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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-03-10

Flow often do these people eat
meatf" is a question the American
in Europe finds himself asking when
looking about among wase-vorksra
Meat Is usually from Is to 100 per
cent higher in price than in the Unit
ed states
Higher prices, therefore. on any
commodity cannot Be attributed to
The new tariff law. and those Who
raire TIE prica ana give TIE tarlfi
e tie rtsson nrs seesiring lhslr cue.
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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-06
New NEWS =
OF YESTERDAY
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shot and powder were In close CON
tact there would be danger of the
gun bursting
and making ready gone through with
and carefully and clearly explained.
even to the minutest detail, father
would show me how to hold the gun
at my shoulder and how to guide it,
following the motion of a rabbit or a
prairie hen, and at last, when / was
well instructed, he permitted me to
take my first shot-it was a rabbit,
and l hit it-and the praise that he
gave me for the accuracy of that shot
rings in my ears yet when l think
of it.
We'll, followed fathers instruu
lions closely, especially those that he
gave me in the use of the rifle, until
at last I gained some skill as a
marksman and was thought a very
good hunter for a youngster. It was
this skill impaired to me solely by
father on those wagon trips we used
to take together around Galena that
enabled me to do whatever I did in
the way Of craftsmanship at the court
hunts in Austria. And yet father
himself cared nothing whatever for
hunting or for any sport excepting
that in which he could use horse"
Copyright. 1910, by e. j. Edwards.)
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-06
GENERAL FARM NOTES.

Practise crop rotation
Hens pursue their art of laying for
arts sake alone.
Forcing wears out horse more
than the work does.
Horticulture should be allowed to
bloom in every mans yard
The soil brings proper returns when
properly turned.
Don't allow the stock or wagons to
pack the soil In the orchard.
If you want to please the pigs do not
conflne them to small pen
The idea of an incubator does not
set we'll with the hen that wants to
set herself.
Horses that are used exclusively on
the farm and do no road work should
go unshod.
Most Of the failures in the chicken
business are due to lack of knowledge
and training.
Whenever a horse is pushed out of
his natural gait, he works at a disad-
vantage to himself.
An increased poultry population
means increased poultry pleasures and
poultry profits.
The man who gathers the crop Is
the man who also has something to do
with the prices.
The first education a calf gets is In
the art of drinking milk out of pail.
All calves are opposed to education.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-06
Sleepy Passenger Left Train In a Hur
ny With Part Of Another Mans
Wearing Apparel.

Attorney Clifford Wise had occa-
sion to go to point in Indiana the
other day on one of the fast trains
that make only one or two stops be-
tween here and Chicago.
He was due In Elkhart-or what
ever Indiana town 1t was-early in
the morning. The porter called him
about half an hour before the train
pulled in there, according to instruc-
tons Wise had given him the night
before. When the train slowed up.
however, and the porter rushed to
Wise's berth to get his grip, he found
Wise still under the covers sleeping
peacefully-having intended to get up
within minute or two after the por-
ter called him and then entirely neg
lected to do so.
There was wild rush. Wfse's bust
ness was too important to permit of
him going on to the next stop and re-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-06
Feeding Calves In Summer.

In warm weather calves should be
kept in during the daytime and turned
out during the evening, so as to avoid
the hot sun and the flies. Whole OF
chopped oats should be fed, or a mix.
ture Of whole and chopped oats. About
a cupful twice day for an ordinary.
sized calf that is on good pasture will
be sufficient. For fall feeding, until
the roots are harvested, there is moth
ing equal to green corn run through
the cutting box and mixed with some
chopped oats.
The main point In calf feeding is
never allow them to stop growing, and
for beef animals keep them in good
flesh. In feeding calves, as In every
system Of feeding, the extremes of
over and under feeding are to be avoid
ed. Continuous, regular, liberal feed
ing always brings the most profit and
the best practical results.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-06
He Changed the Style to Conform to
Wishes Of His Wife-Had His
Face Shaved Clean After Fort
Donelson Fell.

The most familiar pictures of Gen.
U. S. Grant show him with close
cropped full beard. Yet there is a
photograph Of him which shows him
with beard on his cheeks only, and, of
course, there are those first likenesses
of him which the country ever saw,
which display full beard apparently
ambitious of reaching his waist line.
and which were published in the war
time pictorial newspapers shortly after
Grant had sprung into fame as the
captor of Forts Donelson and Henry.
How did your father happen to
change his beard so markedly from
time to timer" / asked his son, Gen.
Fred d. Grant, when the latter was on
a recent visit to New York.
The general smiled in an amused
manner.
Before father became a colonel in
the Union army" he said, che had con-
tracted the habit Of wearing a rather
close-cut beard, and 1t, was his
practise to trim it himself about once
every two weeks. But when on the
campaign that led to the surrender of
Fort Donelson he found that it would
be wise for him to reduce his personal
baggage to the minimum, and so,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-06
Conkling's Way to Celebrate

and displaying all that courtly dignity
which was so characteristic of him, he
went up to father and greeted him. He
inquired how father had passed the
night, and then, after brief general
conversation, asked: MIR. President,
have you heard the news from North
Carolina?'
Father intimated somewhat vague
ly that he had received some news.
It's very bad-very bad, indeed,
said Senator Conkling. I'm afraid that
we have been overwhelmingly defeat
ed by the Liberal Republicans
"'Oh, no, l don't think so,' father
replied quietly. You know, the first
news is frequently the worst news
"Do you really think, Mr.. Presi-
dent, that we have carried North Car
olina?' asked the senator; and I re-
member how grave his face was as he
stood bending slightly, with courteous
mien towards father.
"tYes,' father answered, and I
think that within day or two we
shall hear that we have carried North
Carolina
For moment Senator Conkling
was silent and evidently a little per-
picked at the confidence, or, at least,
the seeming Indifference which father
showed in the result of an election
that the country was following with
the closest attention. But at last the
senator threw back his shoulders and
spoke with great impressiveness and
with not twinkle in his eye.
Mr.. President he said, If. later
on. learn, as you say l will, that we
have carried the state of North Caro-
lima, l. will not say that will get
drunk, but will say to you that shall
quench my thirst
And" concluded General Grant,
you know that Senator Conkling was
most abstemious in the use of wines
or liquors of any sort"
Copyright. 1910. by E. J. Edwards.)
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-06
If Grant Carried North Carolina Eiec
ton, New York Statesman Prom.
Ised Not to Get Drunk, But
to "Quench His Thirst"

There Is one incident connected
with the presidential campaign OF
1872, when my father was running
for reelection against Horace Greeley,
the Liberal Republican candidate,
that l remember wildly" said Gen.
Fred D. Grant to me the other day.
'You may remember that the North
Carolina state election of 1872, which
was held in the summer, attracted a
great deal of attention In all parts of
the country. That was because of the
widespread belief that it would fur
nish good indication of how the
presidential election in November
would go-whether my father would
be. reelected, or Horace Greeley
would be victorious. At that time, you
know, North Carolina was under re-
construction, and in the control of the
Republican party element, or ele-
ments, l should say, for the fight was
between the two wings of that party.
During the closing week or two of
the Carolina fight father took little
vacation on one of the Thousand
Islands. Our stay there ended the
very day of the election and we took
the night train for Washington, father
especially having greatly enjoyed the
tonic atmosphere of the st. Lawrence.
Very early the following morning
father was told that gentleman had
entered our sleeping car and asked to
see him. should say that we had
just left station about twenty-five
miles north of Utica, N. Y, and ia
Their remarked that whoever his Wis
itor was he must have risen very
early in order to meet him.
who do you suppose that visitor
was? None other than Senator Ros-
coe Conkling. With hand extended,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-06

was talking with Assistant Secretary
Hilles. did you know" said Mr..
Hilles. that among your clerks in the
treasury is the father of organized
baseball in American" NO." replied
Secretary MacVeagh. who is he?"
Nick Young" said Mr.. Hilles. "He
is clerk in the Office OF the auditor
of the state department, and has been
here for many years. He organized
the first professional baseball associa-
ton In America in 1871, and for years
was president of the national league"
Secretary MacVeagh expressed a de-
sire to meet Uncle Nick and the lat
ter was called in. Uncle Nick is en-
titled to 80 days annual leave, but he
has never taken 1t all at one time. He
takes 1t piecemeal, an hour at a time,
He quits his Office at $3.50 instead of
4:30 every time the Washingtons play
ball there, SO as to take In the game.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-06
Grant Made Son a Crack Shot

sion cap (You know, at that time, all
the guns utilized the percussion
cap.) First of all, Fred. you must be
careful not to have the hammer
pressing against the cap. There
"All the preliminaries of loading
might come blow against the ham,
mer, and that would cause the gun to
be discharged, when you were not
ready for that. Then, again, you must
not have the hammer at full cock, or
away back There is danger, If you do,
that by accident it may fall upon the
percussion cap and the gun be fired
in that way. Always keep the trigger
at half cock
Then. as patiently as explicitly, IA
Their would explain to me how to
charge the gun with powder. Not too
much he would say, because that
would make the gun kick and you
would miss your aim Then he would
take the ramrod and show me how to
ram home a shot or bullet, so that it
would fit close against the powder
charge; and as he did this he would
explain the reason, saying that unless
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-06
Gave the Lad Careful Shooting Les
sons When They Went Hunting
Together Near GaIena, H.,
Before the War.

Gen. Fred D. Grant was appointed
minister to Austria by President Har-
rison in 1885.
Il have been told. general" l said
to him the other day. that when you
were in Vienna as our diplomatic rep
resentattve you were regarded as one
of the best shots in the Austrian cap
1tal and for that reason were fire.
| quently invited to take part in the
very exclusive court hunts"
Well" General Grant replied 1T
| Is true that was often asked to take
part in the court hunts, and that was
little unusual, since the Austrian
court at that time was not accus-
toned to invite any diplomatic repre-
sentative of a foreign nation to
share in its sport oftener than once
year. They tell me that l did make
some pretty good shots. l know that
the sport was exciting and that 1t
required fairly good craftsmanship to
gain triumphs that could be compared
with those of some of the best shots
OF Austria. But also know that what
ever my skill as a sportsman may be,
1t Is entirely due to the training given
me by my father. I never had any
other teacher than he in the use of
firearms.
when father was in the leather
business in Galena, ILL.,, it used to be
necessary for him to take trips, last
Ing for ten days or two weeks, into
the country of which Galena was the
center. He would harness up the
horse to his wagon and drive all over
the country, and many times he would
take me into the wagon with him and
l would be his companion all the time
he was away from home.
During one of these trips, when l
was not more than nine or ten years
OF age, | said to father: Father,
should like to learn to shoot. l want
to know how to shoot a rabbit or a
prairie hem
Now, it was characteristic of ia
ther that he took a very keen interest
in everything that appealed to his
children. So, when he saw that I
really meant what I said when l told
him that I wanted to learn to be
hunter. he said: Well, Fred, will
teach you how to be a good shot and
how to handle gum
Il remember very distinctly the
care and the reasoning which he en-
ployed in giving me my shooting les
sons with shotgun and rifle. First of
all, he would say: Now, Fred, 1
want to show you about the percus-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-06

The latest government report is ad-
ditionally favorable to big wheat
crop. The returns, as interpreted by
the skilled statistician of the New
York produce exchange, indicate to-
tai harvest Of 702,404,000 bushels,
against an indication for the same
time last year Of 652,351 900 bushels.
The estimate for 1909 fell below the
actual result, for the total yield last
year was 737.159,000 bushels. Should
there be similar excess this year there
will be good chance for record
breaking output
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-06
One More than He Needed

turning by another train. The porter
said he might hold the train an extra
minute, but not any longer. Wise man.
aged to get into his shirt and trousers
and hurried down the aisle with 9TH
er articles Of clothing dangling over
his arm, and the porter Fastening aft
er him carrying all the things that
Wise had overlooked.
The train went on and Wise gath
cred up the various articles that lay
at his feet, to go into the station and
find quiet place to finish dressing
He hadn't even been allowed time
to get on his shoes. His eyes fell on
these.
What do you think? There were
three shoes there! He counted EN-.
one, two, three!
Some unknown passenger rode on to
Chicago with only one shoe in which
to step off into that great, grimy,
sordid city-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-06

Russia has not figured extensively
as cotton-producing country. But 1t
seems to have ambitions in that direc-
zion. Reports from Tifiis are to the eff
feet that the area sown to cotton this
year is double that Of 1909. In one dis
trict 400 acres are devoted to the
btape. That is tiny fraction Of the
total in the United States, but high
prices have stimulated cotton growing
wherever practicable, and the aggre-
gate result may be substantial gain
in the foreign output.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-06
GRINDsToNE is EASILY MADE
Detailed Instructions and Illustration
for Making Very convenieF ana
Useful Farm impIemens

A grindstone is not only usful, but
almost an absolute necessity Q every
well equipped farm. One cal easily
be made by following the elections
given below:
A frame of 2x4 is made fet long
and s inches wide, inside nasure.
Ffve-inch blocks are placed three
inches from ends Of four-foot sides;
one being left loose 80 1t can pc run
through the bicycle frame at sat, 4
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-06

1t is stated that the recent missile
test against the ram Katahdin has
demonstrated that the theory as to the
piercing power of big projectiles fired
a modern battleships' range is wrong
that the missile really drops from the
trajectory at SO sharp an angle that 1t
delivers glancing blow and therefore
does not penetrate armor plate of only
moderate thickness. II this is true,
the fighting will have to be at closer
range, and the guns Of smaller caliber
than the big 13-inch rifles will come
into greater favor.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-06
Importance of Soy Beans.

We are told that the great increase
in growing soy beans in China and
Japan is changing various businesses
all over the world. The oil from these
beans is taking the place of lfnseed
and the crushed cake after the oil ex-
traction is being used in place of lin
seed and cottonseed meal for feeding.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-06

New records are made by flying ma
chimes almost daily. France comes
forward with the most notable achieve
ment with an aeroplane carrying two
persons. One of these airships, with
two army officers as passengers, flew
from the starting point 20 the gates OF
Paris, a distance Of 1866 miles, in two
hours and fifty minutes. The times
seems to be at hand when the ma.
chimes win engage in regular tarff1c
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-06
WEEDER USEFUL IN GARDENS
Amateur Can Easily Arrange One by
Taking Piece Of Wire Cable and
Twisting and Bending Ends.

A garden weeder can be easily made
by the amateur. Take piece of wire
cable having five or more strands of
wire and untwist one end for about
three inches. Spread the strands out
and bend the end of each one at right
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-06
Cheer up, astronomers! Mars isn't
going to run away, anyhow.

The ice cold geyser discovered in
Yellowstone park not only upsets the
accepted theory as to the origin of Pc
riodical natural fountains, but adds a
feature of economic value to the scene
of natural wonders. Heretofore tour.
lists have been able to catch fish and
swing them from the river into q gey-
ser basin Of hot water, to be cooked
while still upon the hook. Now they
will be able to catch the fish and
swing them into cold storage.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-06

J The peril of the four young men
who put out upon Lake Michigan in q
gasoline launch with supply of fuel
close to exhaustion should remind mo-
tor yachtsmen that a small boat with
out power is helpless in comparison
with a sailing yacht. The latter can
be handled SO that she will be safe in
the toughest of weather, while the
powerless motor boat must wallow and
take what comes, unless those in
charge of her have seamanship enough
to rig a sea anchor and ride behind It
while awaiting succor.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-06

square block. 81 inches long. is made
to fit the hole of stone; hole is bred
in block to receive wheel hub: the
spokes are removed from rear vheel
and hub Is cut in two in center coss-
wise, and placed in hole of sqiare
block in stone, and small nails are
driven in spoke holes in block. The
stone is placed in bicycle frame al be-
fore and the frame in turn is plced
in 2x4 frame; the f1ve-inch block isrun
through bicycle frame at seat pst,
the seat is turned around and the
stone Is then ready for use.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-06

Eho bearing down. / recommended 10
to some friends and two Of them have
been greatly benefited by it."-MrG
MAE McKN1aHT, Oronogo, Mo.
Another Grateful Woman.
st. Louis, Mo. &c was bothered
terribly with a female weakness and
had backache, bearing down pains and
pains in lower parts. I began taking
lydia y. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound regularly and used the SanatiYe
Wash and now I have no more troubles
that way."-Mrs. Al. HERzoG, 5729
Prescott Ave-, st. Louis, Mo.
Because your case Is difficult one,
doctors having done you no good,
do not continue to suffer without
giving Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound trial. It surely has cured
many cases of female ills, such as in
Examination, liberation, displacements,
fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic
pains, backache, that bearing down
feeling, indigestion, dizziness, and ner-
yous prostration. 1t costs but trife
to try it, and the result is worth mil
lions to many suffering women.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-06
Vigor in Fowls.

Constitutional vigor in fowls or even
In strains Of fowls has much to do
with the profits. Some fowls are sub
ject to disease while others ward OF
disease in remarkable degree. We
should select and bread for vigor a
well as utility.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-06
Rye Meal for Cows.

The Pennsylvania experiment sta
zion has discovered that rye meal, as
4 part Of properly balanced ration for
dairy COWS, Is sufficient in milk and
butter production to an equal weight
OF cornmeal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-06
Useful In the Garden.

angles, making the bend about one
half inch long. Bend the UNFINISHED
end Of the cable SO it will be double
for six inches Of its length, and tie
them together. Also tie around the
cable at the base of the hooked
strands.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-06
Change to italian Stock.

Any colony Of bees may be changed
to pure italian stock by simply remov-
ing the old queen and introducing an
Italian queen In her stead. In two or
three months the stock will be pretty
much of the new queen and pure Ital.
ian.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-06
Germs In Cream.

Cool, low temperature will greatly
retard the growth of most germs In
cream. and cream quickly cooled will
keep sweet much longer than when It
= allowed 70 cool gradually.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-06
Prune Tomato Plants.

Keep tomato plants carefully
pruned. All superfuous branches
should be removed and the plants
trained to one main stem. with fruit
SPURS properly distributed.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-06
Novelty.

I thought you told me you had
IOmething original In this Hbretto,"
Jaid the manager, scornfuIly. "Here
at the very outset you have lot Of
merry villagers singing, We are hap
py and gayl'"
You don't catch the idea at ALL"
replied the poet, YEARLY. The g 10
soft It should be pronounced happy
and Jay"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-06
Care for Raspberry.

During July and August give the
raspberry plantation some care. Keen
1t clear Of weeds. cultivate, mulch. re.
move all canes which have fruited.
and cut back to three OK four feet all
this years canes.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-06
Mrs. Partfnuton,s Rixal

Mr.. Blinks lin art museum)-I
didn't know you were such an admirer
of curtos, Mrs. Blunderby.
Mrs. Blunderby-Oh, yes, indeed: I
just delight In NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
transcript
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-06
Chemical Triumpi1s.

The steel industry is today at every
point under the strictest chemical con.
troll. An eminent authority estimates
that the Bessemer process alone added.
directly and indirectly, $4,000, 00O, 900
yearly to the worlds wealth.
Chemical processes of making mad.
der and indigo colors have changed
the face of those industries. One-half
Of the entire consumption of indigo is
now produced In German chemical
plants.
Ultramarine is now furnished BY
chemistry at half the price of copper.
whereas in the form of lapis lazuH,
in the days of Liebig. it was dearer
than gold.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-06
Siekly Smile

Wipe 1t off your otherwise
good looksmg face-put on that
good health smile that CAS-
CARETS will give you-aa
a result from the cure d
Constipation-ora torpid liver.
It's so easy-do it-you'n see.
- ~
CASCARETS Zoe box for weeks
treatment all druggists. Biggest seller
n the world, Million boxes a month.