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The Breckenridge news., 1906-01-24
THE CUCKOO.
How This Selfish, Restless Bird Gets
Its Eggs Hatched.

A popular fallacy tells us that a
cuckoo lays eggs liz another birds nest.
She does not. She lays eight eggs on
the ground. The eggs are in size, col
or. spots and shape in accordance with
the information obtained, say, in Leigh
woods: Out of the eight eggs five or
six would closely resemble the hedge
sparrOw's. The other two might be
those of titlark, wren or Il linnet.
Her male friends-about three or four
to each lady-now come forward, Sc
lect each an egg and catry it in its
mouth to the nest of the prearranged
! foster mother. Only one cuckoo egg is
placed in one nest. If he finds cuckoo
has preceded him on the same crrand
be seeks another cradle, knowing in a
moment amid all the eggs present the
cuckoo pedigree.
/ The deluded mother hatches the in
| truder with her own brood, and the in
terloper, having the faculty of being
hatched sooner than the others, is Of
course the first TO come out of his shell.
He manages TO wriggle underneath his
brothers and sisters and presents them
as a heave offering TO the eXpectant
rodents, mice, rats, stoats, and what
not, and within twelve hours of his ex-
istence is the supreme occupier of the
nest He keeps his black mouth wide
open continually. which the father and
mother of the departed chickens as
constantly fill until his body is too big
for his home, and he departs therefrom
forever.
The cuckoo leaves the last week Of
July. He is a restless being After
leaving Europe he begins in the north
of Africa and ends at the Cape Of
Good Hope, whence he returns to Eu-
rope in the spring. Why does he go
away and why come back? Food-the
food he loves-the hairy caterpillars. He
will eat other grubs, but these are his
hourly bread.
II has been estimated in round num-
bers that out of every 100 hairy cater
pillars that wriggle into life 90 are de-
voured by cuckoos. Everywhere ma
ture is careful to maintain her balance.
The cuckoo keeps down the millions of
billions of hairy caterpillars and pre-
serves our cornfelds from being eaten
up by hedge sparrows. The cuckoo is
born conservative and as long as he
lives returns annually to the neighbor-
hood Of his birth.-Western (England)
Press.
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When TO Measure the Foot.

Just before going abroad one OF the
male leaders of New York society step
ped into his bootmaker's place to get
measured for several pairs of shoes for
use during his tour. 1t was then COM
paratively early in the day, and the
shoemaker, who prides himself upon
his artistic work, asked his customer
to defer the measuring of his foot un-
til about o'clock in the afternoon
But why not measure me nowT'
asked the social leader, with some an
noyance.
1T is too early, sir" was the reply.
"Your foot has not yet acquired its size
for the day. If l measured you now
the shoes would all be little too
small Walking about on our feet as
we do sir, the feet grow, develop, swell
whatever YOU choose to call it-from
rising time till about 3 in the after
noon. At they have their full size for
the day. They retain this size till we
retire, when they shrink up again for
the night; hence to have well fitting,
comfortable shoes ii is necessary to be
measured in the afternoon. New York
Press.
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through the advice of Mrs. Pinkham,
of Lynn, Mass, which is given to sick
women absolutely free of charge.
The present Mrs. Pinkham has for
twenty-five years made a study of the
ills of her sex she has consulted with
and advised thousands of suffering
women, who to-day owe not only their
health but even life TO her helpful
advice.
Mrs. Fannie d. Fox, of Chestnut
Street, Bradford, Pa, writes:'
Dear Mrs. Pinkham
81 suffered for a long time with female
trouble, and finally was told by my physician
that / had a tumor l did not want 10
submit TO an operation, so wrote you for
advice. / received your letter and did as
you told me, and to-day l am completely
cured. My doctor says the tumor has disap-
peared, and / am once more a well woman.
believe Lydia +. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is the best medicine in the world"
The testimonials which we are con-
stantlypublishing from grateful women
establish beyond doubt the power of
Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound to conquer female diseases.
Women suffering from any form Of
female weakness are invited to
promptly communicate with Mrs.
Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. She asks
nothing in return for her advice. 1t is
absolutely free, and to thousands OF
women has proved TO be more precious
than gold.
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Robt. f. Lees Birthday.

To-day is the ninety ninth anniver-
sary OF the birth of the great Virgin
ian, second only IN the memory of mis-
people to his greaTer exemplar, Wash
ington. He has been dead more than
a third of a century, having expired
October 12, 1870. But his fame only
grows brighter with time. His life
was his best epitsph, so we'll depict
ed in Paul Hamilton Haynes sonnet
TO mis- memory:
Defeat but made him tower grandly
high
Sackcloth about. him was transformed
to.gold
And royal purple..in each fawless fold
His soul pierced darkness like the
sum gods eye;
His the deep knowledge how 10 live
- and die:
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JOROAN'S PROPOSITION.
To Hold Three Million Bales of Cot
ton For Higher Prices.

As reported by an exchange, Presi-
dent Harvie Jordan of the southern
Cotton association has said:
The proposition to tie up 100000
bales of this crop and hold it for high
er prices in the face of an already es-
tablished short crop and unprecedented
consumption is we'll under way and
will prove successful. Already more
than 100000 bales have been volunta-
rily pledged 10y wire, and the signed
pledges are now beginning TO come in
by every mail. The whole south and
every cotton section is enthusiastic and
determined.
"In connection with our holding
movement the entire machinery of the
Southern Cotton association will get
to work in the next ten days pledging
the cotton growers of the south to a
reduced acreage for 1906. The associa-
ton is hundred times stronger now
than it was last spring and has the
full confidence and support of several
hundred thousand farmers. We will
begin thus early To hold down the cot
ton acreage in order to give the plant
ers full opportunity to make their ar
rangcmcntS for another year. We will
no longer cut our own thrOatS by
planting large areas in cotton and play
ing into the hands of beariSh specula-
ton. The demand for reduced acre
age in order TO maintain good prices for
thp Stpulp will have the unanimous in
dorsement and cooperation of the en-
tire farming and business element Of
the south"
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office. Aver " Son tell rs they will
send "A copy of the calendar TO persons
serding them twenty-five cents.
The Grip

Before We can sympathize with
others, we must have suffered our
selves " No one can realize the suffer
ing attendant upon an att ok of the
grip, unless he has had the actual
experience. There Is probably no
disease that causes so much physical
and mental agony, or which 50 success
fully detes medical aid All danger
from the grip, however, may be avoid
ed by the prompt use OF Chamber
lsin's Cough Remedy. Among the
tens Of thousands who have used this
remedy, not one case ever mas been re-
ported that has resulted in pneumonia
or that has not recovered. For sale
by Short & Haynes.
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SeIf Acting weapons.

A common story in Japan was TO the
effect that a Muramasa sword was
once on a time pledged TO pawnbro-
ker. The fellow thought this fine op-
pCrtunity 10 parade himself as Il gen
tleman. and accordingly on festival
lay he wore the sword. QuarrelinS
with some idle fellows, he ossaycd TO
use the weapon, but his unfamiliarity
with II excited the derisiOn of the by
ISLANDERS. who numerically ridiculed
his bungling manner. But the merri-
ment of these individuals was short
lived. The sword itself took the matter
in hand, as though the taunts impugn-
ed its own skill and soon laid low all
It's traducers. Then it turned against
the unfortunate pawnbroker and killed
him.
Another story is the basis of pOpu-
lar japanese drama and tells of the ad-
ventures of samurai with strange
sword which he had borrowed from
pawnbroker He lightly hit a man
with the blade without apparently
wounding him in the least. Some time
after the man suddenly dropped dead,
and 1t was found that the sword had
inflicted q mortal wound even when II
had scarcely drawn blood. Upon ex-
animation this was found to be Mura-
masa, which, though coming from the
dishonor of a pawnshop and carried In
the hands of an incompetent, had thus
made manifest its power
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Smoke,
Room \
Storage
Room
ARRANGEMENT OF SPACE.

will do the work. Above this room un-
der the roof there is always a place
TO store articles not often used.
The storage room is fitted up with
shelves and hooks. The shelves are ar
ranged around the sides of the room.
Two nOtched boards are attached YER
tically to the wall at the end of each
,set of shelves. A board made to fit
these notches extends from the one to
the other, and on it rests the shelf. The
advantage of such shelves is that they
are not permanent. They can be ar
ranged at any distance apart at pleas
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Manure In Wintep.

If manure is piled up outdoors as
thrown out of the barn one will save a
good deal of work next spring by
spreading it over the garden now. Here
it will lose no more of its good quail
ties than in the exposed heap at the
barn. But the proper place for it is
under cover, where II will be protected
from the storms Of the season, and
there II should be left until spring.
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Five years of experiment leads the
Rhode Island experiment station to the
conclusion that soda cannot perform
all the functions attributed to potash,
for where soda was substituted entire
ly for potash crops became poorer
from year to year. Another result is
that soda is not as effective as potash
as a plant nutrient 1t is not disputed,
however, that soda is of some use with
many varieties Of plants when the sup
ply of potash is limited.
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( GREAT TRIUMPH FOR
EQUITY FARMERS
Every Leaf of 1904 Crop Pooled
in 0wenSbOrO Sold Except a
Little Trash at S9.l5.
SALE MADE TO |. P. BARNARD

Every leaf of the 1904 crop of to-
bacco pooled in OwensboIo by the
American Society OF Equity, with the
exception of a small quantity OF trash,
has been sold, and the society gain
ed a victory as complete as even its
most ardent supporters hoped for.
The last sale was made Wednesday,
wheR the e70 hogsheads of Pryor leaf
and lugs pooled at the g. N. Thompson
house were sold for an average of 80. :
25, the same price received for the
1, ,1O2 hogsheads sold on Monday. The
Aale was made by l. 2. Barnard, of
the Louisville Tobacco Warehouse COM
pany, with whom the tobacco has been
stored foI several months He says
that he is not at liberty to give the
name of the purchaser, but says that 1t
is not the Continental Tobacco Com
psny. The last sale was made to the
same party as the first, and it is I'M
derstoed that the whole lot will be
exported.
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ure or can be removed entirely if de
sired to make room for something else.
Hooks are put in the edges of heavy
boards. and these are laid across tho
beams overhead. If the board is not TO
be permanently attached, be careful
not to load one side only, or il will be
overturned
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A SMOKEHOUSE PLAN.

IL Provides smoke and Storage
Rooms and Handy Fittings.
\ plan for convenient smokehouse
for one who does butchering in a small
way is submitted in Orange Judd
Farmer. The smoke room is boarded
up tight 50 that minimum of smoke
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Calmly benlgnant and superbly tcld,
All incorI uptl ble, unbrought, unsold-
A steadfast splendor in stormy sky.
The winds may rage, the frightened
clouds be driven
Like multitudinous banners torn and
tossed,
Retresting from some mighty conflict
lost.
But far beyound all Shapes and sounds
of i'll
That stsr-his SOULS shining calmly
still,
A stesdfast splendor in stormy hea'
ven,
-Editonslin Fridays Courier-Jour-
nal.
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Sedlment or SET
tling indicates an
unhealthy condi-
ton Of the kid
neys; If Il stains
your linen it is
evidence Of kid
ney trouble; too
frequent desire TO
pass II or pain in
the hack is also
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ALL SICK WOMEN
SHOULD READ MRS. FOX'S LETTER
In All Parts of the United States Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Has Effected Similar Cures.

Many wonderful cures of female ills
are continually coming to light which
have been brought about by Lydia +.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and
The Breckenridge news., 1906-01-24
Handsome Calendar

N. W. Aver & Sons, advertising
agents, Philadelphia, nave sent us a
handsome calendar that will grace any
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Small Quantity OF Trash.

The only tobacco now remaining on
the hands of the Daviess county finance
committees that pooled at Whitesville
and the small quantity of trash still
held OF the Owensboro pool. All of the
Burley was disposed of several months
ago During the week 1,772 hogsheads
of tobacco have been sold IN Owens
boro. This tobacco represents about
2,403, 800 pounds and has brought 1922, -
SS3.
Equity men all over the county are
iubilant over the sale They have all
along been confident of ultimate VIC
tory IN their fight, but the sale of this
weeK afforded the first opportunity
they have had to demonstrate to out
siders their ability to cope with the
situation. Although, the Clarksvllle,
Tenn, growers made their sales some
bit earlier, their victory over the Reg
lie agents was not more complete than
that of the Davless county Equity men
over the TOBACCO trust. One of the
Io6st prominent tobacco dealers in
Louisville is quoted as saying;
Means Much to Farmers.
"The success of the pool means
much TO the Daviess county growers,
ana 1t also means a lively scramble
between the farmers and the trust
the sale ls the first that has been
made successfully since the effort to
pool the tobacco were originated three
years ago, and although tie majority OF
the growers have had confidence In the
method OF raising the price, many
were skeptical, and 1t was only with
difficulty that they were restrained
from selling when the open market
price begsn TO boom.
"Ihe deal means that not only wi IL
new strength and added confidence be
given the farmers which will result
in redoubling of the quantity of to-
bacco in the pools. but it will also
be the means of providing additional
financial assistance for the farmers as
socistions. Ready money has been
secured with the greatest difficulty,
and this is the greatest OBSTACLE the
associations have had TO overcome, as
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Celebrations Held.

Celebrations were held at several
places in the county last night. At
Moseleyville there was particularly
enthusiastic demonstration, and dyna-
mite was used to make a noise. S.
Turner Burns chairman OF the county
finance committee, was serenaded.
1t is not known just when the money
Will be ready fer distribution to the
farmers, but those in charge say that
it will be within a few weeks at the
longest. Owing to the pressure of
business IN the warehouse of the Louis
vile Tobacco Warehouse company
during the past few weeks, it has been
impossible to sample and prepare ior
Shipment all of the tobacco transferred
in the deal. The work will be carried
on as rapidly as possible, however, and
the purchase will be ready for ship
ment in a few days. When 1t is ship
ped the money Will be sent to the
county finance committee and will then
be distributed as soon as the pro rata
OF each farmer in the pool can be de-
termined
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Analysis of these crops revealed the
and crude fat per acre:
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Alfalfa Compared With Other Hay.

The following represent comparative
yields of alfalfa hay. red clover. timO-
thy and bronze grass hay in some Wis
consn experiments:
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For coughs and colds no Iemedy is
equal to Kennedy Laxative Honey
and Tar. 1t IS different from all
otheIs-better, because 1t expels all
cold from the system bv acting as a
cathartic on the bowels. Affords i'm
mediate relief in Group, Coughs,
Colds, Whooplng. .cough, etc. Children
love it. Sold by all Druggists.
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Thousands Have Kidney Trouble
and Don't Know il.
How To Find Out,

Fiji bottle or common glass with your
gater and let it stand rwenty-four hours a
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mans of the farmers are compelled to
sell their crops as soon as cut in
order to secure money to tide them
through the winter.
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Slight misunderstanding.

There has been an element Of dissatis
faction on the part of some Burley
growers recently upon receiving their
checks for tobacco pooled, some OF them
claiming that thev did not get enough
money. 1t appears that the misunGer
standing arose because Of a failure of
the persons making the sale to give
the average price received or the price
on the various grades. 1t was stated
at the time the sale was made that the
prices were $10.50 50. 80 and $3.50.
1t appears, however, that some grades
of leaf and lugs were sold for a lower
price, bringing the average down. s..
b. Lee stated last night that in order
to satisfy some anexity, he had made
partial examination and found this
TO be the case. The pro rata made,
he says is fair at the prices actually
received, and that the farmers who
thought they We're not getting enough
money were misled by the published
prices.
George NJ. Taylor, a member of the
Burey committee and one Of the most
prominent men in the society in the
county, stated Wednesday night that
he is going carefully over the books
and that he will make complete stat
ment of the Burley pool as soon Ms he
can get his figures ready. 1t is tedious
job, he says, and some time Will be It
nnired TO oOmplete il,
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The daily sentinel., 1906-09-21
SHADES OF RED

SHADES OF RED
OF good in plain fabrics and are quite the rage
in eastern cities. Late arrivals place stock In a
of satisfactory completeness but well admit that
the bolts large Is they few days
The prices G5c, soc per yard and
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nI.Ark nnEss EAnnICs-


are always good. but especially this season. Serv-
fabrics general :i5c, soc 05c, per
yard and mp. \ special number in Black Siclan 90
inches wide 81 :S5 yard. Ask see It, should
you have in mind a pretty warp goods dressy
costume. please you with nice variety TO
select from S1OO, 81 % and 81 30 per yard
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Up-to-date Styles in
Wool Dress Goods
Never We shown n Extensive Assortment

THE NEW pLAIDS-
It's well to make your selections Pretty styles
will be scarce later. Al Boo per yard we are showing
most excellent variety. The same colorings as are
shown in goods higher price Another beautiful
line SOC per yard. Others at zoe 81 90 and S1.25
DpTy
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BEARSKIN CLOTH
rhc prettiest cloth ever for Babies and Child
rens coats your choice of white. gray. red or
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HE NEW BLUE SHADES

The stylish BROWNS. the much -soughtfor pretty
grays gray mixtures here in great profusion
and to please
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A 5i-n SUITING FOR G5c. PER YARD
Heavy all wool surface great cloth for skirts coats
and Childrens' wear
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HENLEY SERGE
Have YOU Looks like wool the same color
Ings. the patterns. A wash fabric for zoe per
yard.
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THE NEW Low CUT IN BOOTS VERY STYLISH
We show 1t in variety of lasts and styles in Patent
Colt and fine Kid Stock.-A $3.50 shoe OIr famous
Cecilia shoes the lasts absolutely the
best $3.50 shoe to be found anywhere. The Acme
Cushion Sole furnishes world of comfort well as
shoe with style and We have specials in Lad
les shoes $500. $3.50 and $500 pair. They
have the style of the higher priced shoes and spen
did
SHOES FOR YOUNG LADIES AND CHILDREN
More has been given for this branch of Shoe
Department and the stock abouEds with snappy styles
in good wearing shoes. Special school shoes at 81 49,
81 so, and 81 20 per pair. according size. The
Little Warderer" shOe-'Its a peach" at 81 80 and
RABIES SHOES
AS low as ooc.-others at O5c, 75c Doc and up-Many
styles
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Shoes for Ladies

News Fall Styles You will not Regret
Making early Selections.
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CORSETS

models for fall are here
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with fricd hose supporters attached. Extended mp
equal o any 81 2.OO styles price 81 70.
We are agents The Richardson's Embroidery silks
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The new Fascinntors aud Shnwls.
Belts and Bags.
he NcCkwcnr.
The Kid Gloves.
he Waists
new in Back and side Combs
he II silks.
RIrY SHEETINGS AND MUSLINS NOW
or Buttcric< Patterns.
Excellent II Table Linen.
Buy Turkish Towels now.
BUY Cotton Blankets
Buy Comfortcrs
Iuy
Iiuy Elanncls
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THE County Fair will together people Everybody or
malIc
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-10-03

allowances were signed for by r.
M. NAlty.
The investigation into and
grouping Of these facts discloses a
most lamentable example of the
loose manner In which at least a
part Of the city's business has
been administered BY those charg-
ed with the responsible duty, and
a no less surprising disregard OF
the plain mandates of the law. Ii
should not have been left to Mar
shal Hurst by the Mayor and 9TH
er members of Board to take the
Initiative against abuses of public
trust SO palpable; but he deserves
fullest credit and praise for NOV
ing IN the matter when others
more responsible failed to do so
and the people of this city should
appreciate what he has done &C
cordingly. There is enough in
the facts cited and the law quoted
above to put the Mayor and every
Alderman on the Board to ex-
planning and showing why he
should not be dealt with as the
law prescribes.