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The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-18
PROLIFIC SEED WHEAT.
70 Select 1t Is n Far More Critical
Business Than Appears at
First Sight.

Most farmers object to seed wheat
that contains small quantities of some
different varieties; the objectionis per-
fectly legitimate though the crop be
as good from such mixed seed as from
pure seed of a single variety. The
same rule applies to other grains. Few
men lack system and uniformity to
lines of stock and grain; a farmer will
succeed best with what he likes best
and with that of which he is most
proud. There Is but n way of puri-
flying seed wheat hat has become mix
ed with undesirable heads; this method
is picking or selecting heads true to
type and name. But this is a more
critical business than appears at first
thought; not only must the length of
the straw, conformation of the head.
and it's color be closely observed. but
heads thus selected may hide within
the chaff a very different grain; it is
necessary then to resort to experiment
tai hand Smelling to preserve the uni
formity Of berry. This to many farm
ers may seem bookish and impractical
BILE, but 1t is the only method pursued.
and the man who buys pure seed pays
some one else for this special care and
labor. Such work, in addition to the
tangible result, which is a very small
start of superior seed, Identifies a man
with his business and gives him an in
sight that casual handling does not
afford. Besides, such procedure is GER
tain in it's results while buying at a
premium is uncertain and may ever
result in a worse seed than ones own
mixed product. Another case brought
to our attention was that of an intel
ligent farmer who went through a bad.
ly winter killed field of wheat and Sc
lected those stools which had best re-
sisted the ~unfavorable conditions. By
this method he claims to have secured
a more hardy stock of seed; this result
seems very plausible. Farmers have
not time to magnify and comprehend
every trifle that comes to their notice,
but it is advisable that they have a
correct appreciation Of what consti-
tutes a trile. and of other seeming tri-
fles, which really afford the intelligent
approach to their business.-George P.
Williams, in Epitomist.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-18
FARM SLAUGHTER HOUSE.

wheel above, is arranged on the plat
form and opposite the hogshead with
which the hogs can be easily hauled out,
after scalding. on to the platform for
scraping. and later hauled up and hung
to the cross pole overhead for cleaning.
This arrangement does away with a lot
of break-back lifting, and the largest
hogs can be handled with ease. When
not in use the hogshead should be kept
full or partly full of water, to keep the
slaves from falling in. A hog slaughter
house of this kind, which can also be put
to a dozen different uses, does not cost
much, and is a great labor and money
saver. The hogs are rolled in onto the
platform through the door shown. The
bridgeway. from the mouth of the hogs
head to the platform, is movable.-Den-
mis- H. Stovall. in Epitomist.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-18
STORIES ABOUT EAGLES.
They Show That the Big Birds Are
Not Afraid to Tackle Even the
Strongest Antagonist.

Some years ago Sir Charles Mordaunt
between an eagle and a stag, which COM
pletely dispels any theory that the orni-
biologist may put forward as to eagles
rot attacking large animals, says the
Chicago Journal. The bird singled out
from a herd one particular buck, which
it succeeded in driving from the rest.
1t struck the animal repeatedly with its
powerful wings, knocked it down and
finally killed it.
Baron Schroeder witnessed a still more
remarkable spectacle. An eagle at
tackled a fawn which was one of a herd
in the highlands. The cries of the little
one were answered by it's dam, which
sprang upon the eagle and struck it re-
peatedly with its fore feet. Fawn, deer
and eagle rolled headlong down a decliv-
ity, and the bird was dislodged from it's
hold and the fawn rescued.
But Sir Kenneth Mackenzie knows a
more thrilling story than either of these,
for, according to report, an eagle was
rent in twain during a battle in his for
est of Gairloch. Fixing it's talons in the
quarters of a roe, the bird was dashed
against a tree, to a branch of which it
e%ndeavored to hold to stay the flight of
it's captive, The bird was haIved in an
instant.
Many traditions are extant as to
eagles having carried off and devoured
children. In the north of England the
legend is perpetuated by the name of
many an inn, the sign THE Eagle and the
Child" being common. The most recent
case bearing close scrutiny appears to
be one which occurred in South Africa.
A Boer farmer, living on the veldt just
beyond Barberton, whose stock had been
harried by eagles, lay in ambush for the
aerial robbers, and saw one of them de-
scend and carry off the five-year-old
child of one Of his Kaffir servants. He
shot the bird. which, with the child still
clutched in its grip. fell into a thorn
bush. The bird was dead when picked
up, but the babe was little hurt. The
eagle measured nine feet from tip to tip
of it's wings.
Two eagles will stalk a covert in con-
cert. While one conceals himself the
| other beats about the bushes with a great
| screaming, driving out it's quarry for the
| hidden eagle to swoop down and make
an end of it. An even more insidious
method has been observed, when an
eagle, detecting a sheep on the edge of a
precipice, screamed shrilly, and with
| forceful beat of wing hurled it into the
valley below, where it could devour it at
| it's leisure.
There is good reason for believing,
after all, the ancient legend as to the
manner in which Eschylus, the Greek
poet, met his death. 1t is said that an
eagle dropped a turtle on his bald head.
Algerian travellers are familiar with the
| sight of eagles carrying turtles and tor
toises to a height and dropping them
upon rocks to break the creatures shells
and render the flesh accessible.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-18

WELL ARRANGED HENHOUSE.
for scratching room. Nos. l are doors:
two and seven are windows covered
with pickets and storm doors for the
windows at night. No. 3 are nests;
four are roosts, which are nailed on
poles, the poles fastened On posts FIVE
by a piece of iron. coming from n
side of post up over pole and down on
the other side; this loop holding it
down, still letting pole turn, letting the
roOsts be hooked up on the walls by
means of these loops and nails, leav-
ing the room free to clean out. The
%drOppings may be thrown out of win
dow seven, then let the roosts down on
posts six. and they are ready to use
and don't touch the wall. Hang car
bolic acid in bottles under the roosts,
put tobacco stems in the nests, put
lime on the floor, use the match freely
with old nests and litter, and it will
be clean with no vermln.-Mrs. S. Hol-
land, in Epitomist. D.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-18
HABITS AND A L
to Success on Account of
Public Indifference.

1t is nc easy task to carry to success q
crusade in the interest of public health,
Those who have engaged in such move
ments. says the Baltimore American,
know how many obstacles must be over
come, how many disappointments and
discouragements must be borne with
equanimity before the goal sought is
reached. Public indifference to such
matters is one of the chief obstacles,
and until that is removed there can be
very little hope of results worth hav-
Ing. The large majority of people are
fairly healthy, and it is difficult to make
such people believe that it is necessary
for them to pay any great amount of at
tention to laws of sanitation or rules
of hygiene. They eat well, sleep well,
keep strong and hearty, and hence care
very little for the sanitary condition of
their surroundings. In truth, it is not
always the dirtiest places in a city which
are the most unhealthy. In n section
where the cutters run with filthy water,
where the children are thick as hops and
as dirty as pigs, the mortality is very
low, even less than in sections where
cleanliness is counted next to goodness.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-18
HOW TO RETAIN YOUTH.
work with Discretion, Get Plenty of
Beauty Sleep and Never Lose
Temper or Patience.

Keeping young looking depends very
much on yourselves. Here is some good
advice once given by a beautiful woman
to a girl admirer who asked her for her
recipe OF remaining "such an ever
green" Never work on till you are
seemingly at the last gasp, whether at
your business or your pleasure, but rest
as you go along. If you forego rest till
your work is done the chances are that
you will then be TOO tired to take it.
Get all the beauty sleep you can. Re-
member that late hours are fatal to good
looks and health and don't commit the
folly of working far into the night and
then wondering why your work is not
we'll done and you feel so good-for-noth-
don't let them become too sensitive.
Make yourself take life calmly. If you
lose a train don't pace the platform wild
ly, but inquire when the next comes in
and sit down calmly to wait for it.
That's just what most women don't do;
they sit down, perhaps, but they tap the
floor with their feet, clinch and unclinch
their hands and are apparently in a fe-
yer heat of excitement over the arrival
of every train that comes in, even
though they have been assured that
theirs is not due for another half-hour.
That half-hour of waiting means to them
a frightful wear and tear of nerves and
they are practically weeks older for it.
Try to cultivate calm, but if you cannot
do that all at once you can keep your
face still. 1t need not record all your
emotions Of anger, worry and pe~rplexity.
Biting your lips and wrinkling your
brows will not help you and the indul-
gence in these tricks will add ugly lines
to your face, making you ~old-looking
before your time."-Chicago News.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-18


this work, which may be carried out
with regulation embroidery silks, using
a rather heavy grade, or in the mer-
ceriZed linens so widely used at pres
ent. Where designs require shading,
the silks are best, as the various con-
secutive shades are procurable in these
goods. In other cases the linens an
swer perfectly.
A centerpiece design is shown in
the illustration, autumn leaves fur
nishing the motif. 1t measures 16
inches in diameter, and can be duplicat-
ed at home with a handful of leaves,
paper and pencil. The space between
the inner and outer wavy lines is
darned, leaving the leaves plain. For
this. a delicate shade of green silk is
used. Embroider the two lines of satin
stitch in a slightly darker shade of
green. Satin stitch is a succession of
stitches close together across the space
to be covered, either straight or d.
agonally.
The edge of the centerpiece is but
tonhOled with still a deeper green, and
between this buttonholing and the line
of satin stitch, scatter French knots
~irregularly. These are made by coil
ing the silk about the needle two or
three times and inserting it at the point
where it comes up through the linen,
thus forming knots on the right side
of the fabric.
Embroider the leaves in "long and
short" stitch all around, using green,
brown and red shades, with a touch
of yellow here and there. Outline the
veins and midrib in the shades pre-
dominating in each leaf, and endeavor
to vary the leaves as much as posi-
Bile, so that no two will look alike when
finished. This work is speedy, and the
result cannot fail to crafty.
The smaller illustration shows a de-
sign adapted to decorating ~sideboard
or dresser scarfs, or for towel borders.
o towels, all white floss is always
preferable, since they can then be
boiled without fear of running the COL
ors, but for ornamental covers for
dressers, stands, etc, this design is most
effective carried out in pink, blue, vel
low or light green. Whatever color
predominates in the furnishings of the
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-18
THE ROAD TO GRuMBLETowN.

IT'S quite a straight and easy road
That leads to GrumbletoNn,
And those who wish can always find
A chance to journey down.
lis customary for the trip
To choose a rainy day
When weather's fine ones not so apt
To care to go that way.
Just keep down Fretful Lane until
You come to Sulky Stile.
Where travellers often like to rest
In silence for awhile.
And then cross over Pouting Bridge,
Where Don't Care Brook flows down
And just a little way beyond
You come to Grumbletown.
From what / learn, this ~Grumbletown
Is not a pleasant, place; @
One never hears a cheerful word,
Or sees a smiling face;
The children there are badly spoiled
And sure to fret and tease,
And all the grown-up eople too,
Seem cross and hard to please.
The weather rarely is just right
In this peculiar spot;
It's either raining all the time,
Or else too cold, or hot.
The books are stupid as can be;
The games are dull and old;
There's nothing new and nothing nice
In Grumbletown I'm told.
And so I've taken pains, my dears.
The easiest road to show,
Ihat you may all be very sure
You never, never go!
ELLEN Manly, in st. Nicholas.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-18
TRICK WITH A SLATE
When CIeverly Performed. According
to Instructions Given, 1t At
fOrds Lots of Fun.

An ordinary slate, such as children
write on, is shown to the audience; to
prove that nothing is written upon it
both sides are rubbed with a wet sponge.
A chair Is brought. to the foreground
the seat of which is covered with a
black cloth. Then the performer asks
any girl In the audience tt be kind
enough to give her first name and offers
to let the slate guess the date of her
birth. After the name is given the per-
former places the slate on the chair and
lays a piece of chalk upon it. After
making a few motions over the slate to
indicate that the writing is going on
the performer lifts up the slate and be-
hold! One side of the slate shows the
correct name and date of birth.
This seems to be a trick hard to ex-
plain. but nevertheless it is a very
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-18
How to Market Hoxa.

After l have my hogs fattened l would
not drive them to market. live three
miles from a railway station. Whenever
| have driven them that distance | have
had a loss of from five to seven pounds. II
l hauled them l have never had a shrink
age of more than IL to two pounds.
Then l would have my cars well bedded:
ride with them myself; go with them tc
market; stay with them in the yards
water, feed and stay by them until they
cross the scales. Whenever l get some
one who can attend TO that better than
l can I will turn it over to him. There
is money in the hog business if it is prop
erly conducted. There is no money in il
if it is not properly COMMUNICATIONS
Cownie, in Farmers Review.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-18
HOG SLAUGHTER HOUSE.
onvenie Room in which the Larg-
est Animals Can Be Handled
with Great Ease.

herewith present a rought sketch Of
what l believe to be the most convenient
hog slaughter house that has yet come
to my notice, A one room building, 18x2O.
is amply large enough. In n end is
built the furnace of brick or stone on
which set the kettle for heating the wa
ter. By the side of and near this is a
large hogshead, set into the ground be-
meath the floor and at an angle, so that
the lower edge of its mouth is even with
the floor. The hogshead must be firm
ly planted. A sloping bridgeway run
up from the mouth of the hogshead to
an elevated platform built across the
other end of the room. A windlass, with
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-18
Crocodile. Mixed Menu.

The capacity of the ostrich to swallow
all sorts of articles is matched by that
Of the crocodile, if the list given below
is a fair sample: The stomach of a re-
Gently killed Indian crocodile contained,
besides a half-digested calf, a human
skull, a silver bangle, some gold orna-
ments, a tobacco box made of tin, a lime
case, a nutcracker, a railway ticket, a
horn case containing some 20 copper
coins and a soda water bottle containing
some mustard. The foregoing list of
articles is sufficient to convince students
of natural history that crocodiles are
passionately fond of bric-a-brac of a sub
stantial nature.-Boston Herald.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-18
~HUCKABACK BORDER

room will be suitable. The open spaces
between the two horizontal bars are
covered in darning stitch. The bars
themselves are then worked solid in
satin stitch, and the interlaced portions
of the design outlined on both edges and
filled between with French knots or
with h%erringbone stitch. This latter
is formed by placing stitches diagonal
ly across the space at regular intervals.
slanting first one way and then the
other with ends crossing, somewhat
after the name of a rail fence. The
design must be duplicated as often as
necessary to complete the embellish-
ment of the desired article.-Mae Y.
Mahaffy, in Ohio Farmer.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-18
WORK ON H~UCKABACK.
EN- That Is Com
Easy on the Eyes and Yet Pro-
duces Fine Results.

brand of linen know that in the process
of weaving two threads are thrown up
OF the right side and lie fiat but loose
at regular intervals across the material.
These open the way for %"darning" the
background, this being a peculiar fea-
ture of huckaback embroidery. The
embroidery floss is run across the buck
aback under the loose threads and over
the remainder in a regular darning
stitch in parallel rows until all the
space is covered except that occupied
by the design, which is then left plain,
Only patterns showing conventional
figures and ample spaces are suitable to
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-18
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Frederick Lewis is to impersonate
Edgar Allan Poe in a production of
1.-THE Raven" on which George C. Ha-
zleton is now at work.
Commander F. A. Miller, U. S. N,
has purchased a pew in historic st.
Johns church, Washington, from a
Philadelphia, paying $1,000 for it.
Twenty-seven hundred actors are
said to be out of work, due largely to
strikes on buildings which have pre-
vented needed repairs onN theaters,
which are now closed.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-18


toward the left; and at the beginning of
each row at the left as you take up the
first string as it lies fiat, urn it owe
and downward toward the right.
To finish off the ends of a belt, ar
range the ends in pairs, take the right
hand string, and tie it in a knot that
will include the left-hand string.
When the knots have been tied at one
end, remove the other end of the belt
from its fastening, and tighten up the
end, braiding n side of it SO that each
side will be of the same length, then
tie the knots to correspond with the
other end. Cut off the surplus ends,
allowing about one and one-half inches
for the fringe. Take a large pin, and
fringe out the ends.-Lillian Kempton,
in Modern Priscilla.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-18
CONVENIENT AND CHEAP.
Plan of "a Hen House That Combined
All the Desirable Features of
the Best Structures.

Here is a hen house which is both
durable and cheap. 1t is built out OF
sheeting lumber, one layer covers the
cracks of the other. and will make a
good roof if Tapped like shingles. The
house is built twice as long as 1t Is
wide; over one-half is p%artitioned OF
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-18
Won't steal Chicken. Again.

A negro minister at Ferguson, Mo-,
bounced upon a white man who was
discovered stealing his chickens. The
rogue was secured for the night by be-
ing locked up in the henhouse. The
next morning. with the aid of neighbors,
the thief was fastened to a wagon tongue
with a rope around his waist, the tongue
was then raised up in the air, with the
rogue thus suspended, until he pitifully
promised never to steal chickens again.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-18
Application Of Manure

AS a rule, stays just about
where you put it. If plowed under in
Jumps, it has not the power to sink
% rise, o can it in any way intermix
itself. Thorough narrowing before turn
ing the manure under, rewards in large
crops.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-18
FEED GRAIN TO FOALS.
1t should, However, BE Given Only i'm
Such Quantity as VIII BE
Eaten Up Clean.

In cases where the brood mare must
work daily, the colt needs careful atteu-
ton in feeding. Whole oats make a
splendid ration, and SO much the better
if these can be mixed with a little bran.
remarks a horseman in the Live Stock
Indicator. 1t should be fed in a manger
by itself, and should be given only
such quantity as will be eaten up clean.
If handled in this way, the colt from the
working mare may be kept in good flesh
and will make practically as much
growth during the first year as one
whose dam is allowed to run idle. In
this case the weaving period is passed
through without any Injurious effect to
the colt, so that at no time is the strong,
healthy growth interrupted. 1t some
times happens that corn is more plenti-
full than oats OF bran. and there Is some
temptation to feed a little too much corn.
This, however, is a mistake. 1t will be
profitable to sell the corn and buy oats.
because with horses selling at present
prices there is no form of feeding done
on the farm that will give better returns
than in this instance, providing plenty
of frame-making food is used.
Profit from Spring Chickens.
Spring chickens might be made a
much more profitable source of income
on the farm if more attention were paid
to raising them. 1t is just as important
that a good start be made in forcing
the Matching season as in early garden
vegetables. There is always a good
market demand for the surplus at strong
prices. The profit on early chickens
should encourage the use Of ~incdbators
as soon as good eggs can be procured.
Then the chicks should be cared for
and forced as rapidly as possible. 1t
pays much better to raise early chicks
at 80 or 40 cents a pound than later ones
at eight or ten cents.-Prairie Farmer.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-18
Hard water Ruins Skin.

Don't use hard water if you value
your complexion. The excess of lime
in hard water neutralizes the oil in the
pores of the skin, and thus hardens the
cuticle.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-18
That's different.

'The old lady'l give you hail Column
bia for betting on a horse race"
mo, she won't. This time / womb
Atlanta Constitution.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-18
seven shot. Per Second.

A revolver that shoots seven times in
a second has beer invented by a gun
smith in Brussels.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-09-29
United States Court.

Forum: The United States court
will be convened in Fargo one week
from tomorrow. Both grand and petit
juries have been summoned and the
deputy marshals are out over the state
serving papers. The criminal calender
is quite voluminous this term, but it is
the belief in federal court circles that
in most of the cases pleas of guilty
will be entered, which will do away
with the necessity of a trial and have
a tendency to shorten the term. OF
course this largely depends on the
work Of the grand jury and a number
of surprises may be sprung. AS the
docket appears today it is not thought
that there will be more than two crimi-
nal cases go to trial. The civil docket,
as usual, is very light, only four cases
appearing thereon, and none of those
are particularly interesting.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-09-29
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

Among the interesting exhibits
shown by Arizona at the ST. Louis
worlds fair will be an ostrich farm.
At Cincinnati Henry Allgrier was
probably fatally hurt and four persons
we're injured by jumping from win.
dows to escape death from fire.
The Louisiana Purchase exposition
covers two square miles. 240 acres.
1t is larger thar the Chicago. Omaha
Buffalo and Paris expositions com
bined.
The guard around the governors
mansion at Lincoln, Neb., has been
increased. as it is feared another at
tempt will be made to steal n of
Governor Mickey's children.
Rev. Truman P. Allen, aged sixty.
three. pastor of the Thirteenth Avenue
Methodist church. Minneapolis. wa
stricken with apoplexy during his Sun.
day morning service and died several
hours later.
Ex-Judge Herbert J. Davis is dead
at Chicago. Mr.. Davis was for sew
eral years a member of the law firm
of Lowden. Davis & Estabrook. Presi.
dent Mckinley rendered him the posi-
ton of civil governor Of the Philip
pines. but he declined