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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-05
Mail order MRooze -

In almost every section of the coun-
try where prohibition is in force
agents of orderly mail liquor houses
located in large cities, are to be found
soliciting orders from consumers.
They claim protection under the in
terstate commerce law. They nav no
license within the counties where they
work, and the general quality of the
liquor they sell can be classed along
with the rank poisons. The order-by-
mail liquor house is poor institution
to have dealings with. It is only a
short time ago that the postal author
tiles tried to reach Kansas City con-
Germ which advertised largely in the
weekly and monthly farm papers.
There was evidence of fraud in al
most every line of the advertising,
Yet when the case came to trial one
of the United States judges decided
that the company had the right to
say what was said in its advertise
ments. Some of the whisky sold by
this outfit never came from a stfIl.
1t was chemical combination that
could be used for polishing brass.
Still many who call themselves tenn.
perance people will use the stuff as
medicine" Alleged distilleries that
sell direct to consumers find the crop
of suckers" large, and generally
thrive off the numerous dollars that
go to them through the mails and the
express companies.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-05
SHARP PRACTICES.
Science by Which People In Country
Districts Are Defraud ID.


One of the winning games that 10
widely played is the giving Of prizes
for the sale of baking powder. flavor
ing extracts, etc. Numerous con-
Germs are interested in this line OF
business. Premiums are offered to
club raisers, and an outfit for can
vassing is sent for dollar or SO, or
perhaps furnished free If some person
will vouch for the honesty of the ap-
plicant. But bond is required as
security for goods sent. The offer is
so attractive that many are induced
to order lot of the goods to get the
premium. The goods are of the
cheapest and most trashy kind. The
soap, the extracts, the species are all
of an inferior quality often adulter-
ated and unwholesome. The person
who orders them realizes that the lot
il worth little. If they are not sold
by the agent, it matters little to the
concern sending them out, as the per-
sons vouching for the honesty of the
agent will no informed that they
will be held for the price of the goods,
and to save trouble, the agent will
send the, money due, and make the
best of bad bargain. It is a good
thing to avoid all propositions that
offer much for little
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-05
Kentucky Leads in Tobacco.

The agricultural department at
Washington has just published statis-
tical information regarding agricul-
tural matters in Kentucky and other
states, which shows that Kentucky
leads in tobacco, having twice the
acreage in that crop and several times
as large crop as North Carolina,
her nearest competitor. The Ken
lucky acreage in tobacco in 1906 was
100000, and the average yield of to-
baOco per acre was $40 pounds The
total production was $4,000, 900
pounds. The total production was
252,300,000 pounds, which brought an
average farm price on Dec. 1 last of
II cents, and an aggregate farm value
on the same date of 9,427 100. This
was more than twice as much as the
value of Ohio tobacco, which was So
100000.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-05
WHAT ONE MERCHANT DID
Correspondent of Home Trade League Testifies
to Value of Publicity

! in the game" The methods of gem
GRAFTON ago, it must be remembered,
are not necessarily adapted to the
conditions of to-day.
By the persistent and persevering
use of every device for publicity the
catalogue houses have built up their
present enormous trade. It is not rea-
sonable to suppose they can be dis
lodged from the position they occupy
"a position, as has frequently been
pointed out, that threatens the Well
being if not the existence OF every
small community throughout the coun-
try-unless they are opposed WIN
something like their own weapons. a
favorite phrase much in use to-day is
Get business!" and to get business
you must go after it. Is it reasonable
to expect it will come TO you I'M
sought?
Take the experience of this Home
Trade league correspondent as q
guide He had the goods, He wanted
to sell them. His proceeding was
simple. Through publicity, which IN
his case simply meant attractive ana
truthful advertising, he brought the
goods and the people together. rs
suits were never in doubt.
To sum up, successfully to compete
with the powerful catalogue houses
of the cities the country merchant
must in measure adopt their meth
DDS. They have won by publicity.
Meet them on that ground. Match
advancement with advancement. You
have the medium in your local paper.
Let your advertisements say some
thing, and mean what they say. Let
the people know what you have to sell,
and depend upon it, they will come TO
buy.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-05
The Wrecked Friuate,s Bell


Probably very few people are aware
tnat an old ships bell which for many
years has lain under the sea is sus
pended in the underwriting room al
Lloyd's and is used to announce" the
arrival or other news received in re
spect to overdue: ships. This is the
bell of the frigate Lutine, wrecked
long ago off the Dutch coast. After
Being under the water for years the
bell was saved and now, strangely
enough, is employed to inform under.
writers that something has been heard
OF one of those ships which by their
protracted passages are causing un-
easiness. Not every ship that is on the
Overdue market is announced in this
manner. 1t is only when an under
writer has expressed to the committee
his desire for immediate information
Ia respect to this or that overdue YES
sci that the note of the old black bell
rings through the rooms. At the pres
ent time, says the Scotsman, there are
III ships down on the list for announce
naent by the Lutine bell, but some OF
these are SO hope1essly overdue that
Il is practically certain nothing fur
Their will be heard Of them. The big
steel bark Alsternixe, for. instance,
heads the list. She was formerly the
British ship Lord Templemore and
vas built at Belfast in 1892. This ship
has not been heard of since last No
vember, when she sailed from Callao
for Australia.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-05

ing first saw you. Do you think you
could be happy with me?"
l remembered how his presence al
ways rested and comforted me; how
safe and happy felt when he was
| with me.
t'You wouldn't like to marry any
one else, would your" he asked, be,
fore could think of anything to say
mo. indeed, / would not" l replied
And you wouldn't like to have me
marry some other girl, would your
he went on, the smile deepening in
his eyes. l don't think l said any
thing, but / remember he seemed
quite satisfied, and then I thought of
the children. II love you, DR.. Murray.
but IF you do, then you belong
ITO me, SO but me no butts, my little
girl. You must be very submissive
now, and when your duties here are
finished, we'll find a pretty home
somewhere and surprise the children.
hope they will love me; think they
will, when they come to live with
me-" And then l cried and told him
about Charlie, and he said some very
pleasant things to me, so l was COM
forted.
When the sun rose a few mornings
later our dear friend was no more
They sent for me, in a few days,
to go to the quiet, lonely house.
Sarah met me ate the door, and cried
softly as she showed me into the dim
old parlor. Several gentlemen were
in the room, and one of them came
forward to welcome me. / never
could remember just how 1t happened,
but I was made to understand that
Miss Ellington had changed her will,
and that she had left everything to
alice Wilder, the dear friend who
made life tolerable to the last" There
was request that would live in the
grand old house, and keep the faith
full servants. After awhile we were
all settled there, the happiest little
family in the world, for the old house
was freshened and frightened in
many ways.
Then one day Charlie came,
He kissed the children, and was so
bright and merry that 1 was quite
glad to see him; when the little ones
were gone, he turned to me, his hand.
some face tender and smiling.
allie" he said, Il can't live with
out you; there's no use trying; haven't
you missed me?"
"Only at first" I replied. 'Ihave
been too busy for long time now"
The door bell rang. "Ah, there is DR..
Murray, Charlie; shall be glad to
introduce you, and know your will be
glad that 1 am to marry SO noble
man." DR.. Murray came in then, and
in his grave kindly way he talked
with Charlie, while sat quietly COM
pairing the two men, and 1 wondered
if l had really loved Charlie in the
old days.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-05
Eddxstone Lighthouse.

The first Eddystone lighthouse was
erected by Winstanley in 1696-1700. II
was built Of wood, on a stone base
and stood 100 feet high; it was washed
away by storm in November, 1903
The next lighthouse, also of wood with
a stone base, was built 1869, by Mr..
Rudyerd, a silk mercer. It was de-
stroyed by fire in 1755. The third
Eddystone, noted for its strength. and
the engineering skill displayed in it.
was constructed by Smeaton in 1888.
on model, it is said, of the trunk of the
oak tree. The tower, IS feet high. had
diameter of 26% feet at the base.
and 10 feet at the top. The light. ~
feet above the water, was visible at a
distance of Is miles. Owing to the
action of the sea on the foundation. a
new lighthouse was erected on a diff.
ferent part of the reef in 1882, by
Sir James n. Douglass, F. r. S. 1t has
an elevation Of 1913 feet, and can be
seen at a distance Of 1715 miles in
clear weather. On the completion Of
the new tower, Smeaton's building was
taken down to the level of the first
room, and the lower part still stands
as a landmark.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-05
pecention Practices

Those who would not be defrauded
by sharpers who use the advertising
columns of the city papers would do
well in carefully considering each
proposition which attracts their atten.
ton. Remember that those who ad.
vertise are not philanthropists. They
are out after the dollars. and have
nothing to give away. unless it is in
exchange for money. The concern
that offers an exceptional bargain
needs to be studied well before In.
vestment be made. Everything has
a legitimate value, and is worth so
much in the markets OF the world.
When it is offered at less than it's
apparent real value, look out for fraud
and deception. Generally every good
town affords the buyer chance to
obtain whatever he requires, and at.
a price consistent with quality.
Those who patronize home stores are
less likely to be deceived.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-05

!, Possibly the color scheme of the
masculine individual in full dress
needs relief, but the New York tailors
Who are going to have the clawham-
naer coats come in brighter hues are
on the wrong track. Just let them try
1t If they want to have the near-swells
rise up and institute a rebellion. Out
side of the favored few who put on
Gress suits every evening, the mascu-
line man buys only one of those har-
nesses, which to him are instruments
CT torture in a lifetime. About once
every four years, perhaps. he is invit-
ed to some function where the full
dress agony is called for Then he digs
up the old dress suit, and for all he
can see he looks as well as anyone
when he wears it. He could see his fin
iGh If the fashions Of one season called
for a blue, those Of the next for a
green and those of the next for a ma
genta coat. If he raises his voice in a
popular clamor there is enough of him
to jar the naughty swallow tail on it's
throne.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-05
Hasten the Moult.

It is the common belief that the
poultry keeper can hasten the period
of moulting of the early Matched birds.
This is true, in measure, but in a
measure only. 1t is natural that late
Matched birds will moult late, and
early-hatched birds will mott early,
and when moulting is Influenced at all
it cannot be for more than two or
three weeks.
When the bird is about five or six
months of age, the -ormer date being
preferable, feed on light ration for
habit of getting all it can eat in the
yards it should be confined for part
of the day in the houses or lots where
there is no feed. Fasting in this way
will start the mott. AS soon as the
melting is over and the new feathers
begin to start, the bird should be
given a ration which includes an
abundance of heterogeneous feed. Sun
flower seed, wheat bran and prepared
chick foods which are known to be
rich In nitrogen should be used. Sun
flower seed is the best of those named.
and if the farmer has a supply of it
he need invest in no other similar
feed. Feed containing a goodly sup
ply of nitrogen rapidly assists in the
production of feathers, so the bird is
in full feather before winter sets in.
1t sometimes happens that birds
which are matched very earlysin the
spring do not mott as early as they
should, and for such birds the above
suggestions will be found especially
beneficial.-InIand Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-05
Sleep as Much A You Can

How much sleep shall take in the
q hours? This can be answered un-
hesitatingly in five words, "As much
as you can" Here no competent au-
tnor1ty would question the absolute
safety of instinct as a guide. AS the
period OF sleep represents the time
necessary to restore the oxygen bal
ance of the tissues, to recharge the
battery, then obviously it must last
until that process mas been completed.
as attested by th:s familiar sense of
RESIDENCES" and fefreshment. $50 to
steep when you're tired, get up when
you wake feeling rested" contains the
phliosophy of the whole problem. AS
. matter Of fact, the average amount
o sleep taken by most individuals is
IN the neighborhood Of nine hours.
Inc proverbs are, as usual. at sea
ana have about the usual amount of
Annuence over actual practice. Seven
hours for man, eight for a woman,
ana nine for a fool" has been their
dfctum for centuries, but the average
human being cheerfully plunks himself
into the "fool' class, much to his bene-
At | believe, writes Woods Hutchin.
son in American Magazine, that the,
usual eight-hour average laid down in
the text books erfs on the side of
DreVity, and the Enaiority of men in
active work take more than this or
oise su1fer Tor it. The average labor
ang man goes to bed at between $50
and $3.50, or If he ,does not, often falls
asleep in his chair about 1880 or eight
end sleeps until six. The average
business or professional man goes to
ped about ten and rises about seven,
each class getting on an average nine
and ten hours, respectively.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-05

One country merchant writes the
Home Trade league as follows:
"since / have adopted the city idea
of adVertising-namGng new goods
with prices, and at the same time
making known what I desire to dis
pose of at or about cost to make room
for new goods-my sales have not
only increased very largely with regu-
lar customers, but | have secured
many new ones. Not only this-in-
stead Of the farmers wives spending
from half to an hour and a half look
ing about the store to see what there
Is in stock they may want and taking
the clerks time who otherwise would
have a chance to sell goods to sevef'al
other customers, they come in and
ask for the very articles they have
seen advertised and which they have
already decided they do want from
seeing the advertisement in this week
.ly paper, and the result is have been
able to dispense with one Of my clerks
to whom was paying $500 per yea"
This merchant further says that
this saving of clerk hire expended in
this same kind of advertising during
the year will, he is confident, increase
his trade SO per cent. and that he can
already name % customers who but
very recently have been buying their
goods almost entirely from Chicago
catalogue houses.
This experience without doubt can
be duplicated by thousands of other
men in business throughout the coin
try. It is to be feared that the aver
age merchant in the smaller towns has
allowed himself to get into a rut, and
1t is one from which he must swiftly
emerge if he has any desire to stay
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-05
HOW 70 HAVE WINTER PASTURE.
Plant Vetch During Months OF August
and September.

The farmers of the south and mid
die west can have a winter pasture by
planting winter vetch in August and
September. By sowing 80 pounds to
the acre in the way cowpeas are sown
it will afford a fine pasture all fall,
winter and spring for all kinds of
stock, and in the spring the stock can
be taken off, and in plenty of time to
plant ordinary crops. From one to
three tons cured vetch hay can be
moved per acre, containing both grain
and forage, ahead of alfalfa; in fact,
equal pound for pound with wheat
bran by actual analysis.
There is no better soil improver
than Vetch, and it will grow on any
soil and in any climate that will pro-
duce cow peas. 1t is an annual, but
when moved enough of the bottom
seed will be cured and will pop out to
reseed the land, and they will lie dor
mant all summer and again terminate
the following fall, and SO on eontinu-
ously.
The coolest weather does not in
jure vetch, and where wheat has been
cut and intended for corn next sason
is a fine place to plant it. AS a soil
improver, winter pasture, and for hay
it cannot be beaten, and it grows when
other crops are out of the way, and
gets out of the way in time to plant
III 4, II. u
ture is most highly recommended by
the Agricultural Department, at Wash
ington and by the leading experiment
station and thousands of farmers who
have tried it. The seeds are not ex-
pensive, but seedsmen put on you old
seed which do not terminate very
well.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-05

The calf of a grade COW is sold in
competition with that of a scrub and
at a price but little, if any, higher
while calf from registered animal
has a value fixed by the performance
of her ancestors, and it is usually sew
eral times that obtained for the grade
calf. It costs no more to raise and
feed a registered animal than grade,
and the expense Of registration is re.
turned many times over in the better
price obtained.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-05
! HER SECOND
BY Mary Wilson
By Mary Wilson
Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.)

Il love Miss Ellington very dearly .
I said; Il can hardly bear to think
of losing her. added, realizing some.
thing of whatsmy loneliness would b.
when my friend and mistress was nc
more.
Il suppose" the doctor said, quiet.
ly, that this is hardly the time or
the place for love making: but ]
want to tell you, Allie, that / love you,
and want you to be my wife," ]
looked up wonderingly into his face
His kind eyes were smiling at me.
Why DR.. Murray, l never thought
of such thing!"
Then think about it now. / have
thought of little else since the morn.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-05

In spite of the endowments of the
Church of England, more than 5000
benefices have less than $1,000 a year,
and of these 1,139 have under $500. In
order to assist the incumbents in
these livings, the Queen Victoria cler.
81 fund was started, and, as Lord
Gloss showed at its tenth anniversary
few days ago, it has done something
though of late the total has dwindled
Ito giving living wage to the poorer
clergy.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-05

The farmer who allows his hens to
forage for living, and often go hun
cry, to compel them to roost in trees
and on fences in winter, and to suffer
with thirst in the heat OF summer, or
when water is frozen in winter, means
that he will often be for weeks with
out eggs and have plenty of them only
when the price is lowest.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-05

While poultry need variety of
food, for economical reasons it is not
desirable to feed to great proper
ton of oats, buckwheat and barley,
because these grains cntain consider
able woody fiber, which poultry are
not able to digest and assimilate.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-05

WORD comes from Amsterdam, in the
ANNUAL report Of Frank p. Hill, consul
81 that Dutch port, taat in great dia-
r,eYt,a cutting factory three women are
entrusted with the naost delicate and
a;f4anlt part of the processes.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-05

Maine snowshoes are the ones that
win make the tracks to the North
Pole, if Peary ever finds it. Sixty
palrs have just been sent from the Nor
way factory to his island in Casco
bag. where they wiH remain till he
starts.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-05

ben will learn after while that
ocean steamships age not front gates
10 parental mansions. One man went
on board liner to say good-by to the
gill and he is there yet with the ship
in midocean.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-05

The commotion produced by chasing
down fowl and killing it, or putting
it into coop produces shock among
the other poultry from which they
will not recover in short time.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-05

All poultry not to be carried over
should be sold as soon as possible.
1t saves feed and work. Not only SO,
but the best prices are secured for
the early birds.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-05

Count Boni de Ca5tellane's persever.
ance in his attempts to effect recon
Citation with his wife and her family
is lof about the same caliber as that OF
a bill collector-and it is pretty likely
that the motive inspiring it is the
same want of readg cash,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-05

In recent years the sheep industry
has grown rapidly ii Wilson county,
Tennessee, and one weeks shipment
last month amounted to % carloads of
ambs.-Southern Farm Magazine.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-05

There is no treat which the shut
up hens will appreciate more than
that which they will get from a bath
In a box in which two or three pecks
OF tine road dust, a peck of wood
ashes and pound or two of sulphur
have been placed.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-05

The small potatoes and ether refuse
vegetables can be cooked up into good
feed. Exchange.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-05
Value Of the Local Press.

The farmer is a friend of the local
press. He is the spinal column Of
the editors subscription list. The
otner sources of the editors support
are the merchants of the town and
the business men in general. Let
the business men stand by the local
press In the way of advertising, as
the farmer does in the way of sub
scrlption, and all concerned will re-
celye greater benefits.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-05

German proverb: Some had rather
guess at much than take pains 10
laarn little.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-05

Evidently the British woman haa
the male Briton bIuffed.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-05

The. man who raises scrub stock
slsnallv raises acrnh grain.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-05

Sees Under the Surface.
Polish Proverb: A guest sees mora
IN an hour than the host In year.