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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-01-25
TOO CONSERVATIVE.
why Some DalFymen Grow Wealthy .
'DoDo Remain Poor.

Why Some OalFymen Grow Wealthy aAd
Some Remain Poor.
A dairy farmer Of our acquaintance
is . wise old man, and say many good
things. He uses o silo and makes
money in all his farm operations. He
has a neighbor who barely makes both
ends meet. who is bitterly opposed to
the silo, because, he says. It 10 too ex-
pensive. Speaking of this neighbor to
our old friend one day. we weexpreased our
surprise that he could not see the DIFF
fence in profit between his poor meth
DDS and Uncle Johns good methods.
HE ought to See" we said, with half
an eye that he il wrong and you are
right. What IL the matter with him p
Uncle John took IN extra hitch In the
slack of his brecches, and replied: ''Oh.
nothing much. except he is 10 dead
stuck on himself, and the little he
knows, that he can't see over his own
little ant hill. He has got more pride
and conceit than sense, and l never
knew . farmer to make cent on his
conceit. Such men will straddlc clear
over . dollar to pick up n dime. He
commenced talking against the silo
when first built one, and now he thinks
folks would laugh ot him II he should
let up. Ny cows are my guide in this
silo business. ] can't afford to kick
against facts; he can, and 10 keep still
and let him 90 on. He was over to bor-
row some money Of me the other day.
and suppose I WIN have 70 let him
lave IL. II It wasn't for such men mort
cages would be mighty sca1ee."-
Hoard's Dofryman.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-01-25
His Sad Story.

Lady Of the House-A big strong man
like you ought to be ashamed to beg.
Why don't you 60 to work?
Ragged Haggard (at the door)-J
can't git no work at me trade, maddim;
I'm professional airyknot.
"A what ?" .-'s-
"Airyknot-fyin' machine, maddim.
1 invented q fyin-machine that would
actually fly, an would have made me
everlastin' fortune but for an accident.
Half de capitalists in de state was pres
ent when de day of trial came. De ma
chine went up all right, but de propel-
lor got outer gear somehow when it
was half a mile up in de air, an dere de
blamed machine stuck an never did
come down ag'in. An dem capitalists
said was rank fraud an blacklisted
me, an'1 amt never been able to git .
job at me trade esince."-Puck.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-01-25
Cellars Due BY Psigrin Fs.hesA

Among the attractions of the town Of
Bourne, Mass, are two historic cellars.
One was dug by the Plymouth colony
and the other BY the Dutch traders,
These cellars lie side by side, and the
structures built over them were filled
with goods SO necessary for the comfort
of the early pilgrims as well - the
Dutch. The pilgrims needed manufac-
tured goods such as the Hollander had
for sale. and the Dutch required prod.
ucts such ~ the colony could supply.
Gov. Bradford. in his diary" states
that this block house was built a. early
as 1927. only seven years after the land
ing Of the AayAower.
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DREAMS.

what are dreams made or.
Gossamer fancies. and shreds
VI fantastic desires! Cleans
AND sparkles: and a braid Of
Liently-spun, half-woven threads
Os splendid ana vanishing beamsi
VI mist. a shine. ana a tear
VI waters that sing as they flow,
VI visions impossibly sweet,
And a shuddering. nameless fear:
Of gems. with strange, mocking GLOW.
And winds pervasive and fleet
OF world OF suprenest celights,
AND vague. and impossible hopes;
VI lips that consent. and light
FROM some distant. .chimerical heights:
VI darkness. where vague desire
gropes.
And love strays in strange. wingless
plight.
or the thoughts that wander by day,
Half formless. and faint in intent;
Of desiring too deep to be told,
And loves that have vanished away:
or purposeful good that was meant
And sorro~ful memories old.
lula N. Finch. In N. o. Times-Democrat.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-01-25
LOSSES IN cREAaa,Mo.
Setting Auk In Opsa Pans tAs Caase -
Many . Daily DsAe1t

Setting 1uk n Opsa Pans tAs Caase -
Many . Dal0 DsAeat
Not long ago. says the Practical
Dairymau, we made . little investigor
ton into just what the loss was
through setting the milk in open pans.
A herd of IA COWS was in milk, and Civ
ing about $50 pounds Of milk day. The
pans were set in . cool room and al
lowed to stand from % to - hours, Or
until the milk began to thicken. The
skim milk was tested with the Babcock
test, and II showed that nearly al thu
cream rose in the first ~ hours, NO diff
ference being shown between that ret
IL hours and that set 80 hours. But the
amount Of butter fat which was lost
was somewhat appalling. amounting
as It did to eight-tenths OF one per
cent, or about one-sixth Of the whole
amount of butter in the milk. This
loss is not surprising to one who has OPP
portunity to make such tests, and II -
going ON every day on hundreds and
hundreds Of farms in this country. In
this case il amounted to two pounds Of
butter per day which brought Is cents
Q pound to . private trade. Fifteen Per
cent. Of the entire production. or over
SITS per year; who says that the los
does not amount to much7
More than half this loss can Be saved
by setting the milk in deep cans and
putting them in cold water. and nearly
all Of it by the use Of hand separstoe.
Where one has the facilities creamery
is very good, but ice or running water
below As degrees must be at hand, and
this il not convenient ON many farms.
But q creamery costs less and - lese
work to wash and care for than sep.
arator, although. ~ . rule. 1t does not
raise quite a. much Of the cream
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-01-25

water or gas pipes or to make connec-
tions of same with houses. In these
days of engineering. it seems to me that
q continuous vault should be built un-
der each street sufficiently large to &C.
commodate all these pipes and also .
passageway for workmen to get At
them. Manholes at proper distances
would permit ingress and egress. II
built by the city, q yearly rental could he
charged which would be less expense to
gas and electric companies than the
constant tearing up and repairing of
pavements. Our electric subways IN
New York. think, pay a good interest
upon the investment. And what good
streets we would have. Why not try
1t on newly laid out thoroughfares be-
fore changing the old?-L. A. w. Rnlle-
tin.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-01-25

A wise city woman. suddenly thrown
on her own resources, feeling . natural
aptitude toward b0nnets, determined
to become . millinec. She took lessons
in the art, and then instead. Of taking
. place in . city shop decided to 60 to
the country. She hired horse and
wagon, filled It with boxes containing
hats, bonnets feathers. flowers and
the rest Of . milliner's equipment, ar
ranged herself in . tasteful costume
and eet forth. Driving among the
farmhouses, she stopped 1t the doors
and showed her wareA The farmers'
wives and girls brought out their rib
bons and thingA. Tegsther they con.
ferred on how souse the old and where
the new wss needed Thus she bad .
nice outing, and has brought back
enough cash 70 enable her 70 snap has
tnper Aneers at tie winter weather
which q bound 20 come. Sooe Of the
old uooen make tip-top new oooaL
azHes oll-4itasbus9A Dispatch
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John-There's ncth,pR a.,n I,et.v

John-There's nothing aytn lietsy,
Timmy. I've wrote upon her tomb
stone (two-and-sixpence a word, and na
expense spared) as how she were the
"best O. wives and deeply lamented by
her sorrowing husband" (which is mel
'and affecshunate friends" (which il
nobody speciaD; and she were the best
o wives. only to my thinking, and I've
had experience, Jimmy drops his voice
and leans towards Timothy confiden-
tally, the best Of wives is a long sight
too good for the likes o. you and me!
Timothy with INTEREST," you
a-saying-
John-I'm not a-saying nothink. Tim
my. wouldn't say half O. that except
to the chap as as bin a-sorrowin' arter
Betsy these 20 year, and hasn't liked her
any the wus. you take my word, accuse
of his not having had no dealings with
her. wouldn't speak disrespeckful of
my devoted and lamented wife" (that's
the tombstone agin, that is, Timmy) If
you was to pay me for it. But OBJ
serves. ginral like, rs how sprightliness
afore marriage is tantrums arter, and
as how a gal as can't say nothink but
NO" nor Yes" is long sight better
than a gal as can't stop at mo" nor
"Yes" nohow, and is a-talking, and
a-nagging. and a-worriting all her born
days.
Timothy (astonished and feebly)-
But she were good manager-and eky-
nomical, weren't she, Johnny?
John-You believe me, Timmy. She
were sech a good manager as the house
were q long sight too spry to hold the
chap as KEEP it. It was TAX your boots
of on the doorstep" Brush your
clothes," and wash afore meals" and
what not. And ekynomical! Lor'
bless my soul, Timmy, she'd have took
to maxim my trousers herself rcg'lar if
I hadn't spoke up and said as how II
she made me another pair I'd commit
sooicide in our well and spile her drink
IN water for her by my corpse; while
ms to half pint or pipe, Betsy said as
men were the selfishcst, wickedest, in
humancst creatures she'd ever come
across. And when I says: $50 they is,
Betsy, and SO they will be. and terbac-
Ger quiets 'em," she ups and gives me
one on the side o. face as bears the
marks on now.
Timothy (still more feebly)-Still,
she were a fine figure of woman,
Johnny, weren't she?
John (sententiously)-By the time
chaps bin married week, Tilnmy, it's
surprising how darned little difference
it makes to him if he's nagged at by a
barril, SO to speak, or hop-pole, il her
waist is thirty-nines las is some o the
best o wimmin's) or nineteens. If she
looks at him straight or if her eyes has
well, wagaries. And it 'ud surprise
you what a long sight easier it is to git
used to a pore nose than to pore tenn
per!
Timothy latter a long. thoughtful
pause)-Then it do seem, Johnny, as
you and have bin quarreling unneces-
sary. through Betsy not being no great
shakes arter all, and as how, instead Of
a-thirstin' for your life-blood these 20
years, it's gratitood as I've bin owing
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-01-25
PRINCE FERo,NANUs MOTHER.
1Ae S1Fp assing Ststecraft Of the veaeFabl
Princess Clementlne.

Princess Clementine.
Princess Clementine, mother OF
Prince Ferdinand, of Bulgaria, 10 un-
doubtedly the most astute and clever
Of all the children of King Louis
Philippe, of France. She is the only
woman who can boast Of having
downed Prince Bismarck at his own
game, and is renowned throughout tho
length and breadth Of Europe for her
statecraft, her diplomacy and her po-
litical prescience and sagacity. To her
more than anybody else is due ths won.
derful progress and present prosperity
of Bulgaria, and if Prince Ferdinand
alone, among all the old world sover-
eigns, has been able to dispense with
civil list and to pay out of his own
pocket the greater part of the ex.
penses Of his really luxurious and
grandly appointed court, it is duo to
the munificence of his mother.
Princess Clementinc is tho youngest
Of Louis Philippe's four daughters
Her mother. In one OF her letters,
spoke Of her rs lively and impetuous
A good deal Of this remains But she
commands her tongue as though she
were IN old statesman, and II her i'm.
pulses remain still quick they news,
hurry her into rashnesA She has .
light, bluish-gray eye and her face IS .
beaming one, which il not a character
istic often found associated with
strongly hooked nose. In her case the
hook is not long at the base, bu.
that Of y bird. She has a wonder.
fully melodious voice, and this in spite
Of deafness SO great that anyone with
whom she converses must speak to
her through m ear trumpet by means
Of acoustic tube. She has lively
way of adjusting the instrument to
her ear, and she studies with . soft
smile and inquiring expression the
countenance Of her interlocutor. Her
language is choice and easy when she
speaks French. She can chat and
write In English, German and Hun.
garian. Michelet was her professor Of
history when she was o young girl,
and she devoted herself with success
to music, and especially the harp
Although several years older than
Queen Victoria, sho is still very alert
aud very active. Nothing seems to
fatigue her, and. judging by appear
ances she is good for many years yet
in infinitely better physical and men
tai condition than her brothers, tho
due de Nemours, due de Aumale and
the prince de Joinville, the latter two
being considerably her junior. Her
wealth Is enormous, like that of all the
children Of King Louis Philippe. At
her death her estate will be divided
between her children, the principal
share going to her two sons, Prince
Ferdinand. who is the youngest, and
Duke Philip of Coburg, who married
the king of Belgium's eldest daughter,
and who was with his brother -in-law,
the late Crown Prince Rudolph OF
Austria, on the morning of the tragedy
At Meyerling.-San Francisco Chron.
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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-01-25
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

III fancy, Justine, that my co6ee is
much stronger to-day than usual y
'.Please, sir, must have made . mis-
take and brought you the servants cof-
fee. ee."-LEnvencment
-Papa-''Jack, what are you crying
about?" Jack-"The conjurer at the
circus to-day took five pigeons ont Of
my hat and kept them for himself
Harper's Round Table.
He (waxing serious)-"Do You be-
lieve in the truth of the saying: Man
proposes; God disposes?" She (archly)
1T depends upon whom man pro-
poses to."-Brooklyn Life.
-Caulor-''Should think you'd run .
woman's page in your paper?" Eddy
Tory All-''We do; three Of them"
|C-''Where are they?' E. T. A. The
I'd. pages, man."-Boston Courier.
-Blobbs-"Has Scribbler's new play
much local coloring and atmospheric"
Slobbs-"bots Of it; but judging from
the opening night the coloring is very
blue and the atmosphere decidedly
frosty."-Philadelphia Record.
Its . cold day when get left. :"
said the pawnbroker, Is he hung up
the six hundred-dollar overcoat on
which he had advanced four dollarA
'It's the other way with me-" aptly
remarked the overcoat-N Y. Herald.
-Carrie-'Oh, yes. you can Aatter
ne to my face; but heard that you
said couldn't hold . candle to Mamie
StyleA" Harry-"I think must have
said you wouldn't, for you know she
never did light up we'll boston Tran.
script
~ suppose ycu have forgot ten that
you owe me ten dollars" said Phillips.
severely. mo. I haven't" retorted
Wilbur. II meant to have done so. but
haven't succeeded rs yet Give me
time, old man, and will.
Bazar.
ATLAS your secretary returned
from his holidayY' R-''The poor fel-
low died suddenly on the top Of Mont
Blanc" A-'.Ah. he was . truthful
fellow! He told me he would get up
IN the world before he left it"-Flie-
yende Bleetter.
-"You can trust the man who sings
at his work." said the CHEEKY citizen.
"Yes," replied Sinnicker; II wish
some one would persuade the man who
works around my woodpile two or
three nights = week to sing loud
snough for me to hear him."-Wash-
ington Star.
His Charles, it's time you
were fitting for college" Chsrles-'I
was going 70 speak TO You about that
matter. ps. I think about four new
suits would just about fix me all right
for . starter, or, say three At the least
There's nothing like being thoroughly
Cited. p, is there?''
When MrA Fogg read In the paper
that link can be preserved from mold
by putting Glove in ths bottle" /" she
exclaimed with the CLEAN Of Joy which
comes Of newly acquired informstion:
''There. now I know why David al
ways carries cloves in his vest pocket"
-Boston Transcript
It Takes Nine a. Them
stoue-"I should think you would
malIe some effort % pay your tailor
bills. old nan." Tsavsrs Qndignantly)
II never owed = nan for clothes II
ny lite" Heathofstone-s'What Do
you neen BY thatY' Ttsvsss-s'I mean
hat Aayo aeeounts with Gully eight
nilssA-petseit ysso R5slA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-01-25
GARDEN AND ORCHARD.

Manure should be applied to tie
grape vines in the I'm that II may
leach into the soil duflht IL winter.
It will also act a mulch
Now IL good time to cut S9A11 uso-
less. weak or spindling wood ~
fruit trees. A twig that edGl1 cut
with . knife now may reqpirs = mw
next fall. - = Z
Handle the fruit intendea - -
keeping n tenderly ~ possible. an61s
more than u strictly necessary. Pick
ing into bushel baskets win make the
handling easier.
One advantage In manuring the
orchard late In the fall n that the
manure win begin its work. and early
next spring. just when the trees viii
most need II, It will be there.
In packing apples for market nm
usually large, fine apples should be kept
separate, and fosm IN extra hne quality
to cell at fancy prices. preserving unt
formity in size asmuch - possible.
The object Of pruning vine n %
concentrate the growth and productive
capacity Of the plant upon the fruiting
Of . comparatively few buds. and mot
spread It over great length Of vine and
numerous buds.
Apples win endure . much lower
Temperature than win potatoes. The
cooler they are kept without frees'ne
the better. When stored IN cellars
good ventilation II necessary, and -
even . temperature - possible.
When the ground h frosen m inch a
two deep n the best time for putting
mulch on the strawberry bed. Ith MT
necessary. nor even desirable, to eovss
the leaves completely, but to cover Tie
ground around and among the plants.-
ST. Louis Republic.
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CANADIAN STATESMEN.

How They Act While Attending Their
Duties In rarIIament-
It is q mistake to think that the act
which led to the confederation of the
various provinces in 1867 has attained
no higher meaning in the life Of the
Canadian people than that Of consti-
tutional union. 1t carries with it .
meaning of far deeper imports union
Of hearts, whose offspring is oneness
Of patriotic aim and purpose. OF
course it would be idle to say that the
Canadian people are . unit upon all
questions of vital interest to the life
and growth Of 1.-The dominion. The geo
graphical interests of Canada are so
varied that there must necessarily be
at times some friction and clashing OF
provincial needs and ambitions This
is the case at Washington; this is the
case, too, in so small confederation
rs the cantons Of Switzerland
A stranger visiting the gallery OF the
Canadian house of commons is struck
with the dignity and decorum which
mark the proceedings and surround
even the wsrmest and keenest OF de-
bates Parliamentary procedure being
rigidly adhered to, there is little room
for unseemly encounters. which usu-
ally grow out Of uncalled-for person
alities in the heat Of q discussion.
Sometimes. however. when the house
has been sitting for hours, wearied
with the prolixities and incoherencies
of some member from "way back"
suddenly, as if through unity of deh-
peration. the usual dignity of tho
house is relaxed, and grave members
from such intellectual centers as Nom
treal and Toronto play the schoolboy
and outvie one another in 'xhying"
blue books 1t the heads of slumbering
and ino6ensive members OF the two
hundred and fifteen members that
make mp the house of commons, in
point Of ability and gifts. twenty per
cent OF them are below mediocrity;
twenty per cent. Of them occupy the
plane Of mediocrity; forty per cent
possess admitted ability, and the re-
naming twenty per cent sre men Of
commanding tafen t-Donahoe's Mag
axine.
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S1

my glass without throwing it at his
wicked old head, wouldn't a-believed
EN-! And if I'd a-known as Providence
-cc9!a -a.bin SO stoopid as to have left
such a darned old deceiver in this wurid
and took Betsy this three years come
Michelmas to t'other, I'm blamed il
Id ever have paid fippence to Farmer
Jones boy to give me lift into this con-
founded ole village!
John with slight nervousness)-
1t'ull be rare and glad to see you, will
told place. Timmy, which is my senti-
nents likewise, and 'ud be more SO if as
how you could lay aside contrariness,
let bygones be bygones accordin' to
Scriptur, and take your half pint along
a-ine as pleasant spoke az you was afore
simultaneous.
Timothy with deep gloom)-n
weren't the fallin' in luv, John Budgins,
as has made me thirstin' for your life
blood, SO to speak, these 20 years. Why.
tv'ry chap in the place were in luv with
FER. and you can't go about the wurld
a-thirstin' for life blood in ginral. 1t
amt safe. No. no, John Budgins. It
weren't the fallin' in luv, which was
material. and not to be prevented, as l
complains of; it were the darned mean
ness Of the chap as chops in afore all
the rest of us and marries her.
John (wiping his forehead apologct-
ically with q bandanna handkerchief
We'll, Timmy, I'm sorry for it, and l
can't say no fairer than that.
Timothy with sarcasm)-You sorry!
Why, in course you are! That 'ud be
material, John Budgins, that 'udl And
I'm darned II see why Annie Mia and
Saphir should a-been took sudden and
you left sitting hale and hearty over
your half pint a-saying as how you're
sorry for having got the one rs were
the pride o. the parish, with q hundred
of her Uncle Ben's to her FORUM, and a
red on her cheeks as made all the
peenys and roses as ever you growed in
your darned old garden look pale to 1t!
John (meekly)-Betsy were like that,
Timmy, she were.
Timothy-O' course she were, and
sech hair! Why, you might ha' seed
your face In 1t of Sundays when oiled up
for walking out in the afternoons!
And sech taste in dress! None O. your
4pwdy ones as might be a-goin' to their
own funeral, weren't Betsy. Sech
one for rose in her at and an ally
Dinum locket round her neck as has
never bin the ekal to here nor beat no
wheres
John with dejection)-You speak
true. Timmy. there amt.
Timothy-And sech q lively one!
4Sech way wi her! Not one o. them
!. gals as you may walk with and walk,
and don't get nothink for your trouble
Cut . Yes" or NO" Never at loss
for ~ord weren't Betsy. Allus an an
swer back as sprightly rs you please.
And hiehsperrited! Why. there weren't
- ePutting OF 'er down. Not afeared O. |
1obcdy. weren't Betsy. Not one of them |
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Husband-Now, my darling, be sure
to write to me the moment you arrive
1t your sisters, telliag ma Al. aboVt
your journey; and sxaetiy how syou
felt after the wearying ride. 'fshaIt
be in IN agony Of suspense until Iheir
that you have arrived safely aud IN
good health. - /.
Wife-Oh. I WON'T waft 70 write. TN,
send you = nice, long telegram.
Hushand-Um-tkAt is very thought
ful, my angel; but-er-thesa tale
graph companies aEo vesysunrenabla.
Put your telegram In IN 'envelepe And
nail Il to me. and then I'll halfrS -
get Il Hefe's . tw0eent sta0p-N.
=. Weekly.
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Some flowers seem to enjoy the
greateat degree Of heat that can come
4rem the direct rays Of the sun. The
port1tacca is closed in the morning.
6ot soon opens and il In full bloom
aud apparently enjoying itself highly
shortly before noon. The hotter the
day the brighter the eolo<s Of this
Rover. 49, l. =
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BYGONEs.

Old John. fat. optimistic. and peaceful
Old Timothy. lean. pessimistic. and Queru-
lous.
house.
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below catch al the Ans :

Tho troughs below catch AL the Ans
particles and the refuse. The mangeF
may be made of lighter boards. The
rack may be made any length desired.
Troughs of this size serve well for feed
ing ensilage and roots.
The objection to this rack - that n
IS very heavy and does not serve very
well for feeding corn stover either
whole or cut.-H. p. Miller. In Ohio
EnP1neP
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-01-25

IMOTHY (rec-
ognizing John
as he sits down
opposite to
him)-If any
one 'ud a-told
me as Id live to
see the day
when I should
set down opper-
site John Bud
gins and drink