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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-02-09
HUMOROUS.

Aheut the most that can be expected
of the girl Of the period il that she will
try to look pretty before she leaps
Detroit Journal.
ut seems to be an actual fact that N
Indian never laughs" Nonsense!
Didn't Longfellow make Minnehaha?"
-Philadelphia Press.
Rich in Good Intentions.-"Brixley
always means we'll" "Yes; he's GER
tainly a gentleman Of large means."-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Star-"Do you think our production
will have big run?" Manager-"1am
afraid not. As yet there have been no
hats. buckles or collars named after it. !"
Chicago Daily News.
"Don't you think people ask good
many foolish questions in letters|'
"Sure! Ny governor always wants to
know II think he's bank. k."-Indfan-
apolis News.
Aunt Hannah-"Have . high ideal,
and try to live up to it," Edith-"Yes,
I suppose that would be nice. But isn't
it more practical to get handsome
photograph of yourself, and endeavor
to look like 1t it?"-Boston Transcript.
Calino was stopped in the street by
an elegant-looking gentleman who
asked him the way to-well. to Baxter
street. straight ahead!" said the
sage; "it is the third street to your
right" The gentleman thanked him.
both raised their hats and started, each
on his route. Suddenly Calino turned
around and shouted: "Hey! II you
are left-handed, turn the other way!
See!"-Review Des Deux Mondes.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-02-09
re Prince Of wales. I.cone.

The truth is that from the moment
of his birth the prince of Wales has
been splendidly rich. He was born
as the Irishman would say, with
100000 year in his pocket, and
from that day to this the duchy CT
Cornwall has yielded him that mag
nificent sum. At % the prince mar
ried, and parliament gave him Marl-
borough house and a wedding present
of 10000 q year. That. too, has
come to him regularly since 1868,
year in and year out. In 1889, when
the princes family ran away with
his money, parliament once more
came to his aid and nearly doubled
the grant he had received since 1863.
From 1889 the prince has been re-
lieved of the anxieties of father
for the financial welfare of his chill
dren by special grant of 436;O00 .
wear. which comes to him in quarter
ly installments of $4,000. So that the
public income of the prince is $780,
600 a year. That is what it is worth
to be prince Of Wales.-Temple Maga-
zine.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-02-09
LIFE IN A SIGNAL TOWER.
The Fate Of Travellers Held In the
Hands OF q Clever Young
Woman.

For eight hours every day Miss Har.
riet Hawks stands in the signal tower on
the Pennsylvania railway at Irwin, Pa,
and guards the passing trains from ac-
cident. She has a strong hand and a
cool nerve, and no one along the line
is more implicitly trusted by the mana
gers of the road, says the Detroit Free
Press. An average of Is trains passing
is the rule during the daily working
period of this self-possessed young
woman. There are track complications,
too, that call for . constant clear head
and quick thought.
To the east is a sharp curve that
takes the tracks out of the operators
sight within zoo feet of the tower. Just
in from the curve double tracks are
made to connect with the four-track
system leading into Pittsburgh.
1t is here that the west-bound
freight trains must be crossed over
to their tracks to give the right of way
to the fast-fying passenger trains. A
half-mile to the west the Turtle Creek
branch connects and sends on the
main line the heavy coal trains from
Export. 'S. T." must see that they are
kept out of the way of the regular
trains.
There is never a moment in the
eight-hour trick" that there is not
the rumble of trains in her ears to
remind the little woman in the tow
er of her duty. At her table three
telegraph instruments click in sharp
chorus. giving rs. T." orders and
warming her Of changes in schedules.
The division foreman's telephone is
near at hand, and over this wine come
many orders.
At the operators side are the levers
that control the intricate switches,
and in front on the wall is the indi-
Gator that records every movement Of
the switch rails.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-02-09
SCHOOL AND cHURch.

There are nearly 14ooOOy -+ ee
IN the British empire, any
many in the United States;
The big Stanford stock fdrm -
Alto is now arranged on > 1fa,as 80.
II can be run almost foreveS ~. a.
revenue going to the uni.s s.th
the time of Senator Stanl2,u -
there were 1863 horses on ..--1,-
That number has been sys -,
reduced till now there are
horses. 10.
The pastors of the churc4es = '
large wards Of Brooklyn -n1se 49,
adopt the cooperative Pagsn =
recommended by the Feqerat'on
Churches. This is the mare
proach to combination in culcn '.,..
that has been attained and tne 1e.
wherever tried are said tg nase
gratifying.
Rev. John Hampton IhGmas.
was installed president of Oxford CO...
lege, Oxford, O.. on NovemYer ~
college was founded in lss1, ana II
Thomas is the fourth pretadent- -
Thomas is a graduate Of Yale, by wnicn
institution he was given tie degree ol
master of arts last summer. ne n.s
been prominent in educationai "oaA
for many years.
A Judge at Norristown, Pa mas 1S
cided that while pupil ism school he
or she is in the teachers care ana my
be punished. within reasoa, IN sucn
manner as the latter may see At. Al..
Paul, a teacher in the Spring MI
school, fiogged boy for milking an on
fensive drawing. She wae srrtu'
charged with assault. butt the 1uaee
charged the jury as abovs, ana tns
teacher was acquitted.
Few men are or can be- more cn.x
liable than was the late fhomae =.
Beecher. d. D., of Elmira- His saiaIy
was s., 500 per annum, and by far tne
greater part of this he gav4away eve1y
wear. On one occasion SOME mem9esS
of his congregation. ashamed q ms
shabby appearance. sent Him .
overcoat. DR.. Beecher prdmptiy eE
it to poor man and repeated wheeAa
friends sent him a second garme
Then they gave him thiri1. but msee
him promise that he would keep it,
The reverend gentleman irelucfanty
agreed.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-02-09
THE OLD oder NIL

aou- would scarcolyv call It music th.s
loud noise We used to hear.
Anu the Dig machine was rough and In
artistic in its gear,
bus We loved 1t. yes we loved It. and ne
loved the nectar tide
ahae came nowing from the old press
standing there near to its side
1t had stood upon the old farm since ou,
great-grandfathers days,
IN the SHOWS and winds of winter. In the
summers suns hot blaze
stood anear the fruitful orchard, and II
may be standing still.
Doing duty In tts loyalty, the old cider
mill.
We would hitch the old mare, Betty. IA
ITS long and crooked sweep
chs tnat always stood SO quiet, half
awake and half asleep
Put freckled kid upon her and around
the ring they'd 60.
he IS proud as any rider in 4 gilded cir
Gus show.
Such grunting and a squeakinT and q
sQuashing 1t would make.
How, as II In nt Of ague, Il would
tremble and would shake,
I As tne wooden jaws SO hungry we with
rosy fruit would all;
Oh! 1t had hired mans appetite. that
old cider mill.
. Over yonder In the orchard, underneath
the laden trees.
Faces ever fresh and rosy from the kisses
of the breeze.
All the boys and girls were busy shaking
apples to the ground
And In piling up the beauties till the wagon
came around,
TEen we'd load the juicy treasures and we'd
pile up on the load
And would jolt along In rapture down the
dim old orchard road,
All the echoes having trouble with our
screams SO loud and shriu
Or the way to dump our cargo at the old
cider mill.
Even vet We hear the humming Of the
hungry honey bees
Coming from those days Of childhood borne
on recoIlection's breeze.
And can see them sip the sweetness from
the old mills grinding NAV,
While we'd suck the same rare nectar from
the big tub through a straw
No champagne of costly vintage nor NO
celebrated wine
From the cellars of creation ever tasted %
divine
As the sweet, delicious droppings that the
monster tub would fill
From the press that stood companion to the
old cider mill
Denver Evening Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-02-09
PAIN IN THE BACK.
lt May Arise ffom Any One Of . NUHs.
ber Of Affections Says This
Authority.

It has long been a lay custom ia
attribute pain in the back-lumbago
to disease of the kidneys. Yet ply.
sicians well know that very seldom
indeed does q pain in the back indi.
cate renal disease. It is true that
pain in the back frequently accom-
panies renal disease, but cases of lum.
bago are far more frequent than cases
of nephritis. Pain in the back is very
frequently rheumatic in its nature.
and it is SO regarded by physicians
in the great majority of instances.
It will thus be recognized that this
symptom is not characteristic of any
special diseases, says the Philadelphia
Medical Journal.
It seems to be usually overlooked
that chronic intestinal disease is fire.
quently accompanied by backache. In
every case of aching back in which the
physician is unable readily to find .
definite cause. careful investigation
should be made as to the existence
of even a mild grade Of intestinal ca
tarrh. Not . few cases of lumbago.
which are relieved by the admins
tration of salicylates upon the by.
pothesis Of q rhumatic origin, are
really benefited through the antisep-
tic action Of the drug upon the in
fected gastrointestinal tract. It will
readily, therefore, be seen that the
careful physician must constantly be
on the lookout for intestinal disease
as the cause of backache, for the dis
covery Of such origin will often ena-
bic him to bring about a brilliant
therapeutic result. Mr.. Harding Free
land, in the Lancet for April 81, 1900,
notes that simple intestinal catarrh
gives rise to back pain and that he
has found speedy relief from icbthyol
In doses Of five to ten grains.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-02-09
Ne Change.

In Sheffield workshop, when the
men absented themselves, they were
expected to produce . doctors esE.
tificate.
An Irishman, absent. however. -
second occasion, and told to bring
his certificate, gave in the one used
before. The manager, looking ak It,
said:
"Why. Mcguire. this il an old Ger.
ttRcate!"
'Eure. I know that your honor"
said Mcguire, calmly. "And isn't IL
the same old complaint?" - London
Spare Nomenta
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-02-09
THE STREETS OF JERusALEM.
A Word Picture Of the Everyday
Life Of the Modern Holy
City. ts

These cafe groups, and the passing
throng before them, you will study
with wonder and will put to your
dragoman endless questions about
them, says the author of an enter
tanning article on Jerusalem. in Frank
Leslie's Popular Monthly. And his
knowledge will be at once your ad-
miration and despair. He will tell
you at a glance all about anyone you
point out. This man is peasant
from Sloan; he is a Christian, and
has just sold a load of barley. The
man behind him comes from Ramleh,
eight hours distant; he walked in
this morning with his wife; there
she is across the street buying nuts,
that woman in blue. These three by
the door are from a village beyond
Bethlehem; two are Christians and
the third a Moslem. They are con-
cluding bargain, see them slap their
hands together and bind it. The old
man in the white turban and blind
in one eye (see the lemon leaf jump
in his water bottle) is = Moslem from
Ell Birch, with grain to sell. There
is his camel kneeling. Here comes
Bedouins with q donkey train; they
live in black tents down Jericho way.
The two girls passing them are gyP
sizes from the Damascus Gate; see
their faces are uncovered; they are
begging. Those fat men in pearl
robes are rich Jews from Persia
there, coming out of the shop with
the umbrellas. Those purple-shroud-
ed women going in the carriage are
Moslems; the one in white, with .
red-fiowered veil and leading the lit
tie girl, is a Jewess; the one with
a baby strapped on her back is an
Ain Karin peasant come to meet her
husband, who is at the mosque.
And so on until you wonder If tho
dragoman is not imposing on your
credulity. for what he does seems no
whit easier than to walk up Broad
way and pick men out by callings and
towns-an insurance agent from
Bridgeport; butcher from Pough-
keepsie; a reporter hurrying to =
fire. You ask anyone else if what he
says is true; ask the people them
selves and you will get the same in
formation. It is absolutely true,
though perhaps he had never set eyes
on one of these people. He simply
reads for you certain signs Of face
and dress that are plain as print to
those orientals. born and bred to an
infinite curiosity about their neigh
boris business and an amazing power
of minute observation. They ought
to make great detectives.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-02-09
HERE AND THERE.

Keep ewes from the cold storms
and feed little grain every day af-
ter the first hard frosts. 1t will pay.
An experiment in Missouri has
shown that rabbits like cow peas bet
ter that the bark of fruit trees. In
some places the worst enemy of the
fruit trees, especially young trees, is
brer rabbit.
Stock exposed to inclement wealth
er not only require more food, but
the actual physical suffering wears
out the constitution and lowers the
physical condition. Good stab]ing or
other protection pays as an invest
ment.
-"verily say unto you. men do
not gather grapes from thorns nor
figs from thistles." But some men will
plant any sort of an old tree and ex-
pect to get good fruit from it. They
gather disappointment.
The United States agricultural
department estimates the cotton crop
this year at 1O,OOO, 900 bales. At tho
present price Of cotton this crop rep
resents q cash value of $3.50, 100000.
More coffee is used in the United
States than in any otner country, the
annual consumption being not far
from 45O,0OO, 900 pounds, for which
American importers pay about sso.-
100000 to the growers.
The entire gulf coast country
from the Mississippi river bottoms
west to the Guadalupe rivers strip
of country mostly prairie and averag-
ing fifty miles in width seems, from
the experience of the last few years,
TO be especially adapted to rice cul
ture.
Honey bees are not naturally az
gressive, and as . rule attack no one
on anything unless they have in some
way been molested first. Tht - hav.
ing bees should understand their m
ture, and after getting thoroughly
acquainted with them harmony us~
ally reigns afterwards
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-02-09
m Lo.. fr.n The s..ts.

Some attempts have been made to
compiie estimates Of the loss from
smuts in the different states. The es-
Inmates put the loss to farmers every
year at tens of millions Of dollars. Few
farmers that suffer from the presence
NJ smuts realize it. The heads that
are smutted are stunted and do not
show above the others, and some Of
them never get out Of the sheath. So
the farmer fondly dreams that he has
no smut in his fields ito amount to
ANYTHING" This loss is one that
should not be accepted Is matter Of
course. The process (dipping) for get
ting rid of smut is well known and
should be universally applied.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-02-09
A STRANGE PENSION STORY.
How the Widow Of . TTPepef Was
Made Beneficiary y Her
Own Act.

A pension ndS Uceu dllO vfcu AcS<AAsy
to the widow Of soldier cf the Sixth
United States cavalry for whose death
the beneficiary was responsible. While
this startling fact would teem to de-
bar the widow. the psculia3 and inter-
esting circumstances Of tie soldiers
demise rendered it proper tpr the pen
sion officials to pass favoAably upon
aer application, says the Washington
Star.
1t appears that the soldier according
to the coroner's verdict, cSms 10 his
death May z, 1883. through choking
with leather watch chain Il; the hands
of his wife while she was Srotectipg
her life. The widows statement before
the jury disclosed remaykAble series
of incidents, and was corroporated IN
all essential respects by dfher Wit
nesses. She testified that heF husband
had been drinking heavily fSr q week.
She had gone to him at ~ o'clock and
told him that dinner was Ready. He
made no response, and afte4 the meal
was finished, and the diners. had gone,
he came and told her to prepare dinner
at once. She at first demonstrated,
but observing a strange look upon his
face became frightened and began to
do as commanded. The hu3band then
said, with an oath. that he was going
to kill her, and struck her. knocking
her against the table. The! e!wife then
fed from the house, thinking to find
some of the men about the jplace who
would quiet or restrain hej husband.
She ran to field where men fvere plow-
ing and besought their Interference or
protection. They refused, saying they
could do nothing with the man. Means
time he had gathered up the baby.
mounted horse and followed in pur-
suit of her. The husband roSe up to his
wife, who begged him not ID hurt her.
He replied, with an oath, th3t he would
break her bones and woulh kill her;
that she must die. He then threw the
baby to the ground. pullei his six
shooter from his belt, tried 70 make his
horse run over her, and reached out try
ing to strike her with his revolver. As
he leaned over he fell from his horse
to the ground on his side amp back. In
falling he fell against his wife, knock
ing her down. She jumped up, threw
herself upon her husband, Intending to
get his revolver away FROM hfm. She
laid hold of his leather watch chain.
which he wore around his jeck. This
leather guard fastened with slip knot.
The wife clutched the chat with one
hand and with the other held one Of her
husbands hands. She was Exhausted.
and lay in that condition Tor four or
five minutes. He did not Struggle, but
made queer noise in his throat.
When the woman recovered she arose,
hid the revolver and ran tosthe house.
When the men went to whefe her hus-
band lay they found him aead. The
wife had Internationally stTangle6
her husband. Her pension has been
granted. and to-day she il driving
eight dollars a month.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-02-09

"How's this? You're always adver-
tising again dog lost. That's the
third dog you've lost in MONTH"
''Oh. it's just my luck! Since my
daughter has been taking singing les
sons I can't keep an animal on the
place!"-N. Y. World.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-02-09

Tasteful dress is as wholesome ana
aecessary thing for > woman - good
food and drink. But il she makes life
> long debauch Of clothes she is exactly
n the position Of the glutton or The
1runkard.-Ladies' Hone Joux1al
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-02-09

First Naid-How is it that Marie Is
staying SO long in that place?
Second Maid Dwell, there are some
family secrets that she hasn't found
out yet.-Puck.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-02-09
u.es ef steel WehL

although steel wool hai only been
used as a substitute for sanSpaper dur
ing the last six years, it il now very
extensively utilized for polishing pur-
poses by metal workers, carpenters.
cabinetmakers, house paisters, sign
painters and grainers thlohghout the
United States" says wholesale deal
er. "Steel wool is IN article Of regular
manufacture, and il Is put! up in one
pound packages very much resembling
rolls Of cotton batting. It = composed
Of sharp-edged threads Of steel, which
curl up like wool or tn fa5piliar wood
fiber known az excelsior, but it il much
finer in texture than the latter mate
rial. the finest quality being not much
coarser than the coarsest Of natural
Wools."-Washin0ton Starr
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-02-09
MOnkeyo In Chjn3a

China is peculiar as beingithe habitat
Of the most northern species Of mon
key found. These -inhabit: the noun
tains north of Peking and sare entire
" free from the diseases which carry.
on tropical monkeys when introduceds
into cold climates. They enjoy play
ing in the snow and apparertly do not
suffer in the least from the cold. They.
too, grow to large size. .1ults reach
ing nearly 3h feet in height They are
very intelligent. and largs 1umbers
are taken and trained forsexAibitioa
by the Chinese.-Loedop 1ttl.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-02-09
~ Pledge u Leye,

Pawnirg the engagement ring Is Z
pledge Of love.-Chicago DAILY NewA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-02-09
Farm Live stock.

use of "peeled rods" the art of
breeding has been more or less faith
fully pursued. If we may judge of the
results, however, the present century
has witnessed more progress in many
directions than the 5000 years pre-
ceding.
Practically all the improved breeds
Of swine belong to the more recent
period. Sheep have undergone q
marked transition in feshing proper
ties, and certain breeds have made no
less conspicuous gains in the quality
of their fleece. A sheep producing So
pounds of wool in thirteen months
was unheard of generation ago.
The beef breeds of cattle would
hardly recognize their ancestors of o
century ago as of the same race,
while dairy cows of that time would
forget their cud in contemplation of
a Pieterje IL, with q record Of over
10000 pounds of milk in single year.
AS instances of remarkable devel-
opment in horses within the century
may be mentioned the American trot-
ter and the Kentucky gated saddler.
In the former instance the unnatural
trot and pace, by selection, breeding,
development and training, have ac-
quired the speed rate of q mile in
2:03N and 1:5sA. respectively, with q
long list of performers faster than
2:1O. The perfection Of breed of
horses taxing each of five different
gaits at q word from their riders,
which every Kentucky gated saddler
must do, is another monument to the
agricultural skill of the age.
In the diversity of talents used by
husbandmen, those of the chemist
plays an important role. Evidence of
this is found in the Wolf-Lehmann
and other feeding Standard. BY pa
tient study extending over long
period of time, and large number of
animals, tables have been arranged
showing the food requirements of all
common domestics animals, in all or
binary conditions of use. The chemi-
cal composition of feeding stuffs has
been accurately determined. The per-
centages Of nutrients-albumin
fat and carbo-hydrates (starch. sugar,
fiber, etc.) disgested by animals have
been worked out and recorded. Num-
erous tests have been made to de-
termine tho most advantageous
amounts and proportions of these nu-
trients for each Of the various pur-
poses for which animals arc kept.
These results. compiled, arranged and
published, give the feeder informa-
ton Of inestimable value in the profit
able pursuit of his vo6tion. These
studies and investigations have not
onlv proved Of great advantage in
feeding animals. but have resulted ct
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-02-09

One Of the most signal achievements
in the agriculture of this century is
the displacement of SO much hand la
bor by improved machinery, operated
by horse, steam or other power. The
nineteenth century in the United
States has witnessed more progress in
this department than has the whole
world in all time preceding.-Prof.
Fred S. Cooley, Massachusetts, Agri-
cultural College.