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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-13
Girl a Success as Planter.

Only few months ago Miss Jessie
Mae Hall, who owns one of the larg-
est pineapple plantations in southern
Florida, was nightly appearing as
member of chorus behind the stage
footlights. The transition from the
gay life of frivolous but hard work
ing chorus girl to her present one
among the pines of Florida was made
with the quickness Of stage transfer
nation.
The opportunity was offered her
while she was playing in New York
of becoming for a mere song the
owner of a pineapple grove of 244
acres. She was quick to seize the
chance, invested her savings of sew
eral years. and, abandoning the stage,
came here from New York. Since
she has taken charge of the planta-
ten she has managed it with unex-
pected business ability. She is now
in prosperous circumstances, and iv-
ing with the assurance of steady
income as the result of her past eff
forts.-Ccr. Chicago 1nter-Ocean.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-13
HELD ONLY PAIR OF THREES.
How a Little Man BlufYed the Late
Tom Reed in u Poker
Game.

The late Thomas 2. Reed was with
out the fear of man, but he never
did have much nerve at poker. ac-
cording to New York Times writer.
A few may still recall little game
in back room in Portland, when
the limit was a dollar and certain
sharp-faced little man sorely vexed
the great speaker of the house. The
little man seemed to be getting all
the bad cards, which he threw down
with EXPLANATIONS of disgust. At
last he made bet and all the play
ers dropped out except Mr.. Reed,
who eyed his own three aces COM
placently and raised him heavily. The
little man snickered and came back
with an equally heavy raise. Mr..
Reed opened his round little mouth,
blinked his little black eyes and CUR
gled with uneasiness; but he showed
his chips onto the pile and put an
extra red on top. The little man
covered the red, then deftly swept
the whole of his stack on the board
and eyed the great man with SUI
perior smile. Mr.. Reed lurched back
in his chair. looked at his opponent
severely for moment, and-quit.
Then the little man spread out a
pair of trays and gathered in his
winnings.
"Why, confound you, SIR" roared
the speaker of the house. you ought
to ioin the senate lobby!'
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-13
sADDEsr SPOT IN LONDON.
.cA> Little Cemetery of st. Peters
Chapel, Where Mangled COrpses
Have Been EntOmbed.

ST. Peters chapel, at the Tower of
London, has probably more sad mem
cries than any place~inz London. It
was there that the. head and body of
the duke of Monmouth were placed
under the communion table after his
execution in 1865. Within four years
the pavement of the~chancel was again
disturbed, and hard by the remains of
Monmouth were laid the remains of
Jeffreys Macaulay, in recording the
fact. wrote an eloquent description of
the chapel. In truth. there is no sad
der spot on earth than that little
cemetery, says the Sphere. death is
there associated-znot as in Westmin-
ster Abbey and ST. Paul's with genius
and virtue. with public veneration and
imperishable renown; not as in our
humblest churches and churchyards
with everything that is most endear-
ing in social and domestic charities
hut with whatever is darkest in human
nature and human destiny, with the
savage triumph of implaca bic enemies,
with the Inconsistency. the ingratitude.
the cowardice Of friends, with all the
miseries of fallen greatness and of
b]ighted fame. Thither have been car
ried through successive ages by the
rude hands of jailers, without one
mourner following, the bleeding relics
of men who had been the captains of
armies, the leaders of parties, the
oracles of senates. and the ornaments
of courts. Thither was borne. before
the window where Jane Grey was pray
ing. the mangled corpse of Guilford
Dudley. Edward Seymour, duke Of
Somerset and protector of the realm,
reposes there blythe brother whom he
murdered. There has moldered away
the headless trunk OF John Fisher,
bishop of Rochester and cardinal At
St. Vitalis, a man worthy to have lived
in a better age and to have died in a
better cause. There are laid John Dud-
lev. duke of Northumberland, lord
high admiral: Thomas Cromwell and
earl of Essex. lord high treasurer.
There. too, is another Essex, on whom /
nature and fortune had lavished all
their bounties in vain, and whom valor,
grace, genius, royal favor. popular ap-
plause. conducted to an early and ig~
nominious doom. Not far off sleep two
chiefs of the great house OF Howard
Thomas. fourth duke of Norfolk, and
Philip, eleventh earl of Arundel. Here
and there among the thick graves of
unquiet and aspiring statesmen lies
more delicate sufferers: Margaret ofa
Salisbury, the last of the proud name
of Plantagenet. and those two fair
queens who persisted by the jealous
rage of Henry. Such was the dust with
which the dust of Monmouth mingled"
In a note he adds: 81 cannot refrain
from expressing my disgust at the bar
barous stupidity which has trans
formed this most interesting little
church into the likeness of meeting
house in manufacturing town"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-13
PERNICIOUS PRACTICE.
Victim of the Habit to Very
Serious Risk.

On the labels Of some boxes Of
cigarettes at present being sold to the
public is statement to the effect that
the cigarettes are made of the purest
tobacco and paper obtainable, and
that, therefore. the smoke from
them may be inhaled safely and with
out irritating the respiratory pas
sages. We do not hesitate to say that
such statement is highly mischievous
and that the practice of inhaling smoke
into the lungs is attended with con-
siderable risk to the health Of the
smoker.
1t is to be feared that the cigarette is
responsible largely for the prevalence
of this Objectionable habit of inhaling
tobacco smoke; the pipe or cigar smok-
er is, as rule, not addicted to it be-
cause probably the smoke is too strong
or too irritating. But the fact that
the smoke of a cigarette may be un-
Irritating does not minimize the evil
effect of drawing smoke into the
lungs, for by this method the absorb
ton OF the poisonous constituents Of
tobacco smoke (and all tobacco smoke
is more or less poisonous) isvery rapid,
these entering quickly into the circula-
tory system by way of the pulmonary
capillaries. Even in the mouth and
nasal passages there is some amount
of absorption, but this is trifling COM
pared with that which takes place in
the lungs. The practice of inhaling to-
bacco smoke is, therefore, strongly to
be discountenanced. and vendors of
cigarettes should refrain from print
ing on the boxes mischievous state-
ments such as that to which we have
alluded
The sequel to the habit of inhalation
may indeed be dire, the heart and
nervous system being chiefly affected.
Yet many cigarette smokers inhale
the smoke into the lungs. as may be
seen from the fact that very little of
the smoke which they draw from the
cigarette is afterward eiected.-Lcu-
don Lancet
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-13
NOTHING BUT TREES.
Wonderful Woods of the Great NOrth-
west Extend to the Length
of q Continent.

Nowhere else in the world is there
any direction from the roads of the
loggers bring one at once to the prime
val wood, writes Ray Stannard Baker
in "The Conquest of the Forest" in
Century.
Turn to the north. A thousand and
five hundred miles you may wander.
if you will, and never escape the inclos-
ing silences of this wood. Across the
British possessions, through endless
reaches of mountains, snow-capped, in
accessible, and onward to Alaska, moth
ing but trees and trees-cedar, fir,
hemlock. pine, spruce. Turn to the
south. For thousand miles of Ser
"a, through the heart of California,
where grows the sequoia, the monarch
among trees. to the very deserts of the
Mexican border, and you will find this
forest still covering all the hills, thick.
silent, and all but undisturbed. A con-
tinent long is this wood, facing the
Pacific, here 200 miles wide. from the
water,s-edge across the heights of the
Cascades and the Sierra, there narrow
ing to thin. struggling, yet persistent
growth along the mountain tops.
This tree before you, rising $50 feet
In air, straight and strong. thick-coat-
ed with brown bark. its mighty base
setting firmly in the earth. it's roots
gripping deep, was growing before
Columbus saw America. Five hundred
years has it been standing here, rails
ing its head to the sky. What storms
has it bent before; under what ages of
sunshine has it gained strength; what
lightning strokes have. threatened it
what sweeping fires! And still II
stands with the sublime majesty of
age and strength, fearful of nothing
and the sound of axes knocking in the
valley below!
But long before the seed of this
hoary giant was sown in the wind for
ests were old on these hills. For 50. 600
years and more have these mountains
been forest-clad, one forest rising 5oo
years from youth to maturity. sinking
away in ripe old age, and giving room
to another generation of trees. Deem
IN the earth to-day lie some of these
ancient forests. changed by the slow
chemistry of the ages into coal, and
now at last beginning to give out for
men the sunshine which they stored
up centuries before the beginnino -.
history.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-13
ld;f7cu7t to obtain good grazing f'1

a;Ho,,,+ 10 obtain good grazing 1e1
+ IN nrcntEs of the yea n
In the great wire-grass -or.
GEORGIA. which is part OF .has e.
t;on of the state south of Macon'
thousands of cattle run at WILL
hiring no shelter and no care We 80,
vond yearly branding. Here 'l.e 100
rr,ss i nxuriant and abundant soo"
water is plentiful, and nature s oa+.
to have especially fitted tins as +
flo section. In this section thei
great interest in the stock 'nois'Is'
which is also being fostered by G
son of the valuable qualities WIZ ".
c,ssava and velvet beans possess Do
cattle food. These crops are very ~
ductive in that part OF the sou'"
are very cheaply raised. a,o
At q recent convention OF
growers at Brunswick, it was sio"-
That = steer which had been 1eo VI"
,.,,at beans and cassava for " Gays,
at an actual cost to the 1arineA
about ten cents day, gained Oh o.
average of four pounds day. hoas' .
and sirloin steaks taken from oeel
fattened on these products "ei
served to the members OF the coii'en
tion and were pronounced as exec
lent meat products. Land IN t'i's
ton of Georgia adapted to the rais', ~,
of velvet beans, cassava. etc. Gun ~
had from 81 to So per acre.-Soutlei u
Field u,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-13
STOCK-RAISING IN THE SOUTH.
An Industry that Holds Out Excel
lent Probabilities For the Farmer
of the Southern States.

The raising of stock is a profitable
industry in the south and holds out
most excellent possibilities. In elm
ate, soil, pasturage, forage crops, and
water supply this section is adnira-
bly, adapted to this interest, and the
best markets are at it's very doors.
The climate is such that there is no
loss from stress of weather, and but
little expense is incurred in the erec-
ton of adequate buildings. Rough
lumber is cheap and in easy reach OF
every farmer,and shelters from winds
and rain are comparatively inexpen-
sive. In the more northern districts
there is but little snow to contend
with and billiards are unknown fac
tors There is no chopping of Ice
from frozen water courses and the
stock grower works IN comfort in the
care of his cattle in winter, as during
the other months Of the year.
The director Of the agricultural
college of Mississippi, states that tie
state. well set with Bermuda and Les
pedeza, will carry two head Of catt1e
to the acre, during the summer
months, and that it is not especially
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-13
THE WALKING LEAF.

"walking leaves of Java, bugs that
counterfeit green leaves so remarkably
that the eye is deceived, even on the
closest view.
Equally extraordinary, the coloring
matter in these insects has been proved
by analysis to be practically the same
substance as the chlorophyl, which
gives the green hue to real leaves.
In Java the natives believe that the
bugs are actually transformed leaves,
having originated as buds on the trees.
There is so-called '1eaf butterfly
which resembles any other. butterfly
when fiuttering about, but when it
alivhts upon branch it holds its wings
in such a manner that they look exact
" like a leaf, even showing the ribs
thereof.-Detroit Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-13
ELEPHANT DEFENDED HER.

side the tent and not very far apart
While they stood about looking al
the beasts girl eight or nine years
of age came out of the tent, and, ap-
proaching the elephant, began to play
with him. She would hold wisp OF
straw out to him, and when he thrust
his trunk toward it she would jerk
it away and jump back out of his
reach.
Then she would run all around him
and he would try to touch her with
his trunk, but always in a gentle way
as if he enjoyed the sport as much
as she did.
The people who were standing
around looked at all this with star
ing eyes. as if they expected to see
the little girl caught up and crushed
to death by the great beast, but they
found out later on that she was the
daughter of one of the managers, who
allowed her to play with the elephant
whenever she pleased, as it was very
fond of her, and seemed never SO
much delighted as when she was
near it.
Meanwhile the big bear was
watching them, and soon began to
show signs of not liking their play.
He was evidently in a bad humor, bu:
the girl was so full of her fun with
her friend the elephant that she paid
no attention to the bear.
Presently, in jumping back to get
out of the way of the elephants
trunk, she got within reach of the
bear. and he seized her with his paw
and would no doubt have killed her,
but the elephant saw him. and struck
him a blow with its trunk that laid
him on the ground severely injured.
Then there was great excitement;
men yelled and boys and girls
screamed, and a dozen circus men
came running to see what was the
matter. They found the little girl
only slightly hurt, while the old ele-
phant rocked himself to and fro il
unmistakable delight over what he
had done.-D. B. Waggener, in Chi
caqo RecordHerald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-13
STRANGE INSTRUMENT.
1t Ii Called the AcousticOn and En-.
abIes Deaf Persons to Hear
Quite Well.

The ACQUISITION is really an artificial
ear, which collects the sound; the tym-
panum, or drum; the little bones, the
liquid that connects he bones with the
inner drum. which is attached to the
cochiia, as the 5000 nerve terminals
are known.
The receiving instrument, which is
shout two and half inchesin diameter,
and half an inch thick, collects all man
ner of sounds. This is placed in wom-
ans corsage or in a mans waistcoat
pocket.
Its business is to sort and emphasize
sounds. 1t acts inversely, inasmuch
as when a speaker shouts the instru-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-13
NosouitOes Enjoy Music.

A doctor, writing from Fort OF
Spain, Trinidad, to d medical journal,
tells of his experiments with mos
auitoes. He says that one Of his child
ish amusements. when playing with
his companions i'll the early evening,
was to strike note that would attract
the insects. As he remembers, the
most alluring sound was continuous
"oo," sung in Il medium key, which
was quickly changed to ''ah," in a
lower tone, and dwelt on in the same
way. The effect on the mosquitoes was
magical. Their singing would quickly
increase in volume, and they would i'm
mediately attack the faces of the chill
tiren, who strange to say, enjoyed the
sport, But the mosquitoes did not en-
10Y it long. for their love of music af-
forded an excellent opportunity of
killing them
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-13
NORTHERN HOSPITALITY.
Good Qualities of the EskimOs shown
In Their Treat IN emit of a Ship
wrecked Crew.

Late in the year 1866 the ship Japan
under command of Capt. Barker, while
trying to make her way out of the
Arctic ocean during a severe snow
storm and gale, was driven ashore on
the north side of Cape East. The Off
GERS and crew were rescued by the
coast Eskimos, who at once distributed
the shipwrecked persons among the
villages along the coast, and kindly
shared with them, during the long win,
ter. their huts, clothing and food. In
describing the good qualities of these
people. Mr. Middleton Smith tells, ir
"Superstitions of the Eakimo," what
way of self-sacrifice among: the. Els.
kimOs.
Gas the summer of 1866 had not been
favorable for the capture of the
walrus. and the ice during The winter
had hindered the taking Of seal, the
food-supply of these people was I'm.
usually small, and to take care of and
feed whole shipwrecked crew of SO
men. at a time when they could scarce.
ly obtain provisions sufficient for their
own families, was heavy task. When
proba BILE starvation stared them in the
face, council of the little settlements
was called to see whether they should
endeavor to keep these strangers
through the winter, or simply to save
their own people.
1T was decided by this council that
as the strangers were thrown, by no
fault of their own, upon their shores
and. as it were, placed under their care,
they should have an equal chance for
life with themselves.
capt. Barker, of Japan, tcstifes
that the Eskimo women. in apportiop.
ing the food among his men, frequent
ly shed tears on account Of the small.
ness of the amount. and often would
increase the quantity by adding por-
tions of their own shares.
"Capt. Barker did not learn until the
plenty of the following spring made
further fear unnecessary that there
had been any council, or any question
among the Eskimo in regard to sup
porting him and his crew through the
winter"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-13
HERE AND THERE.

One of the best things to do with
the skim milk is to feed it to young
stock on the farm.
The wagon that may be easily
kept in motion is hard to start again
when it stops. So it is with the calf;
don't let him stop growing.
If the pigs root out, dig trench
one foot deep beside the fence and
tack poultry net to the posts. Their
sensitive noses will avoid it.
Where animals have not had free
access to salt it is best to work them
up to it gradually, as they are apt
to overeat and produce securing.
If skimmilk be fed to pigs that
run to grass, 100 pounds will make
one-third more increase in weigh;
than when fed to pigs not on grass.
Every farmers home should be
supplied with barometer. When
understood, they reliably foretell
weather and storms for from sc to
40 hours ahead.
The chief barriers in the way of
the adoption of generally improved
system of agriculture are ignorance
and prejudice. Too many men still
think old ways good enough for them.
The body lice which aff1ict poul-
try will be taken care of by the fowls
themselves if given chance. Dust is
of the same use to hen that water
is to Misunderstanding to battle in.
Three years ago a key of nails, a
hundred pounds of pork, cord of
wood and a ton of soft coal each
brought about the same price, about
four dollars. To-day the nails are
worth $2.75 and the wood S., the pork
81 and the coal S..
Weeds in a fence corner don't do
,as much harm as those in the corn
row, but they are far more unsightly
and create larger eyesores. The farms
with the most tidy fence rows are
those which have q grass headland
around the fields.
Cleanliness is the best method of
removing bad smells from the poul-
try building. If the house is thor
ough1y clean from what source can
any impurities arise? Give the house
general cleaning up, by the use of
plenty of carbolic acid and white
wash
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-13
HE TIMID KITTEN.

mere was little kitten once
VINO was of dogs afraid:
1'h nc. being by no means a Ounce.
Ills plans he boldly made.
n re- SAD: It's only on the land
mat dogs run after me
81 ~ L VIII buy a cat-boat, and
II sail away to sea.
guy there from dogs I'll be secure
,, <ao each night, ere / sleep.
make assurance doubly sure,
oos-Watch / will keep
e pousht a cat~boat. hired a crew.
,r. ma one fine summer day
hi.unlphantly his flag he flew,
ana gayly sailed away.
But IN mid-ocean one midnight
~, was Very, very dark
ne pilot screamed in sudden fright:
hear passing bark"
IN. what Is that the kitten said.
The pilot said: Il fear
An ocean greykDund's Just ahead.
AND drawing very nearv'
Aiack:' the kitten cried, "alack,
MS IS no paltry pup!
An ocean gceyE ound's on nv track
l may as We'll give up
Cafolyn Wells, IN ST. Nicholas.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-13
The Money Value OF GooN

Some interesting and valuable car
culations have been made by ah IL
diana civil engineer as to the money
value of good roads to community
what they save in transporting Pi''
ucts to and from market. :,
He has taken into consideration al'
kinds of roadways, from the sailo!
road to asphalt streets. and ms ~
ures furnis,, a strong argument 1of
modern highways.
The cost of moving one ton ny
horse power over one mile OF any
sandy road, according to his est1-
mates. is Ga cents; over wet sahd, %
cents; over ruts and mud, 80 cents;
over broken stone ruts, 20 cents; over
an earth road that is dry and hard'
IS cents; over broken stone ROAD III
good condition, s cents; over COM
pact gravel road 6.s cents; over paw
ing. 5.33 cents; over asphalt, ~ cents
While the average farmer has never
tried to figure the matter out with
this exactness, he will, no doubt, see
at a glance that there is much reason
in what this Indiana engineer says.
If we apply these estimates to a
wide section of country-say the
state of Georgia, for instance-and
take into consideration the vast
amount of hauling that is done, the
money saved to the people, especial.
ly the farmers, by good roads would
be enormous. There is no reason
why Georgia farmers might not have
compact gravel roads on which to
transport their products to and from
market at an average cost OF Z cents
per ton-instead of from 80 to 64
cents, as is now the case in most
counties.
We believe the time has come when
the farmers themselves are inclined
to look at this good roads PROPOSE
ton from a dollars and cents stand
point. Here, then, are some figures
that will help them.-Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-13
CHORD BROKE GLASS.
Recent Accident In New Jersey
Household Proves Truth of an
Ancient Theory.

The photograph here is of an or
binary water glass owned by r. C.
Kennedy, of Metuchen, n. j., which
was broken in a peculiar manner and
one which seems Incredible, but the
truth of the following statement,
says the New York Herald. can be
vouched for by reliable witnesses.
1t will be noticed that the bottom
of the glass is held to the rest of
it for short distance only, the rest
of the side being broken in an irreg-
ular line made up of curves of vary.
ing lengths.
The history of this glass will help
to prove the theory of the Chord
of the Mass" or, in other words, that
objects can be broken by musical
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-13
Strange Disease of Glass.

1t is reported that peculiar affec-
ton has appeared in the glass win
dows of York cathedral, England. The
glass has become dull and fragile and
filed with holes. Windows that have
been in place for 600 or 700 years have
lately been removed to arrest this curl
Gus form OF deterioration. The
trouble, which may properly be named
a ''disease," is ascribed to fungus.
but in what way it attacks glass is not
yet definitely known. Possibly it dis
solves the silica in order to form a
she'll such as those cf the microscopic
diatorns that make up tie fiue siliceous
depos-ss found in Germany and other
countries Glass is not the only lard
substance that may succumb to such
attacks, for species of bacteria is
known to disintegrate the hardest
cements, and has thus wrought havoc
in water reservoirs.