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The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-18
New Yorker WEEDS a Dutch Countess

She was born in Java, where her ia
Their had large estates. She was mar
ried to the late George Mueller of The
Hague, who took hts wife's name. HI
died three years ago. While she is &
baroness in her own right, she
dropped her title on her marriage tt
Mr.. Hatch, which was quietly cele
brated in the chantry of Grace
church.
Mr.. Hatch is a son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Hatch of PHILADELPHIA
His parents died when he was quite
young and he, with his brother, was
brought up and educated by Mr.. Joh1
Austin Stevens of Newport, r. /. Mr.
Hatch went to Harvard and served
during the Spanish-Amerfcan war.
Baroness a Haeften's brother
Baron Franz a Haeften, married
Miss Violet Brockelhurst of London
where they reside. They also have a
country place. Mr.. Hatch and his
bride, after a brief honeymoon al
Newport, sailed for Europe to yisi,
relatives in Holland.
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can. In it the house seems to be less
prominent than it would be if no
plants grew there, and it therefore
lacks that aggressive tone which char
acterizes the house whose walls are
not relieved by growing plants.
Perhaps l may be allowed to use
this expression-the use of plants
ing in the least from the dignity and
Importance of it, prevents us from
looking upon it as something that
boldly challenges the attention-an
idea not in keeping with the home
sense which ought to characterize the
building in which those live who care
less for show and admiration than
for beauty. All of us have seen
houses which seem to absolutely force
themselves upon III attention. We
may admire them in a way, but it is
a way with which the idea of home
is not associated.
But if shrubs and perrenials and
vines were planted about them their
aggressiveness would be hidden, or at
least modified, and we would soon be-
gin to think of them as homes instead
of houses.
No very ~tall-growing plants should
be used anywhere about the house II
they will interfere with the outlook.
Windows are made to let in light and
sunshine and we cannot afford to
darken them with bushes or vines.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-18
LEAF AND FLOWER ADD
BEAUTY TO THE HOME

In the first illustration Just enough
vines are used to soften the outlines
of the building; it will be observed.
A vine used in this way has a
chance to display its individuality.
You see all its charm of leaf and habit
of growth. But when trained as
shown in illustration No. 2 this indi-
viduality is lost. Here we have too
much of a good thing" The windows
are darkened, free outlook is inter.
fered with and the general effect Is
monotonous.
One vine, planted at the corner and
trained along the c~ornice, over the
windows, with a few branches allowed
to droop here and there, would have
given a much more satisfactory eff
feet. The only admirable feature Of
this illustration is the planting along
the wall. But here, as with the vines,
matters seem almost overdone. There
is a crowded effect. Take another look
at No. / and note the difference.
The best plants to use about the
base of the house are those which do
not grow much higher than the wall.
Among hardy kinds there is nothing
better than Dicentra, the dwarf varie-
ties Of perennial phlox and the herba-
ceous spireas. Along with these can
be sued such ANIMALS as the nastur-
tium, nicotiana, aster, ten week stock
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Nebogatoff in the Russo-JapaneSe war,
were pardoned and released from the
fortress of St. Peter and ST. Paul a
month Ago.. These officers had been
sentenced to death for having sur
rendered their commands, but in view
of ex%tenuating circumstances their
sentences were committed to ten
years Imprisonment, which they be-
gan serving in 1907.
During their stay in the fortress
each prisoner had a large, bright, well
warmed room. Before their windows
the fortress gardens stretch down to
the Neva, beyond which stands the
winter palace, once the winter home
of that other prisoner who spends
most of his time in T~sarkoe-Selo.
In each were a field bed, a
large and a small table, a few chairs,
a wardrobe and a washstand. The
windows are covered with iron lat
tice work. At eight o'clock in the
morning the prisoners were served
with tea and their newspapers were
taken in. The sailor takes our news
papers and is a keen follower of pol
tiles. The soldier scarcely manages
to get through n journal.
At n o'clock luncheon of meat and
soup was served. The meal was not
varied much, but the food was ex-
cellent. After luncheon the prison
ers generally walked in the gardens.
At six dinner was served, a light
meal. At nine tea was served for the
last time.
The prisoners read as late into the
night as they cared to. Twice a week
visitors were admitted, the first day
being confined to their wives. Twice
a month the prisoners took a bath in
the fortress bath and on great holt
days they attended service in the
famous fortress cathedral under a
convoy of soldiers.
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BRILLIANT HUES MUCH LIKED.
Coarse Straw Hats Trimmed with
Highly CoIored Plumage Just
Now in Favor.

The favorite hat for a morning walk
is just now the very coarse straw in a
large, simple shape, trimmed with
great wings of brilliant-plumaged
birds.
The success of a hat depends entire.
ly on the way the wings are placed,
some of them hanging Imply over the
side of the brim, with a rather painful
suggestion of a wounded bird, while
contrasts are the mot d'order, and
not infrequently these are a little
startling.
With the exception of the intense
empire green, which is popular, the
hats are generally in half-tones, dull
in hue, the wings striking the only
strong c~olor-note in the toilet.
A large number of the straws this
year are in the shade of corn, ripe for
the sickel, and the method Of lining
the hat with a different color seems to
be as popular as it was at the begin
ming of last year. Black satin is
chosen in preference to all else for the
corn-colored hat, while aluminium
Tagals lined with satin to match and
trimmed with masses of mauve pan.
sizes, are very charming and effective.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-18
PRESSED HARD
coffee's Weight on Old Age.

When prominent men realize the in,
furious effects of coffee and the change
in health that Postum can bring, they
are glad to lend their testimony for
the benefit of others.
A superintendent of public schools
In one of the southern states says:
MY mother, since her early child
1ood, was on inveterate coffee drinker,
mad been troubled with her heart for a
number of years and complained of
that weak all over feeling and sick
stomach.
Some time ago / was making an off,
:ial visit to a distant part of the coun-
try and took dinner with one of the
merchants of the place. / noticed a
somewhat peculiar favour of the cof-
fee, and asked him concerning it. He
replied that it was Postum.
Il was so pleased with it, that after
the meal vas over, / bought a package
to carry home with me, and had wife
prepare some for the next meal. The
whole family were so well pleased
with it, that we discontinued coffee
and used Postum entirely.
81 had really been at times very
anxious concerning my mothers con-
dition. but We noticed that after using
Postum for a short time, she felt SO
much better than she did prior to its
use, and had little trouble with her
heart and no sick stomach; that the
headaches were not so frequent, and
her general condition much improved.
This continued until she was as well
and hearty as the rest of us.
II know Postum has benefited my
self and the other members of the
family, but not in so marked a de-
gree as in the case of my mother, as
she was a victim of long standing"
Read, THE Road to Wellville.' in
pkgs. There's a Reason.f
Ever read the above letters A new
one appears from time to, time. They
are genuine, true n full OF human
interest.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-18
O N SHOULD STUDY COLOR
When = Woman Knows She Can Have
Only a Fey Dresses She
Chooses Them Carefully.

The value of color is something that
a clever dressmaker understands tully.
Two dresses can be cut alike, line for
line. but in different shades OF the
same silk, and n of them Will make
a woman look slender, straight and
supple. and the other will give her an
uncomfortably dumpy, round-shoui-
dered, square-cut figure. All women
ought to make a careful study OF col
ors whether they have a professional
interest in the matter or not. 1t Is es-
pecially important for m OF small
means who have so few gowns that
they must live with those OF thelr
choice very intimately.
A woman who can buy twenty or
thirty dresses a year a AFFORD 70
make an occasional mistake when her
fancy for a trying color or a too daring
line carries her away for a moment
She can hang am unsuccessful dress In
a closet and forget about 1t, and 1t
does her no harm-helps her, perhaps,
in choosing more wisely in the future.
She does not suffer from her folly. But
a woman of small means who meets
with a mishap in her choice OF her one
new gown must veal it whether or no
"a harsh commentary on her vanity,
her poor judgment or her bad taste. l
always want to help women OF that
kind-the mistakes are so easy to
make-so cruelty hard to pay for. Yet
one a only tell her to choose care
fully and buy slowly.-From the De-
~lineator.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-18

Exceptional
Equipment

sf the California Fig Syrup Co. and the
scientific attainments of its chemists have
rendered possible the production Of Syrup
of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA, in all of its
excellence, by obtaining the pure medic
inal principles of plants known to act most
beneficially and combining them most
~skillfully, in the right proportions, with
its wholesome and refreshing Syrup of
California Figs.
AS there is only n genuine Syrup of
Figs and Elixir of SIENNA and as the gen.
uine is manufactured by an original
method known to the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, it is always necessary to buy the
genuine to get its beneficial effects.
A knowledge Of the above facts enables
one to decline limitations or to return them
If, upon viewing the package, the full name
of the California Fig Syrup Co. is not found
printed ON the front thereof.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-18

NEW YORK.-Mrs. Hetty Green is
~ not disturbed in the least by the
report from San FRANCISCO that distant
relatives who once vainly tried to
wrest the greater portion of her vast
wealth from her will begin a new
legal contest for the same purpose as
soon as she dies.
In the first place, Mrs. Green, who
Is in vigorous health, says her distant
kin will have to wait a long time for
her death.
Secondly, she is confident that her
heirs will have as little difficulty in
defeating the contestants as she did.
1t is asserted by the California rela-
tives, who are descendants of Sylvia
Anne Rowland, that the 500, 900, 900
fortune of Mrs. Green is founded upon
a forged document purporting to be
the will of Mrs. Rowland, who was the
aunt of Mrs. Green.
In the Howlands' possession is an
other will, differing wholly from the
probated document under which Hetty
Green in 1866 obtained the $4,000, 900
estate of her aunt, one of the How
lands of New Bedford, Mass. The con-
testants assert that one-half of the
Rowland property was left to Hetty
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capes of Pongee.

One does not have to think back
many years to recall the clumsy Cos
gamers in which milady enveloped
herself when the trains descended"
And then look ait these dainty new
pongee capes for stormy days! One
involuntarily makes a mental compare
son.. Somebody has been busy with
the Clothes question"
These newest of rain protectors are
simply circular capes of that very
useful silk, pongee. But before being
made up the silk has been treated
to some secret process, which makes
it impervious to showers, and yet does
not cause it to be stiff or ungrace-
full.
High standup collars finish them,
and there is often a great button or
two of shining jet to add a little note
OF distinction.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-18
M RS. TOM PIERCE of Boston, New.

M RS. TOM PIERCE of Boston, New.
Vl port and Long Island, who d.
vorced her husband, a Boston million
aire, two years ago, is preparing to
go on the stage.
She has been aided in her ambi-
lions by her friends, Mrs. Leslie Car
ter and Adele Richie. the former
comic opera star, and will make her
bow in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Pierce was Alice Crowinshield
Rogers of Salem, Mass. Her ex-hus-
band is highly popular in Boston, and
is a member of the Puritan, Exchange
and Eastern Yacht clubs and an ar
dent sportsman.
In the last few years Mrs. Pierce
has made society wrinkle its brows
more than once by her innocent but
unconventional escapades. She is a
famous horsewoman and daring hun
ter. She has won many prizes.
A few years ago she created a en-
sation by appearing in riding coat and
breeches at q Meadow Brook meet.
She finished 20 lepgths ahead Of her
closest rival.
In December of 1907 Mrs. Pierce
was found in a sa~nitarium, and there
was q legal fight over her release. She
alleged her brother had her placed
there.
AT the time Of her divorce she re.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-18
The Exclusive MESSENGER,

J.. Mckee Borden, secretary of thu
department of charities of New York
said at a recent dinner:
"Of all hot weather charities, there
is none better than that which give.
slum children a free week in The
country.
IF you could see some of the O
little r~aggamuffins that avail them
selves of this charity! l once wit
messed the assembling of a couple O
hundred of July country weekers. They
were SO ragged, SO very, very ragged
that a tiny messenger boy who had
secured a ticket gave a start on be
holding them.
".All this gang going?' l heard him
say to a matron.
Eyes," she answered.
THE messenger boy unused a mo
ment with knit brows.
We'll, scratch me- he said, and
turned on his heel"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-18
Court Says Old Blue Laws Must Rule

to close every show at Coney island
or down town, to stop every Sunday
ball game and even prohibit a couple
alley, even to arrest little children fol
playing the most innocent of games in
the recreation parks.
Justice Greenbaum's decision de
feats all the ordinances which gave
the courts and city authorities an op
%portunity to regard as educational" a
large class of Sunday entertainments
Under the old penal laws a man may
not fish or Sunday, wear even at the
blue laws nor play" at anything what
soever. Concerts and lectures are
under the same ban.
Under the supreme court decision
the power to enforce the blue laws is
even taken absolutely from the hands
of the mayor and city authorities
Sunday violations hereafter will be
against state, not city, laws. The at.
torney general is specially named as
one of the prosecuting officers, and
is given power to intervene to collect
an additional penalty of $500 for VIC
lation of the statutes.
One feature of the ruling is that
even should the mayor wish to en-
force a closed Sunday on a Coney
island resort, they will enjoin him
under the plea that as the whole mat
ter of prosecution is a state affair the
city executive has no authority to in
terfere. Then the matter will be
threshed out in a state court, which
must be governed by the old statutes.
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Distant Kin Plan 10 Get Hetty's Money

| Rowland Robinson Green only as a
life estate, to revert to the Howlands
upon her death.
Williamson Finnell, n OF the
wealthiest land owners of northern
| California, will finance the fight on
behalf of his wife, a social leader OF
Napa, Cal, and a descendant of the
Howlands, and her sister, Mrs. VIII
liam Leacock of Napa. Others OF the
family planning the contest live In
Oakland.
When Sylvia Anne Rowland died in
1865 two wills were produced. One
of these, now in possession OF F1nnell,
bequeathed half of the estate to chart
ties and a multitude of beneficiar1es.
The income from the remaining half
was devised to Mrs. Hetty Green, with
the proviso that the property go to the
heirs of Mrs. Howland's grandfather,
| Gideon, Rowland, at Mrs. Green's
death. The other will, presented by
Mrs. Green, gave her the whole estate
outright.
After causing much New England
gossip, the trust will was rejected and
the other was admitted to probate.
This is the will that the Napa> heirs
are now planning to contest.
The prospective contestants assert
that the $4,000, 900 involved in the old
Rowland estate has multiplied WOE
derfully, and they will demand an &C.
counting when the contest is fairly
under way to ascertain just what pro-
portion of Mrs. Green's 500, 000, 900
grew out of the bequest by the aged
New England woman.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-18

G OCIETY in New York city and in
y Europe was greatly interested in
the recent wedding Of the Baroness
var Haeften to Mr.. Charles Phillips
Hatch of Newport and New York.
The former baroness is a handsome
woman, a member of an old Dutch
Dutch court. She recently received
a personal letter from Queen Wilhel-
nina of Holland thanking her for a
set of tiny shoes made in New York
and sen to The Hague for the little
crown princess. Juliana.
The baroness is Wilhelmina Adrian
van Haeften, daughter of the late Baron
John Cornelius Adrian van Haeften.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-18
OFFICERS PARDONED.
Lieut.. Gen. stoessel and Rear Admiral
Nebogatoff Are Released from
Prison.

st. Petersburg.-Lieut. Gen. Anatole
M. Stoessel and Rear Admiral Nebo'
gatoff have been released from con
finement in the fortress of st Peter
and st. Paul by order Of Emperor
Nicholas. The health OF both men
has been gravely affected by their
confinement.
Gen. Stoessel al found guilty by
court-martial Of snrrendering the fort
ress of Port Arthur to the Japanese
and was serving a sentence OF ten
years. Nebogatoff was sentenced fol-
the same length of time for surren'
dering to the enemy at the bat
tie of the Sea of Japan. Stoessel be.
gan his sentence March 20, 1908
while Nebogatoff took up his quarters
in the fortress April Is, 1907.
Rear Admiral Gregorieff and Lieut.
Smyrnoff, subordinate officers under
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gal in Gotham under

Sunday sports legal in Gotham under
der the old blue laws:
Chewing gum.
Whistling In the cyclone cellar Of
confined to hymns).
Walking to the meeting house.
Feeding the canary.
Washing the baby.
Wishing it would rain.
Wishing 1t wouldn't ditto.
Hoping for Monday.
Sleeping.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-18
A Friendly Pointer,

What" asked Arizona Al, when the
new editor had taken charge of The
Daily Rattlesnake, sis goin' to be your
policy?"
MY policy, my friend, is going to
be to tell the truth according to my
lights, and let the chips fall where
they may"
stranger, that's a good policy, but
be sure before you go to press that
you've got your lights adjusted to suit
all parties. This is a bad place for
people that gifts the wrong focus"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-18

i ANS Sunday hereafter, if the law
is obeyed. Under the ruling of JUS
tice Greenbaum in the supreme court,
every statute and ordinance passed
to provide the metropolis with a lib
eral Sunday is Illegal. Every bit of
legislation that permits a modern OBJ
servance of the Sabbath is void. Only
the old blue laws are in legal force
and effect, and these the officials and
police authorities must enforce unless
they choose to deliberately violate the
law and brave proceedings to GUST
them from their jobs.
Under the long forgotten laws, now
in full force again, it will be possible
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-18

The unwilling of a statue of Henry
w. Longfellow in Washington last
week was an event of national in,
terest, and it was very fitting that
representatives of the national gov.
eminent participated in the cere
monies. Washington abdunds in me
MORALS of great Americans, most OF
whom we're renowned as soldiers OF
statesmen. But Longfello~ is given a
place as a representative of Ameri
can literature, and the choice was
happy. He was the most beloved Of
American poets, and none better IL
Illustrated the American spirit.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-18
An ENGLISH Fashion.

There is an English fashion, long in
vogue, of dressing two sisters alike
who are near the same age. 1t is not
necessary for them to be twins. This
fashion has been taken up in America
and is especially popular this winter.
In many families two girls have
made their debut together instead of
a year apart, and their entire outfit
for the winter is the same.
Instead of looking odd 1t is quite
pretty. 1t saves a great deal of
trouble, and in this year of queer
colorings it is a safeguard to have
gowns off the same piece if they are
to be worn at the same time.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-18
Women pilot on Pacific Coast.

Mrs. Gertrude Wiman of Portage,
Wash, enjoys the unique distinction
Of being the only pilot Of the
Pacific coast. From her earliest years
she has been associated with steam
boat life, and married a ship captain,
who taught her the art of navigation.
This had the somewhat unexpected
effect of creating a desire to put her
knowledge to practical account. She
presented herself, among many male
applicants, to the United States in
spectors for examination and passed
with flying colors, receiving her pilots
papers. Indeed, a v in the respect
Of physical strength she qualified as
well as any of the candidates. one of
the examining hoard testifying that
she knows the sound as we'll as any
man.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-18

The New York court of appeals is
to pass on whether the constitutional
right to the pursuit of happiness ex
tends to a mans satisfaction in hear.
ing his rooster crow at hours of the
night which deprive other men of that
constitutional happiness which lies in
slumber. The question appears triv-
ial, but so determined is the nan in
the case to enjoy this constitutional
privilege, as involving a supreme
right, that he says he will carry his
ROSTERS midnight crow to the su.
preme court of the United States, ii
necessary.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-18
Four-Year-OId Bull, Which Is to Pace
Against Horses.

1880 class in Pennsylvania this year.
The bull is owned by DR.. James G.
CLANCY, an old horseman, and John
H. Ross of Waynesburg. These men
discovered the bull when a year old
in Maryland. At that time some boys
were breaking him to harness, and
several months later the animal was
purchased and his training was con-
tinued. He PAGES to a track sulky in
a two-minute harness, with bits and
hopples, such as any light horse would
have. He is docile as an old COW, ac-
cording to Mr.. Ross, and for pastime
he is ridden to saddle by the owners
He is the idol of children, who fire.
quently ride astride his back. The
bull has done the half mile in 1922,
and his owners are cofident he can do
the mile in less than 1880. He has
wind as good as any horse. and DR..
CLANCY and MIR. Ross are now making
arrangements to match the bull
against trotting horses as an exhibit
ton.
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and coreopsis. Here geraniums and
coleus can be made to do duty in sum-
mer.
Bulbs for early blooming can be
scattered along the outer edge close
to the path. To edge the planting
pansies, BELLS perrenis and the low
growing varieties of phlox can be
used effectively. To furnish brilliance
in midsummer the gladiolus can be
planted in groups here and there, and
the tuberose to give bloom and fra
GRANGE later in the season.
Copyright, 1902
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-18
For Rubbed Leather.

When suitcases and purses begin to
show wear, coat all the spots with tan
water color paint and when perfectly
dry rub over with a little sweet oil.
Let stand an hour. then rub well with
4 wooden cloth. Tan and brown shoes
which have become scuffed may be
treated the same way.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-18
BY Eben e. Rexford.

To the writer, a house with exposed
foundation always seems unfinished.
1t needs the grace of growing plants
to take away the bare look which is
never pleasant, no matter how expen-
sive the foundation may be. There is
a beauty in leaf and flower that can.
not be put into stone and mortar.
Illustration No. / makes clearer the
idea / have In mind about hiding the
foundation walls than any verbal one