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The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-28
ON A TRIP TO THE MOON.
Some of the Odd Things One Might
Come Across During Such
a Voyage.

How would you like to take a trip to
the moon? 1t would be a long journey,
taking more than six months II you
went with the speed OF an express train;
or if you travelled with the swiftuess OF a
ball from a modern cannon, it would
take about as long as a trip across the
Atlantic in a fast steamer, says the au-
thor of Mature and Science" in st.
Nicholas. Under average atmospheric
conditions, a large telescope gives up
l view of the moo as it would be with
out the telescope at a distance OF 800
miles from us.
The necessary outfit for the journey
must be much more extensive than for
any trip on the earth, ever the trip to
the north pole. There will be no chance
ito live off the country" In addition to
warm clothing and food you must carry
with you all you need to drink, and the
problem of keeping it from freezing or
thawing out if frozen will not be an easy
one to solve. There is practically no air
on the moon, and you must take along a
supply for breathing. If you expect to
make a fire and cook your dinner you
must take. in addition to fuel, an addI-
tional supply OF air to keep your fire go
ing.
But suppose that in some way you are
landed on the moon with a supply of
things necessary for sustaining life. If
you are on a part of the moon on which
tbo c,,o 10 ehir;nu wan will yporua1 nav
haps, first of all, at the dazzling brill
lance of the sunlight and the intense
blackness of the shadows. Everything
in the shade will be in almost total dark
ness. as there is no air filled with little
dust particles to scatter the sunlight SO
that it may illuminate the places out of
the direct path of its rays.
And what a sense Of desolation will
present itself to your view! The Desert
of Sahara would look like a luxuriant
scape. Not a blade of grass, not a tree,
or brook, OF ~lake-nothing but a vast.
stony, silent desert. There are plains,
not quite as level as III western prairies
and great numbers of mountains, most
of them much sleeper than those on the
earth; they are not grouped in long
ranges, as our terrestrial mountains gen.
orally are. but are scattered all over the
surface, singly and in irregular groups.
Most of them are shaped more or less
like our terrestrial volcanoes, and they
probably were volcanoes ages ago, be-
fore the moor cooled off.
II you happen to land on a part of the
moon where it is early morning You
will have plenty of time for explorations
before night comes on. The sun rises
and sets as it does on earth, but the time
between sunrise and sunset is nearly Is
of our days. Then during the long
lunar night u earth will act like the
noon. and will light up that part of the
moons surface which is turned toward
it. Only there will be this curious diff
ference: it will not rise and set, but will
remain nearly stationary in the same
region of the sky. From the side of the
moon which is always turned away from
us the earth, of course, can never be
seen at all.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-28
e
W! r1gE]5S.
ENEMY OF THE cURRANT.
iowa Experiment Station Entomolo-
gist Talks About a Pestiferous
Garden Parasite.

One of the worst enemies of the cur
rant and gooseberry with which we have
to deal is the imported stem borer, Sesia
tipuliformis. One reason why the dam
age is SO great is that a single borer may
destroy an entire cane, and a few an en-
tire bush, and all this before we are
aware that any damage has beer done.
The adult of this insect, as shown N
the drawing, is a wasp-like moth, rather
dark in color and of very beautiful ap-
pearance. The females usually lay their
eggs soon after they emerge in the
spring, upon canes about one year old,
and most frequently in the angle made
by the leaf and the cane.
These eggs soon hatch and the little
worm or larva eats its way at oncet to the
center of the cane, where it feeds and
grows well protected from all enemies.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-28
Alsike Glover Very Valuable.

Alsike clover is a valuable forage
crop, and can be grown to advantage
in many places where ordinary red
clover will not yield proftably. 1t is
a perennial, and has no hairs on the
stalk, so it is not dusty. It's bloom
is sweet, and makes good honey. It
will stand any amount of wet. Plant
ed in wet swales and depressions, it
will make abundant growth and re-
seed itself from year to year, afford
ing a vast amount of excellent feed.
II does not throw out and freeze out
"a do red and mammoth clovers.
FARMERS would do well to try a patch
ON n low-lying land on the farm. It
withstands cold well and has made
god growths in Alaska.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-28
PITY TIE POOR HEATHEN.
Mr.. Spinks Was Anxious to Get In
His Contribution N
Time.

Rev. Mr.. Osborne, according to the New.
ark IN. j. News, tells this story on one Of
his parishioners:
Company came to spend Sunday with the
Spinks family. Nevertheless, and in spite
Of a pouring rain, Mr.. Spinks prepared for
church.
Surely, you're not going" said Mrs.
Spinks.
Surely, l am" replied Mr.. Spinks.
"The pastor is booked for his annual mis-
%sionary sermon and l wouldn't miss being
there for anything"
But it's storming dreadfully."
Let it storm"
"And your guests-what will they think
if you run away and leave them?"
Let them think what they please. I'm
going to church"
"Ive never seen you so interested in mis-
sions before" said Mrs. Spinks.
Just between you and me" returned Mr..
Spinks, II don't care a hang for missions.
But the annual collection for the heather
will be taken to-day, and if | put a FIVE
dollar bill in the plate it'll be all right. But
if l stay away, the pastor will drop into
my office some day this week and pull my
leg for ten"
"Go, by all means" said his wife.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-28
Plenty Of Farm Land.

ritory is estimated at $4,000, 900 acres.
These figures are taken from the records
of the Dawes commission. OF this Is
per cent. was in cultivation last year.
There are about 1000, 900 acres of land
where pine is found in commercial guam
titles, and there is al abundance of hard
woods of all kinds. The latest statistics
obtainable give the value of farm ami
mails at $4,000, 600. The per cent. of
the population engaged in agriculture is
exceeded in only three states-Missis-
sippi, Oklahoma and Arkansas.-Kansas
City Journal.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-28

A SPITEFUL
Ship on Maine Coast That Was Sawed
in Two and Left by own
ers to Rot.

The old spite boat" on the beach at
Grand Manan, Me-, is a striking illus
ration of how far the stubbOrnness of
some people is carried. Rather than
come to an agreement as to her value.
her joint owners decided to allow the
craft to rot on the beach, says the New
York Press.
The boat was the property of two
Canadian fishermen, who made a living
by catching pollock and cod in the
Bay of Fundy until a disagreement
rose. Then each wanted to buy the
interest of the other in the little
schooner. This was a simple enough
proposition, it seemed, but the owners
could not agree upon the valuation for
the craft, and finally one of them. Joe
Britt, proposed to take his half of the
boat and thus end the dispute.
How this was to be done puzzled the
other partner and also the natives, but
1t, was made perfectly clear one day
when Britt appeared on the beach
armed with a big crosscut saw. The
other owner had agreed to go
halves" and Britt proceeded at once
to saw the boat in two, exactly amid
ships. 1t was slow work, but the saw
finally did the job, and the schooner lay
there, neatly severed in halves.
1t was supposed that each owner
would build another half upon his Sec
ton, thus making for each a whole boat,
out they never have done so, and to this
lay the schooner lies in two halves, rot
ting away on the Grand Manan beach.
an object of curiosity and a monument
TO stubbornness.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-28
LAND FOR SUGAR BETS.
The Impression That Any Kind of
Soil Will Do for This Crop Is
Full of Error.

The question is often asked: DO
sugar beets exhaust the soil?" The
proper answer to this question is, that
any crop will exhaust the soil if
planted continuously and nothing is
done to renew it, says Charles F.
Saylor. Sugar beets will not exhaust
the soil more than other crops if the
right methods are pursued. 1t should
be the aim of every farmer growing
sugar beets to make a profit out of
them the same as with any other crop;
therefore, he should be careful in the
selection of land for growing them.
Ii a piece of land is not adapted to
general cropping, avoid 1t for sugar
beets. Put upon it something better
adapted to it, and operate, if possible,
in such a way as to make it produc-
tive. Ii it is wet and sour, drain it.
If light, put it in grass or build it up
with legumes in rotation with light
crops and liberal applications of barn
yard manure. At least do not try to
reclaim it with sugar beets. They are
not a good retainer. Beets are an
expensive crop at the best, and should
be put upon lands offering the best
opportunities for good yields. 1t takes
six to seven tons of beets per acre to
pay the actual cost of production, and
it is the tonnage of beets over and
above this amount that yields the
profit. So it can readily be seen that
poor land should be planted to some
thing whose production is not so ex-
~pensive. On poor land sugar beets
are liable to produce a loss, either in
a low sugar content and purity, or
small tonnage of beets per acre
Farmers Review.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-28
FENCE

line (by Use of bracke. shown to
zigzag or a very sharp angle, which is
very handy for yard used in catching
sheep or pigs. Ends of panels are fas-
tened together closely as position will
permit by a piece Of fence wire. Halt
of panels should be made with cleats
on reverse side from that shown in cut
unless spaces in top and bottom are
the same, which will permit the use of
half Of panels the other side up
CLANCY Avery, in Ohio Farmer.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-28
WILL TELL
A THEORY SUPPORTED BY FRESH,
CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE


A Recent Instance Proves Thata Womans
Happiness is Largely Dependent on the
State of Her Blood.
When the blood is disordered every
organ of the body is affected ~unfavorably
and fails to discharge its functions
properly. In the case Of every woman
nature has made special provision for a
periodical publication of the blood and
so long as this occurs her health and
spirits unfailingly reveal the beneficial
results. So slight a cause as a cold or q
nervous shock may produce a suppress
sion of this vital function and until it is
restored she is doomed to misery. The
remedy that has proved most prompt
and effective in all disorders peculiar to
the female sex, is that which brought
such great relief to Miss Matte Griggs,
Of No. 807 Indiana street, Lawrence,
Kansas, concerning which she speaks do
follows:
SIN the winter of 1902, from some
unknown cause, there was a cessation
Of functions peculiar TO my sex for a Pc
riod Of four months. I became very
weak and could not get up stairs with
out help. I had nausea and pain and q
constant headache. I was under the
care of a physician for three months,
but he did not succeed in curing me.
Then q lady friend told me about the
merits Of DR.. Williams Pink Pills which
she had used in her family and she in
duced me to try them. Is wal in May
when I first began to use them and in
June I had fully recovered my health,
and have since remained perfectly
we'll"
In all cases of delayed development Of
young girls in ansemia or weakness due
co impoverished blood aud showing it.
self in pallor. lack Of ambition, despond-
ency and nervousness also in the great
constitutional disturbances attending
the period known as the change Of life,
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are invaluable
for women, whose health is always
closely dependent on the state Of the
blood. They are sold by all drug
Xists. A booklet Of valuable informa-
zion, relating to the care of a woman's
health at all important periods, and en-
titled s.Plain Talks to Women" will be
sent free in a sealed envelope to any one
who chooses to write for it to the DR..
williams Medicine Company, Scheneo.
tady, N. Y.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-28

tacks OF kidney disor-
ders which Kept me in
the house for days at q
time, una BILE to do any
thing. b suffered
can hardly be told.
Complications set in,
the particulars Of
which / will be pleased
to give in a personal
interview to any one
who requires informa.
tion. This l can con-
scientiously say Doan's
Kidney Pills caused a
general improvement
in nv health. Thew
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-28
Six Doctors Failed.

South Bend, Ind, Oct. "a Especially
After suffering from Kidney Disease for
three years; ~after-taking treatment from
six different doctors without getting re-
lief, Mr.. j. o. Laudeman, of this place,
complete cure in Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Speaking of his cure, MI. Laudeman says:
ayes, I suffered from Kidney Trouble
for three years and tried six doctors to no
good. Than l took just two boxes OF Dodd's
Kidney Pills and they not only cured my
eral. Of course I recommended Dodd's
Kidney Pills to others and ] know a number
now who are using them with good results"
Mr.. Leudeman's case is not an sxcep-
ton. Thousands give similar exp~eriences.
For there never yet was a case Of Kidney
Trouble from Baskache TO Bright's Disease
that Dodd's Kidney Plus could not cure:
They are the only remedy that ever cured
Bright's Disease.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-28
To Cure Lockiaw Rapidly.

In case of a nail or other sharp in
strument being stuck in the foot of
human or animal, and lockjaw is
threatened, take a bucket of un-
leached-wood ashes, put in a tub and
pour on two buckets of warm water;
stir well and place the wounded foot
in the mixture. Relief will be felt
Immediately. Let remain an hour or
so, if necessary. Only yesterday | re-
lieved an old lady by this recipe who
was suffering intensely from a nail
wound in the foot. Another remedy
is to burn a flannel rag under the foot,
but the latter applies to any cut that
is painful.-St. Louis Globe-D Democrat
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-28
SPLENDID PORTABLE FENCE
It Is Not Only Simple, But Can Be
Put Together in Any Position
That May Be Desired.

For benefit of your readers l will
describe a portable fence, which l have
used several years, and which | like
better than any other that | have seen.
1t is not only simple, but can be put
together in any position from straight
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-28

so you don't care for poetry?' NO"
said the eminent inventor. Only the other
day l heard a young woman singing: Had
/ the Wings of a Dove Now the wings of a
dove would be wholly insufficient in at
mospheric resistance for any practical pur-
pose whatever. What she really wants Is
a tetrahedral kite ."-Washington Star.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-28

brought great relief by lessening tho
pain and correcting the action of the
kidney secretions."
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers. Price, 80 cents. Foster-Mil-
burn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-28

Clyde Fitch tells a new story of Whistler.
The artist was in Paris at the time of the
coronation of King Edward, and at a re-
ception one evening, a duchess said to him:
Il believe you know King. Edward, Mr..
Whistler" mo, madame replied Whis-
tier. why, that's odd" she murmured;
II met the king at a dinner party last year,
and he said that he knew you" "Oh," said
the painter, that was just his brag."-N. Y.
Herald.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-28
At the Summer Resort.

"Here!"' shouted the excited guest,
"I've been robbed in this hotel"
"Gwan," whooped the clerk with a
big, black cigar. frescoed shirt front
and cut-glass pin, don't begin to hol-
Ter afore yer bill is made out."-De-
troit Free Press
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-28

It is asserted that civilization as it ad-
vances weakens mans sense of smell, but,
perhaps, on the whole, people who live in
congested districts ought to be thankful for
this. Taken by and large nature generally
knows her business pretty well.--lndianap-
oils News.
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Her Point of View.

Mr.. Styles-Yes, dear, Mr.. Brief is
considered a very good lawyer, in
deed
Mrs. Styles-Well, I don't think so.
Why, I was a witness in a case once,
and he wanted to do all the talking!
-Yonkers Statesman.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-28
Both Got It.

The late sculptor, Bartholdi, was best
known in this country by his statue of
Liberty, the chief feature of which is it's
size. Its artistic merits were succinctly
summed up by a distinguished foreigner
when sailing into New York harbor. Point
ing to the gigantic figure, he asked;
us that Liberty"
yes" said a bystander.
"Then give me death" said the foreigner,
who evidently knew his Patrick Henry
Boston Herald.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-28
LIGHTNING Work.

A Kansas editor solemnly relates how a
bolt of lightning narrowly missed a pros
porous farmer in the rural automobile belt
and shocked all of the wheat he had just
cut.-Atlanta Constitution.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-28
Not Strange.

Mrs. Harms-I don't see anything in this
paper about Brown killing his mother-in-
law.
Harms-That's not strange. You never
read the sporting ~page.-Judge.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-28
Risk.

"And | can't get any life insurance."
"Not a cents worth. We just learned in
time that you are trying to break a span
Of threeyear-old mules. detroit Free
Press.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-28
The Fame Of Nimrod.

Nimrod told how he made his reputation.
81 was the first man who thought of not
shooting guide for a deer" he explained
N. Y. Sun. \
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-28

"Now | know" sobbed the six-months'
bride to her husband, growing over her ex-
travagance, "why you used to call me a
that / could live on arm. o. Picayune.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-28

1t is understood that the Kansas City
telephone girl who has just fallen heir to
$500,O 900 is busy now."-lndianapolis News.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-28

An egotist may be defined as a person
who is so wrapped up in himself that he pays
no attention to us.-Puck.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-28

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken Of
as a cough cure.-J. w. OBrlen, 322 Third
Ave. N, Minneapolis, MINI, Jan. 6, 1900.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-28

Occasionally men are candidates for office
because they can't help it, but usually it's
because the people can't help it.-Chicago
Daily News.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-28
A VOICE FROM THE PULPIT.

Rev. Jacob D. Van Doren, Of 81 Sixth
street, Fond Du Lac. Wis, Presby.
terrain clergyman, says: II had at
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-28
Big Supply.

Tourist-Can | have a couple of towels?
Landlady-Are you going to stay here al
summer?-Lustige Batter.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-28

Did you ever listen to one of the "jokes"
told by the man who is externally arguing
that woman has no sense of humor?-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-28

Pumpkins fed with the grain will re-
suit in an increase in yield of milk owe
grain fed alone.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-28
GOOD OLD PA!

Little Mary-Ma, shall l get married
when l grow up?
MAJ expect SO, dear.
Little Mary-Shall l marry a mar like
pa, ma?
Ma-Yes, my dear, If you're good.
Little Mary-It's a rough world for
us women, amt it ma?
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-08
EXPORTS OF MANUFAC-
TUREGiS.

Washington, Dec. 6.-Exports Of
manufacturers in the calendar year
1904 will not only exceed the highest
figures of any earlier year, but may
probably pass the $500, 600, 600 line. as
against $434, 900, 600 in the high-record
year. the fiscal year 1900; $l5l, 900. =
600 in 1890, $1O3, 600, 600 in 1880,
$6s, 900, 600 in 1870 and $40, 900, 900 in
1850.
Not only will II anufaotures as a
whole make their highest record dur
ing the present year, but this is also
true of iron and steel manufacturers,
which form the largest group OF man
ufacturers exported, and which seem
likely to show for the calendar year a
total expectation of $3.50, 600, 600 as
against 1872, 600, 600 in the high-record
fiscal year 1900, $26, 600, 600 in 1890,
in $l5, 600 in 1880, $l3. 600, e0C
in 1870 and So, 900, 600 in 1860,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-08
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY

The following letters are waitin,
to be claimed at the post office
Ladies-Mrs, Agnes Bean, Mis-
Blanche B. Boland, Mrs. J. o. Dono
hue, Long Sisters, Miss Ina T.. Mel
son. Gents. George T. Foster, Err
nest Gannat, Will Lovely, Paluselli
Gioaohino, Tom Ryle, Rufus Warns.
ley.
e. Wales will make long jumI
with King Jollity." His next en-.
gsgement is in jackson, Mich He
will leave for that place this evening
at O clock. Mrs. Wales, who has
been spending few days with her
husband, left for Brattleboro this
afternoon.
Clinton Benjamin sustained a severe
injury to his wrist on Monday while
working in the woods near the Ben.
jamin farm. He was attempting to
push over tree which has been cut
and which had lodged. AS the tire q
fell the butt end threw Mr.. Benjam
into the air and he landed with all
his weight on his wrist DR.. S M.
Knauss was summoned and dressed
the wound. No bones were broken
but the sprain was a severe one.
A change will soon be made in the
choir at Trinity church, Mrs. J. f.
Waterman has resigned as organist sf-
ter years of faithful service. Her
place will be flied by Miss Edith
Chase of Boston, who has recently
come to the city as pianist for the
Wilder orchestra and as teacher of
piano under G. H. Wilder. A quar-.
tet is also to be organized with Miss
Alice Folsom as soprano.
Rumors current on the street to the
effect that new cases of csarlet fever
have increased the number already
reported to seventeen are given no
credenoe by the health officer, DR.
Lindsay. lie states that three add.
tional cases came to his knowledge
last week but these evidently are from
the same source of infection as the
others. Several of the cases are better
and all are doing we'll. Som of the
houses will be dsinfected this week.
The doctor feels satisfied that fears of
epidemic are unwarranted and that
sufficient precautionary measures have
been taken to effeotually check the
spread of the disease.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-08
d. ii. IL. OFFICERS ELECTED

The annual meeting OF the Marquis
DeLafayette Chapter, d. "A. r was
held with Mrs. Smith S. Ballard on
Monday afternoon. There was large
attendance and the afternoon was a
very enjoyable one.
Following the opening exercises the
officers for the ensuing year were
elected Regent, Mrs. Mary f. Cum
Minis; vice regent. Mrs. Nellie L..
Shipman; secretary, Miss Anna
Guernsey; treasurer, Mrs. Ellen W..
Gale; registrar, Mrs Eva j. b. Gate ;
historian. Mrs. Ellen p. Smile; chap
lain, Rev. Alonzo N. Lewis.
After the business meeting was a
short mu zeal program; Duet. "Star
Spangled Banner. Mrs. Ballard and
Miss Yerkes piano solo, Selection, "
Mrs Cate mandolin and banjo duet
was delightfully."- rendered by Masters
Edward and Richard Ballard.
The program finished, dainty
luncheon was served by the hostess.