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The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-10-01

wage bands or tenants. This
advice is given largely for the
reason that the questioner wants
so to manage that he will have
practically no labor problem to
solve. Even If he could get all
the labor be desires, il is a ques.
ton whether he should have ten
ants on his place. since a white
man who has had considerable
experience aud can be relied on
STAYS on the farm aud should be
able to do a more profitable kind
OF farming. Certainly the soil
would be cared for better and
the average OF term OF years
with this kind OF far ming would
give the place 4 larger net IN.
come. The outgo would be kept
small. 80 that the income would
be largely net. AT present
there arc loo acres OF dcadened
timber land on the place. and
lust now the problem evidently
seems 10 be to get rid OF the
timber. This qucssioner and
hundreds OF other farmers
should bear IN mind now that
tim Der is going to DC very scarce
soon, when farmers will take TO
planting timber lots. Enough
tim Der should be kept on the
place TO provide shade for stock
and wood for all farm uses.
Natives OF the South might a.
well make up their minds that
they too must NEE, a labor prob.
lem that will constantly become
more serious: and their way out
will be 10 turn more 10 crops
that Gao be TO 4 large extent
handled by machinery and
mules. instead OF wage hands or
tenants. The tendency will be
Tor the better class OF negroes
to pay cash rent or buy land OF
their own, so that only the less
desirable class will remain for
tenants or wage hands. The
land owning farmer who can
look ahead and prepare for that
day by changing the nature Of
bis farming aud supplan,iug
hands with machinery and with
live stock will iarc very we'll and
be independent. II he cannot
make the change. he will have to
quit or be 4 hungry looking
farmer.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-10-01


ed so that growing any one year
after year on the same land will
not fast rob the soil OF its ferti)i-
~ and the land will not be so
likely to be a breeding place for
insect pests that feed on the
crop to be grown.
The deadened timber land
may p%rohtably be put down IN
pasture. Nothing has been said
about the nature Of the soil, but
Bermuda is recognized "a the
best pasture grass for the South
aud will grow on any type OF soil.
or course it yields better on
fertile land. Bur clover is a like
success in its season anywhere
that Bermuda will grow. This
clover would grow during the
cool periods OF the year. giving
late fall, early spring and some.
times winter pasture, while stor.
ing atmospheric nitrogen in the
sci; and would seed aud be out
OF the way before Bermuda need
ed the land. |, is particularly
good for developing spring
lambs rapidly, and sheep would
help TO keep down sprouts and
weeds on pasture OF deadcned
timber land. Occasionally the
land is considerably shaded
where there is dcadencd tim Der j.
and orchard grass has the ad.
vantage OF making good growth
IN partially shaded places. |,
should be sown in August. Bur
clover should DC sown from
Angus. 10 the early par, OF No
vembcr. Sep,cm Der and October
being very good months Tor
sowing. Bits OF Bermuda sod,
even as small as a walnut. AT
be put 10 the ground three feet
apart each way by the use OF a
hoe in March. |, will be gainful 10
press the earth around the bits
0! sod with the foot. Hogs will
give good returns on such 4 pas.
ture. |! one has money enough
to raise mules, they can be made
very profitable. With careful
use work mares can drop mule
colts regularly; and with care
full use we'll developed two-year
mules can do light farm work
for the short time the mares
ought TO rest. Grass beef cat.
tic will give good returns. but
will require considerable capital.
One who had Il taste Tor dairyiug
could certainly do we'll with milk
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-10-01

Paul Hoffman. wascriy. Ala.
EDITOR GAxKrrK:
note Prof. Mornings answer
to Mr.. Hogaboom's inquiry
about pomegranites, in which he
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-10-01
a NOrtherner


oping a farm in Tunica county,
Miss, finds that it is difficult to
keep good colored tenants; and
wants to know what the white
man on the place can crop him.
self, and what can be done with
the deadened timber land.
After unusual chances to OBJ
serve how N~ortherners farm in
their own section and in the
South and knowing that North.
erners cannot accomplish as
much as a rule with negro help
ers as Southerncrs can, the
writer would suggest TO all
Northerners that they would do
better to do such farming as will
for the most part make them To-
dependent of negro wage hands
and negro tenants. Negroes do
not raise halt the proportion OF
the cotton they are generally
supposed to raise. but cotton is
cminently the negro's crop
When it is said, therefore, that
Northerners should do such
farming as will enable them for
the most par, to DC independent,
OF negro wage hands and negro
tenants, il is simply saying ,ha,
Northerncrs should raise some
thing else than cotton. L, ia no
handicap on them either. Very
many native Southerncrs would
be better of If they never raised
a boil OF cotton. provided they
went Systematically at other
kinds OF farming.
There are 80 acres OF ,his par.
ticular farm cleared. 1t il sup.
posed TO be nearly typical Delta
land. Corn will makca paying
crop on such land il the righ,
variety is planted and the prop.
er culture is used. Using one
mule and making four or five
burrows TO cultivate one row
will not be proper culture. II
requires too much time and
makes the crop cost too much.
If the great corn states raised
corn that way they would be
buying corn.
Red Rust Proof oats sown in
October ought TO make a paying
crop with the methods ad 20
Gated in the September | Ga.
zettc. Cowpeas can be planted
as soon as the oats are harvested,
and the fertility Of the land can
be mostly kept up in this way.
by fall the land will be ready
frr catS AGAIN if das;r.d or h,,
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-10-01
To Advertisers.

Copy for advertisements
should arrive ia the Office OF
the GAZETTE several days
before tie date Of issue
Owing TO a failure TO do so,
somebody desiring to ad.
ver,ise is disappointed
every issue. Advertisers
in the GAZETTE are get.
ting MORE BUSINESS
THAN EVER BEFORE.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-17
American IdeaIisn,

Since my first arrival in America I
have held that the real spirit Is ideal
istic and that the average individual
American Is controlled by idealistic
impulses. Those who may contradict
me can not have sounded the depths
of the philosophy Of Ralph Waldo
Emerson, or studied the life and read
the speeches of Abraham Lincoln. and
considered their farreaching effect on
the American people. In Lincoln's
great character nothing can be more
striking than the way in which he
combined reality and the Hottest ideal,
with thoroughly practical capacity
to achieve that ideal by practical
methods. This faculty seemed to give
him a far-sighted. almost superhuman
vision, which enabled him to pierce
the clouds obscuring the sight of the
keenest statesmen and thinkers of his
age-Baron Speck Won Sternburg. In
Forum.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-17
HEADS SHAPED TO ORDER.
German Doctor Explains Causes OF
Various Formations.

At a recent convention of German
naturalists and doctors DR.. Watcher,
Of Stuttgart, in an instructive paper
pat forth a sensational theory to ex.
plain the formation of the shape OF
the head Of infants. He maintained
that the head Of q child could be
nodded artificially. He found by ex-
perience that when a medium-shaped
head is placed in soft cushion the
child turns on it's back, or rests Oh the
back of it's head, In order to free
mouth, nose and face. In this manner
the head rests smoothly, and a short
head is developed. But If the mediums.
shaped head of child Is placed on
hard under-rest, like hair mattress
or rolled carpet, the child's head
turns aside, as 1t cannot stand any
more on its head than an egg. for the
muscle of the back is weakened.
Therefore, with continued resting on
the side long head is developed. To
prove his assertions the lecturer pre-
scented a child whose mother and sis
ter are shortheaded. The child at its
birth had a short head. now after Is
months 1t is long skulled. If the child
had been placed on its back, according
to other experiences its head would
have been short-shaped. DR.. Watcher
did not deny that the shape of the
head was Inherited. but asserted that
1t could be greatly influenced by the
way the child rested.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-17
Always to Be Depended Upon.

When person gets up in the morn
ing with dull headache and a tired,
stretchy feeling, it's an almost certain
indication that the liver. or bowels,
or both, are decidedly out of order.
AT such times Nature, the wisest
and best of doctors, takes this means
to give warning that she needs the
help and gentle assistance which can
best be obtained from that old fam
lily remedy, Brandreth's Pills, which
has been in use for over a century.
They are the same fine laxative
tonic pill your grandparents used
when doctors were few and far be-
tween. and when people had to have
remedy that could absolutely be de-
pended upon.
Brandreth's Pills can be depended
upon, and are sold in every drug and
medicine store, plain or sugar-coated.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-17
BATTLE WITH TERRoRIsTs.
Desperate Fight Follows Search Of a
House.

TVOboCs
st. Petersburg, Jan. 13.-Desperate
fighting between police and workmen
occurred In the Okhta quarter of this
city during domiciliary search
When the police appeared five work,
men who were in the building exiting.
uished all the lights and opened fire
on the police. The latter responded
and the fusillade continued for some
time In darkness. The workmen fin.
ally retreated after killing two districr
inspectors and two policemen, and
wounding three policemen.
A quantity of firearms was iiscov.
cred in the house.
1t transpired later that the five
men who fought the police were indie
pendent leaders of the Revolutionary
fighting legion.
A detachment of twenty police,
commanded by captain, surrounded
the house, and had just broke in the
door, when the revolutionists suddenly
fired volley at them, and during the
confusion which followed, made a
dash for the door and escaped in the
darkness, maintaining a running fight
with the police for some distance.
Over hundred arrests have been
made In connection with the assas.
sination Of General Pavioff. Many of
those taken into custody are soldiers.
which has revealed the existence of
an unsrspected branch of the terror.
list organization among the military
clerks. The capture of a clerk be.
longing to the engineer corps was
issued by the pope seemingly puts an
an entire company of infantry was
detailed to make the arrest.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-17
POPE'S ENCYCL|CAL
FRENCH BISHOPS HAVE CHOICE
OF OBEDIENCE OR SCHlSM
SEE NO VICTORY FOR CHURCH
If vatican's Purpose Is to Drive
France to Canossa II Must Fail
Calls Plus X Scourge.

Paris, Jan. 13.-The encyclical Just
issued by the pore seemingly put an
end to the hopes of the moderates of
all shades of opinion that the church
eventually would accommodate itself
to the new conditions In France.
There is not the faintest suggestion
that the French bishops will not obey
the orders from Rome.
Although many of them unquestion.
ably would prefer an immediate solu-
ton Of the difficulties, confronted as
they now are by the choice between
obedience or schism, it is a foregone
conclusion that at the meeting of the
eriscopacy here Jan. Is they will sim.
consequences are likely to be deplor.
able from every point of view. The
majority of the clergy and Catholics
generally recognize that practically
there is no chance of the church
emerging VIGOROUSLY from the strug
gle. On the contrary, the lot of the
church will be only harder.
If 1t Is the vatican's purpose TO
drive France to Canossa," it must
fail, as, no matter how desirable nego-
tiations might have been at the begin.
ming, the mere suggestion now of ne
gotiating would mean the instant
downfall of the cabinet. If the OBJ
ject of the vatican is to arouse the
Catholics to seek redress at the polls,
the first attempt at organization for
that purpose will be met by meas
ure authorizing the government to
recognize all priests as being subjects
of foreign power. This step, how.
ever, as Premier Clemenceau has al
ready announced, will only be taken
as a last resort.
Even M. Jaurez, the social leader,
refers regretfrlly to the consequences
which the papal encyclical will entail
He says:
"The pope desires to save the
dogma and the hierarchy. In reality
he Is preparing their ruin. Attila
was the scourge of God; Plus X is the
scourge of the church."
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-17
ill-FATED TRAIN Is WRECKED,
Five Killed and Eight Hurt on Rock
Island

Island.
Ell Paso, Tex, Jan. 14.-Running al
high rate of speed, Rock Island
passenger train No. 3, which left
here at $3.50 o'clock last evening for
Chicago, dashed into an open switch
at Barney, N. NJ, 1870 miles north OF
El Paeso, early this morning. Five
persons were killed and eight in.
jured. none fatally.
The dead:
II. F. Ackley, Alamagordo, N. NJ,
engineer.
E. ]. Redfield, Alamagordo, fire.
man.
Harley Spence, Corona, N. M.
sheepman.
Andrew Heron, Bisbee Arizona.
Mexican child.
The injured:
Two Arabs from FL Paso are nine
MeXicans.
The engine was turned over, kilI-
ing the engineer and fireman instant.
ly.
The express car, dining car and a
Pullman were derailed.
The train wrecked yesterday was in
a collision Jan. 2 at Volland, Kan,
with No. 2 on the same road, and
thirty-two persons, most Mexican lab.
orers on their way to Ell Paso, were
killed and over thirty persons were
injured
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-17
COSTLY PRESSURE.
Heart and Nerves Fall on Coffee.

A resident of great western state
puts the case regarding stimulants
with a comprehensive brevity that is
admirable. He says:
II am Sc years old and have had con.
siderable experience with stimulants.
They are all alike-a mortgage on re-
served energy at ruinous interest. AS
the whip stimulates but does not
strengthen the horse, so do stimulants
act upon the human system. Feeling
this way. gave up coffee and all
other stimulants and began the use of
Postum Food coffee some months ago.
The beneficial results have been APP
parent from the first. The rheumatism
that l used to suffer from has left me.
| sleep sounder. my nerves are stead
Ter and my brain clearer. And | bear
testimony also to the food value of
Postum-something that is lacking In
coffee" Name given by Postum Co.
Battle Creek. Mich. There's reason.
Read 1.-THE Road to MELVILLE" tts
quaint little book in pkgs.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-17
THE GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC RAIL.
ROAD AND WESTERN CANADA.
VIII Open Up Immense Area Of FREQ
Homestead Lands.

The railway facilities of Western
Canada have been taxed to the ut
termost In recent years to transfer
the surplus grain crop to the eastern
markets and the seaboard. The large
Influx Of settlers and the additional
area put under crop have added large
~ to the grain product, and notwith-
standing the increased railway facil-
tiles that have been placed at the dis
posal Of the public, the question of
transportation has proved to be Sc
yious one.
1t will, therefore, be good news to
eYervone interested In Western Can
sla 10 know that an authoritative
statement has been given out by c.
~. Hays, president of the Grand
Trunk Pacific Railway, that that rail-
way will do it's share towards moving
the crop of 1907 from Alberta, Sas-
katchewan and Manitoba to tide water,
and thus assist in removing serious
obstacle which has faced the settlers
during recent years., Mr. Hays, who
has just completed trip from Port
age la Prairie to Edmonton in a prai-
Tie schooner, a distance Of 735 miles,
which was covered in eighteen days,
ls enthusiastic about the country.
This Will be gratifying to settlers in
the Canadian West, even If Mr.. Hays
declines to be bound to a time limit
with the exactitude of a stop-watch.
The Grand Trunk Pacific road will be
In a position to take part in the trans
portation Of the crop of 1907. and that
will be satisfactory to the settlers In
that country when the harvest is gar
uered.
The wheat crop of 1906 in Western
Canada was about 10000 900 bushels,
And. with the increased acreage which
u confidently expected to be put un-
Ger crop next year, 1t is safely caleu.
hated that fully 125.000,O00 bushels will
be harvested in 1907. The necessity
for increased transportation facilities
are. therefore. apparent. and the state.
ment made by Mr.. Hays will bring en-
enlargement to the farmers Of the
Canadian West, new and old. The
opening up Of additional thousands Of
free homesteads Is thus assured by
the agent Of the Canadian Govern
ment, whose address appears else
where
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-17
Twenty-Four Go Down With Vessel

Twenty-Four Go Down With Vessel.
CuxLaven, Germany, Jan. 14.-The
British ship Pengwern, Captain Viii.
lisms from Talta, Chile, Oct. 6, for
Falmouth with q cargo of saltpeter.
foundered off Schlrporn, about ten
miles northwest If Cuxhayen yester.
day. Twentvfour men, comprising
the crew, were drowned and her car.
go is total loss.
The tug VulSan went to the assist
ance of the stranded vessel and pass
ing closely to her the crew of Peng
wern threw live dog and a bundle
of clothes to the tug but disregaried
the appeals to jump into the water
so that they might be rescued. The
Vulkan made repeated attempts to
reach the Pengwern, hut heavy sea
broke owed the Pengwern and she
disappeared.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-17

The extraordinary popularity OF fne
white goods this summer makes the
choice Of Starch matter OF great Inn
portance. Defiance Starch. being free
from all Injurious chemicals. Is the
only one which is safe to use on fine
fabrics. It's great strength as a stiff
ener makes half the usual quantity OF
Starch necessary, with the result of
perfect finish. equal to that when the
goods were new.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-17
ecALY ERUPTION ON BODY.
fsrsd 10 Years - Completely
Cured by Cuticura.

when I was about nine years old
small sores appeared on each Of my
lower limbs. scratched them with
brass pin and shortly afterwards both
Of those limbs became so sore that
] could scarcely walk. When / had
been suffering for about month
the sores began to heal, but small
scaly eruptions appeared where the
sores had been. From that time on
ward I was troubled by such severe
itching that, until became accus-
toned to 1t, would scratch the sores
until the blood began to flow. This
would stop the itching for few
Jays, but scaly places would appear
again and the itching would accom-
pany them. After I suffered about
ten years I made a renewed effort to
effect cure. The eruptions by this
time had appeared on every part of
my body except my face and hands.
The best doctors in my native coun-
ty advised me to use arsenic in small
doses and salve. / then used to
bathe the sores in a mixture which
gave almost intolerable pain. In ad-
dition I used other remedies, such
as Iodine, sulphur, zinc salve, IS
Calve. - Ointment, and In fact /
was continually giving some remedy
. fair trial, never using less than
one or two boxes or bottles. All
this was fruitless. Finally my hair
began to fall out and I was rapidly
becoming bald. l used IS -,
but 1t did no good. A few months
after. having used almost everything
else. I thought would try Cuticura
Ointment having previously used
Cuucura Soap and being pleased with
It. After using three boxes ! was
completely cured. and my hair was
restored. after fourteen years of suf-
fering and an expenditure of at least
$50 or $50 In vainly endeavoring to
nnd a cure. / shall be glad to write
TO any one who may be interested in
my cure. B. Hiram Mattingly. Yer
million. s. Dak., Aug. Is, 1906"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-17
convlet,s peoullar claim.

A life convict In the Andamans had
served some long period when an or
der recently came for his release. All
the time he had been In the band. and
had evidently SO far forgotten that he
was a prisoner that on his release he
put in claim for pension on &C.
count of his long and faithful service
as a government servant-Madras
Mail
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-17
Can You AnsWer3

n you have a friend who thinks he
knows It all ask him to explain the
difference between an Alexandrine
and . woman of Alexandria; a masher
and q mashie; adenoids and aneroids;
six of one and half dozen of the
other; neoplatonism and platonic
friendship; macaronic, macaroni and
Marconi; q referendum and a referee;
irrelgion and birreligion; the jungle
and Port Sunlight; Arminians and
Armenians; a carpet knight and rug
headed kern.-Chicago Tribune.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-17

Tex, writes: Il
was afflicted for
years with pains
across the loins
and in the hips
and shoulders. ]
h a d headache
also and neural
gia. My right
eve, from pain,
was Of little use
IN mo For uoorc
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-17
Beware of OintmentS for catarrh
that Contain Mercury.

as mercury will surely destroy the sense OF smell
and completely derange tho whole system when
entering IL through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except on prescrlp-
lions from reputable physicians, as the damage they
will do IA ten iold TO tho good you possibly de-
rive from them. Hairs Catarrh cure, manufactured
by +. j. Cheney Co., Toledo, o., contains no
curry and is taken Internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces OF the system. In
buying Hairs Catarrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine. IL ts taken internally and made In Toledo,
Ohio, ey +. Cheney a Co, Testimonials FREQ
Sold by Druggists. Price, T5s, per bottle.
Take HANS Family Pills for constipation.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-17
Orlujn Of Starch.

The art of starching was not intro
duced into England until the ingenu-
ity Of Dutch women In starching ruffs
induced Queen Elizabeth to turn to
them when she took to werring cam
brio and linen cuffs. In 1864 Mistress
Dinghein Won den Plasse, the refugee
daughter of Flemish knight, came
with her husband to London, accord
ing to an old writer, and set up an es-
tablishment for starching, where she
not only piled her trade, but instruct
ed English classes in her art.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-17
Fine Feat of Enuineerlna.

The feat Of moving lighthouse
without taking 1t apart or dismantling
it in any way has recently been accom-.
plished at Ashtabula. The range light,
weighing 65 tons and standing IS feet
high, was placed on lighter and
towed along the river a distance Of
$50 feet, and then successfully place
on a new site. It was raised by the
use of jacks and moved on rollers to
and from the lighter. Guy ropes held
1t In position while moving.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-17

A London physician asserts that
both eyes of human being are In
equally good condition in ouly one
case out of fifteen.
A newspaper in PariJ is devoted to
the interests OF beggars. Among tn,
business opportunities" In a rece..l
issue is an advertisement suggesting
an opening for a one-armed man, OF
preferably man without arms, at a
winter resort.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-17

The constant flow of urine kept my
system depleted, causing nervous
chills and night sweats. After trying
seven different climates and using all
kinds of medicine had the good for,
tune to hear of Doan's Kidney Pills.
This remedy has cured me. l am as
well to-day as ! was twenty years age.
and my eyesight is perfect"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.