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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-11

All of Uncle Sans bargains with
foreign governments are put into writ
ing by both parties to the agreement,
our state department writing out a
document to be sent abroad. while
the car, the shah or the other party
to the transaction writes his version
and sends it to Washington. These
documents take a good deal of charac-
ter from the nation issuing them. and
the state department library holds
many a curious manuscript.
For his part Uncle Sam is content
to be plain and democratic in such
matters. According to a writer in the
Philadelphia Times. no attempt is
made to elaborate copies of the treat
les which he sends to other countries.
There are one or two clerks in the
department who do very neat pen
work, and they copy the treaties on to
a very heavy quality of white paper
known as treaty paper" Sometimes
they make an artistic initial or dec
orative title, but usually they keep
to clean, readable lettering. The doc
paper, and around each page is drawnS
a double border of plain black andl
red lines. A cover is made of the
same paper. and the whole is bound
at the side with silk ribbon. The
great seal of state is not STAMPED III
silver. as are some of the foreign
seals. nor even in wax, butts impressed
- h.
The entire affair is not nearly so
elaborate as one of the laws passed
by congress, engrossed on parchment
and sent to the president for his sigma
tuTe.
Some of the treaties received in eX-
change for these simple documents,
however. are both curious and yalua-
Bile. Swedens copy of the eXtraditiOn
treaty of 1899 is printed on parchment
and bound in purple velvet and
watered silk. The seal OF state, which
covers two cords of gold and silver,
red and blue. is enclosed in silver
case, upon which the Swedish coat
of arms is W led in gold relief. A box
OF polished white birch with brass
clasps is the outer covering of the
whole. 1t is said that the copy which
Uncle Sam sent in return was worth
not more than rs cents. His treaties
are written in English. while those
which come to him are usually in two
languages sometimes in three. French ,
is becoming less used as the language
of diplomacy. =
A Chinese treaty which is in the
library was the most ornate of its
treasures before the Swedish treaty
arrived. II is printed in Chinese
characters upon thin yellow paper
mounted on a background of linen.
The singular sheet upon which these
characters are printed is six feet long,
and rolls uD into a scroll. 1t has a
border of dragons beautifully drawn
in ink. and is enclosed in a cylinder
of yellow silk. lined with silk of a
rich old-gold color This last is en-
broidered in many colored designs, the
dragon being most prominent. China
has furnished Uncle Sam with some
very artistic treaties. The celebrated
Burlingame treaty of 1898 was book
contained in a rare lacCuered box lib
orally sprinkled with spots of gold.
The leaves OF this document were also
embellished with gold by a process
unknown to American craftsmen.
While American gold can be rubbed
off of the paper with the finger. the
Chinese writing is permanent.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-11

There is said to be an American
woman in Paris who dresses superbly
on nothing a year. because she has a
fine figure and is a good advertise
ment fo- the fashionable dressmaker,
who clothes her. His creations are so
enhanced by the weareT's charms, that
she is besieged by INQUIRIES for the
name of her couturier- who thus has
secured a greatly increased clientele
in the fashionable circle.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-11
WINTERING HORSES.

The average farm horse is worked
too hard in summer and given too
much idleness in winter. All through
the planting and harvesting season
his work is ceaseless and laborious,
and then when snow and frost close
the country roads the animal is shut
I'D for most of the time in the stable.
There are occasional drives with him
when the sleighing is good or when
the ground is frozen hard, but these
drives are irregular and not the most
conducive to the animals best devel-
opment. This wintering of horses is
a problem that the breeder has to face
as well as the farmer. He realizes
the danger probably more than the
man who has one or two farm horses
to carry over. The breeder and train
er has enough hCrses to make it an
object to give them regular daily ex-
ercise, and his men are employed for
this special purpose. In this way the
animals are kept in excellent condi-
ton through the winter, and in the
spring they come out with fine, sleek
coats, good, round bodies, and we'll
knit but not over-developed muscles.
Nearly every farmer has few
horses which he hopes to sell at
fair bargain when the market is good.
He makes it part of his business to
breed few colts every year for ex-
ira sales. Now a good many of these
farm horses are nearly ruined through
the unwse wintering which they get.
1t is not that the owner is not willing
TO do the best by them, but because he
thinks that a good winters rest will
a long rest. They all do better with
fair amount of exercise. There should
hardly be a day in winter that the
horses do not have the freedom of
yard or field to run about in if it is
impossible to drive them. Farm
horses turned loose in this way will
do much better than those stabbed
carefully all winter. 1t will harden
and tougher them to come in con-
tact with the fresh air. and their
whole systems will be better for it in
the spring. They will be prepared
then to enter in the spring work with
more vim and vitality than if stabbed
all winter. The feeding is also an i'm
portant question with the horses in
the winter. They cannot be put on
slim diet of hay and less grain with
out suffering therefrom. Let the diet
be fairly liberal one and then give
them all the daily exercise they
want.-William Conway, in American
Cultivator.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-11
Iowa's Fine Soldiers.

A recruiting officer who was in Iowa
recently says that the percentage of
men accepted in that state on offerinA
themselves for army service is conf
siderabIy above the average in any
other state Enlistments in Iowa are
largely from the farms. and the vast
majority of fellows who offer them
selves are young, strong and hardy.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-11
KEEP THE COWS CLEAN.

The platform on which the COWS
stand should be at least six inches
higher than the floor. This will give
drop enough so that the cows can lie
down without getting into the manure.
But the cows will not keep clean if
the platform on which they stand is
not of the proper length. 1t should
project not more than two inches be-
yond the cows hind feet. 1t works
we'll to have the front end of the plat
form one-half or three-fourths inches
higher than the rear end, as this al
lows the urine to run off. 1t takes
but little time to fix the stables in this
way. If too low the platform can
easily be raised by putting thicker
pieces of timber underneath, and if
too long a saw will shorten it.
After the stable is fixed, the cows in
and the milking all done, the last
thing to do before leaving them for
the night is to clean out any manure
that may have dropped since they
were tied up, and then scatter some
sawdust or other absorbent on the
floor below the drop. This soaks up
the urine and when a COW is lying
down, her tail will not become wet.
Upon going out to milk in the morn
ing, cows stabbed in this way will be
clean, and one will not experience the
unpleasantness of having a wet and
dirty tail swung across the face.-L.
O. Haskins, in New England Home
stead.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-11

Ms. Mary F. Lewis. the last of the
original "bloomer' advocates, who
never abandoned the costume until
her death. has just died in Indiana.
Mrs. Lewis was enc of the staff of
THE Lily" the first woman suffrage
organ in this country. of which Mrs
BIoomer was editor.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-11
LAWNS AND LAWN MAKING.

The best lawns / have seen are
those composed of a single variety Of
grass. So long as the texture and
color are good it makes but little diff
ference what variety is used, presup-
posing the soil to have been properly
and carefully prepared. For New Eng
land and regions near the coast,
where the influence of the ocean
winds may have some effect, Rhode
Island bent and creeping bent are the
best grasses TO use. They require
careful attention, however, more than
Kentucky blue grass, and for general
purposes | would recommend Ken
lucky blue grass. Lime is required
in the soil to make it do its best. From
experiments at some Of the agricul-
and bent and other bent grasses are
not improved by the application OF
lime. Now, for a mixture l would
recommend Kentucky blue grass, Ital
ian rye grass and white clover. The
Italian rye grass is introduced simply
for immediate effect.
An ultimate lawn should consist
of blue grass and white clover. An
other mixture which may be recon-
mended is Kentucky blue grass, crest
this case also Italian rye grass could
be added if an immediate covering
is desired. This mixture is good for
somewhat shaded lawns. In New
England and the middle states some
of the fescues might be used for
lawns, but their characters are not
we'll understood, and it is difficult to
secure seeds true to name owing to
their close resemblance one to anoth-
er. The creeping red fescue is valu-
able seed for light or sandy soils, and
sown thickly makes a good turf. For
woodland parks know of nothing bet
ter than crested dogs tail and various
leaVed fescue, Festuca heterophylla. /
have seen beautiful lawns of Ken
lucky blue grass as far south as Allan
ia, Ga. but ordinarily, at points so far
south, Kentucky blue grass will not
survive the hot summer months. It's
place is taken by Bermuda grass,
which stands any amount of hot sun,
and remains beautifully green
throughout the season, or st. Angus
tine grass or Charleston lawn grass,
which is used for lawns in cities near
the coast from Charleston southwark.
Poor and weedy lawns are the result
of improper care or bad management,
and, as stated above. an attractive
lawn depends less upon the variety Of
grass than upon the preparation of
the soil and subsequent care.-F. Law
son-Scribner. in Orange Judd Farmer.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-11

All the trains that reach the new
Orleans station in the center of Paris,
France. are brought there by electric
power in tunnels. This is considered
the ideal depot Of the twentieth cen
fury.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-02
The EFFICACY OF FAITH
PROF. WOODBRIDGE LECTIs.Es TO
MEN AT Y. M. G. A.

christianity does not appeal to men
because the first two chapters of GEM
sis were written, nor because of the great
things that took place in the early history
of the Jews. 1t does not appeal to men
because there is a new testament. for
God has always been with man and has
been struggling to keep man in the path
of righteousness and obedience 1t ap-
peals to man because of what it is able
to do for him. and Prof J. E..
Woodbridge of the University of Mime
sota in an address before the mems meet
ing at the Y. NJ. C. A. yesterday after,
noon.
Prof Woodbridge spoke upon the
Christianity was able to do for man In
broadening his mind, and lifting aim
above the commonplace affairs of lire
If man Is to indulge in the pleasures
of the world, he must expect to grow
smaller and weaker, and at last find that
he has been pursuing phantom he can
never catch. But if he chooses to &C.
cept the higher pleasures which come
from right living and good moral behavior
he will find his life growing broader and
his strength becoming greater. Pro!
Woodbridge said if a man Is to choose
between these two pleasures, he must
choose by faith, There is no law or
principle that can be applied to guide him
in his choice but he must make the choice
by faith, trusting and believing that the
selection he makes will result in the most
sooa for him.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-02
HONOR TO WHIPPLE.
MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR THE DE.
CEASED PRELATE AT CHURCH
OF GOOD SHEPHERD
BISHOP EDsALLf WAS PRESENT
Rector Rev. w. G.. Pope Highly
Eulogized Late Head of Diocese
He Was High
Churchman,

Memorial services in honor of the late
Bishop Whipple were held last evening
at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Ce-
dar and Twelfth streets; the occasion al
SO marked the first visit of Bishop Ed
sail to that church.
The memorial address was made by
Rev. w. c. Pope, rector of the church.
who spoke in high commentator of the
work of Bishop Whipple. DR.. Pope, VINO
is senior Episcopal clergyman of this city.
and had enjoyed many years Of acquaint-
ance with the late prelate, spoke at
length Of his early work, and at one
juncture of his address he introduced
Rev. e. S. Peake, who was for many
years missionary among the Chippewa
Indians, and who added his testimony
as to the achievements of Bishop Whip
pie. Mr.. Peake said that it was due &c
the influence Of Bishop Whipple that the
Chippewa Indians did not join in the out
break of the Sioux in 1862. He had visited
the Chippewas ten days before the mas
sacre, and had induced them to refrain
from warfare against the whites.
DR.. Pope, resuming his discourse,
discussed Bishop Whipple as a
churchman, contesting assertions
which have been made to the
effect that the bishops leanings
were toward the low church. He said
he was neither broad nor low church
in his convictions, but was distinctly hign
church.
Bishop Edsall, who spoke briefly, paid
a high tribute to Rev. w. c.. Pope, the
pastor of the church, for his long years
of aSSiduous labor
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-02
DAIRYMEN OF THE STATE
CONVENTION TO BE HELD AT SAUK
CENTER NEXT WEEK.

Next week at Sank Center will con-
yene the twenty-fourth annual conven-
ton of the Minnesota State Dairymen' s
association. The opening meeting will
be held Tuesday, the 10th inst, on which
date the proceedings will largely be of a
preliminary character, consisting of adj
dresses Of welcome and the annual adj
Even Evenson, of Strout, MINI. The
reports of the secretary and treasurer
will also be read and considered on this
day, which will close with a paper on the
cooperative creamery, by G. M. Finch.
The programme for the remaining two
days will be as follows:
Wednesday, Dec. II, a. m.-Econ-
W. Mowbray; winter stabling. supt. O..
C. Gregg; address Hon. w. w. P. Nc
Connell, dairy commissioner; bulletin No.
II, Prof, T. L. Hacker. 1:S0 .. m.-Odd
ends. J. w. Scott; clover. Hon. j. r.
Morley; dairying as an adjunct to grain
farming, Prof. A. T. Hoverstad; address,
Gov. Van SAINT; reports of committees;
election of officers.
Thursday, Dec. H. 9 a. m.-Address.
the soil, A. W. Trow; valuation of feeds
for milk production, Prof. Fl. Snyder.
80 D. mEFro1n Minnesota to the sea.
Mrs c. H Robbins; some experiences,
O. s. Cox,;e experiments on the farm,
August Samuefson; cheese talk. w. L.
Chappell; unfinished business.
Premiums Creamery butter, thirty
pounds or over, ST.. to be divided pro
rata among all scoring ninety-four and
over; dairy butter. ten pounds. $40. divid-
ed pro rata to those scoring above eighty
five; cheese, one box, SIS. divided. $780,
$3.50 and So; dairy cheese, SIS, divided
$3.50, S. and $3.50.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-02
COUNTY. TO BE SUED
WATER sDEPARTMENT INTENDS TO
RECovER FUNDS DIVERTED
TO OTHER CHANNELS
CLAIM AMOUNTS TO $4,000
Collections on Delinquent Tax PEN
alties Have Not Been Turned
Over to Water BOard-Ex-
pert Report Prepared.

This morning the water board will
present to the corporation attorney a re-
port OF the tax penalties that have been
diverted by the county auditors Office
for the, past four years.
Secretary Caulheld, Of the water
BOARD, said to 7 e Clio b yesterday
In regard to the matter: There is prob
ably nothing at all criminal or sensa-
tional in the matter, and the report that
We will give the city attorney tomorrow
Will embody all the figures, and show
just exactly how much money has been
iost to the city by reason of the divert
Ing of the delinquent tax penalties.
In 1894, when the water frontage tax
was enacted, it was a special tax for
attorney holds that all of this money
collected. as penalties for delinquent
taxes, rightly belongs to the board.
Inc collections of the taxes proper
have all been turned into the proper
channels except in a few cases, where
they were never collected, but the pen
alties have been divided between the
city and the county, and the water board
mas not derived cent of benefit from
them.
I approached the city attorney in the
matter year ago, but he was inclined
to laugh the matter down. Now it seems
receiving the report, which will be a
1ull one for the years, 1897, 49, '99 and
lEE he will commence suit against the
county to recover. | don't care to say
very much about the matter at this time
but l will say that the report will be
complete one, telling as near as can
be estimated the exact amount of money
that has been diverted
L don't know just what the method of
procedure will be, for 1 am not acquainted
With the law in the case. Idon't think
that the city can recover from the coun-
ty oftcerst7ass they have done nothing
but pay the money into the wrong fund
Ihere has been no misrepresentation, and
every cent collected is accounted for
There was time years ago, when the
board had Ian attorney of it's own, and
at that time we held that We had the
right to sue the county on our own ac-
count s. 9se
An effort will be made, however, to
get the money, and we hope that eventu-
ally 1t will revert to it's proper channel
and We Will have the use of the money,
as there is no doubt at all under the
water frontage tax law that we are emit
tied to it.. -
The amount that the board Is short is
estimated to be in the neighborhood Of
s5p,0Oo and one case where collections
amounting to over $2,7GO have not been
made is also on record, and there are,
1t is understood, numerous others.
Ih1s does not show that there has been
anything crooked in the work of col
lecting the tax-it simply shows negli-
gence in the matter-but the board NAV
try to recover for that also, but no one
seems to know exactly where the board
and the city stand in the matter
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-02
WAS GREETED BY MANY
BOoTH-TUCKER MAKES MANY CON-
VERTS.

The visit of Commander Booth-Tucker
to Minneapolis closed auspiciously last
evening at the revival services held at
the Y M c. A. auditorium. The meet
ing was attended by an immense congre-
cation, both the auditorium and the gal
lery being filed to overfiowing. The serv-
ices were conducted by Commander
Booth-Tucker himself, assisted by the
Salvation Army band and the brigade of
singers who are accompanying him on
his trip, and they resulted in the convert
ing of number of persons.
The meeting was much of the same
character as those ordinarily held by the
Salvation Army. There was the same
informality and the same manifestations
of religious fervor which are character
istic of these services. The music fur
nished by the bNgade and the band was
of a soul-stirring quality, and the sing
ers evincad their earnestness during the
singing of a number of the songs by clap
ping their hands and otherwise expressing
their feelings
Gen. Booth-Tucker made a stirring adj
dress. He chose for his theme the pas
sage Of the new testament which de-
scribes Christ's healing OF the ten lepers
and drew striking parallel between the
nine who, after they had been made
well, forgot their Savior and went about
Inelr OWL SELFISH PURSUITS, ledVlnS the
tenth, the samaritan, to return to the
Master and .'praise God in a loud voice.
and the unredeemed of the present age
who forget that Jesus died for them
and allow to slip past a thousand OPP
portunities for confessing their sins and
becoming Christians.
The service in the morning, which was
also held in the Y. NJ c. A. building,
was largely attended. and resulted in
the conversion of six persons In the
afternoon meeting for men only was
conducted by the commander, and this,
1t Is said, was attended by the largest
congregation of men ever gathered in
the building. At the same hour the fe-
male contingent Of Gen. Booth-Tueker's
brigade conducted revival services In the
barracks.
Gen. Booth-Tucker will speak in this
city tonight at the Peoples church.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-02
SONS OF OLD PENNSY
DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF FA,
ULTY COMING TO ATTEND
REUNION OF ALUMNI
GATHER AT THE WEST TONIGHT
Prof. j. b. McMaster and DIR. Kirk,
Guests of Honor, Will Stny
With st. Paul
Friends. :.

Prof. John Bach McMaster of the
University of Pennsylvania, will arrive
in the city this morning at 7:45 to attend
reunion of the alumni of the university
to be held in Minneapolis this evening.
He will be the guest of Judge Jaggard
while he Is in st. Paul
Prof. McMaster has been at the head
OF the historical department Of the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania for nearly twen-
ty years, and is one of the best known
historians Of the day. Some years ago
ne published history of the United
states in three volumes, which became
popular for Its accurateness and reada-
bic style. He has also issued an abridged
edition of the work for use as a text
DOCK III the public schools, and a few
months ago prepared another edition for
the use of primary scholars. The work
Is well known, and has made Prof. Nc
Master well known among the historians
of the world
Prof. McMaster will spend part of the
day in the historical library at the cap
1tol, and will visit the high schools in
the afternoon. 1t is expected that he will
address the teachers at reception at
o'clock. He will take luncheon at the
Minnesota club, and will meet former
Gov. Ramsey, State Superintendent
Olson, DR.. Wallace, Prof Robson and
company Rev. A. ]. Haupt to Minneapo-
lis, where he will be the guest of honor
at banquet at the West hotel given
by the alumni association of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania
Prof. McMaster will be accompanied
by DR.. Edward c. Kirk, who is dean
of the dental school. DR.. Kirk will be
entertained by the Dental Association
of st. Paul at the Ryan hotel at 1:3O.
and will deliver an address to the men,
bers of the profession this afternoon.
He will also attend the banquet in Min
neapolis this evening. DR.. Kirk is quite
prominent In his line of work having
raised the dental department of the uni
versity from the discouraging circum-
stances under which he found it when
he came there few years ago until now
1T Is one of the prominent institutions
of it's kind in the country
Prof. McMaster and DR.. Kirk will stay
in the Twin Cities until tomorrow even
ing, when they will leave for Denver,
Col, where they will attend reunion of
the alumni OF their university at that
r11ape
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-02
AROUND THE HOTELS.

AT the Kendall-S. A. Lewis and wife.
Darlington, N D.; w r. Newman,
Grand Forks N. D.; Mrs. E. B. Won Burt.
Hinckley, Mimi; A. H. Fox, Duluth.
Mimi; Capt. ]. J. Durage, Duluth, Mimi +;
o. c. Gregg, Lynd, Mimi; Kate Schafer,
Hutchinson, Mimi; l.. A. Mathews, DIl-
luth, Mimi; J. K. Harvey, Lake City,
Mimi; F. B. Newell, Spokane; ]. H.
Robbins, Duluth. MINI; t. B. Terry.
A. w. Trow, Chenille. Mimi; j. f. Par
ish, Dichenson, N. D.; Forest Henry
Chatfield, MINI.
At the Merchants, j. ]. Conway, Orient
S. D.; John A. Bamler, Groton, S. D..
wife, Coyington, N. D; a; L: yickerS
Center; NJ. Money, Bristol, S. D.; A
Stromberg, Valley City, n. D.; Mr.. and
Mrs. White, Fargo.
AT the Windsor-A. w. Harvard, Eure-
ka, S. D.; M. A D. McRea and wife
Duluth; George F. Davis, Duluth; John
E. Merritt, Duluth; J. w. Allen, Duluth;
WILDER Ray, Nicollet Mimi; w. G.
Sivons. cfarshall.
At the .Clarendon-R. z. Eckles, Fargo
N. D.; 7. M. Keefe and son, Morton
Mimi. Martin Olsen, Atwater, MINI.
Charles c. Moe, Chokio, Mimi; A NJ
Wallace Wykoff, Mimi; H. II. Nibbe
Goodhue, MINI.
At the Metropolitan-J Creamer Jor-
dan. Mimi; R. J. Wilson and wife Wa
tertoWn, S. D.; H. A. Lane, Jamestown
N. D.; III. E. Jones, Mora, MINI.
At the Foley-Frank w. Ware Amboy
NJ. B. Armstrong, Aitkin; NJ r. Everett
Waterville; Charles Hosmer, Staples.