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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-22
THE CARE OF SHEEP.
To Get Good Results From the Com
ing Lamb Crop Sheep Must
be Kept Well.

If we get the meat from next year:
lamb crop the sheep must be kept
in good condition during the winter
If the ewes are kept just alive, the
lambs are like to be TOO weak t.,
live, and if they do survive they will
be stunted and will not make the
growth that is necessary to make
them profitable. A poor eve, if she
gives any milk at all, will not give
sufficient to make the lamb grow
well, besides, poor ewes are usually
infested with ticks, these get on the
lambs and annoy them terribly. It is
claimed by some that ticks will not
stay on fat sheep, but I think that
the reason is that the sheep will not
stay fat if they are infested with
ticks.
Sheep should have some green
pasture in winter if possible. Win:
ter oats if sown early in latitude
where they can be grown, make ex-
celent pasture. Corn blades, bean
hulls and cow peas are all relished
by sheep. If there is no green pas
ture the sheep should be fed turnips,
Or some other succulant food. This
with a modern grain ration will keen
the sheep in good condition if thew
are provided with good shelter. If
the sheep are given little sui
phur in their salt, or with their
feed, it will keep them free of ticks
and lice. Care should be taken that
the sheep are not allowed to fall off
and then be fed to improve them as
this will cause wool shedding. There
is little danger of them losing their |
wool if fel regularly.
With some, there is a prejudice
against com as a sheep feed, but I
see no reason who corn may not be
1sed as sheep feel if supplement-
d with some more heterogeneous food.
When the lambs begin to come, the
eed should be increased and a lib.
raj quantity of bran or middlings
ed in order to make the ewes give
liberal supply of milk. A lamb is
lard to freeze to death if it gets
'lenty of milk. but half-staryed
amb easily succumbs to cold.-Cor
Gpitomist.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-22

IN favor OF the new library all of tn
others who had been inclined to in
terpose objections withdrew thei,
opposition.
There were Is members of thai
special joint committee on the Ii
Drary when the first appropriation
was made, and they are named above
Gut OF that number ten have died
Along with that of Voorhees, their
portraits and their names will en-.
dure with the library. They are Sen.
ator Morrill,, Senator Voorhees,, Sena.
tor Gibson, Senator Bayard Sem
ator Sherman, Senator Lamar. Rem
resentatives Holman, O'Neill, Bland
and Cox. The five members of the
committee still living are Senator's
Hoar, Miller, Cullom and Butler and
Representative Carlisle. Senator
Hoar and Senator Cullom are the only
| members of that great COMMITTEES
who are now serving in the congress.
Senator Hoar says: mo man was
ever more constantly in earnest about
anything in public life than Senator
Voorhees, was in behalf of that new
library project. During the last few
years of his life it seemed to be upper.
most in all his waking thoughts and
aspirations. He never claimed dis.
tlnctlon for his work, but he deserved
and deserves renown for that pro.
longed effort in such good cause"
Senator Cullom says: 1T was pleas
ure to work with Senator Voorhees, ON
that special committee and on any com.
mittee. He was one of the most hon.
est, earnest, energetic men that ever
Lived. When he took up law case he
never dropped it until the judge and
jury had spoken. Likewise, when he
undertook to bring about new build.
ing for the congressional library, he
kept at it ever, until it was an ACCOM-
plished fact. Senator Morrill, also
worked side by side with Senator
VOORHEES, and deserves credit next to
the chairman for the achievement"
The painting referred to is now on
in one of our prominent ho-
teis and attracts great deal of atten-
ton and comment. AS the crowds
come and go there falls on listening
ears many word of commentator for
The Father of the Library from the
ups OF men now prominent in senate
and house who knew and loved the
great statesman who was impelled to
oulld himself monument so beauti-
ul and enduring; monument to his
DRY, art, science, philosophy, gath
red from all the learning of the
world that has been, and to garner
III the learning of the world that is
o be. SMITH u FRY
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-22
'trongest men in both houses Of the
congress, until he had a snecial con,.

strongest men in both houses Of tn,
congress, until he had special com
mittee which could accomplish legis
latlon. The senator, and those who
came to his aid, were the joint in
visible power which finally secured ar
appropriation to purchase the ground
Then, after two years of effort, an ap
preparation to pay for plans. Final
~, appropriations from year to year
until the work was completed.
This painting which is to be placed
in the reception hall of the library
portrays with great skill the states
men who aided the chairman of the
special committee. Upon reading
their names you will realize what a
great committee the Indiana states
man gradually gathered about him.
The painting shows two groups, ono
back of the other. In the first group
are Senator Morrill,, of Vermont;
Senator Butler, of South Carolina;
Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts,;
Senator Voorhees,, of Indiana; Sena-
tor Randall Lee Gibson, of Louisiana;
Senator Cullom, of Illinois; Lii
brarian Spofford; Architect of the
Capitol Edward Clark, and Senator
Lamar, of Mississippi. In the second
group are Senator Warner Miller, of
New York; Representative Holman,
of Indiana; Senator Bayard, of Della.
ware; Speaker Carlisle; Senator John
Sherman; Representative Charles
O'Neill, of Pennsylvania; Representa-
tive Bland, of Missouri; Architect
Smithmeyer and Representative S. S.
c'Sunset"D Cox, of New York.
Senator Voorhees, spent days and
weeks and months and years in eff
forts to induce those eminent men to
become members of his special joint
on the library. Without |
powerful aid he could accomplish |
nothing. He talked to the strongest |
and best men in both houses of con-
sress, as well as in public speech, un-
IL he managed to attract serious at
'ention to the condition of the Ii
orary, the necessity for its growth
md perpetuation. One by one these
men came to his side. His greatest
was in securing the active
cooperation Of Representative Hol-
nan, 1.-The great objector," who
even penuriously every
proposed appropriation of money out
+ the national treasury. When it
ecame known that Mr.. Holman was
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-22
FATHER OF LIBRARY
honorable Name Bestowed on the
Late Senator Voorhees,.
20 His Untiring Efforts the Country
10 Indebted for the Congress.
stonal Library, the Worlds
Finest Edifice.
Especial Washington Letter.l

Especial Washington letter.
M ANY wise men believe that I'M
Nl der the vision of omnipotence
and Omniscience no accidents
occur. All enlightened people believe
'nat there is being worked out plan
not only for this world, but for the
universe of which We are a part.
IN the development of the plans of
winch we can only catch glimmerings
ny studying the developments of the
INJURIES 1t is conceded that there are
'n'1slo Die powers at work. For exam
PEE three centuries were systematic
any to1led of from time into eternity
oelore Christianity was made respect
aole Dy being placed on the throne of
tne caesars But the plan is now Wis
'ole to those who study the past with
care.
Another thing strange and inscrut-
able OF purpose-it required the SUI
ierlngs and deaths of 100000 people
IN cuba in order that the young giant
OF the western hemisphere might be
thoroughly aroused to drive forth the
oppressor nation, SO that, by the suf-
1erlngs of 100000 human beings, the
millions of the future in Cuba shall be
free from the racks and fortunes of
injustice and infamy. Back of it all
is the plan of the invisible power.
People in civilized states know that
the harmless looking trolley wire car
rles with it an invisible power which
moves cars, and which may deal death
to any human being who might grasp
1t. So also are the invisible but known
powers of gravitation and attraction.
we are surrounded by influences of
which we know but an infnitesimal
part.
The brain of John L. Smithmeyer
was saturated with visions of architec-
tural splendor such as man had never
q dreamed before; and the invisible pow
ers which make for the beautiful
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-22
Feeding Corn to Fowls.

Corn in good grain to feed il
cold weather if it is fed right. 1t will
never do to dump it down and lei
fowls eat all they can hold of it. We
feed it in deep litter and make our
fowls work to get it out. Fowls fed
on much corn need plenty of exer.
else, otherwise they will become, too
fat. We do not want our breeding
stock fat at any time, and if they are
inclined to stand around without
working, we change to smaller grain.
such as wheat, oats or millet. which
gives them change and more work.
Home Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-22
COMPETITIONS AND ABILITY.
An Interesting COmpa rison of the Pc.
culiar Merits of Fair People
and Dark Ones.

Havelock Ellis has contributed an
article on the comparative Abilities
of the Fair and the Dark based on
two years investigation of portraits
IN the national gallery, says the Lon
don Monthly Review. The eye color
was chosen as the chief criterion of
Fermentation. and the following table
IS based upon an arbitrary index of
Fermentation arrived at by multiply
ing the number of fair persons in each
group of 100, and dividing by the num-
Der of dark persons.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-22
FEEDING sLOP TO HOGS.
Ar"ct'cal susEestfons in Resp,nse
to . Writer'S Queries On
the Subject.

A writer in an exchange wishes
that someone would invent a chean
way to mix slop. He speaks of having
us hogs on his farm to care for this
winter, when feed is high. Now if he
puts slop for these in barrel or
tank, mixing it in that way before he
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-22
FARMER ANDP PLANTER.
THE GRIP OF WINTER HERE.
What Shall We Do NOV-An Import-
ant QuesttOn-Each Season
Brings Its Work.

Stern, cold unfeeling winter is no,
upon US. 1t has set. in with unusus
severity in France, England and tn
United States of America. Her snow
mantle has already spread itself owe
Gil the north. We of the south are not
as yet, showed under, but the chillin
blast OF winters breath has greete,
US and warned US.
! WINTER WORK.
What shall we do now? This is al
important question. Each seaso,
brings its appropriate work.
The fall has been passing lovely
Long-continued sunshine has has
tened to maturity the crops of al
kinds. The spring and summer hae
been late, wet and cool. The crops
were slow in maturing. Cotton was
particularly late. But October and
November sunshine fastened to ma.
turity the early and the late. The
crop has been gathered under the
most favorable conditions. Most of it
has been marketed as fast as it was
picked.
The price has been kept down by
the extra heavy receipts. Now it is
nearly all gone from the producers
hands. Will we ever learn the folly
of over-selling?. The farmers lose
millions of dollars every fall, simply
by selling too fast.
Such has been the eagerness to pick
and market the cotton, that very
many have failed to SOW grain at the
right time. To such the old adage,
"better late than never" may per-
haps apply. Sometimes late grain sue
ceeds. Generally it fails.
But more serious matter is the
halfway preparation that has been
given to much of land sown to grain.
This has been an ideal fall for deep
blowing and thorough pulverization
with rollers and harrows. But very
many have been too busy with cotton
to do this work as it ought to be
done.
Through all the vicissitudes of
wind and rain, one thing has shown
itself everywhere. Thorough prepara-
ton, subsoiling and narrowing have
paid on all crops.
Where the hard pan has been bro |
ken the excess of water has rapidly |
sunk into the subsoil and left the soil |
n better condition than where this
work had not been done. When the dry
weather came these fields have sup
died the. needed moisture from be-
C0nconnonf1u 1o |
ields are good. Never was the thor
ugh preparation put to severer
est, and never has it been more tri-
indicated.
These farmes are not washed. The
nanure and fertilizers have not been
arried off, and the owners have been
aid for all time and expense for do
1g good work. We urge any farmer
0 use every suitable day, before the
inter rains and freezes set in. Plow
nd pillow deep. The soil once made
eep is easily kept so.
Look after the comfort of your
Jock for the winter. It never pays ,,
} let an animal suffer from cold.
ook after your stalls and your sup :
y of bedding. Keep the animals
'mfortable by frequent changes in
le bedding. Save all the solid and :,
Juid droppings in the same way. !,
eep all manure under cover until
ady to be spread upon the fields. y
Spreading on freshly plowed or har- :.
wed fields is better than compost =
g. Keep fire out of your farms. Keep :,
vegetable matter to pillow in
uthern Cultivator.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-22
WHO IS IT:

fair and have an index of 100, the index
OF ID famous beauties is as dark IS a.
But the new aristocracy tends to be
fair, because it is from the fair ele-
ments of the population that the arts
tocracy is chiefly recruited. Political
reformers and agitators are very fair;
| they have too much of the restless
energy which, in lesser degree, spells
social success.
1t is clear that high index of pig
mentation, or an excess of fairness,
prevails: among the men of restless
and ambitious temperament-the san
guine, energetic men, the men who
easily dominate their fellows and who
get on in life, the men who recruit
the aristocracy. and who, doubtless,
largely form the plutocracy. 1t is
significant that the group of low class
men-artisans and peasants-and the
men of religion, whose mission in life
is to practice and preach resignation
to higher will, are both notably of
dark complexion. While the men of
action thus tend to be fair, the 1nen of
tendency to be dark. So far as am
aware. no really fair person has ever
risen to the highest dramatic eminence
in this country, and, so far as I have
been able to observe, it is equally rare
for fairness to be associated with his
trlonic ability in Europe generally.
The more reasonable supposition at
present seems to be that the relation
between Fermentation and mental
aptitude is chiefly indirect and due to |
race. In other words, the fair man
tends to be bold, energetic, restless
and domineering, not because he is
fair, but because he belongs to an alb
original fair stock of people who pos
'ess those qualities; while the dark
nan tends to be resigned and religious
md Initiative, yet highly intelligent,
lot because he is dark, but because he
belongs to dark stock possessing
hose characteristics.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-22
Caught.

Teddy Smith--You needn't tell mo
you are seven years old!
Johnny Joaes-But I am!
Teddy Smith-Aw, go long! Iheard
your ma tell trolley car conductor
yesterday you were only fve.-Brook-
Ign Eagle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-22
Some KNOWLEDGE

He-The young man who is paying
attention to Miss Gotrox? Yes; he's
lawyer.
She-I understand he doesn't know
anything about law.
He-Well, he knows enough about
law to see that there's more money in
matrimony.-Puck.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-22
END OF DOG THIEF-rAKER.
st. Bernard That Twice Captured
Burglars In New York, Dies
of Bad Cold

Prince, the policeman dog" of New
York, which by watchfulness and
prompt action twice caused the arrest
of burglars while they were footing
his owners apartments, is dead. Prince
caught cold which developed into
pneumonia and heart disease, and he
died in his mistress home one after
noon lately.
Although of the usual tawny color.
fr1nce was not an ordinary st. Ber-
nard. His great face, marked in black
ana white, shone with intelligence, and
the owner for the seven years OF his
lfe, Miss Jane Mcguire, is almost
nrokenhearted, reports New York ex-
| change.
Miss Mcguire always fed the dog
with her own hands, and he became
very fastidious in his diet, always in
sistlng on having chicken or broiled
steak or chops for meal. His fayorite
drink was coffee.
Notnlng was too good for Prince, es-
peclally after he had shown hi. abil-
lty as a. policeman. He caused The ar
rest OF larcenous intruder in his own.
III january, 1897. The thief
was lifting marble clock from the
mantel In the parlor when the watch
DOG sprang upon him. The man
dropped the clock with a crash and ran
INTO the hall, and there he was held bv
the st. Bernard.
In capturing his man Prince never
DIT him. With a spring he placed his
great paws upon the fellow and held an
while Miss Mcguire called for helm :
when human policeman reached the
mouse he handcuffed the intruder and
led him away. : -
. Another time ragpicker had filled
ms Dag with valuable plumber in Miss
Maguire's apartments when Prince
sprang upon him, and the mans cries
brought the household to the scene
me ragpicker was badly frightened
and stood motionless in the dogs en-
brace.
rr1nce was able to discriminate with
ease between various classes Of per-
'ons' and generally showed his prefer
'nce for those who were well dressed.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-22
Habit. of Tropical An,m.,.

A well-known explorer Of Africa
says there is no doubt that many an.
lmals talk and laugh in certain WAYS
among themselves. In Africa he has
heard the gorillas laugh when thew
came to rob mans field and fonn1
that elephants had already DESTROYED
everything, as if they appreciated The
joke against themselves. Again. he
heard a gorilla which he found ammo
some choice berries call another tkat
was a long way of. He saw monkevs
apparently stopping to think for =
long time before making some NOV.
These u animals. by the way, rarely
drink water, but eat juicy berries and
fruits instead. The explorer was in.
pressed by the fact that even in 4
tropical forest animals have to ,-orI
nara TOT q living. Some of them trave,
q, every day to get food, and have
~ Kinds OF trouble in finding = safs
place to spend the night.-Natnr.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-22
General Surprise

Bessie was surprised when Mr..
Dashleigh asked me to marry him.
Tessie-Eyery body else was.-Ohio
State Journal
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-22

The street boys must be taken care of.

The street boys must be taken care of.
AS rule they are not bad boys
Often they are in conflict with the police and
with citizens, but as class they are not naturally
vicious.
Only as we understand his point of view which
leads him to adopt certain forms of amusement
can we help to inspire him with higher ideals of
action. He plays ball in the street-a bad thing,
in the eyes of the police. He gets out and plays
craps-a much worse thing in every way, He gets
other boys in the block and forms gangs-an alto
gether revolutionary thing subversive of law and
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-22
Goinx Too n.

managing Editor-Why did Won
throw that visitor down stairs?
Answer to Inquiries Editor-Ha
came up here and asked me s. aucl-
pants were made of feathers-Rs1.
timore American.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-22
Wasted Effort.

Wasted Effort
Mrs. Johnson-Dat homely Abe
jackson has got married. I nevah
supposed no girl would hab him!
Mr.Johnson-Neither did he;-why,
he actually wasted TO- yeahs of his
life learnin' trade!-Puck.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-22

An index of more than 100 means
that the fair element predominates
over the dark in that group; an index
of less than 100 means that the dark
element predominates. I may add
that the lists include persons of both
sexes.
Foreign intermixture here (amone
the aristocracy) also may have had
some influence. I think it probable.
however, that another cause has come
into operation; peers have been in
position to select as wives, and have
tended to select, the most beautiful
women, and there can be little doubt
that the most beautiful women, at all
events in our own country, have tend
ed more to be. dark than to be fair.
This is proved by the low index of pig
mentation of the famous beauties of
the gallery, the selection being made
solely on the basis of reputat ton, indie
pendently of any personal Judgment
OF the portraits; while women of let
tiers Us in number) are inclined to be
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-22
Yield of Petroleun

Russia's yield of petrolenm i 80
yoo.ooo barrels year, and that Of the
United States 5000. ooo.--N. I. Sun.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-12-07
CHEATHAM ON PRITCHARD.

We publish elsewhere a letter from
ex-Congressman Cheatham, of Warren
county, who has been for many years
one of the most respected colored leaders
of the Republican party, in which he re-
plies to the charge of Senator Pritchard
that the negroes have not been true to
the Republican party. The suggestion
that the negroes have not been true to
the Republican party is SO absurd as to
every election ever held in the State, in
Guiding 1902, in every county where the
Republicans were waging a party cam
paign, the negroes have obeyed the or
ders of their white leaders always. When
Pritchard ordered them to vote for Popu-
lists and renegade Democrats, they have
so voted almost to a man.
Elk Congressman Cheatham shows
that the Senator's action in kicking out
the delegates from Warren to the State
convention was unwarranted from any
standpoint except that of 4Alcking all the
negroes out because of their color, in
order to organize a Lily White party in
the State. The Republican delegates
from Warren were elected in the same
manner as in all the past years when Sen
ator Pritchard gave them the glad hand
This year they were kicked out in order
to fool white folks, in the hope that
join the Republican party to offset the
loss of the negro votes. That was the
sole reason why Cheatham and other
regularly elected negro delegates were
refused seats in the convention.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-12-07
A PERFECT OBITUARY.

A perfect obituary is the rarest pro-
duction of the pen of man. The maxim,
Say nothing but good of man after he
is dead" warrants an extravaganza of
praise that gives little value to obituaries
or biographies. Samuel Bowles was one
great editor who spat upon that maxim,
holding that the death of a prominent
man was the occasion for an honest es-
innate OF his life, and that the editor
had no more right to suppress the fail
ings of a dead man than his virtues.
He brought down upon his head the male
dictions of the Massachusetts press by
bis plain and severe estimates of Choate
when that able jurist died. Bowles was
too severe, perhaps, but it is refreshing
once and awhile to read the truth set
down in it's completeness
Today we print an obit uary of the &C.
centric Col. Tom Ochiltree by the genius,
Henry Watterson. 1t is as perfest an
obituary as has appeared in the Ameri-
can press.