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The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-25
ON THE RIVERS
Heavy Damage to Corn Crop by Flood
and Rain--Big Transfer Com
inq-Notes.

An Owensville, KY. telegram says:
There has been considerable damage
done to the crops that were planted
after the heavy rains and high waters
Of last spring. The corn crop in the
bottom lands is all ruined and the
season Is too far advanced for re-
planting. The principal damage was
All Enterprise. md, little place a
few miles below the city. The river
cverFan the lowlands and fully 4
thousand acres or over of corn that
was over a foot high was destroyed.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-25
ADDITIONAL CITY BRIEFS.
Injured BY Fall.

Mrs. John Limpert of Villa Ridge
while going through doorway in the
insurance office of e. l.. Gilbert yes
terday morning stumbled and fell, sus-
tanning a shock and slight bruises
which will confine her to her room for
several days. Mrs. Limpert is the
guest Of Mrs. Amarala Martin.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-25
shnuld Be Wnrth Readinr

The London BUILDING Journal hears
that two distinguished architects.
noted for their fofcefnl language are
about to issue book "a The Brick
layers English" with an appendix Of
special words by an American build
ing superintendent.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-25
Coal Dust Problem.

The most difficult part of the coal
dust problem is to discover what ele-
ments must necessarily be present in
a coal to make the dust dangerous.
Some experiments have been carried
on with this end in view. but the re-
suits obtained have not been particu-
larly enlightening.
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pandages as result OF q severe opeg
alton he underwent.

Miss TITLE Zanone yesterday re-,
ccivcd letter from her father. Mr.
Louis Zanone announcing the safe mr..
rival of himself and Mr.. Peter Saup In
Germany on June Is and stating that
they would leave Immediately for
Italy Mr.. Zanone stated that the voy-
age was extremely rough but that
they arrived in Europe safely and in
good health
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-25
SOUTH CAROLINA TEACHERS.

Chick Springs. s. G.. June "a
Teachers from every neck and corner
of South Carolina and representing
every branch Of educational work are
rounding up at this resort for the an
nual convention Of their association
Governor Ansel has promised to deliv-
Pr an address al the initial session
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-25
Forecast For Today.

Cairo and vicinity; Showers and
thunderstorms. cooler
Illinois ISSUED at Chicago: Show.
ers and thunderstorms cooler.
Kentucky and Tennessee ISSUED at
Louisville); Local thundershowers
not much change in temparture.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-25
Slaves Serve as Money.

Perhaps the queerest money In the
world Ia represented by the boy and
girl slaves Of Mohammedan Africa.
One of these will buy two camels. II
is currency much favored. for Il viii
carry itself, and increases in value
like the best real estate.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-25

THE WEATHER
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Yesterdays CAIRO Temperatures.
General Conditions.

Another hard rain storm accom-
panied by a rapid fan Of temperature
came over the city shortly before
noon and .95 OF an inch Of wafer fell.
The government bulletin reported
rain from fourteen points yesterday
covering the upper river valleys. TEN
pcratnre generally was moderately
low in the northwest
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-25
Yesterdays River Forecasts,

The Ohio. from Evansville 10 Cairo
viii continue falling during the next
several days. The fall at Cairo dur
Ing the next "a hours win be between
/ foot and Is feet.
The Tennessee, from Florence to
the mouth,wiI continue falling during
the next 80 to As hours.
The Mississippi, from Chester to
Cairo. and the Wabash at Mt. Carmel,
not much change dring the next &c
hours.
N. NJ. CUNNINGHAM,
Observer.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-25

this evening and President Henry
Louis Smith Of Davidson college is to
be another speaker. President F. s
Dreher Of Columbia will preside and
Wili deliver MS annual address.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-25
Bicycle Stolen Last Week.

A Crescent bicycle, the property of
Clifford Vincent, was stolen during the
Hustlers meet from in front OF HUI
cites shoe store. Mr.. Vincent, who is
employed by E. L. Gilbert. thought
that the wheel was in the latters of
flee and did not miss it until yester-
day. A liberal reward will be paved
for its return and no questions will
be asked.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-25

An eight-year-old Pennsylvania boy
has been arrested for robbing a post
Office. They begin early in Pennsyl-
vania, though they generally display
more shrewdaess about getting
caught.-Washington Herald.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-25
ADDITIONAL PERSONALS

Mrs. John W Bransford returned 10
her home az Union City yesterday
after a visit her parents. Dr. and
Mrs. A. A. Bondurant, accompanied
by her sister. Miss Iona Bondurant.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-25

Harry Bozman Of Houston, Tex,
who has been visiting his brother.
Joseph p. Bozman and other relatives
here for several weeks left last nig-t
for San Antonio where he will res de
in the future.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-25
Washinnton Forecast.

Washington, June 24.--lLLION1S.-
Thundershowers Tuesday and We'd
nesday with light variable winds and
occasional! thunder squalls.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-25
Ensniss Hsndlespped.

1T allus was a mystery TO me" said
Uncle Eben. how Anarias managed
to git sech a reputation wifout bein'
either a hossman or a fisherman. -
Washing star
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-25

James Hatcher. who has recently
recovered from serious illness
which confined him % St Mary's In
Urinary for several weeks. resumed
his duties yesterday as travelling
salesman Tor the Wood a Bennett
Grocery company Mr.. Hatchers
head and NECK are sin swathed in
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-25

Arthur Metzger has returned TO
Cairo to spend the summer vacation
with his parents. Mr.. ans Mrs. NJ. c.
Metzger He is a student at the
Northwestern University at Chicago.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-25
Presbyterlan stronahold.

Lancaster county. Pennsylvania.
has q Presbyterian churches. and az
least three Of the congregations are
almost 200 years old.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-25
surslz Limit Of Ansurditv.

In footing a London suburb, are
two villas. sac b. sac. One is named
Iodine" and the other "Arnica"
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-25

Hats Of Lions Skin.
The natives Of Ushashi wear hats
made from the skins Of lionA
The Tupelo journal., 1907-11-01
KNOWLEDGE is POWER.
The Power to Get the Most Out Of =
Farm With Least Energy.

The farmer may not pOlitica,
or social power, but II he is a man
OF ordinary ambitions he Graves the
power to succeed in his business. II
takes power to succeed at farming.
1t used to be said that when a boy
wasn't good for anything else that
he'd make a farmer. at takes brain
to be a merchant, DOCTOR. or preacher,
but f~armer-why anybody can farm!'"
But times have changed, and farming
successfully on high priced land is no
snap. The brains necessary to well
manage a farm would make for sue
cess anywhere after sufficient expert
ence were gained to "know the
rope
But 1t is astonishing that so many
farmers are content to go along in
such a reckless and improbable way.
They never have a definite knowledge
OF their business operations. They
know not whether it is the cows or
pigs that are carrying the mortgage,
whether it is the sheep or the chick
ems or the corntield that is failing to
pay expenses. They iced timothy hay
because they have it, and they have
it because it is easier to cure than
clover, and know not that there Is a
better feed than timothy and a better
crop for the soil.
The shackles of ignorance is hold
ing many a man down. knowledge
is the power that car set free. 1t
isn't enough to know how to hold a
plow straight. He must know why
he plows, when best to plow. how
best to do for a particular crop or
season. 1t is not enough that he know
how TO milk a COW. He must know
how to feed her so she will do her
best, and he must know how to breed
her so she will perpetuate a better
race than her own, he must know
whether she is worth keeping at all or
not.
1t isn't enough to know how many
pecks to SOW of grain, but how to
combat the fungous and insect pests
what one of a great many varieties
Of these grains is best adapted to his
farm.
knowledge is p~ower-the power to
get the most out of a farm with the
least expenditure OF vital energy, the
least waste, and the greatest net'pro-
fits per acre.-Successful Farming.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-11-01
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Advice and Suggestions Sent In by
Nine. Merri.
A Majority Party.

Dear Madam Merri: AS I have a
birthday party on my hands of a 81
year-old brother, ! come to you for
advice. / do want it to be a success
and so many get such good advice, l
come to trouble you too. His birth
day on the 18th of December
and Friday. 1 would like to know
some attractive way to fix up an in
vitation and also some games. and
decorations Of the house. 1t has a
fire place. 1t is to be a surprise
l. A PUZZLED SISTER.
1t is no trouble, my dear, to assist
you, and 1 am glad the brother Is to
have a party. For the invitations, i
should write little notes with the date
OF birth and present date at the top
OF the sheet so all the guests will
know the occasion of the affair. Then
I'd have a glorious big cake with 81
candles and have little canes and silk
hat candy boxes for souvenirs. You
could ask each one to come wearing
something to represent. their favorite
superstitions and decorate with black
cats, owls, etc, to carry out the Fri
day and 18th idea.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-11-01
PRETTY THINGS FOR HOME.
Dainty and Attractive Comforts" in
Fine White Lawn.

The woman who can make her own
bed clothes and not have to purchase
them, has something superior in work
manship and material at much less
cost. Pretty comforts may be made
of fine white lawn, wen the cheapest
being suitable. Select something
with a small flower; the ragged robin
design, wild roses or purple clematis
make neat covers.
The edges can be bound with cot
ton ribbon or cotton insertion of q
Persian design. One woman made a
neat comfort with checked blue and
white sateen. The blue checks were
knotted with white, while the white
ones were finished with blue.
A lovely comfort was made with
white dotted Swiss, and, instead of be-
ing knotted a daisy design was worked
over the cover about every II inches
apart. The designs were small, but
neat and attractive.
The material is cheap enough, for
some lawns can be purchased for
The Tupelo journal., 1907-11-01
For Cotton Select Prolific Stalks.

In selecting cotton seed we should,
in North Carolina, have especial re-
gard to earliness. An extra large boil
is usually an indication of a late ma.
turing cotton, and is apt to be long
jointed. We need in this climate a
bushy, short-jointed cotton of a pro-
life character, and we should have
marked the plants. that come nearest
to our ideal cotton plant before any
picking has been done, always select
ing from plants of the best habit and
those that open earliest, selecting only
the first picking for seed. The later
pickings may make just as good and
prolific plants, but the chances are
that in the matter of earliness the
seed from the first picking will be
best.
Do not take this cotton to the gin,
but have a little hand gin at home to
prevent getting the seed mixed with
every one else's cotton. Then next
spring plant a patch especially for
seed and continue the selection. Make
a careful selection the first time even
if you only get seed enough to plant
the seed patch. Every season you will
get closer to the ideal cotton plant,
and every season your neighbors will
be taking more and more interest in
your cotton. Cotton is a plant that
responds to careful seed selection very
quickly, and on the other hand runs
back very quickly when carelessly Sc
lected. The King Cotton for a year
or so was a very uniform cotton, but
of late it is hard to find a field of
King Cotton that is at all of the orig
inal strain.
The time to begin the improvement
OF ones corn OF cotton is in the
spring, and then study the crop all
through the season, detassel all in
ferior and barren stalks of corn, and
thin out the long-legged cotton be-
fore 1t has a chance to distribute its
pollen through the agency of the bees.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-11-01
Take Your Eyes to the Cornfieid.

This is the time to selet the seed
corn in the field, provided it has not
already been attended to. 1t has been
fully demonstrated that varieties bear
Ing two or more ears to the stalk
will yield more corn per acre than
varieties bearing only n a to the
stalk. At the Edgecombe Test Farm
last year there was a difference at the
rate of about twenty-nine bushels per
acre in the yield of different varieties
of corn, and the yield at the other
Test Farm Of different varieties bore
about the same ratio to each other.
These facts should impress us with
the Importance of seed selection.
In field selection, we advise taking
for an ideal a strong, vigorous, sym
metrical stalk, not too high, bearing
two or more good wellshaped ears,
some four or five feet from the ground,
and that have medium shanks SO as
to permit the ears to turn down and
she0 the rain. We do not advise Sc
lecting ears that stand upright so as
to permit the rain to run in and cause
the grain to rot, neither do we adj
wise the long shank so often seer in
corn. A medium between the two ex-
tremes is best. Use care in selecting,
for if n selects only a dozen or two
stalks in a day and the stalks so Sc
lected are of the ideal type for plant
ing a seed plat, it will be time we'll
spent. Make Il start ON such selection
this month.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-11-01

They seemed to think it made him re-
spectacle.
But you know what a hand some
folks is for details? Well, the rela-
tives Of the late deceased hadn't fig
gered on the local thirst for informa-
ton. They gave Ike a fine funeral
and as peaceful an end as any Dibble
ever had. Ike in death was owen
tional. Them Dibbles even went as
far as to say that in his last days he
was a credit to the name he bore and
that the citizens of his town in Da-
kota felt dreadful bad when he passed
away and the leading stores were
closed when the procession went by.
They had a faint aroma of a tale that
come back about Ike once before tell.
ing how be came into town shootin'
Off fireworks and everybody had to
run for shelter and pull down the
shutters till it was all over. Still. I'm
not the one to begrudge Ike Dibble a
good, bang-up funeral and l hope he
got it!
But dye think Ike rested easy in
the nice, genteel grave the Dibbles
allotted him? l should say not. There
was SO many rumors you'd a. thought
Ike was a war. Everybody had a DIFF
ferent story and nobody believed he
: was dead.
The Dawsons. who have a son out
west ~somewheres, claim Rob met Ike
in a cigar store il Utah, and Ike told
Rob he was goin' to the mines. Ike
seemed healthy, but as if he'd led a
hard and various life.
"Soon comes another society mite
that Ike had married a squaw woman
on the reservation and was living like
a lord. This didn't set we'll on the
Dibbles and they threatened to show
the notice of likes death in the Okla.
homa paper. L told Oscar Dibble that
the lady might be as good as Ike.
Oscar said he'd defend his dead
cousins memory against all viiifiers.
let it go at that.
"A man. from Oregon stopped over
in town. who seemed positive he knew
Ike, and the things he told about him
made me tickled that | was five times
removed from the Dibbles. The Ore
gon Teller said Ike was a fire-eating
rlp-snorter and had more funerals to
his credit than any man in the state.
The Dibbles attempted to plaster this
over by saying Ike was in the under
taking business. But that story didn't
catch on, cause everyone knew Ike
wouldn't get himself up in black kid
gloves nohow. Even for business pur-
poses o couldn't make Ike a parlor
ornyment.
The next sound from Ike was when
we heard he was up in a place called
Caliente-either in California or Min
nesota, somewhere near there. This
time he was said to have settled down
n was working steady, though we
didn't hear what at. Which was all
consolin' to those Interested, but the
only flaw in it all was, this Caliente
Ike. while he answered likes descrip-
The Tupelo journal., 1907-11-01

There is the girl, for instance, with
the "turkey-toed" stride. Her feet
emulate in position those of the awk-
ward bird who graces our autumn
tables, and inevitably she cannot lift
her feet properly, but lets them slide
and shuttle in an extremely ugly man
ner.
Just as bad is the equally ungrace-
full p~igeon-toed habit. Here the feet
turn in SO much that it is sometimes
a wonder that their owner does not
fall headlong over them!
The old dancing master, whose in
variable rule was, Turn your toes
out" had sound sense back of the ad-
Duration. The only ure for turning
the toes in is to turn them out again,
and keep them that way.
%Straddling is as harmful as it is
~unpleasing. A good rule is to walk
with the feet just the distance of one
foot apart. Thus straddling and knock
kneedness are alike avoided.
When n walks correctly there is a
straight line from the ears, through
the shoulders and hips. to the feet,
just as when one sits correctly there
is a straight line from the ears to the
center of the sides of the chair.
The most important of all rules Is to
walk always on the balls of the feet.
To locate the ball, put a box or large
book on the floor, and place your foot
on 1t, with the heel free. Then raise
the toes and the remaining portion is
the ball.
Walking on the heels jars the entire
body; walking on the toes gives a
mincing and affected appearance. The
ball Is the cushioned part of the foot,
and is the part intended for locomo-
ton.
For correct and graceful walking
the chin should be in, the abdomen
straight and erect and the chest well
out.
To acquire correct carriage of the
The Tupelo journal., 1907-11-01
A Party for Young People.

am anticipating having a party for
about fourteen of my friends between
the ages of fourteen and seventeen.
Can you give me some suggestions
for games and some good words to be
used for charades?
Also l am going to serve ice cream
and cake. If l have them seated at
a table how can l decorate it? | can
have what flowers I want, but I can
o afford any more elaborate favors
than pretty place cards. MYRTLE.
Good charade words are ingratitate.
turkey, s%inecure, dramatic, and
telescope. A good amusement is
a soap bubble contest, a nail pound
ing and button sewing contest or a
superstition party where each guest
wears his or her favorite aversion.
OF course l mean something to rep
resent it. Decorate the table with
flowers and candles. Plain cards with
the name written are perfectly suit
able for name cards, without any
decoration.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-11-01
COUSIN IKE---BlACK SHEEP OF THE FAMILY

burnt. Pretty soon Ike had SO cut
himself adrift from his folks that let
tiers were returned with No such per-
son here in red ink.
Some years later they got a picter
of Ike. 1t just came with no word or
nothin' OF it, but it certainly spoke
fo- itself, that picter! Something pc
culiar about getting your photygraft
taken-you always want to send 'em
to folks you hain't heard of for years.
Limbers up your remembrances. Yes,
sir, it's second mater to send a like
ness of yourself to folks you aren't
on speakin' terms with. Otherwise,
what's the use of havin' a fine, ele-
giant picter if your enemies can't see
1t anSbe consumed with envy? The
Dibbles didn't have much to be con-
sumed over in Ike's case, but it was
a melancholy satisfaction for 'em to
gaze at his features, an say. 4 told
you so! Doesn't he look it? Yes, in
deed. And to think he is or was a Dbl
Bile. He was an awful pretty baby,
too. Mother Dibble always said he
was the prettieSt and best behaved
child she had!'
odd Mis- Dibble always laid every
thing to the time Ike was vaccinated.
Next anne tidings Ike was dead.
1t didn't come direct nor backed up
by proofs, but the faith the Dibbles
put in the report was positively disre-
spectful to the dead. l said they might
give poor Ike just one little measly
chancst for his life, but Ike was as
dead as a d%oornail to the Dibbles.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-11-01

"Speakin' of Arizona, I've never met
a whole family so down on anything
as the Dibbles was on Colorado. They
Just couldn't say anything good of it.
Some one sent Fannie Dibble some
real pretty views of places in Colorado
and the Dibbles wouldn't let her have
'em in her album. Why, they was so
dead set against 1t I'm surprised they
didn't have a brand new flag made for
their pole. cutting out the star that
stood for Colorado. Cousin Ike just
tainted that whole bloomin' state as
far as the Dibbles were concerned.
Colorado to them meant Cousin Ike,
and Cousin Ike meant a whole buryin'
ground full of family skeletons. Oh.
now | come to think of it, it wasn't
Colorado at all! 1t was California.
"Ike's people were simply elegant.
I'm distantly connected, about three
times removed, and that's how / come
TO know so much about all the inside
details of all of 'em from Ike down.
Or. as I should say, from Ike up.
cause Ike was gently admitted to be
the lowest Dibble. Funny how one
member will break over the traces
and shame the life out of all the 9TH
ers. amt it?
HE didn't have regard for things
when he was young and to home, and
1t was a great relief to all the Dibbles
when Ike cut out and went west. /
thought it wasn't giving the west q
square deal, but from that day on the
DibbleS cut the Pacific coast right off
their list They seemed to argue that
The Tupelo journal., 1907-11-01
The Farm Needs Sheen.

A farmer who has long been keep
ing sheep and has observed their hab-
its of FEEDING says:
sheep are oftentimes spoken of as
a nuisance by some people, but wise
land owners give them credit as being
great ~renovators of rundown and worn
out farms and even call thief fertility
conservers.
They are the latter, and more, too.
The life and habits CT sheep make
them not only conservers of fertility,
but distributors of it where most need
ed, if given al opportunity. Though
sheep are averse to water and always
seek an elevation for their resting
place, they do like the s~ucculent
growth, even though it be weeds,
found in the lowland of a field or pas
ture which mas been enriched by wash
ings from the higher surrounding land.
These two peculiarities of sheep
once came under very particular OBJ.
%seryation. When I turned some sheen
into a clover field they at once sought
oot IAN oPoto VIVA Viz SlOtOl ulu III
catch and eagerly devoured any weeds
or pigeon grass that had taken pos
session of the spaces. They then
sought the weeds and %succulent grass
in the low places and runs in the
fields, leaving the clover on the high
land, where most needed to enrich the
soil, untouched, only touching this
grass when practically everything else
had been eaten.
More than this. when night came
the sheep sought the higher portions
of the field for their resting place and
their droppings there deposited the
fartility gathered during the day from
the lower land, thus conveying back
what had been washed away through
the process of nature and cultivation.
A farm upon which sheep are kept
ought to be not only fertile; but also
evenly fertile.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-11-01
Hints About Making Good Hay.

Haymaking claims the attention of
farmers just now and should be
pushed with all possible vigor. The
high prices that have prevailed should
stimulate hay making.
Grab grass is allowed to go to
waste that could be made into a fine
quality of hay if cut at the right time
and properly cured. Comparatively
few of our farmers cut crab grass as
early as it should be cut to make the
best quality of hay. 1t should not be
allowed to stand until the seed are
ripe. nor should it be allowed to lie
in the sun after it is cut until it is
sun-killed before cooking or stacking.
Cut when the seed are in the milk or
dough state, permitted to take the
sun a day, then cooked and cured in
the cock, it makes a hay about equal
to timothy hay.