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The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06

The rapid rise of the new secre-
tary of the department of commerce,
George Is. Cortelyou, is an illustra-
ton of the old Bible story of the
man who took care of one talent.
Mr.. Cortelyou was first invited to the
white house by President Cleveland,
because he was an expert steno-
grapher. He has Won his way since
by becoming an expert at everything
required Of him, until, at the age OF
40 years, he becomes a cabinet Off
cial. But two or three men in the
history of the nation have entered
the cabinet at that age.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06
Mississippi State News
+. NJ. f. c. Burned.

The East Mississippi Female Col
lege, the pride Of the citizens Of Me-
ridian and Of the people of East
Mississippi, was completely de-
stroyed by fire last week. The fire
was discovered at $3.50 o'clock at
night, and the four hundred stu
dents and teachers Of the college es-
capped without a single casualty,
their escape being due to the fact
that the fire originated in the col
lege laundry, about fifty yards to
the rear of the college proper. The
origin of the fire is unknown. Po-
lice officers who were attracted to
the scene by the rapid fire of a pis-
tol aroused the inmates of the col
lege.
A panic of the students was avert
ed only by the calmness of these Of
f@icers, who stopped the young ladies
at the front door and would not al
low them to leave the building until
they had discarded their night robes
for street attire.
When they had been assured that
the building was in no immediate
danger they did as requested, and
shortly thereafter the building was
cleared of all the inmates with mil
Itary decorum, and not a soul was
hurt.
Besides the college the handsome
two-story residence Of Mrs. E. J.
Ormond, on the northwest corner of
the block, was burned.
The loss to the college is estima-
ted at about $4,000. This amount
is covered by policies aggregating
$9,750. The Ormond building was
valued at $4,000, and was insured
for $4,000, while the furnishings
were covered by a policy of $4,000.
The individual loss of the president
and lessee of the college, Prof. J.
W. Beeson, is estimated at $4,000.
This loss is covered by $3.50.
Thirty pianos, including a $1,25o
grand, were destroyed.
This is one of the oldest female
colleges in Mississippi, being the
property of the Methodist Church.
Arrangements have been made for
continuing the present session, the
churches of the city having been
contributed as class rooms. The
trustees state that arrangements will
be begun at once for the erection Of
a handsome modern college in the
place of the burned one, and that it
will be ready for occupancy by the
opening of the next term.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06
VIOLATION OF AGREEMENT.
Allegation Made by the Structural
Iron Workers of the Pfttsburg
District ms Cause for Strike.

Pittsburg, Pa, Feb. 2s.-The struc-
tural iron workers of this district,
which takes in all points within a
radius of 1875 miles of this city,
struck, Friday, against an alleged vio-
of the agreement on the part
of the American Bridge Co.
The strike will delay work on the
Fort Wayne, Wabash and Tenth street
bridges in Pittsburg.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06
WEST AM SOUTH.

Near Frankfort, Ind, Earl Woods,
the ~17-year-old son of a well-known
farmer, shot and killed his father,
fatally wounded his mother and sis
ter, and then took his own life. No
cause is known for the crime.
At his home in Griffin, Ga, William
Fambro ~(colored), who insulted a
white woman, was shot dead by a
mob.
Fire destroyed Pixies opera house, a
16-story structure, in Cincinnati.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06
HE TOOK THE BACK TRACK.
Committeeman Sayvtcr and Wife
Turned His Back on Ecuador
When He Saw Where Mast Died.

Guayaquil, Ecuador, Feb. 2S.-Unit-
ed States Consul-General Sawter and
Mrs. Sawter, who arrived here Feb
ruary 25 by way of Payta, Peru, have
started on their return to the United
States on the same steamer which
brought them south. Mr.. Sawter, it
is alleged, became afraid of yellow
fever when he saw the room at the
consulate where Thomas Mast, the
former consul, died December z of
the fever.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06
BUFFALO BILL REMEMBERED.
The STAFF of the wild West Show, In
London, Give Col. Cody a
Birthday Present.

New York. Feb. 2S.-To Col. Cody
was presented a handsome tea and
coffee service, Thursday, by the whole
staff of the Wild West show in cele-
bration of his ffty-seventh birthday
anniversary, says a Tribune cable
from London. Maj. Burke, who made
the presentation, delivered a racy lit
tie speech, and the famous scout in
a Enthusiastically modest reply in
timated that he would not be in the
show business much longer.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06
THE UNSEATING OF BUTLER.
Unseating of Butler by Congress
as frank Partisanship."

Jefferson City, Mo-, Feb. 2S.-The
house, Friday, adopted the following
resolution relative to the ~unseating,
by congress, of James j.. Butler, of
ST. Louis: ,
the action of the present national
house of representatives for unseat-
ingthe congressman from the Twelfth
district as rank pa~rtisanship."
A motion to refer the resolution
was defeated and it was passed by
a vote of 60 to 40.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06

Some Arizona gentlemen have been
trying to thaw out dynamite in the
oven of a kitchen stove and the ex-
pertinent was completely successful.
AS the experimenters were distribut-
ed over four different counties, how
ever. their heirs and surviving rela-
tives are somewhat dubious as to the
advisability of the investigation from
a ~utilitarian point of view.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06
Loan Syndicate Cases.

State Revenue Agent Writ Adams
states that the cases against the for
eign loan syndicates doing business
in the State will be argued in the
Supreme Court during the latter
part of March. These cases are
suits which seek to subject the for
eign syndicates to back taxes for
doing business in Mississippi. There
are two suits, n from Coahoma
and one from Copiah county, both
involving the same principle, and
the two cases will be consolidated
and argued together.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06
Route for

Congressman McLain has advised
his friends in Claiborne county that
an inspector Of the ~postoffice depart
ment will visit Port Gibson shortly
for the establishment of a rural free
delivery route in Claiborne county.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06
Back Tax Distribution.

State Revenue Agent Writ Adams
last week gave out the figures in the
distribution of the back tax money
recently collected from the Illinois
Central Railroad Company (Y. &
M. V. division) in settlement of a
judgment of the State courts.
There were no levee board taxes in
Guided in the amount. The State,
counties and municipalities interest
ed receive amounts as follows:
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06
Caused Momentary Excitement.

Vienna, Feb. 2s.-An explosion in
the cellar of the imperial palace
caused momentary excitement, but it
was soon ascertained that it was due
to the accidental ignition of som
sporting ammunition. A couple OF
workmen were injured.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06
GALE-SWEPT BRITISH ISLES.
A Gale of Almost Unprecedented vi
Olence Makes Busy Times for
the Life Boat Service.

London, Feb. 2s.-A gale of almost
unprecedented violence swept Great
Britain all night and did considerable
damage. Telegraphic communication
~northward of Leeds was entirely in
terrupted, the continental service
was i~nterfered with and large num-
bers of ships were forced to seek
shelter in the harbors. Many minor
wrecks occurred, and the ~lifeboats
were busy all along the coasts.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06
BANK ROBBERS CONVICTED.
Three Men Found Guilty and Sem
fenced to Penitentiary at
Red Lodge, Mont.

Red Lodge, Mont, Feb. 2s.-Will
Countryman, Jed S. Lindsay and Pat
Murray have been found guilty of the
robbery of the Stock Growers bank
at Bridger, which was held up by
three masked men on December :.
The jury fixed Countryman's punish
ment at II Year in the penlrentiary
and that of Lindsay and Murray at
eight years each.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06
Bankruptcy Petition.

A petition in bankruptcy was
filed in the Federal Court at jack
son last week by j. C. Purvis, a mer-
chant doing business at Craig. The
assets are stated at $500, being the
value of a stock Of goods. The LA
bilities amount to $1,655-
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06
First Indictment of Its Kind.

New York. Feb. 2S.-The first indict-
ment of its kind that has been found
in this county was filed with Judge
Foster, Thursday, by the grand jury.
1t charges attempted murder, con-
viction for which is punishable by
Imprisonment for 25 years.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06
KIPLING BREAKS OUT AGAIN.
Poem in Celebration of Mr.. Cham
BerIain's Mission of Peace to
South Africa.

London, Feb. 2S.-The Times pub
fishes a poem by I;udyard Kipling in
celebration of Mr.. Chamberlain's mis-
sion to South Africa. 1t begins:
"Where my fresh-turned burrows
run and the deep soil glistens
rel,
1 will repair the wrong that was done
to the living and the dead"
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06

That United States is singular and
not plural was again confirmed in
Washington by the report of the
committee on revision of laws in the
bill revising the penal code. Section
nine of chapter two says the United
States are" and the bill changes the
law to read UNITED States is"
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06

That was a beautiful tribute to
their dead paid by the fisher-folk OF
Gloucester, Mass. Flowers. represent
ing the beauty, the purity and in
nocence of life, were cast out on
the oceans waves to decorate the
"a graves in the unknown deep, of
those who gave their lives in the
struggle for the loved ones left be-
hind.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06
EXPLOSION IN FLOUR MILL
Proprietor and Son Killed and En-.
Gine House Demolished at
k~eOsauIua, Ia.

Keosauqua, Ia, Feb. 2S.-A boiler
in the Keosauqua flour mill exploded,
Friday, killing Anton Mes, the pro-
prietor, and George Mes, his son. The
e CINE house was demolished, and
debris was strewn over a radius of
600 feet.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06

Civil war in Honduras is likely be-
cause, at the recent election, the sue
cessful candidate received 10000
votes, while there are but $4,000
voters in the republic. The Hondu-
ranians should remember that little
superfuities like this often occur in
the best regulated republics.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06
Orators Accept.

Bishop Galloway and Judge A.
H. Whitfield have both signifed
their acceptance Of the invitations
OF the capitol commission to deliver
addresses on June 3 on the occasion
Of the laying of the corner stone of
the new capitol.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06
JustIce Terrar'g Illnes..

Associate Justice Terral Of the
Supreme Court, who has been i'll for
several days, is reported GONZALES
cent, although still quite weak. He
was unable to participate in the de-
cisions last week.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06

A wedding custom was inaugurated
in New York the other night which,
though novel, will hardly become
popular. The bride wore around her
neck a pet seven-foot gopher snake,
the gift of the groom, assistant cura-
tor of the New York geological park.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06
Col. Harding Better.

Col. R. J. Harding, sheriff and
tax collector Of Kinds county, who
suffered severe injuries in a fall at
his residence several days ago, is
getting along nicely, and the physi-
clans state that he will soon recover.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06
BODIES WASHING ASHORE.
Steam Collier Driven ON Rocks and
Passengers and Crew Number
ing Thirty Perish.

Brest, France, Feb. 2s.-The steam
%osllier Ottercaps, from Newcastle n
lyme, was driven on the rocks at
Feuntenot, last night, and broke up
and sank Immediately. 1t is believed
that the crew and passengers, num-
boring 80 persons, persisted. Up to
the present seven bodies have been
washed ashore.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06
ABOVE THE DANGER LINE.
Earthworks Along the Mississippi
Near Memphis Show Signs of
Weakening.

Memphis, Tenn, Feb. 2s.-The Mis-
sissippi river at this point is above
the danger line. Already the low
lands are beginning to get the full
effect of the overflow. The food IS
forcing the water owe the banks out
side the levees, and these protective
earthworks are showing signs e
weakening in some places.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06
killing at GalIman.

John Gallman, Of the town of
Gallman, four miles south of Crys-
tai Springs, killed Luke CHANNEL
last week. They had been drinking
and a quarrel occurred while they
were returning home.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06

The navy department has contract
ed for two immense armored cruisers
to be called the Tennessee and Wash
ington. Their cost will be over
1000. 900 each. and the tonnage of
each is to be 14,500.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06

Some person claims to have invent
ed a process for making anthracite
coal from soft coal at a cost of 81
a ton. 1t is feared, however, that
the inventor is the victim of his i'm
agination, but if he has a sure thing
he is the man the country desires to
SEQ
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06
In wear the shipment ,

lean apples to Europe has tripled.
Since September last the exports
have been zoos, 900 barrels to Liver
pool, 274,OO0 to London, $4,000 to
Hamburg and $4,000 to other Euro
pean ports. American apple growers
have conquered a big foreign market.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06

In the past eight months Nebraska
and Wyoming have paid bounties on
$4,000 wolf scalps, yet the beasts are
reported to be more numerous thar
ever. Perhaps some of the ranchers
have gone into wolf culture as a pre-
caution against dry seasons.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06

The little daughter Of Gov. Lon
gino, who was so severely hurt in a
fall last week, is reported much bet
ter and progressing favorably.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06
Five Years for Harrison.

In the Circuit Court last week
Ed. Harrison, charged with murder,
pleaded guilty Of manslaughter and
was sentenced to the penitentiary
for five years.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06

The name of the Japanese COM
missioner to the ST. Louis fair is
Baron Kiuchiu. Only an epidemic of
influenza will enable people to pro-
nounce it correctly.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06
Former Congressman wallace Dead.

Ntchburg, Mass, Feb. 2s.-Rodney
Wallace, formerly congressman from
this district and one of the most
prominent men in Worcester county,
is dead of bronchial trouble at his
| home here.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06
liverpool Grain Receipts.

Liverpool. Feb. 2s.-Receipts Of
wheat during the past three days
214,000 centals, including 176,009
American; corn, $4,000 centais
Weather stormy.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-05-13
WANTS TO RUN FASTER.
Engineer Says Rabbit Has Been
Making Fun of Him.

An engineer on a Kansas railroad
made a request 20 be allowed to run
faster than sixty-fve miles an hour,
because jack rabbit has been making
fun of him on his runs.
a jack rabbit is noted for its speed,
and this particular jack, it seems, has
been in the habit of coming out of its
burrow, just south of Olathe, Kan,
when he hears the flyer coming early
in the morning, looking up and wink
ing at the engineer and then, throw
ing back his long ears, racing along
the track. He seems to know that the
engineer may not run ahead of his
schedule, so he keeps up only a fair
speed, but at that he often gets on the
track in front of the locomotive and
putting up one foot to his face spreads
out his toes and makes a sign familiar
to all small boys, which is expressive
of the highest scorn and derison.
This is true story, and is vouched for
by Kansas paper.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-05-13

The following from a recent issue
of the Southern Cultivator will be
read with interest by every farmer,
regardless of whether he endorses the
view expressed in the article or not:
The use of FERTILIZER is increasing
so rapidly that it is becoming serious
tax upon the farming interest of the
country. To Georgia alone this year
the purchases amount to over five
hundred thousand tons.
This means the placing OF mortgages
to the amount of at least ten millions
of dollars upon the crop before it is
even planted. This is an alarming
statement, and yet it is, unfortunately,
an emphatically true statement.
Guano notes are good mortgages,
and quite collectable, and, unfortu'
nately, nearly this entire amount is
bought on time.
This equals in value half as much as
the rent of land. Now, the question
is, can we continue this costly bust
ness?"
OF course it Is expected to pay or We
would rot be so foolish as to make such
investment. Each individual farmer
expects to get profit on that which
he purchases and uses, but does he
really do it? Many of the farmers are
beginning to doubt whether it pays TO
use the present grades of fertilizers
at present prices. The grades are
getting TOO low and the prices stoo
high. Such an annual expenditure
ought to yield an annual clear profit,
and, at the same time, permanently
improve the soil. But it is doubtful
in this case whether either is being
done.
With three inches of soil. and the
usual summer droughts, and other &C
cidents that are liable to happen to
the cotton crop, there is no real profit
left. Very many men would be better
off in dollars and cents at the end of
the year if they had used no fertilizer.
Do they build up the land? We
think they do not. We notice that
where they are used from year to year
increased quantities are required in
order to get even the same crops. It
is about common now to use four hun
dred pounds as it used to be to use two
hundred pounds to the acre.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-05-13
SHEEP CLIPPED BY MACHINE
Fairly Peels Off the Fleece When
Run at. Full Speed.

Arizona's sheep are no longer clipp-
ed by hand. According to the Balti-
more Sun power machines have almost
entirely superseded the old-time hand
shearers. At the main shearing plant
there are twenty machines run by a
gasoline engine and operated by as
many skilled shearers. A days wor-
for one of these men, with his clippers
run by gasoline, is to clip from 100 to
225 sheep. In the hands of an expert
the work is done better than with the
hand shears, and the sheep are in o
better condition than after hurried
shearing in the od-fashiOned way.
The clippers are much like the ordi-
nary horse clippers, and seem to fairly
peel off the fleece when run at full
speed. Then there is an economy
about the machine clipping in the fact
that the wool is taken off evenly, max
ing d uniform staple and taking away
all the growth, instead of leaving tufts
and patches on the sheep. So closely
NAV the wool be clipped that sheep
have been known to blister from the
sun the next day, but, of course, this
can be avoided by regulating the
shears.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-05-13
SELL ALCOHOL AND PERUNA.
What They Drink at Townsville
Under Prohibition Law.

The Thomas county grand jury,
which was in session last week, inter-
ested itself in the prohibition law. In
the general presentments we find these
paragraphs:
"UDon investigation we find that the
Meigs dispensary is running in full
blast. We urge, insist and beg our
representatives in Che legislature TO
have the act of 1895 passed by the gen.
eral assembly granting a dispensary
at Meigs repealed.
"We also urge our representatives
to introduce a bill and have It passed
through the next meeting of the legis-
lature regulating the sale of alcohol
as a beverage in Thomas county.
1--WE further find upon investigation
that patent preparation known as
Peruna and being sold in various parts
of the county is spirituous and intoxi-
eating, and is drank as beverage in
Thomas county.
"We further find upon investigation
that other patent medicines with the
same amount of alcohol are being sold
inclear violation of the law"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-05-13
OWN A QUILT MADE
OF HUMAN SCALPS.
GHOSTLY INDIAN HEIRLOOM C0NSID.
Erred iNFALLlBLE TALLlSMAN.
Made of Battle Trophies from the Varied
C0lored Heads of Victims. Is Ex-
hibited Once Year.

A grewsome heirloom in the shape
of scalp quilt five feet square is owned
by four score Iowa Indians that live
near Guthrie. Oklahoma.
The quilt is varicolored, being made
OF battle trophies cut from gray, red,
black and brown haired victims.
The Iowas claim that most OF the
sacred scalps were taken by their
ancestors about one hundred and fifty
years ago, and that the scalps were
ierked from the heads of peaceful and
very good persons. The barbarious
scalping was done by special command
of the Great Spirit. He told them
to collect about twenty scalps from the
heads of representatives of the white,
negro and red races, and from the very
best men and women they could law
their scalping knives on.
The scalps were ordered to be sewn
together and kept concealed from the
common herd outside the Iowa tribe.
The blood curdling quilt was to be an
infallible talisman, a panacea for all
ills-a regular heather cureall The
scalp quilt has been guarded and kept
with jealous, reverential and super
stitious care for the last one hundred
and fifty years.
In cases of severe sickness the chief
medicine man wraps the guilt around
the body of the sufferer, accompanied
by the united prayer of the whole
tribe, and often succeeded 10 curing
the afflicted. Only few white persons
or members of other Indian tribes ever
saw the scalp quilt. 1t is brought
forth only once every year, and for
only one hour it is kept outside of it's
secret chest.
The scalp quilt is exhibited in the.
sanctum of the medicine mans wig
wan at noon of the first day of the
annual wilo onion feast, which gen.
orally takes place during April.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-05-13
DOES USE OF COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER PAY
Important Question the Farmer Practically Discussed
Agricultural Paper Claimed They DO Not Build Up Land
and That Quantities Are Required Yearly.

A little study will show that the,
cannot permanently enrich the soil
They are composed of about from 29'
to 300 pounds of soluble plant food ant
the rest is insoluble and can do nj
good. The soluble part is taken W
by the growing crop, and the remain
der, being insoluble, is utterly worth
less to the soil.
A distinguished writer recently I'M
dertook to prove that they perma
nently built up the soil. He selected
few of the best counties in Georgia
and after few laborious comparisons
of statististics found a light increase
in the yield of cotton in three of these
counties, while the other three barely
held their own. He at once jumped
TO the conclusion that increased yield
in the three counties was due entirely
TO the improvement of the soil by the
use OF commercial fertilizer.
He utterly failed to take into &C.
count and give credit for the improved
methods of cultivation, the improved
implements in use, the improved va.
rieties of cotton seed that are now be-
ing planted, and, above all, he failed
to consider the farmers haYe learned
that it does not pay to plant cotton
upon very thin land. That they plant
the very hest land on the farm in cot
ton. Had he even given credit for
these things he would, perhaps have
been left to conclude as many others
have done that there has been an act
nal decrease in the fertility of the soil
as a result of the continued use of COM
mercial fertilizers.
From these and many other consider
ations that might be given we conclude
that the wholesale use of commercial
fertilizers as now practiced does not
pay. With prices properly adjusted
and better methods OF farming adopted
they may be made to pay. But we
will need to pillow deeper, harrow more,
and use more home raised manures
before we can expect them to pay. AS
we said in the opening, this is serious
question and one that demands thought
and action. We are paying TOO much for
dead weight in every ton.
Farmers should discuss this question
at their farmers institutes until they
understand it better.
We wish it distinctly understood
that in the above discussion we have
spoken entirely of commercial fertll-
izers and not of the manures. The two
are totally different ia their action upon
the soil. Manures are soil builders.