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The Washington times., 1908-04-26
REGIMENT
FIVE WINS TITLE
Local Quint Is Champion
Of South Atlantic
Association.

The Second Regiment basketball quint
OF Washington Is champion Of the South
Atlantic Athletic Association.
This definite knowledge Was made
very impressive by the way in which
the local five trounced the Belvidere
team Of Baltimore. the only other com
petitor Tor the championship IaureIs.
The game wa played last night at the
Young Mems Christian Association gym.
the Washington OUTFIT winning from
the start Score, 80 90 %.
The visitors. Handicapped by their
lack Of knowledge Of the foul line game,
we're outpIayed from the opening
whistle. whereas the home team seemed
10 display their hest FORM OF the sea-
son. their team work and excellent
basket shooting being altogether too
much for the visitors. The Second Regi-
Inent team which won the champion
ship of the Capital City League. was
pitted against the premier five Of Bal
timore with the aforementioned result
The game from spectators viewpoint
was almost without interest. the oc-
casionaI flashes Of form shown by the
Balumoreans being the only resem-
blances Of a basketball contest.
Both Start Fast.
Both teams started o. wuTz with the
greatest enthusiasm The winners soon
struck their naCy and at the closing
whistle of the first session the score
stood 70 70 in favor Of the local az
gregation-
The play in the second half was much
slower, the visitors making all of their
goals in the East few minutes OF play
Hubbard and Schlosser. Of the winners,
comprised The backbone Of their team s
play. both men displaying great form
throughout the game Tie offensive
play of Granger. center OF the Balu-
more FIVE. was also noticeable. lis four
goals all being Of a difficult nature.
The presentation of the silver basket
hall trophy to the champions Will prob
ably be made some time this week.
The game between the Young Men S
Christian Association team and the
Second Regiment quint for the local
basketball supremacy viii by played
next Saturday.
The Washington times., 1908-04-26

The veterinary firm of Hadfeld &
Hadheld are sweet on "A twO-year-old
colt by General Besle, 2-2912; as he al
ready has a good way Of going. and.
when older and developed, promises 20
be speedy. The firm also owns a two
year-old by Don Covine, 2.l0. that Is
showing quite a good deal O. speed at the
pace. General Beale has again changed
hands. and IS now owned in Calvert
county, Md. Javins Brothers have still
got their large stable OF trotters and
PAGERS at their newly purchased farm
in Maryland. which IS located near the
Burnt Mills district. The farm com
prises several hundred acres. and viii
be used for agricultural and stock pur-
poses
The Washington times., 1908-04-26
GALLAUDET TRIMS
WESTERN MARYLAND
KendallGreen lnfield Shows
Up Strong After
Changes.

Galiaudet wauoped Western Maryland
20 the tune Of 10 20 Z at Kendall Green
yesterday
The Buff and Blue had the game well
ir hand at all stages after the fourth
inning. With his team SIX runs % the
good. Dillon weakened in the ninth and
allowed Western Maryland 20 draw up
by three runs. The change in the Cal
laudet indeld seems TO have worked
decided Improvement
Hover was tive busy man. having
eight chances at third making seven
assists. one pat out. and an error
Bell Strong at Short
W. Bell also showed up strong ln his
new position az short Norris and Dill
Ion, for the locals and DoOley for the
visitors, led IN the smuggling
Galiauder took the lead i'm the first
session, scoring one. and added another
I'm the third
ErTors by Cooper and A. FeU. and
Adkins single enabled the visitors 20
tie the score in the fourth
The mutes came back with a ven
EeanCe in the NTH. Dillon led Off with
a corkiRE triple. Morris beat out a
hunt, filling the bases. Hover hit TO
short and Dillon beat DooIey's return
10 the plate. Wiley threw wild over
third. scoring Morris Cooper brought
ODOunell home with a single 20 center.
The Washington times., 1908-04-26

and balancing. The lilies dam Is the
dam OF Myron c. F. n. 5, is also the
sire of Jacob Hillerary's fast-pacing
stallion. It. r. s. out Of the noted trot-
ting mare SUSIE H.. by a son of Bel
mont. T. z. s. viii be given his initial
start tomorrow afternoon. when the
public viii have a chance 10 size ~ his
speed. r. F. Hall has disposed o. rear
ly half OF the consignment OF highly
bred trotters he and Frank Tippet re
Gently purchased at Indianapolis. Al az
q good profit.
Mr.. Hall still retains the handsome
and highly bred stallion, Red Princeps
and a big and handsome two-year-old.
out OF Homora, the dam Of the phenome-
nal Fantasy. which stin holds the four
year-old record for FLIES. 2:05. W. F.
Miller IS bringing Kushan. 2:1Sll. slowly
along. but will give him no fast miles
until his large stud season Is over. Mr..
NiNer's new purchase. William X. IS
showing a good deal OF speed at the
pace, and looks 10 be a good prospect.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-18
The Satin Vogue.

Satin is enjoying such tremendous
vogue at the present writing that it
would seem as though the supply of
this lustrous material would be exhaust
ed by autumn, exen though the makers
work overtime. Entire costumes
for afternoon calling and the c are
Of black and such fashionable shades
as taupe and wistaria in satin. The
skirts are clinging and usually un-
trimmed, but the coats are half-fitting
and very elaborate. Some of them
are cut quite short at the front and
hang in straight, loose lines to the
top of the high girdle, and at the sides
and back they are of three-quarters
depth. Others have the one-button
open fronts, which show the lace jabot
IN the blouse worn beneath them, and
slope away sharply from the waist
line. A third type, and one that is
distinctly directoire, is cut away from
a few inches below the underarm
seam, SO that in front the effect is
that Of an Elton. This, however, is
one of the extremes and only to be
carried by a woman of exceptionally
good figure and graceful bearing.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-18
TO USE OLD SKIRTS
The Economical Woman Can Find
Here 4 Chance for Great Saving.

Many are the schemes of the eco
homicai woman, who tries to make the
most Of everything. The advent of
the tunic, or overskirt. gives the saw
Ing woman another chance to prac-
tice economy.
This Is using up a welLcut silk OF
satin foundation skirt to give an "air'
to an overskirt and bodice of a sim
pie striped material.
A woman who owned a smoke-gray
silk foundation skirt had it carefully
sponged, pressed out and left I'M
trimmed. She bought at the shops a
remnant of gray and white striped
cotton wolfe at a small price and made
an overskirt and bodice of 1t.
For the latter she used a piece of
the gray silk body lining, cutting it
l~ow-necked, taking out the sleeves and
finishing the edges with a tiny point
of lace.
The tunic was opened up the side,
cut to points, put into a box plat at
back, and it's edges were bound with
a three-inch bias fold of the material.
The bodice was simply draped over
a guimpe of lace and was drawn into
a five-inch empire belt of gray silk
fastened with old silver buttons at the
back.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-18

SOUTHERN
AGRICULTURE
At Homo On the Farm.

At Homo On the Farm.
When daylight is ended and twilight
is Dear.
The sun sinking low in the west;
When breezes are rustling the leaves
in the trees
Where birds sing their babies to
rest
o! then a sweet peace steals over my
soul,
In my heart is no care nor alarm,
For the angels are hov'ring and Heav-
en- bends low,
Ger the life Of the home on the
N farm.
o! the grass is so green and the flow
ers so sweet,
The trees are so cool and so strong!
The green corn is waving its banners
so proud,
Up the rows, SO straight and so long,
The golden wheat shelters the par
tridge's nest,
The squirrels fear never a harm,
-
For busy and happy, at peace with
the world,
Is the life in the home on the farm.
AS I sit in the porch of my little
brown home,
l think of the dear mes away
In the heat and the oar of the city's
mad whirl,
Mid the lights and glamour and
play
And | pray the Father in Heaven above
Will shield them from danger and
harm,
And give them the joy and the peace
hat abides
On the life of the home on the farm.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-18
ORANGE Tree Moves North.

Botanists in the employ of the
United States department of Agri-
culture hope to bring into being an
orange tree which will be as shady
as the apple tree; al orange tree that
will not perish in the chill of North
ern winter, which in December will
bear it's wreaths of snow and i'll May
it's garlands of bloom, and when sum-
mer comes will yield fruits as good
as that sweetened in the South SUM-.
This may seem to be an unnatural
proposition, but it only seems so. No
violence upon the laws OF nature has
been or will be attempted. 1t is SIM
ply an effort TO make the citrus tree
hardy and insensitive to cold as the
citrus tree which bears the bitter.
%unedible orange. By crossing a citrus
tree which grows in the North and
which bears the unedible fruit, with
the citrus tree of the South, it is
sought to beget a plant in which will
be combined the good traits OF each.
Government botanistS are confident
that the results of this citrus mar
riage will be a scion that will grow
and thrive at a latitude midway be-
tween the northern limits of the
sweet and bitter orange. If this
should be there might be orange
groves in Central Virginia, Middle
Kentucky, Southern Indiana, South
ern Illinois, Central Missouri and
Central Kansas. Think of orange
groves around the homes in Rich
mond, Louisville, Cincinnati, st. Louis
and Kansas City!-Technical World.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-18
How to Train a New Maid,

1t is a good plan in the average
sized house for the mistress herself
to show the new maid the ways of the
house. If she is the parlor maid, to
take her to the dining room and her.
self lay the table for the first
meal, explaining exactly where she
likes the various things placed. If
the maid is inexperienced, show her
exactly how the dishes should be han
died and all other details which will
help her in carrying out her various
duties. She will be more likely to
remember her instructions if she re-
ceives them direct from her mistress
than if a fellow servant told her.
Home Chat.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-18
What Certified Milk Is.

In the larger cities there is a con-
fled milk for which higher prices are
paid. The word certified has been
registered in the United States patent
Office and can legally be used on milk
only by what is known as the city's
medical milk commission. There are
now twenty-five of these commissions
in this country. A veterinarian
examines the cows to see that they
are in perfect health. Samples of the
milk are tested by a chemist a1r. must
tain a certain percentage of butter
fat. A bacteriOlogist examines sam
pies for any trace of disease-produc-
ing bacteria and for the presence of
excessive numbers of bacteria of any
sort. Representatives of the commits
sion make personal inspections of the
dairy to insure that the milk is han
died under strictly sanitary condi-
lions. Only in case all these reports
are satisfactory does the commission
certify to the milk.
The certified product is used mostly
for feeding babies and invalids. The
inducement offered the dairyman is
the increased price, which varies
with the locality from 8 to 20 cents a
quart to the customer, the price OF
market milk varying from 5 to 10
cents. The growth of the industry
has warranted the issuance of a bull
letin on the subject by Clarence B.
Lane, assistant chief of the dairy
division of the bureau of animal in
dustry. This is designated as bulletin
No. 1O4 of the bureau Of animal in
dustry and may be had by addressing
a request for it to the secretary OF
agriculture, Washington, D. c.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-18
Modern Farm Methods.

The most progressive farmer OF
fifty years ago would gaze in open
eyed establishment at the present day
methods of farming. SO rapid have
been the strides of progress in the
agricultural world since that day that
the methods employed by the modern
farmer are so far in advance of those
widest fancies that ever played be-
fore the vision of the old-time agri.
culturist. Fol him the marketing
of his products meant not only the
labor involved in producing them, but
when ready for market the only facil-
tiles for transportation to the place
of sale were the farm team and the
traditional old farm wagon.
Fancy the picture If you can of a
farmer of fifty years ago preparing to
go to market with the mornings out
put of milk in a handsome four cylin.
der automobile, which In appearance,
quality, strength, speed and style is
the equal of anything to be found on
the city ~boulevards; the farmer him
self, or one of his sons, with a perfect
understanding of it's mechanism, play
ing the part of Chauffeur and speeding
along the country roads to his desti-
nation with all the comfort and en-
joyment afforded his city cousin by
a mere pleasure spin, and yet this
picture is no mere fancy, but an
actual reality in connection with the
operation of many of our modern
farms.-White's Glass Advertising.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-18
Save the Rotten Trees.

When the trunks of cherry trees
have started to decay probably the
best way of checking it is to clean
out the dead wood, paint the wound
thoroughly with w~hitewash, or, better
yet, with Bordeaux mixture, and then
cover the whole wound with grating
wax or clay, so as to keep the water
put. While this may not result in an
entire healing over of the bad wounds,
it will probably stop the decay, and
make the trees last longer than they
would if left without treatment. Don't
be afraid to remove all the rotten
wood, as it adds nothing to the
strength of the tree and has a tend
ency to promote rot in the new tissues.
1t is quite likely that this rot started
in the tunnel of a borer and has grad
ually spread until it is serious.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-18
A Bows Bio Corn Crop.

We did not take any corn to the
fair, but our hardware man in White
Pigeon offered a 1925 Remington
rifle to the boy bringing him the two
longest ears of corn before December
l..
There are lots of other boys who
took corn, but | won the rifle by TAX
ing the two largest ears. They meas
ured II IL and IL inches.
This is the way it was raised:
First, we MANFRED the ground in
the fall.
Second, we plowed the ground deep.
Third, we narrowed twice before
planting.
Fourth, on May 6 we planted corn
from large ears, from every ear Of
which a kernel had been taken and
tested to see if it would sprout well.
Fifth, it was cultivated just enough
to keep the weeds from growing and
the ground mellow until the tassels
began to show.-Joseph Harrison.
White Pigeon, Mich.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-18

The sauciest of warblers Is the
Maryland yellow-throat. This yellow
throat, like the. blackburnian, is a
beauty. With the other bird out Of
the question the yellow-throat might
be awarded the palm. 1t is not hard
to scrape acquaintance with this little
fellow. He is always dressed for a
masque ball, and as he peers at you
from out the bush where he has taken
top of his black mask and he seems
TO say: Find out who l am if you
can"
The Maryland yellow-throat Is a
ground lover. 1t inhabits the whole
northern country in summer. 1t is this
beauty which occasionally builds its
nest in the unsavory skunk cabbage,
a fact which led me in another article
to declare that l more than half be-
lieved the birds olfactory nerves were
lacking. Possibly, however, it is a
case of all things being sweet to the
sweet, for the yellow-throat is a sweet
tempered little fellow, withal his voice
Ia occasionally querulous. It's note
sounds something like "Witchity,
witchity, witchity," though it may be
translated to suit the fancy of the
nearer. John Burroughs, who is al
ways apt, thinks the yellow-throat po-
litely asks the wayfarer: Which way,
sir?"
One of the destinations of advanced
study of the warblers is the possibility
that n may stumble upon a rare spe-
cies. Frank M. Chapman touches up
on this point in his Teachers Man.
ual of Bird Life" He says: ITO the
field ornithologist warblers are the
most difficult as we'll as the most fas-
cinating birds to study. Long after
| the sparrows, fy-catchers and virsos
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-18
Humor of One Period Not Always
Agreeable to Another.

The standard of wit varies from
time to time. What passes for the
genuine article at one period without
challenge is at another condemned as
puerile. Stories were commonly told
of Beau Brummell and his friends
which there is good reason to believe
to be authentic. but which would now
be regarded as too silly for credence.
The famous nan about town once laid
a wager with the prince regent that
ne would see the greater number of
cats, if the prince chose which side
of Regent street he pleased. AS the
result Brummell saw about 20, while
the prince had not encountered one.
He was asked to explain the system"
on which he gambled, and did so thus:
1t was a very hot morning, and George
w, who liked to take his ease, chose
the shady side of the street. But cats
like sunshine, and gratified their in
clination by summing themselves In
large numbers. Beau Nash's wagers
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-18

ly that if the novice in the observing
field take them up as his first study
he is much more than likely to con-
clude before the season is half spent
that the bird lesson is too hard to be
learned, and to put his glass back into
the case and to forego for all time his
trips afield.
On the other hand, for the person
who has learned his alphabet and his
first, second and third book of birds,
the warblers constitute, so to speak,
a volume of the rarest interest. An
observer may scrape acquaintance
with the warblers in the springtime
and think that he has mastered them
so completely that he will not be
obliged to hurry after each field trip
to some museum of birds to make sure
of his identifications. September
comes and the springtime enthusiast
goes again to warbler highways to
meet his friends of the vernal year as
they come hurrying from the north
when the year is in the sere and vel
low. He finds a multitude of warblers
in a tree, and 10. he is in luck if he
a name n of them. Many of the
males have changed their plumage
with the changing season.; the young
. of the year look unlike either parent.
though in most instances bearing some
resemblance to the adult female. and
the result is that the warbler student,
not knowing the idiosyncrasies of the
warblers' fall fashion in dress, is in
clined to believe that he has struck
a score of new species. AS a matter
of fact, in the fall one must learn the
warblers all over again.
After two sets of seasons" with
plenty of closet study over colored
plates and stuffed specimens in the
winter time, the observer becomes fair
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-18
BIRDS VAR WITH MYRIAD MITES

ly familiar with the warblers, and
from that time forward he is much
nor than likely to neglect his spar.
row, thrush, hawk and plover friends
for an intimacy with the many-hued
warbler midgets.
l have seen a tree so filled with
myrtle warblers (Dendroica coronata)
that it appeared actually as though
there were a bird for each leaf. Dur
ing the migration period the warblers
do little, when not journeying, but to
lisp and to eat. The bird, otherwise
we'll hammered. is given to talking with
its mouth full. The warblers are so
busy food gathering that they are
fearless. 1t is possible to approach
within a few feet of them and to
watch them at their labor. This, of
course, applies to the warblers which
feed In the shrubbery and in the lower
branches of the trees rather than to
those which prefer the topmost foliage.
Touching the matter of the warblers'
plumage, nothing that can be said of
it's beauty can be deemed e%xtravagant.
Take the blackburnian warbler (Den-
droica blackburniae), a bird that may
be seen at this season in both city
and suburb. There is no hue in feath.
ers, to one mind at least. that in point
of brilliancy can be compared to the
throat of this gorgeous creature. The
books put the color down as an orange
yellow, but print is cold. Furnished
gold is better, and yet does scant JUS
tice to the beauty of the subject. Other
warblers and other bird families have
yellow throats, but the beauty of the
blackburnian's feathers is a thing
apart.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-18
Improving Cattle Grades.

The man. who buys a good breeding
bull and allows him to stand in his
lie benefactor and deserves the most
encouragement of any man in the
community. Not long ago | had the
pleasure of visiting a friend of mine
who purchased a pure bred Guernsey
bull and while there he drove me
around and showed me no less than
100 fine grade cows from his bull and
asked me what value l would estimate
that his bull has been to that COM
munity. l promptly said, One thou
sand dollars and the bull is good for
a number of years at the present
time."-I. NJ. Kelly.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-18
Believes in Mixed FARMING.

l firmly believe in mixed farming,
but even then we must specialize on
some certain line of stock feeding and
rotation of crops if We make a decided
success of the business. Call it gen.
eral farming, but let's not call il
mixed farming. AS grandfather used
to say: BE something. If you can
not be a long-tailed rat, be a mouse"
Have some hobby, some kind of a
crop or some kind of live stock and
specialize on that and make your
other farming subservient to that n
special crop or kind of live stock
feeding. We have too many common
mixed farmers.-John c. Barnes.
Indiana.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-18
A Hedue for Dahlias.

This lofty flower, having such
strong stalks, is not at all ~ungraceful,
and when properly cultivated is a
profuse bloomer. Plant the bulbs
rather deep in the ground. They need
the strongest festilizers. also an
abundance OF water and sunshine. 1t
is better to tie them to strong stakes
to guard against damage by wind.
ard it is also better to plant them in a
hedge row, as they are not so easily
blown over by the wind.-k,. l.. Ris-
ley.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-18

Don't put off buying yoIr breeding
stock too long. Hundreds of breed
ers are now sold out. and the surplus
now in the hands of the breeders is
limited. Get your birds this month, SO
as to have them early. You will get
a better selection; get them home in
time to become thoroughly wanted to
their new quarters, and you will get
eggs that will hatch early in the sea-
son.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-18
WIT OF VARIOUS TIMES

were not always SO successful, and he
once found himself nonplussed by a
young woman al Bath. Having bet
that he would take a rise" out of the
girl, he addressed her with the re-
mark that no doubt she was familiar
with her Bible, and had read the his
tory of Tobit and his dog. "Now,"
said he, "can you tell me the dogs
name?" The reply was as prompt as
it was pertinent. "Oh, yes, sir: his
name was Nash, and a very impudent
dog he was"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-18
WITH LACE BRETELLES
A Pretty Waist-combIning EmbroId-
cry MedaIIions and Lace.

One way of combining embroidery
medallions with all over lace is illus
trated in this pleasing waist. The bre-
telles, with their scalloped edges, are
becoming to most women, and, despite
their simplicity. they impart quite an
air to almost any costume. For this
reason the design is suggested for a
gown that is to be freshened up to last
out the season, or for n that is be-
ing remodeled altogether. 1t requires
SO little of the dress material, for
even the sleeves can be made of chif-
fon cloth, if liked. or of plain net.
The bretelles are bordered with a
half-inch strip of satin, either cut o.