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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-26
No Hot Air.

The deaf mutes have reunioned
And gone, each hearless her
And talkless him, and none know who
The banquet speakers were.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-26
SUNFL0WER PHILOSOPHY.

A man who tries to work up popu-
larity nearly always winds up q
loser.
What has become of the old-fash-
Toned woman who wiped her nose on
the under side Of her apron?
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-26
STRONG ON DREAMS
RAILROAD MEN FIRMLY BELIEVE
IN THEM.
Especially Needed When Conveying
Premonltion Of Coming Disaster
How Maple Leaf Came
Near Causing Wreck.

Railroad men are strong on dreams.
One morning an engineer came down
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-26

Never enter a room noisily, never
fail to close the door after you, and
never slam it.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-26

Never answer questions in general
company that have been put to others.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-26

Never appear to notice a scar, de-
formity, or defect of anyone present.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-04-06

pany." And all around IN the brown
fields men with single mules and
little plows were scratching down the
old dead cotton stalks, which did not
look to have been much, over a foot
tall, and preparing that land for cot
ton again, with a prospect of it's TAX
ing four acres to make q bale. and
buying Western hay to feed the mules.
And when the little crop is made
on that starved soil the most Of it will
go to that supply company for hay and
fertilizers and foo Doubtless the
men who were walking after those lit
tie mules M little plOws conclude
that farming does o pay. But it
pays the supply company which car
ries the farmers at a big percentage,
and builds fine warehouses, and whose
members live in nice town houses
while the men who ought to be selling
them produce are working like slaves
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-04-06

found in Georgia. that terraces are no
advantage. and are totally needless if
the land is farmed right. I have
farmed on red hills as steep as any,
and sleeper tina most Of the cotton
uplands of the South, and [ never
made a terrace and never made a
gully, but cured old ones that are
now full of grass.
But in the present condition OF most
Of the cotton uplands Of the South
do help some, and cannot be
at once abandoned. But every time
o pillow deeper and follow with the
s~ubsoiler, and grow legumes and keep
a winter cover on the land, you are
getting closer to the time when rOu
can forever abandon terraces.
After you have d~eepened the break
ing, and have q few crops of sod
turned down to hold the soil together.
and then cultivate level so as to make
no burrows around the hills to gather
a head of water. you a boldly pl NV
down the terraces and fill the hillside
bitches.
e when we q see NJ lines of
bitches and weeds crossing the hill
slopes of the South, we will see bigger
crops and more prosperous farms
W. F. Massey.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-04-06

Terraces are simply the poor effort
to atone for shallow blowing and the
constant clean cultivation of the soil.
The humus and vegetable fibre whica
used up and the lane scratched with
a one-horse pillow three inches deep
SO that when our summe deluges
come, the small depth Of loose soil
fills quickly with water, n the hard
clay right below prevents it's sinking
into the soil, and down hill it slides
till the land is gulies and broad areas
are converted into red gals.
1t has been demonstrated in the ex-
p%erience of several Northern farmers
in Georgia, who had the nerve to
pillow deep and get humus-making ma
terial in the soil, hat the terraces al
be abolished profitably.
Therefore, I am happy to note that
Mr. Strfbling has found in South Car
DINA what the men mentioned have
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-04-06
NeWSena fl

Spray With Pure KerOsene.-When
the bugs are abundant on worthless
plants they may be killed With pure
kerosene. With the aid of a small
spray pump a large number of bugs
may be killed in a few hours.
A~rsenical poisons are not effective
against this insect, which feeds by
sucking the plant juice.
Kerosene emulsion Of 10 Or 20 per
cent concentration is used with sue
cess for killing small or half-grOWn
bugs, but this treatment will not kill
many adults. By following the sug-
gestions made above, the young bugs
will not become numerous, but when
ever spraying Ices become necessary
kerosene is the best remedy to use.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-04-06

to make the company rich, leaving
their fields hare al winter to wash
away h little fertility they have
left.
And these men are starting a new
season in the old hopeless way. be-
longing to the supply be-
cause they will not use their brains
ana read and learn to farm and i'm
prove their land. Every season they
u work hard for other folks. and
every season max the same old
debts to be paid out of the cotton.
while the land gets poorer and he
crops get smaller and less profitable.
Is it always to be like this, or win
these planters finally learn to farm p
w. F. Massey.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-04-06

Following are my profits from a
flock on an average of twenty-five
Rose Comb White Leghorn hens for
one yea [ did not force my birds
to lay all the year. / believe they
should a a little time to rest:
Value Of ggs sold ........$ 1888
Value Of eggs used for table
and setting 1857
Value Of poultry for table,. $40
Value Of droppings ........ zoo
Value of sock sold ........ 32.83
Total receipts ..S13p.2a
Expenses, feed, etc. ........ 1857
Net profit ...... 93.72
This was done on a town lot. No
doubt this can be supposed but there
are many who fail o make their stock
yield them a fair profit. I believe
When you intend to keep a few chick
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-04-06
The Bedrock of Success

lies in q keen. clear brain, backed BY
indOmitable will and resist,ess energy.
Such power ONE from the splendid
health that DIR. Kings New Life Pills
impart. They vitalize every organ ana
bCid up brain and body. J.. A. Harmon.
Iizemore, ". Va. writes: They are
the best Eills l ever used" 25c. a
all druggists.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-04-06
WHY NOT CHANGE ALL THTSo

Riding en- a railroad in the uppe
part of the cotton belt last week 1
saw q fine large warehouse at one
station where the train passed. At
q side door a farm team was loading
baled hay. The warehouse had q
big sign, Farmers Supply Com-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-04-06

n on q town lot YOU should keep
nothing but pure took. They viii
become q source Of pride and diversion
to YOU. To the~beginner I would say
buy pure took for the start. 1t will
pay you big in the end.-George T.
Berriker.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-07-15
The Man with the conundrum.

The man with the exuberant ears
comes in and crosses to the desk OF
the pale slave with the widening balo
spot, who is bending over his work
feverishly endeavoring to finish it in
time to catch the 5:1S train.
I've got a good one for you," says
the man with the eXuberant ears. "It's
a little conundrum I've been thinking
up for several days. You can &c
ahead and use it if you like. Here il
is: What is the difference between
a man walking into your house, carry
ing ella monster as birthday pres
ent for you, and a giblet StewT ....
""p"And a giblet stew9''. the man
with the bald spot, thoughtfully chew
ing his pencil. 4
a. Yes What is the difference be
tween a,man walking into your house
carrying a ella monster as a birth
day present for"
Il remember that part of it all right
You needn't repeat it. l don't see
that there is so much difference. ]
wouldn't want the Gila monster, and
never eat giblet stew. I'm vege
tartan"
"Oh, that has nothing to do with it
It's just funny conundrum. You car
write it down and use it any time
you like. What is the difference be
tween a man walking into your house
with a ella"
There is no choice"
Huh! One is the giver and the
lizard, the other is the gizzard and the
liver 1t took me two weeks to think
that up"
Slowly and sadly the other mar
arises, puts on his coat and starts
home, while the man with the ex
uberant ears follows him, going more
and more into detail as to the conun
drum.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-07-15
SOWING DISSATISFACTION.

Quincy Wing: Many OF the readers
of the newspapers will recall the fran
tic appeal made to the prejudices of
the people after the enactment of the
Mckinley tariff law in the year 1890,
Orators of the opposition party went
into every town, village and hamlet
and into almost every civil district,
and in lugubrious tones told how un-
der that law the workingmen and the
consumers were being oppressed and
robbed for the sake of the rich man
ufacturers of the country. Columns
and pages were written and printed in
the opposition papers and thousands
were made TO believe what was being
said. 1t had the desired effect, and
in the election OF 1892, the opposi
ton partyywas given full control of
the government, the president and
both houses OF congress. History re-
iates and memory recalls what came
in 1898.
Some of the opposition are getting
ready now to sing the same kind of a
song, TO make the same sort of plea,
for the same purpose, and with the
same disregard of the truth. AS an
illustrations we note in some of the
papers the statement that when the
present tariff law is enacted, a suit of
clothes that may now be had for
twenty dollars, will cost the wearer
thirty-fve dollars. If such should be
truth, and it is not, no man will be-
lieVe that the tariff has made the
change, unless it be some one who
can be made to believe two and two
make six.
Such an increase would be an in
crease of 70 per cent, and no one who
! knows enough to come in out of the
rain does not know that there is
nothing in the tariff bills that have
passed in the house or in the senate
that has added as much as 70 per cent
to the duty on goods of which suits
Iof clothing are made. 1t is a bare
| appeal TO prejudice, an appeal based
upon a falsehood, nothing more, moth
ing less. But it serves to show the
animus of those who are making it.
If it be true as is often said, that a
burned child breads the fire, such an
appeal will fall harmless; there are
too many people who are yet living
who have memories.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-07-15
RuEEALoEs In. IOWA.

: Much has SeenS said recently on
the question of whether there were
ever buffaloes in Iowa. Very little
doubt as to their actual presence
here in the early days can remain
after reading the journal kept by a
United States Dragon while on a
march across Iowa in 1885, which
is printed in the July number OF Ihe
Iowa Journal of History and Poll
tics. On June "a, 1885, the Dragon
made the following record In his
journal: Marched % miles and en-
camped on the banks of the lway, a
small stream 80 yards broad. This
day for the first time We saw buffalo.
Killed five or six-many of our men
are recruits orfmthe north and never
saw a buffalo before and therefore
10 them a buffalo chase was some
thing remarkable. This day was spent
in eating buffalo meat and sleep.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-07-15
A LOCAL PACKING PLANT.

Editor Herald:-There appear to be
many questions of great Importance
current in our city, !. e. the saloon
licenses. the curfew law, the cleaning
out of the under world as to street
activity. These questions should be
dealt with by the authorities without
lear or favor. There is, however, a
business proposition which ought TO
be sandwiched in, one in which every
person in our city is directly interest
ed both from a financial and health
nsuring viewpoint. The present
price of meat of all kinds is getting
beyond the oldest inhabitant, higher
than during the Civil war. To the la
boring man, especially, meat is a ne
cessity. The range of prices is now
from II cents to % cents per pound,
salt meats 20 to 80 cents per pound,
and our butchers say they are selling
it at Il very close margin OF profit.
Under our health laws the common
slaughter house will not be permitted.
Now what is there to prevent the peo-
pie of Oskaloosa from organizing an
embryo packing house? This would
insure purer and fresher meat and
probably at less cost, home market
for much of the good cattle and hogs
that are always raised in Mahaska
county, selling and shipping the eX-
cess of our home requirements tO'oth-
er markets, and thus aside from the
saving. save ourselves from eating the
"rag-tag and bOb-tail' of other mar
kets as we do now. The experiment
Of the old packing house need not de-
ter one from this enterprise If he
would be in favor for other reasons,
as it has been a sufficient lesson, |
think. Then there are locations trib-
utary to three railroads of easy ac-
cess that need not interfere with half
dozen persons. Every man, butch
err. baker and candle-stick maker,
should contribute to such an enter
prise, because of its special universal
Importance. The writer was at AL
bert Lea a few days ago saw smoke
stack with the smoke Issuing from 1t
right in the heart of the business dis
trict and directly across the street
from a hotel. We inquired the nature
OF the business and learned that it
was a packing house. We investigat-
ed by a visit forthwith and found a
full fedged though small plant where
hogs were killed, dressed and dispos-
ed OF after the manner OF large plants
and few persons not cognizant OF its
business would notice ii by the out
wardi indications. niMy mind at once
recalled, our packing house. Out oi
reach, almost out Of sight and smell,
and the comparison was up to the
people. Cannot an inyincible few
like those that built the hospital take
the leading hand and create begin.
ming. for that would be all 1t would
need. For from the very nature OF
such a business ii must and will sue.
coed financially. ottumwa, Cedar
Rapids. Marsnalltown. Mason City,
and other medium sized towns have
them. and learn that Abba has some
enterprising citizens who have start
ed on small scale.
FL. n. Rosebrook.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-07-15

Germany is considering the plan
to tax husbands to provide for the
possible widowhood OF their wives and
is seriously considering the widow
problem. II has been ascertained that
the average married life of a man is
twenty-five years which leaves many
widows to be provided for. After hay-
ing been married twenty-five years a
-aman is incapable of earning any
money as a general thing, and II
seems wise that she should be pro
yided for.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-07-15
JAP STRIKERS IN RIOT.
Make Prisoner of the Honolulu Sheriff
and Posse Goes to the Rescue.

Honolulu, July 13.-County Sheriff
William p. Jarrett Is prisoner in a
plantation mill at Waimanalo, where
he is surrounded by an angry crowd OF
300 Japanese strikers, according to 0
telephone message.
A squad Of mounted police and a
dozen deputies and special policemen
fully armed, in automobiles, started al
once for Waimanalo in response to the
sheriff's urgent message.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-07-15

He'd been cutting puzzle pictures for
p, the children every week, .p,3
And at last he rose in frenzy and be-
gan to wildly speak: .5''
.Please be careful when you trim
d. me; I'm a puzzle picture now"
Then he slapped his palm with Yigor
on his superheated brow
you Will find complete instructions
T.. at the side of the design, 49,
But be sure that when you fold me,
fold me on the dotted line.
IF the dealer doesn't give me with
81, the paper that you buy .....
Tell him that he Is robber. and then
''' swat hin in the eye. '''.'
Lay me on the dining table when the
breakfast hour is Ger
Or If baby wants to watch 1t spread
me out upon the floor.
Note the letters and the figures where
the sections all combine,
And be sure that when you fold me,
fold me on the dotted line.
I'm a steamboat and an engine, and
a horse and wagon, too;
You will find that every Sunday l am
lways something new.
Please be careful when you're work.
ing over me with happy haste
That you do not cut your fingers or
upset the pot of paste.
I'm a Colored puzzle picture and /
think that 1t is fine,
But be sure that when you fold me,
fold me on the dotted line"
So we took him by the fingers and we
led him gently out
And we put him in wagon that was
waiting thereabout.
And we hauled him to the portal OF
the sanitarium
While he showed US how to shape him
till he was a big bass drum.
rhe attendant nodded gravely when
he said: Mote my design,
And be sure that when you fold me,
fold me on the dotted liner J,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-07-15

AT the National convention oil
teachers held in Denver last week a
storm of discussion was aroused by
the suggestion of President Baker
of the Colorado University that the
school life of boys and girls re short
ened. He has studied the subject and
finds that new system could be de-
vised easily by which the school life
could be shortened three years. TOO
much time is spent in the primary
work, he thinks. Tins is the first
open attack by prominent edudator
on the present sc-.ooT system and the
result will be awaited with interest
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-07-15
UNREST.

A restless Spirit thralls me,
AS / lie down tonight
And tho | scold and chide it,
1t will not take its flight.
1t brings from out the shadows,
The scenes of bygone years,
And groups them here before me,
The pleasures and the tears.
The sad mistakes and follies,
The deeds so good and true,
Slide on the film before me,
And pass in quick review.
/ have to face the music,
Tho i do not like the tune;
I'd rather be a-sleeping,
Or gazing at the moon.
For / cannot now undo them,
Why con them DER and DER? ..
/ guess I'll hypnotic them
To sleep foreVermore.
L. C. McCready.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-07-15

Burlington Hawk Eye: The late
Congressman Francis W. Cushman, OF
Tacoma, was NATIVE Iowan. He
was born near Brighton and he was
not Graded in the lap of luxury. He
worked as a farm hand and on the
section and at other kinds of com
mon labor, but he had ability and am
bition, and, while working at anything
that offered, he pursued the study oil
law, and finally located at Tacoma
where he made good"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-07-15
AROUND rHE clRcuIr.

Montezuma Republican: We notice
that members OF the Associated Iowa
Dailies in session at Des Moines re-
Gently took action on an important
item that should appeal TO and be en-
dorsed by the public in general They
favor the enactment OF law COMPEL
ing school boards to publish and pay
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-07-15
Mercy for Convicted Banker.

Washington, July 13.-The presi
dent has committed to four years the
sentence of Edward Il. Flickinger of
Gallon. o.. manufacturer. who was
sentenced TO seven and half years
for aiding and abetting Ohio l.. Hays,
president of the Gallon National bank.
in unlawfully misapplying the funds
OF that Institution.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-07-15

One often hears the complaint
that the Iowa railroad commission
fayors the railroads, and yet James y
Davis, Iowa &hgeif ,for the Chicago y
INorthB q fxragfaiIs as, jpI an argument
al BekS Y iast week declared
| that tie tEsdtict1 6ns' In freight rates
made by this commission the past year
had cost the railways of Iowa $4,000,
600
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-07-15

The assessors have overlooked all
the diamonds owned in Mason City.
1t is estimated that the society people
OF Mason City possess $4,000 worth
of the precious stones. We have
heard that not all the diamonds in
Oskaloosa were overlooked.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-07-15
And So He Wrote Il.

John Howard Payne, being a man
without a fixed abiding place, sat in a
strange land and dreamed of home.
BE 1t ever so house-cleaned," ne
sighed. there is no place like home. .
Taking his pen In hand he hurried
ly dashed off the lines that afterward
made him famous
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-07-15
PoofI

Silly" she exclaims, after listening
to her husband read the opinion of a
bewhiskered savant who asserts that a
woman's skirt ruffies will catch 9OO,.
100000 different germs while she . D.
walkingna,bldtki " ,sseo
Silly p. reterts her husband. q
think it's nighty.Isersibles Don't you
see how such thing spreads dis
ease?"
How foolish! Did you ever hear
of anybody eating skirt?"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-07-15

10 :O0-Bible Hour Modern Messages
from Ancient Prophets: jeremiah.
Rev. C. w. Rutherford.
Glee Club. Us male
voices.) 81"
Afternoon. 49,. ~ ...
1:45-Prelude, Rita Rich Company
2:O0-Prelude, Orpheus Glee Club.
2:15-Lecture, Gov. ]. Frank Hanly.
'1f Man Die.
4:OO-Story Work. Miss Perkins.
Evening.
,7:45-Prelude and goodbye, Rita
- Rich Company. p.
S:OO-Orpheus Glee Club. Full Con-
Thursday, August 10.
Morning.
9:30-Story Work. Helen Roberts
Perkins.
1O:OO-Bible Hour. Modern Messages
from Ancient Prophets: Daniel.
Rev. l. o. Kemble.
1O:45-Under charge of w. c. t. U.
Address, Mrs. Ida B. Wise.
So. Afternoon. ..... ..s.
2:00-Prelude, Hearsons Sisters.
2:30-Humorist, Spilman Riggs,
Musical Fits and Misfits.'
4:OO-Story Work, Miss Perkins.
Evening.
7:45-Prelude, Hearons Sisters.
S:15-Monologue, Edward p. Elliott,
1.-THE Lion and the Mouse" ht
CLOSING DAY.
Friday, August 20.
Morning.
9:30-Story Work, Helen Roberts
Perkins. H - 81
10: 00-Bible Hour. Modern Messages
from Ancient Prophets: Malachi.
Rev. Timothy Tyler. ss
10: 45-Lecture. Carrie Nation. -
Afternoon. .rl
2:0O-Prelude, Hearons Sisters.
2:30-Lecture, Gabriel +. Mcguire.
with an Irishman in Congo
Land"
4:OO-Story Work, Miss Perkins
Evening. ASS
S:Oo-Farewell Concert, Hearons Sis.
tiers.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-07-15

the Marshalltown Times Republican,
but God have mercy on te man who
has to live in its valleys all the year
around and to work in its dusty or
chards. Iowa is paradise compared
with that.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-07-15

Farmers wives oven in Indiana
have entered protest against tie big
dinners that are expected by the
threshing hands and have decided
that they viii not cook them. The
contractors were informed that the
women had organized and so they had
to find way for the men to take care
OF themselves.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-07-15

This is the season of the year
when the pineapple is at its best and
all who can should use it as much as
possible. Nice salads can be made
with it and it can be used in many
ways. The fruit is liked for its flavor
and it is said 10 contain an active
principle called "ananasine" that is a
great aid to digestion.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-07-15

An Iowa exchange heads an item,
Death Finally Wins" 1t usually
does observes the Burlington Hawk
Eye. There has been no case on
record where The fight between man
and the old fellow with the scythe has
terminated IN a different manner"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-07-15

-Keokuk Gate City: The Oska-
loosa Herald recently headed death
notice as live Happenings in a Live
Town" The force of habit is mighty
strong with some newspapers as well
as some people. d.