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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01
VIII We starve In 1917

A magazine writer after making
what he claims to be careful estimates
of the increase in the worlds popula-
tion, and of the available land for TIL
lage predicts that the supply of cereals
will be inadequate to the worlds re-
auirements after the year 1881. 1t will
then be necessary, he says, for chem
lists to produce some form of nitro
genous food; otherwise starvation will
stare us in the face. In arriving at
this conclusion no allowance appears
to have been made for the decreased
demand for cereals that will follow tho
extinction of the horse, predicted by
our automobile enthusiasts and farm
ing-by-clectricity prophets. According
to these the horse will have passed in
to oblivion long ere 1881, leaving his
share of the corn and oats available for
the table. With this feature duly con-
sidered we think the scientific chap
NAV consistently amend his prophecy
by setting the time few years
further off. 1t will be no less general
ly believed.-Farm Implement News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01
Wnate I.rod ucts.

One of the great wastes of Ameri-
can agriculture 90 years ago was cot
ton seed. Aside from what little was
needed for starting a new crop, the
greater proportion was not only a
sheer waste, but it was burden and
an expense to the planter Rotting In
heaps and spreading as a fertilizer was
tn. most common method of disposing
of the then surplus seed. To-day this
surplus is in good demand at the oil
mills, and its sale adds no little to the
sum total of the cotton-planter's in
come. Besides oil, various useful, and
in a measure. indispensable by-prod-
ucts are derived from this once waste
material. Another great waste at the
present time on western farms is fax
straw, hundreds of thousands of tons
going to waste every year. There has
been also a great waste in the fiber
and pith of the corn plant, but that
day is happily drawing to q close
Farmers Advocate.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01
INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION.
Excerut From an Address by Gov
Geo. r. Jester Before the Tex
as Fnrmers' Congress.

II Texas becomes n great Industrial
state, it must be brought about by
education from the school, the plat
form and the press. In all countries
where the manufacutunng industry
prevails, tine government has aided by
establishing and maintaining indus
trial schools; thus the influence and
dignity of the state is emphasized as
to the Importance and necessity OF q
thorough educational training in the
agricultural and mechanical industries.
p There is an old German maxim.
sThat which you would have appear
in the nation, teach in yolr public
schools" 1t has been verified in Eu-
ruae and the New England states,
where the government mas appropri-
ated literally of the public revenue,
in establishing and maintaining agri-
cultural, textile and other mechanical
schools and colleges; and wherever a
state has manifested this interest,
thousands of young men have av:,iled
themselves of the opportunity tc be-
&C me thorough and efficient. Through
out the southern states, most of the
industrial plants are superintended Ivy
the sc men.
When Texas n,aEifests the same in
terest in the Industrial pursuits as
these / have mentioned. there will be
more yourg men seeking industrial
education and fewer will feel that
they have 4 special talent, and call TO
the professions. 1t is now necessary
to send out the state for superintend-
ents for our industrial institutions;
but we have yet to hear of a COM
munity that found it necessary to inn
pert lawyers, doctors and members
of other professions, which are crowd
ed.
Among the educational institutions
OF our state. none occupy more inn
portant and prominent position for
usefulness, especially at this time,
than the agricultural and mechanical
college. The good work ow its able
faculty is manifest. and will become
n,ore apparent as the years SO by.
l trust the day is not far distant
when textile and other Industrial
schools will be added to the agricul-
tural and mechanical college. and that
II will increase the good work of pre-
pairing the young men of the state
for industrial pursuits. If il becomes
necessary to refuse to receive young
men for want of room. let il not be
those who are seeking an industrial
education as implied in the name of
agricultural and mechanical college.
While Texas stands first among the
states of the world in the production
81 cotton. we also occupy like cusia-
bic position in the manufacture Of cot
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01
HERE AND THERE.

A tenant farmer near East Ter
nard, Colorado county, Tex. makes
speciality of sorghum hay, shipping his
product to Houston. His average crop
for four years has been six tons per
acre. and the average price $3.50.
The Grout bill, providing for tax
of 10 cents per pound on onoleomargarine
colored in imitation of butter, will be
voted upon December 6, next, by the
house. Over 200 of the 356 congress
men are said to favor its passage.
1T was the Ben Davis that won the
first prize for Missouri fruit at Paris
and the "big red apple" is said to be
creating great enthusiasm among Eu-
ropean horticulturists, who rave over
its generous dimensions and lurid col.
oring.
The Southern Cultivator calls time
" attention tn the value of wheat and
cat straw. 1t says: IF promptly
baled and kept bright they bring a lair
lrice, and if run through a shredder
with corn stalks, or mixed with pea
vines. they are about as good as any
lay"
From 400 to 700 persons are being
served daily, with free corn dishes at
the American corn kitchen, which kas
excited such great interest at the Paris
show. that the newspapers have tai en-
it up and are developing therefrorl a
popular fad.
An exchange recommends apples
as cure, when n cow "holds up" milk,
but says not to give them to her at
any other time. This is a better rem
edy than kicking her in the ribs OF
smashing the stool over her head, but
we still doubt its efficacy.
DIR. Law. the New York veterina-
| ran, says cow-poN does not readily
spread from herd to herd unle SIS through
su infected animal, or a mixer. who
attends both herds. 1t does not us
ually spread from animal TO animal
of the same herd, except from. the
hands of the mixer.
The Northwest Farmer says cows
| should be kept by themselves and Civ
Ell the best pasture. When they art
running on the same pasture with
horses, sheep and pigs. they don't have
fair chance; the dry stCcf, monopo-
lizc all the nice. fresh bites, 80 essen-
| tiel TO . good flow VI mills
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01
'OL. XXV-NO. ~.
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Since his recent illness Prof. Max
Muller, for the first time in his life.
has taken to reading novels. The old
Hovels are gocd." he saws. .but mod.
ern fiction is poor stuff"
Charlotte Bronte's widower. Rev
Arthur b. Nichols, is now over so wears
of age, and spends most of his time
in attending to his land business at
Banagher, Ireland. Though married
again, he always observes the anniver.
saries of his first wife's birth and death,
President Mckinley made his first
visit to Washingto on, on his bridal tour,
in 1871. Before he was married he
wrote TO Congressman Amber. who
represented the district in which Cam
ton is located. for information about
the hotels and asking him to make the
necessary arrangements.
The German historian and novelist
Gustav Freytag declared shortly before
his death that the trouble with Ger
many was that through the death
Of Kaiser Friedrich the generation that
had grown up with him was deprived
of the realization of its ideas in favor
OF The young generation represented
BY the present emperor.
In 1891 there was printed in st. Pc.
tersburg n book containing interviews
with many prominent persons on the
position Of Jews in Russia. The au-
thorities interfered and apparently
every copy was destroyed. One, how
ever. found its way to Berlin. 1t has
been translated into German. and the
original presented to the British mu-
scum.
Miss Bessie Wetmore Hunter. the
young society woman at Newport who
has announced her intention of going
on the stage. repudiates the notion
that her purpose is to teach the pro-
fess;on how to dress correctly In So
ciety plays. On the contrary, she says
that actresses in such work are fault
lessly dressed and frequently serve as
models for society.
Mrs. Edward +. Croker. wife of the
chief of the fire department of New
York. is as much interested in the fight
ing of fire as her husband. She has
drilled her entire household in what
to do in case of fire and she advises
every housekeeper to do the same
thing. She has instructed everyone
in her home. servants, children and all,
in a simple line of action, and particu-
larly how to send in an alarm from
a fire box. She considers it the duty
of everyone to know hovxto do this
and no one can say that she is not
right.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01

ton seed. and Of the $40 cotton seed
Gil mills in the United States, our state
las fully one-third of them. These
industrial plants are owned and oper-
ated largely by home people, many Of
the producers of cotton owning stock.
The cotton seed hulls and meal are
largely used in feeding the 100000 head
of cettle, fed annually for market. Add
the Gil and other products shipped
throughout Europe and the cast. and a
rich revenue is derived from n product
that not many years ago was con-
paraiivcly useless. 1t is hard to esti.
mate the great benefit our people de-
rive from this industry. which is grad
aally on the increase.-TeXas Farm
and Ranch.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01

boasting. she dwelt with pride on his
house that had a hall down the cen
tcg tthis seemed extraordinary to
her). More than that. her sister-in-
law kept S. rvant!
As L talked to Miss Celestine, I won
dered whether her dream would come
true, whether she would ever go back
TO that land of delight.
When Mt last l told her good by
she had gained an interest for me.
| had met just another person with a
"Carcasonne."
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01
An Economical Wife.

Wife-Karl, we ought not to spend
so much for our summer trip this
year. and I've thought of one way to
cut down expenses.
Hushand-And what is that, my
dear?
"We won't ask the doctor this year
If I need the trip; that will save So
Fliegende Blaetter.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01
,lapaneae Art.

Japanese art, according to Mr.. Al
fred East, is great in small things,
but small in great things. Among
other things. it has never succeeded IN
successfully transferring to canvas
the "human form DIVINE -enicaso
Times-Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01

Onions arc the latest remsdy tried by
an Atchison girl to improve ner COM
plexion. She eats shan, and no one
can get near enough to her to see 1t
her complexion u Improved or poH---
Atchisnp Gtoees
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01

One of our readers informs us that,
having seen a statement of some Eng
lish medical journal to the effect
that sulphur, taken internally, would
protect a person against flea bites, it
occurred to him to try it as preven-
tive of mosquito bites. According
ly he began taking effervescing tab
let's of tartarlithine and sulphur, four
daily. He provided himself with sever
al lively mosquitoes, and, having put
them in a wide-mouthed bottle, in
verted the bottle and pressed its
mouth upon his bare arm. The mos
auitoes settled on his skin, but showed
no inclination to bite him. If this
gentleman's experience should be
borne out by further trials it might
be we'll for persons who are particu-
larly sensitive to mosquito bites TO
take a course of sulphur during the
MOSQUITO season, especially in view of
the growing opinion that the mos
quito is the common vehicle of the
plasmodium malariae.-Medical Jour-
nal
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01

The average Maine youngster now
uses his bicycle. says the Lewiston
1Mel Journal, even TO drive the cosS
to pasture,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-01
MANIA FOR WILL-MAKING.
A well-tO-DO Woman Who Wfshea
to Excite Cupidity and
Profit by Ii.

"Several years ago." said New Or
leans lawyer, chatting about queer ex-
periences in his profession. to New
Orleans Times-Democrat man, "a wom-
an died in this city who. to my certain
knowledge, had made at least 25 differ
ent wills. Of course there are people IN
the world who have a mania for will
making, just as there are manias IN
other directions. but there was dis
tinct method in this woman's madness.
She made her numerous wills for the
deliberate purpose of exciting cupidity,
and then profiting by it, and. if the
true story of the curious complications
growing out of that policy could be
written. it would form an astonishing
chronicle Of greed and duplicity. 10
begin with she had a couple of pieces OF
improved property worth perhaps
SC. 600. and lot of personal belongings
which were mere junk and rubbish, but
which she valued at a fabulous figure.
Between the two she was reputed to be
worth from $50, 900 to SEQ .0cO, and there
was much jealousy as to the prospec-
tive succession among lot OF distant
relatives. The old woman's plan was
to take up her quarters with some par
ticular set of her kin.-and make will
in their favor Needless to say, she
would be treated with every consider
alton. but she was very irascible and
invariably got into n quarrel in the
course of few months. and moved
somewhere else. where the same pro-
gramme was repeated. She spent
years in migrations of that sort, going
the rounds of her relatives several
times. and camping temporarily with
numerous personal friends. When she
finally died it was found that her last
authentic will left the coveted proper
ty to a niece who had shown her
scarcely any attention at all. and the
vail of rage and disappointment that
arose was something simply terrific. 1
dare say she engendered more family
bitterness when she was alive, precip-
itated more rows and was instrumental
in causing greater number of people
to stop speaking when they passed by
than any other one person in the par
ish. This was an extreme cause, but it
was by no means unique. Almost every
lawyer in town who has alarge general
practice could cite instances where ju-
dicious will-mal5ng has kept old age
surrounded by affectionate solicitude."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-15
the Lancaster cotton mills is shut
down, throwing 2.700 hands out of en-
plOyment
BUSINESS MEN IN SESSION
UTAH CREDIT MEMS ASSoCIA-
TON ORGANIZED.
Planned to Promote Better Systems
Of Carrying on Trade and Social
Purposes.

The Utah Credit Mems association
was organized at the Knutsford last
night with the following business men
as officers and directors; z. W. Dun
can Of the National Bank of the Repub-
lie. president; f. ". Gunnel, COsgriff-
EnTight Grocery company, vice presi-
dent: Emanuel Kahn. treasurer;
George d. Arson, Hanson Produce COM
pany. secretary. and George 7. Odell,
Arthur Parsons, P. L. Doran. J. W. De-
lanO and J. c. Mcdonald. directors.
There were thirty representative
business men Of salt Lake present al
the meeting, which was convened al
$780, 1t was decided. after a general
discussion. that the local credit men
association would be confined TO those
houses which made a specially of
wholesale trade and banks which en-
plOyed credit men generally, conse-
quently retail houses are not eligible to
membership in the merchants mutual
protective association
After arriving at a conclusion re-
garding the personnel of the permanent
organization it was decided by those
present that the association would moi
consist of an incorporated body, but
rather would be instituted more on the
basis of a social institution, wherein the
members could meet together and inter
change ideas on business topics gener-
ally. It was further decided to let tbs
Utah association stand on its own base
for an indefinite period as regards aftil-
iation with the National Credit Mems
association.
The objects Of the new organization
are the enactment of better business
hn
chants of the state Of Utah, with q
banding together to offset the opera
tions of INSCRIPTIONS dealers anc
fraudulent bankrupts generally. The
legislative feature of the association
will play a prominent part in its pol
icy, as the wholesale men are led Il
believe that Populations from theil
body viii receive attention and beal
weight with the members of the legis
/ laeuTe. In order to come more thor
0ughly in touch with the subject, tht
embryonic association proposes to in
vite commercial attorneys to give {
series Of lectures upon legal topics a
the meetings of the organization from
time. to time, which viii be supplement
/ ed by discussions and debates.
Before the meeting adjourned las
night those present selected a commit
tee in the persons of J. G. Mcdonald
| Charles r. KEN and J. A. Graham t,
draft the constitution of the assoeia
ton. and it was decided to invite tn,
! bankers and wholesale men of Ogdel
/ and Provo to cooperate with the Sal
/ Lake organization To make it a stat
/ affair. The meeting adjourned unit
next Wednesday night, when the mem
/ bers will meet at the Knutsford at
/ O'Clock.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-15
DRUNKENNESS IN THE ARMY
CHAPLAIN WELLS TESTIFIES BE
FORE HOUSE CoMMITTEE.
Movement to Cause the Adjustment
of the "Canteen"-Sale of Liquor
on the Transports.

Washington, Feb. 14.-At the hearing
on the subject of the army 'oanteen''
before the house committee on military
affairs today. Captain Frank NJ. Wells,
late chaplain CT the First Tennessee
regiment, testified in detail 10 the prev
alence Of drunkenness on army trans
ports and in the Philippines.
Mr.. Wells repeated statements which
he has made in lectures relative TO the
sale of liquor on the transports Yea
Isndia and Indiana, and related in
stances of alleged drunkenness at Ma
Mia, Il0ilO and Cebu, as well as en- the
e,a.Ds.
When he referred by name TO a Ten
rezsee officer alleged TO have been
drunk, PIeseEtaltive Cox of Tennss-
see interpCssd an emphatic protest
saying that ne would not hear this Of
ficer maligned The committee deter
mined TO avoid personal disclosures by
not allowing names to be U1ed.
Mr. Wells proceeded, emitting names
He stated that at the request of the
secretary of war he had fled a formal
statement with the war department
concerning these alleged acts.
Representative of the W. c. T. Z
and other organizations We're alsS
heard in favor of d congressional
enactment making more clear the law
abolishing the army canteen. The CON-
mittee did not take final action on t--e
subject.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-15
MRS. ANNIE HECTOR.
She Is One Of the Pluckiest Women
Alive.


Alive.
London. Feb. I5.-One of the pluck
lest of women lives here in London en-
MAZDA hill Her pen name is known
all over the United States. but few
there would recognize an old friend IN
der the name of Mrs. Annie Hector,
which is the proper appellation of the
lady who has written some thirty odd
novels under the name of Mrs Alex
ander.
The author of "The Wooing or is
at this moment enEaged-in writing an
other novel. She is writing it by hand
something not 50 often done in these
days of secretaries, steuOgvap pliers,
typeTTIteTs ana phCnographs-and she
is Going it with as much interest and
animation and good spirits as if, in the
first place. she were not 76 years cd
and as If, in the second place. she had
not been an almost helpless invalid for
several years.
Mrs Alexander ehuckles when she
says she Isl 76, as if il were. a sort of n.
joke on Father Time: and perhaps il fv
for the old gentleman with the hour
glass has been unable to make her look
day over SO; and her talk is as
bright and CHEEKY as that of a woman
has pursued her like a fiend. and fer
four or five years she has been able
TO leave her chair only with the great
est difficulty he affection meant a
great deal r, for she was vastly
fond OF about among her
friends an ng to the theatre. yet
she h2a n, Imbled and has writ
ten on aim IhOut interruption, sit
ting all day ,heeTfully as you please
behind a b. at-tOpped desk. with all
sorts Of literary materials close at
hand and stout cane within reach
She prefers that cane 10 a bell She
wanted to have q book brought in from
another room the day 7 called last
week and pounded on the floor with
her cane.
I can call spirits from the vasty
deep she said. with a twinkle in her
eye; and what ig more. tfev come
when ] call them. See if they don't. -
And the maid came in as she spoke.
Mrs. Hector is an Iriahwoman and
has all the mother wit that is called
for by the traditions Of her race. She
must have been a beauty when she was
a girl. She married a welI-to-do Scotch-
man and never took seriously 10 writ
ing until her husband died, leaving an
estate in such condition that an extra
! income was most desirable.
Mrs Alexander always wanted to
write for the stage, and although one
of her books was dramatized. Fate an
ways stepped in just as il was about 10
( be produced
The novel tn which Mrs AIexander
IS now giving the finishing touches viii
take her readers into new territory. for
the hero and the villain both find Them
selves hunting big game in the south
/ Of Africa, and having some adventures
in whose liveliness Mrs. AIexander. per-
maps finds her compensation for the
/ painfully enforced qUietness Of her own
life MARSHALL LORD
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-15
BLIZZARD IN ENGLAND.
Trains Are showed Up and Many
People Are Frozen to Death.

LOnGOn.1 FEB. 1.-THE effects Of the
blizzard which started Thursday are
felt throughout Great Britain. Trains
are showed up in all directions and
street car lines blocked up. and tele-
graph and telephone wires are down,
delaying communication in all parts.
There have been a great number of
accidents. due to falling chimneys and
states and from similar causes.
Mail vans and people travelling by
foot in country districts are reported
missing. and several persons have been
found frozen to death in exposed
places. The streets CT London are in a
fearful condition from the snow and
sleet. and many pedestrians have sus-
tanned fractured limbs from falling on
the icy pavements. The horses have
suffered gre1tly. many having to be
shot after breaking their legs. Severe
galeH have swept the coasts.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-15
Mav lac Been Numbered.

Seattle. Wash. Feb. 14.-Klondike ad-
vices indicate that Messrs. benjamin
Cockrill and - Morgan may have
been murdered on the Yukon trail.
They are merchants and business part
ners and had about $4,000 in cash with
them. Both left Dawson Dec. %, agree
ing to telegraph William Giffert, a third
member of the firm, upon their arrival
at Skagway. Nothing has been heard
from the men, and the northwest
mounted police Of Dawson have begun
an investigation.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-15
Sale of Pictures.

New York. Feb. 1.-THE SAFE of the
Hilton collection of pictures was fin
ished tonight at Chickering hall The
total realized tonight was $685. $50, max
ing a grand total of $11S,715 for the 169
pictures sold. The gem of the collec-
ton was Messionere's L'Aumone,
which cost a. Stewart $4,000. Tonight
it brought $1S,300, J. w. Gates being the
purchaser sheep in the Woods" by
G. E. Jacque, was sold to II. Springer
for $500. AS a rule the prices We're