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The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
HOW TO SUCCEED WITH OATS.
Results of Tests at the Arkansas Ex-
pertinent Station.

The Arkansas experiment station
speaks as follows regarding it's ex-
tended series of experiments with the
oat crop:
% The following crops may be
sown after oats are harvested, and
give profitable returns: Cowpeas,
Spanish peanuts, sofa beans, sorghum,
corn, Kafir corn, German millet,
sweet potatoes and second crop Irish
potatoes.
ca Thorough preparation for oats
gives an increased yield of from 81
to 100 per cent, as compared with
sorry preparation.
60 Breaking the soil eight and ten
inches deep gave better results than
breaking six inches deep or less.
ca Breaking the soil in fall and
rebreaking in spring gave better re-
suits than one breaking either in fall
or spring.
(5) Narrowing and discing after
breaking and just before sowing, and
covering with double shovel. seems
to be the best method of planting.
(6) Two and two and half bush
els of seed per acre gave the best
yields.
CD Oats following legumes gave
an increased yield Of from SO to 40
per cent of grain and from 80 to SO
per cent of hay. as compared with
oats grown upon soils where the pre-
ceding crop was other than legume.
(S) Flowing under moderately
heavy crop of legumes gave great
er increased yield Of oats than the
application of 1000 pounds of COM
plete fertilizer to preceding crop.
co. Where oats followed oats, an
intervening crop of cowpeas increased
the yield of the second crop 1915 per
cent.
(1O) Pea stubble increased the
yield Of oats ga per cent over oat
stubble, and the whole pea plant
plowed in gave an increase of 51.s
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
CARE OF THE COMPLEXION.
Proper Living and Diet of the Utmost
Importance.

When a woman desires to improve
her complexion one of the most diff
cult things to get her to believe is
that more can be done from within
than from without. Very careful liv-
ing. with diet formed according to
individual peculiarities, and combined
with plenty of fresh air and exercise.
will work positive wonders in few
months. Yet, though the fact has been
proved over and over again. few wom-
en- will give the experiment a trial.
They want the elixir of beauty in a
bottle. to be doled out in wineglass-
fuls.
The face, of all the parts of the
body. is most important, and every
care should be taken to enhance its
beauty. Wrinkles, if superficial, may
always be removed. by gentle massage,
and children should be warned of the
danger they run of permanently dis
turbing their features by making
grimaces. The face should never be
washed with anything but soft water.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12

reproduced here from the Delineator
are easy to carry out.
The automobile is perfect toy, and
simple of construction. 1t is made of
pasteboaord box, the wehels being
of cardboard, and the axles two knit
ting needles. The piece of elastic fur
nishes the propelling power, as shown
in diagram in the upper right-hand
corner of the picture.
To set the toy in motion, wind up
the rear wheel until the elastic under
meath becomes quite taut, then set
the automobile upon the floor, when
it will travel rapidly the length of the
room or piazza.
The greatest fun, however, may be
had by placing the auto on the floor
and then giving it sharp push SO
as to send it the whole length of the
room. The auto then returns to the
player.
The motive power of both toys
shown here is an elastic band fas.
tened by means of sealing wax to the
axle
The toy may be put in motion by
winding the rear wheel, or it may be
pushed across the floor, in which
case, it may be seen, the revolutions
of the axle cause the elastic to be-
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
THE FALL ARMY WORM.
How the North Carolina Experiment
Man Would Get Rid Of 1t.

A bulletin of the North Carolina de-
partment of agriculture discusses the
fail army worm as corn pest, though
it also attacks many other plants.
These caterpillars are striped IN
appearance, a black stripe extending
along each side of the body. When
full grown they are from an inch to
an inch and a half long. They are
not usually serious pests, but In sea-
sons when weather and the other con-
ditions are just right, they suddenly
appear in great numbers, devouring
various grains, grasses, cow-peas,
clover, alfalfa, sweet potatoes and
garden crops. Almost every COM
plant this season mentions them as
attacking crab-grass. Mr.. Benbow OF
Guilford county says they are swarm
ing on his alfalfa, and they have been
likewise destructive to alfalfa on the
Edgecombe test farm and the expert
ment station farm here at Raleigh.
Alfalfa is too valuable plant to lose
in this way
after the worms have become no
ticeable, it takes them only week or
so to get full grown, when they bur-
row in the earth, change to brown
chrysalids or papae, and from these
come out plain, innocent-looking gray
ish moths in another week or ten
days The last brood is thought to
pass the winter in the papa state un-
foreground When they thus suddenly
disappear, the farmer often thinks
that they have died out, when in real
ity they are only Transforming to the
adult moth which will lay eggs for
another brood.
eff you have sprayer, it is simple
matter to protect most of the garden
vegetables by the use OF paris green
in water but this remedy Is not to
be thought of for fields of alfalfa or
crab-grass. But, did you ever think
how it would be to run heavy roller
right over the field? Seems to me
that it would literally crush the life
out of them, and it won't hurt the
crop either, provided it is not too rank
and tall"
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
New Iackets and Goats.

The woman of luxurious taste per.
picked over the quest for some novelty
will certainly be pleased with the new
jackets and little coats of broadtail
and caracal. The white furs are so
pretty that it needs no persuasion to
fall in love with them; the black ones
SO rich that their beauty fingers with
you like the memory of some delicious
reverie.
Speaking of white furs, foxskins are
elegant and delightfully."- becoming,
though expensive. Wonderful little
coats are worked out in the pelt, intro
ducing the prettiest of facings and de-
tails of black velvet. Others are
trimmed with mink. black caracal and
sable, chinchilla and ermine being re-
served for expensive evening wraps
and used in combination with valuable
heavy laces and embroideries.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
BOB CASES TRIUMPH.
Story Of a crippIe's Dream That
Came True.

Baseball was in the air. And no
wonder, for 1t was the afternoon OF
the great game between the Easts and
the Vests, rival teams who for gen.
erations of Hillsdale boys had battled
hard against each other. A low-lying
common a short distance from the
town had always been the field OF
action.
Bobby Case, a cripple, was the first
boy on the diamond. He walked from
base to base and lovingly touched
them with his foot. He was discOur-
aged. Gee, 1 wish could play just
once. It's such a bully day, too" he
said. He then looked across the field.
Not boy was in sight, and he gave
sigh of relief. How ashamed he
would have been to have let the fell
lows know he had come early just to
touch the bases. Bobby had never
expressed a wish to the boys that he
wanted to play ball, or even dreamed
of doing so.
Presently the noisy whistling and
calling announced the Easts and
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
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was on second, third. What were the
Vests doing, and where were their
quick plays? The boys were wild.
Jim had touched the home base. The
Easts had won.
Casey at the bait" the boys called
over and over again. Even the Vests
were obliged to acknowledge that
Bobby was "blinger."
Bobby stood, bashful and very hap
by, receiving the homage of his
friends. They no longer considered
him a "girl boy" He had had his
chance and was now Casey at the
Bat" The lonely practice days in his
fathers orchard had proved of some
avail. He could bat. The Easts had
won, and he had helped.
Thank you," he said, holding out
his hand to Jim.
Casey at the bat" still clings to
Bobby Case. Though he cannot al
ways play, the honor of that one day
makes him happy and proud.-Detroit
Free Press.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12

Vests and their respective admirers.
The opposing teams were well
matched. Enthusiasm reigned SUI
preme. But Bobby sat silent on the
fence. He was called hon. sub" for
the Easts. There was little argu-
ment, and the game started. The
Vests had scored and the Easts had
failed Then the Easts held first
place, and then by some mysterious
chance the game became a tie.
IF 1 could play just once" thought
poor Bobby.
1t was Jim's turn to bat. The boys
freckled face was flushed with ex-
element; he understood that so much
depended upon him. He grasped the
old worn bat firmly in his dirty hands.
He paused, then, strangely attracted
toward Bobby, he looked at the little
fellow. The longing in the boys face
stirred within Jim's heart deep I'M
derstanding that startled him in it's
intensity. He dropped the bat, and
held out his hands toward the boys.
Boys" he said, Il can't bat. And,
say, let Bob Case bat in my place."
There was a deep silence. Such a
thing had never before happened in
the annals of Hillsdale's baseball his
tory. The game tie! Did the law al
low such queer thing?
Why" stammered the captain of
the Easts.
ooh, Bobby can bat" replied Jim,
wondering at his audacity in the face
of possible defeat. I've seen him
bat, heaps of times, practicing in his
dads orchard" And this was true.
81 say, fellows, he's a sub; so it's all
square, you know"
your arm tired?" jeered the Vests
bleachers.
m the meantime Bobby sat, con-
fused, on the fence. He was strange
ly happy to know that he had even
been considered by Jim, for he had
no hope that his wish could be graft
fed.
"I'll risk Bobby" continued Jim.
please, fellows, say yes I'll run
for him, too
go ahead" shouted the Vests.
Gall right" answered the Easts,
confidently.
Another brief discussion of ways
and means and Bobby was given a
place of honor Enthusiasm and dis
approval were shown by the audience.
But Bobby was confident. He would
show his comrades his worth. He
assumed the air of professional,
even though it was his first public
appearance.
LET her go!" he called.
One strike, one ball-two balls,
three balls, two strikes. Bobby was
still alert and confident. The bleach
ers became suddenly interested. One
of the boys called out: Casey at the
Bat" then the others echoed the
words. This encouraged Bobby; it
was like his dream. Then Jim had
said he could bat. The pitcher paused,
measuring his opponent. Then Bobby
hit. Such a ball-nothing like it in
the annals OF the Easts' history. Jim
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12

per cent over oat stubble and "a per
cent over pea stubble.
(1D The whole pea plant plowed
under in September gave an In
creased yield of 74.S per cent over
oat stubble in March.
(12) Rye and vetch plowed under
and followed by cowpeas plowed un-
der gave an increase of 1913 per cent
of oats, as compared with oats fol-
lowing crop of sorghum.
(13) Three varieties of fall-sown
oats gave an increased yield OF 75.z
per cent over twenty varieties OF
spring-grown oats.
(14) Culberson and Virginia Gray
(Winter Turf oats gave highest
yield from fall sowing, and averaged
over forty bushels per acre.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
NERVOUS DEBILITY
A Scranton Woman Teils How Or:
Williams Pink Pills Made Her
Well and Strono.

1919 Ss'S'9s
Nervous debility is the common name
for what the doctors term neurasthenia.
1t is characterized by mental depression,
fits of the "blues," or melancholy, loss
of energy and spirits. The patient eyes
become dull, the pink fades from the
cheeks, the memory becomes defective SO
that it is difficult to recall dates and
names at will. Some of these symptoms
only may be present or all of them. The
remedy lies in toning up the nervous
system and there is no medicine better
adapted for this purpose than DR..
Williams Pink Pills.
Mrs. Jane j. Davies, of No. BID War.
rem street, Scranton, Pa, says: "Some
years ago became greatly reduced in
health and strength and my nervous
system became SO debilitated that / felt
wretched. Icould not rest or sleep well
at night and woke up as weary and
languid in the morning as was when I
went to bed. My head ached in the
morning and often there was a pain in
my right side which was worse when I
sat down. My nerves were on edge all
the time, every little noise bothered me
and was generally miserable. Then
decided to try DR.. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People, as my husband had taken
them with good results, and they did
wonders for me. Now / have no more
pain in my side, no more headaches,
sleep well and feel strong and able to
do my work"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills cured Mrs.
Davies and they can do just as much
for other weak, pale, ailing men or
women who are slipping into a hopeless
decline. They strike straight at the root
of all common diseases caused by poor
and impoverished blood.
Dr. Williams Pink Pills are sold by all
druggists, or will be sent postpaid, on
receipt Of price, 80 cents per box, six
boxes for $3.50, by the DIR. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady, NY.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
Importance of Stitch in Time

so dependent that they cannot get on
without the artificial help. Nobody
who can stand on his own feet and
walk without aid wants to be seen
with a cane or a crutch. Except in
cases of illness and by the direct pre-
scription of a responsible physician,
drugs should not be tempered with.
The well known fact that they are
often adulterated makes them even
more perilous than they would be
were their purity guaranteed. They
are costly remedies at the best and do
not deserve the character of a stitch
in time.
Another aspect of the case has to do
with the education of our children.
Not so much with that part of their
education that falls within the scope
of the schoolroom, but with that
which they receive from the street
and from their comrades in play. The
moment a parent notices that a boy
is restless and uneasy at home, that
he steals off after supper and spends
the evening with boys who are boot
ing and yelling in rough play, or are
lingering about corners or at the en-
frances of theaters, is the moment
when the stitch in time should be
taken. I recall instances of little
chaps who were very satisfactory un-
til they reached the trying age when
the small boy slips the husk of
childhood and energies into the big
boy impatient of restraint. Father
and mother were blindly indulgent or
unduly severe. They gave tether
too long or too short. They nagged
or scolded, but they failed to take
the stitch in time. Cheerful evenings
at home, sympathy, confidence and
properly exercised authority, save
boys from themselves and from the
tempter at the critical period when
most of all the home should hover
over them as a guardian angel.
At a period in life, when the feet
are on the westering slope and the
sunset begins to cast it's shadows, peo-
pie should not fail to take stitch in
time. There is no ignoring the fact
that men and women cannot safely
continue in old age the activity that
was natural and pleasant when they
were young. They may maintain
high rate of health and very salts
factory amount of vigor and of attain
msnt by consulting prudence as to
what thew do and what they leave IN
done
The analogy of the autumn fields
should furnish elderly people with
a serviceable hint Weeks ago every
thing was growing and ripening. But
when the harvest has been reaped
and the fields lie basking in the gold
en- autumn sun, Nature rests. They
who have worked long and faithfully
and borne the burden and heat of the
day should take stitch in time when
they have earned it. What this stitch
shall be depends on inclination and
temperament. To retire wholly from
business after a man has been active
all his days is often to invite paresis
or to sign ones death warrant. Take
a stitch in time that best suits you
1t need not be more than a stitch.
To drop every thing and take back
seat is often the worst decision that
can be made.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
Hard-Working Chinese Official.

Everybody in China works hard,
even those who have reached the high
est positions. 1t is related of a men,
Der of the Chinese cabinet that he
left home every morning at two
o'clock, as he was on duty at the pal
ace from three to six. AS member
of the privy council he was engaged
from six to nine. From nine until
II he was at the war department, OF
which he was president. AS the mem
Der of the board of punishment he
was in attendance from II till two,
and as a minister of the foreign Of
fee he spend every day from two till
five or six there. In addition he fire.
uuently served on special boards or
commissions.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
LOOSE TEETH
Made Sound by Eating Grape-Nuts

Proper food nourishes every part of
the body, because Nature selects the
different materials from the food we
eat, to build bone, nerve, brain, mus
Gle, teeth, etc.
All we need is to eat the right kind
of food slowly, chewing it velour
digestive organs take it up into the
blood and the blood carries it all
through the body, to every little nook
and corner.
If some one would ask you, is
Grape-Nuts good for loose teeth?"
you'd probably say, mo, don't see
how it could be-" But woman in
Ontario writes:
"For the past two years have used
Grape-Nuts Food with most excellent
results. It seems to take the place
of medicine in many ways, builds up
the nerves and restores the health
generally.
"A little Grape-Nuts taken before re-
firing soothes my nerves and gives
sound Sleep" because it relieve ir-
ritability of the stomach nerves, being
a predigested food.)
Before used Grape-Nuts my teeth
were loose in the gums. They were so
bad was afraid they would some day
all fall out. Since have used Grape
Nuts / have not been bothered any
more with loose teeth.
"All desire for pastry has disappear
ed and have gained in health, weight
and happiness since I began to use
Grape-Nuts." Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Get the IA
nous little book, "The Road to Well
VILE" in pkgs. There's q reason"
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
FARMER AND PLANTER
TEXAS FEVER AND PREVENTION.
Interesting Government Bulletin on
the Subject.

Extensive investigations have re-
Gently been made of the various forms
of Texas fever in cattle, which should
more properly be called tick fever"
as it is by no means confined to Tex
as cattle, to ascertain its causes and
to find, If possible, reliable method
for It's prevention. Prof. Mohler, chief
of this division of the bureau of ami
NAL industry, U. s. department Of ag-
riculture, has had charge of this work,
and his report has been published as
Farmers Bulletin No. 258.
Texas fever is q specific infectious
disease of the blood of cattle, caused
by the development and activity of
minute animal parasites which are
means of the cattle tick. These para
sites after being SO injected into the
blood of susceptible animals, attack
the blood cells, causing them to break
down, from which death ensues in
from 10 per cent of the chronic to go
per cent of the acute cases. Inasmuch
as infection is transmitted solely by
these cattle ticks, and not by the air,
saliva or manure, as commonly sup
posed, then the control Of the disease
depends wholly upon the eradication
of these ticks, as the parasites which
are the immediate cause of Texas
fever are transmitted by the tick to
the animal through the bites made in
the skin in procuring their nourish-
ment
1T is needless at this time to
enumerate the items that go to make
up the enormous total of over S65, 000,-
600 annual loss to the infected terri
tory by reason of this disease, but
these appalling losses and annual sac
rifices of the cattle raisers can be
entirely effaced, and this at small
proportionate cost; for, with enthusi-
astic stockmen, satisfactory state leg
islation, sufficient money, and a
trained corps of inspectors, the cattle
tick may be exterminated, and every
dollar expended in this work will be
returned many fold during each sue
ceeding year.
Among the most important meas
ures to be adopted in eradicating the
ticks from cattle in the infested dis
tricts may be mentioned picking or
brushing them off, smearing or spray
ing the animals with a disinfecting
solution, dipping the 'ticky'' animals
in vat containing a solution capable
of killing the ticks without injury to
the cattle, and combining the animals
to tick-free Enclosures until the ticks
have dropped off.
THE best ways to free pastures of
ticks have been found to be by ex
GLIDING cattle for definite period, by
cultivation and by burning off the
grass. The cattle pastures may be
freed of ticks at the same. time by
the 'feed-lot' method and by pasture
rotation; and immAnization of sus-
ceptible cattle, when under twelve or
fifteen months, may be secured by
blood incubation and by infesting
with ticks. This problem is a great
one to the south, but it is being solved
to a great extent, and care and COM
mon sense will see the disease eradi-
Gated before MANY years."
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
RAISING MULES.
News Items That Show Some People
Are Making Money.

There are farmers who insist that
mule raisipF. will not pay. The south
could not -gr6w its cotton crop without
the mule. 1t could pull through with
out the negro, but the mule, never.
The following clippings from ex-
changes are evidence that some peo-
pie are making money:
cat the private sale of the personal
ity of Mr.. Rome Barnett, deceased,
at Troy, Tenn, recently, a pair OF
mules sold for 1884, pair of 2-year-
old mules for 1854 and pair of l.
year-olds for $751;
-Four mules were sold on the
streets of Columbia, Tenn, for total
of $1,000"
Sam Barber of Strawn, Metcalfe
county, KY, sold pair of work mules
for $3.50"
IS. S. Martin of Cave City, Ky. sold
a weaving mule to c. F. Shaw for
$50"
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
Walnut a Staple Food.

In some parts Of France walnuts
form regular article of diet. The
peasants eat them with bread that
has oftentimes been rubbed with gar
lie. The hygienic effects are consid-
cred good, replacing meat to a large
extent. These nuts are also used
to make oil. 1t is much cheaper and
similar in taste to that pressed from
olives, and is employed to adulterate
the latter. The prisoners in certain
prisons are engaged in cracking wal
nuts and picking out the kernels,
which are pressed into oil.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
Keen Only Laylna Hens.

It never pays to keep hen that
does not lay. Every bit OF feed that
goes into her IL dead loss to you.
She not only eats her head off, but
che takes room on the roosting poles
and In the runs and works over air
that ought to go into the lungs Of the
birds that are down to hard work. One
who studies the business can soon
tell whether or not his birds are lay
ing. One excellent way is to keep
trap nests and another is to keep but
few birds In run 1-.--~~
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
A Perfect Guest Room.

There was blazing little wood fire
that never was allowed to go out.
A ticking clock that kept good time.
A writing desk with all materials.
Matches and candles just where
they should be.
The last new book and some anus
ing magazines on the table.
The little breakfast tray that came
to the room of mornings was a poem.
A dewy bunch OF violets flanked the
glittering little silver service and ex-
quisite linen.
Everything showing an attentive
hostess, who took thought that her
guest should be personally cared for.