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The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-07

WASHINGTON. Restaurant keep
W ers who own cracked mugs must
not intrude them upon their patrons.
DR.. Wiley, Uncle Sans chemistry eX-
pert, says it is wrong.
The cracked mugs which have fallen
under the ban of DR.. Wiley are not
those known in some circles as badly
arranged faces or pounded visages.
They are rather the abused drinking
utensils which come bounding over
the counter at you when you enter a
hurry-up lunchery and hoist the cry:
ART and ART" Or draw one
DR.. Wiley says the crack in an ordi-
nary mug doing daily duty in a lunch
room shelters enough bacilli to put
the nation into ~decadence. Death of
a horrible sort turks in these cracks.
Show DR.. Wiley a cracked mug a
china mug-and he will lay a bet that
you are a dead man if the right ba-
cillus hustles out of the crack and
bites you on the lip while you are
quaffing your daily beverage.
Washington is making a war on
dirty l~unchrooms, and Mr.. Wiley is
furnishing some of the sinews. His
report, after examining a dozen or
more damaged mugs gathered from
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-07
COATS IN HAIF-CENGTH.
Garment That Gives Graceful Finish
to Hat Costume.

There is no more graceful finish to a
transparent half-length coats of tulle
embroidered in fine paillettes or with
fiosseS, or of fine lace, whatever it's
kind. They are not onN most becom-
ing, but give an air of grand chic to
the wearer if her figure is slender and
shapely. One especially was of black
tulle, very delicately wrought by hand
with pink and black silk-the latter in
traceries frightened with cut jet
bugles. 1t was a low-necked model,
with a bust inserting of real Alencon,
triangular in shape. At one point in
the middle of the bust line there was a
finish of a handsome jet buckle across
a lace bow of Alencon, with finished
ends. This coat had a slight gathering
of front fullness on each front and
caught under the jet buckle to give
ease to the fitting across the bust,
while at the same time producing a de-
cidedly smart effect. The fronts, al
though open, were swept back.on each
side with a long downward curve, the
back being half-itting, showing the
two long shoulder seams now so gen
eral. The half sleeves were formed
from the front and back pieces, and
embroidered to correspond. In shape
they were wide at the elbow and slit
up to shoulders on the outside arm
line, calling for gloves long enough to
incaSe the entire arm. That long
glove line enters as a feature of dis
tinction into the ensemble, but for
wear in extreme midsummer heat a
transparent, close-ftting, wrinkled long
worm. made either of gauze, crepe de
chine Or lace, according to choice
made.-Vogue.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-07
Hog Cholera.

There is no business, not even a
national bank, that will figure out
greater profit than the hog business,
providing nothing happens to the
hogs in the meantime. Starting with
a few it does not take long until the
Yes, it does not take long to get a
herd of hogs, but it takes much less
time to get rid of them with a fearful
loss if hog cholera once makes its ap.
pearance among them. On account of
this disease, hog raising has always
been a hazardous undertaking and a
perilous business. All sorts of nos
trums have been recommended as a
sure cure.
1t is positively known to be a germ
disease, and all curative and proven.
tive measures that have not been aim.
ed directly at the specific cause have
been of no avail. For many years
the United States department of agri.
culture has had a corps of scientific in.
vestigators working exclusively upon
this disease with a view not so much
of finding a remedy as a means of pre-
venting the disease. 1t seems at least
that their efforts have been rewarded
and that we are to have a preventive
serum, which at a nominal expense
will positively immunize hogs against
this deadly infection.
Next month the scientists from the
different experiment stations interest.
ed In this line of work will meet at
Ames, Iowa, for a general conference
and to determine upon some means of
systematically extending the expert.
ment stations. If this method proves
to be satisfactory, as it is confident,
ly hoped that it will, the economic
value to the live stock interests of the
country and to the world a scarce
ly be estimated.-Geo. H. Glover, d.
v. 8.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-07
Uncle Sans Budget Goes Above Billion

parison of the contract liabilities with
those of the last session of the Fifty
ninth congress, amounting to SGT 1884,
$40. shows a reduction of $1S,490, 500.
Thenew offices specifically authorized
are 1924 in number, at an annual
compensation of $13, 764,676, and those
abolished are 6,142 in number, with an
annual compensation of $4,67S,3 S9,
making a net increase of 1862 in
number and s9,0S6,2S7 in pay. Of the
net increase in the number of new en-
ployes 5000 are seamen for the navy,
500 are additional officers and enlist
co men for the marine corps and 81
36S are clerks and other employees of
the postal service.
The total apparent number of sal
aries increased is 129,9 2S, at an an
nual cost of $9,146,575. OF this number
1886 are commissioned officers, war
RAM officers and enlisted men of the
navy, and 1907 officers and enlisted
men of the marine corps.
A comparison of the total appropri-
atoms of the last session of the Fifty
ninth congress - 1920, 1913, 143 - with
those of the first session of the Six
tieth congress-$1,0 S0, 1897 ,543-s ows
an increase of $S7, 500 ,399. Increases
are shown in all of the general appro-
priation acts, except those for the Dis
trict of Columbia, the Indians and the
military academy, the reductions in
these three aggregating $43S, 709.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-07

OFFICIAL figures have been pre-
" pared by Thomas P. Cleaves and
James C. Courts, chief clerk respec-
lively of the committee on a%ppropria-
lions of the senate and that Of the
house OF representatives, showing that
appropriations at the last session of
congress reached $1,00S, 1897, 543.56. OF
this amount $95,32S,247 was appropri-
ated for the army, 1922, 665, SS5 for the
navy, $163, 053, 900 for pensions, 1922
970,S92 for the postofice department
and Sill ,953,0SS for sundry civil ex-
penses.
In addition to specific appropriations
money was provided for continuing
contracts to the amount of $49,443,-
$50. Among the continuing appropri-
atoms were the amounts to be paid
for two first-class battleships, two
GOLFERS, ten torpedo boat destroyers
and eight submarine torpedo boats,
with the armor and armament for
the battleships estimated to cost $685.
700, 600. Appropriations for public
buildings aggregated $40, 1885, $50. Com
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-07
To Keep Lace Firm.

Nearly every girl does a little home
dressmaking at one time or another.
Some make nearly everything they
wear. while it is the luck OF others
only to do the darning and see that
things are in order generally.
A great many girls find trouble
from lace stretching at the edge, eS-
pecially around a Dutch neck or at the
top of a collar which is made out OF
lace sewed together.
When once it has pulled it is impos-
sible to get it into shape again, and
to the end of its days it will never set
right.
Before the dress has been washed
bsste a strip of newspaper under the
lace, then run the edge through the
sewing machine.
The paper, which is torn off when
finished, keeps the sewing machine
from catching the thread underneath.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-07

Six years ago the sword was abol.
ished in the British army as the weap-
on of the unmounted officer. 1t was
considered a useless weapon and a
dangerous mark of distinction to re-
veal to the enemy's sharpshooters.
This year it has been restored, be-
cause experience showed that the en-
envy could distinguish the officer by
his position, and that in close con-
fict the sword is a useful weapon. The
restoration affects a much larger army
than any that fights in the field, the
army Of minor poets, for whom the
sword is the traditional symbol OF
warfare.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-07
Beginning Bee Keeping.

First provide yourself with two or
three hives of exactly the same dimen-
sions, with movable combs, any one Of
which will fit in any of the hives.
Then take one Of these hives to some
bee keeper who has italian bees and
have him fill it with a top swarm. Take
1t home as loon as possible after it
has been hived. II you can not do
That the same day, when you do take
it home put it in the cellar for a day
before setting 1t out in the yard. The
bees will be known they are in a
strange place, and will mark the loca-
ton on leaving the hive. Remember
that in the working season a bee hive
can not be moved more than a foot or
two without the loss of a good many
bees, as they will return to the same
spot whether the hive is there or not.
If the hive is kept in the dark for a
day and put in an entirely new place,
however, they will find their way back
when loaded with honey.
We would begin with but one swarm
and then study the habits of bees,
learn how to handle them without get
ting nervous. In other words, get ac-
quainted with your bees; give them to
understand that you are their friend.
In a good honey season a top swarm
should fill up the hive with combs
during the first honey harvest, and
should be able to store some surplus
honey during the fall. II you are
anxious to increase your stock, how
ever, about the time the hive is full
of combs and there is plenty of brood,
which can be a%scertained on eXamina-
ton, take out about two of the brood
combs, put them In another hive, re-
move your first hive about a rod, and
set the new hive on the old stand.
There will in all likelihood be some
queen cells in n of these new combs,
that will hatch out in a few days, and
thus you will have two hives from
one; or, when the first hive is quite
full of comb, you can take out the
comb that has a queen in it, put 1t in
this second hive, fill it up with empty
racks, and put on the old stand.
The main thing, however, is to get
acquainted with your bees-to be able
to distinguish a queen from a worker
and both from a drone; to know a
queen cell when you see it Ca long
cell, standing perpendicular, usually
found where there is a break in the
comb OF on the edge); and to distin.
guish the brood in it's various stages.
All this must be learned by observa-
ton and experience. Books can only
point out what you can see for your.
self if you will keep your eyes open.
If you find that the bees like you
and you like them, there is no trouble
in increasing the number of swarms
to any desired extent. Every farmer
ought to have a few swarms of bees,
enough to furnish him with honey,
dear to the heart of childhood, enough
to gather his share of the tons OF
honey that go to waste every year in
every neighborhood, and also to fertil,
ize the fruit blossoms. There is profit
in bee keeping on the farm to this
extent: but we do not advise it to m
greater extent unless the farmer has
time to make it a specially and give
it a large portion of his attention.
There will usually be found on the
farm some boy or girl who has a knack
for honA1inO tho bppc -\NalIaPoS
Farmer.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-07
ROUND THE CAPITAL
Information and Gossip Picked Up Here
and There in Washington.
Wiley Puts Ban on Cracked Crockery

the l~unchrooms, is partly as follows:
I'VE find the presence of % distinct
species of organisms in the debris
within the visible cracks and seams
of vessels examined. The number Of
organisms per area of surface ranged
from 4S6 to ID, $50, 619.'
The report made to DR.. Wiley by his
chief bacteriologist goes on to graph
ically describe a process of exam
lining the mug cracks in terms that
will undoubtedly cause quick lunchers
and habitues of those restaurants
where chinaware is slid, rather than
pushed. to purchase sanitary lunch
boxes and tote midday snacks from
home.
Judging from the number of colo
MES developed upon the glass plates
upon which we spread the watery di-
lutions containing the debris" writes
the expert, there were undoubtedly
many thousands of organisms in the
recesses of the broken china, some
cracks harboring more germs than
others and varying in accordance to
their magnitude and character of ma
terial contained therein"
Among the germs disclosed by the
archaeological examination of the
cracks was the bacillus coli, which the
department experts say ~unquestion-
ably belongs to the group of undesir-
able bacteria, especially when asso-
ciated with foods in any manne This
particular cup crack inhabitant is said
to be associated with many inflamma-
tory conditions in man, particularly
appendicitis.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-07
To Clean White House for Next Tenant

have been using the chairs to build
choo-choo trains, they have placed
their hands on the paper in the red.
blue and green p~arlors, and in some
mysterious way a big hunk of the
stucco was broken out Of one of the
columns in the reception hall.
Col. Cromwell thinks the chairs
should be sent to the upholsterers,
new paper put on the walls, and the
whole interior done over with fresh
paint and enamel. The wall paper on
the wall, of course, is not paper at all,
but the finest b%rocaded silk. The
upholstering on the Sevres designed
chairs is also of the finest. So the
colonel figures it will cost $4,000 to
do the absolutely necessary work.
In submitting his estimate to the
secretary of the treasury he remarked
that the annual appropriation of $685.
900 is barely large enough to keep
the house from going to rack and ruin.
The $4,000 asked for is put under the
head of extraordinary repairs.
Congress will grant the money.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-07
AIRS. MINNA FIELD GIBSON, for.
ll merly Mrs. Preston Gibson, daugh-

AIRS. MINNA FIELD GIBSON, for
Vx merly Mrs. Preston Gibson, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page, has
gwen society another surprise in her
marriage to Algernon Burnsby of
Lei~cestershire, England. The cere-
mony took place in the summer home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Page in York Harbor,
Me-. where Mrs. Gibson and her sister
Mrs. Londsay of Boston, are summer
ing. The future home of the bride
will be Baggrave Hall, Leicestershire,
one of the oldest estates in the heart
of the hunting district of England.
1t was just a year ago that Mrs.
Gibson surprised Washington and So
ciety by a divorce in Chicago, their
home at that time, from Preston Glib
son. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Gibson were
well known in the social circles of
both cities. Since her divorce Mrs.
Gibson has made her home with Mr..
ard Mrs. Page. Mr.. Gibson also moved
east and established himself on an old
estate near Alexandria, Va, where his
house parties are society features. Ee
is writing short stories and plays. One
of his productions, a one act curtain
raiser, was recently produced at a
Washington theater.
Mrs. Gibson spent the greater part
of last season in England with her
late fathers relatives. Her small son,
Henry Field Gibson, vas with her.
She was admired in England for her
skill as a horsewoman. Much of her
time was spent in the hunting district,
where she met Mr.. Burnsby. Mrs. Glib
son has an income of about 100000 a
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-07

TT IS the official view of Col. c. S.
/ Bromwell, the army engineer in
charge of the White House, that it will
be necessary for the American people
to spend 81, 900 a week during the next
fiscal year to keep the home of the
president in a habitable condition.
This is the minimum of cost based on
conditions as they exist now.
Should the one time executive man
sion be turned into a two apartment
structure, the cost would probably be
about the figure set forth by the
colonel.
The up-keep of the house during the
current fiscal year is only 1878 and a
few pennies each week. But things
are getting shabby. The children
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-07

Perhaps n Of the hardest household duties that anyone n be called
upon to perform is that of scrubbing, and n device to tighten work of this
ton.
our sketch illustrates a capital article for this purpose, and on that with
out difficulty al b. made at home. 1t consists of a piece of wood about al
lnch I'm thickness me semicrcular in shape, the upper side of which is pad
ded either with wadding or sawdust and covered with coarse canvas nailed
o at the sides Or underneath.
In the article from which this sketch a made, the canvas had been COW
cred With a piece OF fur tut ron a OLE mat which made it additionally com
to kneel upon. In front, made OLA American cloth, there is "a kind
OF hood winch pulls over the knees ad keeps the skirt from becoming wet.
h mat, for OF a better name. is easily shifted about, as occasion arises,
such a device a. ths.i is invaluable in a case where stone as to b knelt
upon, an may b the means OF saving colds and other illnesses.
In tn upper sketch, o n the right hand side, the interior of the article is
no" ant underneat therel a diagramO of the shape of the wood.
In anotherp part oft The sketch, the dotted line and harrow indicate the way
which the American cloth may be pulled up owe the knees, to protect the
skirt from splAshes of water.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-07
SOUTHERN
|: AGRICULTURE :

Sheep Bells.
Tink-tink.tink
Through the forest trees,
Tink-tink.tin
On the gentle breeze.
Tink tink,
Tink tink,
In the twilight still,
Somewhere on the narrow path
That winds across the hill.
Tink-tink.tink
Coming down the slope,
Tink-tink-tink
Where the heliotrope,
Tink tink,
Tink tink,
Bushes in the skies
Somewhere on the shining road
That uns to Paradise.
Tink-tink-tink
In the shadows cool,
Tink-tink-tink
Stopping at the pool,
Tink tink,
Tink tink,
While the flush of gold
Falters dying in the west,
The sheep are in the fold.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-07
Give Plants Plenty of Water.

When you water plants soak
them and have done with
1t. 1t is the little dabs of water all
the time that do mischief. Out of doors
1t doesn't rain every few minutes, but
when it does it .soaks and then stops.
Morning is the best time to water.
Stand the pots in q tub of water deep
enough to reach almost to the rim Of
the pot. When the soil turns black on
top take them put and drain.-Mrs. A.
Chaplin, New Jersey.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-07

Starting with n original state, the
George Junior Republic has become a
nation. Last month a national organi.
cation was formed to found and unite
juvenile democracies in all the states,
The first colony was at Freeville, N. Y.
Others followed in California, Con.
necticut and Maryland. Fifteen more
states have applied for admission to
the union. AS each republic is a
community modelled on an American
town, SO, explains the Youths Com.
panion. the George Junior Nation will
be a miniature imitation Of the federal
government.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-07
Soft Scarf GirdIes.

In direct opposition to the princess,
bebe princesse and jumper frocks, are
the new soft scarf girdles now being
exploited in Paris. They are the des-
pair OF the stout who wishes
to disguise the fact that she has hips,
and the delight of the slender woman
who has secretly been bemoaning her
lack OF them. The new girdle is mere
ly a soft sash that is wound twice
about the waist and drawn I'D half
way to the bust. With a skirt and
coat costume it takes the place of a
waistcoat, or rather is both belt and
vest in one, and it actually helps to
dress up the blouse into a semblance
OF a fitted bodice. Preferably the scarf
girdle should match the color of the
gown, unless a decidedly contrasting
tint is necessary to tone up the cos
tune.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-07
RemodeIine Last Years Sleeve.

In remodeling a part or the whole of
rip it up and clean and press well.
After the sleeves have been carefully
pressed they are ready to be cut over.
Lay the pattern on the sleeves and cut
carefully, according to directions.
up and the cuff replaced the sleeve
should again be carefully and thorough
ly pressed before it is replaced in the
garment.
Any gown can be remodeled in this
manner and made to look decidedly up
to date for merely the cost of a good
sleeve pattern and the time that the
r~emodeling takes.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-07
White in Different Tones.

In these days there come so many
fabrics that are near white that it is
not necessary to get snowy linens in
order to get the white effect. There
are mustard-colored %stuffs, pongees,
linens, mercerized cottons and mulls
that are delightfully."- refined and dainty
in appearance. And if n does not
care for yellow there are the rose col
ors, the natural tan tones, the soft
pale %apricots, and the delicate grayish
white fabrics. These do not soil quite
as readily as the white goods, and are
almost as youthful in effect.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-07
Society Girl Takes Her Second Husband

year, left her from her fathers estate.
Her sister, Mrs. Londsay of Boston,
has an income equal to hers and they
will receive more from their mother.
Mrs. Gibson is still very young, her
marriage as a schoolgirl to Mr.. Glib
son, a schoolboy, being we'll remem-
bered in Washington society, as it
was an unexpected runaway match.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gibson made their home
in Chicago, where their married life
was ended after a little more than
five years.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-07
M@M


The crepe de chine coat is a great
%favorite.
The present sleeve is close, but not
tight; it molds the arm without bind
ing it.
The satin coat is an excellent ex-
ample of the present craze of associ-
ating a cloth or yelling skirt with a
wrap of satin.
The small sleeve, when no carried
to an extreme, is always becoming. 1t
is n of the few fashion manifesto
tions which the stout woman may gaze
IN.
One of the best examples of the typi-
cal small sleeve is used in the t%ailleur.
1t is full length, of course, close fitting
and with no p~erceptible f~ullness at the
armhole.
A girl of II years will look dressy IL
she has an evening frock of nuns
yelling, with a lace yoke and sleeves
and silk band trimming. A dress of
louisine trimmed with quilting of silk
is pretty. also, with a lace yoke at the
front and back.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-07

They tell a good story in London OF
a certain peer who had never before
shown the slightest interest in horse
racing, that he surprised a young man
of his acquaintance by asking him,
apropos of nothing, which horse had
won the Derby. The young man told
him. THAT was very clever Of him.
replied the peer. WAS it the first
time he tried it," The young man
stared. but said Yes" Then I call
it very clever of him." replied the
noble but incomplete. sportsman, ito
win the Derby the first time he tried
for it,"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-07
A WORD AS TO MEDICINE.
Danger in Taking Drugs Not Pre-
scribed for the User.

1t is a very Ommon thing among
women that they will take medicine
which is recommended by friends and
also give it to their children without
investigating its formula.
They will have prescriptions reflled
which another woman's physician has
recommended for her particular case.
or take up what remains in her bot
tie.
This is a most dangerous practice,
and should not be continued. If a ply
stefan has written a prescription for
his patient, he understands her partic-
ular case and is not prescribing for
anyone else who wishes to take it.
He may not only give her medicine
for what he thinks she needs, but may
give her drugs which she needs and
knows nothing about.
l, may be something to strengthen
the heart or other organ Of the body,
some drug which would be very harm
full to another person; or opiates may
be in the formula which would have
an entirely different and disastrous eff
feet upon another constitution.
1t is a very dangerous practice for
yourself, but in all ommon sense do
not give such things to your children.
If your child is sick and you do not
understand what to do, call a physi-
clan and let him prescribe in the right
way, even il it does cost more money
By this il does not mean that the
doctor has to be called for every small
ailment of The child. but if the child
is really sick you will know it. Do not
risk the child's health by giving it
things which you do not understand
and which may be poisonous to it. You
are running a terrible risk by doing it.