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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-06-27

pkitcher. each with loaded gun resting
upon herknee. The face Of the younger
burned like crimson peoples. but the
features of Mrs. Deering were white
,and cold as chiseled marble.
Suddenly Mrs. Deering sprang.to her
sfeet: she held, her gun in firm clutch.
s;:nd her voice had the strained tone of
an instrumcia at high pitch.
II hear the trampling of horses feet
towards Garrys Corners" she cried.
"Listen!"
Anice did not move. She sat straight
ns an arrow in hen high, upright chair
waiting.
1t was clearly perceptible now; the
clinkity-clinl, cliu kity-clink, of gallop-
ing feet in the distance.
In five minutes, possibly less
Mrs. Deering placed the muzz;e Of her
gun through orseof two holes which she
lad made in thedoor. and. beckoning to
Anice, pointed to the other aperture.
At this moment the crunching OF
heavy hoofs upon the gravel could be
distinctly heard. as the horses. two
abreast, came up the winding ave-
rue of shadowy trees; the riders drew
up before the kitchen door.
The two women darted swif. glances
at each other in the dim freight; but
their hsnds. leveling the heavy guns,
did not tremble.
Then the silence was broken by vol
lev of knocks upon the door, and \
mans voice commanding Roger Deer
ing to come out
No reply came from the darkenetl
house. The very air was heavy with
suspense
Anice looked at her mother-in-law' s
face. 1t was rigid in it's set intensity,
and her clawlike fingers were upon the
trigger Of her gun.
THAT was Daily's voice" whispered
the girl. ''Fire, mother! Aim towards
the cypress tree!"
There was q sharp report. followed
by curses and clamor.
Mrs. Deering smiled ccldly. 'Somc
one Is hurt" said she.
The kitchen door shook under the
combined force Of several stalwart
| shoulders. It had. beside lock and key,
= heavy wooden bar. fitting in grooves
At either side. AZ long a. the bar held
out there was comparative safety, but
the lock was Of very little use.
Another shot and . cry. Aniee
glanced triumphantly 1t Mrs. Deering.
| Then began a carnival Of battery, N
the men. infuriated by the shots, clam
bcred over each other in impotent rage.
They ratified the shutters and ham
nsered Mt the door; and through it IN
the womeE reloaded aud fired their
guoaL
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-06-27

Az . milk and butter producer.
ground linseed cake has NO equal- II
not only increases the how Of milk, but
aGi-is greatly to its richness In cream.
With . cow accustomed to corn meal,
bran. shorts and the like, the increase
will be from one to two quarts at each
milking. within - hours after begin.
ming with the ground linseed cake. n
cow. to be able to give full Aow Of
milk, must have food richer in nitrogen
than would be required for any other
animal. since milk itself II co0posea
largely Of albu1sinoids. and this can
only be supplied ff0m food cootainin9
this substance. The hTst demand cf :
cow upon the nitrogen Of food IL 70 sup-
ply waste Of tissue. and only the sa1x-
plus win 20 to mill. Coleman's Rural
World.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-06-27

16-inch space in the center is for the col :.
lector to walk; the handles are graspcd
ON each side. The 80 quarts berries and
carrier will weigh from's5 to 50 pounds.
Each handle should be nailed 5kx inches
from the side piece and another piece
set 5H inches inside from the handlc
piece. It is one of the handieSt carriers
know of for bringing berries from
fields to asserting and Grating sheds
C. w. Eddy, in Farm and Home.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-06-27


Patient and long-suffcrin reader
maybe you don't know the old lady Gar
ner. But al them that have scraped
up acquaintance with her can tell you
that she is red-headed and rantanker-
GUS and come from fightin stock. You
couldn't burn the woods and sift the
ashes and find another one exactly like
her.
From the station she struck bee
line and burnt the wind for home. and
durin the balance of that day she was
the gonehyest most busiest woman in
the round created world. She dreened
the ash barrel for lye, and raked and
scraped the kitchen for soap grease.
Then she made the necessary mixtry
COR I've soap, aud built q roarin big fire.
and billed the pot. She billed it high and
she billed it hot, and she stirred it with
d sassafrass stick to make the soap
particular thick and stick.
But that want all--not by q whole
tremendous big lot. In tn" still and sol
emn hours of the night she went forth
and got her old soap gourd and totel
that pot of fresh lye SOAP down to the
railroad. And she didn't stop there.
She took sAd poured and smeared that
soap on the steel rails for 200 yards.
When the days work was done, and
when Misses Garner laid her poor old
body down to rest that night you may
know she was weary with the
storms and trials and tribulations Of
this vain and heetin world. But
in my own mind have no
doubt but what the last words she
spoke before she fell on to sleep the
sleep of the Just were: Sixteen hands
high, and heavy as buchshot.'
The next time you 60 over there to
the gravel cut If you will stop and look
up ana down the railroad you can sec
the tremendous heavy grades both ways
Right frequent 4 comes to pass that
heavy loaded trains run down e. stall
and dead stop along there-psrticular
soon after . rain when the track il wet
and slick.
But when II comes to maxim things
slippery and slick . little rain water
Amt nothin to = whole passel cf fresh
s,ft soap. So consequentially that
Right when the next freight train come
thunderin down the road It had to stop
over there at the gravel cut. BY and by
smother one come thunderin up the
Rad and when It struck the gravel Gu.
the heavy grade and old Misses Gamers
soft soap was too much for It, and %
there Il was. They couldn't climb over
end they had to stop. They pulled open
boxes and sanded the track free and
heavy and promiscuA But still the
trains couldn't come across the cut.
Every time the engines snorted the
wheels would alp and run backwards
faster than they run forwards.
Al the break Of day next morning
there was four trains all jammed mp n
: wad over there at the gravel cut. and
II the mainline they had two tail-end
and ditehed three loaded ears.
e took two or three railruad bosaes4
~ ~ bFidee gaag ~ y Q'sIeek thst
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-06-27
eNcLANO's ISOLATION.
1Ao Sovereign Of the Seas Kaews Ne
lE1o0A

4x4oOA
England - Q nation has not, and
rarely has had. . friend; she II isolated,
and the world delights, says Macmil-
lan's Magazine. to impress her isolation
upon her. Once indeed she drew very
close to Holland, % close that, after
fighting her battles for two generations.
she offered to make one republic with
her; but the only results were seven
Of the dercest naval engagements ever
known and the ousting Of the Dutch
from their dominion Of the sea. The
only European people who having
passed from under her rule conspired
to return to il were the Gascons at the
close Of the Hundred Years war. There
can be no more curious example Of the
caprices Of national friendship than
this. Normandy and Brittany, nearer
to M in breed, climate and position.
joyfully cast us out, and the hot-bloodefl
province Of the south, for al that it had
once rehelled against the Black Prince.
entreated ~ to stay.
With Scotland the case was different.
0b10 Aso0 AVS A1soASy AOANASO yCOAo =
friendship, hardly extinguished until
the middle Of the last century, which
brought woes unnumbered both upon
England and herself, and many timea
threatened to overwhelm England al.
together. So surely - an English ex-
petition went to France, down came
the Scots across the border. The victory
Of Neville's Gross was won when Ed
ward III. lay before Calais; the victory
Of Flodden was won when Henry VIII.
lay before Tournay. The story was
etsEnally the same.
II that you WW vSance win,
Thoa With Scotland 6fDt begin"
Nothing could shake the friendship
Of France and Scotland, and II was when
France was IN her direst need that Scot,
land came forward to help her In her
own territory, and for reward received
IL high privilege Of guarding the
sacred persos Of ths Iteneh king.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-06-27

One Of my neighbors has made . re-
variable discovery. Ayear ago he test
cd corn that had been soaked in coal
oil. in his green house, and after re-
peated experiments found that corn
soaked 20 hours would all terminate,
while longer time caused small per
tent. Of loss. Seed corn thus treated does
not swell ~ it would in water, snd after
draining win readily run through the
planter. In tests on clover sod last
year, seed treated thus was not ct Ill
injured BY common worms or grubs,
while the seed not treated was dug up
BY squirrels. destroyed b. cut worms
etc. But the most remarkable thing o1
Ill was that chinch bugs .et the corn
entirely alone that had been treated.
Should another year confirm the results
Of this year, . valuehle discovery haa
been made-C. J. Norton, N Journal o1
Agriculture.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-06-27
Why HIS WIFE WAS NOT THERE

Ih0 Ao0 IN the O400o Du1e Becomes Cen.
Aasatial n Explainiag Aasters.
"Why isn't your wife here?" asked
the floor manager, N he stopped for o
moment to chat with the man In the
shabby dress suit.
-the-ah-the-facti il sic
never goes to these full-dress AFFAIRS :
explained the man in the shabby dress
suit.
"Now you speak Of it." said the floor
manager, II am reminded Of the fact
that never did see her u one Of our
Dances"
"Quite right" replied the man in the
shabby dress suit, with evident relief
'She never attends them"
"But, on the other hand" continued
the floor manager, "she always attends
the informal entertainments, while ]
don't recall that I ever saw you at one Of
them"
That's right. too" admitted the man
in the shabby dress suit, shifting un.
easily from one foot to the other. "YoY
see. we were lacking in foresight thi.
year, and IL has been rather awkward,
but next year We expect to appear to-
gether again"
The floor manager looked puzzled and
the man in the shabby dress suit ap
peared Ill at ease.
81 don't believe quite understand"
said the floor manager, at last.
"No?"
NO."
The man in the shabby dress suit
pulled the floor manager . little to one
side, where they couldn't be overheard.
my wife thinks we ought to be repre-.
sented in society,"" he said, "but we
made IN error in our plans. We could
only afford one suit for each of us, and
she got . gown for afternoon teas and
such things, while / bought dress suit.
Her gown 10 out OF place where I can
wear my suit, and can't wear my suit
where her gown IL the proper caper. We
must make the best Of ii this year. but
next year we intend to try to get into
the same class. Chicago Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-06-27


The ~ herefores and'Whenceness."
Naturally of course there was wom-
IN in the. case as usual. It was the rail-
road on one side and old Misses Gar
ner-ons Of these plain, old, fiint-and-
steel women-on the other side. And
in the general wind-up if that old lady
didn't show out ahead Of the game she
made the other side more than wlllin
to take out and quit even.
Now as to the wherefores and the
whenceness thereof-it would seem
like the railroad has been runnin os
its cars SO wild and reckless here lately
till they had killed of = whole passle
of Misses Garner's chickens and ducks
and the like of that-which, you under.
stand, she lives right there on the bluffs
of gravel cut. She had took her foot
and hand and went up to the station
two or three times and put in her claim,
for damages, but the s1ilroad wouldn' I
cough up worth = cent. The agent told
her that they didn't pay for nothin
less than hog, and she would have to
learn her chickens better sense than to
run back and forth across the railroad
tracks.
But fiually at last one day last weel;
heavy loaded freight train run over
the old lady's turkey hen-"and her
settin on IA eggs"-and mashed her
into thousand odds and ends and scat
tered fragments.
That was one too many for Misses
Garner. She fused and stormed and
cried, and stormed and cried and fused
till she saw that wouldn't even pay her
for her time and trouble, and then she
ute Oft and pitched out up the road to
the station, with her fly bonnet in one
hand and the feet and tail feathers of
her dead turkey hen in the other.
She went up there to see the agent,
and she saw him. She told her terri
ble story in plain United States and
give out scme OF her strong personal
opinions in regards to the railroads
and the railroad men. But it was also
rluperfcct vanity and vexation of spirit.
lie wouldn't pay her q continental rcd
cent for her turkey, to say nothin of the
backage on chickens.
Il amt nothin but a pore widder
woman" says the old l ady as she
walked ont through the crowd and
started oil on her return back home.
but bless the heavens, 1 am 16 hands
high and heavy as bucksh0t. was
Twin right there before the railroad
was built. und right there l will live
till the last final shower comes and !
have TO go in. But in the mainline l
nm jest i6 hands high and heavy as
buckshot!"
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oAoosERrs MISTAKE.
me l1oo With the Ginger Beard Tel
Hi Groeee otosy.


Hi Gsoe&R . otosy.
Il see in the paper story about q
feller talkin' to his dog couple Of hum
dred miles away ON telephone, and
the dog recognixin' his voice, /" said the
man with the ginger beard. 'I'll bet It
was true. too; cause tried it on my
dog Dagobert oncet and got him into q
heap Of trouble"
"How was that?" asked the grocer.
DOG wasn't fool enough to b'leeve
what You told him. hope?"
ut was this way" said the man with
the ginger beard. ignoring as usual, the
grocer's attempt at sarcasm. II was in
Springfield, o., and telephoned to the
dog, and the dog barked buck in the way
he alters do, when he wants 10 say he's
glad { sec me. Come here to me- says
/, jist in fun. I'm here in Springfield
1t kinder puzzled me . little when he
barked all right but i had lot of busi-
ness to tend to an forgot all about it.
I came home the next day, an the first
thing my wife says to. me. she says,
what on earth did you say to Dagobert?
As soon rs he heered your voice he
jumped down from the telephone. and
we zee him grab up piece Of paper in
his mouth, and we amt saw him since
What do you suppose that there dog
done?"
"Oh. he went to Springfield. Of
course" /" said the grocer, with fine scorn.
''Ef couldn't tell no better dog story
than that I'd quit"
"Yass. he went to Springfield all
right" said the man with the ginger
beard. ''but he went to Springfield. Ill.
"How do you know he did?" asked
the man from Potato Greek. Anybody
know the dog there?"
"No. they didn't know the dog there"
said the man with the ginger beard.
'but that there piece of paper my wife
seen him carry Of was an old in-vellop
with my name and address on II. which
he took it to the telephone Office there
and handed it to the boss and the boss
sent it to me describin' the dog. and
then, of course, telephoned fer him to
come home"
81 WONDER" said the grocer, as the
man with the ginger beard rode away
81 wonder ef that ole Ananias ever did
own . dog?- Cincinnati Enquirer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-06-27

As q wOmAn'S
will and she
wants to hive
her way. And
C o nsequenja:-
~ they had a
tremendous big
ruccusal1 con :
I u S 10 MN ent
over at the
gravel cut,
three m lie s
d o wh below
( h e railroad
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beneath her as she followed her SON ia

beneath her as she followed her son ia
the north chamber.
Roger lifted his wife's body from the
floor of the balcony, and bent over il
with urgent entreaty TINT could find
expression only in two words:
Darling! Darling!"
At which Anice, smiling, opened her
blue eyes.
Il think" she murmured, that
am only slightly hurt. The bullet
hit something that stopped it-and-.
don't know what it was, Roger.
but"
Deering tore open the overcoat ~
his wife tainted In his arms. In the
left breast pocket was . heavy leather
wallet whose condition showed that
one of the pistols had been aimed with
deadly intent. Raising it to his lips.
he covered it with grateful kisses.
While only . faint glimmer Of dawn
touched the uplands two brothers-'
one from Garry's Corners. the other
from Ryerson, the market town-met
at fork in the road.
'John." asked one, drawing up the
sorry nag which he bestrode, was the
thing done last night?'"
Then he from Garry's Corner an.
swered with an oath:
"Yes, it was; after firing from inside
for a good half hour, the fellow came
out on the balcony. We all fired. Deer
ine's in Kingdom Come by this time." !"
"Well," returned the other, '.if you
hadn't been SO sure, John, should say
l saw him. his wife, and the old woman.
about an hour ago. Three people passed
me near the depot, and watched them
board an east-bound train. Thinks
to myself, that man is ~ like Deering
n two peas in . pod, and that red and
green shawl has . strong look Of his
riothcr. Then the young one lifts the
window and stares back 1t me with the
eyes of Rogers wife"
John Halloran drew up his horse
close to the saddle Of the other. ana
p;ucled his brother by the sleeve.
'Allen," burst from his lips, u X
cnwillingly, - word in your ear! and
may you die If you repeat IL. It was
not Deering who came out to face the
pistol shots, but his wife. Hush, man!
Perhaps was not the only one who
saw curl Of long hair flying from
under Rogers old hat"
:. .1And you 6red?" Allen knew the
precision OF his brothers aim. .sYou
fired 1t herr
s.Ah, res! % did. % I did. Whoa.
there. Bruce! Hold mp say! But.
ALIEN, have you never known . eoqo
shot 10 land wids q - nsyk1e
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-06-27
Rlsaty u Pskee cAaps

Enough poker chips are nansfae'
tured in the United States every year d
make q stack over 60 miles high u placed
one on top Of the other. For years tn
novelty and speciality companies havl
been turning out the chips, ana. takinG
into consideration the laxting Qualit3ed
of the disks, one may estimate conserv-
atively that there are many mere than
95o,Gooy 200 Of these tokens that are used
70 represent the coin iE Tie eame q
ehance.-M. Y. Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-06-27
RUFUS SANDERS.
etos les from Lifa in tho Rocky
Creek, k,SeGtlement
1hs, Old Lady Garner Dtin Lives os
Gravel Cut-"rwo Fools . Fightan,~
and The Weather Scan.
dlOus Hot.

There is most geneiplly1always . way
9here there 10 . wil+iJnrticular il it
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-06-27

station. one day last week, They hct
things up SO hot and furiois and raised
sich q scandlous big fuss over there, til!
by gracious the air was. blue for miles
around.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-06-27

-vices are - well coptrary e tAs1,
eelvVo g T. yistua-B1lleg.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-06-27
Napoleoa's Change eR llaaass.


There was something seriously amiss
with the central figure. He was often
sullen and morose. often violent and
even hysterical. To calm his nervous
agitation the court physician ordered
warm baths, which he spent hours in
taking. Then again he was irregular
in his habits, being often somnolent
during the daytime. but as frequently
breaking his rest at midnight to set the
pens Of his secretaries scampering to
keep pace with the how Of his speech.
With old friends he was coarse and se-
we're; even the brutal vandamme con-
fessed that he trembled before the
devil Of man." while Lannes was the
only human being who still dared to
use the familiar ''thou" in addressing
his old comrade. To the face Of his
generals the emperor was merely cold;
behind their backs he sneered, saying,
for instance, Of Davout that be might
give him never 20 much renown, he
would not he able to carry It: Of Ney
that he was disposed to ingEatitude and
turbulence; Of Bcssieres, Oudinot and
Victor that they were mere measocri-
ties.-Prof. Sloane, in Century.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-06-27
familiar Q.etat,e.s.

Andy Lucas-Free silver il one Of
them things you hear tell Of 20 dunn frc-
quent, and see SO durn never.
Aunt Nancy Newton-The more zee
of men the better love dogs.
Blew Scroggins-1t IL better to play
the hands we hold than draw to otheFs
we know not of.
Bunk Weatherford-Ther II some
thin wrong with a man when his re-
ligion makes him sorry and his politics
makes him mad. RUFUS SANDERS.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-03-10

lets edged by gold fringe. The coat i
drawn in at the waist by cloth belt fas.
tened with gold buckle, and the buttons
are covered with black and gold thread.
Fancy velvets are much used for short
opera wraps, blouses and Louis Quinzc
coats, as well as for trimming. Stripes
seem to command the greatest favor.
Black and white In combination con.
tinue to be very fashionable, and many
leading designs devote special attention q
costumes of this kind.
Princess and redingote costumes are
seen more and more frequently and ar
exceedingly becoming to stout figures.
There are many ingenious ways OF arrang
ing the trimming to enhance the slender
effect Of these one piece gowns, and 1t l.
probably only the fact that they are not n
generally useful as two piece costumes
that prevents them from being largely
worn.
The cut illustrates II gown Of jacqueminot
peau dc sole. The godet skirt is plain
save for two bands Of sable inclosing tn,
tablier and terminating in natural beads
The bodice has ohemisette of white lace
ON either side of which Is "a band of white
cloth embroidered in rose and bordered
with fur The balloon sleeves Of peau dc
sole have deep cuffs of white embroidered
cloth, and the cuffs are slasbed to show
under pieces of the same cloth, the slashes
being edged with sable. The belt and the
shoulder and elbow knots are OF rose red
velvet, the collarette of white silk gauze.
JUDO CHoLLRT.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-03-10

desires us to publish
the following extract from letter of
Chas. NJ. Culfeld.of Reedley, Fresno Co.
CAL, as he handles the remedy referred
to and wants his customers to know what
a splendid medicine it is:
at is with pleasure tell you that by
one days use of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy / was relieved of very severe
cold. My head was completely stopped
up and could not sleep at night. l can
recommend this remedy" A cold nearly
always starts in the head and afterwards
extends to the throat and lungs. BY
using this remedy freely as soon as the
cold has been contracted it will cure the
cold a. once and prevent it from extend.
ing to the lungs. For sale by all Drug.
sists and Dealers-BENsoN, SMITH & Co.,
\gpnts, for II.