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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-02

The Van SAINT opposition is reported to have
struck a snag of large proportions in Goodhue
county, and the latest is that all effort to take
the county away from the governor has been
given up. Charles B. Cheney
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-02

julius Schmahl of Redwood Falls was also
at the capitol. He sticks to his Eddy doc
trlne, and maintains that the man from Glen
wood will carry Redwood county. He expects
Voistead TO cut quite figure, not only in his
own county, but in Lincoln and Lyon, for this
reason. The three counties are in senatorial
district. Yellow Medicine has Just had the
senator, and the other two counties are fight
ing for it this time. John G. Schultz of Mar
shall will be a candidate and Lincoln has two
entries, c. W. Sites of Lake Benton and Mar
Gus Lauritzen Of Tyler All these candidates
will be after votes in Yellow Medicine. and
to get them they will have to do something
for XOlStead -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-02

April Fools Day is playing out. Not a sin
gle drunken man kicked the brick in the hat
all day yesterday, and nobody picked up the
bundle. We are getting to be very willy
people. $50
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-12-16
Eggs in Winter.
Vance Co., N. G.

At a New York State farmers in
.stitute the reader of an essay on
poultry gave his method of feeding
to get eggs in winter. Take one
part of corn and two parts of oats
and have them ground together quite
fine. To 200 pounds of this add 100
pounds of ground wheat or bran and
middlings. To 10 quarts of this mix
ture add one quart of animal meal,
and moisten with skimmiK if you
have it. Feed this in the morning in
V shaped troughs, giving as much
as they will eat in Is minutes, and
gather up what is left at that time.
At noon give green feed of cabbage,
beets or turnips cut up. An hour
later give light feed of small grains,
scattered in chaf or straw. The
night feed, at $50 p. NJ, is equal
parts wheat, oats and corn, scatter
ed in the straw, so that they will
work until dark to find it. Keep oys-
ter shells where they can pick them
when they please. Have dust bath
of road dust or coal ashes for them,
and provide plenty of fresh water.
Use kerosene oil on the roosts and
insect powder in the nests. With
early Matched pullets or young hens
through their moult this gives eggs
all winter.-Southern Planter.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-12-16
MI. Satterwhite on the Tobacco Growers
Trust.

GA4' 0dIGG4 Wu4CG VA TIC 4OU0OGO O4OWC4S
Trust.
Editor of The Progressive Farmer:
You cannot form a tobacco trust
out of farmers. Each one is too in
dependent of the others.
There is but one way to benefit the
farmer. Give him some legislation
that has been taken away from him.
The farmer did not protest because
he did not know it was being taken
away from him.
We need legislation that will allow
any person to sell leaf tobacco or
tobacco in its natural state without
license, as he would corn or cotton.
We need legislation that will allow
each producer to manufacture his
W production without tax, and sell
it as he would other products of his
farm.
We need legislation that will get
u tobacco into all foreign countries
free of any duty, there to be sold in
it's natural state to consumers as
other merchandise.
Get this legislation for us and we
will have a tobacco trust in twelve
months, handling and selling moth
ing but leaf tobacco that will knock
the British-American Company out
the first round and every pound of
tobacco raised in North Carolina will
net the producer, what it ought to
net him-25 cents.
S. g. SATTERWHITE.
Vance Co., N. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-12-16

in expense every year for new tools
and implements, very much of which
could be saved with a little care and
forethought.
See that you have a good supply of
seasoned wood stored in the wood
shed, and that the pathway to it is
made good, so that on a wet day it
will not be necessary for the women
folks to wade through mud and wa
ter to get fuel to keep the house
warm and cook the meals.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-12-16
R FOR DECEMBER.

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Selected from the Southern Planter.
The closing month of another year
has come round and with it time for
a retrospect of the results of the
years labors on the farm. To South
ern Coast State farmers this retro
spect should afford satisfaction.
Whilst the wheat crop was a def
cient one, mainly as the result of a
very trying winter upon the crop,
yet all the other staple crops have
given yields in excess Of the average,
and the weather has been on the
whole good for the saving of them.
Corn has, throughout these States,
given a yield in excess of the 10
years average. In Virginia, the 10
years average for corn is 10 bushels
to the acre. This year the crop is
over 81 bushels. In North Carolina,
the 10 year average is u bushels;
this years crop is over IA bushels.
In South Carolina, the 10 years.
average is 9 bushels. This years
crop is over 10 bushels. Of all the
Southern States, only Georgia, Ala
bama and Louisiana have to COM
plain of a less yield than the aver
age. The tobacco crop in Virginia
is placed at $50 pounds to the acre,
against a 10 year average of 622
pounds. In North Carolina, the crop
is placed at $50 pounds, against a 10
year average of SIS pounds. In
South Carolina, the crop is placed at
734 pounds, against a 4 years aver
age of 700 pounds. The Irish potato
crop is in excess of the average,
whilst the sweet potato crop is nour-
ly up to the average. Hay also has
given a crop in excess of the aver
age The cotton crop, whilst not yet
fully reported on, is likely to be
somewhat below the average. In all
cases, the quality of the crops is
above the average, and, what is bet
ter, the price also is in excess of the
average. Whilst much of this great
er production may no doubt be at
tributed to climatic causes, yet we
think that It least a part of it may
be set down to better and more scien-
tifc methods of farming, deeper
blowing, and more perfect prepara~
ton of the land, and to the increas-
ing growth of leguminous and for
age crops. If only greater attention
is paid to these points, we see no
reason why the average yields of all
crops may o be yet made much
larger. The South rarely suffers from
either drouth. or excess of rain-and
in the absence of these there is no
reason whatever why the yield of
crops should not be as great here as
anywhere else in the country.
Nh Il - = L.. L. -o- - cor o-u
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-12-16

see that the heIdS are so lad out as
to fall easily into a good system of
rotation, and that provision is made
for access to each field without hav-
ing to cross over other fields. Have
gates hung at the entrance to each
field so that crops can be properly
protected.
The work of draining and ditching
land needing this should now receive
attention. In putting in drains see
that they are put in deep enough.
No drain should be less than three
feet deep, and three feet six or four
feet is often better. It is not the
water that falls on the surface that
needs to be got away, but that which
is stagnant below the surface. Make
provision for this to get away and
that which falls on the surface will
| do no harm. See that drains have
sufficient fall to clear themselves
quickly and that a good open out
fall is secured. In draining a hill
side do not run the drains around
the hill but straight up and down the
face of the hill. Put in in this way
they will draw the water from both
sides of the drain, whilst a drain run
round a hill will only take water
from one side.
Have the ice pond cleaned out and
made tight before impounding the
water to be frozen, and see that all
sources of pollution of the water r
cut off. Freezing water does not pur-
ify it as many think. If the water
be impure the ice will not be fit for
use. Impure ice is more dangerous
than impure water, as the impurity
of it is so much more likely to be
overlooked in the hot weather.
Have the ice-house cleaned out,
and if necessary thoroughly repaired
and drained. IF no ice-house already
exists now is the time to build one,
if it is to be of any use this winter.
We have so frequently given instruc-
ton as to the building of an ice
house that we do not think it neces-
sary to repeat this. The best ice
house is one built above ground, and
is practically nothing more than a
house within a house with good
drainage from the bottom and good
ventilation over head. Let the space
between the outer wall and the inner
wall be u inches, and pack this well
with sawdust, and the ice will keep,
with good drainage. This drain
should be trapped by having a bend
in the pipe which will always stand
full of water so as to prevent the
access of hot air.
y X
See that provision is made to have
an abundance of feed stored conve-
nient for feeding to the stock. La
Dor usually becomes very disorgan-
lied about Christmas or before, and
the work of feeding may have to be
done without all the usual help.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-12-16

WuGA GAS Adn0 Al W y SOO0S@ ~
are not of that opinion, Whilst we
heartily coincide in the view that it
is better to pillow early enough in the
fall for the land to be seeded with
a winter-growing crop, yet when all
is plowed and seeded that can be
done before it is too late to seed, we
would still go on blowing as long as
the weather would permit. Let this
late blowing be so deep as to bring
up some of the subsol on to the sur
face, and, as far as possible on all
clay subsoils let the subsoil plow fol-
low the turning pillow. The subsoil
so brought up and loosened will be
so aerated and acted upon by atmos-
pheric influences as to make its
plant-food largely available for the
growth of crops in the coming year.
If turned up in spring, this will not
be the case, and as we most strongly
need to have a greater depth of soil
available on nearly all our lands, this
is the way and the time to secure it.
Another advantage also secured is
hat this winter blowing makes the
land capable of absorbing the rain
fall and storing it in the depths of
the soil for the later needs of crops.
If not plowed, very much of this
rainfall is lost, as the surface of the
soil is too hard baked to allow of
more than a very partial absorption
of the rain, and it passes off into the
creeks and rivers. Wherever possible
let this late blowing be followed by
the top dressing of the land with
barnyard manure and mineral fertil-
izers. In this way very much time
may be saved in the spring in pre-
Lparing the land for All that
will then be needed will be to cult
vate the land with the disc or spad-
ing harrow or a heavy three-tooth
cultivator, and then fine the surface
soil with a tooth harrow and roller.
Even if it should be found necessary
to re-plow in the spring the winter
blowing will not be labor thrown
away. Nearly all our crops suffer
from want of more perfect prepare
ton of the land before seeding. The
fine open winters of the South ought
to be fully utilized in preparing the
land for crops and thus relieve some
what the great pressure of work in
the spring.
T. X \
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-12-16

The work of clearing up new land,
or land which has been out of cult
walton for some years, calls for at
tention at this season. Let what is
done be done well and thoroughly
done. Remove ali stumps and stones
and do not have to pillow around these
~hindrances to good work for years.
Dig them out or blow them to pieces
with dynamite. Whilst left in or on
the ground they are not only a con-
slant source of trouble and cause of
many broken implements, but they
are the breeding places of insect and
fungus pests and sure means of
spreading weeds and briers over the
land. The stones should be hauled
away to repair the roads on the
farm or the adjoining public road.
In this way the labor of hauling
crops home or to market can be ma
terially lightened and the appear
ance of the farm be greatly i'm
proved. Let all old fences be
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-12-16

Whilst it is too late now to SOW any
crop except Canada peas and oats,
it is not too late to plow and subsoil
all land intended to be cropped next
year. A great many Southern farm
ers are opposed to blowing land in
the fall and winter unless it is to be
seeded with some winter crop. They
contend that as we have not the Sc
we're frosts which in the North do so
much to ameliorate the conditions
of fall plowed land, that it is here
unwise to pillow until nearer the time
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-12-16

See that provision is made to have
an abundance of feed stored conve-
nient for feeding to the stock. La
Dor usually becomes very disorgan-
lied about Christmas or before, and
the work of feeding may have to be
done without all the usual help.
Have all implements and tools not
in use gathered up and placed in the
tool house. Clean them thoroughly
and grease the bright parts. On wet
days repairs that are needed can then
be made and a coat of paint be given
to the woodwork. Farmers are US
.ually most careless of their tools and
implements and involve themselves
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-03-28
Assorted Voices.

1t is a well-known fact that voices
differ greatly according to nationality
and geographical position. Thus, in
Russia, one hears male voices which
are absolutely unique in the lowness of
their compass. The Italians, on the
other hand, are notable for their fine
tenor voices. Some Asiatic nations,
according to Engel, sing in shrill notes
by straining the voice to its highest
pitch; others delight in a kind of VIZ
brato or tremolando. Some sing ha-
bitually in an undertone, others in a
nasal tone. Lichtenstein, in describing
the singing of q Hottentot congregation
in South Africa, observes that among
all the singers. consisting of about a
hundred Hottentots of both sexes,
there IA not n man with a bass or
baritone voice; all the men had tenor
voices. The Chinese voices seem to
bear some resemblance to the weak
character of the people. A military.
man who had three years. service in
the country declares that he never once
heard a Chinaman sing from his chest.
-Gentleman's Magazine.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-03-28
The moonlight lay white and beautiful
over everything.

The moonlight lay white and beautiful
over everything.
eve asked Mr.. and Mrs. English to
tea next Wednesday," said Mrs. Green.
She cleared her throat at the eager
interest on 'Rastus' face. and added
what she knew would establish perfect
understanding between herself and
him. "And I've asked the niece, too"
"Have you? In 'Rastus' voice vas a
thrill of such gladness as comes when
one is % and In love for the first time.
'Have you?"
How much the boy looked like his
father in spite Of having her eyes and
chin! Mrs. Green felt a sudden ALL
embracing motherliness that let the girl
Of his love into the depths of her heart.
But she only said, in a matter-of-fact
way:
81 should think 'twould be real lone
some for the Englishes bein' as their
house is where there ant never any
passin'. l should hate to live so far
from folks. l wouldn't for anything"
'Rastus turned and looked back to-
ward the old yellow house. To him
it seemed that under some circum-
stances he could live his whole life at
the end of the neutrality-suspicious.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-03-28

AS the eagle sweeps along the face OF
the mountain. like IL holt launched from
the upper blue. but turns in mid-career
and shoots back over the line of ITS
flight. so Hector wheeled in response to
the pressure OF his masters knee, and
quick as the winged arrows that pursued
him. he plunged into the valley and up it.
Captain Richmond and his wril-armed.
finely mounted dcspcralors were decpiv-
cd Ivy this rusc. In their cagerness to
head their victim off. they had galloped
towards the point for which he seemed
to be madly making. This conduct left
the road open in the direction OF the
mountains. the only avenue by which
Whitman could hope to escape.
1t was amazing that one of the shower
of bullets poured after the flying Whit
man did not strike him or disable his
horse. But the excitement, and the fact
that the ritlemen We're moving. as was
the object at which they fired. made aim
impossible.
The valley contracted after Il few hun
drcd yards, and boulders blocked up the
way. Captain Richmond and his men
saw this and they urged on their horses
and sent mp a shout of victory. Guide
Whitman lcaped from his horse. and
raising his rifle. was about to fire. when
le hear. his name shouted from the ellis
above. AL Il voice calling OF; in t.!nl-
pet tones:
Keep on. Keep on! They can't fol.
low beyond this point"
Ito be continued.)
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-03-28
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GWlde htlntn announced to Gen. Grey
son his intention 10 return to the plains.
why not remain and cast your lot
with ours"' asked the general.
II cannot" replied the guide, avert
Ing his face.
why not:"
II have been so long Il wanderer, that
l could not now agree to settle down."
replied Guide Whitman.
He left Bellevue in the morning. hut
he did not 20 back ovcr the well-markcd
trail that showed the route by which they
had como. lnstcad. lie kept tn the south,
and ut noon halted to rest his horse. He
Was standing by Il crystal spring. look
ing up the mountains, when he was start
led by a sharp, whizzing sound that sped
past his face, and the next moment an
arrow struck the rock behind him and
fell in splinters Mt his feet.
Like the shrill bowling of wolves. he
heard the signal cries of the Sioux along
the mountain above, and realized that
they would soon be upon him if he did not
move. But the dominant thought in his
mind was not his w Danger.
lit is only twenty miles back to Gen.
Greyson's settlement" he reasoned. "anl
If the Indians attack mo here they will
not hesitate to strike the ~colonists. l
mus gas back and give them warnMg."
lie iraprd on the back OF his horse.
and so quickly that the eye If a watcher
would be tested in following his move
mcnts. But quick as he was. the willy
Sioux We're equally alert. AS he dashed
away a shower of bullets and arrows was
raincd after him.
He glanced hack and saw the half
naked braves swarming down the slopes.
He looked along the valley. up which his
horse was flying like a great bird skim
min: the sea of waving grass, and he
saw ahead of him. md less than Il milo
away. Il considerable body of mounted
white men.
They were making signs to him to meet
them. lie undoubtedly would have gone
on had he not caught sight of Captain
Richmond. An exclamation burst from
Whitman lips. and he cooked his ride
and threw the weapon across the hollow
of his left arm. But his usual calmncss
came to him in an instant.
Not now not now" he muttered. and
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-03-28
Another Burna Relic.

There has come to light in one of the
auction rooms an interesting relic OF
Robert BurnA 1t is an ordinary bust.
nesslike tumbler. Enclosed in an oak
ease lined with velvet and secured by
a Brahmin. key. The tumbler has ell
graved on it the following inscription:
'"rhis glass, nee the property of Rob-
crt Burns. was presented by the poets
widow to James Robinson, Esq, and
given by his widow to her son-in-law.
Maj. James Glencairn Burns. 1S4O."
The James Robinson to whom Jean Al.
mour gave the relic vas a Sunderland
gentleman who became. by marriage.
connected with the Burns family. The
box is made from one of the piles of
Old London Bridge. with some lighter
pieces Of oak, relics Of the Royal
George.-ScOtSman.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-03-28
e WAS A LIMIT.
The Library Was to BE Liberty Hall,
Where Comfort Reigned.

The Library Was to He Liberty Hall,
Where Comfort Reigned.
They have just moved into their new
home on the West Side. Everywhere
there afe signs of luxury. comfort and
good taste. An old friend dropped in
on Sunday to have the midday meal
and after that was over the hostess re-
marked:
Now. then. I know you want to
smoke. SO just come up to the library
and enjoy yourself"
Arrived there the guest commented
on the beauty of the room and Its ex-
cellent appointments. The wife was
obviously pleased, the husband stood
by assuring the visitor that it was all
due to his better half's exquisite taste
and judgment.
YES" she went on, II made up my
mind that this room was to be Liberty
Hall. Here the only question was one
Of comfort"
The visitor glanced about at the big,
roomy chairs. the cozy lounge with Its
heaps Of embroidered cushions and fin
ally Seuleu uliuse11 III III dlAuSAaAC
near the window.
sit is comfortable" he said.
"Well. I'm glad you think So" she
answered. "this is to be our living
room" Suddenly she turned and her
voice was troubled. tremuious: ooh. for
goodness sake. George. don't sit on
those cushions!"
And the hapless husband, says the
New York Times, just about to find re-
pose amid the downy richness of the
multiple cushions. sighed softly. cross
ed over and dropped into q chair. re-
marking meekly:
Light up. old chap; anything goes;
this is Liberty Hall. you know"
And then he winked.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-03-28
3 IN AMERICA.
There Is q Very Small Glass as Yet Of
Professional Idlers.

There Is q Very Small Class as Yet Of
Professional Idlers.
Nothing better proves that this town
is a community of busy men than the
p%eculiarities of the clubs. In all the
great capitals of Europe the clubs are
frequented ut all hours of the day and
far into the night. Most Of the New
York clubs are nearly empty during
business hours. and few Of them III
open long after midnight. The class
of professional idlers is relatively SO
small in New York that they make up a
considerable proportion of the mem.
bership of very few clubs. In the large
clubs they are an Insignificant fraction
of the membership.
Most New York clubs have IN early
breakfast hour. and in nearly all of
them there are members who would
like to have the hour earlier than 1t is.
On all business days most of the club
habitues breakfast between 1870 and 0
o'clock. After 10 o'clock the breakfast
room usually has three or four occu-
pants. A few men of leisure breakfast
later. but between 10 o'clock and 1890
it would be hard to find q score of men
in any n of the great clubs unless
some special occasion had brought them
together. e
Within the last ten or twelve years
luncheon has become an important
meal at many uptown clubs. 1t used
to be that only a few men of leisure
took luncheon at their clubs. With the
uptown movement of business. how
ever, hundreds of men have adopted the
habit of taking luncheon at some one of
the clubs between Doth street and :Oth
street. A good many clubs. indeed. owe
a considerable part of their member.
ship to the fact that they are con.
veniently situated fof business men
who prefer luncheon at their club to
luncheon at a restaurant. Men estimate
that they a literally save money by
joining a club that furnishes luncheon
at a moderate price. Tips given at 300
luncheons equal two-thirds the annual
dues of the ordinary club. and food and
cigars are n little cheaper at a good
club than at a good restaurant.
The club luncheon hour is un unusual
" pleasant one. very different from the
same hour at a downtown restaurant.
But most men do not linger long even
at the club luncheon. The business
habits of the town assert themselves
even here.-New York Sun.