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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-07-25
e,Lr-EooEo BUTTER.

HiGht Things Are Gooontlal t. Ffo00eo II
at Every Cunning.
A correspondent Of the jersey Bulle-
tin gives eight rules for making gilt
edged butter:
i. Good COWS, tossecure rich, clean,
healthy milk. II possible. feed cows
on rich. old pastures. free from weeds,
preferably on uplands.
2. Milking the COWS In . clean. well
ventilated stable, free from al atmos-
pheric taint.
3. Setting the milk to cream and The
cream to ripen in clean, well-yentt-
lated room that may be kept at low
and even temperature.
Z. Scrupulous cleanliness and regular
temperature in the churning.
s. Stopping the churn when the but
ter comes the sire Of wheat grains, and
freeing II Of butteSmilk while In this
stage; taking care not to break Tie
grain in working.
s. While in the granular steee, insor-
porate the salt evenly and tAogougAly.
2. Put up in neat clean. sweet and ~
tractive packages.
8. Scrupulous elG1nllnem trum IL
COW pasture TO ths butter Nm.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-07-25
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Argentina received $1,000 immi-
grants last year, the largest number
since the financial crash of 1890. in
which year the immigrants were 7S..
900.
When Chinaman has leg ampu-
tated he always begs for the severed
member, which he locks up in a box.
to be kept until the day when the rest
of his body shall be buried.
The oldest armchair in the world
is the throne once used by Queen Hatafu.
who fourished in Egypt 1000 B. c. 1t
is made of ebony, beautifully carved,
and 10 50 hardened with age as to ap-
pear to be made of black marble.
Great Britain's national lifeboat in
stitution had 393 boats in 1895. They
were launched 437 times, saving s33
lives. The average cost of . station is
$5,25O and the cost of maintenance $500.
There are two steam lifebOats and q
third is being constructed.
-Belfort, the eastern gate of France,
and Rambervillers, in the Vosges noun
tains, have just received the cross Of
the Legion of Honor, which will be en-
blazoned on the town arms, in honor
of the gallant resistance they made to
the Germans 25 years ago. Altogether
nine towns in France now have the cross
Of the Legion of Honor on their coats
of arms.
"A great demand for the Austrian
Maria Theresa thalers, the favorite cur
rency in eastern countries, has been
created by the Italian war in Abyssinia.
Since January 100000 of the thalers
have been exported directly from Trieste
to Abyssinia. and one firm has con-
tracted for 1,250.O0O rs soon as they
can be coined. The Austrian mint is
using up for this purpose the old silver
coinage called in when the gold standard
was put into force.
In the French departments where
forests have been cut down there has
been q marked decrease in the number
of births and an increase in that Of
deaths during so years. In the last
five years the excess of deaths over
births was 80 ,6s2. and the mortality in
the departments was nine times as great
IS in the rest of France. NJ. Jeannel
infers from this that the forests are
an important factor in the health Of
France,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-07-25
COVERED BARNARD.


R@O0oO
Can Ne Kept.
The value of a covered barnyard is too
apparent to need extended argument
to prove its worth upon the farm. With
it as factor in farm management, it
is possible to keep the manure from
teaching, even in the slightest degree,
and keep it also from that bane of most
manure heaps. ''fire-fanging." With
the covered barnyard all the manure
can be wheeled out daily, kept covered
with litter. and lept SO closely packed
by the running of cattle upon it that too
rapid heating is not at all possible. In
the covered yard there is, moreover, al
ways a chance for the stock TO exercise
and secure fresh air. without exposure
to storms or cold winds. There is an
other use also to which the covered yard
may be put, in some localities, at least
Sheep that lamb in spring-not in the
winter-do not require exceptionally
warm quarters during cold weather.
As a matter of fact, many sheep-raisers
are of the opinion that clothed with .
thick fleece Of wool as they are. sheep
do better in cool quarters. With q COW
cred barnyard, inclosed on all sides ex-
cept the south, in many parts of the
country sheep could certainly be win
tered in the yard, and fed in racks at the
sides. In this way an increased amount
of stock could be kept on many farms.
It is q fact, however, that most farm
ers will hardly be induced to cover their
yards because of the expense-the idea
of roofing all outdoors" not appealing
to them as profitable, though they may
be willing to concede the advantages of
the covered yard. A plan is presented
herewith that docs away with some Of
these objections, for the addition to the
barn, which is shown in the cut, secures
q covered yard as an incident in the Sc
curing of other barn and stock accom-
modations. The addition shown il vir-
tually two wings to the barn, with .
roof spanning both, the roof space BE-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-07-25

It is not fashionable to be supersti-
tious about wearing opals. Ten years
ago the woman who were m opal was
4 brave woman indeed. To-day, experts
admit, more opals are bought than any
other precious stones except diamonds.
It was Sir Walter Scott who helped. in
.Anne, Of Geierstein, to arouse the fears
OF the superstitious concerning the
wearing Of that beautiful stone. and it
was q German dealer in gems who fos-
tered that fear very successfully. for
other ends than those Of romance. He
came to England years ago. we are told
by lady ieweler, to fill IN order from
one Of the royal families in Germany
a wedding order, if l remember rightly.
Opals were then high. He had printed
the story that opals were unlucly. and
spread the report diligently. In short
time the price went down. and he was
enabled to al his order and make a
handsome profit Westminster Ga
xette.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-07-25
DAIRY SUGGESTIONS.

The dairy cow is more nervous than
the beef animal, and hence requires
Rentler treatment.
The little details of the dairy need
caooe attention, and unless it is given,
total or partial failure will result.
The fact that we can get more milk,
with less feed. from cows kept in warm
etables, is SO universally admitted as
To need no argument.
The COW before coming in needs some
sftention. She ought to be In = thriving
nnAition by being fed oats or oil meal,
hnt no corn, a. that IL too heatirg.-
Hnxmers' Voice.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-07-25
OLD HORSE CAME BACK.

Travelled One Hundred Miles Aloae to
the Home Of Her Owner.
Nellie, the old roam mare of Jose
Amaya, returned to her home in Santa
Cruz several days ago all by herself,
after an absence of nearly a year in
San Jose.
Nellie, with marvellous instinct and
horse-sense, chose an easier road back
than the one over which she was driven
many months before. She avoided the
hard hills and mountainous country,
and took a road of easy grades and
grassy stretches, travelling fully 100
miles or more in making the journey.
The Amaya family at home were
aroused by hearing q horse whinny.
Going to the door they were amazed
to see Nellie standing with her head
patiently held over the gate. She was
given a right royal welcome.
Joe Amaya and Nellie, the horse, grew
up together. When Joe was sturdy
eight-year-old boy, his father brought
home one day two colts, giving his sons
their choice.
Joe preferred the smaller one, and
named it Nellie. The colt was then but
two weeks old. She was a great big
pet with the Amaya children, and the
pride Of her master, Joe, the eldest son
Of the household. As the colt grew. he
broke her to the saddle and later to
harness.
When Joe left home Nellie went with
him. He drove her all over the state,
and once she saved his life. She was
then hitched to light wagon. and he
was in q hurry to reach q certain town
before nightfall. AS he approached
the Feather river he noticed the swollen
condition, and was warned that it was
useless to attempt to ford it, but he was
needless, and drove into the raging
flood. Nellie turned several times and
looked at him, but he urged her for
ward. The horse got beyond her depth,
and began to swim.
Then Amaya realized he was being
carried down the stream rapidly, 20 he
crawled onto the horses back, and,
with q penknife, cut the harness At
tached to the buggy, and set Nellie free.
She swan with him to the opposite
bank, and saved his life. After that
Amaya determined never to part with
I his faithful animal.
Nellie was over 20 years old last year
and Amaya drove her to where he was
at work at New Almaden. When he de-
termined to return home he felt the
mare was too old to bear the trip. 90
he took her out to Charlie Martins q
rancho, near San Jose, and turned her
out. promising to pay her pasturage as
long a. she lived.
But Nellie grew homesick. and she got
out by some means and slowly made
her way to Santa Cruz.-San Francisco
Examiner.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-07-25
DEFECTS OF THE TELESCOPE.
where the Reflector 10 Superior to the
Achr0matic Lens.

where the Reflector IL Superior to the
Achromatic Lens.
The best possible two-lens objective,
made from such materials as are o.
present obtainable in disks of any con-
siderable size, sins grievously in not
bringing the light rays Of different
color to any single focus-its ZACH
romatism" is far from absolute. In the
case of this AO-inch lens the greenish
yellow rays come together at point
nearly six inches nearer to the lens
than do the violet; SO that the image of
a bright star is surrounded by a strong
purple halo, which is usually pro-
nounced perfectly lovely" by female
tyro. but is an abomination to the as
tronomer. 1t is particularly annoying
in spectroscopic or Photographic work.
and where such work is specially il
hand the fact that the reflector is en-
tirely free from II. treating rays Of
every color impartially in the matter Of
focus. goes far to condone its peculiar
weaknesses.
This imperfection of the ordinary OBJ
ject glass is in no respect the fault of
the optician, but lies in the material
itself. Experiments. subsidized by the
German government, have been going
on at Jena during the last dozen years
for the purpose of remedying the evil
with special reference, however. to the
improvement of the microscope. In
that complete success has been
reached, and there is much reason tn
hope that before long it may become
possible to obtain varieties Of glass
which in combination will give salts
factory achromatism and in disks ,!
sufficient size to permit the construc-
ton Of large telescope object glasses as
perfect in their way as the. new "apo-
chromatic" microscopic objectives arr
in theirs. 1t will he a step almost n
| important as was Dollond's invention
Of the present achromatic lens. Thus
far, however. no great success has been
attained with telescopes of any con.
siderable magnitude, though an Eng
lish firm is now Offering to make three
lens objectives mp to 20 inches in diam
eter, which are advertised as practic
ally perfect in their achromatism. 4
six-inch lens of this construction ha,
been.very favorably reported on by DR.
Roberts, and It is perhaps not impos
sible that new era of Telescope making
may open with the new century,
North American Review.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-07-25

One Of the most poisonous snakes at
the London roo, . king cobra, recently
became nearly blind. When it shed it,
skin It threw on every part except the
transparent plate which covers the eye.
After each change Of skin this plate re-
mained uncast, and the successive layers
became opaque, and projected over the
eve In . horny boss. The keeper used
the snake habit Of creeping through an
aperture which it can find In the wall OF
ito cage to rid itself Of the growth over
the eye. He drew back the iron shutter
which separates one compartment from
the other, leaving narrow space open.
The cobra soon discovered this, and
pushed its nose into the crack. Thie
WAS slightly widened. and the snake
squeezed through, rubbing on one Of
the scales 9 II did %. It Was then In
duced to 60 back BY The wsy It had
come; and after this had been repeated
once or twice II cleared the scale from
the other eye. Since then It has cast
its slin completely and its eyes are ap.
parently noas The woRse tor tt tenn
porary blindness. Snakes naturally
drag themselvss through rough7g1asl
ma hoaes - get rid Of tie old skin whic1
elinss to them.-Lnn6on Pubic Opinion
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-07-25
A Tenant FoilstL

Tenant-I don't think you ought to
charge me $25 dollars . month rent
for this house. When II rains the water
runs into the rooms. the r0of leaks so
badly.
Landlord-What! Is there running
water on the premises? You will have
to nav Ave dollars . month extra for
that. l wonder how long you have
been enjoying water privileges - my
exuenee?-Texas Sitter.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-07-25
SWAMP HAY PAvEMENTs.

Its DuEablllty L. About - Be Tested ~
..rs-s... the City Of BaltineFo.
i. Permission has been granted by the
mayor of Baltimore to lay . sample Of
a new pavement, made of swamp hay.
in order to test it's durability and to
ascertain whether it should be allowed
to compete with asphalt and other paw
ing material.
Tho material OF which the paving
blocks are made is swamp grass. which
grows luxuriantly in the salt marshes
along the Atlantic coast. 1t grows very
compactly and in many places to =.
height Of six or eight feet. 1t il cut
at any time Of the year except when
growing.
Laborers go into the marshes with
large, nat boats and cut the hay, which
falls into the boat - it IL poled slowly
through the water. The material 10
then put into bundles and cut up into
the proper length by . machine simi-
lar to the ordinary hay cutter, with
which the boat is provided. 1t il after
ward subjected to moderate pressure
and made into blocks by q machine at
tached to the cutter. about inches
thick by 16 long and 70 wide. These
are then fastened In the shape stated
by wires, very much in the manner a.
hay is put up. Before the blocks ara
shipped from the factory to their des-
tination they are treated with . prep
aration Of dead oil, and they are then
ready to lay upon tho street.
Tho cost Of putting down the pave
ment complete, including the prepara-
ton OF the concrete foundation. Is givea
at from $1.40 to $l.70 per square yard.
The cost will vary somewhat from sur
rounding conditions, the freight on tho
blocks, cost Of labor and cost of crushed
stone and other material for the founda-
ton,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-07-25
PORTUGUESE DISCOVERIES.
Sald to Have Described south America
the Year Columbus Was Born.

said to Have Described south America ID
the Year Columbas Was born.
The shortest route from the old world
to the new is from Cape Verde to Brazil.
Winds and currents tend to carry ship
across. There is, therefore, an inherent
probability that q Portuguese vessel
should have been driven on to the Bra
lillian coast. This actually happened to
Cabral in 1900. 1t might have happened
any time after ships began to round
Cane Verde. That cape was first round
ed in 1445. In 1448 remarkable map
was made by Bianco. showing the most
recent Portuguese discoveries. On 1t
a long stretch of coastline il shown
southwest of Cape Verde, with IN i'm
scription saying that it is authentic.
and 500 miles to the west. The only
land in such position il South Ameri-
ca. The discovery must have been made
between 1445 and 1448.
1t is recorded that an unknown island
was found far to the west In 1447. On
the first map dealing with the Atlantic
ocean after Bianco's map, large island
is found i'm the position indicated by
Dianco. The Portuguese had good rea-
son for not troubling much about such
an island, until the papal bull OF 14ss,
with its line of demarcation, when
their conduct leading to the TordesiIIas
treaty Of 1894, by which the line was
shifted SO far that they secured Brazil.
seems.to have been based on knowledge
Of the existence of land in the position
Of that country. Moreover, there h evi-
dence to show that they publicly
claimed the possession Of such knowl-
edge. II the views here set forth are
tenable, the interesting and important
result is obtained that America was
discovered by the Portuguese In rabous
the very year in which Columbus 10 BE-
lieved to have been born. Without re-
moving one iota from the real merit Of
Columbus. it would add the browning
laurel to the already great glory OF that
marvellous man, Prince Henry the Nav
iRator, who. it is pardonable to remem'
her. was half IN Englishman.-Oeo'
graphical Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-07-25

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his brother was dead man.
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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-07-25

lis said that in Germany compound
named cryostase has been discovered.
composed Of phenol. camphor. saponine
and turpentine, which has the extraor-
dinazy property Of becoming liquid
when ita temperature is lowered below
the freezing point, and Of returning to
the solid state upon being heated again.
Youths Companion.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-01-25
$50 up. Surveys from SOS up Spindle Wagons from $50 up
THE MELON DIDN'T COUNT.

The memories of General Marriott upon
the first French empire relate that on the
occasion of very formal distribution of
rewards made by Napoleon before Ratisbon
an old grenadier came forward and de-
manded somewhat sharply, to the astonish-
ment OF all, cross of the Legion of Honor.
but what have you done 2" said Ma
poleon.
why, sire, said the soldier, ut was
| who, in the desert of Yafa, when it was
terribly hot and you were parched with
thirst, brought you watermelon
THANK you,' said Napoleon, but a
watermelon for a general is not worth a
cross OF the Legion of Honor
The grenader flew into a violent rage.
well, then" he shouted, Il suppose that
the seven wounds that got at Arcola and
at Austeritz and at Friendland 90 for
nothing, eh? My Il campaigns in Italy, in
Egypt in Austria, in Prussia, and in
Poland you don't count suppose ?"
"Tut, tut, tut" exclaimed the emperor.
'How you do get excited when you come
to the essential point of the whole matter, I
make you now Il chevalier of the Legion of
Honor for don't tell me any more about
your Watermelon"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-01-25

There are some people who never wear
dark glasses aud yet they never see any
thing bright: it's the people who are dys-
peptic and soured. Everything is out of
joint with such people. II suffered MANY
years with Dyspepsia and liver troubles
but have been relieved since taking Sim
mons Liver Regulator. know others who
have been greatly benefited by its use -
James Rowland, Carrollton, Mo-
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-01-25
Intended to Catch Your Eye.

Don't skip this paragraph because it is
The Pineola l'alsam, a certain remedy for
cough, tickling in the throat and the
stopped up feeling in the upper part of the
chest. \ simple cough may turn into
something serious if let alone. 1t ceases to
vex you and to keep you awake o'nights
when you have allayed the inflammation in
your throat with Ely's Pineola Balsam
The druggists sells it for twenty five cents.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-06-16

Interest never flags when
the goods and prices are
right. In May we passed all
records in merchandising
Helping more people togoods
at less expense than ever
that's the secret! Great
movements in merchandise
reduce expenses in all di-
rections, freights on carload
lots are less than by the
piece, buying at the factory
means a big saving to US
And you are the gamers.
The Success Filter, as sold
by US means good health to
you and money in your
purse. The money comes
in this way: We bought at
the factory a car load of the
goods; everythingWas cheap
er and we can sell you a
six-gallon filter for S.. 50.
The filter stone in a Sue
cess filter is made of tripoli
stone, minedin Geogia, U.S.A.
1t is fitted inthe upper cham
berofthefllter and water pass
es through it, all impurities in
the water remaining on the
outside. 1t may be cleaned
in moment and will last
for years as it is six inches
in thickness, instead of one
as in ordinary stone filters.
The quality is the best and
$3.50 for a six gallon filter is
lower than you ever paid
before.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-06-16
TRUANT OFFICER FROLIC.
a Wild Goose Chase Ending With
Dramatic Scene.

The truant officers have been indulg-
ing in a little fun recently, although
such was known to but one member of
the fraternity in the beginning of the
proceedings. The oldest member and
one who is known as the jolly joker
of the lot told his brothers that he
was on the track of two truants who
were in the habit of frequenting Ira
cy's corner. He fixed the noon hour
on certain day last week TO catch
these imaginary beings. He posted
two officers in front of the Club Sta
bles and two in front of No. 2 engine
house. The remaining one he took
with him and walked to Tracy's corner.
They entered the store and then the
older officer pointed out one of the
boys referred to. The other four men
had been unable to stand the suspense
and had crawled up just in time to see
the two men walk into the store. They
followed. thinking that the boys had
hidden in the store. Instead of the
boys they found the old officer shaking
with laughter. He pointed at two wax
figures near by, and then said, These,
gentlemen, are the two boys, and when
Won see those. remember that they are
what you may expect to find when the
curfew tolls"