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The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-03
Facts as to Birthrate.

Sir William Dubar, English register
general, in a report recently submit
ted, inclines to the belief that the in
creasing low birthrate in England
does not indicate decay. His Stats
tics indicate that infant mortality de-
a inversely with low rates OF
birth. When children come rapidly
they are less likely to be strong, and
If other parents are poor, difficulty OF
securing proper environment and 'nur-
ture is enhanced. His tables on high
birth rates show that it is attended
W sickness and weakness in infancy,
in a majority of cases. The large
proportion of the offspring of small
families survives, while the opposite
too frequently is true of large fam
lilies. 1t would be interesting to learn
if similar conditions obtain in the
United States.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-03
Don Has Mania for Onions.

Wooster, O.-The grocers of this
city have united in offering a reward
of $40 for the capture of a thief.
The thief is a dog that has an ap-
petite for Bermuda onions and steals
them whenever he gets a chance. The
dog seems to know, too, that he is
stealing, foN he appears suddenly, digs
out the largest onion that he sees in
the basket and then dashes off with it.
Those who have watched the dog
say that the canine eats the onions
as greedily as the ordinary dog would
eat a hunk of meat.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-03
Use Modern Methods.

There are many good things whie
were good il their day n generation
but they have been left behind as ma
ticnal heirlooms, and rightfully too.
It is a waste of time and money for
a man to use antiquated machinery
no matter In what business he is en-
gagged. How long does a business
house with old-time methods of book
keeping, ~letter-fling, packing and ship
ping keep it's place in the front ranks?
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-03
BURIED ALIVE IN
MINE II YEARS

easily catching some fish. which, for
want OF fire to cook them, he ate raw
when his hunger had grown sharp
enough.
A little after this, however, he
found several miners lanters and a
number OF boxes of matches, and as
he could tell by the feeling of 1t on
his face, there was a continual though
slight current of air passing through
the. mine from somewhere, he made a
very small fire of coal at the foot of
one of the shafts leading from the
second to the upper level, and here.
by this fire, which he kept continual
ly burning, he lived for nearly Is
years alone, obtaining his food from
the river and cooking 1t owe
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-03
Good Teachers Demanded.

The fact that the people are demand
ing the highest quality of teachers is
demonstrated by the action of the
Smith county examining board at its
recent session. Fifty-odd applicants
appeared and took the examinations,
and of that number only eleven success
fully passed. This has been the expe-
rience with other boards.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-03
Petition for Pardon.

A petition has been presented to the
governor asking the pardon of Mike
Eldridge, who was sentenced from Har-
rison county for two years. Eldridge
was out under bond at the time the SUI
preme court affirmed the sentence In
his case, and as soon as he learned OF
the courts finding he stood not on the
order Of his going, but proceeded at
once to the Rankin farm and surren-
dered to the sergeant, even paying his
own transportation.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-03
Good Year For Sheep.

Sheep men were phenomenally pros
porous during last season, and 1906
will go into their history as a veri-
table year of jubilee" At the recent
Chicago show the exhibition of pure
bred sheep was the best ever seen
on this continent. At the auction sales
prices were exceptionally high and
proved that there were more men aft.
er good sheep than ever before. Lambs
brought $11.25 per hundred, sheep 81
and one ram lamb realized $305 for
his owner.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-03

The more we investigate the differ
ent soils, the stronger we are con-
WINGED that the dead soils need the
life-giving power of lime. The Agri-
culturist is satisfied that lime and peas
are the greatest formula known to
put energy and activity into lands.
Try to put 20 bushels Of lime on each
acre, disk or harrow in, and when the
corn is a foot high, plant sofa beans
or COW peas between the corn rows
The lime will start microbes in the
soil, and the bacteria from the pea
soil will be improved and the corn
CROP will be wonderfully increased.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-03
To Tobacco Growers.

Have them properly transplanted.
Do not disturb them until they have
taken root and have begun to grow.
Pillow whenever there is a crust up
on the soil, as you wish to prevent
evaporation as much as possible.
Keep the suckers off.
House when ripe and not before.
Take it from the barn as dry as
you can well handle 1t.
When all your neighbors are selling,
don't sell; wait awhile. Tobacco
never sells at it's best upon a glutted
market.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-03
81 am guilty of stealing the fowl

Il am guilty of stealing the fowl"
admitted the prisoner. TT was eating
the corn out of my horses nosegay,
and said to it, If you don't go. away
I'll make YOU and struck it with the
whip. When / saw it was dead I put
it in the wagon; / didn't know who
owned it."
Il judge it was the chickens fault
remarked the prosecutor, 'and I'll not
press the charge against the man."
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-03
Two Citizens Drop Dead.

Two Newton county citizens dropped
dead last week. One was y. j. Rayner
of the Wickware community, who, while
in apparently good health, fell out of
his chair and expired in a few moments.
The other, Mr.. Henderson, who lived
heal Hickory, while endeavoring to
catch his horse toppled over and died
mmadiataly
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-03
Booze DESTROYED.

N~inety-eight cases of whisky. in bot
ties and casks were seized by the officers
at Jackson, and while the chief of po-
lice, with a detail of officers, stood
guard, hired hands and and members
of the chain gang proceeded to turn
the contents out upon the ground. In
addition to this three casks of bottled
beer were also destroyed. 1t was the
largest lot OF wet goods yer destroyed
in this manner at N time, and the
operations continued for two hours.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-03
Died Like AbsaIom.

Scranton, Pa.-Entwining around
his neck while he was on the seat of
his wagon driving toward his home
near Blakely, the branches of a
swamp birch bush. choked Alexander
Morrison a farmer, to death.
The team wandered into the gut
ter at the roadside, while Morrison
dozed, and the birch branches caught
the man as he rode. The long slen-
der wands were found entwined about
he neck as Morrison's body hung
over the wagon seat.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-03
Much Replantinr to Be Done.

Continued rains and cold weather
in the Yazoo City section played havoc
with farming operations and planting is
far behind. Much of the corn and
cotton that had been planted will have
to be replanted, and good planting cot
ton seed is scarce. 1t is doubtful ii
there will be enough to supply the de-
mand for replanting.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-03
May Indict Lottery Agents.

A number of persons in the State are
threatened with indictment or the
charge Of acting as agents of the Hon
duras lottery. 1t is a matter of almost
common knowledge that lottery tickets
have been sold in the southern district,
and in gooIly quantities.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-03
Action Against Oil Trust.

Acknowledgements Fletcher has instr
tuted quo warranto~ proceedings against
the alleged oil mill trustin Mississippi.
It is said the State has evidence that
tends to involve no less than thirty oil
mills in an alleged conspiracy to con
troll prices and regulate seed buying.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-03
CHURCH Collections at Columbus.

Rev. w. A. Hewitt, pastor OF the
First Baptist Church of Columbus,
broke all records for collections last
Sunday, raising a little over $4,000
at his service in about twenty minutes.
The church will be completely remod-
eled and put in first-class shape.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-03
Recipe for Happiness.

To watch the corn grow or the bios
SONS set; to draw hard breath over
plow-share or spade; to read, to think,
to love, to pray-these are the things
that make men happy.-John Ruskin.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-03
DOLLY HAS HAS GAY TIME;
LANDS IN DARK CELL
KICKS OFF DEACON'S HAT AND
SCARES JERSEY TOWN HALF
TO DEATH.

Bloomfield Center, N. IA venera
BILE deacon of a church here got off
a trolley car late the other night. Miss
Dolly Gray, who seemed to be in joy
Gus spirits, danced up to the deacon,
took a fancy step or two, and kicked
off his high hat.
Percy Mott, as he called himself,
Miss Dolly's escort, applauded her
noisily. Mr.. Mott, well dressed and
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-03
Episcopal Council.

More than usually interesting will be
the annual council of the bishop, clergy
and lay delegates of the Protestant
Episcopal diocese of Mississippi to be
held at Yazoo City on May 8 and 9 next,
marking the fourth council held under
the leadership of the present bishop
and the sixty-ifth in the history OF the
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-03
Chicken o~bstinacy.

A police court story which is said
to illustrate the indifference of the
average chicken to good advice" was
told recently at Kingston, England,
when a carter was charged with steal
ing a fowl.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-03

To give some idea of how weeds
multiply 1T may be stated that a sin
gle plant of pepper grass will produce
Is, 900 seeds; dandelion, $4,000; shep-
herds purse, $4,000; wheat thief, q
900; common thistles, $4,000; chamo-
mile, 10000; ragweed, 5000; purslaine
$4,000; plantain, $4,000, and burdock,
$4,000.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-03
Tombigbee P~resbytery.

The Toinbigbee presbytery met at
Columbus with t~hirty-ive delegates in
attendance. The presbytery includes
about twenty-five churches in East
Mississippi.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-03
A Dainty Foot Lifted His Hat.

self-confident, looks like many young
men one sees in Broadway.
Miss Dolly's Moulin Rouge trick at
the deacon's expense was but the eli
max of her gay performances at
Bloomfield Center. A dazzling blonde,
she had kicked off the hats of several
dear old men," as she called them.
She tried to give an imitation of Di-
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-03
oratorical Contest.

The O~ratorical Association of the
Central Mississippi graded schools held
their annual contest at Winona. The
following schools were represented in
the contest: Winona, Lexington, West
Point, Greenville, Water Valley, Du-
rant and Greenyille.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-03
Special udge

Gov. Vardaman appointed Hon. E.
V. Houston of Carrollton to hold cir
cult court for Carroll county in place of
Judge J. T. Dunn, who is unable to
preside because of illness.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-03
Horse Thieves Sent Up.

Judge Sykes of the Okolona circuit
court sentenced a band of five negro
horse thieves to the penitentiary. They
had been operating in four or five Gun
ties for some months, stealing a mum.
Der Of horses.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-03

1t is said that every man has a dual
life. We have known some men who
had more than a dual life. They seem
to live as the occasion demands it.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-03
Prohibition Fight.

The coming prohibition fight in
Washington county will, from all indi-
cations, prove to be one of the hardest
liouor fights in the history of the State.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-03

The cost of keeping a hen on the
farm is less than so cents a year.
An average hen will lay ten dozen
eggs a year. Good layers will lay
many more.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-03
Must Keep Out of Politics.

President ]. M. Bas, of the Missis-
sippi branch of the Farmers Union,
has issued a warning to members of
the union in Carroll county that they
must keep out of politics.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-03
Teachers, Association.

1t is expected that the Mississippi
Teachers Association to be held at
Gulfport on May 20 will be the best
and most beneficial in the history OF
that organization.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-03
Mosquitoes Make Mystery.

How mosquitoes exist, within the
arctic circle, without a blood diet. is
a mystery.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-03

There is a woman in New York who
earns her living by conducting blind
people about.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-03

Warren county has conditionally pur-
chased five graders for use in building
roads and will make a practical demon
~stration of the work to be performed by
them. The people of Warren are very
much in earnest in the effort to make
their roads better, and the result will
n O doubt be satisfactory to all parties
concerned.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-03

w. N. Day, formerly of Crystal
Springs, is making a success of raising
strawberries near Greenville. and states
that the delta lands will grow as good
berries and produce as a~bundantly as
any section of the State. He is grow
ing tomatoes, cabbage and other vege-
table crops and insists that they would
prove as profitable in the delta as in the
hill sections. Great is the delta in
every respect.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-03

Have you hogs enough to make next
years meat? Better look into this i'm
portant matter before it is too late.
Don't pas Armour-Swift-C uddahy's ex-
orbitant prices when you can raise it at
home for &c per pound.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-06-07
THE MIRACLE FAILED
His Attempt to Walk on The Water
But the Plank Was Gone n His
Faith Was Weak

The long discussion in the senate OF
the r phases of the Reed Smoot
case has had the effect of stimulating
investigations of a number of the OBJ
scure principles of Mormonism. A
mass of historical matter has been
brought to light by students of the
growth of the cult and a great volume
Of material. widely scattered has been
re-discovered and added to the data OF
origins.
Among this material is the story
of the miracle that failed, involving
the tragedy of a budding prophet, who
could not deliver the goods, a mis-
fortune which came very near cost
ing Joseph Smith a tight-fitting coat
of tar and feathers as the penalty of
his failure. The tale is told in an old
history of Chemango county, New
York, and has been overlooked by
many historians and critics of Smith
and the church he founded.
1t happened at the little town of At
JOA, "llSlc Ol1lllh ID Ia Lo-'
and where he had lived for some time.
Here he organized his society and be-
gan practically the strange propaganda
that as the years passed trailed itself
nearly across the continent until t
reached the promised land on the
shores of the great Salt Lake. AT Al
ton Smith drew about him a body OF
earnest workers. and his vigorous SER
mons, his strange personal magnetism,
and his startling avOwals OF prophesy
and inspiration attracted large crowds
to his services. Finally to put the cap
stone of achievement to his monument
of pretensions, and TO prove to the
sneerers and revilers. Of whom there
were many, that he had divine attrl-
butes, he walked from shore to shore
upon the waters Of a creek that fiow-
ed near the town.
The fact came as a dramatic climax
to a powerful sermon by which bis
hearers had been aroused to the point
of frenzy and ocular demonstration of
his profeSsed divinity, greeted with a
Greek chorus Of Amens, removed the
last vestige of doubt from the minds
of converts. According to the rela-
| ton in the old county history the news
of his marvellous feats spread like
wild-fre throughout the adjacent terri
| tory. 1t was discussed at every cross
roads store and was the one topic OF
conversation at every farm house and
village home, even the revilers were
subdued for the moment and the flock
of converts increased rapidly.
Still there we're many skeptics, fol
the Smith family had a very unsavory
reputation in the neighborhood, and
Joseph Smith In particular, according
to the afidavits of some sixty of tint
prominent men of the vicinity, was
held to be a person Of absolutely n
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! - SWNT SPECIFIC COMPANY ATLANTIS. GA.

The same old history give another
story OF Smiths undoing. He declared
from the pulpit that his person was
divine. INT hat no one with safety
could lay hands upon him TO injure
or hurt him. Soon after this rash as
sertion Smith was passing the house
where lived Nathan Arlington, a young
man with a strict inductive method.
He sprang at the prophet knocked him
down, and gave him a bird of n wall
doping, while Smith yelled for mercy
and was finally released much the
worse for wear. Nathan said he sim
ply wanted to show that Smith was q
Mar. -
Smith had quite a vogue In ysic-
ing all imposter, several witnesses
testifying that they had seen Smith
turn the trick. One said he saw a
devil about the size of a woodehuck
leave n of the prophets patients,
and run away. Another witness said
from n man looked like a yellow
dog when it left it's victim.
But, of course, this testimony Of tho
prophets failures and shortcomings Is
from his home section, where no man
can be either hero or sage. Driven
from his own state, he succeeded in
laying the foundation for n great
church that has been powerful enough
at times TO defy eve the government
Of the United States. "Peepstone joe
of Alton, became the Mormon messiah
o fthe Utah MISUNDERSTANDING.
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| moral character, and of vicious drunk
e. habits. They doubted and waited.
Smiths success was his undoing, &C.
cordin- to ancient history. The
converts hungered for miracles.
They wanted some more of the
water-walking business as ocular proof
for the flock of new admirers and
Smith rather reluctantly consented,
for none knew better than he how
repetition ~cheaDens. When the day
came great crowds lined the shore of
the creek, every one upon tiptoe Of ex-
pectancy. At the appointed hour,
Smith appeared and, with the tread Of
dignity and assurance, approached the
bank of the spot roped of for him to
! make the trial. He removed his shoes
and stockings and waded in. The
great crowd held its breath. NecKs
were craned and staring eyes watched
every movement of the prophet.
A murmur of surprise a gasp of
liz o"Cpt v liz NIo"N 40 Va
slowly and dramatically walked toward
midstream. the water. we'll known to
be ten or twelve feet deep at that
point, coming only half way between
his feet and knees. With unbelievfDg
eyes the skeptics watched the progress
of his majestic glide. Then. suddenly,
with a splash that threw the water of
the muddy creek high in the air, the
prophet disappeared, to come up to the
surface a moment after putting aud
splurging around like an ordinary
mortal under similar cold-bath circum-
stances.
A roar Of laughter swept over the
crowd, and a battery of brutal epithets
and witticisms were turned loose upon
him as he swan to the shore. and was
pulled out by his devoted adherents.
Some Of the baser sort wanted to give
Smith a coat Of tar and feathers. but
the discredited miracle worker was
whisked away out of danger and the
advice of the cooler-headed among he
crowd prevailed.
Investigation showed that Smith, ac-
cording to the allegations, had built a
submerged pier out into the river on
| Jules. the top of which came within
| about a foot of the surface of the
muddy water. On the piles boards had
been placed, by means OF which walking
| on the water was reduced TO a fine and
practical art.
1t happened that while Smith was
practicing this miracle in order to per-
form it without any chance Of mishap
boys, who hac sought the secluded
spot for a swim, : prised him at work
They watched him from hiding, and
when he left they investigated. Keep
ing the secret to themselves, they
waited until the day when he announc-
ed that he would :eoeat the miracle,
and then removed ! of the boards
from the submerged pier at a point
where the water was about ten feet
deep. The prophets involuntary bath
was the dramatic result.
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To President Roosevelt's list OF an
desirable citizens Speaker Cannon has
added the men who think they are too
good TO mix in politics. and we doubt
not h a the president will accept The
addition.-Industrial News.
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The Greeks seem to be bringing
gifts these days Some of the prorni-
nent republican leaders are talking
about revising the tariff. Remember
the time Mr.. Roosevelt was advocating
that?-Raleigh Times.
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Col. Watterson, having said in feet
that he knows a man who will win
If the democrats nominate him for
president, refuses to depose further.
and has the WHOLE country guessing -
Asheyille GaZette-News.
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Continued reports Of heavy damage
to the cotton crop in states further
south and west make IL probable that
the Carolinas will get the better end
this year. as indeed they generally do.
Charlotte Observer.
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Another Tar Heel Honorcd.

A fine distinction and one which he
is well worthy Is that Bestowed upon
DR.. Paul B. Barringer, a native North
Carolinian, in his unan1poue election
as the president of the Virginia 4oapS
technic Institute he is o very 81
a and has every aualBcst6nbM
this position-Cha-iotte OhsagvG.S =
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. All blood troubles are not acquired
Through the blood disease germs are trans
United from one generation 70 another. Par
ents hand down a tainted circulation to their
children, and we see its effects manifested in
various ways. The sin has a waxy, pallid
appearance, the eyes are often weak, glands
Of the mex enlarged, and, as the faint has
been n the blood since birth, the entire heath
is usually affected, and the system weakened
from want OF nourishing, h~ealth-giving blood.
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harnony with nature-thu sinTrngp perfect health impure or GMMcdb blood menus lie
oppoItef ALT his; any inpurty hume or pison in this vital fluid acts iniunoalyo on
the system and affects the general health Pusuar erupions pirdes rashes md te
various skin afeCionss show thatth blood is in a fevcnsh and diseased condition, a. the
of too much acid or the presence of som irritating hunnor Chronic Sores md
Ulcers are the Tesut o. m%b5d unhealthy matter in he no@ While Rheumatism Caprh,
ScUfula Contagious Blood Poison, etc, are ald eepseatI blood disorders that continue to
grow worse S long as te posms which produce then remain in die blood
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Monument to the Memory Of
Jefferson Davis
WAS UNVEILED YESTERDAY
Event Destined To Become Part
of South'S History

dwelling the Fruition or eighteen
Years of patient and Loving Work
OH part of Southern WOnen-Net-
Grams of Lost Cause" Gather TO
Pay Tribute to Memory of the Man
They Revere tboyc All Others
Fitting Close to What II Probably
the Last Great Gathering Of Con-
Grandchildren of Jefferson Davis
Presented to Great Throng at Close
OF Exercises.
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THE KING OF


For more than forty years s. S. S. has worn the crown of
public approval and has been recognized as the King of Blood
Purifiers. 1t has demonstrated its ability to CURE in
thousands upon thousands of cases of blood and skin diseases
until It is regarded today as the most reliable and safest of all
blood medicines.
Pure blood means strong, vigorous bodies, we'll nourished
systems, steady nerves, and all the machinery of life working in