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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03
DRAINAGE IN ORCHARDS.
Lack of 1t Is Responsible for th0
Wasting Away of Thousands
of Apple Trees.

Apple orchards generally do best
on clay soils, and clay soils are the
ones that need most to be drained,
says an exchange. This lack OF
drainage is doubtless largely respon-
sible for the failure of thousands OF
orchards. The clay soil, even on
hillsides, holds too much water for
the good of the tree-roots during
wet times, whether those times be in
fall, winter or spring. 1t not infre-
quently happens that a tree is set
out on a clayey hillside. 1t leaves
out well, but after that the leaves
dwindle in size and become sickly
in appearance. Finally the tree dies.
We have seen this caused apparently
by heavy rains saturating the clay
soil and keeping it full of moisture
during the time when the tree was
attempting to form new rootlets and
root hairs. Examples of this have
this year in localities that have had
rains every day for about two
months. Poor drainage is appar-
emily the cause.
Summer droughts are given as the
cause of the death of some fruit
trees. Yet if the soil had been thor
oughly drained to depth of three
feet the roots of the trees would
have struck so deep that drouth
would affect them but little. When
drainage is bad, the roots remain
nearer the surface of the ground,
and so are more injured in the case
of lack of moisture in the surface
soil. Droughts are seldom so severe
as to dry out the ground to depth
of several feet. a hard pan just be-
low the trees is given as the cause
for the failure of some, but in this
case it. seems to us that it is really
question of drainage. If the drains
had been put in at the right depth
and the soil broken up under the
trees, no hard pan of any conse-
quence could have existed. Also the
work Of the frost on such drained
soil is more complete and way made
for the deeper penetration of tha
roots.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03
k,nndike crop Exhibits.

Those who have thought of the
Klondike as a barren, frozen waste,
incapable of growing agricultural
products, will be astonished to learn
of the fine exhibit shipped from Daw-
son City, which has been shown at
various fairs in the northwest. The
land in that region is. fertile. and the
summers, while short, are warm. at
fording excellent opportunities for
grin farming and grazing. Glover,
oats. rhubarb, celery, cabbage, turn
ips. carrots. beets and potatoes all
make marvellous growths in the short
season. The timber resources and
fisheries are vast. The pine and tir
forests afford guaranty against
wood pulp famine and it is believed
that within short time the output
of the fisheries will equal in value that
of the gold fields.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03
Emokd
ivsn. Drum
HOUSE HEATED WITH LAMPS.

carried off. The lamps were made to
order by the tinsmith, and are fitted
with common f1at-wick burners; four
of them can be placed under each
boiler. Thus in the severest weather
there are eight lamps burning, and
they may burn 25 cents worth of oil
in a day. The plant-house walls
were built with care to make them
warm, and have system of screens
(made by stretching cotton cloth on
woodep frames) which put up every
cold night under the glass and take
down in the morning-this operation
taking not over five or six minutes
each day. Under these circum-
stances my heating system has
worked admirably, and has never
failed. At four o'clock in the after
noon 1 can light as many lamps as
1 think necessary, and leave them
with the most perfect assurance that
I shall find everything right next
morning or the middle of the fore
noon if I am so late as that. If l
were to build another house, or two
or three small ones [ think l should
use this same system of heating
Rural New Yorker
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03
The Blood.

The blood is life. Wederive from the blood
life, power, beauty and reason, as the doc
tors have been saying from time immemo
rial. A healthy body, fresh appearance,
and generally all the abilities we possess
depend on that source Of life. It is, there
fore, the duty Of every sensible man to
keep the blood as pure and normal as pos
sible. Nature, in its infinite wisdom, has
given us thermometer indicating the state
Of the blood, which appeals to our reason
BY giving notice Of its impurity. Small erup-
hons Of the skin, to which we scarcely pay
any attention, headache, ringing noises in
orally sign that the blood is not in nor
nal state, but is filled with noxious sub;
stances. These symptoms deserve our full
attention. II moro attention were paid to
these symptoms and steps taken to remove
them, then many illnesses from which We
suffer would become unknown, and the hui
nan body would become stronger and health.
Ter. Attention, therefore, should be paid
TO those warning signs, and the blood can
be purified and poisonous substances re-
moved from it by the use Of DR.. August
Koenig's Hamburg Drops, discovered more
than 60 years ago.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03
Coffee Cure Cor Horses.

The German naturalist. Martin. re-
lates case he recently met OF horse
which owed it's life to coffee. 1t was in
such bad way that it was considered
incurable, and the owner sold the ami
nal for S15 The animal was then al
most a skeleton and SO weak that it
could hardly walk. The man who
bought the horse Immediately began
to treat it with coffee beans. and also
coffee beans ground and mixed with
honey. Tn a short time the horse be
gan to improve. and after lev
months it's new oNrer was oferea
$3.50 for it. He told Herr Martin he
had brought round by the same treat
mens many horses which had been
or rad lost .,hc:- a!rength
and appetite-Boston CLIQUE.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03

~ for passing between rows of plants
without damaging them, and the sad
die of the harness maintains the cart
in an upright position. Upon the thills
of the cart is mounted metallic frame,
with lamps of any desired pattern
placed at the top and bottom and a
central screen Of wire or cloth strung
between the rows of lamps. This
screen is coated with some adhesive
substance, and when the vehicle is
driven between the rows of plants at
night the lights attract the insects,
which. in their attempt to fly about
the flame, strike against the net and
are trapped in the stiekys ting.
With good horse large field can be
gone over in very short time, and
there is little doubt of the saving of
many times the cost of the vehicle
in the course of single season.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03
The Chextnut II CHING

The former millions of wild pigeons
of .Ashtabula county, O., says the JEFF
ferson Sentinel, are only known to the
"oldest inhabitant," and now the
chestnut. the king of all nuts for boys,
will soon only be known as a culti-
waited nut. Parties at Hartman,
Tenn. are preparing TO locate a mill
for grinding chestnut timber into
pulp for tanning purposes. 1t is pro-
posed to consume 100 cords per day.
At this rate, and with the destruc-
ton the hard-headed horer is doing,
chestnuts to eat will soon be Il thing
Of the past. In the early settlement
chestnuts. it is said by early settlers
in Tennessee. were so abundant that
the Indians. after burning the leaves
off the ground. would pick them up
roasted and sell them at the stores for
six and one-quarter cents per Eushel.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03
HORTICULTURAL HINTS.
let the children have fruit freely

Let the children have fruit freely.
Open the fruit cellar on cool nights;
shut up tight through the warm days.
An apple will not freeze unless the
temperature gets down to about % de.
grees.
Do not forget that an apple that is
bruised. if put in with sound ones,
may start decay and eventually af-
feet the whole barrel. HH-. t~t,+=
We often hear the advice given to
heap earth around young fruit trees
in the fall. but we do not favor the
idea. Sometimes water gets in around
the stem. is held there and freezes, in-
juring the bark.
The man who has ever tried pIow-
ing under fruit trees knows that the
true way to trim such trees is to cut
the lower limbs off so as to give the
branches an upward turn. The time
to do this is when the tree is young
and its shape not yet fully determined.
Farm Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03
English Pressed Pudding.

This is favorite dessert among the
Welsh and English. Take basin,
preferably plain one, spread with
cold butter and line closely with the
crumb or soft part of bread, as if
with a suet crust. Fill with any kind
of boiled fruit, raspberries, currants,
peaches, bilberries, etc. Sweeten to
taste, and cover over the top with
more bread. Then put plate on it
and press down with a heavy weight
like fatiron. Set where it will be-
come thoroughly cold; turn out, and
serve with whipped or plain cream
Y. Y. Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03

Line a buttered mold with boiled
rice: fill with cold, cooked chicken and
mushrooms fried in butter. adding
enough chicken gravy to mo'sten,
spread more rice on top and steam one
hour; unmold and garnish with but
ter roses and parsley. Serve immedi-
ately to prevent roses from melting.
Good Literature.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03
HAPPY COMBINATION.
Road Cart and Insect Catcher to Irns
verse Orchards and Cotton
Fields at Night.

The well-known habits of moths and
beetles to fly toward light has been
taken advantage of by Martin &. Goo
ing. of Vicksburg, Miss, in construct
ing his combined road cart and insect
catcher, an illustration of the vehicle
being presented herewith. The special
purpose of the arrangement is to rid
corn and cotton fields and other tracts
of land Of the insect pests which dam
age the crops and foliage. The vehi-
Gle made use of in this instance is a
single-wheel cart, constructed especial-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03
SMALL PLANT HOUSE.
A System of Heating Which Is Quite
Effective and Costs But Quar-
ter a Day.

I have had nearly ten years ex-
perience in heating plant house
measuring about sx17 feet, and can
confidently recommend my method.
use hot water circulation in iron
pipes, and the heating is done by
Kerosene lamps under two tin boil
ers. The boilers are bell-shaped and
set up with mouth down. The hot
air, after having done its work Of
heating the water, is controlled by
a tin drum at the top of which is a
smoke pipe, by wh":h all fumes are
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03
Walnuts and Cheese.

To make the latter, beat to cream
one tablespoonful Of butter, then add
three tablespocnfuls of cream cheese.
Blend thoroughly, adding a little oil
if necessary to make it creamy. Have
ready quarter pound of English
walnuts, blanched and ground or
chopped fine, and mix with the cheese
paste; season with salt. paprika and
a little lemon juice and spread on thin
slices of brown or white bread.-N.
Y. Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03
Lest In the Park.

A man, had been absent for some time.
and during his absence had raised pretty
luxariant crop Of whiskers, mustache, etc.
On returning home he visited relitive,
whose litt!- girl he was very fond Of.
The little girl made no demonstration
toward saluting him with a kiss, as was
usual.
"Why, child" said the mother, "don't
you give Uncle WEI kss?''
"Why, ma" returned the little girl with
the most perfect simplicity. Il don't see
any Observation-Disclosures Times
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03

September 12 last was the 219lh N.
niversary Of the bringing Of the coffee
berry into Western Europe. Quanti-
ties were found by John Sobiestei. the
Polish leader, in the camp Of the de-
feated Turks at Vienna in 1858.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03

Many women and doctors do
not recognize the real symptoms
q arrangement of the female
organs until too late,
81 had terrible pains along NV
spinal cord for two years and suffered
dreadfully. I was given different
medicines, wore plastcrs; none Of
these things helped me- Reading Of
the cures that Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has brought
about, / somehow felt that it was
what I needed and bought bottle to
takc. How glad r am that I did 50 !;
two bottles brought me immense re-
lief, and after using three bottles more
I felt new life and blood surging
through my veina. It seemed as
though there had been regular house
cleaning through my system, that all
the sickness and poison had been taken
out and new life given me instead. I
have advised dozens of my friends to use
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Good health is indis-
pensable to complete happiness, and
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has secured this to me. !"
-MRs. LAURA L. BREMEN, Crown
Point, Indiana, Secretary Ladies Relief
Corps. I'M $4,000 forfeit Il original Of above lette,
Every sick woman who does not
understand her ailment should
write Mrs. Pinl1ham. Lynn,
Mass. Her advice is free and
always helpful ss @
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03

Gerk-"I should like to get off early. sir,
IS nv wife wants me to do some odd jobs
about the house while it is light enough"
Nanager-"Can't possibly do it, Clerk
Thank you, sir. You are very kind
London Answers.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03
Dead Easy..

Young Nan-So Miss Ella il your oldest
sister? Who comes after her?
Small Brother-N obody amt come as
ret: but pa says the first fellow that Genes
can have her.-Cleveland Leader
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03

Tommy Backbay-'s Mother, is it sin to
;ay sRubber-neck!' Madam Backbay--
1T is worse than a sin, Thomas; it is vul-
xar."-Harvad Lampoon. ...
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-03

Girls who would buy titled husbands
must have legal tender hearts.-Chicago
Daily News
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-12-24
Next Years Campaign.

A Democratic exchange insists
that the fixing of an early date for
the Republican national convention
assures long campaign which will
be about as disastrous to business
interests as bad crops. 1t is
strange but true that the party up
on which the exchange sheds it's
radiance can never see anything
but disaster and clamity, says
Harrisburg Telegraph.
If it were unknown who would
be the selection of the Republican
convention for President and what
its choice of policy, there might be
some disturbance of business,
which nevertheless would not be
disastrous. Business disasters
have never been caused by Repub-
lican campaigns or campaign meth
DDS. Everybody knows that
Roosevelt will be nominated by
that convention and that on change
in tariff laws will be advocated.
And knowing this, the country is
going about It's business undisturb-
ed.
4 different tale may be told after
the Democratic convention shall
have met. Leaders of that party
are again talking of making the
tariff their campaign issue. If
this be done business will be dis
turbed whether the campaign be
long or short, and the history of
the campaign of 1892 will be re-
Deated. Business men cannot af-
ford to take chances, and if Il
Democrat should be elected on Il
free trade platform next year his
election would be followed by an
industrial and commercial depres-
sion which would foreshadow a
disaster such as this country has
not witnessed in thirty years.
The Republican party has always
been the party of safety and secur-
ity. The Democratic party is al
ways the party Of disaster and cal
amity; but there is no disaster and
calamity except that which is of
its own making.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-12-24

which the land of the Philippine
friends can be purchased by our
government, Governor Taft has
solved one of the most irritating
problems in the island. The terms
of the agreement are that all the
land of the friars shall he bought
by the United States forseven mil
lion two hundred and fifty thous-
and. The Pope's approval of the
agreement has been obtained and
that of the War Department is
now awaited. The friars first ask
ed Sl5, 100000. AS the money FOR
the purchase of the lands will not
be paid by the people Of the United
States and as the purchase will
meet the general approval of the
natives, President Roosevelt and
Secretary will no doubt ratify the
action of Governor Taft.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-12-24
Senator ftoar on Panama.


Senator Hoar occupies a position
in the Senate and before the coun-
try which entities him to respect
ful hearing and a personal attention
given to few Americans. Men
may question his Judgment. He
has been wrong in the past. He
doubtless will be again. But no
man can question the good faith
with which he speaks or the high
sense Of public duty which guides
him.
The challenge he makes in his
speech in the Senate on the recog-
milton of the Panama Republic calls
for a full, careful and complete
answer. We do not doubt this can
be made. When all the facts are
fully known it will, we believe, be
seen that the end sought and the
policy adopted by the Administra-
ton were justified. Whether each
precise step, the time when it was
taken and the instant action de-
cided upon can be justified, is an
issue which will depend in part on
the facts and in part on the tenn
perament of the critic.
But all the facts must be known,
and Senator Hoar does right in
asking for them. They must be
furnished. His sober, temperate
and high-minded challenge must
not be met by attacking him and
cannot be answered by asserting
the need of the canal, the duty of
the United States to build it or the
wisdom of its early and prompt
construction.
Senator Hoar accepts all this.
He wants the canal built. He
wants it built in his own lifetime
and by "the present President of
the United States" But in his
speech he raises an issue and pre-
sents interrogatories which have
occurred to every American citizen.
Senator Hoar has a right to require
not only that the United States was
right in its policy at the Panama
Isthmus, but that it shall seem to
be right to all the world. For this
purpose all the facts, all the condi-
tiOns and all the law, constitutional,
public and international, bearing
on the case need to be known.
They must all be judged without
prejudice or prepossession. The
fact that Columbia is "weall" or
the United States strong has moth
ing to do with the case.
The broad issue which must be
pleaded at the bar Of public opin-
ion now and at the bar Of history
in the future is whether, taking
the world duty presented by the
claims of trade, the present and
future needs of 100, 100000 in
North America and 1900, 600 in
South America, the rights of the
Republic of Columbia under "pro-
claimed constitution and of the
inhabitants of the isthmus to peace,
order, self-governme mt and pros
perity, the United States was or
was not justified in stopping a re-
gime which had cursed the isthmus,
across which a great public work
must go, with insurrection, riot,
rapine and bloodshed fifty-three
times in fifty years.-Philadelphia
Press.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-12-24
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From our Regular CorrespondeRt.l
Washington, Dec. 21, 1908.


Washington, Dec. 2l, 1908.
Editor Press
The Chinese Commercial Treaty
was ratified by the Senate without
opposition. Mr.. Nelson of Mime
sofa criticised it for not giving the
United States sufficient conces-
sions in the way Of open ports and
placed the blame for this on Rus
sia, whose attitude in Manchuria
might, he said, lead to trouble
with this country. Other Sena-
tors agreed with Mr.. Nelson, but it
was argued that the treaty was the
best China could give under the
circumstances. Senator Lodge
urged that it be ratified immed-
lately as such action was held by
the State Department to be essen
tial. He added that the ratifca-
tion Of the treaty would have a
good effect in the, settlement of the
far Eastern question.
BY a bitter attack on the Admin
istration, which reminded one Of
the days when he hailed Aguin-
aldo as second George Washing
ton, Senator Hoar caused d sharp
party debate on the Panama que5-
tion. The Senator read his speech
from carefully prepared manu-
script, and this fact made his violent
statements all the more remark
able. The following citation gives
an idea Of the character of his
speech. 81 want to knoW-and |
think the American people want to
know, and have right to know
whether this mighty policeman,
instructed to keep the peace on that
isthmus, seeing Il man about to at
tack another, before he had struck
his blow manacled the arms of
attacked so that he the could
not defend himself, leaving
the assailant free, and then in
stantly proceeded to secure from
the assailant the pocket book of
the victim on the ground that he
was the de facto owner" This
speech caused delight among the
! democrats, who would like to at
tack the Administration, but many
of whom fear that opposition to the
treaty would be Il boomerang to the
party. Mr.. Bailey congratulated
the Massachusetts Senator on being
with the democrats on the ques-
ton, and Mr.. German aided in the
attack on the Administration by
calling the President a second Nap
oleon. GA second Napoleon in
deed. Has it come to this that the
United States must have a Napol-
con to shape it's destinies and to
distort the Presidential Office from
its proper function" Senator For
aker made a serious, able and dig
nifed reply to these oratorical at
tacks on the President. His re-
marks much annoyed Senator
Hoar, who then attempted to tone
down his written speech before it
went into the Congressional
Record. Mr.. Foraker demanded
of Senator Hoar what right he had
to call upon the President to prove
that he had spoken the truth in his
message to Congress.
Congress has now adjourned un-
til after the holidays, when further
debate on the Panama question is
expected There is no doubt that
the treaty will be ratified.
BY reaching an agreement by
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-12-24
EDITORIAL 1ENTION.

General Wood has proclaimed
the anti-slavery law in the entire
Moro possessions.
The Chicago Colosseum, in
which the republican national con-
vention will be held next June.
will seat $1,000.
Senator Morgan's mouth dredger
is at work again on the Panama
canal. Oh, for a hundred earth
dredgers as tireless in the breach!
Mr.. Chamberlain is in his sixty
sixth year but there is every indi-
cation that he will live to see Eng
land become champion of protec-
tion.
Trsmps throughout the country
are reported as very enthusiastic
over the declaration of a Chicago
professor that bathing is injurious
to the health.
A voung Frencbman who dis
covered that his Gancee spent 80
600 franca = ,,eor at bar drascmak-
ers broke his enoagement and mar
ried the dressmaker
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the democratic Marty, Conse-
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ounptlv Sanator Corman ic !, cor-
stan+ communication with the
ra,nmanv 1aadars ON all noli+ical
o,.o+iors
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Speaker Cannon was shrewd in