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The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-29
For the Hostess.

If making the coffee at the table
remember there is a right and r
way of making and serving coffee
Have the coffee machine and tea ket.
tie on the table. Both should be placed
on the tray at the foot of the table be
fore the hostess, the tea kettle at the
head of the plate and the coffee poi
at the right of the plate. Fill the un
der part of the coffee pot with boiline
water, put the necessary mou Of
coffee in the glass top and properly
adjust it. Light the alcohol burner be
meath and the coffee will be prepared
in a few minutes. There are method.
for making this by electricity, though
the above method Is more in use
Serve the coffee black with miniature
pitchers filed with cream topped with
whipped cream.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-29
Takinq Care of Tools.

The care of farm machinery is a
vital point with many farmers. You
will scarcely see one in twenty who
seems to think it worth his while
to take proper care of his farm tools.
No n can expect to make a success
OF farming unless he has the proper
tools and keeps them in proper shape.
There is twice as much money paid
out for farm machinery as would be
necessary if the proper care was TAX
en- with implements. Every farmer
should have all the tools he needs.
and not have to be running over to
Mr.. Jones' to get Mr.. Smiths corr
stalk cutter. Nine times out of ten,
Mr.. Smith has let Mr.. Somebody Else
have it, so there it goes. Time lost,
and time is money these days.
You don't see a doctor or a dentist
to borrow some instrument, nor do
you ever see anything out of its place.
Doctors have a place for everything,
and as soon as they are through using
an instrument it is rubbed up and put
in its place. This is the first step to
success.
Now l don't see why farming is not
and should not be just as successful
as any other calling. But it will never
be until the farmers take more pains
in keeping the proper machinery and
that in the best of shape.
Everyone who has eve farmed at
all knows what job 1t is to rig up
a c%ultivator when you get ready to
plow corn in the spring. First, where
is the cultivator? It's away over at
the back of the field where we quit
blowing corn last year; so here we
go with old Beck or Kate after it, hitch
to it and come poking back to the
house. We find that it has sweeps
on It; we want shovel plows. Now
where are they? We hunt around
for an hour or two and find them in
a fence r where the hired mar
had thrown them down. They have
no bolts in them, and there is more
hunting to do, and maybe a trip to
the shop. So, after all is ready for
work, we have lost about half a day
that means something.
This condition should not exist, and
as long as 1t does farming will not
be as successful as it should.-Farm
and Ranch.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-29
Milk az a Popular Summer Drink.

Successful efforts have been made
to carbonate milk and use it as a cool.
ing and refreshing summer beverage.
Interesting results have been reported
by the New York Experiment Station
at Geneva with fresh milk treated un-
der pressure OF 175 pounds to the car
bon-dioxide for the purpose of causing
the milk to foam of effervesce; delay
its souring, and render it fit for con-
sumption at soft drink fountains and
similar places of refreshment.
The very thought is suggestive Of
new and untried field for development
by dairymen who cater to the milk
trade of the larger cities. 1t is one
of the few avenues of an increase in
the consumption of milk that has been
suggested during recent years. Des-
sicated or dried was the last of these
brought to the attention Of the dairy
public. We suggest that this drink
will probably prove especially popu.
lar in prohibition districts. When
p~asteurized milk was carbonated I'M
der pressures of 70 to IT'S pounds
and held at temperatures ranging be-
tween 35 and 60 degrees the milk
kept sweet for four or five months.
Let us welcome the advent of carbon
ated milk.-Farm and Ranch.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-29

How few women have proper diges.
ton? One great cause CT sluggish di.
gestion is the imperfect removal, both
of waste and of residual.
Since motion of the organs is a nee.
essary part Of their function, no res
toration of digestive power is possible
that does not also include the restora
ton of this mechanical or muscular
property.
Many motions may be given to ones
digestive organs suited to different
constitutions, conditions OF disease,
development of the region, strength OF
the individual, etc. The following ex
ercises have been carefully selected
which, If not entirely applicable for a
given case, may prove suggestive OF
some other that may act more to the
purpose.
The first exercise is given in a
standing position, the body slightly
bent forward, with corsets and all
tight-ftting clothes removed. The &C.
ton is, the extended hands are made
SA3A II l. lCSlOuS Ol l0G
body, striking alternately with each
hand with such force and speed as &C
produce no unpleasant sensations.
If there be a point where pain is
felt, the aclion, at each successive ex
ercise, should for a period be given to
surrounding parts. approaching the
tender part gradually until the pair
disappears.
The above may be continued unit
the entire frontal region has beer
traversed, and repeated as often as
n deems practical.
A more vigorous treatment may be
given by using the doubled fist insteaS
OF the fiat hand in striking. However
it is better to begin by using the oper
hand.
This treatment is An unusually goot
n to assist in promoting absorption
or removing congestion.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-29
BIZ q. =. BLAKEsLEE. JAcxsoa.

The prosperity of a country, the safe
ty OF its homes, the happiness Of its
citizens, is determined by the enact
ment OF wise and wholesome laws and
their enforcement. Mississippi has
upon her statute books laws that are
just and equitable, proposed, consider
ed and enacted by men who are in close
sympathy with the masses OF the peo-
pie. If there be any exceptions to this
rule they are few and far between and
can be remedied by proper effort.
These laws should be strictly and i'm
partially enforced. The welfare OF the
country demands it. II there be a bad
law on the books, repeal it in the proper
anner and not by non-enforcement.
This must be made the banner State
for law and order in the Union. Such
an end can only be accomplished by the
enactment of just and equitable laws
and their strict and impartial enforce
ment.
The infraction Of a slightly impor-
tant law leads to graver offenses. Citi-
zens who wink one eye at a small offense
will sooner or later be called upon to
go blind when a more serious crime has
been committed. Kentucky is expert
encing this right now. A movement to
illegally right a wrong has developed
into a reign of anarchy and lawlessness.
The sympathy of the world was with
the night-riders to begin with, but now
stands appalled, at the barbarous acts
perpetrated and the reckless disregard
for law and authority evidenced. White
cap organizations in Mississippi were
formed to correct certain evils, more
by persuasion and influence than by
the preparation of crime, and often
numbered in their ranks many good
and true men. The commission of a
slight offense against the law without
punishment encouraged more serious
ones; lawless characters crept into the
ranks and the general result has been
cruelty, arson, murder. There is not
a mali in Mississippi who does not know
OF these consequences.
The causes that justified the old re-
construction Ku-Klux cannot properly
be pleaded in the cases mentioned.
This is a case of neighbor against
neighbor, friend against friend, son
against father or brother against broth
err. In the former it was the white peo-
pie Of the South against an arrogant
race arbitrarily given authority over
them and encouraged to deeds Of law
lessness by unreliable and m%ercenary
parties. The night-riders began as an
organization to protect tobacco growers
against the mereiless tobacco trust.
The result was satisfactorily for a time,
but with the admission of lawless char
acters into their ranks and emboldened
by immunity from punishment, has re-
suited in a body that has taken upon
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-29

While the strenuous call is being
made for q reduction in the cotton
acreage to prevent a big crop and a low
price next fall, and the farmers are
being urged to plant more largely Of
the necessities that can be raised at
home, it is pleasant to learn just what
some people are actually doing with
other crops besides cotton and corn.
Our Mississippi lands are capable of
producing most literally of almost any
crop grown in this country, and the
following from the Laurel Chronicle is
worthy Of reproduction as an actual
experience in the piney woods:
~. M. Lindsey, q live truck grower
near Laurel, has done what many an
other truck grower con do If he will.
Last week Mr.. Lindsey shipped . a
load OF lettuce, and this week he sent
forward 427 bushels Of select, picked
Irish potatoes, the product Of three and
one-half acres. These shipments rel
to Cleveland, Ohio. During this season
Mr.. Lindsey will ship five more cars OF
potatoes and Ave cars Of other truck.
Here is q field of activity and money
making. Five hundred more progress
sive truck growers like j. M. Lindsey,
located on and intelligently tilling the
lands contiguous to Laurel, wouldmake
this section blossom as the rose and our
fast-growing city hum with business
activity. Jones county soil cannot be
excelled for fertility"
What Editor Noble says with regard
to the possibilities OF the soil in Jones
county is applicable to the larger part
of the state. 1t can be done and should
be done, but who will do it? South
Mississippi needs more than one hun
dred good white farmers to take her
lands and make them produce Of the
worlds needs. We don't want unde-
sirable immigration, and the next best
thing is to stop emigration. II South
Mississippi had the n hundred thou
sand white families that have gone
from Mississippi to Texas in the past
twenty years there would be a different
tale to tell. How are we to stop it?
BY encouraging agriculture, horticul-
ture and stock raising in our own state.
Enterprising people go where they are
offered the best opportunity of doing
well. Mississippi has paid too little
attention to her agricultural people in
the past. The last legislature made a
beginning that must be followed up
energetically. The corn clubs, agri-
cultural high schools, county depart
ments Of agriculture, fairs and a~ssocia-
tions will tend to keep our people at
home. The writer believes that q well
conducted fair in each Of the counties
OF the state, with q big state fair to
bring the season to a close, would be
worth millions of dollars to the state
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-29

annually The states that have drawn
upon US for thousands of our best peo-
pie had these. Make agricultural pur-
suits attractive and it will tend to keep
Mississippians in Mississippi, settling
the immigration problem.
The subject OF better roads continues
to interest the people of many counties
in I'll state. it does not wane as time
goes by, but seems to gather force.
Clay is one Of the counties where the
matter has been investigated and the
result Of said investigation Is that bonds
will be sold and the monies thus de-
rived expended in building and main
tanning roads throughout the county.
Calhoun county Is seriously consider
ing the proposition to build roads and
had committees from the Farmers
Union to confer with the supervisors on
the subject. More than fifteen counties
are at present either building roads,
selling bonds to raise money to build
or considering the question seriously.
Mississippi will do more to improve her
public roads during the next five years
than for the past twenty-five. The
people are interested and looking into
the plans used BY other states. The
result is bound to be satisfactory. If
every taxpayer in the state could see
for himself the roads around jackson,
Tenn, Tuscumbia, Ala, and other
places that could be mentioned, the OPP
position to road improvement would be
almost nothing. The June issue Of The
Bulletin from the department of agri-
culture and commerce will be largely
devoted to roads. Send for q number
Of copies for distribution among your
friends who ought to be interested in
this important subject.
The Progress at Eupora proposes a
fair for Webster county, to hold its
initial meeting this fall. While it is
possibly too late to work up a complete
fair, the farmers could make a good
OdONdoJ CAhiOAuAOh IL tIO pIClulutlS
could be offered by the business and
professional men. This plan has work.
ed splendidly in q number of places and
has always resulted in a permanent
fair association.
Don't forget that Mississippi has al
ways been and will continue to be the
best state in the union for the man
with moderate means. Every man
must be protected in his rights in the
future as in the past. This is the her.
itage to hand down to our children.
David Harum said: "Do unto others
as they would do unto you, but do It
first" Some are still following Da-
| vid's advice.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-29
Hat of white paille de riz, with high
crown covered with plated lace; three
large tea roses at one side.
Vogue for Ribbons.

Women abroad have gone mad over
ribbons. Chains for lorgnettes or
watches have gone out of fashion. All
milady's trinkets are on narrow vel
vet ribbons to match her frock.
Wider ribbons are tied closely about
the throat, the long ends hanging al
most to the hem of the skirt, while
the gold bangle has been superseded
by a band of the velvet fastened about
the arm with a jeweled brooch.
Smart spring hats are tied under
the left a with bows of ribbon, and
even the feather and fur boa are fas-
tened with more ribbons to flutter In
the vagrant breezes.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-29
FARMING IN
THE SOUTH
The Master Of Life,


am the plough,
Master of life,
Where my sharp coulter leads
Ceases Sterility;
And, by my largesses
Gladdened and satisfied,
Follow the peoples!
I, in the glimmering dawn,
Furrowing circlewise-
Leaving wide gaps where Death
Swung his black gates anon
Traced the foundations where
Rose the proud battlements,
Bastions and walls round
The City of Life!
To me for charity
Come the worn mendicants,
Footing it painfully
Out from the darkness
Into the silence
Here are my aims for you
Poured forth abundantly-
Yours while the earth knows
Summer and winter,
Seed time and harvest
Eat and be glad!
Egypt and Nineveh
Rome and Assyria
Were but ny pensioners:
l am the permanent,
Still stand my Kingdoms
Still wave the cornfields-
Seeming but slave indeed,
Master of Life am L
l am the plough!
w. G. Hole, in London Spectacle
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-29

Friend Curd Of the holly Springs
Reporter notes q gratifying scene in
that historic city when the berry pick.
ers were lined up in front Of the bank
on Saturday drawing their weekly sti-
pend for gathering the berry crop Of
that section. Hundreds Of them re-
ceived their pay and Immediately placed
It again in the legitimate channels OF
business for the necessaries OF life.
This is good money that Mississippi
truck brings from the North to aid
commercial pursuits at a time of tho
year when 1t is needed. We need more
OF this kind OF money crops.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-29

itself the correction Of all grievances,
real and imaginary, and does not hest
tate to commit any crime to carry out
its purpose, producing a reign OF terror
that Is causing hundreds of law-abiding
citizens to desert their homes and fee
to places OF safety. In many instances
the savings Of a lifetime of toll and de-
privation has been swept away in q
night, the farmer not only losing his
barn and outhouses, but his home, and
not infrequently his life.
God forbid that the good old State OF
Mississippi shall v experience such.
The few instances Of such o character
which have happened within her bounds
should prove object lessons to guide
u people clear of such breakers in
the future. Ten years ago a party Of
good men in Union county attempted
to correct an error in q young man OF
he neighborhood and the horrible out
come of that expedition should prove a
warning against a repetition of the act.
Two good citizens dead and a dozen
families heartbroken. The sad scenes
in and around the federal court build
ing at Jackson only a short while ago
when hundreds Of good citizens of
Franklin county were before that au-
gust tribunal for something that was
begun for a purpose that seemed to
them just and right, but before it was
ended human life had been sacrificed
and dozens Of homes were darkened
with q cloud of sorrow. The reign of
terror in a portion of Lawrence for a
time early this year and the murder of
a good ma and warning of others, as
well as a number of other isolated in
stances that might be named, should
prove the guide-boards to steer our peo-
pie clear OF such dangerous ground in
the future.
Mississippians as a rule are God-fear-
ing and law-abiding. They do not will
fully infract the laws of the land and
will not do it unless misled by schrewd
and INSCRIPTIONS parties. They love
their homes and are obedient to the
command of constituted authority. 1t
must ever remain thus. The few dis
orders of recent years are but isolated
instances and should not be COMPOUNDED
with such affairs as noted in Kentucky,
Illinois and other States. The rural
home is the hope of our State and ANY
movement that will jeopardizs its safety
must be nipped in the bud. 1t is a duty
that every citizen owes to his home, his
family, his government and his God.
Make Mississippi the banner State for
law and order in the Union; where the
humble home of the man with forty
acres Is as safe as the millionaire in
the city; where the rural school fits the
young for the battles of life and church
facilities are accorded all.
The writer is not unnecessarily alarm
ed at the prospects for lawlessness and
would not convey any such impression.
Our good State has been exceptionally
free from such in the past, and this is
written for the purpose of emphasizing
the Importance of having it continue
so. A word now may be worth a whole
book at some future time. The per-
petuity of our record for law and order
must be provided for, and the God-fear-
ing and home-loving people of Missis-
sippi will see that it is done.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-29

More than thirty Of the seventy
eight counties have inaugurated move
ments for the establishment of agri-
cultural high schools according to the
provisions Of the recent law on that
very important subject. Copies OF the
law can be had by dropping . postal
to the department. OF agriculture and
commerce. II your county Is not in
line right now Is the time to begin an
agitation to that end. When the legisla-
lure again be in shape to de-
mand the thousand dollar yearly appro-
priation promised.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-29
cretonne ParasoIs.

Cretonne Is very popular this season
for evening coats and vests, as an ap-
plique, and now cretonne p~arasols are
prescribed for morning wear. The de-
sign must, of course, be reasonably
small, and the only decoration is the
heavy cotton fringe around the border.
OF course the handle on such a very
serviceable sunshade would be OF
piainest wood, leaving the more elab-
crate sticks for more dressy parasols.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-29

Be sure that you get all the docu.
ments that your state is issuing from
its agricultural bureau. II you do not
know how to get them, write to your
Secretary Of Agriculture and ask him
to have your name put on the mailing
lists for all that Is of interest to the
farmer.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-29

The greatest heat is never found on
the equator, but some ten degrees to
the north, while more severe cold has
been registered in northern Siberia
than has been found neal the Pole.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-29
One of the evils Of the landlord :

One of the evils Of the landlord and
tenant system is the exhaustion Of
soils. Suffering must come from this.
Who travels over some old States
and sees whole counties deserted sees
what must come to us, unless we pre-
serve soils and fertility. The owner
of a home a make it richer each
year. Tenants can not afford to do
so. Landlords a not. Farm and
Ranch.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-29

Don'tlet anything hinder you from
attending the meetings of the local
Union, because the local is the really
important place for the lay member.
II the local is managed right 1t will
have its influence on every person
In It, and, through this influence, on
all In its neighborhOOd.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-29
Catches Fish Wrapped in IS Bill.

Shelburn Falls, Nashville fish
ing in Bruckland brook Arthur Spen-
Ger caught a ten-inch trout wrapped in
a five-dollar bill. Spencer did not no
tice the cash prize until he unlocked
the trout.
The bank note probably had lodged
In the brush bordering the brook, and
In landing the big trout the line
caught the bill, which was pierced by
the head of the fish.
This story is authenticated by 10
liable witnesses.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-29

It takes a long time. for some people
to get 1t through their heads that
mines are frequently promoted not
for the purpose Of digging ore but Of
selling stock.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-29

Think of a farmer in debt, no home,
not thirty days from starvation, ex-
ceIt as his merchant tides him over
think of such a farmer trying to cor
ner cotton against the man who has a
corner on the money 1t takes to buy
the cotton. And there's no way to break
that money corner without going into
Congressional and White House pol
itics.-Abilene (Tex.) Farmers Jour
nal.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-29

1t Is the duty of every woman to
look as pretty as she can Nature in
dictates that by her gift Of beauty to
the sex. Those who happen to be not
beautiful of face, can become Is at
tractive as any by lovliness of habit
and character. The most attractive
lady the writer knows, is really rather
ugly of face, owing to irregularities OF
feature, but she is always the center
of attraction in any assembly.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-29

The farmers wife is a working
partner on the farm; she ought to
have her full share of the profits.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-29

Hats still set low about the head
are big in the crown and are jammeo
down about tho aarA.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-29

It would be much easier for some
men to practice what they preach II
they would do less preaching.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-29

Didn't Take to Rubber O~vershoes.
Much as 1t rains in England, thers
still prevails an indisposition on the
part of both men and women to wear
overshOes.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-29

The next morning the daughter of
the house said sleepily to her maid:
Marie, last night l had a beautiful
dream."
What was re dream, ma'm'selle?"
asked Marie.
And the daughter of the house re-
piled with a reminiscent sigh:
II dreamed, Marie, that I had ahead
of me a marvelously successful ca
reer."
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-01-16
SOUGHT TO END 1T ALL
Killed His Wife
And Shot Himself

CUMBERLAND. Md. Jan. 49,
James B. Smith, aged A. machinist,
last night secured two revolvers, gave
up his position, then, going to the
home OF w. NJ. Sinclair, South Cum
berland, where his wife had been sew.
ing, took of his shoes in the back
yard and quietly walked in and opened
fire on his wife. emptying one revol.
yer and putting two bullets in her
body.
She fell on the porch, having tried
to get out the door, and died in the
ambulance going to the hospital.
Smith then shot himself twice, in
the abdomen and the groin, and going
into the Sinclair residence, fell over
on the bed. His condition is critical.
This was the second matrimonial
venture for each. both having lost
their former partners. They married
seven years ago. failed to agree, and
had already given testimony in di,
vorce proceedings instituted by Mrs.
Smith. She was formerly Miss Fan
ME Whitaker, of Lost City, w. Va,
and her first husband was a Rev.
Welsh.