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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-05-23
Essential. In strawberry Culture.

l. The most profitable varieties
for the commercial growers are those
not easily influenced by differences Of
soil and climate. Those which sue
ceed well on wide areas are usually
better than those which have mere 10
cal reputation.
2. Pistillate varieties, when proper
~ fertilized, are more productive than
sorts with perfect flowers.
5. The value of . variety for fer.
tilizing pistillate flowers does not de-
pend SO much upon the amount rs upon
the potency of the pollen.
I. The flowers Of pistillate varieties
are less liable to be injured by frosts
than the flowers Of perfect varieties.
5. Varieties that are neither very
early nor very late in point of maturi'
ty are the most productive and have
the longest fruiting season.
6. As q rule, varieties that have the
most vigorous and healthy foliage arc
the most productive, while those with
= weaker growth Of foliage are great
er susceptibility to leaf blight are usu-
ally unprolific.
:. Winter protection may be dis.
pensed with upon well-trimmed, sandy
soils, but appears to be necessity upon
heavier ones.
g. The leaf bligh. may be checked
by using the bordeaux mixture, be-
ginning just rs soon as leaves appea-,
and continuing the application every
few weeks throughout the season.
Southern Farm.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-05-23
TOLD 70 4 CHILD.

10 you know the fairy measure.
The measure that they dance to
when the moon is ir the crescent.
And the busy world is stiil2
When each sprite and fay and fairy
Steps from out the rose and lily
And goes tripping to the woodland
Just behind TIE purple hille
Have you seen the pearls and laces.
And the fans bedecked with jewels!
Have you caught the sheen and simmer
OF the gowns both rich and rare!
As the fairies swing ard circle
Round a harebell hung with glow-Wcrms
While the crickets in the heather
Sing a glad and joyous air?
Have you heard the happy laughter
When the fairy dance is over.
And the golden moon Is sinking
In q sea OF amber dye?
Have you heard the good-nfghts wafted
From the roses and the lilies?
Have you heard the goodnight kisses
Blown across the shadowy sky!
Is 1t so, you have not seen them.
Can II be, you have rot heard them!
Never caught the fairy measure
On q starry summers night.
And you say there are no fairies!
And you don't believe my story!
Well. IT must be that dreamed II
Meath the new moons crescent iight!
Clarence Trmy. in n. Y Independent.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-05-23

HuMo0oUA

After Marriages. -She-"I thought
you told me your salary was $50 9
week?" He-eOh, NO: ! said earned
80, but only get ten."-Yale Record
-Absent-minded r,rty-.Why. how
do You do, Barkerf How's your wife,?
Barker-.My wife? Why. my dear
doctor. never married" Absent
minded Party-"Really! Congratulate
her for me."-Harper's Bazar.
-Judge-"Are you aware Of any nit
i9atin9 circumstances in your case?%
Criminal-"Yes, your honor. this is the
Goth time have been arrested for va
grancy, and / thought that perhaps We
might get up little jubilee. House.
hold Words.
"A Good Idea.-~n you could have
your choice Of names which one would
you choose?'' EITHER Smith or Jones'
sWhy such a common one? $50 my
country relations couldn't hnd me sc
easily in the city directory. y."-Detroit
Free Press.
"A Matter Of Language.-"J 3hn.3 :
she said, rather sternly, ''the coal-bir
is empty" "Yes," was the disconaolate
reply. '.it's that way most Of the time.
It's never Of use in nm immediate emer.
eency. I'm going to change its name
and call il coal-has-been."- n."-WaShing
tom Star.
Green ito Black, who il preparing
for continental trip)-'sHow do you
get ON with your language. old fellow r.
Hlack-'ACapitally- Why. I've got 50 far
now that I can think In French
Green-sWell, that's : blessing. for it'a
more than you could ever do in Eng
lEsh."-Tit-Bits-
An objectionable Sin.-Banns-
~You didn't know that was once en-.
gagged to marry your wife, did your
Eanns-'sNo; what broke OF the en-.
raeement?s' II did" did, eh;
(Smashes him. and pounds him within
an inch Of his life). There, now; Il
you ever play = trick like that on me
again. I'll kill you the next time--N.
Y. World.
They were seated in the parios con-
versing on the uncertainty Of life. oh<
The future il vast, unfathomable
mystery to m, isn't it?' He-"Yes;
ali we know n that we have to 50 soml
time" Voice from the libraFy-'It
would suit the Convenience Of thil
household IL you'd make it > little
sooner than that. Dis
match.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-05-23
johnson Grass Roots for Cows.

Last February and March we triel
to kill out about twenty acres OF John
son grass by blowing it up and letting
it freeze out, as we supposed, but, tn
our astonishment, we found that q lot
of hungry, lean cows followed the
plow and ate every root they could find.
In the course of = week we could see
that the cows were picking mp and
looking much better, and the ones wo
were milking gave three times as much
milk rs they did before they com.
menced to eat the johnson grass roots.
The field put us in mind of scrub oak
land; there was very little fuel above
the ground, but when the plow was
put in enough firewood could be got
out Of half an acre to run three fires
all through winter. The johnson
grass roots to us was n bonanza II
you are short of feed put the plow in
and cultivate the johnson grass crop
and feed your cows at the same time.
We did not kill that johnson grass by
blowing it up TO freeze. It is there to
stay. We are convinced that the only
way to kill it is to be let alone.-Live
Stock Champion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-05-23
SMALL FRUITS.
Raspberry Culture Should Receive = share
OF Attontao0.

Raspberry Culture Sh01ld Receive share
Of Attentson.
Every farmer living within ten or
twelve miles Of town Of 1000 or more
people can well afford tho time and
ground required to produce raspber-
ries. The soil should be well pulver-
lied, and the plants placed six feet
apart each way. or. If the land Is
scarce, they may be planted - near .
3x6 feet. When planted close, the culti-
vation Is more expensive, for after the
canes are grown, It is more difficult
to get among them. Having placed
= plant, cover it IN inch or more in
the ground and firm the earth thor
oughly around 1t. During the first
year the plants should be hoed and
cultivated often enough to keep down
all weeds and make the field as clean
rs If corn were planted.
The second year, the crop. II it sell
well, should pay Ill expenses connect
ed with It. The cultivation should
continue the second year until the
fruit begins to set. when it should
cease. Late cultivation not only in
10ESS tnC 1EultS UOS - AiACAy ~ AAAsA"SS
growth that will winter-kill in the
cold weather.
A common method Of pruning the
black raspberry il to 60 through the
bushes Is the plants approach the de-
sirable height, and with : sharp knife
cut OF the top Of each sprout. This
prevents long, arching branches and
causes the plants to send out laterals
on every side, which balance the main
stem. These laterals will be found to
fruit largely during tho next sea
son. In tho fall, with one-horse
plow, throw = couple Of burrows
toward tho plants to keep them
from heaving ont with frost in
the following spring. In the early
spring these burrows should be leveled
back again. For sarly fruiting. the
6ouhegan Is By many considered the
hest, and should be set on . hillside
facing the south- For late bearing,
The Gregg = m excellent variety and
may Be planted On northern slope.
During The first season vegetables
may Be planted bstween the rows.
This wiz tnree cultivation 70 about
the amoant desired for he good Of
IL raspberry eaneA-Sout1en Farm
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-05-23
A RESCUED GOOSE.



and . 0esango DeasosDeas-
During the civil war the state Of
Louisiana established at Mount Leb-
anon, In Bienville parish. laboratory
for the preparation Of medicines to BE-
used j.. the confederate service. To
supply the water needed = deep well
wss dug. After the war all the build
ings connected with the laboratory
were destroyed by hre, and the well
remained yawning and uncurbed. Thus
It has remained ever since. for NO ,ne
uses it, and it il no ones business To
fill it or cover it over. A pine wood has
grown up about it; and the well has
long served as q pitfall for animals
that stray in the direction. A Louisi-
ana paper says that when . cow or pig
or any other animal disappears FROM
the neighboring town. it is commonly
remarked that the animal IL at the
bottom o< the WELL" and that II the
last that II sail about it.
One day recently fine goose. which
belonged to . gentleman named Mat
thews, who lives not far away. straye.i
on in the morning, and in the evening
her brood Of goelings came "cheeping
back without her. 1t was surmisel
that the goose might have fallen antn
the well.
Two days afterwartl, Mr.. Matthews,
rifle in hand. on his way to join hunt
ing party. passed near the old weh.
and noticed that large hawk appeared
to be greatly interested in something
which was going on in the well.
The hawk circled round and round
above the opening. dived into 1t. re
appeared screaming, and went down
again. After . succession OF such
movements the hawk finally emerged
from the well with = great white load il
his tal0ns.
It was the missing goose: and thu
goose, to Mr.. Matthew establishment
had long black snake hanging from
her beak. A shot from his riht
brought the trio to the earth, and tn,
man ret about solving the mystery
The snake appeared to have attemptes
to swallow the goose. head first, fo'
her beak was sticking in his throat
10 that .hc could mot get away. no
could she get rid Of him.
Evidently after her fall down tn
well the goose had found q foothol,
ON bit Of curbing. and had there beel
attacked by the snake, with the singu
lar result described. In that predica
ment she had been pounced upon by th
| hawk.
| Mr.. Matthews killed the SNAKE
bagged the hawk, and restored tn
| goose to the bosom Of her grateful fam
ily; for she was little the worse for he
extraordinary series Of adventures. tn
hawk was found to measure five fec
from tip to tip Of its outstretchc
wirfgs. s.-YOuth's Comuanion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-05-23
seceesIon q Germany.

The German emperor has made
Prince Luitpeld, the regent Of Bavaria.
. field marshal. There are hints that
within the next two or three months
Luitpold will be proclaimed king. in
place of the poor imbecile Otto; and
that that win mark the beginning Of
active resistance on the part Of Bavaria
to the present policy Of the emperor.
which exalts Prussia ut the expense Of
the other states. It i even intimated
that Bavaria, and Baden and Wurtem-
berg with her, would not hesitate to
secede from the empire should good
occasion come Il may be that ths
emperor has these things in mind, and
il trying to guard against them by be-
slowing this field marshahhip upon tho
prince who would be the patuyal leader
Of such. . reTolk-N. =. Tribuae.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-05-23

An ounce Of prevention, rs far ~ IL
goes, is worth whole ton of cures of
hog cholera But what does it profit
man to be on the alert In most matters
and then to let the disease slip in on
him unawares at some unguarded
point? When cholera is prevalent in .
community, eternal vigilance is the
price of immunity from the disease. A
rigid quarantine is the only absolute
safeguard and that means great deal
more than most people ever imagined
Southern Farm.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-05-23
SQUIRE RUFUS SANDERS.
Tremendous ConfusiOnment" In
the Rocky Greek Settlement
Old Mh - Haseltlne Went A-F1shlng and
Caught Human Skeleton-A Town
Man ON Hls .Whesl' Leaves
Death and 1aian&lon.
IIit aint very frequent In this day and
.cneratiOn that the Rocky Creek settle

nent turns 0er-
self loose for q
high heel time.
gsut when N.e
day and hour
nave come to
pass, and she
does slip the bril-
die, You an
stand from un-
der and watch
t h G fur fl y.
There will be
blood and hair
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-05-23
A New OrchestrA without Mea.

Prof. j. II. Schalkenbach, formerly
the organist of the Polytechnic instf-
tute of London, has recently invented
and CONSTRUCTED un electrical Orches-
ira. which is very effective. An or
gan with two keyboartls and number
Of stops is connected by electric wires
with large number of musical instru-
ments, which are distributed over the
space usually given up to the orches-
tra. and kept in place by various
stands. While q chair il located next
to each instrument. the only man in
the entire orchestra is Prof. Schalken-
bach himself. who takes seat 1t his
organ, from where he conducts, 30 to
speak. his mysterious musicians. Al
though it is advertised that the entire
arrangement is mechanical. and that
electricity is the agent doing all the
work in this orchestra, a sensation OF
timidity, and even awe, is felt by many
visitors. The electric orchestra il now
exhibited in q Vienna concert hall. and
surprises eve:l professional musicians
through the extraordinary combina-
tions of sourd brought out by Prof.
Schalkenbach, whe has great musical
talent, and il an excellent electrician.
Current Literature.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-05-23
HERE AND THERE

If the pigs aro to run among the
young trees, and the practice is adj
visable, box or wire about each trunk.
The fungi which causes the potato
plants to die suddenly eau be prevent
cd by spraying with the Bordeaux mix
ture. Also leaf blight Of the straw
berry.
Meat is now being cured by fore
ing the brine into it by hydraulic
pressure, thus accomplishing in - Sec
onds what usually requires several
weeks.
Everybody wants good roads, ana
Il Is everybody's business to see that
good roads arc made. And perhaps
that is the reason why it is nobody's
business. or at least q business that
nobody attends to.
Let the young men learn to graft
and do this work for the neighbor-
hood. On every neighbor's farm there
are trees of little value because Of
poor varieties, which can be changed
to yield choice fruit.
There is an old agricultural adage
that when land, for corn more especial.
". is thoroughly prepared, the crop is
half made. II you have not already
accomplished at least part of this
work, your chances for success are
much impaired.
One Of the first and . very impor-
tant step in the prevention Of hog
cholera is to obtain pure water. This
can not be more easily secured than
from : deep well and supplied to the
animals in troughs or stock fountains,
but permitting no wallowa
During tho wet spring days. wheB
everything is dripping with moisture.
and the surface Of the earth appeart
to be in profuse perspiration, Is the
time the poultry raiser needs the bar
rel OF dry road dust he failed TO gather
during : previous drought-s duty we
have often urged him to perform.
The modern farmer Is not content
to use the satiquated tools and meth
DDS OF his father. In this age Of keen
competition, the farmer who wishes to
prosper reeds and gels tho most i'm
prDyed farming implements, and ly
reading the bes. agricultural li.cta-
tire. he keeps IN tosoh with The xR'stt
~ progress
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-05-23
DIGGER THERAPEUTICS.


- lnasDnssssy 1Asa1atisD-
saw . Digger Indian medicine man
treat another old Indian for rheuma-
tism . few days ago." said DR.. W. L.
Berry, "and can assure you it was
something new In therapeutics. was
travelling in Mendicino county when u
young buck who spoke good English
informed me that one Of the Indians
lad devils In his legs and the medicine
man would take them out at the
rancheria. OF course ] was anxious to
see the operation.
when I reached the scene saw .
pile Of dry wood with green willow
boughs heaped over II. The old Indian.
WHO was suffering from inflammatory
rheumatism, was carried out in lam
ket, the corners Of which were tied
around his neck, while his feet stuck
out through . couple Of holes. II. waa
placed ON another wet blanket that
was spread over the willow boughs;
strings were run from his big toes to
the tops Of two little xaplings about 30
feet away and lizards. toads, frogs,
" ater dogs and garter snakes were tied
NIL along the string q. intervals Of six
inches.
Then the medicine man net fire to
the dry wood and danced around the
fire till the paint and perspiration ON
his body shone like varnish. All the
while he shouted appeals to the Great
Medicine Man up above to use his in
fluence in persuading the devils to
leave the victims legs. He threatened
that the reptiles ON the strings, which
are supposed to be tho favorites Of evil
spirits, should be tortured till their
masters left the victim Of their tor
ments.
.The old fellow ON the hre COM
menced getting hot. and he yelled muir
der for fully fve minutes before the
medicine man and his assistants took
him OF the fire. The old fellow was
almost roasted, but they carried him
down and ducked him in the cold water
Of the little creek that ran by the
lancheria- Then they placed him on
his feet again, but he was still unable
TO walk. He was placed on the blanket
rnd grilled again ana again ducked.
This operation Was repeated till tn.
p0or old fellow tottered half 4 dozen
steps to avoid further torture and thel
the medicine man announced cure"
San Francisco Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-05-23

and hit bendin, to say nothin Of slick.
slim sycamore. and / give out the fscts
accorllin to Sol.
THAT mought sorter do with regards
to the common run Of rabbits and dogs"
saws Sol. But in this case that dog OF
mine was SO clost in behind the rabbit
and heatin the ground 80 scandlous hot
till the rabbit was Jest naturally
bleedged to clam that tree"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-05-23

TO dream Of crocodile = sign
that SOME one viii Try . murder yes.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-05-23

In the greatest plenty, and the ground
tore up MS with bear fight for miles
around.
White people, there was trouble last
week, and the most loveliest strip OF
country ON the broad bosom OF the
earth went heels over appetite into the
lnost goneleyest confusionment yon
cvcr heard tell Of or read about per-
haps. 1t would seem like everything
come crooked and went twistin-feet
foremost, catawompused and wrong
side up with care.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-28

assis tants will watch the intricate maze
OF pnlsing steam and water pipes, the
lightning strokes of shining piston rods
and crank shafts, and keep cool with a
frothy emulsion of oil and seawater the
burdened journals and the Immense
thrust blocks that bear the push of those
driving engines and transmit that awful
power to the m ovement of the craft.
No less than hundred auxiliary en-
g1nes, steam, electrical and hydraulic,
will lessen the tax upon the muscular
energies of the crew of 45O souls. perform
tasks beyond the power of that whole ag-
gregation, considered as unit of energy,
and add to the efficiency of the craft by
lifting and lowering the boats, raising
the anchors, loading coal and stores, dis
charging ashes, bringing shot. shell and
powder from their rooms below to the
several gun stations. turning the turrets
and swinging the great rudder from side
to side against the pressure OF hundreds
OF tons OF rushing water, and that at the
merest pressure of the lightest hand.
The exhausted steam is not wasted.
but turned instead into two large con-
densers, where, after wandering through
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-28

protection to the boilers, engines and
magazines that lie below and within this
box of heavy steel. From the lower edges
OF the thick cross-wise bulkheads, spread
ing from side to side and running thence
to the bow and the stern, are two decks
of thrse-inch steel, the forward one ter
minating at the stem and forming the
spine for the ram beyond. Golfer dams
on each side and forward and aft Of the
vital region, filed with cellulose, a sub
stance swelling rapidly when wet and
capable Of plugging automatically shot
holes admitting water, will give added
protection to the parts less heavily
shielded.
Within the outer hull for distance of
294 feet, the space occupied by the vitals,
there is another or inner bottom, extend
ing up to the protective deck or armored
roof of this region, seeming, as it were,
smaller craft cut off abruptly at each
end and fitted bodily within the larger
vessel. The space between this inner bot
tom and the outside skin is divided into
numerous water-tight compartments, IN
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-28

load, depress and elevate the guns. rest
safely behind the protection OF the bars
bettes seventeen inches through. Con-
centrated upon foe on either side, the
four great guns would send forth mass
of ton and quarter of hardened steel
driven by 1870 pounds of powder, leay-
ing the rifles with a pent-up force equal
to the energy needed to raise the whole
ship, crew and all, to height of eight
feet in one second.
From the four smaller turrets. five in
ohes thick, firing through an arc of ITO
degrees and revolving within barbettes
three inches heavier, the eight-inch rifles
can fire shells Of $50 pounds, capable of
passing undeformed through eight In
ohes of steel four thousand yards away
and with possible bombarding range of
one mile for every inch of calibre.
-Four Of the four-inc rapid fire guns
are placed on the main deck, sheltered
by armored sponsors and thick steel
splinter bulkheads, while the two re-
naming are mounted up in the after su-
perstructure, where they command an ex-