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The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03
FARMING INCOMPETENCE.
Many Farmers, Through
tence, Kill the Goose That
Lays the Colder Egg.

There is no better evidence required
to convict a farmer of incompetence
than a farm of declining fertility.
Many farmers think that the fertility
of a farm depends solely upon the
number of years it is cultivated and
the number of crops it has produced,
and that continued cultivation will
eventually wear out any soil, though
some soils will last much longer than
others. When land was cheap, and
the average farmer owned ten times
as much as he had under fence, the
comman practice was to wear out the
field as soon as possible by growing
maximum crops, and selling them off,
and then "take in new land to be
treated in the same way. When 100
acres of good black land could be
bought with two bales of cotton or
ten cows and calves, or one hundred
dollars in money, there was some ap-
p%earance of Justification for such a
has a farm he must conserve it's fer
tility, or he must earn a living at
some other occupation. If he is a
competent farmer he will see to it
that this farm becomes more product
i've. That this can be done is proven
all over Europe where farmers were
hundreds of years ago confronted by
the alternative of improving the fer
tility of their farms or starving, and
the result in many cases is that land
in continuous cultivation for 100
years will grow more wheat, or oats,
or roots than our boosted black lands
in their virgin fertility. There are
fields in many portions of our own
country that starved out their own
ers many years ago, and falling into
the hands of men who understood
their business, r now more produc-
tive than they eve were. Such in
stances are numerous enough to prove
the practicability of restoring the
worst worn soils, anywhere and ev-
erywhere. Good tillage, proper crop
rotation, judicious fertilizing and the
manufacture and application of home
made are the means by
which this can be done. Much car be
done by tillage alone, and but little
can be done without it. The New
Hampshire Agricultural College farm
was located on one of the most de-
pleted pieces of land in all New En-
gland. The first year only enough hay
and corn could be produced to feed
eight farm animals; the second year
showed marked improvement, and the
third year an abundance was made to
feed eighty head OF cattle and horses.
In one year the crop was increased
from half a ton of hay to three tons.
Some Of our record breaking crops OF
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03
VIBRATING BEAUTY CHAIR.

forations which are covered by the
thin rubber. The seat and back of
the chair are filled with water when
the patient sits in the contrivance, and
then a hammer, which strikes a rubber
disk, is set in motion. This hammer
starts vibratory waves in the water,
and these waves are communicated to
the body by means of the perforations
in the chair. Lillian Russell and Bern
hardt are using vibratory chairs, and
this means of acquiring strength with
ont expanding energy is becoming
quite a fad in New York. The vibra-
tory chairs cost from 5000 up, and con-
sequently will never become popular
among the majority of beauty seekers.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03
A6dSSfS}pnENn
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C-HEERFULNESS AT TABLE.
Make Every Meal nm Occasion for the
interchange of Entertaining
Conversation.

An old lady, who looked as though
she might have belonged to the sun
shine society all her life, was asked
by a friend the secret of her never
failing che~erfulness. Her answer con
tains a suggestive lesson for parents.
81 think" said the clever old lady,
sit is because we were taughtsin our
family to be cheerful at the table.
My father was a lawyer with a large
criminal practice. His mind was
harassed with difficult problems all the
day long, yet he always came to the
table with a smile and a pleasant
greeting for everyone, and exerted
himself to make the table-hour de-
lightful. All his powers to charm
were freely given to entertain his
family. Three times a day we felt this
genial influence, and the effect was
marvellous. If a child came to the ta-
BILE with cross looks, he or she was
quietly sent away to find a good boy
or girl, for only such were allowed
TO come within that loving circle. We
were taught that all petty grievances
and j~ealousies must be forgotten when
meal time came, and the habit of be-
ing cheerful three times a day, under
all circumstances, had its effect on
even the most sullen temper. Crate
full as | am for all the training re-
ceived in my childhood home, look
back upon the table influence as among
the best of my life"
Table are, of course, essen
tial, but the most important thing is
to make the meal an occasion for the
interchange of delightful and enter
tanning conversation. Let such gath
erings, fathers and mothers, make the
most happy hour of the day, and the
influence on the children may be be-
yond estimation.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03

ly to one side, or hopping from place
to place, as though to get a better
view. All the time they kept up a
blackbird conversation about the OBJ
ject of their curiosity, clucking and
chuckling away at a great rate.
The white robin did not hunt food
for itself, although it was fully old
enough to do so, but depended on it's
parents. When it few, it did so awk-
wardly and blunderingly, and gen
orally seemed to prefer staying in
one place.
A day or two afterward two boys
brought to my office the white robin,
dead. One of the local papers had
said that an albino robin might be
sold to a museum, and l accused the
boys of having killed the bird on the
chance of selling it. This they stout
ly denied, saying that they found it
dead. / took off the skin for the pur-
pose of mounting it, and found that
the boys had been telling the truth,
for there was no sign of an injury.
The poor robin was very thin, and
it's stomach was almost empty, ex-
cept for the remains of one bug. l
wondered if it's parents had grown
tired of feeding it. 1 found, also,
that the reason it flew so poorly was
because it's eyes were defective, and
that it must have been almost blind.
Had its parents fed it until the time
of the fall migration southwark, the
white robin could not have gone with
the rest, and must have starved. The
robin was entirely white, with pink
eyes, a pinky-white beak and pinkish
legs.
Albinism, by the way, is caused by
the lack of pigment, Or coloring mat
ter, in the quilts. Birds so afflicted
are, usually, not well developed, and
suffer from attacks of individuals. of
their own species.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03
OLD-FASHION HOME REMEDIES

For burns use equal parts of lime
water and linseed or sweet oil.
For cramps from chill apply a mus.
tard poultice over seat of pain.
For stings and bites apply diluted
ammonia or moistened saleratus.
To prevent mustard plasters from
blistering mix with the white of an
egg.
A lump of sugar saturated with
lemon juice and eaten slowly will cure
~hiccough.
In a case of poisoning put a table,
spoonful of mustard or salt in a cup
of warm waterNand administer.
When a. person faints place in a fat
position and apply camphor or ammo
MIA to nostrils; loosen clothing.
In commissions place cold water to
the head, loosen clothing, place in a
hot bath for ten minutes from 81 de-
grees to 90 degrees.
Always have in your medicine cab
met or on your shelf b~andages, court
plaster, hot-water bag, goose oil, a
bottle of camphor, ammonia, arnica.
~turpentine, bismuth, magnesia, castor
oil, epson salts, mustard, etc.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03
SUBDUING AN
and the Animal Never For
got the Lesson.

There are probably not many peo.
pie who know why elephants are sc
easily controlled by their keepers.
1t is rue that an elephant never for.
gets or forgives an injury, and that is
the very basis from which all trainers
derive their power.
Some years ago there was a very I'M
ruly elephant belonging to a certain
circus. The man who had been his
keeper was getting old and wanted tc
give up his position, so another mar
was found who was willing to take his
place. The transfer of keepers was
made in a small town in Indiana. Early
one morning the elephant was led into
an open space outside the tent, and
was then chained very securely. His
new keeper took a position neal by
where he could be seen constantly by
the elephants cruel little eyes. By a
little teasing he succeeded in annoying
the animal until he struck viciously AT
him with his trunk, which was exact
ly what the new keeper wanted. At
that instant he and some circus men
who had been waiting out of sight
behind the elephant began to beat him
and prod his tough hide with elephant
hooks. He shrieked with pain and
rage and tried to reach the new keep
er, who was the only man his chains
permitted him to see. But at each at.
tack the elephant tried to make the
blows descended harder and harder
and finally he ceased, convinced at last,
After he had stopped trying to fight
and had become quite conquered, his
new keeper advanced boldly, l~oosened
his chains, and triumphantly led him
back to the circus tent. He never for
got the beating, and he never riskec
getting another by being ugly to his
keeper.-N. Y. Herald.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03
DISAPPEARING COIN.
A Parlor Trick for Boys and Grill
which II = Never-Failing
source OF Fun.

The performer takes a large coin
marks it before the eyes of the audi
ence, lovers it with a handkerchief,
and asks somebody to hold coin anc
handkerchief over a glass filed with
water Fig. y. Stepping back a few
PAGES, he asks the person holding glass
and coin to let the coin drop into the
glass. Then he removes the handker.
chief and-the coin cannot be found
in the glass. The performer claims
that the coin must be in somebody's
pocket, ETC., and stepping up to some
one pulls it out of its hiding place and
shows it to the audience.
To perform this trick provide your.
self with a round piece of glass Gig.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03
AND PLANTER.
CULTIvATING A SMALL FARM.
4 North Carolina Farmer Tells Of
His Success with q Farm Of
Only Forty Acres.

/ a small farm, forty acres OF
which is cultivated in the following
With a two-horse plow /
break my land eight to ten inches
deep and p~ulverize with a two-horse
Acme harrow. / plant ten acres in
rust-proof oatg; cut and house in
June. | always shock in field and let
stand eight or ten days, when they
are ready to house. / plant some land
in cow-peas, one bushel to the acre,
broadcast, for hay, which in connec-
ton with crabgrass, makes fine feed
for horses and cattle.
/ NOW about September IS and
shock around stakes six feet high as
soon as moved. 1t is ready in eight
or ten days for housing, cured green
and sweet, and my land improved. /
plant ten acres in corn, rows six feet
apart, manure with lot and
guano in drill, cultivate with Acme
harrow until middle of June, when /
plant peas in middle rows; then l Gull
tivate with sweeps.
l. DldHt III CoLtou tCh dClCSs "iiltu l.
n with lot manure and a mix
ture of acid phosphate, kainit and
cotton seed meal, from 200 to 400
pounds to the acre. / run a one-horse
harrow on the rows as soon as the
cotton begins to come up; that rids
me of all grass and weeds; then l
chop to stand and cultivate with har-
row and sweeps.
/ plant two acres in Spanish pea
nuts for fattening hogs; manure with
lot manure and phosphate or ashes:
The tops make fine feed for horses
and cattle; also improves the land.
/ plant four acres in tobacco, rows
three feet by three and one-half feet
each way; use 800 pounds of guano to
the acre; cultivate rapidly and shall
low until the middle of June; then
for worms and suckers, which must
be looked after, rain or no rain. /
have only planted tobacco four years,
and find it a remunerative crop.
I plant two acres in sweet potatoes
and manure with lot. manure and qua
no; rows three and one-half feet
apart; cultivate shallow with sweep;
the later they are set out to August
II the better they keep, and take the
place of corn for horses as well as
hogs.
My watermelon patch each year
contains two acres; rows ten and
ywelve feet apart each way; MANURE
the same as for potatoes, only l put a
second application and cultivate with
harrow and sweeps.
Our cane patch of half an ere is
MANFRED and cultivated the same as
cotton; cut and fed to hogs after null
berries are gone, which is about the
middle of August.
Our orchard of four acres gives us
apples, pears, peaches, plums, cher
ries, grapes, cider and vinegar in
latest.
We also keep bees, which add to the
luxuries of our table.
We also have a kitchen garden of
one-fourth of an acre, and raise all
the vegetables suited to this climate,
with Strawberries and raspberries in
abundance for family use.
1 keep my stock, which consists of
horses, cattle, goats and hogs, well
sheltered, in good, comfortable stalls,
well Uttered with woods mould, saw
dust and pine straw, which adds
greatly to my manure pile.-W. FL.
| Whitney IN. C.). in Home and Farm.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03
Novel idea for Weddings.

Of course, the groom must give his
ushers some small souvenir of his
wedding. This has been the custom
for years and years, and many changes
have been rung on scarf-pins, cuff-but'
tons, etc. Nothing so original has
been heard of sin a twelvemonth" as
a groom giving his ushers gold but
IONS with their initials engraved on
them. The very swagger thing is to
wear white pique or duck waistcoats
for weddings, the gold initial buttons
making an excellent "set off" for them.
The buttons are about the size of a
quarter of a dollar, and the initial is
deeply cut.-Woman's Home Compan-
ion,
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03

both corn and cotton have been
grown on land once abandoned on ac-
count of poverty of farm and farmer,
but afterwards restored by judicious
farming. Then why forsake the old
fields? Let us pillow them, harrow
them, roll them, n them, SOW
forage crops AID feed cattle, plant
legumes and restore the lost humus,
add chemical fertilizers if needed, and
make them more productive and more
profitable than before.-Texas Farm
and Ranch.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03
NEW BEAUTY CHAIR.
Sitting In II Il said to Restore Youth,
Strengthen Muscles md Rec
place Tissues.

The latest thing to renew health
and prolong life is a vibrating chair.
BY means of this peculiar bit of mech
anism it is claimed that youth can be
restored, muscles strengthened and
wasted tissues replaced. The principle
upon which the vibrating chair is
worked is an old me-. The chair has
a heavy rubber seat and back. I'm
derneath this is a coat of thin rub
Der. The heavy rubber contains per-
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03
Queer Place for n Nest.

G. f. Fairs, goods agent at the
Worthing railway station, supplies an
interesting piece of nesting informa-
ton, says the Pail Mall Gazette. A
pair of robins have built their nest in
an old beer can, lying between the rails
of one of the lines in the goods yard
at Worthing station. Trucks are
shunted over it daily, and the unload
ing and carting of goods take place al
most every hour of the day within two
feet of the can. The nest at present
contains four eggs, and the birds do
not appear to be concerned in the least
at the constant noise about them.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03
THE WEDDING.

What's all this stir In among the toys?
The rustic and stir? The donkey creaks,
The paper rustles. the little ball rolls,
The round drum rumbles, the rabbit
squeaks.
There's not a toy but means to see,
In all the closet, from wall to wall,
The wedding between the Jack-in-the-box
And the prettiest china doll of all.
She looked so timid, and he so proud,
And both We're as happy as they could be;
And the moon shone in through the closet
door
1t was really a beautiful sight to see.
But when 1t was over, and all the toys
Had settled again upon the shelves,
Where Jack and the dolly could not hear,
They talkedi about 1t among themselves.
The little boy doll who came from France
Sighed as he shook his fiaxen. head:
""Twould have been all right for a wooden
doll,
But she might have dom much better
he said.
Said Mrs. Noah: II really think
Twas a very stupid ard slow affair;
l hope we shall fine, when We reach the ark
The animals all in order there"
But Jack-in-the-box and the little doll
Smiled at each other tenderly;
They did not hear. and they did not care,
But both were as happy as they could be.
Katherine Pyle. in st. Nicholas.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03
A CLEVER IDEA.

pieces together and bind all around
with the tape, sew around the top a
w~aistband and finish with button and
buttonhole. When hanging up clothes
one a button the bag around her
self, and it does away with continual
STOPPING for clothespins and the I'M
sanitary habit of putting them in the
mouth.-Mrs. Nellie Norton, in Good
housekeeping.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03

E=lHE first gown is of almond green
cloth. The skirt is trimmed with
- groups of narrow folds. or tucks, ar
ranged in festoons and with festooned
bands Of velvet bordered with little gauze
ruffies of the same shade.
The blouse is trimmed with the festooned
folds and with little straps of the cloth
and velvet fastened with gold buttons.
These straps border the fronts which open
over a lace jabot. The sleeves are trimmed
10 correspond and the puffs are of guipure
striped with bands of the cloth. The girdle
Is of velvet.
The second gown II OF black taffeta. The
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03
Th bird. Are sagacious.

Mexico has a clever bird called the
malanarpes, which has discovered a
new use for the telegraph pole. At
the foot of the post this bird makes
a large hole, in which it rears its fam
lily; somewhat higher up the post it
makes an observatory, from which
bored holes permit it to observe the
horizon in every direction; Sill high
er this sagacious bird makes its
storehouse, and thus the pole serves
as its home, fortress and warehouse.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03

skirt is trimmed at the bottom, simulat
ing a fiounce, with bands Of the silk Dor
dered with cream lace beading, in which
black velvet ribbon is run. These bandi
are ornamented with motifs Of cream lace
The bolero and sleeves are also trimmet
with these bands and motifs and tn,
former has a shoulder collar Of guipure
which extends way down over the sleeves
forming long, odd epaulets. The sleeve.
are finished with cuffs of original design
composed Of shaped folds of black velvet
The bolero opens over a blouse Of whit
silk, or lawn. with fancy ava n gil
die Of light blue silk. or satin.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03
BAG FOR ~CLOTHESPINS.
1t Does Away with Continual Stoop-
ing and Habit of Putting the
Pins in the Mouth.

Here is a drawing with directions
for making my clothespin bag. Take
a piece of blue denim two-thirds of a
yard long and a half a yard wide, and
cut like a; then take another piece
the same length and 81 inches wide
and cut like b; bind the pocket edge
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03
Peculiar Gypsy Custom.

The gypsies employ q very simple
method to check that member of their
band of musicians who has to make the
collection. They give him a plate to
hold in his right hand, and q live fly,
which he has to keep imprisoned in his
left as he goes collecting the money.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03

"Don't you ever get tired doing moth
ing?" asked the housekeeper.
Lady" replied the tramp, II git so
tired dom nothin' dat / can't do moth
in, Observation-Disclosures Record.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03
Not Used to Tha3 Kina

Playwright-My play is q clean
play.
Manager-Well, I'll try it, but I
don't know how the public will stand
~it--Brooklyn Life.
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