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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-01-21

your cd newspapers in the gutter. and
wholescm. fear takes possession OF you
when Jou read that fine of 500 II coi-
lected whenever you expectorate in z
stree. car. When you give up five cents
for subway car ticket. the "Boston
Elevated Railroad company" under
takes to take you on an underground
journey. Everything. In fact. goes by
paradoxes except names-except one
name at least On Boylston street Z
dealer IN curios has established his
headquarters; and this truthful man,
evidently a foreigner Of the deepest
dye, has had the audacity to paint his
name "Bunkio" on the doorplate of his
emporium just think of q man called
"Bunkic'' ceiling curiosities and ''genu-
inc an:iqr.s!" How charmingly ap-
propriate, and how delicate q compli-
ment 10 the Boston school of verit.sts!
The wonderful profundity of Bos-
tonian intellect found u striking illus
tration in a Washington street shop
window In which was displayed. on Q
gaudi!y painted card. row Of Spa=ish
buttons. bearing the legend: "Tnese
buttons are from a Spanish oficer's
coat wounoed at Santiago" How that
poor coat must have suffered! But far
better. indeed. that the coat should have
been wounded instead of the wearer.
But far more refreshing than Boston
intellect and Boston paradoxes is the
charming innocence Of Boston women.
A Back Bay lady told the Chicago man,
in strict confidence. that during her
absence from home last summer her
husband had invited half dozen or SO
OF his friends to play poker at their
home. The jolly party was. it seems.
surprised by couple Of inquisittve
women-even Boston has these prying
and utterly obnoxious creatures. When
madame returned from her outing she
was duly informed of her lesser halfs
wickedness-whoi IL there that has not
a few friends who delight in carrying
gossip-but was comfort
ed and overjoyed when monsieur as
sured her that he and his friends were
playing only for chips. They were play
ing only for chips! Oh. Innocence. thou
noblest attribute Of woman, how every
man should treasure and adore thee!
Boston women enjoy the reputation
of being cold and distant. Perhaps
they are. but when it comes to cold
cruelty they are not to be compared
with q Cincinnati woman who recently
was travelling from Warrington to her
home. This creature in silk and costly
furs employed a maid for her little boy.
The maid was as pretty and wcll-man-
nered a young woman as one could find
any where. The little imp in her charge
was as headstrong and mean al any boy
that was ever born. The sympathy Of
every passenger was with the nurse
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-01-21
HERE AND THERE.

To fatten lambs they should be
kept in pens which will not allow of q
great amount of exercise.
Are you quite sure there are no
cracks or knotholes in the henhouse
through which the cold winds can
whistle?
Fruit growing calls for closer
supervision than does the growing of
the usual farm products. To sell 4
crop of berries is not SO simple q
thing as to dispose Of hundred hogs
or crop of wheat.
"A basket of eggs carried in one
hand will often bring as much money
as a load of straw. \ neighbor hauled
a cord of wood to market for So: his
wife carried ten dozen eggs the same
day which brought $3.50.
Eggs are the all-year-aroun crop.
Other crops have their harvest when
they must be sold at once or stored
at an expense. With proper care hens
are like money or interest. work Sum
days, holidays and rainy days.
Milking should he tIor- with clean,
dry hands. ard as the cow is making
the most of the milk while it is being
drawn from the udtier. il is very I'M
portanf that :he should be kept as
quiet and contented as possible.
There is nothing like green bone
for hens. y the experience OF many
who have tried il. You can get il
cEeap from the butcher tsometimes
for the mere ,akin. away. and roill
fr -rirslir- or catting ii can nov, ~
rroc..sd for Il So. Il p..c-.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-01-21
MAKE YER CRUEL THINNER.

u these ere times It takes . lot to satisfy
fhiloserphy to harden him. some poetry to
mellow.
without Encouragement and sech he can
not be contented,
ct nving In his own good house or Jest In
ones that's rented.
Ane blues will come as unbeknown - per-
4. sons out a-bikin',
an n ter ease and socialness, they seem.
well. gone a-strikin'.
An % It's well to call to mind what Frank
lin said at dinner
Wnen pressed for higher board one day
Jest make yer Cruel thinner!"
II show'd q streak that's well to have
the streak. determination,
40 hump along the best yer can, though
facing OF starvation.
II honesty requires less grub. why, make
the grub bill shorter;
FL coarse clothes keep yer credit up, then
wear 'em. as yer orter.
cer bigger folks than us have done some
close econermisin'
An prove 1t did not keep them down who
had . will fer risin'
so now an then let's call to mind what
Franklin said At dinner,
IN answer to his hostess greed-"Jest make
yer cruel thinner!'
-WM J. Hale. In Knoxville Sentinel
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-01-21
PLAYING ONLY FOR CHIPS.

Office of the traction company the con-
ductor turns in his full pot, and in re-
turn receives IN empty one. The pleas
ure with which the Chicago man thinks
Of this little incident may indeed be
the pleasure of fool, but it il harmless
and far more enjoyable to his friends
than the memory of some gigantic
warehouse or some public building
erected At the command of Corruption
and finished according to the laws Of
Jobbery.
From Toronto to Boston is but q
step in :hese days Of rapid transit. The
trip is thoroughly enjoyable one
via Lake Ontario to Lewiston, N. T.. and
in palatial coach through New York
state aE(. Massachusetts. Yet even in
such surroundings peculiar things do
happen and strange acts OF odd people
lend variety to the journey. What
struck tic man from Chicago with par
ticular force was the energy Of the
buffet car attendant who solicited
trade with q persistency that would
have shamGd Samuel of Posen, had that
worthy been passenger on this par<ic-
ular train. The idea of q powerful COR
poratior permitting its employees to
solicit trade in sandwiches and cock
tails certainly il funny and worthy Of
mention.
And Boston itself 10 funny town ac-
cording to the Chicago standard. The
streets are too narrow and too close for
real :omfcrt. You positively feel that
you are actine Sudely when you Alng
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-01-21

In the fullness of his glory Croesu.
was visited by Solon, the wise man al
Greece, who was taking long vacation
after his public labors in Athens,
Croesus hoped to astonish Solon by his
magnifcence. and to make him ac-
knowledge that no one on earth could
be happierthan the mighty Lydian king.
But Solon would not agree to this. and
insisted that every man must wait till
the end of his life, and see what fortune
would finally bring him, before decd.
ing whether he could be called happy
or not. The king was greatly offended.
and from that time he never spoke Of
the stern philosopher until his own
death seemed close at hand. After lis
defeat and capture by Cyrus the Per
sian, he was condemned to be burned
alive, in the presence of the conaueror.
Just as the sentence was about to he
executed, Croesus called out the name
OF Solon three times; and Cyrus, won
dering what he meant, had him brought
forward to explain the exclamation.
Croesus then described his interview
with the sage, the wisdom of whose
Judgment was not proved by his own
miserable end. Cyrus was deeply inn
pressed by what he heard, and by the
resignation of his captive. He released
Croesus. and from that time protected
and befriende7 him. The deposed SOW
ereign OF Lydia was prominent figure
at the Persian court not only as long rs
Cyrus lived. but during some years Of
the reign of Cambyses, the successor
Of Cyrus.-St. Nicholas,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-01-21

girl; and when tine youngster, actuated
by innate cussedness. pulled her hair
until she screamed with pain everybody
felt like shaking him. except the moth
er, who said to the maid: keep still,
girl; and, remember, you must not
cry or sob without asking my pcrmds-
sion." The girl was about to reply to
this humanitarian address. which
breathed = rare spirit of sisterly love
and equality, when madame added:
"And, remember. you must not speak
to me unless request you to do so. "
How thankful this girl should have been
that the privilege of breathing had not
been taken from her by her truly
charming mistress, who proved herself
not only an ornament Of her gentle sex,
bur also Z shining model for all the
Newriches and Paravenus reading In
Cincinnati and elsewhere
We talk q great deal about equal
rights in this country, but it II safe to
say that not even in Russia . nurse
girl will be compelled to submit TO
ihdignities without being granted at
least hearing. No wonder our girls
prefer work in shops and stores to so
called 'home employment" which. in
many cases. is equivalent to social deg
radiation. And not even fool can take
pleasure in purse-proud idiots poor
manners. however much he may be
tempted to laugh at her ignorance and
boorishness which stamp her the infe-
rior Of the lowest maid in her service.
q. w. WEIPPIERT.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-01-21
A Pounsa oe Pork.

/. 1t requires 1880 pounds of skim
milk to produce one pound of pork
when fed with corn meal, ration L: :14.7
20 fattening hogs.
2. Skim milk could not be econoni-
ically fed to fattening hogs unless il
was n product which could not be
otherwise utilized.
3. 1t required an average AZ pounds
of shelled corn to produce one pound
of pork during an average period of
four weeks, or one bushel produced
1871 pounds.
4. Requires AZ pounds of corn
meal to produce one pound of pork,
or one bushel of corn made into meal
and fed will produce 12A pounds of
pork.
5. When dry. shelled corn is more
economical than cOrnmeal to feed fat
tening hogs.
6. 1t required 7H pounds or one
bushel of ground oats to produce one
pound of pork when fed with equal
parts by weight of corn meal.
z. One bushel of corn meal is worth
nearly three bushels of oats as food
for fattening hogs.
+ S. Corn-fed pigs gained AZ pounds
per week and ate about 81 pounds of
corn per 100 pounds of live weight.
Q. Pork was produced during the
cold weather. with corn at IS cents
per bushel. for less than 3 cents per
pound.
10. Indian corn is the most econom-
ical pork producing material during
the wintermonthsi in regions where ex-
grown.-Cor. Market Basket.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-01-21

The acreage planted in cotton in the
southern states will never be de-
creased by mutual agreement, because
there are two insurmountable obsta-
cles in the way. First, no general
agreement can ever be had; and. Sec
Ond, it would not work if it could. The
only way the thing can be done is to
gradually overcome the opinion that
southern farmers don't know how to
make any other crops profitable, by
EDUCATION. Our farmers must learn
how to farm without cotton. or at
least, enough of them to accomplish
the object. Bnt we do want some to
abandon it entirely. and others to
raise SO much other stuff that they
can not grow full crops of it. We
want all the ten-cent cotton that our
farmers can produce. but no more five
cent and four-cent cotton; that sort of
cotton is not profitable. The other
sort is.-Texas Farm and Ranch.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-01-21
GOOD CHANCES IN HAWAII.
Only snan Capital NesAeA te start .
CoRee Plantation That
VIII Pay.

Robert W. Single. Of Honolulu. who
was the Hawaiian commissioner to the
Omaha exposition and who was also
sent here by his government to pro-
mote travel to the islands. Is in New
York city. Concerning emigration to
Hawaii, Mr.. Single said in an inter
view:
'What is wanted il men who have
some little capital and experience, who
know what business they want to en-
gage in and hare some aptitude for 1t.
Sugar is now the chief product Of the
islands, but its cultivation requires cap
itni This is also true OF rice. be-
lieve that coffee il becoming the staple
Of the islands. and II can be cultivated
by persons who start ic with only q few
thousand dollars. Pineapples. bananas
and other fruits require only . small
capital. The government makes liberal
inducements to settlers. Il exempts
them from taxation for five years and
offers them public lands on excellent
terms. Five or e:gkt acres may be had
for nothing: larger areas can be bought
for from five to ten dollars an acre. II
Is possible 10 lease large plots for three
years and then TO buy them at the orig
inal figure. provided that IS per cent.
has been developed"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-01-21
TIE ENGLISH PIPE.


~Bring me nice pipe from London" :"
An American line steamer was NOV
ing gracefully away from her berth,
people on board and others ON shore
we're waving handkerchiefs and hats
"good-by" and pleasant journey"
were shouted all along the line, and
above the din could be heard the order,
half pleading. half Imperative: "Don't
forget the pipe"
As the crowd turned back man who
had witnessed the inspiring spectacle
and heard the order said: isn't it
strange that a real English pipe should
be one of the first things that man
thinks Of bringing back to this country
from abroad, when in fact there II NO
such thlig as an English pipe?"
It il true that the pipe is more pop
ular in England than it is in this coun-
try, and that the shops keep large sup
plies and q great assortment Of the
goods, but neither the English people
nor their visitors from the United
States know that the pipes of the
purest English pattern are made in
France. The dealers in the United
States are better posted than the con-
sumers. and to them the term English
rire has loEg been known to apply to
the French article, and Of recent years
to the superior homemade pipe. Az
English trade journal Of recent date
says: another of our industries il
practically threatened with extinction
ON the other side Of the Atlantic. Thi.
il the trade in brierwood pipes, which
used to be imported to = very large ex
tent into the United States. either from
England or France. Now, however, the
brierwood pipes used throughout the
states are almost entirely made there
and that not only in the cheapest buti in
the best qualities"
Before the large pipe manufacturing
concerns were established in this coun-
try Vienna was the market for meer-
schaum and Paris for brierwood goods.
The pipes were made in small shops and
in the homes Of the pipemakers. and de-
livered to central offices and ware
rooms, where they were assorted.
packed and shipped. This method il
still in vogue to q great extent in Euro
pean manufacturing towns. Women
and children do the work. which Is nm
ished later by skilled workmen and
mounted with tips, metal, etc.
The brier root which II used in the
manufacture Of the goods comes from
France in crude blocks. These blocks
are cut in pipe-outline shapes. and ara
made into plain and fancy goods. OF
these "pipe blanks" about 1000 gross
are used In the United States every
year.
In scientific circles the material from
which the pipes are made 10 known a
the root Of Erica arborea, or white
heath. This Is . shrub usually Of
stunted growth. but often growing to
q large size. It il found in the south of
France and in Corsica. After the earth
has been removed from the roots and
they have been sawed into pipe blanks
they are placed in a vat and subjected
to a gentle simmering for about II
hourA This process makes the wood
perfectly clean. and also gives It the yel-
lowish brown hue which Is most desir-
able in good pipes.-N. Y. Tribune
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-01-21
THE COTTON BALE.
he Advocates OF the Cylindrical Bals Have
Not All the Argument ON
Their Side.

A good deal of discussion has devel-
oped about establishing uniformity in
the size of cotton bales. This is doubt
less desirable for economizing space
in shipping and reducing freights. 1t
might indirectly increase the price of
cotton. If a bale of dimensions some
what less than those ordinarily packed
be adopted, old presses might be
changed to meet the case. and no loss
of invested capitai ensue. But if a
smaller bale is adopted the number of
bales must be increased, and the
charges for storing, selling, shipping.
ginning. packing, etc. must be corre-
spondingly reduced. otherwise the de-
crease in the cost of freight might be
entirely offset. Farmers should look
carefully into these matters before
they act upon the representations of
interested parties. Especially are they
urged not TO reach hasty conclusions
touching the substitution of round
bales for square bales. We are not
fully informed as to all the details
connected with these round bales, but
one fact is patent. viz: that round
bales can not be packed on car or ship
as closely as square bales; there must
necessarily be open interspices be-
tween the bales. and these would not
only occasion loss of space i'm pack
ing. but in case of fire enable fame to
penetrate more readily. II is claimed
also. we believe. that round b;.!e is
never exposed. As to exposure. it is
practicable and easy to cover square
bale as completely and as neatly rs
round bale. The cutting ard sam
piing of the round bale is to he avoid
ed by guaranteed sample taken
from each bale before it is closed. Tn.
guarantee must be . very strong one
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-01-21
SMART SKATING COSTUMES.
A Plain Skirt, with Vivid Bodice, II
the Graceful and Decom.
Ing Thing.

All these gay colors of cloth make
fiorid and rot Ineffective show on the
ponds and in the rinks. where the whirl
Of steel on the ice rises on the frosty
air. A plain skirt, ankle long. with q
vivid flannel or velveteen bodice, is just
about the most graceful and becoming
thing a skater can assume.
Camers hair serge is what the skirt
is made of. and the most startling com,
binations in color prevail until the
riEks resemble carnival gatherings
The biggest and brightest buttons fash
on upper as well as neither garments.
and some of these are huge polished
pewter buttons, such as are made and
worn by Dutch men and women on the
frozen canals OF Holland.
Pretty skating costumes from Paris
are resplendent with fur or fancy braid
Ind gay with silver buttons that are in
reality tiny bells, tingling out fairy mu.
sic at every movement of the wearer.
The skirts of such suits are cut close
at the hip and somewhat full below the
knees. enabling the wearer to move
with freedom, and adding greatly tc
the sum of grace. Turbans of astrakhan
broad tail and Persian lamb are
what the smart skaters wear. These
are round cap-shaped things. with q
tuft of bright feathers like shaw.
ing brush sticking up in front and held
by a pin of Russian silver.
very other woman, whether her frock
is silk or serge, has depending from
the rear Of her basque q species of tail
which is bound to excite interest, if not
applause. It was fully ten years ago
that basques resigned their rear ap-
pendages. but. like Mary's little lambs
they are back in fashion, every one
with its tail behind it. Sometimes the
tail is q mere bunch of ribbon ends.
scarcely larger than the sort of thing
a rabbit wears, again they are beetle
and fall nearly to the
knee. Coatee, habit. postillion and
tails are the species most fire.
quently seen at present, and whether
they are pretty or not is another mat
ter; the tailors say they have come
to stay.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-01-21
Life on = Torpedo Boat.

So injurious is life on torpedo brat
that years continuous service will
mentally and physically incapacitase a
man. This assertion is made on the au-
thority of Lord Charles Beresford. but
that the strain on anyone serving on
these craft is very great is shown by
the fact that to one months service
the British naval regulations allow one
week of. Austria is endeavoring to
mitigate the hardship of service IN
these boats, and life on one built for
the Austrian navy. and tried on the
Thames recently, was demonstrated to
be pleasanter than on those of the
English navy.-Chicago Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-01-21
A winter selace.

With the dreariness and desolation OF
cold and rainy nights in November
comes the comfortable thought OF
brightly lighted sitting-rooms, with
hearth fires and good books. There Is
nothing more certain to make the heart
swell with cheerfulness than this same
combination. After long day at work.
when the wind is bowling outside and
the rain is splashing against the win
dows, the flicker of the CRATE fire il
magnetic. One can scarcely force him.
self to get up and away from it, and q
book adds to the attraction. It is the
time when the stay-at-home enjoys
himself to the fullest.-Detroit Free
Press
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-01-21
TREASURES IN ART.
Spain Has Thousands Of Beautiful
Pain0ngs Of Almost In.
cAICulable Value.

Spain has not been stripped Of aN her
wealth. She is in possession of riches
that a rapecious conqueror like tie
great Napoleon would have taken with
oat ceremony. She has treasures u
books, manuscripts and paintings
which would eminently grace the Ii
| braries and galleries of the United
States.
For example, in the Royal picture
gallery in Madrid there are 1000 can
vases, among which are some of the
most beautiful pictures in the world
There are ten paintings by Raphael. Il
by Murillo. g. by Velasquez. 90 by Van
Dyck. 81 by Rubens. 43 by Titan, 25 ay
Paul Veronese, and ten by Claude Lor-
raine. No one could hope to get to-
gether to-day such a collection. in
which there is scarcely a picture that
is not artistic work of the first class,
and the writer who estimated that the
1000 paintings are easily worth $780,
oOO,o 900 spoke wisely and we'll within
reason.
The duke Of Veragua, who came over
here in 1893 at the country's expense
who was entertained in a royal man
ner. and left with anything but friendly
feeling for the United States because
a popular subscription to pay his debts
was not raised. is the owner of books
and manuscripts relating to his great
ancestor. Columbus. which are almost
priceless. Among them are books that
were owned by Columbus himself A
writer in the New York Times. in re.
viewing this subject. says with fine
irony. considering veragua's character.
that possibly the duke might be pa
triotic enough to help his country by
disposing of the correspondence of Co
lumbus, which he prizes so highly
These artistic and literary treasure:
represent an immense sum of money,
and at one time during the war Span.
ish paper suggested that while the
treasury was practically empty il
might be supplied with money by dis
posing of these works.
But the suggestion was not adopted
and Spain may congratulate herself or
the fact that she was not opposed by
grasping enemy. II she engages in
war. and at its close finds Ter.
self again in her present predicament.
she may expect to lose her pictures and
literary possessions.-Phila in.
ouirer
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-01-21
Farr.g.t,s opi.isn Of Dewey.

Rear Admiral Dewey as young Of
6cer impressed one A. self-conta:ned
man with powerful native force. I
often think Of the remark made by Ad-
miral GoIdsborough to Farragut on the
occasion of the visit OF the latter to our
ship. The two admirals were standing
within few feet Of my table, and
Dewey had stepped back to give an or
der to an orderly. "Farragut." said
Goldsborough. dewey will make his
mark in the world If he ever gets an OPP
portunity.r "Ay." answered Farragut,
with the pleasant smile 50 becoming to
his homely face. "and he will make tlIe.
opportunity" And Farragut was true
prophet.-Harper's Round Table.