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The Greeley tribune., 1906-12-06
Big Land Deal.

The largest actual land deal made
in this county In long time was
that made by Thomas Keehn Of
Platteville, when few days ago he
sold $40 acres lying three miles north
and east of Platteville to John S.
Rich of Denver. The price paid
was $s2, 900. Keehn is said to have
bought the land for $ls, 900 four years
ago, and borrowing the money from
an insurance company to pay for it.
A telegram was received In Gree
ley last evening announcing the
death Of the infant daughter of DR..
and Mrs. j. w. Amasso of Brooklyn.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-05-04
THE VALUE OF ORANGES.
They Are Most Attractive for Table
Observation-Disclosures Ways
to Serve Them.

Oranges are charming for decoration
of the table, as well as for food. When
placed upon the table whole, a few
green leaves should be placed around
them; the leaves need not, necessarily,
be orange leaves, but other pretty, green
leaves may be used, if the orange leaves
are not to be had. When to be eaten at
the table, there are several ways of han
ding them. Cuttingthem across and eat
ing with a spoon has the drawback that
the Juice flies about disagreeably. By
cutting a little circle around the core in
the center this unpleasant feature may
be counteracted. Another way is to cut
them in eighths with the skin on, and
sip the Juice from these little portions.
One method of preparing them for the
table is as follows: Cut with a sharp
knife a narrow girdle around the cir
conference of the orange, half way from
the stem to the blossom end; remove all
the rind except the narrow girdle; just
over one of the divisions Of the fruit cut
the rind band through with a knife.
Then carefully separate the natural
divisions of the orange. leaving each at
tached at its back to the strip OF rind. 1t
is very convenient and comfortable to
eat oranges prepared in this way, as
there is no trouble with the juice or peel
ing.-The Commoner.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-05-04
PLANTINc-TIME sooN.
Plant Sweet Peas Early and Do Not
Neglect the Old-Fashioned
Flowers.

Don't forget that the peas, Towering
or garden, must go into the ground early.
The trenches for the peas should be pre-
pared at the earliest possible moment, as
soon as the condition of the weather and
soil will permit-the earlier the better,
in order that the vines may make a good
root-growth while the ground is cool
and moist.
Don't neglect to plant plenty of the
dear old "grandmother's garden" flow
ers; and remember the fragrant ones as
well as those for show only. Plant some
scented foliage plants. The old lemon
verbena is n of the best. Some of our
most popular Towering plants of to-day
are the old kinds our mothers loved.
These plants seldom die and never re-
sign" their Office of beauty-bearing.
Lettuce is easily started in boxes in
the house, or, if there is a furnace in the
cellar, with a window in the apartment
through which the sun may reach the
box part of the day, the boxes may be
set there, and when the ground gets in
condition to work the lettuce should be
ready to transplant. All hardy vege-
tables, such as beets, radishes, turnips,
peppers, etc., can be started in the house
with much saving of time.
The common ruffled parsley, used so
freely as a garnish for many dishes and
as flavoring for others, is easily raised.
Seeds should be sown early in boxes in
the house, or in the hot bed, or, later, in
the open ground. The seeds terminate
readily. When fully grown, cold and
freezing weather does not harm the
parsley, and it can be had green all win
ter if given a little protection. A sprig OF
it suits we'll to put in boquets, or in the
vase. 1t is useful, ornamental and easily
grown. Do plant a few seeds of it.
For either the flower or vegetable gar
den, prepare the ground. get good seeds,
plant generously to allow for many mis-
haps, give good cultivation, and you will
find yourself well repaid for money, care
or exertion. Don't neglect the garden.
The Commoner.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-05-04

Perhaps you may never have the good
fortune that befell a dear little Irish
maid who used to work IN my kitchen.
She told me In good faith that she
had often seer the good people, as she
called the fairies, dancing in the
moonlight on a green knoll behind her
fathers house In the land across the
sea.
We so soon leave the morning mists
and the poetry behind us that we re-
fuse to see the beauty that is tucked
away in myths and dreams. Study
folk lore and you will be studying
poetry, and a little poetry sweetens
life's prose, and is like honey on ones
bread.
Your fairies, when you descend to
the practical, will be named Order,
System, Promptnnss, Application, Obe-
dience, Hope, Courage and Love,
These are forever the good fairies who
fight and conquer in the battles OF
life, and drive away the baleful influ-
ences that menace our peace and use
fitness, as we study, work and play.
Copyright, 1906. by Joseph B.. Bowles.)
The Tupelo journal., 1906-05-04
AMBITION OF PITCHERS.
They Are Happy When They Shut ou'
the Opposing Force With
out a Hit.

Every pitcher that ever wrapped his
fingers around a baseball hungers to
shut out an opposing team without a
hit or a run. 1t has been computed
that only 33 times in the 30 years
which have known great professional
baseball, has the stunt been done. To
sink the enemy, runless and hitless, re-
quires an almost ideal combination in
the twirler. He must have the fielding
ability of a Wiltse, to grip bunts and
stop the drives; he must have the cool
ness Of a McGinnity, the rapidity of
delivery of a Waddell and the DELHI
crate sure eye of a Mathewson. Which
means perfection.
Five years after the establishment of
the National league the achievement
came. Lee Richmond, singing the egg
for Worcester, shut Cleveland out
without a hit. He did not give a base
on balls. Ward, of Buffalo, followed
a year later against Providence. On
May 5, 1904, the grand old warrior,
"Cy" Young, leaped to the pinnacle
and won imperishable baseball fame
by sticking the Philadelphia American
league team on the fence to dry, re-
firing every single man that came to
bat nine long innings. The Boston
bunch behind him committed not a
single error, and Young's accuracy
never faltered. He sent every man to
glory in the blood-stirring, one-two-
three order. Young was more handi-
capped than his predecessors who made
opponents hitless. They could exercise
as much looseness of movement, near
ly, as the man who delivers a cricket
ball. They could run in, step back, to
the side, balk, throw the ball any way
they pleased. Young was circum-
scribed in his movements.
Corcoran, of Chicago, stands out as
the only man who ever did the trick
three times. "Cy" Young and Mathew
son have two each to their credit.
Clarkson, of Boston, rubbed it into
Providence il 1885. Clarkson, with the
lovable old Mike" Kelly, will be re-
membered as half the battery that was
sold for 500, 900 by Chicago. Amos
Rusie in 1891, in revenge for Lovett, of
Brooklyn, shaming the Giants on the
hitless stage, put all his celebrated
speed and skill into his arm and
dashed Brooklyn over the cliffs SIM
ilarly. Four games of this character
were played in 1898, that year taking
the palm. Henley and Hatty hold the
1905 record, one each.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-05-04
ONIONS FOR
New England Physician Won Renowr
by Simple Remedies and Found
This One Most Successful.

Owing to the prevalence of pneu.
monia and the great mortality which
attends it's ravages during the winter
and spring, several boards of health
in northern New Jersey have been TAX
ing measures to protect the citizens of
health board of Washington, N. j., has
published a remedy which is said to
be a SURE cure for pneumonia, and
other health boards are looking into
the matter with a view of having the
same thing published for the good of
the general public. This is the pub
LEGATION as it has appeared in the pa
pers of Washington:
"Take six to ten onions, according
to size, and chop fine, put in a large
spider over a hot fire, then add the
same quantity of rye meal and vine.
gar enough to form a thick paste. In
the meanwhile stir it thoroughly, let.
ting it simmer five or ten minutes.
Then put in a cotton bag large enough
to cover the lungs and apply to chest
as hot as patient al bear. In about
ten minutes apply another, and thus
continue by relocating the poultices,
and in a few hours the patient will be
out of danger. This simple remedy
has never failed to cure this too-often
fatal malady. Usually three or four
applications will be sufficient, but con-
tinue always until the p%erspiration
starts freely from the chest. This rem
edy was formulated many years ago
by one of the best physicians New
England has ever known, who never
lost a patient by the disease, and won
his renown by simple remedies"
The Tupelo journal., 1906-05-04
Bubble
and
Squeak
By B. L. TAYLOR
With some extracts from the unpub-
lished work of the late Walter
Blackburn Harte.
Copyright, 1906, by Joseph B. BowlesJ

A relative Is a person who
claims the privilege of insulting
|. you without being kicked for it.
!. We sometimes forget without
forgiving, and owe a grudge
though we cannot remember
! why.
. When | get too much of my
|. self | feel like killing the other
fellow.
i The wise and the worldly-wise
: are farther apart tnan the sane
!. and the insane.
If it were not for the animal
courage and ferocity of men,
(. there would be no cowardice,
!. and possibly without cowardice
there would be no civilization.
A writer wants an incentive
to work, and where love fails a
/. disappointing marriage will sup
!. ply the spur-work taking the
place of all else in life.
She, who here shall be name
. less, tells me: Il respect
!. you in the positive, I admire you
in the comparative, and love
you in the s~uperlative degree"
The conscience is often an UNI
\ fair accuser, for it incorporates
y and weaves into it's texture all
/ sorts of inherited prejudices and
( legal falsities of its environment,
= and is in consequence a prolific
y source of suffering and irremedi-
h able mistakes.
( Some men try to make their
Z public characters atone for their
Y private ones-blind to the fact
\ that this hypocrisy but accentu-
K ates the blackness of both.
( An epigram is only tentatively
Y so until it gets into print.
y WALTER BLACKBURNE HARTE.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-05-04
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS,
Cost of the Legislature.

In connection with the legislature and
it's work, the actual cost of the special
session may be of interest to the Missis-
sippi people. The books of State Audi
tor L. M. Henry, through which all the
accounts for the members, per diem,
mileage and contingent expenses pass
ed, show that warrants ~aggregating
the sum of 1927 ,449.3 IS were issued, and
these sums have been cashed in at the
tr~easurer's Office. The appropriations
footed up s135 900, being in three
amounts; the first, general, amounting
to $50, 900, and subsequent supplemental
appropriations amounting to $4,000, so
that there is still a balance to the good
of a few thousand.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-05-04

cred by washing a sample before buy.
ing her frock.
At 1917 cents there are other pretty
lawns in small flower design or dot
or interviewer circles, or in the very
finest of flower stripes alternating with
white stripes, along which pin dots
of color are thickly set. Twenty-Five
cents opens up IN embarrassment of
choice dimities, organizes, lawns,
swisses. To be sure, one may find
exquisite embroidered swisses running
up in price to two or three dollars,
but there are very effective dotted
swisses with printed flower design at
25 cents.
Of the figured dimities we have
spoken before, but they grow dain.ier
and more desirable each week, with
their tiny flower designs %overruning
the varied checks and stripes. Or
candies, too, have followed suit, and
though beautiful large designs are
shown there are newer things which
tend to large bar effects of white
ground and small scattered single bios
SONS or sprays.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-05-04

a genuine compliment, and we may
expect in due season Riley Bend, Tark-
ington Four Corners, McCutcheon Cen
ter, East McCutcheon, West McCutch-
con. South McCutcheon and McCutch-
con Junction.
The Publicity Fad in Little Already.
(From the Little Already August
At the first meeting Of the Search
light league in the town hall last Tues
day evening, our honored legal towns
man, James Dillenbaugh, al chosen
president. Mr.. Dillenbaugh is n OF
the great active advocates of publicity
in Little Already, and has already
earned an enviable reputation as the
village Lawson. His article on "Fren-
zied Farming" appears on our sixth
page. Mr.. Dillenbaugh promised his
readers that he will have something
to say next month.
In response to the plainly evidenced
desire of an aroused public sentiment
the village board has promised to re-
sign in a body. The boards defense of
the outrageous act of burning the bal
lots cast in the recent election for
sheriff Is that there was no contest,
only one candidate being voted for, and
there was no necessity for saving the
ballots. But President Dillenbaugh, Of
the Searchlight league, declared that
the board is plainly unconstitutional
and must go.
The disturbing fact has been brought
to public notice mat William fodder,
for nearly 40 years treasurer of Little
Already village, has never given bond,
and might at any time during that pc
Rod have decamped with the funds en-
trusted to his care. Immediate action
will be taken.
David Graham Phillips, author of
THE Book Deluge," has been invited
to address the next meeting of the
S%earchlight league. Topic, ''The Novel
of Business and Publicity" Tickets on
sale at Chilcote's drug store.
Under a January date line the Messrs.
Harper & Brothers inform us that Will
liam Dean Howells has closed his sum-
mer home at Kittery Point, Me-" No
reason is assigned for Mr.. Howells'
rather hurried flight for the city. Pos
sibly the well froze up.
1t is reported that the magazine "The
Twentieth Century Home" will change
it's name to 1.-The Apartment Hotel"
The Tupelo journal., 1906-05-04
PREACHED TO EMPTY SEATS
Vicar Boycotted Had for His Only
Hearer Daughter Who Killed
Herself.

The strange and unhappy state OF
affairs which exists at Stokes Lyme, in
Oxfordshire, has been brought to light
through the tragedy which occurred
lately at the local v~icarage, relates
the London Graphic. The wears
daughter, a clever girl of IA, commit
ted suicide by taking poison, and at
the inquest her father, the Rev. Will
liam Bryant, declared that the boy
cotting to which he had been subject
e. by his parishioners had preyed up
on the child's mind and caused her to
take her life.
The coroner refused to accept Mr..
Bryant's statement as evidence, and
in consequence the vicar has commu-
nicated with the home Office with a
view to a further inquiry.
The position at Stoke Lyme appears
to be far worse than may imagined
from the inquest reports. Mr.. Bryant
was appointed vicar of the parish in
1892, and in 1897, differences seem to
have arisen between him and some
of his leading people. The strained re-
lations grew worse until about two
years ago Mr.. Bryant found himself
with one supporter-his little daugh-
ter.
Sunday after Sunday has passed,
festival has succeeded fast, and Mr..
Bryant has gone on conducting his
services in a church empty but for the
little girl and an occasional stranger.
He is without choir and organist,
has to act as his own bell ringer and
can find nc one even to clean the
building. In March. 1904, the use OF
the school building was refused to the
vicar by a meeting of the managers.
On Sunday the vicar conducted the
service as usual, but there was no one
present to join him, the sad incident
at the vicarage having deprived him
| of his only follower.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-05-04
TO EAT WITH FINGERS.

Celery, which may properly be placed
on the tablecloth beside the plate.
Lettuce, which should be dipped in
the dressing or in a little salt.
Asparagus, whether hot or cold, when
served whole, as it should be.
Strawberries, when served with the
stems on, as they usually are in the most
elegant homes.
Bread, toast, tarts and all small
cakes.
Fruits Of all kinds, except melons and
preserves, which are eaten with a spoon.
Cheese, which is almost Invariably
eaten with the fingers by the most par
ticular people.-Chicago Daily News.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-05-04
Great Literary Find.

An unusual literary find is report
ed and will be published early in
March under the title of Letters and
Recollections of Washington" This
treasure-trove contains Washington's
correspondence with Tobias Lear and
Lear's diary of the last days of the
first American president. Tobias Lear
was Washington's confidential secre-
tary and the intimate letters, most of
which are hitherto unpublished, are
full of information as to Washington's
property, farm and home life during
the years when he was president. The
volume might be called washington
as a Country Gentleman" SO much
does it give Is to his mode of life at
Mount Vernon, his method of handling
servants and other domestic details.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-05-04
Indians Entertain.

After a dinner given in New York
recently by Mrs. %Stuyvesant Fish five
southwestern Indians amused the
guests in the ballroom, singing songs
and showing dances characteristic of
their tribe. One of them, a stalwart
Moqui named Shungopayi, dressed in
full Indian costume, told stories and
lifted strange songs OF his far-away
home. Then the four others, one squaw
and three bucks, all ~gorgeously ar
rayed, furnished their share of the
entertainment.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-05-04
INEXPENSIVE FRocKS.
In the Summer One Can Get Up Very
Fetching Dresses at Small Out
lay of Money.

One may buy such delectable sum-
mel fabrics at any price from ten cents
to three dollars that it seems as If
only a lack of taste can prevent even
the most ~impecunious of summer girls
from being a radiant vision in the
coming season.
We have seen a lawn frock made Of
%ten-cent material which would do
credit to the most fastidious Of Dres-
den china shepherdesses-a lawn of
white ground with at wide intervals a
single pink rosebud and leaves. The
pink is a soft, lovely shade, the leaves
are of delicate green and the material
washes perfectly, as the buyer discov-
The Tupelo journal., 1906-05-04
Health d

DR.. E. H. Galloway, health officer Of
Jackson, has issued an urgent address
to the public relative to the duty and
necessity for observing the laws and
ordinances, laid down relative to sys-
tematic fumigation and screening in or
der to destroy the chances for the prop
agation of the stegomyia mosquito.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-05-04
Leather Chairs.

To clean and polish the leather
coverings of chairs. ETC., mix together
equal parts of vinegar and linseed
oil. Apply very sparingly with a
piece of flannel and polish with a soft
cloth. The same treatment is excel
lent for French polished furniture,
but it must be remembered that the
vinegar and oil mixture is to be ap-
applied sparingly, and that "elbow
grease" Is to be used generously.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-05-04
State Guard Commissions.

Adjt.-Gen. Fridge has issued commits
sions to the following officers of the
State national guard. T. M. Smiley,
Wesson, captain, Company G, Third
regiment; John o. Byrne, Wesson, first
lieutenant, Company G, Third infantry;
A. L. Farley, Jackson, first lieutenant,
Company F, and Robert Miller, Jack
son, second lieutenant of the same COM
pany; John r. Ellis, Hattiesburg, first
lieutenant and quartermaster First
battalion of artillery.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-05-04
State Crops in Sunhower.

Chaplain J. w. McGree of the Sta
p~enitentiary, who recently visited the
Sunflower farm, brings encouraging re-
ports of the cotton and corn crops on
that splendid piece of property. He
reports that the planting has been fin
ished all round, and that hundreds OF
men and women are engaged in chop
ping out cotton. The season has been
wonderfully favorable, and the outlook
is fine.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-05-04
Fined for Whitecapping.

Four negroes, Will McCay, Tom
Wilson, Frank Brown and Roger White,
were fined $50 each in the mayors court
at Meridian on conviction of attempting
to whitecap Ike Bell, another negro,
whom they charged with being a police
infOrmer.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-05-04
Music Teachers to- Meet.

The State Music Teachers Associa-
ton will meet at Columbus on May 16.
Those having the matter in charge are
making extensive preparations for the
entertainment Of the guests, which will
number something over loo.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-05-04
New Railroad.

The latest railroad company to apply
for a charter is the Meridian and Tom
bigbee Railroad Company. The out
line plan shows that the route contem-
plated is from Meridian east to the
bank of the Tombigbee river, in Choc-
taw county, Ala.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-05-04
Mississippi Garden Railway.

An executive proclamation has been
issued granting permission for the in
corporation of what is known as the
Mississippi Garden Railway. This is
the road contemplated to be u be-
tween Hillsburg and Carthage, and
traversing the counties of Jones, Cov-
ington, Smith, Scott and Leake, pene-
trating what its inhabitants are proud
to term it, the Mississippi garden dis
trict. 1t is said that the Garden rail-
road is a sure thing.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-05-04
ON SUPERST|TI0NS
SCHOOLGIRLS DO NOT EsCAr1
FASCINATION.

Many Girls Still Obey Silly Traditions
That Destroy Ones Peace of Mind
Presenting Edged Tools, Spill
ing Salt and Thirteen at the Table
Some Superstitions Cause More
Fun Than Fear-Illusions of the
"Peter Pan" Sort Are Good for
Schoolgirls-The Practical Fairies
That Fight for One in Daily Life
Are Order, Promptness, Obedience,
Courage and Love.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-05-04
What Allied Her.

links Cat a party)-I don't see
what's the matter with that pretty
woman over there. She was awfully
flirty a little while ago, and now she
won't have anything to do with me.
Stranger have just come in. She's
my wife.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-05-04
Took a Life Sentence.

The case of the State VS.. Charley
Avant, on trial at Senatobia, was COM
promised by the defendant accepting a
life sentence in the p~enitentiary. He
was sentenced at the last term of the
court to be hung, but the case was re-
versed by the supreme court.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-05-04
Jefferson Davis Chapter.

A new chapter, Daughters of the
C~onfederacy, has been organized at Ell
~lisville and adopted the name of Jeffer-
son Davis.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-05-04
Epworth League Convention.

The State convention of the Epworth
League held a very pleasant and profit
able meeting at McComb City.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-05-04
Reunion of walthalps Brigade.

Survivors of Walthall's brigade held
a meeting while in attendance at h
reunion at New Orleans and decided to
hold a reunion of the brigade at OK
ford this fall. A majority of the men
were enlisted from the country about
Oxford.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-05-04
Masonic School of instruction.

The general lecturer of the grand
lodge of Masons of Mississippi, Hon.
A. NJ. Hicks, and the district deputies
held a four days school of instruction
at MARKHAM.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-05-04
No Competition.

neutrality-suspicious.! What are you
doing In the city? Eli?
Nimblebob-Oh, trying to get an
honest living, you know.
Hustlepenny-Well you ought to do
i. You've got a monopoly. anyhow.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-05-04
Killed bv RAILROAD Train.

Jim Page, railroad agent at Eden.
eleven miles above Yazoo City, was
killed by being run over by a passenger
train. Both legs were cut off and his
body badly mutilated.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-05-04
Old Ladies' Home Association.

The third annual meeting of the Mis-
sissippi Old Ladies' Home Association
was held at Jackson. The ladies were
looking forward to some little assist
ance from the legislature, but as that
failed of passage, owing to the fact that
it was a donation and required a two-
thirds vote, they are compelled to rely
on their own to further their
The Tupelo journal., 1906-05-04
Deadly Duel at Durant.

AS a result of a difficulty which oc-
Cured al Durant, E. N. Thornton, mer-
chant, r. B. Jenkias, marshal, and B.
M. Grow, night marshal, were shot to
death.