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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-02
Short Line to St. Louis and Hot

The CROCK Island' is the popular
route to St. Louis and Hot Springs:
Double daily service with Pullman
Standard Sleepers via Albert Lea, Burl-
ingtont and Hannibal. For literature
and tickets apply to A: T. Steece, City
Passenger Agent, 1922 Nicollet avenue,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-02

Pe-ru-na the Only Medicine They Use.
mn RS. THREsA ROOKIE, 25s N
IVA A Areasufer ladies lz o of tEs Mae
cabees, writes:
"In our home Peruna is the only
medicine we have. Grandmother,
mother, father and child all have used
Peruna. It is our great remedy for
catarrh of the stomach and head, colds,
or female complaints, of which it has
cured me- We find it of great value
catches cold. A couple of doses cure
him. If the baby has collie or any
stomach disorders, a dose or two will
cure her. consider Peruna finer than
any doctors medicine I have ever tried
and know that as long as we have II
in good health. ''-Thresa Rookie.
Mrs. Friedrich of Central Park, L. I.
Thinks Highly Of Pe-ru-na.
Mrs. M. Friedrich, Central Park, L. T.
N. Y, writes:
~ thank you for your kindness il
answering my letters. l know. YOU
treatment has done me wonderful good
When / first commenced to take 1t
had catarrh of the throat and stomach
I think highly of Peruna, and would
not be without bottle of it in the
house. 1t is also good for breaking W
colds, if taken in time. Even my little
boy will ask for it when he has a cold
Wherever [ can praise Peruna I will
do so.''-Mrs. M. Friedrich.
Pe-ru-na Cured After Doctors Failed
Mrs. Martha Moss, R. F. D. S, Chip
pewa Falls, Wis, writes:
''Our little s-year-old girl is wei
now and you do not know how grateful
we are. Some of our best doctors hat
given her up. This spring she. took :
bad cold and cough. When her cougl
was relieved, she began TO have pain
in her legs. She also complained o
pains in her stomach, and her kidney
were in bad condition. One docto
called it a general run down condition
and another said it was appendicitis
They changed her medicine severa
times, but it did not help her. In Jul
got a bottle of Peruna and commence
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-01
walking Gait.

Walking is one of the gaits that are
nearly always neglected, and yet an
active, quick, clear footed walk is a
valuable gait to the horse intended for
the farm, for use as a roadster or for a
saddler. A horse broken to harness is
generally trained for awhile at the side
Of some steady old animal, and the
youngster, if inclined to walk fast, soon
begins to learn that it is not the thing
to do. For that reason it is best to
break a young horse in single harness
or under the saddle, and train him to
be a good walker as we'll as good at
other gaits. A three-year-old is gener-
ally a better walker than he will be at
any other age if he is kept as a harness
horse un;ess specially trained with a
view to Brisk. active movement in that
gait.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-01
HINTS O
An Experience with. Dat Hay.

An G1V6I1GnCG vV1tM. V8t may
We always seed our oats with a drill,
using a good fertilizer on them at the
rate Of $50 pounds per acre, writes an
Allegheny county Pa.) farmer TO the
Rural New Yorker. Last spring l
bought 500 pounds muriate Of potash
to use with the fertilizer as an expert
ment. It was sifted to break Jumps
and about sixty pounds per acre mixed
with the usual dressing Of fertilizer.
The oats looked fine upon the start,
and when harvested many said they
had never seen finer oats grown. When
thrashed, there vas q good yield Of
very fine grain, but not sc large a
yield as had been expected, eve acres
yielding an average of only forty BUSH
els per acre, but the straw was a sight
to make n glad-long, leafy and soft.
We began by trying to bed our horses
with it, but by morning their stall
floors were bare. They had eaten it
clean. Then we began to feed it In
stead of hay and have fed it to horses.
with an occasional feed Of hay given
for change, until the present date.
They do we'll on it SO far and are not
constipatc2, as is usually the case
when oat straw is fed. Iexpect to make
the experiment again this year. using
much more seed per acre, as last years
crop seemed to indicate that the plants
might have stood much thicker and
still had enough and plenty of
food. 1 might add that we have found
On u heavy clay soil that the crop
does better when the ground is we'll
plowed as deep as the soil will stand.
with the burrows laid close together.
and hen only enough narrowing to
bring it to an even surface, the less
narrowing the better. The plan Of
seeding grass in the fall without any
nurse crop has been practiced here by
us for many years. The use of redtop
is d very marked improvement over
sowing timothy alone.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-01
Burned Cobs For Hogs.

Burned corncob, if you have no
charcoal, mixed with some wood ashes
and a little salt, kept where the hogs
can get it. is one of the best regulators
that hogs can be given to keep them in
healthy condition. AS to the manner
Of burning these cobs. n breeder says
to dig a hole in the ground five feet
deep, one foot in diameter. at the bot
tom and five feet at the top. using this
hole us a charcoal pit. Into this pit
place some combustible matter and
ignite. 10 this gradually add dry corn
cohs until the pit is full. After the
flames have thoroughly penetrated
these cobs place over the pit a sheet
iron v so as to exclude the air. If
there are any crevices around the edge
these should be covered with soil. In
the course of ten or twelve hours the
charcoal will be ready for use.
This charcoal may be fed alone to
hogs or mixed in the following way:
Six bushels of corncob charcoal. eight
pounds of salt, two quarts of air slaked
lime and one bushel of wood ashes.
The charcoal should be broken up fine
and these substances thoroughly mixed
together. One writer adds to this mix.
ture one and a quarter pounds Of cop
peras, which he dissolves in hot water.
afterward sprinkling this over the mix.
ture. The mixture may then be fed to
hogs at certain intervals, or, what is
better, it may be placed where the hogs
nav hovn fraa aocoSS IN IL of oil tinoc
Indiana Farmer.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-01
Source of Much Discrimination.


Watch that paper which ''pokes fun"
at country life or caricatures the farm
er. There are such papers. The farm
err is shown to the city reader as a
SLOUGH, wearing whiskers closely re-
sembling a goats beard; the women are
freaks, and sometimes the entire rural
community is shown on the verge of
drunkenness. Coarse sports and coars-
er characters are assigned to the people
living in the country. Beware of such
papers, for they only seek rural readers
to sell liquors and introduce into the
farmers home questionable advertis-
ing. Much of the dissatisfied feeling
among our young people can be traced
to the ridicule heaped upon country
people by some of these would be fun
ny pictures appearing in papers that
continually seek readers along the ru-
raj routes.-Farm and Ranch.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-01
TO Organize o Political Action.

TO FOT FO11t1Ca1 ACt1Ons
Gerome Carly, feneral counsel of the
Allied National Agricultural Societies
Of America, states that an extensive
canvass is to be made shortly in be-
half of the allied societies throughout
New York, Connecticut and New Jer-
sey for the purpose of welding the
farmers into an organization through
which their demands will be respected
by the leaders of the political party. 1t
is claimed that if handled like the po-
litical organizations of large cities the
farmers of the states mentioned can by
concerted effort decide the next presi-
Dental election. MI. Carly says that
between now and next June he will
make a personal tour of this territory
for the purpose Of showing the farm
ers their powerfully. e. Mitchella
Washington Letter.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-01
1ae WORLD


Ben Jordan, the champion feather
weight Of Great Britain, who has been
reported to be planning a trip to the
United States to meet Terry Mccoy
ern, has a formidable reputation.
Jordan's many victories across the
water have placed his stock fur above
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-01
The Henley Dates.

The annual Henley England) regat-
ia will take place on July 5, 6 and Z.
American rowers are no longer greatly
interested in these regattas because Of
the treatment accorded them in the
past.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-01
Speedy Argo Director.

Robert Steel of Doylestown, Pa, has
cold the pacing mare Argo Director,
2:18h, by Director, PIT. out of Argo,
dam of Crafty, 2:O97a, to R. H. Shock
ency of Kirkwood, Del. She has been
timed a mile in a race in 2:13E.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-01
Result of vigilance

External vigilance is the price of
peace, you know"
Il don't know anything Of the kind.
Ny wife meets me at the head of the
stairs every night, and there's always
war."-Yonkers Herald.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-01
Entire. For the Brighton Cup.

Entries For the Brighton Cup.
Nominations thus far received for the
Brighton Cup, Brighton Beach, N. Y,
by Secretary Boden number forty-six,
as against a complete nomination Of
forty-three last year. This is n Of
the most popular events at a distance
in eastern racing, and it is a great pity
that the field is not numerically SO
strong as it generally is in quality.
Owners enter we'll each year, but the
field is generally a small one, which is
to be regretted.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-01
Bo.ton ~Interchange.

Billings-Well, I must say / "
raw such cheek!
T~aylor-That's because you are SO
confoundedly farsighted, you know.
You can't see things right under your
own ~eyes.-Boston Transcript.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-01
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Auto Race..

The University of Pennsylvania Au-
tomobile club has challenged Yale, Har-
ward, Princeton and Cornell to compete
in a series of auto races for the cham
pionship of the colleges.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-01
Escape.

Narrow Escape.
Virgins (the coachman)-What a
shocking accident almost happened Is
I was driving mistress in the park this
morning!
Bobbins (the butler)-Wiggins!
Wiggins-Oh, yes. A fat man slipped
and fell, sprawling on the ground most
comic, and I came near smiling
Browning's Magazine.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-01
sympathy.

Mr.. Ferguson-Laura, how much more
have you got of this new breakfast
food?
Mrs. Ferguson-Enough to last us a
month yet. That reminds me, George,
that I heard a mouse last night in the
drawer where we keep it.
Mr.. Ferguson-Poor thing!-Chicago
Tribune.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-01
All Put On.

"Say," remarked little Tommy, who
had heard his father and mother dis
cussing investments, "pa just said
something about an outside figure
Wonder what that is,
"Why, ma has one," replied his sis
ter Ethel. Its the padded one she
wears when she goes out."-Philadel-
phia Press.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-01
Fitz Is a Golfer Now.

FItZ II u UOIIeF NOW.
Bob Fitzsimmons is learning to play
golf. He has reached the age when he
must seek some sport less strenuous
than fighting.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-01
No Love Lost.

Judge (sternly)-Didn't I tell you last
week I never wanted to see you here
again?
Prisoner-Oh, yer honor, I hates the
sight of you wussern' you hates the
sight of me.-Detroit Free Press.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-01
Perennial.

II suppose Lizzie Oletimer is glad it
Is leap year." said the soft spoken He
loise.
II don't suppose it makes much diff
ference to her." replied the mellow
voiced Irene. 'She has been jumping
at every chance she saw for fifteen
years."-Judge.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-01
M or THE HOUR
Benent. Of Seeing Double.

nenGmt0 Oh SCc1u8 DOUOACs
A resident Of one Of the small towns
went to the city to consult an eminent
oculist, whose fee is never less than
e10. The stranger was rather green in
appearance, so the doctor thought to
have a little fun at the expense of his
rural visitor. A prism was placed be-
fore his eyes in order to test the mus
eles.
"Why. DOCTOR" exclaimed the pa
hent, 81 see two candles!"
"Indeed!' replied the doctor. you
are very fortunate"
Elbow SOP
"Why, just think what an advantage
you have over the rest Of US! You see
everything double, and beautiful pic
lures, charming landscapes and lovely
faces are all repeated to you"
When the prescription for the proper
glasses was written the man from the
country. without a smile, laid n five
dollar bill on the table with the re-
mark:
"There. doctor; there's $40 for you"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-01

Contention In the Auto Industry.
"Down Eros! Up Mars!' is the bat
tie cry in the automobile industry. The
air teens with complaints of infringe
ment Of patents, violation of agents
rights of territory, rivalry of associa-
lions, scorn of European manufacture
ers for American cars. contempt of ma
tive builders for the result of foreign
cars on our highways, strife for fair
legislations for automobilists on the
highways and a general knocking"
Of each and every machine by its
competitors. Will the automobile pull
through this knot of difficulties? The
optimist hopes and believes it will.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-01

BEN JORDAN, FAMOU BRITISH PUG1LIsT.
would make short work of Terry.
McGovern, however, has a far differ
ent opinion, and so have many Amer
lean pugilistic followers. But time
alone will tell.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-01

Aggravated awful blue, dom
cher know.
Miss ~Flip-Then I must be color
blind.
Algy-Weally, law don't-er-
gwasp your ideah.
Miss Flip-Well, you look green.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-01
A SnFt Anawer.

A Soft Answer.
An. Irishman was called upon to give
evidence in a shooting ARRAY.
"Did you see the shot fred?" asked
the magistrate.
NO. sor, but I heard it." replied the
witness.
'That is not satisfactory. Step down."
AS the Irishman turned to go he
laughed and was rebuked by the mag
%istrate. who told him it was contempt
Of court.
"Did yez see me laughy !
"No, but ] heard you"
"That IS not satisfactory"
And then the court laughed.-Green
Bag.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-01

HOrse Boxing, LondOn's New Fad.
Horse boxing has become the latest
fad Of London. 1t has taken the place
at one Of the cakewalk and the circus.
Every night thousands Of persons go
to Covent Garden, where two splendid
Arab horses put up as spirited and in
teresting a fstic-or, rather, pedal
bout as is to be seer in any roped arena
In England.
The equine boxers are led into a
large square Enclosure, where their
fore feet are wrapped with heavy bags.
which, when adjusted, look very much
like boxing gloves. Them, at a word
from their seconds, they leave their
corners and walk to the center Of the
ring. There they rise on their hind
legs and with their gloved fore legs
held out as arms begin the fray.
Like two scientific knights of the
padded mitts," they spar for openings,
and then full swings, jolts, jabs and
upper cuts follow in lightning success
sion. The horses seem to enter thor
oughly into the thing, and the specta-
tor goes away convinced that the
| equine bout was much more in earnest
than many of those seen in the prize
ring.
In sparring, the horse has not only
to think about the effect of his pedal
blows on his opponent. He must also
consider their effect on himself, lest he
lose his balance and topple w back
ward. A wild swing sends him on all
tours, while a well planted blow upon
his opponent will send him rolling or
his side.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-01
Her stand For Principle.

"Are you at all familiar with Ho'
mer?". asked Mrs. Oldcastle.
"Oh, mercy, nor replied her hostess
II believe in teachin' these men dress
makers to know their places, just as
much as the coachmen."-Chicag
Record-Herald.
World's cresset., 1904-07-07

lie did no, lei religion.
liu VI his buslmss through the week days
*, But un Sundav morning,
lie WIS righteous like an meek.
licensed 10 have u manner,
Tha, w,ala nuke clowE feel blue,
lie used 10 chill his ntehbvrs.
And his hcmc was chilly TOO,
But in church on SUNDAY,
Y,u could never lind him late,
And vixen it came soothing.
In religion he was great
SINE people call him brother,
Somc vail him names.
The later people being.
Those who fa,h"mtdall his aims
II died in proper session,
Crosses! u,,,p a,.otler shore;
Aud his II what st. Peter told Lin al
door,
/ while you were good on Sunday,
Through the wntk yuii were tough'
II nee when speak vunr sentence,
Do no, think tina; ani rough;
Now YOU can spend your sunda,s IL
heaven,
But through The week We are going "a
give you hell
| Now kind correspondents and ft'end'
| ,ou know that this is only = h,tle J IKE,
Kind readers being this my first tim'
I will not worry your mind.
| But will Just wish you and The I'D
success and lay ny old pencil away an'
say l will come again, 50 good bye.
World's cresset., 1904-07-07
THE SANDRED
BRANCH STORY.

Kind Ed. II you will allow me
space in yoar valuable paper.
Rain, rain plenty OF il down
here.
pio~inx corn seems to be tho
order OF the day.
Della Derryberry had tho ms,
fortune Of getting snake bit last
Saturday week.
Kind Editor if You can make
out half OF these words you can
beat me.
Mr.. Frank Mobley Of Summers
vile Was seen in our rough looking
county Sunday.
Wo wont want for peaches an1
apple this year Tor thero IS plen'y
of them in our community.
Church ut Rock Ford every tirs
Saturday andsunday mach mon'a "a
There is a certain man in onr community
That thought he was aChr'siah'
He never missed church meeting
| And was always glad TO PRAY
World's cresset., 1904-07-07
OHlLDREN'S
COLUMN.
Christ The Teacher.

GHtlDslN, among The moral and
religious pieces written either IN
prose, poetry which books contain;
the little pupils of all the Chr
tlan Schools, and Sunday Schools
Of the world Will recognize the ef-
fualons Of one whose voice shook
the earth, at one time, and who
supplied the great and noble les.
sons, now furnished us ~ the Bib.
le, such MS, suffer little children
TO come unto me and forbid them
not for such IS the kingdom of
heayen'-And whose living exam.
plo the future can never eradicate
the look Of attention and the tone
Iof henevolence, in which these
lessons become great teacher 10
Us hschildron, those lessons indeed
conveyed are indeed missed by D
selfish world.
But His spirit will speak to tho
hearts OF those who will DO sub.
misslve to His will--Speaklng of
hm who torsoolS his bright home
A
above for n time to grant to us
children the prlyiledge Of taking
his Example for pattern of our
lives and be as kind to each other
as lie is to US, and as He showed
Himself to bo to the disciples, we
hope these truths will not fail 70
come e our beartsand minds. this
one salutary truth, that tho high.
est attalnments OF Il child and
!, scholar can only be FUR
4 thdred, exalted, and en-nobled by
his devne example in and Ly
Christianity and Religion; that
the lnstre Of such lenius never APP
r pears to such advantage as
4 through the vail of humility.
And that The moral beauty Of vir.
:, tue itself acquires nn additional
charm when exercised in tho cause
Of Christ so little folks lot us righr
often FOR him and his cause and
I sing loud his praise and loud
his name to the skies Us our great
: and loble teacher.
Maud Dawson,
World's cresset., 1904-07-07
stra ' Notice.

On Wednesday Juno 90 A rod
mnlcy year'ing steer, marked a
crop sft Di the left eur and noder
slope in risht ear, wcaring No.
5 shak sly boil. thc collar madc cf
harnoss tugs strayed from my
place one and q half mile South
IVES, Of Higgins p; o. NO.
Any ono finding thisSyearling
and notifying mo, shall be reward
ded.
Mrs. Jane Hayes.
Husgins, Mo.
World's cresset., 1904-07-07
Rxv. i. $. GARRxrr. liDlron
SUBSCRIPTION,
SEICFE WELL ITEMS
"Dy BERTHA a. gAsTGK"

Kind En and friends as have
never sent in any Items from this
part CT the country since came out
here 10 Kansas ! will Try and send in
some happenings.
Well Il has rained so much out here
that the wheat is damaged to some
extent.
We are mol having as much sick
lness here a. their was.
q People are enjoying bclter hcalih.
" Cora and po,s,s.ss are looking line
a, prescA,, The on, crops are very bad
ind The rms. is ia lhem.
We now have 4 Mail Route the
Mail is brought right a, the house
bnce aday and nearly all the farm
houses has q Telephone in that Pro-
rcss Il makes the farmer equal as
yell posted about the price ap market
IS the Capitalist.
Well I wish some of The cores
nndents would send IN what you
ink oi !. farmers club in .h,r will
" / think il will make It harder on,
be farmers that hasto farm on q
nall scale.
little children like 10 read your
bsumn ior see the names OF so
any know and l like TO read the
inns Of the WORLDS CREssRr and
cir IS name would like 10 see in
int.
AS for as we can learn the out
ok for oil in about this locality
ems slightly improved.
Dr. Geo. B. Mitchell took the ast
: nnd train on the Mo. Pac. Thurs :
y morning, he wiz spend lew days
a the Fair in 81, Louis and maxi.
Q ne points in III. The chirl object
his trip Is to NEE, some parties in
I. interest u the oil and coal busi'
ii. is in Labe,,e county.
II A farmer living On route has
Pt accoun. Of eggs gathered up iron
"a Pu, Ias hens making no allowance
eggs laid outside etc. 4fo5 egg
be gathered from ja nary lst Z
be 40 h; Or this amount 7os.
Re sold 2I4o were set and other
e disl oied Of and il wasn't q goc'
lr for eggs either verify.
he hen Is The farmers 9 tr,Ic fr,e' d. n
~ M, Pee ot the U s. Army 10 at HON
furlough on acconn, OF the ilncs
iSy. is mother Mrs CD. Murdack,
Lss Fadc in Armstrong Binders Tho ol
ioned cradle has hcen good the pt'
~ kin nearly every instance the 81 oun
NO" been 10 soft for q binder To enter u,
(. and the old fashioned method wa
rled to !, has hecn slow work how
n, as tho experienced Graders a,
MID er dead or too old 10 work,
ell as news II scarcel viii ring .
< oa Ae prcseat G.s,d bye kind Ed. Az
/. BY correspondents.