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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-10-16
WIT AND WISDOM.

How do you paint sunrises? You
never saw one in your life" That's no
drawback. l paint sunsets and then
turn them upside own."-Detroit Free
Press.
Accounted For.-Ethel-"Maud has
been trying to learn how to ride BIZ
cycle for four weeks now" Penelope
-'Is her instructor stupid?" Ethel
No-handsomc. mc."-Judge.
Not Startled.-"Hold ON tight," said
the driver of the Deadwood coach; Il
may give you a sudden tip" I'm used
to 'em," said the Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
IA rely good citizen" said Uncle
Eben, stakes jes' as much interest in
gittin' q proper tag foh his dog a. he
does in decoratin' his own SET wit bi.
cycle medals" s."-washington Star.
The late Archbishop Benson was
fond of little joke. Once in address
ing q meeting he remarked: "You must
know that, at my age, cannot be in
two places at once. Words.
She Knew Him.-"Mary, you don't
sympathize with me when have to
push the lawn mower" 'No; If it was
a snow shovel you would be making the
same fuss."-Detroit Free Press.
Beat Sword and Cannon.-She-"SG
you are a war correspondent" He
"Yes." She-"What was the worst
slaughter you ever saw" He-''The
worst slaughter ever saw took place
the night turned my first story in to
the city editor" Cleveland Leader.
-Greene-"Funny about my wife.
She has been running on dreadfully
about win Stunyun; and only day OF
two ago she declared Will was regular
trump" Grey-''That's all right. A
woman. you know. il hardly ever able
to remember what's trumps. Boston
Transcript.
The Hitch.-"You look worried =
said the improvident mans friend. II
am slightly annoyed. am having diff.
ficulty about getting q check cashed." !"
'Why. that ought to be easy. It's like .
great many other things" '.It's easy
enough when you get started. My
trouble is that I can't get anyone to
write the check."-Washington Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-10-16
Blina People In The werlA.

It il stated that there are 1,000, 900
blind people in the world. or one to
every 1900 Inhabitants. Latest reports
show $4,000 blind persons in this coun-
try. or $40 for each 1000. 900 Inhabitants.
Blind infants Of fewer than five years,
16e for each 1.000. 900; between i've and
fifteen, 2ss; between 20 and Is. AZ; be
tween As and co, 1,625. and above IS
years. 1000 for each 100000 Russia
and Egypt are the countries where the
blind constitute the largest proportion
ate number Of the total population; in
Russia on account Of the lack OF ex-
perienced medical attention, and In
Egypt because Of ophthalmia due to ir-
ritstion caused by movement Of the
sand by the wind. There arc nearly
2oo. 900 blind persons in European Rus
sia.-Volunteef.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-10-16
"oLo FUSS AND FeAThERs.~


the Te00CR heoR4 0m0 Sy1UotnG1AS
Nature Of Gen. Scott.
Gen. Winfield Scott" said an old
Washingtonian, "was looked upon by
many as the possessor of so much dig
nifty as to be unapproachable by the or
dinary citizen. and unready to brook
any attempt to converse with him on
the part Of any with whom he was un-
acquainted, unless in line Of duty. This
impression. to . great degree, il due
more to the stately, dignified appear
ance Of the old warrior than to aught
else. for he was great in stature as well
as in name and character, and when
mounted and in full uniform, his head
covered by a chapeau. surmounted with
. yellow feather drop plume. he was
perfect colossus amid ordinary sized Of
ficers. shared this impression for n
long time, and when saw him, accom-
panied by . servant making purchases
at market, like any other citizen. I
did not change my opinion. for looked
on it simply as . diversion for him. !
learned soon that the impression / and
others had of him was all wrong. 1t
was in 1855 that the general lived In
what was known as the Chain house,
on the site of the Hotel Fredonia, on H,
between Thirteenth and Fourteenth
streets, and as a boy, was employed in
Bishops periodical and news store un-
der Willard's hotel. The general was
one of our patrons, and sometimes came
to the store, but usually sent orders.
When he came, he seldom used more
words than were necessary in making
an inquiry or leaving an order, and, ]
being somewhat difRdent. this suited
me. Congress had just conferred upon
him the rank Of lieutenant general, and
a morning or two after he dropped in
the store. With his advancement in
my mind, I got over my difRdence, and
as soon AZ he had been waited upon by
. fellow clerk. I walked up to him and
said: General, allow me to extend my
congratulations that your long years
of service have been recognized 4
thank you kindly, SIR answered the
old warrior. taking my little hand in
his, and holding it tightly. After q
little pause, with pathos in his voice,
he said, slowly: Young man, it is said
that republics are ungratefal. but it
is not true! At least, it is not true Of
my country!' He strongly emphasized
the words, my country and his eyes
moistened as he spoke, and two or
three tears gIstened on his cheeks n
he turned to leave. The old man ap-
peared to be more Of q heroic general
than ever before, fully sensible Of the
honor conferred by the act, and show
ing his appreciation by tears of graft
tude. After this I found him quite A.
fable. and the sobriquet, Old Fuss and
Fcathers,' was always hurtful to me
to hear Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-10-16
GREEN FEED.
rhe value or lalllse - . Hssage Crop He
Fully UnAesstseA.

The Va1oo Of 0nll0e - 1o903o CeoD 0oe
Fully UnAssssseA.
II the value Of millet either German
or Hungarian. were better understood,
NO doubt it would be used to . much
greater extent, especially in thoss
regions where hay il not . regular
crop. No doubt one cause Of the lack
Of proper appreciation il the fast that
many people who try it once O, twice
do not manage it properly. UI,on the
time Of cutting and manner Of curing
largely depends the quality Of miliet
hay. II allowed to get . little too ripe,
or II not properly cured, its quality
- . feed may be materially 1ss-
sened. But 1t the right stage aad
nicely cured. it makes hay Of the very
best quality, standing next 70 clover
- . feed for the milk cows and sheep.
It should be cut when the seed be
gins to form; not later thGa this. for
- the seed begins to ripen the stalk OF
stem turns to woody fiber. and there Il
loss Of nutriment There II certainly
NO advantage in delay. So far - can
be done. al necessary preparation
should be made, 20 that when the
proper stage has been reached the
work can be pushed along - rapidly -
possible. Nillet can be managed in
much the same way - clover. with thia
advantage that the weather II usually
much warmer and there II . less risk
Of showers with millet harvest than
with the first crop Of clover.
Generally It can b cut down in the
morning. and late in the evening b
raked mp and put in small shocks and
| be allowed to stand over night; by the
afternoon Of the second day it will Be
ready to haul in. Or, IL there 10 no risk
Of shower. it can be left in the swath
until the next day after cutting. when
Il can be raked mp and hauled. II
should be well cured, but there n n
advantage In allowing It to become to-
dry before hauling in
Like clover. when Il GO b done. Il
] viii b best to store millet hay undel
eheltar. q Il il harder to stack % - t<
keep in good condition than either tim
othy Or rcd top.-Joar1al oe Agricul
tueo,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-10-16

Women Clerks ~ the DaAk ~ France.
Az the result Of long and careful ex-
pertinent. tho governor Of the Bank Of
France he's now intrusted the work Of
detection Of forged bank notes and OF
debeatures with filtered numbers en-
tirely to . special corps OF women
clerks. He declares that the keen sen
sibility Of their finger tips enables
them in handling . note to distinguish
the difference, however slighk. between
the forged and the real article. The
means adopted for bringing 70 light
the falsi3ed numbers on debentures
ere rather more elaborste. and consist
mainly IN the Distinction Of tie Differ
'ence in the symmetry Of the figures
and the ink used. magnifyfng glasses
being used for the former and chemical
preparations for tie latter-ChcaSo
Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-10-16
FARMERS. FOWLS.
They Are. - . Rale. . 0o-as-Yea.Rlssa
Let


A person residing in the east where
farms are necessarily small and fowls
yarded most of the time, can have very
little idea Of the largeness Of > west
ern. or, more properly speaking. Mis-
sissippi valley farm. Forty acres hero
II . small farm. One hundred and six
ty acres and moro is considered farm
ing. On these farms there IS always
feed lots where cattle and hogs are fed
and. .fattened by the car loads for tho
eastern markets; there are wind mile
and tanks for drawing and watering
the stock. All Of these farms have
large hocks Of poultry. mostly chick
ems exclusively. with turkeys. ducks or
geese - . supplementary issue some
times. There are NO chicken yards.
They have the freedom Of the fields.
feed lots. stacks before threshing time
and the char pile at tho straw stack
afterward. The hen houses are built
with only two compartments-one for
the fowls to roost in and smother
for the nestA The broods arc reared
in outside coops and fed in . common
lathed-in pen, with the lath nailed
about two inches apart large enough
for the chicks to 60 in and out, but
close enough to keep the hens out.
The principal feed from shell to mar
ket or table il coarsely ground corn.
wet with water. II il thrown in in
quantities. The earliea9 broods got
oorn-bread before they are % numer-
ous and the women-folks arc not %
busy with the garden, the milk. house
cleaning. harvesting, tho fruit-can-
ming, or many other things that start
with the spring and crowd close on
each other until late in the fall. There
II mo- pretense at feeding the old fowls
They wouldn't eat IL you tried to feed
them. They are like . small neighbor
boy Of mine who was here one day this
summer. We had crushed strawber-
Fies frozen in the iee-cream and tried
70 ret ''Wslter" 70 eat some Of it.
There were several strangers to him
here. and thought the boy only BASH
full. At last he said: Its nice. I
know It il. but how can / eat
Il when Pm '1tuAed fullr His
papa had been here In the morn
ing and got . gallon Of berries and he
was stuffed full" e them and didn't
like ice cream. % hi mamma told mo
afterward. It Il just % with the west
ern farm hen. She II stuffed full all
the time without any special feeding.
for she runs with the fattening
cattle. helps herself in the orchards and
f3elda. gets water whenever she wants
It. and gravel from the creek bed. Most
farms have creeks running through
them somewhere near the feed-lots-
She II fenced ont Of the garden, tho
truck patch and the front yard some
times, but otherwise she comes and
goes at will The nocls have two gem
eral cullings twice . year. Once In the
fall when the young ROSTERS arc big
enough TO SELL" and again in the
spring when the eggs begin to drop in
prices and the setting season i well
advanced. The average farmers wife
may need . "whole lot" about raising
chickens. but from what have seen
of her and her AoclEs the advice would
be better coming the other way.-NrA
Env Tavl0r in Enit0miak
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-10-16
DRESSED WITH BANK NOTES
The wounds of Soldiers Wrapped
with Money.

The wounds 81 Soldiers WRaDDeA
with Money.
An Italian soldier, who has recently
returned from Abyssinia. has had re-
markable experience which, while plac-
ing him in q position Of comparative
wealth, was nevertheless the means of
bringing him within measurable dis
tance Of punishment by court-martial.
When he returned home it was found
that he had brought with him bank
notes worth no less than 10000 lire. Az
no soldier, it was believed, could ever
come by such wealth honestly. he was
at once arrested and sent to be tried.
His story was remarkable, SO remark
able indeed that It bore the impress Of
truth. This was to the effect that the
notes were given to him by the Abys-
sinians after the battle Of Abba Carina,
in which he was very badly wounded.
He noticed that the natives had
large number Of bank notes, which they
had stolen or annexed" from the regi-
mental pay chests. They did not know
what to do with them, and simply re-
garded them AZ curiosities, which In
deed they NO doubt were to them.
As it is q cold day when a soldier does
not warm to the possibilities of the oc-
casion, this son of Mars decided that
the wealth which his eyes gloated over,
and which was of NO use to it's posses
sors. had better be transferred to his
pockets. Accordingly he told the ma
tives that the bank notes, all Of which
were engraved with allegorical pictures
Of Italy. were pictures of the saints
which had been placed there by the
pope that they might be used to cure
the wounds Of the faithful.
Moved with pity for the desperate
hurts Of the soldiers, the Abyssinians
bound up the wounds Of such of the in
jured as come their way with these
notes. in order that the sacred emblems
might work their best, and never asked
for the money back when the wounds
were cured.
What gave . truthful appearance to
the soldiers statement was that many
of the notes were blood stained.
Blood-stained bank notes, however.
are quite a. good - those that are inn
maculate, and therefore the soldier ac-
quired riches through his wounds. II
he did not literally "coin his blood to
drachmas," aud was by 20 much bet
ter-on individual than . soldier who
has only his ordinary pay to solace his
injuries Enquirer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-10-16

Doctor Ito patient threatened With
nervous prostration)-Do you notice
that you are troubled with loss Of mem-
ory?
Patient with visions Of recent dis
aster at card table fresh in mind)-
Loss Of memory, doctof7 No. sir:
it's memory Of my Ion that gets me. -
Judge.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-10-16

Conductor-How old arc you. little
gir13
Edna-You win have to ask ma. Che
always takes charge Of my ase In .
street car -Brooklyn Life,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-10-16
rAae II Awful

They say you can't arrest the flight
II time"
''Certainly not
'Well. this morning when I was COM
..e downtown ! stopped : minute.
Ohio Sll1e- Journal:
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-10-16
MOVING a TOWN ON scows.

HOvv Cltlseno Of q Western Settlement
Keep Up with the Processlon.
The town Of New Kamilchie, in Ma
son county, will soon cease to exist.
except in name. At present the town
site presents q deserted appearance.
All the buildings, except one store and
hotel, are vacated, and many others
have either been torn down or moved
away. The town site il owned by the
Port Blakeley Mill company, as well
a. all the buildings. A month ago a
railroad had its terminus there. Now
there is nothing left except the right
of way and a few old ties. The rails
were taken up, and the roundhouse. ma
chine shops and everything were moved
away. Two miles and a half further
up the bay is the new town and the ter
minus Of the railroad. which handles
more sawlogs than any other railroad
In the state. The railroad il owned
by the Blakeley Mill company, and they
dump millions Of feet of logs in the
water each year. The new town has
not yet received name, but neverthe-
less it has its importance.
A gang Of house movers went over
q short time ago and proceeded to move
the buildings to the new terminus Of
the railroad. These buildings were
taken down to the beach and loaded
on scows and towed away. Five resi-
dences in all have been taken to the
new town, which some call the ''roll-
way" because there il where the logs
ore rolled from the cars into the bay.
Two large houses are now being placed
on scows and will be towed to Port
Dlakeley, . distance Of so miles. The
houses are two stories in height and
10 feet long. and placed on scows being
towed up the harbor, they look very
pretty. At the same time there IL an
element of danger present. A little
wind would soon cause the houses to
tumble in the bay. Three more build
ings Of the same size will be taken to
Blakeley-then the town will not
amount to much.
The wharf will be attacked next, and
the large warehouses win be moved to
the 'rollway." After that the COM
pany's Offices and other buildings will
be taken away to lend dignity to the
new town. Only two families, the post
Office, two deserted hotels and m odd
fellows hall win comprise the town Of
New Kamilchie.-Seattle Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-10-16

What m immense amount OF lazines
there !: e,ing = istle selqe q poor hsslth
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-10-16

a loefw always complains Of war
weather more than = hard vofking mrn.-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-24

another question when he was inter-
rupted by Capt. Hunter, his namesake,
of the Third cavalry.
II shall renew that objection" said
the captain as he Strengthened in his
chair. Il fail to see that it makes ma
terial difference to this court or to the
accused whether he uses profane Ian
guage or not"
The judge advocate was apparently
surprised for he looked up suddenly
and stared for an instant at Capt.
Hunter. Then he smiled and remarked
that in that event he would not press
the question.
Waddell was then asked about Capt
Coverings stabbfng Hammond with his
sword while on the way from the guard
house to the summary court. The wit
ness stated that Hammond had been
prodded both before and after he left
the guard house.
The presiding officer, Gen. Wade, here
interrupted and asked in what part
of the body Hammond had been stab
bed while on the way. Waddell said
that the prisoner had been stabbed on
the hand.
Where was his hand?" said Gen.
Wade.
His hands were crossed behind his
head to keep it from dragging on the
ground" said Waddell
Are you certain that the thrust was
made for the hand or was it for the
shoulder" asked Gen. Wade.
II think Capt. Lowering meant to
stab Hammond on the hand"
The witness thus gave the members
of the court the impression that Lover
ing had tried to make the prisoner
uncross his hands so that his head
would drag on the ground. Waddell
was then excused
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-24
CHARLES BASS GUILTY.
Jury Makes 1t Assault in the Second
Degree.

Charles Bass told most wonderful story
on the stand in his own behalf before Judge
Elliott and a jury. He needed no prompting
from his attorney to tell how Dolly owens
came to be shot.
II was sitting in the front room playing
with the baby he said. Dolly came into
the room with a gun in her hand, and she
said she would kill me before | left the
house. She came over to me and hit me in
the back of the head with it. l can show
you the scar now my head | grabbed the
gun and knocked her arm like that, ana then
we had a scuffie and got the gun. She ran
out the door and l ran out after her. She got
near the porch and then she fell down. She
was lying like this Ghe witness got on the
floor and tragically Illustrated his words, and
l came up to her and I said to her, 1 don t
want any trouble, and If you hadn't got the
gun we wouldn't had any trouble Then !
tried to get her up and the gun went off, and
house and asked if she didn't want doctor.
Then the policeman came in and they ar
rested me. l didn't intend to go On the stand
at all if that woman had told the truth, out
she lied to you gentlemen
Assistant County Attorney Smith cross-eX-
amined the witness, who insisted that he and
Dolly had been drinking a connection of
alcohol laudanum, hot water and sugar, and
that they were both pretty well under its
influence. He said he did not know what
happened very we'll after he got the revolver
away from the woman. He denied that ne
had a pocketbook under his shirt, although
the police officer had testified that he found
one there, which belonged to the Owens wo-
man, in which was SIS. Aside from few
witnesses to show that the injured woman
had been once arrested in the municipal court
a fact which she had admitted in her exam
ination, the case went to the jury.
The defendant was made happy man IN
the afternoon with a verdict of guilty of as
sault in the second degree, the indictment be-
ing for the first degree The jury found that
Bass did not intend to Kill Dolly owens. lie
will be sentenced Friday.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-24
oFEicE G5 SOUTH FOURTH STREET.
IN GORGEOUS ARRAY
MOUNTED KNIGHTS GIVE B. F.
FARMER A VERY SPIRITED
RECEPTION.
A GREAT STREET PAGEANT.
CHARLES BASS FOUND GUILTY OF
ASSAULT IN THE SECOND
DECREE.
ATTORNEY MUM ON TRIAL.
A GREAT STREET PAGEANT.
BOokkeeper Charged With Embez-
Acknowledgement News of the
Flour City.

The reception of Right Eminent
! Grand Commander B. F. Farmer, by
Minneapolis Mounted Commandery No.
%, of the Knights Templar, yesterday
afternoon was one of the most gor-
geous and spirited exhibitions that has
been seen in Minneapolis. There were
about sixty mounted men in line, and
the beauty of the prancing steeds. with
their handsome accouterments and the
brilliant uniforms of the men, was an
inspiring sight.
The commandery assembled at its
asylum, Nicollet avenue and Thirty
first street, at 1870 o'clock, and at
o'clock the parade was on its way to
the Hotel Nicollet to receive the Grand
Commander and escort him back to
the asylum. In carriage drawn by
six horses rode Right Eminent Grand
Commander B. F. Farmer, Deputy
Grand Commander w. E. Richardson,
of Duluth; Capt. E. S. Dudley repre-
sentative Of the grand encamDment of
the United States, and Commander w.
H. Norris, of Commandery No. %. Fol
lowing in carriages were Past Eminent
Sirs T. E. Mercer, Roland Hartley, Will
liam Chamberlain and Warren. The
parade was headed by sixteen mounted
police in command of Supt. V. NJ
Smith, followed by eighteen trumpet
ers Of the Third regiment Of the Unit
cd States infantry. Following the
trumpeters came Past Right Eminent
Grand Commanders ]. A. Schlener and
w. H. S. Wright, Right Eminent Sir
]. G. McFarlane, grand treasurer; and
Past Commanders ]. P. Harrison, Fl.
L. Daniels, F. V. Brown and DR.. S. S.
Kilvington, acting commander.
Upon arrival at the asylum a So
cial time was enjoyed by the mem
bers followed by banquet at o'clock,
at which covers were laid for 49,
At 7:3O the commandery assembled
at the hail. and the order of the tenl-
pie was conferred in full form UPON
Companion Hugh R. Scott. Every resi-
dent member of the commandery was
present at the evening session, bes.des
many visitors from out of the city.
After the work Grand Commander
Farmer made a short speech, in which
he congratulated the commandery in
the highest terms for its kind recep-
ton, its splendid record and showing
and its feeling of fraternity and good
will which permeates it. Capt. E. S.
Dudley and Deputy Grand Commander
w. E. Richardson also made short adj
dresses, which were replied to by Com
mander w H. Norris.