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The Tupelo journal., 1906-10-19
TREATMENT FOR SMUT.
Biologist Stevens Suggests Treatment
for Oats, Wheat, Rye or Barley.


The smut of grains is caused by q
fungus, the spore (the spore is the
reproductive body of fungi, CORE.
spending to the seed in higher plants)
of which is carried in the seed to the
young plant. Smutted plants In the
| field, and in threshing, shed their
spores in the air. These spores are
then carried about by the wind, many
| Of them finding lodgment in the seed
of neighboring plants. They are thus
planted with the grain and the same
moisture, warmth, ETC., which starts
the plant into renewed life quickens
the smut. It thus happens that
many young plants are, in earliest in
fancy, attacked by the smut enemy,
which, having gained entrance, turks
within the plant until blooming time,
when it again breaks forth in its we'll
recognized form. Only very young
plants are susceptible to attack OF
the smut, therefore if we can so treat
the seed of the plants as to destroy
the adhering spores OF the fungus
without injuring the grain. we can
enable the young plant to pass the
critical stage of it's existence in
safety. 1t is thereafter safe. Such
treatment is possible. Smut can
therefore be practically eliminated
from the field. Several kinds of treat
ment are effective, but of all those
known, that by formalin is by far the
best and cheapest.
Treatment.
Formalin can be purchased from a
druggist at a cost of from rs to IS
cents per pound. One pound mixed
thoroughly with forty to fifty gallons
of water is sufficient to treat forty to
fifty bushels of grain.
To treat the grain spread 1t in a
thin layer on a smooth barn floor
and sprinkle with the diluted formalin,
using either a spraying machine or a
water pot. Sprinkle SO as to thorough
ly and evenly wet the grain with the
mixture. Then shovel the grain over
thoroughly few times to insure even
distribution and cover the pile with
canvas, carpet, blankets or bagging, to
keep the fumes of the formalin within.
The pile should stand from six to
twelve hours in this way. The oats
may then be readily dried by mixing
with air-slaked lime, and the lime may
be removed by the fanning-mill. The
seed is then ready to sow. 1t may
be stored, but in so doing 1t is liable
to renewed smut infection. The best
way is to treat, dry, then SOW as soon
as is practicable.
In general, one gallon of mixture,
will suffice to treat one bushel of
grain. The formalin should be used
at the rate of one ounce to three gal
Ions of water.
Formalin is an irritating caustic
which should not be brought into con-
tact with the skin in pure form. In
diluted condition it Is harmless.-F.
L. Stevens, Biologist Agricultural Ex-
pertinent Station, Raleigh, N. c.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-10-19
Microhe of Gray Hair.

They have discovered new mic
robe in New York and it is quite popu-
lar among actors and society women.
It is called the chromophage, its spe-
cial function being to turn the hair
gray at a comparatively early age. The
handsome actor who has those white
hairs on his temple that the women
admire so is full of the chromophages.
Baldheaded men are immune from the
microbes. He only attacks the hair,
and a man without hair need not wor-
ry about the chromophage. For years
it was thought that process of the
blood killed the coloring matter of the
hair cells, but scalpologists in New
York combat that theory. They say
1t is the chromophage. The microbe
does not like heat and for that reason
the woman who uses the curling tongs
Is less likely to have gray hair than
the one who puts her hair up in pa
Ders
The Tupelo journal., 1906-10-19
susY's ADVENTURE.
Startling Story of Dolls Desertion
and Final Rescue.

1t was growing very dark in the
park. Under the big bush where Susy
sat the shadows were so black that
the policeman walked past without
seeing her. Her little arms hung
down very straight, and her big,
black eyes looked up 20 where, be-
tween the tree-tops, she could see
little twinkling spots all over the sky
and big silver ball with a face in
1t. Susie was a doll and she had
never been out at night before, so she
did not know what these beautiful,
shiny things were.
A FREELY came along and flashed MS
lantern in her face. Mamma Firefy
and he were out hunting for their lit
tie ones. They were very sad, for they
were afraid some of the bad children
who played in the park evenings had
caught them and put them in bottles
or killed them
rs that a child?" asked Mamma
Firefly, fearfully.
mo, it's another VICTIM" answered
Papa. Firefly, as he flew away. Susy
wondered what he meant.
Then a hop toad came and sat on
her feet. She asked him politely to
get off, but he wouldn't. He said she
looked exactly like a girl who had
poked him with stick, so he was
going to sit on her. He was very
friendly and told Susy lot of things.
He said he could only come out at
night because the children were so
bad They stoned him and one boy
threw him into the fountain. He said
he guessed that boy would have some
warts soon. He stayed long time,
but after while, in the tree near
them, something began to call-"tu-
WHO'D, tu-whoo, tu-whoo." The toad
trembled, hoped off, and said he
guessed he'd better go. Susy wished
she could hop so she could go with
him
She wasn't afraid, and if she could
only lie down and shut her eyes she
knew she could go to sleep. She won
dered if her dear little mistress had
forgotten her. The new nurse had
evening before, and Susy had heard
her say to another nurse that Miss
Marjory shouldn't play with that old
thing again if she could help it. Susy
felt very sad when she thought of this.
She was almost sure that her little
mistress loved her. But perhaps now
that she had a new doll she did not
care for her any more. The new doll
came from Paris Marjory's Uncle
Jack had brought it to her. 1t had
lovely golden hair that curled all over
its head, pink cheeks and big, blue
eyes that would open and shut. 1t
The Tupelo journal., 1906-10-19
FARMER AND PLANTER
PUTTING in FALL OATS.
FertiIizlng, Flowing and Seeding In
teIligently Discussed.

We never fail making good croY
Of winter oats when we can get then
in the ground just right before the
first of November.
Plow the land deep, harrow smooth
and drill the seed in open burrows.
use a common cotton planter
with fertilizer attachment and put
in from $50 pounds to 200 pounds Of
1O-4 acid phosphate to the acre. II
is a waste of money to use very solu
BILE ammoniated fertilizers on small
grain sown in the fall.
We use a shovel pillow about six OF
eight inches wide on the planter foot
to open the furrow and make the
rows just close enough not to allow
any loose dirt to roll back in the open
trench just planted. Be careful and
don't allow any dirt to fill in the open
trench, and run the rows nearly on a
level, but should empty out gradually
at each end.
Never on any occasion SOW seed
oats in the fall that has not been
grown from fall sowing at least three
years; at which time this seed may
be considered as having the estab-
lished habit of winter growing.
We would also give the preference
to seed already grown by the open
trench system over that seed grown
from broadcast sowing, though we
have no positive proof that the open
trench-grown seed are the safest.
We caution all new beginners about
securing first-class, pure, clean seed.
Almost any up-to-date farmer would
tell you that seed oats or wheat plant
ed with cheat, cookie or smutty stuff
would not only fill your lands with
these foul seeds, but they reduce the
yield to an extent that would make it
profitable to pay five or more prices
for pure seed than to take foul seed
at no cost.
We are now preparing to NOW down
q crop of about two tons of pea vine
to the acre on land that was aban-
doned three years back by an improv-
ident renter that failed to get more
than five bushels of corn or $50 pounds
of seed cotton to the acre.
Deep blowing. cowpeas, and from
$50 pounds to 200 pounds of acid phos-
plate to acre on each crop is "a the
secret there is in this.
This simple application of little
common horse-sense, a good deal OF
horse sweat in cooperative way,
with nature, has made this land that
was barren bloom again with profit
able crops that average over thirty
bushels of oats and from one to two
tons of pea hay to the acre all in
one year. THIS land next year would
grow a good profitable crop Of corn
without any fertilizer, or with the APP
plication of about $50 pounds of acid
phosphate we believe it easy to grow
LOO pounds of seed cotton to the
acre.
After a good crop of peas we don't
need to add any more heterogeneous
manure. Ordinarily, we have plenty
of this costly fertilizing ingredient
stored in the soil by the cowpea crop.
j. C. Stribling. Anderson County,
South Carolina, in Progressive Farm
The Tupelo journal., 1906-10-19
THE PAINTERS SKILL.
The Secret of 1t Lay in Fact That He
Was Always Learning.

Half a dozen houses in one neigh
borhood are being freshly painted this
spring, and all by the same painter, a
quite young man, whose thoroughness
and skillfulness has passed into a
proverb in the town.
1--WE can't afford not to have him do
the work." one householder had said.
HE is absolutely careful in every de-
tail, and he knows his trade perfectly
all the little nicet;es of it."
One morning boy was watching
the painter at work, and envying him
what seemed such an easy job-"just
brushing on some paint" he told
himself. He thought-did that boy
of a certain slow, "poky" task of his
own, and impatiently wished he could
do some simple work like the painters.
How long does it take to learn that
trader" he inquired, complacently.
We'll" said the busy young painter,
as he drew his brush along a particu-
larly difficult place, they say one can
learn it in three years, but I've been
at it seven years now, and l don't
know what / ought to know about it
yet. There's still lots to learn"
The painters own ideal of work was
always just beyond his own achieve
ment, says RAMS Horn. In that lay
the secret of his thoroughness, his
skill, his success. 1t is such interest
and ambition in ones work that makes
patience easy to keep.
The man who knows it all" in
three years is not the man for whom
the owners of half a dozen houses will
wait their turn to have him paint
them.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-10-19
MRS. PETERS LIKES NOISE AND
CRIME OF A FOUNDRY.
rs A skILLFUL MOLDER.
Can Melt and Pour Metal as Well as
Any Skilled Workman Be-
comes Proficient Through
Tutorship Of Husband.

Milwaukee.-That woman Is capa-
BILE of the development of mechanical
skill equal to that of any man Is fully
exemplified in the case of Mildred D.
Peters, of Rice Lake, Wis, young
woman who, by her own desire and
love for machinery and under the
tutorship of her husband, has become
q full-fledged machinist.
After three years of work in her
husbands machine shop and foundry
known as the Rice Lake Iron Works,
Mrs. Peters has become SO proficient
that there is now no job comes into
the shop that is beyond her skill. She
can do anything. from making a
shrinking fit" or "keyseating cou-
ping" to manipulating the trip ham,
mers and other massive machinery in
the shop.
She does not take back seat for
The Tupelo journal., 1906-10-19
NO DAWDLING.
A Man Of 70 After Finding Coffee Hurt
Him, Stopped Short.

When a man has lived to be 20 years
old with 40-year-old habit grown to
him like knot on a tree, chances are
he'll stick to the habit till he dies.
But occasionally the spirit of youth
and determination remains in some
men to the last day of their lives.
When such men do find any habit OF
life has been doing them harm. they
surprise the Oslerites by degree OF
will power that Is supposed to belong
to men under 40 only.
II had been user of coffee until
three years ago-a period of 40 years
and am now TO-" writes N. Oak.
man. II was extremely nervous and
debilitated, and saw plainly that l
must make change.
IT am thankful to say had the
nerve to quit coffee at once and take
on Postum without any dawdling, and
experienced no i'll effects. On the con-
trary, commenced to gain, losing my
nervousness within two months, also
gaining strength and health otherwise.
For man of my age, am very
we'll. and hearty. sometimes meet
persons who have not made their
Postum right and don't like it. But I
tell them to boil it long enough, and
call their attention to my looks now.
aud before used it, that seems con-
vsncing.
Nov, when have writing to do,
or long columns of figures to cast up,
feel equal to it and can get through
my work without the tagged out feel
ing of old" Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read the
book, 1.-THE Road to MELVILLE" in
Dkas. There's reason"
The Tupelo journal., 1906-10-19
CURE
EIy's Cream Balm!
COPPER SAFE FROM LIGHTNING.
Belief Firmly Held in Many Parts Of
the Country.
s quickly absorbed.

"This matter OF superstitions is a
queer thing" said the man as he care
fully avoided walking under ladder,
'for even those of us who are skeptics
have at least one superstitious failing,
and mine is walking under ladders.
I'm the country this summer l met
a new one, which was firmly believed
in by several farmers, and that was
that thunder storm never passed
over a copper mine or copper vein.
The old fellow who told me about it
pointed out again and again that al
though black clouds might roll up and
lightning flash, the storm always went
around certain spot in his farm.
"Such actions on the part of thun-
der storm could mean but one thing,
he said-that there was copper vein
there. So sure was he of it, that he
was putting by a little each year to
have the spot investigated to see if
there was copper enough in it to
work"
The Tupelo journal., 1906-10-19
Fed Their Blind Mate.

For several days four or five spar
rows had visited certain place on
the roof near my window, says
writer in the Outing Magazine. They
always brought food for another little
fellow, who never tried fight from
the spot. The visiting sparrows never
came empty billed. They would drop
tiny morsels of food near the little
sparrow. When it began to eat the
crumbs the others set up great
chirping and then few away.
After watching this for few days
went out on the roof and approached
the lone bird. It did not flutter away
from me and made no resistance when
I picked it up.
The sparrow was blind. It's eyes
were covered with milk-like film.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-10-19
She Was DreadfuIIy Frightened.

could say mamma and papa. 1t had a
pretty lace dress, hat, parasol and lit
tie kid shoes. 1t had turned up it's
nose-Susy was sure it had-when her
little mistress had made them kiss
each. other the day before.
Susy knew she was getting old and
ugly. Her hair was very thin, because
Marjory combed and pulled it so
much. Her cheeks had lost their pref
ty pink, for she was forced to take
many, many baths. She did not care
for any of these things if only her lit
tie mistress would love her. She had
not made herself If she had she
would have golden hair, blue eyes and
wear a red silk dress and slippers
Just then she was dreadfully fright
ened. for thin, yellow dog caught
her up by the neck, shook her, and
finding that she was not good to eat,
threw her down again. She fell fiat,
and although there was something
hard and round that hurt her back,
her eyes shut and she went fast asleep.
The next thing she knew something
fine and soft like feather brush
swept over her face, and she heard a
clear little voice say "cheep-cheep."
"Oh, Mr.. SQUIRREL" she cried,
wont you please pick me up so can
open my eyes?"
The squirrel put his little, sharp
teeth In her dress and propped her up
against the bush. She opened her eyes
wide. 1t was morning. The wind was
blowing, and the park was full of
dancing sunbeams.
well, well, my DEAR" said the
squirrel, I'm glad did that for you.
Here's fine big nut right under your
back" Susy was going to thank him
for helping her, but he picked up the
nut, frisked his tail and ran up tree
efore she could say word.
She looked across the park. She
knew the house she lived in was over
there somewhere. Just then the door
of the big house opposite opened. A
young man carrying little white fig.
ure ran down the steps.
Oh, joy! 1t was her little mistress!
Her Uncle Jack had her in his arms
and they were coming straight to the
park. If she could only call, wave her
hand or do something to make them
see her. But she could only sit still
and watch them as they looked under
the benches and trees. She heard her
little mistress say:
"Oh, Uncle Jack, wanshs my
Shushy!"
Never mind, sweetheart, well find
her all right. You must never go Oh
The Tupelo journal., 1906-10-19

and leave her again this way. I guess
that French doll made you forget
her.
Hates Fwench dolls!' 'sobbed her
little mistress.
Just then the wind did Susy good
turn. 1t tapped her white dress, and
even waved her little legs in the air.
There's my Shushy, Uncle Jack:
Oh, Shushy! Shushy!"
Susy felt moist kisses all over her
face, while soft, warm little arms
Rugged her tightly.
Uncle Jack, you kiss Shushy!"
And Uncle Jack did.-Anne h. NC
Creary, in Washington Star.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-10-19
An Eye for Business.

Nellie, whose grandfather began
life as cabin boy and finished as a
millionaire, was paid by her mother
one cent dozen for pins picked up
from the carpet, to keep the baby from
getting them, relates the st. Louis Re.
public.
Nurse" said Nellie, as her stock
of pennies increased, do you know
what am going to do when have
six cents?'
NO." answered nurse.
Il am going to buy q paper Of pins
and scatter them over the floor. and
then pick them up" replied the. young
financier, who was barely i've years
old.-Detroit Free Press.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-10-19

any kind, in such a position that no
one could break it with the cannon
ball.
The accompanying illustration
shows how he did it. Snugly en-
sconced in a corner of the room, it
was safe from all the attacks of the
ball, for the sides of the wall gave it
absolute protection.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-10-19
Animal. Do with Little Water.

There are some animals which rare
" drink; for instance, the llamas, Oh
Patagonia, and certain gazelles of the
far east. A number of snakes, liz
ards and other reptiles live in places
devoid of water. A bat of western
America inhabits waterless plains. In
parts of Lozere, France, there are
herds of cows and goats which hardly
ever drink and yet produce the milk
for Roquefort cheese.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-10-19
EGG AND BALL.
How the Former Can Be Placed to
Withstand Shock of Latter.

A certain magician held up before
his audience an egg and cannon ball,
and after expatiating on the strength
of perfect arch, and, still more, of a
perfect dome, remarked that few peo-
pie know how strong an egg is.
In proof of that, he said he purposed
placing the egg, without covering Of
The Tupelo journal., 1906-10-19
PLENTY Of Practice.

Slim-"Pm going to strike for a
raise in salary this fall" Jim-"Think
you'll get it," Slim-"Don't know. But
I've been aiming at 1t so long it seems
as if 1 ought to hit it this time!"-De-
troit Free Press.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-10-19
Folly Of Affectatior

ROXY OF AHectatious
We are never so ridiculous by the
qualities we have as by those we af-
feet to have.-Rochefoucauld.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-30
FROM SAN FRANCISCO.
Mrs. Jewett Pratt Gets Letter from
Sister in Stricken City.

l
| Mrs. J"W"tt Pratt Of tliis town has
received letter from her sister. Hat
| II" \. th"ncry, who lives in San Fran
ci%c" ana WAS iu the city at The time
| I"l III" earthquake. She says in part:
| l am alive ana wen. and am very
| thankful, %urppS" before this YOU have
| received the word that san Francisco
| IS nearly wiped Of the map There
ar" "v'r 3oon00 people homeless, and
| am nIi" of them.
was only able 10 save fow
things. but as saii | an thank Y
ful am alive. There were 700
| Killed. J saw one big, long trench
Whtrc they were bHrying the dead.
tfl"h th"y bad 100 in il. and they were
only rolled in paper. 1t WAS awful
mop" "nd pray ] may never witness
Su'h sight or 70 through such An
experience" again, and then to think I
am all al"n" with nowhere 10 go.
went down to = friends place. only
one block from Tho Ahbntsfurd. tn"
hotel where I bearded. ana va% with
hcr that ui2ht. we took our blankets
and Stad ont in an open lot. no on"
dared 10 sleep III the houses. wv ~ cx-
i''''i ''''.I f~iIh' NJ 40 fl''I KNOW
how many shocks We bad during the
day. something like 81 ! believe both
day ana uieht. Thousands Of people
staid np All night. ana walked the
streets, chmpcd in TIA" parks and ont
on III" beach. one hotel in tho Mission
which WAS four stories before the aW-
ful shock sank down in the earth. 50
only the top story was above ground
only - PERSONS ESCAPED alive When
my friends Spok" uf coming over here
] thought ! W"uld hc left in the city
All alone, in tn" opon lots, hut they
asked me 70 come with them. They
arc 50 Kind "a me. am taken in BY
strangers and given shelter and food
50 YOU may know how thankful I am.
can never forget those awful two
days ANA on" night. They seem like
W"ck&." This letter was written from
Berkeley, and was dated April 20.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-30
sAGADAHOC.
EICHM OND.

The Faster concert At I'll" Methodist
church Sunday evening WIS especially
interesting. The children acquitted
themselves finely. The church was
overcroWded.
Jns"yh Baker and family Of South
Gardner have moved t. this town and
viii bc in the employ Of the johnson
Seed Potato Co.
Harry Tarr had good pair of horses
shipucd to him by boat from Boston
last week. This pair is for sale at hiz
stable ON Front st. He has disposed
ard exchanged quite a number of good
ones this spring.
Tho no-session school bell rang at the
usual hour Tuesday morning. This
is the second time this month it has
runr nr account Of sever snoWstorIn.
The Oldest inhabitant cannot recollcct
of this occurrence before.
Some OF the leading poultry men in
this village are offering one dollar a
piece for sitting hens. Is not this
rather reflective on the much-talked of
incubator? This may be only one Of
the many instances in which the old
fashioned wins out.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-30

{. II. Newell Esq. of this town has
been called to IIoulton in Aroostook
County to do some legal business in his
line.
The High School baseball team which
was to have played the Litchflclu
Academy team Fast Day postponed
the game till q week from saturday.
our boys do not count on blocking
SnuWStnrInS at this season of the year.
A %ery pleasant occasion WAS that
which took place at the Methodist
chapel Wednesday evening. Rev. *. a.
Rich was given a fine reception by his
parish. Mr.. Rich comes from Con
ference with the best wishes of all his
acquaintance in this town.
A. =. Maxwell of Portland was in
town last week.
The Eastern Star officers are re-
hearsing a new drill for the floor work.
The drill master is 7. &. Spaulding AMI
this drill promises to be more than
usually good.
Mrs. Noble Maxwell returned Satur-
day from a three weeks visit in
Boston.