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St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-16
WORK FOR THE MONTH
Mav One Of the Busiest Of the Year
For the Farmer Who Expects
to Get q Crop.

/. May is the most pressing month
in the year, on the farm-so many
things to plant and everything needing
work at once. Much depends upon get
ting the crop worked before the grass
can get a start. May is the crucial
time. II farmer can manage to do
everything as it should be done in May
he is pretty safe for a good crop.
2. We are all behind on account OF
so much rain and cold, but do not get
in such a hurry that you can not do
your work right. It always pays to
have a good seed-bed. 1t pays IN the
stand you get. in the rapidity with
which the crop will grow OF and tbs
thoroughnsss and ease with which you
can cultivate It
8. We all feel pressed on account Of
the scarcity Of labor. This is largely
due to the fact that all want to spread
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-16

Prof. Brander Matthew's thinks the
atrical audiences see jokes more quick
dy than they used to and that this
proud and happy progress in visibility
has come about because the stage VI
to-day is so well lighted that all the
spectators can follow the changing ex-
nressions on the ecuntenances of The
ouarreling couple. whereas in the
eighteenth century the theater was al
most gloomy, az there were only
sparse oil lamps to serve as footlights.
by which it may have been difficult to
see joke"
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-16

Armies and navies are expensive;
we need farmers more than we need
soldiers; we need merchant ships
more than we need battleships. The
civil war demonstrated that 1t does
mot take long to make first-class
1ghting man Of the American citizen
and there are 100000 such ready
TO fight In a quarrel with stranger.
The only power that is at all likely to
give us serious trouble is Japan, and
she will not undertake 1t until she
shall think herself strong enough to
order all the other white folks out Of
her neighborhood. That will be gener-
ations hence and need give us no con-
cern. Our business is to make money.
mot to engage in war. We have an i'm
mense territory right here in the re-
public that is yet virgin and the de-
mand is for laborers, not soldiers.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-16
Quick Way to Make Buns.

When you are making bread, after
adding enough -four to the mixing to
make a thick batter. dip out two cups
into large bowl or pail and add one
fourth cup shortening, either butter or
lard, three-fourths cup sugar, ons-half
cup currants and one heaping teaspoon
cinnamon. Let 1t set over night and
IN the morning stir In enough -four
to mold. Avoid getting too stiff. Let
rise again and then form into huns
After rising in the tins brush over
With q little sugar dissolved in rntIk
ard bake one-halF hour.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-16
SENSIBLE SUGGESTIONS.

Charcoal is said to strengthen and
whtten the teeth. remove the tartar,
prevent toothache, and give the gums
and lips an attractive character. About
as much as can be placed on the point
Of a knife should be rubbed gently
into the interstices of the teeth on
gong to bed. to be rinsed out thor
oughIy in the morning.
To improve your hands, use only
soft soap for washing and good toilet
soap. Before drying rub on a few
drops, OF pure glycerine, work into the
skin thoroughly. and then dry care
fully. Keep the pulp OF a lemon on
your washstand and with 1t rub your
hands once or twice a day after wash
Ing.
Never wash the face just before go
ing out OF doors. or directly after
coming In. II the skin Is inclined TO
be sensitive.
Another thing to remember ts that
the face and hands must be thorough
ly dried with the towel before ventur-
ing out. Neglect of this will be sure
to make the skin tender. and perhaps
unsightly.
The value of rain water. The purest
water met with under ordinary CIR
cumstanees is rain water. which is cer-
.talnly great luxury to those in
towns for washing, II it we're fully
appreciated how valuable rain water
really ts. the dwellers In our large
towns would see that It was not al
ways lost. It Is free from the hard
ness which charactertzes spring water.
feels soft to the hands. forms a beau
tiful lather. and agrees well with the
skin.
Do not wash the wooden bread plate
in hot water. and 1t will not turn
black. Wash With soap and warm wa
ter and rinse In clear cold water.
Use silver knife to peel apples, and
the hands will not be- blackened as
when steel knife is used. The acid
of the fruit (acetic acid) acts on the
iron in the latter case. but does not
affect the silver.
g II you are choked and cannot get re-
lief, get down on all fourss and cough
until you remove the obstruction. The
plan of holding child upside down
and shaking him Is the best plan
known for relieving choking baby.
Chicago Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-16
What Money Is Doing.

There are even in these days a good
0any families in the United States
who find It possible to do q certain
amount Of moderately high thinking
and still cultivate some of the graces
OF life. They may be obliged to live
simply, says Scribner's, and yet may
not need to use up all their vitality
In manual labor. True, they must
walk when others ride, they must take
thought to their apparel, that it be
presentMble at small cost, and when
they entertain their friends they must
do 1t simply. But they have time to
read books and they have money to
educate their children, Oftener than
not they are persons whose family
traditions incline them to fastidious-
ness In social matters. They and their
1ore6earss kave been accustomed not
only to well-bred, but interesting peo-
PIE and have kept in touch with what
was going on in the world; in short,
they have taste for the best society.
twenty-five years ago there was no
reason why they shouldn't maintain
their inherited or acquired right to it,
but the tendency on the part of GER
tain Of their fellow citizens to what
has been characterized as "the habit
Of getting rich" has changed all that.
It is not only that the accumulation
OF colossal fortunes restricts the finan-
cial chances Of the moderately arnbi-
dous majority, but 1t deprives them
Of some innocent and legitimate COM
forts and pleasures to which they
think themselves reasonably entitled,
by increasing so tremendously the cost
Of living with the standard of luxury
ls raised in proportion. This. to be
sure, is an old cry, but to the tmpe-
cunious majority it does not cease to
be live issue.
Yet one cannot find fault with the
people who have made money for
wanting to spend 1t; one cannot be
surprised IL their ideas are crude and
Il they fail to appreciate refined sim
plicity. Most of us spend all the
money we can afford and we should
not thank anyone WHO should presume
to dictate to us as to what we ought
to buy with 1t. The very rich do not
In the least intend to make life hard
for the rest Of the world. I In fact,
from their kind-hearted desire to give
pleasure we get some singularly bad
results, such as, for instance, the poor
girl with rich tastes, who. although
she need not always be q Lily Bart,
yet is always In an unnatural and de-
moralizing position: and the young
man who goes to the dogs in his effort
to keep up the pace with his rich
mates.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-16
st.rttns the celery Plaats.

The celery seed should be sow1l h
either shallow fiat boxes, pans or flow
er pots having drainage and filled with
reasonably rich loam and placed In
either kitchen window or hotbed In
February or March. Sow the seed
rather thickly and when the soil has
been made quite moist, rift light soil
or sand over; firm we'll, and cover
lightly with one thickness of paper or
cloth to exclude light and keep the soil
moist. The temperature should be
moderate. Ten or twelve drys after
sowing, the seeds begin 10 spfout and
care must be exercised that the soil
does not dry out, nor be exposed to d.
rect rays of the sun, for in this way
they are easily destroyed. The paper or
cloth must be gradually raised, that
the young plants may 5ccome accus-
toned to the light and air.
When an inch or less in height, trans
plant into 4-inch deep cigar or other
boxes or to hotbed containing father
rich earth, as upon their strong sturdy
growth depends in great measure the
| success of the full grown plants. Set
about Y or y inch apart. Keep we'll
| watered, though not too wet, and
shade lightly II the weather Is too
bright for two or three days. If growth
becomes too rank, before time for
trapsplanting to the open ground, the
tops should be sheared nearly to tha
heart leaves. In fact this is good
policy to follow in transplanting most
plants where the roots are disturbed
to any extent by being uprooted from
the nurserybed. It forms an equili-
brium between the tops and roots
| which permits both to repair before
either can overload the other with
work.-Michigan Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-16
on OUTDOOR LIVING.
ELOQUENT plea Tor Porch Life-1lak-
ing the Porch Attractive with
Vines and Flowers.

Porch life Is habit. and II you
have not already acquired it, begin at
once.
People do not begin to realize the
importance OF outside life. nor how
comparatively easy matter it Is for
the entire family to spend many hours
Of the day outside the walls OF the
house. II porch life we're more sys-
tematically adhered to, there would be
less necessity for that month in the
country with the children" which
closes up so many pretty homes and
leaves desolated house for father to
return to at night. Three months OF
porch life Is none too much for fam
lily that spends the other nine months
In furnace-heated house where up
holstered furniture and rugs and hang
tngs abound. and where, In spite OF
constan. care. the air is filed with
bacteria-laden dust.
Begin to plan in the spring. 1t the
porch hitherto has been bare OF vines.
plant some of the quick-growtng varie-
ties that will bring the desired results
this season. and later put in the roots
Of perennials. Clematis. woodbine.
trumpet flower, ivies. and honey
suckles are all favorite perennials,
while the notified japanese hop vine,
the scarlet and pink Towering bean,
and even the old-fashioned. humble
morning glory are rapid growers. and
In the course of few weeks give the
coveted privacy and shade. One of the
charms OF these latter varieties Is
watching their remarkably speedy
growth. One family, about whose
east porch had been planted guam
tity Of the scarlet creeping beans. took
the pains to ascertain the growth dur
ing IL hours Of one of these vines. A
string was tied to the tip Of an ambi-
tious plant at seven o'clock one eve
ming; at seven the following morning
It had registered growth of six and
three-quarter inches. These beans are
verftable magnets to the humming-
birds. which hover about them all
through the summer, their beautiful
little bright-hued bodies continual
source of Joy to the observing.
The boxes Of flowers should be Of the
hardy varieties-the brilliant gerani-s
ums. SALIVA, many-colored petunias,
combined with vines or plants Of the
climbing variety, such as nasturtiums
and sweet alyssum. and with fringing
ferns. II you are planning to have a
general color scheme for your porch
and this Is an easy matter and most
pleasing in its results-be careful that
the flowers do not form a jarrtng note
to the general tone.-Good Health.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-16
"WHAT Is THE UsE7''


ordered it from the caterer who fur
nished our wedding supper, and
thought that If just we two might sit
down to 1t alone"
my dear girl; it's impossible: I'm
dining out this evening. I'm awfully
sorry, Of course, but it's an engage
ment I made over a week ago and
really can't break 1t. BY Jupiter! I
know that bathtub is overdowing. Ex-
cuse me for rushing of SO abruptly.
I say!"-this from the bathroom as
the noise of the gushing taps ceased
Il shall give you that check, all the
same; and there's a little beauty Of a
saddle horse over at Blake's. II you
would like to have 1t. Better change
your mind about not going out this
evening, Amy. You are all dressed,
you know, and there's always your box
at the Metropolitan, Don't sit up for
me; shall be rather late"
Then the door closed and the man
began to whistle again.
The woman walked over to the
dressing table and closed her jewel
boxes: looked deeply and searchingly
at her reflection in the glass. and then
shut OF the light
For a moment or two she stood
there in the darkness. not speaking,
not making any sound: then, Of a
sudden, she sat down on the sofa
Just where the man had been-and
laid her folded arms across the pillow
and her forehead on them.
"What's the usa of trying?" she
said. "What Is the use? What Is the
use"
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-16

out on account OF good prices. but re-
flect- that II we could all make s.
much a. va desire the prices would im-
mediately como down to their former
level. So the scarcity Of labor is not an
unmitigated evil. Do not undertake to
cultivate any moro than you can han
die well, is the idea. Plant the rest
in peas or let it lie out.
4. Do not forget 70 start early with
the weeders, harrows and small culti-
vators. You can relieve the situation
greatly by learning to do moro work
and better work with improved tools.
They are our salvation II used Alright.
5. The corn should be narrowed,
thinned and replanted. Last year we
saw Mr.. Hall, Of Burke county, plow-
ing his corn; the most we ever saw
any done, but he was putting seven
burrows to the row. This was going
over the ground too many times, un-
less a farmer has plenty Of plow force.
6. The cotton should be run over
just as it Is coming up, with weeder or
some small-toothed harrow, and then
gone over again with harrow or chop
per in few days.
Z. The watermelon and cantalolpe
patch will demand plowing and re-
planting.
8. The sweet potato patch must be
prepared and the slips set out This IS
a crop that we should try ourselves In
growing. The demand is increasing
each year. Try for 300 Or 400 bushels
per acre.
9. The garden, too, comes In for its
share of attention. The early vegeta-
bles must be well worked, while others
must be planted. Plant plenty of beans,
okra, squash, carrots, parsnips, butter
beans, etc. Then transplant your to-
matoes, egg-plants and peppers.
10. If you are not busy you can get
busy. The harvest is calling and the
laborers are few, but this should only
stimulate us to do better work and In
crease our yields, for to such the re-
turns will be remunerative-Southern
Cultivator.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-16
The D. A. r. Society.

The y. a. i. Society.
The general society Of the Daughters
of the Revolution was organized in the
city of New York, August 20. 1891.
Eligibility to membership is restricted
to women who are lineal descendants
Of an ancestor who was a military or
naval officer, soldier, sailor or marine
in actual service under the authority
OF any Of the 13 colonies or states, or
of the continental congress, and re-
mained always loyal to such authority,
or descendants of one who signed the
Declaration of Independence. or of one
who as member of the continental
congress, or Of the congress of any Of
the colonies or states, or as an Official
appointed by or under the authority
of any such representative bodies,
actually assisted in the establishment
Of American independence by service
during the war Of the revolution, be-
coming thereby liable to conviction Of
treason against the government Of
Great Britain. but remaining always
loyal to the authority of the colonies
or states
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-16
She Advertised Her wares.

eF
A duck, who had faithfully stuck to
business during the SKINNER and laid
several dozen large, fawn colored eggs.
complained that she was not appreci-
ated. "See that new hen over there, .
said the duck; 'she has not laid 50
many eggs as l have, nor so big, but
she has books written in her honor,
while nobody says q word about me- :"
"The trouble with you is" said wiss
Buff, you do not tell the public what
you have done. You lay an egg and
waddle OF without saying q word,
while the sister Of mine never lays
without letting everybody in the
neighborhood know Of It," II you want
to cut any ice in this community, you
must learn to advertise.-Southern
Cultivator.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-16
HERE AND THERE.

Tho cost Of keeping q COW is IN
proportion to her weight; but the yield
in butter Is not in such proportion. II
is almost wholly in the breed, care and
methods Of feeding.
The Buffalo tree hopper is doing
much mischief in many orchards the
present season. The best remedies fol
this pest are the use OF whale oil soau
and arsenate Of lead.
II sheep are to increase In flesh,
or even to continue in good condition,
the food must contain certain elements
which when digested will produce AMI
NAL heat. fat and muscle.
The number Of cotton gins which
are being erected in various parts Of
Oklahoma to handle the 1906 crop in
dicates that the gin men Expect good
cotton crop in Oklahoma this year.
"A great point of valle in COW Is
to have the milking habit firmly es-
tablished, SO that she will not dry OF
soon after calving and indulge In a
long spell OF unremunerative idleness.
Nervousness and viciousness are
engepdered In the ll-treated COW and
are transmitted to her offspring. The
more docile the COW the more are her
energies likely to be devoted to the
dairyman's interest.
Wooden fences are out Of date, ex-
pensive, and always require q large
amount Of time, labor and expense for
maintenance. The modern wire fence
obviates all this. It is stronger. cheap
er, and lasts longer.
Texas is getting larger number
Of Immigrants who are buying homes
than any two states combined, and the
number Of men buying lands to hold
for higher prices has never been
equaled in any state since the east-and-
west railroad days, when the boom was
worked. through European and Castle
Garden agencies.
The plan Of the Farmers union to
build cotton warehouses In every cot
producing country in Texas Is Of
vast commercial significance, when
taken II, connection with the possibili-
ty that Texas and the Twin territories
will dominate the cotton, markets q
the country. .----.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-16
Shadow Embroidery.

Stamp your design on the wrong
side Of the material and work the
flowers. leaves and large figures in a
close fagotting or cat stitch on the
wrong side. The small stitch, which
will show on the right side, makes an
outline and the center Of the deaf or
flower is prettily filled in with the
faggoting stitch. which shows through
the sheer material. The stems should
be done in outline stitch. It is very
easy work and quickly done. You can
take a few lessons at any OF the large
department stores II you go to the art
ueedlewOrk department.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-16
HAD GIVEN Up ALL HOPE.
CONFINED TO her BED
WITH DYSPEPSIA.
'lOweMyL6e to Pe-ru-na. :"
Says Mrs. / Iufaker.

Mrs. Mittie Huftaker, 3. r. No. 3,
Columbia, Tenn, writes:
sIwss afflicted with dyspepska for
several years and at last was confined
to my bed, unable to sit up.
eve tried several different doctors
without relief.
II mad siven up MI hope Of any re-.
Nef ana was afmosf dsad when my
husband bought mo bottle of Pc.
FMn1. ss,agvss sFA
cat first could not notice any ben
eft, but after taking several bottles l
was cured sound and we'll
s.If II to Peruna ! owe my NE 70.
day. ~. :,
II cheerfully recommend it to all
sufferers. :"
Revised Formula.
FOR number of years requests
have come to me from multitude Of
grateful friends. urging that Peruna
be given q slight laxative quality.
have been experimenting with . laxa-
tive addition for quite q length Of
time, and now feel gratided TO an
nounce to the friends Of Peruna that
I have incorporated such quality In
the medicine which, in my opinion,
can only enhance its well-known bene.
dcial character.
"S. 3. HARrMAN. M. d."
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-16

The opening OF bank With Carl
tai Of 5000 In Tioga, Pa, would ac.,
under ordinary circumstances, consti-
tute a notable event; but as the bank
1s organized under the auspices OF the
state grange, is owned and managed
by grangers, and Is designed to be the
first OF series OF grange banks, its
opening is very interesting.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-16
PEOPLE IN PRINT.

John L. Snyder, Seneca Indian, has
received permission to take the New
York state bar examination.
Paul J. Rainey. q wealthy New
Yorker, is having wireless system OF
telegraphy installed on his yacht, AM
ona, which will be the f1st American
steam yacht thus equipped.
District Attorney Jerome, Of New
York, who il at present In the lime
light. pleads guilty to three weak
nesses- candy eating, cooking strange
dishes, and making furniture.
Chaplain Rev. Francis Doherty. OF
the Seventeenth United States In
fantry, stationed Ct Fort Mcpherson,
edits . little pape. called "The Haver.
sack" which u widely read among
soldiers, and is frequently copied.
George Grifath. the English globe
trotter, Who hasiseven times encircle1
the earth, says he means to travel no
more, but will build a home on the
Isle Of Man and settle down to novel;
writing as ne1ghbor Of Hall Caine.
Thomas Lewis, the son Of an African
king who is studying medicine at the
Syracuse university, has devised char
acterS to express the language OF his
tribe. He proposes to translate the
Bible and. to introduce the Christian
religion among the natives. His home
10 In Liberia, anG upon the completion
Of his course he expects to become .
medical missionary to his people.
J. r. Webster holds the unique dis
tinction Of being the only mayor Wau-
coma, L., has ever had, though the
place has been incorporated q years.
He was selected % the nrst mayor In
1883. and has continued to serve ever
since. He has just been elected for
two years moro. which VIII mako his
record as mayor quarter Of CEN
tury. He is 81 years old. and the old
est mayor II the state. He u hale and
hearty.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-16
Big Battleehips.

The slip from which the Dread
nought, $4,000 ons, was launched ct
Portsmouth the other day. was extend
ed 30 as to hold ships up to $40 feet
in length. Now it is being again, en-
larged up to no less than 700 feet, and.
people are wondering Of how many
tons the next battleship built in Il 81
to be.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-16

Gertrude Atherton, the novelist, has
been making bread for the hungry in
san Francisco. This is time when
the dough is mlghtier than the pen. s.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-16
Az Old six Coat,

| It y very hard TO remove the shine
from the back Of q silk coat. Better
uss fancy braid to outline the seams.
That would make the wear come on
the braid, and keep the silk from
growing worse ct least.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-16

Poverty is no disgrace" said Uncle
Eben. "but dat fact amt q good ex.
cuse for de man dat 'ud rather be
broke dan to 90 to work."-Washing'
ton Star.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-16
Singular Fact.

The way to make woman real
happy is to bring her potted plant
on, q thousand-mile railway journey
that she could buy around the corner
for ten cent9.-N. T. Press.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-16
Needed Study.

De man who really gifts de worst OF
. curbstone argument" said Uncle
Eben. ''is de one dat might have been
doin' somethin' better Wit his time."-
Washington Star.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-10-30
FAIR AND COLDER.
SNAPSHOTS

"A charitable man gives according
TO his means and miser according to
his meanness.
The average man does not have to
90 far from home to find place to be-
gin reform work
lis the military dictator of Cuba
operating under the American Nag, OF
under the Cuban flag
Good citizenship finds better ex-
preston at the ballot box than IN the
street corner discussion.
Some people must think they are
paper mills, judging by the way they
are always chewing the rag.
eY For sale Large MIller's Combi-
nation Safe. For particulars enquire
at Capital Office s-lS-tf
Adam should have been very
happy man. He never had TO pay q
dress makers bill or build the fires.
Love is honey mixed with gall. "
says magazine writer. The girls fur
nish the honey, and the boys do the
rest.
The bad trusts do no seem to fear
the administration any more than the
good trusts do, if there are any good
trusts.
If some people did more hard work
perhaps they would have less hard
luck.
IF the devil did only cash BUSH
ness he would drive away some OF his
customers.