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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-08
THE HOME DAYS.

When the goldenrod has withered, and
the maple leaves are red,
When the robins nest is empty, and the
cricket's prayers are said.
In the silence and the shadow of the
swiftly Fastening fall
Come the dear and happy home days,
days We love the best of all.
Then the household gathers early, and
the freight leaps and CLOVIS
TIL the old earth in its brightness wears
the glory of the rose;
Ihen the grandsire thinks of stories, and
the children cluster sweet,
And the floor is just a keyboard for the
Dapy's pattering feet.
If the raindrops dance cotillions on the
roof and on the caves,
IT the chill wind sweeps the meadows,
shorn and bare and bound in sheaves,
II the snow1akes come like fairies, shod
in shoes Of silence, we
Only crowd the closer, closer, where the
CHEEKY kindred be.
Oh, the dear face Of the mother, as she
tucks the ladies In,
Oh, the big voice of the father, heard
Ger all the merry DIM
Home. and happy homely loved ones, how
they weave their spells around
Heart and life and creed and memory,
in the farmstead's holy ground.
When the goldenrod has faded, when the
maple leaves are red,
When the empty nest is clinging to the
branches overhead,
In the silence and the shadow Of the hur.
rying later fall
Come the dear days, come the home days,
In the year the best of all.
Margaret E. Sangster, in Womens
Home Companion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-08
"COoD EVENING, GEORGE"
WHERE Is GEORGEs

water will expel from the individual
CRYSTALS all foreign substances. Con-
sequently the unit of solidified water
is presumably pure. Ice, however,.
is a mass of crystals aggregated in
an orderly fashion, as may be seen
in a microscopic study OF the melt
ing operation. When impure water
is frozen the impurities, whether
microbes or "just dirt" are very FREE
ouently caught and entangled in the
crystalline aggregations, and the phe-'
nomenon of very dirty ice, full Of
visible impurities. is by no means 90
infreouent as to warrant any sur
mise when it is encountered. The
Massachusetts, experiments show that
ice may contain from 100 to 10000
bacteria per cubic centimeter. whichs
it could not very well do if in pass
ing into ice water SO purified 'itseH
that the resulting mass OF system
atically aggregated crystals conrs
tanned nothing but crystals.
It is no doubt true that the ice o.
measurable purity can be taken from
parts of a considerable body of very
impure water, says the New York
Times, but the fact that the iceman!
cannot be expected to exercise dir
elimination, and that the consumer
of such ice is as likely to get the
10000 bacteria per cubic centimetes
as the 100. warrants the conclusio1
+ho+ Zoo formed over any depth o.
impure water is at best an extremeS
" dangerous addition to drinking
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-08
MIX Ab.orbs BAD odors.

You cannot feed moldy hay, bad
silage, musty corn fodder that has
been put into the NOV when it was not
in shape to go there, and get good
milk. The use of any such materials
will get you into trouble and will CT
itself prevent you from making high
Grade milk. No feed that has an odoY
should be permitted to remain about
the stables. You may set . vessel
filled with milk in a silo for an hour;
then, if you take it out and heat it,
you can tell by the nose it has been
in the silo. At the Vermont station
we could heat the milk up to ITO de-
grees and by the smell tell whether
it had been near hog pen or not
H. B. Gurler, before the Illinois Dairy
mems Convention.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-08
KENTUCKY RABBIT TRAP.


stability and keep the panels upright.
Since the Stats can be adjusted to any
unevenness of the ground, it is possible
to exclude anything that fence can
reasonably be expected to turn.
The second type is made of shorter
Stats, three or four inches long, and
these may be supplemented above by
one or more wires stretched from post
to post. j. @. A. Rahm has built such
a fence about his nursery. He uses
Stats three feet long, none less than
half an inch thick, and sets his posts
in spring, waiting until hot weather in
August and September before putting
up the Stats in order to have the wire
fully expanded at the start. The wires
are simply crossed between the Stats
and are kept taut, while building, by
4 barrow loaded with about 1000
pounds of stone and placed 100 to 400
yards ahead of the workmen. Near
the barrow the wires are secured to
q single tree made of piece of stout
timber, log chain being passed around
this and secured to weighted bar
row.
Rabbits are very easily caught, not
withstanding their we'll known cum
ming. One of the simplest and best
traps used for the purpose is made
of rough fence boards six inches wide
and about two feet long. These pieces
are nailed together so as to make an
oblong box, one end of which is closed
with a short piece of board, while the
other is provided with board con-
sisting of another piece of board which
slides down from above in grooves cut
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-08
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GKf!yk,d: :SQu25}S
RAVAGES OF RABBITS.
In Some Sections of the Country the
Loss Caused by the Little Root
ers In Quite Serious

In many of the less closely settled
regions of our country, when SHOWS
are deep and food scarce, rabbits de-
velop into serious pest by gnawing
the bark of fruit trees. Some items
about this trouble from recent bulle-
ting by H. Garman, of the Kentucky
station, may, therefore, not come
amiss.
When the nursery is small it is pos
eible to inclose it with close Stat
fence that will ''turn'' rabbits and
serve all the purposes of the ordinary
fences required to keep out stock. In
timbered countries, where rabbits are
most troublesome, fences of this char
acter may be cheaply built. Two types
of fence suitable for the purpose are
to be seen in the state. The most COM
mon is made of rough Stats, four to six
feet long and about three inches in
width. The stats are securely fastened
together from one to two inches apart
with No. II wire, stout posts being set
at intervals of 10 to 16 feet to insure
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-08
PURIFIED BY FREEZING.
It 10 said That Capitalization Drives
Bacteria Down Into un-
frozen Water.

Whether water in freezing throws
out the impurities held in solution
is a question that has been much dis
cussed. At recent meeting OF the
Massachusetts, Association of Boards
of Health the subject of discussion
was the ice supplies of cities and
towns from hygienic point OF view
DIR. H. w. Clark, a chemist in the
employ of the Massachusetts, state
board of health, read paper which
summarized fully the results OF an
investigation made by the state
board 10 years ago at the request OF
the legislature, and another exam
nation which started last year and
continued during the early part OF
the present year. Especially from
the last investigation of the state
experts have come to the conclusion
that water has power to free itself
from bacteria during its formation
into ice, that certain bacteria are
gradually killed in the ice. In its
tendency to purify itself during the
period of crystallization water will
push the bacteria down into the un-
frozen liquid, but if the pond is SO
shallow that all the water freezes
into a solid mass it is evident that
all the bacteria is contained in the
ice, more numerous at the bottom
than at the top. Hence the board
feels that ice should be cut only on
deep water, the deeper the better.
inasmuch as the depth furnishes q
retreat for the bacteria.
Illustrative of this point may be
mentioned that part of the expert
ment when polluted water was
frozen in pail. In the rapid trans
formation of the water into ice the
bacteria did not have time to escape
from the top and sides entirely, but
during the freezing process the
greater bulk of them moved toward
the center, which was the last to
solidify, and when the ice was cut
into pieces for examination the out
side was found to contain about 100
bacteria per cubic centimeter, while
the middle contained about 10000.
Similar experiments were made with
sewage, and bacteria were always
driven back from the ice formation.
But there is another side to this
question which should not be lost
sight of. 1t may be called the prac-
teal side. 1t is undoubtedly true
that in the process of capitalization
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-08
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G6'"'f4yy!IY!!ttN9I3}E (EYl!e1!llG% NJ ;,
RABBIT PROOF FENCE.

RABBIT PROOF FENCE.
in the projecting sides or between
Stats nailed to the end, as shown in
the cut.
The bottom piece may also be al
lowed to project SO as to make the
door more secure when closed. A
small hole is bored through the top
at about the middle of the box, and
midway between this and the door a
stick is secured in an upright position.
Across the top of this latter a Sec
ond stick is secured by nail in notch
made in the upright one so that it
will seesaw up and down. A third
stick of small size is notched near one
end and secured at the opposite end by
means of piece of twin to the end
of the larger movable piece. This NOV
able piece is now connected by Irvine
at its forward end to the top of the
door, when the trap is ready to set.
The door is elevated, the little stick
passed through the hole in the top
and secured by the notch to the front
edge of the hole. When the rabbit
enters, 1t pushes the projecting end
of the stick before it, setting it free,
allowing the suspended door to de-
scend and thus cutting off it's own es-
cape. The traps may be baited with
piece of apple or cabbage placed in
the end farthest from the door.-Cin-
cinnati Commercial Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-08
Vegetable. I'm the cellar.

All vegetables keep better at low
temperature and, excepting in the SCI
verest weather, the cellar window
may be kept open during the day, at
least, if it is on the south side. It
also helps to keep the cellar sweet
and fresh. We know there is no need
Of an ili-smelling cellar. Vegetables
properly buried and an open window
in all suitable weather will prevent
unsavory doors. Have a regular
time for closing the window, as you
do. for any other "chore," and all
will be well.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-08
-succulent Ration. for Cow.

A successful feeder of dairy cows
must have some succulent feed for his
animals at all times of the year.
Whether winter or summer the change
from succulent feed to dry fodder
means loss. The usual summer feeder
wishes that his blue grass pasture
would continue throughout the sum-
mer. The man that has summer silage
to feed has the equivalent of blue
grass pasture at it's best, even in the
midst of the summer drought. Our
best dairymen are coming to believe
that silage is profitable to be fed every
month in the year.-Farmers Review.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-08
R1dfculOus.

Cholly-She called me crank.
Miss Pepprey-The idea! That's III
diculous. A crank is usually person
with one idea.-Philadelpbia Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-08
Jealous Artists.

A certain set of English artists, an
Jealous of the decorative work done
abroad. in France and in Germany. At
a time when British artists are r.
ceived well in all countries, it is very
reprettable that lack Of fair play
should be shown by Englishmen I'll
continental painters and craftsmen.
Not very long ago, when England was!sa
powerfully Influenced by French art
many Frenchmen believed that moth
ing good in painting or design coulds
be done by Englishmen, and now thaAa
this error has passed away, q section
of the English public becomes hostile
to French artists.-London Studio.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-08

of our fathers and mothers, or wei
have new and improved methods
of expressing it.
LOVE. WHAT IS IT?
There is not one young man
or young woman of the really
swell sets" in a hundred who
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-08

The Chimney sweep. S
: Before going to work in the mornsE
ing the chimney sweep carefully dir
ties his face.-Atchison Globe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-08
Wronx Diaxnosfs.

Mrs. Crimsopbeak-I guess it's the
dumb ague he's got.
Mr.. Crimsonbeak-No, it can't be-
he's all the time talking about it.-Ts
Yonkers Statesman.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-08

the songs of the have place mod
en civilizations speak Of love, but either the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-08

Spcll, SuOulOA U tIllNs Sdiu AIoAAHly
eff she's going for to get perked
up"
But she might" said Nancy, IAN
1 got to be there"
EYES," said pap, turning the treas
ure over in his big palm. Nanny
she's got the right end of it; she's
got to be there
Now the junction was four miles
from Lilly's mountain, and there were
two passenger trains a day going
westward. One passed in the early
morning. the other in the afternoon
and to be present at their passing
was Nancy's intention.
To mean to do thing with Nancy
was to do it, and what she did was to
leave home at little after the early
daylight eating of her breakfast, with
portion of salt pork and corn pone
stored away in her berry-basket
After the scramble down the noun.
tain in the morning mists, with the
laurel and rhododendrons dripping
their heavy dews upon her yellow
head, she had to trudge in bare feet
over the four miles of track to the
junction.
There, at first, she would hide in
the edge of the clearing, peepine
out like a shy squirrel, and only gath.
ering courage at the approach of the
train to dart out and run along the
ooocbos dnrinp the transfer of mas.
sengers. Down one side and back the
other would speed Nancy. peepine
with the sharp, furtive eyes of half.
wild thing into the car windows.
On reaching the cabin on Lilly's
mountain again by shutdown, and sure
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-12-08
BUCKWHEAT CAKES.

Fall and winter are the seasons
When we Oft bump UP against
Weather OF a brand so ugly
That we've cause TO feel incensed;
But. though frost and fog assail us
And the frigid breezes swipe.
There remains the consolation
That the buckwheat cakes are ripe
When there comes a gloomy morning.
With an atmosphere that's raw
And the signs Of storms are showing
In the clouds that closer draw.
Grouchy feelings soon are banished.
And a smile of pleasure breaks
When the nostriIs catch the fragrance
OF the steaming buckwheat cakes.
There IS fond anticipation.
And 'tis fully realized
When the eater is partaking
OF the cakes so highly priced;
There's a sigh Of satisfaction,
And with spirit that Is gay
Three or four or half a dozen
Soon are safely slowed away.
And the pleasant recollections
OF that morning feast make light
All the burdens Of the daytime,
And they make a prospect bright,
For the fellow who has gladly
Slowed a lot Of cakes away
Is rejoicing in the knowledge
There'll be more to eat next day.
So. although the days be stormy
And the chilling breeZes blow,
Though the frost and fog asSail uS
And we have TO wade through snow,
There is left TO US a dainty
That makes happiness complete,
For We care not for the weather
When we've buclCWheat cakes to eat.
-Pittsburg Chronicle -Telegrapk
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-12-08

The mother OF little three-year-old
son Of n well known public man was
trying to explain 10 him about the sea-
sons Of thr year She told him ms best
she could, but the little fellow did not
understand. so she went on 10 say that
each year we have new spring, n
new summer. etc
The little man became very thought
full At last he said:
my. but God IS cxtravagant"-
Philadelphia Times.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-12-08

I have Just returned from New York
and other points East where [ have been
buying goods tor the Holidays and also
thrOungout the store. The finest for HOl
iday will be ofexceptional interest as they
are very numerous, and will comprise some
very exceptional novelties. Some of which
will be rare pieces and in fact most of them
entirely exclusive. In addition to this line
we will show some very interesting and en-.
tireIy exclusive novelties in Table and
Fancy linens Handkerchiefs, Umbrellas.
Furs, Silks, Rugs, all of which were especi.
ally selected for the Holiday season.
These goods are now on their way here,.
and will announce their opening soon, when
we would be pleased to have one and all
call and see them.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-12-08

prepared the audience for the i'm
pressive exercises to follow.
After the invocation by Rev. An
derson, of the Presbyterian church
an appropriate vocal solo was beau
tifully rendered by Miss Ruby
Cowan, superintendent of music IL
'ur public schools It was the first
time our people had an opportuu- =
try to hear Miss Cowan, and the
impression formed was most favor
able.
Following Miss Cowan's solo
came the opening exercises by the
lodge led by Mr.. Hepeghar, the
Exalted Ruler. These exercises
were more impressive than usual
YESTERDAY, and were magnifcently
conducted by the Exalre1 Ruler,
rho has The honorable distinction
of being he first presiding officer
Of this lodge 10 conduct the long
exercises without the use Of either
book or memorandum. In th S IS
we'll as In all the exercises Of the
day, he presided with The dignity
and ability of a trained parIimenta
rlaum ref-ctiDg credit upon both
hlmself aud the lodge which IA
vDred him with re election to this
important Office, the 6rst time such
an event has occurred In the rec.
ord of the lodge.
Mr.. Will Day, of Wheeling, fol-
lowed with a vocal solo, "a Dream
of Paradise" Mr.. Day possesses
magnificent, clear, resonant tenor
voice and caught the hearts of the
audience from the very first note,
only to increase his hold upon them
as each strain of that beautiful song
filled the room.
The Exalted Ruler then intro
duced Rev. w. H Burkhardt of
the Episcopal church. Mr.. Burk
hardt long ago became local ia
vorlte at meetings of any kind.
His earnesc manner, his clear,
strong, magnetic voice, the beauty
of his diction and the appropriate
ness of his illustrations demand and
receive the breathless attention, the
general admiration and the univer-
sal commentator of every auditor
His address yesterday was one of
the finest ever heard In the city.
rhe Review regrets that 1t cannot
be printed In full Suffice 1t to say
II made a most lasting impression on
the large audience and added
greatly to the success of the enter
tainment.
After Mr.. Burkhardt had finished,
Mrs. Flora A. Williams, of Wheel
ing, was introduced. The Review
has not the language to 6tly ex-
press the beauty of the siugir G of
this excellent lady. From the fist
note to the end OF tie last strain,t the
audience was spellbound. With a
most magnificent voice, and uuaus'
tentious manner, a beauty OF ex-
preston and an sarnestness OF man
ner she was at once proclaimed one
of the most beautiful singers that
had ever been heard in the city.
Had the occasion been other than
memorial service, her ercores
would have been many and unaui-
nous and hearty. Not soon will
those so fortunate as to be present
forget both the sentiment and the
singing of her two numbers. They
added materially In making the en-
tire entertainment one that will
ever be remembered as the best In
the history of the lodge.
The eulogy by Chas. J. Schuck
vas one of the best ever heard In
the city. Familiar with the Elks
and their principles and their his
tory and their work, he made a
most profound impression on the
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-12-08

audience. He Is recognized as one
o. the !sad,Dg orators OF the State
and light we'll did he sustain this
excellent reputation Yesterday.
For half an hour he held the atten-
ton of the ntiIe audience while
protray ing the beauties OF this ex-
cellent charitable orgar,zatlon and
In fittingly eulogizing those OF It's
membership who had gone to the
Great Beyond Mr.. Schuck made
friends for the Elks yesterday and
should he ever come to Sistersvllie
again an even larger audience will
testify to the excellent impression
he made yestertay.
After another solo by Mr.. Day,
the closing ceremonies were con-
Quoted by the Exalted Ruler, after
which Mrs. Williams most beauti
fully sang "The Heavenly Song "
Nearer Ny God to Thee" was
then sung ny the entire audience,
and as the tones rang through the
large Auditorium, all felt that the
occasion had made lasting i'm
preston, not only on the members
If the organization, but upon the
visitors as we'll. Never before had
a hymn been sung IN the city by
two thousand people with such
earrestness ard ,mpTessiveness
After the singing of tn, hymn, to
the ne utiful ,tr ms OF 'Kellar's
Hymn" the members of the lodge
fled upon the stage and each de-
posted piece of amoranrh upon
the bank at the toot OF the tablet.
The ben=d,ction by Rev. Bowden
then closed the most successful
mt moral service ever held In the
city. The universal expressions Of
approval from all present attesled
me f4ct thar the people ut this CltN
| ar ed A new le,son of the mtgu1
Gcencs OF this great fraternity,
The siasers ware materially aided
blythe accompa imeut OF NJ. Frank
H ynes. a member OF the locii
10 gr, who Is recogr'Z e. over the
eutre uu.try aS one o! the best
accumpsnyts,s ever heard. Those
who siog pr, ate lhe valu, OF
coed accompaniment, and Mr.
Haynes adoed much 70 Sbe music
by the excellence II his assistance
10 The vccaliS-s
The committee iu lhsrge OF the
exercises wss Messrs. George +
Bell, Frank Haynes aid A. E
Aggas, and right well did they per
form lh,ir du,l. "The best ever
held" was the unanimous express
sion, and the creoIt belongs to this
committee Vho worked hard and
zealousIy for that result, They may
feel satisfied with the result of their
labors, and deserve the THANKS OF
not only their brothers but of the
community as we'll for providing
such a complete ard impressive
program.
The local lodge of Elks Is In
excellent shape. New members
comprising the best people of the
city are being added weekly. Almost
a dozen applicati' rs are pending
and many more will follow in the
near future. 1t is unqrestionably
the best lodge in the State. has the
respect of the entire community
and in quite unostentatious way
and does a work o. charity that the
outside world knows nothing OF
Such meetings as that vest rday
will do much to add to Its reputation
and strengthen its membership.
Evening star., 1902-02-11
TO REPRESENT DISTRICT.
Delegates to Society of Washington
Artists Named.

Upon motion of Commissioner Macfar-
land, the District Commissioners have ap-
pointed Captain Chester Harding, assistant
to the Engineer Commissioner, who has
supervision of the building department, and
Mr.. Snowtlen Ashford. the inspector OF
buildings, as delegates representing the
District authorities at the convention to be
held February Is, under the auspices of the
Society Of Washington Artists, for the pur-
pose Of taking steps to secure the construc-
tion of a building in which to hold inauSu-
raj balls and large conventions. The Com
missioners are understood to be In nearly
sympathy with the movement.
In the report of the parking commission
recently submitted to the Senate there Is
recommendation for the construction OF an
armory building for the militia brigade OF
the District of Columbia somewhere In the
vicinity Of the White Lot. The Commission
ers are said to be in favor of adopting the
armory building as place for holding the
inaugural ball and such functions. 1t is
believed that this scheme might be very
successfully worked out and that the ar
mory building might be the first of the pub
lie structures to be undertaken in the mall