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The Tupelo journal., 1903-08-14

Rams Horn Blasts.

A hard head may go with a tender
heart.
Overcome evil with good rather
than be overcome with evil.
Solitude is as necessary to the soul
as companionship is to the character.
The best place to criticise your
neighbor is in front of your own
mirror.
The only way some people expect
peace is by making their own opin-
ions prevail.
When you have killed your enemy
with kindness you have created a
friend.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-10-23
HOW TO MAKE HOGS PAY.

The pigs should have dry, clean bed
| free from dust and filth.
The hog should find place in the
economical management of every farm
A SOW should never be confined to 6
dry lot barren of all grasses and Other
forage.
No difference how plentiful the sup
ply of Stops, the hogs should have fresh
water daily.
While dust in the bed is injurious, more
may be said against dampness, which is
fatal to thrift.
Sows during CESSATION should have
plenty of opportunity for exercise to Sc
cure healthy pigs.
Before narrowing sows are the better
for an abundance of exercise; let them
have all they will take.
The hog to thrive best must be given
food that will build up the system even
ly. The bone, muscle and fat must main
tain just proportions.
It is hardly good economy to condemn
a SOW for bringing a small litter of pigs
at first narrowing, as she may thereafter
always bring a goodly number.
There is no advantage in especially
large filters of pigs. Eight or ten good
thrifty pigs from any sow will be of better
size and quality than larger number
and she can suckle them better.-Farm
House.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-10-23
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Most of the fireproof buildings are
insured.
He laughs best who sees the point of
the joke first.
The dealer in umbrellas makes hay
while it rains.
Truth is mighty and will prevail-it
it isn't suppressed.
Apple sauce isn't good unless the
hostess made it sass"
Decollete bathing costumes are all
right as far as they go.
Some people refuse to grow because
the town doesn't grow.
The greatest test of friendship is
to tell man his faults.
The man who robs Peter to pay Paul
sometimes stands Pat.
1t looks as though Turkey would be
somebody's dark meat.
Self-important men seldom get out
OF the wageworker class,
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-10-23
BIG LEVEE CONVENTION
TO BE HELD IN NEW ORLEANS ON
TUESDAY,, OCTOBER ~.
Questions of IncaIcuiabIe Interest to
the People of the Whole Nation
Will Be Discussed.

On October 9th will be held in New
Orleans the convention of the Inter.
state Mississippi River Improvement
and Levee Association, and at the SEES
sions to be held then many prominent
men will advocate government control
OF the Mississippi levees, in order that
the vast tracts-some 10000, 900 acres
OF now useless swamp lands in the
States of Mississippi, Louisiana and
ArkanSas-may be reclaimed and
brought into cultivation 1t will be
argued that State and private control
of the leveeS will never result in the
reclamation of this vast and rich ter
ritOry, for the reason that the neces-
Sary funds are not and cannot ne avail
able for many years to come; that
within a decade or so the world will
require twice as much cotton as it does
today; that the cotton fields of the
South are now producing practically
all the cotton they can be made to
grow; that this now useless territory,
which is about three times as large as
Holland, and as rich as the valley of the
Nile, is Americas only hope to con-
tinue supplying the world with all the
cotton 1t requires; that the question of
government control is purely national,
because every State in the Union will
be benefited either in the sale of the
new crop or the sale of supplies and
manufactured articles to the new popu-
lation; that the State revenue, now 60
ing into levees, should be turned into
educational channels, where it is badly
needed.
1t Will also be shown that wherever
the government has taken charge of
the Mississippi levees absolute success
has followed; government levees do
not break. The State levee boards
will not be criticised for the reason
that, considering the difficulties they
encounter, their work has been all that
any reasonable mind could expect
Delegates to the convention are ex-
pected from at least thirty States and
Territories. The railroads have grant
ed onefare rates for the round trip.
Special invitations have been sent to
many prominent men, and many of
these, warm advocates of the plans
and purposes of the levee association,
have advised the committee that they
will attend. Elaborate plans for the
entertainment of all delegates are now
being perfected. These plans of en-
tertainment will include trips to sew
eral of the large sugar and cotton plan
tations, inspection of leVees, etc.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-10-23
HANDY ROPE AND RINGS.

the horses mouth for a bride and
around the nose at d in Fig. 2, for hal
ter. AS bride it is one of the incest
things to teach a colt to lead. The
operation is always to pull the colt
sidewise SO as to be sure to move him.
In pulling on the rope it pulls to some
extent through the colts mouth and
cuts and hurts, and the instant the
rope is loosened it quits hurting, and
we do not have to make very many
side pulls until the colt will follow you
at your command. AS a halter 1t can
be used for horse, COW, calf, sheep,
etc. 1t is very handy to carry; can be
put in the pocket. 1t comes in good
use to get the horses out of the pasture
in the morning. We can make halter
with each ring and lead two horses.
The halter will fit any kind and sized
animal.
1t is just the thing to ring an old
SOW with. Loop it around the upper
jaw and tie her to a post or fence, as
in Fig. 8, and she will just stand and
pull back her best, and squeal, and
hold perfectly still for one to put the
ring in, or fill her nose full for that
matter. 1t is easy to get it off of the
nose, for as soon as the rope is united
and let loose the sow can throw it off
for it will not stick on account of the
ring. 1t is also the same way with the
horse. AS soon as the loop is taken out
of the mouth or from over the nose,
by holding to the rope it will unfasten
itself, the loop running through the
ring. 1t is the handiest cheap thing
we have on the farm.-A. S. Forsman,
in Ohio Farmer.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-10-23
Hard To Bear.

Street in that city, says:
with my nightly rest broken, ow-
Ing to irregularities of the kidneys,
suffering intensely from severe pains
In the small of my back and through
the kidneys, and annoyed by painful
passages of abnormal secretions, life
was anything but pleasant for me.
No amount Of doctoring relieved this
condition, and for the reason that
nothing seemed to give me even tenn
porary relief, I became about dis
couraged. One day 1 noticed in the
newspapers the case of a man who
was afflicted as l was and was cured
by the use of Doan's Kidney Pills
His words of praise for this remedy
were so sincere that on the strength
of his statement 1 went to the Hugh
Murrey Drug Co.'S store and got
box. l found that the medicine was
exactly as powerful a kidney remedy
as represented. 1 experienced quick
aid lasting relief Doan's Kidney
pills will prove a blessing to all suf-
ferers from kidney disorders who will
give them a fair trial"
A FREE TRIAL of this great kid
ney medicine which cured Mr.. Walls
will be mailed to any part of the
United States on application. Ad-
dress Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N.
Y. For sale by all druggists; price
80 cents per box.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-10-23
SHEEP AND FERTILITY.
With Divine Assistance Rundown
Farms Can BE Restored to High
State of Productlveness.

A good flock of sheep will do any land
good and is the best of property for a
run down farm. A Michigan authority
on sheep says: Land that could not
be cropped profitably, owing to wheat
raising, is now yielding larger crops
than when it was virgin soil. Great
opportunities have been presented in
building up these rundown farms,
which could be purchased for half what
they proved to be worth when restored.
Michigan soil recuperates rapidly when
given an opportunity. My land is worth
double what 1 paid for it seven years
ago. l ripped up some clover sod and
planted 1t in corn June 81 last. The
crop yielded 100 bushels of grain. An
other field yielded 125 bushels of ear
corn. Yet all this land was so badly
run down few years ago that it would
not raise enough to justify planting it.
These rundown wheat lands, when built
up, grow as good corn as l ever saw in
Iowa or Illinois; in fact, 1t is the best
corn land, owing to it's warmth in early
spring. The Michigan feeder has two
sources of profit, one from the gain of
his stock and another by the addition
of the fertility to his farm, which, in the
course Of few years, doubles its value.
All these opportunities are not gone,
by any means. Plenty of rundown
farms are yet to be had, and the task
of building them up is by no means
formidable, with ovine assistance. In
five to seven years values may be
doubled and feeding operations are
bound to pay during that period, ad-
hitting the possibility of one or two
bad years."
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-10-23
RECEIVING WARM SUPPORT.
Press of Country Trying to Make 1t the
Largest Convention Ever Held.

The coming levee convention, to be
held in New Orleans October 81. is
receiving the warmest support from
the press of the country, and If the
press can do so, it will make the con-
vention one of the largest ever held.
The Baltimore Manufacturers Rec
ord, which has given so much atten-
ton to SOuthen matters, calls for an
earnest support to the convention, and
quoting from Gov. Heard's address
recognizes and acknowledges the re-
sponsibility of the Federal govern
ment in the matter.
THE Mississippi river" it notes, 'Fis
above al lother rivers in the country
a national highway to the sea and to
the worlds markets, with its impor-
lance in this respect to be increased
by the construction of an isthmian
canal" and it sees that the advance
made in the protection of the alluvial
lands of the Mississippi valley by
means of levees has been accompanied
by increased crops, increased railroad
facilities, increased population and in
creased business and industries. In
habitants of these alluvial sections
have for ten years or more been tax
ing themselves heavily for the con-
struction and maintenance of a strong
line OF leVeeS on both sides OF the
river, and the work has reached a
point where those best acquainted
with all conditions are thoroughly con-
vinecd that even with appropriations
made from time to time by congress
the proper work is beyond the menas
of the people, communities and the
States Immediately affected. They
therefore rightly take the ground that
the national government is best quail
fed to assume charge of the construc-
ton and maintenance of the levees.
After reviewing the many arguments
in favor of the construction of levees
by the Federal government, the Rec
ord remarks:
Upon such facts as these will be
predicated the action of the October
convention intended to emphasize the
propriety and necessity of handling
of the POLLEN under national auspices.
The convention should have the sup
port of the people of the whole Missis-
Sippi drainage basin, as well as those
of the whole country, so as to impress
congress and the executive with the
importance of the project to the coun-
try and the necessity for prompt &C
ton"
Support and encouragement OF this
kind will prove of material assistance
in the work of preparing for the COM
ing convention Times-Democrat.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-10-23
CHAIN OF SUGGESTION.
One Barker After the Other Had IN
idea to OFFER the Pertinaoious
Customer.

"a man up in my country had melan-
Frye, of Maine. Sfhis man determined to
get shave every other day and to let
every barber cut his hair who suggested
it. At the end of week three different
BARRIERS had intimated that the hair need
ed trimming and were told to go ahead
and trim As the hair was now beyond
the trimming stage, the fourth barber:
advice, that clipping would be beneficial,
was accepted. Now thought the man,
the next barbar will be satisfied that
when L say shave l mean shave and
nothing more. Yet when the fifth barber
mentioned smuggling he permitted his close
ly-cropped hair to be singed. The sixth
night was on a Saturday. He went to still
another barber, now satisfied that when
he said shave no barber would have the
temerity to hint at an attempt to reduce
the length of mis- hair.
odd you ever try. DR.. Comeup's hair
restorer?' questioned the barber as he took
up bottle.
The Indians had a quicker way of get:
ting at a mans scalp than these BARRIERS, y
commented Senator Chandler.
"Ies," said the Maine statesman, but
we are living under modern, not ancient
barbarism"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-10-23
HANDY ROPE HALTER.
1t Consists of Half-Inch Cotton Rope
10 or IL Feet Long, with
Ring in Both Ends.

We use it for bride, halter, and
to ring hogs with. In using it for a
bride or halter, we approach the horse
on the left hand and take the ring in
our right hand; throw it up over the
horses neck by putting it under and
over the neck from the right side, as
at a, in Fig. 2, draw the ring down
under the jaw at C, double the rope
and put it through the ring as shown
at b in Fig. 1, turn the loop one-half
over so the rope crosses where it goes
through the ring and put the loop in
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-10-23
The Germ Theory.

The discovery of the germ theory is per
haps the most important in the history
of medicine, the discovery of the stomach
of course excepted.
Exhaustive experiments on guinea pigs
have made it clear that mankind cannot
be we'll without serums.
But such is the character of serums that
nobody will take them unless he Is
frightened.
And the germ theory has thrown more
scares into more people than all other
theories put together.
Thus it is not easy to see how we should
manage to have any health to speak of,
without the germ theory.-Puck.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-10-23
YOUTH AND AGE.
There Is n Material Difference That
Il Not Always Ap-
parent.

Maitre Labor, the noted French advo-
cate who defended the Humberts, is not
remarkable in Paris so much for the elo-
quence as for the neatness and the polish
of his speeches.
An American journalist heard Labori
in court one day. He says the advocates
address was full of grace, wit, tenderness
He quotes a passage relating to old age
wherein Labor, with a smile, said:
''Old age-we shall none of us quite IN
derstand that until we have attained to it
for no one of us, here, is old. But the
other day | visited my uncle, very aged
man.
g What is it like, uncle said, to be
And my uncle answered:
" 1t is like this: When one is young
ones polite attentions to women are taken
for declarations of love; but when one is
old, ones declarations of love are taken
for polite attentions
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-10-23
Pride of His Performance.

In downtown church, as the story
goes, there was introduced a new hymn
last Sunday, and, after the disposal of the
services, the organ blower found his way
to the players bench and asked in a meek
voice: How did the music for that new
hymn go this evening"?
"Oh, very well, very well, indeed" re,
piled the organst; "but why do you ask?''
"Wen," said the blower, ''I'll tell you
the truth. | was a bit nervous and a bit
worried about it, for, you see,' he went
on explaining, Il never blowed for that
hymn before. Philadelphia Press.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-10-23
Why NOtH

Here's an account of big landslide"
said the new reporter. Under what head
shall | put it,"
Put it with the real estate transfers, I"
said the city editor, as he wrote: Con
tinusd on the forty-frst page" in the mid
die of a four-line paragraph.-Yo uth' Q
Communion.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-10-23

A Catching Advertisement
trude inserted an advertisement that she
would like to meet a gentleman who was
fond of outdoor life" Belle-"Who an
swered:" Ida-"Sixteen tramps." -Phila-
delphia Record.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-10-23
Growing ELL

My boy" warned the old gentleman
with the white ribbon, the drink habit
is growing worse every day"
Yer right" responded Jimmy Flynn.
MY goil Lizzie used to be satisfied wild
two sodas, an now she wants four. Chi
cago Daily News.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-10-23

Wantanno-"1 wonder if Gabsky will re-
cite for me at my little party this even
ing?" Duzno-"He will unless you know
some yet undiscovered way to prevent
him. Baltimore American.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-10-23

Mabel-"How we'll Miss Elderley carries
her age! doesn't she?" Daisy-"But she
must be so accustomed to it by now
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-10-23

Our Artist-"What a lovely view you
have here, my good lady" Old Lady (who
has lived there all her life)-"Ah, so L
hear from all sides!"-Punch.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-10-23
For a Rad Bnck.

Sabra, Montana, Oct l9th.-A great
many men in this neighborhood used to
complain of pains in the back, but now
scarcely one can be found who has any
such trouble.
Mr. Gottlieb Mill is largely responsible
for the improvement, for it was he who
first of ali found the remedy for this
Backache He has recommended it to all
his friends and neighbors, and in every
case it has had wonderful success.
Mr.. Mill says:-
For many years / had been troubled
with my Kidneys and pains in the small
of my back. l tried many medicines but
did not derive any benefit until last fall
when I bought a dozen boxes of Dodd's
Kidney Pills. After using them a few
days l began to improve, my back quit
aching, and 1 felt better and stronger all
around.
81 will keep them in the house right
along, for in my opinion they are the best
medicine in the market to-day, and if my
back should bother me again, 1 will use
nothing else"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-10-23

The probability is that only men who
don't know how they do it ever live to
be l0O.-Puck
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-10-23

Putnam Fadeless Dyes are fast to light
and washing.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-10-23

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli-
Samuel, Ocean Grove, n. j., Feb. II, 1900.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-10-23

A man is apt to feel put out when he is
taken in.-Chicago Daily News.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-10-23
stops the Cough

and works off the cold. Laxative Bromo
Quinine Tablets. Price 25 cents
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-10-23
Never Again.

Biway-Use an alarm clock nowadays!
Jigsup-No; never tried one but once.
"How was that?"
"Well, you see, the first time it went off
/ didn't exactly know what it was, and
so l said: %, for heavens sake, Maria,
shut up!' Maria happened to be awake,
and-well, that is how it was."-Stray
Stories
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-10-23

The average small change of gossip
works small change for good.-Ram's
Horn
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-01

CHICAGO, July 31.-Weakness was
manifested In both the grain and prGvi-
sion spots today. September wheat clos
ing &c lower, September corn off 1sc
and oats 11Ac down. while September
provisions were from 15c to Csc lower
Trading in wheat was only moderate
and the market on the whole was IN
ciined to weakness. with prices quite err
ratio. The early morning news was of
rather doubtful character and opening
prices were about steady, September be-
to 1880. There was considerable selling
pressure at the start, due to the fact that
receipts at ST. Louis were for the first
time this year larger than year ago.
ity of traders were on the long side with
many willing to take profits. After ruiz
ing weak for time, the market firmed
up on renewed reports of damage in the
Northwest but further liquidation soon
carried prices off again. The session was
marked by these advances with SUISSE
quent declines until the last half hour,
when heavy realizing carried prices to
to 7Skc. The close was at 1917 @1SSsc,
net loss Of &c for the day.
Clearances Of wheat and flour were
were 575, 500 bu, against 1,O75,o65 bu a
year ago Exports of wheat and flour for
the week, according to Bradstreets,
We're 3.192,000 blu. Minneapolis and Du-
luth reported receipts of 123 cars, which,
with local receipts of Ga cars, 26 of con-
tract grade, made total receipts for the
three points of 1S5 cars, against 1T6 cars
last week and Sill cars a year ago.
Weakness in Corn.
More rains in the corn belt caused
weakness in that grain, and, although
there was fair support at times from local
traders and commission houses, the mar
ket failed to respond to any great extent
to this demand. The break in wheat also
had a depressing influence. Taken as a
whole, the market was not very big af-
fair. The close was weak, with Sep
TENDER off 12c at SIZE, after selling be-
tween 521sc and 52a4 Gp52Bc. Local re-
eeipts were 161 cars. with Is of contract
grade.
Oats for July delivery failed to produce
any excitement in the pit, the squeeze
which had been in progress some time
having apparently been abandoned, and
the price of that commodity dropped 11Hsc
during the day, closing at 3319c. Other
months ruled weak in sympathy with the
decline in other grains and September
closed hc lower at 33asc, after ranging
between 331sc and 33Bc. Local receipts
were 2S3 cars.
Provisions ruled weak in sympathy with
a decline of sc to 10c in the price of hogs
and on selling by outsiders early, fol-
lowed by selling by small packers and
brokers. The close was weak, Septem-
TENDER lard was off 35c at $7.82k, and
ribs were 15c lower at $7.971a.
Estimated receipts for tomorrow:
Wheat, 80 cars; corn, $50 cars; oats, 270
. cars; hogs, $4,000 head.
Range of Quotations.
The. leading futures ranged as follows:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-01
OTHER GRAIN MARKETS.

Milwaukee,, Wis.-Flour steady wheat
steady; close No. | northern, SS1s @S9c;
7S14c; rye firm; No. 1, 521Ac; barley dull
No. 2, 5S@60c; sample. 43@52kc; oats
1c lower: standard, 36@37c; corn, Sep
TENDER. 52Ac ysa go uaf7t
st. Louis, Wheat lower; No. red
cash elevator, 771sc; track. 79@s01sc;
July, TIE. September. 7sAci December.
S05sc; No. 2 hard. 74@761ac; corn lower;
No. 2 cash, 49Ac; September. 5OAc; De-
cember. 47h a 49c; oats lower; No 2
cash, 33c; September, 32hc; December,
1915 OBS Nc. No. 2. white, 3s1Ac;
Kansas City, september.
671zc; December, 69as @69hc; cash No. 2
hard, 6s1s @70c;, No. 9. 6SK @69c; No. 4.
63@67c; rejected. 62@64c; No. 2 red. 74@
741ac; No. 8. 72@73c; corn September.
469s GD46Ac; December, 461Ac; cash No.
mixed, 471s No. white, 481ac; No. 3,
461a @4714c; oats, No. white, 95c; No.
mixed, 3019 Q31c
Liverpool Wheat-Spot quiet: No. 2
red western winter; IS "a; No. I northern
spring. IS sd; No. 1 California, SIS Id flu
lures dull; September. IS 41sd; December.
6s 3Ad corn. September American mixed
steady, As I'D; futures quiet; July nomi-
nal; September, As GID.