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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-23
General.

Stock market so near idle that many
of the brokers leave town for the holl,
days---C Cotton has another wild day sud
prices 70 above thirteen cents to a new
high ecord---Charles NJ. Schwnb iiles ms
answer to cross bill In suit for rcceiSer
for, ,shipbullding company, and makes zen
eral era denia OF any fraudulent act In con-
nection with the promotion or financing
Offlthe compnny---Letters and caDle-,
grams, alleged to have been used In pro
.inoting the company IN France, arc pup.
how the information wns given out,
urops i Is said VIII lopk Tit stnptss sapRt4vfn fo
rcfer isl hmian question to Tho Hague ar,
bltrntion tribunal; y Is supposed tnaa ,11t
General reyes IN his Forthcoming note
to the State department Will suggest n.lG1
n reference lsogotn government Is snd
to be determined to continue sondils
troops 10 tho isthmus II the United States
b re fuses Ia como to an agreement diploma;
s #,ically---- Russo,Iapaneas SITUATION Is saII ~
.Japan,s having rejected Fundamental
features OF Russin's reply.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-23
North Carolina.

The Carnegie offer for Il library &c
cepted by tNinston-Salem, y. C.---Cap-
tain Fowler assaulted by feotpad at sal lis
bury and badly hurt; his assailant cap
tured- York capitalists to finance
new cotton mill at Marshall..-Mr. Van
le added to Biltmorc at one thousa..d d
dollars ali acrc----The deputy sher!H snot
nv w. "a. Ciauttcr is dead, and Gautticr
will be brought back from Atlanta TO 30
tried. 4sssG aI
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-23
Virginia. /.

The ,l1spcnsary Won over the saloons
at Farmville otter hot tight: snice:ds
with personal encount tcrs - ~ raj n wrecKer
at Boydton confesses and is given tlyc
years-Dr. Albert Nicholson loses his
rcsdcncsA IL Princess Anne Hss,. ts% days sS,
liable library given TO ,he University y OF
virglniacharles Sels9n cleareu R,,ro, ps 1
break into store in Amelia and take
goods--Dr. Jesse lcwell jumps and ss-
capes, while his buggy is torn to pieces
BY a train cracksmen wreck (, p1s,,oiilice %, office
Claremont has discharged It's town SER
seant znee going ,aa lGdux
northern nlarkot--Weems Steamboat
Company to build nov boat for r. Kappa. !.
named after that clty.-.Two ,;i, noted ,!t q
ycracksn1cn traced a thousand miles ~ a
sietter which one, OF them dropped mt Now
rort NewsThe police II N3riolK fal rInet. pro,
OF securing reward, for desGrtcrs--u n . !.
usual number OF ships loading coal at
Newport Eews--Fi:e In clothing store
in Petersburg does large damage,
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Signed G. *. POLLARD,
G. j. ANDERSON s
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MINIATURE ALMANAC
Richmond.

The discovery made that marriages per
formed since December l2tll arc not va lid
E-----s,enator hIcllHaine replies to the critl-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04
PROFIT FROM CHICKENS.
Hnrly Maturity Has More to Do with
Success In Poultry Raising
Than Anything Else.

The time at which q fowl will ma
ture has much to do with the question
of profit from that fowl. In every line
of live stock effort the late maturing
has been voted improbable, with the
possible exception of the horse. The
beef, the sheep, the hog and the COW
are all more valuable if they mature
early. Among fowls, the distinctively
egg breeds are considered to be very
early maturing, yet the writer has
known Plymouth Rock pullets born in
September to begin laying in 5H
months There are many advantages
in early maturity. One of the most
important is the acquiring OF the abll-
ity to produce eggs early in life. This
is the key to winter egg production.
getting the fowl to certain state OF
maturity at certain time. If prop
erly fed, hen cannot help producing
eggs when she reaches maturity. For
this reason, therefore, chicks should
be fed on nutritious and very disgest1-
BILE food, Of which meat in some form
should constitute very considerable
part. The time between birth of the
chick and the development Of its abil-
ity to produce eggs can thus be Short
ened from a month to six weeks, which
often means several dozen more OF
winter eggs than would otherwise be
the case. Another reason for desiring
early maturity is that the chick may as
soon as possible get beyond the period
of danger in its development. Before
feathering and during that process,
the mortality among chicks is great.
After feathering the young fowl is
more able to endure changes of tenn
perature, and is apparently more able
to throw off disease. Previous to
feathering and while that process is
going on the constitution of the chick
is weak. It is, therefore, desirab BILE to
get the young fowl beyond that period
as quickly as possible. The young of
slowly maturing fowls draw out this
critical period till heat is intense and
lice and mites excessively abundant.
The chicks have the best chance for
Development during the late months Of
early spring. The early maturing
breeds take advantage of this favor
able weather and are in a condition to
stand the hot weather when it comes.
Early maturity is characteristic that
should be fixed in all the breeds,
whether they be for egg or meat pro-
ductfon. This can be done by judicious
selection of the early maturing fowls
and breeding with the a hove named oh
ject in view.-Farmers' Review.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04
Horse. Are Fond of CARROTS.

Carrots are the best and most eco
nomical food to give to horses as an
appetizer and digestant, and to pro-
mote the development on tie part of
the equine of that most desirable trait,
trustfulness and friendly feeling for
his master. They are very generally
used by iverymen of the northwest,
who feed them not only to their own
stock as part of the ration, but also,
as a matter of business advertising,
they ''treat" the horses of patrons to
carrots when brought in to be cared
for. The use of this particular vegeta-
BILE in this way is calculated to gain
the good will of the animal, making
him eager to turn in at the livery
where his palate is uniformly so
tickled, and SO conveying to his master
the impression that his horse is in
deed well cared for there.-Ohio Farm
a
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04
sEAsONABLE HOG NOTES.

TIL pig should have dry, warm nest,
free from dust.
One or more brood sows are neces-
sary on every farm.
Thrift, not hunger, should prompt
the pig to take exercise.
The hog should never be compelled
to squeal for his food.
Sows that have a very nervous tenn
permanent should be avoided.
Always select the largest, most
growthy and best sows for breeders.
Exercise develops the muscles and
has tendency to produce lean meat.
Plenty of good water is as essential
to the health of the hogs as good food.
When the pig is sucking is when
the foundation is laid for it's future
prosperity.
Sunshine, fresh air and ground are
all necessary to the health, growth and
development Of pigs.
Dry dirt is not only an absorbent,
but disinfectant, wherein lies the ad
vantage of a ground floor.
In many cases a quart Of charcoal
given to. a brood SOW that has taken
too much feed will relieve her.
Pork making and apple growing are
mutually helpful when the wormy ap-
pie gets into the pigs digestion.
The true value of sow as breeder
cannot be fully known until she has
narrowed two OF three litters.
On account OF the house slops, the
wastes from the dairy and the garden,
a few hogs are necessary part of the
farm stock.
To a very considerable extent the
health and thrift of the pigs depends
upon the health and Thrift of the sows
while carving them.-Farm Home.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04
Ginning the Queen. wing.

This is the season for clipping
queens wings. l would clip the
queens wing in all colonies to pre-
vent swarms alighting in high trees
or from going to the woods. Use a
small pair of scissors, open the hive
without smoke if not too cross, raise
the combs quickly, till you see the
queen. catch her by both wings with
the right hand, take her by the
shoulders between the thumb and
forefinger of the left hand, clip the
thin gauzy part off one wing and set
her back on the comb, closing the
hive at once. As soon as a queen is
laying she may be clipped in safety
and no harm done. Never clip a vir-
gin queen as mating is done in the
air, and if clipped she will never be
mated. Hence no harm is done after
she begins laying.-The Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04
CroDs for Muck Lands.

AS to crops that win stand frost on
muck lands, millet will do very well,
yield a large crop and be quite safe
from frost. There ought to be no diff
Guilty in getting a corn crop in an aver
age year on muck soils in central
Indiana, for we have succeeded in rails
ing very satisfactory crops at points
considerably north of this on the same
use of 200 pounds kainit to the acre, APP
kind of land. II the corn is chaffy the
piled broadcast and plowed under, will
very materially improve the quality
and yield of the corn.-Director Fl. A.
Huston, Ind. Exper. Sta, in Farm and
Home.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04
Hon. Judson W. Lyons.

!
after suffering for Eve long years. I am
feeling very good and strong. thank
you so much for Peruna. l shall rec.
ommend it to all suffering with the
effects of catarrh, and consider it q
household blessing. / shall never be
without Peruna."
For those phases Of catarrh peculiar
to summer Peruna will be found effica-
cious.
Peruna cures catarrh in all phases
and stages.
If you do not derive prompt and satis-
factory results from the use of Peruna
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving q
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus o.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04
PREPARATION OF WOOL.
Carelessness In This Work Entails
q Loss of Several Million Dol.
Inrs In Each Season.

The wool man may know how to sell
wool He may even know the true
grades of wool and how to grow it..
Whether the wool man is composite
character, possessing the above knowl-
edge or separate man in each of the
classes named, he should be reminded
of the fact that the wooden cloth max
er knows what is most desirable in a
fiber; that is, whether it is of even
grade, whether it has good tension
capacity, will felt evenly, or is not in
the bad company of a mere handful or
even a few straws of coarser fleece.
Even trace or mohair in wool, for
instance, or wool in mohair, for that
matter, is disastrous, for it can only
be got out at the factory by extra cost
in sorting. This intrusion may be had
by packing one grade of wool in the
bags which formerly held another
grade. Cloth is frequently met with
which has a black hair or lumpy
streak and the like. The wool which
produced this off-grade cloth or sec
onds loses to the seller as it doesdo the
manufacturer. The wool sharer or
puiler should be most careful with his
feeces. that they may be marketed at
the highest prices, and, hence, to the
best advantage. The production Of
wool in this country is about 40o,00o,-
600 pounds. A loss of one cent per
pound on it would mean $4,000, 900.
Carelessness entails a greater loss
than one cent per pound. While the
wool seller is looking at the market in
the abstract, the wool buyer is looking
very closely at the fleece. The pro-
Queer could profit also by as close a
scrutiny of his product.-National
Drori~ioror
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04
Destruction by Gopher.-

The amount of damage to farm
crops by these little pests is very great.
It is estimated that in 1901 the dams
age to the alfalfa growers of Kansas
from the ravages of the pocket gopher
was 100000. Grass, small grain, corn,
vegetables, etc, suffer largely from
gophers. Their damage is of twofold
character in that they not only de-
stroy the growing grain. but throw up
little mounds of dirt in the fields to
interfere with cutting the crops. The
gophers also tramp down and destroy
each season a large amount of grain,
and it may be safely said that in North
Dakota the damage to farm crops in
the aggregate is greater than the esti-
mated damage to the alfalfa growers
of Kansas. -Kansas Report.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04
ART OF FINE SEWING.
It In Being Revived Along with Ita
Sentiment and Fancy
Implements.

Fine sewing is again high in favor.
Women are making not only sheer
linen trifies for the neck, but also en-
tire garments with no stitch of sew
ing machine work in them. Girls make
for their friends birthday gifts OF
articles of observation-disclosures,
aprons, corset covers, petticoats,
scanned, felled, hemmed and decorated
by hand, with dainty lace or muslin
rufiing whipped on with almost IN
visible stitches.
The materials used are the soft, fine
fabrics that never yield the best results
when put together on the sewing ma
chine. Machine work, no matter how
well executed, will always have a GER
tain witness and stiffness because OF
the double thread in the seam.
The handmade garment is far more
plant and gratifying. Handmade
outfits are to be got in the shops but
at considerable cost and without the
individuality that home making con-
fers; SO the home sewer bestirs in her
own behalf.
It requires pains and precision to do
plain sewing well, to set stitches OF
the same dimensions at even distances
so that the work shall have a smoothly
regular look The old school metho DDS
of training taught sewing pupils to
take up just SO many threads to the
needle in hemming and scanning; to
stroke gathers SO that they stood like
we'll drilled soldiers in line, and to fell
seams in such narrow fine lines that il
would take a microscope to detect a
flaw or DETECTION from the regular.
Possibly the twentieth century girls
will find it no easy task to produce
such exquisite specimens OF handiworl
as are preserved in grandmothers
dowries. But the bail has been sci
going, and the results are promising
says the New York Sun.
A girl with fair hands and dainty
wrists never appears to better advant
age when plying her needle in some
soft white fabric that suggests thrift
and usefulness. Indeed, when SO oc
cupied the admirer has a good chanc.
for studying her and for inventine
means to make her look up and bestov
attention elsewhere than on her work
There is sentiment interviewer
with dainty needlewouk that has moi
yet become associated with golf OF
ping pong, and girls are reviying the
gentler craft along with their adoption
of shoulder tippets and antique orna
ments.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04
WASHABLE FABRICS.
Dainty Material. That Will BE Much
in Evidence In Warm Weather
Costumes.

Very charming are the so-called
washing materials of the year. They
are most of them suggestive Of sum.
Iner fetes in Vatican days, with tiny
flowers and floral borders printed on
plain or slightly spotted colored
ground, says the Brooklyn Eagle. The
range of colors in cambrics are sin
gularly pretty, stripped blue, green,
mauve and delft and occasionally the
spots and the stripes mingle and some
are interblended with lace-like stripes
in white. Checks play rather an inn
portant part in these washing fabrics.
Black lines are introduced into some
of them with very good effect, a rival
to the white ribbon stripes, and all
the light, fresh, spring-like colorings
in the hecked checks. Linens. mercer
lied as they are in appearance, are
closely allied to silk. Some are
speckled, some show marbled effects
and some of them are basket wove,
while some have long fecks Of white,
or are patterned to resemble falling
snow.
For warm weather, most beautiful
muslins have been prepared with
floral stripes and punches or garlands
of flowers. Light, graceful bouquets
are set in Renaissance framework
of black and white, while in some of
the designs flowers seem to be thrown
on to black lace. The spotted muslins,
with borders, are very pretty, and
nothing is more charming than the
grays and pinks and other tender
shades, with black embroidered pin
spots. White spots figure on washing
grapes and white spots on black mus
Inns. The new and fashionable color,
a sort of crimson pink OF a vivid but
deep hue, figures largely in washing
materials.
Some of the lawns have cashmerian
borders. It is sure to be delaine
season. and this, though fabric made
in wool, seems generally to be in
cluded in the washing class. It also
shows lace and floral borders and
small and big spots, and the most
perfectly charming flower designs.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04
Lemon Cream, sherbet.

Stir into the juice Of nine. lemons
sufficient fine graduated sugar to make
batterlike consistency. Clip enough
gelatine with the scissors to fill tea-
spoon. Soak this in one tablespoonful
of cold water till soft; then heat it till
the gelatine is thoroughly dissolved,
and add to it two quarts Of new milk.
Pack a freezer with ice and salt. Pour
the milk into the can. add the lemon
bat ter. cover at once and freeze. This
is very delicious.-Boston Globe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04
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of an outside rune ard shall build a
cement floor in my own hoghouse. l
would not recommend building stone
wall over three to 3h feet high. In
my own building shall not build a
wall over one foot iii height, and shall
make floor on level with it with suf-
ficient slope from center Of alley to
drain off all liquid. I would not build
in side hill, as I think it would be
too damp. I would not build a two
story hoghouse; would advise build
ing your corn house by itself, and make
it so you can drive in and unload on
either side of wagon. The diagrams
shown in cut are of the buildings that
I interd to build for myself.-Rurall
New Yorker.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04
TQRTuRINc
DiSfIGuRINc.
Skin, Scalp and Blood
Hunours
From PInples 10 scrufuIa
From Infancy to Age
Speedily Cured BY cutleuIa
When All Else Fails.


The agonizing itching and burning Of
the skin, as i'll Eczema; the frightful
scaling, as In psoriasis; the loss Of hair
and crusting Of the scalp, as In SCALED
head; the facial dishgurements, as IN
acne and ringworm; the awful suffer-
ing Of infants, and anxiety Of worm
out parents, as in milk crust. letter and
salt rheum,-all demand remedy OF
almost superhunan virtues to success
fully cope with them. That Cuticura
Soap, Ointment and Rcsolvent are such
stands proven beyond all doubt. No
statement is made regarding them that
Is not justified by the strongest evil
dence. The purity and sweetness, tie
power to afford immediate relief, tho
certainty Of speedy and permanent cure,
the absolute safety and great economy,
have made them the standard skin
cures, blood purifiers and humour RENEE
dies Of the civilized world.
Battle the affected parts with hot
water and Cuticura Soap, to cleanse the
surface Of crusts and scales and soften
the thickened cuticle. Dry, without
rubbing, and apply Cuticura Otnt-
ment freely, to allay itching, irritation
and Inflammation, and soothe and heal,
and, lastly, take Cuticura Resolvent, to
cool and cleanse the blood. This COM
plete local and constitutional treatment
affords instant relief, permits rest and
sleep in the severeet forms Of eczema
and other itching, burning and scaly
humours Of the skin, scalp and blood,
and points to . speedy, permanent and
economical cure when all else fails.
Sold throughout the world Cutisun Resoavent 1e. Ia
form Of Chocolate Coated Pls 2e. Per vial Of ey ONT
nent &C., Soap. 2sc. pspots Londcn Chasse.houss
Potter Drug Ch en-. Corp, Sole PFopFastors.
aDr9eu3 Ae ~HoV 10 Cuso Evssy Humoue
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04
French Dressing,

Rub the bowl in which the salad
dressing is made with Glove Of gar
lie slightly bruised, sift one-half tea
spoonful salt, one-e;ghth teaspoonful
pepper, one-half teaspoonful mustard
and few grains cayenne into the bowl,
add four tablespoonful olive oil and
beat thoroughly; drop in two table
spoonsful vinegar slowly, stirring all
the time; pour over salad before serv-
ing.-Housekeeper.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04
OannInx Green Peas,

Select young, tender, fresh peas;
shell and pack in large-mouthed pint
jars, shaking them down compactly.
Cover to overfowing with fresh cold
water and finish by cooking in large
boiler as directed or in the sterlizer.
In the former cook for three or four
hours, by the latter process for As min
utes. Finish as Observation-Disclosures
Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04
NEW IDEA IN FEEDING TROUGHS

foot from the floor. A bracket is fast
ened to the wall for the trough to rest
on when in use. A two-inch strip is
nailed at the front edge of the board
to keep the food from rolling off. Aft
er the fowls eat, the trough can be
hooked up out of the way, and in this
way kept perfectly clean, and cleanli-
ness is great feature in successful
poultry raising.-John Rowe, in Farm
and Home.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04
4 Retter 0pportunifx

..shan we go. sailing or roshng?" he
asked.
"Well,' she replied coyly. "a rowboat
doesn't require as close attention as
sailboat, does it?''
So they didn't even go rowing. They
Just got in the boat and let it drift
Chicago Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04

Aching backs are eased. Hip, back, and
loin pains overcome. Swelling Of the
limbs and dropsy signs vanish.
They correct urine with brick dust sedf'
ment, high colored, pain in passing, drib.
bling, frequency. bed wetting. Deans
Kidney Pills remove calcun and gravel.
Relieve heart palpitation, sleeplessness,
headache, nervousness. dizziness
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04
REGISTER OF The U. s. TREASURY
USES PERU ma FOR SUMMER CATARRH.
Summer Catarrh
AffliCts Mei, and
Women.
LoN. JUDsoN W. LYONS.

Register of the United
States treasury, in letter
from Washington, D. c., says:
"I find Peruna to be an
excellent remedy for the ca
karrhal affections OF spring. lN
and summer, and those who IL
suffer from depression from n
the heat Of the summer will
find no remedy the equal OF is
Peruns. "---Juds0u W. Lyons. Is
No man is better known in IL
the financial world than judi FL
son w. Lyons, formerly of
Augusta, Ga. His name on
every piece of money of recent
date makes his signature one
of the most familiar ones in
the United States.
Two interesting Letters From
thankful Women. HI
Miss Camilla Charter. s III
West LexingtonSt. t., Baltimore,
Md, writes
Late suppers gradually lis
affected my digestion and Is
made me a miserabled yspeptic,
suffering intensely at times. p
I took several kinds of medi-
cine which were prescribed by
different physicians but still h
continued to suffer. But the u
trial of one bottle of Peruna
convinced me that it would rid me
this trouble, SO I continued taking
for several weeks and l was in excen
health, having gained ten pounds.
Miss Camilla Charter.
Sumner Catarrli.
Mrs. Kate Bohn, 1119 Willougt
Ave, Brooklyn, N. Y, writes:
when ! wrote you I was troub
with frequent headaches, dizzy, stra1
feeling in the head, sleeplcssness, si
ing feelings, faintness and numbnt
Sometimes had heartburn. My I,
would rise to my throat after ev
meal, and my bowels were v
irregular.
81 wrote you for advice, and I n
take pleasure in informing you that
| improvement is very great indeed.
| did not expect to improve SO quic
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04
HANDY FEEDING TROUGH.
1t Promotes Cleanlfness Which L. the
Greatest Feature in Successful
Poultry Raising.

A handy arrangement for feeding
soft food or mashes is shown herewith.
Two boards are nailed together, and
one is hinged to the wall about one