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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-06-20

facturer, with his native love Of color,
never fails to fasten to the wicker cas-
ing Of his wine bottle, were left, and
afforded the only brilliant tones in thu
dainty novelty.
Another lamp to be desired, seen in
studio noted for its fascinating col.
lection Of old brasses and glass. was
fashioned of one Of the brass milk cans
which are among the finds of Holland,
The can had been slightly beaten and
highly polished, and into its four-inch
neck was fitted . lamp fount. A vel.
low silk shade added the finishing
touch.
In the den Of bachelor foundation
for . lamp has been laid with three
Turkish daggers. Their handles. rest
ing ON the table. the curved blades hold
the fount. The original thought which
designed this unique ornament has car
ried out the oriental scheme in the
shade, which il made of . brightly
striped silk scarf Of Turkey.
The fortunate posseesor Of two tall.
single candelabra of the Empire period
has. with the aid Of pale yellow and
q turquoise blue lamp bulb and shade to
match, added two Of the most charming
Illuminating vehicles imaginable to her
artistic menage. The same little house
wife has supplied . much-desired blue
and white lamp for white dining
room by purchasing for mere song .
tall candlestick of imitation Delft and
supplying II with . white porcelain
bulb and . shade made Of blue and
white japanese crepe.
An inexpensive and in every way sat
isfactory toilet lamp is easily evolved
from any one Of the pretty porcelain
candlesticks picked up occasionally. at
. very small Investment, in the leading
crockery houses. The simple old brass
and silver candlesticks that are y
heritage from our grandmothers will
also be found very available for the
same purpose.-N. Y. Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-06-20

out to reach the end Of the door, thea
with n gEcan, pulled. The door slid
open, and fell on my hands and knees
in the end of the car.
"'Well.' said the fellow. turned my
head. There was nothing to be seen but
hiue sky and green prairie, and the lit.
tie group of yellow board shanties With
a red auction Gag and crowd Of people
in front of one Of them.
"The fellow swore and flung himself
out of the car. He went prowling on
toward the crowd with his guns held
barrels down and with his nervous fin.
gers on the triggers. followed him n
a respectful distance,
"As he came near. to them he began
to walk like . cat on wet pavements.
lifting each leg away up. Where il hei
Where is tn white-livered skunk what
slammed thet door on me? Where il
he? Where is he? Let i'm show hisselfl
He dassent! Where 10 he? Where il
her
"Hewent among them believing in his
bull fashion, and not . man moved.
Where's all the galoots what was goin'
4 shoot at me? Wherebe they? Let 'em
come! Let 'em show theirselves! Let
en- come At me! Oh. there's them here
as has got guns hangin' to 'em. but let
'em pull 'em! Let 'em pull 'em onct!
Jest let 'em tap 'em with their fingers.
an I'll drive stove hole through
every last one'a their low-dovn hides!
lessee . man pull = gun! Lessee! An
lessee tn man what slammed tn doos
cn me. Let him produce himself. th'-'
and he cursed this unknown individual
in language that was like black smoke.
"But the men with guns remained si
lent and grave. The crowd for the most
part gave him room enough to pitch .
circus tent. When the train left he was
still roaring around after the man who
had slammed the door,"
.And % they didn't kill him after an
said some one at the end Of the HaxJo.
tive.
'0h, yes. they got him that night
said the major. 'In saloon somewhev
They got him al right.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-06-20

Off We haven't got 20 very high dp
know. climbin M hest we could. but
would it suit us to turn loose and drar
hack down the ladder and take another
pull from the first round? Would Il
pay to spit on the old slate and spile out
and start over? Take good look at all
the surroundin circumference, Rufc,
and see what a general, all-around spile
out would mean for you and me. We
have come over a long and rough and
dusty road-sometimes up and some.
times down-and by now we ought t.
know that the time to count the costa
is before you take the trip. We will
stop right now and count up the costs Of
this business, and then reckon we will
turn around and come back hcfore We
start.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-06-20
HOW TO REGAIN YOUTH.

Busy Women Sho1ld Rest 1t Least Ons
Hoar Every Day.
Busy women continually resolve to
''take things easier, ITO rest on their
oars for season" and drift on the river
of Incidence, IL only one hour day. We
embark on the daily voyage fully in
tending to do this, but before nightfall
realize that we have been shipwrecked
ON the Scylla Of duties, real OF imagina-
ry, or engulfed4n the Charybdis Of social
hurry.
Why not really make mp our minds
that one hour daily should be devoted
to recreation or resting in some man.
ner7 Either We will walk an hour, lie
down IN hour, read IN hour. sew, knit,
do fancy work, visit or chat with con-
genial friend for an hour. In Short we
will overturn our common methods for
one brief space daily. The result Of .
months fair trial Of this plan will en-
courage to further effort In the same d.
rection, and In faithful observance Of
some such system we shall renew our
youth like the eagles" while many Of
the worn and toilsome places will take
ON new beauties ''and blossom - the
rose. Chicago Inter Ocean.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-06-20

wanted to kill, and they said they were
s eoing to kill him that dSy at the sale,
TO. Somebody had pointed him out to
me during the morning. and I had
heard him brag, so 1 recognized this
voice in the darkness. think he de-
eiacd that they had slammed the door
80 him 90 that when he opened it to
come out they could get good fair
chance to make q sieve of him. The
lswav that man swore was positively
frightful.
ssHe wasn't very good company,
salther. stood still 40 long thst felt
90 bones in my legs creak like old
8 eaubers, and didn't breathe any hard
"A than = canary bird. He went ON
q at great rate.
II began to think Of Tom and his
h rim. wishing he had died rather than
]. I had come for that ice.
eat last I found that had got to
s,ovo. There was NO help for it. Ny
- refused to support me in this posi-
!. - any longer. My head was growing
q a1rry. and II 1 didn't change my attitude
IN vould tall down. hadn't remained
1 Eo43onless for 80 very long. either. but
- : darkness where q man can't tell
: -hether he is standing on his feet or his
-. the faculty Of balance isn't much
- Is counted on. Ny heart stopped
8 8 saor4 when I felt myself sway. but
Aifted one foot quickly, and there I
- aaain. But that accurxed foot had
0nde squeak.
~The fellow listened for Z moment
"A then he yelled: Who's in herer
81 didn't say . word, but just dropped
{ 4aewn 70 the Aoor Is easy n = sack Of
esTle Hgtened for time. and then bel
l,od out again: Who's in herer I
...G1ncee he figured that It wasn't one
s5 - enemies, or they would have got
q sS6@ while he was swearing to himself
= the corner.
S ANyhoee IN here! Come along now,
d 49, aanspeak up er III begin = bore
8 S1ae hoDso 81 yeh! Who e. yeh. any
z<7kSS.a vnisGao some now, er III fair
$ i1 Jol' 80
80 was beginning to get mad - =
I could fairly hear that fell
ling himself into rage and get
- 1n1S crazy every minute. All the
svroce M IN eseorner. and when
~ iround with one hand I couldn't
s thia9 to get behind. Every 80
q e.pect = Aeae him beeia y
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-06-20

1As svesage 1arDse wants eern %
b worth noee than - cents PR bash
e.. The average hog raiser dont care
Il corn h only ten esnts psr busaAl- 70
. farmee who eomblnoq TIE rsisina Of
hogs with the roiaing Of. ceen. IL = im-
material, for what - Loses by the low
pries = eellsr. - eains - . buysr.
or ussr. With cheap corn . 1hEner
ean naks cheap pork q . prolk
Think of this bs1ore yoa Anish plant
Ing eottoo.-Tbrm and Ranch.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-06-20

on. He had one COW End three dogs and
all the rest of his family along with him.
After passin the reglar compliments in
regards to the weather and the crops,
I wanted to know If they were runnin
away, or movin out west, or travelin
around or jest naturally goin some
where's.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-06-20

Talking OF parliamentary success
there il . story that Mr.. Disraeli once
said to Sir William Harcourt: HE has
the three essential qualifications for
success in politics-a 6ne person. . loud
voice. and no principle& This saying
was repeated to. Sir william Hareour$
who observed that, leaving out ths
first two qualifications, it might almost
be applied to Dizzy himself. London
Saturday Review.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-06-20
NEW THINGS IN LAMPS.



Are CsilissA NowoaAys.
In these days, when everything from
IN ink bottle to . tea caddy 10 utilized
for lamp foundation. with. too. II
must be admitted, varying success, .
really graceful novelty II not to b
overlooked. Such one, seen recently,
was . lamp evolved from an italian
wine bottle. Into the long. slender
neck Of . large wicker-bodied Chianti
flask was inserted one Of the delicate
glass lamp bulbs to be found In the
leading shops. The shade, . most
harmonious accompaniment to this ef-
fective conceit, was Of fine spr!Ggcd
msulin gathered very full over . lintng
Of white silk. The gay red and blue
silk pompoms which the italian manu-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-06-20

II needlework Is not cared for the pret
" insects can be fastened to the cloth
with good and clear liquid glue, gliding
the edges of the wings afterwards with
n little paint applied with camel-hair
brush. The other method is to ap-
plique the butterflies on. using fine
gold thread for the purpose; in both
cases the effect will be very pretty.
When this ornamentation 10 COM
plete, and glance at the sketch will
give an idea of the arrangement, the
cloth must be tightly strained over the
frame, each leaf separate, using small
fancy nails for the purpose of fixing.
and being very careful to turn In all
edges quito neatly. 1t will be found
best to cut narrow strip Of cloth with
which to cover the screen where the
two leaves Join. AID this should be
nailed tightly and smoothly ~ . last
item.
Having then covered the screen, the
upper half of one leaf should be further
adorned by a full gathered piece of
the eau-de-Nil silk, as seen by tho
sketch. We then come to the inside
of the screen, and this il lined entire.
ly with the eau-tle-Nil silk. slightly
gathered from top to bottom. A small
light Photographic shelf can Be, II
liked, fixed across the top of each Leaf.
and q few pretty fancy brass hooks
screwed in the spar that goes across
the center will be found most useful
for hanging the work bag, ETC.. upon.
Your screen is now complete, and all
that is required for = finishing touch
are . few yards of gold tinscl lace in
sertion with which to edge the screen
top and bottom. My design il. perhaps,
q little elaborate, but It would not
prove exDensiye-Madam
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-06-20
Rsa llaaiears salvs ys Valear.

Women never cared more carefully
for their nails than now, but the woman
of taste avoids extremes in this ~ in
all things. Pink nails are admired be-
cause perfect nail should be thin
enough to show the rosy blood be-
meath. but nail glowing with the red
ealve o3 the toilet table in NO better
liked than lips and cheeks which owe
their brilliancy to the rouge pot. Nor
IL an artificial polish to be recommend
ed; the natural gloss should b main
tanned and heightened. The best au-
thorities forbid the use Of the nail
brush. Any dust Or soil may be re-
moved with . bit Of cotton wound
around . wooden toothpick or bit Of
orange wood; the small emery boards
which are sold everywhere for the pur-
rose keep the under surface Of The
nail 70 smooth that little or nothing can
adhere.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-06-20

Add to two pounds Of mashed pota-
toes little butter. seasoning to tas1a.
and gill Of milk. Into stewpa1 put
half pint Of milk and four tableapoon-
Suls Of butter; let boil together one
minute, then stir IN three ounces Of
Aour. and continue stirring until .
smooth, thick paste; then stir II tie
potatoes and the well-beaten yoIlks Of
four eggA work we'll together, and
then add the whites Of the eggs. beaten
70 iIrm froth. pour the 0ixture iuto
Z aoulyle basjn and bake 81 Z uodoSato
oveo for one houI. Wheo ilooe. aesvo
inuedietsly -0qod nessskeepaa6.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-06-20

to myself, fool
politics makes
fool pie.
Down there on
the old Jackson
Trail road tine
other side Of
Panther Creek
bridge I met up
with old man
II obe Murray.
He was drivin a
yoke Of oxen to
n covered w3g-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-06-20
Cooking Cabbage without oder.

Many housekeepers decline to have
cabbage cooked in their Kitchens be-
cause of the disagreeable odor with
which the vegetable fills the house. II
the servant would but obey the follow
ing directions this objection would be
reduced to a minimum. In the first
place the saucepan should Be the larg-
est the menage affords, and must con-
tain enough water to entirely cover tia
cabbage. This saucepan must b placed
On the hottest part Of the range and the
water he at a galloping boil before the
cabbage is put in, and must Re kept at
. boil until the vegetable II done. Last
Of all the lid must not be put on the
saucepan during the whole process Of
cooking.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-06-20

At recent luncheon the salad, which
was the now extremely popular one Of
apples and celery with mayonnaise.
was served in bright red apples. The
top Of the apple was taken Oh neatly.
the meat scooped out till the walls were
about half an inch thick, and the shell
filled with the salad. Every apple rested
or bed OF green cress. The apples
want to be prepared N near the time Of
serving rs possible. to prevent the rust
ing Of the edges. Served In this way
the course II pretty novelty, though
en- the same lines - tomato shells. or
those Of green pepper for the meat or
oeh salad Of a green and white luncheon.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-06-20

18TH vhseA omien - eoWDeo 3 o.
eere1ione hlunAer.
a mr. veerrp rot.tsou with lyo
woae. two Of which are COW ness, O.
poc}allv with sppropriate fertilixor Soe
each crou. hsa heen foand u,ost effect
ive IN buiidiur m won soila
~ nrooer disnoeition Ia male az
pea vines l. 70 convert into hay o. 4.
iaas feed for stock, carefully rsturnine
~ manure therefrom q the coil. The
dieeative eo-emsienta a peas and uea
vine hay are hieh. In the abssnee Of
stock TO consume The hav the vinee
should 81 turned under.
10 The proper time "a tarn under
vines win depend largely ON soil and
axioencies ~ ~ barm.r Trre eccn.
omy would dictate the t.rninr under
in early fall. and the aowinr az tka
ground later in. vinfer eron.
small grain, erase or clovers. and
theee IN turn % be huried II = snrin9
crop be desired.
-- ----
= y .eaeees ~ 1sse
Always e.re1eiiy LOON over your
noo1 on0e : cay. ana II yoe - any
0ards mopy o. dropping their wings,
femove snem soen ana there' = ono III
"'su my eue0s III sne tss1
Awsys keep some Epson aaiss ana
sweet OIL oy you. - you may wans
me- 2. sny mo@enk
AM.ys ~ Jass enoa9n sood . one
t,me snss u ~ ~ % eesen Ups noee
s"0S1o oe l.as 1yine ssouno.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-06-20

Ticket Agent(at railroad stationl-
I wish some way could be invented &
keep men away from the ladies' Win.
dow.
Bystander-Easy enough. Pit -
dgn For Ladies' Only" - u otlos
wiadaw-N. !. Weekly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-06-20

Texas raised last year 15O. .Ooo Ooo
bushels OF corn. which IL an increase Of
- Pr eent. oyss Apy pgeeed&e ~
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-06-20
HE TALKS TO HIMSELF.
Tho Sage Of Rocky Creek Gets
Into q Oontemp!otive Mood
1ool Politics Make Fool People-Lo0klag
Bo:kward-The Man and the Boy
At Peace with the General
G0voEmnOnG

HIT was on a raw and gnsty day in
the windy month of March, and says
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-06-20
a joyful Old Candidate.


Panther creek from our unhallowed
feet, Rufe, and we are now movin up ia
town." old man Tobe come back at
me. Il have sold ont in the old set.
tlement, lock, stock and barrel. have
rented u fine house in town with green
bay windows and lightnin rods ON it.
and henceforwards from now on Old
man Aurray and his folks will keep
company with the highristocracy.
You must recollect, Rufe, that I am
the next high sheriff of the county,
old man TObe went on. waxin warm and
joyful az he went, land I thought ]
mought as well to move up to town and
sit ready for the busincss-git famil-
ious with the documents before 80 up
agin the game, as it were.
''Of course the election aint come of
as yet, Eufe, but Tobe Murray amt no.
bcdy's natural-born blame fool. and ]
don't have to wait forever to see which
way the cat will jump. Ihave done been
the rounds and counted the noses. and
the people are most all for me. In ali
the rounds didn't meet up with but a
few scatterin votes that aint fat t-footed
for Tobe Murray for high sheriff. By
collys. Rufe. have got the thing in n
sack and gone with it. All have got
to do is to wait till the returns come in
and then proceed with the proceedins. y
With that old man Tobe laughed and
laughed till he laughed all over himself,
so to speak, and then him and his folks
driv on towards town.
"Foggy Up the Creek
Now then. The primary election come
to pass as usual one day last week. The
weather WIS clear as bell on election
day, but az the returns came in and be-
fore the sun went down it was looltin
tremendous foggy up the creek for old
man Tobe. And when finally at last
they swung down under the wire it was
plain to a man on the grand stand that
the candidate from Panther Creek was
the hindmost horse in the race.
Old man Tobe he got left. He likewise
also got foamin mad. But the other fel-
low got the votes.
The very next day old man Tobe lit
out for the Panther Creek settlement.
He wouldn't take meal of victuals nor
hit lick of sleep till he rued the trade
and got holt of his farm and farmin fix
ments oncst more. He is now ready to
give up his town house and return back
to the old lick log, where he belongs.
II am plum satisfied with the way in
which the democrats run, and am more
than willin to quit the game as it now
stands" says old man Tobe to me right
after the storm. "But it really hurts
me, Rufc, when 1 think about how many
Of my horny-handed fellow citizens are
silver-tongued liars. Dad blame 'em,
the woods are full Of 'em!"
And that's what makes me say to my
self. says /:
Fool politics makes fool people.
Never count your chickens till the old
hen comes of.
The mainest thing is the votes.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-06-20

/ do reckon about the most lone
soonest thing in this world II rale lone
some man. And as for me, when I git
one these big lonesome spells on me ]
will stoop mighty low down for COM
pany. I have seen the time when
was 20 hard run for company till
would talk in my sleep. Sometimes
90 out and talk to the horses and the
dogs. And then sometimes, when /
can't do no better, I pitch in and talk 10
myself.
So the other day was down In the
orchard sunnin my old clothes. and
watchin the bees hum and hustle. and
listcnin ut the birds, and smellin OF the
apple blossoms. when presently / got to
talkin and argifyir with myself ut .
scandalous rate. When I got back to
the house mother lowed / must be
practicin for stump speech or goin
crazy. But was neither.
Rufus Sanders, says to myself.
these fine spring mornins are pleasant
to look upon. but they have got q
mighty fetchin way of startin mans
thinkin machinery on ON the back trail.
now amt that 50? We can swell up
and talk big about bein man amongst
men and hayin . head a big rs ham
per basket and the like Of that. But,
BY jingo, when the apple blossoms
bloom, and the birds sing sweet and
constant, and it seems like everything
ID breakin out in : fresh place-then
your mind turns backwards and goes
plungin on towards the old home down
there in the old settlement. You
couldn't catch by the tail with steel
trap big enough for bear and hold 1t
back. Say. Rufc, how would you like
Il IL we could call back these many
years and be boy oncst moref Hsw
would 1t suit you to dig some grub
worms this nlornin and 60 llshin over
ON Caney branch? The sap 10 up now
how would you like to run away and
go swimmin in the old mill pond, Or
cut some hickory sprouts and make
whips and whistles: Wouldn't II be
bully times II . whole passle cf N boys
snd girls could ding in together and
hunt for honeysucllex and sweet vio-
lets, or play humble peg, O. build 0y-
ing Jennies7
But honest Injun, Rufe, comm right
aown % business and rock bottom.
would the grown man love to swap
places with the boy: Dove raley want
% throw down tho hand We now hold.
md draw Il otAeye NAteh Ne knew uet
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1896-06-26
The Preachers Encomium.

There recently died man who had
for years kept drug store in Medford.
He was respected, and when death came
it was natural that his funeral shoule
be largely attended. The clergyman
thought it wise, as part of the funeral
service, to say a good word for him. He
spoke of him as invariably honest in his
dealings, and as being especially skilled
in his profession. II always traded at
his store" he continued, "and it 10 but
just 10 say that he alwaysrecognized my
cloth" Whether this was said as an
expression of gratitude for past favors
in special discounts or as hint to the
deceased druggists successor no one
knnvra
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