davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-29
INVESTMENT IN MOTH BALLS
Manner of Using the Preventive
That Proved to Be a Signal
Failure.

A State street druggist, telling of the
quaint characters whom he encounters
in his business, recently said: Late
one afternoon one of the 'ould sod
ambled up to the counter. HOY yez
onything good to kin moths?' he asked,
relates the Chicago Record-Herald.
Yes said 1, we have moth balls.
the best reemdy known
"'Give me tin cints' worth, thin,'
says he.
Il made up the package, handed it to
him, and he ambled out again. l had
forgotten all about my customer until
about four o'clock the next afternoon,
when I was forcibly reminded of the
transaction of the day before. After
l had waited on my customers in their
turn l walked over to another oun
ter and was there confronted with my
moth-ball investor. Without giving
me time to make an inquiry, he said:
"'Are yez the young mon that sold
me thin things ~yistiddy? showing me
the remains of about half a dozen of
the white balls.
Il answered in the affirmative, n
also inquired what the trouble was.
"'Av all the con games I've run up
against in me tonne, this bates thin
ALL he said. To think of onyone run
ming a decent downtown store selling
the loikes of thin things to kill moths
with, or onything else, for the matter
of that. They might be all right for
playing marbles, but for KILN moths,
niver. l may not be as young as yez
are, young mon, but I'm just as stiddy,
and I want to tell you wan thing. If
yez can show me the man or woman
that can throw wan of thin balls
quick enough to kill a moth I'll not
only ate iviry wan of thin yez have
in stock, but III say nothing about
the picture the ould woman and meself
broke in the foine little game yez
would have us play"
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-29
Fourth of July in Wartime
By Gen. Frederick D. Grant

times: eve propose to celebrate the
Fourth of July there" Sometimes it
would be: I'VE always treat our pris-
oners with kindness and do not want
to hurt them" or "We are holding
you as prisoners of war while you are
feeding yourselves"
The Vicksburg paper, which we re-
ceived regularly through the courtesy
of the confederate pickets, said prior
to the Fourth, in speaking of the
yankee" boast that they would take
dinner in Vicksburg that day, that the
best receipt for cooking a rabbit was
First catch your rabbit" The paper
was printed on the plain side of wall
paper, and the last number was is
sued on the Fourth, announcing that
we had caught u rabbit"
According to agreement, white flags
were displayed along the lines to pre-
vent unnotifed troops from firing. At
the appointed hour the garrison Of
Vicksburg, colors flying, marched out
of their works and formed line in
front, stacked arms, and marched back
in good order. Our whole army pres
ent witnessed this scene without
cheering. Logan's division was the
first to march in, and the flag of one
of the regiments of his division was
the first to float over the courthouse.
Our soldiers were no sooner inside the
lines than the two armies began to
fraternize. Our men had had full ra-
lions from the time the siege began
to the close. The enemy had been suf-
fering toward the last and I saw IL
men taking bread from their haver-
sacks and giving it to the enemy they
had so recently been engaged in starv-
ing out. 1t was certainly the most i'm
pressive Fourth of July l ever spent,
although it was not the most joyous
one.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-29
TRUE LOVE

he has had in business, of the incidents
and episodes a man meets away from
home. Each concludes the letter with
a word or two of love. and the sigma
ture, Your wife," CT "Your husband
conveys a whole world of unbounded
affection and regard. The shortest
letter brought by the postman and
handed in at the breakfast table is a
hand-clasp that conveys a heart-throb.
Letters of a still more tender sweet
ness, were it possible, are forever fit
ting across the continent in Uncle
Sans mail, letters sent by mothers to
absent sons, to daughters at college o =
to children away on a visit. Some o.
the sweetest letters ever written are
penned by hands that are more accus-
toned to the broom and the rolling
pin than to ink and paper. So many
wise cautions, so many gentle remind
ers, so many loving %counsels weav
themselves into homely letters, that 60
from the farmhouse or the city flat to
the distant child, that n fancies the
recording angel smiles as he peeps
over the writer's shoulder.
Every great catastrophe, a tornado
an earthquake, a vast cOnfiagration or
a disaster at sea, is the occasion of let
tiers that, in their Straightforward and
pithy narrative, surpass much that is
written directly for the press. When
Con Ero nnican Uhs docfrnUnd hu oarth-
quake and flame, and it's thousands
upon thousands of happy people We're
made homeless in a day, the first mail
bags were burdened with letters of
Homeric simplicity and force. They
were sent to kindred and %acquaint-
and snatched at every detail with an
avidity that could not wait. Times
like these test the sincerity of love
and letters written in the grOund-swell
of homelessness and loss come straight
from the heart. it is curious to note
in letters of this kind characteristics
of bravery and faith in an almost uni
yersal absence of complaint. People
who lost everything they had in the
world were impressed with the suffer
ings of others and wrote as if they had
been spectators of a calamity rather
than victims. Instantly, by wire and
post so o o as it was possible, targi-
Bile relief went flying from the east to
the west, not merely in great contrlbu-
tons, but in individual sums that in
every case meant real self-denial and
sacrifice.
A caution may be addressed to all
writer's of love letters, especially before
marriage. Never write that which
would cause you a blush or a f1eeting
embarrassment should it fall into the
wrong hands. Letters sometimes go
astray. 1t is foolish and futile to pour
out upon paper a string Of fulsome ad-
jectives and super1uous superlatlves,
that really mean little. Love should
O waste itself in written epdearments
that lose force by needless repetition.
Love is a thing that should stand the
wear and tear of life, that should wash
and not lose color or fiber, that should
endure wind and sun and neither a
nor tarnish. The best love letter is the
one that the recipient may hold close
to her heart while she would not blush
should it by accident fall under the eye
of a stranger.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-29
EMBROIDERY.

as light and feathery as possible, are
worked upon white mousseline de sole
or cambria, which, in it's turn, is ap-
piled to a background of s~oft-colored
silk or of the aforementioned ma
terial. AS shown in the illustration,
the work is adapted to a nightdress
sachet, upon which a design of Mi
chaelmas daisies is worked, partly on
ivory mousseline de sole, partly on
the heliotrope glace silk to which it
is applied, the effect being particu-
larly delicate. This style of embroi-
derry also works out we'll and mex
pensively on batiste, with soft book
muslin over it, and such lovely
shades are to be had in the former
material that it lends itself admir-
ably to the purpose of background.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-29

not have green as well as any other?
These suits are made strictly plain,
with circular or straight skirts and
hip jackets. The seams are stitched
and Tapped. The revers are long and
cut in points either of the linen or
of crochet lace. White pique is also
used.
There is no return to the glazed
white linen for anything. Unbleached
is preferred and is always in the
open weave. Heavy hand embroidery
is still used above all other trimming,
usually in connection with lace.
Cluny or real Torchon is used in pref
erence to Valenciennes.
Plaid wash silk and especially the
new wool and silk f1annels are to be
very stylish. The former is the cool
est waist anyone could have. The
flannel is excellent for chilly summer
days and for playing tennis or boat
ing.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-29

One Independence Day W. lay a-bump-
ing at the pier,
The town was Just rip-roaring till a mar
could hardly hear;
And Bill Mcguire said to me: II really
don't know when
I've felt so much as if I'd like to be a kid
again.
Most every other Fourth I've been glad
to get to sea
Away from all the noise and say: None
of this thing for me-
To-day, somehow, I'd like to put the Kit
ty on the shelf
And buy a lot of fireworks and shoot
them off myself"
And then he laughed: "Well, time is up.
We mus get under way.
We've got a German case-oil ship to
jackass down the bay"
She was a tall. good-looking brute and
loaded down SO full
Although the tide was fair, you bet she
made the Kitty pull.
A bare ten miles out from the Hook the
light went out of sight
AS if it had been blotted off and things
got black as night.
And in the open sea ahead that had just
glared with sun
a streak of lightning hammered down.
1t sounded like 4 gun.
Before my eyes got Strengthened out, they
came down all around,
Each bursting sharply as it struck, but
not another sound,
For neither wind nor thunder came out
of that curtain black
But just those snakey lights till 1 felt
ShiVers down my back.
Then Bill called through the speaking
tube: Say. Jim. l guess I've seen
A good deal healthier neighborhood tina
near this kerosene"
He'd scarcely said the words before there
came a mighty crash
And. as l turned, the case-oil ship wal
flaming like a flash!
The wind came the next moment
a-roaring at our stern,
A licking flame was a: our line and it be-
gan to burn.
Then Bill gave me the bell full speed"
and swung all we could rip
Straight at the flame and smoke that
came a-bloWing from the ship.
Embers and sparks poured down on US
they fell like fiery snow
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-29
Hardened.

Papa-My child, If l shall die penni-
less, are you well prepared to fight the
battle of life?
'Blanche-I think so, father. I've
been through three engagements al
ready.-Washington Star.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-29
Good Test of the Dog.

S%uburbanite Ito visitor)-Oh, how
are you? Come right in. Don't mind
the dog.
Visitor-But won't he bite?
That's just what l want to see. l
only bought that watchdog this morn
ing."-La Rive.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-29
AS A RULE WHAT MAY
CALLED COMMONPLACE.

Love Letters of the Brownings Never
Descended to Banality and Gush-
Letters That Intrench on Delicacy
Not True Expressions of owe
The Sweetness of a Mothers
Homely Letter to an Absent Child
-Homeric Simplicity of Letters
from San Francisco Sufferers
Vivid Pictures of Life of Former
Days Preserved in Letters.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-29
Pitied Pitcoe.

A man who had started with q
friend on a weeks automobile tour
stayed away two weeks. When finally
they got back to town, he went home,
and his wife received him coldly.
What he dreaded was a scolding and
an upbraiding. 81 am so glad to be
back with you here, DEAR" he said;
"but l pity Pitcoe. Poor old Pitcoe?"
What is the matter with Pitcoe?"
said the lady, sharply. "Ah. poor fell
low" said her husband, Eat this mo-
ment his wife is giving him the very
deuce!" And that willy speech got
him off.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-29
Flatterv and The Sex.

IIe-It was decided some time ago
that the mails could carry soft soap.
She-Umph I didn't know the ca
pacity of males for soft soap had ever
been Observation-Disclosures American.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-29
To Brighten a Switch.

For Frightening switches of false
hair, dip them into common ammonia
without dilution. Half a pint is enough
for this purpose, and the dipping is
said to revive it and make the hair
look as if just cut from the head.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-29

There is one, advantage In this busi-
ness unused the expert gardener, as
he stood in his orchard. st is graft
ing all the time, but you can always
get the public to swallow it."-Balti.
more American.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-29

The mare is by no means singular.
Everything goes, where money is the
motive.-Puck.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-29
Washing Bamboo.

Bamboo is improved by an occasion
al wash with cold water, but should
be thoroughly dried afterwards
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-29
Save the Babies.

INFANT MORTALITY is something fightfl. We can hardly realize that Of
all the children born in civilized countries twenty-five per cent, or nearly
one-quarter die before they reach one year; thirtyseven per cent, n more
than onethird, before they are five, and one-haf before they are fifteen!
We do not hesitate to say that a timely use Of Castora would save ma
jmty these precious lives. Neither do we hesitate to say that many Of these
inhntle deaths are occasoned by the use ofnarcotc preparations. Drops, tnctures
and soothing syrups sold for chidnns complaints contain more or less opium, or
morphine. They are, in considerable quantities, deadly poisons' In any quantity
they stupefy re@rd circulation and lead to congestons, sickness, death. Casorla
operates exactly the reverse, but you must see that it bears the signature Of
Chas. 3. Fletcher. Casuia causes the blood to circulate properly, opens the
pores Of the skin and anays fever.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-06-29
Letters from Prominent Physicians
addressed to ChaS. II. Fletcher.

Dr. A. F. Pear, Of St. Louis Mo, says: IT lave prescribed your Castorau ID
many casesa n havea always found it n efficient IN speedy remedy
DR. E Dow of pbfadapbia. pa saws. 81 have presribedy or CaHoia in
my practice for many years. with great satisfaction to myself ant Denent 10 NY
Dr. !. T. waggomr. of Chicago, Ill, says 1T can most heartily recommend
your Casora to the public az q remedy for chldrensc ompants. / nave treo
1t IN found it OF great value"
Dr. Edward Parrish, of Brooklyn, n. Y, says: 81 ave used FOUR Castorai IN
ny W household nth good results aud nave advised severaI patients to use IL
Tor its mild laxative effect ant freedom from harm"
Dr. ] B. Elliott of New York City, says: "Having during the past six years
prescribed our Castora for ifantIe stomach disorders, / most heartily s Sga1Sna
Dr. C G.. sprague, of Omaha. Neb, says: Your Casorta is al ideal medicine
for children, md I frequently prescribe it. While 1 d. not advocate the inds-
ciminate use Of proprietary medicines. yet Castora Is an exception for conditions
which arise in the care of children"
Of the medical prfesionin a name held by N other proprietary preparation. It
Is a sure and reliable medicine for tnfans and children II facti 1t is the universal
household remedy for infanule ailments"
Dr. r. F. Merrill, o. Augusta, Me-, says: "Castora is oe Of the very fnest
M mstr remarkable remedies for Infants M children. In m y opinion your astoria
has saved thouandsfr from a. early gae. 1 can furnish hundreds II testimonials
from this locality as to its efficiency nd merits"
DR. Norman NJ Geero II Cleveland, Ohio says During the last twelve years
I have frequently recommended your astora as one of the best preparations of the
kind, being safe in the hands Of parents and very effective, in relieving chndrens
while the eaew with which suha pleasant preparation can be administered
is q great Advantage
& the long list of those who have used and nw endsey our Castoria. The
fact Of the Ingredients being known through the printing of he formula IN he
wrapper is one good ant sufficient reason for the recommendation o. any physician
/ kno of its god qualities ant recommend 1t cheerfuny"
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-10-11
What Can Be Done.

All you farmers that have your bus
iness matters well In hand and are In
position TO hold your cotton of of the
depressed market, should go out and
tell your less fortunate brother farm.
era just how you managed to do this;
When you do this you are not only
helping your follow craftsmen, but
you are increasing the strength of
your own position by bringing In re-
cruits for the purpose Of controlling
the farmers own affairs by the farm
srs. If all the farmers In the South
would organize they oDuld control the
price Of cotton as we'll as labor. They
would be great power as they would
number several million members. No
institution for wrong could stand up
against millions Of organized and de-
sermined farmers, who are bande dto.
yether to stand by the side OF, right.
O-ganizs, farmers, organize, and you
xill win q grand and glorious victory.
VIII you do it. Il II
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-10-11
Wants Tw 1ive Cenrs.

+. Field Agent E D. Smith, in talk.
Ing Of the cotton situation, Says:
with trade conditions as good as last
year, twelve million bale crop, which
does not seem probable, ought to
bring 12 ] cents instead of 9 cents,
the price now being paid. By concert
of action we can make 1t bring what
it ought to bring. Without concert
Of action we will have to tske what
ne can get the world consumed last
year 12 1856 600 bales of cotton. It
consumed not only all the goods pro.
duced last year but $40 600 bales that
sfere Carried over from the previous
7esr. It consumed any pre- sious wear,
$40, 600 bales more than in 19045
more than 1000 900 bales more than
1908 O4. The averag be price paid was
s.evan cents based upon the New Or
leans market. spinners sold their pro.
2ucts on a much higher basis, q basis
she average Of which was not Jess
than l2b cents"
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-10-11
Mr.. VIM Paulins Dead.

MI. William Fl. PaullI1g, 40 old
landmark of ST MnGGheH's died very
suddenly Tuesday morniug at bis res.
idence, with heart trouble. He was
6S gears OF age. With Que or two
snort intervals he has been magis
5rate of this judicial district for
many years. MI. Paulling was an
old Confederate veteran and served
constantly from 81 to '65 in the late
civil wsr. he was brsYe soldier.
In battle at Elder Railroad station,
near Petersburg, W be was shot in
the side OF the taes and 3 fStula Was
produced, and for upw1raB Of forty
years he wore a iaandk .rchief around
his neck. He leaves O wid)w. who
IVES Miss Sallers, and fva childen.
three sons and two daughters. Judge
Psulling was Of magnificent physique
&nd q truly handsome man.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-10-11
In MennOriam.

o. Sunday last G ID IN His wisdom
saw fit TO take from our homo our
loving mother, Ms E vie B zIrd, IL
6hs geyeutY- seventh year Of her ags
Sha was a Eenbcr OF White House
Mat'aodist Churcn, and was q faithful
CHRISTIAN. and atfeculoDate W'fs and q
davoted, loving ON i er. Sh2 leaves SIX
children and a host cf frlen3s to mourn
her daath About five weeks ago her
youngest daughter, Mrs e. G. Rey
nolds, departed fro-a earth 3 srfforIngs
to- wear crown In heaven. o., how
sad 1t is to give our loved ores up,
out the L"rd gave and the Llrt
taketh away. Blessed be the rsne
Of the Lord
A precious one from US is gone.
A voice we loved is still,
A place is vanant in our home,
Which never can be filled.
They tell me of an angel form,
That watched me while slept,
And of the fair AID gentle hands
That wiped the tears | we It.
Then she use to kneel with US,
And teach us how TO play,
And raise our little hands TO heaven,
And Taught us what to say.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-10-11
HGD) He ID Better.

August K9hn, chief Of the ColuT.
bia bureau OF the Charleston N5V s
and Courier, arrived home from NV
York lass week WHARF he went abIu
lwo weeks bef re fer expart medica'
advice. For sOme time 10 nas ban
suffering from chr0nlo appendicitis
Ia a letter 10 q OUlun bia friend Mr.
K)hn said that the surgeons haV
iesmed 1t best not to perfo:n al cp
sraticn. HIS filcnds hops th2t 10
cones home mucn improygd q In Eealth
Is tie result Ct tha t-es. n20a he las
undergone hu'i1- t'1e a. o7cG.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-10-11
Hold Your Cotton

Theodore II. Prics is recognizad "a
q good Judge e conditions. He Is
kept veil inf'rmed by q corps Of cor
respondents scattered throughout the
cotton belt, and in spite of bis reputs'
tion for getting from one side Of the
market to the other on short notice
his projections are not written, weight
and irf1ence. Last week Mr.. Prics
telegraphed q cotton man in Green
vile uf at tho market was advancing
On q eleral appreciation of the crop
shortage, and that be expected that
the stap.e would sell at twelve cents.
Hs sdded that al immediate decline
may be anticipated in view Of the
largsly Increased receipts, brought
aoout by the high market values,
though this decline may only be ITEM.
porary. DON'T sell your cotton unle:s
you get st least ten cants for 1T.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-10-11
Killed BY Train.

A yonng white man by the name o.
J. B. Ellis WAS killed az Sumpter on
last Thursday evening. he was
aonard passenger train No. 80 going
10 Florence. In soma way that has
not yet been determined he was
struch In two plscas On the chin by
the sharp points Of the heavy tin sig
nal OF the switch. His skull Is be-
leiyed to have been fractured. He
died In a few minutes sftar being his.
Coroner Flowers investigated the &c
cident. An undertaken took the
ooGy In charge. H's brother, Engi.
neer Ellis of 1he Northwestern, says
the dead man was goirg to Atlanta
tomorrow to work tor the LigerTood
ManutaturipQ company OF Atlanta,
whose rtfi ,a is In the Empire building
Shcre the deceased wSs G single
man and a native Of Sunhury, N. O
where he has numerous relatives. He
camel from Atlanta three weeks
ago to visit bis oply brother. He VISA
q member NJ hhe order Of Hoo Hoes.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-10-11
A Good EhoW.

Coles Brothers Circus, which eEh!b.
itec lar, last Tuesday afternoon anG
evfpjue IS 3 good show, was we'll pat
ron q st, both performances. Tht
mana gen ent Ct Gne show regretted
very nuca that one Of its negro lab.
orers ea'. SHOT ard killedta man at
Manning. They did all they could to
bring lAs fellow TO justice and he II
now In tho psniteutary. Mr.. VIII
Miucbet tbs Press Agent CT the cir.
Gus II sps akirg ct the trouble said be
wss scfrr some people we're disposed
to hlarae ahe Coles Brothers for the
q fi,ul1y he very rightly said that
they verr not at all responsible for
them and thst the undue noEoriet7
was very much deploradi Coles
Brothers have always endeavored TO
conduc' their CIRCUS in way that
would " IL for them a reputation Of
havJug Z, good show at which every.
tnirg wsEt on right. When any OF
the la5)rers who accompany the
show g. wrong IL is not their fault.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-10-11
City Officials.

The following city cf1i,tals were
slected at the last nsating Of Ci5y
Council:
Assistant Clerk and Treasurer @
Commissions OF Public Works, A. c.
Dibble.
Polica-Cheif, W. G. Albsrgottl;
Policeman, J. B. Kolly, W. L. Doug
las, L, J. O'Oain, W. II. Ed gins, R
Fl Jennings, e G. F&irey.
Sewerage Commissioners, A. Fl
Moss, T. e. Wannanaksr, T. G..
Doyle, T. A. Fairey. T. A. JET.
lords. Board of Health, J. NJ. Hun.
nicutt and T. J, Hayden.