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The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-20
HERE N THERE.

Weedy pastures are said to be ap-
petizing for sheep; II true there are
portions of the southwest that
would be veritable sanitariums for
sheep.
The vitality of the flock is often
impaired by breeding immature ewes.
Many excellent breeders say the eve
should be two years old when its first
lamb is dropped.
Insects and worms are great enc
miles to all kinds of fruit trees and
should be destroyed by man. No grass
or weeds should ever be allowed to
grow neal newly-planted trees.
A profitable orchard is not a pomo-
logical museum. There must be .
large quantity of uniform fruit to
make any district commercially prom
lent.
There are many ways in which q
southern farmer can achieve success;
each individual should choose a sys-
tenn that according to his means, sur
roundings and ability or tastes offers
to him the greatest certainty of his
succeeding, n then push 1t for all
there is in it.
Good farming increases rather than
diminishes- soil-fertility. In almost
every community there ire farmers
who are increasing and conserving
the productivity of the soil, but it Is
an undisputed fact that where there
is one such farmer there are ten
whose carelesseness suffers their land
to run down and grow weaker under
cultivation.
Among the summer crops that may
be grown by seeding broadcast may be
mentioned millet, Hungarian grass.
rape and COW peas. Corn may also
be grown probably for fodder by
b~roadcasting the seed, but the pre-
ferred mode is to drill the seed in
rows and cultivate, which is also ap-
plicable to rape and Gov peas.
Keep a clean dust bath within easy
reach of the fowls, and they will rid
themselves of the little red mites. II
they refuse to use the dust bath in the
poultry house during the summer,
spade up a fresh clean spot in the
yard, and see how freely they vii!
wallow in It.
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A NEW SOURCE OF WEALTH.
A New Line Of Work for the Southern
Cottonseed OIL Mills in the Idle
Season.

1t has been known all along that the
removal of the tax on denatured alco-
hol would lead to the use of enormous
quantities of potatoes for the manu-
facture of this product; now it devel-
ops that the cotton oil mills of the
south may put all other enterprises
at a disadvantage in this work. A
practical test was made recently by
Mr.. ]. C. Spurlin, OF Arkansas, show
ing that the oil ~manchinery Is espe-
cially adapted to the work, and at the
meeting of the South Carolina Cotton
Seed Crushers' association the mat
ter was extensively discussed, the
possibility of using sweet as well as
Irish potatoes being considered. The
Charleston News and Courier, writ
ing of the matter says:
"The suggestion of Mr.. Christopher
Fitzsimmons to the Cotton Seed
Crushers' association that c~ottonseed
oil mill machinery might perhaps be
utilized for the manufacture of dena-
tured alcohol from sweet potatoes and
Irish potatoes, deserves careful inves-
tigation. The removal by Congress OF
he tax on denatured alcohol is ex-
pected to cause a revolution in many
Of the arts, and it is promised that the
demand for the liquid will be enor-
nous. We have already pointed out
that, II potatoes may be pro1tably
employed in the manufacture, the con-
ditions are present In South Carolina
for the development Of a new and i'm
portant industry.
1.-The one drawback to the cotton
seed crushing business is that its
season is short. The mills are at
work from the beginning of the cotton
harvest In September until February
or March, and for the remaining
months OF the year the plants are
dead To find ever partial employ
ment for the mills in the summer, ice.
making machines have been built In
connection with them and various
other schemes have been tried. Cen
orally these have not proved success
full, and In most Of the oil mills in the
South the engines are idle while fixed
charges continue and lessen the
profits to the nj
Potatoes begin to come in very soon
after the supply of cotton is exhaust
ed. II they can be converted into
alcohol at a cost which Will permit
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you to remember me by, but I've been
so busy lately preparing for this trip
that l haven't had time to think of
anything. Don't forget to write, will
you?"
They shook hands again and then
Thornley,, reaching in his pocket, drew
out three cigars.
Smoke those, old man, and when
you're smoking them remember me-"
he said.
Rolber took the cigars. The steam
er sailed away and a few weeks later
a letter from Thornley, told of his safe
arrival. Everything was strange. he
said, but he hoped he would like the
country.
Letters came at intervals and then
came the news of Thornley's death.
He had caught a fever and died sud-
denly.
The news was a great shock to
Rolber. 1t was as If he had lost a
brother.
Of the three cigars Thornley, had
given to him that day when he sailed
away two had been smoked. Rolber
preferred a pipe to a cigar, and after
he heard of Thornley's death he had
no desire to smoke the third. He put
the cigar on his mantelpiece at home
under a glass case, and every time he
looked at it his thoughts turned to
his dead friend.
Two years passed and still the cigar
remained in it's old place. Then, one
night, Rolber discovered that all his
smoking tobacco was gone. He
searched high and low, but could not
discover anything to smoke. He went
at last to the mantelpiece and looked
at Thornley's cigar. No, he would not
think of smoking that. 1t would be a
s~acrilege. He turned away and took
up a book. But there was no pleasure
in reading. He was nervous and he
needed a smoke. He searched again
for some tobacco, although he knew
there was none Again he turned to
read, but the craving of the steady
smoker was too strong. He went and
looked at the cigar. 1t had dried out,
but still was in good condition. Sen
timent and appetite struggled for a
minute or two and sentiment won.
Rolber walked away and tried to
satisfy his craving by putting his
empty pipe in his mouth and drawing
ON it as if it were filled. That did not
do. He simply had to smoke, and at
last he turned back to the mantel-
piece, lifted the glass case and took
out Thornley's cigar. Just a moment
he wavered. Then he struck a match.
held the flame close to the cigar and
with a sigh of satisfaction he drew in
a lung full of smoke. 1t seemed to
him that he never before had enjoyed
a smoke so much. Three, four, five
times he pulled contentment into his
physical self and then
There was a sudden burst OF fire
and sparks, a sharp report, the cigar
was a wreck and Rolber was as nerv-
Gus as a kitten.
well, I'll be switched" said Roll
ber.-when he had recovered his wits.
Who would have thought that a man
dead two years would play a joke on
a fellow with a loaded cigar?"
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A Subject for chiropody.

Gen. Nelson A. Miles relates the
story of a cowboy guide who put up
one night at a tavern that was, by rea-
son of some festivity in the little town
in which it was located, taxed to Its
capacity. The guide found himself
placed in a room with a stranger, but
the tavern keeper assured him that
the arrangement would prove salts
factory for the reason that his bedfel-
low was a mild-mannered man from
the east. Somewhat tired, the guide
retired early. Determined to have at
least his half of the bed. he strapped
his spurs to his ankles. Apparently
the eastern man, when he eventually
went to bed, was seriously incon-
yenienced for during the night he
aweke the guide and said:
Pardon me, sir; but. II you're q
gentleman, you will trim your toe
nails."-Success Magazine.
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the product to " sold IN competitions
with producers elsewhere, q great
field for ~proit-earning will be opened
In the south. It will hardly be dis.
putsd that potato crops, Of both kinds,
can be raised as cheaply in South
Carolina as they a be raised any.
where in the United States."-Pro-
gressiye Farmer.
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The ChiId,s Viewpoint.

Percy Alder, M. p, of London, told
an amusing story of a small girl at
a recent meeting of the Children's
Happy Evenings association. The
child had been sent away to the coun.
try for a holiday, and questioned as
to what in all her holiday had pleased
her most, this little slum maiden,
whose London home adjoined a waste
piece of land, replied: Seeing no
dead cats"
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Killed Pickerel with Brick.

George Hartman killed a 20-pound
pickerel with a brick. The fish had
got into the shallow marsh at the
foot of Main street, where it was dis
covered by Mr.. Hartman. After chas-
ing it about for awhile he finally
threw a brick at it and killed it,
Nelson Correspondence st. Paul Pho
neer Press.
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Should Be q Busy Time.

Now Is the season when every
housewife in the south should DO
busy canning fruit and vegetables for
winter use. Many do their duty In
this line, but the majority put it on
until too late and then during the
bleak winter days and rainy early
spring days, they can not give their
tables that variety it will so much
need and which the family will so
much appreciate, and which will adj
very materially to their health. you
can put up these goods cheapest in tin
cans, of two pounds capacity; but you
can put them up much more readily
in pint, quart and half-gallon jars.
This saves all trouble Of soldering.
and if we would take good care OF the
jars, adding to the stock each year. It
would be just as cheap as the tin cans
in the long rum. Can everything you
can, corn, beans, okra, tomatoes,
peaches, apples, grapes, etc. Put up
some this week and some next, until
you have a plenty to carry your family
through the winter. The frying-pan Is
injuring the health Of many families
among our rural population. We do
not want so much fried food. Give
your family a variety and nothing Is
SO helpful towards this end as your
canned goods. Our farmers are going
to have money this fall, getting such
good prices for their cotton, so house
wives, you will do well to discount
enough of it to get a full supply of
cans or jars as you may desire and
fill them for your winters USE
Southern C%ultivator.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-20
SMALL PUBLIC LIBRARY.
British Bechuanaland Probably Can
Boast of the Tiniest Building in
Which Books Are Housed.

The public library is one of the
many blessings Of civilization which
the colonizing Britisher takes with
him wherever he goes. From Kurt
man, in British Bechuanaland, comes
this little snapshot which represents
the Thurman public library"
Concerning this palatial institution
a correspondent writes: 81 think our
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-20
Stunned Fish an Easy Capture.

A small boy, rowing on the ALE.
gheny river at Pittsburg was startled
when his oar struck and stunned an
immense fish. Before it recovered the
boy had lowed his prey to land. 1t
was nearly four feet long and weighed
35 pounds. Old rivermen declared it
a mammoth catfish.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-20

Matthew Fowlds, Of Farwick, near
Kilmarnock, Scotland, who has just
celebrated his huHdredth birthday, has
for 80 years piled the hand loom, and
still earns his living as a weaver. His
children, including one son. who Is a
member of the house of representatives
In New Zealand, have gathered. at Far
wick to celebrate the birthday.
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Have No Right to Complain.

It seems in order 70 say Tin relation
to the meat scandals) that at least
southern towns, cities, and communi-
ties have no right to complain. II
at any time they have suffered, either
In their stomachs or their pockets,
because of the high price or the I'M
wholesome character of Chicago meat
products, they have only themselves
to blame. There has never been the
smallest reason why they should not
feed themselves from their own
nerds. focks. fields, daries and barn
Yards. The south Is rich in farming
and grazing lands, and the Inhabitants
thereof can raise beef cattle, sheep,
hogs, poultry, and vegetables OF the
very finest quality and in unlimited
quantity if they choose. Why need
they go to Chicago, Kansas City, Oma-
ha, or any other distant market for
food which they can produce them
selves? And il they persist in a pol
icy so unnecessary and so improvi-
dent, they might have the grace to
realize that it is their fault and re-
frain from condemnation OF others.
The pastures of the south can turn
out as good beef and mutton as tho
stock-yards Of Chicago can. Southern
farms are capable Of furnishing as
nigh-class butter, milk, eggs, etc, as
any farms in Iowa or Kansas. Why
then, do not the southern people help
themselves instead of calling upon
Hercules to help them and filing the
air with complaint and imprecation
when he fails to answer to their salts
w Post.
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Anv Month Will Do.

Here and there some independents
minded young woman allows it to be
known that she is going to be mar
Eted In some month other than June
Chicago Daily News.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-20
Making a Navy.

Some of the largest ocean steamers
can be converted into armed cruisers
In 80 hours.
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library building may fairly claim 10
be one Of the smallest, If not the
smallest, in existence. In spite Of its
small size, the library is we'll stocked
with books and has a large number
Of subscribers. wide World Maya
| zine.
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Curious Central African Nests.

Curious Central African Nests.
"A curious nest, found in Central
Africa by DR.. c. Christy, has been
sent to the Natural History museum.
It is made of froth and inside was q
mass of tadpoles.
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IRISH X STONE.

Here is a picture of a cromlech, or
rocking stone, which occurs on the
estate of the Earl Annesley, near
Castlewellan, in County Down, Ire
land. The top stone. though many
tons in weight, is so d%elicately bal
anced that it can easily be moved by
pushing it with an umbrella.
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for Inventors.

Chance for Inventors.
A new prize of $4,000 is offered in
France for the invention Of a dirigib,e
balloon.
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Should Be an Expert.

1Ns~HH~ss~1N-ss~Nas
The Tupelo journal., 1906-07-20

Amos Loveless, of Collins, writes inter-
estingly on the handling of syrup, and
proposes something like the article from
MFR. Mcrcier this week. Mr.. Lovelcss is
growing it successfully every year, and
proftably, too.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-21
CAPTAIN MCKAY BLAMED
FOR ACCIDENT AT MOLE
Master of Steamship Tampico Censured
for Collision With the Perry
Hay City,

United States Supervising Inspector
Captain John Birmingham handed
down a decision yesterday in the mat
ter of the collision between the ferry
steamer Bay City and the ocean
steamer Tampico on August II, near
the Alameda mole. Captain r. B. Nc
Kay Of the Tampico was censured for
negligence, and the. Collector of Gus
toms was advised that Mckay had
rendered himself liable TO a fine of s1OO
for navigating the vessel without a
pilots license.
Captain Rogers was exonerated with
q reprimand. as follows:
Captain William Rogers is hereby
exonerated from all blame in the mat
ter of that collision, but the experience
he has derived therefrom should suf-
fee for him 10 give a vessel like the
Tampico a wider berth in the future
under like conditions and so avoid the
apparent necessity OF his passengers
resorting to life preservers, even
though his vessel is In water so shall
low, as 1t was on that occasion, as to
render the submergence Of her main
deck impossible in the event of all her
compartments filling with water. a
matter that all her passengers could
not be expected to be aware of.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-21
Delegates Busy in Two
Halls, FuTthering
Orders Work.

"IEN thousand members in this
State of the Ancient Order Of
Hibernians in America We're rep
resented by delegates who met in
biennial conventions in this city yes
terday. The conventions were those of
the California branch of the principal
order and of the Ladies' Auxiliary, the
former meeting in st. Peters Hall at
Twenty-fourth and Alabama streets
and the latter at the Innesfail, 140S
McAllister street. Business and enjoy
ment had been mapped out for three
days fixed for the duration of the gath
erings and there is enough of both to
keep the delegates in continuous
round of activity
Good cheer. politics of the order and
an earnest consideration of many new
measures made necessary as a result
of the disaster of April mark the pro-
ceedings of both conventions The
ideals of good citizenry take a large
place in the sentiments expressed in
speech and deed, and helping the af-
flicted brothers who lost home and all
in the great fire is one of the principal
matters with which both conventions
are dealing The work that the Order
of Hibernians did in the relief of San
Francisco sufferers is of public note,
no fraternal organization excelling IL
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-21

first Filipino to be placed at the head
of an executive department..
In establishing a-United States Court
In China Uncle Sam followed the ex-
ample set by England and Germany
and, according to Judge Whitley. the
step was one Of vast Importance to
American residents within the new
courts Jurisdiction
The court will have its headquarters
at Shanghai and will hold sessions at
Canton, Shanghai, Hankow. Tientsin
and other treaty ports. The Judges
tenure of office Is for ten years.
Judge Wilfey paid a glowing tribute
to Governor General Ide. whose ad-
ministration, he said, has been magnif-
cent. Governor Ide will surrender the
Governor Generalship on September IS
TO General James T. Smith. at present
shipwrecked on the Manchuria-
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-21
COMPLETE SYSTEM
OF CISTERNS.
Supervisors Take Step
to Further Protect
the City From Fire
COURT QUARTERS

The Board OF Supervisors adopted
Yesterday a resolution directing the
Spring Valley Company to con-
meet it's mains with fourteen UNDER
ground cisterns at various locations IN
the city. The board adopted also the
report of the joint fire and water COM
mittee ordering plans and estimates Tor
conplete system OF cisterns at loca-
tions to be designated by the chief en-
ginee- OF the Fire Department
The board adopted q resolution au-
thortzing that lease for two years Do
entered into for the second floor OF
building at the southeast corner OK
Golden Gate avenue and Hyde streets
for the use Of the Superior Judges
County Clerk, City Attorney and Law
Library. The monthly rental will be
$1,000.
The board heard the protest Of sew
eral property owners and wholesale
dealers against the proposed establish
ment by d. c. Talbot OF a planning mill
at lis Main street, the fire COMMITTEES
having recommended that permit for
an engine and boiler be granted Tor the
same The board ruled against the
adoption Of the hre committees report
recommending that the permit be
granted. the vote showing seven Super
visors IN favor and seven against.
Coroner Walsh informed the board
that the Board Of Education had re-
fused to allow the site OF the old Whit
tier School. on Harrison street near
Fourth, to be used for a new Morgue.
Walsh urged that something be done
at once The utilities committee and
Walsh will ascertain what 1t Will cost
to build a structure on the old Morgue
site for temporary use and also 70 ar
range for the purchase OF the adjoining
lot, so that permanent Morgue may be
constructed.
The board passed to print an amended
ordinance authorizing the Board OF
Works to employ an architect IN cases
where it Is impossible TO obtain COM
petitive plans for public buildings un-
der the bond issue.
The ordinance repeating all ordi-
nances providing for the inspection OF
chimneys by the Board Of Works was
referred to the fire committee.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-21
NO VACATION PAY
FOR TEACHERS.
Shortage of Coin in the
School Fund Cause of
Retrenchment Order
NEW ASSIGNMENTS

Shortage of funds for the school de-
partment has forced the Board of Edu-
cation to adopt a rule limiting the
teachers to salary for the time they
are actually employed in their work
and allowing them no salaries for
vacations. The following resolution
designates the beginning and ending
of each term of school and the time
for which teachers will have no pay:
In order to confine the expenditures
Of this department during this fiscal
year within the appropriation, it is
hereby resolved and ordered that, for
the fiscal year l906-l907 the fall team
will begin on July %, 1906, and termin-
ate on December IA, 1906; that the
spring term will commence on January
2, 1907, and terminate June Il, 1907;
that there shall be vacation from Sep
tenaber 4, 1906, TO September 2S, 1906,
for which no salaries shall be paid;
that there shall be vacation from De-
o. cember IA, 1905, to January 2, 1907, for
which no salaries shall be paid;. that
there shall be vacation from March Is,
1907, to March 29, 1907. for which no
salaries shall be paid; that there shall
be vacation from June II, 1907, to the
opening of the fail term. 1907, for
which no salaries shall be paid
The following assignments were
made from the substitute and unas-
signed lists to take effect yesterday:
Miss J. Doyle, Horace Mann Evening;
Mrs. NJ Dwyer, Horace Mann Evening;
Miss A. Martin, Horace Mann Evening;
Miss NJ. r. Mcdonald, lincoln Evening;
Miss E. B. Taylor, Washington Even
ing; William +. Blake, Humboldt Even
ing.
The following transfers of teachers
were ordered, to take effect yesterday:
Miss J. Roden, from Hamilton Evening
TO Washington Evening; Miss B. Jacob
son, from Commercial Evening to
Hamilton Evening: Miss NJ. Robinson,
from Richmond Evening to Washing
ton Evening; Miss NJ w. O'Malley, from
Hamilton Evening TO Commercial
Evening.
Leaves of absence were granted to
Dora Savage, Katherine Stack, Alice E.
Lynch and j r. Daniels.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-21
SCOTT TO RETIRE,
RUM0R INSISTS.
Story That He Is Soon
to Leave Telephone
Company Is Revived
GLASS TOO, MAYBE

Rumor. has again undertaken the
task of removing the executive heads
OF the Pacific States Telephone and
Telegraph Company. With marked
consistency 1t has President Henry t.
Scott all but down and out and it has
prepared the public against surprise If
his assistant, Vice President and Cen
eral Manager Louis Glass, also quits
the company before many days have
passed.
The latest story in financial circles
is to the effect that the discord among
the stockholders of the telephone COM
pany has reached a climax and that
President Scott has announced his in
tention Of retiring at an early date
Henry T. Scott emphaticslly denies
the story and also scouts the report
that General Manager Glass will re-
tire. 1t is also denied that E. c. Brad
ley is to succeed to the presidency of
the company
On the street It was common talk
yesterday that President Scott has had
his last say as the chief executive Of
the telephone company and that the
next meeting Of the board would be
for the purpose Of accepting his resig-
nation and electing his SUCCESSOR
most probably E. c. Bradley, whose
presence in this city for several weeks
has deeply: mystified those who are
fairs of the telephone company.
While the latest version of the Scott
Glass story was still fresh in the
atmosphere yesterday. Bradley quietly
dropped into town from Ben Lomond.
With a manner that bespeaks him a
man of deeds and not words, Bradley's s
only response to the query as to what
he had to say regarding the report
that Scott and Glass were to retire
and that he was to succeed the former,
was:
It's news to me"-and certainly it
did. not greatly disturb his usual calm,
for an hour or so later he had left the
st. Francis Hotel on a visit to Bur-
lingame.
But while Scott is making contradic-
tions. the wise men of the street are
persistently claiming that a change in
the executive department of the tele-
phone company is about to be made
and that Bradley's mission to this city
will be fulfilled when he accepts the
duties forsaken by Henry T. Scott