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earth closet. earth closet .sna dry
catch. sslf-acting psat-dust closet, set
thing chamber and Hush tank for irri-
cation, subsurfaco irrigation and gar
bage cremator.
Referring to the construction OF
wells. the bulletin gives some valua.
BILE suggestions.
The well itself must b 90 construct.
ed. says the writer. that Impurities can
not get into it from above or from tho
sides. II water can soak into it after
passing through few feet Of soil only,
1t can not be regarded rs secure from
pollution. To prevent this, the well
may be provided with = water.tight
wall built of hard-burned brick aud
cement down to the water level The
outside surface of this wall should 10
covered with thin layer of cement,
and clay pounded and puddled in
around it. Or, tile may be used to
line the we'll and the joints made
water-tight with cement down to the
water level. Driven wells. l. e., wells
constructed with iron tubing driven
into the ground, ere, perhaps, the
safest where the quantity Of water
needed is not large and where other
conditions are favorable.
These different devices are all de-
signed to keep water near the surface
OF the soil from percolating into the
WELL To keep Impurities from enter.
ing the we'll directly from the top con.
siderable care is necessary. Such i'm.
purlties are likely to prove the most
dangerous because there is no earth
filter to hold them back and destroy
them before they can reach the water.
Adequate protection above may bo
provided in several ways. The sides of
the tiled wells should project above
the surface and he securely covered
with a water.tight lid. The ordinary
well should also have its sides project
above the surface ana . water.tight
cover OF heavy planks provided, which
should not be disturbed excepting for
repairing or cleansing this well. Under
no circumstances should objects be let
down into the well to COO. A still bet.
ter method of protecting the water
from above is to have the lining wall
OF the well end three feet below the
surface of the ground and 10 be topped
there with vaulted roof, closed in tho
center with removable iron or stone
plate. The top should Re covered with
II inches OF clay or loan; above this
there should be . layer OF sand. and
lastly pavement sloping away in all
directions
Too much care can not be bestowed
upon the household well. 1t should DO
guarded jealousy. and all means al.
piled to put the water above any sus-
picion of being impure. This is espe.
cially true in diaries where we'll water
is used in cleaning the milk cans, and
where steam and boiling water have
not yet found their way for this end.
Polluted wells in such houses not oulv
endanger the health of the inmates,
but that of a more or less numerous
body of city customers.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-12-05
THE EDUCATED FARMER.
The Age Demands the Adapeatlon Of tn
Man to HIS Work.

The Age Demands the Adapeat.on Of the
Man to His Work.
When reduced to its last analysis. the
prejudice against the educated farmer
has no substantial basis to rest upon.
Although man may be deficient in q
knowledge Of the Greek tongue, OIL
ignorant Of bacteria, and know bu,
little else besides a thorough knowl'
edge of the soil and the plants he cul.
tivates. yet he is not IN ignorant man.
He has been brought up in the ground
work and first principles of farming.
But this training must be from with.
out the mans own resources. He must
obtain it, not bv absorption, by inner.
itance or by intuition. but from the
experience of others When he has
applied this to his operations on the
farm it becomes his own experience.
and he can understand the underlying
principles and reasons for the plan
adopted.
In the days gone by. many men who
were content to work and study the
soil, and nothing else. living a mere
animal existence, achieved success.
This success created the impression
among all classes that . general edu-
cation for farmers was unnecessary.
But the progress Of the age has
changed the environments of the ag-
ricultural world. New conditions de-
mand newer and more improved meth.
DDS. While the knowledge of the soils
and plants cultivated il INDISPENSABLE.
the situation requires q man thor
oughly equipped for the duty Of cen.
Quoting farming operations adapted
to meet the wants and require.
ments of an age of progress. The
age demands the thorough adaptation
of the man, by knowledge and expert
ence, TO his work, and especially .
knowledge of how to SO apply his en-.
ergy as to produce the greatest profit
with the least loss.
Practice is simply theory applied,
for, while many are unwilling to nd.
init it, every man has theory. With
. mind alive TO the condition of sgri.
culture, the farmer educates himself
by devoting constant thought to every
detail of farm work, and avails himself
of the thoughts and experiences Of all
other agriculturists. Hence, he reads
the best agricultural journal. digests
its information, and su bjects its teach
ings to the test Of his judgment. Ed.
ucation will be practical benefit to
the farmer If properly directed and
used.-SOuthern Farmer.
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NOTES ABOUT Nomera

Ms Mary Taylor, the heroine Of the
Poem. Mary Had Little Lamb." died
recently at Somerville, Nass.s.
London gossip has It that Lady Re.
etrice Butler. the most beau6;fni 81,
Waterford. >'>'A>A
MSS Jane Harrison. Of England, who
~ the first woman to receive the de-
gree OF LII. D.. has recently been made
: member OF the Archaeological society
OF Berlin.
Inc sister OF President Kruger. Mrs.
~, er du Plessis. who died recently.
1Ss lU descendants. while there are
now 142 persons who can trace their
descent from the president hi,n..ls
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-12-05

Inc readers Of this paper win be pleased
g earn that there IS at least one dreaded
u ~, mat science has been able to cure in
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cnre
Sknown to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
oeing 2 constitutional disease. reouirea \
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure = taken internally, acting directly
upoa Ine blood and mucous surfaces Of the
OF the disease, and giving the Cafient
strength BY building up the constitution and
assisung nature in doing its work. The
lroprietors have 20 much faith in its curar
I'VE I've powers that they offer One Hundred
ConaLS Tor any case that it fails to euro.
send Tor list of testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENEY e Co. Toledo a
Sold by Druggists, &c
Halls Family Pills are the best.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-12-05

HigH-Toned Waiter Ito guest who did
not fee him)-Beg. pahdon. sah-take
this.
Guest-This? Why, this is ascent
piece. What is this fort
IIigh-Toned Waiter-To help you pay
fob youah dinnuh. sah.-N. Y. Weekly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-12-05

She-Mr. Crrsus was very rich, wasn's
he?
He.Yes; were ycu at his funeral?
She-Yes. 1t seemed a great effort
for his nephew to control himself.
He-1t must be very hard trying not
to look cheerful.-HarIem Life.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-12-05
ms Hard alasM,

sPoor mani" exclaimed the prison
missionary, to whom the sheriff. guest
Rad been relating tale Of woe. "Your
life seems to have been one unbroken
Series At misfortunee."
syes.s dghed To 1allan one. r have
Aa9 many NaslA~py4sle covy;sHs
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-12-05
Left neeH,AnA>,

not OF worldly goods, but Of all earthly
malaria. The fell scourgc is. however. shorn
OF its thong in advance BY Hostetter's stom
acn Bitters, its only sure preventive and
remedy Dyspepsia, biliousness, constipa,
lion, rheumatism, nervousness and kidney
complaints are also among the bodily aflic-
tlons winch this beneficent medicine over
comes with certainty. Useit systematically.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-12-05

HAD Farm IN HER AiN.-Johnny had
been n,ughsy. 100 into t.c garden" said
his mother "and fetch INC stick Johnny
Five minutes In, er) -'Couldn't find . stick,
muvver; but here's stone you might frow
1t mc."-London Figaro.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-12-05

MAMMA latter she had punished Tommy
-"Stop making such dreadful faces" Tom
my bursting into tearsl--s'I amt. Tn try.
Ing to keep . stin upper lip" Harpsr's
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-12-05

SfREErER-s-I don't understand how you
can be SO cngrosse1 in religious work. i"
Kirke-'I suppose it depends In large meas.
uYe upon associltiou. Thorc are people VIII.
are interested In golfing, for instance -
Htrccter-"Oh, thass diherent."-Bosso ton
Transcript.
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man mesh. lie
was way yon0eI
the richest man
in all the regions
around II ock
Creek, AMI yet
still l do reckon
he was the gone
byest most poor
est man that ever
breathed t 4 e
breath of mortal
life or planted
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-12-05

II HAVE found another uscfortho cha6ng
dish" said Lr Cawkcr to his wife, ON thai
lady's return homo from . visit to tho couR
try "Well, dcar!'' s'Wh1lc you were
away I threw IL out Of the bedroom win
dow ut lsquacious cat, and IL killed the
animal n-Harpcr'n Bozar.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-12-05

Togg-The train at the time was GO
ing ut the rate Of 60 miles IN hour.
Was brushed Oh BY porter.
Feudeyson-Weys JON injnred3
w To amount g = quaytev, lies,
- 3yousogipt.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-12-05

MANCHESTER" Thc man introduced you
to swhhe ago Il one Of tho most noted hunt
ers in tho country" Birmingham III
woul Int have thought it from his CONVEX
sntion." Manchcstcr-'sIt's true, nevcrthe-
less He Is fortune hunter. '-Pittsburgh
Chronicle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-12-05

A PHILOSOPHER says that nothing scent
to please ily so much o. - be mistaken for
cake and palmed of on the unwary c. q
currant, it dies happy.-TitBits.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-12-05

II 10 not believe that I have Q true
friend In the world" 40 you have been
trying 10 borrow money, too. have your
Truth,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-12-05

TEAcHER-s:Vhat Is q straight liner Pu.
pii-"Tho picture OF it, own road which
each company prints In tho railroad map.''
Boston TEanScr. pit.
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II WANT to order tits suit said Chum
pey, ''but can't nay for it till the end Of
SIX months" "Au right, SIR; il will Be
ready for you by that timo."-Detroit Frce
pre4o,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-12-05

CAsCARErs stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or gripe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-12-05
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life

Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life
Away.
X you want to quit tobacco using easily
full OF new life and vigor, take No-TO-B BAG,
the wonder-worker that makes weak men
strong. Many gain ten pounds in ten days.
Over 10000 cured. Buy NoTo-Bac from
your own druggist, who will guarantee
cure Booklet and sample mailed free. Ad
STERLING Remedy Co., Chicago or New York.
: MISS kEcDIcK-s'What an awful talker
N1r. Giiiey is, and how little he says when
ne speaks." Miss Kttish-"The poor Eel
low Is troubled with an impeachment in his
thoughts. IN. Y. World.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-12-05

Mr.. HoJACK-"Miss Tenspot must be sur
prisinglv beautiful" Mr.. Tomdik-.sIn-
deedl What makes you think 500" s'She
looks well even in an amateur photograph"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-12-05

DOROTHY says she was disannoinsed n
Lngiand;" why was thatr Things didn't
1oCn 30 English as she thought they would. -
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-12-05
SHORT STORIES.
run Of GRANT Humor and Rugged
Philosophy.


poor old man Luther Blanton il dead
and gone the common way of all hui
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-12-05
A Beue0cent Lake,


According to Prof. Forel, Of Lau-
Same, the Lake of Geneva, lying in the
deep valley between the Alps and Jura
mountains, performs remarkable
work for the benefit Of man. During
the summer its waters store up great
quantity Of heat, which is slowly radi-
ated into the air in the course of the
following autumn. Thus the freezing
currents descending from the snow
topped mountains around are warmed
ond tempered. and the atmosphere
along the shore of the lake is main
tanned at moderate temperature. The
excellence Of the grapes which produce
the celebrated white wines Of this re-
gion is thought to be largely due to the
influence Of the lake upon the condition
of the atmosphere. But the remote de-
scendants of the present inhabitants
will experience quite different state
OF affairs. for Prof. Forel says that in
$4,000 years the river Rhone vii;
have turned the lake into broad plain,
BY means Of the soil It is constantly car.
Tying down from the mountains.-
Youths COMPANION.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-12-05

william T. Adams (Oliver Opde) has
crossed the Atlantic q times and the
Pacific once. and has visited every
country in Europe and many Of those
Of Asia in search Of literary material
for his stories. Of which over Loo. 90
have been sold.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-12-05

his footsteps on the broad bosom u
Gods green earth. He had three or
four big piantations-wh for the
most part was all swamp lands and
jest naturally turned to corn and cot
ton once year-and made money over
and under, gwine and comm. lie
had cotton piled up in his front yard
and down there under the ginhowse
which had been there for years aud
years. And as to the cash he had put
away in his old sock, and in the big
family chist, and at the banks in town
nobody could tell the full extent
thereof. And l doubt right serious il
old man Luther could tell for certain
how much he had raked and scraped
together of this worlds goods.
But all at the same time he was for
ever and eternally hard run and SO blast
ed poor till, to hear him tell it, he didn't
know how he would manage to keep
out Of the poorhouse. He was too poor
to wear anything but the Fiainest
clothes and but precious few of them.
He was too poor to spare any money
for the church or the cause, and Us 10
the widows and the orphants, l raley
don't reckon they had ever heard tell
of man by the name of Luther. lie
was too poor to eat enough when he
was hungry. and too poor to sleep
sound when he was tired and brol.e
down.
What do you reckon made the cd
man SO felonious poor with all of that
land and cotton and mules and money
! put that question to Blew Scroggina
oncst upon q time, and Blew he an
swered it in his own plain, blunt way:
Il can tell you what makes old man
Luther suffer so from the aches and
pains of poverty" says Blew. lie
would walk acrost hell ON q rotten
rail for two bits"
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elbow ODD it il, said Pat, as he trudged
along on foot one sultry day, 'that man
never meets cart going the same way q
hc isfs-Household Words
JCsr try 10c box Of Cascarets, the finest
liver and bowel regulator ever made
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-12-05

Billy Trammel, one Of the Murder
Greek set OF Trammel boys, has Jest
here lately returned from long trip
to the Panhandle country Of Texas.
Now. 1 don't say that Billy Trau.mel
would tell a lie, but NJ everybody
knows, that boy has got q mouth and he
talks q whole passle with it. And he
does set forth some powerful astonishin
facts in regards to the Panhandle
country Of Texas.
you hear people talk about railroads
and railroad trains, Rufe. but they
never will know . blame thing about it
till they take trip to the Pan Handle, !"
says Billy to me the other day. "There
il where they do run railroad trains to
. dead hellatious certainty. You see,
RUE. they don't have no creeks I'D
rivers to cross, and no hills and hol-
lows out there like you have got here.
riley don't have no up grades nor down
gr&deS, but, everything On . smooth
deAd 1evel. And when they start .
train out on trip al the engineer has
got to do il to pull the durn thing wide
open and let her 60.
Zone Sunday mornin out there in the
nhn Handle I went down the road about
- mikes to the next station to see Z
young lady, which Twas tremendous
bad gone ON about that time. spent
the day With her Ind that evenfn abe
went to the station to ass NE on and
o.. bad got on the carr. Jon under
stea1, 1u{s. md 1T - ~ hell ype9
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~. Oh Il ANU
Gul,man 10 Alabama .
GUESTS SURE OF COOL WEATHER

Hotel At Spltzbesgen Where the ThePmom-
eter Never Rises to Fever Heat.
] mentioned in my last article the
hotel that had been erected on tie little
spit of land in Advent bay, and as a
hotel in latitude IS degrees north is a
novelty. it may interest some readers
to have a description of it. 1t is, of
course. built entirely Of wood, and Is
of the ordinary type of Norwegian
chalets. with spouted dragon on the
gable in default of u signboard. The
bedrooms are cozy little cabins, With
portfolios for windows, for, as there is
no sun to let in during the dark
months, and ones chief aim and OBJ
ject is to keep his rays out while the
sun holds all-night sittings, the smaller
the aperture the better. 1t only took
about n fortnight to put it up. and al
ready. besides some Of the members of
Sir Martin Conway's expedition. il has
had several staying visitors.
An enthusiastic Norwegian sports
man had made it his headquarters, and
there were also some English ladies pat
ronizing it. Once 4 week the Nor
wegian company which put it up runs
small boat, carrying passengers and
letters. 1t has its own post office and
its own stamps, which, however, only
frank letters as far as Tromso. Those
who have stayed there report very IA
vorably as to the comfort and food,
and as the charge is only ten kroner
day it is by no means an extravagantly
dear place to stop at. The Norwegian
sportsman referred to had had very
fair sport, having killed two polar
bears. reindeer and walrus; but the
walrus is difficult to secure. Unless he
is shot in the throat, a wound which
for some reason prevents him from div
ing. he disappears into fathomless
depths when MORALLY wounded. For
the ornithologist Advent bay repre-
sents many attractions, and at present
the birds are by no means shy. What
the result OF constant incursions of
trippers may be is another question.
The scenery all around US was very
grand. but the hotel, Haunting its Nor
wegian flag = Spitzbergen. though
claimed by Russia and Norway. is real
ly no mans land-limost forbade the
belief that we were actually in the re-
gion of the pole, yet we were then
good deal north of the spot where
Franklin and his gallant crew died.
The name of the most conspicuous
mountain in view, towering over
gigantic glacier-Dead Mans Ear
savored enough of romance and adj
venture to cancel, at least in part. the
homogeneous effect of the neat little inn
with its post Office, and even the empty
champagne bottle which betrayed the
.picnicker and tripper. There is coal.
by the way, in the neighborhood. aud
one Of the party secured a specimen OF
a ligenous-looking character, and peat
there must be in abundance, for the
promoptory was of very Irish bog
like description.-Norway Cor. London
Telegraph.
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Her xneise. who has trained -
many q the singers ut Bsvreuth and
who was the preceptor Of n. Jean de
Rexxke IN the advanced WagneFiaD
roles, II about 70 visit Paris and Lon
don. his immediate object being 70
rekearse with Nine. Eames the music
Of "Sieglinde."
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Mamma (entering room)-waldo. I
hope you and Robert Browning have
not been quarreling?
Waldo-Not at all, mamma. We have
merely been discussing the practicable
ity of international bimetallism.-
BROOKLYN Life.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-12-05

"ER little learnin' may b g -. ~
viu9. - said Uncle Ebep, ssbue ! ooen-
lieve dat It's nigh q danj'us e NO seA1"'A
'tIlls-Washington Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-12-05

WnIy bilious or costive. eae - -
csnoy cathartic, cure guarantees, W. -
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She Thought He Must he Drunk.
Uncle Josiah Jernigan is one of the
men which, OWN to the scandlous hot
weather and sorry crops and politics,
got so melancholic and low down along
in durin of the summer.
But, bless goodness, the old man is
q heap better now. He went to town
one hot and dry and dusty day in SEP
TENDER mopin and dropin around like
he didn't have q dollar nor q dime nor
q friend in the round created world.
BY this time it would seem as if he had
tool. up a notion that he was bad sick,
and nothin would do but he must SO
and see the doctor.
So Uncle josiah he goes around to see
old DIR. Leatherwood, and told him
a great long rigamarale about his
broke down and long-sufferin con..i-
ton. After feelin and thumpin around
considerable, tryin to find sometbin
the matter with the sick man, the old
doctor had 10 give it up.
There amt blame thing the matter
with you, Josiah. exceptin fearful lad
case of the mully-grubs. with a little
mixtry of pure meanness," says he.
"Now sou go on back home and eat and
sleep and be virtuous and happy. Sing
a song or two along the road a. you a.,
and whistle q few tunes-sometl:in
quick and devilish if you can. Josiah.
And then, when you git home. look as
jolly ard cheerful like as you can. Kiss
the children all around and then pitch
in and hug and kiss your wife two or
three times. like you used to some
thirty or forty years ago. Play young
and weil-that's the idea, Josiah.
know you feel worse than the devil. but
make out like yoa feel jest simply bully,
and the good feclin will grow on you
as natural as dirt. You may not be so
very young and well. but you amt too
old to play the game that way for few
days anyhow, and that will be bet
ter than medicine and doctors for you. :
Well, uncle he took the old doctor 5
advice and went home that evenin il u
good humor with everybody and every
thing in the whole discovered world.
He sung songs and whistled tunes a!org
the road as he went - anything from
"Amazin Grace" to 'Mollie, Put the
Kettle On"
And then when he rid up at home he
dismourted and got down as quick crd
nimble as he ever did in his younger
and gallin days. when he went a-court;n
Matilda Ann Dudley some forty years
ago. He kissed the children one and
all, and jest naturally loaded EN- down
with sweet crackers and stick candy.
Then he paid his double-breasted re
CARDS to his good wife. Aunt Matilda
Ann, and. Rugged her and kissed her.
and kissed and Rugged her over and
over three or foHr times.
Aunt Matilda Ann she caught . long
breath and shifted the air and looked
mighty bad puzzled. and pestered and
II can't smell no whisky. Josiah"
Eays she, land it amt fer me TO bring
on the family, but You do
net to me powerful like you morght
be drinkin, If not drunk"
But anyhow. the old doctors head
was as level a. it was long. And Uncle
Josiah Jernigan has now about recov-
cred from his bad low-down spell.
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and the tsain started stuek NJ bed
out Of the window 70 kiss the girl good
BY. And what do you reckon, Rufer
burned If didn't kiss = COW in tho
mouth two miles up the road. Out
there in the Pan Handle. Rafe-that il
where they do run railroad trains"
That II only one Of the wild and
woolly western yarns that Billy Tram
mel tells. And II you don't believe me
you can 60 and ask Billy.