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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-12-14
A FEAT OF ENDURANCE.
Sandow Doesn't Want Another Piaste
cast Taken Of Himself

Cast Taken Of Himself
sandow is pleased and gratlfled
that his cast should be thought wor-
thy to be placed in the National mu
scum lat South Kensington), to serve
as an object lesson to generations yet
unborn: but when ] saw him he was
chiefly concerned to talk about the
sufferings he had endured over the
process. He told me that it was the
hardest job he'd ever had in his life;
''in fact" said he, Il should like You
to say that I regard itas the greatest
feat Of endurance I have ever per-
formed. Good heavensY hewent on,
"time after time l thought I'd have
to give it up; the strain was awful.
I used to finish up after each piece
was done fairly BLOWN persplrlng
and winded much more than after the
most arduous weight lifting perform
ance I have ever accomplished.
'The operation is painful, too
one feels as if one were being SUI
located, especially when the mold OF
the face is being taken. They tell
me that only about one man in 200
can stand having his face done, and
I'm not a bit surprised. But if that
is the case I don't believe that one, ia
a million could be found who could
stand to have his chest done mind,
in strained position, I mean. Real.
~, when my chest and abdomen were
being nodded, what with the peculiar
biting feeling Of the plaster, as il
dried on the skin, and the difficulty
in regulatingthe breathing, I thought
I should burst. How did I manage.
about breathing SO as not to disturb
the plaster? Oh, it was difficult, ]
confess. / had to keep the muscle.
Of the chest and abdomen still, and
take very small, quick breaths, never
entirely filling or emptying the lungs,
but just taking in-almost continu.
ously-enough fresh air to take the
place Of that / used up; at the same
time keeping the muscles set so as
not to disturb the outer contour. A
very troublesome job that, the worst
Of the whole business, and it was a
tiresome business from beginning to
end. 2 Strand Magazine.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-12-14
"THIRD RAIL EYE"
Boston Has a New Complaint Due d
Elevated Railroads.

What is the matter with the steel
used in the track and contact rails on
the elevated road of Boston? There
must be some fault with the metal if
the continued reports of injury due
to third rail eye are to be believed.
The Massachusetts, board of railroad
commissioners has Investigated the
new complaint, and use the term
'sthird rail eye" to describe the injury
to the eye sustained by many persons
from minute steel particles ground
off rails and wheels. The injury
causes acute pain, and it is difficult
Of treatment. The boards expert
finds that 80 per cent. Of the falling
particles come from the wear Of
tracks, wheels and brake shoes, and
that the remaining small percentage
only can be attributed to the third
rail and other causes. The falling Of
more or less of such particles from
elevated railways has always been an
accompaniment Of their operation, in
Boston, it seems. The fact is the
more surprising, as the experience Of
Chicago with elevated electric rail
ways proves conclusively that injury
and annoyance from this cause can
be obyiated. This fact was previous
" pointed out in The Western Elec-
trician, when the opinion was ex-
pressed that the reports Of eye injury
in Boston from elevated roads must
have been exaggerated. The fact
that the railroad commissioners have
taken official action on the subject
seems to indicate, however. that there
must be some substantial ground Of
complaint. It is likely that the steel
of the rails is Of incorrect compost
ton; but even admitting this to be
the cause, it would seem that pans
under the structure or some other
simple protective device would meet
the difficulty. In any event it is
perfectly feasible to operate elevated
electric roads without this trouble.
There may be .'third rail eye,' but
it may be avoided; it is not a sblack
eye" to the system. Western Elec-
trician.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-12-14
BLIND CRAWFISH.
Creatures in subterranean Lakes Hays
No Use for Eyes.

sThe discussion Of the crawfsh IN
dustry reminds me Of the condition 81
these creatures in subterranean lakes,
like one may find in Mammoth cave,
for instance said visitor at one Of
the hotels. ssThese members Of the
crawfsh family are isolated and are
freed from many Of the dangers which
beset the representatives. Of the fam
lily living out in more open places,
and this fact probably balances to
some extent the unhappy physicaN
condition of the subterranean mem
bers in one respect. Crawfish found
in the lakes Of Mammoth cave are O..
blind as bats. They are in the & ne
condition the fish are in. The fish
are blind. But during my exploration
of that wonderful cavity in the earth's
surface / observed that the crawfsh IN
other respects were quite as robust
and as vigorous as any one may find
in the more open places Of this coun-
try. There is no other difference, ID
far as my observation went, between
the subterranean crawfsh and the
crawfsh which live on the open sur
face Of the earth. They have faQ1
legs attached to each side, and two
pronged and bulky members on
either side Of the head, and they loco
mote in the same way, have the sams
general habits, and, intact, one would
have no trouble in classifying the sub
terranean article as a full-hedged
member of the family Astocidae. He
looks and acts the part. He is living
exemplifcatiop Of the Darwinian the
DRY with reference to the physical ef-
feet Of use and disuse on the organs
of the body and their function. VIZ
sion is not needed in darkness. Dark
ness long continued will cause the un-
used muscles Of the eye to dwindle By
degrees, and creature thus enyironed
will finally lapse into astate Of perfect
blindness. This is the case with the
crawfsh in question. Their forebears
needed no eyes. They need no eyes.
Eyes are not needed where there i !,
no light. But these fellows seem to
get along all right without eyes, and
/ guess they get as much out Of Life
as the members who live out IN the )
open, and without having to face hall
50 many dangers. z N. o. Times
Democrat.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-12-14
Eskimo Wrestling.

Next to gambling, the Eskimo men
like to wrestle. The usual way Of
doing this is test rather Of strength
than skill. The wrestlers sit down
on the floor, or in any convenient
place, side by side, and facing il op.
poslte directions, say with right FL.
bows touching. Then they lock arms
and each strives to straighten out the
others arm.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-12-14
A Teetotal Workhouse.

Leeds, England, has a teetotal
workhouse. The cost Of intoxicants
in the institution is under farthing
per head per annum, brandy being
the only stimulant used, and that
solely for the infrmary patients.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-12-14
The willing Horse.

No matter how much good a man
may do. some people accept it as
matter OF course. -Atchison Globe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-12-14

Some people are as hard to get rid
OF IS an old habit Atchison GlobA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-12-14
Like 4 Wonan's Pencil

A bad epigram, like woman's pen
eli, has no point. Chicago Daily
News.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-08-27
Making the Blind Sec,

Success In desperate cases by con-
servative treatment is the lesson often
repeated and yet never quite sufficient
ly learned by any physician or surgeon.
The infinite ingenuity behind the heal.
ing processes, the never renounced
struggle toward normality, is an ever
renewed source Of wonder. All that Is
needed to elicit 1t Is confidence In 1t,
delay In doing anything radical, watch
fulness to follow up the hints to action
as they begin to show themselves.
We know Of q living and happy pa
tient who ten years ago had Albumin
ric retinitis from long existing Brights
disease despite what all the textbooks
say as to two years" in such cases.
Don't do the irrevocable thing until
forced to do IT. Is the warning that
has saved many organs and lives.
Above all. never proceed with surgery
C'the despair Of medicine'D until physi-
ologic and medical methods have been
exhausted.
The Wiener Klinischer Wochenschrift
tells Of the success Of Herr Heller, d.
rector Of an asylum for the blind, In
educating the remnant Of visual power
retained by a "blind" child. There was
only perception Of light in n narrowed
field left, but this by education was
made to yield such indications to the
eager mind that after IA months of en-
deavor the boy has very useful vision.
can distinguish colors and forms and
even can read.
There are possibly thousands Of blind
people who have renounced vision in
stead of cultivating 1t to a degree that
would render the blind types useless
American Medicine.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-08-27
POPULAR SCIENCE.

Mercury's year Is only SS days, that
Of Venus 225 days and Of Mars 6S7
days.
Cumulus. or thunder clouds, rarely
rise over two miles. Seven miles Is
the outside height for any cloud.
The edge of the moon Is so broken
by peaks, ridges and valleys that the
length Of totality during solar eclipse
Is affected by them.
The suns heat raises from the earth
37,00O,00O tons Of water minute. To
do the same work artifcially cube Of
coal 200 miles deep, wide and high
would have to be burned every second.
The archaic, wasteful beehive" oven
process of making charcoal has been
superseded In many parts Of Germany
by modern methods which save oil the
ammonia, gas, tar and other products
Of the wood.
A human body contains some Of the
small things Of nature. The blood, for
example, is colorless liquid In which
little red globules are floating. Every
drop Of 1t contains about million of
the globules, and they are susceptible
Of division into smaller globules still.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-08-27
GRANTS RETREAT.
The General Went When . Police
mans Club Pointed the Way.

The General Went When . Police
mans Club Pointed the Way.
Speaking of nightsticks reminds me
of seeing General Grant in his to my
mind greatest hour, the only time he
was ever beaten, and by policeman.
told his son, Fred Grant, Of 1t when
he became police commissioner in the
nineties, but do not think he appre-
ciated It. He was not cast In his great
fathers mold. The occasion refer to
was after the generals second term in
the presidency. He was staying at the
Fifth Avenue hotel, when one morning
the Masonic temple was burned. The
fire line was drawn half way down the
block toward Fifth avenue, but the po-
lice were much hampered by the crowd
and were out Of patience when I. stand
ing by, saw q man in great ulster
with head buried deep In the collar, q
cigar sticking straight out coming
down the street from the hotel. /
recognized him at sight as General
Grant. The policeman who blocked
his way did not. He grabbed him by
the collar, swung him about and, hit
ting him a resounding whack across
the back with his club, yelled out:
"What's the matter with you? Don't
you see the fire lines? Chase yourself
out of here and be quick about It."
The general never said a word. He
did not stop to argue the matter. He
had run up against sentinel and when
stopped went the other way. That was
all. The man had right to be there;
he had none. was never so much an
admirer of Grant as since that day. 1t
was true greatness. A smaller man
would have made row, stood upon his
dignity and demanded the punishment
of the policeman. AS for him, there
was probably never so badly frighten-
ed q policeman when I told him whom
he had clubbed. I will warrant he did
not sleep for a week, fearing all kinds
of things. No need Of 1t. Grant prob
ably never gave him thought.-Jacob
Riis In Outlook.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-08-27
CLIPPINGS.

1t requires but a small amount of cap
ital to get a start with sheep, and in
opening up new farm they will help
materially to commence the income,
consuming much which would otherwise
60 to waste.
Much is said in the horticultural
Journals about thinning fruit. In this
state the present year, fruit has been
thinned to damaging degree, and that
by forces stronger and more effective
than hand power.
Pigs grown from old and mature dams
have proved to have much greater vitality
and will better resist disease. He who
observes this plan will seldom have
cholera among his hogs, and this is GER
tainly one of the reasons therefor.
No one can grade up herd by the aid
of s'scrub breeding stock" He will not
live long enough to accomplish anything
except to stay in the same old rut his
forefathers made before there was any
improved stock i'm the country. 1t is
very slow building up by using grades.
A very good way to grade up is to weed
out the poor cows. This is something
that is seldom done on some farms. The
way to grade up or build up is to use
good Individual p,re-bred sires and weed
out the poor individual cows. This is
the advice by one of the leading stock
Journals, and it is what the farmers of
New England have been doing until they
have graded their cows to standard OF
production the envy of other states. 1t
is the grading up which has done this,
and it is this which will still further Inn
prove the herds. Our farmers In this
way avail themselves of the study and
investigation as well as skill of the great
specialists at little cost, and they Will
keep on doing so.
The section of the country over which
the parching drought has been specially
severe and damaging extends from On
tario ON the north to Nebraska on the
south. distance of more than a thou
sand miles in length by several hundred
in width. This area that has been so
parched with drought covers large part
of the great central grain and live STOCK
producing section of the interior OF the
country. These conditions obtaining
over so vast an area cannot fail OF nav
inc the effect to aid in holding up the
present rise in the value Of corn or other
| feed stuffs, and also the price OF hay.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-08-27
cow PES IN SIlOS.

AS see so much in the papers lately
about COW peas, | thought maybe my
experience with them as silage might be
of some interest. | have been using a
silo for eight years-do not believe a
man can afford to run dairy of any
size without one-and for the last four
years have used more or less peas in
the filling of it; believe it makes bet
ter silage than all corn.
The first year drilled the peas in
with the corn The corn was tall and
heavy, but in some places the peas grew
almost to the top of it, making such a
heavy, tangled mass that it was diff
cult matter to handle it. next drilled
the peas in rows about twenty two
inches apart, and cut them with my
mower, and put them through the cut
ter separately, cutting a load of corn and
then one of peas, and by the time it was
fed out of the silo it was pretty well
mixed.
One very great advantage in growing
the pea, think, is that it will enable
you to use the same piece of land for
growing your silage crop almost indefi-
nitely, which is a very great advantage,
as it is important to have the crop near
at hand to make rapid work in filling.
Of course in planting equal parts of
land there will be more bulk of corn,
and it will take few acres more of land
to fill large silo by using peas, but
think the other advantage will outweigh
this. find the whip-poor-will pea is
the best, as it does not run to vine so
much and will bear an immense crop of
peas, which makes very rich feed. They
should be planted about ten days or two
weeks later than the corn unless it is a
very large and late growing variety. 1t
takes large cutter and is heavy work
to handle them, but think it pays.-N.
Frazier in Jersey Bulletin.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-08-27
The GiraHe's Timidity.

A giraffe is very timid on hearing
slight sounds, but is Indifferent to loud
ones. A writer in The Leisure Hour
says: "Noisy sounds, like man walk
ing by with hobnail boots, 1t does not
notice, but lady coming in with hard
" more sound than the rustling OF her
dress makes 1t start, with pricked ears
and eyes distended. We remember
well, after terrible explosion Of gun
powder on q barge on the canal, ask
Ing the keeper Of the giraffes Of that
day how they had taken 1t, and he said
he was surprised how very little notice
they took. They jumped to their feet,
but almost ut once lay down again
when they found nothing happened.
"But," he added, "if l were at night
time to creep along that gallery In my
socks they would be SO scared that l
believe they would dash themselves to
bits" They fear the lurking foe, and
bing bang scares them less than q
faint, rustling sound. They are In that
respect very deerlike."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-08-27
HAD NEVER BEEN ABROAD.
But For All That He Had Travelled
eur and Wfde."

But For All That He Had Travelled
eur and Wide."
Have you spent all Of your life right
here In this one placer asked strsn-
ger Of an old fellow he came across
seated on rail fence whiting In front
Of log and slab cabin In one Of the
back counties Of Arkansas.
mot by a derned sight" was the
terse reply. II been hyar the better
part O. the time; but, Ia, hev Travelled
fur an wide!
"Ever been abroadT'
"Well, not eggsackly to say abroad,
onless you call 1t goln abroad to go
from here way over to Petersville. !
been over thar twice In the last 40
year. It's 36H miles to Peterville, an
been furder than that, fur my ole wom-
an an me went clean to Hogback ridge
on our weddin tower, an that's Al mile
from here. Then been over in Pettis
county to see my wife's folks twice, an
that's twenty odd mile from here. Then
l been over to Rocky Hill ez menny ez
four times, an that's Is mile. Ez l say,
l been here most O. the time, but then
I've travelled fur an wide all the same.
I've seen the big four story mill over to
Petersville an the engine kyars over to
Peaville. rid three miles on 'em, an
it's all want O. the pesky things. I've
Coll lAr
that could eat fire and dance on broken
glass In his bare feet. l see man
hung once an q hoss race fur n purse O.
sos. Yes, sir; been fur an wide, an l
reckon I've seen the biggest part O.
what there Is to see In this world, an
don't lot on doin no more gaddin
about."-Lippincott'
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-08-27
NO IMPROVEMENT IN APPLE
DROC DEHTC

4 ehOSfeStS
With the advancing season, apple
prospects do not brighten. The crop
promises moderate to short in nearly all
important apple growing states. In New
York, Pennsylvania and New England
the midsummer drop has been marked,
this following the comparatively light
set of fruit as outlined in earlier num-
bers of The Homestead. In the central
and western states the prospect for win
ter apples is unsatisfactory. With the
advent of the drouth, prospects were
further impaired. Late returns indicate
that the apple crop will be short nearly
everywhere.
Not only will the yield be light, but
the quality of the crop is poor. Apples
are small, in some places badly sun
burned. and although unusually free
from insect and fungous injury, the
crop will not grade well. Recent rains
may result in an improved condition,
and the many new orchards in Iowa,
Missouri and Illinois may produce a
larger proportion of good fruit than is
indicated by the present condition. In
this connection it is worth noting that in
some of the best apple sections of the
middle and eastern states, Orchardists
now say that the foliage is so heavy it is
fair to presume many apples are hidden
from view, and favorable autumn may
show unexpected and pleasing develop
ment in late varieties.
Taking 100 as representing an ideal
crop, 50 represents an average, one year
with another On this basis the crop of
New England now seems to indicate
about twenty-five, with the quality only
fair. Russets are best, Baldwins poor
est. Fall apples are more numerous than
any other varieties. In New York the
crop averages from % to 40 per cent.
Kings and Spys are fairly good, with
Russets and Greetings next, but Bald
wins are poor. Prospects are little
better in New Jersey and Pennsylvania,
the yield promising to be about from 45
to 80 per cent, with the quality only fair.
In Maryland and the south Atlantic
states the crop will range from 80 to 80
per cent of an average, with the quail
ity fairly good. Where orchards were
neglected, the fruit is inferior.
Moving west to Ohio, the condition
decreases again. The quality is poor, rs
orchards were, as rule, neglected this
year. Indiana will have about one-half
a crop, and Illinois about 40 per cent of
an average crop of only fair quality,
apples small,
The Canadian crop is short, but of
good quality. In Ontario the best show
ing is along the lakes. The Nova Scotia
crops seem to be fairly good and of good
quality. Taken rs a whole, the apple
prospects are not at all satisfactory. In
many places there will not be enough
for home use, and those who buy will
find the prices higher than usual and the
quality not rs satisfactory.-New Eng
land Homestead.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-08-27
sreyenson,s Cup of Misery.

K. L. Stevenson, writing in 1893 to
George Meredith, in an epistle quoted
In new edition Of his Letters" says
with heart touching pathos:
For ii years have not had days
real health. I have wakened sick and
gone to bed weary, and l have done my
work unhinchingly. have written In
bed and written out Of 1t, written In
hemor.hages, written In sickness. writ
ten torn by coughing, written when my
head swan for weakness, and for so
long, 1t seems to me, l have won my
wager and recovered my glove. / am
better now-have been, rightly speak
Ing, since first came to the Pacific
and still few are the days when l am
not In some physical distress. And the
battle goes on-ill or well Is trife 80
that it goes. l was made for contest,
and tie powers have so willed that my
battlefield should be this diDgy, inglori.
GUS one Of the bed and the physic bot
tie. At least. have not failed, but l
would have preferred place of trum'
petings and the open air over my
head'
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-08-27
Annie PIE Order.

To feel In apple pie order Is a phrase
which dates back to Puritan times-to
a certain Hepzibah Merton. 1t seems
that every Saturday she was accus-
toned to bake two or three dozen ap-
pie pies. WHICH were to last her family
through the coming week. These she
placed carefully on her pantry shelves.
labeled for each day Of the week. so
that Tuesdays pies might not be con-
fused with Thursdays nor those pre-
sumably large or intended for washing
and sweeping days eaten when house
hold labors were lighter. Aunt Hep
zibah's "apple pie order" was known
throughout the entire settlement and
originated the well known saying.