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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-10

have to angered that impatienty
striking at board hit thumb ~
lis noise and turned in time to
the floor. Another moment and
enveloped Near where the lantern had
black powder which used in
leading shotgun supposed the powder to be
my house, and when reit the lantern
dropped match the Instantly cloud of smoke
mingled fragments wood large quantities
shavings cut and scratched,
altogether bad fix picked
the pieces hoe and to bed firmly resolved to do
carpenter work at night. ~ '.
Twelfth Grade, - s'a@* "F'~~ William w. Barron,
Washington School, BIT Second Az Me- Brainerd, Mimi
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-10
. ADORNED WITH A kNoBBY PLACE.

the memory of the time three
filled carpenters shoes for with
good results While the river not far distant from
place usually preferred the sidewalks in the morning before
school time always shoveled the off the sidewalk for
long skate) This did not inn
skates but rather dulled them that whenI
skate the river at the rink had to take
be sharpened often than wished. So
Illustration wooden skates for places
Of the monthly magazines decided to make
pair Following the directions had rude pair made
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-10
TOO SAD FOR WORDS.

morning pan
with the flour and other things told to
mixed them all together to rise.
went to look it it only a little bit, but
thinking had not left it there long enough went
When back look it it had risen but
little So thinking that it would rise took
it nodded it into to get light
see my bread had that
put it into the but it had not risen inch
made the fire, bread into the When it
DONE my looked
like
heavy burned, it not white it
ought have been but it almost yellow. nearly
discouraged the SAYING don't
try again." my mind frightened
spirits. have better luck with bread since then
Blanche Carr
Seventh Grade. Lake,
PLATTER THAN A DESERT.
years prided myself being fine
baker when sisters want cake made extra
they ask bake it for thenz made
sisters Christmas dinner and everybody
thought it lovely" least they said
Saturday following with its baking, and sis
delicious cake, because she
going bring back with her. put it off long
possible. like almost anything but cake baking At
many thought scheme and make
everything together beat in
-four thinking would not in too much because it
the tins put the cake in to
looked half hour 1ater-what sight met
eyes! whatever you: fatter
it in, srneled like moasses candy and
my pride took fall then and there.
--Eva1yn Mae Bryant
Ninth Monticello, Mimi
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-10

wasted, for in saving the
boards I forgot to measure =.
them, and when I tried to
lay them on the support I
discovered that they lacked
the necessary length. S.
By this time my patience
was nearly exhausted and
grasping q board I hastily
measured it and began to
saw it when with a sharp
click the blade struck a nail,
lost several teeth and re-
fused to go farther. Laying
the saw aside 1 determined
to try once more I Sc
lected a lot of boards of all
sizes and shapes and COM
menced operations. When I
had driven the last nail and
stepped on my new sidewalk
I uttered a cry of surprise,
for with a crash the boards
gave way and my sidewalk
was des troyed. Throwing
away my tools I ran off to
play, satisfied that I was not
intended for q carpenter.
-Theadore GrOnert,
Prairie du Chen, Wis. ,
Eleventh Grade.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-10
BETWEEN BOOKS AND BAKING.

AS read this weeks topic could not refrain from
smiling my memory taken back to the time when
Mama went out and told
gu? the fish into the in about fifteen minutes
reading interesting book and thoughts far from
cooking, instructions fell unheeded
lapse fortyfve minutes reluctantly laid down
kitchen small piece of butter
the where the fish and put it into the
Fortunately the fish had been dressed Filling the stove
with wood went back to book.
had idea Low the time few but soon strong smell
something burning throw down book and
to investigate On opening the door volume of smoke
forth. it cleared that
fish been burned almost cnder. But what cared
then? Was book important? Putting another
of butter into the returned to the sitting
finished book TheI went to the kitchen and found
burned up. Sitting down awaited the coming
Of mother. Lillian Spain,
Ninth Grade Two Harbors MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-10
-wHEN MorHER MADE a TwsTY FACE.

WHEN ndf&0E
ago this May mother let have party
could boy friends that wished
all the baking and cooking myself OF
thought could and first went to invite some OF
best friends. six girls and six boys. a
The next day given permission to bake much
planned have enough good cake I
apron, rolled sleeves
for cakes and mixed the batter.
little than the recipe called for, hoping
better, instead Of took salt
STORED It, the baked
the frosting put salt in that, too.
into the kitchen when through and
asked the her piece expecting
praised good but instead she made wry
face. Then I found my disappointed I
cid not knew My mother baked another cake
thai tasted salt for again.
Ann Severson
Eighth Grade Heron Lake, Mimi
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-10
THUMPlNG THE WRONG NAIL.

II
fnger! exclaimed misdirected blow missed
the nail and caught the finger It my first at
building sidewalk and thus early was realizing
my deficiency carpenter blow finger marked
beginning trouble had just begun to drive
the seventh nail when uncle around the house ana
that intended for
know that two nails will hold the end OF that
exclaimed finished driving the eighth
nail confessed my ignorance determined to redeem
myself working with greater But zeal was
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-10
CRITICAL OF CREAM CAKE.


~ always cook when mama is gone She may
get thing to- but Just get what would have
prepared cooked made cake with
on top But made Mama said it
right hut think When tried the second time
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-01

namely, the cattle tick and inexperi-
ence. are now being overcome. Men
are learning the great Importance of
the natural advantages of climate,
pasturage, forages for green feed
and for hay; also the cheap grain
rations which reduces the cost of
feeding to the minimum. Comparing
the cost of feeding with the big
prices received for dairy products,
YOU can readily see that the Middle
South is destined to become n of
the leading dairy sections of the
United States.
j. @. BEAVERS,
N. G. A. & M. College, West Ra-
leigh.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-01
Farmers Narional Congress.
leigh.
Editor of The Progressive Farmer:

Editor of The Progressive Farmer:
Arrangements are well under way
for the oath annual meeting of the
National Farmers Congress, at Nj
agara Falls, beginning September
%. To judge from the efforts put
forth by the officers, an instructive
and interesting session may be eX-
pected. President Flanders informs
us that the following gentlemen
have accepted invitations to deliver
addresses: Maj. G. D. Purse, Savan-
nah, Ga, "Sugar Supply in the
United States" Hon. Timothy l..
Woodruff, Brooklyn, agricultural
Conditions Understood to exist in
Our I%nsuIar Possessions, and the
Possibilities in Their Development"
O. P. Austin, chief of the Bureau of
Statistics, Washington, d. g.,
Farm Products in the Markets of
the World" DIR. D. E. Salmon,
Washington, D. O., "~Infectious and
CONTAGIOUS Diseases of Farm Ami
mails and their Effect on American
| Agriculture" Prof. t. M. Webster
Urbana, H., "Diseases and Insect
Pests on Plants and their Effect on
American Agriculture" James
Wood. Mt. Kisco, n. Y, GLOW Can
We Enlarge Our Foreign Markets
for Farm Products" Aaron Jones',
South Bend, Ind, Extension of the
Facilities of Our Mail System"
Governor Odell will deliver the adj
dress of welcome, and the response
will be made by Hon. Harvie Jordan,
Monticello, Ga, first vice president
of the congress-.
Twenty-four years this national
body has co-operated with the other
organizations of the United States
in the betterment of agriculture, and
in making the life of the farmer more
pleasant, more profitable, and, if pos
sible, more honorable. You will no
tice by the subjects chosen, and the
speakers assigned, that this organiza,
ton is not an institute, but deals
with the relations of the agriculture
lists to the other professions.
The delegates are commissioned
by the Governors of several States
and any farmer is eligible to appoint,
ment.
For information in regard to ap.
pointment as delegates, write tc
John M. Stahl, Secretary, 1926
Langley Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
Remember the date, September q
to October 10, 1903.
Excursion rates on all railroads
on the certificate plan.
J. II. REYNOLDS, Treas.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-01

Cotton is out of sight, but SAD -
say the fellow who loses the mos ssn
sweat to make it has no cotton " sIa.
at any price. These are the spsra-
tors prices and not the 1af"''"
Davidson Dispatch.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-01
The Middle South as a Dairy Section.

In most respects, the MludIe OouCA
is admirably adapted to dairying.
On account of some of the disad-
vantages which this section has,
dairying has often been improbable,
and the progress has been slow, but
the advantages are many, and 1T IS
destined to become one of the leading
dairy sections in the United States.
BETTER CATTLE NEEDED
The cattle tick has probably him
dered the progress of dairying more
than any other one thing. This tick
carries the germ of Texas, fever, so
we'll known in the South that it need
not be described here. Animals which
are raised South of the quarantine
line are seldom affected, but those
raised North of this line, and af-
forwards shipped South, are often
seriously affected, causing usually
about fifty per cent of the infected
ones to die. This state of affairs
has caused most of the herds to be
less improved than they would have
been had not so many of the pure
bred imported cattle died. By this
we mean that there are, comparative
Iy speaking, only a small number of
the Southern cattle which are pure
bred. However, means by which the
per cent of deaths may be decreased
from fifty to five per cent have been
discovered. and the herds are now
being rapidly improved. Dairymen
are learning the great Importance of
discriminating the ticks and improv-
ing their herds so hat greater prof
it's will be derived therefrOm. In the
past, and even at the present, the
herds are not improved up to that
standard where maximum profits are
obtained. This is mainly because
many of the very best animals have
died of Texas fever and many of the
pT6SGIlI ONES were IdISGu 1IOIL
scrubs or animals which we're not
profitable for dairying. Now the use
of the Babcock test is becoming
familiar and the Improbable animals
are being disposed of, and from
those which are most profitable only
are animals selected for the future
herd.
n LACK OF EDUCATED DA.RYMEI
Another hindrance to the progress
of dairying in the Middle South has
been the lack of educated and ex-
]perienced dairymen. The men who
have had charge of the diaries and
herds have been inexperienced and
uneducated, and consequently they
were not. familiar with the small
? leaks in dairying, through which
much of the profits go. To obtain
the greatest profits in d~airying the
dairyman must be thoroughly famili
ar with the details of the business 81
that anything unusual will not es
cape his notice. Such men are nov
being educated and trained to OBJ
serve the little things as well as tn,
big ones, and to use the various way
of testing milk and cream and t.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-01
The Farmers Should Oroor;z.

40 IL Cdn no
made will prove of vastly more bena.
ut to the country at large and
the farmers individually than
other. The truth of themattar :,
they more than all others have 49,
inalienable and primevaI right 70 =
ganize because upon their labors on1
the result of their Iabors denand.
the very existence of the country onI
the world.
When agriculture languisbes al
else, every other industry is affected
When the farmer thrives the en+iro
country is prosperous, and every
industry moves as merrily as q we'd.
ding bell. The farmer more than
any other should know how manv
bales Of cotton will supply the world
and how much the world can afford
to pay per pound for that cotton. He
should ascertain for himself how
many pounds of tobacco the world
can consume and pitch his crop ac-
cordingly land should demand from
the American Tobacco Trust, or anv
other trust, a fair price for that
tobacco, and when he has made that
tobacco and set that price upon it
he should have provided himself with
enough meat, corn and stuff at home
to be able to set back on his haunches
and demand what is justly due him,
and it would take only a short while
for the vampires that are living up
on the farmer to understand that the
farmer, as we'll as they, is figuring on
a cold-blooded business proposition,
calculating to protest his interests
by a system of scientific division Of
acreage to control the yield and feed
ing of the production of his lands
gradually into the channels Of trade
so it can h~ealthfully assimilate same
without depressing prices.
All last spring in almost every
issue we wrote article after article
telling the farmers tobacco would be
low, and that in a large acreage
would place them in the hands OF
the trust.
Effective organization, ascertain
ment and proper publication OF the
requirements of the trade, and prop
er division of the acreage and mar
keting the crop should not only regu-
late the price of tobacco but cotton
as well.
Proceed as others do. The mer-
chant buys his goods, lays IN MS
stock according to his capital ana
demands of trade, if he does not
disaster and ruin follows. 50 II Is
with the farmer. Produce more FnaL
trade or conditions demand anu
prices decline and bad times SVaI'
him in the face, and unfortunately
many times he looks for a remedy
away off yonder when the fault IS a.
his own door and of his own max
ing.
Organize and dictate prices to them
instead of their debating to you
/ T.1-. T;ooc
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-01

is mild n not extreme e1Cner III
cold Oh In heat. No expensive build
ings for protection against cold are
needed as in cold climates. For sew
en- or eight months in the year the
herds may go without protection x
cept against rain. Even during the
coolest weather barns with only one
wall are sufficient.
OUR ADVANTAGE IN ABUNDANT
PAsTURAGE.
The greatest natural advantage
of this section, however, is not the
climate, but that which the climate
brings, namely, abundant ~pasturage
for eight or ten months of the year.
The cheapest food for a dairy COW
is that which she gathers herself by
grazing. 1t is impossible to obtain
the greatest flow of milk without
some green or ~succulent food. Here
natural pastures of Bermuda grass,
herds grass and lespedeza and other
grasses are plentiful and furnish the
very best of succulent foods. If for
any reason sufficient pasturage is not
afforded, green crops may be had for
feeding during the entire spring,
summer and fall. Rye and crimson
clover sown in the early fall will
afford some grazing during the win
ter and furnish a heavy growth in
early spril.S which may be fed green
or cured for hay. By the time rye
and clover have given out oats and
vetch, sown in the fall, will be max
ing a heavy growth which may be
fed green or cured for winter feed
ing. Corn and millet planted III
early spring will make a good feed
to follow oats and vetch and may be
supplemented with cow-peas during
the late summer and fall months.
Now we have a complete summer
ration if we had no pasture, and the
surplus from the summer feeding
may be cured for hay or put into the
silo for winter feeding. You can,
with ease, arrange a crop rotation so
that two of the above crops may be
grown on the same land each year
and they can, therefore, be produced
at a minimum cost.
Cotton seed meal, a by-product of
cotton seed oil mills, and bran make
a good grain ration to feed in con
nection with the above-named rough.
ages. Cotton seed meal is rich IL
protein, making it one of the mos
concentrated feeding stuffs and is
the cheapest source from which pro
tein may be had. Now, with two
crops of forages on the same lanC
each year and cotton seed meal anC
bran each at 1874 per ton, we cal
easily feed a COW giving three gal
Ions of milk daily for sixteen tc
eighteen cents per~day, and otter
less.
THE HOME MARKET.
The Middle South has a gooC
home market for all it's dairy prod
ucts and will have for MANY wears +,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-01
THE HOME MARKET.

The Middle South has a good
home market for all its dairy prod
ucts and will have for many years to
come, as the demand is far greater
than the supply. Milk finds a ready
sale, in nearly every town, for
twenty-five to thirty-fve cents per
gallon. Since ice factories are nu-
merOus, ice may proftably be used
in the manufacture of butter which
brings from twenty-five to thirty-fve
cents per pound.
The two great disadvantages,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-04-17
LADIES' AFTERNOON.
Enjoyable Musicale at the Providence Art
CIuh-WeII Arranged Program.

Yesterday was Ladies' afternoon at the
Providence Art club and musicale. OF
a distinctly high character. called to-
gether large and fashionable audience
who enjoyed what was declared TO be one
OF the most finished and artistic musical
performances ever given at the art club.
The artists were Miss Eva Orendorff,
soprano: Miss Mary Wllhemina Brooks,
violin: Miss Blanche Natalie Davis plano
and Miss Edna y. Hale accompanies.
The musicale was arranged and given
under the direction Of Miss Hale who
also hllcd the difficult role OF accompan-
list in a highly satisfactory manner.
The program was as follows: Sonata
for Plano and Violin. Op. 49, Grieg. Alleg
TO motto ed appassionata, Allegretto es-
pressivo ALA Romanza. Allegro motto.
Miss Brooks and Miss Davis; Arta-"Bel
raggio" (Semlramide) Rossini. Miss Or
endoroff Liebestraum, No. Ill, Liszt.
Position. GODDARD, Miss Davis; Aria
"Thy Name" Mary X. Wood. Since we
parted" Allitsen. "Se Saran Rose" Ardtti,
Miss ~fendorff. Ziegunerweisen, Sarasate,
Miss Brooks: Spring Flowers. Reinecke,
With violin obligato, Miss Orendorff and
Miss Brooks.
The first number on the program. the
favorite Grieg Sonata, breathing. as II
does the characteristic Scandinavian fla
vor. was given with great vgor and ten
derness as the varying themes required.
Bith NJ SIS Davis and Miss Brooks gave
the music a splendid Interpretation.
In her solo work Miss Davis played
with marked brilliancy. The Position"
by GODDARD. especially. was given with
swing and n gusto that was truly de-
lfghtful, and as an encore she played a
prelude OF Chopin In A that was all too
short for the satisfaction OF her hearers.
Miss Broks showed a finished execution
and fine sympathy for the spirit OF the
music. Her work was revelation TO
her hearers and proved to all that she
not only has a future of great promise
stretched out before her but is already
an artist. As an encore she gave the
"Berceuse' from Jacelyn with exquisite
feeling her tone being purity itself.
Miss Orrendorff has not been heard Of
ten In this city, In the past, but she will
certainly be I'm demand In the future, as
her fine voice seems equally suited to
music which calls for a deep display OF
feeling. She simply sang delightfully."- and
responded to an enthusiastic encore with
n repetition OF the last part of the estate
waltz song.
The last number. Spring Flowers" by
Reineck by Miss Orrendorff, with violin !
obllgato by Miss Brooks was magnificent
ly rendered and brought the program
all too soon to It's close.
The musicale was followed by tea
served in the sketch room by Mrs. JEFF
frey Davis assisted by Mrs. William r.
and Miss Amey Wilson.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-04-17
BAD FIRE At SAND POINT.
Big Warehouses In Ashes and Much Damage
Done TO Government immigration Building.

81. Johns. N. b., April 17.-After burn
ing fiercely for over two and half hours
the FIRE In the Sand Point warehouses Is
now under control. Numbers and ware
houses, partially filled with freight. and
hundreds OF feet In length are In ashes.
and the new government immigration
building is partially destroyed.
No. shed is IN danger and the Allan
liner Tunisian and Elder Dempster
steamer Lake Manitoba" have pulled
out OF the dock into the centre OF the
harbor. The Canadian Pacific railroad
elevators are not In immediate proximity
TO the fire. All the city fire departments
are on the scene. There is $4,000 insur-
ance on the sheds owned by the city.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-04-17
MRS. CHACE'S FUNERAL.
0hsequIes Held at the Home for Aged
Women This Morning.

Mrs. Nancy d. Chace. widow OF Howard
n. Chace and daughter OF the late Eze-
kfei Davis OF Princeton, Mass. died at
the Home for Aged Women. where she
had lived for the past seven years, on
Tuesday.
Her funeral was solemnized at the
Home at II o'clock this morning. her few
remaining relatives and friends being
present together with many who had
known her and loved her for her beauti-
ful old age and unusual sweetness OF
character
william Dixon. pastor OF the Advent
church on Hammond street. Mr.. Dixon
read appropriate portions OF scripture and
offered few words OF eulogy. closing
with prayer.
Interment was at the North End ceme-
terry.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-04-17
TRYING TO
find HER
COMPANION
Police Wish 10 Discover Man
With Whom MInna Williams
Went Out Riding.

New York. April i1,-while Minna Will
hams, the nursery governess arrested
wednesday night charged with having
stolen ses.oco worth OF Jewels and clothing
from the wife OF her employer. a London
banker. occupies a cell in Ludlow street
jail. detectives are searching for dis
tinguished looking German with whom
she went out Sunday morning to break
fast at the Casino.
Alexander Reitlinger. a merchant OF this
city and a brother OF the London banker
asserts that about 10 days after her ar
rival here the woman began TO take daily
rides with this man. who Is thought 10
know where the $4,000 worth Of missing
gems are
The most valuable piece OF all the miss
ing jewelry, a necklace containing 4S5
pearls has been returned by a jeweler, 10
who Miss Williams took II a few days
ARO.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-04-17
BIG BRONZE STATUE STOLEN
II Weighed Over q Ton, and Was Taken
From Building Without Attracting Attention.

Chicago April 1.-THE big bronze
statue Of Atlas. which has stood on the
fourth floor of the old Times building for
moro than a third OF a century. and
which was placed In the structure by
Wilbur r. Storey. has been stolen and the
police were notified last night to make
careful search for II.
The statue weighed more than ton
and how II was carried from the building
without attracting the attention OF occu-
pants or the police is a mystery.
The statue came into the possession of
Carter III. Harrison. father OF the present
mayor with the purchase OF the Times
building and newspaper about IL years
ago. with the death OF Mr.. Harrison
tt went to the estate.
Editor Storey bought the statue In Eu-
rope, II Is said, paying $500 for IT,