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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-11-02
OIuF JOHNSON, Esq,
Elk Point, SO. Oak.

Dear Slr nnu FRIEND
We are desirous OF knowing If you
Ells pinters have an organized Antomo.
\, Club (Lf you have not U Autoo) and
n you have we would like TO have your
club join us and form State Association
and further to affiliate with the A. A. A.
In order TO form State Association we
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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11
TWO SMALL BOYS IN GARDEN
John and Frank Brown of Clyde, kan.,
Make Money In Raising and Sell
ing Vegetables.

Here is the garden story of two lit
tie boys at, Clyde, Kan, their picture
and a wagon load of their prize win
ming produce, grown on a plot of
ground 100 by lao feet.
John and Frank Brown are eight
and ten years old. Their father is a
travelling salesman. Mr.. and Mrs.
Brown and the boys became interest.
ed summer before last in garden sto-
ries. The boys attended the meet
ings Of the farmers institute arranged
by the Kansas State Agricultural col
lege through it's agricultural extension
department, and they listened to every
suggestion.
Mrs. Brown encouraged the boys in
every way when they announced one
day their intention of cultivating the
lot upon which their house stood and
the one adjoining it. She hired a man
to plow and harrow the ground and
she bought two dollars forth of seed.
At this point the boys showed much
concern. They knew that land needed
enriching, some one had said so, and
they couldn't afford to have it done
1t would cost too much. The boys haul
ed manure for days, after hool'hours,
until the whole 100 feet had fairly
satisfactory covering.
Then in the spring they planted the
seed and through the long vacation, in
the hottest weather, they toiled like
men, wedding and cultivating and ped
ding their surplus vegetables from the
tin wagon.
When the farmers institute of Clyde
met, John and Frank loaded the wagon
with choice samples from their garden
and went to the meeting. The farm
ers were surprised. No provision had
been arranged for such an exhibit, but
the officers of the institution gave the
boys a silver dollar and their appro-
baton, and told them how proud they
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11
RAISING OF WILLOW SHOOTS
Immensely Profitable When Handled
Properly-European Varieties
Have Many Advantages.

The raising of willow shoots Yor
the manufacture Of basket goods is
an enormous industry in Europe.
There are ninety different varieties of
willow cultivated abroad, and the ma
jority Of them have decided advan-
tages over the product of willow farms
in this country. The culture of willow
shoots requires so much special
knowledge and such care in the selec-
ton Of stock that 1t will doubtless be
many years before the American
growers can hope to grow basket ma
terial which will In every way satisfy
the manufacturer.
A recent report, however, tells Of
one farmer In the middle west who
cleared $4,000 on a 60-acre crop, and
certain willow planters in the east
and south who, after making patient
tests of various species, have succeed.
ed in growing excellent shoots.
For basket making a willow shoot
must be slender, tough, pliable, and
cylindrical. In this country no two
soils will grow the same quality Of will
low. Every planter has of necessity
to experiment for his own locality and
select the species best adapted to his
soil and climate. Importations Of the
best white willow shoots from Europe
will often degenerate In an American
soil until they are mere worthless,
brittle switches. In the east the will
low rust has to be combatted. and in
various climates various species are
immune to the disease.
This whole culture is In it's infancy
here, but when properly handled will.
low planting Is immensely profitable,
and the industry In this country Is SO
enormous that it will mean a great
saving to American manufacturers
when they are able to buy their mnte.
rails from domestic growers.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11

along the heel of the shoe. At point
above the heel, or where the foot re-
quires someplay, the support has a
double hinge, thus permitting free
of the ankle, while at the
same time preventing it from bend
ing far enough to cause sprain.
Many people who are very fond of
skating are unable to enjoy the sport
because of weak ankles, which per-
sist in turning. 1t is this turning, too,
which makes it SO hard for some peo-
pie to learn to skate, there being diff
ficulty enough in keeping perpen-
dicular position without having to
watch the feet. This ankle support
will be found useful for beginners for
this reason, as it will give them more
confidence. A strong strap at the top
of the support buckles around the top
of the wearer's shoe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11

down from the water pipe of the build
ing to the lowest point of the place
to be drained is pipe that makes two
rectangular turns, and continues up to
a point above ground, where 1t emp
ties into a trough, or another pipe,
that connects with sewer or gutter.
In the center Of the small horizontal
portion of the pipe is a spigot, the
opening and closing of which is oper-
ated automatically by bar, on the
other end of which is a large ball.
The weight of the ball raises the end
of the bar attached to the spigot. and
keeps the latter closed until the water
in the cellar or pit is high enough to
float the ball. This opens the spigot
and the water flows through the pipe
and seeks its level, carrying up with
it by suction the waste water in the
cellar.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11

The daylight and darkness are a song;
The clouds that fieck the summer skies
with white,
The stars that CLEAN above us all night
long,
Are symbols of the song of love and
light. \
And deeper chords there are. and har-
The which no mortal thought has ever
found
Because they are eternal OBSTACLES
Too marvel-sweet to be blurred into
sound. I
Beyond the pulsing cadence Of the breeze,
Beyond the throbbing monotone of rain,
The Tilt Of bird songs and the hum Of
bees,
There surges up a vast. unfathomed
strain
Which we might hear all family in the
night
When all the world has left us quite
alone,
Or when in awe we stand upon some.
I. Yet never is that song completely
known.
Aye. times we sense it when we feel the
thrill
OF looking Ger the meadowlands m
SpIlNS,
Or when the snow makes Of the tree
crowned hill
An worried stillness-then the shadows
sing !
AS do the sun-kissed fields. and distant
haze,
And all things-all the sky and sea and
land;
1t is the song Of all the nights and days
That we may hear, but may not under
stand.
The daylight and the darkness are q
song,
And all the unknown heights and depths
of space
Where myriad systems whirl and wheel
and throng.
Each feck Of star-dust in its given
place
All these. with blades of grass, and or
chard bloom.
And gale tossed SHOWS. and winding
Powered ways.
And great sea pillows. and the rose per-
fume,
All blend into the song of nights and
days.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11
ANTIQUITY OF THE LONG BOW

Torrance at Locksley in Scott's
"Ivanhoe," are also a decided strain
on ones power of belief.
THE famous legend of William Tell
is believed by some authorities to
have a foundation in fact There was
a Dane named Foke of whom the
same story was told; and William of
Cloudsley, an Englishman, is said to
have shot an apple from his sons
head merely to show his skill.
The majority of bow and arrow
stories relate to the accurate aim of
the archers, but Frenchman, Blaise
de Vigenere, tells one in which the
main point is the tremendous force
with which an arrow may be propelled
If the bow is long and strong enough.
According to his own account of the
matter, he saw Barbarossa, a Turk,
admiral of ship called the Grand
solyman, send an arrow from his bow
clean through a cannon ball. Wheth-
er the cannon ball had hole in it
or not he neglects to inform u.s.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11

which wool packing is placed. This
channel provides reservoir for ordi-
nary machine oil and distributes it to
the bearing surface as required. A
small oil hole runs from the outside
OF the hub to the inside, through
which common machine Oil is supplied
by means of an ordinary oil can. A
small groove around the inside of the
box, near the inner end, is fitted with
felt ring. which prevents the en-
trance Of dirt and grit.
The ordinary method of raising the
vehicle on Jack, one wheel at a time,
removing the wheel, applying the
grease and replacing the wheel, all OF
which takes considerable time and
patience, is made unnecessary by this
invention.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11
INDUSTRIAL
fHCHANICAL>
90 NOTES @

II metal pole is unprotected when
placed in the ground 1t will rust seri-
ously in about ten years.
Much Of the "circassian walnut" ap-
pearing in up-to-date furniture is the
wood of the red gum tree.
The first aeroplane engine in which
it is possible to regulate the speed has
been invented in England.
A flagstaff made in several sections
that telescope for convenience In
handling has been patented.
To designate the handling of piece
of work by machinery the word
"mechanipulate" has been coined.
The various German states main
tain 70 schools in horseshoeing, with
courses of from one to six months.
Backed by a $4,000 endowment
fund, the University Of Leeds, Eng.
land, has established a chair of coal.
gas and fuel industries.
Oxygen tanks, liberating gas into a
bag in which a mans head and shout.
ders can be placed, feature new res.
cue litter intended primarily for
mines.
To draw an operators hand out OF
the way of a descending die in a
stamping machine is the purpose OF
a series of levers invented by Mary,
land man.
An interesting and apparently sue
cessful experiment has been made In
Thessaly in the cultivation Of Egyp
tian cotton, with modern machinery
ard under direction Of ap expert froE1
Egypt.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11
Horn Horseshoes.

A new horseshoe has lately been ex-
perimented with at Lyons in France
The shoe is made entirely of sleeps
horn and is found particularly adapted
to horses employed in towns and
known not to have a steady foot on
the pavement.
The results of these experiments
have proved satisfactory, inasmuch as
the horses thus shod have been driven
at a rapid pace over the roadways
without slipping. Besides this advan-
tage, the new shoe is said to be dura-
BILE, and, though a little more expen-
sive than the old variety, seems des-
tined sooner or later to replace the
iron shoe in France, particularly in
the cases of horses employed in the
towns.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11
Expert Statement.

Elijah" says the Judge to the de-
PENDANT, you have had fair trial.
The prosecuting attorney has shown
by circumstantial evidence that can
not be gainsaid that you were in Mr..
Browns chicken coop on the night
that his hens disappeared, and your
own attorney, in his speech, has prac-
tically admitted that the theory of the
prosecution is true. Have you any
thing to say before the court pro-
nounces its decisicn?"
"Jedge," says Elijah, rising politely.
"all rs got to say is dis. ! don't know
much about de law, but does know
heahsay evumdence isn't good, an all
desc lawyehs says is heahsay.
oughter know, fob uz de only man in
dat chicken coop dat night, an is de-
MED it raight erlong"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11
Famous Legends Involve Robin nooo'
William Tell, Foke, Wi'''a" q
cloudsIey and 6arbarossa'

Many long bow" stories are to 'op Dc
&c n the worlds literature long
before before the time of the he celebrates hT fsr
Raron Munchausen. Indeed oy "a.
, D"so greatest part of them had their
origin in the remote past
Virgil, in the Aeneid. tells Il. OF 0 lou lou.
archers who were shooting ior a p pr -
the bark being pigeon tiea w srs .
cord to the mast OF snip. ine .ha
man hit the mast, the second cut 'ne
n nnna ON and the third shot the pigeon as
:. aew away The fourth archer hay
Ing IN nothing left at which to shoot saI
d Dug n his bow and sent his arrow fly,
ing MT towards the sky with such speed =.
tbs that the friction Of the air set TIL, the
feathers on fire and 1t swept on like
a meteor to disappear in the SKY.
The stories of Robin Hoods arch
cry. illustrated by his wonderful Der
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11
INDUSTRY |
E AND
|f1ElHANl().
BERTH LADDER VERY USEFUL
Adequately Meets Demand OF Steam
boat Passengers-Made of Steel
and Garry 500 Pounds.

These ladders are constructed OF
steel and will carry 500 pounds
weight. They are carried on parallel
steel rods, which are attached to the
upper and lower berth and can be
moved along these rods with perfect
ease by releasing the thumb spring.
The top and bottom of the ladders,
where the rods run through, are in
laid with fibre to prevent any noise
by the vibration of the boat, and can
not be moved until the spring Is re-
leased. The rods are fitted with
hangers, which are attached to the
berth. One of these hangers of each
ladder Is so constructed that 1t can be
turned back and allow the top rod to
be released at one end and thereby
remove the ladder without removing
the two rods or hangers from the
berth. The ladder rods and hangers
are nickel plated, and the steps are
covered with plush.
The ladder should always be at the
foot of the berth until moved along
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11
Prettler Pictures.

A little girl went visiting one day.
and after time was given the album
of family photographs to look at. She
turned the leaves over carefully, and
pretty soon closed the book.
well, DEAR" asked the hostess,
did you look at the album"
"Oh, yes" answered the little maid,
brightly, "and we've got one 'zactly
like 1t, only the pictures are prettier."
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11
HUB MADE SELF-LUBRICATING
Does Away With Old Method Of Rails.
Ing Vehicle on Jack and Applying
Grease on Each Wheel.

A device by means of which Oil may
replace grease in the fabrication Of
wagon and carriage wheels has been
brought out by Seattle concern in
the form of a self-lubricating hub,
says the Popular Mechanics. The
wheel box has the exterior appear
Ance Of the usual type, but on the in
ner surface, in the middle of the
wheel, is a groove or channel, In
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11
Granite Belt Of South.

When one speaks OF granite the
mind naturally reverts to Vermont. 1t
is difficult to associate granite with
any section of North America outside
New England, yet 1t must now be &C.
knowledged to the credit of the south
that Georgia, North Carolina, Mary
land, and Virginia are producing large
quantities Of stone of good quality
which insures the south place in the
market at any rate. The annual out
put is now worth about $4,000, 900 and
the industry is growing. 1t may be Of
comparative interest to know that
New Englands output Is about IS, 00O,-
600 worth of stone annually.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11
BiH!

"A new and novel idea for an after
noon AFFAIR."" asks Mrs. Justgottit Of
Mrs. Peddygreigh. 20, can suggest
a very clever plan. Let US have a
spring housekeeping party. Let us
invite all our set and have them don
aprons and take mops and brooms
and busters, and clean the house,"
The suggestion is hailed gladly by
the others of the 400, whereat the
originator of dinners to monkeys and
doll parties and similar joyous affairs
jealousy remarks:
"And Mrs. Justgottit will be the
very one to take charge Of such a
function, won't she?"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11

we're to have two little boys in Clyde
that weren't afraid of work.
The boys put $12 in the bank, the
result of their peddling, and they sup
piled the family table all summer and
far into the fall. Besides, the Brown
family cellar contained for winter use:
one and one-half bushels of popcorn,
one bushel of beets,. three-fourths BUSH
ell of carrots, two bushels of potatoes,
twelve or fifteen pumpkins, and lot
of cabbages. There were enough
canned tomatoes to keep the family
supplied for months.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11
cocoanut OIL Butter.

The recent discovery Of practical
methods of converting crude cocoanut
oil into palatable and satisfactory
vegetable butter has given great ex-
tension to this business in Germany.
Seven companies are now CRUSHING
the copra and refining the oil for
edible use. The importations Of raw,
copra have more than doubled within
three years.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11
Useful Berth Ladders.

the rods, If desired, by the person u.s.
ing it, and after getting into the berth
moved back SO as not to interfere
with the passenger in the lower berth.
They are also great convenience
to maids making up the upper ber~h,
doing away with the necessity of car
rying around stool or standing on
the lower berth for support
The device is great convenience
to passengers, and passenger boats of
today are not fully equipped without
It.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11
USEFUL IN DRAINING CELLAR.
Ball Floats, Opens splgot and Water
Is Sucked up-Handy In Places
Where Water Collects.

An ingenious apparatus for drain.
ing cellars, cesspools, foundations,
wheel pits, furnace pits and all the
numerous places where an excess OF
water is apt to collect. has been in
vented by Maryland man. Running
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11
Dolls Factory Comedy.

While a fire was raging at fac
tory at Vincennes, the rumor spread
that a large number of children were
being burned to death. Crowds col
lected, and it was seen that what
looked like bodies were being thrown
from the windows. But it was soon
discovered that the place was doll
factory, and the bodies" were those
of large dolls, of which over 1000
were destroyed.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11
The Rtoht Kind of a Mother.

Little Mary was inclined to be so
stout that the doctor and her mother.
greatly to the child's distress, forbade
her to eat sugar and candy, of which
she was fond.
One day at the circus Mary stood
lost in admiration of the fat boy
Mamma" she finally said, what
a kind motasr that boy must have
had
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11
wrono.side-out stories.

Little Edna was reprov1ng her
Younger brother for fbbing. Frown-
ing on the small culprit. she said:
Now lust you member, Willie Jones.
an don't you never tell nee one OF
YOUR -side-out stories again"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11
Little Pitchers.

Little Jack one day undertook to
entertain a caller Of his big sister I'M
til she came downstairs.
why, Mr.. Carson, it isn't so at all.
You're inst as white as I am, and not
one bit black"
BLACK. my boy; what made you
think me a colored MANI"
why, heard Sister Sue say you
wouldn't even buy her soda, you was
SO awful niggardly."
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11
vincentized Mother Goose.

There was an automatic man
Who lived an automatic life,
He pressed an automatic suit
And won an automatic wife.
And in his automatic way
Her buttons he was wont to bless.
''why don't you 80 and get. ! say,
An automatic buttoning Dress"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11
One Among a Million.

with all due respect to the wives
Of Others" says the man with the
shiny nose and the dimpled chin, II
must say that my wife is the greatest
woman in the world"
"That is splendid way for man
to talk, and 1t does you honor" says
the man with the missing buttons on
his vest.
well, when am moving the lawn
my wife doesn't stand at the window
and call to me to tell me where / am
leaving uncut ridges"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11
PLAY NEW GAME OF BASEBALL
Apparatus Arranged SO That Several
Persons May Take Part-MarbIe
Into Chute.

The apparatus shown in the illus
tration consists of an inexpensive de-
vice which may be played by one or
more persons, and which involves the
principles of the game of baseball. At
one corner of the board is a chute
down which a marble may be rolled,
says the Scientific American. The
marble is required to pass through a
barrier, and If it fails to do this the
throw counts as strike. If 1t stops
in the area marked "out," this elm
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11

Mary must sit
On the grass for bit,
And Tommy must run with the strinss
Yes, that's all right:
Now I'll toss the kite
Up, up, on the breeze's wing.
1t wriggles its tail
Ger the meadow rail,
And wheels about in the air:
Then up to the sky
1t will soon pass by
The lark that Is caroling there.
Up, up it flies
To the clear blue skies.
Let's sit on the grass in row,
And watch the flight
OF our fine new kite
AS far as it's string will go.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11
SUPPORT FOR WEAK ANKLES
Steel plate Fastened to Skate and
Running Up Along Heel of Shoe
Will Benefit Many.

For people with weak ankles the
support designed by a Canadian will
be found a great help in skating. 1t
consists of a steel plate attached to
the back of the skate and running up
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11
What Aun,y Could Carry.

"Well. Tommy" said his Aunt
Mary. shall / carry your bat and
cricket stumps for you?"
mo, aunty, tanks" replied the 1T
tie fellow. ME tarry bat an Jumps.
'Ou tan tarry mel!
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11
Steal Production.

The steel production of the United
States during 1899 was nearly 10,750.-
900 tons. This is about 6,00O,0000 tons
in excess Of Great Britain's total
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11
Modern Methods.

Having taken the butter from the
churn, the thrifty housewife works it
into shape, and, to the surprise of her
guest, begins adding coloring matter
to It,
why, surely you are not going to
adulterate such splendid butter as
that" cries the guest.
II have 10. I've got to make this
butter resemble the best brands OF
oleomargarine or 1t will never sell at
all
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11
Game Apparatus for Baseball.

mates the player temporarily. If 1t
stops il the numbered areas the value
of the throw is indicated by the num-
bers.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-03-11
THE SHORTER COURSE.

Hurry the baby as fast as you can.
Hurry him, worry him, make him a man;
Off with his baby clothes, get him in
pants,
Feed him on brain foods and make him
advance.
Hustle him, soon as he's able to walk,
into a grammar school; cram him with
talk.
Fill his poor head full Of figures and facts,
Keep on a-jamming them in till it cracks.
Once boys grew up at rational rate;
Now we develop man while you wait.
Rush him through college, compel him to
grab
or every known subject a dip and dab.
Get him in business and after the cash
All by the time he can grow a mustache.
Let him forget he was ever boy.
Make gold his god and its jingle his joy;
Keep him adjusting and clear out of
breath
Until he wins-nervous prostration and
death.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1911-05-12

wanted--Clean cotton rags at the
GRAPHIC Office.