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The Tupelo journal., 1906-02-23
Supplying Our Own Needs.

One of the most optimistic of men
as regards the possibilities of this
country is Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson, ana he frequently gives rea
son for the faith that is in him. He
has recently shown that the farm
products of the United States this year
will reach the fabulous sum of over
s6,4O0, 900, 900 in value, something be-
yOnd all precedent. And the secretary
thinks we can do a great deal better
than that. He is confident that we
can produce about everything needed
by our people, and that the importa-
ton of nearly a billion dollars worth
of goods a be superseded by the use
of home articles. OF course he does
not mean to say that We shall cease
importing. That would not be COM
20 sense. But unquestionably much
of the raw material now procured
abroad could be found here. The Sec
rotary goes still further. He believes
that all of the coffee which the United
States consumes and which costs $780,
10000 annually, a be obtain - from
American dependencies. He points
out the fact that Hawaii and Porto
Rico raise the very finest coffee that
can be found anywhere. and that it is
foolish policy to pay Brazil and other
foreign nations great sums of money
for goods which our own possessions
can supply. The secretary ever is so
sanguine as to think that in time VIZ
can produce tea of as good quality as
that now imported from China and In
dia. AS to sugar, there are extraor-
binary possibilities in Hawaii and
Porto Rico, and the secretary believes
much of the $50, 900. 900 to $780, 600, vOO
which we pay out every year for
sweetness in this form might well go
to encouraging the industry of sugar
raising in those islands. There is
hardly a product essential to indus
trial and domestic use which the Unit
ed States or it's possessions cannot
supply, according to Secretary Wilson,
and his patriotic endeavors to induce
the American people to avail them
selves of these unexampled opportuni-
ties must certainly command serious
thought.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-02-23

Royalties are being paid for an cleo
trio clock and an electric massage in
strument.
Moore Is a quiet, unpretending
young fellow who is rapidly becoming
popular among the students. He has
already made enough money % sup
port three men during a college
course, but his success has not given
him the 'swelled head" 1t was only
after the news of his last sale OF an
invention became known that he con-
sented to tell of his former success.
His account of how he happened to
produce the device which has recently
brought him the neat sum of $4,000 IS
interesting. 81 was riding with a
friend of mine in an automobile one
day." he said, when we had several
stops to make and it struck me that
the double operation necessary to
start the car was a nuisance.
II examined the mechanism and
afterward thought out a little device
which would do away with one opera.
ton. I put it into my pocket and went
over to my friends home to ask him
whether he would allow me to try it.
He consented and L found that 1t
worked ali right. I put the device
into the hands of my agents and the
other day l was surprised to receive
a check for $4,000"
Moore has spent the last ten years
in getting what knowledge he could OF
electricity. When only ten years of
age he began reading in books OBJ
tanned from libraries. He continued
his reading while a pupil in the gram
mar school and at the age of IL
brought out his first successful inven-
tion.
He then started in to get whatever
practical experience he might at the
Sweet iron factory, in Newburg, where
his grandfather, with whom he lived.
as his father had died when he was a
small boy, was superintendent.
When he was a senior at the New
burg academy Moore's real genius first
showed itself when he took first and
fourth places in an inventive genius
contest" held at the manual training
school. The first prize was offered to
the student who would invent the de
vice which would be of most use in
the school building. He noticed that
when the power for the machinery was
turned on or off at the rheostat the
fuses burned out repeatedly. He in
vented an automatic rheostat which
The Tupelo journal., 1906-02-23
TWITCHING NERVES
A Serious Hereditary Trouble Cured
BY Or. Williams Pink Pills.

Sufferers from ailments that have af-
ficted in regular succession one genera
ton after another of their family are, as
a rule, inclined to submit to them as in
evitable. The case which follows proves
that such hereditary difficulties are not
beyond the reach of curative forces and
should inspire hopefulness and a readi-
ness to try remedies that have effected
signal cures, such as that which is here
given.
Mrs. Elizabeth Rannells, of No. 408
East Seventh street, Newton, Kansas.
gives the following account of her all
ment and her cure:
"For two years l suffered from a trying
nervousness i'll my lower limbs from my
knees down, as my mother and my
grandmother had suffered before me.
The situation was for many years ac-
copied as unavoidable because heredi-
tary. But about two years ago, when my
son was realizing benefit from the use OF
DR.. Williams Pink Pills, I thought there
might possibly be some good i'll them for
me. My trouble had then become SO
serious as to make it difficult for me to
sleep. I often had to walk the floor in
restlessness the whole night. After tax
ing some six boxes the twitching disap-
peared and / ceased to use the remedy.
/ evidently stopped a little too soon for
nervousness came back after n month or
so and l used the pills again for a short
time. Relief came at once and since l
stopped using them the second time l
have been free from any return of the
twitchings or from any interference with
my sleep"
DIR. Williams Pink Pills have cured
the worst cases of bloodlessness, indiges-
ton, influenza, headaches, lumbago, sci
atica, neuralgia, nervousness, spinal
weaknessand the special ailments of girls
and women. For further information,
address the DIR. Williams Medicine Co.,
Schenectadv. N. Y
The Tupelo journal., 1906-02-23

This is tho most popular sport among
the 10000 members Of the Ojibwa tribe.
Entire villages engage in It, each side
choosing q leader.
Each player is armed with a long
stick, on the end of which is a small
hoop, four inches in circumference. To
this is attached a net OF rawhide just
large enough to hold the ball. At the
distance Of 400 PAGES from each other
two poles are driven into the ground for
goals. The object of each side is to get
tho ball into the net at the end Of the
playing stick, and to strike the oppos-
ing goal with 1t. The player who sue
ceeds wins the game for his side.
AS the players on m side try to block
the way to the goal for opponents and to
keep the ball away from them, the re-
suit is q lively scrimmage. The two
sides being lined up, the ball is thrown
between them at the beginning Of the
game, and is kept in lively movement
until the contest ends.
On the outskirts Of the struggling
The Tupelo journal., 1906-02-23
COLLEGE BOY AN INVENTOR
Produces Automobile SPEAKER ! Tor
which he Receives 81, 5000
Other Inventions.

Edward Moore, Of Newburg, q fresh
man in the L. G. Smith College OF
Applied Science at Syracuse Uni
versity, has received 1920 for an in
vention OF an Improvement in an
automatic sparker, thus adding to the
most remarkable record of successful
inventions ever credited to q student
Of Syracuse university.
Although only 20 years Of age and
just beginning his course in electrical
engineering, this is Mr.. Moore's fourth
invention now in use.
Before coming to college he sold
one for $4,000, and now has two on
royalties. His latest invention Is one
that interests automobilists. Until
his mechanism was sold to the auto
mobile company the chauffeur had to
switch the current which runs the
spark from the battery to the magnet
by hand. The new device Is a. simple
arrangement which does this auto.
matically when the gear lever is op.
Grated. The invention for which the
$4,000 was paid is a combined starter
and regulator for electric motors
The Tupelo journal., 1906-02-23
Revenue from Grapes.

Growing of grapes In graperies fur
Iishes an important source of revenue
in some countries, notably Belgium
and the Channel islands, where large
quantities are annually grown and ex'
ported. The United States is q good
customer for them, as high as IS
cents to rs cents a pound wholesale
and 81 to So and even more q pound
retail, being paid for the fruit. Grape
growing in pots is much practiced in
parts of Europe, and especially IN
France, where the vines are largely
used for decorative purposes on festive
occasions.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-02-23
Monkey with Spectacles.

In the Breslau geological garden there
is a spider monkey which was operated
upon for cataract, and now wears
glasses. For more than a year after it
was received at the ZOO it was very
healthy and lively, then it became very
quiet, ceased to play, and crouched in a
corner. 1t was examined and found to
be suffering from cataract, so was inn
mediately taken to the eye hospital and
operated upon. In less than a month it
was fitted with a pair of spectacles.
which it wears with becoming gravity.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-02-23
TERRIBLE scALY ECZEMA.
Eruptions Appeared on Chest, and
Face and Neck Were AL Broken
Out-Cured by Cuticura.

IT had an eruption appear on my chest
and body and extend upwards and down.
wards, so that my neck and face were all
broken out; also my arms and the lower
limbs as far as the knees. at first
thought it was prickly heat. BUT soon
ing put was. Instead of going to a ply
stefan, / purchased a complete treatment
of the Cuticura Remedies, in which | had
great faith, and all was satisfactory. A
year or two later the eruption appeared
again, only a little lower; but before it
had time to spread l procured another
tinued their use until the cure was COM
plete. 1t is now five years since the last
attack, and lave not seen any signs of a
return. have more faith in Cuticura
Rem .dies for skin diseases than anything
/ know of. Emma E. Wilson, Liscomb,
Iowa, Oct. !, 1906"
The Tupelo journal., 1906-02-23
Few Bluffs. No Blows.

A very pleasant surprise party was
given at the TT ranch about q week
ago, at which everyone had q very en-
joyable time. Jef Parish took all hon
ors for the best dancer. Another party
was given at Plush last Friday night;
q large crowd attended and had q good
time, without any fights, but one, OF
two bluffs were stirred about, but No
hard blows were cast.-Lake View
(Ore.) Examiner.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-02-23
A Scheme.

Tommy-Ma, may l play make be-
lieve that I'm entertaining another little
boy?
Ma-Certainly, dear.
Tommy-All right; gimme some cake
for him, then.-Philadelphia Press.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-02-23
Seeing Things.

"Sentry." said the newly-hedged heuten'
ant. hating before a sentinel and seeking
to PROFOUND a query which would cause
the man embarrassment, what would you
do if you saw a battleship moving across
the parade ground and approaching your
beat?"
"Pd stop drinking, sir" replied the SOL
der, shortly.-Judge.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-02-23
T.ard IF Snirits,

She-The medium at Che seance called
up somebody from Kentucky.
He-Well, that's the spirit land, all right
-Yonkers Statesman.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-02-23
Thankful for Small Mercies.

A man lost a leg in a railway accident]
and when they picked him up the hrst
word he said was: THANK the LORD, II
was the leg with the rheumatism in it,
Atlanta Constitution.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-02-23
A Harmless Laxative.

IF you must take a laxative, take a harm.
less one. Lax-Fos does not grippe, therefore,
does not i~rritate. Irritation is what does
the harm. Price SO cents.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-02-23

Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum
and Mullen is Nature great remedy Cures
Coughs, Colds, Group and Consumption,
and all throat and lung troubles. AT drug
gists. 25c,. SOC. and $l.00 per bottle.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-02-23

Many a man whom We think has a big
heart only has a patient earn. U. Plea
u
The Tupelo journal., 1906-02-23

Nothing has yet taken the place Of Gar.
field Tea, Natures remedy for kidney and
liver trouble, constipation and sick head
ache. Contains no harmful ingredients,
nothing but medicinal herbs. Sold at all
drug stores. Send for free sample to
Garfield Tea Co., Brooklyn, NY.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-02-23

No man climbs to the Father by tread
ing on his brother. Chicago Tribune.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-02-23

The man who thinks he is a wit should
talk into a phonograph-and then be MADE
to Internationally Evening Post.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-02-23

Every dose makes you feel better: Lax
Eos keeps your whole inside right; Not one
grippe in a full bottle. Sold on the money
back plan everywhere. Price 80 cents.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-02-23
You Don't Have to Wait.

Many fail through success, while others
succeed through failure.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-02-23

Most of the trouble with having money
II that you haven't more.-N. Y. Press.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-02-23
Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot-Ease. 1t cures painful, swollen,
smarting, sweating feet. Makes new shoes
easy. Sold by all Druggists and Shoe stores.
Don't accept any substitute. Sample FREE.
Address A. S. Olmsted. LIE Roy, N. Y.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-02-23

Economy is the road to wealth-and it's
q hard road to travel.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-02-23
Gar6eld Tea. Mild Laxative.

When generosity is a surgical operation
It is often fatal to the patient.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-02-23

A Guaranteed Cure for Piles.
itching. Blind, Bleeding, Protruding Piles
Druggists are authorized to refund money! II
PAzoO INTMENTfail to cure in6to 14days. 5oc
The Tupelo journal., 1906-02-23
NA-KID.

Little Charles-Mamma, I'm a KID,
amt 1?
Mamma-Yes, dear.
Little Charles-Do you know what
kind of a kid l am now?
Mamma-Well, dear, what kind of
kid are you?
Little Charlie-Why, I'm na-kid.-St
Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-02-23
The Principle
and Practice
of Health X
BY EDWARD B. WARMAN
iAuthor Scientific Physical Training" For
mer Editor Health Department
Ladies Home Journal.l
By EDWARD B. wARMAN

Cotton Underwear Preferable to Silk
or Woolen-Linen Underwear Most
Hygienic and Comfortable-A Por-
Gus Garment Protects Better from
Heat and Cold Than a Garment OF
Solid Material - Wooden Under
wear Makes Restless Children
Up-to-Date Medical Men Advo-
cate Linen-Mesh Underwear.
Douglas Island news., 1906-08-15

They have a ladies' bridge whist club in Sitka.
 Work will begin on the wagon road from Haines to Hindostucki at once. Capt. Jarvis refuses to mako an esti- mate of the Alaska fish pack for this year.
 The Chilkat, Taku and Stikine are the only large rivers in Southeastern Alaska.
 Frank Wadsworth, a pioneer of Daw- son and Forty Mile, died recently at Seattle. John Rosene, head of the Northwest eru Companies, went to Nome on the Saratoga.
 E.J. White, the famous word artist of the Whitehorse Star, is now papa. Its boy.
 Judge I. N. Wilcoxen, Skagway at torney, will leave the North and make his home in Seattle.
 The Alaska Central By, expects to lay rails to the head of Turnagain Arm during the current year.
 The Transcript estimates the vote of Southeastern Alaska at 1000, and the whole of Alaska at 5000.
 Homegrown celery with stems two feet long, is on the Dawson market. It was raised in the open air.
 Sitka carries the banner for rainfall In the year 1886 the precipitation was nearly 12 feet, or 14O.26 inches.
 The advance guard of small army of men to install and operate .Guggen- helm dredges is arriving in the Klon- dike.
 The Sitka Alaskan notes the appear ance of fresh veal in the local market from the stock farm of Ex-Gov. John G. Brady.
 Here's another sentiment to hang on the wall: Those You Knock Most To- day May Proveto be Your Best Friends Tomorrow.
 A locomotive, steel rails for 21 miles of track and 9 flat cars were taken to Cordova on the Leelanaw, for the use of the Copper River Railroad.
 Several Grand Trunk Pacific survey parties are operating on the Skeena river. The survey will be completed between Edmonton and the Pacific by winter.
 According to the reports of the Unit ed States Geological Survey there were one year ago 3,239 gold and silver pro- ducing mines in our western States, exclusive of Alaska. Of these, 1884 were placer mines and 1 ,9O5 deep mines.
Douglas Island news., 1906-08-15

A man who has been there tells the Dawson News it would take hundred gold dredges hundred years to begin to discover the limitations of the work able area in the Fortymile.
 Selkirk at the mouth of the Pelly river in Yukon territory, was visited by a frost which nipped all the potatoes June 26. The place has become famous for it's potatoes and other farm pro- ducts.
 J. w. Daily, manager for the Unuk River Mining and Smelling Co.,, says that his company will build an electric road from Unuk River to Ketchikan next year, to facilitate the handling and shipping of ore.
 The Guggenheims have acquired the holdings of the Consolidated Caribou Company in the Caribou district, Brit ish Columbia,a and will expend s1, ,500,00O in the next two years in providing a water system for hydraulic purposes.
 r. c. Selous, the big game hunter who came north few days ago, is said to be Rider Haggard's character, Alan Quartermain, the hero in the novel of that name and in one or two other stories by the famous English romano CT.
 Word comes from Log Cabin that a rich gold quartz strike has been made at the head of Toochi lake, eight miles from Log Cabin. The strike was made some time ago, but the work of pros pecting has been kept so quiet that word of it has just leaked out.
 The Fairhaven Water Company is constructing ditch at Deering, on the side of Seward Peninsula, to extend 38 miles from Lake Imaruk to Iumachuk river, to be Il feet broad at the bottom, 19 feet at the top, and to carry 1000 miners inches of water.
 Two hydraulic outfits will soon be in operation in the Yentna district. The steamer Caswell on her last trip up landed at the mouth of Lake Creek large hydraulic mining plant and will operate there under the management of H. Anderson on property staked by him.
 A man who has recently visited Nome that the mines there are again being tied up by injunctions, without The mine owners complain that the Court will grant an injunction upon the most fimsy showing, and the least investigation as to the merits of the case.
 A press dispatch from Tacoma tells of man named Martin, who owns mine on Douglas Island, which pro- iuces half million dollars annually. Martin announces that he has willed his fortune to the cause of prohibi- 5ion, and will sail for Alaska. The cause of prohibition needs no help in Alaska.
 Two expeditions with large quantities of supplies were to ascend the Kusko- kwim and establish trading posts this headed by Capt. Healy and the other by Capt. Geiger. It:.is probable both parties are we'll on their way up the river by this time. These two expeditions will furnish supply points that will enable prospectors to penetrate fields hitherto inaccessible.
Douglas Island news., 1906-08-15

The new wharf at Seldovia is nearly completed. It is 1000 feet in length and has a warehouse 200 feet long. An interesting feature of this dock is that the piles have been driven by Siwash
 power. About fifteen natives pull up the hammer by means of long rope. They do not bring results quite as fast as steam pile driver, but the hammer drops with the same force and precis- ion.
 M. K. Rogers, representing Eastern financiers, was at Catalla recently talk ing options on various pieces of prop erty. There is possibility that the terminus of the Copper River & North western Railway will be moved from Port Valdez to Catella, and surveying party working under the direction of Mir. Rogers has been going over route along the Catalla River toward the interior for several weeks past.
 There is rumor going the rounds that a company is being organized by G. A. Singer, the mining man who was formerly manager of the Conrad Windy Arm properties, to purchase the Big Salmon and Iron creek placer proper ties for the purposes of working them on big scale with the latest improved hydraulic machinery. Mir. Singer with T. w. Jackson, the Whitehorse attor- ney, and J. Montgomery, a famous northern prospector, are now in the Big Salmon and Teslin countries.- Alaskan.
 The investigation of the black sands of the Pacific coast, which has been carried on for oyer year by the Unit ed States Geolosical Survey, at Port land, Oregon, will be continued until the first of September. After that the plant will be transferred to Chapel Hill, South Carolina, where similar work will be carried on in connection with the Geological Survey of the state. It is believed that the sands of the east ern coast will be found as rich in valuable minerals as concentration eX- periments have shown those of the Pa cif1c slope to be.
 The tramp steamer Mariechen, pur- chased last week by Albert Schubach, of the shipping firm of Schubach < Hamilton may fly the American flag. Tue price paid for the tramp is said to be considerably less than S15,00O. An effort is to be made to secure an Amer ican register, says the Seattle Times. The Mariechen is now on the dry dock at Esquimalt, but will be lowed to Se- attle some time this week to undergo repairs at the plant of the Moran Com pany. Mir. Schubach said last evening that he considered that the Mariechen was a good buy. The boilers and engines are reported to be in excellent condition. MT. Schubach stated short ly after the purchase of the Mariechen that after repairs had been made the vessel would go in the foreign trade. The steamer now flies the German flag and was en route to Vladivostok with cargo of flour for Barneson & Hubbard when she went ashore at False Bay, near Juneau. The Mariechen was rais- ed and taken to Esquimalt by the tug Salvor, where she has since remained. The Mariechen has been reported as sold several times, but finally the ves- sel was taken by her new owner |