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Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1898-11-24

Podr6zuiacY agent
,.Wiarusa" pan Kaz-
mierz Neuman bedzie
ma p%oczatku przysz}e-
&c tYgodnia wlnde-
p%endence, Wis. VOL
no mu .odbierac
wszekie pieniadze ola
,Wiarusa".
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1898-11-24

.H. o."
Abonentom nowym
lub starym, kt6rzy
teraz przeSl2 nam
naprz6d znizony
abonament ma VIA
rasa"w kwocie $3.50,
i do}acza do tego 5
cent6w ma op}acenle
przese4ki poczta -
.poSlemy " prezencie
Kalendarz Maryahski
ma rok 1899.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1898-11-24

Ktoby ME pragns}
odbiera6 naszej gaze
ty d4uzej, niechaj "a
p}aclco nam winien i
powie ]istowemu, al
DO ma poczcie: re ME
cbce, ably mu by4a
dalej doreczana.
z }aski nlkomu ga
zety ME poseiamy.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1898-11-24

-. <
Panov u ooi9gal:
soy <-czyli abonenci
placacy "a ,,Wia-
rusa" z dofa, musz9
koniecznie .piaci6
$500 "a. jeden rok
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-26

ID lost, and as ammonia In the most
valuable and costly fertilizing element
in existence, the lost is very serious.
1t is easy, however, to avoid this loss
by using the lime or the ashes by
themselves on the soil, and not with
the manure directly, in which way
they will do as much good. But some
times it is advisable to mix lime or
wood ashes in compost heap. and
this may DE done safely when the spe-
cial behaviorof these three indispensa-
BILE substances are understood. Ii the
manure is quite fresh there is little
ammonia in it. and if there is more, q
large proportion of absorbant matter,
as swamp muck, in the heap will abb
sorb and hold it. and carbonic acid
will be produced by its decomposition
in sufficient quantity to saturate the
alkali of the lime or ashes, or to take
ND the ammonia as fast as 1t is formed
or set free. In fact. farmer who un-
derstands the chemical decomposi-
tions and combinations which go in
heap of decaying manure or compost
may use lime and wood ashes with
safety and advantage. With regard to
the common mixture of ashes, hen
manure and plaster, too. this may be
safely and beneficially made at the
time it is to be used, but not ii it is
to remain mixed for any considera-
bic time previously.-J. f. Dillon, in
Epitomist.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-26
THE WEST HAS xovED.


1--WE Of the east" said New York man,
"do not appreciate how the country has
spread, as result of the war with Spain, -
our fellow-citizens in the west appreciate
it. i was in the Office Of my hotel, near the
counter, when new arsival wrote his name
and town and said he wanted front room
with a private bath. My business keeps me
on the alert for people who live beyond the
Mississippi, and as soon q | could do 90
with propriety looked a. the register and
saw that the new arrival was from Helena,
Mont. Then | made my advances by ask
ing him how business was In the west. At
that he flared and asked:
How do you know where / am from
what makes you think am from the west!
Il explained that had looked at the reg
lister, and in order to appease any Suspicion
on his part that ! had gold brick to dis
pose of handed him my card and apollo
gized, for when you have done that to .
western man he il yours.
But l am not from the west he pro-
tested.
That's what; but You don't call Mon
tana the west, / reckon, he replied, with a
combination Of southern and western 40
cent.
81 said as mildly as could that it was SO
classified in the geography knew and so re-
garded by people in the east.
Not since the war. he replied.
"For a moment did not know where
was at But he came to my relief:
reckon you know we've recently took
the Sandwich islands in out of the wet?"
Il acquiesced with proper American pride.
reckon You know about that other is
land, Luzon. or whatever they call it? That's
Just as good as ours ~ long as Dewey .
there
81 followed him in his enthusiasm, for it
was infectious, and / assented.
Well, then, he asserted as q clincher,
If you want to know how business is in the
west, you had better call up Honolulu or
Manila. Strikes me, if there was no mis-
take made by Dewey-and don't think
there wss-that Helena, Mont, comes pref
States as they lay at the present writing. "
N Y Sun
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-26
HERE AND THERE.

1T doesn't pay to keep late moult-
ing old hens, as they will not lay until
spring, and their winter board will
overbalance their summer profits.
While fattening, turkeys require
plenty of ventilation, fresh air, and
should have good supply of grit,
sand and lime rubbish to aid diges-
ton.
-Vicious-tempered attendants will
make vicious horses out of the best
tempered animals that can be found.
The driver or stableman who flies into
a passion is not a fit person to have the
care of horses.
If you have weedy pastures and
no scythe that is properly hung, you
had better get a small bunch of sheep
and turn them in. A sheep seems to
be devoid of the sense of taste, and
will eat almost anything that is green.
The farmer who engages in rails
ing sheep can not be too careful in the
selection of the foundation of his
stock. The ewes ought to be good
and strongly and uniformly marked
with the characteristics Of the breed
to which they belong.
Keep the poultry house so clean
and sweet that you can visit it Mt any
time and stay, if necessary, half an
hour without wishing you could get
out to get breath of fresh air, or
feel like taking dive to get rid of
the lice hurriedly running over your
body trying to escape.
When by the expenditure of few
extra dollars pure-bred rams of the
very best breeds can be obtained,
there is no excuse for the farmer who
will in the present day place an in
ferior or mongrel bred ram at the
head of his flock.
Every year brings evidence OF the
value of the scratching shed for poul-
try. The active hens are the layers
Exercise is essential to health and egg
Scratching sheds also are
health promoters by keeping the flock
from being unnecessarily exposed
during inclement weather.
in training or breaking in Of
horses the work should begin with
the colt. Handle the colt kindly and
gently from the very start. and he be-
comes as familiar and ~ much at
tached to the trainer as to the dam.
and, besides, such early familiarity
serves to suppress untractable quail
ties, while the advanced step Of train
ing him for his ife's service il being
accomplished.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-26
SAVE THE SOIL.
The Farmer Who 10 Anxious to Improve His
Soil Should Learn Also How
to Save 1t.

Farmers often talk and advise muSh
about the different and best methods
of improving the soil, yet almost en-
tirely overlook the no less important
matter of saving it, unmindful that to
prevent disease is better than cure. To
save the fertility of tine fields is of Vi
tai importance, as everyone of COM
mon sense should know, and that it
requires forethought and judicious
management to do so successfully;
although to improve the soils an in
crease of fertility, but it is seldom Elf
cacious in saving or holding 1T.
Farmers are too prone to run their
lands in exhausting crops as long as
they will produce anything. and sell
off the crops. This manner OF farm
ing not only robs the soil of its fertil-
ity, but leaves nothing in the soil to
save it from being washed away by
rains; and by selling the crops there
is nothing for stock, consequently but
little, if any, can be be kept, and but
little, if any, manure to be returned to
the fields to keep up their fertility.
The first object with the farmer
should be to hold his soil as much as
possible against all needless exhaus-
ton and wastes of all kinds, for this
is the basis of successful farming.
One of the best, if not the best meth
DDS of saving the soil is that of turn
ing under soiling crops. When crops
are turned under to save the soil
rather than as feed for a growing
crop, it should be fully ripe, having
more durability
Rye is best for poor land. The crop
may be pastured with hogs until the
grain is mostly consumed. then the
mass of straw turned under, which
will keep the soil from washing. and
as the mass decays impart fertility to
the soil. On rich land clover, per-
haps, is the best crop to sow to save
the soil, and at the same time improve
it. A crop of clover turned under not
only saves but supplies the soil with
an abundance of nitrogen through the
tops and roots. Much benefit is also
derived from the shade afforded by
this crop.
When crops are turned under to be
followed by another, they should be
plowed in, if possible, while in flower
or at their appearance, for it is at this
period that they contain the largest
quantity of easily soluble substances.
and that their leaves are most active
in forming nutritive matter which be-
comes Immediately the food of the
succeeding crop. and the more woody
fiber will hold the soil and form a
basis for other methods of sowing
and improving the land.
But many. very many. farmers seem
not to prospectively realize the profits
to be derived by burying in the earth
the produce of their land to promote
the future productiveness of the soil.
Yet, whenever the former closes his
eyes on the feeding value of these
crops, and uses them to save and to
improve the soil, the result seldom or
never fails to be most satisfactory.
And, in truth, we mag safely add that
but few farmers realize how much of
their soil they lose by selling off their
crops. and to see that, reasonably, no
farm can maintain it's fertility where
this is practiced.-J. I. Baird, in Epit-
omist.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-26
TRUE TO HIS LAST.
OOo snoemaker May Not Knew
Mach Besides MAKING
Shoes, But
Two men were taking.

IMo men were talking.
what admire among our artisan clasa >,
.ald one with the air of a superior ner.on
- little broader knowledge than Is a..
nned by the mere walls of his shop. Nov
have IN mind two shoemakers whom
zee occasionally, as they are both tenants
OF NINE. Both of them are prompt. indus.
trious, honest men, but one is as ignorant
y ne can be even about the details Of his
own trade. Why, asked him the other
day where shoe pegs were made, and Of
what wood and he hasn't the least idea.
ana had to tell him. On the contrary.
me ether one, not only knew that much.
put Nas up on the history Of shoes and
their. material and manufacture, and he
interested me for half an hour by a most
lnstrActlve talk on his occupation. There
= vast difference, think, between two
men situated as those two are, and it is
greatly to the credit of one that he &C.
CURES knowledge. not because it is abso-
Iuteis necessary, but because of his desire
60 broaden and see something more than
what may dangle at waxend or spread
Mseif. over side Of sole leather. Don't you
think as dos"
]. .Un-er," hesitated the other man. II
Know your two shoemakers and have had
work. done by both of them, and / notice
looked"
Il knew you would" responded the first
man, rubbing his hands with pleasure.
Yes" continued the other, stthe man
who only knows how to make shoes can
make shoes and the other chap can't
There's something in that, you know, to
the man who must wear them. "-Washing
ton Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-26
The Bowsers' Troubles
h Makes Quite Difference Which
One Of tie Two-L SEX.
Copyright. zssa
y =. Quad

When Mr.. Bowser came home the
other evening and found his wife lying
on the lounge with bandage around
her head, he was sorry for her, Of
courxe-just as sorry as the average
husband. And, like the average hus-
band. he stood and glared at her for :
moment, and then blurted out:
well, I've been looking for it every
day for year past. and it's here 1t
last! Finally got yourself fat down,
ehT
"It's nothing" she family replied.
ooh! it isn't. Nothing for a wife to
aop down and upset the whole house,
/ suppose! Well, I've been looking for
some sort Of q racket, SO I'm not sur
prised. Mrs. Bowser, it's wonder to
me that you or any other woman in
this town is out Of her coffin"
Its only-only headache, dear"
"Yes, only q headache. but what do
headaches lead to? II you are NOT .
dead woman before Saturday night you
may consider yourself lucky. Didn't
warn you not to sit In q draught-not
to wear thin shoes-not to eat too much
truck? Little good it does to talk to q
woman. Shed 60 her own way il she
knew it must end in broken neck.
II men were rs reckless as your sex
the country would 60 to the dogs"
''One can't help feeling bad occasion
ally" she replied, AZ she got up to wet
the handage around her head.
.'Oh! they can't. Ell? Mrs. Bowser,
look ut me! When am ever ailing?
When do you hear me complain :?
Never! And why is It? Because,
madam-because don't cram my
stomach with watermelon, buttermilk,
gumdrops, custard pie, sweet cake,
ginger ale, and all that. Because l
don't go around with my feet sopping
wet. Because know enough to come
In when it rains. Because exercise a
little common sense in taking care of
myself"
"Your dinner is ready" she quietly
replied, as he balanced himself on his
heels and loked down upon her with
great complacency.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-26
COMPOSING MANURE.
4 Judiclous and Useful Practice to Mix the
Nanurial Ingredients Before Putting
Them ON the Soil.

Mixing manure or fertilizers is la
borious work, and if nothing is gained
by it, it is labor lost. But something
may be gained when the condition of
the material can be changed for the
better, and at the same time some
thing may be lost when changed for
the worse. In composing for in
stance, such raw substances as swamp
muck, leaves, or tannery wastes, with
manure. or in mixing various ma
nures, as from the horse stable, cow
sheds, pig pens and poultry house,
valuable results may be obtained;
while in mixing lime or wood ashes
with manure, and especially in mixing
the common fertilizer with poultry
manure and wood ashes, harm may be
done and valuable fertilizing matter
wasted. In the one case the more az
lively fermenting horse or pig manure
will serve to decompose more readily
the colder cow manure, and to produce
decomposition in the abundant litter
or raw matter that may have been
used. Besides, when the whole manure
heap has been reduced to an even and
homogeneous condition and quality, it
II made more valuable for use in the
field, and neither unduly or wastefully
enriches one portion of it while in
adequately fertilizing another portion.
1t is, therefore, judicious and useful
practice to mix these manures or these
substances in a heap, either in tue
yard or the field, and so add consid-
erably to the value of part without
detracting from the value of other
portions. But in the other case much
harm may be done by mixing any
substances in the heap which may
exert an injurious action upon the
others. This may happen when lime
or wood ashes are mixed with
the manure or with the poul-
try manure, and the more harm
is done the richer in am
monia the manure may be. Lime and
potash are alkalies, and when fresh
are in a caustic condition; that is,
they are free from carbonic acid,
which. when combined with an alkali,
renders it neutral, or mild and inert.
When fresh lime or wood ashes are
mixed with manure they ut once seek
to combine with carbonic acid, from
whatever source they can procure it.
Ammonia is an alkali, and in manure
Is generally in combination with car
bonic acid as carbonate Of ammonia.
The lime or wood ashes take the car
b0nic acid from carbonate OF ammonia
and the ammonia escapes as gas into
the air. and 20 far rs the owner of
the manure is concerned this ammonia
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-26
PLYING THE POOR.
A Tramp who Would Not Take the
Crust from q Needy Won-
ans Mouth.

Sometimes the tramp gets the better of the
thrifty housewife. The mistress OF pretty
little cottage at Sausalito-she only inherited
about SOL, 900, and SO is obliged to be frugal
is the object OF little criticism from her
friends because of her repu:ed parsimony.
Last Saturday, as she was sitting on her pi-
azza, overlooking the water, and waiting for
Ted to come home, passing knight Of the
road humbly solicited bite. The young
woman could not withstand the petition, %
she went herself to the bread box, which was
filled with freshly baked ioaves, and brought
out to the waiting vagrant two slices of
boardlike consistency which had been baked
many days earlier. AS she presented her
bounty she felt just tritle ashamed of it.
we are very poor ourselves she said, in
muttered apology.
The outcast received the crust with .
courteous Thank you" and turned away.
A moment later he returned and handed
the young heiress the crusts and also .
nickel
Il am very sorry for you" he said, in gen.
lie tones of genuine sympathy.-San Fran
cisco News Letter
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-26

mot Just yet. dear. don't think it's
serious"
mrs. Bowser, I believe I'm already
struck with death!"
"How foolish. You've just got lit
tie Inflammation of the tonsils and .
fever. It's nothing to worry about"
i've felt for some days as il great
calamity hung over this household"
be weepingly whispered. Hadn't we
better have two doctors?"
"Just try and 60 to sleep, Mr.. Bow
ser, and I'll warrant you'll feel better
by night"
"Ahi how I su6er-how suffer!"
he groaned. "You may be . widow be-
fore the week is out. / hope you will
always be kind to our child. have
tried to be good husband. and
and"
Mrs. Bowser laid her hand on his
and the tears came to his eyes
with a flood and he broke down and
sobbed like BOBBY. She sat down and
held his hands until he finally fell
asleep, and though she might have
charged him with doing a score Of i'm
prudent things to bring on his illness
she didn't mention single one. After
4 couple Of hours he woke up feeling
better, but he wanted tea, toast, tell.
and sympathy, and was rs petnlant Is
. baby until put to bed. He was new
man, however, when he woke up next
morning, and when she asked after his
throat she replied:
"Throat-hump! Mrs. Bowsef, for
about five hours yesterday was hover
ing between life and death. Had 1t been
you, you would have died ten times
over, but grit pulled me through"
"Grit 2" she oueried.
"Yes. grit-sand = pluck - Spartan
courage and fortitude. let none OF
you know how bad I actually was, but
just shut my teeth and determined to
live, and here is the result OF 1t.
All! Mrs. Bowser, II you only had
hundredth part of my courage and will
power you'd be far different woman
from what you are nova far different
woman!"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-26

Sand I'm ready for dinner, Of course,
A healthy, happy person is always
ready for his meals. You won't try to
get up, SUPPOSE"
~Not now"
swell. you have only yourself to
blame. You may learn in time. but
doubt 1t. I'd like to find one woman
with about two ounces Of horse-sense
in her head before I die, but don't ex-
pect to do it. It can't be helped, l sup.
pose. The Lord made you that way
and it's no use to argue"
Mr.. Bowser ate his dinner, smoked
his cigar and sang and whistled as II
the slightest noise didn't 60 through
her head like bullet. 1t never oc-
CURED to him to fan her, wet the band
age or ask if she couldn't sip cup Of
tea. 1t did occur to him, however, t
run over to the club for couple OF
hours, and to say, as he came back and
found the patient no better:
by George, but you look tough!
Maybe you'd better call in the doctor
though don't suppose he could do any
good"
Il think Til be better by morning.
she replied.
II hope so, and hope this will be q
lesson to you for the future Itell you
that no woman can slosh around the
way most of you do and live out hall
her days. How many cocoanuts and
green apples and bananas did you eat
to-day?"
"Don't be foolish, Mr.. Bowseri"
swell, have your own way. but you
mustn't expect any tears of sympathy
from me. I'll 60 to bed, and you can
come up when You get ready. If you
are going to kick around much, you'd
better sleep in the spare room. don't
propose to lose any sleep because you
lack the sense to take care Of your
health"
But 4s hours later the tables were
turned. Mr.. Bowser came scuffing
along home with his shoulders bumped
up and his face the color of -four, and
it was plain to zee that something had
happened.
"What's the matter?" asked Mrs
Bowser as soon a. he stepped into the
hall.
"Got a sore throat and I feel fever
ish. IL think am going to Be
sick!"
She didn't call out that was just as
she expected and declare that no hus.
band in the state had sense enough to
look after his health. She knew that
he sat in q draught in his shirt-sleeves
but she didn't even refer to it. On the
contrary, she remarked in solicitous
tones:
"Try and eat q little something and
then lie down. You'd better gargle
your throat and then tie it up"
do you-you think it's anything Sc.
rious?" he whispered, rs he grew palel
Jet.
Il hope not, but it's best to be on
the safe side. You are subject "a
quinsy. you know, and spinal menin-
gifts begins that way"
Il believe I'm going to die" gasped
Mr.. Bowser. and he grew so weak that
she had 10 take on his coat and vest
and get him to the lounge.
.Nonsense! You got cold last night
and these are the symptoms. Men don't
die OF 4 sore throat and headache
I'll have you feeling better in half N
hour"
IL hope 50. but dunno. ] feel
awfully queer.
Everything about the house was or.
dered to 60 on tip-toe and even the cat
Was put out and the clock stopped.
After his throat had been tied up. his
shoes taken on and quill: thrown over
him Mr.. Bowser plaintively inquired:
-Don't you think you'd better send
for doct0r?s
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-26
wheat e = Bashel.

Some farmers are holding their wheat be-
cause they think the price viii 60 to y =
bushel. The price, however, may so down
instead of up, and thus great losses will fol-
low delay in selling. In all matters delays
At the first sign of biliousness, dyspepsia, In
digestion or constipation cure yourself with
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Don't wait for
your condition to improve itself, for it is apt
to get worse still.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-11-26
Beware Of Otntnents for Catarrh
That Contain Mercury,

- mercury will surely destroy the sense Of
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
tenn when entering it through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be
used except on prescriptions from reputable
physicians, as the damage they will do is
often: ten fold to the good'you can possibly
derive from them Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by +. j. Cheney & CO., Toledo.
o., contains no mercury, and is taken inter
nallys acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. In buying
Halls Catarrh Cure he sure you get the gen.
uine. 1t is taken internally, and made in
Toletso, Ohio, by +. j. Cheney 4 Co. Testi-
monials free
Sold by Druggists, price 75c per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.