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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05
I'M A MOOSE
BY LAWRENCE ALFRED CLAY
Copyright, 1909 by Associated Literary Press)

Things had gone wrong with at least
one of the guests of the Mountain
house. Miss Nina Hazlett had gone
up there with her maiden aunt as
chaperon, and they hac scarcely got
their things unpacked when that
maiden aunt began to lecture her on
the frivolity of flirting.
Miss Nina had not f1irted. She had
simply let her eyes dwell for mo-
ment on good-looking young man.
Can't one sex look at the other sex
without being made to toe the mark
for so doing?
And then, when the trunks had been
unpacked. but not all the dresses yet
hung up, the girl had gone walking by
herself in the hotel grounds, and, upon
her return, bubbling over with en-.
thusiasm, the maiden aunt had met
her with the statement that she had
done a highly improper thing and
needn't be surprised if the other
young ladies cut her dead.
Improper for girl of 10 to walk in
the hotel ground at three o'clock in
the afternoon to view the fountain
and the wolf in a cave? Nonsense!
When she could have returned the
smile of the bandmaster, but made up
a face at him instead!
And after a dinner, because a young
man and his sister sat opposite, and
because the young man, instead of
hic cicfnr hof loJ
glorious sunset, Nina's maiden aunt
said that girls, in her time, kept their
eyes on their plates when eating. OF
course it had been a glorious sunset.
OF course the sister would have said
SO had she not been too busy with her
soup. OF course the young man knew
that the glorious sunset would have to
be paid for with other extras, but he
wasn't going to spread a pail over the
table by saying that it had been a
five-cent sunset.
There was one more trial for the
to sit in grotto and hear the foun-
tain splash and the band play "A Hot
Time in the Old Town Tonight" The
aunt made objections, but finally con-
sented. They hadn't been sitting ten
minutes, however, when she declared
that she smelled liniment and that the
man in the next grotto must be using
1t on lame leg. They must not tarry
another moment. That lame leg might
be catching. And what was grotto,
anyhow, but pile of stones? And
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05
Comparison Between Present Condi-
tions In England and Those a
Few Years Ago.

The average age of the community
is becoming older, it was pointed out
by the president of the Royal Stats
teal society recently. It is interest
ing to note that the age of marriage
has also the same tendency, says the
London Daily Mail. According to the
available returns as many as 10000
girls marry in England in year un-
der the age of Fl, that is in less than
one-seventh of the marriages regis
tered. Thirty years, generation
ago, more than one-fifth Of the women
marrying in year were minors.
Another interesting fact that seems
to prove this tendency to later mar
riages is provided by the figures for
the last decade. In 1907 the number
of marriages of women between the
ages of 81 and 25 were just over 5000
more than in 1898, while the mar
riages of women between the ages OF
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05
Keeps Door Open.

of the door. Put a weight ON the back
end of the hook, just heavy enough to
raise the catch. At the top of the
post put grooved pulley or an L.
shaped lever cut from a piece of fiat
iron, with a hole in each end and a
larger hole at the corner Fasten it
to the post as shown. Attack a wire
to the weight and carry it over the
pulley or attach it to the outer arm
of the lever. Hitch another wire to
the top end of the lever and carry it
inside the barn behind the door. Put
a ring in the door to pull it shut with
and another ring in the end of the
wire for finger hole. The hook may
then be released and the door pulled
shut without walking around to the
post. 1t is one of the little farm con-
veniences that help to save steps.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05
TREATING FOR GAPES
Keep Young Chicks on Clean
Ground Not TrampIed on
Trouble Is Not Disease and Is Caused
by Small Red Worms Which
Gather in Wndpipes and In
terfere with Breathing.
(By s. G. MIL.LER.)

-. H.
Strictly speaking, gapes cannot be
called disease, since chicks that
are so afflicted are in a physically per-
feet condition. The trouble is caused
by small red worm, or rather by
collection of such worms, which gath
er in the windpipes, and as they grow
interfere with the breathing and cause
the chicks to gasp and after awhile
strangle
The worm is the larvae of eggs de-
posted in the filth of the yards or
coops, and is Matched after being ia
ken into the chicks throat.
They are, when full grown, about
one inch long, and very much resem-
BILE pale streak of blood.
Incubator chicks and those which
run on clean grassy plots, away from
the haunts of the older fowls, are new
er known to have gapes. while, on the
other hand, those which run in yards
which are bare of grass, where fowls
have been kept year after year, will
almost invariably have gapes.
Just guard against the disease by
observing few simple rules, is the
best advice. Keep all young chicks
on clean ground, away from the house,
where old fowls have not trampled
over it.
Sprinkle lime and carbolic acid
over the yard, house and walks, and
see that only fresh water and pure
food are given the chicks
If only few chicks are affected
they may be relieved by inserting
feather stripped to within an inch of
the tip into the windpipe and turning
it gently as it is withdrawn. The
worms will adhere to the feathers and
thus give the relief sought.
Violent sneezing will dislodge the
worms and give relief, and this may
be produced by fumes of tobacco
smoke or carbolic acid. If using to-
bacco, catch the chicks and put them
in an ordinary bushel feed basket,
with any kind OF an old cloth thrown
over it. Set the basket over a barrel
with both heads out and place the to-
bacco on some live Goals IN the bot
tom.
Watch the chicks carefully, so that
they do not smother, but let them re-
main until they become quite dizzy.
The sneezing thus produced will give
relief
When using a feather hold the
chick between the knees, with back
toward you. Then, with the left fore
finger and. thumb open the mouth,
holding the neck well up.
The windpipe will be easy to reach
with the feather, which you have pre-
viously arranged.
A small piece of camphor the size
OF pea will often give relief, as will
also an up and down pressure on the
fore part of the neck.
When the first sign of gapes ap-
pears the chicks should be removed
to coops as far distant as possible
from the house and kept there until
they have passed the danger age.
If they are taken to a place like
that when first Matched there will
never be case Of gapes among them.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05
Horse and Cow Hay

Timothy sells for higher price in
the market than other hay, and is re-
garded as being particularly adapted
to horses. 1t is deficient in protein,
and for that reason should be fed with
a grain ration of a heterogeneous ma
ture. For horses no better basis for
ration can be found than timothy
hay and oats. IT Is less valuable for
cattle and sheep. Glover hay is next
to timothy in common use, and the
two are more often found mixed than
either is found alone. The nitrogen
GUS nature of the clover aids in supply
plying the deficiency of protein in the
timothy. Clover is more valuable
than timothy for cattle and sheep, but
is not considered SO satisfactory for
horses.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05
The FIGHT AGAINST tuberculosis.

The Fight Against iupercutos's'
Interest in the anti-tuberculosis cam
paign now being waged throughout the
United States is evidenced by the fact
that in the year 1909 1853 new anti-tu-
berculosis associations were formed,
1873 tuberculosis sanatoria and hosplt-
ais were established, and 81 tubercu-
losis dispensaries were opened. Com
pared with previous years, this Is the
best record thus far made in the hight
against consumption in this country.
During the year 1909, 43 more asso-
Citations for the prevention of tubercu-
losis were formed than during the pre-
vious IL months, and 81 more hospitals
and sanatoria were established. On
January 1, 1910, there were in the Uni
ted States 1894 anti-tuberculosis associ-
atoms, 1856 hospitals and tuberculosis
sanatoria and 265 special tuberculosis
dispensaries.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05
AN EXCELLENT REMEDY.
Will Break Up Cold in Twenty-F our
Hours and Cure Any Cough That
Is Durable.

The following mixture is often pre-
scribed and is highly recommended
for coughs, colds and other throat and
bronchial trouble. Mix two ounces
of Glycerine, a half-ounce of Virgin
Oil of Pine compound pure, and eight
ounces of pure Whisky These can be
bought in any good drug store and cas-
lily mixed together in a large bottle.
The genuine Virgin Oil OF Pine COM
pound pure is prepared only in the
laboratories of the Leach Chemical
Co, Cincinnati, and put UP for dis
pensing in half-ounce walls.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05
EnuIish Giant Cattle for India.

Consul Homer NJ. Byington of Bris-
toll reports that an account has re-
Gently been published of the shipment
to an Indian Maharajah of four of the
largest cows bred in Great Britain.
The order for these cows, as given,
specified that they should stand five
feet four inches at the shoulder and
measure IA feet from the tip of the
nose to the end Of the bony part of
The tail. 1t has been stated that the
agents have taken 16 months to find
these cows and, while inquiries in
Italy and Switzerland were unsuccess-
full, they were finally secured in the
Midlands and Yorkshire. They are all
Shorthorns.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05
Advancing Age of Marriage

Is and 80 increased by just over
10000,
The average or mean age Of all
spinsters who married in 1896 was rs
years and one month. This has adj
vanced to Is years and 61s months in
the last available returns. Widows
at their second and third marriages
are also older, having advanced from
an average of 40 years seven months
to 40 years II months.
Thus spinster brides are nearly six
months and widow brides four months
older than those of few years ago.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05

peoria Judge has decided that a
man has a right to punish his wife If
che refuses to have his breakfast
readv for him at four a. m. Forum
ately. the rest of the world does not
sollow the Peoria example in the
matter OF wives. husbands. breakfast
hours or judges.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05

Mrs. AUGUSTA VEsPERMANN, De For
Another Operation Avoided.
New Orleans, La.-''For years suf-
fered from severe female troubles;
the doctor said an operation was neces-
sary. / gave Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etabie Compound trial first, and
was saved from an operation" - Mrs.
LILY PEYRoUx, lii Kerlerec St, New
Orleans, La.
Thirty years of unparalleled success
confirms the power Of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound to cure
female diseases. The great volume Of
ING i'm proves conclusively that Lydia
E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is
o remarkable remedy for those dis
tressing feminine ills from which so
many women suffer.
Ifyou want special advice about
your case write to Mrs. Pinkham,
at Lynn, Mass. Her advice 10
free, and always helpful.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05

Holland is little hamlet in Wiz.
giria which does not amount to much
in itself. But it is sort of store
house and shipping point for the crop
Of peanuts which is one of the prin-
cipal sources of wealth in that local
ity. So when fire destroyed most OF
the town and $4,000 worth of peanuts
went M in smoke, it was calamity
OF considerable proportions. And
doubtless the attendants at the cir.
Gus and the habitues Of the peanut
gallery" will have cause to mourn.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05
FASTENING BARN DOOR OPEN
Easy to Make and Is One of the Little
Farm Convenierces That rtelp
to Save Steps.

Set a good solid post for the door
hook as shown in the cut with slop-
ping point eight inches out from the
notch. This length is sufficient to
make an easy level. A great many
hooks are too short and they work
hard. Fasten the hook to the side of
the door with a heavy lag screw just
high enough up to engage the bottom
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05

An esthetic couple in New York are
in trouble because they insist on
dressing themselves and their young
son in ancient Greek costume and so
going abroad in modern American win
ter weather. This shows what diff
culties attend the attempt at practical
stndy or the classics and classic cos
tunes in these days of what the
ancient Greeks themselves would like
" call foolish fashions.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05
KEEPING WASTE WATER OUT
Excellent Method Is Construction of
Cement Boss Which Requires
But Little Mortar.

A good method to prevent waste
water from running back into the
well or cistern is shown in the accom-
panying sketch. A cement boss one
inch thick is put around the pump
hole and over the well cover, writes
Arch Owen in Popular Mechanics.
The boss should be little larger than
the diameter of the foot fange on the
pump. This boss can be applied to a
fagstone as well ac to a cement stone.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05
The Thirst for Knowiedoe.

I'm afraid" said the worried look.
ing woman, that my husband is hope
lessly impractical"
He seems to take a great interest
in his horue."
Yes. But he insists on buying Their
mometers to see how cold each room
is instead of spending the money for
COAL
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05

4 Jury in Long Island City found a
,ar not guilty of carrying con-
aaaIed weapon, but asked the judge
.sswarn him not to do so again. This
III, confirn those critics and cynics
40 maintain that the average intel
,.rart American jury is q joke.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05
Paying Cow

Business demands that a paying
cow give at least 5000 pounds of milk
a year, make $50 worth OF butter, fur
nish one calf worth S., SO worth of
skim milk and enough manure to pay
for her feed.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05

a Connecticut chauffeur has been
sant to Jail for killing a man by his
snaeding. II the speeders cannot over
cnn,e their mania, they should be put
,vhere they will have no opportunity
fo endanger the lives of the public
- welding to temptation.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05
Rheumatism Is cursh:e

cure rheumatism and do it quickly. 1t so
thoroughly cleanses and regulates the
kidneys, liver and digestive system that
it's cures seem almost magical. Results
guaranteed. Take one tonight, you'll
feel better in the morning. Get a Csc
Box All Druggists. The A. H. Lewis
Medicine Co., st. Louis, Mo.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05
Concrete Around Pump Base.

A tin or wooden box can be fitted
in the pump hole to act as a core.
This is a cheap and good method
which can be applied by any one. The
boss requires only shovelful of NOR
tar and a few minutes time in making.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05

Then, again. If $2O.O0O.000 was sent
down into Central America to secure
peace, think of the fighting there
would be for each man to get his
share Of 1t!
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05
He Owns LIN.

"Own up, now. Who's the head of
your family?"
MY wife used to be-" admitted Mr..
Enpeck, but since my daughters are
grown we have commission form of
government .-Exchange
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05

Once again some western doctor
arises to say that the use of apples
a d diet will eliminate the desire for
liquor and tobacco. But think OF the
awful ample habit that would be ere
.+ad in Mace OF the others!
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05

For Headache Try Hicks capudine.
Whether from Colds, Heat. Stomach or
Nervous troubles the aches are speedily
relieved by Capudine. It's Lquid-pleas-
ant to take-Enects Immediately. 10. q
and soc at Drug Stores.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05

A st. Louis man is seeking a di.
rorce because his wife has not spoken
to him for five years. Wait. Perhaps
he has reason to believe she intends
to break her long silence.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05

A cargo of silk valued at 100000
was recently shipped from Japan to
this country. The cost of living is
likely to 60 on increasing.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05
Unmarried DIGNITY,

"Why is a man never hero to his
valet?"
Probably because his valet sees
him in the slippers, smoking cap and
lounging jacket that he got for Christ
as."-Washington Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05

For the leading nations of the world
to go bankrupt on Dreadnoughts is a
costly way Of providing themselves
with worlds peace court.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05

Scranton, Pa, wants special men
ton because of hen that lays eggs
worth $500 a dozen. Out west they
merely give such news line in the
miscellaneous market reports.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05

II the monorail car Is to be a com.
merclal success it should hurry to the
TASK before the airship pre-empts the
field.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05

You can hardly blame the man who
turned to the sporting page expecting
to find there the news of the British
political campaign.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05

From rough description Of its
operations. we conclude that the gyro-
scope train is safe from spreading Of
the rails
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05

Lake Michigan, resists all tempta-
.iohs TO become skating rink.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05

Emperor William would like to stop
the people from deserving the farms.
He might establish some rural five
pfennig moving picture shows.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05

Very likely the st. Louis Judge who
wept when he sent two embezzling
bank clerks to prison did not have
any money in that bank.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05

A Missouri professor claims that
Shakespeare used slang. But he never
fnterpolated Observation-Disclosures
he-did-say" song in any Of his produc-
tions,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05

uncle Sans battleships are display
ing TOO great fondness for the mud
banks OF the Delaware.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05

Wall street reports brisk demand
Tor money. Sometimes Well street
news has wonderfully human and
universal note.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05

oieomargarine is In wrong when 1t
is artistically colored and boxed up
and shipped as cheese.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05

New York wants to make Fifth av-
enue the greatest highway In the
world. Broadway, it Is claimed. is
the greatest buyway.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05

Prof. Lowell has not told us wheth.
er HaHey's comet was looking pleas.
ant when he took its picture the other
day.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05
What's the Answer?

What's the Answer?
'"The time to save is when you're
young
That's all right, but a fellow
doesn't earn anything till he gets we'll
along, and then it costs more to live"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05

uoif pals are going up in price and
there threatens to be much privation
on the links.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05

Pigs are suggested as pets for chill
aren. They are particularly charming
In the form of breakfast bacon.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05

NOW French warship has gone on
'he rocks. Some of the navies of the
world do not seriously miss war.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05

Al ADDITION to life belts lake steam
ers should carry complement of
skates.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05

Like all well-regulated great fairs
.ne Berlin exposition of 1911 is prepar-
Ing to ask for a postponement.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05

ahere is a prospect that the earth
WIZ step on the tail of the comet.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05
Weil-Yes.

'tIf you want thing well done"
Get an expert to do it for you.
Amt that more sense than what you
were going to say?'
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05

Great Home Eye Remedy,
for all diseases of the eye, quick relief
from using PETTITS EYE SALVE. All
druggists or Howard Bros, Buffalo, N. Y.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05

And the more woman knows about
men the less she has to say on the sub.
ject.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05

eeet are growing larger" Another
reason for the increased cost of liv-
ing.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05

several other things besides college
football need reforming.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05

EXPOSURE TO COLD
and wet is the first step to Pneumonia. Take Perry
Darts PainhiIler and the danger is averted. I'm
equaled for colds throat quinsy Csc and SOC.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05

Many doctor has saved a patient
life by not being in when called.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05

Expeent mothers will find priceless
painless
delicate nervous weak women. who suffer
0eadacne Dackache dra90in6 distress
fnIeeuaries 9nawind distressed
dizzy faint spells,
before eyes hare dsaareesDIe catarrhal
nfeVefSOn FearOVers0n
1n oraans from weakness Of parts WILL
Der1ence many or only symptoms find
relief and faithfully ana xacIv
persasfenfly Or. Perce's FaYorite Prescription.
wordfamed
sycer
OF alcohol All
atested
his formula
schools of practice for and ailments
to about
1osemsnt the Pescpton
Pierce, Buffalo, N Of
s send 81 onecent stamps for Dr.
oen Medical Adviser revised
You can't afford to substitute
POSITION of anksomH
n often daseerou doso
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05
SAVED
FROM AN
OPERATION
ByLydia E. Pink ham's
Vegetable Compound

De Forest, Wis.,
"After an opera
ton four years ago
I had pains down
ward in both sides,
backache, and a
weakness. The doc
tor wanted me to
have another opera
ton. I tookLydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound and
/ am entirely cured
of nv troubles. -
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05

lne winter weather, but little too
much of it.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05

important to Mothers.
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, safe and sure remedy for
infants and children. and see that 1t
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-05
COULDN'T DO 1T.

'That'll do! Dry up this minute!"
Il c-c-can't, pa. Willie just soaked
me-"