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La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1906-03-14

Lunatics often assume a suPerl-
ority of intellect TO others which is
quite amusing \ gentleman while
saIking along a road. not far from
the side OF which there ran rail-
uav. encountered number Of in
sane people out for exercise With
. nod toward the rail~sy lines he
said to one Of the lunstics:
where does this railway go to:
The lanatie looked at him scorn-
fullv for a moment and ther re-
Piled:
~It don't 90 anywhere We keep
4 here 10 run trains on
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1906-03-14

We are exclusive agents for the
world-farlous PeninsuIar and New
port ranges They are the best and
are fully guaranteed.
Lutte s. GEE.
The House Furni<her.
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1906-03-14

If you need anything in the line of
trees. plants or vines can supply
your wants Phone Black 1s6.
GEORGE A. NDY-
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-06
A PARTY PaStime.

Here is a very funny diversion which
will serve to fill in an odd half hour
during that party you may be plan
ming TO give.
1t is founded on an optical illusion
and the fact that very few people are
aware of anything like the actual
height of the crown of an ordinary
high hat. So the first thing you do
is to ask each person to put his or
her index finger on the wall above a
table to mark the height that he or
she supposes the high hat to be.
A long piece of wrapping paper
should be pinned on the wall above
the table, thus you will be able to re-
cord each persons guess by marking
the spot where the finger touches and
writing the guesser's name under
meath. /
You'll find a great diversity in the
guesses, as nearly every n will guess
from several inches to a foot above
the actual height of the crown, which
proves the optical illusion concerning
the hat; it is invariably overestimated
in its height. :
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-06
Increase in Taxable Values.

Hon. y. r. Maxwell, secretary of the
railroad commission, states that in the
year 1900 the valuation of land and per-
sonalty for the purposes of taxation was
S215,7 6 ,947; in 1905 the figures were
S~2S4,343,137, an increase of over $685.
100000, and more han 81 per cent. for
the five years. In 1900 there were seven
teen railroads operating in the State, ten
interstate and seven intrastate, with a
mileage of 2,757, and assessed valuation
of $26,621,497. In 1905 the number had
increased to twenty-three, eleven inter
state and twelve interstate, with a total
mileage of 1904, and assessed value of
$36,316,SOO. This was an increase OF
50, 695, 1903, or over Sc per cent. in five
years. In 1900 the assessed valuation
of express, sleeping car, telegraph and
telephone companies was S428,297; in
1906 it was $1,4S5,543, or nearly $50 per
cent. in the five years. The tax on these
utilities in 1900 was, with privilege tax
added, $2O5,S S3; in 1905 it was S2S7,-
AS. This increase was due to the I'M
usually large amount of extension of
telephone and telegraph lines and estab-
fishing of inter-community systems.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-06
MISSISSIPPI NATTER
Horticulturists to Meet.

The horticulturists of the State are
going to hold a meeting during the early
autumn for the purpose of making an
insistent demand that the next Legisla-
ture enact a fruit pest law that will pre-
vent the importation of diseased and
infested nursery stock. Wholesale COM
plants are being heard over the State
that a great deal of the nursery stock
shipped in during the winter and spring
months was infested with the San Jose
scale and other pests, and is of little or
no value. At present the State is abso-
lutely without protection from diseased
nursery stock, and as a result the fruit
trees rejected in other States are dumped
into Mississippi. At the last legislative
session the lower house passed a fruit
pest law, in response to the memorial
from the Mississippi Horticultural So
ciety, but the measure was pigeon oled
in the Senate Committee on Agriculture,
and did not receive consideration on the
floor of that body.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-06
GRAIN FOR COWS ON GRASS
In Opinion of Prof. Thomas Shaw It
Pays to Use the Grain Ra-
ton in Summer.

Several experiments have been con-
Quoted to test the advantage of feed
ing grain thus. The conclusions
reached were, that the grain fed when
grass was plentiful and while it was
yet %succulent, did not bring any prof
it wei and above the cost of the
grain. In some instances, as when
grain was fed in large quantities, it
was said that the increase III milk
and butter fat did rot pay for the cost
of the grain. The conclusion has gone
extensively abroad, therefore, that 1t
does not pay to feed cows grain or
meal on grass, when the supply of the
grass Is abundant.
| am not prepared to accept such
a view, Prof. Shaw goes on to de-
clare in presenting his views in the
Orange Judd Farmer. 1t seems to me
it is a conclusion reached without con-
sidering every phase of the question.
II the increased return in milk or but
ter fat pays for the cost of the grain.
and no more, my contention is, that
in the end, such feeding is attended
with profit.
If the grain is thus paid for. one
item of profit is found in the pasture
saved. 1t is only reasonable to sup
pose that for every pound of dry mat
ter consumed in the grain, an equal
amount of dry matter will remain I'M
consumed in the pasture. This would
mean that the carrying power OF a
pasture is increased to the extent OF
the saving effected by feeding grain.
A second item of profit will prob
ably be found inn what is termed the
residual effect of the grain feeding.
This has been we'll brought out by
Prof. Roberts, of Cornell. Six cows
were selected that had been given a
liberal allowance of grain on pasture
the previous season, and six were al
so selected that had been grazed In
the same field but without grain. All
were put upon pasture without grain.
The lot grained the preceding summer
produced 16 per cent. more milk than
the other lot. The heifers in this lot
in milk. also, made a better develop
ment than the heifers in the other.
This result is in accord with the view
of many practical men on this ques-
ton.
A third item of profit would arise
from the fertilizer obtained from the
grain. Where wheat, bran and cot
tonseed meal were fed, the advantage
would be considerable from this
source. Putting these three items to-
gether, they should represent a sat
isfactory profit, ven when the in
crease in milk production and butter
fat did not more than pay the cost of
the grain.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-06
BIRTHDAY

ing love was precious to her who had
put it away in her box of treasures,
while she was yet in her teens.
n
You will not think that I am preach
ing, will you, If hint that each birth
day should mark a definite advance in
wisdom and knowledge and find US
better fitted to help one another than
we were a year ago? Little things
make up the sum of our lives. If we
are fretful and. cross, easily disturbed
and quick to resent grievances, we
shall be hard to get on with, trouble
some to ourselves and disagreeable to
our friends.
There are girls who are charming
away from home, but very %inconsider-
ate and irritable with those they love
best. Every birthday should enable
us to be more self-controlled and more
gentle and lovable than we used to
be. In a household l know there are
three sisters; Louise is unselfish and
lovely; Betty is p~reoccupied with her
own affairs and sees everything from
her own point of view; Maria is par
TALLY an invalid and is what her
mother calls "f%ractious." The last ex-
preston means a good deal to me. 1t
shows me that Maria's disposition is
to break the peace around her instead
Of preserving it as a perfect whole.
Louise is the darling of this trio.
Hannah More, a writer very popular
in her day, but at present almost for
gotten, wrote a bit of verse that fits
in to my birthday talk:
Since trifles make the sum of human
things,
And half our misery from our foibles
springs;
Since life's best joys consist in peace
and ease,
And though but few can serve, yet all
can please;
Oh, let the ungentle spirit learn from
hence,
A small unkindness is a great offense."
Another bit of advice may be par
a great deal of attention was paid to
Susie's and Jenny's birthdays, but
nothing whatever made of she birth
days of Tom and Dick. Boys care
just as much about love and happy
times at home as girls do, and sisters
should look out for their brothers and
make their birthdays red-letter days.
Then father and mother, who are
always thinking and planning for you
and making sacrifices that you may
be we'll educated, we'll dressed and
able to go here and there, for visits
and Journeys, should be remembered
by their juniors. On fathers birthday,
see that there is an extra touch on
the table, a flower beside his plate, and
a little gift from every one AS for
mother, too much cannot be done for
her, since she is the good angel of
her children's lives. If there are old
people In the house, do something ex-
ira for them on their birthdays.
The sum of the matter is this: a
birthday is a golden opportunity to
make somebody happy and to take a
fresh start in unselfish behavior on
your own part.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-06
SuMMERlMG OF HOGS.
Experience of a Missouri Farmer
How He Arranged His Farm
for the Animals.

Last fall our 10 sows saved over 100
pigs, and all of these, except the few
which have been sold at extra prices
for breeding purposes, are ready for
market, writes a Missouri correspond
ent of Farm and Home. An aged SOW
was sold and the remaining dozen gave
nearly 100 pigs this spring. The cut
shows the 40-acre farm cross-fenced
into four equal squares. The south
east quarter is further divided into a
three-acre barn lot, a blue grass pas
ture, d, of about equal size, a somewhat
smaller piece containing orchard and
garden, and along the west side a GO
foot lane from the house to the barn.
The fences are of hog-tight wire.
For three vars the house quarter, G,
has been in grass. This field is roughly
divided by a ditch into two parts of
four and six acres respectively. The
former is in red clover and the latter
in alfalfa. Since its first year this
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-06
TO PUT ON PLUMPNESS.

For the thin woman milk is saliva
ton; It glass of rich, pure milk, with
the cream in it, taken just before re-
firing, slipped, and a roll taken with it,
will make a most marked change in a
month in the sallow skin and drawn,
scrawly face and neck of the thin wo-
man who is not really ill.
For her also the cold bath, but the
tepid enc first, because of the shock.
For her also the free use of sugar and
all the potatoes, rice, macaroni and
cream she can get. Salads with olive
oil; plenty of fresh, sweet butter; all
the green foods which agree with her
stout sister are good for the thin one.
Exercise in moderation, eve to the
point of exhaustion, and a great deal of
sleep in a we~ll-ventilated chamber.
A glass of hot milk after her walk, a
roll or cracker several times between
meals with a bit of preserve or even a
lump of sugar, and the thin woman
soon shows the change for the better.
1t must be understood that the milk is
sweet and fresh, and buttermilk the
same. Drugs will do no good. A sim
pie tonic where the appetite is poor;
sometimes just a little cup made from
the bitter ~'quassia wood" from which
a drink of cold water may be taken
three times a day, answers every pur-
pose. TONES sometimes stimulate the
stomach too much and digestion Is in
complete, so there is no nourishment in
the food that is taken.
For the too thin woman indulgence
of herself in the good things of earth,
abstaining from acids and too much
exercise.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-06
H DRAWING CLASS.

do: ard that's a hard thing to tackle,
because there's a lot of curly streaks
to draw, and they're shiny, and she
makes you leave a square white place
on it where she said the window was
DETECTED. But | couldn't see any win
dow, but had to put on the square
place just the same.
/ was hurryin' to get to the paint
part when that old elbow of mine just
swung around and gave a whang, and
away went my tumbler. 1t didn't break,
but it made a noise, and Miss Henriet-
ia looked around. But kept still, and
she went on givin' lessons TO the girls.
The water was the worst part. It
went all over. | grabbed my sponge
and sopped it off my drawing book.
and pretty soon the sponge was full.
SO | borrowed one of Sammy Carter.
and that got full. They are awful lit
tie, those sponges. But I'd got the floor
and things wiped up, and | set the
sponges careful in my desk, and just
then the bell rang for school out, Sc |
put my things away, and Miss Henri
eta didn't eaten me.
Well, next morning, when | came in.
there was a trickle under my desk, and
Miss Henrietta was looking at it, AMI
when che saw me she said:
Daniel, what is the matter with
your desk?"
And | looked and said: Il guess the
| sponges is leaking, ma'am." And she
said, stern: What sponges?" And so
had to tell her, and we looked. and
I'd put my drawing book on top of the
four sponges, and it was all soaked up.
and the water had run onto my logger
fly and natur book. and they was sights.
Miss Henrietta made me take all four
of them sponges and go and see the
principal with EN-.
And so | had tc, and | was awful
he hoped wouldn't do it again, and
| said i hoped not, too. And ne talked
to me about being careful and things,
till | bet he never was a boy himself
And when l was going away, l said:
Mr.. Polk, | guess this will be a
WdTull-S ~ ulC. anu hC SOu6hOu 70
hind his sieve, and said he thought so.
too.
And had to squeeze out all them
sponges and give EN- back before the
hull school.
If | can I'm going to get some of
that elbow grease mother tells father
to use sometimes. and I'm going to rub
" IT.. ~ ,IA 49, Ls+ hS--.
they will slide past and not knock 'em
off and get me into trouble.-Boston
Globe.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-06
To Reclaim Swamp Lands.

Although the board of supervisors re-
fused to appoint a drainage commission
for Black Bayou, as authorized in an act
passed at the recent session OF the Legis'
~lature, some of the citizens of Washing
ton county are determined that the pro-
visions of the measure shall be carried
out, thus opening up for cultivation
more than 100, 900 acres of the best lands
in the delta, now covered with a heavy
timber growth, the value of tie latter
alone being equal to the cost of the drain
age. 1t is claimed that the taxable val
ues of Washington county would be I'M
mediately increased more than a million
dollars BY this enterprise.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-06
ANIMAL POINTS.

Poor care degenerates good stock.
Hogs are frequently made sick by
soap in the kitchen slop.
Hog feeds from restaurants and
hotels should be carefully looked over
for soap, glass and other dangerous
things.
We used to think we would not have
a separator as there was so much to
wash. but would not have cows with
out one now.
Keep the colts in a pasture by them
selves. They will run more flesh off
COWS and sheep than you can put on
with the best of feed
There should be a good stallion in
every locality. Often he would have
to be purchased by a horse breeders
association of local breeders.
The heavily padded collar is all right
for heavy drawing in cool or cold
weather, but not the thing for a hot
summers day.
Keep a big lump Of rock salt where
the cows can get at it every day. If
sailed only once a week they eat too
much at a time causing looseness Of
the bowels. 1t also retards digestion.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-06
Good Cattle Feeds.

For feeding cattle for the general
market. find clover and timothy give
the best results. This, of course, is
supplemented by pasturage. The
grains l feed are corn and some oats.
During the usual f~attening period I
give to each steer from 80 to 60 BUSH
els of corn. I give oil meal the last
six weeks, one to two pounds per day
per steer. I grind all corn, cob and
corn together. l have my own grind.
er and a 12-horsepower steam engine.
/ can grind enough corn in one day
to supply a load Of cattle three weeks.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-06


l don't see why 1t is boys always get
the worst of it. Their shoes gets into
the biggest mud %puddles, their hands
gets the coolest snowballin' and their
elbows are always knockin' things
over. Sometimes | wisht didn't nave
any el5ows-and sometimes l guess
other folks wishes so, too.
The last time it was In the drawing
class. / kind of like that class-that
is, laastwise, | used to like it when |
could do it with transfer paper. That's
easy. You put 1t over the picture and
draw a outlines Then you take it off
and black oEe side of it, and then you
can draw it right into your book.
But Miss Henrietta she don't let us
do that, and she said it was cheating,
and took away my transfer paper. and
now | amt so good a artist as | used
to De, and | got pretty tired of it till
We got into w~ater-colors.
That was ome fun. anyway. We
had little boxes with red, blue and yel-
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-06
New K. of P. Lodges.

Hon. H. NJ. QuiD, grand keeper of rec
ords and seal of the Mississippi Grand
Lodge, Knights of Pythias, states that
the fraternity in this State has been en-
loving a remarkable growth since the
Grand Lodge session in May. Two new
local lodges have been recently Installed,
one at Crenshaw and one at Waynesboro.
Applications for charters for new lodges
at Inverness, Madison Station and Gin
ton have been approved by the grand
chancellor. Lodges are being organized
at Eastabuchie, Raymond, Ec-u and
Brooksville, and will shortly make appli-
cations for charters. This will make a
total of nine new lodges within ninety
days after the Grand Lodge session.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-06
Found Baby in a Basket.

A conductor on a south bound train
on the Illinois Central Railroad found a
basket in one of the coaches containing
a 3 or 4-days-old healthy looking baby
boy, neatly dressed. The basket also
contained one silver dollar and a note,
which read something like this: Il was
put on at Sardis. My name is Johnnie
johnson. Please take me to jackson.
If you fail to do this, it means death to
me and my mother" The conductor
says he is sure it was placed on ths train
at Batesville. and it was not found until
after the train had passed that place.
When the train reached Grenada the
baby was turned over to the sheriff and
was sent by him to jackson.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-06
THE HAT.

and the edge gathered up to fit a band
of white stiff muslin about one and
one-half inch wide and large enough to
fit the child's head comfortably. The
brim is also sewn to this band; it is
composedfof a gathered frill of accor-
dion-pleated muslin and a frill of mus
lin embroidery; the joining of the brim
is covered by a fold of ribbon, and a
large bow trims the front.
The hat should be lined with a soft
piece of muslin or sarsenet silk; a ro-
settle of the ribbon is placed under the
brim at the left side of front.
Ladies, as well as children, have
adopted the lingerie hat. 1t is the IA
vored summer headgear of the day.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-06
What Lightning Likes.

A German statistieian announces
that mari has twice the attraction for
lightning which chalk has, and that
sand has nine times and clay % times
as much. Moreover, 81 oak trees and
Is pine trees are struck for every tree
that the lightning touches; so that, if
one is caught out in a thunder storm.
and must stand under a tree, it is bet
ter to stand under a beach tree which
is rooted in chalky ground than any
where else.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-06
Exempt From Taxation.

State Auditor Henry, on the advice of
the encouragement, has granted a FIVE
year exemption from taxation to John
Fetterman & Son, located at Itta Bena,
Leflore county, on the ground that it is
a new industry and is engaged in devel-
.oping a well known State product. Fet-
terman & Son manufacture bowls, and
the material used is the wild gum of the
swamps, which is chewed by women and
children, known under the general name
of sweet gum, being among that species,
tupelo gum or wood.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-06

In no sense %propelling organs, but act
simply as parachutes. On the other
hand, says the Youths Companion. it IS
maintained by other observers that the
flight Of flying-fshes is due to inces-
SAINT and extremely rapid movements
of their wing-like fins. 1t has been
suggested that there may be differences
in the manner of flight of different
species of fish, and that consequently
there may be truth in both views.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-06
Railroad Decision.

An interesting railroad decision was
rendered by the Mississippi Supreme
Court in the case of Morris VS.. Brook
haven & Pearl River Railroad, appel
lant's declaration having been dismissed
in the lower court on demurrer filed by
defendant. Justice Calhoon, in reversing
this decision, stated that in legal pro-
cedure of the present day substance IS
more than mere form, and that the courts
must not give too much heed to hyper
criticism and ov~erstrained technical con-
struction; that the case should have been
submitted to the jury to ascertain the
measure of damages.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-06
Hard to Cure.

I'm glad to hear that Flatman has
inherited a fortune and bought a good
farm with it. How does he like living
in the country?"
"Splendidly. But when the first day
OF last May came he forgot himself
and went around absent-mindedly
looking for a new farm, under the i'm
preston that he had got to move
Chicago Tribune.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-06
Explosive Dust in Mines.

have shown that the fine dust which
settles on the timber and sides OF
roadways is an elemeat of serious dan
ger. The risk is kept at the minimum
when and where the dust is removed
as much as possible and the currents
of air forced into the mine through
ventilating shafts are made as dry an
practicable.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-06
Wine Off the Sweat.

When a working team comes from
work covered with sweat and dust,
they should not be left for the night
covered with such a coat. They
should be rubbed over with a handful
of straw or bedding as soon as the
harness has been removed. This will
add to the health as well as to the
comfort of the animals. 1t also saves
them the next morning when the
horses are cleaned with the curry
comb and brush. However, there is
nothing that will SO clean and invig-
crate the skin of a horse as letting
them out in a gentle rain.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-06

survey, in a recent
memoir on these
fishes, maintains
that the initial
impetus by e a
of which they
launch themselves
is due to screw
like movements of
the tail fin, and
that the wings ara
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-06
Money Sharks Win.

The Supreme Court has declared I'M
constitutional that clause of the privi-
lege tax law enacted at the recent ses-
sion of the Legislature imposing a heavy
tax on the money sharks who make small
loans on personal property, household
furniture, etc, the ground of the decision
being that the tax is within the cate
CORY of class legislation.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-06
ROUGHAGE RACK FOR SHEEP

the Nebraska experiment station farm.
The corners of the rack stand between
seven and eight feet high, with a
plank-sided bottom. The width is
about four feet, and length can be
whatever may be desired. The general
plan of the work is brought out in the
accompanying illustration.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-06
Major Ewing Resigns.

Major D. D. Ewing, of B~rookhaven,
commanding the First Battalion, Third
Regiment, Mississippi National Guard,
has rendered his resignation, having de-
eided to remove to New Orleans. The
retirement of Major Ewing will cause
deep regret among national guardsmen
throughout the State, as he ranks as n
Of the most capable military men in the
organization, and has been connected
with the State militia for the past ten
wears.