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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-11-21

1XsNS1Q0 &ADOSC 0OAA0AS.I
of ministers about, who are always glad
to marry suitable persons, ! think that
the business should, in all propriery,
be left to them he says. Il know that
I never took any stock in this feature
Of a Justices work. Many applied to
me, and some | married, but there has
been no time l would not have preferred
to have some one else do it.
II try to practice what preach. In
my lifetime l have been twice married.
and In both instances was married by
q minister, and this is the kind OF ad-
vice always give to the young people
who are about to commence life Of
welded bliss.
"1t is my opinion that there are many
people who want to get married who
should not be married at all, and both
license and ceremony should be with
held. This class of people are unsuited
to each other, fact that Is plainly EVIL
dent, If not to them, to those who are
acquainted with them. The law should
throw safeguard around the holy insti-
tuition of marriage for the benefit OF
posterity and future generations in this
grand country Of ours"
Justice Leafs married life has been
full of happiness. He was first married
to Mary Ann Post on October Is, 1929,
and later to Aldura Flower on March q,
1848. He is the father Of seven children,
and the grandfather Of Is children. He
is remarkably active for man nearly
100 years old. He tried two cases on the
day he was IS. and recently disposed Of
an assault and battery case, writing up
his own docket.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-11-21

;, Yrom peanuts. Aftsr tho oil = -
pressed the cake Is as good leed II
stock as the original nut. Ineiu !.
practically unlimited market Tor Dotn
tha oil and the caks. The nuts arr
largely used In icaxes and candies.
and otherwise. There Is no pet-
Ter feed for pigs or porkers tnan
that which they can root up n pea
nut patch. They even grow rat glean-
ing after the l1arvestefs- Every IarMe.
who has even little piece OF gooo
sandy loan should plant this saSOsy
nut. and II he should chance to erow
more than he could utilize on MS owl
farm. they are ready sale q 2 soo1
price. for any person who has none
should buy some. Peanuts can
grown on any fairly good soil, tnougn
an easy-working 1oam Is best w
have grown heavy crops on Brazos
bottoms and black, stiR prairie soils.
but the best crops we ever made wefe
on sandy hickory ridges. Ine aan1
should be thoroughly and deeply
plowed and smoothly narrowed. Plant
ing may be done from April to July m
elusive. Plant IN rows three feet apal
and two nuts in hill every 80 incnes
Clean. shallow cultivation ts nee0eo'
Harvest before frost by plowi49 up
with a pillow made for the purpoee, =
by barring OF and pulling up ~ n.n.,
and throwing up in piles After nal
a day toss the vines into heaps Win
a pitchfork where they should remain
about two days, when they may pe put
in shocks or ricks, or hauled 70 INC
barn. The nuts may then be plcKeo
OF and the vines kept for hay. MANY
people gather the nuts and lsave tno
vines to rot on the ground. which ~ :
clean loss OF value OF $15 70 nv pss
ton.-Farm and Ranch. 53s
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-11-21
Not the F.u1t 81 tho Farna.


We hear great deal about oid
rundown FARMS" Whole sections O1
country have been almost ruined az
riculturally by the exhaustion OF the
fertility Of the farms. In the south
west this has occurred rareiy, 4 y
true, but we know farms in Texas that
have been abandoned because the own
er could no longer subsist upon the
yield Of the once fairly fertile SOIL.
This result is not the fault q tine
farm, but Of the farmer. One can NOT
continue Indefinitely to grpW crop
and sell them without depicting T
land. II a farmer don't know thl
he should quit farming and go int
some other business more consistent
with his capacity. No man has righq,
to bankrupt his farm, and make bar
rem waste Of 1t. It is q fact that some
men have too little capacity to farm.
They might make able hodcarriers Or
ditch diggers,, but are beyond their
depth when they undertake to farm.
A competent farmer will so manage
his business that his farm VIII become
more productive every year, for there
is where the profit nes.-Farm ana
Ranch.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-11-21

A GAIN comes word that Carlotta, ex-
~ empress, but to-day little more
than crazed and pitiful remind
er of an almost forgotten international
tragedy, is dying at her chateau in the
environs of Brussels, Belgium. Death to
her would be mercy.
A bride at II, an empress at "a, mad
woman at rs. Carlotta represents In
her own person not only the tragedy OF
Q chimerical empire, but the traditional
misfortunes of the luckless house OF the
Hapsburgs, and the vanity of earthly am
billions.
Thirty-seven years ago the beautiful
young empress Of Mexico parted with
the lover-husband, to whom she had been
married only ten years, to sail across
seas and invoke for him the aid Of princes,
temporal and spiritual. They never met
again. and neither ever knew why. Max
imilian. led out with bandaged eyes to
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-11-21
ALMOST A c8nTENARIAN.
Daniel NJ. Lea1. 90 Years of Age, sttal
Acts ms Judge and Lives Up to
His Convictions.

II consider that the marriage cere-
mony is too sacred to be performed by
a justice of the peace. The authority
who should unite two souls In the bonds
of matrimony is minister OF the Cos
pei, and one in good standing at that.
So says Justice Daniel M. Leal, VINO
lives at Polo, ILL.,, and who is the Oldest
active police magistrate in illinois. or
for that matter, in the entire middle
west. He IS now in his ninety-sixth year.
and Is still holding Office in the Town
where he has been elected to seven 1our-
year terms Before his first term as po-
lice magistrate he served one term as
town magistrate, SO that he has been III
position to perform marriages Tor over
three decades. But he never encour-
aged anyone to seek his good offices 1or
such purpose.
%hoce dauc uyhau fhnra are DIenty
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-11-21
A VALUABLE FARM CROP.
The Peanut One OF the Most ValuA-
BILE and Most Neglected Of
Farn Crops.

The peanut is one Of our most valu-
able crops, and one OF the most neg
lected. On account Of the many valu-
able purposes subserved by the little
ground nut to be had hot In paper bags
at almost every street corner in all
our towns and cities, but seldom found
In the country, there Is little danger
that too many Of them will ever be
raised. They are popular food for
man, and a valuable feed for live stock.
The balmiest Of Ill food oil is extract
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-11-21
FARMER AND PLANTER.
ANGORA COAT INDUSTRY.
A Comparatively New Channel
Through which Many SOuthern
Farmers Might Acquire wealth.

A new industry Is offering itself to
the farmers and manufacturers OF the
United States The fact that $25.0O0.-
600 worth OF goat skins are now an
nually supported into the United
States, ind that her enterprising man
ufacturc-s are now obliged to send
halfway around the world for a large
share or them, suggests that the farm
ers Of the country have q great OPP
portuni.y to put large share OF this
sum into their own pockets, and that
the entire sum may be divided be-
tween our producers and manufactur-
ers.
A statement just presented by the
of commerce and labor,
through It's bureau of statistics, shows
that importations OF goat skins into
the United States are now running at
the rate of $25, 900 per annum, and
that large share Of these are
brought from India, China, Arabia and
southeastern Russia, The increasing
popularity OF certain classes OF kid
leather for footwear, as we'll as gloves,
has increased very greatly the demand
for goat skins in the United States
within recent years. In 1895 the
value CT goat skins imported was
about 81 900 600; by 1890 1t had grown
to $9.0OO.0o0, by 1898 it was $4,000
900, in 1900 it was $22,000,000, and IN
1903, $s5.O0O.0OO, IN round numbers.
OF this large sum OF money sent out
OF the country to purchase goat skins,
$7,O00,O0O wont to China, $4,000, 900 to
France, S1,5OO,000 to Russia, $500, 900
to Brazil, 100000 to Argentina, and
another million to Arabia. From In
dia. which took less than 100000
worth of merchandise OF all kinds
from the United States last year, and
has Increased her purchases from us
less than 100000. in . decade; we
have Increased our importations OF
goat skins alone from 100000 In
1892 to $500, 10000 in 1902. From Bra
I'll, which las reduced her imports
from the United States from l5,OOO,-
900 il. 1896 to $1O,000,O0O in 1903, our
purchases ct goatskins last year were
$1,50o, eco. France, Russia, the Unit
ed Kinydorc, Turkey. in Europe and
Turkey n Asia, Arabia, China. south
ern Africa, Argentina and. Mexico also
contribute literally to the supply OF
goat skins to make up the $25,OO0, 600
worth Of this product brought into the
United States annually. ssf
The formers Of the United States
are apparently making no effort to
reap any part of the golden harvest
for themselves The census OF 1900
showed the total numer Of goats In
the United States to- be less than
1000, 900 in number, and when It ts UNI
derstood that the skins Of probably
&c, 0O0, 900 goats were required to make
the $25, O0O, 900 worth imported last
year, it would be seen that the supply
from the United States could have
formed but small share'of the total
consumption. Yet the fact that large
share of our supply OF this important
import comes from India. China,
France and Mexico suggests that there
are large areas in the United States
which might produce goats success
fully and in large numbers to supply
the entire home demand.-Farmers
Home Journal. st2
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-11-21
HERE AND THERE.

1T is only fools who whip I hofse
for shying. Invariably It makes tho
horse shy more. -
Land too rough for crop growing
may be just rough enough for q good
sheep or goat pasture.
Hens that lay while moulting are
good ones to breed from, II eggs are
wanted, and generally they ars.
Though it is said that byeeders think
more or ribbons won ct shows than
Of eggs.
1T is good plan to plant mulberry
trees about the farm, rs birds are fond
Of mulberries, and will come from !
distance and will feed and nest there,
and the insects they destroy will moro
than pay for the trouble and expense
"A tomato plant grated on potatoes
has succeeded In growing plants with
fair crop Of potatoes on tho roots
and good tomatoes on the tops. This
has been successfully done 1t the Min
nesota and other experiment stations.
A god lot Of brood sows ard 4 boar
or two are good signs Of prosperity
on farm. There is always 1 good
market for pigsg Of almost any age un-
der IL months All hogs, except breed
ing stock, should be short lived.
How would 1t result IL you trained
your children to work because OF their
interest instead Of driving them To
1t? OF course such training must drst
begin with self or you will ba totally
unable to inspire interest In boy or
girl.
The unreliability Of individual re-
ports as to the cotton yield grows out
Of the fact that some farmers make
very heavy crops when the AVERAGE Il
very low. These good crops are more
apt to be published than the partial
and total failures. If
Small bones In q large hog II 4
condition that should not be desired.
II the bones are very light. 1t ID ! fact
that the percentage Of flesh covers the
deficiency. But would 1t not 10 better
to have still more flesh supported 81
still stronger and heavier bones.
Manure from the hen house II
worth three times as much be the best
stable manure, for 1t contains three
times as much nitrogen. It can be- ap-
piled anywhere merely a. top dress
ing, or it can be combined with barn-
yard manur es and thus make better
balanced fertilizer. For the vegetable
garden it has no superior.
Those who would have eggs IN win
ter must provide green feed for th6
hens. Any fall-sown grain Will serve
the purpose, or any garden reklss Il
good. Rescue grass II sometimes latl
starting, but nothing grown - bettn;
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-11-21
Admire Eloquent Preachers.

The oratoricai gift Of the preachers
Of mountain regions OF Tennessee is
much admired by their simple PARISH
toner's, II somewhat too ford for Sc
verer tastes Residents of that part of
the country relate many anecdotes Of
their eloquence, swell as their absutd
/ interpretations st scripture. tits the
height Of every boys ambition to be a
preacher, although it is an affectation
among. the horny handed portion Of
the population to pretend to despise
those who do not engag. in manual
labor.
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nedbuxs Cancel n Lease.

A furnished house was rented in AS
bury Park, N. J., and ten days after
moving in the tenant was forced to va
cate because the domicile was infested
with bedhugs. Suit for the rent was
brought by the owner, but Judge Heisley
decided that the house was unfit for oc-
cupancy, and that, therefore, the land
lord had no Just claim.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-11-21

the Hill of the Bells" on June 10, 1867,
to die by the pistol shots of revolution
lists, never knew that the splendid men
tai powers Of his devoted wife had given
way under their strain, and that she was
by that time babbling maniac holding
mock court behind barred doors and
asking: why does not the emperor
Gomez"
Carlotta had for 81 years continued
to ask: "Why does he not Gomez" never
having been told what happened to Max
lco's first emperor.
Shakespeare would have done Justice
to a story like Macmillan and Car
lotta's. His pen could have drawn their
happiness in paradise, OF their early mar
ried life, and then the insidious entrance
of the serpent of ambition. introduced
by scheming statesmen with the cold
hearted Third Napoleon at their head. It
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-11-21
STOCK FEEDING INDUSTRY.
COnverting Forage Crops and Grain
Into Butchers' stock . Proiat-
able Business. ssi

The branch Of the great agricultural
industry known as stock feeding ia
growing rapidly in popularity al over
the west and southwest. This IS the
outgrowth Of the well-developed fact
that converting forage crops and grain
into butchers stock is profitable busi-
ness, even when the animals and the
feed are both purchased in open mar
ket. The stock raisers and the feed
growers make profit on their goods,
and then the feeder makes a larger
profit than either. OF course this con-
dition of affairs has stimulated crop
growers to become stock growers and
feeders, thus saving to themselves and
adding to the profits possible in grow
ing forage and grain, the additional
profit of the stock growers and the
feeder. Would it not be wise for every
farmer who has the land wherein to
grow hay and grain to keep cattle, OF
hogs, or sheep, or horses, or all OF
these combined, to the extent Of the
capacity of the farmer to feed them
Many are doing this, and as all who
do find the business profitable they
should be looked upon by other farm
ers as examples worthy Of imitation
This problem is reducible to "stocA
farming" which we have been trying
for many years to popularize, because
it is. the only system Of farming GER
tainly profitable while enriching the
farm. We were familiar with case
where two intelligent farmers with
lands adjoining opened up business
about the same time. One gradually
accumulated some cows, few brood
mares, some good brood sows and q
small flock Of sheep, and while his
neighbor was busy growing only corn,
cotton and sweet potatoes, he grew
feed for his stock, whose numbers
gradually increased, until his farm
was too small. He then bought ous
his. neighbor, paying him cash in full,
and he soon made the enlarged farm
average so to 60 bushels of corn per
acre, and other feed crops In proper
ton. This stock farmer prospered as
long as he lived, and finally died, leav-
ing to his children the most productive
farm within a redaius of ten miles or
nore.-Texas Farm and Ranch.
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ADMIRAL ALEXE1EFF.
Russia's viceroy I'm the Far East IL
Famed ~ . Diplomat ~ Well
~ Z FIGHTER.

That Russia does not choose to loosen
her grip In the far east is amply proved
by the imperial ukase creating the AmuI
district and the Kwan-Tung territory, q
special viceroyalty. Vice Admiral Alex
elf, -de-camp general to the en-
peror, who has been appointed the first
administrator, has for some time been
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-11-21
wonderful Grape vine.

The celebrated royal grapevine, near
Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Park, Eng
land, which is much finer than the far
famed vine at Hampton court. Is yield
ing magnificent quantity Of fruit this
year. Its average is from 1900 to 1000
bucnches season. The vine, q Black
Hambro, is one of the largest and old
est in the kingdom, and the grapes are
very luscious. They are packed and
sent to the king. wherever his majesty
may be.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-11-21
GIRL SELLS WHISKY.
Miss Short Has Become Drummer 70
the Wholesale Liquor House
Of Mr.. Tall.

John Bull has been at some pains t
gather figures about queer employment
for women in his domain, and the results
are surprising It appears that in Eng.
land and Wales alone, there are nearly
A 900 women shotmakers, 1929 rope
makers, 1880 saddle makers, 5,140 gar.
deners, $3.50 butchers. 27,707 bartend.
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oS~S-~o--S
Of Westminster)
wark including all the territory on the
right bank Of the Thames, and the
archdiocese proper all the district ON
the left bank, both extending into the
country as far as the sea.
Now Archbishop Bourne will rule in
the district of Cardinals Manning and
Vaughan and within three months Will
be made cardinal, as were his inn
mediate predecessors.
1.-THE appointment Of DR.. Bourne"
observes the London Tablet (Rcm.
Cath. j.. was not altogether dnexpect-
ed. For the last two years public
opinion had steadily pointed to him
as likely some day to fill the position
made illustrious by the lives and Ia
bors OF three great cardinals" The
same paper continues:
"The youngest member OF the HER
archy, he has been bishop for seven
years, and though only AZ years Of
age, Bishop Bourne brings to Vest
minister the reputation OF great adj
ministrator. The circumstances of his
early life, which caused him to spend
a considerable time In France. and his
subsequent training in Paris and Lou
vain. whi1o they left him intimately
familiar with the conditions Of eccfe-
siastical life In France and Belgium, also
served to make the French language
almost as familiar to him as his own.
Certainly those who heard his sermon
during the celebrations at Aries some
years ago know that he can preach rs
effectively in one language as in the
other. But perhaps 1t IS to his descent
from a line of successful civil servants
that we must look for the secret of
that habit Of work and concentration
of effort, which have been among the
distinguishing notes of his career.
=. Let the past speak for the prom
Use Of the future. The great seminary
at Wonersh, st. Augustine's House at
Wa1worth, the new establishment at
Chaplain, the aflliation to the 1nstftut
Catholique of Paris, the constant
stream OF promising students to the
Procure in Rome-all tell of the way
in which Bishop Bourne has ruled, his
diocese. % Whether, or not they mean
that new spirit is brooding over the
face. of the waters, at least they show
that so far our new archbishop has not
been guided by any rigid conservatism.
And beyond and above these consid-
erations we have the fact that at an
age when, specially in the ecclesias-
tfcal career, men are accustomed to
look for qualities rather than for
achievements, Bishop Bourne has been
called by the wisdom of the holy see
to fill the highest position in the Eng
lish church. Finally, our new arch
bishop comes to us with what will be
the best of all possible recommends
tions-the fact that he held high
place In the regard AID esteem of his
great predecessor"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-11-21
PR !. OF LONDON.
Right Rev. Francis Bourne Pro
NOTED by the Propaganda.
Created Archbishop of Westminster
and Ex-OmciO Head Of Catholic
Church In EnEland-So0nt to
He Made CARDINAL.

Right Rev. Francis Bourne, the Ro-
man Catholic bishop OF Southwark,
London, has been chosen to succeed
the late Cardinal Vaughan as arch
bishop of Westminster.
Like the pope, Bishop Bourne was
born of poor and obscure parents. Be
fore his elevation to be q bishop he
had only done parish work in the
Southwark diocese and was promoted
by right Of succession in 1896.
| Francis Bourne was born at Clap
ham. in London, in 1861, and many
still remember him rs barefootoed
boy on Chaplain common. ffe got his
early education at the ecclesiastical
colleges of St. Cuthbert, Usham and
St Edmund's, Ware, and the College
of St. Sulspice in Paris. He spent a
year or two at the University Of Lou
vain, and returned home to be or
dained priest in 1884.
+ He was assigned to several obscure
parishes, among which were Grin
stead, in Surrey, where he remained
until 1889, when he was appointed
rector of the diocesan seminary near
Guilford, Surrey.
In few years he succeeded in build
ing a new college and a magnificent
chapel. At the instance OF the then
| bishop of Southwark Leo XIII. made
him domestic prelate in 1895, and a
year later coadjutor bishop of South
wark, with the, right of succession.
He continued to live at the seminary
and personally supervise the education
of it's inmates, seldom mixing with the
clergy of the archdiocese. ID
London is divided into two Roman
| Catholic dioceses. the one of South
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-11-21
Crystal Apple. with oats.

This was one Of the attractive dishes
demonstrated at recent pure food
exhibit. Wash, peel, halve and core four
large, tender, sour apples. Make strip
using one cupful Of graduated sugar, an.
q cup and half of boiling water. As
the sirum thickens, drop the apples, ana
simmer gently until tender. Lift out care
fully, roll each piece In granulated sugar,
lay in the serving dish, pour the strip
over them, and cover with oatmeal por-
ridge. Serve with cream plain or
whipped.-Utica Observer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-11-21

of 81, 900 900 to the democratic campaign
fund, for he would be quite as valuable
as that much money in the position Of
chairman"
Mr. Taggart was three times mayor Of
Indianapolis, a city normally republican
by from 5000 to 5000, and in 1892, as
chairman of the state committee, carried
the state for Grover Cleveland, when
his opponent was Benjamin Harrison, a
resident of Indiana. In 1888, when the
same men we're candidates, Taggart. as
state chairman, carried Marion county,
or Indianapolis, the home Of Mr.. Harri-
son, for Mr.. Cleveland.
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Weathef-Beaten.

.'Why do so many writer's use that
hackneyed phrase, the weather-beaten
farmer?'" said the young man who
reads novels.
Il dunno" answered Mr.. Corntossel,
as he laid down the paper containing
the latest freshet news, "onless It's be-
cause the weather beats us out Of 80
many crops. - Washington Star.
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struck Mother In Midocea..

Cruel must be the son who strikes his
mother. We have heard of one, calling
on the Campania, travelling east, who,
by means of wireless telegraphy, struck"
his mother for $50 She was on the Luz
cania, travelling west, and the vessels
were over 200 miles apart
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-11-21
EIeetrie Lisht swindle..

Ahotelin Bangor, Ne, contracted with
an electric light company to put In seven
electric lights After they were in
working order. the hotel employed >
handy man to tapthe wire surreptitious-
" on the street side OF the meter, and
add 49 lights more.