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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-11-18
HERR AND THERE.

There is really more necessity for
improvement in dairymen than in
dairy cows.
Chickens that have been roostin9
in trees or on fences during summer
should now be made to go into the
chicken house, before cold weather
catches them.
The oil mills will he heavy suffer-
ers from the shortened cotton crop, Al
seed will be scarce and dear and much
of the seed immature and consequent
ly comparatively worthless.
One O: our poultry exchanges
says: ..If you can't get bone for your
chickens, give them meat, chopped fine
or sausage. This is almost as good ~
bone, anyhow" How would Hambur-
ger steak do. or ordinary mince meal? ?
If whitewash is made with
SKINNED milk and lime instead of lime
and water it will be more durable and
will last much longer. For durable
red paint fresh bullock's blood and
lime are excellent, and it will turn wa
ter.
The best American cattle have the
top of the market in England. They
are considered better than those i'm.
ported from Canada of from Argenti-
ma. A great deal of American beef,
too, is sold and eaten as British beef.
A milking stool, unless very
strong one, is not a suitable instru-
ment with whah to make a cow give
down her milk" 4 handspike is more
convenient. Kicking a cow in front
of the utlder is also not advisable; you
might sprain your ankle.
Weeds that come up on stubble
land, ready to tax the energy Of the
farmer next season. may be destroyed
by moving just before they form seed.
Ii is less work to kill them than to XIII
them next season after they have in-
lured the crop among which they
grow.
Comfortable housing Of stock n al
ways profitable, il the work il judi
c:ously done. Horses well housed and
well fed can do more work than the
same horses under different condi-
tons. Cows will give more milk, hogs
fatten faster. and hens lay more eggs
when they do not shivss in ths wiatx,
hlAs6
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-11-18
BARN SWALLOWS.

In the cd brown barn by the shaded wall
With nloss-grown shingles, and chink!
that stare
At the klue Of sky, or the stars o'er all.
In the solemn hush of the evening air.
There the swallows build where the caves
slore low,
And cling and nutter and twitter and
From their mud-bunt nests in plastered
row.
Or preen and Groom on the ridge pole tall
In the flush of morn is a flash of wings
Ger the still, gray pool. where the shad
ows lie.
Till the downy breasts send the crystal
rings
In widening curves Ger the mirrored sky
In through the squares Of the windowles.
loft,
And out Of the gloom to the light they go
With q whirr of wings and murmur soft
While we dream on the fragrant hay be-
low
Now over and under the caves and through,
The steel-bIue wings of the wanderers
glide.
With melodies sweet as the year, and new,
And happy and free as the world is wide.
o sweet barn-swallows. / hear your call
Your twitter of song and notes of cheer.
And Ii. again where the sunbeams fall
Through the moted loft, in vanished
year.
Benjamin. F. Leggett, in Youths Com
panion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-11-18
POOLING A COYOTE
Prank or Western Pioneer which
Did Not Turn Ont Exactly N
He Had Expected.

A pioneer who had Travelled from In
diana to Oregon with OK teams once
told an amusing story of his attempt
to play practical joke on coyote.
OF the thousands of coyotes that we
saw in our overland trip, not one has
ever shown a particle of aggressive
spirit, and Ito run like scared coyote
was our phrase to express the superla-
tive degree of speed and fright.
One day, whiie strolling with my gun
over some rolling hills in Oregon. got
occasional glimpses Of coyote follow
ing me. He appeared exceedingly
sleepy and lazy, shambIing along as
if half asleep. As for me, pretended
not to see him. although / was secret
" planning how might fool him. But
not until nearly four o'clock in the
afternoon did get the chance.
In crossing ridge found large.
dead, fallen tree. walked on, as if go
ing down into tho next hollow; but as
socn as I was sure that my head had
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-11-18

Every year many people begin rsoul-
try keeping with . vague notion that
it is an easy way to get living. AL the
work being done mainly by the hens.
Such persons infallibly fail, as they
ought. There is no easy way to sue
cess in anything. To keep fowls free
from yerrnin and disease, needs con-
stant attention and good deal Of
labor. Although a man may find that
his hens pay better than his cows, it
does not follow that it would be ad-
visable for him to sell cows and put all
his money into hens. Better have sew
eral sails all drawing little, than to
depend upon one for his financial pro-
pulsion.-Rural World, England.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-11-18
BLEACHING THE NEGRO


Some doubt having been thrown on
story recently told in the European
papers of the bleaching of the skin
had placed him for treatment in the
hands of an electrotherapist, who had
a wide reputation for exceptional skill
in the application of static electricity,
French scientific paper now shows
that the electric augmentation OF
dark skins is perfectly feasible. Elec-
tricity modifies the tissue and liquids
Of the living body when it traverses
them, either by provoking certain
chemical reactions or certain changes
of state, or by suspending or disturbing
the nutrition Of the blood vessels and
Aerves. 1t is contended that while
these facts are not easily explained.
they are undeniable, and although the
laws that govern them remain at
present in obscurity, these phenomena
manifest themselves by visible and tam
gible effects. one of the most common
of which is discoloration. In large
number of cases in which surgical use
of electricity is made. q scar so dis
tinct is left that it alters the color Of
the skin, on which appears white spot
of considerable size. It is evident that
= peculiar selective action on the coli
oring matter or pigment of the epider-
mis- has been exerted. This epidermis
consists of three distinct layers or
cells, one above the other. In the deep
est layer. the so-called mucous layer
Of Malpighi." is found the coloring
matter to which the skin owes its hue,
and which is known as pigment" Tho
pigment exists in all races in the form
Of brown granufations, mingled with
the cells Of the mucous layer" Tho
only difference in this regard between
q negro and a white man is that in the
negro these granulations are more
numerous and larger. II is therefore
argued that If by any process what
ever these pigmentary infilitrationss
or. as they may be called. natural tat-
too marks, could be destroyed or dis
organized, the skin would present in
the spots SO treated, even If it were the
skin of a negro, the characteristics OF
an albino's skin, whose peculiarity Is
that it lacks pigment altogether.
Hence it is held as neither impossible
nor improbable that electricity may
have a permanent effect on pigment,
and the light-colored scars which ara
almost invariably left behind after the
application Of certain kinds of elec-
|tricity to the skin constitute evidence
ON the subject which cannot be fg<
nored.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-11-18
R0UNDLAP COTTON BALE.


The south is still conservative, but
it is no longer ''slow." 1t is sharing
ia the wonderful prosperity Of the rest
of the country. 1t is passing through
q revolution that is giving new life
and vigor to every branch Of the cot
ton industry, excepting those mem
bers which have been hurtful instead
Of helpful to its prosperity. 1t is sim
Plifying, Strengthening and using =
new economy in the packing and han-
ding of the staple. The round-lap
method of baling cotton is growing
rapidly in favor, adding to the pros
perity Of the planter. whether he raises
two bales or two hundred, and giving
the gin-owner an opportunity to dou-
bic the earning capacity of his plant
without increasing his investment.
The opposition to the roundlap bale
on the part of the compress owners
and the middlemen, whose business
has been q burlensome tax on the cot
ton-planter, has not prevented the
steady introduction of the machinery
for the making roundlap bale. and
the satisfaction of the farmer, the
ginner and the mill owner. The at
tacks on the American Cotton Co.,
owners Of the roundlap baling ma
chine, have been bitter and unscrupu-
lous- They have been alDNsed of at
tempting to gain monolbly, of using
''trust" methods, but gradually the
facts are gaining headway that the
American Cotton Co. is only one OF
three concerns engaged in making
round-baling presses, and that it can
not enjoy monopoly.
Then, again, objection is made to the
policy adopted by the company OF leas-
ing it's machinery to the gin-owner, in
stead of sellins.. 1t. The lease is, in
effect, . royali the amount of the
rental being b; Ied on the amount of
cotton baled in ae press. thus making
the profit and f:osPerity OF the COM
pany depend on that of the ginner.
Under the leasing system it is found
the ginner runs no risk, ties up none
OF his capital. and makes as much
profit out Of the leased attachment tn
his ginnery as from the ginnery itself.
The advantages of the>~pundlap bale
over the old style bale are so many
and SO great that it's general introdus
ton will be rapid. ard the greatest
sharers in the profits will be those
vho perceive earliest the tendency of
the times and prepare themselves to
supply the new demand. The greater
simplicity of the bale, saving ties and
tagging, its greater security from fire.
and consequent lower insurance. its
saving in shipping, and its raIidly
growing popularity in the milla at
home and abroad, all make up s,tua-
tion that creates a demand TO, tho
roundlap bale, which must be supp lied.
Southern Cultivator.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-11-18
NATURAL HISTORY STORIES
strange Plants and Animals That
Have Become Pests and De-
strOyeFs.

Quite an interesting story might be
written some day about the attempts
which have been made to acclimatize
strange plants and animals, and then
to eradicate them. There is the famous
mongoose episode of Jamaica, which has
already been told in this column. The
mongoose was introduced to kill the
rats which ate the cane plantations.
Having done this, and multiplied very
rapidly, it proceeded to kill all the
snakes and lizards as well.
1t next attacked the birds Qearning
to climb trees in the process). until the
poultry and wild BIRDS disappeared.
Then arose the ticks" or .chigoes," !"
which the birds used to keep down, and
the island groaned under a fresh
plague. The ticks, however, finally at
tackled the mongoose, which began to
decline: the birds began to reappear,
and attacked the ticks; snakes and
lizards were seen once more, and in the
end the cane plantations were devastat-
ed as much as ever by rats.
It is not often that we get quite such
complete history as this or else q
longer time is wanted for development.
One of these plaques, that of the gypsy
moth in America, arose from six eggs,
which collector had placed on paper.
blowing out of his window. and it has
cost the unfortunate state in which
this accident happened many thousands
of dollars a year ever since, whole
gangs of men being organized to col
lect the larvae and burn them in piles.
just at the present moment the sub
ject is engrossing the government
naturalist of Madras. Years ago some
one introduced into Madras, as good
idea. the yellow-fiowering cactus, or
.'prickly pear" Now the prickly pear
has become a nuisance. and it is pro-
posed to do a useful stroke by introduc-
ing the cochineal beetle to destroy it.
DR.. Bourne. however. has grave doubts
as to the result, for the right kind of
cochineal refuses to flourish. and the
wrong kind threatens to become a
greater nuisance than the cactus it
likes to devour.-Pall Mall Gazette.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-11-18
THE LION SLAYER.


Down in Turkish fashion nat
A group Of merry children sat
Upon the floor
They were looking very snug
In a row upon the rug,
The fire before.
One with hands about her knee
Begged all to look and see.
In the Goals,
A great lior fierce and strong,
And his tawny name 80 long
Round him rolls.
"Oh. you need not Be afraid.s
Said the da ai;ity little maid
In a glee.
I'D fight him II he'd dare
Just to come outside Of there
You would see.
It'd take him by the head,
And I'd squeeze him till he ble4
His blood Ill out.
II his great big teeth he'd show.
I'd saw on the whole row
Beside his snout."
The awe-stricken group looked gravs
As the little maid so brave.
Smiled once more.
Peeping round the room in fear.
They half expected then to hear,
The lions roar.
All at once a little mouse,
Who had built his tiny house,
In the wall,
Came scudding toward the crowd.
And with cries prolonged and loud,
Away went all.
BY the lion n-slayer led,
They precipitately ned
To the door.
While the frightened little mouse
Scrambled madly to his house
Across the floor.
Nellie H. Ayres. in N. Y. Observer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-11-18
W. G. KENTZEL, Editor.

find it as amusing as you did,
The next morning Randall Needham
was coming back from giving lesson
when he saw Cecil Carwithen in front
OF him. She was carrying her violin
case, and looked white and tired.
| You must let me have that" he said,
masterfully. pointing to the case. And
now tell me why you are looking SO
pale this morning"
| A slight flush mounted to her brow.
Il am tired" she said, briefly.
"That isn't ALL" he replied.
| At this moment Mrs. Ranter bore
down upon them. She cut the girl, and
bowed icily to Needham. 1t would not
do for her to offend him. Kate was be-
ginning to play the violin so well under
his careful tuition.
Cecil" said the man, possessing him
self of her hand, ''you know love you,
dear. Couldn't you make up your mind
to marry me some day."
Its no USE" she said, sadly. my
parents would never consent"
%, yes, they would."-in a triumph
ant tone.
sour lives lie in different directions"
objected the girl.
But l make enough to keep you"
urged Needham. You need never do
stroke of work. And I am not COM
mon nor vulgar. whatever my father
may be. Cecil. say you love me-"
The girl looked at him, and he read
the answer in her brown eyes. Then
she seized her violin out of his hand
and fled, leaving him staring stupidity
after her. with whole world of JOY
on his face
For the next week neither saw each
other. Randall Needham went away
suddenly the day after, and staid away.
to the surprise of his pupils (for it was
term time), and the righteous indigna-
tion of Mrs. Ranter. But what could
one expect of man like that?" she
whispered confidentially to her bosom
friend. lady whose great-niece had
married the great-nephew of baronet.
Needham came back the day after
this charitable remark had been made.
He was in deep mourning, and his first
visit was to Gen. Carwithen. Cecil was
in the garden. and thither he wended
his way after the interview was over.
Il have come to claim you" he said.
''What has made father consent ?"
asked the girl. The tones of her voice
were incredulous.
II have informed him of few facts:
and now must break them gently to
YOU" answered he.
The wind had rnffied Cecil's hair.
and he smoothed it back with a loving
gesture.
Il am not bound to work for my liv
ing" he said. .and-"
"Well?" she quericd. anxiously.
Look at that" he said, thrusting
paper into her hand. and turning away,
so that he might not see her face. He
need not have been afraid.
Cecil read the marked paragraph:
'The funeral of Lord Cunningham"
There was also likeness of the heir,
and it and the man sitting beside her
were identical
Mrs. Ranter was considerably aston
ished the next morning to get letter
in the ex-violin masters handwriting:
lord Cunningham regrets that he
will be unable to continue Miss Ram
ter's lessons. as he is leaving Leemin-
sfer."
Still more surprised was she at the
announcement of his engagement to
Cecil Carwithen. which her daughters
read out of the local papers a few morn
ings later.
sG;rls!" she said to those two young
ladies, ''why didn't we ask him to din
ner?"
And echo answered: "Why ?"-St.
Paurs Budget.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-11-18
MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE
He Was Only Twenty Years Old Nhel
He Joined the American Revo-
lutiOnafy Army.

No name in American history is re-
garded with more admiration than that
of the gallant Marquis de La Faye,te.
He was not by birth an American, but q
Frenchman, and more than hundred
years ago, out of love for the cause OF
liberty and sympathy for the American
colonists whom he believed to be OPP
pressed by the English government, he
left his splendid home in France and
came to this country to help the patri-
OTIS fight for their rights in the revolu-
ton.
He was born at the castle of Chavag-
mac, France, September 6, 1757, and
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-11-18
shee, /. the u.iteA states.

Recently issued statistics Of sheep
in the United States place the number
at 36,9O5, ,497-an increase Of 1,233, ,543
over the year 1898. Twenty states
show a falling of in numbers, the five
heaviest losers being California. 4o6,-
662; Oregon, 17s.545; Texas, l36.415;
Kentucky. 1922; Tennesse, 1876.
Twenty-eight states and territories
shcw an increase, the five leading gain
ers being Wyoming, ia6.s05; Ohio, 305,-
451; Utah, 2O6, ,472; New Mexico, 202,-
a2s; Montana, lit l7,305.-Farmers' Home
Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-11-18
rh~,e cr.el Mflit.ry D~.,o...

Captain-Sergeant. note down Pri-
vate Grasgreen three days on bread and
water for slovenly turnout on parade.
Sergeant-Beg pardon, captain. that
won't make the slightest difference to
him; he's vegetarian.
.What? Then put him for three days
on mutton broth and beef" Stray
Stories.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-11-18
CLOCK RUNS A YEAR.


A clock which will run for year
without attention is the interesting in-
vention of Peter N. Ravenskilde, Of
Cabery, Ill. The clock, which is an ac-
curate timekeeper. was started going in
August, 1898, and has run ever since, its
owner claims, without any attention
from him, and has been as methodical
in ito actions as the sun.
The clock is the product of many
years Of study and labor. and has cost
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-11-18
n..ie kHls : Yo.ns Herse.

Music caused the death of q beauti.
full lthree-yea--old FLY ut Florence, Ala.
the other day. A farmer drove his valu.
able young mare into town, and as he
was driving up the principal street q
brass band suddenly struck up If.
blatant music. The mare had never
heard any sound like that before, and
SO startled was she that she dropped
dead in the shafts of the trap. 4 veter-
mary surgeon who examined the car
cass declared that the mare had died oi
heart failure. due to excitement, caused
by the sound OF the unaccustomed music
Of the brass l.and.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-11-18
r.werf.l new Expls.ive.

A German has produced new explo-
sive. 1t il composed of liquid oxygen,
sulphur and carbon. 1t has to be pre-
pared Just before required for use, and
must be exploded by means of . deto-
nator. There is consequently no danger
in transport or from an outbreak OF
fire close to the explosive when ready
for service.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-11-18

The most singular ship in the world
il the Polyphemus, of the British navy.
1t is simply . long steel tube. deeply
buried in the water, the deck rising
only four feet above the sea. 1t carries
no masts or sails and in used a . ram
and torpedo boat.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-11-18
DOLL MAKES PEACE.
A ChilA's Plaything Once Upon q
Tine Kept the Indians from War
ring with the whites.

Astrange story is told of how child's
plaything once had soothing infiu-
ence upon warlike Apache tribe, and
was the means Of avoiding serious war.
1t happened when Mr.. Bourke was in
Arizona with Gen. Crooke. The general
was trying to put band of Apaches
back on the reserve, but could not
catch them without killing them, and
that he did not want to do. One day his
men captured a little Indian girl and
took her to the fort. She was quiet all
day, saying not word, but her black
beads of eyes watched everything.
When night came, however, she broke
down and sobbed just as any white child
would have done.
They tried in vain to comfort her, and
then Mr.. Bourke had an idea. From the
adjutant's wife he borrowed pretty
doll that belonged to, her little daugh-
ter, and when the young Apache was
made to understand that it was hers her
sobs ceased and she fell asleep.
When morning came the doll was still
clasped in her arms. She played with
it all day. and apparently all thought Of
ever getting back to her tribe had left
her.
Several days passed, and as no over
lures about the return of the pappoose
had been made by the tribe. they sent
her, with the doll st'll in her posses.
sion. back to her people.
Mr.. Bourke had no idea of the effect
his benevolent act would have upon the
Indians. When the child reached them.
with the pretty doll in its chubby hands,
it made great sensation among them.
and later on its mother came back to the
post with it.
She was kindly received and hospi-
tabiy treated. and through her the tribe
was soon afterward persuaded to move
back to the reserye.-Cincinnati En-
quirer. n~=.
In CO towns and villages of Formoee
there are one or more Christton
churches
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-11-18

An Irishman, in writing letter to
his sweetheart asking whether she
would accept Of his love or not, writes
thus:
IF you don't love me, plaze send
back the letter without breaking the
seal."-Tit-R Bits.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-11-18

I'm sure papa win overtake us!" she
exclaimed. anxiously, - they headed
for the nearest justice Of the peace.
Don't worry" he replied, confident
". Il took the precaution to remove
the electric battery from his automo-
bile before we left."-Chicago Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-11-18
EasiIx Reneaied.

I'VE were surely cheated on that car
pet" she said. disgustedly. 1T has
shrunk until it u too small for the
ROOM"
"Well, that's easily remedied,' = he re-
piled. .We1l get . smaller fat
Chicago Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-11-18

Castleton-Hello, never saw that
clock in the drawing room before.
Harold-No, but when sister heard
you were coming she had il moved IN
Detroit Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-11-18
M..se Bex fer Dieyeles.

A musical box for bicycles il manu-
fact ired by . firm in Hamburg. 1t is
a NEAT, round box. and is fixed just IN
der the handle bar and connected with
the front wheel in such . way that the
revolution of that wheel plays the mu-
Sic
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-11-18

The opponents of vivisection have ar
ranged fur a special exhibit Of instru-
ments Of torture during the Paris ex-
position
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-11-18

SaRpressi0n OF Chinese Papers.
Empress TIE Hsi has suppressed all
native newspapers in China. There
were Sc of them.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-11-18

Something similar to the telephone
sas used in china 1000 years ago.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-11-18
Ne. who Wear Bracelets.

Bracelet-wearing men are said to be
On the increaSe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-11-18

should be duplicated in every Atatc in
the Union without unnecessary delay
w. NJ. +.