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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-10-31
nuMoRou&.

Uncle Rube-"Say, don't electric
cars kill people pretty often round
aereT Slopsy-"Naw; only oncet"-
Up-to-Date.
-"We must part now, darling. but t1
make the separation less abrupt, am
going ON . slow train.~ Fliegende
Blaetter.
AT this point she broke down and
wept scalding tears" "Dear me! She
must have been boiling over with rage
Cincinnati Enquirer.
-Moses-@Dat ar ID = likely -lookin'
mule, Rastus." Rastus-"Yo' hnd out
he's mon likely ef you git neah m; he'a
liable. Cincinnati Enquirer.
-Fuddy-~In q tight place, eh7 Not
positively stranded, hope" Duddy--
'4No. not entirely: We still have . large
floating debt. bt."-Boston Transcript
-''Have you read that article How to
Tell . Had Egg"" mo. haven't; but
my advice would be il you have any
thing important to tell . bad egg. why.
break it gently."-Household Words.
-Dick-"But how do you know he is
. sign-painter?~ Harry Because he
wrote . sentence In which there were
six apostrophes. and he got every single
one Of them in the wrong position.
Boston Transcript.
"A Safe Bet.-"Is your mamma I'M?
whats your nameT I'm Mr.. White
band, the new minister." Then
guess mammals expectin' you-'cause
she's bet dollar you'd be sure to come
on wash Cleveland Plain Dealer.
-Stablekeeper referring to robe)-
"By the way, shall I put in . buffalo?
The ride over the mountains will be .
little stiR." English Blood Couldn't
you let me ave 'orse, you know? I'd
rather not drive buffalo the first time,
you know" Warrington Evening
Timea
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-10-31
HERE AND THERE.

"A good authority says that. black
hogs are harder than others because
their skin il tougher and less liable to
scurf and diseases caused by parasites
that find . favorite breeding and for
aging place in . scurfy skin.
"A decoction Of lynn bark has long
been used in place OF lax seed meal in
bowel diseases of horses and cattle.
It 10 sootbing, demulcent, and ut the
same time nutritious The green bark
is best, but dried may be used when
fresh green bark can not be obtained.
The feed for driving horses in sum-
mer should contain the least possible
fat or heat-producing matter. Corn 10
rich in fats. and by overheating the
blood predisposses horse to founder,
azoturia and many other serious dis
eases. Driving horses should have no
corn at all in summer.
Light, warmth, pure air and clean
liness arc absolutely essential to .
horses health. Sunshine is natures
best germicide, but it should be ad-
mitted into the stalls only when the
horses are absent. and awnings should
be provided to temper the heat during
the warmest hours Of the day.
Turkey raising is becoming more
profitable and popular. Like sheep,
they grow and fatten in the fields on
what would be otherwise lost; beside,
their eating Of insects by the million
is . benefit to tho crops. A good crop
Of turkeys brings hne income for .
little expense. Their long legs enable
them to move easily anywhere.
The shoes Of horse should never
Be driven ON - tight in summer - in
winter. Pr0tracted hot weather causes
the shoe to absorb moisture from the
hoof. The feet. therefore. should hs
soaked frequently in . foot hath.
They should also b dressed daily with
some simple hoof dressing to enable
them to retain moisture and 20 pfs-
vent the boz of the hoof from crack.
ing.
IA great deal Of suaering to farm
teams and los 70 their owness i
caused BY lack Of caro- in the At OF The
harness. A collar should be ~ care
fully cited 70 the horse or mule - .
shoe b to snan's foot Every part o1
the haRness should be fitted with eauna
care, and should b carefully watehed
lest . trace o. hand Or haune este
out of place assd does nisehief thas =
hasd tosqpa3r.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-10-31

Mae T,ass is Ten Breeding WIN Tell.
IT you keep one cow it is very nee
essarv she should be . good one, or q
great portion Of the year the family
will have to be supplied with butter
from some neighboring dairy; or the
grocery store will kindly furnish you
with some Of its nodded, streaked
product.
II you keep = dozen cows 1t is Of
even more importance that they
should be good ones. bred along dairy
linea Then you have . partial assur-
ance ut least that the increase of your
herd (presuming, of course, you nse q
male of undisputed parentage) will be
even better than their ancestors.
do not wish to be understood as say.
ing that from this breeding you will
always get good cows any more than
l would say = COW of unknown origin
never was = good COW. But do say
that in nine cases out Of ten you will
get good cows, while in taking your
chances with any kind Of breeding
which happens to be convenient. in
nine cases out of every ten your COW
will be = failure fnsncially. You
can't afford to keep . COW that does
not pay her board and leave you .
surplus. 1t costs no more to keep .
good cow than poor one.-Ex.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-10-31
STOP THE LEAK.
DoaPs bay Meat Whos Yoa Can Jase q
Well Raise 10 YoursetS.

Oooss hay Meat WAoo Hoo Can 19oe -
Well Raiee u Yoursets.
Tho farmers in the south have made
. step in the right direction in deter
mining to raise hogs ON their farms.
thereby securing their own meat At
home and stopping drain on their
pocketA This was serious leak, and
although not fully stopped, has been
materially checked. The results At
tending this change of policy have
been 50 satisfactory that it should
stimulate every farmer in the south
to adopt it. With . climate and soil
favorable to the culture Of = large va
riety of crops. by diversifyying his az
ricultural pursuits the southern farmer
is enabled to raise his pork 1t . very
small cost.
As an indication of the beneficial re-
suits flowing out Of this change Of
policy. and an incentive to its general
adoption we cite one or two instances;
although we could give several pages
Of them. these will suffice to point the
moral. In the vicinity of Selma, Ala.
the merchants formerly purchased
every year from 800 to $50 carloads Of
western mea: 1t cost of from to II
cents per pound. aggregating so. 600.
Now. the change of policy on the part
of farmers has reduced the purchase
of meat to 200 carloads. which at the
present low price of meat, only foots
mp e17O,O00 This II . saving of $780,
600, and an immense reduction of ex.
pensea
At Admission, Ala, the purchases Of
western meat have been reduced fully
two-thirda In North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia and other states, the
purchase Of western meat has been
largely decreased.
The complete adoption OF this line
of practice by the farmers Of the south
will stop the great drain upon them
and relieve cotton Of ono Of its bur
dens; and there is just as little reason
and logic in our reliance ON the west
for beef or mutton.
These leaks have wasted away our
substance too long. Lot US stop them
effectually.-Dixie Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-10-31

Weaver-the playmate of my childhood
and boyhood, friend Of my manhood
and side partner in a thousand trials
and troubles and temptatiens-wet then
went on to talk about them good cid
times that use to be in our young and
gallin days.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-10-31

this nlOrnin and
turn round and
60 back:and take
q fresh start and
be a pair of har-
um-scaTem boys
o n ct m ore p
says he. ut
would suit me
perfectly all
right and to a
mats bris Il Z.
Ben Chris says
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-10-31
THE BACON HOG.


Something About the Anlmal that 10 Sup
planting the Lard Hog.
Mr.. John Cownie, in his response to
our address of welcome at the swine
breeders meeting, and, we believe, in
the course of his discussion, took up
the cudgels against What is known IS
the bacon hog and conteaded that the
fesh Of the typical Iowa hog. whether
Poland China, Berkshire, Chester
White or Duroc, was superior to the
so-called bacon hog of England, Ire
land or Denmark. In the same con-
nection he stated that the American
beef was equal to or superior to beef
made ON English pastures, and that .
large per cent of it was sold a. best
English or prime Scotch, while the in
fcrior British beef was labeled and
sold rs American. We have gone to
butcher shops in Dublin, bought Amer
lcan cuts and the same cuts of the
best Irish for the purpose of testing
the same on the table, and invariably
paid penny more for the Irish. On
one occasion we asked the butcher
what he did when he run out of the
Irish, and with commendable candor
he told us he sold the American and
charged u penny more for it. 1t is,
however, different with the hog. We
have studied the question ON the
ground and began with Mr.. Cownie's
convictions. We are free to say we
were mistaken as lie would find him.
self il he would do as we did, try Irish
bacon in comparison with our own.
The fact is, the best Irish, English
and Danish bacon sells from 25 to 80
per cent. more than the same brands
of American. Part of it may be prcju-
dice, but the Englishmau has no moro
reason to bc prcjudiced against Amer
lean bacon than he has against Dan
ish, and Danish stands n high or
higher than the best Irish or English.
The fact is, our pork. as it finds its
way to the English markets, il too
fat. The best bacon there is made
from young hogs eight or ten months
old, weighing rs nearly as possible
around l75 to lsO pounds, and In about
the same condition that Mr.. Cownie
would like to have his hogs 60 into
the fattening pen for their last two
months feed on corn. We have . sus-
picion and more than . suspicion that
the sinReing pigs, weighing about us
pounds and in the same condition, are
sold for English bacon and It the
price. Men may differ Is to
whether it 10 best to secure tho
Yorkshire or the Tamworth end
grow bacon hogs, or whether
It is best to feed the COM
mon breeds for bacon. The point we
want to emphasize is that our hogs
weighing from ESQ to 900 pounds are
too fat to make first-class bacon. We
believe that the bacon hog II mot 90
muehsthe result Of breeding q Of feed
ing, and it is . matter Of taste whether
we use the bacon breeds or use our
common breeds and feed for bacon. II
our packers would pay the difference
in price they would get bacon hogs
from anywhere In the corn belt: So
long as they refuse to pay the proper
premium ON this class Of hogs the far
ners wisely follow their own interests
end make their hoga pack from 80 to .
100 pounds more Of condemned corn 10
MARKET than they otherwise would and
6ecause IL pays As0 eost 70 do iA-
W0xI00D13 30ED0Gs
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-10-31

The old Mexican sheep are the d.
rect descendants of the original Span.
ish MerinO brought over 800 years ago
by Spaniards to Old Mexico. They
have been bred with scarcely any OUT
cross. and are . very distinctly marked
breed. They have long legs. . long
thin body. not very deep; small. rather
long neck, and = long. thin head, car.
ried high. Tho wool is fine and thin.
To the eye they appear almost worth
less rs mutton sheep and of still
less value for wool. Their good
points are that they are hardy, excel
lent travellers, will keep in good con-
dition ON the poorest aud driest Of
ranges, are fairly prolific, aud can b
herded in bunches OF almost any size.
They fstte' easily, though never get
ting plump and fat like the northern
sheep. When they reach the Chicago
market, if in good condition, they out
sell all other sheep, for they shrink
very little in dressing, the meat has
an excellent favor. and the hide il so
thin, firm and soft ~ to command the
highest price.-Rural World
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-10-31
Medicine Oh to Daee.


Hello. Sinker! I hear you've been
sick"
"Yes. I went out camping and made
an ass of myself sleeping in the open
air."
"What was the matterT
1.-THE doctors didn't seem to agree.
Dr. Lancet said something about con-
gested condition of the mucous MEM
brane, and DIR. Pellet said had cold
in my head"
when did DR.. Lancet graduate? ?"
LAST spring"
"And DR.. Pellet?
20. he's been practicine for 20 yeats."
That's sll right. then. They prob
ably meant the saDe thing. Chicago
Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-10-31
SOUNDING or 81. pETER'a
4 Isssse 0sssssy D1iat Ovse - ASssescl

In the deep MamertiDe prison, b.
hind the Tabulary Of the Forum. It vas
customary te.put to death only political
INSIDERS, and their bodies were then
thrown down the GemOnian step.
s.vixerunt," said Cicero. grimly, VIXEN
Catiline and his fellow-conspirators lay
there dead: and perhaps the sword that
was to fall upon his own neck was even
then forged. The prison r stin intact
The blood Of Catiline, Of vercineetorix,
and Of Sejanus II ON the rocky aoor.
Men say that 81. Peter WAS Imprisoned
here. But because he WIS not Of high
degree Nero's executioners led him out
and across the Forum and over the Sub
lician bridge mp to the heights Of JAN
iculus. He was then very old and
weak, % that he could not carry HIN
cross. N condemned men were made to
do. When they had climbed more than
halfway mp the height, seeing that he
could not walk much farther. they
crucified him. He said that he was not
worthy to suffer as the Lord had
suffered. and begged them to plant his
cross with the head downward In the
deep yellow sand. The executioners did
70. The Christians who had followed
were not many. and they stood apart,
weeping.
When he was dead. after much tor
ment. and the sentinel soldier had gone
away. they took the holy body. and
carried II along the hillside. and buried
it at night close against the long wall
Of Nero's circus, ON the north side. nesv
the place where they buried the martyrs
killed daily by Nero's Wild beasts and In
other cruel ways. They marked tho
spot, and went there often to pray.
After that. within two years, Nero fell
and perished miserably, scarcely able
to take his own life In order to escape
being beaten to death in the Forum In
little more than year there were four
emperors in Rome. Galba, Ohio and
vitellius followed one another quickly;
then came vespasian. and then Titus,
with his wars in Palestine. and then
Domitian. At last, nearly 30 years
after the apostle had died ON the Janicu-
lus, there was bishop called Anacletus,
who had been ordained priest by st.
Peter himself.
The times being quieter then, this An
acletus built little oratory. very
small chapel. in which three or four
persons could kneel and pray over the
grave. An that was the beginning Of
st. Peters church. But Anacletus died
q martyr too. and the bishops after him
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-10-31

Its bicycle, bicycle, NO matter which
way you turn" he growled.
The girl in bloomers nodded.
II chose . place for the summer he
continued, where boating and fishing
were the only sports advertised, and
inside Of - hours a man showed up
there with water bicycle"
''Of course" she returned.
There's to be . bicycle sled on the
market next winter. too,' he added.
'-Quite likely" she admitted.
II suppose the cranks win be taking
the machines to bed with them before
long," he said. sarcastically.
"Only one thing prevents It nov" "
she answered.
''What's that?" he asked.
"a pneumatic tire that's large encogh
to serve ~ . pillow. When some genius
invents . tire that can be made into an
air rpillow Ibelieve bicycles will even sup
plant poodles and pug dogs.s-Chicago
Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-10-31

With reference to . recent paragraph
in the Nature and 6cience column, .
correspondent writes to ~ that the
brilliant color Of wallpaper in his
house attracted bees, which found that
they had been fooled when they tried to
get the honey from the flowers pictured
on the paper. This dues not contradict
the paragraph referred to. which only
asserted thst the odor IL even more
powerful than the sense Of color in at
traeting insects. Probably both senses
play their part in the case.-fouths
C0mnonfon.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-10-31
THEM GOLDEN DAYS."
The Sage OF Rocky Creek Look.
ing Backwards.


"How would it suit you, h lfe. for
~ to make . cross mark and spit in is
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-10-31

wallace-Ny wi1e takes the old-fash-
ioued view Of the bloomer question.
Ferry Sir doesn't believe IN them?
Eyes, she believes in them, but she
thinks ought to pay for them. In
sseod Of earning the money hefself.-
Cineinuati EnQuiHer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-10-31
EAIR or eokHARA.
Bows 0essefally - the VIM oe the
0loa 0OVoenDo06

Bows 0soeefally - the Wul 0f the 8oo-
sian O0vognDo0t.
The emir of Bokhara IN one Of the
most cautious and calculating Of orien-
tails, who knows how to how gracefully
to the inevitable and to take credit tO
himself for not battering his own ven-
cradle head against granite wall. !
remember . striking incident that char
acterizes his practical philosophy and
his inborn sagacity.
Some time ago the finance minister.
NJ. Witte. determined to erect . custom
house in Bokhara, and to levy duties on
all products and manufactures entering
into the country. 1t was generally be
lieved that this innovation would dis
please the emir, who erroneously sup
posed that the proceeds of the customs
would go to fill the Russian exchequer.
The finance minister, therefore. called
upon him with = number of statistical
documents and official returns, care
full study Of which would. he thought,
convince the emir of the advantages Of
the measure, but that careful study
never took place. The minister began
the conversation by asking whether he
was aware Of the nature of the proposed
change. The emir said he was. ut il
in your own interest,"" remarked the
finance minister. "as yon can convince
yourself from these documents" But
the oriental prince merely asked: els
this being done with the knowledge and
consent Of his majesty the czar?" ..Un-
douhtedly II is," replied NJ. -Witte.
'sThen his majesty's will be done" ex-
claimed the Asiatic potentate. and the
conference came to . sudden and satis-
factory end.
The emir has made strenuous and
persevering efforts to introduce Russian
civilization into his domains, and II
cannot be gainsaid that in this respect
his subjects Of to-day compare most ia
vorably with their barbaric fathers-
This Is one Of the reasons why he y
liked and honored in Russia. He h .
very wealthy man. with simple tastes
and passionate love Of that species Of
shopping which in England il reserved
for the ladies. His food differs in mo-
wise from that Of his suite, and one Of
the ever-recurring dishes consists Of
cake fried in the fat Of rams, and known
in the vernaeular ~ parvanitshi. which
would give Pantagrual himself At Of
indigestion. The emir knows the cost
Of every quality Of silk. calico. chintz
and cotton stun in every city Of Russia.
and he haegles for long time over .
farthing in the price Of the yard. He
never visits that country without pur-
chasing large quantities Of these stu6s,
which he, in his capacity n monarch.
can take home duty free. Then he sells
them at considerable profit to his ma
tive merchants. who enjoy mo- such priv
ileges. No man II more careful Of his
money than the prince Of Bokhara. and
yet ON occasion he can he ~ generous rs
the moet prodigal.-London Telegraph.
- L. RRAmwAnA
Arizona republican., 1896-12-17
NOTES FROM TEMPE.

TEMPE, Ariz., Dec. 16.-(Special Correspondence of The Republican, MT. John c. Dalton, who has been here visiting his sons, John and Will, re- turned home to Pasadena last night.
 The mule got out of the pasture yes terday and in consequence the electric car failed to connect with the Maricopa train last night.
 Miss Martha Gage and Miss Ellen Gould came down from Prescott yes terday.
 There were sixteen cars of stock sent out last night for Los Angeles, two from noenix, one from Mesa and thirteen from Tempe.
 Frank Fogal is moving into his new brick house on Fifth street today.
 A. P Granger of Denver. Colo, has arrived at the Tempe hotel.
 Perry Wildman and J. B. McNeil are cleaning up their stock of the W. c. G. Co.,, preparatory to selling it off, as agreed to by the bank and store.
 The carpenters are putting the roof on John Knights new brick dwelling in East Tempe.
 The Woodmen of the World will meet tonight and they expect to have some goat riding.
Arizona republican., 1896-12-17
FAST TRAIN-EASTERN LIMITED.

Commencing Tuesday, November 10, and successive Tuesday and Friday thereafter, the Santa Fe route will re- sume its celebrated fast limited train service to Denver, Kansas City, Chi cago and St. Louis. The train will consist of vestibuled Pullman palace sleepers, dining car and buffet smoking car, and will leave Phoenix at 7:30 a. m. on each Tuesday and Friday, arriv- ing at Kansas City at 5:30 p. m. of second day, St. Louis, ', and Chicago 9:43 the following morning, thus mak- ing fifteen hours faster time than reg ular trains. Dining and buffet cars will be managed by MT. Fred Harvey, meals and lunches being served at con- venient hours. For further informa- ton write or call on B. w. Gillett, gen. eral agent, Phoenix, Ariz.
Arizona republican., 1896-12-17
THE TEACHERS INSTITUTE.
be an Interesting Programme
 of Addresses, Papers and Music

The public schools will close Dec.
 18th for the holidays. The teachers during the second week of the vaca- tion will attend the joint county in- stitute of the Territorial Teachers as- sociation, in which will be represented Maricopa, Pima, Yavapai, Coconino and Cochise counties The meetings will be held in this city Dec 2S, 29, 30 and 31, and January 1. There will be an interesting programme for each day. The address of welcome will be delivered by Hon. A. c. Baker, chief justice of the supreme court of Ari- zona, and the responses will be made by Hon. c. P. Hicks, J. c. Wasson, s. P. McCrea and R. w. Barnes. There will be music and an address of vel come by Hon. T. B. Dalton, superinten- dent of public instruction. The sub jects for discussion during the session include Roll Call With Memory Gems" Phonetic Spelling" Culture Epochs, Mature Study" "The Study and Teaching of United States His tory 'Kintergartens," Industrial Ed ucation," What Can Teachers do to Form Right Habits of Thought and Study in Their Pupils and numerous other topics pertaining to school work
Arizona republican., 1896-12-17
MARICOPA & PHOENIX & SALT
 RIVER VALLEY R. R. co.

Through car service via Maricopa. Through tourist sleepers for the east pass Maricopa as follows: Sundays, to Cincinnati via New Orleans & Queen & Crescent route; Mondays, to Wash ingbon, D. C., via New Orleans & Pied mont Airline; Tuesdays, to Chicago via St. Louis & c. & A. R. R.; Wednes- days, to Chicago via Fort Worth & c. R. I. & P. R. R.; Wednesdays, to St. Paul via Fort Worth & c. R. I. & P. R. R.; Thursdays, to Chicago via New Orleans & Illinois Central Sunset Limited" finest train on earGh; Mon days and Thursdays For further par ticulars, call at ticket office No. 20 and p North Center street, or at M & P. Depot. R. l.. BLACKrMAN,
 Ticket Agent.