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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-21

Shanghai, China.-These articles
engaged to tell of the American men
and women who are investing their
lives in heather lands. 1t is in the
nature of the case that these should
be pronounced personalities, and full
of interest; many of them will get
volume biographies when they die. Let
me recall, in a paragraph each,
few of those whom l have met in
China, the reader remembering that
there are many other hundreds in the
interior of this immense empire whom
have not had the opportunity to
meet.
AS he is the acknowledged foremost
writer upon Chinese subjects, so Rev.
DR.. Arthur H. Smith, of the American
board, Is probably the most interest
ing personality among Americans in
China. His books are not more bril-
liant than HIMSELF he is a scintillat-
ing conversationalist, at a two-hund.
d-words-a-minute gait. Yet there is
not more inconspicuous or modest
American in China. He has never been
mistaken for a fashion plate, for he
Is as unconventional as he is learned
and original. He probably understands
the Chinese better than any other
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-21

G. CORES of Washington sightseers go
- to the executive offices every day
under the belief that all they have to
do is to ask to see the president and
the thing is done. They are a sorely
disappointed lot when they find that
they can't get in. They go away muir
muring at times. and occasionally say
ing things above murmur about arfs-
tocratie government and head-in-the-
air presidents.
If Mr.. Roosevelt saw every person
who wanted to see him there wouldn't
be any messages written and there
wouldn't be any policies outlined for
the progress of the greatest democ-
racy on earth.
When stranger comes to Washing
ton bent on seeing the president he
or she should call on the representa-
tive in congress from the home dis
trict. The representative, SO times in
100, won't be bit pleased at being
called on, but he will take good care
not to let his constituents know it, If
he can't find an excuse that is annie
and that won't give offense, he win
take his callers to the executive man.
sion, where they will have chance
to shake the presidential hand.
Mr.. Roosevelt will say that he ID
very glad to see each one Of them, and
he will tell the callers something
about their home town which they
knew before, but which they will be
very much surprised to know that the
president knows. Mr.. Roosevelt ap.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-21

NUT of the mist of bank failures,
W frenzied finance, horse shows and
the like, Douglas county rises to sub.
lime heights of esthetic devotion, re-
viying the Bull Run controversy and
changes the name of the classic town
of Starvout to the more tragic name
of Booth. Time was perhaps when
Starvout was euphonious and appro-
pirate cognomen for the little cluster
OF saloons and other more or less
ornamental and necessary structures
which kept back the sage-brush from
the bosom of Douglas county, but that
day has passed, and now it is Booth
on the records of the post Office de.
pertinent.
But Douglas county does not seem
to be the only one, nor does the great
and important question of whether the
name Bull Run communicates the
water Portland drinks seem to affect
all parts of the country alike. The
post Office records show that many
different municipal christenings have
been celebrated throughout the coun.
try in the immediate past. New baby
cities have been entered upon the
roll and, sad thought, some have had
their names changed or lost in the
darkness Of the records of other
years.
Alabama has started things going in
good shape by creating a town bear.
ing the energetic name Of "Getup.
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cialized workers have been wor
overtime, some Of them 14 and G
hours day. They have succe "a
only in giving each city less than Eli
what was requested.
Peremptory demands have been
for an unlimited amount Of dimes,
quarters, half-dollars and dolsFs.
Within the last two weeks 81, 000 100
in gold has been coined. Every b
partment has been ordered III III
busy.
About s40,OOO,00O iii bullion ii II,
ready within the vaults. More Is a.
ing. 1t is ali to be coined Withhold ae.
lay. Massive new machinery has teen
added lately and is now being he'd
for the first time, very satisfied y.
The mint officials are confident ay
can complete the task On time.
The new issue OF gold eagles il
have 46 stars around the edge ins
of 45, as heretofore, Oklahoma ia
become state.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-21
ODD POST0FFICE NAAlS
ON DEPARTMENT REcO RDS

Some poetic fancy not long ago AZ sai-
tuted the harmonious name ofS Bell
view for the old-fashioned and pio-
neer name of sallie.
California comes bravely to the res
cue of modern language by the estab.
lishment of the post Offices of Crack
erjack and Skidoo. It also shows It's
aversion to unpleasant refreshments
by abolishing the Office Of Bitter-
water
Florida has caught the habit and
has cut Cat Creek OFF her visiting list
while Idaho has disguised her desiTs.
spelling her new town according D
the phonetic system, Buhl. Indiana
has cut out Gent and Wishtown.
Louisiana, preparing for the futuzls.
has established the town Of Births
stone, while Maine, suddenly unfriensd-
ly, has throttled Dutch Neck Misss-
sippi, in remembrance Of certain WE'LL
known insects. perhaps. has chrs-
tened a new town CraWley, but as
relegated to the past the burgs Iof
Dido, Mike and Shlte. Missouri utigiI.
tartan in her endeavors, has created
the village Of Useful, but now lat
the war ID at last thing of histesry
has abolished Arnica.
Montana, not yet Weaned from lIaer
other days, has dubbed new place
Hellgate, while just to the oposita
North Carolina has put oatlVa
Bridge In the catalogue Of the past.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-21
THE GROWING OF coRu.
A Few Rules Founded On Recent In
vestieation and Experience.

Of course everybody knows all about
the cultivation of corn; it is also quite
as matter of course that every farm.
er's pet theories as to the growing
Of corn are right as to their indiVid.
ual farms, and therefore many are
quick to condemn any proposition that
conflicts with their ideas as to how
corn should be raised. But there are
few rules founded upon recent in.
vestigation and experience which are
unquestionably correct AID generally
admitted to be true, among which are
the following:
Deep blowing enables the soil to alb
sorb a large quantity of water, and
in some sections it has been found
that by rolling the land, or packing
the soil in the burrows after blowing.
more moisture is retained. The sue
cess of the corn crop largely depends
rain can be retained in the soil, so as
to afford a supply of moisture after
dry weather begins. 1t is true the
corn roots feed near the surface but
there are also roots that go down after
the moisture that is stored below and
by judicious cultivation the moisture
can be brought up to the plants.
Corn is a gross feeding plant and
is never injured by too much manure
or fertilizers if proper cultivation is
given. 1t is also a cleaning crop, as
the cultivation required clears the
ground of weeds and grass and fits
the land for a crop that is drilled or
seeded. A good start early in the year
is important, as the young plants not
only then get ahead of the weeds, but
also become firmly established before
the dry season begins, thus assisting
them to mature previous to the liza
bility of danger from early fall frosts.
1t is an old and true saying that 1.-The
preparation of the soil is half the bat
tle," and it will apply not only to
corn, but with all other crops. For
corn the soil should be in good con-
dition during the entire growing sea-
son.
Always stirring the ground to the
depth of a few inches, SO as to dis
turb the roots as little as possible,
especially after a rain, avoids baking
the SOIL kills the weeds and grass,
prevents water from escaping, assists
air and warmth to enter the soil, while
the fine, loose earth also absorbs a
certain amount of moisture from the
atmosphere.
The stored water in the soil is most
ly lost by evaporation at the surface
through capillary attraction, but when
ever the surface is cultivated the
capillary tubes are closed by the loose
earth and the extreme heat. Every
plant pumps water to the surface and
evaporates it through the agency of
the leaves, hence every weed that
grows in the corn field assists in de-
priying the corn plant Of moisture.
Agricultural Epitomist.
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A Few Dont's.

Don't forget to paint the walls OF
the poultry house with a thick coat
of whitewash this fall.
Don't fail to store up plenty of dust
for the winter dust bath.
Don't sell the best of the flock be
cause you can catch them easier. Gull
with judgment.
Don't put fifty fowls in house built
for half that number.
Don't buy screenings for feed Buy
good wheat or corn.
Don't mix in few good birds with
the culls when marketing, thereby
expecting to get a better price. Il
works the other way every time.
Don't let another laying season &c
By without trying trap nests. They will
tell about Improbable hens.
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1Mada il AnnnrIna !.

In Cologne. few blocks from
great cathedral, there is q little
where one may buy old books,
and curios of all kinds. An Ames
tourist and his daughter bought
trinkets there few months ago,
We're leaving the place when 3 lls
apparently antique. crucifx attra
the attention Of the girl. she
ined 1t, found that 1t was bronze 81
what corroded, and was told that
was very old" The emblem
purchased and brought home
olner souvenirs OF the voyage, and
Gently the evidences III antiquity s
removed when the bronze was
ished. The owners were a,,rnrlae,s
find on the reverse SIDE scrasefs
with a sharp point, IS. ana pa
OF another letter, and under these S
words: New York.
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Office by appointment TO agree, II pos.
sible, upon distribution, but when
they confronted the president they
found themselves just as far apart as
they have been in his absence The.
president saw the difficulty, and pro
posed that they draw lots. The sen
ators agreed, and the position Of ma.
tional bank examiner being the place
for immediate dispute, the president
tossed up a coin, saying that heads
meant Kittredge should win and
tails Senator Gamble should name the
man.
The piece Of money fell heads 40,
and the nomination was then awarded
to Mr.. Kittredge.
The twirling OF the coin BIZ the
president also determined the appoint
ment of land agents, Indian agents
United States district attorney, col
lector of internal revenue an assayer
of the mint and an auditor Of the
treasury department.
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Heiry vetch for Winter Pasture.

retry VeICn TOT winter PASTURE
Every farm should have some green
feed for stock during the cold months
The horse will often get out of fix,
appetite be gone and decline In flesh
on dry feeds all the winter. II he is
furnished with some green feed his
digestion will be restored, his condi-
ton improved and the feed will be
more effective in bringing about such
conditions than any medicine that can
be given him.
This paper believes that hairy
vetch mixed with winter oats will lead
to such good results. Sow 20 pounds
of hairy vetch with one bushel of win
ter proof oats to an acre. This will
equal any of the clovers and furnish
more nutriment than even the famous
blue grass of Kentucky. The veteh is
a legume, therefore is soil improved,
while it grows at time when the
weather is too cold for other plants
The vetch and oats as a nutritive food
is about equal to alfalfa, pound for
pound, and there Is no trouble In OBJ.
tanning a stand.
Vetch will not be injured by cold
weather from Kentucky to the gulf.
If sown at once it will grow about ten
inches high before January and stand
at that height until the middle of
February. Then it gets a hump" on
it, and in two months will be feet
long. It can be moved in May for
hay or be eaten by stock on the land,
wonderfully enriching the soil.
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serious hobby is not nursery rhymes,
but Chinese art. He has the finest
collection of Chinese paintings owned
by any white man, and he is, doubt
less, the worlds leading authority on
this subject. Incidentally, he is a con-
noisseur on Chinese rugs. These pur-
suits are merely avocations; his vo-
cation is that Of teacher in the Picking
university, where several hundred
young men are learning the best that
the west has to give, including its
Christianity.
Two rare men, who long-headedly
have elected to be inconspicuously
great in China, rather than to stand
among the many strong men in Amer
lea, are Robert B. Galley ("Bob''
Galley, Princeton's greatest football
player, and C. H. Robertson, who are
associated in Y. M. C. A. work at
Ten-Tsin. Both are statesmen, whose
breadth Of vision, altruism and nobil-
ity of character have won the conf
dence of the highest Chinese. Rob
ertson, like Galley before him, lives in
a Chinese house in the native city,
and, considering it tie biggest work
open to an ambitious man, he has in
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-21

Fowls are peculiar IN their habits
Of eating, and when unaccustomed to
certain kinds of food have been known
to refuse them. Even oats or wheat
will be refused if they have never
been treated with food of that kind,
and one lot of fowls may be voracious
with certain kinds of food that others
in another yard may refuse. They can
all be educated, however, to eat food
to which they have not been accus-
toned, which is done by placing only
the one kind within their reach.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-21
SENATOR'S TOSS COIN TO
DECIDE STATE PATRONAGE

VIZ ASHINGTON. - The newest and
w most unique method of dispens-
ing federal patronage was exempli-
fed by President Roosevelt in the
White House the other day. It
marks departure in the usual pro
cedure governing the selection of
presidential appointees. There is
nothing complex or intricate in the
process. It is merely case of
Heads win, tails you lose"
There were large number Of va
cant Offices in South Dakota due to
the fact that the two senators,
Kittredge and Gamble, have been I'M
able to agree upon applicants, thus
permitting the old Office holders to
retain their positions long beyond the
time to which they were appointed.
Senators Kittredge and Gamble scarce
ly have spoken to each other since
the former started in to defeat the la
ter for reelection two years ago.
The senators met in the presidents
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Much Of the so-called bowel trouble
in the fall of the year is caused by
the lack of exercise. A large guam
tity of strong feeds like corn is given
with but little grit and the whole sys.
tenn, especially the bowels are en-
feebled. The exercise is necessary to
keep the body in health and If it is
not giyn the digestion becomes i'm.
paired and the bird suffers from some
form of bowel trouble. Feeding plenty
of grit and compelling the birds to
take plenty of exercise will generally
correct the trouble.
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GOVERNMENT COIN MAKERS
ARE WORKING OVERTIME

r. HIS is the busy season in the
Z United States mint at Philadel-
phia. All the country is calling for
money!
Every bit Of coin-making machinery
in the big institution is working over
time. Streams of bright new coin,
silver and golden, trickle from the big
money-stamp:ng presses. Millions of
dollars worth of bullion is coming to
the mint from all directions for coin
age.
Secretary Cortelyou has ordered the
coinage of 100000, 900 in $40 gold
pieces within the next three months.
The mint machinery has a capacity of
1000 of these coins an hour.
Meantime there is an insistent de-
mand from all over the country for
silver coin of the smaller denomina-
tons. The mint officials have been
wholly unable to supply these calls.
Day and night coiners, assayers.
weighers and the countless other spe-
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white man. II the legations and mis-
there would have been fewer massa.
ores and no siege of Peking in 1900
At President Roosevelt's request, he
has just written book, America and
China"
Mrs. A. P. Lowrie, of the American
Presbyterian mission, has been more
than 50years in China, yet.the Chinese
have not robbed her of her quaint and
delightful Americanism Her tongue Is
as quick as ever at coming keen,
searching and, at times, satiricaI.
apothegms.
Bishop Roots, of the Protestant
Episcopal missionary district of Han
kow seems more like an alert, aggres-
sive professional or business man
than an ecclesiastic. His personality
(almost to as great a degree as that of
his wife, who was Miss McCook, of
New Haven) would be characterized
as delightful by any company of men
anywhere He is rich in that quality
colloquially called horse sense" and
there is no better administered mis-
sion than his. In his activity for the
Chinese he does not overlook the
white community at Hangkow, and
half of the time of his clergy is given
to the latter.
have met several missionaries who
hold decorations from the emperor, a
prize which, l understand, the COM
mercial community in China covets in
vain. A missionary doctor who has
been so honored is DR.. R. c. Beebe, of
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the Methodist Episcopal mission, Nam
king. His steady, beneficent and self
sacrificing work for the Chinese came
to the attention of the palace. An in
teresting sidelight on missionary infiu-
ence is related concerning DR.. Beebe.
He had been invited to an official
feast at the viceroy's yamen one Sun
day, and in sending his regrets he ex-
planned somewhat the Christian atti-
tude toward Sunday. For some reason
the letter did not reach the vfceroy
until the feast was in progress. The
latter read 1t aloud, and declared that
he, too, was going to keep the first
day of the week free from official
cares; and since then the yamen has
been closed to business Sunday.
One of China's great women is DR..
Mary Fulton, the head of the Presby-
terrain Woman's hospital and the
Woman's Medical college, Canton; the
latter is the only one of its kind in the
empire and it can never begin to re-
ceive all the students who apply for
admission. What is thought of 1t by
the Chinese is apparent from the fact
that at the recent commencement
three gold watches were awarded as
prizes to the students by the viceroy.
The most eminent and discriminating
natives do honor, to DR.. Fulton, for
sne is 8 physician. an executive and
q woman Of unusual ability.
1.-THE Chinese Mother Goose" is
Prof. Isaac T. Headland of the Meth
odist Episcopal mission. Picking! This
book brought Prof. Headland no little
reputation in America; but h.a more
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vested his personality as a foundation
stone in the New China over which he
is SO enthusiastic. Both these men
are truly leaders Of a constituency Of
young Chinese.
China is full Of Boxer stories, tragic
and amusing. One of the latter con-
Germs DR.. w. H. Park, of the Southern
Methodist mission, whose long serV-
ice in and for Soochow has made him
one of the city's prominent and hon
ored citizens. He was riding In a
closed sedan chair one day during the
turbulent times of 1900, when the
cry was raised: Here comes for
eigner! Kill him! Kill him" The
mob took up the refrain, rushed the
chair, opened it, and then fell back
foiled, for, as the leader said: Its
not foreigner; it's only DIR. Park
1t is rather something unusual to
have a whole warship or two in love
with you, when you already possess
husband. But that is the unique
experience of Mrs. C. A. Nelson, of
the American board mission, Canton,
and Mrs. W. H. Boyd, of the Presby-
terrain mission. In case of trouble,
the United States government keeps
a warship up at Canton, which is hard
lines for officers and men. These two
young matrons open their homes
weekly to officers and men, and both
are the bellies that their gifts and
graces entitle them to be. Incidental
ly, the lonely American has jolly
time, and is kept from the power of
the lure of the east The government
has given medals for less worthy
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work than that which is done by
these two ladies. Mrs. Nelson, by the
way, conducts girls school which is
so supeEfine that WI Ting Fang, after
inspecting it, promptly asked to be
permitted to send his daughter to it.
Canada probably knows little of one
of her noblest daughters, Miss Annie
Fl. Gowans, of the Presbyterian mis-
sion, Pao Ting Flu, who went through
the Boxer troubles herofcally. and
who is still, undaunted in spirit.
spending her life beautifully for a
people whom, she clearly realizes,
may demand her life any day. Miss
Gowans' labors under the delusion as
to the sentiment of the Chinese, or to
the possibilities which the future
holds, but serenely, sweetly, sunnily.
she moves ministeringly among the
Chinese, gazing at life all unafraid.
through clear gray eyes that have
seen deeply into great things OF exist
ence.
Two associates and friends of Miss
McGowans are Miss Grace Newton, of
the Presbyterian board, and Miss Luz
ella Miner, of the American board.
Both are survivors of the Picking
siege, the latter having written book
upon that great experience. Both are
engaged in female education, with re-
suits tina. would rank them In the
class of the foremost women educa-
tors in America.
The fame of Rev. DR.. w. A. P. Mar
tin, China's oldest missionary, is
known wherever men read thoroughly
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-21
Curing Alfalfa With Wheat Straw.

Curing Alfalfa With Wheat Straw.
Where large herds of cattle are
raised on the farms in the west they
stack the alfalfa with the straw for
the following named purposes:
"some of us in the west mix straw
with alfalfa for cattle feeding. The
purpose of this method is to reduce
the alfalfa and enrich the straw. The
third or four crop or cutting is used
for this purpose, as it comes on about
threshing time. The method is to
stack the alfalfa green, mixing with
frequent layers of straw. The straw
absorbs the juices of the alfalfa and
prevents heating; also it attains a
rich flavor and is readily eaten by
stock during the winter, where 1t
would go untouched if fed in the dry
state.
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Crossing different breeds makes
scrubs more often than anything else
Each breed has been developed for
some particular end, and very few
should attempt to do better than to
introduce new blood into their flocks
by getting birds of the same pure
breed they are raising.
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Tall Enalia.,..,.

AOlu Chiffon, whose coming 81
r ~ 1ast been celebrated III cobh
Han, Kent England, III six feet saa
l inches high His father, the early
pArnley y SIX feet four Inches
the earl, Lord Bligh. the F4nn
Bhgh and the Hon. b. 81 RlIyh S.
age SIX feet two ana one-half incns
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II your chickens roost in the ma
chine shed it is because they have no
other place nearly as good. II they
roost IN she COW stable during winter
1t is because that is the best and
warmest ulaee they can find.
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Lime is important for two reasons
It is an intestinal disinfectant that has
few superiors, and then it is neces
sary in the formation of egg shell It
should be present where the birds
can partake Of it when their appetites
crave it.