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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10
The o.een Regent Of Holland.

The queen mother must not be over
looked in our admiration of her new
II crowned daughter. She is Ger
man by birth-Prineess Emma of
Waldeck-Pyrmort - and the second
wife of the late king of the Neither
lands. Fortunately for the Dutch
people, the heir apparent, an un-
promising youth, died in Paris some
years ago. His little sister, with her
native sweetness of disposition and her
wise bringing up. gave promise OF
beautiful womanhood, and her people
are sure she will make good sover-
eign. Since the death of King Will
liam his widow has ably filled the office
of regent, and is much beloved. The
writer was fortunate enough to be
present at the closing of parliament.
and to see Queen Emma drive in state
through the capital. The procession
was gorgeous in the extreme. There
were many grand coaches. each drawn
Ey six or eight handsome horses, rich
~ caparisoned. and a groom at the
head of each horse. The route was
lined with soldiers. The excitemen mt
reached its height when the queen re-
gent, gowf.ed in her royal robes, rolled
past in her gorgeous coach. The
little queen was not present that day
Jeanette May Fisher, in st. Mich.
olas.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10
The Navy isea,..

The parcel of land intended for the
navy bean should be plowed before
weeds appear and cultivated about
every ten days with piow or heavy
harrow, to keep down weeds and grass
till planting time. say June /. And
then after the land is gotten in good
condition, lay OF the rows with bull
tongue plow, not deep. three or three
and half feet apart, dropping two or
three beans every 30 inches, and cover
with whatever is convenient. When
planted in checks will not require as
much hoeing as if drilled. They
should be kept free ofweeds and grass
until the bloom appears, and then cul-
tivation should cease. When ripe they
may be gathered by hand, o. if there
is danger of the rainy season catching
them, pull up the vines and put them
under shelter, when the beans can be
taken from the vines at leisure. The
weeyil fly is said to hare accomplished
his mission and retired from business
by June. Anyone wishing to grow
pole or bunch beans for seed will not
be annoyed by weevii if planting is
! deferred until June. OF course there
is no fixed price for the navy bean,
but they generally bring about 81 per
busheI. If beans planted south Of
Tennessee are damaged by weevil,
would suggest later planting next
time.-Cor. Dixie Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10
BOASTS OF SUMNER BoARDzRs
PAysical Ailnents That wone. On
the Hotel Piassa Seemed
Proua OF.

1t tuIes the summer hotel to dis.
play certain aspects of human nature.
and a woa,an who has lately returne d
from a sojourn IN one of them thinks
that solslc characteristics are shown
much m{re noticeably than others.
.Whenl we gathered on the piazzas
after br| akfast, which we were COM
PEELED Il do because there was NO al
ternatiy but sharing ones room
with thu h&chambermaid.' she said. 1.-THE
first personal pronoun singular used
to rever5era,e along from group to
group liie the buzz Of trolley wire.
It usus,ly marked the appropriation
BY the woman who used it of quail
ties that are common to her sex. al
though from her tone ard manner
one would have supposed that they
were strictly personal attributes. II
it was damp there was always the
woman in every group who said: !
suffer SO from this dampness.' with
both -fec. on the pronoun with ar en-
phasis that shut out everybody else.
II ii was hot there was always ore
ready with the observation: 1 don't
believe that anybody suffers from the
warm weather as much as / do with
the same exclusive enjoyment oi
privilege. Sometimes it would take
such an auth oritative form as this:
My doctor told me once that l, ETC. II
very rarely happened that any of The
women announced qualities that they
had any reason to be proud of. Ehcu.
matism. neuralgia and gout were es.
pecially popular possessions. One OF
two Of them said they had weak lung;
with the same positiveness. never
heard " oman give this same manner
to a boast about her social position
her money. or even her husband and
children. None of the women who
talked !. that way about their per
sonal feelings ard ailments would have
though. about boasting of more I'M
portant things That would have beer
poor breeding. But they were fond
of asserting absolute predominancs
in the matter Of physical disabilities
l-E " Suu
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10

The latest invention and fad for
pianists are thimbles. Young ladies
find that incessant use of the fingers
pounding on the worries for six, seven
or eight hours is very nervous work.
The tips Of the fingers are nerve GEN.
ters. In fact, the end OF the finger is
one Of the most sensitive parts of the
entire body. 1t must be great strain
ON the nervous system if this nerve
center comes in harsh contact with
the solid ivory keys thousands Of times
during the day. These thimbles for
piano use are made of rubber and are
intended to lessen the shock to the
nerve centers. They are made to tit
the ends Of the fingers as the glove
fingers fit. They come in sets, accord
ing to the size of the glove worn. and
can be ordered in that way. A pneu-
matte ring cushion forms the end OF
the thimbie. They also save the ends
OF the fingers frsm becoming callous
or cracked and save the nails from
breaking and splitting. m Cincinnati
EuouireP
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10
WIT AND WISDOM.

1t is hard work to do nothing. for
hat is work which a man always at-
tends to himself, personaliy.-Detro.t
Journal.
Our respect for old age depends .
great deaf en- whether it be applied
10 men and women, or boarding house
poultry.-Chicago Daily News.
In No Hurry.-"Uncle Beasley. are
you going to Heaven?" asked the little
boy. Il s'pose Ill have to, some day or
other" answered the old man.-Cin-
cinEati Enquirer.
Arts. Joyfully)-"Hurrah! I sold
my masterpiece to-day for $500"
Friend--"Youd better lay low for
few weeks until the trouble blows
over Town Topics.
Gerald:ne-"You have been sick,
haven't you?" Gerald-"ies. was
threatened with brain fever" Gerald
ine-"Well. you had one comforting
thought; you couldn't have il in any
thing but mild form. Town Topics.
A love story doesn't suit girl of l6
unless the lovers quarrel and part for
ever, at lt.st once a week. After she
grows older she worries over the fear
that the man may not come back, and
is more in favor Of peace.-Atchison
Globe.
"They say Scribbleton, the novelist,
dictates sll his stories to stenograph-
er." lis that so? I didn't know he
was married" "Who said he was mar
ried?" Nobody: but surely a man
who writes novels for a living can't af-
ford to hire a stenographer."ICht-
cago Daily News.
His Enviable Lot.-Mr. Pitt-"Since
your friend B;inkins married Miss
Bonds he has been leading the life af
dog" Mr.. Penn-"I'm sorry for him.
I'm not" Don't you sympathize with
him?" Not al all. He has nothing to
DO but to eat, sleep and amuse himself.
It's the life of pet pug dog he lends.
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10
HOW TO GROW CLOVER.
4 Thoughtful Farmer Tells when. How and
Why Glover Seed should bo
SOWn.

Il il the aim of every thoughtful
farmer to secure the best results when
lie scatters seed, and he should be able
to give reasons for sowing at certain
time and the method he adopts. Janu-
ary is the time to sow on wheat land
because, then, it being the dead of the
winter, the seed will not sprout be-
fore they have been worked in the
ground deep enough to prevent early
sprouting. Then. at the proper time
In the spring, when the SUMS piercing
rays is strong enough to reach these
buried seeds, they will germinate. If
you sow in February or March the
seed will not have as much time to be
worked deep enough in the ground to
prevent light. warm spells in February
and March from sprouting the seed
and being killed, after it comes up, by
late cold spells.
April is the time to sow clover seed
on oat land, because then yhe danger
from cold spells is over. The COM
non practice is to SOW on top of the
ground and not harrow in, but the
ESSI way Is u use u Hgut udIEOW HI
covering the clover seed. 1t is true .
portion of the seed will be narrowed
into the ground too deep to come UP,
hut they will not be lost, because they
will germinate whenever they are
placed near the surface by cultivation
and there will be plenty OF seed left
at the proper depth to give 4 good
stand when we sow one bushel to six
or seven acres. II we sow without q
light narrowing in Of the seed in all
probability majority of the seed, ii
not all. will perish beneath the scorch-
Ing sun because the roots are not deep
enough to sustain life.
A good practice is to sow timothy
seed in the fall when we SOW our
wheat; this will be great acquisition
to our clover field, m the timothy will
take the place Of the clover when il
begins to die out after the frs. year
In the event we did not desire to
break our clover field when the clover
disappears. which W would Be com.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10

Personal AND xIrERARY.
DR.. Conan Doyle is described as tall.
Lion, hearty and an enthusiastic crick-

DR.. Conan Doyle is described as tall.
Lion. hearty and an enthusiastic crick-
eter.
The off wells of Senator Roger q,
Mills areasaid to net him about 500
d day.
Grant Allen, the writer, says he has
English, Irish, Scottish and French
blood in lis veins.
Admiral Dewey is fond Of horse,
but, unlike the majority. he is n good
rider and hunter.
George Hitchcock, the artist, was
lawyer with no thought Of painting
until his thirtieth year.
Col. Richard Malcolm gave up the
law to lEcome a school teacher and
school teaching to become writer.
Fanny Crosby, the blind evangelist
and hymn writer, though IS years old,
is still conducting religious services
in various parts of the country.
A recently published letter shows
that d. q. Rossetti narrowly escaped,
at one crisis of his career, being forced
to become a telegraph clerk. instead
OF a pet artist. and preacher of the
gospel Of pre-Raphaelism.
In 1851 f2so was given to his I'M
perial htehness Prince Lucien Louis
BonaparSe 'in consideration of his
services TO literature and learning"
in 1884, E250 to Matthew Arnold ''in
recognition Of his distinguished lit
erary al tainmcnts and his eminence n
q poet
Lieut.. tPeary's little daughter. born
in Greenland five years ago while her
father wns on an arctic trip, cannot
endure warm weather and suffered
severely during the recent summer.
When tie temperature rises above a
she wiits. but always feels well in ex-
tremeiy cold weather.
Trollope died in 1892 and in 1898 a
pension Of 6 50 wss granted 10 his
widow. Huxley died in 1895 and in the
following year a pension Of E2o0 was
granted to his widow. Among other
relatives of eminent literary men who
have received pensions were Rose Troll.
lope widow of Anthony Trollope. the
novelistI G1o1.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10

DR.. Paul Goldman declares that
Cinnamon make most obedient, indus
trious, and trustworthy sailors. judg
in1 by his experience on oriental yes
sells. Many of them have at some time
belonged to the crew of pirate ships
on which discipline is specially strict
.--chicago Chronicle,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10
Town Crier In Nantucket.

Nantucket. Mass, still has a town
crier, who is engaged BY the merchants
to announce their auctions, and by
summer visitors TO call attention to
social events. Once in awhile he has
spread the alarm when a child is lost
On his own account he meets the
steamboats,. gets the newspapers. ard
runs through the streets calling on,
the principal headings. The old resi-
dents can keep abreast of the time,
merely Oy listening to his cries.
caRo Chronicle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10
HERE AND fHERE.

When feeding skim milk to the
calves and pigs, do not Feed it alone
To get its full value, feed it with bran
or meal. or even with grain.
--Georgia's peach shipments carried
$1,C00.oOo ready cash into that state.
The entire fruit crop market netted
nearly double that amount. 1'ae peach
shipments aggregated 2,uau cars.
"A grade sire is bound to breed
your herd down. not mp. He Ess.-
show some ancestral merits, but ssc
has no power to transmit them. Ike
improvement has ended With l.inlssn;,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10
THE SOUTH AND COTTON.
Tho Southern States Growing Too Much
Cotton-shouid bs ReairaIned With.
I'm Reasonable Bounds.

The immense crop of cotton and
it's ruinously low price are attracting
the attention of the world and excit-
ing CONSERVATION in the minds OF
eyery patriotic lover of the south, the
section where it is mast largely culti-
waited.
The New Orleans cotton exchange
reports the production in the SOUTH
ern states for 1s97-9S amounted to H.
199, ,s94 bales. The northern mills con-
sumed 2.211,740 bales. and the SOUTH
ern mills used 1,231 ,s41, total of con-
sumed in America of 3,443,581 bales.
The great overplus was either EXPORT
ed to foreign countries or stored in our
warehouses and on our plantations
The entirescotton crop of the world,
America, Egypt, India and elsewhere.
il reported as IA, ,294 900 bales and the
total consumption of the world is H.
163, 900 bales. or 63. 900 bales more than
the production of the United States
alone, leaving the vast surplus OF b.
Gee, 900 bales to be brought forward to
present crop and depress prices The
| worlds markets are being completely
demoralized by such excessive over
production.
The southern states particularly are
growing too much cotton. And yet
this very serious. painful, self-evident
truth seems to have no effect upon our
planters. They have been urged,
pleaded with, exhorted. argued with
ridiculed, threatenetl-all with absoz
lutely no effect. There seems to be an
unexplainabIe fascination about the
expensive, unrenunerative culture or
! the great staple which no loss, no ar
gument, no entreaty can overcome OF
resist.
Are our farmers stark mad? VIII
they never listen to reason? do they
not see that our huge crops cause the
great drag and burden on our impe-
cunious section? Must we resort to
legislation to restrain cotton culture
within more reasonable bounds?
Unless practical and scientific men
in the southern states, or somewhere
in the world, discover new and greater
use for cotton. the planters must be
held back, by some legal measure, to
prevent their speedy destruction. Die
versified industries are rapidly SPRING
ing up. Cotton mills increase wonder
fully year by year. But they don't
amount to any relief.
For years l have advocated and
practiccd on my farm the raising OF
corn, potatoes, hay, hogs and CATTLE
| horses, mules, ponies and small grain
1 sell many hogs and cattle for cross
| ing purposes to the more thoughtful
planters, and choice seed for sowing,
but the small number interested in
improving their stock and their seed
is distressing. They live forever un-
der the delusion that cotton is their
only money CROP" and harp upon
those two words.
I speak words of truth and sober
ness, and in all sincerity and love-
Robert e. Park, in Southern Guilt.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10
Apricot Cheese.

Remove tie stones from IS ripe apri.
cots and put them into a small pre-.
serve kettle with one pound of Loaf
sugar and a gill of water. Stir this on
brisk fire until the whole Ct the fruit
is dissolved, and then rub through Q
hair sieve into large basir, add two
ounces OF clarified isinglass- and fill .
jelly mold (ready imbedded in rough
ice). with the preparation. When the
cheese is set firm turn it out on disl
and all The center With whipped cream
IN. y. ledger.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10
On the COPaen,

Optim-Do you know there are twice
as many muscles for pulling the cor
ners Of the mouth up 40 there are for
drawing them down?
Pessim-Well, il there are. 1t only
proves that nature foresaw it was 60
ing to be twice as hard to smile as ia
weep in this weary old world.-Chica-
20 Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10
WRECKS AND DEREL1cTs.
The Dynamite Boat vesuvsus veFy
Successeul In Removing These
Menaces to Navigation.

A stranded vessel is not menace to
navigation, and is therefore left se-
verely n'une; but a wreck sunk in q
few fa.homs Of water, in the track OF
coastwise shipping. is dangerous OBJ
struction. The large. heavy masts
of surken coaster might rip up the
bot tom of q colliding vessel, anG a
ledge of rock would not he more fatal
than The submerged hull. In one year
the United States photographic Of
flee, which is branch of the bureau
of navigation of the navy department,
has received nearly 1000 reports at
wrecks aid dangerous distractions.
and ordered me destruction OF as
many OF these as was practicable. The
work is Gone with torpedoes. After the
explosion there is no torpedo left, but
there is also no wreck.
II is Impossible to say how much
damage has been done by collision
with wrecks and derelicts. as ships
abandoned at sea are called. Snnke n
wrecks are hidden dangers. The sky
may be clear and the sea-way Light;
they smi:e the unsuspecting victim
from the depths, and add one more
to those disasters which are the more
tragic for the awful mystery that s'ir-
rounds them. During the seven years,
from 1sS: to 1894, As such collisions
zine, or nearly one-fourth, resulting
in total loss. the others in great dam
age-were reported to the United
States photographer. Ofthe fatal col
lisions. five were with wrecks, and four
with derelIcts.
The Yantic. the Despatch and the
dynamite cruiser Vesuvins src among
the vessels of the United States navy
which have most actively waged war
upon saEken wrecks. The United
States steamer San Francisco also has
tine homer OF having destroyed derc'
lict, in which operation she was. how.
ever. obliged to resort to all usual
methods of naval attack except board
ing-torpedoes. ramming and shelling
Capt. Crowninshield, when command.
iEg the kearsarge. removed curious
obstruction to navigation off Cape
May. 4 schooner was reported sunk
there in l2 fathoms Of water. Capt
Crownlnshield was surprised. on
reaching the spot, to find the heels OF
two masts-not the upper. but the
lower ends-protruding Is feet above
water. In some inconceivable man
ner, these masts must have becoE::
anstepped from a sunken vessel, ant
the heels had swung up. the ends OF
the spars being held down by the rig
gins. Cue mast was shattered with
torpedoes, the ether pulled out by thu
Kearsarge and then destroyed. II iva.
not necessary 10 break up the hull. a.
there was enough water above il.
The Vesuvius was very successful Al
a wreck-destroyer. Some of the OBJ
structions are difficult to locate. The
/ same wreck may be reported in three
different positions by as many differ
ent vessels; ard with SO many cl-w'
to follow. it is not easy to rnn do~r
the gone. The Vesuvius has foGnt
wreck with only two feet Of spa'
protruciny above water-and two fee
Of spar sticking out of the broad At
lantic is rather like the traditiona
needle in the kaystack. = Gustav
Kobl,e. In St. Nicholas.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10
Careless Care.

dorothy. you don't take any care
Of your new umbrella at all"
-No: I've noticed thnt IL you take
care of anything you lose it.: and il
you try to lose it you car't.-Detroit
Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10
Horrors Of war.

"The war;" she said, refectively.
drought about. or at least hurried. a
great many marriages"
.True."~h he replied. "but why dwell
cr the horrors Of war?"-ChieAgo
Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10
Her Am hltooA.

Claribei-They say he is worth hail
a million at least.
Matlea-How should like to be biz
widow!-Bosiou Transcript.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10
LEGEND OF THE VIOLET.

ne violet was Loves flower, tits said.
IN distant ages. long ago;
1ef color was deep heart-red,
As few may know.
Iail. looking upward TO the blue,
The very deep of purity.
her being caught that wondrous hue,
AS all may see
Dut 4s :hat perfect blue was shed
Upon her petals without stint,
Twas mingled with her own heart-red,
In purple tint.
. Love. lock up to air and sun.
Live In the largeness of Gods space:
TIL thou ard purity be one
Sweet blended grace.
Marion G. Smith. In Christian Work.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10
Locenstives Of the World.

L0conolives Of the world.
One hundred and nine thousand loco
motives are at present running in
various countries. Europe has $4,000.
America 10000, Asia 3,S00, Australia
1000 and Africa 700,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10
Making Oyster she'll. Green.

Occasionally fresh oysters show ur
green in the shells. Many persons
think the color is caused by contain
nation from copper and some other
metal or substance, and that the oy-
sters are NOT wholesome. The national
fish commission has recently made an
examination of green oysters. and an
nounces that the color is caused by
vegetable matter which serves as food
for the oyster, and that it does not in
auy manner detract from the health
fulness or flavor of the bivaive.-Cin-
cinnati Commercial Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-10

II wash my hands of the whole bust
ness!" passionately exclaimed the
statesman under fire.
Afterward the committee Of investi
CATION found that a good deal ha6
stuck to his fngers.-Indianapolii
Journal.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-15
CRUcIFIxION OF CHRIST.
Death on the Cross Was a Most Terri
BILE Form of Torture.

Death on the Cross Was a Most Terri
BILE Form Of Torture.
"CrJc flxion was q terrible death. :"
writes the Rev. Amcry X. Bradford ID.
D.. propos OF holy week. in an article on
"Tns last Week In Christ Life" In the
April I,adiss Home Jo1rnal. 1T was
reserved for offenders OF serviie class
an1 never used for Roman citizen. The
lands and feet Of the victim were nailed
to The ooi and a kind Of rude seat was
Iroviaed-just enough to prevent the
weight OF the hody from tearing through
tie fiesn. 1hs exact spot where Jesus
was oruciGei cannot now bs identified.
Golgotha was probably sumo skull shaped
hill outside the oity WALL Tnithsr q
strange proce ,sion wonded it's way-th,
condemned with their CROSSES on their
backs. the hard -henrted rabble making
fun Of them ~ tsey passed. 1he strength
Of Jesus failed before the destination
was reached. and another was compelled
to carry the cross for Him. This cruci-
dxiop. like oil Others was cruelsand bar.
tarous In the extrme. The cxscutioners
we're Roman soldiers put host OF Jews
feasted their eyes on the hideous sight.
"Such agony was no p rotec tion against
tho aibcs OF tue crowd. With but one of
His disciples In sight, and only two or
three friendly women nesr-ore Of them
His motaer--Jesus passed the last hours
OF His earthly lite. Those who suffered
by crucIflxion some times fingered three
or four days-Jesus lived about nve
hours. VIII lie hanging on the cross He
spoke seven times. Soon after the cross
was raised. locking over the coar1e and
irntal scldiery, aud the mistaken isnat-
les who bad bounded Him to that hour,
He utts red prayer, which has probably
mnde de<per impression on the world
than any other sinvSe prayer ever offered:
'fstter, foraiye them. for they Know
not vhst they 90. >"