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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-19

TELEGRAPH Wire JeweIry.
The descendants Of the aborigines Of
Australia are very fond Of jewelry, but
they do not pay much for 1t. They use
telegraph wire to make bracelets, ear
rings and nose-rings, and tear down the
telegraph lines for that purpose.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-04-01

Editor Gazette-I have about
$50 acres land set in nut grass,
or coaco grass which is very diff
cult to cultivate proftably IN cot.
ton. have noticed hogs are very
fond of these nuts and will root
to depth of foot or more for
same. Can you tell me some
thing of its value as food crop
for hogs. Are the nuts nutri.
tious and will hogs grow and fat
ten on same? Will the grass
become exterminated by the hogs
eating the nuts? l will very
much appreciate your prompt
reply to the above, and also any
further information you may
have on this subject. l am in
formed this grass is very com.
mon in Louisiana. Find so cts.
enclosed for years subscription.
The nut grass is not a fatten-
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-04-01

ing food in any sense. The hogs
keep themselves poor roofing
after the nuts. We don't think
you would ever be likely to ex-
terminate so much grass with
hogs, although it is claimed thew
will exterminate small patches
when confined on it.
the Louisiana and Southwest
Miss, people have learned to
work cocoa land protitably. They
plant cotton on low beds and
keep throwing dirt up in the drill
and covering the grass. They
never try to cut it off after the
cotton is chopped. They lay the
cotton by on very high ridges.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-04-01

The following letter is from a
gentleman whose ad was taken
out on Feby. 1. Nearly two
month since his ad appeared in
the Gazette, but he is still hear
ing from it. The Editor is con-
stantly being asked for infor ma
ton as to where seed can be Sc
cured. He wrote Mr.. McGehee
for an ad. Our advertisers soon
sell out.
Laurel Hill, La, 3.2O-'O3.
Take your medicine. l am
dosed with like demands every
mail and with nothing to sell and
not even stamps enclosed for
reply. L am sicker than you are.
When l have anything to sell you
will get an ad. Yours,
J. B. McGehee.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-04-01

The writer had the pleasure
recently of visiting the town of
Crystal Springs, Miss, and see
ing something of its great trnck-
ing industry. The season there,
as everywhere, has put every
thing very much behind. Cab.
bage which has come to be big
crop of late years, was generally
planted out in the fields, and in
many cases had grown to con-
siderable size. We visited on
trucker that we wish to make
special mention of, because be
has been in the business from
the beginning. Mr.. Wesly B.
Mathis some seventeen or eight
cen years ago concluded that
school-teaching was not remune-
rative enough, and began truck
ing on one acre, gradually en-
larging the business until he now
intensively cultivates about 400
acres of land that probably could
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-04-01
FOR SALE.

one le,, hundred and Fifty Barred
ana White p. Rocks and S. c.
brown Leghorns, with yellow
legs and beaks, well barred GOOD
cont and free from brass. and
raised II ON standard pens, at
prices to suit the times. White
Hocks (snow white good size and
correct type. Brown Lcehorns.
as good as they grow and free Of
ue>ea>e. Have quite a number
OF good cockrells that are fit for
any pen. For further nar4;cm.
'ars' write me a, k">c,usko, Miss,
ID. +. LOVE.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-04-01
not be bought for 500 an acre.

not be bought for 500 an acre.
Mr.. Mathis plan is to grow
cabbage, tomatoes. beans, peas,
etc, highly fortified and then
follow these crops with cotton
the same season. Year before
last he made over a bale per
acre and last year a little less than
a bale. We understand the sales
from this farm last year were
something like $35,OCO gross. It
sounds like a large story but Mr..
Mathis has made 500 net per
acre on 100 acres of cabbage and
then $1,000 worth per acre of
long staple cotton the same sea-
son. We hope this will not cause
people to rush into the truck
business. Nine-tenths of those
starting in with Mr.. Mathis have
yielded to discouragements and
quit. He thinks he has made
mistakes enough to count half
million dollars. He believes the
same effort, study and capital put
into cotton raising would have
m sde him as much success. He
believes bale of cotton per acre
gives as large a percentage of
profit as an acre of cabbage or
tomatoes does. Mr.. Mathis
believes the average trucker uses
400 much mineral fertilizer, pot
ash aud phosphoric acid. After
the land once gets in shape a
small amount of these minerals,
With good supply of nitroge-
nous fertilizer gives him best re.
ultS.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-04-01

We have a supplement with
this issue of Gazette describing
the famous Mill Brook herd of
Jersey cattle. This is undoubt-
edly one of the leading herds in
the United States in regard to
blood lines and individual merit.
This supplement contains many
beautiful photographs of the fine
animals in Mlllbrook herd that
would be worthy of framing and
hanging in the parlor.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-04-01
Col. Hallams Great Speech.

Col. Hallam's Great Speech.
"rhere he stood before a "pack-
ed" jury, and in crowded court
room, and spoke for three hours,
and his speech was filled with
pathos aud Promethean fire; it
was the most eloquent and force
full ever delivered in the history
of American Jurisprudence. Its
publication gives to the world the
greatrst piece of forensic litera.
tmre extant. At times during
his speech there was not a dry
eye in the. audience, Several
times the bailiff had to remove
the crowd that crushed him ia an
endeavor to hear his every word;
he was interrupted by a ministers
wife presenting him with a
bouquet of flowers. The Jury
acquitted hiw without leaving the
box. The Sickle Publishing CO.
Memphis, Tenn, has published
Col. Hallum's famous speech in
book form, and sells it for so
cents direct. 1t is worth twice
that amount, and everyone who
believes in the virtue of woman
and the protection of home should
read it."
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-04-01

We have received from the
American Sheep Breeder, Chica-
60 200 page book on the Angora
Goat with a chapter on Mich
Goats, by George Favette Thomp-
son, M. S., of the Bureau of AMI
NAL Industry. This is a splen-
didly bound book printed on good
paper and is full of valuable in
formation. The retail price is
$1.OO. For $1.25 we will send this
book and the Southern Farm
Gazette one year.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-04-01
FOR SALE~zz1
FOX TERRIERS.

NY dogs again first and second nr;ze
winners at Augusta, Ga.
fups timely marked $500 each,
oes' rat or squirrel dogs known.
No farmer should be without ,o;-
Oh them' will rid farm buildings from
rats, and save over twice their COST in
ohe year. Natural rat haters, no
training required.
@nepherd pups from best working
stock, finely marked Five Dollars: each.
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
EGGS from Buff Leghorns, and
L'ght brahmas 81 so per setting.
Y. CREIGHTON, OkoIona. Miss.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-04-01
Building Covers 20 Acres.

The contract tor the compile.
ton of the Agricultural building
at the St. Louis Worlds Fair
Was let on Saturday, February
28th for $4,000. This build
ing is fifteen per cent larger
than any other building at the
Exposition and is the largest
structure erected for the receipt
ion of a single department.
1t is 500 x 1000 feet thus con-
tanning a floor space of almost 20
acres. This building and that
to be bnilt for Horticulture will
probably be the only ones in the
Exposition bearing color on the
outer walls. The Agriculture
building will have used upon it
green With points of brighter
color.
Garlands, wreaths, and fes.
toons of fruit and flowers are to
figure on the color scheme. The
Agricultural members, such as
the cornices, and the piers be.
tween the moulcings, are to be
left white.
The plans for this building
have been prepared under the
immediate supervision of Mr..
Isaac 5. Taylor, Director OF
works Of the Exposition, by Mr..
E. L. Masquery, Chief of De,
sign.
The building is probably the
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-04-01

EDITOR GAzErTE-I desireyour
opinion as to, whether it would
be advisable to use Acid phospha-
tie, or a complete fertilizer on the
three following described pieces
of land.
One has been in clover 6 or 8
years, and cut two or three times
each year for hay. The last We; r
OF two the clover has pretty vel
died out leaving nothing but wild
grass to cut, l turned the land the
last of Nov.
The second piece was an old
sedge field, l burned the grass in
Nov. and turned it also.
The other place was an old
field that has been used for
pasture, the grass being kept
pretty well down.
am going to plant the whole
10 cotton. Some advise the use
of phosphates alone, but l have
never been fully convinced that
phosphates alone does we'll.
Will you kindly give me your
opinion by personallet as soon
as you conveniently can, and
obllge.-W. H. r.
omitted to say that the piece
IN clover was pretty turfy'
surely would depend on phos-
pilates alone for most of this
land, certainly the piece that has
been in pasture. The sedge field
may not have lain out long enough
to accumulate interchangeable
matter in the soil.
If in your judgement the land
will yield lair growth of we ID.
| would depend on the phosphate
alone.
1t is possible the pasture and
sedge land may be so poor and
may have produced such meager
growth of vegetable that it will
still need complete fertilizer.
It is not usual that land good
enough to produce clover is ferti-
lied at all, but you may mean
lespedeza instead of red clover.
We would take some risk in
using acid phosphate alone, be-
cause in using complete fertil-
izer the phosphate comprises
considerable over half of it, and
Is certainlysthe most important
part of it.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-04-01

EDITOR GAzETTE-I am a sub
scriber to your paper, and find
it to be, beyond a doubt, the best
agricultural paper we have, i. e.
it is more applicable to our
"pocket book" climate etc. and
/ feel an interest to an extent
that would like to see it cir
culated more than what it is, to
my fellow farmers. would like
to see it come TO every farmer in
this neighborhood. tits the only
home paper of it's kind that 1
know of.
If you will send me some sam
pie copies and allow me a COM
mission on sales I'll try to dis.
pose of them. do not mean to
act as agent. ! simply feel an
interest in my neighbors and
know that they ought to have
such a paper as yours and l
believe l can persuade them to
the same as l do.
A. G. H.
Redmondville, Miss.
N. B. I see that the Editors
name is Welborn. Is it the same
one-that taught writing at the A.
& M. College 10 about $3.50 and
excused me from same?
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-04-01

For the love of the Lord and
the sake of the devil take that ad
of mine out of your paper lam
pestered to death with inquiries
answering said ad nearly every
day.
Ihrie, Miss. H. II. l.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-04-01

West Point, Miss, 3-7.'O3
Editor Gazette-You will find
81 so for balance on ads. Stock
all sold. ]. S. Kennedy.
This speaks tor itself.-Ed.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-04-01
For Sale Or Exchange for Cash Or
Johnson Grass,

High scoring, Prize Winning Black
Langshan Cockerels.
one pair Red Pyle Game Bantams,
Ckl scores 93A Hen 81.
One pair White Muscovy Ducks.
Russell Big Boil Cotton Seed, strictly
pure, per blu. IS cts.
Long staple Cotton Seed, strictly pure
per bu. rs cts.
In Memphis, Tenn, Nov. 1901, won
LIST Premium of $4,000 for the Best
Laie OF Long Staple Cotton, there
being 81 contestants.
J. T. BAIRD,
ALT Box G. Tibbee, Miss.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-04-01

Editor Gazette-I enclose 50. so
to pay for my ad. l suppose l
told you to insert four times. but
two times will do, so l send money
for two times.
O. McILHENNY, JR.
Forest, Miss.
The above explains itself.-Ed.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-04-01

The young Service Bull, adj
vertised by Mr.. G. w. Sen,ell, of
Bunkie, La, is of the true St.
Lambert type, large, strong,
rugged but smooth and symme:-
rical.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-04-01

Those who plant cotton will DO
we'll to read the ad of Mr.. P. G.
Sudduth of Starkville, Miss.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-04-01
FOR SALE.

5 Fine Young Jacks from inn
ported stock, none better. Write
quick for a bargain.
Also one Portable Grain
Ihresher and one Aspinwall Po-
tato Plander, new. Will sell
cheap or trade for Jersey cattle.
ASA W. ALLEN,
mlo-H Tupelo, Miss.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-04-01

Ramboulette sheep are wanted
bv Mr.. J. Elliott of Trim Cane,
Miss.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-04-01

Any one having grade jearsey
milk COWS for sale aught to read
Mr.. L. r. Wilson's Ad.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-04-01

Wanted by Spotswood, Tu ner
& Co. 4 or S hundred cl.ncns,
Read their Ad.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-04-01
STHRkVlCLE. MISS.

j. A. Hedrick, Hattiesburg,
Miss, advertises fine milk cows.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-04-01

Entered at the Post Office at: Starkville. Miss''
as second class mail matter.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-23
CITY NEWS
TOWN. TALK

Bart's Cartoons for 1902 on sale at the
Journal counter for 95c; by mail. 35c.
Special sale on burnt wood outfits. $3.50
Bintiiff factory, AIT First avenue 3.
Special prices this month on wall paper.
Emile Onet will give a pupils recital In
the Aberdeen, st. Paul. tomorrow even
ing.
If death occurs In your family and prop
erty is left, see the MINI. Title ms q
Trust Co. about settling the estate.
Mrs Kate Mertz, living about three
miles from Long Lake, Hennepin county,
fell dead from her chair Saturday evening.
Her relatives objected to a post mortem
to establish the cause of death and as it
the coroner will permit burial without a
death certificate.
Postmaster w. D. Hale has received a
letter from Christopher Ellis, sos Twen-
tieth street. Troy house. San Francisco.
who is looking for his daughter, Sarah
Ellis supposed to- have worked at the
Lake Harriet pavilion. The letter says
the girls mother is dead and that her
father is doing we'll.
Minneapolis Court of Honor No. sos, has
installed the following officers for the
coming year: Chancellor, M. j. Gid; past
chancellor, HI. Boutell; vice chancellor
Mrs. Jane Cheney chaplain, Mrs. Dona-
hue; recorder, w. H. Gibbs; treasurer
Mrs. w. H. Gibbs; conductor, Mrs. Hobby
guard, Mrs. Gardner; court deputy, G. M
Dempsie; trustees, Mrs. Quigley, T.. Web.
ster and G. NJ Dempsie. The court will
initiate a class of four at the next meet
ing, March 4.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-23
MANY FAKE BEGGARS
Gases in Which Generous Persons
Are Imposed Upon Are Becom-
ing Frequent.
Secretary Jackson Of the Associated
Charities Emphasizes Need Of {
Care in Giving.

The unusually cold weather, following
three months of continuous winter. causes
much suffering and makes heavy demands
on the resources Of charitable institutions,
and people are taking advantage Of the
generous impulses Of the community to
present cases that are only fictitious or
grossly exaggerated.
1.-THE other day. said j. F. Jackson of
the Associated Charities, "a lady tele-
phoned that a young woman was selling
rattle tickets to purchase an invalid chair
for her afflicted brother, stating that her
mother was a washerwoman, and the con-
dition was one of unusual need. The
young woman had been sent to the Asso-
ciated Charities with the assurance that
If there were any need 1t would be
promptly supplied. The record indicated
that the number given by her, 1920 Wash
ington avenue s, was fictitious and a sub
sequent call showed that no such persons
were to be found at 1920 Washington
avenue N.
''There is middle aged woman going
about with her. arm in a sling and alleg-
ing that she Is in want. She can not
be found nor can her statement be veri-
| fed.
| IA benevolent lady telephoned us re-
questing an immediate call upon needy
person and the purchase at our inform
ants expense of whatever might be
needed. The applicant was said to bear
on her face unmistakable evidences OF
her distress. She stated that her hus-
band was sick and their six children un
der Is years of age had neither food nor
fuel. The investigation showed two loads
Of wood, vegetables for the winter, flour
other provisions, and credit with the gro
| GERS. The husband was convalescent. a
year previous the woman appealed to the
same lady and received cash, but in the
meantime the lady had adopted the opin
ion that aid should follow not precede in
vestigation.''
These are only samples of people wht
are daily securing aims under various pre-
lenses. 1t is suggested that the fund
thus expended could be used to mucl
greater advantage if placed in the treas
ury of some of the relief organizations o
the city, or if they were, given to tn
Associated Charities for the express pur
pose of assisting more modest and reall.
deserving people for whom they daily fnt
it necessary to secure assistance.
family in which the man is entirely dis
abled with rheumatism, and the wife
who has been the bread winner has re
Gently returned from the hospital and j
, convalescent, is a worthy case.
It is the purpose of these organization
to see that needy families are promptl
relieved and the managers will gladly &C
; as almoner for those who may chose to re
lieve suffering.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-23
NO "SIICKs" IN SoDAs
The Revenue Man'n Get the Soda
water Man EFF He Don't
80. Watch Out.

Trouble is brewing for the soda water
man who throws a little dash of claret
into drinks in response to an instnuating
wink from his customers. It., will cost
him $25 if the agents of the revenue de-
partment Of the government find it out.
The purveyors of soda water used to be
allowed under the revenue laws to give a
slight flavor to each glass without be-
ing required to pay a special retail liquor
dealers tax.
Now, after the examination Of certain
facts presented to the department. proba-
bly, showing that certain white -aproned
clerks have really been serving pretty stiff
lines of drinks, sodawater men who
strengthen their drinks will be regarded
as liquor dealers. The new stringent rul-
ing is against beverages called claret soda
and other kinds sold at soda fountains
containing small proportions Of distilled
spirits, or wines, or compounds thereof.
Ever since Jan. i revenue agents have
been on the lookout for violators Of the
low, or those who have not already paid
the annual tax Of $25.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-23
QUEEN IS NEARLY RE ADY
For the Ballet Which Will Be "Put
On by Roosevelt Marching
~ c,a..< Club March g.. .-, -. -.

Preparations for the Queen of the Bal
let which Is to be put on for three nights
and matinee at the Metropolitan opera
house beginning the evening of March 2,
are rapidly nearing completion. The
members Of the cast, who are members Of
the Roosevelt Marching club, show steady
improvement at each rehearsal and one
needs only to witness one of the re-
hearsals to be convinced that the piece
will be put on with all the finish Of a pr6
fessional production.
The dear girls who figure so largely
In this musical com edy are daily becom-
ing more chic and winsome. In the
process Of evolution from sturdy young
men to clinging flowers Of femininity, they
are constantly unfolding some added grace
or charm.
Several members of the cast have
recently been called down hard by the
management for having repeatedly alb
scented themselves from rehearsals. On
man who was jumped on with both feet
at the last rehearsal, cleared his skirts
by explaining that he had fixed '''the
happy day before deciding to go on the
stage, and the other party to the agree
ment wouldn't consent to postpone
ment just because the ceremony fell or
rehearsal evening. They had been mar.
ried. .... -Ht. ......
The comedy department of the "Queer
of the Ballet will certainly be we'll sup.
piled should it include only Lady Phyllis
Colbert l.. Brown, the artless young
thing, whose avoirdupois is her most dis
tingushing feature. Add to this inter.
esting young woman those premier fun
makers, lie Roy w. Northway a.
"O'Hara," the Politician role smila
to that which he assumed in the ''Vik
ing last year-C. Frank Lane, a.
Gretchen Dare. the leading lady; H. L
Belknap, leading man; Archa A. Wilco,
and Charles M. Lane, as Hungry Jim
and Beau Brummel Bob and you have
combination which cannot be beaten. DR.
Wilcox is said to have coined a buncl
of choice bon mots, to be given for tn
first time opening night. The terpsi
chorean revels Of the jollity girls ar
sure to make a hit"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-23
THE BAR AT THE BOARD
Legal Lights OF HennepIn Enjoy Their
Annual Banquet at the

FlOISt 5StSOfiStsi Ii.
- little foolishness 4now and then is
reAshed by the best Of men, and the
members of the bench and bar Of Hen
nep1n county proved that fact Saturday
evening when they gathered around the
banquet board at the Hotel .Nicollet.
Nearly all Of the legal lights which are
wont to shine in the courts Of this county
were present on the suspicious occasion,
and one of the most enjoyable times re-
corded seems to be the general verdict Of
the banqueters.
During the entire evening pompous legal
phraseology was used and every act was
done in strict accordance with established
legal custom. This led to many humor-
GUS happenings and greatly added to the
evident enjoyment OF the guests Eugene
q. Hay was procurator generate or in
English POSTMASTER or master of cere-
monies, and those who followed his lead
played trumps throughout the game
After the sumptuous repast had been
disposed of the following toasts were re-
sponded to:
THE ARGUMENT.
PRESERVATION OF Plaintiffs Case-Eugene G..
Hay, Procurator Generate.
For the Defense-Joseph W. Molyneaux
INCIDENTAL REMARKS.
Dies Nefasti'-Rome G. Brown, Anxious
Statute Reyiling'' (by one of the revilers)-
Judge Daniel Fish.
NISI PRIUS.
| (Subject to Review.)
| 1.-The Reports mot statistical treatment)-
Judge G.. 3. Elliott.
| ON WRIT OF ERROR,
| SEX Nero Mortu,"
''Bills and Other Things
Same old country,
| Same old flls;a
| Same old statesmen,
! Same old bills
| James D. Shearer.