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The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-15
MADE SUCCESS OF VENTURE
Victory for New England Woman
Who BraveIy Set Out TO Con-
quer the World.

Not at all a bad story is going the
rounds of a young woman in a New
England town whose husband died,
leaving her with two babies, two
horses no longer young, a three-seated
wagon, and a small house at the door
of which the wolf fairly howled.
Friends told her the only thing to do
was to sell out, give at least one of
the babies away, and go into a shop
In the nearest city. But she couldn't
and wouldn't, SO she decided to try
running a station wagon, as there was
no such convenience in the town.
which was a the ocean and figured
as a small resort in the summer. A
few men patronized, but the women
we're apparently annoyed that she had
not taken their advice, parting with
her little one and her home. The tide
did not turn until a sympathetic sum-
mer visitor took up her case, engaged
her for a shopping and a visiting tour
between trains, and made 1t a point
to refer to the new venture at a liv-
cry service, and to say how greatly
it favored the town. That was six
years ago. Not only has she kept the
wolf from the door eve since. but
this summer she was offered $4,000
for the business. Her first hired driv-
er was so impressed with her abili-
ties that he offered to marry her. He
was "fired" for his kindness and a
married man engaged in his stead.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-15
More Trees to Beautify the Capital

center of the sidewalk in front of the
White House, and rows Of elms, ash
and sycamores line the opposite side
of Pennsylvania avenue between Fiji
teenth and Seventeenth strests. REQ
oaks were selected to complete tbs
planting of the boulevard usually
chosen as the court of honor" be
cause they were believed to be bes'
adapted for the purpose on account o.
size, foliage and beauty. Many years
ago fine trees occupied the avenue
front on both the state, war and navy
building and the treasury building
but were removed as Instructions to
the vista.
There was so much popular objec
ton to the removal of the trees in
front of the state, war and navy build
ing that the authorities were Obliged
to resort to strategy in the matter
BY the employment of a large force o.
laborers the trees were all removed
one dark night between midnight and
daybreak. Those trees formed a con
tinuation Of the 10Y of sycamores still
standing in front Of the White House
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-15
Toll at Capital Even if Taft Is Away

solution were the president at his
desk. The entire clerical force at the
White House Is busy, and the only
places where the hum Of industry IL
uIleard are in the cabinet room and
in the presidents private Office.
There are those who do not regard
the absence of the members Of the Of
fetal family as a wholly unmixed evil
The first assistant secretaries of the
different departments act as chiefs in
the absence of their %superiors in Of
fee, and it is something even to g
man to whom vanity is a thing apart
to be able to write himself down in
truth as acting secretary Of the treas
ury, or of war or of the navy.
This year in the capital it certainly
is a case of when the cats away the
mice will work. There is more &C
tivity manifest among the clerks Of
the different departments than ever
before.
When the clerks first heard this an
nouncement they smiled as they al
ways had smiled when they heard the
same announcement made in the
years gone by. The time for smiling
passed quickly, and it was the frowI
of the secretary of labor that sem the
smile into hiding. Mr.. Nagel wal
known when he came to Washington
as a great politician. Politicians. as 9
rule are not given to such deeds as
the disturbing of the equanimity Of
employees of the government. In truth
politicians are regarded as being more
or less easy. Mr.. Nagel frowned.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-15
Washington Wants Next Aero Carniva

sincerity of Baltimore and to appreci.
ate that we are thoroughly in earnest
in our demand for the meet. or
course. none was prepared actually to
commit himself in favor OF any partic-
ular city, especially members of the
executive committee. and l can read
lily understand their reluctance to
take a positive position at this point.
but all gave us the utmost encourage
ment, and eevn intimated that they
would work for Baltimore and Wash
ington."
Similar reports were made by 9th.
ers OF the party. and the feeling pre-.
vailed that a vast amount Of good had
been accomplished by the visit to
Gotham.
Still further evidence Of the rapid
growth of interest in Baltimore In avi.
alton has also been demonstrated in
the arrangement Of long-distance bal
loon trips from Baltimore, and Mr..
Hillery Beachey is preparing flights
for enthusiasts in this section. Mr..
Beachey's first trip of the kind, made
several days ago. was an unqualified
success, and balloon flights are e.
pected to become almost as popular
as trolley rides or automobile jaunts.
It is understood that a resolution
will be introduced in the council ask.
ing for an appropriation to help swell
the fund to advertise Baltimore, and
while the city has no power to SO ap-
| propriate money, if the council pass
favorably upon the measure an en-
aiding act will be introduced in the
legislature giving the city the power.
AS to the congressional a%ppropria.
ton, it is said by members OF the
| Aero club that, aside from the desira.
bility of getting the financial help
from congress, such action on the part
of the government would give the
meet an official standing in the view OF
foreigners which it would not other
wise have.
1t is planned to have the carnival in
Washington while congress is in SEES,
| sion, and the members of the national
legislature are not slow at voting
themselves a treat when there is a
reasonable chance to do SC.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-15
START IN POULTRY
Choose Breed Liked Best and
Stick Right to it.
Beginners Win Find II Best to Hatch
with Hens instead Of incubators
-visor of Flock is First
Essential.

Beginners in the poultry business
should not start in by trying to make
a new breed of fowls. That work
should be left to the experienced
raiser. who is perhaps an artist in
| mixing colors. Artistic poultry raisers
find both pleasure and profit in de-
veloping new breeds. Beginners
should choose the breed they like
best, stick to that breed, and try to
improve it..
Vigor of the flock is the first essen
tial to be considered. When starting
out buy only the best and most vigor-
ous fowls. and keep them and the best
specimens of their progeny. Those
| starting will find it advisable to hatch
with hens instead of incubators. Biddy
is capable of teaching beginners a
whole lot about raising chicks. When
the chicks are Matched they should
! not be fed for two OF three days.
After that feed the chicks for vigor.
For the first two or three days after
being Matched the chicks need rest
and warmth more than anything else.
| After hat their digestive organs begin
to work, and the chicks must have
proper kind of food. Nature has given
the chicks a crop where the food is
first received. In this crop is a fluid
something like the saliva in human
beings. This saliva acts upon the
food, softening it and otherwise pre-
pairing it for digestion. The food
then moves on to the stomach, where
it is still acted upon by a fluid, and
finally passes to the gizzard.
Dry chick feed, composed of many
fine grains, is good for the little
chicks. Oats in any form, either
rolled, steel cut or hulled. are splen-
did feed. Chickens need plenty of
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-15

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the hopes
w expressed by the Washington
Aero club for having the next aviation
carnival here is an appropriation by
congress to help swell the guarantee
fund. 1t was stated by Charles ].
Bell, one of the Washington represen-
tatives at the Curtiss luncheon, that
and a member of the special commit
tee on securing the meet for Washing
ton, had asked the cooperation OF Nor
folk in the matter. J. A. Hall, the sec
rotary of the Norfolk board Of trade,
a he had not yet received such no.
matter was placed before them the
Norfolk business men were prepared
to act.
Norfolk, Portsmouth, Newport News
and Old Point are all much interested
in seeing the meet come to Washing
ton. owing to the prospect of a water
flight to Norfolk. There is a great
deal of money in that section, and the
local men say they are willing to con-
tribute largely to secure the carnival.
In the meantime, Baltimore is very
active and promises to work unremit-
tingly for the meet.
AS a matter of fact" Mayor Ma
hool says, I'VE have only begun, and
while h prospect is now rosy, we
must keep moving and not only retain
our present advantage over other
cities, but increase it. To get the
G we must go after it, and keep
after it, and our labors to date will be
lost IT we permit our ardor to flag.
From the sentiment generally ex-
pressed by members Of the club in
New York, ! am profoundly encour-
aged and hopeful. Each man appeared
to be impressed with the energy and
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-15
USEFULNESS OF THE BIRDS
Other Plants by Killing In
sects for Farmer.

Now and again some enterprising
newspaper man expatiating on the
work of the Audubon societies, dishes
up a remarkable symposium regard
ing some undertaking of the Natural
association. or makes extraordinary
claims in respect to the usefulness of
birds. Then some doubling Thomas"
very properly discounts the tale, and
even expresses doubt Is to whether
the birds, are, after all, SO necessary
to mans welfare as the protectionists
would have us believe. But the prac-
teal beneficial results of the work of
the birds have now been so long OBJ
served and so conclusively proven
that there is no longer any room for
doubt regarding their usefulness. De.
struction of trees and crops always
follows extreme depletion of the mum.
bers of the smaller native birds. More
over, conservation of birds produces
the opposite effect.\
In 1894-5 / made experiments to at
tract birds into an old orchard in
Medford, Mass, says a writer in Bal
timore American. Food and nesting
boxes brought the birds to the or
chard in considerable numbers. The
succeeding summer apple-tree insects,
such as the cankerworms and the tent
caterpillars were very abundant and
stripped the foliage from most Of the
apple trees in the town; but mine re-
manned in good foliage and bore al
most the only full crop of fruit in
town hat year. Similar experiments
year after year have demonstrated
clearly the dollars-and-cents value OF
the birds in orchard and woodland.
But while my o~bseTvations were un-
der way the German Baron Hans Won
Berlepsch was carr ing out, unknown
to me. a number OF more extensive
and painstaking experiments in bird
conservation on his great estate at
Seebach. He secured results there
far more striking than my modest eff
forts produced here. He studied the
methods of attracting and feeding
birds, and those of constructing nest
ing boxes and preparing bird shelters.
He carried out the game preserve
principle with birds until he had
breeding on his home park of IL
acres about 1000 small birds, two
pairs of wild ducks, n pair of moor
hens and one of grebes. Three hun.
dred nesting boxes hung up in his
grounds are all inhabited by birds. In
his 400 acres of woodland there are
9 600 nesting boxes.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-15
FARM NOTES.

Air slaked lime and salt is recon-
mended to kill cabbage worms.
Asparagus seed, If thoroughly dried
before being slowed away, will keep
four years.
For an early crop of caulifower,
the first days of September are the
time to SOW.
The makeup of the fruit package
should be a guaranty of the quality OF
the fruit inside.
Don't dump the potatoes around as
if they were rocks. Such treatment
will make rotten produce.
Turn the poultry into the orchard
in early fall. They will destroy many
an insect that has made arrange
ments for his winters board.
Nut growing has great %opportuni-
ties in the southwest. Write this pub
LEGATION about your experiences. En-
courage the industry. Boost the game
along.
Place a small quantity of cotton
seed meal around the newly set straw
berry plants or around the old ones.
Cotton seed meal generates vitality
IN the plant.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-15

worms, bugs and insects, and when
these are not plentiful hamburger
steak or chopped meat may be fed
three times a week.
Exercise as well as proper food is
needed, as it keeps the digestive or
sans working and makes the fowls
healthy and gives them a chance to
develop the egg producing organs.
Where there is little or n range bed
the breeders about two inches deep
with alfalfa hay cut into half inch
lengths. Little chicks will eat some
of this and scratch for the seed. A
head of lettuce being in the brooder
house affords exercise and amuse-
ment.
Never let the little chicks be crowd
ed at night. Bruises frequently result
in bad feathers in fowls that would
otherwise be perfect. Besides the
heavy chicks may tread on the little
mes.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-15

THERE is work in Washington even
d when the foreman of the shop is
away. 1t seems almost unbelievable,
but there are men and women in the
United States who do not know that
the president is absent from the CAPT
tai. The list of persons who write let
tiers to the chief executive firm in the
conviction that he is still at his White
House desk, might be of service to
the circulating department of some
live newspaper. There is a sad need
in some parts of the country of a
daily in%telligercer.
Reports from the road go to show
that Mr.. Taft gets a daily mail en-
route and that in between speeches he
does his best to give it attention.
There is nc great decrease evident,
however. in the size of the mail that
ome several times a day to the
White House in this time Of the pres
ident's absence. Mr.. Taft's private
secretary, Frederick w. Carpenter, is
not taking a vacation. He is hard at
work, and with his chief at a distance
he has to decide certain problems
which would not come before him for
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-15

JAMES r. MANN, representative
j from the Second district of Chica-
go. who has been promoted to succeed
William P. Hepburn of Iowa as chair
man of the house committee on inter-
state and foreign commerce, probably
gets his name in the Congressional
Record more than any other member
of that body. Mr.. Mann's frequent
appearance in the limelight is not the
result of any desire on his part to
play to the gallery, but is the natural
consequence of his intent study of all
pending legislation before congress,
which he INDUCES partially of his own
inclination and partially because
Speaker Cannon has relied upon him
to do this work.
Two years ago Mr.. Mann went to
the West indies with Speaker Cannon,
V~ice-President James S. Sherman,
then a member Of the house, and sew
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-15
VIII Seek the South Pole.

A. Henry Savage Lander. the Eng
fish explorer, who will soon make an
attempt to reach the south pole, Is OF
the opinion that Lieut.. S~hackleton
failed through having a cumbersome
and unnecessarily large expedition.
Mr.. Landor's theory is that a small
caravan of trusted and hardy men,
lightly equipped as in his expeditions
through Asia and Africa, is best. Mr..
Landor's activity in aeronautic inves-
LEGATIONS gives color to the rumor that
an airship will be used by him In his
expedition.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-15
Large Hog Pastures.

The best solution of the whole hog
pasture problem seems to be that OF
using large hog pastures and clover
or grass as the pasture crop. The
cost of fencing per acre is then re-
duced to a minimum. The area is large
enough SO that no difficulty will be
experienced in using the regular farm
implements for tillage nor in accom-
plishing a maximum amount of work.
The large field Of, say ten acres, will
furnish ample pasture for all the
hogs that may be grown on the aver
age from the beginning to the end of
a season.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-15
SHEEP RAISING PAYS GOOD
At Present Princes There 10 More
Money In the industry Than Any
Other Stock.

/ never stable my ewes during cold
weather unless the animals are due to
lamb, and only then when it is very
cold. In wet weather / leave the
sheep house door open in daylight and
find that the animals generally stay
in, writes r. r. Larew in American
Agriculture. On cold winter nights
when it is raining / close the lower
doors to keep the animals inside, but
the upper doors are left open, except
in extremely cold weather. Sheep do
best with plenty OF fresh air.
AS feed / supply abundant alfalfa
and red clover. hay and corn fodder,
but change often, so the animals will
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-15
Pasture for Hogs.

It is poor business keeping the hogs
in the same lot year after year with
out renovating the ground. We have
very little disease among Jul hogs
and | attribute it to the fact that we
pillow up the lots at least once a year
and generally twice, and change the
hogs from one lot to another frequent
", says a writer in an exchange.
believe this practice and allowing the
hogs to have access to clover pas
ture and clean running water will
reduce the mortality among these ami
mails to an extent not dreamed of by
the average farmer.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-15
TOTAL LOSS OF HAIR.
Seemed Imminent-Scalp Was Very
Scaly and Hair Came Out by Hand.
~fuIs-Scalp Now Clear and
New Hair Grown by Cutieura.

about two years ago 1 was troubled
with my head being scaly. Shortly
after that / had an attack of typhoid
fever and / was out of the hospital
possibly two months when 1 first no.
ticed the loss of hair, my scalp being
still scaly. I started to use dandruff
cures to no effect whatever. / had
actually lost hope of saving any hair
at all. / could brush it of my coat
by the handful. / was afraid to comb
it. But after using two cakes of Cuti.
cura Soap and nearly a box of Cuti.
cura Ointment, the change was sur
prising. My scalp is now clear and
healthy as could be and my hair thick
er than ever, whereas I had my mind
made up to be bald. w. F. Steese, eS12
Broad ST., Pittsburg, Penn, May z and
81, 1908"
Potter Drug 3 Chem. Corp, Sole Props. Boston
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-15
A Good Fertilizer.

The value Of sulphate of ammonia
as a fertilizer was demonstrated in
some German tests where marsh lands
were fortified with nitrate of soda
and sulphate of ammonia. With both
oats and beets the plants receiving
sulphate yielded much more than
those receiving nitrate. These results
indicate that ON marsh lands a liberal
supply of lime, sulphate of ammonia
NAV be advantageously substituted
for nitrate Of soda, and confirms the
wisdom Of the practice in Germany.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-15

r! IGHTEEN red oak trees have been
L. planted recently along the south
side of Pennsylvania avenue between
Fifteenth and Seventeenth streets,
Washington, with a view to the perma-
nent improvement of that prominent
thoroughfare. Ten of these large trees
will be placed in front of the state,
war and navy building and eight in
front of the treasury building. The
sidewalks at those points are wide
and at present devoid of ornament,
natural or artificial. They are con-
spicuous on account of their barren
ness as we'll as for their exposure to
the sun in summer and the wind In
winter.
A row of sycamore trees lines the
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-15

have plenty of relish. For the green
part of the rations l depend upon pas
ture, when the ground is not covered
with snow. We supply the eve lambs
from the old eve when the heavy
snow comes and a hard crust forms
on the land. Wheat bran is fed to reg
ulate the bowels, and use about one
pint a head daily. 1t is generally fed
with some ground oats. Old ewes
are disposed of at about eight or ten
years.
/ seldom feed them any corn until
the ewes begin to drop their lambs.
Then l give twice a day half pint each
Of bran, corn and cob meal and some
times a change to- oats. Salt is kept
inside the sheep house for the sheep
to eat at will. l also like to mix some
hickory ashes with the salt. l think
there is more profit On hilly land with
sheep than with cattle or hogs, al.
though l keep some of each kind.
When wool brought rs cents and
lambs six cents a pound. farmers here
thought they collected 80 per cent. on
their investment. Without giving any
credit to manure, | think at present
prices there is more>i in sheep accord
ing to the money invested than in
any other stock a farmer could raise.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-15
Reachino Lies Goal.

If you want to be somebody in this
world you must assert your individ-
uality and assert it in the right direc.
ton, so that it may lead to a goal OF
honor for yourself and be an example
for others. Find out what you ought
to do, say to yourself: Il must do it"
then begin right away with Il will do
it." and keep at it until it is done.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-15
Clean Roadsides.

Iris is the season when the road
side should have attention. Coarse
weeds. and some of them very bad
customers, are growing there, ready
TO scatter seeds in cultivated fields.
It should be a matter Of pride to every
farmer and suburban dweller to keep
the street clean along his premises.
Laws are constantly becoming more
strict and there is a stronger inclina-
tion to enforce them. This should be
SO for the mischief done by neglected
weed growth is enormous.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-15
Cause Of Sores.

Dirty collars and back pads are the
direct cause of gals and sores, and
any man should be ashamed to work
j horse with q sore back or shoulder.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-15
Appropriate.

First Milliner-You have designed
the north pole hat?
Second Milliner-Yes, it will be a
matter of dispute between the pur-
chaser and her husband.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-15
Wholesale and Retail.

. Wholesale and Retail.
what business did you say Miss
Gaddie was in?"
ooh, she's in everybody's business"
Wholesale, eh?"
Eyes, except when it m to a bit
of scandal. She retails that"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-15
Parental Loyalty.

did the father of the bride give
her away?"
Far from it. He told the bride
groom that she had the disposition of
an angel"
The door Of success is marked:
Push"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-15

Some people assume that hearing is
just as good as seeing.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-15

Smith-"So the will was read?
Jones-"Yes; but the air was blue"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-15

BE JUST TO YOURSELF
and keep well if possible. Check that cough with
the harmless and efficient remedy, Aliens Lung
Balsam. All druggists, 25c, SOC and SLIGO bottles.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-15

For Headache Try Hicks capudIna.
Whether from Colds. Heat, Stomach or
Nervous troubles, the aches are speedily
relieved by Capudine. It's Liquid-pleas-
ant to take-Enects Immediately. 10, Is
and Soc at Drug Stores.