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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16

simple one. Take plain slate, on one
side of which the name and the date is
previously written. A friend of the per-
former is instructed to call the name
SO quickly that no one else can get
ahead of him. All that is left to do is
to secrete the name and date on the
slate until it is time for it to appear.
To do this you will have to get piece
of cardboard, fitting exactly over the
black part of the slate, both sides of
which are covered smoothly with black
slate paper. Sheet is laid over the
side of the slate with the writing on
it (a). Place the slate with the sheet
over it face down on the chair When
you are going to show the secret writ
ing to the audience lift the slate in such
a way that the sheet of paper stays upon
the black cloth, where it (being black.
too,) cannot be Observation-Disclosures
Enquirer. b
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16
THE ROAD TO eRuMsLETowN.

IT'S quite a straight and easy road
That leads to GrumbietoWn, -
And those who wish can always find
A chance to journey down.
IT'S customary for the trip
To choose a rainy day
When Weather'S fine one not so apt
To care to go that way.
Just keep down Fretful Lane until
You come to Sulky Stile,
Where travellers often like to rest
In silence for awhile.
And then cross over Pouting Bridge,
Where Don't Care Brook flows down.
And just little way beyond
You come to GrumbletoWn.
From what learn, this Grumbletown
Is not a pleasant place;
One never hears a cheerful word,
Or sees smiling face:
The children there are badly spoiled
And sure to fret and tease,
And all the grown-up people. too,
Seem cross and hard to please.
The weather rarely is' just right
In this peculiar spot;
IT'S either raining all the time,
Or else too cold, or hot.
The books are stupid as can be:
The games are dull and old; -...-
There's nothing new and nothing nice
In Grumbletown, I'm told.
And % I've taken pains. my dears.
The easiest road to show,
That you may all be very sure
You never, never go! Fl-
Ellen Manly, in ST. Nicholas.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16
HuCKABAcK CENTER PIECE
$3.50

HUCKABACK CENTER PIECE.
this work, which may be carried out
with regulation embroidery silks, using
a rather heavy grade, or in the mer-
cerized linens so widely used at pres
ent. Where designs require shading,
the silks are best, as the various con-
secutive shades are procurable in these
goods. In other cases the linens an
swer perfectly.
A centerpiece design is shown in
the illustration, autumn leaves fur
nishing the motif 1t measures is
inches in diameter, and can be duplicat-
ed at home with handful of leaves,
paper and pencil. The space between
the inner and outer wavy lines is
darned. leaving the leaves plain. For
this, delicate shade of green silk Is
used. Embroider the two lines Of satin
stitch in slightly darker shade of
green. Satin stitch is a succession of
stitches close together across the space
to be covered, either straight or d.
agonally. ...
The edge of the centerpiece is but
tSHl1-.Ss. ALI Stlll q uCCpCA 6ACCA, 0Au
between this buttonholing and the line
of satin stitch, scatter French knots
irregularly.. These are made by coll
ing the silk about the needle two or
three times and inserting it at the point
where it comes up through the linen,
thus forming knots on the right side
of the fabric.
Embroider the leaves in 'long and
short" stitch all around, using green,
brown and red shades, with touch
of yellow here and there. Outline the
veins and midrib in the shades pre-
dominating in each leaf, and endeavor
to vary the leaves as much as posi-
BILE. so that no two will look alike when
finished. This work is speedy, and the
result cannot fail to crafty.
The smaller illustration shows de-
sign adapted to decorating sideboard
or dresser scarfs, or for towel borders.
For towels, all white floss is always
preferable, since they can then be
boiled without fear of running the COL
Ors, but for ornamental covers for
dressers, stands, etc., this design is most
effective carried out in pink. blue, yell
low or light green. Whatever color
predominates in the furnishings of the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16
| FARMER AND PLANTER.
TIE MAN WHO KNOWS HOW.
The Farmers success in 1904 De-
ponds Largely Upon Well
Matured Planning.

It is worth while to plan. All real
success is the result of plans. Plans
we'll laid and persistently carried out
do not often fail. The success of next
years plans will depend to a consid-
cradle degree upon the plans made
now.
All who have observed closely this
1903 have seen a year of extraordi-
nary weather conditions. Through all
of these many have come with good
crops. These planned we'll in 1902.
Deep soil, which was not stirred wet,
has produced good crops in spite OF
the peculiar weather conditions. These
soils have absorbed the excess of rain
and resisted the excess of heat and
drought. Thousands who grew rest
less and plowed wet lands, have seen
their mistakes emphasized by the fail
ure of the crops. We should all learn
from these extremes Of weather the
wisdom of deep, fall blowing, and
shallow spring and summer cultiva-
ton.
We should learn to trust and CO.
operate with providence rather than
try to force providence to bend to our
plans and yield to our errors. Natures
laws are all good and change not at
our bidding. Obey them and you will
succeed. Violate them and you will
fail.
There are many lessons we should
heed, but one very largely affecting all
of our success deserves careful con-
sideration: We can not force success
no matter how much we try, when
we go contrary to natures laws. This
is true of each one of us, aQd it is true
of all of us. It will be the same if
we all join together We can not pre-
vent water from washing the land II
we plow shallow. We can not make
soil productive If we plow wet.
For years past we have done all we
could to force a very large yield of
cotton, but we plowed shallow and wet
and fertilized foolishly and we failed.
This year we greatly increased the
acreage in cotton and greatly in
creased the quantity of fertilizers.
but we nave SlSudHy ldlIeu W pIOuuCc
a large crop. Imperfect stands, fail
ure to come up promptly, growing of
slowly, rust, boil worm, caterpillar,
ETC., have made light yield. And
now this is cut short by an early, kill
iEg frost. The full extent of damage
from the frost will not be known until
the picking is ended. Week after
week we will realize it more and more.
We hear men argue that half stand
will make more than a full stand. II
that be true why do we plant for a
stand and hoe for stand and plow for
a stand? Why not just change our
plans and half do the whole business?
This argument will not do. We have
never been able to pick any cotton
from the missing places in our fields.
Our cotton has grown upon stalks
and not in the open air without any
stalk. The crop is short; the price is
nigh. II we sell slowly we will see
still higher prices.-Southern Guilt.
vator.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16
THE VALUE OF LEGUMES.
Extracting Fcrtilixing Material
From the Air One of Their
Most Valuable Functions.

Natural laws Of plant life are very
instructive to the tillers of the soil.
Prof. Voorhees,, wzo is reliable, made
very clear, in some experiments how
cow-peas take nitrogen from the at
mosphere and deposits it in the soil
He grew plants in large pots, SO thai
he could tell exactly what happened
to the soil. Before the cow-peas were
planted the soil was analysed SO that
the exact amount of nitrogen which
it contained was known. The cow-peas
were grown without any fertilizer. and
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16
Crocodile's Mixed Menu.

The capacity of the ostrich to swallow
all sorts of articles is matched by that
of the crocodile, if the list given below
is fair sample: The stomach of a re-
Gently killed Indian crocodile contained,
besides a half-digested calf, human
skull, silver bangle, some gold orna-
ments, a tobacco box made of tin, lime
case, a nutcracker, railway ticket,
horn case containing some 20 copper
coins and soda water bottle containing
some mustard The foregoing list of
articles is sufficient to convince students
of natural history that crocodiles are
passionately fond of bric-a-brac of SUBJ
stantial naturc.-Boston Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16
HOW TO RETAIN YOUTH.
Work with Discretion, Get Plenty Of
beauty Sleep and Never Lose
Temper or Patience.

Keeping young looking depends very
much on yourselves. Here is some good
advice once given by beautiful woman
to a girl admirer who asked her for her
recipe of remaining 'such an ever
green" Never work on till you are
seemingly at the last gasp, whether at
your business or your pleasure, but rest
as you go along. If you forego rest till
your work is done the chances are that
you will then be too tired to take 1t.
Get all the beauty sleep you can. Re
member that late hours are fatal to good
looks and health and don't commit the
folly of working far into the night and
then wondering why your work is not
we'll done and you feel so good-for-noth-
ing next day. Shield your nerves and
don't let them become too sensitive.
Make yourself take life calmly. II you
lose train don't pace the platform wild
ly, but inquire when the next comes in
and sit down calmly to wait for it.
That's just what most women don't do;
they sit down, perhaps, but they tap the
floor with their feet, clinch and unclinch
their hands and are apparently in a fe-
yer heat of excitement over the arrival
of every train that comes in, even
though they have been assured that
theirs is not due for another half-hour.
That half hour of waiting means to them
a frightful wear and tear of nerves and
they are practically weeks older for it.
Try to cultivate calm, but if you cannot
do that all at once you can keep your
face STILL 1t need not record all your
emotions of anger, worry and perplexity.
Biting your lips and wrinkling your
brows will not help you and the indul-
gence in these tricks will add ugly lines
to your face, making you old-looking
before your time Chicago News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16
HERE AND THERE.

I'm nearly all cases q hog that 10
kept penned up in a close pen with !
board floor will get stiff or become,
CRIPPLED in some way.
Recently carload Of acorn fed
razor back hogs from Arkansas were
SHIPPED to Kansas City and brought
the highest prices on the market.
The soil for Irish potatoes next
spring should be deeply and thorough.
ly plowed now, or as soon as convent.
ent, and the sooner it is convenient the
better.
Large Yorkshire pigs have been
bred in England for a hundred years.
with the view to producing lean meat
instead Of fat. Hence they are called
"the bacon breed"
There is no fertilizer that varies
SO much in value as stable manure.
This variation is caused by the man.
ner in which the stuff is kept and the
amount of litter it contains.
A goose has been known to ali fnr
month on q stone, when her eRxs
have been taken from her. Hens viii
sit nearly as long on door knob
Here is more fidelity than common
sense.
Cotton seed meal is an. excellent
addition to the daily rStion OF fowls
of all sorts. II mixed with oats and
bran, put about one pint Of the
meal to gallon Of mixture. We have
used this with good results for sev.
eral years.
Geese are grassers and will do
we'll on any green pasture. IL thew
have access to creek SO mnch tha
better, but they can be successfullv
grown without water to swim in. Ant
in fattening they need some rood
sound grain every day.
The blackbirds are eating TIA nj,
weevils. Mr.. v. j. Hutcherson. 4 Tax.
as farmer, reports that his SON ril1aa
blackbird. in the craw of which ver.
q boil weevlls, some still alive He
thinks at is a good idea to enconra g
the blackbirds. >>eS
The only change between snmma,
and winter feeding for fowls .bo,,la
be that which is unavoidable arcar,
That more corn may be given Is win
ter than summer. Green feed ana
meat scraps can be made tn taLa IN.
place OF grass and insects which
abound in summer,
Closely calculate how many acres
you can cultivate in any given Grow ~ ~ ),
an average season; then reduce tha,
number to one-third and plant W.,
WIN make more. provided you put &C
much 1udicious cultivation On tho two i.
thirds as you expected to mt 49, nv.
larger area. ~ nv
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16
THE TURPENTINE INDUSTRY.
Operators In the South Are Adopt
ing the New Method of Ex.
tracing Turpentine.

The discovery of a new way Of ex-
tracing turpentine, made two years
ago by DR.. Charles H. Herty, working
under the direction of the bureau of
forestry, is resulting in complete
change of methods by turpentine OPP
orators all over the south.
In bulletin published last spring
by the bureau of forestry the claim
was made that the experiments with
the new cup and gutter system Of
turpentining had resulted in an In
crease over the old boxing system of
% per cent. in the amount OF the
product extracted. This figure has
now been raised to more than 36 per
cent. In other words, DR.. Herty's sys-
tenn, when universally adopted in the
south, as it is bound to be sooner or
later, will have raised the tlirpentine
production of this country by more
than a third, provided the same num-
Der of trees are used. Two years ago,
when DR.. Herty first made known his
discoveries, he put 10000 cups into
operation. Last year this figure was
increased to about 100000. This year
q conservative estimate places the
number of cups to be used at 5000, 900.
The figures give some indication Of
the rapidity with which turpentine
operators are adopting the new sys-
tenn. The change of methods has been
so rapid that the pottery company
which undertook to supply operators
with earthen cups has been unable to
keep up with its orders and has been
obliged to refuse contracts for over
two million cups. It is safe 10 say
that the majority Of the large turpen-
tine operators in this country have
given up the boxing system and will
extract their tur2entine by means of
cups and cutters.
The economic saving Of this new
discovery is enormous. It NOT only
causes a great increase in the amount
of turpentine produced, but 1t Is a
most important factor in saving the
pine forests of the south. Every one
knows that trees from which turpen-
tine has been extracted by the old
method-"boxed" timber it is called
soon die from the wounds inflicted on
them. The cup and gutter system,
on the other hand, is not fatal to the
life Of the tree, and does very little
damage to the timber.
The bureau of forestry has arranged
to give the personal assistance Of DR..
Herty to turpentine operators who de-
sire to install the new system.---U. 8.
Bureau of Forestry Bulletin.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16

toward the left; and at the beginning of
each row at the left as you take up the
first string as it lies fiat, turn it over
and downward toward the right.
To finish off the ends Of belt, ar
range the ends in pairs, take the right
hand string. and tie it in knot that
will include the left-hand string.
When the knots have been tied at one
end, remove the other end of the belt
from it's fastening, and tighten up the
end, braiding one side of it so that each
side will be of the same length, then
tie the knots to correspond with the
other end. Cut of the surplus ends.
allowing about one and one-half inches
for the fringe. Take large pin, and
fringe out the ends.-Lillian Kempton,
in Modern Priscilla.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16
May Be Eloode d.

The statement has just been made by
a government surveyor that $40 square
miles of the Missouri River valley in
Iowa is many feet below The level OF
the river. The statement is rather
startling, for the reason that there are
a number of pretentious towns in this
district, and great throng Of people
who have always believed that they
were out of the reach Of foods.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16
STORIES ABOUT EAGLES.
Not Afraid to Tackle Even the
Strongest AntagOnist.

Some years ago Sir Charles Mordaunt
witnessed in Scotland strange battle
between an eagle and stag. which COM
pletely dispels any theory that the orni-
biologist may put forward as to eagles
rot attacking large animals, says the
Chicago Journal. The bird singled out
from herd one particular buck, which
it succeeded in driving from the rest.
It struck the animal repeatedly with it's
powerful wings, knocked it down and
finally killed it.
Baron Schroeder witnessed still moro
remarkable spectacle. An eagle at
tackled fawn which was one Of herd
in the highlands. The cries Of the little
one were answeredfby its dam, which
sprang upon the eagle and struck 1t re-
peatedly with it's fore feet. Fawn, deer
and eagle rolled headlong down a decliv-
ity. and the bird was dislodged from its
hold and the fawn rescued.
But Sir Kenneth Mackenzie knows a
more thrilling story than either Of these,
for, according to report, an eagle was
rent in twain during battle in his for
est of Gairloch. Fixing its talons in the
quarters of roe, the bird was dashed
against tree, to branch of which 1t
endeavored to hold to stay the fight of
its captive The bird was halved imam
instant.
Many traditions are extant as to
eagles having carried of and devoured
children. In the north of England the
legend is perpetuated by the name OF
many an inn, the sign THE Eagle and the
Child" being common. The most recent
case bearing close scrutiny appears to
be one which occurred in South Africa.
A Boer farmer. living on the veldt just
beyond Barberton, whose stock had been
harried by eagles, lay in ambush for the
aerial robbers, and saw one of them de-
scend and carry of the five-year-old
child of one of his Kafir servants. He
shot the bird. which, with the child still
clutched in its grip, fell into thorn
bush. The bird was dead when picked
up, but the babe was little hurt. The
eagle measured nine feet from tip to tip
of its wings.
Two eagles will stalk covert In con-
cert. While one conceals himself the
other beats about the bushes with great
screaming, driving out its quarry for the
hidden eagle to swoop down and make
an end of it. An even more insidious
method has been observed, when an
eagle, detecting sheep on the edge of
precipice, screamed shrilly, and with
forceful beat Of wing hurled it into the
valley below, where 1t could deyour it at
its leisure.
There is good reason for believing.
after all, the ancient legend as to the
manner in which Eschylus, the Greek
poet, met his death. It is said that an
eagle dropped turtle on his bald head.
Algerian travellers are familiar with the
sight of eagles carrying turtles and.tor-
toises to height and dropping them
upon rocks to break the creatures shells
and render the flesh accessible.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16
Won't steal Chickens Again.

A negro minister at Ferguson. Mo-,
bounced upon a white man who was
discovered stealing his chickens. The
rogue was secured for the night by be-
ing locked up in the henhouse. The
next morning, with the aid of neighbors,
the thief was fastened to wagon tongue
with rope around his waist, the tongue
was then raised up in the air, with the
rogue thus suspended, until he pitifully
promised never to steal chickens again.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16
That's Different.

"The old lady'n give you hail Co.um-
bia for betting on horse race
'tNo, she won't This time won! -
Atlanta Constitution.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16
Hard water Ruin. Skin.

Don't use hard water if you value
your complexion The excess of lime
in hard water neutralizes the Oil in the
pores of the skin, and thus hardens the
cuticle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16
seven Shot. Per second.

Seven Shots Per Second.
A revolver that shoots seven times In
q second has been invented by gum
smith In Brussels
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1904-10-21
MODERN METHODS.
And Also Modern Cooks, and What the
Result Always Is.

THE old-fashioned cook who cleaned
her cooking vessels by swabbing them
out with her finger is a relic OF the
dark ages declared Mr.. Hitler, the
cooking expert who is in Lincoln for
the purpose OF demonstrating that the
art OF cookery is really a science.
And as she was talking Mrs. Hitler
went right ahead showing that it was
jrSI as cas- To cook good tood, serve
II daintily and do it economically. as it
is to do it The old way.
In modern cooking The Old method
os guessing i2 eliminated?" continued
Mrs. Hitler. I'VE are as exact in our
measurements as the architect or the
pstternmaker.''
several hundred women sat and
watched and listened with deep inter
est as Mrs. Hitler measured and talked
and baked and broiled, and her every
word aud motion was fraught with in
formation. She made touthsome
toast covered it with white sauce. gar
nished it with egg and put il on d
platter. She baked some pop-overs
that would make a dyspeptic shout
with delight. She built peach short
cake that was a dream OF .ustatoIy
joy. and topped the exhibition OFF by
broii.n. a porterhouse to Just that
shade OF delicious pink clear through
that rs the acme Of every housewife
ambition and the ultima thule OF every
hushand,s household hope. 1t was all
cleanliness Of preparation and IL spuc,.
that appealed to all
People talk about the 'robber gas
companies, said Mrs. Hitler, but be
that as it may an not here to de-
fend anybody or anything save olcan-
illness and economy--it would be we'll
TO investigate for yourselves and not
be swayed by prejudice"
Mrs Killers demonstrations, are all
made with gas range. and She injects
q thousand and one little gems OF
thought that show her thorough be-
lief in the utility OF gas as a fuel. es-
pecially in the kitchen. An interested
listener had thought while Mrs. Hill
Ter was mentioning those who talh ed
about "robber gas companies" There
are Others. For instance, there is
the husband who robs his wife Of
health and comfort and time and con-
venience by compelling her to. split
kindlings and lug in coal to Eeep the
Internally hot steel range going and
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1904-10-21
FAREWELL RECEPTION.
Friends of Mrs. S. A. Hoon Meet to Bid
Her Goodbye.

Friends of Mrs. S. A. Hoon Meet to Bid
Her Goodbye.
Capital Auxiliary No. IL rendered a
farewell reception to Mrs. S. A. Hoon
last Tuesday nirht at the nome OF
Mr and Mrs. J. E. Nickel. Despite
the bad weather large number Of
members and their husbands
were present and the evening was hap
ply spent in social conversation mu-
SIC and story telling.
Refreshments were served, and lust
as the guests were rising from the ia
bies Mrs. w. NJ. Maupin made a short
speech and on behalf of the Auxiliary
presented Mrs. Hcon with handsome
silver berry spoon. Mrs. Hoon re-
sponded briefly and thanked the or
gan,zation for it's thoughtfulness and
Kindness.
Mrs. Hoon and her two daughters
lett Thursday for Denver, where they
Will Join Nj Hoon, who has been in
Colorado for several months in search
Of renewed health. The best wishes of
:'prinjerdonl" and a host of other
friends accompany Mrs. Hoon.