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The Tupelo journal., 1908-06-12

CLOSE investigation of the coal re-
- sources of the United States, made
at the direction of President Roose-
welt by the geological survey, has re-
suited in a probably accurate sum-
narration Of the fuel of the
country. This has been portrayed in
q special map prepared by the sur
vey, which is the greatest map-making
bureau in the world. =.
As shown by the new coal map,
there are about 327, 900 square miles
of what may be termed the more cas-
lily mined coal fields, with an esti-
mated content available for future use
of nearly two thousand billion tons.
With the maintenance of the rate of
increase of coal consumption that has
held for the last SO years the supply
of early available coal will, according
to the director of the geological sur
vey, George Otis Smith, be exhausted
before the middle of the next century.
An interesting feature of the coal
map is the large extent of western
area portrayed as lignite-probably
one-fifth of the total coal-bearing area
of the country. This is a low-grade
coal until recently disregarded as a
factor in the consideration of the ma
tion's fuel Gasproducer
The Tupelo journal., 1908-06-12
Sixtieth Congress

WASHINGTON.-With the passing
w of an emergency currency meas
ure and a few remaining a%ppropria-
ton bills, the first session of the Six
tieth congress has passed into his
tory.
What Speaker Cannon calls "the
mill' was we'll nigh choked with
would-be legislation that was
crammed into the hopper during the
session. There have been bills Of all
varieties, shades and sizes. Bills for
the regulation of nearly everything
under the sun have been introduced.
Notwithstanding the diminishing rev.
enues and the warnings that the treas
ury was facing an almost certain def
1cit there was no abatement of the
clamor for appropriations. If all the
appropriations asked for had been
granted the government debt would
be multiplied tenfold. IF We had put
through one-third of the bills that
were offered u.s." said a prominent
member of the house, more than a
century would be required to straight
en- out the conglomerate mass"
All records were broken by the num-
Der of bills introduced during the ses-
sion. Senators and representatives
came to Washington last fall with
their grips full of bills, and between
5000 and 5000 were introduced the
first day. Among them were several
The Tupelo journal., 1908-06-12
EGG GIVES CAKES FLAVOR.
Indian Meal, However, Can Be Made
Satisfactory Substitute.

Pancakes are more tender when
made without eggs, but the egg gives
additional food value and also a good
nutty flavor which the cakes baked
without lack. When eggs are high a
tablespoonful of Indian meal can be
substituted for the egg with satisfac.
tory results. Made with sour or but
termilk and soda they are more deli.
cate than when the sweet milk and
baking powder or soda and cream OF
tartar is used. One or two chopped
apples or a cup of huckleberries
stirred in the batter at the last afford
pleasing changes from time to time.
The batter for pancakes should be q
thin or a sour batter.
A general rule for thin batters is a
scant measure of the liquid to a full
measure of -four. If soda and cream
OF tartar are used, allow a level tea
spoonful of soda and two rounded tea
spoonfuls Of cream Of tartar to each
quart of -four. If baking powder,
three rounded t~easpoonfuls to each
quart of -four. Where sour milk is
used, the general proportion is a tea.
spoonful of soda to a pint of sour
milk. To make the Soul milk cakes,
sift into a pint Of -four a half tea
spoonful of soda. Mix thoroughly.
Add a scant pint SOU milk and beat
well. Then add the beaten yolk Of
one egg and, lastly, the whipped white
folded in. Bake on a hot, well-greased
griddle, turning as soon as the top is
full of bubbles. Bake until the cake
stops putting and serve at once. Some
good cooks prefer to mix the sour
milk with the -four over night, adding
the salt, soda and egg in the morn
ing. For a variation in these cakes,
use half or one-third fine cornmeal,
graham or whole wheat flour.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-06-12
Indian Art In Calcutta.

An exhibition Of modern and an
cient Oriental paintings has just been
held at the Indian government school
Of art in Calcutta and attracted con-
siderable attention. The pictures we're
in both oil and water colors, and the
greater part Of them were loaned for
the purposes of the exhibit by Indian
residents of Calcutta. The Indian So
ciety of Oriental Art, says Harper's
Weekly. is making a strong effort to
revive the interest in genuine Oriental
art, which in India is rapidly disap-
pearing. A prominent leader in the
movement says that he is hopeful of
success and believes that art in India
will again become a potential influ-
ence in lifting the masses to a higher
level.
The ancient Indian pictures in Oil
were of unusual interest and attracted
the attention of the lovers Of old pic
lures and students of local color.
There was an interesting exhibit of
Chinese and Japanese paintings, some
Of them quite old, which were owned
by Indian families of wealth and cul-
ture. The exhibition was the first Of
its kind to be held in Calcutta.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-06-12
TRUE COURAGE.
Dying Surgeon on Battlefield Minis
tiers to Wounded Soldier.

Persons who glorify military opera
tons do not always stop to think that
they could scarcely be undertaken
without the aid of the medical staff.
Here are men who must be consulted
at every turn; who constantly suffer
toll and anxiety in order to keep the
troops at their fighting best, and who,
in the day Of action, risk their lives
as truly as If they were heading a col
umn. Blackwoods tells the story of
an English surgeon who was MORALLY
wounded at Majuba hill, and who yet
performed an act worthy to be mated
with that of Sir Philip Sidney on the
field of Zutphen.
The agony of death was closing in
upon him. He had succumbed to his
own hurt and weakness, but just at
that moment he heard a wounded man
shrieking in an extremity of pain.
That was enough, and he crawled to
the spot where the soldier lay, gave
him an injection Of morphine and
died.
During the Ashanti war in 1874, the
English force was holly engaged at
Amoaful, and one regiment was gal
lantly making its way through the
bush. Several men had fallen and
every surgeon connected with the
fighting line was fully occupied, when
suddenly two Highlanders appeared,
bearing between them a gallant old
officer who had been shot in the neck.
The arterial blood was squirting like a
fountain from the wound, and the
principal medical officer at once recog-
nized the danger Of the case.
IF that man is not attended to-"
said he coolly, The will be dead in five
minutes"
And though they were at the mo-
ment in an open space exposed to al
most inevitable death, he stopped
short and applied himself to his task.
He extemporized a support for the
poor fellows head and laid him down.
Then, while the ugly ''phit! phit!" of
bullets sounded about them, he tied
the carotid artery with as steady a
hand and as mistaken nerve as If he
had been in an operating room.
One brave nan had done his duty
with the simplicity of true heroism,
and another brave man had been saved
for the service of his country.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-06-12

DRINCE AUGUSTINE DE ITUR-
i BIDE, grandson of the great lib
orator of Mexico, heir to a throne,
man of the world, highly educated,
widely travelled, and a member of the
jeunesse doree of many European
capitals, has forsaken the ways of the
fashionable world and joined the Third
Order of st. Francis.
interviewer with his life is the ro-
mantle history of the Land of the Gao
tus for the last hundred years, and the
melancholy fate of the Austrian arch
duke, Macmillan. By right of descent
from the Emperor Iturbide, as we'll as
from the fact that he was declared
heir by Macmillan, Prince Iturbide
would be entitled to the throne of
Mexico were that country again to be-
come an empire.
The Emperor Iturbide was born in
1888, led the revolt of the colonies,
The Tupelo journal., 1908-06-12
4 Round the Capital
~ information and Gossip Picked Up Here
~ and There in Washington. =
Ends First Session

dozen currency bills, for in the early
days of the sessions nearly every legis
lator had a panacea for the country's
financial ills. The more the members
studied the question the less they
seemed to understand it and in the
closing weeks few of them would ad-
NIT to expert knowledge Of the sub
ject.
The rush of bills kept up all winter,
the total number presented in the two
branches of congress being 29,215.
The house members introduced 22,035
and the senators 1850. A great many
of these measures were private pen
sion bills, only a small percentage of
which finally became laws. During the
first session of the Fifty-ninth con-
gress, which continued five weeks
longer than the recent session, 9,518
bills were introduced in the house and
6,556 in the senate.
All previous records were broken by
the senate in the amount Of executive
business which was transacted. Thir-
ty-four treaties were ratified and made
public, most of them arbitration
treaties. The Congressional Record
will disclose that fewer speeches were
made than in times gone by owing to
the fact that John Sharp Williams in
a%ugurated a 1libuster several months
ago. Instead of speeches the record is
filled with roll calls. About As min
,,%@~ ono ~O-.oI ~ 4nI 1~I xyo~sfxy
the roll of the house. There were over
200 roll calls, most of them on incense
quential questions like adjournment,
recess, approval of the journal, ETC.,
so that the net results of Mr.. Will
liams' dilatory campaign was that
approximately six days of "a hours
each were wasted.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-06-12
FOR TWO SPLENDID SOUPS.
TO Be Madc Without Meat or Stock Of
Any Kind.

To make red soup the housekeeper
will require one and one-half pounds
of tomatoes, one beetroot, one small
onion, a little celery, pepper and salt,
three pints of vegetable stock, one
ounce of butter, n tablespoonful Of
flour, chopped parsley. Slice the to.
matoes and put into a very clean
saucepan, with the beetroot cut small,
a sliced onion, a little cefery, pepper
and salt and the stock. Boil all stead
lily for an hour and a half. Press
through a sieve, return to the sauce-
pan, and thicken with one of
butter rubbed into a tablespoonful Of
flour. Stir as it ONE to the boil, add
more seasoning If necessary, and
serve. Scatter finely chopped parsley
over the soup in the tureen.
Celery Soup.-Wash n head of
celery in salt water; peel n onion
and cut it up with celery; put them in
a saucepan with n quart of water,
add two ounces of barley, a sprig Of
parsley, a sprig of thyme. a bay leaf
and a blade of mace. Simmer slowly
for an hour and a half. Remove the
herbs, season to taste with pepper and
salt, heat again, and serve
The Tupelo journal., 1908-06-12
Turtle Bean Soup.

Pick over, wash and soak one pint
of turtle beans over night. Next day
strain, cover with two quarts of fresh
water, and boil slowly, but steadily,
until the beans begin to break. Then
add one stalk of celery cut fine, two
tablespoons of chopped onion, and the
same amount of chopped carrot. one
teaspoonful Of salt, and a dozen pep
percorns, and cook for an hour longer.
Press through a sieve, rubbing hard
to get as much pulp as possible. Re-
turn to the fire, and if thick dilute
with a little boiling water. Mix one
tablespoonful of flour to a thin paste
with cold water, add to the soup, and
stir until it boils again. This will pre-
vent settling in the tureen or soup
plate. Taste to see that it is we'll sea-
soned.
For each person allow one-quarter
of a hard boiled egg and a slice of
lemon. These may be placed in the
plate and soup added o. may be passed
after the soup is served.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-06-12
Ready to Play.

ward upon the length of its cord, It
may be possible to encircle the hook
with the ring.
The players swing the ring in turn.
The object of the game is to encircle
the four posts, which, by the way
should be numbered 1, 2, 3, 4. First
No. 1 must be encircled, then Nos. q,
3 and 4, in order. The player gains
another turn every time he swings the
ring yer a post; but If by chance the
ring should encircle the wrong post,
he must begin over again with No.
l post. He who first places the ring
over the four posts in proper order
wins the game.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-06-12

THE entire diplomatic corps is
chuckling over the way Ambassa-
dor Bryce, of Great Britain, unwilling
ly interfered the other afternoon with
a specially called session of the ten
mis- cabinet, to the discontinue of
President Roosevelt and his fellow
ambassador, M. Jusserand, of France.
The president had summoned the
racquet wielders for 4:30 p. m. on the
White House courts. J~usserand and
Assistant Atty.-Gen. Cooley responded
promptly.
Assistant Secretary of State Bacon
was the only member who failed to
answer the call. He had just started
from his Office at 4:26 for the scene
when Ambassador Bryce appeared at
the state department. He had come
to discuss one of the pending treaties.
Secretary Root at once sen for his
assistant and caught him just as he
The Tupelo journal., 1908-06-12
Stuffed CABBAGE.

Take a nice, solid head of white cab,
bage and hollow out the center, leav.
ing a shell about two inches thick.
Now take one pound of lean beef
Ground steak will do), lay on meat
board, and scrape fine every bit of it.
Mix with this two good sized onions
sliced, two slices Of dry bread grated
fine, pepper and salt, and four eggs,
and fill your cabbage shell. Close top
with loose cabbage leaves, fold in
cheesecloth, and tie carefully with
string. Plunge into a kettle of boiling
sailed water and boil two hours. Take
out, remove ~cheesecloth, place the cab.
bage on a baking tin, and haste the
top with butter.
Sc in ven to brown ~delicately.
Make a sauce of cream, thickened with
a little -four and seasoned with butter,
pepper, and salt. Take cabbage from
oven, place on platter, and garnish
with parsley. Send to table with
baked potatoes and the cream sauce.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-06-12
A THOUGHT. Reading Trick.

This is a trick which is certain to
produce a great deal Of amusement If
we'll worked.
Commence by offering to read the
thoughts of anyone of the persons
present.
Having decided on the victim, a lady
for choice, take a sheet Of paper and
tear it into small pieces. Hand one
of the pieces to everyone in turn,
leaving the lady whose thoughts are
to be read till the last.
She naturally holds out her hand
when you come to her. Offer her a
piece of paper, and then withdraw it,
saying: You thought / vas going to
give you a piece, but I wasn't"
Thus will you have read her
thoughts.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-06-12
A MATCH,
Unique Race Which the Boys Will En-
joy Running.

BY looking at the picture you will
see just what is needed to prepare
for a "heeling match" A stout broom
stick for what you might appropriate
ly call your heel bit" and two lengths
of strong clothesline or light rope Sc
curely knctted to each end of the
stick for the reins. Grasp the reins
firmly in your clenched fists and draw
the heel bit" taut so that the balls
of your feet are off the ground and
your weight resting entirely on your
heels.
The course must be short, says Good
Literature, as the c. must be run
entirely IN the competitors heels.
This would not seem at all hard, but
the heel bits" must be kept in place,
and it is this condition which makes
appears. The second you lift your
heels from the ground there is a
The Tupelo journal., 1908-06-12
Potatoes and Onions.


One-half dozen medium-sized pota-
toes. Wash them thoroughly. Don't
peel. Take one-half doDen onions
about the same size as potatoes. Place
the potatoes in a fairly hot oven.
Place the onions in the oven about
ave or ten minutes after the potatoes.
Cook both until they have assumed
the proper degree of softness. Re-
move them from the oven. Cut up the
potatoes, allowing the Feelings to re-
main. Take of the outside cover of
the onions, cut them up. and mix them
thoroughly with the potatoes. Now
add a quantity Of olive oil, sufficient to
moisten the entire mixture. Salt to
taste. The above Is sufficient for two
or three persons.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-06-12
A Cleanser for Black Goods.

Buy five cents worth Of borax and
ten cents worth of camphor gum. Put
them into a large bowl, breaking the
camphor gum first into small pieces.
Pour over this one quart of boiling
water, stirring to dissolve the borax.
All the camphor will not dissolve.
After it is cool put it into a bottle and
cork tightly. When wishing to use It,
pour a portion into a basin, diluting It
with half the quantity of cold, water.
Wet a black stocking with this and
sponge your goods. pressing after
wards. This will remove all spots
and grease and restore the black.-D~
lineator.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-06-12

has painful results, we cannot refrain
from publishing this little puzzle.
Judiciously worked, we have fire..
quently seen it reduce staid and re-
sponsible persons to a condition OF
absolute frenzy.
All you have to do is to give q
friend five straws, little sticks, or
narrow pieces Of cardboard, and q
penny, and request him to lit the
whole by merely holding the tip OF one
straw.
Most people try to balance the
penny on one straw, and the other
four on top Of the penny, but the
trick is quite simple if done as shown
in the illustration.
The straws should be about 81
inches long.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-06-12
REALLY! TRULY

Did you know a daisy white,
Planted on its head,
When 1t struggles to the light
Is a daisy red?
All red daisies gardens yield
To this fact 1 swear
Once were daisies in a field;
Molly says they were.
Did you know that wolves and bears.
Hide beneath the bed,
Waiting grimly till n dares
To put out ones head?
Yet they can be kept at bay
By a simple plan
Just a nighthght on a tray;
Molly says they can.
Isabel Butchart, in Royal Magazine.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-06-12
H TETHERED o A
A Problem from the Country for You
to Solve.

Here Is another little problem that
everybody should know how to solve.
The goat is placed in a half-acre
meadow, that is in shape an equilat-
eral triangle. 1t is tethered to a post
at n corner of the field. What should
be the length of the tether Ito the
nearest inch) in order that the goat
shall be able to eat just half the grass
in the field? 1t is assumed that the
goat can feed to the end Of the tether.
The solution is quite simple, II
properly attacked. Let us suppose
the triangle A B c to represent our
half-acre field, and the shaded portion
to be the Quarter-acre over which the
The Tupelo journal., 1908-06-12

goat will Craze when tethered to the
corner G.. Now, as six equal equilat-
eral triangles placed together will
form a regular hexagon, as shown, 1t
is evident that the shaded pasture is
just one-sixth of the complete area Of
a circle. Therefore all we require Is
the radius &C d. Of a circle containing
six quarter-acres or ~ acres, which
Is equal to 9,408, $50 square inches. AS
we only want our answer "to the near
est inch," it is sufficiently exact for
The Tupelo journal., 1908-06-12

u purpose If we assume that as / is
to 3.1416, so is the diameter of a cir.
Gle to its circumference. If, therefore.
we divide the last number 1 gave by
3.1416, and extract the square root, We
find that 1871 inches, or 4S yards 3
inches is the required length of the
tether ito the nearest inch"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-06-12

The editor was dreaming in his
"den" when the door opened and q
rather s~tern-visaged woman entered,
without apology, says a writer in the
Baltimore Sun.
Twill you kindly explain" she be-
gan, grimly, thrusting a newspaper
clipping under the editors nose, why
your reviewer refers to my recent
book as a History of Female Suffrage
by a New Historical Writer'?"
quite objectionable" said the ed
itor, gravely. "Of course the word
-hould be spelled with q ""
The Tupelo journal., 1908-06-12
RING GAN e,
Easily Made and the Source Of Much
Amusement.

With very little trouble you may
construct this game from strong card
board. Upon the top of the four card
board posts should be fastened hooks,
each being of such a height that when
the ring is permitted to swing for
The Tupelo journal., 1908-06-12
The Race Is On.

great chance of your heel bit slipping
out OF its position, which instantly
disqualifies you.
the ball of your foot touch the ground,
a ruling that will compel you to pro-
coed slowly and with care If you want
to show your competitors "a clean
pair of heels"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-06-12
Early Available Coal to Last $50 Years

tests of this coal made at st. Louis,
however, have demonstrated its high
fuel value, bringing it into favorable
comparison for industrial purposes
with the best eastern Goals under
steam boilers.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-06-12

A number of enterprising citizens oil
the western part of Carroll county have
organized a drainage district in that
section, which is n of the most fer.
tile spots in the famous delta section,
and embracing an area of about Is, COG
acres. It will include all the territory
subject to i%nundation in the valley Of
the Tallahatchie.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-06-12

All of the northern part of Missis.
sippi has suffered from recent heavy
rains. The crops will be set back a
least two weeks.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-06-12
TO CATCH THE UNWARY.
Lifting a Penny by Holding the Tip
Of a Straw.

Though the habit of annoying ones
friends is to be deplored, and often
The Tupelo journal., 1908-06-12

No ridicule knocks the strength out
Of us SO thoroughly as our own.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-06-12

Philosophy from France.
French proverb: The fool who is
yuent passes for wise.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-06-12

c. n. Afford, author of the law pro-
vid'ng for agricultural high schools in
Mississippi, delivered a very instructive
and interesting address at Walkers
Bridge, Pike county, on the subject OF
agricultural high schools.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-06-12

The bulletin from the department OF
agriculture and commerce this month
will be largely devoted to road build
ing and maintenance. While the larger
portion of this matter has already been
published, it should never grow old,
and is we'll worthy of reproduction.
Roads and their maintenance is one OF
the important subjects before the peo-
Pile of Mississippi. If you are interest
ed in the matter and have neighbors
that should be, send for q few copies OF
this bulletin and hand to them. In
this way it is possible to get their at
tentiOn attracted also.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-14
PROPOSALS.,

flee Of Building for National Museum, Library Of
Congress. Washington d. C., August II. 1905
Sealed proposals for furnishing. delivering and
installing in place complete the electric wiring
required for the south pavilion Of the new build,
ing for the National Museum in this city, will
Monday, the 31st day Of August 1908, and pub
licly opened Immediately thereafter. Specihca-
tions and other information furnished applica-
ton to this office BERNARD X. GREEN. Super
ntendeht Of Construction. aul2. 13, IA. 20.21,2 %
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE
S. 19Os.-Sealed proposals will he received at this
office until O'Clock Monday. August II. for un-
loading d from mt cars at heyy chase siding Bait
Of crushed stone and screenings. and hauling the
same to point near Chevy Chase Circle, between
proposal may be obtained ON application to ONCE
Of Property Clerk, Room 316. District building.
HENRY r. f. MCFARLAND. HENRY L.
WEST. JAY J. MORROW. Commissioners. D. c.
auS-6t eSu