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The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-15
THE SPANISH PEANUT.
A Tennesseean Gives His Experience
in Planting and Harvesting
Last Year.

AS there has been some inquiry
about Spanish peanuts l will give my
method of planting and harvesting the
past year..
l plowed ground deep carly in the
spring, then just before planting
plowed again with a shovel pillow. The
ground should be in fine shape before
planting, free from clods and weeds
and grass. l tried planting different
distances in drill. Made rows about two
and a half feet apart and drilled a part
from IL to 15 inches and part 6 to 8
inches, two peas in hill. Gave three
workings with cultivator, hoeing a lit
tie once.
The part that I drilled 6 to 8 inches
in drill made the best peas and the fin
est hay. As it may interest some of
your readers, I will quote from bulle-
tin on Spanish peanuts ssued by the
Arkansas experiment station on dis
lance to plant:
On July 10, 1894, three plats were
planted; the distances given and yields
were as follows:
Planted 12x...4 inches, 14sA bushels
per acre.
Planted 1:x12 inches. 1o2 bushels per
acre.
Planted 24x12 inches, 81 bushels per
acre.
The above p1ats had been well en-
riched. IN 1900 another test was made
on ground that had never been fertil-
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-15
THE BOTTLE CANNON.
How Fun May Be Obtained with a
Thick Bottle and Some
Chemicals.

Take a thick empty bottle-a vinegar
quart bottle will do-and pour water
into it until it is one-third full. In the
water dissolve n OF the powders-bi-
carbonate of soda-that druggists sell
to make setter water.
Put the contents of the other pack
age, tartaric acid, in a playing card
rolled up into a tube and tied around
with a thread, explains the Chicago
News, one end of the tube being sealed,
or plugged, with two pellets of blotting
paper.
Suspend this miniature cartridge
from the cork by means Of a piece of
thread attached by a tin tack. The
open end of the cartridge must be up
permost, and when all is ready, you
cork the bottle tightly, having allowed
enough thread to swing the cartridge
clear OF the water.
To explode the cartridge and dis
charge your novel cannon, you lay the
bottle horizontally upon two pencils on
the table; they will act as your gun
carriage.
Pretty soon the water will penetrate
the blotting paper plugs and reach the
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-15
THE TELEPHONE TELEGRAPH
BIRD.

There's a little bird lives on the telegraph
pole,
And a very wise birdie is he;
For he hears all the news from all over
the land
Yes, and even from over the sea-,
He's a little green fellow with silver
tipped bill,
Though some people say: How abb
surd!
1t is only a lump of green glass'-out
they're wrong;
It's the telephone-telegraph bird.
He's a fairy, you see, and would stay
quite unknown,
And from prying eyes make his escape,
So in order to treasure the secrets mes
learned,
He's obliged to turn into this shape.
He has millions of little green brothers
like him.,
And they all live on telegraph trees;
So, of course any news that the wires
carry on
1t is strange all the things that they hear
and they know,
And these things very often they tell;
For they fly round at night, when you
They can hear and remember with ease.
little ones sleep,
And they whisper the things that befeI.
If you've told an untruth or been
naughty or rude.
By some means your mamma will nave
heard;
If "a little bird told me-" she says when
you ask,
It's that telephone-telegraph bird.
Now, of course, birthday secrets, sur
prises and gifts
To himself he will carefully keep;
And he'll even help out with suggestions
and hints
Whispered low in your ear while you
sleep.
But if mischief you plan, or do wrong on
the sly,
I'd advise you to think of it twice;
For that birds bound to know and, as
sure as can be,
He will tell on you, too, in a trice.
I'm afraid there'l be some who won't
credit this tale
(Some grown folks and fairy-tale
haters),
Who will call the green things on the
telegraph poles
Long names such as glass insulators.
Let them laugh if they will, for We know
what we know;
word;
And a nice little secret Wen have-you
and /
And the Acknowledgment bird.
Julie Fay Shipman, in st. Nicholas.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-15

leaf. He bores holes with his beak
and pulls a thread from bark through
the holes, thereby sewing the leaf to-
gether into the form of a bag. The
magpie fixes the nest with earth, as
does the swallow, the nest of the lat
ter bird having so small an opening
that the bird is hardly able to enter
1t.
An artful bird is the South Ameri-
can potter bird, says the Brooklyn
Eagle. 1t builds the nest on the heavy
branches of a tree or near thte roof
of a house. The material of the nest,
that nearly weighs up to ten pounds,
is mud and clay, the rear room to be
used for habitation.
The salangane, a bird like our swal-
low, builds it's nest from its own
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-15
Feeding Young Chickens.

Young chickens should be fed a lit
tie at a time and often. If they are
given ground food alone there Is a great
danger of o~verfeeding. Good results
may be obtained by the feeding entire
ly of cracked grains from the time the
chickens are Matched until they reach
maturity. Cracked corn, cracked wheat,
hulled oats, ETC., are recommended. II
the chickens can not get grass, some
kind of grain feed should be provided.
Lettuce and cabbage are very good for
this purpose. Some kind of meat should
be provided, such as green cut bone
or mat scraps. Finely-cracked grit
should be kept in a box where the
chickens can help themselves at all
times. Clean water should be provid-
ed from the start, and should be placed
in such a dish that the chickens can
not get into it and get wet.-FarmerS
Home Journal.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-15
THOUGHTS FOR QUIET HOUR.

Don't call the world dirty because
you have forgotten to clean your
glasses.
If your religion is Of the kind that
can be easily hidden it can as easily
be lost.
The only reason some men won't go
to the church is because they are not
invited into the pulpit.
II you want to make a rich mar
understand you must touch his pocket
book.
The people who are too lazy to pre-
pare always have a lot to say about
the way the prizes are distributed.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-15

branches of a tree or near the roof
moon. These saliva nests are being
SEN from Australia and Java TO be
used in making bird nest soup.
Many birds weave their nest from
bark, shaping the nests like bags of
every description. The habit of the
maybe to have its nests decorated
with stolen glittering pieces Of metal
is well known, and a kind of nightin-
gale, living in the Mediterranean
countries, uses skins of snakes for the
decoration of its nest.
The Australian chlamydodera builds
two nests, one a plain n Of twigs
for h%abitation, and another, lined with
green grasses and the floor covered
with little stones. This nest, about
three feet high, is the so-called "wed.
ding bower"
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-15
STOCK AND DAIRY NOTES.

A good plan is to start the lambs
on oats and as soon as they get to eat
ing well add a little shelled corn.
Keep the barn and other place
where the COWS are MIXED, clean, and
carry in and strain each mess. Milk
allowed to stand in the barn or cow
yard will absorb odors.
An experienced New England hog
feeder has found that where all food
is purchased it costs him $13 to bring
a hog to $50 pounds weight. Western
hog growers can do much better than
this.
While fresh ows may give a salts
factory yield on good new pasture, they
are rot likely to hold out long, 30 II
is well to feed them regularly and
thus keep up the flow, and if we do rot
increase it.
Every pasture should be well sup
piled with water. Cows in full milk re-
quire fifty per cent. more water than
when dry. 1t is true they require much
moisture from grass, but this will not
supply their needs.
EARLY pigs are large enough to
wean and should be turned on pasture,
having suitable shelter provided where
they, can 60 in case of storm. Portable
hog houses are coming o into use as
their utility becomes apparent.
Don't feed young calves cold milk.
It should be sweet and warm. When
the weather is settled and pasture good
it is an excellent plan to turn the
calves into pasture by themselves. Do
not allow them to run with the dairy
cows. even after weaving.
Feeding steers should be kept
growing. II the pasture is INSULT
Gent a grain ration should be added.
To supplement grass there is nothing
better than corn. Bran Is necessary for
a high finish, and can be used to i'd
vantage with corn.
Keep the work team in as goo<
condition as possible. Don't let the
horses run down because they are do
ing hard work. The horse and the COW
need about the same amount Of food,
but that Of the horse should be much
moro concentrated. Hay should be fed
sparingly in the morning and at noon.
but may be given quite plentifully n
Embellishments VoicA
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-15
Regularity in Management.

Fowls, like human beings, are sus-
ceptible to influences. They soon learn
the hours for feeding, and will come
up to roost at nearly the same time
every evening. If fed regularly, they
will remain on the grass plot and for
age until a certain hour, thus securing
a larger number of insects and o
food of various kinds. There should
also be regularity in getting them out
of the poultry house in the morning.
Nothing is more easily made the sub
ject Of habit than the hen, and she
soon becomes regular in her habits I'M
der good Observation-Disclosures
Home Journal.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-15
SOME D NESTS.
Ingenuity Displayed by Some Birds
in Providing Places for Their
Young.

There was a time many millions OF
years ago, when birds built no nests,
but did as some specimens are doing
at the present time, when the ostrich
continues to lay her eggs in the a
of the desert to have the Matching done
by the rays of the sun. The Talegalla
turkey of New Holland also follows
the old custom of covering up the
the earth with feathers in the manner
so hat the eggs may be Matched by
the heat engendered by decomposition.
On account of the temperature of the
earth having become gradually colder
and because eggs have no warmth OF
their own, the birds later on were
compelled to cover the mounds dug in
eggs with decayed vegetable matter,
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-15

of the elder duck that builds a regu-
lar bed of down.
During the next period the nests be-
came not only the Matching place of
eggs, but were also used by the birds
for hsbitation. Special care is used
in selecting a place for the nest, or
else it is built in such a manner that
it. may form a protection against at
lacks of enemies. So the nest of the
moor hen is built in the reeds, near
the waters edge, and it has been no.
ticed that in case the nest in one year
was endangered by inundation, the
bird selected a higher spot the next
year in which to build his nest.
The birds have even become artis-
ans. The tailor bird of South America
makes his nest by sewing together a
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-15

tartaric acid. Effervescence will at
once take place, and the carbonic acid
gas thus generated will throw the cork
from the bottle with a loud report, the
cartridge trailing after it like a rocket.
imitation Of field artillery in the recoil
of the bottle, which will roll back sew
eral inches.
Make this little experiment; 1t is
both pretty and harmless.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-15
Eating Snails.

Do you know how many snails are
said to be consumed in New York city
in one week alone, when the season
is at its height? Why. in the neigh
borhood of 10000! They do not seem
a very tempting food, but Pepicures
like them, and pay high prices for
the dainty. The supply comes from
France, and it is stated that they are
such a profitable product, that vine
yards are given up as food for the
snails, which bring better prices than
grapes.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-15
He Wanted to Know.

A certain professor chemistry was
one day talking to his class about the
value of oxygen.
Oxygen said he, sis essential to all
animal existence. There should not be
any life without it. And yet, strange
to say, it was discovered only about a
century ago."
At this one Of the students made a
sign as il he desired to speak, and
when the professor nodded permission,
the student said:
What . should like to know, profess
sor, is how animal life got along be-
fore oxygen was discovered?"
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-15
Order, Order, d

Mr.. Speaker" yelled John Wesley
Gaines, Of Tennessee, during one of
the aduabbles ove points Of order on
the legislative, executive and judicial
bill. Speaker. / make the point of
order that the house is in disorder and
ought to be in order before a point
Of order can be raised"
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-15

ICED and that produced about So bush-
els OF corn to the Acrc. The results
were:
Planted 24x3 inches, 11s bushels per
acre.
Planted 24x6 inches, SS bushels pes
acre.
Planted 24x12 inches, 80 bushels per
acre.
Planted 30x3 inches, 1913 bushels per
acre.
Planted 3ox6 inches, 96 bushels per
acre.
Planted 3Ox12 inches, 81 bushels per
acre.
These plats were plowed three times
and hoed once.
Another test was male at Newport
where they raised ia bushels per acre
by planting 24x4 inches. Thus you
can see that the greatest yields ars
from close planting. By planting close
on common land and giving good cul-
tivation you a make about three
bushels to one of corn on good land.
It takes about two bushels to plant an
acre '30xS inches. When ready to har-
vest pillow them out with shovel plow
morning, and in afternoon stack
around post, putting peas inward and
tops out. Let stand until peas are dry.
Then pick peas off.
am going to plant four acres this
year for hogs. Will NOV the tops of
for hay and turn hogs in. expect to
get from one to three tons Of hay as
good as clover hay, besides the peas,
and expect the peas to make three
times as much meat as the same
ground planted to corn would make. -
A. S. Corbin, M. D., in Southern Agri-
culturist.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-15

} ONE in that
gay throng in
the palace that
n / g b t realized
the . deep unrest
of P h a r a o b.
w t h feverish
e a 6 e e S s he
t h e w himself
into the festivi-
ties, and seemed
the gayest of the
gay, but had
there been any
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-15
Not Literature.

"Then your husband doesn't pretend
to be a literary MANI"
"Oh, no; he is able. to make a living
out Of the things he writes."-Chicago
Record-Herald.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-15
THE OF
DEATH
A STORY OF THE HEBREWPEOPLE'S
STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM
BY the Highway and Byway' Preacher
Copyright, 1908, by W. s. Edsoi

Scriptural Acknowledgements 1929
36.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-26
CURTAIN GOES UP
At EIGHT O'CLOCK
TIumpty-Durnpty Company Ar
rived at Midnight in a Spe--
cial Train.
FOURTEEN CARS
Stage Hands Worked All Night
Getting tile Scenery in the
Academy.
FILLED FOURTEEN CAR

ilaw and Erlnnger's ''Humpty Dump
ty,"9 the largest theatrical organization
on tour In America arrived by special
train at 2 O'Clock this morning over the
Scabonrd Air Line from Atlanta. and
from that hour until late this morning,
Main Street between the station and the
Academy, was regular procession OF
transfer wagons. carrying the massive
production to It's destination. There are
twefty-eight loads of scenery and bag
gage used for the performance. and to
get all of this paraphernalia on the stage
and arrange 1t for a scenic rehearsal nj
o'clock this afternoon. Will require the
services OF seventy-eight men at the
theatre, besides score or more employed
by the transfer company.
From the time OF the arrival OF the
first wngon-load OF scenery at the Acad-
of the morning, and the bells had hardly
finished pealing out the midnight hour
when the sturdy, stage hands tackled the
job of putting together the production,
Sleep was little thought of, but TO make
provided two. shifts. Of stage hands, 50
that at 8 o'clock this morning the nigh,
crew VIII be relieved by other men, and
the work will go on without Interruption.
The first work of the men was TO get IN
the seventy-fve big drop curtains. This
lowed can be Judged by the fact that II
haul the scenery to Richmond. while
the company and baggage occupied three
baggage cars and four Pullmans and
day coaches. the train being composed oil
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-26
Clipper Henrico. /"

Mr., James Cleveland Waldrop has re-
turned to his home on the Telegraph road,
after visiting New York.
Master Maurice King spent Tuesday
with his cousins, near Solomons.
Mr.. Richland Childrey visited Mr.. Clar-
ence Harris recently.
Mr.. A. Il. Sheppard has returned to
Ethelwood after n brief stay In Har-
rsburg.
Misses Penrle and Myrtle Stone visited
Richmond during the week.
Miss Vivian orrocls is very sick at her
home Brook HILL
Miss Clara Stone is visit'r~ ',nr sister,
Mrs. Fromnn, on the Broad treet Road. G
Miss Ada jenkins has returned home,
after few days delightfully."- spent with
the. Misses Stone.
Miss Ellen Guy Lindsay was the guest
of Miss Ann Lethia King on Saturday and
Sunday.
mel. took advantage of the cold spell
and gathered Ice. ,sz,
Mr.. Gathright Allen has been visiting
his sister, Mrs, Hnffman;5 at Holly brook.
After n short spell of illness, Miss Grace
King has returned to Richmond,
Mrs, Charles y, Fleming, OF Richmond,
spent q part OF last week with Mrs. Ash
ton Soherrnerhorn.
l Mr. d. Pemberton and son, James,
are quito III ut their home near solomons.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-26

contributions of citizens, and that on In
vestigation, the amount asked for by the
ttichmond Association. is found to be
proportonately less than that asked for
by many other Southern Associations,
Many believe that there Is no better
place that any thinking man can put
MS money than in the development of
the manhood of Richmond, and the Rich
mond Association has established It's
right to substantial recognition and sup
port Richmond Is a prosperous. grow
lug city. and can and will support the
leading association OF the South.
Coming on All Right.
a member of the new building commits
tee was asked on Saturday, what was do
ing, and with smile that betokened
anything but discouragement, the response
came, Things are. moving all right and
In few days we will have some most
encouraging announcements
The unanimous opinion seems to be
tlat the new location. northwest corner
OF Seventh and Grace Streets, Is a most
desirable one. and that situated there
the new building will not only be easily
available, but prominent In THE CITY
set on hills
The fever Is spreading over the South
and new buildings are In the nir-at
Petersburg, Norfolk, Charlotte. N. G..
Jacksonville Fla; Savannah, Dallas.
Memphis, and Bristol; while the West
and Southwest are doing things In
great shape. Kansas City will put IN
a s25o,0OO building: Denver, n $3.50 600
one; Duluth. s25o.oOo: st. Paul. $3.50, 900:
while Los Angeles. the flower OF the
Pacific Coast. a city OF 10000 popu-
| lation, will surpass all previous cam
paigns, in that four of her citizens have
given $4,000 each, and two more are
almost certain to do like#ise.s Lynch
burg has $4,000 subscribed and is
now building. The Richmond building
will be one that will reflect credit on
the city, and large enough to accomo
date growing work for the next
\ twenty-five years.
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da o. u1y partly dsd Of .rappnas by
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-26
HUGUENoT SOCIETY.
Meeting Held Last Night at First
Presbyterian Church.

large congregation assembled last
right at the First Presbyterian Church.
the occasion being the annual mass-meet-
ing of the Richmond branch of the
H1iguenot Evangelical Society of France
This his. society iss thoroughly organized and
doing excellent work in religious point
of view; It's present officers are: Mrs.
Archibald Cary. president; Mrs. Fanny
IHaiyburton. treasurer; Miss Clair Geuil-
Lille Bemiss. recording secretary. !.
The society has for It's object the spread
OF Protestantism throughout France, ard
quite successful in establishing mission
fields and Sunday schools in that country.
since the separation of Church and State
In France the efforts being made by the
Huguenot Church has become much moe
effective, and the growth of the church
receiving less opposition.
Dr. McFaden, the pastor. who presided.
and DR.. James Y. Fair of Savannah. Ca,
who delivered the annual address: DIR.
Covenant tenant and Dr. ". D. Evans. of the
Monumental Church.
The Richmond branch of the society,
who last January wrote an account, in
the, shape of a report, to the society
which was by Or; McFadsn , read from r. the
parts of France, interesting and encou:-
aging to those who have at heart the
Huguenot Church After prayer by DR..
choir, Dr.. Fair commenced his address.
which was not only instructive in every
way. but q very strong discussion of his
subject His illusions to the HuSuenot
Church in France. and his local appli-
cation were at time pathetic, and spoken
in his characteristic manner. Although
teen minutes, he held the strict attention
of his hearers from the time he COM
menced until he finished. The, conGrega-
ton was dismissed with the benedictton
nv DR. Evans
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-26
PLAN NOT UNDERSTOOD.
Says Koiner Has No Desire to
Dump "Scum" Here.

LUMP Quill I1CTe.
The following. from the Stanton Dis
patch, is an explanation as to the reason
there is some opposition to the proposed
immigration movement inaugnrated by.
Commissioner Koiner andtlie State Board
o: Agriculture ard Immigration:
$50 many persons are objecting to the
proposition of Hon. g. w. Koiner that The
State appropriate $4,000 to pay for sccur-
ing immigrants from Great Britain that
likely nothing will be done in the matter
by the Legislature. largely, probably be-
cause Mr., Koiner's proposition has not
been thoroughly understood. Hr is no
more DESTROYS than other people OF dump
Ing the scum of Europe on u.s. What
lie desired was to bring over the same
KIND of folks eEns the rest of us who
trace our lineage 4tc Anglo-Saxon stock.
But whatever may or may not be done
by the Legislature. tho advertising tho
State has gottensout OF 1t will be worth
a great deal. The matter has been pretty
freely discussed lin the British and some
other foreign press, and very generally
In this country. AS n result, attention
has been sharply drawn to the opportuni.
ties for labor III Virginia. there Is much
correspondence cll the subject going on,
and many persons are likely to como here
to seek The labor that awaits them,
Many vii. come @to invest and to work
their, own farms which is the very best
result Of all. s1he agitation has shown
that Mr.. Koiner IS ono of tho most far
seeing progressive and aggress.ve com
missloners of agriculture In tho Union"