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The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1906-11-15

EDITOR GAZETTE:
Some OF my sheep have kno,ty
CUTS. the knots being about as
large a. a pea. hard and enclosed
in \ yellow substance. Mostly
the older ones have 1T and they
are thrifty. What arc the cause
aud the remedy
O.. w. SLEps.s,
Duckhill, Miss.
Answer by Veterinarian J, c
Robert. Agricultural College,
Miss.
The disease is of parasitic ORR
gin, aud would advise YOU to
change pasture for one tina, the
sheep have no. been on.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1906-11-15
Sweeney

EDiToa GAZETTE:
have a horse that the doctors
say has sweeney. He has been
lame nearly three months aud
has been operated on twice by
making a sfnall hole with a knife
point and citing wind under
the skin. but he doesn't TO
get much better. If any. Is
there u permanent cure tor
sweeney aud wha, is the best
treatment should he be work.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1906-11-15

coz peas except on land from
which a crop OF small grain ras
been harvested. The extension
OF the culture OF the small grains
means an increase IN the acre
age OF COW peas, soy beans, vel.
vet beans. and peanuts; and
hence the upbuilding OF the
soil.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1906-11-15
The Permanent Garden

Mfs {. =. Ever;s. R,dgciand. Mis-
There arc some perennials
that should have a place IN every
garden. The mos, i'm portant per.
haps is asparagus. No garden is
complete without if. and it adds
TO the health OF all who eat OF il
freely; yet it Is a lamcn,able fact
that very few families en- Joy the
real luxury OF having all the deli
cate, delicious, health giving as
paragus they want in early
springtime. In the vicinity OF
Ridgeland aud Madison Station
aud few other places in the
state great quantities are raised
for shipmen; to Northern mar
kets. people growing from one
TO FIVE or more acres for tina,
purpose. City people gladly
pay fancy prices for asparagus
that. by the time i, reaches
them. has become stale aud
nor or less insipid, while farm
r may for a little work have i,
fresh and possessed of all its
delicate flavor. II is the first
thing to come in spring. We
have had i, ia February. though
usually it is March before i, is
plentiful. Ia our own family we
eat i, always once a day Tor
weeks, usually twice and some
times even three times a day. /,
acts directly on the kidneys and
kindred sccre,ions and tones up
the system - no other vegetable
does. Il should be planted 10
rows 10 the garden where il can
remain permanently, preferably
along one side.
Next 10 the asparagus rows
should be or lore rows OF
permanent onions, Yartousiy
known as the perennial, the
multiplier. potato or winter
onion. These produce tender
green onions for constant use
from early fall TILL late in spring,
and their pungent flavor is Tor
10 DC enjoyed then thar in sum
mer. II planted IN rows. their
cult! atlon vii! be an occasional
plo.ing and u top dressing OF
manure spring and fall.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1906-11-15

more rows, according to the
length OF the garden, to be de-
voted to the old time herbs of
our grandmothers' gardens; aud
should include tausy. catnip,
horehound, sage, and parsley.
Seeds OF these are listed in all
reliable seed catalogues, and cost
tive cents a package. The plants
when once started are there for
a lifetime. as all. excepting pars-
ley, arc p%erennieis aud will re.
qulre no attention excepting an
occasional blowing and top dress
ing ot manure III Decent Der or
January. Parsley j. a biennial
aud viii need 10 be rcsceded
every other year. \ dozen or
two OF each OF these plants &C.
cupying ou, a few feet of space
for each variety IN the rows will
be sufficient aud many a doctors
bill may be saved by being able
to go 10 the garden and &c, tan
sy, catnlp, horehound or sage to
make a tea, while every house
keeper knows that sage gathered
and dried each fall Is far supc
rlor to that purchased from the
druggist for seasoning sausage.
roasts, etc. Ia this latitude
parsley will remain green all
winter. 1t Is not only a dcsira-
tie seasoning for soups. ste We.
hashes. etc bu, adds grace aud
beauty 10 the table when used as
4 garnlsh for roasts, salads. etc,
and surely the farmers wife
above all others should have
these little touches Of elegance
about her table.
Then there - such u satisfac-
ton IN having these things OF
ones own, and no, being depend
cnt on some "a else for the
dainty seasonlngs and acccsso-
ries 10 the culinary line.
Note: The writer lives 10 the
southern part OF Madison Co 4.
Miss. near the central part OF
the state. which il a fair average
for seasonablcncss 10 far Is gar
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1906-11-15

Peanuts are being im ported
into this country ia liner casing
quantities IN spite OF the fact
that raising them can be made
prot BILE. ia addition 10 the soil
being improved by raising them.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1906-11-15

ed: Working seems to make
him worse. He iinps very lit
tie in walking, except in going
down bill. l.. III. G..
Crawford, Miss.
Answer by Veterinarian j. C.
Robert, Agricultural College,
Miss:
A shrinking away of the
cles OF a limb is usually caused
from a diseased condition OF
some part below. For this rea-
son l would advise you to get
veterinarian to carefully ex.
anime the animal. Recently |
had j case brought to me OF So
called ''sweeney". This was a
very fine mule that had 4 shrink
ing OF the shoulder muscles
The animal had been ''doctored
on As the owner said, for some
time, and truly she had suffer.
ed much of many DOCTORS" Her
shoulder had been blistered and
other wise severely treated until
all the hair bad fallen off. On
examination | found that there
asa small hole in the bottom
oil the foot, ust in from, Of the
frog. This was filed with dirt
that bad worked up into the soft
structures O. the foot. For this
reason the mule favored the
m uscles that draw the foot up
and forward as Z man does his
arm in \ sling, and these had
shruukcn. Removal OF the dirt,
syringing out the part, aud
dressing with cotton and boric
acid. and in \ few days \ shoe
having i leather sole, resulted ia
4 rapid and permanent recovery
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1906-11-15

(1n Every planter write to b.
W. Hawkins. Mona. Ca,
TON for history and descrip.
A~AN tive circular of his Extra
Prolific Cotton and price Of seed. II
~ free and will be worth hundreds OF
dollars 10 you. Quick maturing and
~iil make J bales an acre. a.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1906-11-15

EDITOR GAZETTE:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-13
Curios and Oddities
IF KINGS HAD. TO WORK

Nearly all the royalties of i Europe
could, il driven to it, earn their own
living. 80
The queen Of Rumania, Carmen Syl.
va, makes as it is an income from her
books that many authors cannot equal
The emperor of Russia has a sweet
and well-trained tenor voice. Had he
not been Of royal blood, he would un.
doubtedly have succeeded lin grand
opera.
The queen of Italy is linguist of
unusual talent. Conversing fiuentIy and
correctly in eight languages, She could
get at any time a good job in a high
school.
The king. of England is one Of the
best judges Of wines and cigars in the
world. AS wine or tobacco expert,
or as a dealer IN these luxuries, he
would soon have grown rich.
g The queen of Portugal has medical
degree, and could easily earn her living
as doctor. :
The German emperor, as everybody
knows, could make a good living as a
poet, a musician, an artist, shipbuild-
er, pottery manufacturer, a horse
dealer, an actor, a bookbinder, a cler-
gyman, tailor, sculptor, barber, a
farmer, or a dentist.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-13
CRUELTY TO SERVANTS

"Women are always growing and
complaining about their servants" said
an ambulance surgeon. cit is time the
servants did little growing and COM
planning on their own account. Let me
be their mouthpiece for minute.
4" What l want to say for them is
that it is abominable the way mis-
tresses bounce their servants the min
ute they are taken sick. We are get
ting every day here in our free wards
servants that have been discharged sim.
ply because of Illness.
"What nasty thing it is, when
a faithful servants health fails, to fire
her. For my part, I couldn't treat a
dog so. But mistresses do this. They
think it's right to do it. -,
tThey couldn' It do it in Germany.
In Germany it is against the law to dis
charge servant on account of illness
but, if your servant is taken sick, you
must pay|a half a dollar a day for her
keep in hospital.
eff mistress fred a sick servant in
Germany, the same as she does here,
she would 20 to jail for her mean, cruel
crime -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-13
WHERE GEESE ARE SHOD

2 "Goose is better than turkey,'' said
a grocer, Sand I know where they shoe
geese.
aaThey shoe them in the country
round about Warsaw, in the Wilma dis
trict. They do this because the geese
have long annual journey to make
a journey to the goose market. 49,
''You see, in the late fall and early
winter a goose market is held at War
saw, andsgees to the number of 5,OOO,-
600 congregate in the town. The geese
march to market on foot. Some come
from 100 to $50 miles away. The average
distance they come from is sixty miles,
and to protect. their feet on this jour
ney they are shod.
FFTo shoe the geese, the gooseherd
first makes them walk back and forth
in melted tar. With a coat of tar on
their feet, they then walk thru fine
sand. The result is that they are shod
with good, strong shoe of mixed tar
and sand that protects them well on
their journey to the Warsaw goose mar
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-13
THE SKIDOo PROBLEM

Copyright, 1906. G. c. Kelly, Chicago.
A coin collector had an accu-
mutation of pennies. He told his
son he would make him present
Of the entire lot if he would put
them in boxes, the same number in
each box. b..
There was an odd number of
pennies, so that if he put an equal
number in each Of two boxes there
would be one penny left over; in
a like manner he figured on 8, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, II, IL, 13, II, Is, Is,
II, 18, 10, 20, 81 and 20 boxes, but
in every case if he put an equal
number in each box there would be
one (only one) penny left over.
The son. gave it up and told his
father he thought it impossible to
perform the feat. .
His father replied: "sK1Doo
-23 for you.''
The son then put the entire lot
Of pennies in % boxes, the same
number in each box. How many
pennies were there?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-13
CHRISTMAS ISLAND

ct spent last Christmas on Christ.
mas island,'': said a globe trotter. Gin
the morning I bathed in the sea, and in
the afternoon, dressed in white flannel,
/ played, tennis. -.
HChristmas island is in the Indian
ocean. It is always summer there.
The thermometer never falls below 70,
and never rises above 80 in the shade.
There's always a cool, pure wind from
the southeast. Fresh fruit and flow
sss ang as ~sf n 51ly are as
This little paradise is nine miles
long and ten miles wide. It is now
occupied by about fifty people. Some
day fine white hotel will spring up on
it, and it will become an a1l-the-year-
round pleasure resort. !"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-13
THE ELocUT1oN1sT's cURFEv

THE ELOCUT1ON1ST'S CURFEW
England's sun was slowly setting-{ Raise your
right hand to your brow),
Filling all the land with beauty-(Wear q gaze
-, Of rapture now; |- O
And the last rays kissed the forehead Of a man
and maiden fair ..s-..... ....
with movement slow and graceful you may
now push back your hair; 49,, Z
He with sad, bowed head-(A dropping of your
head will be all right
Till you hoarsely, sadly whisper) 'Curfew must
not ring tonight e. @a...
Sexton Bessie's white lips faltered-(Try
DO, here to resemble Bess. a.. l- 49,
Tho Of course you know she'd never worn quite
such charming dress), -. rs. ['..
t'I've lover in that prison''-(Don't forget
to roll your RS y
And to shiver as tho gazing thru the iron prison
bars). -..s ---.-- .. -
each word tho you'd bite
Every syllable to pieccs) -"Curfew must moi
ring tonight"
Bessie" calmly spoke the sexton-(Here ex
tend your velvet palm,
Let it tremble like the sections tho striving
to be calm)
''Long, long vars I've run the curfew''-( DOM
forget to make it Vars
With a pitifu1 infection that world of sor
row bears).
II have done my duty ever Draw yourself
up to your height,
For you're speaking as the sextOn)-'Gyurl
the curfew rings tonight
Out she swung, far OUTFLOW here is where
you've got to do your, best; 8
Let your head be twisted backward, let great
IS sobs heave up your chest.
Swing your right foot thru AN arc of ninety
lineal degrees,
Then come down and swing your left foot, and
be sure don't bend your knees;
Keep this up for fifteen minutes till your face
is worn and white,
Then gaze at your mangIeds fngers)-"Curfew
ii shall not ring tonight
Ger the distant hills came Cromwell fright
hand to- the brow once more;
Let your eyes look down the distances say above
s. the entrance door).
At his foot she told her STORY lift your hands
as tho they hurt).
And her sweet young face SO haggard Il Now
your pathos you assert u
Then you straighten up as Cromwell, and be
& sure you get 1t right;
Don't say. "Go your liver loves, well t.Cur.
few shall not ring tonight
-Harpers Magazine.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-13
MEN WITH GREEN HAIR

cooper is scarce,' said broker
"but there is still enough of it left to
turn the copper workers hair green
ellis hair greeng'
"Precisely. In those copper dis
tricts where the ore is of low grade
it is roasted in open furnaces to refine
it and make it more marketable. A
gas emanates from the furnaces that
turns the fremen's hair a bright green
This gas contains arsenic; it is a fine
arsenic green that the dremen's hair
takes on. .-
$50, If you ever see a man with
green hair, you can say, a la Sherlock
Holmes: ...... .-
"'There, my dear Watson, is a cop
per furnace tender -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-13
DEPENDS ON THE SQUEEZE

In wine making,' said wine ex.
pert, "the grapes are squeezed from
one to six times, and from each squeeze
a different grade Of wine is made. l.
'That is why from one district and
from one firm SO many varieties of
wine come. These varieties don't mean
that each is made from different KIND
Of grape. They mean, as a rule, that
they are made from different squeezes
of the same grape.
Tho The first nt SHasesf' Of course makes
buy this. grade, you will always find on
the label the words Premier Cru = first
squeeze. ,->.- =.
"The French vintage of this year
by the way, is the best since that OF
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HE KNEW.

The late. Judge M. Russell 'Thayer of
Philadelphia used to tell good story
about q. brother jurist who was an en-
thusiastic golfer. ,... -"
story, had occasion to interrogate in a
criminal suit a boy witness from Bala.
"Now, my lad,'' he said, 81 want to
know if you are acquainted with the
nature and significance Of an oath9O
The boy, raising, his brows in sur
prise, answered.:
"Of course am, sir. Don It caddy
for you at the Country club?n
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-13
MANS LIMITATIONS

Laura B. Payne of Fort Worth during
her socialist campaign for the house Of
representatives said in AN address on
masculine limitations:
" Then there was college professor,
avery learned man, who shouted at his
wife one day in an enraged voice:
don't know what to make of
you, Maria. Five years ago you were
crazy to have that hat, and now, when
at last I've gone and bought it for
you, you say you don It like it at all. ~
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Wants It In A1rship.
Nice Row of Ones

70 the skidoo Problem Editor: %' -
After working long time beginning with
~ and proving it and finding it wrong, I kept
AIDING one more to- the row, until got % ones
In a row, which l. found was right So NV
answer Is Ill Ill i'll III Ill Ill iii, Ill pen
MES In all Of % of the boxes, and in one box
there is 4s3 oe7 s74, 391, 1852. e57 pennies. Send
tue pennies by express .-Gustave Olson,,
81 = >~-t H.. 500 Gfrard av N
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-13
HE KNEW

nWell, madana' inquired the floor
walker. ! 4 \.
81 wish, ~ she said, to j get a
Christmas present for my husband. y
How slong married." the man
asked.
q Eleven years. was the reply.
~ He pointed to the left.
! ii q Bargains down that aisle be said.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-13
A Few Trillions.

To the Skidoo Problem Editor:
:. I wish to compliment tt g Journal on
the popular hit it has made with the Skidoo. %
problem 1t is certainly one of the greatest
brain, t"1sters that l. have ever seen, but, after
considerable work, I submit the following NJ an
absolutely correct answer to the problem. There
were in all %, 15s, $685. O57 ,6O1 pennies.
John 81. Atkinson Truman Mimi
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comfort for had to hurry smoke keep
10
mustard plaster the back of his
~
1T looked good Christmas
neve
small section of Waterman with
~''
Residents Of the west side Miller D,
finally that wolves holding concerts revels
killed off about all the large dogs who formerly
Now
moonlight nights 1t dog
A, j.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-13
.SKLDOO PROBLEM CONTEST
LASTS TWO DA Us MORE

those who have sent in answers ought to he
furnished with buckets to wear on their heads.
They have sent in figures representing enough
pennies to reach to He1lenback and then some.
The answer is 232, 792, SOL. won't tell you
how / got it, ...,.fs.'
If you work the problem right you can't get
''nothtn's else If this answer isn't right /
don't wants a cent, but If you don't send me
those pennies I'll come down and push your
face in. ,-st - ~. *-Iitt1o wilIie
Aniover, S. D. Aged years, going on 4.
+. S. You might send me a automobile in.
s'eau o1 tne pennies Willie.
P: s. Again-Dont print this letter. Just send
me the stuff. WIN
+. ). Once More-I wrote this letter all by
myself Pa never helped me none. w.
Wants It. In A1rship. Fl
To the skidoo Problem Editor:
This Skidoo. Probienf$is as easy as Trolling
on log" -. When the boy arranged the pennies
IN " boxes he had one penny left over. Al
this stage:o of the game he got ratified like the
skldoo Victims, and be, thought it was impos.
slble to perform the feat and told his father
So His father replied: '.Skidoo, % for Won. ,,
The boy then got another box and put the odd
penny IN that Nowuhe had % pennies in %
boxes, the same number in each box. In ar.
irving at this conclusion figured the old man
st1ngy, the SOM foolish the Skidoo editor q
shark and his vietims-oh, never mind them
AND still have for9pmy answer % pennies
Now load the 1,00Olshfning coppers in an air
ship and send"it Ltntonward,y for I know %
IS ABOUT any dads limit. r, j A. Bartu,
- ~. ""tp" Linton, N. D.
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FAME INDEED

els he famous mang'
"Famous9 Rather! Why, they talk
Of naming new automobile after
him.
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With Z the Long BolD
Virgins the
Disease and Predicts
the Weather Reaching
There Is No Weather Change.
--"Eye natures walks. shoot folly as Il nlea."

the
his head has been seriously i'll
weather forecastg entirely weather.
Oliver Perry followed
the of the soldier the
Then the capacity guide and ne went
with wounded Monterey
the thigh, his fought
civil
haps perhaps it has
weather prophet
called
Paralysis found however that it had hithed
Virgins looking singroom window the weather
and remakng sagey $500 :....-. .". .
tonight it doesn't -
the weather changed where everlasting
break spell Of weather
utry dry What would
kind living
the the coal bill and the glorious sunset!
-: o.:
something
anything abou We Perhaps,
should might
o
lowe
buckwheat cakes doughn of the gandm
of
telephone
half
The
borrowing draft the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-13
And He's Wrorr,g At; That

TO the Skidoo Problem Editor: =.
What fools these mortals be- ut is to
laugh" Say, Mr.. skfdoo, your problem is a lit
something hard? I am little boy, years old,
but can make enough noise like arithmetic to
solve that problem in my sleep. Anyone ought
to be able to work it in his head with both hands
tied behind him. That is the way the old man
and his boy did 1t in the first place: The
man had the pennies in his mind and the boy
put them in the boxes III his mind His father
then gave them to HMM his mind, and the
kid was the richest boy in the world--in his
mind. would not have said a word IL 1T had
not been for all the roar that is being made over
this skidoo business Someone ought to 20 and
push the house down on anyone who would puda.
zle over that problem very long, and some of
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-13

Only two more days Of skidooery.
are mailed after Saturday will be con
sidered in the award. The prize-win-
ners' names and the correct solution
will be published in The Sunday Jour
nal Of Dec.s %. Here are q few random
samples from the days mail: .
A skidoo Tragedy. s.:
To the skidoo Problem Editor T.; q. -
The night was dark. the hour was late,
Again h stood by the big iron gate
And heard her say in accents low, r.
'solve the skidoo problem, or you go.
For, don't you see, it's your only chance
To earn enough money to buy your pants
And pay the preacher when we wed;
Get those wheels started in your head
Alas! The poor man hung his head
All, all was silent the dead. ....
eye gods! I've worked in vain for years.
This the young man said in. bitter tears.
"But I'll win out you bet your shoe,
And you and will then sktdoo.''
He turned with defiant air
And his fingers thru his hair.
:..Ah, ha, I have it; let me go,
Lest forget. I'll have the dough. =
Just trust to me- he said with pride.
"And you shall be my precious BRIDE.
They parted happily once more, y g."
The man inside his room door,
Placed In row the boxes small, T. 4
Just twenty three he had in all. = +.
And from his pocket drew his purse
And from his lips little curse 49,.
There was just enough-why should he carei
Just twenty-three was all he had; -.'
Yes, just what that poor boy had had.
Again he read the problem Ger,
Just twenty-three, and not one more.
He placed one In each little box, t,..>'.. - =.
m o11vo ola
Why didn't I think of that before,
Just twenty-three, and not one more,
1.-The world is mine, he said In glee: - e: q
This hour my sweetheart will see, ..i,.
And tell her to get busy now, :.
For surely she will be my ''frow." = -, !. {,
And now the sun was high above ~
his heart was full Of manly love- -
The pants are bought (on credit tho) IS = . 81.
The minister asked (the same you know)
For who could be SO heartless now -: ~
10 blast their hopes or cloud their brow,
All come to the wedding, for you see d..
They're as happy as pair can be.
= M. s. M. Pennington, MIMI
- Wants 81
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: -. WANTS 20 Be Shown.
TO the skidoo Problem Editor: .s.., 4 -.s.-
See what I made Of that small %: q 27e
zoo'ooo, OOO, OOO, 900, O01. I'm from Mime
sofa and you'll have to show me. : -
.. A. s.. w. Red WING hr,n,