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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-10-21

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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-10-21
Land for Sale.

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Northwest quarter Of Northeast quarter,
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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-10-21

Miss Inls Snow was up from st.
Cloud Sunday for q VISIT
Mr.. and Mrs. 81. E. LAMBERT Of
Royalton were in the city Monday.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-23
KoREA's LITTLE EMPEROR.
He Has But Little to Say About the
Government or the Future Of
His Country.

The little emperor of Korea is neither
80 powerful as the car, on one side OF
him, nor SO wise as the mikado of Japan,
on the other side. His country is little,
so when his big and powerful neightbors
on either side begin to fight each other,
as they are doing now, he is like grain
of wheat between millstones.
A look at the map will show how easy
1t is for the soldiers of his neighbors to
tramp across lis small country. And this
is what they are doing, without feeling
badly about doing it. Surely the little
emperor is in peck of trouble. He might
as we'll be plain, everyday American as
an emperor, because as an emperor he is
70 more able to stop them than if he were
an American. When we think of an EN-
pire we think of great, powerful nation
like Germany, and not little, weak land
like Korea, but Ii Hi, Ii Hsi, Ii Houi. vi
Hieung, I'll Houi, or whatever the emper-
or's real name is, likes to think OF his
little country as an empire No one needs
to bother about learning to pronounce
any of these names, because so little is
known about his true name in this coun-
try that all of them might be wrong.
According to the New York Tribune
there are many queer things about this
ruler, who is said by those who have seen
him to he short and StOut and tn 1Ook as
If he were not well. They say he always
looks good natured, but does not lcok as
if he knew great deal. When persons
are allowed to see him they always see
him alone, in the midst of big room, and
that makes him seem smaller STILL
Like the midako, he asks many ques-
tons and knows a great deal for man
who has never been further than Is miles
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-23
Agricultural Colleges.

why is it," asks Prof. Massey, OF
North Carolina, that the great state
of New York, which can afford to
spend about seventy-five thousand dol.
lars annually on an independent ex-
pertinent station, can not have
a great agricultural college, and not
mere appendage to great literary uni
versity?" There can hardly be any
doubt that the best and most effective
work in fitting boys for their Hfe-mis-
sion as modern farmers can not be ex-
pected from an institution that is nam
pered by such correction. The agri-
cultural college at Guelph, Ontario, I'M
der President Doctor Mills, shows what
great results in educating the farmers
and the farmers boys can be achieved
by an independent college. A state like
New York, that can spend hundred
million dollars for a canal of doubtful
general usefulness, and large sums as
sop 10 politicians, should not make
the plea of poverty when a few thou
sand dollars are asked for an agricul-
tural college. The boys of the stats
are entitled to such consideration.
While at present the farmers of the
state will have to get along as best
they can with that "appendage'' at
Cornell, and ask for it's adequate sup
port at the hands of the legislature and
state executive, the time will coma
when the people of the state will in
sist on having separate agricultural
college, and such facilities for training
in the prblic schools, besides, as the
farm boy requires to best fit him for
his life's work on the farm.-Farm and
Fireside.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-23
TWO VERY SMART PARROTS
One, Called Polly, Chews Tobacco and
the Other Is Afraid Of Old Glory
When It Waves.

Within q bifdseye view of the Eagle
Office at Brooklyn, N. Y, are two as
remarkable parrots as could be found
in years OF wandering. One chews to-
bacco, but does not swear. She is
owned by Henry Eberhardt, who runs
hair dressing establishment In the
savings bank block at the corner of At
lantic avenue and Clinton street. She
rejoices in the simple name Of Polly"
and never occupies cage, except at
night. All day long Polly can be seen
on an open perch through the big plate
glass window ron Clinton street. In
the summer time Polly flies just out
side the window when thunder storm
comes up and greatly enjoys shower
bath. Polly, although nine years old,
has never made an attempt to escape,
and probably never will. Whenever
she sees a man in the shop eating she
follows him around and leases him to
the best of her ability. She likes can
dy, is fond of. coffee and will pick
meat bone clean. If she sees man
take chew of tobacco, she wants a
little, too, turning a bit of plug around
in her bill as she would nut.
Polly" is a, pugnacious bird If an
animal seeks close acquaintance Mr..
Eberhardt once owned a bull terrier
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-23
IN A NEBRASKA BLIZZARD.
Terrible Experience Of Girl Heroine
Who Tried to Save the Lives
of Three Children.

The following story of the heroism
displayed by Nebraska girl is taken
from an article in the Woman's Home
Companion, entitled True Stories of
Heroic School Teachers"
Louise Royce, the youngest of the
three girlish heroines, had but three
small pupils in attendance at the little
country school house, three miles west
of Plainyiew, Neb., over which she
presided that day. When the storm,
previously unnoticed, suddenly broke
in the middle of the morning session.
her first thought was for her charges
Wrapping them in every warm gar
ment that could be mustered, the brave
girl attempted to carry them to the
nearest house. But the storm was al
ready so severe as to render the task
impossible. Blinded and beaten by the
singing, whip-like snow fragments,
torn and tossed by the bitter wind
blasts, confused and imprisoned by the
wavering, shooting, but impenetrabla
snow curtains, the way was speedily
lost All day and all night did the
heroic girl wander, never letting go
her. grasp of the helpless children, UNI
til-the end came.
lone of the little boys died in the
night, despite her frenzied efforts to re-
lieve and save him; then the second
boy succumbed to che horrible cold
and exposure, and at last, just as the
day broke, the little girl hreathed her
last. Then the poor teacher, long
since stripped of every available gar
ment for the sake of the children, sank
down, utterly overweight and ex-
hausted in the tempting. up-piling
snow. Daylight and the partial cessa-
ton Of the tempest brought help from
a nearby farmhouse-the farmhouse
she had striven SO long and SO vainly
to reach-but she was terribly MANNED
and frozen, and it was necessary to
amputate both legs"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-23
THIS PARROT cHEws TOBACCO.

who attempted too great familiarity
one day. Polly made a rush and slit
the dogs nose from top to bottom with
her beak. His dogship never ventured
near her again. This parrot whistles
and talks and sings a little in Span
ish. She initiates the crying and laugh
ing of children. In addition she has a
stable vocabulary, saying Hello Hen
ry!" cher owners name) and Hello
Doctor!" with startling distinctness.
She rolls on her back and does such
odd stunts as picking among the hairs
of Mr.. Eberhardt's head, as If they
were her own feathers. Polly has new
err seen a sick day.
Another parrot, equally remarkable
in its way is Hopkins" owned by Mr.
Williams, who keeps furnishing
goods store at 100 Court street. He is
called "Hoppy" for short and is II
years old. He eats potatoes. bread and
butter and sunhower seeds regularly
and has walnuts and cranberries for
de!icacies. He does not like the water
except to drink, and bathes only under
compulsfon. Some years ago he was
ill, but was brought around with a
mixture of whisky and paragoric. The
whisky, by the way, made him so tip
sy that he kept falling OFF his perch.
Hopkins" does not like small boys
and IL he sees them coming will hustle
into his cage as if it was a cyclone
cellar. While liking his wire prison
he looks forward to the hour when
the gas is lighted, for then he is al
lowed to walk along one of the glass
showcases. If the clerks delay in TAX
ing him out he will yell Hurry up, be
quick" "Peek-a-boo," PUSSY cat"
and Goodbye" are among the plain
est words he repeats. Whenever he
hears the fire engines tearing by he
will cock up his head and inquire.
whats that?" He also repeats the
words bad, naughty boy occasional
ly, particularly when he has done some
piece of mischief. A knocking or any
strange noise causes him to screech
pussy cat" 1t takes him about year
TO learn a new word. He does not
hesitate to attack cat or dog coming
near his cage, but is rather afraid of
United States flag, if waved in close
proximity, although there is red silk
ON the screen around his cage.-Brook-
Ign Eagle.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-23
HOG PASTURE FOR THE SOUTH
Fields Attacked by Root Parasites
q Good Place to Turn the
Hogs Into.

In many parts of the south cotton
has, on account of the almost total dis
appearance of vegetable matter from
the soil, ceased to yield satisfactory
crops of lint. In some neighborhoods
q soil or root parasite has lately at
tackled the crop and threatens to make
1t impossible 10 grow cotton on such
fields. What to do with the fields
which can nc longer grow cotton is a
serious problem.
Very few cotton farmers grow the
bacon consumed by themselves and
their hands. Still fewer grow the for
age required by their stock. A natural
and promising use for such sick cot
ton fields is to turn them into pastures
for hogs, mules and other stock. Cot
ton is commonly grown upon Light,
sandy loan. Such soil in the hot and
drouthy climate of the cotton region
will not grow the tame grasses es-
teemed in the north. But in Bermuda
grass the southern farmer has a per-
ennial grass Of the best quality and
one that will grow upon any soil that
will grow cotton. With Bermuda grass
for summer and crimson clover for
winter pasture, the southern farmer
may have an all-the-year-round pas
ture that should carry ten medium
weight pigs all the time.
In the United States north of Florida,
Bermuda grass does not bear seed.
The grass is propagated by root cut
tings. Three barrels of these will
plant one acre. The grass is SO COM
mon along roadsides that the roots
can usually be had for the gathering.
A Bermuda pasture may be set at any
time of the year. But early spring is
best. The field should be furrowed at
about five feet apart and the root cut
tings dropped into the burrows and
covered two or three inches deep. A
little white clover and Bakhara clover
seed planted at the same time will
give an agreeable variety to the pas
ture. The field should not be pastured
until the grass has run through the
vacant spaces. II the land is very
poor. nitrate of soda at the rate Of
100 pounds per acre should be applied
at time of setting the grass, or as soon
as growth beings. In any case an
abundant supply of lime, potash and
phosphoric acid must be furnished. All
won cotton coils in the upland region
are ccsr;ent in line. Without this no
clover succeed Potash Is best sup
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-23
HIS FOUNTAIN PEN LEAKED
And Annabel Googan's Face Bore Evil
dence Convincing and Con-
demning.

"Annabel!" called Manchester mother
over the banisters, as she heard the front
door close.
Eyes, mamma replied a sweet, girlish
voice, and Annabel Googan slowly framed
herself in the darkness of the staircase,
relates London Tit-Bits.
WAS that Mr.. Inberry, Annabel!"
1T was, mamma"
do you know it is 20 minutes past
Il" came in. cold tones from the wrap
pered figure in the upper hall.
Mamma, we hadn't the slightest idea
it was so late," said the young girl,
earnestly. You see," she continued,
Mr.. Tnberry has been telling ME about
China and Japan. He said everybody
ought to know about them, and it was SO
interesting, we never thought how late
it was getting. Do you know, mamma"
added the sweet girl, as she reached the
landing, that in China they"
Did Mr.. Tinberry draw a map OF
China on your face, Annabel" asked Mrs.
Googan, sternly.
why, mammal" asked the girl in
startled tones.
The young girl rushed to a mirror and
saw with horror-stricken glance that the
left side of her face was streaked and
stained with ink.
Heaven and earth!" she screamed;
"his fountain pen must have leaked into
his waistcoat pocket" and with shrek
of horror the beautiful girl fell fainting
to the floor.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-23
rhe Movement For Cotton.

Never before in the history of any
farm interest has any government put
forth such efforts to protect and sup
port an industry as is now seen in the
work done In behalf of cotton ON the
part of the United States department
of agriculture. Cotton diseases, in-
sects and improvement of seed are be-
ing vigorously worked upon by in
vestigators and demonstrators. Not
satisfied with this, Secretary Wilson
has instructed for the establishment Of
diyersification farms upon which to
show the people a profitable way out
of an all-cotton system. The move
ment means much for the prosperity of
our agriculture. Texas is the chief
beneficiary at this time, because she
has been the only sufferer from the
boil weevil, but in time the whole
south will see the entire system Of cot
ton culture vastly improved.-Farm
and Ranch.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-23

beyond the walls of his capital, Seoul
In those eastern countries, like China
and Korea, to be ruler means to be shut
up in palace, seldom leaving it, and
when ruler does go outside it is only on
some great and important journey, when
all the business in the streets must stop
and everybody get out of the way. Only
once has the emperor of Korea travelled
beyond the walls of Seoul. That time he
visited the graves of some ancestors Is
miles away. One would think that a ruler
could leave his palace whenever he
wished to, but it is not always SO, as We
have seen. Only five times a year does
the ruler of Korea go outside his palace
prison. Then he goes through the main
street of Seoul to visit the temple.
The emperor does not even know the
streets of his capital. He thinks he does.
On the days he goes through the main
street it looks like nice wide street. That
is because it has been cleaned up for his
coming. On other days 1t is crowded on
either side with street pedlers and their
goods. He does not know that all the
other streets are narrow and dirty.
AS one would think, being emperor of
Korea is not all fun. He became ruler
when he was IL years old. Then, how
ever, he became only king, for that was
what the rulers of Korea were called at
that time, which was 1864 He was not
the son of the king who had died and
whose place he was taking. The old king
had no sons, so they took this boy, who
was his nephew. Now, boys, of course.
are not able to rule countries themselves,
SO they did just as they did in Spain when
the present king was a small boy-chose
some one to rule for him until he should
be old enough to do it for himself. In
Spain, it will be remembered, the boys
mother waswhat is called the regent. In
Korea it was the boys father. Tai Wen
Kin was his name. He was said to be a
wicked old regent. He tried to drive the
foreigners out of the country. and woul
not stop until some other nations made
him. Little can be told about the king
as boy because little is known about
him. -
In course of time he became really king,
but he had to pay money to China now
and then, as China claimed to have charge
of Korea. Afraid that bad men might
want to hunt him as they did his wife,
whom they killed, he sleeps in the day
time and is awake at night. Once he was
Obliged to run away from the palace and
hide for safety. 1t was partly about
Korea that Japan went to war with China
in. 1895, and beat her. Then the little
king would no longer pay money to
China, and he told the other countries of
the world that his country was an empire
and he an emperor. 1t is clear that the
proverb Uneasy lies the head that wears
a crown" would tell how the emperor of
Korea feels.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-23

piled TO such soils in the form Of
kainit. A good Fertilizer is kainit and
acid phosphate in equal quantities. OF
the mixture apply as a top dressing
every spring about 500 pounds per acre.
About September of each year broad
cast upon the Bermuda sod about As
pounds of crimson clover seed in
chau for each acre of pasture. No
coverings or preparations for the clover
seed are necessary. BY taking stock
of from the pasture March Is till May
10, two tons of hay can be harvested.
The pasture herein described may be
still further improved for hogs by
broadcasting upon it about one ounce
per acre Of the seeds Of parsley, thyme
and sage-plants Of which hogs are
fond. The flavor Of these. herbs will
give a "gamey" flavor to the meat.
After the pasture has been for some
years in use the land may be broken
up and again be put into cotton IL de-
sired. The root parasite will be
starved out and the soil filled with
vegetable matter which will carry
through several crops of cotton. In
stead of using crimson clover as above
described, we may use the sand or.
hairy vetch. The common or Scotch
vetch is also good. The spotted clover
is excellent and is in value next to
crimson clover.
II cotton growers will give this plan
a fair trial they will have cause to
bless instead Of curse the root parasite
which has invaded their fields.
Crimson clover thriyes only on
soils receiving liberal rainfall during
the winter season. Spotted clover is
also fond Of moisture, though not so
dependent upon winter rains as GRIM
son clover.)-Gerald Mccarthy, Bot
anist, North Carolina Department Of
Agriculture.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-23
Feeding Hogs.

Whey, skim milk and buttermilk are
Of great value as part of the ration
for fattening swine. There is practi-
cally no difference in the feeding value
Of skim milk and buttermilk when
each is fed in prime condition. They
produce rapid and economical gains
and a fine quality Of bacon. The av-
erage of many experin ents shows that
ATS pounds of skim milk are equal in
feeding value to 100 pounds of corn
meal
Pigs will maintain their weight on
pasture without making any apprecia-
BILE gain if a half ration of grain is
fed. This gain will tie utilized en-
tirely in increasing weight The best
pasture plant for pigs is alfalfa where
1t will grow, while red clover. white
clover, bluegrass and rape are good
pasture in about the order named
A pasture to be satisfactory for swine
must be short and tender. Expert
ments show that an acre of other pas
ture is equivalent to 1900 pounds Of
grain when fed the pigs.-Blooded
Stock.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-23
HERE AND THERE.

Dairy farming offers protection
against dry weather in large meas
ure. The crops grown by dairymen
can be selected for hardness to such
an extent that the flow of milk never
fails.
Beef CATTLE when dehorned, may
be shipped a great distance with pos
sibility of them injuring one another
reduced to minimum. Owners Of
herds should bear this in mind when
asserting calves for future market.
Rice growers of Texas and LOUISE.
ana are making fight against the dis
elimination shown foreign rice over
the southern product in northern mar
kets, especially the great brewing CEN
tiers.
Raise the best grade of sweet po-
tatoes and secure the highest market
price, and in addition feel assured that
your customers will be satisfied A
stringy sweet potato which Is sweet in
name only is worse than tough meat
or stale bread.
Possibilities for the growing of
fruit trees In the southwest are un-
bounded. Texas alone has S,248.35a
peach trees, is planting at the rate
of 100000 trees a year andis now the
greatest state in the Union In the num-
Der of trees.
1T is estimated that there are six
hundred kinds of weeds and grasses
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Sheep eat FIVE hundred and fifty kinds,
horses 50 and cattle 56 kinds. Keep
at least rs sheep on each 160-acre farm.
The profitable milk cow fits into
farm life SO perfectly that she need not
displace other industries, Farm work
needs to be readjusted to permit
smooth working and best results. but
the total increase in labor Is not SO
large as the increase IN total income.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-23
MARCH, APRIL, MAY.
Weak Nerves, Poor Digestion,
Impure Blood, Depressed
Spirits.

The sun has just crossed the equator
on It's yearly trip north. The real
equator is shifted toward the north
nearly eighteen miles every day. With
the return of the sun comes the bodily
ills peculiar to spring. With one per-
sonthe nerves are weak ;anothcrperson
digestion poor; with others the blood is
out of order; and still others have
depressed spirits and tired feeling. ~
All these things are especially true of
those who have been suffering with
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-23

catarrh in any form or la grippe. A
course of Peruna is sure to correct all
these conditions. 1t is an ideal spring
medicine. Peruna does not irritate-it
invigorates. 1t does not temporarily
stimulate-it strengthens. 1t equalizes
the circulation of the blood, tranquilizes
the nervous system and regulates the
bodily functions. Peruna, unlike so
many spring medicines, is not simply
physic or stimulant or nervine. IT Is .
natural tonic and invigorator
Ifyoudo not receive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DIR. Hartman, g ring a
full statement of your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad.
vice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-23
FUN IN THE GARRETT.

We're having a lovely time to-day!
Were all of us up in the garnet at playl
We have three houses under the caves
Not real, you know. but make-believes.
Two we live in. and one is a store,
Where little old screen makes a truly
door.
Warren keeps store. and Joe is his clerk,
And Betty and / stay at home and work.
Joe comes around and knocks or rings,
And we order potatoes and steak and
things;
And sometimes we go to the store and buy,
Or send the children for ribbons or pie.
It's lots of fun-just try it some day
When it rains too hard to go out and play.
Emma G. Dowd. In Youths Companion.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-23

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