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The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1906-05-24

Mrs Josie Sumner, Bremond,
Tex, writes, April IS 1902 Il
have used Ballard $ Snow Luiment
IN my family for three years. I
would not be without it in the
house ! have used it on my little
girl for growing pains and aches in
her knees. 1t cured her right
away I have also used it for FROST
bitten feet. with good success. It
is the best liniment I ever used. -
2sc. soc and $500 Sold by Pope
Drug Co.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1906-05-24

It has been customary for sever
al years for the stores IN Port Glib
son to close at six OF half past six
O'Clock in the afternoon in order to
give the clerks 8 portion Of the day
for recreation. This year only one
or two close this early, probably be-
cause no petition to ths< effect has
been circulaed. We hope that some
one who has the time 70 do 50 will
visit the merchants and get them
to promise to close their places d
business as usual at this season.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1906-05-24

al b nd w ign 100 p unds,
over 10 hands high. fine saddIer,
a perfect animal
Pedigree: All Bond, j.. was
sired by All Bond, by Morgan
Brooks. by Aaron Harris Brown,
by Old Tom Brown the sire of
BoneselIer. His dam was Mary,
one of the finest saddle mares in
Tennessee.
Terms S. cash and $40 when
colt is dropped.
E. II. IKERD. Port Gibson.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1906-05-24
JoRDAN's FIGURES.


Atlanta. Ca. May 2I.-The
Southern Cotton Association by
President Harvie Jordan and Secre-
tary Richard Cheatham Issue to-
night the following statement re-
garding the cotton acreage for the
year 1906
Replies received from very
large number of our 1900 cores
pondents enable US to give out the
following report on he cotton acre
age for 1906 compared with 1905 !:
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1906-05-24

There is a good deal said rela-
tive to the inequality of the appor-
tionment of the public school
funds between white and negro
teachers. and the ratio of distribu-
tion between the two. Some of the
candidates in their platforms or
statements of belief lay great stress
on the need of a better and more
equitable system. Judging from
the last biennial report of the State
Superintendent of Education. there
is considerable Of this equality of
apportionment existing at the pres
ent time. and while in some coun-
ties where the racial conditions de-
mand more negro than white teach
ers the average of salaries paid the
whites is considerably greater.
Taking the County of Bolivar. for
instance. which ii will be conceded
is one Of the banner black counties
of the State. there were found $50
white schools and 81 negro. The
average salary paid the white teach
er was $40 7s against $40 81 to The
negro. or difference If SIr8r in
favor of The earning of the white
teacher The pc capita tax Of
those enrolled was 7 "a Of the white
and } y of ne negro. or more than
100 per cent difference in favor of
the whites in decidedly black coun-
~ The average of s~,eh child in
actual attendance was White
y "a and black 4 73; avrrag- 8 48.
Another laack connty. Sweet
Coahoma. shows total Of white
schaolhoHses as 81 and black So.
To the while teachers The average
salary paid was SIS os black 27 95;
average for both races, $35- 40 :
white children perfcapita enrolled
fo. p. black 40 total per 4.6z ;
per capita average attendance,
white $3.50. black 4.4o, total aver
age $40. 4
Takingas.a white conntv that of
CLARK, which is probably about as
nearly white as any that could he
picked ont, ratio somewhat SIM
liar is found, with an average
monthly salary paid teachers. white
$3o.Io black 1915. average both
races S34 IS. True, the proportion
of white to negro schoolsis greater,
being 81 to 80. almost reversing the
figures of Coahoma. but the per
capita Of both races enrolled and in
actual average attendance is rather
less though the general average is
pretty much the same.
These figures are found in the
last biennial report Of Superindent
Whitfield. and are taken to be pretty
nearly correct, and would perhaps
we'll repay perusal by those who
contemplate taking the stump and
quoting school statistics. New Or
leans Picayune.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1906-05-24

and other cities in the state have
been doing nearly as well Rail-
road men say that this is a great era
for railroad building in Mississippi
-Vicksburg Herald.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-30
PLANTING ~RASPBERRIES.
Method by Which the Work of Set
ting Out Can Be Rapidly
Completed.

The cut shows n method for the
rapid Setting out" of raspberry and
blackberry canes Select land that
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-30
RAILWAY FOG NJ
Regular Repair Gangs Required OH
Railroads in Eng
land.

1t is SO seldom that there is a sufi.
GENTLY heavy fog on an American
railway to cause serious inconvenience
that no special precautions are taken,
but in England a heavy fog is so com.
mon that there is a regular service
made up of the repair gangs, VINO
take the place of the mechanical sig
mails.
Every distance signal Is guarded by
a signal man who Is supplied with
flags and torpedoes, the latter being
called ~detonators, while the signal
men are pointsmen.
Two %torpedoes are placed on the
track to warn the engineer when the
signal is set at danger, and are sup.
~plemented by a red lsntern in the
hands Of the signal man. AS the tor
pedoes cost a cen and a half each
and are used in great numbers there
is a machine supplied by which the
second torpedo is forced from the rail
by the force Of the explosion of the
first, as only one is necessary, the sec.
ond being merely a %precaution.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-30
EVERYTHING WAS LIMITED.
And When It Came to the "Tip" the
Passenger Kind of Evened
Things UP.

The old farmer went to one end Of
the swaying coach to wash his hands.
He could find only a few remnants of
soap. Boy" he bawled. there don't
seem to be much soap here"
mo, sah." chuckled the porter. you
know dis is dc limited. Ebhything
abohd am limited"
Then the old man tried to fill a
glass from the water cooler. He could
force out only a few drops.
where is the water, boy?"
"Not much watah, sab. Dat am lin.
tied, too"
Presently the porter brushed the old
farmer down and the latter handed
him nine cCppers.
why, boss" protested the porter,
"yo' glib de porter OH de udder train
a quarter"
81 know that" chuckled the old
farmer, "but you know this Is the linn
tied, and everything should be linn
tied"
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-30
WONDERFUL WESTINGHOUSE
Backed His Belief with Courage and
Fortune and overceme All
Obstacles.

George Westinghouse seems to -FOUR
ish on opposition. When everybody
says it is impossible to do "a thing, he
does It.. They said the brake was i'm.
possible, but for nearly 80 years it has
been controlling the movements OF
trains in all countries, writes Arthur
Warren, in Success Magazine. The!
said that the alternating current ";
impossible To use III commercial piat-
tice. But Westinghouse used it. Then
they said that it was a dangerous thinG
to have in a community, and it wCu.d
Kill populations. They were the eX-
perts And they tried to have laws
PASSED f%orbidding the use Of this death
dealing current. In the flies of the
North American Review of about ~
years ago may be found a well-written
and forcible article supporting these
r~essimistic contentious and warming
he country against the impracticaOii-
Wy and danger of the alternating cur
rent The article was written by
Thomas A. Edison. Westinghouse
backed his belief with his courage, his
fortune, and his inventiveness; he en-
ployed experts of his own and brought
Others from abroad, and before long
the alternating current was every
where in use for the transmission OF
electrical power over long distances.
He made it practicable and conquered
tho dangers.
How much temperament has to do
with health, or health with tempera-
ment, and both with success, we do
not always know, but we can some-
times guess. Mr.. Westinghouse is one
CT the most sanguine of men, M has
never had an illness. In that big
frame OF his the red blood flows and
the human engines work ~full-powered.
He has been written OF as "a hundred
thousand horsepower man" No phrase
could better describe him. The men
who are near him say hat his capacity
For work Is greater than that of any
zen OF his subordinates, and he has
$4,000 men working in his industries.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-30
|1Az--=zz
THE MARKER FOR ORCHARD.

When you have your ground. say 10
acres more or less. ready. establish
base lines, writes a Michigan orchard.
list to the Rural New Yorker. Then
draw this wheel from one tree point
to one on opposite side of field back
and forth, until marked one way.
Then mark the field the other way,
and at the point where the wheel
marks cross is the place for a tree.
The hole Is to be dug there, and the
tree Is to be set on a line each way
with the mark. Not a stake need be
set except to go by in marking. One
man can work ground for 1000 trees
in eight hours, and the trees will be
in perfect line each way. Any man
who can follow the line Of two stakes
can do the marking. 4 variation of
a mans body from side to side does
not affect the wheel 8 or 10 feet back
and the wheel mark Is so unlike any
other mark that there Is no danger
OF losing the line. In setting 1.40o
peach trees ! saved at least $40 by
this method, beside having every tree
exactly in line.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-30
PIGEON FLIES WITH TRAIN.
with One Particular
vuV Train.

looming pigeons are the craze In
England just now, and on IN recent
Saturday between 1900 and 300 900
petitions.
A number of these were traced to
London from Retford and BranstOn.
The distances are l27 and l13 miles, re-
spectively, but no birds Of the several
thousand released made the trip in the
traditional mile q minute, although
every circumstance of wind and wealth
er was favorable to record-breaking.
Much better time vas made in a
contest from Templecombe to Lon ION,
in which one bird made the 10S miles
in "a minutes, an average OF go II lies
an hour, and more thar 100 exceeded a
speed of 60 miles an hour.
One OF the oldest homers is a bird
which makes its home around the rail
way station at Liege, in Belgium.
There is n train from Liege to
Waremme which starts every morning
at ten o'clock.
AS soon as the train pulls into the
station the bird commences to circle
in the air, and as soon as headwar is
gained follows the train to its destina-
ton, returning Immediately home,
where 1t flies about the station for
the rest of the day.
II pays no attention to any other OF
the trains, and no one is able to Of
fer ar explanation as to why this par
ticular train should be favored.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-30
Why She Wouldn't Pay.

81 shall have to ask you for n ticket
for that boy, ma'am," insisted a con-
ductor, speaking to a quiet looking lit
TIC woman seated beside a boy on a
Pennsylvania train.
II guess not" she replied, with de-
Cision.
Hes too old to travel free. He oc-
cupies a whole scat, and the cars
crowded. There are people standing"
I've never paid for him yet" the
woman retorted.
you've got to begin ONE time"
persisted the conductor.
Not this trip, anyway"
you'll have to pay for that boy,
ma'am, or III stop the train and put
him or"
'All right, put HIM of, II you think
that's the way to get anything out of
me-"
You ought to know what the rules
OF this road are, ma'am. How old is
that boy?"
Il don't know. ! never saw him be-
fore. '-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-30
Selling Summer Fruit.

I market very little summer fruit.
producing only enough for my own
family, says an Illinois farmer. What
little I sell Is Of the best, as | pack
only No. l fruits. For apples the
only packages I use are the standard
barrels, which contain three bushels.
| do not use the boxes. do not
make a practice Of shipping much
summer fruit, but dispose of it in the
local market. | think. from what |
have seen of the shipping OF summer
fruits raised by other farmers, that
the great necessity Is more rapid
transit than is furnished by local
freight trains. Summer fruit especial.
ly must be hurried through 10 its des-
tination in a very short time.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-30
FIGHTING CANKER WORMS.
Interesting Experiment by Prof.
Slingerland at Cornell
University.

The class ticking advanced work in
economic entomology at Cornell, N. Y,
made an interesting experiment,
writes Prof. Slingerland in the Cornell
Countryman.
For several years a group OF large
elm trees about a mile from the uni
versity campus have been nearly de.
foliated by hordes of spring canker.
worm caterpillars. These little meas.
uring.worms hatch in May from eggs
laid on the bark by moths that emerge
in March and April from pupae in the
soil beneath the trees.
The male moths have well.developed
wings and fly readily, but the females
are wingless and are thus obliged to
crawl up the trees and deposit their
eggs on the bark of the branches. The
ascent Is always made at night. Vari.
Il devices, such as sticky bands, and
wire. tin or stiff paper barriers, hava
been used on the trunks Of trees to
prevent the ascent of the wingless fe-
male moths.
Recently a 1y.paper manufacturer
has made a tree.tanglefoot mixture,
and with a liberal sample furnished
by the firm, several of the infested
elm trees were treated. One tree was
more than two feet in diameter and
the bark was very rough. 1t took sew
eral pounds Of the tanglefoot to make
a complete band six or eight inches
wide around the trunk, several fee
from the ground. The application was
made on March 10, just before tbs
moths began running" up the trees.
Great masses of the wingless fc.
male moths were found March 81 on
the lower edge of the sticky band, and
thousands of flying males were caught
all over the band. A few females
were able to get over the band where
dead males had formed narrow bridges
across the tanglefoot. Several pint5
or many thousands of the females
were caught and killed by the band
on this one large tree. AS each fe.
male may lay 200 or more eggs, the
trCo was relieved from feeding hun.
drcds Of thousands of canker.wormi
in May. The experiment was thus a
SllihlnS Sh''VSo dIu hdo 1ulliSlitu u
valuable object lesson"
Yes, and it should furnish a useful
object lesson to the farmer. The
spring spring canker-worm often at.
lacks other trees besides elms-apple
trees, for instance. If the tanglefoot
preparation Is not readily obtainable,
other sticky substances may be used.
Tar, printers ink, thick molasses,
bird.lime, or bands Of f~iy-paper, are
all more or less useful for the pur,
pose.
If ny.paper is used, remember that
1t should be at least five inches wide,
and must fit. close to the bark. On
rough-bark trees, the bark must either
be scraped smooth where the band is
to go, or all depressions must be filled
with clay or putty, so as to make a
smooth surface on which to fasten the
sticky band.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-30
THE ORCHARD.

Watch out that the new CRAFTS are
not injured by lice, nor smothered by
shoots from the stock.
Cut out and burn all black knots on
plum or cherry trees. Then tell your
neighbor to do the same.
Muzzle the horses and pad the out
side end OF each whifletree, when
blowing or narrowing the orchard.
Young trees should not be permit
ted to bear fruit. Pull off the bios
SONS. Premature irui,-bearing stunts
the growth OF a tree.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-30
Something Else to Do.

Some years ago, when the route OF
a railroad to Atlantic City was being
surveyed and the men were driving
stakes through the premises of an old
former, he addressed the leader of the
gang as follows:
"Layin' out another ~railroad?"
surveying for one" was the re-
ply.
Coin through my barn."
Don't see how we can avoid It,"
wall now, mister" said the worthy
farmer, Il calkerlate I've got some
thin tew say bout that. | want you
tew understand that I've got sumthin'
else tew dew besides runnin out teW
open and shet them doors every time
a train wants to go through boston
Post.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-30
Horticulture
Rssa
sSa%ss
MARKING AN
How Rapid Work May Be Done with
an Old Wheel and Money
Saved.

The diagram below shows wheel for
laying out ground for orchard that
have used for some years. The draw.
ing shows for itself how made: two
boards 10 feet long. 1xi. put together
as shown, with wheel at one end, and
wide enough apart at the other for a
man to stand inside, and draw 1t. An
old wheelbarrow wheel Is what ! use.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-30
Shut Out American Vines.

The canton of Geneva, Switzerland,
has forbidden the importation of root.
ed American grapevines, whether
grated or not; scions will be permit.
ted entry, after passing inspection,
This prohibition is due to fear Of
phylloxera. Geneva has 1900 acres
Of grapevines; the adjoining Canton
de Vaud. with 1900 acres Of grapes,
also prohibits American grapevipes.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-30

for h'ackberrieFl ross the field to be
planted, and SC. -" canes in the fur
rows as shown in the ut, A me-
horse pillow can turn the 81 back to
the canes, which can tnen b. straight
ened up, and the ground BE smoothcd
with a hand hoe.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-30

had a hoed crop
the year before.
PloW, n and
thoroughly cult
Yate. Then run
straight burrows
(about six feet
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-30
His Superstition.

"JinX must be superstitious."
"What leads you to think so?"
"He says he does not believe in
borrowing umbrellas"
mo, he believes in stealing them"
Houston Post.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-30

In using manure for a top dressing
patCd into the air.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-12

Read th" advertisements in this
cay OF cnIiahtcncd advancement you
caHnot keep mp in the race for sue
cess unless YOU read what the ads.
say.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-12
''CUT FLOWERS"

Leave your orders with
me. and YOU will not be dis
appointed.
J. L. Druggist
Phone 100.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-02-03
DELEGATE LONG DIDN'T
MAKE NOISE LIKE
CONGRESSMAN
ATTRACTED NO ATTENTION
Upon His Recent Washington
Visit and Says So

c. L. Long. Of wewoka, was one Of
the three men elected TO congress" in
the late sequoyan campaign. He is in
Washington and has been since the
session commenced Writing to a
friend back home the Congressman"
says:
you will observe that do not use
congressional letter heads and en-
velopes nor do frank my mail. The
majority Of the members OF congress
are 50 stupid that have thus far
failed to convince them or perhaps a
better way to put It is to say impress
them with my Importance, and the
consideration due me as a representa-
tive OF the state of sequoyah.
MY entrance iaso the capitol build
ing, so far as | can discern, attracts
no special notice, although some
times fancy that the policeman. door.
keeper and other officials arc disposed
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-02-03
Opportunity Opportunity

Cry some people. II l had the oppor-
tunlty 1 would become rich ike other
people. etc This was the cry OF some
people IN the early days OF Chicago
Denver Kansas city and many other
crowded cities OF today. and the opgor-
tunity was al hand hut many could
not see H. This IS your opportunity to-
day 10 get rich within the next three
years by buying real estate Ia Guthrie
70 don't delay any longer. but put some
money into real estate at once and get
on the road 10 prosperity.
We have some property for sale with
part payment down and balance on time
We have money 10 loan 10 assist you Ia
buying We offer the following for sale:
Six room house. barn, fence, wen. cave
fruit and shade trees. brick walk. close
IN, for $4,000. a brick building. pays
500 rent per month, located IN the best
block In town, price $500. on terms.
a pretty cottage, close In, ou North
Broad, 1850 on terms two story
brick on Oklahoma avenue s.. 900. on
terms. A pair Of lots for si75. A livery
and feed barn FOR sale. A hotel az "a
snap. Some acre traois joining town
Tor plotting purposes. Write or can on
J. B. Green "a lif West Oklahoma ave.
Phone ~ or 763
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-02-03

Napoleon the Great on one OF his
campaigns while walking about the
camp one night, as he was accustomed
to do TO discover how the soldiers were
occupied, chanced to coL3s upon a
group listening 10 an excited speaker,
Napoleon stole near TO listen aud found
that the man was regaling his COM
rades with an account of battles that
Napoleon had lost
Il had the fellow hanged as trail
tor" Napoleon said "Men do not win
battles by the memory Of battles lostw
II was perfectly true distinguish
cd military officer affirmed that after
troops had been beaten IN a battle It
took weeks 10 get them 20 Gre as well
as they had done before. Bad success
demoralizes them. II one Is continually
looking back at the things one has
missed ln life one loses the power to
grip what is yet within reach OF ones
hands s-London Spectator.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-02-03

to observe somcwAst rs J pas- nv
Imposing and lofty bearing, together
with my clothes. Sccounts Tor this
presume, and vet. this be 80. I can
not understand why people generally
should not msnifcst an interest.
They don't thongh--with the possL
Bile exception OF my landlord. who IN
quires into my welfare at the end of
each week before soIlcitous az 70
whether have the where-with-aii 70
pay the keep Of my wife and self.
fuppose.
You Of course, read IN the papers
all about the Oklahoma delegation,
They are here about $50 strong and
had two or three days hearing before
the committee on territories and when
I sought to be heard, while there was
no positive refusal, ! could not get
them to fix time.
Chairman Hamilton would say how
want to be fair about this matter.
but Long, what is the use, the thing
is fxed and although know you have
some "spellbinders" down there. they
can't change the Deacon"