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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-15
MASTERS SAY
THEY Gan WAIT
Master Builders Say They Will Not
Sign the Laborers'
Agreement.
They Disclaim ANY Desire to Break
UP the Building Trades
Council.
Building Unions Now Threaten to
Strike Unless Iaborers' Union
Is. Recognized,

eff the union men Of this city wish to
espouse the cause Of the laborers by go
ing on a sympathetic strike, we are in a
position to allow building operations in
this city to be tied up until next spring
If necessary. We do not propose to sign
any agreement which will compel US to
pay a uniform scale to any unskilled la
borer who comes along.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-15
NO NEW TRIAL
Court overrules Motion Of Attorneys
for Convicted Feudists.

cynthiana, KY, Aug. 15-Judge Osborne
this morning overrtled the motion for
new trial for Curtis, Jett and Thomas
White, convicted yesterday and given life
sentences for the assassination Of J. B.
Marcum.3 Attorneys for the defense filed
notice of an appeal, Iaccompa by bill
Of exceptions.
Preparations are already being made for
Thomas Cockrill.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-15

DENIS. DECIDE
TO FILIBUSTER
Senator Daniel Announces That the
Minority Will Oppose Suggested
Financial Bill.
Says Such a Measure Won't Be Al
lowed to Pass at the Extra
Session.
If Nothing Else Serves the Demo-
cratic Senators Will Talk
It to Death.
~ xorl. Sun snaoia1 Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
Washington, Aug. 15.-Senator John w.
Daniel of Virginia declares himself as UNI
compromisingly opposed to the present re-
publican program for finIncial legislation.
In view of the fact that Senator Daniel IS
now the ranking democAatic member Of
the senate committee on finance, his de-
clared attitude is of great Importance at
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-15
ALASKAN coMsN MEETS SEPT. 8.

Washington, Aug. 15-The state de-
partment has been informed by Ambassa-
dor Choate that the first melting of the
Alaskan boundary commission will be held
at II o'clock Sept. 8, in the rBitish for
eign office.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-15

Havana-Three men were garroted yester-
day in Santa Clara province for the murder
and robbery of a planter. President Palma
refused to interfere.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-15
FOUND AT LAST


Groer-I eEeve That the
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-15
This is the Critical TIme.

From the foregoing statements, it can
readily be understood that the next few
weeks or months will do much to deter
mine Canadian commercial policy towards
the United States If the high joint COM
mission meets, in all probability it will
agree on treaty. That treaty will be
acceptable to Canada, and probably to the
American senate 1t will be the law Of
both countries for years to come. If the
coming fall goes by without meeting of
the commission, reciprocity may be post
poned for an indefinite period
w. w. Jermane.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-08-28
ONE ON THE GROCER.
How Little Johnny Smnrtaleclk
Forged His Way Ahead in the
Arithmetic Class.

He walked into the grocery store with
a slip of paper in his hand, and the gro
Ger at once produced his pencil and order
book. for the boys mother was good
customer.
Good morning" said the boy, whose
curly head scarcely reached to the coun-
ter. Il want three and half pounds
of sugar It's six cents pound, amt
It? And rice is eight? l want two and
a quarter pounds of that. And quar-
ter pound of your 70-cent tea, and two
and fifth pounds of your 35-cent coffee
and three pints of milk. That's eight
cents a quart, amt it? And please give
me the BILL" he ended breathlessly,
sfor have to get to school,"
The grocer made out the bill, won
dering at the queerness of the order
and handed it to the boy, asking as he did
SO:
"Did your mother send the money, or
does she want the goods charged?"
The boy seized the bill and said with
a sign of satisfaction:
ma didn't send me at all. It's my
arithmetic lesson, and l had to get it
done somehow"
And as he ran out the grocer opened
the cigar case and handed out smokes
to the men who were there.
tits on me-" he said. Say, there's
more than one way to skin an eel, isn't
there?"-N. Y Times.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-08-28
TREE PLANTING ON THE FARM
Start a Forest on the Hillside Where
GRAINS and Grass Refuse
to Grow.

II there is 3 hillside or other place on
the farm where neither grain. grass
nor fruit can be raised, on account OF
the impossibility of planting and cult
waiting, set it in forest trees They will
prevent washing of hillsiGes, and will
make a very grateful shade for the
stock to rest under in the heat of sum-
mer. Those who live in the latitude
that Chicago is in had best wait until
spring to do the planting, but those
living farther south will nave the best
results by planting during wet spell
in the autumn. Many make the mis-
take of planting foreign trees in a eli
mate entirely unsuited to their habits,
and as consequence they either die
or always remain splindling and dis
appointing. There is no section of the
country but what there grows some
forest tree that is much superior to
any imported variety, ana which will
thrive and make vigorous growth
with but little trouble &c the planter.
What more attractive shade tree can
we find than the noble elm, the oaks,
the poplars and the naples, as we'll as
many other native trees that we could
name. But in planting native trees
their natural habits must be studied if
we wish to be successful with them.
When hillside is bar; IF vegetation
it should be set with white elm, wild
cherry, black locust, blackberry and
white pine. These will grow in situa-
lions like this when other trees would
fail. AS they grow large enough to
partially shade the grounds, oaks,
chestnuts and the maple may be set
out in the spaces which nay have been
left for them. In low, wet, undrained
spots, the sugar maple, LACK ash and
the willows will make the best
growth. Along the roadside there
should always be 4ut-bearing trees for
the benefit Of the rising generation.
Walnuts, hickories and cnestnuts will
not only make the highway shady and
attractive, but will also III few years
produce crop of nuts that will glad
den the hearts of the boys and cause
them to remember the planter longer
than if he has been cast in bronze and
set up in the statehouse yard-Ameri-
can Drovers' Journal.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-08-28
SAVED BY HIS DOG.
Bruno Brought Relief to His Master
Who Was Buried Under
Load of Wood.

Frank Mullen, wood hauler, of Jon
lin, Kan, has his faithful dog to thank
for his life. He was hauling wood from
Shoal creek, near Joplin, one day last
month, when his wagon partially broke
down under big load. He had to crawl
under the wagon to make repairs. He
knew it was dangerous, but he took the
risk. While he was working the wagon
completely gave way, and Mullen was
buried under a pile of cordwood. He
was not hurt, but was imprisoned so
he could not escape. He was in a Sc
cluded part of the wood, and his chances
seemed good for starving to death.
Finally he bethought himself of his dog.
Calling him-"Go home, Brunei" he
commanded. The dog obeyed, and the
morning after the accident occurred
Mrs. Mullen, who had worried all night
about her husbands absence, was at
tracted to the door by the dogs scratch
ing and bowling. When she opened the
door she noticed he had a bad cut ON
one Of his shoulders. He had been hit
there by a stick from the falling load.
Mrs. Mullen, who had worried all night
and, ordering the dog to return to his
master, set out, following him. The
dog led her directly to where Mullen
was. several miles distant, and, with
the aid of the man who accompanied
her, Mrs. Mullen was able to extricate
her husband. He was half starved, but
sunhurt
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-08-28
FARMER AND PLANTER.
THE DUTY OF THE HOUR.
the Matter of Ordinary Honesty
Among Our People.

Very many results have come down
to us from the late unpleasantness.
Among these, one of the most deplora-
| Die is the lowering of the public con-
science. Very many things that are
Enthusiastically worng are winked at,
some are openly practical. The craze
Tor money making seems to have
blinded the moral eyes. Exactly who
is to blame for this is hard to decide.
What will be the most effective remedy
Is about as difficult
One phase of this evil Is found In
the failure to appreciate the rights of
property. This is a growing evil. We
see evidences of it in every direction.
Stealing Is fearfully common. Embez-
element, defautling anG such polite
names do not alter the reality of the
crime.
But what has all this to do with
farming? Very much every way. This
looseness touches him in many places
He loses eggs, chickens, pigs, melons,
roasting ears and fruit Of all kinds.
In many places his grass Is claimed as
public property, unless he goes to the
expense of fencing it.
His great crop of cotton is subjected
to systematic series of s:ealages from
the gin to the loom, averaging about
three pounds per bale. Thirty millions
OF pounds per crop.
He and his are looked upon as kind
or public property to be deprecated
upon at will.
Every man feels at liberty to turn
loose his dog or dogs u forage upon
him. and this forces him to give up a
very profitable business---sheep raising.
The dog is property, or he is not
property. II property, then the owner
should keep him upon ms own prem
ises. If not, then every man should
shoot him as common enemy
Every farmer has the right to raise
sheep, but the dog renders this right
imperative.
Ii all the eggs, chickens, pigs, mel
ons, fruit, cotton and other things an
nually taken from the farms could be
counted up, the amount would run into
many millions of dollars. If to this
could be added the amclnt of these
that would be raised, if This pilfering
could be stopped, that it not now raised
because it is not stopped we would
have an amazing amour.
The farmer, above everybody, is in
terested in a higher standard of con-
science on MINE AND THINE. This
lesson should be a fundamental part
OF all education at home and in school.
Children properly taught would not
deface public property with pencil
marks and knife work as they do now.
This conscience should extend into
the right use of time as well as of 9TH
er more tangible things. You have no
right to take another's time. 1t is his
property. This is true at school and
all through life. If you HE to another
your time belongs to him.
This subject enters in thousand
ways into every channel # life.
Let us have general awakening
Southern Cultivator
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-08-28

r. THATLL do now, Babe" said
the animal trainer, extricat-
ing himself from the serpen-
une embrace of great black trunk.
She's very playful. Babe is" he
added, somewhat breathlessly, which
was natural. for Babe and her mate
mad been playing ball with him, throw
Ing him from one to the other and
catching him beautifully in manner
calculated to inspire baseball rooter.
She's good deal friskier than Basil.
You see, she's only half as old as Basil,
who is 60 this year"
babe was stamping her foot, Just
Ike an infant, and demanding more
play. Frank Healey, the trainer. pat
ted her on the trunk and said. Il guess
she won't be contented now till Evan
comes around. He's my son, you know,
and he can do more with these two fell
lows than l can"
So he sailed forth to find Evan. and
MS visitors went with him, expecting
TO see big, husky animal trainer like
his father. But all they saw was a
yellow head full of curls peering shyly
from behind tree and vanishing as
soon as the strangers approached.
Dragged forth finally by the arm,
with his face turned bashfully away,
behold Evan. aged four years and II
months, master OF the elephants.
In the doorway of the elephant house
the parental grasp relaxed and with a
dive Evan got between the mighty
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-08-28

blamed for feeling so. But we must
gradually free ourselves from these
ideas. All the other departments of
the business world are advancing, and
why should not agriculture advance
with it? The whole race of humanity
is depending upon agriculture for n
living, and the trade should not be
thought any the less of by anyone.
The man who is engaged in other
pursuits of life should honor the
farmer, as he must understand that
whatever he eats comes from him. IL
the farming class does not advance
with the rest of the world, it will be,
its own loss. 1t is not natural that
we should be satisfied to work in the
same road we did years ago, or even
one year ago. We should strive to
do better this year and make an adj
vancement wherever possible. The
best, easiest and most practical way
70 advance ourselves is given in one
sentence, namely: Read plenty Of
agricultural literature, and apply tbs
facts gained to actual experience"
The farming world would be far be-
hind where it now is if it was not for
the help that has been given us by
farm literature. Every farmer should
sry to make some improvement and
advancement every day. Never let
your business get the best of you,
but get the best of it, and you can
best do this by advancing with the
rest of the world.-E. j. Waterstripe,
in Epitomist.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-08-28
RELIGION AND BENEvOLENCE.
The People Who Love God Found to
BE Those Who Truly Love
Their Fellow Men.

| Last year a city which maintained a
fresh-air mission for mothers and sick
children faced its annual need OF large
contribution. A canvass of the situa-
ton showed that in the past years the
money to maintain the work had come
almost wholly from church contribu-
TONS The committee which had the
work in charge thought this unfortu-
nate, since so much of the money was
given by those who were already large
contributors to many other charitable
causes. There was a feeling, too, says
| Youths Companion, that the giving
constituency might be greatly enlarged
by an appeal to the non-churchgoins
| portion of the community. The char
ity itself was purely humanitarian, free
| from all sectarian associations, and en-
| joyed entire popular confidence and
| favor
| 1t was decided therefore, to appoint
| a prominent clubman as treasurer, to
secure the cooperation of social and lit
erary clubs, the Endorsement of the
secular press, and the agencies other
| than religious, which might promote this
| end; and, in order that the success of
the movement might be tested, arrange
ments were made for the careful tabula-
ton of the returns.
The plan worked well. The clubs in
dorsed the movement; the press gave it
abundant space and hearty support; the
banks became willing repositories. and
posted cards above the windows of the
tellers inviting their patrons to make
contributions. The sum received was
large, substantial increase over pre-
vious years The churches abated no
part of their usual effort, and many
other agencies assisted.
When the returns were all in, and the
results tabulated and published, it was
found not only that the wide advertis-
the churches, but that the vast majority
of the men who had sent their contribu-
tons through the banks or to the treas
urer direct by check were men whose
gift was made in response to the au-
peal of the churches. More than SO per
CSht. VI tiiC ihOACy lCSSiNSu tuLIC IL Jill
people known to be regular church at
tendants.
The whole city was astonished, per-
haps no one more so than the churches
themselves There is no use talking"
said the treasurer, Il am as much sur
prised as anyone. There was no rivalry
about it, no attempt to make a good
showing for the churches. The simple
truth is that people who love God are
those who truly love their fellow
men"
Col Ingersoll was accustomed to say:
'The hands that help are holier than the
lips that pray" He failed to note that
the hands that help and the lips that pray
are commonly closely related. Some
men pray and do not help. more's the
pity, and some men who do not pray do
help, and deserve due praise for their
helping. But it is possible both to help
and pray, and in general he helps most
who prays most sincerely.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-08-28
THREE MEASURES.
Psalm 1G:l1-1s

Psalm 10c:11-13.
OF all things far, | love the best
The distance from the east to west:
For by that space, and all within.
Gods mercy parts me from my sin.
And best love. of all things high,
The space between the earth and sky
For by that height beyond all ken
Gods love exceeds the love OF men.
love, of deep things indebted,
A fathers pity for his child
For by that depth so far, so clear,
God pities all that faint and fear.
0 Father Father, endless kind.
l thank Thee for my human mind.
But chief of all my praise shall be
That mind cannot encompass Thee!
Amos r. Wells, in S. s. Times.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-08-28
ADVANCEMENT IN FARMING.
The Farmer Must Keep Pace with
Modern Ideas Unless He Wants
to Get Left.

The man who is engaged in agricul-
tural pursuits at the present day is
expected to keep up to and advance
with the agricultural progress of the
world. He must dispense with the
old methods and adopt the new and
later inventions. We can not raise
and feed our stock as our forefathers
did hundred years ago, because we
are advancing and land is more close
~ taken up; consequently we must
work more on the order of the inten-
sive system. We know it is hard for
some farmers, who have been taught
and raised to do. thing a certain
way, to change to the better meth
DDS. 1t seems TO them that it is
wrong. and often they can not ne
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-08-28

wrinkled pillars that supported Babe.
That playful young creature had her
vast ears thrust forward like immense
banners. Her piggy eyes were all
a-twinkle. She gurgled deep down in
her caverns, like a mountain full of
sizzling hot water
Gently, ever so gently, her big trunk
with its pink orifice reached out and
seized the little chap. Slowly she
rocked him to and fro while he sat,
holding to the trunk as calmly as other
children would hold to the ropes of a
swing But Basil wanted a bit of it,
too. She reached and pranced and
trumpeted until Babe swung Evan over
to her. A toss, and a catch, and Basil
had the boy. Back and forth they
swung him like a ball, but with a care
and gentleness that seemed impossi-
BILE in creatures SO huge.
A muttered word from Healey, and
Basil lifted the little golden-haired
trainer up, up, until she held him ten
feet above the ground Then the trunk
curved backwards and set him as softly
as if he were bisque on her big back.
He sat there a few moments, slapping
the leathery skin down the sloping
back to the tail, swung from it as if
it were rope, and let himself drop to
the ground. while Basil and Babe
trumpeted and wagged their ears,
watching for him to appear between
their legs again.
''Safe?" said Mr. Healey. "Why, of
course. I'd rather have Evan play with
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-08-28
HELPFUL AND TRUE.

Love cannot be leased-Ram's Horn
Bitter is the fruit which unkindness
yields-United Presbyterian.
Sympathy is the safeguard of the hu.
man soul against selfishness.-Thomas
Carlyle.
Weare all nobly born; fortunate those
who know it; blessed those who remem-
ber-Robert Louis Stevenson.
What is defeat? Nothing but educa-
ton; nothing but the first step to some
thing better.-Wendell Phillips.
knowledge, truth, love, beauty, good
ness, faith, alone give vitality to the
mechanism of observation-disclosures Mar
tineau
Whoever tries to do each days work
in the spirit of patient loyalty to God is
weaving the texture whose other side is
fairer than the one he sees.-Dean Stan
ley.
Experience tells us that those Sun
days are the happiest, the purest, the
most rich in blessings. in which the
spiritual part has been most attended to.
those in which, as in the temple of SOL
ONION, the sound of the earthly hammer
has not been heard in the temple of the
soul.-F. W. Robertson.
When we go apart for awhile from the
stress of life's competitions, it may be
well for us to take the opportunity to
readjust our sense of values and recon-
slider our ambitions. So ship, arrived
in port and resting for time, sends it's
chronometers to be tested and readjusts
it's compasses before another voyage
Boston Congregationalist.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-08-28
HERE AND THERE.

1t will not do, says the Spectator.
to pay the farmers high prices for their
products, for they might become
naughty, and besides it would leave
much less margin for the bulls and
bears to fight over.
The cow-pea is not q pea at all,
but q bean. We call this bean a cow
pea. But what's the diff.Ie nce, if it is
valuable forage crop and splendid
soil restorer? Farmers should plant
more cow-beans, or peas.
Remember that no amount of mis-
treatment of chickens, ncr filth, nor
vermin can cause them to take cholera.
They must have cholera germs intro
duced into their digestive system, or
they can never have the disease.
Wonderful fruit trees and vines at
wonderfully fancy prices are nearly al
ways bought from sMcoth-tongued
agents, who never visit the same peo-
pie second time. Valuable varieties
can always be had of reliable dealers
for less money.
Some dairy troubles originate in
the herd, some trace to tie farm. a few
are based on the market. but the foun-
tain head of nearly all such evils is
found in the man behind the COW. Fer
ret out the certain weakness that in
found here, and all others are quickly
cleared up.
The Planters Journal, of Memphis
says: According to the census of
1870, there were 100000 sheep and 300
600 dogs in Tennessee; and by 1900
these figures were reversed. giving 2OO.-
900 sheep and S0O,OO dogs Then it is
not disrespectful to exclaim: Dog on
Tennessee, anyway
One of the most valuable machines
used on farm is good rair of horses
or mules. These are the machines that
make other machines so, and they
should be taken care Of, for they are
too valuable to be worn out with hard
or rapid work, or peruitted to rust
from exposure, or to lock for the oil
and fuel contained in god oa.y ana
hay.