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Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-08-12
Lives Lost in Hailstorm

Evansville, Ind, Aug. IA ter
rifle hail and thunderstorm in this
vicinity last night cause great dam
age. William Burg was crushed to
death in the wreck of his barn and
the young son and daughter Of Jack
Delroy were drowned when the
houseboat in which they resided
was swamped. Mrs. Delroy had
both legs broken.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-08-12
Hog Market Stronger

Culfax, Wash.-The price of hogs
and cattle in this section is going
UP in sympathy with the rise in the
price OF wheat, and hogs in particu-
lar, are bringing almost as much as
they did before the furry last fall
Dan Kingsinger, probably the larg-
est raiser of stock hogs in the county
has sod two cars of fat hogs for
shipment to the Mahoney company
al Wallace, Idaho. for 6 Y cents on
foot
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-08-12
High Quotations at Nezperce.-

Nezperce, Idaho.--Grain prices are
considerably higher than last year
at the opening of the season, as the
wheat Is quoted at II cents a BUSH
Ell, barley at IS cents hundred and
oats at so cents. No new grain has
been marketed, as the threshing
crews have not begun. The harvest
ing season is later than the Palouse
and many binders have just begun.
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Buys Wallowa Cattle

Asotin, wash. A. Kramer re-
turned to Asotin Saturday night
ION the Wallowa country where he
has been buying choice cattle. While
in that section he made a deal for
400 head of first-class beef cattle
for A. " McCarty of Lewiston, to
be delivered August 25.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-08-12
Health Improved BY Treatment.

Mrs. Cash Cole has returned
from Hot Lake. Oregon. where she
received treatment for rheumatism.
Mrs. Cole had been a sufferer for
several weeks from a severe attack
Of rheumatism and has returned
home entirely cured. She speaks in
the highest terms Of the treatment
accorded patients at Hot Lake and
states a number OF the most severe
cases were cured during her sojourn
there.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-08-12
Horse in Tar Pit

Walla Walla, Wash.
Yorty, an expressman, has had the
druggists and veterinaries scratch
Ing their heads for two weeks in an
effort to remove from the body Of
one Of his horses a coating OF coal
tar, which was received at the gas
plant by the horse falling into a de-
serted pit filled with the black lqu-
IL while Mr.. Yorty was moving lum-
Der. An old pit had become covered
with lumber and earth until it was
lost to observation. In driving over
it the horse fell into the mass and
was entirely submerged.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-08-12
Grand Aerie If Eaples

Seattle. Aug. 12.-The opening
exercises OF the grand aerie of the
Fraternal Order of Eagles in the
Moore theater yesterday was attend
ed by over 5000 delegates and
members. Ten thousand delegates
and visitors are in the city.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-08-12
Soon Open Reserve;

0o00 Ope0 0eteIvo.-
North Yakima, Wash.-Indian
Agent Lynch of the Yakima reser-
walton. In an open letter published
recently characterizes as rot" q
recent article in Toppenish paper
that 1000 families were being kept
from building homes on the reser-
walton. Mr.. Lynch says the matter
Of opening the reservation is now
in the hands of the general land Of
fee, and when 1t will be ready to
act no one knows. He says that
whenever instructions come to him
from the land office newspapers will
be notified.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-08-12

Vale, Ore.-The Malheur Oil and
Vale, Ore.-The alheur Oil and
Gas company, composed of "a men
who own and control 4S quarter
section in Malheur oil belt, has
been organized, and operations be-
gun on test wells on the property of
the company. Surveys of the section
show splendid indications of oil and
gas and the people in the surround
ing section are enthusiastic over the
opportunity to have test wells sunk
and the development started.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-08-12
Wheat Yield Fair

Coifax, Wash.-Wheat, in the ex-
treme eastern portion Of Whitman
county, where almost failure was
predicted by some Of the pesslmists
earlier in the season, is yielding
much better than was expected by
the farmers and they will make a
good profit from the crop. Phil Cox,
the most extensive ranceh in the
neighborhood of Hay station, pre-
diets that the average yield will be
rs bushels for fall grain and 10 to
IL bushels for spring grain. While
this is lighter crop than has been
harvested in that section for many
years 1t will leave profit to almost
every farmer, owing to the advanced
price and the reduced cost OF harves-
ing, threshing and sacks.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-08-12
Weeds Check Grain

Weeds Check GRAIN
Walla Walla, Wash.-Farmers in
this section, where grain growing is
the principal occupation, are Won
derinng If the weed pest can not be
controlled by keeping goats. This
wear Jim Hill mustard, China lettuce
and starved have secured hold on
many of the farms to great Ak
tent and the grain will be docked
on account of the weed seed and the
smut found in 1t, For years the
farmers have been worried about tn"
weed pest. and many Of them har
spant hr,drods OF dollars in teen
ing thn'- own land freee, but tn"
roadwnvs n,d fence lines and rail
rnadc -'~hts ~ vav have given
Mo o--~-.-n'tv for the weeda .
nronn~~.., ~~a allow the see'
h'o-- =" - tho country.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-11-06

Shock Through Him That Loosened
His Teeth.
my ears off to serve on toast, l gave
him the limit, and he curled up like a
German dachshund and laid down on
the mat, making motions with his
mouth as though he was repeating
poetry, and he said: "Kape away from
me, ye hoodoo," and he crawled out
so quick it almost broke the door.
The captain and mate laughed every
time l shook hands with any of the
crew, and when l had paralyzed them
all, and got them so scared they would
come to me If l whistled, and eat out
OF my hand, the captain said / was
worth more toward maintaining disci-
pine on the boat than whole police
force, and he wanted me to do some
thing every day to keep the crew from
being lonely, so that night at supper
time l charged all Of the steel knives
and forks with electricity and got two
niger chasers ready for business.
1t was to be the last night before we
landed in France, and l was prepared
to make it meal long to be remem-
bered. l sat next to the captain, and
that brought me right close to the
crews table, and when the crew filed
in and took their places, they all
looked at me as though l was the
devil instead of an "angel child"
| had match all ready and when
the supper was put on and the crew
grabbed their knives and forks they
were shocked real hard, and they
dropped them and yelled something
like the swear words of each nation
ality, and then l put my niger chas-
ers down on the floor, headed for the
crews table, and lit the fuse.
Well, you know how niger chasers
will chase. Gee, but they went under
the crews table, smoking and kissing.
the sparks flew, and the brave crew
got up and run out on deck yelling
fire" and murder" and damn that
boy" and the man in charge of the
fire hose turned it into the cabin and
drowned everything out, and the crew
run away and hid, and when things
cleared off the captain said: boy,
like joke as well as anybody, but
you have overdone this thing, and I
am mighty glad we land tomorrow,
and you can go to your pa and his
confounded airships, and may the
Lord have mercy on him."
Then we went to bed, and I ex-
pected some of the crew would stab
me before morning, but l guess they
We're too much ratified.
Gee, but am dying to see Pa, and
help him spend government money for
eatings, seems as though l haven't
had square meal since my chum and
| struck that community near ST.
Louis, as escaped balloonaticks.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-11-06
Fruit Juices.

These are useful in many ways
through the winter months-either as
beverages or as trimmings" for other
dishes.
Unfermented grape-juice is a de.
lightful addition to puddings, sauces,
etc, and the juice of apple is a whole
some syrup. Syrups are made by boil
ing fruit juice with large amount of
sugar. The best way is to add one
pound of sugar to pint of water. Boil
until it is thick, then add a pint of
berry juice and boil again until a
syrup is obtained. This is a good gen.
eral rule.
Cordials are made in the same way
with the addition of spices and brandy.
Wines are the fermented fruit juices.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-11-06
FARMER AND
PLANTER
COMMERCIAL GROWING OF SWEET
POTATOES.
a Crop Easy to Produce-Methods OF
Planting and cuitivating.
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sweet potatoes thrive on mod
erately fertile sandy loan which does
not contain an excess of organic
matter. They are frequently grown
upon almost pure sand, especially
where the subsoil is a yellow clay.
SOILS containing considerable calcium
or underlain with limestone are well
adapted to the growing of the crop.
me sweet pototo Is exceptional in
that fairly good crop can be grown
upon soils that are. too poor for the
production of the majority of farm
crops. Sweet potatoes yield fair
crop on the "wornout" tobacco and
cotton lands of the South, especially
when used in a rotation including
some leguminous crop for increasing
the humus in the soil. Like many
other crops, the sweet potato thrives
on newly cleared land, but the crop
should not be planted continuously in
the same place. With the sweet
potato, as with other crops, rotation
is the keynote of success.
After blowing and fitting the land
1t is generally allowed to lie several
days before being put in shape for
planting. If level culture is to be
practiced, the only thing necessary
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-11-06

once because the coffee was weak,
and gave him q squeeze that sent
shock through his system that
loosened his teeth, and when the cap
tain alluded to me as the angel child
who was loaded for fear and who had
a charmed life that could not be de-
stroyed by knives or guns, the Greek
looked at me in respectful way as
though he didn't want to have any
more truck with me.
Then big Welshman came up and
shook my hand, and when / gave him
the third degree he let go and jumped
out of the window of the cabin, on
deck, and began to use language that
was equal to Russian, and then a
Swede came bowling to me, thinking l
must be at least a crown prince, and
when l squeezed his hand, he looked
at his fingers and his arm and trem-
bled and squirmed and said: "Ah tank
got YIN yams," and he lit out in a
hurry.
A small Irishman came next, and as
he was the one who promised to cut
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-11-06
Qurum Wheat.

The question what is "durum wheat
is beginning to be asked now that
there is good deal of talk about that
particular kind of grain 1t is only of
recent years that it has been grown in
this country. 1t differs from the ordi
nary wheat in that it is hard, and is
remarkable for an extra amount of
gluten rather than starch 1t is chief
ly used in the manufacture of mac
aroni. AS much as possible of the
starch is eliminated, and this process
insures a better quality of the product
called semolina-the foundation of all
varieties of macaroni
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-11-06
Bridoet's Beatitudes.

Blessed Is the grease applied to the
nail which is to be driven through
seasoned oak. 1t will then go easily
and without bending
Blessed are tie baked sweet pota-
toes which have been rubbed over with
bacon grease before baking. They will
not be dry. and the peeling can be cas-
lily removed.
Blessed is the piece of clean putty
applied to the hole in the kettle. 1t
will be good as new. Be sure the put
ty is thoroughly dry before using the
kettle.
Blessed is the basin of water in
which is placed the pan of baked GUS
tard. This will prevent its "wheying."
Blessed is the dash of baking pow
der added to the mashed potatoes aft
er they have been stirred and sailed.
1t will give them an added lightness.
Stir again, briskly.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-11-06

The captain gave me a swat across
the jaw for making noise enough to
scare the crew into mutiny, the mate
gave me kick when | started for
the cooks galley, and several of the
under officers hit me, and by the time
/ got my apron on to help cook din
ner | was bruised and mad, and decid-
ed to get even with the captain. / am
a peaceful citizen until somebody
walks on my frame, then l become a
terror to the foe.
When We began to fry the beef for
dinner | told one of the crew that it
was shame to feed men on steer
meat when the steer had died in it's
stall of Texas fever or rinderpest,
and before we got the meat cooked,
ready for the dinner of the officers and
crew. every man but the officers had
talked over the dead steer, and re-
solved that they would not eat it, and
when they sat down to the table, and
began to bring in the meat, they all
looked like mob of anarchists ready
to murder somebody, and l helped all
could by saying in a whisper: This
is perfectly good meat, but this is a
good day to fast, and you will live
longer" The officers at the other end
of the cabin were eating the steer all
right, but the crew never touched it,
combining themselves to the bread and
coffee, and pretty soon one of the
crew proposed that they show their
displeasure by taking the meat and
throwing it at the officers.
Well, if l live a million years / will
never have so much fun again. About
80 men got up and grabbed the meat
/ had put on their plates, and began
to throw it at the captain and mate,
and all the officers, and of all the
greasy mess l ever saw, that was the
worst. The captain got up on chair
and pulled revolver, and asked what
was the cause of the assault, and was
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-11-06
HE ELEC7ROCU7ES
THE WHOLE CREW

/ never slept wink that night aft
er the phosphorus episode, when l
painted the wild steer so it looked
like four-legged ghost, and scared
the crew so they nearly deserted the
ship, because the captain ordered, as
/ supposed, that / be cast overheard
the next morning, to give the sharks
a meat sandwich, and all night l tried
to prepare myself for death, though
could not help thinking that in come
way | would escape.
The next morning l got up and col
lected all the shoes of the officers, and
got backing brush and began black
ing them. Soon there was trouble,
because every man missed his shoes,
and they began to hunt for them,
and they found me working at the
shoes and singing: Pull for the shore,
brother" and such pious hymns.
I was dressed up in my Sunday
clothes, and when the captain got his
shoes he wanted to know what was
the meaning of my sudden industry,
and the funeral aspect all around, and
I told him I had heard him tell the
crew to chuck me overheard, and l
was preparing myself for death, and
gave him letter to mail to Pa,
after l was gone, and told the cap
tain / was ready why, you dumb
fool" said the captain, ut was not
you l mean to throw overheard, but
that phosphorus steer that we killed
last night. They are hauling it up
out of the hold now with the tackle
We will save you for a worse fate"
Well, never felt so happy in my
life as l did when that dead steer
came up through the hatchway, and
was launched over the side, and when
/ saw the flock of sharks jump on the
steer and begin to hunt for the tender
loin, let out a yell Of JOY that sound
ed like the cry of timber wolf.
Then 1 got what was coming to me.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-11-06

ment of the duty except to scold if it
is improperly performed.
Impress child with the importance
of his errands and his value in the
household economy Let him feel that
they are part of his business educa-
ton; tell him that he is your agent,
acting for you, and that he must do
as you would yourself do. Impress
upon the children that the reputation
of their parents in the neighborhood
depends largely upon them; assure
them that people will Judge of you by
their behavior, and that for the sake
of the family pride they must be la
dies and gentlemen.
Often child goes to the grocer with
note; he hands 1t to the clerk with
a mechanical air, and the man accords
him no more attention than he would
bestow upon cigar sign. This note
plan is an insult to the intelligence of
the child; if he is old enough to go to
the store, he is old enough to deliver
message verbatim. Tell him what
to say; instruct him what change to
bring back; show him how, if the
grocer does not keep one kind of
cracker, some other will do, thus pre-
pairing him for an emergency, and
teaching him the most necessary thing
in the worlds work-initiative
Better that he should make mis-
takes that he should lack self-confi-
dence, or the power for emergency de-
cisions. Errands are a part of the
child's education, and the more he is
intrusted with responsibility, the bet
ter Above all, appeal to his pride,
made the errands important, and the
child will grow to the big role you call
upon him to assume.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-11-06
Bridoet's Beatitudes.

Blessed is the head of the lobster
used for garnishing; 1t proves that
you have not used canned lobster for
the salad.
Blessed is the dressing of bread
crumbs when the meat is scant. 1t
makes it go twice as far.
Blessed is the spoonful of sugar add
ed to the canned corn; when the grade
is poor, this is especially wise.
Blessed is the catsup or chilli sauce
added to the meat stock and called
tomato soup"
Blessed are the glass jars; they are
convenient for holding coffee, rice,
beans or other dry staples which
would otherwise be left in paper
sacks.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-11-06
Normal colleue for China,

The new Chinese board of education
proposes to establish shih-fan
hsuechtang,. or civil normal college,
in Picking, for training teachers for
service in the various civil schools
and colleges throughout the empire.
In addition to Chinese classics, says
Harper's Weekly, English, French,
German, Russian and Japanese will
be taught in the proposed college, un.
der the instruction of experienced
teachers. The college will be estab-
lisned in the Chinese city in the course
of the present year, and the annual
expenditure is estimated to be about
100000 taels (about $70,O00).
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-11-06

going to shoot, when the crew drew
revolvers and told him that II he
pulled a trigger they would annihi-
late every officer on the boat, and take
charge of it themselves, and run it
into the first port. He said the crew
could stand anything except eating dis
eased cattle, and that they drew the
line at steers that had died of rinder-
pest.
The captain was stunned, and said
the beef flying through the air was
good, and he got it from cold storage
in Baltimore, and asked that COM
mittee go with him down in the hold
and see the evidence, and a commit
tee was appointed to go down and
see about 1t.
When they came back they were
satisfied, and the captain asked them
bad, and when 1t came to that felt as
though some one would squeal on me,
and as / started to make a get away,
and hide somewhere until the storm
blew over, one of the crew took me
by the neck and said to the captain:
This young man told US about the
meat"
The captain told the fellow that had
me collared to take me to his cabin,
and he came In pretty mad, and called
in a few officers, and they were get
ting ready to kill me, when I thought
of the little electric battery in my
pistol pocket.
1t is one l got in st. Louis to scare
people with. l can turn a button, and
the battery will send electricity into
my arm and through my body, and l
turned the dingus, and felt the cleo
tricity going through me like ginger
ale up your nose, and when they had
got ready to maui me began to weep,
and told the captain l was no saint,
but | wanted quiet life, and all the
fun could have, and l asked him as
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-11-06

by cross marks, but for planting upon
ridges it is necessary to provide some
means of indicating the distances.
This may be accomplished in several
ways, but a roller of the type shown
in figure 8 having cleats nailed at
equal distances around it's surface is
desirable and serves the purpose of
both rolling and marking the ridges
Another device is constructed along
lines similar to those of the ordinary
wheelbarrow, pegs being placed upon
the rim of the wheel to mark the
planting distances. In using the
wheelbarrow marker it is simply
pushed along the top of the ridge.
Another device of this class is con-
structed by placing three or four
wheels upon long axle and drawing
1t with horse, the wheels being so
arranged that they can be set at any
point on the axle to provide for
change in width of row.
A very cheap and efficient marker
can be constructed of by inch
laths, as shown in figure 8. This
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-11-06
Shoot.

special favor to allow me to shake
his hand before I died, as l knew my
earthly career was about done for, and
by that time the battery was buzzing,
and l reached out my hand to shake
his. He gave me his hand, and when
| began to squeeze his hand the cleo
tricity went up his arm so he turned
pale, and | hung on and he yelled to
the officers to take me off, as | was
killing him, and the sweat stood out
| on his face.
The mate grabbed hold of me and |
gave him my other hand he began to
dance, and the three of us were as full
of electricity as a trolley wire. l hung
on and made them get down on their
knees and swear they would not lick
me, and then let go of them and be-
gan to weep again, and they were sor-
ry for me.
Then they made me tell them who /
was, and that I was going to France
to meet Pa, and monkey with air ships
and when they were sure was Peck S
Bad Boy they said / could have the
free run of the ship and that l had
the right to play all the tricks on any
body that / wanted to.
They made me show them how /
worked my little pocket battery and
then they wanted me to shake hands
with all the crew SO they got the
whole bunch in the cabin, and the
captain said they had been entertain
ing an angel unawares, and that / was
the original Bad Boy, who had tray
eled all over Europe and met the
crowned heads, and he wanted to in
troduce me to each member of the
crew personally, as distinguished
guest who honored the ship by being
on board. Then he began to pass
them up to be shook by the great and
only
The first fellow to put out his hind
was Greek, who drew knife on Inc
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-11-06
Briduet's Reatitudes.

Blessed is the angel food cake when
the whites of the eggs are thoroughly
beaten. They should be stiff enough
to hold the weight of an egg.
Blessed is the cooked meat kept I'M
covered until it is perfectly cold Not
only does this apply to meat that is to
be packed or pressed, but to that
which is kept in pantry or icebox for
the next meal. Do not cover it while
warm.
Blessed is the strong underheat for
preparations containing baking pow
der.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-11-06
TWO New Summer Drinks.

Everybody recognizes the hygienic
value of Barley Water, but few real
lie that it may be made very palatabie
as we'll as wholesome.
Wash two ounces of barley; boil Is
minutes in pint of water. Strain, and
add two quarts more boiling water.
Boil this until the liquid is reduced
one-half. Strain again, and add plen-
ty of lemon juice to flavor it well.
Sugar, of course, is added too, and a
dash Of nutmeg is an improvement.
Lemonade may be made to effer-