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The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-30
Aged Negro Pardoned.

Gov. Vardaman issued a pardon
to Will Shelby, an old negro pris-
oner, sent up from Lafayette county
in 1883 for murder for life. The
negro is 70 years of age and in very
poor health.
State Revenue Agent Writ Adams
will, within the next week or SO,
bring suit in some county in the
State against the Singer Manu.fac-
turing Company. The Singer com
pany has Offices in a large number
of Mississippi cities and towns, and
sells sewing machines on time, TAX
ing part cash and the rest in notes.
The revenue agent is Of the opinion
that the company should pay taxes
on these notes, and will bring suit
to have them taxed.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-30

Cologne and Dartmund burn their
garbage by means of electricity.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-30
Tishominao Baptist Association.

The Tishomingo Baptist Asso-
citation, composed of delegates from
all the Baptist churches in Tisho-
mingo. Alcorn and Prentiss coun-
ties in Mississippi and the Baptist
church at Chewalla, Tenn, con
vened with Cross Roads Baptist
church nine miles south of Iuka,
last week. About forty churches
were represented. 1t was a most IN
teresting meeting. The next session
will be held with Oak Hill church,
eight miles west of Bonneville, Miss,
on Tuesday after the second Sunday
in 1905.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-30
Saw Mills Resuming.

Slowly but surely a decided i'm
provement in the lumber trade IS
being shown in Mississippi, and the
largest mill operators believe that
the day is not far distant when Tor
NAL conditions will be resumed. The
several slight advances in the yell
low pine market have encouraged
owners of plants hat have been
closed down for several months to
resume operations, and at many
mills where idleness has long pre-
vailed rusty machinery Is being
oiled and adjusted and scenes OF
much activity presented.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-30

A little song came to me in the night,
Wien troubles strong Eeld ne with grip
OF might:
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-11-10
THE JAPANESE MINISTER.
An Operation For Appendicitis Was
Performed On Him.

New York, Oct 31.-An operation
for appendicitis was performed on
Japanese Minister Kogoro Takahira in
hotel in this city Sunday. The case
is said to be serious one, and at
taches of the Japanese legation at
Washington have been summoned to
the minister's bedside.
Mr.. Takhra arrived here from Wash.
inston Friday night and Immediately
after being assigned to a room at the
hotel complained of illness and asked
that physician be sent for. The ply
sician found the minister suffering
much pain, but remedies were admin.
istered which eased his sufferings and
allowed him to pass the remainder of
the night comfortably. Saturday, how
ever, the minister could retain no food,
and this with other symptoms caused
the physician to believe that the case
was one Of appendicitis, and Sunday,
when 1t was positively diagnosed as
such, an immediate operation was de-
cided upon.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-11-10
ex.aov. NASH Is DEAD.
He Expired Suddenly In Bath Room
Of His Son.in-Law's Home.

Columbus. o.. Oct. 29.-Ex-Gov. Geo.
kilbon Nash was, shortly before noon,
Friday, discovered dead in his bath
room. Before he started to take his
bath, he did not seem to be unusually
weak and there was no intimation Of
the sudden end. As Is generally
known, he has several times been de-
clared near death, but had regained
strength and displayed vitality which
surprised his doctors. The end was
not only sudden. but peaceful, his
heart seeming to have suddenly stop
ped short, painless death ensuing
The governor was in the bath room
at the residence of his son-in.law,
Worthington f. Babcock. He was
alone at the time and the sound of a
heavy fall called several members Of
the household to the bath room, where
he was found on the floor unconscious
and to all appearances dead. His ply
sician was sent for but life was ex-
tince when he arrived.
The ex-governor had been in preca-
rious health since the launching of the
Ohio, having suffered his first attack
in Colorado on his return from the
coast. After retiring from the execu-
tive Office he resumed the practice
of law. but could do little active work
In the last four months he had been
rarely at his law office. A week ago
Thursday he went to the State univer.
sity to attend meeting of the board
of trustees. of which he was a mem.
ber. That was the last active work
he did. While both the patient and
his family knew that death might
come at any time. there was no special
reason to expect 1t at this time. He
seemed no worse than usual during
the forenoon.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-11-10
Do Not Kill the Moles.

A distinguished naturalist carefully
examined the stomachs of 15 moles
caught in different localities, but
failed to discover therein the slightest
vestige of plants or roots; on the con-
trary, they were filled by the remains
of earth-worms. Not satisfied by this
fact, he shut up several moles in a
box containing sods of earth, on
which fresh grass was growing. and a
smaller cage of grubs and earth
worms. In nine days two moles de-.
voured $40 white worms, 1893 earth
worms. 25 caterpillars and a mouse
(skin and bones) which had been alive
in the box. He next gave them moth
ing but vegetables. In "a hours two
moles died of starvation. Another nat
uralist calculated that two moles de-
stroyed 10000 white worms or grubs
in a single year. II this IL correct,
It Is a strong argument In favor Of
multiplying, rather than destroying
the moles.-St. Louis Globe Democrat
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-11-10
OHIO FARMERS PROTEST.
He Deplores Improper Use of Road
Graders and Tells How Trouble
May Be Avoided.

Road scrapers or graders are like
many other good things; used in the
proper manner they are all right, but
when used improperly they are unmit-
igated nuisances. Two weeks ago, TAX
Ing a drive into a neighboring county,
! CHANGED TO drive over road that
was the cause of this article; II was
what Is known in our part Of the state
as mud road, e., one that has never
been piked, just graded by poll tax
and regular road tax and then a mar
row coat of gravel put on, a little at a
time, from year TO year, until in the
course Of time it is all graveled. But
by the time the last is graveled the
first is worn out.
Now, on road like the above some
officer who had the authority to do 30
took road scraper and went over
the road, keeping the outside edge of
the scraper at the line made by the
meeting of the gravel and sod along
side the gravel on each side of the
center OF the gravel or grade, thus cut
ting the roadway from two to six
Inches lower at the edge than the sod
along the edge.
Not only is the road made unpleas-
ant to drive over, but there is a chan
mel or gutter cut Immediately at each
edge OF the gravel, which at each sue
ceeding rain will widen and deepen
and In the course of few weeks or
months badly injure the road and
grade.
Some may say, what must a road
superintendent do In a case like that
II not use a scraper? That is very
easy to answer. Take a very heavy
roller and roll the road several times
going on each side of the center of the
grade. leaving 1t slightly higher than
the sides, thus making a water shed
like a roof, so the water will run of
on each side into the side ditch at once
instead of running along the ton of
the road for perhaps 200 or 300 yards
until 1t finds an outlet to the side
ditch; of course the rolling will have
to be done when the ground is soft
at least soft enough for the roller To
press the ridges down. | think the
government should publish books and
plans on road making and compel road
superintendents to study them and fol-
low tneir instructions; then we would
have substantial roads built and re-
paired in a uniform way and no cost.
ly mistakes to pay for.-J. 8. Hill. In
Ohio Farmer.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-11-10
HOW SOIL IS sTERILIzED.
New Jersey Expert Describes Method
Especially Adapted for Small
Operations.

Sterilizing the soil was done by hav-
Ing steam coil made by a plumber
Mine was made as follows: Five runs
nine feet long made of ~ inch pipe.
These were drilled every five inches
with 5-16 drill, turning the pipe quar-
ter way around every time drill was
set, and drilled holes all way through
This turning of the pipes makes holes
at right angles to each other. These
hve pipes were then threaded and
screwed into crossheads (1k-inch
pipes for heads) at either end. using
rfght-hand nipples on one end and left
hand on the other; these five pipes
were placed one foot apart, making the
whole apparatus four feet wide and
nearly ten feet long when finished
See cut. In the center at one end a
connection is made with three-quarter
inch pipe to admit steam. This con-
nection may seem small, but It worked
all right, and will give a ten-horse
power boiler great hustle to keep 1t
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-11-10
SlLACE FOR DAIRY cows
Some Feeders Claim That in Many
Respects 1t Is Superior to
the Best Pasture.

There are several good points l Il
favor Of silage as feed for dairy
cows, and these should not be over.
looked when the farmer is debatins
what kind Of feed he will use. Its
digestibility Is increased by the fer
mentation 1t undergoes, and by some
scientists this increased digestibility
Is placed at about 20 per cent. With
silage more bulk of feed can Ne
raised to the acre than in any other
way. Nearly any kind Of corn can be
raised for silage and a shorter sea-
son Will bring 1t to the silage-making
stage than to the grain-producing
stage. 1t can be harvested in wet
weather and moisture does not harri
1t, which is not the case with corn
that is being raised for fodder. AS a
plant to grow 1t Is not expensive, and
our farmers all know how to harvest
1t. The feed that comes out of the
silo Is as succulent as the COW ever
gets, and she will do as well on II as
on the best bluegrass pasture that
can be grown. Some feeders say that
their cows do better on silage than
on blue grass pasture. Silage can be
used as soiling crop as we'll as a
winter feeding crop. This is a great
advantage when farmer has enough
to last him over winter and into the
summer season. There is one thing
that should not be lost sight of In re-
gard to silage and that is that It can
be carried over from one year to an
other and its life can be extended
through number Of years. This is
not true of fodder, for in the course
of time 1t deteriorates. though It may
be bright and good throughout the
first winter None of our farmers
would think Of keeping fodder for
two or three years and feeding it to
their cows. The keeping quality Of
silage makes 1t impossible to make the
abundance of one year balance the
deficiency in another. Silage Is very
convenient to use in feeding. probably
more so than any other kind of rough
feed. Its use makes 1t possible to
greatly increase the stock-carrying
capacity Of the farm.-Farmers' Re-
view.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-11-10
THE NEGLECTED ORCHARD.
It Il Not Only Source Of Constant
Loss But Also . Breeding Place
for Parasites.

Here and there are still to be found
neglected orchards, which are almost
always improbable orchards. II is
the result Of the old time conditions.
The old-time farmer would plant an
orchard and then leave II to itself.
So little was known about the require
ments Of orchard trees that It was
supposed that they would fight their
way forward in spite of any adverse
conditions. like an oak tree In the for
est. 1t was believed that neither grass
nor any insects could stop the fruit.
fulness OF the orchard tree, and that
no particular care was necessary.
That was considered the advantage
that orchard trees lad over other farm
products; they could be set out and
would thenceforth require no further
notice. In time the planter awoke in
surprise to find that very few Of his
trees were giving him good returns.
Here and there a tree seemed to be
doing exceptionally WELL and was load.
ed with fruit, at least once in two
years. But the other trees either bore
little. or the fruit produced was SO
poor that It could be used for nothing
but cider.' Here and there were trees
that the wind had stripped of half
their limbs and the bearing wood was
small In quantity. At other places In
the orchard hearts had rotted and the
trees had split in two, leaving perhaps
but one unsightly branch or limb to
bear fruit. Yet for the most part these
unsightly objects we're left to stand.
The owner seemed never to think 1t
necessary to put good trees in their
place.
AS result we have orchard areas
covered with tree stragglers with
waste patches Of ground between and
the whole yielding so little fruit that
the new orchardist in the vicinity Is
discouraged about putting out trees.
The old orchard he sees is something
of nightmare, and acts as a damper
on his spirits. The orchardist of the
present day refuses to permit a tree
to remain that is not Of value in the
orchard. He digs out the old tree and
plants new one. II the variety prove
not desirable one the tree is sent
to the woodpile and better variety
started in the place where the old one
grew.
In the neglected orchard, says Farm
ers' Review. valuable space Is given
to worthless trees. In the modern
orchard every square Of space must
give good account Of itself In the
future there should be no neglected
orchards We have come to know so
much about what an orchard requires
that there Is no excu:e II we do not
And fret we have learned
hat no orchard can be neglected and
produce fruit in paying quantities.
The orchard Is not the pet crop Of the
,asy goer. The man that owns it must |
ork 1t at different times Of year.
he ground must be cultivated, the
ranches pruned. the foliage sprayed |
nd new trees substituted for the old |
nd worthless ones.
The well.handled orchard II always |
profitable but the neglected orchard
almost never so.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-11-10
NEGRO REALTY COMPANY.
Race Prejudice Instigates Formation
Of Organization in. New York
to Combat the Evil.

To combat race prejudice against
negro tenants in white districts, the
Afro-American Realty company has
started an aggressive campaign in
New York city. Negro real estate Cd.
orators and investors organized the
company recently with a capital stock
of $500,000. They have subscribed for
100000 and the remaining $4OO, 900 Is
offered to negro capitalists at SO a
share.
THE idea that negroes must be con-
fined to certain localities can be done
away with" says the prospectus. $50
can the idea that 1t is not practical to
put colored and white tenants together
In the same house. Race prejudice Is
a luxury, and, like all other luxuries,
1t can be made very expensive. With
a cash capital of 100000 the Afro
American Realty company can turn
race prejudice into dollars and cents. +"
The company owns four five-story
flats valued at $125,00O and holds ten
other fiat houses under five-year
leases. 1t has opened luxurious Of
fees in the Boreel building. In the
same building are the offices of many
brokers, including the Headquarters
Of the board Of real estate brokers.
All Of the company's officers, direc
tors aid clerks are negroes. The com
pany appeals to the negro investors
exclusively. The prospectus says:
Income property in this city, when
properly managed. will pay from 15 to
rs per cent. on the dollar, with $780,
600 in this manner invested, even If
we never resold any of our holdings at
q profit"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-11-10
TO vENTlLATE STREET CAR


A simple method for efYectually ven
tilating street cars without causing {
draft has been devised by DR.. Walker
chief Of the health department Of
Brooklyn. Confronted with the prob
lem of providing for the ingress Of
fresh air and the egress Of foul cir
without subjecting The passengers to
q chilling draugt. DR.. Walker sought
the simplest possible means. He had
two openings made in the deck
sash" Of car about ten inches apart.
into which we're fitted Stats to defect
the intake Of air to the roof Of the car.
Between these openings a shingle was
extended from the side of the car %
the wind would strike against 1t when
the car was in motion.
The principle on which DR.. Walker
proceeded was that air would strike
the front Of the shingle and be defect
ed into the car, while dust, cinders.
ETC.. would fall to the ground. Stimuli
taneously the forward motion would
create a vacuum in the rear which
would suck out the vltiated air OF the
car through the rear Stats. The cold,
fresh air introduced would sink to-
ward the floor and the heated, the viii
ated air would rise and pass out.
He had rags and refuse burned In
the car until the atmosphere was rem
dered absolutely unbearable. The car
was then set in motion at the average
rate of speed, Is to IS miles an hour,
and DR.. Walker reports that within
two minutes and 30 seconds the air
within was absolutely fresh and pure.
1t is estimated that during the time
the car was In motion 900 cubic feet
OF air minute came into the opening
in the front and a similar amount was
exhausted in the rear. The absence of
draft to which passengers would
have been subjected was particularly
noticed, as the progress of the fresh
air to the bottom of the car was 80
gradual 1t could not be detected by
lighted taper.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-11-10
Keep Roads in Good Shape.

The use of the road grader has great
ly improved country highways, and just
before the ground freezes the roads
should be leveled so there will be no
depresslons for holding surface water.
This more than any other thing will
keep the earth roads of the middle west
in good condition. Many communities
can never have hard roads because of
their cost. But all can have much bet
ter roads by giving them little atten-
tion at the right time. Leveling the sur
face now and keeping this up next
spring will go long way toward set
Ting the earth road problem. This, with
the best drainage available, and grad
ing where necessary, will give excellent
roads most of the year Can you afford
to neglect it?-Orange Judd Farmer.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-11-10

Investigations carried on during ths
last year by Mr.. 8. w. McCallie, assist.
ant state geOlogist OF Georgia. acting In
cooperation with the United States geo.
logical survey, have revealed the pres.
ence Of interesting and perhaps valuable
properties In some Of the artesian wa.
ters in the Coastal plain Of that state
Water taken from deep well at Baxley
showed on analysis b.5 parts per 900 .00d
Of phosphoric acid. which would indi-
cate that 1t might be used for fertilizine
~ we'll ~ for irrigating barren fields
in other words, It may be acceptable tc
ths desert land - both food and drink
1t is estimated thist layer Of shis phos-
phOric acid-besriag water II inches
6esp over one acre Of land would exert 1
fostiIlsing sGect equal To that u ~
pounds q eomnsroial lestl1lnoe.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-11-10
SMALL REWARD REJECTED.
New York Car Conductor Returns
$1,000 and Refuses Offer Of
twenty-five Cents.

Edwin e. Brophy, conductor or
the Sea Gate & Manhattan Beach line
Coney island, has returned to its own.
er a pouch containing $500. The
owner, well-dressed woman, at.
tempted to reward his honesty by of.
fering him a quarter.
Shortly after the passengers had lef,
Brophys car at the Sea Gate terminal
Brophy saw what he thought was an
old tobacco pouch lying on the bacl,
platform.
He gave 1t a kick into the street and
then, thinking that the thing might
come in handy. picked 1t up and ex.
amined its contents. He found ID
neatly folded 500 bills.
Before the car started on the return
trip a smartly dressed woman board
ed 1t, crying that she had lost her
money. When she described the pouch
and its contents. Brophy at once
turned 1t over to her.
Profuse In her thanks, she opened
a well-flled pocketbook and. picking
out quarter; offered 1t to Brophy. Al
Brophy's refusal to take 1t she be.
came indignant and laid the coin on a
seat as she left the car.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-11-10
Truth About SQUAD Business.

SQUAD raising is having a boom at
present. Considerable has been writ
ten about the business. much of which
should be taken with grain of salt"
We believe there is a profit In SQUAD
raising, but not the huge amount stated
by writer's who are working In the in
terest Of the sale of pigeons and supplies.
An average Of six pairs of young year
from pair OF old birds Is doing re-
markably well. II you have nearby
market you can make good profit with
that yield. We believe one can take
care OF 500 pairs OF pigeons, but the
flock should not be crowded. Flocks
should not contain over 100 pairs--5O
pair would be better-Farm Journal.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-11-10
EXPLOSION IN A MINE.
Between 80 and so Miners Lives Were
Lost In Colorado.

Trinidad, Col, Oct. ga terrific
explosion occurred at Mine No. 3 of
the Rocky Mountain Fuel and Iron Co.
at Teroio, 40 miles due west of Trini-
day, Friday afternoon and the number
OF dead is variously placed between
30 and 60 men. The exact number of
dead may never be known, as the mine
is burning and in all likelihood the
bodies will be cremated.
The mine was opened only a year
ago and extended 1000 feet into the
hill. The explosion is supposed to
have been caused by dust. But one
body has been recovered, that Of T.
Duran, driver, who was just enter
ing the tunnel when the explosion oc-
CURED. He was torn and burned al
most beyond recognition. All mines
within a radius Of 20 miles have been
shut down and the miners are on the
way to assist in reaching the bodies.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-11-10
HORRIBLE MURDER,
Man Thrown Into a Coke Oven 6y
Two Men and cremated.

Masontown, Pa, Oct. 31.-Steve
Borok. employed at the Bessemer
coke plant. reported that late Satur-
day night he saw man thrown into
a coke oven and cremated. Borok
says he saw three men scuffiing on top
OF an oven and a moment later saw
two of them jump to the ground and
disappear in the darkness. Just then
flames issued from the oven as though
fuel had been tossed into it. Coroner
Hagen Sunday ordered the oven drawn
when blackened human bones and
teeth were found. The murdered man
and his assailants are unknown.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-11-10
PLAN FOR sTERILIzlNG SOIL.

going for over two hours. Next in or
der is good eight or ten-horse power
boiler, also box sufficiently large to
be ten inches clear of pipe on all sides
and two feet deep. This should not be
termed box, although it Is box
shaped. Floor should be Independent,
sides and ends also, so 1t can be re-
moved with less labor. Fill half full
of soil to be sterilized, lay on your
pipe coil, and cover with strips of bur-
lap to keep perforations from becom-
ing clogged. Now fill box full of soil,
cover with canvas or tight board
cover, and weight down. Make con-
nection with good hose from boiler
to coil, fire up till you have not less
than 40 pounds pressure, and keep it
there till finished If possible. This
operation will require nearly or quite
2h hours. 1t should be kept steadily
heating till all soil in the incosure.
corners, ends and every particle, is
heated to over 200 degrees, and when
this has been reached for short time,
say ten or fifteen minutes, will guar
antee that about everything in it is
cooked, even to ones finger nails,
should you attempt to try it that way
i know, for I have been there. Soil
treated to this process must be, and is
absolutely pure; free from all foul
seeds, insects and germs. There may
be other md even better ways of do
ing this work, but this was the way
l did 1t, and 1t works well for small
operations.-C. c. Hulsart, in Rural
New Yorker.