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The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-30
NEW STOCK AND SLEEVE FRlLLs.
Those That Are Hand-Plaited Are the
Hall Mark of Elegance.

The latest fancy is to have the stock
and the plated frills that finish the
sleeves of some fine, soft, white ma
terial lightly edged with line or hem
stitching. And to be correct the plalts
must be done by hand. These hand
plated frills are the hall mark OF ex-
IRENE elegance.
At country house gatherings there Is
much dancing. for here the young girls
of the family make their inltiatory
bow before the serious presentation to
their set in town. Sweetly charming
are some gowns prepared for these
little dances at a great chateau near
Paris. Over a sheath of soft, white
liberty satin hangs a scant, short
skirt of white India muslin; the edge
is shaped into deep teeth followed by
many tiny frills of scantily frilled
Valenciennes lace, forming border
quite six inches in depth-llke moss.
The slightly low cut corsage is trim
med in the same manner; the messy
effect continuing around the shout
ders. Triple lace frills make the
sleeves over tight shirred ones OF
filmy chiffon that reach to the elbows.
A long scarf of blue mousseline de
sole, with long silken fringe, circles
high the waist and falls from the back
to the hem of the skirt. Shoes and
stockings are of the tender blue of the
scarf A pale pink rose pricks the
hair, and a second one is thrust into
the sash at the left side.
OF the white tulle is another dainty
gown, hung over rose color, made
paler by yelling of white mousseline
de sole, rejecting changing lights.
The hem of the tulle skirt is trimmed
with tiny puffings and the low corsage
is wholly bouillonne; between each
puff is twisted ribbon of white satin.
knotting at the sides into smart bows.
Three of these twists of ribbon form
the girdle, ending in the middle of the
back in similar bows. Short, wide,
open sleeves are edged with the puff
fings A tiny wreath of pink roses
finishes the edge of the corsage.
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a rush down to the very bowels of the
ship, where the cattle were, and such
sight l never saw.
Every steer was standing on one
leg and then another, pitching forward
into the manger, and then back
against the bar that held them in the
STALL and all believing as though
their hearts would break, and the duty
of the crew was to go in the stalls
and throw the cattle down on their
sides, and tie their legs so they
couldn't get up, when they could lie
there and ride easy.
They sent me into stall where a
steer was slowly dying by inches, with
instructions to hold up his left foreleg,
so they could throw him, and just as /
had raised the leg they threw him
on to me, and went on to the next
stall, leaving me with the wind all
damned out of me, and the haunch of
the steer holding me down.
They went all through the lower
deck, got the steers down, and went
off and left me there to die, never
seeming to miss me. have slept with
good many different kinds of people
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SOUTHERN
AGRICULTURE
cOWPEA A VALUABLE CROP;
ALSO A SOIL lMPROVER.
Makes Hay Equal in Feeding Value
to Red Glover Hay-By A. e.
Grantham, Agronomist, Mis-
souri, Agricultural College.

The cowpea (vigna catjang) be-
longs to the general family OF
leguminous plants aud is closely re-
lated to the lima bean of the garden.
Contrary to its name the cowpea Is,
in its botanical relations, of nearer
kin to the bean than to the pea. In
appearance the cowpea plant resem-
bles the bean and like it is an annual
very sensitive to frost. The plant
varies in habits OF growth from an up
right, bush-like form, foot or more
in height with tendrils a few inches
in length, to a mass of low, trailing
vines many feet long. The form of
the cowpea plant varies not only with
the variety but also with the length
of season, soil, moisture, and cultural
conditions.
When properly cured cowpeas make
an excellent hay. Few farmers realize
nearly equal to alfalfa and fully equal
to the best of red clover hay 1t is
equally as profitable a feed as alfalfa
and when fed to dairy cows or grow
ing animals will produce as good re-
suits. Work animals can be main
tanned on cowpea hay with the addi-
ton of but very little grain. The chief
value Of cowpea hay lies in it's large
percent Of digeStihle Drotein as is
shown by analysis and which has been
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-30

The next morning my work began
Our vessel went up to the stock yards,
and began to load steers for shipment,
and all l had to do was to act as
''twister." When the cattle came
through the shute, and landed on the
deck, and refused to go into the dark
places, We had to take hold of the
tails of the cattle ind twist them so
they would move on, and of all the
believing you ever heard, that was the
worst.
Whether the believing was caused
by the tail twisting, or because the
cattle were homesick, and did not
want to be kidnapped or "shanghaied"
on board foreign-bound vessel
don't know, but it was more exciting
that the sea fight at Santiago and
about as dangerous, for the cattle
hooked with their horns and kicked,
and | was kicked more than 40 times,
and would have quit, only the man
shat hired me said that if any of us
were injured we would be put on the
government pension list, and be sup
ported in luxury the balance of our
lives, so | worked for two days, and
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-30
To Eatten the Neck,

To make the throat full and round
the best exercise is to bend the head
slowly forward until the chin touches
the neck, and then slowly raise the
head to it's normal position. Repeat
these movements until you are tired.
Then bend the head as far backward
as possible. Sitting erect in chair,
bend the head from one side to the
other. and then roll the head to the
right, left and forward. Another good
position is to let the arms hang loose
~ at the side. Raise the shoulders as
nigh as possible, then forward, down
and backward, until a circle is formed.
Continue this for time and then re-
verse the motion. Do this every day
for five or ten minutes.
1t is also well to massage the neck
and shoulders well with cocoa butter.
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finally we got a thousand or more
steers down in the hold, sliding them
down on skids, and they were lined up
in stalls, with hay rack in front of
them, and bar across behind them,
and we sailed for the ocean, after feed
ing the cattle baled hay and giving
them water and bedding.
1t seemed to me those cattle were
almost as comfortable as steerage pas
sengers on liner, but they kicked
and beloved, and paved the planks
off the deck, and mourned like lost
souls.
The first day out l found that was
not passenger, but crew. Instead
of the easy life l had expected, loafing
along across the ocean, l had to get
up before daylight and skin potatoes,
and help stir soup, and pulverize hard
tack, and carry the food up into the
cabin for the officers, and be sea sick,
and wash dishes and wait on table,
and feed cattle, and do everything
anybody told me to do. After a few
days | mutinied, and went to the cap
tain and complained. He was an Eng
fish nobleman, and after hearing my
tale Of woe, he told me IL | didn't like
it l could go to ell, and l went down
cellar to the cook room, which was the
nearest to ell could go on that YES
sci. / found the man that hired me,
and told him l seemed to be doing the
most of the work on the excursion,
and that l wanted an assistant. He
said if l thought l was working much
now, l better wait until we run into
storm, when l would not only have
to be cook and waiter and chamber
maid to the steers, but would have to
be trained nurse down in the cattle
regions, for when the steers began to
be sea sick that was a time when any
man who had heart could use it to
the best advantage, for there was moth
ing more pitiful than a steer with
pain under his belt He said steers
were not at all like the Irishman who
was on the bow of the boat on the last
trip, feeding the fish, when the cap
tain came along and said: Pat, your
stomach seems to be weak" and Pat
said: 20, | dunno, am throwing it
as far as any of them" He said
when there was a storm at sea the
animals acted perfectly human. They
would get down on their knees and
roll their eyes heavenward, and moan,
and cry, and tears would be in their
eyes, but they never lost their cud,
only they swelled up and beloved.
Well, it wasn't an hour before
storm came from towards Cuba, and
the boat was rocking and pitching, and
the captain blew three whistles, which
was signal for all hands to go below
and nurse the steers, and we all made
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be pillow for the stomach of sea
sick thousand-pound steer
When l got my breath so l could
yell it was night, and had probably
been under that steer for several
hours. l tried to kick the steer in a
vital part, where OK drivers kick
oxen to make them "haw" and gee, u
but the steer had gone to sleep and
never paid any attention to me.
| guess everybody had gone to sleep
on the ship, except the Waterman and
the pilot. but l could lay there all
night, so l began to make a noise like
a ghost, and l walled so the Waterman
heard me, and he peered down the
hatch, and | mumbled, Il am thy ia
theirs ghost and l rubbed some phos
phorus | had in my pocket on the hair
of the steer that was acting as my
bed clothes. The man skipped, and
pretty soon he came back with the
English captain, who had told me if
| didn't like my job l could go to ell
and when he saw the shining steer
with the phosphorus on its hair,
walled and said: This Is ell, come
in, the water is fine, and l smell the
blood of an Englishman.."
Well, the captain weakened, and
wouldn't come down, but heard bells
ringing all over the boat, like a fire
alarm, and pretty soon the whole crew
came down cellar with hose and began
to squirt water on the steer and me,
and the steer was so scared it broke
the rope on its legs and go up off me,
and then the animal stampeded out of
the stall and charged the firemen, and
rubbed its phosphorus side against the
English captain, and he thought he
was in hell, for sure, and he made
them turn the hose on him, and then
a man hit the steer in the head with
an AK, and the trouble was over, ex-
cept that the captain laid it all to me,
and told the crew l was a "'oodoo, y
and they searched me and found my
phosphorus, and that settled it
with me.
They were ordered to put me in the
dungeon, and when they were going
upstairs l heard the captain say: "At
daylight 'oist it hout Of the old, and
chuck it hoverboard to feed the
sharks so l guess l can see my finish
all right.
Copyright, 1908, by w. G. Chapman.)
Copyright in Great Brittany
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-30
LIFE ON THE
CATTLE BOAT

felt like a bridegroom that had
been left waiting at the church, with
no bride appearing, and the crowd
scoffing at him, and commenting on
his clothes.
| waited on the porch at the hotel
at Fortress Monroe all the forenoon
for Mr.. Evans launch to come and get
me and take me aboard his flagship,
holding my ticket in one hand and
my bundle of clothes in the other
Launches came by the dozen. bring
ing people ashore, but no one was al
lowed to go out to the ships. Finally
the last launch came, and it was
manned by Connecticut" men, and
when / showed my ticket and was 60
ing to get on, the boss said "skiddoo,"
the boat moved away with one of my
feet on board and the other on the
dock. and l promptly fell in the wa
ter, the boss of the boat yelling to
some one on the dock to get boat
hook and pull it out" and soon came
up strangling. hook caught me in the
pants and | was hauled out on the
dock. They stood me on my head to
empty the water out of me, and SOL
der took me into the kitchen of the
hotel to have me dried out by the gas
boiler, and l felt deserted and de-
moralized. The guns doomed. the
bands played, and looked out of the
kitchen window and saw the fleet sail
away south without me, and realized
that Bob Evans had been "stringing"
me. and that he never intended
should go around the horn with the
fleet. and thought that maybe, If he
he was a liar, and used profane Ian
guage, and was subject to rheuma-
usm. 1t was better that l did not go,
as | might be spoiled. But they can
go plumb with their old fleet, and if
the Japs get Bob Evans and roast him
over the Goals, all l hope is that he will
be sorry for treating me as he did.
But always light on my feet. After
I got dried out met a man who was
picking up crew to go to Europe
from Baltimore on a cattle ship, and
he pictured to me the easy life on the
ocean wave with a load of steers, and
hired me to go along, and l thought it
was the chance of my life to meet up
with Pa, who is over there hunting
airships for his government, so we
went to Baltimore, and that night we
were in the cattle ship and l slept in
a hammock and ate my bread and beef
out of a tin basin.
Gee, what change it was over my
former trip to Europe with Pa, on
regular liner, with bed and meals
in the cabin. But when boy goes out
in the world to gain his own living,
and travel on his face, he has got to
take what comes to him.
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Doas Nav Not Bay the Moon.

The new Kent control Of dogs order
1908, provides that no dog shall be al
lowed out between the hours of sunset
and sunrise without being under prop
er restraint, and the first summons
under this order was heard at Brom-
ley yesterday when Edward Gillian
of St Anne's Lodge was summoned
for allowing his dog to be out alone at
night.
The defendant said that the dog
must have either broken loose or have
been decoyed away. He hoped that
now they would have proper police
protection, and that it would be neces-
sary to keep a dog. His place had
been broken into and nothing had
been discovered about the perpetra-
tors.
The bench said that as 1t was new
order, with which the public were
not generally acquainted, they would
only order the payment Of costs, but
it would be well for the public of
Kent to make note of the order
London Mail.
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Where clover is not adapted or fire.
quently fails cowpeas may be sutsti-
tuted, and may be used to improve
soil conditions so that clover will
catch.
The growing of cowpeas increas es
the productive capacity of the soil by
storing and making available plant
food.
An improvement in the physical
condition of the soil Is always noted
where cowpeas have grown. The soil
becomes more open, friable, more
easily worked, holds moisture better
and dries out earlier in the spring.
Because of their nitrogen content,
heavy growth and rapid maturity,
cowpeas are especially well adapted
for green manuring.
Varieties of cowpeas differ widely
in their habits of growth. These vary
from an upright, bush-like form to low
trailing vines many feet in length.
Some mature in 60 days. other require
100 days or more.
The variety to be selected for plant
ing depends upon the purpose for
which crop is grown and upon the
length of the growing season.
The Whippoorwill variety is recon-
mended for the general grower. The
New Era is the best suited for a catch
crop or for short growing season.
Cowpeas respond generously to
thorough soil preparation. The seed
ment as that Of corn.
When peas are not to be cultivated
four or five pecks of seed per acre
will be required; if to be cultivated,
five to eight quarts.
Cultivated peas require less seed.
more labor and yield is usually but
little heavier than when not cult
waited.
When peas are intended for the
main crop, planting should begin not
earlier than two weeks after the usual
time for corn planting. For a catch
crop SOW at the earliest date possible
after wheat or oats have been cut.
The vines should be cut for hay
when the first pods turn yellow, and
before the leaves begin to fall.
Cowpeas yield from one to four tons
of hay per acre and from eight to
twenty-five bushels of seed.
The average crop of cowpeas has a
value not exceeded by that Of any
other crop in the state, equally well
adapted and distributed.
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ly facilitated by the use Of varieties
upright In groth and of uniform matur.
Ing habit. The ordinary moving ma
chine will readily cut and save the
entire plant If of upright growth, and
for the reason that vines Of this
character do not lie so closely to-
gether is of advantage in curing.
Cowpeas should be cut when the pods
are full grown and when consider
able number OF them have. turned vel
low. At this stage none Of the leaves
have dropped and the plant has prac-
tically attained It's growth. Begin
cutting in the morning as soon as the
dew is off, il indications are favorable
for number OF fair days. Leave in
the swath until the exposed portion
is well cured, but not dry enough to
crumble and break. The vines should
then be teddered, or, If tedder Is
not available rake into small wind
rows. Always be careful to use the
tedder early in the morning when the
dry leaves are ''incase" so as to avoid
breaking them off by the teddering
process When the upper side is we'll
dried the windows should be turned
over. Where the hay is heavy ted
der should Immediately follow the
mower. This practice insures uniform
drying and if the vines are handled
before the leaves are dry enough to
break no loss will occur.
AS much forage can be produced
from cowpeas in 80 days as red clover
will yield in Is months.
The feeding value of cowpea hay
is fully equal that of the best red
clover and is almost equal to alfalfa.
Cowpeas make an excellent pasture
especially valuable as a supplement
airy feed for growing animals, particu'
larly hogs.
The quick maturing habit of the
cowpea renders it admirably for SOW
ing as a catch crop between the reg
ular crops of the rotation. In south
ern sections, cowpeas may follow
wheat or oats and produce crop FOR
hay or pasture before time for fall
seeding.
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verified by numerous feeding tests.
The growing of cowpeas has a
marked influence on the productive
capacity of the soil. The beneficial
effect is due to the increased amount
OF available plant food in the soil and
10 it's improved physical condition.
The growing of cowpeas may be
said to increase the productive capac-
ity of the soil; 1st. By increasing
the supply of nitrogen; End, By max
ing available the mineral compounds
of phosphoric acid and potash; 3rd,
By improving the physical condition
of the soil.
The seed bed for cowpeas should
receive as thorough preparation as for
corn To insure prompt and uniform
termination it is necessary to provide
a warm, moist, mellow soil. When
peas are planted late in season as a
catch crop after wheat and oats it is
essential to break the land again This
must be done to get the soil in prop
err condition for prompt termination
and to retain the moisture.
The method of planting peas will
depend upon whether they are to be
cultivated or not. Where cultivation
is intended they may be planted in
rows varying in width from 20 to A
inches. A common practice among
farmers, and a method we have used
successfully at the Station, is to seed
with an ordinary corn-planter with
drill attachment straddling each alter
nate row and thus making the rows
% inches apart The field is drilled
as for corn placing the peas 6 to 10
inches apart in the row at a depth OF
about two inches or a depth sufficient
to insure plenty of moisture. This
method of planting requires about 6
to quarts of peas per acre, so that a
bushel planted in this manner will
SOW as much as four or five bushels
broad cast However, the saving in
cost of seed is about equalled by the
cost of the subsequent cultivation.
Where corn planter is not accessible
an ordinary two-horse wheat drill may
be used by plugging up all the holes
except each third one.
The methods employed in the har-
vesting and curing of cowpea hay are
not unlike those practised with red
clover and alfalfa. The readiness
with which cowpea hay is cured de-
ponds largely upon the maturity OF
the vine and upon its habit of growth
Both harvesting and curing are great.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-30
Cabachons and Olives.

Cabachons and olives of extreme
size are employed on all of the more
deliberately trimmed separate coats,
the olives being generally of heavy
silk cording or of crochet work and in
matching hues with the other trim
mings, while the cabachons are sim
ilarly treated or of metal, jewel set.
These ornaments are placed at the ter
minus of the shortened waist line,
used as front fastenings, set on the
collar and cuffs, and pockets-if there
are pockets-and furnish the centers
for the big rosette-heading sashes.
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WHY OSTRICHES WALTZ

reared away from other ostriches, and
without having seen the performance.
The South Africans have the follow
ing theory of the significance of this
playful activity:
The wild ostrich can protect him.
self against lions and leopards in no
other way than by flight. When
chased by a beast Of prey the ostrich,
starting to run, jerks so quickly from
side to side that no beast would be
likely to have time to set himself for
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-30

got out of the tent so quick the snake
never knew | was there, but in my
widest moments of seeking for new
experiences, l never thought l should
and things in my time. l have had a
porcupine crawl into bed with me
when camping in the north woods, and
he was rough enough, for sure. / once
had a skunk come into a tent where
some of us boys were camping, and
when the skunk found out who we
were he didn't do thing, and they
kicked me out, and made me sleep
with the dogs, until the dogs struck,
when l was lonely enough.
Once l had snake get under my
blanket and shake his rattles, and !
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-30

The so-called waltzing performance
of the ostrich is familiar to all in
South Africa, but few outsiders have
ever heard of it. 1t consists of rapid
whirling movement, the wings spread
out and alternately elevated and de-
pressed 1t is fascinating sight when
INDUCED in by large flock.
This gay behavior is no doubt in
stinctiye, and, as with other instincts,
it is perfected by experience. Ostrich
chicks begin the whirl even when
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Flower Holders.

Wire screens made to fit over the
tops of jardinieres and bowls to keep
flowers in place can now be bought.
They come in various sizes, usually
circular, though sometimes oval ones
are seen, and they are made in brass,
silver or nickel. The mesh is medium
in size and will accommodate almost
any of the shorter stemmed flowers
which require this support.
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The Human Thermometer.

mo, sir" protested the bottle-nosed
monthly nurse to the youthful father.
Il don't say as your suggestion for
taking the temperature of the dear
little hinfant's bath with thermomy-
ter amt sensible enough on the part
O. some muses., but | don't require
anythink O. the kind. The Infant
hisself is sufficient intimation to me.
If the waters too hot, he turns red;
an If it's too cold he turns blue. You
can't have anythink palmer than
that"
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The price of corn has been soaring
away so high lately that it becomes
problem with many how to obtain
chicken feed at reasonable price.
About the cheapest grain that can now
be found is Kaffir-corn, and chickens
like it and thrive upon it. A cheap
feed can also be procured by cutting
up new alfalfa and mixing with 1t a
little corn-meal.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-30
Potato Spontaneous in Chile.

The potato, which was already cult
waited in America when the continent
was discovered, is spontaneous in
Chile. TWAS introduced to Europe in
1880 and 1885 by the Spaniards, and
almost at the same time by the Eng
fish, who brought it from Virginia,
where it had appeared about 1850.
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Buckles with Lingerie Collars.

Buckles are being used as finish
below the lingerie collars. A broad
piece Of soft black satin ribbon, boned
at the sides and with bow at the
back is drawn through the buckle in
front, the ends finished with small
rosettes or tassels.-Vogue.
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Preserving Lingerie Waists.

The lacey lingerie waists. so popular
T late are things of beauty" but alas,
lot ''joys forever" by any means. They
are easily ruined in the laundering,
nd the broken lace is difficult, we'll
high impossible to mend. To greatly
orolong their usefulness. buy common
wash net, cut in strips Tor the shape