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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03
SAFE IN TRENCHES
Earthw0rk Affords a better Pr0tec
ton for Soldiers Than Masonry
Work OF Bullets.

A man in a trench is just as safe from
shower of rife bullets as if he were
behind the walls of fertilization, says
the London Mail. Indeed, it has been
shown that earthworks thrown up by
soldiers are safer protection from the
bullets than masonry.
Sir George White and his gallant men
at Ladysmith can, therefore, easily pro-
tect themselves from the fire of the
enemy.
Ladysmith is surrounded by more or
less level ground, and cannot be APP
preached by the Beers on any side with
out exposing themselves-a kind of po-
sition for which they have no liking.
The ordinary rife bullet only pene-
trates few inches into the mud and
soil heaped up beside trenches. The
lee-metford will go farther than the
mauser, and the mauser has a greater
penetration than the martini-henry.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03
WORLDS COTTON FACTORY.
should Not Lead the
Market

The extension Of the cotton mill in
dustry in the south is conspicuous
phenomenon of the time, says the New
York World.
Five counties in the Carolinas have
for several years past spun and wove
more cotton than is produced within
their borders. Rome, Ca. has hitherto
been the shipping point for the cotton
grown in 20 counties roundabout. This
year Rome has shipped not one bale, be-
cause her manufactures have used ii all
in the making Of cotton cloths.
This means that instead of selling cot
ton at from five to eight cents pound
the south is selling it, as a manufac-
tured product, at from IS to so cents a
pound.
This is a development upon natural
lines. The south that produces the cot
ton will ultimately manufacture it. 1t
has cheap water power, cheap labor and
the adjacency of the cotton fields to
stimulate its industry. And under mod
ern conditions of travel and invest
ment there is absolutely no reason why
the south should not take to itself the
stupendous profits of cotton manufac-
ture hitherto absorbed by New England
and the English mills. Without doubt
New England capital will share in the
profits of the revolution by investing
itself in the south. That is one of the
privileges granted by our constitutional
system of absolute free trade between
the states.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03
A SINGULAR WILL.
The TeStntrfx Makes Some Qucel
Provisions for the Disposition
OF Her DOdy.

The will of the late Mrs. Pauline Less.
says the ST. Louis Post-Dispatch. is an
interesting document. The command
given in the opening paragraph rela-
live to the disposition Of the body Of
the testatriN after death is as follows:
Immediately upon my death notice
thereof shall be given to the president
Of Miriam lodge and -Adolph Resen-
frater. The latter shall perform the flu
neral services and be paid SIS therefor,
and he shall also telegraph information
Of my death to Jerusalem and also al
low only such persons who do not touch
fire on Saturdays to stay and watch over
my remains. The latter are to be paid
a reasonable compensation therefor out
of my estate. The sand which / got
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03
HERE AND THERE.

Any farm of $50 acres judiciously
apportioned to pasture and forage
crops ought to carry the equivalent OF
% adult cattle and turn off a carload OF
fat cattle every winter, worth on the
market $1,000.
In the annual report of Secretary
Ct the Interior Hitchcock it is esti-
mated that the irrigable area of the
United States is 74.o00.000 acres, can.
able of comfortably supporting undo.
proper irrigation system $4,000. 0On
people.
That farmer has not proven SUI
perior to failure who is forced to sell
his produce whether prices are high
or low. If he is in condition to sell
when he pleases, he is also master OF
the situation. and if he holds his po-
siticn he will succeed.
Farmers want to be on their guard
against the allurement Of ~ or )
cents for cotton. A large crop next
year will certainly result in last wears
prices. Raise cotton by all means. but
raise as much else as may be conven-
lent.
The popularity ofShropshire Down
sheep has increased wonderfully in this
country during the last two or three
years. They seem to have taken bet
ter hold on public favor than any breed
ever did in a short time. There must
b. some prominent merit in the breed,
for sheepmen are not running after
fads. but business that counts.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03
Suluhur as \ DIsInfectnnt.

When sulphur is burned in dry at
mcs2here where the vapor combines
with the oxygen of the air and forms
suiphurous oxide substance is formed
which will destroy, by contact, bac-
terra and all animal life that breeds,
but has no effect upon microbes or
animal life that does not depend FIR
life upon the breathing of air. From
this it is claimed that dry sulphur va
por will kill lice and bacteria, but Will
not destroy the eggs of the lice or the
microbes or germs of disease. Supply
moisture to the sulphur vapor and sui
phurous acid is formed, which is de-
structive to all forms of animal and
vegetable life with which it comes in
contact. For the practical applica-
ton of sulphur fumes it would be well
to first spray well the poultry-house.
thereby supplying moisture; then burn
the sulphur, and all the lice, their eggs
and disease germs will be destroyed
Farm and Fireside.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03
APPETITE AND DIGESTION.
Anericans-Daty Of the
Public Schools.

The worth Of . man depends largely
ON the food he digests. In the opinion
o. experts a majority of the human
race suffer from disease engendered
by errors in diet, yet few are aware that
they commit any errors, and still fewer
take pains to avoid them. This in es-
pecially true of our own country. The
ambitious American is apt to consider
the time spent ON the care of his body
as wasted; to him fortune, power, or
fame is OF greater Importance than
health.
Happiness and health depend on our
ability to forget, as soon as necessity
for the immediate consideration of it
hos pascal. -se trouble which has ab-
sorbed us. In the f--;a:!y 1.eeie. at meal
times especially, temper should be sub
dued and unpleasant conversation
avoided. When a grave crisis occurs,
men of heavy responsibilities are liable
to become victims Of their anxiety.
One of our largest and best managed
banks lost in this way several of its
ablest officers, and prominent rail-
road three of its presidents within ten
years.
There is no less danger in eating too
much. The capacity of our stomach
is limited, and it produces only gastric
juice enough to digest what we require
for the sustenance of our vital powers.
The surplus ferments, and, when too
often INDUCED in, excess leads to dis
ease or obesity. I derive more pleas
ure. in satisfying the appetite which
nature has provided, from leisurely
munching piece of bread made in my
kitchen than from the delicious dessert
which follows sumptuous dinner.
A charitable association of which !
used to be member furnished to every
conner, for five cents, quart of meat
stew, we'll cooked and composed of beef
or mutton, onions and turnips, favored
with fragrant herbs; pint of coffee,
with milk and sugar, and four ounces
of white bread. The raw material of
which this wholesome dinner was COM
POSED cost three cents-five cents a
pound for the meat, three cents for the
bread and one cent for the vegetables.
In Europe women are apprenticed or
go into service; they have learned how
to make, from scanty material, pal
atable meal, before they assume the
responsibility Of matrimony. Steps
have been taken in many states to teach
them by the establishment Of cooking
schools, but these fail to give instruc-
ton where it is most needed. Girls
should in all our public schools be
taught how to cook dinner, an accom-
plishment which, to most of them, is
Of no smaller importance than the abil-
ity to read and write; 1t always will
command husband or remunerative
employment.-North American Review.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03
surueons Must shave

The omnipresent microbe is making
its disturbing influence felt In strange
and unexpected quarters. Boards and
mustaches are placed under ban as
being nesting-places of Grant in
truders. some of them pathogenic. or,
in everyday parlance. having the
power to produce disease. Because Of
this. the London Globe states, On the
authority of a French scientific jour-
nal. that on motion of the celebrated
DR.. Hubenck. of BresIau, the leauing
surgeons of Austria and Germany Al e
considering the adopting of rule re
curing surgeons TO be clean-shavel.
or to. at least. as preventive CT
danger, disinfect the hair of the face
before operating. Nothing is said as
to the. hair of the head, but il this.
too, is included in the interdict, bald
headed surgeons will enjoy a graft
flying advantage.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03

from Jerusalem and is now in my trunk
shall be laid on my face. My coffin shall
be Of rough lumber and my clothing
shall be divided by my executor among
poor and needy persons"
The testatriX directs that suitable
grave be purchased for her and that
monument, the maximum cost of which
shall be 500. be erected over her head.
She gives to the president Of the He
brew school at Eleventh and Carr
streets $500, in consideration of which
hodesch Ia Hebrew prayer shall be
offered three times daily at his school
for one year.
After these requests are paid the
testatrix gives the remainder of her
property in equal shares to her five chill
dren. She names Benjamin Bnrenstein
as her executor and requests that he be
not required to give bond.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03
WHAT ONE ACRE CAN DO.
The Elements OF Wealth Are in the
Soil, hut Take Industrious Dig
Eing to Bring Them Out.

An acre in this coatry contains A, 500
will not miss it far if you make the
patch 60 yards five inches wide and 20
yards long. As you know, an acre is
not vast field, and may not have Il
klondike on it, cut it may have in it
something of great value. Like the
best things the world over, the ele-
ments of wealth must be had by in
dustrious digging. The record of one
ar,e crops is of sufficient Importance
to warrant reproduction. 1t is as fol-
lows:
Mr.. J. B. Drake, South Carolina, 255A
bushels corn
Mr.. Smelling, South Carolina, $50
bushels cGrn.
DIR. Parker, South Carolina, 2ooss
bushels.
j. Y. Carmichael, Georgia, $50 bush
els corn.
Hon. ". L. Peek, Georgia. 90 bush
els corn.
j. X. McCullum, Georgia, 116 bush
els corn.
H. H. Hardaway, Georgia, 119 bush
els.
DIR. Wylie. Lancaster county, South
Carolina, ITO bushels oats.
Il. A. johnson. Georgia 161 bushels
cats.
j. b. Hunnicutt, Georgia, 100 Ia
bushels oats.
j. j. Dennis, Georgia, 1922 bushels
cats.
j. L. Madden, Georgia, 1877 bushels
oats.
S. W. Leak, Georgia, 40A bushels
wheat.
DIR. W. Moody, Georgia. 1888
pounds Bermuda hay, one cutting.
j. X. Winters, Georgia. 6,515 pounds
Bermuda hay, one cutting.
j. Ii. MattaS. Clinck county, Geor.
gia, LAS bushels sweet potatoes.
j. s. Sanders grew 1852 bushels tur-
nips.
The farmers of Texas can equal the
farmers of any other state. In view of
the general interest in diversification
and Development, it is very much in
order to adopt the acre-crop idea OF
testing Texas soil, and Of bringing
ourselves around to more scientific
and more profitable method of farm
ing. Let Texas farmers show just how
much they can raise per acre. rather
than follow The old plan of showing
Just how many acres they are able
to plant and partially cultivate. The
cne-acre crop is in line with high-class
diversified farming. A new year is at
hand. 1t is to be hoped that the best
acre will be given a careful test on
many farms in Texas during 1000
Farm and Ranch.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03

The bullets from large maxim gun are
just as effectually arrested by this form
of breastwork as they would be by the
side of battleship.
Nothing is SO hard to take as an in
trenched position. Artillery is the only
effectual means of driving soldiers out
from trenches, but this can only be
done by the most accurate kind of fir
ing, which explodes the shells exactly
over the trenches, together with large
number of guns and the expenditure Of
vast quantity of ammunition.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03

more cheaply at the factories. But all
fertilizers should be purchased ae-
ccrding to the amount of plant-focd
they contain and at stated price =
unit. Then a price should be fixed for
mixing and Dagging at 50 much ton
To pay nearly as much for the mixing
and bagging as the plant-food is worth
as is often the case with ready-mixed
brands on tho market, is certainly
ruinous to farmers pockets.-G1ant
Davis, in Farsl and Fireside.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03
He WANTED THE TROUSERS.
which Accounted fer HIS Inabllity
t. Remove the Grease
SD0t.

1
A young fellow on the South side has .
negro valet, an oid-fa'n'oned southern
Here, JEFF; / want those trousers cleaned
and pressed to-day" he said, pointing 70 .
rather loudstriped garment that Je2 has
long had his eyes on.
AN right, sab" said JEFF, with nigh.
| Next morning JEFF brought the trouseEs
back with big grease spot still prominent
ON one knee.
Cant You get that spot QUIT" said ths
owner of the trousers.
"No, sab"
did you try turpentine!"
a'Fo de Lawd. I done saeehurated 'eo
wild turpentine."
did you try coal oil?'
"Yes, sab; po'ed quart Oh lie on EN-"
"Did you try . hot iron?
"Puty nigh bu'n't 'em up!"
Ibid you try benxine?"
Ozone tried benzine an kerosene, and al
de other zines, an faint tech dat grease
"Well, did you try EN- onr queried tAs
master with twinkle in his eye.
Eyes. sab" replied JET, with alasfitZ,
can dey's puffect 6t, grease spot an n,
s&h."-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Latest In AAvertising.
A new scheme Of advertising was resorted
/ to BY a progressive business firm in . pros
porous city in the south. The junior partner
Of the firm swore out q warrant for the ar-
rest of the senior partner on the ground
that he was selling goods below cost and that
the firm was constantly losing money there
by. The case came up in court and the coun-
sci for the senior partner asked for post
ponement in order to have more time to pre-
pare his case. The Judge granted the ~
quest, bail was fixed and the senior mem
Der released Al he left the courtroom the
junior partner arose and exclaimed: IF
he is released the sacrifice will 20 on!" The
news soon spread and the firm did better
business. When the case was again called
no plaintiff appeared and the charge w1s
dismissed. The firm had succeeded in their
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03
Latest n AAvertieine.
Knew 1t was In LeAisA,

A certain Pennsylvania Sunday school
teacher was questioning her class. "Whers
was Christ born?" she asked Of Willie. vii.
"Mauch Chunk" aMauch Chunk"
screamed the teacher "You ought to know
better than that. Why, little George
knows where Christ was born. Where was
Christ born, Georgiey' And the treble d
the four-year-old answered: "Beth-le-hem .
That's right" said the teacher. well,
said Willie, pouting: II knew twas some
where on the Lehigh Valley railway.-Chi-
rsco Chrnnic1e
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03

Hen. W n Reach, United States s1assF frSA Ns- 90
N States Senator from North =
Columbus Ohio written from
Senator Roach
'Ptaadd by friend Ihzve ased Puaa IS ton, ana -
testify that h.s greatly hepedme IN strength vgor ane
have Seen advised BY friends that remarkably 1fse1oas
tie almost universal complaint of caa,rh.
Larimore North Dakota
absolute
located Peruna has no
There other systemic renneay
konc atarrh.w
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03

This il . question that should interest
every one. II is blot upon our fair land
a symptom Of governmental ill-health. The
right laws would act as speedily upon it n
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters does upon con.
stipation or dyspepsia. They would quickly
clear it out and restore healthy purity; and
this is just what the bitters does for the hu-
man constitution. Il makes the stomach
strong by curing indigestiou, biliousneas and
liver trouble.
Mr.. Observation-Disclosures 10 the nama
Of foreigner who has recently located in
this city. The other morning . neighbor
passing BY him in a hurry said: Good
morning, 1 vas glad to zee you, but vii
breathe dis mornin' Joliet Qll.) Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03
Before ana After.

Singleton-Do you believe it 10 possible
for two people to live as cheaply as one!
Wederly-Before married / read al the
statistics / could find on the subject, and /
was convinced that they could, butt
"Wells"
CATER marrying made few statistics Of
my own, then changed my mind. CAicago
Evening NeN1
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03
PRINCESS RUNS AN AUTO.
iiue-BlOOdcd Member or German
Royalty Shocks Her Com
seryativc Sisters.

4 bright young woman is Princess
Friedrich of Hohenlohe-O ehringen, and
she enlivens the traditional heaviness
of German blood with strong American
admixture. She is the daughter of an
American mother The cable reports
that the German aristocracy is shocked
beyond expression at the spectacle of the
princess taking part in the French mo-
tor races. says the New York Sun.
The princess. who is a handsome, ac-
tive, athletic young woman, handles an
automobile with great skill and abso-
lutte fearlessness. She will run her ma
chine along road at a speed Of 10 miles
an hour with perfect assurance.
The princess is the daughter of Count
Won Notwithstanding. whose wife
was Miss Helen Moulton. an American.
Count Hatzfeldt is the German ambas-
sador in London, and therefore one Of
the highest official personages in the
German empire. He belongs to the
highest aristocracy of Prussia.
The princess is not only daring aa-
tomobile engineer. but she is erea,
cyclist. She thinks nothing of making
q century run, and she rides about all
over the continent in plain cyclists
dress, without the least ceremony This
Is also very shocking to the German
aristocracy, who think that a woman
Of rank should only sit in carriage and
be driven by servants.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03

The large number Of articles left on the
pawnbroker's hands proves that there are =
great many people in this world without .
redeeming quality.-Elliott's Magazine.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03
National Granarfes.

The British government Is discuss
,ng The feasibility OF building national
granaries and storing vast quantities
Of wheat against the emergencies OF
var u famine.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03

The Best Prescription fer Chllls
and Fever is bottle Of GR0vK's TAsfRLnss
GULL Tonic. tits simply iron and quininein
Rtasteless form. No cure-no pay. Price Soc.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03
Beware OF OintnaAfs Far Catar11
ThDa Contain Mercury,


a. mercury will surely destroy the sense a
smell and completely derange the whole sys
surfaces. Such articles should never Be used
except on prescriptions from reputabl.
physicians, as the damage they will DC il
often ten fold to the good you can possibly
derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F. j. Cheney 4 Co, Toledo.
O.. contains no mercury, and 10 taken inter,
nally, acting directly upon the blood and
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the gen
nine. It is taken internally, and made in
Toledo, Ohio, by F. j. Cheney l. Co. Test.
monials free.
Sold BY Druggists, price 75c per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Popularity often makes 4 man believe
what he knows isn't Chicago Daily
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03
siberian wheat.

Siberia. opened by the Russians. may
yet be one of the creates. wheat-pro-
ducing countries OF the won ID.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03

After six year, suffering / was cured By
Allegheny, Pa, March 10, ~.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03

Impossible.-'Tn this third act, said the
stage manager, you must show that you
"How can t." walled the walking gent,
, "when / know that she is drawing ten dol
lars less than am:"-Philadelpha North
! American
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03

The person who gives a note is allowed
three days of grace-after that how many
of disgrace we are not in position to state.
Philadelphia Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03
GaIckly Arranged.

You take me quite by surprise
she exclaimed. after he had finally put
the question
SWELL, am glad to get you in any
way" he replied, pursuing his advan-
tage-
And she let it 90 at that-Phiia-
lelphia North American.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03


his
the
&yearsc
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03

To Curs . CslA IN one Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money lift fails to cure. &c.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES do not
stain the hands Or spot the kettls. Sold By
all druegistA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-02-03
$13.15

Add to this = reasonable amount for
mixing and tagging and you have
what you ought to pay for it. am not
necessarily an advocate of the home
mixing Of fertilizers-thev sndoubted-
" have better facilities and can do il
Evening star., 1900-03-24

MARCH H3, 1900.
wish to inform my friends and the general
public that having been lately connected with
K. II. Warner Il 60. have THIS DAY associated
myself with the firm of MOORE 4 HILL, REAL
ESTATE BROKERS III 1iTH ST. NV.
! will as heretofore. pay particular attention TO
the sale and exchange Of property
Thanking my friends and the public for past
favors l respectfully solicit continuance Of the
same. LOUIS W. RICHARDSON.
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