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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-12
hlL LOST BUT HONOR.
Whether 4 Cyclone or 4 Whirlwind
Demolished the Cabin Had
to Be Decided.
fCopynxht, lSos.1

We were waiting for train ut .
Georgia railroad station when a fun
nel-shaped cloud appeared in the
southwest, and it was remarked that
thundershower was probable. A ma
tive stepped forward after awhile and
took long squint at the cloud and
then drawlingly said:
That's one o. them cyclones, that is,
and everybody what don't want to be
blown away had better get into a
ditch"
The station agent took look and
agreed that it would be prudent to 60
into hiding. There were II of us, and
we went up the track few rods and
took cover in the deep ditch. We
hadn't been there over five minutes
when a cyclone came sweeping up the
valley with a wild shrek, and if we
hadn't hung on to each other all would
have been blown out of the ditch. 1t
was over in Is seconds, but it took the
station house, fences and trees along,
and the big pine forest to the north
had swath 40 rods wide cut through
its center. Half mile above us was
cabin, and after the storm three or
four of us set out to the rescue of the
people. The forest trees had been up
rooted and dashed about until we felt
sure that the people Of the house had
met instant death. After hard jour-
ney we reached the place. The house
was gone, and every tree around il
leveled, and we were moving about
in search of the victims when we heard
woman call:
"Hey, Sam. is that you over there?
no, it amt mel" responded mans
voice in the opposite direction.
We soon came upon both. They were
pinned down by the branches of the
trees, but neither one was much hurt.
As soon as the woman had been re.
leased she walked over to the man
without word to us and said:
so, smarty, what did tell ycu!"
"Nuthin'." sulkily replied the man.
Eyes, did. said it was goin' tc
be one o them cyclones"
"And I said it was goin' to be whirl-
wind, and so it was"
1T was cyclone!"
1T was a wEirlwind!"
"This seems to be queer time for
disputing about trifles," said the col.
onel, as we pried the man loose. "Your
house, fence and everything else has
been blown away, and both of you
have escaped death only by miracle
The pair limped along with us to
the remnants of the house and sat
down about ten feet apart, and as we
were ready to so the man said:
"ThaEkee, strangers. A rirpin' ould
whirlwind. wasn't it?'
And I'm also much cbleeged. and it
was regular cyclone" added the wife.
1T was whirlwind!"
1T was cyclone!"
As we made our way through the
tang!e we heard yell from the man.
followed by shuttle. The wife had
him by the hair, and we felt that she
must soon bring him over to the cy-
clone side. u or,.D
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-12
"sMITH.s AL RIGHT"

Feiier-his name wux Smith-no more;
worked down thar, in the village store,
6eIain' little OF everything,
FROM jeans. to ten-cent diamond ring
bus the folks that knowec him, they'd say
to you:
FL any tradin' you have to do.
Jest call on Smith. in the day or night,
Fer Smiths all right"
An ne WIZ. tell you! seen one day
a whole starved family come his way,
with never cent to buy their bread,
An never roof to kiver their head:
An Smith says: We'll, I'm lest one. :.
says he,
Az. never soul depends On me-
So. here's my wages" They said
that night:
That Smiths all right!''
An he wuz. tell you. An when he'd give
his ATTEST hslpin' his brothers live
1eoin' his duty from day to day
In Jest his humble an simple way.
With cheerful heart an lovin' mind
Forgettfn' himself fer all mankind
This wuz the word. N hes passed from
! sight:
THAT Smiths all right!''
- y. Stanton. In Atlanta Constitution
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-12
SAVING GOOD SEED.
4 Matter In Farm Economy that 10 Toe
Often Neglected, to the Serious
Loss to the Farmer.

In ye olden time, that is to say, be
fore the days of railways, when trans
portation was not SO cheap as at pres
ent. farmers were compelled to save
seed for planting. No only SO. but
they depended upon their farms tc
supply nearly everything needed, ex
cept sugar and coffee and store clothes
for Sunday wear. We have no records
of reduced crops in those days because
of deterioration of seed. 1t was the
practice on the plantations of progress
sive farmers tosend special hands in
advance of the main gang at the Sec
ond picking of cotton TO pick the most
prolific stocks for seed. The same care
was taken in saving seed corn, which
was selected before the main gather
ing. This is the practice of the writer
to this day, and it is the exception for
corn stalks to bear only one ear where
land is of average fertility and receives
fair cultivation. The same practice
prevailed with regard to saving gar
den seeds, such as cucumbers, lettuce,
melons, radish. okra, onion, tomato,
squash and turnip seed, and as fine
specimens of the varieties then in
vogue were grown as ut the present
day.
But after the war, when the price Of
cotton was such as to create a verita-
BILE craze for growing it, such little
things as saving of seeds were entirely
fr,<, crnolI <O ou cpn rys, tho n ottor<sOr 0f
cotton growers. The consequence was
that this branch of agricultural indus
try was relegated to specialists, who
were not slow in taking advantage of
their opportunities, nor in promulgat-
ing the doctrine that seed grown by
them was far superior to those that
the farmer could save. Now, it is true
their seeds are superior to those that
the farmers do save, hut the question
is. are they better than those which
the farmer can save? There is no
doubt of the deterioration of seeds un-
der careless management; in fact,
some Of the improved varieties seem
to have a natural tendency that way,
but the disposition can be controlled
by careful selection.
There are two good and sufficient
reasons why farmers should save their
own seed, to which it will only be
necessary to call attention. The conn
missioner of agriculture of Tennessee
estimates the number of farms in the
state mt 10000. and II each farmer.
trucker and gardener should expend
$3.50 for seeds, it will amount
to over 81 900. 900. which should be
kept al home. instead of being allowed
TO 20 out Of the state each year. The
second reason il of equal. il not OF
greater importance, in view Of the
danger of introducing obnoxious
plants upon the farms by means Of
seeds. A case in point is
the fo1r futile attempts of the writer
to procure winter turf oats free Of
cheat. entailing persistent efforts to
eradicate pest on four plots on his
and Lumber Review.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-12
This spring the soil in these beds

This spring the soil in these beds
works as mellow as the traditional
ash heap, and the bloom of the roses
and shrubbery of all kinds is simply
amazing, being fully twice as great as
with the same kinds Of plants set in
natural soil elsewhere. / use all ma
nure as mulch, either in garden or
field. In the garden. after setting
plants or planting seed. the manure
is spread over the surface and left
there to be slightly worked in during
cultivation. On the farm the place for
the farm manure Ii on the clover as
fast as it can be gotten from the sta
bles. There is but little while dur
ing the early summer when it can not
be put there. and then we are usually
too busy TO haul it out. But except
in making fine compost for green
house use. composing is about the
worst waste of time and labor that u
farmer can engage in. Manure is
heavy and expensive stuff to handle
in proportion to its value, and it does
not pay on the ordinary farm crops to
spend time piling and turning lot of
earth. litter and droppings. and imag-
inc that ii is all manure. Far better
get the droppings out as fost rs made
where they will help to grow the COM
post all over the land in the shape OF
peas or clover. A pile of well rottcd
manure containing half a dozen or
more loads is simply all that is left of
four or five times the amount which
has largely gone to waste in the turn
ing and fining.
The silliest of all ways to handle
manure is to haul it to the field and
laboriously fork it into little piles,
when the spreading should be better
done at once from the wagon. Do not
be afraid Of the sun shining on it or
the winds drying it. or of its running
down hill. for if the soil has goodly
proportion of the clay in it, it will take
and hold the manure, and when the
sod il plowed for hoed crop and
plant food is right where the corn
needs it near the surface.
There is nothing in which there is
more waste on the farm, both of fer
tility and labor, than in the handling
of the manure. Manure is not thing
to hoard, but. like money, should i.c
put at once to interest. Every day
you keep II idle in the barnyard you
are losing the interest it would lie
on the field. Rotting manure
is simply wasting manure Let il rot
on the land where every drop will feed
a plant.-Prof. Massey, in Texas Farm
and Ranch
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-12
Cseanker CatssR.

Use large, rather ripe cucumbers;
oare and CRATE and drain on sieve.
70 each pint of grated pulp allow one
red pepper chopped fne, half = tea
spoonful Of paprica, one tablespoon
full Of salt. four tablespoonfuls Of
grated horseradish aud half cup Of
vinegar. Halt ! cup OF nasturtiums
chopped hns, q " iugroyeusah-T
!. Lsoyef,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-12
No Gathers In the Fan skirt.

In dnck and serge skirts the pock-
cts are worn anywhere but on the hips
and inside the front widths. Two
square catch-alls, with flaps that but
ton down. are frankly sewed on the
front part of the skirt, within handy
reach OF the wearer's right and left
hands. and into these she puts her be
iongings easily and comfortably. The
promise of the tailors is that wool
walking skirts for autumn and winter
shall be made with the same regard to
convenience and that none of these
skirts shall have gather or plait the
~hole waist ba nd rOund.-N. Y. Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-12
Not Professional.

"When they had the collision on
the river that fellow Tape, the police
court lawyer. absolutely refused to
help get the water out of the yacht" !"
"What was the reascE?"
"He said he never hailed anything
without being paid for it."-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-12
TAKING OUT STAINS.
The Proper Thins to De when Laun.
Cering Fails to Remove
Them.

Iron rust, which is seldom account.
ed for, should be removed rs soon rs
seen. Lay on generous coating oi
salt and over this squeeze the juice OF
lemon until wet. 1t is not necessary
to lay the rusty spots in the sun to ef-
feet their obliteration. When the salt
is dry brush it of, and add more If the
stain is not quite gone. Mildewed
linen, unless of long standing. may be
restored by being dipped in solution
of lime water made by adding a spoon
fui OF chloride of lime to quart OF
water. Repeat two or three times, in
reality washing the spots in lime wa
ter. Rinse well or the lime water will
make the material tender. This same
solution will greatly aid in the bleach
ing of yellowed clothing. Soak the
garment in the water for three or four
hours. or a whole day If it is very yel-
low; then rinse well and hang in the
sun. Tar and the black grease spots
now so likely to appear on the crash
skirt in bicycling may be taken on
with q coating Of lard, the spot being
rubbed precisely as il it were soaped
Wipe the lard OF with a soft cloth and
then wash well.
When the stain is on garments that
cannot be washed spirits OF turpentine
should be used. Coffee. tea and wine
stains on fine linen should be taken out
before the linen is again washed. II
boiling water passed through the
stain will not eradicate it. javelle wa
ter will surely do 50. This water, q
very useful article to have always in
the laundry. may be bought Of 4 drug
gist or may be made Mt home AZ fol-
lows: Place two pounds of bicarbon-
ate of soda and two quarts of hot wa
ter in q porcelain-lined kettle and
when the soda is dissolved add half q
pound Of chloride of lime, stirring
well with wood stick. Set the water
aside to settle and when clear strain
the liquid through cheese-cloth and
bottle tightly. When using allow half
pint of water to each quart Of clear
water. and soak the stained linen.
Several hours soaking will usually OBJ
literate al stain. Rinse in at least
three waters. White goods alone may
be SO treated. ~ the water will take
the color from colored goods.-Phila.
delphia Inquirer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-12
Al the Hat store.

"What have you in the early fall
hafs?'
'.Here is the Dewey. and the Schley,
and the Hobson. all very fetching
styles"
81 take very large size"
"Then you'd better try on an
Aguinaldo. Garcia or Roosevelt
Plain Dealer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-12

"Might ! ask who lives here?" asked
q polite gentleman OF stranger he
met in front of u handsome mansion.
Certainly, sir" as politely replied
the other.
who is it, sir"
"Tm sure I don't know" replied the
etranger.-Tit-Bits.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-12
His Plan.

Drug Clerk---What do you intend to
10 with this chloroform?
Customer-Tm going to see if Ican't
get a good nights sleep.
"Eut, great heavens. ron mustn't
take il; can tell by your looks that
you couldn't stand IL"
I'm not going to take it. I'm go
ing to give 1t TO my wife and See II
she cant get along for an hour or two
without hearing burglars.r-Chicago
Evening News
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-12
Not Mated.

Tagleigh-Smudge says he is welded
to his art.
Wagleigh-Possibly. But there are
excellent grounds for divorce.-N. Y.
Herald,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-12
He Unaerstood Her.

He UA0eF1fOO0 HeP.
Mabel Il heard her tell dad that the
sun affected her eyes.
Lulu-What did he say:
Mabel Which sopl-JudgA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-12
Diplcnaey.

Henry" she said. disconsolately.
.you didn't give me birthday gift
by Jove. that's so." said Henry;
but. YOU see. you always look 50
young that can't realize that you
ever have birthdays"
Then she was happy, and he smiled
the mean. subtle sniie d j man who
has ssysd measy-AleasyJesTssh
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-12
Russlaa Servants.

In Russia servants kiss their ms.
trAss' hands both q morning and
SYeptng greetings
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-01-23
HE TOLD HIS NAME.

He was dressed like farmer, and he
looked inQuiringly at the clerk behind
the counter of our chief postoffice, and
pointed pantomimically to a bundle Of
letters the latter was sorting.
what name?" asked the clerk.
Louder" cried the agriculturist-
Surprising his customer to be deaf,
the clerk repeated his query in a tone
calculated to wake the dead. But the
man only smiled an unmeaning smile
and said: Louder"
The clerk took long breath, and
the yell that followed startled even the
phlegmatic husbandman.
mo offense, sir, hope? Yes, that's
my name-Louder, sir"
ooh. ah," said the clerk. Il never
thought of that. Yes, here's letter."
-Tid-BitS.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-01-23
n Three-COrnered EiQhf.

My abiding discomfort is and always
has been my lack of education. Ever
since I've been old enough to think, and
to realize that I had brains, their
method of working has been hampered
by my deepseated distrust in their
ability to reach satisfactory results ow-
ing to lack of systematic training.
Even while grudgingly allowing that
they had done we'll for me along some
particular line, 1 would modify the
pleasure of triumph by thinking how
much better they would have worked
under other circumstances.
Oh to have had a college education.
How differently l would have lived and
thought! What grand thing | would
have made of life; the very air would
taste sweeter. But to have to sit still
and pretend | understood when in
truth only guessed; to pass, by my wit,
Tor an educated man, and to live in
continual dread of having the truth
found out-that | was nothing but a
fraud and an ignoramus hung over me,
verltable sword of Damocles.
Such thoughts harassed me ever
since | came to know young collie
gan who spent short summer board
ing on our New England farm. He was
much about my own age and build, and
from the first l regarded him with an
envious reverence that seemed TO
please as we'll as amuse him. l would
listen open mouthed to his tales of
Dear old Harvard" and l VOW l would
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-01-23

With my physical problem l had lit
tie trouble; my Drawn was as good as
any IN the land, if only | could educate
my mind to control it. Aye, there was
the rub-educate my mind. Well, L
set to work with a will, and if | often
grew discouraged l never gave up; an
TACT, I'm at it yet, though it's over
twenty years since | started.
in the course of few years
my chance came and / got a
small position in New York, and with
time and patience at last got firmly
established in business, and then one
evening | hunted my quondam college
friend up in the directory and went
and called on him.
When the servant left me in the
huge reception room while he Informed
his master, the sight of my surround
lngS called up a sense of my temerlty,
my old lack of confidence swept over
re, and [ was just making for the
door to bolt, when | was stayed by the
entrance of my friend himself, and his
hearty greeting for the moment drove
out all other thoughts. l was kept 10
dinner and met his wife, charming
lady who did her best to make me feel
at home with very doubtful success.
Sitting before the fire that night
with my pipe, l firmly resolved that l
would see no more of my new friends;
| felt too much out of my class. |
should have stuck to my resolve, but
Hart himself would not have it; for
some occult reason that | have never
fathomed he insisted on taking me up
and in a patronizing manner making
me his friend.
| had too great an admiration for
him to feel anything but pride in his
friendship. To me he was bright
particular star and in his careless
manner he soon regained the old as
cendancy over me.
1t became a custom for me to dine
regularly with him once or twice
week, and on my second visit he asked
me if l could box. | told him that l
did not even know what the gloves
were like.
oh" he said, come along into the
library and I'll put you onto the game"
Well, the result was that | could
hardly eat for the next couple of days,
my jaws were so sore This boxing
lesson was continued on each night
that | dined at the house.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-01-23

and only one fact, shameful one'
stood out in bold relief-the blow
and it seemed that till that was aveng-
ed I could not breathe; and there rlghI
in front of me stood the man who hao
put this insult on me, no longer the
revered friend, the educated gentle-
man, but a man like myself and an
enemy.
Another singing blow on tne
cheek, then l sprang forward Luz ious,
yet strangely, almost contemptuousi'
confident.
Slowly I forced him back and crown,
ed him fiercely, despite a perlecl Ia
of blows that battered me anu MnoSo
only effect seemed to be 70 LII -
with a still fiercer exhiliaratlon. -
last | got in, and as he was ree!lns
across the floor. some fierce beast WIZ
in me growled out a harsh snaiiine
laugh of triumph.
Barton" +o
Harris angry voice recalled me -
NV senses and I gazed in stupid as
tonishment at him as he rose llon -
floor. what the devil do you niean s
ANYWAY? Do you call that boAlns'
II looks as if you wanted to XII no.
What ails you tonight, are you u "N'
or What?' ,,o,. INV
I passed my glove nervously over 10y
face and mumbled some KIND VI ap
ogy. though | hardly knew WhaI IL "e.t
ali about. Why should | want " IL a..
him nv friend? All the hot lusI ~
vengeance seemed already like Vasu9
dream and | think had we stopkou
thera I would never rave realized tia'
some strange thing had happened ~
me; but after short rest NC han+
+ima and came for me with rush. peie
on paying me back, Wnlle l. sun ' +han
the stupid fear of myself rain, -;th
him. backed away, then ducheu 80
all my old clumsiness ana goI q '
gerer for my pains. rosa
Then. once more that not ansel ~
and as he rushed me again, me- 49,, -,
souarely and sent him cfashine e hare
heap. across the library taple, ~,
he Law while | gazed stupiuly , a. T
Slowly | came back to myseil do ~
heard a low Singer, and turnins o"m
the old gentleman IalIly uouoi
with silent laughter ~ =.
AS he caught my eye ne gave q
Inclusive wink and whispered:
Say, Billy, hiio"
him" "a +o1v-
In a moment Hart was up ana TAX
ing off his gloves in dignitied silence l
tried sheepishly to apologize again. ne
cut me off short with some remark
about boxing with gentlemen IN the
future. 1t seemed wise idea ana l
told him l should adopt It myself
thereupon old Ben nearly mad nt'
while Mr.. Hart showed US to the door
in naughty silence.
1t is needless to say that that was
the last of my social evenings with
Mr.. Hart. I got over this misfortune
in the course of time, and though |
still regret my lack of education, !
have lived long enough to realize that
as old Ben says Book larnn ain
everythin'." AQUlLA kEMPSIER.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-01-23
STARTING fRorr HOME IN WAGON ON PeeAca,Nd TouEA

l draw the awful circle of our solemn
church. Place but foot within that
hallowed ground, and on thy head, yea,
though it wear a crown, I'll launch the
curse of Rome!." Every head upon
the stage was uncovered, and | found
my own hat in my hand, l forgot all
the tomfoolery we had been indulging
in; forgot his pipe and my promis-
ing regarding it; I forgot that | had
been a habitual theatre goes all my
life; | forgot that | was Protestant
hereto, and that it was nothing but
stage play; l forgot everything, eX-
cept the fact that | was standing in
the presence of the great visible head
of the Catholic religion in France, and
that | was ready to drop upon my
knees with the rest of them at his
invocation.
That was Edwin Booth, the actor
Laurence Hutton, in Harper's Maya
zine.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-01-23


lie piece of thread through onno-
site sides OF the card and twirl ranid-
~ before the eyes of your audience
Inc nlrd and the cage will move 60
hapidly that the audience will SOC q
olrd IN Its cage where before thew saw
an empty cage. Cd"
Inc simple trick Of putting a needle
through a nickel can be done without
private rehearsal. Take a cork and
run needle through it, leaving the
point nush with the cork. Now place
q niohel between two blocks of wood
put lhe CORK upon it, and give the TOP
SHARP dow with hammer When
you have pulled the cork off tho naad1a
the point will be found to have nenao
trated the nickle This is most s,,o-
cessfully accomplished by taking .
marked nickle from any one in the
company.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-01-23

They Look Hard and You Can Mystify
a Parlorful of Wondering Admirers.
With An Hours Practice-Putting
a Bird in It's Cage, Needle
Through a Nickel and and Men
in Soap Bubbles Secret of Nov
ing Table Laid Bare.

There are four little tricks which
are said to have originated with the
late Hermann, and which for while
baffied those who saw them performed
by him. Indeed, they continue to be
battling, for their secret is slight OF
hand as well as knowledge.
The easiest of them is the putting
of a bird in its cage by an optical de-
fusion. Take a round piece OF paste
board and on one side OF it draw a
canary bird. If you cannot draw you
can cut a small bird out OF picture
and paste it on the card. On the other
side of the pasteboard draw a cage.