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Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-17
ImpeachInq an English Minister.

In England there Is a growing de-
mand for the Impeachment Of Lord
IansdOwne because of his blunders in
the Boer war. The power OF Initiative
rests solely with the House Of Com
mons. and If that house decides to I'M
dertake it. there is no pOwer-not even
a ROYAL pardOn-that could bar pro-
ceedings. The method OF procedure
would be as follows: The mover OF
the resolution would be directed to ap-
near at the bar of the House Of Lords.
and there impeach the accused IN
the name of the House of Commons.
and of all the commons of the United
Kingdom" The hearing would take
place as in an ordinary trial, the
House of Lords being the judges, and
the House of Commons, attending in
committee with their chosen spOkes-
men, the prosecutors. The defense
might employ counsel and call wit
nesses: the prosecution would have
the right OF reply. On the conclusion
of the trial each peer would give his
Ver0lCL separately, IIolhS III III" Hi''N'
LAYING his right hand. on his breast,
and saying Guilty" or Not guilty,
as the case might be, ION my honor.
In case of condemnation by a majority
30, commons might demand sentence,
or might be satisfied with having OBJ
tanned Judgment, or might pardon the
offender. Their decision would be SUI
preme. The earliest instances of I'm
peachment recorded In English history
we're those of Lords Latimer and Ne
Will and four other persons. In 1876,
when the country was for little while
under the regency OF the Black Prince.
The latest were the famous one of
Warren Hastings Q7SS-95) and that OF
Lord Melville QS05). In 184S an at
tempt was made to impeach Lord Pal
merston, but failed.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-17

with decision. 'sDo let ne get 1t fol
heri 1t will be such a comfort to mel"
The old man did see hew much 1t
really would comfort her. He went
with her to the Bingham counter; and
with the aid of Jeannette's shirtwaist,
they actually matched the lavender
and white check, and Jeanette bought
five yards of it, and sent 1t with her
love to Serena. Then she hurried
home to tell the family.
In few days she had sweet little
letter from Serena. Its just like q
story!" wrote Serena joyfully in her
postscript.
with a moral" added Aunt Maria.
Which is-keep your fingers out OF
other peoples pies"
"Oh, mol" said Jeannette's mother.
THE moral is. IL you must put your
fingers in at all, put them in as far as
they will co.
We'll, anyway" said little Elsie.
you and Serena have both got some
thing lovely to tell and think about
whenever you wear the lavender ging-
ham"
(Which won't fade!" Jeanette add
ed.-Youth's Companion.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-17
THIN PHANTOMS.
Ghosts Have No Thickness; When
They Go Edgewise They Vanish.

Ghosts Have No Thickness; When
They Go Edgewise They Vanish.
Ghosts have length and breadth, but
not thickness. This is the verdict of
the Society for Psychical Research,
Boston. 1t Is good thing to know,
too, for now one may conjecture why
ghosts appear and disappear so
strangely-that Is, it is said they do,
by those who claim to have seen them.
II is because, having no thickness,
when. they are turned edgewiSe, or
course they vanish. If they chance to
swing around facing one, why, presto;
there they are again. Now, according
to this theory. one may never know
when he is running up against spook,
for if the said phantom happen to be
gliding along edgewise of course, it is
invisible Makes one feel kind OF
creepy, doesn't it?
Ghosts which appear at the stroke
of midnight or go dragging clanking
chains through dark corridors, have
nearly gone out of fashion. 1t is the
public favor the ghost of no thickness.
Some spiritualiSts believe that every
person who ever lived and died still
inhabit the earth in the shape or
ghosts Now as there have been about
n hundred billions who have lived and
died, this earth must be literally
swarming with spectres, and 1t is in
deed a good thing that they have no
thickness. for by this means few bill
lion can be packed III small space
without any trouble. indeed, in no
space at all. for they are only like
shadows on the wall. But If they are
so plentiful, the great wonder is that
We do not Oftener see them. They
must have great trick of swinging
edgewise as they pass in endless Hooks
along the ways of life.
One thing is certain, if the spirits of
the dead, as represented by phantoms,
have no thickness, we shall have plen-
ty OF room in the hereafter. There
will be no crowding In ghostland. And
when one considers the intense inter
est that the majority of people feel in
the conditions after death it is not 10
be wondered at that so many fakirs
make a good living by cOniuring up
the spirits of the dead for the enter
tainment of the credulOuS. Almost any
medium will show you ghost for
the moderate sum of 81, although they
may not always answer to the descrip-
ton given by theresearch society.-De-
troit NewS-Tribune.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-17
objection to Legumes.

While most farmers understand that
cowpeas, crimson clover and other
plants which take nitrogen from the
air and store it up in leaves and roots
are valuable soil renovators, they OBJ
ject to blowing under such crops.
They say they are too expensive to
use In this way. and that their great
est value would come from cutting the
crop and feeding it to animals. This
is largely true, fer the manure would
be valuable beyond a doubt, especially
when supplemented by commercial
fertilizers. On the other hand. there
are exceptions to this plan.
Take a soil that is very poor and at
tempt TO bring 1t up by the use of fer
tilizers rich in nitrogen: the expense
would hardly be warranted by results
Sow COW peas on this ground and plow
them under; in this way nitrogen has
been added at very small cost.
Again, suppose we have a crop to put
in the coming spring which will re-
quire good soil and culture, potatoes,
for example Assume that the soil is
in crimson clover sown in the corn.
Here we have cover crop for the
winter and a choice of harvesting
crop of clover hay or turning it under
and getting a heavy yield of potatoes.
It depends entirely on the crop how
soil must be treated as regards the
legumes.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-17

on every part OF the shoulders. Ii the
horses have been idle during the win
ter, which is usually the case, they
should be worked a half a day only al
a time, with frequent rest for the first
few days and until their muscles have
become somewhat hardened an6
set to their work. These precautions
are suggested to prevent the In
humane practice CT working horses
with CALLED shoulders. The efficien
cy of the the horses service is greatly
lessened when he is forced to work
under such conditions. When every
step is taken in pain or agony. The
condition of his horses shoulders, dur
ing the working season. will afford
the best possible test of their owners
business capacity as farmer and his
humanity as man. Sidney Waller
in the Epitomist.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-17
PIoWinu Under Green Crops

In the report of the Farmers In
stitute Cf Ontario, Duncan Anderson
writes of Green Crops as Fertilizers 3"
He says he has two farms. one Of
them being a mile or more from where
he lives. 1t is too far to haul manure,
SO he has found it necessary to SOW
green crops to be plowed in for cult
Walton.
Glover has proven most satisfactory,
although If catch of it is not secur-
ed, peas will be valuable.
The value of clover as a green man
ure is shown by the fact that a fair
crop gathers in its stalks, leaves and
roots, per acre. 1873 pounds of nitro
gen, 115 of potash and 46 of phosphOr-
ic acid. With nitrogen worth 10 cents
pound the money value is great.
1t may not be practical to lose a
crop in order to gain the fertilization,
but in some instances it has proved
well to do SO. the succeeding wheat
crop bringing in far more than the
clever crop and smaller wheat crop
could have done. An average crop of
clover, however, which has been made
into hay, will leave between 10 and
IL tons of root growth per acre, which
will benefit the soil almost immeas-
urably. The fertilizing effect of the
bread leaves shading the surface Of
the soil adds to the usefulness Of the
clover.
No rotation can be complete unless
clover is prominent in it. 1t cleans
the soil as well as enriches it. 1t is
best to sow the clover seed in front
of the drill, instead of behind it. II
sown behind the drill the seed will, for
the most part, fall in the same tracks
as the oats or barley, which, being
stronger, will sap up the fertility. Air
and sunlight and a deep root are need
ed for good catch, with strength to
resist the fall drought.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-17
GREAT PIPE.
viii Hold a Whole River for Nearly
Six Thousand Feet.

viii Hold a Whole River for Nearly
Six Thousand Feet.
Steel is the material to be used by
the Ontario Power company In the con-
struction OF its proposed big fiume on
the Canadian side at Niagara Falls.
This flume will be one of the largest
steel pipes In the world. IL will have
a diameter of IS feet and Will be $3.50
feet long. The steel plates from which
it will be made have thickness or
half an inch, and in putting them to-
gether over 200 tons OF rivets Will be
used. It's diameter is 50 large that IL
would be impossible to put 1t together
at any machine shop and ship 1t to
Niagara, and so a temporary plant Tor
building 1t will be erected on the Ca
madam side at Niagara.
This temporary plant will consist OF
a power house. machine shop, boiler
shop. Office and boarding house. To
carry the parts from the shops to the
point where they will enter into the
large flue or pipe. a temporary rallroaa
will be built along the route OF the
fiume to handle the steel. 1t is such
mammoth contract that to build tho
flume will take from 10 to 16 months.
1t was intimated some little time ago
that the Ontario Power company would
use California redwood In the con-
struction of this flume. 1t was also
intimated that other woods would have
/ E. a, l. ft,Ir
was made and thorough investiga-
ton made of other notable fumes car
rying water in the country. These
fumes are not 50 numerous In the east
as they are in the west, but after all
the research steel has been adopted as
the material to be used. Advocates OF
wood claimed that steel fiume would
rust and rot out quicker than fiume
made of wood, but the fact was evident
that should the flume be built OF wood
steel hoops would have to be used 10
make it firm. and these stood just az
much chance of going to pieces as the
all steel flume.
The fiume will extend from the fore
bay of the Ontario Power company
along the base of bluff at the rear or
Victoria Park to a point just below
Table rock, the famous view point, and
there It's waters will be diverted
through penstOcks to turbines to be In
stalled in a power house at the water
edge. The fiume, from an engineering
point will be well worth watching dur
ing the construction, for no doubt 1t
will have important features.-Phila-
delphia Record.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-17
To Prevent Called Shoulders.

Before the blowing season opens,
the shoulders of the work horses
should be daily bathed in cold water in
which a little salt or powdered alum
has been dissolved. This should be
continued throughout the season. 1t
will make the shoulders tough and
hard, and will remove from them the
dirt, which, il allowed to remain, will
form hard Jumps on the collars when
the horses perspire. The inside sur
face of the cOllar-that part which
comes in contact with the horses
shoulders should be scraped two or
three times week during the working
season, that il may be kept clean and
smooth. The cellar should exactly fit
the horses shoulder. 1t will generally
be a good fit if the space between its
lower inside surface and the hCrse's
neck will readily admit the insertion
Of the open hand. The use of the col
lar pad should be avoided in hot
weather as it unduly heats the shout
ders and causes them to scald. If the
shoulders are abnormally narrow, or
otherwise deformed. and are difficult
to fit, 1t will be advisable to use mus
lin-lined collar. In case collar is used
whose inside surface is covered wholly
with leather, 1t may be better to soak
1t In water for twenty-four hours be-
fore using. 1t will thus be made pill
ant and adjust itself to shoulders CT
any shape. The names. traces and
and back-bands should be carefully
adjusted so that the pressure may be
equal on each side and bear evenly on
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-17
PEARLS OF THOUGHT

Perfection is a glorious prospect but
a sad boast.
Faith in things above gives forces
for things below.
Sweet sentimentalities are favorite
cloak for the saddest sins.
A long memory for mercies is often
found with a short one for malice.
1t Is easy when you have a seat to
tell the other man how to stand up.
The evil heart gives pain in pleas
ure, the good one pleasure In pain.
There is always room for improve
ment in the life that has no room for
love.
Sins pleasures may be as bright as
the lightning, but they are as brief and
as baneful.
There are people who are too busy
worrying over their stomachs to give
their food a chance to digest.
Many a reform has failed because
it put all It's steam into resolutions
and saved none for the rascals.-Ram g
Horn.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-17
Covered Milk Pals.

The laws of the several states are
being overhauled and 1t is now seri-
Gus matter to place milk on the mar
ket that is adulterated. In some states
the laws are being made to cover uten-
sis used in milking with the hope that
farmers may be gradually brought to
an understanding of the necessity for
cleanliness. There are several milk
pals on the market having covers
which keep out much of the cOntami-
nation. but they are of little use unless
the mixer is inclined to take other
precautions.
The stables should be cleaned. and
every COW should be groomed daily;
then, just before milking, the sides of
the cow should be wiped off and the
udder and teats wiped clean with
moist cloth. The mixer. too. should
be clean and his method of milking
should be such that if, in the operation
his hands get moistened with the milk,
beth hands and teats should be wiped
dry before more milk is taken. The
covered pail is a good thing, but the
clean COW and the clean stable. tOgeth-
er with the clean mixer, will DO more
than anything else toward keeping the
milk clean.
Keep the stables flooded with sun
light if possible, and see that every
utensil in which milk is kept, if only
for short time. is washed. scalded
and set where the purifying rays CT
the sun can reach it. Do these things
and there will be little complaint of
tainted milk and butter.-Indianapolis
News.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-17

Lord Erskine's Iouic.

Lord Erskine, the famous English
lawyer, once met a ruffian driver who
was belaboring his horse. a miserable
.bare-boned creature. and Lord En-
.skine, who was intensely fond of ami
mails. demonstrated. why" said the
fellow, its my own; mayn't | use it
as | please?" at the same time apply
ing his cujgel Erskine, irritated,
sharply whacEed the offender with
his stick, and upon the ruffian pro-
testing vigorously. his lordship re-
piled: 'Why. Il tthe stick is my own;
maynt use IT as I please?"
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-17
New Islands Found.

Some Ga miles off the coast Of Tun-
is a cluster of little islands has been
discovered. One was found to be In
habited by a former French sergeant,
Clement, who had disappeared some
IA years ago, and small number Of
natives. The islands have been an
nexed by France, and Clement ap,
pointed resident inspector of fishing
and of the harbor, registrar and teach
indianapolis News.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-17
COMPLIMENTARY.

The Doctors Wife-George writes
that he has named his champion bull
dog after you"
The DOctor-That's kind of him.
suppose he finds that the dog looks
like me.
The Doctors Wife-He says not,
but that the animal is a perfect glut-
ton to kill.-Judge.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-17
KEEPING TRACK.

won't you have another biscuit?"
asked the hostess.
mo, thank YOU" she replied; real
ly, l don't know how many | have
eaten already"
Il do" said little Robbie, eagerly;
you've ate seven. I've been count
ing."-TOwn and Country.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-17
WHICH,?

"Yes," said the candidate, I'm 60
ing out among the farmers tOday-to
q pumpkin show or jackass show or
something of that sort. Not that |
care for pumpkins or jackasses, but
l want to show the people that ! am
one of them"
Zone Of the pumpkins or one OF the
iackasses KANSAS City Journal.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-17
Thunder Storm and Milk.

Men of science have never been able
to explain why thunder storm spOils
milk. beer, meat and other articles of
consumption. The latest German the
DRY is that there Is some injurious
electric influence, which also causes
headache or depression IN many SEN
sitiye persons just before a storm.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-17
BE CAREFUL.

I'll tell you OF better plan,
And find 1t works quite well. q
/ try my own defects TO cure,
Before of Others tell,
And, though / sometimes hope to be
No worse than some l know.
My own shortcomings bid me let
The faults OF Others go.
Then let us all. when we commence
To Islander friend or foe,
Think OF the harm that orc may do
To those we little know,
Remember curses sometimes, like
Our chickens, "roost at homes"
Don't speak of others faults untA
We have none Of our own.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-17
ANOTHER ODD THING.

"And there is another strange thing
have observed" remarked the aged
philosopher, stroking his long white
beard.
There is?" asked the interested
listener. What is it?"
THAT the coming man is always
one who has got there Judge.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-17
MOST UNREAL.

Wife, dreamed last night that l
was in a store that was just full OF
the loveliest bOnnets, and
Husband (hastily)-But that was
only a dream, my dear.
Wife, knew 1t was before | woke
up, because you brought me ONE
Philadelphia Press.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-17
Use FOR HIM.

Mrs. BOstonbake-I wish little Wal
do were strong enough to play base
ball with you.
Tommy McTuff-Oh, he'll do mum.
We kin use his cap fur de home plate
an he kin carry water fur de kids
Boston Post.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-17
KEEPING UP THE RECORD.

Traveller (to the ferryman crossing
the riyer)-Has any one ever been
lost in this stream?
Boatman-No sir. Some professor
was drowned here last spring, but they
found him again after looking for two
weeks.-PearsOn' Weekly.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-17
pURTJC SPEAKING.

ooh, | couldn't possibly take half
an hour on that subject"
Nonsense, Why, you can fill
twenty minutes explaining the diff
Guilty of treating so important a sub
iect in so short a time. Puck.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-17
TRANSLATED.

81 heard her bOasting that her din
ner party was a success from the be-
ginning, and ended with the greatest
'eclaw' What's eclaw anyway"
"Why-er-that was the desert, of
course. Didn't you ever eat choco-
late 'eclaw ?''-Philadelphia Press.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-17

ni speaking Of persons faults,
Pray, don't forget your own;
Remember those with "homes OF glass
Should seldom throw a stone"
IL we have nothing else to do
But talk of those who sin,
IT'S better we should think OF home,
And from that point begin.
We have no right to judge a man -
Until he's fairly tried; 5eSkIts,
Should we not like his company,
We know the world is wide.
Some may have faults-ah, who have notY
The old as well as young.
Perhaps we may, for aught we know,
Have fifty TO their one.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-17
RRAVE FELLOW.

eyes" said the dentist, ito insure
painless extraction you'll have to take
gas, AMI that's fifty cents extra.
"Ohi" said the farmer, Il guess the
old way'll be best; never mind no
gas"
You're a brave man."
"Oh, it amt me that's got the
tooth; It's my wife. "-Philadelphia
Ledger.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-17
A COMMUNITY OF INTEREST

Hicks-He says he has perfected
plans that will enable him to build
low priced automobiles, placing the
machines within the reach of all.
Wicks-The IDEAL That means
great business undertaking.
Hicks-H'm! 1t also means a great
undertaking business.-Catholic STAN
dard and Times.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-17
FRUGAL.

so the little darling is going to
school, eh?"
YES, indeed. She's too young to
learn much, but as we have to pay
taxes We may as well get something
Tor it.'-New York Journal.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-17
WHAT COULD PAPA DO?

Higgins-What do you mean by
fighting in the public street?
Higgins, Jr.-Well, Tommy Sproul
said you were my father.
Higgins-WeI, and amt your
father?
Higgins, Jr-I suppose so, but a
Teller don't like to have 1t thrown at
him right out afore folks.-Boston
Transcript.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-17
THE REAL THING.

How can you tell. papa, when peo-
pie are way up in society,"
when their diamonds are genuine,
ana their manners are not. Life.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-17
HOW ITLOOKED.

as he confirmed bachelor??"
Eyes; he refers to matrimonial
bonds as indigestible securities. =
Puck.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-17

1t is said that Macauley's memory
was so retentive that, after reading a
book once, he could give all the salt
ent points of 1t, and recite many long
passages of it verbatim.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-17

The king of the Belgians has Just
imported a beautiful little Chinese
house as a curiosity. After much
trouble it was acquired by the Belgian
Consul at Shanghai The house is a
marvel of beauty. 1t is carved from
top to bottom in splendid wood. The
rooms are large and all furnished in
Chinese style. The house, which will
travel in pieces to Belgium, is to be
set up at Laeken, where the king has
his country house, and has already
erected a Chinese pagoda and Chin
csc tower.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-17

A strange accident befell a boy who
was chOpping wood near Augsburg,
Germany. His ak struck wire
clothesline, and at the same moment
flash OF lightning struck the line.
passed down the Ratchet and killed
him.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-17

Mexico is buying abroad about $751;
600. 900 worth (gold) year and selling
abroad over 100000 worth.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-17

A card press in the government
printing office, Washington, prints Co.
coo cards on both sides in one hour.
They are printed and cut from a web
of bristol board.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-17

A horse in a wild state lives to be
from thirty-six to forty years old;
when domesticated he is usually played
out at the age of twenty-five. 1t is
thus seen that civilization does not
contribute to the longevity of the ami
NAL
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-17

Passtoukhoff, Russian topographer,
or surveyor, in making ascents Of
mountains in the Caucasus, having
suffered from mountain sickness, y
found a remedy in tea, almost boiling
hot. 1t is reported that another party,
Frustrated by the illness, was able
after this treatment 10 continue the
ascent.