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The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1904-04-01

bv the average farmers. The tim.
Der should be deadened several
years before it IS cleared. Fell
all trees and under brush. Cut
the logs and poles into ten feet
pieces for the purpose OF pilIrg
against the stumps, Use dvna-
mite on all stumps over twelve
inches in diameter. Pile the
logs aud brush around the
stumps and apply the torch
when all is dry. Attend to the
fires dav and night and when The
brush and timber ~ all burned
stumps will be scarce on the
land. The few remaining can be
pulled with a tvo-horse stump
pulling machine.
II the farmer IL unable to spend
money for the necessary dynami
,c and stump-pullcr IT is best in
nv opinion. to deaden the
large timber aud leave the trees
standing until the lateral roots
have rot,cd or have been broken
bv plows and removed. Alter
the roots have rcttcd or become
perfectly dry. and the timber IL
drv. i, can DC cut a. slow IA you
must and a. rapidly a. YOU can
aud used Ia burn out the stumps.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1904-04-01

Cattle selected from the finest
herds IN the world will lock horns
in competition for SIGH prizes in
the greatest cattle show ever
given since history begin to re-
coad the achicvcmcntsof mankind
The little Isle OF Jersey will send
It's ricn m,lk-giving COWS; the
beautiful Brown Swiss cattle.
with scal-iikc coats OF nature -
dctt work. will minglc with the
Snort Horn. and through the
show ring will walk the finest
specicmcns OF the Hereford,
Aberdeen. Angus. Galloway, Red
Polled. Pollcd:Durham. Hols'ine
F,icsian. Ayrshire. Guernsey.
Ouch Bcited. French Canadian.
Norman, Simmenthal, Sussex
and Highland. and even down TO
the peculiar Ca,alo.across OF
the wi'd buffalo OF the PLAINS and
the domc~,icaicd cattle. These
picked specimens, ~ aristocrats.
tr I'm the various quarters OF the
yiobc vii! be seen IN the Live
Stock Department of the Louisia-
ma Purchase Exposition.
A.C. Cantley.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1904-04-01

do . use 4 side Hrtrow! II -,
invest SITS WITH us and add another
hand and horse 10 your force to make
- cent cotton this year. Cut the cost
OF production half in too with SITS.
We can furnish yon with any NUM-
Der Of testimonials from the leading
farmers who have made a crop with
them last year. ti95.l
And where ihci- value il mentioned,
none ever rated below sio each. And
two parties say Is apiece would rot
buy theirs aud max hem do without
them.
The frs; county, " i%ns,on,l sold for
$50 N.
TESTIMONIAL.
MtssEs. TAytoR Il SASpEksoN,
French Camps Miss.
nave used your pillow attachment
for Side Harrow in the Horticultural
Department. and /; docs splendid work
ruivctiting the sal And is especially
useful for Young plants.
G r. AAEs,
Prof. ot Horticulture A. 4 NJ. College.
The only Cuitisator known 70 the
farmer: where one set % plows or teeth
prepare the soil for another to handle
immediately. Side harrows and
tnoulds up your little truck at one
operation The inventor cultivated n
" horse crop in l90:. With one horse,
Satisfaction guaranteed or your
money refunded.
send your orders to
TANLOk 4 SASpsnsoS,
Erench Camps Miss.
I. ;. Made TO hit An, style of har-
row except tho Wooden bean
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1904-04-01
ICIoverdaie Nerd.
OF large English Berksh'res

Herd headed ny Prince.
Ins,gteilo~ @S-.s a Aon 81 Star Pftu~.
$500 tho ara; pt,fc x boar ~ Ind
and III state .aita ts11 \ 'rs tine
boar plg@ for sslc nov. h'pAsng ~rdc
"a for choice spring pigs
Pedigree furnished "i'h e'c'. PIX
sold. f,sga for Matching :r.an II y
Rn.kA and :. {. white - h"'nA "a
yn.! a. .he beat 81 =. .or - s. - or
- s. rite your wants adds~@s
l. II. CEtApIRkY
RI. ID. AttxANnzt ltNN
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1904-04-01
fhe Sudduth Pear.

(Twigs SIX riches long contain
ing i pears
Trees fruit young, are annual
and abundant bearers. attain en-
ormoue size and age. never blight
fruit OF an excellent quality. The
onlv variety tina, tru,,ed through
eu, central Illinois IN !POS..
History N pricclist free.
Agents wanted.
AUGUSTINE * Co. \rKSfRI,
Normal. Iii.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1904-04-01

WI! you kindly publish IN YOUR
paper the best method of getting
UP the stnmps. l. there any
machine for this purpose that
can be utilized cheapht think
yonr paper a helpful one to farm
crs. DorcI.S At1E<
circumstances should govern
a farmer IN adopting a method Of
removing stumps from his land.
The best and most economical
method for n lar would be
the worst and most expensive
method for another farmer. IL
the timber will readily rot and
tho land - adapted to pasture, II
~ advisable 10 cutaway the wood,
and pasture the land until the
roots and stu nps decay. II this
method is adopted. the timber
SHOULD be cut dose 10 the ground
aud all cut timber burned during
a Dir, time. The sprouts and
brushes must be KEEP, down with
III axe.
\ ,wo.mulc stump pullcr can
nc used 10 good advantage when
the ground il wei, to re move nc
d,um size >iumps. The machine
viii remove practically ali The
roots from the land.
Dry s,ump~ can DC burned
out very easily by removing the
dirt from A,tund them tor ten
othficen inchcs deep and
apply chunks. logs, or pine
knots to keep the fires burning
day and night un,il tho ~tumps
aavc been burned for a, least
n.tccn inches below tho surface
OF tho ground.
Dsra1 IL. - the cheapest me.
thod for removing large size
-,omps. Bore a hole IN III,
stump Jus, below the surface
al the ground a, an angle Of for.
" hive degrees with the stump
Into this hole. bored with an
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1904-04-01
For Sale

have for sale a very fine reg.
istcrcd polled Bull, about one
year old. II you arc Interested
with me.
C.E. Thomas.
prat;v,llc Ma.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-19

la
been. born IN COHEN In 1871. :. His
success has been 20 marked that he has
already toured nearly every European
country. Theodore Thomas wos nego-
tiating with him to become g member
Of his orchestra at the time Nee ODER
hotter. secured his services for the Min
neapOlis orchestra.
The first orchestral concert will be
given Dec. 2 in Wesley church, and Mr..
Oberhoffer is much pleased with the
way his men are taking up the work ,
and believes that in every way the. re-
suits will be superior to those Of last
season, when even%o,t the most sanguino
were SUI prised with what Lad been &C
compl:shed in one season. -. =.
l. Probably two orchestral concerts will
be. giyon before the completion Of the
new auditorium, which is promised the
directors the middle Of January -.
Win the magnificent auditorium, an
orchestra that ranks with any in the
Unite.t States, with the exception Of
five well-known ones, a director, capable
and enthusiastic, and the famous solo,
lists, Madame Gadski, Bispham, de Pach.
mann, the season cannot fail to be an
inspiration and a. delight.
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medal of the Paris Salon. One Of Mr..

medal Of the Paris Salon. One Of Mr..
Ochtman g landscapes was purchased
from the Shaw fund of the Society Of
American Artists in 1902. Among Mr..
Redfeld's medals are the much-covet-
ed Temple medal of the Pennsylvania
academy exhibitions. Mr.. Shirlaw IS
list Of medals is a long one and Mr..
Woodbury's includes the first prize at
the Worcester exhibition last year.
thru next Sunday and as usual most
people are putting off until the last
their visits to it.
The Arts and Crafts society exhibi-'
tion will only continue one more day,
closing Monday nigth, as it's members
find one week about all the time they
can take from their own affairs to look
after an exhibition.
The pottery continues to receive a!
large share Of well-merited admiration,
the wheatley being especially liked for
it's soft, deep co1ors and fine, simple
shapes. There is much good work in
copper and brass, a copper sconce in
poppy design by John Christian being
pair Of wall candleholders and a knock
er in brass with verdigrene finish that
are strong in design and attractive in
color Among several articles admir-
able in design and workmanship by
Caroline Ogden is chafngdish set, in
Guiding a dish with a hammered copper
cover, stand and a tray. The pat
tern is very fttingly oyster shells and
seaweed. Mrs. Isadore P. Taylor and
Miss Jessie Preston have some fine
pieces of copperwork and Miss Preston
has also some of the best jewelry shown,
her taste in metal work being exquisite.
Rev. W. e. Barton Of Oak Park was
an interested visitor at the exhibition
this week and gave some interesting in
formation about the exhibition of
woven coverlets, portieres and sofacov-
ers sent by Berea college, in which he
was formerly a teacher. Mr.. Barton
said that the beautiful pine bloom pat
tern can be woven only by the most
skillful Of the. weavers. The red cover in
this pattern is the duplicate Of one
bought by Miss Helen Gould during a
recent visit to the college.
In the weaving department the mats
in soft colors made by Miss Marion Par
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-19
THE JOYS or SPELLBIlVDZlVG
THRU MINNESOTA TOWNS
cray EryOr Of minneapolis at Large Sheds LigAt
the Of CAMPAIGNING Fyacticed Coo.
e,worEzect Johnsow's Obbo,tumiy.

man told me that my speech at Clo-
quet was probably over the heads Of
my audience, but I diln t pay any at
tention to that, seeing that the same
criticism was passed on John Hays
Carnegie hall speech the same week.
John and know what the people ought
to have and we propose to give it to
them in our own way.
ALI Talked Of Ames Case.
At Cloquet I met a priest who as a
bow. went to school in Minneapolis with
one Doc Ames, before the war. Incl
dentally may say that in every town
I visited the people would taik to me
about the Ames case. It was the upper,
not meet single man but who believed
the prosecution should be dropped. f!
don It believe Ames could be convicted
in any county in Minnesota.
The second town on my list was Bag
ley, in Clearwater county. There are
some Minnesota towns | would consent H9;
apolis, but not in Bagley. It does not
seem an attractive place. But the, peo-
pie were cordial. They received me
with a brass band and marched me to
the Odd Fellows hall in a state Of
nervous perspiration. "Where are we
goings' I whispered family to the
rive have you billed for 4 O'Clock
to speak::to the farmers. Yog speak in
= On we plunged thru the mud, ar
rived at odd Fellows hall preceded BY
the band. There were In the ball the
tee and one man. Could he be the
he was the ianitor. He had never been
farmer. There had been some Mis-
take. The embattled farmers were not
with us In Clearwater county. I
learned later that the farmers being all
candidates for. local offices, had gone
out electioneering and left the world Of
Bagley to the Committee and to me. In
the evening I addressed 2 large lar meet T.
train for Cass Lake. The Committee
accompanied me to, the station still
apologizing for the absence Of the
farmers. I asked him not to grieve
about it but rather to take heart: Farm
ers who are. smart enough to dodge po'
litical meetings may yet save the coun-
try. >~**cC.*@
> Celebrities Of Walker.
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ties Of rag WEAVING on hand and oo ss and
have been much admired.
Among other artists in whom Min
neapolis has particular interest that
received honors at. the Louisiana Pur-
chase exposition were Max Bohm and
Lionel L. Walden, each of whom re-
ceived silver medals. Mr.. Bohm has
picture in the exhibition now on at the
Art Institute in Chicago. The Record
servedly a position of prominence. It
is called "a Strong Breeze and shows
a fishing boat with a dark red sail rid
ing an angry sea, a weather-beaten
sailor at the helm and a boy in the bow.
It is pronounced forceful and authori.
tattvespainting. "
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-19

Gratis always elect send officials. Every
body is il the game and they play it
like football for points. For instance
the night. Mayor Eustis spoke IN Stay
ton the democrats had local speakers,
in Currie and Iona, to keep the demo
Gratis at home. When spoke at Stay
ton the republicans returned the com n.
pllment: have nowhere seen a better
class Of business and professional men
in politics, however. I.
Coming home from Slayton on Nov.
e, q straw vote was taken on the Train,
which resulted, Roosevelt, 46; Parker;
l3; johnson, ~; Dunn, IL. It seemed
to foreshadow the result in Minnesota.:
always that Roosevelt would carry the
state; that Parker was making no i'm
preston whatever as a, cand idate; that
Dunn would be beaten the hardest IN
the biggest republican counties.
MI. johnson has been elected be-
cause the people had no use for Dunn.
that anti,Dunnism was q real issue.
John A. johnson has Just as great an
opportunity to smash rings and organ
ize the people as La Toilette.
The Campaign as College.
About spellbinding-i it is good ex.
perience to- go out into the state and
mix with the people. Minnesota is q
big state and we know nothing about it
unless we get out and come in actual
touch with the people Of different. sec.
tions. Ina political campaign you have
chance to see people at their best and
their worst-when they are very hope
full of victory or are@so fearful of de.
feat as to be ready to do anything to
avert it. It is a good time to strike an
average: This thing is true and it is
a hopeful sign for republican institu
lions that voting has done more to
sharpen. the wits and broaden the com
prehension Of the foreign-bo citizen
than anything else we have done fol
him. The campaign is his college.
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eled to Walker, where my great moral
show was billed for the 26th. Walker
is noted for the father Of Ed Rogers,
footballist, the oldest barber in Mime
sofa, it's hotel, its prospects and it's P.
H. McGarry. McGarry is the man who
built the hotel. He also managed it for
time and while he was manager Col
onel Cooper brought his band Of con-
gressmen from the south and east to
Walker to show them the new national
park. Colonel Cooper was a crank on
native dishes and he told McGarry,
"Native dishes, wild duck, Leech lake
fish, nothing but the native Would
you believe it, for a week before the
congress party came it rained,, showed,
hailed and churned Leech: lake to a
foam. No ducks, no fish, McGarrya
Well, some might have been troubled,
but not MeGarry; McGiarry ordered
cd them in wild rice. McGarry planked
Lake Superior white fish. ; McGarry
rubbed his hands and heard Colonel
Cooper say to Private John Allen,
"These are the real wild duck. Notice
the rice flavor. They feed on it and it
f1avors them1; and he heard Gil Hart
ley deny that the fish was as good as
Lake Superior white fish, tho: it was
pretty good article. This only illus
trates the reserve force Of the Ameri-
can man, and McGarry. is intensely
American. =. = - : =,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-19

SINGERS AT ST. PAUL
Big sangerfest Of 1905 to Be Held Id
% that CITY.

Citizens Of st. Paul will form the st.
Paul Sangerfest association, for the
purpose of arranging for the biennial
sangerfest of the Northwestern Sang
erbnnd which includes large number
Of German singing societies. The fest
VII be held [; in 1895. In order, to OBJ,
raise a guaranty fund Of $4,000 for
the entertainment Of the singers, and
for holding the grand concerts. It Is
proposed to cover Lennon field with
canvas roof, and convert the ball park
into a singers headquarters. Accom-
chorus of 1000 singers and an audience
of about 1000.
The lead in promoting the sanger
fest is taken by the Arion, Concordia
and Mozart singing societies.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-19

The American who does not fish or
/ hunt or spellbind is an incomplete citi-
zen I do not fish or hunt nor yet do
feel myself spellbinder of the first wa
ter. have talked politics some in ward
meetings whore you have ten minutes
to do your "turn ni ard give way va M !
grand rounds,' which consists in ad-
dressing as many meetings as you can
in one night. At the close Of the oam-
paign in 1898, I made tour of the
city with Governor Lind, which began
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-19
MUSIC
The Symphony Orchestra.

There will be. number Of new faces
in the Minneapolis Symphony orchestra
this season, not only in the strings,
which have been materially strep 9Th
ened, but especially among. the wood
winds. Fhe new horn soloist, Robert
Minsel, VIII, is to Join the orchestra this
wes!z, comes from the famous philhar.
monte orchestra of Leipzig, Germany,
where. he CAMEL vide reputation as a
master of his Instrument, and mu-
sician in the fullest sense Of the word.
Mr.. Minsel is vet young man, having
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-19
FIRST HONORS IN
NEW YORK SCHOOL
MISS, WAGNER OF MINNEAPOLIS
WINS SCHOLARSHIP.
News Of Minneapolis Students of Art
In Europe ARTISTS Of Note Who
Have Paintings at Public Library
Exhibitions Arts and Crafts Society
Exhibition Closes Monday Night.

The New York School Of Art, other
wise known as the Chase school, gets
most OF the Minneapolis art students
who go to New York to study, and
they render good account Of them
selves in the school, rejecting great
credit on Minneapolis and the local art
school.
At the exhibition this week of work
done in the summer classes, held at
Bayport, L. l., the first prize, a year 8
scholarship in the school, was awarded
to Miss Adelaide Magner, one of the
Minneapolis pupils. Her picture was
a study Of a fshnet reel on seabeach
strewn with yellow weeds.
This is Miss Magner's fourth year
in the New York school and she stud
led several years in Minneapolis, MAX
ing an excellent record.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-19

So accepted Frank Days brrbe Of a
mileage book.
at Camden Place at 7 p. M, and ended
in the Twelfth ward at midnight. We
each made fourteen speeches. The next
day was election and the survivors of
these meetings got out and voted for
us in the most beautiful spirit of for
giveness you ever saw. But this, am
told, is not. spellbinding as it is known
to the initiated: A spellbinder is one
mittee'; who 'tlills his dates,' and
who "addresses the people on the polit-
ical issues Of the day. The chairman
of the democratic state committee talk
ed to me one day long and loudly over
! ant for everybody around that said
| would! go over to his office and try
to convince him that Johnson could, be
elected without me, that In fact the
real peril to his campaign lay in, my
buttting in: Frank "a Day. Th4 is
"You know not what you say: The
country yearns for you. You will have
the time of your life. You will grow
I fat on beefsteak and eggs and corn
cakes. You will want to stay on the
road for life, but to protect your fam
I Nov. 49, He added considerablessrot
me. I didn' It believe much in this un-
til got out and found that there was
a great deal Of curiosity to see an ex-
mayor Of Minneapolis who was not in
where I spoke in the court house, 7 was
introduced as the only living ex-mayor
Of Minneapolis who is now at large
The suspicious thing about this town
was that the sheriff was on the recep-
ton committee, and that when I went
into Tho aourt h0upa ha bo
witness chair.
Took Frank Days Brtbe.
So I took Frank Days bride Of a
mileage book and went forth. I went
forth by the Great Northern: There
are ! several great things about this rail
It has great traffic. It also has cars
that have attained a great age.
The first town l actually invaded was
Oloquet,. and arriving there at clock,
I had plenty Of time to wish I was at
t RSmi ar 9sf3re thS mGsting go G0Gpot
world: 1t has taken the belt from Min
neapolis. It has also beaten Minneap-
oils out on the patrol limit idea. All
the saloons in Cloquet are confined to
an island in the, St. Louis river; There
cut off from contact with Legitimate
trade. If only the island should take q
notion to sink! Perhaps it may. Ar
island inhabited only by saloons might
want to drown ITSELF The committee
told me that Cloquet had many Scan
dinavians and that they would vote fol
Johnson whether I asked them to OF
not. So devoted my time to asking
them to vote for Winston and othe1
members of the ticket. have seen the
returns from Cloquet since, and I be
ieve the people stood by their origina
idea to vote for johnson notwithstand
ing the provocation of Oct. "a. One
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-19
"BLACK EYE ARTIST DEAD.

New York, Nov. 19.-Thomas Kean,
one Of the characters of the tenderloin
whose profession was unique, has been
found dead in his Sixth avenue office.
Kean was known as "the black eye
artist.' He made a business Of treat
ing damaged optics by painting over
the discoloration and had a great fol-
lowing which came from all classes Of
society.
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pine It has always been cheaper to
trespass than to buy. :. :,
Big Opening for New Governor.

The great mistake made was in Civ
ing; the auditor any authority to settle
cases. If he had been compelled to
prosecute, the state would have had to
obtain but one prominent conviction to
have stopped the whole business. Mr..
johnson, who has been elected governor,
has a way open to a second term. If he
begins vigorous prosecution of timber
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Journals Daily Puzzle.
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