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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-04-13
Investigating Cotton weevil.

The department os agriculture is en-
gagged in the investigation Of the cot
ton-boll weevil, which has recently
been introduced into southern Texas
from Mexico. The insect is practically
new to entomologista The Texas cot
ton planters discovered it in their
fields last summer. and the department.
began an investigation. 1t is found
that . district of about 5000 square
miles is infested with the insect, which
bores into the cotton boil and ruins
the fiber and seed. In some instances
it has caused loss of from 5
to 80 per cent. from the crop. 1t
spreads rather slowly by fight, but is
carried into new regions in cotton
brought from the infested fields to the
somewhat widely-separated cotton
gins. The department has warned the
governor of Texas of the probable ex.
tension of the damage to the cotton
crop in Texas in the near future. and
the probability of the spread of the in.
sect to neighboring cotton-growing
states. Immediate legislation has been
urged to isolate the affected region
and also the Mexican border. and pro-
vide for the appointment of q commits
sion to enforce remedial work against
the insect during next summer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-04-13
HERE AND THERE.

Creamery men say that il costs ~
cents per pound to make butter. To
this add cost of cream, interest on in
vestment and three separate profits,
and you will come pretty near what
the creamery butter on your table
costs.
We would not advise anybody to
plant pecan trees with the expectation
that they ''can be in bearing condition
in five years" Persons best acquainted
with the pecan will not be mislcd by
the writings of enthusiasts, and no one
else will if we can help it.
Farmers in the southwest are walk
ing up. There never was so much in
auiry after knowledge; there never
were SO many farmers studying the
problems of agriculture as now. The
business depression-that still contin-
ues-is enough to cause them to pat
on deep brown studying caps"
The prospect favors returning
profits in the business of raising beef
cattle. An examination of market
statistics for a long period of years
shows that the well-bred and well-fed
steers. weighing from 1900 to 1,5O0
pounds alive, have always sold at a
price that paid q profit to the pro-
ducers.
When American sheep-breedcrs and
raisers follow the example OF England
and breed for mutton the sheep will
again become valuable and the bust.
ness profitable. The people will buy
good mutton, while the thin carcass Of
the wool breeds will beg for pur chaser
or sell for song.
in q majority of cases the breed.
ing sows are kept too fat. and especial
ly when the farmer is commencing
with one or more sows of some Of the
better breeds. When they are allowed
to get too fat during CESSATION, they
will not bear either SO large or as
healthy pigs as il only kept in a good
thrifty condition.
Salt mixed with wood ashes in tn
proportion of one of salt to four oi
wood ashes, applied at the rate of .
handful to the center OF each hill OF
corn Immediately after planting, will
supersede the use of scare-crows and
coal tar, rs no worm or crow will touch
it. besides giving the fertilizipg prop
cities Of the compound.
Hon. Samuel Wade, Of Delta eoun-
ty, COL, made an exact test Of the
money value Of single acre Of the Rer
Davis apples in his sixty-four acre or
chard this season. The result was
$3.50 of sound apples sold from the one
measured acre. How do these figure.
compare with . whest corn, oats q
barley crops3
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-04-13
A PROPOSED HOG FEED.
It Has Too Much Bulk for the Amount
Nutrition Contained.

It Has Too Much Bulk for the Amount OF
Nutrition Contained.
A correspondent inquiries: Can you
give me any idea of the nutritive value
of sugar cane-tropical-and its fat
tening qualities? 1t has been suggest
ed that by the use of alfalfa, artichokes
and sugar cane, pigs may be profitably
grown while the sugar machinery ON
southern plantations takes . rest"
The published analyses of sugar cane
are those made with special reference
to its value in the production of sugar.
On page 1896 of Handbook of Expert
ment Station Work" (Bulletin No. 15),
is given q brief table of analyses Of
sugar-cane juice. While these show
an average of about 14.2 per cent. Of
''solids" in the juice, most Of which
consists of sugar and glucose, and
nearly all of which would, in an
analyses with reference to feeding
value, be classed rs digestible carbo-
hydrates and recognized as fat-form-
ers. the portions of the cane not in
cluded in these analyses are largely
fiber and indiRestible, but they con-
tain. nevertheless. considerable quanti-
ties of nutritive matter. Sugar cane,
however, is not well adapted for fat
tening hogs. notwithstanding the
large percentage of hydrocarbons it
contains. The digestive apparatus Of
the hog is adapted to concentrated
feeds, which sugar cane is not Its
value for hog feed would not be great
ly Different from that Of corn fodder
from which the ears had been re-
moved
The question then turns on the abili-
ty of alfalfa and artichokes to correct
the characteristics of the cane. Green
alfalfa contains q little over II per
cent. Of digestible solids and nearly =
per cent of water. Comparing this
with the best of all hog feeds-corn
and wheat-it will be seen that the
latter are Ear more concentrated feeds
than alfalfa. Thus, corn contains
nearly so per cent. of digestible nutri-
tive substances, and wheat is quito
as concentrated. Analyses of ar
tichokes are not at hand, but
they will not be found to
be much richer than the best Of the
roots and tubers of which analyses are
abundant. OF these, potatoes may be
cited, and they contain some 16 or II
per cent. of digestible nutrients
1t will thus he seen that a ration
composed of the three articles named.
in whatever relative proportions, must
be . very bulky one. 1t is doubtful ii
hogs could eat enough of them to
thrive, certainly not enough to produce
desirable results. Any of the three is
good as an addition TO a grain ration
Farm and Ranch.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-04-13
RICH COPPER MINES.
Some Facts About tho Deepest
Shaft In the World.
How Cornish Miner Madc Csc Oi
Knowledge Which He Possessed In
Common with Others-Wondcrs
Of the Tamarack Mine.
Especial Calumet Csfich.) Lettcr.l

Especial Calumet Ciich.) Iettcr.l
In this mining camp Of twenty thou
sand people. the largest town in the
upper peninsula, is found the Calumet
& Hecla copper mine, noted for the
depth Of its openings, the magnitude OF
its machinery. the richness of its prod
net. the colossal scale on which all
work is done, and the unprecedented
dividends paid, already exceeding sio,-
900, 900. This mine is famous among
miners the world over, and its ma
chinery and methods arc studied by
mining engineers from England, Ger
many, South America and even South
Africa. Wonderful as is the Calumet
Z Hecla, and . book might be written
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-04-13
SINCE YESTERDAY.

The mavis sang but yesterday
strain that thrilled through Autumni
dearth; A
lie read the music OF his Law
In Light and leaf, and heaven and earth.
The Find-fiowers by the wayside swung.
Words OF the music that was sung
In oil his song the shade and sun
OF earth and heaven seemed to meet.
Its JOY and sorrow were as one,
Its very sadness was but sweet:
He sang OF summers yet 10 be:
You listened to his song with me.
The heart makes sunshine in the rain.
Or winter In the midst OF May,
And though the mavis sings again
His self-same song OF yesterday,
] find no gladness in his tone:
To-day listen here alone.
And-even our sunniest moment takes
Such shadows Of the bliss We knew
To-day his throbbing song awakes
But wistful. haunting thoughts OF you:
Its very sweetness is but sad,
You gave 1t all the joy it had
A. St. j. Adcock, in Chambers Journal
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-04-13

Of weight which roots the traveller te
the damp and muddy floor of the cage.
Each foot is shod with lead, and the
walls of the shaft, apparently shooting
downward, frequently lead to the i'm
precision that the cage is falling into
space. Not an agreeable feeling even
where it is known that such is not tho
case. The cages are ell fitted with tho
best safety appliances to catch and hold
It should the cable break, but few
would care to risk the parting of tho
steel rope.
The temperature ut the bottom of
these deep shafts is not SO high as was
encountered in the Coms.ocl; LOCO
mines at half lnilc in depth, which is
fortunate for the lainc owners, or work
would be impossible. As it is. tenn
peraturc Of seventy degrees and mp
ward is found Mt the bottom of tho
shaft at oil times, despite the intensely
cold air which IS bclched forth by tho
power drills, which use compressed air
for motive power. But for the power
drills, deep mining would be both diff
ficult and unpleasant work.
HORACE j. STEVENS.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-04-13
THE JUccLER IS BORN.
Explains what Are His Trad.
Requisites.

ClnQuov0lu EXplot0o what Are HIS TRADE
Regulates.
"A juggler. think, like 4 poet, must
be born, not made. All the same, it is
not easy to learn the art, even if you
are to the manner born" Thus spoke
NJ. Paul Cinquevalli, the juggler, to y
reporter recently: You would hard
~ believe me" ne continued, "if l told
you the amount of time Ihave tospend
upon q new trick. and yet it comes so
naturally to me that as a boy running
about the streets ] was always Jug
Cling or balancing something, to the
admiration of my playmates."
1.-The juggler who is to attain to any
success IN his profession" says NJ. Gin
quevalli, '.must have, first. perfect
steadiness of nerve; next, unwearying
patience; next, quick and accurate
eye, and an equally agile and dexter
Gus hand. Even having these, he must
work hard, very hard. indeed, to be-
come proficient
II try to make my feats as novel and
difficult as possible. and use the most
unusual implements can find. Some
of my tricks, of course. can master
in few weeks or months, but most OF
them I work over for years. 1t took
me two years, working probably over
an hour every day on an average, be-
fore I was able to do that little trick
of tossing q billiard ball in the air and
catching it accurately in the pocket
fastened to my back.
''For seven or eight years ! practiced
the balancing two billiard balls on the
end of a cue and the cue in turn on .
ball placed in cup which hold in my
mouth. Several times ! gave it up and
then returned to it again. do a trick
in Juggling cigars and catching them
in cigar holders held in my mouth,
which looks quite simple, I have no
doubt. It took me over two years to
learn that
''Once have learned a trick perfect
ly, so as to do it in public, do not need
to practice 1.-THE stage performance
keeps me in trim, but / am constantly
Mt work several hours a day on new
feats.
while / was learning the way to
catch the forty-eight-pound steel ball
which throw in the air and balance
on my neck, / had several mishaps.
Once the ball knocked me senseless
and lay unconscious for over an hour.
It took years to master that feat per
fectlv."
May the juggler drink or smoker
asked the reporter.
Drinking and smoking in great
moderation are not tabooed," was the
reply, but he must be very careful
not to do either to an excess which
may effect his nerves. smoke two o.
three cigarettes day and take drinl
or two, but never more
"what nation produces the most goo.
jugglers. NJ. Cinquevalli?-
The japanese, undoubtedly" he re
Piled. They are so wonderfully p
tient and agile. But they are neve
original. They use only the same prog
critics their forefathers used, and do tn
same time-worn feats. They have n
invention in their art. Among Cau
casian people there is not much :
choose. Different nationaiities posses
various necessary qualifications, an
the union Of them all may occur in ON
country as well as another. II is th
man. not the nationality he belong
ton. 7. As1vertiseI.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-04-13
ITair Cutting for Nc1ralgsa.

A Portland (Me.) young lady who
suffered with neuralgia of the head was
advised to have her hair shaved or cut
extremely close. and adopted this dcs-
perate measure. The result OF the cx-
pertinent has been that with its re-
newed growth the hair is appearing
perfectly white, { o1gh it had been
previously very dar,,::. and tho wearcr IS
terribly chagrined at the unexpected
change. The effect upon the neuralgia
was favorable. t
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-04-13
A Conseieasieua Dex.

Jacks master was . pai1tar. and
Jack, being a lively and spdrited little
fellow, on two or three occasions tipped
over pail OF paint in the course of his
gambols. Whenever this happened his
master called him up, gave him q lee
ture, and by way of impressing the
matter on his mind, rubbed his nose in
the paint-much to Jacks discomfort
One day, however, Jack was playing
about the paint shop all alone. Sud-
denly he ran against paint pail. and
over 1t went. He looked sadly around
for moment, and when he perceived
that his master was not there to inflict
the usual punishment, he walked slowly
up to the paint. plunged his nose into
the hateful mess. and ran whimperinR
away.-Youth's Companion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-04-13

A woman's individuality is easily
found. Step into her private apart
meut, or apartments, and you will dis
cover prcdominating tone. 1t may be
delicate; it may he garish- Open the
wardrobe doors and have look 1T her
gowns. Are her tastes refined or are
they vulgar? 1t is the street costume
that tells the tale most quickly. A
woman's personality expresses itself in
the perfumes she uses, in the gloss of
her locks. the soft beauty of her skin.
in the rosy tint of her nails, in the
satiny texture of her hands. Powder
box and cream jar speak for or against
their fair mistress. Her lingerie and
hosiery, her slippers and boots are ST.
lent witnesses when the question of in
1ividuality is being discussed.-Phila-
delphia Inquirer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-04-13
ACensena rim Donkey.

NerbivOrous animals are generally
thought to outlivc carnivorous ones,
and of the former class those dedicated
to labor appear to furnish the largest
number of instances of longevity. A
few years ago q donkey died at Gro
marty which was known to be at least
log years old. 1t could be traced back
to the year 1870, when, ct an unknown
age, it came into the hands Of the then
Ross of Cron,arty, and it lived in tho
same family, ''halc and hearty" until
q kick from a horse ended its career.
No horse is known to have attained to
anything like such an age as this, but
q few have lived from ages varying from
forty to fiftv years.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-04-13

speaking Of narrow escapes" OBJ
served Mr.. Chugwater. reaching for
his second cup Of coffee. did tell you
was on = train the other day that
came within three feet Of being run
into by another train going 1T full
speed?"
For mercy's sake, MOI" exclaimed
MrA Chugwater. "How did il happen?r
THE train that came SO near running
into ours" he rejoined. buttering . bis
cult, was on the other track, and
going the other way"
1t was several minutes before Mrs.
Chugwater broke loose, but when she
did she made up for lost Chicago
Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-04-13
L.lve sn.ke in Solid stone.

A live snake in q cavity in q solid,
stratifled stone is an oddity reported to
have been found by railroad construc-
ton gang in charge of Matt McLaugh-
lin. Of Beaver Falls, Pa. The snake
was of some unknown striped variety,
about 10 inches in length, and unusual.
ly lively and vicious The gcologist
who examined the cgg-shapcd cavity in
which this particular ophidian was
found and who declares that the cavity
had no possible communication with
the outside world. assigns it to q period
which would make the snake at least
lO,OOO years old.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-04-13

-Maud-"i understand that Jack
proposed to you last night and you re.
FUSED hlm? Marie-'.Yes; although,
poor fellow. am afraid that If he hid
not left me 80 hurriedly might have
relented and accepted him." Maud
80 he told me."-N. Y. Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-04-13
Extracting Teeth by Electricity.

Trials have been made in LONDON
with new apparatus for the extrac-
ton of teeth by electricity. It consists
of an induction coil OF extremely fine
wire, having an interruptcr that can
vibrate at the rate of $50 times Sec
ond. The patient sits in the traditional
armchair. and takes the negative cleo
trode in his left hand and the positive
In the right. At this moment the
operator turns on current whose in
tcnsity is gradually increased till it has
attained the utmost limit the patient
can support. The extractor is then
put in circuit md fastened on the tooth,
which, under the action of the vibra-
ton. is loosencd at once. The opera
ton is performed very quickly. and tho
patient feels no other sensation than
the pricking produced in the hands and
forearms by the current.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-04-13

young man." said the elderly phi
lanthropist, Il am afraid you are fall
ing into bad habit& You should real
ize that there is NO money to be made
By sittinG still and smoking your pipe"
mo money to be made by sitting;
still and smoking my piper
ssrhose were my w0rds-"
Excuse me, mister, hut yo1 are
wrong. I'm . plumber. ."-Waahington
Stnx.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-04-13

Every production Of genius must be
tne production Of enthusiastically
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-04-13

Aen.orial nay In Two States.
April o6, Memorial dny, 10 observed H
the states o4 Alabama aud GeJrghA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-04-13

Total saving per bale lc....................Asa
or, on q crop Of Q, ZOO. 900 bales, which is
about the average, the gross amount
saved to planter and ginner will be $780,
l6O, 600 per annum.-St. Louis Republic.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-04-13

Fir<t-Saving Of compress charges. .....e
Second-Saving In drayage. -........... .
Third-Saving in insurance .......... ...... .
Fourth Saving in weighing g-...-........... .
Eifth-Rcaiixing from mills increase In
price per bale. which increase is based on
the following items:
First-BcSsonettc tare. will not exceed Sx
pounds. whereas tare on old-style bale is
3 pounds. the mills thereby receiving
L., pounds of cotton, against III pounds
Second-The cotton covering Of the Bes-
sonette bale is 20 cents. the value OF the
old-ssyle bale covering and ties at the
will is 10 cents, difference OF. .
Third-The Bess0Bette bale. by reason Of
the peculiar process Of pressure. is rem
dered almost free from dust, the fiber Is
preserved and the cotton has less waste
than the old-style bale. Il is more easily
handled at the mills. saves labor and
reaches destination in Q cleanly condi-
tion and with no loss In weight. hence
the opinion is safely ventured that the
process will realize cents per pound
more than the o,d-style cotton on-....-.... .
Fourth-Thc average freight ordinarily
paid on 17,s pounds Of old-style tare.
which is saved in the Bessonette. is.-.-.
Fifth-Transportaticn Tiu be lessered per
bale. .--.--...-..-.......... !.
as railway and steamship companies Will
consider the iact that the Bessonette bale
packs 10 better advantage: that 1t will
probably only require onefourth Of the
rolling stock now In use 20 move the crop
q The south: that the pockass. being a.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-07-11
NO CASH FOR IRISH,
Boston Irishmen do Not Believe in
Fractional Fights,

Boston, July The leaders Of the
Irish Nationalists of this city, after
consultation with representatives Of
Nationalist in all sections of the
state, have adopted as a motto: mo
money to help the factions fight each
other" and have drawn up the follow
ing address to Irishmen of MasSa-
chuSetts:
I'm the present deplorable condition
of the home rule movement in ireland
it behooves the Irishmen of the United
States TO make no false step. Their ac-
ton may either add to the present
strife and turmoil. or restore union
and vitality in the old land. The Irish
members of parliament are split into
two cOntending parties. In the war of
faction and present strife of members
the interests Of Ireland are forgotten
and the old flag is trailed in the dust.
Rival appeals have been sent to the
Irish people in America for funds to
aid the factions TO fight each other at
the polls. Every dollar contributed
for such purpose might as well be
thrown into Il sewer. or sent to the
English secret service fund. No man
is serving Ireland by helping to keep
lriShmcn divided. The home rule
cause has gone steadily back for the
past three years through blind trust in
English promises. The Liberal gov.
eminent has not fulfilled a single one
of the pledges it made at the opening
Of the session. 1t has shelved home
rule, closed the doors on political pris-
OnerS and left evicted tenants in the
lurch and allowed the coercion act to
remain on the statute books, ready at
the hand of the Tories when they
came into power after the election.
'WOlS Sc than all it inSulted Ireland
by proposing to commemorate the
wholesale plumber and determination
of the Irish people and the cold blood
ed butcherieS of DrOgheda and WeX-
ford, by erecting Il statue out of the
public funds to Oliver Cromwell. Then
it turned over the reins Of government
to the Tories without word of warn
ing to its Irish supporters. to whose
votes II owed its very existence the
past three years. Why should you
give your money to continue a policy
that has brought only humiliation and
disaster: Ireland needs no money to
settle the question of policy of union
When she merges from the electoral
struggle united in favor of the old
policy of Parnell, then she will need
all the financial aid her cXiled sons
can give her, and she will get it with
out stint. Money sent before election
can do nothing but harm. If factiOus
strife is to he prolonged, let the Irish
men of Massachusetts have no re-
sponsibility for it,"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-07-11
Inspired the Poem "Hinwntb,. :,

Chicago, July 1.-Aleyan1er Hesler,
who was Chicago's first photographer,
died to-day at an advanced age. Mr..
Hesler was famous daguerreOtypist
and became prominent early in the
tifties through his pictures taken
about the vicinity Of the present site
of Minneapolis. In 1851 he gave a
view of Minnehaha falls. at that place,
to brother of Charles Sumner, the
statesman, who, in turn, gave it to the
poet, Longfellow. Some time later he
received one of the first copies Of
"Hiawatha,' with an autograph letter
of thanks from Longfellow, who de-
clared that the little daguerreotype
had inspired the poem.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-07-11
QUEER BLOOD POISONING.
Mysterious Deaths Alarm PeopIe i'm
North Dakota.

Mayville, \. D., July 4.-The anx.
iety and excitement over the cases of
microbe blood poisoning continues I'M
aDated. Four days after the two
death srepOrted in these dispatches
OF June -, julius Bye, who attended
the two men during their sickness.
was taken ill with the same symp-
toms-swelling of the tongue, pervert-
ed vision, and complete physical ex-
haustiOn-and died during the night
OF June 30. Three others have Just
been declared subjects Of the same
dread malady. The county and state
boards OF health are here holding an
autopsy upon Bye's body, and they
will send blood and other matter from
the body to Chicago expert chemists
10 be examined, to have the species
or bacteria identified. All taken sick
have been attendants upon the dead
in their illness. Nine physicians have
examined the cases, none of whom
were able to identify the disease. be-
yond the general term, blood poison
ing The origin Of he pCisC ming is
yet q mystery.