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The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
HELPS THE TRUSTS
ERROR TOO FREQUENTLY MADE
BY THE FARMER.
BUYS THROUGH MAIL ORDER
And In Doing SO Contributes To-
ward Capital Concentration in
the Big Financial Centers, to
His Great Injury.

Lord bless the American farmer
lie is one of the nabobs of creation
md he hardly knows it. In single
rear his work adds to the wealth OF
he nation more by hundredfold than
III the mines of the country. He gives
% the world twice the value in crops
ind produce than the output all the
factories and mills of the nation pro-
luce. He supplies the lubricant to
keep the wheels of progress in mo-
ton, and ii he only knew it could buy
and sell a few hundred Rockefellers,
and still. have enough left to purchase
4 few kingdoms as large as Spain.
Yet it must be admitted that this great
American farmer needs some enlight-
eminent as to common economics.
While he is the king of wealth produc-
ers, and lot of 1t sticks to his fingers,
he is also philanthropist and doesn't
know it. He works hard to produce
his wealth and then patronizes the
machinery that lands goodly portion
OF it in the Golfers OF the Captains of
4 lHdliIC WIN uiClalS lulHSo III all
street and elsewhere; in fact he as
sistS the trust magnates 10 the money
required to build up combinations that
the good philanthropic farmer is COM
PEELED to support. He does it and he
knows not that he doeth so. Every
time the good tiller OF the soil sends
away to the big mail order house for
his supplies he does his mite toward
capital concentration in the great
financial centers. and his little mite
seeks a resting place among the
money held in reserve to feed the
wants of the trusts. 1t is about time
western farmers take tumble to cold
facts, and come to a realization that
their interests are best subserved by
keeping their earnings as close to
their homes as possible.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
Advertise What You Have to Sell.

After all that has been said or can
be said about the big mail order
houses, the simple fact remains that
they get the business by thorough and
persistent advertising, showing cuts
of goods and giving prices. If home
merchants would take the same meth
DDS, much of the trade now going to
the mail order houses in cities would
come to them. A man we know re-
Gently made up list of tools and
hardware from one of the mail order
catalogues and took it to a home
dealer to get prices. He was surprised
to find that he could get the same
articles at home for less money and
save the express charges, and also
see the goods he was buying.-Clear-
field (Pa.) Spirit.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29

Present at the wedding were Elihu
Root, Jr., and Miss Aida Stryker,
daughter of DR.. M. Woolsey Stryker,
president of Hamilton college, Mr..
Root, who is the oldest son of the
secretary of state, will marry Miss
Stryker just ten days from the day
that saw his sister married to Lieu
tenant Grant.
The invitations to the wedding were
restricted as far as Washington was
concerned to the persons who must
be invited" The local invitations were
about $50 in number and they includ-
ed only the closest family friends and
those persons who hold such official
positions that they had to of neces-
sity be invited to be present.
The out-of-town invitations greatly
outnumbered those given in Washing
ton, but there were comparatively few
of the out-of-town guests present The
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
Panels Seen Auain.

On some of the most effective even.
ing gowns for young matrons design
ers are using panels. and there is no
more effective way of showing old
lace than in panel. But the STUN.
bling block with those who are the
possessors of old lace is that it is
never the right size nor the right kind
for the gown on which they want to
put it, and no one likes to be Goth
enough to cut handsome old heir
looms. So the flounce is either draped
around the skirt in skinny fashion
like festooned dressing table, or it
is laid aside until it comes in," which
it rarely does. But the panel admits
of using many an odd length and the
graceful new close sleeves can be
utilized for showing off some good
lace.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
Gold Nugget Worth About SeCO.

The largest nugget ever brought
out of the Copper river district is
lodged in the safe of the Arlington
MOTEL The nugget is the property of
Dan Kahn, who made rich strike in
the Shushinta district Kahn brought
the nugget down with him from Alas
ka, together with a considerable mum.
Der OF smaller nuggets and gold dust.
estimated at various amounts running
into the hundreds of thousands of dol
lars by Kain's acquaintance, but the
exact amount of which Kahn refuses
to disclose
This particular nugget weighs 81
ounces, and is pronounced by those
who have seen it to be one of the
handsomest ever brought out Of Alas
ka. Kahn estimates it to be worth
about SIS an ounce, which would
bring its value to something over
$9OO.-Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
USE MORE PRINTERS, INK.
Good Advice to the Small Merchant
Who Would Succeed.

The mail order question is one that
is OF perennial Importance to nearly
every one of the smaller cities and viii
lagos in the land, although the danger
that these institutions were bound to
annihilate the smaller stores does not
seem as imminent now as it did
few years ago. For instance, since
congress many, if not all of the mail
order people, have discontinued the
selling OF groceries. 1t was plain in
this case that there was a consider
able amount of adulteration in the
goods sold or the mail order houses
would not have taken this step.
There are aspects of the pail order
question which may we'll give hope to
the local dealer. The facts In the
case are that the catalogue houses
are not enjoying an unmitigated cinch.
for they are handicapped in many
ways in which the country merchant
is not. For example, the entire coun-
try press almost without exception Is
closed to mail order advertising. Here
is distinct advantage for the hom9
merchant, although sometimes he ~
somewhat slow in taking advantage
of it. If he is fossilized and walking
around to pay funeral expenses in =
business way, figuratively speaking.
he will spring that ancient chestnut
that 1T doesn't pay. to advertise. But
let the newspaper man take an ad
from mail order house and place it
i'll the remotest corner of his paper,
and this same business man will be
apt to object very strongly. 3
The mail order houses have ad-
vanced their business by advertising,
and have been badly handicapped by
having virtually only the magazines
and the catalogues to tell their story
II the merchants of to-day expect@o
cope with the mail order houses and
hold fair share of the trade that
they ought to get, it means that they
will have to use printers ink and adj
vertising space. Furthermore, they
will have to advertise intelligently
and in accordance with twentieth CEN
fury standards. Don't spring the
ancient gag about having been in
business so many years. The people
don't care rap how long you have
been in business. They are interested
mainly in two things: First, what
goods have you got? Second, what do
they cost? Unless your advertising
deals with these questions, it will be
as sounding brass or tinkling cymbal.
The mail order houses have built up
trade by doing just these things, and
their glowing descriptions and prices
have done the business.-San Antonio
(Tex) Light
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
LIEUT.. U, S. GRANT Sd.

he then spent four years in a state
military school founded by Empress
Maria Theresa. He entered Columbia
college in New York on his return to
the United States and was graduated
in 1898, when he at once joined his
father in Porto Rico, where he had
his first experience in warfare. At
the end of year he entered West
Point, graduating sixth in his class Of
1902. He was ordered at once to the
Philippines, where he did good service
for three years, and, returning to the
United States, was ordered to Wash
ington barracks.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29

small accessories such as hats, gloves,
boots and neck fixings that her means
will permit, only remembering that a
few really nice well-selected articles
give much better results than many
things of more ordinary sort.
Every one knows one or two people
who manage to appear as smartly
turned out as their more opulent
friends at a fraction of the cost Very
often, indeed, their costumes will pos
sess certain distinctive charm that
the others are unable to purchase at
any price. and paradoxical as it may
sound, these women are not the ones
ing their outfits A well-defined plan
of dressing saves time as we'll as
money
Consciously or otherwise the wom-
an who dresses exceptionally we'll at
little cost has reduced the matter to a
science. She buys only what she con-
siders essentials, though these may
often take the form of very smart "trip
peries. A wellchosen veil may be ex-
pensive, but enable last seasons hat
to do further service when otherwise
new headwear would be necessary,
and her smart small belongings are
what enable her to make her few
gowns fit in well for any of the many
occasions where they must serve.
There is no haphazard in her we'll
considered scheme, and she patronizes
bargain counters only when their
wares will fill definite want in her
wardrobe.
Probably experience has impressed
her, as it has failed to do in the case
of less clever women, with the folly
of purchasing anything simply be.
cause it is cheap. She knows that
this form Of buying is both eXtrava-
giant and annoying If INDUCED in
without sufficient consideration.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29

utilized for long hat pins as we'll as for
pins of smaller size. These mattress
cushions look very pretty covered
with detachable linen cases, which
can easily be removed for washing
from time to time A mattress cushion
of this kind is shown in our sketch
covered with very pale blue linen, and
adorned with a wreath of wild roses
and foliage worked in pale shades of
pink and green; pale green cord out
lines the cover. The same idea can be
carried out, of course, in linen of any
shade, or in silk or satin, if preferred,
embroidered either with flowers or
with initials.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
Individual VS.. Corporation.

A well-known eastern financier for
some time the president of large
trust company, recently resigned, Civ
ing as his reason that man, accord
ing to his belief, can do better work
for himself, and that no man can
really earn a salary equal to what he
can make in business for himself. In
these days when all kinds of business
are being converged into corporations,
the number of trades in which a man
may engage in business for himself
have become so few that for a great
bulk of men, even those having the
mental equipment which in other
years would have been sufficient to
make them their own masters, there
is now no other opening than that of
service for some corporation. For
the bulk of the people, outside of
those in agricultural pursuits, it is
service for the corporation or no work
at all. This truth is becoming more
evident day by day. Even the farmers
are feeling the grasp of corporate
methods. 1t is true that millions must
have the products of his lands and his
hands, but the corporations are the
mediums he must work through, and
from him they exact their fittings. 1t
is to the interest of the farmer as
well as the laborer in every walk and
sphere, to prevent as far as possible
further encroachment of organized
capital, and this can be done by as
far as possible keeping the dollars
that you earn in circulation in the
community where earned, and thus
prevent the further concentration of
money and of business in the great
cities.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
Cheyenne (Wvo \ march or

Cheyenne (Wyo) merchants are or
ganizing to fight the mail order
houses. 1t is claimed that fully one
half of the clothing and dress goods
purchased by the people of Cheyenne
come from outside towns, and the 10
cal merchants are deprived of this
business. to say nothing of the hard
ware, notions, novelties, etc., that are
secured through the mail order
houses.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
Too Late.

Marshall P. Wilder, the noted hui
morist, told a suffering story at a
dinner in Chicago.
Il hate suffering stories as a rule"
he said, but this one is rather good.
1t is about two blacksmiths, both slut
terers. The first snatched up a red
hot lump of iron from the forge,
rushed with it to the anvil, and then
began this conversation:
N-n-now thth-then, st-strike.
Qu-quickly!'
'W-wwhere shall l s-strike?'
Jj-just at the end. H-h-hurry up
"Th-ththis end?
Yes, of c-c-cOurse. Mind you hit
s-s-straight.'
"'All r-r-right. N-n-now! Shall
l-l-let her g-g-go?'
N-n-you fool, the irons
c-c-old'"
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
Light Cure for Cancer.

Experiments are in progress at the
New York Skin and Cancer hospital,
$50 Second avenue, for the alienation
of pain by the use of intense light. So
far the physicians are unwilling to ex-
press any definite opinions as to its
efficacy, and content themselves by
saying that their hospital tries every
device which promises to be of assist
ance in curing or alternating cancer.
The results with the tight cure" how
ever, have been sufficiently satisfac-
tory to induce them to continue the
apartments Y. Times.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
List Of Microbes GROWING.

The list of microbes continues to
grow steadily. That of whooping
cough must now be added to the list
DR.. H. Albrecht. of the Wilhelm hos
pital, recently spoke on the subject
before the Vienna Medical society, de-
claring that he had discovered the
specific agent that caused the COM
plant There had for some time been
suspicion that q kind of bacillus was
at the bottom, but DIR. Albrecht felt
himself able to assert that whooping
cough bacillus was identical with that
of influenza.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
Old Gowns,

If you are going to freshen up an
old gown. or, for that matter, an "old
ROOM don't use trimmings or mate
rails that look new. The beauty of
real rugs, tapestry, and hangings, and
fine brocade is that they never look
new and they never look old AL.
ways match in color the oldest part
Of gown that needs freshening up
or a room that needs going over, and
you need never fear the sunlight or
the eyes OF the critic
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
Gorgeous Velvet Flowers,

How gorgeous and lifelike are the
velvet flowers for the hat and gown
decoration. says a writer In Vogue.
The poinsettia, for instance, is made
in perfection, and the pansies of vel.
vets and silk combined are even love.
lier. Large wreaths of ivy leaves in
shaded monotones are new ornamen-
tation; some of the leaves are like
thin leather printed in color and re-
semble dead leaves and the others are
in velvet.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
NEW GLOVES AND SLEEVES.
Models of the Past Season Still Re.
main in Fashion.

For novelty's sake, it is well to have
one or two frocks or separate bodices
made with the long, close, wrinkled
sleeve, but the short bodice sleeve,
the three-quarter sleeve and all the
rest of near-elbow models are as mod
ish as they have been for year past.
Gloves will be question of interest
as long as the discussion over sleeves
continues. The smartest models are,
as usual, of glace or suede in pale
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
Trouble in the JunuI,

Whats the row here?" demanded
the elephant.
THE monkey has just given the
giraffe a shave and haircut" ex-
planned the other animals. 1.-THE
giraffe is insisting on having his neck
shaved for nothing, and the monkey
won't stand for it."
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
Put in a Good Word

Lord Arlington was arrested the
other day in England for speeding his
auto. Said the arresting policeman
in court the next day: His lordshiu
was most civil; in fact, it was
pleasure to meet him, and that is
more than can be said of some motor.
ists." Still, his lordship had to pay
a fine OF SIS and costs.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
Plaques Of Nerve Sufferers.

There is a class of well-defined
"phobias,' as they are called, with
which nerve sufferers are plagued.
"Monophobia, or fear of being alone;
"castrophobia," or fear of closed-in
crowds or of broad open spaces; Gin
spaces; a "goraphobia," or fear Of
somniaphobia,' or fear of not going
to sleep, and many others. The one
great remedy for ali these and similar
mental miseries, writes DR.. Samuel
McComb in Good Housekeeping, is
auto-suggestion.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
Raised in Rank.

Sir Chentung Liang-cheng, until re.
Gently Chinese minister at Washing.
ton, has been received by the EN-.
press in audience for three successive
days. He has been raised from the
second to the first rank and appointed
a director Of the Southern railroad,
with headquarters at Shanghai. He
will also act as traffic superintendent.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
Oil Well Pays Preachers Salary.

few years ago Rev. George Wood
Anderson organized the Epworth Epis-
copal church, and later secured suffi-
.cient funds to erect a modern stone
structure. Knowing there was oil
about Lima, he conceived the idea of
boring well in the church's back lot.
A subscription paper was passed,
$1,000 was pledged to make up losses
if they came, and Rev. Mr.. Anderson
started his oil well. 1t proved a
small type gusher, and ever since the
oil well, operated daily by a gas en-
CINE, which also operates the church
heating and lighting plant, has been
pouring out sufficient crude oil to not
only pay the minister's salary and all
other church expenses, but to make
up bank account big enough to build
the church over again.-Lima Cor.
Columbus Dispatch
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
A Wireless Addenda.

Mr. Bacon-I see a Japanese cleo
trican has invented a wireless system
which is asserted to be superior to
anything now in use.
Mrs. Bacon-Gracious me! Are bus
ties comm in style once more, really?
--Yonkers Statesman.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
The contemnIative Man.

He comes not in company, because
he would not be solitary, but finds
discourse enough with himself; and
his own thoughts are his excellent
playfellows. He looks not upon a
thing as yawning stranger at novel
ties, but his search is more mys-
FERROUS and inward, and he spells
Heaven out Of earth. He knits his OBJ
seryations together and makes lad
der of them all to climb to God.-John
Earle.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29

under a band of insertion The yoke
is composed of strips of the material
tucked, each strip being divided by in
sertion. The foot is trimmed above
tucks.
Materials required: One and three
fourths yard 40 inches wide, and abou'
three yards insertion.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
New Emhroideries

Emhrosderies are weighing all the
more luxurious of filmy transparent
fabrics. sometimes embroideries of
blgles, elther silver or colored, and at
other times embroideries of sequins;
not the glittering silver sequin of old.
but others in softly cleaning mother
pf-pearl and dull silver and gold.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
SCHOOLGIRL BIouses.

There is a fad at the moment fof
linen blouses embroidered in three or
four cDlors. Yellow, blue and red is a
favorite combination, done in rather
heavy linen thread, on white or ecru
linen. Green, red and gray is another
favorite combination, while lavender.
yellow and gray also makes popular
appeal.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
Large Number Of Nets Used.

According to ConsulGeneral Soren
Listoe, of Rotterdam, about 100000
nets are in use during the herring
season by the 800 fishing smacks OF
the Netherlands. A net lasts about
three seasons, but owing to losses
from storms and other causes, be-
tween 10000 and $4,000 new nets are
purchased annually.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
Human Nature.

Good morning, parson."
Good morning, deacon. AS ! was
coming along just now l saw a fight
between a brindle bulldog and mas
t'fr. And, upon my word. deacon, more
than so men were standing around.
How can people take an interest in
such things?"
II dunno, parson. Which dawg
NAV
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
Not in > Confessional.

Dignified Mamma When that
young man left you last night heard
something which sounded like kiss.
Dignified Daughter-Did you? How
does a kiss sound, mamma?-N. Y.
Weekly. q
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
Open Air Museum Planned.

An open air museum is planned for
Bremen, of the type already familiar
in many Scandinavian towns. An
epitome of the local culture and ar.
from the earliest days is to be offered
in a park dotted with old peasant
houses.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
Lost Time Il Lost Eternity.

How mankind defers. from day to
day the best it can do. and the most
beautiful things it can enjoy. without
thinking that every day may be the
last one, and that lost time is lost
eternity! Max Muller.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29

There is still much embroidering of
silk, with the flowers outlined by Sc
quins to lend just suspicion of
sparkle to the soft coloring that is so
charming.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
Sympathetic Nature.

"Even the weather has shared in
the recent panic"
"In what way?"
Didn't you see where there was
furry of snow from the cloud banks?"
Baltimore American.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
BEST FORM OF PIN CUSHION.
Mattress Design Certainly Offers the
Most Conveniences.

OF all the many different forms in
which pin cushions are made, the OBJ.
long mattress shape thoroughly well
stuffed, is always one of the most sue.
cessful, possibly because it can be
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
worId,e Submarine Cables.

7. "UTIU 0UUTHdI nv OdUISSs
This world contains altogether 1,750
submarine cables, totaling 100000
miles in length and dropped into their
watery bed at a cost of $4,000, 900.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-12-11

you know, but that is all
Possibly that may be urged rs an
excuse" said the husband. but it's
not particularly good one. There are
women with whom you are quite well
acquainted. are there notT'
Certainly"
Married wOmenT"
Many Of them"
And still you advise me 70 tell my
wife that she must do something or
other?'
The physician looked at the husband.
and the husband looked at the physi-
clan
My dear sir" said the physician NJ
last. lit fatters some men TO talk 70
them that way. but see you are 4
man Of Judgment and sense who pre-
fers the truth TO all else. or course
what mean IS that you ought TO sus-
Sest 10 your wife that IL 1t is in &C.
cord with her judgment possibly II
might be good thing 70 follow the
advice that will now give you. Nat
urally. being married. know as well
as you that must is n word that ought
TO be eliminated from the English Ian
guage or ut the most confined to tho
intercourse OF parents with children
Exchange.