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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-08-19
A MAN OF PRUDENCE.
He Thought . Cyclone Cellar Might
Come In Handy When He
Was Married.

Speaking of wives and their dispositions
and tendencies" said Mr.. Riskum to the
evening crowd in front of his crossroads
store, there was John Brunt, that lived
for ten years in the cyclone. belt in Kansas,
trying to raise corn and mortgages and
things like that, until he was able to Dor.
row money enough to get back to Mary
land again without walking more than half
way. John come right to me, and let him
have job on my farm at $50 a month,
for he was a hard worker and thrifty. At
the end Of the first year he had got the
Widow Aliens promise to marry him in
October, and he rented nice little farm
to do business again on his own hook.
John was widower himself. and being
practical sort of a man, he went to work
right away putting the farm and the house
into shape. One day happened over his
way, and found him digging q hole in the
back yard.
Whats that for: says l, walking
around and looking over things
That's 4 cyclone cellar, Mr.. Biskum,'
says he.
astonished. What do you want cyclone
cellar for? This amt Kansas
81 know it amt says he; but you
know, Mr.. Biskum,' and he got very con.
fidential, I'm going to git married, and
cyclone cellar may come in mighty handy oc-
caSionally. '"-WashinCton Star
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-08-19
The seIectio. Of L.ye,..'

Much has been written regarding egs
type or the picking out of layers from
their shape. We believe there is some
thing in it We believe that bright,
active hen. with rather long. deep
body, is better layer than a sluggish
acting. compact or rounded bodied one.
Yet there is far more in breeding. than
in selection. If we want layers we must
breed from noted layers. Like will
beget like" and noted layer will be
more likely to produce layers than a
poor layer. So the only way to be sure
to get good layers is to breed them. Not
only must the hen be good layer but
the cock must be from the same strain.
This will necessitate in-breeding some
what. but with good judgment and I'M
limited range, this will not hurt the
strain unless persisted in too long. 1t
IS best to use two fiocks that are not re-
lated at the start.-Farmers' Review.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-08-19
FEEDING EAR CORN.


The practice of feeding ear-corn -
cattle is very widespread. The impress
sion seems to be that what il lost in
the unused corn ID made up in th1sav-
ing in labor and expense of grinding.
The practice of having hogs follow"
cattle originated in q desire to make
good part u this loss. The practice.
however, is not one that commends it.
self to men that practice advanced
methods in feeding. Even in the cases
of men that have their cattle followed
by hogs in summer time, the same prac-
tice of feeding corn ON the cob is con-
tinuesl during the winter and during all
other times, when the loss cannot GER
tainly be made good by the hogs. Ex-
periments have demonstrated that the
loss of good feeding material by the
practice is very large. The New Jersey
experiment station recently made
some tests that were strongly demon
strative of the upwisdom of this course.
One cow was fed ten pounds of corn ON
the cob daily. of which STA pounds APP
peared in the excrement, thus showing
that 57.3 per cent. went through the
stomachs of the COW without being af
fected by the digestive processes. II
must be taken into consideration that
there is loss otherwise than of the SIS
per cent. of corn, for the animal has
had to use some force in the process Of
passing this unused material through
the system. The station mentioned
figured out that in the case of a COW Civ
ing milk the value of a ton of corn and
cob meal was $9.3S more than a ton of
ear corn. OF course. from this must be
deducted the cost of husking and grind
ing ton of corn, but this would seldom
exceed a half of the increased value
Review.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-08-19
DOUBLE-WALLED HOG
HOUSE

alright pen and a sow would not live
in it long. For ventilation, bore two
inch hole through the outer wall near
the bottom Of pen on the end. Bore q
corresponding hole on the inside near
the top. Reverse the position of these
holes on opposite end. Have double
window in one end high up out Of the
reach of the sow. The door in the other
end should also he double. Place
guard for little pigs across back end
and trough near front end. III the
weather is very cold, hitch a team tc
pen and draw in onto barn floor. Pigs
can then be raised in coolest weather.
Orange Judd Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-08-19
6. g.

degrees; shove it into the box to the
stop, and saw it off; then turn it over.
saw. again, and SO OH, you will get the
corner pieces.
AS to construction, you lay the top
piece in its place on the board, and the
side pieces in their places, and nail ON
the corner pieces; then nail the top to
ends and turn over and nail on bottom,
and you have a strong frame, as indi-
Gated in Fig. 2, that will space itself in
the hive and stay there. One frame
will need braces on both sides to keep
it the proper distance from side Of the
hive.
As regards size. authorities differ.
made mine 16 inches long because that
was the length of four honey boxes, and
nine inches deep, because that was the
depth of the hive.-Richard d. Mitchell,
in Country Gentleman.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-08-19
SHAPE OF AN ANAESTHETIc
fst Who Had Used One In
m Operation.

His Bath physician who tells the follow.
ing;
tight in country town not far from Bath
and it happened that there was stopping
Ut the same hotel an itinerant eye special
list.
az u4-:rssd intn - conversation and
uurlng the course of the evening he told
me some Of the marvellous operations h.
had performed on the eye. Une case In
particular he spoke Of that caused me
considerable astonishment, for l didn'.
know, | confess, that the operation had
been successfully performed. He said he
had recently taken out a patients eye,
xcraped the back of it, and returned it to
its proper place. The patient, he said, was
never troubled by bad eyesight afterward.
THAT was difficult operation, doctorY
aaid 1.
Yes said he, st was
suppose you found it necessary to
employ an anaestheticg
Yes, l did, he admitted.
What anaesthetic did you use, doc
Tor: | persisted.
oh, well, unless you are familiar with
such operations you probably wouldn't
understand if were to tell you. But
well, it was shaped something like SPOON
explained the eminent specialist. Lewis.
ton Mel Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-08-19
Prssress 4. Pis-Raissne.

The man who has his pigs come out u
time when he must feed them through
the winter and into the next fall before
he can get them on the market is q
loser in the sense that he does not get
as much for the grain he feeds as does
his neighbor who makes his calculations
so as to enable him to sell his pigs the
fall after they are farrowed. saving him.
self the extra winter feed that is re-
quired to carry the animal through the
cold weather. The modern hog is born
to grow fat and get on the market at
six or eight months. and il he is kept
longer he is o bill of expense to his
Voice.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-08-19

Make a inter box the width of The
frame-say seven-eighths or one inch.
Nail a piece in the bottom OF one end
for stop. From this stop measure off
the length of the top rail. aud saw down
at right angles. For tie bottom rail
you can set in loose piece about an
inch thick, which will avoid two saw
gashes coming too close together.
For the end posts make another cash
at the right distance from the stop.
For the brace pieces you will need an
other box about an inch and quarter
wide. Nail in bottom of this a stop
sawed at an angle of As degrees, and
from a corner of this saw a cash of IS
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-08-19

Overfat hens are not profitable, and
the fat becomes not only detriment to
them as producers Of eggs, hut 10 .
positive danger to the lives Of the
fowls. Hens that are too fat should
have their ration Of corn taken from
them entirely. and if possible should
be made to hunt for living for a time.
The exercise and the suspension Of fat.
forming foods will rcsnlt in . speedy
decrease of the fat and correspond
ing increase in the proiitahlencss Of . .
fowl
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-08-19
sheep IN the Uaitea states.

To. number of sheep in the United
STATES January l, 1899, as estimated by
tao department of agriculture, was 30
li4t53; value. S107.697. $50; against ST.
Csc. $50, value, 500, 72l.133 The increase
in number during 1895 was 1,4s7, 493, or
3.s7 per cent, and in value $14,976, 3s7,
or 1915 per cent. Montana takes the
first rank with 3,337,547; New Mexico
second, with 3,l2s.s62; Ohio third, with
:.73o, Al !Oregon fourth. with 2,s75, 1853;
Texas as fifth, with 2.543,917. Texas lost
in number during 1895 TO-, 997 head, but
gained in value $38, $50.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-08-19
SIMPLE BROOD FRAME
Together by the Amateur with.
out Any Expense.

I have been working the past winter
to devise a hive that would come with
in the scope of those possessed of or
binary skill and tools. by the time,
however. that could get description
of it in print, and hive built from it,
the time for its use would probably be
past. take it the part that will give
the novice tho most trouble is the brood
frame. a description of which l give
herewith:
Take board of suitable size and nail
on some cleats, as indicated in Fig. 1.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-08-19
PEN FOR BROOD sows
Raised IN IL Even In the
Coolest weather.

Thousands of farmers are using the
portable pigpen shown in illustration.
The objection to it in cold weather is
that the cold wind striking the out
side of pen condenses the warm air and
steam on the inside. producing frost
and ice. To remedy this first board
up in the usual way. cover with good
quality building paper, nail on cleats
crosswise. cover with boards one foot
wide and batter. \ two-inch air space
between the outer and innerwall is thus
secured. The ends should be fixed mp
the same way. Now you have an almost
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-08-19

The car can eympathize with that ancient
Indian who j. credited with giving his name
turned from long hunting trip through the
northern wilds Of the Michigan peninsula
when the native nurse hurried forward and
dashed las hopes by telling him be was the
father Of third little daughter. The noble
red man Strengthened up, and, with look
Of deepest disgust on his coppery face, gut
tura.ly exclaimed: "She-boy-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-08-19

Every woman should have the beauty,
vivacity and vigor Of perfect health. A strong
stomach is the first essential to physical
beauty in either man or woman. Nine-tenths
from weak digestion. Thousands of people.
after years Of encouragement. have tried
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters and regained
their health. There is nothing like it for the
cure of stomach troubles. See that pri-
yate Revenue Stamp covers the neck Of the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-08-19
Justice IN the West.

Heard couple of good ones on this
trip" announced one of Detroit's travelling
men. AT little town in Oklahoma court
vas in session, and l dropped in while wait.
ing for the train. The prosecution had
taken the testimony of stationary en-
Gineer. and the attorney for the defense
took hold. Where were you the day this
thing happenedy he inquired.
Runnin' q injun.'
What tribe did he belong to:'
The day before a case had been tried in
which man had climbed to the top of .
freight car laid up on siding. He had
70 business there, but loosened the brake
The car started down grade, gained speed
somersau,t over an embankment. His col.
lsr bone was broken and he got verdict
for $500 because smart lawyer convinced
the jury that the railroad was guilty of con-
tritutory negligence. Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-08-19

Mrs. Henpeck-The Episcopal funeral
service il 20 beautiful! want it read over
me when l die.
Mr.. Henpeck-C Certainly! There's some
thing in it about Here endeth the first
pendent.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-08-19
L.aAlee -. Weer 49,

One si1e smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease, powder for the feet. It makes tight
or new shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot,
sweating. aching feet. ingrowing nails, corns
and bunions. At ali Druggists End shoe
stores. &c Trial package FREE by mail
Address Allen 8. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-08-19
Fillinx the Cen.

The bright boy of fiction is playing with
his Noah's ark.
What are these two chips of wood!"
asks the bright boys father.
It is necessary for the bright boy of fic.
ton to have a father, you know; there has
&C. be somebody to draw him out.
Them, replied the bright boy, without
hesitation, is the microbes:"
OF course, if we think minute, we per.
ceive that there must have been pair of mi.
crobes on the ark-Detroit Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-08-19

an A/ANO1AOAAO OO1k4Uk1144llOUa
The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy.
Strip OF FIGS, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA FI0 SYRUP Co.. illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laxa-
tive principles of plants known to Do
incidentally laxative and presenting
them in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. Il
Is The one perfect strengthening lana
tive, cleansing the system effectuallv.
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitual constipation per.
msnently. Its perfect freedom from
every Objectionable quality and sub
stance, and its acting on the kidneys.
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process Of manufacturing Ar.
are used, rs they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities Of tho
remedy are obtained from soma and
other aromatic plants, by : method
known to the CALIFORNIA F1e SYRUP
Co. only. In order to get it, beneficial
e6ects and to avoid initnetons, please
T. nmber the full name Of the Company
fhted On the front Of every package.
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sAN Y1ANCJDoc. cAI.
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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-08-19
Helps Trade.

Whenever a young wife proposes to bake
her OWE bread in order to save FIVE cents q
week, the man who has put on the market
an infallible cure for dyspepsia smiles like
. cat that has just eaten the canary.-Nau-
yco Rustler.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-08-19

Pilson-Are you going to take part in that
guessing contest:
Dilson-Oh, no; they'd rule me out Is
professional"
Professional"
weather bureau. Ohio State Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-08-19

Re Care = CeB1 In Oao ~
Take Laxstive Bromo Quinine IaD.s.s . q. e.
drurxiste refund money II Is faAls 20 cure. 49,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-08-19

including Tetter, Ringworm, Cracked Hands,
Eczema, Dandrud, etc, cured by Tetterine.
50 cents at druggists, or by mail for ca,h or
stamps. j. T. Shuptrinc. Savannah, Ga.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-08-19

Good Reason.-Grandma-'I wouldn't eat
that hard apple in that way, Willie" Willie
shouidnt think you would, grandma.
wouldn't either 4 didn't have no NOR teeth
n you've got. "-Philadeiphia Bulletin.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-08-19

The man who doesn't believe in signs =
liable to ret fresh paint on his clothes
Ph.jaf eln6ia Record.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-08-19

After physicians had given me up, was
saved by Piso's Cure.-Ralph ErieT, VIII
Transport, Pa, Nov. q, 1893.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-08-19

The best Prescription for Chllls
and Fever Is bottle OF Groves TasfELEss
CHILL Tonic. tits simply iron and quinine in
atastelcss form. No cure mo pay. Price, 5Or.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-08-19

A handsome Pullman Drawing Room Buff
fet Sleeping Car is operated daily BY the
Baltimore. Philad.iphia and jersey City for
New York, without change. Train leaves
Memphis daily at 500 p. NJ. and runs via
ChattanooGa, Knoxville. Bristol and Lynch
burg, arriving in New York at Penn. r. r.
Terminals. early the second day.
For further information address C. A. De-
Saussure. d. p. A., No. 800 Main ST., Mem
phis. Tenn.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-08-19

The scarcity of men should never result
"a making poor one more desirable. but Il
does.-Atchison Globe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-08-19

The man who goes through life alone gen
eafy has poor company.-Chicago Daily
News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-08-19

4 = good thing to be man OF one idea.
R[o1oinS the idea il big enough.-RamI
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-08-19

Automobile or ought not to mobile seems
to b the question & issue--CyciIng Ga
zette
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-08-19

Keeping al. it" Is : mighty sood nh.t;.
tute for real genius.-L. A. W. 6uilet;n
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-08-19

Hallss CataRRh Care
Il taken Internally. Price 75e.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-08-19
Trophies Of ne Chaee.

"Whst are those queer.!ooking trophies
the Filipinos wear around their necks:"
asked the raw recruit.
'Them's the medals for the century runs
they've made during the war;" replied the
Kansas olunteer.-Philadelphi North
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-08-19

A0AtNA dt iVNSt dtttutIOn, WulIe
the former implies the indifference Of
the hearers and the stupidity of the
speaker.
In old age, or from physical infirm-
ity, or from long watching with the
sick. drowsiness will sometimes over
power one, but when q minister of the
Gospel looks Off upon an audience and
finds healthy and intelligent people
struggling with drowsiness it is time
for him to give out the doxology or
pronounce the benediction. The great
fault of church services to-day is not
too much vivacity, but too much SOM
Violence. The one is an irritating rnat
that may be easily strained out. the
other is great sprawling and sleepy
eyed camel of the dry desert. In all our
Sabbath schools, in all our Bible
classes. in all our pulpits, we need to
brighten up our religious message With
such Christlike viyacity as we find in
the text.
take down from my library the b;or-
rarhies OF ministers and writer's of the
past ages. inspired and uninsr. I'D, who
have done the most 70 bring l,uls to
Jesus Christ. and find that, without
single exception. they consecrated
their wit and their humor to Christ.
Elijah used it when he advised the
Baaiites, as they could not make their
god respond. to call louder, as their god
might be sound asleep or gone a-hunt-
ing. Job used it when he said to his
self-conceited comforters: "Wisdom
Viii die with you." Christ not only used
It IN the text. but when He ironically
conplimented the corrupt Pharis&e.
saying: The whole need not physi-
cian." and when. By one word, Ne de-
scribed the cunning Of Herod. saying:
Go ye. and tell that fox" Matthew
8saEyS oompelteg4ss tspm ~ 1yst
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-08-19

40 SaH ieuiemOef we nave near0 every
summer the peach crop of Maryland is
failure, and by the time the crop
comes in the Misrepresentation makes
q difference of millions of dollars. A
man who would Iot steal one basket of
peaches steals 1900 baskets of peaches.
Go down into The public library, in
the reading-rooms, and see the rewspa-
per reports of the crops from all parts
of the country. and their phraseology is
very much the same, and the same men
wrote them, methodically and infa-
mously carrying out the huge lying
about the grain crop from year to year
and for score of years. After awhile
there will be corner" in the wheat
market. and the men who had q con-
tempt for petty theft will burglarize
the wheat bin Of a nation and commit
larceny upon the American corn crib.
And some of the men will sit in churches
and in reformatory institutions trying
to strain out the small gnats Of scoun-
lrelism, while in their grain elevators
ind in their st0rehouses they are fat
tening large camcls which they expect
after awhile to swallow. Society has to
Be entirely reconstructed on this sub.
ect. We are to find that q sin is mex
:usable in proportion as 1t is great.
Know in our time the tendency is to
barge religious frauds upon good men.
they say: .'Oh, what host Of frauds |
1ou have in the church Of God in this
lay!" And when the elder Of Z church.
n deacon. or minister Of the Gospel,
y superintendent Of Sabbath school |
urns out defaulter, what display |
leads there are in many Of the newspa-
'ers! Great primer type. Five-line
'ica. Another Saint 4Abscondcd,"
Clerical Scoundrelism, !" Religion 1t :
'iscount," Shame on the Churches"
rhile there are . thousand scoundrcls
utaide the church to one inside the
aurcAs end - misbeasvlqf e these J
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-12-28
NEARLY A MILLION
prlated by the Former Globe Bank
PreSident-Arrested In California.

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 81
Charles H. Cole, formerly president of
the Globe National bank, of Boston, is
under federal surveillance at hotel in
this city. Mr.. Cole is charged in the
complaint, mailed today by the Boston
authorities, with appropriation and en-
bezzlement of 100000, ON four counts.
Yesterday United States District At
torney Flint received letter from the
United States district attorney at Bos-
ton asking that Cole be taken into GUS
tody upon charge of misappropriation
of the funds of the Globe National bank,
now in the hands of receiver. United
States Marshal Osborne proceeded to the
hotel where the Cole family was stop
ping and learned that Mr.. Cole had gone
to Redondo. Mr.. Coles son accom-
panied Mr.. Osborne to his fathers stop
ping place at Redondo, where Mr.. Cole
was informed that the Boston authori-
ties had requested his retention. Nh
Cole agreed to- return. toaI0s = Angeles
and disclaimed any Intention or desire
to escape. He stated that his family
Asa&t&~A&sSas>-''N
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-12-28
THOMAS WILL PAY.
DepOaitOrs of the Produce Exchange
Trust VIII Lose Nothing.

Depositors Of the Produce Exchange
Trust VIII Lose Nothing.
NEW YORK, Dec S2.-The following
announcement was made after the meet
ing of the trustees of the Produce Ex-
change Trust company:
At the meeting of the trustees of the
Produce Exchange Trust company a
proposition was made by General
Samuel Thomas to advance the money
necessary to pay the depositors in full
provided that upon an examination of
its affairs by his representative these
should be found by him to be in such a
condition as to justify him in assuming
the responsibility. 1t was understood
that in the event stated Gen. Thomas
would accept the presidency of the COM
pany and that such changes of officers
and trustees should be made as he
should determine. The board thereupon
adjourned until Wednesday next to
await the result of such examination.
The special committee in charge has
in contemplation the making Of a
dividend to depositors at an early date.