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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31
NECESSARY TO HEALTH.
Suitable Site II the Most Important
Item to Be Considered In Sc
lection Of Home.

The site for house or Of one al.
ready built should receive the most
careful attention Of the person about
to build or to occupy. A good situa-
ton means life, health, happiness; a
bad one means sickness, misery,
death.
If d house or lot is on low, damp
ground do not consider it. In town
or city ascertain if you are on made
lands" if so, avoid it. Avoid also land
underlaid with clay; it will always be
damp Avoid, too, the neighborhood
of a swamp, slow river, mill dam or
any stagnant water, or situation ex-
posed to winds that blow from a
swamp or mill dam. Do not settle
near a noisy factory, mill or saloon.
The advantages to be required for
site are an elevation on a natural
hillside or knoll, as good neighbor
hood as one can afford to live in, and
convenient nearness to schools,
churches and stores. In a town or vii.
lage build Oh as large lot as possible.
so as to secure air and sunlight and
to have room for a nice lawn or gar.
den. In town or country build bacl
as far from the street as convenient,
so as to avoid the dust of the dry sea-
son and to allow room for trees and
shrubbery. On the other hand do not
select a locality where your family
will be isolated from social intercourse
with friends and neighbors, SO neces-
sary to health of mind and happiness.
Remember that where the sun can
not enter the doctor must, SO let the
house have good sunny exposure, pro-
tected as much as possible from the
cold, searching winds of winter. A
group of evergreen trees on the north
side of the house will help to break and
temper these sweeping winds. The
living rooms should be warmed and
cheered by the morning sun. Refuse,
even if offered rent free, to live in
house with trees planted close around
it, and in which the sun and free air
of heaven cannot enter.-American
Queen.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31
OvERwROUGHT NERVES.
Woman May Recover from Them by
the Liberal and Constant Use
of Pure Milk.

swami to learn how to increase your
weight and gain strength and nerve
force in the easiest possible way"
asked the plump little woman, as she
settled into corner of the divan for
q comfortable chat. Her listeners
were half a dozen women who go in
for the strenuous life to a greater or
less degree and consequently any one
of them could stand a few extra
pounds without any inconvenience.
"Of course" was the reply, in chorus.
"Well, then, drink milk, nothing but
milk for MONTHS" said the plump one.
1--WE tried it and think l am pretty
good illustrat ton of the effectiveness OF
the milk diet. Four IN onths ago l was
thing; wept if the least thing went
wrong at home, jumped foot every
time the door bell rang and was fast
becoming a nuisance to myself and all
the rest of the family.
Fortunately have little common
sense and my doctor has more, so when
l was ordered to drop everything and
just rust for awhile, did it with the
result that I have gained 81 pounds in
weight and my health is completely
restored. l lived on milk. as told y gu,
and rested according to direction,
spending my time in lovely old rest
cure home up the state. The diet and
the rest effected a cure without any
medicine whatever. I might add,
though, that the milk was not the
ordinary decoction served by the
dealers of. the metropolis, but rich,
creamy substance furnished by the
finest breed of Jersey cows. How hard
it was for an active body like me to
rust for 16 weeks you strenuous folks
can appreciate, but if you want to be-
come plump and contented with the
world in general just try my remedy"
BROOKLYN Eagle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31
ANCIENT GREEK MIRROR.
Once 1t Was the Property of an Attic
Belle, Now 1t II in Chicago
Art Institute.

This is the kind of a mirror the
Greek beauty used when she set about
to add to the natural adornment OF
her Attic features. It is now in the
art institute at Chicago, having been
purchased by Martin A. Ryerson in
Paris and deposited in the institute.
It is said to have been dug up in
Etruria, but is pronounced by Greek
scholars of undeniable Greek manu-
facture, and not Etruscan. The mirror
disk has a diameter of 10 centime ters.
The rejecting surface is slightly, and
at present not uniformly, convex. The
edge of the disk is ornamented with
the egg" pattern, which is not visible
in the illustration. The back is plain.
Twenty years ago it was the COM
ment of Greek scholars that despite
the fact that mirrors were shown by
Attic vase paintings and reliefs to
have been in common use, not one had
been found. Since that time number
have been discovered, of which the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31
Stockings with White. Feet.

A physician, in a published inter-
view, says the Indianapolis Journal,
urges that the wearing of stockings
with white feet will do more to pro-
mote ease in walking and relieve foot
ills that anything else to be suggested.
Socks or stockings of cotton or Isle
thread in black bind the feet and
make them swell, he says, no matter
how fine and open they may be. The
black dye with the hard thread of the
Isle variety is combination that IL
particularly torturing to tender feet.
Thin, unbleached balbriggan he
recommends. Preferably the whole
sock or stocking may he white, but at
least the foot should be. A further
caution is added that new cotton hose,
as well as all new cotton undergar-
ments, should be washed before being
worn, to take out the sizing used by
manufacturers.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31
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TREATMENT OF HovEN.
Name Of This Dis ease, Which
s - Known on Most Grass Farms
II Acute Tymphanitis.

This affection which is known by a
81. of terms, as hoove blown,
4 blown, fog-sickness, grass-sick-
q sss, ETC., is familiar to most agri-
turists, particularly on grass
Ems. The principal cause of hoven
ss1 fermentation of the food and the
9sonsequent generation of gas in the
Amen or paunch. The food. most
One to undergo this fermentation
III rich, succulent grass or that be-
1eWed with moisture. All animals
set more or less. greedily on being
u armed into the pasture, but if it be
R fresh one, particularly young
Sslover, they rapidly, and with scarce
A any mastication, gorge them
sselyes. The passage of atmospheric
N taken down in rapid and large
s8ulps, materially assists in the proc
ESess of fermentation and adds to the
accumulation of gas. This unnat-
anrally overloaded condition of the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31
TELEPHONES ON FARMS.
are Ess rtlng a Fine influence
SsenEing the Social Life
Of Rural Districts.

iaik about it as we may, and consid.
- every Their excuse we may offer,
.ne social SIDE Of his nature is what has
eh TIE young man from the farm
.Ae toWn in perhaps nine cases out
zen. 10 the fact that the isola ton
'ne farm, under the influence of lat
'er,day invention, is becoming more
auo more a thing of the past, is in large
paf' que the distinct movement, which
NJ" IS recognized everywhere, back to
.ne farm. Among the first of these ia
.he farmers telephone, which to-day
IS exertlng such fine influence in ex.
'eholng the social life of rural dis
.ricts, annihilating distance and bring.
ing the voices of the men and women
ana young folk of the neighborhood
farms, near and remote, to the ear in
Iam1llar and pleasant converse, light
ing up the hour, once so dreary with
sneer consequences, and peopling the
nome with kindred spirits.
There are some other things which
DO much for the farm in social and
business way-the trolley, for instance.
But the trolley means the investment
or many thousands of dollars. Not SO
with the telephone. A few dollars in
vested in Wire, insulators, transmitter
and receiver, few days work in set
ting out poles and stringing of wires
and presto! the world is at your CALI
We know of one Wisconsin farmer
whose telephone cost him $40, and he
has connection with city and county
phones, is director in one Farmers
Telephone company which has go miles
of wire OF its own, and one or two sales
made on the Chicago market. as re-
suit of having the phone in his house,
paid for the outfit many times over. In
his case the telephone was not only
not an expense, but a source of large
gain, and we are confident this has
proved to be the case in thousands of
instances.
Every farmer should have a tele-
phone in his house. None may enum-
crate its advantages nor catalogue its
uses. It not only encourages sociabil-
ity, it creates it in. many a life; it
brings the doctor within call; the mer.
chant is always at hand; it saves many
a weary Journey and gives to real serv'
ice many an hour that otherwise must
have been lost. Now is the time to put
in the phone wherever one is lacking.
The long winter days and evenings will
be made more pleasurable because OF
RS ms
family And the economy and value
of it may not be computed.-Farmers
Voice.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31
MIRROR OF A GREEK BEAUTY.


one now at the art institute is sam
pie.
This mirror has its handles now de-
tached from the disk. At the back the
bronze part of the handle is prolonged
upwards in the form of a palmetto.
which served to make the attachment
to the disk secure. In front the orna-
mentation consisted of figure of a
siren with recurved wings, surrounded
by scrolls and palmettes.
The especial interest which attaches
to this Chicago mirror is the fact that
the handle proper is preserved-a cir
cumstance which is recited as unusual
among Greek mirrors OF that historic
period. For determining the date OF
the mirror there 10 no evidence, ex-
cept the style Of the bronze relief. The
composition as whole seems to indi-
cate that it was made in the fifth cen
fury B. C. The year $50 B. C. has been
taken as the approximate date OF Its
manufacture and use.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31
Leaks That Lead to Ruin.

Among the leaks which take money
out of the farmers pocket is neglect in
keeping fences and buildings in proper
repair. Inferior fences allow his own
and his neighbours stock to injure his
crops, and are source of constant
worry and loss Of time. The old prov
erb. ssFor the want of a nail the horse
was lost" is very appropriate in such
a case. A dollar or two spent in lum-
her or nails will often result in large
saving of feed and increased comfort
to the stock during the winter months.
Neglect of leaky roof is often respon-
sible for heavy losses of grain or fod-
der, and in the timbers Of the build.
ings. Many a good frame has been ru.
iued By leaky roof.-Farmers' Voice
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31
MILK THE COWS CLEAN.
Suggestions That Are Based ON I
Practical Dairyman's Years of
Actual Experience.

In order to milk the cows clean,
one does not need to sit an extra
minute or go back to the cow to do
it. The strippings are very rich, but
time to most dairymen is very pre-
cious The heifers should be MIXED
by the best and fastest mixers on
the farm. They will soon learn to
give their milk right down, and give
good stream to the last minute.
With one or two cows and plenty
of time, man can strip" to his
hearts content, but many farmers
in this country have from 80 to 60
cows, and each mixer must milk
from 10 to Is. The writer has
often MIXED 90 the year round. 1t
would not do to encourage a large
number of cows to give their milk
in strippings. If cows are stripped,
and expect you to come a second
time A cow in good milk would give
down a little every hour in the "a.
Would such milk be all strippings and
test like. strippings? Who would like
to try it? Fifty pounds of strip
pings would be a record breaker,
making five or six pounds of butter
in day. But how long could the
cow stand it? @ -
It is often wise to milk cows, es-
pecially heifers, three times a day
for'awhile after they first calve. How
ever, ], cannot do it long in winter,
because I cannot feed my turnips.
The ten-hour COW cannot throw of
the turnip faint in five or six hours.
In general, cows should be MIXED
night and morning, IL hours apart.
and MIXED quickly without pulling
100 long.-A. K. Hyatt, in Prairie
Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31
TO Test the O1eoLar

At Cincinnati the oleo pecple have
Fun efforts to have the Ole, law
sSssted. They hope to have il d. clared
Unconstitutional. A 4o-poun P tckage
cleomargarine, made coatr ry to
y is the basis of the actiocl. hich is
n Che general government 20 ecover
II 800 under clause two OF tie act.
Nhichever way the federp e. urt de-
ID, the case will go t. be United
s1totes supreme court. B. b lie cleo
kers and the internal avtque au-
orities are anxious to re the mat
81 constitutionality 81 led
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31
COLONIZING THE SOUTHWEST,
Railroad Companies Inducing IAnl-
1ration to That Section-0DpeF-
tuuifben for the Farmer.

An unusual effort is being made BY the
railroad compares with lines running into
the Southwest to induce greater immi-
grafton to that section than ever before.
The opportunities offered the farmer,
stock raiser eand truck and fruit grower IN
portions of Arkansas and Texas are per
haps not surpassed anywhere in the wide
world.
Along the Cotton Belt Route in South.
from which the timber has been cut by
saw mill companies which may be cleared
and made into excellent farms. This
land can be purchased for 81 to S. per
acre. It makes good pasture land for
cattle and sheep, and much of it will
produce an average crop of cotton. or
will grow immense crops of vegetables
Of all descriptions.
So prolific are the yields OF potatoes,
onions, csbbage, melons, tomatoes, pears,
peaches and, in fact, nearly every kind
Of vegetable and fruit, that truck growers
associations are forming at many points.
The Cotton Belt is actively assisting
these associations by granting special rates
and otherwise aiding in securing ready
market for the products. 1t is fact Of
much Importance that wherever truck
growing has been entered into the prices
Of lands have Immediately begun to ad-
vance.
In order to encourage this and kindred
industries along their lines the South
western railroads have put into effect very
low round trip and one way Homeseek-
ers' rates from such points az St. Louis,
Cairo and Memphis to Arkansas, Louis.
lana and Texas, on the first and third
Tuesdays of each month, enabling home
seekers to visit the country for the pur-
pose of looking around or to locate.
The Cotton Belt Route. through ita
General Passenger Department at St.
Louis, has taken a leading part in calling
attention to the possibilities of this splen.
did country and volunteers to assist any
one in securing therein home such as b
desires.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31
3][EZr1E'1L2
BARROW TO USE IN SNOW.

runner is of ~ inch hardwood and
should be ironed. The bed pieces, "a,
are 21s inches wide, 1 inch thick and
3h feet long. The braces, BIB, are
inch thick, 2ls inches wide and 16
inches long. There are two pieces, e.,
8 inches long, made of hardwood and
built to the frame, IA. The rocker pin,
g, is the width of the bed and this fits
in the front runner. The dash. d, may
be of any desired height.-Orange Judd
Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31
culture ana Pear Blight

Does cultivation produce blight?
rrom observation and experirnce, 1
would say yes. I have two Keilfers
rlanted in the rear of my yard hat
have made rapid growth without cult
ration, and are entirely free from
might. I have in my orchard rec
about IL years old, and, while he or
~hard was cultivated, the tree blight
Va badly, but since cultivation ceased
st has not been affe sted by blight.
Il Y bout five years ago a neigh DO r. ant
ID D row in young orchard. They
shaye never been cultivated aud ara en-
I Nlrely free of blight.-Caleb, in Mid
4 ind Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31
CARRYING THE BABY.
Head and Spine Troubles Are Caused
Sometimes Where Incorrect
Ways Are Used.

The accompanying suggestions and
Illustrations, for which we are indebt-
ed to Leonard's Illustrated Medical
Journal, are worthy of attention:
1.-THE child should always be lifted
with both hands, held lightly, but
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31

e Shows Where to Puncture to Give Quick
III Relief.)
stomach soon induces suspension of
and the digestive process being
checked active fermentation soon
I follows.
4 Decomposed or frosted vegetables,
particularly mangolds, will also give
rise to hoven. Cattle badly fed dur
ing the winter, or taken from straw
or other dry food, frequently suffer
severely from the first meal Of grass.
Tymphanitis is common during OBJ
ssstructions of the gullet, or choking,
and disease or impaction of the third
stomach as well as affections of the
second stomach. Tymphanitis occurs
rs q sign of other diseases and is apt
to appear as a chronic affection.
The symptoms are most distress
ing. The paunch is blown up like a
bladder and when struck with the
hand sounds like drum. Probably
there are few diseases in which the
animal suffers more intense agony
than this. He gets up and lies down;
I respiration is difficult, from the dis
tended stomach pressing against the
4 lungs; he evinces his pain by strik-
ing his belly with his feet; if no
relief is given the brain soon be-
comes affected, evidenced by the ami
/ mai becoming unconscious; the
breathing becomes more difficult, and
the poor animal falls to rise no
more: This disease runs its course
very quickly, hence the necessity for
prompt and decided measures.
' The first object will be to get rid
sof the accumulated gas, and if the
paunth is very much distended and
the danger of death immediate, re-
course should be had to puncturing
that organ. This is to be done on
the left side, at the spot marked
& ID the accompanying picture. The
4 usual directions for finding the
proper place are to measure hands
breath from the last rib. The proper
Instrument for puncturing is what is
called trocar, the canula or case
Iof which should be left in the wound
Tor some time so that the gas gen
i erated may escape as fast as formed
sEIt Is not often that the farmer pos
Saesses an instrument Of this kind,
" II he does. it may not be at hand
the instant its use is required. In
this case common pen-knife may
ssbe used, which should be plunged
into the rumen and the orifice much
Enlarged so as to admit the finger. A
small piece of elder wood will sup
ply the place of canula. In slight
Il cases, when time is not so much
81 an object, medicine may be given
10 relieve the animal and many nos
4 frums are in use to effect this OBJ
iect. / have found good results from
the use of aromatic spirits of am
monia, one-half to one ounce doses,
repeated every hour or oftener. Car
bonate ammonia in four-dram doses
in hot water, repeated every hour as
long as required, acts well.
Hoven admits of no delay or ex
detrimental treatment by medicine
Escape of the confined gas is i'm
mediately necessary. usually adj
minister from one to two pounds IF
EPSON salts or quart Of raw ha-
seed OIL after puncturing.-W. c..
Fair, Y. S., in Ohio Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31
Etiquette.

Mrs. Blanks your husband going
to Mrs. Jason's funeral?
Mrs. Dash-Decidedly not! She
never returned my last call.-Smart
Set.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31
HANDY WINTER BARROW.
Snow the Device Here illustrate
ed II Very Useful. -

A handy winter barrow is here pic
tured and is described by W. d. Jacobs,
one of our subscribers. There is a
single front runner, t, and two rear
runners, &C, made of brace iron or
wooden wagon felloes. The front
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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31
HOW NOT TO CARRY BABY.

Of the head unsupported. When this
is done, the movements of the body
of the mother or nurse in walking,
or. indeed, the sudden lurching of the
baby itself, may seriously affect the
head and spine.'
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31
A SnRnert.

She-You didn't stay long in London.
He-No, couldn't stand it. Over there
everybody knew me for an American right
away. Here, in New York, no one ever
suspects it-Smart Set.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31

The course of true love might run
smoother if the spectators would not offer
SO many suggestions for its Improvement.
indianapolis News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31

Miss Mark-Does she patronize bargain
sales?
Mrs Down-Does she! Why, she would
buy eggs at one.-Harper's Bazaar.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31

Some love letters are too soft to file
Chicago Daily News
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31

firmly, the entire length of the back,
and the head being carefully support
ed. One OF the most common and
dangerous errors is leaving the back
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31
TREASON TO THE CAR.
What Would Certainly Have Hap
pened Had This Thing Ever
Been PerpetrAted.

"Ha, Whoopikoff, you are the very man
I have wanted TO see so muchski," relates
the Cleveland Pain Dealer.
Hush, Demidou. Draw aside lest the
secret polieesky get wind OF US and we
are pinchedsky.'
Eyes, WnoopikoR, VIII be prudent.
And now tell me, where Is Skoopsky"
What! Do you not know!
know? You alarm me. What has
happened"
THE very worstsky!.. Poor Skoopsky y
on his way to Siberia"
.'Alas, alas! How did il happen?"
eve do not know. There must have
been traitor in the campsky. The secret
police seized him Just q he was lacking
card to the doorsky of the palace OF the
czarn
"Merciful Nicholas! And them
"And then they hurried him to the
mines"
without trial?''
"Witnout a trial"
"Great Gortchakoff! And what, oh,
what was within on the fatal card:"
"'Girl wanted!
There are plenty of people who have be-
come depressed and discouraged, because
that dry, hacking cough hangs to them con-
tinually. They have taken much medicine,
mostly of the advertised quack sort, moth
ing like DR.. August koenlgs HAMBURG
Breast Tea, the discovery OF noted Ger
man physician. We do not say that this
will cure case where the lungs are badly
diseased, for it will not, and up to this
date, there is nothing that will cure under
these conditions; but on the other hand,
if the lungs are not hard 1T, the patent. IT, Int
burg Breast Tea, cup full every night on
going to bed, have it hot, drink slowly, then
every other night, rub the throat and n Top
cover with oil silk, let it remain an hour,
then remove. Eat good, plain, nourishlng
food, live in the open air as much as pos.
sible. By all means sleep as near out OF
doors as possible, that is, windows wide
open, except in the very severe weather
Take cold sponge bath every morning; then
Immediately rub the body vigorously with
coarse towel Take DR.. August Koenig Ham
burg Drops every other day according snaz; to
for 81 IS Of any reliable druggist. Begin the
treatment at once, and see how much better
you will be almost within q weeks time.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31
COW WITH HOvEN.

e Shows Where to Puncture to Give Quick
Relief)