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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-01-06
FACTS ABOUT HIDES.
CInaxincRtion Recently Adopted b
the Hide Dealers and Tanners
Of Chicago.

Green Hides-Hides just as they
come from the animals. never having
been sailed.
Part Cured Hides-Hides that have
been sailed. but not long enough in
salt to be thoroughly cured.
Green Sailed Hides-Hides that have
been sailed long enough to be thor
oughly cured.
Creep Kip-Ali veal skins running,
from is to 25 pounds shall be classetl
as veal kip. All long-haired and thin
skins cunning from eight to 25 pounds
shall be classed as runners.
Green Calf-All veal skins running
from eight to Is pounds.
Deacon Skins-All calf skins under
eight pounds shall be classed as dea.
cons.
Dry Flint Hides-Are thoroughly
dry hides that have not been sailed.
Dry Sailed .Hides-!tre thoroughly
dry hides having been sailed while
green.
Grnbby Hides-Hides having one OF
more grubs. y
All dry kip and calf shall be classed
the same as hides. All hides shall be
free from salt. dirt, meat, dung, horns.
tail bones and rsinews; and before be-
ing weighed all such substances shall
be removed. or q proper deduction
made from the weight: and when the
head hangs to the hide by narrow
strip. it shall be cut off: also when
the head is not split in the center. il
shall be made straight before being
weighed.
All bull. stag, tainted, grubby. bad
" SCARED. cut. scored, and murrain
hides. both green and dry. shall be
classed as glue stock. Dry hides,
which are moth-eaten, sunburned or
weather beaten. shall be .clasesd ms
damaged. All kip and calf. both green
and dry, shall be trimmed the same
as hides. with the exception that the
tail bone may be left in calf skins.
Ali green cured hides of 60 pounds
and over shall be called heavy and all
green cured hides under 60 pounds
shall be called light hides. All dry
hides IS. pounds and over shall be
called heavy and all dry hides under
10 pounds shall be called light hides.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-01-06
GREAT FODDER CROP.
The Cowpea. Which Has Been Stead
!: lily Growing In Favor with
Western Farmers.

Herewith we illustrate the cowpea.
As will be seen, it is more of bean
than a pea. Bulletin 102 of the United
States department of agriculture says
Of it: The cowpea has been cultivated
in the south for at least $50 years. 1t
was probably first introduced on plan
iations in South Carolina, the seeds
having been brought from India or
China. From this original introduction
and from subsequent importations its
cultivation has spread TO almost every
farm and plantation in the southern
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-01-06
whnt sran owe, 70 Rird..

The people of this country are be-
ginning to have some appreciatioA Of
birds, says the Indianapolis Sentinel.
but they are not fully aware
of their value. A French nat
uralist asserts that il the world
should become birdless man would
not inhabit it after ninc yeasA
in spite of all the sprays and poisons
that could be manufactured for the
destruction of insects. The bugs and
slugs would simply eat up our or.
chards and crops.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-01-06

The mostcurious palace in the world
is the Alhambr.. in Spain. Il was orig
inalIy fortress, so great in extent
is to be capable Of holding 1905 men.
i was Iegun in las and finished in
1874. II contains numerous halls and
courts. all decorated y lAe h'ghest
afyle It art.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-01-06

The National Fanciers' journal well
SAYS that fowls which are oyerfed in
the morning are sluggish all day and be-
come lazy and go out Of condition. 1t
is exercise of muscle that creates proper
functional tone. All birds are active by
nature. If productiveness is expected
natural laws must be observed. Feed
in the morning. especially
when the flock is small and kept in linn
tied range"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-01-06
scows That Pass An the Night.

Jacques leaned over the gunwale of the
fatboat az she foated lazily down the De
troit river. He smoked his pipe.
was upward bound. He also was envel6ped
in hazy smoke.
In the moonlight the two boatmen rec
ognized each other.
"H'llo, Pierre. How you geet along"
ooh. been geet along. How You geet
ooh. been geet along, too"
Chow your seek fatair geet along,
Jacques!
'tMy fatair. Oh, she geet along. She been
died last week. Detroit Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-01-06

Every baby.i. the sweetest baby in the
world. You were once cou4l4ered the
sweetest thing in the world, although you
may mot look Il ncy,&London Tit-Bits-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-01-06

The. Circass:an-Whst became Of the fel.
low who started in to fast 40 days?
!. The Wild Man--De manager advanced him
: nnar,er de second day. an he broke his leg
eittin to rcstaurant.-N. y. Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-01-06
Cost Of Experience

Poverty would soon be an unknown
quantityeif men could dispose of thei,
experience at cost. - Chicago Daily
News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-01-06
Deafne.. Cannot ne Curea
rorxettIux Wives. Letters.

FOk&et0I08 wIve0, AStH&EDs
'Te carried the letter around in his poke.
for five weeks. -. =.
'He wrote to his 'father-in-law asking him
what he'd better do. His fatherin.law wrote
right back and said he was awfully glad hil
son-inrlaw had written. The letter reminded
him that he had letter in his own pocket
that he had been carrying around for.six
weeks"
"Not word. So Briggs fused around and
see how much mischief he had done by re
tanning it. What do you suppose it con
taineds A recip4 for making tamarind jelly,
clipped from some newspaper, together with
two almanac jokes and q sample of cheap
Bingham. Briggs flung the whole outfit in the
fire and felt better. But he chuckles every
time he thinks Of his old fatherin-law and
the burden he may still be carrying.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Every reader Of this paper should give
special heed to the offers which are appear
ing from week to week by the John II.
Smyth Co., the mammoth mail order house
of Chicago. In this issue will be found their
advertisement Of thoroughly up-to-date,
ingly low price Of $l4.25. Coming as this Of
fer and other offers do from house with =
commercial rating Of over one million dol
lars, and of the highest character, they mark
an opportunity that the shrewd buyer will
not be slow to take advantage of. The John
NJ. Smyth Co., l50 to 166 West Madison
street, will send their mammoth catalogue.
in which is listed at Wholesale prices every
thing to eat, wear and use, on receipt OF
only 10 cents to partly pay postage or ex-
pressage, and even this 10 cents is allowed on
FIRST purchase amounting to one dollar.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-01-06
TalIest Childre. Horn in s.nmer

According to Conbe. boys born in the
months of September, October, Novem.
Der, December. January and February
are not so tall as those born in other
months. Those born in November are
the shortest. Those born in July are
the tallest.-Public Opinion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-01-06
EverytAins . Disease.

doctor, if microbes in food are hurtfut'
What makes me get so stout -.
"Oh, my. dear madanb there y nesn:
producing microhe, you know. -lnd;anap0
lin Journal
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-01-06

So long as VIC have the self made man,
made ancestry.-Detroit Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-01-06

Piso,s Cure for Consumption has 1aven
lmemany doctor's bill I. Hardy mop
kins Place, Baltimore. Nd Dec =, A
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-01-06
Tndue Hasse.

!. Te Cars . CelAsSe 0ne nay
Take Laxative Bromo Quininc Tablets Al
drusrists refund money lift failsto cure &C.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-01-06
GUIDED pY MTUITI0K
Oat Resorling To Logic
and Wlns.

II begin 10 think there il no limit to WON
sa's intuition. 1t frequently enables her to
read character on sight, but what gets me
and strikes me a. uncanny Is the tact that
this same intuition projects her knowledge
into the future and makes her about Is con-
versant with things to come as with Things
s.Let me illustrate. When the copper mar
ket was so active put in hours every day
studying quotations, fluctuations, and the
outlook. As the result of conclusion
reached by this. careful method invested
$500, made good margins, and was hnaiiy
glad to let 60 with loss considerably larger
than my original investment.
During a period Of confidence and in the
enjoyment Of prospective riches ! had told
my wife of my investment ard OF the good
things she might expect when the deal was
closed. 1t gave her the speculative fever
and she was bound to make plunge. She
doesn't know what the word stocks means.
A market report is Greek to her; She
couldn't figure on the outlook If she had all
the data and slate and pencil. Yet she
came to me with 500 she had saved in old
teapots and Stockings and told me to buy
p. Q. NJ. shares. / sneeringly told her that
they were dead and buried; that she might
as well invest in a dry oil well or q sunken
ship. But her mind was made up. Thought
the lesson would be cheap one for her nd
! obeyed.
CHOSE shares took sudden jump to the
surprise of everyone and she cleared 5000.
Men don't seem to have any business sense,
she said, when we compared notes. p. @.
NJ. stands for pretty laick money, but q
stupid man would never see it.
"Heavens!" Then the Detroit broker who
had been talking dashed to the aoor Is
cent cigar he had just lit.-Detroit Tribune.
Deafness Cannot he Cured
by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion OF the ear. Thereis
only one way to cure deafness, and that IS
by constitutional remedies. Deafness Is
caused by an infiamed condition of the mu-
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets infiamed you have a rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed deafness Is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal con-
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases of OF ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an inflamed condition
Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case Of Deafness (caused by catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars. free =.
+. y. Cheney Z Co, Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-01-06

Dyeing II as .imp.e. as Washing when y9 ~
uxe PUTNAM FiDELESS DYES. Sold
by IN druggists.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-01-06

A lot Of the congregation worked off in
society ought to be dumped In the garbage
can.]Chicago Daily News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-01-06

Ample room keeps fowls healthy with
the least trouble
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-01-06
For he Crave.

A solicitor 10 a Georgia court is respon-
sible for the following: He overheard q
conversation between his cook ard nurse,
who were discussing 4 recent funeral Of Z
member Of their race, at which there had
been great profusion of flowers. The nurse
said: "When ]. die, don't plant no fpwers
ON my grave. but plant good old water
melon vine; and when it gets ripe you come
on de grave and let dat good old juice dribble
down through de ground. Youths Com
Does her family tree have anything to. do
with making woman willowy?-Boaton
Transcript.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-01-06
FEE AND TURBAN.
How These Tw0.OrIenlai Headdressca
Originated Among the
M0xlcmy. .

The feZ is of Grecian origin. but it is
worn among the Moslems with much
improved style. The original looseness
Of the fez and The too bulky tnssel have
been discarded. and the cap is generally
now lined with finely -worked-out reed
or mat-a Turkish innovation which
has been adopted by others. the Egyp-
tian and Soudanese soldiers excepted.
The town cf Fee, in Morocco. gives ITS
name to the cap. which is manufac-
tured there, and the feZ had some an
tique conenction with Fezzan, in Trip
oli. 1t is a very comfortable cap. but
the continuous swearing of it brings
about badness. which is probably due
to the excessive perspiratiQn it causes.
Ottoman Greeks. orientalized Eu
ropeans and some Asiatics adhere tc
the fez in Constantinople, but unlike
the Turks. who love the red-stained
fez. they prefer one of a darkish color
Fersians admire the plain black fez.
and the Russian Moslems favor coarse
black. The vast extension of the fe7
from the Turks to the non-Turks, par
ticularly the coreligionists of the
Turks beyond the borders of Turkey.
is due. firstly. TO ihe religion of the
Moslcm preventing him from wearing
shade TO his eyes and. secondly, be
cause the Turk is looked upon by Mos
TENS as the defender of the faith.''
a turban genrally consists of from
eight to ten yards of cloth, and is. as
rule, only worn by emauns or Moslem
priests, those who made the hadj OF
pilgrimage to Mecca, among theologi-
cal students and by few Asiatic
tribes. Turbans are also made of silk,
and the colored turbans of the British
Indian soldiers, together with their
red uniforms, all.contribute to give the
army a most pleasing and warlike ap-
pearance. Among Moslems. those who
are attired in green turbans claim 10
be descendants of the prophet, but
since the color Of the Islamic banner is
also green, green turbans have become
fashionable among the orthodox. In
deed, green turban is merely an ex-
ternal Specification Of the devotee be-
ing Mahometan, such as the aft
''Muhammed" to a proper name of
person Universally, and also to
proper name of place in Turkey, as
well as most of the Syed affixes in In
dia.-London Saturday Review.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-01-06
war Through n Kinetoxcope.

Photographic views of actual war
scenes are of great value to the kineto-
scope people and strenuous efforts are
made to secure them. Artists run great
risks in their quest. Anumber of bona
fide battle pictures were secured by one
daring operator during the Santiago
campaign, but just as he was leaving
the field he was shot through the shout
der. When the soldiers carried him
off he intrusted his precious packet of
films TO Cuban boy, with Instructions
to mail them to Siboney. The boy ran
into some heavy firing on the way back.
and took refuge with four natives in
an old sugar shed. At the next mo-
ment the Spaniards dropped shell
through the roof and blew the shed.
boy, films and natives into thousand
fragments. The pictures were absolute
" unique and would have created
scnsation.-San Francisco Arponaut.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-01-06


The people who live on the south
western coast of Persia depend for
drinking water entirely on springs
which gush out at the bottom of the
Persian gulf more than a mile from
shore. The water is secured by divers,
who 60 down with goatskin bags.
which they fill before the fresh water
becomes impregnated with salt. The
residents are unable to strike water on
shore, even by sinking wells to depth
of 500 feet. In addition to the scare
ity of water the country inhabited by
these unfortunates holds the record
for the hottest temperature ever re-
corded. For 10 days during July and
August las: the thermometer never
dropped below 100 degrees, night or
dav.-Chicago Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-01-06

places of public trust, ard if you would
like it viii show yop the political cir
cles, the modes Ct preferment. the styles
Of election, the character of public men
in this century" THANK you,' re-
ply. II can easily understand how Cos
pelization would improve individual life
and social life ard commercial life. but
I would like 10 see what it can do for
political life" let me tell you." says
the spirit of the twfnts-first century,
that l have read about political Chi
canery and corruption of more than 100
years ago-the nineteenth century, in
which you lived here-but the low po-
litical caucus has gone from the face of
the earth, and the stuffed ballot box,
and the bribery by money and by prom
ise of Office. and the jobs got through
legislatures and congresses by lobby
lists. We have nothing like a Credit Mo-
bilier scandal, or those harbor and river
appropriations, tie most of which never
improved the baEbors or rivers, or
speeches to kill tine and prevent avote,
or promotion to high place Of POLITICAL
accidents. and the only bosses we have
now boss because they have more brain
and purity than those who are bossed.
The monei barrel to buy votes and TO
decide WI, shall be elected did not roll
into this century. al! those in high Of
fee in township. state and nation are
Een superior for intelligence and sa-
gacity and horal equipment and fitness
for the posts they occupy. All intrigue
and Nachia;elism and tenp9fization
are gone.
'.The last corrupt nudge al election
was buried @ wears 90. tk{ preacher
officiating Attic obs 3u1 taking for
his text ProseEhs lo:7: tThe name Of
thewicked saall rot. q Jeremiah 10 %:
He shall u buried Nth the burial OF
IN ass. dgfxn aud cast forth beyond
ths Eates 311 Isslen.' Our laws ~
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-12-21

bill passes my comprehension. / am
not surprised that at the hearings be-
fore the committee not single farmer
or producer appeared to advocate the
passage OF the bill; and l am not sur
prlsed that the ship-owners alone mo-
nopolized the time of the committee
IN pointing out great benefits that
would accrue to the country from the
passage OF the bill. An analysis OF
the bill will demonstrate that they
alone are the benefciaries OF this leg
lslatlon." In conclusion, Mr.. Clay
said: "The principal purpose of the
bill Is not to increase the merchant
marine. but, on the contrary, to make
large donation to and greatly en-
chance the fortunes OF the ship own
ers of the United States engaged in
the foreign trade"
The Democrats of the House sup
ported the minority of the Ways and
Means committee by voting for the
motion to re-commit the Revenue Re-
duction bill with instruction to make
it provide for an annual reduction of
at least $7O,O0O,OO0 but the Republi-
cans followed their caucus decree,
voted the motion down, and then, of
course, the bill as prepared by the Re-
publican members of the committee
was passed.
Although the House Military COM
mittee reported a resolution merely
requesting the Secretary of War to
acquaint the House with the result OF
the investigation he is making into
the death OF Oscar l.. Booz, of Bristol,
Pennsylvania, formerly cadet at
West Point, alleged to have been the
result OF hazing at the hands of bis
fellow cadets, the House turned down
the report and adopted a resolution
offered by Representative Wanger, of
Pennsylvania, who appointed the
young man q cadet to West Point,
providing for an investigation by
committee OF five members of the
House.
"Little Billy" Chandler is using
his position as chairman of the Sem
ate Committee on Elections, to dis
play his vindictiveness toward Mr..
Clark, of Montana, whose case was
generally regarded as having been
settled when he resigned from the
Senate at the last session. Chandler
has asked that the resolution declar-
ing that Mr.. Clark had not been duly
and legally elected to the Senate,
which was reported by the Election
committee previous to Senator Clark's
resignation, be returned to the COM
mittee for further action. Senator
Bacon was right in declaring Chand.
ler's action in trying to revive this
matter as persecution of private citi-
zen. Chandler's action is said TO be
the result Of his belief that Mr.. Clark
has been using his influence to pre-
vent Chambers reelection to the Sem
ate by the New Hampshire Legisla-
ture, which will meet in few weeks.
The celebration of the centennial of
Washington as the Capital of the
United States was very enjoyable to
those who had tickets to the White
House, where the Governors were re-
ceived by the President and some adj
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-12-21
[ IMMACULATE GALL.
ALYEADY EXHIBITED BY TED
DY" THE TERROR.

The Administration Lost Interest in the Hay
Pauncefote Treaty as Amended Senate
Clay Tackles the Ship Subsidy Fraud-Re.
publicans Refuse to Make the Revenue Re-
duction Approximate the Surplus" Little
Billy" Chandler is vindictive-The Centen.
NAL Celebration was Very Enjoyable to the
Privileged Glasses but the Common Citizen
had to Content Himself with the Military
Display.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-12-21
Death Of a Pioneer.

The death of Jesse Ferguson, at his
home, few miles south. east of this
city, at an early hour Sunday morn
ing leaves another gap in the rapidly
disappearing line of early pioneers.
He was one of the first party of white
settlers, outside of employees of the
Hudson Bay Co., who penetrated the
then wilds of northern Oregon Terri
tory.
Mr.. F. was born near Sandusky,
Ohio, May 9th, 1924. While he was q
youth his fathers family emigrated to
Illinois and afterwards to Savannah,
Missouri. In 1874, Jesse joined q
company of emigrants for this coast
under command of Col. Michael T.
Simmons. In this party were David
Kindred, Jas. McAllister, Gabriel
Jones and George Bush, the three
sons of the last named being the only
survivors of the party. The party re-
manned at Oregon City for time, and
in lS45 came to this county, settling
at Newmarket (now Tumwater), and
engaged in the manufacture of shin
giles for the Hudson Bay Co. Mr.. F.
settled on the donation claim of 800
acres, which has been his home
through life. In 1S49 he visited Cali
fornia on a gold-seeking journey, but
returned poor as he left home. In
1851 he joined an expedition with the
same object northwsrd, embarking ON
the Inflated sloop Georgiana, which
was wrecked on Queen Charlotte's Is.
land, B. c. The party were made
captives by the Indians and subjected
to the most servile duties until ran.
somed by the U. S. government. In
1853, Mr.. F. was united in matrimony
to Miss Margaret Jane Rutledge, who
died in 1861. Six children were born,
four of whom survive: David S. and
Samuel, and Mrs. Sarah J. Lee, who
reside in this county, and Mrs. Annie
Callow, who lives at Kamilche.
During the Indian war in 1866,
Mr.. Ferguson built block-house on
his farm, and with his family re.
manned on his property, while nearly
all other settlers found refuge in town
The funeral rites were held on the
farm Wednesday, Rev. Mr.. Brownlee
officiating, int rment being made
in the cemetery on the prairie near
where he died. Quite a number OF
old-timers were present to honor the
memory of the deceased.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-12-21

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