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The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-14

Cheap as the price of a single post
card may be, however, the aggregate
amount of money that is expended in
purchasing them during the year is
something enormous. As an example.
one may take the New York city post
Office, where an average Of 100000
cards is handled every day. Basing
ones calculation upon the cheapest
cards-the two-for-ive and three-for-
five varieties-this would represent an
original expenditure of fully $750,000,
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-14

Senate bill No. 1853, to require county
treasurer to select repositories, etc.
Senate bill No. 164, regulating en-
ployment of children in factories.
Senate bill No. 165, relative to pre-
vention of spread of tuberculosis.
Senate bill No. 166, fixing status Of
mortgages, trust deeds, etc.
Senate bill No. 167, to establish Mis-
sissippi State normal college.
Senate bill No. 1853, to provide a more
simple form of cash book for tax col
lectors.
House concurrent resolution, proposing
amendment to constitution abolishing
county treasurer's offca-
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-14

A message from the House was re-
ceived, announcing the passage of House
bill No. IS, amending laws of 1906, in
reference to creation of Jefferson Davis
county, as to change of time of holding
court.
House bill No. SO, amending code so
as to increase the pay of members of
the board of supervisors for extraordi-
nary services.
Senate bill No. 159, amending code, so
as to change time of appointing road
oyerseers.
House bill No. $50, the salary balance
for judge and district attorney of the
Thirteenth district.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-14
A Fortune For Post Cards.

while the British postal authorities
have estimated that the value of the
cards mailed and delivered by them
during 1906 was in C. Of $4,000
O0O.-The Bohemian.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-14
Not His Meaning.

Eusband-What's on the carpet,
dear?
Wife (timidly)-Not the rap, dear.
The new girl took it all of.-Ba,ti-
more American.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-14
TWENTY-FOURTH DAY.

Among the events of interest in legis
latiye circles today was the receipt of
the first special message from Gov. Noel,
a document that he had expected to send
in yesterday, connected with the princi-
pal subject matter of this message, which
was an expression of his positive views
on State prohibition, and the import
ance of having a strong enactment, lies
in the fact that Gov. Noel had not at
first considered it necessary to make n
special recommendation along this line,
but seeing the drift of the current to-
ward procrastination, he has thought to
best to offer a few suggestions.
The Senate, by a vote of 30 to 5, has
declared itself in favor of the State de-
pository system, in. passing the Potter
bill, providing for the change from the
present fiscal system. The bill provides
for the placing of surplus funds on hand
on deposit at not less than > per cent.
per annum. in State or national banks
of approved standing and responsibility,
the banks to be selected with care and
judgment, though any bank may apply
for the privilege of keeping these funds.
The deposits shall be subject to pay
ment on demand by the State auditor,
on the warrant of that official, the de-
posits and Withdrawals to be subject to
such rules as the State treasurer may
prescribe.
In the House the concurrent resolution
providing for abolishing the office of
county treasurer passed on its second
reading by a vote of 81 to Is, and sew
eral bills We're passed upon the recon-
mendation of the appropriations com
mittse. Among these was the bill car
rying the necessary mount for the care
and custody of the State capital and the
expenses of the government.
Among the bills introduced in the
House was one the purpose of which is
to increase the pay of the secretary of
state to 5000 a year, and also one rails
ing the salary of the experimenting
physician at the State insane hospital to
the same figure.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-14
Senate.

MFR. Anderson called up No. 12e, in
creasing pay of board of supervisors for
extraordinary services, and same was
passed.
Senate bill No. 1856, to protect Junior
mortgages, ETC., was called and same was
postponed.
The Sanders bill, making it unlawful
for minors to be allowed in poolrooms,
etc, came up next. Upon roll call the
bill passed, with an amendment putting
the age limit at IS years, by a vote of
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-14
TWENTY-FIFTH DAY.
House.

The defeat of the bill providing for a
the State superintendent of education
by the close vote of so to So, was one
of the surprises in the Legislature to-
day.
The customary adjournment resolution
was presented to the House today, pro-
viding for final adjournment on Tuesday,
March 10, and was adopted without a
word of objection. Should the Senate
agree to this that date will be fixed, and
the solons must work up accordingly.
The committee on liquor traffic sub;
mitted its looked-for report to the House
this morning, with three bills, which are
recommended for passage as amended
by the committee.
Senate.
In the Senate the Harper resolution
which vas considered a reflection on the
professional men in the Legislature,
though the more conservative members
of the Senate give their distinguished
associate for failing to perceive and ap-
preciate the point, after being carefully
considered in executive session, was dis
posed of by Il motion to indefinitely
postpone.
The Senate also defeated, as the
House had done, the bill which attempt
ed to cut off the surplus school funds
from such of the larger counties as have
"a surplus and convert it into the treas
ury. The bill failed to pass by a vote
of 27 TO 7.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-14
FOR GREATER
..... MISSISSIPPI

Devoted to the Agricultural, Commercial
and Industrial Developments Of the States
Resources-OEcial Organ Of
OF Agriculture and Commerce.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-14

Up to this time no action has been
taken by the legislative bodies on the
suggestion of the writer that a small
plant for the manufacture of cotton
bagging be located on one of the State
farms to be operated by convict labor.
This is a suggestion in the interest Of
those who would wrap their cotton in
cotton to fight the jute bagging trust
and in the interest of the better han
ding of cotton to insure a better price.
And the legislature is composed of a
majority of farmers, too.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-14

Call it what you please, but when the
Mississippi farmer has corn in the crib
and bacon hanging in the smoke house,
the fellow who wants his cotton for less
than it is worth will stand mighty lit
tie show of getting 1t. If that is what
Investigation means, then it is diversi-
fication that will do Old Mississippi q
lot of good. When thus fortified, the
Union and Cotton Association will have
little trouble in getting members to
hold for any price that may be fixed.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-26
AMAZING SOMNAMBULIsM.

In a hospital in Birmingham, Eng.
land, is patient whose strange
powers have attracted wide attention
there and have been submitted to
eminent psychologists here. The pa
tient is music teacher, whose habit
of walking in her sleep had devel
oped so far as to alarm her family.
She became in fact a confirmed SOM
nambulist, and this strange develop
ment caused much sorrow and no
little uneasiness to her relatives.
They sent her to the hospital in the
hope that it might be cured. She
was allowed to do as she chose, but
was kept under observation while her
case was studied. She habitually
left her bed after three or four hours
and busted herself in various ways,
including descending into the music
room and playing the piano, tuning
violin and fitting new strings to it,
and crocheting. Her most remark
able feats, however, were reading and
writing in the dark. This develop.
ment is extremely rare in somnam-
bulistic cases. If there was even a
faint artificial light in the room she
would avoid it and go over to the
darkest corner, where she would read.
study and write letters. When awake
she has no recollection of having been
reading or writing. An examination
of her eyes reveals no reason for
her being able to see in the dark
Her condition is obviously abnormal,
but it is an indication that the human
personality, in spite of the theories
of materialists, is gifted with powers
of which we have no conception in
our present state.-Christian Herald.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-26
SURPLUS GARDEN PRODUCTS.

SURPLUS GARDEN PRODUCTS.
Sometimes it is hard to get pay.
ing price for surplus fruits and vege.
tables when their season is at its
height if they must be sold on the
general market, and they often are
allowed to go to waste without a
thought that the loss is preventable
by canning them for later sale.
For home use, of course, nearly
every thrifty housewife now puts up
a seasons supply in glass cans. but
to sell to dealers one must use tin
for ease in handling and transporta-
tion, as much loss will be caused by
breakage if canned in glass.
There are home canning outfits
that can be purchased at very small
cost, whose capacity may be varied
to suit the needs of the user. All
are complete and do the work of
canning as well as can be done in
the large canning factories, and such
home canned fruit and vegetables
find ready sale because the quality
is of the best. being put up by the
person most interested in doing a
good job, namely, the owner of the
cannery.
In families where there are chill
dren or other help to be relied on,
it would pay to plant some extra
vegetables so as to have larger
supply to can than the ordinary sur
plus from the home garden affords.
If there is an orchard or berry patch
that can furnish fruit in addition,
then the Gamer may be kept busy
for weeks, and that it would then
be a profitable investment there can
be no doubt.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-26
OLD INDIAN LEGEND.

This is an old Indian tradition
which is told concerning the origin
of tobacco, Indian corn and wheat.
Long ages ago two Indian youths,
pursuing the pleasures of the chase,
were led to a remote and unfrequent-
ed part of the forest, where, being
fatigued and hungry, they sat down
to rest themselves and prepare food.
While they were thus employed
the spirit of the woods, attracted, il
is supposed, by the unusual and sav-
ory smell of the venison, approached
them in the form of beautiful girl.
and seated herself beside them. The
youths, being struck with gratitude
for the condescension which she had
shown them in becoming their guest.
presented her in the most respectful
manner with a share of their repast,
which she was pleased to accept with
seeming satisfaction.
The repast being finished the spirit.
having Thanked them cordially for
their attention and informing them
that if they would return to the same
place after the passing of twelve
mooEs they would find something
that would recompense their kind
ness. disappeared from view.
The youths, having counted the
moons, and having returned at the
appointed time, found that upon the
place on which the right arm of the
goddess had reclined an ear of Indian
corn had sprung up, from the place
where her left arm had been a spris
of wheat, and from the spot on which
she had been seated was growing a
fiourishing plant of tobacco.-Wash.
ington Star.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-26
THE DEED OF A HERO.

Not all the courage of war is ex-
pended on the battlefield. A man
died lately in Calcutta who performed
deed which contributed greatly to
save the Indian Empire. At that time.
in 1857, he was mere lad, employed
as an assistant in the telegraph SER
vice. His name was w. Brendish.
and he sent, at the risk of his life,
despatch from Delhi to Umballa,
which bore the first news of the out
break. This message, repeated tc
every town which could be reached,
proved of priceless value. Colonel
Edward Wharf, in his "Sepoy Mu-
tiny" tells the story of how, to quote
the judicial commissioner of the Pun.
lab, 1.-The electric telegraph saved In.
dia.'
1t was the custom to close the tele-
graph offices on Sunday between the
hours of 9 and 4. On May 10, 1857.
as the operator at Delhi was about
to close his station, he received a
message from the Meerut Office an
nouncing an uprising in that section.
At 4 o'clock, when the Office was re-
opened, connections with Meerut
were found to be interrupted.
The telegraph force at Delhi con-
sisted of the chief and two young
assistants, Brendish and Pilkington
The office was situated outside of the
city, about mile from the gates.
On discovering the break in the
connections, the chief sent the two
lads to test the cable across the river,
They found that they could signal
to Delhi, but not to Meerut, and re.
ported the fact Oh their return. II
was too late to do anything that
night, but the next morning Mr.,
Todd, the chief, went out himself tc
investigate the line. He never re-
turned, and although his fate is un-
known, there is little doubt that he
was murdered.
The Office was thus left in charge
of the two lads. Signs OF trouble be-
gan to be evident close at hand.
Brendish, stepping from the door
met a wounded officer, who cried to
him, For Gods sake get inside and
close your doors!"
The revolt crept closer and closer.
The boys felt that their lives were in
danger; soon they became sure OF
it. But before they fed to a place
of comparative safety they waited to
send out to the Indian world the
news of the revolt.
Brendish licked out the message
which caused Sir Edward to say:
Look at the courage of thai
little boy! With shot falling all
round him, he stayed to manipulate
the message that was the means OF
saving the Punjab."
The government rewarded Bren.
dish for his services by giving him q
life pension, and the other day the
old man died in the India he had
helped to preserve.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-26
RHUBARB PAYS.

Rhubarb has a cheerful habit of
bringing in money to the tiller of the
soil, when money as rule is all run
ming down the out-go-shoot, for fer
tilizer, seed and labor, and does it
with mighty little coaxing; a soap
box or nail keg with little manure
does the trick, no wizard being re-
quired.
Plant some of the husky roots of
Myatt's Linnaeus, feed them with
the cleanings from the chicken house,
and next spring while jotting down
your bank deposits on the credit side
of your ledger, realize that it pays
nightly to be book farmer" and
contemplate serenely the man living
in the past, who is all outgo at this
season. and cutting down his profits
heavily by purchase of cheap seed
potatoes and cheap fertilizers loaded
with oyster shells and sand.-H. B.
Fullerton, Experiment Station, Hunt
ington, N. Y.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-26
CHAPTER XIII.

! Instinct said to Jane that Mohun,
broken and disappointed, would find
her out at once; and instinct was right.
At Z o'clock in the evening of the next
day Clifford walked coolly into the little
parlor where she was sitting. breath
lessly happy, and expecting him.
"Jane-let us be friends again.
This was all his explanation of the
past or promise for the future; but the
sound of his voice, of his otstep, was
enough to unlock the whAe long frozen
love Of Miss Grand's he2.rt. She made
no show of coldness, no concealment of
what she felt at receiving him back
to her again.
"Gifford-ah, Clifford! have waited
so long for your
And then she took his hands and led
him to the place where they had used
to sit beside the window, and looked
into his face, and 1 regret to say-cried
over him, as mothers sometimes do
over very prodigal sons who are given
back to them; and Mohun's pardon for
the cruelty of seven years was sealed.
1t must have been q somewhat
strange feeling for him, feeling
strange from its freshness and yet
haunting sense or perfect familiafity'
to be sitting here in this same llttle'
low raftered parlor-the same picture
before him on the wall, the same china
bowl upon the shelf, the same Volup-
tuous sweetness from the oyerhanSlng
tea roses without-all just as 1t had
been seven years ago, when he uscd 10
sit here with bis arm around Jane hour
after hour of those delicious summer
evenings of his youth. All as 1t LAD
been. except Jane Grand herself; ana
she-how fearfully changed.
During the first hour that they were
together Mohun could scarcely bring
himself away from one idea-the challSe
on Jane's face. He had expected to see
her somewhat altered. of course, out
for 4 woman to have so utterly faded
st eight-and-twenty, only his own age,
pava him a shock that was positlVely
I painfuI. He had known many women
as fresh at eight-and-tWenty as al
eighteen, or if not actually as fresn' as
charming in all the SIbtler graces ol
matured and experienced. beauty anu
lane looked all but middle-aged.
Perhaps Mr. Mohun forgot what Jane
| Grand's life had been during the last
| savap Years. the amount of suffering
she had gone through as comparee
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-26
CUSTER AND THE BIRDS NEST

CUSTER AND The BIRDS NESl.
Not many soldiers have proved so
dpring in fight as was brave General
Custer.
Few leaders not having command
of great armies have captured more
flags, guns and prisoners than were
taken by him.
Though so dashing and brave when
he met an enemy in arms, General
Custer was gentle and tender to help
less dumb creatures.
Once General Custer was riding
over the wide Western plains and
behind him came his troops. Tramp,
tramp went the feet of the horses.
At a certain point the generals
sharp eye caught sight of a fright
ened little bird. He saw her nest
and the young birds in it. 1t was
directly in the pathway in which he
was leading his men.
No, he would not bring sorrow to
that harmless mother bird. He
would save her young from the iron
tread of the horses.
Instantly refining his horse aside,
he commanded a change in the line
of march. The troops obeyed,- of
course, but wondered.
AS they advanced they saw the
nest on the ground and helpless
pretty creatures ! the nest. The SOL
diers knew then why the leader
passed them.-Henry Tamke, in the
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-26
THE BRAVE DOG.

One day boy and his dog Rex
went fishing in a boat. They brought
their lunch, and after their lunch
they started again fishing. All at
once the boy got bite. He pulled
it out; it was a big trout. He was
glad he caught it. After a while he
got another bite, as he thought. He
was caught in log and it pulled him
into the water.
AS soon as the dog saw the boy in
the water he jumped in after him,
and caught him and brought him to
the boat The boy got in first and
the dog next.
When they got to the bank they
hurried home, and the boy told his
mother. He was glad he was not
drowned.
After that they called the dog
Brave Rex.'-Edward ]. Nolan. In
the Brooklyn Eagle.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-26
WITCHCRAFT AND RAINFALL.
African Natives Punish Members of
Tribe Who They Blame For Drought.

Native superstitions which one
would have thought had died out long
ago from among natives coming into
such close contact with Europeans as
natives do nowadays have. been re-
vived lately by the long continued
drought that the country is suffering
under. They are convinced that moth
ing less than witchcraft is at the
bottom of it, and they are all on the
lookout for the ''abatagati.'
A few weeks ago the natives of
Moamba accused a native named Ma
helembaan of witchcraft and of with
holding rain. All his goods were
seized and thrown into the Komatie
River. Mahelembaan fed to the fort
and placed himself under the protec-
tion of the commandant Of the Sable.
Last week another native named
Bob, living south of the line on the
Sikongene spruit, was accused Of
witchcraft by having drawn an invisi-
BILE skin over the skies to prevent rain
from falling. He was seized by big
crowd of angry natives, tied up and
severely beaten. His wives and chill
dren were carried off, his goats killed
and eaten and all his property
was destroyed. Marques
Guardian.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-26
HOW APPLES BREATHE.

Recent tests by Professor F. w.
Morse, of the New Hampshire Ex-
pertinent Station, show that apples
in storage carry on kind of breath
ing process, giving out carbonic acid
gas and moisture as in the breathing
of animals. 1t is this respiration
which causes the loss of weight and
softness during storage.
According to Professor Morse, the
chemical changes from this cause
take place from four to six times as
fast in summer temperature as in
cold storage, and from two to three
times as fast in cool cellars as in
cold storage. The respiration is not
stopped in cold storage, but simply
retarded. Apples cannot be kept
indefinitely, but kept twice as long
in cold storage. The practical bear
ing of the effect of temperature on
the so-called breathing of apples is
the Importance of getting apples in
storage as soon as possible. The ex.
posure to a few warm days in Octo.
Der will likely lessen the keeping
overs of the fruit.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-26
Wake Up and Be Vaccinated.

Inspection still is in progress at the
boundary to prevent cases of SMALL
pox being brought into ~, csuntry
from Minnesota Owing to protest
from Washington of rough usage of
people coming from the south by the
Canadian medical inspectors, changes
have been made in the regulations.
Under the new system sleeping car
conductors receive certificates and
one is given to each passenger to I'LL
out. On that certificate they must
state when they were vaccinated, and
If it was successful. If not, the pas
senger must get up and undergo the
operation. These certificates are
handed to the Canadian officials at
the border.-Winnipeg Corresponds
ence St. Paul Pioneer Press.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-26
Getting Even.

"No, 1 don't believe in expensive
practical jokes" said a San Francisco
business man, except by way of re-
taliation.
Now last year I received tele.
gram from a friend who W. travelling
in Italy. 1t came collect and cost me
seven dollars; and when 1 opened it,
all l read was, Thank you, am well.
Then I sailed forth and sought
me out cobblestone-a nice, large
cobblestone weighing about eleven
pounds. And I wrapped it in excel.
sior, pink cotton and white paper, and
| boxed it up in handsome box; and
| sent it by express, collect, to my
facetious friend far across the bound
ing pillows.
And when he had paid his little
fifteen dollars. and had opened the
box in st. Petersburg, if 1 remember
rightly, he found in addition to the
precious contents a note from me that
explained, This is the load that rolled
off my heart on receipt of the news o!
your good health "-Woman's Home
Companion.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-26
@BEt%r Children
1|I Home

"NO! NO! LAND"
'Tis running here and running there.
And all about the place;
'Tis little "Patterfeet" take care,
Or sad will be your case!
It's "No, mol" here, and "No! moi" there,
For danger turks at hand,
And baby pouts, 1T isn't fair!
For babes can't understand
900 goes allwhere about, but No
And Mustn't cries to me.
1t isn't fair; I wants to go
An see what is to see.
II wants a work-box, we'll as 90
An ickle pins and fngs,
An nice cut-cuts, what cuts in two,
With big roun' holes for rings"
But, baby, we're your angels, and
Wed keep you out of harm.
We're older and we understand
The causes for alarm.
When all are wiser, baby, dear,
And filled with more of grace,
Then we will leave this "No! no! Land"
And find freer place.
-McCall's Magazine.