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The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-31
Potatoes in Cheese Sauce.

M. E. Southworth gives the follow.
ing recipe for patatas con queso (po-
tatoes baked in cheese sauce): Put
two tablespoonfuls of crumbled
cheese, II potted cheese, in a sauce
pan with two tablespoonful of but.
ter; when melted add two tablespoon.
fHls of -four and rub until smooth
and creamy. Season with salt, pap.
RIGA, and a dash of tabasco, and then
add slowly one and one-half cups of
milk, stirring until thoroughly blend.
ed. Remove from the fire. Peel six
large, firm potatoes, and slice rather
thin and chop one sweet bell-peppar.
Put a layer of the potatoes in a baking
dish, and sprinkle with the chopped
pepper, then another layer of pota-
toes, and so on until the dish is filled.
Over all pour the thickened cheese
sauce, and sprinkle broken English
walnut meats and bits of butter on
top, and bake until the potatoes are
thoroughly cooked.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-31
Boys Pleading Saves Dog.

The pleading Of an eight-year.old
boy so touched the heart of a Phila-
delphia hospital surgeon that he turn
ed veterinary for a while. He receiv-
ed a fee, too, despite all his protests
that pay was unnecessary.
The boys pet spaniel had been run
over by a wagon and one of its legs
was broken. Picking the animal up
in his arms the lad ran all the way to
the hospital, where he begged so hard
that the surgeon finally put the brok-
en- limb in splints as carefully as
though the patient was human.
Then the boy insisted on giving the
physician a nickel, all his wealth, and.
when it was refused, he took his dog,
but at the door turned and rolled the
nickel back along the floor and then
ran away.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-31
SOUTHERN
AGRICULTURE
FEEDING CATTLE IN THE SOUTH.
Southern Farmers Can Not Afford to
Grow Stock on Purchased Feeds.

Now | want to go on record as
stating that the farmers of the South
east will never do any great business
In STOCK growing and feeding while
they depend on the purchasing OF feed
stuffs for the finishing of their ami
mails. What we want to do is to grow
on our own farms the feed consumed
by our ANIMALS, as we can grow feed
az from one-third to one-half what the
same feed would cost us on the mar
ket, to say nothing of cost of trans
%portation. So | say if you are grow
ing cotton, by all means feed your
c~ottonseed meal: but if you are not
in a cotton section, don't you pur-
chase very much meal, but Instead,
grow corn and feed that. What I
mean by corn is the entire corn plant,
not simply the grain. and we want to
see so per cent of the crop grown into
the silo. There isn't a farm in the
South hat is producing cotton that
cannot produce corn as well, while
there are thousands of farms on which
corn can be made a valuable crop that
will not produce cotton at all.
Harrow made a strong point in
favor of cottonseed meal when he
brought out the fact that the aEu
resulting from the feeding Of this
product was so rich in nitrogen. But
LOOK here! What business has the
farmer purchasing nitrogen at Is
cents per pound when he can grow all
he needs on his own farm for moth
ing, it being simply a valuable by
product from the production OF our
most valuable hays.
The writer has grown feed and fed
1t to cattle and hogs in the great orn
belt, and for the past six years has
been engaged in the same busiI css in
North Carolina, and l tell you a n
didly that our crops are grown here
at one-half the cost of production in
the North. Our land has in the six
years increased in value and produc-
tiveness about 400 per cent, while the
Northern land has increased about 10
per cent. This cattle-feeding business
means a great deal to the Southeast.
To raise cattle profitably we must
have grass. The grass roots bind our
soils together, preventing washing
and wasting of plant food to tie soil.
They are harvested by the stock with
out cost, except for fencing; so if you
don't get within a few cents of the
market value of the grain used in fin
ishing your animals you are still
ahead, as the summer feeding of the
animals costs very little.
AS the writer sees it. what we want
to grow in the grain line is a product
rich in fat-producing elements, as the
South is the home of the legume and
the securing of proteids is the least
French.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-31
Soaked Corn for Pius.

One of our subscribers asks if it is
beneficial and profitable to soak old
corn before feeding it to his pigs.
There are some of the very best
feeders who practice soaking their
corn, when it is dry and hard, twelve
to twenty-four hours before feeding,
and believe that it is not only a salts
factory way of feeding but that it
pays, says the American Swinelerd.
They believe that the corn is easier
digested when soaked than when dry
and hard.
There are other very good feeders
who do not follow this system of feed
ing, but feed the corn dry, asserting
that it is not gulped down by the pigs
like a slop made of ground feed nor
like soaked corn; but requires more
m~astication, and, therefore, more of
the saliva is intermingled with it,
which is a necessary process to assist
the digestion.
Each class of feeders is equally sue
cessful in it's business. While one per-
son who feeds soaked corn may Sc
cure DGuLSI IS5uIJS ONSI dLOIuSl lAdl
practices the same plan of feeding,
but who doesn't have the skill, or, as
the Boys say, isn't a born feeder, COM
pared with the other who is more sue
c~essful, showing that a great deal of
the advantages lie in the nan him.
self. He doesn't overfeed and stall
them, and thereby throw them off
their feed. He watches them closely.
He gives them charcoal and salt. He
gives them a change of feed for the
variety and to keep them toned up.
There has been a great deal of dis
cussion on feeding soaked corn,
ground feed and dry corn, and the ex-
pertinent stations show that there is a
6 to Z per cen gain from feeding corn
meal over feeding hard corn as prac-
ticed by the same feeder.
A breeder who is anxious to get at
the bottom facts, to possess the truth,
should get as close to this matter as
possible. Give it more good thought,
observe your own results from your
own feeding, and then adopt that
which proves best for you, with the
assurance that some of the best feed
er5 practice feeding corn as stated by
you. There are more successful ways
than one.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-31
FLOWERS IN WINDOW-BOXES.
Pleasure for Those Who Have No
Garden or Porch.

To the flower-lover, who has no gar
den or porch, window-boXes offer ex-
cellent opportunities. Nothing can
give more pleasure to one who lives
in a fiat or house. If you have sew
eral boxes to fill, and want something
new, try filing each with flowers Of
one color, with just enough of some
other to relieve the monotony. A
charming box is one filled with either
pink or red geraniums. These are
easy to grow, and they bloom con-
stantly. A box is also attractive when
filled with yellow nasturtiums of diff
ferent shades, and of the climbing
and dwarf varieties. Petunias, sweet
alyssum, mignonette, heliotrope, and
many other flowers may also be
grown.
The chief requirement for boxes is
that they be of sufficient size to hold
a quantity of dirt that will not dry
out too quickly. Filled with a rich,
loamy soil that holds moisture well,
and watered regularly, good results
should be obtained. Too much sun is
as harmful as too little.
Any carpenter can readily make a
box to fit the desired place. If one
must think of economy, there are
many packing boxes which are the
right size for the purpose. They
should, however, be fortified in the
middle with cross %cleats, but need not
he lined The Shou1d ha we'll paipt-
ed, dark green, or a color to match the
house. 1t is a good plan to fill the
boxes with about two inches CT
broken charcoal before putting in the
soil
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-31

to see of a summers evening. Foulard
is receiving much of it's old-time at
tention, and, although there is not an
extensive showing of new designs in
the silk itself, it is claiming distinc-
ton to a considerable degree through
some original modes of construction.
One effective design has a straight
skirt gathered closely at the waist
line, which is raised in the back and
is bordered at the bottom with a six
inch band of plain black satin. The
foulard is black dotted with white.
There is also a narrow stitched band
which extends from the hem each
side of the center front, up under
meath the girdle, up over the shoulders
of the bodice, and down again to the
hem in the back. The bodice is a
pinafOre worn over a white net
guimpe, with the sleeves outlined by
a stitched band of the plain satin.
Across the front are two silk frogs
and two others decorate the shoulders.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-31
2.-The False Die Displayed.
3.-Real in Hat, False in Box.

the cover, explains the Los Angeles
Times, leaving only the false die on
the hat. Your audience. sitting below
the level of the die, will not see the
difference.
Now, talking for all you are worth,
go through a few unnecessary and
meaningless flourishes. in the midst
of which you should manage to move
the top hat just enough to admit the
real die into the hat below.
AS soon as you think fit, announce
to your audience that now they see
the die on the top hat. but now
clapping the cover down over the false
die, and removing it with a flourish,
then displaying the bottom hat-"now
you see it in this hat"
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-31
Silk and Muslin Used by the Leading
Toilette Fashions.

One of the quaint conceits of the
new fashions is the combination of
silk and muslin. In one such model
c~ream-colored batiste is used over a
foundation of blue silk. This forms
the skirt proper. At the bottom
there is a f1ounce of silk which pre-
cisely matches the shade brought out
by the cream batiste v e the blue,
and it is attached to the skirt with a
~serpentine lace insertion which shows
the silk underneath. More of the in
sertion outlines the %princesse front
panel. The top of the bodice is tucked
finely, is cut away in V-shape, with a
chemisette Of the blue silk, en-
broidered in a pretty forget-me-not de.
sign, inserted. A narrow crush girdle
of blue silk, raised in the back and
meeting the panel in front, finishes as
pretty a costume as one could hope
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-31
Art Is Much More important Than 1t
Seens.

Women should learn how to take
off their new hats as well as how to
put them on" said a woman who had
seen amusing sights at the matinee
because so many women didn't under
stand the art.
Two who didn't sat right in front of
her. One were a poppy covered poke
bonnet, with streamers pinned to her
hair just at the back of the neck.
After taking her seat she drew out
her hatpin and lifted her bonnet
briskly. AS she did so she gave a lit
tie cry of pain. She had forgotten
the streamers secured to the back of
her neck.
Holding her hat in her hand she
begged her friend to unclasp the
streamer pin. The friend stopped
poking about for a hatpin in the forest
of bows filing in the vacant space at
the back of her own forward tilted
creation, and released the streamers.
Then she went back to her poking.
1t vas no use, She had found all
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-31
DARK SUIT INDISPENSABLE IN
WARDROBE.
Many Little Devices by Which Its
Somberness May Be Relieved
by Touches of Color at
Wrists and Neck.

There is no use in attempting to
get along without a dark cloth suit,
for no matter how fresh and attractive
the light costume may look at this
time of year, no delicate shade can re-
ceive constant wear without soon be-
coming soiled and shabby, so that the
extra frOck is in the end a good in
yestment. If too somber the dress can
always be relieved by white collar and
cuffs, and then a bright color can be
introduced in the hat to add to the eff
feet and make the gown in keeping
with the season.
Either black or dark blue is best
for the tailor costume, and brown
may be used if peculiarly becoming,
although in the darker shades the lat
ter is apt to look too dreary in warm
weather. A tiny line of white is seen
in a number of the newest cloths, and
this at once takes away from the
mourning look of an all black suit. In
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-31

ready to perform the trick, set a table
in front of the company, several feet
away from them. and set in it the two
hats. Then produce your box, black
and handsome, and set it on the top
most hat.
Remove the cover, leaving exposed
on the hat the false die containing
the real die.
Rattle away in a happy ~conversa,
tional style, making all sorts of re-
marks, anything to keep their atten-
ton fixed on you rather than the box,
and as you do so, clap your cover on,
and lift up the whole thing off the top
most hat.
Then, still talking, bring it down on
the hat again. and remove the cover
again, but this time pressing the eGges
slightly, carry away the real die in
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-31

Owing to the cold April weather
there will need to be right much corn
replanted this spring. It may be that
it will pay better to pillow up some
fields, where the stand is very badly
broken, and plant over. Where the
stand is sufficient to justify letting
the corn stand, the replanting should
be done as quickly as possible. I'm
less this is done early the corn first
planted will over-shadow the replanted
S that it will produce a very light
crop. When the stand is detective
and that which failed to grow is 70
planted, the replanted corn
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-31
Cow Peas,

Don't think of not planting a full
crop of cowpeas because you think
the seed too high.
Where seed is scarce plant in the
drill and cultivate them with the pillow
or disk harrow. One peck of good
seed may be made to completely
i've the ground with vines If the
whey sort is planted.
Harvest the crop of seed and vines
when pods begin to turn yellow by
cutting the vines off at the roots,
rake up in good size stacks; when well
cured stack or house all together.
Thrash out peas and vines with a
thresher or stick. This threshing Of
the vines improves the mechanical
condition of the hay and solves the
problem as to the cheapest method Of
gathering cowpeas. =
You can well afford to pay even E
per bushel for cowpeas rather than
do without the crop.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-31

French Boy of Ten and How He Got
Into the Army.

The youngest soldier in France, and
probably in any other country, is a lad
ten years old, named Pierre Lavell.
His mother is a poor widow living in
one of the garrison towns on the
Rhine. Pierre vas a ~favorite with the
soldiers and was allowed to run about
the barracks and the fort. A soldier
who had been punished made up his
mind to blow up the magazine in re-
venge. 1t contained so tons of powder
anrd an explosion would have been
followed by great loss of life and de-
struction.
Little Pierre discovered the soldier
making his preparations and ran to
inform on him. He was arrested not
a moment too soon and after being
tried was sentenced to be shot. The
lad was enlisted as a grenadier and
will probably be a soldier all the rest
of his life. His pay is sufficient to
make his mother very comfortable.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-31
Cotton Waists Fashionable,

Pale blue batiste, light blue lawn
and all the very soft shades of cotton
are used for the making of the pretty
summer waists. Nearly all of these
waists are very thin and one sees
light pink, as sheer as a web, made
into a waist; that is, as lovely as any
to be found upon the counters. Lace
is the invariable trimming and there
is apt to be a combination of two or
three different kinds OF lace, all put
together into one pretty blouse for
summer afternoons. Some of the
varieties are expensive.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-31
Chicken in Rice Guns.

This is a delicious luncheon dish,
and also is al economical way of u.s.
ing small quantities of leftovers. To
prepare it, line small buttered cups
with %soft-boiled rice a half inch in
thickness. Fill the center with
cooked chicken, finely minced, deli
cately seasoned and slightly made
moist with e "a or chicken
broth. Onion juice and minced celery
may be added if desired. Cover the
top with a layer Of the rice and bake
in a moderate owe for Is minutes.
Then invert the cups carefully on a
heated platter and serve at ono with
any preferred sauce.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-31
The Place for Pears.

The best soil for pears Is probably
a clay loan, or where the loan over
lies a clay subsoil. OF course, pears
will grow and produce we'll on what
is known as a gravel loan. with a clay
subsoil, but this Is not so ideal as a
clay loan. Whatever the location is,
however, it must be dry; if not nat
urally dry, it should be made so by
drainage. Low land Is a very poor
place on which to establish a pear
orchard. The situation should be
where there is plenty of sunshine and
q free circulation of air at all times.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-31
There are almost as many opinions

There are almost as many opinions
about milking as there are mixers,
and each believes that he is right.
There are some general points upon
which all agree. A successful mixer
must be careless. The operation
needs to be easily and firmly per-
formed. The udder should be mapip-
ulated rather than pulled, or jerked.
The stripping with thumb and finger
is universally condemned. It hurts
the COW, and does not incline her to
give a larger quantity OF milk. Keep
on milking as long as there Is any
milk.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-31
PRACTICAL HOLD-ALL PENWIPER
Useful TrifIe Would Command Ready
Sale at Bazars.

An idea for the making of some
thing new and practical in the way of
a penwiper is always welcome, and we
give herewith a sketch which cannot
fail to prove of interest to the indus
trious ones among u readers who
happen to be Dlest with clever fingers.
This penwiper is made in exact imita-
ton of a travellers hold-all, wrapped
round a railway rug. 1t might be
made of any small piece of plaid ma
terial, bound at the edge with satin
ribbon, finely stitched and finished
with ribbon straps and buttons, and a
ribbon handle, or strips cut from the
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-31
Omissions of History.

Henry Hudson was sailing up the
majestic river that bears his name.
Il think we've gone far enough" he
said. scanning the landscape. Il don't
want folks to suspect that I'm trying
to find the New York legislature"
Hastily giving the order to put the
ship about, he warned the newspaper
correspondents on board to write
nothing about the incident, and sought
the seclusion that his cabin granted
Chicago Tribune.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-31
sTuFFINo NEEDLE CUSHIONS.
Wool, Cork Dust, Bran or Human Hail
MiIl nn

NvC0sy SOiN ClSlp VI I1utItdti Il0tJ
Will Do.
Fortunate does that woman consider
herself who has a bit of clean wool
with which to stuff her new needle
cushion. 1t is so nice and light and
lends itself SO readily to manipulation.
1t fills in at the SO easily and
tufts out in the middle so beautifully.
All, yes! 1t does all these pleasant
things, but it is a delusion and a
snare just the same, for it absorbs and
retains moisture. Therefore needles
ion rust n and worse than in
any other kind.
Very fine cork dust is good because
light and n~onabsorbent. Bran is good,
but not light. Sawdust is heavy and
absorbent. Bran or sawdust are good
for large cushions for the bureau,
where one is constantly changing the
pins, because it is heavy and does not
permit the cushion to slide around
very readily.
But for small cushions that are
needed in ones work basket and in
which some one needle may not be
used for months the most satisfactory
stuffing is human hair. 1t neither alb
serbs nor retains moisture and it is
light and springy. Many women save
their "combings' to be made rel into
some article for the couture. These
same combings may be thoroughly
washed with a little ammonia in the
water) and as thoroughly dried and
they will be ready for use. Or the
clippings of the children's hair may be
utilized. Once having used a cushion
stuffed after this fashion one general
ly cares for no other kind.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-31

The agitation in churning should be
as violent as the form of churn will
admit. The churning is to be stopped
while the butter is In granular form.
In order to have as thorough churning
as possible, the temperature Of the
cream should not be over So degrees.
The buttermilk should be drawn from
the churn and then the butter washed.
The butter must be removed from the
churn and sailed while yet in the
granular form. The amount of salt
should be to the taste of the custo-
mer. For most people one ounce to
the pound, is required.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-31

the hatpins that she had run in the
front of her hat, but she just couldn't
find the one she had run through the
back. 1t was her>turn to ask assist
ance of her streamer friend.
The new hand rustled about a bit
in the bows. Suddenly with a flour
ish it drew forth the pin.
Too suddenly, for the heavy hat slid
down i've its wearer's face and
bumped heavily into her lap. There
was no gratitude.
i expected you to tell me when
you found it, was the indignant pro-
test.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-31
Firing Of the Cannon.

pen by sinking it into a piece of pota-
to and passing the tube through a
cork which should be placed in a
slightly sloping position, says Good
Literature. At this point, with great
gravity, the performer inquiries, Are
you ready?" Then place a lighted can
die under the end containing the wa
ter. "Ffre!" comes the word of COM
mand from the spectators and, in a
second, pop" goes the stopper, which
is forcibly elected by the steam made
from the heat of the candle on the
water in the penholder.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-31

A cunning little apron for the very
tiny child to wear over it's white frock
when playing is of delft blue denim or
chambray, bound all around with scar
let. A crescent-shaped pocket, edged
with the scarlet, is set all the way
across the front, for the child to drop
it, playthings in. The apron is shaped
to extend in broad straps, crossing in
back and running up to button, each
to the opposite shoulder. This littla
novelty is a true Holland idea.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-31
MAGIG!AN's HAT TRICK.
You Can Easily Learn How to Do 1t
for Amusement Of Friends.
This trick is simple enough. but

This trick is simple enough, but it
Is not so easy to detect, after all.
All you need for it are the following
articles: First a cube-shaped box
with a I'VE that completely envelopes
1t, highly polished and painted black,
with the box part marked in imita-
tion of a die (this is to be the false
n of your two dice); then a real die
which looks precisely like the false
one, and will exactly fill the inside of
the box and two hats.
Having first made sure you are
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-31
SUMMER HAT MADE OF TUSCAN STRAW

with a quaint touch of black ribbon
velvet, a single pink rose, and a shot
black-and-tan ostrich plume. To be
successful, hats must be absolutely in
keeping with the costume, Tor one Of
the features of this years fashion is
that everything should harmonic in
colOring.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-31
Suitable.

Gunner-What is the name of that
big apartment house over there?
Guyer-I don't know, but 1 think it
should be called The A~viary.'" T
Gunner-And why so?
Guyer-Because all the women are
parrots and all the men are owls
Chicago Daily News.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-31
Designs Are All Pretty.

Plain voiles and those in Rekin or
striped patterns constitute a majority
of the more pretentious costumes
seen, and narrow black and white
stripes are most favored. These are
made up over white Innings, as are al
most all voiles of whatever color, and
are elaborated in many ways.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-31
His WISH.

JOHNNY wish l was a Chinese boy
just for ten minutes.
Mother-Why?
Johnny-Cause I got a dime with
a hole in it, like Chinese money, and
l could spend it if ! lived in China.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-31
A ~sMoKELEss CANNON.
Quickly Made and May Be Fired on
in the Parlor.

For this experiment, which can be
performed in any parlor without dan.
ger of shattering the mirrors or deaf
ening any one with the noise of the
take a little, hollow steel
pen-holder, and fill one-third of 1t with
water. Then cut out a stopper for the