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the hospital because they wanted to
operate on me. went to st. Joseph's
Hospital at Omaha and put in three
months there without any gain. was
pretty well discouraged when I was
advised to use Doan's Kidney Pills.
did so and by the time l had taken
one box, the pain in the back left me.
I kept right on and perfect cure
was the result"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by all dealers. so cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-04-23
Tennyson and the Ladies

Mrs. Thackeray Richie was at Aid
worth the next time was there and
we were all entertained for the Sec
ond time-by the monograph, into
which, as the poet remarked, they
make me spout things!" Mrs. Richie
was trying to listen, think, to the
tbugle song from "The Princess" and
was consequently impervious to his
reiterated ie:uest to make room for
him best Ter on the sofa, when he
remark. with the most comical ges-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-04-23
Loves PRIVILEGE

A woman should be able to tell by
glancing at her husband If things have
gone we'll or i'll with him. His voice,
his walk, his bearing, all tell his Sc
crets to the woman who loves him and
by virtue of the special study she has
made of him she should be able to go
straight into the secret chambers of
his heart and find there the sorrow he
has hidden from her, and give him the
sympathy he Graves.
1t was more than beauty, more than
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-04-23

ture of mock impatience, the wom-
ans written so many books, she can't
understand common English" Decided
ly he enjoyed testing the capacity of
his lady friends in the matter of TIA
king ckaff." Presently his baby grand
son, the little ten-month old Lionel
Hallam, was brought ina bright love
ly boy. 1 had him In my arms, when
his grandfather babe me turn him to
the light that Mrs. Richie might see
him better, adding. 4 always feel Of
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-04-23

pressed wish Of the donors "to offer
1t to the United States that it may
have a place in the department OF
state with the immortal instrument
which was written upon it in 1916"
The desk bears an inscription in
Jefferson's handwriting as follows:
Thomas Jefferson gives this writing
desk to Joseph Coolidge, Jr., as
memorial of his affection. 1t was maze
from a drawing of his own by Ben
Randall, cabinet maker, of Philadel-
phia, with whom he first lodged on
his arrival in that city in May, 1776,
and is the identical one on which he
wrote the Declaration of 1ndepend-
ence. Politics as well as religion has
its superstitions. These gaining gem
ing strength with time, may one day
give imaginary value to this relic for
its association with the birth Of the
great charter of our independence.
Monticello, Nov. IS, 1925"
Although Jefferson was nearly 80
years of age when he presented the
desk, his donation inscription, above
given, is written in the same bold,
clear and strong handwriting in which
he penned the Declaration of indie
pendence almost half century be-
fore, when a young man little more
than 30
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-04-23

more Marine Hos
pital for nj n e
months. I had a
dull pain in the
small of my back
t h a t completely
wore me out. The
urine was in a ter
rible state, and
some days I would
pass half a gallon
of blood. / left
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-04-23

possible care dates from period somewhat
prior to the Worlds Columbian exposition in
Chicago in 1893 1t was proposed to transfer
the Declaration to Chicago for exhibition and
a steel safe or packing case" as it was then
termed, was specially constructed to serve as
a repository for the document en- route and
during the period of the fair. While these
preparations were in progress the officials OF
the state department turned the matter over
in their minds and eventually came to the
conclusion that it was risky business to have
the nations most honored relic carted about
the country, even If the moving was done
with all possible care. The president took
this view Of the matter also and SO it was
decided not to allow the Declaration to be
transferred to Chicago.
About this time John Hay, who was then
acting as secretary of state, asked the Ma
tional Academy of Sciences to carefully inves-
tigate the condition of the document and to
make suggestions as to ways and means for
its preservation. Accordingly President Agas-
siz of the National Academy appointed spe-
cial committee, consisting of John S. Billings,
Ira Remsen and Charles F. Chandler, to con-
fer with Secretary Hay the subject. Even
tually this special committee given an
opportunity to make careful examination
of the precious instrument with the assist
ance of Mr.. A. H. Allen, then serving the
chief of the bureau of rolls and library of the
state department and also with the aid of DR..
Wilbur NJ Gray, Of the Army Medical museum.
1t was found that the document had suf-
fered very seriously from the very harsh
treatment to which it was exposed during the
earlier years Of the republic. Folding and
rolling have creased and broken the parch-
ment. The wet press-copying operation to
which it was subjected about 1920 for the pur-
pose of producing a fac-simile copy, removed
a large portion of the ink. Subsequent ex-
posure to the action of light for more than 80
years while the instrument was placed on ex-
hibition has resulted in the fading of the ink,
particularly In the signatures. The commit
tee was pleased, however, to find that no evil
dence of mold or other disintegrating agents
could be discovered upon the parchment by
careful microscopic examination. They also
reported against the proposition which had
been advanced to apply chemicals with view
to restoring the original color of the ink. 1t
was the opinion of the experts that such ap-
plication could be but partially successful in
asmuch as a considerable portion of the orig
inal ink was removed in making the copy of
1920 and also because such application might
result In serious discoloration Of the parch-
ment
Finally the committee reported adversely
upon the suggestion that any solution, such as
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-04-23

youth and charm that made Djemil the
ARA say to his beloved:
while live my heart will love
thee, and when l shall be no more.
still will my shadow follow thy shadow
athwart the tombs.''
Women are much more given to the
use of verbal endearments than are
men; and they often overdo 1t. They
should try to learn the wisdom OF
economizing In terms of endearment
lest they become commonplace
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-04-23
Too Loud.

Too Loud.
Jack-Say, Tom, will you do me a
favor?
Tom-Anything in reason, old man.
Jack-Then kindly leave your trous-
ers out in the hall tonight.
Tom-The idea! What do you
want me to do that for?
Jack-The pattern is so loud they
will keep me awake.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-04-23

well at night. I believe there ei IS NOM .,
ing like the Pinkhamp rs e. n 10, 2.
The success Of Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from r. MI roots It's
and herbs, is unparalleled. II may o 90
who who suffer SUITE from displacements, inflam-
nation, liberation, fibroid tumors, II
regularities, periodic pains, ba u,l ;cas;
bearing-down feeling, fiatulency, lndl-
gestion, dizziness, or nervous prostra-
For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has been inc
standard remedy for female ills, and
suffering women owe it to themselves
to at least give this medicine a trial
Proof is abundant that it has cured
thousands of others, and why should IL
not cure you?
Ifyou want special advice write
Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn. Mass, ZOE Ess
It is free and always helpful
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-04-23


the committee in designating the
person or persons who were to pre-
pare the draft of Declaration. Mr..
Adams states that Jefferson and
himself were appointed subcom.
mittee to prepare it; Mr.. Jefferson
states that he alone was directed
by the committee to write the Dec
laration. This question is not i'm
portant, since Mr.. Adams version
does not in the least impair Mr. JEFF
ferson's claim to the authorship Of
the instrument.
1t is proper to add that Mr.. JEFF
ferson's account is confirmed by the
original manuscript draft of the Dec
laration, exhibiting the corrections
and interlineations made by DR..
Franklin and MT Adams in their re-
cncotiyo handwrifinc Thoco omond,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-04-23

The circumstances under which Jefferson was Sc
eced for the honorable task Of writing the Declaration
of Independence were time the subject of
siderable controversy. The evidence on the subject
is derived chiefly from the writings of John Adams and
of Jefferson himself These two distinguished states
men disagree as TO some important details.
Mr. jefferson in his memoir written in 1921 states
simply that the committee for drawing the Declaration
desired him do it: that he accordingly wrote it, and
that being approved by the committee, he reported 1t
to congress Friday the wentyeighth OF June When
after three days of debate it adopted on July
In Mr. Adams autobiography he says: "The COM
mittee of independence Thomas Jefferson John
Adams BENJAMIN Franklin Roger Sherman, Robert R.
Livingston There more reasons than one for the
selection of Jefferson for such important work He
had the reputation of mastery pen; he dele
gate from Virginia. Another reason was Richard
Henry Lee was not beloved by most OF his colleagues
from Virginia. and Jefferson set up to rival and
spplant him. The committee had several meetings in
which were proposed the articles of which the Deca-
ration was to consist, and minutes made OF them.
The work making the draft left to JEFFERSON and
me but on my insstence Jefferson alone did the work.
Summed up the substantial points of difference in
the accounts of these two men regarding the same
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-04-23

For Headache Try Hicks capudIna.
Nervous troubles, the aches are speedily
relieved by Capudine. It's Liquid-pleas-
ant to take-Effects Immediately. 10, rs
and Soc at Drug Stores
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-04-23

Of course, women are tri1e vain,
but did you ever see man pass up
an opportunity to look in mirror?
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-04-23

a baby like that that it will be the
father of finer race"-E. r. Chap
man in Putnam's
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-04-23
IN HOSPITAL FOR NINE MONTHS.
Awful Tale Of Suffering From Kidney
Trouble.

Alfred ]. O'Brien, Second St., Ster-
ling, Colo, says: II was in the Balti-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-04-23
In the Gloaminu.

In the Cleaning.
"You were long time getting me,
John, dear!"
"And you were a long time waiting,
pet!"-The Circle. .r
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-04-23

ham and took Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vege.
table mpound
and Liver Pills, and
am glad to say that
your medicines and
kind letters of d.
rections have done
more for me than
anything else and |
had the best physi-
clans here. l can
do mvwork and rest
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-04-23
AFTER
DOCTORS
FAILED
lydiaE. Pinkham's Vegeta.
Bic Compound Cured Her

Knoxville, Iowa. =" sutfered Witn
,,oins low down in my right side for
year or more and was 50 weak ana nerr
IONS that / could not do my work.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-04-23

has remained ever since
in the library, which has
spacious quarters on the
fourth floor of the great
granite building occupied
by the state, war and
navy departments.
The present solicitude
for the preservation Of
the Declaration with all
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-06-15
MIXING CATTLE BREEDS.

There is a good deal Of force in the
following, on the subject of crossing
breeds, by a correspondent of the
Breeders Gazette. He says:
The tendency of the American
farmer in the past has been to hybrid
ize all his farm animals. Even his
hens all became a mixture after a
year or two. Especially has this
been the Ease with farmers in the
Eastern States. Those who had Jer-
sey COWS have crossed and r%e-crossed
with Holstein-Fresian bulls until
they have got neither one nor the
other, and some of them come very
near to nothing. Some farmers
seemed to think they could outwit
the Almighty by crossing the Jersey
with the Holstein and so get the large
flow of the Holstein with the rich
milk of the Jersey. The difference
between the two breeds is too great.
Nature was shocked and dumbfound-
ed. The result has been in many
cases the small yield Of the Jersey
coupled with the poor quality of the
Holstein.
There is a vast difference between
a good Holstein and a poor one, both
in quality and quantity of milk. Jer-
seys also differ very much in regard
to quantity of milk. A herd Of first
class Jersey COWS is as good as a
gold mine to a farmer who knows
how to handle them for best results
and improve them by judicious Sc.
lection. The same can be said of
the Holstein. The breeder of Hol-
stein cattle is quite apt to condemn
the Jersey COW, and the breeder of
the Jersey is apt to condemn the Fol-
stein. There are noble specimens in
each breed, and the breeders, the
men who handle the animals, are re-
sponsible for so many poor ones. 1t
is the result Of carelessness, lack of
judgment, taste and discrimination.
The Shorthorns are rapidly coming
to the front and the milking strain
of this breed will doubtless supplant
many of the mongrel Jerseys and
Holsteins that now occup7 the land.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-06-15
Lining Land.

Which is betterto use on land, caus-
tic lime or ground limstone?
The former is much quicker in &C.
ton, and If put on in excess may @eat
up much of the humus. But in
quantities Of two to four tons per
acre it is considered safe.
The ground limestone is much
cheaper, but is slower in its action.
The coarser grains will gradually
yield lime for several years. 1t is
perfectly safe and should be used as
freely as four tons per acre. If one
does notSfeel able to put on SO much
try two tons. The whole question
Of lining land is not well understood.
On some land crops, especially
legumes, respond wonderfully to its
use, while on other land its effect is
not noticeable and both tracts may
lie close together. 1t is a good plan
to lime one acre or ten acres, leaving
wide strips without it. On land need
ing it badly it will pay to lime heav-
lily. Sometimes alfalfa will grow into
a wilderness of luxuriance on lined
soil. Lime is best applied on plowed
land and narrowed in.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-06-15
Alfalfa Seed.

Alfalfa seed is a difficult thing to
buy and make no mistake.
L. It must not come from a warm
er climate.
q. 1t must be fresh to be best.
3. It should contain very few small
or shrunken seeds.
It must be free from weed seed.
You will have to look sharp if you
catch the dodder seed in it. These
seeds are so small they suggest to-
bacco seed.
Some farmers are so careful to Sc
cure good seed that they write weeks
before needed to a dozen firms for
samples and sprout, a hundred seeds
to study vitality. II eighty-fve or
ninety Of these 100 grow strong they
have fair seed. To watch for weeds
one should spread it on white paper
and examine with a glass.
On thin soils alfalfa should be pre-
coded by a crop of cowpeas or clover.
And If the ground is acid it will al
most insure a crop to SOW two to four
tons of lime per acre. In southern
counties below the drift alfalfa needs
fertilizing. But there are many sue
cessful fields south Of the drift.
Break in the spring when damp
enough to plow mellow. Pillow deep.
Harrow often enough to keep down
weeds till the last of June, then sow
twenty pounds per acre. 1t should
be covered with a harrow.
There is no use to, waste seed and
work on ground not prepared for it.
1t requires intelligent effort 20 grow
alfalfa.-Indiana Farmer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-06-15
FLoWERs IN THE YARD.

Besides the shrubs in the yard we
must have flowers. Plant all you
can afford to buy, if you are prepared
to take care of them. If you do not
wish the trouble of caring for them,
do not plant them. Starved, sick.
disconnected flowers cry out for help
to every passer5y. Cruelty to flowers
should be made a criminal ofense.
1t is almost as a to abuse a beauti-
full flower plant as to beat a horse.
Don't plant in round beds. Plant
In long beds in front Of the shrubbery
where the flowers can have the back
ground Of green foliage. Plant the
tall, brilliant-colored flowers at the
back, the cannas, hollyhocks and the
like. Take that big ugly Gamma bed
out Of the lawn and string the cannas
out two or three plants deep in the
front of the tall shrubbery way back
in the yard. Plant the smaller and
more delicate ones near the front.
Plant some sweet-scented flowers
near the porch and ear the windows
of the living room. Plant little tri-
angular beds in the sharp corners of
the walks. Above all, do not put
clashing colors together.-IndianaDs
oils News.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-06-15
THE SUGAR BEET.


"A subscriber, in Adams County,
asks a number of questions about the
culture of sugar beets; it is quite
probable that many of our readers
are interested in the subject. In Mich
igan and other States where consid-
cradle attention has been paid to the
industry, the interest seems to be
growing, and the indications are that
growing the beets for the factory is a
fairly profitable business for the far
e Years ago when experiments
with beets were carried on at Perdue
and in other parts of the State the
sugar per cent. in our beets was found
to be fully equal to that in other
States where trial was made with
them, and where since then large and
prosperous factories for making the
sugar have been maintained. We
have never fully understood why In
diana failed to engage in the beet
sugar industry.
One question asked by u CORE
spondent is How many tons Of sugar
beets can one expect to raise, per
acre, on ground that will produce
from seventy-fve to ninety bushels of
corn?"
That would be number one land
and would produce a crop of beets
considerably above the average,
which is from twelve to sixteen tons
per acre. Such land as he describes
ought to be good for twenty tons. The
factories pay from 81 to $3.50 a ton
for the beets, the cost of producing
and harvesting varies from S25 to
$50 an acre, so that a twenty-ton
crop would be quite proftable.-In.
diana Farmer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-06-15
SOAP P1NcUsHIoNs.
How and Why They. Were Intro
duced Into Hospitals.

In the operating rooms of hospi-
tails and on the surgical carriages in
the wards may be seen a piece of
soap stuck with the varieties Of pins
which it. pleases the doctor and the
head nurse to most affect.
The black headed pin long associ-
ated with crinoline dressings, retains
still an honored place, says the AL
umnae Magazine of Johns Hopkins
Hospital. The history of the intro
duction of the soap into the hospital
is interesting.
Three years ago DR.. r. H. Follis
operated upon a patient at the
Church Home. The patient was a
tailor by profession and CHANGED to
reside at Annapolis. When dressings
were made he observed the difficulty
with which the safety pins were put
through the binder and suggested
trying the method the cadets at the
Naval Academy had evolved to help
in pinning through their stiff ducks.
This simple but most effective de-
vice was a piece Of soap as q pin
cushion, and he further remarked
that carpenters applied the same prin-
ciple to screws. DR.. Follis immedi-
ately tried the plan, with such sue
ess that it has been generally adopt
ed in the surgical service.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-06-15
FEEDING COWS FOR PROFIT.

Esg4IIt pEEt.H.l
A practical dairyfarmer in Canada,
referring to his experience, in the
Farm and Dairy, lays down the fol-
lowing rules for dairy feeding at the
greatest profit:
First, build a summer silo and
grow more corn, using eniilage to
supplement pastures in summer.
Second, take fifteen acres of land
Con a h~undred-acre farm) near the
buildings. Divide into three fields.
Follow: a ~three-year rotation thereon.
First year: Corn, an early variety.
Feed in August and September.
Second year: Mixed grain, oats,
peas and barley (four bushels per
acre) seed down ten pounds red
clover, four pounds timothy per acre.
Cut quite green in July. Do not al
low to lodge.
Third year: Glover cut in late
June and early August.
Do not hesitate to feed this fifteen
acres of crop in the summer, even if
things should look blue for the win
ter forage supply. Let no considera-
ton prevent its utilization at the
proper time, not even an abundance
Of grass. 1t will always pay to feed
such forage in summer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-06-15
A DOCTORS EXPERIENCE
Medicine Not Needed in This Case.

1t is hard to convince some people
that coffee does them an injury!
They lay their bad feelings to almost
every cause but the true and unsus"
pected me-.
But the doctor knows. His wide
experience has proven to him that, to
some systems, coffee is an insidious
poison that undermines the health.
Ask the doctor If coffee is the cause
Of constipation, stomach and nervous
troubles.
II have been a coffee drinker all my
life. l am now AZ years old and when
taken sick two years ago with nervous
prostration, the doctor said that my
nervous system was broken down and
that l would have to give up coffee.
II got so weak and shaky could
not work, and reading your advertise
ment Of Postum, I asked my grocer If
he had any of it. He said, Yes and
that he used it in his family and 1t
was all it claimed to be.
$50 1 quit coffee and commenced to
use Postum steadily and found in
about two weeks time l could sleep
soundly at night and get up in the
morning feeling fresh. In about two
months l began to gain flesh. l
weighed only 146 pounds when / COM
menced on Postum and now l weigh
167 and feel better than /, did at 20
years of age.
IT am working every day and sleep
well at night. My two children were
great coffee drinkers, but they have
not drank any since Postum came
into the house, and are far more
healthy than they were before"
Read "The Road to MELVILLE"
found in pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letter? Anew
one appears from time to time. They
r genuine, true, and full of human.
interest )