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The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-12
THINGS BETTER LEFT UNSAID.
Said with the Best IntentiOns But So
Awkardly ms to Give a Wrong
Impression

Under the caption, The Art of Putting
Things" an English author has given some
very amusing examples of saying things in a
queer way. One of the most unfortunate
recorded attempts TO escape from a conver
sational difficulty was made by an East end
curate, who cultivated the friendship OF
mechanics.
One day a carpenter came to him and
said: Il have brought my boys likeness,
as you said you'd like to have it."
How good of you to re~member!" said
the curate. What a capital likeness! How
is he?" .
"Why, sir, don't you remember?" said
the carpenter. Hes dead"
"Oh, yes, of course | know that" replied
the curate. II mean how's the man that
took the photograph"
A story is told of a young laborer who, on
his way to his days work, called at the
registrars office to register his fathers
death. When the official asked the date of
the event, the son replied:
HE amt dead yet, but he'll be dead be-
fore night, so l thought it would save me
another journey if you would put it down
now"
ooh, but that won't do at ALL" said the
registrar. Perhaps your father will live
till tomorrow"
well, l don't know, sir; the doctor says
as he won't; and he knows what he has
given him."
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-12
HERE AND THERE.

A shortage of hogs is predicted,
based on the effect of high prices up
on the amount of breeding stock. This
is a plain hint to farmers to secure
all the pigs they can, and feed all they
have well.
The Indiana station has made a
careful test of feeding pigs mixed
ground grains dry and mixed with
water. The result was slightly IA
vorable to the dry feed, with plenty
of water for the pigs to drink.
After the crops are all harvested
and slowed is a good time to begin
blowing for the spring crops. Many
of cur best southern farmers contend
that n additional blowing is equal
to an average application of manure
The life of the pork pig is SO
short that there is little danger of in
juring his health by too high feeding,
because long before high living can
get in its work, the pig becomes food
for a two-legged animal, with which
the ease is quite different.
Salt is an indispensable element in
animal life. 1t prevents disease, by
aiding digestion and destroying fer.
incentive germs, OF rendering them
harmless. In large doses it is a poi.
son; in smaller doses it is a laxative,
in minute doses it is a natural tonic.
Extra large specimens of vegeta-
bles are all right for exhibition III
poses and the winning of prizes, but
they are not what consumers want
and are willing to pay the highest
prices for. Quality, uniformity of
size and smoothness are what consum-
ers want.
Hogs should never be fed exclu.
sively on corn, or any other grain, but
should have some green stuff or sue
eulent roots or melons, or pumpkins
to break the monotony of a single ar
ticle of food. It will help the appe-
tite, promote digestion and conse-
quently health.
Northern capitalists are contem-
plating the investment of large sums
of money in cattle raising in Florida
and Alabama. Why don't the capital
lists OF Florida and Alabama occupy
this field. II there is profit in it why
wait for northern men to come and
grasp the prize?
On general principles farmers in
stitutes have done much good, and
will continue to do so if kept on tho
right lines and well supported. The
best teachers at the institutes are
those who themselves, r practical
farmers and who have made : noted
success in their specialties.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-12
Look for Peach BOrers.

Owners of peach orchards should
remember that peach borers should
be carefully dug out at this season.
They T all Matched now and begin
ming to work we'll down into the roots
of the trees, preparatory to going in
to winter quarters. 1t must not be
thought that because the trees were
gone over in the spring and summer
there is no need of doing the work
now. There may be some that
Matched from eggs laid late, and some
may have been missed. 1t has been
proved that it costs more to dig
peach borers out once a year than
three times a year. This is because
the borers, when near to surface. as
they are soon after Matching, can be
easily taken out. Less damage will
result to the tree also, for a full
grown borer will do much more dam
age than half a dozen ones. The in
jury done by the knife in taking out
the one which has bored deep is also
considerable.-Prairie Farmer.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-12
"The Proof of the Pudding Lies In the
EatiurD

The doctors are dumbf6unded, the drug
glsts astonished, and the people excited and
loy1ul over the wonderful cures and tremen-
dous sales OF the great Remedy, St. Jacobs
Oil. Every case of Rheumatism-some of
many years ~standing-has given way to this
powerful remedy. Thousands of certificates
like the following can be furnished as to its
value:-
George Scleyer, Publisher of the Chiffon,
Wis, "Volksbote," used St. Jacobs Oil for
almost unbearable pains in the back, which
had completely Frustrated him." A few ap-
plications cured him entirely.
Mrs. Fred Eberle, Bellaire, O., was for a
long time severely troubled with Rheuma-
tlsm. st. Jacobs Oil instantly relieved and
entirely cure her.
Rev. DR.. B. Pick, of Rochester, N. Y, suf-
fered so intensely from Rheumatic pains that
ne was unable to preach. Several applica-
tons from a bottle of St. Jacobs Oil "re-
lieved him."
F. Raider, Cleveland, Ohio, says: 1.-TWO
applications of St. Jacobs Oil cured me of
great and ~long-continued pain in my foot"
Messrs. {. L.. Brundage and Son, Drug
gists, Muskegon, Mich, write:-"St. ia
cob. OIL has a wonderful sale. We sold
eight bottles at retail yesterday. This will
give you some idea of how well it is liked
In this section"
Mr.. Louis Hinkel, of East Poesten, XIII,
n. Y, says:-"I cali St. Jacobs Oil the best
liniment l ever used. 1t cured me of Rheu-
matism and pain in the back"
Herman Rittner, Manchester, n. H.
Il have tried st. Jacobs Oil, and found it ex-
cellent. All those who have purchased it
speak Of it as simply incompatible"
Geo. G. Erfffe, Palestine, HI was in
bed suffering from a swollen leg, l used st.
Jacobs Oil, its effect was wonderful. The
following day l attended to my business
again"
DR.. Otto Fuls, Reading, o.. writes:-'The
sale OF st. Jacobs Oil is constantly increas-
ing; it is praised by everybody, and never
fails to give entire satisfaction"
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-12
FALL DAIRY CALVES.
Who Have Fall anu Winter
Calves to Dispose OF.

Those who have fall and winter
calves may well question whether it
would be better to raise or veal
them, and il the latter, how? OF
cours if the calf is a heifer and sire
and dam r blooded and more cows
r to be needed, it will be advisable
to raise it; but generally not if it be
a bull. This is a season when milk
and butter bring a good price and ev-
cry quart of full milk fed a calf to
be raised is generally begrudged. It
a be well done without. Dr. not let
the calf suck at all; but keep it where
the COW can see and smell it for a
few weeks SO she will worry little
when it is removed from her sight.
Give It new milk two Of three days
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-12
ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE,
Although Sharp and Cautious tn
Wildcat Has Not a Good Mem
DRY for Traps.

Our almost extinct wildcat is a beast
which for want of memory has not
been able to hold its own. While the
fox and the badger, especially the lat
ter, are adopts at avoiding traps, the
wildcat seems quite unable to keep
out of them, says the London Spec
tator. Yet the glutton, another car
nivore of the northern forests, with
out any apparent brain endowment of
the positive kind, has learned the
whole art of trapping so successfully
that it will follow along a whole line of
40 miles of traps, break into every one
from behind and carry off the bats
without being caught. In the same
way the balloons of Africa, whether
north or south, maintain themselves
in a locality in their full numbers long
after most other creatures of equal
size have disappeared. The part of
the Matoppo hills in which Mr.. Rhodes
by the Matabeles because, as they are
now disarmed, the balloons carry oil
all their corn and pumpkins.
The rat and the rabbit are not very
different in point of f~ecundity. But
while the rabbit, except or very favor
able soil, disappears in a cultivated
country like England, where it is not
afforded any protection, the rat is
practically master of the situation, SO
greatly does his power of individual
experience, and probably also of COM
m~unication, exceed that of the other
rodent. 1t can hardly be an accident
that the gray parrot, one of the clever
est and mos thoughtful of birds, is by
far the longest-lived. There is an IN
doubted instance of this bird surviving
for a century, and half that time is
quite a common age. But in the case
of birds so many other considerations
than those of brain intervene in deter
ginning what leads to longevity that
Only vague g.neralizations are pos
sible. Size. food and species all have
their known results on the duration
of a birds life. A gannet has been
known to live for 40 years, Spanish inn
perial eagles to nearly that age, an
Egyptian vulture to AZ, ravens for 20
years and swans for nearly as long.
But it is a fairly safe inference that
the life of birds is, in proportion to
their size, longer than that OF man.
mails. Comparing the general average
of brain power, that of birds is much
higher than among the average
beasts; and it is quite probable that
it is this excess of brain vitality which
gives the birds also an Excess in bodily
vitality.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-12
Goats, other Than Ansera.

l am handling the Mexican milk
goat exclusively. They are the most
prolific and healthiest stock that 1
ever had anything to do with. 1 never
have had a style sick one yet. They
are the cheapest meat producers that
l ever raised. In fact they have not
cost me anything except a little spare
time and a little salt to keep them
gentle and to make them come home.
| run mine in the pasture or field, or
outside, just as 1 like. If the fence is
kept up, and care be taken to keep
the trees off the fence, they will not
give any trouble. I run them in the
corn field after the corn is laid by,
and never have found any corn
destroyed by them. If you
put a bunch Of goats in the
field when the corr is laid
by, they will destroy nearly all
the weeds and bushes. Of course there
are a few varieties of weeds and
bushes that goats will not eat. They
will quickly turn the weeds and
bushes into the cheapest and healthi-
est meat l ever ate. We lived on it
this summer and not a single one of
the family ever had any of the meat
to disagree with them. To clean up
rough bushes, weeds and jungles l
never saw their equal. If you will kill
the large timber and chop the small
brush and bend it over so they reach
it, they will do the rest quickly. They
like a dry shelter and will come out
of a rain almost like a person.
If they are altered when they are
small and let alone until they are
about n and one-half years old, then
separate them from the breeding
flock and put them in a fresh pasture
or corn field, they will get much fat
ter and dress from 40 to 60 pounds.
One would be surprised to see the
quantity of grease that a fat goat pro-
duces and they are much better to eat
when they are extra fate. w. White.
in Farm and Ranch.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-12
A PREACHER IN QUEENSLAND.
The Strange Reception OF q "hite
Minister Mt the Hands of n
Group of N~atives.

In q recent book Edward B.. Kennedy
thus describes the welcome given by
HACK natives of Queensland to a white
preacher who visited them: "a black
fellow came up to me and placing his
hand gently on the bride of my horse,
nodded his head in the direction of my
friend. with That fellow priest l
agreed; upon which, sinking his voice
TO a mysterious and hoarse whisper,
he proceeded 'Budgery. That tel
low like it put on shirt over %trousel,
get a top O. waddy, and yabber bout
debit. debil;' which, rendered in plain
English. reads: Good. That man puts
his shirt on over bis trousers, gets
top of wood, or pulpit, and talks
about devil, devil Before / could
make any remark upon this new and
startling of describing a
preacher, the whole mob of blacks.
who had been listening to the infor-
nation vouchsafed me, commenced to
dance about with joy at having a par
son: and we soon found out the rea-
son. for my instructor, signing to the
others TO De qultl, SlIuCh al dltIluuC,
then turned to his reverence with an
air of pride and satisfaction, and thus
addressed him: You give mine Tx
pence mine say lorsprer tin commands
burgery quick all same white fellow
which meant: Give me six-pence, I'll
say the Lords prayer and ten COM
mandments ~splendidly quick as a
white mar does in church. Then,
without a moments hesitation, he rat
tied off like lightning, a far as we
could follow him, a page of the church
service, throwing in a few responses
here and there. The parson looked
grave, as the black, the very second
he had concluded, held out his hand
for ~sixpence, and upon the coin being
refused him evidently considered
that he had not spoken his piece fast
enough, for he called up another
member OF his tribe, saying as he
pushed him forward: This fellow
cabon quick one shillin'.' This mar
very quick. one shilling.,r
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-12

and then gradually change to sldm-
milk to which has been added faxseed
jelly as gradually to take the place
Of butter fat removed in the cream.
Later, fine middlings, and still later
wheat bran can be added in due pro-
portion. Care must be observed not
to over-feed. A careful feeder will
soon get the rations right and keep
them so. To fatten calves for veal in
this way, more grain and oilmeal
must be fed; but even then, calves 40
fattened do not make SO good veal
o so much of it as those whicf
suck the cows. Where good market
for veal is not too remote, the best
use the scrub calf can be put to is
to suck a COW until five or six weeks
of age, then slaughter, hog-dress and
ship to some city dealer. Then if the
COW is not a fairly good one, have an
other young calf put upon her at
once, and so repeat the process so
long as she will give milk enough to
fatten ascalf, then dry her off, fatten
her and let her follow the calves to
the butchers stall.-Cor. Nat. Stock
man and Farmer.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-12
The Worm Turned.

He loved her devotedly. He was also
bow-legged. Both facts gave him pain at
times.
lie passed it by with a rueful smile. when
she merrily said that his affection gave him
such an arch look, and that, after all. he
was a pretty good sort when you got onto
has curves. He bore it patiently, when she
referred to his walk at his parenthetical
progress. But he rebelled, and broke the
engagement, when she called her pet deg
through the wicket formed by his legs.
II NAV not be so overly ornamental"
said he, but | emphatically object to being
MADE useful, SO u~nseasonably early il the
game!"-Smaft Set.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-12
Four Years After.

"Lapse of time has strengthened
my appreciation of Doan's Kidney
Pills. l gave this remedy my unquali-
fed endorsement in the summer Of
1896, because of the results l obtained
from a course of the treatment. I
can now add to my original endorse
ment the experience of a number Of
others who are just as enthusiastic,
when they express their opinion Of
Doan's Kidney Pills. as l."
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mr.. Rigler will
be mailed on application to any part
of the United States. Address Foster.
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by
all druggists, price so cents per box.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-12
PROOF.

Case No. Al, 206.-Capt. Alfred G
Rigler of Hose Company No. 4, Can
ton, Ohio, says: 81 had a weak back
ever since l was a boy, and about SIX
years ago the cause developed into
rather a bad case Of kidney complaint.
1t was not a little backache now and
then but backache which caused actual
suffering day and night, and theharder
I tried to get rid of it the worse it
became.
"When the attacks were in the acute
stage it was difficult to sit down, and
when down it was just as hard to re-
gain an erect position, on account of
the twinges Of pain in the kidneys.
l can only describe some of the pangs
as similar to that received from a
knife thrust.
SIN time, distressing and terribly in
convenient urinary weakness resulted,
causing annoying embarrassment DUR
ing the day and loss of sleep during the
night.
"Itook everything which came tony
notice from reading, from observa-
ton, and which my friends and ac-
quaintances advised. I consulted
physicians, but none of them were
able to relieve the trouble, let alone
stop it.
st became SO well known that I had
a pronounced case of kidney COM
plant that I often received circulars
from medical companies offering to
cure me, and one day eighteen letters
were handed to me by the mail ear
rier.
when Doan's Kidney Pills attracted
my attention 1 wanted to try them,
just as had tried everything else, and
Mrs. Rigler went to Durham & Wright
Co.'S drug store for a box. Relief fol-
lowed. / knew after a dose or two
that the medicine was acting directly
on the kidneys from the altered con-
dition of the kidney secretions, and,
encouraged, l continued the treat
ment. Finally, the backache and
other complications stopped.
"Let me sum up my opinion about
Doan's Kidney Pills by saying, I would
willingly pay one months wages for
a box of them if / could not buy them
for less. You can refer anyone to me
about Doan's Kidney Pills and I will
convince them that they act just as
represented"
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-12

Men who pursue impossibilities enjoy the
activities of life and none of its rewards
Chicago journal.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-12

The test Of any recreation is, does it re-
create?-Ram's Horn.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-12

"Nc," said the bride-to-be, 81 didn't ac-
cept Jack the first time he proposed"
How could your" replied Miss Wryvell
"Why not?" "You weren't here."-Phl
adelphia Press.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-12
A Public Need.

"Yaas, sab. De ting what dis eah coun-
try needs is more prisons, sah-more pris-
ons."
why, Uncle Ned, there are plenty of
prisons. Every state has its penitentiary
and"
"Oh, yaas, sab, | knows about de penny
tenchures. Dey's penny tenchures enough,
but de penny tenchure is chockfu of penny
~rascals, an de thousan' dollar ~rascals
CANT git in, sab. What dis heah country
needs is some million dollar tenchures, and
it needs EN- mighty bad."-kansas City
journal.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-12

Ethel-"Father, please give me a nickel"
Father-"Don't you think you're too big
to beg for a nickel?" Ethel" 'Spose you
give me a quarter, then detroit Free
Press.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-12
He Ought to Know

When a man dies they who survive him
ask what property he has left behind. Tne
angel who bends over the dying man asks
what good deeds he has sent before him.
Koran.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-12

More people might wake up to find them
selves famous if they wouldn't sit up SO
late at night.-Indianapolis News.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-12

The man who pays his rent must hustle
keep moving.-Chicago Daily News.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-12

I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my life three years ago.-Mrs. Thos.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-12

She-"My mind, I'd have you understand,
is on something higher than my dress" He
oh, it is? On your hat, l suppose?"-
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-12

"Some men bets on a boss race" said
Uncle Eben, "an' den talks about bein'
onlucky instead o foolish" w
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-12

Grabs and misers hate to shell out
Chicago Daily News.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-12

A close friend is one who declines to lend
you money.-Chicago Daily News.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-12

Most people would succeed in small
things if they were not troubled with
great NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-12

Fruit acids will not stain goods dyed with
Putnam Fadeless Dyes.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-12

Don't Neglect a Cough. Take Some Hale's
Honey Of Horehound and Tar ~instanter.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-12

1t is safe to assume that the tall story
has grown SO by stretcaing.-Puck.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-12
HORSES IN THEIR KNAPSACKS.
LawtOn's Cavalry Were Provided
Against Any Sort OF Expedl-
ton or P~rivation.

A well-known Boston lecturer, Peter Mac
Queen, has seen military service in more
than one campaign, having been with Roose-
welt at Santiago and with Lawton in the
Philippines. He is an enthusiastic admirer
OF the regular army private, whose sense
of humor, he declares, is unfailing. The
following is one of his ~savorite stories:
"ln the last expedition Gen. Lawton made
against Santa Cruz two regiments, the
Fourth cavalry and an Idaho regiment,
were sent up the Laguna de Bay in native
boats. In the darkness two regiments ran
into one another and great confusion re-
suited.
What farmer outfit are your yelled the
Idaho boys, derisively, at the clumsy cav
airy.
"'Lawton's Fourth cavalry answered
the regulars.
"'fine cavalry was the answer Where
are your horses%
Here in our knapsacks,' replied the cav
airy, rafting their cans of salt horse"
He Ought to Know.
Giles-There is a fortune in grain specu-
lation.
Mlles-How do you know!
because l put one there ."-Chicago Daily
News.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-12

To Cure a Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. A
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-12

A false friend is worse than a fair foe
Rams Horn.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-12

Liberality consists rather in giving sea-
sonably than much.-Cicero.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-12

The vainest hopes are generally the most
roseate.-Chicago journal.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-12

= Ou, IL Is. Ou yOuT udt, 1 suppOSS -
Philadelphia Bulletin.
More people might wake up to find them
selves famous if they wouldn't sit up SO
late at night.-Indianapolis News.
Don't Neglect a Cough. Take Some Hale's
Honey Of Horehound and Tar instanter.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Men who pursue impossibilities enjoy the
activities of life and none of its rewards
Chicago Journal.
The test of any recreation is, does it re-
create!-Ram's Horn.
To Cure a Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. Csc.
Most people would succeed in small
things if they were not troubled with
great NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Crabs and misers hate to shell out
Chicago Daily News.
Fruit acids will not stain goods dyed with
Putnam Fadeless Dyes.
A close friend is one who declines to lend
you money..Chicago Daily News.
A false friend is worse than a fair foe
Rams Horn.
Liberality consists rather in giving sea-
sonably than much.-Cicero.
The vainest hopes are generally the most
roseate.1Chicago journal.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-12-10

Encouraged by the report of success
from the ladies' Of the Methodist church
at Lovington. ILL.,. who recently went
into the fields and husked corn and
sold 1t, applying the proceeds on their
church debt. the ladies' Of the First
Baptist church OF Paris, ILL.,. were re-
Gently engaged in "husking bee" for
the beneSt OF their church fund. says
q Chicago dispatch to the st. Louis Re
public. A number Of farmers north OF
the town gave them free access to their
Aelds. They are to have all they can
husk and haul away. 1t b expected
that a neat sum Will be realised, As the
corn had been previously contracted
for at 80 cents a bushel, 10 cents above
the market price.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-12-10

washing Colored Table Linen.
Colored table linen should be washed
in tepid water in which powdere
borax has been sprinkled. WASH
quickly, using little soap. and rinse in
tepid water containing boiled starch.
Dry in the shade. and when still damp
iron