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Mower County transcript., 1904-05-11
Minnesota State rlusic
Teachers Association.

"Minnesota Music Teachers Associa-
ton Convention to be held in Duluth,
June 1917 and IS, and promises to be a
great success for the interest shown in
the meeting is unusual.
The Officers of the Association are
as follows: President, E. c. Murdock;
Secretary Treasurer, Ednah F. Hall;
First Vice. President, Gerard Tonning;
Auditor, VIM. Gray.
Program Committee, Carlyle Scott,
D. f. Colville.
Chairman, Elsie NJ. Shaw.
The program will have for it's basis,
the Educational Element, and Round
Tables will be special feature.
The Program Committee is at work
on the programs for the three days
meeting, and has been so fortunate as
ltaa secure the :world fame y Violin Wiz,
tuoso, NJ. Sauret for an appearance
June 18th. M. Sauret was for years at
the head of the Royal Conservatory of
London and is one of the greatest
attractions before the American public
this season.
MIR. VIM. Henderson, the greatest
New York Newspaper Musical Critic
has been engaged to give one of his
famous lectures, and will prove a most
valuable attraction in an educational
way. MIR. Henderson needs no intro
duction to the musicians of the state,
for his numerous books on musical sub
jects are indispensable to the musicians s
library. With the concerts by State
Talent most valuable session is
planned. One of the annual features
most vital to the state musicianship is
the Home Composers Program which
will occupy one evening, giving the
public an opportunity to hear what
Minnesota musicians are doing in com
position.
The beautiful First Methodist church
has been secured as the place of meet
ing. and with iCs three manuel Hutch
ins Organ will afford much scope for
the music of that instrument.
Special railroad rates will be secured
and the Spaudling Hotel has been chos-
en- headquarters.
All in all a most instructive and in
teresting session is planned. All
teachers of voice, organ, piano and
standard orchestral instruments are
eligible to active membership and any
one interested in the cause will be well
coined as associate members upon pay
ment of the fee $500.
The County Vice-President for
Mower county is Miss Sue Basford
who may be addressed at Austin.
Information will be cheerfully given
by the Secretary Treasurer, Miss Ednah
Hall, Johnson School of Music, Oratory
and Dramatic Art, 42 and A So. 9Th
st., Minneapolis, Minn.'
Mower County transcript., 1904-05-11

Take the children to Bishop 2l3
Main street and have their pictures
taken. The best is cheapest. We can
please you.
FLAX Seed forisale, selected, cleaned
for sowing. Q. G. LaBar, Lansing,
Mimi.
Timothy ands Clover seed, Seed
Corn, and all kinds Of bulk Seeds.
Decker Bros.
Mower County transcript., 1904-05-11
Annual Meeting.

There will be a meeting of the
Mower county Farmers's Fire and
Lightning Mutual Insurance company
on Tuesday, the 18th day of May at 1 80
p. m. at the court house at the city Of
Austin for the election of officers and
such other business as may legally
come before it. A. HoTsoN, Secretary.
Mower County transcript., 1904-05-11

The month of May is the time to
plant Strawberries. You can get them
of G. G. Dinsmoor. One-half mile south
of fair grounds, on east side of road.
Prices to suit the times. II i
Mower County transcript., 1904-05-11
Direct to the Gates of the Worlds

Direct to the Gates of the Worlds
Fair.
Via the Iowa Central railway. The
only line with station opposite main
entrance to the grounds. Two through
trains daily with Pullman Buffet
|Sleepers and free reclining chair cars.
Lowest excursion rates. Season ticket
$21:75; sixty day ticket $3.50; fifteen
day. ticket $500 from Albert Lea.
Call on agents for "Guide" to the Fair,
information in regard to hotels, ETC., or
address A. b. QUITS, G. p. & T. A.,
Minneapolis, MINI.
Mower County transcript., 1904-05-11
Notice to the Public.

My wife having left my home l
hereby give notice to all concerned
that from date I will not be responsible
for any debts OF obligations contracted
by her. WALLACE GILLOTT. 2
Mower County transcript., 1904-05-11
Northwestern Pythias Celebration
MINNEAPOLIS, Nav Dist. 1904.

The Chicago Great Western Railway
will on May 20 and 81 sell round trip
tickets to St. Paul or Minneapolis at
one and one third fare for the round
trip. Return limit May 23rd.r For
further information apply totany Great
Western Agent, or J. P. Elmer, G. Z.
A., Chicago. III. -. t}s5s
Mower County transcript., 1904-05-11
Trees For Sale.

Evergreens, Ash, Elm, Blackwalnut
and other shade trees in limited
quantities, south of South Bridge.
J. A. THOMPSON,
CIV Austin, Mimi.
Mower County transcript., 1904-05-11

For sale, eight or ten new milch
COWS. Inquire of A. w. Edison, three
miles east. Rural route /.
Mower County transcript., 1904-05-11
Special Excursion to St. Paul and
Minneapolis Saturday and Sum
day Nav 21 and %.

The Chicago Great Western Railway
will run a special Excursion to the
Twin Cities at>very low rates. Ask
the Great Western Agent for rates and
time OF trains. J. P. Elmer, G. 2. A.,
Chicago, Ill. > -.e..
Mower County transcript., 1904-05-11
Annual Meeting German Baptist
Brethren Carthage, Mo. May
1Q.0zfh

For the above occasion the Chicago
Great Western Railway will on May
l8 to 81 inclusive sell tickets at one
fare for the round trip. For further
information apply to any Great West
ern Agent, OF J. p. Elmer, G. ?. A.,
Chicago, III.
Mower County transcript., 1904-05-11

Stops the Cough
{ : and Works off the Cold. :.
Laxative Bromo- Quinine Tablets cure cold in
one day. No Cure, no Pay. Price % cents.
Mower County transcript., 1904-05-11
For Sale

Thoroughbred blue Barred Plymouth
Rock Eggs, for setting. One Dollar
for Thirteen. BEMIS BROS, FIVE
miles east Of Austin. Both phones.
Mower County transcript., 1904-05-11

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Mower County transcript., 1904-05-11

, 1t beats all the jumpin' jacks in
Ramsey to see how many fools are
goin' to the wall in grain gamblin',
bettin' on the other fellows game. The
thing. keeps rite up and the result is
that the states prisons are film up
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18
THE HERBS THAT
GRACE HOG JOWL
Seven Varieties OF Wild Greens
Grown ia This Section.
OTHERS ARE POISONOUS
PEPPER GRASS, WHITE POLK
AND NARROW DOCK ALI.
TASTE WELL WHEN PROP.
ERLY SERVED.

Patrons Of French restaurant or
81 chopSuey house are as a rule IN
total ignorance Of die ngredicn,a that
make up the fancy-named dishes they
arler from the menu card, but in a
small thing, like ordering "iowl AMI
green's even In 4 Cairo hotel or res
taurant how many knox what they
are eating?
It is stated on excellent authority
thGs there are seven varieties of wild
green's that are eatible and three that
are considered poisonous.
The eatible green's are the plantain
narrow dock. wild mustard. pepper
grass, water cress, white polk; and
these can be mixed with beet tops
radish tops and potato tops in such a
way that II can not be detected The
plantan greens grow ON one side of
paths and have a wide leaf about the
size of the hand The narrow dock
grows in fence corners and looks very
much like beet tops, Il has a narrow
leaf with a white stem The wild mus.
tard has black stem and scalIoped
leaf, and is very similar in appearance
TO call green's Another variety is
pepper grass, and is often pulled by
children and eaten raw, having
sharp, biting taste, The white polk
grows like asparagus and has 70 be
cat when young, as il gets tough and
unfit for table purposes when it grows
old Ii grows in fence corners, Water
eress grows along the sides Of poads.
and is not only used for green's, but
Is a very popular dish when uncook-
.ed being seasoned like lettuce. Shap.
herd grass has a scalloped leaf. black
stcm and grows in corn fields. /,
locks like pepper grasa
The green's Of agriculture, %lllard
greens, mustard greens. call &reens,
turnip greens and the like are famil-
lar to all ana reQaire cultiyalleh; bat
the Others grow wild. and are the
source Of great many peoples liVeli-
hood in their season, as they gather
them and gcll them 20 restaurants and
housckeepcrs. $@sA
The greens which are poisoMbl5 are
the hrrlock. which has leaf like the
pie plant, the red polk and poison o1k
A peculiar superstition exists re-
gardlug the poison oak, il being be-
lieyed that at certain seasons, when
the sap is flowing TO look at the vine
will cause eruptions on ones skin
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18
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We are in receipt Of information
from a number of Jurisdictions which
have adopted the new plans. and in
every instance it is stated that agita-
ton has subsidized, peace and conf
dence have been restored and new
members are being secured. The losses
OF the order by lapse in consequence OF
the adoption Of the new plans appear
to be confined TO the period Of aelta-
ton preceding the action by the grand
lodge. 60 0verseer.
Kansas is still the banner juriSdlc-
tion OF the order, Nebraska being a
close second and lacking something
over GEO Of equaling the membership
of Kansas
Up To Dec. !. 1908, the order had
paid to bene6ciarieS of deceased mem
bers S1371739721S.
The grand lodge Of Manitoba and
the Northwest Territories adopted the
new plan recently,
The supreme lodge relief board re
Gently closed its annual session ut De-
troit and this year finds itself called
upon for relief to the amount of ST.
$4,000 Last year, 1908, it was ST.
024. coo
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18

There is one story about the late
lIeary Bergh which, It is believed, Is
now l0r the first time in print. Wh'l
walking about the streets cf New
York City ono morning. he saw g
teamster whipping a balky horse.
Step that, you brute 10 ex
claimed. "or I'll have yoa locked NJ
inside Of FIVE minutes Why dom
you try kindness on The animal? Donf
you suppose horse can be reached
hy kind word, the same as human
being?n
Il believe we're right. scr replied
the teamster, . quick-witted freshman
who. with all his faults Of temper
was not a bad man At heart. an ii {
harse has feelin's, scr, don't ye s'poss
Ia dhflger has, too TLry a toiIt
word on th dhriver II ne rlaso"
The stern face Of Mfr Barga r2la~e
into a smile. and in the better under
standing that followed tae horse 70,
got that :. was baking and at2rte
OF in trat YOUTH Companion
Ownership robs the possession o.
ell values
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18
GA'VI

! The Royal Arch Masons Of Canada
have no reason 10 complain Of the re-
suits achieved during the past year, i
has been one of the most prosperous
years that the royal craft in Canada
has experienced, and the prospects for
the coming year indicate continued
prosperity. The Masonic sun says that
at the recent grand chapter convoca.
ton the various reports presented
showed feeling Of contentment to eX.
list among the companions from'the OF.
tawa river TO the Pacific coast
The Masons of California arestalkins
of building a hospital in connection
with the Masonic home at Deeot0. The
project will entail an expense Of about
$4,000.
Seltaro Takeda one Of the three Jap
anese Masons in this country is,a mem
Der OF Genesee Falls lodge OF RoeheS-
ter. \. Y. He is said to be the only
Japanese who has ever become mem
Der Of the York and Scottish Rite bod
les.
The New York Masonic hCme'at Uti.
CA has a fund which enables the trus'
tees to present 10 each child uponlleav-
ing the home sum sufiicient'to give
something Of start in life
The grand lodge of Englandathe old
est grand lodge in the world, has about
5000 lodges. with q membership Of
over half million.
The grand secretary's reportlpresent-
ed at the recent session OF the grand
lodge of Connecticut shows,a member
ship in the jurisdiction at spresent OF
1904, a net gain of 52T during the
past year
Mount Zion chapter, Royal Arch'Ma-
sons, New York. has had its warrant
sequeStrated at the late session, Of the
grand chapter of New York foul irregu-
larlty and carelessneSs in thes admis-
sion Of candidate. All Interested in
the illegal proceedings will be expelled
The New York Masonic homela at 9TH
ca has a fine library Of 100 volumes.
The grant secretary Of the lgrand
Royal Arch chapter Of New York re-
Gently reported membership in the
jurisdiction of 26,660.
The American Tyler says thelgrand
master of Tennessee has decidkh that
not only liquor dealers, but theirlclerks
and other employers, are ulrirr tie
grand lodges edict No. 81. ineligible
for the degrees OF Masonry.
A series of competitive drills by tie
crack drill corps will form one '0f the
most attractive features of thiBnights
Templars' eonclaye to be helds in San
Francisco In September. The most val
liable prizes in the history OF fhn order
will be offered for excellence Inl drills.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18

Manager Popp is ligurng for an in
field which ii secured viii be the fast
ST in the league The iniie!d or rath.
Fl three of them, are men now IN
Evansville. and one Of them, Ben
Schaifer wired this morning for terms.
Schaffer is fast second baseman,
aho has made good in the Central
'eague. but who:is lei out by the sign.
ing of a man from the Minneapolis
,eam He is anxious to come here
and is almost a certainty for the
team OLeary and Duffy. two fast in
tielders, are also expected 20 report
here next week for trial Manager
Popp Is delighted with the prospects
for the fastest infeld in the league
and was all smiles after he heard
from Sehatfer.-Nineennes Capital.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18
KNIGHTS OF PYTHAS.
Condition of the order In Ontario.
Helmet Glints.


The grand keeper OF recOnfs aud
seal Of Ontario recently said I'M regard
to the condition of the pythiaale order
there: THE order in general snere is
prosperous. We have made sgain Of
40 during the past year. TWO hodges
are about to be instituted. onelim Onta-
rio and another one in ottawa Ne are
doing good work In Toronto. and the
order is Oh the forward moYea III this
city. The growth is steady and not
spasmodic. We are taking In the most
desirable class of members Young. en-
ergetic-and great many are amen OF
ability and in good positions inllfe.'
The volunteer contribution Ter the
benefit Of the proposed Pytlkian or
phans' home In Indiana last YER was
$61G.T4.
The grand lodge Of Texas iskprepar-
ing to erect a Pythian widowsyand or.
phans' home Ii has accumulatedfS20,
O00 for that purpose and ddssthereto
5000 annually
The order was forty yearsa old on
Feb. 10. The first pythlan lods.e was
instituted in Washington on Feb. 10,
1864
In Indiana during the SEM annual
term just closed the Pythianss more
than doubled the net gain In member
ship as compared with the closing
term of the previous year. land the
suspensions for nonpaymenta of dues
were lessened by one-half.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18

ton in Beaver Falls. he was elected
grand guide aud since then hes been
advanced each year MIR McNuIty is
a resident OK ChamberShmg and is ex
tremely popular throughout the state
General Eliot who has been placed
in command of the marines at rana-
ma. and Rear Admiral Glass, who Is
in command of the navy at the same
place, are both members Of the order
Washington council OF Fort Edwards
y. u. viii erect handsome Royal
Arcanum building in thar city
Tennessee closed the year 1909 with
5.2G2 members, ana the grand officers
rropose to increase the membership to
COCO by the close of this year
f. u. Sturteyant has served as chap
lain Of Commonwealth council OF
BROOKLYN. y. s., for twenty years.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18

Beginning Monday morning at ten
O'Clock the memb RS Of the Vincennes
baseball club will begin active prac.
tice ana every day until the season
opens this practice will be continued,
weather permitting. Manager Popp
announced this morning that by Mon
day there would be enough players
here to make practice profitable and
be stated that there would be no loaf
ing until every man was as fit as a
fiddle II also announced that Riteh-
Re, the little left handler. would pitch
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18
ODD FELLOWS.
some Suggestions For Inactive
LoJges-Notes and Gossip.

some suggestions For Inactive
Lodges-Notes and Gossip.
Keep busy, The inactive lodge is not
growing. The reason is the members
are idle and listless. Let some active
member take hold. bring some applica-
lions, organize a staff if there is none.
and if there is call it together and drill
every week if possible Get up an en-
tertainment of some kind. Invite your
friends. Serve refreshments at small
cost. Exchange visits with other
lodges. and watch the result My word
for II. the lodge will increase in mem
bershlp and interest odd Fellows
Herald
Alaska has two subordinate lodges,
one Rebekah lodge and one encamp-
ment.
The library Of the sovereign grand
lodge In Baltimore contains 1.191 bound
volumes.
During the past year 3410 members
were suspended for nonpayment Of
dues in the jurisdiction Of New York.
The property Of the Tennessee Odd
Fellows home is valued OF S40,S00
The home now hassforty-one inmates.
The Odd Fellows'of Tennessee gained
over G,o00 members during the past
year and now have q membership Of
about 10000.
The Rebekahlbranch Of the order is
doiag great wTk and adding largely
to It's ranks.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18

AT even when the rosaate deeps
OF daylight dim from heavens bars,
The Soul her earfhworn garments slips
And naked stands beneath the stars.
And there unto that river vast
That mighty tide of right whose girth
With splendid planets brit ming past
Doth wash the auclrAt lin 81 earth;
She comes and plungcs in; layes
Her WEAKNESS in that SO TIE
That life-renewing deep, whose waves
Are Wide az night is wide
Then from the pure Translucent flow
Oi that unplumbed iheigGrate sea
Gcdiike Ia Truths white up it-EloN,t
Size stands uushamed AMI tree.
w Witred Campbell u Atlantic
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18

+. McNulty, the grand regent Of Penn
sylyania. Mr.. McNuly is doing excel
lent work for the order In the Key
stoue State and rapidly increasing its
membership He Joined the Royal
Arcanum in 1856 ana first entered the
grand council at It's session Ia Read
ing. Two years later, at The couNea-
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18
Gen. Lees Maps.

Government maps made in 1887,
1888 and 1899 by Gen. Robert f. Lee,
then captain Of United States engi.
neers. were shown during the trial Of
alsctment suits brought by the st.
Louis Board OF Education, in the Cir.
cult Court, AZ st. Louis. to determine
ownership rights to land lying along
The Mississippi river.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18
Money We'll Spent.

The citizens of Sherburne, N. y
treated a masher to coat Ct tar and
feathers the other day and gave him
exactly sixty minutes In which ii
remove himself permanently from the
village It is a pity to waste tar
and feathers. but if they must 90 they
cannot be disposed OF in a manner
that COMFORTS more with public senti
ments and adyarced civilization
Newark News.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18

\ class of 1,400 candidates was ini-
tiated recently in Pittsturg The su.
preme officers We're present
Members Of the order in New Or
leans have bought tract Of land IN
the suburbs Of that city and propose
to build on it home fer disabled
members
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18

The order at large dlsbursedi last
year s791. 900 for sick and funerallben-
efits and has paid out some sS1s,000,-
600 since its organization.
Passaconway tribe of Lowell. Mass,
has erected a $1,000 monuments in Ed.
son cemetery. Lowell, in honorlof its
deceased members
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18

!. Secret Societies
sSSSSssS6SeseSSSSsesSssSs

Mohawk aud Cherokee tribes are the
oldest tribes OF Red Men in the state
OF New York. They were instituted in
1871.
The membership Of all branches
throughout the United States is now
334 .495 in the 3,Sol tribes.
The objects Of the order are fraternal
ana charitable and its motto IS Free
dom, Friendship ana Charity
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18
Newfoundland Fisheries,

OF the 100000 men In Newfound-
land more than half are fishermen,
who catch 15O,000,000 pounds of cod
year, consume one-fourth of il and
sell the rest 10 Catholic countries for
$4.i50.000
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18

the opening game at Henderson and
that II he won he was to get u five
dollar hat He says Ritchit Is now in
fair condition and that he believes he
will become the best pitcher in the
league. Vincennes Capital
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18

The knights of Honor has been In
existence thirty years and was never
more prosperous than IT the present
time.
Brooklyn has twentyfour flourlshiDs
Knights Of Honor lodges.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18

Ewing Harris pitched the ninth in
ming of the game yesterday and show.
ca up in fine form he threw thir-
teen balls over the plate and struck
cur the first three men mp ClaTlls-
Vile Timcs-Journal No question but
what Harris is one Of The star pitch-
ers of this league, All bait rs look
alike 10 him.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18

President Eliot declares that WON.
en- should never attempt to put the
shot He jig wasting time. The need
OF he hour is warning against
throwing the hammer.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18
iTSN Srrsy-r -.-r-ssfAs It'd
tsA.IElRSlI. I|E.IiiIIIS0IEY

Some Of the fraternal societies are
Offering as u prize for securing a given
number Of members free transp0rta-
ton and hotel accommodation at the
worlds fair
The Degree Of Honor has over S..
0OJ memberships good standing
The OrderJofUhe Iroquois IN general
Is in q yerUholtrislIing condition
The Fraternal Mystic Circle made
splendid progFosssdurne the year 1903
and the work dome since then shows
up splendidly for the year 1904.
ROYAL ARCANUM.
The GrandhRegent Of Pennsylvania.
Arcanum lettings.
One Of thes most able and energetic
officials ~ tho Rnval Arc.nnrp. Is III.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18
AT CHICAGO.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

AT BROOKLYN.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18
BASE BALL RESULTS
AT ST. LOUIS.

Batteries Sudhoff and Sudgen;
Stoyall and Buelow.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18
AT CINCINNATI.
AT ST. LOUIS.

Observation-Disclosures and Grady.
Seaman. Lee and Phelps.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-29

1here nc u tn. Is ii j ii Pc..le
as well as war, In every community
you find men. who are always will
ing to deny themselves that they
may contribute both money, talent
and labor for thu promotion Of the
many necessary charitable, temporal
and other demands which are so es-
sential to the true welfare of any
town, There ara others who always
hang back and evade doing their du
ty at such emergencies, but ever at
tentive to and quickest TO help reap
the benefits that accrue from such
patriotism. Such men have the well
deserved contempt of their duty do
ing fellows, but little Go they care
for this, encased as they are in a
steel hardened plate OF sordid selfish
ness.