. Stir well and pour into . good
sized pie-plate lined with . nice crust.
Crate little nutmeg over it. Bake in
q rather quick oven.-Farm, Field and
Fireside.
"A simple dessert is made + y placing
two square or four round crackers on
each dessert-plate. Pour over these as
much boiling water as they will abb
sorb, being careful to have the water
boiling. Add two teaspoonfuls of su-
gar to each squarecracker-Or IN equal
amount to the round ones-carefully
sifted over them, and little grated nut
meg. Put > spoonful of jelly or pre-
served fruit ON each cracker, and serve
at once with sweet cream.-Farm and
Fireside.
-Bisque Of Clam.-Drain twenty-five
clans. pouring one cup of cold water
over them. Put the liquor in q sauce
pau OVcE Tue uIC ~ OOAAs VAON - Aoo
reached the boiling point skim. Add
the clans chopped very fine; boil and
skim again. Then add one-quarter OF
cup Of bread crumbs and one table,
spoonful of butter. rubbed smooth with
two of -four. Let simmer for ten min
utes. Press through sieve and return
to the kettle. When hot add one pint
Of good cream, and serve at once. II
allowed to stand over the fire after the
cream is added it will curdle.
Apple Butter.-Take sweet elder.
on the day it comes from the press,
boil it down one-half, add slightly
more thar half the quantity of pared,
corcd and sliced apples. Cook slowly
and carefully. stirring with long
wooden paddle which reaches the bot
tom of the kettle, and skimming when
necessary. When the apple begins to
break, sweeten to taste. but it is better
If left quite tart. Continue the cooking
and stirring till the apple becomes
homogeneous mass like .marmalade'
It will keep for any length Of time in
stone jars or wooden yessels.-Good
Housekeeping.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-02-02
HERE AND THERE.

Are there any cracks in the poul.
try house? There certainly ought not
to be when winter comes on.
1t is the heavy horse that is bring
ing the best price these days. Our
faith in the draft horse has never wav-
cred.
Help the poor, ragged hens to get
on their winter suits by the addition
Of little oil meal or fresh meat to
their daily ration.
Wheat isnot yet cheap enough to
feed to a poor quality Of stock. No
food is cheap enough to feed to such
stock profitably.
Feed literally. but not wasteful!y.
Good preparation by grinding. if grain.
or cutting, il fodder and stalks, in the
ensilage cutter, is q most economical
proceeding.
public free school next year to hoe or
pick four-cent cotton. Educate tn. IN,
and they will know better than to
raise it at such a price when they grow
up.
Use medicine and stimulants very
moderately among your poultry. Re-
member, true strength and recupcra.
tion come from the digestion of nutri-
ous food, and can come from NO other
source.
The government crop report for
November indicates corn crop for the
.~t:-~ ~o,,ux,,, 0unor = - ~ I ON mn .
600 bushels for 1894, against 1,ei9. 1885,
600 bushels last year.
1t makes NO difference to the farm
er whether it is overproduction or un-
derconsumption; whether it is his ina
bility to soil or other peoples inability
to buy. But he wants something done
that will make q difference between
prices Of products as they are and as
they ought to be.-Farm and Ranch.
1T is plan to examine the apple and
peach trees for borers- Hunt for them
Just below the surface. One needs .
short piece Of wire and . sharp knife.
Coat all the wounds made with . stifl
mixture of fresh COW manure and clay
Replace the soil and scatter some wood
ashes and air-slaked lime around the
Trunks.
"A correspondent Of the Irish Farm.
ing World says that winter calvinR
cows ''give fully one-third moro milk
within their milking season than cows
calving in the SPRING" and assigns ~
the reason, the fact that the winter
calver. during the most important
montha Of xestation. i On good gzAss
while the spring ealver, - > rule. kss
been badly II fbr nearly I've uokshe
ooeoo 1olsa1Gs
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-02-02
FOR WINTER DRESSES.
Eotes ON the Making of Cold Weather

A point that the average woman will
do well to note is the choice of mate
rial for lining winter garments Three
or four thicknesses of woolen material
will not give the warmth that one ex-
periences from one or two of thick,
closely-woven cotton. As an interim
ing for garments for severe weather,
canton flannel or denim of good quail
ity, is unsurpassed. These materials
are somewhat heavy, but this is atoned
for by the feeling of comfort one gets
by thlir use. Next to them is some
leather material, such as chamois
or sheepskin. 1t is possible to buy for
a very small sum shaved-down sheep
skin that is as soft and pliable as vel
vet. Those who have never used this
as an interlining will be surprised at
the perfect comfort and protection it
affords. There are persons who find it
impossible to keep warm no matter
what amount of woolen material they
may put on. This may be constitu-
tional popularity, but, nevertheless, it
In trimming waists it is desirable to
put as little garniture across the back
between the shoulders as may be. Es-
pecially is this necessary if one is in
clined to stoop. The best way to put
elaborate garnitures on waists is to
have them end at the back of the
sleeves. They must be very full over
the shoulders, much less SO across the
front Indeed, there should be just
enough fullness to hang gracefully.
One-third allowance is often too much
for the best effects, unless the lace is
very wide. Goods made into ruff1es
should be adjusted after the dress is
put on. This saves a good deal of
trouble, and produces much better eff
fects.
The folded soft belt and collar are
having long season of popularity.
They are almost universally employed
on dressy costumes. and are extremely
becoming to all except very stout per
sons.-N. Y. Ledger.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-02-02
WIT AND WISDOM.

Teach the maid that goodness
Times rude hand defies-that virtue
lives where beauty dies.-kirk White.
Miss Underhill-I have been told
that you are poor. / think we had bet
ter break our relations. Stewart
have broken all mine alreadv.-Truth.
Critic TO operetta composer)-iou
are lucky. for if your scores are criti-
cised. YOU can feel that it is not your
melodies that are condemned.-Flie-
gende Blatter.
Yes" said Mrs. Shopper. Il
bought this dress at the bargain coun-
ter. but am not sure that it was not
the shopkceper who made the bargain"
Boston Transcript.
Young LADY, should like to give
my intended little surprise before
our marriage. What would you recon-
mend? Lady Friend-Don't wear your
false teeth just for once.-L'Odi Glot-
to.
Doctor Shaking his head)-Well,
my dear sir, can do nothing more fer
you. Patient-W-h-a-t? Good graz
cious. doctor. Doctor-No; really. my
friend, you are in perfect health.-Der
Schalk.
Fine sense and exalted sense are
not half so useful as common sense;
there are forty men Of wit for one man
of good sense; and he that will carry
nothing about with him but gold will
be every day at a loss for reader
change.
Theatrical manager-I'm not going
to pay you for my theater. Contractor
Why not? Theatrical manager-Be-
cause you contracted to build theater
to hold 9. 500 people and there haven't
been 500 people in the place any night
since it opened.-Truth.
So much as we ourselves compre-
hend of truth and reason. SO much we
possess of real and true knowledge.
The floating of other mems opinions in
our brains makes US not one jot the
more knowing though they happen to
be true; what in them was science is in
us but opiniatrety.-Locke.
-Dashaway-"You say your sister
will be down in a minute. Willie.
That's good news. ! thought perhaps
that she wanted 10 be excused. as she
did the other day" Willie-"Not this
time: played trick on her." Dasha-
way-'.What did you do?" Willie (tri-
umphantly)-'.I said you were another
fellow"-London Wonder.
Niece-"Auntie, dear, Mr.. Mailer, the
artist, has asked me for my photo. He
wants to make use of it in his last pic
turc. Ought 1 to send it to him?'
Annt-"Yes, you can do so; but be sure
to inclose with it a picture of your
mother or some elderly lady. 1t would
be highly improper to send your photo
by itself. Warse.
"A principle of honor. as long as il
is connected with virtue, adds no small
efficacy to its operation and NO small
brilliancy and lus:er to its appearance;
but honor, the moment that it becomes
uneonnected with the duties Of Official
function, with the relations Of life, and
the sternal and immutable laws Of NOR
ality, and appears in its substance alien
to them. changes its nature, and. in
stead Of justifying breach Of duty,
aRRrsvates all it's mischiefs to an al
most infinite degree; BY the apparent
luster of the surface It hides from you
the besenss and deloemity of the
ground. .-BusasA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-02-02
osTR,CHEs FOR DINNER.


-
to Novice.
When the author Of Meeting tho
SUM- was at Brindis; he was waited
upon at the inn by boy whose face,
as he says. was so constructed that
when he opened his mouth to speak OF
laugh the operation shut up his eyes.
This boy rejOiced in the name OF
Ulyssc and proved to be very atten1
tive.
When I called him Ulysses Of ithaca
he understood the allusion; his mouth
opened with grin, and of course his
eyes disappeared.
We'll. Ulysses of ithaca, what il
there for dinner to-day?"
Again the same facial expression ap
peared, and my astonishment may be
guessed when he announced: "Os.
triches, sir"
1t was not joint of ostrich, not
even a single bird: he persisted in the
plural number. Even the man who
said that goose was too much for
one person. and not enough for two,
might have been appalled, at the pros
pect Of q flock of ostriches for dinner.
The heel Of Italy's foot is not very far
from Africa, and 1t was possible that
ostrich was indeed one of the rare
dishes OF this southern cline. Specu-
latiOns of this sort went through NV
mind, but dinner itself at last solved
the mystery. Ulysses Of Ithaca came
IN, his mouth open and his eyes closed,
bearing plate of oysters As my in
ability to understand him had assumed
the appearance of doubt there was an
cir OF triumph rs he placed the plate
on the table and announced That these
were the ssostriches. The Italian
word for oysters Is ostrica, and Clysse
thought that he was pronouncing the
English word to me.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-02-02
How is 1t With You ?

It has been suggested that next year
each individual farmer will reason
thus: Farmers. generally, will plant
less cotton the coming season. and this
will bring the price up to eight or ten
cents. l am not going to be left.
am going to plant all cotton and rake
in the money. See the point?" This
is reflection on the common sense
and common honesty of farmers. We
admit that many have pursued this
course on former occasions; but we
contend that most of that particular
kind of fools have either died or quit
the business. No considerable num-
Der will ever do SO any more.-Texas
Farm and Ranch.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-02-02
BETTER THAN WEALTH.
An "Air' b Worth More to Woman Tn
Many Paris frOcks.

An "Alr" b Worth More to q Woman Than
Many Paris frocks.
A distinguished carriage is the
most useful possession a woman can
have. She may be absolutely plain of
face and yet manage to make apretty
woman feel insignificant by contrast.
She may be poor. and yet make mon
eyed danes enviors. She may wear
cashmere, and yet cause the velvet
robed keen jealousy. With q distin-
guished air she compels even sales
ladies to do her bidding. Her butcher
saves his best cuts for her. Her WASH
erwoman never fails to bring her
clothes when they are due. Her neigh
bors admire and occasionally even the
cable car man respects her signals.
The first requisite for distinguished
carriage is back Stoop shoulders
and rounded backs or ''sway" backs
are fatal to the aspirant for truly
elegant appearance. The proper posi-
tion is obtained when, with body unre-
stricted by tight clothing and not
thrown forward by high heels, one
stands with heavy weight balanced
OH HcT ucdu. ~ ID hukNSSAoAC W AOAu
that weight unless the figure is cor
rectly held and the head is at just the
proper angle. Consequently an excel
lent exercise for obtaining a correct
carriage is walking about ones room
balancing heavy book on the head,
or rising slowly on ones toes with the
weight balanc6.
Every morning before her bath .
woman should assume the correct
standing position and exercise for a
few minutes with dumbbells or chest
weight. Or she may throw the shoul-
dcrs firmly back until the blades al
most meet. This should be done a
number of times. Then the motion of
the arms used in rowing should be
made number of times.
When a woman is walking she should
remember to preserve the correct po-
sition of legs. back, shoulders and
head. If she takes deep. long breaths
At every few steps she will be increas-
ing the capacity Of her lungs and aid
ing the gymnastic exercises in their
good work of developing a distin-
guished air.-N. Y. World.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-02-02
HE HAD NO TIME 70 TALK.
Dss He Might H.vs Dess b VIII froAa

Dae He Might Hsvo Dooe b VIII FROST
sz- 70 Hinself.
Can speak to you in privater' he
whispered as he entered Brush street
saloon and bent over the bar to get
nearer the man behind it
mo free drinks here!" bluntly re-
piled the bartender, rs he rubbed at
the mirror with bit of rag.
..No, of course not I'm not after .
free drink"
mo money to give away"
lin not expecting any. II you are
not too much occupied i should like to
speak to you in private
Il am too busy"
'.Sorry-very sorryw sighed the man
as he turned away. ''Pm = stranger in
town and would like to talk to some
one in confidence. You look to mo
like an honest, truthful man."
I'm honest and truthful" replied
the bartender, 'but can't be worked
for . dime to get . lodging with
Might - well save your breath"
81 don't want no dime. simply
want to ask your opinion"
my opinion is that you'd better get
outr'
and You won't talk to me in conf
deneeT'
look a-here, old manr' exclaimed
the bartender rs he wheeled around,
Il don't want any more gu6 II you
have anything to say to me. out with
it.'
well, did want to speak to you in
private" said the stranger, rs he
scraped 1T the sawdust on the floor.
.'but il you won't have it that way I
must do the best can. Do you know
of . saloon ON this street could buy
for ten thousand dollars have only
live thousand here, but the rest is in
the bank"
Then he hauled wsd Of greenbacks
oat of his right-hsnd breeches pocket.
second out Of his left-hand. and from
his hip pocket and his vest pockets and
his coat pockets he hauled out ''wads'
and stacked them on the bar till the
man behind it turned rs pale Is death.
might go rs high rs fifteen thou
sand dollars, but ten thousand dollars
would be nearer the figure" said the
n.n - he began refilling his pockets.
''Sorry you were too busy to talk to me
eon6dentially, but the chap in the So
loon below may have q minute or 50 to
spare. Good night and pleasant
dreams 70 you."
And customer who oame in Avo
ninutes later found the bartender
chewing tAe rag he had used on the
mirror ard poundin& ON the bar with
his 1nts . he danced up and down and
enapod 1ue hreefh--Detroit Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-02-02
A PRETTY WRITING TABLET.
Can B0 4Ad0 ut Home and u C0nveosens
and Chean.

Can B0 AAdo ut Home aud u ConvenSens
and Cheap.
A very serviceable and pretty writ
ing tablet can be made At home with
very little trouble at the minimum OF
expense To make it, get from any
carpenter q stout, smooth board two
feet square. Cover it smoothly on both
sides with pretty figured French ere
tonne. In the lower part OF the center
of the board tack diagonally across the
corners of a place eight inches wide by
twelve inches long small straps of silk
ribbon elastic. Under these straps
slip piece of blotting paper just eight
by twelve inches in size. On the left
of the blotter tack two straps OF the
elastic to hold the package OF note
paper and the pack of envelopes.
In the upper middle portion OF the
board a strap of elastic is tackled up
and down, making three places in
which to stick q pen, pencil and paper
knife. Just above the blOtter travel
er's inkstand is firmly glued. To the
right of this a small strap is tackled on.
in which TO slip little book made OF oil
paper, in which to keep postage stamps.
The right side of the board has straps
SO arranged as TO accommodate postal
cards and another package Of paper
and envelopes. When good taste is
used in the selection of the cretonne
and neatness in the tacking OF it and
the straps ON the board, the effect is
something quite artistic and pleasing.
The tacks arc brass-headed, and two
quite small ones are really better than
one large one, and are prettier Is well.
In covering the board, cover the bot
tom part first, leaving q small marg a
Of the goods, which must be Tackled
upon the thick edge Of the board with
small, ordinary tacl<s. The upper eov-
er of the board is cut with margin .
little wider than the board is thick.
This surplus margin is turned under
and the cretonne tackled very smooth
ly with the fancy nails, which mus,
be very close together.-N. Y. Adver'
tiser.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-02-02

Joan of Arc WAS undoubtedly the
victim OF insane halluainations. Her
'.voices" were to her the most abso
lutte realities.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-02-02

Capt Mahan in = recent magazine
article described our ''vaunted Euro
pean and American civilization" as ''an
oasis set in the midst of . desert OF
barbarism." 1t is a rather large oasis.
however, since the number of people
who speak European languages is fully
400, ,OOO, ,OOO. About 11O, O00, 900 of these
are English speaking, the Germans and
Russians coming next on the list with
Is, ,o0O, 900 piece. French is spoken by
81. 600, 600; Spanish by $4,000, 900; Italian
by %, ,OOO, 900, and Portuguese by Ia
OOO, 600 human beings. OF the ''outer
bararians" nearly go, ,00O, 600 live in In
dia under British rule. and the 3O0,-
600, 900 or more inhabitants of China
seem destined to come within the
sphere Of western influence through
the instrumentality Of the 10000. .O00
japanese. The s'oasis Of civilization
viii soon compass every part OF the In
habited globe. The triumph OF the
western world Is even now al but CON
nlefe.-Philadelphia Record.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-02-02

Point Pinos. in California, re
esived its nams trom tt pine trees
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-02-02

..Beg pardon, ma'am," said the in
spector, ..there seems to Be some mis-
take here-either you have already
voted or soma one has voted on your
name"
s.Oh, that Was me-" said the votress.
II voted early this morning, but have
changed my mind and want t0vote the
other way now."-I1dianspolis Jour
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-02-02
AN ARTISTIC colFFURE.


Texture Of Cobwebs, Color Of Ebony On .
White Neck.
It is very rarely that one sees WON.
ans hair of the absolutely inky blue OF
Hamlet's cloak, but when one does be
certain the dusky chevelure is great
beauty. In these days Of uncertain
drabs and grays and browns and the
tinted blonde fine head of black
hair is very conspicuous, particularly
when its possessor happens to be
handsome girl, with fresh, clear skin
and the blue eyes which always go
with Just such black hair. Such type
is seldom seen, but it is pure Irish. and
no greater beauty than this real Celtic
beauty can be found among all the Sax
on, Latin and Oriental races. 1t has so
much character, it is SO pure in strain,
that the mixed blood beside it seems
insipid and far from thoroughbred.
Not long since chanced to sit behind
a girl at the theater whose coiffure
was more interesting from an artistic
point of view than what was going on
beyond the footlights. 1t was the tex
ture of cobwebs, the dense color OF
ebony witho-t the least lustre, and it
was coiled in heavy mass above
very white neck. The eyes were blue,
and the straight. delicate brows as
dark as the hair. This coloring. natur-
ally anything but snowy, had the eff
feet to pale the Titan red locks of .
fair lady in the same row, and from its
rarity rendered the possesscr an object
of much speculation, not to say admir-
alton, to several Observers 1t is sim
gular how quickly a novelty" is
caught on to, whether the novelty is .
pretty girl or q new style of gown. but
evidently the present generation are
wide awake and know a fine thing
when thew see it.-ROston Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-02-02

Two years ago she'll side combs came
in and then went out, but the coming
winter promises to see them in vogue
again. Their introduction was for or
nament, their reappearance for neces-
sity; how else shall we keep short
locks in place? High Spanish combs
owned by great-grandmothers are be-
ing carefully mended and are worn
with much sentiment by their descend
ants. 1t il useless to- attempt these
combs with hat or bonnet but for
house and evening wear they are ex-
quiSite. At . recent colonial tea the
hostess wore the most beautiful one
ever saw, handed down through her
family from Priscilla Alden. The comb
il the only style Of metal permitted n
the hair. Daggsrs. swords gold pima
all will Be considered bad fogm.-De-
troit Free PfesA
Miami = = corruption Of 1iabmo.
- Anon3m~ ssuAnmvlr lrfvarH
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-02-01
Ground Hog Day.

Ground-hog day, the I'D Of Feb.
ruary, is near at hand. Like our
weather prophets, this animal is sup
posed to be endowed with more or
less scientific foresight. He is sup
posed on this date to quit his hiber-
mating and go to perambulating. He
is to come out without regard to
atmospheric conditions, and whether
it rains or shines. And very much
depends upon whether he sees his
shadow or not, 30 far as the next six
weeks are concerned. The ground
hog never pretended to influence the
weather longer than six weeks, while
the weather prophets can 60 it six
months like telegraphic ribbon. but
not quite so clear and certain. AS
for the grounding, he has shown
himself capable Of lying about the
weather or, rather, tradition lies for
him and he takes the responsibility.
The weather prophet shoulders his
own responsibility. That's the only
difference.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-02-01

AND caS procure TGE Bd dps
or fee bill under the act OF 1893, at THE CoLUM-
BIAs oflice 1t is printed in pamphlet form,
and is very convenient for reference. lt also
tton OF wolves, wildcats, foxes and minks. They
viii be sent by mail to any address on receipt
OF 20 cents In stamps. II.