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The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-01-11

the pork barrel and their owners pocketbook.
Stock will get all the exercise that Is necessary II
they have the best pasture that ever grew: and
any exercise that they have to take after that
means n decrease In their production. whether 1t
DO beef. milk. pork. mutton. or wool.
a single test on any mans farm will convince
him that this pasture problem works out as in
dictated. The yield from our pastures Is entirely
too small. In n large proportion of the cases 1t
Is due in part TO n lack OF variety In the pasture
plants: but Il Is also true that resting the pasture
n short time at different periods throughout tho
year will greatly increase tho amount OF feed pro-
duced. and the more feed there is for the stock
to eat the faster will they be able to tertilize and
enrich It for plowed crops or for making more
pasturage.
Using Stock as Harvest Hands.
II tho hog-raisor wants TO make his pork ut
small cost. he will use peanuts. cowpcaS. sorghum.
rape. artichokeE. potatoes. or some OF III" many
other crops suited for pork~srowiug. and which
can DO harvested BY the animals themselves. II
either sheep or hogs are turned into a large patch
at tho outset. they .tll waste more than Il little.
and It Will be gaintul 10 have fences OF some kind.
movable Il necessary. to conano them to a ON
p~aratlyelt ANAL patch I'll they have cleaned II up
without @antc.
II a man does NOT start out "tth the erroneous
notion that he must fence ha whole farm nj once
Into small! fields and must have n large number
Of ntock 10 commence with. he Will tnd that h"
can gradually get both fences and stock on hts
farm. mako easy ,roucy. distribute his income
Throughout Tho year. and improve the condition of
hp soil while be Is doing all this. What he will
gain and the ultimate independence 1t will give
him are certainly worth arriving for. and II nee
caaary. ar" worth making rigid self denial for.
A start In all that Ia needed. II only Common
e"nAe aud reasonable cafe are used thereafter
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-01-11
i.cstrd Pasture Makes Thrifty Cattle.

Meas" hll". RI" stock on the other part ot the
pasture have been doing we'll When thoy come
back to III" part that has had "A short rrnt. they
will nnd ia" grass SO high that they can get II
good bit" every time th"y 80 after one. and their
phunch'H ar" soon nll"d 30 fun that the stock go
on and II" do"n mud make fat or milk or wool
al ii surprising fnte. No animal can walk all dnv
hnd work hard "a get enough food and do much
els" Young stock viii not develop fast Steers
VIII not fAtt"n fast. MILK COWS cannot make milk
fast. Lambs cannot in such II pasture make those
luhty lambs at Two months OF age that the market
Ia always glad to got. Hogs cannot go on nlllng
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-01-11
EDITORIAL FARM NOTES.

~
Work stock will DO more effective pulling WHOM
h!'ched reasonably close 10 their load
DO not check work teams high. They want 10
put their heads down and stretch their nccka
freely when pulling.
Hay made OF uac!!!otua tHWcc; clorcrl. pea
vines. alfalfa. or any o. Tho clorrra. ~ill call fog
less grain when led 10 work s;ock.
Live stock aud manure mean prom; for the
farmer and fertility for tho aoll. and nothing has
ever been found that ~ill take their placcs
Build fences now. %cI; spr!nx ~lll bob UP Tho
excuse that there Ia not enough tim" for fence
building. Avoid tho crcuse by having Tho fences
done before spring.
Rather than 10 sell grain or hay Oh tho farm.
iced 1t all at HON" and buy more. buying moro
buying fertility from other farms 10 enrich your
Fences and fcrtlity-thcy mako farming a
pleasure. Fenccs enable ono 10 raise or buy mos,
OF his fertilizer In the form Of a,ock feed %o
other fertilizer ~iIl equal +, for ali-round pur
poses.
Loud. abusive talk TO n,ock accompanies abou,
the same result tina, such talk would 10 persons
1t makes mntt"rs worse. no, better Stock have
nerves and are Influenced by the passion OF their
Keepers. 4 man who cannot control his temper
cannot cxpcc, we'll To control stock.
Barn manure Is worth more than the plant food
II contains. II converts plant food now In the soil
In forms III" plants cannot use into forms that
the plants can use. II does for the plant what
the cook does for the farmer when Rhc converts
ludigrEtible corn into Il wholesome IiHh OF yrita
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-01-11

DO no, check work teams high. They ~aa; to
put their heads down and stretch their nccka
freely when pulling.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-01-11

Work stock will DO more effective pulling wher
h!iched reasonably close 10 their load
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-01-11

Hay made o! nc!!!otua tHs"e. clororb. pea
vines. alfalfa. or any o. tho clorera. ~!il call To-.
less grain when fcd 10 work n;ock.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-01-11

The beat place for ii dog that Is 30 restless and
full OF energy that II Is impelled to worry stock
IL In the compost heap.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-01-11

Live stock and manure mean PROFIT for the
farmer and fertility for tho holl. and nothing has
ever been found that ~til take their places
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-06-04

does not follow that every postal card
contains an epigram. The safest way
to insure wit In your essay is to pick
it where you find it, and ten chances
to one that will not be in your own
brain. Better the wit of others than
no wit at all-which might be prov
erb, but is not.
Shakespeare has well said: There
is nothing either good or bad, but
thinking makes 1t So" If this but
applied to your essay, o writer! what
an excellent thing it would be! But it
lies not within your gray matter to
compass it. Again, with the bard,
you say, II must become a borrower"
and you walk down the pleasant gar
dens, plucking here and there a flow
er of fancy until your little essay
stuns the eye with color. Here's
richness!"
Nothing that you can say but has
been well said before; therefore quote
it, fusing it, If you will, with your poor
thought to crystalline 1t and make
it seem new thing.
Here are few of the unpleasant'st
words that ever blotted paper" Do
not use them, then. Make your essay
light, graceful, full of the whipped
cream of human kindness.
Silence is the perfectest herald of
JOY" says Will again, but had he kept
silence, what Joy the Anglo-Saxon
race had missed, and how weak in
quotation had been thy essay! Has
| not this same Shakespeare said,
What's mine Is yours?" Therefore
do not scruple to take it il it will
make light where darkness reigned.' -
who would write. well must first
have loved" There you are 1t is
not nominated in the bond what you
must have loved; therefore it may as
| well be books as any other thing
You have loved books, you have gath
cred Of their honey; now letsit drop
of your stylus. and sweeten this essay
over which you labor.
| A sixteenth-century writer says:
They lard their lean books with the
fat OF others works. There you
nave All oiu pIcceuent, 50 rear NOT
You are in good company. You dc
but take what others have taken be
fore. Quote you never SO well. you
do but requote, and 1t may be that
he from whom you quote lifted his
thought from richer than he. 1t ii
well said that "a dwarf. standing on
the shoulders Of giant. may see fur
| Their than the giant himself" and II he
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-06-04
By-0pieyRead

WELL" replied the old lady, "she
and she has limited that she could
have had YOU"
"Ha, IL I'd married her she would
have had me-you can bet settin' Of
eggs ON that"
1T was the talk OF the neighborhood
how you used to go to dances with
her."
"Yes, 1t was the talk of the neigh
borhood whenever anybody went with
her at all. Cad, she had tongue that
would pick out a briar And now she
Is a reformer, an uplifter Of downtrod
women. Well, she spent about two
thirds of her life tryin' to. tread 'em
down. / can recollect when every girl
in the neighborhood was afraid of her.
An old gypsy came along one time and
had some love powders for sale, and
Miss Patsy she bought some and man.
aged to give EN- to Zeb Collins. She
must have given him about half a
pound from the way he acted. Went
out and hung over the back fence
and called hogs for ten minutes. he
did. After awhile when he was silent
she looked out after him and he was
a ketchin' of his horse. We called him
Bakin' Powder Zeb after that. But he
didn't rise"
Il don't believe she gave him the
powders"
'No, just loaned 'em to him. At any
rate, he got 'em. And now you trace
back some of the biggest Of these
women reformers and you'll find love
powders in their lives somewhere.
There amt nothin' on the earth bright
er than bright woman-and there's
nobody the Lord ought to shower His
favors down on more than her. No
matter how good a man Is he can't
begin to ketch up with her. She is
tenderness, love, truth, religion-all
in one. But when she's pizenous-
himself to dodge. And I'll bet every
time he sees old Miss Patsy comm
he takes to his flinty heels. When a
mans disappointed with life he gen
orally tries to keep 1t to himself. But
with a woman-she not only wants it
to be known, but wants to make 9th.
ers dissatisfied"
YES" said Mrs. Jucklin, "for when
mans failure it's his own fault. A
woman could never have helped her.
SELF"
you've got me again and I'll have
to get out the best way / can. Yes,
the cause of failure lies with the one
that has failed. 1t was lack OF
energy, lack of jedgment-a lack OF
somethin'. A man must make circum
stances, but sometimes circumstances
won't be made. Under the law all men
may be born free, but they amt born
equal. Neither minds nor constitutions
are on par with one another in diff
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-06-04
Easter Horror IN sussia.

"You must know" said the old
antiquary. that in benighted Russia
the peasantry believe that by the
light of candle made from the body
of young girl killed at Easter time
one is invisible. A fine thing for
thieves, that, cha candle whereby,
invisible, the thief may steal mil.
lion or two of rubles every night?"
And the candles are made. Every
year or two, at about this season, the
Russian press recounts with horror
the Easter murder Of good young
girl. from whose flesh candles have
been nodded.
He fiourished the candle in his hand
impressively. It was clumsy, home
made kind of thing. The coarse wax
very yellow, seemed to have been
poorly refined. There were in 1t, here
and there. humps.
YES" he said. this is one of them
/ have papers anthenticating its his
tory beyond Deradsenture."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-06-04

can see further It stands to reason
that he can be seen further Your
borrowed plumes will make you q
marked man; that Is, one who is
read, marked, learned. and inwardly
digested."
I'VE can say nothing but what hath
been said" Why attempt the impos-
sible, then? II would help others out
of fellow-feeling." 1 have been
thought-dry myself. / dare say that
there were mornings when John Mil
ton said: Il had rather than 40 shil-
lings l had never begun Paradise
LOST have keyed it so high that
it splits my throat to sing it,
Angling is somewhat like poetry
men are to be born so.' So angle that
We obtain the prize. Fish in other
mems streams and full basket will
surely reward your perseverance. And
when you have spread your wares in
the market place, not one in ten will
care who owned the fish originally
You will receive the credit even il
you pepper your work all over with
quotation marks.
Emerson says: 1.-THE passages of
Shakespeare that we most prize were
never quoted until this century" Do
you not see that it was not what
Shakespeare himself said that men
valued? 1t was not until his jewels
flashed in other mems bosoms that
we perceived their luster. Therefore
quote, for in so doing you will be rem
dering the bard q service.
Some one has said: He that / am
reading seems always to have the
most force" Remember that, o gen.
tie essayist! Do not scruple to help
myself, and having done SO, to take
thy pen and write down quickly"
1T is hard for an empty bag to
stand upright" but thanks to your
incursions into the fields of literature,
your bag is full. Let it stand.
Copyright, by James Pott & Coz
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-06-04

Old LIN Jucklin put aside his news
paper, arose, stood on the hearth, and
remarked to his wife, who sat In q
rocking chair, half dreamily knitting:
"They must hire folks by the year to
do nothins else but to write about
women"
They want to furnish the men
somethin' to read" his wife replied.
Furnish the men somethin' to skip
SOS to read somethin' else," said the
old man. "Once in while I read 'em
though, and I've Just read lot of
stun that / know want written by
anybody, man or woman, that had
anything else to do--a whole column
and a half tellin' how to raise chill
dren; and I'll bet a steer it was writ
ten by an old maid"
"Limuel, what are you talkin'
about?"
An old maid. I said; and one of
the sort that snatehes up her skirts
and runs like a turkey hen whenever
she sees child comm toward her.
oh, know their brand"
Yes, suppose So" said his wife.
but a woman that a raisin' children
hasn't got time to write, and one that
has them already raised is so tired
she don't feel like It."
"Oh, I expected to get it. one way
or another" replied the old man. at
was due and / deserved it. But 1t
does seem that the writer's on the sub
dect of women ought to stumble on
somethin' new. But man has been
studyin' women-now, let me see.
Well, particularly ever since Sam
sons wife cut his hair off, and
ne hasn't stumbled ON anything new
yet. I've given her good deal of my
time and I'm ready to make my &C
Acknowledgements. I've summed up my
account book. Two and two make
four anywhere else. But with woman
two and two sometimes make six
You can't tell. Figgers don't lie, but
with her they are mighty accommo.
datin'. And, Lord bless her, she has
finally discovered that man is her
enemy. The old maids have told her
80 and she has begun to believe it.
Over here across the creek the other
day a party of 'em had a meetin' and
resolved that man was a tyrant and
ought to be ousted Old Miss Patsy
Page, that has chased every chance to
get married that she could find
Through spyglass comm her way
was the president. She called atten.
Fion to the number of divorces
Throughout the country, and she
sighed over all this waste of raw ma
terial. She read paper. too, on how
, to manage a husband Bet she'd like
70 read book on how to catch one
"Limuel, she's good woman. She
sets up with the sick"
Eyes, and when she does the well
folks catch it. Shed sour a mornin's
milk by lookin' the COW in the eye"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-06-04

comes on a passage that he has him
self read In the original setting, his
vanity is tickled.
Tickle your readers vanity often
enough, and he is yours and will
sound your praises. "A nightingale
dies for shame If another bird sings
better" but you who are not nightin-
gale might die for shame If it were
not for the singing of that large cho-
rus Of English birds that make your
. songs possible. Homer himself must
beg II he wants means" and IL Homer
begs, who are you that says, ito beg
! am ashamed" See only that you beg
at the right gates, and you shall en-
Joy borrowed richness that in the
minds of many passes for a home
made garment of great value.
Some books are to be tasted, 9TH
ers to be swallowed and others
quoted: Reading maketh full man, .
not only that. but .'out Of the fullness
of the heart the mouth speaketh, -
and he who has read much and re-
membered much can write well.
Discretion of speech is more than
eloquence," and the most discreet
man is the man who knows where to
borrow to advantage. There be those
who write original essays of which the
best that may be said is, ut is his
own Better far the essay that gilt
ters and sparkles with thousand
gems filched. from the worlds great
lapidaries.
"Breyity Is the soul Of witt but II
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-06-04

ferent men. Man acknowledges this
and quietly knocks under, takin' hold
of the next best thing and dom with
1t what he can. I'm talkin' about
sensible man. But the woman-of the
Miss Patsy stripe-she does her best
and then tries to get even by doin' her
worst. She looks for happiness in the
misery of others. In sorrowful coun-
tenance she finds tho reward of her ef-
forts. She holds man accountable for
the fact that she was born female.
The dog that barks at the moon sees
somethin5, but the woman that rails
against nature sees nothin' but her
self. know that some of the women
folks would like to shoot me for sayin'
1t, but do say that the mother of
child is greater than the woman that
makes speech five columns long and
has the whole community talkin' about
how smart she is"
How about the father of child?
Isn't he greater than the man that
makes speechT
HE may be. About as no account
man as l ever came across could
make a speech for the clouds, / tell
you. But when he got through he was
just seashell that the musical wind
had been blowin' into. That was all.
He never had the Joy Of carin' for a
little human bein'. He was Jest a
Teller that folks could call great be-
cause he could talk. We may not have
mission on this earth, but IL we have
it Is to obey the lovin' instincts of ma
ture. The man that hates and the
woman that has no love in her heart
are both the enemies of nature. You
may say that old Miss Patsy would
have loved If the opportunity had been
given to her. She would have married,
that's true enough; but / don't believe
she, nor any of her ilk, ever had any
real love in her heart. I'm not standin'
here talkin' up for man. Bless you,
he's hopeless. He's gone all the gaits.
But the best of US have loved and
honored our women. We haven't called
them the enemies of man simply be-
cause nature set limit to our minds
and-because fate, or whatever you
may call it, showed US our weakness
We've played some cards and have
drunk a good deal of liquor. but the
best of us have reformed and We hope
the Lord has forgiven u.s."
"Oh, of course" said the old lady
amy man is willing enough to ask the
Lord to forgive him when he knows
that 1t is nearly time for him to die
During all the time, night after night
while these dear little ones that he
thought so much of have been growing
up, he has been off at elections and
| other things; and when he gets old
enough to quit then he talks about the
mission of nature and all that sort OF
stuff. If man doesn't want women to
go around maxim speeches why
doesn't he marry her and take care OF
her? If he thinks that marriage is sc
beautiful for woman why doesn't he
prove that 1t is beautiful for him:
Summing up my book, as you summed
up yours, why doesn't a man learn
earliershow to behave fimself?"
We'll, reckon you've got me
again." said the old man.
(Copyright nv Onie Ready
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-06-04

} you intend to
become an essay
list, gentle writer?
Then learn the art
Of apt and appo-
s it 9 quotation.
Quotations are
not more desir-
able to a stock
broker than they
should be to you.
Cultivate Bartlett.
To plant in the
bare sands of an
arid imagination
the borro w e d
flowers of the
successful garden
ers of literature
is to prepare a
part ERIE that
shall please even
the critical. For
when a man not
variously learned
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-06-04
ONE OF LONGEST ON RIVER
Northwestern Bridge at Clinton to
Have IS Spans.

The Northwestern roads bridge
across the Mississippi river at Clinton,
which is now in course of Construction.
will be one of the longest on the up
per river, having 25 spans and total
length of 1850 feet. The spans will
be of the following lengths:
Eleven 50foot spans.
One 76-foot span. .-~.3
One 204-foot truss span. 80
One 120-foot truss span.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-06-04

Seven 15o-foot truss spans (all over
east channel.
One 150-foot truss span.
One 1SG-foOt truss span
One 460-foot draw span.
: One 55-foot girder approach.
The bridge will probably be ready
for use in April, 1909.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-06-04

Keeps the little ones healthy and
happy. Their tender, sensitive bodies
require gentle healing remedies. Hol-
listers Rocky Mountain Tea makes
baby strong, healthy and fat 80 cents,
tea or tablets. Harper House phar-
macy.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1908-07-23
Why RaZors Get Tired.

do you know why we dip a
razor in warm water before we begin
shaving, and do you know why some
ignorant men say razor is tired p !"
asked the barber '.Well, this is all
due to the fact that a razor is a saw,
not a knife, and it works like saw,
not like knife. Examined under the
microscope it's edge, that looks SO
smooth to the naked eye, is seen
to have innumerable and fine saw
teeth When these teeth get clogged
with dirt all the honing and strapping
in the world will do no good-the
razor is dull and nothing will sharpen
it. Then is the time the ignorant
say it is tired and stop using it, but
tn wise know it is only clogged.
''The wise, though, don't suffer
their razors to get clogged. They
dip them in warm water before they
use them, and thus the teeth are kept
clean. It is because a razor is saw
that lather doesn't soften the beard
as so many people think. 1t stiffen'
it, so that it will present a firm ant
resisting surface to the razor
Philadelphia Record.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1908-07-23

les, Sne Is SJ111 alive ana very,
very anxious to be kicking as we'll,
returned Kimber, quickly, "but as It
happens she does not know exactly
where to find you. I do. Now do
you understand?''
Skinner sat down and buried his
face in his hands.
"Confound you,' he said, thick1y,
IT thought it was all over and for
gotten"
''Most men do comfort themselves
with that belief" observed Kimber,
but they find out their mistake soon
er or later. But, k1lieve me, Mr..
Skinner, have no wish to cause you
any distress. I have merely referred
to the episode to show that speak of
what know. The skeleton is locked
in your cupboard, and I happen to
have a key as we'll as you. That S
all. But don't want to use the key
if can help it."
A pause followed, during which
various emotions throbbed through
SINNERS poor, sordid little soul.
Rage, fear and surprise held the high
place there, and it was easy to see
that the words of his clerk had pro
I,duced terrible impression.
The clock struck 4.
| ''Pm afraid" said Kimber, '.tha1
I'm taking up too much Of your time ;
| "No, no, wait moment .
Kimber smiled and sat down again
Presently his employer looked a
him intently.
"Mr. Kimber," he said, and tn
fact that he used the word "Mr.
struck the clerk as being significant
81 suppose that you are not vindic
tive man."
81 hope not"
/ eYou cannot really have an
grudge against me except that yo
think you have received an unjus
dismissal
s'That is my only grievance"
Suppose that the dismissal wer
to be withdrawn, the grudge, in
agine, would be withdrawn also?"
'sOf course!'
/ A deep sigh of relief issued fro1
Mr.. SINNERS throat. He rose an
almost smiled.
. 'Then," he said, 'syou may COZ
slider yourself reinstated.'
'.Thank you very much, SIR
Kimber reached for his hat and un
brella and went toward the door.
Zone moment murmured M
Skinner, "you told me just now tn;
you were getting hundred yea
That is certainly not an inflated sa
ary. I think I shall give you tl
charge of an additional departme1
and raise the salary to $780,"
: Kimber bowed.
+ "Thank you very much, SIR" I
, said again.
, The contemptuous looking footma
showed him out, wondering why tt
caller smiled so expansively as
p went down the steps.
p 81 should like to know" refecte
Kimber, as he climbed on his 'bu
- what SINNERS skeleton really is
Black and White.