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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22
EXIT THE RED BARN.
Variety II Made Possible to Farmers
Nowadays by Cheap Ready.
Mixed Paints.

''There was time" said paint man.
ufacturer, when every farmer painted
his barn red. The paint used was called
Venetian red and was made Of oxide
Of iron instead of white lead and zinc.
1t cost about half as much as lead paint
and stood the weather well. The farm
er bought this paint dry and mixed it
with oil himself, and put i on him
self. Now l suppose about one-third
of the country's barns are painted red
and about two-thirds in other colors,
with the proportion of red barns de-
creasing. This change is due some
what to fashion and more to the wide
introduction of mixed paints ready for
use.
Nowadays prepared paints are put
up in simply scores of colors and shades,
and many of them are manufactured
and sold as cheaply us the old Venetian
red was. In the old, days if the farmer
wanted to paint any color but red he
had to mix his own colors. He couldn't
get painter to come from town to
mix the colors. unless he could have also
the job of doing the painting. Now
the farmer can buy paint in any color
or shade that he wants from sample
cards and when he knows the area of
surface to be painted he can ascertain
just the quantity required.
There are district fashions in barn
painting. 1t might be. for instance.
that in one place the squire painted his
barns red and thus set fashion that
his nedghbors would follow. 1t might
be that some city man who had bought
an abandoned farm would paint the
old barns in modern style. Then the
neighbors would say: 4 don't know
how much Mr.. Cityman knows about
farming, but he certainly knows how
to paint barn. And the people there
abouts would be likely to paint their
barns more or less like his. Thus you
might find districts where the barns
would run much alike.
I'm modern barn painting the body
is Of one color and the trim of another.
The present prevailing style is colonial.
in which the body is of light yellow
and the trim white. But barns are
painted also in grays and in other col
ors and in various shades of color and
with various kinds of trim; and take
everything together the old red barn
is being more and more crowded BY
those painted in modern fashion.-N.
I. Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22
Thick and Thin seeding.

The man that counts only on the
grain in a crop. and wants big ears for
husking. argues for light seeding. but
where the object is the best feeding
salue from an acre experiment shows
that we have inclined toward too few
rather than too many stalks on an acre
of ground. In seeding to grass we are
learning that the heavier the seeding
the surer the catch, even up to point
of doubling the customary quantities
of seed per acre. In seasonable years
with good soil in fine filth all this may
not apply, but on nine farms out of ten
in average years ! be.iev. that il does
apply, anu thus bears out the usual
results from experiments at the va
rious state statioEs.-National Stock.
man.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22

II a spray of liquid air is applied to
the skin, the part is frozen as hard ~
ice, but in few minutes circulation re-
turns without injury to the tissues,
providing the part is not at some ex-
treInity.
Potato spirit, or alcohol, adulterated
with pyridine, is coming into favor
rs an illuminant in Germany. and
promises to rival acetylene. 1t is
most economical in lamps OF Mt least
70 candle-power. In the gardens Of the
imperial palace Of Sans-Souci, Pots
dam, there are eco incandescent lamps
burning this alcohol
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22
scH0oLBoY OF THE FUTURE.
After He Has Run the Ga1Atlel
Of Prescribed InteFrogations
He May Begin to Learn.

Teacher Ito applicant for admission)-
Johnnie. have you got certificate Of vac
cination!
yes, sir"
"Have yon been innoculated for croup:'
Eyes, sir"
Had your arm scratched with cholera
bacilli?"
Eyes, sir"
"Have you written guarantee that you
are proof against whooping cough, measles,
mumps and old age:"
Yes, sir"
"Have you your own private drinking
cup.
EDO you promise not TO exchange spanges
with the boy next to you, and never use
any but your own pencil?"
Eyes, sir"
will you agree to have your books fumi-
gated with sulphur and sprinkle your clothes
with chloride Of lime once week."
YES, sir.
Johnnie, you have met the first require
ments of the modern sanitarium, and NAV
now climb into q seat and forthwith begin
to learn."-N. Y. World.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22
HEATS UPPER ROOMS.
a Device Of Some Value to Farmer
and Others Who Are With
out Steam Plants.

Fireplaces in house are both con.
venience and luxury, and it is certain
they would be used more frequently il
any reliable means could be provided
whereby the upper chambers of the
building could be heated without the
necessity of using separate stoves fol-
the purpose. In the drawing we show
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22
Best Tor the DeweIs,

No matter what ais you, headache to .
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. Cascarets help nature,
cure you without srips or pain, produce
easy natural movements, cost you just 10
Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put
up in metal boxes, every tablet has c. c. 9.
stamped on it. Beware Of limitations.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22
re Oldest Danknote

This note is in the possession Of the Bank
Of England. It il dated December 10 1893,
and IS for SIS pounds, but on account Of it,
age same is made very valuable. One OF the
Oldest and most valuable stomach medicines
before the public is Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers. For the past fifty years it has been the
standard Of such remedies for dyspepsia, m
digestion, biliousness, nervousness or IN
somnia. It will effect cure when faithfully
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22
BARBED WIRE FENCE.
Moving 1t II . Hard Job, Bat the De.
vice Here Described Makes
Ii q Little Easier.

Moving barbed wire fence is very
disagreeable job at the best. We have
just completed the rolling of one-hali
ton which we wanted moved. an oiG
fence where we have erected new
woven wire fence instead.
In Fig. 1 is 2Ni oak block or scant.
ling inches long for frame; is 1x2.
inch lath p inches long nailed to block
i. The figure represents one END of the
frame. The other end is made the same
except it is one inch smaller in diam.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22

ne srn ,ha1 ,bsr. M. pspI LEAST nne readet
disease that science has been able to cure il
all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hail.
Catarrh Cure is the only positive curt
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrt
being a constitutional disease, requires !:
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have 20 much faith in its cura.
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list OF testimonials.
Address F. j. Cheney 4 Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c. - ia
Halps Family Pills are the best.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22
LIEUTENANT PETERSON
saps Per,.s r. ;Thsst Ts.is
And Inviesratsf He
BY1R Uae

Lieutenant Charles Pstesson, Hook and
ladder co. No. q, writes tle following let
ter to The Peruna Medicine Co., from S2z
Belmont svenue, Chicago, b.: k
Last year ! had sevffe attack q !.
grippe which left me very weak, 80 that !
was unable to perform mYsduties: Several
tonic and invieorator 'haS ever used. In
I've weeks I was str0ng anS vel, and if ever
/ am exposed to unusual Eardship incident
with my duties at fires, take dose or two
of Peruna and find that It keeps me IN good
health" ~ Ch3ries Peterson.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22

A booklet giving the population Of al
cities Of the United States Of 5000 and
over according to the census Of 1900. has
lust been issued by the passenger depart.
ment Of the Chicago, Milwaukee 4 st. Paul
Railway, and . copy of it may be obtained
BY sending your address, with two-cent
stamp to pay postage, to the General Passen-
ger Agent Of the Chicago, Milwaukee 4 st.
Paul Railway, Chicago, Ill.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22

Sta asnan RsfrigeRatsfs. x
Hoax-Cremation = Z thing Of the past
IN the classical precincts Of Boston.
Soax-Because why!
Because of the expense. 1t requires
too much heat to reduce a Eostoniau to
ashea."-Chicago Daily News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22

So Sweet of Her-T can't have lost an
ny good looks" said Miss Northside to her
best friend, Miss Shadyside, "for can still
obtain . seat in crowded street car"
"Oh, WELL" replied Miss Shadyside, "you
know the men will give seats to old age a.
well as youthful beauty" -Pittsburgh
Chronicle Telegraph.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22
unEratefal Man.

Yo %p' clothes 81 . asn to CON
Gurley. F s.4 -.
"Oh, they fit; but the beggaw actually
wants to be paid faw them. "-Detrolt Free
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22
Friendly Criticisn,

Artist painted that picture to keep the
wolf from the door.
Friend-Well.. hang it on the outsids
Chicago Daily News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22

~ aSevs - ssly ss3 ~ Hs<yfsss'
eass Asf6ers - Asvs - NJ Asssss
- ~ assrAs - Asrssa.
There are great multitude of people in
all parts of the land who Nave entirely lost
their health as result Of Ia grippe; whe
have recovered from an stack, bit hnd
themselves with weakened serves, deranged
DIGESTION, and with but vel Y little of tAe'
! There is no disease kno$n to man thas
leaves the system in such an outrageous and
sxa.perating condition g u grippe.
For this class of sufferers. eruDa is spe'
eifc. Peruna should be talfen according to
directions and in few-wetks the sufferer
Will be entirely restored to his accustomee
health.
Address The Peruna Medicine Cog Column:
bus, O., for . free copy Of "Fsscts and Faces"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22

Having hi.ched your wagon to star, keep
your eve peeled lest the star run away with
your wagon before you have time to climb
into the same.-Detroit Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22

TibbA !! never hear you make any fun
Of your wife's cooking"
well, no; you see, she belongs to 60
many cooking clubs that do good deal
Of the home cooking myself."-Indianapoiia
Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22

? Hints to Young Men.-At formal even.
ing affair it is not deemed polite to ask a
lady with whom you have danced but once
il she wears store teeth. Avoid provincial
isms. Say shop teeth rather than store
teeth, If you would be thought well-bred.-
Detroit Journal,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22

To Care . Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money II it fails ocure. &c.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22

The Best Prescription for Calls
and Fever Is bottle Of Crows TAsrELEss
CHiLL Tonic. tits simply iron and gulninein
atasteless form. No cure mo pay. Price, Soc.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22

Customer at cigar counter, buying weed
This is too dark" Here IL cigar
lighter."-St. Louis Republic
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22

Happiness cannot be bought, but one of
the great hindrances to its attainment can
be removed by Adams Pepsin Tutti Frutti.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli.
Bile remedy for coughs and colds.-N. w.
Samuel, Ocean Grove, n j., Feb.sl7, 1900.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22

II it was not for the Australian ballot sys-
tenn good many men would not make their
mark in this world.-Indianapolis News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22

Whatever became of that pa
tient of yours you were telling me about
last spring." DR.. Soakem-"Oh, he's got .
complaint now that's giving me a great deal
of trouble" Askit-"Indeed; what is it r
DR.. Soakum-"It's complaint about the
amount of my bill. "-Phiiadeiphia Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22

The Reason for II.
He-There are 5000 more women than
men in New York city.
She-No wonder the New York men are
80 sassy.-Indianapoli Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22

do you know what did with my old
wagon" "No." II sold it for q hearse.
And now people are just dying to get to ride
IN it!"-St. Louis Republic.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22
Eathoma nee,.

'sWhat are you nosing around that Az.
lantic cable for." said the lobster to the
bluefish.
Oh" said the latter, nonchanantly.
merely picking up few ocean currents"
Detroit Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22

"a pointer" announced the vizier, bring
ing the mornings mail, 'from Salisbury
Dog OF an infdel!" cried the court jester.
Pointer, you know. Dog! See? Ha, hal"
"Ha, hal" laughed the sultan, and thought
NO more about it.-Detroit Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22

A man never gets any enjoyment out Of .
love affair unless he has company; woman
can fall in love with prince in . book, but
\ man can't,-Atchison Globe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22
A. Accresiop.

'well. sir" said the slangy man, she
made me look like 30 cents.
You ought not to complain about that,
for it is an improvement"
''Nkat do you mean.'
Ordinarily you look Ike nickel.
Detroit Free Press
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22

Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
weep, and it laughs behind your back
Town Topics.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22

New rule OF the Don; t Worry club: Ifyou
are hungry, don't try not to worry about it,
but try to get something to ea..-Atchison
Globe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22

Opposed to Vivisection.-Little Miss
Ethel-"And how much are the guinea pigs,
pleasew Naturalist-'Two and six apiece,
mise" Little Miss Ethel-"Oh, but We want
q whole one".Punch.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22

A continued story in a magazine i like
. popular man: It il exploited awhile in
the first pages, witk many pictures, but
out pietures-Atchison Globe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22

The traveller in 4 desert = weil-wishsr.
Chicago Daily News
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22

Bad Example.-'My score began wei, =
said the disguised golfer, "but it turned out
very badly" IF it heard the language
turned out badly."GPhiiadeiphia Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22

A we,l-known business man whose head
Is bare, vet who wears luxuriant growth
Of whiskers, was being rallied recently for
being bald by some of his intimate friends
in the presence of his small daughter. Lit.
tie Mabel didn't understand that it was all
in jest, and crawling upon her parents lap
defiantiy toward his tormentors: MY papa
w'ud ruvver hav' his top hair on his chin,
w'udn't you, papa!"-Chicago Chronicle.
Sweat and fruit acids viii not discolol
goods dyed with PUTNAM FADELEss DIES.
Sold by all druggists.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22

"A thief stole al the harness from my
stable last night" Didn't he leave Z
trace?"-St. Louis Republic.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22

When cheerful brave and lighthearted woman is sud-
denly plunged into that perfection of misery the blues
a sad picture. - - ~
It is usually this ways
She has been feeling out of sorts for time expert
encg severe headache and backache sleeps very poorly
and is exceedingly nervous.
Sometimes she is nearly by faintness dzzi-
ness and Of the heart then that bearing
feeling is dreadfully wearing
Her husband CHOW, don't get the blues You win
DC al after you have taken the doctors medicine"
But she does not get all right She grows worse dav bv
day until all at she realizes that distressing female
complaint is established
Her doctor has made mistake
She loses faith hope vanishes then comes the morbid
melancholy everlasting blues. She should been told
what the trouble but probably she withheld some
Information from the DOCTOR who therefore, is unable to
accurately locate her particular illness.
Mrs. Pinkham has relieved thousands of women from
just this kind of trouble and retains their grateful
her library proof of the great assistance she has
rendered them This assistance awaits eyerv sick
woman in the land. ' ~
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-22
Mrs. Winifred Allender's Letter.

DEAR Mrs PNKHAM:-I feel it my duty to write
and tell you of the benefit have received from your
wonderful remedies. Before taking Lydia e. Pink.
ham's vegetable Compound, was misery to my
self and every one around me. I suffered terrible
pain in my back, head, and right side, was very
nervous, would cry for hours. Menses would appear
sometimes in two weeks, then again not for three
or four months. was SO tired and weak, could not
sleep nights, sharp pains would dart through my
heart that would almost cause me to fall.
my mother coaxed me to try Lydia E. Pinkham,s
Vegetable Compound. 1 had no faith in it, but to
please her did so. The first bottle helped me so
much that continued its use am now well and
weigh more than ever did in my lifen-MRS.
WINIFRED ALLENDER, Pennington, Ill
The Monte Vista journal., 1900-07-07
OvERPRODuCrION.

We have often said that as soon
An the warehouses were tillel the
Mckinley wave of prosperity
wonld snbside, and that under onr
economic system it would require
but few months before We run
up against the overpro,luction
proposition.
The following is from Georges
weekly:
In conversation with n travelling
man one day this week he said:
81 hHvn't opened my samples
but once between San Francisco
and Denver, and Hsywar,l's man
tells me that lie hasn't sold enough
goods between Cleveland aud Den.
yer to pay his travelling expenses,
aud the head Of the big Simmons
hardware concern has issued
orders 10 all Of his travelling men
tn pay more attention to collec.
tions than selling. It is a we'll
known fact that the big Simmons
concern is looking for a panic"
We asked our friend why busi.
meas WAS in this shape.
ut is easy enough" he replied.
Between 81 and "a merchants all
over the country refused 10 buy.
A result all the factories in the
had "a hard time of il try.
ing To find markets for their goods.
In ~ stocks got ~ low that mer.
chants had TO begin to buy n little
again. The war started up and
took n lot Of idle people out Of the
market manufacturing powder.
bullets. cannon. gunboats, and ali
that sort Of thing. and manufact-
The Monte Vista journal., 1900-07-07

urers OF uniforms aud Gamers OF
provision got a boom; but that
sort OF thing has come 10 an end, |,
and the merchants who have been
buying on raising market have
not forgotten their old har,lsh,ps
OF four or five yearG ago. refer
to their buying goods on falling
market. They don't propose to
take any chances buying goods on
falling market, aud ~ result
are not buying At all. and never in
the history OF my experience on
the road have l seen things 30 dull
rs they are now"
'ls this pinch likely to effect
the west?"
mo, think not. The protluc.
ing states arc all right; the man.
nfscturing states are going to get
the worst Of il, particularly manu-.
featuring concerns that cater to
the New York distributing center.
1t would parslyze you TO see the
stocks New York is carrying. both
in the shape OF merchandise and
speculative stocks. The pinch 10
coming jnst a. sure NJ You are
alive, and il 10 coming because
there in no show to dispose Of tho
surplus goods that il piled up in
the manufacturing centers of the
east. Things will have TO seek a
read justment. Nothing can save
us now except n good lively war
among foreign nations. unfortun-
stely. however, our own country il
likely TO lose ~ much m il can
possibly vsin by reason Of the fact
that It must remain true 10 the
Mckinley Hanna proposition Of
imperialism. Navy building aud
big standing armies will absorb
the gain that ought to be distrib.
ut~l among the people"
The Monte Vista journal., 1900-07-07

E 8
+ Wolcott's Duplicity. !
4

While onr Cousin E.l is hob
nobbirg with the plutocrScy it
may be well to compare his argu-
ments before the ranchm-n with
the few sentences Of truth which
he uttered in his February speech
in the senate. In that speech he
took decided grounds in favor Of
the quantative theory of finance.
Here are few grains of truth
taken from that speech:
These nre prosperous times.
The enormous increase in the gold
output has revived industry and
stimulated manufactures and bust
ness and raised prices all over the
world, and especially in this conn.
try.
The prosperity is real, is univer-
sal, and | trust may be long con-
tinued. But the experience of
generations has tanght us that
cycles of depression and stagnaiion
follow periods OF prosperity ~ in-
evitably as the night follows the
day.
The reaction is sure TO come.
There is no department of
human industry today in the
United States, and IN the rest OF
the world ss well, that is not suf
f,ring because of an insufficient
volume of money aud which would
not be benefited by legitimate
enlargement of the currency.
1t has also been abnndaniiy
demonstrated that whenever there
Is n contraction or lessening in
the volume of money, or whenever
its supply fails to keep pace with
the increased needs for it, growing
out Of new industries. a " widening
commerce, the development of new
countries and growth of popula-
tion, there must follow a lowering
Of prices, depression in trade. pow
erty and suffering.
There is, however, a serious OBJ
lection TO all national bank circu.
lation. both present and prospec-
tive-an objection which the pass
age OF this bill will sooner or later
accentuate and make more appar-
ent. The money Of the world in
use by the commercial nations
dealing outside their borders. and
having the same standard. must
necessarily be fairly distributed
The Monte Vista journal., 1900-07-07

among them. We cannot keep
more than our distributive propor-
tion OF (metal) money, and any
enlargement Of our paper circula-
tion based on gold must neces.
sarily lead to the loss of some of
our gold. The paper will, of
course, remain here bnt when the
kiting times which will follow a
large increase in our paper shall
have ended, as they must, then,
perhaps spasmodically, but surely,
a proportionate share Of the gold
in the country must go abroad.
Two hundred millions Of in
crease in national bank paper
means perhaps the loss, Oh that
account, Of one hundred millions
of gold. Looking to the currency
problems Of the whole world, all
legislation Of the character con.
templstel by this bill is. to those
who believe IN the principles OF
bimetalism, nnwise because under
the beneticent workings Of the
bimeiallic system it would be un.
necessary.
The failure Of the republican
party to stand up for the princi.
Piles it has always advocated will
bring it no additional votes.