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The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-16
AEfnEfa In the Gnnfh-

Prof. w. r. Dodson, botanist of the
Louisiana experiment station, at Ba-
ton Rouge, in a recent excellent, prac-
teal article on alfalfa culture in that
state, concludes the same as follows:
'Since the annexation of Cuba in the
near future seems to be almost a GER
tainty, we have additional cause to be
casting about for supplementary re-
sources to help make cotton a surplus
crop, especially in the hill lands. 1t is
my firm conviction that nothing will
contribute SO much as alfalfa toward
making the southern farm self-sup-
piled with feed for work-animals, for
the production of dairy products and
home-raised meat. | hope every OPP
portunity will be seized for extending
a knoweldgeof themerits of this most
wonderful crop.'-Farm and Fireside.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-16
:FREE:AsK AND YOU WILL FIND.
Insurance Has Its Eumor.

An e%nterprising insurance agent induced
an lrishman to take out an accident policy
for his wife. A few days later, while con
versing with a friend in his office, he was
startled to see the Irishman rush in,
brandishing tiercely a stout cane.
"Ye rascal" he yelled, ~springing to-
ward the agent, ''ye wanter cheat me-"
Fortunately the enraged man was dis
armed and held fast by the agents
shouted:
LET me git at the spalpeen. Think ov
it, chargin' me foive dollars fer an acshi.
dent ticket fer nne ole woman, an she
Jest broke her leg %a-fallin' down stairs.
Wot's the good Of the ticket, anyhow
N. Y, Times.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-16
FARMERAND PLANTER.
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION.
The Importance of Thorough Educa-
ton in Modern Methods to
the Farmer.

This important subject is now agi-
tating the public as never before. The
reality Of the farm as the foundation
of industry is now being appreciated
somewhat. The fact that no prosper
ity can be permanent unless the
farmers are prosperous is 10Y being
admitted.
But the latest and most hopeful de-
velopment is the waking up of the
business world and the educative pow
ers and the farmers themselves to the
fact that farming in now a profess
sion. Not only so, but that it Is equal
in dignity to other professions. And
still further, that as a profession it is
based upon science and can be taught
and learned as other sciences.
Agricultural and mechanical col
leges are a success when properly
managed. Scientific farming is a sue
cess when properly done; and scien-
tife farmers are a possibility and
n necessity and a blessing to the
country.
We need hundreds OF these where
we now have only tens. The effort to
Subordinate the agricultural and me-
cLanical colleges to the literary and
classical colleges is now felt to be a
great mistake. They should stand
by themselves, alone and distinct.
Equal in value, they should be equal
in rank with other colleges and uni
versities.
In those states where this is the
case great success is the result. In
those states where the two are try
ing to run together, a signal failure
is the result. Georgia stands con-
spicuous in this line. Her agricultural
and mechanical college is 4 complete
failure under the shadow of the uni
versity. This is now generally recog-
nized. But the plea is made that to
separate them will ruin the univer-
sity. We 7 sorry that our universe
ty should stand upon SO shaky a foun-
dation.
Why should the university Of a
great state like Georgia be dependent
upon the agricultural and mechanical
fund for its very life? Georgia is
able to endow its university, and it
should do so at once.
The governor in his first message
recognizes these facts. and suggests
the establishment of an agricultural
high school in every congressional
district. This will not meet the cry
ing demand for an agricultural and
mechanical college de facto.
We need a school to educate farm
ers equal in dignity to schools to ed
ucate lawyers and doctors. We need
a college to educate teachers for
these high schools. We need a college
to keep Georgia up-to-date in farm
ing. The legislature should look into
this question and provide one. This
can be done easily, for the money for
this purpose has been given by the
United States government; but at
present it is used for running the
University Of Georgia, and we are in
danger of losing it because of this
characterization Cultivator.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-16
THE A TALKER.
An IntolerabIe NUieance Quickly and
Quietly Suppressed by "a
Little Wit.

They had been reading a Rolfe anno-
tated edition OF the play, and there was
nothing in Julius Caesar that they
were not perfectly familiar with. Before
the performance was half through there
was nothing that they knew which every
body within half a dozen rows did not
near about; for among the three Of them
"a man and two w~omen-there were
such capacities for superfuous conversa-
ton as are met with nowhere except in
a theater, says the New York Mail and
Express.
In tones that alternately Kissed and
around them ached they told one another
that Antony was much better done than
Brutus, that Portia would come on in a
minute in the garden scene; that Casca
was supposed to be a gruff old Roman;
that Caesar actually did have fits-think
of it. that it was a pity (this in a whis-
per that shivered far down the aisle and
sDlintered at least a score of vertebrae)
Roman ladies didn't wear c~orsets. So on,
ad nauseam.
At last the ghost and the distraught
Brutus met and there was a thrilled 81
dence in all the crowded house save in
row Q. where a strident voice complained:
81 can't hear a word the ghost says.
Why doesn't he speak louder?"
A man behind the querulous disturher,
quite beside himself with rage, leaned for
ward and said in tones "a courteously
perhaps the ghost is a gentleman, and
does not like to annoy people
Which. of course. was very rude. though
it did fill many hearts with an unholy JOY.
Kindness will win where gold will fail
The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-16

Importance of Water.

The Importance of water in fatten-
ing animals is not appreciated as it
should be. There are some farmers
who believe that hogs fed some Stops
do not need any other water, but this
is an error. No matter how much
Stops may enter into the feed of hogs,
they will do better and fatten faster
if they have clean water to drink
whenever they want it. This also APP
plies to all live stock, and especially
to mich cows. Lean and hungry Cas-
sius drank very little water. Falstaf
was a heavy drinker of both water
and sack" and other dry wines.
Much water stimulates the pancreatic
glands, and these are the glands that
digest fats in men and animals
Farm and Ranch.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-16
MRS. NJ. BRINK
FlRSTSTAGE OFCATARRH
A Serious Mistake Which Thou
sands Are Making.

The first stage of catarrh is what is
commonly known as Catching cold"
1t may be in the head, nose, throat or
lungs. Its beginning is sometimes so
severe as to cause a chill and consider
able fever, or it may be so slight as to
not hinder a person from his usual
business. In perhaps a majority of
cases little or no attention is paid to
the first stage of catarrh, and hence it
is hat nearly one-half of the people
have chronic catarrh in some form.
To neglect a cold is to invite chronic
catarrh. As soon as any one discovers
The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-16
Hog killing Time.

The season for this will soon be
present on every farm, and then we
shall see repeated the usual cruel,
heartrending scenes of mans thought
less inhumanity. Three or four men
and boys, and perhaps a yelping dog,
will lay siege, to the doomed animal,
and with much adoo will catch and
throw the beast, which meantime
rends the air with his squealing, as
though crying Justify for mercy; and
when at last the knife has been driven
and the arteries severed, all at once
the quietness of death prevails, the
hog arises, totters about a while,
CHASTITY blood pouring from the
wound, the animal gets weaker and
weaker, and finally tumbles over and
gives his last dying kick. The mans
wife and children and perhaps some
of the children of the neighborhood,
have been silent but Mortified wit
nesses of the direful scene. Now is
not this a delightful picture to pre-
sent for the inspection of woman and
children? And is it not enrolling to
all who witness it? If there could be
2 greatereXhibition of mans apparent
cruelty to animals, and one that is
likely to create a feeling in the
young of disregard for things that
are gentle and kindly, / do not know
where to look for it. True; swine
must be slaughtered; but let it be
Innn Ina 1ornnor INhnr d, 1oJ 7 x,.+
messed swine killing at an abattoir,
and 1 regarded the method so wicked
that | never forgot it, but really it
was 40 worse than this. The animals
were in a close pen. Three men did
the work. One with a hog hook would
assistant would help him raise the
head up, and the third man would
do the sticking, when the hog was
dragged to a chute and tumbled down
it, kicking and bleeding. A merciful
way to kill a hog is to strike it in
the head with a suitable implement,
producing stupor, then instantly use
the sticking knife. This causes in
slant death. An animal suffers more
from fear than it does from death it.
self. A neat, unobjectionable method
is to drop the open side of a suitable.
long, narrow box down over the ami
NAL and then turn box and animal
upside down when the knife can do
it's work and the box be righted
again that the hog can bleed out
DrODerly. Humane men will he ant To
pursue one of these better methods;
indeed many of them do now; but if
they will not, they should be thought
full enough to have children absent
from hog killing, that no evil be done
by bad example.-Progressiv Farmer.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-16
Thanked by Thousands
Doan,s Kidney pills brought relief to Invalid Drifting People.

Aching backs are eased. Hip, back, and
loin pains overcome. Swelling of the
limbs and dropsy signs vanish.
They correct urine with brick dust sedf-
ment, high colored, pain in passing, drib-
bling, frequency, bed wetting. Doan's
Kidney Pills remove calculi and gravel.
Relieve heart palpitation, sleeplessness,
headache, nervousness, dizziness.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-16
sfsis nv.

The barber had about finished shaving
the man in the chair, and, passing his
hand over his chin investigatingly, leaned
forward and said:
Shall l go over the chin again."
mo, thanks" replied the customer,
cheerfully. Il think l can remember
everything you said."-N. Y. Times.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-16

Miss Sarah McGahan. No. 1877 Sd street,
Albany. N. Y, writes:
"a few months ago l suffered with a Sc
we're attack of influenza, which nothing
seemed to relieve. Ny hearing became had,
my eyes became irritated and feyerish.
Nothing seemed right and nothing ate
tasted good. I took PERUNA and within
two weeks l was perfectly ~welL."-sarah
McGahan.
If you do not derive prompt and sat
isfactory results from the use Of Pc
runa write at once to DR.. Hartman,
giving a full statement of your ease,
and he will be glad to give you his val
liable advice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-16
Only Car Fare.

Proprietor (who has been looking over
the aceounts)-Mr. Waddle, do you ever
take any money out of the cash drawer?
Salesman-I occasionally take out a car
fare.
HIM, HIM! Do you live in San Fran
cisco or Sitka ?"-Boston Transcript.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-16

New ORLEANS, LA,-"Itake pleasure in con-
graduating you on your Doan's Kidney Pills.
/ received and used the sample and then pur-
chased a box of G. L. Cusack 81 Co, Ltd. I
must say l have been cured of dizziness by
them, and have not had the slightest sign Of
this so-cated vertigo since the use OF Doan's
Kidney Pills. I will recommend them to a
great many Others whom l know suffering from
dizziness and kidney complaint. 1t is true,
since using the pills, every one l meet remarks
about how well I look. Thanking you for your
gree trial box.n-GEo. J~UNNovILLE, care of
Preston 81 Stauffer, New Orleans, La.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-16

A Wise Precaution.-Bob-"I shan't see
you at the club tonight; the baron is Civ
ing half a dozen Of US a dinner at the
"Do you mean to say that the baron won't
pay?' Charley-"He'H pay all right; but
he'll borrow the money from somebody be-
fore the dinner is oyer."-Town Topics.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-16
wherein He Was Different.

McJigger-Oh, he's a regular hog. He
wants the best of everything for him
self.
Thingumbob-Well, we all want that.
Yes, but he always manages to get it,"
Philadelphia Press.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-16

mo, no, he hasn't the heart to go auto
MODELLING. He's afraid he'll kill somebody,
you know" Funny reason?" "Oh, no;
he's president of a life insurance company
and he might hit one of the policy-holders.1
Baltimore Herald.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-16

OAKLAND, CALI got your trial box Of
Doan's Kidney Pills and thank you very much
Tor them. l think they are worth their weight
In gold. / gave them to my son and they
helped him so much that I bought two boxes.
They have done him more good than the doc
tors could DO. They said he had Bright's
Disease and could not get well. His urine
was green and his back nearly killed him.
Now he is nearly well. | have five other sons
whom l have advised to write you as l
would like to convince them of the merits of
poan's Kidney Pills.n-Mrs. LEIGETT, 762 East
18th Street, Oakland, Cal.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-16
Practice Makes Perfect.

Eyes, father, when l graduate / am 60
ing to follow my literary bent and write
for money"
"Humph, John; you ought to be sue
cessful. That's all you did the four years
you spent in college."-Penn Punch Bowl.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-16

A Reformation Quelled.-"I.ook here"
said the reforming husband, we must have
things arranged in this house so that we
shall know just where everything is kept
with all my heart" sweetly answered his
wife, ssand let US begin with your late
hours, my love. | should dearly love to
know where they are kept" He lets things
run on as usual.-N. Y. News.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-16

1t is a good thing that talk is cheap
It is desirable that the necessities of life
should always be within easy reach OF
the masses-puck.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-16
Never Touched Him.

Newed-Say, how long does a man have
to be married to a woman before she agrees
with him in everything?
Oldwed-You'll have to ask some one
else, my boy. I've been married only 81
years.-Chicago Daily News.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-16

A life of ease means a life Of discomfort,
Chicago Daily News.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-16

There is not in nature a thing that makes
a man so deformed as incorporate anger
John Webster.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-16

1t is all well enough to Judge a tailor s.
his clothes.-Chicago Daily News.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-16

Many a man rises in life as a balloon rises
in the air-by gas. A puncture, and that's
all.-United Presbyterian.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-16

Softly-"Love makes the world go
round!' Snortly-.Yes, there's no crank
equal to a lover. Harvard Lampoon.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-16

Temptation is usually identified when i
is too late.-Chicago Journal.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-16

Friendship rises but with fortune and
sets when men go'downward.-Aaron Hill.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-16

Young men know it all, but old men have
the coin.-Chicago Daily News.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-16

The ~roll-top desk covers a multitude Of
untidiness.-Chicago Daily News.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-16

Lots of men tire themselves to death
looking for an easy job.-Chicago Daily
The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-16

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli.
Bile remedy for coughs and colds.-N. w
The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-16

Her Father-"So, young man, you want
to fill my shoes?" Her Suitor-"In try,
sir" Her Father-"Well, if you did, your
first act would be to kick yourself."-N. Y.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-16
Stops the Cough

and works off the cold: Laxative Brome
Quinine Tablets. Price 25 cents.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-16

the first symptoms of catching cold
he should at once begin the use of
Peruna according to directions on
the bottle, and the cold is sure to
pass away without leaving any bad
effects.
Unless this is done the cold is al
most sure to end in the second stage
of catarrh, which is making so
many lives miserable. If Peruna
was taken every time one has a cold
or cough. chronic catarrh would be
practically an unknown disease.
Miss Elizabeth Uber, No. 81 Bassett
street, Albany, N. Y, writes:
AZ have always dreaded unsettled
weather because Of my extreme liability
to catch cold. when a catarrhal trouble
would quickly develop through my en-
tire system, which it would take weeks
to drive away. l am thanEiL to say
that since l have taken PERCNA do
not have any reason to dread this any
more. If l have been at all exposed to
the damp, wet or cold weather, / take
a dose ortwo of PERUNA, audit throws =.
any hint of sickness from my system
Elizabeth Cber.
Mrs. M. J.. Brink, No. $50 Michigan ave-
hue, St. Joseph, Mich, writes:
This past winter curing the wet anu GUY
weather caught a sudden and severe cold,
which developed a catarrhal condltlor
my entire system, and so affected
my general health that l was completely
down, and became n~ervousiand hys-
terical and unfit TO supervise my home. Ny
physician prescribed for me. but somehow
his medicine did me no good Reading OF
PERUNA I decided to try it. After | had
taken but three bottles l found myself in
fne health."-Mrs. NJ. j. Brink.
-
Sibyl A. Hadley, IS Main street. Hunting
ton, Ind, writes: Last winter after get
ting my feet wet I began to cough. which
gradually grew worse until my throat was
sore and raw. Ordinary remedies Tic not
help me and cough remedies n~auseated me.
Reading an advertisement of what Pc.
RUNA could do, 1 decided to try a bottle
The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-16

Kindness will win where gold will fail
United Presbyterian.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-16
NISSSARA MeGAHAM.

n you can imagine how glad I felt when
it began to relieve me IN a very short time.
In less han two weeks L was completely
~cured."-Sibyl A. Hadley.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-21
FLORISTS.
INSURANCE.

PLEASANT F. COX-Real estate and insur-
ance. Old fire companies represented
Your patronage solicited Phone Union
6S. once over Thomas drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-21
WE GIVE GUARANTEE BoNI
T. H. Thomas Gives Signed Agreement
1hat Mi-O-na Costs Nothing Unless
IlnrRs.

Mi-O-na, the remarkable fesh-form-
ing food and cure for dyspepsia, has
won immense popularity by the I'M
usual way in which it is sold.
With every box of Mi-o-na, r. II.
guarantee bond, assuring the purchas-
er that Mi-o-na costs absolutely moth
ing unless it increases flesh. cures all
stomach troubles and restores health.
X = = = y = 4
Is GUARANTEE BOND =
+ l hereby agree to refund the =
price paid for Mi-o-na if the pur- :;
chaser tells me that it has not in =
= creased flesh and given freedom 8
i from stomach troubles. <
= T. H. THOMAS. =
< \ = 4 X = X X i
This guarantee bond is plain and
simple and is positively assures you
that when you commence the Mi-O-na
treatment you run absolutely no risk.
You simply deposit soc for box of
this fiesh-forming food with Il. II,
Thomas, and if after using it YOU do
not feel that you have been benefited,
you 60 back to his store and he will
return your money without any ques-
ton or argument.
1t is true fesh-forming food com
bined with elements that regulate the
digestive organs and remove conges-
ton and irritation from the stomach,
liver and intestines. Mona will re-
store firm, healthy flesh, fill in the out
lines, and give pleasing plumpness
and symmetry.
Begin its use today with T. H.
Thomas guarantee to return the
money if Mi-o-na does not do all that
is claimed for it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-21
Azure For Dyspepsia.

/ had dyspepsia in its worst form
and felt miserable most all the time.
Did not enjoy eating until after
used KodOl Dyspepsia Cure, which
has completely cured me.-Mrs. w. w.
Saylor, billiard, Pa. No appetite, loss
of strength, nervousness, headache,
constipation, bad breath, sour risings,
indigestion, dyspepsia and all stom-
ach troubles are quickly cured by the
use of Kodol. Kodol represents the
natural juices of digestion combined
with the greatest known tonic and
reconstructive properties. It cleanses,
purifies and sweetens the stomach.
Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-21
LEGAL
Masters Sale.

sf RSeS 81 1s sl5in9t county. tss
In the circuit court of said county in
chancerv.
Jennie M. Scott VS. Mary A Goode Ethe.
Goode. Lester Goode. Raymond Goode and
Albert +. Simmons. administrator of the
estate of Daniel Goode, deceased. Fore
closure No. 51e6
Notice is hereby gwen that by virtue or a
decree of said court, entered ia the above
entitled cause on the tenth day of October,
A ID. 1903 1 shall. on Monday. the second
daY of November. A. ID 1903 at the nour OF
o CLOCK in the afternoon, at the east door OF
the court house in the city of Rock Island,
IN said county of Rock Island to satisfy said
decree sell at public vendue, to the highest
bidder for cash in hand. those certain parcels
OF land situated in the county of Rock Island
and state of Illinois, known and described as
follows. to-wft:
Block tnirty-two (s2) consisting of five lots:
the north half 80 of block seventv-seven
sixty (60) consisting OF eight lots; the north
containing six C6l lots: the south half 90
of block hfty-nine f59l containing i've (5l
lots; the north half CD of BLOCK seventy
eight i7e) containing five 90 lots: all of said
blocks and lots being located in the north
west quarter Cd OF section twenty
CD township seventeen Q7) north. range
three CD west of the fourth (4th) principal
meridian, in the village of AndaluSia
Dated at Moline, Illinois, this 10Th day Of
WALTER j. ENTRIRIN,
Master in Chancery. Rock Island county. Ill.
ADAIR PEASANTS, Compit's. Sol'r.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-21
Confessions of a Priest.

Rev. John S. Cox, of Wake, Ark,
writes: For II years L suffered from
yellow iaundice. l consulted num-
Der of physicians and tried all sorts
of medicines, but got no relief. Then
| began the use of Electri Bitters
and feel that l am now cured of a
disease that had me in its grasp for
II years" If you want a reliable
medicine for liver and kidney trou-
BILE, stomach disorder or general de-
bility, get Electric Bitters. It's guar
anteed by Hartz ~ Ullemeyer. Only so
cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-21

Estate of Francis e. Crompton, dec

Estate of Francis E. Crompton, deceased.
The undersigned having been appointed
executor OF the last will and testament of
Francis f. Crompton, late of the county of
Rock Island. state of Illinois deceased, hereby
gives notice that he will appear before the
county court of Rock Island county at the
county court room Ia the city of Rock Island
at the DeCem Der term, on the first Monday In
Dscem Der next. at which time all persons
having claims against said estate are notified
and requested to attend for the purpose of
having the same adjusted.
All persons indebted to said estate are re-
Quested to make immediate payment to the
undersigned.
Dated this 24th day of September. A. d. 1908.
GEORGE CROMPTON Executor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-21
Notice of Final Settlement.
,ta Of Edwin = Rich deceased

bSLdlt UI IluWIIl 7. DIIb H. NCNNdoIU'
Public notice is hereby given that the I'M
derSigned. William J. Coulter has this day
filed his final report and settlement as
sucn in the county court of Rock Island
county, and that an order has been en-
tered by said court approving the said
report. unless objections thereto or cause
to the contrary be shown on or before
the 18th day of October A. D., 1903,
and upon fnal approval of said report
the said William J. Coulter will ask for an
order of distribution and will also ask to be
discharged All persons interested are notI-
fed to attend
Rock Island, Sept. "a. 1903.
WILLIAM J. COULTER. Administrator.
H. NJ McCaskrin. Attorney for Adm.