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The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-05
NO CIRCUS FOR HIM.
Had Reasons for Staying at Home and
Roofing Up Weeds.

In riding along the highway be-
tween the towns of Cloversdale and
Benson City. Mich, I noticed that
all the barns were covered with cir
Gus pictures, and by and by, when I
came along to where an old farmer
was cutting weeds outside his gate,
! asked.
"Well, Uncle, suppose you will go
to the circus next week?"
Il couldn't do it," he solemnly re-
piled, accompanied by several shakes
of his head.
"Are you afraid that the elephants
will break loosen"
mo. I'm afraid of myself"
Gas to how?"
Last fall,' he said, as he straight
ened up to lean on the hoe handle, II
went cooning one night in that corn
field over there. The dog routed out
coon, and the pesky varmint headed
for tree that stood where you see
that stump. / had just finished build
Ing $500 barn where you see that
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-05
YOUNG HYPNoTIsT CREATES SEN.
SATloN IN NEW YORK.
MAKES THE VICTIM UNDRESS.
Unfortunate Man Then Ordered to
Climb Pole, Where He Does
Simian Stunts to Delight
of BIG Crowd.

New, Worthwhile a butcher who
had been led by an amateur hypnotist
to believe that he was monkey,
climbed 50-foot clothes pole in the
rear of Ludlow street tenement the
other night, 5000. men, women and
children craned over house roofs and
fire escape rails and peeped from win
side seemed trying to get into some
of the houses whose rears afforded a
view of the spectacle, and the uproar
sound ed so much like first-class riot
that the police turned out to sup
press it.
But it was only amateur, correspond
ence school hypnotism. Louey was
the hypnotist. He is II years old,
and works in a grocery store in Lud-
low street. No one would tell his
last name Morris Resnick, IS years
old, a kosher butcher, was his sub
ject Louey has been studying hyp-
notism and found he could influence
Resnick
He met the butcher, and told him
he was dog. Resnick dropped on
all fours, barked and snapped when
ordered to "sic" one of Louey's
friends. This attracted a big crowd.
Then Louey threw stick into pud-
die, and made Resnick retrieve it.
The butcher played Fido to the life,
all but the wagging of his tail.
"Now, you're a monkey. Come with
me-" said Louey, and Resnick fol.
lowed, springing along and chatter.
ing. Louey led the butcher through
the hall of a tenement house to the
back yard and told him monkeys did
not wear clothing. Resnick took of
all his garments and began to prance
around, making noise like an ape
and scratching himself.
Scores came out on the fire escapes
and the windows were damned. Hun
dreds pressed through to the yard and
so filed it that the human monkey had
no room to continue his performance.
Climb that pole. Up to the top,
now" said Louey. The unfortunate
butcher leaped on the tall clothes
pole and began to shin up. Roars of
delight greeted his struggles to reach
the top. When he got there, so feet
above the ground, he chartered some
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-05
ENGLAND AND COTTON.
That Country Dependent Upon United
States For Its Prosperity.

Uncle Sam holds the. prosperity OF
Great Britain in his hand. Few realize
the extent to which British industry
is dependent upon the cotton growers
of the United States. Practically all
the raw cotton Is imported by Brit
ish ships, the cotton exports are ham
died by British shippers and mer-
chants, and the entire profits from tho
industry are thus enhanced by many
millions. Three-fourths of England's
gross profits from cotton were derived
from the manufacturing of the Amer.
lean product. The statistics are as
significant from an American view
point as from the English. American
shipping might profit largely from the
cotton-carrying trade, and American
manufacturers might secure all the
profits that now fall to the English.
Many far-sighted Englishmen already
appreciate the possible result OF such
an awakening on the part of Ameri-
cans. They know that the loss of the
American raw product from any cause
would precipitate period OF indus
trial depression more severe than any
recorded in the past, or possibly In
any industry. 1t Is on this account
that every effort Is made to develop
new cotton fields In the cotton belt OF
the earth. It seriously IS suggested
that English capital should be invest
ed In the southern states in order to
secure land enough to raise at least
g. 600, 900 bales q year.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-05

mess of timbers and boards. The dog
follered the coon, and l follered the
dog. 1t was big, fat coon, and his
pelt was with all of 40 cents"
Il see," said /, as he made a long
pause.
Il never knew that l was an excit-
able man before, but they say they
heard me boiler two miles away. 1
meant to have that varmint When
he freed l ran for the AK. The old
woman came out and yelled at me,
but I chopped and whooped and
chopped, and when the tree came
crashin' down it smashed the barn
as fiat as a pancake, killed the old
dog as dead as door nail and the
coon got away. Am goin' to the cir
Gus? Wall, l guess not! I'm goin'
to root up weeds and hoe in the gar
den and be the quietest man in this
hull state of Michigan for the next
year to come! '-Baltimore American.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-05
TURNS BUTCHER
INTO A MONKEY.

more and waited for further orders.
Women, offended by Resnick's dis
robed condition, sent for Policeman
Moylan. When some one said Here
comes a cop!" Louey fed.
This left the butcher up in the air.
Come down." You're all right"
Just slide" and other advice was
hurled at Resnick. He chartered and
scratched his sides. Policeman Moy-
Ian walked to the foot of the pole and
commanded: Come down out of that,
If you don't want to be pinched"
Resnick chartered at him, danced
around on top of the clothes pole and
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-05

made motions like monkey throwing
cocoanuts at Filipino. Moylan nearly
burst his uniform hurting commands
at Resnick. Resnick only screamed
and chartered at him. Men nearly fell
off their various perches laughing.
Then some one told Moylan about
Louey and the hypnotism. Moylan
sent word to Louey to come around
and take the curse off Resnick or he
would get. warming he would remem-
ber Louey went to window from
which Resnick could see him, ordered
him to climb down the pole, and when
he was safely at the bottom made
some mysterious passes, said "All
right, now you're a butcher again"
and fed Resnick looked dazed. sud-
denly realized that he was bare, grab
bed his clothing and put it on.
Moylan called for an ambulance and
sent Resnick to the psychopathic ward
of Bellevue.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-05

~ in a most unusual manner. The
animal was a female and was such
a great pet of the farmer that he
buried her in casket' such as would
be used for child.
Rooney is a hunter and trapper as
we'll as a farmer, and on his expedi-
lions Sally. the collie. was his con-
slant companion. The dog had been
taught to retrieve his game, run foxes
and make herself generally useful. She
knew where all the traps were set as
well as did Rooney, and on more than
one cold morning last winter she made
the trapper's rounds for him, barking
excitedly at the door when she found
game, and taking her master to the
trap containing it.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-05
MISSISSIPPI NEWS
Member OF Posse Killed.

John Hays, the young negro who as
sassinated John A. Cotton near Macon,
was later shot to death by w. M. Du-
gan, but not before he had inflicted a
mortal wound on Dugan. The posse
which was searching for him learned
that he was in hiding in Noxubee
swamp, and going there closed in on
him. Armed with a Winchester, the
negro threatened to kill any one who
came near him. Dugan was among the
FIRST to approach him, and, true to his
word, Hays fired, the ball penetrating
Dugan's vitals. Dugan returned the
fire, killing the negro instantly.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-05
Making 1t Clear.

''Do they have that wire screen in
front of the grand stand to keep spec
tators from being struck by the ball?"
inquired the woman who seldom sees
a game.
'In some Cities" explained Mr.. Old
fan, "it's there for that purpose. In
others it's principal use is in keeping
the umpire from being struck by bot
s."-Washingt Star.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-05
As a New York Paper Sees It.


Neglect of small industries in the
south is at last beginning to arouse
the attention of farmers and the
press. The Raleigh IN. CO. Progress
sive Farmer recently printed letter
from an expert who protests against
the habit of ignoring everything but
cotton. 1t Is king Cotton" over
again, in a fresh sense. True, new
industries like mining, timbering, cot
ton manufacture, and the making OF
turpentine and rosin are steadily be-
ing expanded, but these involve large
amounts of capital. The incidental op-
portunities of the man with an acre
or two, who raises few bales of cot
ton, are sadly neglected. Bee-culture.
raising of silk worms, hay growing,
and the production of seeds for north
ern markets, the keeping of goats, the
culture of pecan nuts-these are some
of the valuable small industries to
which the Progressive Farmers ex-
pert calls attention. Moreover, near
Raleigh he finds valuable water power
going to waste, to say nothing of the
folly of taking no advantage OF the
hard woods-white oak, hickory and
dogwood, with which the neighbor-
hood is enriched without being aware
of it. There are fields in sight OF
Raleigh, and we might add, of about
every other southern city, which have
not been in cultivation for the last
twenty-five years, and yet would make
excellent truck farms. One trouble is,
of course, the laziness and Indifference
of the poor whites, with the uncertain
labor of the blacks. Time and educa-
ton are the remedies.-N. Y. Evening
Post.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-05
Grenada Fair.

The Grenada Fair Association will
have it's annual fair Oct. II, IL and l9,
and it will undoubtedly be the best ex-
hibition of blooded colts and fine horses
that has ever been held in Grenada
county. Not only have arrangements
been made for the exhibition OF the
farmers stock and the products OF his
toll, but ample provision has been made
for the artistic workSof the ladies and
the result of their labor in the culinary
department.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-05
Shiloh Park Road.

The Corinth and Shiloh Electric Kali
way Company has been financed and
the construction of the twenty-five
miles between Corinth and the National
Shiloh Park will soon begin. The COM
pany will supply power to the road, as
we'll as light and power to Corinth and
towns along tl:- route. By special act
of congress the company has secured
the right to run cars directly into Shi-
lob Park and erect a modern ten-story
hotel on the grounds.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-05
Bronze Tablets and Doors.

The bronze tablets containing the
names of the $4,000 officers and privates
of Illinois who participated in the siege
of Vicksburg, together with the mas
sive bronze doors for the Illinois Memo
rial Temple in the military park at
vicksburg, have arrived and will be
placed in position at once. With the
exception of this bronze work the mon
ument is complete. 1t cost 5000, 900.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-05
Examination of Applicants.

The Mississippi State board OF health
will meet in Jackson to examine appll-
cants for license to practice medicine
on Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. .
and 10. All applicants are requested
to be present at 9 o'clock on Tuesday
morning. Examination will be held ID
the new capitol building.
lie. HUNTER, NJ. D., Secretary.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-05
Self.Exident.

do you know why messenger boy
never has any chance of becoming
PRESIDENT mo, why?" Because
he never could bring himself to run
for Office
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-05
Heavy Criminal Docket.

The supreme court criminal docket,
now in course of compilation, will be
the largest in the history OF the States
highest tribunal The heavy increase
in the docket can be attributed only to
the marked increase OF crime, es-
pecially among the negroes. In fully
95 per cent of the pending cases the ap-
pellants belong to the lower race.
What is true of the criminal docket is
also true of the civil docket. The
court is simply overwhelmed with new
litigation
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-05
State PensionA

Auditor Henry states that though
the pension lists have come in very
well there are still number lacking,
and it will be necessary to have all in
hand before the pro rata can be made.
He urges the clerks to send in their
lists at once.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-05

OF the bales and make the spinners
pay for ten or eleven pounds to the
bale for which the producer has not
been paid--From Address Of Presi-
dent E. A. Calvin to Texas Farmers
Union.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-05
cowpea Hay.

The value of the cowpea for hay Is
being more widely recognized each
year, and the acreage is being con-
stantly increased. One who has never
fed 1t will be surprised to see how
much he can save on his grain bill
by having good supply Of pea hay.
This is true in feeding all kinds Of
stock; but especially so of milk cows.
OF course one can not make cowpeas
entirely take the place of bran and
cottcnseed meal, but he can certainly
do SO to d large extent.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-05
Ten-Cent Cotton.

"Ten cents per pound for cotton" is
the slogan of the Mississippi branch OF
the Southern Cotton Association, which
met in semi-annual session at jackson,
with nearly every cotton-growing coun-
ty in the State represented by one or
more delegates. Mississippi is strong
hold of the Southern Cotton Assocla-
ton, the organization in this State
having reached high state OF perfec-
ton,
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-05
MerIno Sheep For the South.

Having now had an experience OF
about four years In the Piedmont re-
gion of the south with focks of thor
oughbred Merino sheep, says writer
in the Southern Agricultural, be-
gin to feel like an old settler, and have
an experience to give. We have test
ed about all the phases of sheep han
ding in the south. I feel that we
have made success here lin North
Carolina) with the Merino.
am fully convinced that the Meri-
no Is the sheep that should lead the
way as foundation for general sheep
husbandry In the south
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-05
Tillmnn Lecture OFF.

Owing to the severe illness of his
wife, Senator Tillman of South Caro-
lima will not be able to keep his lecture
appointment at Amory.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-05
The Natural Query.

"Bliggins says he is losing all faith
in human nature"
what kind of insurance did he
have-life or fire ?"-Washington Star.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-05
The Seed-Crushing Season.

The seed-crushing season in Missis-
sippi is well under way. Every oil mill
in the State is running at full capacity.
The prevailing price for seed is S12 per
ton, as compared with s13 per ton at
the opening of the season. Mill man
ayers state that the quality of the seed
is very unsatisfactory.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-05
Negroes to Give Fair.

No time or money will be spared to
make the Colored State Fair to be held
in Vicksburg from Nov. to 10 finan-
cial as we'll as an educational success.
A number of prizes are to be offered
for long and staple cotton, horses, cat
tie, sheep, pigs and poultry of all kinds.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-05
I. I. and c. Opening.

The Mississippi Industrial Institute
and College at Columbus opened with
900 pupils present.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-05
fine DOG IS STUNG TO
DEATH BY ANGRY BEES
Caught Fast in Trap Near Log Used
as Hive Animal Could Not
Escape.

Carver, Ont-Patrick Rooney, who
has a farm six miles northeast of
here, lost a valuable collie dog recent
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-05
The Wayfarer.

Knicker-Did he leave any foot
prints on the sands of time?
Bocker-No; l understand he mere
ly beat tn. Y. Sun.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-05
Mai, Bolton Mickle Dead.

Mai. Bolton Mickle died at Holly
Springs in his 10th year. Maj. Mickle
went out with the first troops in the
civil war in 1861, and served faithfully
until the close of the war. He was a
lifelong communicate in the Episcopal
church, and one of the earliest citizens
to make Holly Springs his home.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-05
Must Spray to Have Fruit.


The inferior fruits that are coming
to the Nashville market are witnesses
that the trees have been neglected by
their owners, says paper Of that city.
Not one horticulturist in dozen has
sprayer, and applies bordeaux mix
ture to destroy fungus diseases. Such
fruits are knotty, insectbored and at
fected with bitter rot. II the trees
had been pruned In the fall, bark
scraped and washed with I've and soap,
the fruit would have been much larger
and would have sold for double the
price.
The usual way Of improving the
fruit is by spraying the trees before
there Is any sign of buds or blooms.
The bordeaux mixture prevents curl
leaf on the peach trees and apple scab
on the apples. Then the spraying is
repeated just before the blossoms ap-
pear. AS soon as the blossoms have
fallen the regular course for the sum-
mer is begun. Some Of the arsenites
are added to the bordeau to destroy
the curculio and all the insect and
worm enemies that injure the fruit
and prey upon the foliage. The arsen-
ties are added just as the leaves begin
to show for the canker worm. The
spraying is repeated at intervals of
from ten to fourteen days, as the
weather conditions indicate. Il there
is dry weather during the month OF
July there Is a lay-off during that
month, and then it is taken up again
and continued to past the middle Of
August. About sixty days time is
consumed in spraying.
The beneficial effects of continuous
spraying are shown to very marked
degree this year, as the trees remain
thrifty, perfect in foliage. with the
leaves in proper color and fruit Is not
wormy. There should be an organiza-
ton of fruit growers in each county,
so as to unite their efforts in spray
ing, helping each other and shipping
in bulk. United efforts are of marked
advantage to the horticulturist.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-05
Central Presbytery.

The central presbytery Of Mississippi
held two days session at Jackson.
The most important feature of the ses-
sion was the adoption of resolution
declining to take part in the movement
to promote union between the Southern
Presbyterian church and the other
branch of that communion.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-05
Mississippi synodical College.

The Mississippi Synodical College
opened its fifteenth annual session at
Holly Springs with $50 pupils enrolled.
The present session promises to be the
most successful in the history of the
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-05

The business league of Greenwood
has taken up the matter of better roads
leading to that place and will keep
pushing the matter until some decisive
action is taken to remedy the COM
plant. The energies of this body could
aot be expended in better cause.
Goods roads are to be desired above
almost everything in Mississippi, and
the action of some counties in provid-
ing for improvement will have an effect
all over the State sooner or later. Our
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-13
rnr nARrF0Rp MEErING

The Democratic meeting at Hartford was called quiet. It is enough to quiet anybody to try to be 2 Democrat now adays, and so it is not surprising that the meeting was quiet.
 The ticket nominated Is a pretty good one. Political parties in Connecticut don't nominate bad tickets. The head man on it wasn't present, owing. some say to the state of his health. If he doesn't feel well we hope he will feel better soon, foi we believe he will need to be in good health not to be much saddened by what he is about to under go.
 The platform ignores Bryan and all the rumpus he has raised. It does not deal with national issues. It denounces and arraigns the Republican party of the State, and demands several things, including the adoption of the direct primary principle, the right to nomi- nate by petition, the further amend ment of the corrupt practices law, in particular forbidding corporations to contribute to party funds the en- actment of a law providing for the reg istration of the lobby, economy in State expenditure, trial by jury in damage cases, the abolition of the fee system, a more rigid supervision of public ser- vice corporations, reorganization of the States railroad commission an em- ployers liability act, home rule, local option in municipal ownership, a State purchasing department for institutions dependent on the State for supplies, and the election of United States sena- tors by the people.
 Perhaps the platform isn't quite as conservative and quite as radical as Brother Bryan says he is, but on the whole, it is neither very mild nor very wild. It may do for those Democrats to perch on who have been wearily searching for some place to light, even as the bird which flew out of Noah $ ark searched.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-13
CARELESS PACKING FOR EXPORT.


 While dwelling at length upon the comparatively favorable condition of American trade in Britain Honduras, and how to still further advance that trade Consul Avery again calls atten-
 tlon to the poor packing of American goood as compared with the packing of European imports. Years ago, and
 yearly thereafter, consular and depart mental trade reports have called the attention of exporters to this vital
 point It seems strange that so prac-
 tical a people in all other branches of trade should devote So much time and scientific labor to the production of the
 most advanced manufactures, in many cases necessarily more or less fragile, land after such achievement turn over the products to some handy man" for packing, when they should be turned over to the most scientific force in the factory or warehouse. What particular economy Is fulfilled in dumping wares, which have been so scientifically pro- duced, in crates, bales, boxes, and bar
 rels and consigning them to transport
 tation companies to be tossed about