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Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-04-25

DOR SALE-A covered wagon, glass
j. front and sides, will do for milk ped
der or baker etc, Thomas Sunderland,
Watertown Road. 4-22-3
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WANTED-S SPANISH WAR SOLDIERS
w to apply for two months extra pay
voted by congress. George Robbins, PEN
sion Attorney. SO Center street. Insurance,
I2.3l-ly
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ME PAY. the highest price for gentle
W. frieh's Cast of cfothihg. Prompt at.
tention paid TO mail orders. VIM. Posner.
3O3 Bank. o-2o-tf
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WANTED-Me or women local repre-
w sentatves for a high class magazine.
Large commissions. Cash prizes. Write
New York. N. Y. 2-l6-tf
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EOR RENT Eight rooms over Viking
u cafe, corner South Main and Grand
streets. Desirable for club rooms or board
ing house. Inquire at Bolin & Andersons.
Is A1Q-6
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IATE WANTS.

EOR SALE-Two portable ovens for
L. hotel or restaurant use. Inquire E. r.
Perkins, 100 Cook Street. 1855
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EOR SALE-Nice building lot on Easton
Il avenue, price only $3.50, regular price
$500. Inquire IA Bishop street. 4-22-3
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r OST-A new pair of gold trimmed speo-
~ tacles, in case rolled in piece Of news
paper. Lost this morning between 9 and 10
o'clock Between Brown street and Turn
bulls store. Finder please leave at Dem
ocrat office. 1928
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ITO RENT---Tenement of A rooms, In
Il quire at No. rs South Elm ST.
4.23-tf
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TOR RENT-A tenement, all modern
IL Improvements. Inquire John MORT
arity 1876 Broadway 4-23-tf
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Miscellaneous.

EOR RENT -Four rooms, 80 Dover
Il Street. 1888
Mower County transcript., 1904-04-06
Low Rates To California.

Commencing March 1st and continu-
ing daily until April 30th, the Iowa
Central Ry. will place on sale special
one way excursion tickets to San Fran
cisco, Los Angeles, etc. at reduction
Of $15.OO Only $3o.85 from Mason
City, Hampton, Eldora, Marshalltown;
$30.25 from Grinnell; $S29.25 from Oska-
loosa; $31.O0 from Monmouth, Peoria.
Corresponding low rates from other
points. -
A Pullman Tourist Car is run
through without change each Wednes-
day via Kansas City and the popular
Santa Fe System through New Mexico
and Arizona, arriving Los Angeles
Sunday morning 500 A. M. This car
runs through most delightful climate
at this season of the year, where snow
blockades are unknown and the passen-
ger is not lnconvenienced on account
Of cold.
Mower County transcript., 1904-04-06
a. c.: CD H

Food Department of Zion, was q
business visitor in Owatonna Friday.
One remark made by Mr.. Crane to
the Chronicle reporter summed up his
attitude toward "Eijah II" and his gi-
gantic enterprise, when MIR Crane said
"My! [ tell you, sir, everything looks
fine here in Owatonna this morning
almost makes one wish he were back
here with his family" Mr.. Crane is
no longer member of the DoWie
church and when asked why he had left
he explained that there were some very
beautiful things taught from the Bible
bythe Dowie' Interpretation but Ola
the other hand there were "some things
and some people connected with it
which, and Mr.. Crane expressed
the rest of his thought with froWn of
disapproval.
Mr.. Cranes family still reside within
the sacred precincts of Zion, but Mr..
Crane is again travelling representative
for the Hunter-W alton Commission
Company, and will once more take up
his duties as buyer throughout this
territory and make frequent calls on
the creamery officials Of this section.
lie stated that he saw MI. Sperrv
and Mrs. Ware in Zion short time
ago and that both seemed contented,
Mr.. Sherry is troubled with severe
headaches, which Mr. Crane attributed
to catarrh.
1t is quite probable that Mr.. Crane
and his family will return to Owatonna
as soon as he can dispose of his real
estate holdings in Zion.
Mower County transcript., 1904-04-06
ITEn OF INTEREST TO FARMERS.
Contributed by the Northwestern Hide
& Fur Co., Minneapolis, rlinn,

Each year there are many thousands
of cows, horses and sheep that die by
sickness or accident that have hides on
that will bring good prices if taken off
properly and promptly salted and sent
to market. It is more important to
salt hides taken from dead animals
than those that are slaughtered, for the
sticking draws out most of the blood
from the hides as we'll as the meat Of
such. Not SO with the animal that
dies without being b]ed, hence the
necessity of prompt and we'll salt ing.
To do this it requires a bucket OF salt
to good sized hide, smaller in prcpor-
tion. Such hides if we'll taken off and
not cut with holes will bring full value.
AS large cow, bull OF steer hide brings
from $40 to $500, horse hides half
that much, sheep pelts from so cents
to 81. 90 and calf skins Is cents to $50.
you see how it pays to save them.
The wool from dead sheep, when the
hide is spoiled is worth saving also.
Some people think sheep when the
hide is spoiled is not worth saving.
Some think they cannot afford to take
one or more of the good farm papers
and yet one COW or horse hide saved
will pay several years subscriptions.
Farmers, carry out our suggestions and
you will thank us for telling you of it.
Take them off right, follow instruc-
tions on sailing and you will get num-
Der one price, if you send them to a
good firm. Do not be deceived by
buyers who tell you hides and skins
from dead animals are not worth half
the price Of those from slaughtered
animals. Il. .a@ SIS
Mower County transcript., 1904-04-06
HOneSeekers Rates.

On the first and third Tuesdays of
each month the Iowa Central Ry. sells
special homeseekers round trip .excur-
sion tickets to points in the Northwest,
West, Southwest, South and Southeast
at one fare plus two dollars. Return
limit twenty one days from date of
sale and stopovers permitted. On same
dates special one-way rates in effect fol
benefit of settlers. Call on agents fol
full particulars or address. a. B. Cults
G. z. & T. a., Minneapolis, MINI.
Mower County transcript., 1904-04-06
New r1achine Shop.

The machinery and stock of the old
foundry formerly owned by Carlson e
Anderson has been removed to PIG
Chatham street, east of court house,
where we are equipped to handle your
work in the machinery and boiler re-
pair line in first class manner.
Plumbing, steam and hot water heat
ing in connection. Estimates promptly
furnished.
c.. ARTHUR CARLSON.
Mower County transcript., 1904-04-06
FROM SOUTH AMERICA.
A Former Austin Boy Writes of his
Experiences on Argentine Re-
public Farms.
Las Martlnetas, Argentine Republic.
January 20, 1904.

January 20, 1904. !
I left Newton, Iowa, October II,
coming by way of England and Spain
to the Argentine Republic, arriving at
Buenos Aires, which has been my
headquarters, in November. [ expect
to start back about Feb. 20 by way of
England for Minnesota.
am here in the interests of the Par
sons Band Gutter & Self Feeder Co.,
and will say that have been very sue
cessful in attaching feeders to English
and German threshers, which are moth
ing like the American machines, and
as their cylinders are not spike cylin-
ders, it is quite a problem to solve.
Threshing in the northern province is
about over The machines here in the
south are just beginning to start thresh-
ing. This is one of the greatest grain
and stock countries [ ever saw.
Ordinary sized farms are something
that are not known in this country.
The size of an "estancia" or grain
ranch, is about one league square,
which is nine square miles of land.
At San Pedro, where put OUT a feed
er, the owner of the "estancia" had
three threshing machines, which work
ed the whole season on his own ''estan-
cia." They used from twenty to thirty
men to each outfit, not counting the
grain haulers. All of his machines
were Of English make, with the excep-
ton of one which was a Port Huron
engine.
Every man working carries a big
knife, which ranges from twelve to
thirty inches i'll length.
Most of the carts that they haul the
grain on are tWo-Wheeled, the average
height being about nine feet. The
cart-horse has saddle on and is strap
ped between two heavy shafts. Then
they have from nine to twelve horses,
hitched from every conceivable place
that chain could be hooked on, to the
cart, and fastened to ring on one side
of the saddle-girt A Spaniard perched
on top Of his big cart, which holds
about three hundred bushels of wheat,
and with war whoops and cracks of
whip they pull this load to the nearest
station or port.
[ must tell you how they move their
portable engines and threshers in this
country. They hitch from eight to ten
yoke Of oxen to an engine, the yokes
being nothing more than straight
sticks, lashed to the horns, and the way
they use the long brads and make the
blood flow from these oxen is something
that would never be allowed in the
United States. They have no feeling
whatever for the poor dumb brute.
In regard to wild game will say that
the North American traveller on his
hunting vacation would have a picnic
here, as the ostriches, wild turkeys, par
tridges, ducks and hare are plentiful in
this country, and if one would like to
spend day in the mountains, he
could have quite an experience shoot
ing South American lions.
will not say anything about the no.
tel accommodation in this country, as
Ispend most Of my time fighting t1eas
The climate is excellent, and the soil
is good. What the country needs is
improvement in government, and
schools. There are no schools here eX-
cept in the cities. Yours truly,
EZRA L. GRIFFIN.
Mower County transcript., 1904-04-06

If, you wish skin that is fair and
soft use Coles Carbolisoap. It heals
skin irritations and removes pimples
and blackheads. Coles Carbolisalve is
an absolutely pure, refreshing and
delicately perfumed toilet requisite.
BY all druggists.
Mower County transcript., 1904-04-06
Austin Steam Laundry.

Patronize home institutions and
have your laundry work done at The
Austin Steam Laundry in the highest
style of the art. No chemicals used
Laundry delivered free of charge
Give us trial.
7. NJ. BURNHAsI, Proprietor.
Mower County transcript., 1904-04-06
FARMER BEN'S COLUMN

:asI was thinkin' the other day about
the sociability and good feelin' among
the old settlers in pioneer days. When
I3frst come to this county, naybors
We're few and far between but we
didn't think anything about loadin' up
in.the old OK cart and goin' off six or
eight miles to spend the day with nay
bprs. We didn't think it hard gettin'
into Austin for meetin' and such, half
ss,sSsssmuch as folks do now. And when
NY ether n those days, there,
want no high nor low but we was all
equal and all sociable. We'd sit right
down and have set-to for half a day
visitin' and there want any such stiff
and fashionable actions then as now
days. We used to have all things in
common and if one naybor got flour
or corn meal the rest had some. No.
body was stuck up. My wife was just
as good in calico dress when she
went visitin' as if she could have
swung silks and satin It amt
much nowadays as it was then. Every
body now is in set and if you don't
belong to my set don't know you.
It's got SO folks can't go visitin' so
much now because they've got to wear
new dress every visit to keep up with
the procession. Folks are judged by
their dress and style rather than by
their goodness of heart and | verify be-
lieve that there are simpletons up to
Austin SO stuck up and proud that
they would rather not be seen speakin'
to Farmer Ben on the streets because
he wears common clothes. Id rather
have the old times.
My renter is gettin' scary about his
seed corn. lie has been tryin' it to see
how it will start and LIN buggered if
lots of it amt too weak to be vigorous
and strong. We thought we had taken
good care Of it too. [ calkerlate that
there was too much water in it last
summer and fall and the germ has
contracted dampness durin' the winter
and away it goes for bang up seed.
Maybe nobody else is in the same fix
but I'm suspicious that straight in
vestigation and trial will discover lots
of apprehension about seed corn. Other
seed is likely to be in somethin' of the
same fix. Tnever got heavy oats from
light and chaff seed and l never got
bouncin' potatoes from walnut sized
seed. The best place for light seed is
on the chatfy side of a fannin' mill
every time. The frost is comm out of
the ground in good shape and we'll be
at seedin' soon after the 10th which is
early enough for oats and too early for
barley. Wheat ought to get in as early
as the ground can be got onto but as
there amt bushel of wheat raised in
Mower county except at a loss when
investment is considered, we amt in
terested in wheat as we used to be in
the good old times before 1877. l tell
you in breedin' plants or animals every
thing depends on the quality Of the
sire and dam. You can get nothin'
out of nothin'. Vigorous seed means
vigorous progeny and weak scrub seed
means shack crops of grain. 49,.
: 8
O. O. q ~.
I'd like to know when those hogs up
Ito st. Paul will get thro bleedin' the
Mower County transcript., 1904-04-06
Trees For Sale.

Evergreens, Ash, Elm, Blackwalnut
and other shade trees in limited
quantities, south Of South Bridge. Il
II 5ssz !. zxs J. A. THOMPSON,
6w s * Austin, MINI.
Mower County transcript., 1904-04-06

From James W. Davidson's The Great Siber-
ian Railway in the April Century.
Mower County transcript., 1904-04-06
Out of Zion City :
FARMER BEN,
From Owatonna Chronicle:

From OWatonna Chronicle:
J. w. Crane, a former resident of
Owatonna, who went to Zion, Illinois,
a few years ago to join the Dowieites
and afterwards held q responsible posi-
tion as superintendent Of the Fresh
Mower County transcript., 1904-04-06

rest of the state for improvements.
They amt satisfied with a big six mil
lion dollar new state house steal which
has kept poor di]apidated old St. Paul
from starvation for years by furnishin'
work. Now they're commencin' to
talk about a big half million dollar
governors residence to match the
extravagant statehouse. Wouldn't that
queer you? Just as if the taxpayers of
the state outside hadn't been soaked
enuf already. What does a governor
want of royal palace any how? There
amt many Of 'em~ that would know
how to act in such big home. Why,
spose homespun Farmer Ben that has
alwus been used to plain livin' and
furnishin's should be elected governor,
he would get lost in such style. The
worst of it all is that such extravagant
projects alWus mean lot Of extra ex-
pense which the state must buck up.
There'll be big fuel bills for heatin'
and for hired help and for servants and
for keepin' up that would phase even a
merger billionaire. [ tell you we are
gettin' away from the simplicity Of our
fathers and mothers and it's tendin
toward the dump pile if we don't hold
up. a governor amt any better than
any body else and oughtn't to be en-.
couraged to get the big head and liv in
awful high style.
Mower County transcript., 1904-04-06

One of the grave problems that is
bein' discussed down at Chicago is
whether pigs and colts on the farm are
raised with greater intelligence than
the children of Chicago and the atlirma-
tive seems clearly to hav the best Of it.
L tell you the way children are boxed
up in school and run unframed at
home is caution in these latter days.
| wonder what kind of a horse or cow
would be got out Of a colt or calf that
had to sit up still in an unnatural
position on a hard wood seat for six
hours a day with leetle chance to
change position and in stinkin' air that
is worse than barn. | lay down the
proposition that if we brought up our
boys and girls with the same intel
ligence that the farmer shows when he
raises pigs and colts we would hav far
more sound men and women among us.
This is thrice true in moral trainin' and
gettin' into rite habits. Spose we didn't
train and break colt when the right
time was. Spose we didn't train a
heifer to stand for milkin' at the right
time. Why, we'd hav all kinds of
trouble later. There's right time and
right way to train boys and girls as
we'll as animals. There's no use of
losin' your head at the business either.
A steady hand and a cool righteous
Judgment go long way. I calkerlate
that folks put in days lookin' after
their business and crops and colts and
pigs where they put in minutes schem-
in to bring up their children in the way
they should go.
FARMER BEN.
Mower County transcript., 1904-04-06
Great Special Bargains
1EEGD E@iT7$

Silk Leaders of Southern Minnesota.
4 silk event any woman ought to take
+ advantage of.
4 Black Taffetas.
22 inch, 75c quail y................ 53c
RI inch, $1.00 quality ........ 49,. S3c
q inch, SIPS quality ty.............. 9Sc
36 inch, SIPS Quality. 0Sc
H. Peau= de=SOie.
22 inch, $1.00 quality. y.............. Soc
R4 inch, SIPS quality. y............. oSc
27 inch, $3.50 quality $l.23
i 10 per cent off On all Colored Silks.
3 Suits.
q If any Lady needs Suit, now is the
Best time and here is the place. We are
going to sell all Suits at such a reduction
that everybody ought to have one,
I Children's Stockings.
25c kind for ................... I0C
Use kind for TIC
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-12-17
CASES NOT SIMILAR.
Government wins Contention an.
Land Cases will Proceed

Portland, Or, Dec. 14.-Argumo,.
in the contention Of the defense :.
the land fraud cases that the povo."
ment is about to prosecute Puter. NJ
Kinley and other defendants convic.s,
last week on an indictment pratctical
ly the same as that which resulted :
last weeks conviction, and that ,h4
prisoners. should the pending cas-
come on trial, will be placed twice ~
jeopardy, contrary to the constitut;oa
of the United States, were heard vss
terday.
Counsel for the defense argued tho.
the conviction last week was on an u
dictment charging that the governmsn,
had been defrauded of public land
Sin township H." and that the case
set for today is based on the charge ~
defrauding the government of pubEo
lands Sin Oregon" lni
After the arguments on both sides
Judge Bellinger decided that the cases
were dissimilar, and that there was NJ
reason why the second trial should No,
proceed. The selection of jury to trv
the second case is now in progress.
Marie Ware, acquitted last week bv
order of the court, will be defendant
in the new case.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-12-17
INTERSTATE COMMISSION.
Strong Effort for the Enlargement Of
It's Powers.

Washington, Dec. 12.-Enlargement
Of the powers Of the interstate com.
MERGE commission is one of the ques
tions which will be pressed vigorously
at the present session of congress. 1t
is said that in the mind of President
Roosevelt no problem is more import
ant that this to all the people.
In conference with members of the
senate and house the president has en-
phasized the views he advanced in his
message in favor Of the extension Of
the powers of the interstate commerce
commission.
With several mem bers he discussed
the subject last week. Until 1897 the
commerce exercised the power to reg
ulate freight rates. but the supreme
court then decided that under the law
the commission had no such authority
Western embers of congress especially
have urged that the power recommend
ed by the president be conferred by law
upon the commission.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-12-17
MINNEAPOLIS BLAZE.
Bire in the Business District Cause!
Heaxy Damage-TwO Lives
Are Lost.

Minneapolis, Dec. 1.-Two firemen
lost their lives, several persons were
injured and property valued at $780,
900 was destroyed by a fire which
burned nearly all night last night and
required aid from st. Paul to prevent
its spread.
The fire started in the Photographic
supply house of 0. Fl. Peck & Co., on
Fifth street, and in less than half an
hour this building was a mass of
wreckage. Next to the Peck building
stood the furniture supply house OF
Boutelle Bros, the largest house Of the
kind in the Northwest.
The Northwestern Bank building,
the Phoenix Office building, the Ma
tional Bank of Commerce, the New
York Life building and many other big
Office buildings were within the fire
zone and for a time seemed in danger
of being wiped out.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-12-17
+. CAUSE FOR WORRY.
Europeans Afraid America Will ROl
Them of Art Treasures.

Europeans Afraid America Will Rob
Them of Art Treasures.
Berlin, Dec. 14.-The election OF j.
P. Morgan to be president of the board
of trustees of the Metropolitan Museum
of Arts at New York caused Siegfried
Lilienthal, one of the best known art
critics in Berelin, to see in this action
increased danger of the United States
stripping Europe of her art treasures,
and he has begun an agitation for in.
ternational action to prevent art ob-
jects going to the United States.
Mr.. Lilienthal has obtained the
written views of the directors Of a
large percentage Of the directors OF art
galleries at European centers. With
the exception of Privy Counsellor Will
helm Bode, director of the Royal Gal
lery at Berlin, they are all in favor OF
laws to prohibit the taking of works
of art from Europe to America.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-12-17
FINE HERDS FOR PORTLAND.
More Space for Live Stock at ex-
position.

More Space for Live Stock at tx-
position. :
Portland, Or, Dec. 13.-The portion
of the Lewis and Clark fair Grounds
which was allotted to the exhibition
Of live stock, it is thought, will prove
inadequate to the demand, and arrange
ments are being made to enlarge it,
Anything further than ali exhibition
of the highbred stock from the farms
Of the North Pacific coast was not
contemplated by the state commission
in the first place. Since the conven-
ton of the International Live Stock
Association at Chicago, it has devel-
oped that breeders all over the country
are planning to send the best of their
herds to Portland next year. This has
prompted the exposition authorities to
increase the apportionment for premi-
ums from $40, 200 to sos, 900, and to
consider the advisability of increasing
the space to be devoted to the display.